The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has unearthed an organized gang engaged in smuggling and circulating "high quality" fake Indian currency notes suspected to have been printed in Pakistan. Members of the gang are from West Bengal's Malda and they had their accomplices in Jharkhand and Bihar.
S K Singh, the inspector general (IG) of NIA, said "Their agents worked in different places of Jharkhand and Bihar with an aim to destabilize the economy of the country."
The investigation also revealed that the accused people were the members of an international network that manufactured and printed "high quality and high value" fake Indian currency notes in Pakistan and smuggled them into India via Bangladesh and Nepal circulated them across the country. The network used bank accounts and ATMs for circulating the fake notes. "The gang members were in communication with the Pakistan-supported suppliers of fake notes operating from Bangladesh," Singh said.
As a result of the operation, which is a still continuing, 14 persons have been arrested and investigation is in progress. "Searches have led to the recovery of large number of ATM cards, bank passbooks, SIM cards and high-quality high-value fake notes being used in smuggling."
Explaining the modus operandi of the gang, the NIA official said bundles of fake notes in the denominations of Rs 1,000, Rs 500 and Rs 100 are thrown into the Indian villages bordering Bangladesh. The accused persons with their aides collect the notes and distribute them to the agents spread all over the country. "They carry the fake notes on train and other modes of transport to all the states for circulation. The local agents collect them in exchange of 60% of the original value of the genuine notes," the official added.
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Washback vats do not have "just water and yeast" in them, as they said in the article. Instead they have 'wort' in them.
Wort is sugary flavored water extracted during the mashing process, and with yeast, ferments, producing a LOT of carbon dioxide. Importantly if you stick your head into invisible carbon dioxide gas, there is a good chance that when you inhale, you will pass right out.
So in this case, if he climbed up the ladder, then leaned over the tank with his center of gravity above the edge, got a big whiff of CO2 and passed out, he would tumble head first into the wort. And unless immediately pulled out by someone with breathing equipment, he would die.
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Aah Glenfiddich, the Valley of the deer
I seem to remember being invited to a single malt tasting once. It started off civilized enough. We started by sampling a small dram from each of the twelve brands on offer. Swirled the whisky in the glass and made the appropriate comments. After an hour things went rapidly downhill. Self service took over, glasses were filled to the top and I seem to remember Glenfiddich became a favorite.
Three hours later I emerged from the cellar where the whisky tasting was taking place into 104 degree heat wave. Don't remember much after that.
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Glenfiddich is lovely, but I will always have a warm place in my heart for Jameson Irish Whiskey, which I call "My all-purpose brain cleaner".
It is great for when there is a recent event that it would be best if everyone just forgot. Though it is strongly recommended that you not use the "brain eraser button" unless you have an ankle bracelet connected to a strong security cable, lest you end up on some roof, naked and singing show tunes.
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'Moose---you may be on to something in that theory. So was it suicide or was it a tragic accident? Can't tell from the article. But we DO know that he got the last wort in.
**ducks**
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[An Nahar] An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Northern Sumatra on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A tsunami warning has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The quake, which had a depth of 29 kilometers, hit at 2:37 am (1837 GMT) around 261 miles southwest of Banda Aceh.
An official at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said it also had put out a tsunami alert, but that there were no immediate reports of casualties.
"The quake was in the sea and a tsunami warning is in force, but so far we have no reports of casualties or damage," Suharjono, the agency's technical chief, told Agence La Belle France Presse.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the threat of a widespread tsunami did not exist but added: "There is a very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter."
In Banda Aceh, the ground shook for 30 seconds and terrified residents rushed out of their homes, but they returned indoors shortly after, an AFP news hound there said.
In December 2004, a giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the coast of Aceh province on the northern tip of Sumatra triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that claimed 220,000 victims, with Indonesia accounting for three-quarters of the figure.
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Various news Artics are describing it as a Mag. 7.6, possibly 7.9???
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Guinea-Bissau's opposition rejected Tuesday the appointment of the National Assembly speaker as interim head of the chronically unstable state after the death of President Malam Bacai Sanha in Gay Paree.
"The Democratic Collective expresses its complete rejection of the ascension of National Assembly leader Raimundo Pereira to the post of interim president," read a statement from the 14-party umbrella group.
The coalition said it could not endorse Pereira to a position where he would have power to "dismiss the current Attorney General to avoid prosecuting suspects in the suspected liquidation of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and army chief General Batista Tagme Na Waie" in 2009.
Vieira was killed by soldiers in Dire Revenge™ for the death of Tagma Na Waie hours earlier in a kaboom at army headquarters.
While investigations have never yielded clear suspects publicly, the opposition has often accused Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior of involvement in the 2009 events. Gomes is seen as very close to Pereira.
Both are from the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde which holds 67 of 100 parliamentary seats.
The Party for Social Renewal which holds 28 seats is among those refusing Pereira's role as interim leader.
Sanha died in the Val de Grace military hospital in Gay Paree on Monday where he was admitted in late November with an unknown illness and placed in an artificial coma.
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[An Nahar] Kuwait said Tuesday it will not allow stateless people to stage any more demonstrations after having promised to resolve their demands for citizenship.
"The ministry will not allow any processions, gatherings or demonstrations (by stateless), regardless of their nature or aims," the interior ministry said in a statement.
It described stateless people as illegal residents, the official term Kuwait uses to identify more than 105,000 stateless people demanding citizenship and other basic rights.
They plan to gather on Friday as they have been doing on the Mohammedan weekly day of prayer since December 16.
Inspired by the Arab Spring protests, stateless people demonstrated in February and March and then revived their protests last month demanding a fair solution to their plight.
At the outset, riot police used force to disperse the protesters and jugged more than 30 of them but later allowed them to demonstrate peacefully.
Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmed al-Humoud al-Sabah said in remarks published Sunday that Kuwait will start naturalizing some of the stateless people, locally known as "bidoons," by the end of January or early next month.
The minister gave no details as to the number of bidoons who will receive citizenship.
But Saleh al-Fadhalah, who heads the government's central agency for illegal residents that deals with the stateless, said last month that 34,000 stateless people could qualify for citizenship.
Kuwait has long alleged that bidoons or their ancestors destroyed their original passports to claim the right to Kuwaiti citizenship in order to gain access to the services and generous benefits provided to nationals.
In a bid to force the bidoons to produce original nationality papers, Kuwait has refused to issue essential documents to most of them, including birth, marriage and death certificates, Human Rights Watch ... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world... said last June.
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[Iran Press TV] Britannia has reiterated its tough stand over the disputed Falkland islands, with Foreign Secretary warning South American countries not to collude with Argentina to reclaim its occupied territory.
Britannia's immediate response came after the South American "Mercosur," including Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, agreed to ban boats sailing under the Falklands flag from docking at certain ports.
William Hague expressed Britannia's opposition to the port ban, considering Argentina's attempt to reclaim its territory as "illegal."
Falklands (known as Las Malvinas to Argentina) located about 250 nautical miles from Argentina, has been a British colony for over 180 years. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... Argentina also claimed illusory sovereignty as it controlled the islands before, and the two countries fought a destructive 74-day war over the islands in 1982.
In a written statement to House of Commons, Hague stressed that the government made "justifiably robust" response to the initial decision by Uruguay on December 15 to block their docks.
"We made clear that the decision to close ports to ships flying the Falklands flag has no legal basis, and that it would be unacceptable and unbecoming for any Latin American democracy to collaborate in Argentina's attempts to economically blockade the Falkland Islands," he added.
Hague also said that the British government would resist any attempts, which could lead the islanders to economic or other pressure.
However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... Argentina accused Britannia of breaching international laws, insisting the UK's oil-drilling operation is a clear instance of infringement on international laws.
Meanwhile in his 2012 statement Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... criticized the "unjustified and counterproductive" attempts by the Argentina government to disrupt shipping links to the islands.
"Whatever challenges we face in the UK, the British Government's commitment to the security and prosperity of the overseas territories, including the Falklands, remains undiminished."
"So let me be absolutely clear. We will always maintain our commitment to you on any question of illusory sovereignty. Your right to self-determination is the cornerstone of our policy," Cameron said.
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I suppose the next step would be for 'Obean the LightBringer™' to announce his intent to ban British ships in American harbors in support of his 'Mercosur' brethren.
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And what stops the UK from banning "Mercosur" flagged ships from docking at Commonwealth ports while the "Mercosur" ban on ships (boats are either lowered from ships or submerge) sailing under the Falklands flag is in force? Hmmm?
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Perhaps the UK should think along the lines of Indjuh [India] ...
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > INDIA SHOULD OFFER MALDIVES STATEHOOD WIDIN OUR UNION, SAYS MP ANIL.
Maldives perceived to be the nucleus of security in the IOR - IFF INDIA ISN'T THERE, CHINA WILL BE???
versus
* SAME > SRI LANKA WON'T SHARE TERRITORIAL WATERS [fishing grounds] WID INDIA.
OTOH MILBLOGGERS = argue that MANY MANY MALDIVANS CONSIDER SRI LANKA TO BE THEIR "SECOND/ALTERNATE HOME", wid Politicos-Activists making formal proposals that Sri Lanka take in the Maldivan people should the Maldives per se become threatened or lost due to rising sea levels [GWCC = land changes]???
Around 150 Chinese workers at Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest at their working conditions.
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What's the problem? At least they have jobs.
Probably not for long - and they knew that before this threat. Foxconn announced recently they are making a major purchase of factory robots to replace a lot of hand work being done by humans today.
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Beijing is worried because large-scale econ protests are increasing in frequency + size across the country, espec widin China's major industrialized regions, + EXCLUSIVE OF THE MUSLIM/UIGHUR SEPARATIST THREAT TO WEST CHINA = XINJIANG.
* ION WAFF > CHINA ROLLS WEST, into Russia's backyard in Central Asian Regions.
* SAME > RUSSIA + CHINA FACE OFF IN CENTRAL ASIA AS WEST SLEEPS.
The ex-Soviet SSRS = -Stans don't particularly like or trust China, but do like + appreciate China's willingness to make lots of major investments in their country which Mama Russia is reluctant, can't or or won't do.
IOW, -STANS "HATE-TO-LOVE" OF CHINA = US AT ELECTION TIME = "ITS THE ECONOMY, STUPID"!
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I remember reading somewhere that phase 2 of the Keystone pipeline would take American oil on-board at Baker, Montana and in Oklahoma.
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Related to Keystone, today a couple of libtard celebs, Kevin Bacon being one (forgot the oter) are bringing audio and video protests to the Canadian masses for the upcoming pipeline to Vancouver, BC that will in turn supply ships bound for ( wait for it) China.
Norway's Statoil said Monday it has discovered a large oil reserve in the Barents Sea, its second major oil find in the Arctic region in less than a year.
The state-controlled oil company said a well drilled in the Havis prospect in the Barents Sea proved both oil and gas at an estimated volume of between 200 million and 300 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.
Last April, Statoil said it had discovered between 150 million-250 million recoverable barrels of oil equivalents in the nearby Skrugard prospect.
The company has received a huge boost to its reserves in the past year. In August, it announced the biggest find in the Norwegian continental shelf in 30 years with a massive discovery of 500 million to 1.2 billion barrels of oil in the North Sea. The more oil discovered away from despots and 3rd world religious crackpots the better!
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We are sitting on more oil reserves than the 3rd world despots. Unfortunately, the Dems are more interested in $5.gasoline so the gas taxes can fund their socialist crap than they are in energy independence.
We have more oil in ANWR than Saudi Arabia and more shale oil in Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Dakota than Saudi Arabia and Iran combined AND the oil that whatshisname will not let us drill for in the Gulf of Mexico is more than Libya, UAE, and Qatar combined. We have more oil than anyone. Its funny how these socialist democracies that the Dems love all are exploring for and drilling for oil like crazy and we build windmills that the enviros won't let us use and we build factories in Finland for cars that no one can afford.
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Good thing they don't have Obama running their country. They'll be allowed to drill.
h/t Gates of Vienna
German exports from January to November 2011 totaled 976 billion euros ($1,25 trillion), according to the Wiesbaden-based Federal Statistics Office. That's a 12-percent increase over corresponding figures from 2010.
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tipper yes that's what I have seen also. China cutting back will put the brakes on fast. France is in bad shape also. The last two years of kick the can will be followed by more of the same. They predict that 2012 will be the end of the Euro. All you hear is our banks are in good shape.
Don't worry be happy.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The Dutch government Tuesday banned the use of khat, a leaf native to East Africa chewed for its stimulant properties mainly by the Netherlands' sizeable Somali community.
"The drug khat is banned," the Dutch Immigration, Health and Justice departments said in a joint statement.
Khat is grown in the Horn of Africa and has for centuries been chewed by users in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Yemen.
"The problem lies especially within the Somali community, which is much larger than the Kenyan or Yemeni communities within our country," immigration department front man Frank Wassenaar told AFP, adding there were about 27,000 Somalis living in the Netherlands.
"If taken in moderation there are no major problems, but an investigation showed it to be problematic among some 10 percent of khat users," leading to health and social issues, added the statement.
An independent report commissioned by the Dutch government has cited noise, littering and groups of men who "roam the streets perceived as threatening", as some of the effects.
The orderly Dutch don't properly appreciate groups of men dribbling greenly as they roam? How odd.
With high unemployment and low education levels, the Dutch Somali community was "late" in terms of integration, the report said.
Imported legally via Amsterdam's Schiphol airport four times a week, khat is distributed throughout the Netherlands but also in Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, it added.
Around 843 tonnes of khat, worth a minimum 14 million euros (U$18 million) passed through Schiphol in 2010, up from 714 tonnes in 2009 and 693 tonnes in 2008.
Britannia and the Netherlands currently allow the import, trade and consumption of khat, according to a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction letter of July last year entitled "Drugs in focus."
Fifteen of the European Union's ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 27 states and Norway list khat as an illegal narcotic, while in the other EU countries, the plant was not subjected to any controls, the EMCDDA letter said.
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Ethiopia and Yemen should register a complaint with the WTO.
:-)
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KIEV: The husband of Ukraines jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said on Tuesday enormous pressure and persecution by President Viktor Yanukovichs government forced him to flee to the Czech Republic.
Oleksander Tymoshenko, 51, who was granted political asylum in the Czech Republic on Jan. 6, said in a statement that by fleeing abroad he had deprived Yanukovich of additional leverage over the opposition.
The regime in Ukraine has not shied away from using dirty methods. They were not able to break Yulia Tymoshenko either through intimidation, the courts, imprisonment or torture. So they resorted to even uglier means. They began to persecute me and other members of her family, he said.
Yulia Tymoshenko, a charismatic politician, helped lead the 2004 Orange Revolution street protests which thwarted a first bid for the presidency by Yanukovich. She went on to serve two terms as prime minister.
But, after Yanukovich made a comeback and beat her in an election for the presidency in Feb. 2010, criminal proceedings were brought against her and other members of the opposition culminating in her prosecution last year.
She was jailed for seven years in October on a charge of exceeding her powers by forcing through a 2009 gas deal with Russia as prime minister which the Yanukovich government says saddled Ukraine with an exorbitant price for gas. The 51-year-old is now in prison in Kharkiv some 500 km (300 miles) away from the capital Kiev.
Her trial was condemned by the United States and the European Union as politically motivated and the affair has seriously strained Yanukovichs ties with the West.
Oleksander Tymoshenko, who kept a low profile during his wifes roller-coaster political career, is part owner of a business registered in the Czech Republic. I do not want to provide Yanukovich with any additional leverage against the opposition and for me political asylum is the only way to achieve this goal, he said in his statement.
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[Iran Press TV] A Turkish politician says that about 5.5 million citizens of Turkey got married when they were underage, so the government should make efforts to halt child marriage, Press TV reports.
MP Aylin Nazliaka of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party in the Turkish parliament, in an interview with Press TV's Ankara correspondent on Tuesday, said that "one third of the women in Turkey got married when they were underage."
She noted that the number of underage females who have gotten married in Turkey is 14 times higher than the number of underage males who have gotten married.
Nazliaka stated that poverty and traditions are some of the main factors behind the high incidence of child marriage in the country.
Since 2002, when extensive amendments to the Turkish Civil Code took effect, the legal minimum age for marriage in Turkey was set at 17 for both males and females, from 17 for males and 15 for females previously. Youths under the age of 18 require the approval of their parents. In extraordinary circumstances, marriage may be permitted at 16 with the approval of a judge.
It seems that Turkey has already developed the necessary legal infrastructure to prevent child marriages, but the issue is how to implement the relevant laws.
"There are many measures in different areas that Turkey should take to halt child marriages, but the first steps should be aimed at strictly implementing the laws that have already been passed, and this is the responsibly of the government," the MP added.
She also noted that the rise in the disparity in wealth and income is one of the main factors behind child marriage in Turkey.
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[Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. on Tuesday distributed the copies of pardon agreement between former President Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... and PML-N chief 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... , DawnNews reported.
The agreement was signed by Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Abbas Sharif and Husain Nawaz.
Speaking to media representatives, the minister said that political parties other than Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) took more advantage of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). "Only five people of PPP benefitted from NRO," he added.
He said that the ordinance was cleared by the cabinet of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and was approved by the army.
Malik asked the PML-N chief to explain his links with the central character of memeogate scandal Mansoor Ijaz.
The minister indicated that his life was in danger and he was playing with fire. "Contact my son Barrister Ali to get all proofs and documents if I am killed," he added.
Malik said that he has handed over evidences against so many people including Nawaz Sharif to his son.
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Malik said that he has handed over evidences against so many people including Nawaz Sharif to his son.
Why paint a target on his son?
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[Dawn] British author Salman Rushdie has dismissed demands by an influential Islamic seminary in India that he should be banned from entering the country to attend a literature festival later this month.
Rushdie, who was threatened with death in a "fatwa" order from Iran over his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses", is due to speak in the city of Jaipur alongside fellow writers such as Lionel Shriver and Richard Dawkins.
Maulana Qasim Nomani, an official of the Darululoom Deoband seminary, called for India to cancel Rushdie's visa, saying that "the man whose blasphemous writings have hurt the sentiments of Mohammedans all over the world must not be allowed to set foot on Indian soil." Rushdie -- who was born in Mumbai in 1947 -- responded late on Monday by pointing out on Twitter that he did not need a visa to visit India.
The novelist spent a decade in hiding after Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 calling for his death for alleged blasphemy against Islam in "The Satanic Verses".
The Times of India said on Tuesday that Rushdie had visited India dozens of times over the last 20 years and it accused the seminary of trying to link the issue to state elections in Uttar Pradesh that begin on February 8.
"Whenever Rushdie has come here, we have always condemned it," Maulana Abdul Khaliq, seminary deputy vice chancellor, told AFP. "People who admire him can go and find him abroad." The seminary, which is located in Uttar Pradesh, was at the centre of a row last year between reform-minded new rector Gulam Mohammed Vastanvi and the school's traditionalists.
Vastanvi said he was sacked six months into his job for trying to modernise the curriculum, which is based on a 17th-century syllabus that focuses on Islamic law and spirituality.
Organisers of the Jaipur festival said Rushdie had attended literary events in India without incident in recent years, and was still scheduled to speak on January 20 and 21.
"In plural societies such as ours, it is imperative that we continue to allow avenues for unfettered literary expression," they said in a statement.
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Here is the bizarre conclusion to the ultimate Pakistani bulldada movie about Salman Rushdie, that had him as the evil supervillain with a private army trying, really, to destroy Islam with a combination of bad poetry and a chain of discos.
Whenever he would kill a jihadist trying to kill him, he would soak an handkerchief in his victim's blood and snort it. At one point, three of the jihadists actually dressed up in 1960s Batman costumes.
Eventually he corners the jihadists and is about to defeat him when he is attacked by flying, laser beam Korans. Really.
This is the grand finale of the movie, with minimal subtitles.
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I noticed the story mentioned Foxconn, who are also in the news for another reason. Manufacturing in China, they have so abused their workforce, that 150 employees are threatening to commit mass suicide by leaping from the top of their building.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a groundbreaking case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue for employment discrimination.
But the court's unanimous decision in a case from Michigan did not specify the distinction between a secular employee, who can take advantage of the government's protection from discrimination and retaliation, and a religious employee, who can't.
It was, nevertheless, the first time the high court has acknowledged the existence of a "ministerial exception" to anti-discrimination laws -- a doctrine developed in lower court rulings. This doctrine says the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion shields churches and their operations from the reach of such protective laws when the issue involves employees of these institutions.
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Pappy,
Recall that Congress explicitly exempted itself (e.g. Civil Rights Act of 1991) from the employment discrimination laws that it passed.
Granted that in recent years the US Senate has extended some of these rights to its employees.
"Senate employees have the right to appeal employment discrimination complaints to the U.S. Court of Appeals. While this is not de novo review, which is extended to the private sector and Presidential appointees, it is judicial review."
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Not to disparage SCOTUS but aren't they getting a little chick$hit about such things?
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This means that a Christian church can't be forced to hire a Muslim, Mormon, Jewish, atheist preacher. Ditto for mosques, temples, etc. In context it's just common sense. Bozo's were trying to game the system
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
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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[An Nahar] An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Northern Sumatra on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Norway's Statoil said Monday it has discovered a large oil reserve in the Barents Sea, its second major oil find in the Arctic region in less than a year.
Nawaz Sharif
[Dawn] British author Salman Rushdie has dismissed demands by an influential Islamic seminary in India that he should be banned from entering the country to attend a literature festival later this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a groundbreaking case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue for employment discrimination.
