Patriotism Japonais = Loss of Peace?
No worries!
Akie Abe works for Japan
安倍昭恵とアベアーミー
No worries!
Akie Abe works for Japan
安倍昭恵とアベアーミー
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Abe's Pride
Prime Minister Abe's Pride Hurts Japan
Important business continues, but without top representation by Japan: the G-20, North Korea Peace Talks, negotiations with Russia, the new TPP, challenging protectionism by Trump in the USA, etc.
Abe & Aso should resign immediately, as responsible for government corruption.
安倍晋三 さようなら ...
麻生太郎 さようなら ...
Important business continues, but without top representation by Japan: the G-20, North Korea Peace Talks, negotiations with Russia, the new TPP, challenging protectionism by Trump in the USA, etc.
Abe & Aso should resign immediately, as responsible for government corruption.
安倍晋三 さようなら ...
麻生太郎 さようなら ...
Monday, March 19, 2018
Banzai?
Banzai Remilitarized Japan?
PM Abe's right-wing government (and shadowy Nippon Kaigi) aim to quash Japan's "Peace" Constitution Article 9 and revive the military.
安倍総理... 万歳?
Considering the ghosts of past patriots with the millions of casualties throughout Asia, Japan & the Pacific, enforced PEACE is the better choice over belligerent rearmament and ultranationalism.
PM Abe's right-wing government (and shadowy Nippon Kaigi) aim to quash Japan's "Peace" Constitution Article 9 and revive the military.
安倍総理... 万歳?
Considering the ghosts of past patriots with the millions of casualties throughout Asia, Japan & the Pacific, enforced PEACE is the better choice over belligerent rearmament and ultranationalism.
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Japan's Officially Right-Wing
Prime Minister Abe & his right-wing confederates eagerly grabbed control of
Japan's top civil servants via his Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs from mid-2014, so now should take responsibility
for criminal misconduct and bureaucratic corruption.
The Japan Times explained (link): Until 2014, top ministry officials recommended most high-level bureaucratic appointments. But since creation of the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs (内閣人事局), Abe & his aides now directly screen & appoint the top 600 bureaucrats. Japan's once powerful civil servant class became more obedient to lawmakers, increasingly catering to the interests of the politicians controlling their careers.
The Japan Times explained (link): Until 2014, top ministry officials recommended most high-level bureaucratic appointments. But since creation of the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs (内閣人事局), Abe & his aides now directly screen & appoint the top 600 bureaucrats. Japan's once powerful civil servant class became more obedient to lawmakers, increasingly catering to the interests of the politicians controlling their careers.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Japan's Joy - Abolish Abe
Japan's Prime Minister Abe has done great damage to Japan, destroying trust in government. Abe & advisors such as Finance Minister Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎) claim they didn't personally direct the favoritism or attempted cover-up. But we now know gross bureaucratic criminality occurred during their tenure, surely reflecting bad, unsuitable leadership.
The PM's wife, Akie Abe was clearly involved with expanding & promoting ultrarightist outreach.
But seeking to instill militarism in young kids makes Japan's PM Abe - Tsukamoto - Moritomo dangerous to the nation, to Japan's neighbors, to All the World.
Abe in prison
Delays re-arming Japan
Fresh weapon is Peace
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Do some US Democratic Senate dance for Big Money?
US bank liberalization is a contentious topic since 2008, when the government bailed-out private interests with massive public funding.
Some Democratic Senators recently joined their Republican colleagues in voting to move forward with relaxed controls over financial corporations.
These 16 Senators, joined by Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and 50 Republicans are being accused of betraying their voter base (link).
Mark Bennet (D-CO), Dave Carper (D-DE), Chris Coons (D-DE), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Doug Jones (D-AL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA)
I believe in fact there are many more corrupt Democrat Senators allowing the rich 1% to virtually enslave the typical American.
But these 16 Democrat weasels take a great deal of money from big finance and associated law firms. It is disgusting.
Sen. Tim Kaine, corporatist Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate & Democratic Party VP candidate, reportedly took $1,644,469 from financial institutions and $3,753,613 from lawyers and law firms (link). Typical working people electing corporatist weasels of course are poorly served!
Money controls America
Some Democratic Senators recently joined their Republican colleagues in voting to move forward with relaxed controls over financial corporations.
These 16 Senators, joined by Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and 50 Republicans are being accused of betraying their voter base (link).
Mark Bennet (D-CO), Dave Carper (D-DE), Chris Coons (D-DE), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Doug Jones (D-AL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA)
I believe in fact there are many more corrupt Democrat Senators allowing the rich 1% to virtually enslave the typical American.
But these 16 Democrat weasels take a great deal of money from big finance and associated law firms. It is disgusting.
Sen. Tim Kaine, corporatist Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate & Democratic Party VP candidate, reportedly took $1,644,469 from financial institutions and $3,753,613 from lawyers and law firms (link). Typical working people electing corporatist weasels of course are poorly served!
Money controls America
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| Reported Contributions amassed by the "Sleazy Sixteen" |
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Japan's Abe: Ultra-right & ultra-wrong
High
alarm for business! Japan's formerly
well-regarded civil service looks corrupt & dirty due to the Moritomo Gakuen favoritism scandal and continuing cover-up.
Simply for that decay of Japan's image, PM Shinzo Abe & Finance Minister Taro Aso share costly responsibility.
Is Japan's corruption only among bureaucrats?
The Japan Times explained (link): Until 2014, top ministry officials recommended most high-level bureaucratic appointments. But since creation of the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs (内閣人事局), Abe & his aides now directly screen & appoint the top 600 bureaucrats. Japan's once powerful civil servant class became more obedient to lawmakers, and now increasingly must cater to the interests of the politicians controlling their careers.
Simply for that decay of Japan's image, PM Shinzo Abe & Finance Minister Taro Aso share costly responsibility.
Is Japan's corruption only among bureaucrats?
The Japan Times explained (link): Until 2014, top ministry officials recommended most high-level bureaucratic appointments. But since creation of the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs (内閣人事局), Abe & his aides now directly screen & appoint the top 600 bureaucrats. Japan's once powerful civil servant class became more obedient to lawmakers, and now increasingly must cater to the interests of the politicians controlling their careers.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Friday, March 09, 2018
Don't Die for Oil
We should keep fossil fuels in the ground. We can develop cleaner energy
sources - and it's good business. Too often energy source full costs are
ignored (Iraq war costs).
Resist dirty extractive industries!
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Japan's Ultra-Right Shame
The special case ("特殊性") of far right-wing Moritomo Gakuen 森友学園 in
Japan is an outrage, paying virtually nothing to secure valuable public
land.
Until any politician(s) involved is incriminated, the bureaucrats who approved the transfer should be held responsible: jailed for corruption & gross misconduct.
[ Update - 13 March ]
Now the head of the National Tax Agency has resigned; a Ministry of Finance official involved in the case committed suicide (7 March); Mainichi reports the Board of Audit is implicated (12 March); and Japan's Finance Ministry admits illegally manipulating documents (12 March).
Surely the corruption goes further than Japan's bureaucracy - how long will the bureaucrats burn while top politicos simply watch?
Until any politician(s) involved is incriminated, the bureaucrats who approved the transfer should be held responsible: jailed for corruption & gross misconduct.
[ Update - 13 March ]
Now the head of the National Tax Agency has resigned; a Ministry of Finance official involved in the case committed suicide (7 March); Mainichi reports the Board of Audit is implicated (12 March); and Japan's Finance Ministry admits illegally manipulating documents (12 March).
Surely the corruption goes further than Japan's bureaucracy - how long will the bureaucrats burn while top politicos simply watch?
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Danger in Korea
Reapproachment between North & South segments of Korea do not fit smoothly with USA geopolitical strategy.
By permanently basing some 25,000 military personnel within South Korea & the Demilitarized Zone, US militarism's intimately linked to South Korea's formidable security forces. But close American ties to disgraced President Park Geun-hye's right-wing government soured relations with her successor. How much did the USA tolerate or tacitly support Park's illegal authoritarian repression & corruption?
All nearby nations have a strong wish to avoid inter-Korean warfare, but the risks of war are less painful to militarists in far-off Washington. Commander-in-Chief Trump may frankly welcome opportunity to prove his personal toughness...
By permanently basing some 25,000 military personnel within South Korea & the Demilitarized Zone, US militarism's intimately linked to South Korea's formidable security forces. But close American ties to disgraced President Park Geun-hye's right-wing government soured relations with her successor. How much did the USA tolerate or tacitly support Park's illegal authoritarian repression & corruption?
All nearby nations have a strong wish to avoid inter-Korean warfare, but the risks of war are less painful to militarists in far-off Washington. Commander-in-Chief Trump may frankly welcome opportunity to prove his personal toughness...
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