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Iran Nuclear Watch: Condoleezza Rice – Refer Iran to United Nations Security Council
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Gianfranco Fini, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs smile at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2006.
Reuters: Rice says time for talking with Iran is over
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday there was strong international consensus against Iran’s nuclear plans and time had run out for talking to Tehran.
With Italy’s foreign minister at her side, Rice said the next step must be to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council. The United States believes Iran is building a nuclear bomb but Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful, energy purposes.
“The referral absolutely has to be made,” Rice told reporters.
“Iran must know that there is a firm international consensus against the activities that Iran is currently engaged in. We would all like to solve this diplomatically and we are all committed to doing so but Iran must recognize the concerns of the international community and has not done so.”
Iran on Sunday urged the European Union to return to negotiations with Tehran on its nuclear program, saying talks were the only way to defuse its nuclear standoff with the West.Rice said the time for talking was over and European discussions had come to a “dead end” because of Iran’s actions. “I don’t see much room for further discussion in any format,” said Rice.
As if United Nations sanctions would mean or do much to Iran.
The Winds of War continue in the Middle East…….
Stay tuned……
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Mad Cow Disease Watch: Canada Reports Positive Test for Mad Cow
Cattle feeding on a ranch outside Calgary, Alberta. Canadian federal agriculture inspectors have discovered a new case of mad cow disease in western Alberta province.
More bad news for the Canadian cattle industry.
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George Galloway Watch: The Red Leotard
Evening Standard: George Sinks to New Low
First he shocked TV viewers and his colleagues by pretending to be a cat and lapping milk from Rula Lenska’s hand.
Now George Galloway is set to attract further derision after performing a dance routine on Celebrity Big Brother – in a tight-fitting, red leotard.
The Respect MP, already under fire for taking part in the show instead of representing his constituents, ad-libbed a dance routine for his latest stunt.
Is scummy MORON too kind of a word?
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Warns West Over UN Nuclear Referral
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani speaks to reporters after meeting with Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Tehran. Iran said it will carry through its threat to end tough UN nuclear inspections and resume ultra-sensitive uranium enrichment on an industrial scale if hauled before the UN Security Council.
Financial Times: Iran warns against UN referral
Iran’s top nuclear official on Sunday warned Tehran would resume efforts to enrich uranium on an industrial scale if its case was reported to the UN Security Council, further raising the stakes in the crisis over its nuclear programme.
Tehran earlier this month moved to resume nuclear research, including some small-scale enrichment. But Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, which handles the nuclear issue, said in an interview with the Financial Times that a referral to the United Nations
would force Tehran to broaden significantly the scale of such work.“If the case goes to the Security Council, we’re obliged . . . to lift all voluntary measures,†he said, specifying that this included industrial-scale uranium enrichment.
The European Union and US have been pushing to get Iran’s case reported to the UN Security Council since Tehran announced it would restart its nuclear research two weeks ago. The US and European governments consider the move a breach of a 2004 agreement with Iran.
The transcript of the Ali Larijani interview is here.
Iran is looking for an excuse and cover for full-scale enrichment of uranium. It has been reported that they have acquired additional centrifuges.
In the meantine, the Russia negotiations continue along with EU lobbying of IAEA member nations before the IAEA meeting next week.
Stay tuned…..
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Canada Election Watch: Michael Moore Bemoans Apparent Conservative Party Success at the Polls
AFP: US filmmaker Michael Moore weighs in on Canada’s election
Controversial American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore bemoaned an apparent right turn by liberal northern neighbor Canada in its upcoming general election.
The quotes:
“Oh, Canada — you’re not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That’s a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, … but this is no longer funny.”
“First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq — and then you elect a prime minister who’s for it. You declare gay people have equal rights — and then you elect a man who says they don’t.”
“A man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you can lend him a hand by picking Stephen Harper, because he’s a man who shares his world view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning Canada into his latest conquest?”
“Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do,” he added. “I hope you don’t feel this appeal of mine is too intrusive, but I just couldn’t sit by, as your friend, and say nothing.”
The Canadian people are tired of the corruption and bankrupt left-wing policies that accompany the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Paul Martin.
A Conservative Party victory today will not be a victory for President George Bush but a victory for the Canadian people.
The links:
Michelle Malkin: CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION IN CANADA
As Tabin points out, the revolution is taking place with thanks to American blogger Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters, who single-handedly helped blow the lid off the Canadian liberals’ culture of corruption.
All eyes will be on the Canadian blogosphere today as election events unfold. Stay tuned to these:
The Western Standard
Small Dead Animals
Stephen Taylor
Angry in the Great White North
Damian PennyAlso:
David Warren Online
CTV Election News
CBC’s Canada Votes website
Mark Steyn on the election via Pajamas Media.Angry in the Great White North: This ain’t over — the Liberal comeback
Small Dead Animals: Election Eve Blockbuster A laugh at Paul Martin’s expense
Western Standard.Ca: The Tories end on a high note
For Election Results:
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Canadian Adscam Scandel: Canadian Government Falls on No-Confidence Vote
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Day by Day by Chris Muir
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Canada Election Watch: Stephen Harper and Conservative Party Poised to Take Control of Canada
Canadian Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper addresses supporters during an early morning election rally in Windsor, Ontario January 22, 2006. Canadians go to the polls in a federal election on January 23.
Reuters: Canadian Liberals face loss after 12 years in power
Canadian political leaders on Sunday made one last cross-country dash on the eve of an election expected to oust the ruling Liberals, move Canada to the right and improve ties with the United States.
With polls showing a steady lead of 7 to 12 percentage points, the Conservatives sounded increasingly confident, though it looked like they would fall short of a majority in Parliament and have to depend on other parties.
“After 13 years and four failed mandates, the era of Liberal arrogance is ending,” local candidate Michael Smith told a Winnipeg rally as he introduced Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who made stops in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia on Sunday.
It is the second election in just 18 months and the third since late 2000. The Liberals — who took power in late 1993 — campaigned on their fiscal record, reminding people the economy was booming and trying to portray Harper as an extremist who wanted to scrap gay marriage and abortion.
But Prime Minister Paul Martin, who spent Sunday in British Columbia before flying to his home province of Quebec, seems likely to fall victim to voter fatigue with the Liberals and a major kickback scandal that hit his government shortly after he took power in December 2003.
“Only a new government can turn the page on the past 13 years of scandal and inaction and get on with addressing the real concerns of ordinary working people,” Harper said. “We have an opportunity with a new government, and only a new government, to bring together East and West, English and French, city and country, new and old Canadians.”
Some polls suggest the Liberals will get their lowest percentage of votes in any election since independence in 1867, even lower than the 28 percent they collected in 1984.
If Harper wins, it will be his reward for uniting Canada’s two fractious right-wing parties at the end of 2003 and creating the Conservative Party.
Harper would be the first prime minister to have spent most of his life in the conservative Western province of Alberta. He promises to lower taxes, clamp down on crime, clean up government, cut health waiting times and return some power from the federal government to Canada’s 10 provinces.
It is all over but the voting.
Here is to the Conservative Party, Stephen Harper and better Canada – USA relations.
Stay tuned……..
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Canadian Adscam Scandel: Canadian Government Falls on No-Confidence Vote
Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (R) takes a break after looking over notes with his wife Sheila during a flight on their campaign plane from Ottawa to London, Ontario January 21, 2006.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Military Action Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would be a “FATAL MISTAKE”
An Iranian woman walks past an image of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the conclusion of a ceremony to form a human chain at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, to support Iran’s nuclear program, just outside the city of Isfahan, 410 kilometers, 255 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006.
ASSociated Press in the Jerusalem Post: Iran says Israeli threats are a ‘childish game’
Iran on Sunday said Israel would be making a “fatal mistake” should it resort to military action against Tehran’s nuclear program and dismissed veiled threats from the Jewish state as a “childish game.”
On Saturday, Israel repeated its stand on the issue, saying it would not accept a nuclear Iran under any circumstances and was preparing for the possible failure of diplomatic efforts.
While Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz stopped short of an outright threat of military action, he said Israel “must have the capability to defend itself…and this we are preparing.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Israel was only trying to add to Western pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear program.
“We consider Mofaz’s comments a form of psychological warfare. Israel knows just how much of a fatal mistake it would be (to attack Iran),” Asefi told reporters. “This is just a childish game by Israel.”
Iranian athletes form a human chain around the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) to show support for Iran’s nuclear program in Isfahan.
Iran will NOT halt pursuit of development of a nuclear weapon.
Israel and the United States will NOT accept a nuclear Iran.
The United Nations will NOT impose harsh economic sanctions.
Who will BLINK first?
Flap handicaps it will NOT be Israel and the Unites States.
Stay tuned……
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Day by Day by Chris Muir on Ted Kennedy and the Samuel Alito Confirmation
More like a pathetic display, Chris……
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Harry Belafonte Watch: Compares Homeland Security Department to the “GESTAPO”
Entertainer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte speaks during a press conference at the Arts Presenters Members Conference in New York, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006 . Belafonte called U.S. President George W. Bush ‘the greatest terrorist in the world’ in a recent television broadcast.
ASSociated Press: Belafonte Continues Tirade Against Bush
We’ve come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended,” Belafonte said in a speech to the annual meeting of the Arts Presenters Members Conference.
“You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel,” said Belafonte.
Belafonte’s remarks on Saturday — part of a 45-minute speech on the role of the arts in a politically changing world — were greeted with a roaring standing ovation from an audience which included singer Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and members of the arts community from several dozen countries.
Messages seeking comments from Homeland Security and White House officials were not immediately returned.
He had called President Bush “the greatest terrorist in the world” during a trip to Venezuela two weeks ago. Belafonte, 78, made that comment after a meeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
The Harlem-born Belafonte, who was raised in Jamaica, said his activism was inspired by an impoverished mother “who imbued in me that we should never capitulate to oppression.”
He acknowledged that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks demanded a reaction by the United States, but said the policies of the Bush administration were not the right response.
“Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression,” said Belafonte, who served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.Bush, he said, rose to power “somewhat dubiously and … then lies to the people of this nation, misleads them, misinstructs, and then sends off hundreds of thousands of our own boys and girls to a foreign land that has not aggressed against us.”
Harry Day-O Belafonte, the SENILE OLD LEFTIE MORON can just shut the heck up now.
His rantings are not even coherent.
American singer and activist Harry Belafonte speaks as Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez looks on during Chavez’s weekly television and radio program in El Consejo in Venezuela’s Aragua state, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Belafonte called U.S. President George W. Bush a ‘terrorist’ while warmly praising Chavez and criticizing a U.S. press that he said has ignored the achievements of his socialist programs.
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