Topic: POLITIK - on June 9, 2010 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Staat zahlt 442 Millionen Euro für Kirchengehälter
Die Bundesregierung spart und streicht, doch kirchliche Gehälter verschont sie. Die Bezüge werden seit 200 Jahren vom Staat getragen, und niemand scheint daran etwas ändern zu wollen - obwohl 2009 fast eine halbe Milliarde Euro gezahlt wurde.
Update: Hier hat mal jemand ausgerechnet, wieviel Subventionen die Kirchen so jährlich von uns kriegen. Es sind deutlich mehr als die 10 Milliarden, die der Staat gerade den Ärmsten in unserer Gesellschaft aus der Tasche ziehen will.
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Topic: BP - on June 9, 2010 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
'The Rig's on Fire! I Told You This Was Gonna Happen!'
"Are you fucking happy? Are you fucking happy? The rig's on fire! I told you this was gonna happen."
Whoever was on the other end of the line was apparently trying to calm Harrell down. "I am fucking calm," he went on, according to Buzbee. "You realize the rig is burning?"
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Topic: BP - on June 9, 2010 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term
BP, facing a tidal wave of bad publicity over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is buying search terms on internet search engines to point users to the company's official public relations crisis page.
Searches on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft's Bing for "oil spill," "Gulf oil spill," or related phrases deliver a "sponsored link" at the top of the search results page to BP.com and the message: "Learn more about how BP is helping."
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 9, 2010 at 12:22:00 PM CEST
RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion
LimeWire owes the major record labels one point five trillion dollars, at a conservative estimate. At least, that's what an RIAA lawyer says. He also wants LimeWire shut down and its assets frozen, says Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs The People blog
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