Colin Powell should be charged for war crimes posthumously

 

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This evil man must be charged for war crimes against the people of Iraq, like his boss George Bush Jr, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz etc etc, and of course Tony Blair. You can see the fang appearing in his mouth. If that vial of washing powder is so deadly as he claimed, would he be holding it with his fingers, and in the UN GA? Dropping it would kill everyone there.

The former British PM has defended his decision to invade as he was trying to “introduce democracy”

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has claimed that the US-led invasion of Iraq was more justified than Russia’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine, despite all of his pre-war claims since being proven false. RT

He invaded Iraq for democracy? How evil can he be. Just like the evil Americans, starting wars, invading countries claiming that they were doing it for peace. No war crimes?

And, NATO bombed Libya to ‘protect civilians’ 12 years ago. This led to thousands of deaths and a country in ruins. No war crime?

Why the ICC did arrest these war criminals? Why didn't the ICC prosecute real war criminals that massacred millions of Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East, especially in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Palestine but chose to go after Putin with charges that were lies and fabricated fake incidents?

The rogues and thugs in ICC have lost all moral authority to run the ICC and must be removed immediately. They are behaving like gangsters in collusion with the evil American Empire. 

Yes, Putin should put up an arrest warrant to arrest them on sight.

Bank run on America

 3 American banks failed, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, and one more coming. Not sure how many more on the way. This is only just the beginning of the collapse of American banks. Many depositors are queuing to take out their monies from American banks. The bank run on American banks is starting, slowly, not reported in the main media, but would gather speed.

To bail out each failed bank would cost the US a few hundred billion dollars. The bailout of the two failed banks is said to be about $400b. How much more money must the US print if the dominoes start to fall?

These are relatively small, yes, relatively small bank runs. The biggest bank run on America has started and would follow the same pattern, starting small but would increase in speed and the slow depositors would end up getting nothing when there is no money left to return to the depositors.

The biggest bank run of the century, the selling of US Treasuries, has begun, ...bank run on the Fed. Initially it was Russia, China  and Japan selling. Russia has practically sold everything and holding no American Treasuries. China and Japan combined have sold a more than US$700b over the last few years with the bulk in 2022. 2023 would definitely see the amount at least double.

The selling by China and Japan is manageable and with the Fed raising interest rates, this may slow down the decline. But the raising of interest rates is hurting American banks, like the Silicon Valley Bank for starters. So raising interest rates is not a solution. The banks' collapse is planned and executed but meant to collapse countries and foreign banks with the rapid hikes in interest rates. Fortunately only Sri Lanka and Pakistan were hit. And unfortunately, unplanned, American banks were hit instead. Now at least 6 American banks are facing risk of bank runs with more expecting. This move would further undermine the credibility, trustworthiness ad integrity of the American banks and banking system. This follows the weaponising of the dollar and SWIFT banking system. The Americans have engineered their own collapse and downfall.

To make matters worse, the steam roller in dedollarisation is on the run and gathering steam. This is creating a fear in the diminishing role of the US dollar and its value in international trade. Big banks have started to trim their holdings of the dollar and buying gold. The big run is sovereign states starting to dump the US dollars. And these states are not just states on the other side of the fence, but American allies like France, Germany, Saudi Arabia and many countries all over the world. The icing is Israel. Yes Israel is also dumping US dollars and in percentage terms, is the biggest seller of US Treasuries.

Israel is not your average state but the closest allies of the US. When Israel starts dumping, it is serious. The Jews are about the most intelligent people in the world, and the most careful and prudent in managing wealth and the manipulation of wealth. The Jews must have seen something big coming and are switching to Yuan to hedge their savings and reserves.

The bank run on America cannot be kept under wrap anymore. The trickle is turning into a flow and soon the dam would burst. Any country hesitating and think it is safe to hold on to US Treasuries would live to regret their decisions. Start the sell out, run first for safety. There is not much time left before the US would close the door and freeze the selling of US Treasuries in the market, just like closing the banks from a bank run.

The BRICS nations are targetting August 2023 for the roll out of an alternative international currency to compete and may even replace the dollar. The clock is ticking. Bank run on America has started!

Putin should issue warrants for the arrest of ICC officials

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Friday (Mar 17) that Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly committed war crimes and the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for him was justified.

The ICC earlier on Friday called for Putin's arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow's invasion began of its neighbour last year. The United States is not a member of the ICC.

"He's clearly committed war crimes," Biden told reporters, referring to Putin.

"Well, I think it's justified," Biden added, referring to the warrant. "But the question is - it's not recognised internationally by us either. But I think it makes a very strong point."  CNA

 

Russia and BRICS countries' response to this outrageous attack on Putin can be simple. Just declare the ICC as a mafia or terrorist organisation. Putin should issue arrest warrant for the senior gangsters in the ICC. All BRICS countries should arrest these gangsters on sight. Who did these gangsters think they are, and Imperial force that rules the world?

ICC has discredited itself as a terrorist organisation, letting off criminals committing war crimes like George Bush Jr, Tony Blair and many American and western leaders involved in the invasion and massacre of Iraq and Iraqis. It also turned a blind eye to the genocides committed in Ukraine by Zelensky and the neo Nazis. It also ignored the genocides of the Palestinians in their own country.

The war crimes against the Afghans and Syrians and many Middle east and African countries were totally ignored by this terrorist organisation as they did not fit into their agenda.

 Countries of the world should outlaw this terrorist organisation. Those still members to this mafia organisation must cancel their membership. It is not only a waste of time and funds being member of this terrorist organisation, it also lends legitimacy to the gangsters running this mafia secret society.

Putin should start the ball rolling, issue arrest warrants immediately on all the gangsters running the ICC.

More good news - $20 worth of health points

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Mar 3 that all Singapore residents will receive S$20 worth of health points if they enrol in the voluntary Healthier SG programme and complete their first health consultation.

Healthier SG benefits such as free health screenings and vaccinations will commence in July, with enrolment starting for residents aged 60 and above.

Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said on Mar 3 that Singapore will build a strong population health system through Healthier SG. The concept of population health - health for everyone in a defined population - is relatively new to Singapore and Southeast Asia. How does the concept translate to action and benefits for our citizens?  CNA

Free health screenings and vaccinations in an island state that does not believe in free lunch except maybe the occasional free chicken wings must be music to the ears of the seniors. When medical services and medicine are so expensive, just like everything, getting free health screenings and free vaccinations must be most welcoming news. Just wondering what vaccines are they going to give for free? Pfizer mRNA vaccines?

And to top up the good news, got $20 worth of health points some more. How can the seniors not become healthier with such goodies? Would there be long queues for the Healthier SG programmes? It reminds me of a personal experience when I was with the Lions Club. We organised free health screenings also, but no $20 health points. No seniors came for the free screening. If only we could provide $20 health points it might make a difference.

We had to approach the seniors to cajole them to come for the free screenings. They looked at us blankly with a slight scorn in their faces. Subsequently we found out why. They said screening was free, but after screening they would end up with a list of illnesses that needed to be treated, needed medicine. And they had no money for the medicine. So they rather opt to stay away from the free screening.

With $20 health points, wondering what this is all about, perhaps it could cover the cost of buying some medicine should they be found to be ill and needed treatment. For many seniors, likely to be retired and have little or no income except a dwindling savings kept in the CPF, they have to make a big decision, to pay for food or for medicine. The little money they have is fixed and limited and paying for one means not having the other.

What do you think? Food or medicine? Heard someone said, in Singapore can die but cannot afford to be sick.

TikTok - Sore America loser playing foul

Washington is demanding that the app’s Chinese owners sell their stake, company representatives have said

FILE PHOTO. The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office in Culver City, California. © Getty Images / Mario Tama


Washington has urged TikTok’s Chinese owners to divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a potential US-wide ban, representatives of ByteDance – the company behind the platform – told various media outlets on Wednesday.

TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter told the Wall Street Journal, which first broke the story, that the Beijing-based company had received the ultimatum from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS). It’s part of the US Treasury Department and is officially tasked with overseeing national security risks in cross-border investments.

ByteDance, which was founded in Beijing in 2012, has pointed out that 60% of its shares are currently owned by global investors, 20% by employees, and 20% by its founders, who also carry outsize voting rights.  RT

The evil American Empire is showing its fangs everywhere, fighting wars, agitating for wars, sanctions, daylight robbery, inciting riots and destabilising countries, selling arms, nuclear proliferation etc etc. After losing many sectors in the tech war to China, failing to cripple Huawei, losing in the chip war, it is not giving up. Now it is going after TikTok, a very popular and easy to use software for people to express themselves in very creative ways. Again the evil Americans are waving the security threat flag to demonise TikTok where every young Americans are using it and enjoying every bit of it. No, this is not allowed. 

Other than the security threat, the evil American Administration is angry that the users are spending too much time on TikTok, but ok to spend time on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc and other American software. What a load of shit!

Where is the freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom to live and play in this fake democracy but an authoritarian evil Empire, curtailing the freedom of its own people. And this curb in freedom is extended to other AngloSaxon tribe countries. Ban TikTok because the Americans are sour losers. When they can't compete, break it. This is what the evil American Empire is best at.

Are they going to stop using Chinese made cranes in their ports? Are they going to stop selling Chinese consumer goods and toys in Walmarts? Where is World Trade Organisation to stop these violations of free trade? Where are the champions of freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of choice, freedom to play?

More than a hundred million Americans are happily using TikTok. Are they going to take this abusive authoritarian ruling without a fight? Would they be demonstrating in the streets for their freedom, individual rights? And this is America, supposedly the home of democracy. Where is democracy, where is human rights, where is freedom?

Everything is politicised, everything is weaponised. America is now an authoritarian state, an evil Empire, not a democracy. The power of the deep state is eating up everyone and everything in America, the biggest fake democracy.

It was easy for the Americans to destroy and rob Japanese and European countries. But China is a different kettle of fish. All the lies and abuse of power would not make any difference. The more the Americans try to suppress China, China would only grow stronger.  TikTok would survive just like Huawei and gets stronger by the day. Good stuff would always be in demand and no lies can bring it down.

PS. One good thing about using TikTok is that the American govt cannot spy on you. This is actually the main reason why they want to ban it or steal/rob it from its owners.