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User talk:Mk~enwikinews

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User talk:Hat~enwikinews

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User talk:CherylHew~enwikinews

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User talk:Mollytamale~enwikinews

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User talk:Cmclaughlin~enwikinews

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User talk:Littlepoo1940

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User talk:Denish~enwikinews

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User talk:Anshulsawant

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User talk:Vedula~enwikinews

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User talk:Dragarr

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User talk:Sonna~enwikinews

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User talk:Orange pbody

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User talk:MIGHTYMO

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User:Lhaktse1234

For Immediate Release April 9, 2009
Tibetan Youth Congress Condemns Chinese Court's Foul Verdict China abuses the judiciary system to wrongly accuse and impartially trial and convict innocent Tibetan freedom fighters

Just twelve days after the Communist Chinese Government elaborately commemorated the so called 'emancipation of millions of Tibetan serfs', the state controlled Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People's Court passed down death sentences and life imprisonment to five Tibetans. This heinous act, exemplifying abuse of the judiciary with impunity, further underlines the Chinese communist government's fifty years of disparaging occupation of Tibet and its fatal ongoing policy of destroying the Tibetans as a race, culture and people.

Pertaining to last year's peaceful uprising of Tibetans against Chinese rule, the court accused Lobsang Gyaltsen of arson of two garment shops, killing a shop owner, and was sentenced to death. Loyak, was given the death penalty for his role in the burning of a motorcycle shop that killed three people and two employees. Two other Tibetans, Tenzin Phuntsok and Kangtsuk, have been given suspended death sentences with two year reprieve. Another Tibetan named Dawa Sangpo has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) strongly condemns the highly biased and politically motivated verdict of the court and the judiciary system of China which purposely serves to meet the demands and wishes of the Chinese Communist Government and its policies. TYC maintains that the trial wasn't conducted in accordance with international law and standards which fundamentally gives the defendant the right to a fair trial and the right to chose an attorney.

TYC further argues that if Tibetans really enjoy basic rights inside Tibet as proclaimed by China, then the government, according to its so called regional ethnic autonomy law and policies, should be magnanimous enough to withdraw the court sentences and conduct the trial in a fair and open court with attorney of the defendant's choice and representatives either from independent human rights monitoring organizations or the United nations.

Since the occupation of Tibet in 1959, China has abused the judiciary system to wrongly accuse and convict innocent Tibetan freedom fighters.

(See Tibetan original for details)

Issued by TYC Centrex

Regards

Lhakpa Tsering Cultural Secretary Tibetan Youth Congress Central Executive Committee Dharamshala, HP India Off: +91-1892-221554 Cell: +91-9805283855 www.tibetanyouthcongress

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Talk:Jews around the world recite special sun blessing

Incorrect date
Birkat hachama took place on the morning of April 8, not the 9th as this article claims (I didn't catch the mistake until now as Jews couldn't go on computers until Saturday night)! I'll change the error now. Stainedglasscurtain (talk) 03:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


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Fantastic read. I recently saw some pics of Jim Carroll and wondered if he were ill. I was going strictly by looks being I had no other sources. If anyone knows the statues of Jim's health, please write.

[[Link title]]Fantastic read                                                                                I recently saw some pics of Jim Carroll and wondered if he were ill. I was going strictly by looks being I had no other sources. If anyone knows the statues of Jim's health, please write.


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Australia and New Zealand condemn Fiji takeover

April 10, 2009The international community has condemned the Fijian president's decision to abrogate the constitution.

President Ratu Josefa Iloilo abrogated the country's constitution earlier today in response to a Court of Appeal decision declaring the removal of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and the appointment of military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama as interim Prime Minister unlawful.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd condemned the move, saying that it would take Fiji backwards. He called for the government to obey the court of appeal's ruling and hold elections promptly.

"This is the right course for Fiji and the only way forward for the people of Fiji," he said.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said that the abrogation of the constitution "will merely compound the problems faced by ordinary Fijians".

"The President's decision, no doubt prompted by the Commodore, to override the constitution, sack the judges, and depend upon the military to keep an unlawful regime in power, will compound the already serious economic difficulties confronted by Fiji," McCully said.

In a televised address this morning, President Iloilo abrogated the constitution, revoked all judicial appointments, and appointed himself as head of state. He said he would appoint a new interim government in the coming days to implement the reforms of the People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress and pave the way for "true democratic and parliamentary elections" to be held by September 2014.

Fiji's government was overthrown by a military coup in 2006.


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ITT CASUALS

Comments from feedback form - "I LIKE ALL THIER"
I LIKE ALL THIER —97.90.229.228 (talk) 14:24, 17 April 2010 (UTC)


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Talk:Australia and New Zealand condemn Fiji takeover

As it stands, the title could be changed to "Australia, New Zealand condemn Fiji takeover". Alternatively, more condemnations could be added as they appear. --IdiotSavant (talk) 06:19, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:US crew retakes ship hijacked by pirates; captain held hostage

1804 Thomas Jefferson's answer to  "Millions for defence, not one cent for tribute!'

Gun crews for US flag ships
During WW2, merchant ships heading into hostile areas made extensive use of convoys and US Naval Gun crews. Merchant ships were armed with a variety of weapons usually running in size from 5inch cannon to machine guns. While I doubt convoys are needed, except in special situations for special cargos,a small military detachment could be put on board ships sailing in hostile areas. I would imagine a small detachment of US Navy or Coast Guard carrying small arms and four to six strategically mounted .50 caliber machine guns placed on board the ship could handle just about anything the pirates could locate. This also solves the thorny issue of armed civilians crossing international boundaries engaging in combat operations. Since a US flag ship is always subject to US law, that should not be an issue. When the ship clears the hostile zone, the military crew is picked up along with it's weapons and moved to another ship entering the zone. The only thing they would leave behind would be the gun mounts welded to the deck.-Lighthousekeeper (talk) 13:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)Lighthousekeeper


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Comments:Election in Moldova instigates rioting mob demanding recount

Police deployed tear gas and water cannons, and fired blanks into the crowd. '''WOW!!! THEY NEVER USE IT!!!'Italic text''

Screw these commie bastards. They are cracking down on reporters and journalism in a way not seen since the 80's.

This brutality was because communists put provokers between remostrants.—Bourgetalk 17:51, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


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User:Van der Hoorn/Sandbox/Noinclude subst fix

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User:Van der Hoorn/Sandbox/Noinclude subst fix test

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User:Willscrlt/meta/Sidebar

This is a sidebar Will finds useful. Probably nobody else will, because it's pretty specific to his needs and has a lot of personal information (like userboxes, WikiProjects he is a member of, etc.). You are welcome to use it as a starting point for your own similar Sidebar, but it has a lot of esoteric parser functions, variables, and CSS magic inside. It's definitely requires some advance templating skills to fully understand its internals. You may look, but please do not edit. If you have a question or concern about this template, you contact Will on Meta.

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Comments:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launches VORTEX2 to study tornadoes

Will this lead to the development of 'sensor apps' for smartphones that would unite a large group of cellphones, in an area vulnerable to tornadoes, into a monitoring unit, which then senses the requisite metrics of an imminent tornado and broadcasts an alarm to the same cellphones, along with feeding the data back to, say, NOAA?—Ripley.sage (talk) 15:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Zelotypus

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Two dead in Michigan college shooting

April 10, 2009

Two people are dead at a Michigan, United States community college in what police are calling a murder-suicide on Friday, the Detroit Free Press reports.

The victims, a 28-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, were found in the Fine Arts Building of Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Free Press reports that the suspected gunman entered classroom F-111 with a shotgun, killed the female and then shot himself. The two were in the same theater class, but police have yet to determine if there was a further relationship between the two.

"The original call was some kind of assault ... shots in the building," Police Deputy Chief Gregg Brighton told the Free Press.

"Officers responded to the scene, were able to get a perimeter on the building," Brighton said. "An entry team entered the south hallway ... as they entered they heard another gunshot. Officers were able to enter one of the rooms, and discovered two deceased parties. We cleared the building."

Dearborn police and campus police secured the crime scene after evacuating some students from the building. The Free Press also reports that four Michigan State Police detectives are assisting local authorities in the investigation.

The school was locked down for several hours shortly after a 911 call was received. The lockdown has now been lifted.

The school will be closed for the rest of the day and the school will be offering counseling services.

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Murder-suicide?
Is it a murder-suicide or two murders? Two different sources are saying two different things. Jacroe 19:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Two dead in Michican college shooting

Perhaps the perpetrator of this murder-suicide was taking an antidepressant. Since the introduction of Prozac in 1988 the number of murder-suicides has increased significantly.

The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRIs and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc.

Go to www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 2,900 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings [48 of these] and murder-suicides - all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc,. The media article usually tells which SSRI antidepressant the perpetrator was taking.


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User talk:Modred11

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User talk:Túrelio

tempo di valse  21:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Replacing images on protected pages
Please note, when requesting any change to a protected article use the template editprotected on the article's talk page - not the comments page. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks. I didn't even realize that it wasn't the talkpage. --Túrelio (talk) 14:09, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I see you requesting image changes on DragonFire1024's talk page - he's not been active recently. If you, as requested here, use editprotected on the talk page of any article where an image is in use it will automatically be listed on WN:AAA and dealt with more quickly. If it is on a user, or user talk page, then yes, warn them, but don't see that as an impediment to the eventual deletion on Commons. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:37, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

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Iraqi PM, Russian leaders discuss energy deals

April 10, 2009 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made his first official visit to Russia on Friday, aiming to strengthen economic ties between the two countries, particularly in the energy sector.

Al-Maliki met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as well as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The primary focus of the meeting was regarding the restoration of oil and gas development contracts signed before 2003, when the United States led the invasion of Iraq.

Al-Maliki was supportive of Russia's role in developing his country's energy resources, as well as helping to rebuild Iraq's energy grid by constructing power plants and pipelines. "We are seeking to attract Russian companies to the Iraqi market and involve them in various projects," he said at a news conference following negotiations.

A more controversial issue has been the reestablishment of energy agreements canceled during Saddam Hussein's regime, before Iraq was invaded. Of particular interest was the Russian oil company Lukoil, whose US$3.4 billion contract was nullified by Iraq in 2002. Saddam's government claimed the company had not fulfilled its contractual obligations in developing the West Qurna-2 oilfield.

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said the leaders agreed "in principle" to restore these pre-war contracts, but did not mention specifics. Iraqi officials had previously maintained that the Lukoil contract was invalid, but they had invited Lukoil and other foreign companies to bid for a new contract. On Friday, al-Maliki agreed not to discriminate against Russian companies, promising not to give special preferences to other nations when considering future contracts.

The West Qurna-2 oilfield is believed to be extremely productive, with reserves of up to 7.3 billion barrels and an expected production peak of 700,000 barrels per day, according to Russian estimates. Russia agreed to forgive nearly $13 billion of Iraqi debt in February 2008, which was widely seen as an attempt to support Russian bids for Iraq's oilfields.

Putin, an opponent of the 2003 invasion, spoke positively of recent political developments in Iraq. "We take the view that the situation is becoming more and more sustainable," Putin said. "This concerns security and the domestic political situation." He and al-Maliki signed a joint communique calling for greater cooperation in issues such as terrorism, drug trafficking and arm dealing. The document also praised the agreement on the pullout of foreign forces from Iraq.


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Bainimarama sworn in as Fiji caretaker PM

April 10, 2009 Military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama has been reappointed as Fiji's caretaker Prime Minister.

The move comes less than a day after President Josefa Iloilo abrogated the country's constitution in response to a court ruling that the previous military regime was unlawful.

All nine members of the previous interim Cabinet have also been reappointed to their positions.

Bainimarama overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase in a military coup in 2006. He was subsequently appointed interim Prime Minister by President Iloilo. But on Thursday Fiji's Court of Appeal ruled that Qarase's removal and Bainimarama's appointment were unlawful. The court ordered the President to appoint an independent caretaker Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament and call elections.

Iloilo responded by abrogating the constitution, revoking all judicial appointments, and appointing himself head of state.


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Somali pirates demand $2 million ransom for US captain held hostage

April 11, 2009 According to maritime authorities, Somali pirates that have been holding hostage a United States-flagged ship's captain in a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia demanded a ransom of US$2 million for his release.

The four pirates are holding Captain Richard Phillips aboard the lifeboat of the 17,000-tonne ship the Maersk Alabama, after a failed attempt to hijack the vessel.

Philips tried to escape from the pirates on Thursday by jumping out of the lifeboat and trying to swim to a US Navy destroyer nearby, but was recaptured by his captors.

Meanwhile, pirates who have seized a German vessel and its crew off the coast of Somalia were en route for the lifeboat, according to a pirate source.

"Knowing that the Americans will not destroy this German ship and its foreign crew, they [the pirates] hope they can meet their friends on the lifeboat," he said. "Our friends [aboard the lifeboat] hope for $2 million ransom as well as their own safety."

In a separate incident on Friday, the government of France stated that its navy seized a yacht that had been hijacked by the pirates in Somalian waters, but one of the hostages had been killed in a struggle between French special forces and the pirates.


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President of Algeria wins third term in office in landslide victory

April 11, 2009 According to official results, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the 72-year-old of Algeria, has been reelected to a third term as the country's leader in a landslide.

Yazid Zerhouni, the Algerian Interior Minister, stated that Bouteflika obtained 90.24% of the vote in the election, which was held on Thursday. Voter turnout was 74%, with some of the opposition parties the election amidst allegations of.

Zerhouni said at a news conference that the voter turnout was "exceptional", but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated, saying that anyone with evidence of fraud should take it to election officials.

Bouteflika's critics assert that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his opponents were not well known, and his campaign was well-funded. They continued to express outrage over a constitutional amendment adopted last November, which allowed Bouteflika to run for a third five-year term.

The second-place finisher in Thursday's polls was, representing the , who managed to take 4.22% of the vote. The 's Moussa Touati garnered 2.31% of the polls to take third place.

Bouteflika was first elected to be Algeria's leader in 1999. He was reelected in 2004 with 84.99% of the vote.


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This is a town in the same state that elected a dead man as their Senator back in 2000. Governor Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash, but went on to be elected over the incumbent, John Ashcroft. Contrary to the state constitution Carnahan's wife was then made the Senator in his place--dead people are not actually permitted to win elections in Missouri, at least at the state level. Just shows how little the American electorate actually pays attention to what/whom they are voting for. --King ravana (talk) 16:40, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

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U.S. tugboat latest victim of Somali pirates

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According to the head of Kenyan seafarer's program, Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel from the United States.

An American-owned tugboat from Italy along with its 16 member crew was hijacked around 11 am EST on Saturday in the Gulf of Aden.

The Italian Ambassador, Pierandrea Magistrati, confirmed that "there is a boat that has been hijacked, I believe by Somali pirates." Additionally, Shona Lowe, a spokeswoman at NATO's Northwood maritime command center reported that the Italian-flagged tugboat was hijacked this morning off of Somalia's northern coast.

Lowe also confirmed that Italian government officials along with the company that owned the tugboat were trying to secure the release of the crew, ten of which were Italians.

Andrew Mwangura, the head of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Program, said that maritime industry sources also reported that the U.S. tugboat was towing two barges at the time it was attacked. The contents of those barges is not known at this time.

Meanwhile, U.S. Captain Richard Phillips of the U.S. Maersk Alabama is still being held hostage, for a fourth day, by four other Somali pirates. Phillips, who voluntarily surrendered himself to the pirates in order to protect his crew, is being held in a lifeboat despite an attempt to escape.


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Talk:One in five Americans finds socialism superior, poll says

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Gabriel McClosky-Ross
Personal statement from Gabriel McClosky-Ross, executive director of the Social Democrats, USA (personal details & unrelated info exempt). Mr McClosky-Ross emphasizes that this is not an official party position:

"Below is my personal statement as executive director.

I joined the Socialist Party, USA in 1972, when I was 16. That was seven months before the name change to Social Democrats, USA. I was a subscriber to the Party's publication, New America for four years by that point. I grew up in a Catholic working class neighborhood. Many of my neighbors read the Catholic Worker. However, I would not meet another self described social democrat or democratic socialist who was close to my age until I completed college and entered the seminary when I was 21. That was not for a lack of my attempts at persuasion. Now when I speak on behalf of the Social Democrats, I meet many people who call themselves socialists or they are considering doing so.

Two things have changed. First, Stalinism in the Soviet Union finally and thankfully collapsed and The Peoples' Republic of China is a transparently "state capitalist" regime. Second, the propaganda machine that equated private ownership of productive property with democracy is spurting under onslaught of facts that indicate just the opposite. There were two presidential elections in a row were the count look fishy and the money trail lead to the top of Republican Party. Then the banks collapsed and it was apparent that the largest financial institutions in the world were involved in sub-prime mortgage ponzi schemes.

I am not sure whether to celebrate or lament becoming an economist and union organizer instead of a priest given the current crisis. As my mentor, Michael Harrington, was fond of saying there are many kinds of socialism. Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, history's three greatest mass murderers, all called themselves socialists. Hopefully, America is ready for a broad social democratic movement that works with trade unions and community organizations for national health care, re-industrialization, ecologically friendly mass transit, infrastructure repair, and eventually a democratization of our economy. Building such a movement will be very hard work. The cyber-world has many benefits, but people seemed to be convinced that social change can occur by email. It is great shame, that it takes 8.2% unemployment and massive economic dislocation to push people back to real time organizing and protest.

Simply that people are angry is not enough. The Bolsheviks, Fascists, and Nazis all road waves of mass discontent to power. A peoples' movement must be militantly democratic and refuse to make common cause with even the 'mildest and friendliest totalitarians.' A truly democratic movement for social democracy must transcend the narrow special interest group politics that has made up most of political discourse since the protests against the Vietnam War. To transcend the current economic crisis we need a full employment economy and that means a movement concentrated on 'red letter' social democratic issues of democratic worker and community control of industry."

John Birch Society
Statement from John McManus, President, The John Birch Society:

"If 20 percent of the American people prefer socialism, it is likely that half believe it has more to do with sociability that it has to do with an economic system that places government in control of their lives. Ask these 20 percent what socialism truly is and the response will rarely point to the great hero of all socialists, Karl Marx

The John Birch Society believes that everyone is a capitalist. If one starts out defining capital as the means of production (which is its definition), then everyone - from the primitive fisherman to the corporate executive - uses capital and is a capitalist.

The distinction that most don't make is who owns and controls the capital. Does each individual have the right to own his means of production - even a fishing pole? Or does the government own and/or control all the means of production.

When each individual has the right to own capital (property), there is freedom - up to the point where no one is permitted to impede someone else's similar right. Where socialism reigns, the government dominates, either completely a la communism or essentially a la fascism (Nazi-style or Mussolini-style).

Most Americans are victims of an absolutely horrible educational system. Too many have been persuaded that government should take care of them. We tell such fools that, if that's what they want, they should turn themselves in at the local prison where they will be cared for 24 hours a day. We ask them to stop advocating converting our entre nation into what effectively will be a coast-to-coast prison.

The proper role of government can never be more than the protection of the lives, liberty and property of the people who pay for it. The improper role of government is to take care of the people - which it always does poorly and does so almost always as a grab for power rather than a supposedly noble concern for the downtrodden."

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Since I can't edit archived pages, could somebody please change the lead sentence to say "Twenty percent" instead of 20% - numbers should always be spelled out when leading a sentence. Thanks. Mindmatrix (talk) 16:05, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

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One in five Americans finds socialism superior, poll says

April 11, 2009

Twenty percent of the American public believes that socialism is superior to capitalism, says a poll by Rasmussen Reports released on Thursday, April 9.

Asked the question "Which is a better system - capitalism or socialism?", 53% of those polled found capitalism the better system, 20% preferred socialism, and 27% were unsure. The survey did not define either capitalism or socialism, but Rasmussen also cites a December 2008 result saying that 15% of Americans prefer a government-managed economy.

Analysis of the poll's data by website FiveThirtyEight.com furthermore found that support for capitalism was closely correlated with income; respondents earning under $20,000 a year having an eight percentage point preference for capitalism, while those earning more than $100,000 a year expressed a fifty-seven percentage point preference for capitalism. Rasmussen noted that socialism had much broader support among people under 30, where 33% support socialism and 37% support capitalism, than among any other age group.

Socialism has found support in several countries, with member parties of the Socialist International in government in over 50 countries around the world and with several other regimes describing themselves as socialist or communist; the 20% result Rasmussen finds is comparable to the electoral support for the New Democratic Party in Canada. Support for an independent socialist movement in the United States, however, has historically been limited. Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs won 6.1% of the popular vote in 1912, and two members of the Socialist Party, Victor L. Berger and Meyer London, were elected to the United States Congress before the Great Depression. This brief flirtation with socialism is contrasted against the times during and following the First World War and Second World War, which were marked by "Red scares" — periods of pronounced anti-communism — in the United States.

Currently, only a single member of the United States Congress describes himself as a socialist: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The Social Democrats USA (SD USA), one of the successors of the Socialist Party of America, has expressed solidarity with the 76-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Sanders founded in 1991. It supports positions such as a living wage, universal health care, and the right of workers to form trade unions and engage in collective bargaining.

SD USA executive director Gabriel McClosky-Ross offered Wikinews an exclusive statement on the Rasmussen poll result:

I joined the Socialist Party, USA in 1972, when I was 16. That was seven months before the name change to Social Democrats, USA. I was a subscriber to the Party's publication, New America for four years by that point. I grew up in a Catholic working class neighborhood. Many of my neighbors read the Catholic Worker. However, I would not meet another self described social democrat or democratic socialist who was close to my age until I completed college and entered the seminary when I was 21. That was not for a lack of my attempts at persuasion. Now when I speak on behalf of the Social Democrats, I meet many people who call themselves socialists or they are considering doing so.

Two things have changed. First, Stalinism in the Soviet Union finally and thankfully collapsed and The Peoples' Republic of China is a transparently "state capitalist" regime. Second, the propaganda machine that equated private ownership of productive property with democracy is spurting under onslaught of facts that indicate just the opposite. There were two presidential elections in a row were [sic] the count look [sic] fishy and the money trail lead to the top of Republican Party. Then the banks collapsed and it was apparent that the largest financial institutions in the world were involved in sub-prime mortgage ponzi schemes.

I am not sure whether to celebrate or lament becoming an economist and union organizer instead of a priest given the current crisis. As my mentor, Michael Harrington, was fond of saying there are many kinds of socialism. Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, history's three greatest mass murderers, all called themselves socialists. Hopefully, America is ready for a broad social democratic movement that works with trade unions and community organizations for national health care, re-industrialization, ecologically friendly mass transit, infrastructure repair, and eventually a democratization of our economy. Building such a movement will be very hard work. The cyber-world has many benefits, but people seemed to be convinced that social change can occur by email. It is great shame, that it takes 8.2% unemployment and massive economic dislocation to push people back to real time organizing and protest.

Simply that people are angry is not enough. The Bolsheviks, Fascists, and Nazis all road [sic] waves of mass discontent to power. A peoples' movement must be militantly democratic and refuse to make common cause with even the 'mildest and friendliest totalitarians.' A truly democratic movement for social democracy must transcend the narrow special interest group politics that has made up most of political discourse since the protests against the Vietnam War. To transcend the current economic crisis we need a full employment economy and that means a movement concentrated on 'red letter' social democratic issues of democratic worker and community control of industry.

While support for socialism in the United States may be growing, Rasmussen's polling finds that absolute majorities of the American public support both capitalism and free markets. Meanwhile, anti-communist sentiment remains strong in many segments of the US population, with opposition to socialism being a defining feature of Conservatism in the United States.

In an exclusive statement to Wikinews, John F. McManus, President of the anti-socialist John Birch Society, offered the John Birch Society's position on the poll result: If 20 percent of the American people prefer socialism, it is likely that half believe it has more to do with sociability that it has to do with an economic system that places government in control of their lives. Ask these 20 percent what socialism truly is and the response will rarely point to the great hero of all socialists, Karl Marx.

The John Birch Society believes that everyone is a capitalist. If one starts out defining capital as the means of production (which is its definition), then everyone — from the primitive fisherman to the corporate executive — uses capital and is a capitalist.

The distinction that most don't make is who owns and controls the capital. Does each individual have the right to own his means of production — even a fishing pole? Or does the government own and/or control all the means of production?

When each individual has the right to own capital (property), there is freedom — up to the point where no one is permitted to impede someone else's similar right. Where socialism reigns, the government dominates, either completely a la communism or essentially a la fascism (Nazi-style or Mussolini-style).

Most Americans are victims of an absolutely horrible educational system. Too many have been persuaded that government should take care of them. We tell such fools that, if that's what they want, they should turn themselves in at the local prison where they will be cared for 24 hours a day. We ask them to stop advocating converting our entire nation into what effectively will be a coast-to-coast prison.

The proper role of government can never be more than the protection of the lives, liberty and property of the people who pay for it. The improper role of government is to take care of the people — which it always does poorly and does so almost always as a grab for power rather than a supposedly noble concern for the downtrodden.

Americans currently most often cite the economy as their number one concern in polls, ahead of terrorism. In December 2008, workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago staged a union-backed factory occupation in a fight against company management — a return to tactics of direct action from the historically more subdued American organized labor movement.

On April 10 2009, Alabama representative Spencer Bachus (R-Alabama) told the Birmingham News that seventeen members of the US House of Representatives are socialists. He did not specify which members.


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April 12, 2009 [[File:San Joaquin County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Tracy Highlighted.svg|thumb|left|250px
 * This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in San Joaquin County, California, highlighting Tracy in red.]]Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby, of Tracy, California, was arrested just before midnight Friday night on suspicion of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl.

Tracy Police Chief Janet Thiessen said, "Ms. Huckaby has been arrested and will be booked at the San Joaquin County Jail for kidnapping and murder." Tracy Police Police Sargent Tony Sheneman added, "She revealed enough information that we had probable cause to arrest her for both kidnapping and murder."

Huckaby voluntarily submitted herself to questioning Friday night at the Tracy police station, and was arrested less than six hours later. She now resides in the San Joaquin County Jail without bond, awaiting an arraignment hearing on Tuesday.

On April 6, the body of Sandra Cantu was discovered stuffed inside the 28-year-old's suitcase at the bottom of a pond a few miles away from her home. The two were neighbors in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park and Huckaby's own 5-year-old daughter often played with Cantu. Autopsy results are still pending.

Huckaby admitted in a published interview that Cantu had visited her home on the day the girl went missing. She also said that her suitcase was stolen in her driveway before the April 6 discovery. However, police say Huckaby gave four different accounts of what happened the day before Cantu went missing to four different sources.

Huckaby was due in court on April 17 to check in with officials at a mental health program in the county. This treatment was ordered as a part of her 3-year probation sentence for a prior petty theft charge in November 2006.

No word on a possible motive in this case. Tracy Police Sargent Tony Sheneman said, "I couldn't even begin to theorize what her motive is."

There are no other suspects in the case and Sheneman does not expect any further arrests.


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Comments:One in five Americans finds socialism superior, poll says

1 out of every 4 Americans is also a complete retard. Probably a correlation there. The remaining 5% is occupied by Truthers
 * 3 of 4 doesn't equal 5%. Either you have bad grammar, need a math lesson, or you are just a troll.

 * The article mentioned 1/5 of Americans finds Socialism superior, whereas the first comment asserted that 1/4 Americans is a complete retard. Assuming that the implication is that all Americans who find Socialism superior are complete retards, all truthers are retards, and no truthers find Socialism superior, then the math gives 1/4 - 1/5 = 1/20 = 5% as he asserted, thus his math should be correct.  Since I'm not sure how to respond specifically to a particular comment, I'll sign off with the comment I like turtles.

Ugh. Fephisto (talk) 15:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks like that One in Five never read a History book either.--66.229.11.230 16:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you? They have socialism in such wretched places, don't they? Like Sweden. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:32, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Yeah Cuba too. Wonders for my people! I mean the gov run heath care dos wonders for us *smirks.--66.229.11.230 17:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, if you want to bash socialised healthcare, you should try starting with France - after you've looked up some of the statistics showing the stark difference between their treatment, US treatment, and the cost per-capita.
 * As to Cuba, their nearest neighbour has run a decades-long embargo against them and tried to pressure others to do the same. No wonder they're kinda poverty-stricken and not readily able to get expensive drugs and treatments. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

27% were unsure
That's an awfully sizable amount of people who are conceding to be totally uneducated about politics. 70.153.112.56 18:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Or maybe they just aren't as retardly naive zealots for any one ideology as you are. Kudos to Wikinews for balanced reporting. --80.163.2.104 01:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Any person who is educated in political sciences is bound to have a strong opinion about most major forms of social organization. Obviously, you feel strongly about political matters yourself, given that you're badgering me about the neutrality of independent media coverage. (bearing in mind, I'm not even an editor here!) 70.153.109.127 20:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Useless info
20% IS NOT A MAJORITY IF YOU CAN COUNT. And like the comment above me says, 27% don't really care or know. This is not news. Let's not start a ruckus about how Obama's going to change our nation by becoming socialistic. This is just stupid. This is like saying that 20% of human beings brush their teeth up and down instead of side to side. Great job Wikinews, keep it up on useless information!
 * While 20% is not a majority, it is a pretty sizable number. Should one be in a room with nine other people two of those people prefer socialism (overly statistically correct of course; in reality that number could fluctuate quite wildly).
 * Political tide is significantly more important than teeth brushing patterns. Spud Collab/Opinions 15:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * What do you mean this isn't news? Everyone is aware where the world where the American public generally stands on the political spectrum? I'll give you a hint: it's not near socialism. --78.147.2.70 15:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Did I miss something? 80% understand that socialism is spending other folks money till they run out. We are headed down a slippery slope of socialism under the new president, he and Hillary have an agenda and it is not good for our country

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 * Don't put words in other peoples' mouths. It's just as likely that 80% have been subjected to Capitalism exclusively, and have no idea what Socialism is in the first place. It's natural that they would voice support for Capitalism, as the only form of government they've witnessed in application. These kind of polls do not account for the general ignorance or personal bias of their participants. 70.153.123.245 01:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

In a Cultural Context...
Of course a poll would show over 50% of US people favor capitalism and free markets, we are saturated with pro-capitalist/anti-socialist media from morning till night. Such responses depend heavily on HOW the questions are phrased. If you simply ask, capialism or socialism? Americans will predictably respond "capitalism!", out of pure automatic nationalism. Such a question does not measure understanding of the terms, only trained reactions. But if you phrase the question without the idealogical terms, and focus on specific actions instead, you will get a different result. For instance, if you ask: Do you feel the banking industry needs to be more regulated by the government? In todays climate of recession blamed on banking misdeeds, its easy to predict that most people will respond "Yes, regulate those banks!", although such an action is clearly socialistic. Similarly, if you ask, should government intervene in the health insurance industry to provide more equitable healthcare coverage? With its appeal to equality, this question leads many people to respond in the positive, although its another socialistic action.

Polling questions are rarely neutral, but have to be considered in their cultural context, where they often evoke predictable results, and sometimes are intentionally phrased to do so.

In fact we already live in a mixed capitalist/socialist economy, as do most other nations. Taking the poll results with a grain of salt, I believe that if 20% are willing to favor "Socialism" as an ideology, then an even higher percentage of Americans would favor more socialistic government control in certain sectors of our economy. As long as it isnt called it socialism out loud, people like a certain amount of government control.

This is an excellent article, kudos to the author.


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I'm so sure it's not his first time running in Europe! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.159.57.2 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Usain bolt give up —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.163.57.251 (talk • contribs) 03:19, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


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Comments:Somali pirates demand $2 million ransom for US captain held hostage

To be honest, I believe that this is ridiculous. I didn't think that pirates existed..but apparently this is a serious issue. Hopefully this can be resolved soon without anyone getting hurt. P!nkPolkaDots (talk) 01:25, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

 * wow.--66.229.11.230 17:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The Captain is freed and 3 of the pirates are dead. Watching Fox news right now.--KDP3 (talk) 17:35, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


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Eight year old Victoria Stafford of Ontario missing since Wednesday

April 14, 2009

Victoria Stafford, eight years old, was sighted leaving her Woodstock, Ontario school on Wednesday afternoon with an unknown woman caught on video camera. She has not been seen since. Victoria (Tori) attended grade 3 at Oliver Stephens Public School, and the video is from the College Avenue secondary school as Victoria and the unidentified woman walked along Fyfe Avenue.

"I've had a lot of problems come up in my life and stuff like that, and I haven't always been there for my kids, but this is my baby girl and it's absolutely hurting now," her father Robert Stafford said, "It's killing me, [I want to] let her know that I love her and I'll see her soon. One way or another I'll see her soon."

Police teams from Oxford, Waterloo and London have assembled together with rescue dogs and trained search and rescue personnel to find the child.

Police have called the search a criminal investigation, but have not yet issued an Amber alert as there has been no report of an abduction.

150 volunteers joined search efforts and to pass out flyers on the 10th. Police say they have no need of more volunteers at this time, however they would appreciate any tips or calls from anyone who may have seen either Victoria or the woman.

The unidentified woman seen in the video is described as between 19 and 25 years old with straight long black hair. She weighs about 120 to 125 pounds and was wearing a white coat and black jeans in the video. Victoria was wearing a green shirt with a black pleated skirt. She was wearing black and white shoes and carried a purple and pink Bratz purse. She had on a black Hannah Montana jacket which had a white fur lined hood.

"I think what's happening with members of the public is an expression of their emotions, their concern for this child. And I think that's good in terms of the willingness of this community to step up," said Michael Harding, Mayor of Woodstock.

Volunteers are making and handing out purple ribbons, Tori's favourite colour. A candlelight vigil will be held in the evening on Easter Sunday.


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State of emergency in Thailand; protestors attack PM's car

April 12, 2009

Troops are being deployed throughout Thailand as the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in reaction to protesters supporting ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Armoured vehicles and bands of protesters are reportedly roving the streets of Bangkok and the prime minister has threatened to use force against the protesters. The protesters are supporters of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). They demand the immediate resignation of the prime minister and fresh elections.

A group of protesters at the country's Ministry of the Interior, which Xinhua says numbered in the "hundreds", attacked the prime minister's Mercedes but he was not inside at the time. The ministry building was stormed by protesters and several police and protesters were injured during the ensuing riot.

The state of emergency comes after mass protests and an invasion of the conference site by UDD red-shirted demonstrators forced the abandonment of the sixteen-member ASEAN summit in the resort town of Pattaya yesterday.

"The government has to declare the state of emergency to restore normality as soon as possible," the Prime Minister was quoted as saying. This morning, the protesters were "infuriated" as the government arrested UDD leader and politician Arisman Pongruangrong, who led the Pattaya protest.

The protests come just months after the yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy occupied airports in Bangkok, leading to the fall of the previous, Thaksin-aligned government. Thailand has had five prime ministers in the past 18 months since the Council for National Security relinquished power; the CNS took power in a 2006 military coup d'etat that deposed the Thaksin government.

Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd called the deployment of troops a "measure to restore order" and denied it was another coup.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, in charge of the security measures against the UDD, stated on television earlier: "Police and military officers must fully and forcefully carry out their jobs lest more damage is done. Actions must be taken promptly and order be restored as soon as possible. Your superiors and I will take responsibility for all your actions."

Thailand has remained in turmoil since the ousting of now-fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. A bloodless coup in 2006 saw him deposed, and he left the country to stay in the United Kingdom. While the courts in Thailand considered allegations of corruption against him and his wife, the UK government revoked his visa. In previous video conference and telephone addresses he has encouraged the red-shirted UDD protesters to oppose the current government.

Following the coup that deposed Thaksin, the various people involved in the populist Thai Rak Thai (TRT - lit. Thais love Thais) political party were forced to reform as TRT was outlawed. With significant support from the rural poor they won elections following the militarily appointed government stepping aside. Unrest following this, and charges of election fraud, toppled the new populist government.


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Wow, no "Hal" or "Skynet" or "GladOS" jokes yet? Fephisto (talk) 15:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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Manitoba's flood creating hazardous conditions

April 14, 2009 The Red River at Winnipeg is almost clear of ice blocks and ice jamming, however there are still dangers from the Red River flood.

Ice blocks which were as high as two storey buildings were ripping out trees, fences and railway ties. "You'll see huge pans of ice standing vertical, up to high," said Steve Topping, an official with the provincial Water Stewardship Department. "Ice was shoved up on the shore and took out trees with a very devastating effect. It has changed people's view of the river."

"It is incredible, the force. One piece of ice pushed out of the river about 20 feet. You watch the force push this up right in front of your eyes," said Dean North, of the Selkirk Golf and Country Club.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police are ticketing sight seers who are driving through road closure signs and approaching excavators, cranes and crews breaking up the ice. Vehicles, people, boats, and kayaks are getting in the way.

An eight year old boy is in critical condition after slipping on a culvert Thursday. He was pulled underwater by the speed of the flowing water and remained under for about five to ten minutes until adults could rescue him. The air ambulance supplied by Alberta's STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) remains in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

"This is not a spectator sport. It's not about getting the best pictures for the family albums. I know floods are seen as a bit of an event, but some of the instances I'm hearing about, people should give their head a shake, they really should," said Steve Ashton Manitoba Emergency Measures Minister, "Those who fall into the river or get into trouble in another way would be not only endangering themselves but the emergency response crews trying to rescue them. I don't want to see a situation … where we're trying our darndest to prevent flooding and save lives and somebody [who] decides to go have a white-water experience ends up killing themselves."

Early Easter Sunday morning floodwater reached the rural municipalities of St. Andrews and St. Clements north of Winnipeg. Residents were sent an evacuation advisory Good Friday, however some residents remained. Rescue efforts commenced Saturday night to find those stranded and unable to leave as their vehicles cannot travel in the swollen overland floodwaters. Some people were rescued from roof tops as entire houses were swept off of their foundations by the large ice blocks hurtling down the river.

Highways in the area remain closed. Neil Gobelle, of Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation said to "definitely continue to watch the Red River Valley and north of the city up in the Selkirk area. Things are changing quite a bit, quite quickly, so we'll keep an eye on those areas."

As of Easter Sunday, Winnipeg is expected to be ice free on the Red River. The River rose in the course of 24 hours. Rain is in the forecast and the higher temperatures of will cause melting of snow and ice.

A weather system caused by La Niña is being watched by the United States National Weather Service and its potential effects between April 16-18 for residents along the Red River Valley. "We want people to be aware there is a very real possibility of the river going higher than what is out there," said Mark Ewens, data manager at the NWS, "To have spring floods like this back-to-back is just an unfortunate series of events that have come along to plague us this spring. We're wanting people to understand that this is a potentially serious problem."


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American captain freed from Somali pirates

April 12, 2009

Captain Richard Phillips of the American cargo ship Maersk Alabama has been freed from Somali pirates after being held hostage for four days. The U.S. Navy reports three of the four pirates were killed in a short gun battle with Navy SEALs, with the fourth being taken into custody.

Phillips was removed to the USS Bainbridge, a Navy warship, before being flown to another, the USS Boxer, where he was examined and is said to be in good health. Talks between the Navy and pirates were not going well prior to the short battle.

"The negotiations between the elders and American officials have broken down. The reason is American officials wanted to arrest the pirates in Puntland and elders refused the arrest of the pirates," said an official involved.

The FBI announced it was opening an investigation into the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, which arrived at its original destination of Mombasa, Kenya on Saturday.

"We are all absolutely thrilled to learn that Richard is safe and will be re-united with his family," John Reinhart, CEO of the Maersk Line said. "Maersk Line Limited is deeply grateful to the Navy, the FBI and so many others for their tireless efforts to secure Richard's freedom."


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Peruvian rebels kill thirteen soldiers

April 13, 2009

According to the defence minister of Peru, Flores Araoz, Shining Path rebels have killed thirteen soldiers in two ambushes in the southeast region of the country. The attacks were the deadliest by guerrillas in the past ten years.

The minister stated that rebels attacked a military patrol with explosives, killing eleven soldiers and a captain. Both attacks occurred from Peru's capital of Lima, in the Ayacucho region. Two other soldiers have been injured, and one is missing.

"The attack with dynamite and grenades took place Thursday, and victims included a captain, a junior officer and 11 soldiers," Araoz said, adding that "most of the soldiers plunged over a cliff." The minister said the attacks had happened on Thursday, but news was delayed for some time due to poor communications in the region.

Yehude Simon, the prime minister of Peru, denounced the rebels' attacks. "These actions are desperate responses by the Shining Path in the face of advances by the armed forces. I have no doubt that in the next years this zone will be free of leftover terrorists," he said.

The Shining Path tried to oust the Peruvian government and replace it with communist rule in the 1980s and 90s. They have been accused by authorities of being involved in the cocaine trade, and using money obtained from the profits to fund themselves.

The group returned again in 2008, starting a series of attacks and killing 25 police officers and soldiers in ambushes. The Peruvian army launched an "Operation Excellence" last year to remove three hundred of the guerrillas from the valleys around the Ene and Apurimac rivers, but have not had much success.

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Hostaged?
Is "Hostaged" even a real word? --Brian McNeil / talk 20:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't appear on Webster, but Dictionary.com has it, so I'm not sure. --Resplendent (talk) 20:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk about a fukked up report. If this is the future of the news biz, then we are in serious trouble. 24.125.242.203
 * Feel free to improve upon it if you feel so strongly. --Resplendent (talk) 20:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I do feel free to expound upon it. This is not reporting, and the reason it is not reporting is that nobody was there.

Imagine that! A news report from nobody that was there!
 * Well, there might have been press reports from FBI and the shipping line. Good PR is good PR Jacroe 20:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Who cares. That's not news. Or is it?

I don't care what media is saying. I want to hear what people are saying is news. That's what this site is here for.

 * So, we should report what people say is news but not what the media is saying is news? How can people know what the news is unless you report it as you hear it or as others pump out press releases? If you don't like what we report, sign up and report the news as you see it. We would love to have you. Jacroe 21:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Gun battle?
Gun battle implies that the pirates shot back. They were killed by sniper fire. Source: Vice Adm Bill Gortney: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.rescue.breakdown/index.html

"The on-scene commander saw that one of the pirates still held that AK-47, was very, very concerned for the captain's life -- and he ordered the shots to be taken," Gortney said Monday.

Even with the small boat "moving up and down a couple of feet," the SEALs hit their targets. "Remarkable marksmanship," Gortney said.


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Copyeditor's Award

I haven't finished going through your editprotected requests, but keep piling them on if you want to. I'll get to them eventually. Gopher65talk 22:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Since everyone seems to be in the mood for piling on barnstars, I think I'll add mine as well. Excellent work! ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 18:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion
Perhaps you would like to try WN:AWB? I think it will help make your typo fixing and article copyediting more efficient. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 19:05, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I've tried it a few years ago, but I didn't like it back then. Also, I have a Mac (in combination with Firefox) and it is only available for Windows. Besides, I cannot edit protected pages, so currently it isn't very useful. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 19:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hi. Great work with the typo fixing. Just one suggestion: perhaps you be a little more specific when making an editprotected request? Currently, you only mention what word it is, and not where specifically it is located. It will be easier for administrators making the correction if you say where the typo is (i.e. 3rd paragraph from bottom, 2nd from top paragraph, etc.), so that we don't have to go through the entire article (which can be quite long) looking for it. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Ahh, I thought you just did a CTRL-F and typed in the word, so you search for it. At least, that is what I do. But I'll see if I can be a bit more specific. :) Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Oh! I never knew that a word search tool existed -- I see it now. Don't bother with my suggestion, I can use the search tool instead. Thanks. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 15:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin
You're almost at the two months of activity threshold for an admin application. Personally, I don't see that as a hard and fast rule and would be prepared to nominate you if you'd prefer that to applying yourself. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Actually, I'm only at almost one month of activity. :) Also, the admin level comes with various other responsibilities, such as vandalism monitoring, user upgrades/blocking, archiving and protecting pages, etc. I'm not sure if I'm motivated enough for those activities. On the other hand, I think it may be useful for editing protected pages, so I'm kind of in dubio. I appreciate your support very much, but I seriously wonder if one month of editing is enough. :) I think I'll wait some more days to increase the chance of success. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 19:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

 * If you want to increase your chances of becoming an administrator, you might want to consider doing some other things here, other than typo fixing (although that is very much appreciated, and I thank you for it). Writing some articles, fighting vandalism, and participating in discussions will greatly increase your chances of success, because then other users will be able to see that you can exercise proper judgement and understand site policy, two necessary traits for an administrator. I personally would not oppose a nomination by you, should you choose to apply. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:00, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fighting vandalism is something I could do, but I mostly do it only when I come across it. However, I do sight older pages when I come across them to make sure edits have to be done by editors. Writing articles may not be my strongest point. Also when I do one thing, I cannot do the other; time is limited of course. :) I'll try to participate in discussions more often, good suggestion, thanks. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 23:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, and another very useful thing you can do is to review articles -- that is always appreciated, and could be a plus in an admin nomination. You can do reviews, now that you have editor status. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Fixing the archive
Hi Van der Hoorn. You are extremely effective in finding typos, etc. in the archive of articles, as well as elsewhere. However, due to the backlog it is creating, do you think it would make sense to work with someone with AutoWikiBrowser? Just a thought. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:08, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I understand your point; two things:
 * Maybe it is useful, but how do you propose it's done? Somehow I must communicate the typos, right?
 * The backlog is already there, you just can't see it right now; only because I point to the typos and other improvements, they suddenly see the light, i.e. if I don't point to the typos, they're still there to be fixed one day. :)
 * Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 11:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

UOM conversion templates
These look like a really good idea, but a couple of points to consider. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * They should probably be fully protected - once in widespread use the impact of vandalising a template could be significant.
 * Their use probably merits a page listing them, and detailing their usage. I would also suggest that such a page be linked to from the style guide.

 * I was first trying to copy Template:Convert, but it's too large and we probably don't need all conversions Convert is capable of. Fully protecting them seems like a fine idea. On the other hand, doesn't the flagged revisions system protect the template? Or is the draft version of templates used?
 * They are all in Category:Conversion templates (which is also used on Wikipedia). Which section of the style guide do you think is appropriate for mentioning the templates?

Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:23, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Tempodivalse/Writing contest
Hi, I noticed you signed up to participate in my writing contest. The contest is ready, you can start contributing articles anytime from now up to March 31st. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Sourcing
I found it at Czech Airlines, thanks. In the future, you might want to make a mention that you took information from Wikipedia on the article's talk page, as not every reviewer will check WP as a source. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 15:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


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Golf: Ángel Cabrera wins 2009 Masters Tournament

April 15, 2009 Argentine Ángel Cabrera won the 2009 Masters Tournament Sunday with a second-hole playoff victory over Kenny Perry at the Augusta National Golf Club in the American state of Georgia.

Cabrera, who gained international attentional with a win at the 2007 U.S. Open, shot a 12-under-par over 72 holes to force a playoff with Americans Perry and Chad Campbell. With a pair of 68s in the first two rounds, Cabrera sat in third place, one stroke behind leaders Perry and Campbell. In the third round, Cabrera shot a 69 to share the lead with Perry, before shooting a 71 on Sunday to end the day at 12-under-par.

With two holes to go, Perry had a two-shot lead at 14-under. He bogeyed both holes, while Cabrera parred both, having shot 3 birdies in the final six holes.

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English Football: Roundup for Easter weekend

April 13, 2009

With a game-in-hand, champions Manchester United maintained a one-point lead over second-place Liverpool after United defeated Sunderland 2–1 and Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers 4–0 in English Premier League action this weekend. Third- and fourth-place Chelsea and Arsenal both earned key victories, with Chelsea only four points out of the top of the table.

United's 17-year-old striker Federico Macheda scored the winning goal for the second time in two games with a redirection of a Michael Carrick shot into the corner of the net on Saturday against Sunderland. On April 5, against Aston Villa, Macheda scored the game's final goal in his Manchester United debut. United took the lead over Sunderland on a Paul Scholes header in the 19th minute. Sunderland equalised with a 55th-minute goal by Kenwyne Jones.

For Liverpool, Fernando Torres scored in the fifth and thirty-third minute, and second-half goals by Daniel Agger and David N'Gog sealed the victory over Blackburn. The game also marked Liverpool's observance the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives in a stampede during an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

In other action, Chelsea earned a narrow 4–3 victory over Bolton. After Chelsea went 4–0 ahead, Bolton rallied back with three goals in eight minutes, but could not add the equliser. Michael Ballack scored the game's first goal on five minutes before the half-time break and Didier Drogba scored another just three minutes into the second half. At the hour mark, Bolton right back Grétar Steinsson handled the ball and earned Chelsea a penalty kick which Frank Lampard converted. Drogba added another in the 63th minute. In the span of eight minutes, Bolton scored three times, with goals coming from Andy O'Brien, Chris Basham and Matt Taylor.

Arsenal ran out comfortable 4–1 winners at Wigan. After Mido scored the first goal in the 18th minute, Arsenal saw second-half goals form Theo Walcott, Mikaël Silvestre, Andrei Arshavin and Alexandre Song. Arsenal is now six points behind Chelsea.

The fifth spot in the table on the line, Aston Villa hosted sixth-place Everton in one of two games Sunday, who were just one point behind Villa. Neither club could gain position on the other after the game ended in a 3–3 draw. After being down 3–1 early in the second half, Villa scored twice, once on a penalty to tie the game.

In the other game Sunday, Fulham defeated Manchester City 3–1, with two goals coming from American Clint Dempsey. Dempsey was awarded Man of the Match honors for his brace.

In other Saturday action, Tottenham earned a 1–0 victory over West Ham United. The Spurs' lone goal came in the 65th minute from Roman Pavlyuchenko.

In action in the bottom half of the table, Stoke drew 1–1 with Newcastle, while Portsmouth drew 2–2 with West Bromwich Albion. Middlesbrough gained three key points with a 3–1 victory over Hull City.

Premier League action restarts Saturday, though five Premier League team are involved in European action mid-week. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United compete in UEFA Champions League action on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, Manchester City plays in the UEFA Cup.


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man, what the hell. I thought we just took care of these guys. they're everywhere! war!!!!

Something has to be done about these pirates. The world needs to catch up with the times so we can end this threat to the global economy.

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The sea knowledge of your correspondants is lamentable.ie in the report on the brilliant russian attack on the captured 'Moscow University'they refewrred to the Engine Room, as 'the machinry hold'.Also they just present comments by senior commanders 'as gospel truth'.Therey have little proper IN DEPTH knowledge to be incisive.And do not know where to go, to obtain an opposite point of view.I;m a rtired Shipmaster, who has been attacked by pirates, so I see the articles, spoken with such authority-as often un-informed garbage. Captain B. —122.108.95.193 (talk) 19:41, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


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Journalists deported from Fiji

April 13, 2009

Fiji's military regime has deported two foreign journalists.

3 News political reporter Sia Aston and her camera operator were detained by police and taken to Government House this afternoon where she was expected to be told to leave the country. All her footage of events in Fiji has been confiscated.

ABC journalist Sean Dorney, the only other foreign journalist in the country, has reportedly also been ordered to leave.

This is not the first time Fiji's military regime has deported journalists. In December 2008 ONE News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver was deported. In June 2007, Fairfax New Zealand correspondent Michael Field was deported from Fiji after criticising the regime.

Fiji's military regime has imposed strict media censorship in the wake of the abrogation of the constitution on Friday. Police officers have been stationed in newsrooms, and stories deemed "inciteful" or "negative" about the regime are censored. Fiji Television refused to air its news broadcast on Sunday night in protest at the censorship.

President Josefa Iloilo abrogated the country's constitution and declared himself head of state in response to a court ruling that the military regime was unlawful. He subsequently reappointed military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama as Prime Minister, and reinstated the interim Cabinet.

Fiji's government was overthrown by a military coup in 2006.

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Good. They got what was coming to them.--71.176.28.138 05:39, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Confronting the Somali terrorists!
I think that an international task force should be on the alert near the Somali coast and in the whole area around it to put a stop to the terrorist activities against the ships in the area.
 * They're not terrorists, they're pirates. They aren't attacking to hurt, they're attacking to make money --199.190.223.190 17:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Well 190 The pirates now claim revenge and they said they are going to kill every Americans. Sounds like terrorism. But either way both only deserve a noose.--66.229.26.39 06:11, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

 * there is an internation task force in the area, the USS Boxer mentioned in the article is its flagship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_151 and CTF 150 (an anti-terrorism task force) was also dispatched to combat piracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150 Defaultdotxbe (talk) 21:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


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