Topic: POLITIK - on August 10, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Malaysia's brain-damaged government declares H1N1 flu is caused by masturbation and homosexuality.
Every so often there's a story on the global health circuit that is so absurd, it causes our proverbial record to scratch. Like the time that South Africa's former Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, said that ingesting lemon juice and potatoes could help treat HIV. Or when evangelical groups like Word Relief, who received millions of U.S. federal dollars in PEPFAR funding under President George W. Bush, told people in countries like Mozambique, Kenya and Haiti that condoms don't work to prevent STDs.
Well, now it's time to count Malaysia's government-run news service as part of the global health lie factory. Today they're out with an article from a physician that says homosexuality and masturbation make the body an easy target for Swine Flu (otherwise known as H1N1). The scary part is that the news service in question, Bernama, runs their stories in nearly every part of the country. Lies and misinformation, get ready to spread.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 8, 2009 at 1:44:00 PM CEST
Fragen Sie mich was anderes, sonst leg ich auf!
Sie zog sich aus für "Penthouse" und wohnte im "Big Brother"-Container - jetzt dient Kader Loth als Frauenbeauftragte der Pauli-Partei. Im Interview kündigt die 36-Jährige an, die gesellschaftliche Stellung der Frauen verbessern zu wollen. Und rügt: "Die Männer haben meistens wenig Zeit für uns."
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 27, 2009 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
Schmidt soll Dienstwagen-Einsatz im Urlaub erklären
Der in Spanien gestohlene Dienstwagen von Ulla Schmidt wird das Parlament beschäftigen. Der Chef des Haushaltsausschusses im Bundestag, Otto Fricke, will wissen: Wieso hat die Gesundheitsministerin den Wagen überhaupt mit in den Urlaub genommen?
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 27, 2009 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
German minister in stolen car row
The German health minister, Ulla Schmidt, has been criticised after her official car was stolen in Spain, where she was using it during her vacation.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 2, 2009 at 10:40:00 AM CEST
Schwarzenegger ruft finanziellen Notstand aus
Das Haushaltsloch in Kalifornien wird immer größer: Gouverneur Schwarzenegger beziffert das Defizit auf 26,3 Milliarden Dollar. Der Republikaner hat jetzt den Finanznotstand ausgerufen - und als erste Sparmaßnahme unbezahlten Zwangsurlaub für mehr als 200.000 Staatangestellte angeordnet.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 22, 2009 at 5:46:00 PM CEST
SPD-Austrittserklärung von Julia Reda
Julia Reda, 22 Jahre, hat via Mail die Bitte geäußert, Ihre Austrittserklärung aus der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands hier zu veröffentlichen um aufzuzeigen, daß nicht nur J.Tauss, J.Kantel und meine Person -aus gegebenen Anlass- ausgetreten sind.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 21, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM CEST
Tauss will als Pirat im Bundestag bleiben
Aus Protest: Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Jörg Tauss hat der SPD den Rücken gekehrt. Auslöser sei die Zustimmung der Partei zu den Internet-Sperren zur Eindämmung von Kinderpornografie. Sein Bundestagsmandat will er behalten - und zur Piratenpartei wechseln.
spiegel.de heise.de Causa Jörg Tauss - Ergebnisse nach einer Stunde Internetrecherche
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 21, 2009 at 11:12:00 AM CEST
German Member of Parliament Joins Pirate Party
Jörg Tauss, a member of the German Parliament (Bundestag), left the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is part of the coalition government, and announced that he is joining the German Pirate Party (Google translation; original German article). Tauss resigned from the SPD after all but four of the party's members voted for a new censorship law, which passed the parliament on Thursday.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 20, 2009 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
PETA Protests Obama Fly Murder
PETA was the only group not laughing when Barack Obama killed a fly this week. The Obama fly swatting on CNBC forced PETA to speak out against Obama yesterday. PETA took a while to slam
President Obama for fly murder, but finally got around to condemning Obama for his war-mongering on flies. They even had a gift for Obama so he can treat flies more humanely next time.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 21, 2009 at 11:51:00 AM CEST
'Rip off' mayor elected
A Croatian politician has been swept to power after promising voters he would rip them off at every opportunity.
Bare-faced Josko Risa was voted in as mayor in Prolozac with a landslide victory using the slogan: "All for me - nothing for you."
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 3, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM CEST
Angela Merkel in her underwear stops traffic
Berliners on the city's main shopping drag, the "Ku'damm", were greeted Thursday with an unusual sight: a giant mocked-up image of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a matching purple bra and knicker set.
The 100-metre-square (1,000-square-foot) image of the half-naked world leader is part of a nationwide advertising campaign for an underwear company aiming to cash in on the success of a "cash-for-clunkers" scheme for old cars.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 3, 2009 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
an age old american argument
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