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Netanyahu: 'America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily'
Post Date: 2010-07-25 01:46:07 by Brian S
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The United States and Israel have made a huge effort this month to patch up the sometimes difficult relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. But a newly released video of Netanyahu, speaking in an unvarnished manner in 2001 about relations with the United States and the peace process, may cause some heartburn at the White House. "I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way." Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he ...
Catholic sex scandal as undercover reporter 'films priests at gay clubs and having casual flings'
Post Date: 2010-07-24 17:33:15 by WhiteSands
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A gay priest sex scandal has rocked the Catholic Church in Italy today after a weekly news magazine released details of a shock investigation it had carried out. Using hidden cameras, a journalist from Panorama magazine - owned by Italian Prime Minister and media baron Silvio Berlusconi - filmed three priests as they attended gay nightspots and had casual sex. Today there was no immediate comment from the Italian Bishops Conference and the Vatican - which has been rocked by a series of sex scandals involving paedophile priests since the start of the year. A preview of the Panorama article sent out by email last night added that video footage from the investigation would be made ...
Kucinich-Paul Resolution To Pull US Military Out Of Pakistan
Post Date: 2010-07-24 16:01:13 by WhiteSands
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The five hundred million dollars in aid the US pledged to Pakistan this week is not the only backing the United States is providing the country considered an ally against terrorist elements. According to a statement by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the White House has increased its military commitment to Pakistan without Congressional oversight or approval. The White House's abuse of its authority, Kucinich says in his statement, "must stop." On Thursday evening, he and fellow House member Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced a privileged resolution to pull US forces from the country. If Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives the nod, the Kucinich-Paul resolution will jump the line of ...
Afghanistan Insurgents Capture Two U.S. Soliders, Taliban Says
Post Date: 2010-07-24 15:27:17 by WhiteSands
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The Afghanistan Taliban claimed Saturday to have captured two U.S. soldiers near the country's capital, Kabul, Reuters reported. NATO subsequently confirmed two missing soldiers were Americans but there were conflicting reports Saturday afternoon about their fate. The alleged capture came to light after U.S. officials had apparently issued an appeal via a local radio station, offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the soldiers' safe release. The broadcast said the two U.S. personnel were last seen wearing standard U.S. military camouflage, Reuters said. It reportedly said: "Early this morning two coalition personnel went missing. They are believed to have been ...
Catholic church embarrassed by gay priests revelations
Post Date: 2010-07-24 02:01:26 by WhiteSands
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The Catholic church, already reeling from a string of clerical sex abuse scandals, was last night facing new embarrassment after an Italian magazine published an investigation into what it termed the double life of gay priests in Rome. Using hidden cameras, the weekly Panorama, owned by Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, captured priests visiting gay clubs and bars and having sex. The Vatican does not condemn homosexuals, but it teaches that gay sex is "intrinsically disordered". In one of his earliest moves, pope Benedict barred actively gay men from studying for the priesthood. The diocese of Rome lashed out at the prime minister's magazine, saying its aim was ...
Kucinich, Ron Paul: US Troops Out Of Pakistan
Post Date: 2010-07-23 19:17:50 by Brian S
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Two US lawmakers -- a Republican and a Democrat -- proposed a bill this week demanding the withdrawal of all US troops in Pakistan, where they are conducting covert operations against militants. "We have known that US forces have been operating in secret inside the territories of Pakistan without congressional approval," Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich said Friday, pointing to reports the United States was stepping up its presence there. He said the House of Representatives was expected to take up the resolution next week. The measure was introduced late Thursday. Kucinich said the covert operations were a "violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution introduced ...
Where are protests of Obama's wars?
Post Date: 2010-07-23 18:36:14 by jwpegler
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A record 60 Americans were killed in Afghanistan in June – the most ever in the nearly decade-long war that is not winding down, but rather intensifying under the leadership of Barack Obama, the "peace candidate" in 2008. Worse yet, U.S. soldiers, no doubt demoralized by seemingly interminable wars on two fronts, neither of which has any clear definition of victory, are taking their own lives in record numbers – 32 just last month and 145 since Jan. 1. My question: Where are the anti-war protests? What happened to them? Do those protesters from earlier this decade think the wars are over? Or did they really not care about these conflicts in the first place? Were they ...
North Korea Threatens "Physical Response" To U.S. Moves
Post Date: 2010-07-23 14:33:51 by Brian S
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HANOI (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asia on Friday to enforce tough sanctions against North Korea, which hit back by threatening a "physical response" to Washington's plans for joint military drills with South Korea. Clinton, speaking in Hanoi at the Asia-Pacific's biggest security dialogue, also called on Myanmar's neighbors to pressure the country's military rulers for democratic reforms, and said Asia must join the global community in sending a "clear signal" to Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. "One measure of the strength of a community of nations is how it responds to threats to its members, neighbors and ...
HYPOCRITE: Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax
Post Date: 2010-07-23 09:05:51 by A K A Stone
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Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, R.I. Isabel - Kerry’s luxe, 76-foot New Zealand-built Friendship sloop with an Edwardian-style, glossy varnished teak interior, two VIP main cabins and a pilothouse fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage - was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine. But instead of berthing the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, Isabel’s hailing port is listed as “Newport” on her stern. Could the reason be that the Ocean State repealed its Boat ...
Democratic Lawmakers Demand 'Major Changes' To US-S.Korea Trade Deal
Post Date: 2010-07-22 19:09:14 by Brian S
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More than 100 US lawmakers wrote to President Barack Obama Thursday demanding "major changes" to a landmark free trade agreement with South Korea, which they called a "job killing" pact. Obama wants to finalize the deal before a Group of 20 summit in Seoul this November so that he can present it to Congress in the few months thereafter, despite concerns from US cattlemen and carmakers. But 109 legislators from Obama's Democratic party in the House of Representatives sent a joint letter to him, seeking talks with the president to address opposition to specific provisions of the FTA in the financial services, investment and labor chapters. They also "strongly ...
Goldi Wisely Bans Yukon From Posting Gay Porn, Calls Him a Major Distraction (Yukon Vows to Continue) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-07-22 11:57:12 by Biff Tannen
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Or at least I'm expecting him to vow to continue. He can't stop. #36. To: yukon (#11) you posted a link with porn. no more photos for you as of now. I am tired of the fights. shape up or ship out. we are in a battle for our county -- and you are a major distraction.Goldi-Lox posted on 2010-07-22 10:51:53 ET
Poster Comment:How will he handle this. I think it will hurt his feelings. It's about time she stopped him for posting gay porn.
Priest gets suspended sentence for child sex abuse
Post Date: 2010-07-21 16:03:30 by WhiteSands
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BERLIN — A court in southern Germany has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing three underage girls and handed him a suspended sentence of 10 months. The state court in Weiden said Tuesday it found the cleric guilty of unduly touching young girls below the waist during religious education classes in an elementary school in four cases last year. The court also fined him euro4,000 ($5,200). A spokesman for the Regensburg diocese, Jakob Schoetz, said the priest, who is now 59, had been suspended from his duties since the allegations first emerged in April. Schoetz said the priest will not return to pastoral duties or other work where he could be in contact with ...
China Shows Military Strength Ahead Of US Drill
Post Date: 2010-07-20 18:40:54 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - China has shown off its growing military strength with naval exercises off its eastern coast, shortly before Washington and Seoul are expected to carry out their own drills which Beijing has criticised. State television broadcast images on Tuesday it said showed the East Sea Fleet on recent manoeuvres, including helicopters and a submarine launching a long-range missile underwater. It did not say exactly where or when the pictures were taken and it was not clear if they showed a drill that the official Xinhua news agency said took place over the weekend. Xinhua said four rescue helicopters and four rescue ships were deployed in the two-day drill in the Yellow Sea, where the ...
BP Oil Spill: Failed Safety Device On Deepwater Horizon Rig Was Modified In China Rather Than Overhauled In The USA
Post Date: 2010-07-19 20:09:39 by Brian S
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BP ordered the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, whose explosion led to the worst environmental disaster in US history, to overhaul a crucial piece of the rig's safety equipment in China, the Observer has learnt. The blow-out preventer – the last line of defence against an out-of-control well – subsequently failed to activate and is at the centre of investigations into what caused the disaster. Experts say that the practice of having such engineering work carried out in China, rather than the US, saves money and is common in the industry. This weekend BP remained cautiously optimistic that the cap placed on top of the Gulf of Mexico well on Thursday night would continue to ...
25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis
Post Date: 2010-07-19 10:53:45 by Badeye
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25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis The good intentions, bad managers and greed behind the meltdown Blameworthy Angelo Mozilo Phil Gramm Alan Greenspan Chris Cox American Consumers Hank Paulson Joe Cassano Ian McCarthy Frank Raines Kathleen Corbet Dick Fuld Marion and Herb Sandler Bill Clinton George W. Bush Stan O'Neal Wen Jiabao David Lereah John Devaney Bernie Madoff Lew Ranieri Burton Jablin Fred Goodwin Sandy Weill David Oddsson Jimmy Cayne Poll Results Who Deserves the Most Blame? Read more: www.time.com/time/special...351,00.html#ixzz0u8kVl1bz
Pakistan cracks the whip
Post Date: 2010-07-18 22:42:58 by A K A Stone
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ISLAMABAD - Despite repeated warnings by Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, under American pressure the government has begun a risky crackdown on extremist religious organizations as well as the essentially inactive remnants of banned jihadi organizations. Over the past few days, more than 200 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar have been detained, while in the eastern province of Punjab about 100 members of banned militant organizations have been arrested. The banned extremist Sunni Muslim group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan - now known as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat - was among those groups targeted. The crackdown is similar to the one in 2004-2005 ...
Malaria-proof mosquito engineered
Post Date: 2010-07-18 22:39:10 by A K A Stone
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The researchers, from the University of Arizona, introduced a gene that affected the insect's gut, meaning the malaria parasite could not develop. They report the advance, which also reduced the insects' lifespan, in the journal PLoS Pathogens. They say that the ultimate goal is to introduce malaria-resistant mosquitoes into the environment. "Before we do this, we have to somehow give the mosquitoes a competitive advantage over the disease-carrying insects," explained Professor Michael Riehle from the University of Arizona a principle investigator on the project. In the study the researchers altered a gene that codes for a "signalling molecule". This ...
Darfur violence kills 221 in June: peacekeepers
Post Date: 2010-07-17 20:08:28 by WhiteSands
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A total of 221 people died in tribal fighting and other violence in Sudan's Darfur in June, peacekeepers said on Sunday, as the region's two main rebel groups continued to shun peace talks. Violence has spiked in the arid western territory since the insurgent Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) suspended its participation in negotiations in Qatar in early May. The fighting, which first surged in 2003 when mostly non- Arab rebels took up arms demanding more autonomy, has persisted in the face of a series of failed ceasefires and diplomatic pressure from Washington and other powers. "After assessing security reports for the past month, UNAMID estimates the number of fatalities ...
Canadistan court: It's OK to kill your kids
Post Date: 2010-07-16 16:02:12 by Happy Quanzaa
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Outrage over ruling that mom who strangled daughter won’t be jailed Aset Magomadova leaves the Calgary courthouse last week at the end of the first day of her sentencing hearing inconnection with the killing of her 14-year-old daughter, Aminat, whom she strangled with a scarf. CALGARY — A Calgary mother won’t spend a day in jail for killing her teenage daughter with a head scarf — a decision that has prompted outrage. A national victims’ group, based in Toronto, is stunned by the suspended sentence given to Aset Magomadova by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Sal LoVecchio on Thursday. “I really strongly disagree. It sends a massively huge message to the ...
46% of Israelis have a clue, 10% are dumber than a ball of matzah dough
Post Date: 2010-07-16 15:49:42 by Happy Quanzaa
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46% say Obama is pro-Palestinian 10% of Israelis think president is pro-Israel. US President Barack Obama’s efforts to reach out to the people of Israel last week – when he hosted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for a positive meeting at the White House and gave his first interview as president to an Israeli television station – were not very successful, according to a Smith Research poll for The Jerusalem Post. When asked whether they saw Obama’s administration as more pro-Israel, more pro- Palestinian or neutral, just 10 percent of Israeli Jews said more pro-Israel, 46% said more pro-Palestinian, 34% said neutral and 10% did not express an opinion. The poll of 515 ...
Jews Reluctantly Abandon Swedish City Amid Growing Anti-Semitism
Post Date: 2010-07-15 14:52:19 by Brian S
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By Donald Snyder, The Forward MALMO, SWEDEN — At some point, the shouts of “Heil Hitler” that often greeted Marcus Eilenberg as he walked to the 107-year-old Moorish-style synagogue in this port city forced the 32-year-old attorney to make a difficult, life-changing decision: Fearing for his family’s safety after repeated anti-Semitic incidents, Eilenberg reluctantly uprooted himself and his wife and two children, and moved to Israel in May. Sweden, a country long regarded as a model of tolerance, has, ironically, been a refuge for Eilenberg’s family. His paternal grandparents found a home in Malmo in 1945 after surviving the Holocaust. His ...
Police Suspect Alleged Jewish Terrorist Killed Four Palestinians
Post Date: 2010-07-15 14:14:26 by Brian S
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A right-wing Israeli extremist arrested this week over a string of stabbing attacks is suspected of murdering four Palestinians and attempting to murder another seven, according to details of the investigation released on Thursday. Chaim Pearlman was arrested Tuesday, initially on suspicion of carrying out two murders in 1998, and for a series of attacks on other Palestinian victims over the last 12 years. The Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court on Thursday extended his remand by six days. Chaim Pearlman in court Wednesday. Pearlman, a resident of Givat Washington near Yavneh, is a well known figure on the far right. At the end of the 1990s he studied at a yeshiva identified ...
US Disagreement With France Over Veil Ban
Post Date: 2010-07-15 01:11:10 by Brian S
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US officials have reiterated Washington's disagreement with a measure approved by the lower house of France's National Assembly banning the use of face-covering Islamic veils in public. "We do not think that you should legislate what people can wear or not wear associated with their religious beliefs," said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley. "Here in the United States, we would take a different step to balance security and to respect religious freedom and the symbols that go along with religious freedom," he said. The bill is not yet law, as it will now go to France's Senate in September. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's determination to ban ...
The truth about honor killings . Canada moves to add this gender-based violence to its criminal code -- and the U.S. should follow its lead
Post Date: 2010-07-14 20:48:35 by WhiteSands
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Canada is on the verge of adding honor killings to its federal criminal code, affirming the practice of murdering girls and women who supposedly bring dishonor to a family as "barbaric cultural practices" and "heinous abuses." Besides making honor killings a unique criminal charge, the Canadian government is looking at other strategies to address the gender-based violence, including the launch of television programs that will highlight the consequences of the abuse. The government's action seems to be prompted by a new report from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Released this past weekend, the report found that honor killings in Canada's immigrant ...
Catholic church must aid sexual abuse victims 'despite cost'
Post Date: 2010-07-14 18:48:49 by WhiteSands
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TOOWOOMBA'S Bishop believes the church's admission of legal liability for the rape of girls at a Toowoomba school should set a template. Bishop Bill Morris, co-chairman of the National Committee for Professional Standards, which is handling the abuse allegations said it should set the template in dealing with victims, despite the risk it may lead to the sale of assets to cover compensation payouts. He said his move last week to admit liability for the serial abuse at the primary school set a precedent for Australian dioceses after decades of fighting victims to try to protect the church's reputation. The girls -- aged nine and 10 at the time of their abuse -- were raped or ...
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