While the worlds attention is fixed on the Darfur killing fields, eastern Sudan struggles to cope with nearly 200,000 displaced people.
By Ayesha Kajee for IWPR (13/12/06)
If Darfur, Sudans neglected westernmost region, is the Cinderella of the country, then eastern Sudan must be its ugly stepsister.
Subjected to similar levels of marginalization by the Khartoum government as Darfur, and a virtual absence of social service infrastructure, the humanitarian crisis in the east may be even worse than that in Darfur, according to some diplomats and aid workers.
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Wahabism may not be the "source of all evil", but ripping it out, root, branch and vine would certainly be a good start in eliminating global terrorism. Salafist, Deobandist and Talebanist Islamism all come into play as well and need to be exterminated just as much.
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BTW, no Saudi operative sits down with WaPo - for any reason, without it being choreographed by the Royal in Charge. Obaid was doing his Master's bidding - and we needn't worry where his next caviar fix will come from.
I figure this particular event was a multi-pronged message, delivered publicly via WaPo and privately via Cheney that the ruling Saudis are damned worried about a premature withdrawal from Iraq. There are, most certainly, others in the money tree with conflicting interests, motives, and loyalties.
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... no Saudi operative sits down with WaPo - for any reason, without it being choreographed by the Royal in Charge. Obaid was doing his Master's bidding - and we needn't worry where his next caviar fix will come from.
Bingo. A Moscow ballet performance isn't choreographed half as well. Although I might beg to differ slightly about just how deep the Saudi game is. Quite obviously, they think that they're the Marianas Trench of political gaming. Compared to our current crop of politicians, they might well be fairly on the mark. With respect to our military's institutional memory for foul play, deceit and deception, these sand loving lamb eaters are in for a huge surprise.
OfF TOPIC: Since you might be peeking in here, .com.
Bravo on your "Absolute Moral Authority Code: Comanche" post in yesterday's moderate Muslim thread. Once I was done howling with laughter, I harvested your point and it will definitely be a litmus test from now on.
Just what exactly is Islam's saving grace? Anybody who can answer that corker in a cogent manner is gonna get one helluva prize.
By Jim Kouri - The Islamic terrorists' Fifth Column in the US -- no, not the news media, the other Fifth Column -- the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again at the forefront of mischief-making in their goal of undermining US efforts in combating terrorism.
CAIR is encouraging Muslims to file civil rights complaints and lawsuits if they "feel" they are being discriminated against by US airlines. Citing what it called the "airport profiling" of six imams removed from a recent US Airways flight, CAIR said Muslims traveling this month to the holy site in Saudi Arabia need to be aware of their rights.
"Given the increase in the number of complaints CAIR has received alleging airport profiling of American Muslims, we believe it is important that all those taking part in this year's hajj be aware of their legal and civil rights," said Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR spokesman.
But M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Phoenix physician and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD), told the Washington Times that the announcement by CAIR "continues the tired stoking of the flames of victimization." Hey look! The one-man band got press coverage! Continued on Page 49
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I listen to Mark Levin's show when I can. He has made an excellent suggestion. US Air takes this to court trial, and using the discovery process inherent in the proceedings pursue through unending subpoena actions getting to the absolute bottom source of funding behind CAIR. They have been threatened in this way before and immediately dropped proceedings because they new full well the damage that would occur would be well beyond any publicity gain they might accrue. We need to tear into this CAIR operation like a rabid bulldog and rip it to shreads.
From an interview by Kathryn Lopez of National Review with Noemie Emery about her new book, Great Expectations:
Lopez: Should I feel bad for Al Gore?
Emery: Of course you should. He was pushed out of his own line of work (which was academic and technical), and into something he didnt quite understand. He rose quickly and effortlessly, because he always stepped into the shoes (or the seats) of his father, and because he always looked so fantastic on paper: the good looks (he once looked like Clark Kent, about to duck into the phone booth); the picturesque family; the showy intelligence; and the really hard work. Bill Clinton picked him for exactly these reasons, and pushed up him to the head of the line as his heir. Then, starting at the 1996 convention, he was thrown into the deep end of the pool, which was the first contested election of his life, unprotected by his fathers name, or by Bill Clintons talent, and began making mistake after mistake.
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He should have stuck to inventing the internet and farting helium.
Now this, this is a dangerous Donk. Committed to his thug-style politics, with the temperament of an AFL-CIO enforcer, unafraid to wield power, and possessing enough power to do great harm. WaPo simply gives it up like the Pros they are.
After 35 Years in the House, Charlie Rangel Has the Power. But There Are Still Taxing Times Ahead for the Man From Harlem.
Back then, on the streets of Harlem, he'd take a full swing at his foes. He was a high school dropout, a dead-end kid until he picked himself up and put on that military uniform. In the Korean War he fought like hell, brought back a couple of medals, too.
After he came home, he set himself on a course straight as a ruler: college, law school, assistant U.S. attorney, politics.
Some 30 invited corporate representatives and other lobbyists gathered at the Phoenix Park Hotel on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to hear two senior mainstream Republican senators pitch the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain. They were selling him to establishment Republicans as the establishment's candidate. Nothing could be further from McCain's guerrilla-style presidential run in 2000, which nearly stopped George W. Bush.
Invitations to Tuesday's event were sent by Trent Lott, the newly elected Senate minority whip. Over coffee, Lott and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) pushed McCain, though neither previously was seen as a McCainiac. They were not for McCain in 2000, and neither were the assembled party activists.
It is beginning to look like "McCain Inc." -- that is, party regulars, corporate officials and Washington lawyers and lobbyists moving toward John McCain, the man they feared and loathed eight years ago. The GOP, abhorring competition and detesting surprises, likes to establish its presidential nominee well in advance.
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Running McCain as nominee will do for the Pubs what running Bob Dole did. A smashing defeat. Whoever gets the Dummocrat nomination gets a free ride. I imagine most real Republicans could not stomach voting for this two-faced chump even if they held their noses.
AoS note: do not, repeat do NOT, embed href codes in the source line. Just the URL.Katherine Kersten at the Star Tribune has an idea about The real purpose behind the imam publicity blitz.
One piece of legislation in the works is the End Racial Profiling Act. It is an important priority of Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, whose district includes one of the largest Muslim populations in the country. Conyers introduced the bill in 2004 and 2005, but it went nowhere. Now the alignment of forces may be changing. Conyers will probably be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee when the new Democratic-controlled Congress convenes next month.
Nancy Pelosi, who called herself a proud cosponsor of the Profiling Act in 2004, is the incoming House speaker. And in January, Ellison, who represents the district where the imams incident occurred, will take his seat in Congress.
The act, although it doesnt as yet impose large penalties, would bar any federal, state or local law enforcement agency from relying, to any degree, on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in selecting which individuals to subject to routine or spontaneous investigatory activities. That would include questioning, searches and seizures.
One of the acts central features is its definition of illegal profiling. Under it, if airport security personnel question passengers who are disproportionately Muslim or of Middle Eastern descent, this alone would constitute a presumptive violation of the law. Law enforcement agencies would bear the burden of proving that discrimination was not the cause.
What would the effect of such a law be?
A law that would compel security professionals to focus on keeping their statistics within certain norms rather than on their mission keeping airline travel safe would have a devastating effect on our ability to ensure airline safety, said Daniel Horan of the Los Angeles Police Department in an interview. He worked at the Los Angeles airport on profiling-related issues for 6 years.
In the past few weeks the public relations campaign for the Profiling Act has moved into high gear. On Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations advised American Muslims to beware of the dangers of flying while Muslim. In light of recent allegations of airport profiling, it said, the council has set up a toll-free hotline for pilgrims traveling to Mecca for the hajj, or annual pilgrimage, who believe that their rights have been violated.
The End of Racial Profiling Act has languished until now. What did it need to reinvigorate it? New congressional leadership, and thats coming in January. But it needed something else in this media age: a high-profile incident to jump-start it.
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A law that would compel security professionals to focus on keeping their statistics within certain norms rather than on their mission keeping airline travel safe would have a devastating effect on our ability to ensure airline safety,
which could also be said, verbatim, by the President just before vetoing it into oblivion if it should pass both houses of Congress.
Mr. Annan came to power at a moment when it was at least plausible to believe that a properly reformed U.N. could serve the purposes it was originally meant to serve: to be a guarantor of collective security and a moral compass in global affairs. Mr. Annan's legacy is that nobody can entertain those hopes today.
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As Chief Cook & Bottle washer of the North American chapter of the UN haters club, I'd like to thank Kofi for swelling the ranks of our membership.
Given the weakness of our allies, the United States should launch a new diplomatic offensive to build an international consensus for stability, reconciliation and the reconstruction of Europe and Asia. The ambitions of Germany, Italy and Japan should be left to a revitalized League of Nations to deal with while we strive to reach a modus vivendi with their leaders.
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The Iraq Study Group has recommended that we engage the other powers in the region, namely Syria and Iran. Well, how about we engage the Syrians with several US Army and Marine divisions?
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If we put serious pressure on Iran, Syria folds. If we take out Syria it doesn't do much to Iran (except cover our backs).
I prefer a combination of David Warren's plan and my own. Divide Iraq into three ethnic chunks (still considered part of a single weak Iraq) and put dictators we can deal with in charge of those chunks. They can beat down their own people if they need to. Then promote the independence of the ethnic Kurds and Shia Arabs in neighboring Iran. Help them with air power and special forces if required.
I think Iran will collapse if we push the right ethnic buttons. And those with ethnic minorities in the neighborhood would be put on notice.
Fatah, the PLO and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are following in the footsteps of a failed secular Arab nationalism. The corruption left behind by Yasir Arafat was so endemic as to help lead the Hamas to a sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections of January 2006. Since then the PA has suffered from sanctions imposed by much of the world, in particular the West, as a result of the Hamas policy not to recognize any previous agreements signed with what they call the Zionist entity.
Despite this stance the secular Fatah faction led by Abbas has been in continual negotiations with the Hamas to establish a national unity government. Fatah insists that the Hamas accept all agreements previously signed with Israel. This week those possibilities worsened when PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah of the Hamas visited Iran, repeated that there will be no compromises or recognition of Israel and swore to continue the jihad until Jerusalem is liberated. Furthermore, shootings, assassinations (attempted or successful) and general violence have increased between Fatah and the Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank.
Egypt may give verbal support to Abu Mazen but action is in short supply. Most weapons being smuggled through the Sinai Rafiah underground tunnels (highways?) are intended for the Hamas and Islamic Jihad as are the millions of dollars smuggled into Hamas pockets by their elected representatives. The official Palestinian police who are an extension of Fatah are not receiving salaries and are coming up on the short end when in need of arms and ammunition. It will not take long before they will be completely outgunned. Cairo is playing a very dangerous game by allowing the wholesale arming of the Islamic radicals and undercutting the secular moderates who appear to offer the only possibility of conflict resolution with Israel. They should not forget that Islamic extremism will not stop in Gaza.
All this leads to shifting Palestinian loyalties. Which Palestinians are willing to physically endanger themselves and their families for a Palestinian State only in the West Bank and Gaza Strip coupled with recognition of Israel (the Zionist entity)? And on a broader level How many Palestinians are willing to die to ensure freedom of speech, assembly, the press, etc.? With Hamas promising a final victory in full agreement with Iranian President Ahmedinejads declarations of wiping Israel off the map and becoming more powerful financially and militarily every moment, Fatah and the secularists do not stand a chance.
The Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report was another blow. In the Fatah perspective the report demands the equivocation of American policy towards them. If the ISG demands that the US engage Syria and Iran, then by comparison that certainly means to negotiate with Hamas/Jihad or whomever. After all, the most extreme Hamas leadership sits in Damascus led by Khalid Mashal. So why should the secular moderates be pro-American? Or why should they be moderate at all?
Finally the much acclaimed cease-fire (by the Israel Left and Europe) is allowing for a full breather and re-organization of the Hamas terrorists both financially and militarily. Israel is trying to strengthen Abu Mazen by not responding to some 20 Kassam rocket attacks and is receiving international support for its restraint as the Hamas/Jihad build a world terror center. Jerusalem is hoping that when the IDF will be forced to act there will be full diplomatic support, at least from the West. That scenario will hold true at most for the first few weeks of an anti-terror operation and then afterwards demands for a cease-fire and condemnations of Israeli brutality and human rights violations will come rolling in as the Palestinians will use their civilian population as human shields.
The full Hamas takeover of Gaza is taking place under everyones nose. It appears Fatah and Abu Mazen are seen as a write-off and a lost cause but that is no reason to overtly aid the extremist Islamists unless everyone is looking for a Hamas provoked showdown sooner rather than later. This may very well be the bottom line.
Unfortunately, as we found out this past summer, Islamist provoked showdowns do not always turn out with the victory as planned by those on the receiving end of the initial attack. Hopefully Israels response will be better thought out than what happened in south Lebanon.
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Hooray - I've reclaimed my nickname. Thanks to .com, Steve White and anyone else who may have helped me resolve my cookie issue. A round of drinks for everyone at the O-Club - except for that obnoxious sitepest who just posted a bunch of garbage there.
After five years of starts, stops, executive shuffling, feature rethinks and delays, Windows Vista is finally complete. Its available to corporations already, and starting Jan. 30, its what youll get on any new PC. Its programmers, who probably havent seen their families in months, will have an especially merry Christmas this year.
So after five years, how is Windows Vista? Microsofts description, which youll soon be seeing in millions of dollars worth of advertising, is Clear, Confident, Connected. But a more truthful motto would be Looks, Locks, Lacks.
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Windows Vista is beautiful. Microsoft has never taken elegance so seriously before. Discreet eye candy is partly responsible. Windows and menus cast subtle shadows. A new typeface gives the whole affair a fresh, modern feeling. Subtle animations liven up the proceedings.
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I'm going to change only when I have to change and then to Mac. The Mini-Mac will do exactly what I need in a machine. So why put up being a beta tester for those many darker, less visited corners werent visited by the Microsoft Makeover fairy at all. The entry ports for hackers. No thanks.
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Today I had lunch with consultant and I told him about how a guy (who has ledft MS for Gogle) had to work for whole year on the power off menu of Vista. Doéens of meetings were the only thig who was decided was meet the next wek, red tape. And I told him how different in Bill Gates times: Joel Spolsji in Joel on software tells how hen he was junior designer the number 2 or 3 of the company tried to step on his work and he was overuled by Gates: when you were in charge you were in charge no matter how junior and nobody was allowzeed to micromanage you.
That is where my (French) consultant told: "That is very American" and I replied "Today, MS is no longer American, it is a Soviet companty."
THE recent freezing of the Saudi-based International Islamic Relief Organizations bank account in the Philippines by the order of a court on the request of the Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council will do much harm to the thousands of Filipinos in Mindanao who benefit from the IIROs charitable work. The organization operates an orphanage in Mindanao, gives educational scholarships to hundreds of Filipino Muslims, has helped young Filipinos get married and has paid for the construction of scores of mosques there. Why doesn't that thought comfort me?
Every year the IIRO provides at least 300 scholarships to local students, paying for them to study in Manila, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. Not only does it pay their tuition but it also pays for their transportation from their hometowns to their points of study and in addition gives them a monthly stipend to pay for food and accommodation. Many students are going to howl if their scholarships are stopped, said a former Filipino scholarship holder to Arab News in an interview. Bet they're gonna seethe, too...
The IIROs secretary-general, Adnan Khalil Basha, has vigorously denied allegations that any of its funds have gone to help terrorist groups in the Philippines. He claims the freezing of the account is part of a concerted effort by some in the West to stop all Islamic relief efforts. And he may be right. In the aftermath of the Al-Qaeda Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the United States has insisted that nations around the globe implement strict monitoring of all international money transfers.
In order to dispel any suspicions about how it uses its funds, the IIRO has strict internal policies that allow it to deposit money abroad only into accredited bank accounts that it maintains in countries where it operates. Not only that, but it employs a strict accounting procedure in which monthly financial reports document and track how the money was spent and who received it.
It is surely unfair for the Anti-Money Laundering Council to freeze the IIRO account merely because of American suspicions. It is perhaps telling that the freeze order issued is for 28 days only which perhaps indicates that Manila is not convinced of the US accusation that the IIRO is using its funds to support the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah.
The Philippine government should present any hard evidence that it has against the IIRO, or else unfreeze their account. The Philippines is not a banana republic and, as such, should show the world that it is not at the beck and call of the United States. Manila has many strategic interests in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, not least of all nearly one million OFWs working in the Kingdom. They make real contributions to the countrys economy and this could be damaged if the IIRO is continually accused of something it is not guilty of. The account should be unfrozen immediately as a show of good will. The millions of riyals that the IIRO has spent in the Philippines have benefited Filipinos and no one else. It would be a shame to see that aid squandered just because of some misplaced and probably groundless suspicion originating in Washington.
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The Assad regime is in a hurry. Nasrallah hasnt been able to deliver quickly enough.
The Grand Serail is a fortress, and the Lebanese street is slowly turning against the protestors, who dont even have safe passage back to their homes now. The orders from the Dark Lords council are to pack more people in downtown Beirut, and as soon as possible. The plan to occupy or lay siege to the Rafik Hariri International airport seems to be in full swing, although the Lebanese army will reportedly not allow it.
Whats the hurry for?
This Sunday, the 15-day time limit for Lahoud to sign the Hariri tribunal plan expires. As of Monday, the cabinet can constitutionally send it to parliament for endorsement.
Nabih Berri is in a pickle. He was forced to declare the cabinet session that approved the tribunal unconstitutional after telling journalists days before, that it wasnt. On Wednesday, when it appeared that there was a dim hope of reaching a settlement, the speaker of parliament received a death threat from Maher Assad, Bashars brother. According to al-Seyassah, Assad threatened to kill Berri if he calls parliament into session to approve the plan (Again, al-Seyassah is to be read with a grain of salt, although they've gotten it right in the past with regards to Lebanon. In any case, this isn't the first time we've heard this.)
Thats how Lahouds term was extended, by threatening even pro-Syrian ministers who hated Lahoud (including Suleiman Franjieh). And thats how the Syrian security regime worked in Lebanona regime that Nasrallah found no shame praising during his infamous speech that followed the threat to Berri. In that speech, Nasrallah challenged his opponents to find him one incident where a protestor was killed on his way back from a protest during the Syrian reign. Aounists must have found this funny, or let it go over their heads like the many sick jokes and embarrassing insults their Napoleonic leader utters every day. They, of all people, should know how many of them were taken to Syrian jails, how many were tortured, killed, and threatened because they dared protest when protests werent even allowed. And why bring up the deep past when the recent past bears testimony to the murders committed by the Assad regimea regime Nasrallah considers better than the Siniora government. So good that he thanked the Syrian army for its sacrifices in Lebanon less than a month after Hariri was killed.
Pretty soon, there will be no one left to remind Nasrallahs worshippers of all these crimes. Not when Assad is allowed to complete the plan to assassinate anyone who speaks, let alone protests, against Hizbullahs second favorite regime.
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Agree that something is up > USG AGREES TO GIVE ISRAEL NEW LOAN GUARANTEES + EMPLACE WAR RESERVE STOCKPILES INSIDE ISRAEL. IOW, any attack agz Israel = attack agz USA.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah accused the government of starting the July-August war in order to eliminate his militia.
Despite repeated claims that Hezbollah would never fight against Lebanese, the new propaganda war indicated otherwise. The unthinkable accusations laid upon the government indicate that the rockets are shifting away from Israel and towards fellow citizens.
The speech was filled with heavily charged rhetoric, solely aimed at breeding fanaticism and hatred among the thousands of followers gathered outside the premier's office.
The July-August war is merely months behind us, yet that did not stop Hezbollah's chief from attempting to modify history:
"Those are the ones responsible for the war, not the resistance," Nasrallah charged.
Even Nasrallah admitted to starting and grossly miscalculating the war. Rewind back to July 12, the day Hezbollah willfully kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and brought one of the bloodiest wars upon Lebanon - without consulting with the government.
The government was completely disregarded when Hezbollah decided to declare a significantly unpopular war with Israel. Hezbollah created the war and its fictitious "Diving Victory" in order to maintain relevance in the eyes of their followers. In an attempt to rally support for the war, Nasrallah insulted his country and dishonored the 1,200+ killed in his war by celebrating "victory" on the very land where so many lives were needlessly taken less than 6 weeks prior.
Yet today Nasrallah has the nerve to brand the Prime Minister and his March 14 allies as traitors:
"Some of the March 14 Forces, whom I will not reveal their names, sat with the Americans and urged them to ask Israel to launch war against Hezbollah," Nasrallah claimed.
Keep in mind that these preposterous charges come just days after protesters chanted for the death of Prime Minister Siniora. Instead of setting an example to his already angry followers, Nasrallah flooded the fire with fuel, potentially turning the protesters into an angry mob with every motivation to assassinate the Prime Minister.
This just weeks after Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated.
During the speech, Nasrallah repeatedly promised the thousands of predominantly Hezbolllah supporters who have been camping outside Saniora's offices in downtown Beirut since Dec. 1 that they would eventually bring down the government.
"We will not leave the streets before achieving the goal that saves Lebanon," preached Nasrallah. The Lebanon that Nasrallah has envisioned for us remains a mystery, as his entire campaign is centered around destabilizing the government. Based on the actions of his followers, Nasrallah's Lebanon is a subordinate state to Syria and Iran.
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Well, I for one, will be very very sorry to see brave Lebanese friends of Michael Totten blown to bits with Hezbollah rockets.
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The sooner that the Lebanese military offs Nasrallah, the more lives that will be saved on all sides. This beturbaned hyena is death personified. His charismatic leadership and stong ties with Iran must be ended, stat.
The ones that UNFIL are supposed to be protecting. What's that you say? "The UNFIL are there to protect genocidal Hezbollah." For shame, how cynical of you!
San Francisco Chronicle by Ilene Lelchuk
Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves. A decisive war at the Apocalypse is central to Christian prophecy, and offending freedom to express belief in same is unconstitutional. As for Muslims, they are indoctrinated in dogma concerning an army marching under "black flags" that conquers the West.
The Campaign to Defend the Constitution and the Christian Alliance for Progress, two online political groups, plan to demand today that Wal-Mart dump Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a PC game inspired by a series of Christian novels that are hugely popular, especially with teens.
The series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins is based on their interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelation and takes place after the Rapture, when Jesus has taken his people to heaven and left nonbelievers behind to face the Antichrist.
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When I'm feeling down, I cheer myself up thinking we may be living the beginning of the End Times (no, really, that's good news utlimately), and that everything's moving accordinl to Plan. This is mostly a "I Want To Believe" idea, but this helps, in its way. Of course, me being only superficially christian (except that Jesus thing), and a worse catholic, this wouldn't bode very well for my little person, but, whatever.
To get back at the FPS issue, I've been a loyal Doom player for long (never graduated to the 3, only the primitive but great first ones), and I really feel this game breeds prejudice against hellspawns and demons. This is nothing short of discrimination and hate-incitment. And I won't even mention Duke Nukem, and the way he treats wimmen... What is the Aclu doing, for Gramsci's sake?!
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Jeebus, I'm a (almost) card-carrying member of the "religious right", but I condemn the quotes by the 2 groups above. Personally, I wouldn't buy it, especially for my kids, but freedom is freedom and the Apocalypse is the Apocalypse.
IOW, let the market decide if this game's ridiculous. And, anytime the word "Progress" is used in a "Christian" group's name, it throws up a BIG red flag to me. Just my $.02.
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The Campaign to Defend the Constitution. Well Wal*Mart is not a government institution (yet) so these guys have proven they are anti-Christian rather than pro-Constitution.
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But Plugged In, a publication of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, gave the game a "thumbs-up." The reviewer called it "the kind of game that Mom and Dad can actually play with Junior -- and use to raise some interesting questions along the way."
He...won't...convert...dad.
Then waste him, son! Waste him!
Ned Flanders meets Grand Theft Auto...
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(clearing throat in a lady-like manner, after tittering at the previous comment from DV)
Back to the topic at hand: since everything, everyone and his/her brother offends Muslims, my inclination is to say "ehhh... whatever." If Wally-World sells a ton of them, it's no skin off mine or that of any other collection of busy-body deity-botherers.
I'm a Lutheran, too, so I don't give a rodent's patoot about "Left Behind", either. But if it floats your boat, have at it and don't bother me and my copy of Luther's "Small Catechism".
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My favorite game about religion is the old Chaosium game on the early Christian Church, Credo. I revently saw some people playing the old tasteless game, Christians and Lions. There's the new GMT card-driven wargame, Here I Stand, which is an update of the old SPI game A Mighty Fortress, both on the Reformation. AMF had the most famous table in all of wargames, the Theological Combat Results Table, including the popular result "Burned at the Stake".
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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.
THE recent freezing of the Saudi-based 
The Assad regime is in a hurry. Nasrallah hasnt been able to deliver quickly enough.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah accused the government of starting the July-August war in order to eliminate his militia.
San Francisco Chronicle by Ilene Lelchuk
