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    EUROLand
      BBC News - Italy crisis: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as PM
        Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, after dominating the country's politics for 17 years.
        President Giorgio Napolitano accepted his offer and is likely to appoint technocrat Mario Monti his successor.
      BBC News - Italy crisis: President holds talks to find new leader
        An increase in VAT, from 20% to 21%
        An increase in fuel prices
        Sales of state property
        A freeze on public-sector salaries until 2014
        The retirement age for women in the private sector will gradually rise, from 60 in 2014 until it reaches 65 in 2026, the same age as for men
        Measures to fight tax evasion will be strengthened, including a limit of 2,500 euros on cash transactions
        There will be a special tax on the energy sector
      Mario Monti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Mario Monti holds a degree in economics and management from Bocconi University, Milan. He completed graduate studies at Yale University,[1] where he studied under James Tobin, the Nobel prize-winning economist.[2]
        He taught economics at the University of Turin (1970-85) before moving to the Bocconi University, of which he has been rector (1989-1994) and then president (since 1994). His research has helped to create the Klein-Monti model, aimed at describing the behaviour of banks operating under monopoly circumstances.
        Monti is the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005, and he is European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a think tank founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller.[3] He is also a leading member of the Bilderberg Group [4].
        Monti is an international adviser to Goldman Sachs and The Coca-Cola Company.[5]
      Wie is Mario Monti - misschien wel de nieuwe premier van Italie´? - Buitenland - VK
        Super Mario
        Saillant detail is dat het Berlusconi zelf was die Monti naar Brussel stuurde waar hij wereldwijd successen haalde en bekend werd door Microsoft een boete op te leggen van 491 miljoen euro wegens het overtreden van de mededingingsregels. Maar belangrijker nog: Monti kon er uitgroeien tot 'Super Mario', een veelgevraagde consulent voor de Bilderberg Conferentie en grote bedrijven als Coca-Cola en Goldman Sachs. De bijnaam Super Mario deelt Monti overigens met de de Italiaanse president van de Europese Centrale Bank Mario Draghi, die ook Super Mario wordt genoemd.
        Na vijf jaar Brussel keerde Monti in 2004 terug naar Italiaanse bodem en volgde de Nederlandse Neelie Kroes hem op als Eurocommissaris.
        Euro
        Monti is altijd een verdediger van de gezamenlijke Europese munt geweest. Monti nam het deze week in een column in de Corriere della Sera nog krachtig op voor de munt. Nadat premier Berlusconi de euro openlijk de schuld had gegeven voor de huidige financiˆ´le problemen van Italiˆ´.
      technocrat - Wiktionary
        An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
        An individual who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.
        An advocate of technocracy.
      technocracy - Wiktionary
        A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. A type of meritocracy based on people's ability and knowledge in a given area.
      Silvio Berlusconi is afgetreden - Buitenland - VK
        Berlusconi keerde na het gesprek met het staatshoofd naar huis terug. Een grote menigte op het plein voor het presidentieel paleis vierde het ontslag van de communistenhater Berlusconi met het zingen van het wereldberoemde partizanenlied Bella Ciao. De Italiaanse publieke omroep RAI bracht de feestvierende menigte langdurig in beeld.
      Mediaset grapples with change - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
        Nobody expects News Corp. to invest heavily in free TV. Analysts see Sky Italia's move into Mediaset's turf as purely strategic, "a way for them to say to Mediaset 'Let's talk' when it comes to soccer rights and maybe to regulation," Godard says. "It's like an arms race."
        Mediaset also is battling on a different front, partnered with private Italian equity fund Clessidra, for control of global giant Endemol, best known for "Big Brother," "Deal or No Deal" and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." As part of its strategy to diversify from its core biz, Mediaset, Goldman Sachs and John De Mol's Cyrte Fund purchased the Dutch content giant in 2007.
        But since then Endemol's debt has spiraled out of control, raising the prospect that it could end up in the hands of hedge funds.
      Shares Of Berlusconi's Mediaset Are Collapsing, And The Stock Has Been Halted - Business Insider
        The only sweet news, for the people in Italy, shares of Mediaset, his giant firm, are collapsing today, and have been halted. Thanks to Chris Adams from the FT for noticing this.
      Van Baalen (VVD) gelooft niet in de 'neuro' - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland]
        VVD-Europarlementariˆ´r Hans van Baalen gelooft niet in een aparte munt voor enkel de landen in Noord-Europa: de 'neuro'. Dat zei hij in het tv-programma Eva Jinek op Zondag. De VVD'er reageerde daarmee op VVD-prominent Patrick van Schie, directeur van het wetenschappelijk bureau van de VVD.
    EQ Machine
      4.8 magnitude earthquake sends tremors across Central Texas - YNN - Your News Now
        You may have felt a rumble this morning across the state.
        A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit 50 miles south of San Antonio, just outside Pleasanton, at 7:24 a.m. Thursday.
        Vibrations were felt in Austin and through much of south and Central Texas. According to officials, tremors could be felt as far north as Georgetown and as far south as Corpus Christi.
      U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing - NASDAQ.com
        The practice of injecting water into deep rock formations causes earthquakes, both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Geological Survey have concluded.
    Iran
      Land Destroyer: Israeli intelligence website claims explosions in Iran caused by failed attempt to affix nuclear warhead to Shahab-3 missile
        Today the Israeli intelligence website DEBKAfile claimed that their usual unnamed sources reported that one of the explosions in Iran was actually caused by a failed attempt to affix a nuclear warhead to a Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.
      Why is the New York Times so eager to pick a fight with Iran?-|-NYTimes eXaminer
        As soon as the New York Times (NYT) learned of a recent U.N. report suggesting Iran may have resumed a nuclear weapons program, that was believed to be canceled in 2003, the "paper of record" performed its usual service to the Empire, and began villifying the country in not one, not two, and not three, but four articles . . . and all on the same day.
      Romney says 'prepare for war' against Iran | The Raw Story
        Accusing President Barack Obama of naivete on Iran, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney promised Thursday that if elected president he would "prepare for war" with the Islamic republic.
        In a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, Romney said he would back up US diplomacy "with a very real and very credible military option," deploying carrier battle groups to the Gulf and boosting military aid to Israel.
    F&F 2TTH
      BBC News - Mexico Interior Secretary Blake Mora dies in helicopter crash
        Mexico's Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, has died in a helicopter crash outside Mexico City, officials say.
        The helicopter was travelling to Cuernavaca in neighbouring Morelos state for a meeting of prosecutors when it went down.
        All eight people on board were killed. It is not clear what caused the crash.
        Mr Blake Mora, 45, was appointed to the post last year and was a key figure in the war against drug cartels.
      Eric Holder's Disgusting Act of Arrogance And Disregard To Family Of Slain Border Agent - The Ulsterman Report
        So says a close family friend to slain U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry, who was murdered with weapons placed into the hands of known criminals by the Obama Justice Department. Yesterday media reports began circulating that Attorney General Eric Holder had sent a letter to the Terry family, apologizing for the failed and deadly program and thanking them for the service of their son.
        At issue now is the fact that the media apparently had details of this letter before the Terry family did, indicating Eric Holder leaked the letter to the press even before he sent it to the Mother and Father of Brian Terry -- a letter that according to contacts within the Terry family, they have yet to receive.
    Ministry of Truth
      Bad BBC translation
        Hi guys i was listening to your show last week and since i am iranian
        i can understand the farsi language and the clip you played at the end
        of the last show of Iranian leader Ahmadinejad blew me away. BBC had
        the translation wrong. Im going to tell you what he really seems to
        have said. I think the media does these Voice over translations on
        purpose so that even people who are fluent in the language have a hard
        time hearing what the original person is saying but here it goes...
        BBC translation: "WE WANT TO THANK THEM" he said "WE'LL DEFEAT THEM
        THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE."
        Ahmadinejad: Khob yeh ghozaresh am az Ahmrikah mahm tashakor mekoneem
        Hezahr .......(voice over in the way for a couple words)...Keh bombeh
        atomy... keh tashakor keh donya-ro beh-<audio is cut here but it
        sounds like he was trying to say "beham" which means mess
        up/destroy/undermined.
        My translation: "Well one report from America we thank you for
        Thousand....(voice over in way)...for atomic bomb...for the world
        destroying."
        the farsi word for software is software! nowhere in that report did i
        hear this Amadinejad guy say software did you? Also the gist of the
        translation was that they thanked America for some report they came up
        with themselves and that thanks to america the world will be
        destroyed/trashed. Above was the word for word translation i got. Who
        the hell do the BBC have doing their crappy translations or do they
        just have some guy say whatever it is they want him to say/translate.
        The BBC translator should be fired!
      Warner Bros: we issued takedowns for files we never saw, didn't own copyright to
        In a Monday court filing, Warner Brothers admitted that it has issued takedown notices for files without looking at them first. The studio also acknowledged that it issued takedown notices for a number of URLs that its adversary, the locker site Hotfile, says were obviously not Warner Brothers' content.
    Vaccine$
      Medicijn tegen trombose maakte honderden doden #zaplog
        Het antistollingsmiddel Dabigatran, in Belgiˆ´ verkocht onder de naam Pradaxa, heeft wereldwijd vijf keer meer mensen het leven gekost dan producent Boehringer Ingelheim tot dusver heeft toegegeven.
        Begin november waren er al 256 sterfgevallen als gevolg van de inname van het geneesmiddel bekend, zo blijkt uit een vraag van het Duitse tijdschrift Der Spiegel aan het Europees Geneesmiddelenbureau EMA. Eerder had het Duitse bedrijf volgens de 'Zeit Online' openlijk erkend dat het middel wereldwijd een vijftigtal mensen fataal was geworden. Maar alleen al in Europa zijn volgens Der Spiegel 21 mensen gestorven na de inname van het medicijn.
      300,000 Flu Vaccines Recalled Over Serious Adverse Reactions, page 1
        Baxter Healthcare Corp. has announced it is recalling around 300,000 doses of its Preflucel flu vaccine due to an 'excessive' amount of adverse reactions. Recalled from thousands of pharmacies and surgeries across Europe, the 300,000 units are to be immediately withdrawn. With seasonal flu vaccines already linked to nerve disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome and narcolepsy and still being given out liberally to citizens worldwide, the adverse reactions must be quite serious in order to prompt a recall.
    Drone Nation
      Drones on the border
        The Predator's touchiest missions are those that take it across the border into Mexico. A 2008 U.S. diplomatic cable posted by Wikileaks described a meeting between then Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and several members of Mexico's national security cabinet in which Mexican officials appeared to enthusiastically endorse the idea of surveillance flights. But publicly Mexican officials have been loath to speak about anything that could be perceived as impinging on the nation's sovereignty. In March, Mexican officials defended allowing U.S. surveillance flights and said a Mexican official was always present in the control room.
        The Predator program now has one continuous patrolling zone from the Texas-Louisiana line, down the Gulf coast and up the border to El Centro, Calif.
      Syria
        Russia to honor Syria arms contracts | World | RIA Novosti
          Russia will honor all arms contacts with Syria despite continuing violence against anti-government protesters in the country, a senior military official said on Sunday. "Since there are no restrictions on the supply of arms to Syria, Russia will fulfill its obligations under the contracts signed with this country," Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of Russia's Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told reporters in Dubai.
        Statement by the President on the Arab League's Actions Regarding Syria | The White House
          I applaud the important decisions taken by the Arab League today, including the suspension of Syria's membership, consideration of economic sanctions, and downgrading of diplomatic relations. After the Assad regime flagrantly failed to keep its commitments, the Arab League has demonstrated leadership in its effort to end the crisis and hold the Syrian government accountable. These significant steps expose the increasing diplomatic isolation of a regime that has systematically violated human rights and repressed peaceful protests. The United States joins with the Arab League in its support for the Syrian people, who continue to demand their universal rights in the face of the regime's callous violence. We will continue to work with our friends and allies to pressure the Assad regime and support the Syrian people as they pursue the dignity and transition to democracy that they deserve.
    Gitmo Nation
      Nederlanders krijgen een elektronische identiteit | webwereld.nl | Readability
        Een dergelijke elektronische identiteit kan dan worden gebruikt voor onder meer plaatsing op "meerdere wettelijke identiteitskaarten", schrijft minister Donner aan de Tweede Kamer. De eID kan worden geplaatst op bijvoorbeeld de Nederlandse Identiteitskaart (NIK), die dan de eNIK gaat heten. Donner zegt dat hij de tweede Kamer hierover "binnenkort" verder over zal informeren
      US Marine base for Darwin | m.smh.com.au | Readability
        BARACK OBAMA is to announce that the US will begin rotating Marines through an Australian base in Darwin in a permanent new military presence, intensifying the alliance in a sign of heightened concern about China.
        He is scheduled to make the announcement with the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, when they visit Darwin next Thursday during Mr Obama's first visit to Australia as president. The 26-hour visit will mark the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance.
        The Marines are the chief US ground combat force in the Pacific theatre, the so-called ''tip of the spear''.
      Low Ignition Propensity Cigarettes
    OWS
      Jay Z, Michael Moore cash in on Occupy
        The millionaire rapper and entrepreneur is launching a line of Occupy Wall Street-themed t-shirts featuring the phrase "Occupy All Streets," that go on sale on Jay-Z's Rocawear website on Friday.
        But the genius behind "99 Problems" isn't sharing the profits with the 99 percent. A spokesperson from Rocawear told Business Insider in a statement that the company has not "made an official commitment" to support the movement financially.
    Nukes!
      Mystery Radiation Detected 'Across Europe' - Yahoo! News
        Trace amounts of iodine-131, a type of radiation created during the operation of nuclear reactors or in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, were detected by the Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety starting two weeks ago. After the group reported its findings to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Agency released a statement today revealing similar detections had been made "in other locations across Europe."
    PedoBear
      Rendell Seen As Long Shot For Temple Univ. Presidency - CBS Philly
        With the recent appointment of a search committee to identify a new president for Temple University, there has been some recent on- (and off-)campus speculation that former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell could enter the mix of candidates.
    Techno Experts
      Twitter Must Provide Data on 3 Users, Judge Rules - NYTimes.com
        The judge said that because Twitter users "voluntarily" turned over the Internet protocol addresses when they signed up for an account, they relinquished an expectation of privacy.
    Sudan/Clooney
      US group: Sudan building up air bases near S.Sudan
        A U.S. satellite monitoring group said Friday that Sudan's military is upgrading air bases near the border with South Sudan and building up air resources in what could be a precursor to a widened aerial bombing campaign.
    Biodiversitée
      No reason to assume cold European winter ahead -- too many sunspots | Bits Of Science
        The cold winter of 2011-2012 that some meteorologists have predicted for Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark is in fact to be called unlikely.
    Magic Numbers
      ALP ups spending on focus groups | The Australian
        THE Gillard government spent a record $33 million on market research last financial year as it tried to capture public opinion on divisive issues such as the carbon tax, broadband, gambling and tobacco packaging. Analysis by The Australian of taxpayer-funded opinion polling and focus groups by federal departments and seven key agencies shows that in 2010-11 Julia Gillard's minority administration increased spending by 4.5 per cent.
    VIDEO
      [VIDEO] Republican Debate Audience Applauds Waterboarding...And Not Waterboarding | Mediaite
        Major Garrett, citing his "Spidey sense," then tossed the question to Rep. Ron Paul, who received loud applause for saying that "waterboarding is torture," and noting that "it's illegal under international law, and our law. It's also immoral."
      [VIDEO] Max Keiser: When your country goes broke
      [VIDEO]: Gingrich schools Pelley on "rule of law" on terrorists - Hot Air
        CBS moderator attempted to lecture Newt Gingrich on the "rule of law" regarding American citizens who join the enemy to wage war against the US.
      [VIDEO] NASA - 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility
        Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather -- great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun -- some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare.
      [VIDEO] - Italians mark end of Berlusconi era
        The departure from power of Silvio Berlusconi has been met with scenes of jubliation from some people in Italy.
      [VIDEO] - Digital evidence becoming central in criminal cases
        The rules do not require EDRs -- already in use in more than 85 percent of U.S. vehicles -- but they mandate that in cars that have them, the devices must capture and preserve at least 15 types of crash data, including pre-crash speed, engine throttle, changes in forward velocity and airbag deployment times. And one day, the agency noted in its final rule, they may even play a role in getting emergency medical service quickly dispatched to the scene of an accident by automatically sending a 911 alert.
        'Staggering' amount of information
        Even now, however, such information could be cross-checked with information from devices like cellphones and GPS units to build what could be an air-tight court case.
      [VIDEO] Bella ciao Italian traditional Partisan song
        A very emotional song with a historical background:
        In 1943 Southern Italy surrendered to allied (i.e. US) troops in Sicily, which ended the fascist regime and WWII for Italians in the South. The Central and Northern parts of Italy, however, got occupied by Italian and German fascists / nazi troops. Resistance started mostly in the mountains of Central and Northern Italy around the fall of 1943: The partisans were normal, average people, men and women, who risked their lives and the lives of their families to free their country from the inhumane fascist regime. Many were shot, hanged or tortured to death. For one killed German soldier German SS troops would kill up to 100 Italian civilians. One case became particularly famous: A German officer ordered to lock all inhabitants of a small village, old men, women and children in a little chapel. The German troops threw hand grenades into the chapel and burned it. Being half German half Italian this history is particularly interesting and difficult for me.
        This is the partisans' sad and emotional song. Here is a rough translation:
        One morning, just risen from bed
        Oh Bella ciao ... (Goodbye, my beautiful)
        One morning, just risen from bed
        I discovered the invaders
        Oh partisan, carry me away
        Oh Bella ciao ...
        Oh partisan, carry me away
        For I feel I'm dying
        And if I die as a partisan
        Oh Bella ciao ...
        And if I die as a partisan
        You must burry me!
        Burry me way up in the mountains
        Oh Bella ciao ...
        Burry me way up in the mountains
        Under the shadow of a beautiful flower
        And the people passing by
        Oh Bella ciao ...
        And the people passing by
        Will tell "What a beautiful flower!"
        And that's the flower of the partisan
        Oh Bella ciao ...
        And that's the flower of the partisan
        Who died for freedom (liberty)
        Died for freedom
        Died for freedom!
      [VIDEO] Vaclav Klaus - no solution for Greece inside the Eurozone
        Background: Klaus (Czech Republic President) says there is no solution for Greece inside the Eurozone.
      [VIDEO] LYNX 2012 - Happy End of the World
      [VIDEO] Look what eleven heads can cause on 11/11/11
      [VIDEO] Cain Caught on Tape Joking About Anita Hill - NYTimes.com
        Even as he is facing his own sexual harassment scandal, Herman Cain was caught on tape Thursday joking about Anita Hill, the college professor who lodged similar accusations against Clarence Thomas decades ago.
      [VIDEO]Sharon Bialek, Herman Cain Accuser, Speaks Alongside Attorney Gloria Allred At Press Conference (VIDEO) Video
  EUROLand
    BBC News - Italy crisis: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as PM
      Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, after dominating the country's politics for 17 years.
      President Giorgio Napolitano accepted his offer and is likely to appoint technocrat Mario Monti his successor.
    BBC News - Italy crisis: President holds talks to find new leader
      An increase in VAT, from 20% to 21%
      An increase in fuel prices
      Sales of state property
      A freeze on public-sector salaries until 2014
      The retirement age for women in the private sector will gradually rise, from 60 in 2014 until it reaches 65 in 2026, the same age as for men
      Measures to fight tax evasion will be strengthened, including a limit of 2,500 euros on cash transactions
      There will be a special tax on the energy sector
    Mario Monti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Mario Monti holds a degree in economics and management from Bocconi University, Milan. He completed graduate studies at Yale University,[1] where he studied under James Tobin, the Nobel prize-winning economist.[2]
      He taught economics at the University of Turin (1970-85) before moving to the Bocconi University, of which he has been rector (1989-1994) and then president (since 1994). His research has helped to create the Klein-Monti model, aimed at describing the behaviour of banks operating under monopoly circumstances.
      Monti is the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005, and he is European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a think tank founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller.[3] He is also a leading member of the Bilderberg Group [4].
      Monti is an international adviser to Goldman Sachs and The Coca-Cola Company.[5]
    Wie is Mario Monti - misschien wel de nieuwe premier van Italie´? - Buitenland - VK
      Super Mario
      Saillant detail is dat het Berlusconi zelf was die Monti naar Brussel stuurde waar hij wereldwijd successen haalde en bekend werd door Microsoft een boete op te leggen van 491 miljoen euro wegens het overtreden van de mededingingsregels. Maar belangrijker nog: Monti kon er uitgroeien tot 'Super Mario', een veelgevraagde consulent voor de Bilderberg Conferentie en grote bedrijven als Coca-Cola en Goldman Sachs. De bijnaam Super Mario deelt Monti overigens met de de Italiaanse president van de Europese Centrale Bank Mario Draghi, die ook Super Mario wordt genoemd.
      Na vijf jaar Brussel keerde Monti in 2004 terug naar Italiaanse bodem en volgde de Nederlandse Neelie Kroes hem op als Eurocommissaris.
      Euro
      Monti is altijd een verdediger van de gezamenlijke Europese munt geweest. Monti nam het deze week in een column in de Corriere della Sera nog krachtig op voor de munt. Nadat premier Berlusconi de euro openlijk de schuld had gegeven voor de huidige financiˆ´le problemen van Italiˆ´.
    technocrat - Wiktionary
      An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
      An individual who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.
      An advocate of technocracy.
    technocracy - Wiktionary
      A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. A type of meritocracy based on people's ability and knowledge in a given area.
    Silvio Berlusconi is afgetreden - Buitenland - VK
      Berlusconi keerde na het gesprek met het staatshoofd naar huis terug. Een grote menigte op het plein voor het presidentieel paleis vierde het ontslag van de communistenhater Berlusconi met het zingen van het wereldberoemde partizanenlied Bella Ciao. De Italiaanse publieke omroep RAI bracht de feestvierende menigte langdurig in beeld.
    Mediaset grapples with change - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
      Nobody expects News Corp. to invest heavily in free TV. Analysts see Sky Italia's move into Mediaset's turf as purely strategic, "a way for them to say to Mediaset 'Let's talk' when it comes to soccer rights and maybe to regulation," Godard says. "It's like an arms race."
      Mediaset also is battling on a different front, partnered with private Italian equity fund Clessidra, for control of global giant Endemol, best known for "Big Brother," "Deal or No Deal" and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." As part of its strategy to diversify from its core biz, Mediaset, Goldman Sachs and John De Mol's Cyrte Fund purchased the Dutch content giant in 2007.
      But since then Endemol's debt has spiraled out of control, raising the prospect that it could end up in the hands of hedge funds.
    Shares Of Berlusconi's Mediaset Are Collapsing, And The Stock Has Been Halted - Business Insider
      The only sweet news, for the people in Italy, shares of Mediaset, his giant firm, are collapsing today, and have been halted. Thanks to Chris Adams from the FT for noticing this.
    Van Baalen (VVD) gelooft niet in de 'neuro' - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland]
      VVD-Europarlementariˆ´r Hans van Baalen gelooft niet in een aparte munt voor enkel de landen in Noord-Europa: de 'neuro'. Dat zei hij in het tv-programma Eva Jinek op Zondag. De VVD'er reageerde daarmee op VVD-prominent Patrick van Schie, directeur van het wetenschappelijk bureau van de VVD.
  EQ Machine
    4.8 magnitude earthquake sends tremors across Central Texas - YNN - Your News Now
      You may have felt a rumble this morning across the state.
      A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit 50 miles south of San Antonio, just outside Pleasanton, at 7:24 a.m. Thursday.
      Vibrations were felt in Austin and through much of south and Central Texas. According to officials, tremors could be felt as far north as Georgetown and as far south as Corpus Christi.
    U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing - NASDAQ.com
      The practice of injecting water into deep rock formations causes earthquakes, both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Geological Survey have concluded.
  Iran
    Land Destroyer: Israeli intelligence website claims explosions in Iran caused by failed attempt to affix nuclear warhead to Shahab-3 missile
      Today the Israeli intelligence website DEBKAfile claimed that their usual unnamed sources reported that one of the explosions in Iran was actually caused by a failed attempt to affix a nuclear warhead to a Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.
    Why is the New York Times so eager to pick a fight with Iran?-|-NYTimes eXaminer
      As soon as the New York Times (NYT) learned of a recent U.N. report suggesting Iran may have resumed a nuclear weapons program, that was believed to be canceled in 2003, the "paper of record" performed its usual service to the Empire, and began villifying the country in not one, not two, and not three, but four articles . . . and all on the same day.
    Romney says 'prepare for war' against Iran | The Raw Story
      Accusing President Barack Obama of naivete on Iran, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney promised Thursday that if elected president he would "prepare for war" with the Islamic republic.
      In a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, Romney said he would back up US diplomacy "with a very real and very credible military option," deploying carrier battle groups to the Gulf and boosting military aid to Israel.
  F&F 2TTH
    BBC News - Mexico Interior Secretary Blake Mora dies in helicopter crash
      Mexico's Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, has died in a helicopter crash outside Mexico City, officials say.
      The helicopter was travelling to Cuernavaca in neighbouring Morelos state for a meeting of prosecutors when it went down.
      All eight people on board were killed. It is not clear what caused the crash.
      Mr Blake Mora, 45, was appointed to the post last year and was a key figure in the war against drug cartels.
    Eric Holder's Disgusting Act of Arrogance And Disregard To Family Of Slain Border Agent - The Ulsterman Report
      So says a close family friend to slain U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry, who was murdered with weapons placed into the hands of known criminals by the Obama Justice Department. Yesterday media reports began circulating that Attorney General Eric Holder had sent a letter to the Terry family, apologizing for the failed and deadly program and thanking them for the service of their son.
      At issue now is the fact that the media apparently had details of this letter before the Terry family did, indicating Eric Holder leaked the letter to the press even before he sent it to the Mother and Father of Brian Terry -- a letter that according to contacts within the Terry family, they have yet to receive.
  Ministry of Truth
    Bad BBC translation
      Hi guys i was listening to your show last week and since i am iranian
      i can understand the farsi language and the clip you played at the end
      of the last show of Iranian leader Ahmadinejad blew me away. BBC had
      the translation wrong. Im going to tell you what he really seems to
      have said. I think the media does these Voice over translations on
      purpose so that even people who are fluent in the language have a hard
      time hearing what the original person is saying but here it goes...
      BBC translation: "WE WANT TO THANK THEM" he said "WE'LL DEFEAT THEM
      THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE."
      Ahmadinejad: Khob yeh ghozaresh am az Ahmrikah mahm tashakor mekoneem
      Hezahr .......(voice over in the way for a couple words)...Keh bombeh
      atomy... keh tashakor keh donya-ro beh-<audio is cut here but it
      sounds like he was trying to say "beham" which means mess
      up/destroy/undermined.
      My translation: "Well one report from America we thank you for
      Thousand....(voice over in way)...for atomic bomb...for the world
      destroying."
      the farsi word for software is software! nowhere in that report did i
      hear this Amadinejad guy say software did you? Also the gist of the
      translation was that they thanked America for some report they came up
      with themselves and that thanks to america the world will be
      destroyed/trashed. Above was the word for word translation i got. Who
      the hell do the BBC have doing their crappy translations or do they
      just have some guy say whatever it is they want him to say/translate.
      The BBC translator should be fired!
    Warner Bros: we issued takedowns for files we never saw, didn't own copyright to
      In a Monday court filing, Warner Brothers admitted that it has issued takedown notices for files without looking at them first. The studio also acknowledged that it issued takedown notices for a number of URLs that its adversary, the locker site Hotfile, says were obviously not Warner Brothers' content.
  Vaccine$
    Medicijn tegen trombose maakte honderden doden #zaplog
      Het antistollingsmiddel Dabigatran, in Belgiˆ´ verkocht onder de naam Pradaxa, heeft wereldwijd vijf keer meer mensen het leven gekost dan producent Boehringer Ingelheim tot dusver heeft toegegeven.
      Begin november waren er al 256 sterfgevallen als gevolg van de inname van het geneesmiddel bekend, zo blijkt uit een vraag van het Duitse tijdschrift Der Spiegel aan het Europees Geneesmiddelenbureau EMA. Eerder had het Duitse bedrijf volgens de 'Zeit Online' openlijk erkend dat het middel wereldwijd een vijftigtal mensen fataal was geworden. Maar alleen al in Europa zijn volgens Der Spiegel 21 mensen gestorven na de inname van het medicijn.
    300,000 Flu Vaccines Recalled Over Serious Adverse Reactions, page 1
      Baxter Healthcare Corp. has announced it is recalling around 300,000 doses of its Preflucel flu vaccine due to an 'excessive' amount of adverse reactions. Recalled from thousands of pharmacies and surgeries across Europe, the 300,000 units are to be immediately withdrawn. With seasonal flu vaccines already linked to nerve disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome and narcolepsy and still being given out liberally to citizens worldwide, the adverse reactions must be quite serious in order to prompt a recall.
  Drone Nation
    Drones on the border
      The Predator's touchiest missions are those that take it across the border into Mexico. A 2008 U.S. diplomatic cable posted by Wikileaks described a meeting between then Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and several members of Mexico's national security cabinet in which Mexican officials appeared to enthusiastically endorse the idea of surveillance flights. But publicly Mexican officials have been loath to speak about anything that could be perceived as impinging on the nation's sovereignty. In March, Mexican officials defended allowing U.S. surveillance flights and said a Mexican official was always present in the control room.
      The Predator program now has one continuous patrolling zone from the Texas-Louisiana line, down the Gulf coast and up the border to El Centro, Calif.
    Syria
      Russia to honor Syria arms contracts | World | RIA Novosti
        Russia will honor all arms contacts with Syria despite continuing violence against anti-government protesters in the country, a senior military official said on Sunday. "Since there are no restrictions on the supply of arms to Syria, Russia will fulfill its obligations under the contracts signed with this country," Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of Russia's Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told reporters in Dubai.
      Statement by the President on the Arab League's Actions Regarding Syria | The White House
        I applaud the important decisions taken by the Arab League today, including the suspension of Syria's membership, consideration of economic sanctions, and downgrading of diplomatic relations. After the Assad regime flagrantly failed to keep its commitments, the Arab League has demonstrated leadership in its effort to end the crisis and hold the Syrian government accountable. These significant steps expose the increasing diplomatic isolation of a regime that has systematically violated human rights and repressed peaceful protests. The United States joins with the Arab League in its support for the Syrian people, who continue to demand their universal rights in the face of the regime's callous violence. We will continue to work with our friends and allies to pressure the Assad regime and support the Syrian people as they pursue the dignity and transition to democracy that they deserve.
  Gitmo Nation
    Nederlanders krijgen een elektronische identiteit | webwereld.nl | Readability
      Een dergelijke elektronische identiteit kan dan worden gebruikt voor onder meer plaatsing op "meerdere wettelijke identiteitskaarten", schrijft minister Donner aan de Tweede Kamer. De eID kan worden geplaatst op bijvoorbeeld de Nederlandse Identiteitskaart (NIK), die dan de eNIK gaat heten. Donner zegt dat hij de tweede Kamer hierover "binnenkort" verder over zal informeren
    US Marine base for Darwin | m.smh.com.au | Readability
      BARACK OBAMA is to announce that the US will begin rotating Marines through an Australian base in Darwin in a permanent new military presence, intensifying the alliance in a sign of heightened concern about China.
      He is scheduled to make the announcement with the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, when they visit Darwin next Thursday during Mr Obama's first visit to Australia as president. The 26-hour visit will mark the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance.
      The Marines are the chief US ground combat force in the Pacific theatre, the so-called ''tip of the spear''.
    Low Ignition Propensity Cigarettes
  OWS
    Jay Z, Michael Moore cash in on Occupy
      The millionaire rapper and entrepreneur is launching a line of Occupy Wall Street-themed t-shirts featuring the phrase "Occupy All Streets," that go on sale on Jay-Z's Rocawear website on Friday.
      But the genius behind "99 Problems" isn't sharing the profits with the 99 percent. A spokesperson from Rocawear told Business Insider in a statement that the company has not "made an official commitment" to support the movement financially.
  Nukes!
    Mystery Radiation Detected 'Across Europe' - Yahoo! News
      Trace amounts of iodine-131, a type of radiation created during the operation of nuclear reactors or in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, were detected by the Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety starting two weeks ago. After the group reported its findings to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Agency released a statement today revealing similar detections had been made "in other locations across Europe."
  PedoBear
    Rendell Seen As Long Shot For Temple Univ. Presidency - CBS Philly
      With the recent appointment of a search committee to identify a new president for Temple University, there has been some recent on- (and off-)campus speculation that former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell could enter the mix of candidates.
  Techno Experts
    Twitter Must Provide Data on 3 Users, Judge Rules - NYTimes.com
      The judge said that because Twitter users "voluntarily" turned over the Internet protocol addresses when they signed up for an account, they relinquished an expectation of privacy.
  Sudan/Clooney
    US group: Sudan building up air bases near S.Sudan
      A U.S. satellite monitoring group said Friday that Sudan's military is upgrading air bases near the border with South Sudan and building up air resources in what could be a precursor to a widened aerial bombing campaign.
  Biodiversitée
    No reason to assume cold European winter ahead -- too many sunspots | Bits Of Science
      The cold winter of 2011-2012 that some meteorologists have predicted for Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark is in fact to be called unlikely.
  Magic Numbers
    ALP ups spending on focus groups | The Australian
      THE Gillard government spent a record $33 million on market research last financial year as it tried to capture public opinion on divisive issues such as the carbon tax, broadband, gambling and tobacco packaging. Analysis by The Australian of taxpayer-funded opinion polling and focus groups by federal departments and seven key agencies shows that in 2010-11 Julia Gillard's minority administration increased spending by 4.5 per cent.
  VIDEO
    [VIDEO] Republican Debate Audience Applauds Waterboarding...And Not Waterboarding | Mediaite
      Major Garrett, citing his "Spidey sense," then tossed the question to Rep. Ron Paul, who received loud applause for saying that "waterboarding is torture," and noting that "it's illegal under international law, and our law. It's also immoral."
    [VIDEO] Max Keiser: When your country goes broke
    [VIDEO]: Gingrich schools Pelley on "rule of law" on terrorists - Hot Air
      CBS moderator attempted to lecture Newt Gingrich on the "rule of law" regarding American citizens who join the enemy to wage war against the US.
    [VIDEO] NASA - 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility
      Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather -- great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun -- some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare.
    [VIDEO] - Italians mark end of Berlusconi era
      The departure from power of Silvio Berlusconi has been met with scenes of jubliation from some people in Italy.
    [VIDEO] - Digital evidence becoming central in criminal cases
      The rules do not require EDRs -- already in use in more than 85 percent of U.S. vehicles -- but they mandate that in cars that have them, the devices must capture and preserve at least 15 types of crash data, including pre-crash speed, engine throttle, changes in forward velocity and airbag deployment times. And one day, the agency noted in its final rule, they may even play a role in getting emergency medical service quickly dispatched to the scene of an accident by automatically sending a 911 alert.
      'Staggering' amount of information
      Even now, however, such information could be cross-checked with information from devices like cellphones and GPS units to build what could be an air-tight court case.
    [VIDEO] Bella ciao Italian traditional Partisan song
      A very emotional song with a historical background:
      In 1943 Southern Italy surrendered to allied (i.e. US) troops in Sicily, which ended the fascist regime and WWII for Italians in the South. The Central and Northern parts of Italy, however, got occupied by Italian and German fascists / nazi troops. Resistance started mostly in the mountains of Central and Northern Italy around the fall of 1943: The partisans were normal, average people, men and women, who risked their lives and the lives of their families to free their country from the inhumane fascist regime. Many were shot, hanged or tortured to death. For one killed German soldier German SS troops would kill up to 100 Italian civilians. One case became particularly famous: A German officer ordered to lock all inhabitants of a small village, old men, women and children in a little chapel. The German troops threw hand grenades into the chapel and burned it. Being half German half Italian this history is particularly interesting and difficult for me.
      This is the partisans' sad and emotional song. Here is a rough translation:
      One morning, just risen from bed
      Oh Bella ciao ... (Goodbye, my beautiful)
      One morning, just risen from bed
      I discovered the invaders
      Oh partisan, carry me away
      Oh Bella ciao ...
      Oh partisan, carry me away
      For I feel I'm dying
      And if I die as a partisan
      Oh Bella ciao ...
      And if I die as a partisan
      You must burry me!
      Burry me way up in the mountains
      Oh Bella ciao ...
      Burry me way up in the mountains
      Under the shadow of a beautiful flower
      And the people passing by
      Oh Bella ciao ...
      And the people passing by
      Will tell "What a beautiful flower!"
      And that's the flower of the partisan
      Oh Bella ciao ...
      And that's the flower of the partisan
      Who died for freedom (liberty)
      Died for freedom
      Died for freedom!
    [VIDEO] Vaclav Klaus - no solution for Greece inside the Eurozone
      Background: Klaus (Czech Republic President) says there is no solution for Greece inside the Eurozone.
    [VIDEO] LYNX 2012 - Happy End of the World
    [VIDEO] Look what eleven heads can cause on 11/11/11
    [VIDEO] Cain Caught on Tape Joking About Anita Hill - NYTimes.com
      Even as he is facing his own sexual harassment scandal, Herman Cain was caught on tape Thursday joking about Anita Hill, the college professor who lodged similar accusations against Clarence Thomas decades ago.
    [VIDEO]Sharon Bialek, Herman Cain Accuser, Speaks Alongside Attorney Gloria Allred At Press Conference (VIDEO) Video