This is apparently legal, but it is disgusting...
There's a company that publishes mug shots, and offers to unpublish them for $99. Technically, it just barely escapes the legal definition of extortion.
We can make this disappear for a fee
7/11/2011
7/08/2011
Busting the Climate Change Myth #26: Why The Global Warming Agenda Is Wrong
Direct link to this video: http://youtu.be/vvObfrs3qoE
h/t: Bunk X
7/07/2011
Have Some Churches Become The Ultimate Judas?
I say "Yes"!
By denying Judaism and Israel in an attempt to curry favor with the Islamists this is exactly what they have done.
Not only that but they have fed the Christians of the Middle East to the lions of Islam, some of them have even added themselves to this new Colosseum, like the Copts. (see article below)
Jesus was born in the Holy Land, Israel. Jesus was born a Jew and died a Jew.
By de-legitimizing Israel in this manner they are denying Jesus.
By reinforcing this disgusting blood libel against the Jews and Israel they are possibly promoting a new Holocaust.
These participating churches have lost a lot of credibility and are playing a very dangerous and deadly game.
The Churches Against Israel
Reprinted from Ynetnews.com.
A few days ago UK researchers announced that 17 skeletons belonged to Jews were found at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich, England. The Jews were murdered in a pogrom or had been forced to commit suicide rather than submit to demands for conversion to Christianity.
The bodies date back to the 12th or 13th Centuries, at a time when Jewish people faced killings, banishment and persecution throughout all Europe.
Those 17 Jews were killed because of “replacement theology,” the most ancient Christian calumny arguing that because of their denial of the divinity of Christ, the Jews have forfeited God’s promises to them which have been transferred to the Church.
Some 10 centuries later, global Christian forums are reviving this theological demonology against the heirs of those 17 Jews: the Jews of the State of Israel. The World Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian body based in Genève and boasting 590 million worshipers, just ended a four-day conference in the Greek city of Volos. Not a single word of criticism was uttered there against the Islamists who are persecuting Arabs who believe Jesus.
Lutherans arrived to Volos from the United States, Catholics and Protestants from Bethlehem and Nazareth, Orthodox Christians from Greece and Russia, lecturers from Beirut and Copts from Egypt.
The conference declared the Jewish State “a sin” and “occupying power,” accused Israelis of “dehumanizing” the Palestinians, theologically dismantled the “choseness” of the Jewish people and called for “resistance” as a Christian duty.
The conference denied 3,000 years of Jewish life in the land stretching between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, took sides against the very presence of Israel, likened the defensive barrier that has blocked terrorism to “apartheid,” attacked Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria invoking the name of God and conceptually dismissed the Jewish state, imagining it to be a mixture – Islamic, Christian and perhaps a bit Jewish.
It even legitimized terrorism when it talked about the “thousands of prisoners who languish in Israeli jails,” proclaiming that “resistance to the evil of occupation is a Christian’s right and duty.”
In the last few months we have seen a radical and dangerous increase of attacks on Israel by the Protestant and Catholic churches.
While the US is home to many Christian supporters of Israel, the groups more closely linked to global public opinion, European bureaucracy, the media industry, the United Nations and various legal forums are all violently anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. They are paving the way for a new Jewish bloodbath by the theological exclusion of Israel’s Jews from the family of nations.
The patriarch of the Antioch Church, the Catholic Melkite Gregory III Laham, proclaimed that there is a “Zionist conspiracy against Islam,” reviving old conspiracy theories that led to infamous pogroms. In Antwerp, once called “the Belgian Jerusalem,” a highly respected and government-funded Catholic school, the College of the Sacred Heart, just hosted a “Palestine Day” replete with anti-Semitic references and activities for youngsters. One stall at the event was titled “Throw the soldiers into the sea,” allowing children to throw replicas of Jewish and Israeli soldiers into two large tanks.
The most influential international Catholic peace movement, Pax Christi, just promoted a boycott of Israel’s goods “in the name of love.” The most hated Israeli product includes Ahava, the famous Israeli cosmetics company, whose shop in Covent Garden, London, has just been closed by the company after years of demonstrations. Strangely, Ahava body lotion tubes have been chosen as a satanic symbol of Jewish colonialism.
Today, most of the divestment campaign against Israel is driven by Christian groups such as the Dutch Interchurch Organization and the Irish Catholic group Troicaré, both funded by the EU. The United Church of Canada, a very popular and mainstream Christian denomination, just voted to boycott six companies (Caterpillar, Motorola, Ahava, Veolia, Elbit Systems and Chapters/Indigo) and South African bishop Desmond Tutu convinced the University of Johannesburg to severe all its links with Israeli fellows.
Last year the Methodist Church of Britain voted to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from Judea and Samaria. The catholic Pax Christi is also leading the campaign glorifying Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower who had converted to Christianity.
La Civiltà Cattolica, the Vatican magazine reviewed by the Holy See secretary of state before publication, in January opened with a shocking editorial on Palestinian refugees. Adopting the Islamist propagandist word “Nakba,” just recently invoked by Arab mobs to breach Israel’s borders, the paper declared that the refugees are a consequence of “ethnic cleansing” by Israel and that “the Zionists were cleverly able to exploit the Western sense of guilt for the Shoah to lay the foundations of their own state.” Indeed, Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric is alarmingly similar.
Israel’s relationship with the Vatican is different from Jerusalem’s relationship with Albania or Luxembourg for example, because the Catholic Church has more than one billion adherents and a global moral authority. At the Rome synod, Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, a cleric chosen by Pope Ratzinger to draft the synod’s 44 final propositions, denied the Jewish people’s biblical right to the Promised Land. “We Christians cannot speak about the Promised Land for the Jewish people. There is no longer a chosen people”, Bustros said, reviving the “replacement theology.”
Edmond Farhat, a Maronite Apostolic Nuncio, who is a sort of Vatican’s ambassador, described Israel’s place in the Middle East in terms of a rejected “foreign implant” that which has no specialists “capable of healing it.” Elsewhere, the current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, named by Pope Ratzinger to represent the Catholic community in Israel and the West Bank, is sponsoring an appeal against the “Judaization of Jerusalem.” Indeed, at this time, new anti-Israel policies by the most powerful Christian groups are breathing new life into Medieval doctrine that demonized Jews for hundreds of years.
The latest excavations in England suggest the Jews were thrown down the well together, head first, the kids after the parents.
Five of them had a DNA sequence suggesting they were likely to be members of a single Jewish family. Some 10 centuries later, five Jews from the same Israeli family, the Fogels of Itamar, were slaughtered in their own beds.
A famous Italian priest, Mario Cornioli, wrote immediately after the massacre in a subliminal justification of the killings: “What is Itamar? An illegal Israeli colony built on stolen land.”
The replacement calumny has changed its language, yet it still marks a death sentence for the Jewish people: Israelis, like Lucifer, were God’s chosen but were cast out for their rebellious and evil ways, and now deserve to be obliterated from the so-called “Holy Land,” the argument goes.
From Norwich to Itamar, the Jewish martyrs are an everlasting and heroic stain in this horrible, theological blood libel.
Giulio Meotti, a journalist with Il Foglio, is the author of the book, A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel’s Victims of Terrorism.
From FrontPage Magazine
6/29/2011
Well, of course...
North Korea assumes presidency of UN arms control conference
(h/t: Gulfloafer)
In the latest ‘you’ve got to be kidding’ news from the United Nations, North Korea assumed the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament Tuesday.Shaking my head...
“Bare months after the U.N. finally suspended Libya’s Col. Muammar Qaddafi from its Human Rights Council, North Korea wins the propaganda coup of heading the world’s disarmament agency,” the executive director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer said in a statement protesting the move. “It’s asking the fox to guard the chickens, and damages the U.N.’s credibility.”
According to the U.N. summary of the meeting, North Korea’s So Se Pyong addressed the 65-member arms control forum, saying that “he was very much committed to the Conference and during his presidency he welcomed any sort of constructive proposals that strengthened the work and credibility of the body.”
Neuer said that though North Korea’s new role as head of the conference, which reports to the U.N. General Assembly, would likely be justified by the U.N. by saying it was the result of a an “automatic rotation,” such an excuse was not sufficient...
6/06/2011
Help The NObama Sticky Note Campaign Go Viral!
Here's how to get the campaign started in your own neighborhood. It takes very little effort, it costs almost nothing, and, most important of all, it helps other beleaguered members of the public to realize that they are no longer alone.
YourDaddy's Politics: The Sticky Note Campaign Hits Georgia Supermarkets
The Sticky Note Campaign is making deliveries in Georgia Supermarkets now. Super-Charged with Conservative ideals REAL Americans all over the country and even an awakened Democrat or two are now participating in this grass roots initiative. It's not a partisan issue either; no one can afford these rising prices at the gas pump or the grocery store.
I just realized that I need to order more FREE PRE-PRINTED Sticky notes from the Koch Brothers - gotta go now.
Be sure take pictures of your STICKY NOTES, upload them to your Facebook, TAG all your friends in the pics and then also be sure to share them with the event page.
Join the Official FaceBook Event by clicking here.
See the original photos at this FaceBook Gallery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-ni1hYf3w
See it all here.
RedState: It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s cheap. Join the Sticky Note Campaign!
Here’s something we all can do — and all you need is some Post-It notes!
A Facebook page has been set up for this campaign. The people behind it are encouraging people to send in photos of their own like the ones above.
To borrow a line from an old leftie, “…and, friends, they’ll think it’s a movement!”
By the way, I like the emphasis on food and gasoline, since the official Consumer Price Index does not include — are you ready for this? — food and energy!
Grocery prices increased 6.5% in March from early January, an annualized increase of 26%, according to a report from Consumer Growth Partners. The group called the rise the “sharpest in a generation.”
…A 25% increase in gasoline prices this year combines with higher food costs to take $18 billion out of monthly household spending on discretionary items… Consumer Growth said in its report, which compiles data from Target, Walmart and Aldi stores in four U.S. states.
No word on whether the price of sticky notes has gone up significantly. If we all do our part, however, demand should skyrocket!
Hat tip: Doug Ross / Cross-posted
Read the rest here.
Getting Started
- Get some sticky notes, either regular or "Super Sticky," in whatever color you like. 3"x3" is the best size for this purpose.
- Bring something to write with that won't run if it gets wet, such as an ordinary ballpoint pen, a Sharpie marker (the new retractable felt-tip is easier to carry), or even a pencil.
- After posting each note, use your cellphone or a pocket camera to snap a photo of it before you leave.
- If you have a Facebook account, please upload the photos to the Facebook event page as explained above.
Optional: Ordering Preprinted Sticky Notes
- You can create your image ahead of time using your own graphic program (e.g., Photoshop or GIMP) and your own fonts. For an image that will be printed on a 3"x3" notepad, the original should be 900x900 pixels or larger. Alternatively, you can draw your art with black ink on white paper and scan the image at 300dpi or greater. Save the result in .png format.
- If you are not equipped to create your own digital image, you can often use the design software provided by the print shop or office supply retailer to create your image. They can also scan and upload your artwork from paper if you don't have access to a scanner.
- You may want to get together with your friends and fellow political activists to share the expense of ordering sticky note pads with several different messages.
- A less expensive alternative is to order a self-inking rubber stamp with an image that will fit on a sticky note.
- Sample sticky-note images created by 1389AD are shown below. Feel free to print from them, distribute them to others, and so forth, without restriction.
Click each image to get free high-resolution reproducible art.
Sticky Note Campaign - Yes We Can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTp4H9nlboI
Sticky Note Campaign - Can't Afford Gas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBpDzGJBIt8
Uploaded by KingSmokeRing on Apr 30, 2011Also see:
****** "America's GAS-ROOTS movement"! ******
visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197324990309059
Purchase a pad of large sticky notes. Write on each one, "How's that Hope & Change working out for you?" Every time you stop to fill your vehicle with gas, place your sticky note somewhere on the pump before you drive away. DO NOT be destructive in ANY way! Place your sticky note somewhere, so as not to impede the next customer's ability to read the pump's digital readout.
After placing your sticky note, please consider taking a digital picture, then uploading it to our wall. Please tell us in which city and state the picture was taken. This is meant to be a "quiet" protest by our silent majority of Americans, to be served upon this administration!! Thank you all for your support!
Originally published on 1389 Blog.
5/18/2011
Serbian Orthodox Slava Service
Priest: Blessed is our Lord, always, now and forever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us (Thrice).
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O All-Holy Trinity have mercy on us; O Lord, wash away our sins; O Master, pardon our transgressions; O Holy One visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name's sake.
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Then the Troparion and Kontakion, i.e., the hymns praising the Saint who is being commemorated are chanted *
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.
Reader: Lord have mercy.
Priest: O Lord, Thou hast created everything by Thy word, and Thou hast ordered the earth to produce various fruits for our enjoyment and nourishment; Thou hast so arranged that the three young men and Daniel who fed on the seeds in Babylon had more radiant faces than those who were brought up in luxury; bless Thou Thyself, O Most Gracious King, this wheat to which various fruits have been added, and sanctify the faithful ones who will taste of it, for Thy servants have offered this for Thy glory and in honor of the holy (here the name of the Saint being honored is mentioned) whose memory we are honoring now, and of all the saints.
For Thou art the One Who blesseth and sanctifieth all and everything, O our Lord, and we offer praise to Thee, the God Who hath no beginning, together with Thine Only-Begotten Son and Thine All-Holy and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
The priest censes the bread (kolach) and all present. Then he picks up the bread (kolach), and blesses it and the vessel containing wine three times, saying:
Priest: O Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, bless this bread and this wine by Thy Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. (Thrice)
Reader: Amen. (each time)
The priest lifting up the bread, prays:
Priest: We offer this, O our Lord and God, for the glory and honor of Thy Saint the sake of his (the name of the Saint being honored is mentioned) and for the sake of his (her or their) intercession, accept, O All-Merciful, this offering unto Thy Supercelestial Altar.
The priest inverts the bread (kolach), cuts it crosswise, and pours wine over it, saying:
In the Name of the Father (Amen), and of the Son (Amen), and of the Holy Spirit (Amen), now and ever, and unto ages of ages (Amen).
Then the priest turns the bread (kolach) face up, and he and the host hold the bread and rotate it while the following hymns are chanted:
Reader or Priest: O holy martyrs, who courageously suffered and received honor and crowns, beseech the Lord to have mercy on our souls.
Glory to Thee, O Christ God, the Apostles' praise, the Martyrs' joy; the subject of their preaching is the consubstantial Trinity.
Rejoice, O Isaiah, a Virgin is with a Child, and She gave birth to a Son, Emmanuel, Who is both God and Man; and Orient is His name and by honoring Him we bless Thee, O Virgin.
* After that, the priest and the host break the bread (kolach) in half. Holding the two halves together, the priest and the host kiss the bread (kolach) three times, alternating the two halves, and each time the priest says: *
Priest: Christ is in our midst!
* And the host and his household respond: *
Household: He is and He shall be! (each time)
Reader or Priest: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Through the intercession of the holy (here the name of the Saint being honored is mentioned), O Merciful One, cleanse the multitude of our sins.
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Through the intercession of the Theotokos, O Merciful One, cleanse the multitude of our sins.
Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great kindness, and, because of the magnitude of Thy goodness, cleanse our sins.
Today the grace of God brought us together and, having taken Thy Cross let us say: "Blessed is the One Who cometh in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest !
Priest: Have mercy upon us in accordance with Thy great mercy, we beseech Thee, harken and have mercy.
Reader: Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for our Most Holy Patriarch (the name) and our Most Reverend Bishop N. and for our brethren in Christ.
Reader: Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for this home and all its residents (Names) who maintain this custom for the glory and honor of Thy Saint (the name of the Saint).
Reader: Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: For Thou art a merciful God and lovest mankind and unto Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Priest: Wisdom! O All Theotokos, save us!
Reader: More honorable than the Cherubim and beyond comparison more glorious than the Seraphim, who without the corruption gave birth to the God-Word, Thou art truly the Theotokos, we magnify Thee.
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our Hope, glory to Thee.
Reader: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Father, bless!
The priest prays the Dismissal Prayer, then says the Many Years:
Priest: To this home and all its residents, grant, O Lord, peace, health, love and Thy blessings for many years.
Reader: God, grant them many years. (Thrice)
Fatwa-Worthy Pasta Sauce (4 servings)
1 lb. hot Italian pork sausage (remove sausage casings, or buy sausage meat without casings)
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
Olive oil (or sunflower oil)
1 carton fresh mushrooms (or 1 can sliced mushrooms)
28 oz. (or more) tomato puree
8 oz. dry red wine
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp. fennel
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. parsley
1 tsp. chopped chives
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil
1 bay leaf
Brown the onions, garlic, sausage, fennel, and red pepper flakes in a frying pan with the oil. If you are using fresh mushrooms, slice them and add them to the sausage mixture. Do not overcook the sausage.
Put the sausage mixture and all remaining ingredients into a large saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf before serving.
This sauce can be used with just about any type of pasta, including lasagna.
The sauce requires no added salt, because the sausage meat contains enough salt to flavor the entire dish. The dry red wine adds just the right degree of tartness, without any need for vinegar or sugar.
5/16/2011
5/11/2011
Geert Wilders speaking in Madison, Tennessee Thursday 5/12/2011
Geert Wilders – “A Warning to America”
1st Annual Tennessee Freedom Coalition Signature Event
7pm Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Cornerstone Church
726 West Old Hickory Blvd.
Madison, TN 37115
Click here for flyer/more information.
Help The NObama Sticky Note Campaign Go Viral!
Here's how to get the campaign started in your own neighborhood. It takes very little effort, it costs almost nothing, and, most important of all, it helps other beleaguered members of the public to realize that they are no longer alone.
YourDaddy's Politics: The Sticky Note Campaign Hits Georgia Supermarkets
The Sticky Note Campaign is making deliveries in Georgia Supermarkets now. Super-Charged with Conservative ideals REAL Americans all over the country and even an awakened Democrat or two are now participating in this grass roots initiative. It's not a partisan issue either; no one can afford these rising prices at the gas pump or the grocery store.
I just realized that I need to order more FREE PRE-PRINTED Sticky notes from the Koch Brothers - gotta go now.
Be sure take pictures of your STICKY NOTES, upload them to your Facebook, TAG all your friends in the pics and then also be sure to share them with the event page.
Join the Official FaceBook Event by clicking here.
See the original photos at this FaceBook Gallery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-ni1hYf3w
See it all here.
RedState: It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s cheap. Join the Sticky Note Campaign!
Here’s something we all can do — and all you need is some Post-It notes!
A Facebook page has been set up for this campaign. The people behind it are encouraging people to send in photos of their own like the ones above.
To borrow a line from an old leftie, “…and, friends, they’ll think it’s a movement!”
By the way, I like the emphasis on food and gasoline, since the official Consumer Price Index does not include — are you ready for this? — food and energy!
Grocery prices increased 6.5% in March from early January, an annualized increase of 26%, according to a report from Consumer Growth Partners. The group called the rise the “sharpest in a generation.”
…A 25% increase in gasoline prices this year combines with higher food costs to take $18 billion out of monthly household spending on discretionary items… Consumer Growth said in its report, which compiles data from Target, Walmart and Aldi stores in four U.S. states.
No word on whether the price of sticky notes has gone up significantly. If we all do our part, however, demand should skyrocket!
Hat tip: Doug Ross / Cross-posted
Read the rest here.
Getting Started
- Get some sticky notes, either regular or "Super Sticky," in whatever color you like. 3"x3" is the best size for this purpose.
- Bring something to write with that won't run if it gets wet, such as an ordinary ballpoint pen, a Sharpie marker (the new retractable felt-tip is easier to carry), or even a pencil.
- After posting each note, use your cellphone or a pocket camera to snap a photo of it before you leave.
- If you have a Facebook account, please upload the photos to the Facebook event page as explained above.
Optional: Ordering Preprinted Sticky Notes
- You can create your image ahead of time using your own graphic program (e.g., Photoshop or GIMP) and your own fonts. For an image that will be printed on a 3"x3" notepad, the original should be 900x900 pixels or larger. Alternatively, you can draw your art with black ink on white paper and scan the image at 300dpi or greater. Save the result in .png format.
- If you are not equipped to create your own digital image, you can often use the design software provided by the print shop or office supply retailer to create your image. They can also scan and upload your artwork from paper if you don't have access to a scanner.
- You may want to get together with your friends and fellow political activists to share the expense of ordering sticky note pads with several different messages.
- A less expensive alternative is to order a self-inking rubber stamp with an image that will fit on a sticky note.
- Sample sticky-note images created by 1389AD are shown below. Feel free to print from them, distribute them to others, and so forth, without restriction.
Click each image to get free high-resolution reproducible art.
Sticky Note Campaign - Yes We Can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTp4H9nlboI
Sticky Note Campaign - Can't Afford Gas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBpDzGJBIt8
Uploaded by KingSmokeRing on Apr 30, 2011
****** "America's GAS-ROOTS movement"! ******
visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197324990309059
Purchase a pad of large sticky notes. Write on each one, "How's that Hope & Change working out for you?" Every time you stop to fill your vehicle with gas, place your sticky note somewhere on the pump before you drive away. DO NOT be destructive in ANY way! Place your sticky note somewhere, so as not to impede the next customer's ability to read the pump's digital readout.
After placing your sticky note, please consider taking a digital picture, then uploading it to our wall. Please tell us in which city and state the picture was taken. This is meant to be a "quiet" protest by our silent majority of Americans, to be served upon this administration!! Thank you all for your support!
Also see:
Originally published on 1389 Blog.
4/19/2011
Who is more corrupt - the Nobel Committee or the UN?
The Nobel Committee Ignored a Genuine Heroine to Promote a Climate Scammer
By Gramfan
YouTube - Irena Sendler - Sleeping With The Angels - Irena Sendler Symphony
The clip above is self-explanatory (click link to view).
A film was made about her, starring Anna Paquin.
In 2007 Irena Sendler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for saving around 2,500 children from the certain death of being taken from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka.
It remains unclear why the Nobel Committee took so long to recognize her achievement with a nomination. One can only speculate on their agenda.
Suffice it to say Al Gore and the IPCC won the Peace Prize that year.
If you ever had any doubts that the Nobel Committee is totally beyond contempt I hope these doubts are now dispelled.
It is worthwhile to refresh the memory, or possibly inform people who may not know of Irena Sendler.
The way thinks are looking now regarding Jews, no only in Europe again, but everywhere, it is up to the good and righteous to make sure that another Jewish Holocaust never happens again.
In fact it is up to the good and righteous to make sure NO genocide ever occurs again.
The United Nations is not going to stop any further attempts at genocide, even though they "appear to care", and have the "Responsibility to Protect Doctrine".
The UN proved this in Rwanda. They pulled out their “peace keepers”.
The UN is also beneath contempt, just like the Nobel Committee.
Originally published on The West, Islam, and Sharia.
Also published on 1389 Blog.
More here:
- Irena Sendler on Wikipedia
- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
- The Irena Sendler Project
- On my way home: Irena Sendler
3/21/2011
Hackers can get at your car from outside
Scientists can now wirelessly hack your car
It isn't easy, but it is do-able.
3/20/2011
Airport body scanners UNSAFE
Airport body scanners emit up to 10 times more radiation than expected
And we're so worried about barely detectible traces of radiation from the nuke plants in Japan?
(h/t: waldensianspirit)
SC bill forbids social media for prisoners
South Carolina bill targets prisoners on Facebook
It also targets NON-prisoners who set up websites on behalf of prisoners.
Free speech issue here. Not everyone in prison is guilty, and not everyone who is guilty deserves to be there for such long sentences. The US and its States imprisons too many people for too long.
3/19/2011
Another reason why I am not on Facebook
Don't look for me on Facebook. I've never joined it - neither under my real name, nor under my usual nom de guerre, nor under any other pseudonym. There is no security on Facebook, because the people who run it do not respect their users.
3/17/2011
2/18/2011
Love is obscene?
Islamic scholar rules that engaged couples may talk on phone before marriage, but not about love
I know that this is no laughing matter, but I keep being reminded of the song “Love Stinks” by the J. Geils Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LAs7X5ybE
2/07/2011
Kinetic Necktie-Tying Sculpture
Why Knot? - A kinetic sculpture by Seth Goldstein
The YouTube description calls it "A kinetic sculpture that continually ties and unties a necktie."
I am not sure whether this fits best into the category of "art", "satire", or "technology". It is not a modern takeoff on Rube Goldberg, but rather, an experiment in robotics and perhaps topology.
Enough with the unicorns!
These guys are a LOT more fun!
Narwhals cartoon video by Weebl's Stuff.
Read about actual narwhals on Wikipedia.
Pointed Gestures
You're disgusted with Obama's nonsensical televised blatherings, you're too frugal to hurl a well-deserved shoe through the screen, but you still need to express yourself?
Me too.
I will refrain from causing more annoyance by discussing Obozo's latest helping of hogwash. Instead, I offer this:
Pleated Jeans: The Angry Traveler's Guide to Obscene Gestures
Click to see the full-size illustration, plus the comments.
The same gesture means different things in different places!
Videos:
How To Swear In American Sign Language
Taboo Words in American Sign Language v2.0
Note: I cannot personally vouch for the accuracy (or otherwise) of the signs shown above.
Also see:
- Foreign Fingers offers another illustrated take on rude gestures in foreign countries.
- Wikipedia's list of gestures, while by no means exhaustive, covers benign as well as insulting gestures.
- Body Language gives an exhaustive, and very useful, treatment of body language, including hand gestures.
Funky Manqués
YouTube: Alimentando macacos
Are these macaques manqué or is this normal monkey business?
YouTube: Funny monkeys
1/29/2011
1/22/2011
Elisabeth’s Voice, Phase Two
Originally posted on Gates of Vienna.
Reprinted with permission.
On Tuesday, January 18th, 2011, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff faced the court in Vienna for a second time. Rather than the hoped-for verdict, the trial was adjourned until February 15th.
What happened?
On the first day of the trial last November, Elisabeth’s lawyer, Dr. Rami, had insisted on playing the incriminating tapes that had been recorded without permission during her seminar. However, due to technical reasons the court was unable to play the tapes, and the task was postponed until the most recent court session this past Tuesday.
Instead of playing the entire four hours of tape, Dr. Rami decided after the first 45 minutes that the court had heard enough to prove that there was no incitement to hatred or anything else. Rather, it was very clear that the tone and setting of the seminar was one of sober respect.
It was thus a complete surprise when the judge — not the prosecutor! — proceeded to inform Elisabeth and her lawyer that the charge of “denigrating religious symbols of a recognized religious group” were being added to the existing charges. Her lawyer immediately demanded a postponement so that the defense could prepare a new strategy.
Although the charge of “incitement to hatred” carries a higher sentence, it is more difficult to prove. The added charge, however, has now made a conviction — and thus the need for an appeal — more likely. While we know that Elisabeth will fight the charges with all possible means, we do have to consider the possibility that she may be convicted, and must prepare accordingly. This necessitates a second appeal for funds.
We are asking our readers for help. Not just financial help — many of our people may be tapped out by now — but also help in spreading the word. Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, like Geert Wilders, Lars Hedegaard, and all the other members of the Roster of the Silenced, are canaries in the Western coalmine. Where they walk today, hundreds and thousands of the rest of us must follow tomorrow.
Unless enough people can be awakened to what is happening in Europe, an iron curtain of silence will inevitably descend on the entire Western world.
Elisabeth needs your help to fight these charges and to make sure that the truth remains the truth. With that in mind, we are re-activating the Elisabeth’s Voice campaign. All of your donations will once again go to a special fund set up specifically for her defense, and will only be disbursed for legal fees, translations, and relevant books and other documentation needed to prepare the defense. Visit the Save Free Speech website to donate via PayPal, or see the bottom of this post for information about bank transfers.
Please give generously. The outcome of this trial will affect us, our children, and our grandchildren. We must speak up now for the values we believe in. There will be no second chance.
A new wrinkle in Elisabeth’s case appeared on Tuesday evening, when the Austrian newspapers reported that she could be heard on the seminar tape saying that “Euro-Islam is s***”. This was a blatant falsehood — the tape clearly indicates that she said no such thing.
The story is that APA (Austria Press Agency) sent a young man to follow the proceedings, and he “misheard” Elisabeth say “Euro-Islam is s**”, when in fact she said “Euro-Islam is wishful thinking”. The phrases in German are Euro-Islam ist Scheiße versus Euro-Islam ist Wunschdenken, so there is obviously no possibility that the reporter confused two similar-sounding words — this was a malicious misquote.
Elisabeth’s counsel has initiated a libel suit against all newspapers that printed the falsehood. This also adds to her legal costs, but when she wins the suit, she will recoup them in the damage award.
Below is a letter to Die Presse from Dr. Maria Stückler about the newspapers’ libel against Elisabeth. Many thanks to JLH for the translation:
The Trial concerning the Islam Seminar: “The Muslim lies”
I was at the trial of Mrs. Sabaditsch-Wolff, but did not hear the statement : “Euro-Islam is s***.” Rather, I remember [the statement] “Euro-Islam is wishful thinking”. And the statement, “Islam is crap” only served to demonstrate how poor the situation for freedom of expression already is in Austria (as in all of Europe).
I also did not hear “the Muslim lies,” but I did hear “we are being lied to 24 hours a day,” and indeed with reference to and explanation of the principle of taqiyya, that is, legitimized lying to infidels. Countless statements attest that the representatives of Islam practice this principle: [saying] for instance, that the Koran forbids the beating of women, but in truth it commands men to do it — even on mere suspicion. Or that stoning has nothing to do with sharia, but everything to do with patriarchy, but Mohammed himself practiced it and Iran, for instance, still uses this punishment today. Or that Islam guarantees religious freedom, while in reality it provides the death penalty for apostasy. Or that Islam is peace and tolerance, but sharia declares the perpetual duty of holy war and massively discriminates against subjugated non-Muslims. Prof. Bassam Tibi (himself a Muslim) on the Christian-Islamic dialogue: “Blessed are the Deceived.”
It is not Mrs. Sabaditsch-Wolff who alleges Mohammed’s pedophilia, but the basic Islamic texts themselves: At the age of over 50, he married a nine year-old girl. And the Koran, too, in its regulations governing divorce, assumes as fact the marriage of pre-pubescent girls. Up to now, Islamic legal scholars from Morocco to Indonesia (including the NU as the largest Muslim organization in the country) have justified child marriages by reference to the example of Mohammed and to the Koran. In numerous Islamic countries, the law does not even recognize a minimum age. So if this statement represents a “derogation of religious teachings,” then one can only say: “It is Islam and its Prophet themselves that are derogating Islam and its Prophet.” Nothing demonstrates more clearly than this the relationship of Islam and common sense.
When the media spread untrue claims about critics of Islam, that then apparently falls under the category of freedom of the press. If someone states uncomfortable truths about Islam, however, it can happen that that person is accused by the media of hateful incitement.
The media should not forget that freedom of expression is the basis of freedom of the press, so much more so, as — according to “EU Framework Decision against Racism and Xenophobia” — truth is not a mitigating factor.
And the human rights organizations should not forget that without freedom of expression, all other human rights are obsolete. It is high time for them to begin fighting against the hate-speech laws, which have entered the EU by the back door.
And the politicians should be reminded that human rights are not a political instrument which they can manipulate at will. Rather, they should respect them, and not criminalize them.
Dr. Maria Stückler
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Previous posts about the hate speech case against Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff:
The Evil Goals of Hamas (Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine)
orangecrush of Blogmocracy says:
My job for Feb. is to place these two paragraphs in a different online forum every day.I think that orangecrush probably meant January, but no matter. The goal is a worthy one, so I'm happy to oblige.
The Hamas Charter (or Covenant), issued in 1988, outlines the organization’s position on many issues, and identifies Hamas as the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and declares its members to be Muslims who “fear God and raise the banner of Jihad in the face of the oppressors.” The charter states “our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious” and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories,[27] and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel.[64][65] The charter also states that Hamas is humanistic, and tolerant of other religions as long as they do not block Hamas’s efforts.[66]
The Charter also asserts that through shrewd manipulation of imperial countries and secret societies, Zionists were behind a wide range of events and disasters going as far back in history as the French Revolution. Among the charter’s controversial statements is the following: “The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews [and kill them]; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: Oh Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!”[37] The document also quotes Islamic religious texts to provide justification for fighting against and killing the Jews of Israel.[67] presenting the Arab-Israeli conflict as an inherently irreconcilable struggle between Jews and Muslims, and Judaism and Islam,[37] adding that the only way to engage in this struggle between “truth and falsehood” is through Islam and by means of jihad, until victory or martyrdom.[37] The Charter adds that “renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of the religion” of Islam.[68]
Feb. 21st. accomplished.
Kudos to orangecrush for pointing out the true nature of our enemies!
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