Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Turkish Prime Minister stands again Israel but not Terrorism

Two days after the Turkish press reported that Israeli diplomats would not be invited to Prime Minister Erdoğan’s traditional iftar (breaking the Ramadan fast) dinner, Erdoğan showed that he may stand against tolerance but he does not stand against terrorism: He made Khalid Mishaal, the leader of the most militant faction in Hamas, his personal guest at an iftar dinner.

President Obama describes Erdoğan as one of the five foreign leaders with whom he is friendliest. Given Erdoğan’s anti-American and anti-Semitic rants, and his repeated support for not only Hamas terrorists, but also an Al Qaeda financier, perhaps it is time for Obama to describe why he embraces Erdoğan above most others.


http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/07/25/turkey-iftar-no-to-israel-yes-to-hamas/itic leader.

BILLY GRAHAM: “MY HEART ACHES FOR AMERICA”; New letter addresses nation’s declining morality and the need for spiritual revival


My heart aches for America and its deceived people. The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah’s day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower—wealthy, unconcerned, and self-centered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God’s warning, people heard and repented.
I believe the same thing can happen once again, this time in our nation. It’s something I long for, and my son Franklin recently shared a vision for perhaps the greatest challenge in the history of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association—to launch an outreach called My Hope with Billy Graham that would bring the Gospel into neighborhoods and homes in every corner of America next year.


http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/billy-graham-my-heart-aches-for-america-new-letter-addresses-nations-declining-morality-and-the-need-for-spiritual-revival/

Obama’s New Islamic World Order | FrontPage Magazine

 

 This deadly tug of war is a crucial point in the rise of an Islamic regional order, and it is a tug of war in which Obama intends to play the definitive role. Obama paid tribute to Islamist tyrants in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, he helped orchestrate the fall of Egypt and now as the election approaches, the last missing piece in Jebali’s Sixth Caliphate of the new Islamic world order is almost within his grasp.

Obama’s New Islamic World Order | FrontPage Magazine

How Obama Engineered Mideast Radicalization



Investor’s Business Daily – “The Obama Record: After angry Egyptians pelted her motorcade with shoes, chanting ‘Leave!,’ Secretary of State Clinton insisted the U.S. wasn’t there to take sides. Too late.

‘I want to be clear that the United States is not in the business, in Egypt, of choosing winners and losers, even if we could, which of course we cannot,’ Hillary Clinton intoned earlier this week.

Of course, the administration could, and it did, picking and even colluding with the Muslim Brotherhood. And one of its hard-liners, Mohammed Morsi, now sits in the presidential palace, where he refused to shake unveiled Clinton’s hand.

This administration favored Islamists over secularists and helped them overthrow Hosni Mubarak, the reliable U.S. ally who had outlawed the terrorist Brotherhood and honored the peace pact with Israel for three decades. The Brotherhood, in contrast, has backed Hamas and called for the destruction of Israel.


How Obama Engineered Mideast Radicalization « MidnightWatcher's Blogspot

In power, Egypt's Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law

 (Learn the operations of this violent, anti-Christ spirit, so you can recognize it when it attempts to come to a neighborhood near you. AW)


Egypt's underground Muslim Brotherhood spoke ardently of a country governed by Islamic law. Now that their debates take place in parliament and the presidential palace, they must decide how far to go in bringing it about.

Elections held since the fall of Hosni Mubarak have turned the once-banned Brotherhood and its allies into the dominant political force in the Arab world's most populous country.
That success has left the Brotherhood facing competing pressures - on the one hand, to satisfy the conservative Islamists who supported them at the polling station, while on the other hand to avoid conflict with secular-minded Egyptians and a potent military establishment that opposes radical change.

For now, the outcome appears to be a compromise, satisfying neither side entirely but avoiding major confrontation, with the aim of giving the Brotherhood the leeway to meet the needs of running a modern state.

"Everything is a subject of compromise and negotiation for the Brotherhood," said Khalil al-Anani, an expert on Islamist movements based at Durham University in England.
"It realizes that limiting personal freedoms will endanger their political gains," he said. "At the same time, they will have to satisfy conservative sections of society."
The Brotherhood's move into public life frightens secular-minded Egyptians, who fear Islamist curbs could lead to dress codes, kill off music and cinema or force men and women to segregate in public. Christians, a tenth of Egyptians, are particularly worried, despite Mursi's attempts at outreach.

Businesses fear for the impact on a tourism industry that creates one in eight jobs.
A call put out on Facebook for a march in defense of beer - first produced in Egypt in pharaonic times - captured a mood of defiance among some after the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi won the presidency.
Egypt's president Mohamed Mursi attends a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal at the presidential palace in Cairo July 19, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh


In power, Egypt's Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law | Reuters

Lilly beats Wall Street profit view, ups 2012 forecast

 (And this is good news?  Increased profits for drug companies mean increased illnesses in people's lives.  AW)

The Indianapolis drugmaker on Wednesday said it earned $924 million, or 83 cents per share, in the second quarter, compared with $1.2 billion, or $1.07 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding special items, the company earned 83 cents per share. Analysts on average expected 77 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

"The (earnings) beat was due to stronger underlying demand of key products such as Cymbalta, as well as the favorable impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on our cost of goods sold," said Lilly.



Lilly beats Wall Street profit view, ups 2012 forecast | Reuters

Mandated Health Care: Flu vaccine to be given to all children in the UK

 Nasal spray could protect against norovirus
The scheme, which is expected to be rolled out in 2014, will see all children aged two to 17 given the vaccination through a nasal spray.
Younger children will be given the spray at their GP practice and schoolchildren will receive it at school.

(Question:  will the parents have a choice? AW)


Flu vaccine to be given to all children in the UK - Telegraph

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

2012 Presidential Election contingencies

 (Am pasting entire article in case it disappears elsewhere)

It was a conversation with my source inside the DHS that I did not want to have, but was not totally unexpected. “I’m not sure how long I can continue to provide you with information.” he stated. I was unable to tell if he made his statement with relief or sadness, or perhaps a mixture of both.  “I could be wrong, but I don’t think there’s much time left, if I am interpreting certain information and actions correctly.”

Obviously intrigued, I asked what information and actions he was talking about, and whether he was in any trouble from the information he’s passed to me and I’ve published. “No, it’s not that. I wish that’s what it was, I could deal with that. It’s worse. Things might be…  it might not matter in a few more months.”  This was one of the only times I’ve ever sensed a level of defeat in his voice and demeanor.

Who’s in the White House?

My source looked at me and posed a question I did not expect: Do you know who is in the White House?” I was uncertain if he meant who was present there now, or if he was talking in a more general sense knowing that he has followed my research on Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama II), so I asked him for clarification. I thought it was a fair request. With that, he became visibly agitated and had a look in his eyes I’ve never seen before. “You can’t answer that [expletive deleted] question. Trust me, few can, and those who can won’t, because they’re either part of the ‘royal round table’ or they’re gutless [expletive deleted].”


Based on his agitated state, I was careful with what I said next. I told him that we’ve covered this matter very comprehensively, adding that Obama’s dog’s papers are more valid than Obama. I told him that he was correct in that we both know that we do not know Obama’s legal name or his actual parental lineage I began to verbally list the various inconsistencies with his identify, at which point he stopped me with a raise of his hand.
“Enough,” he stated and apologized for his previous outburst. “We both know the guy is a an imposter, a ‘Manchurian Candidate,’ and he’s there to do a job, implement a very specific agenda. And he’s not planning to leave until that job is done, the agenda completed,” stated my source. “It’s no accident, his lack of history, lack of bona fides. It’s all about his lack of allegiance to our country and the Constitution that ‘43’ called just a ‘G-d damned piece of paper. And Bush was an American President, at least on paper. Where does Obama call home?” Where does his allegiance lie? That’s what the eligibility brouhaha is all about and why it’s so important, but hardly ‘anybody gets it.’ When he said he was a citizen of the world, those were not just words, but an admission of sorts. And fundamental change and transformation, that’s what it’s all about.”

What’s the agenda?

Our conversation turned to the agenda of the person in the White House. Short on time, my source stated that the current resident of the White House has been tasked to implement a “robust agenda of change” using the agencies and government infrastructure previously created for him.
“He’s been instructed to fully remove ‘God, guns and guts’ from America and Americans, to neuter our military, bankrupt our country, and force everyone into dependency through a well-planned economic disaster that was crafted long before he stepped foot into the Oval Office. The financial crash of September 2008 was one such well planned economic terrorist attack. It had the blessing of many bankers and politicians in the U.S. and now I’m finding, some overseas. It was an important part of the framework given to Obama to ‘grease the wheels’ for a complete financial collapse. And I’m sad to say that a lot of people I once thought were on our side played an important role in setting us up - all of us.”
“The objective, or the agenda, is much bigger than I think anyone can comprehend,” stated my source. “It’s global in nature, and it involves other governments, communist governments,” he added. It’s evil in its simplicity. It’s to destroy our country from within and take away our ability to fight what’s coming. It’s to change our way of life, and he’s got the people in place to do it, at least for the most part. And forget about the Republicans versus the Democrats, because nearly all of them are all playing for the same team. Both sides have helped to get us to this point. They’ve allowed Communists to enter every government institution inside the beltway, and just about everyone let it happen, helped it happen or watched it happen.”
“But O- I cannot even bring myself to call him by name anymore, and as we talked before, we’re not even sure what his real name is, made some serious mistakes, or became lazy and began enjoying his lifestyle a little too much. Not sure which, maybe both. His international handlers have been upset with him because it set the whole timetable back. And this is where I can offer you information about what’s going on at DHS, because it’s DHS that is tasked to be the enforcers. It’s like the old military saying, ‘hurry up and wait,’” said my source.

The Plan

“Look,” stated my source, “I’ve been told that the people with the real power are using the guy in the White House to implement the whole globalist power structure thing. They made certain that they had someone in the White House to go along and implement certain things by executive order, appointments, and other methods to bring about the deconstruction of the U.S., and making our Constitution irrelevant, or at least subservient to international law. I can’t say I know this for sure because it’s all second hand, but it makes sense from my perspective at DHS,” he added.
“Remember when I told you about DHS planning a response for chaos, civil war, rioting, insurrection or whatever you want to call it? Well, that’s not happening fast enough, and there are people who don’t think it can be accomplished in one term. That’s why a second term is critical, and that’s why there’s desperation sinking in. Napolitano is corresponding a lot with the White House, to Valerie Jarrett, to the Secret Service, and to others I won’t name. But there is some plan in place to assure the reelection of this guy so he can finish the job he was given,” he said.

“We’re talking about something taking place to make sure that Obama stays in office. I’ve been privy to ‘contingency plans’ ordered by Jarrett for one that defines the protocol for DHS response to the ‘temporary suspension of U.S. elections due to international and domestic crisis.’ It’s a real document, ordered by Jarrett and contains plans for travel restrictions, gun possession ban by citizens, and in general, ‘martial law.’”
“You know, I heard rumors about the same thing under Bush and laughed, calling it conspiracy nonsense. Now I’m not so sure, and think that maybe it was just too early and the wrong person. Anyway, I’m not laughing anymore.”
“Also, there are some mid-level people beginning to question the orders they are receiving. There’s a lot of talk, questions being asked now by a few people in key DHS positions about what is taking place, and that’s making Napolitano and the White House very nervous. Anyone who questions the ‘militarization’ going on is either transferred out or given [expletive deleted] assignments.”

Disturbances

I asked if the plans could be disrupted, changed or if anything posed a valid threat to the agenda.
My source responded:  “The Arpaio investigation hit on something critical. I don’t know what it is, and maybe they’re holding something back, whatever happened in the last 2 or 3 months really upset things, got some people scrambling. The White House, and again, Jarrett, ordered ‘Justice’ to turn up the heat against Sheriff Arpaio.”
“It’s interesting how the media has laid down and not reported on this investigation. There have been threats made, and not so subtle ones, either.”
“Also, ‘Fast and Furious’ is huge and leads right to the White House and ‘State,’ but according to my sources, won’t be an issue because the politicians in charge of the investigations have been compromised and threatened. Napolitano knows everything about Fast and Furious and is working with Holder to impede the investigations. She’s using her political clout. But damage control had taken time and a toll,” added my source.
In the end, though, I don’t think there’s enough to stop a second term. And should there be any hint of it, well, I told you, there are contingency plans for 2012.



Soetoro’s 2012 election contingency

Monday, July 23, 2012

“Violence And Destruction Are Heard Within Her” - Michael Brown - Page 1

Michael Brown
As America reels from yet another devastating tragedy, the message of the ancient Hebrew prophets speaks to us afresh: A nation that is filled with violence is a nation on the verge of collapse. Consider where we stand today. 


“Violence And Destruction Are Heard Within Her” - Michael Brown - Page 1

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Panetta Places Press Under Government's Watchful Eye

Panetta Places Press Under Government's Watchful Eye

The Obama administration’s efforts to plug the leaks in government continue as Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday ordered Pentagon officials to monitor the mediafor any hint of unauthorized disclosures of classified or other sensitive government information.
Just hours after emerging from a private meeting with the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee reportedly dealing with the recent alleged leaks of government secrets, Panetta issued the directive.



Panetta Places Press Under Government's Watchful Eye

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Postmen 'spy' for address database

 Spies: Postmen will soon begin recording the position of every home address in the UK

Postmen are being turned into hi-tech spies by the Royal Mail under a scheme that will see them record the position of every address in the country.
They will patrol streets using a satellite location device to capture the precise longitude, latitude and altitude of each home and business.
In future, the Royal Mail could sell the information to firms such as Google to improve mapping services.

Postmen 'spy' for address database: They will record position of every home and business in the country | Mail Online

Mahdi, the Messiah, Found Infecting Systems in Iran, Israel | Threat Level | Wired.com



Who knew that when the Messiah arrived to herald the Day of Judgment he’d first root through computers to steal documents and record conversations?
That’s what Mahdi, a new piece of spyware found targeting more than 800 victims in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East, has been doing since last December, according to Russia-based Kaspersky Lab and Seculert, an Israeli security firm that discovered the malware.


Mahdi, which is named after files used in the malware, refers to the Muslim messiah who, it’s prophesied, will arrive before the end of time to cleanse the world of wrongdoing and bestow peace and justice before Judgment Day. But this recently discovered Mahdi is only interested in one kind of cleansing – vaccuuming up PDFs, Excel files and Word documents from victim machines.


Mahdi, the Messiah, Found Infecting Systems in Iran, Israel | Threat Level | Wired.com

The National Institute of Standards and Technology proposes options for using iris recognition as alternative to fingerprints for federal Personal Identity Verification. -- Government Computer News

“The addition of iris and face specifications . . . adds an alternative modality for biometric authentication and extends coverage to persons for whom fingerprinting is problematic,” the draft says. FIPS 201 allows the use of iris recognition although it is not required, and technical specification had not before been developed. “The recommendation to agencies to install and operate iris equipment in its PIV issuance processes allows agencies to additionally populate PIV cards with iris as an alternative authentication factor."


The National Institute of Standards and Technology proposes options for using iris recognition as alternative to fingerprints for federal Personal Identity Verification. -- Government Computer News

Hungary arrests the 'most wanted' Nazi in the world......

 Auschwitz

Police in Hungary on Tuesday arrested Laszlo Csatary, said to be the world's most wanted living Nazi, and charged him with war crimes related to the deportation of thousands of Jews to Auschwitz during World War II.

Hungarian prosecution said it indicted the 95-year-old for the part he played in sending 15,700 Jews to Nazi death camps when he was the police chief of Kosice.

Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who tracked down Csatary to a suburb of Budapest late last year, told The Jerusalem Post shortly after the arrest took place he was overjoyed by the news.

"Hallelujah," he said. "You can't understand what this means to me. It's a great victory and a very important one."


Hungary arrests the 'most w... JPost - Jewish World - Jewish News

Monday, July 16, 2012

Extreme Drought Spreads Across More Than Half Of The US - Business Insider

Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes | Reuters

 Egyptian military chief Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Defence Ministry in Cairo July 15, 2012. REUTERS-U.S Embassy Media Office-Handout

Egypt is gripped by political uncertainty as two major forces, the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, engage in a power struggle over the future of a country that remains without a permanent constitution, parliament or government.
On Saturday night, protesters outside Clinton's luxury hotel in Cairo chanted anti-Islamist slogans, accusing the United States of backing the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power.
In her speech at the newly re-opened U.S. consulate in Alexandria, Clinton rejected suggestions that the United States, which had long supported former Mubarak, was backing one faction or another in Egypt following his ouster last year.
"I want to be clear that the United States is not in the business, in Egypt, of choosing winners and losers, even if we could, which of course we cannot," Clinton said.
"We are prepared to work with you as you chart your course, as you establish your democracy," she added. "We want to stand for principles, for values, not for people or for parties."



Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes | Reuters

400,000 ordered to evacuate in 4 Kyushu prefectures due to heavy rains

400,000 ordered to evacuate in 4 Kyushu prefectures



400,000 ordered to evacuate in 4 Kyushu prefectures ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Friday, July 13, 2012

Sodomy "For the Sake of Islam" :: Raymond Ibrahim

 I had hesitated posting this item because of the repulsion of the subject matter, but you must know the extremes that Radical Islam is prepared to go to in order to perpetrate acts of terrorism.....



Not only did the original "underwear bomber" Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri hide explosives in his rectum to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef—they met in 2009 after the 22-year-old Asiri "feigned repentance for his jihadi views"—but this "holy-warrior" apparently had fellow jihadists repeatedly sodomize him to "widen" his anus to fit the explosives—and all in accordance with the fatwas of Islamic clerics.
Sodomy "For the Sake of Islam" :: Raymond Ibrahim

The Robin Hood Tax Scam Is Back

In a burst of uninformed enthusiasm, William La Jeunesse, writing for Fox News, announced that the bill offered by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) — the “Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act” — was the Robin Hood tax.
If he knew better, La Jeunesse would have called it by its correct name: the Tobin Tax, first offered 40 years ago by a Keynesian economist, following the collapse of the Bretton Woods agreement when President Nixon took the United States off the gold standard. That bit of information would no doubt have helped to curb his enthusiasm.
La Jeunesse wrote:
The measure would impose a tiny three-hundredths-of-a-penny tax on financial trades. Supporters say the bill would cost the average investor just $1 per year, but could raise up to $35 billion annually.
This painless way of extracting funds from its owners would then allow further spending to stimulate the economy, according to DeFazio:
It’s .03 percent. But it will still generate about $35 billion a year in income — income that could be used to rebuild the real economy, infrastructure [and make] other investments.
Any proposal to increase taxes, direct or indirect (the Tobin tax qualifies as an indirect tax), can be examined at least three ways. Who is proposing it and what is his agenda? Who has analyzed its impact impartially and has the intestinal fortitude to tell the truth about the bill? And are taxes in general moral, and indirect taxes specifically?


The Robin Hood Tax Scam Is Back

In Iowa, hope fades as relentless drought decimates crops | Reuters

 A corn plant, damaged due to lack of water, is photographed in a corn field in Centerville, Iowa July 11, 2012. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Bob Bowman runs his hand over a slender green corn leaf here on his Iowa farm, and sighs.
"This corn should be as high as my head right now, and it is only waist high," he says, as a cool morning breeze belies the 90-degree Fahrenheit temperatures forecast to descend by afternoon in Welton, Iowa.
"If we get rain real quick here, we might be down 25 percent," said Bowman of prospective losses from the persistent dryness. "If we don't get rain in the next two weeks, it will be a lot more serious."
Bowman farms 2,200 acres in east-central Iowa in one of the state's highest production areas. There may not be much to brag about this year, however.

In Iowa, hope fades as relentless drought decimates crops | Reuters

Angry Atheists Bully Locality to Squelch Public Prayer

The atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is at it again, attacking prayer at public meetings.
This time the target of their attack was my hometown. For more than a quarter century Henrico County, Virginia had opened its Board of Supervisors meetings with an invocation, much like many other county boards and city councils around the country.
After the June 12th meeting, which opened with an invocation by a local Baptist pastor, someone complained.

Angry Atheists Bully Locality to Squelch Public Prayer | Public Prayer, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

Genocidal Sudan to Win Seat on U.N.’s top human rights body

 Slaughter millions of non-Muslims, Christians, animists and secular Muslims in a jihad and get yourself a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Any sane, responsible free nation would have withdrawn from this cesspool -- why are we funding this collective negation of humanity to the tune of close to 25% of its budget?

Genocidal Sudan to Win Seat on U.N.’s top human rights body - Atlas Shrugs

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

California’s First Muslim Superior Court Judge Led Muslim Brotherhood-founded Student Group « Creeping Sharia

Interestingly, Dhanidina was a member of one of the largest Muslim gangs in the U.S. – the Muslim Brotherhood-founded Muslim Students Association.
Dhanidina earned his law degree at UCLA, where he served as the co-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Pomona College, where he founded the first Muslim Students’ Association, and currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council said it had advocated for Dhanidina’s appointment for more than a year. “Dhanidina’s appointment is an important step in ensuring that California’s leaders accurately reflect the communities present in our great state,” said Aziza Hasan, MPAC’s Southern California Government Relations director, in a press statement.
Will he repudiate the anti-American, anti-Israel MPAC? They lobbied for him for more than a year is he is likely either a member or supports MPAC.

Will he lock up jihadis, honor killers, and those who assault non-believers as quickly as he does gang bangers? More on the this new California judge’s organization the
California’s First Muslim Superior Court Judge Led Muslim Brotherhood-founded Student Group « Creeping Sharia

TODAY: SAME Muslim Mayor of Granite Falls, Washington Arrested

Muslim Mayor of Granite Falls, Washington Arrested at Seatac Airport for threatening to kill his niece - Atlas Shrugs

2009: Granite Falls : elects a Muslim mayor

Granite Falls elects a Muslim mayor | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

U.S. Midwest drought sets global crop prices soaring | Investing | Financial Post

 Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Grain prices are approaching the peak levels reached in mid-2008, a period when many other commodities were also hitting record highs just before the economic meltdown. While many commodities are well below those levels today, grains have climbed all the way back.



Corn prices lead the sector’s rally, having jumped about 35% in the last month and the key futures contract has reached US$7.86 a bushel. Soybean prices Wednesday hit an all-time high of US$16.79 a bushel.


U.S. Midwest drought sets global crop prices soaring | Investing | Financial Post

Monday, July 9, 2012

The Rise and Threat of Radical Islam: An Interview with Brigitte Gabriel

 What supposedly started out as a democratic, secular uprising in Egypt, Yemen, Libya and other parts of the Arab world, the so-called Arab Spring has become a stunning victory for Islamist forces, mostly forces closely associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. As terrorism expert Steve Emerson pointed out in a recent column, it was just in the past few months, before he was elected president, that Mohamed Morsi “promised the Quran would be the new constitution of the nation, and then led the crowd in chants of the Muslim Brotherhood’s motto. ‘The Quran is our constitution,’ ‘jihad is our path,’ and ‘death for the sake of Allah is our most lofty aspiration,’ the jubilant crowd repeated after Morsi.”

In recent days we have learned that, incredibly, Iran was elected to a top post on the UN Arms Trade Treaty conference, and Syria is about to join China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Council. The implications of all this are far reaching, and of great relevance to Americans.

GABRIEL: And why do you think, for instance, President Obama brings these people in as advisors, as consultants?  What is his motivation in doing this?


GABRIEL: That’s a very interesting question.  I cannot answer what’s going on inside President Obama’s head, but I can tell you one thing: Actions speak louder than words, especially when you are the President of the United States and you are making decisions whether to protect your own citizens and put the interests of your own country before anybody else in the world, or whether you listen and are influenced by foreign forces that you know for sure are in our country to do our country harm.  Obviously our President has regular intelligence briefings.  I cannot imagine our President not being briefed on the Muslim Brotherhood plan, or the Muslim Brotherhood Project in the United States, and about the Holy Land Foundation trial, which took place in Dallas, Texas in 2007 and 2008.  Obviously he knows the information, he knows what these organizations are—and for him to know all this information and still bring these types of shady characters and hire them as his advisors, to work with him on coming up with our foreign policy and our policy in the United States on counterterrorism, is something very concerning, to say the least—very alarming to put it, to put it mildly—because right now, we have a President who is practically endangering the lives of Americans by putting foreign interests first, before America, while ignoring what needs to be done in order to protect and secure the United States of America, the same country he took an oath to protect—he’s not doing the job.


The Rise and Threat of Radical Islam: An Interview with Brigitte Gabriel

Should Americans be Shielded from the Evils of our Enemy? | War on Terror, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

 Palestinian militants from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades hold copies of the Koran in Nablus
When I was serving in Iraq during the surge, I distinctly remember watching hand-wringing from back home as commentators wondered if media reluctance to show American casualties (including video of Americans killed and wounded in the field) was “sheltering the public from the reality of war.”
Well, yes, we are sheltered from the reality of war — but not in the way you might think. Of course we’re careful about showing American casualties (as we should be; our casualty notification process shouldn’t begin with CNN), but the public is mainly sheltered from understanding the nature and actions of our enemy. Over the weekend, video of a Taliban adultery execution “sparked outrage” around the world yet many who’ve served downrange are quite familiar with videos far, far worse. In fact, the terrorist film (complete with up-close beheadings and jihadists shrieking “Allahu akbar” like they’re cheering a soccer goal) is a staple of many jihadist safe houses.
In other words, our jihadist enemy is pure evil, and Americans are constantly shielded from that fact.


Should Americans be Shielded from the Evils of our Enemy? | War on Terror, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

New York City micro apartments aim to be cozy, not cramped | Reuters

New York City micro apartments aim to be cozy, not cramped | Reuters

Shaking all over: Map of every major earthquake since 1898 reveals stunning image of planet's danger zones | Mail Online

Michigan-based designer John Nelson charted a century's worth of earthquakes (a staggering 203,186 of them) across the globe


If you are looking for somewhere safe from an earthquake, this might help.
For this map shows the where every major quake has struck since 1898, and as you can see, the edge of the Pacific Ocean appears particularly dangerous. In total there are a staggering 203,186 of them, dotted all over the world.
The neon-coloured map was created as a side-project by mapping manager John Nelson, in a case of taking his work home with him, as he works for data-visualisation software maker IDV Solutions.
Shaking all over: Map of every major earthquake since 1898 reveals stunning image of planet's danger zones | Mail Online

Ways of Thinking About a National ID Card - NYTimes.com




Re “Show Me Your Papers” (column, July 2): Finally, common sense is beginning to shine. Bill Keller advocates a national ID card, and Senators Charles E. Schumer and Lindsey Graham have called for an “enhanced Social Security card.” This card already exists: the United States passport card.
According to the State Department, “the U.S. Passport Card can be used to enter the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda at land border crossings or sea ports-of-entry and is more convenient and less expensive than a passport book.”
The challenge is to mandate it for all American citizens.

Ways of Thinking About a National ID Card - NYTimes.com

THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Obama to meet Egypt president in US in September

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will meet Egypt's first Islamist leader, the recently elected Mohamed Morsi, at the UN General Assembly in New York in September, a US official told AFP on Sunday.
The United States has reached out carefully to Morsi as US officials predict a more complicated and less predictable relationship with the key Arab nation.
Morsi of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood was last month proclaimed to be Egypt's first democratically elected president, a year and a half after street protests toppled veteran strongman and US ally Hosni Mubarak.
Despite Morsi's Islamist background, the confirmation of his election brought relief to Obama's administration which feared that the military would not accept his victory and provoke new chaos in Egypt.


THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Obama to meet Egypt president in US in September

Russia flash floods kill more than 100 as victims swept to sea, electrocuted | News | National Post




MOSCOW — Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water in the Black Sea region of southern Russia overnight, unleashing intense flooding that killed more than 100 people and forced many to scramble out of their beds for refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said Saturday.
Some of the victims were electrocuted while others were swept into the sea. Many of the dead were elderly people who had been sleeping and drowned.
Water rushed into the Krasnodar region around the hard-hit town of Krimsk with such speed and volume that rumours emerged that local officials had opened a nearby water reservoir. Muddy water coursed through streets and homes, in some cases high enough to flow over the hoods of cars and even as high as rooftops, according to witnesses.
People waded through waist-high water or manoeuvred the streets in boats on Saturday. About 5,000 residences were flooded, the Krasnodar governor was quoted as telling the Interfax news agency.
Russia flash floods kill more than 100 as victims swept to sea, electrocuted | News | National Post

IS AMERICA FACING A “JONAH” MOMENT, OR A “NAHUM” MOMENT? « Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

 In the Old Testament book of Jonah, the Hebrew prophet was sent by the Lord to the wicked city of Ninevah — the capital of the Assyrian empire — in order to preach a message of imminent judgment. I asked the leaders to set aside for a moment the fact that Jonah didn’t want to obey the Lord and preach this messsage, and thus fled on a ship headed in the other direction. The point I wanted to make that night was that when Jonah finally did obey the Lord and did start preaching in Ninevah, he didn’t call the people to repentance. Rather, Jonah declared, “Forty days and Ninevah will be overthrown.” (Jonah 3:4) However, even though Jonah never called the people to plead to the One True God of Israel to have mercy on their souls and on their city, even though Jonah never called on the people to beg for forgiveness and turn away from their wickedness, that is, in fact, exactly what the Ninevites did.

IS AMERICA FACING A “JONAH” MOMENT, OR A “NAHUM” MOMENT? « Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

The Real Agenda Behind UN “Sustainability” Unmasked

RIO DE JANEIRO - During the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in late June, Christ the Redeemer — the city’s most famous landmark, a massive statue of Jesus Christ on top of Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio — was illuminated using bright green lights. It was a fitting symbol for the controversial summit in more ways than one.
Shortly before the conference began, green legend James Lovelock — the scientist and environmentalist who first came up with the whole “Gaia” concept — warned that the “green religion” was now “taking over from the Christian religion.” While it may sound absurd to most Americans, for many Rio+20 summit participants, the stunt with green lights shining on the statue of Christ no doubt had a special meaning.

The Real Agenda Behind UN “Sustainability” Unmasked

Jewish History in Holy Land: The Jewish Valero Family Owned the Land outside of Damascus Gate

 
There's a great site called "Israel's History, a picture of day." The Library of Congress has digitalized thousands of photographs of its Holy Land collection and made them available online. Many of them are 100 years old. The pictures show a history of the Holy Land in the last century, and this website puts them in historically Biblical and contemporary context.
I love it, because every picture is a smackdown of the mythical "Palestinian" narrative concocted to deny the Jews their homeland. Archeological artifacts (and the Bible) have long proved that Israel belongs to the Jewish people, but the enemedia clubs the misinformed into submission with the giant lies of Islamic supremacists, whose "religion" commands the annihilation of the Jewish people. The state of Israel is offensive to every devout Muslim.


The Jewish Valero Family Owned the Land outside of Damascus Gate - Atlas Shrugs

Rabbis to meet in Berlin to protest circumcision ban

A court in the western city of Cologne caused an uproar in June by ruling in the case of a Muslim boy who suffered bleeding after such an operation that circumcision causes bodily harm and should only be performed on males old enough to give consent.
The head of the Conference of European Rabbis told Reuters on Monday that it was part of a trend to limit religious freedom in Europe that was targeting Jewish and Muslim traditions such as circumcision and the religious slaughter of animals for meat.
"We see this decision by a German court in the context of a new European intolerance towards other religions," said Pinchas Goldschmidt, the Swiss-born chief rabbi of Moscow and organizer of the meeting to be held in Berlin on Tuesday.



Rabbis to meet in Berlin to protest circumcision ban | Reuters

World Update Turkey: Center of the New Caliphate - Dr. Steve Elwart - Koinonia House

The Arab Spring and the rise of Islam in the region may prove to be the key to Turkey’s emergence as a true regional and world power. The stated goal of both Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood is a restoration of the Muslim Caliphate with Turkey as its head, as it had been for over 600 years.
While Syria’s Assad Regime enjoys the backing of both Russia and China as it goes through a program of systematic atrocities against its own people, the nation Assad truly fears is neighboring Turkey.
Turkey, a NATO member and the most powerful military force in the region, helped foster the creation of the Syrian National Council, Assad’s main rebel opposition group.
Turkey operates nine refugee camps along the Turkey-Syria border and has been an increasingly vocal advocate of the establishment of a “buffer zone” inside Syria to protect Syrian refugees.
Turkey is also publicly discussing invoking two international agreements, both of which would provide political cover for an armed intervention in Syria.
One instrument is the 1998 Adana Agreement. The other is Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which says an armed attack against any single NATO member constitutes an attack on all NATO members.
Turkey and Syria both signed the Adana Agreement after Turkey threatened to invade Syria because the Assad Government was harboring the senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party—the PKK, a Kurdish organization which has been fighting the Turkish state for greater political rights for the Kurds in Turkey.
The language of the agreement, however, is not limited to just the PKK. It also states that Syria “will not permit any activity that emanates from its territory aimed at jeopardizing the security and stability of Turkey.”
Turkey already harbors 25,000 to 30,000 Syrian refugees inside its borders and expects even more. Turkey is sending diplomatic signals that this surge of refugees across its border violates that treaty.
NATO Article 5 offers another legal avenue. On April 9, Syrian security forces fired across the Turkey-Syria border and wounded four people in a refugee camp in one of Turkey’s western provinces. That constituted an armed violation of Turkey’s border. Turkish Prime Minister Endogen angrily claimed that “NATO has responsibilities to do with Turkey’s borders, according to Article 5.”
All this is occurring at a time when Turkey is reemerging as a significant regional power. This country, spanning two continents, is in the process of returning to its former glory when it was the center of Islam, embodied in the Ottoman Empire.


World Update Turkey: Center of the New Caliphate - Dr. Steve Elwart - Koinonia House

Culture wars: Black mobs terrorize 1 of ‘whitest big cities’

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While Seattle may not have the day-in, day-out racial violence of a Chicago, or the peculiar racial lawlessness of small-town Peoria, more and more, people are paying attention to the increasingly visible and brutish mayhem black mobs are visiting on their victims.


In 2010, 17-year-old Jessica Redmon-Beckstead – who was pregnant at the time – was riding the bus with her boyfriend when five black women taunted, attacked, kicked, punched and robbed her.
The assailants were laughing the whole time. One even complained about a broken fingernail.
“My girlfriend’s pregnant!” shouted the boyfriend as they punched her and kicked him in the face.
One woman yelled, “We didn’t hit her in the stomach!”
Her retort got a few laughs – and then the violence resumed.


The attack was caught on video and posted by the Seattle Times.

Black mobs terrorize 1 of ‘whitest big cities’

Romney favors Obamacare...the facts by Ann Barnhardt

Romney Didn't Even Last a WEEK. Posted by Ann Barnhardt - July 3, AD 2012 2:00 PM MST As promised, Romney has folded on ObamaCare too, although had I wagered money on the timing, I would have thought that he would have lasted at least a week. But apparently the revenue curve from stupid, imbecilic suckers giving Romney money in the wake of the SCOTUS decision fell off hard enough that the Romney people felt that it served no more purpose to perpetuate the repeal charade. Here's the link. I hope every single one of you who gave that forked-tongued jackass money feel the full shame and embarrassment of your own gullibility and obtuseness. This slackjawed sentimentalism WILL BE THE DEATH OF ALL OF US. Your rah-rah loyalty to con-artists who wrap themselves in platitudes so that you can have a "team" that makes you feel good about yourself isn't noble or admirable. It is nauseating and disgusting. It is truly sickening to see people elevate false sentiment over truth - all for the sake of a truly shallow SOCIAL EXPERIENCE. Ignorance is one thing. Abject stupidity in the face of mountains of pounding evidence is another. -Romney wrote and implemented ObamaCare's template in Massachusetts. -RomneyCare destroyed the Massachusetts economy. Romney refuses to this day to acknowledge that there is anything wrong with RomneyCare, or the economic damage it had done and continues to do to Massachusetts. -Romney's top aides and inner circle were frequent visitors to the White House and were instrumental in the drafting of ObamaCare in 2009. -Romney has VOCIFERICOUSLY defended the concept of the mandate that people must, as a condition of their very existence, purchase a specific commodity. -RomneyCare funds abortion with a mere $50 co-pay and forces all people under its control to pay for contraception and sterilization, including the Church in Massachusetts. The reason you never heard anything about this is because Archbishop Sean O'Malley is a slack-jawed idiot who is a Marxist and, like most bishops today, doesn't actually believe in Catholicism. He's just a narcissistic, politicking little shell of a man who is desperate for worldly approval - particularly from other men. Sad but true. Someone needs to say this. So, not only has O'Malley not complained about the horrors of RomneyCare, but he embraces it and supports ObamaCare. And, as a result, he still gets invited to all of the fancy parties with all of the rich, powerful men whose approval his entire existence revolves around and self-esteem depends upon. And I'm sure that he also lives in complete terror of having some rich, powerful man like Mitt Romney come up to him at a party, smile, lean in, and ask, "You don't really believe that a piece of bread turns into God, do you?" The vast majority of bishops today are embarrassed and humiliated by the Eucharist. Hence the entire problem. It all really does come down to that, whether you understand that or not. Someone has to say it. -Mitt Romney will never, ever repeal ObamaCare. The Congress will never, ever repeal ObamaCare. The only way to get rid of ObamaCare is a junta or civil war and the establishment of the Second American Republic. The First American Republic is dead, and it is never, ever coming back. I will not be celebrating Independence Day tomorrow, because to do so would be utterly hypocritical and a lie. The First Republic is dead, and to pretend that it isn't only feeds and enables the usurpers and tyrants who are desecrating its corpse in order to give themselves the appearance of legitimacy. If I live to see the establishment of the Second American Republic, THAT date will I observe. The Black American Flag, flown in distress, is my flag now.

Will it take a Junta? If so, who’ll lead it? « The Radio Patriot

 This is a repost by Andrea Shea King of blog postings by Ann Barnhardt.  Ann is a Catholic, very devoted to her faith and is a follower of Bible prophecy as well.  She has tremendous insight on events taking place in this country...her language is a little strong in some places, I will warn you, but you will be receiving 'cutting edge' information from her.

Ann Barnhardt

Will it take a Junta? If so, who’ll lead it? « The Radio Patriot

Iran leader: We must prep for ‘end of times’

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Until now, the Iranian media would mostly quote clerics from seminaries on the issue of the last Islamic messiah to avoid the regime being labeled messianic. However, the wide publication of Khamenei’s statements on a need to prepare for the end of times as it confronts the West over its illicit nuclear program is alarming to Western leaders.


“The issue of Imam Mahdi is of utmost importance, and his reappearance has been clearly stated in our holy religion of Islam,” Khamenei said. We must study and remind ourselves of the end of times and Imam Mahdi’s era. … We must prepare the environment for the coming so that the great leader will come.”


Shiite theology holds that great wars must engulf the Earth, during which one-third of the world’s population will die in the fighting and another third from hunger, lawlessness and havoc. Israel is to be destroyed, and only then will the 12th imam, Mahdi, reappear and kill all the infidels, raising the flag of Islam in all corners of the world.



Iran leader: We must prep for ‘end of times’

U.S. military developing spychips for soldiers

 Chip32
The U.S. military wants to plant nanosensors in soldiers to monitor health on future battlefields and immediately respond to needs, but a privacy expert warns the step is just one more down the road to computer chips for all.

“It’s never going to happen that the government at gunpoint says, ‘You’re going to have a tracking chip,’” said Katherine Albrecht, who with Liz McIntyre authored “Spychips,” a book that warns of the threat to privacy posed by Radio Frequency Identification.

U.S. military developing spychips for soldiers

UN Arms Trade Treaty....loosing our right to bear arms?

Oppose U.S. Signing and Ratification of the UN Arms Trade Treaty
After several years of preparatory meetings the UN is holding a conference in New York City July 2-27, 2012, to draft a final version of a UN Arms Trade Treaty. The official UN website for the conference states: "From 2-27 July, all countries of the world will come together in New York to negotiate what is seen as the most important initiative ever regarding conventional arms regulation within the United Nations." According to an article posted by the NRA on June 29, 2012: "Last year, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) and 57 other senators signed a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminding them that the Senate has final say on treaties, and stating their unequivocal opposition to any treaty that would affect civilian ownership of firearms, challenge the authority of Congress to regulate firearms within the United States, or call for an international gun registry." Furthermore, 130 congressmen sent a letter dated June 29, 2012, to President Obama stating: "We write to express our concerns regarding the negotiation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the text of which is expected to be finalized at a conference to be held in New York during the month of July.... The U.S. must not accept an ATT that infringes on our constitutional rights, particularly the fundamental, individual right to keep and to bear arms that is protected by the Second Amendment, as well as the the right of personal self-defense on which the the Second Amendment is based.... Should the final ATT text run counter to these principles or otherwise undermine our rights and our interests, we urge this Administration to break consensus and reject the treaty in New York...." The NRA is warning that "The 'United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty' is one of the most serious threats to American gun owners in decades.... The U.N. has denied that the ATT will affect domestic gun ownership, but its latest pre-conference position paper ('The Impact of Poorly Regulated Arms Transfers on the Work of the U.N.') calls for exactly that." Unfortunately, that pre-conference position paper is not available online. However, some quotes from the paper have been included in "The U.N. Speaks: The Arms Trade Treaty Will Affect 'Legally Owned Weapons'" by Ted R. Bromund, a Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Bromund states: After proclaiming that the ATT [UN Arms Trade Treaty] “does not aim to impede or interfere with the lawful ownership and use of weapons,” the CASA [the UN's Coordinating Action on Small Arms] paper ['The Impact of Poorly Regulated Arms Transfers on the Work of the U.N.'] goes on to say that “United Nations agencies have come across many situations in which various types of conventional weapons have been … misused by lawful owners” and that the “arms trade must therefore be regulated in ways that would … minimize the risk of misuse of legally owned weapons.” How, exactly, would the ATT do that if it doesn’t “impede” or “interfere” with lawful ownership? The U.N. would have a lot more credibility on the ATT if it didn’t imply so regularly that the problem is as much lawful ownership as it is the international arms trade. Of course, CASA isn’t just concerned with lawful ownership; it’s also campaigning against “community attitudes” that “contribute to the powerful cultural conditioning that equates masculinity with owning and using a gun, and regards gun misuse by men as acceptable.” All this just goes to show that the U.N. regards gun ownership — even under national constitutional protection and for lawful activities — as a cultural failure that it needs to redress and that it has no patience at all with the idea that self-defense is an inherent right.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Scientists race to unlock mind-blowing potential of 'God particle'

God particle

Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced yesterday they had discovered a new sub-atomic particle consistent with the elusive Higgs boson, a theoretical particle that is key to the scientific understanding of all matter.



Scientists race to unlock mind-blowing potential of 'God particle' after breakthrough | Space, Military and Medicine | News.com.au

More than one million in U.S. still without power five days after storm | Reuters

A Pepco contract worker works on a damaged utility pole in Silver Spring, Maryland, July 3, 2012. Nearly 1.4 million homes and businesses in the eastern United States remained without power amid a heat wave on Tuesday, and storm damage forced many Fourth of July celebrations to be canceled. Violent weekend storms and days of record heat have killed at least 22 people in the United States since Friday. Some died when trees fell on their homes and cars, and heat stroke killed others.REUTERS-Gary Cameron

More than 1 million homes and businesses in a swath from Indiana to Virginia remained without power on Wednesday, five days after deadly storms tore through the region.
The outage meant no July 4 Independence Day holiday for thousands of utility workers who scrambled to restore lingering power outages.
Much of the damage to the power grid was blamed on last weekend's rare "derecho," a big, powerful and long-lasting wind storm that blew from the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean.


More than one million in U.S. still without power five days after storm | Reuters

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Islam now promoting Islamic fashion shows: Muslim women show flair for their style of fashion

 Hosts Ndaa Hassan and Zeena Alkurd oversee production back stage during the Compassion For Fashion Show in Dallas.   Allison Slomowitz


Muslim women show flair for their style of fashion | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

EXCLUSIVE: Murfreesboro Mega-Mosque proselytizing in public school curriculum - Atlas Shrugs

Abdou Kattih of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro is ordering the taxpayer funded school conform to Islamic Law in the following ways:
Men and boys are always to be covered from the navel to the knee in public.
Muslim females are required to wear loose-fitting and non-revealing clothing which includes a head covering.
Some of the five prayers may fall within regular school hours. It takes less than 15 minutes to accomplish the prayer. It includes:
  • Washing: Before the prayer, Muslims perform a simple wash with clean water. This is normally performed in the restroom sink.
  • Prayer space and Time: During the prayer, the Muslim will stand, bow, and touch the forehead to the ground. This may be performed in any quite, clean room. Total privacy is not required.
  • Attention: During the prayer, Muslims are fully engaged and they may not respond to a conversation. Students and teachers should not take offense of the worshiper not answering their call. However, in case of an emergency, the Muslim will respond to an announcement by stopping the prayer immediately.
 - Fasting students may ask to use the library instead of the cafeteria during lunch. Also they may ask to be excused from strenuous physical activities during fasting.
Muslim boys and girls may not take same-sex communal after-sports showers without wearing appropriate covering on their bodies.
Close contact with local Islamic centers is essential to encourage input from the Muslim community.
In Islam, Friday is the day for the congregational worship, called Jumaha. It is an obligation that must be fulfilled, and it lasts about one hour.
Textbooks that contribute to religious prejudice are not suitable.
Qualified Muslim educators should participate in the textbook selection process, particularly for history, social studies and geography texts.


EXCLUSIVE: Murfreesboro Mega-Mosque proselytizing in public school curriculum - Atlas Shrugs

Lagarde assures Mursi IMF ready to help Egypt

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde called Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Mursi to discuss the economic challenges facing Egypt and how the international lender can best help, a spokesperson for the IMF said on Friday.

Lagarde assures Mursi IMF ready to help Egypt | Reuters

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites

 Al Qaeda-linked Mali Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes destroyed centuries-old mausoleums of saints in the UNESCO-listed city of Timbuktu on Saturday in front of shocked locals, witnesses said.


Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites | Reuters

Storms leave 3.5 million without power in eastern U.S.

 About 3.5 million customers were without power in the eastern United States on Saturday amid a record heat wave after deadly thunderstorms knocked down trees and power lines from Indiana to New Jersey.

Storms leave 3.5 million without power in eastern U.S. | Reuters

Islamist president says Egypt won't reverse course

 (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi opened his first public address after his inauguration on Saturday with the words "God is greatest, above everyone" and pledged to keep the country on a democratic course after Hosni Mubarak's fall.

Islamist president says Egypt won't reverse course | Reuters

Monday, June 25, 2012

Teen prostitutes rescued, pimps held, in FBI sweep | Reuters


Seventy-nine teenagers held against their will and forced into prostitution were rescued at hotels, truck stops and storefronts in a three-day sweep of sex-trafficking rings across the United States, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
The FBI said 104 alleged pimps were arrested during sting operations in 57 U.S. cities including Atlanta, Sacramento, and Toledo, Ohio. The operation lasted between Thursday and Saturday and involved state and local authorities as well as the FBI.
The teenagers, aged from 13 to 17 years old, were being held in custody until they could be placed with child welfare organizations. They were all U.S. citizens and included 77 girls and two boys, the FBI said.



Teen prostitutes rescued, pimps held, in FBI sweep | Reuters

Monday, June 18, 2012

Exclusive: Secret EU summit document shows first step to banking union - Telegraph

A classified draft of next week’s EU summit conclusions is the first step on an emerging “roadmap” to a banking union, pooling debt via eurobonds and political union via EU treaty change over the next 10 years.



Exclusive: Secret EU summit document shows first step to banking union - Telegraph

Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks | Fox News

Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks | Fox News

Russia flies anti-air, anti-ship missiles to Assad as its fleet heads to Tartus

oscow is using the time up until Russian President Vladimir Putin faces US President Barack Obama across the G20 conference table in Los Cabos, Mexico Sunday, June 17 - or in its corridors - to ship sophisticated arms to Syria able to prevent a no-fly zone and a fleet of warships to the Mediterranean port of Tartus.

While Pentagon sources Friday disclosed the approach of a “small contingent” of Russian warships to Tartus, debkafile’s military and intelligence sources have discovered that heading for the Russian base at this Syrian port is a Russian fleet that includes Ropucha-toad or Project 775 class landing-craft carrying Russian marines. Each craft can carry 250 marine personnel and 500-ton armored vehicles.


And flying overhead are Russian air transports that are touching down at Syrian air bases bearing, according to our sources, a variety of sophisticated munitions for the Syrian army: advanced Russian Pantsyr-S1 anti-air missiles capable of hitting fighter-bombers flying at an altitude of 12 kilometers and cruise missiles; self-propelled medium range anti-air Buk-M2 missiles (NATO codenamed SA-11). They are capable of downing aircraft flying at an altitude of 14 kilometers and Mach 32 speed; and shore-based Bastion anti-ship missiles which can reach vessels sailing 300 kilometers out to sea.



Russia flies anti-air, anti-ship missiles to Assad as its fleet heads to Tartus

A 30-second Skype call in Ethiopia could land you 15 years in prison - NY Daily News

A 30-second Skype call in Ethiopia could land you in prison for 15 years.
The country's government has passed a new law that makes it a crime to engage in audio or video communications using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype, Google Talk and most other video chat platforms, according to Al Jazeera.
Anyone who makes a phone call over the Internet reportedly faces a three to eight year prison sentence and heavy fines thanks to the May 24 legislation.

A 30-second Skype call in Ethiopia could land you 15 years in prison - NY Daily News

Pope Benedict Focuses on Legacy While Ignoring Vatican Power Struggle - SPIEGEL ONLINE

nd opinions about this topic.
 

Exhausted in the Vatican The Final Battles of Pope Benedict XVI

Photo Gallery: Trouble in the Holy See
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The mood at the Vatican is apocalyptic. Pope Benedict XVI seems tired, and both unable and unwilling to seize the reins amid fierce infighting and scandal. While Vatican insiders jockey for power and speculate on his successor, Joseph Ratzinger has withdrawn to focus on his still-ambiguous legacy.




Pope Benedict Focuses on Legacy While Ignoring Vatican Power Struggle - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Saturday, June 16, 2012

"Epicenter"~The Middle East (Complete Documentary) Joel Rosenberg - YouTube

"Epicenter"~The Middle East (Complete Documentary) Joel Rosenberg - YouTube

PT. 5-5 Glenn Beck, Joel Rosenberg talk about the end times - YouTube

PT. 5-5 Glenn Beck, Joel Rosenberg talk about the end times - YouTube

Exposed: The Formula for Islamic Takeover | Walid Shoebat

As Bill Wilson explains at the Daily Jolt, Islamists have a formula that follows a consensus that Democracy is inherently and exclusively good. We have inserted a couple of steps into Wilson’s formula. Ours are in bold:
  • Muslims begin protesting their evil leader
  • Evil leader cracks down
  • Muslims gain worldwide sympathy
  • Evil leader is deposed
  • US leaders suggest democracy
  • Muslims use Muruna to suggest the Turkish Model of Islamic Democracy
  • US / Western leaders oversee the transition to Islamic “Democracy” (moderate Islam)
  • Islamic Sharia Law leaders are elected
  • Democracy is abandoned
  • Sharia Law is established
 For full article:
Exposed: The Formula for Islamic Takeover | Walid Shoebat

Native Indians and the Islamic Threat

Let this story be a reminder to the modern, that laughing to the warning of an Islamic attack on our country, will not erase the planning of terrorists, nor the savage who with his knife decapitates while hallooing his war cry to his god, Allah. In order for barbarism to inflict its sanguinary rituals beyond the gates of any civilization, the commander of its forces must laugh and smile to the cries of warnings made by its watchmen. The Ducharmes and Henrys must be mocked and ignored by an Everington.
Theodore Shoebat is the author of the book, For God or For Tyranny.


Native Indians and the Islamic Threat | Walid Shoebat

The Creative Destruction of Medicine

 These extraordinary accomplishments…have unwittingly set up a profound digital disruption of medicine. Until now we did not have the digital infrastructure to even contemplate such a sea change in medicine. And until now the digital revolution has barely intersected the medical world. But the emergence of powerful tools to digitize human beings with full support of such infrastructure creates an unparalleled opportunity to inevitably and forever change the face of how health care is delivered.

 

The Creative Destruction of Medicine

US enlists Britain's help to stop ship 'carrying Russian attack helicopters' to Syria - Telegraph

 US enlists Britain's help to stop ship

US enlists Britain's help to stop ship 'carrying Russian attack helicopters' to Syria - Telegraph

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef dies, unexpectedly raising question of succession in key US ally - Atlas Shrugs

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef dies, unexpectedly raising question of succession in key US ally - Atlas Shrugs

Palin to the People - Atlas Shrugs

 Sarah Palin's call to arms at RightOnline. Palin's mantra to the people, power to the people. She understands that if the country is to be saved it is new media that will lead the charge in the information battle space.

Palin to the People - Atlas Shrugs

Two Russian parties merge in push against Putin | Reuters

Mikhail Kasyanov, prime minister from 2000 to 2004 during Putin's first term as president but now a fierce critic, and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, united their People's Freedom Party with former lawmaker Vladimir Ryzhkov's Republican Party of Russia (RPR).
"Our main goal is a change in the country's political course. This can be achieved only via free elections," Kasyanov said on the sideline of a conference where party delegates created the new party RPR-PARNAS.

 Russia's Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the United Russia party in Moscow April 24, 2012. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Pool
Two Russian parties merge in push against Putin | Reuters

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gay marriage is one of worst threats in 500 years, says Church of England

 
The Government’s plan to introduce same-sex marriage is one of the most serious threats to the Church of England in its 500-year history, senior clergy claim.

The Church today outlines its opposition to the Government’s proposals in scathing terms. Anxiety among Church leaders is so acute that they raise the spectre of disestablishment, warning that any attempt to alter the definition of marriage could fatally undermine the Church’s privileged position.
Ever since the reign of Henry VIII the Church of England has been the country’s official religion, facing down threats to its establishment as severe and varied as the Spanish Armada and the English Civil War. That senior clergy have raised concerns about same-sex marriage in a similar context indicates how seriously they view the Government's attempt to redefine marriage – as a potential attack on the role of the Church itself.


Gay marriage is one of worst threats in 500 years, says Church of England - Home News - UK - The Independent

Smart meters are 'massive surveillance' tech - privacy supremo •

The European Data Protection Supervisor has warned that smart meters are a significant privacy threat and wants limits on the retention and use of customer data before it's too late.
The EDPS is an independent authority figure tasked with identifying where EU policies might represent a risk to privacy. He reckons next-generation meters, which precisely monitor electricity use within homes, are a very likely candidate unless his concerns are addressed ahead of time.
Peter Hustinx, who fills the role with the assistance of Giovanni Buttarelli, admits there are advantages of smart metering, but warns that the technology will "also enable massive collection of personal data which can track what members of a household do within the privacy of their own homes". He pulls up examples of baby monitors and medical devices, which have identifiable patterns of energy consumption and could therefore be used to monitor what people are doing.

Smart meters are 'massive surveillance' tech - privacy supremo • The Register

Google's eye in sky could catch you with pants down

 London: US tech giants Google and Apple are in the race to come up with aerial maps so detailed and precise that they can practically catch you with your pants down, even in your own backyard.

Google says it has already sent planes over cities while Apple has acquired a firm using spy-in-the-sky technology that has been already tested on at least 20 locations, including London.

Apple's cameras are understood to be so powerful they could potentially see into homes through skylights and windows. The technology is similar to that used by intelligence agencies in identifying terrorist targets in Afghanistan, the Daily Mail reports.

Google will use its spy planes to help create 3D maps with much more detail than its satellite-derived Google Earth images. Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, warned that privacy risked being sacrificed in a commercial 'race to the bottom.'

"The next generation of maps is taking us over the garden fence," he warned. "You won't be able to sunbathe in your garden without worrying about an Apple or Google plane buzzing overhead, taking pictures."


Google's eye in sky could catch you with pants down

Reuters TV | Chip-based human organs to revolutionize drug development

 June 10 - Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute are developing microchips comprising the cells and functionality of human organs. These organs-on-a-chip represent an advance that could prove revolutionary for pharmaceutical companies who spend billions of dollars testing new drugs in controversial - and often ineffective - animal trials. Ben Gruber reports.


Reuters TV | Chip-based human organs to revolutionize drug development

Brutal Recession Destroyed Americans' Wealth, Net Worth Down 40% In 3 Years - Forbes

Just how bad have the last three years been for some Americans? A Fed survey has some brutal data today showing that both median family income and net worth dropped dramatically over the last three years.
The median family net worth dropped a staggering 40% to $77,300 in 2010 from $126,400 in 2007, the Fed said in its Survey of Consumer Finances which is released every three years. The median family income dropped as well from $49,600 in 2007 to $45,800, or a 7.7% drop.



Brutal Recession Destroyed Americans' Wealth, Net Worth Down 40% In 3 Years - Forbes