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Yes and no. I understand your "self-righteous" qualifications about this kind of complaints. The fact that a car crash around the corner draws more attention that a train crash at the other side of the globe is not new, and it is not meaningful per se. Hence you are right.
At the same time, those complaining have a point (at least some make this point) in that much of the outcry following Charlie Hebdo (but it is just an example, you can substitute by many other events) also had a "self-righteous" tone, hiding its self-interested nature in some humanitarian rhetoric. And just to make it clear: I'm not talking against self-interest, just like I'm not judging those checking out the crash around the corner (nor the fact that they do it for morbid curiosity rather than interest in the health of the strangers involved in the crash). I think that's fine, but many were not really honest about their reactions to Charlie Hebdo, and events like the ones marcozea points out expose their hypocrisy.
In that sense, you have to give it to Bush Jr. that he was more honest when saying "you don't do this to us", instead of going with some "every human life is precious" bs. before bombing half a country :P
At the same time, those complaining have a point (at least some make this point) in that much of the outcry following Charlie Hebdo (but it is just an example, you can substitute by many other events) also had a "self-righteous" tone, hiding its self-interested nature in some humanitarian rhetoric. And just to make it clear: I'm not talking against self-interest, just like I'm not judging those checking out the crash around the corner (nor the fact that they do it for morbid curiosity rather than interest in the health of the strangers involved in the crash). I think that's fine, but many were not really honest about their reactions to Charlie Hebdo, and events like the ones marcozea points out expose their hypocrisy.
In that sense, you have to give it to Bush Jr. that he was more honest when saying "you don't do this to us", instead of going with some "every human life is precious" bs. before bombing half a country :P
Another couple of dangerous "pro-russian terrorists" killed in Ukraine theese days by the maidan-democrats...
Many more interesting info about Ukraine: Amnesty International. Not some crappy home made Youtube video.
Read the stories yourself and form your own opinion.
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Yes diamanti [mmmj], also about the murdering and dangerous pro-russian terrorists, without the dumb use of " " !
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Read the stories yourself and form your own opinion.
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Yes diamanti [mmmj], also about the murdering and dangerous pro-russian terrorists, without the dumb use of " " !
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Macedonia police killed in clashes with 'terrorists'
At least five police officers have been killed and dozens injured in clashes in Macedonia with unidentified gunmen in a town near the Serbian-Kosovan border.
The Interior Ministry said the armed group came from a neighbouring country, without elaborating.
The fighting broke out during an early morning raid on Saturday in an ethnic Albanian part of the town of Kumanovo.
Police are continuing to search houses in the area. Some residents have been accused of sheltering the fighters.
Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska said police were attacked with bombs and automatic rifles, and that the group had been planning attacks on state institutions.
She described the five officers killed as "heroes who gave their lives today for the Republic of Macedonia".
Map showing Kumanovo in Macedonia
Some of the attackers were also killed and 20 had surrendered, she added.
Shooting continued late into Saturday evening, witnesses said, as the group continued to put up resistance.
Last month, about 40 ethic Albanians from Kosovo briefly took over a Macedonian police station in the village of Gosince near the border, demanding the creation of an Albanian state in Macedonia.
Police officers run across a street in Kumanovo, Macedonia, 9 May 2015.
Witnesses say they have heard intense shooting in the area
Police officers man a check-point in the conflict zone, as black pillar of smoke is visible behind them, in Kumanovo, northern Macedonia, on May 9, 2015
Smoke can be seen rising from several houses in Kumanovo
In 2001, rebels demanding greater rights for the ethnic Albanian minority launched an uprising against the government.
Further conflict was averted by a peace agreement, which guaranteed ethnic Albanians greater recognition, but tensions have continued to simmer.
The government is already under pressure over claims of illegal wire-tapping and the alleged cover-up of the death of a man in 2011.
People are evacuated safely from the scene of an altercation involving the police, in northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo, on Saturday, 9 May 2015.
Police have been evacuating residents
Police in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo, on Saturday, 9 May 2015.
Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov is returning from Moscow to deal with the incident
Thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in the capital on Wednesday.
Macedonia's political crisis dates back to last year's elections, when an opposition party made allegations of electoral fraud, denounced the government as a dictatorship, and boycotted parliament.
The opposition and the government have accused each other of deliberately destabilising the country.
At least five police officers have been killed and dozens injured in clashes in Macedonia with unidentified gunmen in a town near the Serbian-Kosovan border.
The Interior Ministry said the armed group came from a neighbouring country, without elaborating.
The fighting broke out during an early morning raid on Saturday in an ethnic Albanian part of the town of Kumanovo.
Police are continuing to search houses in the area. Some residents have been accused of sheltering the fighters.
Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska said police were attacked with bombs and automatic rifles, and that the group had been planning attacks on state institutions.
She described the five officers killed as "heroes who gave their lives today for the Republic of Macedonia".
Map showing Kumanovo in Macedonia
Some of the attackers were also killed and 20 had surrendered, she added.
Shooting continued late into Saturday evening, witnesses said, as the group continued to put up resistance.
Last month, about 40 ethic Albanians from Kosovo briefly took over a Macedonian police station in the village of Gosince near the border, demanding the creation of an Albanian state in Macedonia.
Police officers run across a street in Kumanovo, Macedonia, 9 May 2015.
Witnesses say they have heard intense shooting in the area
Police officers man a check-point in the conflict zone, as black pillar of smoke is visible behind them, in Kumanovo, northern Macedonia, on May 9, 2015
Smoke can be seen rising from several houses in Kumanovo
In 2001, rebels demanding greater rights for the ethnic Albanian minority launched an uprising against the government.
Further conflict was averted by a peace agreement, which guaranteed ethnic Albanians greater recognition, but tensions have continued to simmer.
The government is already under pressure over claims of illegal wire-tapping and the alleged cover-up of the death of a man in 2011.
People are evacuated safely from the scene of an altercation involving the police, in northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo, on Saturday, 9 May 2015.
Police have been evacuating residents
Police in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo, on Saturday, 9 May 2015.
Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov is returning from Moscow to deal with the incident
Thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in the capital on Wednesday.
Macedonia's political crisis dates back to last year's elections, when an opposition party made allegations of electoral fraud, denounced the government as a dictatorship, and boycotted parliament.
The opposition and the government have accused each other of deliberately destabilising the country.
Picasso painting The Women of Algiers fetches record price of $US160 million at New York auction
The auction house had estimated the painting, also known at The Women of Algiers, would sell for about $140 million, but several bidders competing via telephone drove the winning bid to $US160 million, for a final price of $US179,365,000 including Christie's commission of just over 12 per cent.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/picasso-painting-smashes-auction-records/6462540
What crisis? Not for the filthy rich of this world .... :/
The auction house had estimated the painting, also known at The Women of Algiers, would sell for about $140 million, but several bidders competing via telephone drove the winning bid to $US160 million, for a final price of $US179,365,000 including Christie's commission of just over 12 per cent.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/picasso-painting-smashes-auction-records/6462540
What crisis? Not for the filthy rich of this world .... :/
Some more earthquakes in Nepal
Oficcial page of European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/
God help the Nepalese people in these hard times.
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Oficcial page of European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/
God help the Nepalese people in these hard times.
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Let's hope people will help the Nepalese people, they need real money a lot more.
They could thinking about painting ...
I know i know ...
I know i know ...
Yep, about 180 million for one painting or for a lot of people .... 99.99% (a guessed percentage of mine) of the filthy rich didn't get that rich by caring about others :/
Duda 52%, Komorowski 48%... (almost certain - most up to date - results.)
New Presidential pair in Poland + daughter.
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New Presidential pair in Poland + daughter.
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Swiss Authorities to Investigate FIFA Over 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bids
David Stout @david_m_stout
1:53 AM ET Updated: 7:26 AM ET
The suspects are likely to be extradited to the U.S.
Swiss officials rounded up seven leading soccer officials in Zurich on Wednesday morning as a part of an operation that will likely see the suspects extradited to the U.S. on corruption charges, reports the New York Times. The arrests come just days ahead of the 65th congress of the sport’s global governing body FIFA, which is scheduled to commence in the Swiss city on Thursday.
Federal prosecutors in Switzerland have opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and said they have seized “electronic data and documents” at the FIFA headquarters as part of the investigation. Police officials said 10 executive committee members who took part in the 2010 votes will be questioned. The U.S. Department of Justice has also unveiled an indictment against nine FIFA officials, including vice presidents Jeffrey Webb and Eugene Figueredo, and five corporate executives for racketeering conspiracy and corruption.
The soccer organization has been long bedeviled by rumors of graft, especially relating to World Cup bids and broadcast rights.“We’re struck by just how long this went on for and how it touched nearly every part of what FIFA did,” an unidentified law-enforcement official told the newspaper. “It just seemed to permeate every element of the federation and was just their way of doing business. It seems like this corruption was institutionalized.”
http://time.com/3897468/fifa-officials-arrested-corruption-soccer-football/
David Stout @david_m_stout
1:53 AM ET Updated: 7:26 AM ET
The suspects are likely to be extradited to the U.S.
Swiss officials rounded up seven leading soccer officials in Zurich on Wednesday morning as a part of an operation that will likely see the suspects extradited to the U.S. on corruption charges, reports the New York Times. The arrests come just days ahead of the 65th congress of the sport’s global governing body FIFA, which is scheduled to commence in the Swiss city on Thursday.
Federal prosecutors in Switzerland have opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and said they have seized “electronic data and documents” at the FIFA headquarters as part of the investigation. Police officials said 10 executive committee members who took part in the 2010 votes will be questioned. The U.S. Department of Justice has also unveiled an indictment against nine FIFA officials, including vice presidents Jeffrey Webb and Eugene Figueredo, and five corporate executives for racketeering conspiracy and corruption.
The soccer organization has been long bedeviled by rumors of graft, especially relating to World Cup bids and broadcast rights.“We’re struck by just how long this went on for and how it touched nearly every part of what FIFA did,” an unidentified law-enforcement official told the newspaper. “It just seemed to permeate every element of the federation and was just their way of doing business. It seems like this corruption was institutionalized.”
http://time.com/3897468/fifa-officials-arrested-corruption-soccer-football/
World Cup sponsor Adidas reacts to the arrest of FIFA officials
Lara O'Reilly
May 27, 2015, 2:41 PM
Adidas has become the first World Cup sponsor to publicly respond to the news Wednesday morning that FIFA was subject to two separate corruption probes, which resulted in the arrests of several high-ranking officials.
The German sportswear company stopped short of being critical of football's governing body, but instead encouraged FIFA to maintain ethical and compliance standards.
Adidas' statement in full, sent to Business Insider via email, reads:
The Adidas Group is fully committed to creating a culture that promotes the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we expect the same from our partners. Following today’s news, we can therefore only encourage FIFA to continue to establish and follow transparent compliance standards in everything they do.
Adidas is the world’s leading football brand and we will continue to support football on all levels.
FIFA is subject of two separate criminal investigations: One from the Swiss Attorney General regarding the voting process for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the other from the US Department of Justice, which resulted in the arrest of nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives on Wednesday.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/adidas-statement-on-arrest-of-fifa-officials-2015-5?r=US
Lara O'Reilly
May 27, 2015, 2:41 PM
Adidas has become the first World Cup sponsor to publicly respond to the news Wednesday morning that FIFA was subject to two separate corruption probes, which resulted in the arrests of several high-ranking officials.
The German sportswear company stopped short of being critical of football's governing body, but instead encouraged FIFA to maintain ethical and compliance standards.
Adidas' statement in full, sent to Business Insider via email, reads:
The Adidas Group is fully committed to creating a culture that promotes the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we expect the same from our partners. Following today’s news, we can therefore only encourage FIFA to continue to establish and follow transparent compliance standards in everything they do.
Adidas is the world’s leading football brand and we will continue to support football on all levels.
FIFA is subject of two separate criminal investigations: One from the Swiss Attorney General regarding the voting process for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the other from the US Department of Justice, which resulted in the arrest of nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives on Wednesday.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/adidas-statement-on-arrest-of-fifa-officials-2015-5?r=US
Again Blatter isn't arrested :/ He doesn't feel responsible and claims to be clean of corruption. Unbelievable!
But what a great opportunity to celebrate the victory of our team, under the christmas tree.
Can you imagine the mess if they end up taking the World Cups off Russia and Qatar especially as the Russia World Cup is now only 3 years away ...