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Elephants may drive Bardot to join Depardieu in Russia exile
Cinema legend Brigitte Bardot on Friday threatened to follow actor Gerard Depardieu out of France unless two elephants under threat of being put down are granted a reprieve.

In a surreal twist to the saga over Depardieu's move into tax exile, the veteran animal rights campaigner said she would emulate his request for Russian nationality unless authorities intervened to save Baby and Nepal.

The two elephants face being put down because they have been diagnosed with tuberculosis and deemed a threat to the health of other animals and visitors to the Tete d'Or Zoo in Lyon.
They can't treat the tuberculosis because...
Authorities in the central city ordered the elephants be put to sleep last month, prompting an outcry that resulted in them being granted a temporary reprieve over Christmas.

Bardot said in a statement she would be leaving France if the reprieve was not made permanent.

"If the powers that be have the cowardice and the shamelessness to kill Baby and Nepal... I have decided to take Russian nationality and quit this country that is nothing more an animal cemetery," Bardot said.
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#1  cuz Russia is sooo much better at animal care and feeding?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/04/2013 12:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Of course it is. In Russia elepĥants fet heated stables in winter.
Posted by: JFM || 01/04/2013 14:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Convenient excuse. She just wants out of the taxes, too.
Posted by: gromky || 01/04/2013 15:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Whoa, dats a new one, PACHYDERMS = DUMBO CAUSED FORMER SEX SYMBOL BRIGITTE' TO DEFECT TO RUSSIA.

ZZZOOOOOOOMG, DOES THIS MEAN VLAD'S MIGHTY JEDI MIND CONTROL POWERS DO WORK ON LAND ANIMALS, NOT BIRDS???

Was Vlad ahead of his time ....

* WIRED NEWS > MILITARY MUST PREPARE NOW FOR "MUTANT" FUTURE, RESEARCHERS WARN.

We're all "X-Men/Inhumans", etc. now, as due to SUPERSCIENCE DEV NEW SUPER-ADVANCED SUPERTECHS TO BE USED BY SOON-TO-BE-REALITY SUPER-SOLDIERS.

Brigitte' I'm not so sure.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/04/2013 19:17 Comments || Top||


2013: The Year France Confronts Islam?

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Posted by: tipper || 01/04/2013 05:10 || Comments || Link || [11142 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Would Hollande confront Islam? What, are they tiring of carbecues and "no travel zones" in their French cities?
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/04/2013 14:59 Comments || Top||

#2  N-O-T just France or EU/EUZ, but also the USA.

IMO Year 2013 = could be a decisive = "make-or-break" year for FORMAL/LEGAL SHARIA IN THE US.
Iff Amerika can have double standards for illegal Mexicans-Hispanics, etc. it can have or do for Muslims.

IRONY > IMO IT WILL BE AMERICAN MUSLIMS INCLUD RADICAL ISLAMISTS WHOM WILL DEMAND FREE, FAIR, + OPEN SHARIA LAW IN AMERIKA, NOT ELECTION OR RE-ELECTION-MINDED, SUPER-PCORRECT, WAFFLING AMERICAN POLITICOS.

IOW, AMERIKA'S ISLAMIST ENEMIES WILL BE THE "REASONABLE", NON-HYPOCRITICAL ONES, I.E. BETTER AMERICANS = AMERIKANS THAN AMERIKANS THEMSELVES, NOT AMERIKANS OR AMERIKA'S LEADERS.

* E.G. FOX NEWS > "THE FIVE" > MARK STEYN: AMERICANS VOTED FOR BIG GOVERNMENT BACK IN NOVEMBER [2012], by re-electing the Bammer.

By definition, Americans also voted for Far Lefty Socialism by re-electing a clearly Socialist POTUS Bammer.

ME > SNAFU = IMO AMERS MORE CORRECTLY VOTED MORE FOR EXPANDED GOVT-PUBLIC "FREEBIES", I.E. MORE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE/ENTITLEMENTS, NOT HIGHER TAXES OR LESS FREEDOMS.

"GETTING YOUR $$$ FOR NOTHING + Y0UR CHICKS FOR FREE", NOT BIG-GOVT REGULATION OR RESTRICTIONS, which ITV is possible thanks to several decades of LeftMedia + Hollyweird brainwashing.

D *** NG IT, UNLIKE RISING CHINA, HERE IN OBAMA'S AMERIKA WE C-A-N HAVE IT ALL, WE C-A-N HAVE EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING, WE C-A-N HAVE OUR CAKE + EAT IT AT THE SAME TIME"!

* 1990'S DREW CAREY SHOW EPISODE [paraph] > "THIS IS AMERICA, + YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS - SOMEONE ELSE - NOT OURSELVES - IS ALWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS OR DEEDS ... THANK GOD FOR OUR OVERWORKED, OVERPAID, CLOGGED-UP + INCOMPETENT LEGAL/CRIMINAL JUSTICE = LITIGATION SYSTEM"!

Thank god for Criminals + greedy, corrupt Lawyers-n-Judges.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/04/2013 20:16 Comments || Top||


Czech president's mass prison amnesty sparks controversy
Outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus' decision to grant amnesty to nearly one in three prisoners has drawn protests and raised concerns in legal circles. Klaus, who is due to step down in March, announced the move in a new year's message on Tuesday, as a gesture to mark 20 years of independence.

Some 3,000 inmates have already been freed, with more than 4,000 expected to join them in the coming days. Everyone serving a term less than one year is eligible for release, as are all prisoners over the age of 75, as long as their sentence was less than 10 years.

The justice ministry said judges were ready to work around the clock to implement the pardon because they will have to visit each of more than 30 prisons and assess every prisoner who may qualify for release.

Klaus explained, "This is a gesture aimed at giving a fresh chance to those citizens who may have broken the law but who are not repeat offenders."

Iva Brozova, the head of the Czech supreme court, said she feared the move might undermine the rule of law. She said she could not see the justification for a mass amnesty but admitted that the president was entitled to take the decision.

The opposition are demanding a vote of no confidence in center-right Prime Minister Petr Necas because he supported the mass pardon. They are particularly angry because the amnesty also means that several big financial fraud cases will now stop because court proceedings have lasted for more than eight years.
So move a little more quickly in the future...
Social Democrat politician Jiri Dienstbier - son of the late former dissident of the same name - called President Klaus's decision "unacceptable and incomprehensible".
Unacceptable maybe, but perfectly understood...

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Bulgarian police closing in on Burgas bomb suspect?
Bulgarian police claim to have identified one of a trio of terrorists involved in the bombing of a tour bus in the country, which killed five Israelis and the Bulgarian driver last year. According to the Bulgarian daily 24 Chasa, police are still searching for the suspect and have not released his name.

The six were killed near the resort town of Burgas when the bus they were boarding outside the airport exploded on July 18. Over 30 others were wounded in the bombing, which Israel blamed on Hezbollah.

The suspect acted with the bomber, known under the alias Jacque Felipe Martin, as well as another accomplice, known under the alias Ralph William Rico. The true identities of Martin and Rico have not yet been revealed.

All three suspects used phony driving licenses from Michigan during their stay in Bulgaria, reported 24 Chasa. Investigators suspect there may have been a fourth or fifth accomplice.

Bulgarian police maintain that all those involved were foreigners, but hesitate to blame Hezbollah without solid evidence. They have not yet made any arrests in the case and the investigation has gone slowly. In November, a top Interpol official said the lack of progress in the investigation was “abnormal.”
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