I spoke with @aliceeire at the launch of this report in 2017 by the Comhlámh Trade Justice group. There are real and serious social implications of the CETA agreement for Ireland, Europe, Canada, and the global South
Comhl\xe1mh is concerned that the government is moving to ratify the EU Canada Trade Deal known as CETA.https://t.co/l8kQN219Ux pic.twitter.com/DWSkJVbmgB
— Comhl\xe1mh (@Comhlamh) December 12, 2020
Government is attempting to pass CETA on Tuesday, in the Christmas rush to avoid media & debate. If signed, this trade treaty will allow multinational companies to sue Ireland if we bring in strong climate & social rights protections. It will also likely decimate family farming. https://t.co/9rZGiaGscZ
— Sin\xe9ad Mercier (@sineadmercier) December 12, 2020
The Irish government trying to sneakily push through approval of #CETA this coming Tuesday
— Mark Malone (@soundmigration) December 12, 2020
A far reaching right wing trade agreement that is devastating to any notions of democracy or tackling climate change or global justice
Its capitalism on steroids.
Capitalism: \u201centrepreneurs take risks and should be rewarded kindly for their risk taking.\u201d#CETA: \u201centrepreneurs take risks and if they fail they should be able to sue sovereign states.\u201d
— Dave Gibney (@davegibney) December 12, 2020
Morning,
— Tony - Pod Guy - Groves (@Trickstersworld) December 13, 2020
We have until Tuesday at 4pm to #PostPoneTheCETAVote.
Pls email/call/tweet your local TD\u2019s and demand it be given proper scrutiny and not rushed through while everyone is distracted. pic.twitter.com/xMFAunQEKe
#postponetheCETAvote It would be utterly disastrous & stupid for Ireland to gratuitously (no one is making us) sign up to investor courts which allow corporations to sue states for billions if they introduce better health, environment or equality laws. This is not about trade 1/n https://t.co/3oHrMLng0w
— Alice-Mary Higgins (@aliceeire) December 12, 2020
I'm in a meeting with eminent lawyers & scientists, trade unionists and activists and I can tell you they are not happy with the Governments plans to rush through #CETA #PausetheVote Private Investor Courts have consequences for climate action, works rights and public health.
— Lynn Boylan \U0001f377\U0001f4d6\U0001f43e (@LNBDublin) December 12, 2020
An all time low for an Irish Government has been hit. By pure chance this afternoon I noticed what appeared to be a Government motion to ratify the deeply controversial EU Canada Trade Deal #CETA next Tuesday 15 Dec. Yes the one with the dreaded #ICS #ISDS clauses. Yes its true -
— AttractaUB - Access to Justice is my thing .. (@attractaub) December 11, 2020
So on Tuesday the government are going to sneak through #CETA, the \u201cfree trade\u201d agreement between Europe & Canada. Putting the flaws aside, this is being done without proper scrutiny (avoiding the Seanad) for reasons that will become clear. #StopCETA
— Tony - Pod Guy - Groves (@Trickstersworld) December 12, 2020
This will be a thread. pic.twitter.com/CEk1qsM343
I spent years in European Parliament as Left MEP responsible for following the #CETA trade negotiations.
— Paul Murphy (@paulmurphy_TD) December 13, 2020
It's a terrible deal for workers and environment. It's a great deal for corporations who win the right to sue states if they interfere with their profit-making.#StopCETA
The government is bouncing TDs into a last minute vote on Tuesday that will sign us up to the dangerous trade deal #CETA forever. Can you send an email to your TD today? https://t.co/69jTyuibQV
— Uplift (@UpliftIRL) December 13, 2020
What trade unionists need to know about #ttip and #CETA from the @TUnionLeftForum from 2016 but still relevant https://t.co/6Pdvx2fXLB
— Gareth Murphy (@garethmurphyIE) December 13, 2020
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The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
I’m torn on how to approach the idea of luck. I’m the first to admit that I am one of the luckiest people on the planet. To be born into a prosperous American family in 1960 with smart parents is to start life on third base. The odds against my very existence are astronomical.
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
Ironies of Luck https://t.co/5BPWGbAxFi
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 14, 2018
"Luck is the flip side of risk. They are mirrored cousins, driven by the same thing: You are one person in a 7 billion player game, and the accidental impact of other people\u2019s actions can be more consequential than your own."
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
