Fifty-seven per cent of people in France believe the head of the IMF was framed on sexual assault charges.
Le Monde confirmed in a poll conducted by CSA that for 57 per cent of the French population, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the victim of a plot. Reviewing the French press reveals that most of the mass media in France published articles quoting political figures, including political rivals, stating that they do not believe that the sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn – allegedly involving a chambermaid at a New York hotel – are genuine.
In the meantime, the career of the former head of the International Monetary Fund and potential future French president, who was seen to be more favourable to people than to global corporations, is over – unless somehow public belief in his innocence could be turned to his advantage, even if found guilty by “forged” evidence.
Here is a review of some of the articles in the French press about this case. On May 16, Le Figaro published an article entitled, “The thesis of the plot flowers on the web and with politicians,” in which the newspaper argues that the seeds of the conspiracy theory were planted when a “militant” in the UMP, a rival political party to Strauss-Kahn’s Socialists, tweeted news of Strauss-Kahn’s arrest before the press got wind of it. “Denuded of any element of proof, it has nevertheless been evoked by responsible politicians,” the paper reported.
It reported how the website Le Post questioned certain troubling facts in an article “DSK arrested: a young UMP first on the info”: “The promptness with which Jonathan Pinet relayed the information of the arrest of DSK, the fact that Arnaud Dassier, one of the investors of the site Atlantico, already author of revelations about the Porsche, would have been one of the first to have re-tweeted the information, the fact that the site 24heuresactu, reputed close to the right, was the first French site to publish the information.” Le Post mentions that Dassier was responsible for the internet campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. (The Porsche incident stems from when Strauss-Kahn, a socialist, and his wife came out of the said car in Paris in front of their home. At the time, the right took the opportunity to tarnish his image in the media.)
From Le Figaro: “Was [this] the right way of getting rid of a chief of the IMF [who was] too independent in order to instead place someone better adapted to the American economic and financial situation?”, asks Bertrand Neveu on lefigaro.fr. Interrogations linked to the inconsistencies concerning DSK’s schedule were assembled in an article in Les Echos called “Several inconsistencies remain in the DSK timeline.” The article discusses how New York police changed the facts and time of the event after it was shown that Strauss-Kahn was having lunch with his daughter at the time of the alleged offence.
However, this point is of no importance now, since the issue is becoming if sex was consensual. Supporters of Strauss-Kahn wonder why he would contact the hotel to ensure that his mobile phone, which he left behind, could be returned. This does not fit with someone who was trying to flee the scene of a crime, especially since this is apparently how the NYPD found out where they could arrest Strauss-Kahn, on a plane at JFK airport.
Articles Collected By: Ken Hulsey Sources: Various
French town builds UFO landing pad Telegraph.co.uk
Arès, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, has decided to try and attract Martians to its triangular "UFOport" with its very own fake Martian craft.
Made by a local artist, the man-made UFO "landed" on the strip yesterday and, it is hoped, will entice any hesitant extraterrestrials in search of a runway. A plaque reads: "Reserved for voyagers of the universe".
The operation has been dubbed: "'Allo Arès, ici UFO." Arès built the pad in 1976 after a local airport electrician and UFO nut complained to local authorities that France had no alien craft strips.
UFO PILGRIMS could soon be flocking to Darwin after the idea to hold a UFO conference in the Top End attracted the attention of a popular tourism website.
Embraceaustralia.com raised the question of whether Darwin could be the UFO hotspot of the world only days after the latest sighting of a "hamburger-shaped" light.
Earlier this week MIX FM radio presenter Pete Davies said he would welcome UFO spotters from around the world for a UFO convention.
He pondered if the Top End should "challenge Roswell and Wycliffe Well" and make Darwin the UFO capital of the world.
He said "once we get all the federal stuff out of the road" he was looking into plans for a convention.
ALIEN BASE REVEALED ON BLACKPOOLS GOLDEN MILE Prfire (press release)
Alien Base housing Aliens, a full size UFO and the secrets of the universe has been found on Blackpool's famous Golden Mile.
An Alien Base has appeared along Blackpools famous Golden Mile, housing extra-terrestrial beings from across the universe. You can even step inside a flying saucer and take a tour of the universe. No this isnt a long awaited visit from other dimensions, Alien Base - The Exhibition of the Universe is the latest creation of inventor, researcher and author David Boyle.
David is no stranger to the Golden Mile. He has housed exhibitions on conspiracies, aliens & Ufos and the internationally acclaimed Doctor Who Museum until its departure from Blackpool last year. Davids exhibitions have attracted visitors to Blackpool from all over the world for the past 15 years.
David said My team and I have been working around the clock ensuring that this large exhibition site was not left empty following the departure of Doctor Who. This exhibition houses fantastic displays, dioramas and interactive features that will leave the whole family speechless. This really is the most advanced exhibition of the paranormal and unexplained in the world.
Davids amazing and extra-ordinary claims that his exhibition proves beyond doubt the existence of extra-terrestrial life on other planets have yet to be disproved as holiday makers walk alongside fellow researchers and scientists through this spellbinding exhibition.
UFO Appeared in China ffog.net
A bright flying object appeared for three hours. UFO was moving slowly westward, in the southwestern sky Haiyan, Zhejiang Province of China last few days ago. This has happened for so many times in the world.
These unidentified flying objects are constantly flickering at a height that is not too high and bigger and brighter than the surrounding stars. Many people witnessed the UFO that night. “I do not know what it is,” said a witness reported. They found that not only was a shining object in the sky, but its reflections in the river are also very interesting.
UFO sighted in sky over Selby, North Yorkshire The Press, York
THERE’S something out there – and it's flying over Selby.
A local man has reported how he saw a UFO in the sky over the district.
Writing on the forum of website abovetopsecret.com, a resident of Whitley has told how he saw something in the sky on Tuesday night.
Calling himself Darkjedig, the man, who used to live in Florida, said on the forum: “I am just wanting to see if anyone in the North Yorkshire area in England, has seen a UFO tonight.
“I have been seeing a lot lately and have tried to film them on my phone camera, but they don’t show up.
Lights in sky 'too fast' to be lanterns Halifax Evening Courier
The debate over the mysterious orange UFOs that has divided Calderdale is raging on. Many readers have contacted the Courier saying they have seen people across the area releasing Chinese lanterns and these are behind the sightings.
But Brian Senior is not convinced. He says he saw three bright objects, which were joined by a further three UFOs, over Pellon near the Halfway House pub as he looked over the valley from his house.
He said: "I can't explain what they were but they were not Chinese lanterns. "They all lined up in a perfectly straight line then shot off towards Withens Road near Wainstalls.
IT was the historic UFO sighting dubbed the “Welsh Roswell”.
Locals heard a huge bang and saw a brilliant light in the sky, but Ministry of Defence files say the incident in 1974 was just a combination of an earthquake and a meteor.
Now a new book claims a key element of the events remains unexplained.
In UFO Down? The Berwyn Mountain UFO Crash, author Andy Roberts claims the authorities still cannot account for nurse Pat Evans’ description of a glowing object she saw in the North Wales mountain range.
Mrs Evans broke her long-standing silence on the issue earlier this month, when she called the official account “rubbish”.
The retired nurse, 72, told how on January 23, 1974, she and her two daughters, then aged 14 and 15, saw a “huge ball glowing and pulsating on the mountain” with “some lights scattered around it”.
The illuminations scattered around the main object were like fairy or torch lights, she said.
Mr Roberts, who has written widely about UFOs, said: “It was too big to have been a meteor and if it had been a meteor that had landed, it then becomes a meteorite.
Alien filmed live on TV in UFO hot spot Allnewsweb.com
UFO researchers have been taken by surprise by recent UFO/alien event that took place in South America.
What might well be an alien was filmed by a camera crew doing a news item and broadcast live on TV (see video below). The event took place in Santa Cruz, Argentina and the image of the alien was broadcast on that nation's channel two. The alien is seen stalking towards the person who is being interviewed. The filming and broadcast took place on August 8 of this year.
Brisbane man finally spots 'UFO' after 30yrs of waiting Sify
A man from Brisbane has finally spotted 'UFO', after spending 30 years on searching for one.
Erik Black, 49, who has been interested in UFOs since he was a child, revealed that he had only heard or read about them and had never seen a "real one" until 2010 election night.
"I have been researching UFOs for almost all my life and every time I came to the Northern Territory for holidays I read a UFO story in the newspaper, so I thought the NT was the place to be," the Courier Mail quoted him as telling the NT News.
Crazy shit! A woman reportedly threw a mug at Da Vinci's masterpiece while visiting theLouvre. Read more here. A propos - ever been to the Louvre? I think the new part is quite hideous. Well on the first look it was. Maybe Ihave grown up? Dunno, but from my point of view Vienna's the only city (as for now) which combines an older building style with newer ones, successfully. Just saying! Niezłe! Na CNN jest napisane, że jakaś nieznana turystka rzuciła kubkiem w majstersztyk Leonarda Da Vinci odwiedzając Luwr. Na innej stronie internetowej doczytałam, iż kobieta ponoć pochodzi z Rosji i była wściekła , iż odmówiono jej obywatelstwa francuskiego... jeśli to prawda, to o włoskim nawet nie powinna myśleć... dlaczego rzuciła w obraz Włocha? Bądź co bądź obraz oczywiście znajdował się "pod ochroną" jaką jest szkło pancerzowe (jeśli to się tak nazywa po Polsku). A tak na marginesie? Byliście kiedyś w Luwrze? Francuzi by mnie teraz zapewne zlinczowali za owe słowa, ale według mnie nowa część jest ..mniej udana. Nie podoba mi się. Po prostu. Chyba tylko w Wiedniu potrafią doskonale łączyć stary styl architektury z nowym...
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) take their places with junior G8 delegates for a family photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial nations and the main developing economies are meeting in the central Italian city of L'Aquila until Friday to discuss issues ranging from global economic stimulus to climate change and oil prices. REUTERS/Jason Reed (ITALY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Barack, Barack! What are you looking at? You are ogling at the buttocks of a sexy white woman? Is the booty of your Black beauty wifey Michelle Obama not enough for you?
