The political “leaders” of the club of the rich have met again. This time the main points on the agenda of the illustrious group covered: leading global recovery from Covid 19, while strengthening resilience against future pandemics; promoting prosperity by championing free and fair trade; tackling climate change and preserving the planet’s biodiversity; and championing shared values. To give the entire meeting a more inclusive shine and appearance, political representatives from other countries – like Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa were invited. Like with so many of these kinds of meetings – the public coffers have to pay the exorbitant cost of these meetings – but their participation is left to the interpretations of the very likely weeks before honed statements of their press conferences. The discussed matters and decisions affect all of us and are clearly of public interest, but are still crafted and decided behind closed doors. In days of modern communication would it be a great deal to make those kinds of meetings public, via the internet, to prove their true public intent. Nonetheless, the scripted outcome and beforehand designed media statements are certainly …
The 46th President of the US – free content
The former VP under Barack Obama’s reign is back in the White House – this time as President. Joe Biden and his VP Kamala Harris were sworn in on Wednesday Jan. 20th in Washington D.C.. The questions that arise: how will he fare and how will the future look like under an unrestricted democratic reign that has control of the upper and lower house. By the beginning of last year it was clear to me (see article from last year January) that Trump had no chance in winning. The race to the White House certainly has left the Nation divided like no other Presidential race before and from the distance, putting all judgements of the persona Trump aside, it seemed like a not winnable fight of one ….. man against the system. And like many people and entire armies in history before him thought they could master a swamp – they failed. Actually, he not only failed, he drowned, and it seems he might …