A Russian diplomat was shot dead outside the capital, Bujumbura, when he tried to drive through a roadblock, the army said. Vladimir Rushtiko was killed as soldiers shot at his car's tires, an army spokesman said. A Russian official in Bujumbura said Rushtiko had just completed his mission. No details were released.
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Almost happened to me once (vs. US consulate car) during the first Intifada. The moron just drove over the (what you call'm in English) tire destroyers---probably never occured to him that they don't understand diplomatic immunity.
(SomaliNet) A leading opposition figure said the mass emigration from Zimbabwe could hurt the country's opposition in next year's election where it hopes to gain some ground on President Robert Mugabe's ruling party.
Reports say some two million out of the country's estimated 12-million people currently live in South Africa.
Meanwhile, thousands of Zimbabweans have fled their country to escape the world's fastest shrinking economy outside a war zone. Reports say some two million out of the country's estimated 12-million people currently live in South Africa. Tens of thousands of others have left Zimbabwe for other African countries and Europe, especially Britain according to Experts. Many of those are professionals.
Deputy spokesperson for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) parliamentary faction, Abednico Bhebhe, said that exodus could hurt the opposition's chances to put a dent in the ruling ZANU-PF's grip on power. "Our active voters are going to South Africa or Europe," he said on Friday.
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Our active voters are going to South Africa or Europeto spread the gospel and good news of Zimbob.
Arab airlines might end up being the only customers for the A380.
Kuwait's Islamic firm Investment Dar is in advanced talks with European plane maker Airbus to set up a joint venture to finance aircraft purchases, a newspaper said on Saturday. Kuwait's al-Rai newspaper said the joint venture would have a capital of 100 million dinars ($347.1 million), of which 50 % would be sold in a private placement. It did not disclose the source of the report.
Investment Dar could not be immediately reached for comment. A spokesman for EADS had no immediate comment. Investment Dar would own 30 %, while Airbus would get 20 % of the new firm, the paper said. The details of the deal would be announced next month, it said. The joint venture's business would be financing aircraft deals for governments or airlines compliant with Islamic law.
Shares of Investment Dar, which bought a stake in British luxury carmaker Aston Martin in March, closed 1.69 % higher.
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Yeah, prolly hard to buy an A380 on credit when you won't pay interest.
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Icerigger; Boeing has had its share of loose tails also; IIRC 767 went through an AD to verify torque on attachment bolts due to improperly set torque wrenches @ the factory. The Airbus that crashed in NYC after a tail loss was due to improper bonding between the composite parts and metal attachment flange.
bigger story is that Airbus is going to own part of the company that is buying its own product; that is a self defeating spiral....
just drive a stake through the A380 and end its misery ( but then we will need something else to make fun of)
Former state minister Amanullah Aman was produced on Sunday in the tribunal on charge of endangering public security. Judge Khandakar Kamaluzza-man set July 20 for hearing the criminal case filed on April 9, 2001 on charge of throwing bombs and bricks at police during hartal. Three other former BNP lawmakersNazimuddin Alam, Alamgir Hossain and Jaynal Abedin Farooqwere also accused in the case filed by Ramna police, but were shown as absconders, prosecution said.
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Gulshan police on Sunday filed with the court of chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka the charge sheet in an arms case filed against former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar. The charge sheet will be submitted to the magistrate court which is trying the case on June 26 in the presence of Babar, court source said. The investigation officer of the case, Kabir Ahmed, said Babar committed the offence of keeping an unlicensed pistol and 25 bullets in his house. The joint forces seized four firearms from Babars possession. But he could not show any valid document for the pistol and bullets seized during the raid on May 28, the police said. Sixteen people have been named as witnesses in the case. Babar was remanded in police custody three times in connection with recovery of the unlicensed arms and ammunition. He was sent to jail on June 12. Babar faces a minimum of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for keeping the unlicensed pistol and five more years for the bullets.
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[Chief Wiggum]
Littering of peanut shells.
Impersonating a Hindoo Goddess.
Trumpeting after hours.
One tusk slightly longer than the other.
Waving your trunk in a threatening manner.
Gross violation of defecating in public.
Possession of illegal ivory.
Yeah, we've got you this time, Babar. You're going down hard, I tell you!
Maybe she'll have occasion to weep real tear for once, assuming she's even capable...
The BNP reformists have finalised a set of proposal aiming at ending the era of Khaleda Zia in politics and her dynastic control on the party as well, insiders said yesterday.(The New Nation) If the reform proposal is accepted, the scope for Khaleda Zia to become the Prime Minister and the BNP Chairperson will be sealed once for all. As per the recommendations, her eldest son and political heir Tarique Rahman, who is the Senior Joint Secretary General of the BNP, will be axed from the party in order to bring an end to Zia dynasty in the party. Tarique is now in prison, facing serious crime and corruption charges.
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Maybe she'll have occasion to weep real tear for once, assuming she's even capable...
Ya gotta get a soldering iron in there and open up Fabulous Moolah's tear ducts...
Gotta feeling there'd be plenty of volunteers for the job over there.
The army-led joint forces in Chittagong arrested former BNP lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam, suspected of masterminding the abduction and killing of businessman Jamaluddin Chowdhury, early Friday. The Rapid Action Battalion said it had arrested Jamal at a place near the Chittagong Club in the city at about 00:45am for his suspected involvement in various crimes. The battalion also seized his vehicle along with five cans of beer and three bottles of foreign liquor.
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The joint forces conducted a drive at the residence of the late Rear Admiral MA Khan, the father-in-law of Tarek Rahman, Sunday afternoon, sources said. According to the sources, a three-member team of the joint forces went to the residence, Mahbub Bhaban at house-40 of road-5 under Dhanmondi thana, at about 4.30 pm.
Sources said that the joint force members stayed in the house of the late navy chief MA Khan for half an hour and talked to his wife Syada Iqbal Mand Banu. They talked about the properties of Syada Iqbal Mand Banu and Tareqs wife Jobayeda Rahman, sources said adding that none was arrested and nothing was seized from the house. When contacted, Dhanmondi thana duty officer SI Mahfuzur Rahman told the New Nation that they were not aware of the incident.
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Whoever drafted that rule should be fed to the Loch Ness Monster.
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No problem. Just claim the sporran is traditional Islamic dress, like the David Jones teatowel, and the Eurodhimmies will revoke the license and throw in a free wudu-washer with every sporran sold.
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Odd! It just happend to coincide with a badger cull in England & Wales. Lots of licensed furs available there then.
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This harks back to 2004 when an Englishman was appointed manager of the Glencoe visitor centre. That was OK, but did they have to pick one with the name of Campbell?
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Not sure what has happened to the Scots lately, but they seem to have more than their fair share of loonie legislators. Glad my people got out of there in 1609.
(Xinhua) -- Gordon Brown was officially endorsed as the new leader of Britain's Labor Party on Sunday, three days before he succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister. In a short statement to introduce Brown as his successor, Blair said, "from today, the leader of our party, very soon to be the leader of our country." Brown is "a man with strong soundness convictions, true to his principles, a man with every quality to mark him out as a great Prime Minister of our country," Blair told his fellow colleagues for the last time as their leader. Brown will give his "best in the service of the country," Blair said, "I know his best is as good as it gets."
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President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government. Dressing in olive green fatigues and a red beret, Chavez spoke inside Tiuna Fort Venezuela's military nerve-center before hundreds of uniformed soldiers standing alongside armored vehicles and tanks decorated with banners reading: "Fatherland, Socialism, or Death! We will triumph!"
"We must continue developing the Resistance war, that's the anti-imperialist weapon. We must think and prepare for the Resistance war everyday," said Chavez, who has repeatedly warned that American soldiers could invade Venezuela to seize control of the South American nation's immense oil reserves.
Chavez a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro told soldiers the Washington was trying to weaken and divide Venezuelan society, including the armed forces, without resorting to combat. "It's not just armed warfare," said Chavez, a former army officer who is leading what he calls the "Bolivarian Revolution," a socialist movement named after 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar. "I'm also referring to psychological warfare, media warfare, political warfare, economic warfare."
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President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government.
Might as well practice on a minor-league nation before moving on to the real target...
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"Fatherland, Socialism or Death" isn't really in Patrick Henry's league. Neither is pleading that the CIA running psyops to divide Venezuelan society. I wish he would quit bugging us and just send oil and stop financing the narco-terrorists in Columbia. We know that he can't be a proper tinhorn dictator unless he denounces us, but at least he could leave out the pro-forma stuff. It's as if he thinks that denouncing us in the UN General Assembly is new and different. Try pathetic.
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USA is the most uncivilise and criminal counrty who is responcible for all unrest in the world. It is crystal clear that USA is under the influence of JEWS, the jew want troubles in the world, USA has to obey as the financial power of the USA is jews.
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Ohhh!!! A Troll! It's so tempting to unleash upon the poor pitiful creature, but I shall instead allow the Mods to have the pleasure. Besides, if you wrestle with pigs you get dirty and the pig simply likes it.
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Have our Jewish masters instructed us on whether to actually commence chewing on the toy or have they not instructed us on what to do next? The last instructions I personally received from our Jewish masters was to sow unrest in Gaza and the West Bank. And Iraq. And Iran. And SA. And Syria. And Lebanon. And Turkey. And NorK. And Venezuela. I don't know why, but that's what I have been told to do.
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A troll yes...but not a particularly good one. Sloppy, amateurish. Now, Antiwar...there's a troll. Her stint was brief, but memorable.
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Our Imperialist nation needs to listen to our Jewish masters and make the AQI homelands smoking ruins unable to continue ejecting trolls with such dribble into our civilized world. This isn't the middle ages - the rest of the world has evolved from this psycho-zealot crap to a god-fearing, gun toting society of bikini lovin miscreats!! Once these zits on the face of humanity get properly popped - we can press on to invent more peekabo bikinis - important stuff like that!!
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Oh - BTW - Those Latina string bikini babes are tops on my list - maybe we should invade Brazil instead of Venziland of pendej*%s to get front row seats at
Carnival!!!
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"USA is the most uncivilise and criminal counrty who is responcible for all unrest in the world." Gee, we have your word for this, it must be true.
"It is crystal clear that USA is under the influence of JEWS, the jew want troubles in the world, USA has to obey as the financial power of the USA is jews." The only crystal clear substance with which you are familiar is the vodka you swill when you can't get cheap whiskey.
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I checked with my Jewish mistress. Saad, she said I can say that you are an illiterate spit drooling slack-jawed friggin idiot. Read something besides the Koran.
The Jews say you must go back to your schoolbooks to properly learn English spelling and grammar (don't even aim for logical thinking for at least another decade, my dear), or you will never be able to find a job that pays well enough for you to leave your father's house and acquire a wife. Of course, this is what they tell everyone, but the the USA we are intelligent enough to listen to them.
It must be a toss up between Pakistan and Saudi where you are from as you are just like Hitlers followers brainwashed to believe the Jews run/ruin the world!!!!
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I wonder what happened to the Military Leaders in Venezuela? How long before they take hold of the situation and send Hugo packing off to Cuba or the pearly gates?
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Oh - BTW - Those Latina string bikini babes are tops on my list - maybe we should invade Brazil instead of Venziland of pendej*%s to get front row seats at Carnival!!!
Based on extensive online research that I've conducted, Venezuela is no slouch in the babe dept. So I vote to go ahead with the planned invasion - unless my JEW overlords tell me otherwise.
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They'll probably head out into the jungle to prepare for the Yankee invasion and thirty years from now they'll emerge wondering how the war turned out.
La Vanguardia reports that Spanish farmers and ranchers, mostly small landholders who emigrated to Venezuela in the 50s and 60s, are being forced off their land by gangs of Chavista thugs who claim they are taking over the land to create alleged cooperatives. They then collect government subsidies and do no work, so nothing is produced. 16,000 farm cooperatives have been created in Venezuela; only 200 have not gone broke already. There's been a wave of kidnappings for ransom, 30 in the last 18 months, which the Spanish farmers consider to be government intimidation.
Says La Vangua's reporter Joaquim Ibarz: "The result is the asme as in an African country: lack of investment, decline of production, fear, crime, impunity, poverty, and chaos." He visited a Caracas supermarket and found no sugar, meat, eggs, milk, cooking oil, or beans on the shelves. "Scarcity increases because productive land is invaded by people without experience and ranchers and farmers do not invest for fear their land will be expropriated. The control of food prices leads to scarcity, as the government forces food to be sold for less than the cost of production." I'm a little surprised at La Vangua printing anything so liberal-capitalist; let's hope it's a trend.
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Jeez, Hugo makes Mugabe look like a mastermind. At least Mugabe waited until he had been in absolute control for 10 years to start the land seizures and rolling famines in Zimbabwe; Hugo isn't even that smart. The lack of food caused by the illegal seizure of farms is going to be a big problem for Hugo very quickly, too many people know the how and why of that type of rolling famine nowadays. Plus, there are way too many guns floating around down there for someone to not start a revolt/coup/insurrection once the cities start starving.
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oogo knows how to keep the poor peeps happy. But he's feeling the heat, yesterday was Carabobo Day (think Yorktown), normally it's a big deal at the battlefield, but ooooogo was maybe worried that the barrio dwellers come early stay late, drink all the likker and raise to much hell, so he moved the parade.
Some major oil companies operating in Venezuela have rejected the terms for the enforced takeover of part of their operations by the state, the president says. Hugo Chavez said late on Friday that if they did not accept the nationalisation deals ahead of Tuesday's deadline, they would be told to leave.
Just about time to emplace the primers and fuses.
Venezuela's state oil company plans to take at least a 60 per cent share in four projects in the oil-rich Orinoco belt. Currently it has an average of about 40 per cent. "It seems there are some transnational companies that do not want to accept [the terms]," Chavez said in a speech. "Well if they do not want [to accept the terms], I told the minister to tell them they can go, that they should leave, that we, in truth, do not need them," he said after a meeting with his energy minister to review the progress in negotiations.
"PDVSA [state oil company] is capable, we can do it, and we have enough allies in the world, we are not alone. We have plenty of allies in the world to make progress in the Orinoco oil belt."
Allies include the Iranians and Chinese.
Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp, Norway's Statoil, Britain's BP Plc and France's Total are the companies operating the targeted projects, which are valued at more than $30bn and are capable of producing 600,000 barrels a day. But Chavez, who is on a drive to nationalise large areas of the economy, did not say which ones had rejected the state's terms.
Earlier on Friday, Rafael Ramirez, the energy minister, told reporters he knew which companies would leave due to the nationalisation, although he did not name them. Venezuela has previously said that Conoco had been resisting the plan and Exxon's negotiations have been difficult, according to sources close to the talks. The government has given the companies until Tuesday to agree to the terms of takeover of their assets in one of the world's biggest oil reserves.
The takeover was set in motion by a presidential decree on May 1 which set Tuesday's deadline and gave a further two months for the legislature to review the terms of the deals.
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But Chavez, who is on a drive to nationalise large areas of the economy, did not say which ones had rejected the state's terms.
Hmm. Seems he's playing them against each other because he's got a weak hand. I'll bet several if not all of them are telling him to shove it. Good.
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I can tell you one of them: Chevron. I've got a good friend working for them who told me they've no intention of ponying up anything to Hugo; they'll simply pull up stakes and leave. I gather they think Hugo isn't too long for this world and that his successor will be more reasonable.
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One of the companies absorbed by Chevron over the last few decades was Gulf Oil. Gulf had a huge presence in Venezuela in the 1940's and 50's. They were nationalized out in the mid 1970's.
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No inside info on what the oil companies will do. I can't see them making further major capital investments in this political climate. Chavez seems to be demanding such in return for not totally nationalizing oil company investments. Since I think he's serious, it looks like we'll probably repeat 1975. I fully expect China to provide him the needed capital and technical assistance he needs to more-or-less maintain his oil fields. He'll lose in the bargain, though he doesn't yet realize it. Western companies work relatively short-term, have serious limits on what tactics they can employ, and will actually negotiate. The Chinese work long-term, will be ruthless if they feel the need, and will use negotiation only as a cover. They will OWN Chavez, and he will say 'How high?' when they say 'Jump.'
Just my opinion.
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Meanwhile the conventional oilfields will get rapped and go into a speedier decline. If figure the Chineese will eventually be able to do something with the Orinco Belt, but by the time they do ooooooogo will be gone and a another caudilo will be in his place selling out to Brazil.
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The most effective methods of developing the Orinoco ultra-heavy crudes require doing it in coordination with conventional crude production. If Hugo forces deferral of the Orinoco developments and depletes the conventional fields prematurely, which could be what goes down, then he has pretty effectively screwed himself and his country.
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They're peeling away from the doddering home office, just as the conservative Evangelical Presbyterians are absorbing growing numbers of formerly Presbyterian (USA) congregations. (No link, but I read an article just yesterday; the EPs are quite concerned that they're growing too rapidly, even as the P(USA) are shrinking.)
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The devil's in the details, seems A186 passed and this is what it was via a Canadian blog:
Interesting to note that on the Anglican Essentials blog, some are suggesting that this resolution was actually moot after A186 passed, which declared that SSBs are not in conflict with the core doctrine of the Ang. Ch. of Canada. Hmmm. And how interesting that the two resolutions outcomes are mirror opposites. By 1 bishop either way.
Interesting to note that on the Anglican Essentials blog, some are suggesting that this resolution was actually moot after A186 passed, which declared that SSBs are not in conflict with the core doctrine of the Ang. Ch. of Canada. Hmmm. And how interesting that the two resolutions outcomes are mirror opposites. By 1 bishop either way.
Interesting to note that on the Anglican Essentials blog, some are suggesting that this resolution was actually moot after A186 passed, which declared that SSBs are not in conflict with the core doctrine of the Ang. Ch. of Canada. Hmmm. And how interesting that the two resolutions outcomes are mirror opposites. By 1 bishop either way.
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Ain't going to happen. Back to the drawing boards. New strategy. Anti-war, beat up the military, global warming didn't work. I got it John, you can run on the "Save the honey-bees platform."
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I stopped at Flying J twice yesterday and was amazed each time at how many of the guys in the lounge watching the NASCAR race had dos just like the Breck Guy.
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John Edwards and Men's Vogue. YJCMTSU, it's better than The Onion. To win the Bubba vote, Edwards could always graft on a vag..., wait, he's already got one.
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I never knew there was a magazine named Mens Vogue. Somehow I dont think any "Bubbas" read it.
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Yeah, Sally Mae. When youze down to the general store pickin up mah chaw and ammo, y'all make shure ya don't fergit mah copy o' Mens Vogue, ya hear?
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This "Mudcat" feller was writing the other day in some "progressive" venue -- forget where -- and he was lamenting the fact that his fellow Democrats were so contemptuous and dismissive of the rural Democrat vote. After all, those people are union Democrats, and the "netroots" should have a little bit more consideration for their views. Something along those lines.
His fellow compassionate progressives proceeded to gut him, clean him, bread him, fry him, and serve him up with a side of hush puppies and coleslaw.
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Edwards is for thinner thighs and peace but mostly thinner thighs. That cuts Hilliary out.
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Electability? Wasn't that the big plus that Kerry supposedly had in '04? It sure didn't help him much in Florida, now, did it, Mudcat? Still lost it by 5 points, and that was with good ol' hedge fund boy on the ticket.
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The "glass ceiling" of the U.S. presidency could be broken sooner than many people think, but more likely by a Margaret Thatcher-like female candidate than a very liberal Jewish billionaire.
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The only serious chance for a centrist indy candidacy would be if the big parties pick people who appeal only to the base Gingrich vs Edwards, lets say. Doesnt look like that on the GOP side, where it looks more like Giuliani or Thompson (to my disappointment not McCain, but dont rule him out yet). On the Dem side it still looks like Clinton or Obama, with Clinton strengthening a bit. So not enough room in the middle.
I personally dont want to see Jewish president while the WOT is still in an intensive phase. The Jewish identity of assistant secs of Defense has been a big enough issue, their jewishness providing a propaganda tool to our adversaries, and their support of unpopular policies adding a long forgotten background note of antisemitism to our domestic discourse.
All of this would be magnified with a Jewish president. If it became necessary, as well it might, to go to war with say, Iran, he would have to face A. That Iran, AQ, and others, would get maximal mileage in the Islamic world out the presidents religion/ethnicity - many fence sitters whod have let things go would be persuaded if there was an actual Joo in the WH. On the other hand, it would be very rough on Jews, esp if things went badly. OTOH,if he, considering those things, were to lean over backward and avoid war, that might be detrimental to American security.
I had this worry even about Lieberman, whom I liked better.
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Being Jewish has nothing to do with it. Bloomberg is a rich doofus with a massive ego who wants to take a flyer. Not that different from the space tourists, although if he were to spend his $20M that way, at least he would get good pictures.
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With any luck at all, he'll run and win New York, sealing the election for the Republicans.
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Bloomberg is an independent as of the other day. He is basically a liberal. It seems like he would siphon some votes from the donks rather than the trunks.
NEW DELHI: A recent meeting of India, Japan, US and Australia appears to have unnerved Beijing which sought to know from New Delhi whether a new bloc was emerging.
India allayed the fears that China may have by stating it was just an alliance for cooperation in disaster management and other such issues, sources said.
The four countries held an official level meeting in Manila a month back to discuss ways in which they could cooperate in tackling emergencies, including disasters like tsunami of December 2005.
New Delhi told Beijing that it already has such multilateral arrangements, involving countries like South Africa, Brazil, Germany and Japan on various issues.
The four countries had closely cooperated during the tsunami tragedy and based on that experience, are looking for institutionalising that.
Japan has been particularly keen on such an arrangement. Earlier, the US also sought to allay any fears on the four-nation arrangement, saying that the four-nation alliance was not against any country.
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Beijing should be nervous. Within 10 years, I see a full alliance being formed between these nations. Japan is on its way to being a full military power with a Constitution adjustment, India moving into the American sphere of power to counter China and Islamic interests and Australia being ... well ... Australia (Good on ya, mates).
China and its proxies have been making the Asian nations a little too nervous for too long.
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Guess what you commie dicweeds, we can lie and subvert too. We're plotting against you, and we'll have you by the short and curlies before you can say Fu Man Chu.
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Indias to big to be "in our sphere" What we will need with India is an alliance of equals.
I think you are thinking of the old style of Power Spheres. I am thinking more of a Japan-US, Australia-US type of alliance. Our power spheres will be very complimentary to each other.
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just an alliance for cooperation in disaster management
You know, so that in the event of a tsunami or a collapsed dam we can make sure our amphibious ships can manouver together and we don't have any radio frequency conflicts and our vertical envelopment elements can coordinate under a unified flight plan and stuff like that.
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We need to sell both Japan and India some of our older surplus LHAs and LHDs, but redefine them as "littoral support ships". The US LHDs are great for the humanitarian stuff after earthquakes and the like, plus that would give Japan and India inherent Harrier carrier capabilities. Say 2-3 each for Japan and India, along with helos and Harriers for "self-defense".
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India took delivery of the former USS Trenton LPD a few days ago. This is the first time a US ship has been bought by India.
The USS Nimitz is due to pay a 3 day port call at Chennai, the first ever by an American carrier
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Surendra Ahuja, a pilot attached to Indian Navy's flagship aircraft carrier INS Viraat, has become the first in the history of the Navy to qualify to operate fighter aircraft aboard US aircraft carriers.
Ahuja, whose training began in November 2006 and ended on May 10, 2007, underwent conversion training on a T-45 Goshawk aircraft.
Explaining the significance of his feat, a defence spokesperson told TOI that it was part of the ongoing enhanced Indo-US defence co-operation agreement and covers mutual exchange of personnel, standard operating procedures and operational exposure.
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Everytime the Russians and Chinese talk about their cooperation (which always tends to have a militaristic tone) we should announce another meeting of this group. Perhaps they'll start shutting up.
Everytime a Chinese General starts to make threats and the Politibureo denies it we should get a Senator to make threats of fair trade and trade sanctions against China and then have our Federal government deny we're talking about that sort of thing. Maybe the Chinese will learn that two can play that game.
A Japan willing to defend itself is also a Japan in which some right wing nationalists will try to reassert themselves.
The Japanese island of Okinawa has reacted furiously to government plans to revise textbook accounts of army activities during World War II. Okinawa politicians are protesting against a decision to tone down reports that the army ordered civilians to commit mass suicide at the war's end.
Okinawa was the scene of one of the war's bloodiest battles. Some conservatives in Japan have in recent years questioned accounts of the country's brutal wartime past.
Only this week, a group of MPs from the right-wing ruling party claimed China had exaggerated the number of people killed by Japanese troops in Nanjing in 1937. And Prime Minister Shinzo Abe drew condemnation abroad earlier this year after he questioned whether there was any proof that Japan's military coerced women to work as sex slaves during the war.
Many Okinawa civilians, including entire families, committed suicide rather than surrender to US forces after the 1945 Battle of Okinawa that left more than 200,000 dead. Eyewitness accounts and historical research say government propaganda led civilians to believe they would face terrible atrocities if they were captured by US forces.
Japanese troops were reported to have handed out grenades to residents and ordered them to kill themselves rather than surrender to US soldiers.
The education ministry ordered publishers last March to make changes to several textbooks, which must then go before a government-appointed panel for approval.
The Okinawa state assembly called on the government to "retract its instruction... so the truth of the Battle of Okinawa will be correctly conveyed and such a tragic war will never happen again".
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the education ministry would take "appropriate measures" in line with process.
"We understand this is an extremely important issue for the people of Okinawa," he said.
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Okinawa politicians are protesting against a decision to tone down reports that the army ordered civilians to commit mass suicide at the war's end.
Something the "Horrible American Atrocity of Hiroshima" crowd bury deep, deep out of sight. The Japanese Imperial Staff was prepared to sacrifice the entire Japanese civilian population for their hides.
A far better strategy would have been to surrender enmasse and force the Yanks to care, feed, and watch you. If the yanks killed you it's no different than the suicide option except you've now mentally screwd up the Americans in the process.
Talk about tough choices. TV Newser is reporting that CNN has bumped Michael Moore from his scheduled appearance on Larry King Live in favor of Kings much-discussed post-jail interview with Paris Hilton. Actually, this makes a lot of sense. Paris Hilton is no prize, but if I were Larry King, I'd rather be staring at her for an hour than Michael Moore.
Meanwhile on the Paris front, Barbara Walters says the idea of an interview with the socialite felt tawdry and that it was somehow beneath her. Conveniently, she decided this after finding out that she wouldnt be getting the interview. Nor did it stop her from writing out her questions when she though it was still on. I guess it's only tawdry when it's on somebody else's network.
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I think he should have 'em both on. And make 'em fight!
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I thought Paris went sans thong or undergarments--too restricting. Paris or her agent must be the master of public relations. They can stretch nothing into something for a long time.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Gulshan police on Sunday filed with the court of chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka the charge sheet in an arms case filed against former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar. The charge sheet will be submitted to the magistrate court which is trying the case on June 26 in the presence of Babar, court source said. The investigation officer of the case, Kabir Ahmed, said Babar committed the offence of keeping an unlicensed pistol and 25 bullets in his house. The joint forces seized four firearms from Babars possession. But he could not show any valid document for the pistol and bullets seized during the raid on May 28, the police said. Sixteen people have been named as witnesses in the case. Babar was remanded in police custody three times in connection with recovery of the unlicensed arms and ammunition. He was sent to jail on June 12. Babar faces a minimum of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for keeping the unlicensed pistol and five more years for the bullets.
The joint forces conducted a drive at the residence of the late Rear Admiral MA Khan, the father-in-law of Tarek Rahman, Sunday afternoon, sources said. According to the sources, a three-member team of the joint forces went to the residence, Mahbub Bhaban at house-40 of road-5 under Dhanmondi thana, at about 4.30 pm. 
President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government. Dressing in olive green fatigues and a red beret, Chavez spoke inside Tiuna Fort Venezuela's military nerve-center before hundreds of uniformed soldiers standing alongside armored vehicles and tanks decorated with banners reading: "Fatherland, Socialism, or Death! We will triumph!"
Some major oil companies operating in Venezuela have rejected the terms for the enforced takeover of part of their operations by the state, the president says. Hugo Chavez said late on Friday that if they did not accept the nationalisation deals ahead of Tuesday's deadline, they would be told to leave.
