Showing posts with label international news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international news. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Shocking scenes as rioters steal clothes forcing people to strip naked nude and rifle through bags as people make their way home



This is total depravity of the highest order. It’s very sad to see immorality run amok and innocent people hurt.



Daily Mail



This picture shows the shocking depths the thugs were prepared to plumb – stealing the clothes from a man’s back. The taller, broader man already holds a pair of white and green trainers and a white T-shirt in his hands. Now, it seems, he wants the trousers too.



The shorter man dutifully removes his jeans, leaving only his dark blue underpants and his white socks.



The image appeared on Twitter as internet rumours claimed that, on top of widespread violence and looting across London, thugs were even removing clothing from their victims.



Several people on Twitter claimed there have been incidents of victims being stripped naked in Deptford, South London and Birmingham but, because of the very nature of the alleged incidents, the reports remain unsubstantiated.



In the photograph the ‘victim’ – his face pixellated – stands on the kerbside in a quiet side road and appears cowed before the other man after handing over his clothing.




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These thugs need to crushed!

Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded'? George Soros, the man behind Obama?



I wouldn’t put is passed this son-of-a-bitch to do something like this. With his puppet in the White House destroying the country, why not make some fast cash?



Daily Mail



• Unknown investor or hedge fund 'made $850million bet'

• Bet in futures market reportedly done at odds of 10/1

• George Soros made similar bet on currency in 1992

• But source says he wasn't involved in rumoured trade





A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating.

Now questions are being asked of whether the trader had inside information before placing the $850million bet in the futures market, or if the bet happened at all.

There were mounting rumours that investor George Soros, 80, famously known as ‘the man who broke the Bank of England’, could be involved.



He made more than $1billion on currency speculation when the British pound left the Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday in 1992.



But a source with knowledge of the firm said Soros was not involved in the rumoured trade and questioned whether in fact there had been such a trade





The latest bet was made on July 21 on trades of 5,370 ten-year Treasury futures and 3,100 Treasury bond futures, reported ETF Daily News.

Now the investor's gamble seems to have paid off after Standard and Poor’s issued a credit rating downgrade from AAA to AA+ last Friday.



Whoever it is stands to earn a 1,000 per cent return on their money, with the expectation that interest rates will be going up after the downgrade.




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Memeorandum

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Florida teen Alexxis Anthony, 19, makes fake bomb threat to study for exam-she dropped a bomb



I gotta give this girl credit for creativity.

But, it’s not a good idea to be making bomb threats since 911. It just ain’t cool!

Daily Mail

As ways of getting out of attending school go, this could well be unique.

A student was arrested after telling police she made a false bomb threat so her class would be cancelled and she could study for a test.

Alexxis C. Anthony, 19, of Lakeland, Florida, said she was involved in a bomb threat to Polk State College with her friend, Theron K. Brown Jr.

Anthony told police she made the threat because she felt under pressure to keep her grades up because of a college scholarship. The incident on July 28 evacuated the college’s Lakeland campus and was one of three bomb threats made against it in July, reported The Ledger.


But no explosive devices were found despite a threat that one would go off at 9:15am. Anthony was arrested on Tuesday. Police say they expect more arrests and charges to be made, with the other two threats coming from the same mobile phone.


But no explosive devices were found despite a threat that one would go off at 9:15am. Anthony was arrested on Tuesday.

Police say they expect more arrests and charges to be made, with the other two threats coming from the same mobile phone.


Brown's girlfriend Judeane Curry told investigators that he had called her on the morning of July 28 and said he wanted to make a bomb threat.

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31 American Troops Killed In NATO Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan


Not a good day for the United States indeed.

Col. Jack Jacobs on MSNBC just said its very unusual for special ops forces join with Afghan troops. So there may be more to to this horrible news.

The Huffington Post


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A helicopter crash in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province has killed 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan soldiers, the country's president said on Saturday. It was the highest number of casualties recorded in a single incident in the decade-long war.

President Hamid Karzai sent his condolences to President Barack Obama, according to a statement issued by his office.

"A NATO helicopter crashed last night in Wardak province," Karzai said in the statement, adding that 31 American special operations troops were killed. "President Karzai expressed his deep condolences because of this incident and expressed his sympathy to Barack Obama."

NATO confirmed the overnight crash and said the alliance was conducting a recovery operation at the site and investigating the cause of the crash, but did not release details or a casualty figure. The coalition said there "was enemy activity in the area."

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Friday, August 5, 2011

$800 a month 'shoebox studio' in Manhattan is just 78 square foot smallest apartment in America

Okay, hold your breath and squeeze.

Daily Mail

If you find your apartment a bit claustrophobic at times, spare a thought for this young New Yorker.

Architect Luke Clark Tyler designs grand houses for clients from his tiny 78 square foot shoebox apartment.


There is no space for a kitchen, or bathroom, and he had to build a bed from scratch because it is too narrow to fit full-sized ones inside.

The bed doubles as a sofa - and as a storage unit for clothes and odds and ends.


With no kitchen, a microwave is hidden away with his shoes and a fridge is built into the desk at which he spends most of the day working. His rent is $800 a month, which is cheap for the area but extortionate considering the cost per square footage ratio.

The average rental price per square foot in a studio is $72 but Mr Tyler is paying almost twice as much at $123.07. Mr Tyler, who downsized from a 96 square foot apartment, remains upbeat, seeing the apartment as conveniently snug, rather than constricting.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Critics hit out at $4 billion a year free cell phones for the poor. Cell phones are a right?




And this is exactly how wealth re-distribution works. Money is taken right out your packet in cell phone fees that you pay for, so that other people can have free cell phones.

So cell phones are now another entitlement program.

But, here is an extra kick in the ass for those of us who are the productive people in society. In know several people that have gotten the free phones, and in all these cases they also have 2 or 3 phones that they pay for.

So this has nothing to do with the poor having access to cell phones. This is about Progressives/Liberals buying votes with other people’s hard earn money!

Daily Mail

Critics have rounded on a government plan that provides millions of poor Americans with free cell phones - calling the scheme a 'waste' in tough economic times.The $4 billion a year Universal Service Fund - which provides the poor, schools and library's with free phones - is paid for by telecommunications companies.


The cost is then recouped form the average American bill payer, who has a 'universal service' charge added to their cell contract every month.
Speaking to the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review, Robert Rector from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation said free cell phone programs 'particularly wasteful and unnecessary,' given the current dire economic situation.


He said: 'Our society cannot afford to give free everything to everybody.
'Most poor people already had adequate telephone service and will continue to do so.'


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You’re about to hear a load of shit shoveled in your face!




This is Obama’s base at its finest!!!


Monday, August 1, 2011

Video: Terrifying moment a snake slithered up windscreen as SUV sped along highway at 65mph

This same thing happened to me last week NOT!!!

This is pretty wild though. Maybe PETA will get invloved for cruelty to the snake?

Daily Mail

It's a miracle the driver managed not to crash - let alone keep in a straight line.

A snake terrified a young mother when it suddenly appeared on her SUV's windscreen after slithering out of the engine as she drove along an expressway into Memphis, Tennessee.

Rachel Fisher said she's not usually scared by snakes but she 'was clenching everything' as she drove at 65mph with the unusual hitchhiker on board - and her three young children in the back.

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Big fish tale: Angler enters record books after catching EIGHT FOOT albino catfish



Now that’s one big fish!

Daily Mail

This monster from the deep has netted a British angler a place in the record books. The whopper, caught by plucky Chris Grimmer, is the biggest albino catfish ever caught by an angler.

The 8ft beast tipped the scales at 194lbs - 2lbs heavier than the previous best by blind woman angler Shelia Penfold last year.

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Hoey, look what you have to clean!

Game addict Chris Staniforth, 20, killed by deep vein thrombosis playing too much Xbox

I stopped playing games (Sega game system) when I was twenty four years old. That was twenty four years ago and I thought I’d stopped at a late age. But, the game systems changed and I thought it was an opportunity for me to put away childish things.

I don’t get grown men playing video games.

The Sun

A LAD of 20 has been killed by a blood clot caused by playing his Xbox for up to 12 hours at a time.

A post mortem revealed that
Chris Staniforth - addicted to games such as Halo - had suffered a deep vein thrombosis. It can be triggered by sitting in one position for long spells.

Stunned dad David, of Sheffield, said: "He lived for his Xbox. I never dreamed he was in any danger.

"As a parent you think playing computer games can't do them any harm because you know what they are doing

"Kids all over the country are playing these games for long periods - they don't realise it could kill them."

Chris collapsed seconds after telling a friend how he had been experiencing a strange sensation in his chest.

The pair were chatting outside a JobCentre where Chris had an interview.

David said: "He told his friend how he was woken in the night by a strange feeling in his chest.

“Then he dropped a packet of chewing gum and as he picked it up, he jolted back and began to spasm."

Chris's friend called an ambulance - but paramedics could not save him.
A coroner yesterday confirmed DVT had caused Chris's death and it was cited on his death certificate.

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Nafissatou Diallo DS accuser is scamming for out-of-court settlement

This reason this con artist/maid/hooker is going on a media offensive is she and her lawyer are trying to put pressure on DSK to settle for some cash to go away.

Make no mistake, it’s all about cash!

New York Post

Who's that lady?

Nafissatou Diallo was ushered into Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center yesterday aboard patent-leather pumps that made the 5-foot-10 former hotel maid and current sex accuser tower over the two dozen supporters who stood guard, including church pastors and a prominent member of the New Black Panther Party.

She was unrecognizable.

Gone were the baggy, gray slacks and lime-green, shapeless blouse she wore in that ill-advised interview on ABC. Gone was the lifeless hair.
Who cares if the Manhattan district attorney no longer believes in her? In the 24 hours before staging a press conference/rally/image makeover, Diallo, who accuses powerful French guy
Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her, underwent a glam, head-to-toe makeover -- even as her lawyer attempted to remake the case of rape into a case of race.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Founder Noel Biderman of adultery website Ashley Madison guarantees sex or your money back. as he renews his wedding vows

This guys has balls the size of an 18 wheeler!

I’m all for capitalism, but Jesus said, “Whoa to those who lead others to sin!”

That’s pretty clear warning for a business that promotes and profits from adultery.

It’s a very treacherous path to walk on!

Daily Mail

It has to be the ultimate money back guarantee - the promise of a successful extra-marital affair, or your money back.

And that is exactly what infidelity website Ashleymadison.com is offering punters, as long as they follow the on-line dating guidelines.

The news comes as the controversial
site's founder Noel Biderman renewed his vows in Australia.

The website, whose slogan 'Life is short. Have an affair', has attracted criticism from religious and family groups since it was founded in 2001.

But despite the intense criticism, the site has a world-wide membership of over eight million cheaters.

Speaking to the Australian Herald Sun, Mr Biderman contended that affairs, just like marriages, had to be worked on.


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