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11.5.2012 | 08:38
Samstađa ţjóđar krefst međalgöngu fyrir EFTA-dómstólnum
EFTA Court1, rue du Fort ThüngenL-1499 Luxembourg28 April 2012.TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THEEFTA COURTREQUEST TO INTERVENESubmitted pursuant to Article 36 of the Statute of the EFTA Court bySamstađa ţjóđar, a registered association in Iceland,represented by Loftur Altice Ţorsteinsson and Pétur Valdemarsson,hereby applies to the EFTA Court for leave to intervene in Case E-16/11 in support of the Republic of Iceland and on behalf of the nation of Iceland. |
Utanríkismál/alţjóđamál | Breytt 13.5.2012 kl. 11:43 | Slóđ | Facebook
30.4.2012 | 11:30
The Death of Nation-States and the Rise of Empire
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Birtist fyrst í American Thinker 30. apríl 2012.
Some readers may recall the rant of a couple years ago by Nigel Farage, head of the United Kingdom's Independence Party, against Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union. Mr. Farage described the gentleman from Belgium as possessing "all the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk." He also accused Van Rompuy of being a non-entity from a non-nation. Regardless of Mr. Farage's insulting comments, the fact is that he has some valid observations about the nature and goals of the EU.Farage pointed out that the European Union's unelected officials were asserting authority over (and oftentimes ruining) European nations, without those nations' peoples having any say in the matter. Belgium, he said, tells Greece what to do if the latter desires to remain a vassal-state bound to the European Union.Unfortunately, Belgium has had far too much to say to member-nations. It never stops chattering.French-style bureaucracy -- one in four employees has a job as a civil servant -- has self-duplicated as an EU bureaucracy, which issues a constant stream of rules and regulations so finely precise that bananas are categorized based on size. According to the Official Journal of the European Union, "having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union," the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 133.2011 sternly lays down "marketing standards for bananas, rules on the verification of compliance with those marketing standards and requirements for notifications in the banana sector."As of that unhappy date of December 19, 2011, bananas from the Madeira, the Azores, the Algarve, Crete, Lakonia and Cyprus fall into the less desirable Class II category because they do not meet the minimum length laid down by the EU.Apparently, for the European Commission's regulators, in the case of bananas, as in other aspects of life, size matters.But the European Union as crazed regulator involves much larger issues than the size, quality, and categorization of various fruits.As Mr. Farage intimated, the regulation-driven, powerful, and controlling EU may be putting the very existence of Europe's nation-states at risk. For example, the impoverishment of Greece and its consignment by the EU to the rump-end of Europe, though hastened by Greece's own feckless governmental policies, means in reality that that nation has been conquered by EU economic means as surely as if an army had marched through its borders and taken over its government. Greece is now in thrall to the EU, as Mr. Farage has tirelessly pointed out.Portugal and Spain appear to be the next fatalities. The end-result may be the rise, once again, of German hegemony. Germany, hedged in since the end of World War II, has only to re-militarize in order to achieve dominance over Western and even Eastern Europe -- even though presently, as Europe's banker, she is utilizing mostly economic means to increase her power. The prospect of a revitalized and militarized Germany is not necessarily the horrid vision it was in the 1930s and '40s, but European nations should be aware that the death of sovereign European nation-states and the rise of any single power could result in an unimaginable tragedy.Nation-states -- countries in which the peoples share a similar cultural heritage, language, ethnicity, and governmental institution -- have been an historic reality in Europe for some five hundred years. The immense and distinct cultural, spiritual, and historical treasures of nations constituting Europe have been a wellspring of vitality for countless countries, including the U.S. It is beyond imagination to conjure a vision as to just what the eradication of Europe's nation-states would involve.Unfortunately, once again, Europe may be threatened by the universal and historic phenomenon that is the impulse toward empire.It is not too far-fetched to describe the European Union as an attempt to establish a European empire by economic means via the currency of the euro, the ubiquitous regulations of the EU, and that entity's accompanying economic dictates. It is quite possible that unless Europe's individual nations fight for their sovereignty, a unified European entity -- a goal long-dreamed of by military conquerors -- could be achieved by a European economic empire.The hope was and is that a universal economic union and the universal currency of the euro would unite Europe -- that is, that money and economic hegemony would speak louder than national interests and identities, acting as the glue to hold together disparate nations.However, the price of membership has meant that national identities have been submerged under the purely materialist framework of the EU. A materialistic view of nations which overrides each nation's individual history and culture is to be substituted for the rich tapestry which was once the European heritage. Individual national governments and national identities are to be supplanted by institutional vehicles which seek to unify by money, finances, and trade.Though it may be hotly denied by Van Rompuy and other leaders, the European Union is essentially inclined toward a reductionist, socialist/Marxist interpretation of governing institutions, as economic factors alone are assumed to be the essence defining and driving nations and humanity itself. Language, culture, art, and history are to submit to a purely economic/materialistic view of history and humanity. The reductionist view of nations means that some will die and others ascend according to whichever nation holds the economic cards.The dilemma facing Europe also faces the United States, which is also seeing the tragic results of a multiculturalism that augers not unity, but fragmentation and then consolidation by a powerful entity. It is not too much to say the fragmentation and division under the philosophical aegis of multiculturalism have been accelerated by our president and his administration.In turn, one result of this consolidation has been an increase in the power of executive branch and its supra-constitutional enforcement agencies, both of which combine to suppress state sovereignty and pull together the power of the federal government. Individual states such as Arizona are under siege from their own government. If the erosion of state sovereignty continues, the result will assure the end of the U.S. as a nation-state based on federalism.Essentially, the current leaders of both the U.S. and the EU see the world's driving forces as superficial and almost solely material, seeking to exclude the spiritual. That is one reason why so much attention is given to material minutiae like measuring and denoting the quality of bananas while matters of the spirit/soul of nations and states are almost completely neglected. Worse yet, attacks on Christianity and the Church universal are increasing as a worldview that insists that humanity is defined by solely material rather than spiritual factors steadily increases its power.As the great thinker Denis De Rougement noted in his classic Love in the Western World:
The EU and our current administration are examples of a purely materialist economic model being forced on nations and states, whose deaths are almost assured if the materialistic model is not forsaken. For let it be said that we are not talking about mutually agreeable and beneficial trade covenants among nations. We are talking about economic empire that quashes true federalism, which itself respects the integrity of individual states.Unless the spiritual aspects of national cultures are revived and cherished and the sovereignty of individual nations and states protected, the end-result of the trends toward consolidation of power will be the demise of European nations and of the individual states of America. All, along with the peoples within them, will be reduced to being defined by bureaucracies reveling in trivial and materialist minutiae such as the measurement of bananas.Europeans and Americans alike must wake up to the truth that men and nations do not live by bananas alone. |
27.4.2012 | 15:46
A gold-based currency board, please
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Birtist fyrst í maí-hefti GlobeAsia 2012.
Until early in the 20th century, gold played a central role in the world of money. Gold had an incredible run almost three thousand years. And why not? After all, Professor Roy Jastram convincingly documents in The Golden Constant just how gold maintains its purchasing power over long periods of time. But, since President Richard Nixon closed the gold window in August 1971, gold has not played a formal role in the international monetary regime. Today, the regime is characterized by many as a chaotic non-system.In the past decade, gold prices have surged and there have been noises in some quarters that golds formal role should be re-established in the sphere of international money. Nobelist Robert Mundell has gone so far as to predict that Gold will be part of the structure of the international monetary system in the twenty-first century.
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Utanríkismál/alţjóđamál | Breytt s.d. kl. 17:02 | Slóđ | Facebook
26.4.2012 | 10:32
Afnám gjaldeyrishafta međ upptöku Ríkisdals
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Birtist fyrst í Fréttablađinu 26. apríl 2012.
Gjaldeyrisútbođ og lausnir Seđlabankans viđ afnám gjaldeyrishafta ná ekki flugi og hafa gjörsamlega mistekist vegna vantrausts fjárfesta á bankanum og áćtluninni um afnám haftanna. Međ núverandi fyrirkomulagi mun taka áratugi ađ losa um höftin og ţví ljóst ađ finna verđur nýja leiđ. Gjaldeyrishöft voru sett á til ađ hefta útflćđi erlends gjaldeyris. Síđast ţegar gjaldeyrishöft voru sett á entust ţau í 60 ár. Fastgengisstefna yrđi sett á strax og í kjölfariđ 6 til 9 mánuđum seinna upptaka nýja gjaldmiđilsins Ríkisdals (ISD), útgefins af Myntsláttu- og ţjóđhagsráđi Íslands sem vćri ný stofnun sett saman úr Seđlabanka Íslands og Fjármálaeftirlitinu. Nýi Ríkisdalurinn yrđi međ Bandaríkjadal sem stođmynt.
Ef landsmenn vilja losna viđ gjaldeyrishöftin fljóttog koma á efnahagslegum stöđugleikaer ađferđin sú ađ gera Ríkisdal ađ lögeyri,samhliđa gömlu krónunni međ fastgengi viđ Bandaríkjadollar. |
Utanríkismál/alţjóđamál | Breytt s.d. kl. 11:30 | Slóđ | Facebook
20.4.2012 | 13:20
Kanadadalur + Ríkisdalur = afnám gjaldeyrishafta
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Birtist fyrst í Morgunblađinu 20. apríl 2012.
Eina vitrćna leiđin til ađ afnema gjaldeyrishöftin, hćlbit sem flestir vilja losna viđ, er međ upptöku fastgengis. Međ fastgengi verđur tekin upp »reglubundin peningastefna« en henni fylgjir ađhaldssöm ríkisfjármál og efnahagslegur stöđugleiki. Fagna ber ađ Seđlabankinn verđur lagđur niđur og landsmenn losna viđ ţađ bullandi sukk og torgreindar ákvarđanir sem fylgja slíkum stofnunum. Fastgengi er hćgt ađ framkvćma međ tvennu móti. Annars vegar međ upptöku Kanadadals og hins vegar međ upptöku innlends Ríkisdals útgefnum af myntráđi, međ Kanadadal sem stođmynt. Ađrir erlendir gjaldmiđlar koma einnig til álita, fyrir utan Evru sem af pólitískum ástćđum er ónothćf. Mjög auđvelt er ađ breyta úr Kanadadal yfir í Ríkisdal, ef taliđ er henta. Ţađ verđur samt ekki gert án samţykkis ţjóđarinnar.Ef landsmenn vilja losna viđ gjaldeyrishöftin fljótt og koma á efnahagslegum stöđugleika er ađferđin sú ađ gera Kanadadal strax ađ lögeyri, samhliđa gömlu og lúnu Krónunni. Hugsanlega er hćgt ađ semja viđ seđlabankann í Kanada um ađ hann selji Íslandi nauđsynlegt grunnfé (kr.40 milljarđar) á kostnađarverđi. Ef samningar nást ekki viđ Kanada, er sjálfgefiđ ađ hefja tafarlaust undirbúning ađ stofnun myntráđs.Til ađ tryggja myntráđinu traust er nauđsynlegt ađ festa ákvćđi um ţađ í Stjórnarskrána. Hér eru dćmi um nokkur slík ákvćđi. Fyllri lista er hćgt ađ sjá á vefsetri Samstöđu ţjóđar:Ákvćđi um myntráđ, sem setja ţarf í stjórnarskrá Íslendska lýđveldisinsÁkvćđi um myntráđ, sem setja ţarf í Stjórnarskrána.
Enginn verđur svikinn af ađ taka Kanadadal í fóstur.Sem stođmynt er Kanadadalur einkanlega hentugur. Ađ undanförnu hefur Kanada blómstrađ og horfur framundan eru ekki síđri en á Íslandi. Athygli vekur ađ síđust 10 árin hefur landsframleiđsla á mann veriđ nćr jöfn í báđum löndunum. Mikilvćgt er ađ um efnahag Kanada ríkja ekki sömu efasemdir og gilda um Bandaríkin, svo ESB sé nú ekki nefnt í ţessu sambandi.Flestum Íslendingum er ljóst ađ flotgengi undir stjórn Seđlabankans hefur mistekist hörmulega undanfarna áratugi. Ţannig liggur fyrir ađ Íslendska krónan hefur frá 1939 veikzt um 99,95 prósent gagnvart Dönsku krónunni. Ţetta samsvarar ţví ađ Dönsk króna hafi haldiđ verđgildi sínu 2.000 sinnum betur en krónan okkar.Ţađ er mikil kokhreysti ađ halda ţví fram ađ vandi peningakerfisins verđi leystur međ mannaskiptum í Seđlabankanum. Kerfisvandi verđur einungis leystur međ kerfisbreytingu. Kanadadalur er góđur kostur til ađ koma á langţráđum stöđugleika. Ađ taka Kanadadal í fóstur gefur einnig tilefni ađ rćkja betur frćndsemi viđ ţá fjölmörgu Íslendinga sem búa í Kanada.Ef landsmenn vilja losna viđ gjaldeyrishöftin fljóttog koma á efnahagslegum stöđugleikaer ađferđin sú ađ gera Kanadadal strax ađ lögeyri. |
Utanríkismál/alţjóđamál | Breytt s.d. kl. 13:23 | Slóđ | Facebook
19.4.2012 | 12:33
Utanríkisţjónusta Íslands í höndum vangefinna trúđa ?
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19. apríl 2012.
Hvađ eftir annađ er utanríkisráđuneytiđ stađiđ ađ vinnubrögđum sem benda til ađ vangefnir trúđar haldi ţar um stjórnvölinn. Raunar eru margir vissir um ađ landráđ séu heldstu áhugamál sumra starfsmanna ráđuneytisins. Í Morgunblađinu í dag segir svo af athöfnum Utanríkisráđuneytis:
Ţarna er veriđ ađ fjalla um ţađ sem ćtti ađ vera harđorđ mótmćli viđ fjandsamlegri framkomu Evrópusambandsins gagnvart Íslandi. Allur almenningur veit ađ ţessi athugasemd er ekkert annađ en blekking. Ţarna er ekki veriđ ađ koma á framfćri harđorđum mótmćlum. Ţvert á móti er Utanríkisráđuneytiđ ađ fullvissa Evrópusambandiđ um ađ kjölturakkar ţess hafi ekki hvikađ í hollustu sinni viđ hiđ erlenda vald.Enginn nema vangefinn trúđur lćtur sér detta í huga ađ hvísla blíđmćlum í eyra andstćđings síns og halda ţví síđan fram viđ samherja sína ađ um harđorđ mótmćli hafi veriđ ađ rćđa. Hugsanlega gćti svona blekking tekist einu sinni, en Utanríkisráđuneytiđ hefur orđiđ uppvíst ađ sömu vinnubrögđum áđur og ţá í alvarlegri kringumstćđum.Svo nefnd Brussel-viđmiđ voru sögđ niđurstađa í samningaviđrćđum Utanríkisráđuneytis og Evrópusambandsins. Fulltrúar ráđuneytisins hafa fullyrt ađ ţarna hafi veriđ gerđir sögulegir samningar sem hafi bundiđ Evrópusambandiđ ađ ţjóđarétti. Á grundvelli Brussel-viđmiđanna var Alţingi talin trú um ađ Ísland fengi blíđar móttökur viđ samningaborđ nýlenduveldanna. Međ Icesave-kröfurnar yrđi fariđ í samrćmi viđ ţá grundvallarreglu ESB, ađ ríkisábyrgđ vćri óheimil.Brussel-viđmiđin reyndust fullkomin blekking sem núna er vitađ ađ var samin í Utanríkisráđuneytinu, undir stjórn Össurar Skarphéđinssonar. Viđmiđin voru ekki samningur ţar sem gćtt var hagsmuna beggja ađila, heldur voru ţau illa dulbúin yfirlýsing um uppgjöf Íslands. Í bréfi til Samstöđu ţjóđar stađfesti Framkvćmdastjórn ESB ađ enginn Brussel-samningur var gerđur. Yfirlýsing utanríkisráđherra um sameiginleg viđmiđ var ekki papírsins virđi, enda skorti bćđi haus og undirskriftir á plaggiđ.Stađreyndin er sú ađ vangefnir trúđar halda á utanríkishagsmunum Íslands og ekki nóg međ ţađ, ţví ađ sumir starfsmenn ráđuneytisins hafa veriđ stađnir ađ landráđum. Ţannig voru Kristján Guy Burgess og Einar Gunnarsson starfsmenn Utanríkisráđuneytis kćrđir til Ríkissaksóknara fyrir landráđ. Ţeir biđluđu til erlendra ríkja um ađstođ viđ ađ hindra ţjóđaratkvćđi um Icesave-lögin. Ţetta sannađist ţegar Wikileaks birti leyniskjöl úr Bandaríska sendiráđinu:
Ţarna sannađist einnig ađ Steingrímur Sigfússon (Ministry of Finance) tók ţátt í landráđunum međ viđrćđum viđ sendiherra Bretlands um hvernig hćgt vćri ađ stöđva stjórnarskrárbundiđ ferli ţjóđaratkvćđisins. Hversu lengi ćtlar ţjóđin ađ greiđa ţessu fólki laun fyrir ađ blekkja sig og vinna gegn hagsmunum landsmanna ?>>><<< |