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David Cameron sets up defences ahead of storm over economic growth
Post Date: 2011-07-26 11:34:45 by go65
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An unrepentant David Cameron prepared consumers and the markets for publication on Tuesday of gruesome growth figures by admitting Britain's "path back to growth will be a difficult one", but insisting no shortcut lay in either a fiscal or monetary stimulus. The chancellor, George Osborne, also set out his defence ahead of an expected political battering by claiming he had "turned Britain into a safe harbour in a storm" by focusing so rigidly on deficit reduction. He admitted: "There are risks to current and future growth." Both the prime minister and the chancellor spoke about the depth of Britain's economic difficulties on Monday after being briefed ...
Obama calls on Latinos to create a national movement to force GOP support on immigration reform
Post Date: 2011-07-26 02:17:32 by socalv8
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama courted the vote-rich Latino community Monday and urged activists to build a national movement to pressure Republicans to overhaul the nation's broken immigration laws. Obama reiterated his promise to usher in comprehensive immigration reform, but told the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic rights organization, that it could not be done without GOP help. “Let's be honest, I need a dance partner here, and the floor is empty,” Obama said. “I need you to keep building a movement for change outside Washington, one they can't stop.” The president made the comments during the NCLR annual ...
Iran Inks Gas Pipeline Deal With Iraq And Syria
Post Date: 2011-07-25 19:42:37 by Brian S
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TEHRAN — Iran, Iraq and Syria inked on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of pipelines designed to deliver Iran's natural gas to the two Arab nations, local media reported. "The overall cost of the project is estimated around $10 billion," deputy oil minister and chairman of the Iranian National Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Ouji, was quoted by the Mehr news agency as saying after the signing ceremony. The construction of pipelines stretching for several thousand kilometres (miles) "should take three to five years once funding is secured," according to an estimate by Ouji on Sunday. The MoU was signed in the southern Iranian port of ...
Norway Killer Tells Judge ‘Two More Cells’ Exist
Post Date: 2011-07-25 12:13:09 by Brian S
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OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian judge on Monday his bombing and shooting rampage that killed 93 people aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said that "two more cells" existed in his organization. Breivik has previously said he had acted alone and police have said they have no other suspects in Friday's attacks. His remarks were relayed by the judge, Kim Heger, in a news conference held after a closed-door custody hearing. It was not clear whether Breivik is in fact part of an organization, although he has written about a revival of the Knights Templar, a medieval order of crusading monks. After the hearing, Heger said he had ordered ...
Mystery ‘Murdoch Leaks’ Site Appears Online
Post Date: 2011-07-25 12:11:20 by Brian S
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A site geared toward collecting anonymously sourced information about the phone hacking scandal surrounding Australian magnate Rupert Murdoch's media empire, News Corp., has appeared online. Thus far, Murdoch Leaks, as the site is titled, only has submission information displayed. "With the recent phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and other aspects of his empire, it's become evident that the fourth estate has failed so it's time to invoke the fifth estate. And what is that? - It is You!" is written on the site, along with a Twitter link. TechCrunch was the first site to notice the mysterious website's appearance, and ...
The Oslo Terrorist's 'Counter-Jihad' Ideology
Post Date: 2011-07-25 10:21:26 by go65
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By now you’ve probably heard about Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s “manifesto,” a 1,516-page screed with some writing by Breivik, but mostly consisting of quotes and articles by “counter-jihad” bloggers and similar right wing sources. (You can find it on the web if you really want to read it; I won’t link to it because there are sections that are basically a manual for terrorism; Breivik goes into great detail about the assembly and testing of the bomb, his weapons and ammunition, etc.) But I’ve seen a lot of people mistakenly attributing the articles that make up most of the manifesto to Breivik himself. In fact, the blog source that’s ...
Focus On Islamists Let Other Extremists Go Under The Radar
Post Date: 2011-07-24 19:31:53 by Brian S
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STOCKHOLM — Security services in Norway and elsewhere in the region had recently shifted their focus to Islamist extremism, letting other forms of terror slip under the radar, experts said. While there had been initial fears that Friday's twin attacks might have been an act of revenge for Norway's participation in the campaigns in Afghanistan and Libya, everything changed when it emerged the suspect was a native Norwegian. Named by media as Anders Behring Breivik, the alleged killer has been described by police as a "fundamentalist Christian" whose political opinions leaned "to the right." He had also been a member of the populist right-wing Progress ...
Norway Killer Espoused Right-Wing Philosophy Claiming To Be Zionist
Post Date: 2011-07-24 19:23:12 by Brian S
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BERLIN (JTA) -- The confessed perpetrator in the attack in Norway that killed as many as 98 people espoused a right-wing philosophy against Islam that also purports to be pro-Zionist. Anders Behring Breivik is charged with detonating a car bomb outside Oslo’s government headquarters, which houses the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and of shooting and killing at least 85 mostly young people at a political summer camp on nearby Utoya Island. The July 22 massacre reportedly was the the worst attack in Norway since the end of World War II. In numerous online postings, including a manifesto published on the day of the attacks, Breivik promoted the Vienna School or ...
Anders Behring Breivik plagiarised 'Unabomber'
Post Date: 2011-07-24 16:17:50 by Mad Dog
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Norway shooting: Anders Behring Breivik plagiarised 'Unabomber' Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect in Norway's twin attacks that killed at least 93 people, appeared to plagiarise large chunks of his manifesto from the writings of Theodore Kaczynski, the “Unabomber”, it has emerged. Anders Behring Breivik Photo: AP By Andrew Hough6:08PM BST 24 Jul 2011 The 32 year-old appears to have quoted verbatim large sections from the preaching of Theodore Kaczynski in his 1500 page online rant. Breivik had “copied and pasted” almost a dozen key passages from the 69 year-old’s 35,000 manifesto, only changing particular words such as “leftist” with ...
Israel Erupting in Protests, Tens of Thousands Chanting "Revolution"
Post Date: 2011-07-24 15:50:12 by Brian S
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Approximately 30,000 protesters marched in Tel Aviv last night, with social justice activists blocking central streets and chants of "Mubarak. Assad. Netanyahu" filling the air. Tel Aviv police arrested 42 activists, which is an extremely rare number, "if not unprecedented," according to +972 Magazine, which has been closely following the circumstances surrounding the sudden rise of Israel's progressive left. This (and all) pictures are care of Activestills.org and +972 Magazine. The protests are part of a larger movement that began as opposition to rising housing prices, and indeed is still centered around that issue, but has spread to other social justice and ...
Freepers are hinting they understand/support Norwegian right wing terrorist because he killed "pro-Palestine commies" (didn't take the right wing kooks long)
Post Date: 2011-07-24 13:37:12 by Godwinson
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Title: Freepers are hinting they understand/support Norwegian right wing terrorist because he killed "pro-palestine commies" To: SeekAndFind The island of Utoya is owned by the Workers’ Youth League (Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking). These were 16 to 22 year old sons & daughters of COMMUNISTS & SOCIALISTS at a Communist Socialist training camp on the island. 4 posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:13:00 PM by macquire These were 16 to 22 year old sons & daughters of COMMUNISTS & SOCIALISTS at a Communist Socialist training camp on the island. That is College age indoctrination camps. Not the American Summer Camps. Government Funded to continue the destruction ...
Actually, MSM, China’s an Economic Mess
Post Date: 2011-07-24 08:27:32 by CZ82
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Actually, MSM, China’s an Economic Mess In a repeat of Walter Duranty, tunnel-visioned liberals like Thomas Friedman keep ignoring China's authoritarian-fueled chaos. July 22, 2011 - 12:01 am - by Ying Ma America’s movers and shakers can’t seem to stop ogling Chinese authoritarian chic. While few would defend China’s repressive political system, numerous politicians, business executives, and pundits bow before China’s state-directed capitalism, equating authoritarianism with efficiency and ruthlessness with enlightenment. At the heart of this ogling lies an admiration for Beijing’s ability to undertake large projects far more quickly than ...
At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash
Post Date: 2011-07-24 08:01:59 by CZ82
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At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash By Ben Blanchard BEIJING | Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:50pm EDT (Reuters) - At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in China's eastern Zhejiang province Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network. The accident occurred on a bridge near the city of Wenzhou after the first train lost power due to a lightning strike and a bullet train following behind crashed into it, state television said. The total power failure rendered useless an electronic safety system designed to warn following trains of stalled trains on the tracks up ahead, and ...
Amy Winehouse Dead: Singer Found Dead At London Home
Post Date: 2011-07-23 15:15:00 by sneakypete
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Troubled, Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her North London home, Sky News is reporting. The Daily Mail reports that police have confirmed the passing. In a statement, the London Metropolitan Police said, "Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased. On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained." A suspected drug overdose took the life of the singer, Nick Buckley ...
Man Suspected of Norway Massacres is Affluent, Educated Extremist
Post Date: 2011-07-23 12:26:02 by Skip Intro
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(NewsCore) - OSLO -- Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of carrying out Western Europe's worse terror attacks since 2004's Madrid bombings, was described Saturday as a well-educated, affluent loner who regularly expressed extremist Islamaphobic views on web forums. Although previously unknown to police, information that emerged Saturday presented the blond, 6ft, 32-year-old Norwegian -- described by authorities as a "Christian fundamentalist" -- as a hate-filled right-wing fanatic who used his wealth and business interests to prepare for Friday's twin attacks in Oslo and Utoya island. Breivik set up a Facebook and Twitter account on July 17, posting a single ...
Freeper admits Norway mass killer "seems like a conservative...would fit in here at freerepublic"
Post Date: 2011-07-23 01:30:48 by Godwinson
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Freeper admits Norway mass killer "seems like a conservative...would fit in here at freerepublic" It seems like a conservative who is sceptical about islam and multiculturalism. He would fit in here at freerepublic. I read many of his posts. He seemed smart, and I agreed with most of it. Not a hint of any aggression or murderous intent. He had ambitions of starting a conservative print media as he didn’t like the socialist bias of the msn. Just crazy. 58 posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 10:29:27 PM by Eurotwit
At Least 80 Killed In Norway Shooting, Police Say
Post Date: 2011-07-22 22:13:46 by Brian S
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Norway’s peace was shattered twice Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings in the heart of its government and a man dressed as a police officer gunned down youths at a summer camp. Police say at least 80 people were killed at the youth camp shooting. Police linked one Norwegian, reportedly named Anders Behring Breivik, to both attacks, which is this nation’s worst violence since the Second World War. Police said they did not know the motive but an official said that the suspect seems to have acted alone and does not appear to be linked to a terrorist group. Hundreds of youths ran in terror at a camp on Utoya island where the prime minister had been scheduled to speak Saturday. ...
Tall, Blonde And [of] Nordic Looks Gunman Opens Fire At Norway Labour Party's Youth Camp, Unconfirmed Reports Of 25-30 Killed
Post Date: 2011-07-22 15:15:41 by Brian S
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A gunman has opened fire at Norway Labour Party's youth camp on the island of Utoya, fifty miles south of Oslo, shooting several people. Unconfirmed eyewitness reports have said 25 to 30 may have been people killed. The gunman appeared “tall, blonde and [of] Nordic looks” according to reports. A reporter from Norwegian TV 2 news channel, Lasse Evensen, said he has spoken to several witnesses at the site. "They told me that there was a man with light hair and light skin, 190 centimeters tall and well-trained, who pulled out an automatic weapon and opened fire," said Evensen. Acting chief of police for the Northern Buskerud Police District, Bjorn Erik Sem ...
‘Anonymous’ Defiant In The Face Of Arrests; Says It Has NATO Documents
Post Date: 2011-07-22 11:38:22 by Brian S
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SAN FRANCISCO — Notorious hacker group Anonymous on posted a defiant message to police Thursday and boasted of plundering sensitive data from NATO computers. "We are not scared anymore," read an online message that purported to be a response by Anonymous and splinter group Lulz Security. "Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea... there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- you can possibly do to make us stop." As if to underscore the point, a message posted at a Twitter account by "AnonymousIRC" claimed to have looted about a gigabyte of NATO data that even the rebel hacker group deemed too sensitive to release. ...
Captain America - Falling
Post Date: 2011-07-22 09:40:04 by Biff Tannen
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George Orwell (author of '1984') Was a Socialist
Post Date: 2011-07-22 09:08:33 by Godwinson
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George Orwell Was a Socialist By Matthew Yglesias on Mar 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm A lot of American right-wingers seem to have gotten it into their heads that George Orwell would have loved the idea of invading Iraq, which seems doubtful to me but at least possible, but Hendrick Hetzberg observes that Newt Gingrich has further extrapolated from this the idea that Orwell would have hated socialized medicine. Here’s Gingrich on Orwell on socialism: [The message of 1984 is] that centralized planning inherently leads to dictatorship, which is why having a secular socialist machine try to impose government-run health care in this country is such a significant step away from freedom and away ...
United States Targets Whaling Industry
Post Date: 2011-07-22 01:59:00 by socalv8
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has officially told President Obama that Iceland's whaling pursuits directly threaten the endangered Fin whale. The president now must weigh his decision on how to handle the situation, which can include trading sanctions with the North Atlantic island nation. Iceland stopped its whaling industry in the early 1990’s, but it resumed commercial whaling in 2006, and the number of Fin whales being taken has since risen to roughly 150 catches a year. “Iceland's disregard for the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) global moratorium on commercial whaling is unacceptable,” said Locke. “Its harvest of whales and export of ...
Russia Declares 'Era Of Soyuz' After Shuttle
Post Date: 2011-07-21 12:38:53 by Brian S
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MOSCOW — Moscow on Thursday declared it is now "the era of the Soyuz" after the US shuttle's last flight left the Russian system as the sole means for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station. Far less glamorous than the horizontal-landing winged shuttle, the principle of Russia's Soyuz rocket and capsule system for sending humans into space has changed little since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in orbit in 1961. But after the successful landing of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis Thursday drew the curtain on the 30-year US space shuttle programme, it is now the only vehicle which can propel astronauts towards the ISS. "From today, the era of ...
U.S. Republicans Hit Aid To Israel Neighbors, Pakistan
Post Date: 2011-07-20 19:13:30 by Brian S
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US Republicans moved Wednesday to cut aid to several of Israel's neighbors and to tighten control of assistance to Pakistan, vowing to get tough on Islamic militants and tame US spending. The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee pushed a range of issues in a spending bill for the fiscal year starting in October, including cutting US contributions to the United Nations and restricting funding for abortion. But to come into force, Republican lawmakers will need to reach a compromise with the Senate where President Barack Obama's Democratic Party retains control and is mostly supportive of the administration's international engagements. The House spending bill would ...
News Corp. Now Facing Fresh Inquiry In Australia
Post Date: 2011-07-20 11:32:18 by Brian S
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian arm of News Corp will have to answer "hard questions" in Australia following the growing phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday. Gillard said Australians had been "disturbed" by events in Britain, where Australian-born Rupert Murdoch and his son James defended at a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday their handing of events that have shaken the family's grip on their media empire. "When there has been a major discussion overseas, when people have seen telephones hacked into, when people have seen individuals grieving have to deal with all of this, then I do think ...
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