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The latest Wikileaks drop is about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, and its probable impact on "State Owned Enterprises." (SOE)
The Analysis of Leaked TPPA Paper for Ministers' Guidance on SOEs, by Professor Jane Kelsey, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, makes specific reference to public broadcasters as SOEs that could be included under the TPP, and subject to a variety of new, yet undefined, restrictions.
That could mean the CBC in Canada, and likely NPR and PBS in the US. In particular, it's possible that the TPP might insist that governments not provide support (such as funding or protections) for these, and other essential public services.
From the report:
It looks like SOEs are not allowed to get government support or non-commercial assistance – such as capital injections, subsidies, grants, cheaper access to finance, government guarantees and access to land, premises or facilities on preferential terms – if that causes "adverse effects" to another TPPA country. That kind of support is often essential for SOEs that provide public functions that are not proftable or are even loss-making.
{snip} ... it suggests that a postal service, public telecommunications provider or state-owned bank that receives financial support from the government to deliver services into poor areas for social reasons could be challenged by a courier firm, satellite operator or internet bank from another country that says the support is adversely affecting it and hence its country's interests.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by zugedneb on Friday July 31 2015, @08:31PM
Take the rich elite, yes?
They have access to any knowledge and if they do not know something, they can pick and pay for the advisors.
They have a respect for knowledge, and they can pick the allies.
They know what it is to play "the game".
Also, they have no "private matters", as they can pay for grade A around 14 years old pussy.
Now take the opposition, those who are not for corporationism, but more for "global awareness" and kind and friendly human cooperation.
The rest? They all look like we, yes? Burned out, failed marriages, private problems, economic problems, mental issues...
Now I claim: even the miserable scientologists have more respect for knowledge and study than these "for humanity" motherfuckers. Even a fucking sect member puts down more actual "work" for what they believe in, than the people who are on to the left of the corporates, and even the sect members have more respect to "proper" authority, in their field, at least...
Let me ask this: say that we oppose, then are we even trying? Do we have an ally in each other? Do we have secret meetings? Do we respect knowledge? Do we even agree?
I challenge you: pick arbitrary situation, or whatever and do this: claim the same opinion in the same way when women are present.
If you can do this, by brother, you are ready for the FIGHT :DDDDD
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2015, @07:21AM
You sound pretty stupid. You remind me of the guy who told me that the corvette ships in Star Wars were named after the car. The same guy who told me that the racing motors he could hear weren't the cars belting around the tracks 2000 meters away from us, but were in fact racing around a track 12,000 meters away from us.
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Saturday August 01 2015, @08:27AM
Stupid, up to the moment you decide to argue against me.
Draw a circle. Put the objects you want in it.
Now, show me the flow in and out of the circle. Flow of information and matter.
I am not stupid, bro. Prove me wrong. Pick anything I have ever said...
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @03:06PM
You're so stupid you don't even realize all you're spewing is gibberish.