Argentina: Squatters, neighbors in new clashes

Argentina: Squatters, neighbors in new clashes
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A rock and bottle fight broke out Friday between squatters illegally occupying a private Soccer field and neighbors who want them gone. A Police Officer and a Journalist caught in the crossfire were injured. People hurled objects at each other in Villa Lugano, a southwestern suburb of Buenos Aires, until police created a cordon between the two groups and ended the violence. The squatters occupied the field five days ago and are demanding that the government provid...

Mercosur reinforces customs union plan
FOZ DO IGUACU, Brazil, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Leaders of Latin America's Mercosur trading bloc vowed to pursue the goal of establishing a common market and customs union encompassing the member countries despite continuing squabbles over sometimes trivial issues of integration. Mercosur has been pursuing the idea of replicating EU-style institutions since it was founded in 1991. Its two-tier membership comprises Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay as founding members and Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, ...

WikiLeaks: Peru's president has 'colossal ego'
LIMA, Peru - A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable written in 2006 said that it was generally agreed that Peruvian President Alan Garcia had "a colossal ego" and cited rumors he could be afflicted by manic depression or Bipolar Disorder. The cable, posted Thursday on the website of the Spanish newspaper El Pais and Friday in its print edition, also cites "widespread rumors" of Garcia's involvement in Extramarital Affairs. The dispatch is one of many released by Wikileaks in which officials have p...

Anti-Morales governor removed in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Lawmakers in a Natural Gas-rich eastern province removed its Governor - a key opponent of leftist President Evo Morales - on Thursday after he was charged with dereliction of duty and causing economic damage. Morales' opponents claim Tarija Gov. Mario Cossio is just the latest casualty of a campaign by backers of Bolivia's popular president, who they allege controls the country's chief prosecutor's office and its courts, to remove all serious opposition. Cossio's unseat...

Anti-Morales governor removed in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Lawmakers in a Natural Gas-rich eastern province removed its Governor - a key opponent of leftist President Evo Morales - on Thursday after he was charged with dereliction of duty and causing economic damage. Morales' opponents claim Tarija Gov. Mario Cossio is just the latest casualty of a campaign by backers of Bolivia's popular president, who they allege controls the country's chief prosecutor's office and its courts, to remove all serious opposition. Cossio's unseati...

Bolivian president says he'll recognize Palestine
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian President Evo Morales says he plans to recognize an independent and sovereign state of Palestine. Bolivia joins Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela in its recognition of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state with borders recognized prior to the 1967 Mideast war. Uruguay has indicated that it is poised to do the same. Bolivia severed relations with Israel in January 2009 after its invasion of the Gaza Strip in December 2008. Morales announced his decision ...

Bolivia Recognizes Independent Palestinian State
© RIA Novoski / Vladimir Rodionov Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decision and praised bilateral relations between Bolivia and the Palestinian Authority Bolivia has recognized a sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Israel, following neighboring Brazil and Argentina's suit. Bolivian President Evo Morales made the announcement during a conference with regional leaders in Brazil on Friday, the Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Pales...

Bolivia recognizes Palestine as independent state
Source: https://www.Google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0ac... Bolivia has recognized Palestine as an independent state, following the lead of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday said his government would send a letter to Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, recognizing Palestine as "an independent and sovereign state." Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay recognized Palestine as an independent state earlier this month, drawing a rebuke from Isr...

Bolivia Recognizes Palestine As A State - 1967 Borders - Joining Brazil, Argentina And Uruguay
HUMPHREY BOGART The Signature Collection Vol. 2 THE MALTESE FALCON, ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE BETHLEHEM — Bolivia announced Friday its recognition of a fully sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Israel. President Evo Morales made the announcement in Brazil at a conference with regional leaders, Bolivia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Uruguay also has recognized Palestine as a state. “Bolivia recognizes the Palestinian ...

Another country recognizes an imaginary state
Bolivia has recognized the imaginary state of 'Palestine' joining Argentina and Brazil, which recognized the same imaginary state a few weeks ago. Bolivia on Friday joined the list of South American countries that have announced their recognition of a fully sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Israel, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported. Bolivian President Evo Morales made the announcement in Brazil at a conference with regional leaders, Bolivia's Foreign Affairs Ministry sa...

2 Polish brothers dead in Argentine yacht tragedy
In this photo taken Dec. 14, 2010, stranded Polish yacht Nashachata is hit... Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) - A yacht returning from Antarctica smashed into rocks during a powerful storm, killing a Polish sporting goods executive and his brother, the Argentine Navy said Thursday. Navy Lt. Martin Ribeiro said the yacht Nashachata lost engine power in the Beagle Channel early Monday as nearly Hurricane-force winds of more than 110 kph (68 mph) tore off roofs and downed trees nearby in the world's ...

Fight leads to 19 arrests at Conn high school
MANCHESTER, Conn. — A fight between two groups of Students has led to 19 arrests at Manchester High School in Connecticut. School officials say the fight broke out in a first-floor hallway just after 9 a.m. on Thursday, and did not involve any weapons. One Police Officer suffered a minor injury, and was treated and released from Manchester Memorial Hospital. School superintendent Kathleen Oullette says the school was placed in lockdown for about 40 minutes while authorities made sure they...

Top 15 Worst Sports Moments of All Time
For every Lance Armstrong and Jesse Owens who beat the odds and give us heartwarming and unforgettable moments, there are hundreds of athletes who do not come out on top. There are the guys who didn’t quite come back, the players who disgraced their sports and disgusted the world. This list is the antithesis of The Greatest Sports Moments of All Time. These are the moments that made your scream at your TV in anguish, pain, sympathy and disgust; the cheaters coming out on top, the career en...

Spain: Muslim family denounces teacher for talking about ham in class
Here is my rough translation of a Spanish-language article about a manifestation of Islamic Supremacism so outrageous that it is hard not to wonder whether or not it is a parody. But it doesn't seem to be one. "Una familia musulmana denuncia a un docente por hablar de jamones en clase," from Diario de Jerez, December 18 (thanks to Eloy): A teacher at Menéndez Tolosa institute has been denounced by a Muslim family from La Línea because their son, a Student in the first year of High School, fe...

Al Sharpton Threatens Rush Limbaugh May Have To Attend FCC Hearings Next Year To Explain Racist Remarks
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Democracies Urged to Vote Against U.N. Plan to Hold Racism Event in NYC
Friday, December 17, 2010 By Patrick Goodenough Israel and Italy were among 10 Western countries boycotting the Durban II Racism conference in Geneva. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - The United Nations General Assembly will vote Monday on whether to hold a Controversial anti-racism event in New York next September, when America will mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The conference planned for September 21 is intended to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the U.N. Racism co...

Thursday Night Basset Blogging
Because I care, I brought along pictures of the boys on the beach back in San Diego to warm your probably snowbound hearts By the way, Fenway is totally not being Racist. He’s heightist. ...

Quote of the Day
Norse mythology gets multi-cultural remake in upcoming movie titled "Thor," Marvel Studios. It's not enough that Marvel attacks Conservatives values, now mythological Gods must be re-invented with black skin. It seems that Marvel Studios believes that White People should have nothing that is unique to themselves. An upcoming movie, based on the comic book Thor, will give the Aesir an insulting multi-cultural make-over. One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Elba.—The "radical and rac...

Spain: Muslims sue teacher for speaking about ham in class
Spanish ham (absolutely offensive to "Ham-o-phobic" Muslims...) According to the account of the facts, the teacher was explaining the different climates in a geography class and cited the village of Trevelez due to its cold and dry climate. According to the newspaper account, "as a story, the teacher told his Students that such a climate was conducive to making hams (this refers to the procedure that it's necessary between the pig is killed and the ham is actually ready to be eaten). Then the ...

Sharpton want FCC hearings on Rush 'racist' remarks. Flashback video: Sharpton calls opponent Punk Faggot on TV
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.-1st amendment to the US ConstitutionSharpton wants to do exactly that - abridge the freedom of Speech: He might want to abridge his own speech instead: I have yet to hear Rush Limbaugh say anything ra...

Anti-Anti-Racism.
Political correctness and people who call things Racist are the greatest threats to free Speech, says Andrew Breitbart in this video from Reason (zoom ahead to 1:35): This is a nearly pure expression of conservative anti-anti-racism, or the idea that accusations of Racism (against White People) are far more harmful than actual incidents of Bigotry against Minorities (with the collorary that Minorities are guilty of tremendous Racism against White People). Smearing Shirley Sherrod is perfectly ok...

Pulling Up the Ladder
During a Google search for something else, I just now came across a nativist blog called stoptheinvasionoforegon. It is a particularly repellent specimen of the genre and contains a particularly revolting selection of Racist images. If you have the stomach for this kind of thing, Google it for yourselves. If the Internet had existed in the 1830s I imagine that the Cayuse and Klamath tribes would have spread the same sort of welcome mat for the wagon trains of land-hungry settlers just then arri...

You Went Full Ayers, ManNever Go Full Ayers
When Bill Clinton did his victory lap last week around this time, how much do you think the brutal left-on-left race-obsessed primary season of 2008 was still fresh on his mind? I wonder if he heard this interview with Bill Ayers from the start of the month, in which he claims that, as the Blaze notes, “White Supremacist [Hillary] Clinton Created Shadowy Characters of Rev. Wright & Others” to exoticize Obama. Fortunately, that can’t ever happen again, since, “Callin...

The Mission
While we can continue to abhor the system of human bondage that flourished in the Old South, there is much we can learn from a more dispassionate examination of the arguments used to defend it. We have sought to distance the slaveholders and their creed, to define them as very unlike ourselves. Yet their processes of rationalization and self-justification were not so very different from our own, or from those of any civilization of human actors. The persistence of modern Racism is but one forcef...

STEPHEN KRUISER: Frosty The Racist.
STEPHEN KRUISER: Frosty The Racist. ...