the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Climatecoin, an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency, has partnered with a carbon credit exchange in an effort to help in the fight against climate change. The move is expected to lead to the creation of the world’s first blockchain-based platform for carbon credits trading. Carbon emissions are wreaking havoc on our environment, and one way the world is attempting to combat this problem is through the use of carbon credits, an approach agreed upon by most of the world’s nations through an international treaty called the Kyoto Protocol. The idea behind the system is that everyone has a limit to the emissions they can produce. If a nation wants to exceed its limit, it must purchase a carbon credit. Each of these carbon credits serves as a permit to produce a certain amount of emissions; for example, one credit might equal one ton of carbon dioxide emissions. If an entity ends up with extra carbon credits, it can trade them to others on markets such as the Europea

The PayPal-offshoot Becomes a Weapon in the War Against Whistleblowers and WikiLeaks. The Palantir document notes that most well-known journalistic professionals “with a liberal bent . . .if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause, such is the mentality of most business professionals.” WikiLeaks, the transparency organization known for publishing leaked documents that threaten the powerful, finds itself under pressure like never before, as does its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange. Now the fight to silence WikiLeaks is not only being waged by powerful government figures but also by the media, including outlets and organizations that have styled themselves as working to protect whistleblowers. Pierre Omidyar – eBay billionaire and PayPal’s long-time owner – holds considerable sway over several journalists and organizations that once championed WikiLeaks but now work for the Omidyar-owned publication, The Intercept. Thanks to his deep ties to the U.S. gov

The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) was set to break ties with WikiLeaks amidst concerns among the foundation’s board, which includes such well-known figures as Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, John Cusack and Glenn Greenwald, among others. The news was confirmed less than a month later when the nonprofit’s board officially voted to stop accepting U.S. donations for WikiLeaks, which had been blacklisted for years by Visa, MasterCard and PayPal after publishing leaked U.S. government documents provided by Chelsea Manning. WikiLeaks took to Twitter to suggest that something more nefarious was behind the board’s decision to cut ties. Once the news became public, WikiLeaks and its associated accounts linked the FPF’s decision to the fact that many of its members now work for organizations financed by eBay billionaire and PayPal co-founder Pierre Omidyar. In addition, the FPF itself has received large sums of money from Omidyar and his various businesses and found

How much can Raytheon, Mastercard, Nokia, Monsanto and the like be trusted to invest in long-term outcomes in the global South? When you see the actors behind U.S. ‘aid and development’ in Africa, is it any wonder that African leaders would look for any other partner to work with? by Jim Carey Part 3 - Chinese investment highlights new possibilities China spends around $5 billion a year on direct ‘aid’ projects, which are acknowledged to be effective even by Western analysts such as Bradley Parks — executive director of AidData, an organization that tracks effects of global aid programs — who conceded in the Washington Post that “ many African leaders insist that China is a more reliable and efficient partner, ” than the U.S. However, China also projects investments through another channel: direct investment in infrastructure and industry. Since a majority of Chinese industry is controlled by the state, there is no need for the philanthropic cover and subsidies like

failed evolution Οι Γαλλογερμανικές και Ελληνικές τράπεζες βρίσκονται σε κακό χάλι μετά το τσουνάμι της κρίσης που ήρθε από τις ΗΠΑ το 2008 επειδή έπαιζαν τις καταθέσεις και το μετοχικό κεφάλαιο σε χρηματιστηριακά παιχνίδια. Ειδικά η Γερμανική υπερ-τράπεζα Deutsche Bank, ναυαρχίδα του Γερμανικού τραπεζικού τομέα, έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στα όσα ακολούθησαν. Με βάση την έκθεση της Αμερικανικής επιτροπής για την οικονομική κρίση, η συγκεκριμένη τράπεζα είχε παίξει σημαντικό ρόλο στην δημιουργία των καταστροφικών χρηματοπιστωτικών «προϊόντων» CDOs , την περίοδο 2004-2007, τα οποία συνεισέφεραν σημαντικά στην δημιουργία της στεγαστικής φούσκας στις ΗΠΑ, ενώ υπάρχουν υπόνοιες ότι συνέβαλε καθοριστικά στο ξέσπασμα της κρίσης χρέους στην Ελλάδα . Με το ξέσπασμα της Ελληνικής κρίσης οι τραπεζίτες λένε στη Μέρκελ ότι πρέπει να σώσουν τις τράπεζες αλλιώς καταρρέει το σύστημα, ενώ είχαν είδη λάβει ένα πρώτο πακέτο "βοήθειας" ύψους 500 δισ. από τη Γερμ

Consider this another "conspiracy theory" for your amusement ... if you like by system failure More than two years ago, we wrote that neoliberalism drops its final big leaf with Donald Trump. Right after the 2016 US elections we wrote that Donald Trump played well his role as an anti-establishment candidate, but in reality, he is only a reserve of the establishment. Many were almost laughing with these estimations, but just one year in office and Donnie did everything he could to justify them: - Literally hired Goldman Sachs to run USA. - Signed a bill to deregulate again Wall Street, so that the parasites of the financial mafia to be able to play their games at the expense of the majority, as happened so many times in the past, causing big financial crises. - Quickly aligned with the neocon agenda and bombed Syria. In fact, the Donald did even more than the puppet of the establishment, Barack Obama, by provoking dangerously war games in

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is famous in Western media for executing people that fall out of his favor – though some seem to have found the knack of returning from the dead. Reports regularly surface on Kim’s latest means of execution, ranging from the relatively mundane firing squad to the theatrical, or even cartoonish – such as feeding foes to packs of starving dogs or roasting them with flame-throwers. North Korean pop star Hyon Song-wol was spotted alive and well on TV in 2014, despite reportedly being executed by firing squad in a purge of singers, musicians and dancers, a year before. The performer was allegedly killed along with 11 other people, including members of her group, the Moranbong Band, the head of Unhasu Orchestra, and several dancers from the Wangjaesan Light Music Band. The 12 victims had allegedly been accused of, among other offenses, recording themselves having sex and selling the footage. Hyon Song-wol, with whom Kim was

Γιώργος Βασσάλος Το καλοκαίρι, σας είχαμε ενημερώσει για το άνοιγμα της έρευνας της Ευρωπαίας Συνηγόρου του Πολίτη πάνω στη συμμετοχή του Μάριο Ντράγκι, προέδρου της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας, στην «Ομάδα των 30», ένα λόμπι που αποτελείται από εκπροσώπους κεντρικών αλλά και ιδιωτικών τραπεζών, όπως JP Morgan, η UBS και η πρώην εργοδότρια του Ντράγκι (όπως και νυν του Μπαρόζο) Goldman Sachs. To Νοέμβρη η ΕΚΤ είχει απαντήσει στις ερωτήσεις της «ευρωπαίας διαμεσολαβήτριας» Emily O’Reilly, με τη γνωστή αλαζονεία που τη χαρακτηρίζει. Στην ερώτηση ποιος επιλέγει τα μέλη της «Ομάδας των 30» απάντησε απλά «το ΔΣ της», του οποίου όμως το μοναδικό γνωστό μέλος είναι το πρόεδρος της τράπεζας JP Morgan, ενώ για τη δημοσίευση των πρακτικών των συναντήσεων παρέπεμψε τη Συνήγορο του Πολίτη O’Reilly στην ίδια την «Ομάδα των 30». Χθες, η O’Reilly έδωσε δίκιο στo «Παρατηρητήριο της Ευρώπης των Πολυεθνικών» (CEO) που είχε ζητήσει την εν λόγω έρευνα και αποφάνθηκε ότι η

The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) was set to break ties with WikiLeaks amidst concerns among the foundation’s board, which includes such well-known figures as Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, John Cusack and Glenn Greenwald, among others. The news was confirmed less than a month later when the nonprofit’s board officially voted to stop accepting U.S. donations for WikiLeaks, which had been blacklisted for years by Visa, MasterCard and PayPal after publishing leaked U.S. government documents provided by Chelsea Manning. WikiLeaks took to Twitter to suggest that something more nefarious was behind the board’s decision to cut ties. Once the news became public, WikiLeaks and its associated accounts linked the FPF’s decision to the fact that many of its members now work for organizations financed by eBay billionaire and PayPal co-founder Pierre Omidyar. In addition, the FPF itself has received large sums of money from Omidyar and his various businesses and foun

How much can Raytheon, Mastercard, Nokia, Monsanto and the like be trusted to invest in long-term outcomes in the global South? When you see the actors behind U.S. ‘aid and development’ in Africa, is it any wonder that African leaders would look for any other partner to work with? by Jim Carey Part 2 - U.S. investment and aid: philanthropy is business In order to better understand how U.S. aid and investment in infrastructure work in Africa, it’s best to look at the Western corporations that function as “philanthropy contractors.” One of these U.S.-based philanthropic giants that dominate aid and development in Africa is the well-known Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. One prime example of how U.S. aid organizations operate in Africa is a Gates Foundation initiative that was launched in Nairobi, Kenya, where the foundation created a series of “financial inclusion labs” in a partnership with Mastercard. The Mastercard project, launched in 2014, was a part of