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TOPIC: Nothing on Chris H???
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/8b663b27d25a8c71?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Apr 9 2010 9:35 pm
From: "H. Fred Kveck"

In article <rubrum-55D020.20330409042010@news.albasani.net>,
Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> wrote:

> In article <4BBF98DA.FFC0EB@sandiegozoo.org>,
> Magilla Gorilla <m.gorilla@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
>
> > Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> >
> > > What's with this group? No mention of Chris in the Tour of the Basque
> > > anywhere? Not even mean remarks about whether he can stay up on the bike
> > > and
> > > not break anything?
> > >
> > > Second place, one second behind Valverde, TT coming up (not Chris's
> > > strong
> > > point)(but he's motivated), some decent competition (Gesink, Schleck,
> > > Valverde). Chris not contesting the sprints, Chris not able to keep his
> > > gap
> > > after the climb in Stage 3...
> > >
> > > Plus Chris being one of the more interesting guys in interviews, making
> > > him
> > > a fun rider to follow.
> > >
> > > But you guys got NOTHING to say? If Lance isn't in the race, who cares?
> >
> > I like Hornet as a person, but as a cyclist I'm kind of over him. I'm afraid
> > his best years are behind him. Let me know if his wife grows her hair out
> > and stops that tomboy look she got goin on.
>
> You want a world class athlete, one who could hammer you into oblivion,
> to have his wife change her hairstyle so you can fulfill a fantasy?
> Here is a thought: put down the fleshlight, shower, shave, put on
> some stylish clothes, find a good woman who will have you.

Or, failing that, go rent one.

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 4:28 am
From: Betty Munro

Magilla Gorilla wrote:
>> I kinda like a chick who is capable of landing a criminal stalking charge
>> every now or then.

Fred K. Gringioni wrote:
> I used to have a restraining order vs. heather.

With her alien sex doll credentials she could have you abducted and
perform all kinds of kinky experiments on you regardless of any
restraining order.

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 8:23 am
From: "Mike Jacoubowsky"

"Magilla Gorilla" <m.gorilla@sandiegozoo.org> wrote in message
news:4BBF98DA.FFC0EB@sandiegozoo.org...
> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>
>> What's with this group? No mention of Chris in the Tour of the Basque
>> anywhere? Not even mean remarks about whether he can stay up on the
>> bike and
>> not break anything?
>>
>> Second place, one second behind Valverde, TT coming up (not Chris's
>> strong
>> point)(but he's motivated), some decent competition (Gesink, Schleck,
>> Valverde). Chris not contesting the sprints, Chris not able to keep
>> his gap
>> after the climb in Stage 3...
>>
>> Plus Chris being one of the more interesting guys in interviews,
>> making him
>> a fun rider to follow.
>>
>> But you guys got NOTHING to say? If Lance isn't in the race, who
>> cares?
>>
>> --Mike Jacoubowsky
>> Chain Reaction Bicycles
>> www.ChainReaction.com
>> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> I like Hornet as a person, but as a cyclist I'm kind of over him. I'm
> afraid
> his best years are behind him. Let me know if his wife grows her hair
> out and
> stops that tomboy look she got goin on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Magilla

BAM!

Valverde might be thinking differently today.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 8:40 am
From: Amit Ghosh

On Apr 9, 3:06 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <Mi...@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
> What's with this group? No mention of Chris in the Tour of the Basque
> anywhere? Not even mean remarks about whether he can stay up on the bike and
> not break anything?
>
> Second place, one second behind Valverde, TT coming up (not Chris's strong
> point)(but he's motivated), some decent competition (Gesink, Schleck,
> Valverde). Chris not contesting the sprints, Chris not able to keep his gap
> after the climb in Stage 3...
>
> Plus Chris being one of the more interesting guys in interviews, making him
> a fun rider to follow.
>
> But you guys got NOTHING to say? If Lance isn't in the race, who cares?
>

dumbass,

stop being a douchebag.

horner means as much to me as dumoulin, or luis leon sanchez (the two
most winningest riders of 2010 so far) and i don't see any posts about
them either.

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TOPIC: Pic in need of a caption
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/d9ce8666c86526ff?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 12:42 am
From: "aeiouy"

"ronaldo_jeremiah" <ronaldo_jeremiah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5d19596c-f3e2-4a62-9ba5-a3be51c6eca5@g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races10/rbx10/preview-boonen.jpg

Train hard and keep your nose clean and you'll go far in this sport.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 6:33 am
From: "Tom Kunich"

"aeiouy" <aeiouy@vowels.com> wrote in message
news:8YudnaJvfc5Stl3WnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
> "ronaldo_jeremiah" <ronaldo_jeremiah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:5d19596c-f3e2-4a62-9ba5-a3be51c6eca5@g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races10/rbx10/preview-boonen.jpg
>
> Train hard and keep your nose clean and you'll go far in this sport.

That's my leader so far.

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TOPIC: signed Eddy Merckx poster card.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/78462aa032e89ea7?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 4:13 am
From: Carey

-ca. 1980? (I don't remember precisely) 23.7cm by 17 cm, signed by E
Merckx
in my presence, pic on his trademark orange velo. Beautiful piece of
history;
modest offers considered.

== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 10:19 am
From: "Mike Jacoubowsky"

"Carey" <carey_1959@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:20f9e428-127d-46cf-a37b-c17ca895693d@y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> -ca. 1980? (I don't remember precisely) 23.7cm by 17 cm, signed by E
> Merckx
> in my presence, pic on his trademark orange velo. Beautiful piece of
> history;
> modest offers considered.

So what, he's now like your fallen idol or something so you're selling off a
momento that you don't even recall getting?

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 10:39 am
From: Carey

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> "Carey" <carey_1959@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:20f9e428-127d-46cf-a37b-c17ca895693d@y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> > -ca. 1980? (I don't remember precisely) 23.7cm by 17 cm, signed by E
> > Merckx
> > in my presence, pic on his trademark orange velo. Beautiful piece of
> > history;
> > modest offers considered.
>
> So what, he's now like your fallen idol or something so you're selling off a
> momento that you don't even recall getting?
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

Fallen idol? I think highly of Merckx
and always will.

Ever hear of Tommy Simpson?

I recall "getting" this memento very well, though
not the exact date- meeting Eddy briefly was great.

Why the sour tone?

== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 10:56 am
From: Uncle Dave

On Apr 10, 6:39 pm, Carey <carey_1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> > "Carey" <carey_1...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:20f9e428-127d-46cf-a37b-c17ca895693d@y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> > > -ca. 1980? (I don't remember precisely) 23.7cm by 17 cm, signed by E
> > > Merckx
> > > in my presence, pic on his trademark orange velo. Beautiful piece of
> > > history;
> > > modest offers considered.
>
> > So what, he's now like your fallen idol or something so you're selling off a
> > momento that you don't even recall getting?
>
> > --Mike Jacoubowsky
> > Chain Reaction Bicycles
> >www.ChainReaction.com
> > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> Fallen idol? I think highly of Merckx
> and always will.
>
> Ever hear of Tommy Simpson?
>
> I recall "getting" this memento very well, though
> not the exact date- meeting Eddy briefly was great.
>
> Why the sour tone?

This isn't so much "rec.bicycles.racing" as
"rec.bicycles.racing.yanks.squabbling.over.little.known.colonial.riders.nobody.gives.a
fuck.about. It's a valid question though, however poorly asked. Did
you get it, perchance, at that much-hyped race at Eastway?

== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:06 am
From: Carey

Uncle Dave wrote:
> On Apr 10, 6:39 pm, Carey <carey_1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> > > "Carey" <carey_1...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > >news:20f9e428-127d-46cf-a37b-c17ca895693d@y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> > > > -ca. 1980? (I don't remember precisely) 23.7cm by 17 cm, signed by E
> > > > Merckx
> > > > in my presence, pic on his trademark orange velo. Beautiful piece of
> > > > history;
> > > > modest offers considered.
> >
> > > So what, he's now like your fallen idol or something so you're selling off a
> > > momento that you don't even recall getting?
> >
> > > --Mike Jacoubowsky
> > > Chain Reaction Bicycles
> > >www.ChainReaction.com
> > > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
> >
> > Fallen idol? I think highly of Merckx
> > and always will.
> >
> > Ever hear of Tommy Simpson?
> >
> > I recall "getting" this memento very well, though
> > not the exact date- meeting Eddy briefly was great.
> >
> > Why the sour tone?
>
> This isn't so much "rec.bicycles.racing" as
> "rec.bicycles.racing.yanks.squabbling.over.little.known.colonial.riders.nobody.gives.a
> fuck.about. It's a valid question though, however poorly asked. Did
> you get it, perchance, at that much-hyped race at Eastway?
>
> UD

I see, yes.

Tough room, ok. :)

Got this at a trade show in SoCal. Merckx seemed very
uncomfortable doing the sales schtick- I felt a bit sad for
him in retrospect. The Cannibal selling framesets..

== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 12:55 pm
From: Fred Flintstein

Carey wrote:
>
> Tough room, ok. :)
>
> Got this at a trade show in SoCal. Merckx seemed very
> uncomfortable doing the sales schtick- I felt a bit sad for
> him in retrospect. The Cannibal selling framesets..

That's where he signed one for me, he was there every year.
I feel sad for him too. He must have signed his name
millions of times. My fingers hurt just thinking about it.

Fred Flintstein

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TOPIC: Liz Hatch excluded from the real races
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/f811ba631beb0e24?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 4:30 am
From: Betty Munro

Magilla Gorilla wrote:
> Danielson would never have upgraded to Stephanie if she were
> walkin' around with a Kate Jackson lid.

Sometimes upgrading chicks is like "upgrading" windoze.

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TOPIC: Ballan mothballed
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/541a5a0fdd9a2139?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 6:01 am
From: bar

On Apr 9, 4:48 pm, ronaldo_jeremiah <ronaldo_jerem...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 9, 12:57 pm, bar <barbari...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has a shadow now crept across his world championship victory and his
> > win in the Ronde?
>
> > How will this Mantova Menagerie unfold?
>
> Do you know what "menagerie" means?
>
> -rj

since when does knowing what words mean have any relevance in rbr?
dumbass.

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TOPIC: Liz Hatch wager
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/ce6588823f66fe20?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 8:48 am
From: Amit Ghosh

On Apr 9, 5:01 pm, Magilla Gorilla <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
> Uncle Dave wrote:
> > On Apr 9, 5:15 am, Magilla Gorilla <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
> > >http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/04/news/dont-count-him-out-hincap...
>
> > > If Georgio wins Paris-Roubaix, then I will promise to never initiate a
> > > Liz Hatch thread again. I'm really betting the ranch here.
>
> > Well, I'm usually a neutral when it comes to P-R, but I know who I'll
> > be cheering for on Sunday.
>
> > UD
>
> You can cheer for Georgio all you want, but you know as well as me he will
> never win PR. He's the proverbial bridesmaid. The guy is in like his 314th
> year of pro cycling and he still gives excuses about how he didn't drink
> enough or whatever. The guy is a perpetual excuse machine.
>

he made sure to eat while cancellara and boonen were opening up the
gap after the molenberg.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:03 am
From: Uncle Dave

On Apr 10, 4:48 pm, Amit Ghosh <amit.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 9, 5:01 pm, Magilla Gorilla <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Uncle Dave wrote:
> > > On Apr 9, 5:15 am, Magilla Gorilla <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
> > > >http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/04/news/dont-count-him-out-hincap...
>
> > > > If Georgio wins Paris-Roubaix, then I will promise to never initiate a
> > > > Liz Hatch thread again. I'm really betting the ranch here.
>
> > > Well, I'm usually a neutral when it comes to P-R, but I know who I'll
> > > be cheering for on Sunday.
>
> > > UD
>
> > You can cheer for Georgio all you want, but you know as well as me he will
> > never win PR. He's the proverbial bridesmaid. The guy is in like his 314th
> > year of pro cycling and he still gives excuses about how he didn't drink
> > enough or whatever. The guy is a perpetual excuse machine.
>
> he made sure to eat while cancellara and boonen were opening up the
> gap after the molenberg.

Very sensible too. Do you think he'll do the same tomorrow?

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:38 am
From: Amit Ghosh

On Apr 10, 2:03 pm, Uncle Dave <davidco...@t-online.de> wrote:

> > he made sure to eat while cancellara and boonen were opening up the
> > gap after the molenberg.
>
> Very sensible too. Do you think he'll do the same tomorrow?
>

dumbass,

i think he -could- win, but he won't, and ballan is out, but he'll
have the support of the US crit champ.

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TOPIC: Highlight of my Sporting Year
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/dbb3ab6c871b5caa?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:03 am
From: Uncle Dave

On Apr 9, 2:31 pm, Uncle Dave <davidco...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Well, there's a (football) World Cup this year so maybe not, but every
> other year Paris-Roubaix is IT or me. After all these years of
> getting it live by satellite, I even have traditions. Roast Lamb
> Italian style with a vat of red wine then settle down in the recliner
> with a flagon of brandy and a fat Cuban [there's your cue boys] and
> watch those poor bastards suffer. You can keep your nancy-boy ooh
> look at me riding up this nasty big mountain in perfect fucking
> weather aren't I the clever one whoops my suncream's welding my shades
> on Tours, This Sunday is when the men come out to play. Pray for
> rain! Well, don't just sit there, get down on your knees and pray for
> it! Mud. I must have mud! Snow! Hail, tornados, anything but
> sunshine! (Doesn't look good currently, no rain till the middle of
> next week but we live in hope.)
>
> UD

Not long now...

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TOPIC: Paris - Roubaix 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/dae33edd22248e9c?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:14 am
From: "Mexican Low Rider Mafia"

Here are the favorites from www.unibet.com:

Fabian Cancellara
Tom Boonen
Matti Breschel
Thor Hushovd
Stijn Devolder
Filippo Pozzato
Juan Antonio Flecha
Big George Hincapie
Bernard Eisel
Leif Hoste

Some tell Euskaltel - Euskadi to pull out now and open up some spots for
riders who'll make it to the finish.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:38 am
From: Uncle Dave

On Apr 10, 7:14 pm, "Mexican Low Rider Mafia" <mexican-low-rider-
ma...@mexican-low-rider-mafia.com> wrote:
> Here are the favorites fromwww.unibet.com:
>
> Fabian Cancellara
> Tom Boonen
> Matti Breschel
> Thor Hushovd
> Stijn Devolder
> Filippo Pozzato
> Juan Antonio Flecha
> Big George Hincapie
> Bernard Eisel
> Leif Hoste

Wot?! No Roger Hammond?

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:43 am
From: Amit Ghosh

On Apr 10, 2:14 pm, "Mexican Low Rider Mafia" <mexican-low-rider-
ma...@mexican-low-rider-mafia.com> wrote:
> Here are the favorites fromwww.unibet.com:
>
> Fabian Cancellara
> Tom Boonen
^^^ obvious

> Matti Breschel <- overvalued

> Thor Hushovd
> Stijn Devolder
^^^ both off form

> Filippo Pozzato <- could be strong, may even get a guest spot on jersey shore.
> Juan Antonio Flecha
> Big George Hincapie
^^^ best of the rest, something weird would have to happen for either
to win

> Bernard Eisel <- too long, GW was the 'best' of the rest. E3 was the real deal that weekend

> Leif Hoste <- loser

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TOPIC: Horner blasts his way to....
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/85f00bcc8e68d4c9?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:47 am
From: "Mexican Low Rider Mafia"

Yeah baby!!!!

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TOPIC: Go Speed Racer Go!!!!
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/35b6aba0a44eccbe?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:48 am
From: "Mexican Low Rider Mafia"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-upt/stage-6/photos/114798

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TOPIC: Cyclingnews is gay
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/c84dc30cbe5fb5ff?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 12:40 pm
From: Ryan Cousineau

In article
<2254688a-e097-4973-bb03-2f45243774b5@k9g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjweiner@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Apr 8, 8:16 pm, Magilla Gorilla <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote:
> > "Fred K. Gringioni" wrote:
> > > "Magilla Gorilla" <m.gori...@sandiegozoo.org> wrote in message
> > >news:4BBE4F8D.7FCE27F5@sandiegozoo.org...
> >
> > > > So then how come you also can't point to any "entertainment" rag that
> > > > does
> > > > this
> > > > - People, TMZ, National Enquirer, BMX World, Skateboard Park, Runners
> > > > World,
> > > > Running Magazine, Triathlon, etc? Aren't those entertainment magazines
> > > > too?
> >
> > >http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5041079
> >
> > I repeat, no legitimate media does this.
>
> Dumbass,
>
> This is like the "No true Scotsman" fallacy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
>
> If any news source does this, by your criterion, they aren't
> legitimate media.

No real rbr contributor would bring up the "No true Scotsman" fallacy.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 12:55 pm
From: Betty Munro

Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
>> This is like the "No true Scotsman" fallacy.

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> No real rbr contributor would bring up the "No true Scotsman" fallacy.

We do have virtual contributors.

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[socialactionfoundationforequity:2385 Analysis: Ramifications of crash on Polish politics

Analysis: Ramifications of crash on Polish politics
By Thair Shaikh, CNN
April 10, 2010 -- Updated 1704 GMT (0104 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/10/poland.president.plane.crash.analysis/

(CNN) -- Experts say the deaths of senior military chiefs in
Saturday's plane crash could have more serious implications for Poland
than the loss of the country's president.

President Lech Kaczynski was killed Saturday when a plane carrying
senior Polish officials on their way to a memorial service in Russia
crashed at an airport in Smolensk..

Ninety-seven people were killed including the president's wife, the
deputy parliament speaker, the deputy foreign minister and the head of
the National Bank of Poland.

"The entire top military brass, including the chief of defense and all
the services, were on the plane," said Tomas Valasek, of the Center
for European Reform. "If that is true, then you're looking at a
situation, in effect, of the decapitation of the military services."

Biography: Lech Kaczynski

Among the military leaders confirmed dead are Aleksander Szczyglo,
head of the National Security Office, Gen. Franciszek Gagor, head of
the army chief of staff and Bishop Tadeusz Ploski, an army chaplain.

They were on their way to Russia for the 70th anniversary of the
massacre of Polish prisoners of war in the village of Katyn.

While Kaczynski filled the country's highest post, Valasek said the
government machinery needed to run the country remained intact.

"The government is in place... this is not a presidential system."

He added that any changes to the political landscape in Poland would
be related to the forthcoming presidential elections.

Video: Polish president feared dead Video: Tragedy for Poland Video:
Putin: Crash 'horrible tragedy'

President Kaczynski, 60, had been due to stand for reelection, but he
was unpopular and would probably have lost, according to experts.

"This is a political earthquake, a lot of leaders have perished, and
first we have to let this moment of shock pass. But the reality is
that the Kaczynski's [President Lech Kaczynski has an identical twin
brother Jaroslaw] are not very popular in Poland," said Piotr
Kaczynski, an analyst at the Center for European Policy Studies.

An election must be held within 60 days. Kaczynski, who is not related
to the president, said the speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, who is now
the acting president, will almost certainly be elected the new
president.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who is popular in Poland, withdrew from
the presidential elections three weeks ago.

Another important side-effect of the plane crash could be Polish-
Russian relations.

James Sherr, head of Russia and Eurasia at the London-based think-tank
Chatham House, said relations between the two countries were strained
because of the continuing tensions over the massacre of tens of
thousands of Polish people in during the 1940s and becasue of Poland's
close relationship with the U.S.

At the time of the crash, Kaczynski had been traveling with his wife
Maria and a high-level Polish delegation to Russia for the 70th
anniversary of the massacre of Polish prisoners of war in the village
of Katyn.

"Katyn has been the most difficult issue up to the present moment.
Everyone in Poland knows that the Katyn massacre was a very small part
of a systematic effort by Russians to get rid of a whole class of
Polish people," said Sherr.

Sherr added that it would be good for relations between the two
countries if there was an open and swift investigation into the crash.

On Saturday Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin to head an inquiry commission into the plane crash.

Russia admitted to the Katyn massacre in 1990, but will not release
papers that could identify perpetrators in the massacre, said Sherr.

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EU Boosts Arms Manufacturers (April 6, 2010)
Arms-traders will have a central role in formulating a new European Union blueprint to stimulate weapons production, the European Commission has confirmed. Dagmar Metzger, the EU weapons official, stated that the inclusion of private companies was necessary for good industrial business; however, she declined to comment on the ethical and human rights issues of potentially expanding the arms trade. The most worrying proposal is to create an internet service, "through which small-scale arms companies could become aware of new calls for tender to supply armed forces." (IPS)
Dam Construction to Displace Thousands (April 6, 2010)
A dam being built in Myanmar's northern Kachin State will displace more than fifteen-thousand people, according to the Kachin Development Networking Group. The dam, known as Myitsone, is a joint project between the Myanmar's military government and two Chinese energy companies. The massive dam will inundate sixty-six villages, 766km2 of rainforest and create a reservoir the size of New York City. Controversially, the dam is not being built for Burmese gain; rather, the electricity generated will be exported to China. (IRIN)
President Omar al-Bashir Presses Sudan Election Despite Boycott (April 5, 2010)
Yasir Arman of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement, the chief opposition candidate for president, has withdrawn from the upcoming elections arguing that the electoral process is neither free nor fair. But the US envoy to Sudan, the country's election commission and President Omar al-Bashir have all agreed that the elections must go ahead as planned. Yasir Arman stated that the SPLM will nevertheless be contesting the elections in the south, as they are keen to press ahead with the referendum on secession. (Christian Science Monitor)
US Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation of Western Sahara (April 5, 2010)
The US Senate has stated, with a bipartisan majority, that the United States should endorse Morocco's illegal annexation of Western Sahara. The Senate supports the Moroccan proposal of Western Saharan autonomy not independence. The Senates statement pressures the Obama administration into ignoring numerous UN Security Council resolutions, a landmark decision from the International Court of Justice and the position of the African Union. (Toward Freedom)
Zim's Blood Diamonds to Become Legal (April 4, 2010)
Several human rights organizations allege that human rights violations and smuggling have taken place in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe. Despite this the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is close to allowing the legal sale of stones from the field. (Sunday Independent)
Karzai Rails Against Foreign Presence, Accuses West of Engineering Voter Fraud (April 2, 2010)
The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has made scathing criticisms against UN involvement in Afghanistan. Karzai accused the UN and foreign powers of wanting a "puppet government" and "orchestrating fraud in last year's election." The President's comments highlight the growing distrust of foreign intervention, at a time when thirty-thousand new US-troops are flooding in to the country. (Washington Post)
Tuareg Activist Takes on French Nuclear Company (April 2, 2010)
Almoustapha Alhacen is challenging the French nuclear company, Areva, accusing it of contaminating water resources and causing serious illness in Niger. Areva's total sales of uranium last year totaled $19 billion; however, Arlit - the location of the uranium mine - has received nothing but contaminated wells, radiation poisoning and water shortage. The French company provides scant safety equipment for the mines workers and when diseases arise they attempt to disguise the symptoms as something else. (Spiegel Online)

Social and Economic Policy

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Brazil Threatens Trade Retaliation, Forges New Agreement with US (April 6, 2010)
Officials of the US and Brazil came to an agreement likely to settle a long-standing trade dispute over American cotton subsidies. The landmark agreement staves off Brazilian trade retaliation that could have cost American businesses hundreds of millions of dollars, and marks the first time a country (Brazil) has threatened the suspension of intellectual property rights with authorization from the WTO. In 2008 the WTO found the US subsidies for domestic cotton production to be in violation of global trade laws. (New York Times)
Why the IMF Changed its Mind about Capital Controls (April 5, 2010)
In this short video commentary for the Guardian Kevin P. Gallagher of Tufts University explains the important shift in the International Monetary Fund's official position on the use of capital controls to mitigate financial crises. He goes on to argue that the U.S. government should follow suit, accepting the new policy consensus in economics and ending the practice of outlawing the use of controls in its trade and investment agreements. (Triple Crisis)
EU Raises the Bar on Food Security (April 2, 2010)
The EU has announced a new international emergency food relief policy. It will directly hand out cash or vouchers for food, or buy food from the needy country or nearby. Donors of food aid have been criticized for subordinating humanitarian assistance to political or security objectives. This policy hopes to promote food security in receiving countries by ending the practice whereby donor countries support their domestic farmers and provide subsidized excess grains as food aid - also known as food dumping. While the new policy seems to lean in a positive direction, the framework does not address other important issues such as land grabbing by European firms. The response to the new directives by EU member states is not yet clear.(IRIN)
Africa May Have Lost $1 trillion to Tax Evasion (April 1, 2010)
The EU has announced a new international emergency food relief policy. It will directly hand out cash or vouchers for food, or buy food from the needy country or nearby. Donors of food aid have been criticized for subordinating humanitarian assistance to political or security objectives. This policy hopes to promote food security in receiving countries by ending the practice whereby donor countries support their domestic farmers and provide subsidized excess grains as food aid - also known as food dumping. While the new policy seems to lean in a positive direction, the framework does not address other important issues such as land grabbing by European firms. The response to the new directives by EU member states is not yet clear.(Guardian)
A Blueprint for Redevelopment (April 1, 2010)
At the International Donors Conference for Haiti on March 31, 2010, 132 countries came together to pledge $5.3 billion over the next two years for reconstruction and $9 billion for longer terms needs. Many are concerned that the action plan will be foreign led and top down, and questions have be raised as to the best method of fund allocation. Nevertheless former president Bill Clinton will partner up with Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, to head the Haiti Recovery Commission, a centralizing structure to organize the actions of many aid organizations working in the country. (IRIN)

Globalization

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From Copenhagen to Cochabamba (March 31, 2010)
In the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, government representatives and thousands of activists will gather for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. The April 19-22 conference was announced as an alternative platform to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that convened last in Copenhagen. Many in the global environmental movement urge alternative proposals and new models to mitigate climate change, and the conference in Cochabamba hopes to provide them. (TerraViva)

International Justice

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Lebanon Looks for Cover as Tribunal Takes on Hezbollah (April 6, 2010)
Since the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri in 2005, the primary focus of the investigation by the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been on Syria. Last week, however, UN investigators questioned several Hezbollah members in connection with the murder. This suggests that the UN Tribunal has shifted its attention to the Shiite organization. The new concern in Lebanon is that any indictment by the Tribunal of a Hezbollah member could politically destabilize the country. (Ya Libnan)
International Criminal Court Doesn't Need Power over 'Aggression' (says former Bush official) (April 2, 2010)
Stephen G. Rademaker is Senior Counsel at the lobbying firm BGR Government Affairs and former Assistant Secretary of State during the Bush administration. He argues in this Washington Post column that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should not expand its jurisdiction to include the "crime of aggression" at the Review Conference on the ICC Statute which will take place in May in Kampala, Uganda. He believes it would be bad for the United States, as it would enable the Court to prosecute leaders of any country that commits aggression on the territory of a member state. In other words, it would make it harder for the US to commit such crimes in the future. (Washington Post)
Serbian Parliament's Srebrenica Apology Hailed, Criticized (March 31, 2010)
On 30 March 2010, the Serbian parliament condemned the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 and offered a formal apology to the families of the victims. The apology has been hailed by the European Union and human rights activists as a step toward reconciliation in the Balkans. At the same time it is being criticized by both Serbs and Srebrenica survivors. Some Serbs argue that the declaration unfairly singles out their community as violators of war crimes during the Bosnian war. Some Srebrenica survivors argue that the declaration is meaningless as it avoids the word "genocide." The International Court of Justice ruled in 2007 that the Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide. (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Court Authorizes Inquiry of Kenyans (March 31, 2010)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo to open formal criminal investigations into Kenya's post-election violence in 2007. This is the first case in which the prosecutor decided to start investigations on his own authority. The ICC stepped in after the country's political leaders refused to set up a special tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the killings. Several of the suspected perpetrators of the violence are high-ranking government ministers. The question remains whether the Kenyan suspects will arrive at the court anytime soon. (New York Times)

Nations & States

Opinion: East Africa Integration Deserves Support (March 24, 2010)2010)
The East African Community - Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi - has formed a free trade area and a customs union. It has also scheduled a shared currency, the East African shilling, for 2015. The Rwandan government is even promoting a switch from French to English to gain a common language with its partners. International support for integration in East Africa has so far only been rhetorical, with few Western leaders providing material support to match their lofty words. (Global Post)

NGOs

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Study: Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Civil Society Organizations (February 2010)
The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations (CSOs) and the communities they serve. Based on responses from 640 NGOs worldwide, this UN-funded survey measures the impact of crises on the operating capacity of CSOs. It discusses strategies adopted by CSOs to address diminished funding support due to the global economic downturn, and it also examines CSO efforts in maintaining and strengthening their social-service delivery capacities during crises periods. (Friedrich Ebert Siftung New York; NGO Committee for Social Development; Sisters of Charity Federation; Marianists International)

UN Finance

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Updated Tables on Member States' Assessments, Payments and Debts to the UN Budget - December 2009
GPF's updated tables and charts show UN members' contributions and debts to the UN regular and peacekeeping budgets. As of December 31, 2009, the total debt of all member states to the UN regular budget was $335 million. The United States owed 88 percent of the total - $294 million. In the peacekeeping operations area, UN members owed $1,853 million, with the US owing $523 million.

UN Reform

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Sarkozy is Tougher on the UN than Obama (March 11, 2010)
Once again urging reform of the UN, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that global problems may be in practice better addressed through selective participation of UN member states. Sarkozy expressed his frustrations on the default practice of UN negotiations, as he argues that the need for "consensus and simultaneous negotiation" among member states are factors which delay and hinder international action. Such dynamics, according to Sarkozy, contributed to unsuccessful climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. (The Foundry)

Iraq

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Wikileaks Reveals Video Showing US Air Crew Shooting Down Iraqi Civilians (April 5, 2010)
"Hahaha. I hit 'em" and "oh yeah, look at those dead bastards" - the reaction of two US military personnel on the morning of July 12, 2007 when their Apache helicopter, using 30mm cannon fire, killed a dozen civilians in Iraq. Initially the US military claimed that the helicopters had "reacted to an active firefight" and that the dead were insurgents. However, graphic video released by Wikileaks shows that there was no shooting or even the pointing of weapons by civilians on the ground before they were attacked by US forces. (Guardian)
Battling the Inner Demons of War (March 25, 2010)
In 2009, 334 US soldiers committed suicide, more than double the 149 soldiers killed in combat in Iraq. Approximately one in five US soldiers returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq have battled traumatic neuroses, with many young veterans describing constant and overwhelming feelings of "guilt, panic and rage." In 2008, military doctors discovered that each month, around 1,000 veterans attempt suicide, and confirmed that 300,000 veterans suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. (Spiegel Online)

Empire?

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US Special Forces 'Tried to Cover-Up' Botched Khataba Raid in Afghanistan (April 5, 2010)
On February 12, US and Afghan Special Forces stormed a home in Khataba village, eastern Afghanistan based on "reliable information in search of a Taliban insurgent." The "botched" night raid resulted in two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a police officer and his brother being shot while shouting their innocence. After the shooting US Special Forces soldiers proceeded to dig the bullets out of the victims bodies and wash their wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what occurred. NATO has admitted responsibility for the deaths but denies there has been a cover-up. (The Times)
Not Just Guantanamo: US Torturing Muslim Pre-Trial Detainee in New York City (April 3, 2010)
International standards of human rights have banned the practice of extended isolation, considering it a form of torture. The UN has repeatedly condemned the US for its widespread of extended isolation. Syed Fahad Hashmi, a New Yorker with suspected links to Al Qaeda, has been kept in total pre-trial isolation in New York City for the last three years. Medical testimony states that a person's mental state begins collapsing after just 60 days in isolation. (Huffington Post)
More Dark Truths from Guantanamo as Five Innocent Men are Freed (April 1, 2010)
After eight years of imprisonment without charge or trial, five former Guantanamo prisoners have finally been released to begin new lives in Switzerland and Georgia. All five men were cleared on two or three separate occasions, but they could not released until new place of residence had been found, as they feared "torture or ill-treatment" if returned to their homeland. The story is similar for 101 of the 183 prisoners of Guantanamo Bay who have been cleared for release by Obama's taskforce, but at present have no country prepared to grant them residency. (Truthout)
Tighter Rules Fail to Stem Deaths of Innocent Afghans at Checkpoints (March 26, 2010)
"We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat" stated General Stanley A. McChrystal, senior US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, in response to questions about civilian deaths in the country. Since mid-2009, US and NATO soldiers have killed 30 innocent Afghans and wounded 80 more at military checkpoints and driving convoy operations. The actual figure is probably much higher, as these numbers do not include shooting deaths caused by convoys guarded by private security contractors. (New York Times)
US Investigators Winding Down Inquiry of Destroyed CIA Tapes (March 25, 2010)
In November 2005 Jose A. Rodriguez, the former chief of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, ordered the destruction of 92 tapes which recorded the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects Abu Zubaida and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Assistant US Attorney John H Durhamhas has been examining whether the tapes were destroyed in anticipation of a congressional or federal investigation, which could violate obstruction of justice laws. (Washington Post)

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