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Boys Will Be Boys? They Tried To Derail A Train

March 10, 2008 Petr Bokuvka Leave a comment

A few months ago a debate on the amendment to the Penal Code took place in the Czech Republic, as to whether the criminal liability age should be lowered from 15 to 14. It fizzled out far too soon.

Two boys put two cinder blocks on railroad tracks to see what happens when the train hits the block and derails!

The police have investigated them but any further proceedings have to be halted and so the boys’ criminal record will remain empty and clean. They could have killed people and nothing happened to them. A) No Penal Code-related punishment, B) no disgrace to their families and themselves, as the law says that media can not show their faces. But they would deserve both.

The only punishment is that they have to appear in court with their parents and the judge will decide whether they need a probation officer.

VIDEO STILLS> Here are some screenshots from a cell phone video that the boys made…

Categories: Law

President Klaus Has A Secret Lover

March 10, 2008 Petr Bokuvka Leave a comment

President Vaclav Klaus spent the night with his girlfriend, a stewardess on the presidential plane that Klaus uses during his trips abroad.

A few days ago during the presidential elections Klaus had a speech in which he discussed family values  and how he is going to protect them. He probably meant he will never sign the law on same-sex couple adoptions. And now he obviously cheats on his wife.

What a fucking hypocrite…

Categories: Politics

CIA Torture Flights – Via Bratislava?

March 10, 2008 Petr Bokuvka 2 comments

The secret CIA flights that transport prisoners land at Bratislava International Airport, Slovak JOJ TV news report says [info via Bleskovky news server]. A white Boeing 767 with no livery whatsoever is parked on the apron and only one person is allowed to access it, and the person is American.

According to publicly accessible aircraft databases the aircraft has a U.S. registration [begins with an N] but the company that owns it claims on its website that it only provides domestic flights.

Something is very rotten here…

The Slovak Intelligence Service refused to comment on whether the airport is used for transporting the so-called terrorists to places that are not so excited about human rights violation, and where CIA might torture them as ”necessary”.

That is strange. Back when I lived in Slovakia and worked for Slovak Radio [2003-2005] I remember that SIS often commented on such sensitive issues, e.g. the kidnapping of the president’s son. The agency would often comment on its involvement, as it would comment on international relations and cooperation issues. The current silence means something… 

I think one of the ways to prevent CIA from using European international airports is to have a rule according to which ALL aircraft would have to register and these registers would have to be public. AND:: the authorities (immigration, police,…) shall have the right to inspect all planes that do not arrive as scheduled flights after all passengers are claimed to have disembarked… You never know, there might be a terrorist on board… Or a crooked CIA agent…

These two guys conducted an extensive research of the torture flights and they were able to dig up former CIA employees behind newly established charter companies that fly out of rural airports with no border clearance. I think a little research in the history of the 767 that is sitting on the Bratislava apron might bring some results…

On a related note, the Czech flag carrier [Czech Airlines] is blocking internet access to Planes.cz news server because the employees had been posting and chatting about internal issues quite a lot. Some idiot must have decided that… if you want to chat about your employer and about the conditions at the airport, you can do at at ten p.m. from home and nobody is going to stop you… So why bother? 

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