the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world UK: “ 1.6 million older people live in poverty, of whom 900,000 are living in severe poverty.” “ The latest estimates of take up found that in 2009–10 around a third (up to 1.6 million) of older people who were entitled to Pension Credit were not claiming it. On average they were missing out on over £1700 a year (£33 a week).” “ Up to 2.2 million older people were missing out on help with their council tax bill which, on average would have reduced their annual bill by £728.” “ Up to 390,000 more older people could have claimed Housing Benefit to reduce their rent by an average of £48 a week.” “ ... with their incomes being stretched by costs, many older people who are struggling to get by are worried about their money running out. Frequent worries are: The cost of care they need now or may need in the near future. The rising prices fo

About 1.3 billion tons of food lost or wasted every year, which amounts to roughly one-third of all the food produced for human consumption “ China wastes at least 35 million metric tons of grain every year due to poor storage and transportation methods and excessive processing, ...” "The losses can feed 200 million people for a year, which is shameful and needs urgent measures to prevent such waste and loss," “ According to the State Administration of Grain, in major grain production regions including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hebei and Shandong provinces, there are no storage buildings for about 35 million tons of grain. Of the 210 million farming households across the country, only 3 percent can store grain in a scientific way, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.” “ Wang Lirong, chief engineer of the standards and quality center under the State Administration of Grain, said that besides saving food, grain-processing companies should

Various scenarios by the US mechanisms on how should be treated included a preventive military action with Moscow's cooperation, up to let China deploy "modest nuclear forces" as a threat to Soviet Union! Similarities with today's escalating Cold War 2.0 “ Fifty years ago today, on 16 October 1964, the People's Republic of China (PRC) joined the nuclear club when it tested a nuclear device at its Lop Nur test site in Inner Mongolia. U.S. intelligence had been monitoring Chinese developments for some years, but the lack of adequate sources made reliable estimates difficult. As prospects for a nuclear test began to appear imminent in the early 1960s, a lively debate commenced within the U.S. government over how soon it would happen and what its implications would be. Amid questions over whether Beijing would be 'truculent' or 'cautious' were proposals for taking preventive military action, possibly with Moscow's cooperation , or fo

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world Global: "The most striking feature is the contrast in experience before and after the financial crisis. In the period from 2000 to 2007, 12 countries saw a rise in inequality while 34 recorded a reduction. Between 2007 and 2014, the overall pattern reversed: wealth inequality rose in 35 countries and fell in only 11." “ Taken together, the bottom half of the global population own less than 1% of total wealth. In sharp contrast, the richest decile hold 87% of the world’s wealth, and the top percentile alone account for 48.2% of global assets,” “ These figures give more evidence that inequality is extreme and growing, and that economic recovery following the financial crisis has been skewed in favour of the wealthiest. In poor countries, rising inequality means the difference between children getting the chance to go to school and sick people getting life

Ο Ντάισελμπλουμ δίνει το σύνθημα του system failure Ο Ολλανδός υπουργός και επικεφαλής του Eurogroup, Γερούν Νταισελμπλούμ, δήλωσε πρόσφατα ότι και η Γερμανία πρέπει να προχωρήσει σε "μεταρρυθμίσεις", φέρνοντας ως παράδειγμα την Ισπανία, Πορτογαλία και Ιρλανδία (!) και απηύθυνε χαρακτηριστική προειδοποίηση στο Βερολίνο “να μην επαναπαύεται στις δάφνες του”. ( http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=26517&subid=2&pubid=113366795 ) Οι δηλώσεις έρχονται τη στιγμή που η Γερμανική οικονομία εκπέμπει σήμα κινδύνου και νέοι τριγμοί ταλανίζουν την, ούτως ή άλλως, εύθραυστη ευρωζώνη. Η Ευρωπαϊκή νεοφιλελεύθερη οικονομική αυτοκρατορία έστειλε σήμα, στο Βερολίνο αυτή τη φορά και είναι έτοιμη να επιταχύνει τις διαδικασίες για την καθολική επιβολή των καταστροφικών πολιτικών που δοκιμάστηκαν στην Ελλάδα, ώστε να εξασφαλίσει τα συμφέροντα του μεγάλου κεφαλαίου. Φυσικά, αυτός ήταν ο αρχικός στόχος: " Ομοσπονδιοποίηση όμως σημαίνει, ότι οι ίδιες πολιτικές θα