Geopolitical mosaic: in Syrian schools will begin to learn the Russian language, and the American police and rescuers profited from the terrorist attacks 9 / 11
"I will complain to all of you to God, I will tell him everything ..." - Al-Qaida and the American weapon. - Riyadh - to responsibility! - In Syrian schools will study the Russian language. - Calendar with Stalin. - Vandals against monuments. - Comrade Lukashenko and the national idea of Belarus. - Farewell Rubiks. - Estonian hero. - The Germans are against the "sexual re-education" of adolescents. “Promised tears and blood?” - FBI agents at the Sochi Olympics. - Rosneft against Gazprom. - Gifts for the budget. - About Aunt Kim Jong-un. - About the "real threat of aggression." - Applause for Fidel. - The nursery of infection. “Former Canadian defense minister says the aliens are already here.” - Cunningham doubts. - To the American-Indian scandal. - Snowden stole everything. - Americans are protesting against fracking. - Fake psychos. - Do not be Christie president. - Nuclear addicts. - Pasta monster in the City Council.
"I will complain to all of you to God, I will tell him everything ..." A three-year-old boy, a victim of the war in Syria, feeling that he was dying, said through tears: “I will complain to all of you to God, I will tell him everything ...”
This is the last picture taken in the hospital, where the boy was brought with severe injuries and numerous internal hemorrhages.
Source material: "Translation" with reference to the Bulgarian resource pik.bg.
Al Qaeda and American weapons. The worst fears of the United States come true: Al-Qaida militants took control of Fallujah and seized weapons left by the Americans to the government of Baghdad. Paolo Mastrolilli writes about this in “La Stampa” (the source of the short translation is "Inopressa").
The article clarifies: “This is not about Hellfire missiles, drones and not about F-16 fighters, which Washington has not yet delivered, but about automatic weapons and artillery mounts that remained in service with the Iraqi army after the withdrawal of American troops. This issue has caused controversy in Washington among those who blame President Obama for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, while others blame George W. Bush, who once decided to invade this country.
The journalist said: it is known that the group operating in Syria and Iraq (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), stole weapons supplied by the CIA to the rebels fighting against Assad. This fact and forced the United States to stop shipping. As for Iraq, the machine guns and artillery installations remained after the withdrawal of American troops.
Riyadh - accountable! Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, in a letter to the Security Council and Ban Ki-moon accused the Saudi Arabian authorities of having links to al-Qaida and supporting terrorists, and demanded that Riyadh be held accountable for his actions. Reports about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Oleg Zelenin.
On Thursday, a diplomat’s letter was published on the UN’s website, in which he recalls that in October Ayman al-Zawahiri declared a “war against the infidels” in the Middle East. Jaafari cites the names of 72 theologians and theologians of Saudi Arabia, who, after az-Zawahiri, addressed the Muslims of the whole world, urging them to “continue to support the Mujahideen in Syria”, in particular, the Islamic Front grouping (it interacts with “Dzhebhat an- Nusra ").
“This is proof that these theologians and rulers of Saudi Arabia who stand behind them are associated with Al-Qaeda and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri,” wrote the permanent representative of Syria. He called the kingdom the “source of global jihad” throughout the world.
According to Comrade Jaafari, "the Saudi regime is in flagrant violation of international law, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and Security Council resolutions relating to countering terrorism."
Also, the Permanent Representative of the SAR pointed out to the UN Security Council the need to “take serious measures” in relation to Saudi Arabia. “Lack of reaction would be tantamount to undermining international efforts to combat terrorism, which poses a threat not only to Syria and its neighbors, but to the whole world,” he wrote.
In the Syrian schools will learn Russian. The Ministry of Education of Syria will introduce in the secondary schools of the country the study of the Russian language as a second foreign language, writes Gazeta.ru with reference to the RIA "News».
Seventh grade students will be offered a choice of learning French or Russian.
Earlier, French was studied by high school students on an unopposed basis.
Calendar with Stalin. The printing center of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra in Moscow has released a calendar for 2014 year with photos of Stalin, writes Vremya.ua With reference to the Russian blogger Mikhail Babkin.
The author of the note provides a photo of the original calendar data. The printing house that printed the portraits of Stalin is the Patriarchal Publishing and Printing Center of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra. The calendar was ordered by the Moscow publishing house "Dignity".
It is noted that the price of the calendar - 200 rubles. You can buy it in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but the transfer to customers in the regions is temporarily suspended, indicates the publisher. Demand exceeds supply?
Vandals against monuments. On the night of January 6 in the town of Glinyany of the Zolochiv district in Lviv region, unknown persons partially destroyed the tombstone installed at the burial site of the Soviet soldiers 32. Reports about it "Controversy".
In the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in the Lviv region clarified that on the pedestal were placed two figures of Soviet soldiers. Vandals destroyed the head of one of the figures, while the other had their head and arm repulsed.
In fact vandalism initiated criminal proceedings under the h. 2 Art. 297 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Abuse of the grave, another burial place”).
From the Vandals in Ukraine suffered another monument to Lenin. This time, reports "Ukrinform", a monument was erected, installed in the village of Poberezhne, Vinnitsa region. “Unknown people mocked the monument before the holidays. The fact that the monument was deprived of the head, we immediately told the police. So far, the attackers who committed this act of vandalism have not been found, ” "Lenta.ru" words of the secretary of the village council Vita Voloshinoy. She noted that most of the locals were outraged by the incident.
According to the information of the local radio station “Gorod nad Bug”, the following inscriptions were left on the monument: “Komunyaku - to Gilyaku!” (“Kommunyaku - to the bitches!”), “Kat Ukraine” (“Executioner of Ukraine”) and “Sickle and Hammer - Death and hunger.
Comrade Lukashenko and the national idea of Belarus. The President of Belarus considers it necessary to develop a national idea uniting all citizens of the country. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Larisa Klyuchnikova.
“The time has come to highlight what will become the unifying idea of all Belarusian citizens in which everyone will believe - from academician to peasant,” he said at the awards ceremony “For Spiritual Revival”, special awards to cultural and art workers, and the Belarus Belarussian award sports Olympus. According to the country's leader, the basis of such an idea is patriotism and the willingness to preserve its heritage.
Wonderful thought, add on my own. The Kremlin has someone to take an example.
Forgiven Rubiks. The Latvian Security Police stopped the criminal proceedings against the chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia, European Parliament deputy Alfred Rubiks for his statements about the repressions of 1949. As the police noted, Rubix’s statements “did not match historical facts ”and were provocative in nature, but did not go beyond the framework of the right to freedom of speech. It is reported by "Apollo" with reference to the agency LETA.
As recalled "Lenta.ru"The process was launched in July last year under the Criminal Code article on the justification of crimes against humanity. The reason for the proceedings was the comment of the socialist leader in an interview with the television company LNT - namely, his words that the deportation of 1949 of the year cannot be assessed unequivocally. “Many were repressed deservedly because they collaborated with the fascists,” Rubiks noted. He also rejected the fact of the Soviet "occupation" of Latvia (it’s about assessments of the period when it was part of the Soviet Union), stating that the accession of the republic to the USSR was no less voluntary than joining the European Union.
Later Rubiks confirmed that he was not going to give up his words. “The deportations were not carried out by someone who came out of the forest, but by the official bodies on the basis of laws,” he said.
Estonian hero. In Estonia, the former SS Obershurt-Bannerführer SS Harald Nugisex is buried. The aged SS soldier died at 93-th year of life. Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsal called him “the legendary Estonian military,” reports "RT".
“Harald Nugisex was a very cheerful and cheerful person, the tragedy of which was that he could not fight for the freedom of Estonia in the Estonian uniform,” said the head of the country's defense department.
At the time, Mr. Nugisex voluntarily joined the 20 th Estonian division Waffen SS. He was awarded the Nazi medals and knightly iron cross.
The Germans are against the "sexual re-education" of adolescents. Under the petition of teacher Gabriel Stängle “No educational standard-2015 with a rainbow ideology” on openpetition.de have already signed over 65 thousand people from 100 thousand necessary for the transfer of the petition to the Landtag, the parliament of the federal land, Oleg Trifonov writes ("Voice of Russia").
As the correspondent reminds, the high school teacher began collecting signatures on a petition for the abolition of educational reform, approved by the government of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. This reform provides an in-depth study of homosexuality in schools. From 2015, schoolchildren will have to become familiar with the phenomenon of homosexuality and the diversity of forms of sexual relations.
41-year-old Gabriel Stängle, a teacher from Nagold, is confident that the plan is aimed at “sexual re-education” of teenagers. According to him, education reform pays too much attention to “enlightenment” in the area of homosexuality.
The petition provoked criticism from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture, where it was considered “discriminatory”. The TV and Radio Company SWR reports that the ministry has announced its intention to sue Stöngle, accusing it of fundamentalism. The teacher, in response, stated that he would not respond to the threats of the Ministry of Education: “I exercised my fundamental right and expressed my opinion”.
Promised tears and blood? No one claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Volgograd, but experts trace the handwriting of the "Emirate Kavkaz" group. This topic reveals a new review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press".
“We will confidently, firmly and consistently continue the fight against terrorists until they are completely destroyed,” Putin promised in a New Year address, Le Monde writes.
For three months in the city on the Volga, there were three terrorist attacks involving suicide bombers. Populated predominantly by ethnic Russians, Volgograd became a target for members of the Islamist uprising raging in the North Caucasus, the article says.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, but, according to experts, they can be traced to the handwriting of the group “Emirate Caucasus”. In July last year, its leader Doku Umarov promised tears and blood in response to the holding of the Sochi Olympics. The article says that organization cells appeared in Tatarstan, along the Volga, in the Urals and in Western Siberia.
“Russia is losing in the fight against radical Islam,” Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, titled his comment in USA Today. According to estimates by the US Department of State, in 2012, in Russia, 182 was carried out in a terrorist attack, 659 people died.
According to the author, Islamist extremism in Russia is “alive and well” and adapts (“... at least one of the December terrorist attacks in Volgograd was committed by a Russian who converted to Islam”).
A multifaceted alternative is needed to the current policy of Moscow - “a policy that puts strength above dexterity and does not take into account the driving forces of Islamism in Russia - from economic deprivation to official discrimination,” the author points out. On the eve of the Olympics, Moscow cannot allow the world to doubt its ability to provide security, “but the explosions in Volgograd — and the Russian government’s reaction to them — exposed a sobering fact: although the Kremlin officially says the opposite, Russia is far from defeating radical Islam.”
Marie Helm, a lecturer in the Christian Science Church, writes in The Christian Science Monitor that after the terrorist attacks in Volgograd, many media outlets are wondering what their reasons were: “Among the hypotheses listed were: revenge for the cruelty shown in the past to the nations or co-religionists a sense of alienation in their own country, as well as a sense of despair and hopelessness in the face of long-standing political and religious problems. ”
In order to find a way out, the author calls to follow the teachings of Christ: “When we individually and collectively choose to follow the example of Jesus Christ and let love and everything that is contained in it - humanity, respect, compassion, mercy, forgiveness and moderation - fill our hearts, we We start every hour, every day, more actively demonstrate these healing properties in our lives. The thoughts and deeds generated by these absolutely good motives will erode self-will and fear, fueling the destructive violence of terrorism. ”
As for the safety of the upcoming Olympic Games, the Americans have come to help Russia: people in black will be watching for sporting events.
FBI agents at the Sochi Olympics. The head of the FBI, James Komi, said yesterday that his department is sending several dozen agents to Russia. The goal of these people is to help ensure safety at the Olympics. Sari Horwitz (source of translation - "InoSMI").
According to Komi, the FBI works jointly with the Russian special services. Approximately two dozen agents and other employees will go to Moscow, and more than ten people will be sent to Sochi.
“Securing any Olympics is a daunting task,” Mr. Komi said. “I think it is especially difficult in Sochi because of the proximity of the city to troubled territories and sources of terrorist threat.”
In addition, Washington has developed a plan for the evacuation of athletes from Sochi - in case of terrorist attacks.
As Irina Shuvalova writes (Utro.ru), referring to USA Today, a plan was developed in the United States for the mass evacuation of American athletes in case a terrorist attack is committed at the Sochi Olympics. During the Games in standby mode will be several aircraft.
The American Skiing and Snowboarding Federation has signed a contract with the private security company Global Rescue. The company reserved five planes to urgently take out the American delegation from Sochi. The capacity of one of them is about 200 people.
Rosneft against Gazprom. In Russia, where deputies advertise cellular operators, no one will be surprised to learn that a famous TV host decided to improve his financial situation by joining the leadership of an oil company. It happened with Mikhail Leontyev, the star of the state television channel. He will soon be appointed vice-president of Rosneft, Pierre Avril writes in the blog “Le Figaro” (the source of short translation. - "Inopressa").
The journalist notes that Leontyev, known for his talent of a polemicist rather than the purity of investigations, will be responsible for public relations in the company.
The chief of the Moscow bureau Le Figaro believes that Leontyev was preparing for the appointment. How? Criticizing the main competitor of the company - the leader in gas production by Gazprom and its president, Alexey Miller. He did this in his program, "However," and in the presence of Putin on live federal TV channels.
For several months now, the gas monopoly and Rosneft, led by Igor Sechin, who are close to Putin, have been fighting: the oil giant wants to put an end to the gas hegemony of Gazprom. Putin is officially considered to be the arbiter in a duel, the article says. The owner of the Kremlin is in no hurry to separate opponents.
Gifts for the budget. Russian officials will be left without expensive gifts: they will have to be handed over to the state, they will "Vesti".
The relevant position in the fight against corruption was approved by the Russian government. Now within three days after receiving the gift, the official is obliged to notify his management about it. If its value exceeds 3 thousand rubles, the gift is transferred to the state body where the official works, and can be put up for auction. However, the official can buy a gift. The money from the sale will go to the budget.
In the same way, we add from ourselves, it should be done with bribes. Received a bribe - give it to a "state agency"! And he will take care of its transfer to the budget. Particularly distinguished in the transfer of bribes can even be placed on a special "Board of Honor" - as the best workers in production.
About aunt Kim Jong-un. The South Korean newspaper Chunan Ilbo reported, citing a source in the US intelligence community, that Kim Gen-Hee, Aunt Kim Jong-un and the widow of the executed Son Son Tak, are in a state of coma after a brain surgery. He writes about it "Vesti"referring to ITAR-TASS.
As it turned out, in 2013, Kim Gen Hee in Paris had an operation to remove a cancer, after which she lost a lot of weight. The source refuted a number of South Korean media reports about her suicide.
About the "real threat of aggression." DPRK condemned the US decision to send additional troops and military equipment to the Republic of Korea. According to the TsTAK news agency, the Pentagon plans to send there Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, which will be deployed along the military demarcation line in the demilitarized zone. It is reported correspondent ITAR-TASS Yuri Sidorov.
TsTAK emphasizes that the United States "carries a massive transfer of heavy military equipment directly to the Korean Peninsula and the areas around it, creating a real threat of aggression."
According to regional media reports, the 8 of January, the Pentagon announced that in February, the order of 800 military personnel would leave for nine months in Kazakhstan. It was about the forty tanks MHNUMHA "Abrams" and about the same number of infantry fighting vehicles. “These measures were planned long ago. They are connected with our focus on providing security on the Korean Peninsula, ”quoted Pentagon spokesman Stephen Warren quoted in the media.
Applause for Fidel. For the first time in a long time, Fidel Castro participated in a public event. As the newspaper Granma reported, in the evening of January 8, Comandante visited the opening of the cultural center of the famous artist Alexis Leyva (Cacho) “Laboratory for Art”, located in the capital district of Romerillo. This institution was created to "experiment, develop and spread the arts and human understanding," writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Valyuk.
“After nine o'clock in the evening on the day of the 55 anniversary of Fidel's entry into Havana at the head of the rebel army, the historical revolution leader arrived at the workshop and greeted the artists and local residents, who greeted him with applause,” the publication said.
Castro looked at the exhibition "Lam, you are irreplaceable," which includes works by the famous Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, as well as Leiv's exhibition "The Thinker."
A hotbed of infection. The authorities of Panama yesterday destroyed one of the villas of the former dictator Manuel Noriega - due to the fact that it has become a breeding ground for dangerous mosquitoes - peddlers of dengue disease, reports correspondent RIA "News" Dmitry Znamensky with reference to local media.
The villa was located in one of the most prestigious areas of the capital of the country and was abandoned since 1989. The structure was destroyed with an excavator. Earlier, the authorities tried to sell this villa for 2,5 million dollars.
“I think that this house should have been destroyed long ago not only because of dengue, but also because it became a breeding ground for rats and the like,” said President Ricardo Martinelli.
Former Canadian Defense Minister says the aliens are already here. "Former Canadian defense minister said on Russian television that aliens are already walking among us, but they refuse to share their high technologies until we change our belligerent and polluting way of life," writes The Daily Mail (a source translation - "Inopressa").
Paul Hellier, who was Secretary of Defense from 1963 to 1967, said that there are 80 alien species. “Some of them“ look just like us - they can walk down the street, and you won't notice, ”he told the Russia Today channel in the SophieCo program.
90-year-old Hellier for the first time publicly stated that he believes in aliens, in 2005, the author of the article, David McCormack, notes.
“We spend too much time fighting with each other, we spend too much money on military spending and not enough to feed the poor,” the ex-minister said. “They would like to cooperate with us and teach us a better life, but only, it seems to me, with our consent. They do not consider us as good owners of the planet, ”said Hellier.
What do they look like?
Hellier described several types of aliens. Among them are "high whites" (they even cooperate with the US Air Force in Nevada). Another group of aliens - "gray shorty." Another one is “Nordic blondes”, similar to the Danes.
Cunningham doubts. US Ambassador to Afghanistan, James Cunningham, informed Washington that President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a security agreement with the US side by April elections. This was reported in The Washington Post, writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
Cunningham in a telegram expressed doubt that Karzai "would agree to sign the agreement before the presidential elections scheduled for April."
The Washington Post appealed to the State Department. But an unnamed foreign official said: “We cannot comment on the alleged secret documents. We continue to urge President Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement without delay. ”
To the American-Indian scandal. Yesterday, the US authorities demanded that Indian Vice-Consul Deviyani Khobragade leave the country. This was reported to American journalists by representatives of the US administration, reports "Voice of Russia" with links to RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS.
Earlier yesterday, representatives of the prosecutor's office of New York said that Khobragade had already left the United States, but this information was refuted by Indian diplomat Daniel Arshak. According to him, Khobragade intends to fly from the United States in the coming hours.
The court acknowledged that there are sufficient grounds for bringing charges against Khobragade for providing false information regarding the salary paid to her housekeeper.
Indian Vice Consul transferred to work in New Delhi, said in a statement issued by the Indian Foreign Ministry.
As the Voice of Russia reminds, a female diplomat was detained by employees of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 12 December on New York Street for allegedly lying to the US authorities when applying for a housekeeper visa. Khobragade allegedly promised to pay her 4,5 thousand dollars per month, but paid less, and also forced her to work more than 40 hours per week. Subsequently, the 39-year-old woman was released on bail of 250 thousand dollars.
Indian authorities called the treatment of the diplomat "barbaric" and, in protest, withdrew a number of privileges from American diplomats, and also removed the barricades from the US Embassy in New Delhi. The scandal ruined relations between states. Indian newspapers cover the details of the incident on the front pages, and the names “Washington” or “White House” are accompanied by epithets “arrogant” and “boorish”.
By their actions, the United States caused the resumption of discussions on the well-known topic of exclusivity. Newspapers began to discuss the question of why the United States practices its own “diplomatic exclusivity”, but interprets the Viennese diplomatic conventions freely, if we are not talking about their diplomats.
The State Department explained the detention by the fact that diplomatic immunity is extended to consular officers only during their consular duties.
Snowden stole everything. Edward Snowden stole about 1,7 million secret documents relating not only to the activities of US intelligence, but also operations of all types of US forces: ground forces, air force, navy, marines. This conclusion was reached by Pentagon experts, notes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Lebedev.
American lawmakers, including the head of the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, told in Washington about their closed report. According to him, the publication in the media of secret information taken from materials stolen by Snowden, allowed the US opponents to obtain information about the working methods of the American special services and threatened the operations of US troops and the lives of American troops abroad.
The Americans are protesting against fracking. According to a recent report, the Americans have already filed hundreds of complaints about the pollution of spring waters from drilling. This statistic makes you question the statements of the leaders of oil and gas companies that such cases are rare. This correspondent told "RT" Marina Portnay.
States, where there is an energy boom due to the use of hydraulic fracturing, are now facing discontent with local residents. Over a thousand people gathered in the capital of New York, Albany, to demonstrate against fracking.
The Associated Press conducted a study in four states. It turned out that since 2010, 190 complaints have been registered in Ohio and 6 cases of water pollution have been confirmed. In West Virginia, over the same time, more 120 complaints were received. Only in four cases, the drilling companies agreed to take measures to eliminate the negative consequences.
In Pennsylvania, over the past two years, about 900 complaints have been filed, and over the past five years more than 100 pollution cases have been confirmed there.
The “leader” in the number of citizens dissatisfied with fracking is Texas. Here, residents filed 2 with thousands of complaints. At the same time, local authorities insist that no case of pollution has been confirmed.
Fake psychos. In the US, opened a large scam with social benefits to victims of the 9 / 11 attacks. On fraud charges in New York, 80 people were arrested, including 72 ex-policemen and eight firefighters. In total, 106 law enforcement officers and rescuers are taking part in this case. The damage from their actions is estimated at several million dollars, writes Alina Maximova (Utro.ru), referring to USA Today.
Fraudsters simulated mental disorders and other diseases, claiming that they got them by participating in rescue efforts at the site of the 9 / 11 attacks. By presenting fabricated documents confirming their full labor incapacity, they received payments in the amount of 30 to 50 thousand dollars a year.
CNN reports that one of the scammers posted a photo on the Web in which he rides a jet ski, the other told how he fished off the coast of Costa Rica.
It came to curiosities: other persons involved in the case occupied positions incompatible with mental disorders. For example, one worked as an air carrier, and the second - a martial arts instructor ...
The organizers of the fraud have also been revealed: these are the four specialists who trained police and firemen to simulate mental problems and take tests for memory - just to receive disability benefits.
Do not be Christie president. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has publicly repented for the recent scandal over the fact that he ordered the closure of the George Washington Bridge connecting the state to neighboring New York. Talk about it "Vesti".
Four lanes of the route blocked in September. And not just like that: the mayor of the city of Fort Lee (where the western part of the bridge is located) refused to support the Republican in the election of the governor. He decided to take revenge.
“I’m constantly coming to this office to work, but today I’m here to apologize to the residents of New Jersey and the city of Fort Lee,” Mr. Christie quotes Mr. Russia 24 as saying. - Some of my subordinates behaved strangely, and I am ashamed of them. What they have done remains on their conscience. I think this is unacceptable. They showed that they have no respect for their own role in the state government and the authorities of the country. They deceived people who trusted them. ”
That is, we add from himself, he apologized, but immediately tried to shift the blame on some "subordinates" who "behaved strangely." It turned out that he apologizes not for himself, but for them.
Meanwhile, as “Vesti” is further noted, the backstage games of the governor became known precisely from his correspondence with one assistant. He wrote to her: “Now it's time to create transport problems.”
The scandal will undoubtedly hit Christie’s political career. After all, he is often called the likely Republican candidate in the next US presidential election.
In fact, we note, this scandal clears the way for a strong rival Christie - Hillary Clinton.
Nuclear addicts. In respect of two officers of the US Air Force responsible for launching missiles with nuclear warheads, an investigation was initiated in connection with the illegal possession of drugs. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
According to Reuters, these officers serve in the launch squad at Malmstrom, Montana, in the 341 missile wing of the US Air Force.
Since the beginning of the investigation, they have restricted access to classified information. No other details.
Pasta monster in the City Council. For the first time in history, a follower of pastafarianism (a cult dedicated to a flying pasta monster) appeared among representatives of local US authorities. Putting a colander on his head, Christopher Schaeffer joined the City Council of Pomfert, New York. This is described on the portal "Reedus"referred to as "Gawker".
Mr. Schaeffer took the oath in a colander (a traditional pastafarian headdress). In order to be understood correctly, he commented on his action, reporting on freedom of religion and a new satirical "religion without dogma."
Bobby Henderson, the founder of the religion of pastafarianism, wrote in his blog that the new member of the city council would work fine.
It should be added to this that the aforementioned Bobby created religion in 2005, with the words: “Yes, God may be, but who then proves that it is the god that the church means?” Macaroni and God of God was born on the Internet , right on the Henderson site. Then religion received official status.
According to not very proven rumors, Pavel Durov is a famous parishioner of the church of the pasta monster in Russia. Since last year, Pastafarianism has even been cultivated in the V Kontakte network.
"I will complain to all of you to God, I will tell him everything ..." A three-year-old boy, a victim of the war in Syria, feeling that he was dying, said through tears: “I will complain to all of you to God, I will tell him everything ...”
This is the last picture taken in the hospital, where the boy was brought with severe injuries and numerous internal hemorrhages.
Source material: "Translation" with reference to the Bulgarian resource pik.bg.
Al Qaeda and American weapons. The worst fears of the United States come true: Al-Qaida militants took control of Fallujah and seized weapons left by the Americans to the government of Baghdad. Paolo Mastrolilli writes about this in “La Stampa” (the source of the short translation is "Inopressa").
The article clarifies: “This is not about Hellfire missiles, drones and not about F-16 fighters, which Washington has not yet delivered, but about automatic weapons and artillery mounts that remained in service with the Iraqi army after the withdrawal of American troops. This issue has caused controversy in Washington among those who blame President Obama for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, while others blame George W. Bush, who once decided to invade this country.
The journalist said: it is known that the group operating in Syria and Iraq (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), stole weapons supplied by the CIA to the rebels fighting against Assad. This fact and forced the United States to stop shipping. As for Iraq, the machine guns and artillery installations remained after the withdrawal of American troops.
Riyadh - accountable! Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, in a letter to the Security Council and Ban Ki-moon accused the Saudi Arabian authorities of having links to al-Qaida and supporting terrorists, and demanded that Riyadh be held accountable for his actions. Reports about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Oleg Zelenin.
On Thursday, a diplomat’s letter was published on the UN’s website, in which he recalls that in October Ayman al-Zawahiri declared a “war against the infidels” in the Middle East. Jaafari cites the names of 72 theologians and theologians of Saudi Arabia, who, after az-Zawahiri, addressed the Muslims of the whole world, urging them to “continue to support the Mujahideen in Syria”, in particular, the Islamic Front grouping (it interacts with “Dzhebhat an- Nusra ").
“This is proof that these theologians and rulers of Saudi Arabia who stand behind them are associated with Al-Qaeda and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri,” wrote the permanent representative of Syria. He called the kingdom the “source of global jihad” throughout the world.
According to Comrade Jaafari, "the Saudi regime is in flagrant violation of international law, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and Security Council resolutions relating to countering terrorism."
Also, the Permanent Representative of the SAR pointed out to the UN Security Council the need to “take serious measures” in relation to Saudi Arabia. “Lack of reaction would be tantamount to undermining international efforts to combat terrorism, which poses a threat not only to Syria and its neighbors, but to the whole world,” he wrote.
In the Syrian schools will learn Russian. The Ministry of Education of Syria will introduce in the secondary schools of the country the study of the Russian language as a second foreign language, writes Gazeta.ru with reference to the RIA "News».
Seventh grade students will be offered a choice of learning French or Russian.
Earlier, French was studied by high school students on an unopposed basis.
Calendar with Stalin. The printing center of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra in Moscow has released a calendar for 2014 year with photos of Stalin, writes Vremya.ua With reference to the Russian blogger Mikhail Babkin.
The author of the note provides a photo of the original calendar data. The printing house that printed the portraits of Stalin is the Patriarchal Publishing and Printing Center of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra. The calendar was ordered by the Moscow publishing house "Dignity".
It is noted that the price of the calendar - 200 rubles. You can buy it in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but the transfer to customers in the regions is temporarily suspended, indicates the publisher. Demand exceeds supply?
Vandals against monuments. On the night of January 6 in the town of Glinyany of the Zolochiv district in Lviv region, unknown persons partially destroyed the tombstone installed at the burial site of the Soviet soldiers 32. Reports about it "Controversy".
In the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in the Lviv region clarified that on the pedestal were placed two figures of Soviet soldiers. Vandals destroyed the head of one of the figures, while the other had their head and arm repulsed.
In fact vandalism initiated criminal proceedings under the h. 2 Art. 297 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Abuse of the grave, another burial place”).
From the Vandals in Ukraine suffered another monument to Lenin. This time, reports "Ukrinform", a monument was erected, installed in the village of Poberezhne, Vinnitsa region. “Unknown people mocked the monument before the holidays. The fact that the monument was deprived of the head, we immediately told the police. So far, the attackers who committed this act of vandalism have not been found, ” "Lenta.ru" words of the secretary of the village council Vita Voloshinoy. She noted that most of the locals were outraged by the incident.
According to the information of the local radio station “Gorod nad Bug”, the following inscriptions were left on the monument: “Komunyaku - to Gilyaku!” (“Kommunyaku - to the bitches!”), “Kat Ukraine” (“Executioner of Ukraine”) and “Sickle and Hammer - Death and hunger.
Comrade Lukashenko and the national idea of Belarus. The President of Belarus considers it necessary to develop a national idea uniting all citizens of the country. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Larisa Klyuchnikova.
“The time has come to highlight what will become the unifying idea of all Belarusian citizens in which everyone will believe - from academician to peasant,” he said at the awards ceremony “For Spiritual Revival”, special awards to cultural and art workers, and the Belarus Belarussian award sports Olympus. According to the country's leader, the basis of such an idea is patriotism and the willingness to preserve its heritage.
Wonderful thought, add on my own. The Kremlin has someone to take an example.
Forgiven Rubiks. The Latvian Security Police stopped the criminal proceedings against the chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia, European Parliament deputy Alfred Rubiks for his statements about the repressions of 1949. As the police noted, Rubix’s statements “did not match historical facts ”and were provocative in nature, but did not go beyond the framework of the right to freedom of speech. It is reported by "Apollo" with reference to the agency LETA.
As recalled "Lenta.ru"The process was launched in July last year under the Criminal Code article on the justification of crimes against humanity. The reason for the proceedings was the comment of the socialist leader in an interview with the television company LNT - namely, his words that the deportation of 1949 of the year cannot be assessed unequivocally. “Many were repressed deservedly because they collaborated with the fascists,” Rubiks noted. He also rejected the fact of the Soviet "occupation" of Latvia (it’s about assessments of the period when it was part of the Soviet Union), stating that the accession of the republic to the USSR was no less voluntary than joining the European Union.
Later Rubiks confirmed that he was not going to give up his words. “The deportations were not carried out by someone who came out of the forest, but by the official bodies on the basis of laws,” he said.
“Alfred Rubiks in the past served as chairman of the Riga City Executive Committee, was a member of the politburo of the CPSU Central Committee and first secretary of the Central Committee of the Latvian Communist Party. In 1991, he headed the Latvian State Committee for the State of Emergency, was arrested, charged with organizing a coup d'état and sentenced to eight years in prison. He spent in prison for six years, after his release he was actively engaged in political activities. In June, 2009 was elected to the European Parliament from the Harmony Center.
Estonian hero. In Estonia, the former SS Obershurt-Bannerführer SS Harald Nugisex is buried. The aged SS soldier died at 93-th year of life. Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsal called him “the legendary Estonian military,” reports "RT".
“Harald Nugisex was a very cheerful and cheerful person, the tragedy of which was that he could not fight for the freedom of Estonia in the Estonian uniform,” said the head of the country's defense department.
At the time, Mr. Nugisex voluntarily joined the 20 th Estonian division Waffen SS. He was awarded the Nazi medals and knightly iron cross.
The Germans are against the "sexual re-education" of adolescents. Under the petition of teacher Gabriel Stängle “No educational standard-2015 with a rainbow ideology” on openpetition.de have already signed over 65 thousand people from 100 thousand necessary for the transfer of the petition to the Landtag, the parliament of the federal land, Oleg Trifonov writes ("Voice of Russia").
As the correspondent reminds, the high school teacher began collecting signatures on a petition for the abolition of educational reform, approved by the government of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. This reform provides an in-depth study of homosexuality in schools. From 2015, schoolchildren will have to become familiar with the phenomenon of homosexuality and the diversity of forms of sexual relations.
41-year-old Gabriel Stängle, a teacher from Nagold, is confident that the plan is aimed at “sexual re-education” of teenagers. According to him, education reform pays too much attention to “enlightenment” in the area of homosexuality.
The petition provoked criticism from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture, where it was considered “discriminatory”. The TV and Radio Company SWR reports that the ministry has announced its intention to sue Stöngle, accusing it of fundamentalism. The teacher, in response, stated that he would not respond to the threats of the Ministry of Education: “I exercised my fundamental right and expressed my opinion”.
Promised tears and blood? No one claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Volgograd, but experts trace the handwriting of the "Emirate Kavkaz" group. This topic reveals a new review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press".
“We will confidently, firmly and consistently continue the fight against terrorists until they are completely destroyed,” Putin promised in a New Year address, Le Monde writes.
For three months in the city on the Volga, there were three terrorist attacks involving suicide bombers. Populated predominantly by ethnic Russians, Volgograd became a target for members of the Islamist uprising raging in the North Caucasus, the article says.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, but, according to experts, they can be traced to the handwriting of the group “Emirate Caucasus”. In July last year, its leader Doku Umarov promised tears and blood in response to the holding of the Sochi Olympics. The article says that organization cells appeared in Tatarstan, along the Volga, in the Urals and in Western Siberia.
“Russia is losing in the fight against radical Islam,” Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, titled his comment in USA Today. According to estimates by the US Department of State, in 2012, in Russia, 182 was carried out in a terrorist attack, 659 people died.
According to the author, Islamist extremism in Russia is “alive and well” and adapts (“... at least one of the December terrorist attacks in Volgograd was committed by a Russian who converted to Islam”).
A multifaceted alternative is needed to the current policy of Moscow - “a policy that puts strength above dexterity and does not take into account the driving forces of Islamism in Russia - from economic deprivation to official discrimination,” the author points out. On the eve of the Olympics, Moscow cannot allow the world to doubt its ability to provide security, “but the explosions in Volgograd — and the Russian government’s reaction to them — exposed a sobering fact: although the Kremlin officially says the opposite, Russia is far from defeating radical Islam.”
Marie Helm, a lecturer in the Christian Science Church, writes in The Christian Science Monitor that after the terrorist attacks in Volgograd, many media outlets are wondering what their reasons were: “Among the hypotheses listed were: revenge for the cruelty shown in the past to the nations or co-religionists a sense of alienation in their own country, as well as a sense of despair and hopelessness in the face of long-standing political and religious problems. ”
In order to find a way out, the author calls to follow the teachings of Christ: “When we individually and collectively choose to follow the example of Jesus Christ and let love and everything that is contained in it - humanity, respect, compassion, mercy, forgiveness and moderation - fill our hearts, we We start every hour, every day, more actively demonstrate these healing properties in our lives. The thoughts and deeds generated by these absolutely good motives will erode self-will and fear, fueling the destructive violence of terrorism. ”
As for the safety of the upcoming Olympic Games, the Americans have come to help Russia: people in black will be watching for sporting events.
FBI agents at the Sochi Olympics. The head of the FBI, James Komi, said yesterday that his department is sending several dozen agents to Russia. The goal of these people is to help ensure safety at the Olympics. Sari Horwitz (source of translation - "InoSMI").
According to Komi, the FBI works jointly with the Russian special services. Approximately two dozen agents and other employees will go to Moscow, and more than ten people will be sent to Sochi.
“Securing any Olympics is a daunting task,” Mr. Komi said. “I think it is especially difficult in Sochi because of the proximity of the city to troubled territories and sources of terrorist threat.”
In addition, Washington has developed a plan for the evacuation of athletes from Sochi - in case of terrorist attacks.
As Irina Shuvalova writes (Utro.ru), referring to USA Today, a plan was developed in the United States for the mass evacuation of American athletes in case a terrorist attack is committed at the Sochi Olympics. During the Games in standby mode will be several aircraft.
The American Skiing and Snowboarding Federation has signed a contract with the private security company Global Rescue. The company reserved five planes to urgently take out the American delegation from Sochi. The capacity of one of them is about 200 people.
Rosneft against Gazprom. In Russia, where deputies advertise cellular operators, no one will be surprised to learn that a famous TV host decided to improve his financial situation by joining the leadership of an oil company. It happened with Mikhail Leontyev, the star of the state television channel. He will soon be appointed vice-president of Rosneft, Pierre Avril writes in the blog “Le Figaro” (the source of short translation. - "Inopressa").
The journalist notes that Leontyev, known for his talent of a polemicist rather than the purity of investigations, will be responsible for public relations in the company.
The chief of the Moscow bureau Le Figaro believes that Leontyev was preparing for the appointment. How? Criticizing the main competitor of the company - the leader in gas production by Gazprom and its president, Alexey Miller. He did this in his program, "However," and in the presence of Putin on live federal TV channels.
For several months now, the gas monopoly and Rosneft, led by Igor Sechin, who are close to Putin, have been fighting: the oil giant wants to put an end to the gas hegemony of Gazprom. Putin is officially considered to be the arbiter in a duel, the article says. The owner of the Kremlin is in no hurry to separate opponents.
Gifts for the budget. Russian officials will be left without expensive gifts: they will have to be handed over to the state, they will "Vesti".
The relevant position in the fight against corruption was approved by the Russian government. Now within three days after receiving the gift, the official is obliged to notify his management about it. If its value exceeds 3 thousand rubles, the gift is transferred to the state body where the official works, and can be put up for auction. However, the official can buy a gift. The money from the sale will go to the budget.
In the same way, we add from ourselves, it should be done with bribes. Received a bribe - give it to a "state agency"! And he will take care of its transfer to the budget. Particularly distinguished in the transfer of bribes can even be placed on a special "Board of Honor" - as the best workers in production.
About aunt Kim Jong-un. The South Korean newspaper Chunan Ilbo reported, citing a source in the US intelligence community, that Kim Gen-Hee, Aunt Kim Jong-un and the widow of the executed Son Son Tak, are in a state of coma after a brain surgery. He writes about it "Vesti"referring to ITAR-TASS.
As it turned out, in 2013, Kim Gen Hee in Paris had an operation to remove a cancer, after which she lost a lot of weight. The source refuted a number of South Korean media reports about her suicide.
About the "real threat of aggression." DPRK condemned the US decision to send additional troops and military equipment to the Republic of Korea. According to the TsTAK news agency, the Pentagon plans to send there Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, which will be deployed along the military demarcation line in the demilitarized zone. It is reported correspondent ITAR-TASS Yuri Sidorov.
TsTAK emphasizes that the United States "carries a massive transfer of heavy military equipment directly to the Korean Peninsula and the areas around it, creating a real threat of aggression."
According to regional media reports, the 8 of January, the Pentagon announced that in February, the order of 800 military personnel would leave for nine months in Kazakhstan. It was about the forty tanks MHNUMHA "Abrams" and about the same number of infantry fighting vehicles. “These measures were planned long ago. They are connected with our focus on providing security on the Korean Peninsula, ”quoted Pentagon spokesman Stephen Warren quoted in the media.
Applause for Fidel. For the first time in a long time, Fidel Castro participated in a public event. As the newspaper Granma reported, in the evening of January 8, Comandante visited the opening of the cultural center of the famous artist Alexis Leyva (Cacho) “Laboratory for Art”, located in the capital district of Romerillo. This institution was created to "experiment, develop and spread the arts and human understanding," writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Valyuk.
“After nine o'clock in the evening on the day of the 55 anniversary of Fidel's entry into Havana at the head of the rebel army, the historical revolution leader arrived at the workshop and greeted the artists and local residents, who greeted him with applause,” the publication said.
Castro looked at the exhibition "Lam, you are irreplaceable," which includes works by the famous Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, as well as Leiv's exhibition "The Thinker."
A hotbed of infection. The authorities of Panama yesterday destroyed one of the villas of the former dictator Manuel Noriega - due to the fact that it has become a breeding ground for dangerous mosquitoes - peddlers of dengue disease, reports correspondent RIA "News" Dmitry Znamensky with reference to local media.
The villa was located in one of the most prestigious areas of the capital of the country and was abandoned since 1989. The structure was destroyed with an excavator. Earlier, the authorities tried to sell this villa for 2,5 million dollars.
“I think that this house should have been destroyed long ago not only because of dengue, but also because it became a breeding ground for rats and the like,” said President Ricardo Martinelli.
Former Canadian Defense Minister says the aliens are already here. "Former Canadian defense minister said on Russian television that aliens are already walking among us, but they refuse to share their high technologies until we change our belligerent and polluting way of life," writes The Daily Mail (a source translation - "Inopressa").
Paul Hellier, who was Secretary of Defense from 1963 to 1967, said that there are 80 alien species. “Some of them“ look just like us - they can walk down the street, and you won't notice, ”he told the Russia Today channel in the SophieCo program.
90-year-old Hellier for the first time publicly stated that he believes in aliens, in 2005, the author of the article, David McCormack, notes.
“We spend too much time fighting with each other, we spend too much money on military spending and not enough to feed the poor,” the ex-minister said. “They would like to cooperate with us and teach us a better life, but only, it seems to me, with our consent. They do not consider us as good owners of the planet, ”said Hellier.
What do they look like?
Hellier described several types of aliens. Among them are "high whites" (they even cooperate with the US Air Force in Nevada). Another group of aliens - "gray shorty." Another one is “Nordic blondes”, similar to the Danes.
Cunningham doubts. US Ambassador to Afghanistan, James Cunningham, informed Washington that President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a security agreement with the US side by April elections. This was reported in The Washington Post, writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
Cunningham in a telegram expressed doubt that Karzai "would agree to sign the agreement before the presidential elections scheduled for April."
The Washington Post appealed to the State Department. But an unnamed foreign official said: “We cannot comment on the alleged secret documents. We continue to urge President Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement without delay. ”
To the American-Indian scandal. Yesterday, the US authorities demanded that Indian Vice-Consul Deviyani Khobragade leave the country. This was reported to American journalists by representatives of the US administration, reports "Voice of Russia" with links to RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS.
Earlier yesterday, representatives of the prosecutor's office of New York said that Khobragade had already left the United States, but this information was refuted by Indian diplomat Daniel Arshak. According to him, Khobragade intends to fly from the United States in the coming hours.
The court acknowledged that there are sufficient grounds for bringing charges against Khobragade for providing false information regarding the salary paid to her housekeeper.
Indian Vice Consul transferred to work in New Delhi, said in a statement issued by the Indian Foreign Ministry.
As the Voice of Russia reminds, a female diplomat was detained by employees of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 12 December on New York Street for allegedly lying to the US authorities when applying for a housekeeper visa. Khobragade allegedly promised to pay her 4,5 thousand dollars per month, but paid less, and also forced her to work more than 40 hours per week. Subsequently, the 39-year-old woman was released on bail of 250 thousand dollars.
Indian authorities called the treatment of the diplomat "barbaric" and, in protest, withdrew a number of privileges from American diplomats, and also removed the barricades from the US Embassy in New Delhi. The scandal ruined relations between states. Indian newspapers cover the details of the incident on the front pages, and the names “Washington” or “White House” are accompanied by epithets “arrogant” and “boorish”.
By their actions, the United States caused the resumption of discussions on the well-known topic of exclusivity. Newspapers began to discuss the question of why the United States practices its own “diplomatic exclusivity”, but interprets the Viennese diplomatic conventions freely, if we are not talking about their diplomats.
The State Department explained the detention by the fact that diplomatic immunity is extended to consular officers only during their consular duties.
Snowden stole everything. Edward Snowden stole about 1,7 million secret documents relating not only to the activities of US intelligence, but also operations of all types of US forces: ground forces, air force, navy, marines. This conclusion was reached by Pentagon experts, notes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Lebedev.
American lawmakers, including the head of the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, told in Washington about their closed report. According to him, the publication in the media of secret information taken from materials stolen by Snowden, allowed the US opponents to obtain information about the working methods of the American special services and threatened the operations of US troops and the lives of American troops abroad.
The Americans are protesting against fracking. According to a recent report, the Americans have already filed hundreds of complaints about the pollution of spring waters from drilling. This statistic makes you question the statements of the leaders of oil and gas companies that such cases are rare. This correspondent told "RT" Marina Portnay.
States, where there is an energy boom due to the use of hydraulic fracturing, are now facing discontent with local residents. Over a thousand people gathered in the capital of New York, Albany, to demonstrate against fracking.
The Associated Press conducted a study in four states. It turned out that since 2010, 190 complaints have been registered in Ohio and 6 cases of water pollution have been confirmed. In West Virginia, over the same time, more 120 complaints were received. Only in four cases, the drilling companies agreed to take measures to eliminate the negative consequences.
In Pennsylvania, over the past two years, about 900 complaints have been filed, and over the past five years more than 100 pollution cases have been confirmed there.
The “leader” in the number of citizens dissatisfied with fracking is Texas. Here, residents filed 2 with thousands of complaints. At the same time, local authorities insist that no case of pollution has been confirmed.
Fake psychos. In the US, opened a large scam with social benefits to victims of the 9 / 11 attacks. On fraud charges in New York, 80 people were arrested, including 72 ex-policemen and eight firefighters. In total, 106 law enforcement officers and rescuers are taking part in this case. The damage from their actions is estimated at several million dollars, writes Alina Maximova (Utro.ru), referring to USA Today.
Fraudsters simulated mental disorders and other diseases, claiming that they got them by participating in rescue efforts at the site of the 9 / 11 attacks. By presenting fabricated documents confirming their full labor incapacity, they received payments in the amount of 30 to 50 thousand dollars a year.
CNN reports that one of the scammers posted a photo on the Web in which he rides a jet ski, the other told how he fished off the coast of Costa Rica.
It came to curiosities: other persons involved in the case occupied positions incompatible with mental disorders. For example, one worked as an air carrier, and the second - a martial arts instructor ...
The organizers of the fraud have also been revealed: these are the four specialists who trained police and firemen to simulate mental problems and take tests for memory - just to receive disability benefits.
Do not be Christie president. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has publicly repented for the recent scandal over the fact that he ordered the closure of the George Washington Bridge connecting the state to neighboring New York. Talk about it "Vesti".
Four lanes of the route blocked in September. And not just like that: the mayor of the city of Fort Lee (where the western part of the bridge is located) refused to support the Republican in the election of the governor. He decided to take revenge.
“I’m constantly coming to this office to work, but today I’m here to apologize to the residents of New Jersey and the city of Fort Lee,” Mr. Christie quotes Mr. Russia 24 as saying. - Some of my subordinates behaved strangely, and I am ashamed of them. What they have done remains on their conscience. I think this is unacceptable. They showed that they have no respect for their own role in the state government and the authorities of the country. They deceived people who trusted them. ”
That is, we add from himself, he apologized, but immediately tried to shift the blame on some "subordinates" who "behaved strangely." It turned out that he apologizes not for himself, but for them.
Meanwhile, as “Vesti” is further noted, the backstage games of the governor became known precisely from his correspondence with one assistant. He wrote to her: “Now it's time to create transport problems.”
The scandal will undoubtedly hit Christie’s political career. After all, he is often called the likely Republican candidate in the next US presidential election.
In fact, we note, this scandal clears the way for a strong rival Christie - Hillary Clinton.
Nuclear addicts. In respect of two officers of the US Air Force responsible for launching missiles with nuclear warheads, an investigation was initiated in connection with the illegal possession of drugs. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
According to Reuters, these officers serve in the launch squad at Malmstrom, Montana, in the 341 missile wing of the US Air Force.
Since the beginning of the investigation, they have restricted access to classified information. No other details.
Pasta monster in the City Council. For the first time in history, a follower of pastafarianism (a cult dedicated to a flying pasta monster) appeared among representatives of local US authorities. Putting a colander on his head, Christopher Schaeffer joined the City Council of Pomfert, New York. This is described on the portal "Reedus"referred to as "Gawker".
Mr. Schaeffer took the oath in a colander (a traditional pastafarian headdress). In order to be understood correctly, he commented on his action, reporting on freedom of religion and a new satirical "religion without dogma."
Bobby Henderson, the founder of the religion of pastafarianism, wrote in his blog that the new member of the city council would work fine.
It should be added to this that the aforementioned Bobby created religion in 2005, with the words: “Yes, God may be, but who then proves that it is the god that the church means?” Macaroni and God of God was born on the Internet , right on the Henderson site. Then religion received official status.
According to not very proven rumors, Pavel Durov is a famous parishioner of the church of the pasta monster in Russia. Since last year, Pastafarianism has even been cultivated in the V Kontakte network.
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