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Clinton For Head of World Bank?
Post Date: 2012-02-15 12:26:19 by Brian S
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World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday he plans to step down when his term ends on June 30, raising questions whether the United States will insist on holding on to a job that has always gone to an American. "I'm honored to have led such a world class institution with so many talented and exceptional people," Zoellick said in a statement announcing his plans. Speculation has been rife in recent months over who might take the job when Zoellick departs. Possible U.S. candidates include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former White House economic adviser Larry Summers. Zoellick, a Republican, would potentially be a strong candidate for a senior position ...
In Defiant Move, Iran Claims Nuclear Advances, Moves To Cut Oil To 6 European Countries
Post Date: 2012-02-15 11:40:21 by Brian S
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran claimed Wednesday that it has achieved two major advances in its program to master production of nuclear fuel, a defiant move in response to increasingly tough Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear program. In a further show of resistance to international pressure, state media reported Iran was taking steps to cut oil exports to six European countries in retaliation for new European Union sanctions, including a ban on Iranian oil. The semiofficial Mehr agency said that Iran has halted exports to France and the Netherlands, and has given an ultimatum to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece to either sign long-term contracts with Iran or be cut off. ...
New Libyan leadership takes harsh stance at UN against Homos
Post Date: 2012-02-15 07:08:51 by A K A Stone
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A United Nations delegate from Libya’s newly formed government told a human rights panel that gays and other groups threaten “reproduction of the human race,” drawing a stern rebuke from leaders of the international body. The remarks, reported by Geneva-based U.N. Watch, came just months after the North African nation’s membership was restored to the U.N. Human Rights Council. The reinstatement came amid assurances that the new government that supplanted the brutal regime of Muammar Qaddafi would not brook human rights violations. Yet the unnamed representative told a panel discussing violence based on sexual orientation that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or ...
Experts Say Iran Has 'Neutralized' Stuxnet Virus
Post Date: 2012-02-14 19:19:47 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country's nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters. The malicious code, whose precise origin and authorship remain unconfirmed, made its way as early as 2009 into equipment controlling centrifuges Iran is using to enrich uranium, dealing a significant but perhaps temporary setback to Iran's suspected nuclear weapons work. Many experts believe that Israel, possibly with assistance from the United States, was responsible for creating and deploying Stuxnet. But no authoritative account of who invented Stuxnet or how it got ...
Report: Israel's Mossad Still Using Foreign Passports In Undercover Operations
Post Date: 2012-02-14 18:52:17 by Brian S
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Israeli Mossad spies are still using foreign passports, including those of British nationals, when conducting undercover operations abroad, according to The Times of London. According to the report, new evidence suggests that foreign nationals in Israel continue to allow the Mossad to use their passports — on many occasions willingly. The Times article stated that two young men agreed to be interviewed on condition of anonymity — and only once they had had their passports returned. A third man said he had been involved in a similar scheme, but was still serving in the Israeli military and declined to be interviewed. The Times report revealed several testimonies of Israeli ...
The First Dominoes: Greece, Reality, and Cascading Default
Post Date: 2012-02-14 16:38:54 by Capitalist Eric
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I asked frequent contributor Zeus Yiamouyiannis to comment on the coming Greek default. Here is his insightful response. Greece is the epicenter of a drama that threatens to unwind with all the intrigue and subterfuge of ancient Greek myths and tragedies. As with the legend of Icarus, big, and now bigger, transnational banks provoked the gods with their wax-and-feather financial fabrications to create the appearance of soaring wealth. Now that they have flown too close to the sun and their wings have melted, these banks are being brought to earth by the obligations and consequences imposed by their fabrications. Rather than take responsibility, these banks seek to appease the gods by ...
Bangkok grenade attacks wound 'Iranian' suspect and four others
Post Date: 2012-02-14 15:01:26 by calcon
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An Iranian man has blown off his own legs and wounded at least four other people in grenade attacks in Bangkok, according to the police. It remains unclear what the man's targets were, but the blasts come just a day after two bomb attacks aimed at Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israel on Monday blamed Iran for the bombings in India and Georgia, a claim denounced in Tehran as "sheer lies". Thai security forces found more explosives in the suspect's rented house in the capital, said Police General Pansiri Prapawat. Police said the explosions happened on Soi Sukhumvit 71, a street running off a busy road that bisects the capital. A photo posted on Twitter showed ...
Egypt Muslim Bro'hood to Barry H Obama: Give us money or we'll attack Israel
Post Date: 2012-02-14 10:46:05 by Happy Quanzaa
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Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt’s Peace Treaty With Israel (CNSNews.com) – A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel – the latest sign that Egypt’s emerging political forces intend to call Washington’s bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations. Egyptian judges have referred 16 Americans and 27 others linked to NGOs for trial, accusing them of using foreign funds to encourage disruptive protests. Among the targeted NGOs whose assets and funds have been seized are the U.S. government-funded International ...
NATObama's new & improved Libyan Arab Springocracy to UN Rights Council: Faggots & fudepackers threaten continuation of human race!
Post Date: 2012-02-14 09:33:47 by Happy Quanzaa
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Libya Tells UN Rights Council: ‘Gays Threaten Continuation of Human Race’FROM UN Watch: GENEVA, Feb. 13 – Gays threaten the continuation of the human race, Libya’s delegate told a planning meeting of the UN Human Rights Council today, reported the Geneva-based UN Watch monitoring group. It was the first appearance in the 47-nation body by the post-Gaddafi government, whose membership was restored in November following Libya’s suspension in March. Protesting the council’s first panel discussion on discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, scheduled for March 7th, Libya’s representative told the gathering of ambassadors today that LGBT ...
Hackers Threaten To Wipe Israel From The Internet
Post Date: 2012-02-13 18:29:11 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Hackers threatened to remove all traces of Israel from the Internet on the same day that they crashed the CIA's website. The hacker group Anonymous released a video last Friday saying that "For too long we have tolerated your crimes against humanity and allowed your sins to go unpunished." The video accused Israel of fomenting "a nuclear Holocaust" and said that "we will not allow you to attack a sovereign country based on a campaign of lies" -- a reference to the current standoff with Iran over its nuclear capabilities. In the statement, the group said it has a three-step plan to destroy Israel that will start with "systematically ...
Gunfights in Saudi Arabia Show Spread of Iran Tensions
Post Date: 2012-02-13 15:55:16 by Brian S
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Armored anti-riot vehicles cluster outside the police station in Awwamiya in Saudi Arabia’s oil- producing eastern region, where unrest is turning violent. “We have enough police force to deal with any criminal or prohibited situation,” says Brigadier-General Yousef al-Qahtani as he drives through the town. In nearby al-Qatif, graffiti scrawled on a cemetery wall criticizes the Al Saud family, founders of the kingdom eight decades ago, and calls for the removal of their fellow Sunni Muslim monarchs in Bahrain. Black Shiite flags adorn religious centers in the back-alleys. Clashes between police and armed Shiite protesters in the two towns have intensified since October, ...
Iran Lambasts Israel's Refusal to Join NPT
Post Date: 2012-02-13 14:31:15 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee blasted Israel for refusing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and urged the international community to pressure the regime into joining the NPT. "Iran considers Israel as the prime suspect in the field of possessing nuclear weapons and not abiding by the non-proliferation treaties (NPT). The international community should exert pressure on the Zionist regime to join the NPT," Khazaee added while emphasizing that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program and that Iran is merely pursuing a civilian nuclear program. Asked about the remarks by Israeli officials ...
The world’s losing its workers. How will we compete?
Post Date: 2012-02-13 08:08:15 by CZ82
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The world’s losing its workers. How will we compete? Doug Saunders Now Canada, too, has had its senior moment. When Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested that Canada would soon join most other Western countries in raising its pension age to 67, he triggered an angry round of debate. We were late entering this argument: Europeans have been having it for a decade. And it is only the beginning, because pensions represent only a tiny part of a much larger global problem. At its core are a set of non-problems: People around the world are living longer and having far fewer children – a consequence of increased female education rates and declining absolute poverty. Countries such ...
Rioting Engulfs Athens, Buildings Burn Before Vote (Update: Lawmakers approve new austerity measures)
Post Date: 2012-02-12 18:35:35 by Brian S
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Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police. The historic vote paves the way for Greece's European partners and the International Monetary Fund to release $170 billion (€130 billion) in new rescue loans, without which Greece would default on its debt mountain next month and likely leave the eurozone — a scenario that would further roil global markets. Sunday's clashes erupted after more than 100,000 protesters marched to the parliament to rally against the drastic cuts, which will ...
In wake of online protests, Germany refuses to sign ACTA anti-piracy treaty
Post Date: 2012-02-12 14:11:27 by Hondo68
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Some big news this morning from the front lines of the debate over how to regulate online piracy. Germany, which had said it would follow along with the rest of the European Union in support of ACTA, (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), has decided not sign the treaty, according to an Armenian news website citing government sources. Much like the response to SOPA in the United States, online activists in Europe have been able to generate vigorous pushback through petitions and blackouts of certain sites. And while the movement against ACTA began on the internet, protests are being held in 60 Germany cities tomorrow. While 22 out of 27 members of the EU have signed on to ACTA, many are ...
February 11, 2012 Krauthammer: Israel ‘will strike’ Iran to ‘prevent a second holocaust
Post Date: 2012-02-11 13:37:19 by calcon
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On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer doubled-down on an assertion he made last week about the inevitability of an Israeli strike on Iran to limit their nuclear capabilities. Krauthammer referred to a David Ignatius Washington Post column, which indicated generally when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta thought such an attack might happen. “Our own secretary of Defense has said it’s highly likely and he gave a timeframe — April, May, June, which means the Israelis think that the moment, the zone of immunity where they can no longer attack successfully is approaching,” Krauthammer said. “I ...
Himalayan glaciers have lost no ice in the past 10 years, new study reveals
Post Date: 2012-02-11 07:55:04 by sneakypete
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The U.N. got it wrong on Himalayan glaciers -- and the proof is finally here. The authors of the U.N.’s climate policy guide were red-faced two years ago when it was revealed that they had inaccurately forecast that the Himalayan glaciers would melt completely in 25 years, vanishing by the year 2035. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and director general of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Dehli, India, ultimately issued a statement offering regret for what turned out to be a poorly vetted statement. A new report published Thursday, Feb. 9, in the science journal Nature offers the first comprehensive study of the ...
Israel, MEK and State Sponsor Of Terror Groups
Post Date: 2012-02-10 19:33:23 by Brian S
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One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under U.S. law. A large bipartisan cast has received substantial fees from that group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), and has then become their passionate defenders. The group of MEK shills includes former top Bush officials and other Republicans (Michael Mukasey, Fran Townsend, Andy Card, Tom Ridge, Rudy Giuliani) as well as prominent Democrats (Howard Dean, Ed Rendell, Bill Richardson, Wesley Clark). As The Christian Science Monitor reported last August, those individuals ...
Report: Saudi Arabia to buy nukes if Iran tests A-bomb
Post Date: 2012-02-10 14:00:50 by calcon
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Saudia Arabia would move quickly to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran successfully tests an atomic bomb, according to a report. Citing an unidentified Saudi Arabian source, the Times newspaper in the U.K. (which operates behind a paywall) said that the kingdom would seek to buy ready-made warheads and also begin its own program to enrich weapons-grade uranium. The paper suggested that Pakistan was the country most likely to supply Saudi Arabia with weapons, saying Western officials were convinced there was an understanding between the countries to do so if the security situation in the Persian Gulf gets worse. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have denied such an arrangement exists. Iran, which ...
Chinese Twitter Says Kim Jong-Un Was Assassinated This Morning In Beijing
Post Date: 2012-02-10 12:35:43 by Happy Quanzaa
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Chinese Twitter Says Kim Jong-Un Was Assassinated This Morning In Beijing The Chinese micro-blogging service Weibo has exploded with rumors that new North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was assassinated today at the North Korean embassy in Beijing. Twitter death rumors are totally cross-cultural. Here's one version of the rumor, cleaned up from the crappy Google translation: According to reliable sources, North Korean leader [Kim Jong-Un was killed] in Beijing in February 10 2012, at 2 o'clock and 45 minutes. Unknown persons broke into his residence shot and were subsequently shot and killed by the bodyguard. Official Internet Rule: Any (Chinese) Twitter post that begins with ...
The chocolate cake diet: Can dessert with breakfast really help you lose weight?
Post Date: 2012-02-10 09:20:08 by lucysmom
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If you're reading this at breakfast, it's our pleasure to bring you good tidings of great joy: You may eat cake. Dig in. Have a cookie. Have some chocolate mousse or ice cream. If that sounds insane, let us turn your attention to a counter-intuitive new study from a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University. They've stumbled onto some earthshaking evidence that suggests adding dessert to a balanced 600-calorie breakfast that includes proteins and carbohydrates can help dieters shed weight and keep it off in the long run. Here's the skinny. Click for Full Text!
Pakistan ‘Al-Qaeda Chief’ Killed By US Drone
Post Date: 2012-02-09 12:24:08 by Brian S
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US missiles on Thursday killed Al-Qaeda’s chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans’ main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said. Badar Mansoor, who reputedly sent fighters to Afghanistan and ran a training camp in North Waziristan, was killed in a drone strike near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials and a member of his group told AFP. “He died in the missile attacks overnight in Miranshah. His death is a major blow to Al-Qaeda’s abilities to strike in Pakistan,” a senior Pakistani official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. His death was confirmed by one of his loyalists. “Badar ...
Illusion Of Economic Recovery – Feelings & Facts
Post Date: 2012-02-08 17:46:31 by Capitalist Eric
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“There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as the final and total catastrophe of the currency involved.” - Ludwig von Mises The last week has offered an amusing display of the difference between the cheerleading corporate mainstream media, lying Wall Street shills and the critical thinking analysts like Zero Hedge, Mike Shedlock, Jesse, and John Hussman. What passes for journalism at CNBC and the rest of the mainstream print and TV media is beyond laughable. Their America is all about ...
'Death to Christians': Suspected Jewish Extremists Deface Monastery
Post Date: 2012-02-08 14:57:04 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM -- A Jerusalem monastery, built on the spot where tradition holds the tree from which Jesus' cross was made, was defaced with graffiti bearing the hallmarks of militant Jewish settlers, police said on Tuesday. "Death to Christians" was daubed in Hebrew on the outer walls of the Monastery of the Cross, an 11th-century fortress-like holy site situated in a valley overlooked by Israel's parliament. Army Radio reported that "Maccabees of Migron" was painted on the monastery, too, The Associated Press reported. Maccabees were ancient Jewish heroes, and Migron is an unauthorized settlement facing a court-ordered evacuation. Such acts originally targeted ...
Egyptians Cancel Meetings With U.S. Lawmakers After Aid Warnings
Post Date: 2012-02-07 17:15:04 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. A spokesman for the Egyptian Embassy confirmed that the delegation had cancelled its meetings this week with U.S. lawmakers, but gave no reason. Last week, the Egyptian army delegation met State Department officials who outlined both the U.S. position on the pro-democracy non-governmental groups and the new conditions that Congress recently imposed on American military assistance. Nineteen ...
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