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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Soccer referee decapitated after stabbing player to death in Brazil
[USATODAY] Police say enraged spectators invaded a football field, stoned the referee to death and quartered his body after he stabbed a player to death.
And they say metric football's not exciting!
The Public Safety Department of the state of Maranhao says in a statement that it all started when referee Otavio da Silva expelled player Josenir Abreu from a game last weekend. The two got into a fist fight, then Silva took out a knife and stabbed Abreu, who died on his way to the hospital.

The statement issued this week says Abreu's friends and relatives immediately "rushed into the field, stoned the referee to death and quartered his body."

Local news media say the spectators also decapitated Silva and stuck his head on a stake in the middle of the field.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wow. They really take their soccer seriously.
Posted by: gorb || 07/07/2013 8:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Same here.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/07/2013 8:52 Comments || Top||

#3  So, will this degenerate into a Civil War? Consider the El Salvador-Honduras Soccer War of 1969.
Posted by: Eric Jablow || 07/07/2013 12:20 Comments || Top||

#4  I take it that this kind of passion does not apply to corrupt politicians.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/07/2013 13:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Tossing cups of urine and feces from the stands became - unsatisfying...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/07/2013 14:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Uh, uh, SOCCER - THATS A BEHEADIN'/DRAWN-N-QUARTERIN'???

gut nuthin.

I should be surpirsed, but I'm not.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2013 22:55 Comments || Top||


Alleged plot to extort Paula Deen exposed; FBI makes arrest
[TODAY] Embattled celebrity chef Paula Deen can now add being the target of an alleged extortion attempt to an already full plate of legal drama.

FBI officials announced Friday that they tossed in the calaboose
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
Thomas Paculis, 62, in Newfield, N.Y., in connection with an extortion scheme targeting Deen. Paculis, who previously resided in Savannah and Augusta in Deen's home state of Georgia, has been charged with attempting to extort Deen by requesting $250,000 in compensation in return for not releasing "true and damning" statements to the media made by Deen, according to a federal criminal complaint filed on June 24.

Deen's lawyer contacted the FBI's Atlanta office after Paculis sent an email and followed up with a phone call requesting the money, according to the complaint. Paculis indicated that the information he threatened to release would bring hardship and financial ruin to Deen, according to FBI Special Agent Mark F. Giuliano.

The extortion charge against Paculis comes after Deen has been dropped by a dozen companies in the past few weeks after she admitted her past use of a racial slur during a legal deposition. A lawsuit filed against her by a former employee claims the employee was sexually harassed and worked in a discriminatory environment.

Paculis was taken to Onondaga County Jail in New York and is scheduled to appear in front of a U.S. magistrate judge in Savannah on July 16, according to the FBI statement. Representatives for Deen did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
San Francisco plane crash: 2 dead, 130 taken to hospitals
Non-WoT at this point.
Two people were killed and 130 were sent to hospitals after an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with more than 300 people on board crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.The crash occurred as the plane was landing at a runway that began at the edge of San Francisco Bay. TV news footage showed crash debris right at the start of the landing strip where it met the water.

The plane may have been too low and descended too quickly on its approach to the runway, according to data from the last three minutes of the flight from flightaware.com, a leading flight tracking service. The plane's rate of descent dropped abruptly, then it increased its altitude to 200 feet from 100 feet, which possibly indicates the pilot tried to power up the engines and climb in the final seconds in an unsuccessful attempt to stay in the air and touch down in the landing zone of the runway.

It appeared the plane landed short of the runway. A portion of the aircraft hit a non-landing area of the runway prior to the touchdown zone. The plane appeared to hit the seawall dividing the airport runway from San Francisco Bay, possibly causing the tail to come apart. Multiple sources told The Los Angeles Times there was no reported trouble or declared emergency on the plane.

The passengers included 141 Chinese, 77 South Koreans and 61 U.S. citizens. All the 307 people on board have been accounted for, the city's mayor told reporters. Air traffic at the airport was halted immediately after the crash, but flights resumed on two runways several hours later.

Boeing expressed concern for those on board the flight and added that it will provide technical assistance to the NTSB as it investigates the accident.
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nietzsche once again disproven.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  It will be gross pilot error since he came in too low over the bay and knocked the tail section off at the end of the runway.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink || 07/07/2013 9:53 Comments || Top||

#3  It will be found to be cultural error, but no one will say so out loud.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 07/07/2013 10:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Am certain that Mugsy is correct.

The big question is why the PAPI's were not captured and followed long before the arrival ("Make short approach." issue?).

The following would seem to imply that all was OK before the accident (The '77 prolly took out the lights during the skid-out):

NOTAM SFO 07/046
!SFO 07/046 SFO RWY 28L PAPI OTS WEF 1307062219
CREATED: 06 Jul 2013 22:19:00
SOURCE: KOAKYFYX

Posted by: Uncle Phester || 07/07/2013 11:15 Comments || Top||

#5  It will be found to be cultural error, but no one will say so out loud.
Posted by Nimble Spemble


Exactly! No one challenges the Captain.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 11:36 Comments || Top||

#6  Update: a/c was on a steeper-than-normal approach (>3-degrees). Power not added in time to stabilize approach / overcome inertia. Gravity sux....
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 07/07/2013 12:28 Comments || Top||

#7  I knew he had to be flaired up to bonk the tail off. What's Korean for "ooops"?
Posted by: Mugsy Glink || 07/07/2013 12:49 Comments || Top||

#8  What's Korean for "ooops"?

Co-pilot-san error.....
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 07/07/2013 13:22 Comments || Top||

#9  But let's not overlook the possibility that (1) ATC, for whatever reason, left 'em too high for the approach gate, and (2) The PIC accepted the Clearance-to-Land without having established a stabilized approach. Shared responsibility if this is the case, but, as is cynically said, "ATC means you never have to say you're sorry."....

Posted by: Uncle Phester || 07/07/2013 13:27 Comments || Top||

#10  “For now, we acknowledge that there were no problems caused by the 777-200 plane or engines,” Yoon Young-doo [president of Asiana Airlines] said at the company’s headquarters.

Looking more and more like pilot error.
Posted by: Squinty || 07/07/2013 13:28 Comments || Top||

#11  Drudge has a link to video from guy 'just filming' at moment of impact; also running on CNN; airplane is definitely too low.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 07/07/2013 17:14 Comments || Top||

#12  Heard NTSB gal on the news: plane was bleeding off altitude for approach with throttles in idle position. Seconds before impact, throttles were advanced and someone in the cockpit made a call for a go-around.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/07/2013 19:35 Comments || Top||


Hostess will freeze seemingly indestructible Twinkies to extend freshness
[NYPOST] Twinkie's legendary shelf life is getting even longer.

The leaner, non-union Hostess Brands -- looking to get by with fewer bakeries under new ownership -- will start freezing Twinkies and other snack cakes to extend their expiration date instead of delivering them directly to stores, The Post has learned.

It's a myth that Twinkies have an infinite shelf life. The seemingly indestructible snack cake actually expires after 45 days.

The old Hostess baked Twinkies, HoHos, Ding Dongs and other goodies at nine plants and got them on shelves within 48 hours using its own delivery drivers.

Now the plan is to bake goodies at five plants and freeze them before shipping them through independent drivers to supermarket warehouses, according to sources. Stores would defrost them and restock the shelves as needed.

While the new owners say the iconic creme-filled cake will evoke the same nostalgia, the thawing process could undermine the integrity of the product, according to sources.

"If they alter the taste, people may not buy it," one source said.

Hostess declined to comment on whether it will freeze baked goods but said, "Any suggestion that Hostess is changing the integrity of the iconic snack cakes consumers have loved is completely untrue.

"The new ownership is absolutely committed to baking top-quality snack cakes and, in fact, is making major investments to ensure that Hostess products are as good, if not even better than before."
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  only Peeps and Velveeta have infinite storage life
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2013 12:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Peeps get better with age, to a point. After that point, they can be used as masonry.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/07/2013 15:06 Comments || Top||

#3  :-)
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2013 16:31 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Wine-Soaked Popcorn Latest Trend In Pricey, Healthy Snacking
[BREITBART] A gourmet popcorn bar in New York combined two healthy foods into a trendy snack -- wine-soaked popcorn, the artisan popcorn maker says.

Artisan popcorn maker Populence teamed up with the New Zealand winery Kim Crawford to create two new wine-soaked popcorn flavors: Pinot Noir Chocolate Drizzle and Sauvignon Blanc Kettle, ABC-News reported.

"I love combining organic heirloom and whole ingredients to create gourmet popcorn flavors. To me, the perfect snack satisfies both a sweet and salty crunch but remains low in calories, low in fat, and is gluten-free made with all-natural ingredients," Maggie Paulus, founder of Populence, said in a statement. "I began making my own gourmet popcorn flavors to satisfy my cravings in a healthy way."

The Sauvignon Blanc offers a zesty, lemony taste, while the Pinot Noir Chocolate Drizzle plays to the more indulgent. Both are meant to be paired with their respective wines, Paulus said.

A 1-gallon tin costs $28 in Populence's retail store and $35 on its website, Paulus said.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Zesty, lemony taste" > Mehhh, its been done. No wines need apply.

The Choco Drizzle, OTOH, sounds very intewesting.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2013 19:47 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Metro rips out Phantom Planter’s flowers at Dupont Circle statio
Two weeks ago, I wrote that the transit system would look silly if it let perish 1,000 flowers planted secretly at the Dupont Circle station by local garden artist Henry Docter, the self-described Phantom Planter.

I feared that Metro would merely neglect the flowers. Instead, last Sunday, it sent workmen to yank them out.

The transit system regularly pleads poverty, yet employees devoted supposedly valuable time to remove more than 1,000 morning glories, cardinal flowers and cypress vines that Docter donated to the city — albeit without permission. The plants would have bloomed from August to October in a patriotic display of red, white and blue.

Docter, known as “The Phantom Planter” had taken it upon himself to plant Morning Glories, Cardinal Flowers, and Cypress Vines on Metro property at the Dupont Metro North Station. He was told that he would be arrested if he watered or tended to them in any way.
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/07/2013 15:38 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Like wanting tumor to smell good...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/07/2013 20:22 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
AL leaders stunned
[Bangla Daily Star] The defeat of the Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Ajmat Ullah Khan at yesterday's Gazipur City Corporation polls has left the ruling party leaders stunned into silence.
Next general election Awami League is going to be voted out. You heard it here first, but you probably guessed it even earlier. The general election after that BNP is going to be voted out in a landslide. It's the nature of Banglapolitix.
The BNP will stop complaining about the 'illegitimate' government the minute after they win. The Awami League will call the new BNP gummint 'illegitimate' the minute after that. But you guessed that also...
This is in contrast to their earlier expressions of optimism about the outcome of the election. They had been enthusiastic throughout -- from the beginning of the campaign to the end of the voting -- but the enthusiasm began to wane as the results started pouring in.

Following its humiliating defeat at the June 15 elections to four city corporations, the Awami League wanted to come up with a strong response in the Gazipur polls. It needed to win the battle here to reclaim some of the ground it had lost. It left no stone unturned to ensure a victory.

It compelled its rebel candidate Jahangir Alam, who had emerged as a factor in the polls, to quit the race in favour of Ajmat. The party tried to portray its leaders as pro-Islamic and its leaders in Gazipur tried to counter the religious propaganda against them.

Even at the last moment, the Awami League managed to get Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad to support Ajmat.

But all its efforts seemed turned out to have been in vain.

In the early hours of today, very few Awami League leaders were reachable for comments. Upset, many of them left the Awami League district office by 9:00pm. The Daily Star tried to contact at least 10 local leaders over the phone but none of them picked up the call.

Contacted, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said the party would come up with a formal reaction today.

Awami League leader AKM Mozammel Huq, election coordinator for Ajmat, termed the results unexpected.

"The religion card has influenced national politics. We will analyse all these factors in the future," he said.

Party presidium member Obaidul Quader blamed organisational weakness, behaviour of party men, and local and national issues for the defeat.

He said people do not remember the successes of a government but they do remember manners and behaviour of ruling party leaders and workers.

Although the defeat at the Gazipur city polls has put the Awami League in an awkward situation, it will give the party a chance to do what is needed and be successful at the general elections, Quader told The Daily Star at Black Rose Hotel, where around 50 leaders of the Awami League and its front organisations were holding meetings regularly on the Gazipur city polls.

Meanwhile, Awami League leaders yesterday alleged that the BNP in a planned way was trying to make the Gazipur City Corporation polls controversial.

"As with the four city corporation polls, the BNP raised allegations of vote rigging to say that free and fair elections were not possible under the government," said Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed at a press briefing at the party chief's political office around 2:00pm.

A few hours after his briefing, party Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif alleged that the opposition was trying to "misguide" people through spreading falsehood about the Gazipur city polls.

"All previous elections held under this government's tenure were free and fair and people realised that. The BNP has intentionally resorted to falsehood over the election to confuse people," he said.

The lights were out at the Awami League central office around 10:00pm last night as disheartened leaders and workers left for home early.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  AL leaders stunned? Me too, some of the all star fan voting is flat out stu... Oh sorry, wrong AL. Plus I'm an NL fan - to quote from Bull Durham: "I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter."
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/07/2013 15:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Spook,

I see that the Angels scored 4 in the 9th and 2 in the 11th to beat the AL-leading Red Sox. Could that have been it?
Posted by: Eric Jablow || 07/07/2013 19:08 Comments || Top||


Britain
Radicalization of Young Could Cure Political Apathy, Expert Argues
I'd file this under 'Bad Ideas'
If we are able to take the outcome of radicalisation away from violence, young people might be encouraged to experiment with radical views in order to shake them out of political apathy, according to a terrorism expert at Royal Holloway University.
How about getting the youth interested in ideas that actually work and will help them succeed?
"There's an old adage that says: 'If you're young and you're not a radical, you've got no soul; whereas if you're old and still a radical, you've got no sense'. That sums up the important part radical politics plays in the normal political awakening of young people throughout history. It isn't something to be feared."
Which is this guy?
Dear Winston Churchill phrased it differently. "Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains." Of course, those were the British versions of the things, which the terrorism expert ought to know, given the location of his university. I've never heard it said about radicals, but my education is admittedly limited.
Posted by: Squinty || 07/07/2013 00:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  how bout right wing nationalism?
no?
well..I see there's no pleasing you then!
Posted by: Maggie Whunter6574 || 07/07/2013 12:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Maggie, what's with this "right wing" nationalism?

The really evil, wicked, mean and nasty nationalism is the left wing kind. Hope you're not thinking that Nazis were right wing. Corporatists, crony-capitalists, fascists and National Socialists are all firmly enconsed on the left side of the political line along with the communists and socialists.

Course the line isn't a line but if you believe that it can be so represented, the farther left you go is an increase in government control and the farther right you go is an increase in individual freedom.

The extreme of the right is "might makes right" anarchy.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/07/2013 12:42 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm against "right wing nationalism". I just can't find any in today's world that matters.

My own personal opinion: the big evils in the world today are

1) Progressive socialism (malignant Euro-socialism)
2) Bolshevik socialism (communists including Maoists and Bolivarists)
3) National socialism (Nazis then and now)
4) Ba'athist socialism (off-shoot of fascist socialism)
5) Corporatist socialism (crony capitalism)
6) Salafism (all the Sunni Islamic crazies)
7) Khomeinism (Shi'a fundamentalism)

All but that last two are avowedly socialist and by definition, left-wing. The crony corporatists are the true whores in all this; they'll ally with any of the others in order to preserve their standing and their boodle.

I see nothing "right wing" in any of those groups. But I'm sure Maggie will tell me where I went wrong.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/07/2013 13:50 Comments || Top||

#4  They want the young politically awake? Are they sure about that? Consider what got them this way: decades of control of the education system by the left, resulting in a generation that is massively ignorant about morals, massively ignorant about what their rights are and how important they are, a generation taught that nothing is worth fighting for, a generation being taught that you cannot question your teachers/professors, a generation of "everyone gets a trophy", where there are no losers (and consequently no real winners), a generation that expects to be given everything but earn nothing, a generation that has been taught what to think rather than how to think.

They've developed sheep, they want sheep, and that is what they have: sheep.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/07/2013 15:03 Comments || Top||

#5  We should radicalize our young --- I'm rising mine (7 going on 18) on "Captain Underpants" and "Horrid Henry".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/07/2013 15:52 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm rising mine (7 going on 18) on "Captain Underpants" and "Horrid Henry".

Only a few more years before you can introduce them to the Heinlein juveniles and Ender's Game, g(r)omgoru.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/07/2013 20:24 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Snowden asylum
[BBC.CO.UK] The presidents of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia have indicated their countries could offer political asylum to US runaway Edward Snowden.

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro said it would give asylum to the intelligence leaker, who is believed to be holed up in a transit area of Moscow airport.

Meanwhile Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his country would do so "if circumstances permit".

Bolivia's Evo Morales said Mr Snowden could get asylum there if he sought it.

Mr Snowden has sent requests for political asylum to at least 21 countries, most of which have turned down his request. Earlier, Wikileaks said he had applied to six additional countries on Friday.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "bring your own toilet paper"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2013 12:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua?

Here's a free clue, Edward - pray Iceland takes you.
Posted by: Barbara || 07/07/2013 13:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Still comes down to whetehr Russia will allow him to leave widout first seeing his materials, andor widout Snowden spilling the secrets in his head.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2013 19:51 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Proton Failure Sets Back Russian Space Program

But the Proton M/Block DM-03 that veered off course and destroyed three Russian Glonass M navigation satellites in a fiery explosion near its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad July 2 comes at a particularly vulnerable moment for Russia's space program, which has suffered a spate of launch vehicle failures in recent years, including five in the past 30 months.
GPS is a military system, and later got declassified for civilian operation. As such, GPS provides an encrypted, high-accuracy military signal and an open civilian signal which is free-for-all. GLONASS behaves in pretty much the same way, just much more ineptly.
Russia's apparent nosedive in the quality of its space efforts has so far not affected launch vehicles serving the International Space Station (ISS). However, Proton quality control could have implications for Reston, Va.-based International Launch Services (ILS), which annually launches half of the world's largest commercial telecommunications satellites atop the Proton.
ILS was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between Lockheed Martin (LM), Khrunichev and Energia. In 2006, LM beat a hasty retreat and sold its shares in ILM to Space Transport Inc. In May 2008, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, a Russian company, acquired all of Space Transport's interest and is now the majority shareholder in ILS.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing formed in December 2006. ULA provides launch services using three expendable launch systems -- Delta II, Delta IV and Atlas V.

Russia rents the Baikonur Cosmodrome from Kazakhstan for military and commercial satellite launches and for Soyuz missions that ferry astronauts and cosmonauts to and from the ISS. This year, however, the Kazakh government restricted the number of Russia's commercial satellite missions in a dispute over launch debris, which falls into Kazakh territory.
Posted by: Squinty || 07/07/2013 13:43 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...in a dispute over launch debris, which falls into Kazakh territory.

Said launch debris now includes three Glonass satellites. Oh the advantages of launching from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg AFB.
Posted by: Squinty || 07/07/2013 21:12 Comments || Top||


Economy
Only 47% Of Adults Have Full-Time Job
[BREITBART] The release of the June Jobs' Report Friday was something of a relief for the markets. The Labor Department reported that the economy gained 195,000 jobs in June, which beat economists' expectations. The Department also reported that the economy gained 70,000 more jobs in April and May than it originally estimated. The report, however, also provides clear evidence that the the nation is splitting into two; only 47% of Americans have a full-time job and those who don't are finding it increasingly out of reach.
Some of those who do have jobs are sucking down the pricey, wine-soaked popcorn, though...
Of the 144 million Americans employed last month, only 116 million were working full-time. Friday's report showed that 58.7% of the civilian adult population of 245 million was working last month. Only 47% of Americans, however, had a full-time job.

The market's positive reaction to Friday's report is another sign of how far our economic expectations have fallen. If today the same proportion of Americans worked as just a decade ago, there would be almost 9 million more people working. Just in the last year, almost 2 million Americans have left the labor force. With a majority of the population not holding a full-time job, it isn't surprising that economic growth has been so weak.

In June, the number of Americans who wanted to work full-time, but were forced into part-time jobs because of the economy, jumped 352,000 to over 8 million.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wow that must mean 53% are independently wealthy.
Posted by: airandee || 07/07/2013 18:01 Comments || Top||

#2  How many hold two or more part time jobs?
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 07/07/2013 19:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Obamacare. That's why all the part time.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/07/2013 19:29 Comments || Top||

#4  A friend was bitching about her boss who was cutting everyone back to under 30 hours. Apparently he did the math. Evil capitalist bastard!

As the Freakonomics boys keep saying, economics is all about incentives.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/07/2013 19:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Welcome to "Globalism", Socialism, + OWG-NWO.

Part-time (PT) andor Less-Than-PT 9LPT) = NEW FULL TIME, + WID COMPLEMENTARY RFID CHIP, ETC. FOR THAT KINDER, GENTLER, "HELLFIRE"-LED DOMESTIC DRONE STRIKE.

Year 2015 is only the beginning for America = Amerika under OWG-NWO - prolly safe to say it will take another 2-3 decades for any + all the levels, mechanisms, protocols, + entities, etc. to be firmly = permanently entrenched widout challenge - IOW, THE ECON + WORLD IS GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS "BETTER".

Aren't the Amerikan Sheeple, of the OWG Mighty USSA = OWG Weak USRoA Global SSR, happy that their Soon-to-be-Global-not-National, pro-Multi-polarist Fed-State-Local Govts didn't ask them to vote on whetehr they wanted OWG or not???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2013 20:00 Comments || Top||


Europe
Eurozone faces 'lost decade'
The eurozone faces a Japanese style "lost decade" unless action is taken to address the deep-seated problems of its banks, ratesetter Benoît Coeuré has warned. Troubled bank balance sheets had the potential to “choke the engine of recovery” in the 17-nation bloc, and “exert a more persistent drag on economic growth,” said Mr Coeuré, who sits on the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Mr Coeuré said ailing banks had to be repaired or shut down. Failure to do so could result in a decade of stagnant growth in the eurozone, similar to Japan in the 1990s. He said the eurozone crisis risked creating a Japanese-style wave of “zombie banks” in which lenders, fearful of falling foul of capital rules, chose to “evergreen” - or roll over - bad loans instead of recognising losses on their books.

This had led to the “perverse” practice of banks extending credit to insolvent borrowers, rather than lend to creditworthy firms, said Mr Coeuré. Banks then “gambl[ed] on the hope that [firms] would recover or that the government would bail them out”.

Mr Coeuré called on leaders to complete the steps needed to implement the eurozone’s banking union. He also said measures were needed to tackle youth unemployment.
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How about a simple "get lost"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/07/2013 16:09 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Nawaz urges Chinese investment in power sector
[Dawn] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
on Saturday held meetings with delegations of China's top business executives and discussed with them energy, development and infrastructure projects in Pakistain.

The prime minister met the delegations on board a high speed train while traveling from Beijing to Shanghai, where he visited the Pakistain-China Energy Forum attended by over 50 prominent Chinese investors.

The Pak premier is on a five-day visit to China, his first foreign visit since coming to power in the May 11 general elections.

During his meetings, Sharif put special emphasis on his government's desire to utilise coal to generate low-priced electricity in Pakistain.

Jin Chunsheng, Vice President China Machinery Engineering Corporation said his company was capable of manufacturing coal turbines having the capacity to generate up to 1000 megawatts, greater than common coal turbines which generate a maximum of 500MWof electricity.

Chunsheng said his company was currently working on a power project in Jamshoro. Sharif also met the Executive President of China's Gezhouba Company, Yang Yisheng.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  During his meetings, Sharif put special emphasis on his government's desire to utilise coal to generate low-priced electricity in Pakistain.

Of course the Champ and his EPA are closing down our coal industry. Wouldn't want emerging new energy markets to reverse our government controlled economic death spiral redistribution plan now would we.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 7:25 Comments || Top||


Government
US Boosts Foreign Military Aid to Promote Global Clout
[Strategic Culture Foundation]
The US return to Asia, boosting the number of exercises and military presence in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East involvement and drone strikes, the gradual intensification of efforts to reinvigorate the African policy – all are the issues in focus. Training, assisting, and subsidizing armed forces of other countries is another significant aspect of US foreign policy, which is often overlooked or underestimated. But it is an important tool used to strengthen the country’s global clout. The last Quadrennial Defense Review report, which saw light in 2010, puts great emphasis on military-to-military coordination…

The US has a vast number of military training and assistance missions globally; it is the largest world contributor of military aid to foreign countries, providing some form of assistance to over 150 countries in 2013. It was 134 in 2012, or 75 percent of the states on the planet Earth. There has been almost zero discussion of how military assistance is organized and how effective it is. The administration requested $9.8 billion in security assistance funding for fiscal year 2013 against the background of sequester.

There are three main programs designed for foreign military aid:

- Foreign military financing for the acquisition of U.S. defense equipment, services, and training;

- Peacekeeping operations provide voluntary support for international peacekeeping activities;

- The International Military Education and Training program (IMET) offers military training on a grant basis to foreign military officials.

To avoid problems with Congress, inclined to blacklist the states with poor human rights record, the Department of Defense also uses other, less transparent, programs. For example, the Joint Combined Exercises and Training (JCET) program has allowed special operations forces to train Indonesian troops used to oppress the population of East Timor, as well as those of many other repressive states, under the pretext of providing U.S. soldiers with training in foreign terrain. They also train African soldiers in "peacekeeping" under the African Crisis Response Initiative. Today the U.S. Special Forces are operating in over 70 countries.
Lengthy article follows:
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 14:19 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Article possibly accurate, but salt needed with this link. Vlad obviously has editing rights.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 15:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Alternate title:
"Clueless US Administration continues to throw good money after bad, hoping somebody will FINALLY hold Champ's football so he can kick it and not Lucy-ize him (again)"
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 07/07/2013 17:18 Comments || Top||

#3  SCF works to broaden and diversify expert discussion by focusing on hidden aspects of international politics and unconventional thinking. Benefiting from the expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, critical thought and progressive ideas.

Wonder if they sponsor all-expense paid trips to Russia for aspiring journalists?
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2013 17:34 Comments || Top||


Lois Lerner Wants Immunity to Testify Before Congress - Breitbart
People who have "done nothing wrong" or have "broken no laws" should not need immunity.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 03:50 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I agree w/ Fred, but if this immunity is the opening to lead to Champ's door, then I would suggest it be granted post-haste.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 07/07/2013 11:13 Comments || Top||

#2  I'd like to see Lerner put through the wringer.
But the point that, if you've done nothing wrong you don't have to worry is bogus.
As one attorney said, most of us commit three felonies a day.
They'd find something if they wanted to. Just need some info on her phone calls from NSA.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 07/07/2013 11:28 Comments || Top||

#3  It's easy to ignore the constitution until you need it to save your worthless arss.
- Author Unknown
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 11:54 Comments || Top||

#4  No problem with granting immunity, assuming she has anything worth selling.

For all we know, it could be a move to keep her from getting fired from the IRS (or worse) for unprofessional conduct tangentially related to the scandal.
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2013 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  if she won't testify, they should fire her, strip her pension, and let her sit in jail - as a lesson
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2013 12:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Lerner is a "Glass Ceiling" poster child. I suspect we all know the outcome. An LGBT connection withstanding, the only thing that might insulate her further would be a claim of African American or Native American heritage.

She's relaxing, enjoying the time off, media attention, whilst plotting her next administration assignment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2013 12:50 Comments || Top||

#7  Her next administrative assignment is already set: she's running a big part of ObamaCare.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/07/2013 13:43 Comments || Top||



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