Tuesday, March 31, 2015

see what is done



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Sister Fail

By: jironde on: 10:53 PM
from Atomcentral:"Three different views of an Atlas Missile Explosion in 1961. The first clip is a wide shot at normal speed, the second two clips are photographed high speed at 400 frames per second. They are mesmerizing. This was a test of the Atlas E Missile outfitted with a dummy warhead at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast. This footage was shot by the folks at Lookout Mountain Air Force Base. Sorry, no sound! From 2K high resolution dpx scans." Only reason this is new is because its in HD now



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1961 Launch failed and finally ready for Liveleak

By: jironde on: 10:53 PM
Girl takes a drop



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break dance not pole dance

By: jironde on: 8:49 PM
shameless Indian cop...



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Bribery at its best

By: jironde on: 6:53 PM
what a gentleman



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another forehead tattoo

By: jironde on: 4:51 PM
"i cant wait for him to meet my parents!"



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guy gets face tattoo of glasses

By: jironde on: 4:51 PM
Late Friday afternoon, less than a week after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued dire warnings about the pending defense cuts, the Pentagon announced that it had grounded its next generation F-35 fighter because of engine problems. This was the second time in two months the plane has been taken out of service. Friday afternoon is Washington's preferred time to release bad news and hope reporters, already thinking about the weekends, will turn a blind eye. But after this latest failure, the problems with the F-35 are simply too numerous to ignore. Equally impossible to ignore is the $1.5 trillion price tag for one of the biggest failures in Pentagon history. $1.5 trillion is the cost of operating the air craft for 55 years, an amount that has been consistently increased as the program drags on. It's the most expensive weapons system the Pentagon has ever commissioned. And as problems mount, there are growing concerns that the F-35 will never fly a combat mission. "This was a huge mistake. We were warned about it in the 1990s by some prescient people. Those people were ignored," said Winslow Wheeler, a long-time Congressional staffer who now is the director of the Straus Military Reform Project. "We're living the consequences of the bad, fundamental design of the airplane and bad, fundamental design of the acquisition plan." PROBLEMS FROM THE START The Pentagon commissioned the F-35 during the Clinton presidency. Lockheed Martin was chosen as the manufacturer. Right now, each branch of the military has their own planes, meaning that numerous contracts existed with different contractors. Lockheed was expected to lower the cost of air defense by creating redundancies between the branches. It was ordered to produce three different versions of the F-35: the Marine version could take off and land vertically; the Navy version would be designed to take off from air craft carriers; and the Air Force version would take off from traditional runways. The Pentagon ordered nearly 2,500 planes for $382 billion, or fifty percent more than the original cost. As the price soared, the Pentagon in 2010 deemed the program "too big to fail." Yet it continues to fall short. Recent engine troubles are just the latest in a series of mechanical failures. A pilot was killed when oxygen to the cabin was cut off. The aircraft are running too hot, limiting their ability to operate in warm environments. The original delivery date was supposed to be 2010. Then it was delayed until 2012. Now, it's not expected to be in service until 2019. But when they are put into active use, they have multiple tactical problems. They don't have a long range, so they need to be close to the field of battle. They lack the weapons systems to adequately support ground forces. And they're at a disadvantage in a dogfight because of limited turning capability. Even if the planes were perfectly functional, they were built for a different era. The United States has unsurpassed global air superiority. If the F-35 order is filled, DOD will have 15 times as many planes as China. The F-35 was designed to fight a war between large military powers, not ones against insurgents in Mali. NO POLITICAL OVERSIGHT As failures have mounted, numerous lawmakers have slammed the Pentagon and Lockheed for their failure to deliver. Sen. John McCain, R-Az., in 2011 said "We cannot afford aircraft that doubles or triples the estimated cost." Claire McCaskill, the Democratic Senator from Missouri, told Pentagon leaders that she "need to know whose fault this is." Yet the program continues to be funded. In response to lawmaker complaints, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates restructured the program and fired its manager. Current Secretary Leon Panetta has also called for improvements to the program, and has said the delays are unacceptable. But according to Wheeler, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials at the Pentagon refuse to acknowledge that they might be throwing money at a program that has not, and might not ever, produce a usable aircraft. "It's certainly not too big to fail. It already has failed," he said. "Cancelling this thing and proceeding with a properly conceived aircraft would be cheaper and better." David Francis



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The Pentagon's Incredible $1.5 Trillion Mistake

By: jironde on: 1:23 PM

Monday, March 30, 2015

day month best weekly daily monthly collection epic drunk funny pranks stupid Awesome idiot wipeout hilarious failing every faceplant lol fun haha laughing laugh today latest



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Funny Fails of The Week-Funny Videos - Epic Fail Compilation 2015

By: jironde on: 11:53 PM
Introducing COXY, the drunkest man in Australia. Coxy passed out on the electric fence the other night then thought someone was hitting him. He decided to head home but not before having a deep and meaningful. Check out more at Coxys facebook page - http://ift.tt/1OPcsw0 Coxys Youtube Channel - http://ift.tt/1BVu8fe



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Drunk farmer passes out on electric fence...

By: jironde on: 5:53 PM
The US Army "Dragoon Ride" military convoy was delayed for seven hours in Poland near the Czech Republic border town of Harrachov, Sunday, after one of over a hundred Stryker armored vehicles broke down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To use this footage please contact the Ruptly Client Desk: cd@ruptly.tv Video ID: 20150329-029 ---------------------------------- Twitter: http://ift.tt/14DVmKI VK: https://vk.com/ruptlytv Facebook: http://ift.tt/1jV9FB4 LiveLeak: http://ift.tt/1jV9FRi Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://ift.tt/Os9WkK Google Plus: http://ift.tt/1mbvnPD YouTube: http://ift.tt/VBrMjQ DailyMotion: http://ift.tt/1oNS9DV Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv



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Poland: US military column held up for 7 HOURS by broken Stryker

By: jironde on: 5:53 PM
We all have Googled our own house on Google maps just to see what it looks like from a sky view. Well just recently, Google maps updated their satellite and a new place never seen before has come up. The mystery land is in New Mexico near the outskirts of El Paso around Fort Bliss. It is about 13.6 Miles out and it looks interesting. It has a half circle look to it and when you zoom in there are some buildings vehicles, some small lakes, what seems to be a tower and even a helicopter landing area. At first it appears to be connected to Fort Bliss, but we can't be sure. One of the lakes looks very brown in color and doesn't look like it is housing water. May be some type of chemical. There also seems to be some sand piles throughout the land, you can check it out and zoom in on Google Maps. Whatever it is, it definitely caught some attention from the new Google map views.



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Google Maps shows mysterious place in New Mexico

By: jironde on: 4:48 PM
Hacker group threatens to take down Israeli servers and sites on April 7 in new video, promising to 'erase you from cyberspace'. A video released this week by the Anonymous hacker collective vowed to inflict an "Electronic Holocaust" on Israel. The video shows a masked individual in a suit delivering a prepared statement, in which he announces April 7 as the date of a concerted attack on Israel's online servers. "As we did many times, we will take down your servers, government websites, Israeli military websites, and Israeli institutions," he said. "We will erase you from cyberspace in our Electronic Holocaust." The video includes images of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a briefing room with the defense minister and military leaders, as well as distraught Palestinian children and bombed areas that appear to date from Operation Protective Edge. Anonymous has specifically targeted Israel several times before. The group announced a campaign against Israel in November 2014, but no significant damage was reported. While Israel is threatened with cyberattacks every few months, hackers often fail or cause minimal and temporary damage. In some cases lists of names and passwords of Israelis are released online, but these lists are sometimes outdated. A cyberattack by Anonymous and other hackers hit Israel on April 7, 2014, but only a few sites were brought down temporarily. video inside : http://ift.tt/1EmJgJz



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Anonymous vows 'Electronic Holocaust' against Israel

By: jironde on: 4:48 PM
Super Creepy Arabs Parenting Fail



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Creepy rich Arabs worship 5 year old Korean Girl

By: jironde on: 3:53 PM
FAIL/FAKE ?



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PAINFUL VINE

By: jironde on: 3:53 AM

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Cringeworthy. What do you know, the flag is as retarded as he is.



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Neo Nazi tries to set fire to EU flag but falls foul of EU fire retardant laws

By: jironde on: 11:53 PM
Crazy Women on the train



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Crazy Women on the train

By: jironde on: 9:50 PM
Parkurist loses bowel



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Parkourist loses bowel

By: jironde on: 9:50 PM
backhoe falling from 100 meters



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moving backhoe fail and falls

By: jironde on: 8:47 PM
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Slam Dunk Fail

By: jironde on: 1:53 PM
FUNNY FITNESS GYM FAIL COMPILATION



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FUNNY FITNESS GYM FAIL COMPILATION

By: jironde on: 6:53 AM
Meanwhile in Mexico..



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Mexican DJ Fail

By: jironde on: 4:08 AM
Embarrassing ;)



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Ceremony Fail.

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM

Saturday, March 28, 2015

The funeral fail



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The Funeral fail (they Left dead man in behind)

By: jironde on: 10:52 PM
(Honda city turbo, Enough said)



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March 26, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) French television station Canal+ recently sat down with Dr. Patrick Moore for an upcoming documentary. Dr Moore, who claims to be an ecological expert and is currently the frontman for Ecosense Environmental, stated to the interviewer that Monsanto's weed killer Roundup was not responsible for skyrocketing cancer rates in Argentina. This is where the interview took a turn for the surreal. Dr. Moore insisted that Roundup is safe to drink, at which point the interviewer did the only logical thing one could do in that situation. He offered the doctor a glass of the weed killer to allow him an opportunity to back up his statement. The following is the text from that exchange. Dr. Patrick Moore: "You can drink a whole quart of (Roundup) and it won't hurt you." Canal+: "You want to drink some? We have some here." Moore: "I'd be happy to, actually.... Uhh...Not.. Not really. But I know it wouldn't hurt me." Canal+: "If you say so, I have some glyphosate, have some." Moore: "No. I'm not stupid." Canal+: "So, it's dangerous, right? Moore: "No, People try to commit suicide with it and fail; fail regularly." Canal+: "Tell the truth, it's dangerous." Moore: "It's not dangerous to humans." Canal+: "So, are you ready to drink one glass?" Moore: "No, I'm not an idiot. Interview me about golden rice, that's what I'm talking about." Canal+: "We did." Moore then abruptly ends the interview by calling the host a "complete jerk" and storms off. Greenpeace, an organization to which the doctor turned lobbyist belonged in the 1970's, issued this statement in part in 2008 regarding Dr. Patrick Moore. Patrick Moore often misrepresents himself in the media as an environmental "expert" or even an "environmentalist," while offering anti-environmental opinions on a wide range of issues and taking a distinctly anti-environmental stance. He also exploits long-gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes. While it is true that Patrick Moore was a member of Greenpeace in the 1970s, in 1986 he abruptly turned his back on the very issues he once passionately defended. He claims he "saw the light" but what Moore really saw was an opportunity for financial gain. Since then he has gone from defender of the planet to a paid representative of corporate polluters. Patrick Moore promotes such anti-environmental positions as clearcut logging, nuclear power, farmed salmon, PVC (vinyl) production, genetically engineered crops, and mining. Clients for his consulting services are a veritable Who's Who of companies that Greenpeace has exposed for environmental misdeeds, including Monsanto, Weyerhaeuser, and BHP Minerals. Watch the video from Canal+ Original Video: http://ift.tt/1D35Reg This article (Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to the author and TheAntiMedia.org. Tune in to the Anti-Media radio show Monday through Friday @ 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. Help us fix our typos: edits@theantimedia.org.



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Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink

By: jironde on: 5:51 PM
LOL



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This guy is having a bad parachute day

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failed robbery

By: jironde on: 7:46 AM
..........and they fail. From the battle for Idlib.



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Militants try to shoot down a Su-22 with a surface to air missile

By: jironde on: 5:53 AM
Dr. Patrick Moore, a Monsanto lobbyist recently humiliated himself on French television, after claiming that glyphosate, the controversial active ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide "Roundup" is safe for humans. Roundup has recently become the center of worldwide controversy after a recent report from the World Health Organization concluded that the herbicide "probably causes cancer." While speaking in an interview with Canal+ in France, Moore made the ridiculous statement "You can drink a whole quart of it and it won't hurt you," referring to the controversial weed killer. The interviewer then called his bluff, saying "You want to drink some? We have some here." Caught off-guard, Moore first responds by saying "I'd be happy to," but then quickly corrects himself and declines, saying "actually, not really. But I know it wouldn't hurt me." The interviewer then insists, "If you say so, I have some." Moore becomes visibly frustrated and replies quickly "I'm not stupid!" "So, it's dangerous?" the interviewer pushes back. More responds with making the insane comment that "people try to commit suicide with it and fail regularly." Adding that "It's not dangerous to humans!" Moore then storms out of the room and ends the interview.



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VIDEO: Monsanto Lobbyist Says You Can Drink "A Whole Quart" Of Roundup But Does This When Offered Some!

By: jironde on: 5:53 AM
I probably shouldn't question him since he's the professional but I think that water could be put to better use.



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Best Firefighter?

By: jironde on: 4:53 AM
From Source: This footage was captured recently on my Dad's surveillance camera from above his front entrance in Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the second attempt of robbery on a Saturday afternoon. The previous attempt was while my parents were actually at home. It's pretty frightening to see how badly these guys want to get in. Please share this video so the world can see these scumbags faces. Good laugh watching them fail over and over again. Idiots. Video Credit: Rudi Jeggle



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Attempted Burglary on my parent's home (3 Parts)

By: jironde on: 4:53 AM

Friday, March 27, 2015

I guess iran and her iraqi bitch puppets found out that photoshop and propaganda doesnt win wars...America does. :) After Weeks On The Sidelines, U.S. Begins Air Campaign In Tikrit The U.S. has begun airstrikes against self-declared Islamic State militants in Tikrit, Iraq. The effort by Iranian-backed militias to help Iraq recapture the city has stalled, and now the U.S. has agreed to help the Iraqis if Iranian forces leave the area. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The U.S. has begun airstrikes against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Tikrit. Iraq's military, with the help of Iranian-backed militias, has been unable to dislodge several hundred militants holed up in the city. NPR's Jackie Northam reports the U.S. agreed to help retake it only if the Iranian-backed forces get out of the fight. JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: The Pentagon says the first round of U.S.-led airstrikes on Tikrit hit several militant targets, including a palace that was being used as a headquarters by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Until now, the U.S. has sat on the sidelines in the push to retake Tikrit. When the Iraqi military launched the major offensive in early March, it didn't ask for help from the U.S. Instead, it turned to Iranian-backed Shiite militias. But by the third week, the offensive had ground to a halt. And the Iraq government turned to the U.S. for help, says Anthony Cordesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. ANTHONY CORDESMAN: It's quite clear this campaign hasn't gone the way people hoped. And if they're going to achieve the kind of results they need, they've had to turn to the United States. NORTHAM: But one of the conditions the U.S. had is that the Iranian-backed forces, the Shiite militias, withdraw from the fight. Iraq's government agreed. Two a Shiite militia commanders protested and said they're boycotting the offensive. Robin Wright, a Middle East specialist with United States Institute of Peace, says the U.S. taking the lead is an amazing turnaround, especially given that the Iraqi army and its Iranian-backed allies had about 30,000 fighters and yet were unable to uproot a few hundred ISIS militants. ROBIN WRIGHT: The one thing that's so striking about this switching roles is that the Iranian advisers had appeared very capable at designing campaigns against ISIS. And yet the Shiite militias weren't capable of forcing ISIS out of Tikrit. And that's where U.S. air power came in. But there are no guarantees that U.S. air power is going to force ISIS out of Tikrit either. NORTHAM: The airstrikes can help ease the way for Iraqi troops to enter Tikrit. But fighters will still have to deal with snipers and booby traps set up by ISIS militants that helped stall the initial offensive. Wright says if this new operation fails or if there are large civilian casualties from the airstrikes, Iran will make sure to blame the U.S. Jackie Northam, NPR News, Washington.



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Iraq begs the US for help after their puppet masters in Iran fail to deliver...

By: jironde on: 11:47 PM




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accident while testing a car

By: jironde on: 11:47 PM
The second day of the rebel offensive on the provincial capital of Idlib opened with Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham fighters infiltrating into the Youth Housing and Al-Mahraab Quarters, while also taking up positions on 30th Street as the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Syrian Arab Army's 11th Tank Division combatted their attack. Despite claims of large gains in Idlib, the Syrian Al-Qaeda group "Jabhat Al-Nusra and their allies from Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Mujahiddeen were driven back to the outskirts of the city after the SAA's 155th Brigade at the Hama Military Airport rained multiple artillery strikes on the enemy combatants. By 7 P.M. Damascus Time on Wednesday, the Youth Housing and Al-Mahraab Quarters were declared safe zones, while the Al-Sina'a (Industrial) Quarter remained contested - the militants control the factories located east of Idlib City. The rebel forces suffered significantly high casualties on Wednesday, as their death toll was estimated at 55 fighters by Syrian military sources. NDF casualties were confirmed at 17 fighters. Among the dead militants, the lead field commander of operations for Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham's "'Umar Al-Farouq Battalion", Hassan Al-Khalifa, was reportedly killed by the NDF at the northern outskirts of Idlib City. Barely escaping death, the field commander for 'Ahrar Al-Sham's "Suqour Fajr Al-Islam Battalion", Nidal Hassan Faraat, was reportedly rushed to a nearby field hospital after being wounded during the clashes with the NDF. Also identified amongst the dead militants in Idlib City were the following: Mubarak Al-Murshidi (Saudi), "Abu Mohannad Al-Habshi" (Leader Ajnad Al-Sham), Hussein Majd Qadour Al-Hassan, Mustafa Hariri, Mohammad Kamal Hamdoun, and "Abu Jameel Qatb." pictures of dead militants from Idlib can be seen below



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Complete Field Report from Idlib City: Islamist Groups Fail to Progress

By: jironde on: 3:50 AM
Please,,, Just Stop!



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Board Breaking Fail

By: jironde on: 1:52 AM
My nephew takes after me in athletics.



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Basketball Fail

By: jironde on: 1:52 AM
I think I would get that mad too..



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Ps4 Prank Smash Rage

By: jironde on: 1:52 AM
Chinese translation Fail



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Chinese translation Fail

By: jironde on: 1:52 AM
Questions are being raised after Patriot batteries placed in three Turkish provinces by NATO failed to prevent a Syrian missile from hitting Turkey. The Turkish General Staff said in a March 25 statement that "a rocket or missile" fired by the Syrian army during its engagement with rebels crossed the border late on March 24 and exploded near the C"udeyde neighborhood of the Reyhanli district in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. The projectile left a 15-meter-wide crater in a stream bed, broke the windows of the surrounding houses, caused the roof of a building in the nearby military unit to collapse, damaged two military vehicles and inflicted minor injuries on five Turkish civilians. Two Turkish howitzers pounded a Syrian artillery unit near the border in retaliation on March 25. 'Scud launched from Tartus' Sources told H"urriyet that what hit the Turkish territory was a missile launched from the Syrian city of Tartus, which hosts a Russian naval base, some 200 kilometers from the Turkish border. "The missile fell in an area that was outside the radar range of Patriot batteries in Turkey," a source added. Erdogan Karakus, a retired lieutenant-general from the Turkish Air Force, also told H"urriyet that the Syrian missile which hit Turkey was "most likely a Scud missile." Scuds are a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Syria began its Scud program in the 1970s and started to produce its own missiles in 1993 with the help of Russia. A diplomatic crisis occurred when a Syrian missile fell near a village in Hatay in May 2005 during a military test, prompting the Turkish authorities to react at a time of warm relations between the two countries. Citing the Syrian army's missile usage since the start of the civil war, which has severed ties between Ankara and Damascus, Karakus also criticized NATO over the incident. Position of batteries 'wrong' "The latest crisis shows that a Patriot missile battery should have been placed in Hatay. Of course Patriots can't catch everything in the air, but the current positions of the batteries in Turkey can only defend certain interests," he said. Claiming NATO's main purpose was to protect the U.S. airbase in Adana (Incirlik) and the NATO radar in Malatya (K"urecik), Karakus said Hatay was actually the "riskiest area," and thus the most important spot for a Patriot battery to be placed in order to protect Turkish citizens. When the threat posed by the Syrian army, then armed with chemical weapons, worsened in December 2012, Ankara asked its NATO allies to shield 10 Turkish provinces with an integrated Patriot missile system. Germany, the Netherlands and the United States currently provide two Patriot batteries each, located in the provinces of Kahramanmaras, Adana and GaziantepMarch/26/2015 Source: http://ift.tt/19Tw2ar



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NATO's Patriots fail to stop Syrian missile hitting Turkey

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM
On a scale from 1 to 10 how fake is this video?



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Girl get's bit by lizard

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM

Thursday, March 26, 2015

-Live feeding fail-



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electric shock



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electric shock

By: jironde on: 3:53 AM
haha Kalol epic stunt failure idiot



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Epic stunt fail

By: jironde on: 12:49 AM

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

LOL



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Wannabe Tough guy FAIL

By: jironde on: 10:53 PM
Chinese authorities say they have executed 3 men convicted of a deadly knife attack at a train station last year. The men are believed to be Muslim Uygurs. A court in Kunming, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, announced online on Tuesday that the death sentence was enforced according to the law. The men were part of a group who randomly attacked people with knives at Kunming Station in March last year. The attack left 31 people dead and 141 injured. Four other assailants were shot dead on the scene. A high court in Yunnan sentenced the 3 to death in October for indiscriminate murder and organizing a terrorist group. The court sentenced a fourth defendant to life in prison. The woman is also believed to be a Uygur. China has tightened border controls in the country's southwest since the incident. Officials say the measure is aimed at preventing people from illegally leaving the country to join Islamic militants' activities. They also say there are cases in which those who fail to leave have carried out terrorist attacks in China.



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China executes 3 men for Kunming station attack

By: jironde on: 10:53 PM
What could possibly go wrong?



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Singer Playback trainwreck (Thanks to DJ)

By: jironde on: 8:51 PM
Third world engineering :)



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ship launch fail

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
Rockin' like a boss......NOT !



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Swing Fail ! Tyre meets face...

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
Tourists...



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Bicycle Fail !

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
Low Moroccan Soccer Division



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This guy has tripped the referee for denying him 3 goals

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
some broke their tits when they fell :(



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20 mins FUNNY GIRLS WIN/FAIL COMPILATION

By: jironde on: 8:53 AM
At Disneyland watching the Frozen sing-a-long and my daughter will not let me sing with her.



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Daughter won't let Dad sing Frozen songs with her

By: jironde on: 7:53 AM
Next time will be better



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potato gun fail

By: jironde on: 7:53 AM

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

I came across this today, don't know if it's a re post, Words fail me, I did not know people could get this damaged in the head.



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Liberal manifestation in it's prime form

By: jironde on: 11:49 PM
This guy had no idea his can of soda had been 'tampered' with



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hole in the can prank

By: jironde on: 9:53 PM
Dashcam Fail Compilation with Fatal Accidents



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Dash Campilation Thailand March 2015

By: jironde on: 4:59 AM
Funny Cat Fight



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Funny Cat

By: jironde on: 3:53 AM
FollowNick TimiraosVerified account



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Conservative States Flourish As Liberal States In Deep Recession

By: jironde on: 2:48 AM
Horrific Dirt Late Model crash, car gets turned into wall and flips. One of the worst racing crashes ever.



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Horrific Dirt Late Model Crash into Wall

By: jironde on: 2:48 AM
The pick-up had bulletproof protection.



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CCTV: Robbers Fail Miserably and Got Run Over by Pick-Up

By: jironde on: 1:49 AM

Monday, March 23, 2015

Hamster fails in slow motion. From OP: Our Robo Hamster (Pika) wants to be a stunt hamster when he grows up. Here he is practicing on his hamster wheel. He displayed this behavior for about a day. He quickly learned how to run on the wheel properly without being flung off and never had problems on it again. Not sure how I could have prevented him from doing this other than removing the wheel, which would have not allowed him to learn how to run on it properly.



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Hamster Wheel Mayhem

By: jironde on: 5:05 PM
He's a tiger.



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Man with sledgehammer -vs- Wall

By: jironde on: 5:48 AM
no further infos, got this from a friend... is my first upload



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Guy tries to encourage his Girlfriend at Bungee Fail... or Fake

By: jironde on: 12:55 AM

Sunday, March 22, 2015

FIS Alpine Skier Julien Lizeroux - Meribel, France - Mar-22-2015



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Skier Makes Front Roll on Start - FAIL

By: jironde on: 6:52 PM
Al Jazeera America FAILS to attract US audience; After just two months on the air, Al Jazeera America is losing ground in the US. The US offshoot of the Mideast news outfit managed fewer than half of the viewers who tuned in to its predecessor, Al Gore's Current TV. Al Jazeera America has averaged just 13,000 viewers a day since its Aug. 20 launch - on par with a public access channel. In the 25- to 54-year-old audience sought by advertisers, it drew 5,000 viewers. The ratings are so low, they are considered a "scratch" and aren't reported by Nielsen."We are making large investments in programming and marketing," an Al Jazeera America spokesperson said Sunday. By comparison, 31,000 viewers tuned into Current TV a year ago. Currently, Al Jazeera America is carried in about 44 million US households. The network lost millions of households when Time Warner Cable dropped its predecessor Current TV before Al Jazeera America got off the ground. The No. 2 cable provider has agreed to make Al Jazeera America available in about 10 million homes. Despite that, the news channel is the smallest of fry. Last Thursday, Even with Time Warner Cable on board, Al Jazeera America has a long way to go in its mission to compete with mainstream rivals. Leader Fox News drew 353,000 total viewers, while CNN notched 174,000 and MSNBC grabbed 121,000. Al Jazeera America is trying to attract a US audience despite a deep distrust in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and criticism that it harbors an anti-US bias. The network's financial backer, the government of Qatar, paid a hefty $500 million in January to purchase Current TV and gain US distribution. http://ift.tt/1BkiPwU



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Is Al-Jazeera America about to go belly up?

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
Clever



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Guy Hides In Back Bumper Trying To Cross The Border (No Audio Warning)

By: jironde on: 9:55 AM
Do you remember this Islamic Propagandist and his horrible propaganda "Cage Video" made for the western sheeps to show that the Islamic Fanatics from the FSA Group of Zahran Allousch are the good guys, the moderate ones? Screen from the Vid: Link to the Vid here on Liveleak. This Group is also supported by the German "Bild Zeitung", the Biggest Newspaper in Germany, see here more. For the German Speaking LL Users. "Uber den oben verlinkten Artikel. Ein Artikel voller L"ugen und zugleich der Beweis das die Unmoralischen Schreibtischm"order der Springer Presse gemeinsame Sache mit Islamisten machen und diese Geisteskranken Fanatiker als "die guten Jungs und lieben Aktivisten" darstellen. Somit kann man also jedesmal wenn so ein Springer Schreibtisch M"order sagt die Bild w"urde die Islamisten nicht m"ogen ihm oder ihr diesen Clip und den Artikel um die Ohren hauen. I found a Clip from him and his Islamic Fanatics who is not made for the western sheeps, i think that the "Bild Zeitung" Team knows those Vids very well but as a supporter of those Islamic Fanatics the "Bild Zeitung" wouldt never wrote critical words about these Monsters. In the next Clip we see the Islamic Propagandist and a Pickup with Killed and tortured Prisoners, have a closer look at 0:57. This Video you will never see in western Medias....why? P.S: Please note when the Cage Vid (In the Bildzeitung at 17.02.2015) was published and when the Pick Up Vid where Published (19.02.2015)....



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A Clip with the "Cage Video" - Propagandist supported by the German "Bild Zeitung".

By: jironde on: 7:49 AM
Just funny stuff



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Fetch Fails

By: jironde on: 7:49 AM
mishap



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A woman and Car! Little trouble!

By: jironde on: 4:50 AM

Saturday, March 21, 2015

double fail!



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Slap prank on dumb arab guy

By: jironde on: 6:53 PM
just after that breaking news.. lol



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Pakistan fans breaks TV after they lose cricket match to Australia in World cup 2015

By: jironde on: 3:49 PM
Fail !



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U.S. Funny Vending Machine

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Views are shifting towards Iran, which is seen as a problem to peace first and foremost. Also because Iran is overplaying its hand in the nuclear negotiations Americas is fast running out of patience. Please also read this item and answer the poll. http://ift.tt/1ARXI60 Gen. David H. Petraeus, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq during the 2007-2008 surge, was back in that country last week for the first time in more than three years. He was attending the annual Sulaimani Forum, a get-together of Iraqi leaders, thinkers and academics, at the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. In his most expansive comments yet on the latest crisis in Iraq and Syria, he answered written questions from The Post's Liz Sly, offering insights into the mistakes, the prosecution and the prospects of the war against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which he refers to by its Arabic acronym, Daesh. How does it feel to be back in Iraq after four years away? Iraq is a country I came to know well and the place where I spent some of the most consequential years of my life. So it has been a bit of an emotional experience to return here after my last visit in December 2011 as director of the CIA. I was very grateful for the chance to be back to see old friends and comrades from the past. That said, it is impossible to return to Iraq without a keen sense of opportunities lost. These include the mistakes we, the U.S., made here, and likewise the mistakes the Iraqis themselves have made. This includes the squandering of so much of what we and our coalition and Iraqi partners paid such a heavy cost to achieve, the continuing failure of Iraq's political leaders to solve longstanding political disputes, and the exploitation of these failures by extremists on both sides of the sectarian and ethnic divides. Having said that, my sense is that the situation in Iraq today is, to repeat a phrase I used on the eve of the surge, hard but not hopeless. I believe that a reasonable outcome here is still achievable, although it will be up to all of us - Iraqis, Americans, leaders in the region and leaders of the coalition countries - to work together to achieve it. You oversaw the gains of the surge in 2007-08. How does it make you feel to see what is happening today, with ISIS having taken over more of Iraq than its predecessor, AQI , ever did? What has happened in Iraq is a tragedy - for the Iraqi people, for the region and for the entire world. It is tragic foremost because it didn't have to turn out this way. The hard-earned progress of the Surge was sustained for over three years. What transpired after that, starting in late 2011, came about as a result of mistakes and misjudgments whose consequences were predictable. And there is plenty of blame to go around for that. Yet despite that history and the legacy it has left, I think Iraq and the coalition forces are making considerable progress against the Islamic State. In fact, I would argue that the foremost threat to Iraq's long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State; rather, it is Shiite militias, many backed by - and some guided by - Iran. These militia returned to the streets of Iraq in response to a fatwa by Shia leader Grand Ayatollah Sistani at a moment of extreme danger. And they prevented the Islamic State from continuing its offensive into Baghdad. Nonetheless, they have, in some cases, cleared not only Sunni extremists but also Sunni civilians and committed atrocities against them. Thus, they have, to a degree, been both part of Iraq's salvation but also the most serious threat to the all-important effort of once again getting the Sunni Arab population in Iraq to feel that it has a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure. Longer term, Iranian-backed Shia militia could emerge as the preeminent power in the country, one that is outside the control of the government and instead answerable to Tehran. Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region. Any strategy to stabilize the region thus needs to take into account the challenges in both Iraq and Syria. It is not sufficient to say that we'll figure them out later. Related: 'Daesh': John Kerry starts calling the Islamic State a name they hate ] What went wrong? The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011. The actions of the Iraqi prime minister undid the major accomplishment of the Surge. alienated the Iraqi Sunnis and once again created in the Sunni areas fertile fields for the planting of the seeds of extremism, essentially opening the door to the takeover of the Islamic State. Some may contend that all of this was inevitable. Iraq was bound to fail, they will argue, because of the inherently sectarian character of the Iraqi people. I don't agree with that assessment. The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki. As for the U.S. role, could all of this have been averted if we had kept 10,000 troops here? I honestly don't know. I certainly wish we could have tested the proposition and kept a substantial force on the ground. For that matter, should we have pushed harder for an alternative to PM Maliki during government formation in 2010? Again, it is impossible to know if such a gambit might have succeeded. But certainly, a different personality at the top might have made a big difference, depending, of course, on who that individual might have been. Where I think a broader comment is perhaps warranted has to do with the way we came to think about Iraq and, to a certain extent, the broader region over the last few years. There was certainly a sense in Washington that Iraq should be put in our rearview mirror, that whatever happened here was somewhat peripheral to our national security and that we could afford to redirect our attention to more important challenges. Much of this sentiment was very understandable given the enormous cost of our efforts in Iraq and the endless frustrations that our endeavor here encountered. In retrospect, a similar attitude existed with respect to the civil war in Syria - again, a sense that developments in Syria constituted a horrible tragedy to be sure, but a tragedy at the outset, at least, that did not seem to pose a threat to our national security. But in hindsight, few, I suspect, would contend that our approach was what it might - or should - have been. In fact, if there is one lesson that I hope we've learned from the past few years, it is that there is a linkage between the internal conditions of countries in the Middle East and our own vital security interests. Whether fair or not, those in the region will also offer that our withdrawal from Iraq in late 2011 contributed to a perception that the U.S. was pulling back from the Middle East. This perception has complicated our ability to shape developments in the region and thus to further our interests. These perceptions have also shaken many of our allies and, for a period at least, made it harder to persuade them to support our approaches. This has been all the more frustrating because, of course, in objective terms, we remain deeply engaged across the region and our power here is still very, very significant. Neither the Iranians nor Daesh are 10 feet tall, but the perception in the region for the past few years has been that of the U.S. on the wane, and our adversaries on the rise. I hope that we can begin to reverse that now. What are your thoughts when you see Qasem Soleimani, the IRGC's Quds Force commander who funded and armed the militias who blew up U.S. troops and shelled the U.S. Embassy while you were in it, taking battlefield tours like you used to? Yes, "Hajji Qasem," our old friend. I have several thoughts when I see the pictures of him, but most of those thoughts probably aren't suitable for publication in a family newspaper like yours. What I will say is that he is very capable and resourceful individual, a worthy adversary. He has played his hand well. But this is a long game, so let's see how events transpire. It is certainly interesting to see how visible Soleimani has chosen to become in recent months - quite a striking change for a man of the shadows. Whatever the motivations, though, they underscore a very important reality: The current Iranian regime is not our ally in the Middle East. It is ultimately part of the problem, not the solution. The more the Iranians are seen to be dominating the region, the more it is going to inflame Sunni radicalism and fuel the rise of groups like the Islamic State. While the U.S. and Iran may have convergent interests in the defeat of Daesh, our interests generally diverge. The Iranian response to the open hand offered by the U.S. has not been encouraging. Iranian power in the Middle East is thus a double problem. It is foremost problematic because it is deeply hostile to us and our friends. But it is also dangerous because, the more it is felt, the more it sets off reactions that are also harmful to our interests - Sunni radicalism and, if we aren't careful, the prospect of nuclear proliferation as well. You have had some interactions with Qasem Soleimani in the past. Could you tell us about those? In the spring of 2008, Iraqi and coalition forces engaged in what emerged as a decisive battle between the Iraqi Security Forces and the Iranian-supported Shiite militias. In the midst of the fight, I received word from a very senior Iraqi official that Qasem Soleimani had given him a message for me. When I met with the senior Iraqi, he conveyed the message: "General Petraeus, you should be aware that I, Qasem Soleimani, control Iran's policy for Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Afghanistan." The point was clear: He owned the policy and the region, and I should deal with him. When my Iraqi interlocutor asked what I wanted to convey in return, I told him to tell Soleimani that he could "pound sand." If you look back at what happened when the surge of U.S. troops under your command turned the tide of the war, is there anything you would have done differently? What are your regrets? There are always actions that, with the benefit of hindsight, you realize you misjudged or would have done differently. There are certainly decisions, in the course of my three deployments to Iraq, that I got wrong. Very candidly, there are several people who are causing enormous harm in Iraq today whom I wish we had taken off the battlefield when we had the chance to do so. Beyond that, there certainly were actions taken in the first year in Iraq, in particular, that made our subsequent effort that vastly more difficult that it needed to be. But those are well known. What would be (or is, assuming people must be asking) your main advice on how best to prosecute the war against ISIS now? In general terms, what is needed in Iraq at this point is all of the elements of the comprehensive, civil-military counterinsurgency campaign that achieved such significant progress during the Surge, with one huge difference - that Iraqis must perform a number of the critical tasks that we had to perform. Iraqis must, for example, provide the "boots on the ground," albeit enabled by advisers and U.S. air assets, with tactical air controllers if necessary. If the Iraqis cannot provide such forces, we should increase efforts to develop them. Iraqis must also be the ones who pursue reconciliation with Sunni leaders and the Sunni Arab community. We may help in various ways, but again, sustainable results can only be achieved by Iraqis - who clearly have the ability to do so, even if the will is sometimes not fully evident. In more specific terms, I would offer the following: First, it is critical that Iraqi forces do not clear areas that they are not able or willing to hold. Indeed, the "hold" force should be identified before the clearance operation begins. This underscores the need for capable, anti-Daesh Sunni forces that can go into Sunni-majority areas and be viewed as liberators, not conquerors or oppressors. Second, the Iraqi forces that conduct(s) operations have to demonstrate much greater care in their conduct. I am deeply concerned by reports of sectarian atrocities - in particular by the Shiite militias as they move into Sunni areas previously held by the Islamic State. Kidnappings and reprisal killings, mass evictions of civilians from their homes - these kinds of abuses are corrosive to what needs to be accomplished. Indeed, they constitute Daesh's best hope for survival - pushing Sunnis to feel once again the need to reject the Iraqi forces in their areas. The bottom line is that Daesh's defeat requires not just hammering them on the battlefield, but simultaneously, revived political reconciliation with Sunnis. Iraq's Sunnis need to be brought back into the fold. They need to feel as though they have a stake in the success of Iraq, rather than a stake in its failure. Third, as I explained earlier, we need to recognize that the #1 long term threat to Iraq's equilibrium - and the broader regional balance - is not the Islamic State, which I think is on the path to being defeated in Iraq and pushed out of its Iraqi sanctuary. The most significant long term threat is that posed by the Iranian-backed Shiite militias. If Daesh is driven from Iraq and the consequence is that Iranian-backed militias emerge as the most powerful force in the country - eclipsing the Iraqi Security Forces, much as Hezbollah does in Lebanon - that would be a very harmful outcome for Iraqi stability and sovereignty, not to mention our own national interests in the region. Fourth, as long as we are talking about difficult problems, there is Syria. Any acceptable outcome requires the build-up of capable, anti-Daesh opposition forces whom we support on the battlefield. Although it is encouraging to see the administration's support for this initiative, I think there are legitimate questions that can be raised about the sufficiency of the present scale, scope, speed, and resourcing of this effort. It will, for example, be impossible to establish a headquarters inside Syria to provide command and control of the forces we help train and equip as long as barrel bombs are dropped on it on a regular basis. http://ift.tt/1FJEll9



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Petraeus: The Islamic State isn't our biggest problem in Iraq

By: jironde on: 7:52 AM
AUSSIE guy needs a pair of spacers - lol



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You Lost, BRO! - BIG FAIL at WSOP 2012 - World Series of Poker 2012 Main Event

By: jironde on: 7:52 AM
In the morning before my coffee..I don't want convo..or...talk. HELL I don't even talk to myself before my flppin coffee.........Period! This is what they (StarCrack) are sayin..... Howard Schultz Chairman and chief executive officer Starbucks Coffee Company........ Racial diversity is the story of America, our triumphs as well as our faults. Yet racial inequality is not a topic we readily discuss. It's time to start. Conversation has the power to change hearts and minds. At Starbucks, we've seen this firsthand. Recently, as racially charged events unfolded across our country, we felt a responsibility to act. We called our partners (employees) together and invited them to express what they were thinking or feeling. In forums across the country, people shared personal experiences and ideas about how to move our country forward. Men and women from backgrounds as diverse as America's spoke about their childhoods, neighborhoods, fears and hopes. Each forum was as respectful as it was emotional. Each voice offered insight into the divisive role unconscious bias plays in our society, and the role empathy can play to bridge those divides. In most of the cities we visited, we also met with senior police leaders to hear their concerns and share what we were learning. After witnessing the power of civil discourse within our company, we asked ourselves, what more can we do? Our nation is only becoming more diverse. To ignore, dismiss or fail to productively engage our differences is to stifle our collective potential. Diversity of thought and skills lead to more creative ideas and higher performance. Bias, even unintentional slights, sap our potential for shared prosperitywhile denying our shared humanity. RACE TOGETHER is an initiative from Starbucks and USA TODAY to stimulate conversation, compassion and action around race in America. In Starbucks stores across the country on March 20th, you'll find a free special insert from USA TODAY. It is an invitation not just to reflect but to open a dialogue about race and what it means to you. Coffee shops have always had a role to play as a venue for open conversation about issues that matter. We hope you'll join us, at your community Starbucks, with your friends and neighbors. You can also experience the interactive edition of the RACE TOGETHER special section online at racetogether.usatoday.com.For all our country's progress, barriers to social justice and economic equality exist in far too many corners. RACE TOGETHER is not a solution, but it is an opportunity to begin to re-examine how we can create a more empathetic and inclusive society-one conversation at a time. Ahhhhhh.....ok Is My Coffee Ready Yet?



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RantSAY...JUST GEMME MY GD COFFEE!.....PERIOD!!

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The guy runs over the gradient of the lowered pavement and it is just enough to change his trajectory towards the lamppost. What a doink. OP on Facebook: Nicky Cocozza



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Guy Runs Into A Lamppost And Creates A Wonderful Gong Clang Noise. LOL

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the dog bite the girl



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Ouch!!

By: jironde on: 3:57 AM
mom tries to be sexy dancing and craps herself.



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Dance Fail

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Girl splits her eye open on scope from recoil.



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Recoil Eye Wreaker

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If they were liveleakers this would not have happened



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Flipping truck FAIL

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM
I am Skookie



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Skookie

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM
Best FUNNY HOME VIDEO Fail Compilation 2014



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Best FUNNY HOME VIDEO 2014

By: jironde on: 12:53 AM

Friday, March 20, 2015

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Funny Prank Fail Satan Gets Last Laugh

By: jironde on: 11:53 PM
An underwhelmingly piss-poor attempt at videoing today's eclipse without the proper equipment. I guess you had to be there...



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A short eclipse Yoursay.

By: jironde on: 9:53 PM
Cheating in school tests is an old Indian problem. But the malpractice literally scaled new heights this week in the eastern state of Bihar when relatives of 10th-grade students climbed the wall of a school building and perched precariously from windows of classrooms as they handed cheat sheets to children writing the tests inside. Photographs and videos showing parents, friends and others scaling the school wall - Spiderman-style - went viral in India on Thursday. Police officers standing nearby watched helplessly. Family values, some called it on Twitter. It does take a village, another said. Videos also showed school inspectors slapping young girls as they pulled out cheat sheets from under their tables. Cheating is common in schools in remote rural areas in India, where jobs and seats in college courses are few but competition is fierce. But the sight of parents risking their life and limbs to climb the walls shocked many Indians. Under Bihar's anti-cheating law, dozens of 12th-grade students were expelled and their parents detained last month in cases of cheating in tests. Many students in India drop out of school because they fail to pass the tough standardized tests in their 10th and 12th grades. Education experts say that cheating is just a symptom of the deeper problems that plague India's education system, such as teacher absenteeism, emphasis on rote learning and inadequate school infrastructure. A recent study by the Pratham Education Foundation showed that only 48 percent of fifth-grade students could read a second-grade textbook. "According to the reports we received, there have been complaints about cheating in many places, especially in rural areas," P.K. Sahi, education minister of Bihar, told reporters on Thursday. "Is this just the responsibility of the government? Is it possible for the government to conduct fair tests without public support? You tell us what can the government do to stop cheating if parents and relatives are not ready to cooperate?" Authorities expelled 515 students from the tests, according to local media reports.



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Heights of cheating: 515 students caught during matric exams in India

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Firefighter Fail Car On Fire Wreaks Havoc

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Kansas is up a creek financially. On Monday, the state's legislature will take on the daunting task of trying to find hundreds of millions of dollars to balance the state's budget, which is facing a shortfall of $280 million for this fiscal year. A big reason for the predicament, experts say: Some of the largest tax cuts in the state's history, signed into law in 2012 by Governor Sam Brownback. One of the biggest cuts: The profits of small businesses and partnerships were made tax-exempt. Tax policy experts like Joseph Henchman of the Tax Foundation suspect this change is a key reason for the state's unexpectedly large revenue shortfall. One concern is that other companies not eligible for the 0% tax rate may be trying to reorganize themselves so they, too, get the tax break. The tax-cut package was supposed to boost the Kansas economy and small businesses. Problem is, that hasn't happened. At least not yet, although the effects of tax cuts can take years to materialize. Tax experts lament that the cuts were poorly structured. "The goals behind them aren't bad. But the cuts weren't properly targeted," said Lori McMillan, a law professor at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. For instance, she noted, the tax-free profits measure is a boon for plenty of entities -- such as partnerships and S Corps -- that are not really small businesses at all. And the tax-free break on profits is not tied to the numbers of jobs those entities create. At the very least, lawmakers could have capped the amount of profits that are treated as tax-free, McMillan said. So, now what? Unlike the federal government, most states - including Kansas - are not legally allowed to run deficits. To dig the Sunflower State out of its hole, Brownback and the Republican-led Kansas legislature have to act fast. Critics of the tax cuts have been calling on lawmakers to reverse at least some of them. But even if that happened, it likely won't help with this year's shortfall. One of Brownback's proposals for cutting this year's shortfall is to reduce the state's contributions to the public employee pension fund for the next six months, a controversial move especially considering that the state pension plan is already underfunded. The governor doesn't need the legislature's approval to temporarily reduce pension funding, but he will for his other big idea, which is to use $201 million in funds from other state programs, such as the state highway fund and its health and environment fund. Even if lawmakers agree to it, the fund transfers are one-time fixes that can't be used again next year, when the state's budget shortfall will be much steeper -- as much as $648 million. On top of that, lawmakers will have yet another worry to add to their list. A district court ruled last month that the state has been underfunding its K-12 education system. The state might appeal the ruling. But if it sticks, that means the legislature will have to pony up what some estimate could be an additional $500 million or more a year for school funding. While Kansas deals with its budget problems, and assesses whether to keep or curb some of its tax cuts, other states will be interested in the outcome. "It's a great test case for the country," said Cara Griffith, editor in chief of news at the publisher Tax Analysts. "If I was a governor, I'd be watching very closely. Maybe the package as a whole will fail, but maybe pieces of it will work."



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Another Republican Governor Ruins His State Economy - Kansas Disaster

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March is about knowing your fails in life. What are yours? Can you fix them? Just don't lose it!



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We All Mess Up (Fail Compilation)

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Girls with Guns

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WTF was this idiot thinking?



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Hanging Onto An Escalator Goes Wrong

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

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*FIGHT*

By: jironde on: 5:52 PM
This police officer needed to know how to ride a motorcycle to earn a promotion in the service ..... suffice the say, the promotion when to someone else.



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Brazilian Police Motorcycle Training - FAIL

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http://ift.tt/1EvAkis By Eric Zuesse Global Research, March 18, 2015 Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten The head of the private intelligence agency Stratfor has for the first time publicly said that the US government considers to be its overriding strategic objective the prevention of a German-Russian alliance. Blocking that alliance is the only way to prevent an alternative world power capable of challenging extension of the American position of being the world's lone superpower. http://ift.tt/1EvAkis Background: The American political scientist George Friedman is chief of intelligence think tank "Stratfor Global Intelligence", which he founded in 1996. The headquarters of Stratfor is located in Texas. Stratfor advises 4,000 companies, individuals and governments around the world, reports the New York Times. These include Bank of America, the US State Department, Apple, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin, Monsanto and Cisco, on security issues. In December 2011 there was a hacker attack on the computer system of Stratfor. Then 90,000 names, addresses, credit card numbers, passwords Stratfor clients were published. The attack was by the hacker Jeremy Hammond. But later it turned out that an FBI employee Hammond had instigated the attack on the Stratfor system. The FBI was involved in all phases of the attack. Friedman published in 2009 a book titled "The Next 100 Years", in which he discussed security policy issues for the 21st century. He said that between 2020 and 2030, Turkey, Poland and Japan, with US support, will be regional powers. In the same period, a pro-American block of several States will be formed in Eastern Europe. Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They're Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST'S VENTRILOQUISTS:



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Ukraine, Stratfor: "US aims to prevent a German-Russian alliance"

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015





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This is One Way To Repel Off Your Balcony (Classic Thud)

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Fire!!!

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Man got some lead intoxication in a robbery attempt. Yes he got it by an off duty cop. Happened here in Brazil . . Remeber, everyone can be a cop these days!



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Thug shot down in robbery attempt

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Entertaining and informative discussion on Why ISIS is Islamic. The Islamic State: Is It Islamic? And Why It Matters Robert Spencer, author of 13 books on Islam and Director of Jihad Watch spoke to a local gathering of ACT! for America, to give his thoughts on Why ISIS is Islamic. Al Qaeda has been replaced with the "JV" team, ISIS, as the world's leading terrorist organization. Our government seems incapable of identifying the growing threat of radical Islamists and is unwilling even to name it. Robert shows, using the Quran, why ISIS is Islamic, and why so many other seemingly benign Islamic groups fail to live up to the true nature of the Quran and life of Muhammad. He lays out this growing threat and what we need to know about their doctrine, goals, and strategies, if we are to have any hope in destroying them!



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Why ISIS is Islamic - Robert Spencer

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Students of the Darwin Academy ..... WTF ?!?!



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How Stupid are Kids These Days ?

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The chronic of the accident, we arrive at the location and the mom of the girl says to my I'm going to drive the with truck and I respond to her yes I will shot from the other side of the water, when I get on the other truck with mi friend we cross the water and I start shooting with the camera, but I didn't know that the person driving was the daughter not the mother and the results its obvious mi friend fly 3 mts in front of the truck and landed in the ground, him and 2 other guys ended with minor injuries



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I almost Die in a Crash at film location of XV (quincea~nera) Video

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That guys scream at the end lmao!



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White Phosphorus Mortar Fail!

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it's shocking that this happened in india!!



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Failed rape in broad daylight !!

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All the work that goes into Coal mining and the useless fucks spill it everywhere. The train was travelling at 91kmh and 21 of 22 carriages derailed. Epic fail.



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Coal Train Derails - Czech Republic

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Fail Girl Playing Game



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Fail Girl Playing Game

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Monday, March 16, 2015

Kinda old but just something to pass time if your board. It's from FailArmy



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Party fails

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
"Hey how's it goin" ?



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LA MARATHON FAIL

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To be or not to be lunch saith the Lyonesse Fail and Wins Compilation - EPIC FAILS COMPILATION FEBRUARY 2013 *NEW*



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To be or not to be lunch saith the Lyonesse

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Toyota Supra almost looses it while attempting a burnout



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Toyota Supra showing off almost takes out spectators

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Whoopsss



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Half Million Dollar McLaren Mercedes SLR Bottoms Out Leaving Parking Lot

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Scrraapppeee



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Maserati Embarrassingly Bottoms Out Then Tries To Redeem Himself

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Andy Green introduces what will become his office. Andy has drawn on his experience of flying fast jets and driving World Land Speed Record winners Thrust SSC and JCB Dieselmax to design the dashboard and cockpit layout. Good ergonomics are vital given that BLOODHOUND SSC will cover a mile in 3.6 seconds, or 150m in the (300 millisecond) blink of an eye. The central screen shows the speed in miles per hour and Mach number (Mach 1 being the speed of sound), calculated by GPS, plus jet engine and rocket outputs. Dynamic speed indicators help Andy to judge when to fire the rocket and deploy the braking systems. Wheel loads are also given prominence. BLOODHOUND does not use aerodynamic downforce, as a Formula 1 car does, while lift at the nose or rear axle must also be avoided at all costs. The need to carefully balance forces throughout its 1000mph speed range is one of the major reasons why shaping the Car has taken 30 design-years. The left-hand screen shows hydraulic pressures and temperatures in the braking and airbrake systems, while the one to Andy's right provides information about the three engines, including temperatures, pressures and fuel levels. Together, the EJ200 jet engine and Nammo hybrid rockets produce around 210 kN (21 tonnes) of thrust, equivalent to 135,000 thrust hp, or 180 F1 cars, and Andy will monitor their status at key points during each run. BLOODHOUND's dash also features two precision-engineered analogue Rolex instruments: a chronograph with built-in stopwatch, and a speedometer graduated up to 1,100mph (1,770km/h). The speedometer is a vital back-up to allow the Car to be stopped safely should the digital dashboard fail, while the chronograph will help to time the start-up and cool-down of the jet, and help to monitor the performance of other systems. Tested to withstand the severe vibration at 1,000 mph and the desert heat, these bespoke Rolex instruments are unique to BLOODHOUND SSC.



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Bloodhound SSC - Showing what the cockpit of this extraordinary car looks like.

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WTF Skateboard Funny Fail Compilations



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WTF Skateboard Funny Fail Compilations

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Sunday, March 15, 2015

This happened in Poland on the 13th March 2015 (not January 2013 as the video says). The driver apparently kicked the pedal completly down in the rain, which is a very bad idea when your car has 650hp, rear-wheel drive and a 0-200 km/h (0-125 mph) acceleration of 8.7 seconds.



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$250K McLaren 650S crashed in the rain by stupid driver

By: jironde on: 11:47 AM
Every soldier should get a GoPro 4 as part of their equipment! Very funny..



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Some crazy funny stuff in this...

By: jironde on: 10:53 AM
OFF Road Fails 6x6 Truck Epic Fail Kamaz Siberia Russia



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OFF Road Fails 6x6 Truck Epic Fail Kamaz Siberia Russia

By: jironde on: 9:53 AM
Used to.



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There used to be two Mclaren 650S in Poland.

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

That gotta hurt! Source: http://ift.tt/1EkoeZi



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How not to rappel off balcony

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Two dumb burglars didn't know they were filmed by surveillance cameras. Clear images of the perpetrators have been released by the police in the netherlands. Video on Dumpert , News Youtube channel



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Dumb robbers caught on tape!

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Separatists in the east of Ukraine are threatening to breach the ceasefire if Kyiv fails to adopt measures giving the break-away regions special status. The ultimatum refers to the Minsk agreement which states that the Ukrainian government must publish a list of areas with special status by Saturday. "Kyiv has in fact 24 hours left to fulfil its part of the obligations (in the Minsk agreements)," explained Denis Pushlin, spokesman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. "If the ordered decision isn't passed in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in 24 hours, it will become obvious to the entire world that Kyiv is not prepared to keep to the road map prescribed in Minsk." The key city of Debaltseve has seen some of the fiercest fighting, with much of it being reduced to ruins. However its future remains unclear as only those cities already under rebel control when the September 19 Minsk deal was signed should be considered for special status. For those living in the embattled city, the details of the Minsk document are of little importance. "For me, I don't care whether it's the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic' or the self-proclaimed 'Luhansk People's Republic'," said one resident adding, "if they gave people a good life, with a good pension, work. It's all the same to me. Just let the people live well." Another resident said that after losing her mother in the fighting she didn't really see Debaltseve as part of Ukraine. The rebel's ultimatum is the latest in a string of threats but the stakes are high, with more lives on the line and an IMF loan in doubt should the ceasefire fail.



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Deadline looms for Kyiv's decision for special status regions in east Ukraine

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stupid people never learn



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fool me once shame on you ! fool me twice shame on me

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Friday, March 13, 2015

DPR PM Zakharchenko appeal to bundeskanzlerin Merkel and president Hollande 3/12/2015 Cauldron-3: From Debaltsevo to Mariupol? Translated from Russian by J.Hawk DPR head Aleksandr Zakharchenko said that in the event Ukraine resumes combat operations, it will suffer yet another cauldron, this time around Mariupol. "There were two cauldrons already. We'll have to give them a third one so that they understand they should stop doing bad things. One has to think before doing," Zakharchenko said at a briefing in Novoazovsk. He emphasized that self-defense forces will act "pre-emptively." Zakharchenko yet again called on Kiev to withdraw remaining heavy weapons from the demarcation line and strictly abide by the letter of Minsk Agreements. "As of right now we are fully observing Minsk Agreements. We withdrew our equipment. We are preparing for the sowing season. We are leading a peaceful life, we intend to do everything necessary to ensure peaceful existence. Ukraine, on the other hand, which had gotten used to trying to solve its problems through war, will sooner or later lose the whole country," Zakharchenko added. J.Hawk's Comment: Zakharchenko had already warned before that should Minsk-2 fail, there will not be a Minsk-3. Certainly not with the current Kiev government. Zakharchenko also noted that, according to Minsk-2, Kiev must complete the withdrawal of heavy weapons within two days, and then start implementing the political aspects of the agreement, including the establishment of political relations with Novorossia, adopting a law giving it a special status, and other related provisions. Which Kiev shows no sign of even pretending to implement. Instead, Poroshenko is going around making statements that the UAF are working to re-establish combat readiness. We'll find out soon enough whether the leash on which the IMF is keeping Ukraine is short enough. Report from Peski. Sniper duel and mortar/GL fire footage.



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Ilovaysk--Debaltsevo--Mariupol? Zakharchenko's warning to Poroshenko

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European Union ministers have failed to agree on new proposals to allow people fleeing war and persecution to apply for asylum from outside the EU, despite warnings of a record number expected to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean this year. It is hoped the setting up of centres in North Africa and the Middle East where people can request refugee status will lessen the numbers risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson 12 March 2015 The European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said last week that they were considering setting up centres in North Africa and the Middle East so that people can request refugee status and resettlement in Europe from third countries. This would lessen the numbers making the illicit crossing, which claimed more than 3,000 lives last year. Italy, where most of the migrants arrive, is also pushing the plan. "It's about a humanitarian mission which would allow Europe to do screening and to dismantle a huge human trafficking market," said Italy's Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano. However the proposals, which will be presented by the Commission in May, will require the backing of the 28 members states and, with anti-immigrant sentiment soaring in some nations, there is scepticism that the policy will get the support it needs. "We do not have a common position between all the member states yet," Rihards Kozlovskis, the Interior Minister of Latvia, said. Mr Avramopoulos called the proposals a "long-term project" and said that first they must "establish trust among member states". But rights groups stress the urgency of finding a solution ahead of the summer when hundreds of thousands are expected to attempt the dangerous sea journey. Many are from Syria, where the conflict has forced 3.9 million people to flee. Last year an Italian operation rescued at least 150,000 people in the Mediterranean, but it has been replaced by a more limited operation run by the EU border agency Frontex. Last week the head of Frontex warned that up to a million people could try to reach Europe this year. "It's basic but alarming mathematics," said Amnesty International's European institutions director, Iverna McGowan. "As the number goes up, and the resources into search and rescue go down, more people are dying."



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EU ministers fail to reach agreement on proposals for asylum-seekers fleeing war and persecution

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Funny Fitness Gym Exercises



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Funny Fitness Gym Exercises

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How 'Free Markets' Defame 'Democracy' March 12, 2015 Exclusive: Venezuela seems to be following Ukraine on the neocon hit list for "regime change" as Washington punishes Caracas for acting against a perceived coup threat. But a broader problem is how the U.S. conflates "free markets" with "democracy," giving "democracy" a bad name, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The one common thread in modern U.S. foreign policy is an insistence on "free market" solutions to the world's problems. That is, unless you're lucky enough to live in a First World ally of the United States or your country is too big to bully. So, if you're in France or Canada or - for that matter - China, you can have generous health and educational services and build a modern infrastructure. But if you're a Third World country or otherwise vulnerable - like, say, Ukraine or Venezuela - Official Washington insists that you shred your social safety net and give free reign to private investors. The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. If you're good and accept this "free market" domination, you become, by the U.S. definition, a "democracy" - even if doing so goes against the wishes of most of your citizens. In other words, it doesn't matter what most voters want; they must accept the "magic of the market" to be deemed a "democracy." Thus, in today's U.S. parlance, "democracy" has come to mean almost the opposite of what it classically meant. Rather than rule by a majority of the people, you have rule by "the market," which usually translates into rule by local oligarchs, rich foreigners and global banks. Governments that don't follow these rules - by instead shape their societies to address the needs of average citizens - are deemed "not free," thus making them targets of U.S.-funded "non-governmental organizations," which train activists, pay journalists and coordinate business groups to organize an opposition to get rid of these "un-democratic" governments. If a leader seeks to defend his or her nation's sovereignty by such means as requiring these NGOs to register as "foreign agents," the offending government is accused of violating "human rights" and becomes a candidate for more aggressive "regime change." Currently, one of the big U.S. complaints against Russia is that it requires foreign-funded NGOs that seek to influence policy decisions to register as "foreign agents." The New York Times and other Western publications have cited this 2012 law as proof that Russia has become a dictatorship, while ignoring the fact that the Russians modeled their legislation after a U.S. law known as the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." So, it's okay for the U.S. to label people who are paid by foreign entities to influence U.S. policies as "foreign agents" - and to imprison people who fail to register - but not for Russia to do the same. A number of these NGOs in Russia and elsewhere also are not "independent" entities but instead are financed by the U.S.-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the U.S. Agency for International Development. There is even a circular element to this U.S. complaint. Leading the denunciation of Russia and other governments that restrain these U.S.-financed NGOs is Freedom House, which marks down countries on its "freedom index" when they balk at letting in this back-door U.S. influence. However, over the past three decades, Freedom House has become essentially a subsidiary of NED, a bought-and-paid-for NGO itself. The Hidden CIA Hand That takeover began in earnest in 1983 when CIA Director William Casey was focused on creating a funding mechanism to support Freedom House and other outside groups that would engage in propaganda and political action that the CIA had historically organized and financed covertly. Casey helped shape the plan for a congressionally funded entity that would serve as a conduit for this U.S. government money. But Casey recognized the need to hide the CIA's strings. "Obviously we here should not get out front in the development of such an organization, nor should we appear to be a sponsor or advocate," Casey said in one undated letter to then-White House counselor Edwin Meese III - as Casey urged creation of a "National Endowment." Casey's planning led to the 1983 creation of NED, which was put under the control of neoconservative Carl Gershman, who remains in charge to this day. Gershman's NED now distributes more than $100 million a year, which included financing scores of activists, journalists and other groups inside Ukraine before last year's coup and now pays for dozens of projects in Venezuela, the new emerging target for "regime change." But NED's cash is only a part of how the U.S. government manipulates events in vulnerable countries. In Ukraine, prior to the February 2014 coup, neocon Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland reminded Ukrainian business leaders that the United States had invested $5 billion in their "European aspirations." Nuland then handpicked who would be the new leadership, telling U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt that "Yats is the guy," referring to "free market" politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who not surprisingly emerged as the new prime minister after a violent coup ousted elected President Viktor Yanukovych on Feb. 22, 2014. The coup also started a civil war that has claimed more than 6,000 lives, mostly ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine who had supported Yanukovych and were targeted for a ruthless "anti-terrorist operation" spearheaded by neo-Nazi and other far-right militias dispatched by the U.S.-backed regime in Kiev. But Nuland blames everything on Russia's President Vladimir Putin. On top of Ukraine's horrific death toll, the country's economy has largely collapsed, but Nuland, Yatsenyuk and other free-marketeers have devised a solution, in line with the wishes of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund: Austerity for the average Ukrainian. Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Nuland hailed "reforms" to turn Ukraine into a "free-market state," including decisions "to reduce and cap pension benefits, increase work requirements and phase in a higher retirement age; ... cutting wasteful gas subsidies." In other words, these "reforms" are designed to make the hard lives of average Ukrainians even harder - by slashing pensions, removing work protections, forcing people to work into their old age and making them pay more for heat during the winter. 'Sharing' the Wealth In exchange for those "reforms," the IMF approved $17.5 billion in aid that will be handled by Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, who until last December was a former U.S. diplomat responsible for a U.S. taxpayer-financed $150 million investment fund for Ukraine that was drained of money as she engaged in lucrative insider deals - deals that she has fought to keep secret. Now, Ms. Jaresko and her cronies will get a chance to be the caretakers of more than 100 times more money. Other prominent Americans have been circling around Ukraine's "democratic" opportunities. For instance, Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter was named to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, Ukraine's largest private gas firm, a shadowy Cyprus-based company linked to Privat Bank. Privat Bank is controlled by the thuggish billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky, who was appointed by the Kiev regime to be governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a south-central province of Ukraine. In this tribute to "democracy," the U.S.-backed Ukrainian authorities gave an oligarch his own province to rule. Kolomoysky also has helped finance paramilitary forces killing ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine. Burisma has been lining up well-connected American lobbyists, too, some with ties to Secretary of State John Kerry, including Kerry's former Senate chief of staff David Leiter, according to lobbying disclosures. As Time magazine reported, "Leiter's involvement in the firm rounds out a power-packed team of politically-connected Americans that also includes a second new board member, Devon Archer, a Democratic bundler and former adviser to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. Both Archer and Hunter Biden have worked as business partners with Kerry's son-in-law, Christopher Heinz, the founding partner of Rosemont Capital, a private-equity company." So, it seems even this modern form of "democracy" has some "sharing the wealth" aspects. Which brings us to the worsening crisis in Venezuela, a South American country which has been ruled over the past decade or so by leftist leaders who - with broad public support - have sought to spread the nation's oil wealth around more broadly than ever before, including paying for ambitious social programs to address problems of illiteracy, disease and poverty. While there were surely missteps and mistakes by the late President Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro, the Chavista government has made progress in addressing some of Venezuela's enduring social ills, which had been coolly ignored by previous U.S.-backed rulers, such as President Carlos Andres Perez, who collaborated with the CIA and hobnobbed with the great and powerful. I was once told by an Andres Perez assistant that the Venezuelan president shared his villa outside Caracas with the likes of David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger, bringing in beauty pageant contestants for their entertainment. Chavez and Maduro at least have tried to improve the lot of the average Venezuelan. However, facing a deepening economic crisis made worse by the drop in world oil prices, Maduro has found himself under increasing political pressure, some of it financed or inspired by Washington and supported by the rightist government in neighboring Colombia. Allegations of a Coup Maduro has reacted to these moves against his government by accusing some opponents of plotting a coup, a claim that is mocked by the U.S. State Department and by the U.S. mainstream media, which apparently doesn't believe that the United States would ever think of staging a coup in Latin America. This week, the White House declared that the evidence of any coup-plotting is either fabricated or implausible, as the New York Times reported. President Barack Obama then cited what he called "an extraordinary threat to the national security of the United States" from Venezuela and froze the American assets of seven Venezuelan police and military officials. The fact that Obama can deliver that line with a straight face should make any future words out of his mouth not credible. Venezuela has done nothing to threaten the "national security of the United States" extraordinarily or otherwise. Whatever the truth about the coup-plotting, Venezuela has a much greater reason to fear for its national security at the hands of the United States. But in this up-is-down world of Official Washington, bureaucrats and journalists nod in agreement at such absurdities. A few weeks ago, I was having brunch with a longtime State Department official who was chortling about the pain that the drop in oil prices was inflicting on Venezuela and some other adversarial states, including Iran and Russia. I asked why the U.S. government took such pleasure at watching people in these countries suffer. I suggested that it was perhaps more in U.S. interests for these countries and their people to be doing well with money in their pockets so they could shop and do business. His response was that these countries had caused trouble for U.S. foreign policy in the past and now it was their turn to pay the price. He also called me a "Putin apologist" when I wouldn't agree with the State Department's line blaming Russia for all of Ukraine's ills. But the broader question is: Why does the United States insist on imposing "free market" rules on these struggling countries when Democrats and even some Republicans agree that an unrestrained "free market" has not worked well for the American people? It was "free market" extremism that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s and to the Great Recession of 2008, the effects of which are only now slowly receding. Further, real democracy - i.e., the will of the majority to shape societies to serve the many rather than the few - has turned out also to be good economics. American society and economy were arguably strongest when government policy encouraged a growing middle class from the New Deal through the 1970s. To be sure, there were faults and false starts during those decades, but experiments with an uncontrolled "free market" have proven catastrophic. Yet, that is what the U.S. government seems determined to foist on vulnerable countries whose majorities would prefer to make their societies more equitable, more fair. And beyond the negative social impact of the "free market," there is the danger that conflating policies that cause economic inequality with democracy will give democracy a very bad name. Investigative reporter Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. You can buy his latest book, America's Stolen Narrative, either in print here or as an e-book (from Amazon and barnesandnoble.com). You also can order Robert Parry's trilogy on the Bush Family and its connections to various right-wing operatives for only $34. The trilogy includes America's Stolen Narrative. For details on this offer, click here. http://ift.tt/1Fgq6UN



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A young man posted a video in which places the tongue in a Venus flytrap, one of the best-known carnivorous plants. . The boy stayed with the injured tongue after the game end badly. . hahahahahahahaha loser !!!!



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Young man put the tongue in carnivorous plant

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This kid 16 years old, bought a bike, hidden from his mother, his mother took that he did not ask permission to it, and broke the whole bike ... . He'll be very, very happy to get home and see the bike that state !! . Total loss! But I think we still can get a little money in the junkyard. She says in the video: Look what happens with a child of 16 years, buying a bike, without asking his mother !! - Look Lucas, what I do with your bike, you learn to respect and his mother !! - Lower Son of age should not have bike !! funny, clueless, bike, motherboards, video, hilarious, fury, fail, Brazil...



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Thursday, March 12, 2015

http://ift.tt/1F1dqQZ By Ellen Brown Global Research, March 12, 2015 Web of Debt Remember when the infamous Goldman Sachs delivered a thinly-veiled threat to the Greek Parliament in December, warning them to elect a pro-austerity prime minister or risk having central bank liquidity cut off to their banks? (See January 6th post here .) It seems the European Central Bank (headed by Mario Draghi, former managing director of Goldman Sachs International) has now made good on the threat. The week after the leftwing Syriza candidate Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as prime minister, the ECB announced that it would no longer accept Greek government bonds and government-guaranteed debts as collateral for central bank loans to Greek banks. The banks were reduced to getting their central bank liquidity through "Emergency Liquidity Assistance" (ELA), which is at high interest rates and can also be terminated by the ECB at will. In an interview reported in the German magazine Der Spiegel on March 6th, Alexis Tsipras said that the ECB was "holding a noose around Greece's neck." If the ECB continued its hardball tactics, he warned, "it will be back to the thriller we saw before February" (referring to the market turmoil accompanying negotiations before a four-month bailout extension was finally agreed to). The noose around Greece's neck is this: the ECB will not accept Greek bonds as collateral for the central bank liquidity all banks need, until the new Syriza government accepts the very stringent austerity program imposed by the troika (the EU Commission, ECB and IMF). That means selling off public assets (including ports, airports, electric and petroleum companies), slashing salaries and pensions, drastically increasing taxes and dismantling social services, while creating special funds to save the banking system. These are the mafia-like extortion tactics by which entire economies are yoked into paying off debts to foreign banks - debts that must be paid with the labor, assets and patrimony of people who had nothing to do with incurring them. Playing Chicken with the People's Money Greece is not the first to feel the noose tightening on its neck. As The Economist notes , in 2013 the ECB announced that it would cut off Emergency Lending Assistance to Cypriot banks within days, unless the government agreed to its bailout terms. Similar threats were used to get agreement from the Irish government in 2010. Likewise, says The Economist, the "Greek banks' growing dependence on ELA leaves the government at the ECB's mercy as it tries to renegotiate the bailout." Mark Weisbrot commented in the Huffington Post: We should be clear about what this means. The ECB's move was completely unnecessary . ... It looks very much like a deliberate attempt to undermine the new government. . . . The ECB could . . . stabilize Greek bond yields at low levels, but instead it chose . . . to go to the opposite extreme - and I mean extreme - to promote a run on bank deposits, tank the Greek stock market, and drive up Greek borrowing costs. Weisbrot observed that the troika had plunged the Eurozone into at least two additional years of unnecessary recession beginning in 2011, because "they were playing a similar game of chicken. . . . he ECB deliberately allowed these market actors to create an existential crisis for the euro, in order to force concessions from the governments of Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Ireland." The Tourniquet of Central Bank Liquidity Not just Greek banks but all banks are reliant on central bank liquidity, because they are all technically insolvent. They all lend money they don't have. They rely on being able to borrow from other banks, the money market, or the central bank as needed to balance their books. The central bank (which has the power to print money) is the ultimate backstop in this sleight of hand. If that source of liquidity dries up, the banks go down. In the Eurozone, the national central banks of member countries have relinquished this critical credit power to the European Central Bank. And the ECB, like the US Federal Reserve, marches to the drums of large international banks rather than to the democratic will of the people. Lest there be any doubt, let's review Goldman's December memo to the Greek Parliament, reprinted on Zerohedge. Titled "From GRecovery to GRelapse ," it warned: erein lies the main risk for Greece. The economy needs the only lender of last resort to the banking system to maintain ample provision of liquidity. And this is not just because banks may require resources to help reduce future refinancing risks for the sovereign. But also because banks are already reliant on government issued or government guaranteed securities to maintain the current levels of liquidity constant. In the event of a severe Greek government clash with international lenders, interruption of liquidity provision to Greek banks by the ECB could potentially even lead to a Cyprus-style prolonged "bank holiday". And market fears for potential Euro-exit risks could rise at that point. Why would the ECB have to "interrupt liquidity provision" just because of a "clash with international lenders"? As Mark Weisbrot observed, the move was completely unnecessary. The central bank can flick the credit switch on or off at its whim. Any country that resists going along with the troika's austerity program may find that its banks have been cut off from this critical liquidity, because the government and the banks are no longer considered "good credit risks." And that damning judgment becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as is happening in Greece. "The Icing on the Cake" Adding insult to injury, the ballooning Greek debt was incurred to save the very international banks to which it is now largely owed. Worse, those banks bought the debt with cheap loans from the ECB! Pepe Escobar writes : The troika sold Greece an economic racket .... Essentially, Greece's public debt went from private to public hands when the ECB and the IMF 'rescued' private (German, French, Spanish) banks. The debt, of course, ballooned. The troika intervened, not to save Greece, but to save private banking. The ECB bought public debt from private banks for a fortune, because the ECB could not buy public debt directly from the Greek state. The icing on this layer cake is that private banks had found the cash to buy Greece's public debt exactly from...the ECB, profiting from ultra-friendly interest rates. This is outright theft. And it's the thieves that have been setting the rules of the game all along. That brings us back to the role of Goldman Sachs (dubbed by Matt Taibbi the "Vampire Squid"), which "helped" Greece get into the Eurozone through a highly questionable derivative scheme involving a currency swap that used artificially high exchange rates to conceal Greek debt. Goldman then turned around and hedged its bets by shorting Greek debt . Predictably, these derivative bets went very wrong for the less sophisticated of the two players. A EUR2.8 billion loan to Greece in 2001 became a EUR5.1 billion debt by 2005. Despite this debt burden, in 2006 Greece remained within the ECB's 3% budget deficit guidelines. It got into serious trouble only after the 2008 banking crisis. In late 2009, Goldman joined in bearish bets on Greek debt launched by heavyweight hedge funds to put selling pressure on the euro, forcing Greece into the bailout and austerity measures that have since destroyed its economy. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wrote in the UK Telegraph on March 2nd: Syriza has long argued that debt is illegitimate, alleging that the ECB bought Greek bonds in 2010 in order to save the European banking system and prevent contagion at a time when the eurozone did not have a financial firewall, not to help Greece. Mr. Varoufakis said the result was to head off a Greek default to private creditors that would have led to a large haircut for foreign banks if events had been allowed to run their normal course, reducing Greece's debt burden to manageable levels. Instead, the EU authorities took a series of steps to avert this cathartic moment, ultimately foisting EUR245bn of loan packages onto the Greek taxpayer and pushing public debt to 182pc of GDP. The Toxic Central Banking System Pepe Escobar concludes: Beware of Masters of the Universe dispensing smiles. Draghi and the ... ECB goons may dispense all the smiles in the world, but what they are graphically demonstrating once again is how toxic central banking is now enshrined as a mortal enemy of democracy. National central banks are no longer tools of governments for the benefit of the people. Governments have become tools of a global central banking system serving the interests of giant international financial institutions. These "too big to fail" behemoths must be saved at the expense of local banks, their depositors, and local economies generally. How to escape the tentacles of this toxic squid-like banking hierarchy? For countries with a bit more room to maneuver than Greece has, one option is to withdraw public and private deposits and put them in publicly-owned banks. The megabanks are deemed too big to fail only because the people's money is tied up in them. They could be allowed to fail if public funds were not at risk. The German SBFIC (Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation) has proposed a pilot project on the Sparkassen model for Greece. Other provocative options have also been proposed, to be the subject of another article. Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and author of twelve books including the best-selling Web of Debt. Her latest book, The Public Bank Solution, explores successful public banking models historically and globally. Her nearly-300 blog articles are at EllenBrown.com . Listen to "It's Our Money with Ellen Brown" on PRN here .



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The ECB's Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments

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