Leaders’ statement from the G20 summit in London – Human Dimension Point 26.

From the BBC G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal

26. We recognise the human dimension to the crisis. We commit to support those affected by the crisis by creating employment opportunities and through income support measures. We will build a fair and family-friendly labour market for both women and men. We therefore welcome the reports of the London Jobs Conference and the Rome Social Summit and the key principles they proposed. We will support employment by stimulating growth, investing in education and training, and through active labour market policies, focusing on the most vulnerable. We call upon the ILO, working with other relevant organisations, to assess the actions taken and those required for the future.

This should be point 2 . It is remarkably difficult to have any trade policy if un-employed people are rioting and throwing petrol bombs through windows. Interestingly the dole now becomes a good thing.

There is promised action on Tax Havens

to take action against non-cooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens. We stand ready to deploy sanctions to protect our public finances and financial systems. The era of banking secrecy is over. We note that the OECD has today published a list of countries assessed by the Global Forum against the international standard for exchange of tax information;

Does this mean our ruling elites like the Downers, Packers, Murdochs, Loewys, Pratts, Palmers etc will pay their fair share of tax? I am not holding my breath.

As for the proposed Financial Stability Board, could I propose that any banker found in contravention of the laws and regulations be sent to China to be tried under Chinese Law. (The maximum penalty under Chinese law seems to be disassembly, why should good kidneys be wasted.)

There is also an implied promise to break the stranglehold of Europe and the USA on the IMF and the World Bank and actually allow dark and yellow people into these institutions.

Stuart Wilde on Perception and Sensuality

This posted because I should not be a cranky bastard all time. Good message from Stuart Wilde.

Music by Richard Tyler.

Stuart Wilde’s new book Grace Gaia and the End of Day now out from Amazon or http://www.hayhouse.com

Kevin Rudd and Contact at 30 000 feet

www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/03/2533784.htm

PM apologises for mid-air meltdown

Kevin Rudd has apologised for verbally abusing a flight attendant on a Royal Australian Air Force flight earlier this year when the Prime Minister was not served the meal he wanted.

We see physiology in action. The Prime Minister gets hungry and seeks his food. His insulin levels are changing and so is his emotions as result of this. Somebody in catering stuffs up and the wrong meal is brough forward. The Prime minister acts like most hungry men, badly. Apparently one airforce trolly dolly was reduced to tears. Boo Hoo, Boo Hoo.

The Prime Minister did apologise.

Can somebody remind the cabin crew that they are in the defence forces and that they in theory are supposed to be able to take worse than a verbal bollocking. Is this the best our defence forces can do? This crew needs a reality check. This story just confims every prejudice that every ground pounder feels about the air farce. Knowing the air farce, they will nominating this sheila for a medal for bravery.

The Coalition has no business encouraging our defence force members to wimp out. Mr Tony Abbot need to be reminded that all our defence force members when they signed up, signed up to potentially die for the country and being sworn at by the Prime Minister while not necessarily spelt in the job description, is hardly the worst thing that could happen to you.