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  • Supporters of Russia sanctions are some of its biggest buyers NYT(All these countries are screwing us and they are unserious about Ukraine)

    10/31/2022 12:32:04 PM PDT · by Vendome · 7 replies
    Big News Network ^ | 10-27-2022 | None
    India and Türkiye emerged as major importers of Russian goods and produce, demonstrating an enormous surge of 430% and 213% respectively. Brazil, whose imports from Russia soared by 166%, was ranked third on the list. Russia’s exports to China saw an increase of 98%, while imports of Russian goods by Saudi Arabia grew by 45%.Thus, imports of Russian goods by Spain saw a surge of 112%, while Russian exports to Belgium soared 130%. The Netherlands increased imports from Russia by 74%. Japan’s purchases of Russian goods and produce grew by 40%, while Germany and Norway ramped up imports from the...
  • Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report(Something ain't right)

    02/17/2021 11:58:19 AM PST · by Vendome · 27 replies
    CDC ^ | February 6, 2021 | CDC
  • How can JesseJackson and AlSharpton be called Reverend?

    03/31/2012 12:33:28 PM PDT · by kas7351 · 54 replies
    It truly amazes me as to how anyone call either of these men Reverend, considering how they act, tell lies and create race wars? Shouldn't a REVEREND ACT like a Man Of God?
  • The President's Speech: Being a leader is about more than reading off a teleprompter

    03/28/2011 6:16:25 PM PDT · by Nachum · 22 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | 3/28/11 | Staff
    When King George VI gave his Sept. 3, 1939, war message to the people of the British Empire, it was a time of great moment. It was a “grave hour,” he began, “perhaps the most fateful in our history.” The king said that “for the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war.” That, however, was back when war was war. Now it is just kinetic military activity.
  • Being lazy is 'a disease'

    09/12/2010 3:02:49 PM PDT · by Nachum · 26 replies
    Telegraph UK ^ | 9/12/10 | admin
    Dr Richard Weiler and Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis have put forward the idea because they say the the link between inactivity and poor health is so strong. Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they explained: "Given the significant associated mortality and morbidity, we propose that perhaps physical inactivity should also be considered for recognition as a disease in its own right." Obesity is already classed as a disease by the World Health Organisation, noted Dr Richard Weiler, a specialist registrar in sports and exercise at Imperial College Healthcare and a GP. But he said obesity was often at least...
  • Boeing supplier Vought outlines 787 challenges

    06/11/2007 12:04:58 PM PDT · by Freeport · 6 replies · 785+ views
    www.flightglobal.com ^ | 6/11/07 | N/A
    Key Boeing 787 supplier Vought Aircraft Industries has disclosed it is facing “ongoing schedule slippage” in obtaining parts it is supposed to install before shipping fuselage sections to Boeing, a company memo obtained by the Seattle press reveals. Shortly after it was reported the head of 787 operations at Vought, Ted Perdue, had left the company, Vought CEO Elmer Doty sent a memo to employees setting clear the firm faced challenges but noting it was acting quickly to address the issues. While Vought has not released a statement on the subject, and could not immediately be reached for comment, details...
  • Asylum Seekers 'Killed After Being Forced Out Of Australia'

    08/08/2006 7:03:57 PM PDT · by blam · 22 replies · 745+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-9-2006 | Nick Squires
    Asylum seekers 'killed after being forced out of Australia' By Nick Squires in Sydney (Filed: 09/08/2006) Australia's hardline immigration policy was dealt a heavy blow yesterday with claims that up to nine asylum seekers forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan were murdered on their return home. The Edmund Rice Centre, a Catholic advocacy group, investigated the fate of nearly 200 Afghan asylum seekers who were returned home after being kept at an Australian-run detention centre on the South Pacific island of Nauru. The group said that "as many as nine men returned from Nauru may have been killed, and three children of...
  • Arnold: It's Not Easy Being Green

    06/12/2006 10:04:53 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 64 replies · 885+ views
    New West Notes ^ | 6/12/06 | Bill Bradley
    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke yesterday at the annual conference of the Western Governors Association in Sedona, Arizona, where he pushed three resolutions on alternative energy and global warming. “We should fundamentally change our approach to energy,” he declared. “We've all seen the pictures of melting glaciers. We know the dangers of climate change. How the oceans are getting warmer, how they're rising. How agriculture can be threatened.” "We are long past the time when we can just talk about this problem," said the former action superstar, who is being challenged for re-election by Democrat Phil Angelides. "We must take action."...
  • Being a 'Brat' Prepared Professor for Top Job

    04/28/2006 5:26:19 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 311+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Samantha L. Quigley
    WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 – Mark S. Wrighton was just entering his teen years when the Navy moved his family from Patuxent, Md., to Argentia, Newfoundland. Naval "military brat" Mark S. Wrighton took what he learned from his youth and succeeded in the academic world. The former chemistry professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is currently the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. At the time his father was a flight engineer on an extension of the Distant Early Warning Line. The early 1960s Cuban missile crisis was...
  • Zambia's New Farmers Are Being Killed By Kindness (Zimbabwe Refugees)

    03/21/2006 6:37:05 PM PST · by blam · 9 replies · 739+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-22-2006 | David Blair
    Zambia's new farmers are being killed by kindness By David Blair in Choma (Filed: 22/03/2006) James Chance slept in a tent for four months when he arrived to farm the bush country of Zambia. Having lost his farm in Zimbabwe, Mr Chance leased 4,400 acres in its northern neighbour and was "exhilarated" to have a second opportunity to till Africa's soil. Bruce Danckwerts [L] and one of his workers inspect tobacco that will fetch much less on foreign markets Yet his hopes and those of 200 other white farmers, all fugitives from Zimbabwe, have been shattered almost overnight. Most of...
  • Iran Raises The Nuclear Stakes After Being Reported To UN

    02/04/2006 5:48:25 PM PST · by blam · 100 replies · 1,543+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-5-2006 | Philip Sherwell
    Iran raises the nuclear stakes after being reported to UN By Philip Sherwell in Washington and Kim Willsher in Paris (Filed: 05/02/2006) Iran escalated its nuclear showdown with the West last night by ending international inspections of its atomic sites and preparing to restart uranium enrichment. Hours after Iran was reported to the United Nations Security Council for its nuclear programme, its officials were taking the first steps towards carrying out their threat to produce the material - which Western intelligence believes will be used for atomic weapons. Maryam Rajavi: 'Either the UN acts or the mullahs will have the...
  • Secret Of Ancient Athens Plague Is Being Unraveled

    01/21/2006 10:26:35 AM PST · by blam · 29 replies · 1,149+ views
    Kathimerini ^ | 1-21-2006
    Secret of ancient Athens plague is being unraveled Kerameikos, Athens’s ancient cemetery, has yielded conclusive evidence as to the nature of the plague that decimated a third of the population of the ancient city and influenced the outcome of the Peloponnesian Wars. Scientists at Athens University’s School of Dentistry have used molecular biology to help solve the riddle of one of history’s biggest mysteries.Greek scientists find typhoid after excavating graves By Dr Manolis Papagrigorakis (1) Recent findings from a mass grave in the Ancient Cemetery of Kerameikos in central Athens show typhoid fever may have caused the plague of Athens,...
  • More Iraqi Security Forces Being Fielded, U.S. General Says

    12/02/2005 4:19:29 PM PST · by SandRat · 2 replies · 305+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Dec 2, 2005 | Gerry Gilmore
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2005 – Increasing numbers of Iraqi military and police are being trained, equipped and fielded to confront terrorists trying to destabilize the new Iraqi government, a senior U.S. military officer in Iraq said today. "Iraqi security forces are in the lead, right now," Army Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chief of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite news conference from Iraq. Dempsey's organization assists the Iraqi government in developing its security forces. Dempsey said about 225,000 Iraqi soldiers and police will be available to provide security for Iraq's Dec. 15 nationwide election....
  • Brazilian ex-minister being impeached

    08/10/2005 8:24:06 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 241+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/10/05 | AP - Brasilia
    BRASILIA, Brazil - Impeachment proceedings began Wednesday against a federal legislator — a former top Cabinet official — in connection with a bribery scandal that has rocked President Luiz Inacio da Silva's Workers' Party, which prided itself on its ethical behavior. Rep. Jose Dirceu, who stepped down as Silva's chief of staff and returned to his seat in Congress in June, stands accused of overseeing an alleged scheme where the government paid lawmakers for their support on key votes. Dirceu again proclaimed his innocence Wednesday, saying "I'm going to defend myself, because I committed no crime." Dirceu has a week...
  • Not easy being the divison’s PET

    08/06/2005 3:53:15 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 354+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Aug 6, 2005 | Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq (August 6, 2005) -- An army Blackhawk helicopter sets gently down in the sand in the dark of night. Navy corpsmen shout over the screeching whirl of the whipping blades to prepare the battle wounded Marines for boarding. Shadowy figures carrying stretchers scurry across the field toward the plane and disappear into the fuselage. The remaining Marines on the ground brace themselves and shield their eyes as the rotor wash blasts sand in all directions. In less than an hour from the time they received their wounds, each Marine will be in safe hands...
  • Don't Be Defensive About Being British Citizens, Cleric Tells Moderate Muslims

    07/24/2005 6:40:18 PM PDT · by blam · 7 replies · 500+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 7-25-2005 | Duncan Gardham
    Don't be defensive about being British citizens, cleric tells moderate Muslims By Duncan Gardham (Filed: 25/07/2005) Moderate Muslims meeting in central London yesterday were told they must learn more about British culture while outside National Front extremists organised a flag waving demonstration. More than 200 NF supporters proclaimed "Britain for the British" while a similar number of police prevented them from approaching the mosque in Regent's Park the moderate Swiss Muslim Dr Tariq Ramadan addressed the meeting. Controversy surrounded Dr Ramadan's visit after it was revealed he was denied entry to the US after his visa was withdrawn. However Dr...
  • US Right Turns On Blair For Being 'Soft On Terror'

    07/24/2005 6:29:43 PM PDT · by blam · 26 replies · 835+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 7-25-2005 | Alec Russell
    US Right turns on Blair for being 'soft on terror' By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 25/07/2005) The American Right, for four years a fount of rapturous praise for Tony Blair, is showing signs of falling out of love with Britain over what it sees as its soft and ineffective record on terrorism. The July 7 bombings prompted outpourings of sympathy from Americans. But the media coverage of the bombings was marked by a tone of frustration at London's record of tolerance for Islamist preachers. This has intensified on the Right in the wake of Thursday's botched attacks. Two prominent...
  • Is Allah God?

    06/28/2005 12:47:49 PM PDT · by forty_years · 145 replies · 4,022+ views
    netWMD - The War to Mobilize Democracy ^ | June 28, 2005 | Daniel Pipes
    Asked if Muslims worship the same Almighty as Jews and Christians, President Bush replied some months ago, "I believe we worship the same God." The Islamic deity, known as Allah, in other words, is the same Supreme Being to whom Jews and Christians pray.The president's statement provoked widespread dismay among Evangelicals; one poll found 79% of their leadership disagreeing with this view. Pat Robertson pungently explained why, observing "the entire world is being convulsed by a religious struggle. … whether Hubal, the Moon God of Mecca, known as Allah, is supreme, or whether the Judeo-Christian Jehovah, God of the Bible,...
  • Stem Cell Advocates Meet, Plan Strategy

    06/10/2005 1:33:49 AM PDT · by hocndoc · 11 replies · 436+ views
    Newsday & AP ^ | June 10, 2005 | Wendy Benjaminson
    HOUSTON -- Scientists gather routinely at the Texas Medical Center to share research. But they are meeting this weekend in enemy territory for a war-room session on political strategy. Advocates of embryonic stem cell research from the fields of academia, politics, health care and medicine -- including South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk -- are plotting ways to quell opposition and get the research money flowing. -------------------- Houston's medical center is an oasis of support for the proponents gathering this weekend. ------------------ Siegel said legislation like some of the measures considered in Texas "sends a message to the biotech community:...
  • Toys 'R' Us reportedly being sold

    03/17/2005 4:07:44 PM PST · by Nachum · 16 replies · 546+ views
    wkyc.com ^ | March 17, 2005 | AP
    NEW YORK (AP) – Toys ‘R’ Us is reportedly being sold. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times today report the retail chain is being bought up by a consortium of two private-equity firms and a real estate developer for more than $5.5 billion. Toys ‘R’ Us is the nation’s second-biggest toy retailer. An official announcement is expected today. Last night’s deal ends a 7-month-long auction that had been expected to end with the sale of only the company’s toy division. The New Jersey-based firm reportedly wanted to hang on to its more lucrative Babies ‘R’ Us stores, but...