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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Barack Obama, Al Gore and the Chicago Climate Exchange...
Good news to know that the truth will always out--even when you’re Barack Obama.
“Obama Years Ago Helped Fund Carbon Program He Is Now Pushing Through Congress” is a FOXNews story by Ed Barnes. In short, “While on the board of a Chicago-based charity, Barack Obama helped fund a carbon trading exchange that will likely play a critical role in the cap-and-trade carbon reduction program he is now trying to push through Congress as president.”
“Obama Years Ago Helped Fund Carbon Program He Is Now Pushing Through Congress” is a FOXNews story by Ed Barnes. In short, “While on the board of a Chicago-based charity, Barack Obama helped fund a carbon trading exchange that will likely play a critical role in the cap-and-trade carbon reduction program he is now trying to push through Congress as president.”
The charity was the Joyce Foundation on whose board of directors Obama served and which gave nearly $1.1 million in two separate grants that were “instrumental in developing and launching the privately-owned Chicago Climate Exchange, which now calls itself “North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases, with global affiliates and projects worldwide.”
And that’s only the beginning of this tawdry tale, Mr. Barnes. More...
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How Al Gore celebrated Earth Hour...
As most of you know, just over two years ago, my organization, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, found that the knuckleheaded leader of the global warming alarmism movement, Al Gore, consumes 20 times more electricity in his home than the average American household.
Since Earth Hour was recognized today, Saturday, March 28 from 8:30-9:30pm, I thought I’d see how the hypocritical, fear-mongering former Veep was celebrating at his home.
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The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore’s mansion.
I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees. Full story...
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Since Earth Hour was recognized today, Saturday, March 28 from 8:30-9:30pm, I thought I’d see how the hypocritical, fear-mongering former Veep was celebrating at his home.
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The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore’s mansion.
I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees. Full story...
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Kissing woman bites off boyfriend's tongue!!!
A woman who bit off her boyfriend's tongue during a kiss on his birthday will be sentenced today.
Tracy Davies, 40, severed the first third of Mark Coghill's tongue after asking him for a "smoochy kiss".
The pair, who met through a lonely hearts column, had been celebrating Mr Coghill's 45th birthday, and had drunk two bottles of vodka before the attack. More...
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Naomi Campbell va devenir actrice ... à Bollywood!!!
La tigresse des podiums aujourd'hui âgée de 38 ans pourrait bien faire ses débuts en tant qu'actrice à Bollywood.
En effet, Naomi Campbell, qui défilait la semaine dernière à Bombay dans le cadre de la Fashion For Relief fundraiser, a été approchée à l'issue d'un défilé par deux grands producteurs de films indiens qui souhaiteraient l'auditionner pour un rôle important.
Flattée par la proposition et désireuse aussi de donner une autre direction à sa carrière qui se résume surtout à accompagner son milliardaire de fiancé à travers le monde, et qui est marié avec une femme qui ne veut pas lâcher l'affaire, Naomi a accepté de revenir prochainement à Bombay pour y passer des auditions.
Espérons qu'il ne s'agisse pas d'une comédie musicale - genre très fréquent en Inde -, car Naomi qui s'était essayée à la chanson en 1995 avec l'album Baby Woman a connu un véritable bide.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Politicians in India are promising gold and cost-free weddings to get elected!!!
Instead of the usual chant of Govinda Govinda in this temple town, candidates in the fray from Tirupati assembly constituency are chanting "goldinda goldinda" (here's gold, here's gold) to woo the over 2.3 lakh electorate — over 50% of them being women — by playing on divine sentiment to the hilt.
Moving away from doling out traditional gifts like saris, rings and nose pins to women voters, the candidates are now offering gold dollars of Lord Balaji, free cellar darshan tickets and Kalyanamastu-type free marriages. Sources said the contestants are keen to cash in on the Lord of riches by showering celestial gifts to women.
Moving away from doling out traditional gifts like saris, rings and nose pins to women voters, the candidates are now offering gold dollars of Lord Balaji, free cellar darshan tickets and Kalyanamastu-type free marriages. Sources said the contestants are keen to cash in on the Lord of riches by showering celestial gifts to women.
A candidate, on condition of anonymity, said: 'We know that women voters love saris, nose pins and rings. But this time, we have decided to woo them by distributing 2gm gold coated dollar emblems of Lord Balaji. Each dollar costs Rs 3,000. Nothing sells like the divine sentiment among the voters," the candidate added. More...
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"The king of kings of Africa", Moammar Gadhafi, throws a tantrum at Arab summit...
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers."
Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American ally."
When the Qatari emir tried to quiet him, the Libyan leader and current Africa Union chairman insisted he be allowed to speak.
"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," Gadhafi said. More...
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Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American ally."
When the Qatari emir tried to quiet him, the Libyan leader and current Africa Union chairman insisted he be allowed to speak.
"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," Gadhafi said. More...
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In Thailand, they buy votes ... with Viagra!!!
Vote-buying is an old practice in Thai politics, but one candidate in December's Thai elections has reportedly come up with a new tactic - handing out Viagra instead of cash.
The allegation, made Thursday by a campaign worker against a rival party, comes as rules about handing out favors to voters have become stricter than ever, barring even the distribution of free T-shirts and soft drinks.
The allegation, made Thursday by a campaign worker against a rival party, comes as rules about handing out favors to voters have become stricter than ever, barring even the distribution of free T-shirts and soft drinks.
Sayan Nopcha, a campaigner for the People's Power Party in Pathum Thai province just north of Bangkok, said the drug used to treat sexual dysfunction in men was being distributed to elderly male voters at social functions. More...
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Mexico's drug war (in pictures)
In December of 2006, Mexico's new President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels, reversing earlier government passiveness. Since then, the government has made some gains, but at a heavy price - gun battles, assasinations, kidnappings, fights between rival cartels, and reprisals have resulted in over 9,500 deaths since December 2006 - over 5,300 killed last year alone. President Barack Obama recently announced extra agents were being deployed to the border and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Mexico today to pursue a broad diplomatic agenda - overshadowed now by spiraling drug violence and fears of greater cross-border spillover. Officials on both sides of the border are committed to stopping the violence, and stemming the flow of drugs heading north and guns and cash heading south. (34 photos total)
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Jacques Attali invite les artistes à se prendre en main contre Hadopi...
Face à la révolution numérique, les anciens schémas n’ont plus cours ; plutôt que de subir les changements, mieux vaut s’y préparer, les anticiper et s’y adapter : c’est le message que l’économiste et analyste Jacques Attali vient d’adresser aux artistes, juste avant la reprise des débats sur la loi Hadopi à l’Assemblée nationale.
Et il ne mâche pas ses mots, dans cet entretien accordé à iPol : une loi « stupide, inapplicable, liberticide », une « alliance tout à fait absurde de quelques entreprises, quelques artistes et quelques politiques ». Et de se prononcer, une fois de plus, pour une licence globale en invitant les artistes à se prendre par la main. Car pour lui, les majors vont vite se rendre compte que la loi Hadopi ne marche pas, et, de façon inévitable, se tourneront vers cette licence globale, se répartissant les gains entre majors et fournisseurs d’accès. Et les artistes devront se partager des miettes. Suite + vidéo...
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Les Tamouls victimes d’une holocauste au Sri Lanka...
L’article 2 de la Convention sur la Prévention et la Répression du Crime de Génocide, rédigée en 1948 définit le génocide comme :
« Tout acte commis avec l’intention de détruire, totalement ou partiellement, un groupe national, ethnique, racial ou religieux, comme : le meurtre de membres du groupe, l’atteinte à l’intégrité physique ou mentale de membres du groupe, la soumission intentionnelle du groupe à des conditions d’existence visant à entraîner sa destruction physique totale ou partielle, l’imposition de mesures visant à empêcher les naissances au sein du groupe,… le transfert forcé d’enfants du groupe dans un autre groupe. »
Dans une récente déclaration, le président du Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaske affirmait sur un ton jubilatoire : « Cette victoire peut être reliée à l’histoire qui a été écrite dans "Mahawamsa" (mythe cinghalais racontant l’histoire des Cinghalais au Sri Lanka) et à la victoire d’un roi cinghalais, Thudakaimunu, contre le roi tamoul Ellalan. »
« Tout acte commis avec l’intention de détruire, totalement ou partiellement, un groupe national, ethnique, racial ou religieux, comme : le meurtre de membres du groupe, l’atteinte à l’intégrité physique ou mentale de membres du groupe, la soumission intentionnelle du groupe à des conditions d’existence visant à entraîner sa destruction physique totale ou partielle, l’imposition de mesures visant à empêcher les naissances au sein du groupe,… le transfert forcé d’enfants du groupe dans un autre groupe. »
Dans une récente déclaration, le président du Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaske affirmait sur un ton jubilatoire : « Cette victoire peut être reliée à l’histoire qui a été écrite dans "Mahawamsa" (mythe cinghalais racontant l’histoire des Cinghalais au Sri Lanka) et à la victoire d’un roi cinghalais, Thudakaimunu, contre le roi tamoul Ellalan. »
Son frère, Ministre de la Défense, a déclaré à ses forces armées : « Les jeunes filles tamoules qui arrivent dans les zones de sécurité, puis dans les camps, sont un festin pour vous, et les jeunes hommes peuvent être utilisés pour rendre rouge l’océan indien. » Suite...
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Israeli Railways sacks Israeli Arab workers...
State-owned Israel Railways says it has fired around 40 Israeli Arabs after deciding only military veterans could do their jobs.
The railways says its security department changed the criteria. But it also says it is interested in providing veterans work in this tight economy.
The workers acted as lookouts at crossings to prevent trains and vehicles from colliding.
Israel's Arab minority has long suffered from discrimination in the job market. However, the railway denied Monday that it was discriminating against its workers.
The railways says its security department changed the criteria. But it also says it is interested in providing veterans work in this tight economy.
The workers acted as lookouts at crossings to prevent trains and vehicles from colliding.
Israel's Arab minority has long suffered from discrimination in the job market. However, the railway denied Monday that it was discriminating against its workers.
It says the new job criteria would also apply to Israeli Jews who were disqualified from the military or chose not to serve for religious reasons. Most Israeli Arabs are not required to serve in the military.
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"On est étonnés par le climat de peur dans les médias français"
La productrice Anne-Frédérique Widmann est un peu éberluée quand elle évoque les relations des journalistes français avec l'Elysée, sujet qu'elle connaît bien pour avoir réalisé une enquête sur la libération des infirmières bulgares aux conclusions très éloignées du bruit médiatique français.
Comme Rue89, la Télévision suisse TSR (« Romande » vient de disparaître de son nom officiel) est partenaire du Figra, et y fêtait cette année les quarante ans de sa célèbre émission d'investigation « Temps présent ».
Comme Rue89, la Télévision suisse TSR (« Romande » vient de disparaître de son nom officiel) est partenaire du Figra, et y fêtait cette année les quarante ans de sa célèbre émission d'investigation « Temps présent ».
Elle s'est faite connaître en Suisse par ses enquêtes sur des pollutions industrielles, les fonds juifs en déshérence dans des banques locales, l'infiltration d'Attac par une entreprise de sécurité payée par Nestlé... Suite...
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Rise of sea levels is 'the greatest lie ever told...'
If one thing more than any other is used to justify proposals that the world must spend tens of trillions of dollars on combating global warming, it is the belief that we face a disastrous rise in sea levels. The Antarctic and Greenland ice caps will melt, we are told, warming oceans will expand, and the result will be catastrophe.
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But if there is one scientist who knows more about sea levels than anyone else in the world it is the Swedish geologist and physicist Nils-Axel Mörner, formerly chairman of the INQUA International Commission on Sea Level Change. And the uncompromising verdict of Dr Mörner, who for 35 years has been using every known scientific method to study sea levels all over the globe, is that all this talk about the sea rising is nothing but a colossal scare story. Full story...
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Voiceless in Mexico: the dead women of Juárez...
Claudia Ivette González might still be alive if her employers had not turned her away. The 20-year-old resident of Ciudad Juárez–the Mexican city abutting El Paso, Texas–arrived at her assembly plant job four minutes late one day in October 2001. After management refused to let her into the factory, she started home on foot. A month later her corpse was discovered buried in a field near a busy Juárez intersection. Next to her lay the bodies of seven other young women.
A few months later, María Luisa Carsoli Berumen, a 32-year-old mother of four and the secretary at a battered women's shelter in Juárez, was standing by the shelter entrance when her husband approached. He had a history of domestic violence, and although Carsoli Berumen had reported him to authorities, they had released him. Now, as bystanders watched, he stabbed his wife twice, killing her. Carsoli Berumen became another statistic in a decade-long surge of murders committed against women in this gritty border city. Full story...
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A few months later, María Luisa Carsoli Berumen, a 32-year-old mother of four and the secretary at a battered women's shelter in Juárez, was standing by the shelter entrance when her husband approached. He had a history of domestic violence, and although Carsoli Berumen had reported him to authorities, they had released him. Now, as bystanders watched, he stabbed his wife twice, killing her. Carsoli Berumen became another statistic in a decade-long surge of murders committed against women in this gritty border city. Full story...
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Comment je suis devenu terroriste...
Tout s'est passé très vite, sans que je m'en rende compte. C'était ce samedi soir, vers 20H30. Je ramassais tranquillement les couverts après un repas frugal mais équilibré : pas trop sucré, pas trop salé, pas trop gras, avec des fruits, des légumes, pas trop de viande rouge et des féculents, Mangibougisme oblige. Bref, rien de bien fabuleux, et tout bien en accord avec toutes les règles sanitaires et écologiques en vigueur. Et, d'un coup, ma vie a basculé : j'ai oublié d'éteindre la lumière, de me jeter sur le disjoncteur pour couper l'alimentation générale. A 20h31, ce 28 mars, je suis devenu un terroriste.
Je vais avoir du mal à dormir lorsque toutes les implications de mon geste seront claires dans mon esprit, mais je sais déjà que je vais devoir subir les regards courroucés de mes voisins, ainsi qu'une sévère amende lors de la prochaine visite à mon domicile de la Brigade Anti-Gaspillage... Suite...
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Des films X au frais du contribuable britannique!!!
Jacqui Smith,la ministre britannique de l’Intérieur, a de nouveau embarrassé son patron, Gordon Brown, en se faisant rembourser des frais de location de films pour adultes sur une chaîne payante. La Home Secretary, qui assure que la note télé avait été adjointe par erreur à celle de sa ligne Internet, a dû s’excuser et remboursé la somme. En fait, c’est son mari qui avait regardé ces films «pour adultes» alors qu’elle était en voyage en avril 2008. La ministre avait déjà été critiquée en février après avoir reçu un important défraiement pour son logement.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
China's role in the Sri Lankan war...
Sri Lanka, the once self-trumpeted "island of paradise," turned into the island of bloodshed more than a quarter-century ago. But even by its long, gory record, the bloodletting since last year is unprecedented. The United Nations estimates that some 1,200 noncombatants are getting killed each month in a civil war that continues to evoke a muted international response even as hundreds of thousands of minority Tamils have fled their homes or remain trapped behind the front line.
With the world preoccupied by pressing challenges, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, Defense Minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, a naturalized U.S. citizen, press on with their brutal military campaign with impunity. The offensive bears a distinct family imprint, with another brother the president's top adviser.
With the world preoccupied by pressing challenges, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, Defense Minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, a naturalized U.S. citizen, press on with their brutal military campaign with impunity. The offensive bears a distinct family imprint, with another brother the president's top adviser.
Chinese military and financial support — as in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uzbekistan, North Korea, Burma and elsewhere — has directly aided government excesses and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. More...
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Jewish writer creates outrage with "tolerant" Iran report...
A row has broken out over allegations of antisemitism at the New York Times, America's most vaunted name in journalism and a newspaper with a large Jewish readership.
The storm centres on a column about Jews in Iran written by New York Times journalist Roger Cohen and a cartoon attacking the recent war in Gaza.
The storm centres on a column about Jews in Iran written by New York Times journalist Roger Cohen and a cartoon attacking the recent war in Gaza.
The newspaper, and Cohen in particular, has been accused of being too critical of Israel and an apologist for Iran and its leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Cohen's column was written from Iran about the country's small Jewish minority. His piece acknowledged the difficulties the group experienced and portrayed them as part of an Iranian society that he said was more tolerant, democratic and sophisticated than many American critics allowed. More...
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Des Fritzl partout ! Un père incestueux arrêté en Colombie…
Un quinquagénaire colombien accusé d'avoir sexuellement abusé de sa fille pendant des années a été arrêté samedi, provoquant une vague d'indignation et un début de polémique sur la protection de l'enfance en Colombie.
Huit enfants seraient nés des viols répétés d'Alba Nidia par son père, Arcebio Alvarez, 58 ans. Aujourd'hui âgés de un à dix-neuf ans, ils ont été confiés aux services sociaux.
L'homme a protesté de son innocence, affirmant que son accusatrice n'était pas sa fille biologique et qu'elle avait consenti à cette relation. Après avoir été entendu par un juge il a été transféré en garde à vue sous protection armée pour tenir la foule à distance.
Huit enfants seraient nés des viols répétés d'Alba Nidia par son père, Arcebio Alvarez, 58 ans. Aujourd'hui âgés de un à dix-neuf ans, ils ont été confiés aux services sociaux.
L'homme a protesté de son innocence, affirmant que son accusatrice n'était pas sa fille biologique et qu'elle avait consenti à cette relation. Après avoir été entendu par un juge il a été transféré en garde à vue sous protection armée pour tenir la foule à distance.
Cette nouvelle affaire d'inceste renvoie au cas de Josef Fritzl, un Autrichien condamné ce mois-ci à la réclusion à perpétuité pour avoir violé et séquestré sa fille pendant 24 ans. Sept enfants étaient nés de cet inceste. Suite...
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- Un Fritzl italien arrêté pour avoir séquestré sa fille pendant 25 ans...
- Un homme en Inde violait ses filles … pour devenir riche et prospère !!!
- La prison à vie pour Josef Fritzl...
- Pologne: violée et séquestrée pendant 6 ans par son père?
- " Le silence des autres", le livre de Lydia Gouardo, sort aujourd'hui...
Fritzl's everywhere: incest father arrested in Colombia...
A Colombian man has appeared in court accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering 11 children with her.
Arcedio Alvarez is said to have abused his daughter, now in her 30s, since she was nine years old.
The case has shocked Colombia, and the 59-year-old needed police and army protection for his court appearance.
Arcedio Alvarez is said to have abused his daughter, now in her 30s, since she was nine years old.
The case has shocked Colombia, and the 59-year-old needed police and army protection for his court appearance.
Mr Alvarez, who the press have dubbed the "monster of Mariquita" after the area he comes from, denies incest and rape, saying his daughter was adopted. More + BBC video...
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English-only Sri Lankan postmaster loses job...
A postmaster from Nottingham who refused to serve customers who could not speak English says he feels "let down" after losing his job.
Sri Lankan-born Deva Kumarasiri worked at the sub post office on Sneinton Boulevard before being moved to another branch in Netherfield.
He claimed non-English speakers made it difficult to do his job properly.
Sri Lankan-born Deva Kumarasiri worked at the sub post office on Sneinton Boulevard before being moved to another branch in Netherfield.
He claimed non-English speakers made it difficult to do his job properly.
On Thursday, Mr Kumarasiri was told by the agency that employed him that his contract would not be renewed. More...
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Honour killings and honour suicides in Turkey...
When Elif's father told her she had to kill herself in order to spare him from a prison sentence for her murder, she considered it long and hard. "I loved my father so much, I was ready to commit suicide for him even though I hadn't done anything wrong," the 18-year-old said. "But I just couldn't go through with it. I love life too much."
All Elif had done was simply decline the offer of an arranged marriage with an older man, telling her parents she wanted to continue her education. That act of disobedience was seen as bringing dishonour on her whole family – a crime punishable by death. "I managed to escape. When I was at school, a few girls I knew were killed by their families in the name of honour – one of them for simply receiving a text message from a boy," Elif said. More...
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The twin in India who did his brother's job for 30 years!!!
An identical twin who worked for 30 years in a job originally won by his brother lost an Indian court battle to avoid paying back £11,000 of his wages.
In 1974, Rattan Singh's brother Prem cleared the Union Public Service Commission examination, one of India's toughest tests, to get a civil servant's job with the central excise department.
Prem also sailed through a Punjab government exam to land a well-paid job in weights and measures. Unnoticed, Rattan pretended to be his brother and took his place.
Together, the twins from Anandpur Sahib enjoyed the success of their scam until Rattan Singh asked for voluntary retirement and demanded the release of his pension in 2002.
Rattan Singh finally lost his job in 2005 and both twins were charged with fraud and are still on bail awaiting trial.
In 1974, Rattan Singh's brother Prem cleared the Union Public Service Commission examination, one of India's toughest tests, to get a civil servant's job with the central excise department.
Prem also sailed through a Punjab government exam to land a well-paid job in weights and measures. Unnoticed, Rattan pretended to be his brother and took his place.
Together, the twins from Anandpur Sahib enjoyed the success of their scam until Rattan Singh asked for voluntary retirement and demanded the release of his pension in 2002.
Rattan Singh finally lost his job in 2005 and both twins were charged with fraud and are still on bail awaiting trial.
Rattan Singh has since gone to the high court seeking a stay on recovery of £11,100. But a judge dismissed his plea.
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Kadhafi veut s'inviter en Suisse!!!
Dégel en vue dans la crise entre la Libye et la Suisse. Le colonel Mouammar Kadhafi a donné des ordres à son nouveau ministre des Affaires étrangères en vue de règler le différend avec Berne. La raison ? Le roi des rois d'Afrique, qui préside cette année l'Union africaine, entend participer à la conférence Durban II sur le racisme, du 20 au 24 avril à Genève.
Les relations entre Berne et Tripoli sont glaciales depuis l'arrestation en juillet de son fils Hannibal par la police genevoise (le quatrième fils de Mouammar Kadhafi était accusé par deux de ses employés de maison de les avoir frappés). Suite...
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UN adopts anti free speech resolution...
The U.N.'s top human-rights body approved a proposal by Muslims nations Thursday urging passage of laws around the world to protect religion from criticism.
The proposal put forward by Pakistan on behalf of Islamic countries - with the backing of Belarus and Venezuela - had drawn strong criticism from free-speech campaigners and liberal democracies.
A simple majority of 23 members of the 47-nation Human Rights Council voted in favor of the resolution. Eleven nations, mostly Western, opposed the resolution, and 13 countries abstained.
The proposal put forward by Pakistan on behalf of Islamic countries - with the backing of Belarus and Venezuela - had drawn strong criticism from free-speech campaigners and liberal democracies.
A simple majority of 23 members of the 47-nation Human Rights Council voted in favor of the resolution. Eleven nations, mostly Western, opposed the resolution, and 13 countries abstained.
The resolution urges states to provide "protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general." More...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
PETA slaughters 95% of adoptable pets?
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters.
According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers. More...
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George Carlin was right! Of course, he was...
George Carlin was right: this country was bought and paid for a long time ago and it’s run by the banks and the state. I knew this but I’m not sure I understood it until recently.
I recently took a new job in Milwaukee, Wi. In preparation for my relocation I called my creditors in an effort to responsibly manage my finances and see if for the month or two that I would be financially overburdened with the move if I could defer my payments. That small sum of money would be immeasurable in helping us shoulder the costs of relocation. My new company is reimbursing me, of course, but I still have to incur the costs up front. My creditors were more than willing to help except for Bank of America. I was in good standing with BOA and didn’t think it would be a problem. More...
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Brazil's Lula slams Western leaders over global crisis...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday at a summit in Chile told off representatives of the United States, Britain and Spain for causing the global economic crisis.
"My dear Gordon Brown, my dear Biden, my dear Zapatero, unfortunately you are more responsible (for the downturn)," he said, addressing them directly.
"My dear Gordon Brown, my dear Biden, my dear Zapatero, unfortunately you are more responsible (for the downturn)," he said, addressing them directly.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US Vice President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero were attending the Progressive Leaders' Summit in the Chilean seaside resort town of Vina del Mar along with other world leaders. More...
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Et la démocratie, bordel !
Comme tous les matins, Watusi, très matinal et pétant la forme, s’approprie le sachet de thé commun pour se faire son petit-déjeuner. Nafle, gros dormeur fatigué en sera pour ses frais. C’est ainsi que commence cette pièce d’Oscar Castro et c’est ainsi qu’elle se terminera : le monde tourne en rond à défaut de tourner rond.
Watusi et Nafle sont deux clochards qui vivent de la récupération du vieux papier et de la ferraille. Pour transporter leurs trésors, ils utilisent une carriole qu’ils appellent la «Douloureuse». Pour sa part Sonajeras, le clochard étranger, passe son temps à mettre au point un système qui transformera la «Douloureuse» en machine volante. C’est à ce titre que les deux chiffonniers lui prêtent parfois leur «véhicule d’entreprise». Suite...
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Obama isn't just disappointing me, he's scaring the SHIT out of me ...
Okay okay, I admit it, Obama isn’t really disappointing me, because I listened to him very closely before-hand, while ignoring his hypnotic use of “hope” and “change,” so I saw him for what he was and knew all of this was coming. He was actually never very dishonest about it. All you had to do was listen to what he was saying to folks like AIPAC.
Anyways, as you may be aware, the so-called “withdrawal” from Iraq leaves 50,000 troops in country and has more to do with re-naming ‘combat’ troops (“They will be called advisory and assistance brigades,” said Gates. “They won’t be called combat brigades”). More...
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Insensitive police return man's suicide rope to widow...
A police force has apologised to a widow after they returned to her the rope her husband used to hang himself.
Angie Gerrelli found the blood-stained yellow tow rope in a sack of items returned after her estranged 50-year-old partner John Gilmore killed himself in a park in Barry, South Wales.
Ms Gerrelli, 52, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has hit out at the insensitivity shown by South Wales Police in the incident.
Angie Gerrelli found the blood-stained yellow tow rope in a sack of items returned after her estranged 50-year-old partner John Gilmore killed himself in a park in Barry, South Wales.
Ms Gerrelli, 52, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has hit out at the insensitivity shown by South Wales Police in the incident.
Officers from the force have now been spoken to by superiors about their conduct in the matter. More...
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Texte anti-piratage: des artistes et créateurs affichent leur soutien...
Des artistes et des créateurs des mondes de la musique et du cinéma vont afficher ensemble leur soutien au projet de loi contre le piratage en ligne, lors d'une rencontre avec la presse à Paris lundi, jour de la reprise de l'examen par les députés de ce texte controversé.
"Parce que l'avenir de la création passe aussi par internet, parce que les créateurs veulent pouvoir continuer à imaginer et à créer de nouvelles oeuvres qui seront lues, vues et écoutées, les artistes et créateurs soutiennent la loi Création et Internet", déclare l'invitation de la SACD et de la Sacem. Suite...
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Suisse: Migros veut abandonner l'étiquetage du prix sur les produits...
Migros abandonne aussi l'étiquetage des prix à même le produit. D'ici deux ans, les prix ne figureront plus que sur les rayons, comme cela se fait dans les autres commerces de détail.
Par 84 voix contre 10, les délégués de la Fédération des coopératives Migros réunis à Zurich ont donné leur feu vert au changement de pratique. Ils ont estimé que l'affichage sur le rayon permet de repérer et comparer plus rapidement les prix des articles sans avoir à les prendre en main.
Par 84 voix contre 10, les délégués de la Fédération des coopératives Migros réunis à Zurich ont donné leur feu vert au changement de pratique. Ils ont estimé que l'affichage sur le rayon permet de repérer et comparer plus rapidement les prix des articles sans avoir à les prendre en main.
La présidente de l'assemblée, Ursula Nold, souligne que Migros pourra réduire ses coûts et faire profiter ses clients des économies réalisées. Ecologiquement parlant, le nouveau système évitera que des emballages soient détruits en raison de changements de prix, ajoute-t-elle. Suite...
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China's hi-tech 'death van' where criminals are executed and then their organs are sold...
Death will come soon for Jiang Yong. A corrupt local planning official with a taste for the high life, Yong solicited money from businessmen eager to expand in China's economic boom.
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But there will be nothing ordinary about Yong's death by lethal injection. Unless he wins an appeal, he will draw his final breath strapped inside a vehicle that has been specially developed to make executions more cost-effective and efficient.
In chilling echoes of the 'gas-wagon' project pioneered by the Nazis to slaughter criminals, the mentally ill and Jews, this former member of the China People's Party will be handcuffed to a so-called 'humane' bed and executed inside a gleaming new, hi-tech, mobile 'death van.' Full story...
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California may ban black cars!!! What next? Banning black people?
In a move that will likely get California's consumers in a huff, impending legislation may soon restrict the paint color options for Golden State residents looking for their next new vehicle. The specific colors that are currently on the chopping block are all dark hues, with the worst offender seemingly the most innocuous color you could think of: Black. What could California possibly have against these colors, you ask? Apparently, the California Air Resources Board figures that the climate control systems of dark colored cars need to work harder than their lighter siblings – especially after sitting in the sun for a few hours. Anyone living in a hot, sunny climate will tell you that this assumption is accurate, of course. In fact, legislation already exists for buildings that has proven successful at reducing the energy consumption of skyscrapers. More...
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Runnnig with the bulls in Spain! Just crazy...
Courir avec les taureaux en Espagne, ça vous tente ?
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Un blogger africain pas comme les autres...
Vous plaignez-vous souvent des fonctionnalités sur Facebook, Twitter ou autre... ? Peut être qu’il y a des choses qui vous dérangent. Et bien, arrêtez de vous plaindre et regardez comment travaillent les bloggeurs africains. Enfin, un bloggeur africain à Monrovia, au Libéria, Alfred Sirleaf.On l’appelle aussi « bloggeur analogue », parce que toutes ses new du jour, il les écrit sur un tableau noir. Il emploie des gens pour qu’ils lui transmettent les news de la ville et du pays. Pour des gens illettrés il utilise des symboles. Il y a même de la place pour la pub et en plus il y a des gens qui payent pour ça. Le prix de la pub est situé entre 5 et 15 dollars, ça dépend de l’emplacement sur le tableau. Alfred Sirleaf a comme projet de faire les mêmes tableaux dans d’autres parties de la capitale et ainsi apporter les infos à ceux qui ne peuvent pas aller sur internet, se payer une télé ou acheter des journaux. Voir les images ici...
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Une nouvelle greffe du visage réalisée en France...
Une nouvelle greffe du visage, la 3e en France et la 5e au monde, a été réalisée à l'hôpital Henri-Mondor de Créteil (Val-de-Marne) par un pionnier de cette transplantation, le professeur Laurent Lantiéri, sur un homme de 28 ans . «Le patient avait été défiguré par un coup de fusil», a indiqué à le chirurgien qui avait déjà réalisé une greffe de la face en janvier 2007.
L'opération, entamée jeudi pour s'achever vendredi au matin, a duré une quinzaine d'heures. «Le patient est réveillé et va bien», a expliqué le professeur Lantiéri. «Il est beaucoup trop tôt pour en dire plus sur la prise de de la greffe», a précisé le chirurgien. «Dans les 48 premières heures, il y a une période aiguë critique liée aux éventuels incidents purement chirurgicaux (caillots...). Ensuite, la 3e ou 4e semaine, on a la phase de phénomène de rejet, mais on dispose de moyens pour le maîtriser», a développé le Pr Lantiéri. Suite...
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La police évacue les étudiants grévistes de l'université de Strasbourg...
Les étudiants en grève qui occupaient depuis plus d'un mois le bâtiment des sciences humaines de l'université de Strasbourg ont été contraints par la police de quitter les lieux dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi. L'évacuation de la quarantaine d étudiants s'est déroulée dans le calme vers 5 heures et il n'y a eu aucune interpellation, ont précisé la police et l'université.
Le président de l'Université, Alain Beretz, après un avis favorable du conseil d'administration, avait lui-même sollicité l'intervention des forces de l'ordre pour libérer le campus, qui ferme pendant une semaine en raison de la tenue à Strasbourg les 3 et 4 avril du sommet de l'Otan.
Le président de l'Université, Alain Beretz, après un avis favorable du conseil d'administration, avait lui-même sollicité l'intervention des forces de l'ordre pour libérer le campus, qui ferme pendant une semaine en raison de la tenue à Strasbourg les 3 et 4 avril du sommet de l'Otan.
La préfecture avait fait valoir aux responsables de l'université que la sécurité ne pourrait être garantie si des manifestants opposés à l'Alliance atlantique, attendus en nombre à Strasbourg, décidaient d'occuper des bâtiments universitaires.
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Rape victim in India wants to marry rapist to escape social stigma...
A rape victim has told a city court that she wants to marry her violator. Almost four years after Sheila was allegedly raped by Ali (both names changed), she has converted to Islam and is ready to accept him as her husband.
She told the court that her marriage to Ali was necessary to end the social stigma she faced since 2005.
She told the court that her marriage to Ali was necessary to end the social stigma she faced since 2005.
The drama unfolded on Thursday in the court of Additional Sessions Judge V.K. Khanna during the hearing of the bail plea of Ali. More...
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Smokers worse than cows shitting, says Malaysian spiritual leader!!!
The spiritual leader of Malaysia's hardline Islamic party has slammed Muslim smokers as being worse than defecating cows, a news report said Friday.
Smoking is banned in Islam because it is hazardous to one's health, said Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the respected chief minister of the northern state of Kelantan and spiritual leader of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia.
Smoking is banned in Islam because it is hazardous to one's health, said Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the respected chief minister of the northern state of Kelantan and spiritual leader of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia.
'A cow which defecates in the middle of the road, [we] cannot take legal action against it because it has no brain and cannot think,' Nik Aziz was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency. More...
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Iraq after six years, the numbers tell a scary tale...
Dear Friends,
I pride myself in being a scientist and a researcher. I built my academic career on theories and numbers. As a teacher, I teach my students that everything is based in science - everything has reason. For this reason, I am always frustrated with myself when I find I am overwhelmed with feelings on specific topics.
One such topic is the occupation of my country, Iraq. On this subject I find that I cannot always be dispassionate. I cannot be the researcher and observer and discuss it without feeling or emotion as I am sometimes expected to do. I find myself doing research on the damages caused by the war and occupation, and my head buzzes with anger, my eyes burn with tears of desperation at the state of my country.
Six years after the attack and the pain is as fresh and cutting as it was in March 2003. This year, I decided, I would view it as a scientist. I would not attack the subject with emotion. I would let the numbers speak for themselves. This year I will sit back and play the part of the analyst- the researcher- on this topic that is closest to my heart.
I pride myself in being a scientist and a researcher. I built my academic career on theories and numbers. As a teacher, I teach my students that everything is based in science - everything has reason. For this reason, I am always frustrated with myself when I find I am overwhelmed with feelings on specific topics.
One such topic is the occupation of my country, Iraq. On this subject I find that I cannot always be dispassionate. I cannot be the researcher and observer and discuss it without feeling or emotion as I am sometimes expected to do. I find myself doing research on the damages caused by the war and occupation, and my head buzzes with anger, my eyes burn with tears of desperation at the state of my country.
Six years after the attack and the pain is as fresh and cutting as it was in March 2003. This year, I decided, I would view it as a scientist. I would not attack the subject with emotion. I would let the numbers speak for themselves. This year I will sit back and play the part of the analyst- the researcher- on this topic that is closest to my heart.
Six years into the occupation… More...
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Psychics get State funding to teach about communicating with the dead...
Two psychics from Wales have been awarded £4,500 of government funding to teach people how to 'communicate with the dead'.
Paul and Deborah Rees, who are both self-styled mediums, have been awarded the cash under the Government's Want2Work job creation scheme.
The couple, from Bridgend, south Wales, will use it to instruct people on how to contact friends and relatives "on the other side". More...
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Photographs of ghosts: real or fake?
Scientists have been stumped by a series of ghost photographs after appealing for members of the public to send in their most spooky images.
Psychologist Richard Wiseman and his team received 250 images which showed mysterious-looking orbs, mists, figures and faces.
While they say many can be explained by camera flash reflecting off dust, condensed breath in front of the lens or people selecting the wrong exposure length, others have left them scratching their heads.
Psychologist Richard Wiseman and his team received 250 images which showed mysterious-looking orbs, mists, figures and faces.
While they say many can be explained by camera flash reflecting off dust, condensed breath in front of the lens or people selecting the wrong exposure length, others have left them scratching their heads.
A public vote of over 250,000 people - part of Edinburgh International Science Festival - picked the five most spooky ghost photographs which are shown here...
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4000 more troops for Afghanistan! This is change you promised, Mr.Obama?
President Obama, saying "the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks are in Pakistan and Afghanistan," announced a new strategy Friday to confront the growing threat in the two countries.
He announced plans for 4,000 more troops in Afghanistan, new legislation that would help the economies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, more training to bolster Afghan security forces and an increase in civilian expertise to help develop Afghanistan's economic, social and governmental institutions.
The president said that the "situation is increasingly perilous" in the region, and that 2008 was the deadliest year for U.S. forces in the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. More...
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Fritzl's everywhere: an Italian and his son arrested...
Police have arrested a man and his son on suspicion of raping their daughters in the northern Italian city of Turin.
The son was allegedly encouraged to imitate his father, who reportedly kept his daughter captive in a dark room for 25 years, sexually abusing her.
Italian media say the first victim, given the pseudonym "Laura", is now 34 and is having psychological treatment.
Laura alerted the police, who now believe that the 63-year-old man's son also raped his own four daughters.
Laura's abuse is believed to have started when she was nine years old.
Italian media say the case echoes that of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man jailed for life on 19 March for having kept his daughter as a sex slave in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children.
The son was allegedly encouraged to imitate his father, who reportedly kept his daughter captive in a dark room for 25 years, sexually abusing her.
Italian media say the first victim, given the pseudonym "Laura", is now 34 and is having psychological treatment.
Laura alerted the police, who now believe that the 63-year-old man's son also raped his own four daughters.
Laura's abuse is believed to have started when she was nine years old.
Italian media say the case echoes that of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man jailed for life on 19 March for having kept his daughter as a sex slave in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children.
Italian police announced the arrest of the 63-year-old man, an itinerant trader, and his 40-year-old son on Friday.
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- A man in Mumbai rapes his daughters to attain prosperity!!!
- Fritzl's everywhere; Malaysian girls raped by their step-father for four years...
- Josef Fritzl sentenced to die in prison...
- British man jailed for rape of children, granddaughter...
- Fritzl-like case in Poland: man accused of raping his daughter and holding her captive for 6 years..
- Maria Monaco: family keeps her prisoner for 18 years...
Un Fritzl italien arrêté pour avoir séquestré sa fille pendant 25 ans...
Un père de famille de Turin (nord) a été arrêté pour avoir violé et séquestré sa fille pendant 25 ans, et avoir incité son fils, lui aussi écroué, à se livrer aux mêmes abus sexuels sur ses propres filles, a-t-on appris vendredi auprès de la préfecture de police.
La fille de 34 ans, était violée régulièrement depuis l'âge de 9 ans par son père, un marchand ambulant de 63 ans, selon les enquêteurs, cités par le quotidien La Repubblica.
La fille de 34 ans, était violée régulièrement depuis l'âge de 9 ans par son père, un marchand ambulant de 63 ans, selon les enquêteurs, cités par le quotidien La Repubblica.
La jeune femme, qui ne pouvait pas sortir de chez elle sans être accompagnée par son père, était enfermée dans une pièce sans lumière et n'a plus été scolarisée depuis la classe de cinquième (environ 13 ans), selon la même source. Suite...
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- Un homme en Inde violait ses filles … pour devenir riche et prospère !!!
- La prison à vie pour Josef Fritzl...
- Amstetten: le cachot de Josef Fritzl...
- Un homme retient sa famille en captivité pendant trois ans dans un mobile home...
- Maria Monaco, séquestrée pendant dix-huit ans par sa propre famille...
- " Le silence des autres", le livre de Lydia Gouardo, sort aujourd'hui...
Besoin d'argent? Pourquoi pas vendre votre culotte sale et odorante???
Environ 300 euros par mois, « 80 euros les bonnes semaines ». C’est ce que gagne Nikita P, 21 ans, en vendant ses petites culottes portées, par Internet exclusivement. « Je suis étudiante, je perçois une bourse d'étude mais je ne rechigne pas contre ces 300 euros supplémentaires, en particulier car j'ai mon propre appartement. »
Elle a commencé il y a moins de trois mois, par hasard, un soir où elle s’ennuyait, après des remarques excitantes de son petit ami sur l’odeur de ses culottes en fin de journée : Suite...
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