Tuesday, June 01, 2010

May Recap (part 2)

Europe falls apart...
Greeks return to the streets

Whatever Germany does, the euro as we know it is dead

Payback Time - Deficit Crisis Threatens Ample Benefits of European Life
waah.

Spain says Mediterranean Union summit postponed

Italy joins Europe's austerity club with deep cuts

'Bone relic traffickers' arrested in Greece

4 Spanish savings banks to merge
Nationalization.

Terrorist shot dead in Belfast by fellow loyalists

Stocks slide, euro falls after Spain downgrade
Euro falls as Spain suffers rating downgrade

Advance guard of angry women lead Italians into European protests over austerity cuts



Russia on the move...
Arms Trader Says Russia Fulfilling Contracts With Syria

In Secret Report, Russia Shifts Westward
In other words, they smell weakness.

U.S. lifts sanctions on Russian arms exporter

Stalin blocked attempts to kill Hitler: general

Death toll from south Russia bomb rises to seven

Gazprom, Naftogaz may create JV before merger
And Ukraine falls with no invasion necessary.

Russia and crisis-hit EU seek to ease disputes at summit



The Mideast on the brink...
Arms Trader Says Russia Fulfilling Contracts With Syria

Islamic finance banks on expansion

New Desalination Plants Water the Desert

Wall Street Journal: Palestinians make surprisingly large land offer to Israel
"Surprisingly large" is mighty pitiful to me.

Israel war games | Iran nuclear bomb
Israel holds defense drill amid regional tension

Jordanian 'murdered his daughter in abortion bid'

Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah

U.S. Orders Expanded Covert Military Action in Mideast

Taliban attack Nato's biggest base in Afghanistan

Haredim riot in Jaffa, 80 detained

Egypt, Kenya play down Nile water row

'Recon for attack a warning to Iran'

Iran police vow to crack down on protest rallies

'Concrete evidence' Syria arming Hizbullah

State media: Lebanon fires on Israeli warplanes

Turkey will ship gasoline to Iran despite sanctions

A New "Iron Curtain" Along Gaza
Egypt's fence, though they did all they could to make it sound like Israel.

Abbas: We deal with US, not Israel


Flotilla raid:
9 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy
Israeli attack on Gaza aid ship: analysis
Flotilla Upstages Obama, Netanyahu on Way Home
Netanyahu: I regret Gaza flotilla deaths, but Israeli troops had right to self-defense
Analysis: A race to contain the damage
Israel criticized over Gaza aid flotilla attack
Turkey urges U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli attack on aid flotilla
Israel Defends Self at U.N. Security Council Amidst Controversy Over Flotilla Raid



Korea flaring up
North Korea threatens 'all-out war' over warship sinking report

NKorea severs all ties with SKorea, as South launches psychological warfare over ship sinking
North Korea cuts all ties with the South

U.S. planning military maneuvers near North Korea

North Korea 'is exporting nuclear technology'

S Korea holds war games, works to persuade sceptics



The center cannot hold...
Maoist bus attack kills about 35 in India, government says

Road blockade chokes Indian state's lifeline

Bangkok burns after Thai protest leaders arrested
Thai banks, businesses count cost of deadly protests

Ottawa police have suspects in firebombing

Hundreds flock to Nigeria in search of food

Gangs set barricades in Jamaica to protest extradition
Jamaican capital declares state of emergency

Escape Attempt Led to Killings of Unarmed Inmates -Haiti

20 killed as residential areas bear brunt of attack on Mogadishu

Congo pastor loses 9 out of 10 children in war

Maylasia - Amnesty for illegals once biometric system in place

‘Honest’ Britain reveals number of nuclear warheads in arsenal - 225

Prince Andrew and the Kazakhstan connection

China police rescue slaves from brick kiln



Oil spill:
Obama Extends Moratorium on Deepwater Wells

Obama Defends Response to Gulf Oil Spill, Pledges to 'Shut This Down'

YouTube - BP Oil Spill: Frustrated Plaquemines Parish President Nungesser Lashes Out

Hurricane plus oil equals more problems

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: fresh questions raised about chemicals

Frustration over sand barriers boils in Louisiana as federal government offers few answers



Here at home:
Eight-year-old Whitehall boy saves little sister from abduction try
What a great kid!

Arizona Official Threatens to Cut Off Los Angeles Power as Payback for Boycott
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! - PDF of the letter
Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer abruptly suspends state's attorney general from illegal immigrant law defense
He's been protesting it from the beginning. Not exactly a great advocate.

Where’s Jimmy? Just Google His Bar Code

National intelligence director resigning

U.S. Banks Post Profit, but Woes Persist

What's really behind SEIU's Bank of America protests?

Private pay shrinks to historic lows as gov't payouts rise

US money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus
We are sooooooo screwed.

White House to get $376M renovation

Homeland In-Security « Son of Hamas
Remember the guy who went to work for Shin Bet, reporting on Hamas? Well, the US wants to deport him. But not the Mexican gangs crossing our border. No, not them.

Covering Obama, press encounters Nation of Islam



And next door:
Politician's disappearance rivets Mexico

Pirates terrorize boaters on Texas lake along Mexican border

Mexican Government Runs Threatening Ad… In the Arizona Republic Newspaper

Traffickers dismember Mexico prison warden

Authorities recover 20 to 25 bodies from abandoned silver mine in Mexico



Climate chaos!
Winter wreaks havoc on Mongolia herders

Drought figures show promise for winter, but half the state(NSW) remains on the brink

12 Killed In Poland Floods

Hurricane warning: 2010 has force
On the one hand, these forecasts have a rotten track record for accuracy. On the other hand, the Gulf is much hotter than usual and the season got underway early. If you're on the coast, you oughtta be ready anyway.

Devon-based ship praised for rescuing crew in cyclone

Cyclone Laila hits southeast India, 23 killed
Sri Lanka’s airport runway submerged, displaced numbers climb to 259,241 with 8 dead

Storms lash New South Wales damaging homes

Deadly storm strikes volcano-hit Guatemala
Storm Agatha kills at least 17 in Central America
Storm kills more than 100 in Central America
Tropical Storm Agatha floods kill 150, cause giant sinkhole in Guatemala City
TS Agatha Aftermath: Guatemala Giant Sinkhole
YIKES!!!


Tectonic chaos!
5.1 earthquake hits California border area

Eruption of Hawaii volcano reaches 10,000 days

Iceland Volcano Lava Flow Stops, Ash Slows, University Says
Norway to shut part of airspace due volcanic ash
Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano eruption is no longer active, says geologist

Indonesian volcano spews ash and lava: official

Katla Volcano In Iceland Shows Signs Of Increased Activity

Thousands flee volcanoes in Ecuador, Guatemala

Submarine volcano erupts south of Sarigan
Pacific volcano erupts near Marianas islands

Major earthquake, aftershocks hit South Pacific

Giant ash cloud threatens flights in Pacific


Plagues!
Cambridge UK - People – and bees – swarm to busy weekend of events

'Thousands of bees' swarm White House

Firefighters battle thousands of bees released in highway crash

New York: ‘Oh My God, That’s 30,000 Bees’


Doesn't bear thinking about

Polio outbreak spreads in Tajikistan, WHO warns


Locusts KO crop hopes

Ranchers brace for possible grasshopper swarms

Swarming 'swells' locusts' brains


WHO adopts plan to cut measles amid fears of resurgence

Horde of frogs keeps Greek highway traffic slow

Apopka frog outbreak: 'There were tons of them'
Frogs Hop To It Near Lake Apopka

Yellow flies have residents seeing red



Random items of interest:
End of the World Sale: Nuke-Proof Bunkers

'Pixie Dust' made from pig bladders regrows limbs of wounded soldiers

Pagan altar found at Israel construction site

Man Infects Himself with (Computer) Virus

CIA's secret Iraq weapon revealed: a Saddam gay sex tape

World Economic Forum - Global Redesign Summit 2010
Hmm. I'll be going through the report.

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