[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Venezuela's United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... ambassador has apologized to Israel's UN envoy for remarks he made during an informal Security Council meeting on the protection of the Paleostinian people and stands against anti-Semitism, a UN front man said on Thursday.
Israel's mission to the United Nations said in a statement last week that Venezuela's Ambassador Rafael Ramirez asked during the meeting last Friday if Israel was seeking "to wage a final solution" against the Paleostinians.
The Nazis' "Final Solution" policy led to the killing of 6 million Jews in World War Two.
Ramirez met with UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon's Chef de Cabinet Edmond Mulet on Wednesday, said U.N. front man Stephane Dujarric. He told Mulet he regretted using the language.
"He stressed to Mr. Mulet that he stands against any form of anti-Semitism and fully respects the millions of victims of the Holocaust," Dujarric told news hounds. "He also informed the chef de cabinet that he had personally apologized to Ambassador (Danny) Danon of Israel."
The Israel mission to the United Nations was not immediately available to comment on the apology.
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Currently Nicholas is starting the 14 Engines of the Economy.
He started Agriculture the other day,
Then LOL Tourism,
Manufacturing etc.
Nicholas is a believer in an outlying cult of Santeria. Saying, Thinking, Believeing (and throwing a HAWG into the reservoir) guarantees success, A Cargo Cult Prince led by the nose by Cuban Security.
The Danish government plans to purchase 27 new US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, the Danish TV2 broadcaster said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
Earlier in the day, the local Denmark Radio (DR) station said the F-35s have been recently mentioned in Denmark as the most preferred jets to replace the currently used military aircraft.
The cost of the F-35 fighter is reportedly estimated at $107.5 million and the total amount for their purchase could cost between $307.4 billion and $460.9 billion.
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Hell you could buy 1/2 of a f-22, available in 2030 for that price and keep the the 80486 line open to boot! Let's be, even smarter and reopen the Scooter Line, I mean even with inflation they'd be what 800K a pop?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States switched on an $800 million missile shield in Romania on Thursday that it sees as vital to defend itself and Europe from so-called rogue states but the Kremlin says is aimed at blunting its own nuclear arsenal.
To the music of military bands at the remote Deveselu air base, senior US and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... officials declared operational the ballistic missile defence site, which is capable of shooting down rockets from countries such as Iran that Washington says could one day reach major European cities.
"As long as Iran continues to develop and deploy ballistic missiles, the United States will work with its allies to defend NATO," said US Deputy Defence Secretary Robert Work, standing in front of the shield's massive grey concrete housing that was adorned with a US flag.
Despite Washington's plans to continue to develop the capabilities of its system, Work said the shield would not be used against any future Russian missile threat. "There are no plans at all to do that," he told a news conference.
Before the ceremony, Frank Rose, deputy US assistant secretary of state for arms control, warned that Iran's ballistic missiles can hit parts of Europe, including Romania.
When complete, the defensive umbrella will stretch from Greenland to the Azores. On Friday, the United States will break ground on a final site in Poland due to be ready by late 2018, completing the defence line first proposed almost a decade ago.
The full shield also includes ships and radars across Europe. It will be handed over to NATO in July, with command and control run from a US air base in Germany.
Russia is incensed at such of show of force by its Cold War rival in formerly communist-ruled eastern Europe. Moscow says the US-led alliance is trying to encircle it close to the strategically important Black Sea, home to a Russian naval fleet and where NATO is also considering increasing patrols.
"It is part of the military and political containment of Russia," Andrey Kelin, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official, said on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported.
"These decisions by NATO can only exacerbate an already difficult situation," he added, saying the move would hinder efforts to repair ties between Russia and the alliance.
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the Kremlin says is aimed at blunting its own nuclear arsenal.
and....? When you act like a belligerent asshole, don't be surprised when even Zero responds
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Fotos of the birds and actual encounter at the link
The jets, which deployed to the region less than three weeks ago, were scrambled from Amari air base in Estonia, to intercept three Russian aircraft approaching the Baltic states. The military transport aircraft identified as AN-26 ‘Curl, AN-12 ‘Cub’ and IL-76 ‘Candid’ were intercepted as they were not transmitting a recognised identification code and were unresponsive.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:
This is another example of just how important the UK’s contribution to the Baltic Air Policing Mission is. We were able to instantly respond to this act of Russian aggression - demonstration of our commitment to NATO’s collective defence.
Four RAF Typhoon and pilots from II (Army Co-operation) Squadron from Royal Air Force Lossiemouth, were deployed in April to support the BAP mission, an enduring defensive NATO effort that sees alliance members without their own air policing assets assisted by others in four-monthly cycles. This rotation, which is the third consecutive year the year the UK has committed to BAP, will see UK jets operating alongside Portuguese F16s operating from Šiauliai in Lithuania. Last time, Typhoon fighters were scrambled 17 times, and intercepted over 40 Russian aircraft. During one launch last July, the Typhoons intercepted 10 separate Russian aircraft, including eight fighters.
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The A-10 could have it done it cheaper and better, well I mean if if it had like a radar, still withe the proper GCI the 'hawgs would have emerged victorious yet again against a dastardly foe.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has confirmed that it has halted several humanitarian aid activities in Turkey due to information received about fraud in a number of humanitarian aid programs for Syrians.
Someone forgot to make the check payable to the Clinton Foundation?
USAID has also suspended individuals and vendors from receiving USAID funding, its spokesperson, Ben Edwards, said in a statement released on May 11.
“USAID places the highest priority on ensuring that taxpayer funds are used wisely, effectively and for their intended purpose. We have a zero tolerance policy for fraud and abuse of American taxpayer resources and will take every measure at our disposal to recover misspent funds,” Edwards stated.
“USAID is working to reduce the impact of the suspension on Syrians in need of humanitarian aid by identifying alternative options for continuing the affected programs. USAID is continuing to reach people in need, and we remain committed helping Syrians during this humanitarian crisis,” he added.
Where was Hilarity's bag man in all this?
A U.S. government official said the Washington has suspended millions of dollars in funding to 14 entities and individuals involved in aid programs based in Turkey. The decision followed a complex investigation into cross-border aid programs providing humanitarian relief in Syria and running from both Turkey and Jordan by multiple nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with funds from USAID and other international donors, the Hürriyet Daily News reported on May 10.
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Does it even approach Washington's massive greed?
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"IRISH CHARITY GOAL has fired some of its staff members as a result of an ongoing investigation into its financial dealings in Turkey and Syria.
It’s understood that the charity has sacked two employees, both of whom are Turkish, as a result of that investigation.
Some funding from the US government’s foreign aid agency USAid has been suspended, after the agency uncovered potential improprieties in procurement practices in Syria, involving the charity."
[Breitbart] The CEO of retail giant Target is zig-zagging between the many customers who are angered by his decision to open single-sex bathrooms to the other sex, the gender-identity progressives who pushed for the disastrous transgender policy, and the Wall Street stock-pickers who have chopped roughly $4.5 billion off the company’s value.
"We’re going to continue to embrace our belief in diversity and inclusion, just how important that is to our company,"CEO Brian Cornell said in a May 11 appearance on CNBC’s "Squawk Box" business show. "But we’re also going to make sure our focus on safety is unwavering," he added.
To mollify the public angered by his removal of single-sex restrooms and changing rooms, the company will add family bathrooms to all of its stores, he said.
We’re committed over the next few months, to make sure every one of our stores has that option, because we want to make sure that our guests be welcomed in our stores. But if there’s a question of safety, I can tell you and others, our focus on safety is unwavering, and we want to make sure we provide a welcoming environment for all our guests, one that’s safe, one that’s comfortable.
But Cornell did not offer to return single-sex changing rooms, which is likely the most unnerving element in the company’s new open-door, pro-transgender agenda. http://markets.money.cnn.com/services/api/chart/snapshot_chart_api.asp?symb=TGT
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Let the share price fall some more and you'll see the price of virtue-signalling
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The left knows EXACTLY what they are doing. It is an attack on the Christian principals of a civilized nation. Via the public schools they are conditioning the next generation for totalitarian rule.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has confirmed that it has halted several humanitarian aid activities in Turkey due to information received about fraud in a number of humanitarian aid programs for Syrians. 
