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Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multinational trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement. The main problems are two-fold: (1) Intellectual Property Chapter: Leaked draft texts of the agreement show that the IP chapter would have extensive negative ramifications for users’ freedom of expression, right to privacy and due process, and hinder peoples' abilities to innovate. (2) Lack of Transparency: The entire process has shut out multi-stakeholder participation and is shrouded in secrecy. The twelve nations currently negotiating the TPP are the U.S., Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam. The TPP Will Rewrite Global Rules on Intellectual Property Enforcement The leaked U.S. Why You Should Care The U.S. What You Can Do

Expose the TPP I Sold Two Startups For $150 Million, And Here's How I Did It New Year’s Message From Vladimir Putin To America: Wake Up, Take A Closer Look At Your Supposed Freedoms via Downtrend By Joseph R. Carducci As Vladimir Putin has become more involved in international politics this year than ever before, it seems that he also has a lot to say. Putin begins by taking a look at how our American system of government does not really live up to its promise of freedom. Of course, this would not necessarily be a bad thing if we had decent leaders who were governed by moral principles and respected the rule of law rather than thinking they are activists who have the power and even the obligation to make laws. One of the examples given is that of the issue of gay marriage, something very close to Putin’s heart. Ultimately, this is not freedom. While it might be hard to accept these words coming from someone like Putin, he is correct nonetheless. On top of all this, many of us are blind to the fact of what is happening. What do YOU think about all this?

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Really Bad Omen? China Taking Over Crude Oil?! American Dollar Suffers Another Blow! (Video) (Before It's News) December 28 2013 Will China play a major part in the destruction of America’s economy? China is challenging the U.S. dollar. China is set to launch crude oil futures market and the rise of the petro Yuan. There is so much happening, changes in our world with just as many opinions, controversies, and threats. Your political stand with the alarming issues doesn’t matter. What matters is this one decision that will affect your life on this planet and in the hereafter, don’t be deceived any longer. We do not have “forever” to make the right decision, in fact for many of us we may have only days, hours or minutes. God the Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth the Messiah, has cleared our sin debt so that we may have eternal joy, eternal salvation and to be able to share that with God Himself. While you can.

8. Bank Interests Inflate Global Prices by 35 to 40 Percent – Top 25 Censored Stories from 2012-2013 September 30, 2013 A stunning 35 to 40 percent of everything we buy goes to interest. As Ellen Brown reported, “That helps explain how wealth is systematically transferred from Main Street to Wall Street.” In her report, Brown cited the work of Margrit Kennedy, PhD, whose research in Germany documents interest charges ranging from 12 percent for garbage collection, to 38 percent for drinking water, and 77 percent for rent in public housing. Kennedy found that the bottom 80 percent pay the hidden interest charges that the top 10 percent collect, making interest a strongly regressive tax that the poor pay to the rich. Drawing on Kennedy’s data, Brown estimated that if we had a financial system that returned the interest collected from the public directly to the public, 35 percent could be lopped off the price of everything we buy. Censored Story #8 Bank Interests Inflate Global Prices by 35 to 40 Percent Ellen Brown, “It’s the Interest, Stupid!

Meet the World's Poorest President, Jose Mujica Meet José Mujica. He may look like your average farmer or grandfather, but he is anything but. This man is globally known as the world’s “poorest President” because he lives a life of humility… all while leading the country of Uruguay. As a man who truly cares about his people, he doesn’t take an obscene amount of money to just act as a politician. He donates about 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs. Other countries, listen up. It’s not uncommon to see Jose dressed like this. He has literally spent his entire life fighting for his country. He was a guerilla fighter that battled for the rights of the country’s citizens, was imprisoned twice and was shot 6 times after an escape attempt. This is the Presidential house “Residencia Suarez” that Mujica could live in, but is planning to convert in a museum full of documents and personal belongings of former presidents. Instead, he lives here, on a farm with his wife.

TREASON: OBAMA SELLS GREAT LAKES WATER To CHINA As Half The U.S. FACES EXTREME DROUGHT CRISIS What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? At a time when the United States is facing the greatest water crisis that it has ever known, Obama is allowing water from the Great Lakes to be drained, bottled and shipped to China and other countries around the globe. Right now, the Great Lakes hold approximately 21 percent of the total supply of fresh water in the entire world. Most Americans don’t realize this, but earlier this year water levels in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan were at their lowest levels ever recorded. “Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels EVER RECORDED,” the US Army Corps of Engineers reported early this year. So what is causing all of this? “Plunging water levels are beyond anyone’s control,” says another expert, James Weakley. For even more on this, please check out the episode of “Conspiracy Theory” with Jesse Ventura that I have posted below… This water shortage is causing massive problems all over the state. But those cities are far from alone.

Swiss Member of Parliament Oskar Freysinger has had Enough of Islam: “It Gnaws at the Pillars of our System of Laws” Oskar Freysinger, a member of the Swiss Parliament, gave a passionate speech filled with truth that no politician in Washington, DC has yet to give from the floor of Congress. "Europe is an idea," Freysinger said, "a cultural landscape, an intellectual space shaped by history. Europe is the cradle of the modern constitutional democracy, the treasure-house of opinion and expression….or at least it used to be that, until recently." He says this history of Europe has been put into jeopardy by the "political elite bend(ing) their necks before a certain religious dogma which is completely alien to our intellectual history, our values and rule of law." Obviously, Freysinger was speaking about nothing more than Islam. "This dogma is gnawing away at the pillars of our system of laws, wherever it is granted the space to do so," he continued. So what does Mr. "They should never integrate into our system of values. Freysinger reminded those he spoke to of how the Serbs lost Kosovo to Islamists.

Mass Arrests Of Corrupt Government Officials And Bankers In Turkey (Video) Fri Apr 25 09:55 By Sound Of Heart - Galactic Free PressContributor profile | More stories Mass Arrests Of Corrupt Government Officials And Bankers In Turkey (Video) Thursday, December 26, 2013 13:14 % of readers think this story is Fact. (Before It's News) A corruption probe in Turkey sends shock waves through the government as more than 50 people have been detained. Category: 3D News Source: Source: Related Stories Comments Your Comments Total 5 comments Marcy Dare It would be nice if there was a story to actually read. Register Newsletter Email this story Email this story Share This Story:

When filling one's pockets is more important than the truth Shah Deniz gas rig Finally it has happened: Europe has been saved from Russia. Russian will not be able to blackmail the old world. That is how many people are evaluating the policy of the South Caucasus that the Obama administration’s allies in Europe signed in Baku, Azerbaijan: “the agreement of the century” to develop the Shah Deniz gas field. On December 17, 2013, an agreement was signed to authorize “Stage 2″ gas field development at the Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The project cost is $ 25 billion. The Shah Deniz Project not only opens an Azeri gas route to Europe. Note that during the ceremony there was also signed an agreement to extend the contract for the development of Shah Deniz gas field until 2048. Loud applause. However, there is a small problem in the numbers. In Baku, the European Energy Commission called the treaty the “main stage” in the EU’s strategy to diversify gas supplies. Iran still has its share.

The 10 Largest Armies in the World | Curiosity Aroused Numbers may not be everything, but being able to overwhelm an enemy with sheer size does lend a certain advantage. There are a lot of other factors to consider when you’re trying to determine the strongest military on the planet (like firepower, technology, training and more), but if you’re curious about the largest armies in the world in terms of active personnel, read ahead. Keep in mind that these figures are combined totals, incorporating not only army personnel, but also navy, air force, special operations, marines, and other branches. Marine’s of the People’s Liberation Army (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It shouldn’t come as any shock that the largest army in the world belongs to the People’s Republic of China, also the most populous country on the planet. The U.S. The U.S. has the second-largest army on the planet, and as you can see, it has substantially fewer active members than that of the world’s largest army. Madras Regiment of the Indian Army (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Congress members Mideast trip: No doubt to gather direct evidence of aka Obama’s treasonous activities | moralmatters.org Pic of past Egyptian president conferring with “Arab Spring” advocate aka Obama. Obama’s direct involvement lead to Mubarak’ backstabbing, thus (then) placing Egypt into the hands of anti-American Muslim Brotherhood terrorists. Note: Pic attribution - aljazeera.com – 11/11/11 US House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence [HPSCI] Majority Member, Michelle Bachman and US House Representatives, Steve King (IA) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) - Vice Chair of the Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, are reported to have left on a “hush / hush” trip. These 3 US Congress members have apparently gone on a Mideast fact-finding mission. Please reference the Bachmann, King and Gohmert “committee functions” note (below) after the related informational links to this MM article. “Arab Spring” was the nefarious overthrow of Mideast sovereign governments. Tea party-type lawmakers take mysterious, off-books trip to Mideast - washingtontimes.com Reps. Related

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