published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2012-11-14 00:38
France became the first European power to recognize Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against President Bashar al-Assadonce they form a government.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-11-10 16:40
The small Baltic state of Latvia could become the 18th member of the euro zone in 2014 if it continues on its current economic course, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.
published by Fester on Wed, 2012-10-31 23:50
Yes, you heard me.
But he does the classic deadly spin, blaming all Zionists for the questionable behavior of one group, Labor Zionism.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-10-25 19:50
Australia has 40% of the world's uranium, all of it on indigenous land. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just been to India to sell uranium to a government that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and whose enemy, Pakistan, is also a non-signatory. The threat of nuclear war between them is constant. Uranium is an essential ingredient of nuclear weapons. Gillard's deal in Delhi formally ends the Australian Labor Party's long-standing policy of denying uranium to countries that reject the NPT's obligation "to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament".
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-10-25 18:45
So says member of the UK's upper house who receives a £120,000-a-year taxpayer-funded pension from his former employment.
published by Tyler Durden on Mon, 2012-10-15 19:36
Yes, indeed, it is a little-acknowledged feat of miraculous life-saving power that Europe has not gone to war with itself -- other than that whole Yugoslavia thing -- since World War II. It's as clear a demonstration as anything that people can choose to stop fighting. It's a testament to the pre-war peace efforts that criminalized war, the post-war prosecutions of the brand new crime of making war, the reconstruction of the Marshall Plan, and ... and something else a little less noble, and much less Nobel-worthy.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:37
The EU enthusiastically welcomed the announcement, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the decision “wonderful,” and vowing to press for closer integration in the EU. "The fact that the Nobel Committee has honored this idea is both a spur and an obligation, also for me in a very personal way," she told reporters.
Martin Schulz, president of the EU Parliament said he was “deeply touched and honored” by the prize. “The EU is a unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity.”
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:27
Any country providing military help to Syrian President Bashar Assad is "morally bankrupt," a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said Friday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-10-12 16:37
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has suggested that high-level Syrian government figures could be assassinated as part of the US-backed civil war to oust President Bashir al-Assad. Carr’s remarks underscore the reckless and illegal character of the US-led regime change operation underway in Syria, taking place with the full support of the Australian Labor government.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-30 23:41
David Remnick accuses the Prime Minister of endangering Israel and making himself a factor in the U.S. elections.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-08-18 06:36
Genetically screening our offspring to make them better people is just 'responsible parenting', claims an eminent Oxford academic.
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2012-08-15 08:35
Pennsylvania woman who offers free lunch every day to low-income children in her neighborhood faces a $600-a-day fine next summer if she continues because she did not clear the food giveaway with township officials.
published by Fester on Wed, 2012-06-27 12:14
Implacable ultra-orthodox anger over Zionist role in Holohoax. Tensions rising inside the Bug House? Oy vey!
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-03-30 12:50
Primary schools are adopting a 'no best friends' policy to shield children from the pain of falling out.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-03-30 12:45
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is recommending that there should be no advertising of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar during children's programming.
This will effectively mean a ban on advertising what the BAI deems to be less healthy foods, including cheese, before 6pm in between kids' television programmes.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-02-02 09:36
Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-01-13 10:34
Bonuses for staff at the Met Office shot up by 30 per cent last year – despite accusations that they failed to warn the public about last year’s Big Freeze.
published by Heydrich on Tue, 2011-09-20 00:32
Obama’s solution for the Depression is supply-side economics, whose champions claim that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, then the wealthy will invest in new factories, and hire new workers, thereby producing tax revenue.
Nonsense!
published by joeblow on Sun, 2011-07-24 18:05
ABB logs all events leading up to the attack, beginning in 2002.
His declaration of intent declares that his goal is to develop a Temperance organization; "It will become the most conservative revolutionary movement in Western Europe for the coming decades".
"Everybody uses code words - mine is Sigurd the Crusador"
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