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Is Martha Stewart on the EU Speed Dial?
2003-10-16
EFL from BBC
Will that foundation for transparency in government that provides corruption ratings begin to rank the EU soon?
The Belgian authorities have arrested two people - one of them an employee of the European Commission - in connection with alleged fraud in international grain dealing. The arrests follow an investigation into reports that large grain companies were warned of weekly changes in price subsidies before they were publicly announced. Reuters quoted the commission’s chief spokesman, Reijo Kemppinen, as saying that the commission official was suspected of taking bribes. Correspondents say the affair will come as an embarrassment to the commission, which has already been hit by a scandal at its statistical arm Eurostat in recent weeks.
I include some comments that Ed Beccera made concerning Radical Islam overrunning Africa. They explain how proponents of strict Sharia law can be rationalized with bribery - in the courts of Kenya for instance. Ed’s comments cleared up some issues for me.
You can get a loan from someone, and they’re forbidden to charge you interest. (ie, you borrow $100, you pay back only $100)

But late charges are NOT forbidden. So when a loan is made, there’s an unspoken understanding between lender and borrower that the borrower will come in "late" to make a payment. (Late meaning something along the lines of "ohmyallah, it’s 2pm, I was supposed to be there at 1:59...")

Then, the borrower is charged a "late fee" for not having made the payment on time. And if the late fee just happens to be the same amount that any interest might have been, hey, that’s just one of those marvelous coincidences that Allah permits to happen in this wonderful world.

The entire process is winked at by the majority of Islam, with only the real psychos screaming about it.

Same goes for bribes. Bribes are forbidden, charitable donations are not. "I was just a little too busy to make it to a place where I could donate this money, your Honor.. will you please take it for me, and see that it’s put to a charitable use?"

And it’s just another one of those marvelous coincidences that the "most charitable use" that the judge could find was at his own home.

Funny how that works out, eh?

Ed Becerra
Thank you Ed
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