Some News

BBC News has some interesting stuff today  --  here are excerpts of three articles.  Please follow links to originals.
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Belgium King Albert II Christmas speech sparks controversy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20852536

The Belgian king has provoked a sharp response to a Christmas message in which he drew parallels with the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

Albert II warned against the dangers of populists seeking scapegoats for current economic difficulties.
Flemish separatist leader Bart De Wever assumed the remarks were aimed at him and said he had overstepped his role.
Belgian political experts and commentators argued that the broadcast had intervened in political debate.
In his broadcast, the king said that "in these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments".
Populists were, he said, "trying to find scapegoats for the crisis, whether foreigners or compatriots from another part of the country".
Such thinking persisted in Belgium as much as in other European countries and "the crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten", the king said.
Belgium has a deepening divide between its Flemish (Dutch-speaking) north and French-speaking south, and there has been speculation that the country could ultimately break up...............
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 Bankia shares slide on 'negative value' assessment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20851106

Shares in Bankia have slid almost 20% after Spain's bank rescue fund said the troubled lender had a negative value of -4.2bn euros (£3.4bn; $5.6bn).

Bankia's parent company, BFA, which is being bailed out, was deemed to be worth -10.4bn euros.
The assessments suggest losses on bad loans are even worse than expected.
Bankia shares will be suspended from Spain's benchmark Ibex index from 2 January until at least after it is recapitalised, the stock exchange said.
The Spanish government-owned bailout fund, which is called the FROB, said that a further 13.5bn euros of rescue money would have to be injected into BFA, on top of the 4.5bn provided by Madrid in September...................
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India tea workers burn boss to death in Assam state
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20849295
 

Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow in north-east India, burning to death the owner and his wife, officials say.

Angry workers surrounded the bungalow at Kunapathar in Assam state late on Wednesday, following a two-week long dispute with the management.
Police said the incident happened after the management asked some workers to leave their accommodation.
More than half of India's tea output comes from 800 tea estates in Assam.
Local official SS Meenakshi Sundaram said some 700 tea garden workers surrounded the manager's bungalow on Wednesday evening and set it on fire. Two vehicles belonging to the manager were also torched.
The charred bodies of Mridul Kumar Bhattacharyya and his wife, Rita, were later recovered from the debris, Mr Sundaram said.
Police have detained three workers in connection with the incident.
Officials said Mr Bhattacharyya and his workers had been locked in a dispute for the past two weeks.
They said Mr Bhattacharyya had also faced protests at another tea estate that he owned two years ago.
In that dispute, angry workers set fire to his tea factory near the state capital, Guwahati, after he had allegedly fired on a crowd that had gathered near his house to protest against a reported attack on a local woman.
Several incidents of attacks on tea executives by angry workers have been reported from Assam in recent years.
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As "Porky Pig" would say after a "Looney Tunes" cartoon (if I recall correctly)  --  "Th-th-thats all folks".

It's just some more News that points out the total insanity of our world today. 

There's something very wrong with making TAXPAYERS responsible for the insanity of bankers, and the rest of the Plutocrats that infest our world today.  Then, when they lay the blame on all the various "others" of the world, it's even more INSANE.

We are in for a VERY hard fall.  Once again, I'm really happy I'm 73 and not 33.  Good luck to all.