6/03/2010
6/02/2010
"Aid" flotilla sponsors affiliated with al Qaeda
Yid With Lid: IHH, the terror group that sponsored the "aid" flotilla
This article is crammed with useful links.
5/31/2010
The EU will come apart, and so will the US
Dick Morris: The European Union Will Come Apart
Click here to read the article. Decide for yourself whether you believe that Dick Morris is correct.
I believe that he is, and that the same applies to the US.
I am old enough to remember the "Common Market" - which I understood to be a set of free trade agreements to promote peaceful relations and economic development. I didn't see any problem with that, and still don't. But for reasons of political ambition, it evolved over time to become something quite different, namely the EU. That was a bad idea from the get-go. The insistence upon a common set of laws and regulations, a centralized bureaucracy, and a common currency, has worked out to be a disaster for individual liberties, a stranglehold on small businesses, a threat to regional and national identity and culture, and an open doorway for jihadis, not to mention a financial drain not merely on Germany, but also on the US.
The US is going through much the same thing with profligate spending in Washington DC and in many of the States, and as with Greece, it's all about too many people on the government payroll, along with overly generous wages, benefits, and pensions for government workers at the federal, state, and local levels. They can't afford it and they go into debt to pay for it. The Obama administration wants to bail out those states and localities, in order to pay off the teachers' unions and the SEIU for helping to get Obama elected. We obviously can't afford it either, and if we can't stop spending money that we don't have, this type of wastefulness will end up causing the bankruptcy and most likely the eventual breakup of the US.
Secession is no longer a dirty word, and despite all the insistence on "preserving the Union," there has never been anything in the US Constitution that precludes secession. These days, I doubt that there is the political will to make war against any State or group of States that wants to secede. Fewer and fewer States want to be held hostage to the profligate spending and runaway indebtedness of the federal government, or of those States, such as California, that cannot stay within their budgets.
The take-home lesson for voters everywhere: Don't spend what you don't have, and don't make promises you can't keep, it's as simple as that!
5/20/2010
The computer built into your car is vulnerable to hackers!
Vehicle Computer Systems Successfully Hacked
This makes me wish I had a classic car with all manual controls.
5/05/2010
JOE LEGAL vs. JOSE ILLEGAL
This is viral on the emails around here.
Send it to a liberal family member near you!
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal".
Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California.
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Ready? Now pay attention...
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $9,631.00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school.
Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch.
Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program.
Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Do you get it, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
You are part of the problem!
H/T: Keepandbear at Grouchy Conservative Pundits
4/27/2010
This is YOUR future under "Obamacare"
By David WilkesSee original for photos.
Last updated at 2:17 AM on 28th April 2010
Her 'loyal and devoted' service as a Land Girl in the Second World War won her praise from Gordon Brown.
But this is the horrifyingly undignified state in which Clara Stokes had to live out her last days on an NHS ward.
Helpless and confused after suffering a stroke, the 84-year-old was left dehydrated, hungry and lying in her own faeces in a hospital bed for six hours. Relatives claim overworked nurses had ignored her.
Her daughter, Elle Chambers, photographed her plight and kept notes on her treatment during daily visits to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
The hospital has foundation status - a title given to NHS flagships. But Mrs Chambers, 57, was so appalled by the 'inhumane' conditions her mother endured that she has written to the Prime Minister.
She released the harrowing photographs of her mother after a poll for the Mail found that barely one in five voters think a doubling of budgets has improved the NHS.
Mrs Chambers and her daughter Michelle Plaford, 37, also found that water had been placed too far away from her bed and no staff had come to help her drink for up to 16 hours.
The pair were so disgusted by conditions they tried to feed other hungry and thirsty patients, only to be told by nursing staff they could not for 'health and safety reasons'.
At one stage the hospital almost ran out of supplies so nurses trawled wards for medication, Mrs Chambers added.
A temporary nurse misread Mrs Stokes' notes and forced uncrushed tablets down her throat, almost causing her to choke to death.
Doctors and nurses who misplaced health notes even thought Mrs Stokes was a man for the first two days, after she was admitted on December 16.
Outraged at her treatment, Mrs Stokes's family removed her from the hospital in Luton.
She died in a nursing home just days later on February 28.
Mrs Chambers wrote to Gordon Brown following the death to complain of the 'negligence', and was told by No.10 the matter had been passed to the Department of Health.
Mrs Chambers said: 'Gordon Brown said the country depended on her for survival but when she depended on her country for her survival where was it?
'I cannot stand to see Gordon Brown spouting off about the good he has done for the health service.
'It sickens me. He would never say the same if it were his own mother being treated in such an inhumane way.'
Mrs Chambers and daughter Michelle, of Northampton, spent every day in the stroke ward between midday and 8pm changing, washing and feeding Mrs Stokes.
Mrs Stokes, a retired hairdresser, was left paralysed down the left side of her body by the stroke and unable to speak.
The only time they didn't go and visit Mrs Stokes was when her ward was in isolation following a stomach bug outbreak and visiting hours were restricted.
But when they were finally allowed into the ward, they were left stunned by the conditions Mrs Stokes had been left in.
She added: 'We finally walked in and my daughter said what is that under her arm? We lifted it up and she was covered in her own diarrhoea.
'She was paralysed and couldn't call for help. This was after 3pm in the afternoon and the last time she had been checked was at 9am.'
Just 24 hours later the family found a stricken Mrs Stokes' foot trapped between bed posts caused by a faulty bed pump.
It was not known how long she was trapped and had to be freed by the matron.
Mrs Chambers added: 'I think dogs are treated better than my mother was. She was left in a pond of her own filth. Worse than an animal.
'The nurses were so overworked they haven't the time to be compassionate.
'It's so sad she was in a terrible state. My mum was 84, she was a really lively woman and was well-loved.
'They gave out food but left it out of reach of patients. You are lying there, hungry, you can't move because you've had a stroke and there is food just out of reach.
'We were warned not to feed them but you can't just sit there and watch.
'My daughter and I were endlessly helping out other patients.
'I've grown up with the National Health Service I'm just praying I don't get ill.'
Mrs Stokes was briefly moved to Capwell Grange Nursing Home on January 14 but returned to the hospital because she was not eating or drinking.
The family and doctors agreed to stop her support and she died on February 28.
Mrs Stokes was married to husband Roy for 50 years before he died 10 years ago with cancer. They had two other children David, 55, and Andrew, 51.
During the Second World War she was in the Land Army, made popular by the 1998 film Land Girls starring Anna Friel and Rachel Weisz.
She farmed and harvested the land in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, while all the men were fighting the Nazis.
In 2008 she was given a medal and thanked by Gordon Brown at a ceremony in Bedford.
Mr Brown signed Clara's Land Girl certificate praising her efforts 'at a time when our country depended upon you for its survival' in WWII and awarding her a medal.
Women were put to work in farms across Britain during Second World War as part of the war effort and affectionately known as Land Girls.
In 2007 the government announced it would reward the efforts of 30,000 surviving Land Girls with The Badge of Honour medal and certificate.
Mrs Chambers, who lives with retired firefighter husband Colin, 66, said her experience left her fearing ever having to rely on the NHS.
Luton and Dunstable Hospital apologised to the family yesterday and said it was investigating the complaints.
A spokesman denied Mrs Stokes was left unattended or that she was ever deprived of food, medication or water.
The spokesman said: 'The hospital has compelling evidence from detailed documentation to show that Mrs Stokes was not left unattended for long periods of time and that she received good nursing care and frequent attention following statutory guidelines and nursing practice.
'This is evidenced by a detailed food diary, mouthcare, being turned two-hourly to prevent pressure sores, personal care (including continence care) several times a day. We are sorry if the family felt Mrs Stokes' care was not to the standard they felt acceptable.'
The spokesman also refuted allegations that the patient's foot was caught in the bed rails or that she was left 'Unattended or dehydrated for hours on end'.
She added: 'On one occasion a nurse mistakenly gave Mrs Stokes a whole tablet instead of crushing it. Although Mrs Stokes had difficulty swallowing , it did not cause her to choke and the nurse involved reported this matter immediately to the ward sister and an apology was made to the patient and her family.'
She added: 'We regret that Mrs Stokes' family have felt the need to complain about her care while she was on ward 17 and ward 15 and the hospital has apologised for any distressing circumstances recognising how upsetting some aspects of personal care can be for relatives.
'Staff had a number of conversations about care and progress with the family during the patient's stay. The formal investigation into Mrs Chambers' complaint is continuing.'
Downing Street said the matter had been referred urgently to the Department of Health.
Socialized medicine cannot be made to work.
It can never be fixed. It can never be managed so that it works equitably and efficiently.
Either we get it repealed, and SOON, or I will be looking to move somewhere in the world where there is no socialized medicine.
If you live where there is socialized medicine, and you value your life, I suggest you do the same.
4/20/2010
Romney Wrong on Health Care
Report: Mitt Romney Said He Wouldn't Repeal ObamaCare Personal Mandate
Click the above link to read the details.
We need to make sure everybody is aware of where Romney and the other RINOs stand on this issue. The entire bill is a train wreck. Not only that bill, but also every facet of the Obama administration's takeover of the economy needs to be repealed.
Allen West speaks about Islam Feb 19
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4/18/2010
Woman suing judge for making her remove hijab admits having nude cell phone pix
Woman suing judge took nude cell phone pics
Posted by Times-Herald Newspapers on 4/10/10 • Categorized as Stories
By J. PATRICK PEPPER
Times-Herald Newspapers
HEIGHTS — A Muslim woman who is suing a Wayne County judge for making her remove a religious scarf during a court proceeding says that several cell phones containing nude photos of her were stolen during a burglary at her house.
Raneen Albaghdady, 33, called police March 27 after she found her house in the 25000 block of Andover ransacked. Among the items taken were six cell phones that she told police had nude photos on them.
She said she suspected an ex-boyfriend was responsible for the break-in, and that she was worried he may post the photos on the Internet, because he previously had posted other pictures of her online, police said.
The incident could come into play as her lawsuit against 3rd Circuit Court Family Division Judge William Callahan moves forward.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in August, the suit alleges that Callahan denied Albaghdady’s religious freedom when he made her remove her hijab during a June name change hearing in his Detroit courtroom.
A hijab is an Islamic headdress worn by Muslim women that covers various parts of the head, neck, and face, according to the complaint.
At a press conference announcing the lawsuit held by the Council of American Islamic Relations Michigan chapter, a Muslim civil rights organization and co-plaintiff on the suit, a spokeswoman for the group described the significance of the hijab.
“It’s out of sheer modesty of appearance and dress and covering your beauty,” she said. “When one is accustomed to wearing the hijab, to a certain way of dress, to a certain way of acting, to have to then uncover, you almost feel revealed or definitely very vulnerable, but understandably so, humiliated and embarrassed.”
Callahan has maintained that he didn’t know the hijab was a religious garment. A courtroom video of the exchange between Callahan and Albaghdady went as follows:
Callahan: “The headpiece…,” while gesturing to remove the piece.
Albaghdady: “I’m sorry?”
Callahan: “No hats allowed in the courtroom.”
Man seated in courtroom: “It’s not a hat. It’s a scarf.”
Callahan: “Excuse me, sir.”
Albaghdady: “This one?” pointing at her hijab.
Callahan: “No hats allowed in the courtroom.”
Albaghdady: “This one?”
Callahan: “Yes.”
Albaghdady: “OK. It doesn’t matter.”
She then removed the piece.
The case currently is under consideration for dismissal or summary judgment by presiding Judge Marianne Battani. The motion was filed by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, which is representing Callahan, and seeks to have the suit thrown out on judicial immunity guidelines.
Assistant Attorney General Margaret Nelson on Thursday said the motion centers on the legal basis of Albaghdady’s claim, not the factual basis. But she said the cell phone photos could prove germane if the motion is denied. “If we lose this motion then the next step would be to develop the facts,” she said. “And that’s certainly something that we would look to develop at the time.”
Canton Township attorney Nabih Ayad, who is representing Albaghdady, said that the photos would have no bearing if the case goes to trial. A telephone call to Albaghdady seeking comment for this story was not returned as of press time.
“People convert to religions all the time, so the fact that she may have taken some photos for her husband sometime in the past is of no significance to this case,” he said.
Link: Here are some crybabies complaining about Albaghdady's "mistreatment" at the hands of the judge (with video).
4/17/2010
How to Defeat Infiltrators at Tea Party Rallies - Part 2
Racist Leftist Infiltrators Driven from Tea Party Rallies (includes video)
Leftist and racist infiltrators were forced to flee at tea party rallies in St. Louis, San Francisco, Oceanside and Greensboro.
Patriots: 4 Alinsky Thugs: 0
More of these clever signs were used to point out the perps:
- FAKE TEA PARTIER →
- SOROS-PAID STOOGE →
- COMMUNIST INFILTRATOR →
- TEA PARTIERS BEWARE OF AGENT PROVOCATEUR →
- LEFT PLANT →
- PROVOCATEUR →
How to Defeat Infiltrators at Tea Party Rallies - Part 1
Crashing the Crashers: Tea Party Infiltrators Outmaneuvered in SF
The defense team came prepared with handy signs like these, complete with Velcro-attached arrows that could be moved to point to the perpetrators:
- We’re NOT With Stupid →
- IMPOSTER →
- INFILTRATOR →
4/13/2010
Amnesty International reveals whose side it is on
Amnesty International Head Supports “Defensive Jihad”
Reported: 22:15 PM - Apr/07/10
(IsraelNN.com) The head of the human rights group Amnesty International, Claudio Cordon, issued a letter supporting "defensive jihad" – a term which is used to support ideological terrorism around the world.
Three weeks ago senior Amnesty worker, Gita Chagall, expressed opposition to the fact that the organization was holding contacts with Muazam Bag, who is identified ideologically with the Taliban. The same day Chagall was suspended from her job, after 30 years of work for Amnesty.
While other human rights activists protested Chagall’s dismissal, Amnesty’s Secretary-General himself, defended the relationship between Amnesty and the Taliban follower, claiming that "defensive jihad isn’t against human rights."
Amnesty International has frequently accused Israel of human rights abuses.
Why Davy Crockett truly is an American hero
Because he understood what the Constitution and limited government are all about.
Sockdolager: A tale of Davy Crockett, charity, and Congress
When your government flouts the consent of the governed, it's time to vote with your feet
More Americans Give Up Citizenship As IRS Gets Aggressive Overseas
By Martin Vaughan, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESOf course, the other way of voting with your feet is called secession.
The number of American citizens and green-card holders severing their ties with the U.S. soared in the latter part of 2009, amid looming U.S. tax increases and a more aggressive posture by the Internal Revenue Service towards Americans living overseas.
According to public records, just over 500 people worldwide renounced U.S. citizenship or permanent residency in the fourth quarter of 2009, the most recent period for which data are available. That is more people than have cut ties with the U.S. during all of 2007, and more than double the total expatriations in 2008.
An Ohio-born entrepreneur, now based in Switzerland, told Dow Jones he is considering turning in his U.S. passport. Mounting U.S. tax and reporting requirements are making potential business partners hesitate to do business with him, he said.
"I still do dearly love the U.S., and renouncing my citizenship is not something I take lightly. But more and more it is seeming like being part of a dysfunctional family," said the businessman, who asked that his name not be used for fear of retribution.
"The tax itself is only a small part of the issue," the Swiss-based entrepreneur said. "It's the overall regulatory environment."
A minority of the recent expatriates are U.S. natives who have started a new life overseas. Most are people with family ties outside the U.S.: foreign professionals who acquired a green card while working in the U.S., or people who have received higher education in the U.S.
"Fifteen or 20 years ago there was a big rush to make sure your kids became U.S. citizens, for access to U.S. schools for example," said Timothy Burns, a tax lawyer at Withers law firm in Hong Kong. "Now we're seeing just the opposite."
Last month, the Treasury Department announced more rigorous requirements for Americans living abroad to report information on foreign bank accounts. The reporting requirement has been in place for years, but only in the most recent couple of years has the IRS gotten tough about enforcing penalties.
The information return must be filed by any U.S. citizen or resident whose balance in all foreign accounts combined exceeds $10,000 at any time during the year. Stiff penalties, up to 50% of the annual account balance, punish failure to file.
Others are giving up their U.S. nationality to avoid tax hikes in the U.S., as the government struggles under huge budget deficits. The top marginal tax rate is set to rise to 39.6% from 35% at the end of this year. A proposal to tax fund manager pay at ordinary income rates, instead of the 15% capital gains rate, is gaining currency in Congress.
"Everybody sees the tax rates are going up. At a certain point, it gets beyond people's pain threshold," said Anthony Tong, a tax partner at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong.
Unlike most jurisdictions, the U.S. taxes the income of citizens and green- card holders no matter where in the world it is earned.
In order to give up U.S. citizenship, a person must obtain or have citizenship in another country. The person surrenders their passport or green card during an interview with a consular officer in their new home country. He or she must also submit a form, including a list of assets, to the IRS to complete the process.
Chris Kavanagh of the American Institute in Taiwan, which represents U.S. interests in Taiwan, said 43 people gave up their U.S. citizenship in Taiwan in 2009, the highest that figure has been since 2003. He cautioned against drawing conclusions from that data, however.
The IRS says some of the swelling of numbers of expatriations towards the end of 2009 occurred because the agency made a push to notify people that had already surrendered their passport, but had not completed the process by submitting the IRS form. Until that form is received by the IRS, these people are still subject to U.S. tax. "There is some catch-up going on," said IRS spokesman Bruce Friedland.
The stock market plunge of late 2008 and early 2009 may also have played a role in the spike in expatriations. Since 2008, Americans with net worth greater than $2 million have had to pay an exit tax assessed on their assets. With gains reduced or wiped out by the market collapse, those seeking to give up their U.S. citizenship had an opportunity to do so with less exit tax required.
-By Martin Vaughan, Dow Jones Newswires; (202) 862-9244; martin.vaughan@dowjones.com
(Andrea Wong contributed to this article)
4/12/2010
Islam is Leaving Albania
Gates of Vienna: Islam is Leaving Albania
Sunday, April 11, 2010
by Baron Bodissey
Most Westerners, myself included, know little about Albania. Over the last few years I’ve picked up a few tidbits of knowledge, but Albania is still largely terra incognita for me.
When I posted the Albanian translation of Geert Wilders’ speech the other day, I mentioned that many Albanians who are officially Muslims consider themselves Christians, and that the tradition has been passed down secretly within the families for centuries, but I didn’t realize how extensive this phenomenon was. Our Albanian translator, Ilia Toli Ph.D., has left a comment on the post giving more details:
I’m a Christian Orthodox Albanian. Now there’s a census in Albania and the religion will be one of the check-boxes. The biggest opposition to this are the Muslim authorities. They know that people by the millions will declare themselves Christians if given a chance, and that they’ll not be able to brag as they do now that Albania is 70% Muslim. Intermarriages are rampant and children declare themselves Christians. A strong motivation to do so is the fact that Turkey is the pariah of Europe. At every major terroristic event, Albanian Muslims denounce their faith by the hundreds of the thousands. In the northern, mountainous, sparsely inhabited part of the country there are still some oases of fanaticism.
There have been for centuries some Jews of Muslim outlook in Albania. They’re heirs to Shabetai Zevi and live in the countryside of Berat. By now they have no interest on Israel and Israel has no interest on them. They regard themselves just like another Muslim tribe. They’re called Donmeh.
There are a colorful variety of traditions among Albanian Muslims that point to their Christian non-distant past. For example, many have two names, one Christian at home and one Muslim in public. The point is that these all have been very diluted with time. There’s no special designation for these people.
There’s a great divide between Albanian Muslims of Albania and of the other neighboring countries. All terrorist groups caught in USA were from the latter. They’re more arrogant and assertive.
Sometimes Albanian Christians are even more assertively anti-Serbian, if not at a rhetorical level, because we’re suspicious patriots. By the way, personally I am not a patriot at all, I’m pro-Serbian.
These are the optimistic notes. On the pessimistic side, I don’t want Albania to be template for the future France. Islam is leaving Albania but not the Muslim ways. They’ll be around for the centuries to come. That can be easily noticed on what Albanians reproach themselves. Just an example. Albanians do not ask God to “please give me a horse”, they ask him to “please make the horse of my neighbor die.”
Among friends we try to totally avoid the topic of religion, and if it unfortunately happens, we all recite in chorus “but we’re grown up without religion.”
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4/07/2010
Nazi fetishist at Human Rights Watch
The problems with the grotesquely misnamed Human Rights Watch extend far beyond this closet Nazi fetishist.
The entire organization is corrupt, and the same is true of Amnesty International.
Read these articles to find out why:
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