There is one important lesson that Israel never learns: If there is a master plan to build tens of thousands of apartments in Jerusalem and thereby assure that the absolute Jewish majority in the city be preserved for generations, it is the entire plan that should be approved, all at the same time. Whether 1,600 or 50,000 apartments are slated to be built, the condemnation and threats from within and the self-righteousness, panic and criticism from within, will be exactly the same. Instead of drawing such intense fire every year or two, it can all be concentrated into one anticipated blast, and the building of Jerusalem will continue after the condemnatory dust settles, as it always does.

In the immediate aftermath of the quake and our initial response, France accused the US of conducting a de facto “occupation” of Haiti. Not surprisingly, Venezuela and Nicaragua followed suit. Ironically, the French don’t seem terribly concerned with flying their flag over Haiti despite their status as its original colonizer.

“Those who think that none of this affects the daily life of Quebecers are seriously mistaken,” Bloc vice-president Vivian Barbot said in a statement. “The effects are very concrete. Talk to all the workers, to all the unemployed who have been abandoned by Ottawa.” The Bloc Quebecois will seize on the 20th anniversary of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in June to boost support for the sovereignist party founded in the wake of Meech Lake. This weekend, the Bloc will begin marking the landmark year with a general council meeting in Quebec City. In April, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe will take the uncommon step of touring Canada to explain why many Quebecers believe Quebec doesn’t have a future in Canada. In the fall, he will take the even more unusual step of touring Europe to talk to members of the European Union about the sovereignist movement’s objectives.

Sounds like a robber trying to explain why he is robbing you while he is robbing you.

Germans are popular in India and Pakistan, but not always for the right reasons. Many in South Asia have nothing but admiration for Adolf Hitler and still associate Germany with the Third Reich. Everyday encounters with the love of all things Nazi makes German visitors cringe. LOL, fucking Paki's...

Just occasionally you find yourself at an event where there is a sense of history in the air. So it was the other night at the Royal Society, when a small gathering of luminaries turned up to hear that extraordinary nonagenarian, the scientist James Lovelock.

Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said. Fucking mooslime on the rampage

MONTREAL - The pilot of a small ultra-light plane hit his own house after it crashed Tuesday afternoon near Chertsey, north of Montreal.

The palestinians decided to take advantage and stage a little riot in Jerusalem and the West Bank due to a little housing fiasco.

PARIS - A French documentary film will attempt to show the power television holds over people when it presents the results of a fake television game show in which participants inflict pain on other people.

The public inquiry has heard that British soldiers used “conditioning” methods on Iraqi prisoners, such as hooding and sleep deprivation, which were banned by the British Government in 1972.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to help Venezuela strengthen its military, saying Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez's government should not have to worry about foreign threats. Addressing lawmakers inside Venezuela's National Assembly, Lukashenko said Belarus hopes to "share the experience of creating an integrated defense system." Chavez, a former paratroop commander who has built close ties with Lukashenko, has expressed interest in buying radar and anti-aircraft missiles from the former Soviet republic to bolster Venezuela's air defenses. Lukashenko did not provide details on what type of support Belarus could provide, saying only that his government could help fortify Venezuela's defenses "in the short term" and enable Venezuelans "to live peacefully without having to be looking from side to side" for potential threats. Venezuela has significantly increased military spending under Chavez, who has turned to allies such as Russia and China for arms while accusing the United States of plotting against him.

What happen, Russia got to expensive?

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A video posted on a militant Web site is calling on Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians.

Not only was the Medieval Warm Period warmer than the Modern Warm Peiod, but the Roman Warm Period was warmer too.

The feud is feeding already high tensions in east Jerusalem, where Jews and Palestinians live together uneasily.

The 20,000 litre tank had to be drained to about 1500 litres

By Patrick J. Buchanan

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is looking to break a taboo and train an elite Indonesian force linked to past abuses, as President Barack Obama courts the world's largest Muslim-majority nation with a visit. Typical Hussein logic.

An open letter to Geert Wilders: Though we have not met, I feel as if I know you well. I have followed your trials—and trial—closely and, like many who are engaged in the same fight against Islamic supremacism and the various forms of jihad that confront us, I endorse your campaign on behalf of the West and its traditional liberties in every way that I can.

THE world’s leading climate change group was mired in further controversy yesterday after one of its own scientists said another of its global-warming claims was “totally wrong”.

Things are really going south fast for US Israel relations with a Muslim in the White House. Last time this happened we had a US born, "Christianized" Jew hater in the White House. My Jewish friends are liberals first, Americans and Jews second and third. But I am wondering if they smell the ovens burning? I bet on the way to the concentration camp they would still be defending their choice for Obama.

Exclusive: New research report finds medical facilities served as command centers during Gaza op; 100 mosques used for military purposes; police incorporated into group’s military wing. (But in the bizarro world of European and liberal politics, that's all OK when the enemy is the evil JOOOOOOOO!!!)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A British couple is appealing a jail sentence after being accused of sharing a passionate kiss in a Dubai restaurant.

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgians have been panicked by a hoax television news program announcing the Russian army had invaded and killed President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Social networking web sites like Twitter and Facebook are very popular among Venezuela's opposition movements to organize protests against the government. Chavez has complained that people use such sites to spread unfounded rumors. Many opponents fear Chavez plans to emulate the government oversight of the Web used by allies Cuba, China and Iran, but the socialist leader has not given any sign that he is planning such a move.

Why doesn't anyone talk about MySpace anymore?

... Obongo needs to set up a bow-and-scrape meeting in Mexico immediately to talk all factions into making nice with one another. ... It isn't nice for our good neighbors to the south to kill off our consulate staff.

President Mugabe seeks another term as president in the once great nation of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

Switzerland has come under criticism in a key United States human rights report in a as an example of anti-Muslim discrimination in Europe. The US State Department’s annual report on Human Rights released in Washington on Thursday cites in its introduction last November’s popular vote in Switzerland to ban the building of minarets. It describes growing European discrimination against Muslims as “ an increasing concern”.

China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.

Two government advertisements which use nursery rhymes to warn of the dangers of climate change have been banned for exaggerating the threat. Commissioned by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, the adverts are based on children’s poems Jack and Jill and Rub-A-Dub-Dub and assert that climate change will cause flooding and drought.

Dwarfgate: 5ft 5in Sarkozy's fury as 6ft Cameron and 5ft 11in Osborne 'mock his size - David Cameron is caught up in an extraordinary 'dwarfgate' row with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. - The dispute centres on a claim that Mr Cameron made a remark about 'hidden dwarfs' while discussing a photograph showing himself with Mr Sarkozy - who is seven inches shorter than the Tory leader.

Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree on Monday on a mechanism for aiding Greece financially, if it is required, but will leave out any sums until Athens asks for them, an EU source said on Saturday.

Back-to-back hunger strikes by Cuban dissidents have brought international condemnation to the island's communist government and stirred political turmoil for some leaders friendly to Cuba. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose government is becoming a major investor in Cuba, has faced an avalanche of criticism at home and abroad after defending Cuba's right to imprison political opponents and appearing to dismiss the plight of the protesters. On Thursday, the European Parliament voted to condemn Cuba for the "avoidable and cruel" death of Orlando Zapata, a 42-year-old laborer who died Feb. 23 after an 86-day strike for better jail conditions. The statement also decried the "alarming state" of Guillermo Fariñas, a dissident journalist who stopped eating after Mr. Zapata's death.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt reached out to Ankara saying his government opposed the parliamentary motion and did not want it to undermine Turkish-Armenian rapprochement efforts.

Although the financial picture and the timetable may look good for this Russian approach to modernizing its military it is a very controversial action for a great power to take. By engaging in arms trade with other great powers from the receiving end Russia puts itself in a submissive political position, especially when it really needs these imports. France and NATO in general are now in a position to force Russia to align with western policies. If Russian dependency on arms production in NATO countries rises Russia will continue to align more and more with western policies in order to maintain its opportunities to modernize its military within the timeframe it has allotted for this project. There is also a great risk of laziness, where Russia may find the import of certain equipment an easier and, on a short term, cheaper solution than rebuilding its own military industry. This may lead to Russia reaching a point where NATO supplies are no longer available without an indigenous industry to fall back on. This may result in a loss of certain military capabilities for a certain amount of time.

You sly French fucks, bravo! Force Russia to submit to NATO's will.

BEIJING – Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.

A suspected Al Qaeda militant who was known as a "sweetheart" by classmates at his New Jersey high school is being investigated by the FBI after his arrest in the Middle East for allegedly trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen

A police investigation was under way today after a man with a brain tumour died of dehydration in hospital despite repeatedly begging nurses for water. Kane Gorny, 22, was so desperate for a drink that he rang police from his bed begging them to intervene. They arrived at St George's Hospital in Tooting, only to be told by doctors everything was under control. But when his mother Rita Cronin found him the following day, he was delirious and died hours later.

Kent Pankow lives in Edmonton, in a province and a country that is trying to either kill him or bankrupt him.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.

The authorities of the United Arab Emirates made an unusual decision. Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan al-Tamim said on March 1 that anyone who looks or sounds like a citizen of Israel will be blocked from entering the country, even if a suspected individual produces a passport of a different state.