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BBC News HD - Julian Assange appears on Ecuadorian embassy balcony
Post Date: 2012-08-19 18:58:24 by Hondo68
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BREAKING NEWS: The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has made his first public since entering the Ecuadorian embassy in London two months ago. He was granted asylum by Ecuador on Wednesday. Britain has said he should be extradited to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about alleged sex offences, which he denies. Speaking from the balcony of the embassy, Mr Assange called on US President Barack Obama to "do the right thing" and for his government to "renounce its witch hunt against Wikileaks". Mr Assange called for the US government to "renounce its witch hunt against Wikileaks" Continue reading the main story Related Stories Julian Assange has ...
Megadeth Singer Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting Massacre
Post Date: 2012-08-15 18:36:38 by A K A Stone
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Dave Mustaine -- the lead singer of Megadeth -- believes Barack Obama "staged" the massacre in Aurora, CO in a sick, twisted plot to pass a gun ban. Mustaine made the comments on stage at an August 7 performance in Singapore ... when he told the crowd, "Back in my country, my president ... he's trying to pass a gun ban, so he's staging all of these murders, like the 'Fast And Furious' thing down at the border ... Aurora, Colorado, all the people that were killed there ... and now the beautiful people at the Sikh temple." He continued, "I don't know where I'm gonna live if America keeps going the way it's going because it looks like ...
Muslim Scumbags Hate This VIdeo
Post Date: 2012-08-15 08:37:28 by A K A Stone
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The Marketing of Paul Ryan [Romney's 'libertarian' running mate is anything but]
Post Date: 2012-08-14 12:44:36 by Capitalist Eric
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The Romney campaign is making a major effort to reach out to the Tea Party, grassroots conservative activists, and Ron Paul’s libertarian supporters. They’ve not only invited Rand Paul to speak at the Tampa convention, they’ve also scheduled a “Tribute to Ron Paul” video to be shown to the delegates. However, these are mere crumbs: the video is not likely to highlight Paul’s more interesting positions, such as his vociferous opposition to the American empire and its endless wars. No, the real cake, complete with quasi-“libertarian” frosting, is Paul Ryan, whose addition to the ticket opens up the prospect of having Ayn Rand, the late novelist and ...
The Facebook camera that can recognise you every time you walk into a shop
Post Date: 2012-08-14 00:42:42 by A K A Stone
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Shoppers could soon be automatically recognised when they walk into a shop using a controversial new camera. Called Facedeals, the camera uses photos uploaded to Facebook to recognise people as they walk in. Shoppers who agree to use the system, which has not been developed with Facebook, will be offered special deals. A promotional video created to promote the concept shows drinkers entering a bar, and then being offerend cheap drinks as they are recognised. 'Facebook check-ins are a powerful mechanism for businesses to deliver discounts to loyal customers, yet few businesses—and fewer customers—have realized it,' said Nashville-based advertising agency Redpepper. ...
Lebanese protest anal exams on suspected homosexuals
Post Date: 2012-08-14 00:31:40 by A K A Stone
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Dozens of people demonstrated outside the law courts in the Lebanese capital on Saturday to protest the use of anal "tests" on men suspected of homosexuality, which is a criminal offence in the Arab country. The rally followed a July 28 police raid on a gay venue in a working class district of Beirut when 36 men were taken into custody and forced to undergo the examinations, reportedly to determine their sexual orientation. Lebanon-based HELEM, considered the Arab world's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group, called for the rally under the slogan: "Stand up against the tests of shame, vaginal or anal." It also voiced solidarity with ...
Obama married a Pakistani man [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-08-11 23:12:59 by Hondo68
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Barack Obama, the president of the United States of America, was previously married to a gay Pakistani man. That, at least, is according to a noted Tea Party activist and prominent 'birther' who swears that he has a case that is simply impermeable. Barely a year after US President Barack Obama buried the birther argument by providing the country with documentation verifying his American citizenship, an all-new conspiracy theory is being propagated after Jerome Corsi, an author and well-known member of the conservative Tea Party movement, says he has uncovered proof that links the commander-in-chief to a hush-hush marriage agreement with a Pakistani man.“The evidence, I think, ...
Proof of Evolution?
Post Date: 2012-08-10 23:12:11 by A K A Stone
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Is this proof of evolution? Look the whale is trying to fly. Look at his wings. No stupid there is no such thing as evolution. This is a picture of a baby humpback whale jumping out of the water. It was taken by Matt Thornton while guiding a fishing expedition.
Egypt Buries Soldiers as Brotherhood Questions Israel Ties
Post Date: 2012-08-07 12:35:05 by Brian S
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Thousands of Egyptians gathered for the funeral of 16 soldiers killed by militants in Sinai, in an attack that gave President Mohamed Mursi his most serious test since assuming office and led the Muslim Brotherhood to call for reviewing Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. Mursi’s newly appointed Prime Minister Hisham Qandil was pelted by shoes during the ceremony, aired live on state television, as the flag-draped coffins of the soldiers killed on Aug. 5 were carried on a parade route where former President Anwar Sadat was assassinated more than 30 years ago. As troops held back the crowd, some mourners chanted that the military and people were “one hand,” while others ...
Israel Is Losing The Battle For Public Opinion In America
Post Date: 2012-08-06 17:03:40 by Brian S
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The government of Israel wants to talk about Iran, but a lot of people did not get the memo. For an important group of public intellectuals, the occupation of the West Bank is becoming more rather than less important. And we are not talking here about the usual cast of anti-Israel characters, but of mainstream journalists, scholars, and opinion makers – those who write in middle-of-the-road, general publications with a broad readership. Something is happening—a turning point, I suspect. No matter how much Israel’s leaders want to change the subject, it’s not working. Exhibit A, of course, is New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, whose already-famous column of ...
Romney Persona Non Grata in Italy for Bain’s Deal Skirting Taxes
Post Date: 2012-08-06 11:38:18 by Brian S
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Mitt Romney skipped Italy on his swing through Europe. That was probably prudent. That’s because Bain Capital, under Romney as chief executive officer, made about $1 billion in a leveraged buyout 12 years ago that remains controversial in Italy to this day. Bain was part of a group that bought a telephone-directory company from the Italian government and then sold it about two years later, at the peak of the technology bubble, for about 25 times what it paid. Bain funneled profits through subsidiaries in Luxembourg, a common corporate strategy for avoiding income taxes in other European countries, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. The buyer, Italy’s ...
South Africa Facing White Genocide, Total Communist Takeover
Post Date: 2012-08-05 08:49:44 by A K A Stone
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While most of the world refuses to acknowledge what is happening in largely communist-controlled South Africa, the non-profit group Genocide Watch declared last month that preparations for genocidal atrocities against white South African farmers were underway and that the early phases of genocide had possibly already begun. In the long run, Genocide Watch chief Dr. Gregory Stanton explained, powerful communist forces also hope to abolish private-property ownership and crush all potential resistance. According to experts and official figures, at least 3,000 white farmers in South Africa, known as Boers, have been brutally massacred over the last decade. Many more, including children and ...
Report: Russia Moves Nuclear Missiles to Cuba
Post Date: 2012-08-02 15:24:29 by Hondo68
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A report out of Pravda quotes President Vladimir Putin as saying that Russia has moved strategic nuclear missiles to Cuba in response to the United States’ continuing efforts to encircle Russia in Eastern Europe.The article, written by Lyuba Lulko, explains how Russia is reviving its military operations in Vietnam, Cuba and the Seychelles.In October 2001, President Vladimir Putin announced that the Lourdes radio-electronic center on the island had been shut down as a “gift” to President George W. Bush on the basis of promises given by Bush that the U.S. missile defense system would never be deployed in Eastern Europe.However, with the missile defense system under the auspices ...
Ahmadinejad calls for annihilation of Israel
Post Date: 2012-08-02 09:53:44 by A K A Stone
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In Ramadan speech to ambassadors from Islamic countries, Iranian president says "horrible Zionist current" has been managing world affairs for 400 years, adds that liberating Palestine would solve all world problems. In a speech published on his website Thursday, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the ultimate goal of world forces must be the annihilation of Israel. Speaking to ambassadors from Islamic countries ahead of 'Qods Day' ('Jerusalem Day'), an annual Iranian anti-Zionist event established in 1979 by Ayatollah Khomeini and which falls this year on August 17, Ahmadinejad said that a "horrible Zionist current" had been managing world ...
Video: Romney aide cordially invites media to kiss his ass
Post Date: 2012-07-31 16:25:41 by calcon
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They were at Poland’s tomb of the unknown soldier; the questions were shrill, irritating, and dumb; and aide Rick Gorka lost his temper for maybe eight seconds, then apologized. Simple ingredients, but that’s all you need for a tasty summer stew of manufactured outrage that keeps the news cycle churning. September can’t get here soon enough, my friends. Alternate headline: “Conservative support for Romney now at 100 percent.” As Romney was walking away from Pilsudski Square toward his vehicle, reporters asked him about his string of gaffes and whether he had any comment for Palestinians, some of whom took offense at the Republican’s suggestion Monday in ...
Our Ladies open up a can of Whoop Ass
Post Date: 2012-07-31 16:05:42 by calcon
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Not to gloat, but ... AMERICA IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET IN WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS!!!! The U.S. women's gymnastics team didn't just win GOLD in the team competition ... they CRUSHED the competition ... slaughtering Russia by a whole 5 points. Just to compare, China beat the US back in 2008 by 2ish points ... in what was then considered to be a pretty dominant performance. So, 5 points is HUUUUUGE. It's a big deal ... the team -- made up of Jordyn Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney -- was favored to win ... and they didn't disappoint, scoring 183.596 today. Russia came in at 178.5 (suck it). Romania won bronze. ...
Second India Blackout In Two Days Cuts Power To 670 Million
Post Date: 2012-07-31 12:01:41 by Brian S
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NEW DELHI | Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:40am EDT (Reuters) - Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days. Stretching from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and the northwestern deserts of Rajasthan, the outage was the worst to hit India in more than a decade and embarrassed the government, which has failed to build up enough power capacity to meet soaring demand. "Even before we could figure out the reason for yesterday's failure, we had more grid failures today," said R. N. Nayak, chairman of the ...
The Election, the Presidency and Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2012-07-31 11:12:34 by jwpegler
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The American presidency is designed to disappoint. Each candidate must promise things that are beyond his power to deliver. No candidate could expect to be elected by emphasizing how little power the office actually has and how voters should therefore expect little from him. So candidates promise great, transformative programs. What the winner actually can deliver depends upon what other institutions, nations and reality will allow him. Though the gap between promises and realities destroys immodest candidates, from the founding fathers' point of view, it protects the republic. They distrusted government in general and the office of the president in particular. Congress, the Supreme ...
Romney Comments At Fundraiser Outrage Palestinians
Post Date: 2012-07-30 12:13:29 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments were racist and out of touch with the realities of the Middle East. His campaign later said his remarks were mischaracterized. "As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000 dollars, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality," the Republican ...
Remains of Hundreds of Pre-Born Babies Found in Russian Forest
Post Date: 2012-07-28 11:57:17 by SJN
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Police in the south Urals region of Russia are investigating the discovery of the remains of 248 pre-born babies in a forest near Nevyansk, a town on the slopes of the Ural Mountains. LifeSiteNews.com reported that four 50-liter plastic barrels containing the remains appeared to have been thrown from a vehicle not far from a road leading to the town, causing the gruesome contents to be strewn across the ground. “Many of the fetal remains had labels attached to tiny hands or feet with names and numbers, which authorities suspect may refer to the names of the children’s mothers, and the date of their abortion or the hospital where the abortion was committed,” reported ...
Olympics Kick Off With Tribute to Socialized Medicine [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-07-28 10:16:20 by CZ82
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Olympics Kick Off With Tribute to Socialized Medicine posted on July 28, 2012 by Tad Cronn God bless the Brits. Theirs was the country that gave birth to the United States. Of course, the British did that chiefly through gross abuse and neglect of the colonists’ needs and wants. Which makes it doubly laughable to see the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony give time to the praise of socialized medicine. In case you missed it, the Olympic field was filled with giant hospital beds on which “sick” children were jumping and doing somersaults while their state nurses and doctors danced around them in loving tribute to the National Health System. I could imagine King Obama ...
Sackcloth&Ashes Obama CONFIRMS COVENANTonTISHA B'Av The 9th of Av A day of CALAMITY!
Post Date: 2012-07-28 00:39:49 by A K A Stone
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HAS ISREAL ENTERED INTO A COVENANT WITH DEATH ON JULY 27, 2012 THE 9TH OF AV??? H.R. 4133: United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4133/text
White House can’t name Israel’s capital
Post Date: 2012-07-27 21:34:12 by A K A Stone
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US White House spokesman Jay Carney refused to state the US position on the location of Israel’s capital during a press briefing, Thursday, despite several requests for clarification from a pair of reporters. The exchange, caught on video and uploaded to YouTube, quickly made the cyberspace rounds as the latest example of world bodies’ refusal to name Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In the video, a female reporter asks about the administration’s position on the capital of Israel, as several other reporters lightly chuckle. “I haven’t gotten that question in a while,” Carney responds. “Our position has not changed.” Carney tries to move on to ...
Will US dip American flag at Olympic ceremony?
Post Date: 2012-07-27 16:53:55 by calcon
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A controversy is brewing over whether the United States should break tradition and dip the American flag at the opening ceremony Friday night for the London Olympics-- despite the fact that doing so would violate US Flag Code. Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the United States Olympic Committee, told Reuters they were discussing the matter internally. "We've talked about that a little bit and you never know what is going to happen," Blackmun told the news agency. But later a spokesman for the USOC sent Fox News a statement calling the Reuter's report "not accurate." "We have made an official recommendation to the athlete, not to dip the flag," the ...
Skeptics put the freeze on NASA 'hot air' about Greenland ice
Post Date: 2012-07-26 13:14:56 by calcon
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NASA’s claim that Greenland is experiencing “unprecedented” melting is nothing but a bunch of hot air, according to scientists who say the country's ice sheets melt with some regularity. A heat dome over the icy country melted a whopping 97 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet in mid-July, NASA said, calling it yet more evidence of the effect man is having on the planet. But the unusual-seeming event had nothing to do with hot air, according to glaciologists. It was actually to be expected. "Ice cores from Summit station [Greenland’s coldest and highest] show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one ...
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