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Mainichi Q&A with teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg
STOCKHOLM Mainichi: Japan is still relying on coal-fired plants for more than 30% of its total electricity. It is also about to build more new coal-fired plants that any other nation, and is looking to export the plants overseas. What is your view of this?
Greta Thunberg: Of course it's horrible. I wouldn't have expected anything better because it's just like everywhere else. No one is doing basically anything. They say that they are doing things and yet they're expanding coal mines, coal power plants or airports or things like that. So something big needs to happen. We're still on the wrong path. We need to change direction.
M: Japan will host the Group of 20 summit in late June. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to play a leadership role on combating climate change at the summit. What do you say to him?
GT: Basically every world leader is like that. They say, "We are going to make this better," or "We are going to do everything we can and we're going to be the leading country." And yet they expand coal power plants and so on. They say one thing and then do another complete opposite thing. That is very dangerous because it's very misleading. We need to realize the full consequences of the climate crisis and we need to realize what has to be done, how much the emissions need to be reduced, and so on.
M: What is read climate change leadership?
GT: I think you have to practice what you preach. In Sweden, we say, "We are so good with combating climate change and we are so environmentally friendly," and so on. But Sweden has one of the world's top 10 ecological footprints per capita, according to WWF (Word Wildlife Fund). It's complete opposite of what we say. So I think leadership is to lead by example.
M: Regarding the global school strike on March 15 this year, there were only about 200 participants in Japan. That's relatively small compared to the numbers in European countries. So do you have any message to Japan's youth?
GT: I have the same message for them as I do for everyone else, because this is a global problem and we all have a responsibility to do something. As young people, our future is being taking away from us and I think we should get angry, and transform that anger into action. We must help keep the older generations accountable for what they have done and keep doing to us. And we need to realize what is actually at stake.
M: I believe Japanese students are concerned for their future, but are hesitant to walk out of school. So do you have an alternative to striking?
GT: There are many, many things you can do. You don't have to do a school strike. For instance, you can march, you can create organizations, you can create petitions. Vote if you can, and try to put pressure on business leaders and politicians so that they will do something. Also, there are many changes you can make in your everyday life.
M: What kind of concrete climate action is needed on the individual level?
GT: There are many scientific studies on what are the most efficient ways you can make changes. I don't have the education to speak out about that myself. But I think that as an individual, the most important thing you can do right now is to read about the climate crisis and try to understand what it actually means, because then you understand what you can do yourself. And also to spread that information, talk to people about it, and to put pressure on people in power. We need to go through democracy, put pressure on corporations and states.
M: You have described yourself as an invisible girl. Has that changed?
GT: Not in school but here, definitely yes. I never used to speak and I don't think people were interested in hearing my opinion. Now I am speaking to the whole world and to everyone. Privately I'm still very shy. I never make small talk or just talk because I want to. I do it because I have to.
I've been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, which makes me think a bit differently. I don't like socializing and I have special interests which I get very focused on. And so I was able to really focus on this issue and to read for hours and hours because I had an interest in it, and that wouldn't have been possible if I'd been "normal."
M: A few people have said there must be someone behind your campaign. How do you react to them?
GT: It's pretty sad that people spend their time trying to make up rumors and spreading hate. I can't really do anything about it, and I knew that when I started. I think that these rumors show that this movement is actually having an impact, and some people feel threatened by this. So it's also a good thing.
rest at link
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190520/p2a/00m/0in/011000c
no shit…just a bad as equating game theory to that tv show, that even made a notable as a comment.
well your's were not to begin with. It's all how you look at it fren. Can see the humor though.
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some of us tried and were never able to have children so it's all in the eye of the beholder. Alway's greener for some….
Deutsche Bank Alex Brown and 9/11 Insider Trading
With regard to the research that I’ve done on the topic of “9/11 Insider Trading” there was one thing that I hadn’t gone after sufficiently enough: so far I had not asked the German Bank for a statement on two particular issues. I also noticed that no one else had asked the Deutsche Bank for it – at least I could not find anything that suggested otherwise.
What those two issues were should become evident if I just cite some various e-mails. Moreover, they will give you all relevant links/sources to follow up on the whole story if you want to. I am aware that the format is a bit unusual and a bit hard to follow, but I am confident that you will understand it in the end.
On December 31, 2012, I wrote this e-mail to the press department at the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany (db.presse@db.com), which included two relevant excerpts from my research.
Media Request re Deutsche Bank – Alex Brown – 9/11 Informed Trading
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
My name is Lars Schall, I am a freelance journalist for finance. Earlier this year I’ve published an article at Asia Times Online, the biggest English news website in Asia, on the topic of alleged informed trading activities prior to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/NC21Dj05.html.
In this article I’ve mentioned that something strange occurred related to Deutsche Bank’s computer systems in New York City.* The source for this, the investigative journalist Michael C. Ruppert, repeated this story again on record in this video of mine:
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/04/09/terror-trading-911/.
Since I have never seen that the Deutsche Bank was officially asked about this, I would like to ask you for a comment on this specific story.
I would also like to ask for a comment from you on the fact that Alex Brown, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, traded massive put options purchases on United Airlines Company UAL through the Chicago Board Option Exchange (CBOE).**
Kind regards,
Lars Schall.
But let’s get back to the subject of destruction. On September 11, not only human life, aircraft and buildings were destroyed in New York City, but also data on computers and in archives. For example, several federal agencies occupied space in Building 7 of the World Trade Center, including the Securities and Exchange Commission on floors 11 to 13.
Those and other data could have given information about the alleged 9/11 insider trading (though it seems to be very unlikely that no backup existed elsewhere independent of the local computer systems). In fact, some technology companies were commissioned to recover damaged hard disks, which had been recovered from the debris and dust of Ground Zero.
One of these companies was the English company group Convar, more precisely: their data rescue center in the German city Pirmasens. Erik Kirschbaum from the news agency Reuters reported in December 2001 that Convar had at that time successfully restored information from 32 computers, supporting “suspicions that some of the 911 transactions were illegal”.
‘The suspicion is that inside information about the attack was used to send financial transaction commands and authorizations in the belief that amid all the chaos the criminals would have, at the very least, a good head start,’ says Convar director Peter Henschel.” [36] Convar received the costly orders – according to Kirschbaum´s report the companies had to pay between $20,000 and $30,000 per rescued computer – in particular from credit card companies, because: “There was a sharp rise in credit card transactions moving through some computer systems at the WTC shortly before the planes hit the twin towers. This could be a criminal enterprise – in which case, did they get advance warning? Or was it only a coincidence that more than $100 million was rushed through the computers as the disaster unfolded?” [37]
The companies for which Convar was active cooperated with the FBI. If the data were reconstructed they should have been passed on to the FBI, and the FBI, according to its statutory mandate, should have initiated further investigation based on the data to find out who carried out these transactions. Henschel was optimistic at the time that the sources for the transactions would come to light.
Richard Wagner, a Convar employee, told Kirschbaum that “illegal transfers of more than $100 million might have been made immediately before and during the disaster. ‘There is a suspicion that some people had advance knowledge of the approximate time of the plane crashes in order to move out amounts exceeding $100 million,’ he says. ‘They thought that the records of their transactions could not be traced after the main frames were destroyed’.”
rest at link
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/23/re-deutsche-bank-alex-brown-and-911-insider-trading/
>Many Ladies been under heavy fire to conform.
you are correct. relationships are very fickle no matter how they are looked at
US Market Report
DOW
Volume 1,873,224,482
Avg. Volume 2,217,081,612
NAS
Volume 1,873,224,482
Avg. Volume 2,217,081,612
With the raft of downgrades today: Tesla, Apple, Deutsche Bank, Blue apron-this should have been down MUCH moar-it's not-kek!
SP500
Volume 1,871,537,243
Avg. Volume 3,547,461,451
This one still well below no matter which way it goes.
Wall Street Weekahead: Tariffs could lead to markdowns in retail shares
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-weekahead-tariffs-could-lead-to-markdowns-in-retail-shares-idUSKCN1SN2DO?il=0
Tech Wrecks, Semis Slammed as Trade Turmoil Hammers Huawei
China started ugly but was rescued back to merely unattractive.
Huawei bonds plunged.
European markets were ugly with Italy leading the way.
European technology stocks had the worst day since Apple’s revenue warning in early January as the Huawei hammering rippled through markets.
Apple downgraded by HSBC too.
But Europe also suffered as Deutsche Bank hit new record lows.
The Nasdaq led today's declines in US markets (thanks to blowback from Trump's Huawei move and Google's decision)…
Futures show the action really accelerated during European hours as Google and others cut ties from Huawei.
Dow futures seem to have found support around 25,500-600.
'He 'ain't lying- See this from last week.
>>6514158 pb Chart shows evidence of POTUS 'Put'
Tesla stock tumbled below $200 for the first time since Dec 2016 (bonds collapsed to record high yields).
VW coming to eat it's lunch too.
And TSLA CDS spiked.
this is insurance against credit failure-same shit habbened leading up to 2008 however keep in mind the system does not account for PANIC (Patriots Are Now In Control).
Credit and equity protection costs were notably higher… (the former blowing out more).
NOTE - the selling started the moment US cash equity markets opened.
The yield curve was yanked steeper today, drastically avoiding the inversion signal.
(see cap#3)
WTI managed to hold on to gains today thanks to three surges off the lows.
because SA cut moar than it said it would so it can support the ARAMCO bonds it recently sold.
Finally, the outlook for U.S. companies doing business with China is growing more gloomy.
because the game of lower the expectations for future earnings has run the course-they have to accept reality now.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-20/tech-wrecks-trumps-trade-turmoil-hammers-huawei
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will give a speech at the Atlanta Fed conference at 7 p.m.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC?p=^IXIC
If you are referencing cap#2 it is speculation anon however the system downgraded much today and in the past it has always done this so it can buy it lower. That did not habben. Tesla, Apple etc. Sell is a four-letter word on wall st, always has been
sorry it's so small. had to save a lot on phone for a bit.
have been seeing those spikes for about a week to 10 days(cap#3) and wanted to wait and make sure they were not just data fuck-ups. They have been consistent in appearance for that time period. This many downgrades should have sent it down on big volume. Do your own research and make own decisions.
sorry that's cap#2 fren. Busy bread