U.S. Troops to Afghanistan: A Waiting Game Oct 31, 2009
If Obama and the Democrat Socialist party have their way you would be deprived of it. by rwsmith29456 October 30, 2009 11:12 PM EDT. (CBS News)
* Jacques Chirac told to stand trial for embezzlement Oct 31, 2009
These are old stories and, today, Jacques Chirac probably has lots of things on his conscience but at the same time he has given a lot to the country, said Segolene Royal, a former candidate for president from the Socialist Party, which opposes Chirac. He deserves to be left alone, but justice must be the same for everyone. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Chirac Faces Charges. French Shrug. Oct 31, 2009
"Today, he's a man who deserves to be left alone." Socialist Party spokesman Beno t Hamon also voiced concern about a trial. "There are laws to uphold, but it's true it doesn't to the image of France much good abroad when one of its former presidents is hauled up in court," he said. (Time.com)
Chirac faces 'trust' trial Oct 31, 2009
The opposition Socialist Party said the decision to pursue Chirac said the case showed the importance of France's independent investigating magistrates, an institution which Sarkozy plans to abolish. These magistrates opened an inquiry into Chirac's running of city hall in 1999 after receiving a complaint alleging widespread abuses, including graft, illegal party financing and destruction of evidence. (iAfrica.com)
Blair's chances of winning EU president role slip Oct 30, 2009
"The criteria put forward by the European socialist party to express a preference for the high representative job sounds very reasonable to me," Zapatero said. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Pelosi's biggest one yet! 1,990 pages... Oct 30, 2009
Pelousi is no Nazi, but as she is a socialist (National Socialist Party is official title of Nazis) and a progressive (same as a socialist) the patriot (not activist) with the bullhorn wins this match. I doubt the patriot was representing (for) insurance companies. (The Drudge Report)
Senegal admits IMF 'money gift' Oct 28, 2009
Aissata Tall Sall, spokeswoman for the Socialist Party, said the government had "exposed its true nature to the rest of the world". She called for international sanctions and said it was unacceptable for the IMF and government to consider the issue closed. (BBC News -- Africa)
* Obamas prize: a worthwhile risk for peace Oct 27, 2009
Michel Rocard, former prime minister of France and leader of the Socialist Party, is a member of the European Parliament. COPYRIGHT: PROJECT SYNDICATE This story has been viewed 287 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
France approves broadside to digital pirates Oct 26, 2009
The Socialist Party had referred the law to the Constitutional Court but the left was also divided with many artists traditionally following the party but also supporting the right wing government's move. The court had blocked the law once but this time only rejected an article which allowed for damages to be claimed from digital pirates. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Rivals headed to runoff vote in Uruguay Oct 26, 2009
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Jose Mujica, the candidate of the ruling socialist party, gained about 48 percent of the votes cast in yesterday s presidential election but not enough to avoid a runoff against the former president, Luis Alberto Lacalle, exit polls indicated. Mujica had to get 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. (Boston Globe)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
Andy G on October 25, 2009 at 12:26 PM You got your wish in 1997 when a National Socialist party won - they just lied and called themselves New Labour. They are worse than the socialist Hitler though, at least he was actually pro-German. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
GARY WALKER: The big lie about President Obama Oct 24, 2009
Hitler deplored socialism and, shortly after coming to power, outlawed the German socialist party, along with all other political parties. Moreover, at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936, Hitler refused to shake hands with the African-American gold medalist track star, Jesse Owens, solely because of his race. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Could IRA splinter groups bring back Northern Ireland's Troubles? Oct 24, 2009
Could IRA splinter groups bring back Northern Ireland's Troubles. A police forensic officer examines the scene of a car bomb in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 16. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Sarkozy son renounces top job after nepotism row Oct 23, 2009
" His decision is a setback for his father, who had defended his son even saying he had been "thrown to the wolves" despite concern among his own rightwing supporters who feared a voter backlash. Opposition Socialist party spokesman Benoit Hamon said Jean's decision showed that "the president of the republic has retreated under the pressure of the indignation of an immense majority of the French". The row over Jean Sarkozy began just days after Sarkozy faced a major row over his culture... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Sarkozy's Son Renounces Job After Nepotism Charges... Oct 23, 2009
France's main opposition Socialist Party had formally urged the president "to abandon this disastrous project that has already made France a laughing stock among democracies.". Dubbed "Prince Jean" by the press, Sarkozy junior has risen from a little-known Sorbonne University student to a major player in his father's former fiefdom in fewer than two years. (The Drudge Report)
Polanski Loses Swiss Freedom Appeal Oct 21, 2009
I'm so left-wing that I am (literall 00004000 y) a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party USA. But, I too, am tired of the pretentious artsy-fartsy "artistes" and other foo-foos who think they are better than anyone else. People who think they are better than others are rightists, not leftists. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
SENATE HEALTH BILL: 1,502 PAGES Oct 20, 2009
He says it is so bad and that the middle class will be so slammed by the enormous increases in their healthcare costs and the deterioration of their healthcare services, that they will en mass abandon the d-crat socialist party and might even elect SARAH PALIN in 2012. Since I have no doubt the loonies will ignore the majority of Americans and let their ideologues ram their horrific plan up our A, I certainly hope Reich is right about that Palin part. (The Drudge Report)
Sex Tourism Opens New Wounds for French Elite: Celestine Bohlen Oct 20, 2009
the Socialist party candidate who ran against Sarkozy in 2007 was the unmarried mother of four children. President Mitterrand had a mistress and a daughter whose existence was an open secret among the Paris elite. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Ancient town in France is terrorized by anarchist unrest Oct 18, 2009
Mayor Alain Claeys, from the opposition Socialist Party, suggested to Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux that his ministry s intelligence agents should have picked up signals that the ultraleftists were planning something. Joining many other Poitiers residents, he said those who organized the destruction must have come from outside the city, perhaps even outside France. (Boston Globe)
Opposition Grows to Tony Blair's Bid for E.U. President Oct 16, 2009
Fran;ois Hollande, the former first secretary of the French Socialist Party, has dismissed the idea of a Blair candidacy. The first president of Europe, he said, should be "politically autonomous from the U.S.". (Time.com)
Sarkozy and morality: We're in it up to here Oct 16, 2009
At a time when France is working with Thailand to combat the scourge of sex tourism, declared Beno t Hamon, Socialist Party spokesman, along comes a government minister explaining that he is himself a consumer of it. Were this the only saga, it might have blown over. (The Economist)
Italy fury at 'Taliban pay' claim Oct 16, 2009
France's Socialist Party opposition said Defence Minister Herve Morin should appear before parliament's defence committee to provide an explanation. Italy also denied a separate element of the Times' report, which said the US ambassador had submitted a formal complaint after discovering Italians had been buying off insurgents in the far-west Herat province. (BBC News -- South Asia)
* Clinton urges UK to complete model Irish peace process Oct 13, 2009
it has concluded that the armed struggle is over, Martin McMonagle, a spokesman for the INLAs political ally the Irish Republican Socialist Party, said at an event in Bray, a seaside resort south of Dublin. Together with moves by pro-British militant groups earlier this year to disarm, the INLA announcement showed growing political stability, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
There's Something About Berlusconi Oct 13, 2009
As a result, all the major political parties and all the leading political figures vanished overnight, sometimes literally: Bettino Craxi, leader of the Italian socialist party for nearly 20 years, fled to Tunisia to escape prison and eventually died in exile. Berlusconi stepped into the vacuum and promised to talk about issues no one else had dared touchnotably mass immigration from North Africaand to deal with problems no one else could solve, including the convoluted tax laws and... (Slate)
Murder at Portugal's polls Oct 12, 2009
Police launched a manhunt after the Socialist Party candidate, Antonio Cunha, allegedly killed Maximino Clemente (57) the husband of the regional council president, a member of the centre-right PSD party. The governor of Vila Real region, Alexandro Chaves, said Clemente was killed after an "exchange of fire" half an hour before the polls opened in the town of Fervenca. (iAfrica.com)
Opponents to peace in N. Ireland are ‘out of step’, Clinton says Oct 12, 2009
The INLA-linked Irish Republican Socialist Party made the announcement at its annual parade near Dublin in honor of their movement s founder, Seamus Costello. INLA officials said the announcement was not timed to coincide with Clinton s visit. (Boston Globe)
Clinton stresses strong U.S.-Britain relations Oct 12, 2009
A representative of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) said: "The objective of a 32-county socialist republic will be best achieved exclusively through political, peaceful means.". The U.S. diplomat later flew to Dublin for talks with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
IRA splinter group renouncing violence Oct 12, 2009
The INLA-linked Irish Republican Socialist Party made the announcement at its annual parade near Dublin in honor of their movement's founder, Seamus Costello. He was shot to death by an Irish Republican Army member in the capital in October 1977. (Athens Banner-Herald)
'Armed struggle is over' - INLA Oct 12, 2009
An Irish Republican Socialist Party member read out the statement ... The statement was issued through its political wing, the Irish Republican Socialist Party, at an event in Bray, County Wicklow on Sunday. (BBC News -- Europe)
IRA Splinter Group to Renounce Violence Oct 12, 2009
The officials said the statement, to be read by a member of the INLA-linked Irish Republican Socialist Party, would commit the underground group to observe "exclusively peaceful means" and to deliver weaponry to Canadian Gen. John de Chastelain, leader of an international commission that oversees the disarmament of illegal groups. The INLA was born amid bloody internal feuding within Irish Republican Army circles in Belfast, Londonderry and Dublin in the mid-1970s. (CBS News)
Today in History - Oct. 10 Oct 11, 2009
Ten years ago: Portugal's governing Socialist Party was returned to power by a comfortable margin in a general election. Six college students getting out of their cars or walking along a highway on their way to a fraternity party at Texas A&M University were struck and killed by a pickup truck whose driver had fallen asleep. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Power Breakfast: Strategic hiring, Obama peace prize, state revenue drops Oct 10, 2009
President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize Before everyone gets crazy about why/how this could happen, consider this: four of the five members of the voting committee are socialist party, labour party or progress party members. Only one is in the Norwegian Conservative Party. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
The French Culture Minister: A Friend to Polanski — and Young Boys Too? Oct 9, 2009
Socialist Party spokesman Beno t Hamon echoed Le Pen's criticism of the Culture Minister. Hamon said he was "violently shocked that a man could justify sexual tourism under the cover of literature." He also lamented that even as France and Thailand work together to halt Western exploitation of Asian sex workers, "here comes a government minister to explain how he himself is a consumer of it." Several other Socialist Party officials expressed concerns and demanded Mitterrand explain himself or... (Time.com)
What France Is Debating While America Tackles Health Care Oct 9, 2009
Some Socialist Party politicians have called for the head of France Telecoms CEO, who has since had to report to the government over the issue. My response was that suicide is a highly personal decision. (Townhall.com)
No paedophilia - minister Oct 9, 2009
Leading Socialist Party figures quickly piled in. "It appears impossible for the prime minister and the president to keep him in the government, now that they know about his defence of and confession to reprehensible sexual practices," Socialist lawmaker Arnaud de Montebourg said. (iAfrica.com)
Look at the solutions; which will work for us? Oct 9, 2009
He was an American socialist and pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America ... He went on to say I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Swiss attack French 'scum' Oct 8, 2009
The Haute-Savoie local branch of France's opposition Socialist party also denounced the advertisement as "xenophobic.". AFP. (iAfrica.com)
* Better the Right you know Oct 8, 2009
Although the Socialist party chief held on to power, voters clipped his wings, leaving him heading a minority administration ... Asked if the French Socialist party could survive, he said: It is already dead. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Greece's new PM announces priorities of cabinet Oct 8, 2009
ATHENS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) - The cabinet of Greece's socialist party PASOK which won Sunday's general elections in the country was sworn in on Wednesday morning and the new ministers took over from their conservative predecessors in a series of official ceremonies that lasted until afternoon. During the first cabinet meeting Wednesday, the new prime minister George Papandreou announced the basic principles, core values and priorities of his government. (Xinhuanet, China)
Anti-War Movements in the U.S. Oct 7, 2009
At the start of World War I, Socialists and isolationists opposed the draft on the grounds of civil liberties: Charles Schenck, the general secretary of the Socialist Party of America, was convicted of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 for distributing leaflets urging men to resist the draft. In the famous Schenck v. the United States, Schenck argued (unsuccessfully) that conscription was the equivalent of "involuntary servitude" and thus prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment. (Time.com)
France Telecom Names Richard as Deputy CEO, Replacing Wenes After Suicides Oct 5, 2009
Frances opposition Socialist Party called for Lombards resignation last week, while industry minister said that the companys management was without a doubt a bit accountable for the situation. Finance Minister said Oct. 1 she has full and complete confidence in Lombard after they met in Paris to discuss the suicides. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Greek Socialists defy Europe's shift to right Oct 5, 2009
"We bear a great responsibility to change the course of the country. . . . We know that we can make it," Papandreou, a former foreign minister, told jubilant supporters lighting flares and waving flags outside the Socialist party headquarters in central Athens ... 7 percent of votes counted showed PASOK, the acronym by which the Socialist party is known, winning with 43. (AZCentral -- News)
Greek Socialist leader oversees party's return to power Oct 5, 2009
By Demetris Nellas, Associated Press ATHENS Two years ago, when George Papandreou led Greece's Socialist party to its worst election result in three decades, he was widely derided as an ineffective politician ... But his loss to Karamanlis in the 2004 election and Papandreou's distancing himself from the record of the Simitis government cooled the initial enthusiasm and soured his relations with a segment of the Socialist party ... Greek Socialist Party leader George Papandreou, bottom right, is... (Florida Today)
Greeks head to polls for early elections Oct 4, 2009
Early elections were called in response to mounting pressure from Socialist Party ... Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis called for early elections in response to pressure from opposition Socialist Party ... But Socialist party leader insisted on new elections before the end of President Karolos Papoulias' term as president in February. (CNN -- International)
Across Europe, the left loses clout Oct 4, 2009
In France, the once-powerful Socialist Party is in crisis for lack of a personality to rally around. The party had its heyday under the 14-year presidency of Fran. (Boston Globe)
EU Treaty Finally Wins Irish Approval Oct 4, 2009
Ireland's Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins - one of the few elected Irish politicians to campaign against the treaty - blamed what he called "one of the most unequal and unbalanced campaigns in our history," including the intervention from Ryanair and Intel. Anti-treaty campaigners sought to maximize anti-EU passions by claiming that an empowered Brussels would raise Ireland's taxes, slash its minimum wage, force its soldiers into a European army and legalize abortion and euthanasia. (CBS News -- World)
Irish vote again on European Union reform treaty Oct 2, 2009
Socialist Party opponent of treaty, http://www. joehiggins. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Leftist Capitalism Oct 2, 2009
eIBD Investor's Business Daily Digital Edition. Access recent eIBD issues easily. (Investors Business Daily)
History repeats, if not heeded Oct 1, 2009
Finally the leader of the National Socialist Party, Adolph Hitler, was made chancellor. He preached authoritarianism, racism, militarism and radical nationalism. (Longview Daily News, WA)
U.S. care isn't best, or even close Oct 1, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009. Many others assert the same thing We are the best while decrying attempts to improve/reform the system. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Socialism takes a hit in Europe Sep 30, 2009
"It explains why the SPD, which was always the major socialist party in Europe, cannot really coalesce." ... The French Socialist Party "is trapped in a hopeless contradiction," said Tony Judt, director of the Remarque Institute at New York University ... "It explains why the SPD, which was always the major socialist party in Europe, cannot really coalesce.". (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
France Telecom boss under fire over staff suicides Sep 30, 2009
"Rather than stepping up his PR efforts, we believe a responsible business leader should resign. That is the only possible outcome to this case right now," said Benoit Hamon, spokesman for the Socialist Party. "We need a strong symbolic gesture within the company to get labour relations back on the rails," said Bruno Le Roux, head of the Socialist group in the National Assembly. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Clinton Conspiracy Sep 30, 2009
Now the Socialist Party dropped lost 50 percent of its support from 33 to 22, and now she has a coalition with the conservatives and for the first time Germany has a right-wing government. HANNITY: She's going to cut taxes. (Fox News)
Graham: We're Walking a Road to Armageddon Sep 30, 2009
you should study the history of the national socialist party ... by jgg00009 September 27, 2009 5:20 PM EDT you should study the history of the national socialist party ... Germany's National Socialist Party was a bunch of Nazi fascists. (CBS News)
In German election, party with roots in the communist East could make waves Sep 26, 2009
As Lederer says about the communist past of his party: "Yes, that is a problem. We've moved from a Stalinist party to a democratic socialist party. We've had to be responsible for a history that is still a living memory. But that's a significant evolution and we bring that experience of rethinking and evolving to the table.". But opponents and some Germans worry that Die Linke's ideology is not entirely divorced from its darker East German history. (Christian Science Monitor)
* Sports Briefs Sep 24, 2009
Romario, who retired from soccer last year but remained in the headlines because of personal problems, said he had not decided yet whether to run for a legislative post for the small Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) in elections next year. I could be a candidate but my goal is to help children and sport, Romario told reporters after an affiliation ceremony at a Rio de Janeiro hotel. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
World Cup winner Romario to enter politics Sep 24, 2009
The 43-year-old, who scored 70 goals in 80 games for Brazil and was part of the 1994 World Cup-winning squad, was to join the Socialist Party and stand in the 2010 federal elections, the daily O Globo reported on Tuesday ... The next step: Romario (centre) accompanied by Brazilian Socialist Party members announcing his attention to run for Parliament. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Rising Amid Squalor, Senegal Monument Stirs Anger Sep 24, 2009
Abdoulaye Elimane Kane, a former culture minister and spokesman for the main opposition Socialist Party, said it reminds him of statues in North Korea _ which he visited while a Cabinet member _ and not of African art. br>The statue has also drawn complaints from Muslims _ who make up 94 percent of Senegal's population _ because of Islamic prohibitions on works that represent the human form. (CBS News -- World)
Romario begins political career Sep 23, 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Soccer legend Romario officially announced on Tuesday his entrance into politics, joining the Brazilian Socialist Party of Rio de Janeiro. "I am honored to be part of the party. They have shown that they are serious about their commitments," said the former player who scored more than 1,000 goals in his career. (Xinhuanet, China)
Leighton Steward, an advocate of carbon dioxide emissions, gave a detailed presentation at a recent Rotary Club meeting. Sep 23, 2009
Brian wrote on Sep 22, 2009 2:21 PM:" Darrell has it right. There may not be a real "crisis" going on, but as the current administration has said, " Don't let a crisis go to waste" (or something to that effect, for you sticklers out there that will point out that I am wrong, even though the context is correct). It is all about the taxes and a way to control us. It is part of the socialist agena, and always will be. The entire green movement is a front for the socialist party. Anyone not believe... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Behind the scenes Sep 22, 2009
They include Mr Sarkozy, then interior minister under President Jacques Chirac, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then a Socialist Party notable and now head of the IMF in Washington. Others from across the political spectrum included such people as Jean-Pierre Chev;nement, another left-winger, Alain Madelin, a liberal former finance minister, and Brice Hortefeux, the current interior minister. (The Economist)
The International Monetary Fund: Back from the dead Sep 22, 2009
His Keynesian instincts (he hails from France s Socialist Party) proved right for the times. His call for a global fiscal stimulus in January 2008, for instance, now seems prescient. (The Economist)
Europe Fund Law `To Cost $2.8 Billion' in Year One, Industry Survey Says Sep 21, 2009
the Danish former prime minister whose Socialist Party president introduced the legislation, said this month that the proposal may need tightening. . (Bloomberg -- UK)
Mrs. Sarah Palin - From Missouri? Sep 19, 2009
She does not belong to the political class (or party, if you will), the Progressive Party, the Oppressive Party, the Redistribution Party, the Half-Truth Party, the Corruption Party, the Reimagining Party, the Socialist Party, the Elite Party, the Taking-by-Fiat Party, the Gun-Control Party, the Law-Breaking Party, the Big Government Party, or the Aborting Party. So what Sarah Palin needs now is liberty and opportunity (still not bad objectives for the USA). (Missourian Publishing, MO)
French 'pass' piracy legislation Sep 16, 2009
The ruling majority UMP voted in favour but the Socialist Party has already announced that they will appeal to the Constitutional Court once again. An earlier version of the bill was ruled unconstitutional and a compromise version was hammered out. (BBC News -- Europe)
