Geopolitical mosaic: The White House will shoot in Syria for only two days, Tallinn will become Kolyvan, and Navalny will set the table at Ritz-Carlton
Old songs about the main thing. Considering the various options for responding to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the United States does not intend to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, State Department spokeswoman Mari Harf said at a briefing, reports correspondent RIA "News" Peter Martynychev.
“In our answer, we do not consider any options for action to change the regime,” said Harf.
A State Department spokeswoman confirmed that the United States does not see any place for Assad in the future Syrian leadership. According to her, the president of Syria should leave in the framework of the political process, including the conference "Geneva-2".
“Our position remains the same - there is no military solution to the conflict. Actions that have not yet been decided upon will be a response to the use of chemical weapons, but the need for a political settlement remains, ”said Harf.
Thus, let us add, the State Department is singing “old songs about the main thing” - to a familiar tune, invented by Hillary Clinton, which, as some say slyazykie newsmen, “ruled” by Barack Obama.
And yet, we note, Americans are planning to shoot at Syria. Not for long. Just two days. Probably in order to speed up the peaceful withdrawal of Assad.
Rocket attack for two days. The US president is not considering the possibility of launching a full-scale military operation in Syria. According to "Lenta.ru" with reference to The Washington Post, in case of detection of evidence of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian troops, the American authorities are going to limit themselves to a two-day rocket attack on the country.
This is simply amazing, but newspaper sources originating from the presidential administration have called the two-day rocket attack "educational measures."
Moreover, the newspaper writes that such a decision in the White House is considered ideal.
Probably, the shelling of the positions of government troops will be conducted from ships. However, the use of strategic bombers is not excluded. The White House is currently discussing the possibility of a strike with Congress and with NATO partners. At the same time preparing a legal justification for such actions on its part.
And this is nothing, let us add, that there is no evidence of the use of chemical weapons by Assad troops, and there can not be. The main thing - the legal justification. Does not look like a historical test tube, but, comrades?
"Tape" further writes that the ships armed with cruise missiles took to the position.
Syrian fear of the Pentagon. As transmits "Telegraphist", The Pentagon left the airborne assault groups in the Persian Gulf - and this despite the fact that from there it is more difficult to deliver an air strike on Damascus. Why did the Pentagon do this? The authors of the material indicate that he "is afraid to redeploy them to the shores of Syria."
The US Department of Defense sent missile destroyers and a submarine fleet to the Syrian coast, but left two AUG groups in the Persian Gulf, only as close as possible to Syria.
Experts talk about the presence in Syria of at least two "bastions" - coastal missile systems with anti-ship missiles "Yakhont".
The Pentagon is afraid of losing an aircraft carrier. From the media such a loss can not hide. That is, besides the loss of the military, there will be a major defeat in the propaganda struggle.
Brzezinski condemned Obama's Syrian plans. “At the end of 2011, unrest occurred in Syria amid crop failure and drought, instigated by two well-known Middle Eastern autocracies: Qatar and Saudi Arabia,” said Z. Brzezinski in an interview with National Interest magazine, Mixednews.ru with reference to orwellwasright.co.uk.
The political analyst added that Barack Obama also supported the unrest in Syria and unexpectedly stated that Bashar Assad "should go", but apparently did not intend to act.
Further, Brzezinski criticizes the Obama administration’s policy regarding Syria: “What is the strategic position? Why all of a sudden we all decided that Syria needs to be destabilized and its government overthrown? Has anyone ever explained this to the Americans? Then in the second half of 2012, especially after the elections, events begin to develop not in favor of the rebels. And then it becomes clear that not all rebels are supporters of "democracy." Recognizing this is followed by a review of all policies. ”
Brzezinski added: "I believe that someone is obliged to explain what is happening so that people have a clearer idea of what exactly the goals are pursued by the United States through their actions."
“I think that if we try to solve this problem together with Russia alone, which, in my opinion, needs to be done, because Russia is partially involved in what is happening, but at the same time we will rely on the authority of countries that had influence in the region during the colonial period (Speech about France and Great Britain), which today are not very popular here, then our chances for success are not so great, as if we were attracted to solving the problem also by China, India and Japan, who are interested in maintaining the stability of the Middle East. runoff, ”said Mr. Brzezinski.
The military invasion of Syria under the leadership of the United States, as well as the supply of weapons to opposition groups, are very undesirable. Brzezinski warned: “I fear that the US is moving towards an invasion, and one that will not bring any results, which is even worse. There are circumstances in which an invasion is not the best, but not the worst of the options. But in this case we are actually talking about directing our resources to additional support for the least effective forces fighting against Assad. At best, it only hurts our reputation. At worst, it will bring victory to those who are much more hostile towards the United States than Assad ever was. I still do not understand why (this applies to my first answer) then in 2011 or 2012, in the year of the presidential election, we suddenly inadvertently decided that Assad should leave. ”
Approximately the same thing Z. Brzezinski repeated in an interview with Deutsche Welle. His leads too Mixednews.ru (with reference to dw.de).
Zbigniew Brzezinski said: “I believe that these measures, if taken, should be part of a broader strategy. Otherwise, this may be a punitive answer, but will it solve the problem? Is there a strategy to solve it? Who is part of this strategy and who is not? These are questions that, I believe, should be seriously considered before plunging into military actions - which, perhaps, are morally justified, but, nevertheless, will certainly have undesirable consequences. ”
Regarding participation in the collusion of European states with Syria, Brzezinski noted: “It seems to me that the problem in the case of Syria is part of a wider dilemma regarding the shocks in the Middle East. The solution of these problems cannot be based solely on military force, and should not depend solely on the Western powers. It amazes me how readily Britain and France seem to vote in favor of military action. But I also remember that both of these countries are former imperialist colonial powers in this region. Given the current reality of what I call in my books "global political awakening," power politics, based primarily on Western (and in some cases, former colonial empires), does not seem to me to be a promising direction to the final solution of a regional problem. ".
Lp. The American authorities were interested in changing the government in Syria back in 2006 year. This is confirmed by the diplomatic correspondence published by WikiLeaks, "RT" with reference to Interfax.
According to this information, at the end of 2006, Bashar Asad took a stronger position in power than two years earlier.
“However, there are some vulnerabilities and problems that may allow us to increase pressure on Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle,” wrote American diplomats. “The actions that will weaken the security of Bashar Assad serve our interests, as he is inexperienced, and the representatives of his extremely narrow environment who make decisions make him vulnerable to diplomatic mistakes that can weaken him both domestically and internationally,” - stated in a document from 13 December 2006 of the year.
In the correspondence it is reported that the Syrian society will approve sanctions against the government if the US applies them. One of the ways to destabilize the situation is to focus on the failures of Assad’s political course: the failure of his reforms and the problems of the economy.
A well-known Mr. from France, Bernard-Henri Levy, one of the instigators of the war in Libya, spoke on the Syrian issue.
Levi rose above the laws. In the article “What does Russia want?” (Published in "La Regle du Jeu"; source of translation - "InoSMI") this French publicist and philosopher begins to beat at a single point from the first paragraph:
In addition, there is no doubt about the need to fight back: morality and the desire for peace urgently require it. In addition, pragmatism, common sense and elementary real politics tell us the same thing ... ”
To this man, we add from ourselves, in fact, neither proof nor logic is needed. He doesn't even need the truth. The phrase about “all observers with one voice” is generally a clean lie. Give me this missile attack rocket attack - this is his whole philosophy. He should apply the notion of "manic revisionism" to himself and to the colonial past of France, which today does not want to part with it. Libyan laurels do not give rest to Monsieur Levy, not otherwise.
Of course, neither the reaction of the world community, nor the legitimacy of the intervention in Syria does not in the least concern Bernard-Henri.
That's all. Well, and Libya, of course:
And further - in general pearl:
This is not Levy is illogical and not the government of France is illogical. It turns out that Russia is acting contrary to logic:
The real and most difficult puzzle lies in the motives of this country, which comes in defiance of logic, the whole world and (what is new for it) parts of its own public opinion (it, like the whole planet, is struck by photos of children poisoned by gas), keeping on the brink the abyss knee-deep blood regimen. "
The Russians in the article are called like this: “Chechen executioners”.
Well, and then it begins - about Russia as a colossus on clay feet, which today has nothing left, except for "perhaps the notorious Syria, which in the eyes of retired KGB officer Putin, is probably the last relic of the glorious past."
Russia is a bloodless country, which in terms of foreign trade is on par with the Netherlands.
But first of all, Russia is a defeated country, it cannot get rid of nostalgia for former greatness, of which only Syria is now left. And it clings to it with the same insane energy with which the weakened France of 1950's held on to Algeria, not realizing that it had lost him once and for all. ”
What will Putin do? Levy does not give an answer. He only assumes:
There were also anti-Syrian voices from the other side of the English Channel.
Voice of the rest. Tony Blair, Commissioner of the Quartet on the Middle East Settlement, is now vacationing in Sardinia on a yacht. He took a minute to say: it's time to attack Syria. This tells Konstantin Kerubov ("Voice of Russia").
The post of Commissioner for the Middle East Quartet (which includes the UN, the EU, the USA and Russia), Mr. Blair received in 2007 year - after leaving the post of prime minister.
According to The Daily Mail, Blair hardly does anything for a Middle East settlement in Syria and Egypt. The meticulous journalists found out that the former prime minister had flown in a private plane to Corsica. There he settled on a luxury yacht (worth $ 150 million) owned by American media mogul, producer and (of course) gay activist David Geffen.
This Middle Eastern peacemaker still found time to comment on the situation in the Middle East. How did he decide to make peace there? As is usually done in Britain - by the war.
From the pages of The Times, Blair’s inherent crooked style called for military intervention in the Syrian conflict: “The West’s police are at a crossroads: either comment on what’s happening or intervene themselves. To be an actor or a witness. After long and painful campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand all those who urge not to get involved, to watch, but not to interfere. But we all have to understand together that we just shake hands with each other instead of starting to act on them. ”
Turkey will do without the UN. Turkey will join any coalition against Assad, even if there is no decision of the UN Security Council, reports RIA News" with reference to Reuters.
The country's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said: “Currently, the 36-37 countries are discussing these alternatives. If a coalition against Syria is formed in the course of these discussions, Turkey will take its place in this coalition. ”
Who carried out the chemical attack? ISNA with reference to the Al-Shatat intelligence center (source of publication - natan-67.livejournal.com) writes that the United States and Israel used himataku as a pretext for stopping the Syrian military's operation "Shield Capital".
According to the Syrian secret services, the Sayeret Matkal group reached Jobar with the help of the SSA. Takfiris threw poisonous projectiles to cover then the withdrawal of this group relating to Israeli intelligence. This was done after the group (along with other foreign groups) was surrounded in Jobar by Syrian troops.
Comrade Assad gave an exclusive interview to the Izvestia newspaper. Correspondents "Izvestia" Alexander Potapov and Yuri Matsarsky met in Damascus with Bashar Assad.
In particular, the Syrian President said:
Did they learn the lessons of the past 50 years? At least leafed through the documents of their predecessors, who failed all wars from the time of Vietnam and still? Did they realize that those wars brought nothing but ruin and instability in the Middle East and other regions of the world? ”
Assad explained something to these people:
Regarding accusations of using drugs, Asad said the following:
Syria has an “amazing weapon”. Alexander Korchnitsky (Utro.ru) quotes the words said at a press conference by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem.
The authorities of Syria, according to the diplomat, have weapons that can surprise the whole world. “Capturing Syria will not be easy at all. We have means of defense that will surprise everyone, ”the minister warned.
UN inspectors in Syria were shot at by snipers. Unknown snipers fired on UN inspectors on chemical weapons in Syria, reports "RG" with reference to the RIA "News". UN officials were not injured.
"The car from the convoy team to investigate the use of chemical weapons was deliberately fired by unknown snipers," - said in the UN.
It is noted that the incident forced experts to postpone visiting and exploring the site of the alleged chemical attack in the vicinity of Damascus.
Of course, let us add, the United States, the British and the French have already proved everything.
Says comrade Lavrov. According to Vladislav Vorobiev ("RG"), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday invited all world media to explain about Syria.
“Hysteria is growing, there is a massive build-up of military equipment in the region, and there are threats about the use of military force against the Assad regime,” comrade Lavrov said. - In Washington, they stated that they have evidence of the guilt of the Syrian authorities (for the events in Eastern Ghouta 21 of August. - Approx. "RG"), but they can not present them yet. It is said that the "red line" is passed. This directly contradicts the statement of the G8 leaders at the Lough Erne summit. It says that any report on the use of chemical weapons should be thoroughly investigated. And the results of this investigation will be transferred to the UN Security Council ... We urge not to repeat the mistakes of the past, to work honestly, jointly. "
“We have already done all this in the examples of Iraq and Libya, and not a single case of outside intervention by force has led to the establishment of security and an improvement in the life of the population,” Lavrov added, speaking of possible military intervention. “Now the region is destabilized almost unprecedentedly.”
According to him, the efforts of the international community should be "aimed at expelling terrorists from the country, and not at escalating confrontation, building up strike forces in the region."
Moscow answer to Washington? Russia may stop supplying RD-180 rocket engines to the US for use on Atlas V missiles. According to IA "REGNUM" With reference to Izvestia, the issue of stopping engine supplies is already being considered by the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
“With the help of the Atlas family of missiles, the Americans are removing the military load,” a representative of Roscosmos told the newspaper. - Earlier in Russia, this was overlooked, and now the question has been raised about the advisability of cooperation of this kind. At the meeting of the Security Council, in particular, it was stated that Atlas V rockets are used to launch a promising space plane, which in essence is the newest universal space weapon, potentially dangerous, including for the Russian satellite constellation. So now the question is about stopping the supply of RD-180 to Americans after 2015 of the year. ”
It is interesting to add from myself that this question was raised precisely in those days when the United States intends to bombard Syria. Sanctions, however.
Libyan mistakes. Libyan Parliament Deputy Suleiman Zubi in an interview "RT" recognized that the government can not hold power in some parts of the country.
During the revolution, mistakes were made, admitted Zubi. In Benghazi, there is a Security Committee, and there is a special committee in the General National Congress, working with Human Rights Watch. But nothing can save the situation in Libya, today torn by clan wars. In addition, foreign bandits are operating in the country.
Russia is ready to help Japan. Russia has repeatedly offered Japan assistance in the decontamination of nuclear power plants in Fukushima. So Moscow responded to the request for help, which came from the Japanese company "Tepco", according to "Bloomberg" (publication source "InoTV").
According to Vladimir Asmolov, the first deputy general director of the Rosenergoatom concern, the Japanese side needs to change the approach to solving the problem and use the technologies of other countries.
“It has long been clear that Tepco did not cope with the situation. It seems that the company management realized this last. Japan has the appropriate technology, but there is no system to deal with such situations, ”said Asmolov.
In addition to Russia, the assistance of Japan offered the United States and France.
To the history of the battleship Novorossiysk. Sevastopol veterans of the battleship Novorossiysk, destroyed in 1955, called for an international investigation into the death of the ship. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to RIA "News".
The chairman of the veterans' council, former Novorossiysk anti-aircraft gunner Viktor Saltykov, said that if the information about the Italian saboteurs undermining the battleship is confirmed, “the next step will be to file an action in international court in Italy for compensation for health damage.” “Many veterans are now disabled. These are consequences of the ship’s explosion, ”he noted. Saltykov also said that Russia, as the successor of the USSR, has the right to demand compensation from Italy for the cost of the battleship.
Recently, a veteran of the Italian unit of Gamma swimmers Hugo D'Esposito admitted that the Italian military was involved in the flooding of Novorossiysk. According to him, they did not want the ship to go to the “Russians”, so they took care of its destruction.
Novorossiysk, originally bearing the name Giulio Cesare, at the end of the Second World War, the ship went to the Soviet Union in reparations. The ship sank 29 October 1955, the year in the bay of Sevastopol. The cause of the death of the ship was a powerful explosion under its hull. More than 600 sailors died.
The punishing power of French law. The Prosecutor's Office of the City of Carpentras in the Vaucluse department launched a preliminary investigation regarding the mayor of the community of Bollene Marie-Claude Bompa. The fact is that this woman refused to register a marriage between two lesbians, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France Press.
Bompa did not fulfill these duties herself and did not entrust the conclusion of same-sex marriage to the municipal councilor. Now she faces a prison sentence of up to five years. At the same time she can be awarded a fine of 75 thousand euros.
Bompa explained her refusal to the demand of conscience.
"Ribbon" notes that previously the spouse of the mayor, Jacques Bompa, who heads the Orange municipality, refused to register such marriages. But he entrusted the conclusion of a same-sex union to a municipal councilor.
The mayor of Arkang, Jean-Michel Colo, also refused to register same-sex marriage - between two men. A fine of 1000 euros per day was imposed on the municipality, and one of the officials of the mayor’s office nevertheless agreed to register the “groom” and “bride”.
The Frenchman will be saved only by Batman. Residents of the city of Marseille published a petition to Batman on the Internet: they ask him to deal with criminal activity. The document was already signed by 3000 people.
In Marseille, an increase in the number of violent crimes. Since the beginning of the year, 13 kills have occurred here, notes "Lenta.ru", referring to "France 24".
Tallinn will become Kolyvania. As noted by Konstantin Kerubov ("Voice of Russia"), the decision of the Land Department of Estonia to forcibly rename 30 thousands of localities in the country caused discontent not only among local residents, but even the President of the Republic. Advocates of modern spelling gathered to rename the capital.
Estonian officials decided on such a large-scale renaming because they want to follow the rules of the Estonian language. Many of the names should henceforth lose the doubled consonants.
Estonians expressed bewilderment on the Eesti Päevaleht website. Many rightly point out that officials have nothing to do. What about the capital? Indeed, according to the new rules, the city will be called “Talin”. Some users joke that the capital needs to be renamed Kolyvan: this toponym satisfies the rules.
At the bas-relief of Yeltsin. As Irina Kireeva writes (ERR), former State Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Burbulis, who visited Tallinn in connection with the opening of the bas-relief to Yeltsin, believes that relations between Estonia and Russia after 1991 have deteriorated due to the imperial syndrome.
Burbulis said: “We are all sick of the virus of imperial history. And this imperial syndrome, it is not treated by any one contract or declaration. Must pass decades. This is a serious illness. This is the radiation that affects our mind. This is a complex tangle of interests, contradictions, lack of thought, jealousy and ultimately irresponsibility. ”
Burbulis did not hide his enthusiasm for opening the bas-relief to Yeltsin. Here is what he said to the ERR: “But today we have a great example of how you can live differently. Sincerely, with confidence and hope. And I am inspired by it. ”
About drunken diplomats. Employees of the embassies of Kyrgyzstan in Uzbekistan, as well as Uzbekistan in Kyrgyzstan, have arranged fights, reports Konstantin Kerubov ("Voice of Russia").
In Bishkek, the Toyota Prado with the dip-number CMD111 collided with a VAZ-2106. From the "Toyota" came the driver and passengers. They beat the driver of Zhiguli Z. Kadyrov. The first secretary of the country's embassy, M. Khayriddinov, drove a car with diplomas of the Republic of Uzbekistan. He was carrying colleagues returning from a birthday party. The nearby taxi drivers and eyewitnesses called the police to stop drunken diplomats. Those resisted by law enforcement officers, and the wife of one of the embassy employees threw themselves at the police officers.
Earlier, on August 10, in Tashkent, an employee of the Kyrgyz embassy, Kanatbek Sharshenbek, brawled in an apartment building. He insulted the ambulance doctors who came to his son. Sharshenbek lowered one of the doctors down the stairs, dismissively speaking about Uzbekistan and the Uzbek people. However, the embassy noted that Sharshenbek did not allow nationalist rhetoric.
Anna Chapman - persona non grata in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the visit of a group of Russian journalists to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic illegal. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to 1news.az.
“The position of official Baku remains unchanged in the matter of illegal visits to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, and the persons who made such visits will be considered undesirable persons in our country,” said Interfax spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev.
Earlier it was reported that Russian journalists and public figures arrived in Karabakh, including the former Russian intelligence officer, and now TV presenter Anna Chapman. The group, according to the news agency REGNUM, also included Denis Dvornikov, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, Alexander Ryzhkov, a correspondent for the DairyNews agency, human rights activist Sergey Karnaukhov, and others. The visit was initiated by the Armenian-Russian cooperation organization in Moscow.
As “Lenta” reminds, Azerbaijan has repeatedly declared persona non grata to foreign citizens visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. In early August, a “black list” was published in Baku, which included 335 people.
Activists of "Femen" are afraid to die. The movement turns its activities in Ukraine. About this correspondent "NBN" said Alexander Shevchenko, writes "Lenta.ru".
“We want to save our activists. We are afraid of being killed! ”, She stressed, adding that recently there have been five attacks on road users.
According to Shevchenko, the representatives of the organization are going to settle abroad where they are not “got by the Ukrainian authorities and where, in case of danger, they can ask for the protection of local law enforcement agencies.”
Earlier it was reported that the police searched the Kiev office of “Femen” and found a pistol with cartridges and a grenade. Shevchenko said that the guards threw these weapons. Analogous version adheres to Anna Gutsol. "Femen" is a peaceful movement. We never stored weapons, did not plan armed attacks. We are not a terrorist group. We regard this as pressure and repression, ”she said.
It is also known that in the premises of the organization, photographs of Vladimir Putin and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, were found "circled with a sight."
Russia is not alone in this. The law banning the propaganda of homosexuality in Russia has caused outrage among the international community. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Claude Kahn, said: “The law contributes to creating an atmosphere of fear for everyone who works to promote the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.” Nevertheless, the authorities do not leave LGBT alone, writes ABC.es (the source of the material is "InoTV").
The publication reminds of the video recordings of harassment of gay people posted on the Internet and cites the words of a Russian TV presenter: “I think it is not enough to penalize gay people for promoting homosexuality among teenagers. They need to ban blood and sperm donation, and to bury their hearts in the event of a car accident or burn them as unfit for the continuation of someone’s life. ”
But the author of the article, Javier Escardin, draws particular attention to the fact that other countries are adopting the Russian model of behavior. For example, in the summer in Moldova, a law was passed to ban information aimed at spreading prostitution, pedophilia, and pornography. In Ukraine, a similar law passed the first reading. And the Belarusian president said earlier that it is better to become a dictator than a homosexual. It came to Armenia: there, in response to complaints from citizens about the growth of public LGBT speeches, the police proposed fines for promoting “nontraditional sexual relationships”.
But the Russians and their followers were once again condemned by the Americans. The United States Hockey Federation has condemned the Russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors, report "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
United States Olympic Hockey Team Personnel Director Brian Bourke believes that this game is for everyone. That is why the players union and the US Hockey Federation are opposed to discrimination. Bourke turned to the International Olympic Committee, asking him to ensure that Russia does not accept any major competitions until the law is repealed.
As for American gays, two of them recently crashed a plane.
According to the "first blogger-Stalinist" Denis Klimovreferring to the “Associated Press” that crashed on August 19 on the territory of Montana by the B-1B bomber was driven by drunken pilots.
After the incident, the pilots "giggled" and asked them to feed, which is a sign of the use of marijuana, experts say.
In addition, according to eyewitnesses, the commander of the aircraft and the co-pilot behaved as if “there is something between them”.
Awards for red tape. Employees of the US Department of Veterans Affairs receive bonuses “for good work,” while in the meantime thousands of American veterans are awaiting a response to applications for the assignment of a disability. Employees responsible for processing documents are in no hurry to deal with complex cases, but this does not prevent the government from encouraging the staff of the ministry with money, writes "RT" with reference to The Washington Post.
In 2011, the number of unprocessed requests exceeded 155% of the annual rate. However, 2 / 3 employees who were supposed to deal with applications received awards in the total amount of 5,5 million.
The casket just opened: in order to get the desired bonuses, state employees deliberately postponed complex requests for later, but quickly responded to a large number of simple ones.
Nobody hides this.
“At the beginning of the month, I work with easy affairs so that my figures increase,” said Rene Cotter, an employee of the American Federation of Civil Servants, to a newspaper reporter, confirming that a similar situation has developed in many departments.
The most interesting is not it.
Of course, when the unpleasant became known to the public, the employees of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs were obliged to deal with the bids a year ago before October 1.
However, employees are now worried that the race for quantity will have a bad effect on quality: after all, excessive speed will lead to mistakes.
Whatever one may say, let us add from ourselves, and Herbert Spencer was right: one should not expect efficiency from the state.
Regarding the current situation in the USA, we recommend that the White House stop all sluggish current wars, withdraw troops from everywhere, and stop veterans with disabilities from doing so. Officials, respectively - to dismiss.
Hackers are attacking America. Hackers from the "Syrian e-army" claimed responsibility for hacking the site "New York Times", writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev.
Resource malfunction occurred on Tuesday around 15: 00 and continues to this day. Users claim that a message “pops up” appears on their screens: “Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army”.
As transmits RIA News" with reference to Business Insider, the same hackers said they managed to take control of the Twitter domain. A Twitter representative said the company was working on the problem.
RIA "Novosti" notes that hackers hacked the site "Huffington Post".
Facebook talked about 38000 requests. The American network "Facebook" for the first time disclosed data on requests for user information from law enforcement agencies, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev.
The company said in the official blog that in the first six months of the current year it received from the authorities of 74 countries about 26 thousands of similar requests related to 38 thousands of network users.
The leader in the number of requests was American law enforcement agencies (11-12 thousands of requests for 20-21 thousands of users; 79% was satisfied).
In second place was India, the third - the UK. From the Russian authorities, "Facebook" received one request for one user, but he was not satisfied.
“Most of the inquiries are related to the investigation of criminal offenses, such as robberies and kidnapping. Typically, government agencies are interested in basic information about users, in particular, the name and time of use of the service. In addition, in some cases, the authorities request IP addresses of users and the content of their accounts, ”the Facebook message states.
Modest dinner from bulk. Alexandra Voskresenskaya in the article “Dinner for ordinary people” invited everyone to take a tour of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, where they would soon lay the table at the Bulk. In this hotel, the candidate for mayor of Moscow in the circle of "serious people" will give 2 September a charity dinner, which will be held in "teleconference mode with Sergei Guriev from Paris."
There are restaurants, bars, a beauty salon, a fitness center, a spa with a swimming pool, saunas, steam rooms and fourteen rooms for spa treatments.
The author cites only a few items from the menu: smoked salmon and white salmon with asparagus and lemon; assorted Italian delicacies; antipasti; Mozzarella cheese with balsamic 25 th exposure; Kamchatka crab with arugula and tomatoes; scallop salad; beet salad with goat cheese; seasoned king prawns; seasonal fruit; poultry galantine with shrimp and pak choi; grilled veal fillet or salmon tournedo; creme brulee trio of tahitian vanilla, chocolate and pineapple rum for dessert.
We quote the final author paragraph:
Let's try to look at the question more broadly - let's end with the words of the Yasnaya Polyana sage: “After all, it would still be possible to somehow justify the subordination of an entire people to several people, if these ruling people, no longer say, were the nicest people, and at least not the worst people; if at least occasionally not the best, but decent people ruled; but this is not, never has been and never can be. The most evil, insignificant, cruel, immoral and, most importantly, deceitful people always dominate. And the fact that this is so is not an accident, but a general rule, a necessary condition of power "(Tolstoy," One is indispensable ").
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