In twin raids in Africa on Saturday, U.S. commandos captured two of the worlds most-wanted terrorists a senior al Qaeda official who allegedly planned 1998 embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania and a high-level target from Somalias al Shabaab, sources tell NBC News. Two-fer. How was Obama personally present at both? Spin machine - overdrive
Word of the dual operations came in quick succession, with the sources first saying that U.S. Navy SEALs captured the unidentified high-value target during a pre-dawn raid on an al Shabaab stronghold in southern Somalia, striking back at the Islamic militant group blamed for the recent attack on a Kenyan shopping mall.
A short time later, sources said that U.S. forces also had captured Anas al Libi, a longtime al Qaeda member, near Tripoli, Libya. Al Libi, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'I, has been wanted for more than a decade by the U.S. and has a $5 million reward on his head. that'll cover the op costs nicely
Al Libi has been a member of al Qaeda since at least 1994 and was a confidante of Osama bin Laden. He also is believed to be one of the masterminds of the 1998 U.S. Embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 12 Americans and more than 220 Kenyan
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"Relax, they says, the American government is closed down, they says, yer safe and sound, they says...."
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Maybe the SEALS were just out for the weekend and decided to have some fun. You know what irrepressible scamps they are!
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Better to ask forgiveness afterward when everyone is trying to take credit for it. Look for some retirements in the near future, but the job is done.
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Wouldn't it have been better to scoop up this guy (and the Shaboob bozo) on the sly? This way they get lawyers and we're not allowed to hurt their feelings. Oh, wait. The Narcissist-in-chief must get credit. My bad...
Excitement for Twitter's coming IPO is running pretty high - so much so that some investors on Friday mistook the nearly worthless stock of long-dead electronics retailer Tweeter for the "tweeting" site, sending shares up more than 1,000 percent.
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, a specialty consumer electronics company that went bankrupt in 2007, saw a its most active day of trading in more than six years even though it has nothing to do with the social media site.
The stock, which trades over the counter, closed Thursday at a price of less than a penny a share, and Friday hit a high of 15 cents a share on Friday, before paring gains to trade at 5 cents, a 669 percent rise. More than 11.7 million shares had traded by midday.
The volume was the most active trading day for the company since May 10, 2007, when 13.05 million shares were traded and the company reported quarterly results and said it may choose to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
To say the stock is lightly traded in normal times is an understatement, sometimes going several days without even trading 1,000 shares over the course of a full session.
However, in the last two weeks Tweeter shares' price and volume ticked higher following Twitter's announcement on September 12 that it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering.
The moves on those days were not nearly as extreme, with the stock reaching a high of 3.5 cents, and seeing volume between 200,000 and 1.1 million shares, depending on the day.
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It's hard to figure out if Wall Street is an organized crime ring or simply a band of lunatics.
A plane carrying five Americans and a Panamanian on an anti-drug mission crashed Saturday in a remote part of northern Colombia, killing four of the occupants and seriously injuring the other two, authorities said.
Panamanian officials said three Americans and a Panamanian military officer were killed, and the other two Americans on board were injured. The Americans have not been identified. The crash took place in Choco province, 340 miles (550 kilometers) northwest of Colombia's capital, Bogota, near the border with Panama.
Gen. Nicasio de Jesus Martinez, commander of the Colombian army's Brigade IV whose troops traveled to the accident scene, ruled out the possibility that the plane was shot down by rebels still active in Colombia.
"There was no aggression, no impact ... it was a failure," said Martinez, adding that it was too soon to know if the crash was caused by mechanical failure, human error or the weather.
Farmers reported that the plane went down at about 1 a.m. local time in a rural part of the municipality of Acandi, said Acandi Mayor Gabriel Jose Olivares.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody.
AB4 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, was one of eight immigration-related measures Brown signed on Saturday. The governor also approved a bill allowing lawyers to be admitted to the California bar even if they living in the U.S. illegally.
Ammiano's legislation creates a statewide standard for how local agencies comply with the federal Secure Communities program, which requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of any one who is arrested.
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That's going to be a big hit when they show up in the Beltway for the inevitable bailout. Go to Mexico City for that one.
Syria's President Bashar Assad has conceded making mistakes and says no side in his country's civil war is entirely free of blame, according to an interview to be published Sunday by German magazine Der Spiegel.
The respected Hamburg-based weekly reported that Assad acknowledged "personal mistakes by individuals," though the advance version of the interview released Saturday didn't elaborate on what those mistakes might have been.
"We all make mistakes. Even a president makes mistakes," Der Spiegel quoted him as saying. Assad reportedly added that there were "gray tones" as far as the question of blame was concerned.
Assad, whose authoritarian rule prompted protests more than two years ago that evolved into a bloody civil war with over 100,000 dead, said he didn't believe in a negotiated peace with the rebels trying to oust him.
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The Palestinian Authoritys supreme religious decrees council issued a fatwa this week that said Internet dating was permissible under certain circumstances in the West Bank.
The ruling Tuesday contradicts decrees issued by more conservative Islamic scholars and was rejected by the religious establishment in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Supreme Ifta Council acknowledged in its fatwa that social interaction via the Internet has become widespread and said, It is impossible to avoid it or ban it completely.
The decree said online communications between members of the opposite sex were permissible, provided they were for the purpose of marriage, and provided that both parties abide by codes of ethics and religious directives.
It went on to specify that such interaction must be done with the knowledge of both families and shouldnt happen in a closed room. Women shouldnt provide details about their appearance or share photographs of themselves, it said.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a surprise announcement on Saturday that he would recall next week almost all of the 400,000 civilian employees of the Defense Department who had been sent home when the government shut down.
Mr. Hagel said the decision that most D.O.D. civilians would now be exempted from furloughs came after Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers interpreted a budget law passed just before the shutdown to include a larger number of workers.
When the government shut down, about half of the Defense Departments civilian work force of 800,000 was ordered to stay home; military personnel are automatically exempted from the shutdown.
In a letter released Saturday, Mr. Hagel said that government lawyers now said that under the Pay Our Military Act, the Defense Department can eliminate furloughs for employees whose responsibilities contribute to the morale, well-being, capabilities and readiness of service members.
The act, passed by Congress and signed by President Obama as the government began to shut down, was intended to ensure that the military continued to be paid.
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I would say that any employees whose responsibilities DON'T "contribute to the morale, well-being, capabilities and readiness of service members" should never have been there to go on furlough and should be pink slipped.
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President Obama was illegally furloughing approximately two thousand federal civilian defense contractors at Offutt Air Force Base, in direct contravention of the Pay Our Military Act, passed last week through Congress and signed by Obama himself. Those four thousand employees represent approximately two thirds of the civilian personnel at Offutt Air Force Base.
The Pay Our Military Act explicitly promises such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces. According to Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), Congress intent was to keep support personnel on the job, especially given that US Strategic Command is operated out of Offutt Air Force Base. STRATCOM integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of Defense, other National Leadership and regional combatant commanders.
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Oh, come on, complying with law is not something this administration concerns itself with. Fast and Furious, IRS, Benghazi, FOIA and warrant requests are flaunted with impunity. Waivers to contributors and cronies flow at a whim. Seizing private property with armed enforcers now a daily occurrence. It's all a show of the one's might and power to awe the ungrateful subjects of the kingdom.
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President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.
Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, said team names such as the Redskins offend "a sizable group of people." He said that while fans get attached to the names, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.
"I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things," he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday at the White House
With the partial shutdown entering its fifth day, the GOP-run House passed a bill Saturday that would make sure the furloughed workers get paid for not working. The White House backs the bill and the Senate was expected to OK it, too, but the timing was unclear.
The 407-0 vote in the House was uniquely bipartisan, even as lawmakers continued their partisan rhetoric.
Making the shutdown less painful for 800,000 federal employees will encourage Congress and the White House to extend it even longer, driving up the cost, said Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Ellis said "essential" federal workers who stayed on the job "will feel like suckers because they've been working while the others essentially are getting paid vacations.
I wouldn't say I feel like a "sucker" - it's more like betrayed.
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Should have just classified them as 'illegals' to get the same effect. However, 800,000 federal employees count when you're cooking the books on tax revenue coming in. They make up the difference with the volume. /sarc off
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I wouldn't say I feel like a "sucker" - it's more like betrayed.
Yeah. Passed the House unanimously? Not one objected to the unfairness? I was feeling lucky and proud that my agency has enough in reserve to keep us working and getting paid through the end of October. Although an unpaid vacation would've been nice. A PAID vacation?!?! What a racket. Can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope the unions at better-managed agencies like mine make a stink.
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Actually this is probably good because the closure can now go longer without stories of starving employees working on everyone's guilt. The nation can see how well it runs on minimal government. Heck we even have enough to deny folks from places they have every reasonable right to go and that's with the essential people so clearly the non-essential numbers were not a complete list.
Gunmen killed at least 12 Libyan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint near the city of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of supporters of Muammar Gaddafi, security officials said on Saturday.
Two years after Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in a civil war, the north African country's fragile central government is struggling to control rival militias competing for influence in the aftermath of the conflict.
"The ambush happened on the road between Bani Walid and the town of Tarhouna, where the army had a checkpoint. They came under heavy gunfire. Between 12 and 15 soldiers were killed," said Ali Sheikhi, a spokesman for the army joint chief of staff.
Man sets himself on fire at National Mall, one witness says his accomplice filmed the entire ordeal: report
Police responded to reports of a self-immolation at the National Mall on Friday. The man was rushed to a local hospital by helicopter after using fuel to set himself ablaze near the National Gallery of Art in the middle of the mall, which remains closed due to the U.S. government shutdown. Motive? Will he be arrested for going onto forbidden Federal Shutdown property?
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"If it weren't for those Tea Bagger Rethuglikkkans there would have been a trained Federal Employee on hand with a fire extinguisher, CPR skills, a FAIL slip, and a new phone, right there next to him. This injury rest squarely on the shoulders of Rush and Palin and any klan racists who think we should be broadcasting football R&R to our troops instead of training Al-Qaeda. This just in, I'm feeling a tingle."
"The sources say there were some very high-value targets, including the leader of al-Shabab himself, known as Godane. We understand that, although the Western sources believe that one of the senior al-Shabab commanders may have been killed, they do understand that Ahmed Godane may have survived."
Al-Shabab insist there was nobody of any significance in the house at the time of the attack.
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A resident of Barawe town told the Associated Press news agency that heavy gunfire woke people up before dawn prayers. A similar account was given by a government official in Mogadishu who insisted on anonymity.
"We were awoken by heavy gunfire last night, we thought an al-Shabab base at the beach was captured," Sumira Nur, a mother of four, told Reuters news agency from Barawe. "We also heard sounds of shells but we do not know where they landed."
An al-Shabab member, who gave his name as Abu Mohamed, said fighters rushed to the scene to try to capture a foreign soldier but that they were not successful.
Four people have been killed in Kenya's port of Mombasa during clashes between police and those angered at the killing of a Muslim cleric, the Red Cross says.
Seven people have also been wounded during the disturbances, while a church was set alight.
The cleric Ibrahim "Rogo" Omar and three other people were shot dead in Mombasa as they drove home on Thursday night after preaching.
It comes two weeks after the deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping centre.
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda, said its militants stormed the Westgate mall in the capital in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
Mr. Omar's killing is similar to that of Aboud Rogo Mohammed last year, which was followed by similar rioting in Mombasa. The car in which Mr. Omar was shot then smashed into the verge off the main coastal road north of Mombasa, not far from where Mr. Rogo was shot dead in his vehicle in August 2012.
Mr. Rogo was alleged to have links with al-Shabab and some Muslims accused the Kenyan security forces of killing him - an allegation they denied. "That's not how we operate," Reuters news agency quoted Robert Kitur, Mombasa County police commander, as saying.
The trouble began after Friday prayers when protesters began stoning cars and lighting bonfires as they clashed with police.
At least one of those who died of their wounds in hospital had been shot, according to the Kenya Red Cross.
Kenya's national crisis centre said three people had died of stab wounds, the AFP news agency reports.
Police said they used tear gas to disperse the protesters who also set fire to a Salvation Army church in the Majengo district, a middle-class area of the city, which has a large Muslim population.
Local imams reportedly called for calm.
Eyewitnesses said police were also firing in the air to try to disperse the demonstrators.
A BBC journalist heard sounds of gunshots being fired while on the phone to a local reporter.
Mombasa city police chief Kipkemoi Rop said 24 people had been detained, as the force would not tolerate "unruly youth taking over the town", AFP reports.
Correspondents say the Masjid Musa Mosque, which is on the same street as the Salvation Army church, is known to attract some radical followers.
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Words can hardly express my disappointment at learning that the second crime did not, in fact, take place during a formal re-enactment of the first crime, at the scene of the first crime, with all suspects in the first crime present, looking all nervous and shifty, with constables and chief inspectors and whatnot orchestrating the affair, the head man having said something like "and you, sir, had reached precisely the point where Constable Mabubu is standing, when the fatal shot rang out," when the fatal shot rang out. Perhaps I expect too much of life. Still, thanks, Rantburgers, all of you, for doing what you do.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The impasse, after a year of talks, has increased the prospect of what the Americans call the zero option -- complete withdrawal -- when the NATO combat mission concludes at the end of 2014. That is precisely the outcome they hoped to avoid in Afghanistan, after having engaged in a similarly problematic withdrawal from Iraq two years ago.
Moreover, a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan could be far costlier than it was in Iraq. It would force European powers to pull their forces as well, risking a dangerous collapse in confidence among Afghans and giving a boost to the Taliban, which remain a potent threat.
It could also jeopardize vital aid commitments. Afghanistan is decades away from self-sufficiency -- it currently covers only about 20 percent of its own bills, with the rest paid by the United States and its allies.
"It is a practical truth," the administration official said, that without a deal, "our Congress would not likely follow through on the assistance promises we've made, nor would other partners."
Two tough issues remain.
The first is Afghanistan's insistence that the United States guarantee its security, much like any NATO ally, and the second is Mr. Karzai's refusal to allow American forces to keep searching in Afghanistan for operatives of Al Qaeda. Instead, he has proposed that the United States give its intelligence information to Afghan forces and let them do the searching, said Aimal Faizi, a spokesman for the president.
American officials have rejected both Afghan proposals. The security pact is especially problematic, they say, because it could legally compel American forces to cross the border into Pakistan, resulting in an armed confrontation with an ally -- and a nuclear-armed power.
"The deal is like 95 percent done," said another American official in Washington, "and both sides are holding out." 95% done? More like 33-1/3% Those are two BIG issues.
The differences between the two sides are as much about perspectives as they are about the legalities of raids and bases and security arrangements. Afghanistan believes the threat posed by the Taliban is largely driven from Pakistan. In the American view, the Pakistani havens are but one facet of a conflict that is mainly internal.
The bulk of the forces the US would like to leave in Afghanistan -- administration officials have said they would total 9,000 or less -- would train Afghan forces, which are already doing most of the fighting here. But the United States wants to keep using Special Operations forces to target the roughly 75 operatives that American commanders estimate remain in Afghanistan.
"President Karzai says that has been happening for 12 years, and how come we cannot find them?" Mr. Faizi said. "How much longer will it continue? One year? Five years? Ten years?" At the rate the US has been going in Afghanistan, would you believe two hundred years?
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Maybe this is why the Bush administration treated this backwater stank-hole as second fiddle in the war on terror. The adults in the room can spot a tar baby when they see one. Leave to Obumbles to declare Afghanistan as the pivotal battlefield, abandon our gains in Iraq and then a short few years later, lose our way with the afghans. Rank amateur, and the first anti-American president in history. I hope to hell we avoid an Elphinstone scene as we exit the suck. I don't know who commands in Kabul now - but if he's an Obumbles appointee, then a rout is definitely a possibility.
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You don't need any math for me. I'm a veteran and a Christian.
Hardly worth wasting NSA resources on such as I, since we're already identified.
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Phfft. What do I care what they think? They didn't stop the navy shipyard shooting, aurora or any of the others. So either they know everything and don't care or they don't know much.
And when the time comes to chose sides it will be too late for those bastards anyway.
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What does it matter when the President and Senate Majority Leader, House Minority Leader think so? Because balancing the books and not being a debtor is anti-government? Because the IRS targets individuals?
Or are they a bit pissy because 68 years later the socialists still can't stop Third Army? Hat tip to Pacific Theatre, that was crazy legs over there.
Pay my bills, volunteer fire, employ people, mow my yard, walk my kids to school and read them books at night. If you think I'm part of the problem or some crop to harvest, you need a re-evaluation. Especially if you are reading this before I post it.
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Interesting article. It suggests that 99.98% of US residents picked out by the NSA are false positives.
SwksvolFF,
This is why it matters: The chances are 5000:1 that they will pick out an innocent person than will find a terrorist.
P.S. Actually the chances are considerably higher.
Al
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Vet? Check. White? Check. Owns guns? Check. A bible? Check. Supports the constitution? Check. Holds the government accountable for their actions? Check. Guess what? I made the list...
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Its a tool, and only as good as those who weild it. As a passive system it didn't stop Boston, though the bad guys once identified were tracked rather quickly. As an active system, targets could be analized rather thoroughly I'd guess.
I'm not a lover of somebody in the NSA, so I guess I don't have to worry about my webcam being hacked and pictures taken of me shirtless watching a ballgame with a beer and brat.
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I am sure the NSA is not allowed to use variables such as gender or religion in their model due to political correctness. If they could it would improve the model tremendously.
But then again when terrorist events are ignored it becomes increasingly more difficult to predict as well.
[Al Ahram] The front man for the liberal Constitution Party, Khaled Dawoud, has been stabbed in central Cairo on Friday afternoon.
According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website, the former front man of the National Salvation Front (NSF) was stabbed in his chest and his hand in the Mounira district.
Shortly after the assault, Dawoud told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that he was attacked by protesters while driving his car down Qasr Al-Aini Street in front of Abou Al-Rish Bridge.
He told Al-Ahram that his car was attacked and protesters pulled him out of the vehicle, beat him and stabbed him with a knife.
Dr. Mohammed Salah from Egypt's Children's Hospital, where Dawoud was transferred, told Al-Ahram that he is "stable."
On their official Facebook page, the Constitution Party accused members of the Moslem Brüderbund of the attack against Dawoud.
"The Moslem Brüderbund has rewarded his defence of their future by stabbing him," read a post on the party's page.
Former Constitution Party leader Mohammed ElBaradei denounced the attack on Dawoud and wished him a quick recovery.
"The barbaric assault on Khaled Dawoud ... reflects the size of the tragedy we're living through," said the former vice-president on his official Twitter account.
Dawoud, a staunch oppnent of the Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and the Moslem Brüderbund, resigned from the NSF in mid-August to protest the group's support for the violent dispersal of two large protest camps established by Morsi's supporters. The dispersal by the security forces left hundreds of protesters dead.
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Say what you will about Harry Reid... I doubt if he carries a knife...not that kind anyway.
However, " Islamic Democracy " ( another thing altogether ) sure is interesting..
On the positive side we need to remember its an old and ancient civilization..and we should all respect their diversity. And the camels, too. Don't forget the camels.
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On the positive side we need to remember its an old and ancient civilization..and we should all respect their diversity. And the camels, too. Don't forget the camels.
As if. Although... I suspect that in the right circumstances, a white bear might do the trick. Speaking of which, where is the Muslim Tolstoy? ALways with the quatrains and the Koran, century after century, with hardly ever a good solid Christian doorstop. Must have to do with the lack of trees and cows out there.
Ethan Whittington, of Midlothian, Va., traveled to Boston this week to meet with Glen James and give him the good news of his financial windfall.
James was hailed as a hero last month after he turned in a backpack he found at a mall. It contained more than $2,000 in cash and nearly $40,000 in traveler's checks.
When Whittington, 28, read about James' honesty, he started a fund on the crowd-funding website gofundme.com. Since then, more than 6,000 donations have come in from people around the globe.
The honesty of a homeless man who handed a lost, cash-filled backpack over to police has inspired more than $150,000 in donations to a fund set up in his honor, the fund's organizer said Friday.
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Police on Friday raided the home of a former militant leader Nur Misuari as clearing operations continue in villages that hundreds of gunmen occupied in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
Misuari's house in the village of San Roque was empty, but raiders seized many documents. It was not immediately known whether police found any weapons or explosives in the house. Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca said, "The subject of the search warrant is explosives, components for improvised explosive devices, unlicensed firearms and documents. We have recovered several items."
He said security forces set off a charge on the front gate to be able to enter the sprawling compound which was heavily guarded by former militants in the past. Several towers can be seen from the outside the house despite its tall wall. Inside the compound were several small buildings, a basketball court, and MNLF streamers and tarpaulin signs.
The area has been under heavy guard since September 9 when hundreds of Misuari's supporters led by his lieutenant Ustadz Khabir Malik stormed several villages and took more than 200 people hostage. Subsequent fighting left more than 400 people dead and injured and resulted in a humanitarian crisis following the exodus of more than 100,000 villagers.
[An Nahar] A passerby was maimed when a bomb went kaboom! on Friday at a garbage dump in the Ein el-Hellhole Paleostinian refugee camp near Sidon, state-run National News Agency reported.
"The Ein el-Hellhole blast resulted from an bomb that destroyed part of a wall on the side of a road and no casualties have been reported," Future TV said.
NNA said the blast went off in the al-Zif area in the camp near the vegetable market's entrance, leaving a man identified as Mohammed Adoukhi lightly injured.
"The situation in the camp is totally calm," NNA later reported.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon... OTV said "a dynamite stick went kaboom! in al-Bustan neighborhood in Sidon, causing no casualties."
In a separate incident, NNA said a bomb went kaboom! outside three shops belonging to Mohammed Barakat in the Akkar town of Burj al-Arab, causing material damage.
But Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said three people were lightly injured in the kaboom, revealing that a bomb expert had defused another bomb in the location.
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[SUNTIMES] Al-Qaeda hard boyz battled fighters linked to the Western-backed opposition along with Kurdish gunnies in Syrian towns along the Turkish border on Friday, in festivities that killed at least 19 people, activists said.
The violence is part of an outburst of infighting among the myriad rebel groups opposed to Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... for control over prized border areas. Islamic myrmidon fighters and more mainstream rebels are increasingly turning their guns on each other in what has effectively become a war within a war in northern and eastern Syria, leaving hundreds dead on both sides.
Turkey has been a staunch supporter of the rebels seeking to topple Assad, and has allowed the flow of weapons, men and supplies through border crossings into Syria.
In an interview with Turkey's private Halk TV, Assad said Turkey will pay a "high price" for allowing imported muscle to enter Syria from its territory. "You cannot hide gunnies in your pocket. They are like a scorpion, which will eventually sting you," Assad added.
The interview, broadcast late Thursday, was the latest given by the Syrian president to foreign media as part of a charm offensive in the wake of the Russian-brokered deal that averted the threat of a U.S. Arclight airstrike over an August chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people.
Assad said it was still too early to say whether he'll run for re-election next year, but suggested he would refrain from seeking a third term -- if he feels that is what most Syrians want him to do. He said "the picture will be clearer" in the next four to five months because Syria is going though "rapid" changes on the ground.
"If I have a feeling that the Syrian people want me to be president in the coming period, I will run for the post," Assad said. "If the answer is no, I will not run and I don't see a problem in that."
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In game, of course. They're not gonna rip me from a session of Arma 2 just coz a civilian ran in front of my line of fire in game, not alive anyway.
The International Committee of the Red Thingy Cross have called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by adhering to real-life international war conventions. Here we go.
"The ICRC believes there is a place for international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict) in video games," the organization that works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people caught in war zones said in a statement on their website. Well, that's one vote. What say game developers? Anyone?
"The ICRC is concerned that certain game scenarios could lead to a trivialization of serious violations of the law of armed conflict," they added. "The fear is that eventually such illegal acts will be perceived as acceptable behavior." This is where the short attention span part comes into play. The Red Thingy Cross wants game developers to destroy their own product and wreck their customer base for something that doesn't even happen in meatspace.
Bernard Barrett, a spokesman for the organization said they were not trying to censor games or spoil people's fun, but rather, "make clear that there are rules in battle and that certain acts are illegal." At the top of the list of illegal acts is the supression of free press, but then, when the United States' taxing authority is used to suppress free speech, you can see where the ICRC gets a little frisky.
Shooting civilians, torture, attacking ambulances and killing prisoners are all aspects in video games that they want to address, he explained. I consider it addressed. Now, please, go f*ck yourself.
He added that they were not concerned with fantasy games, but those that mimic situations that might be seen in current armed conflicts, known as "first person shooters" although he declined to name specific titles. He doesn't need to name titles. They are the best sellers.
"We're not asking for censorship, we don't want to take any elements out of the games," he said. "We're not trying to make games boring or preachy, but we're hoping that the ones that offer a realistic portrayal of a modern battlefield can incorporate some sort of reward or penalties depending on whether they follow the basic rules of armed conflict. He is asking for censorship, and the nature of the Red Thingy Cross is that they are preachy. They are in the business of preachy. They make their money by being preachy.
It gives them something to do when blankets and bottled water for the survivors aren't immediately needed. Idle hands are the Devil's playground, 'tis said.
"We are not talking about censorship or banning anything," he added. "It's just making it more realistic, the same way the military has rules on the battlefield, then gamers have the same rules." That's the second time he is quoted saying they're not into censorship. He does protest too much.
While concern over the influence of violence in video games is shared by many, researchers have not established a definitive link. Read: They haven't come up with a creative way or diagnosis, yet. Give the f*ckers time.
Currently, the American Psychological Association is reviewing its 2005 statement that said there "appears to be evidence" of this; a coalition of 228 of the society's members this week urged a revision, arguing that, based on the current research, some assertions in the statement "cannot be supported."
Activision, the producers of the video game Call of Duty, and Rockstar, the producers of Grand Theft Auto, did not respond to a request for comment by NBC News at the time this article was published. So, they did name the games, on backgroud. Dummy, you're not s'posed to tip your hand. Kids today!
Barrett explained that the ICRC were already working with production companies to incorporate these rules into games and others who they had not contacted, had also incorporated some of them into their products.
"We would be keen to work with others," he said. That's one side.
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Not much above a mute from the Red Thingy about American compliance (and beyond) with the conventions in a real war while the usual anti-American wormtongues spewed their lies. That same mute could be heard in the denunciations of clear and repeated violations by AQ, the Taliban, etc. Deal with the real world jerks. Or is this a signal that you've become just another pompous self important bureaucracy desperately seeking cred by playing to theater rather than actually, you know, doing something you claim you exist for.
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for a per-game fee, I'm sure they wouldn't have a problem. *spit*
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They're not gonna rip me from a session of Arma 2 just coz a civilian ran in front of my line of fire in game, not alive anyway.
Well obviously they will have to monitor your game in-time. And Mario deals with kidnapping civilians. And Pac-Man is paganism where a player can destroy civilians in their afterlife. Duck Hunt, totally off limits.
offer a realistic portrayal of a modern battlefield can incorporate some sort of reward or penalties depending on whether they follow the basic rules of armed conflict.
Then I wuz playing Call of Allen the other day, the Mall Level. Bumper-L1+Z hangs a civi by a hook, and the melee button with the mushu boost will put a half-dozen knives into a child.
I wuz playing Empire Total War and destroyed a place of worship and a university. And I liked it, so did the population, whaaa haa haa haa! Booogy booogy boogie.
Exit question: WH2K, if I destroy a hive of orcs, does it make me a war criminal, a racist, homophobic, or all of the above?
Nevermind, el Prez told me to reject the voices of tyranny.
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That new taco place commercial featuring the next gen of video gaming is obviously racist against alien robots and their right to culture. Also, the lack of minorities and its foux latin cuisine makes Yum! foods criminally liable for war crimes.
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A great fictional story would be the government tracking the best video game players. And then high jacking the game and substituting real war battle action and have the gamers killing actual enemy.
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They should do their own game.Weapons of choice: hand wringing, pontificating, the strongly worded letter and, the Ultimate Weapon, Carla DelPonte.
Know what game is a hate crime? Burger Time. Running around making unhealthy burgers while violently smashing other characters not only promotes obesity and racism, because sandwichs such as peanut butter and jelly are the works of flesh eating chauvinist white males, but that there are people starving in China this game promotes glutteny and waste.
Next I will approach how having a successful budget in Sim City teaches terrorist tactics and encourages holding guns to peoples' heads.
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The game companies can't do this. You can't say that playing games has no cause/effect on real world violence and then say that you think learning about war crimes in the game would help folks be less likely to commit them in the real world. A game is a game and folks act differently while playing because they understand this.
If they did what the REd Cross wants every 13 year old would race to get the most genocide points.
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] On Tuesday morning, seven National Park Service employees were seen erecting and tending to a barricade around the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. One NPS employee was operating a forklift. There usually aren't any NPS employees working at the World War II memorial.
A couple hours later, when an Honor Flight of World War II veterans arrived, accompanied by Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the fences blocking the memorial were easily moved away, allowing the veterans to enter.
But the barriers are still at the memorial, and they've been reinforced. This morning, I walked by the memorial and noticed that wires had been used to tie the fences together:
We need to be out there with wire cutters. Cut the wires, move the barry-cades. Stack them neatly -- they're government property and we paid for them, after all -- then go enjoy the memorial.
And dare the park rangers to arrest you. If they do make sure there are photos and video, and go with joy, as if you'd just been arrested for occupying the South African embassy back in the day.
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Obama is a thug. Plain and simple. Only one way to handle a thug: straight up challenge him and kick his ass.
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Yeah - I can just see the picture headline now: "James Jones, age 87, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge as an 18 year old infantryman, is arrested in his wheel chair by a National Park Service mounted ranger. Jones later suffered a heart attack and died"
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...I think the response to the vets retaking their memorial - the MASSIVE response in barricading anything the Government can reach, and in doing so making a clear and obvious mockery of the "we're-out-of-money" meme - is telling.
They are AFRAID of us. If there was ever a time to make the point about who runs this nation, this would be it.
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Wired barricades around the WWII Memorial and nothing on the border.
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Four weeks ago:
Our military needs to get into another war.
Now:
Former military cannot go see a free to enter monument to the war they went to and fought.
Corpse Men
Benghazi on-your-own
Step away from politics for a second as far a jersey wearing - is it not apparant what this group thinks of you?
And am I right with honorflight.org? I don't really have a memorial to me, and thats fine they earned it, so Ima thinking about visiting our dog faced soldiers from WWI.
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The Million biker group is going to DC I understand to escort the Vets. They have bolt cutters also. I love this. Obama trauma. He can stick this with his redskin idea.
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Wire shut the White house and ALL it's gates.
Put glue in every lock.
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Arrest just one 90 year old WWII vet and it's all over.
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I've been too busy/tired lately to keep up with the mainstream crap, let alone the blogs, so forgive me if this is stale stuff. As appealing as confrontation is, confrontation for its own sake is a big mistake at this point. Instead of a mishmash of vets, bikers, wannabes, and the inevitable crazies and provocateurs, "we" should be organizing small rock-solid groups -- vets, active duty, grannies, scouts, whatever -- to show up and volunteer to act as docents/guards. "We're NOT the gov't and we're here to help." Perfect civics class optics, whether they get into position unchallenged, are turned away, or are dragged away. Perfect message: What's the big deal? We don't need apathetic boartits herding us around OUR holy places. We'll handle it cheerfully, casually, on a volunteer basis, like Americans do (folklorically speaking). Angry armed bearded bikers with boltcutters scare me, and I practically are one. Solid well-spoken diverse-looking citizens "naively" showing up to help out like it's no big deal is what we need. Let the bastards haul away granny wearing a Statue of Liberty tiara. Boy and Girl Scouts. Mexican mormons singing spirituals. Team Rubicon t-shirts. Film that shit, with a hundred angry bikers jeering in the background. Just one milquetoast's opinion.
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Time to give them some hind end. Give them some Occupy. Why can only one group be controlled and marginalized. When the majority want to act why are they the only ones that have to play by the rules?. You stand up to a bully. Defy and overwhelm with shear numbers.
Now, someone with photoshop talent needs to put a clenched fist holding the bolt cutters aloft.
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These veterans didn't eliminate communist/socialist aggression and we don't give adamn about you arrogance with mish mash demonstrations and then getting dragged away.
They went straight at them and decked their asses.
[An Nahar] Fifty-four Tunisian pilgrims are refusing to leave Tunis airport and are demanding to be allowed to travel to Mecca after they were stopped with fake Gambia ... The Gambia is actually surrounded by Senegal on all sides but its west coast. It has a population of about 1.7 million. The difference between the two is that in colonial days Senegal was ruled by La Belle France and The Gambia (so-called because there's only one of it, unlike Guinea, of which there are the Republic of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, New Guinea, the English coin in circulation between 1663 and 1813, and Guyana, which sounds like it should be another one) was ruled by Britain... n passports, members of the group said Friday.
Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... allocates quotas to countries to limit the number of people making the annual Mohammedan pilgrimage, and there is a long waiting list in Tunisia, where such scams are relatively common.
The pilgrims, refusing to leave the airport's international zone since their papers were confiscated on Thursday, told Agence La Belle France Presse they had paid three Tunisian intermediaries thousands of euros for their Gambian passports and Saudi visas.
The interior ministry said the three suspects tossed in the calaboose Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! '>were tossed into the calaboose.
"These are not crooks... For three years people have traveled like this!" said one of the pilgrims, Jamil Taher Hmaoui, adding he had paid 8,000 dinars (4,000 euros) for his passport and visa.
"We are starting a sit-in (in the airport) and we will stay here until we leave for Saudi Arabia," the elderly man bellowed.
Mourad Ben Meriem, the cousin of another pilgrim, complained that "another group had left on Tuesday" without any problem, without saying where they had acquired their travel documents.
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MOGADISHU -- The Somali Federal Government military court has sentenced two soldiers to death on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports.
Yahye Sheikh Abdullahi Ahmed and Hussein Ali Ahmed Omar, 30- who were bodyguards for Federal Member of Parliament Nur Mohamed Hussein were charged with the murder of Somali police officers, namely Adan Nur Ali and Ali Mumin Abdirahman, court officials said.
The military court spokesman Col. Abdullahi Mohamed Keyse who spoke to the media at the court building said, The shooting incident occurred in Wardhigley district of Mogadishu and they have been convicted of killing the police officers.
The blindfolded convicted soldiers were taken into custody shortly after judge declared the sentence.
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The 'sad stories' actually began in January of 2008.
In other news: The Obamacare web site is "down for routine maintenance". No need to throw everyone into massive 'sticker shock' until AFTER we've got an approved congressional funding line, now is there ?
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I had submitted for a grant for a National Park to return Southwest Kansas back into its native beach environment. It would have been staffed soley by Native Americans who are the only macroculture to not contribute to climate change. We would have re-introduced the Ichyosaur, "the dolphin of the reptiles", and created a tropical habitat, a prestine introduction into pre-human climate change world. It would pay for itself when the reserve would prevent two to three Hurricane Katrinas per year.
With a can of bear spray on his hip and hearing aids in both ears, Lyle Ruterbories whistles and hums as he tends to this patch of wilderness along the Canadian border.
For 20 years, he has been the ambassador, manager, accountant, anthropologist, botanist, historian, traffic cop, landscaper, handyman and rules enforcer of Kintla Lake.
He still hauls gravel, mends fences and wields a chain saw to clear fallen trees from the road to the most remote encampment a visitor can drive to in Glacier National Park.
But he doesn't overdo it. He is, after all, 93 years old.
What's it like, a visitor asks, to be the oldest ranger in Glacier?
"Not in Glacier. The whole park system. The oldest working ranger in the whole park system. That includes everything," Ruterbories said.
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[Al Ahram] Hundreds of men and women marched for "freedom" in the Sudanese capital on Friday despite the deployment of militia, troops and riot police, AFP correspondents reported.
One of the largest rallies occurred in the poor Shambat area of North Khartoum, where several hundred residents marched along the dirt roads between their houses.
They tried to make their way to a large lot but were blocked by uniformed security officers armed with rifles.
"A million deaders for a new dawn," they called.
"Freedom! Freedom! Justice! Justice!"
They chanted: "The people want the fall of the regime," rallying cry of the 2011 Arab Spring revolts which toppled longtime rulers around the region.
Elsewhere, hundreds demonstrated outside a state security service building, a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... source said, adding there had been a number of other peaceful demonstrations.
The protests followed the main weekly Musselmen prayers and came in spite of the roundup of hundreds of people after deadly demonstrations last week.
Authorities say 34 people died after petrol and diesel prices jumped on September 23 when the government cut fuel subsidies, sending thousands into the streets in the worst urban unrest of President Omar Al-Bashir's 24-year rule.
Amnesia Amnesty International says security forces are believed to have killed more than 200 protesters, many with gunshot wounds to the head and chest.
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Islam marches on. Don't you wish you lived in a Moslem country?
The people who gave the world ju-ju and mo-jo and the concept of "kuffirs".
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'Muslim killer tomatoes' has to be better than "There I was, alone in rainy Phuc Tup, with nothing but a Bowie blade in muh teef, Giap's head in muh hand and a certainty that the CIA wasn't coming."
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#3 Low-rent Hemingway? I think more a syphilitic Wolfe, but that's me. If he starts babbling about mushlim killer tomatoes then I'm correct.
When I think about mushlims, I always want to go to the freezer in the basement, break off one of mum's limbs, and take it out in the back yard. You should take a few swings at overripe tomatoes sometime. You might like it. Swing. Swing. Swing and a mushlim. The spatter glistens in the sun like nipponese pomegranates beneath a roiling plum-purple mushroom mushroom. Out loud! Don't thank me. It's my job. You haven't seen any killer mushlim tomatoes around YOUR neighborhood lately, have you?
p.s. I would love to have a nickname of my very own. I think "Wannabeer Lear" would be nice.
[Al Ahram] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... warned Turkey it will "pay dearly" for supporting rebels fighting to overthrow his regime, in an interview broadcast Friday on Turkish television.
"In the near future these faceless myrmidons will have an impact on Turkey. And Turkey will pay very dearly for its contribution," Assad told the opposition station Halk TV.
He was being interviewed over the presence of Al-Qaeda-linked rebels on the long and volatile border between the two nations. There are several hardline Islamist groups among the numerous rebel formations fighting in Syria.
"It is not possible to use terrorism as a card and put it in your pocket. Because it is like a scorpion which won't hesitate to sting you at any moment," said Assad.
Relations between once close allies Damascus and Ankara have deteriorated since a popular uprising which began in March 2011 in Syria snowballed into a full-blown conflict that has claimed more than 115,000 lives and forced millions to flee.
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[An Nahar] Students at a Hungarian university attended class wearing only their underwear Thursday to protest against a dress code ordered by the college head.
In a letter to students on Wednesday, the rector of Kaposvar University in southwest Hungary wrote that a conservative dress code -- dark suits and shoes for men; jacket, blouse and trousers or long skirts for women -- must be adhered to when attending classes or exams.
"From October 1, there is also no place in the university for mini-skirts, flip-flops, heavy make-up, inappropriate fashion accessories, or unkempt fingernails and hair," the letter continued.
The rector did make an allowance for lighter clothing during warm summer days, prompting some students to make the underwear protest.
"We were appropriately dressed but the class room was so warm we removed some clothing as is permitted," said one student.
The protestors included male and female students.
Students plan to wear flip-flops and beach towels at another protest on October 7.
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] Republicans on Friday were furious over a Wall Street Journal report that the White House believes it is "winning" the shutdown fight.
"This isn't some damn game," said House Speaker John A. Boehner. "The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
Publicly the White House, too, says the shutdown isn't about winning. Press secretary Jay Carney said that on Thursday. But the Wall Street Journal reported that a senior administration official said: "We are winning...It doesn't really matter to us" how long the shutdown lasts "because what matters is the end result."
Republicans and Democrats are stalemated in how to reopen the government, with Republicans demanding a compromise that would include a delay or dent in Obamacare, and Democrats insisting the government be reopened without any preconditions -- though they say they would be willing to talk about other spending and tax issues later.
Democrats have accused Mr. Boehner of being a bad negotiator, saying he cannot control his own troops and can't be trusted to deliver on a deal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... said this week that Mr. Boehner reneged on a deal they had to pass a stopgap spending bill without preconditions but at the spending level the House GOP insisted.
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Bad negotiator? WTF? The Dems refuse to negotiate at all, We elected a split government precisely because of the actions of the Dems in ramrodding a bad law through that the nation did not want. Time to face up to it, Democrats, or be called out as the dictatorial assholes that you are, and (figuratively) break out the tar and feathers to chase them from office.
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Sit like Grant before Richmond, even if it takes all winter and spring. You're numbers can't get much worse with time and theirs will tumble. That's why they're panicking, as you can tell by their baying. The added bonus is that they can't use the Treasury to buy more votes with if the doors are locked.
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If you DON'T WANT Obamacare, defund it. stop making mouth noise, we are listening, but the results are NOT to your liking. (We're listening to know who NOT to vote for)
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Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenya's president, has told Somalia to "put their house in order," in a sign of frustration at the festering instability in the neighbouring country after members of a Somali armed group attacked and killed dozens at a Nairobi shopping mall.
Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot...
Earlier, President Kenyatta announced a formal inquiry into the deadly assault.
"We are putting in place a commission of inquiry to see if we could have done things better, to see if there were lapses," Kenyatta said at inter-faith prayers led by leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Hindu communities.
The mall attack bore out widespread fears that Somalia, whose cash-strapped government exerts little control beyond the capital Mogadishu,
...and they're not too certain of that...
remained a training ground for armed fighters and a launching pad for attacks beyond its borders.
The Kenyan president said he would not be bullied into withdrawing his soldiers, who are part of an African peacekeeping force.
He also took aim at the Somali government, which a source close to the Kenyan presidency said had also recently called for Kenyan troops to leave before withdrawing the demand under pressure from regional leaders.
"If their desire is for Kenya to pull out of Somalia, my friends, all they need to do is what they should have done 20 years ago, which is put their house in order," Kenyatta told religious leaders at a multi-faith prayer meeting.
There was no immediate reaction from the Somali government.
But al-Shabab said in a statement that if the Kenyan government 's decision was to keep its forces in Somalia, it was an indication that it hadn't yet learned "any valuable lessons" from the Westgate attack.
The group promised even more insecurity, bloodshed and destruction in Kenya.
"Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen is fully determined to intensify attacks inside Kenya until the last KDF boots exit Somali soil," the armed group 's press office said in a statement. "If Kenya's political leaders are still persistent in their quest to occupy our Muslim lands and carry out heinous atrocities against our people, then let them know that Kenyans will never find peace and stability in their country."
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[DAILYPOST.NG] Unconfirmed reports in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital revealed that over 186 Boko haram gunnies connected with the bloody massacre of about 70 students at College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe state have been killed in recent attacks by men of the 7 Division Nigerian Army.
The military, who have been in search of the suspected members of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect launched aerial bombardment on new camps sighted via satellite .
Residents of Damaturu told DailyPost that the men of the Joint task Force had claimed on Thursday that they killed scores of the gunnies who perpetrated the act of killing innocent travelers as well as the attack on the College of Agriculture in Gujba town.
It was learnt that the military raided the camps of the gunnies near Mazari village and tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... about 15 suspects.
According to reports, the offensive military raid of the bully boyz hideouts was intensified last Sunday when some gunnies suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram sect attacked the college's dormitory and opened fire on the students in their sleep before they fled without being arrested.
The Spokesman of the JTF in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, Captain Eli Lazarus however, told Journalists on Thursday that with the assistance of air strikes and ground troops, the hideouts of the bully boyz believed to be the ones who carried separate attacks in the College, Yadi Buni and roadside attacks were identified.
He said following exchange of gunfire with the troops and the bully boyz at their camps in Mazari village, scores of the bad boyz were potted, while 15 of them were arrested in different locations in Gujba, Yadi Buni towns in an attempt to flee from the offensive military raid.
"Our troops on ground in collaboration with air strike bombardment were able to identify a terrorist's camp in Mazari village, the camp is suspected to be the one harbouring the Boko Haram sects who launched a deadly attack on Gujba College of Agriculture last Sunday where they killed and injured many students.
"Consequently, when we raided the said camp, our men were able to kill many of the terrorists, destroyed the camp and arrest 15 of them who are now helping the military with vital information on how to locate some of their camps in the bushes", Eli said.
He, therefore, assured the general public that the security agencies were doing everything possible in protecting lives and property in the state.
He, however, urged all and sundry to cooperate with the military by giving information to the JTF on the hideouts of bully boyz or any suspicious movement in their localities, so as to nip terrorism in the bud.
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] Tea party groups, Franklin Graham, Christine O'Donnell, a pro-marriage group. And now Dr. Ben Carson.
The list of conservatives targeted by the Internal Revenue Service for audits, tax-exempt reviews or tax privacy breaches keeps growing, raising fresh questions in Washington about whether a scandal the B.O. regime has blamed on bureaucratic incompetence and coincidence may in fact involve something more nefarious.
The latest revelation came Thursday from Dr. Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon who told The Washington Times that he was targeted for an audit just months after he gave a speech in front of President B.O. that challenged America's leadership. The agency requested to review his real estate holdings and then conducted a full audit.
In the end, the IRS found no wrongdoing, Dr. Carson said, but it raised his suspicions about being singled out for his speech.
"I guess it could be a coincidence, but I never had been audited before and never really had any encounters with the IRS," Dr. Carson said in an interview. "But it certainly would make one suspicious because we know now the IRS has been used for political purposes and therefore actions like this come under suspicion."
Melanie Sloan, head of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and a former Justice Department prosecutor during the Clinton years, said she had not been that concerned about the IRS reviews of the growing number of tea party groups but the story of Dr. Carson's audit raised red flags.
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[Al Ahram] The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) -- the Moslem Brüderbund's political wing -- condemned a knife attack on Constitution Party's front man Khaled Dawoud, one of the Brotherhood's staunch critics.
"The party stresses that it is against any act of violence even if it is against those who supported the coup d'etat," reads a statement that was posted on the FJP's Facebook page hours after the incident.
Dawoud, a former front man for the anti-Morsi bloc the National Salvation Front (NSF), was stabbed in his chest and hand on Friday in central Cairo.
Shortly after the assault, Dawoud told Al-Ahram's Arabic news website that he was attacked by protesters while driving his car down Qasr Al-Aini Street in front of Abou Al-Rish Bridge.
He said his car was attacked and protesters pulled him out of the vehicle, beat him and stabbed him with a knife.
The liberal Constitution Party, for its part, blamed the attack on the Moslem Brüderbund protesters, who were present in Qasr Al-Aini after a failed attempt Curses! Foiled again! to enter Tahrir Square.
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[Dawn] The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... government on Thursday promised not to interfere in the police's operation against gunnies in the province.
"We've given police a freehand to target gunnies in the province and will ensure that there is no political interference in it for the best possible results," Sheraz Paracha, front man for the provincial chief minister, told news hounds at Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Press Club.
Mr Sheraz said the provincial government had asked the federal government to return the remaining Frontier Constabulary platoons to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and that was likely to happen very soon.
He said the government was much concerned about the poor security situation in the lovely provincial capital after the frequent terrorist attacks.
The front man said Peshawar had been divided into four zones for the upcoming targeted operation against gunnies to be carried out by the quick response force.
He said duty of police at unnecessary locations, especially in Peshawar, had been cancelled in view of the delicate law and order situation.
Mr Sheraz said the government had been taking all possible steps to ensure protection of public life and property and that inspector general of police, home secretary and tribal affairs department were in contact with each other on it.
He said the chief minister had approved the inspector general of police's security proposals.
The front man said the six-kilometer wall around Hayatabad was in dilapidated condition and therefore, it would be repaired on emergency basis.
He said alarms would also be fixed to the wall to check entry of terrorists.
Mr Sheraz said there was a complete ban on the postings and transfers in the provincial police for better efficiency.
He said holding negotiations with Death Eaters groups for peace was a complex and serious issue for which the provincial government would formally issue suggestions soon.
The front man said the government was taking all possible measures for restoration of cultural activities and preservation of historic buildings and sites, and that all such places would be opened to visitors very soon.
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[An Nahar] Fierce battles gripped Barzeh in northern Damascus on Friday as regime troops pressed a campaign aimed at crushing rebel enclaves around the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
In Hasakeh in the north, fighting between the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Kurdish forces left an unknown number of dead on both sides, the Britannia-based Observatory added.
The monitoring group later reported several air strikes across the country, including in Yabrud near Damascus that was hit by five separate strikes. A man and woman were reportedly killed in the bombardment.
The air force also struck Mayadeen in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, killing at least three people.
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The year 2014 will be a big one for printed guns, says Kurt Hofmann. The reason is that certain 3D printing patents expire, and that will mean 3D printers will become much cheaper to buy. No wonder the left wants Congress in 2014. Nothing like destroying the 1st and 2nd Amendments with legislation.
According to the Wall Street Journal, last month the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agency proposed a rule to eliminate the trusts requirement by requiring trusts members assembled to purchase automatic fire arms and accessories such as suppressors to be subject to background checks. Nothing to be done about this, regardless of when the comment period has ended. RKBA will be wrecked by Washington DC by any means the left can.
A writer for a California student newspaper is all happy Tom Clancy has died. You know, white guys and guns, NRA, etc.
Finally, the reason why we have a 2nd Amendment is not for the eating of yummy deer, killing criminals, self defense or being a "law abiding citizen". It is because of tyranny.
Last week's thread winner in last week's TWIG report from Matt:
The undisputed leader of the crew, George Washington his own self, was a consummate gentleman, but crossed the Delaware on Christmas so that his men could bayonet foreign mercenaries in their sleep, hanged Major Andre instead of at least giving the poor kid the honor of a firing squad, and in general did everything fair or foul to drive the enemy into the sea. If he were somehow among us today and you could explain to him what a Warthog could do to infantry, his only regret would be not having a couple at the Battle of Brooklyn. Gun-fearing these folks were not. Hence, the Second Amendment.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Pistol ammunition prices were mixed to higher, while rifle ammunition was steady to lower.
Prices for used weapons for private sale were mixed, with rifles slightly lower in price and pistols slightly higher.
Pistol Ammo
.45 caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: +.02 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Selway Armory, BVAC (CPRN), .36 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Selway Armory, BVAC (CPRN), .34 per round
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: +.01 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: BangIt Ammo, Precision One, reloaded, .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, reloaded, .26 per round (w/ ammo can) (- .01 each from last week)
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cabelas, Herter's Select Grade, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Selway Armory, CBVAC reloaded, .24 per round (-.01 each from last week)
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: -.08 each (-.12 total in two weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Armscor, .38 per round
Cheapest, Bulk, 250 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Fiocchi, .41 per round ( -.37 each from last week (!))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: -.05 each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Monarch, steel cased, .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk 1,000 rounds: Cabelas, Herters 223, .28 per round (-.05 each in two weeks)
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: -.06 each (-.12 over two weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Prvi Partizan, brass, .61 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1000 rounds: Sportsman Guide, MFS, .56 per round
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (Two Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Wolf Polyformance, steel core and case, .26 per round
Cheapest, Bulk, 1000 rounds: BuyAmmoDirect, SADU (Romania), lead core, steel case, .25 per round
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (Two weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Fast, Eley Target, .10 per round
Cheapest, Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Armscor, .14 per round
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average price: $730 Last Week Avg: $815
California: Delton Inc: $650
Texas: DPMS Sportical: $650
New York: New Frontier: $749
Virgina: New Frontier: $750
Florida: Mixed Build: $850
.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,230 Last Week Avg: $1,363
California: Sig Sauer M716 Patrol: $1,400
Texas: DPMS Oracle: $1,050
New York: Core 30 MOE: $1,200 (Same Gun)
Virginia: Rock River Arms LR-308: $1,300
Florida: Smith & Wesson M&P: $1,200
.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $522 Last Week Avg: $583
California: Rock Island Armory: $475 (Same gun)
Texas: Springfield: $600
New York: Rock Island Armory: $385
Virginia: Rock island Armory: $650 (Same Gun)
Florida: Colt regent (SS): $500
9mm Beretta 92FS Semiautomatic Average Price: $519 Last Week Avg: $495
California: $550 (Same Gun)
Texas: $475 (Same Gun)
New York: None
Virginia: $550
Florida: $500
.40 caliber S&W (Glock and other semiautomatic) Average Price: $481 Last Week Avg: $455
California: Sig Sauer SP2022: $550
Texas: Glock 27: $500
New York: Glock 22: $400
Virginia: Glock 23: $545
Florida: Glock 23: $410
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
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The year 2014 will be a big one for printed guns,
I am more than amused over the 3D printed guns hysteria. People can make guns? Oh noes! Unwad your undies, my poor frightened dears. People have been making guns since Colonial times, long before the advent of 3d printers or even 5-axis milling machines. Hell, given some basic handtools, you could walk out of the local Home Depot with the fixings for a do-it-yourself zip gun. Just a question of how fancy (or safe!) you want it to be.
And yeah, what Mr. Covert said about the 2nd Amendment as a defense against tyranny. For a bunch of dead white guys, the Founding Fathers had it going on.
[Dawn] According to a story published in The Guardian, Iran has passed a law, which if approved by the Guardian Council, would allow men to marry their adopted daughters once the child reaches the age of 13.
Human rights activists have expressed dismay that the bill opens the door for men to use the law to marry their own adopted daughters if the court rules that it's in the interest of the child.
In Iran girls under the age of 13 can still be legally married, but it requires a judge's approval.
Shadi Sadr, a human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. lawyer with the London-based group Justice for Iran said that law essentially legitimises child abuse.
"This bill is legalising paedophilia," she said. "It's not part of the Iranian culture to marry your adopted child. Obviously incest exists in Iran more or less as it happens in other countries across the world, but this bill is legalising paedophilia and is endangering our children and normalising this crime in our culture."
Iranian officials are arguing that the law has been enacted out of practicality since adopted girls are forced to wear a hijab around their fathers.
'With this bill, you can be a pedophile and get your bait in the pretext of adopting children,' Sadr said.
Whether or not the law will get the final stamp of approval by the country's Governing Council is still a question but the outcry among activists has been vocal.
Underage marriage is a real concern in the country where it has been reported that there were 42,000 children between the ages of 10 and 14 who were married in 2010.
In 2012, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Majles (the Iranian parliament) told the press that they regard the law that prohibits girls below the age of 10 from being married off as "un-Islamic and illegal."
In August of this year, a court in India's capital stirred up controversy when it said marriage with an underage girl was permissible under Indian Law.
The city court in Delhi said that provisions of the the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act suggested that where a physical relationship is undertaken with a minor girl -- which is neither sexual assault nor has consent been taken by unlawful means -- no offence can said to have been committed.
According to a Times of India report, the court made these observations while acquitting a 22-year-old native of West Bengal of charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl, with whom he had eloped and later married.
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... delivered a striking mea culpa on the Senate floor Friday as he opened the chamber, saying he and his colleagues have simply gotten too personal and nasty in their floor debates.
A day earlier Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, had scolded Mr. Reid for attacking Sen. Ted Cruz, another Texas Republican, by name as they debated the government shutdown. Mr. Cornyn read directly from the Senate Rules that prohibit members from impugning each other's motives or conduct.
Mr. Reid on Friday said it was a lesson all senators, including himself, should learn.
"I'll work harder and I hope my senators will work to their best to maintain these habits of civility and decorum," he said.
The Nevada Democrat said the chamber has "lost the aura" of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the long-time politician from West Virginia who was seen as a keeper of the chamber's traditions.
On Thursday, Mr. Reid had accused Mr. Cruz -- who wasn't on the floor -- of having usurped the rest of the GOP leadership, including House Speaker John A. Boehner.
"He is following Senator Cruz 's idea specifically. Senator Cruz is now joint Speaker. He lectures the House on occasion, as he does people over here," Mr. Reid said. He also called the GOP moves he said Mr. Cruz was spearheading "crazy."
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If there were justice in this world, Reid would have died from Cruz's pistol in an honor duel. Or be swinging at the end of a rope for treason.
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"The Nevada Democrat said the chamber has "lost the aura" of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the long-time politicianKKK kleagle from West Virginia who was seen as a keeper of the chamber's traditions."
FTFY
And no, Harry, obviously you haven't.
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"Reid apologizes"
"I'm sorry I got caught"
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"Mr. Reid, I was reviewing your z-out and it seems your register was -$2000 and there was cowboy poetry where the credit car receipts were supposed to be. Care to explain?"
"Yeah, you are a racist crazy bird and I'll plead the 5th"
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I think you people are all being too hard on him. He might make it as a busboy in Las Vegas...certainly not a waiter but he might make it as a busboy...or how about a dish washer? You know, something where the public won't notice him.
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[Al Ahram] Former Constitution Party leader Mohammed ElBaradei expressed his grief over the stabbing of party front man Khaled Dawoud on Friday.
Dawoud, a former front man for the anti-Morsi opposition bloc the National Salvation Front, was stabbed in his chest and hand on Friday in central Cairo.
Shortly after the assault, Dawoud told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that he was attacked by protesters while driving his car down Qasr Al-Aini Street in front of Abou Al-Rish Bridge.
He told Al-Ahram that his car was attacked and protesters pulled him out of the vehicle, beat him and stabbed him with a knife.
"The barbaric assault on Khaled Dawoud ... reflects the size of the tragedy we're living," said former vice-president ElBaradei via Twitter, adding that he wished Dawoud a speedy recovery.
Dawoud, a staunch opponent of Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and the Moslem Brüderbund, resigned from the NSF in mid-August to protest the group's support for the violent dispersal of two large protest camps established by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
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[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Most people on finding out that they've become rich beyond their wildest dreams would immediately splash out on a selfish purchase - a yacht, a mansion, maybe even a private island.
But when Reggie Theus discovered he had become a trillionaire thanks to a bank error, he decided to make life easy for his fellow Americans, and offered to pay of the national debt.
Sadly for the country, the bank realised its mistake, and soon took away the East Texan's $4,000,000,000,000 - dashing the States' hope of an easy fix for their financial crisis.
Mr Theus, a restaurant manager, didn't throw caution to the wind and quit his job, thankfully - he still turned up and was busy waiting on tables and co-ordinating his staff.
He told KLTV: 'I was definitely surprised when I looked in my account and saw that much money in there.
'I looked it up and there's never been a trillionaire before.'
The bank, which asked their customer not to identify them, had made the error during an online banking update.
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Doubly bad.
1/ they don't understand wrapping in binary (2^42 mantissa, 18bit exponent?)
2/ MUCH WORSE! They didn't check to make sure the balances balanced! This money was created ex-nihilo which shouldn't be possible.
[An Nahar] Norway will cut its aid to Afghanistan in 2014 due to a lack of progress on women's rights and efforts to combat corruption, a senior Norwegian official said on Friday.
Norway's aid will be slashed from an annual 750 million kroner (92.3 million euros, $126 million) to 700 million kroner, a reduction of about seven percent.
"We warned Afghan authorities in July that the consequences (of the reform delays) could be a reduction (in aid), and now this is coming," Deputy Foreign Minister Torgeir Larsen told daily Aftenposten.
A member of Norway's outgoing government that lost September 9 general elections, Larsen said the exact details of the aid cut would be outlined in the 2014 budget his government is scheduled to present on October 14 -- its last task before leaving office a few days later.
The decision is not expected to be contested by the incoming government.
A new report from the Norwegian embassy in Kabul quoted by Aftenposten said 87 percent of Afghan girls and women have been subjected to some form of violence and 70 percent of policewomen have been harassed or sexually assaulted by their superiors.
According to a recent ranking by the non-governmental organization Transparency International, Afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
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[LOSANGELES.CBSLOCAL] A high school principal has apologized for forcing a 16-year-old student to remove her National Rifle Association shirt last month. Heard from the lawyers, huh? Can you think of another reason why they'd apologize?
Haley Bullwinkle, a sophomore at Canyon High School, said she was asked to change or face suspension because her T-shirt, which featured a buck, an American flag, and a hunter's silhouette, violated the school's dress code and promoted gun violence.
Bullwinkle's father, Jed, emailed the school's principal, Kimberly Fricker, about the situation.
Fricker responded saying that the gun on the shirt wasn't allowed.
The principal, however, had a change of heart on Thursday. Bullwinke's mother, Stephanie, said Fricker called her and said the teen can wear her shirt.
"She was very, very apologetic. She said they're definitely going to be talking to the staff, training their staff on what is appropriate conduct and what is not. And that (Haley) can wear the shirt, so very happy. It was nice to hear from her," said Stephanie.
"I feel a bit proud, actually, that I stood up for my rights, and I feel very happy at the outcome," Bullwinkle said.
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Bullwinkle's father, Jed, emailed the school's principal, Kimberly Fricker, about the situation.
[An Nahar] International experts were on Friday gearing up to disable the chemical weapons program in war-hit Syria after reporting "encouraging" progress in a day of meetings with regime officials.
The Syrian regime and its armed opponents have both been accused of carrying out numerous atrocities in the 30-month conflict, which began as a popular uprising and has since snowballed into a full-blown war that has killed 115,000.
In a television interview broadcast Friday, Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... again denied having perpetrated an August 21 chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus that killed hundreds of people and prompted Washington to threaten military action.
Syria's chemical arsenal -- to be destroyed under a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... resolution -- were in the hands of "special forces" who were the only ones capable of using them, Assad told opposition Turkish channel Halk TV.
"Preparing these weapons is a complex technical operation... and a special procedure is necessary to use them which requires a central order from the army chief of staff. As a result it is impossible that they were used," he said.
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[SCIENCEMAG.ORG] A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals. That's what happens when the science is settled.
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So, liberal politicsa and government money have corrupted science? Something we conservatives and libertarians have been complaining about for years.
...not certain the grandiloquent appreciates what this little bit-'o-home means to distant uniformed people serving the interests of their country...
HT: Drudge
I believe you're being very unfair to gangsters, OldSpook. A gangster knows that actions have consequences, and therefore a successful one doesn't go out of his way to offend People.
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"Sorry, has to be this way; rules are rules."
You run into this whenever you deal with any bureaucracy - judgement is not allowed (it would be dangerous to the 'system.')
I beginning to hear on the teevee the complaints from folks about paying for obstetrics under Obamacare. Appears coverage for obstetrics is mandatory regardless of one's age or the Obamacare program one enrolls in. Today's cost of child birth far exceeds the deductible, so the huge cost of so-called anchor babies, formerly suffered by the healthcare industry and handled thru 'paying customer' pass-alongs, is not shared by everyone.
Streamlining and sharing the costs of birthing new democrats, how convenient.
....'soeker, you are correct. Mrs. Phester reports that she saw a squib yesterday featuring a lady in her 70's who shall be required to take maternity coverage...
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Petty much all of us received obstetric care at some point in our lives (assuming we were born) - of course it used to be cheap enough one didn't need insurance.
[Dawn] Pak authorities on Friday accused the Indian army of cross-border shelling that killed a toddler and maimed five other civilians in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmire.
"A two-year-old boy who was maimed in shelling by Indian troops has died at hospital, while five other maimed persons in Kotli district are still under treatment," Masood-ur-Rehman, local administration official, told AFP.
He said that three women and two men were also injured in the cross-border shelling in village of Rud Karthar on the Line of Control in Kotli district.
A Pak military official also confirmed the death and injuries to the civilians, saying they were the result of mortar shelling by the Indian forces.
"The Indian forces fired mortar shells on the civilian population, which resulted in the death of a young boy and wounds to five other people," said the bigwig at Pakistain Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi. He spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to media.
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Pause. Now ask yourself what is an average Pakistani's word actually worth. Now a govt. Pakistani....well?
And take it as a fact that Pak soldiers are not....uh...well...not exactly...worth much.
[Dawn] The Sindh government has decided to impose a three-month ban on the use of instant messaging and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, including Skype, Tango, WhatsApp and Viber, to make security operations effective and to smash terrorist works.
Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon told journalists that the decision had been taken at a meeting of the law and order committee which was held at the CM House on Thursday and presided over by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
Attended by inspector general of Sindh police, director general of Rangers, chiefs of intelligence agencies and bigwigs, the meeting reviewed progress of the ongoing operation against criminal elements 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... . It decided to expand its scope to Hyderabad and other cities of Sindh from Friday.
But the announcement of the decision about the ban triggered instant criticism from various quarters and the social media and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan immediately issued a statement in Islamabad saying that the federal government and his ministry had not taken such a decision.
He said he was personally against such a ban. "Soon after taking charge of the interior ministry I have stopped the tradition of blocking mobile networks on certain occasions," he said, adding that "such steps have never been fruitful".
Chaudhry Nisar said if a request to ban instant messaging and VoIP applications was received from Sindh, it would be assessed on merit because the federal government did not want to create inconveniences for people.
In Karachi, the Sindh information minister also announced that the provincial government had prepared a code of conduct for collection of hides of sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eidul Azha. Under the code political parties and social organizations will not be allowed to collect hides.
Mr Memon said the provincial government had decided to approach the centre for getting illegal mobile phone SIMs banned which, according to him, could cut the number of cases of kidnapping and extortion by 70 per cent.
He said the government had imposed a ban on waving guns and launched a drive for recovery of illegal weapons.
Answering a question, he said during the past one month Rangers and police had conducted 3,000 raids and submitted challans against 745 suspects. He said 43 cases under the anti-terrorist act had been initiated. About 1,400 suspects placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! '>were tossed into the calaboose, 50 of them were wanted in murder cases.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... the interior minister directed the DG Rangers and IG of Sindh police not to disclose political affiliation of any person apprehended during the ongoing operation in Karachi.
"The release of this information is creating a negative impression about the non-political and non-partisan operation being carried out in Karachi," he said, adding that "it will raise suspicion about the motive of the operation".
Chaudhry Nisar said justice demanded that law-enforcement personnel must ensure that informati
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Don't touch that dial, Mustapha. WE ARE IN CONTROL!
Everybody knows that the Prophet Mohammed ( PBUH ) hated things like SKYPE and anything like that. He thought it was "nasty". And after all, HE should know, right?
[REUTERS] At least four people died in festivities on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14.
An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising.
Four people were killed in festivities in two neighborhoods of Cairo, an interior minister front man said in comments published by state-run newspaper Al-Ahram late on Friday. All four were Brotherhood supporters, security sources said.
Major General Sayed Shafiq, assistant interior minister for public security, denied any protesters had died in the southern city of Assiut. Medical and health sources had earlier said four people had been killed in Assiut, without saying which side they were on.
In Cairo, onlookers threw rocks at pro-Mursi protesters, who hurled them back. Riot police earlier fired tear gas to push back the march.
Thousands of protesters headed toward the site in northeast Cairo of one of the former Brotherhood protest camps crushed by security forces in August. By late afternoon, protesters had retreated from the area.
Members of the Brotherhood, which has been banned by court order, tried to reach the presidential palace but were turned back by police.
The state news agency said protesters failed in attempts to reach the defense ministry and a Republican Guard facility.
Fighting also erupted in Egypt's second city Alexandria and two Nile Delta cities.
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[ONLINE.WSJ] Senior Republicans in Congress, frustrated over their inability to strike a deal to reopen the government, began shifting from their drive to undercut the 2010 health-care law, which has been the central element of the dispute, toward a broader budget deal.
The new focus comes as Congress is beginning to confront the need to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, which the Treasury said must be done this month in order to pay the nation's obligations. With federal agencies largely shuttered for a third day, some GOP politicians were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling.
House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , (R., Ohio), on Thursday signaled he would follow that course. He told a group of his closest allies over lunch that he doesn't want to broker a deal to fund federal agencies and reopen the government only to face an immediate negotiation over raising the debt ceiling, participants said. The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] The games politicians play: Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... is having a lot of fun using the government shutdown to squeeze the public in imaginative ways. The point of the shutdown game is to see who can squeeze hardest, make the most pious speech and listen for the applause. It's a variation on the grade-school ritual of "you show me yours, and I'll show you mine."
President B.O. is not a bad poker player, but the man with all the chips always starts with the advantage (and he gets all the aces). He has closed Washington down as tight as he dares, emphasizing the trivial and the petty in making life as inconvenient as he can for the greatest number. It's all in a noble cause, of course. Access to most of the memorials is limited, and often in curious ways. The Lincoln Memorial is easy to reach, with the streets around it remaining open. But the Martin Luther King Memorial is made difficult to reach, relegating it, you might say, to the back of the bus. Not very nice.
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they're only here to help.
"It's a cheap way to deal with the situation," an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting."
The Republicans, fighting with smaller-bore weaponry, keep trying to get some things reopened with carefully targeted legislation. The Senate, under the thumbs of Sen. Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... and the White House, refuses to budge from the trivial and the petty. It says here that Harry Reid's critics, and they are legion, should give the guy a break. No man in Washington is under the pressure he is, and it doesn't seem quite cricket to do that to an old man, even one who deserves it.
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[An Nahar] Unidentified gunnies have rubbed out an officer in Yemen's southern port city of Aden in the latest attack targeting military personnel, a security official said on Friday.
Lieutenant Colonel Waleed al-Wahabi, a member of the special forces, came under fire late on Thursday in the Tawahi district, the official said.
Attacks targeting the security forces are on the increase in Yemen, but mainly take place in its lawless southern and eastern provinces, where jihadist groups are active.
Authorities have blamed al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for a spate of drive-by shootings from cycle of violences, but AQAP has never actually admitted carrying out such an attack.
On Wednesday, troops recaptured a military headquarters in the southern port city of Mukalla, after it was seized on Monday by al-Qaeda-linked gunnies who also took hostages.
Twelve people, including five soldiers, were killed in the fight for the building.
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[OCREGISTER] Way back in January, when it emerged that Beyoncé had treated us to the first-ever lip-synched national anthem at a presidential inauguration, I suggested in this space that this strange pseudo-performance embodied the decay of America's political institutions from the real thing into mere simulacrum. But that applies to government "crises," too -- such as the Obamacare "rollout," the debt "ceiling," and the federal "shutdown," to name only the three current railroad tracks to which the virtuous damsel of Big Government has been simultaneously tied by evil mustache-twirling Republicans.
This week's "shutdown" of government, for example, suffers (at least for those of us curious to see it reduced to Somali levels) from the awkward fact that the overwhelming majority of the government is not shut down at all. Indeed, much of it cannot be shut down. Which is the real problem facing America. "Mandatory spending" (Social Security, Medicare, et al) is authorized in perpetuity -- or, at any rate, until total societal collapse. If you throw in the interest payments on the debt, that means two-thirds of the federal budget is beyond the control of Congress's so-called federal budget process. That's why you're reading government "shutdown" stories about the Panda Cam at the Washington Zoo and the first lady's ghost-Tweeters being furloughed.
Nevertheless, just because it's a phony crisis doesn't mean it can't be made even phonier. The perfect symbol of the shutdown-simulacrum so far has been the World War II Memorial. This is an open-air facility on the National Mall -- that's to say, an area of grass with a monument at the center. By comparison with, say, the IRS, the National Parks Service is not usually one of the more controversial government agencies. But, come "shutdown," they're reborn as the shock troops of the punitive bureaucracy. Thus, they decided to close down an unfenced open-air site -- which, oddly enough, requires more personnel to shut than it would to keep it open.
So the Parks Service dispatched their own vast army to the World War II Memorial to ring it with barricades and yellow "Police Line -- Do Not Cross" tape strung out like the world's longest "We Support Our Troops" ribbon. For good measure, they issued a warning that anybody crossing the yellow line would be liable to arrest -- or presumably, in extreme circumstances, the same multibullet ventilation that that mentally ill woman from Connecticut wound up getting from the coppers. In a heartening sign that the American spirit is not entirely dead, at least among a small percentage of nonagenarians, a visiting party of veterans pushed through the barricades and went to honor their fallen comrades, mordantly noting for news hounds that, after all, when they'd shown up on the beach at Normandy, it, too, had not been officially open.
One would not be altogether surprised to find the feds stringing yellow police tape along the Rio Grande, the 49th Parallel and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, if only to keep Americans in, rather than anybody else out. Still, I would like to have been privy to the high-level discussions at which the government took the decision to install its Barrycades on open parkland. For anyone with a modicum of self-respect, it's difficult to imagine how even the twerpiest of twerp bureaucrats would consent to stand at a crowd barrier and tell a group of elderly soldiers who've flown in from across the country that they're forbidden to walk across a piece of grass and pay their respects. Yet, if any National Parks Service employee retained enough sense of his own humanity to balk at these instructions or other spiteful, petty closures of semiwilderness fishing holes and the like, we've yet to hear about it.
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Mark Steyn: Manning the Barrycades of punitive liberalism fascism
FIFY. Punish the people, really? The state exists to serve the people in a true republic. Under the fascist state, the people exist to serve it and those who run it. These were never 'liberals' in the classical sense, these were socialist, clear and simple. Now their inner fascist is coming to fore.
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Soros is mad as hell because his huge bet on the options failed when events like a Syrian war didn't conspire to make his bet succeed. We know who Soros owns.
Soro's options were the largest block of options ever placed. If they all win he gets $1 trillion becoming the world's first trillionaire. For that to happen the markets need to take a huge hit before the end of the year.
The first ploy was War in Syria. That hasn't gone well enough. The second collapse the US credit rating so we are currently in this game. What percentage of that $trillion has he promised the Prez, Pelosi and Reid if he pulls it off?
[An Nahar] Masked gunnies fired on a military vehicle near the Egyptian city of Ismailiya on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding an officer and another soldier, a security official said.
The attack took place on the desert road between Cairo and Ismailiya when the assailants in a car without number plates opened fire on the military vehicle, said the official.
The army briefly closed the road after the attack, he added.
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[An Nahar] Before many African migrants can even begin the perilous sea crossing to Europe they must pass through Libya, where they face exploitation or arrest by often brutal militias.
The feared drowning of some 300 African asylum-seekers in a shipwreck off Italia this week has underscored the dangers that desperate migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa face as they seek a better life in Europe.
But before many can even cast off, they must make their way across Libya, a vast desert country dominated by a patchwork of militias which emerged during the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens...
On Friday, a group of African immigrants gathered at a church in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... to mourn those who perished in Thursday's shipwreck, the worst-ever Mediterranean refugee boat disaster.
But they said it was unlikely to discourage future attempts.
"Despite the difficulties, the Africans here are not giving up on their dreams of going to Europe," said Albert Obmila, a Rwandan migrant.
"Life in Libya has become hell for Africans, who are at the mercy of the militias."
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[Dawn] THE news from Iraq is chilling -- nearly 1,000 dead in one month. That the casualty toll -- 979 -- is less than July's 1,057 fatalities is hardly a matter of consolation. Iraq is now in the grip of anarchy, with sectarian killings nearing the 2008 peak. That all this should have happened when an elected government is in its second term shows that mere elections do not guarantee rule of law. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party.... has failed to give peace, much less a better life, to the people of his oil-rich country. There is, of course, one major reason why sectarianism has re-emerged as Iraq's scourge -- the civil war in Syria. Even though there is now a stalemate between the rebel and government forces, and the accord on chemical weapons has served to slightly lower tensions, the 30 months of fratricide in Syria has generated forces which are going to stay in the region for quite some time. As in Syria itself, so in Iraq, elements loyal to Al Qaeda have created space for themselves and are on the offensive.
Clearly, the Shia-dominated Maliki government has failed to win the confidence of all sections of Iraqi society. Sunnis complain that security agencies abuse the already vague terms of various anti-terrorism laws and target them. The government denies this, but it has little credibility. The prolongation of the present anarchy would constitute a threat to the unity of the Iraqi state and further strengthen secessionist forces in the autonomous oil-bearing Kurdistan. The solution lies basically with the Iraqi people's elected representatives. It is they alone who can serve as an example to their people by rising above parochial loyalties, countering the bad turban elements and focusing the people's attention on the task of healing Iraq's war wounds.
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Excerpt: "With the government shutdown, many [government service] and contract priests who minister to Catholics on military bases worldwide are not permitted to work -- not even to volunteer," wrote John Schlageter, the general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, in an op-ed this week. "During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so." ...ugh...
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Priests, Dare them to arrest you. You are doing God's work, not the criminal thug Obama. confront evil and refuse to yield to it - the souls of the soldiers depend on you to deliver them communion and confession and other sacraments.
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Illegal to minister to the faithful, even on their own time? These people have no idea what they have started. Bad optics does not even begin to describe it.
But on the bright side, it might provide a welcom distraction from the Obamacare server meltdown.
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Steve S, the only problem with "Bad Optics" is that the MSM will never show them and the only people who would see them on line already think this is a regime not a gov't OBAFTP, a self-selecting group.
Unless violence starts breaking out on a significant level any protest will be white noise.
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I don't recognize my country anymore. Shutting out the veterans from the memorials and this religious persecution. I am so angry.
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The original article came from CatholicVoter.org, and only mentioned Catholic chaplains saying Mass. I don't know if this also applies to other faiths.
Part of the problem is that because of the shortage of priests, there are not enough active duty Catholic chaplains. The priests affected by this order are contractors, not active duty. However, it means if your chaplain is a contractor, he can't say Mass, baptize your baby, hear confessions, or perform weddings.
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RiV, is that true or is it only true that they won't be paid for the service as a contractor?
If it's a matter of pay, these religious folks should hold all the above mentioned services with as much fanfare as possible gratis.
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Diocesan attorney reads the rules as barring even volunteer service. May be correct if the volunteerism occurs on base - doubt jurisdiction applies if they have Mass on the side of the road outside the gate.
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As I understand it, the volunteer chaplains are free to say Mass - outside of the base. If they are not on Federal property, of course, they are free to say Mass or minister as usual. Just not on base.
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The attorney's advice is based on 19th century law designed to prevent employers from pressuring workers to work without pay. While technically true that the contract chaplains COULD be prosecuted for voluntary chaplaincy acts on base, there is no indication that they WOULD. Not sure even the Obama Administration is blind enough to do it.
That said, it is time to start forcing the issue at every opportunity, lest they nibble our freedom to nothingness.
Logo - raised bolt cutters labeled 'I Will Not Comply'
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Eliminating Constitutional rights of American Soldiers on any military base is a critical component of the anti-Consitutionalists attempt to eliminate said opposition with the help of those forces desensitized to the Constitution.
[CNSNEWS] On the first day of the "shutdown" of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
That means PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio and Sesame Street got a taxpayer subsidy during the shutdown, but not would-be cancer patients at the NIH.
The $445 million the Treasury handed over to CPB was more than the $119 million the Treasury paid on the first day of the shutdown in interest on U.S. government debt that is held by the public. It was also more than $171 million in Social Security benefits the Treasury paid that day. But it was less than the $592 million the Treasury paid for Veterans Affairs programs on the first day of the shutdown.
The $445 million the Treasury gave to CPB on the first day of the shutdown was also almost as much as the $471 million the administration gave to the entire Department of Health and Human Services that day.
CNSNews.com contacted a front man for CPB to ask for an explanation of why CPB got $445 million in taxpayer money on the first day of the federal government "shutdown. The front man suggested that CNSNews.com call the Office of Management and Budget--which is part of the White House--and responded by emailing to CNSNews.com two statements on CPB's website. The first pointed out that CPB is a "private, not-for-profit corporation."
The second said: "For 35 years, decisions on the amount of federal support for public broadcasting have been made two years ahead of the fiscal year in which the funding is allocated. In other words, Congress approves the FY2013 funding level for CPB during the FY2011 budget cycle, its FY2014 funding during the FY2012 cycle, and so on."
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[SPYGHANA] At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead by security and transport officials, after suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Death Eaters launched two different attacks on the Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway.
The Death Eaters had, during the attack on the highway, also set ablaze several vehicles, including those conveying food items to Borno State.
The attacks, according to an online news medium, Premium Times, took place some few kilometres from Benisheik town, where Death Eaters dressed in military fatigue and riding in armoured tanks killed about 140 travellers on September 17.
A security source, who did not want to be named, said most of those attacked were found beheaded.
"We found 10 corpses by the road side near Benisheik just before Ngamdu Village; the victims had their heads chopped off and their heads placed on their chests," said the security source.
Some road transport officials also confirmed that they saw the slain travellers.
Abubakar Haruna, an official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said: "The killings were carried out between Ngamdu and Benisheik. We were on our way to Maiduguri around 6.30a.m. on Monday when we saw the 10 dead bodies," he said.
It was also confirmed from the security sources that four people were also killed along the route on Saturday at a different spot near Benisheik.
The Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, on Monday warned travellers plying the Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway to be extra cautious of the road, saying "driving on that highway is a dangerous risk."
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Book your tourist flight today. And stay at the best hotels.
A colorful Islamic paradise. ( aren't they all ).
Be sure and see the camels and what the camel does.
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At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead by security and transport officials
Compared to this, if the TSA ONLY makes me remove my shoes and belt, that is probably OK.
[An Nahar] Islamist inmates at Roumieh prison are plotting to carry out a mass breakout from the facility, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday, a day after security forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle explosives to an inmate.
"We are not able to estimate the quantity of explosives, arms and communication devices that were smuggled to the Islamist Inmates," a security source told the newspaper.
There are around 190 Fatah al-Islam A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred. prisoners at the prison's bloc B.
"We don't have a political cover to raid the bloc that the Islamists reside in," the source added.
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[Dawn] The organising committee of Awami National Party (ANP) Friday expelled its big shot Senator Azam Khan Hoti for what it called levelling "baseless" allegations and using foul language against the big shotship of the party, including Asfandyar Wali Khan.
According to a press statement issued from Bacha Khan Markaz, central office of the ANP, his basic party membership has been revoked.
Reacting to the decision, Azam Khan Hoti said he would fight back and expose the "incompetent and mindless party leadership."
The party's provincial organizing committee, headed by Bashir Khan Matta, terminated Azam Hoti from the party for what its says violating the party discipline. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... it is now an open secret that his outburst against the ANP chief Afadnyar Wali Khan and demand for party chief's resignation were the main causes for his unceremonious ouster.
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[Al Ahram] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted he would be willing to run for president in next year's elections, a move analysts have been expecting of the conservative premier who is approaching his term limit.
"For the moment, nothing is certain," Erdogan said in a television interview late on Thursday, when asked whether he would run in the August 2014 poll, the first in which the head of state will be elected by voters instead of parliament.
"I will perform whatever function my party sets out for me," he said, referring to the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Under party rules, Erdogan will not be able to hold on to the premiership after legislative elections in 2015. The party limits its members to three successive mandates and Erodgan, who has been premier since 2003, is currently in his third term as prime minister.
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[Al Ahram] Spokesman for the Freedom and Justice Party in Cairo, Ahmed Sobei, was tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... on Friday afternoon at his residence in Helwan, south of the capital.
The Freedom and Justice Party is the political wing of the Moslem Brüderbund, from which ousted president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... hails. Morsi supporters held protests on Friday in various districts around Cairo and in other cities in Egypt.
Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported that Osama El-Sagheer, head of Cairo's security directorate, has ordered that Sobei be referred to the prosecution on charges of "inciting violence."
Hundreds of Moslem Brüderbund members and leaders have been arrested since the bloody dispersal of two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo in mid-August.
Those behind bars include Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie and his second-in-command Khairat El-Shater, in addition to deposed president Mohammed Morsi, who has been held incommunicado since his ouster in July. All three Islamist leaders face charges related to the incitement of violence.
On Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with Moslem Brüderbund leaders Amr Darrag and Mohammed Ali Bishr in Cairo as part of a three-day visit which is being viewed by analysts as an a new attempt to reach an agreement between the post-Morsi government and the Moslem Brüderbund.
According to Al-Ahram, the agreement would be that the Brotherhood will put an end to their anti-military protests in exchange for the release of those arrested without charge.
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[Dawn] Some 150 holy mans of the Sunni Ittehad Council on Thursday appealed to the Taliban to surrender and adopt the way leading to peace and prosperity in the country.
In a gathering held here under the aegis of Jamia Naeemia Association and presided over by association chief Raghib Naeemi, the holy mans urged the Taliban to stop assassinating innocent people as their act was defaming the religion of Islam as well as causing a damage to the country massively.
"The Taliban must know that they are killing innocent human beings. They must surrender before the Almighty Allah and pray for their forgiveness," a joint statement of the holy mans sent by the
SIC media cell says.
The statement said the killing of innocent people in markets, funerals, mosques, churches, schools and shrines was not at all Jihad according to the teachings of Islam.
It said to promote inter-religion and faith harmony, there was a dire need to act on "don't leave your sect and don't touch the others' sect".
The statement offered the Taliban to sit with country's top holy mans and discuss Jihad.
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[Al Ahram] Protests were held by loyalists of former president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... in Cairo on Friday afternoon but failed to reach key locations including Tahrir Square and the presidential palace amid stiff opposition from security forces and local residents.
One protester was killed, according to Egypt's health ministry, in festivities between supporters of Morsi and local residents in Manial in central Cairo.
Deadly festivities erupted later between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohammed Morsi in Ibn Sandr Square in the suburb of Zeitoun in western Cairo.
A security source told Ahram Online that three people were killed in the Zeitoun violence. According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website another 23 were maimed.
Ministry front man Mohammed Khatib told Ahram Online that another 17 people were maimed in the Manial festivities.
Violence erupted between pro-Morsi protesters and local residents in Manial after security forces fired teargas at a demonstration by Morsi loyalists heading to Tahrir Square, forcing them to retreat to Manial via Qasr Al-Aini Street.
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[Al Ahram] Two of the assailants who carried out the deadly attack on a military armed personnel carrier (APC) Friday morning in Egypt's Ismailia were captured by the armed forces, a military official told state news agency MENA, without identifying the suspects.
Two army conscripts were killed, and one conscript and one officer were maimed -- one of whom is at death's door - in a drive-by shooting targeting a military APC on the highway connecting Cairo to the Suez Canal city of Ismailia.
The official told MENA that the army is combing villages near the shooting site to capture the rest of the assailants, whom he says fired at the APC with machine guns from two private cars carrying 8 attackers and drove off.
One conscript died on the scene, while the other departed this vale of tears in the hospital.
Military troops and helicopters were deployed to the scene.
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Police in New Jersey said they jugged a beauzeau accused of mistakenly sending a text message to a Officer Friendly seeking a buyer for some poison hemp. "Hmm... is that 6817 or 6917?"
Andover Township Police said Lt. Eric Danielson, who had recently purchased a new Handy, as the Germans say, with a new number, received a text message around 7:45 p.m. Friday from a person who offered a quarter pound of marijuana for sale, the Daily Record, Parsippany, N.J., reported Wednesday.
Sgt. John-Paul Beebe said Danielson arranged to meet with the sender of the message, later identified as Nicholas Delear Jr., 33, and an undercover police officer met with Delear in the parking lot of a pizzeria in Sparta at 8:15 p.m.
Delear sensed that something was off and attempted the leave the area before completing the deal, but he was stopped by a Sparta Police vehicle a short time later.
Beebe said the suspect denied any knowledge of the texts and refused consent for officers to search his car, so a K-9 unit, though not the Doctor Who variety, was dispatched. Danielson arrived on the scene and was able to confirm the text messages he received came from Delear's number.
The K-9 unit indicated the presence of drugs in the vehicle and a Superior Court judge granted a telephonic search warrant.
Police said they found more than an ounce of marijuana in the car along with a scale and six hundred twenty pix of George Washington. "Book him."
Delear was read his rights on charges of possession with intent to distribute mary jane, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle and several motor vehicle infractions.
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In a related proe-a-dope story, today's Seattle Times carries the narrative of a SENIOR REPORTER who was pulled over in Idaho after ( allegedly) crossing the center line. Officer Friendly didn't say it in so many words, but he was looking for impaired drivers, and after the pot bill passed out here, and our SENIOR REPORTER'S car carried WA tags, why he just (profiled) put 2 and 2 together......
[An Nahar] Moroccan police have enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! a teenage boy and girl for posting a photo on Facebook of them kissing, with the incident provoking a slew of copycats, a rights organization said Friday.
"It involves a teenage boy and his girlfriend. They were arrested on Thursday for violating public decency by posting a photo of them kissing" in the northeastern town of Nador, said Chakib al-Khayari, president of the Rif Association of Human Rights.
The photograph was taken outside the high school where the two are students.
The young couple are being held in the juvenile detention centre in Nador, where a sit-in has begun to demand their release, Khayari said.
The incident has caused such a stir among young people that a number of other couples have posted similar photos on their Facebook pages.
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In a 2012 report from the NSA's British counterpart, the General Communications Headquarters, describes a method of "staining" electronic traffic to distinguish otherwise anonymous users. It is used to unmask Tor users and devices on networks in which many computers share the same Internet address. The method relies on planting code in a web browser to change the "user agent," which is the way the browser identifies itself on the web. In a two month period, the report says, GCHQ managed to implant about 200 computers with uniquely identifying stains.
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The method relies on planting code in a web browser to change the "user agent," which is the way the browser identifies itself on the web.
So this also stains/taints any evidence claimed to have been found on a computer. So much for forensic computer analysis in court cause we can never be certain whether its been planted or not. Reasonable doubt.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
In twin raids in Africa on Saturday, U.S. commandos captured two of the worlds most-wanted terrorists a senior al Qaeda official who allegedly planned 1998 embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania and a high-level target from Somalias al Shabaab, sources tell NBC News.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody.
The Palestinian Authoritys supreme religious decrees council issued a fatwa this week that said Internet dating was permissible under certain circumstances in the West Bank.
[An Nahar] A passerby was 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Publicly the White House, too, says the shutdown isn't about winning. Press secretary Jay Carney said that on Thursday. But the Wall Street Journal reported that a senior administration official said: "We are winning...It doesn't really matter to us" how long the shutdown lasts "because what matters is the end result."
[Dawn] According to a story published in The Guardian, Iran has passed a law, which if approved by the Guardian Council, would allow men to marry their adopted daughters once the child reaches the age of 13.
[Al Ahram] Former Constitution Party leader Mohammed ElBaradei expressed his grief over the stabbing of party 
[Dawn] Gunmen released a journalist Friday a day after he was kidnapped in one of Pakistain's tribal areas on the Afghan border, a relative said.
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Most people on finding out that they've become rich beyond their wildest dreams would immediately splash out on a selfish purchase - a yacht, a mansion, maybe even a private island.
[An Nahar] International experts were on Friday gearing up to disable the chemical weapons program in war-hit Syria after reporting "encouraging" progress in a day of meetings with regime officials.
[Dawn] Pak authorities on Friday accused the Indian army of cross-border shelling that killed a toddler and 
[WASHINGTONTIMES] The games politicians play: 
[OCREGISTER] Way back in January, when it emerged that Beyoncé had treated us to the first-ever lip-synched national anthem at a presidential inauguration, I suggested in this space that this strange pseudo-performance embodied the decay of America's political institutions from the real thing into mere simulacrum. But that applies to government "crises," too -- such as the Obamacare "rollout," the debt "ceiling," and the federal "shutdown," to name only the three current railroad tracks to which the virtuous damsel of Big Government has been simultaneously tied by evil mustache-twirling Republicans.
Nouri al-Maliki
[CNSNEWS] On the first day of the "shutdown" of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
[Dawn] The organising committee of Awami National Party (ANP) Friday expelled its 
Police in New Jersey said they 
[An Nahar] Moroccan police have 
In a 2012 report from the NSA's British counterpart, the General Communications Headquarters, describes a method of "staining" electronic traffic to distinguish otherwise anonymous users. It is used to unmask Tor users and devices on networks in which many computers share the same Internet address. The method relies on planting code in a web browser to change the "user agent," which is the way the browser identifies itself on the web. In a two month period, the report says, GCHQ managed to implant about 200 computers with uniquely identifying stains.
