Saturday, November 9, 2013

13-11-10 Russia: King of Netherlands pelted with tomatoes, demands for release of the Greenpeace Arctic 30

Of interest, Russia Today published these news as well...  jz
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Seeing Red: Dutch King pelted with tomatoes during visit to Moscow

Published time: November 09, 2013 23:07
Edited time: November 10, 2013 00:43
King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands (2-L) and Queen Maxima (RIA Novosti / Vitaliy Belousov)
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A couple of Russian activists pelted King of the Netherlands with rotten tomatoes during his visit to the Moscow Conservatory. The instigators of the attack were detained despite the fruits falling short of their illustrious targets.
The two attackers were members of a banned Russian opposition party who allegedly performed the stunt in protest over the death of Russian Opposition activist Aleksander Dolmatov who committed suicide while in a Rotterdam deportation center earlier this year.

“Dolmatov's blood is on your hands!”
 the National Bolshevik Party activists shouted at the Dutch King, according to eyewitnesses.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife were not harmed, as the projectiles fell nowhere near them, and carried on with their official engagements.

The attackers, Victoria Kuznetsova and Denis Kudryavtsev, according to reports, were quickly detained and escorted away in a police van to Krasnopresnenskaya’s police station, according to Other Russia party leader, Sergey Aksenov. The unregistered National Bolshevik Party was banned in Russia for extremist ideas, and its organizers created the Other Russia Party from its ashes in 2010.

Opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov applied for political asylum in the Netherlands after fleeing to the country. The Dutch authorities rejected the request, and placed him in a Rotterdam detention center while he awaited return to Russia. He was found dead in January this year, having killed himself in his cell.

While in Russia, Dolmatov had been an active member of Other Russia and had been arrested after being accused of involvement in the Bolotnaya Square riots in Moscow on May 6, 2012. He was released, but left Russia in June fearing he would be arrested again. After his death, the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an “immediate and full investigation of the incident.” 
The Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen Maxima, have been rounding off a two-day visit to Russia to mark the 400th anniversary of Russian-Dutch relations as part of a “Year of Friendship” between the two countries.

While the visit has been overshadowed by recent diplomatic problems, discussions of issues, such as the detention of Greenpeace activists, would not be part of talks as the Dutch king does not involve himself in direct political negotiations, Putin’s aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters. 
Wearing costume of a polar bear a Greenpeace activist holds a poster with pictures of the "Arctic 30" detained Greenpeace activists during a rally in their support (AFP Photo)
Wearing costume of a polar bear a Greenpeace activist holds a poster with pictures of the "Arctic 30" detained Greenpeace activists during a rally in their support (AFP Photo)
  

On Wednesday, the Netherlands demanded that Russia free all 30 Arctic Sunrise activists, taking the case to an international tribunal. Russia has rejected participation in the process, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich saying that “Russia has counter complaints against The Hague in connection with this incident. The current situation has, to a significant extent, been caused by Dutch negligence.” 

Lukashevich added that “it was known that the ship arrived in Russia’s economic zone with the intention of committing a crime,” he said. 

The detention of Russian diplomat, Dmitry Borodin, in the Netherlands caused uproar in Russia, increasing tensions between Russia and the Netherlands even further. Borodin was arrested and beaten by local police in violation of his diplomatic immunity. The Dutch media suggested he was taken in over mistreatment of his children reported by neighbors. 
Borodin’s Dutch counterpart, Onno Elderenbosch, later was attacked in Moscow when people disguised as electricians broke into his house, beat him up, and daubed ‘LGBT’ across a mirror in red lipstick, according to media reports. The Dutch Foreign Minister claimed on Tuesday that “victims” of the Russian “anti-gay propaganda law” could receive political asylum in the Netherlands, fueling tensions.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov and his counterpart in the Netherlands discussed the situation surrounding both the Greenpeace ship and recent incidents involving Russian and Dutch diplomats on Friday. A follow-up meeting on Saturday was rescheduled over Lavrov’s last minute decision to join the talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his satisfaction with the way talks with the King have proceeded up to this point, “in spite of some limitations in the diplomatic service.” The King also expressed his wish that “everything can be resolved in the spirit of friendship.” 

13-11-10 Russia: King of Netherlands pelted with tomatoes, demands for release of the Greenpeace Arctic 30

Of interest, Russia Today published these news as well...  jz
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Seeing Red: Dutch King pelted with tomatoes during visit to Moscow

Published time: November 09, 2013 23:07
Edited time: November 10, 2013 00:43
King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands (2-L) and Queen Maxima (RIA Novosti / Vitaliy Belousov)
Download video (10.82 MB)
A couple of Russian activists pelted King of the Netherlands with rotten tomatoes during his visit to the Moscow Conservatory. The instigators of the attack were detained despite the fruits falling short of their illustrious targets.
The two attackers were members of a banned Russian opposition party who allegedly performed the stunt in protest over the death of Russian Opposition activist Aleksander Dolmatov who committed suicide while in a Rotterdam deportation center earlier this year.

“Dolmatov's blood is on your hands!”
 the National Bolshevik Party activists shouted at the Dutch King, according to eyewitnesses.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife were not harmed, as the projectiles fell nowhere near them, and carried on with their official engagements.

The attackers, Victoria Kuznetsova and Denis Kudryavtsev, according to reports, were quickly detained and escorted away in a police van to Krasnopresnenskaya’s police station, according to Other Russia party leader, Sergey Aksenov. The unregistered National Bolshevik Party was banned in Russia for extremist ideas, and its organizers created the Other Russia Party from its ashes in 2010.

Opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov applied for political asylum in the Netherlands after fleeing to the country. The Dutch authorities rejected the request, and placed him in a Rotterdam detention center while he awaited return to Russia. He was found dead in January this year, having killed himself in his cell.

While in Russia, Dolmatov had been an active member of Other Russia and had been arrested after being accused of involvement in the Bolotnaya Square riots in Moscow on May 6, 2012. He was released, but left Russia in June fearing he would be arrested again. After his death, the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an “immediate and full investigation of the incident.” 
The Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen Maxima, have been rounding off a two-day visit to Russia to mark the 400th anniversary of Russian-Dutch relations as part of a “Year of Friendship” between the two countries.

While the visit has been overshadowed by recent diplomatic problems, discussions of issues, such as the detention of Greenpeace activists, would not be part of talks as the Dutch king does not involve himself in direct political negotiations, Putin’s aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters. 
Wearing costume of a polar bear a Greenpeace activist holds a poster with pictures of the "Arctic 30" detained Greenpeace activists during a rally in their support (AFP Photo)
Wearing costume of a polar bear a Greenpeace activist holds a poster with pictures of the "Arctic 30" detained Greenpeace activists during a rally in their support (AFP Photo)
  

On Wednesday, the Netherlands demanded that Russia free all 30 Arctic Sunrise activists, taking the case to an international tribunal. Russia has rejected participation in the process, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich saying that “Russia has counter complaints against The Hague in connection with this incident. The current situation has, to a significant extent, been caused by Dutch negligence.” 

Lukashevich added that “it was known that the ship arrived in Russia’s economic zone with the intention of committing a crime,” he said. 

The detention of Russian diplomat, Dmitry Borodin, in the Netherlands caused uproar in Russia, increasing tensions between Russia and the Netherlands even further. Borodin was arrested and beaten by local police in violation of his diplomatic immunity. The Dutch media suggested he was taken in over mistreatment of his children reported by neighbors. 
Borodin’s Dutch counterpart, Onno Elderenbosch, later was attacked in Moscow when people disguised as electricians broke into his house, beat him up, and daubed ‘LGBT’ across a mirror in red lipstick, according to media reports. The Dutch Foreign Minister claimed on Tuesday that “victims” of the Russian “anti-gay propaganda law” could receive political asylum in the Netherlands, fueling tensions.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov and his counterpart in the Netherlands discussed the situation surrounding both the Greenpeace ship and recent incidents involving Russian and Dutch diplomats on Friday. A follow-up meeting on Saturday was rescheduled over Lavrov’s last minute decision to join the talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his satisfaction with the way talks with the King have proceeded up to this point, “in spite of some limitations in the diplomatic service.” The King also expressed his wish that “everything can be resolved in the spirit of friendship.” 

13-11-09 Roger Suler - imprisoned Alabama former Gov Don Siegelman writes in Shuler's support!


October 23, 2013 Booking photo off the beaten Roger Shuler - Alabama journalist who reported corruption.
Corruption, corruption, corruption of the courts... 
Wikipedia:
Don Eugene Siegelman (born February 24, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician who held numerous offices in Alabama. He was the51st Governor of Alabama for one term from 1999 to 2003, and to date is the last Democrat to hold that office. Siegelman is the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of StateAttorney GeneralLieutenant Governor and Governor. He served in Alabama politics for 26 years.
In 2006 Siegelman was convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to seven years in prison.[1] Various former attorneys general and officials have contended that his prosecution was intentionally wrongful.[2][3] On March 6, 2009, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction counts against Siegelman and refused his request for a new trial. Siegelman is currently serving a 6.5 year sentence.
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By Andrew Kreig
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman sent me the column below opposing the jailing in a libel suit of a journalist shown puffy-eyed after arrest at home and MACE: "Roger Shuler," Siegelman wrote, "has written time and time again exposing Rob Riley, the former governor's son's insidious and sinister connections to money making schemes."

13-11-09 Obama's military purges continue...

As usual, there is a need to bring up philandering, prostitution, etc. for the moralists it is the equivalent of betraying the world revolution in the purges of the old Soviet Union... In the US it is "catch them by the zipper".
For Eliot Spitzer the FBI went as far as creating a whole sting operation to catch him going to a prostitute...  The goal, obviously, was to bury his political carreer, more than incriminating him.
One must wonder how come they have not caught yet any bankster going to a prostitute...
And one must also wonder, what makes Obama purge a large group of the most senior officers... In most 3rd wold nations, such events reflect concerns of a military coup...
jz
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The Navy has suspended access to classified material of two admirals in connection with a massive bribery scheme in Asia involving prostitutes and luxury travel. Vice Adm. Ted Branch, director of naval intelligence, and Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless, director of intelligence operations, are on temporary leave following suspension of their classified access.
http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=scI%2BrG9qNH0oa2jrnZYLPs7%2FvTWWZLz4

13-11-09 JFK assassination

It is interesting to note how the general climate has changed... "Conspiracy theories" are becoming common wisdom when you realize that government is routinely deceptive... jz
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Oliver Stone on 50th Anniversary of JFK Assassination & the Untold History of the United States

By Amy Goodman, Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Democracy Now!

Stone argues how the official version of JFK's death could not possibly have happened.
http://act.alternet.org/go/39605?t=12&akid=11121.1117888.Lk_VO1

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JFK Assassination: CIA and New York Times Are Still Lying To Us

By David Talbot, Salon.com

Fifty years later, a complicit media still covers up for the security state. We need to reclaim our history. 

13-11-09 In Los Angeles, 50 Workers Arrested in Biggest Civil Disobedience against Walmart -- Ever!

In Los Angeles, 50 Workers Arrested in Biggest Civil Disobedience against Walmart -- Ever!
Jodie Gummow, AlterNet
Hundreds protested against Walmart’s “poverty wages” outside L.A’s Chinatown Walmart. 

READ MORE»
http://act.alternet.org/go/39647?t=4&akid=11126.1117888.o0XQZo

13-11-09 Facebook art: Mainstream Media


Red Spur added a new photo.

13-11-09 ISRAEL: Dramatic increase in poverty is translated into rapidly widening gaps in education

===Collapse of Civil Society is a rapid process, its correction will take generations - poverty and education in Israel===
A recent OECD (organization of economically developed nations) shows Israel with the highest poverty levels.
Poverty levels dramatically increased since 1995 - the year of Rabin's assassination.
An OECD report from earlier this year shows that poor students in Israel lag on the average 2 years behind others.
Of poor families in Israel - 65% are working poor.
According to the 2010 OECD report in the table below, poverty levels in Israel exceeded the US and Mexico! (but poverty levels in both the US and Israel have increased since then).
Contrary to popular belief that the main effect of the assassination of Prime Minster Rabin and the regime change that followed was in stopping the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the major effect was collapse of Civil Society!
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===13-11-09 חורבן חברה מתוקנת הוא תהליך מהיר, תיקונה יקח דורות - עוני וחינוך בישראל===
הפערים שנוצרו במדינת ישראל ב-20 השנים האחרונות יהיו קשים לתיקון, כיוון שהעוני מיתרגם לפערים הולכים וגדלים בחינוך. גדל פה דור שיחסר כלים בסיסיים להשתלבות בכלכלה ובחברה.
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http://www.the7eye.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/isr-vs-mex.png
הטבלה שחוללה כותרות: שיעור העוני היחסי בשנים 1995–2010. ממוצע ה-OECD עומד על 11%. ישראל עם 20.9% עוברת את מקסיקו ותופסת את המקום הראשון. כדאי לשים לב לשינוי הדרמטי שעברו מדינות כפינלנד ושבדיה, שמדיניות הרווחה שלהן מפותחת
* "ישראל רצתה להצטרף ל-OECD אבל יש תלמידים שרוצים להצטרף לישראל"
כך אמרה אמרה מנהלת בית הספר הערבי למדעים והנדסה אורט לוד בפאנל בנושא חינוך שנערך בכנס אלי הורביץ באילת ■ "אם לא נתעשת יהיו פה שתי מדינות" ■ יו"ר ועדת החינוך בכנסת, ח"כ עמרם מצנע: "הגענו למציאות שבה מנהלי בתי הספר אפילו לא יכולים לבחור מורים" 06.11.2013
http://www.themarker.com/news/education/1.2159243
* OECD: תלמידים מבוססים בישראל מקדימים ב-2 שנות לימוד את העניים
היועץ לענייני חינוך של OECD אמר לקראת כנס ירושלים לחינוך כי "אי אפשר לסבול יותר אי-שוויון. בלי יכולות בסיסיות, התלמיד יישאר בשולי החברה" 17.02.2013
http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1931020
* אחד מחמישה. הדו"ח ההשוואתי בין 34 מדינות OECD מלמד כי 20.9% מתושבי ישראל נמצאו בשנת 2010 (השנה שבה שווק הטאבלט הראשון) מתחת לקו העוני. יתרה מזאת: שיעור העוני בישראל עלה מ-1995 (השנה שבה נרצח רבין) ועד 2010 מ-13.8% ל-20.9% 19.05.2013
http://www.the7eye.org.il/63562

13-11-09 Facebook art: Remember Ruby Ridge



Wikipedia:

Ruby Ridge was the site of a deadly confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992 against Randy Weaver, his family and his friend Kevin Harris by agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It resulted in the death of Weaver's son Sammy, his wife Vicki, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan.
At the subsequent federal criminal trial of Weaver and Harris, Weaver's attorney Gerry Spence made accusations of "criminal wrongdoing" against every agency involved in the incident: the FBI, USMS, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and theUnited States Attorney's Office (USAO) for Idaho. At the completion of the trial, the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility formed a Ruby Ridge Task Force to investigate Spence's charges. The 1994 Task Force report was released in redacted form by Lexis Counsel Connect and raised questions about the conduct and policy of all the agencies.
Public outcry over Ruby Ridge and the subsequent Waco siege involving many of the same agencies and even the same personnel fueled the widening of the militia movement. To answer public questions about Ruby Ridge, the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information held a total of 14 days of hearings between September 6 and October 19, 1995, and subsequently issued a report calling for reforms in federal law enforcement to prevent a repeat of Ruby Ridge and to restore public confidence in federal law enforcement.
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Aftermath

Both the internal 1994 Ruby Ridge Task Force Report and the public 1995 Senate subcommittee report on Ruby Ridge criticized the rules of engagement as unconstitutional. A 1995 GAO report on use of force by federal law enforcement agencies stated: "In October 1995, Treasury and Justice adopted use of deadly force policies to standardize the various policies their component agencies had adopted over the years." The major change was the requirement of a reasonable belief of an "imminent" danger of death or serious physical injury, which brought all federal LEA deadly force policies in line with US Supreme Court rulings (Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 18 (1985) and Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)) that applied to state and local LE agencies.[62]
The surviving members of the Weaver family filed a wrongful death suit. To avoid trial and a possibly higher settlement, the federal government awarded Randy Weaver a $100,000 settlement and his three daughters $1 million each in August 1995. In the out-of-court settlement, the government did not admit any wrongdoing in the deaths of Sammy and Vicki Weaver.