Christopher Hitchens on 9/11: Simply Evil

Simply evil: A decade after 9/11, it remains the best description and most essential fact about al-Qaida

The proper task of the "public intellectual" might be conceived as the responsibility to introduce complexity into the argument: the reminder that things are very infrequently as simple as they can be made to seem.

But what I learned in a highly indelible manner from the events and arguments of September 2001 was this: Never, ever ignore the obvious either.

To the government and most of the people of the United States, it seemed that the country on 9/11 had been attacked in a particularly odious way (air piracy used to maximize civilian casualties) by a particularly odious group (a secretive and homicidal gang: part multinational corporation, part crime family) that was sworn to a medieval cult of death, a racist hatred of Jews, a religious frenzy against Hindus, Christians, Shia Muslims, and "unbelievers," and the restoration of a long-vanished and despotic empire.

To me, this remains the main point about al-Qaida and its surrogates.

I do not believe, by stipulating it as the main point, that I try to oversimplify matters. I feel no need to show off or to think of something novel to say.

Moreover, many of the attempts to introduce "complexity" into the picture strike me as half-baked obfuscations or distractions.

These range from the irredeemably paranoid and contemptible efforts to pin responsibility for the attacks onto the Bush administration or the Jews, to the sometimes wearisome but not necessarily untrue insistence that Islamic peoples have suffered oppression.

(Even when formally true, the latter must simply not be used as nonsequitur special pleading for the use of random violence by self-appointed Muslims.)

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Read it all here.

Amil Imani: The Mullahs Ruling Iran Are Not Iranians

I always enjoy reading pieces by Amil Imani.

He is an Iranian-American who excels at cutting to the chase as far as Islam is concerned.

He is a great believer in democracy and freedom and his contempt for the Iranian regime is palpable.

The Mullahs Ruling Iran Are Not Iranians

Being Iranian is defined by a state of mind, not by a place of residence. The barbaric Islamist mullahs and their mercenaries presently ruling Iran are not Iranians.

They are Islamofascists who have betrayed their magnificent heritage and have enlisted themselves in the service of a most oppressive, discriminating, and demeaning ideology.

Iranians are proud spiritual descendants of King Cyrus the Great, the author of the first charter of human rights. Some of Cyrus’ children live in the patch of land called Iran. The overwhelming majority—free humans with human beliefs—live in every country, city, and village of the earth.

These world-wide people, one and all, irrespective of nationality, color, or creed are Iranians because they all adhere to the Cyrus Charter; they practice and defend its lofty tenets; and, transfer this precious humanity’s treasure to the next generation.
Unequivocal genetic findings have clearly established that biologically there is only one human race; that the genetic variation within a single troop of chimpanzees, for instance, is greater than that of any two human groupings, no matter how different they may appear physically.

What makes people different is not their biology, but the “software” that runs them.

There is ample proof to support the above assertion.

A case in point is the present menace posed by the people whose life is programmed by the software of Islam: an ideology anathema to the Cyrus Charter. And the results are self-evident. Hate, superstition, violence, and a raft of other inhuman beliefs drives these religious fascists.

These captive followers of the primitive Islamic Charter are both the perpetrators and the victims of much suffering. The result is backward Islamic societies that are intent at dragging the rest of the world into the same sorry state. Misery likes company, it is said.

We recognize that the dysfunctional Islamic software is deeply engrained in the minds of many Muslims who opt to remain in mental bondage rather than purge their minds of the Islamic software and join the rest of the human family with a new emancipating program for life—liberty.

Islamic clergy, the parasitic prime beneficiaries of Islam, are master practitioners of the carrot-and stick-strategy. By drawing heavily from the Quran and the Hadith, the conniving mullahs and imams have assembled a potent arsenal of threats and promises to keep the faithful in line.

They had little trouble in so doing, since Islamic scripture is replete with graphic horrific punishment awaiting the wayward and the unbelievers, while the rewards for the obedient docile, if he is male, are described as endless variety of sensual pleasures.

Anyone daring to leave the corral of Islam is apostate and automatically condemned to death. And that’s just for starters. The punishment awaiting the ungrateful deserter of the one and only true path, Islam threatens, is a raft of horrific eternal torment in Allah’s hell.

And for the true faithful—the mindless robot—the promised rewards, all physical pleasures, are infinite and eternal.

In spite of these horrid threats and empty promises, more and more people are beginning to recognize Islam for what it is.

It is difficult, but not impossible to leave the fraudulent Islam’s captivity. Hundreds of thousands have done so successfully and have enjoyed the blessings of liberty.

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Read it all at CFP

Hasan Mahmud: A Muslim for Liberty - Some important points about Sharia Law

Hasan Mahmud is a member of the advisory board of the World Muslims Congress.

A Muslim for Liberty from FPM

In his recent speech in Scotland, Imam Rauf claimed that no Muslim wants stoning or amputation in America. But if that is true, why have Muslims already brought female genital mutilation, “Islamic” finance and the “disciplining” of wives to America? If they have brought these aspects of Sharia, why would they not bring stoning or amputation as well?

Have these laws suddenly somehow lost the approval of Allah?

Many of us Western Muslims are alarmed by this kind of deception by some of our leaders.

We know well that Sharia law legitimizes violence in the name of divinity. We are sad to see countless open and secret Sharia courts across the West — now they are trying to do it in America. TAM (The American Muslims) created the first blueprint of a USA-Sharia court system back in 1993 in the model of Native American courts. Sharia law is more than stoning and amputation.

It sanctions other unjust laws even more devastating. Sharia law destroys family peace by setting brothers against sisters with its codification of half-inheritance. It does the same by setting husbands against wives by establishing the husband’s absolute control over his wife’s person and sexuality.

That is why there is no such thing as the rape of a wife in Sharia law. Sharia law allows child-marriage without caring what the husbands do to the unfortunate little “brides.” Sharia law is a threat to world peace because it thrives on hating others.

By dehumanizing others, it blocks us from sharing this planet joyfully with our fellow human beings. It gives us a false sense of superiority and provokes us to govern the world, whereas in the last thousand years our countries have invented almost nothing.

Many Sharia supporters wouldn’t live a day without the gifts of the West. Still, they come here to enjoy the freedom of the liberal democratic system — while they seek to destroy the same freedom and democratic system.

We must realize that Sharia constantly victimizes every Muslim woman. Whether a husband “disciplines” his wife or not, whether he marries other women or not, his right to do so is an insult to her.

These laws were created based on several fake Hadiths and by violating, abusing or ossifying contextual Quranic verses. Changing the meaning of the Quranic word “Sharia/Shara’a” from “moral guidance” to “state law” was a major conspiracy against Islam. We Muslims have paid heavily for this crime.

Sharia is more than stoning and amputation; it is also an attitude.

This Trojan horse of the West is not a benign legal system; but a malignant provocation to establish global Mullahcracy. It gives the informal ownership of Islam to a certain group of people who use sweet talk to hide violent laws.

Much of the reason for Muslims’ sorry state today is a matter of commonsense that the Prophet warned us about: “What I fear most respecting my people are their misleading Imams” – Sahi Ibn Majah Vol 5 Hadis 3952.

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Disclaimer by 1389AD:

Here is my problem with this article. I believe that this article promotes the author's incorrect belief that it is worth making the effort to reform Islam, when I am convinced that all such efforts are futile, counterproductive, and dangerous.

I sympathize with the dilemma of Muslims who are looking for a way out of all the evil that Islam stands for, without actually becoming an apostate. However, I am convinced that there is no possibility of reform and no way out, short of abandoning Islam entirely and accepting the very real risks that this involves.

Many centuries ago, Islam insulated itself against reform. All the schools of Islamic jurisprudence declared that the rules and the theology (such as it was) were frozen at that point, and that no further changes would be permitted. Indeed, Islam has had its "reform" - the Wahhabi movement, which has made everything worse by seeking to "purify" Islam.

I see absolutely nothing whatsoever in Islam that is worth keeping or saving. Islam IS shari'a. And shari'a law is bad even if it is interpreted merely as advice rather than as a requirement.

The only thing that I can say to Hasan Mahmud is this: Be brave. Leave Islam. It is not up to you to save an ideology that is inherently and irredeemably evil. Just get out any way you can, and never look back.

Arab Spring: "Freedom and Democracy" in Egypt - hardly.

Well, well, well,,,another wrong call by Barack Hussein Obama.

Can he get anything right?

Muslim Brotherhood: Islamists plan to cooperate in upcoming elections

Egyptian press reports on further evidence of Muslim Brotherhood’s intentions to co-operate with extreme Islamist groups in upcoming elections.

New evidence of the Muslim Brotherhood’s cooperation with extreme Islamist groups has come to light as parties draw up candidate lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt.

The Egyptian outlet Al Masry Al Youm reports on coordination plans between Jama’a al-Islamiya’s ‘Construction and Development’ Party and the Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Freedom and Justice’ Party.

‘Islamists make preparations for parliamentary elections’ cites Nasr Abdel Salam, chairman of the Construction and Development Party:

‘The Construction and Development Party seeks to develop a vision for coordinating with other Islamic political parties, he said, stressing that his organization has close contact with Nour Party, a Salafi group, and the Freedom and Justice Party so that they can agree on the districts where they should each push their own candidates.’

The article also notes the party’s objective to ‘coordinate with Salafis and Brotherhood members in Alexandria, Cairo and Giza.’

Furthermore, the Salafist Front is reported to have announced that it would not be contesting the elections itself, but would instead support ‘Salafi and Brotherhood candidates’, once again highlighting the ideological closeness of the two groups.

Although Jama’a al-Islamiya has publicly renounced violence, the group was responsible for a number of terrorist acts in the 1990s including the 1997 Luxor Massacre, in which 62 people were killed.

In May Just Journalism quoted Osama Hafez, a spokesman for the organisation, referring to the uniting of Islamist groups in Egypt;

‘God’s words must rule and Islam must be in the hearts of the citizens’.

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More at Just Journalism

Geert Wilders coming to Australia

Although I never watch the tax-payer-funded ABC I was alerted to a show they ran tonight.

It seems that Geert Wilders is coming to Australia after being invited by Liberal Party Senator Cory Bernardi.

(Please note that in Australia the Liberal Party is the Conservative Party.)

This text from the ABC site:

A controversial Dutch politician who's been prosecuted for hate speech says he's coming to Australia.

Geert Wilders, who controls the balance of power in the Netherlands' parliament, has outraged Dutch Muslims by comparing the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf and calling the Prophet Muhammad a paedophile.

But Wilders has his supporters, among them Liberal Senator, Cory Bernardi.
(pictured above).

by Eric Campbell

H/T: SheikYerMami

Audio here.

Further reading - Senator Cory Bernardi:

Australia: No Place for Sharia Law

1389AD's Latest Non-Sequitur

There are two kinds of food in the world: the kind you can get, and the other kind.

They're both good!

Construction of the Empire State Building

Photos on Blogmocracy.

PM Gillard: Remaking Australia using the European Model

Julia Gillard is taking Australia down the European road. And I think in more ways than this one!

She has no mandate for this tax. Her immigration and multiculturalism policies will make us more like Eurabia.

Easy to understand this considering she is a "remould the world" Fabian Socialist.

(see picture of Fabian Society's window inscription above.)

AUSTRALIAN and European Union officials will discuss how to link their emissions trading schemes in the future, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. From the Australian

Ms Gillard met European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in Canberra today and discussed climate change and a raft of other issues.

The prime minister said Europe was a pioneer in reducing carbon emissions having established an ETS six years ago.

"Both Australia and the EU recognise that carbon markets are the most cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gases and creating clean energy jobs," Ms Gillard told reporters.

"The president and I have agreed today to establish senior officials talks to discuss economy-to-economy measures we can jointly undertake to link our emissions trading schemes at the appropriate time in the future."

The leaders also discussed global economic challenges, trade liberalisation, and establishing a treaty-level agreement between Australia and the EU.


Mr Barroso praised Ms Gillard's plan to price carbon.

"Australia's decision to put a price on carbon emissions in our view is an important step," he said.

The European Commission president said a price on carbon was the "most cost effective way" to attack climate change and was a "great green business opportunity."

Mr Barroso also said the European Commission had sought a mandate from its 27 member states to negotiate a cooperation framework treaty with Australia.

He said the mandate could be signed next month.

"It will serve as an umbrella for the many areas of our thriving cooperation."

Further reading: Latest on Multiculturalism to “teach” our young.

Watch Fabian Society Exposed

Australia: Jesus Christ gone from text books - no more BC or AD

Australia to Remove Christ From Textbooks from Fox Nation.

Another attempt by the left to institutionalize secularism and re-write history. They excell at it!

I am going to assume that no religious bodies were consulted: the Gillard Government doesn't operate on the basis of consultation other than with groups that totally endorse its agenda.

I am willing to bet that no clergymen from Judaism or Christianity would endorse this.

Christians in Australia are accusing national education officials of “Christian cleansing” in response to pending changes in school books that would remove references to the birth of Jesus Christ.

The government would replace the terms BC, Before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini, with non-religious language. The new terms will be BCE (Before Common Era), BP (Before Present) and CE (Common Era).

A spokesman for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority told The Herald Sun that the new terms were an increasingly common standard for the representation of dates.

Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of Sydney, told The Daily Telegraph that taking references to the birth of Jesus Christ out of school books was an “intellectually absurd attempt to write Christ out of human history.”

The Obama Administration Takes on ‘Islamophobia’

The Obama Administration Takes on ‘Islamophobia’


Gutless or suicidal? Free speech still under attack and with some seriously bad "unintended consequences" looming.

An unprecedented collaboration between the Obama administration and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC, formerly called the Organization of the Islamic Conference) to combat “Islamophobia” may soon result in the delegitimization of freedom of expression as a human right.

The administration is taking the lead in an international effort to “implement” a U.N. resolution against religious “stereotyping,” specifically as applied to Islam.

To be sure, it argues that the effort should not result in free-speech curbs.

However, its partners in the collaboration, the 56 member states of the OIC, have no such qualms.

Many of them police private speech through Islamic blasphemy laws and the OIC has long worked to see such codes applied universally.

Under Muslim pressure, Western Europe now has laws against religious hate speech that serve as proxies for Islamic blasphemy codes.

Read it all at NRO

HOME-grown extremists are actively considering launching terrorist attacks in Australia.

The Jihadists never sleep!

HOME-grown extremists are actively considering launching terrorist attacks in Australia.

From the Herald Sun

by Keith Moore

The latest intelligence also suggests sporting venues, transport hubs and other places of mass gatherings have become the favoured targets of terrorist planners.

"Clearly there are extremists now on our shores," Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism chief Steve Lancaster said.

"There are people out there who genuinely think about doing bad things, or support terrorist acts overseas."

In an interview with the Herald Sun to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Assistant Commissioner Lancaster also revealed:

POLICE have secretly foiled several potential terrorist threats in Australia by disrupting them at an early stage.

RELIGIOUS extremists who follow a distorted and militant interpretation of Islam are still the biggest threat to Australians.

IT is incredibly difficult for any agency to stop a lone terrorist who decides to walk into a crowded place with a gun or bomb.

TERRORIST groups al-Qa'ida and Jemaah Islamiyah remain powerful threats to Australia.

A Federal Government counter-terrorism White Paper warned last year that some Australians were known by authorities to subscribe to the violent jihadist message sprouted by Muslim extremists.

"Many of these individuals were born in Australia," it said.

"The emergence and activity of terrorist cells in Australia, inspired by the narrative espoused by al-Qaida, is likely to continue.

"Prior to the rise of self-styled jihadist terrorism fostered by al-Qaida, Australia itself was not a specific target. We now are."

Mr Lancaster said while he would rather do both, stopping a terrorist attack was more important than a successful prosecution.

"If even one person is injured or killed in a terrorist attack because you delayed too long, that would be inexcusable," he said.

"You have to make that decision of going in and disrupting. You make it absolutely clear to them that you are aware that something is going on, that you are not comfortable with it and that you want it to stop."

Mr Lancaster admitted the AFP had made mistakes in some aspects of the probe into falsely accused terrorism suspect Dr Mohamed Haneef in 2007, but it had learned valuable lessons from the Clarke inquiry that followed and had become a better force as a result.

"I can tell you the Haneef affair hurt the organisation. It had an enormous impact on morale within the organisation," he said.

"Our response to terrorism continues to evolve since September 11.

"It's a tricky balancing act between respecting the rights of individuals and taking appropriate action to prevent a terrorist act.

"We continue to err on the side of caution in our efforts to protect the community

What Has Israel Ever Done For Peace?

From Honest Reporting

Video here.

Who came out on top in Libya?

None other than the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), an internationally designated terrorist organization, the so-called “rebels,”with a peppering of Al Qaeda no doubt!

Further funding for the Jihad with the help of Italy and Spain.

Italy unblocks $680 million for Libya – The Australian

ITALY has unblocked $680 million in Libyan assets for the North African country's new leadership, Italian news agency ANSA quoted Foreign Minister Franco Frattini as saying during a visit to Hungary.

"Today a final decision was taken to unblock 500 million euros to give further support to our Libyan friends," Frattini said.

Billions of euros in investments by Muammar Gaddafi's regime have been frozen in Italian banks as part of successive sanctions.

The government last week said it would release 350 million euros from these funds for the National Transitional Council (NTC) but Frattini said the sum had been increased.

Before the start of the conflict, the regime had major investments in Italy including substantial shares in Italy's top bank, UniCredit, and aerospace giant, Finmeccanica.

Libya's colonial ruler from 1911 until World War II, Italy was a close ally and economic partner of the regime until the start of a wave of protests in February.

It has since joined with international efforts against Gaddafi's regime.

Meanwhile, the Spanish government has given Libyan rebels access to $21.8 million in funds in Spain and is ready to unfreeze more, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today.

Further reading from World Threats: Former Libyan Terrorist Now Commander of NATO-Backed Tripoli Military Council

More here.

Wikileaks: Some Useful Information About Jihad in Australia

I have always thought Wikileaks was a bit of a double-edged sword.

Here is a piece on possible Australian links to Al Qaeda. I have no idea what our intelligence organization, ASIO, is going to do with this information.

Wikileaks publishes list of Australians possibly linked to Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi – from The Australian

By Adam Gartrell

WIKILEAKS has published details of 23 Australians believed to have links to a radical Yemeni cleric with ties to an offshoot of terrorist group al-Qaeda.

The latest tranche of Wikileaks diplomatic cables released this week contains one from the US embassy in Canberra that recommends 11 Australians be placed on a no-fly list and a further 12 on another "selectee" watch list.

The cable - dated January 21, 2010 and labelled "secret" - says the names were provided to the embassy by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, (ASIO), the nation's security intelligence agency.

"The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, or are based in Yemen or the surrounding region and may come into contact with al-Aulaqi," the cable reads.

Aulaqi is is an American citizen at large in Yemen with links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

An unapologetic advocate of violence against the West, Aulaqi has been linked to the attempted bombing of a US airliner on December 2009 - less than a month before the embassy cable was written.

He narrowly escaped a US drone attack three days after American commandos killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May.

Among the 23 names is Rabiah Hutchinson, a grandmother born in the NSW wine-growing town of Mudgee.

Ms Hutchinson has been described as the "matriarch" of Australian-based Islamist militants and has travelled extensively through strongholds of al-Qaeda including Afghanistan.

It is understood she has been monitored by ASIO for years but has never faced terrorism charges. She denies any links to terrorism.

"They've got it wrong. I am not important. I'm just a 54-year-old granny with diabetes and arthritis. What are they so worried about?" she told Australian media in 2008.

But the embassy cable recommended Hutchinson be placed on the no-fly list "due to her demonstrated connections with al-Qaeda" and AQAP's wishes to recruit females for future attacks.

"While we have every confidence Australian authorities can and will monitor her activities and work to prevent her from departing Australia, her past history and association with al-Aulaqi merits her being on a NO FLY status," the cable reads.

The cable carries the name of current US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich.

Max Brenner Chocolate and BDS in Australia

Logo of the evil, anti-Semitic BDS movement:



Over the weekend the BDS Movement in Australia, supported by the Greens, attempted another demonstration against the Max Brenner stores - this time in Brisbane.

Danielle Keys reports on the counter-protest against the Socialist Alliance anti-Semites

On Saturday the 27th of August at 1pm, the Socialist Alliance and "Justice for Palestine" met at Merivale Street, Brisbane to march down to Southbank to bully and intimidate the customers and staff of popular chocolatier 'Max Brenner'.

I, Danielle Keys, organised the counter-protest movement a month ago after seeing the Socialist Alternative at UQ handing out flyers about their protest. The flyers said to boycott Max Brenner as an agent of apartheid Israel. I thought it was so disgusting that I organised a facebook event just to see if some friends were interested in counter-protesting.

Little did I know that in a matter of weeks I would have many different groups approaching me to help support the cause, over 90 facebook friends attending and be in contact with the corporate management of Max Brenner. Little did I truly foresee that I would be speaking to almost every single newspaper I can think of as well as television and radio opportunities. I would have been happy to stand alone but I am really glad I didn't have to! The reason that people stand behind counter-protest movements I think is because as just individual people we get bullied by the disgraceful agendas of the loudest most empty vessels of humanity - the Socialist Alliance. They are the unwashed aggressors who exist off the fringes of society prepared to violently demonise anyone who disagrees with them. I really had enough of it and I'm glad to see I was not the only one!

I guess the only way to properly describe the events of yesterday is like this...

THE COUNTER-PROTEST WAS AWESOME!!!

Read it all here at Menzies House
Further reading: Chocolate war gets messy

Glenn Beck in Israel - Visits the site of the Fogel Family Massacre in Itamar

I am most curious to see how Glenn Beck's "Restoring Courage" Event works out.

I cannot recall anything quite like it in my life.

I think Glenn is to be congratulated for putting on this event, considering the current events in the Middle East, let alone the obvious hostility shown to Israel by Barack Hussein Obama.

Glenn arrives in Jerusalem, visits Fogel home

Glenn arrived in Israel over the weekend, and he’ll be broadcasting from Jerusalem all week! He started off radio this morning by giving a rundown of all that’s going to be happening, and then described one of his first stops – Itamar and the Fogel household.

“I went to Itamar in Judea and Samaria, and I… our cameras were the first to be allowed into the home. It is empty now and they are ‑‑ they couldn’t get all of the blood off the walls. I will tell you, this was one of the most horrific, bloodiest massacres I could imagine. It was horrifying, horrifying. And yet in that community, profound hope.”

“If you stand in their backyard, you can see the two mountains: The Mountain of Blessing and the Mountain of Curse. It is the ‑‑ it is scriptural. Which do you choose? The mountain of blessing or curse. And this community has both. I can’t believe what people go through here in Israel, and the world stays silent. The media is distorting and lying, lying to you. Lying to you. And it is important that you know it.”

“We will bring you many, many things in the next 14 days that you will not see anywhere else.

When you see what we were doing on GBTV, you will ‑‑ you will know why I left cable news.

Because no one, no one who runs a business that cares about political correctness or sponsors or anything else would do it. Nobody be would do it. My relationship is with you. We’ll tell you the truth. To hell with the consequences. You don’t like it, cancel your subscription. You do like it, tell a friend. Tell a friend.

The truth shall set you free.”

Has PM Gillard kick-started The Australian Tea Party?

Before the last election PM Julia Gillard promised "there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead". She barely scraped into power but managed to get in by forming a coalition with the Greens aka Marxists, and a few Independents who went against the wishes of their constituents.

Who knows what she promised them.

Now she has done a complete backflip and is determined to introduce a "carbon" tax to please her Green masters, and no doubt to raise some revenue to make up for the shortfall in funds that the left Labor government has created by spending money like there was no tomorrow.

The last Right-leaning government had had Australia with a surplus.

Andrew Bolt explains:

The cheat is worse than the tax

THE tut-tutting started even before the first protester outside Parliament House yesterday unfurled the first banner.

This was the crowd that last March was so “offensive” and even “sexist”, frowned one ABC radio presenter.

And the thousands of protesters who again gathered in Canberra yesterday to rage against the Gillard Government’s carbon dioxide tax turned out to be just as angry and rude as last time.

“Dump the Frump,” read one sign. “Ditch the Witch,” read another.

There was a lot of shouting and a coffin was paraded to symbolise the death of democracy.

Meanwhile, workers inside the building sorted through thousands of government propaganda packs explaining the tax, which outraged householders had sent back, some with obscenities scrawled on them.

Yes, there’s an anger out there probably not seen since the dismissal of the Whitlam government, and journalists are in full reprimand at such rudeness to another Labor Government.

“Today’s carbon tax rally was a freak show,” sneered one News Ltd reporter. And the protesters’ calls for a new election were “sooky”.

The protesters were “vilifying” Prime Minister Julia Gillard, declared a Sky newsreader.

But what worries me far more than this raucous anger is that the Gillard Government so recklessly unleashed it, eroding the bonds of trust that still keep us together. Unlike what we saw in Britain last week.

Understand that anger yesterday, which we’ll see even more of next Monday, when the truckies’ “Convoy of No Confidence” reaches Canberra.

Read it all here...

Further reading: Walk Like a Lemming. With thanks to Menzies House

Agenda 21: Something you really need to know about

Sustainable Development: Transforming America

This is a United Nations initiative that has some very terrifying implications for those countries who sign up to UN treaties.

It seems clear that should this come to pass all our liberties are profoundly threatened.

Although this article was written some time ago there is a lot of information available online.

As the "sustainable development" movement continues to gain momentum, it is worthwhile to step back and take a long look at the big picture, painted with a broad brush to reveal what the United States might look like as the movement's vision is more fully implemented over the next 50 years or so.

The picture painted here is based on official documents published by several government agencies and non-government organizations during the last decade. These documents were rarely reported in the news, and average working people have no idea what sustainable development really means, and even less knowledge of what is in store for the future. If the vision of sustainable development continues to unfold as it has in the last decade, life in the United States will be quite different in the future.

The Vision

Half the land area of the entire country will be designated "wilderness areas," where only wildlife managers and researchers will be allowed. These areas will be interconnected by "corridors of wilderness" to allow migration of wildlife, without interference by human activity. Wolves will be as plentiful in Virginia and Pennsylvania as they are now in Idaho and Montana. Panthers and alligators will roam freely from the Everglades to the Okefenokee and beyond.

Surrounding these wilderness areas and corridors, designated "buffer zones" will be managed for "conservation objectives." The primary objective is "restoration and rehabilitation."

Rehabilitation involves the repair of damaged ecosystems, while restoration usually involves the reconstruction of natural or semi-natural ecosystems. As areas are restored and rehabilitated, they are added to the wilderness designation, and the buffer zone is extended outward.

Buffer zones are surrounded by what is called "zones of cooperation." This is where people live - in "sustainable communities." Sustainable communities are defined by strict "urban growth boundaries."

Land outside the growth boundaries will be managed by government agencies, which grant permits for activities deemed to be essential and sustainable.

Open space, to provide a "viewshed" and sustainable recreation for community residents will abut the urban boundaries. Beyond the viewshed, sustainable agricultural activities will be permitted, to support the food requirements of nearby communities....

Read the rest at Freedom.Org and do some more research.

Pat Condell on the Riots in Britain

Stupidity, victimhood, insufficient police force, too many benefits, and much more.

In other words - spoiled lazy brats!

Britain is a riot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pAC0YSmK0g

Uploaded by patcondell on Aug 11, 2011

Breakdown of law and order.

• UK riots: David Cameron defends police cuts in Commons sitting
• Young thugs got a lift home with Mum when they finished looting
• Video shows 'scum' stealing from injured teenager
• Video: Croydon shopkeepers count cost of London riots
• London riots: BBC criticised for branding thugs as 'protesters'

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Erick Stakelbeck on Terror: August 2011

Excellent piece by Erick Stakelbeck on Islam in the USA and Denmark.

On this week's edition of Stakelbeck on Terror: CBN News shows Islam's advance in the West and beyond..

Watch it here at the Dailymotion.


Stakelbeck on Terror: August 9, 2011 - CBN.com by cbnonline

Is this the beginning of the end of the West as we know it?

It seems the European Union has created a total mess.

Although Germany, France and Great Britain have declared multi-culturalism a total failure things have gone from bad to worse.

After the tragedy created by Anders Behring Breivik we now have riots and anarchy all over the place, and possibly spreading:

European model a wretched failure

by Greg Sheridan

IS this the way, then, that Europe will look from now?

Anarchy and chaos in Athens one week? Cars beyond number burned in Paris in another season? And now this terrible, senseless, causeless violence in London and many other British cities?

And everywhere across western Europe, governments bankrupt or nearly so, living beyond their means, unable or unwilling to tell their people the truth about their finances.

And beyond this the strange, undemocratic and illiberal mechanism, vast and inescapable, but also creaking and slipshod and unreliable, of the European super state, unable to help anything but always able to interfere, taking decisions without any irksome recourse to democracy or national sovereignty, adding a new layer of illegitimacy to societies robbed of trust.

London burning like the Blitz, and all of it inflicted by the pride of British youth.

There is nothing good in this for anyone. Surely even the angels weep to see that green and pleasant land so reduced.

There is no occasion here for schadenfreude. Europe's tragedy is a setback for all mankind, and especially for that strange entity that we call the West.

To think coherently of the West, you must conceive of it being led by the US, embracing Canada, central and western Europe, Japan and Australia.

These nations are all meaningfully democratic. They are all rich, or relatively so. They all run mixed, capitalist economies. And they are linked in a common security network, NATO, or the US alliances with Japan and Australia.

They provide the lion's share of international aid and, though hopelessly outnumbered at the UN, they still provide most of what pass for international norms.

But this is a very poor season in the West.

At no time since its core societies were stabilised after World War II has Europe looked so ratty, so impotent, so much at the end of its tether.

It still lectures the world on everything from the correct label for cheese to the urgent need to impose more taxes, carbon or otherwise. But it can no longer run its own still fabulously rich societies with even a modicum of efficiency or legitimacy.

The European model right now is a wretched failure.

There is hardly an economist in the world who does not believe European nations that are members of the eurozone would not be much better able to deal with their economic crises if they had their own currencies and their own central banks. But no one in power in Europe can face up to this.

Proponents of the European model can still be heard justifying this mad, anti-democratic centralisation of power on the basis that it helps European nations avoid wars with each other.

This argument, which no one seriously believes, perversely relies on the notion that Europeans are somehow inferior to all the other nations, which avoid war without surrendering their sovereignty to supranational bodies such as the EU.

Of course, Britain is not a part of the eurozone. It still has its own currency. But socially it is part of Europe and in many ways it lives out the European model very faithfully...

Read the rest in The Australian

Also see:

Niall Ferguson: why the West is now in decline

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Will Australia vote "Yes" for Palestinian Statehood?

Kevin Rudd wants a seat at the UN security Council. Julia Gillard is in bed with the Greens who essentially support BDS.

I don't like Israel's chances at getting any moral support here.

FOREIGN Minister Kevin Rudd wants Australia to abstain in a potentially explosive United Nations vote to recognise a Palestinian state, pitting him against Julia Gillard's declared strong support for Israel.

Mr Rudd has written to the Prime Minister recommending Australia vote neither for nor against a resolution set to dominate a UN summit in New York next month.

If followed, the letter - sent before Mr Rudd had heart surgery on August 1 - would result in Australia trying to duck the controversy over efforts to allow Palestine into the UN as a sovereign state.

Mr Rudd's suggested tactic is being interpreted as an attempt to avoid antagonising Arab nations and to protect Australia's campaign for a temporary seat on the Security Council, due to go to a vote next year.

But abstaining from any vote on Palestinian statehood would annoy Israel - which has mounted a worldwide diplomatic offensive against the resolution - and would likely leave Australia out of step with the US.

Ms Gillard has made support for Israel one of her foreign policy priorities since toppling Mr Rudd for the leadership. Australia has a policy of supporting a two-state solution but has not backed unilateral moves towards Palestinian statehood in the past, calling for a negotiated settlement to the long-running conflict.

Three prominent Jewish groups held talks in Canberra with Mr Rudd and Ms Gillard in early June to express opposition to the UN vote, which is expected in late September around the opening of the annual General Assembly.

The meetings - led by Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Danny Lamm, the Zionist Federation of Australia's Philip Chester and the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council's Jeremy Jones - were described as a presentation rather than lobbying.

''We went to present and asked to be listened to about where we stood on particular issues,'' Mr Jones said yesterday.

Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib was in Canberra last week to put the Palestinian case in favour of the resolution and met Chris Evans, who was acting foreign minister while Mr Rudd was in hospital.

Moammar Mashni, of Australians for Palestine, said his organisation had met a number of government members in June urging Australia to back the UN resolution in line with Labor's support for a two-state settlement.

Read the rest here...

Australia: Opera House a possible target in Jihadist magazine, "Inspire"

The Australian: Terror threat unchanged despite Opera House image in jihadist magazine

An image of the Sydney Opera House in a jihadist magazine does not change Australia's terrorist threat level, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland says. The iconic building features on the front of Inspire Magazine, an online publication that includes instructions on how to make bombs.

The magazine is published by associates of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has been described as one of the most active sections of the terror network.

Despite this, Mr McClelland says the national terrorism alert level remains unchanged at medium.

"I have been advised this publication does not represent any change to the extent of the terrorist threat within Australia," Mr McClelland said today.

"And I am advised it has not been accompanied by any specific threat in Australia or to Australian citizens."

The terrorism alert level, which has been in place since 2001, still means a terrorist attack could occur and Mr McClelland said the photograph was a reminder of the terrorist threat Australia faced.

"This publication does serve as a reminder of the need for constant vigilance in countering terrorist threats," he said.

"It's clear the material is intended to provoke a strong emotive reaction."

Given the magazine's "intent to incite violence", Mr McClelland said the government was taking steps to reduce its exposure, including writing to the Australian Communications and Media Authority to remove links to the magazine.

"ASIO has also made a request to relevant Australian providers to restrict access to sites which link to this material."

Rest here.

Interesting that they have the Sydney Opera House as a possible target. It is undoubtedly the most iconic Australian building other than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. (both pictured above).

It is also a center for all the arts - plays,concerts,ballet,art exhibitions and such, not just opera.


Many centuries ago Islam was quite the center of culture, especially in Spain.

Think of their architecture, calligraphy and literature for example.

Now most of these things are 'unIslamic'.

Remember Khomenei said there is no fun in Islam, or words to that effect, so I am assuming he would have included music and dance in that because he certainly didn't have sex in mind.

That's still ok. Pedophilia and sex slaves are ok too.


Bin Laden destroyed the WTC on 9/11 - the center of US capitalism and properity, so going after the arts is possibly the next step.

Destruction of the West in stages.....

Litigation Jihad: It's time to put a stop to this!

LITIGATION JIHAD: Hire a Muslim woman ONLY if you enjoy getting sued

At the above link, Barenaked Islam offers a huge and shocking list of litigation jihad abuses.

I've been running a series of articles on 1389 Blog about banning the burqa.

This does not go far enough by any means. It's time to ban every form of hijab and voluminous Islamic robes, on the grounds that this is a de facto uniform of enemy combatants (yes, including women, who may be wearing suicide belts).

There is NO excuse for allowing ANY Muslims to set foot on the soil of ANY non-Muslim country, but that's an argument for another day.

Novak Djokovic’s Israeli connection

Ynet News: Novak Djokovic’s Israeli connection
(h/t: Rodan)

No. 1 ranked Serbian tennis player reaches every ball on court, even when it requires doing an incredible split. Israelis behind new king of tennis reveal secrets of his success...

Australian Imams call for sharia banks

Fantastic!

Many of us in the blogosphere know that this is a path of stealth jihad.

I do believe there are also some Sharia compliant financial products available already as Senator Cory Bernardi wants the spread of Sharia Finance curtailed.

I was also somewhat mystified by this [from the article below]:

“Fellow WA imam Sheikh Burhaan Mehtar said the issue of sharia law was often raised to scare non-Muslims, but a dialogue would lead to better understanding.

"Islamic banking and the non-slavery of humans is a classic example. Interest is slavery," he said.”

Non-slavery?

Is he joking?

Slavery is part of Islam.

The slave trade was run by Muslims.

Think back to Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary pirates. I’ll let Christopher Hitchens explain.

There are more examples of slavery in Islam also.

Just a few for now. Here, here, and here.

Adelaide Times: Imams call for shari'a banks

by John Masanauskas

ISLAMIC leaders want Australia to recognise sharia banking practices so Muslims can get interest-free loans for religious reasons.

Some imams are also sceptical that the killing of Osama bin Laden will benefit ordinary Muslims and they are unhappy with the way US forces disposed of his body.

An Advertiser survey of the nation's Islamic leaders has also revealed:

STRONG condemnation of MPs who criticise Muslim women for wearing the burqa/nijab.

CONCERN that ordinary Muslims are still being linked to terrorism.

DISGUST that innocent people in Muslim countries are being killed in the "war on terror".

The survey was conducted in the wake of a $55,000 Federal Government training program for imams on Australian laws and values.

The religious leaders have been told to preach Aussie values such as the fair go, freedom and responsibility to their congregations.

Imam Yusuf Parker, from the Alhidayah Centre in Perth, said that Australia should consider recognising sharia law as it applied to finance and family law matters.

Imam Parker said that Islam forbade the charging or paying of interest "so finding interest-free loans will again help Muslims to practice their Islam better".

"Other than the two major issues mentioned, I don't see other sharia law that Muslims would seek to have legally recognised," he said.

Fellow WA imam Sheikh Burhaan Mehtar said the issue of sharia law was often raised to scare non-Muslims, but a dialogue would lead to better understanding. "Islamic banking and the non-slavery of humans is a classic example. Interest is slavery," he said.

Islamic Council of Victoria board member Nazeem Hussain said that currently there were legal and tax barriers preventing local banks from offering Islamic products.

"That's a massive market that the Australian Government has identified (and) we'd encourage the Government to seek ways to tap into that market," he said.
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With thanks to Adelaide Now

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