Random Thoughts (Political Edition)

Blind_Io said:
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pe/ExteriorExclusion/borders.html
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Wow. Now I remember those; from a Steinbeck novel, probably Grapes of Wrath. Didn't think they'd still be able to have such a thing.

nomix said:
Egypt and Mubarak is fucking scared of islamist extremists. That's why they blocked the border to Gaza, they're really scared of the idea that islamist extremists (Hamas) can win a democratic election. Still, I don't have much sympathy for him, after all, unlike how Mossad built up Hamas to fuck up Fatah, Mubarak and his predecessors built up their islamist extremists to fuck their own communists.
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Of course. But Mubarak and the NDP have figured out a convenient way around that; just don't let Islamic extremists run for election. They've barred the Muslim Brotherhood from politics for decades iirc. Anyway, I was thinking that they quickly pinned the blame on "foreigners" because there's already tension between the Copts and Muslims.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12120259


Saudi Arabia 'detains' Israeli vulture for spying

Saudi Arabian officials have "detained" a vulture on accusations of being a spy for Israel, media reports say.

The griffon vulture was carrying a GPS transmitter bearing the name of Tel Aviv University, prompting rumours it was part of a Zionist plot.

Israeli wildlife officials dismissed the claims as ludicrous and expressed concern about the bird's fate.

Last month, Egyptian officials implied the Israeli spy agency Mossad was to blame for shark attacks off its coast.

The vulture, which can have a wing span of up to 265cm (8ft 8in), was caught after it landed in the desert city of Hyaal a few days ago.

When locals discovered the GPS transmitter, they suspected the worst and handed it over to the security forces, said Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper.

Conspiracy theories quickly began circulating in Saudi newspapers and on websites that the bird was involved in espionage.

'Terrible price'

Israeli officials told Ma'ariv they were "stunned" by the allegations and concerned that the bird could meet a horrible punishment in the notoriously severe Saudi justice system.

Israeli Park and Nature Authority
"The device does nothing more than receive and store basic data about the bird's whereabouts, and about his altitude and speed," a bird specialist at Israel's Park and Nature Authority told the newspaper.

The data would be used to improve understanding of the endangered species' behaviour.

"Now, this poor bird is paying a terrible price. That's very sad," said the unnamed expert.

"I hope they release the poor thing."

The vulture is the latest animal to be accused of being an unwitting Mossad operative.

In December, the governor of Egypt's South Sinai province, Mohamed Abdul Fadil Shousha, suggested the spy agency may have had a hand in a string of deadly shark attacks off the coast of the Sharm el-Sheikh resort.

He said it was "not out of the question" that Mossad had put the killer shark in the area.

The Israeli foreign ministry dismissed that allegation, saying the governor "must have seen Jaws one time too many, and confuses fact and fiction".
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:blink: :lol: :rofl:
 
Mossad has spies everywhere. :ph34r:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47147.html

Of course the GOP wants to make all the current tax cuts permanent. However none of them are willing to admit how much it will add to the deficit. According to Senate Democrats (based on numbers from the CBO and JCT) the tab comes to just over a trillion dollars over the next decade.
 
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tigger said:
Mossad has spies everywhere. :ph34r:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47147.html

Of course the GOP wants to make all the current tax cuts permanent. However none of them are willing to admit how much it will add to the deficit. According to Senate Democrats (based on numbers from the CBO and JCT) the tab comes to just over a trillion dollars over the next decade.
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I'm tired of the GOP. The senate should take a lead from that Israeli McCarthy and start investigations into the, err, un-America activity of the GOP.

Yes. That was a joke.
 
People are really getting mad over here with the ridiculously high petrol prices. They're protesting by buying less than 2 liters of gas an paying in the smallest denomination.
 
Hmmmm, I normally only get a bit more than I need, but I never thought about paying with pennies. I wonder how many pennies my bank will give me at a time?
 
GRtak said:
Well we know who wears the pants in this family dynamic.
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Priceless.
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Well since I believe the beetle now lives in california, this will probably work like a top gear challenge and picking fights with california is punishable by beetle. :lol:
 
Bill Maher was interviewed and asked about some current topics.
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer

Revealed: Second undercover police officer who posed as activist

Spy spent four years living in Leeds and played a central role in planning a demonstration to shut down the Drax power station

Undercover activist The undercover police officer is from a force in the south-east.

The controversy over a police surveillance network embedded in the environmental protest movement deepened dramatically tonight after the Guardian identified a second undercover officer who spent years living a double life as an activist.

The woman's name has been known to a group of six activists since Mark Kennedy ? the police infiltrator identified by the Guardian on Monday as having spent seven years inside the movement ? claimed she was also a police officer when confronted by them about his own identity last October.

Senior police chiefs said tonight that they were concerned for the safety of the second spy, and a major operation involving several UK forces is now under way to identify other operatives whose safety may have been compromised by Kennedy.

The second spy spent four years living as an environmental activist in Leeds, gaining the trust of dozens of activists and playing a central role in planning a demonstration to shut down Drax power station in North Yorkshire.

Her deployment ended in 2008, when she told activist friends she was leaving town for personal reasons. The Guardian has established the identity of the officer, who is from a force in the south-east of England, but has decided, after representations from senior police officers, to refer to her only as Officer A, and to use pixellated pictures of her.

Meanwhile politicians across Europe demanded information about the activities of Kennedy, the first undercover operative identified, who was on Tuesday accused of having had several sexual relationships with activists while undercover ? relationships denounced as "unacceptable" by senior police sources today.

His UK-based handlers have flown to the US in an attempt to find an agent now accepted to have "gone rogue".

Aside from questions over his conduct while undercover, Kennedy, a Metropolitan police officer, committed a serious breach of protocol when he told friends from the protest movement that Officer A was his colleague. A police chief with detailed knowledge of the deployments of undercover officers in the protest movement said Kennedy's breach of protocol could lead to the "relocation of a considerable number of people".

That included undercover officers currently involved in ongoing police investigations across the UK and their families. "This is serious stuff," the police chief said. "Lots of people are at risk ? their lives are at risk."

Kennedy, who has expressed remorse over an operation he told friends was "wrong", now appears to have been a key player in a pan-European network of leftwing and environmental groups.

Using a fake passport, he travelled to more than 22 countries from his base in Nottingham. A parliamentarian in Germany said today Kennedy had been "operating on the border of illegality" in the country, and demanded disclosure about the operation. Kennedy's activities in Iceland, Ireland and Italy are also coming under scrutiny.

Documents obtained by the Guardian also suggest that, after quitting the Met last March, Kennedy attempted to continue to use his adopted identity to infiltrate protest groups. In an indication he planned to turn his hand to corporate espionage, Kennedy, who is said to have had money problems, set up two companies. One is connected to an individual who previously worked at Global Open, a private security firm set up by a former special branch detective. The company specialises in keeping a "discreet watch" on protest groups.

Today, police chiefs discussed the unfolding crisis at a meeting of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), which has limited company status and to which Kennedy and Officer A were seconded.

It is now believed several undercover police officers have been living long-term in the environmental movement, feeding intelligence back to the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), an Acpo body that runs a nationwide intelligence database of political activists. After concerns were raised about the accountability of NPOIU, police chiefs came up with a plan to move the unit to Scotland Yard. Subject to agreement, the unit will be taken over by Met officers next month.

However, a major review will now be under way into the oversight of officers such as Kennedy. Explaining why he and Officer A had spent so long undercover, the police chief said: "It is simply because of the environment. If you are a deeply ideologically motivated person ? then getting close to you to understand your thought processes ? and some idea of what you're doing ? takes a lot longer."

He added that Kennedy's numerous sexual relations with women would not have been officially sanctioned. "That is conduct that is not acceptable," he said.
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Entrapment?
 
I saw that and the only ones who complain must be prudes or religious nutters that want to opress everyone.
 
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