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scallop

Плебејац. Леба и игара. А на леба?
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Ugly MF

Lili ovde jedina razume...

scallop

Folirant je to, moj Svarože. Kuva se kao žaba, natenane, a misli da joj je toplo.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

lilit

pa ti budi dobra dusa....

:lol: :lol: :lol:
That's how it is with people. Nobody cares how it works as long as it works.

pokojni Steva

'Evropa više neće biti blentava'?! Sa Britanijom kao (koja ono beše?) 51. zvezdicom na US zastavi, ponapijanim Skandinavcima, zaboravnim Francuzima i duboko u sijesti Špancima, Talijanima i pripadajućim im Grcima? Dok se Prusi ne dosete da im Rusi fale, Kinezi će već odavno u Beču mazati zaher torte. I nositi kaubojske šešire.
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

Ugly MF

...more, Kinezi ce pre svi da nose sajkace i piju sljivovicu kako smo poceli....

pokojni Steva

Oće oće. Izučili su oni japansku školu.
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

scallop

Ma, nije u pitanju ko će, nego dal' će. Nije dal' će neko, nego dal' će iko. Voleo bih da optimisti izlože varijantu u kojoj ćemo igrati igrice, lupetati po wordu, šnjurati po Guglu ili bilo šta što bismo možda želeli, ako se ne odustane od sadašnjih ekonomskih modela. Ja ne vidim drugo rešenje nego da obnovimo infrastrukturu, logistiku i bazne proizvodnje, e da bismo imali nešto da menjamo sa svetom. Inače, sve će da nam uzmu, a mi ćemo da rmbamo za ništa.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Stipan

Šta?! Još je ostalo nešto što će da nam uzmu?!
Onda ipak stojimo bolje no što sam mislio.

mac

Dokle god postoje nekakvi resursi neko će ih trošiti. To je otprilike najoptimističnije što trenutno mogu.

Ghoul

https://ljudska_splacina.com/

Lord Kufer

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/nyregion/to-pay-new-york-pension-fund-cities-borrow-from-it-first.html?_r=3&hp

Ludilo ubrzano osvaja...

To Pay New York Pension Fund, Cities Borrow From It First

QuoteALBANY — When New York State officials agreed to allow local governments to use an unusual borrowing plan to put off a portion of their pension obligations, fiscal watchdogs scoffed at the arrangement, calling it irresponsible and unwise.

QuoteAnd now, their fears are being realized: cities throughout the state, wealthy towns such as Southampton and East Hampton, counties like Nassau and Suffolk, and other public employers like the Westchester Medical Center and the New York Public Library are all managing their rising pension bills by borrowing from the very same $140 billion pension fund to which they owe money.

Across New York, state and local governments are borrowing $750 million this year to finance their contributions to the state pension system, and are likely to borrow at least $1 billion more over the next year. The number of municipalities and public institutions using this new borrowing mechanism to pay off their annual pension bills has tripled in a year.

itd...


Lord Kufer

http://singularityhub.com/2012/02/28/lab-grown-burger-to-be-served-in-six-months/

Reklamokratija, veliko pile, velika krava  8)

QuoteA number of laboratories around the world are trying to grow meat in a Petri dish. So far we've heard about clumps of cells grown from stem cells with the hope that those cells will one day grow into a full-sized, grill-ready chicken fillet or hamburger. Now one researcher says the time to fire up the propane is fast approaching. Researcher Mark Post announced to his in vitro meat producing colleagues that his lab will have a hamburger fit for consumption sometime this fall.

Did you say you wanted cheese on that?

Ajde hororaši, da vidimo šta će vi diznesete na trpezu.  xdrinka   Amontilado?


pokojni Steva

Znači ona krava iz restorana sa kraja univerzuma i nije bila Bog zna šta.
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

scallop

Vrhunska biznis politika: Sečeš uši krpiš dupe.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Lord Kufer

Nije to ništa. Rusi su imali jednu ovcu kojoj je rep bio debeo i mesnat. Samo odsečeš rep, on ponovo izraste. Pričo mi Đilas  xcheers

pokojni Steva

A jel mora i da se soli?
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?


zakk

http://rt.com/usa/news/348-act-tresspass-buildings-437/

Goodbye, First Amendment: 'Trespass Bill' will make protest illegal    Get short URL   email story to a friend print version  Published: 29 February, 2012, 02:13
       Washington: US park police detains a Christian religious activist during a pro-life demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on February 16, 2012. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)

Washington: US park police detains a Christian religious activist during a pro-life demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on February 16, 2012. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)

   TRENDS: Defense Authorization Act

   TAGS: Crime, Politics, Law, USA
Just when you thought the government couldn't ruin the First Amendment any further: The House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday that outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it.

The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347 late Monday, a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. In the bill, Congress officially makes it illegal to trespass on the grounds of the White House, which, on the surface, seems not just harmless and necessary, but somewhat shocking that such a rule isn't already on the books. The wording in the bill, however, extends to allow the government to go after much more than tourists that transverse the wrought iron White House fence.

Under the act, the government is also given the power to bring charges against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country.

Under current law, White House trespassers are prosecuted under a local ordinance, a Washington, DC legislation that can bring misdemeanor charges for anyone trying to get close to the president without authorization. Under H.R. 347, a federal law will formally be applied to such instances, but will also allow the government to bring charges to protesters, demonstrators and activists at political events and other outings across America.

The new legislation allows prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function with a federal offense if Secret Service is on the scene, but the law stretches to include not just the president's palatial Pennsylvania Avenue home. Under the law, any building or grounds where the president is visiting —  even temporarily —  is covered, as is any building or grounds "restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance."

It's not just the president who would be spared from protesters, either.

Covered under the bill is any person protected by the Secret Service. Although such protection isn't extended to just everybody, making it a federal offense to even accidently disrupt an event attended by a person with such status essentially crushes whatever currently remains of the right to assemble and peacefully protest.

Hours after the act passed, presidential candidate Rick Santorum was granted Secret Service protection. For the American protester, this indeed means that glitter-bombing the former Pennsylvania senator is officially a very big no-no, but it doesn't stop with just him. Santorum's coverage under the Secret Service began on Tuesday, but fellow GOP hopeful Mitt Romney has already been receiving such security. A campaign aide who asked not to be identified confirmed last week to CBS News that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has sought Secret Service protection as well. Even former contender Herman Cain received the armed protection treatment when he was still in the running for the Republican Party nod.

In the text of the act, the law is allowed to be used against anyone who knowingly enters or remains in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do so, but those grounds are considered any area where someone — rather it's President Obama, Senator Santorum or Governor Romney — will be temporarily visiting, whether or not the public is even made aware. Entering such a facility is thus outlawed, as is disrupting the orderly conduct of "official functions," engaging in disorderly conduct "within such proximity to" the event or acting violent to anyone, anywhere near the premises. Under that verbiage, that means a peaceful protest outside a candidate's concession speech would be a federal offense, but those occurrences covered as special event of national significance don't just stop there, either. And neither does the list of covered persons that receive protection.

Outside of the current presidential race, the Secret Service is responsible for guarding an array of politicians, even those from outside America. George W Bush is granted protection until ten years after his administration ended, or 2019, and every living president before him is eligible for life-time, federally funded coverage. Visiting heads of state are extended an offer too, and the events sanctioned as those of national significance — a decision that is left up to the US Department of Homeland Security — extends to more than the obvious. While presidential inaugurations and meeting of foreign dignitaries are awarded the title, nearly three dozen events in all have been considered a National Special Security Event (NSSE) since the term was created under President Clinton. Among past events on the DHS-sanctioned NSSE list are Super Bowl XXXVI, the funerals of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, most State of the Union addresses and the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

With Secret Service protection awarded to visiting dignitaries, this also means, for instance, that the federal government could consider a demonstration against any foreign president on American soil as a violation of federal law, as long as it could be considered disruptive to whatever function is occurring.

When thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Chicago this spring for the 2012 G8 and NATO summits, they will also be approaching the grounds of a National Special Security Event. That means disruptive activity, to whichever court has to consider it, will be a federal offense under the act.

And don't forget if you intend on fighting such charges, you might not be able to rely on evidence of your own. In the state of Illinois, videotaping the police, under current law, brings criminals charges. Don't fret. It's not like the country will really try to enforce it — right?

On the bright side, does this mean that the law could apply to law enforcement officers reprimanded for using excessive force on protesters at political events? Probably. Of course, some fear that the act is being created just to keep those demonstrations from ever occuring, and given the vague language on par with the loose definition of a "terrorist" under the NDAA, if passed this act is expected to do a lot more harm to the First Amendment than good.
United States Representative Justin Amash (MI-03) was one of only three lawmakers to vote against the act when it appeared in the House late Monday. Explaining his take on the act through his official Facebook account on Tuesday, Rep. Amash writes, "The bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it's illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect it's illegal."

"Some government officials may need extraordinary protection to ensure their safety. But criminalizing legitimate First Amendment activity — even if that activity is annoying to those government officials — violates our rights," adds the representative.

Now that the act has overwhelmingly made it through the House, the next set of hands to sift through its pages could very well be President Barack Obama; the US Senate had already passed the bill back on February 6. Less than two months ago, the president approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, essentially suspending habeas corpus from American citizens. Could the next order out of the Executive Branch be revoking some of the Bill of Rights? Only if you consider the part about being able to assemble a staple of the First Amendment, really. Don't worry, though. Obama was, after all, a constitutional law professor. When he signed the NDAA on December 31, he accompanied his signature with a signing statement that let Americans know that, just because he authorized the indefinite detention of Americans didn't mean he thought it was right.

Should President Obama suspend the right to assemble, Americans might expect another apology to accompany it in which the commander-in-chief condemns the very act he authorizes. If you disagree with such a decision, however, don't take it to the White House. Sixteen-hundred Pennsylvania Avenue and the vicinity is, of course, covered under this act.
Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.


Lord Kufer

QuoteThe competing attempt by George Bush Sr. and the Nazi faction to set up a 1000 year reich is also collapsing. Geithner has already told the police that both he and Obama work for Bush. The Bushes, like Geithner and others are not allowed to leave the US

http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/benjamin-fulford-2-27-12-u-s-treasury-secretary-timothy-geithner-arrested-questioned-and-released-asian-negotiations-continue-the-cbs-news-network-in-the-us-has-broken-with-the-cabalist/


Tex Murphy

"This is America... land of FREEDOM... and LAW!"
Genetski četnik

Novi smakosvjetovni blog!

Meho Krljic

Marine's Facebook page tests military rules
QuoteSAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he wouldn't follow orders from the commander in chief, President Barack Obama.
While Stein softened his statement to say he wouldn't follow "unlawful orders," military observers say he may have gone too far.
The Marine Corps is now looking into whether he violated the military's rules prohibiting political statements by those in uniform and broke its guidelines on what troops can and cannot say on social media. Stein said his views are constitutionally protected.
While troops have always expressed their views in private, Stein's case highlights the potential for their opinions to go global as tech-savvy service members post personal details, videos and pictures that can hurt the military's image at home and abroad.
"I think that it's been pretty well established for a long time that freedom of speech is one area in which people do surrender some of their basic rights in entering the armed forces," said former Navy officer David Glazier, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
"Good order and discipline require the military maintain respect for the chain of command," Glazier said. "That includes prohibiting speech critical of the senior officers in that chain of command — up to and including the commander in chief."
According to Pentagon directives, military personnel in uniform can't sponsor a political club; participate in any TV or radio program or group discussion that advocates for or against a political party, candidate or cause; or speak at any event promoting a political movement.
Commissioned officers also may not use contemptuous words against senior officials, including the defense secretary or the president.
In January, an Army reservist wearing camouflaged fatigues got into trouble for taking the stage during a rally in Iowa with Republican presidential candidate and Texas congressman Ron Paul.
Stein was first cautioned by his superiors at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, in 2010 after he launched his Facebook page, criticizing Obama's health care overhaul. Stein volunteered to take down the page while he reviewed the rules at the request of his superiors.
He said he determined he was not in violation and relaunched the page under the shortened account name Armed Forces Tea Party. Last week, he said his superiors told him he couldn't use social media sites on government computers after he posted the message stating he would not follow unlawful orders of the president.
Stein said his statement was part of an online debate about NATO allowing U.S. troops to be tried for the Quran burnings in Afghanistan.
In that context, he said, he was stating that he would not follow orders from the president if those orders included detaining U.S. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights.
Another Marine alerted his command about the statement, Stein said.
Stein said he respects the office of the president, but he does not agree with Obama's policies. He said he is within his rights to speak up.
"Just because I'm a Marine doesn't mean I don't have free speech or can't say my personal opinion about the president or other public official just like anybody else," Stein said. "The Constitution trumps everything else."
Stein said it's positive when service members are well-versed on the Constitution and what's going on in government.
"When we know what we're fighting for, we fight harder," he said.
The Marine Corps said Stein is allowed to express his personal opinions as long as they do not give the impression he is speaking in his official capacity as a Marine. Spokesman Maj. Michael Armistead said the Corps is taking a closer look to ensure Stein has not crossed that line.
"At this time, he has not been asked to take down the statement on his page," he said.
Stein appears in a dress shirt and tie on his Facebook page but he also describes himself as "a conservative blogger, speaker, the founder of the Armed Forces Tea Party and active-duty, eight-year Marine Corps veteran."
Marine Sgt. Jerret Wright, who liked Stein's page, said Stein "probably skirted the line a little bit" with his latest message about not following Obama's orders, but his boldness in expressing his views has been refreshing in a community that often feels silenced.
"People assume that we're zombies with an on-and-off switch, and that we listen to orders and do nothing else," Wright said.
Military observers say it's not that simple. They say it is bad form to lash out at the commander in chief. Experts also say his Facebook postings appear to link his professional standing with his political views.
They also point out that the Pentagon policy is necessary in preventing political and religious debates that could divide a unit and disrupt the strong working relationship that is needed to carry out missions, Glazier said.
"There are plenty of examples in the world of militaries heavily involved in influencing political events that have shown that is not conducive to civilian rule of law," he said.


Meho Krljic

A radnice u vojničkoj kantini - robinje robova. Prelepo!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Melkor

Schofield teacher on leave after parent complains of 'pornographic' sci-fi book   

Updated: 3/15/2012 12:38 AM   By Karen Daily - Staff writer - email:kdaily@aikenstandard.com   

       
      A Schofield Middle School teacher has been placed on administrative leave while officials investigate whether the teacher breached school policy or the law when he read to his class from a science fiction book described by one parent as pornographic.

Sources said the teacher read from three books, among them"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card, as part of the district's literacy initiative program. Card's 1985 novel won several science fiction awards and is listed on numerous children's literary review websites as appropriate for children 12 and up.

    The teacher reportedly selected the books, but may have not followed school policy that would require the books first be reviewed.
Joy Shealy, school district academic officer for middle schools, said there is a policy that defines steps teachers ought to take when presenting supplemental material.

"One of the things that teachers are supposed to do is preview material for appropriateness for any questions that may come up," Shealy said. "By doing that, we make sure the materials that are presented to students are age and instructionally appropriate - all the things that make a good instructional program."

The incident that came to light this week involved a student's complaint concerning materials characterized by the student and his parent as pornographic, according to a press release issued by the school district.

"The complaint was communicated to the school Friday and followed by a conference with the school administration Friday afternoon," according to the district's statement.

The administration gathered a written statement from the student, which is normal procedure, and initiated an immediate investigation, according to the administration.

After reviewing the student's statement, school officials indicated that the investigation would continue, school administrators stated this week.

Administrators were reportedly concerned with the report that the books had curse words and terms in them that might not be age appropriate.

Early Monday, during the on-going review of the books, including "Ender's Game," administrators learned from police that the same parent who had approached school officials Friday had filed a report with Aiken Public Safety.

The boy's mother told police she had spoken with the school's principal who told her that "they would handle it in house."
The law requires that school administrators notify local law enforcement officers anytime possible criminal activity is alleged.
Police have not filed any criminal charges against the teacher at this time. The investigation is still ongoing, said Aiken Public Safety Lt. David Turno.

After the teenager's mother contacted police, investigators contacted the school.
School officials have since said two of the three books the teacher read were determined to have materials (primarily swear words) and, in some instances, subject matter and terminology that school administrators consider inappropriate for the middle school.

According to commonsensemedia.org, which claims it is has in-house staff and a team of reviewers who are experts in children's media, technology, health and policy matters, "this book was not originally intended for children. The violence is, at times, quite brutal, as kids kill other kids, though unintentionally, and the main character is admired for his ruthlessly efficient violence, though he himself is disturbed by it."

The website also advises parents to be aware of violence, sex and language, but states that the content is appropriate for children 12 years or older.

The student who gave a statement to the school is 14.

Administrators said the investigation will include whether school staff followed district protocol in a timely manner.

"Matters that involve personnel considerations are dealt with promptly but must take into account reasonable measures to protect the privacy of students and staff," according to the district administration's statement.

The school district has been under fire in the past for failing to report potential illegal behavior to local law enforcement in a timely manner.

In September and October of last year, law enforcement officers were notified of alleged incidents at an area school by parents before anyone with the school contacted police.
"Realism is a literary technique no longer adequate for the purpose of representing reality."

scallop

Falinka je u proceduri i ovome:


among them"Ender's Game"
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Meho Krljic

Bah... ja sam Ender's Game čitao sa možda 16 godina, mada ne verujem da bi mi ni sa 14 smetala, ali naravno da nije u pitanju slatka knjiga za decu... Ali, stvarno je bizarno da se neko buni da je pornografska...

scallop

Pominju se 3, a navodi 1. I, ko zna gde je ta škola. Ja sam dva puta bio na prolećnoj rasprodaji knjiga u školi mojih unuka. Ne možeš zamisliti čega je sve tamo bilo. Da sam im'o voz potrošio bih nekoliko stotina dolara i napunio ga. :lol:
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

angel011

Sećam se nekih komentara gde se pominjala pedofilija u Enderovoj igri, kao, scena ili scene gde se dečačići tuširaju, i pomenu im se i penisi.
We're all mad here.

pokojni Steva


We call it "the nation's capital," but that's increasingly a misnomer.  Consider Congress, where as last year ended 250 members, or 47% of our representatives, were millionaires, and the estimated median net worth of a senator was $2.56 million.  Or consider the city of movers, shakers, and lobbyists they live in.  In Washington D.C., "the top fifth of earners in the District make an average of 29 times the income of the bottom fifth."  In average annual household salary that translates as $259,000 versus $9,100.  For the capital's top 5%, that number is $473,000, "far above the $292,000 averaged by their counterparts in other large cities."


http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/03/goldman-sachs-resignation-thing-part-ii.html
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

Meho Krljic

Job Seekers Getting Asked for Facebook Passwords 
Quote
When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn't see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.
Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no.
In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.
"It's akin to requiring someone's house keys," said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former federal prosecutor who calls it "an egregious privacy violation."
Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.


Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publically available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates. But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks.
Companies that don't ask for passwords have taken other steps — such as asking applicants to friend human resource managers or to log in to a company computer during an interview. Once employed, some workers have been required to sign non-disparagement agreements that ban them from talking negatively about an employer on social media.
Asking for a candidate's password is more prevalent among public agencies, especially those seeking to fill law enforcement positions such as police officers or 911 dispatchers.
Back in 2010, Robert Collins was returning to his job as a security guard at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services after taking a leave following his mother's death. During a reinstatement interview, he was asked for his login and password, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations. He was stunned by the request but complied.
"I needed my job to feed my family. I had to," he recalled,
After the ACLU complained about the practice, the agency amended its policy, asking instead for job applicants to log in during interviews.
"To me, that's still invasive. I can appreciate the desire to learn more about the applicant, but it's still a violation of people's personal privacy," said Collins, whose case inspired Maryland's legislation.
Until last year, the city of Bozeman, Mont., had a long-standing policy of asking job applicants for passwords to their email addresses, social-networking websites and other online accounts.
And since 2006, the McLean County, Ill., sheriff's office has been one of several Illinois sheriff's departments that ask applicants to sign into social media sites to be screened.

Chief Deputy Rusty Thomas defended the practice, saying applicants have a right to refuse. But no one has ever done so. Thomas said that "speaks well of the people we have apply."
When asked what sort of material would jeopardize job prospects, Thomas said "it depends on the situation" but could include "inappropriate pictures or relationships with people who are underage, illegal behavior."
In Spotsylvania County, Va., the sheriff's department asks applicants to friend background investigators for jobs at the 911 dispatch center and for law enforcement positions.
"In the past, we've talked to friends and neighbors, but a lot of times we found that applicants interact more through social media sites than they do with real friends," said Capt. Mike Harvey. "Their virtual friends will know more about them than a person living 30 yards away from them."
Harvey said investigators look for any "derogatory" behavior that could damage the agency's reputation.
E. Chandlee Bryan, a career coach and co-author of the book "The Twitter Job Search Guide," said job seekers should always be aware of what's on their social media sites and assume someone is going to look at it.
Bryan said she is troubled by companies asking for logins, but she feels it's not a violation if an employer asks to see a Facebook profile through a friend request. And she's not troubled by non-disparagement agreements.
"I think that when you work for a company, they are essentially supporting you in exchange for your work. I think if you're dissatisfied, you should go to them and not on a social media site," she said.


More companies are also using third-party applications to scour Facebook profiles, Bryan said. One app called BeKnown can sometimes access personal profiles, short of wall messages, if a job seeker allows it.
Sears is one of the companies using apps. An applicant has the option of logging into the Sears job site through Facebook by allowing a third-party application to draw information from the profile, such as friend lists.
Sears Holdings Inc. spokeswoman Kim Freely said using a Facebook profile to apply allows Sears to be updated on the applicant's work history.
The company assumes "that people keep their social profiles updated to the minute, which allows us to consider them for other jobs in the future or for ones that they may not realize are available currently," she said.
Giving out Facebook login information violates the social network's terms of service. But those terms have no real legal weight, and experts say the legality of asking for such information remains murky.
The Department of Justice regards it as a federal crime to enter a social networking site in violation of the terms of service, but during recent congressional testimony, the agency said such violations would not be prosecuted.
But Lori Andrews, law professor at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law specializing in Internet privacy, is concerned about the pressure placed on applicants, even if they voluntarily provide access to social sites.
"Volunteering is coercion if you need a job," Andrews said.
Neither Facebook nor Twitter responded to repeated requests for comment.
In New York, Bassett considered himself lucky that he was able to turn down the consulting gig at a lobbying firm.
"I think asking for account login credentials is regressive," he said. "If you need to put food on the table for your three kids, you can't afford to stand up for your belief."
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McFarland reported from Springfield, Ill.

Nije lako fejsbukašima...

Ghoul

FOX NJUZ JAVLJA:
BUDISTIČKI MANIJAK U TUZLI!



Na mapi su označili Tuzlu, a napisali Toolooze.
Mislili su na čoveka koji je uhapšen u Tuluzu (Toulouse).
Takođe, misle da su Al Kaide budisti.
A, kao da sve to nije dovoljno, pomešali su izjave francuskog ministra Kloda Geana i predsednika Nikolu Sarkozija!
https://ljudska_splacina.com/

Father Jape

Erm... ali... Tuzla nije u sredini onog kruga. Right?
Blijedi čovjek na tragu pervertita.
To je ta nezadrživa napaljenost mladosti.
Dušman u odsustvu Dušmana.

Ghoul

Quote from: Father Jape on 22-03-2012, 23:50:35
Erm... ali... Tuzla nije u sredini onog kruga. Right?

nije.
pre će biti zaječar.

inače, ovo ispade fejk, kao što sam i slutio (zato rekoh foks NJUZ)- ali ipak, sinpatično je.

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Meho Krljic

Kanada na ivici propasti: takmičarka na natjecaju lepote diskvalifikovana jer je rođena kao muškarac:

Miss Universe Canada Disqualifies Transsexual Contestant: She was Born a Boy 
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Jenna Talackova (right)Miss Universe Canada officials have banned 23-year-old transsexual Jenna Talackova from participating in the pageant finals to be held in Toronto in May, 2012. The Vancouver contestant was one of sixty-five women chosen to compete in the national contest (which is owned by Donald Trump). The Daily Mail Reports that Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, asserts that every contestant must be a "naturally born female." Critics of the decision claim that the rules do not specifically address sex change or plastic surgery.

Related: Should the United States Ban Child Pageants?

The statuesque blonde Talackova is calling it a human rights issue. She says that she knew she was a girl by age four, started hormone therapy at fourteen, and had sex reassignment surgery at nineteen. She's previously competed in both transsexual and women's beauty pageants. "All I can say is that they disqualified me because I'm not 'natural born,' she told the National Post. "[That] doesn't make sense because since I was conscious, I always felt this way."

After being kicked out of the pageant, Talackova, whose twitter account has since been locked, tweeted, "I'm disqualified, however I'm not giving up. I'm not going to just let them disqualify me over discrimination." Online support for the beauty queen is growing. So far, over twenty-one thousand people have signed a petition demanding she be allowed to compete. It reads, "She is a woman and deserves to be treated as any other woman would be."

Talackova, who says she is not doing interviews until she consults a lawyer, describes herself as, "a woman with a past."

Do you think Jenna Talackova should be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant? Let us know in the comments below.


Josephine

Auh, kako su se organizatori zeznuli. Sad su navukli negativni publicitet...



Meho Krljic

Nego, meni je potpuno fascinantno ono što se događa sa ubistvom onog klinca na Floridi. Mislim, okej, nije retko da budaletina sa pištoljem ubije nekoga ko nije nikakva pretnja za njega samo zato što ima pištolja ovaj drugi je pogrešne boje kože, ali... jebote, po važećem zakonu na Floridi, ubica nije čak ni uhapšen i ne postoji istraga protiv njega, a koliko shvatam takvi zakoni postoje i u drugim državama u USA. Dakle, veruje mu se na reč da je bila u pitanju nužna samoodbrana i to je to.

http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Svet/213191.sr.html

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Расна драма на Флориди Бесмислено убиство црног 17-годишњака Америку поново суочило са ружним пратиоцем њене историје
Позив на ,,марш милион капуљача" у знак подршке Трејвону Мартину  Од нашег сталног дописника
Вашингтон – Америка се поново суочава са ружним лицем расизма, сталног пратиоца њене историје, дебатујући о расним стереотипима и предрасудама за које се у последње три године помислило да су скинуте са дневног реда, јер, ето, ,,имамо црног председника".
Повод је убиство једног црног 17-годишњака на Флориди које, уместо да буде заборављено као и многа друга, већ месец дана ескалира прерастајући у политичку тему која је у фокус ставила питања много сложенија од непосредног повода, увукавши у дебату и председника Барака Обаму.
Убиство се догодило још 26. фебруара у граду Сенфорд на Флориди. Иако цео случај још има нејасних детаља, неке чињенице нису спорне. Жртва је Трејвон Мартин, који се кобне вечери враћао у стан свог оца (живео је иначе с мајком у Мајамију), пошто је накратко изашао да у оближњој продавници купи сок и слаткише.
Убица је 28-годишњи Џорџ Цимерман, припадник ,,грађанске патроле", добровољаца који пазе на ред ,,у комшилуку", што је у Америци неки вид грађанског самоорганизовања.
Цимерману се Мартин учинио ,,сумњивим" јер га дотле није виђао у крају, а по свему судећи понајвише због тога што је преко главе имао капуљачу – навучену зато што је падала киша.
Одмах је, са поруком ,,да му је црно лице сумњиво" и да га прати, обавестио 911 (дежурну службу полиције), одакле му је поручено да праћење обустави.
Зна се да Цимерман тај налог није послушао. У једном моменту је изашао из свог џипа, споречкао се са Мартином и све се завршило тиме што је на крају ненаоружаном 17-годишњаку пуцао у груди.
Кад је на лице места стигла полиција да изврши увиђај, изјавио је да му је живот био угрожен и да је пуцао у самоодбрани. Полиција је прихватила његову верзију, па није ухапшен, нити је покренута било каква истрага.
У Сенфорду, чијих су 30 одсто од 53.000 становника Афроамериканци, ово је био повод да се та заједница подигне на ноге. У прошли четвртак одржан је протестни митинг са 8.000 учесника. Повела се велика дебата преко друштвених мрежа, новине већ данима пишу о разним аспектима случаја, а у полемику се укључио и Обама, емотивном изјавом да би, ,,да има сина, он био исти Трејвон Мартин".
,,Могу да замислим кроз шта пролазе његови родитељи", рекао је Обама. ,,Мислим да би сваки родитељ у Америци морао да схвати зашто је апсолутно неопходно да се истражи сваки аспект ове трагедије."
Пошто је лавина кренула, отворена је истрага. Случај је преузео Департмент правосуђа, а локални шеф полиције поднео је оставку. Џорџ Цимерман је међутим још на слободи.
Једини разлог зашто је несрећни тинејџер био ,,сумњив" и на крају убијен јесте његова боја коже и то што је носио капуљачу, која је по преовлађујућим стереотипима ,,униформа" црних криминалаца.
Сукоб је започео убица, а сви се с разлогом питају како је ненаоружани младић са бакалуком у рукама могао да му ,,угрози живот".
На ширем плану, ово убиство је и резултат америчке ,,културе оружја" која се, нарочито на Флориди, под утицајем моћног лобија, отела свакој контроли.
Флорида је била прва држава која је 2005. усвојила закон ,,не одступај", који крајње либерално тумачи свугде познати институт ,,нужне самоодбране". По том закону, свако има право да потегне оружје на некога ако сматра да су му угрожени безбедност или живот.
Ако је тај стварни или умишљени нападач убијен, убица се сматра невиним и по правилу се нити спроводи истрага нити подиже оптужница. У таквим случајевима обично нема сведока, ,,мртва уста не говоре", а убици се верује на реч.
После Флориде слични закони донети су у још 20 федералних држава, што је америчка десница прогласила великим успехом у заштити личних слобода и борби против такозване велике владе.
Са становишта америчких либерала, то је међутим узимање држави нечега што мора да има да би била држава: монопола на силу.
На закон ,,не одступај" навелико се,  избегавајући хапшење и суђење, позивају убице у обрачунима међу криминалцима, па и у многим случајевима оправдавају убистава због љубоморе или неке друге освете.
У случају Трејвона Мартина, утисак је да доминира расни аспект, између осталог и зато што је Флорида дуго сматрана моделом новог мултирасног и мултиетничког друштва у Америци.
Расни аспект је посебно деликатан управо због тога што је у Белој кући први Афроамериканац у америчкој историји.
,,То разговоре о раси у Америци није олакшала, него отежало", написала је у ,,Вашингтон посту" Рениква Ален, новинарка и сарадница Фондације нова Америка, и сама Афроамериканка. ,,Обамино председништво је 'пострасно' само зато што нам пружа изговор да о раси више не говоримо."
И досад су овде случајеви попут овог изазивали буре које би трајале неко време, па бивале заборављене, а да се ништа битно не би променило. Остаје да се види и да ли је трагедија Трејвора Мартина такође била узалудна.
Милан Мишић
  објављено: 28.03.2012 

Kao i uvek komentari Politikinih čitalaca su... prosvetljujući.  :shock:

A evo i na američkom jeziku:

Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman 
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A police surveillance video taken the night that Trayvon Martin was shot dead shows no blood or bruises on George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who says he shot Martin after he was punched in the nose, knocked down and had his head slammed into the ground.
The surveillance video, which was obtained exclusively by ABC News, shows Zimmerman arriving in a police cruiser. As he exits the car, his hands are cuffed behind his back. Zimmerman is frisked and then led down a series of hallways, still cuffed.
Zimmerman, 28, is wearing a red and black fleece and his face and head are cleanly shaven. He appears well built, hardly the portly young man depicted in a 2005 mug shot that until a two days ago was the single image the media had of Zimmerman.
The initial police report noted that Zimmerman was bleeding from the back of the head and nose, and after medical attention it was decided that he was in good enough condition to travel in a police cruiser to the Sanford, Fla., police station for questioning.
His lawyer later insisted that Zimmerman's nose had been broken in his scuffle with 17-year-old Martin.
In the video an officer is seen pausing to look at the back of Zimmerman's head, but no abrasions or blood can be seen in the video and he did not check into the emergency room following the police questioning.
Zimmerman was not arrested although ABC News has learned that the lead homicide investigator filed an affidavit urging Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter. The prosecutor, however, told the officer to not file the charge because there was not enough evidence for conviction.
Zimmerman said he was heading back to his car when Martin attacked him. His lawyer, Craig Sonner, said his client felt "one of them was going to die that night," when he pulled the trigger.
Martin's girlfriend, who was on the phone with him in his final moments, told ABC News in an exclusive interview that she has not been interviewed by police, despite Martin telling her he was being followed.
The 16-year-old girl, who is only being identified as DeeDee, recounted the final moments of her conversation with Martin before the line went dead.
"When he saw the man behind him again he said this man is going to do something to him. And then he said this man is still behind him and I said run," she said.
Phone records obtained by ABC News show that the girl called Martin at 7:12 p.m., five minutes before police arrived, and remained on the phone with Martin until moments before he was shot.
DeeDee said Martin turned around and asked Zimmerman why he was following him.
"The man said what are you doing around here?" DeeDee recalled Zimmerman saying.
She said she heard someone pushed into the grass before the call was dropped.
Zimmerman, who had called 911, was asked by the dispatcher if he was following the teen. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher said, "We don't need you to do that."
Martin's death has sparked protests across the country and prompted President Obama to say that if he had a son, he would look like Martin.
Over the past few days, leaks have emerged suggesting Martin was dogged by discipline problems.
Martin had been slapped with a 10 day school suspension after a bag with suspected marijuana was found in his backpack, Benjamin Crump, the family's attorney, said.
Last year the teen was suspended for spraying graffiti on school grounds. The Miami Herald reported that the school guard who stopped him searched his backpack and found 12 items of women's jewelry and a flathead screw driver that the guard believed to be a "burglary implement." But Martin was never charged or specifically disciplined for the incident.
Crump alleged that the Sanford police had leaked damaging information about Martin in order to muddy the case, calling it a "conspiracy." Crump called the school disciplinary problems "irrelevant" to the case that "an unarmed 17 year kid was killed."

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angel011

Postoje i snimci Cimermanovih rasističkih rantova, a njegova porodica objašnjava kako on nikako nije rasista, eto, čak i ima neke prijatelje crnce.
We're all mad here.

Melkor

Iraqi defector whose phony WMD intel and "sexed up graphics" led to 100,000+ deaths: "Yes, I lied."  By Xeni Jardin at 9:32 am Tuesday, Apr 3 
Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, aka "Curveball", an Iraqi defector who falsified testimony about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, confirms that he made the whole thing up in an interview airing this week on the BBC2 TV series, "Modern Spies." The former chemical engineer's "confidence trick" was used by the Bush administration to justify going to war with Iraq in 2003.
Snip from The Independent:
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But Mr Janabi, speaking in a two-part series, Modern Spies, starting tomorrow on BBC2, says none of it was true. When it is put to him "we went to war in Iraq on a lie. And that lie was your lie", he simply replies: "Yes."
US officials "sexed up" Mr Janabi's drawings of mobile biological weapons labs to make them more presentable, admits Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, General Powell's former chief of staff. "I brought the White House team in to do the graphics," he says, adding how "intelligence was being worked to fit around the policy".
You can watch the episode in entirety here, for a limited time—but alas, only if the BBC's web servers can be convinced that you're in the UK.
  (via Doctrine Man).
"Realism is a literary technique no longer adequate for the purpose of representing reality."

angel011


Opaki mali razbojnici (između 8 i 10 godina) u lisicama odvedeni iz škole i strpani u zatvorsku ćeliju (pardon, pritvor), gde su ih držali 12 sati.

http://veracitystew.com/2012/04/03/police-state-elementary-school-kids-handcuffed-arrested-for-fighting-video/#.T3sjBr_xoe4.facebook
We're all mad here.

Джон Рейнольдс

Нису разбојници, него...

after allegedly being involved in a fight at the school that led to one of the children being "forced onto railroad tracks"

Ако су неког тукли па га гурнули на шине да га згази воз, мало везивања лисицама је најмање што би требало урадити.
America can't protect you, Allah can't protect you... And the KGB is everywhere.

#Τζούτσε

дејан

школа личи на ону из 'Жице'
...barcode never lies
FLA

angel011

Pitanje je šta se tu stvarno desilo.


Pominje se to što si boldovao, a na snimku se nikakve šine ne spominju, nego da je nekoliko nedelja pre hapšenja jednom detetu gurana glava pod vodu u nekom potoku.


Mislim, ja sam za kažnjavanje nasilnika, a znamo da i mlađa deca od te mogu da ubiju nekog, samo nisam sigurna koliko je šizofreni američki način (dete krene da ti se dere pa te prijave zbog zlostavljanja deteta, a onda ti policija odvede dete u lisicama i drži ga u ćorki 12 sati) efikasan za suzbijanje nasilja.
We're all mad here.

Ghoul

nadam se da su ih zatvorili u ćeliju s nekim krupnim crnčićima približnih godina... :evil:
https://ljudska_splacina.com/

lilit

That's how it is with people. Nobody cares how it works as long as it works.