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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that Israel stands to gain by reducing tensions with Turkey.
His comments came in response to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's comments Sunday rejecting a demand from Turkey that Israel apologize for its attack on a Turkish ship last May that killed nine people.
Lieberman told a gathering in Jerusalem on Sunday that Turkey needs to apologize to Israel for "supporting terror."
The ship, the Mavi Marmara, was sailing to the Gaza Strip with aid supplies when it was attacked by Israeli commandos.
Israel said Turkey was breaking a Gaza blockade and that its troops opened fire in self-defense. Eight Turks and a Turkish-American were killed.
Turkish and Israeli diplomats held "fence-mending talks" in Geneva earlier this month, but little progress was made.
Barak said Monday that his Labor Party is committed to defusing tensions with Turkey.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Ehud-Barak-Turkey-Tensions-Must-Ease--112506844.htmlIsraeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that Israel stands to gain by reducing... more
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DUBAI: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his whistleblowing website plans to publish hundreds of "sensitive" US diplomatic cables on Israel, Al-Jazeera television reported on Thursday.
"Sensitive and classified documents" on Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon and January's assassination in Dubai of Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh would be released, Assange told Al-Jazeera in an interview.
Assange said WikiLeaks had 3,700 US documents on Israel, including 2,700 originating from the Jewish state, but denied the website had any agreement in place to spare the country of leaks.
"We do not have any secret deals with any country," he said according to an Arabic translation of remarks he made in English which were posted on Al-Jazeera's website.
"We do not have any direct or indirect contacts with the Israelis," Assange is quoted as saying, adding no more than two percent of available documents on Israel have been released so far.
Some of Israel's neighbours, most notably Turkey, have expressed unease at the lack of leaks the whistleblowing website has released on the Jewish state.
Israel fought a devastating one-month war with Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 that killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, most of them civilians, and 160 Israelis, mainly soldiers.
Dubai police chief Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan has linked Israel's spy agency Mossad to the January 20 Cold War-style assassination in a Dubai hotel of Mabhuh.
http://bit.ly/fmBKWuDUBAI: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his whistleblowing website plans to... more
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"WikiLeaks revelations were good for Israel."
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ha'aretz Print Edition, November 30, 2010
WikiLeaks has given the mainstream media yet another opportunity to vilify Iran. A typical headline, from the New York Times was: "Around the world distress over Iran." And, ironically, it is true, but not in the way the headline writer meant. Around the world there is distress over Iran, distress at the way it is being cast in the role of the Evil Doer, when all but the most ignorant observers realise that it is nuclear-armed Apartheid Israel that is the real threat to world peace, not Iran."WikiLeaks revelations were good for Israel."
Benjamin Netanyahu,... more
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Arjopa is the only female throat singer (Khoomeiji) ot the western world, wich got the acceptance by great tuvan throat singing masters (like Albert Kuvezin (Yat-Kha), Mongün-ool Ondar, Kongar-ool-Ondar, Gendos, a.o.). Together with her musicans Arjopa performs a unique mixture out of tuvan throatsinging, hypnotic drums, jews harp flangers, eletronics ( all by Ulike – The Master U-like), and magic cello &, didgeridoo sounds. Wich gets complete with weird Englisch, German, Russian and Tuvan lyrics. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/world/13873-arjopaArjopa is the only female throat singer (Khoomeiji) ot the western world, wich got the... more
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Head to head on collision with truck caught on video. Natural selection at work again... riding the world of junkies and dumb asses. The Kurdish guys in the car survived (unfortunately) but were hospitalized. Sh*t like this should be watched by all first time drivers.Head to head on collision with truck caught on video. Natural selection at work... more
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We have the technology, we can build him. By him they mean a flying Turkey which drops pies on people, or fails too.We have the technology, we can build him. By him they mean a flying Turkey which drops... more
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Turkey has been pissed off at Israel because the IDF illegally boarded some of their vessels in international waters that were attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and they killed some 9 Turkish citizens in the process.
So of course, Wikileaks calls the Turks “terrorists”. This of course after Wikileaks released some “secrets” that claimed the US has only indirectly caused the deaths of a mere 15,000 Iraqi civilians over and above the “official” number and that Iran is also “supporting the terrorists” in Iraq.
If anybody, anywhere still thinks that Wikileaks is not a psyop program… wake up.
Yes, Wikileaks is about to release all those “secret” documents that basically state that anyone in our new realm who doesn’t like the US occupation of their nation, is in fact a corrupt “terrorists”. Wow. How embarrassing for our new-found enemies.
How is it that every country Israel has a problem with just happens to have been funneling money and arms to “al Qaeda in Iraq”? Israel wants to attack Iran – Wikileaks calls them a “terrorist”. Turkey pressures the International Criminal Court to go after Israel, Wikileaks calls THEM a terrorist.Turkey has been pissed off at Israel because the IDF illegally boarded some of their... more
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Hory Sheeet! Some of these people can't drive for sh*t! ALL teenagers should be made to watch compilations like this so they can see how easy someone could get seriously injured or killed in a matter of seconds because of stupidity and carelessness. Every one of those accidents was preventable.Hory Sheeet! Some of these people can't drive for sh*t! ALL teenagers should be... more
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Editor’s Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren’t stopping The Audit, The Pulse, The Diaspora, or The Mulch, but we are taking a bit of a break. Expect shorter blog posts, and The Diaspora and The Mulch will be posted on Wednesday afternoon, instead of their usual Thursday and Friday postings. We’ll return to our normal schedule next week.
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
Tomorrow marks the day that, as a nation, we put aside our usual habits and begin a weeks-long push to eat, buy, and generally consume as much as possible in the spirit of the holiday season. Thanksgiving and Black Friday are only the first sprint, the gateway to latkes, holiday party hors d’oeuvres, Secret Santa shopping, and party-dress buying that will culminate in a hangover after a booze-soaked New Year’s Eve.
There’s really no escape, and to some extent, who would want to miss out? (Cranberry sauce! Christmas cookies!) But it’s not exactly a sustainable lifestyle, even for six weeks. Here are some guideposts to help light the way through.
Turkey trouble
A sad fact about commercially raised turkeys: Even the ones pardoned by the President are destined to live short lives. As Jill Richardson writes at AlterNet, “The Broad-Breasted Whites who receive presidential pardons have gone to Disneyland to peacefully live out the remainder of their lives since 2005, but as of last Thanksgiving, half of the pardoned turkeys did not survive long enough to celebrate a second Thanksgiving.”
It’s not news that commercial methods of raising poultry give rise to creatures that are more fit to die than to live. So think about buying a heritage bird this year.
Or, go veggie! Carol Deppe’s ode to potatoes, also at AlterNet, is enough to convince the most hardened meat-eater that tubers are one of the best ways to thrive. For a little more diversity of Thanksgiving-specific options, peruse this New York Times gallery which has veggie options good enough to make meat-eaters jealous.
But wait, there’s more!
* In the past few weeks, reusable grocery bags have been tarred as germ-incubators. But before leaving canvas bags behind for epic Thanksgiving grocery runs, consider where those reports originated. As Jessica Belsky writes at Change.org:
Earlier this year, the ACC [American Chemistry Council]—which represents such upstanding citizens as Exxon and Chevron—paid for a study that concluded that unwashed reusable bags can be contaminated with bacteria. Let’s remember that these are the same folks who recently lobbied to keep the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles. Big Plastic is using fear-mongering tactics to get health-conscious environmentalists to switch back to disposable, single-use plastic grocery bags.
Plus, there’s a simple solution to germy bags: wash them.
* Yes, there are plenty of deals on Black Friday. But Grist’s Umbra Fisk has an alternate suggestion for how to spend the day:
Want to enjoy a real savings stampede? Consider celebrating Buy Nothing Day. Enjoy a day without buying. Give your cash and credit cards a day off with you. Store them in the refrigerator next to your Thanksgiving leftovers. Trade, barter, and share. Enjoy the luxury of living the money-free life for a day.
Of course, Christmas and Hanukkah presents have to bought at some point. Here are two green-friendly gift ideas: via Earth Focus, Fate of the World, a video game that challenges players to save the world from climate change; or via Care2, for those of us who must drive a car and have cash to burn, a Porsche. Apparently every single model will soon be available as a hybrid.
This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about the environment by members of The Media Consortium. It is free to reprint. Visit the Mulch for a complete list of articles on environmental issues, or follow us on Twitter. And for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, health care and immigration issues, check out The Audit, The Pulse, and The Diaspora. This is a project of The Media Consortium, a network of leading independent media outlets.Editor’s Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we... more
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Norfolk turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews has died at the age of 80, his company has confirmed.
He began his business more than 60 years ago - with 20 eggs and a second-hand incubator.
Mr Matthews, famous for his "bootiful" catchphrase, stepped down from the company's main board of directors in January on his 80th birthday.
Noel Bartram, group chief executive of Bernard Matthews Farms, said Mr Matthews died on Thursday afternoon.
The company had suffered some difficult years recently which had included job cuts and an outbreak of bird flu.
Mr Bartram said: "I have personally known Bernard Matthews for well over 30 years, and on behalf of myself and my fellow colleagues, I wish to express our great sorrow and extend our thoughts and sympathies to the family.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-11845703Norfolk turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews has died at the age of 80, his company has... more
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Carving a turkey can be a stressful task. You've probably been drinking.So you just prepared your Thanksgiving turkey and realized that you don't know how to serve it! Never fear. Carving a turkey is simple, as you will learn ...Carving a turkey can be a stressful task. You've probably been drinking.So you... more
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What Temperature To Cook A Turkey:It's Thanksgiving Day for our neighbors in the USA.What Temperature To Cook A Turkey turkey cooking time is affected by the size of the turkey and heat of your oven.What Temperature To Cook A Turkey:It's Thanksgiving Day for our neighbors in the... more
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Deep Frying your Turkey. Thanksgiving has always meant chillier temperatures for me, growing up in Utah and now living in Indiana.A lot of families are looking for several ways to make the dinner more scrumptious, including deep frying a turkey. With good dinner with good friends and ...Deep Frying your Turkey. Thanksgiving has always meant chillier temperatures for me,... more
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Its not a holiday unless something is exploding and destroying the holiday dinner all in one. Thanks to Gawker, there are some great videos of outdoor turkey fires.
"Today's Thanksgiving, and a whole bunch of people are going to just toss a frozen turkey willy-nilly into a deep fryer, film the exploding fireball that results, and post it on YouTube. (For which we, of course, are very thankful.)"-Gawker
For all of us outside the US, we have to wait till Christmas to try out frozen Turkey explosions, sigh.Its not a holiday unless something is exploding and destroying the holiday dinner all... more
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Butterball Turkey Hotline Shares Roasting A Turkey Click shouldtoday.com – to watch Happy Thanksgiving 2010:The Good Food Channel tells you how to make the most of your roasting time by cooking your turkey upside down. Serious Eats shares the Roasted Brined Turkey ...Butterball Turkey Hotline Shares Roasting A Turkey Click shouldtoday.com – to... more
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How Long to Cook a Turkey - Per Pound, Thanksgiving Recipe, turkey cooking, turkey cooking time, turkey cooking times.
turkey cooking times and temperatures (VIDEOS), such are the questions asked to the Butterball turkey hotline / talkline.How Long to Cook a Turkey - Per Pound, Thanksgiving Recipe, turkey cooking, turkey... more
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butterball turkey, how to cook a turkey, turkey cooking time, butterball “How long to cook a. ... Frozen Turkeys. * Allow 1 pound of turkey per person.One of the most common questions asked involves the cooking instructions for a turkey as you don't want to overcook or undercook your bird.butterball turkey, how to cook a turkey, turkey cooking time, butterball “How... more
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most people have heard that the fine people of butterball offer a toll-free number dolling out turkey advice.So here's one last, quick-look guide at the most important last-minute tips from Butterball. And, of course, info for the Butterball turkey hotline.most people have heard that the fine people of butterball offer a toll-free number... more
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Just in time for the feasting season we are told that we can stuff ourselves with turkey but not with stuffing as scientists have found that diets higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates can help overweight adults who managed to drop some weight keep it off.In real speak this means more lean meat like turkey and a lot less potatoes and white rice and pasta. As every yo-yo dieter knows, the real struggle isn't shedding pounds but keeping them off. Past research has shown that as long as you burn more calories than you eat, you can slim down in the short term no matter what diet you try. Fewer studies have looked at ways to avoid packing it back on.But this is exactly what an international study of more than 900 adults and 800 children from eight European countries – including the United Kingdom – tried to find out. The research shows that after six months those on the diet were on average 2kg lighter than those on rival diets with a high glycaemic index. The participants had already lost an average of 11kg and were testing alternative approaches to maintaining their weight loss.
People who stick to this approach can simply eat until they feel full and not put on weight, according to the Danish nutritionists. Their research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine today (THUR).
Your typical menu
Breakfast
Low-fat milk with muesli (any variety without added sugar), wholegrain bread with low-fat cheese, an orange
Lunch
Wholegrain bread with lean meat or chicken, tuna steak in tomato sauce with vegetables
Dinner
Stir-fried turkey with vegetables and wholegrain pasta; avocado salad with feta cheese and sugar peas
Just in time for the feasting season we are told that we can stuff ourselves... more
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The Peanuts gather around Charlie s pingpong table for an unusual feast; featuring a bonus cartoon This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers.
http://nothingtotweetabout.com/Charlie_Brown_Special.phpThe Peanuts gather around Charlie s pingpong table for an unusual feast; featuring a... more
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