Europe’s Silent Majority Speaks Out George Soros

Important because of who said it.

Project Syndicate.
Europe’s Silent Majority Speaks Out

George Soros

Steven Bannon is back — in Europe

Sputnik International
'Soros Brilliant, But Evil': Bannon to Rival Open Society Foundations in Europe

Deutsche Welle
US-Rechtspopulist Steve Bannon plant rechte Bewegung in Europa

[US right-wing populist Steve Bannon plans a right-wing movement in Europe]

(I didn't find an English there on their English site. It did not turn up in a web search either.)

Norbert Häring — George Soros’ INET, the Trojan horse of the financial oligarchy

Four years ago, I framed it as a question: “George Soros‘ INET: An institute to improve the world or a Trojan horse of the financial oligarchy?” Today I would not use a question mark any more.Frances Coppola came to a similiar conclusion after attending the big INET gathering in Edingburgh in October.…

Sleeping with the devil.

Real-World Economics Review Blog
George Soros’ INET, the Trojan horse of the financial oligarchy

Norbert Häring | economics correspondent for Handelsblatt, the German business newspaper, and co-founder and co-director of the World Economics Association and co-editor of the World Economic Review

Yves Smith — What Do Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dick Cheney, Oprah Winfrey, Erin Brockovich, Stephen Hawking, Harrison Ford, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jon Krakauer, Michelle Obama, Dan Rathers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yours Truly Have in Common? Smeared by a Soros-Funded Think Tank for Appearing on RT

The New McCarthyite program of demonizing anyone and anything associated with Russia continues apace. A Soros-funded think tank called European Values has put out a screed (no exaggeration, read the hyperventilating tone of the “report”) which has as its major aim chilling the participation of guest speakers on RT, per its title, The Kremlin’s Platform for ‘Useful Idiots’ in the West.

This self-styled think tank posted a list of people who had appeared on RT on a series of its shows since 2013. Despite its claims of being comprehensive, the former producer of the RT show Boom Bust, Ed Harrison, quickly identified some names that were missing, and I am sure if he thought further, he could come up with more.

The list is so lengthy and includes so many highly respected people that I doubt including will hurt them in any way. But some were mighty annoyed anyhow:

Blowback.

Naked Capitalism
What Do Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dick Cheney, Oprah Winfrey, Erin Brockovich, Stephen Hawking, Harrison Ford, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jon Krakauer, Michelle Obama, Dan Rathers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yours Truly Have in Common? Smeared by a Soros-Funded Think Tank for Appearing on RT

Yves Smith

Claire Connelly — Black lists matter: the betrayal of democratic liberalism

Democracy 2.0 is having its own modern-day McCarthy moment: Millionaire [sic, should be "billionaire"] George Soros has published a blacklist of thousands of politicians, journalists, academics and celebrities ever to appear on Russian state broadcaster, RT, designed to intimidate anyone from ever appearing on the network which has already been defunded by NatWest, demonetised by social media giants Google, Facebook and Twitter which have rapidly become privately outsourced state regulators. This campaign of censorship and content control is further proof of an establishment fast losing control of the narrative....

The not-so open society.

Everything that George Soros touches is now suspect.

Renegade Inc.
Black lists matter: the betrayal of democratic liberalism
Claire Connelly

related

Zero Hedge
Chris Whalen: "Glad I Am On A George Soros-Funded Blacklist Of Journalists"

Tyler Durden

GEFIRA — The creepiest EU initiative yet: registering dissent as “Russian propaganda” under Soros’ direction

The EUAS officially branded researchers and journalists as fraudulent, unpatriotic and dishonest without any notification. There is a small disclaimer on the list that states that ”disinformation review cannot be considered an official EU position”. Yet it was created by the European Council, is part of the ”diplomatic service” of the EU, hence funded by it, uses its symbols and institutional addresses. So, it is part of the EU and yet does not represent its official position? The statement seems to have been made for the express purpose of dishonestly dismissing concerns raised by citizens.…

Back to the list. There are three regular contributors. East Stratcom Network, part of EUAS, the already mentioned Kremlin Watch and finally a Ukrainian website called “StopFake“, supported again, it’s unclear how, by Open Society Foundations.7) 

The reports normally focus on the Russian media like TASS, Sputnik, RT. The same issue no. 52 also lists Zero Hedge for reblogging Ron Paul’s criticism of the “fake news” crusade, and Paul Craig Roberts’s one. In the Soros version of European values, criticism and democratic debate are fake news! Past issues include the conservative outlet Breitbart, 8)and even The Guardian. 9)

It’s also rather interesting to note how Mr. Soros interprets European “liberal values”. Free press is normally listed as a key one, and yet Soros wants proscription lists of anyone who disagrees, something for instance adopted by Turkish President Erdoğan following the last year’s failed coup and widely criticized by the EU itself. Another key liberal value is fair trial. Yet Soros’ own Kremlin Watch is judge, jury and executioner in one. Who does the EU belong to and serve, anyway? Its people or its financial oligarch? Perhaps Israel and Hungary are right: Mr. Soros is a threat to democracy.10)

Another instance of liberal paradoxes.

GEFIRA — Global Analysis from the European Perspective
The creepiest EU initiative yet: registering dissent as “Russian propaganda” under Soros’ direction

George Soros — On the Bombing of Aleppo

More selective outrage from Soros aimed at his favorite target, Russia. Nothing on the bombing of Yemen by the Saudis assisted by the US. Noting about the decade long Zionist suppression of Palestinians that amounts to terror. And nothing about the shelling of West Aleppo by Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists in East Aleppo, who dominate the "rebels."

Curious how Soros's humanitarianism always seems to dovetail with his own agenda.

Project Syndicate
On the Bombing of Aleppo

George Soros

Wayne Madsen — Soros Ran US Foreign Policy on Post-Coup Ukraine

Not just Ukraine, either. Wayne Madsen reads though the Wikileaks docs so you don't have to.

George Soros has two side, political and economic/financial. Of course, they meet in promoting his overall interests. Politically, Soros is a liberal internationalist and liberal interventionist who uses his wealth and the influence it gives him to shape geopolitics through both US policy and personally funded subversion through NGOs. His goal is a neoliberal Europe effectively without borders from the Atlantic to the Urals. These policies also contribute to his financial interests in the affected areas. when push comes to shove, idealism gives way to realism and Soros acts to protect his interests.

Strategic Culture Foundation
Soros Ran US Foreign Policy on Post-Coup Ukraine

Wayne Madsen

Also

Major media outlets in the US have ignored the leak of thousands of emails from billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundation by the activist hacker group DCLeaks. The OSF is the vehicle through which Soros has funneled billions of dollars over the past two decades to non-profit organizations in the US and throughout the world.

According to the documents, Soros has given more than $30 million to groups working for Hillary Clinton’s election in November, making him her largest single donor. So it is likely the case that the media’s support for Clinton has played some role in the mainstream media’s bid to bury the story.

It is also likely however, that at least some news editors failed to understand why the leaked documents were worth covering. Most of the information was already public knowledge. Soros’s massive funding of far-left groups in the US and throughout the world has been documented for more than a decade.

But failing to see the significance of the wider story because many of the details were already known is a case of missing the forest for the trees. The DCLeaks document dump is a major story because it exposes the forest of Soros’s funding networks.

The first thing that we see is the megalomaniacal nature of Soros’s philanthropic project. No corner of the globe is unaffected by his efforts. No policy area is left untouched.
On the surface, the vast number of groups and people he supports seem unrelated. After all, what does climate change have to do with illegal African immigration to Israel? What does Occupy Wall Street have to do with Greek immigration policies? But the fact is that Soros-backed projects share basic common attributes.

They all work to weaken the ability of national and local authorities in Western democracies to uphold the laws and values of their nations and communities.
They all work to hinder free markets, whether those markets are financial, ideological, political or scientific. They do so in the name of democracy, human rights, economic, racial and sexual justice and other lofty terms.

In other words, their goal is to subvert Western democracies and make it impossible for governments to maintain order or for societies to retain their unique identities and values.…

The peoples of the West need to recognize the common foundations of all Soros’s actions. They need to realize as well that the only response to these premeditated campaigns of subversion is for the people of the West to stand up for their national rights and their individual right to security. They must stand with the national institutions that guarantee that security, in accordance with the rule of the law, and uphold and defend their national values and traditions.

Internationalists like Soros view national sovereignty and democracy as the enemy of international
organizations making the rule and policing the globe to ensure the rules are followed.

Jerusalem Post

Our World: Soros’s campaign of global chaos

Caroline B. Glick

Investor's Business Daily — The Bizarre Media Blackout Of Hacked George Soros Documents

Another news blackout.

Leaked documents released a few days ago provide juicy insider details of how a fabulously rich businessman has been using his money to influence elections in Europe, underwrite an extremist group, target U.S. citizens who disagreed with him, dictate foreign policy, and try to sway a Supreme Court ruling, among other things. Pretty compelling stuff, right?

Not if it involves leftist billionaire George Soros. In this case, the mainstream press couldn't care less

On Saturday, a group called DC Leaks posted more than 2,500 documents going back to 2008 that it pilfered from Soros' Open Society Foundations' servers. Since then, the mainstream media have shown zero interest in this gold mine of information.
We couldn't find a single story on the New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, CBS News or other major news sites that even noted the existence of these leaked documents, let alone reported on what's in them.…

Anyone with this much power and influence demands close media scrutiny. Particularly when he has extremely close ties to the would-be next president of the United States.
This year alone, Soros has given $7 million to the Clinton-supporting Priorities USA super-PAC, and a total of $25 million to support Democrats and their causes, according to Politico.…

Why the media backout. Are they afraid of Soros? Not exactly. The odds on chances are that HRC will win the presidency and she is known to be very vindictive. Those that crossed her or her cronies will pay a price — denial of access and exclusion.

Investor's Business Daily — Editorial
The Bizarre Media Blackout Of Hacked George Soros Documents

Alex Christoforou — Alex Soros comes out of the shadows. Son of George Soros is busy putting politicians in his pocket

Thought that the world would soon be rid of then influence of octogenarian George Soros? Think again.

Just like a chip off the old block.

Alex really gets around these days.

The prospects for liberal interventionism appears to remain alive and well for the foreseeable future.

The Duran
Alex Soros comes out of the shadows. Son of George Soros is busy putting politicians in his pocket

Alex Christoforou

RT — Soros hacked, thousands of Open Society Foundations files released online

Saturday’s leak, published by DC leaks, includes hundreds of internal documents from multiple departments of Soros’ groups, predominantly the Open Society Foundations.…

DC Leaks claims to be the work of American activists who want to present the truth about the “US decision-making process as well as about the key elements of American political life." 

US security experts however are blaming the leak on Russian hackers, according to Bloomberg, in a similar reaction seen in the wake of the DNC leaks.

"Russian hackers" seems to be the latest literary incarnation of WWII "gremlins," second only to "Putin did it."

Meanwhile, Gov. Walker called out the National Guard to put down a revolt.

Interesting times we live in.

RT
Soros hacked, thousands of Open Society Foundations files released online

Ben Richards — WikiLeaks’ Email Exposes Billionaire Globalist Soros as Hillary Clinton’s Puppet Master

Contained within WikiLeaks’ recent release of hacked DNC emails is a message from billionaire globalist financier George Soros, to Hillary Clinton while she was U.S. Secretary of State, that clearly reveals Clinton as a puppet of the billionaire class.
Found within the WikiLeaks’ Hillary Clinton email archive is an email with the subject ‘Unrest in Albania,’ in which Soros makes clear to Clinton that “two things need to be done urgently.” He then directs the Secretary of State to “bring the full weight of the international community to bear on Prime Minister Berisha” and “appoint a senior European official as mediator.” Revealing the influence he wields within the corridors of power, Soros then provides Secretary of State Clinton with three names from which to choose. Unsurprisingly, Clinton acquiesced and chose one of the officials recommended by Soros — Miroslav Lajcak.…

You thought that President Obama was in charge, right? Ha ha. The joke's on you.

I admit that I had previously thought that most of the accusations about Soros's meddling, along with this kind of ability to do it from the inside, were pretty much conspiracy theory. Boy, was I wrong.

Counter Current News
WikiLeaks’ Email Exposes Billionaire Globalist Soros as Hillary Clinton’s Puppet Master

Ben Richards

Ramanan — A Short Note On George Soros’ Principle Of Reflexivity

A Post Keynesian view of Soros on reflexivity.

The Case for Concerted Action
A Short Note On George Soros’ Principle Of Reflexivity
V. Ramanan

Soros PROVES knowledge is irrelevant to making money in finance...(but it can't hurt)

Soros on Brexit today saying some of the stupidest shit I have ever heard.

He says te pound could crash 20% and Britain would be plunged into recession.

Soros gives three reasons

1. Bank of England won't be able to lower rates because they're already too low.

Huh??? Last I checked Britain has an independent central bank that operates in its own sovereign currency. Rates may be low, but that does not preclude the BOE from lowering them even more or making them negative if they want. Monetary policy in the U.K. is independent of whether or not Britain remains in the EU.

2. Britain's current account deficit is big so they will have a hard time getting "cash inflows."

Straight from the mouth of someone who obviously believes that Britain is still on the gold standard. This is completely asinine. "Cash inflows???" Come on.

3. A weaker pound won't help British exports because of uncertainty over trade treaties.

Right. When in doubt these fools always wheel out the "too much uncertainty" arguments. Like certainty is good. The only things that are certain is death and taxes and both are unpleasant. Yes, treaties would have to be renegotiated, but that's not likely to shut down trade in the interim.

There you go folks. An old fool, completely out of paradigm. You fade him every time as well as people like him and you will absolutely clean up.

I don't know who Bob Bishop is, but if he's betting against Soros on China, he's sure to make a big score

Bob Bishop is a former Soros trader, it seems. Looks like he didn't take everything his boss taught him to heart, if at all. That's good.

Soros is totally confused about China. He believes China is facing a "debt crisis." This is the same, stupid thinking of morons like Kyle Bass.

I thought Soros was smarter. Apparently he made all his money by being lucky or getting inside information.

This Bob Bishop character is going to do just fine. And you should bet against Soros, too, when it comes to China.

Soros, maybe senile, but certainly misinformed, conflates China sovereign debt with U.S. mortgage debt

Soros says that China is in the same situation as the U.S. in 2007, 2008.

What’s happening in China "eerily resembles what happened during the financial crisis in the U.S. in 2007-08, which was similarly fueled by credit growth," Soros said. "Most of the money that banks are supplying is needed to keep bad debts and loss-making enterprises alive." Read more.

Except that China's debt is the debt of the government--in yuan--lent through banks, which are the fiscal "conduits" to the economy. China cannot run out of yuan.

On the other hand, American homeowners can run out of funds to pay their mortgages, which were bank credits (and booked as future bank profits/capital.)

Soros is clueless here. He has just joined the ranks of Kyle Bass, Peter Schiff and all the rest of the Bozo's.

It will be a pleasure to watch him lose some of that fortune.

Step up and get his money, kids.

Matthew Allen — Hungary's Orban Says George Soros Is Destroying Europe

Soros is becoming a lightening rod.

Russia Insider
Hungary's Orban Says George Soros Is Destroying Europe
Matthew Allen

Project Synidate — Putting Putin in his Place

Is Project Syndicate another Soros front? Looks like it.

Project Synidate
Putting Putin in his Place
Guy Verhofstadt

George Soros — Putin is No Ally Against ISIS

Soros talking his book. He blames the world's problems on "Putin." It's "Putin" that's causing the crisis in Europe, rather than the folly of European elites.

The economists at Soros-sponsored Institute for New Economic Thinking should have not have joined, or should have resigned long ago. This man has no one's interests in mind other than his own.  He is a danger to the world. The recent behavior of Soros makes it even more imperative that these economists resign immediately. Silence is consent.

Project Syndicate
Putin is No Ally Against ISIS

George Soros

Juliet Chung and Carolyn Cui — Hedge Funds Versus Nascent (Communist) Superpower

Some of the biggest names in the hedge-fund industry are piling up bets against China’s currency, setting up a showdown between Wall Street and the leaders of the world’s second-largest economy.

Kyle Bass’s Hayman Capital Management has sold off the bulk of its investments in stocks, commodities and bonds so it can focus on shorting Asian currencies, including the yuan and the Hong Kong dollar.

It is the biggest concentrated wager that the Dallas-based firm has made since its profitable bet years ago against the U.S. housing market. About 85% of Hayman Capital’s portfolio is now invested in trades that are expected to pay off if the yuan and Hong Kong dollar depreciate over the next three years—a bet with billions of dollars on the line, including borrowed money.… 

Across the Curve
Hedge Funds Versus Nascent (Communist) Superpower
Via the WSJ:
By Juliet Chung and Carolyn Cui