Archive for February, 2013

WA bushfires out of control burn 1200ha

RESIDENTS in several towns northeast of Perth are being urged to evacuate as a large bushfire continues burning out of control. As more than 150 firefighters battle to contain the blaze, those near Shady Hills and Bullsbrook are on emergency warnings. The fire has consumed around 1200 hectares, and while it had slowed overnight, strong […]

Vic man falls from tram after spat

A man has been hospitalised with serious injuries after he fell from a tram in central Melbourne. Source: AAP A MAN has been seriously injured after falling from a tram following a dispute in Melbourne’s CBD. The 59-year-old man fell from the tram’s top step onto the road as he and another man were leaving […]

Aust scientists push for legal rhino trade

AUSTRALIAN researchers hope to end the deadly poaching trade that’s fuelled by wealthy elites using rhino horn to detox, pushing the price higher than gold or cocaine. The trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977. But demand has surged along with economic growth in East and South-East Asia, say researchers Duan Biggs, Franck […]

Dog days are over for Sammie the staffie

Audrey McNulty at home with staffies Sammie and Teeko, who she adopted this week. Picture: CALUM ROBERTSON Source: adelaidenow SAMMIE the staffie suffered horrific injuries when she was doused with petrol and set alight four years ago. The canine lost most of her ears and half her coat in a blaze that burned 40 per […]

Damascus calls on U.N to stop Israel drilling oil in the Golan Heights

On Thursday, Damascus condemned Israel’s intentions to drill for oil in the Golan Heights – Syrian territory it occupied in 1967, and labelled the action an “illegal and a flagrant violation” of Security Council resolutions. It has called on the United Nations to take “serious action” to prevent this. The official Syrian news agency, […]

Erdogan calls for reform of the United Nations

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has called for worldwide participation in carrying out reform of the United Nations stressing that the UNSC should represent all the countries of the world. He pointed out that the five permanent members of the council did not actually represent the whole world, noting that this is a […]

Qatari Emir: violations in Syria and Palestine are a disgrace to humanity

The Qatari Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has stated that there are countries that are still merely expressing verbal condemnation of the genocide being committed by the regime in Syria. He called on the international community to take responsibility and support the Palestinian and Syrian people. During his opening speech at […]

Erdogan calls Zionism a crime against humanity

The Israeli media have criticised remarks made by Turkey’s Prime Minister at the official opening of the 5th UN Alliance of Civilisations Global Forum in Vienna. Recep Tayyip Erdogan described Zionism, Israel’s founding ideology, as a “crime against humanity”. Haaretz newspaper said that despite efforts to bridge the gap in Turkey-Israel relations […]

Full report on the condition of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails The number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention centres has reached 4,750 people from every sector of Palestinian society. The majority (82.5 per cent) are residents of the West Bank, 9.6 per cent are from the Gaza Strip, and the rest are from Jerusalem and […]

Anti-Semite? Moi? The Video

  My EXTREME thanks to our beloved ‘Snordelhans’ for putting together such a wonderful narrative. Honestly, I am awed and honored, and that is putting it mildly. This entry was posted on February 28, 2013, 8:41 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can […]

Jewish Masonry is influential in USA

Who’s the next Bachelorette? ABC to reveal ‘Bachelorette’ Season 9 star March 11

The questions remain about who will be the next Bachelorette, but ABC has finally revealed a date when the mystery will be answered. “The identity of the latest Bachelorette will be revealed during “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” airing live on Monday, March 11 from 10-11 p.m.” ABC confirmed Wednesday in a statement. ‘The […]

Interview with Villy Wang, President and CEO of BAYCAT

Profiles in PartnershipA series on best practices and sound advice for developing and maintaining successful partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations Part 4 BB: What are you looking for from your corporate partners beyond financial contributions and hiring your students? VW: Many people in corporations are interested in donating their time, their energy, and their […]

Dog perishes after alerting guardian to fire in Utah

On Wednesday afternoon, an elderly dog died inside of a burning home on E. Wasatch Blvd., in Layton, Utah. According to Thursday’s Standard-Examiner, that dog, a 13-year-old golden retriever mix, died a hero. The senior dog, named “Jake,” successfully roused his slumbering guardian as the home filled with smoke. The woman, whose name has not […]

Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson battle for 2013 rushing title begins

Chris Johnson plans to run for more yards in 2013 than Adrian Peterson. According to ESPN on Feb. 28, that is not all that CJ2K said in his interview, as he also plans to break Erik Dickerson’s NFL rushing record. It was just three years ago that NFL fans debated who the best running back […]

Have some wine with those fruits and veggies

Noted cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D. applauds the study of the Mediterranean diet that includes wine, but warns about indulgence. “You have to keep a balance,” he said. “The study, pushed recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, recommended seven glasses of wine a week. That is a safe consumption level of a glass a […]

‘Americans denied right to free speech’

“[US President] Barack Obama came into office as a constitutional professor and we have seen him do more damage to our constitution than even George Bush did,” said Tighe Barry, an activist with the CODEPINK group. The advocate further criticized Washington for manipulating the American public by denying them the information needed to make decisions […]

US risks losing ‘AAA’ debt rating: Fitch

Fitch credit ratings agency announced on Wednesday that it would lower the top-notch rating if Congress fails to find a long-term deficit-reduction strategy. “Resolution of the fiscal cliff and an increase in the debt ceiling are pressing issues that the President and Congress must address if the US is to avoid a fiscal and economic […]

‘KSA to enter new phase of unrest soon’

The protests in Saudi Arabia “in the coming few days are increasing” at the time of the visit of the new American Secretary of State John Kerry to Riyadh,” said Ali al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for [Persian] Gulf Affairs (IGA) in a Wednesday interview. The analyst noted that the people in Saudi Arabia will […]

Baghdad bombings claim 23 lives

At least 19 people were killed and over 30 wounded on Thursday when twin car bombs exploded near a football field in Baghdad’s northwestern neighborhood of Shula. The second blast came after security forces arrived on the scene of the first explosion. In the southern district of Mahmudiyah, a militant detonated a hand grenade when […]

Saudi protesters stage demo in Hejaz

Demonstrators took to the streets of Hejaz on Thursday, carrying placards and shouting slogans demanding the release of political prisoners. The rally is the latest in a growing wave of protests over the detention of a group of women and children in the central province of al-Qassim. The group was arrested by regime […]

North blames US for Korean tensions

“The US is to blame for the situation on the Korean peninsula which is inching close to an unpredictable phase now,” said So Se-pyong, North Korea’s envoy to the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva on Wednesday. Envoy So further pointed to Washington’s “intensified hostile policy” towards Pyongyang, which he said has the right […]

‘US behind cyber attacks on China’

The Chinese Defense Ministry said Thursday that the US is responsible for launching nearly two-thirds of cyber attacks against two military sites. “The Defense Ministry and China Military Online websites were hacked from overseas on average 144,000 times a month in 2012,” said Geng Yansheng, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry. The spokesperson said the […]

Verdict protest in Bangladesh kills 21

On Thursday, riot police opened fire on thousands of protesters who had gathered in Sirajganj district in the capital, Dhaka, to voice their outrage at the court’s ruling against Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party. According to local sources, at least 300 protesters were also injured during the violent clashes. Earlier in the day, a special tribunal […]

Karzai bans armed groups aiding US

Karzai issued a decree on Thursday and appointed a delegation assigned “to ask coalition forces to hand over within three months the mentioned armed groups to Afghan security institutions.” According to the presidential decree, Afghan security chiefs decided on February 17 “to identify and merge those armed groups which have been established by international coalition […]

‘EU bank bonus cap could harm London’

Johnson warned that Brussels’s bank bonus cap will push banking business away from the City of London and towards Zurich, Singapore and New York. “People will wonder why we stay in the EU if it persists in such transparently self-defeating policies,” Johnson said. “Brussels cannot control the global market for banking talent. Brussels cannot set […]

UK PM refuses to back his deputy

Being asked whether he had “confidence” in how Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, had dealt with the scandal, the Prime Minister replied, “Obviously these are serious issues and serious matters and they need to be taken seriously.” Cameron told reporters on Thursday in Latvia, where he was attending the Northern Future Forum, that the Liberal […]

Brits rally in solidarity with Jaradat

The demonstration is planned to be held on Friday, March 1, to condemn G4S’s complicity in Arafat Jaradat’s death, as the private company provides expertise and security systems to Israeli jails, in which the Palestinian man was interrogated and died. The protest, which is organized by the London-based Islamic Human Rights Council (IHRC) and Innovative […]

1.6m British kids live in fuel poverty

Energy Bill Revolution campaign found that more British children are living in cold homes compared with 2010, while British Gas residential announced it had made a £606 million profit last year after the fuel price hike. The study also revealed that funding to help fuel-poor families with children has been cut by 27 percent since […]

What the Jewish Lobby Plans Next for its Puppet American Regime

Next week’s annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington  will focus on Congress enacting legislation that would designate Israel a “major strategic ally” of the United States — a relationship not enjoyed by any other nation — and on facilitating a US green light should Israel decide to strike Iran. According to a report in the […]

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