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April 17, 2009 4:01 PM

Nazi Orgy Scandal Rocks Formula One

(AP)  Formula One teams and manufacturers are questioning whether Max Mosley should stay on as FIA president following a sex scandal.

Toyota, Honda, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all issued statements Thursday expressing disappointment over Mosley's behavior, but stopped short of calling for his resignation.

"Toyota Motorsport does not approve of any behavior which could be seen to damage Formula One's image, in particular any behavior which could be understood to be racist or anti-Semitic," the Japanese car maker said. "When all the facts are known, it will be for the FIA to decide whether Mr. Mosley has met the moral obligations which come with the position of FIA President."

A British tabloid, The News of the World, reported Sunday that Mosley participated in sex acts with five prostitutes in a scenario that is believed to involve Nazi role-playing.

FIA said in a statement Thursday that Mosley had called a special assembly of the federation to consider the issue. The full 200-strong FIA membership was invited to a meeting in Paris at the earliest possible date.

"The widespread publicity following an apparently illegal invasion of the FIA's President's privacy will be discussed," the statement said.

Mosley, who is not attending this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, said he will take legal action against the newspaper.

The Times of London newspaper reported that Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa personally wrote Mosley asking him to stay away.

"The focus quite rightly should be on the race. With great regret, I feel that under the current circumstances, it would be inappropriate for you to be in Bahrain at this time," the Crown Prince wrote in a letter sent to Mosley and F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone on Tuesday.

BMW and Mercedes-Benz labeled Mosley's actions "disgraceful."

"As a company, we strongly distance ourselves from it," the German car manufacturer said. "This incident concerns Max Mosley both personally and as president of the FIA, the global umbrella organization for motoring clubs.

"Its consequences therefore extend far beyond the motor sport industry."

Honda also called on FIA to carefully investigate the matter before issuing a decision.

"It is necessary that senior figures in sport and business maintain the highest standards of conduct in order to fulfill their duties with integrity and respect," Honda said.

Current F1 drivers refused to comment on the issue.

Only Nico Rosberg alluded to it when speaking of the example needed to be set by drivers and all those involved in the sport.

"We are racing drivers and we need to try and set a good example in general, because there are people watching you," the Williams driver said. "It's important to think about other people, young people especially. Young drivers coming up - you need to set a good example for them, especially."

Former F1 champions Jackie Stewart and Jody Scheckter have already called on the 67-year-old Mosley to step down before his mandate ends in October 2009.

Mosley termed the tabloid report a "wholly unwarranted invasion of my privacy."

A video posted Sunday on the News of the World's Web site showed a man identified as Mosley arriving at an apartment and then taking part in sex acts with women, one in a prisoner's uniform, while speaking German. The video can no longer be found on the paper's Web site.

Mosley is the son of British Union of Fascists party founder Oswald Mosley, a former British politician who served in Parliament for both the Labour and Conservative parties. Oswald Mosley died in 1980.

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by kansas1946 April 5, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Obama''''''''s national finance chairwoman, Penny Pritzker, was chairwoman of the board of a Chicago-area bank in 1993 when it adopted a subprime business strategy that regulators say ultimately led it to collapse in 2001.
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LOL. That is funny.
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by kansas1946 April 5, 2008 1:07 AM EDT
You think you have heard it all and then....
Actually, I just had to laugh. It immediately remided me of Mel Brooks'', "High Anxiety". This is almost as good as *** Morris and his dog collar. It just gets better and better.
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by ammonianite April 4, 2008 11:17 PM EDT
Maybe He was pretending to be one of the Dead Kennedys
and he was telling the Nazi Punks to F-Off?
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by b-easy63 April 4, 2008 6:06 PM EDT
How is Nazi''''s having *** anti-semetic? They were people with needs, lol.

Someone enlighten me.

Posted by degress12 at 02:55 PM : Apr 03, 2008


Maybe it was the Nazi fvcking a prisoner part, since we all know what race many of those prisoners were--then again, in Europe, even to deny the Holocaust can net you 10 years in Prison, so best not to play around--besides I think the Nazi party is outlawed there, is it not?
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by b-easy63 April 4, 2008 6:04 PM EDT
This story came from a British Tabloid called the News of the World. This tabloid is about as reliable as the National Inquirer, you know the one that has aliens babies on the cover just about every week.

Posted by tomanyt at 01:18 PM : Apr 03, 2008


Unfortunately, by the man failing to deny the allegations and just saying they violated his privacy by telling on him--he has given them not only publicity, but credibility. The real question is--who in the world took the pictures and knew to tell on HIM?
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by b-easy63 April 4, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
the Japanese car maker said. "When all the facts are known, it will be for the FIA to decide whether Mr. Mosley has met the moral obligations which come with the position of FIA President."


Which part was considered possibly NOT immoral, the disrespect to Nazi survivors or the prostitution?

Maybe we should boycott Toyota until they get a bit more perspective. Regardless of his personal kinks--if he uses Nazism as part of sexual fantasy, one must wonder how he sees any race or person other than Germans or WASPs. This is disgusting. Then we learned his daddy was a known facists, and his weirdo behavior begins to make perfect sense.

Somebody check the freak''s internet files for child porn and snuff movies while you''re at it.
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by mjvw2 April 4, 2008 5:59 PM EDT
Clinton''''s campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned at least $175,000 serving from 2000-07 on the board of Long Island-based Delta Financial, which filed for bankruptcy last year after a history of high-cost loans to low-income borrowers, according to public records.

Obama''''s national finance chairwoman, Penny Pritzker, was chairwoman of the board of a Chicago-area bank in 1993 when it adopted a subprime business strategy that regulators say ultimately led it to collapse in 2001.

From that right wing paper USA Today. Oh those evil neo cons.

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by missingamerica April 4, 2008 2:44 PM EDT
Why is it OK, even admirable, for a woman to rent out her uterus for nine months as a surrogate mother for thousands of dollars and illegal for a man to rent her *** for a couple hours???

Posted by aboz3 at 11:05 AM : Apr 04, 2008

lolll...good question. Perhaps because there are those who consider the former to be a long term investment, while they hold the latter to be a short term deposit?
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by prinzowhales April 4, 2008 2:25 PM EDT
The Southern Poverty Law Center is run by the scum of the earth.

http://www.voiceofalabama.com/morris.html

Incest with his son''s wife, wife beating, anti-black racism...Morris Dees...And $100 million...
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by aboz3 April 4, 2008 2:05 PM EDT
Why is it OK, even admirable, for a woman to rent out her uterus for nine months as a surrogate mother for thousands of dollars and illegal for a man to rent her *** for a couple hours???
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