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. r a n t s • & • r e f l e c t i o n s • . . . . haiku is poetry, here in Western style, with 17 syllables, on three lines: 5.7.5

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shock doctrine rumbles on

banking stocks plummet ~ eurozone uncertainty ~ who will default first?

Posted by Don Shall at 9/12/2011 08:04:00 AM No comments:

Labels: austerity, banksters, class war, debt is slavery, default, economic collapse, economy, Europe, eurozone, greece, greed, haiku, NPR, radical, shock doctrine, theft

shock doctrine running amok

tightening the screws ~ summer of austerity ~ all except the thieves

Posted by Don Shall at 7/05/2011 04:39:00 PM No comments:

Labels: austerity, banksters, debt, deficit, economy, elites, EU, Europe, haiku, recession, savage spending cuts, shared sacrifice, shock, shock doctrine, summer of austerity, thieves, working families

it's time to pay-up

tough-love for NATO ~ enough of carrying y'all ~ past time to pay up

Posted by Don Shall at 6/10/2011 06:42:00 PM No comments:

Labels: blood-less euphemism, Carlyle Group, danger, defense, defense contractors, dim, dismal, EU, Europe, future, geopolitics, imperialism, NATO, spending, tough love

wake up NATO

"america" needs ~ serious and capable ~ partners in defense

Posted by Don Shall at 6/10/2011 06:35:00 PM No comments:

Labels: blood-less euphemism, Carlyle Group, danger, defense, defense contractors, dim, dismal, EU, Europe, future, geopolitics, imperialism, NATO, Robert Gates, spending

end of empire

end to NATO ? ~ got to be a reckoning ~ the weary titan

Posted by Don Shall at 6/10/2011 02:13:00 PM No comments:

Labels: danger, defense, empire, EU, Europe, future, geopolitics, haiku, imperialism, NATO, reckoning, Robert Gates, spending, weary titan

no, YOU spend more on defense

robert gates sees a ~ dim, if not dismal future ~ for NATO allies

Posted by Don Shall at 6/10/2011 11:22:00 AM No comments:

Labels: blood-less euphemism, Carlyle Group, danger, defense, defense contractors, dim, dismal, EU, Europe, future, geopolitics, imperialism, NATO, Robert Gates, spending

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☞ Since early February 2011, starting with the wave of uprisings leading to the fall of the dictators of Tunisia, Egypt, recently Libya, and soon Syria, with yet more to follow – in what was first called the Arab Spring, and now gone global with OccupyWallStreet and its echoes – I have been closely following these, and more local, Current Events. ∞ I have been harvesting phrases from the full range of media and content outlets. ∞ These haiku are 99% built from actual quotes of news-makers, reporters, eye-witnesses, analysts, observers, iconoclasts and occasional quacks.