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European Election 2009: Update (4)

2009-06-07 … parties seem to have done well, with indications that the Harmony Centre may have topped the poll on 20% (and could elect Alfreds Rubiks, Latvia's leader when it broke away from the USSR, and who's been jailed for attempting to overthrow the democratic government). The European Greens look set to …

theeuropeancitizen.blogspot.com

European Elections 2009: Polling Day 3

2009-06-06 … life is going to dent his People of Freedom party's chances. With the left in disarray (as in France), and Berlusconi's ratings amazingly high for a leader in power during the economic crisis, the EPP can expect a big win here. Cyprus: Poor turnout for the final election rally of the ALDE-aligned …

theeuropeancitizen.blogspot.com

The Slow Slide Continues and the Strange Affair of Bernie Madoff

2008-12-23 … yet another public service being sliced and diced for the benefit of large corporations. In one of the more spectacular pieces of political theatre the leader of the Conservative party in the UK, David Cameron, has called for bankers to be held responsible for their part in the financial crisis. He does …

economicapocalypse.blogspot.com

ODM – PNU political circus continues

2009-04-25 … matters of crucial importance to Kenyans, ended in chaos. Why? The Vice President and Prime Minister could not agree who among them should be the leader of government business. The week ended with total paralysis in Parliament as House Speaker Kenneth Marende attempted to save face by promising to …

nairobichronicle.wordpress.com

Discontent in civil service over Kibaki new districts

2009-04-04 … 55 to 60 years has further diminished any hopes that Kenyan youth had for public service jobs. With Kibaki’s public ratings the lowest of any Kenyan leader in history, the frenzy of proclaiming new districts is likely to continue. This will not only put pressure on state funds but will add to the …

nairobichronicle.wordpress.com

The Next Great Coalition?

2009-01-17 … in the past, in one form or another.  Of course, it would be a difficult political decision for the Prime Minister.  However, by joining forces with a leader of a similar mindset, Harper could potentially ensure conservative majority governance for a specified period of time.  He would only require some …

darcymeyers.wordpress.com

Signs of the Economic Apocalypse, 10-13-08

2008-10-13 … mortgage bankers and real estate salesmen rather than scientists and engineers. This also corresponds with the decline of the United States as the leader of the free world and an economic superpower, to the point where the US can't even build ocean liners and cargo vessels any more. Coincidence? Nope. …

economicapocalypse.blogspot.com

TNS/mrbi February 2009 Poll: Events see FF slump further but results must be kept in political context

2009-02-17 … expressing satisfaction with the Taoiseach, down only two points since November but a sizeable 28 points since the May poll. The last Fianna Fáil leader to be this unpopular was Albert Reynolds on the eve of the 1992 general election but even he did better on this indicator with 28 per cent …

squinlan.wordpress.com

Red C Opinion Poll Series: The trend is now clear: FF are facing a difficult 2009

2009-02-01 … Party, there is also good news. The party now seems to be settling into a stage where support ranges in the mid teens. This will be pleasing news to leader Eamon Gilmore who knows a result in any election similar to this would almost certainly see the party gain seats and result in him leading his party …

squinlan.wordpress.com

The return of Ken Clarke to the Tory frontbench

2009-01-19 … the party has moved beyond the issue of Europe, an issue which has divided the party since the mid 1980s and indeed ruined Clarke’s ambitions to be leader in 1997, 2001 and again finally in 2005. The re-entry of the Pro-European Clarke to the centre of the Tory fold gives a clear indication that the …

squinlan.wordpress.com

Latin America File: Insulza visits Honduran coup leaders, opponents; Micheletti regime preempts expulsion from OAS, withdraws from organization

2009-07-04 … continued in cities throughout Honduras. Leftist groups have come out in full force to rally behind the deposed president. Juan Barahona, leader of the United Workers’ Front, has joined with other Zelaya partisans to create the People’s Resistance Front. Pro-Zelaya protests have occurred in …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

Latin America File: Honduran military ousts Zelaya in Central America’s first post-Cold War coup; region’s Red Axis leaders convene emergency meetings

2009-06-30 … presidents Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez, self-avowed socialist presidents Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, their foreign ministers, and deposed leader Zelaya himself, who flew from San Jose to Managua on a jet provided by Chavez. Together the region’s leftist leaders resolved to withdraw their …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

Latin America File: Chavez welcomes Ecuador, two Caribbean states into ALBA; Cuban troops join other soldiers in Venezuelan military parade

2009-06-26 … 25 years ago. On May 29, 2009 Thomas' government officially renamed the Point Salines International Airport in St. George's in honor of slain coup-leader Bishop. A Cuban delegation, led by Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernandez, was in attendance. The Cuban media reports: "Cuban constructors played a …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

End Times File: Moscow, Tehran coordinate naval deployments in Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden; Muslims: Netanyahu supports Third Temple construction

2009-05-30 … on the Temple Mount but long desecrated by the Dome of the Rock shrine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Speaking at a conference in Qatar, Sheikh Raad Salah, leader of the Northern Wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, ranted: “Netanyahu is about to build the false Temple and the Jews will only build the …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

WW4 File: Soviets to hold “large-scale” Zapad 2009, Ladoga 2009 maneuvers near Poland, Finland in Sept.; Kavkaz 2009 drill near Georgia in July

2009-05-22 … and the government of Sri Lanka on the success achieved by the island nation in defeating LTTE terrorism.” However, the reported death of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has not been confirmed by military officials and the threat of renewed guerrilla warfare remains. The Tamil Tigers once …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

Final Phase Backgrounder: Russia’s putative ruler meets Communist Party boss Zyuganov; Medvedev: “We are in touch with each other on a regular basis”

2009-05-16 … that began on April 9. The meeting took place in the Interior Ministry building, behind closed doors. After the meeting, Salome Zurabishvili, leader of the Path of Georgia party, informed reporters: “During the so-called negotiations, Saakashvili alleged that I was a GRU [Russian military …

once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com

The Sunday Whip

2009-06-28 … Green Amendment 108 fell by 118 to 3 (Greens/Margo). There were no surprises. Labour Amendment 113 saw a tied vote, at 60 votes each, with LibDem Leader Tavish Scott choosing a bad time to nip out: Labour, the LibDems, Greens and Margo had voted in favour, but the SNP and Tories voted against, and …

macnumpty.blogspot.com

The death

2009-06-27 … in Tollywood films. This is Golimar (Shoot the Bullet), from the 1985 Telegu film Donga (Thief): Incidentally, the star of the film, Chiranjeevi, is now leader of Telegu political party Praja Rajyam, and is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the Tirupathi constituency...

macnumpty.blogspot.com

The Granite City Putsch

2009-06-22 It seems that the LibDems have ousted their Leader in Aberdeen, Councillor Kate Dean. The councillor has been calling the shots since 2003 if memory serves, presiding over the budget crisis that has …

macnumpty.blogspot.com

EuroLiveblog

2009-06-07 … a seat through the re-allocations, Labour fall back to second place, UKIP overtake the Liberal Democrats and Labour lose a seat to the BNP, with BNP Leader Nick Griffin going to the EP. As someone who voted for the Green candidate in this region, I'm physically sickened that I'm now represented by a …

macnumpty.blogspot.com

The Beat Goes On

2009-06-06 … forced Darling and David Miliband to remain in situ. Then there's the role of Peers. Leaving Alan Sugar aside, the one portfolio (besides Leader of the House of Lords, which really has to be held by one of its members) that you'd expect to to be held by someone from the Lords is the Lord …

macnumpty.blogspot.com

Are Kaczyńskis psychopaths? Psychologist analyses Polish leaders’ personalities

2007-12-16 … in the woods, will you say that they are friends? Here we have exactly he situation with a pack of wolves. When other wolves question the power of the leader of the pack, he has to kill his competitors. So what happens next to the pack? Jarosław Kaczyński will most likely defend his position in the party …

polishpress.wordpress.com

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2009-06-20 … in the last hours prove that the party is going through some rough times. On the one hand, there are the “Fundis”, the Fundamentals (including the leader of the political party Oskar Lafontaine) who are said to be acting in somewhat very populist ways and care more about ideologies that real politics. …

lindarathwiggins.blogspot.com

Western Governments Funding Taliban & Al-Qaeda To Kill U.S. Troops, Destabilize Countries

2009-07-03 … the globe at the most opportune times, can be clearly traced. All the more revealing therefore were the comments of Qari Zainuddin, a former Taliban leader who defected to the Pakistani government, alleging that the Taliban were senselessly attacking civilian targets and that they were working with U.S. …

thetruthorthefight.wordpress.com

Deadliest Strike Yet in Pakistan Drone War

2009-06-25 … States. It also comes as Pakistan readies an offensive against Mehsud: Pakistani newspapers are also reporting the arrest of some of the Taliban leader’s fundraisers in Karachi. Pakistan’s The Nation has details on a first strike that preceded the funeral: A drone fired three missiles into a …

thetruthorthefight.wordpress.com

Fashion globe News

2008-02-28 … but also lingering corruption. France-Europe: Deutsche-Welle reports that French President Sarkozy has irked some of his fellow European leaders through “go-it-alone” policies. OPINION ROUNDUP: Turkish Islam A Turkish scholarly project aiming to reinterpret Islam draws editorial attention …

skunks.wordpress.com

A Second Castro in Cuba

2008-02-25 The brother of Cuba’s longtime leader Fidel Castro, Raul, assumed the country’s presidency yesterday, prompting mixed analysis on the future of the communist country. The Washington Post …

skunks.wordpress.com

Massive forces sent to prevent Gazans from storming border

2008-02-25 … that the protesters – or organizers – will not be satisfied with the symbolic imagery and might try to make good on threats issued by a Hamas leader last month that the Erez crossing would become the next Rafah. In a worst-case scenario, Hamas activists could motivate the crowds to storm the Gaza …

skunks.wordpress.com

It's How Johnny Foreigner Votes

2009-06-28 … the Jenkins Commission was looking into how to reform the electoral system (and settled on AV+), I wrote to its chairman, Roy Jenkins, the former leader of the Social Democrats, suggesting single-member constituencies elected by AV in rural areas and multi-member constituencies elected by STV in …

grahampointer.blogspot.com

Who Is Minister For Europe?- Another Confused Reshuffle

2009-06-13 … remained Transport Secretary. Peter Hain carried on as Welsh Secretary (a post he returned to last week), but was also made Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons. To add to the confusion, the Scotland Office and the Wales Office were to be part of the Department of Constitutional …

grahampointer.blogspot.com

The Next Leader

2009-05-25 … Parliament has had to reclaim its hold over the Executive. Amid all the expenses scandal, it is time Parliament did just that. Why should the Leader of the House of Commons play such a major role in setting the parliamentary agenda? Yes, there is the fact that there is a Government which wants to …

grahampointer.blogspot.com

Dave Won't Save You

2009-05-16 … with the impression of not showing a flicker of emotion at having to be a butcher. What has come out of the current expenses scandal? David Cameron, the Leader of the Opposition, is showing that he can be a brutal butcher when needed. Gone is the "hug-a-hoodie" and "call me Dave" niceness. There is going to …

grahampointer.blogspot.com

Big Chill Remembered

2008-02-21 … a term coined by British Soviet Jewry activist Michael Sherbourne referring to a Soviet Jew who was denied an emigration visa.Working with dissident leader Andre Sakharov and the refusenik movement in Moscow, Sharansky was a thorn in the side of the authorities. In March 1977 he was arrested and in July …

skunks.wordpress.com

Post about Global_Agenda

2008-02-20 … say the vote could force a change (NPR) in U.S. policy toward Pakistan. Prospects remain muddled on forming a government. Asif Ali Zardari, the leader of the PPP and widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, said he would attempt to form a coalition (Sify) with other opposition …

skunks.wordpress.com

The satanic,Scientology [SS] Agent”David “Huge”Icke[Icke is not an english name]

2008-02-18 … like Xavier and then through the trading companies, corporations and wars that would follow[ Knowledge for the upcoming wrong Jesus].The Japanese leader, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, became alarmed at how the Christian missionaries and their fellow travellers, the foreign traders, were so aggressive and …

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Update

2007-03-14 … Things up North are very close, and it's anyone's guess whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be able to hold off newly-minted Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion in the coming conflagration. Oh, and Tony Blair plans on stepping down in May last time I checked. So, I have decided that this blog …

conservaglobeusa.blogspot.com

Person of the Week - 2006 Year in Review

2007-01-04 … and soldier kidnapped by Hamas. July 2-8: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - Defeated Mexican Presidential Candidate July 9-15: Hassan Nasrallah - Leader of Hezbollah July 16-22: Newt Gingrich - Former Speaker of the U.S. House July 23-29: Condoleeza Rice - U.S. Secretary of State July 30-Aug. 5: …

conservaglobeusa.blogspot.com

World's Craziest Dictator Dead!

2006-12-22 … but now there is some hope for Turkmenistan. The country will probably remain an Orwellian police state, but hopefully the new "Turkmenbashi" ("Leader of all ethnic Turkmen") will have just enough sense to at least allow his subjects to have some access to medical care. If you are at all religious, …

conservaglobeusa.blogspot.com

Regime Change with a Human Face

2009-07-03 … concerned,” but what’s done is done and we must now work toward the reestablishment of “democratic norms.” The implication is clear: fascistic coup leaders are quite capable of leading a transition back toward the very same democracy they attacked, and the United States is still hoping to avoid …

amleft.blogspot.com

Criminals

2009-06-23 … reconnaissance aircraft painted in UN colours over Iraq with fighter cover". Bush said that if Saddam fired at the planes this would put the Iraqi leader in breach of UN resolutions. The president expressed hopes that an Iraqi defector would be "brought out" to give a public presentation on Saddam's …

amleft.blogspot.com

The Nordic Model of Government

2008-11-26 … gain power unencumbered by a strong middle class Liberal party. Finally, SAP prime ministers seemed to rule for a long time. Per Albin Hansson was leader of four governments; Tage Erlander was PM 1946-1969 and if Olof Palme had not been assassinated in 1986, he might have managed more than his seven …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Obama's Victory Analysed

2008-11-10 … seats to pass most things and so Obama faces an auspicious opening period as president. Challenges facing Obama: On 6th November, The Guardian’s leader read: ‘The weight of expectation that today rests upon the frame of a 47 year old senator with no real executive experience is too great for one man …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Putin's Russia

2008-11-09 … of the communist party and left Yeltsin poised to succeed Gorbachev as the USSR was dissolved 31st December 1991. Given his position as the main leader of Russia, once Gorbachev was cast aside, he was able to direct future reforms as he thought fit. Economy: Yeltsin abolished Gosplan in January 1992 …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Fat Cats, Private Equity and the Morality of the Super Rich

2007-10-24 … out of the region by spiralling house prices and are either moving elsewhere or becoming poor Professor Danny Dorling, from Sheffield University, leader of the study which analysed census data since the 1970s, commented that increased wealth had not really made the newly rich any happier: "Rich …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Burma; The Monks' Revolution

2007-10-15 … 1919 a disturbance was caused when a group of monks in Mandalay tried to eject a group of tourists from Britain who refused to remove their shoes. The leader of the monks was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder. ‘Such incidents inspired the Burmese resistance to use Buddhism as a rallying …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Can Cameron Win the Next Election?

2006-10-12 Introduction Since David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservatives by a landslide last December, some have assumed he will be the next prime minister. After dominating politics for 18 years …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

Labour's Power Tansition

2006-10-06 … and go back to the very beginnings of New Labour’s provenance. 1. The Granita ‘Agreement’: In 1994, shortly after John Smith, the previous Labour leader died, the two leading ‘modernizers’ in the party and obvious candidates for Smith’s crown, met to discuss the situation in the(now defunct) Granita …

heatonnorris.blogspot.com

The German Extremists

2005-09-19 … in Sunday’s election. Gerhard Schröder might well have a certain personal antagonism against Oskar Lafontaine. After all, it was the latter who was the leader of the SPD when they won the election in 1998 and Schröder become chancellor. He is the Luficer of German Social Democracy. But that’s really a …

carlbildt.wordpress.com

Good news Saturday

2006-03-25 … over the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, to the Liberian authorities. Taylor has been living in exile in Nigeria since he stood down as the leader of Liberia in 2003. He is wanted by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone to stand trial for crimes committed during the Liberian civil …

berlinbear.blogspot.com

Eagles of Death Metal – I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)

2007-03-24 … production” (Wikipedia). Since “stoner rock” has roots in “garage rock” some people categorize EODM as a garage rock band. EODM was formed by band-leader Jesse Hughes, who dominates all videos with his legendary moustache, and Josh Homme, head of the more popular stoner band “Queens of the Stone Age”. …

grissini.wordpress.com

The Showdown

2008-04-27 … Dioula, with English subtitles; Running time: 100 minutes In a fictitious country in sub-saharan Africa, the leader of the ruling "Nayak" people and the leader of the opposition "Bonandés" along with their respective retinue of armed soldiers come together to finalize and celebrate a landmark truce between …

instaplanet.blogspot.com

"Undemocratic?" Oh, that's just precious.

2008-11-29 … democracy in the democratic world, you say: "Ooh, goody for Mr. Harper! His party's got more seats than everybody else, and he's that party's leader! He's won the right to pick the additional set of MPs that gets to help form government with his MPs!" And if for some reason he can't or won't do …

idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com

Political culture and the post-2008 NDP

2008-11-14 … not that I disagree with the NDP's policies, because I'm still just fine with most of them. It's not even that I think there's anything wrong with the leader of the NDP running to be prime minister. It's that as long as the NDP was just trying to do the best job it could in opposition, I could pretend …

idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com

Corrupt police in Marocco

2009-07-08 … police corruption and the case of Chakib Khayari (Twitter); The Public prosecutor in Casablanca has ordered the arrest of Mr. Chakib Khayari, a leader in the fight against drug trafficking in northern Morocco, announced the Moroccan Interior Ministry in Rabat last Thursday. Mr. Chakib Khayari who …

cultofthedeadfish.blogspot.com

Political Sclerosis

2008-01-22 … as "problem-bear" for his poor performance in managing political issues. Only the fact that no-one else was prepared or powerful enough to rund for leader saved him from political oblivion. Whereas Beck has since then started to get rid of a couple of possible contenders, the sclerotic process of the …

fette-henne.blogspot.com

Leadership Contest

2007-10-26 … the future of Beck as Party leader and challenger to Chancelloress Merkel in 2009. The problem for the SPD was, it had devoured as much as three leaders in less than three years, four in six years, if you include Oskar Lafontaine. He was succeeded by frm. Chancellor Schröder, who handed over to …

fette-henne.blogspot.com

The Daily WAR (02-30)

2009-06-24 … target Western interests following the death of a suspected militant, the US embassy in Khartoum said today. WHISTLEBLOWER WHO LINKED TALIBAN LEADER TO CIA IS ASSASSINATED […] A whistleblower who defected from the Pakistani Taliban has been assassinated just days after he claimed that the group …

thedailyworldaffairsreport.blogspot.com

The Daily WAR (02-20)

2009-06-14 … positions have disquieted the Obama administration, but in Moscow, there was no such squeamishness. GADDAFI INVITES BACK EXPELLED JEWS […] Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ended a first visit to former colonial power Italy on Saturday by inviting Italians expelled in the wake of his 1969 revolution to …

thedailyworldaffairsreport.blogspot.com

The Daily WAR (02-19)

2009-06-13 … aide the Pakistani military in the search, the spy agency's director said today […] CIA director Leon Panetta said finding the reclusive al-Qaida leader remains a top priority for the department. PAKISTAN "EXPANDS WAR ON TALIBAN […] Pakistan's military is beginning a significant move into South …

thedailyworldaffairsreport.blogspot.com

The Daily WAR (02-17)

2009-06-11 … power, as the 2 nations seek to strengthen relations […] Prime Minister Berlusconi, who greeted Gaddafi on his arrival, has invited the Libyan leader to return to Italy next month for the Group of Eight summit. JEWS WORKING TO HALT DIVISION OF JERUSALEM […] In an unusual move, Arabs who built …

thedailyworldaffairsreport.blogspot.com

Fractured Fairytales about Jihad on Capitol Hill

2008-10-02 … article on Jihadists' conflicts with Al-Qaeda, "it is their ideas, not the West's, that matter." This article also claimed that Muslim Brotherhood leader Kamal El Helbawy was helping to recruit "moderates"; this is the same Kamal El Helbawy who was banned from entering the United States to attend a …

intelligence-summit.blogspot.com

Pakistan/Terrorism: Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly dead

2008-10-01 Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, died on Wednesday at about 1 a.m. local time from kidney failure, CNN has reported. According to the American news …

intelligence-summit.blogspot.com

‘Dry run’ attack forces Prince Harry retreat

2007-04-27 … is that there is no point in sending Prince Harry to do a permanent desk job for six months when he has trained to command 11 men as a troop leader in a reconnaissance role. Even sitting in a base has become risky as every location where British soldiers are serving comes under fire almost …

intelligence-summit.blogspot.com

A measured Merkel (FT.com)

2008-11-24 … that it is now acting in a purely national way – no longer in a European way,” says Joshka Fischer, the former foreign minister and Green party leader. “This is a big concern because the economic crisis will put the European project, including the euro, at risk.” Berlin’s subsequent decisions also …

merzen.blogspot.com

Iran -- Constitutional Crisis?

2009-06-20 I was wrong in thinking that the Leader of the Revolution [LOTR], Ayatollah Khamenei, would make some concessions in his sermon yesterday, and only wondering whether they would be enough …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

Khamene'i's Friday Sermon -- Few if any Concessions

2009-06-20 … second round. But a second round could be a possible route out of the dilemma facing the LOTR. Here is the full translation of the Friday sermon by Leader of the Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, provided by the Open Source Center (a US Government organization) via Juan Cole. Islamic Republic of Iran News …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

More on Iranian Elections Protests

2009-06-18 … National Iranian American Council helpfully translates some of Grand Ayatollah Yousef Sanei's […] note he is a better regarded Islamic scholar than the Leader of the Revolution Khamenei […] letter to Mousavi: "'I was hoping that your election, with your experience and devotion to and blessings of Imam …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

More on Iranian Elections - Is a Revolution being Twitted?

2009-06-16 … news agency some cracks had been found on pipeline connections." Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, once the choice of Ayatollah Khomenei to succeed him as Leader of the Revolution until Montazeri publicly backed away from the notion of rule by the just jurist, has published an open letter condemning the …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

Iranian Election cont. -- Why the ideas matter

2009-06-15 … guarantee for greater human rights […] Shirin Ebadi, Iran’s Human Rights Test Washington Post, 11 June 2009 Stratfor has a decent insta-analysis on the Leader of the Revolution's [LOTR] Ayatollah Khamenei's decision to call on the Guardian Council to investigate the complaints made by the opposition …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

Iranian Elections cont.

2009-06-13 … in this sense: that the Constitution of Iran has been overturned, but the power structure that allegedly has replaced it remains an open question. The Leader of the Revolution [LOTR] has endorsed the results, which is, at least on the surface odd, given that the LOTR derives his legitimacy from the …

opensourcegeopolitics.blogspot.com

Angie, CUT OUR TAXES!!!

2008-11-30 … not try to support the economy with tax-cuts? Shouldn’t Angela Merkel try to raise the investment-rate by lower taxes…? I cannot understand that… As leader of the opposition, Angela Merkel had a most fiscal-conservative record, now she want’s to keep taxes high… is Angela Merkel becoming left-wing? I …

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Will Financial Crisis kill Neo-Libertarianism

2008-10-23 … global financial architecture “Casino-Capitalism”… Look at political pollings and who gains good results: The german party “Linke”, especially their leader Oscar Lafontaine, the french Socialists, the Labour-Party in the UK, Hugo Chavez and even Barrack Obama, who is no socialist, but more than McCain. …

theeconomytoday.wordpress.com

Game-changer in Hessen?

2009-01-19 … Now the FDP has given Angela Merkel's party both government in Hessen and the prospect of a strong centre-right coalition in the autumn. The FDP's leader Guido Westerwelle is due to meet Merkel on Wednesday. I wonder what he'll ask for in return.

teuteronomy.blogspot.com

Osama's not welcome

2008-06-18 … and 11 a.m. and 2 and 3 p.m. The document also sets out a list of individuals that he may not contact or receive visits from -- headed by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his number two, Ayman al-Zawahri.

teuteronomy.blogspot.com

POLISH ELECTIONS

2005-09-25 … elections on 9 October, with a likely run-off vote two weeks later. Warsaw’s mayor Lech Kaczynski, the identical twin brother of the Law and Justice leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is one of two leading candidates in the presidential race. Poland is the EU’s biggest new member. Geography is history for …

wmmbb.wordpress.com

The bloodied hands

2005-10-28 … Reuters and AFP tell it like it is? A Palestinian man raises his hand after deliberately dipping it into the bloodied remains of an Islamic Jihad leader

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Iran: This Is Not a Revolution

2009-06-23 … Mir Hossein Mousavi himself was the prime minister of Iran during the first decade of the revolution, during a period when the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was president. Mohammad Khatami, one of the main supporters of Mousavi, was president between 1997 and 2005. Ayatollah …

leninology.blogspot.com

Why Right-Wing Character Attacks Are Now Irrelevant

2008-10-28 … side effect of a President Obama could be that nobody will have an excuse to not achieve any more. No more excuses. What higher barrier is left than leader of the free world? I am very big on pulling yourself up out of defeatism and self-inflicted malaise. I want a tax code that is geared toward …

erikgrow.blogspot.com

National Responsibility in Israel

2005-11-21 … leader Amir Peretz is from a very different mould than the old ones, and seems destined to strike a cord with the electorate. It looks as if the old leader Shimon Peres is about to abandon Labour and join the new party that Sharon is setting up. It will be turmoil on all fronts. But the end result is …

carlbildt.wordpress.com

OREO For 03 28 09

2009-03-28 … ` Jan 15, 2009 12:38pm EST ` "The idea of a 'war on terror' gave the impression of a unified, transnational enemy, embodied in al Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden, [British Foreign Secretary David] Miliband said, when [>] in fact militant groups were diverse and had wide-ranging motivations […] …

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Steinmeier on Ahmadinejad: Bizarre

2006-08-31 … Nachbarn unsere Sorge und unsere Ablehnung gegenüber einem atomar bewaffneten Regime in Teheran. (The current president wants to present himself as the leader of the Islamic world — his bizarre suggestion of a TV-duel with US President Bush shows that once again. His arab and islamic neighbors share our …

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Bad PR Move by Exelon ---- 50 Employees Sent to the Already Overcrowded Unemployment Office

2009-06-19 … growth free of greenhouse gas emissions. These layoffs contradict that concept. They are an admission of economic weakness from a company that is a leader in CO2-free energy. They are perhaps also an admission of a sort of failure to live up to the social contract with employees. The folks who will be …

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Canada Wants Out of the Medical Isotope Business?

2009-06-17 … neocons and social conservatives, is actively discouraging his country's continued investment in medical isotope production. Canada has long been a leader in this field. Is Harper outsourcing his country's nuclear expertise? Here in the U.S., conservatives usually say they are friends of nuclear …

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Timing of Iran talks insulting to troops

2007-05-30 … negotiators. However, Mr. President, if you absolutely insist on talking to –- and I mean talking “to” not “with […] the Iranians, start acting like the leader of a superpower instead of treating these thugs as equals. I do agree with your position that any talks should be limited to the security situation …

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"24"

2006-03-28 … a plot upgrade from "half-naked mystery woman" to "intelligence broker extraordinare". It also appears that she has the inside knowledge on Beirko, the leader of terror group...A B C D, also known as "The-latest-group-to-possess-the-canisters". By the way, this season the themes are gas canisters, keycards …

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Reactions to the Palin resignation

2009-07-04 … is that she's come to believe all the right-wing talk about how great and wonderful she is -- from the likes of Bill Kristol, as well as from Dear Leader Rush and the movement conservatives. It could very well be that Alaska is simply too small for her now. Don't get me wrong, she's still a parochial …

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The Palin resignation: What gives?

2009-07-03 … is that she's come to believe all the right-wing talk about how great and wonderful she is -- from the likes of Bill Kristol, as well as from Dear Leader Rush and the movement conservatives. It could very well be that Alaska is simply too small for her now. Don't get me wrong, she's still a parochial …

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Anwar to spring big surprise ‘related to Najib’ tomorrow

2009-04-03 The Malaysian Insider By Shannon Teoh SUNGAI PETANI, April 3 — PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is back in town and promises a big announcement in his ceramah tomorrow night that “is directly or indirectly related to …

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Change the way we elect the president?

2008-11-05 … that they give employment and protection to Colored democrats.” So, the Klan not only accepted and recruited Blacks in some areas, but a Klan leader made a motion that White men give employment and protection to Colored democrats. That in itself speaks volumes. Yes, volumes of ignored facts of …

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North Korea fires more rockets, says U.S. hostile

2009-05-26 … sanctions and so poor it relies on aid to feed its 23 million people. Analysts say the latest military grandstanding is also aimed at bolstering leader Kim Jong-il’s steel grip on power at home so he can better engineer his succession — with many speculating he wants his third son to take over. The …

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Obama's Move Against Jerusalem Gets Clearer

2009-07-05 … in 1948. These leaders also refuse to recognize the free and independent Jewish State. He reminded the audience that recently the Palestinian leader Abu Mazen refused to call Israel a Jewish State. Yaalon said that Israel should not be expected to help the Palestinians create a state (another …

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Israel's reliable friend

2009-07-04 … profile of the President. Still, a US President is powerful, but – unlike Israeli Prime Ministers – he is not the chairman of his party and not the leader of his congressional slate. He does not anoint the Speaker, majority leaders and committee chairs. And he does not determine which bills should pass …

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Israel Must be self-Reliant!

2009-06-30 … Arab initiative includes many countries for the peace process, and Lebanon will come as we see fit." said Hariri, the 39-year-old so-called moderate leader of the largest parliamentary bloc, which dealt a major setback to Hizbullah and its Syrian and Iranian backers, but his hateful attitude toward …

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/6/2009

2009-07-07 … [Return to headlines] Interview With Geert Wilders: I’m in Favour of Romania and Bulgaria Leaving the EU [video at the link] Geert Wilders is the leader of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, a political group described as “Islamophobic”. The party performed well in the recent European elections. …

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Drawing the Line

2009-07-06 … and more unlikely, and try to determine what our choices are. Suppose we face a stark choice. Suppose our only choice is between swearing fealty to the leader of Hells Angels, or submitting to the hosts of Mohammed. The Hells Angels are not the kind of people you want to invite into your parlor to drink …

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Tony Blair – The Verdict – (The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh)

2007-06-22 … stormed to power in a landslide victory beyond his wildest dreams. He swept into Number Ten with more authority and public goodwill than any Labour leader in history. Scandal … Bernie Ecclestone And he was buoyed by a Rolls-Royce economy which would keep Britain flush for the next ten years. This …

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Africa – Blair’s Legacy?

2007-06-02 … years after rival Royal Dutch Shell announced its return to the country, timed to coincide with Blair’s 2004 visit.Mr Blair became the first British leader in 60 years to visit Libya after Colonel Gaddafi abandoned efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction and handed over agents blamed for the …

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He’s steadied the ship, but can he weather the storm?

2009-06-12 … at a general election and Labour managed a resurgence then the Conservatives would not have a decisive majority. Also it is far easier to be a leader of the Opposition than it is  to be in Government. Cameron does have a knack for exposing Brown’s weaknesses, yet time and time again he fails to …

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Radicals set to rise at the expense of moderate politics.

2009-05-15 … the recent situation have been the fringe parties, most notably UKIP and the extremist BNP. Recent television campaigns by the BNP have seen its leader Nick Griffin, berating the current political system, the greed of mainstream party MPs and claiming his party is composed of ‘decent and honest …

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Africa says “no” to Europe on new trade deals

2007-12-09 … ties with the African continent. The atmosphere at the meeting had already been strained by differences of opinion over how to deal with Zimbabwe’s leader, Robert Mugabe. Chancellor Angela Merkel said Africa’s image was being damaged by a lack of resolve to stop human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. The two …

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Washington’s New Imperial Strategy In Venezuela!

2007-12-09 … U.S. army colonel named Robert Helvey. “Helvey, who has taught young activists in Myanmar and Serbian students who helped topple the former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, is giving courses on non-violent opposition tactics this week at an east Caracas university,” said the article. “Neither …

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Why the Council On Foreign Relations Hates Putin

2007-12-09 … next year as expected, he will be the dominant player in Russian politics for the foreseeable future. Vladamir Putin is arguably the most popular leader in Russian history, although you’d never know it by reading the western media. According to a recent survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal, …

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The Narcissistic Qualities Of Barack Obama

2008-05-30 … everybody else. But that general line is also taken by at least three of Tony Blair’s former cabinet ministers and his senior policy adviser, and by the leader of Canada’s New Democratic party, and by a whole bunch of bigshot Europeans. It’s not a Democrat-election policy, it’s an entire worldview. Even …

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Report: U.S. Hits “Militants’ Somali” Base

2007-06-02 … it difficult for security forces from the semiautonomous republic of Puntland to intervene on their own. A local radio station quoted Puntland’s leader, Ade Muse, as saying that his forces had battled with the “extremists” for hours before U.S. ships arrived and used their cannons. Muse said five of …

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France: Sarkozy concentrates power in his own hands

2007-06-02 … close political allies or heavyweights from his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The only exception is the defence ministry, which has gone to the leader of the parliamentary fraction of the right-wing UDF (Union for French Democracy), Hervé Morin. Morin supported the UDF candidate François Bayrou in …

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German Intelligence Caught Staging Terror in Kosovo.

2008-11-24 … in 1997, destabilizing the precarious balance between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the province and undercutting the position of pacifist Kosovo leader Ibrahim Rugova in autonomy negotiations with Belgrade […] A U.N. study found that at least 200,000 Kalashnikov automatic assault weapons stolen …

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FRANCE

2006-10-23 … youths who are bent on more than vandalism. “The thing that has changed over the past month is that they now want to kill us,” said Bruno Beschizza, the leader of Synergie, a union to which 40 per cent of officers belong. Action Police, a hardline union, said: “We are in a civil war, orchestrated by radical …

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BUSH ACCEPTS VIETNAM – IRAQ COMPARISON

2006-10-19 … deal with the ships that were taking the — or the airplane that was dealing with taking the material to somebody,” he said. “My point is that I want the leader to understand — the leader of North Korea to understand that he’ll be held to account,” Bush said. “Just like he’s being held to account now for …

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Our man at the movies

2009-07-05 … was watching nothing more risqué than Lassie Come Home. And get a load of this wholehearted defence from Jeffrey’s party leader: Peter Robinson, its leader, said: “Mr Donaldson has been asked to pay back any expenses which have not been properly incurred and I understand that he intends to do so. “In …

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Innocence Abroad

2005-09-17 … is too threatening. The day after the election, for example, the award-winning national German talk-show Hart aber Fair featured a Green Party leader denouncing America's war for oil and, more emblematic of the problem, an American journalist who received applause for comparing U.S. Christians to …

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Adriatische Gegenreformation Krieg Heute-2

2009-03-15 … people attended his funeral, countless books have been written about him, a bridge was named in his honour and now the spectre of Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider is dominating a regional election in Austria […] Ottomeyer, who will publish a book in March about the making of the Haider myth, …

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Pope Backs Holocaust Denier Bishop

2009-01-25 … excommunication not only of Bishop Williamson, rector of the Seminary of Our Lady Co-Redemptrix in La Reja, Argentina, but also of Bernard Fellay, the leader of the order, Alfonso de Gallareta, and Tissier de Mallerais. Renzo Gattegna, head of the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy, said the …

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SPECIAL REPORT – continued: Post-Election Turmoil in IRAN

2009-07-04 … a tough line, indirectly accusing Mousavi of treason. Though he did not name Mousavi directly, Jannati pointed out that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, once said that “anyone disrupts unity has not only committed a sin but also has committed treason against the …

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Go Ahead, Bibi - Drop The Bomb

2009-07-08 … - Iran's newly empowered administration of the "mullahtariat" is already reaping what it sowed. As far as the iron cross triumvirate - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) - is concerned, the foreign-orchestrated (as …

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SPECIAL REPORT: Post-Election Turmoil in Iran

2009-06-23 … this go-round has attracted some of Iran’s middle class, the same group that changed a religious movement in 1979 into a strong revolutionary force. The leader of the street protesters this time, rival presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, is also different from the reformist student leaders of 1999. …

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Stephen Zunes’ False Statements on Zimbabwe and Woza

2008-09-30 … agencies. In his reply to Freeman, Zunes falsely states that Women of Zimbabwe Arise can by no means be considered American agents. The group’s leader, Jenni Williams, was presented with the State Department’s 2007 International Woman of Courage Award for Africa by Condoleezza Rice in a March, 2007 …

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The War over South Ossetia

2008-09-04 … that is aggressively acting to expand its sphere of influence, it is the US. And yet this reality is so infirmly grasped that it is possible for the leader of a country whose scores of thousands of troops occupy conquered Iraq and Afghanistan to lecture Russia that countries don’t invade other countries …

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Zimbabwe at War

2008-06-24 … sovereignty. Zimbabwe isn’t trying to hang onto control of its economic levers, but to gain control of them for the first time. Jabulani Sibanda, the leader of the association of former guerrillas who fought for the country’s liberation, explains: “Our country was taken away in 1890. We fought a …

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Zimbabwe’s political opposition deploys its own WMD claim

2008-05-20 … we will remove you violently.” [22] When Tsvangirai lost an internal vote on whether to boycott or participate in Senate elections, he claimed that the leader of the party was not bound by the majority’s decision. What ensued showed the party’s non-violent credentials to be as bogus as its democratic …

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Expressions of imperialism within Zimbabwe

2008-04-27 … Zvakwana and Sokwanele as an “independent left” (7) and his co-authoring a Z-Net article on Zimbabwe with MDC founding member Grace Kwinjeh [8] (MDC leader Tsvangirai admitted in a February 2002 SBS Dateline program that his party is financed by European governments and corporations (9)), and it’s clear …

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Belgian police and al Qaeda living legend

2008-12-12 … opponent in Afghanistan two days before September 11, 2001. The husband late El-Aroud ordered a person among two men who killed Shah Ahmed Massoud, a leader of the Utara Alliance, in the suicide mission by Osama bin Laden. Belgian police meant prevented El-Aroud, to be looked for and carried out by the …

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Thomas Enders Parachutes into Airbus Leadership

2007-11-23 Former Paratrooper Thomas Enders has hit the floor running as leader of Airbus. His new boss at EADS, Louis Gallois, may be happy to leave the German in the limelight In the wake of recent restructuring at EADS, …

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Sarcozy, EADS. Qu’ est-ce qu’il a les demaneaisons?

2007-06-01 … accused of concealing the seriousness of the problems. In a short space of time, Humbert’s replacement, Christian Streiff resigned, and the current leader, Louis Gallois was brought in. Streiff was believed to have failed to secure backing for a financial package (The Power8 plan) he believed necessary …

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Nurses pay won’t go away. Gordon Brown must have his say

2007-05-28 … the wedding ceremony. Gordon Brown as Prime Minister will be not be given as much time to find his feet as was David Cameron on his appointment of leader of the Conservative party and wannabe Premier. Brown’s honeymoon will be briefer, if only because he has been in the public eye as a political …

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From Aradan

2008-09-16 … for Iran’s near future […] Notes   [1] When reading the few paragraphs in the first chapter about the youth of Iran’s leader under the Shah regime, I remember the strong opposition, even detestation, of left-wing intellectuals in the West regarding Reza Pahlevi, who was …

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Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10 Questions

2007-09-26 … oppose Iran’s proposal to resolve the 60-year-old Palestinian issue through a general referendum? 5- Why has the US military failed to find Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden even with all its advanced equipment? How do you justify the old friendship between the Bush and Bin Laden families and their …

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Transcript of Ahmadinejad’s U.N. Speech; U.S. media reactions

2007-09-26 … to defend the price of oil. “To $100,” said Mr. Chávez. “That is where we’re headed.” David Sanger contributed reporting […] At U.N., Iranian Leader Is Defiant on Nuclear Efforts By Peter Baker and Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 26, 2007; A01 UNITED NATIONS, Sept. …

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By: kimathi

2008-06-26 … sovereignty. Zimbabwe isn’t trying to hang onto control of its economic levers, but to gain control of them for the first time. Jabulani Sibanda, the leader of the association of former guerrillas who fought for the country’s liberation, explains: “Our country was taken away in 1890. We fought a …

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TORTURING THE CONSTITUTION, OR HOW TO KILL THE REPUBLIC.

2009-05-08 … threat […] Patrice Ayme http://patriceayme.wordpress.com […] Addenda: 1) Before World War One, Germany was the world’s most literate country, and a leader in physics, chemistry, and other hard fields. Still it succumbed to the appeal of fascism. This was plain obvious a generation earlier already, as …

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SMALL STATE, GREAT DEPRESSION.

2009-01-31 … a total loss of ethical control, even in the direst straights. So, to survive, the USA needs to NOT do like Rome. The USA needs to keep on being a leader in civilization and technology. This will start with schools, to make American children into first class intellects (right now Finland and Korea are …

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PITTWATER BOILOVER

2005-11-26 It is looking as if the Independent has taken the NSW state seat of Pittwater from the Liberal Party. This seat was held by the previous leader of the Liberals in NSW, John Brogden, who due to the viciousness of the party infighting attempted suicide. With about 70% of the vote counted and …

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A Place in the Auvergne, Tuesday, 25th November 2008

2008-11-26 … would guess the BNP leak at 80 percent orchestrated," he wrote. "The Brits are experts at this, perhaps the best." And true to that theory, the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, was quoted as saying that one good thing from the leaking of the list was that it proved that the stereotype of his supporter as "a …

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Iran’s ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Soltan Vowed to Protest Against Injustice

2009-06-24 … would be charged and punished,” Samsami told FOXnews.com. Much of the attention and blame for Neda’s apparent murder is now being focused on Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose threatening speech Friday preceded the violent protests Saturday at which apparently Neda lost her life. Khamenei is …

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Dahr Jamail: Kill the Indian. Save the Man.

2009-07-08 … also don’t know how to treat these sicknesses. We are also worried about you who live in the US.” Ecuador Forty-three-year-old Moi Enomenga is a leader of the Huaorani, an indigenous group of hunters and gatherers that have inhabited the rainforests at the headwaters of the Amazon for millennia, …

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Dahr Jamail: The Return of the Resistance

2009-06-10 … to grow any worse because the council members already distrust government promises." Al-Hayat also reported that Sheikh Khaled Yassine al-Janabi, a leader of the council in al-Latifiyah in southern Baghdad, warned that the "government's disregard for the issue of the councils and their demands will …

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Another Arm on the Octopus of Woman's Insanity

2009-06-06 … the meaning of the words, but failed to catch the puns and popular cultural hints: "We paean [pee on] the North Korean state. We paean their great leader Kim Il Sung". And: "We, as conscientious human beings who were cast upon the rocks and shoals of immorality by the tidal waves of Washington’s …

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Fjordman’s Book: “Defeating Eurabia” Part 2 (an update)

2009-02-19 … the greatest organized betrayal in Western history, perhaps in human history, yet it is hailed as a victory for “tolerance.” José Manuel Barroso, the leader of the unaccountable government for half a billion people, has stated that the EU is an empire. Maybe we think it’s ridiculous to see the EU as an …

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Tigris & Euphrates

2004-08-25 … and there are four types of leaders that correspond to each of these colors. If a tile is played in an area that can trace a line of tiles back to a leader of that color, the player that owns the leader, receives a point in that color. If there is no leader of the corresponding color, then the player …

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So the rumours are true?

2008-11-16 I've been hearing rumours for 10 days or so that Mullah Omar, leader of the Taleban, was going to be taken off the wanted terrorist list, and have his safety secured in exchange for a lessening in the fighting and …

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PS: between Action and Denial

2008-09-17 … of imposing him/herself in case he or she gets kicked out of the band as it were. Some say this is due to the void left by Mitterand, since he was leader for such a long time. But for god´s sake that was 14 years ago! It´s a rather cheap excuse to hide the fact that the party has too many bloated egos …

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Who's left?

2008-05-09 … of his Statist economic policy in 1981, since then it has been relying on it's own dwindling electoral base and the imposing personality of it's leader, that and a divided RPR. Ever since the end of the Mitterand years, the left seems unable to move on and challenge it's principles, and it's …

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Speaker Bercow – the Commons chose the Lord’s chosen

2009-06-23 It was a curious congratulatory line from the Leader of the Opposition. David Cameron remarked on the fact that John Bercow is the first Speaker to have been born into the Jewish faith, and he referred …

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David Cameron’s new EU group is Catholic and Reformed Conservative and Reformist

2009-06-22 … But this sort of decisive and bold leadership establishes that he has the precise qualities required to be so. He is not quite a Martin Luther, but the Leader of the Conservative Party has initiated a reformation in Europe which has the potential to change the course of EU history just as seismically as …

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What Do the 'Chicago 7', Surrealism and Barack Obama Have in Common? They Aren't Really Healers: Each Romanticizes Radical Counter-Cultural Change!!

2008-05-25 … The Paris Surrealist Group and the extreme left of the French Communist Party were drawn together in 1925 by their support of Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Rif uprising against French colonialism in Morocco. In tracts like "Revolution Now and Forever!" the surrealists actively called for the …

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Sarkozy est Le Masque!

2009-02-28 … and "Sarko the smurf", as "Nico Napoleon" and "Nico the nervous"? The short answer, I believe, is that you cannot and this is exactly what makes the leader of the Fifth Republic such an infectiously alluring character. Numerous faces [See: The Many Faces of France's Sarkozy - Which One Can We Trust??, …

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Anti-privatisation : campaigning regardless of who governs Qld

2009-06-28 … line. We want to deal rationally rather than gambling everything on the market only to watch the economic debacle we’re seeing now.” Drew Hutton, a leader of the Queensland Greens, told GLW: “There needs to be a solid anti-privatisation coalition between the key unions and other organisations, …

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The Legacy of Olof Palme

2006-02-26 … His murder was a national trauma that to some extent continues to this day. His legacy in domestic politics remains somewhat doubtful. He become leader of the Social Democratic Party in 1969, and was convinced that he had to ride the leftist wave that dominated those years. This lead not only to a …

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A Single Bullet

2009-03-01 … Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), has been in power for most of the time since 1981. It is a typical social democratic organisation and its leader, George Papandreou, is also president of the Socialist International, whose other members include our own Labour Party. The next most important …

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Q: What’s the reason for inequality of opportunity? A: It’s private.

2009-02-11 … but it is not one of such minor trivialities. No, this national disease is the widening of an educatio-class divide that is so entrenched, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has recently deemed it equivalent to a caste society. Many social groups exist within the university. Perhaps most numerous are the …

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Red November 1918

2008-12-01 … expansion had, however, also planted the seeds of revisionism and opportunism – a gulf opened up between theory and practice. Party trade union leaders and functionaries saw no further than higher wages and better conditions. Reichstag deputies aimed for minor reforms and parliamentary deals. High …

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Swat: A Marxist Perspective

2009-05-01 … rallies to the wider public as pro-Taliban, a peace deal was brokered between the provincial government of Pushtoonkhwa and Sufi Muhammad, who is a leader of a banned outfit, Tehrik e Nifaz e Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM). Sufi Muhammad – who was living an isolated life in Amandra in his madrasah – was …

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Travels With The Mango King

2009-04-23 … My parents met in Delhi in March 1980. My Pakistani father was in India promoting a book he had written on his political mentor, the Pakistani leader, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. My mother, a young Indian journalist, was sent to interview him. Their affair began that evening. My father took my mother’s …

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Chess, Not Checkers

2009-07-04 The following notes may be found in President Obama's breast pocket. Opening: Make Hilary Secretary of State (that is, remove the leader of the opposition from New York). Show the Arab and Muslim world--a place where honor matters--an abiding respect. Embrace the Arab League peace …

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Chess, Not Checkers

2009-07-04 The following notes may be found in President Obama's breast pocket. Opening: Make Hilary Secretary of State (that is, remove the leader of the opposition from New York). Show the Arab and Muslim world--a place where honor matters--an abiding respect. Embrace the Arab League peace …

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The Top 10 Most Frequently Accessed United States Supreme Court Decisions at LexisNexis : Significance and Case Commentaries

2009-07-05 … satirizing the famous rock ballad. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., the owner of the copyright for the song, brought an action against Luther Campbell, the leader of the band 2 Live Crew, for copyright infringement. At issue in this case was the scope of the fair use provision of the Federal Copyright Act, …

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France: Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) makes its mark

2009-06-04 … Parti Anticapitaliste (New Anti-capitalist Party) is considered by many workers to be one of their best political advocates, and the NPA’s popular leader, Olivier Besancenot, has become a symbolic figure of class struggle. Founded in February, the 9,000-strong NPA is now in full election mode. …

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Comes Back And Bites You

2008-12-10 … But the ISI has shared intelligence with Lashkar and provided protection for it, the officials said, and investigators are focusing on one Lashkar leader they believe is a main liaison with the spy service and a mastermind of the attacks. Lashkar-e-Taiba, which means “army of the pure,” was founded …

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Chickens Come Home

2008-12-07 … “A U.N. resolution passed more than half a century ago gave Muslim Kashmir the liberty of choosing independence from India,” it said. “George Bush, the leader of the crusaders’ campaign, announced a few days ago that he will order his converted agent Musharraf to shut down the Kashmir mujahedeen camps, …

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Adolf Hitler

2007-09-15 … Wikipedia for research • Jump to: navigation, search “Hitler” redirects here. For other uses, see Hitler (disambiguation). Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Leader of Germany Führer and Reichskanzler In office 2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945 Preceded by Paul von Hindenburg (as President) Succeeded by Karl Dönitz …

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United Kingdom

2007-09-15 … Minister exercises vast political power, especially in the appointment of other officials within the government and civil service. Gordon Brown, leader of the Labour Party, has been Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service since 27 June 2007. The Parliament is …

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

2007-09-15 … Father Alec Reid, a Roman Catholic priest close to Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, to view the secret disarmament work.[84] However, Ian Paisley, the leader of the DUP, complained that since the witnesses were appointed by the IRA themselves, rather than being appointed by the British or Irish …

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Gibraltar

2007-09-15 … soil. Germany's Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, also helped by filing a pointedly negative assessment of the options. Canaris was a leader of the German high command resistance to Hitler, and it is thought that he frustrated the attack to limit Germany's aggression.[citation needed]. In …

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History of Calvinist-Arminian debate

2007-09-15 … satisfaction for sins; it is of infinite value and worth, more than sufficient to atone for the sins of the whole world." This is the position which the leader of the English Presbyterians, Richard Baxter, asserted in his famous controversy with the leader of the English Congregationalists, John Owen. …

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Got to admire the Islamists use of liberal terms like "self determination"

2009-07-05 … "The rebels are getting desperate and they are no longer choosing their targets," he said. "They are now attacking even places of worship." But a leader of the MILF, Mohaqher Iqbal, denied his group had been involved in the attack. "Who needs a Christian-Muslim conflict?" he told Reuters news agency …

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Oops - Lets Go Back To Sachsenhausen!

2008-09-20 … camp.  It was a very emotional, eye opening experience and I cannot believe what happened to thousands of innocent people all because of Germany's leader Adolf Hitler.  We took a tour bus to the state of Brandenburg for this trip.  It was about an hour's ride from the Relexa Hotel. We visited the …

jillgermany.blogspot.com

Day 2 in Berlin !

2008-09-17 … Erik Kirschbaum seemed very eco-friendly. He talked about the 'energy issue' here and switching off nuclear power. Germany I learned is a world leader in renewable energy! Half of the world's power is produced in Germany. There is a law the government in Germany set up to encourage people to …

jillgermany.blogspot.com

Forestry Tasmania Threatens Brown with Bankruptcy‬‪

2009-06-09 … a cheque payable to Bob Brown Forest Account to GPO Box 404, Hobart, 7001, Or donate online here Forestry Tasmania is threatening Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown with bankruptcy if he doesn't pay $240,000 dollars by 29 June 2009.‪ In 2006 the Federal Court found in favour of Senator Brown's …

communistwombat.blogspot.com

Farage wins his Spurs Against Humphrys this Morning

2009-05-30 … fact that UKIP supporters and those of the BNP are so mutually sympathetic a merger was mooted not so long ago, and you can see why I found UKIP's leader resistible. But I thought he came out of his interview this morning with John 'Rotweiller' Humphrys on Today, with colours flying. It wasn't just …

skipper59.blogspot.com

We won the war, now read the health warning!

2009-01-18 … missiles and artillery and bullets that caused the death of civilians. Maybe even the post war conscience of a surviving formerly self assured Hamas leader who may have erected an arms depo next to a school or residential estate. I am trying to say to myself, you know better. Dialogue is the real …

danielscounter.blogspot.com

GAZA BLOCKADE CONTINUES

2009-07-01 … could provide humanitarian aid through the crossings to Gaza from Israel. At The Raw Story, Stephen C Webster reported that Huwaida Arraf, leader of the Free Gaza Movement and coordinator of the mission prior to his arrest by the Israelis said: “No one could possibly believe that our small …

ianwestbrook.blogspot.com

ET TU TURNBULL?

2009-06-29 … so prepared to judge an Opposition Leader so harshly. Now Turnbull is politically damaged, and the Utegate Affair is going to stick to him if he is the leader in the next election. I do not know if tempramentally cut out to be an Opposition Leader, which perhaps requires that the focus should always be on …

ianwestbrook.blogspot.com

DRONE TERRORISM

2009-06-14 … have been killed along with 14 al Qaeda leaders in some 60 drone strikes since January 2008 – just over 50 civilians killed for every al Qaeda leader. So how was it that so many civilians were killed? Was it simply, as it seems to be true in some instances, of local people providing hospitality to …

ianwestbrook.blogspot.com

The new world

2008-11-09 In just four days we gained a US President-elect and an NZ Prime Minister-elect. If Phil Goff succeeds Helen Clark as Labour leader as expected, for the first time since 1993 both of New Zealand's main parties will be headed by men. And Sir Roger Douglas is back in Parliament. …

douglastodancing.blogspot.com

Europe & United Nations Try to Cram Down US Throat Socialist Financial and Environmental Global Governance; Will Bush & Successor Swallow?

2008-10-22 … pushes the environment out of voters' minds, green issues take a back seat. So it has proved in every recession. Except this one. I became leader of the Green party just two days after one of the most far-right administrations in US history was forced to nationalise nearly half of the …

itssdeconomicfreedom.blogspot.com

PROOF POSITIVE: US Blue Party Welcomes UK's Gordon Brown & EU Socialist Party Leaders Who Endorse Obama in Effort to Influence U.S. Election Outcome

2008-09-15 … participants were hosted by the Chair of the National Democratic Committee Howard Dean. They had a full agenda and took part in the International Leaders Forum (ILF) organised by National Democratic Institute, meeting with prominent policy makers and politicians, including Bill Clinton, former …

itssdeconomicfreedom.blogspot.com

It's Not Such a Complication: More Moscow Militarism = Less FDI, Scientific & Technology Cooperation and Exchange, Trade, Economic Growth for Russia

2008-09-02 … to Russian Gas The fighting also drives home how dependent Europe is on Russia for energy, particularly gas. As a result, Europe, already a leader in wind and solar energy, is likely to increase its investment in alternative energy. And the crisis could give new life to other projects designed …

itssdeconomicfreedom.blogspot.com

Czech President Vaclav Klaus Has Long Warned Against Global 'Europeanism': But is the 110th U.S. Congress Listening? Does it Want This for America??

2008-06-06 … is the emergence of new ‘isms’ based on similar illiberal or antiliberal views.” Václav Klaus is an indomitable defender of liberty, Europe’s only leader in the mould of the formidable Lady Thatcher. Though communism, the “hard version of socialism” is probably over this has not automatically led “to …

itssdeconomicfreedom.blogspot.com

Kings and Princes

2009-07-02 … to become king of Gwynedd. Soon after gaining power he surprised a Mercian army at Rhyd y Groes near Welshpool and totally defeated it, killing its leader, Edwin, the brother of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. He then attacked the neighbouring principality of Deheubarth which was now ruled by Hywel ab Edwin. …

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Collectivists advance with 'Salvation Leftism'

2008-06-08 … Employees International Union in Puerto Rico. The SEIU's Web site is dominated by an Obama image, as might be expected with a union that, under leader Andy Stern, has just moved to consolidate local funds under central control, the better to send millions to the Obama campaign. The union pandering …

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Barack wins over Communist Party USA

2008-04-03 … paid tribute to veteran party leader George Edwards on his 90th birthday. Edwards was a founder of the United Steelworkers of America and is now a leader of the USWA retiree group, SOAR. Many younger comrades learned trade unionism from George Edwards, Marshall said. Edwards stood. “Look after …

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ECONOMY-TANZANIA: Not Enough Money or Not Enough Opportunities? – Inter Press Service

2009-01-13 … Ehud Olmert said Palestinian militants will keep on feeling Israel’s “iron fist”as long as Hamas fires rockets at Israel. But a senior Hamas leader, Ismail Haniya, said the group was “approaching victory”.”After 17 days of this foolish war, Gaza has not been broken and Gaza will not collapse,” …

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Race tension behind taxi brawl at airport, say drivers

2008-09-06 … fight began between a Somalian driver and an Indian driver before mushrooming into a brawl between Indians and drivers from various African nations. A leader in the recent taxi protests in Melbourne's CBD told 3AW the fight was sparked when an Indian driver tried to skip the queue... Other taxi drivers …

abandonskip.blogspot.com

"Wicker Tam"

2006-08-29 … from distant parts takes its time. Front page of the Scottish Mirror, Friday 25 August: Tommy Sheridan's SSP rivals burned an effigy of their former leader in a scene straight out of The Wicker Man. Activists on a woodland retreat cheered as the life-sized model went up in flames, echoing the climax of …

deadmenleft.blogspot.com

Canada looks to 2011 Afghanistan combat mission end date

2008-02-10 … in Afghanistan only if bolstered by additional NATO troops. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he accepted the recommendations. Stephane Dion, leader of the main opposition Liberal Party, which is tied with the Conservatives in the latest polls, said this week he would entertain a longer mission …

afghandevnews.wordpress.com

Afghan government official says that student will not be executed

2008-02-10 … Islam is being used as political game. To get something you just use the name of religion.” The news had a cautious welcome in London. Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “This affair raises serious questions about the direction Afghanistan is heading. It should not require …

afghandevnews.wordpress.com

Northern Warlord Flexes His Muscles

2008-02-10 … account at a press conference the following day. “Dostum, along with [parliamentarians] Hashem Ortaq and Alem Sayee attacked the house of Akbar Bay, leader of the Turkic Council, while they were drunk. They were accompanied by 60 to 70 armed men, who beat Akbar Bay and one of his sons,” said Bashiri. …

afghandevnews.wordpress.com

Water Scarcity and the Threat of Water Wars in South Asia – A Bangladesh Perspective

2009-06-06 … India again started unilateral withdrawals from Farakka. It was not until the Awami League returned to power in 1996 in Bangladesh under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina (daughter of the slain leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) that a treaty between the countries was signed on the sharing of the …

ishakhan.wordpress.com

Sinister designs on Sri Lanka

2009-03-16 … have also gone to great lengths to establish a connection between the Marakat-ul Mujahideen (MuM) and the LTTE. They have said that the former leader of the LTTE “Mahattaya” was killed by the LTTE due to his connections with the RAW (result of RAW efforts to indoctrinate Sri Lankan Tamil …

ishakhan.wordpress.com

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