Budweiser
has been positioning itself as the beer of
homosexuals. The campaign continues:
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Budweiser: Queen of Beers
Lack of capitalism bad for Uzbek environment
“We’re still in Soviet
times in the economy of agriculture,” (Yusup Kamilov) explained. “Cotton, rice,
and wheat are a government monopoly. That means money and capital are not
working properly here in Uzbekistan.” The environment suffers as a result.
Many Uzbekistani farmers cannot
choose what they can grow or where they can sell. Cotton growers, for instance,
must sell their entire harvest to the regime, forgoing competitive prices for
their goods and locking them into state-enforced poverty. Due to the
semi-nationalized agricultural system, the government also charges little for
water—certain water-intensive activities, including the flooding of fields,
carry no cost to farmers. Waste is enormous. With no systemic incentives to
conserve water, investments in technological improvements to the agricultural
economy are scant. Sources in the country’s U.N. office fret that almost no
drip irrigation exists in Uzbekistan. Unsurprisingly, many Uzbekistani farmers
have decided to opt out of the collectivized economy, trying their luck
elsewhere. As Steve Swerdlow of Human Rights Watch explained, it is common for
farmers to abandon their land and head to neighboring Kazakhstan for work.
Saturday, June 8, 2019
‘Mostly drunk’ Romanians attack Hungarians at cemetery
John Woods
They broke into and desecrated the WWII
cemetery where Hungarian, German and Austrian soldiers rest, smashed several
wooden crosses that marked the memory of fallen Hungarian heroes and beat up
Hungarians protecting the cemetery with flagpoles and rods torn from the fence.
Meanwhile, the Romanian gendarmerie did almost nothing; nobody was taken into
custody yet because of what had happened, and the Romanian ambassador in
Budapest refused to show up in the Hungarian foreign ministry and give an
explanation as to what happened and why due to a higher order.
“Out with the Hungarians from the country!”
According to the newsletter of the Mikó Imre
Minority Rights Legal Services Assistance, close to a thousand civilians and
public personalities from Szeklerland formed a human chain around the military
cemetery in the Úz Valley yesterday (Friday) afternoon in order to inhibit
Romanians from unlawfully breaking into the common graveyard, where the bodies
of Austrian, German and Hungarian soldiers rest. Meanwhile, Romanian groups
demanding the opening of the cemetery gate shouted “out with the Hungarians
from the country!”, sang irredentist songs and yelled at Hungarians.
The Romanian crowd was strongly influenced by
alcohol and revolted then climbed on the fence, broke the cemetery gate,
smashed several wooden crosses that marked the memory of Hungarian heroes, beat
up Hungarians with flagpoles and rods torn from the fence, causing enormous
damage both in a moral and physical sense. The Romanian authorities quickly
lost control over the happenings, though Romanian foreign minister Teodor
Meleșcanu previously promised his Hungarian counterpart that they would do
everything to prevent provocations and physical abuse towards local Hungarians.
However, though Romanian authorities were present at the scene, they were not
able or would not like to protect the Hungarians, and yet, nobody has been
arrested, and nobody has been taken into custody because of what happened.
The Romanian ambassador refused to give an explanation.
Furthermore, representatives of Romanian political organisations also took part
in the event, radicalising the civilians and sharing abusing texts against
Hungarians on social media. Meanwhile, Hungarians were praying, and a lot of
them even burst into tears because of what happened.
Hunor Kelemen, president of the Democratic
Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), condemned the incident from Úz
Valley and called the destruction of the cemetery a barbaric act. He said that
the Hungarians did not provoke anyone but formed a human chain to protect the
memory of their ancestors. He added that the Romanian news televisions should
put an end to misinformation and incitement because it only leads to further
conflicts. He also asked the Prime Minister to replace the Minister of Internal
Affairs and the prefect of Harghita county, both of whom were responsible for
letting such severe atrocities to take place.
According to MTI, Romania’s ambassador to
Hungary has been summoned to the foreign ministry to account for what had
happened but refused to comply, citing conflicting orders. On a press
conference today, state Secretary Levente Magyar said about the refusal that it
is “below all courtesy and friendship” and “Romania has refused an opportunity
for dialogue.” In fact, the ministry already issued a diplomatic note of
protest yesterday. Magyar added that Hungary still has a vested interest in a
correct and good relationship with Romania to ensure the peaceful coexistence
of Hungarians and Romanians.
Both government parties and Hungarian
opposition parties Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary and Our Home Movement
condemned the vandal destruction of the cemetery. The Romanian foreign ministry
issued a statement today in which they would like their Hungarian counterpart
to send a clear message towards Hungarians living in Romania to put an end to
boosting further tensions. Thus, it is clear that the Romanian government
blames Hungarians for what happened yesterday.
The antecedents
In fact, the local administration of the
village of Dărmănești/Dormánfalva appropriated illegally the Hungarian military
cemetery located in neighbouring Harghita county earlier this year. This is
because a law from 1968 clearly states that the valley belongs to Sânmartin/
Csíkszentmárton, a Hungarian village in Harghita county, instead of
Dărmănești/Dormánfalva, a Romanian settlement in Bacău county. The situation
has worsened considerably after several Hungarians were taken in for
questioning by the police, while the local administration of
Dărmănești/Dormánfalva that illegally put up concrete crosses and monuments in
the cemetery has still not been brought to account.
Árpád Antal, the president of the Szekler
Council of Local Representatives, declared then that “we, Transylvanian
Hungarians, are citizens with full rights of both Europe and Romania, and we do
not accept to be treated as second-class citizens in our homeland. Asking for
the situation of the military cemetery in Valea Uzului/Úz-völgye to be settled,
for the violation of the rights of our community to cease and for those
responsible to be brought to justice is a legitimate demand, one that we will
not give up.”
On the 16th of May, an unknown group of people
covered the crosses that had been illegally put up by the local government of
Dărmănești/Dormánfalva with black sacks. Although members of the Hungarian
community immediately removed the sacks, and the Szekler Council of Local
Representatives qualified the act as an obvious provocation, distancing
themselves from both the persons committing the act, as well as the act itself,
the Romanian media and some politicians took the opportunity to initiate a hate
campaign against Hungarians.
The cemetery located in Valea Uzului/Úz-völgye
(Valley of Uz) was the site of several battles during World War II. In fact,
many Hungarian and German, but no Romanian soldiers are buried there. The
cemetery has come to be almost like a place of pilgrimage, not only for
Hungarians living in Transylvania but for all Hungarians.
(In World War II, both Hungary
and Romania were allied with Hitler’s Germany. Hungarian forces participated in
Germany’s invasion of Yugoslavia and of the Soviet Union. When Hungarian
leaders decided they backed the wrong side, they began talks with Allied
nations. Hitler found out and in March 1944 occupied Hungary. Romania joined
the Axis powers in November 1940 and committed soldiers and a base of invasion
of the Soviet Union in 1941. With the invasion of Soviet troops in 1944,
Romania changed sides. After the war, Romania lost territory to the Soviet
Union and to Bulgaria, but regained northern Transylvania from Hungary. Much of
the animosity between Hungary and Romania is from both world wars of the 20th
century, plus occupation by Muslims in previous centuries.)
Friday, June 7, 2019
Comanche upset another Chickasaw casino approved
Plains tribes in Western
Oklahoma say politically-connected, wealthy Eastern tribes given better
treatment by federal government.
“The fight stems from a 2017 Interior Department
decision to go around the Comanche and approve — without any consultation — a
rival casino project in Terral, Okla., within miles of the tribe’s ancestral
lands near the Red River.
"More than ever, the ensuing legal battle has exposed years of resentment over how Washington treats the poorer Plains tribes of Western Oklahoma versus the more powerful and politically connected Five Civilized Tribes in the east.
"Indeed, the newly-built, disputed casino is the 22nd such gaming operation in an already huge multibillion dollar empire controlled by the Chickasaw Nation, the richest of the Five."
Three Texans
“The moral, upstanding Comanche who lived by
the laws and gods of his tribe enjoyed heaping live coals on a staked-out white
man’s genitals; a moral Mexican, for a fancied insult, would slip his knife
into an Anglo back. The moral Texan, who lived in peace and amity with his
fellows, would bash an Indian infant’s head against a tree or gut-shoot a
‘greaser’ if he blinked.” – Texas historian T.R. Fehrenbach
Jehovah’s Witnesses hall burned in Russia
Ministry of Justice plans “to
liquidate all the 396 religious organizations of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
as extremist.”
Jehovah's Witnesses* have reported the arson of a building in
the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, where religious services had been held
before the ban of the religious organization. The arson was the result of an
information campaign launched by official media, said a representative of the
European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses (the organization has been banned
in Russia by the court).
The
"Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April
20 the SC of Russia satisfied the demand of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to liquidate all the 396 religious organizations of
Jehovah's Witnesses* in Russia as extremist. The believers have
treated the verdict as biased and promised to appeal against it.
The
building of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses* in Prokhladny, built by
local believers, was no longer used after the ban on the activities of the
organizations in Russia. The arson occurred in the evening on June 2; the
information became known on June 6.
The
building was seriously damaged.
Yaroslav
Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*,
believes that the arson was a result of the information campaign launched by
official media against Jehovah's Witnesses*. "They picture Jehovah's
Witnesses* extremely negatively, as extremists," Mr Sivulsky has stated.
*The organization is recognized as extremist, and its activity
is banned in Russia by the court's decision
Source: http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/47411/
© Caucasian Knot
Source: http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/47411/
© Caucasian Knot
Armenian villagers threaten to change riverbed
Hydropower plants led to
deterioration of water.
The operation of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) built
on the Gegarot River led to a deterioration of water quality. If the
authorities fail to stop the HPPs, the river bed will be changed, local
residents have threatened.
The "Caucasian Knot" has
reported that on March 17, more than a hundred people blocked the traffic along
the Yerevan-Vanadzor highway, demanding to stop operation of two small HPPs
built on the Gegarot River. On the same day, the highway was
unblocked after the suspension of HPPs and the governor's promise to study the
quality of the water used for irrigation.
About 300 villagers gathered on June 6 and decided to change the riverbed in the water intake areas, Arbak Gasparyan, a resident of the village of Aragats, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
About 300 villagers gathered on June 6 and decided to change the riverbed in the water intake areas, Arbak Gasparyan, a resident of the village of Aragats, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to his story, problems with irrigation water began
after the launch of small HPPs, and every year the situation has worsened.
"The river source is already rich in iron and minerals. But the water,
while descending along the channel, crashed into stones and got cleaner. The
small HPPs intake water, releasing it into kilometre-long pipes; and, as a
result, the water does not have time to get cleaner," the villager has
explained.
In late March this year, the operation of the small HPPs was
suspended, but ten days later, they started working again, Mr Gasparyan has
added. "We are already tired of protesting and blocking highways in
anticipation of a stop of the HPPs. The only solution is to 'cut off' the water
that feeds them. We've brought heavy equipment to the respective river sections
in order to dig a new riverbed and direct river water to bypass the small HPPs.
We won't touch their [HPP owners] property; we'll just ensure the inflow of
normal water into the village," he has stressed.
Source: http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/47413/
© Caucasian Knot
Source: http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/47413/
© Caucasian Knot
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