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Parents of murdered British students criticise Barack Obama
Post Date: 2012-03-29 11:45:16 by calcon
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The parents of two British students murdered in Florida have criticised President Barack Obama for his lack of compassion over their son's deaths. His failure to respond to three letters sent to the White House was because there was no "political value" and not worthy of a few minutes of his time. They spoke out as teenager Shawn Tyson began a life sentence after being found guilty of the murder of James Cooper and James Kouzaris last April. The 17 year old, who shot the men as they begged for their lives, will die in prison. His conviction of first degree murder carries an mandatory life sentence without the chance of parole. The powerfully built teen even looked bored ...
More woes for Airbus as A380s abandon flights [Socialists Produce Crap]
Post Date: 2012-03-27 20:04:26 by Capitalist Eric
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Airbus’s A380 superjumbo encountered fresh operational problems on Tuesday, when two aircraft had to abandon flights because of separate difficulties. An A380 operated by Singapore Airlines and flying from Singapore to Frankfurt had to return to the Asian city state after one of its four engines developed a fault and had to be shut down. A superjumbo operated by China Southern Airlines and flying from Beijing to Guangzhou turned back to the Chinese capital after a malfunction with the air pressure system in the passenger cabin. These incidents follow an order by regulators last month for inspections of all 71 A380s that have been delivered to Airbus customers because of a wing ...
State Department Won’t Say Jerusalem Is in Israel
Post Date: 2012-03-27 15:53:22 by Brian S
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BY: Adam Kredo - March 27, 2012 9:50 am An official State Department communication has labeled Jerusalem and Israel as separate entities. In an official press release yesterday, the State Department announced that “Acting Under Secretary Kathleen Stephens Travels to Algeria, Qatar, Jordan, Jerusalem, and Israel.” Keeping up with its longstanding policy, the State Department refuses to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital—despite a U.S. law stating otherwise. Obama faced criticism on the issue last year, when it was revealed that the White House had scrubbed all references to Jerusalem being part of the Jewish state from a ...
Dmitry Medvedev tells GOP: Cold War Is Over, “It Is 2012, Not The Mid-1970s"
Post Date: 2012-03-27 11:42:34 by Brian S
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Mitt Romney and the other GOP presidential candidates Tuesday that they need to flip their calendars out of the Cold War and stop making Russia out to be America’s “No. 1 enemy.” “I always get very cautious when I see a country resort to phrasings such as ‘No. 1 enemy.’ It is very reminiscent of Hollywood in a certain period of history,” Medvedev said, through a translator, at the nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea. He also said presidential candidates need “to listen to reason when they formulate their positions,” adding, “Reason never harmed a presidential candidate.” Medvedev was ...
Egypt’s Islamist Groups Consolidate Power
Post Date: 2012-03-27 11:34:36 by Brian S
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Egyptian Islamists, who control the recently elected parliament, are on track to consolidate their hold over politics after the selection of a panel that will draft the country’s new constitution. They will have a large majority on the panel according to a final list published on Sunday, a day after parliament elected its members during a session which witnessed the withdrawal of parliamentarians representing liberal and leftist forces. The panel was chosen at a meeting of the upper and lower chambers in parliament which is itself dominated by Freedom and Justice, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, and by Nour, an ultraconservative Islamist party. Last week parliament ...
President Obama Asks Medvedev for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense — ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’
Post Date: 2012-03-26 19:47:44 by Brian S
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SEOUL, South Korea — At the tail end of his 90 minute meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Monday, President Obama said that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with controversial issues such as missile defense, but incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to give him “space.” The exchange was picked up by microphones as reporters were let into the room for remarks by the two leaders. The exchange: President Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space. President Medvedev: Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you… ...
Saudi Arabia And China Team Up To Build A Gigantic New Oil Refinery - Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Petrodollar?
Post Date: 2012-03-26 14:58:15 by Capitalist Eric
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The largest oil exporter in the Middle East has teamed up with the second largest consumer of oil in the world (China) to build a gigantic new oil refinery and the mainstream media in the United States has barely even noticed it. This mammoth new refinery is scheduled to be fully operational in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu by 2014. Over the past several years, China has sought to aggressively expand trade with Saudi Arabia, and China now actually imports more oil from Saudi Arabia than the United States does. In February, China imported 1.39 million barrels of oil per day from Saudi Arabia. That was 39 percent higher than last February. So why is this important? Well, back in 1973 the ...
India bans its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Post Date: 2012-03-23 19:24:18 by A K A Stone
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India has barred its airlines from complying with the European Union carbon tax scheme, joining China in resistance to plans that have caused a backlash among the EU's trade partners. The European Union imposed a carbon levy on air travel with effect from January 1, but no airline will face a bill until 2013 after this year's carbon emissions have been tallied. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told parliament on Thursday that "the imposition of carbon tax does not arise" because Indian airlines would simply refuse to hand over their emissions data. "Though the European Union has directed Indian carriers to submit emission details of their aircraft by March 31, 20 ...
Danish TV Host Mocks Obama for His Rhetoric
Post Date: 2012-03-23 16:46:46 by A K A Stone
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Thomas Buch-Andersen, host of the Danish TV show Detektor, mocked President Obama's political rhetoric in a recent episode. "Obama used a metaphor from boxing to explain Denmark's role in the world," says Buch-Andersen, introducing the segment. He then roles the tape. "That's fairly typical of the way that Danes have punched above their weight in international affairs," President Obama says at a press availability in the Oval Office with Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark. "It's nice to be praised," Buch-Andersen remarks. "We punch harder than our weight class would suggest. But how much should we read into his words? ...
Kony’s Invisible Christian Fanaticism
Post Date: 2012-03-23 12:03:25 by Brian S
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There is no doubt that the thirty-minute video ‘Kony 2012′ by the advocacy group Invisible Children has raised much awareness regarding the relatively under-reported atrocities committed by the Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). It is also true that the video, which boasts of over 80 million views on YouTube so far, has been subjected to much – I think fair – scrutiny. Criticism of the motives, accuracy and objectivity of the video’s makers has stirred a rather healthy debate on the issue, where alternative ways forward were discussed.
However, I could not help but wonder how Invisible Children – whose founders are reported to have evangelical leanings – would ...
Muslim Group 'Enjoys' Killing Nigerian Christians
Post Date: 2012-03-23 11:59:52 by A K A Stone
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Muslim Group 'Enjoys' Killing Nigerian Christians
Poster Comment:Killing is the fruit of the muslim cult. Maybe we should wipe them out before they try to wipe us out. No more muslims is a worthy goal. Hopefully we can convert them to the good Christian side. If they insist on staying muslims they will have to be our enemy. There will be no muslims in Heaven. Not even one. Former muslims yes.
France’s Sarkozy Announces Plans To Jail Repeat Visitors To Extremist Websites
Post Date: 2012-03-22 18:51:58 by Brian S
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PARIS — France’s president proposed a sweeping new law Thursday that would see repeat visitors to extremist web sites put behind bars — one of several tough measures floated in the wake of a murderous shooting spree. The proposed rules, unveiled by Nicolas Sarkozy after the death of an Islamist fanatic wanted for a horrifying series of execution-style murders, have alarmed journalists and legal experts, who say they risk pulling the plug on free expression. Sarkozy, who is only a month away from an election, argued that it was time to treat those who browse extremist websites the same way as those who consume child pornography. “Anyone who regularly consults Internet ...
ADL Poll: Anti-Semitic Sentiments 'Disturbingly High'
Post Date: 2012-03-22 18:04:10 by Brian S
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Anti-Semitic sentiments in European countries are at "disturbingly high levels," says a poll issued by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released Thursday. A great deal of the European population is proscribing to “classical anti-Semitic notions such as Jews having too much power in business, being more loyal to Israel than their own country, or ‘talking too much’ about what happened during the Holocaust,” the ADL Website notes. Compared to a similar poll conducted by the ADL in 2009, this year presents “dangerously high levels” of anti-Semitic attitudes among a wide percentage of the population. The ADL poll examined ten different European ...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Considers Change In Policy _ Running Candidate For President
Post Date: 2012-03-22 13:06:47 by Brian S
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CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful political group, said Wednesday it is considering running its own candidate in upcoming presidential elections, dropping its previous decision to avoid direct participation in the race. The group appears to be playing one of its last cards in a power struggle against the ruling military council, after it failed to force the military to replace its Cabinet with a new one appointed by the Islamist-dominated parliament. If a Brotherhood fields a candidate and wins the presidency, the group would control the two main branches of power. In parliamentary elections, the first since a popular uprising unseated President Hosni Mubarak ...
Missing Nukes Fuel Terror Concern as Seoul Meeting Draws Obama
Post Date: 2012-03-22 12:05:07 by Brian S
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The second global conference ever on nuclear material that has escaped state control is drawing President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Nuclear violators Iran and North Korea won’t be there. The legacy of the Soviet Union’s breakup, inadequate atomic stockpile controls and the proliferation of nuclear-fuel technology mean the world may be awash with unaccounted-for weapons ingredients, ripe to be picked up by terrorists. “If material is loose, it may already be impossible to contain or account for it,” said Graham Allison, director of Harvard University’s international security program and a former nuclear-security adviser to President ...
Anger In Israel Over EU Comments On School Shooting
Post Date: 2012-03-21 13:50:43 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM | Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:42pm GMT (Reuters) - The European Union foreign policy chief drew criticism in Israel on Tuesday over what Israeli leaders said was her comparison of the killing of four Jews at a school in France with the deaths of children in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a conference on Palestinian refugees on Monday in Brussels, Catherine Ashton cited the tragedy of "young people who have been killed in all sorts of terrible circumstances". She then mentioned the Toulouse shooting earlier on Monday, along with a massacre last year in a Norway summer camp, a bus crash in Switzerland that killed 22 Belgian school children a week ago, the current violence in Syria ...
Obama Daughter Safe After Mexico Earthquake
Post Date: 2012-03-20 23:52:40 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s 13-year-old daughter Malia was safe after an earthquake hit Mexico where she is on spring break vacation with friends. “In light of today’s earthquake, we can confirm that Malia Obama is safe and was never in danger,” said Kristina Schake, spokeswoman for First Lady Michelle Obama. Schake repeated the White House request for journalists and photographers to respect the privacy and security of Malia Obama, and her sister Sasha when they were not appearing in public with their parents. A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico Tuesday, causing residents in the capital several ...
Central Banking Was Responsible for 2008 Meltdown – Nothing Else
Post Date: 2012-03-20 16:41:30 by Capitalist Eric
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The meltdown explanation that melts away ... Although our understanding of what instigated the 2008 global financial crisis remains at best incomplete, there are a few widely agreed upon contributing factors. One of them is a 2004 rule change by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that allowed investment banks to load up on leverage. This disastrous decision has been cited by a host of prominent economists, including Princeton professor and former Federal Reserve Vice- Chairman Alan Blinder and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. It has even been immortalized in Hollywood, figuring into the dark financial narrative that propelled the Academy Award-winning film Inside Job. Bethany McLean ...
Indian Gold for Iranian Oil
Post Date: 2012-03-20 14:25:29 by Capitalist Eric
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By Peter Kirby March 20, 2012 The revolution will not be televised. This is another story I guarantee you will not see on the evening news. The war of banking systems continues. First, there was a report from a media outlet known as DEBKAfile (debka.com) called ‘India to Pay Gold Instead of Dollars for Iranian Oil. Oil and Gold Markets Stunned.’ I saw it when it first came out in late January of this year, but I didn’t know who these Debka people were; so I didn’t write anything. The DEBKAfile article has since been archived and is available with purchase. Here is a Times of India report about it: A reputed Israeli intelligence website has claimed that India is opting ...
Israel Worried Over Syrian Hezbollah Missiles
Post Date: 2012-03-19 17:02:04 by Brian S
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MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) Syria has supplied Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah militia with advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft missile systems and is training operators how to use them, Israel’s Haaretz daily reported citing a high-ranking military source. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is worried that Syrian deliveries of huge quantities of surface-to-air missiles could change the balance of power in the region and jeopardize Israel’s aerial supremacy. "The potential for escalation in Lebanon is huge, and Hezbollah continues to strengthen with regard to long-range weaponry and potential 'surprises' on the battlefield,” the daily quoted the unnamed IDF ...
Gunman Kills 4 At French Jewish School; Same Handgun Used In Attacks Against Paratroopers
Post Date: 2012-03-19 13:42:37 by Brian S
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A motorcycle assailant opened fire with two handguns Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a schoolgirl. One of the same guns was fired in other deadly motorcyle attacks in the area in recent days, officials said. Article continues below Authorities ordered increased security at schools and synagogues around the country after an attack that drew high-level uproar in Israel and revolted France, where school shootings and deadly attacks on Jews are extremely rare. France, which has seen a low drumroll of anti-Semitic incidents, is particularly sensitive toward the Jewish community because of its World War II past of ...
Ahmadinejad: Israel A Cancerous Tumor
Post Date: 2012-03-18 19:39:15 by Brian S
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Israel is a cancerous tumor that is being paid by the West to "continue the criminal occupation of Palestinian territories. " Meanwhile, head of Iran's parliamentary foreign policy commission said Sunday that the West will suffer if it fails to accept the reality of Iran's nuclear abilities. Ahmadinejad made the statements during a meeting with participants of the Global March to Jerusalem which is scheduled to take place at the end of the month on the occasion of Land Day. "The Zionist regime is like a malignant cancerous cell, and even one or two cells are enough to infect the whole body," Ahmadinejad ...
German Chancellor Hopeful: Israel Is 'Apartheid'
Post Date: 2012-03-18 13:09:34 by Brian S
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BERLIN - Sigmar Gabriel, the head of the German Social Democratic Party and a possible candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany, described on Wednesday Israel as an “Apartheid-Regime” on his Facebook site. After a wave of protest notes on his Facebook page, Gabriel, who is currently visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, continued to defend his terminology of Israel’s policies as racist. “I was just in Hebron. That is a lawless territory there for Palestinians. This is an apartheid regime, for which there is no justification,” wrote Gabriel. The Social Democratic chairman sought to meet with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and he appears to have abandoned ...
US, Israel Agree Iran Abandoned Nuclear Bomb
Post Date: 2012-03-18 13:03:33 by Brian S
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US and Israeli intelligence agencies mostly agree that Iran has not restarted its development of a nuclear bomb, the New York Times reported on Saturday. According to the report, the assessment among top US officials is that Iran has not yet decided to pursue a nuclear weapon, a conclusion which was established based on intelligence analyses. Israel - while seeing an existential threat in Iran's possible pursuit of a nuclear bomb - mostly agrees with those assessment, a US intelligence official speaking on the condition of anonymity told the Times. “Their people ask very hard questions, but Mossad does not disagree with the US on the weapons program,” the Times quoted the ...
Obama Gives North Korea Free Food So They Can Spend Their Money On Missile And Rocket Technology Instead
Post Date: 2012-03-18 08:13:29 by A K A Stone
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday rejected criticism of its planned long-range missile launch which threatens to upset its only major benefactor, China, and put relations with the United States back in the freezer just as they seemed to be starting to thaw. Political analysts say the launch, which would violate U.N. resolutions on the heavily sanctioned state, is aimed at boosting the legitimacy of its young new ruler Kim Jong-un who inherited power after his father's death in December. "The peaceful development and use of space is a universally recognized legitimate right of a sovereign state," the North's state KCNA news agency said. North Korea says it is using ...
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