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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Australia proposes lifetime settlement ban on illegal immigrants
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Anti-government protestors in Sydney demanding that Manus detention center be closed (Getty)
Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced plans to
introduce legislation that will ban illegal immigrants who arrive by
boat from ever being allowed into Australia again, even legally. The
bill is intended to target human traffickers, since their potential
customers will know that they will never have a chance of living in
Australia. According to Turnbull, "These people smugglers are the
worst criminals imaginable. They have a multibillion-dollar
business. It is a battle of will. We have to be very determined to say
no to their criminal plans."
They will have a lifetime ban of coming to Australia, even as a
tourist or as the spouse of an Australian citizen. The only exception
will be children brought illegally by boat by their parents.
The proposed law is retroactive to July 19, 2013, because that is when
the former prime minister Kevin Rudd said: “As of today, asylum
seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in
Australia.” That means that the migrants currently imprisoned on
Manus or Nauru will be forbidden from ever reaching Australia.
In past years, thousands of refugees from Asia have traveled by boat
to Australia, often after paying huge sums to human traffickers,
hoping to resettle there. Australia has dealt with the situation,
starting in 2001, by setting up two "detention centers" on Pacific
islands, one on Papua New Guinea's (PNG's) Manus Island, and one on
the island nation of Nauru, under agreements reached with both
countries. Australia intercepts the boat people while at sea, and
redirects them to the detention centers. These two filthy,
rat-infested detention centers have been enormously controversial,
with numerous stories of beatings, torture, and sexual abuse at the
detention centers. The detention centers were shut down in 2007, but
reinstated when the number of refugees and asylum seekers surged again
into the thousands.
The detention center policy has been extremely successful, in that the
number of migrants reaching Australia has been sharply reduced.
However, the policy has been widely condemned as cruel to people
fleeing poverty and violence, and as a violation of international
laws. The proposed law will receive substantial opposition during
attempts to get it passed.
Australian AP and Sydney Morning Herald
Related Articles
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**** Clinton e-mail media storm shows sudden change in public mood
****
Whenever there's a sudden change in public mood in any country, it's
of interest to Generational Dynamics, because it's often a sign that
generational pressures have been building, and the change in public
mood is caused by the latest rise of a new generation.
Whatever the outcome of Friday's announcement by FBI Director James
B. Comey potentially reopening the Clinton e-mail investigation,
whether it helps or hurts Clinton or Trump, the unexpected media storm
that followed the announcement is potentially significant.
My personal belief is that Comey made his announcement to cover his
ass, for whatever reason. I also believe that he made the
announcement on Friday afternoon expecting that, like almost all
Friday afternoon announcements, it would be forgotten almost
immediately. But that's not what happened. Instead of being
forgotten, Comey's announcement is continuing to gain coverage in the
mainstream media, which is a major surprise.
The standard is that massive criminal activity and corruption by
politicians in Washington is simply ignored. As I've been writing for
years, thousands of Gen-X bankers purposely created trillions of
dollars worth of fraudulent subprime mortgage backed synthetic
securities, and then sold them to investors, knowing that they're
fraudulent, creating a massive financial crisis that made millions of
people bankrupt and/or homeless. And yet, not a single one of them
has ever been prosecuted, but instead they've gotten off by
contributing a fraction of their fraudulent gains as contributions to
the Obama administration. And in Congress, as Peter Schweizer showed
in 2011 appearing on 60 Minutes, Congressmen and Senators of
both parties are using inside information on secret lawmaking
negotiations to line their pockets with huge profits in the stock
markets. Ordinary people would go to jail for insider trading for
this sleazy behavior, but Congress has conveniently exempted itself,
allowing it to commit crimes and enrich themselves on a daily basis
and get away with it.
The massive corruption and criminal activity in Washington is far
greater than anything in my lifetime, much greater than ever occurred
in Richard Nixon's administration. But today, the Washington standard
is that criminal activities go unpunished. In the case of Hillary
Clinton's e-mail activities, the mainstream media are so totally in
the tank for Clinton, no longer even pretending to be unbiased
journalists, that it's a shock to everyone that the stories around
Comey's announcement are not only continuing, but growing.
The Republicans are gloating of course, because this is so unexpected.
The Democrats are apoplectic with rage because they're suffering from
a case of cognitive dissonance and are going through the five stages
of grief, as all their fundamental beliefs about their right to commit
criminal activity with impunity are suddenly being challenged.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, what's interesting
here is not whether Clinton is guilty or innocent, but why there is a
sudden change in public mood that might mean that her allegedly
criminal activities might actually have consequences this time. It
may actually be possible that after years of not caring about
corruption and criminal activity in Washington, the public suddenly
does care. If true, this change would be extremely significant.
That someone in Washington, and Clinton in particular, could possibly
face this kind of hostile media scrutiny may represent a major change
in public mood that will be seen in other ways in the months to come,
no matter who becomes president. Washington Post and Leon Festinger - Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd,
Papua New Guinea, PNG, Manus Island, Nauru,
James B. Comey, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon, Peter Schweizer
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Australia proposes lifetime settlement ban on illegal immigrants
- Clinton e-mail media storm shows sudden change in public mood
****
**** Australia proposes lifetime settlement ban on illegal immigrants
****
Anti-government protestors in Sydney demanding that Manus detention center be closed (Getty)
Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced plans to
introduce legislation that will ban illegal immigrants who arrive by
boat from ever being allowed into Australia again, even legally. The
bill is intended to target human traffickers, since their potential
customers will know that they will never have a chance of living in
Australia. According to Turnbull, "These people smugglers are the
worst criminals imaginable. They have a multibillion-dollar
business. It is a battle of will. We have to be very determined to say
no to their criminal plans."
They will have a lifetime ban of coming to Australia, even as a
tourist or as the spouse of an Australian citizen. The only exception
will be children brought illegally by boat by their parents.
The proposed law is retroactive to July 19, 2013, because that is when
the former prime minister Kevin Rudd said: “As of today, asylum
seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in
Australia.” That means that the migrants currently imprisoned on
Manus or Nauru will be forbidden from ever reaching Australia.
In past years, thousands of refugees from Asia have traveled by boat
to Australia, often after paying huge sums to human traffickers,
hoping to resettle there. Australia has dealt with the situation,
starting in 2001, by setting up two "detention centers" on Pacific
islands, one on Papua New Guinea's (PNG's) Manus Island, and one on
the island nation of Nauru, under agreements reached with both
countries. Australia intercepts the boat people while at sea, and
redirects them to the detention centers. These two filthy,
rat-infested detention centers have been enormously controversial,
with numerous stories of beatings, torture, and sexual abuse at the
detention centers. The detention centers were shut down in 2007, but
reinstated when the number of refugees and asylum seekers surged again
into the thousands.
The detention center policy has been extremely successful, in that the
number of migrants reaching Australia has been sharply reduced.
However, the policy has been widely condemned as cruel to people
fleeing poverty and violence, and as a violation of international
laws. The proposed law will receive substantial opposition during
attempts to get it passed.
Australian AP and Sydney Morning Herald
Related Articles
- Papua New Guinea Supreme Court bombshell throws Australia's refugee policy into chaos (30-Apr-2016)
- Australia accused of paying people smugglers to take migrants to Indonesia (13-Jun-2015)
- Australia to send 'boat people' to Papua New Guinea (21-Jul-2013)
****
**** Clinton e-mail media storm shows sudden change in public mood
****
Whenever there's a sudden change in public mood in any country, it's
of interest to Generational Dynamics, because it's often a sign that
generational pressures have been building, and the change in public
mood is caused by the latest rise of a new generation.
Whatever the outcome of Friday's announcement by FBI Director James
B. Comey potentially reopening the Clinton e-mail investigation,
whether it helps or hurts Clinton or Trump, the unexpected media storm
that followed the announcement is potentially significant.
My personal belief is that Comey made his announcement to cover his
ass, for whatever reason. I also believe that he made the
announcement on Friday afternoon expecting that, like almost all
Friday afternoon announcements, it would be forgotten almost
immediately. But that's not what happened. Instead of being
forgotten, Comey's announcement is continuing to gain coverage in the
mainstream media, which is a major surprise.
The standard is that massive criminal activity and corruption by
politicians in Washington is simply ignored. As I've been writing for
years, thousands of Gen-X bankers purposely created trillions of
dollars worth of fraudulent subprime mortgage backed synthetic
securities, and then sold them to investors, knowing that they're
fraudulent, creating a massive financial crisis that made millions of
people bankrupt and/or homeless. And yet, not a single one of them
has ever been prosecuted, but instead they've gotten off by
contributing a fraction of their fraudulent gains as contributions to
the Obama administration. And in Congress, as Peter Schweizer showed
in 2011 appearing on 60 Minutes, Congressmen and Senators of
both parties are using inside information on secret lawmaking
negotiations to line their pockets with huge profits in the stock
markets. Ordinary people would go to jail for insider trading for
this sleazy behavior, but Congress has conveniently exempted itself,
allowing it to commit crimes and enrich themselves on a daily basis
and get away with it.
The massive corruption and criminal activity in Washington is far
greater than anything in my lifetime, much greater than ever occurred
in Richard Nixon's administration. But today, the Washington standard
is that criminal activities go unpunished. In the case of Hillary
Clinton's e-mail activities, the mainstream media are so totally in
the tank for Clinton, no longer even pretending to be unbiased
journalists, that it's a shock to everyone that the stories around
Comey's announcement are not only continuing, but growing.
The Republicans are gloating of course, because this is so unexpected.
The Democrats are apoplectic with rage because they're suffering from
a case of cognitive dissonance and are going through the five stages
of grief, as all their fundamental beliefs about their right to commit
criminal activity with impunity are suddenly being challenged.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, what's interesting
here is not whether Clinton is guilty or innocent, but why there is a
sudden change in public mood that might mean that her allegedly
criminal activities might actually have consequences this time. It
may actually be possible that after years of not caring about
corruption and criminal activity in Washington, the public suddenly
does care. If true, this change would be extremely significant.
That someone in Washington, and Clinton in particular, could possibly
face this kind of hostile media scrutiny may represent a major change
in public mood that will be seen in other ways in the months to come,
no matter who becomes president. Washington Post and Leon Festinger - Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Related Articles
- Wells Fargo receives laughable 'punishment' for massive criminal fraud (29-Sep-2016)
- 'The Big Short' - an infuriating movie about the financial crisis (26-Dec-2015)
- Peter Schweizer exposes massive Washington corruption on '60 Minutes' (14-Nov-2011)
- Financial Crisis Inquiry hearings provide 'smoking gun' evidence of widespread criminal fraud (14-Apr-2010)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd,
Papua New Guinea, PNG, Manus Island, Nauru,
James B. Comey, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon, Peter Schweizer
Permanent web link to this article
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