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Talk:USL football: Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes

This article doesn't mention the country, the sport, or the date that this supposedly took place. --216.75.93.110 20:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Too late post publish to change that now with a content change, unfortunately. Cirt (talk) 11:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Even with the categories?Kingjeff (talk) 14:03, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Added cats. Cirt (talk) 12:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

help by translation
Ladies and Gentlemen, I need your help. I can understand the passage "for a first round pick in next year's draft and cash" does not translate into English. Here it seems to technical terms to act, which no translation dictionary knows. Even me as a football fan, they are not known. Greetings Franz --80.130.241.150 21:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Can anybody help me? Greetings --Franz - (talk) 16:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi. Probably you should mention that you are translating this text for the German wikinews (from English to German) and that, apparently, nobody is able to translate this piece of text into German. Could anyone please explain the very last part of the last sentence such that it becomes more comprehensible to people whose mother tongue is German? Greetings from de.wikinews --Angela H. - (talk) 16:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Amerikanische Sport-Ligen halten "Drafts" ab, bei denen die Mannschaften aus einem Pool von Spielern auswählen dürfen. Sagen wir, es gibt 100 Spieler und 10 Mannschaften. Die Reihenfolge, in der die Mannschaften zum Zuge kommen ändert sich jedes Jahr. Bei der ersten Runde darf sich also jede Mannschaft der Reihe nach einen Spieler aussuchen, dann geht das Ganze von vorne Los. Logischerweise gehen die besten Spieler zuerst weg. "[F]or a first round pick in next year's draft and cash" bedeutet also hier, das eine Mannschaft ihr Recht, in der ersten Runde einen Spieler unter Vertrag zu nehmen, an eine andere Mannschaft abtritt und gleichzeitig noch etwas ("cash) bezahlt. --+Deprifry+ 17:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Vielen Dank für die ausführliche Erklärung! Ich hatte mir schon den Kopf zerbrochen, Franz wohl auch, und es gab auf de.wikinews einfach niemanden, der den Satz verstanden hatte und uns das erklären konnte. Vielleicht wissen wir einfach auch zu wenig über die amerikanischen Sport-Ligen... Viele Grüße --Angela H. - (talk) 17:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

"In other transaction, Toronto FC traded Right Winger Ronnie O'Brien to San Jose Earthquakes for a First Round Pick in next year's draft and cash."

Lets start off with definitions. Maybe this will help find the appropriate German words.

 * transaction: The meaning of this is trades, contract signing, transfers etc. In this case, it was a trade or a player exchange transfer. Trade is the more common name for it.
 * Right Winger: This is a position as many of you should know.
 * Draft Picks: This is where all the teams get together with the league and the teams get to pick players where they have the right to negotiate a contract with the player. The draft pick was the first round draft pick. I hope this can help with translations. Kingjeff - (talk) 15:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi. The main problem was that none in de.wikinews knew anything about the choice of players for the league (and about the name "draft picks" which was separated in the article's last sentence and also close to the "cash"). Thanks for your help. --Angela H. - (talk) 12:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Additional categories
Category:Toronto, Ontario and Category:Ontario should be added. Kingjeff - (talk) 04:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. Cirt - (talk) 22:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:2008 Major League Soccer season needs to be added. Kingjeff - (talk) 21:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Brian McNeil / talk 09:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

4 things need to be done. Kingjeff (talk) 04:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Add Category:2008 United Soccer Leagues season.
 * 2) Change title to 2008 USL First Division: Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes.
 * 3) Add Category:Vancouver, British Columbia
 * 4) Default sort for categories should be First Division:Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes
 * 5) Add Category:2008 Canada Cup of Soccer


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Human rights
I guess I'll leave it, as it is archived, but Human Rights? Isn't that a bit strong for something like this? --SVTCobra 23:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, probably better to leave it as it is archived. A better box to use in the future for this kind of thing would probably be Infobox Internet.  Cirt (talk) 23:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:".asia" domain applications near 300,000 on opening of registration

Why is it only available until March 12th for registration? Sounds weird to me. You can register a .com domain whenever you wish. What do you think? --80.133.105.235 20:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It should be the "Landrush", a website bidding. See Here. Brock contact... 11:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


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Did anyone get photos or videos from inside? I found this site for posting but it's empty www.edisonriot.com


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Wikinews interviews U.S. Constitution Party presidential candidate Max Riekse

March 1, 2008

Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Max Riekse, one of the candidates for the Constitution Party nomination for the 2008 United States presidential election.

Riekse is a retired decorated United States Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who served in both the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He is also a former public school teacher and Assistant Professor of Military Science at Western Michigan University. He has a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of South Florida as well as two M.A.s, one in Political Science and International Relations, the other in Eductaion and History. Both are from Western Michigan University.

We asked him if he thinks he has a good shot at winning the Constitution Party nomination and ultimately the presidency. He replied, "I will give it my best shot because I think I can do better then all previous Constitution Party presidential candidates....As to being in the White House in 2009, realistically, its a long shot; but so was Abe Lincoln in the new Republican Party."

When asked about America's public school system he said, "Local school boards and the people they are responsible to are the best judge of what is needed; this with state oversight, will help boost public school quality & education."

Riekse is running for president because he has been "very tired of our Republican and Democratic choices for president for many years. With a population of some 300 million people to draw from, I would think we could do much, much better then we have been doing in regards to having a choice for president."

Interview

 * Why do you want to run for president?

 * Lt. Colonel Riekse: Why am I running for President: the ultimate & definitive answer is on my web site; the short answer is that I have been very tired of our Republican and Democratic choices for president for many years. With a population of some 300 million people to draw from, I would think we could do much, much better then we have been doing in regards to having a choice for president. The best presidents we have had were George Washington, truly a great man; a great leader, and a great president.  He lead the way. I'm a member of the Society of the Cincinnati which was formed by former officers who served under him.

 * Thomas Jefferson was good, but Teddy Theodore Roosevelt was also a great President who really cared about the average person even though he was born to wealth and privilege. You need to learn what he did with his life prior to becoming President to truly understand and appreciate him.  Lastly, I would like to say that JFK could have been another great president if he had lived.  When you get past his womanizing, he was concerned with taking on the new world order; the Federal Reserve which is not Federal, but a private self-serving banking establishment with over half of its members based in Europe whose interest are not that of the American people and the United States of America, but rather increasing their own wealth, power and influence.

 * We need to end the lock on this countries domestic and foreign policy that the military industrial complex, the international banks, multi-national corporations, big oil, and even Israel has on our country to the detriment of the people of America. I am not anti-military, but I am totally against endless wars for the wealthy elite, going back to the Spanish American War.  We can have $1.00 a gallon gas;  I can do it. This is America.  When all is said and done, I think that I will be a reasonable and informed choice for the millions of American voters who will not like to vote for either the Democrat or Republican in November. I'm qualified and ready to serve.

 * If elected, how would you handle America's public school system?

 * Lt. Colonel Riekse: I retired out of the Michigan Public School system with over 23 years of service; K-12; I can help bring our public schools to a higher level of achievement.  First, eliminate all illegal aliens from the system.  We have no duty or obligation to feed or educate them. None what so ever.  They have help destroy most of our inner city public school systems.  They have stressed out our public schools  and local school can not deal with them.  They do pay the taxes needed to support our schools and don't greatly appreciate the free education they get; also, we need to reduce by around 90% the amount of Federal education money we collect and then send back to the states for  education.  The huge amount of Federal paperwork is also stressing out our public schools and we need to end it.

 * Local school boards and the people they are responsible to are the best judge of what is needed; this with state oversight, will help boost public school quality & education.  I support public school education, along with schools of choice and home schooling.  The Federal government has done little to increase the quality of education.  For the most part, it has been a waste of money.

 * How would you handle abortion?

 * Lt. Colonel Riekse: Push this issue back to the states. I remember when the states controlled the issue of abortion, there was very little of it;  When the Federal government got involved, millions of the unborn died.  As President, I would not spend or authorized one red cent for abortion.  This is a state issue; period.  There will always be some states that will allow it to some degree, but that is up to the people of that state to decide, not the federal government or Fed. Courts.

 * Do you think you have a good shot at winning the Constitution Party nomination? If so, do you think that you could be in the White House this time next year?

 * Lt. Colonel Riekse: I will give it my best shot because I think I can do better then all previous Constitution Party presidential candidates. I urge those that believe in my candidacy and understand what I have said and believe to contact their state party chairman's and go to the convention in April in KS city and lend their hand in supporting me there.

 * As to being in the White House in 2009, realistically, it's a long shot; but so was Abe Lincoln in the new Republican Party; and this year, we have a Democrat and a Republican who will keep our troops in Iraq for another four years. This is very true for the Republican and I don't care what the Democrat who will be, both will also keep our troops in Iraq for another four years; along with starting another war with Iran. Enough.  Lets end this madness.  Its time to take back America; send them a message; and change the way we vote and think; for a better America.  To take a line from Ron Paul, who I admire, and give hope to America,  Mad Max for President.

 * There are thousands reading this right now. What could you say to convince them to give you their vote?

 * Lt. Colonel Riekse: I urge them to go to my web site and read it. If they agree with me even 80%, i.e. on what I have put on my web site, they will want to consider voting and supporting me. No one will agree with me 100%; that would be strange if they did.  But I think my political philosophy and stands on issues make me stand far apart from the Democrat & Republican that will be nominated;  and also, our party, the Constitution Party is the one closest to the average American and their way of thinking.  By going by the Constitution, we will have a stronger American; a stronger economy for all Americans; and people will live better with a sound health care, pension system and social security system that will take a lot of stress off peoples daily lives.  I know and believe in my heart that I and we, working together, can do it.

 * The price of gas and diesel fuel is going up for our cars and trucks. Mexican truckers, as per the new world order types, are right now taking over the jobs of American truckers.  The price of food is going up; the price of oil and natural gas to heat our homes and factories is going up with no end in sight. Our national supply of food stocks has been depleted and is at the lowest level in 50 years.  If you like to eat, thank an American family farmer.  And know this, NO ONE overseas is going to send us food if we run out of food.  We need to take care of ourselves.  We now have very little food in our national reserve to tide us over in years of bad crops, etc.  We have lost millions of good paying jobs to unfair, free trade; the tax on our social security and hard earned pensions continues.  The price of health care keeps going up;  the stock market has gone down, along with it the income of millions of people who depend on that income for their retirement.  The dollar has went down against the Euro; now what part of that do you not understand?  Neither of the two leading Democrats or the leading Republican will give us real change, but more of the same, just more talk, talk and eye wash. Cheap talk don't pay the bills or help families keep up with the price of gas, food, health care,rising taxes, etc.  We need real, substantive change  to turn around & un-stress America and all Americans.

 * What I say I will do, I will do my best to do. Again, to use a line from Ron Paul, I am the Hope for America; Ron Paul is done & back to running for Congress. My ancestors on my mothers side came to this land in 1638 and on my fathers side, in the 1880's.  We have had people here in uniform for over 300 years.  I'm an American first, as my ancestors have been for generations. I will do the right thing once I'm in the White House in 2008/12.  I'm in this race to help God save America.

 * Are 'you' ready to vote for another Dem or Pub in November 2008 for yet more of the same? My answer is NO!


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Talk:Wikinews interviews U.S. Constitution Party presidential candidate Max Riekse

Here is a complete email transcript of the interview:

Mr. Rieske, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the election over at Wikinews.org, one of the Web's biggest news sites, and was wondering if I could possibly get an email interview with you on why you'd be a good president. The interesting thing about Wikinews is that anyone can write for it and it has a large amount of readers. This could be a great opportunity to spread the word about your campaign. I have conducted interviews with Libertarian presidential candidates Jim Burns, Wayne Allyn Root and Bob Jackson over the past few weeks. If I could get a "yes" or "no" within 24 hours, that would be great. Thanks for your time, Joe Ford (Also known as WNewsReporter on Wikinews) Reply Forward

Max RiekseThe answer is YES; I've never did an email interview before. My only concern ... Feb 28 (1 day ago)

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The answer is YES; I've never did an email interview before. My only concern is that I can't seem to get spell check to work when I do it, so its a concern that my answers will not be spelled correctly; and I don't have the time to use a dictionary when I do it. When I write articles, I do it with spell check and on another computer and have several dictionaries handly. Before you do the interview, I might suggest that you go to my web site and read the entire thing. Many of your questions will be answered from it; Most of it was re-wrote by my part time, non-professioanl 'web master' and has a 'few' spelling mistakes, but the part that I did, i.e. my Nov. 11th part, has been spelled checked. Sometimes, it does not get any better then that. Also, you might go to http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ for the Feb 5th, 2008 Calf. AIP presidential results; click on AIP and also the map. I did very well considering that I spent two days campaigning and I'm from Michigan; while the other two are from Calf. and have been campaigning for president for 2-4 years. I'm now focused on the - our April KS City national convention.

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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Mr. Rieske, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the election over at Wikinews.org, one of the Web's biggest news sites, and was wondering if I could possibly get an email interview with you on why you'd be a good president. The interesting thing about Wikinews is that anyone can write for it and it has a large amount of readers. This could be a great opportunity to spread the word about your campaign. I have conducted interviews with Libertarian presidential candidates Jim Burns, Wayne Allyn Root and Bob Jackson over the past few weeks. If I could get a "yes" or "no" within 24 hours, that would be great. Thanks for your time, Joe Ford (Also known as WNewsReporter on Wikinews)

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Joseph Ford to Max show details 9:45 PM (21 hours ago) Reply

Don't worry about the spell check, Mr. Rieske. Any errors will be taken care of before publication. Also, yes, I've read your website and will ask some questions that were not presented there. Here are the questions: Q: Why are you running for president? Q: If elected, how would you handle America's public school system? Q: How would you handle abortion? Q: Do you think you have a good shot at winning the Constitution Party nomination? If so, do you think that you could be in the White House this time next year? Q: There are thousands reading this right now. What could you say to convince them to give you their vote? Thanks again for your time. - Show quoted text -

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Max Riekse  wrote:

The answer is YES; I've never did an email interview before. My only concern is that I can't seem to get spell check to work when I do it, so its a concern that my answers will not be spelled correctly; and I don't have the time to use a dictionary when I do it. When I write articles, I do it with spell check and on another computer and have several dictionaries handly. Before you do the interview, I might suggest that you go to my web site and read the entire thing. Many of your questions will be answered from it; Most of it was re-wrote by my part time, non-professioanl 'web master' and has a 'few' spelling mistakes, but the part that I did, i.e. my Nov. 11th part, has been spelled checked. Sometimes, it does not get any better then that. Also, you might go to http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ for the Feb 5th, 2008 Calf. AIP presidential results; click on AIP and also the map. I did very well considering that I spent two days campaigning and I'm from Michigan; while the other two are from Calf. and have been campaigning for president for 2-4 years. I'm now focused on the - our April KS City national convention. Later, Max Riekse home phone: (231) 865-3238; not for public distrobution. Too many real nut cases out there.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Mr. Rieske, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the election over at Wikinews.org, one of the Web's biggest news sites, and was wondering if I could possibly get an email interview with you on why you'd be a good president. The interesting thing about Wikinews is that anyone can write for it and it has a large amount of readers. This could be a great opportunity to spread the word about your campaign. I have conducted interviews with Libertarian presidential candidates Jim Burns, Wayne Allyn Root and Bob Jackson over the past few weeks. If I could get a "yes" or "no" within 24 hours, that would be great. Thanks for your time, Joe Ford (Also known as WNewsReporter on Wikinews)

Reply Forward

Max RiekseWhy am I running for President: the ultiment & definitive answer is on my web... 12:01 PM (7 hours ago)

Max RiekseLoading...12:01 PM (7 hours ago)

Max Riekse to me show details 12:01 PM (7 hours ago) Reply

Why am I running for President: the ultiment & definitive answer is on my web site; the short answer is that I have been very tired of our Repbulcian and Democratic choices for president for many years. With a population of some 300 million people to draw from, I would think we could do much, much better then we have been doing in regards to having a choice for president. The best presidetns we have had were George Washington, truly a great man; a great leader, and a great president. He lead the way. I'm a member of the Society of the Cininciati which was formed by former officers who served under him. Thomas Jefferson was good, but TR - Teddy Theordory Rossevelt was also a great President who really cared about the adverarge person even though he was born to wealth and privlege. You need to learn what he did with his life prior to becoming President to truly understand and appreciate him. Lastly, I would like to say that JFK could have been another great president if he had lived. When you get past his womanising, he was concerned with taking on the new world order; the Federal Reserve which is not Federal, but a private self-serving banking establishment with over half of its members based in Europe whose interstest are not that of the American people and the United States of America, but rather increasing their own wealth, power and influence. We need to end the lock on this countries domestic and foreign policy that the military industral complex, the international banks, multi-national corporations, big oil, and even Isreal has on our country to the detriment of the people of America. Go to my web site - www.madmaxforpresident.com I am not anit-millitary, but I am totaly against endless wars for the wealthy elete, going back to the Spanish American War. Go to my web site. We can have $1.00 a galion gas; I can do it. This is America. When all is said and done, I think that I will be a resonable and informed chioce for the milions of American voters who will not like to vote for either the Democrate or Republican in November. I'm quaified and ready to serve. Question about public schools; I retired out of the Michigan Public School system with over 23 years of service; K-12;  I can help bring our public schools to a higher level of achement. First, elimiate all illigale aleans from the system. We have no duty or oblicgation to feed or educate them. none what so ever. They have help destoy most of our innter city public school systems. They have stressed out our public schools and local school can not deal with them. They do pay the taxes needed to support our schools and don't greaty appreicate the free education they get; also, we need to reduce by around 90% the amount of Federal education money we coletct and then send back to the states for education. The huge amount of Federal paperwork is also stressing out our public schools and we need to end it. Local school boards and the people they are responsible to are the best judge of what is needed; this with state oversite, will help bost public school quality & edcation. I support public school education, along with schools of choice and home schooling. The Federal governement has done little to increase the quaity of education. For the most part, it has been a waste of money. Abortion: Push this issue back to the states. I remember when the states controlled the issue of abortion, there was very little of it; When the Federal government got involved, millions of the unborn died. As President, I would not spend or authorized one red cent for abortion. This is a state issue; period. There will always be some states that will alow it to some degree, but that is up to the people of that state to decice, not the federal government or Fed. Courts. In regards to winning the Constitution Prty nomination. I will give it my best shot because I think I can do better then all previously Constitution Party presidential canidates. I uge those that belive in my canidacty and have gone to my web site and understand what I have said and belive, to contack their state party chairman's and go to the convention in April in KS city and lend their hand in supporting me there. As to being in the White House in 2009, realisticly, its a long shot; but so was Abe Lincoln in the new Republican Party; and this year, we have a Democrat and a Republcian who will keep our troops in Iraq for another four (4) years. This is very true for the Repbulican and I don't care what the Democrat who will be, both will also keep our troops in Iraq for another four years;' along with starting anothe war with Iran. Enought. Lets end this madness and trying voting for www.madmaxforpresident.com. Its time to take back American; send them a message; and change the way we vote and think; for a better America. To take a line from Ron Paul, who I admire, and give hope to America, Mad Max for President. As to the people reading your article, I would urge them to go to my web site and read it. If they agree with me even 80%, i.e. on what I have put on my web site, they will want to consider voting and supporting me. No one will agree with me 100%; that would be strange if they did. But I think my political pholosiphy and stands on issues make me stand far apart from the Democrat & Republican that will be nominated; and also, our party, the Constitution Party is the one closest to the adverge American and their way of thinking. By going by the Constitution, we will have a stronger American; a stronger economey for all Americans; and people will live better with a sound health care, pension system and social security system that will take a lot of stress off peoples dayly lives. I know and belive in my heart that I and we, working to gether, can do it;  Sincerely, Max Riekse     RIE KSE

- Show quoted text - On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Don't worry about the spell check, Mr. Rieske. Any errors will be taken care of before publication. Also, yes, I've read your website and will ask some questions that were not presented there. Here are the questions: Q: Why are you running for president? Q: If elected, how would you handle America's public school system? Q: How would you handle abortion? Q: Do you think you have a good shot at winning the Constitution Party nomination? If so, do you think that you could be in the White House this time next year? Q: There are thousands reading this right now. What could you say to convince them to give you their vote? Thanks again for your time.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Max Riekse  wrote:

The answer is YES; I've never did an email interview before. My only concern is that I can't seem to get spell check to work when I do it, so its a concern that my answers will not be spelled correctly; and I don't have the time to use a dictionary when I do it. When I write articles, I do it with spell check and on another computer and have several dictionaries handly. Before you do the interview, I might suggest that you go to my web site and read the entire thing. Many of your questions will be answered from it; Most of it was re-wrote by my part time, non-professioanl 'web master' and has a 'few' spelling mistakes, but the part that I did, i.e. my Nov. 11th part, has been spelled checked. Sometimes, it does not get any better then that. Also, you might go to http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ for the Feb 5th, 2008 Calf. AIP presidential results; click on AIP and also the map. I did very well considering that I spent two days campaigning and I'm from Michigan; while the other two are from Calf. and have been campaigning for president for 2-4 years. I'm now focused on the - our April KS City national convention. Later, Max Riekse home phone: (231) 865-3238; not for public distrobution. Too many real nut cases out there.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Mr. Rieske, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the election over at Wikinews.org, one of the Web's biggest news sites, and was wondering if I could possibly get an email interview with you on why you'd be a good president. The interesting thing about Wikinews is that anyone can write for it and it has a large amount of readers. This could be a great opportunity to spread the word about your campaign. I have conducted interviews with Libertarian presidential candidates Jim Burns, Wayne Allyn Root and Bob Jackson over the past few weeks. If I could get a "yes" or "no" within 24 hours, that would be great. Thanks for your time, Joe Ford (Also known as WNewsReporter on Wikinews)

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Max Riekse to me show details 2:15 PM (5 hours ago) Reply

A few more reasons to vote for Max for President; The price of gas and diesel fuel is going up for our cars and trucks. Mexicax truckers, as per the new world order types, are right now taking over the jobs of American truckers. the price of food is going up; the price of oil and natural gas to heat our homes and factories is going up with no end in sight. Our national supply of food stocks has been depleted and is at the lowest level in 50 years. If you like to eat, thank an American family farmer. and know this, NO ONE overseas is going to send us food if we run out of food. We need to take care of ourselves. We now have very little food in our national reserve to tide us over in years of bad crops, etc. We have lost millions of good paying jobs to unfair, free trade; the tax on our social security and hard earned pensions contiunes. The price of health care keeps going up; the stock market has gone down, along with it the income of millions of people who depend on that income for their retirement. The dollar has went down against the Euro; now what part of that do you not understand? Neither of the two leading Democrats or the leading Republican will give us real change, but more of the same, just more talk, talk and eye wash. Cheap talk don't pay the bills or help families keep up with the price of gas, food, health care,rising taxes, etc. We need real, substantive change to turn around & un-stress America and all Americans. Again, think & belive - www.madmaxforpresident.com is the answer What I say I will do, I will do my best to do, because I'M www.madmaxforpresident.com  Vietnam War LRRP & Paratrooper; & Iraq War Special Operations - Civil Affair's veteran. Again, to use a line from Ron Paul, I am the Hope for America; Ron Paul is done & back to running for Congress. My ansesters on my mothers side came to this land in 1638 and on my fathers side, in the 1880's. We have had people here in uniform for over 300 years. I'm an American first, as my ansesters have been for generations. I will do the right thing once I'm in the White House in 2008/12. I'm in this race to help God save America. Are 'you' ready to vote for another Dem or Pub in November 2008 for yet more of the same? My answer is NO! Please forward a copy of your article to me when its done and published. Max Riekse - its a Dutch name......

- Show quoted text - On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Max Riekse  wrote:

Why am I running for President: the ultiment & definitive answer is on my web site; the short answer is that I have been very tired of our Repbulcian and Democratic choices for president for many years. With a population of some 300 million people to draw from, I would think we could do much, much better then we have been doing in regards to having a choice for president. The best presidetns we have had were George Washington, truly a great man; a great leader, and a great president. He lead the way. I'm a member of the Society of the Cininciati which was formed by former officers who served under him. Thomas Jefferson was good, but TR - Teddy Theordory Rossevelt was also a great President who really cared about the adverarge person even though he was born to wealth and privlege. You need to learn what he did with his life prior to becoming President to truly understand and appreciate him. Lastly, I would like to say that JFK could have been another great president if he had lived. When you get past his womanising, he was concerned with taking on the new world order; the Federal Reserve which is not Federal, but a private self-serving banking establishment with over half of its members based in Europe whose interstest are not that of the American people and the United States of America, but rather increasing their own wealth, power and influence. We need to end the lock on this countries domestic and foreign policy that the military industral complex, the international banks, multi-national corporations, big oil, and even Isreal has on our country to the detriment of the people of America. Go to my web site - www.madmaxforpresident.com I am not anit-millitary, but I am totaly against endless wars for the wealthy elete, going back to the Spanish American War. Go to my web site. We can have $1.00 a galion gas; I can do it. This is America. When all is said and done, I think that I will be a resonable and informed chioce for the milions of American voters who will not like to vote for either the Democrate or Republican in November. I'm quaified and ready to serve. Question about public schools; I retired out of the Michigan Public School system with over 23 years of service; K-12;  I can help bring our public schools to a higher level of achement. First, elimiate all illigale aleans from the system. We have no duty or oblicgation to feed or educate them. none what so ever. They have help destoy most of our innter city public school systems. They have stressed out our public schools and local school can not deal with them. They do pay the taxes needed to support our schools and don't greaty appreicate the free education they get; also, we need to reduce by around 90% the amount of Federal education money we coletct and then send back to the states for education. The huge amount of Federal paperwork is also stressing out our public schools and we need to end it. Local school boards and the people they are responsible to are the best judge of what is needed; this with state oversite, will help bost public school quality & edcation. I support public school education, along with schools of choice and home schooling. The Federal governement has done little to increase the quaity of education. For the most part, it has been a waste of money. Abortion: Push this issue back to the states. I remember when the states controlled the issue of abortion, there was very little of it; When the Federal government got involved, millions of the unborn died. As President, I would not spend or authorized one red cent for abortion. This is a state issue; period. There will always be some states that will alow it to some degree, but that is up to the people of that state to decice, not the federal government or Fed. Courts. In regards to winning the Constitution Prty nomination. I will give it my best shot because I think I can do better then all previously Constitution Party presidential canidates. I uge those that belive in my canidacty and have gone to my web site and understand what I have said and belive, to contack their state party chairman's and go to the convention in April in KS city and lend their hand in supporting me there. As to being in the White House in 2009, realisticly, its a long shot; but so was Abe Lincoln in the new Republican Party; and this year, we have a Democrat and a Republcian who will keep our troops in Iraq for another four (4) years. This is very true for the Repbulican and I don't care what the Democrat who will be, both will also keep our troops in Iraq for another four years;' along with starting anothe war with Iran. Enought. Lets end this madness and trying voting for www.madmaxforpresident.com. Its time to take back American; send them a message; and change the way we vote and think; for a better America. To take a line from Ron Paul, who I admire, and give hope to America, Mad Max for President. As to the people reading your article, I would urge them to go to my web site and read it. If they agree with me even 80%, i.e. on what I have put on my web site, they will want to consider voting and supporting me. No one will agree with me 100%; that would be strange if they did. But I think my political pholosiphy and stands on issues make me stand far apart from the Democrat & Republican that will be nominated; and also, our party, the Constitution Party is the one closest to the adverge American and their way of thinking. By going by the Constitution, we will have a stronger American; a stronger economey for all Americans; and people will live better with a sound health care, pension system and social security system that will take a lot of stress off peoples dayly lives. I know and belive in my heart that I and we, working to gether, can do it;  Sincerely, Max Riekse     RIE KSE

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Don't worry about the spell check, Mr. Rieske. Any errors will be taken care of before publication. Also, yes, I've read your website and will ask some questions that were not presented there. Here are the questions: Q: Why are you running for president? Q: If elected, how would you handle America's public school system? Q: How would you handle abortion? Q: Do you think you have a good shot at winning the Constitution Party nomination? If so, do you think that you could be in the White House this time next year? Q: There are thousands reading this right now. What could you say to convince them to give you their vote? Thanks again for your time.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Max Riekse  wrote:

The answer is YES; I've never did an email interview before. My only concern is that I can't seem to get spell check to work when I do it, so its a concern that my answers will not be spelled correctly; and I don't have the time to use a dictionary when I do it. When I write articles, I do it with spell check and on another computer and have several dictionaries handly. Before you do the interview, I might suggest that you go to my web site and read the entire thing. Many of your questions will be answered from it; Most of it was re-wrote by my part time, non-professioanl 'web master' and has a 'few' spelling mistakes, but the part that I did, i.e. my Nov. 11th part, has been spelled checked. Sometimes, it does not get any better then that. Also, you might go to http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ for the Feb 5th, 2008 Calf. AIP presidential results; click on AIP and also the map. I did very well considering that I spent two days campaigning and I'm from Michigan; while the other two are from Calf. and have been campaigning for president for 2-4 years. I'm now focused on the - our April KS City national convention. Later, Max Riekse home phone: (231) 865-3238; not for public distrobution. Too many real nut cases out there.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Joseph Ford  wrote:

Mr. Rieske, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the election over at Wikinews.org, one of the Web's biggest news sites, and was wondering if I could possibly get an email interview with you on why you'd be a good president. The interesting thing about Wikinews is that anyone can write for it and it has a large amount of readers. This could be a great opportunity to spread the word about your campaign. I have conducted interviews with Libertarian presidential candidates Jim Burns, Wayne Allyn Root and Bob Jackson over the past few weeks. If I could get a "yes" or "no" within 24 hours, that would be great. Thanks for your time, Joe Ford (Also known as WNewsReporter on Wikinews)


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Wild Canadian Goose tests positive for H5N1 in England

March 1, 2008 The H5N1 Avian Flu virus has been found in a dead wild Canadian Goose in Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England. This is the eleventh case of the virus turning up in wild birds. The goose was discovered on February 25, 2008.

"The finding of more cases in wild birds is not unexpected ... We are currently considering whether any additional restrictions are necessary in the area," said the United Kingdom's Health Ministry in a statement to the media.

As a result of the finding, poultry movement has now been restricted by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the areas surrounding the Swannery. The removal of all birds, dead or alive from any property now requires a license. DEFRA says the restrictions will expire no earlier than 31 days.

Ten other cases of the virus have appeared in dead birds, all Mute Swans from the same area.


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Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat escapes from Singapore prison

March 1, 2008

Interpol has issued an "Orange Notice" for the leader of southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, who escaped from a detention center Wednesday.

Singapore Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told his Parliament that a "security lapse" is what led to Mas Selamat's escape. While waiting to visit his family, Mas Selamat escaped from the Internal Security Department's Whitley Road detention facility shortly after 4 PM local time after being granted permission to use the washroom. The escape led to Mr. Wong apologizing for the incident and the beginning of an island-wide manhunt for Selamat.

"When it comes to escapes, the first hours are crucial," said Jean-Michel Louboutin, Interpol's executive director of police services. "The state of Singapore has put into operation everything that's needed to be done. It's a small country, so it's easy to cross and leave."

Selamat, a 47-year-old former bus mechanic and a father of 5, was once accused of plotting to hijack a plane and crash it into Singapore's international airport. He is "someone who presents a potential physical danger to others, but also a potential danger by organizing future bombings," Louboutin said.

Mas Selamat bin Kastari, a Singaporean national of Indonesian birth and extraction, stands 158 cm (about 5 feet 2 1/4 inches) tall and walks with a limp in his left leg.

After the "Orange Notice" was released, Mas Selamat's picture and fingerprints were released to Interpol's 186 member countries. He remains at large.


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Iraqi archbishop from Mosul kidnapped, three aides killed

March 1, 2008 A Chaldean Catholic archbishop was kidnapped from the Iraqi city of Mosul Friday after a shootout killed three of his aides.

Archbishop Faraj-Farraj Rahhu was walking home from mass when he was seized after a shootout that took place in the eastern al-Nur district and left Rahhu's driver and two bodyguards dead, said Brigadier General Khalid Abd al-Sattar.

Pope Benedict XVI quickly condemned the kidnapping, calling it a "despicable" and "atrocious act which touches the whole of the church [in Iraq]".

Rahhu is the latest in an long line of clerics that have been kidnapped since the 2003 Iraq invasion led by the United States. Rahhu's predecessor, the Syrian-Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Monsignor Basil Georges Casmoussa, was kidnapped in January of 2005 and was held for one day before he was released.

Other officials were not so lucky. Last June, Chaldean priest Ragheed Ganni and three of his assistants were shot and killed outside the Holy Spirit Church in Mosul.

In June 2007, Pope Benedict commented to George W. Bush about the plight of Iraqi Christians. "Particularly in Iraq, Christian families and communities are feeling increasing pressure from insecurity, aggression and a sense of abandonment," he said.

Mosul is the third-largest city in Iraq, behind Basra and Baghdad, and is a center for the oil industry. An ethnically and religiously mixed city, Mosul has roughly 50,000 Christians. The Chaldean church descended from the Nestorian Church. The church's traditional liturgical language is Syriac, which is a descendant of Aramaic, which was supposedly spoken by Jesus and his desciples.


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Guatemalan bus crash kills 57, wounds 40

March 1, 2008

An overcrowded double decker bus in Guatemala crashed into a gulley Friday, killing 57 people and injuring 40 more, authorities say.

The bus crashed about 30 miles from Guatemala City while carrying roughly 100 people towards San Salvador.

Journalist Martin Austurias says that a makeshift morgue was created along the highway so that relatives of the passengers could identify the victims.

Austurias noted that several policemen and firefighters were working to uncover bodies from the wreckage.


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National Hockey League news: March 1, 2008

March 1, 2008

There were 7 games played in the National Hockey League on February 29, 2008.

Washington Capitals @ New Jersey Devils
broke the scoreless tie over halfway through the second period on Washington's first power play. scored an early third period goal to put the Capitals up by 2. scored on the latter two minutes of a double minor power play to put Washington a goal further ahead of the Devils. made it a 4 goal game with 2:55 remaining in the game. made his debut in the Capitals net, earning his third shutout of the season by stopping all of New Jersey's 18 shots.

Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres
scored on an early Canadiens power play to give Montreal the lead 1:24 into the first period. scored his 11th goal of the season just past the halfway point of the first period. Buffalo cut Montreal's lead in half when scored a power play goal in the second period. Plekanec completed a hat trick with a pair of back-to-back power play goals to put the Canadiens ahead by 3 before the second intermission. gave Montreal a 3 goal lead 2:39 into the third period. scored a goal to bring the Sabres within two goals, but a goal would give the Canadiens their four goal lead back. Plekanec had 4 points, his first career hat trick and an assist on Andrei Kostitsyn's goal. stopped 31 of Buffalo's 33 shots.

Minnesota Wild @ Florida Panthers
scored less than halfway through the first period to give the Wild the first goal of the game. tied the score 5:34 into the second period. Minutes later, the Wild would retake the lead on a goal, and then went ahead by 2 on ' power play goal. would bring the Panthers within one, but they wouldn't find the back of the net again. The Wild pick up their second straight win, and their 6th straight win against Florida. made 32 saves for Minnesota, and earned his 26th win of the season. The Panthers have now lost their third straight game.

San Jose Sharks @ Detroit Red Wings
put San Jose on the board first 1:40 into the opening period. gave the Sharks a 2 goal lead less than a minute into the second period. A couple minutes later, Detroit went on the scoreboard when scored his 36th goal of the season. Setoguchi scored his second goal of the night to put San Jose back up by 2 less than halfway through the third period. scored on a 5-on-3 power play to bring the Wings within 1. The Red Wings, who have been plagued recently with player injuries, have now lost 10 of their last 11 games. and Zetterberg each had 2 of points for Detroit. also had a pair of points for the Sharks, assisting on each of Setoguchi's two goals.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Tampa Bay Lightning
scored first for the Lightning to give them the first lead of the game. scored 12:13 into the second to put Tampa Bay ahead by two. put Toronto on the board 27 seconds into the third. scored his 12th goal of the season to tie the score and force sudden death overtime. At 2:02 into the 4-on-4 overtime, scored a power play goal to break Tampa Bay's 5 game losing streak. Lightning head coach had his 234th win, which tied the record held by  for most wins by an [[United States|American}}-born coach.

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Vancouver Canucks
put the Canucks on the board first, 12:38 into the first period. would put Vancouver up by 2 goals in the second period. Columbus tied the score with a pair of goals 1:10 apart, first by, his 5th of the season, then by , his 34th of the season. This would force overtime, where scored for Columbus at 1:07 give the Canucks their second consecutive loss at home. stopped 21 of Vancouver's 23 shots; made 30 of 33 saves for the Canucks.

Calgary Flames @ Anaheim Ducks
scored for the Ducks 35 seconds into the game to put Anaheim up by 1 early. At 13:58 in the opening period, put the Ducks up by two goals. was assisted by in scoring Calgary's only goal goal of the game,  in the second period. In the final minute of the game, scored a power play goal to salt Anaheim's victory. Selanne now holds a scoring streak of 9 points in 5 games. made 22 saves for Anaheim, and earned his 4th straight win.


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Articles I've created

 * Proposed Spanish national anthem lyrics withdrawn due to controversy 1-18-08
 * 46-passenger Venezuelan plane reported missing 2-22-08
 * Robert Gates hopes to continue US troop cuts in Iraq 2-22-08
 * Iraqi archbishop from Mosul kidnapped, three aides killed 3-1-08
 * Guatemalan bus crash kills 45, wounds 20 3-1-08
 * President Kocharyan declares state of emergency in Armenia 3-2-08

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 * Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat escapes from Singapore prison 3-1-08

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Thousands of Filipinos call for President Arroyo's resignation; former presidents join protest

March 1, 2008

Tens of thousands of Filipinos called for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's resignation in the streets of Manila in the wake of a corruption scandal. Among the protesters were nuns, farmers, students, and even two former Presidents.

Former Presidents Corazón Aquino and Joseph Estrada, known for being bitter rivals, joined the group in demanding that President Arroyo resign.

"I thought my work was done because I am already old," said Aquino, 75. "But this is what the times ask for, for us to unite so that the deceit will end and we will find out the truth. Thankfully there are still many of us shouting, 'Gloria, enough, resign already.'"

Soldiers and policemen were on high alert, setting up checkpoints at major highways as demonstrators gathered in Manila's financial district. Police estimated there to be about 15,000 protesters, while organizers estimated the crowd at about 80,000.

Aquino was one of Arroyo's most loyal supporters until breaking away in 2005 amid allegations that she had rigged the 2004 election. In a recent survey of inhabitants of the island Mindanao commissioned by an opposition party, 58% of respondents believed Arroyo had rigged the elections.

Arroyo has been criticised because her husband had attempted to influence the approval of a $330 million government contract with the Chinese company ZTE to build a broadband network connecting government offices.


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Wikileaks.org restored as injunction is lifted

March 1, 2008 The website wikileaks.org has been brought back online following the lifting of a court injunction forcing the site to be taken down. According to a Wikileaks press release from when the site was taken offline, the injunction stated that " [Wikileaks' host] shall immediately clear and remove all DNS hosting records for the wikileaks.org domain name and prevent the domain name from resolving to the wikileaks.org website or any other website or server other than a blank park page, until further order of this Court."

Wikileaks has described the lifting of the injunction as a "blow to ." Wikileaks also claims that Judge White lifted the case because he realized the injunction "trampled the First Amendment."

The injunction, which a Wikileaks user described as 'blind' and 'unlawful' was granted in the  in San Francisco, California. The case was regarding several documents allegedly obtained from a whistleblower of the Bank Julius Baer & Trust.

Matt Zimmerman from the (EFF) has said that "We're [the EFF are] very pleased that Judge White recognized the serious constitutional concerns raised by his earlier orders." He continued by saying that "attempting to interfere with the operation of an entire website because you have a dispute over some of its content is never the right approach. Disabling access to an Internet domain in an effort to prevent the world from accessing a handful of widely-discussed documents is not only unconstitutional - it simply won't work."

In the first press release from Wikileaks after the injunction was removed, Wikileaks started by just saying “Wikileaks wins :),” followed by a series of web links. Wikileaks did, however, release more information in a future press release.


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I received this Wikileaks press release by email "WikiLeaks.org is back. In a blow to Bank Julius Baer, Judge White has now denied the bank's request to silence WikiLeaks. Judge White also denied the bank's request to require that WikiLeaks remove the bank documents that had been reveal by Wikileaks to draw attention to alleged tax evasion and money laundering in the Cayman Islands.

In his order, Judge White on his earlier rulings, now having realized that those rulings trampled the First Amendment. WikiLeaks and its writers were ably represented by attorneys James Chadwick, Roger Myers, Guylyn Cummins and Joshua Koltun. The First Amendment was further represented by all of those entities that filed amicus briefs, including the the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press and eleven other media organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Citizen, the California First Amendment Coalition and the Project on Government Oversight. We give thanks to these extraordinary efforts.

Louis Brandeis, one of the greatest Justices to ever sit on the United States Supreme Court, wrote that: "Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman." (Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It, 1933). Those words ring even truer today.

WikiLeaks shall not be cowed by those who would silence the truth. It will continue to be a forum for the citizens of the world to disclose issues of social, moral and ethical concern.

WikiLeaks encourages everyone who believes in shining that disinfecting sunlight on wrongdoing to support its mission:

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks:Donate

The case continues next month, although Baer has received a stern warning from Justice White that it the case may be dismissed entirely."

DrgonFire1024 received this press release by email for use in an earlier article-

"Wikileaks Emergency Press Release

WIKILEAKS.ORG DELETED AFTER EX-PARTE LEGAL ATTACK BY CAYMAN ISLANDS BANK

http://wikileaks.be/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction

Contacts: http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Contact

Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 GMT 2008

The following release has not been proofed due to time constraints.

Transparency group Wikileaks forcibly censored at ex-parte Californian hearing -- ordered to print blank pages -- 'wikileaks.org' name forcibly deleted from Californian domain registrar -- the best justice Cayman Islands money launderers can buy?

When the transparency group Wikileaks was censored in China last year, no-one was too surprised. After all, the Chinese government also censors the Paris based Reporters Sans Frontiers and New York Based Human Rights Watch. And when Wikileaks and published the secret Internet censorship lists of Thailand's military Junta, no-one was too surprised when people in that country had to go to extra lengths to read the site. But on Friday the 15th, February 2008, in the land of the brave, home of the free and a constitution which proudly states "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press", the power was forcibly turned off on the main Wikileaks press -- permanently:

BANK JULIUS BAER & CO. LTD, a                     Swiss entity; and JULIUS BAER BANK AND TRUST CO. LTD, a Cayman Island                ORDER GRANTING entity,                                           PERMANENT INJUNCTION WIKILEAKS, an entity of unknown form; WIKILEAKS.ORG, an entity of unknown form; DYNADOT, LLC, a California limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, [..]                             IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

[..]	Dynadot shall immediately clear and remove all DNS hosting records for the wikileaks.org domain name and prevent the domain name from resolving to the wikileaks.org website or	any other website or server other than a blank park page, until further order of this Court.

The Cayman Islands is located between Cuba and Honduras. In July 2000, the United States Department of the Treasure Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory states stating that there were "serious deficiencies in the counter-money laundering systems of the Cayman Islands", "Cayman Islands law makes it impossible for the supervisory and regulatory authority to obtain information held by financial institutions regarding their client's identity", "Failure of financial institutions in the Cayman Islands to report suspicious transactions is not subject to penalty" and that "These deficiencies, among others, have caused the Cayman Islands to be identified by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (The 'FATF') as non-cooperative in the fight against money laundering". As of 2006 the U.S. State Department listed the Cayman Islands in its money laundering "Countries of Primary Concern".

Wikileaks had previously exposed $4,500,000,000 worth of money laundering and tax evasion, including by the former president of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi (see http://wikileaks.be/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_moi which became the Guardian's front page story in September 2007 and swung the Kenyan vote by 10% leading into the December 2007 election and http://wikileaks.be/wiki/A_Charter_House_of_horrors reported in the Nairobi paper The Standard and now the subject of a High Court Case in Kenya).

On Monday June 15, 1971 the New York Times published excepts of of Daniel Ellsberg's leaked "Pentagon Papers" and was injuncted the following day. The Wikileaks injunction is the equivalent of forcing the Times' printers to print blank pages and its power company to turn off the power. The supreme court found the Times censorship injunction unconstitutional some six weeks later in a 6-3 decision.

The Wikileaks.org injunction is ex-parte, engages in prior restraint and is certainly unconstitutional. It was granted on Thursday afternoon by California district court judge White, Bush appointee and former prosecutor.

The order was entirely written by Cayman Island's Bank Julius Baer lawyers and was accepted by judge White without amendment, or representations by Wikileaks or amicus. The case is over several Wikileaks articles, public commentary and documents dating prior to 2003. The documents allegedly reveal secret Julius Baer trust structures used for asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion. The bank alleges the documents were disclosed to Wikileaks by offshore banking whistleblower and former Vice President the Cayman Island's operation, Rudolf Elmer. Unable to lawfully attack Wikileaks servers which are based in several countries, the order was served on Wikileaks's California registrar Dynadot ("the power company"). The order also enjoins every person who has heard about the order from from even linking to the documents.

Inorder to deal with Chinese censorship, Wikileaks has many backup sites such as wikileaks.be (Belgium) and wikileaks.org.au (Australia) which remain active. Wikileaks certainly never expected to be using the alternative servers to deal with censorship attacks, from, of all places, the United States.

Wikileaks states the order is unconstitutional and exceeds its jurisdiction.

Wikileaks will keep on publishing, in-fact, given the level of suppression involved in this case, Wikileaks will step up publication of documents pertaining to illegal or unethical banking practices.

Wikileaks has six pro-bono attorney's in S.F on roster to deal with a legal assault, however Wikileaks was given notice "by email" hours before the case. Wikileaks was NOT represented. Wikileaks pre-litigation California council Julie Turner attended the start of hearing in a personal capacity but was then "excused".

White signed the Cayman Islands bank censorship order without a single amendment.

The injunction claims to be permanent, although the case is only preliminary.

WL

http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Bank_Julius_Baer_vs._Wikileaks

http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/images/Dynadot-injunction.pdf

http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Die_Akten_des_Hurricane_Man

http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Clouds_on_the_Cayman_tax_heaven"

I checked that Wikileaks.org had been restored. If there is any more info that you would like to be added to the OR notes please contact me at my talk page.--Anonymous101 Talk 08:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

EFF press release
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

For Immediate Release: Friday, February 29, 2008

Contact:

Matt Zimmerman Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation

Judge Dissolves Wikileaks.org Injunction

First Amendment Rights of Internet Users Upheld in Today's Hearing

San Francisco - A federal district court judge in San Francisco today rescinded a controversial order that disabled the "wikileaks.org" domain name which had -- until two weeks ago -- pointed to Wikileaks, a website designed to give whistleblowers a forum for posting materials of public concern.

This week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) moved to intervene in the case, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). In a hearing in federal court today, EFF and its fellow intervenors and amici argued that the order infringed on the First Amendment rights of Internet users who have an interest in accessing material of public concern on the site. Ruling from the bench, Judge Jeffrey White cited concerns about the First Amendment, the effectiveness of disabling the wikileaks.org domain name, and the court's own jurisdiction over the case as reasons to dissolve his previous orders.

"We're very pleased that Judge White recognized the serious constitutional concerns raised by his earlier orders," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman. "Attempting to interfere with the operation of an entire website because you have a dispute over some of its content is never the right approach. Disabling access to an Internet domain in an effort to prevent the world from accessing a handful of widely-discussed documents is not only unconstitutional -- it simply won't work."

Wikileaks permits third parties to post corporate and government documents that they believe expose wrongdoing. For example, in the past year individuals have posted materials documenting alleged human rights abuses in China and political corruption in Kenya.

The lawsuit began earlier this month, when Swiss bank Julius Baer filed suit against Wikileaks for hosting allegedly leaked documents regarding personal banking transactions of Julius Baer customers. Also sued was Wikileaks' domain name registrar, Dynadot LLC. On February 15, following a stipulation between Julius Baer and Dynadot, the court issued a permanent injunction, disabling the wikileaks.org domain name and preventing that domain name from being transferred to any other registrar.

In addition to dissolving the permanent injunction, which permits the wikileaks.org domain name to be reactivated, the court also declined to extend a previous temporary restraining order requiring Wikileaks to disable access to 14 disputed Julius Baer documents.

Joining the EFF, ACLU, and POGO motion to intervene was Wikileaks user Jordan McCorkle. The papers were filed in consultation with and on behalf of the intervenors by Steven Mayer of the law firm of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. Other attorneys on the case include Christopher Kao and Shaudy Danaye-Elmi of Howard Rice; Zimmerman, Cindy Cohn, and Kurt Opsahl of EFF; and Aden Fine and Ann Brick of the ACLU and ACLU-Northern California, respectively.

For the full order: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/baer_v_wikileaks/wikileaks102.pdf

For more on the Wikileaks case: http://www.eff.org/cases/bank-julius-baer-co-v-wikileaks

For this release: http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/02/29

About EFF

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Wikileaks 1st march release
Wikileaks working together with whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, the Declaration of Bern and the Swiss paper Tagesanzeiger have released subtantial new material on Bank Julius Baer including a 30 page analysis (available in English and German) disecting the internal tax avoidence operations of the whole Baer group.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Bank_Julius_Baer:_Grand_Larceny_via_Grand_Cayman

The Baer essentials, part 1 RUDOLF ELMER with ANDREAS MISSBACH (Bern. Decl., editor) & DANIEL SCHMITT (WikiLeaks, editor) Tuesday February 12, 2008 Contents [hide] 1 Letter from Rudolf Elmer 1.1 What is this about 1.1.1 Julius Baer Bank and Trust Co. Ltd, Cayman Islands 1.2 Violation of tax laws 1.3 Violation of matching maturities 1.3.1 URSA Ltd., Cayman Islands 1.3.2 Baer Select Management Ltd, Cayman Islands 1.4 The rip-off 1.4.1 Calculation of fees for both organizations 1.4.1.1 CreInvest, Zug, respectively Cayman: 1.4.1.2 shaPE, Zug/Freienbach, respectively Cayman: 1.4.2 Julius Baer Trust and Co Ltd. Cayman Islands 1.5 Calculation of Swiss tax losses due to activities of Bank Julius Baer on the Caymans 1.6 Handling of offshore constructs by the cantonal tax office of canton Zurich 1.7 Tax authorities are not allowed to use data 1.8 Responsibilities 1.9 Protection of the investor

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Bank_Julius_Baer:_Grand_Larceny_via_Grand_Cayman

another press release
"Wikileaks wins :) http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9883240-38.html?tag=newsmap

Comment may be obtained from these organizations:

http://wikileaks.be/wiki/Media_and_civil_liberties_organizations_file_briefs_in_support_of_Wikileaks

and

Roger Myers and James Chadwick (acting for the Wikileaks.org registrant, John Shipton) and Julie Turner (julieturnerlaw.com) - a previous Wikileaks counsel

and

Counsel for Daniel Mathews.

Court records: http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-candce/case_no-3:2008cv00824/case_id-200125/ (incudes contact details for counsel / amici )" --Anonymous101 Talk 09:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Contacting representatives from people related to the court injunction

 * Two people at EFF have been emailed to try and get a quote on how much of a PR disaster this has turned into for the bank. Mail available to accredited reporters via scoop: address. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Brilliant! --Anonymous101 Talk 10:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I've contacted the ACLU (who supported Wikileaks) for their opinion on the lifting of the court injunction. --Anonymous101 Talk 09:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


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FILIPINO HOBBY..
I have been the witness to the first people power in EDSA. I felt proud then. Two EDSA revolutions later, and I am no longer impressed. The recent interfaith rally in Makati had impressive figures, at least that is how most Filipinos would like to view it. What many of us fail to see is this, that our president, whoever we elect, is a mere reflection of his/her people. The FILIPINO is corrupt, hence whoever sits as president, for as long as he is Filipino, then he will be corrupt. Filipinos like to feel proud, and as much as we produce great artists, singers, boxers; we also pride ourselves with rallying behind patriotic causes. IT IS OUR HOBBY. So to the world, I wish to say this: PLEASE DO NOT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION OR FUSS OVER US. We are about to oust our elected president, put someone new to govern us, and hopefully, flock the streets for our next EDSA FIVE OR SIX. Allow us our addiction. (AILEEN PANES, DAVAO CITY)

Mrs arroyo will not resign unless the united states will say so like former late president marcos.they just wasting their time rallying etc..who ever the next president they do the same thing like former president joseph estrada.thats all my comment.

Thousands call for Filipino President's resignation
That's only a few number of people,we got millions and millions of Filipinos to help out and be united to have done this move even during the election issue in 2004.They let her still govern so why only now?It only goes to show that once someone is in power,they forget what they are suppose to do for people,They are blinded with all source of EVIL which is MONEY!


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Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS defeat Boeing for $40 billion US airtanker contract

March 1, 2008 Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) have unexpectedly defeated Boeing for a US$40 billion (GB£20.1 billion) contract to supply the United States Air Force (USAF) with 179 new aerial refueling tankers at a rate of 15 a year.

It is the biggest contract of its kind since the Joint Strike Fighter program. That contract was fought for between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, Lockheed ultimately winning the contest.

JSA Research defence analysist Paul Nesbit said that Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operations across the aircraft's fifty-year service life could push the value of the contract as high as US$100 billion. Northrop Grumman CEO Ron Sugar said in an interview "Everyone told us we were crazy, that we had no chance. But we took a big swing and in this case, we hit a home run."

USAF officials said that the contract had been awarded based on competence, track record and competitive pricing, with UBS analyst David Strauss saying "The key decision was the amount of fuel the bigger plane could carry. In the armed services, you can never have too much gas in the air." USAF also denied that creating jobs in the US was a factor; job supply had been the reason Boeing were expected to win, with the airframer promising 44,000 new positions at 300 suppliers in 40 states.

The Northrop Grumman KC-45 tankers - more often known as KC-30s - are based on the Airbus A330 MRTT. The first four aircraft will be assembled at the main Airbus factory in Toulouse, France but by 2010-11 production of the remainder will be carried out at a facility in Mobile, Alabama. This is thought likely to create 1,500 to 2,000 jobs and support 25,000 others. 60% of the parts will be supplied by domestic manufacturers. EADS had previously announced plans to shift much production to the US due to the current weakness of the dollar.

General Arthur Lichte, head of USAF's Mobility Command, said it is hoped the first aircraft can be tested in 2010 and in operation three years afterwards. USAF's chief of staff General Duncan McNab stated "The tanker is the number-one procurement priority for us right now. It is the first step in our critical commitment to recapitalize our aging fleet to move, supply, and position assets anywhere."

There is still a possibility of Boeing challenging the decision; Boeing themselves were successfuly challenged by Lockheed and Sikorsky in 2006 over a US$10 billion contract to supply search and rescue helicopters to the Pentagon. A statement by Boeing given by Boeing spokesman William Barksdale said “Obviously we are very disappointed... Once we have reviewed the details behind the award, we will make a decision concerning our possible options.”

Washington senator Patty Murray, who hails from the same state where Boeing bases their commercial airliner operations, said in a critical statement "We are shocked that the Air Force tapped a European company and its foreign workers to provide a tanker to our American military. At a time when our economy is hurting, this decision to outsource our tankers is a blow to the American aerospace industry, American workers and America's military."

Washington representative Norm Dicks said he too was "shocked", releasing a statement saying "This decision is even more disappointing because the Air Force had previously favored the Boeing 767 tanker and we were prepared to move forward with the production of 100 tankers in 2003, before the process was halted due to the Boeing scandal. I regret that it has taken so long to respond to what was—and is—an urgent need to replace these older aircraft. And even more regrettable is the decision to award the contract to Airbus, which has consistently used unfair European government subsidies to take jobs away from American aircraft workers."

Kansas senator Sam Brownback said "It's stunning to me that we would outsource the production of these airplanes to Europe instead of building them in America. I'll be calling upon the Secretary of Defense for a full debriefing and expect there will be a protest of the award by Boeing." Todd Tiahrt, a Kansas representative, said "We should have an American tanker built by an American company with American workers. I cannot believe we would create French jobs in place of Kansas jobs."

A group of Washington politicians released a joint statement saying "We will be asking tough questions about the decision to outsource this contract... At a time when our economy is hurting, this is a blow not only to our state, but more than 40 states across the country who would help build this national plane."

Alabama Governor Bob Riley said "To say this is a great day for Alabama is a monumental understatement. This will go down in history as one of our greatest days." Ralph Crosby, EADS's North America CEO and ex Northrop executive commented the business has "committed our full resources to support this vital program for our prime contractor, Northrop Grumman, the Air Force, and the war fighters that this system will serve for decades to come. We already have begun the work necessary to expand our U.S. industrial footprint in support of this important program."

EADS chief executive Louis Gallois commented “This major selection is a win-win for our customers, for allied industrial cooperation and for EADS. It signals a quantum-leap forward in our commitment to the US defence customer, reflects and supports our global strategy to increase EADS’s industrial presence in key markets and our goal to balance the company’s defence and commercial portfolios.” General Arthur Lichte said “This will be an American tanker, flown by American airmen with an American flag on its tail and, every day, it will be saving American lives.

Boeing had initially agreed to lease 100 tankers, but in 2003 a scandal erupted when it emerged that Boeing executive Michael M. Sears arranged a job for USAF official Darleen Druyun while negotiations were still underway. Both served jail sentences for corruption charges and a competition was opened up to award a new contract.


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Gordon Brown makes speech as part of Labour Party conference

March 1, 2008 United Kingdom Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has made a speech to UK Labour Party members as part of the party's spring conference. In the speech he made several commitments, which he said he would "work tirelessly" to achieve.

On the subjects of employment and welfare, Mr. Brown said that his party "will offer new entitlements to the careers that serve this country [the UK] so well. He continued by saying that since Labour came to power in 1997, three million new jobs have been created. He also said that Labour will attempt to get 100,00 people back to work.

While discussing crime in the speech, Mr. Brown claimed that his party has "already cut crime by 32%." He also made promises of community policing across the UK.

At the end of the speech, Mr. Brown said that the United Kingdom should not ignore poverty in third world countries, he said that the Labour party will work to enable all children in the world to have an education.


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OR Notes
I watched it live and made the following notes (exact copy below)- --Start of Notes-- --End of notes-- GB means Gordon Brown. As always, if you need any more info ask me on my talk page. --Anonymous101 Talk 13:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * GB:'We will offer new entitlements to the dedicated carers who serve this country so well'
 * GB:3 million new jobs since labour came to power
 * GB:'We will help another 100,000 people get back to work'
 * GB:'This government has already cut crime by 32%'
 * GB:community policing for all
 * GB:'work tirelessly' to fill out these promises
 * GB:We can't ignore what happens in Third World countries
 * GB:Education for all children

 * I have some concerns about this type of Original Reporting. I will bring them up in the proper forum when the time is right. --SVTCobra 22:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I watched it on BBC Parliament. (By the waay, I woud no longer classify an article like this as OR) A101 - (talk) 06:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Markie found this text of the speech. --SVTCobra 13:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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Canadian film academy explains lack of Genie nomination for Juno

March 1, 2008

The Canadian film industry's major awards night, the Genie Awards, takes place on Monday. The Genie Awards begun in 1949 as the Canadian Film Awards, and current nominations include the films L'Âge des ténèbres, Away from Her, Continental, un film sans fusil, Eastern Promises, and ''Shake Hands With the Devil.

Notably absent from the nominations is the film Juno, an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture. Most of the lead actors in Eastern Promises and Away from Her were not Canadian, and Eastern Promises was filmed overseas. The leads of Juno, in comparison, are all Canadian, and the movie was filmed in the country, despite the financial backing for the film being from an American source.

"Juno is an excellent film and the Academy salutes its success, which reflects the work of many talented Canadians both in front of and behind the camera. Regrettably, the filmmakers decided not to enter the film into the Genie Awards.

In order to be eligible for the Genies, a film must be Canadian, as defined by CAVCO and the CRTC. These are the accepted industry standards for recognizing a film as Canadian.

Ultimately, it's up to the filmmaker to decide whether to seek Canadian certification. It would not be appropriate for me to speculate about the reasons for a filmmaker's decision, or why they may or may not qualify.

Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television"

CAVCO is the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office, part of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The CRTC is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, a communications authority like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, Independent Television Commission (ITC) in the UK (excluding Wales), and the Australian Communications and Media Authority.


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FARC second-in-command killed by Colombian military

March 1, 2008

Raúl Reyes, senior guerrilla commander and international spokesman of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been killed by Colombian security forces in the southern province of Putumayo, the government said Saturday.

Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos confirmed his death in a press conference. He said that 16 other FARC rebels and one Colombian soldier were killed in the skirmish, which took place in a rebel stronghold near the border with Ecuador.

"It is the hardest blow to FARC in all of its history", Santos said. Colombian security analyst Alfredo Rangel added, "This could hit morale [of the FARC] because the myth of the invulnerability of the bosses is over."

The military was able to locate the rebels by intercepting one of their satellite communications, he said. After launching an air strike on the rebel base, the Colombian military came under fire from the guerrilas. The military fired back, killing Reyes while in Ecuadorian territory. The bodies of the dead were then taken to Colombia.

"Once the camp was bombarded, Colombian forces were ordered in to secure the area and neutralize the enemy. The police was also asked to keep it secure until Ecuadoran authorities arrived," Santos said.

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, who was monitoring the operation, contacted Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa to inform him of the incident. "It appears the FARC entered Ecuadorean territory," Correa said. "The incident must be clarified a bit." Correa said he will send troops to the area for an investigation.

According to the Associated Press, Reyes, whose real name was Luis Edgar Devia Silva, was considered a contender for becoming leader of FARC. Their current leader, Manuel Marulanda, is believed to be in poor health.

Also killed in the fighting was Guillermo Enrique Torres, known by the alias of "Julián Conrado". He was a senior member of FARC who composed and performed revolutionary songs.

FARC is considered a terrorist organization by Colombia, the United States, and the European Union. The group has been accused of drug trafficking, extortion, and kidnapping, among other illegal activities. The U.S. Department of State had offered a US$5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of Reyes, as well as the other 6 members of the FARC's highest governing body.


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Comments:Wikileaks.org restored as injunction is lifted

Woo! Spacehusky - (talk) 17:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

australian website blacklist
how does one get the blacklist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.56.154 (talk) 09:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)