Keith Suter’s Global Insights
What on earth is going on?
Weekly Commentary (3 of 9)
International Migration
July 9, 2009 | There are occasional scares in the Australian media about the number of asylum seekers coming here by boat. I have just been reading an excellent publication which helps set this issue in a wider context. Dr Khalid Koser, Director of the New Threats and Human Security Programme at the Geneva... Full article »
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The US National Debt
July 4, 2009 | The US Government is plunging even more deeply into debt. Here are two short videos which set out graphically the continuing crisis. To try to make sense of a "trillion" dollars, if a person spent a US$1 million per day for every day since Jesus was born, then it would take until about the year 2737 to spend just the first trillion dollars. History of the Debt The US has always had a national debt. The first version was created at the outset of the American war of independence against the British (1776-1783). As soon as the fighting started, the... Full article »
The Friday Mash 3rd July
July 3, 2009 | World News Before It Happens NZ will shortly hold a referendum on whether it should be legal for parents to smack children. Of course it should. Smacking prepares Kiwi kids for the treatment they can expect later in life from... Full article »
Posted by: Roger Pugh at 12:39 PM Comment
The Friday Mash, 26th June 09 - The US and Us
June 26, 2009 | There are clear signs the US is in a mid-season slump what with money worries, the middle east, a young inexperienced president and Arnie threatening to terminate California. It's time for their old mate Aussie to take on a... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:10 AM Comment
Obama and the Fly.
June 22, 2009 | President Obama demonstrates his lightening quick reactions when a fly lands on him during an interview with CNBC news reporter John Harwood. See the footage here courtesy msnbc.com Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy... Full article »
Top 25 Censored Stories For 2009 in USA
June 21, 2009 | Project Censored is an organisation with a mission to "teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society - and to tell us the news that didn't make the news and why". The organisation was founded in 1976 by Carl Jenson in the... Full article »
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US Intervention In Iran
June 21, 2009 | President Obama is being criticized by the discredited neo-conservatives - who took the US into war in Iraq in 2003 - for not doing enough in Iran. But he has the right policy. Obama knows that the Iranians have a long memory of US intervention in Iran - even if most Americans have long forgotten that history. The overthrow of the Iranian government just over 50 years ago was the first secret operation by the Central Intelligence Agency outside of the Cold War. It was one of the CIA's most successful operations and became one of the standards against which... Full article »
Home - A Film By Yann Arthus-Bertrand
June 19, 2009 | Launched on World Environment Day this film depicts our planet as you have never seen it before. The photography is as stunning as it is confronting, showing the have-have not dichotomy as never before. Home has been cleverly constructed in a way that motivates the viewer to engage with the environment and appreciate what our "home" has to offer. The film signs off by saying that what happens next is up to us, what could be more powerful than that? A trailer for the film is shown below. To view the full movie please follow this link to you tube.... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 10:30 PM Comment
Friday Mash - Alas Poor Eric
June 19, 2009 | You've got to feel sorry for Eric Roozendaal. He's such a well-meaning chap but last year his mini-budget went down like John Howard at a union meeting and now his full budget has been received like a steak sandwich served... Full article »
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The Obama Family Album
June 17, 2009 | Some very attractive photos of the Obamas have just been published. I discussed them with David Koch and Melissa Doyle on "Sunrise" last week. Among the points I made in the discussion were, first, that the US First Family is very much a family on display. Daughters Malia and Sasha are international celebrities in their own right. This is very different from Australia where the Prime Minister's wife may get some media attention but little media attention is given to the children. My guess is that most Australians could not provide the names the Rudd or Howard children. That side... Full article »
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