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Man in Florida, USA, arrested for using 911 to complain about fast food

February 10, 2009

A man in Boynton Beach, Florida located in the United States, was arrested for misusing the city's 911 emergency phone service. Jean Fortune, 66, called 911 to complain about a fast food order from Burger King he had not yet placed.

On Monday Fortune called 911 to complain that the Burger King he was going to eat at did not sell lemonade. He also complained to 911 operators that the food he had yet to order, was going to take 15 minutes to complete.

"You cannot dial 911 because you are unhappy with your burger, ok. I know you don't seriously think that the police need to make Burger King give you food faster," says the operator as Fortune continued to complain. "If it takes 15 minutes to cook, it takes 15 minutes to cook, ok. You don't need to call 911."

It turns out, after nearly three minutes of arguing with the operator, Fortune never even placed an order.

"Have you given them any money?," asks the operator. Fortune replies "no." The operator then asks Fortune, "have they given you any food?" Again Fortune replies "no." The operator then tells Fortune that he is able to "just drive away" from the situation, but he disagrees and tells her he will "just move [his] car". The operator warns Fortune that the police are on their way and then tells him to not block the drive-thru.

When police arrived, they arrested him for misusing the emergency line, which is a criminal offense in Florida. He was formally charged with the crime, issued a notice to appear in court and then released.


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Redux?
This story sounds eerily familiar. This type of "wacky" news has a way of repeating itself or getting recycled. And I don't mean by a couple of days in this case. At least by a year in this case. I will poke around and see what, if anything, I find. --SVTCobra 14:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I have satisfied myself that this case from 2005 is different, even though they both involve Burger King and that the operators advice is quite similar. Cheers, --SVTCobra 14:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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Wow this guy is deranged on several levels
Wow this guy is deranged on several levels. I suggest the local authorities have the arrested person checked out by mental health professionals.

Only in America
Uh, yeah. 74.242.120.53 18:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Ugh!
Why are people so stupid? 65.43.96.3 19:52, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Dispatcher: Uh, sir, this is 9-1-1. We don't do burgers or sodas. We do handcuffs and cracked ribs. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:54, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You do ribs? I'll take a serve of those with some fries on the side, thanks. And a Diet Coke. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Things like this make you wonder. -- 24.205.43.233 23:27, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Angry Man
He needs like serious help, he must have anger management problems!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.109.0.61 (talk) 15:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

this guy needs help
this guy is a nut case. who calls 911 to complain about a fast food order that wasent even placed? this guy is not all there. he needs some help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.165.189.182 (talk) 20:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

OMG that is so dumb. I'm gonna use 911 to complain about all types of stuff from now on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.6.174.112 (talk) 04:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

www.zapod.it.gg

 * Perhaps he were bored, also thought 'yes, that's america, I'm going to try the emergency number'. ;-o
 * The operator needs help :wbash:.
 * Kai Burghardt (talk) 23:18, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

man in florida arrested for using 911 to complain about fast food
(gasping for air):cant....stop....laughing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.19.14.21 (talk) 07:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

false arrest
her (officer's) complaint was obviously civil and non criminal - the arrest and especially temporary jailing was illegal - typical in the US these days

the police officer did not have to talk about hamburgers - could have hung up any time or refered caller to another number any time


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EU warns France about auto rescue plan

February 11, 2009 On Monday, France announced a rescue plan for its struggling automotive industry. The plan totals €6.5 billion (US$8.5 billion). The European Commission, which enforces European Union legislation, said the conditions may break EU rules.

The plan calls for PSA Peugeot Citroën and Renault, the two largest French automakers, to receive a five-year loan of €3 billion at 6% interest, each. Meanwhile, Renault Trucks, which is owned by Volvo Group of Sweden, will receive a €500 million loan.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the funds should be invested in environmental technology. Sarkozy added that "Renault and PSA have also committed to not to close any production sites for the duration of their loan and to do whatever they can to avoid layoffs." "It's a commitment that I applaud because it ensures that this acute but temporary crisis will not destroy our industrial base and automotive know-how," the President concluded.

The European Commission is concerned about the implied obligation to not close production facilities, which would go against EU rules.

"There are indications that carmakers will be obliged to maintain their center of production in France as a condition for government support," said Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for the Commission on Tuesday in Brussels. "The Commission will not authorize aid that would tend to undermine the single market."

Conditions that violate these rules "would render the aid illegal and will not be tolerated by the commission," Todd said. "If there are measures that question the single market, the risk would be that the recession would be much worse, even becoming a depression as in the 1930s."

"Today the Commission has written to the French authorities to ask for clarification of the plan," Todd explained at a briefing. "We have not actually reached any conclusions as regards the French measures. We have a few concerns with what we saw in the press."

Slovakia has already said that it will appeal to the EC, if the loans amount to a distortion of competition law.

"The philosophy of the EU is a single market without any barriers to transfer products and services," Ján Počiatek, the finance minister of Slovakia said.

In Germany, Verband der Automobilindustrie executive director Klaus Braeunig said that the French plan is "a clear distortion of competition." He added, "We don’t want an international race in subsidies."

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Comments:'Tim Hortons' coffee shops to go 'Cold Stone'

The first thought to come to mind is heart attack, I get fat enough just drinking my large double double every day now ice cream tim's should prepare for the lawsuits due to high fat content they cream is 18% in canada the grocery store sells 5% or 10%..

Didn't work for Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins - Why does Tim Horton think it will work?
The "combo store" concept was invented by Dunkin' Donuts, with their co-branding locations with Baskin Robbins ice cream shops. Dunkin' mostly abandoned this concept years ago, but it flat didn't work. In part the two concepts require very different kinds of locations. Just jamming donuts into an ice cream shop, or vice-versa, has proven to be a failure in all but very high density locations (like Manhattan).

The deal is complicated by the fact that Cold Stone stores are in "massive meltdown", no pun intended. The Cold Stone products are grossly overpriced compared to a Dunkin or Tim Horton's product. Cold Stone stores were failing at breathtaking numbers even before the recession started. In part the Cold Stone operation is plagued with overpriced stock (sold by the franchisor) and crippling labor costs. The "mix-in" fad has come and gone several times over the years, and with a base product as bad as Cold Stone's it's no wonder their stores are failing.

Existing Cold Stone stores have been screaming for something else to sell, in the theory that they can manage "daypart" operations. They don't yet realize that this also increases expenses especially payroll. However many of the Cold Stone's were sold to "yuppie" business owner wanna-bees, who second mortgaged their houses to jump on this bandwagon.

But ya gotta wonder what kind of thought went into this from the Tim Horton side. Perhaps just desperate for name recognition in an already overcrowded market for coffee and donuts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.241.172 (talk) 04:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


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US Senate passes stimulus package

February 11, 2009

🇺🇸The United States Senate passed a worth 838 billion on Tuesday, aimed at creating millions of new jobs and steering the economy out of the recession. The -controlled Senate passed the bill by a vote of 61-37, with only three supporting the plan. The move comes in the midst of a recession, which has claimed 3.6 million jobs in the US.

Before the bill can be signed into law by the president, the Senate package first has to be reconciled with a different version of the plan that was adopted by the. The main differences between the two versions are over spending priorities and how to expand Medicaid, the medicinal program. The Senate version would also give more resources to tax cuts, whereas the House's plan would devote more money to local governments and schools.

President Barack Obama welcomed the news, calling it a "good start". "That's good news and I want to thank all of the members of the Senate who have moved the process forward," he said, speaking at a town hall meeting in. "We've still got to get the House bill and the Senate bill to match up before it gets sent to my desk, so we got a little more work to do over the next couple of days."

Most Republicans voted against the stimulus package. Shortly before the Senate vote, Senate Minority leader spoke against the stimulus plan, speaking for most of his Republican colleagues: "This bill misses the mark. It is full of waste; we have no assurance it will create jobs or revive the economy," he said. "The only thing we know for sure is that it increases our debt and locks in bigger and bigger interest payments every single year."

The only Republicans who voted for the bill were Senators and  of, and 's Senator.

Wall Street reacted negatively to the passage of the bill, with the down over three hundred points in afternoon trading.

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Possibly, not for a while though. However what wont help the economy is the continued party vs party politics. That will be the ultimate deciding factor in if America can fix this crisis.

Not a chance. The only thing this bill does is give the next generation more debt, inflation, and a great big shove down the path of socialism. This bill could have been a three page, across-the-board tax cut, and it would have done a lot more to stimulate the economy for now and for later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.5.118 (talk) 06:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Actually, untargeted tax cuts have been conclusively proven not to provide significant stimulus. There is a simple reason for this: if you give a poor person 100 dollars they feel compelled to go out and buy basic necessities for themselves, and this creates a rolling effect, because the person/corp that receives the money can go and spend it too; if you give a Bill Gates 100 dollars, he wipes his ass with it, and then flushes it down the toilet — or possibly he sticks it in a savings account. Either way, that money doesn't get spent, so there is no domino effect in the economy.

 * It's really quite simple: rich people don't need to spend the money that they'd get, so they won't. Thus, no stimulus effect occurs from money given to rich people. Unfortunate, but true nonetheless. This is why any tax cuts *cannot* be "across the board" as you say, but rather have to be specifically targeted to companies and individuals that will use them most effectively. Refundable Tax Credits to the lower middle class are the best way to go about this, but only if you refuse to engage in more lucrative and beneficial things like infrastructure repair/construction. Gopher65talk 15:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Your making the assumption that rich people just put their money in a vault or something. They are probably less likely to have cash on hand than those in the middle class, when measured as a percentage of net worth. Rich people buy stocks and bonds etc. which does stimulate and is probably what we need to get out the credit crunch. --SVTCobra 17:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

A combination of both spending and tax cuts is most effective in combating recession. It is text book economics and both components have their drawbacks. All money involved in government spending goes into the economy. However with tax cuts, a portion of the taxes are saved and only most of it is spent. The drawback to Government spending is that it takes a year or more for it to go into the economy due to administrative regulations while with tax cuts, you see their effects on your next paycheck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.115.85.131 (talk) 19:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

too much extra fat in this bill
Why should the American tax-payers have to pay (for the rest of our lives) for such a waste. You've heard of "girls gone wild", well this is "Senators gone wild!". There's just no stopping them this time. What does filling pot-holes, providing for more Neon lights (in Vegas), and funding a program for fighting sexually transmitted diseases have ANYTHING to do with the "stimulus package"?? The people need to take a closer look at who's really doing the harm here. We need a change as President Obama says. Yes, I can't agree more. However, this change is going to ruin our economy, and just pave the way for more bailouts and stimulus packages. Hyperinflation will become an understatement. This bill/package is riddled with ammendments of so much pork barrel politics that it's rediculus. Just yesterday on the radio, I've already heard that there's talk beginning for yet a third bailout bill. When does it stop?? Enough said. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zul32 (talk • contribs) 15:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Government spending will never immediately or directly relieve economic woes. The stimulus package will, however, provide a basis for initiative. Investments into the infastructure and green energy- both desperately needed- will open up many long term jobs and permanent jobs. Medical care and education is simply unsatisfactory in many overlooked places. Shady loans have destroyed the credit marker. There can be banter between which issue takes priority, but ultimately it will be a response of the people. It is necessary not to be overly skeptical because nothing happens right away, these things take time. Also interesting how the bailout plan under the last adminstration passed with ease and we know that it only fueled big cats. There is too much corruption involved. What would be really heartening through the dismal times is to see a government that will put away their own selfish interests and stubborn ideologies and collaborate to actually work for the people they are supposed to represent.

-Ua

It's just a bunch of numbers
Seriously. There are millions of empty homes. 2/3 of the food we put on shelves doesn't get eaten. These numbers we're freaking out about don't relate to anything real. It's all a game made up a long time ago to control people. There is absolutely no logical reason people should be lacking in necessities in today's world. As much as the planet is dying, there is still plenty of food and shelter to go around.

I guarantee you that no matter how bad things get, every person who suffers of hunger or exposure will do so within walking distance of wasted food or shelter. It's madness. We need to wake up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.31.21.15 (talk) 20:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

stimulus
I don't see the stimulus in this package. I think that the best way to help is get cash to people to spend fast. Like a break from income taxes on pay checks, this would put extra cash in our pockets to spend now... Maybe we should look at a flat tax so everyone pays equal!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.228.181.57 (talk) 00:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

yessssssssssssss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.214.186.104 (talk) 00:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Facepalm
Ugh. Fephisto (talk) 11:27, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Do you think that the stimulus package will help the economy?
by printing money out of a printing press and letting the goverment politicians hand it out only guarentee's corruption of your money (you ever here of the state run project big dig in boston, half the money was scimed away buy crooked polititians and a 2 ton block of concrete killed a girl because the wanted to cut money on bolts), inflation, and higher intrust rates to our nations debt.we paid 650 billion just to national debt last year. thats 1/6 of our budget that us the tax paying american pays each year. with the biggest ever spending bill proposed in the shortest amount of time to review it. how can you say thats responseable. that kind of reminds me of the iraq decision, hurry and vote our country is in a crisis. in a couple years they will be up for relection saying they were tricked into it and wherent showed all the facts of the bill. it disapoints me how offen history repeats its self —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.6.67 (talk) 23:09, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


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Japan, Australia draw in World Cup qualifier

February 13, 2009

Australia and Japan played out a scoreless draw in front of sixty five and a half thousand spectators at Yokohama International Stadium in Japan. Both countries are expected to go through to the World Cup in South Africa.

The Australians sustained heavy pressure throughout the match, they managed to defend effectively. The pressure however cause three players to be booked by the referee. Namely Scott Chipperfield (after 21 minutes), Luke Wilkshire (25 minutes) and Carl Valeri (1 minute into 2nd half added time).

Japan managed to open up Australia's left hand side and create a number of chances up front. Unfortunately for the Japanese, the chances resulted in corners and near misses at best.

"It's a great result," said Tim Cahill, Australia's makeshift striker. "They've had five weeks preparing, we've had two days. We will take that result - and I'm sure they will too."

The result sees them two wins clear of Bahrain, who would play-off for fifth overall in Asia if qualification happened after four games per team.

"You've got to look at the table," Cahill said. "We're six points clear of the team in third (Bahrain). We're sitting pretty and so are Japan."

"It's frustrating not to take three points at home," said Japan coach Takeshi Okada, who had admitted his job was in trouble. "We did everything but put the ball in the net. But it's about qualifying for the World Cup. We have four games left and have to keep pushing."


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Comments:American baseball star Rodriguez admits to using performance enhancing drugs

"This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero," USA Swimming stated (regarding Michael Phelps being busted smoking pot, a drug that unlike steroids does not increase performance or induce breast growth). Phelps and Rodriguez are similar in that they're as big as role models get. Who sees Rodriguez being suspended? Why or why not? 24.30.16.34 16:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There are huge differences between USA Swimming and Major League Baseball. Phelps performs as an amateur representing his country at the Olympics (he makes his money through endorsement deals) and USA doesn't make money whether he swims or not. Rodriguez is a professional player and having Rodriguez play boosts attendance, tv ratings, etc. for his team and the league.  Baseball has a financial stake in Rodriguez and therefore would not want to suspend him. Further, to do so would violate league rules as the current policy was not in place until 2004. The players' union would be up in arms if they tried. That's another thing Phelps doesn't have. There's no swimmers' union. --SVTCobra 16:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * $$$$$ and a union? Makes sense. But will he apologize to the fans? And I'd say Phelps is a professional, not an amateur, on medals/prize-money alone.24.30.16.34 22:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Bud Selig and Don Fehr are to blame. We shouldn't have a witch hunt and blame just the ballplayers. Selig and Fehr wanted revenue and practically encouraged steroid use in order to make the game have more offense, and now what happens? Players are ruining their bodies and legacies just for Selig's stupid ass. He should go to prison for getting away with murder of America's pastime. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 17:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Oooh! he was "feeling a lot of pressure"!? Sorry bud, that's professional sports, and that's why you get such a big paycheck for doing nothing useful. Get rid of him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enewe101 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


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Canadian lawyer urges Prime Minister to repatriate Omar Khadr

February 12, 2009 The Coalition to Repatriate Omar Khadr held a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, where Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney unveiled his reintegration strategy for the sole Western citizen still held at Guantanamo Bay, in hopes that he can be returned to Canada.

Edney presented his "plan of reintegration" for Khadr, which constituted maintaining distance from his controversial family while undergoing physical and psychological tests and counselling while the legal system decides whether to charge him under the Criminal Code of Canada. Nate Whitling, another lawyer representing Khadr, told The Globe and Mail that his defence team had "no objection at all to fair trial".

However, there has been no indication of acceptance of the plan from government officials, who were delivered an outline of the proposed terms of release earlier this week. Edney reiterated his plea for due process, urging the government to "accept our plan ... a plan that says something about who we are as Canadians."

Khadr, who was 15 years old and serving as a translator for Afghan insurgents when he was captured by American Special Forces in 2002, has been a controversial point in Canadian politics since his capture. While the ruling Liberal party had initially made motions towards ensuring that the youth would face fair legal proceedings, they were superseded by the current Conservative premiership of Stephen Harper three years ago. Since then, the government has refused to intervene stating that the Guantanamo military tribunals constituted an "ongoing legal process" determining his fate.

When Barack Obama announced the suspension of the tribunals and the closure of the detainment camps in January 2009, Harper maintained his position that Khadr did not constitute a child soldier and was better to be tried by the United States than his native country. Dismissing Harper's claims on Wednesday, Edney suggested that the Prime Minister "learn some international law".

Also on Wednesday, the leaders of the three opposition parties in Canadian parliament sent a letter to Obama urging him to repatriate Khadr as both the majority of the House of Commons and the population support his return and reintegration into society.

Last week, 185 Canadian groups and individuals accused the Prime Minister of "harbouring anti-Muslim sentiment" in his refusal to comply with international law, and public opinion, to return Khadr to face justice in Canada. A petition with more than 50,000 signatures was also delivered to Parliament Hill by representatives of Amnesty International calling for Khadr's release.


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There, pictures, spoke to people, all the usual. Sherurcij 19:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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WOW
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Aus - 4 3 3 (fs 4 5 1 effectively) Jap - 4 4 2 Craig Moore only A-League player in team, All A-League v Indonesia in Asia Cup Qualifier if Aus win, need a draw to qualify. if tie, Aus need a win Fox Sports 3 broadcast @ Yokohama, Japan (Yokohama International Stadium) 65 571 attendance Encouraged to donate to fire appeal

Goals 1st  2nd AUS    0    0 JAP    0    0

Cards AUS Chipperfield (21') Wilkshire (25') Valeri (90+1)

Aus 9  12 10 9 Jap 7  10 8  7 Qat 4 Bah 1  4  2  1 Uzb 1  4  2  1

Aus w12  9 Jap  7 w10 Qat Bah w 4 w 4 Uzb  1   1

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Many US TV stations preparing to make digital switch despite new legislation

February 12, 2009

Despite legislation enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, more than one-third of television stations in the United States are planning to move ahead with the transition to digital television, according to reports.

The transition, which was scheduled for February 17, has been pushed back to June 12, 2009, per the DTV Delay Act enacted on Wednesday. However, it left a loophole for broadcasters, allowing them to make the switch anytime between February 17 and June 12. "During these challenging economic times, the needs of American consumers are a top priority of my administration," President Obama said in a statement about the DTV Delay Act. "Millions of Americans, including those in our most vulnerable communities, would have been left in the dark if the conversion had gone on as planned, and this solution is an important step forward as we work to get the nation ready for digital TV."

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that 681 of the nearly 1,800 television broadcast stations in the United States would cease broadcasting in the old analog format on the original February 17 date.

Owners of analog TV sets will need a converter box, for which there has been a US$1.5 billion federal program of $40 coupons for such boxes, which will allow them to view digital programming on analog televisions. The three 'major' networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, have pledged to continue broadcasting in analog, but they only own about 100 of the 1,800 stations.

NBC affiliate, WDTN said that it would continue to broadcast public safety information over the analog signals, but that it had done research that showed most viewers were ready for the switch.

"It's what we've been telling viewers all along," Lisa Barhorst said, explaining why WDTN would go forward with the February 17 switch.

"Next week is not going to be pretty," Michael Copps, the acting chairman of the FCC, said on Wednesday. "There is going to be consumer dislocation and confusion next week."

"Our next few days are pretty much spoken for at the FCC," Copps added. "That's not how I would have hoped to be spending my time as acting chairman."

"There's always going to be a certain percentage of people who won't be ready," Wayne Simons, general manager of CBS affiliate WINK-TV, said. "We won't be any more prepared June 12 than we are right now."


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US lawmakers reach stimulus package deal

February 13, 2009 🇺🇸 Politicians from both houses of the United States Congress have reached a consensus over a stimulus package worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

The package was bridged between the House of Representatives' version of the stimulus, which was worth US$820 billion, and the Senate's version, which cost $838 billion. The package now costs $789 billion, and devotes resources to tax cuts and spending intended to help revive the faltering US economy.

The House of Representatives' version of the bill was passed without any Republican support, while the Senate's version, which was voted upon on Tuesday, was backed by only three Republican senators.

The stimulus is aimed at giving help to those who have suffered from the recession, in the form of food stamps, health coverage, unemployment benefits, and various other things.

US President Barack Obama hailed the agreement as a "hard-fought compromise".

"I want to thank the Democrats and Republicans in Congress who came together," he said, "with the urgency that this moment demands."

Obama is to sign to bill into law after the revised version of the stimulus is passed by Congress. He has said that he wants the bill on his desk ready to sign by this weekend.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid estimated that the package should introduce three and a half million jobs. More than a third of it is to be devoted to various incentives for middle-class Americans and tax cuts. Republican politicians, however, still disapprove of the stimulus plan, saying that the package is too costly and will increase the size of the federal government and not create any new jobs.

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That is very odd. Those quotes were in the Washington Post article yesterday, I am certain. They must have been removed since then. ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 14:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Many US TV stations preparing to make digital switch despite new legislation

This "switchover" is going to be a disaster.

I use an outdoor antenna to receive analog broadcasts, a simple system that's worked just fine for about seventy-five years. I don't get three channels (everyone always says "three"); I get nine, and get them quite well. With the converter, I get a grand total of one. One? Yes, ONE. As if that's not bad enough, it's PBS. Singing puppets and talking animals do not great entertainment make.

I'm one of the few people who can talk intelligently on this subject, having been repairing television receivers and installing antennas for a very long time.

See, the nature of digital broadcast is all wrong for television. Digital receivers require a perfect signal to function at all. Unless you can come up with a perfect signal, you'll see a blank screen. To further complicate the matter, the powers that be have decided to try to broadcast these signals using UHF (ultra-high frequencies). Remember those awful UHF stations that would never come in right no matter what? They were unpopular for a very real reason. You can't broadcast over a hill, or across water, or in the damn rain! Unless you live in town, you won't get a perfect signal.

We've taken the two absolute worst broadcasting methods, and combined them to create this piecemeal dinosaur. And this is supposed to be good? I'm not like most people - I know what the hell's going on around me, and I have to say, this is the absolute dirt-dumbest move I've ever seen.

I smell a fish here. Do you? Is is possible that our good congressmen and representatives have been accepting money from the friendly cable and satellite service providers, the service providers knowing damned well that this turkey won't fly, and anyone who wants television after the switchover will have to PAY for it? Why else would the Govs be pushing this thing so hard? They've got a lot of cars, boats, and vacation houses to pay for, you know? After all, they're only humam.

You know who I really feel sorry for? All the old folks with no minds left, who are still having trouble figuring out their touch-tone telephone. They're going to wind up sitting in front of their televisions, with no clue in this world how to change the channel. Where's the knob?

There's also the issue of cost. How many times have I heard, "If you're not ready now, you won't be ready in June. You're just lazy."? That's not how it works in real life. Let me tell you about an old friend of mine. He's gone now, rest his poor soul, and the last ten years of his life, crippled with arthritis and nearly blind, he received no other income than a monthly check for forty dollars. Even with these forty dollar coupons, you won't pay less than fifteen dollars at any store I know of. What happens when fifteen dollars is a week-and-a-half of groceries? Well, you lose, that's what happens. Are you saying that this guy didn't deserve a television to occupy his last days? Think about that.

Did I mention that you'll probably have to buy a new UHF antenna? Your old one, being mainly a VHF antenna, won't do much good.

These are just a few of the problems I've noticed, and the switch hasn't even happened yet.

This "switchover" is going to be a disaster.

---The One Eyed Bandit

wat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.61.236.86 (talk) 13:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually get more than twice as many channels on digital and get them quite fine, even the Boston ones(I live in RI).--CnrFallon (talk) 00:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Personally, I feel a LOT happier having gotten normal T.V. out of my life completely. I'm not going to get a converter box, I'm going to let the thing go dead. Fephisto (talk) 11:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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The initial version of this article reeked of "cut and paste". A search of Google news using the opening sentence turns up links to several initial Reuters reports, including BBC use of material from one. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * hopefully sorted now.--Irate (talk) 20:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It should have been re-written on a sub-page, per the template I put on it this morning. The copyvio still remains in the history. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --SVTCobra 22:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

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Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak

February 12, 2009

An article in the February 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports on an unusual cause for an outbreak of low blood sugar among men in Singapore: illegal use of sexual performance enhancement drugs that were contaminated with a diabetes drug.

Between January and May 2008, 149 men and one woman between 19 and 97 (mean age 51) were admitted to five public hospitals for unexplained low blood sugar. Similar cases were reported in media reports from Hong Kong. Seven Singaporean patients remained in a coma because of prolonged sugar starvation of the brain, and four subsequently died. The diabetes drug glyburide was found in blood and/or urine samples in 85% of cases; 30% admitted having used illegal sexual performance enhancers. The contaminated products were a counterfeit version of the drug Cialis (meant for the treatment of genuine erectile dysfunction), and three purported herbal preparation (the affected brands included Power 1 Walnut and Santi Bovine Penis Erecting Capsule). All four preparations additionally contained Viagra in varying concentrations. Two herbal products contained traces of the weight loss drug sibutramine, a compound related to amphetamines.

The drug packaging mentioned names of non-existent overseas production facilities, so the source of the contamination with the diabetes drug could not be established.

The authors underline the risks that is known to be associated with purchasing drugs from unreliable providers or from online resellers. The clandestine use of impotence drugs as sexual performance enhancers seems to have provided a good illustration of this problem. They further call for more efforts by national and international health and law enforcement agencies to curb the manufacturing, international transport and sales of untrustworthy medication.


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Russian and US satellites collide

February 13, 2009 The civilian communications satellite  and the defunct  military communications satellite   over  on Tuesday, according to. The satellites, each weighing in excess of 1,000 pounds, and traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour, collided 491 miles above the earth.

The Iridium satellite was launched in 1997, and the Russian satellite was a model. The American satellite is expected to be replaced within the coming month as Iridium will maneuver one of its in-orbit satellites to replace the lost unit.

Although the first such satellite crash in space, such an event has been long predicted. Nicholas Johnson, chief scientist of at the  stated, "We knew this was going to happen eventually and this is it — this was the big one."

While the and the  are at minimal risk, the event does raise concerns that the debris cloud could collide with other satellites in the region, triggering an exponentially growing series of collisions and debris known as an.

The of the  office is tracking the debris. The result of plotting analysis will be posted to a public website.

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Comments:US lawmakers reach stimulus package deal

Well how many families of 4 making $35,000 do you know? These people are poor by all means you need to help them. However, keep it the $13.00 per week. So let me understand this, we are going to tax our kids future for everyone getting $13.00 per week. That is as funny as Bushes plan. This is a feel good, change the attitude bill and one that pays off the unions and special interests. I predict it is not going to work. I can only thank God I am on the downward side of life. I would not want to be a young man or woman in what is about to happen. Em
 * Don't worry about us too much, we'll probably just leave and go to Hong Kong. Fephisto (talk) 11:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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Judd Gregg withdraws as US Commerce Secretary nominee

February 13, 2009

(-NH), who was nominated by President Barack Obama as the next, withdrew from consideration Thursday, citing "irresolvable conflicts" with Obama over the administration's and the. Judd Gregg is a current representing New Hampshire, where he formerly served as. Senator Gregg is also the ranking member of the and a member of the Republican Party. Had he been confirmed, he would have been the second Republican in Obama's cabinet.

In a statement, Gregg thanked the President for the nomination.

"However, it has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are irresolvable conflicts for me. Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns," Senator Gregg said in his statement.

In an official, stated: "Once it became clear after his nomination that Senator Gregg was not going to be supporting some of President Obama’s key economic priorities, it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart."

Gregg is the fourth cabinet nominee of Obama to withdraw. The first three were former South Dakota Sen., consultant , and New Mexico Governor who was Obama's first choice for Commerce Secretary.


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i would have loved to have seen this. any photos? lol. - Imind (talk) 02:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Me too but i doubt it. But i find it kinda wield that Mother Russia did not let the satellite fall back to earth.--KDP3 (talk) 06:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That would require that the satellite have some propulsion system, and that it was possible to instruct it to use that to de-orbit. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:31, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The Russian satellite involved had not worked since 1995, so it was dead in space without any control for more than 13 years. The American satellite involved was launched in 1997 and its orbit somehow came to intersect the other, that is the background. 74.227.157.162 01:28, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

NASA & RKA standpoint
Is there any grudge or blame-game between NASA and RKA regarding this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.18.17.16 (talk) 07:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I doubt there would be any, the event is very rare and not foreseeable or preventable. -209.148.142.174 08:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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russians cant control their satellites, GTFO my space russia —Preceding unsigned comment added by CnrFallon (talk • contribs) 00:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

No one could have controlled a satellite that had been dead for 13 years. Even if the US or China were kind enough to launch missiles to take out the hulk, that would have created more debris and the American satellite would have probably been destroyed by it as it passed through. 74.227.157.162 01:30, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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WOW is this true??!! this is so weird satellite crashed!

Hillbilly Standpoint
This would've been AWESOME to watch! Fephisto (talk) 11:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

such a conspiracy
I guess this so called unpredictable tragedy must be some political conspiracies. What on earth are those super-nations aiming at? Urging ASian nations in their development of space progress by depriving them of the safety of the outer universe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Severus junior (talk • contribs) 02:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Why the units aren't in metric system here, since it's used in science and the whole world except US and GB? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.53.164.100 (talk) 07:45, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Space Trash
I am beginning to believe that there should be an international fund set up based on a per-pound fee assessed on all materials sent into space. This fund would require at least two tier's; one for controlled and one for uncontrolled materials or equipment sent into any orbit being semi permanent or permanent. And if a controlled satellite becomes uncontrolled there should be a penalty assessed to the owner. In short... if the owners can't remove whatever materials sent into orbit themselves, they should be prepared to pay into a fund that would provide incentive for it's removal. By whomever wishes to undertake the endeavour.

What do you think?

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 * Caleb, it does say he's a Republican. Calling it a blow to Obama seemed a bit POV to me, so I just stated the bare facts. --SVTCobra 22:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


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Fifty killed in commuter plane crash in Clarence Center, New York

February 13, 2009

A Continental Connection flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about four to six miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Thursday night, killing 50 people, officials said.

Continental Airlines Flight 3407 is a daily commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, operated under the Continental Connection brand by Virginia-based regional airline Colgan Air. The Buffalo News has reported that the plane, a Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop with tail number N200WQ has crashed into a home located at 6038 Long Street, not far from the Clarence Center Fire Hall in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center approximately 10:17 p.m. EST (03:20 UTC), Thursday, February 12, 2009. Three people were inside the house.

According to Becky Gibbons of New York State Police and Chris Collins County Executive in Erie County, New York, the total number of fatalities is 50, including 45 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground, while a woman and daughter on the ground were injured, near the edge of farmland, about seven miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Karen Wielinski, age 57, and her daughter, Jill, age 22 were brought to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsville where they are in stable condition in the emergency room. The father, Douglas C. Wielinski, 61 died from his injuries. Two volunteer firefighters are also being treated for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. They are expected to be released later Friday morning.

The crew member names have been released as of 8:20 AM EST, and are listed as: Captain Marvin Renslow, First Officer Rebecca Shaw, Flight Attendant Matilda Quintero, Flight Attendant Donna Prisco, and Captain Joseph Zuffoletto who was an off-duty crew member.

One of the crash victims, Beverly Eckert, of Stamford, Connecticut and widow of 9/11 terror attack victim, Buffalo native, Sean Rooney, was coming home for her husband's 58th birthday celebration. Her sister, Sue Bourque noted to The Buffalo News, "We know she was on that plane and now she's with him." Chris Kausner has said his sister Elise, age 24, a law student, was on board the plane. "I'm thinking about the fact that my mother has to fly home from Florida and what I'm going to tell my two sons," he said.

The plane, which was carrying over 2.5 tonnes (5,000 pounds) of fuel, impacted a residence that was completely destroyed. Amid rain and sleet, the ill-fated plane exploded into a huge orange fireball, sparking a large fire which emergency crews had to contain. Twelve houses near the crash site were evacuated.

The aircraft in question was on approach to land at the nearby Buffalo Niagara International Airport when it disappeared from radar.

According to recordings from air traffic control, the pilot did not report any problem to approach control, and could not be contacted by the Buffalo tower after handoff. "Can other planes see anything?" asked the traffic controller, but no one has responded. The pilot's last comment was "Colgan Flight 3407," but there were no sounds of distress.

The Buffalo News has reported that crew members aboard the flight from Newark Airport reported mechanical problems as they approached Buffalo. Weather conditions were reported to be a wintry mix in the area, with light snow, fog, and 17 mile per hour winds.

In the 31-minute audio-recording there are conversations between the cockpit, air traffic control and other aircraft in the vicinity. Following take-off from Newark Airport, a female voice (pilot) in the 3407 plane's cockpit is heard informing air authorities that her aircraft was turning on approach to landing. The pilot stopped communicating at 2,300ft.

"This aircraft was 5 miles out, all of a sudden we have no response from that aircraft," the controller declares. 21 minutes and 45 seconds into the recording, the control tower informs a JetBlue Airlines: "...apparently we have an emergency, I'll have to get back to you," reported The Daily Telegraph.

"It was cold, snowing and dark but these planes are designed to fly in icy conditions. However, those conditions can be very fickle and if ice builds up on a plane it can be very difficult. At this time of year, when a pilot crashes approaching an airport that they will know well, the first thing you look at is the weather,” said David Learmount, of Flight International.

Continental Airlines Inc. said Colgan Air was in the process of collecting information. "Continental extends its deepest sympathy to the family members and loved ones of those involved in this accident. We are providing our full assistance to Colgan Air so that together we can provide as much support as possible for all concerned," said Larry Kellner, CEO of Continental Airlines since December 2004.

The Bombardier Dash 8 a 74-seat is a twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliner.

According to the Ascend Online Fleets database, Colgan, a company of about 1,100 employees has a fleet of 15 Bombardier Dash 8's, along with 3 Hawker Beechcraft 1900D and 38 Saab 340B turboprops. Flight 3407's airplane was less than one year old and had flown for only about 1,500 hours, said Kieran Daly, of the online aviation news service Air Transport Intelligence, saying that the doomed turboprop plane is one of the safest of its type.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has permanently grounded its Dash 8s fleet after three crash landings during a two-month period in 2007 caused by faulty landing gear. "Confidence in the Q400 has diminished considerably and our customers are becoming increasingly doubtful about flying in this type of aircraft," said Mats Jansson, SAS president and CEO. "I have decided to immediately remove Dash 8 Q400 aircraft from service," he added.

"There is 'no indication of any security related event' that brought the plane down," said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko. Conditions of freezing drizzle, known as hard rime, were the most likely cause of the tragedy.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that they would send a team to the crash site on Friday to begin the investigation. Lorenda Ward will serve as chief investigator with the assistance of NTSB Commissioner Steven Chealander and public affairs officer Keith Holloway. Ward has investigated several other plane crashes — including the 2006 New York City plane crash that claimed the life of New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle.

"We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic accident that occurred tonight in Clarence. Our focus right now is on supporting the first responders on the ground and their efforts to ensure the health and safety of people in the area," said Chris Lee, an Republican politician from Corning, New York, representing the 26th Congressional District of New York.

The tragedy is the nation's deadliest disaster since the Comair Flight 191 crashed in Lexington, Kentucky in August 2006. Delta Air Lines Flight 5191 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER that was being used for the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, four miles (6 kilometers) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington.

Financially, Continental is faced with volatile fuel prices amid a slowdown from the weak economy. It has posted losses of $585 million for 2008.


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I CREATED this interesting news article on Continental Flight tragedy. I am Philippines Judge Florentino Floro, having registered with Wikinews on December 3, 2008, and is a Editor as of January 12, 2009.
 * In having written more than "62 articles" (here - User:Florentino Floro/MyList and in Wikipedia Encyclopedia User:Florentino Floro/MyList2), I live with my Philosophy and hope to elevate Wikinwews to the phenomenal success of Wikipedia encyclopedia, by writing very comprehensive, detailed and fully synthesized news, amid collaboration of editors and the final touch of the reviewer. Please do not be annoyed if sometimes, (due to stress and human factor - plus the fact that as lawyer and judge, I never ever had enrolled in any journalism subject), I would tend to relax the copyright rules and style guide, but, without however, violating the SPIRIT AND INTENT of both international law of copyright, and Wikinews rules on style guide. REST ASSURED, that in writing every news article, I VALUE fairness, justice, integrity and honesty. This is what NEWS WRITING is all about. Please help in publishing this news. Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 06:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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Passenger Plane Crashes Into Home--Florentino Floro (talk) 11:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC) NTSB investigation on hold Audio transcript: 'We have a plane that didn't make the airport' Clarence plane crash claims 49 lives Recent U.S. air disasters The number of fatalities was updated after it was discovered that one person on the plane was previously not counted.--Florentino Floro (talk) 12:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 'The plane didn't sound normal'

 * Fact checked by me, submitting for review. Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 13:45, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Double redirects
Do double redirects work now? Adambro (talk) 15:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, but I could swear I've seen some of them auto-renamed a few times in the past. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There was definitely a while when they did work. --SVTCobra 00:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Chris Lee
Congressman Lee is from Buffalo not Corning! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.126.228 (talk) 23:39, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia seems to think Chris Lee is from Corning. --SVTCobra 23:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * However, that is no longer the case. I know nothing about this, but perhaps it is worth looking at again. --SVTCobra 01:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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 * User:Pi zero/essays/Meta-assistance

 * User:Pi zero/essays/What to do when given a not-ready review

 * WN:HOW. See proposals water cooler.

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 * The old WN:AGI was replaced by WN:Never assume. See proposals water cooler, user talk.
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 * May require two branches, one pessimistic (how to get past problems) and one optimistic (idealistic inspiration, the lifeblood of all WMF projects, to motivate contributors to get past problems). AGI, which didn't work on the pessimistic side, wasn't even in the running on the optimistic side.
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 * Make page moves of published articles subject to peer review. Was discussed here.

 * What to do about portals. One approach would be to resurrect them with leads, mentioned here; seems difficult, but may be possible with help from a publication-assistant.  Alternatively, portals may be useful for dealing with things like sets of possibly-small categories.

 * Resolve questions surrounding Category:Wackynews.

 * Can of worms about review. There was this, and more generally the that.

 * Further clarify the responsibilities of reviewers. Obviously this is entangled with article lifecycle.

 * Provide a quick-reference checklist of things to remember to consider when reviewing. Also entangled with lifecycle.  This is mostly what I'd envisioned for WN:Tips on reviewing articles.

 * Work out a proposal for how to deal with the outstanding userbox whitelist remedy. old proposed policy;  DR for that;  motion to overturn remedy;  from the 2010 arbcom gauntlet election, my own (somewhat hyperbolic, but still interesting) comment.

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Popular articles
Now that the popular articles template is working well (and excludes non articles, deleted articles etc), i suggest we add a list of the five most popular articles to the Main Page. An example of how this could look is at User:Anonymous101/Main Page with popular articles (I'm not sure the list is in the best place, it is just an example). I look forward to hearing your comments on this idea. Anonymous101talk 21:02, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * /me likey. The only problem i see is that the columns are starting to become uneven. perhaps this day in history should only show one year to be shorter (which year could change every page view) example:

July 29 in :

Bawolff ☺☻ 21:49, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * IMO it should show the number of hits in the last hour next to each article in the list. Cirt (talk) 22:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * this should be displayed once its automatically update too IMO. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at User:Anonymous101/Main Page with popular articles/2. It's the same but with Bawolff's suggestion. Also, I don't think we should say the number of hits as it looks untidy and they are quite low, and we don't want to advertise how low it is. Anonymous101talk 07:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with you on not displaying hits. Well not so much because they are low, but more it seems somehow unprofessional to say how many hits each article got (does that make sense). They are also somewhat misleading due to bots, spiders, etc and redirect splitting. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay good points and . I think at the least there is a consensus to add the list to the Main Page, just w/out the hit stats. Cirt (talk) 08:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll be bold and add it to the main page. Anonymous101talk 08:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks good, IMO. Cirt (talk) 11:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Zodiac
Anyone else see the Zodiac thing about 4:40 or so GMT? —Calebrw (talk) 04:41, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * It might have been template vandalism or something. Prodego (talk) 05:11, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Good thinking. I didn't know if it was more serious than that, so I sent messages to system admins. Maybe one of them got the message and acted or someone here that know there stuff did. —Calebrw (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Yea, I saw that and investigated, in case I needed to get a dev. I don't usually edit wikinews, but don't you guys have cascade protection here? Prodego (talk) 05:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * It was template vandalism, reverted by Gnu1742 --M.L (talk) 05:15, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks for that Calebrw. Where did you find that list of system administrators? Only 5 out of the 12 people you messaged are current sysadmins. Jimbo Wales, for instance, hasn't really been involved in the sysadmin side of things for a few years now. And it's not like we deal with template vandalism anyway. -- Tim Starling (talk) 05:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * FYI there were 3 separate edits by 2 different IPs putting this vandalism into place. All were on the same page (Which I requested to be protected for now).  If you are looking for a list of admins, check WN:A -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 06:51, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * If the experiment to protect the four lead templates becomes regular practice, then I suspect we could easily enable cascade protection on the Main Page, since I can't see any templates there that would need to be unprotected. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 12:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to keep the poll at Water cooler/proposals open a little while longer... :) -  Cirt (talk) 12:46, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Why is a piece of news without link?
" August 23

CNN reports that Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate for 2008. "

contains no links at all. nor are there any further articles. this kind of content should not be allowed on the Main Page.

 * It's been fixed. An IP added it to the date page, and someone else tried to replace it with an article link, but all is well now. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:21, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Removed "Sighted revision" from Main Page
Just to let you know, I CSS-ed out the "Sighted revision" tag from the main page since it's protected and all edits are auto-sighted. revert if you feel different. Thunderhead 03:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * So long as only sighted stuff shows up on the Main Page, sounds good to me. Cirt (talk) 03:27, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Added link to Template:Main page header
I added a link to the Current events portal at Wikipedia (Feel free to change it.) What do people think? Cirt (talk) 21:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I like it. Sometimes there's stuff there, that doesn't make it here. —Calebrw (talk) 19:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Image links on the main page.
A quick bug: On the main lead, clicking the picture takes you to the article, on 2, 3 and 4 they take you to the image. —Calebrw (talk) 19:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

lead article one pic not showing up?
72.87.59.221 01:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * All images loading for me. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:59, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

working now thanks 72.87.59.221 02:00, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Renames
I've been bold and renamed two articles (the sterilization one and the Stonehenge one). Please update the main page to reflect the new names. Jade Knight (talk) 04:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

 * So we saw. We don't update the main page. It updates itself. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 04:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

October 3rd
No article showing up for October 3rd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.173.218 (talk) 02:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be because no articles were published on that date. -- Sken   my talk 13:06, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

related articles
Is there a way to list related articles just below a lead? Most news websites generally have a article with its lead and then just below that, related articles. See the BBC and other major newsites. In the past days we have had several stories on the economy and it would be great to be able to do that. Cheers --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 04:19, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * We used to have that, but it'd require a revamp of some of the templates. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Dmitriy Guzner
I was expecting to find an article on Dmitriy Guzner in Wiki News by now. Is there really nothing on this story here or have I just missed it? —Johnalexwood (talk) 12:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That was from last thursday. Cirt (talk) 13:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

No but seriously, it was a big story for that day, on a subject that has always been of great interest to WikiNews, so how come it never found its way in here? —Johnalexwood (talk) 15:04, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I'll write an article on the latest developments in the case now. Anonymous101talk 15:09, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

That's great Anonymous101. Well done. Since I had noticed how news stories that promote Anonymous' activities (that they want people to know about) always seemed to appear in WikiNews almost immediately, with the current story about Dmitriy Guzner not appearing until your article today (despite the story breaking on 17 Oct and it being reported everywhere else, as per the news references you give), I was beginning to think that WikiNews had become Anonymous' own news channel. —Johnalexwood (talk) 18:43, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Image credit thing for all leads
Does anyone object to me making the image on leads 2,3 and 4 link to the article and have an image credit thing like on lead one? So lead article 2 will look like Anonymous101/NLA/2. (The code is here) Anonymous101talk 08:35, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I've added the link, feel free to remove it if you don't like it. Anonymous101talk 08:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

 * In favour. —IDangerMouse (talk) 08:39, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks okay to me. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:38, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Main Page content
I'm not sure the Barack Obama article should be the lead one: perhaps an article pertaining to the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand prank calls row incident would be better as the main article. Just my opinion, however, worth commenting on. --Coldwash006 (talk) 09:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Eh? The prank call is now old news, and the US presidential election has been followed globally. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:29, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Shorts: November 7, 2008
This is listed in both November 7, as it should be, and Nov. 6th, which it shouldn't. 128.163.41.211 19:59, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * thanks for the report, this has just been fixed. --Mark Talk to me 20:47, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Purge link on main page.
Since this wikiproject is about news and news change rapidly I would suggest it would be great if we have purge link on the main page. So that users can purge the page quickly to see if there is any new updated story. --Gppande (talk) 19:20, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's there, "Refresh" under Latest news. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:33, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh I got it. It is bit low and middle in page so did not catch attention. Had it been on the left side bar or on the top of the page - it would have been noticed quickly. I would use it now onwards. Thanks ! --Gppande (talk) 20:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Banned in Germany!!!
http://wikipedia.de/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.72.14.118 (talk • contribs)
 * Um, see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite Cirt (talk) 10:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

The web address wikipedia.de has been banned from redirecting to de.wikipeida.org due to a preliminary injunction due to Lutz Heilmann's complaints. Anonymous101talk 13:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Date links
There seems to be something wrong with the DPL queries in the date links on the Main Page -- I only get empty pages when clicking on them.--Eloquence (talk) 19:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Eloquence. The date links seem to work fine for me. (Although we don't have any published articles for December 12 yet, so none show up there, but the rest look fine). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually it's not that they "don't work" it is because of Mediawiki cache'ing. You have to purge the page before anything will show up. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 20:42, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Eee Laptop
Unfortunately, the front page is neigh-unusable when viewed on my (newly acquired) Eee laptop. Even in full-screen view, with an 800 pixel width, the columns for display become very cramped.

I understand that the site can only be expected to accommodate the most common resolutions and browsers. I don't fault you folks for expecting larger resolutions, especially in light of the newest, huge, cheap monitors. But my experience is very poor from this laptop, and I thought I'd point that out.

Keep up the good work, guys. 76.17.173.254 00:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Appreciate the feed back. Unfortunately there is only so much we can do.  The most common screen size is 1024x768, with more and more people going to wide screen formats.  I'd like to push our layout towards bigger screens, but I can't get away with that - yet. About the only way to support a screen in 800x600 or smaller is by reducing our layout to just one column.  But I can offer you this one concession. I proudly present... Main Page Lite, now with 90% less junk. Let me know how that works for you.  Feel free to post on my talk page.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 20:41, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * hmm, when i tried it last on 800x600 it just collapsed to one column (which was good enough). We should try to fix this. in my opinion, it should still be at least somewhat useable all the way down to 640x480 (yeah yeah, easier said than done). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:56, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with Bawolff. It shrinks down quite well to about 400 pixels wide in Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari (but remains at 2 columns: so each column is about 4 words wide, quite useable in my opinion.)  What browser does your Eee laptop have? --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Overhaul
As many are beginning to notice, I'm doing a lot of tinkering on the main page. Cast your input on my talk page. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 20:35, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I kind of dislike that the sister projects are minimized by default, does not seem very sisterly :). --Cspurrier (talk) 22:57, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Considering Sister projects and wikinews in other lang is at the bottom, I don't think it would be bad if they were taken out of dynamic nav boxes. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What about adding back developing articles (and possible disputed) back to the bottom of the main page? I think a lot of people first discovered wikinews by seeing an article needing attention, and fixing it. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok I did that. Comments? Feel free to revert me if you don't like it. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Revert everything done by ShakataGaNai.
 * Revert everything said by anonymous nay-sayers! Bawolff ☺☻ 12:54, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Gaza death toll update
The number has now reached 271 (BBC) and currently the main page says just over 200. --—Al Ameer son (talk) 07:44, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

well wikinews may be called weaknews for gaza strike, dozens of child targeted, hundreds of civillians are dead, yet let alone the front page, the number of news are very limited, more colloboration needed. Kasaalan (talk) 13:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree with Kasaalan. People write what they want to write, and we have less than one article per day about the conflict in Gaza.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Main page layout
I understand its new years so the layout has changed, but i just wanted to say i am completly lost trying to get to the correct information. I would of thought there would of been atleast a link to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas but i cant seem to find it on there. Just thought id mention it incase others are getting lost too. BritishWatcher (talk) 17:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thats because the article we published on it is from December 27. We generally only display stuff on the main page for three days after its published. Perhaps we should have a section for ongoing events or something, as there is obviously still intrest in it. (Note, it can be reached at: Israeli air strikes hit government compounds in Gaza). Bawolff ☺☻ 18:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks yes a current events box might be useful, wasnt sure what things were removed to clear space for the New Years stuff. BritishWatcher (talk) 01:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

btw, i'm testing collapsing the first day on the article date list if we have no articles for it at User:Bawolff/sandbox/MainPageHeader_collapse. Comments appreciated. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Israeli Gaza Strike Neutrality
"Israeli ground forces enter Gaza after a week of airstrikes against Hamas in the area." IDF allegedly claims the strikes are only against Hamas, yet over a hundred civillians are dead including children. IDF strikes with cluster bombs which leads heavy civillian casualties especially when used over a small city where civillians live crowdedly like Gaza. IDF Strikes targets Hamas true, yet it is not obvious the target is limited to them. Another case might be more neutral. Saying airstrikes are against Hamas might be covering the heavy number of civillian deaths by IDF.

"Israeli ground forces enter Gaza after a week of airstrikes on Gaza, trading heavy fire with Hamas gunmen in the area." Israeli troops trade heavy fire with Hamas gunmen in Northern Gaza Haaretz Example Kasaalan (talk) 09:38, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Third lead?
Could we introduce a third lead to the redesigned main page? It just seems that our original reporting isn't updated nearly as often as it should, and thus we're left with selecting only two articles as "important". -- Zanimum (talk) 21:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It was originally taken out over christmass time wen there was a low article count. Just revert the last edit to the main page. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Design
I must admit, I do like the changes to the mainpage over the last while, much improved. Thanks everyone :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Seconded. I commented on this earlier on the user's talk page, but I think collapsing all the menus by default makes it look much neater and more organized. Kudos! 70.153.124.125 13:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Presidential seal at top of main page
Is there any reason why the presidential seal image is in the banner at the top of the main page? It makes the site look like it's part of whitehouse.gov. - Borofkin (talk) 03:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. I removed it. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Misspelled the word "capital" in headline
The article at the top of the right column has the headline "LTTE strikes Sri Lanka captital". 4.245.185.54 07:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That was fixed yesterday. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Minor Main Page readjustments
I added some stock market feeds to the main page and moved some stuff around to make the page a little tidier, and remove the white space at the bottom. I'd like some feedback on how it looks like now. Thanks, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:39, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Picture of the Year 2008/round 1

Round One
Will open for voting on January 24 and close on January 31 if supported by community consensus. All images with two supports or more will be carried through the the second round of voting. You may vote for any number of images.

Voting is now closed

Candidates
Note: All image captions are the ones originally used in the News in Pictures template.

Votes
Voting is now Closed. Please do not add more votes.

Please vote with a list of all the images which you believe should be carried through to round two, formatted in the following way

 * A, B, C, D, AA, AB, AC, AD Example voter not to be counted 19:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

- Voting is now closed (as of 05:34, 1 February 2009 (UTC). Miranda was the last person to vote). Round two will start shortly (once round 1 results are official)
 * I, L, P, U, DA, AQ, AT, AY Jonhall (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * P, L, D, E, N Stepshep (talk) 03:02, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * U —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jp215 (talk • contribs)  Vote not to be counted as Jp215 not eligible to vote for picture of the year. Anonymous101talk 13:49, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * BC, AW, AT, DB, D, N Ottre (talk) 12:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * C, D, I, AG, AK, AV, BA Anonymous101talk 13:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * B, C, D, J, L, P, R, N, DA, AD, AE, AF, AG, DB, AK, AQ, AV, AT, BC TUFKAAP (talk) 14:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * AL, BB NuclearWarfare (talk) 19:58, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * G, J, L, P, X, AE, AG, AL, AM, AQ, AV, AY Patrol110 (talk) 01:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I, DB, AL Aguilac (talk) 02:26, 25 January 2009 (UTC) Vote not to be counted as user account does not exist on Wikinews (see w:User talk:Aguilac). Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 23:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * T Vote not to be counted as not by registered account. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 23:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * D, I, U, DA, DB, AG, AK, AL, AS ~Planoneck~ 21:07, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I, N, DA, AL RaminusFalcon (talk) 21:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * AV, AY, AQ, AK, DB, I -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 02:01, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * B, D, I, L, N, T, X, DB, DC, AL, AQ, AT, AV, AX, AY --Melancholie (talk) 10:59, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * L, P, U, DB, AQ, AY. Lvova (talk) 11:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * U, L, X, B. Iffcool (talk) 12:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I Bennylin (talk) 12:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC), for now
 * X, AE, AS, AY, BB, BC Jedudedek (talk) 12:29, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * E, R, AK. --Stefan »Στέφανος« ‽ 12:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * B, I, L, U, Z, DB, AF, AG, AQ, AX, AY, BB Dobromila (talk) 13:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * D, N, P, U, AE, AG, AJ, AK, AT, BA Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 16:49, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * BB, ASD, AZ -Djsasso (talk) 18:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please clarify your vote. Did you mean to vote for A, S, and D or AS and D? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:09, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry that should be BB, AU, AZ. I was looking at part of the description and pulled the wrong letters out. -Djsasso (talk) 04:21, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * L, DA, AL, AY, BB – Hunyadym (talk) 00:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * J, P --SVTCobra 00:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * D, I, J, DA, AE, AF, AL, AQ, AY --Bibliomaniac15 (talk) 00:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * P, AF, AK. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * C, D, E, K, N, P, DB, AF, AL, AQ. --Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 23:12, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * J, T, P, AC, AL, AY, AZ, BD Gopher65talk 23:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * D, L, P, DB, AF, AK, AL, BC. seresin (¡?) 03:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * L, AF --Sigma 7 (talk) 01:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please prove that your wikipedia and wikinews accounts are owned by the same person. (easy way: special:mergeaccount). Bawolff ☺☻ 09:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. I was already using a unified account, but some of the edit counter tools didn't detect the account as such. --Sigma 7 (talk) 17:10, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, thats weird. Thanks for responding (and sorry for being overly suspicious). Bawolff ☺☻ 04:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * L, N, P, X, AE, DB, AF, Ak, AQ, AR, AS, AT, AY, BA, BC, BD Bawolff ☺☻ 23:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * L, P, BD IlyaHaykinson (talk) 11:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I, N, DB, AS, BC -- Kevinhksouth (talk) 13:13, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * U, G, AL, AG. Miranda (talk) 01:44, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Results
See Wikinews_talk:Picture_of_the_Year_2008 for full details:
 * Fifty-nine images were present for round 1. Eleven surevived.
 * Images with 10 or more votes (leaders of the pack): D, DB, I, L, P, AL, AQ, AY [8]
 * Images with 2 or more votes (not too shabby): B, C, D, E, G, I, J, L, N, P, R, T, U, X, AE, AF, AG, AK, AL, AQ, AS, AT, AV, AX, AY, AZ, BA, BB, BC, BD, DA, DB [32]
 * Images that did not make it (0-1 votes): AC, AD, AJ, AM, AR, AU, AW, DC, K, Z, A, AA, AB, AI, AN, AO, AP, DD, F, H, M, O, Q, S, V, W, Y [27]
 * Images that had 8 or more votes (actually made it): D, I, L, N, P, AF, AK, AL, AQ, AY, DB [11]
 * Results compiled by and


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Typo
editprotected "thier" => "their" Van der Hoorn (talk) 21:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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British Airways jet makes rough landing at London City Airport

February 14, 2009

A BA CityFlyer Avro 146-RJ100 passenger jet with 71 people onboard made a crash-landing at London City Airport on Friday evening, after part of its gear failed upon landing. One passenger was hospitalised after the incident.

According to witnesses, the aeroplane's front landing gear collapsed into the runway after the aircraft made a rough landing. The plane stopped on the runway, after which the 67 passengers and four crew members were evacuated by the use of emergency chutes.

Following the incident, the airport's only runway was shut down and incoming flights diverted to other airports in the vicinity.

"Unfortunately, one passenger sustained a minor injury and is currently on the way to hospital. There was one other minor injury," British Airways said in a statement. "We don't know the nature of the injury or how it was caused yet. Our priority at the moment is to ensure all the passengers involved in the incident are well cared for by our ground staff."

Justin Fletcher, a passenger onboard the aeroplane, described what happened in an interview with the BBC: "There was obviously quite a loud bang as the plane scratched in, the stewards and stewardesses were quick to evacuate everyone off, there was a few scrapes and cuts due to hitting the asphalt, all in all everyone seems to be doing quite well now."

London City Airport is located in the eastern part of London, and is mainly used for domestic and European flights. It handles 80 000 flights and three million passengers a year.


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Conflicting information
The AP says that only 4 crew members were on board, but the BBC says that there were five. Which figure should we use? ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 02:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Since the total number of people on board was 71, and 67 were passengers, I'm assuming that there were four crew members, and that the BBC made a mistake when they said five were on the plane. ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 03:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Israel elects 18th Knesset

You guys got it all wrong, Yisrael is obviously not going to work with Kadima since their leader is an ethnic cleanser. Shahs has the real power here, neither party can form a coalition without them.--74.46.229.234 02:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hurray! Hurray!
The nazis win again! But it is the palestinians that are guilty for electing Hamas!!

So... No CIA engineered coup in Israel after this? No? Oh, I see... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.193.205.254 (talk) 09:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually I think it was the state department that engineered the Fatah coup that forced Hamas to flee to gaza.--74.46.229.234 18:15, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Who cares? There was a coup, an illegal one, because Hamas was rightfully elected. But that's western democracy. You see, for "the West" there is no problem that a king remains in power 50 years, only to be replanced by his descendants... Noone is elected, but that is okay, because he is a king. The same thing goes for right-wing fascist lunatics, that stay in power for 30/50 years. Mugabe is evil, but ethiopian Meles Zenwai is a great democrat! Chávez is evil, but Pinochet, Alberto Fujimori and Álvaro Uribe are great democrats! The CIA could stage that coup in Venezuela, back in 2002, removing a rightfully elected Chávez, because that is right... right-wing that is. Sir Mark Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher's nephew, was sentenced to four years in jail (suspended jail, of course!!) and to pay a 500.000 dollar fine, for staging a coup in Equatorial Guinea. But that is good because he is royalty. "The West" is broke, and I don't mean money broke. I mean values... The West has no values. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.242.245.81 (talk) 13:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:No injuries, deaths after car-bomb explodes in Madrid, Spain

How long have the Basque people been trying to get independence? Fephisto (talk) 11:23, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 30's The closest was in the Spanish civil war when the Republicans granted them independence exchange for soldiers.--66.229.26.39 14:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:EU warns France about auto rescue plan

Well...
What did you expect from France? *laugh-track* Fephisto (talk) 11:28, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh wait, even the U.S. is doing the same. :(  Fephisto (talk) 11:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Fifty killed in commuter plane crash in Clarence Center, New York

I see that this article mentions the 3 crashes that Scandinavian Airlines experienced with this aircraft, but fails to mention that the EU inspections found that these crashes were wholly the fault of Scandinavian Airlines: they didn't perform proper maintenance on their aircraft. So regardless of the cause of this crash, those crashes are unrelated, since they were caused by the airline committing a crime. Gopher65talk 13:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)