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EXCLUSIVE: State Department Mulls Terror Designation for Gaza 'Aid' Ship Funder [ The Turkish Muslim charity ]
Post Date: 2010-07-14 18:43:27 by WhiteSands
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The State Department is investigating whether to designate the Turkish Muslim charity that funded and operated a Gaza-bound "aid" ship as a foreign terrorist organization, after nine people were killed aboard one of its ships in a bloody confrontation with Israeli commandos, Fox News has learned. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told Fox News at a briefing on Wednesday that the government is looking into whether The Foundation for Human Rights and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), a nongovernmental organization, should be listed as a terror group. "I believe we are looking at the IHH, but it's a long process to designate something a foreign terrorist organization and ...
Exclusive: Iranian Nuke Scientist Is En Route to Iran
Post Date: 2010-07-14 12:05:50 by Brian S
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The CIA has lost one of its most valued former spies. Shahram Amiri claims the CIA kidnapped him, but U.S. officials say he defected. Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who defected to the US, is now on his way back home to Tehran after a very messy and public re-defection. ABC News obtained exclusive photos of Amiri leaving Washington's Dulles International Airport late Tuesday night on a commercial flight to Doha, Qatar, en route to Iran. Amiri was escorted directly to the jetway entrance by a security officer. He was flanked by what appeared to be a U.S. official and a representative from the Pakistani Embassy in Washington._He boarded the Qatar Airways flight ahead of the ...
BP Plans to Start Drilling Off Libya as U.S. Senators Seek Lockerbie Probe
Post Date: 2010-07-14 11:59:47 by Brian S
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BP Plc should stop a planned drilling campaign in Libya while links between the oil producer and the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi are investigated, a group of U.S. Senators said. The London-based company has a rig in place to start a well in the Gulf of Sirt after completing a seismic survey last year. BP also plans to drill onshore in the Ghadames basin by the end of the year, Robert Wine, a spokesman for BP, said today. BP, under political pressure to stop and clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history, signed an exploration agreement with Libya’s National Oil Corp. in May 2007 during a visit by then- U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. U.S. senators, who ...
Humanitarian Crisis? No, Gazans Are Bored!
Post Date: 2010-07-14 11:45:24 by Badeye
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Humanitarian Crisis? No, Gazans Are Bored! Jonathan Tobin - 07.14.2010 - 11:03 AM Left-wing propagandists have spent the last several years successfully painting a picture of Gaza as a place where children starve and where all are in need. In reply, Israel and her defenders have attempted to point out that such tales are pure myth and that, in fact, there is no shortage of food or medicine in Gaza despite the limited blockade that has been imposed on the region since Hamas seized power there in a bloody coup. But there’s no need to listen to the Israelis on that point. As the New York Times makes clear in a 2,500-word dispatch published today about life in Gaza, the residents of the ...
U.S. trade deficit widens to $42.3 billion in May - highest level in 18 months
Post Date: 2010-07-13 16:32:06 by Badeye
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U.S. trade deficit widens to $42.3 billion in May - highest level in 18 months THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, July 13th 2010, 9:55 AM Related NewsArticlesHugh Hefner offers to take struggling Playboy privatePricetag for hot Porsche Spyder likely $630,000, making it priciest model Consumer Reports: We do NOT recommend flawed iPhone 4Microsoft CEO takes on iPad with 'terribly important' Windows tabletWASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit widened in May to the highest level in 18 months as a rebounding economy pushed up demand for imports of foreign-made cars, computers and clothing. The trade deficit increased 4.8 percent to $42.3 billion, the largest imbalance since November 2008, ...
‘Abducted’ Scientist Wants To Return To Iran: TV
Post Date: 2010-07-13 11:22:57 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (AFP) – An Iranian nuclear scientist Tehran claims was abducted by US intelligence agents has taken refuge in the Islamic republic's interest section in Washington, state media reported on Tuesday. "Shahram Amiri, the abducted Iranian expert, took refuge in Iran's interest section in Washington hours ago," state television's website said. In a separate report, Mehr news agency said Amiri who was "abducted by Americans went to Iran's interest section... and asked for a quick return to Tehran." Iran's interests in the United States are managed by the Pakistan embassy as Tehran and Washington have had no diplomatic ties for more than three ...
Abu Doesn't Like Mudboy
Post Date: 2010-07-13 09:52:00 by Biff Tannen
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Mudboy is still pinging badeye to his 'bullshit parody crap' at LP:
#23. To: The Leadpenny, Badeye, GhostofDavyCrockett, Bill D Berger, GO65, ferret, fmcdonald, goldilucky, palo verde, byeltsin (#22)
"Allen/Sowell 4 POTUS 2012!!"
"Patriots HOO're Free!!" (To be sung to Don Williams' "Good Ol' Boys Like Me")
Doesn't he know how 'annoying' that is for badeye?
Really annoying you add me to those fuckin threads Mud. Really annoying.
No Mud. Due to your spamming of my screen name at LP, on the rare occasion I hit the site to check something I posted four or more years ago, I get page after page after page of your bullshit parody crap. So now I don't even bother going there. You ...
Berlin Pushing For European Bankruptcy Framework With Provision For State Sovereignty Give Up
Post Date: 2010-07-13 08:06:53 by A K A Stone
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The big news out of Europe this morning, and the reason for the drag on the euro is an article in Der Spiegel, “Merkel’s rules for bankruptcy” according to which Germany is now actively (and very secretly) pushing for a plan outlining a set of insolvency rules, which would require that private investors bear a portion of the rescue burden, and much more importantly, would see at least a partial give up in state sovereignty, where a new insolvency trustee (the “Berlin Club”, which we fail to see at least for now, how it differs from the Paris Club) would take implicit control over and override a default nation’s treasury, in essence pushing the bankrupt country ...
: Iroquois lacrosse team banned from flying overseas: U.S. refuses to recognize tribe-issued
Post Date: 2010-07-12 20:42:16 by A K A Stone
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Brett Bucktooth, a member of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team that cannot fly to England because the U.S. government won't allow them to re-enter the country on Iroquois nation passports. A team of Iroquois lacrosse players was stuck in the city yesterday, barred from flying to a tournament in England because the U.S. does not recognize its special passports. "The boys are ready and we've been trying to reassure them we'll somehow or other make it out," said the team's executive director, Percy Abrams. The Iroquois Nationals - who hail from upstate New York and Canada - have passports issued by the Haudenosaunee, a confederacy of six Iroquois nations. ...
Fidel Castro Suddenly Back In View On Cuban TV
Post Date: 2010-07-12 20:01:06 by Brian S
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HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro appeared relaxed and lucid in his most prominent television interview in years Monday, though he spoke slowly and with a raspy voice in an appearance that thrust him back in the limelight after a long time spent out of public view. The 83-year-old former president talked about the conflict between North and South Korea at the start of the broadcast of "Mesa Redondo" - or "Round Table" - a daily Cuban talk show on current events. The revolutionary leader wore a dark blue track suit top over a plaid shirt as he took questions at a desk in a sparsely decorated office at an undisclosed location. It was not immediately clear if the broadcast was ...
New U.K. Government Bans Michael Savage; Conservative Party Admin Demands Repudiation Of 'Violent' Statements
Post Date: 2010-07-12 15:10:15 by Brian S
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The new Conservative Party-led government of Prime Minister David Cameron informed Michael Savage it will continue the ban on the top-rated talk-radio host's entry to the United Kingdom unless he repudiates statements made on his broadcasts that were deemed a threat to public security. The U.K. Border Agency told Savage through a letter from the treasury solicitor's office that his "exclusion" from the U.K. that began last year under the Labour Party government of Gordon Brown will continue "in the absence of clear, convincing and public evidence" that he has "repudiated his previous statements." As WND reported, then–British Home Secretary ...
Church accepts liability for sex abuse [ Australia ]
Post Date: 2010-07-12 14:54:10 by WhiteSands
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The Catholic Church is being praised for its readiness to avoid a court battle over the rape and sexual abuse of young girls at a Queensland primary school. A former teacher, 61, has admitted to a series of sexual abuse charges involving 13 girls in classes he taught between January 2007 and September 2008. Lawyers for some of the victims say Toowoomba Bishop William Morris has formally accepted legal liability for the abuse and the church will enter into mediation with the victims. Monique Cronin, spokeswoman for Slater & Gordon, the law firm representing five of the victims, said the bishop should be commended for his actions. "The mediation will happen over coming ...
Qaeda Magazine 'Unfortunately Well Done': Senior US Lawmaker
Post Date: 2010-07-12 11:58:24 by Brian S
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Al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine is an "unfortunately well done" publication aimed at convincing Americans to carry out terrorist attacks at home, a top US lawmaker said Monday. Representative Pete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said "Inspire" magazine showed the group "has shifted its focus" from radicalizing recruits in training camps. "This is an unfortunately well done magazine that is proof positive that al-Qaeda and its affiliates have launched a direct appeal for Americans to launch small-scale attacks here at home," Hoekstra said in a statement. "It provides al-Qaeda's warped rationale ...
America in Retreat
Post Date: 2010-07-12 08:52:33 by Badeye
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America in Retreat By Daniel Mandel on 7.12.10 @ 6:08AM It is well known that George W. Bush left office with low approval ratings and with sighs of relief from many foreign leaders. In contrast, Barack Obama rode a wave of popularity into the White House and the chancelleries of much of the world. But now, eighteen months into the Obama presidency, have Obama's self-consciously multilateralist policies engendered popularity abroad? By and large, no. America's enemies gloat at their gains, but like America no more. America's friends languish in diffident anxiety, though they like America no less. Put simply, Obama's policy pleases America's foes and unsettles ...
Child abuse scandals plaguing the Vatican have deepened on both sides of the Atlantic
Post Date: 2010-07-11 18:04:30 by WhiteSands
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THE resignation of a church-appointed child abuse commission in Belgium has left the Vatican reeling from widening pedophile scandals. A war of words broke out between the Vatican and Brussels after the Pope condemned as deplorable the seizure by police of the commission's files, and the detention of nine bishops for an entire day last week. Pope Benedict XVI spoke out again yesterday, warning an Austrian cardinal against repeating accusations that a senior Italian cardinal covered up child abuse claims at the highest level. The crisis enveloping the global Roman Catholic Church deepened overnight when the US Supreme Court opened the way for the Vatican to be sued by the victims of ...
Netanyahu: Only US Military Threats Can Stop Iran From Making Nukes
Post Date: 2010-07-11 12:04:00 by Brian S
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Diplomacy and sanctions won't stop Iran from building a nuclear warhead, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."There has only been one time that Iran actually stopped the program," Netanyahu told Fox News' Chris Wallace Sunday. "That was when it feared US military action."The prime minister agreed with CIA Director Leon Panetta that sanctions would "probably not" stop the Iranians.But Netanyahu wouldn't say whether he had discussed military action with President Barack Obama."I'm not going to get into the confidential discussions, and I'm not confirming anything of the sort but I am saying that the president's ...
Amputate or Die
Post Date: 2010-07-09 22:06:58 by sneakypete
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AMPUTATE OR DIE Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler Thursday, 17 June 2010 It was a sobering dinner party last night (6/16). Hosted by a London billionaire in his exquisite home - a Boccaccio hung on the wall behind me - the wine flowed liberally, but the conversation between the ten of us was stone-cold serious. There were lighter moments, as when I proposed a toast to "a great hero of Europe - Geert Wilders." Every one raised their glass in a smile, but the biggest smile was that of a spectacularly gorgeous super-model (you've seen her in many a high-fashion ad). She was from Holland. Then a well-known Hollywood producer raised his glass to toast his hero - Ronald Reagan. ...
Murdoch, Saudi prince team up to launch ‘Arabic Fox News’
Post Date: 2010-07-09 20:44:21 by Brian S
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Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch has partnered with Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to launch a new 24-hour news network for the Arab world, a move that has drawn mockery from Murdoch's critics and questions from media experts. First and foremost among those questions is whether a news service linked to the famously pro-Israeli Fox News will resonate among Arab viewers. "Fox News, famous for its uncomplicated, gung-ho and pro-Israel stance whilst maintaining a mocking notion of neutrality, does not seem like a likely partner" for the Middle Eastern news network, writes David Roberts at the Gulf Blog. "Their coverage of Middle Eastern issues is far from renowned or ...
Presbyterians: End Israel Aid Over Settlements
Post Date: 2010-07-09 20:33:02 by Brian S
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(07-09) 17:08 PDT MINNEAPOLIS, (AP) -- Presbyterian leaders strongly backed a proposal Friday that included a call to end U.S. aid to Israel unless the country stops settlement expansions in disputed Palestinian territories. But they said the 172-page report, which details their church's approach to issues in the Middle East, was a sincere effort to mend long-standing fractures between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Jewish groups. It earned qualified praise but also criticism from pro-Israel organizations, which have long taken issue with various Presbyterian statements on Middle East peace. Church delegates approved the report by an 82 percent vote during the church's ...
Minnesotans Protest the Zionist Lobby, AIPAC, and U.S. Aid to Israel
Post Date: 2010-07-09 20:28:45 by Brian S
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Minneapolis, MN - About 100 anti-war activists protested outside of the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) annual meeting at the University of Minnesota on June 30 to oppose the U.S. unconditional support for Israel. The Coalition for Palestinian Rights organized the protest. This protest was a part of a series of protests organized in response to the massacre of the Gaza flotilla Memorial Day weekend. The Coalition of Palestinian Rights issued a statement that said, “AIPAC supports endless conflict in the Middle East by lobbying for billions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Israel and continued occupation of Palestinian land. AIPAC works to insure that Israel is ...
BRAVO to Ann Coulter [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-07-09 18:05:44 by jwpegler
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Bravo to Ann Coulter for calling on neo-commies like Bill Kristol to STFU with regards to Micheal Steel's comments on Afghanistan. RNC Chairman Michael Steel said that America had every right to dispatch the al- Queda presence in Afghanistan, but that it was crazy to bog American troops down in a no-win situation in Afghanistan. The unruly Afghans could not be subdued by the Brits or Soviets. More importantly, our real enemy -- al-Queda -- has moved on to Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. It's absolutely foolish to continue to waste American lives and money in Afghanistan. We can accomplish our continued goals there by bribing a handful of warlords, using a fraction of the money and ...
French News Web Site Shakes Sarkozy Camp
Post Date: 2010-07-09 12:41:10 by Brian S
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PARIS — At dinner parties there is talk of a French Watergate, but with at least one big difference: the would-be Woodwards and Bernsteins behind the biggest scandal to hit the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy work on the Web instead of at a newspaper. In an intensifying drama over accusations of political corruption, a news Web site called Mediapart this week published its most incendiary article yet, accusing Mr. Sarkozy of receiving illegal donations from Liliane Bettencourt, the 87-year-old heiress to the L’Oréal fortune, during his 2007 election campaign. Spokesmen for Mr. Sarkozy have issued vehement denials. On Thursday, they said that the source of the accusations, ...
U.S. Hawks Created Spy Scandal to Hurt Obama, Ex-Russia Security Head Says
Post Date: 2010-07-09 11:15:02 by Brian S
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The U.S.-Russian espionage scandal that culminated in a Cold War-style spy exchange was an attempt by “hawks” in America to weaken President Barack Obama, the former head of Russia’s domestic security agency said. “It was an attempt to interfere in Obama’s reset” of relations with Russia, “and to compromise Obama himself,” Nikolai Kovalyov said in an interview in Moscow today. “This was an attempt by the hawks to influence policy toward Russia,” said Kovalyov, who headed the Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, from 1996 to 1998. Russia’s Foreign Ministry and the U.S. State Department hailed the swift ...
Russian Spies Head Home in Swap Echoing Cold War
Post Date: 2010-07-09 11:12:03 by Brian S
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Ten convicted members of a Russian spy ring, some of whom posed as ordinary Americans for more than a decade, were exchanged with four men jailed in Russia, bringing a rapid conclusion to a case that began 12 days ago. The members of the network, broken up June 28 with arrests in the New York area, Boston and Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to work as unregistered foreign agents. “The Russian Federation agrees to release four individuals who are incarcerated in Russia for alleged contact with the United States,” U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan said at the plea hearing, referring to the deal. Wood sentenced them ...
Here's the scary side of the IMF's new forecasts
Post Date: 2010-07-09 09:44:46 by Badeye
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Here's the scary side of the IMF's new forecasts By Jeremy Warner Economics Last updated: July 8th, 2010 Those reassured by the IMF’s upward revision to its growth forecast for the world economy this year should take a closer look at the predictions just issued. Towards the back of this generally sanguine assessment of the state of the world economy there’s a section headed “downside risks to global growth are much greater”. This explores a number of possible adverse scenarios, including the risk of an escalation of financial stress and contagion, prompted by rising concern over sovereign risk. “Given trade and financial linkages”, the IMF observes, ...
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