Holland
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In the Netherlands, a Discriminatory Algorithm has Impoverished Thousands of Families
Aided by an algorithm, the Dutch tax office has plunged into distress tens of thousands of families – in particular, foreign-born mothers, in wrongfully demanding from them staggering sums. The state is proving incapable of setting things right. Continue reading
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Dutch Government Ditches the Mask. Political Pressure Exerted on Sovereign Governments?
Last Wednesday, the Dutch government decided not to impose any “national obligation” on its people to wear masks, reports Reuters. The reason for opting out of the global masquerade? Minister for Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, asserted that “from a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks” after a review by the Netherland’s National Institute… Continue reading
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Update on the MH17 Case
ERIC ZUESSE—The Netherlands Government is resisting an effort by Dutch victims’ families to find out why Ukraine’s Government, on 17 July 2014 — when the Malaysian airliner MH17 was shot down while flying over Ukraine’s civil-war zone — this passenger-plane had been guided by Ukraine’s air-traffic control to fly through, instead of around (as it… Continue reading
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The Dike Breaks – Netherland Ends Support For “White Helmets” Terrorist Propaganda By Moon of Alabama
The Netherland just announced that it is ending its support for al-Qaeda’s propaganda gang, the “White Helmets”. It also ends its support for the so called Free Syrian Police. Last week the Netherlands shut down its “non lethal” support for the Free Syrian Army after Dutch news organizations found that members of these groups were… Continue reading
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Joe Henderson Trio: ‘Ask Me Now’
This is a performance of Thelonious Monk’s “Ask Me Now,” off of the album “Solo Monk.” Stuttgart, Germany, 1993. Joe Henderson, a tenor saxophonist, leads the trio, in the rendition. Dave Holland is joining him on bass and drummer Al Foster. Continue reading
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Miles goes Electric: 'Milestones', 'Footprints', 'Round Midnight'
Antibes 1969. Miles goes electric with, amongst others; Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Continue reading
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The rules of secret justice in Britain By Angela Patrick
To impliment the deployment of ‘Secret Justice’ in the UK the government has to table the rules that will deliver the legisation. It has done so in a sneaky fashion and has announced they will be debated and decided in the House of Commons tomorrow! Continue reading
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Miles Davis Live! 'Bitches Brew'
30 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube Taped 18 August 1970 at the Tanglewood Festival. Miles in full flight! Bennie Maupin, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Airto Moreira and others… Continue reading
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Miles Davis – Antibes, France – 1969
1969. A hot day in July in Antibes, France. Miles. Wayne Shorter. Chick Corea. Dave Holland. Jack DeJohnette, playing Milestones, Footprints and ‘Round Midnight. Continue reading
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Sam Rivers Live
Filmed in Germany on November 14, 1979 with Sam Rivers tenor sax, flute, piano, soprano sax and voice, Dave Holland bass cello, and Thurman Barker drums. Rivers in full flight with an 8-minute plus, solo. Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (VI) Dmitry MININ
The rebirth of the imperial spirit in the West is moving along two sometimes converging, but in recent times increasingly diverging, lines. Looking at Europe’s relations with its neighbours, one can see that the European Union initially pursued an imperial policy with regard to countries in Central and Eastern Europe that had joined the EU,… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 5 November 2012
5 November 2012 ‘WikiLeaks search ban – censorship’, earns US Archives ‘Ministry of Truth’ tag RT The case of WikiLeaks is once again hitting the headlines. That’s after the US National Archive blocked any search attempts containing the name of the whistleblowing website. The move, on the recommendation of Washington, was said to be protecting … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjn_g7a50Kg Continue reading
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British Peace groups to deliver letter to Greek Ambassador demanding the release of the Freedom Flotilla boats to Gaza
British Peace groups to deliver letter to Greek Ambassador demanding the release of the Freedom Flotilla boats to Gaza Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Miles – ‘So What’ with John Coltrane
Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois. Miles’ mother was a blues pianist though she kept this hidden from him and his father a dentist. Davis began studying trumpet at the age of thirteen with local musician Elwood Buchanan and Buchanan would always stress to Miles to play without… Continue reading
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Dutch police raided the offices of a company leasing cranes for building the West Bank Separation Fence and settlements
Dutch police raided the offices of a company leasing cranes for building the West Bank Separation Fence and settlements. Company executives, including the Israeli Doron Livnat, may face trial for violating International Law. Dutch government warned the Riwal Company two years ago not to engage in construction in the Occupied Territories. Continue reading
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ICH 22 February, 2010: NATO Kills 27 Civilians in Afghanistan
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,366,350″ www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,696 icasualties.org/oif/ Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,658 icasualties.org/oef/ Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan $963,704,647,355 www.costofwar.com/ Subscribe to this feed using your newsreader ichnews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Continue reading
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Protecting Coastal Communities: The Dutch Say Yes We Do – In America, We Can, Too
Levees.org has created a video documentary using footage captured by an Amsterdam-based filmmaker while in The Netherlands this past May….HJ Bosworth Jr and Sandy Rosenthal were part of US Senator Mary Landrieu’s Second Congressional Delegation (CoDel) excursion to Holland. Unlike the first CoDel which studied peripheral barriers (floodgates), the goal of the Second CoDel was… Continue reading
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Wikileaks releases major RAND study into Iraq, Afghan intelligence, counterinsugency: Pentagon Papers II?
This major November, 2008 RAND Corporation study on intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, conducted 300 interviews at all levels with US, UK and Dutch intelligence officers and diplomats. Continue reading