- US Congress Cracks Down on Freedom of Speech in Russia: Limitless freedom of speech does not exist in the USA at all.
...The anti-Russian provocation in the US Congress was initiated by Republican Congressman Thaddeus McCotter. The official referred to last year's report from the US State Department and said that the pressure on the part of the Russian government supposedly infringes the freedoms of Russian mass media. Furthermore, the US official concluded on the result of the above-mentioned document that the suppression of freedom of speech in Russia results in unpunished intimidation and crimes committed against journalists, including murder. The official exemplified his statement with the killing of US journalist Paul Klebnikov (former editor of Forbes Russia), which, as American congressmen believe, is connected with alleged violation of freedom of press in Russia...
...There are certain tabooed subjects in the USA too. World-known film director Oliver Stone made a movie about the assassination of the American President John Kennedy. The movie, titled J.F.K., was released in 1991. The director expressed a different version about Kennedy's death. As a result, almost all famous American newspapers and magazines cracked down on Stone saying that it was a slanderous motion picture, the director of which was an uneducated individual. Oliver Stone accused American journalists of their dependence on the CIA, which supposedly ordered those numerous negative reviews of his work. As a result, Oliver Stone has not been making any political movies since that time.
Well, off the top of my head, there was Nixon, among other politically oriented movies, including interviews with Fidel Castro... he's also working on an unnamed Sept. 11 project.
Therefore, the concerns on the US Congress about the violation of freedom of speech in Russia looks rather unfriendly and cynical. A regular press shop or a kiosk in Moscow sells a variety of newspapers and magazines representing the views of communists, liberals, pro-Russian and anti-Russian organizations, and even homosexuals....
Let me guess... they're all free to publish their own customized versions of The Protocols of the Elders of Carencro.
- Average bribe in Russia grows up to $135,000 vs. $23,000 in 2001.
And those damn kids won't get off my lawn.
- Russian Navy was Absolutely Negligent to Withdraw Vessels from Baltic Republics: The Russian Navy abandoned 22 submarines during removal of the Russian forces from the Baltic republics.
...People selling Russian vessels abroad did not specify especially for what purpose they must be further used. Often, Russian ships were turned into floating restaurants, bars and even brothels (B-24 was turned into a brothel in Copenhagen). Later, Germans bought the ship to make it a naval museum in Penemuende. Now, after some repairing the vessel is a key exhibit of the exposition. B-77, after it was enabled for shooting K-19: The Widowmaker, became a permanent exhibit of the naval museum in Providence, US. Americans swore they would respect the Russian submarine not less than the key exhibit of the museum, Saratoga aircraft-carrier.
Today, B-77 is not only a museum; it is a teaching complex used for scientific conferences and scout gatherings. Newly married couples often walk along the deck of the Soviet rocket carrier believing it may make their future family life happy.
I wonder how many of these might actually still be militarily useful for one of the world's more underfunded navies.
- Syria Blames UN for Fabricating Report on Rafik Hariri's Assassination: According to Syrian politicians, the UN's report pursuant to the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister is politically biased and not true to fact.
The Syrian point of view is compared and contrasted with that of the anti-Syrian factions in Lebanon.
- USA Desperate to Shift Blame for Iraqi Mess on Syria and Iran.
I get the feeling half the regulars could write this one from the title. It compares and contrasts Syria's domestic policies with Saudi Arabia's, but neglects Syria's support for Hezbollah and similar groups in Lebanon as outlined in the article above. Well, I guess it would be wrong to criticize Pravda in particular for not representing a broad range of opinions.
- Colombian Court Allows Pro-US Uribe's Re-election Amid Corruption Allegations: A court member accused fellow judges of taking money for voting to approve the law paving the way for presidents to serve more than one term.
- Bird flu Commotion Caused to Bring Russian Poultry Market Down: The bird flu hysteria may eventually generate another one - the mad cow disease.
..."This is an artificially caused commotion, from which someone obviously derives profits," the director of the Russian Poultry Farm Union, Galina Bobyleva told Pravda.Ru.
The chairman of the agricultural committee of the Federation Council, Sergei Lisovsky, shares the opinion: "The disease is known for more than a hundred years already. I think that Western importers of poultry are trying to bring fears on the market taking into consideration the growing Russian poultry farming. It is a matter of competition on the market of poultry," Lisovsky told Interfax Thursday...
Once again... Item 29. The Irish MPs are not after âMe frosted lucky charmsâ.
- Current Avian flu is Even More Dangerous Than 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: The H5N1 subtype flu virus can affect not only lungs but also other organs.
An interesting article comparing the current bird flu with the Spanish Flu from the end of WW1.
...But the researches also revealed that the Spanish flu virus was less dangerous than the avian flu virus killing people today. The H5N1 subtype flu virus can affect not only lungs but also other organs. It cannot be destroyed with interferon, the compound helping the human immunity fight viruses. What is more, it is also stable against the popular flu medications used in Russia and other countries within many years. The Spanish flu lethality made up about 1 percent while the lethality of the new avian flu fluctuates from 50 to 100 percent in different countries...
You know, the author of this article might want to poke his head out of his cubicle, and have a little talk with the guy who wrote the previous one.
- Earth's Rotation Can Lead to the Deluge: Snows of Antarctica and Greenland are harbouring danger.
Visit scenic R'yleh?
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