Neue Forsa-Zahlen
Grün-Rot bei 50 Prozent
leftparty 8ecos 24
social dems 26
left totals at 58 %
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
US buys first electric cars, charging stations
US buys first electric cars, charging stations
AP – Tue May 24, 5:35 pm ETWASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Tuesday it is buying more than 100 Chevrolet Volts and other electric cars as it moves to improve fuel efficiency of the government's massive fleet of cars and trucks.
The plan by the General Services Administration to buy 116 plug-in electric cars marks the government's first purchase of road-ready electric vehicles, a GSA spokeswoman said.
The cars represent a tiny fraction of the 600,000 vehicles the GSA manages. But Energy Secretary Steven Chu and other officials said they were an important symbol of the administration's commitment to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Official: 5 suicide attacks at AU bases in Somalia
Official: 5 suicide attacks at AU bases in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Five simultaneous suicide attacks targeted African Union bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Monday night, officials said.
A Nairobi-based diplomat said he could not yet give casualty figures, but said only some of the attacks had been stopped in time. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
African Union soldier Capt. Prosper Hakizimana said one suicide bomber was dressed in a Somali government military uniform when he attempted to enter a base. The man was shot at by AU forces and immediately blew up, Hakizimana said, adding that casualties for that attack were unknown.
Birth certificate falsified
Geburtsurkunde gefälscht
After his marriage crashed, Schwarzenegger is now threatened by a lawsuit concerning the birth certificate of his out of wedlock child.
Italy: left 55% in Milan, RIP in Naples for the right
Schwere Schlappe für Berlusconi bei Kommunalwahlen
Italy's right-wing head of govt Silvio Berlusconi was heavily defeated in the deceissive round of the municipal election: the candidates of his party "people of freedoms" (PDL) were defeated in a runoff election in his birth place milan in the race for the mayor and as well in Naples by the left, how the interior ministry corresponded. The election was considered as an important polling for the mood about Berlusconi.
Italy's right-wing head of govt Silvio Berlusconi was heavily defeated in the deceissive round of the municipal election: the candidates of his party "people of freedoms" (PDL) were defeated in a runoff election in his birth place milan in the race for the mayor and as well in Naples by the left, how the interior ministry corresponded. The election was considered as an important polling for the mood about Berlusconi.
Obama Names New Joint Chiefs Head
Obama Names New Joint Chiefs Head
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama moved Monday to complete an overhaul of his national security team, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid a winding down of the war in Iraq, protracted battle in Afghanistan and U.S. assistance to the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama moved Monday to complete an overhaul of his national security team, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid a winding down of the war in Iraq, protracted battle in Afghanistan and U.S. assistance to the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.
Milan: left 53,5%
Berlusconi-Lager verliert offenbar Mailand und Neapel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/berlusconi-obama-g8-summit_n_867985.html
reread: Berlusconi self-introduces as heavily prosecuted
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/berlusconi-obama-g8-summit_n_867985.html
reread: Berlusconi self-introduces as heavily prosecuted
Germany pledges nuclear shutdown
Germany pledges nuclear shutdown
BERLIN - Germany will shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022, parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government agreed on Monday, in a reaction to Japan's Fukushima disaster that marks a drastic policy reversal.
As expected, the coalition wants to keep the eight oldest of Germany's 17 nuclear reactors permanently shut. Seven were closed temporarily in March, just after the earthquake and tsunami hit Fukushima. One has been off the grid for years.
Another six will be taken offline by 2021, Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said early on Monday after late-night talks in the chancellor's office between leaders of the centre-right coalition.
Japan and EU in free trade talks
Handelsgrenzen einreißen
EU und Japan kommen voran
Its a good idea for peoples friendship and low consumption Japanese cars (if I was right Id call it dumpshix but ok, Im not right)
Saudi prince: Keep Americans hooked with cheap oil
yep, looks like low consumption cars are inching closer.
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Karzai calls NATO attacks one-sided and senseless
yah, we'll I think they aren't exactly spirited. They should work on getting some sense into the Afghanistan mission again. Currently it seems it is at best a test ground for weapon systems which cant sperate between civilians and enemies.
sniff. how kind. Perhaps they can drop some postcards by the planes in return, reading maybe "there was also Hiroshima."
NATO says "Sorry"
sniff. how kind. Perhaps they can drop some postcards by the planes in return, reading maybe "there was also Hiroshima."
Former Texas governor Clements dies
Former Texas governor Clements dies
(CNN) -- William Clements, the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction, died Sunday at the age of 94.
Two of his successors in Austin -- George W. Bush and Rick Perry -- were among those expressing sympathy at the Dallas native's death, with the former president calling him "a great man."
"He was a political pioneer who served Texas and our country with distinction," Bush said in a statement. "Most of all, he was a friend who will be missed."
An oil-field roughneck before attending college, Clements first made his name and fortune as a co-founder of SEDCO, the world's largest offshore drilling company, according to his biography on the Texas State Library's website. He then served as a deputy U.S. secretary of defense under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Soccer: Hammam and Warner GOT FIRED
FIFA suspends bin Hammam, Warner
APZURICH – FIFA suspended Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner on Sunday amid allegations the two executive committee members bribed voters in the presidential election campaign. The ethics committee also cleared FIFA president Sepp Blatter of ignoring the alleged bribes. Full Story »
Bin Hammam und Warner suspendiert
Fifa ebnet Weg für Blatter-Wahl
Fukushima plant not ready for approaching typhoon
Fukushima plant not ready for approaching typhoon
I wrote earlier that you need a concrete sarcopharg.
Conservative lib dem German nuclear poker: Cosy Mr.Roesler switches to stubborn
TRENDING: McCain: Palin can beat Obama
TRENDING: McCain: Palin can beat Obama
Yes I do my best to ignore she who will never run for nor win the nomination nor become president, but her latest is weird even by her usual standards.
Yes I do my best to ignore she who will never run for nor win the nomination nor become president, but her latest is weird even by her usual standards.
Haute Couture
Women fall from hotel's 10th floor
The Fulton County medical examiner identified the woman who died at the scene as LaShawna M. Threatt of Atlanta. The cause of death is pending. The other woman, who was unidentified, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
The Fulton County medical examiner identified the woman who died at the scene as LaShawna M. Threatt of Atlanta. The cause of death is pending. The other woman, who was unidentified, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
France
French state secretary resigns on sex charges (21:50)
PARIS - Georges Tron, French state secretary (junior minister) for civil service accused of having sexually harassed two women, announced his resignation from the government, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in a statement on Sunday.
PARIS - Georges Tron, French state secretary (junior minister) for civil service accused of having sexually harassed two women, announced his resignation from the government, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in a statement on Sunday.
Ex-Bank of Italy chief gets 4 yrs in jail
Ex-Bank of Italy chief gets 4 yrs in jail
MILAN -- An Italian court sentenced Italy's former central bank governor Antonio Fazio on Saturday to four years in jail for market-rigging related to a 2005 takeover battle over Italian bank Banca Antonveneta.
A Milan court has also ordered Fazio -- who headed the Bank of Italy from 1993 to 2005 -- to pay a 1.5 million euro ($2.14 million) fine for his role in the takeover saga pitting Dutch Bank ABN AMRO against Italy's Banca Popolare Italiana (BPI).
Fazio's lawyer called the sentence "unjust" and said he would file an appeal, the Ansa news agency said.
"I'm confident I always acted for the good and I'm convinced this sentence should be amended," Ansa quoted Fazio as telling one of his lawyers.
Fazio was forced to resign in December 2005 amid allegations that he backed the domestic bid by BPI -- now part of Italy's Banco Popolare.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Taliban kill 2 German soldiers in suicide attack
Taliban töten zwei Bundeswehrsoldaten
7 people get killed in total.
Taliban kill 2 German soldiers in suicide attack
Taliban töten zwei Bundeswehrsoldaten
7 people get killed in total.
Hackers penetrate U.S. defense contractors’ security networks
Hackers penetrate defense contractors’ networks
Reuters is reporting that unknown hackers have broken into the networks of Lockheed Martin and other major defense contractors and may have gained access to sensitive information on present and future weapons systems.
Reuters had reported earlier on Friday that "Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, is experiencing a major disruption to its computer systems that could be related to a problem with network security." The disruption began last Sunday, when security experts detected an intrusion.
According to an anonymous source with knowledge of the attacks, the hackers used data stolen in March from the RSA security division of EMC Corp. to duplicate security keys which gave them access to the networks.
"You have no idea how many people are freaked out right now," one security expert told Reuters, explaining that the RSA keys could no longer be considered fully secure.
Friday, 27 May 2011
Speed sensor failure caused Air France crash - report
The investigation, an interim report, raises the question of why the pilots responded to the stall by pulling the nose up instead of pushing it down to recover from the stall, says CNN's aviation expert Richard Quest.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/05/27/air.france.447.crash/index.html?hpt=T1
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/05/27/air.france.447.crash/index.html?hpt=T1
Tibet marks successful 6 decades
The 17-point agreement established a foundation for Tibetan issues, including calling for the Tibetan people to unite and drive out imperialist aggressive forces, and one that said the Tibetan people shall return to the big family of the Chinese motherland.
According to Qiangba Puncog's speech, the peaceful liberation enabled Tibet to repel imperialist forces, end the long-term isolation and stagnation of Tibetan society, and initiate a new starting point for a modernized Tibetan society.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/tibet2011/2011-05/24/content_12565411.htm
According to Qiangba Puncog's speech, the peaceful liberation enabled Tibet to repel imperialist forces, end the long-term isolation and stagnation of Tibetan society, and initiate a new starting point for a modernized Tibetan society.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/tibet2011/2011-05/24/content_12565411.htm
FIFA rocked by fresh bribery allegations
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/slides/2011-05/27/content_12595032.htm
FIFA on Wednesday summoned Asian Football Confederation leader Mohamed bin Hammam and FIFA vice president Jack Warner to an ethics hearing Sunday to face allegations of corruption during the Qatari official's campaign visit to Trinidad two weeks ago. The timing and the source of the allegations, longtime Warner ally Chuck Blazer of the United States, gives them a gravity not seen with FIFA's other scandals.
Bin Hammam hopes to end Blatter's 13-year presidency in a June 1 vote of FIFA's 208 national members. But he could wind up barred from the vote in Zurich if the ethics panel decides to provisionally suspend him from all football duties while it prepares its case - leaving the 75-year-old Blatter clear to claim a fourth and final four-year term atop the governing body for the world's most popular sport.
Bin Hammam denied wrongdoing and suggested, on "a difficult and painful day for me," that the accusations were instigated by Blatter's camp. "This move is little more than a tactic being used by those who have no confidence in their own ability to emerge successfully from the FIFA presidential election," bin Hammam wrote in a statement published on his official website.
FIFA on Wednesday summoned Asian Football Confederation leader Mohamed bin Hammam and FIFA vice president Jack Warner to an ethics hearing Sunday to face allegations of corruption during the Qatari official's campaign visit to Trinidad two weeks ago. The timing and the source of the allegations, longtime Warner ally Chuck Blazer of the United States, gives them a gravity not seen with FIFA's other scandals.
Bin Hammam hopes to end Blatter's 13-year presidency in a June 1 vote of FIFA's 208 national members. But he could wind up barred from the vote in Zurich if the ethics panel decides to provisionally suspend him from all football duties while it prepares its case - leaving the 75-year-old Blatter clear to claim a fourth and final four-year term atop the governing body for the world's most popular sport.
Bin Hammam denied wrongdoing and suggested, on "a difficult and painful day for me," that the accusations were instigated by Blatter's camp. "This move is little more than a tactic being used by those who have no confidence in their own ability to emerge successfully from the FIFA presidential election," bin Hammam wrote in a statement published on his official website.
Health:Bad storage? Cocumbers polluted in Germany
Gurken offenbar in Deutschland verseucht
Spanish farmers defend against the idea they are the source of EHEC. Bad storage in Germany?
The trader seems to have mishandled the goods and traded them though they fell down.
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Pakistani: Osama raid technically war act
I had used the word legally. With his stupid mustache, his body size and his nearly-kesuaheli it would have appeared more authentic.Peearveez.
I had used the word legally. With his stupid mustache, his body size and his nearly-kesuaheli it would have appeared more authentic.Peearveez.
New German conservative idleness
The German election law should be finished by now. The constitutional court decided there should be a revision and certain things implemented. The deadline is the 30th of june. The governing liberal-conservative coalition got - the flipshix.
Neues Wahlgesetz wird nicht fertig
Koalition düpiert Karlsruhe
Rapist special offers
Strauss-Kahn relocates house arrest to luxury pad Dominique Strauss-Kahn switched his place of house arrest to a luxury pad.
I think our prison system sux sumhow. Just receive what is possible here.
Saakaschwili has opposition beaten down
Auf dem Weg in die EU?
Saakaschwili lässt Kritiker zusammenknüppeln
Georgiens Präsident Saakaschwili möchte sein Land eigentlich in die EU führen. Doch ob die so begeistert ist von den Bildern, die die Welt aus Tiflis erreicht, ist die große Frage. Zu sehen sind brutale Knüppel-Szenen gegen Demonstranten.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Jane Seymour: Schwarzenegger has two more out-of-wedlock kids
Jane Seymour: Schwarzenegger has two more out-of-wedlock kids
CBS) - Actress Jane Seymour claims Arnold Schwarzenegger has fathered two more children outside his 25-year marriage to Maria Shriver.
CBS) - Actress Jane Seymour claims Arnold Schwarzenegger has fathered two more children outside his 25-year marriage to Maria Shriver.
"From what I gather, I think there will be lots of information coming people's way," Seymour tells CNN. "I heard about two more [out of wedlock kids] somebody else knows about. I even met someone who knows him well."
Report: John Edwards set to be indicted
Report: John Edwards set to be indicted
The Justice Department is set to indict former presidential candidate John Edwards on charges that he violated campaign finance laws trying to cover up an extramarital affair during the last presidential campaign, according to multiple reports.
The Justice Department is set to indict former presidential candidate John Edwards on charges that he violated campaign finance laws trying to cover up an extramarital affair during the last presidential campaign, according to multiple reports.
A source close to the investigation told ABC News that Edwards is aware of the Justice Department's plans and could try to arrange a plea deal to avoid a trial.
China has admitted there are "urgent problems" at the Three Gorges Dam -- the world's largest hydropower plant -- as the government warns of "disasters" amid the worst drought to hit southern China in 50 years. FULL STORY
Sperm-banker from Sofitel
www.bild.de
The rape accusations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn turn more and more concrete! The sperm traces found on the labour clothing of the room maid is supposed to root really from the Sex-bankster! This seems to be the result of a DNA analysis, several US media are reporting citing investigator circles.
Further tests haven't been finished yet. Investigators cut out a part of the floor of the hotel suite and they examined the sink and other surfaces for possible traces. Such traces seem to have been found as well on the collar of the shirt of the room maid.
A speaker for NYPD clearified yesterday that one didn't find "no further results and no further information" about the DNA test.
Friends of Strauss Kahn supposedly now tried to corrupt the family of the victim. They contacted relatives of the room maid in Guinea (Africa) and offered a 7-digit sum for the silence of the woman.
BUT what happened in the suite 2805-06 on the 15th of may in the suite of New York's Sofitel? The US-station Fox News reconstructed the incidents citing statements of the room mate in talks with her lawyers.
Strauss- Kahn stepped out of the bathroom completly nude and gropenatored immediately for her titties. She defended herself and tried to shake him off. But he draged her into the sleeping room and he threw her onto the bed.
"Don't do this! I'll loose my job. Please stop! Please stop!," she shouted.
But Strauss Kahn only replied: "no baby. Don't be concerned, you won't loose your job. Please baby, don't be concerned." Then he asked: "Don't you know who I am?"
Finally she broke free, ran for the door - and stumbled upon a bag lying on the floor. THe Strauss Kahn gropenatored renewdly for her and forced her to have oral sex with him according to "Fox News."
The room maid could brake free again and she fled out of the suite. Colleagues found her on the floor and they tried to calm her down. The woman was so deeply shaking that she couldn't even hold a cup of water.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers didn't want to comment the accusations.
The rape accusations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn turn more and more concrete! The sperm traces found on the labour clothing of the room maid is supposed to root really from the Sex-bankster! This seems to be the result of a DNA analysis, several US media are reporting citing investigator circles.
Further tests haven't been finished yet. Investigators cut out a part of the floor of the hotel suite and they examined the sink and other surfaces for possible traces. Such traces seem to have been found as well on the collar of the shirt of the room maid.
A speaker for NYPD clearified yesterday that one didn't find "no further results and no further information" about the DNA test.
Friends of Strauss Kahn supposedly now tried to corrupt the family of the victim. They contacted relatives of the room maid in Guinea (Africa) and offered a 7-digit sum for the silence of the woman.
BUT what happened in the suite 2805-06 on the 15th of may in the suite of New York's Sofitel? The US-station Fox News reconstructed the incidents citing statements of the room mate in talks with her lawyers.
Strauss- Kahn stepped out of the bathroom completly nude and gropenatored immediately for her titties. She defended herself and tried to shake him off. But he draged her into the sleeping room and he threw her onto the bed.
"Don't do this! I'll loose my job. Please stop! Please stop!," she shouted.
But Strauss Kahn only replied: "no baby. Don't be concerned, you won't loose your job. Please baby, don't be concerned." Then he asked: "Don't you know who I am?"
Finally she broke free, ran for the door - and stumbled upon a bag lying on the floor. THe Strauss Kahn gropenatored renewdly for her and forced her to have oral sex with him according to "Fox News."
The room maid could brake free again and she fled out of the suite. Colleagues found her on the floor and they tried to calm her down. The woman was so deeply shaking that she couldn't even hold a cup of water.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers didn't want to comment the accusations.
HRE causes another 3 bio € in deficit
Bad Bank tiefrot
HRE-Müll bringt Milliardenverlust
Die "Bad Bank" der Hypo Real Estate macht ihrem Namen alle Ehre. In den ersten Monaten seit der Gründung verbucht das Institut einen Verlust von rund 3 Mrd. Euro, die vom Bankenrettungsfonds Soffin und damit vom Steuerzahler bezahlt werden. Der Verkauf der Risikopapiere gestaltet sich schwieriger als erwartet.
Democrat Kathy Hochul wins NY congressional race GOP Medicare benefit reduction plan cited by Republican pols as a key issue in the race.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Israel
Israeli PM heckled during speech to Congress
UPDATED 1:45 P.M.: Women’s activism group CODEPINK has claimed credit for the heckler. According to Haaretz, the woman is Rae Abileah, a 28-year-old Jewish activist of Israeli descent. They report she yelled, “stop Israeli war crimes.”
Germany: Social Dems and Ecos will have a 2/3 majority in Bremen
even if this is not the final result the leftparty will have some seats.
abendblatt
Bremen. Die rot-grüne Koalition im Stadtstaat Bremen unter Bürgermeister Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) wird künftig mit einer Zweidrittelmehrheit regieren. Zwar wird wegen des neuen Wahlrechts mit fünf Stimmen erst morgen mit dem amtlichen Endergebnis gerechnet, aber laut aktuellen Hochrechnungen werden SPD und Grüne 57 von 83 Sitzen haben. Historisch sind im Stadtstaat aus Bremen und Bremerhaven auch der Absturz der CDU auf das schlechteste Ergebnis seit einem halben Jahrhundert und die Tatsache, dass das bürgerliche Lager aus CDU und FDP zusammen nicht annähernd auf ein Viertel der Stimmen gekommen ist bei der Bürgerschaftswahl am Sonntag.
abendblatt
Bremen. Die rot-grüne Koalition im Stadtstaat Bremen unter Bürgermeister Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) wird künftig mit einer Zweidrittelmehrheit regieren. Zwar wird wegen des neuen Wahlrechts mit fünf Stimmen erst morgen mit dem amtlichen Endergebnis gerechnet, aber laut aktuellen Hochrechnungen werden SPD und Grüne 57 von 83 Sitzen haben. Historisch sind im Stadtstaat aus Bremen und Bremerhaven auch der Absturz der CDU auf das schlechteste Ergebnis seit einem halben Jahrhundert und die Tatsache, dass das bürgerliche Lager aus CDU und FDP zusammen nicht annähernd auf ein Viertel der Stimmen gekommen ist bei der Bürgerschaftswahl am Sonntag.
Bremen zählt nach Wahl weiter
Germany:Nahles suggested publicly voted on candidate
SPD: SPD-Basis gegen Berlin
I watched Nahles lately when she presented with a sour face the 38% win in Bremen. Now she has suggested some US style evaluation of a possible candidate. That's total nonsense. Its expensive, it costs time and mostly not very helpful when it comes to topics like handicapped people for example. I think Ms Nahles is totally displaced in her current position, id est disabled. Doesnt seem to have a very messianic character to me what Ms Nahles is currently doing. More like rotten.
I watched Nahles lately when she presented with a sour face the 38% win in Bremen. Now she has suggested some US style evaluation of a possible candidate. That's total nonsense. Its expensive, it costs time and mostly not very helpful when it comes to topics like handicapped people for example. I think Ms Nahles is totally displaced in her current position, id est disabled. Doesnt seem to have a very messianic character to me what Ms Nahles is currently doing. More like rotten.
Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors
yahoo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disabled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, confirmed on Tuesday that there had been meltdowns of fuel rods at three of the plant's reactors early in the crisis.
The government and experts said previously that fuel rods at three of Daiichi's six reactors had likely melted early in the crisis, but the utility, also known as Tepco, had only confirmed a meltdown of fuel rods at the No. 1 reactor.
On Tuesday, Tepco officials announced that fuel rods had also melted at the plant's No. 2 and No. 3 reactors.
Explaining the timing of the announcement, a Tepco official told a news conference that the utility had been gradually retrieving data from the plant since early May, and had analyzed it before reaching a conclusion.
Scientists beam 26 terabytes in one second
Scientists beam 26 terabytes in one second
In a dramatic breakthrough, scientists have learned how to use optical fiber to transmit data over a single laser at speeds that dwarf even today's fastest Internet connections.
Using techniques called "fast Fourier transform" and "orthogonal frequency division multiplexing," scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany were able to stitch 300 individual data streams into colors beamed by a single laser, which were then picked apart at the other end.
The result of their experiment was a blazing fast transfer rate of 26 terabytes per second.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Berlusconi is warning of gipsies
potentially disrupting Italian cultural life id est others, non-Romulans, using disruptors.
It is important to secede potential competition. You need to isolate this scum and serve it on a platter.
It is important to secede potential competition. You need to isolate this scum and serve it on a platter.
Explosion rattles Foxconn
Explosion beim iPad-Hersteller
Drei Tote bei Foxconn
the guys with the lucrative working conditions r @ it 'gain.
Drei Tote bei Foxconn
the guys with the lucrative working conditions r @ it 'gain.
Turkish Party Denies Role in Scandal
Turkish Party Denies Role in Scandal
BURSA—Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday denied claims that his party was behind a sex-tape scandal that forced six senior members of a key nationalist opposition party to resign just weeks before national elections.
The six Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, legislators stepped down on Saturday, after a website warned it would release compromising video tapes that featured the men having extramarital sex. Four other leading MHP members had already resigned after the website released other sex tapes.
Mr. Erdogan's Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is widely expected to win a third term in the June 12 vote, buoyed by a booming economy and weak opposition. But the campaign is nevertheless hard fought, marred by violence in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast as well as by the sex-tape scandal, in a tight struggle for nationalist votes.
BURSA—Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday denied claims that his party was behind a sex-tape scandal that forced six senior members of a key nationalist opposition party to resign just weeks before national elections.
The six Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, legislators stepped down on Saturday, after a website warned it would release compromising video tapes that featured the men having extramarital sex. Four other leading MHP members had already resigned after the website released other sex tapes.
Mr. Erdogan's Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is widely expected to win a third term in the June 12 vote, buoyed by a booming economy and weak opposition. But the campaign is nevertheless hard fought, marred by violence in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast as well as by the sex-tape scandal, in a tight struggle for nationalist votes.
Study ties new al Qaeda chief to murder of journalist Pearl
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110523/wl_nm/us_pakistan_alqaeda_pearl;_ylt=AroQExwRbMqze.CUM..fIVCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTN0Nzd2MzNuBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwNTIzL3VzX3Bha2lzdGFuX2FscWFlZGFfcGVhcmwEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM1BHBvcwMyBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDc3R1ZHl0aWVzbmV3
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian militant recently appointed interim leader of al Qaeda operations, has been linked to the killing of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002, U.S. investigators said in a report.
A Wall Street Journal reporter, Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story on Islamist militants, and was later beheaded.
The findings by investigators of the Pearl Project revealed al-Adel had discussed Pearl's abduction with Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, also known as KSM, the accused mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
"KSM told the FBI that he was pulled into the kidnapping by a high-level leader in al Qaeda circles, an Egyptian named Saif al-Adel, who told him to make the kidnapping an al Qaeda operation," said the investigators in their report which was published in January.
Journalism academics and students set up the Pearl Project at Georgetown University in the United States to investigate Pearl's kidnapping and murder.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian militant recently appointed interim leader of al Qaeda operations, has been linked to the killing of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002, U.S. investigators said in a report.
A Wall Street Journal reporter, Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story on Islamist militants, and was later beheaded.
The findings by investigators of the Pearl Project revealed al-Adel had discussed Pearl's abduction with Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, also known as KSM, the accused mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
"KSM told the FBI that he was pulled into the kidnapping by a high-level leader in al Qaeda circles, an Egyptian named Saif al-Adel, who told him to make the kidnapping an al Qaeda operation," said the investigators in their report which was published in January.
Journalism academics and students set up the Pearl Project at Georgetown University in the United States to investigate Pearl's kidnapping and murder.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Gunmen storm Pakistan's naval aviation base
KARACHI (Reuters) – A group of militants were holed up inside Pakistan's naval aviation base on Monday, six hours after they stormed the installation with guns and grenades, killing at least five people and blowing up a military aircraft.
Nine explosions were reported from the PNS Mehran base in the southern city of Karachi after the late-night assault by up to 15 gunmen, who targeted three hangars housing aircraft.
"They were carrying guns, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and hand grenades. They hit the aircraft with an RPG," said Navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali. "They are still inside the base."
Eleven people were wounded in the attack on one of the country's most heavily guarded military installations, where jet fuel tanks appeared to have caught fire and exploded.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the raid. But Taliban militants, who have vowed to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces, have carried out several attacks since the al Qaeda leaders' death on May 2.
news.yahoo
Nine explosions were reported from the PNS Mehran base in the southern city of Karachi after the late-night assault by up to 15 gunmen, who targeted three hangars housing aircraft.
"They were carrying guns, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and hand grenades. They hit the aircraft with an RPG," said Navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali. "They are still inside the base."
Eleven people were wounded in the attack on one of the country's most heavily guarded military installations, where jet fuel tanks appeared to have caught fire and exploded.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the raid. But Taliban militants, who have vowed to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces, have carried out several attacks since the al Qaeda leaders' death on May 2.
news.yahoo
'You Light Up My Life' composer kills self, police say'
'You Light Up My Life' composer kills self, police say
cnn
(CNN) -- The man who composed the pop hit "You Light Up My Life" ended his own life Sunday, New York police said.
Joseph Brooks, 73, was facing charges on 11 alleged rapes and sex assaults, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.
The Oscar-winning songwriter was found dead on a couch in his Manhattan home by a friend with whom he was supposed to have lunch at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Browne said.
A plastic dry cleaning bag and a towel were wrapped around his head, with a tube connected to a helium tank attached, he said. A suicide note was found nearby, he said.
British Pull Troops out of Iraq
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/britains-m...sent by kevin3g since 8 hours 57 minutes, published about 5 hours 54 minutes
The last of Britain’s military forces in Iraq pulled up anchor Sunday, ending more than eight years of fighting militants and training security forces since invading in 2003.
Germany: Bremen: estimate based on vote counts
ARD 19h55
Social Dems 38,3%
Ecos 22.8%
conservatives (CDU) 20.2%
leftparty 5,9%
lib dems 2.7%
threshold at 5% - lib dems do not enter in Bremen
Social Dems 38,3%
Ecos 22.8%
conservatives (CDU) 20.2%
leftparty 5,9%
lib dems 2.7%
threshold at 5% - lib dems do not enter in Bremen
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Sunday Talk: Step right up!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/22/978139/-Sunday-Talk:-Step-right-up!?via=blog_1
FROM DK:
Donald Trump's sudden and unexpected decision to exit the presidential race this week left the Republican field with a Volkswagen-sized hole, but thankfully, Newt Gingrich was ready to step in and fill it.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't indebted to Newt for selflessly providing comic relief in the form of an epically cartoonish statement to the press.
Surely he deserves all of the praise and glitter that's been showered upon him in the ensuing days.
In fact, if he keeps this up, the Republican nominating contest may turn out to be the greatest show on post-apocalyptic Earth.
MY POINT:
I don't know, in 2000 they really had a fat runup, with Bush and McCain and maybe Gingrich. Then Bush came, and he was too stupid. he couldnt stand competition. I don't know what for, whether he was an alcoholic or not, but I think he was busy to keep the rest of the party off. One of his best joke´s still K. Mehlman. Man, what I laughed about this guy. cuf cuf. Anyway. In 08 then, they had McCain , but, as said b4, everyone knew him from 2000. It was no big surprise and with the crash, things became too uncalculable for the repugs and McCain "with his brandnew stump speech" was instead pretty calculable (Stewart-Daily Show). Now, we got 2012, and we get the guy from 96, at best. Gingrich got no chance, if they like it or not. Let's say the Gingrich press release is received positive and people would like it. Even then he only got 1 of 1000. No Oussama, bad economy, bad ministers. So, where r the ministers and secretaries out of the Bush era running for president now? I can't see one. Rumsfeld running for president now? Obviously not. Bush1 was a child of Reagan and Bush2 and the Bushies shouldn't put it like they don't understand the problem.
FROM DK:
Donald Trump's sudden and unexpected decision to exit the presidential race this week left the Republican field with a Volkswagen-sized hole, but thankfully, Newt Gingrich was ready to step in and fill it.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't indebted to Newt for selflessly providing comic relief in the form of an epically cartoonish statement to the press.
Surely he deserves all of the praise and glitter that's been showered upon him in the ensuing days.
In fact, if he keeps this up, the Republican nominating contest may turn out to be the greatest show on post-apocalyptic Earth.
MY POINT:
I don't know, in 2000 they really had a fat runup, with Bush and McCain and maybe Gingrich. Then Bush came, and he was too stupid. he couldnt stand competition. I don't know what for, whether he was an alcoholic or not, but I think he was busy to keep the rest of the party off. One of his best joke´s still K. Mehlman. Man, what I laughed about this guy. cuf cuf. Anyway. In 08 then, they had McCain , but, as said b4, everyone knew him from 2000. It was no big surprise and with the crash, things became too uncalculable for the repugs and McCain "with his brandnew stump speech" was instead pretty calculable (Stewart-Daily Show). Now, we got 2012, and we get the guy from 96, at best. Gingrich got no chance, if they like it or not. Let's say the Gingrich press release is received positive and people would like it. Even then he only got 1 of 1000. No Oussama, bad economy, bad ministers. So, where r the ministers and secretaries out of the Bush era running for president now? I can't see one. Rumsfeld running for president now? Obviously not. Bush1 was a child of Reagan and Bush2 and the Bushies shouldn't put it like they don't understand the problem.
LAGARDE
http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/wirtschaft/Kann-Lagarde-IWF-Chefin-werden-article3382776.html
Currently, I getting blasted with the splendid idea in German media that MS LAGARDE is the lady who can deal it. After Merkel was too idle to put up an own German candidate for Euro Central Bank (ECB) she is now hardcore considering the next top choice, MS. LAGARDE. well, only one week ago, I wrote actually that MS LAGARDS is to be prosecuted for defrauding public funds. WEll, politically of cuz, I get that MS MERKEL is eager to imitate such schemes, from a criminal standpoint though, Id think the lady is not the best deal.
http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2011/05/france.html
Financial minister Christine Lagarde will obviously be prosecuted for defrauding public funds. The investigation might come for president Sarkozy extremely inconveniently.
...
Because Mr Sarkozy obviously regards the IMF as a dropzone for deranged French politicians, one should call Paris and ask whether they havent a better suggestion.
Currently, I getting blasted with the splendid idea in German media that MS LAGARDE is the lady who can deal it. After Merkel was too idle to put up an own German candidate for Euro Central Bank (ECB) she is now hardcore considering the next top choice, MS. LAGARDE. well, only one week ago, I wrote actually that MS LAGARDS is to be prosecuted for defrauding public funds. WEll, politically of cuz, I get that MS MERKEL is eager to imitate such schemes, from a criminal standpoint though, Id think the lady is not the best deal.
http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2011/05/france.html
Financial minister Christine Lagarde will obviously be prosecuted for defrauding public funds. The investigation might come for president Sarkozy extremely inconveniently.
...
Because Mr Sarkozy obviously regards the IMF as a dropzone for deranged French politicians, one should call Paris and ask whether they havent a better suggestion.
Germany: the most hardcore 180 degrees since a while
Bavaria's Seehofer may now be called a "green prime" according to his own words. He met with chancellor Merkel at cloister Andechs in Bavaria. There he announced that Bavaria's conservatives now support an exit out of nuclear energy till 2022. Thus he may now be called a "green prime."
Flashback:
In nov 2010, Bavaria's Dobrindt called the ecos a bunch of guys who sleep on the street to be able to protest. Then, the eco-conservative coalition in Hamburg stalled as a consequence. Total crash. Since then, the social dems hold Hamburg by 62% and can change the constitution there with other left parties. AND: In Baden-Wuerttemberg the ecos got their first prime in German history.
SO:
Total crash. Mr Dobrindt caused the heaviest crash in German conservative history. The conservatives lost the state of Porsche and Mercedes, of BASF and EnBW. And it doesnt seem like Dobrindts co-Bavarians like Mr.Seehofer are eager to keep up his pace. Mr Dobrindt is DEAD MEAT.
Flashback:
In nov 2010, Bavaria's Dobrindt called the ecos a bunch of guys who sleep on the street to be able to protest. Then, the eco-conservative coalition in Hamburg stalled as a consequence. Total crash. Since then, the social dems hold Hamburg by 62% and can change the constitution there with other left parties. AND: In Baden-Wuerttemberg the ecos got their first prime in German history.
SO:
Total crash. Mr Dobrindt caused the heaviest crash in German conservative history. The conservatives lost the state of Porsche and Mercedes, of BASF and EnBW. And it doesnt seem like Dobrindts co-Bavarians like Mr.Seehofer are eager to keep up his pace. Mr Dobrindt is DEAD MEAT.
This was NY-26 on Election Night 2008.
http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/303419/NY-26.png
The airwave bombardment of Western New York continues as we head into the final stretch, but Dem Kathy Hochul continues to lead in NY-26:
Siena College (5/18-20, likely voters, 4/26-4/27 in parens):
Kathy Hochul (D/WF): 42 (31)
Jane Corwin (R/I/C): 38 (36)
Jack Davis (T): 12 (23)
Ian Murphy (G): 1 (1)Undecided: 7 (9)
Friday, 20 May 2011
Hacker network paralyzes German police website
Its exactly the pirate party that got raided by police and several servers get confiscated. The action isn't directed against the party, but roots in a French police call for assistance directed at German police. " That is a heavy hit for us " , party chief Mink complains. The Greens (ecos) are also speechless. The hacker network Anonymous reacts with a substantial attack directed against the Websites of (German)police and (German)Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
Hacker legen Polizei-Website lahm
Spain:regional and local elections on Sunday
German Yahoo
The Spanish election commission declared all demonstrations planned for the weekend for illegal after the several-day-long protests of young Spaniards. Protests could disturb the regional and local elections on Sunday, explained the election commission. Head of government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whose socialists seem 2 face a harsh defeat, expressed careful understanding for the demands of the demonstrators. Protests on election days arent covered by the constitutionally guaranteed demonstration freedom, explained the election commission. Any " Act of propaganda" is forbidden on election days. It is the task of the election commission, to guarantee Transparency and objectivity of the voting process and equality .
The Spanish election commission declared all demonstrations planned for the weekend for illegal after the several-day-long protests of young Spaniards. Protests could disturb the regional and local elections on Sunday, explained the election commission. Head of government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whose socialists seem 2 face a harsh defeat, expressed careful understanding for the demands of the demonstrators. Protests on election days arent covered by the constitutionally guaranteed demonstration freedom, explained the election commission. Any " Act of propaganda" is forbidden on election days. It is the task of the election commission, to guarantee Transparency and objectivity of the voting process and equality .
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Danish Lars von Trier booted from Cannes after announcing sympathy for Hitler
Who needs to fight for approval anyway? hehe.
Lars von Trier in Cannes zu unerwünschter Person erklärt AFP - vor 4 Stunden
Nach seiner Sympathiebekundung für Adolf Hitler ist der dänische Regisseur Lars von Trier beim Filmfestival in Cannes zur unerwünschten Person erklärt worden. Von Triers … Mehr »Lars von Trier in Cannes zu unerwünschter Person erklärt
Lars von Trier in Cannes zu unerwünschter Person erklärt AFP - vor 4 Stunden
Nach seiner Sympathiebekundung für Adolf Hitler ist der dänische Regisseur Lars von Trier beim Filmfestival in Cannes zur unerwünschten Person erklärt worden. Von Triers … Mehr »Lars von Trier in Cannes zu unerwünschter Person erklärt
DSK Turned to Her for Illicit Sex?
DSK Turned to Her for Illicit Sex?
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Stauss-Kahn was indicted today as reports surfaced linking him with a notorious woman.
'He paid in cash'
'He paid in cash'
The former Manhattan madam who claimed she supplied prostitutes to disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer, said she did the same for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
The Times of London [paywall] reports that, in an affidavit seen by the paper, Davis claims Strauss-Kahn used her escort service on two occasions in 2006.
Obama urges Israel to go back to 1967 borders
Obama urges Israel to go back to 1967 borders
WASHINGTON – Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation."
buzzflash.net
WASHINGTON – Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation."
buzzflash.net
Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in NYC sex assault case
Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in NYC sex assault case
NEW YORK – A judge agreed Thursday to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition that he post $1 million in bail and remain under house arrest, under the watch of armed guards, at a private apartment in Manhattan.
The 62-year-old banker and diplomat wore an expression of relief after Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus announced his decision in a packed Manhattan courtroom. Later, he blew a kiss toward his wife.
NEW YORK – A judge agreed Thursday to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition that he post $1 million in bail and remain under house arrest, under the watch of armed guards, at a private apartment in Manhattan.
The 62-year-old banker and diplomat wore an expression of relief after Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus announced his decision in a packed Manhattan courtroom. Later, he blew a kiss toward his wife.
SS prosecution successes in Alabama
An Alabama police officer allegedly hospitalized an elderly man who called 911 to report an accident across the street from his house while his wife watched the entire beating from her wheelchair.
The Courthouse News Service reported that 84-year-old Dorsey Henderson of Fairhope, Alabama called 911 after investigating the car accident and discovering that the driver of the vehicle was severely intoxicated.
Henderson told the driver of the car he was under citizens arrest and needed to wait near his car until police arrived.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/18/eighty-four-year-old-man-allegedly-beaten-by-police-officer-after-calling-911/
The Courthouse News Service reported that 84-year-old Dorsey Henderson of Fairhope, Alabama called 911 after investigating the car accident and discovering that the driver of the vehicle was severely intoxicated.
Henderson told the driver of the car he was under citizens arrest and needed to wait near his car until police arrived.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/18/eighty-four-year-old-man-allegedly-beaten-by-police-officer-after-calling-911/
British minister accused of ‘outright misogyny’ for rape comment
RAWSTORY.com
LONDON — Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke was Wednesday battling to save his job after suggesting there was a distinction between "serious rape" and other forms of the crime.
The former shadow finance minister was taking part in a BBC radio phone-in when he replied to host Victoria Derbyshire's assertion that "rape is rape" by saying "no, it's not".
Clarke later Wednesday clarified he believed "all rape was a serious crime" but only said it was a "mistake" if his comments had "given any other impression" and refused to say sorry, angering women's rights groups.
LONDON — Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke was Wednesday battling to save his job after suggesting there was a distinction between "serious rape" and other forms of the crime.
The former shadow finance minister was taking part in a BBC radio phone-in when he replied to host Victoria Derbyshire's assertion that "rape is rape" by saying "no, it's not".
Clarke later Wednesday clarified he believed "all rape was a serious crime" but only said it was a "mistake" if his comments had "given any other impression" and refused to say sorry, angering women's rights groups.
Frankfurt police kills unemployed woman in jobcenter
GERMAN MSN
19. Mai 2011, Frankfurt am Main (dapd) - An unemployed woman was gunned down by a female cop after some twist in a jobcenter in Frankfurt and succumbed to her injuries shortly after in a hospital.
19. Mai 2011, Frankfurt am Main (dapd) - An unemployed woman was gunned down by a female cop after some twist in a jobcenter in Frankfurt and succumbed to her injuries shortly after in a hospital.
Mildred Patricia Baena is the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock child
yahoo link
Mildred Patricia Baena is the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock child, according to ABC News. Baena, who goes by Patty, reportedly had the child about 14 years ago. She worked for the family as a housekeeper and assistant for 20 years before retiring in January. Photos of Baena from her Myspace page are circulating on the Internet. Schwarzenegger's other kids have spoken out on Twitter.
Mildred Patricia Baena is the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock child, according to ABC News. Baena, who goes by Patty, reportedly had the child about 14 years ago. She worked for the family as a housekeeper and assistant for 20 years before retiring in January. Photos of Baena from her Myspace page are circulating on the Internet. Schwarzenegger's other kids have spoken out on Twitter.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Germany: Conservatives poop on Bonn
It's kinda said what you do ahead of an election in Berlin where you get approximately 21%.
Reuters
Berlin (Reuters) - The defense policy speaker of the conservative faction, Reinhard Beck, demanded a complete removal of the Ministry of Defense in connection with the German Federal Armed Forces reform to Berlin. "The reform must be reason 2 discuss the location problem again - about a a complete ministry removal from Bonn to Berlin," Beck told tabloid "Bild.de" - of thursday according to a previous report. "Two locations cost only much time and much money." According to the paper there are already considerations in the Ministry to concentrate still larger parts as so far on Berlin. Secretary of Defense Thomas de Maiziere wants to kill approximately 1500 jobs in the course of the change of the German Federal Armed Forces to a volunteer army in his ministry. The troop is to shrink around 45.000 to 175.000 soldiers according to plans submitted on Wednesday .
Reuters
Berlin (Reuters) - The defense policy speaker of the conservative faction, Reinhard Beck, demanded a complete removal of the Ministry of Defense in connection with the German Federal Armed Forces reform to Berlin. "The reform must be reason 2 discuss the location problem again - about a a complete ministry removal from Bonn to Berlin," Beck told tabloid "Bild.de" - of thursday according to a previous report. "Two locations cost only much time and much money." According to the paper there are already considerations in the Ministry to concentrate still larger parts as so far on Berlin. Secretary of Defense Thomas de Maiziere wants to kill approximately 1500 jobs in the course of the change of the German Federal Armed Forces to a volunteer army in his ministry. The troop is to shrink around 45.000 to 175.000 soldiers according to plans submitted on Wednesday .
Maid stresses accusations -- Tabloids report maid HIV infected
---?----but that doesn't mean she got it from him no-----?------
Vergewaltigungsskandal um Strauss-Kahn
Zimmermädchen bekräftigt Vorwurf
Die Verteidigung des wegen Verdachts auf Vergewaltigung inhaftierten IWF-Chefs Strauss-Kahn will beweisen, dass der Sex mit einem Zimmermädchen "einvernehmlich" ablief. Das mutmaßliche Opfer weist diese Behauptung nun vehement zurück. Der Boulevard liefert derweil wilde Gerüchte über eine HIV-Infektion der Frau. Die politische Karriere des Franzosen ist anscheinend beendet.
Welcome to TerrorLand
MADCOWMORNINGNEWS
The elaborate cover-up of the activities in Florida of Mohamed Atta and the other terrorist hijackers, first reported here and in “Welcome to TerrorLand,” received spectacular confirmation last week from a surprising source, The Miami Herald.
The elaborate cover-up of the activities in Florida of Mohamed Atta and the other terrorist hijackers, first reported here and in “Welcome to TerrorLand,” received spectacular confirmation last week from a surprising source, The Miami Herald.
In a Osama Bin Laden postmortem, reporter Elinor Brecher checked in on people in Florida whose lives had forever been changed after intersecting with those of the terrorist hijackers, and in the process clearly exposed the mechanism of “instant revisionist history” used during the aftermath of the 9/11 attack to cover-up reporting in the mainstream media which contradicted or was otherwise at odds with the official story then being assembled.
The paper tracked down the former manager of Shuckum’s Raw Oyster Bar, Tony Amos, whose misfortune was to have witnessed Mohamed Atta, Marwan Al-Shehhi and a third still-unidentified man getting drunk in his bar several nights prior to the 9/11 attack.
And in the article’s opening sentence, The Mami Herald confirmed what to some observers was never in doubt: Tony Amos tells the same story today that he first related in TIME, NEWSWEEK, and the AP wire service just two days after the 9/11 attack:
“On Sept. 7, 2001, Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi pounded down drinks at Shuckum’s Oyster Bar on Young Circle in Hollywood,” the paper reported…”forever changing life for some in South Florida who unknowingly entered their orbit. Like Tony Amos, the night manager who backed up waitress Patricia Idrissi at Shuckum’s.”
Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation
- Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation AP – Tue May 17, 9:25 pm ET
Saif al-Adel appointed leader of al Qaeda
Saif al-Adel appointed leader of al Qaeda
Egyptian named acting al Qaeda leader
(CNN) -- An Egyptian who was once a Special Forces officer has been chosen "caretaker" leader of al Qaeda in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, according to a source with detailed knowledge of the group's inner workings.
Al Qaeda's interim leader is Saif al-Adel, who has long played a prominent role in the group, according to Noman Benotman. Benotman has known the al Qaeda leadership for more than two decades. He was once a leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a militant organization that used to be aligned with al Qaeda, but in recent years renounced al Qaeda's ideology.
Benotman told CNN that based on his personal communications with militants and discussions on jihadist forums, al-Adel, also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, had been chosen interim chief of al Qaeda because the global jihadist community had grown restive in recent days about the lack of a formal announcement of a successor to bin Laden.
French politician on suicide watch in New York
French politician on suicide watch in New York
AP – 46 mins agoNEW YORK – The maid came from one of the world's poorest countries and worked long hours trying to support the teen daughter she raised alone. The penthouse suite at the Sofitel Hotel was just another room; she had no idea the man she says tried to rape her was a famous French politician. Full Story »
Saudi diplomat assassinated in Pakistan
Saudi diplomat assassinated in Pakistan
ooups. Error. Pakistan is currently declaring Peking is so giving. Well, there seem 2 b reasons 4 it.
They should have difficulties trying to explain where they stand. If they stand right from Riad, they are currently in a speed contest with Teheran. So, they hit the brakes today. Very rational.
Pakistan snubs U.S., calls China its ‘best friend’ Pakistan's prime minister makes an apparent dig at Washington amid visit to China on Tuesday.
Looks like the relation 2 NATO will need some time 2 heal.
NATO helicopter strike wounds two Pakistani soldiers NATO helicopters from Afghanistan wounded two Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border attack Tuesday.
Who likes invasions anyway, huh? Communism can be such a giving doctrine.
well, 2 shorten this nic nac again, of course this is "politically" a correct move, or call it an U-turn. But NATO again has less reasons to like it.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Bambini Raggazzi corner for runaways
se guwehnohr ov cuhlifohni-a informed us that he fathered a child with his house maid of 20 years. While Revolution Birth Control (DSK) is behind bars, the Repugs r able to communic8 2 us that revolution-free individuals like Mr. Sarkozy were able to use some different second way. He got divorced and married a singer who became pregnant. Two moral standards? no.bla. Just the continuum of life I guess. At least in terms of Repug standards. And they never had any anyway.
Schwarzenegger had child with staffer
Carla Bruni is pregnant
Schwarzenegger had child with staffer
Carla Bruni is pregnant
Left wins all 9 circumscriptions in Milan
Per il centrodestra e' invece il giorno dell'analisi e della ricerca delle possibili ricette nel tentativo di ribaltare l'esito del primo turno. I numeri parlano chiaro: il centrosinistra sconfigge l'asse Pdl-Lega in tutte le 9 circoscrizioni della citta' (5 anni fa la Moratti ne aveva conquistate 8 - con Silvio Berlusconi che incassa 28 mila preferenze, circa la meta' dei voti andati al premier nel 2006).
italian results show that they dont think Strauss Kahn is very left. At least the left doesnt got one scratch for him being in prison. I would suggest we suggest the death penalty for him.
italian results show that they dont think Strauss Kahn is very left. At least the left doesnt got one scratch for him being in prison. I would suggest we suggest the death penalty for him.
First analysis about voting in Italy
ASCA.it
(ASCA) - Rome, 17 mag - The evening had certain results: Giuliano Pisapia, candidate of the centre-left to Milan, did quite better than first projections: 48.04%. The outgoing mayor Moratti got 41,59.
Manfredi Palmeri, candidate of the Third way, obtained the 5,54. The favorable tendency towards the centre-left in Milan and Bologna and Turin appeared clear since the first projections.
(ASCA) - Rome, 17 mag - The evening had certain results: Giuliano Pisapia, candidate of the centre-left to Milan, did quite better than first projections: 48.04%. The outgoing mayor Moratti got 41,59.
Manfredi Palmeri, candidate of the Third way, obtained the 5,54. The favorable tendency towards the centre-left in Milan and Bologna and Turin appeared clear since the first projections.
Blackwater founder builds foreign force in UAE: report
yahoo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has hired the founder of private security firm Blackwater Worldwide to set up an 800-member battalion of foreign troops for the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times said Sunday.
The Times said it obtained documents that showed the unit being formed by Erik Prince's new company Reflex Responses with $529 million from the UAE would be used to thwart internal revolt, conduct special operations and defend oil pipelines and skyscrapers from attack.
The newspaper said the decision to hire the contingent of foreign troops was taken before a wave of popular unrest spread across the Arab world in recent months, including to the UAE's Gulf neighbors Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The UAE itself has seen no serious unrest. Most of its population is made up of foreign workers.
Blackwater, which once had lucrative contracts to protect U.S. officials in Iraq, became notorious in the region in 2007 when its guards opened fire in Baghdad traffic, killing at least 14 people in what the Iraqi government called a "massacre."
One former Blackwater guard pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in those killings, and a U.S. court reinstated charges against five others last month. Prince has since sold the firm, which changed its name to Xe. The firm denies wrongdoing.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Trump not running for president in 2012
Trump not running for president in 2012
plop. Strauss Kahn caught and no blonde show. Bad cards. I think Trump was the most stupid choice anyway for the very white spot. The capitalist part isnt white at current, but a dump site. Used oil.
plop. Strauss Kahn caught and no blonde show. Bad cards. I think Trump was the most stupid choice anyway for the very white spot. The capitalist part isnt white at current, but a dump site. Used oil.
Making 2 much of Marlon Brando on the pics
I think he looks a bit too gloomy or encumbered or theatrical.
FROM ATRIOS:
IMF chief to remain jailed in NYC sex-assault case
I mean if he was innocent he'd look more rigid. I think his gestures hardly prove that he is innocent. At least he cant deny a certain involvement acting this way.FROM ATRIOS:
Sex Scandal
The title of the web page of this news story is "Sex Scandal - Strauss-Kahn Lawyers See Alibi in Sex Case: Report."
I don't know if the guy is guilty, but rape isn't a "sex scandal."
And as for this:
It doesn't exactly contradict what the police are claiming.
I don't know if the guy is guilty, but rape isn't a "sex scandal."
And as for this:
RMC said the lawyers had pieced together Strauss-Kahn's movements and found that he left the hotel at midday, after paying his bill and handing in his key, then went to eat with his daughter and took a taxi to the airport.
It doesn't exactly contradict what the police are claiming.
Police said a 32-year-old cleaning woman accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in the Sofitel Hotel near Times Square. The alleged victim, a native of Guinea and mother of two, said she entered room 2806, a $3,000-a-night luxury suite, around 12 p.m. on Saturday to clean it, thinking it was empty, according to a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the case.
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Mr. Strauss-Kahn checked out of the Sofitel at 12:28 p.m., police said. But it was his call from JFK airport to the hotel in search of his phone at 3:40 p.m. that identified his whereabouts. Police were then able to locate him and escort him from the plane. Later in the night, Mr. Strauss-Kahn was formally charged with sexual assault and attempted rape, the department later said in a statement. On Sunday, the woman picked the IMF chief out of a lineup at a Manhattan police station, the official said.
Thrashmen Surfing bird - Surf or Shoot with Strauss Kahn
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I mean waste management could have also been an option for Strauss-Kahn. The room cleaner arrives at noon, but everyday. The waste management every week, but in the morning. SO the papers could have printed it the next day in Europe. AND: it would even have disrupted a weekly process instead of a daily one. Totally unprofessional. Furthermore, the song above stinks. Hard to apply in this case.
Happy Saigon 2011
The Soviettes - ¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!
I mean waste management could have also been an option for Strauss-Kahn. The room cleaner arrives at noon, but everyday. The waste management every week, but in the morning. SO the papers could have printed it the next day in Europe. AND: it would even have disrupted a weekly process instead of a daily one. Totally unprofessional. Furthermore, the song above stinks. Hard to apply in this case.
Happy Saigon 2011
The Soviettes - ¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Police Seek Evidence From I.M.F. Chief on Sex Attack
Soul-Searching in France After Official’s Arrest Jolts Nation
By STEVEN ERLANGER and KATRIN BENNHOLD
The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with a sexual attack raised questions about his past behavior and could upend the political calculus in France.
Police Seek Evidence From I.M.F. Chief on Sex Attack
By MOSI SECRET
Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent much of Sunday at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit as prosecutors sought evidence, including possible DNA evidence, to bolster allegations of sexual assault.
Reasons for Strauss Kahn 2 b nerved a bit?
at least Newtie doesnt do necessarily what the IMF wants I guess. He does more what I want - or not: hes populistic.
FROM ATRIOS:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2011/05/miss-something.html
Miss Something?
Translations of Meet the Press http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2011/05/meet-press-may-15-2011.html and This Week.
Meet the Press - May 15, 2011
Guests:Newt GingrichHelene CooperE.J. DionneMatt BaiPeggy NoonanMark Halperin************************
Gregory: do you think Congress shouldincrease debt ceiling?
Gingrich: we should avoid default if we can -but don’t give Obama a blank check
Gregory: Newt will you turn Medicareinto a voucher program
Gingrich: I don’t agree with radical socialengineering even from the right
Gregory: well that’s boring
Gingrich: I am also against Medicare fraud
Gregory: you disappoint me Newtie
Gingrich: I am totally not a radical despitewhat you may have heard
Gregory: will you raise taxes?Gingrich: no - people seem to like low taxes
Gregory: but smart economists say weshould raise revenues
Gingrich: yes but that’s just people whoknow what they are talking about
Gregory: I see
Gingrich: I can find an extra $125 billionper year by re-imagining government as a profitable business which I have never run
Gregory: you called ObamaThe Food Stamp President
Gingrich: I wrote that line by myself -but you can use it
Gregory: no thanks - it's lame at bestand could be racist
Gingrich: that’s bizarre - I sir am no a racistGregory: what did you mean by thatrather weird statement then?
Gingrich: Obama destroyed Detroit bynot having litigation reform
Gregory: you don’t say
Gingrich: the EPA is trying to controlthe entire American economy
Gregory: is that right?
Gingrich: paychecks vs food stamps!
FROM ATRIOS:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2011/05/miss-something.html
Miss Something?
Translations of Meet the Press http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2011/05/meet-press-may-15-2011.html and This Week.
Meet the Press - May 15, 2011
Guests:Newt GingrichHelene CooperE.J. DionneMatt BaiPeggy NoonanMark Halperin************************
Gregory: do you think Congress shouldincrease debt ceiling?
Gingrich: we should avoid default if we can -but don’t give Obama a blank check
Gregory: Newt will you turn Medicareinto a voucher program
Gingrich: I don’t agree with radical socialengineering even from the right
Gregory: well that’s boring
Gingrich: I am also against Medicare fraud
Gregory: you disappoint me Newtie
Gingrich: I am totally not a radical despitewhat you may have heard
Gregory: will you raise taxes?Gingrich: no - people seem to like low taxes
Gregory: but smart economists say weshould raise revenues
Gingrich: yes but that’s just people whoknow what they are talking about
Gregory: I see
Gingrich: I can find an extra $125 billionper year by re-imagining government as a profitable business which I have never run
Gregory: you called ObamaThe Food Stamp President
Gingrich: I wrote that line by myself -but you can use it
Gregory: no thanks - it's lame at bestand could be racist
Gingrich: that’s bizarre - I sir am no a racistGregory: what did you mean by thatrather weird statement then?
Gingrich: Obama destroyed Detroit bynot having litigation reform
Gregory: you don’t say
Gingrich: the EPA is trying to controlthe entire American economy
Gregory: is that right?
Gingrich: paychecks vs food stamps!
Israel-Palestine:Golan heights attacked - unarmed
This is a more philosophical problem as one might assume or Reich Ranitzki would say - or total insanity
Anniversary of state foundation
Kills during assault onto Israel borders
Von Syrien, dem Libanon und dem Gazastreifen aus überrennen Palästinenser am sogenannten Nakba-Tag die Grenzen zu Israel. Mehr als 20 Palästinenser kommen dabei ums Leben. Am überraschendsten ist der Ansturm auf den Golanhöhen zwischen Syrien und Israel. Eine spontane Grenzüberquerung ist hier kaum möglich.
New problems dawning for our comeback kid zuGuttenberg
The bottom line about zuGuttenberg
The effects of the kill of the draft will foremost concern Bavaria. The number of barracks is especially high in Bavaria. Especially those preparations again seem to be even more insufficient. An (anonymous) member of Bavaria's govt said zuGuttenberg left behind "a military and structural-political disaster." Another member of the board of of Bavaria's Christ Socials said, zuGuttenberg only announced savings worth billions to be cheered by 'Germanys sun (BILD)' as a god of saving measures.
De Maizière criticizes predecessor
Unbearable conditions at German Armed Forces, predecessor potentially "idle" , insufficient planning. There seem to be several staffs in the ministry of defense which are simply checking on each other. It was furthermore a challenge to find qualified candidates for difficult positions. The planning to get them off the free labour market were "totally insufficient."The effects of the kill of the draft will foremost concern Bavaria. The number of barracks is especially high in Bavaria. Especially those preparations again seem to be even more insufficient. An (anonymous) member of Bavaria's govt said zuGuttenberg left behind "a military and structural-political disaster." Another member of the board of of Bavaria's Christ Socials said, zuGuttenberg only announced savings worth billions to be cheered by 'Germanys sun (BILD)' as a god of saving measures.