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Home Front: Politix
Here’s Why Somali Muslim Refugees Are Moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming
"Organizations like Lutheran Family Services profit enormously from the Federal government handling these refugees."
Damn Norwegians
"Most Americans are unaware that under the “Refugee Resettlement Program,” whole Muslim communities from hostile nations are imported into the United States, circumventing whatever immigration laws that are still intact. This is made even more dangerous by what organization determines who are refugees and who aren’t. It’s the UN, driven largely by the world’s largest international body, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The OIC is a modern-day caliphate made up of 56 countries and the Palestinian terrorists."
Posted by: Slomose Jomosing6721 || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As I recall, the State department also assures the receiving municipality a fee to warrant placement in a local jobs program from which the refugee receives a 'pre-paid', salary controlled job.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/18/2014 1:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Obama and the Dems don't want to serve. They want third world people here who are used to being ruled.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/18/2014 2:06 Comments || Top||

#3  "Most Americans are unaware that under the “Refugee Resettlement Program,”

True, most Americans are too busy attempting to keep what little they've got out of the reach of gov't.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/18/2014 2:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Asylum should be funded by charity, not extortion.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/18/2014 4:04 Comments || Top||

#5  The OIC is a modern-day caliphate made up of 56 countries and the Palestinian terrorists

Ah Obe's 57 States, now I get it.
Posted by: Cloth Barnsmell7279 || 11/18/2014 9:02 Comments || Top||

#6  There goes the neighborhood. Is there not some sane immigration policy that the puzzle palace in Washington can come up with? (a rhetorical question.)
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2014 10:37 Comments || Top||

#7  Just like the Tsarnaevs in Massachusetts were given the welfare red carpet treatment. Wise up Wyoming.
Posted by: regular joe || 11/18/2014 11:09 Comments || Top||

#8  "The OIC is a modern-day caliphate made up of 56 countries and the Palestinian terrorists." ..so the number is 57. These would be the 57 states Obama so famously referenced
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/18/2014 11:47 Comments || Top||


Dementia or Dishonesty, Pelosi Is Unfit for Office
Crazy people can't quit, and dishonest ones won't.
Moved to Opinion
Posted by: Slomose Jomosing6721 || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's because she was using her skull to park that gavel...
Posted by: Raj || 11/18/2014 0:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah, the heady dayz of 2006, when walking along like you just finished five courses of canary.
Posted by: badanov || 11/18/2014 0:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Is that Ted Kennedy grabbing her ass?
Posted by: Raj || 11/18/2014 0:47 Comments || Top||

#4  She's hardly alone. The ranks of the 'unfit' in Congress are quite large. I blame the Gruber factor.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/18/2014 2:06 Comments || Top||

#5  Botox vs. Permatex = Nancy's Head Gaskets Leaking Again.


Posted by: junkiron || 11/18/2014 2:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Dementia or Dishonesty

Are we only allowed to pick one?
Posted by: gorb || 11/18/2014 2:25 Comments || Top||

#7  LOL BadMan
Posted by: Shipman || 11/18/2014 6:25 Comments || Top||

#8  Don't forget her enabling staff. It would be like ignoring ValJar or Michelle contributions at the White House.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/18/2014 8:37 Comments || Top||

#9  I suppose 'Opinion' is a reasonable bin, but seems pretty factual...
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/18/2014 8:39 Comments || Top||

#10  It doesn't make any difference whether it is dementia or dishonesty, she is unfit for the office and never was.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2014 10:28 Comments || Top||

#11  She is the face of the democrat party. They are all mentally un-fit.
Posted by: newc || 11/18/2014 13:30 Comments || Top||

#12  Pelosi = San Francisco

Reid = Vegas

Cuomo = NYT

Obama = The Chivago Political Racket

IK. Geography class is over for the day.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 11/18/2014 14:54 Comments || Top||


Valerie Jarrett's Defenders Have Misunderstood My Profile of Her
Sounds like Mr. Scheiber got a "phone call."
Moved to Opinion
Posted by: Slomose Jomosing6721 || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ValJar is a mole of some foreign power, every bit of her advice to numbskull has been off target and wrong headed.
Posted by: Mystic || 11/18/2014 1:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Or, consider another example from my piece, a meeting between Jarrett and a handful of LGBT rights activists, during which Jarrett disclosed that the president wouldn’t be signing an anti-discrimination executive order that the groups had pressed for.

Well duhhhhh. Who do they think they're dealing with, the Iranian Ellen DeGeneres? Jarrett has been assigned social responsibilities as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/18/2014 1:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Mystic, that depends on your view of the desired goal. This is the same problem some of us have with calling Obola incompetent.

Doing that assumes that you know what the goal is. Especially in ValJar's case that is completely unwarranted.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/18/2014 7:42 Comments || Top||

#4  I never could quite understand the relationship between Obean and VJ. Is it her or Obean who is the toady?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2014 10:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Haven't seen ValJar bowing or curtsying to anyone. So I got mt theory.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/18/2014 17:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Valerie Jarrett's family roots are firmly entrenched in Chicago’s Communist Party organization which is one of the most egregious and powerful communist fronts in the history of this country.

Valerie Jarrett also serves as a surrogate for Obama's own mother.
Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama's real Mother) pawned him off on his grandmother in order to go galavanting around the world in pursuit of her own carreer in anthropology and never established an actual relationship with him.

It should also be remembered that Valerie Jarrett has served as both Barack and Michelle Obama's mentor since 1991.

Acting in the capacity of both Obama's mentor and surrogate mother, it is debatable whether Obama could fire her or whether she could fire him. At the very least, neither Michelle Obama nor the Communist Party would ever tolerate any attempt to remove or replace Valerie Jarrett from the Obama family political circle.
Posted by: junkiron || 11/18/2014 19:38 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: junkiron || 11/18/2014 19:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Spot on! #6. Make no mistake, she IS the shadow president. Further evidence can be found in the recent Iranian diplomatic developments. The communists, to include ValJar, are all courting these Iranian bastids.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/18/2014 21:08 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
A test case for justice
[DAWN] The horrifying case of the killing and burning of a young Christian couple, Shama and Sajjad, by a mob in a village in Kasur could become a test case for the government to demonstrate -- for once -- its commitment to the rule of law in incidents where the vulnerable are attacked.
It won't.
For the first time, the state has become a petitioner in the case and appointed a minister, Kamran Michael, to be the focal person on the case.
In Pakistain there's no difference between civil and criminal law. If there's no "first information report" filed then the crime didn't happen. If the FIR is withdrawn then the crime unhappens.
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
we cannot hold our breath expecting justice to be miraculously delivered. Going by past instances, it is members of minority communities who are persecuted -- and prosecuted -- while perpetrators are set free. The administration and the judiciary are responsible for this unjust state of affairs.

Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38...
the family of Shama has already rejected the government's decision and has decided to be plaintiffs themselves, demonstrating a lack of trust in the government.

The greatest challenge in the current situation is one of impunity. Since the addition of Sections B and C to PPC 295 (commonly known as blasphemy laws) by the government of Gen Zia ul Haq
...the creepy-looking former dictator of Pakistain. Zia was an Islamic nutball who imposed his nutballery on the rest of the country with the enthusiastic assistance of the nation's religious parties, which are populated by other nutballs. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976 by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, whom he hanged when he seized power. His time in office was a period of repression, with hundreds of thousands of political rivals, minorities, and journalists executed or tortured, including senior general officers convicted in coup-d'état plots, who would normally be above the law. As part of his alliance with the religious parties, his government helped run the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, providing safe havens, American equipiment, Saudi money, and Pak handlers to selected mujaheddin. Zia died along with several of his top generals and admirals and the then United States Ambassador to Pakistain Arnold Lewis Raphel when he was assassinated in a suspicious air crash near Bahawalpur in 1988...
in 1986, over 60 people have been killed -- either by enraged mobs or individuals (including coppers) in prisons.

Since the killing of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, calls for the repeal of blasphemy laws have died.
The first case to come to public attention was that of Naimat Ahmar in 1992, a 45-year-old Christian school teacher in Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
who was stabbed to death by a student. According to subsequent reports, he was targeted for refusing to be transferred to another town; his position in the government school was desired by a Moslem teacher. Following wall chalking accusing Ahmar of blasphemy, a 20-year-old student, Farooq, killed him.

Since then the toll has risen. Manzoor Masih, accused of blasphemy, was killed at a bus stop in Lahore in April 1994. A deeply religious man and homeopathic doctor, Farooq, was lynched and burnt to death in Gujranwala in 1994. Samuel Masih was killed by a policeman assigned to guard him in hospital in 2003.

In April 2008, a factory worker in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, Jagdish Kumar, was lynched by fellow workers. And so the list goes on.

Whether it's a matter of targeting an individual or a community, personal enmity or an eye on property has almost always been a factor. Shantinagar in 1997, Gojra in 2009 and Joseph Colony (Lahore), and Francis Colony (Gujranwala) in 2013 are examples where crowds have been instigated to attack entire neighbourhoods of Christians allegedly by property grabbers. In July this year, four members of the Ahmadi community were killed in Gujranwala when their home was attacked by a mob on the pretext of a member having committed blasphemy.

In all the above cases, no one was convicted. The course of 'justice' in each case reveals the painful reality that non-Moslems cannot place hope in either the administrative or legal system. Credibility is stretched when in each case, we are informed that the Christian community, after incurring deaths and damage to property, has 'forgiven' the perpetrators -- the Moslem majority.

This happened in the case of Gojra when seven Christians were burnt alive and four rubbed out while many homes were damaged because a Christian man had allegedly desecrated pages of the Koran. The Punjab government proudly spoke of 'reconciliation' achieved through its efforts. Although many homes were reconstructed, the acute sense of injustice the community continues to feel is understandable.

In the case of Joseph Colony, those tossed in the clink
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
for destroying over 160 Christian homes were quickly released on bail with no further progress reported on their trial. The sole Christian charged, Sawan Masih, whose alleged blasphemy had been used to instigate mobs, was given the death sentence in a rare display of speedy justice.

From Shantinagar to Gojra and to Francis and Joseph colonies, the role of the Punjab police needs special investigation.

Again it stretches credibility when we see the Punjab police showing helplessness in controlling a charged mob attacking non-Moslems, while its brutality is evident when it's a matter of dealing with protesters -- whether it's killing 14 Minhajul Koran workers in Model Town, Lahore, or raining blows on unarmed workers of OGDC in Islamabad.

It seems that elements in the Punjab police have become radicalised and this is an aspect that needs to be probed by the provincial government. The Ahmadi community has made many complaints regarding the Punjab police's role in instigating violence against its members.

Since the killing of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer in January 2011, calls for the repeal of blasphemy laws have died.

Debate itself has been stifled. Those defending the law claim that it is meant to prevent people from taking the law into their hands. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
this is precisely what the additional clauses have provoked. It must be remembered that hardly any cases of blasphemy surfaced when the punishment was milder (maximum 10 years' imprisonment) and applied to all faiths, instead of being Islam-specific. Have people suddenly become irrational in deliberately committing blasphemy since the introduction of these clauses?

The liquidation of Taseer, followed by that of minorities affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti, demonstrated that even criticism of the blasphemy laws is being considered a blasphemy offence. The weak response of the then government to the two high-profile killings of leaders who also happened to belong to the ruling party emboldened bigots. And with the two deaths, it appears the few voices of opposition also died.

An attempt by then PPP MNA Sherry Rehman to introduce reforms was disowned by her own party.

The stifling of criticism ensures that the pattern of persecution continues unchallenged: make an allegation against someone you have a grudge against (preferably a non-Moslem), have announcements made against the person through mosques, collect a mob and surround the person or community.

Mission accomplished and few questions asked. Let the Shama-Shahzad case restore a semblance of justice.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Pak: Ties with Afghanistan
[DAWN]
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Home Front: Culture Wars
It's Time To Push Back Against Feminist Bullies
[THEFEDERALIST] The attacks on scientist Matt Taylor are crazy. Enough already.
The guy sends a piece of ten-year-old technology millions of miles, using two planets as a slingshot, to land on a comet within a hundred yards of where he was aiming and people criticize his shirt?

Today's Procopius is writing all this down, you know. Two thousand years from now guess who our descendants, if any, are gonna be laughing at.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A good start would have been Matt Taylor telling them to pound sand.
Posted by: Raj || 11/18/2014 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2  The guy did pay around USD $80 for the shirt, so there's that...
Posted by: badanov || 11/18/2014 0:43 Comments || Top||

#3  I think the route was actually billions of miles to a 3 mile by 2 mile target, millions of miles away.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/18/2014 1:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Did anyone else notice that almost every article castigating Matt Taylor's shirt had nude pictures of Kim Kardashian in the sidebar ?

Perhaps we should ban the word “feminist” from our vocabulary. But, with the only suitable replacement for the word “feminist” being the word "hypocrite"... a much better solution (as the author intimates) would be to ban these hypocrites from our society, rather than just the words that denote them.
Posted by: junkiron || 11/18/2014 5:11 Comments || Top||

#5  har·py
ˈhärpē/
noun
Greek & Roman Mythology
noun: harpy; plural noun: harpies

a rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face.
a grasping, unpleasant woman.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/18/2014 8:35 Comments || Top||

#6  I think the route was actually billions of miles to a 3 mile by 2 mile target, millions of miles away.

Just like a man to refuse to stop and ask directions! Amirite??
Posted by: Angie Schultz || 11/18/2014 18:58 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2014-11-18
  Taliban insurgent murders 3 members of his own family in Faryab
Mon 2014-11-17
  New U.S.-led strikes on Syria's Kobane
Sun 2014-11-16
  Islamic State claims it has beheaded US hostage Kassig
Sat 2014-11-15
  Over 35 wounded in Druze vs. Muslim Arabs clashes in northern Israel
Fri 2014-11-14
  IS, Al Qaeda affiliate reportedly unite to fight US-backed rebels in Syria
Thu 2014-11-13
  At Least 33 Dead In Yemeni Clashes, US Drone Kills 7
Wed 2014-11-12
  Syria Kurds 'Recapture' Areas of Kobane from IS
Tue 2014-11-11
  US Drone in Northwest Pakistan Kills 6 Militants
Mon 2014-11-10
  Key ISIS recruiter killed by Iraqi forces near Baiji, Iraq
Sun 2014-11-09
  Fate of 'critically wounded' ISIS chief unclear
Sat 2014-11-08
  Myanmar to Muslims: Get Out
Fri 2014-11-07
  22 ISIL terrorists killed in Beji
Thu 2014-11-06
  Syria Army Retakes Gas Fields from Jihadists
Wed 2014-11-05
  'Drone' Strikes kill 20 Qaida Suspects in Yemen
Tue 2014-11-04
  Bangladesh court upholds top Islamist's death sentence


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