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The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7937125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-87110480867833039162013-05-29T13:36:00.001-05:002013-06-11T11:50:38.384-05:00AUSTIN / TECHNOLOGY : TWITTER Is NewsBlog's New Home.
After a long dispute with an unresponsive...and seemingly indifferent webmaster at Google's Blogger...over months of spurious USA page view stats...and the invasion of increasingly annoying spider bots...Twitter is the NEW home of ALL of this blog editor's news posts/links.
Not having heard anything from Google...it isThe Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-45951106307972463162013-05-24T15:11:00.000-05:002013-05-24T15:11:18.851-05:00BRASIL / RUSSIA / EL SALVADOR : Week's Best Images From TIME.
http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/24/pictures-of-the-week-may-17-may-24/?xid=newsletter-photos-weekly#21
This week 72 images are offered for viewing.
The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-88606431812691299452013-05-24T14:40:00.003-05:002013-05-30T11:43:15.754-05:00CANADA / MEXICO / CHILE : Former BC Woman Cop Murdered In Playa Del Carmen; Barrick Gold Fined $16 Million For Pascua-Lama, May Suspend Mine.
Lynn Earle, 60...a long retired West Vancouver constable...was found murdered in the popular Mayan Riviera resort of Playa del Carmen.
Police can't say exactly when she died...but said she was stabbed multiple times during an apparent robbery.
CHILE /CANADA: Santiago has fined Barrick Gold $16 million The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-41241684435047080652013-05-24T12:54:00.005-05:002013-05-30T11:44:19.636-05:00BRASIL / ITALY / GUATEMALA / USA / RUSSIA: 1 Dead, 7 Injured In Rio Fuel Tanks Fires/ Blasts; Ruby Heartstealer Admits Lying About Silvio's Sex Parties, Money; Ex-Prez Alfonso Portillo Extradited To USA For Money Laundering; Moscow Bans VKontakte By 'Mistake.'
BRASIL: UPDATE: 1 dead, 7 were injured after 6 fuel tanks exploded and burned in the northern Rio suburb, Duque de Caxias.
ITALY: In a Milano courtroom...Moroccan dancer 'Ruby the Heartstealer' now claims that she lied about ex-PM Sivio Berlusconi's sex parties and his $243,000 'gift'. 'I talked rubbish,' she testified.
 The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-49620058589123439722013-05-23T12:38:00.003-05:002013-05-30T11:45:03.724-05:00RUSSIA / CZECH REP / SWEDEN / MEXICO / BRASIL: Gauging Navalny's Real Support; American Sought For 4 Murders In Brno; Rioting Near Stockholm Spreads On 4th Night; Vigilantes Continue Narco Fight In Tierra Caliente; October Auction Scheduled For Giant Libra Subsalt Field.
RUSSIA: How much support does anti-corruption, Putin Opposition blogger Alexei Navalny really have? Breaking down his social media followers.
CZECH REP: Police seek young American for allegedly murdering 4 family members in Brno...and torching their house.
SWEDEN: For the 4th night...rioting spreads beyond immigrant The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-62473997101361446162013-05-22T15:36:00.003-05:002013-05-22T16:42:54.208-05:00CHILE : Exposing Santiago's Often Violent 'Hooded" Protesters.
Almost every protest in Santiago ends in violence started by hooded youths and anarchists...called 'encapuchados.'
For over 2 years...students there have been protesting for education reforms...but the resulting violence is what the media always features...and what anyone talks about.
The BBC examines who the hooded ones are..The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-43479934613259072452013-05-22T14:16:00.002-05:002013-05-30T11:46:13.783-05:00TECHNOLOGY : Today's 8 TWITTER Posts/Newslinks.
Today...8 newslinks have been posted on TWITTER @ HyperObserver...https://twitter.com/...and are NOT duplicated here:
EUROZONE: EU probes Google, Amazon, Apple over tax loopholes; $1.3 trillion lost yearly.
FRANCE: Did a topless FEMEN protester go too far with her mock suicide at Notre Dame in Paris? (fotos probably too sexual for Blogger censors).
The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-21738525419331883632013-05-22T13:07:00.001-05:002013-05-22T13:16:42.735-05:00CHINA / VIDEO : Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Releases Critical Funky Rock Video.
Controversial dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has released a new foul... and sometimes hard to listen to/watch...5-minute music video called...'Dumbass.'
It's his version of the many months he spent in custody and under house arrest in Beijing...and is sure to provoke more angry responses from officials.
http://www.france24.com/en/The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-6532537915548051482013-05-21T15:49:00.004-05:002013-05-21T15:57:57.554-05:00VENEZUELA / CUBA: Opposition Exposes Chavista Turmoil With Silva Tape.
Opinionated Chavista...and foul-mouthed late night Caracas TV host Mario Silva suddenly took himself off the air...after the opposition leaked a tape that had him briefing a Cuban official...and blasting powerful Chavista congress leader Diosdado Cabello for corruption and even planning a golpe.
Silva claims the recording is a fake...created by 'The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-16156380311297930292013-05-21T14:56:00.000-05:002013-05-21T15:05:46.255-05:00BRASIL : Dilma Wins Port Privatization Approval From Congress.
34 state owned ports may soon be open to private investment...that could help improve Brasil's notorious and expensive shipping bottlenecks...and boost productivity.
A new privatization bill passed by Congress at the last minute has gone to President Dilma Rousseff for signing.
Labor unions oppose the legislation...that she helped negotiate.
&The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-91782730377808026682013-05-21T13:56:00.005-05:002013-05-22T11:41:00.419-05:00EL SALVADOR : Supreme Court Ruling Threatens 60,000 Gang War Truce.
The nation's Supreme Court has ruled that the appointment of Security Minister David Mungia Payes was illegal...possibly ending a year-long truce between 60,000 members of MS-13 and Calle 18 gangs.
Mungia Payes negotiated the shaky truce...last year along with the Catholic Church.
Since then the number of murders has plummeted.The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-117987354710968032013-05-21T12:48:00.001-05:002013-05-22T12:10:50.772-05:00GUATEMALA : Court Throws Out Rios Montt Genocide Conviction; Trial Restart Ordered.
Aged former strongman Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, 86...has gotten a reprieve...after a top court threw out his 80 year conviction for genocide against 1,771 Mayan indigena in 1982-83.
His trial must be restarted from the 19th of April...the date his defense lawyers walked out.
The court ruled 3-2 that he was left however briefly...without legal The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-71803382063422079962013-05-21T12:01:00.001-05:002013-05-21T12:26:12.605-05:00HUNGARY / GERMANY/ EU : PM Orban's 'Tanks' Talk Sours Relations After Merkel's 'Cavalry' Comment.
Hungary PM Viktor Orban meets Chancellor Angela Merkel tomorrow...under another cloud.
On Friday...Orban said he hoped Germany would not send any more 'tanks'...one day after Merkel had stated that Berlin would 'do everything to put Hungary onto the right path'---except sending in the 'cavalry.'
Orban was The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-11847396645000271312013-05-20T14:11:00.002-05:002013-05-20T14:18:45.859-05:00BRASIL: Pantless Lover...Barely Escapes Jealous Husband...From 3rd Floor.
With Video
The crowd gathered below shouted cornudo/cheater...as a man wearing only underclothes tried to escape from a 3rd floor window...and a very angry husband...using sheets tied together...after being caught during an afternoon tryst in Brasil.
The cheater was finally forced to jump onto a mat placed by The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-26633424543707019312013-05-20T12:48:00.001-05:002013-05-20T13:25:18.351-05:00BRASIL / EUROZONE: Europeans Setting Up Homes In Rio's Former Slums.
Brasil has spent hundreds of millions to 'pacify' its many notorious Rio favelas/slums for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Now many Eurozone ex-pats are moving into the formerly gang infested areas...with great views...setting down roots...gentrifying the war zones...and boosting land and home prices.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/worldThe Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-7269353487822967622013-05-19T16:27:00.001-05:002013-05-21T16:11:59.153-05:00COSTA RICA /CANADA : 21 May UPDATE: BC Resident Deering Murdered In Escazu Home Invasion; Travel Advisory Issued.
IST LINK CHANGE/ New Details
BC resident Brad Deering, 42...was murdered...by 3 disguised intruders...during a home invasion in his Escazu gated community.
He was the only person killed during the daytime attack.
Deering was found handcuffed, naked and shot in the head in a backyard.
&The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-62552896619263361112013-05-19T15:59:00.001-05:002013-05-22T15:25:34.659-05:00CANADA / MEXICO / USA : 22 May UPDATE: BC Man And American Feared Kidnapped In Puerto Vallarta.
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Canadian officials are worried that a BC resident has been kidnapped in Puerto Vallarta.
And...his family is complaining of little help from Mexican police.
Canadian citizen Diego Hernandez (above foto)...and US citizen Craig Silva, 31 (below foto)...were last seen on 8 May.
&The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-69807977598445227962013-05-19T15:06:00.001-05:002013-05-20T14:48:08.709-05:00AUSTIN / USA / TECHNOLOGY: Newsblog...Passes 150,000 Page Views.
The news about this newsblog...is that it has quickly surpassed 150,000 page views...for the first time since its June 2009 start.
Despite being distracted daily with new flurries of observations/newslinks after recently rejoining Twitter...https://twitter.com/HyperObserver...this newsblog has posted 7,948 post/links here on The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-1723576633043462082013-05-18T15:42:00.001-05:002013-05-18T15:42:23.381-05:00UKRAINE : Thousands Protest In Kyiv For Yulia, Against Yanukovych; Some Injured In Clashes.
Several people were injured Saturday in scuffles after thousands rallied in Kyiv for jailed ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko...and against President Viktor Yanukovych.
Ukraine boxing champ Vitali Klitschko headed an estimated 15,000 protesters demanding the release of Yulia.
Yanukovych's supporters clashed with the pro-Yulia crowds.
The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-69460826130727699232013-05-18T14:15:00.002-05:002013-05-22T17:02:55.854-05:00RUSSIA / AZERBAIJAN / DENMARK / EUROVISION 2013 / IMAGES: 21 May UPDATE: Moscow Outraged By Azeri Vote Problems; Denmark Won Finals...That Featured Lesbian Kiss; Germans Blame Poor Showing On Merkel.
Russia is upset that Azerbaijan awarded no points for it's entry (above) in the Eurovision song contest.
Moscow's ForMin Lavrov called it 'outrageous'...that votes were 'stolen.'
Baku cannot explain the discrepancy....because its telephone votes favored Russia after Ukraine...and The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-67113898500588821802013-05-17T15:49:00.004-05:002013-05-17T15:49:52.961-05:00BOLIVIA : La Paz Pension Protest Turns Violent On 11th Day.
Union mine workers, teachers and others clashed with police in La Paz...on the 11th day of a protest about pension payments.
The demonstrations began on 6 May.
TO WATCH : :20 video report
http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/17/bolivian-strike-continues-with-clashes/The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-81362609639509158502013-05-17T14:34:00.001-05:002013-05-17T14:50:52.611-05:00ITALY : Ruby Heartstealer Testifies About Bunga Bunga Parties at Milano Trial.
Visibly thinner...new mom Moroccan Karima El Mahrough...aka Ruby Heartstealer... testified for the first time in the Milano trial of 3 former Silvio Berlusconi aides...about the former PM's infamous 'Bunga Bunga' sex parties.
She confirmed raunchy details about the sex parties held in Silvio's luxurious Roma estate.
The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-84144849443571656352013-05-17T12:11:00.003-05:002013-05-17T12:28:58.346-05:00ARGENTINA : Former Dictator Jorge Videla Dies In Prison.
Former military dictator...Gen Jorge Videla, 87... died in a Buenos Aires prison...of natural causes.
In 2010, he was sentenced to life for the disappearance of 31 prisoners.
A year later...he was given an additional 50 years for the theft of at least 400 babies.
He led a 1976 golpe vs President Isabel Peron...The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-15274820306706875202013-05-16T15:09:00.000-05:002013-05-17T12:44:11.814-05:00COSTA RICA / PERU / COLOMBIA : 17 May UPDATE : 2 More Aides Resign After Prez. Chinchilla Comes Under Fire For Free Flights On Alleged Narco Jet; Key Minister Resigns Over Flight From Bogus Person.
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President Laura Chinchilla has the lowest approval numbers in Latin America.
Only an estimated 12% of Ticos approve of her performance.
Her numbers may be getting worse...after it was revealed that she flew for free twice on a jet owned by a Colombian with alleged narco ties...The Hypervigilant Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941552098206676049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081832096804737964.post-7112640033047430802013-05-16T13:40:00.001-05:002013-05-18T14:47:55.919-05:00TEXAS / USA / IMAGES : 6 Dead, 200 Homes Damaged After 16 Tornadoes Ravage Granbury, Cleburne.
WITH: 26 Images
At least 6 people are reported dead...with 100 injured...and over 200 homes damaged...after a swarm of 16 tornadoes roared thru the city of Granbury...population 8,000...35 miles SW of Fort Worth...and also Cleburne.
All the missing have been accounted for.
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