Sunday news dump
Over the pond to start with :
The u.s press is having a hayday with the money tracking story. Both the N.Y Times and L.A times are devoting acres of coverage to the story itself and especially to the reactions of Darth and Shrub (speaking from hungary) - by divulging such sensitive information at a time of war, the press is giving aid to the enemy ....
Meanwhile back on capitol hill the wapo tells us that congressional repukes are looking to save their bacon ahead of the upcoming elections in four months time ... who knows, things just might turn a bit ugly if the incoming treasury secretary decides to hike taxes.
After the Social security and immigration programs that went nowhere, it does indeed seem as though the next elections will be aboutscaring the beejesus out of the american population national security.
All of which leads us into the other biggie of the week (cue Sergio Leone music) : The Miami Seven. According to Gonzo, they didn't actually have any explosives or materials to blow anything up. d'oh!
Then there's this extract from the Times of London :
The ringleader of the seven men accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago was a “Moses-like figure” who carried a crooked cane and wore a cape as he sought to recruit followers to a religious cult called the Seas of David.
Narseal Batiste, 32, a martial arts enthusiast, led his oddball group of what he called “soldiers” seeking to wage a “full ground war” against America, according to charges brought last week.
The father of four, known to his followers as Prinze Naz, sometimes wore a bathrobe when entering the shabby warehouse in Miami that FBI officials claim was the base of the would-be terrorists -snip
Prince Naz eh ... in french 'naze' means stupid, crappy or useless :o)
But that's not all : 'End times' religous groups want apocalypse soon. The L.A Times very kindly explains to us that nut jobs are everywhere :
... mega-church pastors recently met in Inglewood to polish strategies for using global communications and aircraft to transport missionaries to fulfill the Great Commission: to make every person on Earth aware of Jesus' message. Doing so, they believe, will bring about the end, perhaps within two decades .... In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a far different vision. As mayor of Tehran in 2004, he spent millions on improvements to make the city more welcoming for the return of a Muslim messiah known as the Mahdi, .... Ahmadinejad hopes to welcome the Mahdi to Tehran within two years .... Conversely, some Jewish groups in Jerusalem hope to clear the path for their own messiah by rebuilding a temple on a site now occupied by one of Islam's holiest shrines (much more at the link)
Sooo there ya go; we have wack job world leaders pandering to their fan base of mad religous loony tunes ... and people ask me why i don't have kids ..
Closer to home and back to blighty :
Sstraight in with the Observer article about how Sarkozy the toerag has had meetings with Toeknee Bliar seeking advice on how to win next years election ...
The most recent encounter was last weekend when Sarkozy was on a private visit to London to mark his reconciliation with his wife, Cecilia.
Officially, he laid a wreath at Charles de Gaulle's statue in Covent Garden and met only Home Secretary John Reid.
In fact, as one of Sarkozy's aides confirmed yesterday, France's most ruthlessly ambitious politician also met Blair.
The aide, Gerard Longuet, said that comments made by Blair during their meeting had 'inspired' a keynote speech by Sarkozy to his Union Pour Un Mouvement Populaire.
Longuet said the men had discussed the euro and Blair allegedly said: 'We're not in Euroland and have better growth and less unemployment than you.
How can you expect my voters to agree [with the French approach to Europe]?' The aide added: 'Nicolas was struck by the argument. He remains impressed by Mr Blair's forthrightness. '
Linky
This really needs to be shouted out all over the place as Bliar is not held in high esteem here by your average Joe Blow - Sarko's campaign could be blown out of the water.
Over to the Indy with the story that pedophiles are to be given Prozac ... what utter bullshit ... cut off their bollocks. Literally. That's the only good option - i'm being very serious.
Still in the Indy and our own war-aginst-terra : the met were warned two years ago by an computer programmer who knew the culprits about the London bombings ... check this out police raided a house because a kid was seen with a toy gun : A solicitor has described being confronted with a scene reminiscent of "a Bruce Willis movie" when armed police officers stormed his home after his son was seen with a replica toy gun.
John Trimbos, 42, and his 15-year-old son, Olly, were handcuffed after officers smashed down the door of their flat in Belsize Park, north London.
Mr Trimbos' wife, Lucy, and their youngest son, Felix, aged seven, were left traumatised by the raid...
That's my country folks :-(
The french press
What are the Duponts reading this morning ?
In with Le Monde which is following up on an extroadinary event which took place in the senate on tuesday:
During prime ministers' question time, the socialist opposition leader accused the prime minister of irresponsibility for not putting an end to the governments current troubles.
In doing so he cited Clearstream, the projected privatisation of the national gas board, money made by the heads of EADS when they sold off their stocks and shares before the company started floundering ... all of this rolled into one nice and tidy bundle.
De Villepin, visiblement énervé stood up and said :
"Il est des moments, Monsieur Hollande, dans une démocratie, où l'on ne peut pas mélanger les carottes et les choux-fleurs. Je dénonce, Monsieur Hollande, la facilité, et je dirais même, en vous regardant, la lâcheté..." 'There are times, Mr Hollande, in a democracy, where one shouldn't mix carrots and cauliflowers. I denounce, Mr Hollande, the easiness, and i would even say, whilst looking at you, the cowardly-ness ...'
All the socialist bench jumped up in mass as De Villepin repeated "lâcheté" over and over again. The television has been replaying the scene all week - people shouting at each other 'démission ! démission !', fists cocked, De Villepin being surrounded by his collegaues as a protective barrier.... incredible .... it looks like something from a third-world-tin-pot-dictatorship country.
De Villepin apologised the next say for over stepping the mark
Feeling happy ?? You should be; according to le Figaro, friday the 23rd of june is the happiest day of the year. What's more there's even an equation to prove it : Nice sunny days + outdoor activities + time spent with the familly and friends + childhood memories associated with summer = 23 june. Or O + (N x S) +Cpm/T +He =... 23 june. ... people get paid to come up with this stuff
From the sports pages, two stories stand out. The first concerns Lance Armstrong, who, whilst in hospital for cancer treatment, was asked by his doctor if he'd ever taken any drugs ... to which he replied with a long list of products: EPO, growth hormones, anabolic steroïds and testosterone ...
Pretty much every where this morning the french press jumps all over the story about the 300 british 'football supporters' arrested overnight in Stuttgart following a bit of a ding-dong after the Germany/Sweden match.
That's it, short 'n' sweet this week
The u.s press is having a hayday with the money tracking story. Both the N.Y Times and L.A times are devoting acres of coverage to the story itself and especially to the reactions of Darth and Shrub (speaking from hungary) - by divulging such sensitive information at a time of war, the press is giving aid to the enemy ....
Meanwhile back on capitol hill the wapo tells us that congressional repukes are looking to save their bacon ahead of the upcoming elections in four months time ... who knows, things just might turn a bit ugly if the incoming treasury secretary decides to hike taxes.
After the Social security and immigration programs that went nowhere, it does indeed seem as though the next elections will be about
All of which leads us into the other biggie of the week (cue Sergio Leone music) : The Miami Seven. According to Gonzo, they didn't actually have any explosives or materials to blow anything up. d'oh!
Then there's this extract from the Times of London :
The ringleader of the seven men accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago was a “Moses-like figure” who carried a crooked cane and wore a cape as he sought to recruit followers to a religious cult called the Seas of David.
Narseal Batiste, 32, a martial arts enthusiast, led his oddball group of what he called “soldiers” seeking to wage a “full ground war” against America, according to charges brought last week.
The father of four, known to his followers as Prinze Naz, sometimes wore a bathrobe when entering the shabby warehouse in Miami that FBI officials claim was the base of the would-be terrorists -snip
Prince Naz eh ... in french 'naze' means stupid, crappy or useless :o)
But that's not all : 'End times' religous groups want apocalypse soon. The L.A Times very kindly explains to us that nut jobs are everywhere :
... mega-church pastors recently met in Inglewood to polish strategies for using global communications and aircraft to transport missionaries to fulfill the Great Commission: to make every person on Earth aware of Jesus' message. Doing so, they believe, will bring about the end, perhaps within two decades .... In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a far different vision. As mayor of Tehran in 2004, he spent millions on improvements to make the city more welcoming for the return of a Muslim messiah known as the Mahdi, .... Ahmadinejad hopes to welcome the Mahdi to Tehran within two years .... Conversely, some Jewish groups in Jerusalem hope to clear the path for their own messiah by rebuilding a temple on a site now occupied by one of Islam's holiest shrines (much more at the link)
Sooo there ya go; we have wack job world leaders pandering to their fan base of mad religous loony tunes ... and people ask me why i don't have kids ..
Closer to home and back to blighty :
Sstraight in with the Observer article about how Sarkozy the toerag has had meetings with Toeknee Bliar seeking advice on how to win next years election ...
The most recent encounter was last weekend when Sarkozy was on a private visit to London to mark his reconciliation with his wife, Cecilia.
Officially, he laid a wreath at Charles de Gaulle's statue in Covent Garden and met only Home Secretary John Reid.
In fact, as one of Sarkozy's aides confirmed yesterday, France's most ruthlessly ambitious politician also met Blair.
The aide, Gerard Longuet, said that comments made by Blair during their meeting had 'inspired' a keynote speech by Sarkozy to his Union Pour Un Mouvement Populaire.
Longuet said the men had discussed the euro and Blair allegedly said: 'We're not in Euroland and have better growth and less unemployment than you.
How can you expect my voters to agree [with the French approach to Europe]?' The aide added: 'Nicolas was struck by the argument. He remains impressed by Mr Blair's forthrightness. '
Linky
This really needs to be shouted out all over the place as Bliar is not held in high esteem here by your average Joe Blow - Sarko's campaign could be blown out of the water.
Over to the Indy with the story that pedophiles are to be given Prozac ... what utter bullshit ... cut off their bollocks. Literally. That's the only good option - i'm being very serious.
Still in the Indy and our own war-aginst-terra : the met were warned two years ago by an computer programmer who knew the culprits about the London bombings ... check this out police raided a house because a kid was seen with a toy gun : A solicitor has described being confronted with a scene reminiscent of "a Bruce Willis movie" when armed police officers stormed his home after his son was seen with a replica toy gun.
John Trimbos, 42, and his 15-year-old son, Olly, were handcuffed after officers smashed down the door of their flat in Belsize Park, north London.
Mr Trimbos' wife, Lucy, and their youngest son, Felix, aged seven, were left traumatised by the raid...
That's my country folks :-(
The french press
What are the Duponts reading this morning ?
In with Le Monde which is following up on an extroadinary event which took place in the senate on tuesday:
During prime ministers' question time, the socialist opposition leader accused the prime minister of irresponsibility for not putting an end to the governments current troubles.In doing so he cited Clearstream, the projected privatisation of the national gas board, money made by the heads of EADS when they sold off their stocks and shares before the company started floundering ... all of this rolled into one nice and tidy bundle.
De Villepin, visiblement énervé stood up and said :
"Il est des moments, Monsieur Hollande, dans une démocratie, où l'on ne peut pas mélanger les carottes et les choux-fleurs. Je dénonce, Monsieur Hollande, la facilité, et je dirais même, en vous regardant, la lâcheté..." 'There are times, Mr Hollande, in a democracy, where one shouldn't mix carrots and cauliflowers. I denounce, Mr Hollande, the easiness, and i would even say, whilst looking at you, the cowardly-ness ...'
All the socialist bench jumped up in mass as De Villepin repeated "lâcheté" over and over again. The television has been replaying the scene all week - people shouting at each other 'démission ! démission !', fists cocked, De Villepin being surrounded by his collegaues as a protective barrier.... incredible .... it looks like something from a third-world-tin-pot-dictatorship country.
De Villepin apologised the next say for over stepping the mark
Feeling happy ?? You should be; according to le Figaro, friday the 23rd of june is the happiest day of the year. What's more there's even an equation to prove it : Nice sunny days + outdoor activities + time spent with the familly and friends + childhood memories associated with summer = 23 june. Or O + (N x S) +Cpm/T +He =... 23 june. ... people get paid to come up with this stuff
From the sports pages, two stories stand out. The first concerns Lance Armstrong, who, whilst in hospital for cancer treatment, was asked by his doctor if he'd ever taken any drugs ... to which he replied with a long list of products: EPO, growth hormones, anabolic steroïds and testosterone ...
Pretty much every where this morning the french press jumps all over the story about the 300 british 'football supporters' arrested overnight in Stuttgart following a bit of a ding-dong after the Germany/Sweden match.
That's it, short 'n' sweet this week
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