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Turkish man inspires hundreds with silent vigil in Taksim Square

Erdem Gunduz – dubbed 'standing man' – stages eight-hour vigil and is joined by 300 people during silent protest

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guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 June 2013 03.30 EDT
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Erdem Gunduz in Taksim Square
Erdem Gunduz stands in Taksim Square during a 'duranadam', or standing man protest, in Istanbul. Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil in Istanbul's Taksim Square, the scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.

Erdem Gunduz said he wanted to take a stand against police stopping demonstrations near the square, the Dogan news agency reported.

He stood silently, facing the Ataturk Cultural Centre which was draped in Turkish flags and a portrait of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, from 6pm on Monday.

By 2am on Tuesday, when the police moved in, about 300 people had joined him. Ten people, who refused to be moved on by police, were detained.

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On CSPAN3, livestreamed here (on the left).

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Happy Tuesday.

"It is not clear if Snowden is referring here to the Gang of 8 tackling immigration reform, or some other Gang of 8." Heh. That Q&A was something else.

Meanwhile, Snowden's father urges him to come back to the U.S., not to commit treason.

Both Pew and Gallup find broad majorities opposed to Obama's proposal to arm the Syrian rebels.

While we're thinking about polls, Gallup surveyed public opinion on five potential 2016 GOP candidates. Among GOP voters, Rep. Paul Ryan led among net favorability with 57%. Then it was Sen. Marco Rubio -- 47%, Sen. Rand Paul -- 43%, Sen. Ted Cruz -- 32%, Gov. Chris Christie -- 28%. Among adults (IOW, without the party filter), Christie's net favorable was 32%, followed by Rubio -- 15%, Ryan -- 8%, Cruz -- 6%, and Paul -- 5%.

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TPB = The Pirate Bay. It would seem our scandals have truly gone worldwide now.

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Because I'm lazy and kinda sick that's why.

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She's pretty much almost saying "It was the government." more...

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This would only hurt Obama if there was a pattern of this sort of thing in his Administration.

Fortunately for him, there's not at all. Whew.

So, here you go: Another story your media will completely embargo.

For some time, it's been the case that if you want the news, the last place on earth you'd look for it is in the so-called American News Organizations. But it gets worse, more Stalinist, every single day.

The State Department investigator who accused colleagues last week of using drugs, soliciting prostitutes, and having sex with minors says that Foggy Bottom is now engaged in an "intimidation" campaign to stop her.

Last week's leaks by Aurelia Fedenisn, a former State Department inspector general investigator, shined a light on alleged wrongdoing by U.S. officials around the globe. But her attorney Cary Schulman tells The Cable that Fedenisn has paid a steep price: "They had law enforcement officers camp out in front of her house, harass her children and attempt to incriminate herself."
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Erich Hart, general counsel to the Inspector General, did not reply to a request for comment.

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Schulman says the purpose of the visit was to get Fedenisn to sign a document admitting that she stole State Department materials, such as the memos leaked to CBS. Schulman says it was crucial that she didn't sign the document because her separation agreement with the State Department includes a provision allowing disclosures of misconduct. Furthermore, none of the materials were classified.

Schulman charged that sending law enforcement officers to pressure her into signing an agreement was heavy handed. "

Meanwhile, here's another part of what State covered-up.

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Within days, he allegedly bedded a consulate employee, a single mom who fell in love with him.

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“She informed anyone within earshot that she had had the abortion and had her tubes tied at his instruction,” Howard wrote. “Morale continued to sink as this soap opera played out in our workplace on a daily basis.”

Private personal misconduct? Not exactly:

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“It’s cover-up after cover-up. It’s absolutely hideous,” she told The Post. “When our diplomats disrespect the Italians by hiring and firing them because they have seen too much — or use them for ‘sex-ercise’ — we have to question why we have diplomats abroad at taxpayer expense.”

So that's another whistleblower bullied by Hillary's State goons for speaking up about misbehavior.

In addition, the underlying misconduct is about abusing people in the host country of a consulate. Our diplomatic corps is there to make us look good, right?

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Remember, this is the woman who now claims she thought "Tea Party" could mean "liberal."

$4000 is a lot of money for someone who works for wages and isn't just sitting on a huge pile of wealth.

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$4000 in 2008.

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And how are the networks reporting this? Simple, they're not.

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