Yemen official: Radical US imam killed
Al-Qaida-linked cleric was killed in Yemen, defense ministry says.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been stripped of legal immunity for acts of torture against US citizens
Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare, Mr. Rumsfeld. You Are Under Arrest!
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Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been stripped of legal immunity for acts of torture against US citizens authorized while he was in office. The ruling shed new light on Rumsfeld as he began his book tour this week with a visit to Boston. New, uncensored photos of Abu Ghraib have sparked fresh outrage across Internet. Awareness is growing that Bush-era crimes went far beyond mere waterboarding. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters in 2004 of photos withheld by the Defense Department from Abu Ghraib, "The American public needs to understand, we're talking about rape and murder here...We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience. We're talking about rape and murder and some very serious charges." And journalist Seymour Hersh says: "Boys were sodomized with the cameras rolling. And the worst above all of that is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking that your government has." Major General Antonio Taguba, who led the official Army investigation into Abu Ghraib, said in his report: "There is no longer any doubt as to whether the [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
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Harrowing evidence in Conrad Murray trial
The man who called emergency services to Michael Jackson's house gives harrowing testimony in the trial of Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray. FULL STORY
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The man who called 911 to Michael Jackson's house the day he died testified Thursday that Dr. Conrad Murray told him to gather up drug vials around Jackson's deathbed before he asked him to place the emergency call.
The two paramedics who responded with an ambulance, and Jackson's chef are expected to testify later Thursday in the third day of Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren blamed Murray for Jackson's death, saying he abandoned "all principles of medical care" when he used a makeshift intravenous drip to administer the surgical anesthetic propofol to put Jackson to sleep every night for more than two months.
The coroner ruled that Jackson's June 25, 2009, death was the result of "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with sedatives.
Bank Of America Plans To Charge Monthly $5 Debit Card Usage Fee
Bank Of America Plans To Charge Monthly $5 Debit Card Usage Fee
come on, there is netspend and so on. Of course they have to keep it free otherwise nobody will use their stupid debit cards. I think its another symbolic act creating a rift between average customers and BOA customers. Splitting it. Tilting it.
come on, there is netspend and so on. Of course they have to keep it free otherwise nobody will use their stupid debit cards. I think its another symbolic act creating a rift between average customers and BOA customers. Splitting it. Tilting it.
A Massive Union Just Voted To Side With The Occupy Wall Street Protesters
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According to Daily Kos, The New York Transit Workers Union (TWU) voted to support the Wall Street Protestors at their meeting last night. A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4 p.m. The TWU has four main divisions: Railroad; Gaming; Airline; Transit; and Utility, University and Service. The Union has 114 autonomous locals representing over 200,000 members and retirees in 22 states around the country. Occupy Wall Street has been picking up some decent support from unions in the past few days. Yesterday we reported that the Teamsters Union declared their support for protestors, and we also found out that the United Pilots Union had members at the protest demonstrating in uniform. Today we learned the Industrial Workers of the World put a message of support on their website as well. That's good for the protestors, sure, but the bottom line is whether or not these unions can produce bodies. Experience says that when they want to, unions can be quite good at doing that very thing. And it seems that they're interested. In many of their statements of support, they say that their members are part of "The 99%" that Occupy Wall Street protestors keep talking about.
China Space Station: Tiangong-1 Experimental Module Launched
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BEIJING — China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station on Thursday, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power over the coming decade.
The box car-sized Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket.
It is to move into an orbit 217 miles (350 kilometers) above the Earth and conduct surveys of Chinese farmland using special cameras, along with experiments involving growing crystals in zero gravity.
China then plans to launch an unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to practice remote-controlled docking maneuvers with the module, possibly within the next few weeks. Two more missions, at least one of them manned, are to meet up with it next year for further practice, with astronauts staying for up to one month.
BEIJING — China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station on Thursday, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power over the coming decade.
The box car-sized Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket.
It is to move into an orbit 217 miles (350 kilometers) above the Earth and conduct surveys of Chinese farmland using special cameras, along with experiments involving growing crystals in zero gravity.
China then plans to launch an unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to practice remote-controlled docking maneuvers with the module, possibly within the next few weeks. Two more missions, at least one of them manned, are to meet up with it next year for further practice, with astronauts staying for up to one month.
Castro: Obama Is 'Stupid'
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"Many things will change in Cuba, but they will change through our efforts and in spite of the United States. Perhaps that empire will fall first," Castro added, a reference to the United States.
Castro wrote glowingly about Obama when he was elected in 2008, saying, "The intelligent and noble face of the first black president of the United States since its founding two and one-third centuries ago as an independent republic had transformed itself under the inspiration of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King into a living symbol of the American dream."
But Castro has increasingly shown disillusionment as Cuban-U.S. relations remain in a deep freeze, despite measures undertaken by Obama allowing more remittances and travel to the island.
German social dems cite GDR-head to compare Merkels Euro-course
Merkel mit Ulbricht-Zitat
SPD schaltet besondere Anzeige
I still remember when Engholm and Vogel trashed Kohl for weeks for the membership of Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski in his party. Well, Kohl had held some hands out and - lifted sometimes the wrong one. It was totally absurd though to lambast Kohl for weeks for Schalck Golodkowski. Merkel is in a similiar position. I think if she goes off course now, she wont announce Leninism in Germany. I think it is an utterly stupid move of Germanys social dems. Though, hey, squinting is not a crime. There are elections in Bavaria soon.
Christian pastor in Iran faces execution
Christian pastor in Iran faces execution
Washington (CNN) -- Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, the head of a network of Christian house churches in Iran, could be executed as soon as midnight Wednesday in Tehran for refusing to recant his religious beliefs and convert to Islam, said the chair of a commission that monitors religious freedom around the world.
A statement by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent advisory group appointed by the president and Congress, "expressed deep concern" for the man's fate.
After four days of an appeals trial for apostasy, Nadarkhani refused to recant his beliefs.
Herman Cain: Blacks ‘brainwashed’ to support Dems
I liked the old Klingon academy trailer too: decay and destruction: &death will have its day. Shit.
Herman Cain: Blacks ‘brainwashed’ to support Dems
Herman Cain: Blacks ‘brainwashed’ to support Dems
UK
Great Britain sees itself confirmed in its decline of the common Euro currency for the hefty crisis in the Euro zone. Foreign secretary Hague made clear with striking words that the London govt doesnt think too well of the Euro. The Euro course of the govt Cameron is becoming more critical. One feels reminded of Ms. Thatcher.
Ms Thatcher is back in the political business of Great Britain. No, the 86-year-old conservative politician is not back in Downing street - no, she is too ill for it. No, Maggies spirit is gliding again through the rooms and floors of the London govt district. There is some euro-hostile shouting back near the Themse like it occured during the times of the iron lady , topping: marky remarks of govt members.
Foreign secretary Hague now thinks the time has come to - according to his year-long mentor - go to battle against the Euro and the Eurozone as a whole. 'It was a burning house without exit' the chief diplomat of her royal highness mocked. The 17-country euro-union 'was some kind of historic monument of collective insanity.' The old lady from Grantham couldnt have put it more drastically. Viva the pound Sterling.
11h05: Roesler says you shouldn't socialize debt
I read the breaking news ticker at German N-TV (n-tv.de). There is a discussion being held in German parliament about the Euro-resuce EFSF.The lib dems are part of the German govt. Roesler is their party head. see image of Roesler
There was recently sunshine between Merkel and Roesler when Roesler presented his biography. This seems 2 have changed.Roesler is opining against EFSF, Merkel in favour of it.
There was recently sunshine between Merkel and Roesler when Roesler presented his biography. This seems 2 have changed.Roesler is opining against EFSF, Merkel in favour of it.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Allen West: ‘The president is a Marxist’
Yah. The last Kolkhozs in China are about to close anyway.
rawstory
Tea party Rep. Allen West (R-FL) said this week that President Barack Obama was intentionally crippling the U.S. economy because he was a “marxist” and a “socialist.”
“President Obama’s policies have had a devastating effect on our economy, not just unemployment but investment,” conservative radio host Michael Berry told West Monday.
“The whole gambit,” West agreed.
rawstory
Tea party Rep. Allen West (R-FL) said this week that President Barack Obama was intentionally crippling the U.S. economy because he was a “marxist” and a “socialist.”
“President Obama’s policies have had a devastating effect on our economy, not just unemployment but investment,” conservative radio host Michael Berry told West Monday.
“The whole gambit,” West agreed.
France
German NTV
Sarkozy has to reduce the growth expectations for 2012 to 1.75%. Furthermore, France is triggering to reduce state spending by 11bio euros to meet the EU deficit criteria.
Deficit shall be reduced from 5,7% of GDP to 4.5%.
Sarkozy has to reduce the growth expectations for 2012 to 1.75%. Furthermore, France is triggering to reduce state spending by 11bio euros to meet the EU deficit criteria.
Deficit shall be reduced from 5,7% of GDP to 4.5%.
Syrian engineer murdered; killing of academics continues
Syrian engineer murdered; killing of academics continues
A Syrian nuclear engineer was assassinated in a hail of bullets in central Syria Wednesday, the latest casualty in a string of murders this week of academics and scientists, Syria's state-run news agency and activists sa … More »
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Meritless old school lackers, German voters r 2 stoopid 4 German lib dems
German NTV
Suffering from the souwt bigotry of low expectorations, Germany's voters seem to have a certain difficulty voting lib dem, currently. This phenomenon seems to have been observed by the lib dems recently. Their analysis yielded the following deceissive results: the average German voter is simply too stoopid to discern the advanced advantages of voting lib dem.
1,8% in Berlin, a disaster of appearing unique, brawls throughout the party. But still: the voter is guilty for the decay of the lib dems. At least that is what Dirk Pfeil thinks. Dirk Pfeil is the head of Hessia's lib dems. Asked for the outcome in Berlin, Dirk (Arrow) told 'Frankfurter Neue Presse' (Frankfurt new press) , the mass was too uneducated to understand the msg of his party.
"It is disastrous, that the majority of the population did not enjoy (participate in) political education. The majority does not opine, it cannot speak."
Thus, according to (Pfeil), the lib dems were no peoples party.
Concerningly, the ecos in Hessia accuse Pfeil of a lack of self reflexion.
Fuerthermore, there is a book out about the life of the head of the lib dems
German NTV
Angela Merkel sees a bit of herself in Philipp Rösler . "His life is one of the most unusual biographies of a German politician," the chancellor said in regard of his birth in Vietnam and the ascent to the vice-chancellor. "Also, the German unity causes 'unusual biographies,'" Merkel continues, and physicists found the way into the politics. Laughter in the hall (Merkel is one too), the allusion to the own life is understood. And also with the search for a political homeland, similarities to the own biography exist. Roesler had a look around after the wall fell among the parties. The Jusos were too Marxist and social-theoretical , the Greens still far left, however Rösler regarded the conservatives and their youth organization as too narrow-minded and adapted. Thus he went for the young liberals in 1991, Merkel became one year earlier a member of the conservatives.
Today they govern together the black-yellow coalition, and the chancellor came into the catholic academy in Berlin, to present 'the first Biography' about the FDP head. "Philipp Rösler. A Portray." It's the work of the journalist Michael Bröcker, director/conductor of the parliament editorship of " Rhinania Post" in Berlin. The sub-title " Faith. Homeland. FDP" seems to be unusual for a lib dem politician, likewise the catholic holy Benno publishing house for a book concerning a liberal. But this strong faith concept obviously corresponds to Röslers conceptions, and it was his explicit desire to present the book in the house of the German bishop conference. Some days ago the pope was around.
Rösler has a conservative lifestyle, that is the result of the biography. The church/faith and the homeland term played an unusually central role for the FDP politician. Due to his early rootlessness for Rösler stability and harmony played an important role in his private life, in addition, in policy. "He is not an extreme politician," Böcker says. 2 stir big fuzz is not enabled by his biography. Rather a Prussian obligation , which is caused - as he describes in detail in his book - by his father and growing up in the German Armed Forces 'surroundings.' But, then, a further result, Bröckers reads, one should not underestimate the FDP head. Behind the nice Mr. Rösler is some consciousness for might.
"Thus we as political journalists will still have to work with Mr.Roesler."
No extremist, a pragmatist concerning policies, an underestimated "might" being - Merkel and her vice may feel connected here as well. In order to characterize Rösler, the chancellor selected four quotations from him. " Main thing is, you are bein loved" what Merkel coins on Röslers father, his hometown Bueckeburg and the FDP. " Where he sucks his power from," the chancellor says. Quotation number two: " The faith is my internal compass." Who believes, admits not to know everything says Merkel. Faith teaches humility - and pleases the protestant Merkel. Still better she regards however the third quotation out of the book : " I did not enter, because the FDP promised tax cuts." Rösler had more of an issue, explains the chancellor, "living together in a free society." And also the CDU boss wipes the picture of the nice politician aside. Who ascended in the FDP so fast so high, godda be "homo politicus" .
"Who underestimates Rösler, has already lost," as she quotes his political father Walter Hirche.
The fourth quotation finally, which was selected by Merkel, is at the same time a wishful prognosis for the black-yellow Federal Government. " The bamboo bends itself in the wind and storm, but it doesnt break" , she quotes the FDP head. That is nevertheless a good condition for the remaining legislative period.
Suffering from the souwt bigotry of low expectorations, Germany's voters seem to have a certain difficulty voting lib dem, currently. This phenomenon seems to have been observed by the lib dems recently. Their analysis yielded the following deceissive results: the average German voter is simply too stoopid to discern the advanced advantages of voting lib dem.
1,8% in Berlin, a disaster of appearing unique, brawls throughout the party. But still: the voter is guilty for the decay of the lib dems. At least that is what Dirk Pfeil thinks. Dirk Pfeil is the head of Hessia's lib dems. Asked for the outcome in Berlin, Dirk (Arrow) told 'Frankfurter Neue Presse' (Frankfurt new press) , the mass was too uneducated to understand the msg of his party.
"It is disastrous, that the majority of the population did not enjoy (participate in) political education. The majority does not opine, it cannot speak."
Thus, according to (Pfeil), the lib dems were no peoples party.
Concerningly, the ecos in Hessia accuse Pfeil of a lack of self reflexion.
Fuerthermore, there is a book out about the life of the head of the lib dems
German NTV
Angela Merkel sees a bit of herself in Philipp Rösler . "His life is one of the most unusual biographies of a German politician," the chancellor said in regard of his birth in Vietnam and the ascent to the vice-chancellor. "Also, the German unity causes 'unusual biographies,'" Merkel continues, and physicists found the way into the politics. Laughter in the hall (Merkel is one too), the allusion to the own life is understood. And also with the search for a political homeland, similarities to the own biography exist. Roesler had a look around after the wall fell among the parties. The Jusos were too Marxist and social-theoretical , the Greens still far left, however Rösler regarded the conservatives and their youth organization as too narrow-minded and adapted. Thus he went for the young liberals in 1991, Merkel became one year earlier a member of the conservatives.
Today they govern together the black-yellow coalition, and the chancellor came into the catholic academy in Berlin, to present 'the first Biography' about the FDP head. "Philipp Rösler. A Portray." It's the work of the journalist Michael Bröcker, director/conductor of the parliament editorship of " Rhinania Post" in Berlin. The sub-title " Faith. Homeland. FDP" seems to be unusual for a lib dem politician, likewise the catholic holy Benno publishing house for a book concerning a liberal. But this strong faith concept obviously corresponds to Röslers conceptions, and it was his explicit desire to present the book in the house of the German bishop conference. Some days ago the pope was around.
Rösler has a conservative lifestyle, that is the result of the biography. The church/faith and the homeland term played an unusually central role for the FDP politician. Due to his early rootlessness for Rösler stability and harmony played an important role in his private life, in addition, in policy. "He is not an extreme politician," Böcker says. 2 stir big fuzz is not enabled by his biography. Rather a Prussian obligation , which is caused - as he describes in detail in his book - by his father and growing up in the German Armed Forces 'surroundings.' But, then, a further result, Bröckers reads, one should not underestimate the FDP head. Behind the nice Mr. Rösler is some consciousness for might.
"Thus we as political journalists will still have to work with Mr.Roesler."
No extremist, a pragmatist concerning policies, an underestimated "might" being - Merkel and her vice may feel connected here as well. In order to characterize Rösler, the chancellor selected four quotations from him. " Main thing is, you are bein loved" what Merkel coins on Röslers father, his hometown Bueckeburg and the FDP. " Where he sucks his power from," the chancellor says. Quotation number two: " The faith is my internal compass." Who believes, admits not to know everything says Merkel. Faith teaches humility - and pleases the protestant Merkel. Still better she regards however the third quotation out of the book : " I did not enter, because the FDP promised tax cuts." Rösler had more of an issue, explains the chancellor, "living together in a free society." And also the CDU boss wipes the picture of the nice politician aside. Who ascended in the FDP so fast so high, godda be "homo politicus" .
"Who underestimates Rösler, has already lost," as she quotes his political father Walter Hirche.
The fourth quotation finally, which was selected by Merkel, is at the same time a wishful prognosis for the black-yellow Federal Government. " The bamboo bends itself in the wind and storm, but it doesnt break" , she quotes the FDP head. That is nevertheless a good condition for the remaining legislative period.
Indeed: If one could win the impression in view of the discussion around the euro-emergency parachute, the govt would terminate, they presented themselves - chancellor and vice- harmoniously today, sometimes even a funny duo, which couldnt be bothered. Such a chat hour causes naturally more fun than the hard struggle for the euro-aid. Even if Merkel makes small jokes at the expense of her vice, approximately as she calls Rösler her" special case" and she narrates in memory of their first meeting in the chancellor bungalow: " There he emerged and he was suddenly health expert." But Rösler was noticeable, " nice, fixed and quickl". And if distrust in politics is important, " Confidence can rewarded ". Both had fumbled to make ends meet anyway.
Monday, 26 September 2011
Beirut booked out
she would have to take Cuba, but hey - if u hold two cable ends, why dont makem meet
Bachmann warns of Hezbollah ‘missile sites’ in Cuba
Russia
Putin sets stage for return as Russian president
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended months of speculation by saying he will run for president next March in an election that could open the way for him to stay in power for 12 more years.
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 03:41pm
For Russia’s Liberals, Putin Announcement Stokes Woes
Vladimir V. Putin’s move to return to the presidency disheartened some of the country’s educated elites, one of whom called it “the beginning of the end.”
International Herald Tribune - Sep 24 07:36pm
- Putin's return stokes fear of stagnation in Russia - KYIV Post
- Beth Knobel: Putin's Running. What a Surprise... Not! - The Huffington Post
The pope was in Germany, again. So what?
Well, first up I'm not catholic but evangelical, Saxon Hungenots and some Swedish in my family.Secondly, hillariously, the pope announced to share the last supper with orthodox christians (before hell probably gets crucified by the Roman empire). Well, I think this point was really a downturn for me. First up he travels to Erfurt, to the home town of Luther, but the sorry ship happens. Then in Freiburg, he announces his allegiance to orthodox Christians.
Well, Hitler was catholic, Himmler was catholic, and the other super-Arians as well, so I'm still thinking what evangelicals did do wrong exactly despite WIlliam stood by his alliance with the stupid Austrians at the start of ww1.
Ratzinger is more than boring, his speech in front of parliament wasn't too dynamic, he demanded more belief, what eventually appeared as a sorry excuse for a lack of truth.
Well, Turkish prime Guel was obviously on the way home again, otherwise he could have invited him for a glimpse on Mekka I guess. Ratzinger visited Turkey already pretty quick, and in fact all beliefs despite the evangelicals announced their TOTAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION with the pope visit in Germany. He could add some Ablass leaflets to his next proclamation exegese in German parliament.
Well, Hitler was catholic, Himmler was catholic, and the other super-Arians as well, so I'm still thinking what evangelicals did do wrong exactly despite WIlliam stood by his alliance with the stupid Austrians at the start of ww1.
Ratzinger is more than boring, his speech in front of parliament wasn't too dynamic, he demanded more belief, what eventually appeared as a sorry excuse for a lack of truth.
Well, Turkish prime Guel was obviously on the way home again, otherwise he could have invited him for a glimpse on Mekka I guess. Ratzinger visited Turkey already pretty quick, and in fact all beliefs despite the evangelicals announced their TOTAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION with the pope visit in Germany. He could add some Ablass leaflets to his next proclamation exegese in German parliament.
French senate
Political earthquake in French senate
Left Parties get majority
The routine election for half of all seats in the French senate ends with a sensation: seven months ahead of the presidential election, the conservative French govt looses its majority in the senate. The socialists who are in opposition gain the majority for the first time since ww2.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Obama office vandalized in Los Angeles
yahoo
Vandals broke windows and fired BB-gun pellets at a Los Angeles campaign office for Barack Obama Thursday night, days before the president is scheduled to attend nearby fundraisers.
Vandals broke windows and fired BB-gun pellets at a Los Angeles campaign office for Barack Obama Thursday night, days before the president is scheduled to attend nearby fundraisers.
The person who called in the incident "reported hearing glass breaking and noticed that windows were broken," LAPD spokeswoman Sara Faden told the Los Angeles Times.
The incident was reported at 7:25 p.m. PDT at an office in the 6700 block of South Centinela Avenue, the Times reports. Police indicated that one of the vandals threw an object to break a window.
Texas toast? Perry worries GOP
yahoo
ORLANDO – The first line of Rick Perry’s campaign obituary may have been drafted Thursday night: He got in too late.
It’s not quite time for his camp to panic but in his third debate in a month – nearly as many as he’s done in the entire decade he’s served as Texas governor – Perry demonstrated why so few presidential candidates who parachute into the race mid-campaign win the nomination.
Perry gave a foreign policy answer that offered no indication he’s thought about how to respond to threats against America, twice bobbled attacks on Mitt Romney’s well-documented departures from conservative orthodoxy, called immigration hard-liners heartless and, in what was otherwise his best answer of the evening, stretched the truth in the course of delivering a well-rehearsed line about why he mandated pre-teen girls to be vaccinated against HPV.
ORLANDO – The first line of Rick Perry’s campaign obituary may have been drafted Thursday night: He got in too late.
It’s not quite time for his camp to panic but in his third debate in a month – nearly as many as he’s done in the entire decade he’s served as Texas governor – Perry demonstrated why so few presidential candidates who parachute into the race mid-campaign win the nomination.
Perry gave a foreign policy answer that offered no indication he’s thought about how to respond to threats against America, twice bobbled attacks on Mitt Romney’s well-documented departures from conservative orthodoxy, called immigration hard-liners heartless and, in what was otherwise his best answer of the evening, stretched the truth in the course of delivering a well-rehearsed line about why he mandated pre-teen girls to be vaccinated against HPV.
Head, arms and skin cut off
Kopf, Arme und Haut entfernt
18-year old Syrian girl killed in prison
People are on the street in Syria for months and they protest against the regime of Assad. Many activists were imprisoned by the secret service. Amnesty international is now uncovering one of the most shocking cases of torture under official control.
Faster than light
Rawstory
PARIS — Physicists reported Thursday that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel faster than light, a finding that -- if verified -- would blast a hole in Einstein's theory of relativity.
In experiments conducted between the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and a laboratory in Italy, the tiny particles were clocked at 300,006 kilometres per second, about six km/sec faster that the speed of light, the researchers said.
"This result comes as a complete surprise," said physicist Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the experiment, known as OPERA. "We wanted to measure the speed of neutrinos, but we didn't expect to find anything special."
Scientists spent nearly six months "checking, testing, controlling and rechecking everything" before making an announcement, he said.
PARIS — Physicists reported Thursday that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel faster than light, a finding that -- if verified -- would blast a hole in Einstein's theory of relativity.
In experiments conducted between the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and a laboratory in Italy, the tiny particles were clocked at 300,006 kilometres per second, about six km/sec faster that the speed of light, the researchers said.
"This result comes as a complete surprise," said physicist Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the experiment, known as OPERA. "We wanted to measure the speed of neutrinos, but we didn't expect to find anything special."
Scientists spent nearly six months "checking, testing, controlling and rechecking everything" before making an announcement, he said.
EU-commission suggests common German-French-Austrian-Luxemburg-Dutch-Finish bonds
German NTV
Well, you couldn't put it any more obvious trying to say, hey we slept when it was about to issue common Euro bonds.
The next awkward statement is by Venizelos: or the best way to say: hey there is probably a faint chance remaining we are going bankrupt.
Well, you couldn't put it any more obvious trying to say, hey we slept when it was about to issue common Euro bonds.
Athens denies Venizelos-Scenario debt-cut is an option
The next awkward statement is by Venizelos: or the best way to say: hey there is probably a faint chance remaining we are going bankrupt.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Fewer Americans applied for initial jobless claims in the September 17 week
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Fewer Americans applied for initial jobless claims in the September 17 week though today's report is mixed. The week-to-week change, at minus 9,000, is a good indication but the 423,000 level is 3,000 higher than the Econoday consensus and reflects a 4,000 upward revision to the prior week to 432,000. Another negative is the fifth straight rise in the four-week average, though the latest gain is minimal to 421,000 vs a revised 420,500 in the prior week. Still, a look back to mid-August shows the four-week average at 403,500 in a comparison that points to trouble for the September employment report.
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Fewer Americans applied for initial jobless claims in the September 17 week though today's report is mixed. The week-to-week change, at minus 9,000, is a good indication but the 423,000 level is 3,000 higher than the Econoday consensus and reflects a 4,000 upward revision to the prior week to 432,000. Another negative is the fifth straight rise in the four-week average, though the latest gain is minimal to 421,000 vs a revised 420,500 in the prior week. Still, a look back to mid-August shows the four-week average at 403,500 in a comparison that points to trouble for the September employment report.
Greek communist party calls for civil disobedience
"means without measurement"
Civil anger grows in Athensd
Retirement payments cuts and mass-layoffs: the Greek govt tries everything to get further aid of the Troika. The problem with it: the plans for cuts meet heavy criticism and non-apprehension on the side of the citizens. The Greek communist party calls for general disobedience.
First the shock, now the anger: the govt doesn't stop in front of taboos anymore to fight the state debt. Thousands of jobs are to be cut concerning employment by the state. 30000 state workers are to be fired - exuberating strikes boiling over are the consequence.
"Who is the victim?" questions practically everybody (himself), who was till now a state worker and in some feigned naive security. There is no clear answer. "We have to estimate how many superflous state workers can be fired" said Ilias Mosialos,speaker of govt.
"Vertigo for 30000 state workers, retirees and employees" titled Athens' paper Ethnos.
Situation serious
State paid wages will be cut the 2nd time for 20%. The tax free sum per citizen will be cut to 5000 € from 8000. At the beginning of the year it was still at 12000.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
S&P downgrades 7 Italian banks
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ROME (AP) — Standard & Poor's said Wednesday that it had downgraded seven Italian banks because of sovereign debt risk, a day after the agency downgraded Italy's credit rating.
The cut targeted leading banks Mediobanca SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, as well as Findomestic Banca SpA, Banca IMI SpA, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, Banca Infrastrutture Innovazione e Sviluppo SpA and Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna SpA.
The agency said it was assigning negative outlooks to the long-term ratings on these seven banks. It was also revising its outlooks from stable to negative on eight other Italian banks, including Unicredit.
"The negative outlooks on the long-term ratings on the 15 banks reflect the possibility that we could lower their ratings, all other things being equal, should we further lower our ratings on the Republic of Italy," S&P said in a statement.
***Furthermore ING announced it slashed large chunks of Italian and Spanish state bonds***
Italian lenders’ non-performing loans rose 1.3 percent in July from June, the country’s banking association ABI said.
Non-performing loans increased to 99 billion euros ($135 billion), ABI said in an e-mailed statement today. Impairments, excluding writedowns, rose to 53.5 billion euros, according to the report.
ROME (AP) — Standard & Poor's said Wednesday that it had downgraded seven Italian banks because of sovereign debt risk, a day after the agency downgraded Italy's credit rating.
The cut targeted leading banks Mediobanca SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, as well as Findomestic Banca SpA, Banca IMI SpA, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, Banca Infrastrutture Innovazione e Sviluppo SpA and Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna SpA.
The agency said it was assigning negative outlooks to the long-term ratings on these seven banks. It was also revising its outlooks from stable to negative on eight other Italian banks, including Unicredit.
"The negative outlooks on the long-term ratings on the 15 banks reflect the possibility that we could lower their ratings, all other things being equal, should we further lower our ratings on the Republic of Italy," S&P said in a statement.
***Furthermore ING announced it slashed large chunks of Italian and Spanish state bonds***
Italian lenders’ non-performing loans rose 1.3 percent in July from June, the country’s banking association ABI said.
Non-performing loans increased to 99 billion euros ($135 billion), ABI said in an e-mailed statement today. Impairments, excluding writedowns, rose to 53.5 billion euros, according to the report.
Israel Has Dumped 46 Percent of Its U.S. Treasury Bills; Russia 95 Percent
Israel Has Dumped 46 Percent of Its U.S. Treasury Bills; Russia 95 Percent
Russian ownership of U.S. Treasury bills peaked at $73.15 billion in March 2009 and had declined to $3.7 billion by July. Israelis have also been decreasing their ownership of U.S. government debt. Total Israeli holdings of U.S. Treasury securities peaked at $22.0 billion in April 2010. That had dropped to $17.2 billion by this July, a decline of about 22 percent. Like the Russians, the Israelis have dramatically decreased their ownership of short-term Treasury bills, according to Treasury Department data. Israeli ownership of Treasury bills peaked at $15.638 billion in March 2009 and declined to $8.375 billion in July, a drop of about 46 percent. Entities in mainland China countered the worldwide trend, and reversed their own previous trend, by increasing their holdings of U.S. government debt in recent months.
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Moody's Downgrades BofA, Well Fargo, Citigroup On Fears U.S. Wouldn't Aid Banks [UPDATE]
Bank of America Gets (More) Bad News
Moody's Corp on Wednesday cut the debt ratings of Bank of America Corp, Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup Inc, three of the largest U.S. banks, on worries the government would be less likely to support a large lender if it got into trouble.
The government is "more likely now than during the financial crisis to allow a large bank to fail should it become financially troubled, as the risks of contagion become less acute," the ratings agency said.
The action concludes a three month review that began in June when the ratings agency said the banks faced a potential downgrade.
Moody's downgraded Bank of America's long-term senior debt rating to "Baa1" from "A2" and its short-term debt rating to "Prime 2" from "Prime 1."
Moody's said the long-term outlook on the bank's senior ratings remains negative.
Bank of America shares were down 3 percent at $6.69 after the announcement. Citigroup shares declined 0.1 percent at $26.89 and Wells Fargo shares were up 1 percent at $24.92.
Massachusetts
Brown melts down over massive Warren poll gains
Sen. Scott Brown apparently didn't only lose his lead in the polls for the Massachusetts Senate race Tuesday — he also lost his cool.
Sen. Scott Brown apparently didn't only lose his lead in the polls for the Massachusetts Senate race Tuesday — he also lost his cool.
Hewlett-Packard Board Said to Weigh Ousting Apotheker as CEO
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board plans to meet to consider whether to oust Leo Apotheker as chief executive officer after less than 11 months on the job, two people familiar with the matter said.
Afghanistan
Whatever peace process there was in Afghanistan, there is probably little left today, writes CNN's Nick Paton Walsh. The assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani signals to insurgents: Think twice before negotiation. FULL STORY
German minister of interior Friedrich called the boycot of the pope speech in German parliament 'not measured' (not applying)
Friedrich kritisiert Boykott der Papstrede im Bundestag Stephanie Pilick - AFP - vor 1 Stunde 49 Minuten
German minister of interior Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) called the protest of leftparty mps, eco mps and social dem mps against the pope speech on thursday in German parliament 'not measured.' Mehr »
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
So, lets compare Massachusetts upgrade and Italy downgrade
First, the subjective view: If you look at Grossman, he is compact and less difuse than Berlusconi. He is obviously somehow a politician and doesnt cry foul about political involvement in certain decisions. So, that's the implication of all possible input towards a certain output.
The more objective view leads to the idea that you have to have a pretty unique approach as well. The decisions shouldn't appear hasty but well thought and apply to principally everybody to sustain growth, regardless whether it is health reform or pension reform. And having some controlled surplus input into a stabilization fund is as well guarantee that in case of a sudden downturn there are still means of rescue.
ccoaler-MA link
ccoaler Italy link
Berlusconi's policies containing a certain degree of decay gave him the rogue touch he is now suffering from. I guess Berlusconi's biggest problem will be to represent a serious political figure within 6 months. Otherwise I guess it will be AAA for MA and Caa1 for Italy.
People who treat the matter are desired. Best is, 24h a day. Unlike Berlusconi, with many interrupts in his villa in Arcone. Serious, sensible, credible. The credibility dude.
or whom wouldcha lend cash?
The more objective view leads to the idea that you have to have a pretty unique approach as well. The decisions shouldn't appear hasty but well thought and apply to principally everybody to sustain growth, regardless whether it is health reform or pension reform. And having some controlled surplus input into a stabilization fund is as well guarantee that in case of a sudden downturn there are still means of rescue.
ccoaler-MA link
ccoaler Italy link
Berlusconi's policies containing a certain degree of decay gave him the rogue touch he is now suffering from. I guess Berlusconi's biggest problem will be to represent a serious political figure within 6 months. Otherwise I guess it will be AAA for MA and Caa1 for Italy.
People who treat the matter are desired. Best is, 24h a day. Unlike Berlusconi, with many interrupts in his villa in Arcone. Serious, sensible, credible. The credibility dude.
or whom wouldcha lend cash?
Commenwealth of Massachusetts upgraded from aa to aa+ by S&P
Grossman gave an interview on Bloomberg
important
-pension reform
-health reform, 100 mio savings
-perception willing to make tough decisions
-surplus
into stabilization fund
Grossman:small business administration (SBA) ok from Romney
important
-pension reform
-health reform, 100 mio savings
-perception willing to make tough decisions
-surplus
into stabilization fund
Grossman:small business administration (SBA) ok from Romney
S&P downgrades Italy
Standard & Poor's cut Italy's credit rating, citing the nation's weakening economic growth.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut Italy's sovereign credit rating late Monday, saying the nation's weakening economic growth and political uncertainty have dented its financial stability.
S&P now rates Italy's credit at A, down from A+, and kept its outlook on the country as negative, the agency said in a report issued Monday.
"The downgrade reflects our view of Italy's weakening economic growth prospects," S&P said. "Italy's fragile governing coalition and policy differences within parliament will likely continue to limit the government's ability to respond decisively to the challenging domestic and external macroeconomic environment."
S&P downwardly revised its estimates for Italy's GDP growth to an annual average of 0.7% between 2011 and 2014 -- a far cry from its previous projection of 1.3%.
Default fears intensify, with Greece running out of cash as the latest lifeline remains out of reach.
Monday, 19 September 2011
Finally
Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich
I mean its clear that the proper way would have been to announce it while having majorities for it.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Berlin vote
ARD 21h40
Social Dems 28,4 -2,4
Conservatives 23,2 +1,9
Ecos 17,4 +4,4
Leftparty 11,7 -1,7
Lib Dems 1,8 -5,8
Piracy 9 +9
ARD 18h
social dems 29,5
leftparty 11,5
ecos 18
piracy 8,5
conservatives 23,5
lib dems 2
A real surprise are the 8.5% of the pirate party. Personal data and identity issues seem to have played an important role in the decision of the voter in Berlin.
Social Dems 28,4 -2,4
Conservatives 23,2 +1,9
Ecos 17,4 +4,4
Leftparty 11,7 -1,7
Lib Dems 1,8 -5,8
Piracy 9 +9
ARD 18h
social dems 29,5
leftparty 11,5
ecos 18
piracy 8,5
conservatives 23,5
lib dems 2
A real surprise are the 8.5% of the pirate party. Personal data and identity issues seem to have played an important role in the decision of the voter in Berlin.
Germany: Gonzo2? Merkel is currently trying to install Mr.Lard (Schmalzl) as general attorney
Gonzo2? "No recognizable experience"
Criticism againt lib dem Schmalzl growing
Stuttgart administrative head Schmalzl is about to become new attorney general of Germany. A peronality issue which shows growing resistance - precisely among the state heads of Germany's federal structure. They object for the lack of qualification of Schmalzl.
lib dem Lindner declares tax cuts not so important matter
but I really like the photo - I guess its how you greet in Mercurys former bar
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Latvian govt talks start after Russian party wins vote
Toronto Star
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvian politicians begin talks on forming a new government on Sunday, after a party backed by the large Russian minority won most votes in a snap election that broke the power of business "oligarchs".
In second place was a new party formed by the ex-president, who forced the vote in a corruption row less than a year after the last election. Along with the third-placed party of current Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, it aims to form the core of a new coalition.
Russian minority party Harmony Centre, winning an election for the first time in the ethnically-split Baltic nation, said it should not be left out of the new administration.
"I am convinced that Latvian politicians ... will be able to form a coalition where the interests of all voters are represented," Harmony Centre leader Nils Usakov, 35, said on LNT commercial television.
The president is responsible for nominating the prime minister. He has said he will only do that after Sept. 28, when he returns from a trip to the United States, giving the parties time to come to an agreement on a coalition.
Results from 909 of 1,027 polling districts showed Harmony Centre, which has portrayed itself as the sole centre-left option, on 29.5 percent of the vote.
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvian politicians begin talks on forming a new government on Sunday, after a party backed by the large Russian minority won most votes in a snap election that broke the power of business "oligarchs".
In second place was a new party formed by the ex-president, who forced the vote in a corruption row less than a year after the last election. Along with the third-placed party of current Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, it aims to form the core of a new coalition.
Russian minority party Harmony Centre, winning an election for the first time in the ethnically-split Baltic nation, said it should not be left out of the new administration.
"I am convinced that Latvian politicians ... will be able to form a coalition where the interests of all voters are represented," Harmony Centre leader Nils Usakov, 35, said on LNT commercial television.
The president is responsible for nominating the prime minister. He has said he will only do that after Sept. 28, when he returns from a trip to the United States, giving the parties time to come to an agreement on a coalition.
Results from 909 of 1,027 polling districts showed Harmony Centre, which has portrayed itself as the sole centre-left option, on 29.5 percent of the vote.
Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51
Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51
Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died at a Washington-area health club, her brother said Saturday. She was 51.
Berlusconi accused of having escorts
Berlusconi accused of having escorts
Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Prosecutors in Italy allege that a businessman supplied Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with about 30 women, or escorts, in order to win favor with him.
It's the latest development in a long-running sex scandal. Transcripts of some of 100,000 wiretap recordings made between September 2008 and 2009 were filed with a court in the southern city of Bari Friday, as prosecutors wrapped up a three-year prostitution investigation.
The transcripts reveal that Berlusconi and businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini repeatedly discussed bringing women to parties.
Germany
SPD doesn't like to be replacement
Schäuble puts up limits for Roesler
The young lib dem head Roesler is directing his party into a new direction, he likes to regain lost electorate-confidence with a Euro-critical course. Though he is stepping onto the feet of his coalition partner, heftily. The word "coalition-change" occurs more often, over and over.
Friday, 16 September 2011
Pentagon spokesman moves to BP America
Pentagon spokesman moves to BP America
"The new job for Morrell, then, is less anything 'new,' and more so, a textbook example of the revolving door..."
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3 people dead in Reno air race crash
CBS News -
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RENO, Nev. - Officials say the pilot of a World War II era fighter plane that crashed into the grandstands at an air race event in Reno, Nev.
'Mass Casualty Situation' After Plane Crashes At Reno Air Show
'Mass Casualty Situation' After Plane Crashes At Reno Air Show
Berlusconi calls Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse:" reports
Berlusconi calls Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse:" reports
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi reportedly called German Chancellor Angela Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse" during a wiretapped conversation, the Independent of London reports.
Investigators overheard the remarks during a July phone conversation between Berlusconi and the man accused of supplying prostitutes to the prime minister's parties, the Independent states. Berlusconi used the Italian phrase, "culona inchiavabile," reports the Atlantic.
More from GlobalPost: Italian voters run out of sympathy for Berlusconi
Investigators were searching for evidence against the prime minister regarding a number of charges including corruption, Germany's The Local reports.
“If the rumors are true, which are not only circulating in journalist circles but also in parliament, that the Prime Minister has spoken about Merkel in an unspeakable, unpronounceable, unacceptable way, the situation would be dramatic. Someone who has reached out their hand to us would be spat at in the face," Italian MP Rocco Buttiglione told parliament, according to The Local.
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi reportedly called German Chancellor Angela Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse" during a wiretapped conversation, the Independent of London reports.
Investigators overheard the remarks during a July phone conversation between Berlusconi and the man accused of supplying prostitutes to the prime minister's parties, the Independent states. Berlusconi used the Italian phrase, "culona inchiavabile," reports the Atlantic.
More from GlobalPost: Italian voters run out of sympathy for Berlusconi
Investigators were searching for evidence against the prime minister regarding a number of charges including corruption, Germany's The Local reports.
“If the rumors are true, which are not only circulating in journalist circles but also in parliament, that the Prime Minister has spoken about Merkel in an unspeakable, unpronounceable, unacceptable way, the situation would be dramatic. Someone who has reached out their hand to us would be spat at in the face," Italian MP Rocco Buttiglione told parliament, according to The Local.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Denmark final
SNA
Denmark's center-left has won the country's general election, turning Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt into the country's first woman prime minister, BBC reported.
With all votes counted, the centre-left bloc won 89 seats in Denmark's 179-seat parliament against 86 for the centre-right. Turnout was high at 87.7%.
"We did it... today we've written history," Thorning-Schmidt told jubilant supporters.
She is a former MEP (member of the European Parliament) and is married to Stephen Kinnock, son of British Labour Party politicians Neil and Glenys Kinnock.
Incumbent Lars Lokke Rasmussen has admitted defeat.
Denmark's center-left has won the country's general election, turning Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt into the country's first woman prime minister, BBC reported.
With all votes counted, the centre-left bloc won 89 seats in Denmark's 179-seat parliament against 86 for the centre-right. Turnout was high at 87.7%.
"We did it... today we've written history," Thorning-Schmidt told jubilant supporters.
She is a former MEP (member of the European Parliament) and is married to Stephen Kinnock, son of British Labour Party politicians Neil and Glenys Kinnock.
Incumbent Lars Lokke Rasmussen has admitted defeat.
US2012 - the attitude
The 11 craziest things in Perry’s ‘Fed Up’ manifesto
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been taking a lot of heat over some of the more controversial claims made in his 2010 small government treatise Fed Up! Our Fight To Save America From Washington.
The book is a fiery, anti-Washington treatise that lays bare Perry's ideas on the dangers of federal overreach and the primacy of the 10th Amendment. Incredulous pundits and reporters are heralding it as a virtual gold mine of opposition ammo for any 2012 candidate — Republican or Democrat — looking to torpedo Perry's White House bid.
In some ways, they are probably right. In the book, Perry affirms the death panel myth, lambastes, and calls Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" — and that's just a few of his incendiary claims.
Denmark's opposition appeared headed for victory
yahoo.de
COPENHAGEN - Denmark's opposition appeared headed for victory in a national election, signalling a shift to the left after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.
Updated exit polls released by broadcasters TV2 and DR as voting stations closed Thursday predicted a majority in the 179-seat Parliament for the left-leaning opposition led by Social Democratic leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
TV2 gave her "red bloc" a seven-seat advantage over the centre-right government coalition led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen. The DR exit poll, which didn't count the four seats allocated to the semiautonomous territories of Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, had the opposition winning by five seats.
If that outcome stands, Thorning-Schmidt would become the first woman to head a Danish government.
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yahoo.de
Danes on Thursday voted the centre-left into power after a decade in opposition, ushering in the country's first woman prime minister, according to two exit polls published as polling stations closed.
Both exit polls, published by public broadcaster DR and TV2 television, suggested voters had handed the left-leaning opposition headed by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 44, an absolute majority in parliament, ousting Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen's centre-right government.
yahoo.de:red bloc expected to gain 89 seats
COPENHAGEN - Denmark's opposition appeared headed for victory in a national election, signalling a shift to the left after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.
Updated exit polls released by broadcasters TV2 and DR as voting stations closed Thursday predicted a majority in the 179-seat Parliament for the left-leaning opposition led by Social Democratic leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
TV2 gave her "red bloc" a seven-seat advantage over the centre-right government coalition led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen. The DR exit poll, which didn't count the four seats allocated to the semiautonomous territories of Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, had the opposition winning by five seats.
If that outcome stands, Thorning-Schmidt would become the first woman to head a Danish government.
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yahoo.de
Danes on Thursday voted the centre-left into power after a decade in opposition, ushering in the country's first woman prime minister, according to two exit polls published as polling stations closed.
Both exit polls, published by public broadcaster DR and TV2 television, suggested voters had handed the left-leaning opposition headed by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 44, an absolute majority in parliament, ousting Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen's centre-right government.
yahoo.de:red bloc expected to gain 89 seats
Palin: extra-marital affair, illegal drug use
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is about to get another round of intense press coverage.
Author Joe McGinniss, who has been studying Palin for three years and even moved next door to her home to dig up dirt, describes in his book an extra-marital affair, illegal drug use and much more.
“The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” will not be released until September 20, but The Daily Mail reports on a few of the more shocking details that it contains.
McGinniss’ book reportedly describes that Palin had a sexual ‘fetish’ for black men and had a one-night stand with Miami Heat player Glen Rice while dating future husband Todd Palin. Rice is said to have confirmed the encounter to the McGinniss.
The book also contains claims that the former governor married her husband only after being impregnated, saying that her first child, Track, was born eight months after the wedding.
Author Joe McGinniss, who has been studying Palin for three years and even moved next door to her home to dig up dirt, describes in his book an extra-marital affair, illegal drug use and much more.
“The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” will not be released until September 20, but The Daily Mail reports on a few of the more shocking details that it contains.
McGinniss’ book reportedly describes that Palin had a sexual ‘fetish’ for black men and had a one-night stand with Miami Heat player Glen Rice while dating future husband Todd Palin. Rice is said to have confirmed the encounter to the McGinniss.
The book also contains claims that the former governor married her husband only after being impregnated, saying that her first child, Track, was born eight months after the wedding.
Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS
yahoo.com
Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS
LONDON (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that a rogue trader has caused it an estimated loss of $2 billion, stunning a beleaguered banking industry that has proven vulnerable to unauthorized trades.
Police in London said they arrested a 31-year-old UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, in the alleged fraud. UBS declined to confirm his name.
Switzerland's largest bank warned that it could report a loss for the entire third quarter as a result of the rogue trade, while shares in UBS AG plummeted 8.7 percent to 9.98 francs ($11.41) on the Zurich exchange by mid afternoon.
The case immediately evoked memories of Jerome Kerviel, the trader at French bank Societe Generale who secretly gambled away €4.9 billion ($6.7 billion). The scale of that fraud rocked the global financial industry and prompted banks to tighten oversight rules to ensure such large sums couldn't be traded unnoticed.
Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS
LONDON (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that a rogue trader has caused it an estimated loss of $2 billion, stunning a beleaguered banking industry that has proven vulnerable to unauthorized trades.
Police in London said they arrested a 31-year-old UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, in the alleged fraud. UBS declined to confirm his name.
Switzerland's largest bank warned that it could report a loss for the entire third quarter as a result of the rogue trade, while shares in UBS AG plummeted 8.7 percent to 9.98 francs ($11.41) on the Zurich exchange by mid afternoon.
The case immediately evoked memories of Jerome Kerviel, the trader at French bank Societe Generale who secretly gambled away €4.9 billion ($6.7 billion). The scale of that fraud rocked the global financial industry and prompted banks to tighten oversight rules to ensure such large sums couldn't be traded unnoticed.
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Germany-EU: Oettinger demanded to apologize for flag suggestion
Oettinger soll sich für Halbmast-Vorschlag entschuldigen AFP - vor 6 Stunden
"In my homeland Baden-Württemberg we are all sitting in one boat"
The man who gave us battleship English provides us with the flag order for it. Broke? Lower identifications. Piracy is crime! No flags there.
Flags of debt countries should only be hissed half the height.
"In my homeland Baden-Württemberg we are all sitting in one boat"
The man who gave us battleship English provides us with the flag order for it. Broke? Lower identifications. Piracy is crime! No flags there.
Gul demans more respect for Turks living in Germany
Gül fordert größere Wertschätzung türkischer Einwanderer AFP - vor 7 Stunden
Germany
Rumours about conservative-lib dem end of coalition due to euro-twist
One thing is clear: Roesler wrote off the Berlin vote. The incoherent image of the govt is a disaster for the vote in the capital city on sunday. So, he can keep attacking till sunday only endangering this vote. Afterwards, its straight minus for the coalition because there is no other option for adjustment in terms of nearby votes.
In the coalition-internal controversy over the euro-crisis the rifts become ever deeper: Transport minister Peter Ramsauer expressed himself sceptically over the assistance for Greece, FDP head Philipp Rösler got according to his statements about a possible insolvency of the country cover from the own rows. In the black-yellow coalition speculations were rejected at the same time over a possible end of the government coalition.
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Number of Americans in poverty hits record high
bbc
The number of Americans living in poverty rose to 46.2 million last year, nearly one in six people, according to the US Census Bureau's annual report.
The 2010 data shows the poverty rate at 15.1%, from 14.3% in 2009. The number of Americans without health insurance also rose slightly to 49.9 million.
The poverty rate was the highest since 1983, and tied with the level in 1993.
The number of Americans living in poverty rose to 46.2 million last year, nearly one in six people, according to the US Census Bureau's annual report.
The 2010 data shows the poverty rate at 15.1%, from 14.3% in 2009. The number of Americans without health insurance also rose slightly to 49.9 million.
The poverty rate was the highest since 1983, and tied with the level in 1993.
Euro-crisis: Obama is afraid of Europe's flu
Eurokrise: Obama hat Angst vor Europas Schnupfen
STERN.DE - Vor 50 Minuten
If Europe got the flu America godda sneeze as well: US president Barack Obama showed himself deeply concerned about possible global consequencesof the Euro crisis. He called the Europeans to a deceissive fight.
Merkel: orderly state default only possible from 2013 onwards
Reuters Deutschland - Vor 1 Stunde
Berlin (Reuters) - German chancellor Angela Merkel is steering a crash course against vice chancellor Roesler. An uncontrolled state default has to be avoided at any cost.
Debate about Greek state default: Roesler steps into the Westerwelle trap
Debate about Greek state default: Roesler steps into the Westerwelle trap
Monday, 12 September 2011
Berlusconi makes the flit
Rather in EU Parliament than in front of court
Fuzz and protest in the European parliament before a hastily planned visit of the Italian head of government Berlusconi: It's called a trick only "trucco" , in order to evade a statement in front of court in connection with his sex affairs.
The Italian prime Berlusconi is being expected in European parliament on tuesday afternoon - the day , when the investigative judges (examining magistrate) in Naples were poised to question Berlusconi about a potential blackmailing in connection with his sex-affairs. Italian media speculate Berlusconi wants to avoid the subpoena with the visit in Strassburg.
"Such speculation" was refused by the prime. He was firstly trying to arrange a meeting for monday , but this wasnÄt possible , he told the Italian station Canale 5, which belongs to his media company mediaset. Tuesday was the only possible day.
According to statements of the speaker of eu-parliament president Jerzy Buzek Berlusconi arranged the meeting himself and Buzek was about to welcome him disregarding an already full date planer. The president will talk "joyful" with the prime about the current debt crisis, Buzek's speaker said. Instead the president himself was caught in a certain shame - he mentioned 'he got principally only two minutes for Berlusconi. '
Fuzz and protest in the European parliament before a hastily planned visit of the Italian head of government Berlusconi: It's called a trick only "trucco" , in order to evade a statement in front of court in connection with his sex affairs.
The Italian prime Berlusconi is being expected in European parliament on tuesday afternoon - the day , when the investigative judges (examining magistrate) in Naples were poised to question Berlusconi about a potential blackmailing in connection with his sex-affairs. Italian media speculate Berlusconi wants to avoid the subpoena with the visit in Strassburg.
"Such speculation" was refused by the prime. He was firstly trying to arrange a meeting for monday , but this wasnÄt possible , he told the Italian station Canale 5, which belongs to his media company mediaset. Tuesday was the only possible day.
According to statements of the speaker of eu-parliament president Jerzy Buzek Berlusconi arranged the meeting himself and Buzek was about to welcome him disregarding an already full date planer. The president will talk "joyful" with the prime about the current debt crisis, Buzek's speaker said. Instead the president himself was caught in a certain shame - he mentioned 'he got principally only two minutes for Berlusconi. '
The shadowman tells us a story
"Françafrique": moneykoffers from Africa for Paris
shadowman narrates
A worse scenerio is hardly imaginable a few months ahead of the presidential vote: revelations of an insider out of the Élysée-palace transform the govt. into a corrupt gang of villains. Money flowed for years from African nations into the hands of the French president and several ministers.
Nearly all French heads of state of the post-war period received illegal funds according to the statement of an mediator from rulers in Africa. The inofficially-assigned Africa-mediator of the government for many years, Robert Bourgi, announced lately in a radio interview the names of Georges Pompidou, Valery Giscard d' Estaing, Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac.
Explosion in French NPP
Explosion in französischer Atomanlage
[14h26 ] Paris, 12 September (AFP/dpa) - 1 person was killed on Monday by the explosion in the Southern French nuclear plant Marcoule. Four other humans were injured according to data of the French atomic supervisory authority ASN. According to authorities and fire-brigade the danger exists that radioactivity escapes from the plant in close proximity to Avignon. The explosion occurred in an incinerator for weak radioactive waste, said the spokeswoman. The cause was not well-known at first. So far there is no emittance of radioactivity, communicated the Atomic Energy Commision after media reports.
A spokeswoman of the nuclear plant in Marcoule said before, one doesn't know whether radioactivity was emitted. The nuclear plant Marcoule , approximately 30 kilometers north of Avignon, consists of several smaller reactors, which are all shut down. The last power station, a so-called fast breeder, was switched off 2010.
[14h26 ] Paris, 12 September (AFP/dpa) - 1 person was killed on Monday by the explosion in the Southern French nuclear plant Marcoule. Four other humans were injured according to data of the French atomic supervisory authority ASN. According to authorities and fire-brigade the danger exists that radioactivity escapes from the plant in close proximity to Avignon. The explosion occurred in an incinerator for weak radioactive waste, said the spokeswoman. The cause was not well-known at first. So far there is no emittance of radioactivity, communicated the Atomic Energy Commision after media reports.
A spokeswoman of the nuclear plant in Marcoule said before, one doesn't know whether radioactivity was emitted. The nuclear plant Marcoule , approximately 30 kilometers north of Avignon, consists of several smaller reactors, which are all shut down. The last power station, a so-called fast breeder, was switched off 2010.
Municipal voting in lower Saxony
Social Dems win in Wolfsburg.
state wide:
conservatives 37 (41.3, -4.3)
social dems 34.9 (36.6, -1.7)
ecos 14.3 (7.8, +6.5)
lib dems 3.4 (6.7,-3.3)
leftparty 2.4 (0.8, + 1.6)
Social Dems win in Wolfsburg.
state wide:
conservatives 37 (41.3, -4.3)
social dems 34.9 (36.6, -1.7)
ecos 14.3 (7.8, +6.5)
lib dems 3.4 (6.7,-3.3)
leftparty 2.4 (0.8, + 1.6)
Greece facing a " Titans' fight"
Greece facing a " Titans' fight"
Rösler is the first one to speak of Greek state default
The tone between Berlin and Athens becomes rawer: As the first member of the Federal Government, minister of economics Roesler speaks openly about the possibility of a state failure of Greece. Meanwhile the Greek government struggles for new possibilities of turning away the threatening insolvency.
According to Prime Minister Papandreou, the country is facing a " Titans' fight" against bankruptcy .
Rösler is the first one to speak of Greek state default
The tone between Berlin and Athens becomes rawer: As the first member of the Federal Government, minister of economics Roesler speaks openly about the possibility of a state failure of Greece. Meanwhile the Greek government struggles for new possibilities of turning away the threatening insolvency.
According to Prime Minister Papandreou, the country is facing a " Titans' fight" against bankruptcy .
Rösler speaks of bankruptcy
Friday, 9 September 2011
Economy
money.cnn.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- European financial markets were rocked Friday following a shakeup at the European Central Bank.
Stock markets in London, Frankfurt and Paris all fell between 2% and 4%. The euro plunged 1.6% against the dollar. The yield on the benchmark German bond fell to an all-time low as investors hunkered down in safe haven assets.
Delayed by rain, Bachmann misses Obama’s speech
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- European financial markets were rocked Friday following a shakeup at the European Central Bank.
Stock markets in London, Frankfurt and Paris all fell between 2% and 4%. The euro plunged 1.6% against the dollar. The yield on the benchmark German bond fell to an all-time low as investors hunkered down in safe haven assets.
Delayed by rain, Bachmann misses Obama’s speech
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann missed President Obama's speech on job creation Thursday night, but delivered a response to the president's remarks shortly afterward. She dismissed the president's appeal to Congress as "nothing … More »
Turkey plans to send in battle ships to protect potential convoys to Gaza
German NTV
Human dignity protector Erdogan proves anew how valuable soap can be. He will protect such goods by battleships. My old German teacher instead once told us a story that they used soap out of jews during the 3rd Reich. I think there are ways for Recep flipflip to combine the msg.
Human dignity protector Erdogan proves anew how valuable soap can be. He will protect such goods by battleships. My old German teacher instead once told us a story that they used soap out of jews during the 3rd Reich. I think there are ways for Recep flipflip to combine the msg.
Another major crack at the ECB: rift over bond acquisition makes Stark leave
Beat of a kettledrum at the end of the week: Jürgen Stark wants to give up allegedly his posts as ECB executive economist. Reason for his exit is discord over the ECB bond purchases of (issuing member-states)what is particularly disputed in Germany.
The executive economist of the European central bank (ECB), Jürgen Stark, will shortly resign. Financial circles in Frankfurt and Berlin said, Stark wants to announce his resignation after stock exchange closure for the weekend. The ECB did not want to commentate this.
Reason for his exit is discord over the ECB bond purchases of (issuing member-states) what is particularly disputed in Germany.
Nothing was said about a possible successor. As a candidate financial Secretary of State Jörg Asmussen is considered. In any case the post is to be occupied again with a German. The negotiations are still underway.
irtschaft
US business cycle program disappointing for stock markets (well, still 3 weeks ago they told us it is too expensive. Now its disappointing???!)
The executive economist of the European central bank (ECB), Jürgen Stark, will shortly resign. Financial circles in Frankfurt and Berlin said, Stark wants to announce his resignation after stock exchange closure for the weekend. The ECB did not want to commentate this.
Reason for his exit is discord over the ECB bond purchases of (issuing member-states) what is particularly disputed in Germany.
Nothing was said about a possible successor. As a candidate financial Secretary of State Jörg Asmussen is considered. In any case the post is to be occupied again with a German. The negotiations are still underway.
irtschaft
After Stark-resignation
Euro drops below 1,37
US business cycle program disappointing for stock markets (well, still 3 weeks ago they told us it is too expensive. Now its disappointing???!)
The decay of a superpower
The decline of a superpower
The attacks from 11 September marked the beginning of the descent of the US. But not the terror tore the country into the abyss, but a government, which threw itself into two wars and forgot over it the problems at the home front. At the end of the "Decade from hell" the US went bankrupt politically, financially and morally.
911 changed everything. When the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed and buried nearly 3000 humans under it, the US already were in an economic and political crisis. The mud battle around the impeachment proceedings against president Bill Clinton two years before had divided the nation into two camps and the disputed presidential elections 2000 deepened this splitting between democrats and conservative even more: George W. Bush was allowed to move into white house though he had fewer votes than Al Gore - owing it to more electoral votes and after a violently disputed judgement of the supreme Court . And also economically it did not go too well after the bust of the Dotcom bubble , although president Clinton had left still another nearly balanced national budget. But when Islamist assassins with airplanes attacked, these problems all moved into the background.
The attacks from 11 September marked the beginning of the descent of the US. But not the terror tore the country into the abyss, but a government, which threw itself into two wars and forgot over it the problems at the home front. At the end of the "Decade from hell" the US went bankrupt politically, financially and morally.
911 changed everything. When the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed and buried nearly 3000 humans under it, the US already were in an economic and political crisis. The mud battle around the impeachment proceedings against president Bill Clinton two years before had divided the nation into two camps and the disputed presidential elections 2000 deepened this splitting between democrats and conservative even more: George W. Bush was allowed to move into white house though he had fewer votes than Al Gore - owing it to more electoral votes and after a violently disputed judgement of the supreme Court . And also economically it did not go too well after the bust of the Dotcom bubble , although president Clinton had left still another nearly balanced national budget. But when Islamist assassins with airplanes attacked, these problems all moved into the background.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Bush-Cheney FBI Covered-Up High-Level Al Queda Confederate in FL
Bush remains the most absurd figure in the entire play. Its not strange that he was meanwhile in Florida, it is totally absurd. Bush reading those children books while the hq (of them) was obviously 100 miles away is a total outrage. I think Bush was complicit. period.
Bush-Cheney FBI Covered-Up High-Level Al Queda Confederate in FL; Saudi Fled on 08/30/01
In a breaking story published in the Miami Herald, noted author Anthony Summers reveals for the first time information that the FBI withheld about important suspects from Congressional investigators and the 9/11 Commission, and evidence provided by Congress to the 9/11 panel about a high-level al-Qaeda supporter in Florida that was never publicly released. The FBI withheld information about an Al-Qaeda network in Florida from both sets of investigators, according to former U.S. Senator Bob Graham. Less than two weeks before the 9/11 hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and World Trade Center, members of a Saudi family abruptly vacated their luxury home near Sarasota, leaving a brand new car in the driveway, a refrigerator full of food, fruit on the counter — and an open safe in a master bedroom. In the weeks to follow, law enforcement agents not only discovered the home was visited by vehicles used by the hijackers, but phone calls were linked between the home and those who carried out the death flights — including leader Mohamed Atta — in discoveries never before revealed to the public. Ten years after the deadliest attack of terrorism on U.S. soil, new information has emerged that shows the FBI found troubling ties between the hijackers and residents in the upscale community in southwest Florida, but the investigation wasn’t reported to Congress or mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.
Buzzflash
Bush-Cheney FBI Covered-Up High-Level Al Queda Confederate in FL; Saudi Fled on 08/30/01
In a breaking story published in the Miami Herald, noted author Anthony Summers reveals for the first time information that the FBI withheld about important suspects from Congressional investigators and the 9/11 Commission, and evidence provided by Congress to the 9/11 panel about a high-level al-Qaeda supporter in Florida that was never publicly released. The FBI withheld information about an Al-Qaeda network in Florida from both sets of investigators, according to former U.S. Senator Bob Graham. Less than two weeks before the 9/11 hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and World Trade Center, members of a Saudi family abruptly vacated their luxury home near Sarasota, leaving a brand new car in the driveway, a refrigerator full of food, fruit on the counter — and an open safe in a master bedroom. In the weeks to follow, law enforcement agents not only discovered the home was visited by vehicles used by the hijackers, but phone calls were linked between the home and those who carried out the death flights — including leader Mohamed Atta — in discoveries never before revealed to the public. Ten years after the deadliest attack of terrorism on U.S. soil, new information has emerged that shows the FBI found troubling ties between the hijackers and residents in the upscale community in southwest Florida, but the investigation wasn’t reported to Congress or mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.
Buzzflash
Greece submerges in recession
A true vicious circle- Greece submerges in recession
Greece experiences pressure from all sides. The checkers of European Union and IMF want to appear again in the coming week in Athens, in order to force the government Papandreou to further budget consolidation. At the same time the Greek recession is worse than expected. Besides the demanded deficit goal is not to be accomplished.
Meanwhile one disaster report follows another one regarding the Greek economical situation. The economic stall is still worse than feared in the euro-country threatened by state default. As the Greek office for statistics communicated, the economic performance in the second quarter on annual view shrank by 7,3%. Actually the statisticians had predicted a decrease of 6,9%. For the first quarter the office revised the numbers besides still further downward - thus the minus amounted to a total of 8.1% from January to March.
Greece experiences pressure from all sides. The checkers of European Union and IMF want to appear again in the coming week in Athens, in order to force the government Papandreou to further budget consolidation. At the same time the Greek recession is worse than expected. Besides the demanded deficit goal is not to be accomplished.
Meanwhile one disaster report follows another one regarding the Greek economical situation. The economic stall is still worse than feared in the euro-country threatened by state default. As the Greek office for statistics communicated, the economic performance in the second quarter on annual view shrank by 7,3%. Actually the statisticians had predicted a decrease of 6,9%. For the first quarter the office revised the numbers besides still further downward - thus the minus amounted to a total of 8.1% from January to March.
Perry, Romney spar over job creation, Social Security
cnn
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Debate newcomer Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clashed over their job creation records, health care and Social Security at the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.
"When I came in as governor, we were in a real free-fall," Romney said. Unemployment was 4.7% when he left office, the former GOP front-runner said.
Perry said his opponent had a great record creating jobs in private business, but not so much as a political leader. The Texan said he helped create 1 million jobs in a decade.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Debate newcomer Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clashed over their job creation records, health care and Social Security at the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.
"When I came in as governor, we were in a real free-fall," Romney said. Unemployment was 4.7% when he left office, the former GOP front-runner said.
Perry said his opponent had a great record creating jobs in private business, but not so much as a political leader. The Texan said he helped create 1 million jobs in a decade.
Dutch PM calls for Europe budget tsar
Dutch PM calls for Europe budget tsar
(FT) -- The European Union should appoint a new budget tsar with powers to dictate taxes and spending in eurozone countries and who could ultimately adjudicate whether countries should be kicked out of the euro, the Dutch prime minister has argued.
Writing in the Financial Times, Mark Rutte and his government's finance minister, Jan Kees de Jager, said the new "commissioner for budgetary discipline" should be given the authority to impose a gradually more painful series of penalties on profligate eurozone countries, including the withholding of EU development funds.
But if a country continues to flout EU demands for spending restraint, Mr Rutte's plan would force eurozone countries to submit their budgets to the commissioner, who could veto it before it is presented to parliament. Over the long term, Mr Rutte said, the eurozone should force countries to leave the euro if it did not abide by the commissioner's ruling.
Germany: Bosbach jumps off Merkel's rescue-bandwagon
The German conservatives are not sooo happy about Merkels Euro rescue. My personal point is, it reminds me too much of Bush's 700 bio rescue.
German NTV
It would be "kinda sensation" , if there were no more financial demands on Germany after parliament vote over the euro-emergency parachute, vice chairperson of the conservatives' parliamentary group Bosbach said. In addition, simply the crucial conditions were missing. The CDU politician belongs to those delegates, who want to reject the government plan EFSF during the vote.
what meets my suspicion is this news:
Italian banks borrow more money
The ecb provided lately clearly more money to Italian banks (than be4). Banks from the 3rd largest European economy borrowed 85.09 billion Euro from the ECB, how the ECB announced. In july the sum reached 80,49 bio € - as double as much than in june.
German NTV
It would be "kinda sensation" , if there were no more financial demands on Germany after parliament vote over the euro-emergency parachute, vice chairperson of the conservatives' parliamentary group Bosbach said. In addition, simply the crucial conditions were missing. The CDU politician belongs to those delegates, who want to reject the government plan EFSF during the vote.
what meets my suspicion is this news:
Italian banks borrow more money
The ecb provided lately clearly more money to Italian banks (than be4). Banks from the 3rd largest European economy borrowed 85.09 billion Euro from the ECB, how the ECB announced. In july the sum reached 80,49 bio € - as double as much than in june.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Bavarias Seehofer remains opposed to the economical govt
http://news.de.msn.com/politik/seehofer-strikt-gegen-eu-wirtschaftsregierung
well, it smells too much of an extra bulk. The govt is the top of the state. period. we dont have 2 govts. The govt represents its peoples, not its economy. An extra bulk in your pants is always so rectal if its male you know.
well, it smells too much of an extra bulk. The govt is the top of the state. period. we dont have 2 govts. The govt represents its peoples, not its economy. An extra bulk in your pants is always so rectal if its male you know.
Germany: Hans Apel is deceased
German NTV
The former federal minister of defense Hans Apel (SPD) is dead. This was communicated by secretary of defense Thomas de Maizière in parliament. Apel died at the age of 79 years in Hamburg. He was from 1978 to 1982 Secretary of Defense among chancellor Helmut Schmidt, he officiated as minister of finance from 1974 to 1978. 1990 he left parliament after 25 years.
NATO double track decision
Hans Apel was one of the defenders of the Nato double track decision among the German social dems. Schmidt and him mainly contributed to its defense, Willy Brandt and Wehner mainly opposed it.
The double track decision led to the foundation of the German Greens, for example Jutta Dithfurth, but Trittin and Krretschmann were also among them
The former federal minister of defense Hans Apel (SPD) is dead. This was communicated by secretary of defense Thomas de Maizière in parliament. Apel died at the age of 79 years in Hamburg. He was from 1978 to 1982 Secretary of Defense among chancellor Helmut Schmidt, he officiated as minister of finance from 1974 to 1978. 1990 he left parliament after 25 years.
NATO double track decision
Hans Apel was one of the defenders of the Nato double track decision among the German social dems. Schmidt and him mainly contributed to its defense, Willy Brandt and Wehner mainly opposed it.
The double track decision led to the foundation of the German Greens, for example Jutta Dithfurth, but Trittin and Krretschmann were also among them
Italian banks borrow more money
Fast 90 Milliarden Euro
Italiens Banken leihen mehr Geld
The ecb provided lately clearly more money to Italian banks (than be4). Banks from the 3rd largest European economy borrowed 85.09 billion Euro from the ECB, how the ECB announced. In july the sum reached 80,49 bio € - as double as much than in june.
Concerns Italy would whirl down in the debt whirl made rates rise during summer for Italy. Analysts assume instead that the banks are mainly safe for this year and that they will feel the effects of the rates only next year.
Italian banks hold large shares of the Italian state debt of a total of 1.9 trillion €. After the country got triggered by the markets, the ECB picked up acquisition of state bonds again and the ECB is since supporting Italy as well. Instead the program was heavily disputed from the start.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
German constitutional court - Greece aid
The Federal Constitutional Court announces today in Karlsruhe its judgement about the Greece assistance and the euro-emergency parachute. The complaints of a group of professors as well as the CSU member of the Bundestag Peter Gauweiler -examined by the judges- estim8 the German endorsements for Greece 2b 22.4 billion euros and the participation in the euro-emergency parachute 2b 123 billion euros ----- furthermore violating the German constitution . It is assumed that the court approves of the assistance, for future rescue measures however a stronger participation of the Bundestag is called in.
yahoo
Seehofer doesnt exclude Euro exit of Greece, but is principally calm if German parliament has more of a say concerning Euro parachute.
yahoo
Seehofer doesnt exclude Euro exit of Greece, but is principally calm if German parliament has more of a say concerning Euro parachute.
Yahoo fires Bartz
Yahoo fires Bartz as CEO, names CFO to fill void
Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO Tuesday after more than 2½ years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn't steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO Tuesday after more than 2½ years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn't steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround.
To fill the void, Yahoo's board named Tim Morse, its chief financial officer, as interim CEO. Bartz lured Morse away from computer chip maker Altera Corp. two years ago to help her cuts costs. Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, California, said it is looking for a permanent replacement.
Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock, also a target of shareholder frustration, informed Bartz about the move over the phone, according to an email the outgoing CEO sent from her iPad that was obtained by the All Things D technology blog. The blog first reported Bartz's ouster.
'Pavarotti's heir' Licitra dies after crash, aged 43
bbc.co.uk
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident.
The 43-year-old - who was seen as the heir to Luciano Pavarotti in Italy - crashed his scooter into a wall in southern Sicily last month.
He was not wearing a helmet when he crashed in the town of Modica.
The singer made his international breakthrough in 2002, when he stepped in for Pavarotti in Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Licitra died on Monday morning in the hospital in Catania, where he had been flown after the accident on 27 August, a statement on the the Swiss-born singer's website said.
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident.
The 43-year-old - who was seen as the heir to Luciano Pavarotti in Italy - crashed his scooter into a wall in southern Sicily last month.
He was not wearing a helmet when he crashed in the town of Modica.
The singer made his international breakthrough in 2002, when he stepped in for Pavarotti in Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Licitra died on Monday morning in the hospital in Catania, where he had been flown after the accident on 27 August, a statement on the the Swiss-born singer's website said.
Italians launch general strike against austerity
Italians strike against austerity
Tens of thousands of Italians have taken to the streets during a day-long strike against the government's latest austerity measures.
Flights, trains and buses were cancelled, and government offices shut.
The government has faced criticism over a 45bn-euro (£40bn) austerity package, and has been scrambling to revise it.
Some measures have been scrapped or watered down, but on Tuesday new additions were made - including a sales tax hike and revised wealth tax.
The sales tax is due to rise from 20% to 21% in the latest version of the austerity bill, while a 3% tax will be proposed for those earning more than 300,000 euros, the government said.
A constitutional requirement to balance the budget and changes to the retirement age will also be inserted.
Almost daily revisions of government plans, endless public discussion of every twist and turn, and increasing alarm among Italy's European neighbours, have put Italy right at the centre of the eurozone crisis, says the BBC's Mark Duff in Milan.
Millions of ordinary Italians are returning from their August summer holidays to an ever more uncertain future, he adds.
Where in the world is Gov. Nikki Haley?
No money for jobs in the state - no money for the state's Dept. of Transportation - over 10 percent unemployment in South Carolina - but there's money for the governor to take two dozen staff to Europe?
buzzflash link
Turkish PM issues Israel sanctions
Turkish PM issues Israel sanctions
Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkey's fiery prime minister ratcheted up rapidly-escalating tensions with Israel on Tuesday, comparing Ankara's once-close ally in the Middle East to a "spoiled boy" and announcing additional sanctions would soon be imposed.
"We are completely suspending all of these, trade relations, military relations, related with the defense industry," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to the semi-official Anatolian Agency. "All of these are completely suspended and other measures will follow this process."
Asked to clarify whether this meant Turkey will halt more than $3 billion in bilateral trade, an official in the Turkish prime ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity under government protocol, insisted Erdogan was not referring to trade relations.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Obama Says Congress Must Pass Jobs Plan
Obama Says Congress Must Pass Jobs Plan
DETROIT — President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country's interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. "Show us what you've got," he said.
In a partial preview of the jobs speech he's delivering to Congress Thursday night, Obama said roads and bridges nationwide need rebuilding and more than 1 million unemployed construction workers are itching to "get dirty" making the repairs. He portrayed Congress as an obstacle to getting that work done.
I'm going to propose ways to put America back to work that both parties can agree to, because I still believe both parties can work together to solve our problems," Obama said at an annual Labor Day rally sponsored by the Detroit-area AFL-CIO. "Given the urgency of this moment, given the hardship that many people are facing, folks have got to get together. But we're not going to wait for them."
Robosign scandal
democratic underground
Big US banks in talks with state prosecutors to settle claims of improper mortgage practices have been offered a deal that is proposed to limit part of their legal liability in return for a multibillion dollar payment.
...
According to five people with direct knowledge of the discussions, state prosecutors have proposed settlement language in the “robosigning” case that also might release the companies from legal liability for wrongful securitisation practices.
Some state officials have expressed concern that they have offered the banks far too broad a release from liability. Others say the broad language was perhaps inadvertently crafted and will be tightened as negotiations continue.
Big US banks in talks with state prosecutors to settle claims of improper mortgage practices have been offered a deal that is proposed to limit part of their legal liability in return for a multibillion dollar payment.
...
According to five people with direct knowledge of the discussions, state prosecutors have proposed settlement language in the “robosigning” case that also might release the companies from legal liability for wrongful securitisation practices.
Some state officials have expressed concern that they have offered the banks far too broad a release from liability. Others say the broad language was perhaps inadvertently crafted and will be tightened as negotiations continue.
Chiraq is frigging debile
I was always completly sure of it, but his own defense made the statement. He suffers from "heavy memory faults." As a result, the state attorney promised that Chiraq can stay absent from his own trial. See how important senility is.
Prozess gegen französischen Expräsidenten Chirac fortgesetzt
Prozess gegen französischen Expräsidenten Chirac fortgesetzt
German conservatives and lib dems are busy to lick their wounds
yahoo.de
Despite the renewed losses in an election, the conservative-lib dem coalition
stays the course on federal level. CDU boss Angela Merkel appeared " eager" that the coalition will make the decisions (probably needed to stay the course). FDP head Philipp Rösler admonished his party to topic-related work (no discussion about Westerwelle anew), while the SPD rated the result of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as tail wind for the Berlin vote. Mecklenburg Vorpommerns Prime Minister Erwin Sellering (SPD) wants to head negotiations with CDU and leftparty.
Despite the renewed losses in an election, the conservative-lib dem coalition
stays the course on federal level. CDU boss Angela Merkel appeared " eager" that the coalition will make the decisions (probably needed to stay the course). FDP head Philipp Rösler admonished his party to topic-related work (no discussion about Westerwelle anew), while the SPD rated the result of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as tail wind for the Berlin vote. Mecklenburg Vorpommerns Prime Minister Erwin Sellering (SPD) wants to head negotiations with CDU and leftparty.
Germany
Chancellor Merkel’s party suffers losses in her own home state Merkel's support slid, her pro-business allies suffered a "debacle," but the left, far left, and Greens all made gains.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered an electoral setback in her home state Sunday, two years before a national vote and amid mounting criticism over her handling of the eurozone crisis.
Key opposition parties took votes from her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) in the poll, the latest in a string of poor election results in 2011, dubbed a "super election year."
According to exit polls released by TV channel ARD, the CDU won 23.3 percent in elections in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, an embarrassing decline on the 28.8 percent they won in 2006.
As expected, the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the strongest party, with 36.6 percent of the vote, a significant gain on their 2006 performance of 30.2 percent.
The third-strongest party was the far-left Linke, with 18.0 percent.
The resurgent Greens scored 8.0 percent, according to the exit poll, ensuring their representation in the regional parliament for the first time. They had previously failed to clear the five-percent hurdle required to enter the parliament.
The far-right NPD, which has historically done well in the state that has an unemployment rate nearly twice as high as the national average, also lost support but looked likely to scrape back into parliament with 5.9 percent.
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Final results in the state will not be available for another two weeks, following the death of the CDU candidate in one electoral district, forcing the postponement of the ballot.
official "intermediate" result (Germany- Mecklenburg Vorpommern)
conservatives 23.1
lib dems 2.7
social dems 35.7
leftparty 18.4
ecos 8.4
nazis 5.9
lib dems 2.7
social dems 35.7
leftparty 18.4
ecos 8.4
nazis 5.9
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Tony Blair revealed as godfather to Rupert Murdoch's daughter
Tony Blair revealed as godfather to Rupert Murdoch's daughter In an interview with Vogue, Wendi Murdoch reveals that Tony Blair godfathered one of her daughters when they were baptized in the River Jordan.
"Johny Wishbone"
Netanyahu reminds me strongly of the PD chief in Beverly Hills Cop. He always makes me want to say 'Johny (...) Wishbouune.'
Israel PM pledges action after mass protests
Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern more or less final
Social Dems 36 % 28 seats
conservatives 23,3 % 18 seats
leftparty 18,2 % 14 seats
lib dems 2,8 Not in parliament
nazis 5,9 % 5 seats
ecos 8,2 % 6 seats
conservatives 23,3 % 18 seats
leftparty 18,2 % 14 seats
lib dems 2,8 Not in parliament
nazis 5,9 % 5 seats
ecos 8,2 % 6 seats
Germany: voting Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (C like Zukunft)
FIRST COUNT (18h13):
LEFT:
Social Dems 36.8% (+6.6)
Leftparty 17.2 % (+ 0.4)
Ecos 8.4%
RIGHT:
conservatives 24%
lib dems 3.1% (NOT IN PARLIAMENT)
nazis 5
LEFT:
Socail Dems 37% (+6.8)
Leftparty 17%
Ecos 8.5%
RIGHT:
conservatives 24%
lib dems 3% (NOT IN PARLIAMENT)
nazis 5?
LEFT:
Social Dems 36.8% (+6.6)
Leftparty 17.2 % (+ 0.4)
Ecos 8.4%
RIGHT:
conservatives 24%
lib dems 3.1% (NOT IN PARLIAMENT)
nazis 5
LEFT:
Socail Dems 37% (+6.8)
Leftparty 17%
Ecos 8.5%
RIGHT:
conservatives 24%
lib dems 3% (NOT IN PARLIAMENT)
nazis 5?
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