By Nicholas Contompasis
On May 14 the Army Corp of Engineers opened the Morganza Spillway which released the flooding Mississippi into hundreds of square miles of Louisiana. These waters are still draining and heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
It's my belief that this added exposure of floodwaters to the atmosphere may have exacerbated a normal clash of cold and hot air movements over the region causing bigger tornados than what would have normally been formed.
Exactly a week after the spillway was released, the three elements of cold and hot air along with the additional moisture from the Mississippi spill created the witches brew that gave birth to over 300 tornados. Joplin Missouri and surrounding counties and states fell victim to these swirling devils of death and destruction.
Was this a coincidence or a reality?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
President Obama's Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is Evil and Could Destroy Israel Singlehanded
By Nicholas Contompasis
This is a frightening article exposing President Obama's senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, an old friend of the family from Chicago. Iranian born Muslim Jarrett, seems to be running Obama's foreign policy that's been a relentless attack on our strongest and most loyal ally in the Middle East, Israel.
If you're wondering why our policy towards Israel has gone haywire, your questions will soon be answered. The article was written three months ago, but rest assured, there's more information to add to this exposé.
Let's not forget, what most in America are not aware of, that Jarrett opposed the kill on Osama bin-Laden along with our President.
Special Note:
I have personally investigated Jarrett's background involving the First Lady and the former Mayor of Chicago Richard Daley. She seems to be everywhere corruption and sabotage is suspected. You can read the articles in this blog.
The Ulsterman Report: Valerie Jarrett and The Muslim Brotherhood
Published by Ulsterman on February 27, 2011
For most Americans Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, remains largely an unknown. To DC Insiders, she has positioned herself as the true power in the Oval Office – a woman who, like the President, has direct links to the Muslim world, both past – and present.
Weeks after widespread Middle East chaos first erupted, and with a growing number of nations now poised to join the likes of Egypt and Libya into all out rebellion, some are finally questioning the role played by the Obama White House in helping to hasten these events. Of primary concern is the reasoning behind Barack Obama’s quick repudiation of Egypt’s Mubarak, and near silence regarding Libya’s Gaddafi. Why such a disparity in tone between one uprising vs another? As was noted in a previous report, Mubarak, though ceretainly a dictator of some 30 years in power, was, outside of Israel, America’s strongest ally in the Middle East. Gadaffi was instead a 40 year enemy of the United States – a figure engaged in terrorism, and repeated anti-American rhetoric. And yet, within hours of the Egyptian uprising, Obama demanded Mubarak step aside, while days went by during the Libyan uprising, and Obama said nothing.
Perhaps the answer to this disparity can be found with President Obama’s closest and most powerful adviser – Valerie Jarrett.
This is a frightening article exposing President Obama's senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, an old friend of the family from Chicago. Iranian born Muslim Jarrett, seems to be running Obama's foreign policy that's been a relentless attack on our strongest and most loyal ally in the Middle East, Israel.
If you're wondering why our policy towards Israel has gone haywire, your questions will soon be answered. The article was written three months ago, but rest assured, there's more information to add to this exposé.
Let's not forget, what most in America are not aware of, that Jarrett opposed the kill on Osama bin-Laden along with our President.
Special Note:
I have personally investigated Jarrett's background involving the First Lady and the former Mayor of Chicago Richard Daley. She seems to be everywhere corruption and sabotage is suspected. You can read the articles in this blog.
The Ulsterman Report: Valerie Jarrett and The Muslim Brotherhood
Published by Ulsterman on February 27, 2011
For most Americans Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, remains largely an unknown. To DC Insiders, she has positioned herself as the true power in the Oval Office – a woman who, like the President, has direct links to the Muslim world, both past – and present.
Weeks after widespread Middle East chaos first erupted, and with a growing number of nations now poised to join the likes of Egypt and Libya into all out rebellion, some are finally questioning the role played by the Obama White House in helping to hasten these events. Of primary concern is the reasoning behind Barack Obama’s quick repudiation of Egypt’s Mubarak, and near silence regarding Libya’s Gaddafi. Why such a disparity in tone between one uprising vs another? As was noted in a previous report, Mubarak, though ceretainly a dictator of some 30 years in power, was, outside of Israel, America’s strongest ally in the Middle East. Gadaffi was instead a 40 year enemy of the United States – a figure engaged in terrorism, and repeated anti-American rhetoric. And yet, within hours of the Egyptian uprising, Obama demanded Mubarak step aside, while days went by during the Libyan uprising, and Obama said nothing.
Perhaps the answer to this disparity can be found with President Obama’s closest and most powerful adviser – Valerie Jarrett.
Obama Condom Merchant Penile-ized - Its More Like Tyranny From the Left
By Nicholas Contompasis
José Andujar, 43, was arrested Friday in Times Square for selling "Obama" condoms. This is his third arrest in a year for unlicensed peddling.
The arrest came despite a State Supreme Court justice ruling that his condoms are protected by the Constitution's guarantee of free speech. The decision said that the condom wrappers should be treated like books, which do not require a vending license
It's no surprise that the Leftist run City of New York is stifling freedom of speech. Since Mayor Bloomberg is best buddies with the President, the new Nazi storm troopers are busy violating average citizens civil rights. Just wait till ObamaCare kicks in. If you vote Republican you don't get the pill.
Here a man cleverly tries to make a small living selling condoms and he's arrested. This is nothing more than a tyrannical rage against your right to speak.
A funny story but more serious as you look deeper.
Monday, May 30, 2011
General Dempsey "The 9/11 General" Chosen as New Chairman of the Joint Chiefs By Obama - Good or Bad?
By Nicholas Contompasis
General Dempsey is what I call a 9-11 General. The irony of his ascending into the military stratosphere of General just days before the al-Qaeda attacks was pure luck, or was it?
The timing of President Obama's appointment of Dempsey as head of the military smacks of bad news, something he'd rather not have known or would get little press due to the holiday. Big wigs have always covered their tracks by releasing the stuff they'd rather have shoved under the carpet when nobody is looking, on holidays or late Friday nights.
If you haven't been paying attention, since the bin-Laden assassination, both the head of our military and the CIA have been replaced. Could it be that the truth of who pulled the trigger on Osama has been leaked out and it wasn't our inexperienced President. By now its obvious who did the kill. Leon Panetta of the CIA and the Joint Chiefs share the honor, with a reluctant President and aid Valerie Jarrett opposing the hit.
Because of that Obama has cleaned house, which is the only way he can strike back at our military.
I wonder what General Petraeus, soon to be head of the CIA, thinks of General Dempsey's new job, since he'll be working with him very closely?
Anyway, Obama wants to change the military, that's a fact, but for the better? If this appointment is part of his grand scheme to minimize the greatest fighting force in the world, we're all in for a heap of trouble.
Army’s Crooning, Blogging, Gaming Brain Is The Military’s New Top Officer
By Spencer Ackerman
Sorry, Gen. Cartwright. Hope you like the weather in Mons, Adm. Stavridis. You’ll be staying in Norfolk a little while longer, Gen. Odierno. Because Gen. Martin Dempsey, who’s been chief of staff of the Army for five minutes under two months, will be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This has been an odd, unusual process of selecting the next top military officer. But the AP says it’s all over, and Dempsey is President Obama’s choice for the next top military officer. This is very good news for blogging, gaming, and training foreign forces. And however Dempsey’s erstwhile rivals feel about getting passed over, the real loser is PowerPoint. Maybe counterinsurgency, too.
It’s extremely rare for someone to go from running the one of the services’ intellectual centers — the Army Training and Doctrine Command, in Dempsey’s case — to being chairman in a matter of months. It’s rarer still for an officer to be given one of the service chiefdoms for a few weeks before getting kicked upstairs.
But as we wrote in December when he got the Army nod, Dempsey is an unusual officer. He’s taken to the blogosphere to explain his thinking about the military’s future — specifically, that it should train foreign armies if it wants to avoid the next bloody land war. That needs to become “a core competency for our force in the future,” he told senators in his March confirmation hearing. He’s said to be “sick of the word ‘counterinsurgency,” since it defines the Army’s task in terms of its adversaries, rather than a positive agenda. All that is going to be music to the ears of Obama as he seeks military advice on dialing down the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and moving to an era of tight defense budgets.
Oh, and another thing he’ll encourage: social media and gaming.
Continue Reading “Army’s Crooning, Blogging, Gaming Brain Is The Military’s New Top Officer”
General Dempsey is what I call a 9-11 General. The irony of his ascending into the military stratosphere of General just days before the al-Qaeda attacks was pure luck, or was it?
The timing of President Obama's appointment of Dempsey as head of the military smacks of bad news, something he'd rather not have known or would get little press due to the holiday. Big wigs have always covered their tracks by releasing the stuff they'd rather have shoved under the carpet when nobody is looking, on holidays or late Friday nights.
If you haven't been paying attention, since the bin-Laden assassination, both the head of our military and the CIA have been replaced. Could it be that the truth of who pulled the trigger on Osama has been leaked out and it wasn't our inexperienced President. By now its obvious who did the kill. Leon Panetta of the CIA and the Joint Chiefs share the honor, with a reluctant President and aid Valerie Jarrett opposing the hit.
Because of that Obama has cleaned house, which is the only way he can strike back at our military.
I wonder what General Petraeus, soon to be head of the CIA, thinks of General Dempsey's new job, since he'll be working with him very closely?
Anyway, Obama wants to change the military, that's a fact, but for the better? If this appointment is part of his grand scheme to minimize the greatest fighting force in the world, we're all in for a heap of trouble.
Army’s Crooning, Blogging, Gaming Brain Is The Military’s New Top Officer
By Spencer Ackerman
Sorry, Gen. Cartwright. Hope you like the weather in Mons, Adm. Stavridis. You’ll be staying in Norfolk a little while longer, Gen. Odierno. Because Gen. Martin Dempsey, who’s been chief of staff of the Army for five minutes under two months, will be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This has been an odd, unusual process of selecting the next top military officer. But the AP says it’s all over, and Dempsey is President Obama’s choice for the next top military officer. This is very good news for blogging, gaming, and training foreign forces. And however Dempsey’s erstwhile rivals feel about getting passed over, the real loser is PowerPoint. Maybe counterinsurgency, too.
It’s extremely rare for someone to go from running the one of the services’ intellectual centers — the Army Training and Doctrine Command, in Dempsey’s case — to being chairman in a matter of months. It’s rarer still for an officer to be given one of the service chiefdoms for a few weeks before getting kicked upstairs.
But as we wrote in December when he got the Army nod, Dempsey is an unusual officer. He’s taken to the blogosphere to explain his thinking about the military’s future — specifically, that it should train foreign armies if it wants to avoid the next bloody land war. That needs to become “a core competency for our force in the future,” he told senators in his March confirmation hearing. He’s said to be “sick of the word ‘counterinsurgency,” since it defines the Army’s task in terms of its adversaries, rather than a positive agenda. All that is going to be music to the ears of Obama as he seeks military advice on dialing down the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and moving to an era of tight defense budgets.
Oh, and another thing he’ll encourage: social media and gaming.
Continue Reading “Army’s Crooning, Blogging, Gaming Brain Is The Military’s New Top Officer”
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Lollipops and Lies - Paul Ryan Listen Up
By Nicholas Contompasis
The Republican party needs to take a page from the Democrat-Socialist party when attempting to rein in excess spending and the growth of government.
They have learned that the only way to move the majority in America one way or the other is to lie.
To move their agenda they lie about the weather global-warming. They lie about lizards that are more important than oil that heats homes and fuels cars. They lie about why they must control your healthcare. They lie about their Republican opponents. Yes, they lie about everything.
They connect their lies with feel good messages and it's those messages that convince the majority to go along with the program.
So, the next time Congressman Paul Ryan offers a budget proposal to the American people, I suggest lollipops and lies.
The Republican party needs to take a page from the Democrat-Socialist party when attempting to rein in excess spending and the growth of government.
They have learned that the only way to move the majority in America one way or the other is to lie.
To move their agenda they lie about the weather global-warming. They lie about lizards that are more important than oil that heats homes and fuels cars. They lie about why they must control your healthcare. They lie about their Republican opponents. Yes, they lie about everything.
They connect their lies with feel good messages and it's those messages that convince the majority to go along with the program.
So, the next time Congressman Paul Ryan offers a budget proposal to the American people, I suggest lollipops and lies.
Breaking News - Greece Reaches Terms on Bailout - Imagine If This Happened to America
By Nicholas Contompasis
European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including international involvement in "tax collection and privatization of state assets," in exchange for new bail-out loans for the bankrupt economy of Greece.
Here in the United States experts are saying that if we continue our current financial course, China within ten years could be acting as the Internal Revenue Service taking your hard earned wages to pay them the interest due on our national debt.
National parks and their mineral rights would be owned by the Arab's where oil rigs would replace redwood trees and camp sites. Oh, and forget about the environment they'll just want their oil and they would be within their legal rights to collect.
Everyone has been saying, watch Greece. Well they've been correct. This is why everyone in America must learn and understand the fiasco that is Greece, and most of Europe.
Excess government debt will only lead to a loss of sovereignty and in the end the debtor will eventually be taken over by the holder of the debt.
Yes, because of the plundering and mismanagement of our government, our children and future generations will be speaking Mandarin and Arabic if it doesn't stop now.
As for Greece, they are now facing the abyss. Will they accept their fate or will they riot and burn what assets they have to the ground leaving a devastated third world country? Well, to use a worn out phrase, "Only time will tell."
Update 5/30/11
“@zerohedge: CIA Warns Of A Greek Military Coup, Rebellion, If Austerity Intensifies http://is.gd/cD2TqS ”
European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including international involvement in "tax collection and privatization of state assets," in exchange for new bail-out loans for the bankrupt economy of Greece.
Here in the United States experts are saying that if we continue our current financial course, China within ten years could be acting as the Internal Revenue Service taking your hard earned wages to pay them the interest due on our national debt.
National parks and their mineral rights would be owned by the Arab's where oil rigs would replace redwood trees and camp sites. Oh, and forget about the environment they'll just want their oil and they would be within their legal rights to collect.
Everyone has been saying, watch Greece. Well they've been correct. This is why everyone in America must learn and understand the fiasco that is Greece, and most of Europe.
Excess government debt will only lead to a loss of sovereignty and in the end the debtor will eventually be taken over by the holder of the debt.
Yes, because of the plundering and mismanagement of our government, our children and future generations will be speaking Mandarin and Arabic if it doesn't stop now.
As for Greece, they are now facing the abyss. Will they accept their fate or will they riot and burn what assets they have to the ground leaving a devastated third world country? Well, to use a worn out phrase, "Only time will tell."
Update 5/30/11
“@zerohedge: CIA Warns Of A Greek Military Coup, Rebellion, If Austerity Intensifies http://is.gd/cD2TqS ”
President Obama’s Joplin Missouri Folly and the Tornado Disconnect
By Nicholas Contompasis
As the President got drunk in Ireland in a disgraceful attempt to connect with white Irish voters back home, the Midwest was being destroyed by hundreds of tornados, killing hundreds and displacing thousands.
But, I won’t bore you with the typical slam against the President for not returning to the U.S. to comfort and console the victims of this tragedy. I’ll just lay out the facts
One has to ask, would President Obama have returned from Europe if an F-5 tornado destroyed State Street in downtown Chicago? You bet he would’ve, in a Chicago minute. He would’ve returned because it’s where his base is, Illinois, New York and California. Apart from Illinois these states have no tornados to speak of, so why care, right?
Well, the President should care. For one, these are Americans that are being traumatized by 1,383 tornados so far this year with 519 killed, thousands wounded, even more displaced and $16 billion of damage. These people vote, these people get angry, these people feel firsthand the disconnect and lack of concern of this President.
The U.S. has lost almost three times (519) as many to tornados this year as U.S. troops killed (149) in Afghanistan. Yet, he blows them off as a mere headline in the Guardian or the New York Times. What this President doesn’t understand is that whenever a tornado hits a heartland town, it’s like a nuclear bomb being detonated. Its real, it’s personal and a President that looks the other way is committing a major folly. So far this year that makes 1,383 nuclear bombs exploding and destroying the heartland.
Maybe, these hundreds of thousands of citizens wouldn’t have voted for him, but the rest of the country is watching, especially the independents, and they don’t like what they see. They wonder would the President have reacted the same way if they were real nuclear bombs, hmmm.
As the President got drunk in Ireland in a disgraceful attempt to connect with white Irish voters back home, the Midwest was being destroyed by hundreds of tornados, killing hundreds and displacing thousands.
But, I won’t bore you with the typical slam against the President for not returning to the U.S. to comfort and console the victims of this tragedy. I’ll just lay out the facts
One has to ask, would President Obama have returned from Europe if an F-5 tornado destroyed State Street in downtown Chicago? You bet he would’ve, in a Chicago minute. He would’ve returned because it’s where his base is, Illinois, New York and California. Apart from Illinois these states have no tornados to speak of, so why care, right?
Well, the President should care. For one, these are Americans that are being traumatized by 1,383 tornados so far this year with 519 killed, thousands wounded, even more displaced and $16 billion of damage. These people vote, these people get angry, these people feel firsthand the disconnect and lack of concern of this President.
The U.S. has lost almost three times (519) as many to tornados this year as U.S. troops killed (149) in Afghanistan. Yet, he blows them off as a mere headline in the Guardian or the New York Times. What this President doesn’t understand is that whenever a tornado hits a heartland town, it’s like a nuclear bomb being detonated. Its real, it’s personal and a President that looks the other way is committing a major folly. So far this year that makes 1,383 nuclear bombs exploding and destroying the heartland.
Maybe, these hundreds of thousands of citizens wouldn’t have voted for him, but the rest of the country is watching, especially the independents, and they don’t like what they see. They wonder would the President have reacted the same way if they were real nuclear bombs, hmmm.
Iran Plans for Their Very Own Internet - These People Are Dumber Than You Think
By Nicholas Contompasis
Every society in history that have tried to isolate its people have imploded in utter failure. This action by Iran to create their own intranet is very telling of an archaic mind set that has been abandoned centuries ago by the rest of the world.
Iran Will Create its Own Internet
By James Woodfin
Iran has inserted itself into headlines again. Instead of using psychological warfare and other efforts to create obstacles for the West, Iran is launching a different kind of war. Iran is launching a war on the Internet and is creating its own. This is another effort by Iran to decrease the influences of the West, according to the original Wall Street Journal article.
Iran’s telecommunications chief claims that, in two years time, all Iranians will be forced to use a internal, state-controlled (censored) Internet. He says about 60 percent of homes and business will be on the new Internet even sooner. The Islamic state sees it as a way to uphold Islamic moral values. One wonders if they can truly block the world’s Internet.
Iran has been facing problems in its own country due to the proliferation of pro-democracy blogs and anti-regime activity since the uprisings in other Middle Eastern nations started earlier this year. Top officials support internet regulation as a way to stop what they see as a war waged by the West.
Iran will roll out a parallel network with the current one and then make a full and final switch to its own Internet. The 11 percent of Iranians, or approximately 8.5 million people, who have internet access, will be forced to use a non-Microsoft operating system and a national search engine called “Ya Hagh” (Oh, Justice).
Every society in history that have tried to isolate its people have imploded in utter failure. This action by Iran to create their own intranet is very telling of an archaic mind set that has been abandoned centuries ago by the rest of the world.
Iran Will Create its Own Internet
By James Woodfin
Iran has inserted itself into headlines again. Instead of using psychological warfare and other efforts to create obstacles for the West, Iran is launching a different kind of war. Iran is launching a war on the Internet and is creating its own. This is another effort by Iran to decrease the influences of the West, according to the original Wall Street Journal article.
Iran’s telecommunications chief claims that, in two years time, all Iranians will be forced to use a internal, state-controlled (censored) Internet. He says about 60 percent of homes and business will be on the new Internet even sooner. The Islamic state sees it as a way to uphold Islamic moral values. One wonders if they can truly block the world’s Internet.
Iran has been facing problems in its own country due to the proliferation of pro-democracy blogs and anti-regime activity since the uprisings in other Middle Eastern nations started earlier this year. Top officials support internet regulation as a way to stop what they see as a war waged by the West.
Iran will roll out a parallel network with the current one and then make a full and final switch to its own Internet. The 11 percent of Iranians, or approximately 8.5 million people, who have internet access, will be forced to use a non-Microsoft operating system and a national search engine called “Ya Hagh” (Oh, Justice).
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Breaking News - Debt Collector Discovers Barack Obama Committed Real Estate Fraud - Video Just Released
By Nicholas Contompasis
My correspondence with an operative investigating this Obama Real Estate Scam
May 28, 2011
Anonymous Operative -
Anonymous Operative -
Obama's Real Estate Fraud - "Jane Stuart is the judge living in Obama's house at 5046 in Chicago, she was living there before Obama bought it, or allegedly bought it. I have a buddy in real estate there, last Wednesday, he went to the deed recorders office and I got the current stuff on the house to be sure what I got previously was accurate. Jane L. Stuart is a gay black judge that does liens, property judgments and evictions, the key to all of this is Rezko and Auchi, there is a pool of real estate properties that seem to stay in inventory and keep getting turned over constantly and they keep using the same banks, lawyers and CPA's. It seems much has gone through some weird hands and no one is tracking the same people.
Rezko's house in Wilmette went into foreclosure in 08, then the loan was sold to Bank of America. Then it was to be auctioned, I don't think it ever was, in the mean time where is the wife living?"
Rezko - Convicted and is supposed to be serving time in jail.
"I have a buddy that is an Inspector General at DHS and he checked both the Illinois Inmate System and the Federal system and Rezko is not there..........hummmmm"
Nick - "By the way, this sounds like one of the most sophisticated real estate straw-man operations I've come across. The technique was prevalent in the '90s and '00s. It was commonly used in the darker side of the industry, where they turn real estate over and over again. It is part of the big housing scam that has been sinking Freddy and Fanny for decades and has cost the American tax payer at this point trillions of hard earned tax dollars. If only the American people would wake up.
Anyway, they take the money when refinancing or selling homes using inflated appraisals, fictitious individuals, names, social security numbers, tax returns and employment verification.
Anyway, they take the money when refinancing or selling homes using inflated appraisals, fictitious individuals, names, social security numbers, tax returns and employment verification.
Chicago politics has been known for it's ability to squeeze out Wise-guy operations while taking them over themselves, thus the magnitude of corruption in the Windy City. They then use the money to reinforce their power over the city. Everything from killings at the highest level and election fraud is bought with this money. Everyone gets paid off and if you threaten to talk, there's an off duty cop to do the offing.
Since Holder is AG nothing can be done. It drives me crazy to watch this going on in the second largest city in America. And now Emanuel runs the casino, you wonder why he would want such a job. A bankrupt city with money draining from the coffers. He's now guarding the secrets that could take Obama down. How do you break through the wall of corruption when you only have a iPad, and anyway where the Fuck is Rezko?"
Sunday May 29, 2011
Anonymous Operative - "Hi there again, this all got real legs in 2005, but it has been going on a long time. The real effort was to buy up property where the Olympics was going to be, hence, then selling it to build the infrastructure for the Olympics, when that failed, all that property went into foreclosure. I have trails and names and photos on that. Money and loans went through such places as the University of Chicago, the water company, the education fund. This cant be done without complicity from key people in key roles.
BTW, it should be noted that Daley et al, sold much of Chicago's public revenue items to a company called Cintra, things like parking meters, public parking lots, etc. Now who is at Cintra, the King of Spain, remember last year when Moochelle Obama went to Spain without Obama and had a meeting with the King??? Obama has 2 good friends in Chicago, Marty Nesbitt and Eric Whitaker, one owns the parking spot, which has public parking lots all over the country and the other is a doctor, who helped write the healthcare bill. Penny Pritzker of the Hilton clan, is in real estate and she helps do the real estate deals.
Obama's Achilles heel is in Chicago, we need to concentrate there."
Nick - "So they bought all this property and handed the debt back to the tax payer by defaulting on the mortgages. These people have no sense of responsibility or morality, and they run our country now. We are so screwed, jail would be to good for Obama and his crew.
But, this doesn't explain Obama's house which was addressed in the video, having many transactions and owners, owners that are part of a foreclosure mill."
Sunday May 29, 2011
Anonymous Operative - "Hi there again, this all got real legs in 2005, but it has been going on a long time. The real effort was to buy up property where the Olympics was going to be, hence, then selling it to build the infrastructure for the Olympics, when that failed, all that property went into foreclosure. I have trails and names and photos on that. Money and loans went through such places as the University of Chicago, the water company, the education fund. This cant be done without complicity from key people in key roles.
BTW, it should be noted that Daley et al, sold much of Chicago's public revenue items to a company called Cintra, things like parking meters, public parking lots, etc. Now who is at Cintra, the King of Spain, remember last year when Moochelle Obama went to Spain without Obama and had a meeting with the King??? Obama has 2 good friends in Chicago, Marty Nesbitt and Eric Whitaker, one owns the parking spot, which has public parking lots all over the country and the other is a doctor, who helped write the healthcare bill. Penny Pritzker of the Hilton clan, is in real estate and she helps do the real estate deals.
Obama's Achilles heel is in Chicago, we need to concentrate there."
Nick - "So they bought all this property and handed the debt back to the tax payer by defaulting on the mortgages. These people have no sense of responsibility or morality, and they run our country now. We are so screwed, jail would be to good for Obama and his crew.
But, this doesn't explain Obama's house which was addressed in the video, having many transactions and owners, owners that are part of a foreclosure mill."
Did Congressmen Anthony Weiner Post His Angry Dick on the Internet?
I THINK WE HAVE TWINS
Another online scandal is brewing, and this time it’s puntastic! It seems Congressman Anthony Weiner may accidentally tweeted to his faithful Weiner-manics a photo of his own, thankfully clothed, wiener.The New York Congressman quickly deleted the tweet, but not before followers were able to click on the link to the yfrog image showing a male in grey boxes with an erect penis. After a short time the Twitter account belonging to a young lady and the yfrog image were also deleted. Weiner then tried to make light of the possible mistake by claiming his Facebook account was hacked:
Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next? #TheToasterIsVeryLoyal
about 16 hours ago via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite
@RepWeiner
Anthony Weiner
Here is a screenshot of the image which is NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE TO SEE! (Note: For those who claim that Andrew Breitbart is making this up, this screenshot was taken by another independently of Breitbart.)
The Man Who Threatened South Park Creators is Arrested in Morocco
Revolution Muslim's Younus Abdullah Muhammad Arrested In Morocco
Revolution Muslim's co-founder and primary spokesman Younus Abdullah Muhammad was arrested in Morocco early Friday, according to Islam Policy, the Web site successor to the original Revolution Muslim.
Muhammad, also known as Jesse Morton, was charged earlier this month with transmitting threats in relation to Revolution Muslim's 2010 threats against the creators of South Park for a two-part episode satirizing death threats over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammad.
According to the affidavit, Mohammed recruited Zachary Chesser to write for RevolutionMuslim.com in early 2010, after Chesser had littered the Internet with a variety of provocative postings in favor of terrorism and jihad against the West. Chesser was promoted to administrator on the site in April 2010.
After the initial posting, which was written by Chesser, both Mohammed and Chesser worked together to refine a written response in an effort to parse the language of the post and cast it as a "warning," rather than a "threat," which fooled no one.
Morocco does not have a standing extradition treaty with the U.S., so it will be interesting to see what went into this move, and the trial itself may shed significant light on how Revolution Muslim works and what links it may or may not have with overseas terrorist organizations.
Several members and associates of Revolution Muslim have already been arrested and convicted for various crimes relating to terrorism, but this is the first time a significant leader of the group has been prosecuted.
Revolution Muslim's other founder, Yousef Al Khattab, also known as Joseph Cohen, departed from the group in 2009 and has since criticized the group's endorsement of violence and expressed regret for his role in the group's activities. Al Khattab is currently living in New York City, according to postings on his personal blog.
Revolution Muslim's co-founder and primary spokesman Younus Abdullah Muhammad was arrested in Morocco early Friday, according to Islam Policy, the Web site successor to the original Revolution Muslim.
Muhammad, also known as Jesse Morton, was charged earlier this month with transmitting threats in relation to Revolution Muslim's 2010 threats against the creators of South Park for a two-part episode satirizing death threats over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammad.
According to the affidavit, Mohammed recruited Zachary Chesser to write for RevolutionMuslim.com in early 2010, after Chesser had littered the Internet with a variety of provocative postings in favor of terrorism and jihad against the West. Chesser was promoted to administrator on the site in April 2010.
After the initial posting, which was written by Chesser, both Mohammed and Chesser worked together to refine a written response in an effort to parse the language of the post and cast it as a "warning," rather than a "threat," which fooled no one.
Morocco does not have a standing extradition treaty with the U.S., so it will be interesting to see what went into this move, and the trial itself may shed significant light on how Revolution Muslim works and what links it may or may not have with overseas terrorist organizations.
Several members and associates of Revolution Muslim have already been arrested and convicted for various crimes relating to terrorism, but this is the first time a significant leader of the group has been prosecuted.
Revolution Muslim's other founder, Yousef Al Khattab, also known as Joseph Cohen, departed from the group in 2009 and has since criticized the group's endorsement of violence and expressed regret for his role in the group's activities. Al Khattab is currently living in New York City, according to postings on his personal blog.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Capitalism or Socialism - Your Choice
By Nicholas Contompasis
Socialism has a shelf life of approximately 70 years. Capitalism has a shelf life of over 240 years.
Now you choose, 70 years and failure or 240 years of success with no end in sight.
Socialism has a shelf life of approximately 70 years. Capitalism has a shelf life of over 240 years.
Now you choose, 70 years and failure or 240 years of success with no end in sight.
$40 Billion Bait n' Switch for the Arab Spring
By Nicholas Contompasis
The G-8 is dangling a $40,000,000,000 carrot in front of nations undergoing change from the "Arab Spring." This carrot could, if used properly, allow the industrial nations of the world a say in who's elected to office and their policies. It's a long shot but worth a try.
Knowing the region, this could end up being the biggest boondoggle the West has ever entered into, but if it works there could be peace and stability for decades. The idea here is to reverse the flow of immigration back to Islamic nations, create jobs and protect the civil rights of these oppressed peoples.
Again, knowing the region, this will most likely only be a delay of an inevitable collapse into a clausal regional caliphate, run as a religious dictatorship, harsh and unforgiving.
The G-8 is dangling a $40,000,000,000 carrot in front of nations undergoing change from the "Arab Spring." This carrot could, if used properly, allow the industrial nations of the world a say in who's elected to office and their policies. It's a long shot but worth a try.
Knowing the region, this could end up being the biggest boondoggle the West has ever entered into, but if it works there could be peace and stability for decades. The idea here is to reverse the flow of immigration back to Islamic nations, create jobs and protect the civil rights of these oppressed peoples.
Again, knowing the region, this will most likely only be a delay of an inevitable collapse into a clausal regional caliphate, run as a religious dictatorship, harsh and unforgiving.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
New Poll Shows That the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu is More Popular Than President Obama Now - Netanyahu for President of the United States
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, May 26, 12:51 AM
JERUSALEM — An Israeli poll indicates that support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has surged following his contentious visit to the United States.
Netanyahu had a a tense meeting in Washington with President Barack Obama over the nature of a future Palestinian state. In an address before Congress, he insisted Israel would not return to its pre-1967 war borders.
The survey has 51 percent of those polled supporting Netanyahu — a 13 percent increase from the Dialog Institute’s previous poll published five weeks ago. The latest poll results were published Thursday in the Haaretz daily.
Forty-seven percent of Israelis surveyed believe Netanyahu’s U.S. trip was a success while only 10 percent see it as a failure. The poll surveyed 477 people and had a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.
JERUSALEM — An Israeli poll indicates that support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has surged following his contentious visit to the United States.
Netanyahu had a a tense meeting in Washington with President Barack Obama over the nature of a future Palestinian state. In an address before Congress, he insisted Israel would not return to its pre-1967 war borders.
The survey has 51 percent of those polled supporting Netanyahu — a 13 percent increase from the Dialog Institute’s previous poll published five weeks ago. The latest poll results were published Thursday in the Haaretz daily.
Forty-seven percent of Israelis surveyed believe Netanyahu’s U.S. trip was a success while only 10 percent see it as a failure. The poll surveyed 477 people and had a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Move Over John McCain Sarah's in Arizona Now - Pass the Baton
Sarah Palin has just bought a new $1.75 million, 8,000 square foot house in North Scottsdale, which sits on 4.4 acres and has a home theater, a billiard room, a walk-in wine room and a "resort style backyard" with a gazebo and pool, according to the listing and listing photographs. The brown, stucco-and-stone house, which was renovated this year, has several fireplaces, a six-car garage and mountain views. The property has a circular driveway and desert landscaping.
Governor or Senator would be my best guess, she'll go for. It's all good and more sun for the family from the midnight sun.
Governor or Senator would be my best guess, she'll go for. It's all good and more sun for the family from the midnight sun.
After Two Years of President Obama - Here's your change
January 2009
May 2011
% chg
Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.44
84%
Crude oil , European Brent (barrel)
$43..48
$99..02
127.7%
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
$38..74
$91..38
135.9%
Gold: London (per troy oz.)
$853.25
$1,369.50
60.5%
May 2011
% chg
Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.44
84%
Crude oil , European Brent (barrel)
$43..48
$99..02
127.7%
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
$38..74
$91..38
135.9%
Gold: London (per troy oz.)
$853.25
$1,369.50
60.5%
The Courage for Small Government
By Nicholas Contompasis
Professional politicians both Republican and Democrat, see cutting government spending as political and career ending suicide. It will take a new type of elected official to make the necessary changes to save our country. Support your local "real" Tea Party. We did it last November and we will do it again in 2012.
Professional politicians both Republican and Democrat, see cutting government spending as political and career ending suicide. It will take a new type of elected official to make the necessary changes to save our country. Support your local "real" Tea Party. We did it last November and we will do it again in 2012.
Obama Screws Up Again
Imagine how President Obama felt, after being put down by the Prime Minister of Israel and the U.S. Congress over a Palistinian solution?
The Queen looked at him as if he was a tribesman that just emerged from the jungle, clueless and uncultured. Things aren't going well for the President of the United States of late. - N.P. Contompasis
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Is Pakistan Attack a Blueprint for Nuclear Base Raid? I Think So!
By Alistair Scrutton
ISLAMABAD | Tue May 24, 2011 9:05am EDT
(Reuters) - A group of highly-trained militants with night-vision goggles and the collusion of sympathetic Islamist military officials storm a heavily-guarded navy base situated only a few miles from where a unstable Pakistan stores some of its nuclear weapons.
That is the scary way of looking at the attack on the navy base in Karachi on Sunday night that destroyed two U.S.-built aircraft and killed 10 military personnel, fuelling worries about the safety of the world's fastest-growing nuclear arsenal.
ISLAMABAD | Tue May 24, 2011 9:05am EDT
(Reuters) - A group of highly-trained militants with night-vision goggles and the collusion of sympathetic Islamist military officials storm a heavily-guarded navy base situated only a few miles from where a unstable Pakistan stores some of its nuclear weapons.
That is the scary way of looking at the attack on the navy base in Karachi on Sunday night that destroyed two U.S.-built aircraft and killed 10 military personnel, fuelling worries about the safety of the world's fastest-growing nuclear arsenal.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Was the Forced Resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) an Obama Coup d'état of the International Monetary Fund?
By Nicholas Contompasis
The charges against DSK are slowly being dropped. The Anal sex charge was dropped leaving only a forced oral sex charge. Pretty soon this may all end up just a few misdemeanor charges against the former socialist head of the IMF.
As this case slowly unwinds, our President has decided that Ireland is his ancestral home. Now, Ireland is economically one of the worst counties in the European Union.
This surprise visit seems to have more to do with bailing out the Irish homeland then visiting his great great great great great grandfathers home town.
In addition, the government of Greece is to make an important announcement today regarding it's debt. Greece being another sinking economic ship of the EU.
This whole story is starting to sound more and more like a takeover of the IMF that oversees fiscal guidance in Europe, which is on the ropes with it's excess government spending.
Let's not forget that last year the G-8 and G-30 threw Obama under the bus when he expected them to go further into debt, similar to what he was doing here in the U.S.
Obama's plan to dominate globally can only happen if the rest of the industrial world follows his plan of deficit spending, which everyone knows would destroy our current economic system.
To say that Obama has a personal grudge against the G-8 would be putting it mildly.
With Mayor Bloomberg in Obamas back pocket anything coming out of City Hall in New York City should be considered crap.
This is a big deal that's being glossed over because of the sex charge. More is at work and it's not pretty. One could describe it more as the height of Chicago thuggery, but this time they're taking over the world's economy.
Who said Obama didn't have ambition, or is it someone else behind the thrown?
The charges against DSK are slowly being dropped. The Anal sex charge was dropped leaving only a forced oral sex charge. Pretty soon this may all end up just a few misdemeanor charges against the former socialist head of the IMF.
As this case slowly unwinds, our President has decided that Ireland is his ancestral home. Now, Ireland is economically one of the worst counties in the European Union.
This surprise visit seems to have more to do with bailing out the Irish homeland then visiting his great great great great great grandfathers home town.
In addition, the government of Greece is to make an important announcement today regarding it's debt. Greece being another sinking economic ship of the EU.
This whole story is starting to sound more and more like a takeover of the IMF that oversees fiscal guidance in Europe, which is on the ropes with it's excess government spending.
Let's not forget that last year the G-8 and G-30 threw Obama under the bus when he expected them to go further into debt, similar to what he was doing here in the U.S.
Obama's plan to dominate globally can only happen if the rest of the industrial world follows his plan of deficit spending, which everyone knows would destroy our current economic system.
To say that Obama has a personal grudge against the G-8 would be putting it mildly.
With Mayor Bloomberg in Obamas back pocket anything coming out of City Hall in New York City should be considered crap.
This is a big deal that's being glossed over because of the sex charge. More is at work and it's not pretty. One could describe it more as the height of Chicago thuggery, but this time they're taking over the world's economy.
Who said Obama didn't have ambition, or is it someone else behind the thrown?
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Egypt Scheduled to Explode This Friday - Again!
By Nicholas Contompasis
I appears the word must be out on the Saudi quid pro quo to free former President Mubarak, and the Muslim Brotherhood ain't buying it. What a-shame, more violence and bloodshed. Now that the Saudis are paying customers at this Egyptian fiasco, the Egyptian Army won't be so nice to the rebels in the street this time.
"Okay people, lets not forget, Friday right after prayers, meet at Tahrir Square - even though it's round."
Egyptian Groups Call for Second Round of ‘Rage’ Protests on Lack of Change
By Ahmed Namatalla - May 22, 2011 6:15 AM PT
Egyptian pro-democracy groups are calling for a second round of so-called “rage” protests on May 27 because of a lack of political progress and perceived failure to prosecute members of former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
I appears the word must be out on the Saudi quid pro quo to free former President Mubarak, and the Muslim Brotherhood ain't buying it. What a-shame, more violence and bloodshed. Now that the Saudis are paying customers at this Egyptian fiasco, the Egyptian Army won't be so nice to the rebels in the street this time.
"Okay people, lets not forget, Friday right after prayers, meet at Tahrir Square - even though it's round."
Egyptian Groups Call for Second Round of ‘Rage’ Protests on Lack of Change
By Ahmed Namatalla - May 22, 2011 6:15 AM PT
Egyptian pro-democracy groups are calling for a second round of so-called “rage” protests on May 27 because of a lack of political progress and perceived failure to prosecute members of former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
Iranian Sub Takes Osama bin-Laden’s Body – May 22, 2011
The Washington Post broke the terrible news first with the following article.
Iranian Sub Takes Osama bin-Laden’s Body
By Joel Greenbaum, May 22, 6:22 PM
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today it was reported that unusual submarine activity was reported in and around the deep-sea burial site of Osama bin-Laden. Pentagon officials have been mum, but many have speculated that the body of terrorist Osama bin-Laden has been snatched from the ocean deep.
With not even a month in his cold wet grave bin-Laden seems to be now in the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Reports are leaking out of the White House that it was one of Iran’s new subs commissioned last year.
It appears that the heavily reinforced body bag of bin-Laden was meant to be found by the Defense Department since it was dropped down to nearly eleven thousand feet with a GPS signaling device. Obviously, it seems that the Iranians have discovered the top-secret frequency used by the device and quickly snatched the body.
Further reports indicate that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be making a special announcement to the world from Tehran.
“At this point” said Vice President Biden, “we have nothing to say, sorry.”
Copyright #38629442 – The Washington Post
President Obama finished reading the article off the wire and promptly threw up. It landed everywhere, the desk, chair, rug and his new suit. It was embarrassing, since he was with a group of his trusted aids in the Oval Office. As he quickly headed for the side bathroom where Monica and Bill used to rendezvous this President was there for another reason - cleanup.
As he emerged brushing off chunks of beef and noodles Romanof he yelled “That God-damn Iranian is wrecking my party and I won’t stand for it.” Then he immediately belched up more remaining pieces of beef which caused his torso to buckle in a giant cramp that sent him back to the toilet where he nearly plunged his entire head into the commode.
Vice President Biden couldn’t understand why the President was blowing dinner since Michelle cooked it, a tradition in the Obama family, the dinner, not the throwing up, as the 840th day of Obama Presidency kept flushing.
This is from the novel Now the Eagle by Nicholas Contompasis about the Obama Administration. This is fiction. It should not in any way be considered factual. We hope you enjoy this tongue-in-cheek novel of the Obama Presidency. The author has taken the liberty to use these factitious, factual events and individuals to express his concerns and fears of this Administration. Read more of this novel here http://nowtheeagle.blogspot.com/
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Iranian Sub Takes Osama bin-Laden’s Body
By Joel Greenbaum, May 22, 6:22 PM
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today it was reported that unusual submarine activity was reported in and around the deep-sea burial site of Osama bin-Laden. Pentagon officials have been mum, but many have speculated that the body of terrorist Osama bin-Laden has been snatched from the ocean deep.
With not even a month in his cold wet grave bin-Laden seems to be now in the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Reports are leaking out of the White House that it was one of Iran’s new subs commissioned last year.
It appears that the heavily reinforced body bag of bin-Laden was meant to be found by the Defense Department since it was dropped down to nearly eleven thousand feet with a GPS signaling device. Obviously, it seems that the Iranians have discovered the top-secret frequency used by the device and quickly snatched the body.
Further reports indicate that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be making a special announcement to the world from Tehran.
“At this point” said Vice President Biden, “we have nothing to say, sorry.”
Copyright #38629442 – The Washington Post
President Obama finished reading the article off the wire and promptly threw up. It landed everywhere, the desk, chair, rug and his new suit. It was embarrassing, since he was with a group of his trusted aids in the Oval Office. As he quickly headed for the side bathroom where Monica and Bill used to rendezvous this President was there for another reason - cleanup.
As he emerged brushing off chunks of beef and noodles Romanof he yelled “That God-damn Iranian is wrecking my party and I won’t stand for it.” Then he immediately belched up more remaining pieces of beef which caused his torso to buckle in a giant cramp that sent him back to the toilet where he nearly plunged his entire head into the commode.
Vice President Biden couldn’t understand why the President was blowing dinner since Michelle cooked it, a tradition in the Obama family, the dinner, not the throwing up, as the 840th day of Obama Presidency kept flushing.
This is from the novel Now the Eagle by Nicholas Contompasis about the Obama Administration. This is fiction. It should not in any way be considered factual. We hope you enjoy this tongue-in-cheek novel of the Obama Presidency. The author has taken the liberty to use these factitious, factual events and individuals to express his concerns and fears of this Administration. Read more of this novel here http://nowtheeagle.blogspot.com/
Breaking News - Soon - Criminal Charges are to be Brought Against President Obama
By Nicholas Contompasis
The author of "Where's the Birth Certificate" Jerome Corsi's stated tonight on WABC radio that he will be bringing criminal charges against the President for presenting a false long form birth certificate. More details to follow this week.
The author of "Where's the Birth Certificate" Jerome Corsi's stated tonight on WABC radio that he will be bringing criminal charges against the President for presenting a false long form birth certificate. More details to follow this week.
Saudi Arabia Bails Out Mubarak of Egypt
"This could tell you who really runs the Islamic world or is it more about who writes the checks. Four billion dollars from Saudi Arabia looks like a deal to me. You get the money if you free Mubarak and the clerics get a cut of the action to boot." N.P.Contompasis
Mubarak deserves mercy - top cleric
BERLIN (AP) - A German newspaper reports that Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak should be granted mercy instead of facing prosecution. German weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung's Sunday edition quotes Ahmed Al Tayeb, the grand sheikh of Cairo's Al Azhar University, as saying that "mercy should prevail over justice" given Mubarak's achievements and his poor health. Al Azhar representatives in Cairo could not immediately be reached to confirm the comments. The weekly says it interviewed the grand sheikh of Sunni Islam's foremost seat of learning in Egypt's capital. The cleric was further quoted as saying that toppling Mubarak was an expression of the people's desire for change "which Al Azhar supports".
‘Saudis agree $4b in Egypt assistance’
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide cash-strapped Egypt with about $4 billion dollars to support its economy, Egypt’s state MENA news agency reported on Saturday. Cairo has been asking donors and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help bridge a funding gap through mid-2012 estimated at $10-12 billion in the wake of the mass protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak on February 11. The turmoil has caused tourism and investor revenue to dry up at a time when high popular expectations have increased the pressure on the budget. “The $4 billion will be distributed in the form of soft loans, deposits and grants,” MENA quoted Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt’s ruling military council, as saying. It did not provide a time frame or other details. Al Ahram newspaper, quoting unnamed Arab sources in Cairo, said on Saturday the $4 billion Saudi economic package would support Egypt’s general budget, the central bank, development and other projects and bond purchases. Egypt’s economy contracted by an estimated 7 per cent in the January-to-March quarter.
Mubarak deserves mercy - top cleric
BERLIN (AP) - A German newspaper reports that Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak should be granted mercy instead of facing prosecution. German weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung's Sunday edition quotes Ahmed Al Tayeb, the grand sheikh of Cairo's Al Azhar University, as saying that "mercy should prevail over justice" given Mubarak's achievements and his poor health. Al Azhar representatives in Cairo could not immediately be reached to confirm the comments. The weekly says it interviewed the grand sheikh of Sunni Islam's foremost seat of learning in Egypt's capital. The cleric was further quoted as saying that toppling Mubarak was an expression of the people's desire for change "which Al Azhar supports".
‘Saudis agree $4b in Egypt assistance’
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide cash-strapped Egypt with about $4 billion dollars to support its economy, Egypt’s state MENA news agency reported on Saturday. Cairo has been asking donors and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help bridge a funding gap through mid-2012 estimated at $10-12 billion in the wake of the mass protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak on February 11. The turmoil has caused tourism and investor revenue to dry up at a time when high popular expectations have increased the pressure on the budget. “The $4 billion will be distributed in the form of soft loans, deposits and grants,” MENA quoted Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt’s ruling military council, as saying. It did not provide a time frame or other details. Al Ahram newspaper, quoting unnamed Arab sources in Cairo, said on Saturday the $4 billion Saudi economic package would support Egypt’s general budget, the central bank, development and other projects and bond purchases. Egypt’s economy contracted by an estimated 7 per cent in the January-to-March quarter.
Jewish Money - Obama
By Nicholas Contompasis
Mr. Obama, your attempt to shake up the American Jewish community, by announcing just days before a gathering of the most influential Jews in America that you demand a pullback of Israel's borders, won't work.
Your comments and actions are a blatant attempt to extort campaign contributions from this very intelligent and influential minority. Did you actually expect them to buy this Chicago style thuggery?
After his speech this weekend at AIPAC we will see just how well this technique works when he counts the checks, if there are any.
This was President Obama's final words to Americas Jews yesterday, "God bless you. God bless Israel, and God bless the United States of America."
This is the height of hypocrisy as he begs for more Jewish Money.
Mr. Obama, your attempt to shake up the American Jewish community, by announcing just days before a gathering of the most influential Jews in America that you demand a pullback of Israel's borders, won't work.
Your comments and actions are a blatant attempt to extort campaign contributions from this very intelligent and influential minority. Did you actually expect them to buy this Chicago style thuggery?
After his speech this weekend at AIPAC we will see just how well this technique works when he counts the checks, if there are any.
This was President Obama's final words to Americas Jews yesterday, "God bless you. God bless Israel, and God bless the United States of America."
This is the height of hypocrisy as he begs for more Jewish Money.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
When You've Lost Hope in Your Government Remember This Quote
"You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."
Taken from the movie The Verdict with Paul Newman 1982.
Taken from the movie The Verdict with Paul Newman 1982.
Africa is Falling Apart - North Sudan Army Takes Control of Border Town Abyei
James Copnall
BBC News, Khartoum
South Sudan is due to become independent in July, but Abyei is still claimed by both sides
The northern Sudanese Army says it has taken control of Abyei, a contested area on the border with South Sudan.
Sudanese state television, based in Khartoum, said northern troops had "repelled enemy forces" in Abyei town. UN officials confirmed the development.
BBC News, Khartoum
South Sudan is due to become independent in July, but Abyei is still claimed by both sides
The northern Sudanese Army says it has taken control of Abyei, a contested area on the border with South Sudan.
Sudanese state television, based in Khartoum, said northern troops had "repelled enemy forces" in Abyei town. UN officials confirmed the development.
States Want to Stop Teaching Homosexuality in Elementary and Middle Schools
By Nicholas Contompasis
This is a topic I generally steer away from, but since it now is being debated across the country, here it goes.
I look at homosexuality as a biological genetic disorder. The children born with this abnormality are simply victims of Gods luck of the draw.
In reality it should be treated as an abnormality like any other birth defect. Mocking and discriminating against any of these individuals should be prohibited. They should be respected as if they were your own son and daughter.
But, to be clear, since it is a defect, society has no responsibility to adapt its social norms or mores to such ideas as same sex marriage and the teaching of their sexual behavior in our schools.
'Don't Say Gay' Bill Passes in Tennessee Senate, Would Ban Teachers from Discussing Homosexuality
BY ALIYAH SHAHID
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, May 21st 2011
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill on Friday that would bar teachers from discussing homosexuality with elementary and middle school students.
Under the legislation, dubbed by critics as the "don't say gay" bill, any instruction in public classrooms will be "limited exclusively to age-appropriate natural human reproduction science."
Republican Stacey Campfield, the bill's sponsor, says "homosexuals don't naturally reproduce" and has argued families should decide when its appropriate to talk with their children about homosexuality.
But gay rights activists are blasting the legislation, which passed 6-3, as a form of discrimination.
It "limits what teachers and students are able to discuss in the classroom," Ben Byers of the Tennessee Equality Project told LBGTQ Nation. "It means they can't talk about gay issues or sexuality even with students who may be gay or have gay family."
This is a topic I generally steer away from, but since it now is being debated across the country, here it goes.
I look at homosexuality as a biological genetic disorder. The children born with this abnormality are simply victims of Gods luck of the draw.
In reality it should be treated as an abnormality like any other birth defect. Mocking and discriminating against any of these individuals should be prohibited. They should be respected as if they were your own son and daughter.
But, to be clear, since it is a defect, society has no responsibility to adapt its social norms or mores to such ideas as same sex marriage and the teaching of their sexual behavior in our schools.
'Don't Say Gay' Bill Passes in Tennessee Senate, Would Ban Teachers from Discussing Homosexuality
BY ALIYAH SHAHID
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, May 21st 2011
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill on Friday that would bar teachers from discussing homosexuality with elementary and middle school students.
Under the legislation, dubbed by critics as the "don't say gay" bill, any instruction in public classrooms will be "limited exclusively to age-appropriate natural human reproduction science."
Republican Stacey Campfield, the bill's sponsor, says "homosexuals don't naturally reproduce" and has argued families should decide when its appropriate to talk with their children about homosexuality.
But gay rights activists are blasting the legislation, which passed 6-3, as a form of discrimination.
It "limits what teachers and students are able to discuss in the classroom," Ben Byers of the Tennessee Equality Project told LBGTQ Nation. "It means they can't talk about gay issues or sexuality even with students who may be gay or have gay family."
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
President Obama Won't Last the Year
By Nicholas Contompasis
I wonder how President Obama sleeps at night with Muammar al-Gaddafi (Libya), Bashar al-Assad (Syria), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran), Saif al-Adel (al-Qaida), Taliban (Afghanistan), Mossad (Israel's CIA), a large segment of the Pakistani military and elements of the Egyptian army loyal to Mubarak, all of which have a vested interest in seeing him disappear? It seems he racked up just about everybody in the Middle East as enemies. It's not the kind of neighborhood you want to mess with Mr. President.
Frankly, I'm not pleased with this President's plan, announced today, for this very dangerous hood, and with his near acknowledgment that he's been the driving force behind this so called Arab-Spring.
This President should be very careful what he hangs his hat on.
The gentlemen I mentioned in the prior paragraph play for keeps, but Obama thinks its a game, a speech, talking points or a round of golf. This President doesn't realize that while he's been playing these guys have been torturing and killing their own people for decades. Blood and guts is their daily diet.
I'm convinced there are no amount of Secret Service men that can truly protect the President, that's why unfortunately with these guys as enemies he doesn't stand a chance.
I wonder how President Obama sleeps at night with Muammar al-Gaddafi (Libya), Bashar al-Assad (Syria), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran), Saif al-Adel (al-Qaida), Taliban (Afghanistan), Mossad (Israel's CIA), a large segment of the Pakistani military and elements of the Egyptian army loyal to Mubarak, all of which have a vested interest in seeing him disappear? It seems he racked up just about everybody in the Middle East as enemies. It's not the kind of neighborhood you want to mess with Mr. President.
Frankly, I'm not pleased with this President's plan, announced today, for this very dangerous hood, and with his near acknowledgment that he's been the driving force behind this so called Arab-Spring.
This President should be very careful what he hangs his hat on.
The gentlemen I mentioned in the prior paragraph play for keeps, but Obama thinks its a game, a speech, talking points or a round of golf. This President doesn't realize that while he's been playing these guys have been torturing and killing their own people for decades. Blood and guts is their daily diet.
I'm convinced there are no amount of Secret Service men that can truly protect the President, that's why unfortunately with these guys as enemies he doesn't stand a chance.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
American Empire on the Brink
By Nicholas Contompasis
The deliberate neglect of the ailing America capitalistic system by the Obama Administration is now spreading to our allies like Japan similar to a cancerous tumor enveloping a host body. It is this that can more effectively destroy the American way of life, more than any terrorist attack.
Like anything in motion, momentum gains and the force of the decline becomes insurmountable with its weight ever pressing and ultimately crushing any resistance till there's a complete collapse.
This is where we're headed if something isn't done soon. Many are saying we are now beyond repair, I hope not, for the sake of our children and grandchildren.
Japan and other loyal allies could be lost forever. American Empire on the brink.
Japanese Economy Collapses: Q1 GDP Drops At Double Consensus Rate, Epic Nominal Plunge Of -5.2%
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/18/2011
Confirming once again that Wall Street economist (and sell side in general) is the most useless profession in the world (though gladly accepting a 7 figures compensation), is the latest data out of Japan which is yet another stunner to most, as nobody, nobody, could have possible predicted that the Japanese economy would literally fall off a cliff in Q1, plunging at a 3.7% rate (down from -3% previously), which is double the consensus print of -1.9%. DOUBLE. And in nominal terms the collapse was simply epic: -5.2%! And yes, this is officially a recession. Of course, anyone reading Zero Hedge would have been perfectly aware of this outcome. 4 short days ago we said: "Increasingly we have come to believe that the real marginal economy over the next several quarters will be neither that of the contracting US, nor that of the rapidly tightening, yet still very much inflationary China, but the (arguably) third largest one: that of Japan." Today our prediction is more than confirmed. And instead of hiding deep in the whatever holes these morlocks cralwed out of, Bloomberg for some inexplicable reason continues to look to their blatantly horrendous opinion. “The negative economic impact from the disaster will be on full display during the second quarter,” Hiroshi Watanabe, a senior economist at the Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo, said before the report. “This recession may be deep, but short.” Yeah, sure. Short. We'll just hold our breath. And for it to be short, it means that the BOJ will be forced to print a few hundred trillion in Yen asap (just as we predicted here and here) right? Which in turn means that the USDJPY will surge and shift the Japanese recession even faster over to the US. And yes it means that the turbo print button among the central banks will get the F5 treatment as the second round of currency devaluation completes a lap.
Some more much delayed reality:
Highlighting the disaster’s effect on companies, Toyota Motor Corp. said profits plunged while Nippon Steel Corp. reported its first net loss in six quarters, after the quake closed plants, cut supply chains and caused power shortage.
Factory output fell by a record and retail sales and exports declined in March because of power shortages spurred by a nuclear accident in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, and damage to transportation facilities after the temblor.
“It’s hard to think that companies will become aggressive about increasing business spending when uncertainties remain strong,” said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities Japan Ltd. in Tokyo. “Capital spending will likely be in a declining trend as corporate profits may do worse than expected.”
Capital investment dropped 0.9 percent in the first quarter, the first decline in six quarters, today’s data showed.
Consumer spending fell 0.6 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months, today’s report showed.
But since the conspiracy of optimism needs its daily fix, there is of course a hopey-changey silver lining:
“We look for a classic V-shaped recovery in the July-to- September period and after,” said Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo. “A self-sustaining recovery in production, an increase in government consumption and reconstruction demand centered around public works will likely support the economy.”
Front lobe bleeding may now commence.
The deliberate neglect of the ailing America capitalistic system by the Obama Administration is now spreading to our allies like Japan similar to a cancerous tumor enveloping a host body. It is this that can more effectively destroy the American way of life, more than any terrorist attack.
Like anything in motion, momentum gains and the force of the decline becomes insurmountable with its weight ever pressing and ultimately crushing any resistance till there's a complete collapse.
This is where we're headed if something isn't done soon. Many are saying we are now beyond repair, I hope not, for the sake of our children and grandchildren.
Japan and other loyal allies could be lost forever. American Empire on the brink.
Japanese Economy Collapses: Q1 GDP Drops At Double Consensus Rate, Epic Nominal Plunge Of -5.2%
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/18/2011
Confirming once again that Wall Street economist (and sell side in general) is the most useless profession in the world (though gladly accepting a 7 figures compensation), is the latest data out of Japan which is yet another stunner to most, as nobody, nobody, could have possible predicted that the Japanese economy would literally fall off a cliff in Q1, plunging at a 3.7% rate (down from -3% previously), which is double the consensus print of -1.9%. DOUBLE. And in nominal terms the collapse was simply epic: -5.2%! And yes, this is officially a recession. Of course, anyone reading Zero Hedge would have been perfectly aware of this outcome. 4 short days ago we said: "Increasingly we have come to believe that the real marginal economy over the next several quarters will be neither that of the contracting US, nor that of the rapidly tightening, yet still very much inflationary China, but the (arguably) third largest one: that of Japan." Today our prediction is more than confirmed. And instead of hiding deep in the whatever holes these morlocks cralwed out of, Bloomberg for some inexplicable reason continues to look to their blatantly horrendous opinion. “The negative economic impact from the disaster will be on full display during the second quarter,” Hiroshi Watanabe, a senior economist at the Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo, said before the report. “This recession may be deep, but short.” Yeah, sure. Short. We'll just hold our breath. And for it to be short, it means that the BOJ will be forced to print a few hundred trillion in Yen asap (just as we predicted here and here) right? Which in turn means that the USDJPY will surge and shift the Japanese recession even faster over to the US. And yes it means that the turbo print button among the central banks will get the F5 treatment as the second round of currency devaluation completes a lap.
Some more much delayed reality:
Highlighting the disaster’s effect on companies, Toyota Motor Corp. said profits plunged while Nippon Steel Corp. reported its first net loss in six quarters, after the quake closed plants, cut supply chains and caused power shortage.
Factory output fell by a record and retail sales and exports declined in March because of power shortages spurred by a nuclear accident in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, and damage to transportation facilities after the temblor.
“It’s hard to think that companies will become aggressive about increasing business spending when uncertainties remain strong,” said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities Japan Ltd. in Tokyo. “Capital spending will likely be in a declining trend as corporate profits may do worse than expected.”
Capital investment dropped 0.9 percent in the first quarter, the first decline in six quarters, today’s data showed.
Consumer spending fell 0.6 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months, today’s report showed.
But since the conspiracy of optimism needs its daily fix, there is of course a hopey-changey silver lining:
“We look for a classic V-shaped recovery in the July-to- September period and after,” said Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo. “A self-sustaining recovery in production, an increase in government consumption and reconstruction demand centered around public works will likely support the economy.”
Front lobe bleeding may now commence.
The New Face of al-Qaida - Iran
Iran could play role in al-Qaida, post-bin Laden
By MATT APUZZO
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The death of Osama bin Laden has put a new focus on what role Iran might play in al-Qaida's future, as intelligence officials around the world analyzed reports that Saif al-Adel had taken over as al-Qaida's interim leader. Al-Adel was last known to be under house arrest outside Tehran.
The terrorist resume of al-Adel, one of al-Qaida's founders, includes helping orchestrate the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. But he had sharp disagreements with bin Laden's leadership and opposed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He accurately predicted that inciting the wrath of the U.S. would hurt al-Qaida's worldwide efforts.
Al-Adel is among the many senior al-Qaida figures who fled into Iran after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. They were arrested there in 2003 and were placed under what has been loosely called "house arrest" in a compound outside Tehran. Over the years, some have been able to come and go, and the U.S. has worried that Iran would someday free them to restore al-Qaida's ranks.
Read more here
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Picture of DSK's Rape Victim - Very Hot - Not Your Run of the Mill Chambermaid
By Nicholas Contompasis
WABC radio in New York City Is reporting that she lives in a building for only AID's patients and their families. DSK may have bit off more than he can chew.
What do you think - does a Socialist, head the IMF and potential President of France rape a hot chick in his $3,000 a night hotel room?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Okay Obama You're Going to Let Cuba Drill Where US Oil Can't - Man Have You Got a Problem
Cuban oil rig set to cause waves in Washington
Cuba to outline oil plans at drilling conference
Tue, May 10 2011
By Daniel Wallis
LA JOLLA, Calif. | Tue May 17, 2011 11:54pm EDT
May 17 (Reuters) - The arrival of a unique oil rig off communist Cuba is set to cause waves in Washington, raising questions about U.S. drilling permits and the response to any disaster, a conference heard on Tuesday.
Spanish giant Repsol YPF is due to bring the Chinese-built Scarabeo 9 rig to the Caribbean island later this year to drill at least one well in partnership with Norway's Statoil and a unit of India's ONGC.
"I think it's going to have a much bigger impact on U.S. domestic policy than it is on Cuba," said Jorge Pinon, visiting research fellow with Florida International University Latin American and Caribbean Center's Cuban Research Institute.
The main reason is that Repsol plans to use the high-tech semi-submersible Scarabeo 9 for a deepwater drilling bid in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico zone, parts of which are within 50 miles of the Florida coast.
That puts the planned drill site close to areas where the Obama administration blocked U.S. drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico after BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year.
"A lot of people are going to be knocking on doors in Washington, saying 'How come the Cubans are drilling and we're not allowed to drill in the eastern Gulf?'," Pinon told a Latin American energy conference in La Jolla, California.
U.S. EMBARGO
The Scarabeo 9 is unique because Repsol had to find an oil rig that met the terms of the 49-year-old U.S. embargo on Cuba, which limits the amount of U.S. technology that can be used in equipment used there. The embargo also prevents U.S. companies from operating on the island.
Pinon said the $750 million rig, which can drill in 12,000 feet of water, was due to leave Singapore next month and should arrive in Cuba in September or October.
He said the only U.S.-made part on the Scarabeo 9 was the blow out preventer -- one of the pieces of equipment that failed during the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
And that raises the other issue likely to make waves when the rig, owned by Italian service company Saipem and being prepared in Singapore, arrives off Cuba: what happens if there is a similar accident to the one off Louisiana?
"The U.S. embargo means Repsol can't pick up the phone to Washington," Pinon said. "Any equipment to help in a problem would have to come from the UK or Norway or somewhere else."
He said the U.S. government should formulate a "One Gulf" strategy with the international oil companies working in Cuba, as it is trying to do with Mexico, so that in the case of any emergency they could turn to the United States for help.
The U.S. government has said it would let U.S. companies that handle accidental oil spills operate in Cuban waters if the need arose. Pinon said that should be formalized.
Repsol drilled an offshore well in Cuba in 2004 and said it found oil, but described it as "non-commercial."
After drilling at least one well, Repsol is due to pass the Scarabeo 9 to Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas. Venezuela's PDVSA may also be in line to get the rig for its Cuban blocks.
The oil industry is watching the Repsol project very closely and if it finds significant reserves, more companies are likely to want to explore in Cuban waters.
Cuba has said it may have 20 billion barrels of oil offshore, although the U.S. Geological Survey has estimated 5 billion barrels.
Cuba to outline oil plans at drilling conference
Tue, May 10 2011
By Daniel Wallis
LA JOLLA, Calif. | Tue May 17, 2011 11:54pm EDT
May 17 (Reuters) - The arrival of a unique oil rig off communist Cuba is set to cause waves in Washington, raising questions about U.S. drilling permits and the response to any disaster, a conference heard on Tuesday.
Spanish giant Repsol YPF is due to bring the Chinese-built Scarabeo 9 rig to the Caribbean island later this year to drill at least one well in partnership with Norway's Statoil and a unit of India's ONGC.
"I think it's going to have a much bigger impact on U.S. domestic policy than it is on Cuba," said Jorge Pinon, visiting research fellow with Florida International University Latin American and Caribbean Center's Cuban Research Institute.
The main reason is that Repsol plans to use the high-tech semi-submersible Scarabeo 9 for a deepwater drilling bid in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico zone, parts of which are within 50 miles of the Florida coast.
That puts the planned drill site close to areas where the Obama administration blocked U.S. drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico after BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year.
"A lot of people are going to be knocking on doors in Washington, saying 'How come the Cubans are drilling and we're not allowed to drill in the eastern Gulf?'," Pinon told a Latin American energy conference in La Jolla, California.
U.S. EMBARGO
The Scarabeo 9 is unique because Repsol had to find an oil rig that met the terms of the 49-year-old U.S. embargo on Cuba, which limits the amount of U.S. technology that can be used in equipment used there. The embargo also prevents U.S. companies from operating on the island.
Pinon said the $750 million rig, which can drill in 12,000 feet of water, was due to leave Singapore next month and should arrive in Cuba in September or October.
He said the only U.S.-made part on the Scarabeo 9 was the blow out preventer -- one of the pieces of equipment that failed during the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
And that raises the other issue likely to make waves when the rig, owned by Italian service company Saipem and being prepared in Singapore, arrives off Cuba: what happens if there is a similar accident to the one off Louisiana?
"The U.S. embargo means Repsol can't pick up the phone to Washington," Pinon said. "Any equipment to help in a problem would have to come from the UK or Norway or somewhere else."
He said the U.S. government should formulate a "One Gulf" strategy with the international oil companies working in Cuba, as it is trying to do with Mexico, so that in the case of any emergency they could turn to the United States for help.
The U.S. government has said it would let U.S. companies that handle accidental oil spills operate in Cuban waters if the need arose. Pinon said that should be formalized.
Repsol drilled an offshore well in Cuba in 2004 and said it found oil, but described it as "non-commercial."
After drilling at least one well, Repsol is due to pass the Scarabeo 9 to Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas. Venezuela's PDVSA may also be in line to get the rig for its Cuban blocks.
The oil industry is watching the Repsol project very closely and if it finds significant reserves, more companies are likely to want to explore in Cuban waters.
Cuba has said it may have 20 billion barrels of oil offshore, although the U.S. Geological Survey has estimated 5 billion barrels.
Hey College Graduates, Listen Up - Obama Gives Employers and Foreign Students Each a 7% Refund for Hiring Foreigners - Sound Fare to You? Got a Job Yet?
Obama Administration Lets More Foreign Students Stay in U.S. for Jobs, Raising Competition Concerns
Published May 17, 2011 | FoxNews.com
On the heels of President Obama's immigration speech last week, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding the pool of foreign students eligible for a 17-month visa extension -- giving presumably brainy grads more time to train and, in some cases, secure a long-term job.
The administration claims the move is a step toward "fixing our broken immigration system," by ensuring high-tech students can put their skills to use in the U.S., not overseas. But it's also raised concern that the change could hurt U.S. job-seekers by making them compete against more foreign graduates, at a time when unemployment is already high.
David North, a fellow with the Center for Immigration Studies, said foreign students might even gain an edge, considering those who take advantage of this particular extension will not have to pay Social Security or Medicare taxes, and neither will their employers. North estimated that, because of the tax factor, companies would get a 7.65 percent discount by hiring a foreign student under this program, something he said creates an "unequal playing field" for other college grads. The students and employers would only have to pay those taxes if and when they secured a regular work visa.
"I'm not sure how many employers know this, but boy when it gets around, it'll make some people very attractive," North told FoxNews.com. "It gives the employer a bonus for hiring the foreign worker."
The DHS announcement pertains to student visa holders who wish to stay in the country longer through what's known as the "optional practical training" program. Through the program, students could originally work and train in their field of study for up to 12 months, even after graduating. Several years ago, the George W. Bush administration allowed certain students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to stay an additional 17 months -- for a total of 29 months.
The announcement last week by the Obama administration added dozens of eligible degree programs to that list. The newly eligible fields range from the popular to the obscure -- among them are soil microbiology, video graphics and special effects, dairy science, neuroscience, mathematics and computer science, business statistics and personality psychology.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement statement announcing the expansion said the change is meant to "address shortages in certain high tech sectors of talented scientists."
The announcement was also tied to Obama's immigration speech last week in El Paso, Texas. In the speech, he said it "makes no sense" for the United States and its world-class education system to be training students "to create jobs for our competition."
"We provide students from around the world with visas to get engineering and computer science degrees at our top universities. But then our laws discourage them from using those skills to start a business or a new industry here in the United States," Obama said. "In a global marketplace, we need all the talent we can attract. ... We don't want the next Intel or the next Google to be created in China or India. We want those companies and jobs to take root here. "
Obama claimed that in "recent years," one quarter of high-tech startups in the United States were founded by immigrants, creating 200,000 U.S. jobs. "I'm glad those jobs are here," Obama said.
Foreign students do account for a sizable chunk of those studying science, technology, engineering and math at American schools. According to the National Science Foundation, more temporary visa holders enrolled in graduate engineering programs in 2008 than U.S. citizens and permanent residents. In 2009, 53 percent of physical science doctorate recipients were citizens or permanent residents, compared with 42 percent studying on temporary visas.
North, though, questioned whether the shortage of U.S. students in those fields is as bad as it's made out to be, particularly given the state of the economy.
Ira Mehlman, spokesman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said the administration should try to formulate a new system if it wants to retain foreign talent, but should not be treating student visas like a "guest-worker" program.
He also said it "makes no sense" to have new graduates in these fields compete against more foreign workers at a time of economic stress. "There is significant unemployment in the high-tech sector. There is no evidence that we have a domestic labor shortage in high-tech," Mehlman said.
Published May 17, 2011 | FoxNews.com
On the heels of President Obama's immigration speech last week, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding the pool of foreign students eligible for a 17-month visa extension -- giving presumably brainy grads more time to train and, in some cases, secure a long-term job.
The administration claims the move is a step toward "fixing our broken immigration system," by ensuring high-tech students can put their skills to use in the U.S., not overseas. But it's also raised concern that the change could hurt U.S. job-seekers by making them compete against more foreign graduates, at a time when unemployment is already high.
David North, a fellow with the Center for Immigration Studies, said foreign students might even gain an edge, considering those who take advantage of this particular extension will not have to pay Social Security or Medicare taxes, and neither will their employers. North estimated that, because of the tax factor, companies would get a 7.65 percent discount by hiring a foreign student under this program, something he said creates an "unequal playing field" for other college grads. The students and employers would only have to pay those taxes if and when they secured a regular work visa.
"I'm not sure how many employers know this, but boy when it gets around, it'll make some people very attractive," North told FoxNews.com. "It gives the employer a bonus for hiring the foreign worker."
The DHS announcement pertains to student visa holders who wish to stay in the country longer through what's known as the "optional practical training" program. Through the program, students could originally work and train in their field of study for up to 12 months, even after graduating. Several years ago, the George W. Bush administration allowed certain students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to stay an additional 17 months -- for a total of 29 months.
The announcement last week by the Obama administration added dozens of eligible degree programs to that list. The newly eligible fields range from the popular to the obscure -- among them are soil microbiology, video graphics and special effects, dairy science, neuroscience, mathematics and computer science, business statistics and personality psychology.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement statement announcing the expansion said the change is meant to "address shortages in certain high tech sectors of talented scientists."
The announcement was also tied to Obama's immigration speech last week in El Paso, Texas. In the speech, he said it "makes no sense" for the United States and its world-class education system to be training students "to create jobs for our competition."
"We provide students from around the world with visas to get engineering and computer science degrees at our top universities. But then our laws discourage them from using those skills to start a business or a new industry here in the United States," Obama said. "In a global marketplace, we need all the talent we can attract. ... We don't want the next Intel or the next Google to be created in China or India. We want those companies and jobs to take root here. "
Obama claimed that in "recent years," one quarter of high-tech startups in the United States were founded by immigrants, creating 200,000 U.S. jobs. "I'm glad those jobs are here," Obama said.
Foreign students do account for a sizable chunk of those studying science, technology, engineering and math at American schools. According to the National Science Foundation, more temporary visa holders enrolled in graduate engineering programs in 2008 than U.S. citizens and permanent residents. In 2009, 53 percent of physical science doctorate recipients were citizens or permanent residents, compared with 42 percent studying on temporary visas.
North, though, questioned whether the shortage of U.S. students in those fields is as bad as it's made out to be, particularly given the state of the economy.
Ira Mehlman, spokesman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said the administration should try to formulate a new system if it wants to retain foreign talent, but should not be treating student visas like a "guest-worker" program.
He also said it "makes no sense" to have new graduates in these fields compete against more foreign workers at a time of economic stress. "There is significant unemployment in the high-tech sector. There is no evidence that we have a domestic labor shortage in high-tech," Mehlman said.
Iran Building Missile Bases in Venezuela to Attack You
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT
05/17/2011 01:41
German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb.
BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally.
Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”
The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.
The Iranian military involvement in the project extends to bunker, barracks and watch tower construction. Twenty-meter deep rocket silos are planned. The cost of the Venezuelan military project is being paid for with Iranian oil revenue. The Iranians paid in cash for the preliminary phase of the project and, the total cost is expected to amount to “dozens of millions” of dollars, Die Welt wrote.
The Paraguaná Peninsula is on the coast of Venezuela and is roughly 120 kilometers from America’s main South American partner, Columbia.
According to Die Welt, the clandestine agreement between Venezuela and Iran would mean the Chavez government would fire rocket at Iran’s enemies should the Islamic Republic face military strikes.
05/17/2011 01:41
German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb.
BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally.
Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”
The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.
The Iranian military involvement in the project extends to bunker, barracks and watch tower construction. Twenty-meter deep rocket silos are planned. The cost of the Venezuelan military project is being paid for with Iranian oil revenue. The Iranians paid in cash for the preliminary phase of the project and, the total cost is expected to amount to “dozens of millions” of dollars, Die Welt wrote.
The Paraguaná Peninsula is on the coast of Venezuela and is roughly 120 kilometers from America’s main South American partner, Columbia.
According to Die Welt, the clandestine agreement between Venezuela and Iran would mean the Chavez government would fire rocket at Iran’s enemies should the Islamic Republic face military strikes.
White Exodus from California or Is California Just Turning into Shit?
White Exodus from California?
By John Lobertini
11:29 p.m. PDT, May 16, 2011
SACRAMENTO—
The color of California is changing. There’s no majority race anymore; but whites, European Americans, are leaving the golden state in growing numbers. Kevin Wilcox works as an architect, and he believes the unfriendly business climate is the reason for the exodus. ”If I was ever interested in leaving it would be to get away from the intense regulatory environment here.”
Consequently, company’s are moving to more business friendly states. 24 year old Amanda Brown tells FOX40’s John Lobertini her aunt and uncle were practically forced to move to Texas. ”He wasn’t able to find another job until they moved to Texas.”
According to the U.S. Census and the Sacramento Bee newspaper, almost 650,000 Californians left the state between: 2001 to 2009. Almost 150,000 went to Oregon, 127,289 moved to Arizona, Texas took in 77,456, 68,132 relocated to Nevada and 64,929 to Washington.
”There are a lot of different areas of the country that are attracting high wage earners and they tend to be white,” says political strategist Steve Maviglio. Maviglio served in the Gray Davis administration, and he also points out: retirees are also leaving in search of a cheaper cost of retirement. ”Your dollar goes a lot farther even other countries, Costa Rica is a big surge; countries like that because it’s cheaper to live and people are getting less in retirement.”
The census won’t tell you this, but anecdotally California favors people of color. “Students who were applying who had a multi-cultural background and maybe spoke another language or were from another country, it looked really good for them when they were applying,” despite the ethnic demands 24-year-old Katie Ross got accepted to graduate school at Sacramento State. But 18-year-old Bridget Peterson almost went to college on the east coast believing her European ancestry might be more valued there. ”I thought there might be better opportunities; there are just too many people in California.”
The changing color of California is already impacting politics. ”It’s more conservative, not liberal” that’s how 18-year-old Jason Diniz describes the politics in his parents’ home. But Hispanics and Asians are becoming more liberal in the voting booth. In fact, last November, Carly Fiorina led U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer in the polls among predominantly white Republican voters. But she ended up losing by a healthy margin when ALL the votes were counted.
Social Issues, however, are still another tale of diversity. Blacks and Hispanics are widely credited with leading the charge against the legalization of Gay Marriage.
And, then there’s this school of thought: the exodus of whites from California may just be another cultural shift in America. There was a time when whites left places like New York City, Boston and Chicago, and moved west. Today people are leaving California for the Deep South and the Southwest; in many cases in search of opportunity.
Sound familiar?
By John Lobertini
11:29 p.m. PDT, May 16, 2011
SACRAMENTO—
The color of California is changing. There’s no majority race anymore; but whites, European Americans, are leaving the golden state in growing numbers. Kevin Wilcox works as an architect, and he believes the unfriendly business climate is the reason for the exodus. ”If I was ever interested in leaving it would be to get away from the intense regulatory environment here.”
Consequently, company’s are moving to more business friendly states. 24 year old Amanda Brown tells FOX40’s John Lobertini her aunt and uncle were practically forced to move to Texas. ”He wasn’t able to find another job until they moved to Texas.”
According to the U.S. Census and the Sacramento Bee newspaper, almost 650,000 Californians left the state between: 2001 to 2009. Almost 150,000 went to Oregon, 127,289 moved to Arizona, Texas took in 77,456, 68,132 relocated to Nevada and 64,929 to Washington.
”There are a lot of different areas of the country that are attracting high wage earners and they tend to be white,” says political strategist Steve Maviglio. Maviglio served in the Gray Davis administration, and he also points out: retirees are also leaving in search of a cheaper cost of retirement. ”Your dollar goes a lot farther even other countries, Costa Rica is a big surge; countries like that because it’s cheaper to live and people are getting less in retirement.”
The census won’t tell you this, but anecdotally California favors people of color. “Students who were applying who had a multi-cultural background and maybe spoke another language or were from another country, it looked really good for them when they were applying,” despite the ethnic demands 24-year-old Katie Ross got accepted to graduate school at Sacramento State. But 18-year-old Bridget Peterson almost went to college on the east coast believing her European ancestry might be more valued there. ”I thought there might be better opportunities; there are just too many people in California.”
The changing color of California is already impacting politics. ”It’s more conservative, not liberal” that’s how 18-year-old Jason Diniz describes the politics in his parents’ home. But Hispanics and Asians are becoming more liberal in the voting booth. In fact, last November, Carly Fiorina led U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer in the polls among predominantly white Republican voters. But she ended up losing by a healthy margin when ALL the votes were counted.
Social Issues, however, are still another tale of diversity. Blacks and Hispanics are widely credited with leading the charge against the legalization of Gay Marriage.
And, then there’s this school of thought: the exodus of whites from California may just be another cultural shift in America. There was a time when whites left places like New York City, Boston and Chicago, and moved west. Today people are leaving California for the Deep South and the Southwest; in many cases in search of opportunity.
Sound familiar?
Monday, May 16, 2011
Double Digit Inflation has Arrived
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
New inflation figures were released by the government last week, and the news was not good. The headline inflation number was 3.2% in the 12 months that ended in April. That is more than a percent above the Federal Reserve’s “target” rate of 2% and the first time it has been more than 3% in over than 2 ½ years. Of course, the accounting gimmicks used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) understate true inflation, so things look better than reality. Nonetheless, in the latest report from economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com, even the government’s own “official” numbers will likely show double digit inflation in the next three months or so. The reason is continued money printing in the form of another round of Quantitative Easing (QE) by the Fed to prop up the struggling economy. Williams said, “The underlying pace of official inflation is accelerating, and could move into double-digits in third-quarter 2011. Preceding or coincident with that likely will have been some move to QE3 by the Fed and intense—if not panicked—selling of the U.S. dollar and dollar-denominated assets. Such a circumstance could be a base from which a hyperinflation might begin to unfold with some rapidity.”
And get this, inflation is already in double digits, according to Williams, if it was calculated the way BLS did it more than 30 years ago. Williams said, “. . . based on reporting of 1980, the April 2011 annual inflation rate would have been about 10.7%.” But, the double digit inflation story is not the one the mainstream media likes to tell. Instead, it usually focuses on what the government calls “core” inflation that excludes food and energy. The “core” inflation rate is .2%. Who lives in a world where the core of existence is not food and energy? A .2% core inflation rate is both preposterous and insulting to anyone living in the real world.
Inflation isn’t always easy to spot these days because manufacturers are packaging things so you pay the same but get less. Last week, a Marketwatch.com report said, “While prices for many goods are rising, in cases where prices are steady, the packaging frequently is smaller. It’s an unmistakable trend for grocery shoppers these days: every other package seemingly has a ‘great new look’ for the ‘same great price.’ The problem is that the new look is a few ounces smaller than the old packaging. Or there has been some other creative way to have shoppers pay the same money as always without recognizing that they are bringing less home.” (Click here for the complete story from Marketwatch.com.)
And even though recent consumer sentiment numbers are up, the economy grew a disappointing 1.8% in the first quarter. Bloomberg reported on Friday, “Another report showed consumer sentiment climbed more than forecast this month, signaling improving job prospects will help sustain spending even as household expenses climb. The pickup in inflation has yet to concern some Federal Reserve policy makers, including Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who predicts the acceleration will be temporary.” (Click here for the complete Bloomberg report.) “Temporary”? We all know Mr. Bernanke’s track record on market calls. He said the sub-prime housing crisis would be “contained” and predicted the economy would “improve” just before it fell off a cliff in 2008. (Click here for a compilation video of Mr. Bernanke’s incorrect market calls over the past several years.)
This acceleration in inflation could not be coming at a worse time because the economy appears to be decelerating. Williams says, “The underlying fundamentals here of persistent U.S. dollar debasement; a federal government with its fiscal conditions out of control; a U.S. economy not in recovery but heading into renewed contraction; all remain in play.” Unlike Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Williams’ track record on market calls is spot on, and he has it documented on his site (Shadowstats.com) for his readers and subscribers.
I close this with this quote from Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winner in economics. He said, “Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.”
New inflation figures were released by the government last week, and the news was not good. The headline inflation number was 3.2% in the 12 months that ended in April. That is more than a percent above the Federal Reserve’s “target” rate of 2% and the first time it has been more than 3% in over than 2 ½ years. Of course, the accounting gimmicks used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) understate true inflation, so things look better than reality. Nonetheless, in the latest report from economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com, even the government’s own “official” numbers will likely show double digit inflation in the next three months or so. The reason is continued money printing in the form of another round of Quantitative Easing (QE) by the Fed to prop up the struggling economy. Williams said, “The underlying pace of official inflation is accelerating, and could move into double-digits in third-quarter 2011. Preceding or coincident with that likely will have been some move to QE3 by the Fed and intense—if not panicked—selling of the U.S. dollar and dollar-denominated assets. Such a circumstance could be a base from which a hyperinflation might begin to unfold with some rapidity.”
And get this, inflation is already in double digits, according to Williams, if it was calculated the way BLS did it more than 30 years ago. Williams said, “. . . based on reporting of 1980, the April 2011 annual inflation rate would have been about 10.7%.” But, the double digit inflation story is not the one the mainstream media likes to tell. Instead, it usually focuses on what the government calls “core” inflation that excludes food and energy. The “core” inflation rate is .2%. Who lives in a world where the core of existence is not food and energy? A .2% core inflation rate is both preposterous and insulting to anyone living in the real world.
Inflation isn’t always easy to spot these days because manufacturers are packaging things so you pay the same but get less. Last week, a Marketwatch.com report said, “While prices for many goods are rising, in cases where prices are steady, the packaging frequently is smaller. It’s an unmistakable trend for grocery shoppers these days: every other package seemingly has a ‘great new look’ for the ‘same great price.’ The problem is that the new look is a few ounces smaller than the old packaging. Or there has been some other creative way to have shoppers pay the same money as always without recognizing that they are bringing less home.” (Click here for the complete story from Marketwatch.com.)
And even though recent consumer sentiment numbers are up, the economy grew a disappointing 1.8% in the first quarter. Bloomberg reported on Friday, “Another report showed consumer sentiment climbed more than forecast this month, signaling improving job prospects will help sustain spending even as household expenses climb. The pickup in inflation has yet to concern some Federal Reserve policy makers, including Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who predicts the acceleration will be temporary.” (Click here for the complete Bloomberg report.) “Temporary”? We all know Mr. Bernanke’s track record on market calls. He said the sub-prime housing crisis would be “contained” and predicted the economy would “improve” just before it fell off a cliff in 2008. (Click here for a compilation video of Mr. Bernanke’s incorrect market calls over the past several years.)
This acceleration in inflation could not be coming at a worse time because the economy appears to be decelerating. Williams says, “The underlying fundamentals here of persistent U.S. dollar debasement; a federal government with its fiscal conditions out of control; a U.S. economy not in recovery but heading into renewed contraction; all remain in play.” Unlike Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Williams’ track record on market calls is spot on, and he has it documented on his site (Shadowstats.com) for his readers and subscribers.
I close this with this quote from Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winner in economics. He said, “Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.”
Bin Laden’s One Mistake - JEW
By Shmuel Sackett
International Director, Manhigut Yehudit.
One thing made Osama bin Laden public enemy #1.
One thing made him a target for America’s hit squad.
One thing – and only one thing– made his assassination justified and praised by world leaders.
He didn’t just kill Jews
Had he limited his terrorism to Jews only, he would not have been targeted.
The same world leaders, who today take great pride in his death, would have celebrated his life.
He would not have been killed by President Obama, he would have dined with him.
He would have been invited to the United Nations.
He would have been a featured speaker on the world speaking tour.
He would have won the Noble Peace prize.
Think I’m crazy?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the President of Iran. His resume includes a lot more than just politics. It has been proven that he personally ordered the attacks against the Jewish community of Argentina where hundreds of Jews were killed. He has stated – time and again – that he wants to destroy Israel. He wants to kill the 6,000,000 Jews (interesting number) who live there and he is feverishly working to build a bomb that will do just that.
Has he been targeted?
Is this animal on any one’s “hit list” ??
Actually, just the opposite is true.
He recently spoke in the UN.
He was a guest speaker in Columbia University.
Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews.
Khaled Mashaal is the leader of Hamas.
Hamas is the sworn enemy of Israel.
It has killed over 1,500 Jews in the last 10 years.
It has fired over 5,000missiles into Israel, aiming for Jewish homes and hoping to kill Jewish children.
Has he been targeted?
Is this beast on any one’s “hit list” ??
Actually, just the opposite is true.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently invited Mashaal to Moscow.
Former USA President Jimmy Carter has embraced Mashaal and considers him a partner for peace.
Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews.
Yassir Arafat was the founder and leader of the PLO.
He has more innocent blood on his hands than Osama bin Laden.
Yet, this murderer was invited numerous times to dine with President Bill and First Lady Hillary Clinton in the White House.
He spoke in the UN.
He was accepted around the world as a leader and spoke in over 30 countries.
He won the Noble Peace Prize.
Why? Because he was only interested in killing Jews.
Although I can go on, I will give just one final example: Adolph Hitler.
The world knew about concentration camps as early as 1933.
The world knew about Kristallnacht back in November of 1938.
Yet, the entire world called this monster: Herr Hitler.
They gave his respect.
They recognized him as a leader.
All that changed when Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.
From that point on he became an enemy.
Why? Because until that day he was interested in killing Jews only…
Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews !! That is why he was targeted and for no other reason!
The message to Jews – and the State of Israel- is very clear:
Learn to defend yourself !!
The world will not help you with Iran or Hamas.
Ahmadinejad and Mashaal will not make the same mistake as Bin Laden and will continue to be accepted and embraced by the world.
Understand this, accept this and deal with this !!
“We have no one on which to rely, other than our Father in Heaven”.
May today’s Jewish leaders –and the brave warriors of the IDF – engrave this on their hearts.
And may they – very soon – do to these terrorists exactly what was done to Bin Laden.
International Director, Manhigut Yehudit.
One thing made Osama bin Laden public enemy #1.
One thing made him a target for America’s hit squad.
One thing – and only one thing– made his assassination justified and praised by world leaders.
He didn’t just kill Jews
Had he limited his terrorism to Jews only, he would not have been targeted.
The same world leaders, who today take great pride in his death, would have celebrated his life.
He would not have been killed by President Obama, he would have dined with him.
He would have been invited to the United Nations.
He would have been a featured speaker on the world speaking tour.
He would have won the Noble Peace prize.
Think I’m crazy?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the President of Iran. His resume includes a lot more than just politics. It has been proven that he personally ordered the attacks against the Jewish community of Argentina where hundreds of Jews were killed. He has stated – time and again – that he wants to destroy Israel. He wants to kill the 6,000,000 Jews (interesting number) who live there and he is feverishly working to build a bomb that will do just that.
Has he been targeted?
Is this animal on any one’s “hit list” ??
Actually, just the opposite is true.
He recently spoke in the UN.
He was a guest speaker in Columbia University.
Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews.
Khaled Mashaal is the leader of Hamas.
Hamas is the sworn enemy of Israel.
It has killed over 1,500 Jews in the last 10 years.
It has fired over 5,000missiles into Israel, aiming for Jewish homes and hoping to kill Jewish children.
Has he been targeted?
Is this beast on any one’s “hit list” ??
Actually, just the opposite is true.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently invited Mashaal to Moscow.
Former USA President Jimmy Carter has embraced Mashaal and considers him a partner for peace.
Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews.
Yassir Arafat was the founder and leader of the PLO.
He has more innocent blood on his hands than Osama bin Laden.
Yet, this murderer was invited numerous times to dine with President Bill and First Lady Hillary Clinton in the White House.
He spoke in the UN.
He was accepted around the world as a leader and spoke in over 30 countries.
He won the Noble Peace Prize.
Why? Because he was only interested in killing Jews.
Although I can go on, I will give just one final example: Adolph Hitler.
The world knew about concentration camps as early as 1933.
The world knew about Kristallnacht back in November of 1938.
Yet, the entire world called this monster: Herr Hitler.
They gave his respect.
They recognized him as a leader.
All that changed when Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.
From that point on he became an enemy.
Why? Because until that day he was interested in killing Jews only…
Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews !! That is why he was targeted and for no other reason!
The message to Jews – and the State of Israel- is very clear:
Learn to defend yourself !!
The world will not help you with Iran or Hamas.
Ahmadinejad and Mashaal will not make the same mistake as Bin Laden and will continue to be accepted and embraced by the world.
Understand this, accept this and deal with this !!
“We have no one on which to rely, other than our Father in Heaven”.
May today’s Jewish leaders –and the brave warriors of the IDF – engrave this on their hearts.
And may they – very soon – do to these terrorists exactly what was done to Bin Laden.
Americans Shed Mortgage Debt at Record Pace
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
Americans are reducing mortgage payments at a record clip, directing cash that once went for debt into consumer spending and savings.
Low interest rates, defaults and refinancing have shaved more than $100 billion off the nation's annual mortgage bill — an amount comparable to all unemployment benefits for one year or this year's Social Security payroll tax cut.
"This is a form of economic stimulus that goes to Main Street rather than Wall Street," says Nicholas Carroll, a journalist on consumer finance and author of Walk Away From Debt for a Better Future. When freed from a mortgage payment, people's first purchases tend to be necessities, such as socks and underwear, he says.
Homeowners have trimmed interest payments alone by 11% — or $67 billion a year — from the peak in 2008, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The savings come equally from grabbing lower interest rates and reducing what's owed by paying down principal or defaulting on loans.
The nation has slashed total mortgage debt from nearly $11 trillion at the mid-2008 peak to $10.3 trillion in the first three months of 2011, the BEA reports.
The trend shows no sign of slowing. About 9% of mortgage borrowers are behind on payments, and 4.6% of homes are in foreclosure, says the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Even so, homeowners are reducing mortgages far more slowly than they added to them during the housing bubble. Borrowers took on $1 trillion in new principal and $90 billion in extra interest in 2006 alone, BEA data show. Shrinking mortgage payments are a sign of the economy resetting in the housing bust's aftermath.
"No one remained untouched, not homeowners, Wall Street, investors or the government," says economist Sam Khater of CoreLogic, which tracks real estate trends. "One positive sign is that housing is becoming more affordable."
Economic effects of lower mortgage debt:
•Savings. For the first time since 1998, households are saving more than they're spending on mortgage interest.
•Interest. Mortgage interest consumes 5.27% of the nation's after-tax income, the lowest since 2004 and comparable to the 1980s and '90s.
•Rates. The average interest rate on all mortgages — not just new ones — has fallen for 16 consecutive quarters to 5.96%, the lowest since the government started keeping track in 1977. The tumbling rate reflects borrowers restructuring loans to become better credit risks and shortening 30-year mortgages to 15-year loans.
"Households are managing their debt down by bringing cash to the table to qualify for super-low rates," Mortgage Bankers Association economist Michael Fratantoni says. That's a change from the housing bubble when "cash-out" loans let borrowers leave mortgage signings with spending money, he says.
Consumers have started borrowing more for cars, appliances and other big-ticket items in the past two months but not for homes, Fratantoni says. "Consumers are cautious."
Americans are reducing mortgage payments at a record clip, directing cash that once went for debt into consumer spending and savings.
Low interest rates, defaults and refinancing have shaved more than $100 billion off the nation's annual mortgage bill — an amount comparable to all unemployment benefits for one year or this year's Social Security payroll tax cut.
"This is a form of economic stimulus that goes to Main Street rather than Wall Street," says Nicholas Carroll, a journalist on consumer finance and author of Walk Away From Debt for a Better Future. When freed from a mortgage payment, people's first purchases tend to be necessities, such as socks and underwear, he says.
Homeowners have trimmed interest payments alone by 11% — or $67 billion a year — from the peak in 2008, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The savings come equally from grabbing lower interest rates and reducing what's owed by paying down principal or defaulting on loans.
The nation has slashed total mortgage debt from nearly $11 trillion at the mid-2008 peak to $10.3 trillion in the first three months of 2011, the BEA reports.
The trend shows no sign of slowing. About 9% of mortgage borrowers are behind on payments, and 4.6% of homes are in foreclosure, says the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Even so, homeowners are reducing mortgages far more slowly than they added to them during the housing bubble. Borrowers took on $1 trillion in new principal and $90 billion in extra interest in 2006 alone, BEA data show. Shrinking mortgage payments are a sign of the economy resetting in the housing bust's aftermath.
"No one remained untouched, not homeowners, Wall Street, investors or the government," says economist Sam Khater of CoreLogic, which tracks real estate trends. "One positive sign is that housing is becoming more affordable."
Economic effects of lower mortgage debt:
•Savings. For the first time since 1998, households are saving more than they're spending on mortgage interest.
•Interest. Mortgage interest consumes 5.27% of the nation's after-tax income, the lowest since 2004 and comparable to the 1980s and '90s.
•Rates. The average interest rate on all mortgages — not just new ones — has fallen for 16 consecutive quarters to 5.96%, the lowest since the government started keeping track in 1977. The tumbling rate reflects borrowers restructuring loans to become better credit risks and shortening 30-year mortgages to 15-year loans.
"Households are managing their debt down by bringing cash to the table to qualify for super-low rates," Mortgage Bankers Association economist Michael Fratantoni says. That's a change from the housing bubble when "cash-out" loans let borrowers leave mortgage signings with spending money, he says.
Consumers have started borrowing more for cars, appliances and other big-ticket items in the past two months but not for homes, Fratantoni says. "Consumers are cautious."
Let the Killings Begin
Osama bin Laden dead: Saudi Arabian diplomat shot dead in revenge attack
By Rob Crilly, Islamabad 11:51AM BST 16 May 2011
A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot dead in Karachi on Monday, in the second attack on the country's interests in Pakistan since the death of Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack and expressed his condolences
The Pakistan Taliban, which is linked to al-Qaeda, immediately claimed responsibility in telephone calls to media organizations.
"Until America stops chasing al-Qaeda and stops drone strikes we will keep carrying out such attacks," said a spokesman, referring to attacks on militants in the north-west of Pakistan.
Police in Karachi said the man – named by the Saudi embassy as Hasan Khatani – worked in the consulate's security department and was driving a vehicle with diplomatic plates when two motorcycle riders unleashed a hail of gunfire at a crossroads in the city's upmarket Defense neighborhood.
Iqbal Mahmood, Chief of Police in the city, said gunmen fired four bullets and fled on their motorcycle, killing him on the spot.
"They came on a motorbike, they fired four shots. One bullet hit his head and he died on the spot," he told reporters.
Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, condemned the attack and expressed his condolences.
He met John Kerry, the chairman of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, today. Mr Kerry is the first American politician to visit since bin Laden was killed and he brings tough questions about how the al-Qaeda leader could have lived undetected in Pakistan for so long.
The Pakistani Taliban, blamed for some of the worst acts of violence in the country, last Friday took responsibility for a double suicide bombing that killed 89 people outside a police training centre as their first revenge for bin Laden.
However, no one has yet claimed an attack on the Saudi consulate in Karachi last Wednesday, when two men threw grenades at the building. No one was hurt.
Al-Qaeda is violently opposed to the Saudi government and has vowed revenge for the killing of its leader, Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, by US special forces in Pakistan.
With so many questions still unanswered about the global terror mastermind's death, Pakistan is awash with conspiracy theories.
Some people believe Saudi Arabia, jittery with the fall of governments across the Middle East, may have given up the world's most wanted man to ensure militants could not capitalize on the Arab Spring.
By Rob Crilly, Islamabad 11:51AM BST 16 May 2011
A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot dead in Karachi on Monday, in the second attack on the country's interests in Pakistan since the death of Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack and expressed his condolences
The Pakistan Taliban, which is linked to al-Qaeda, immediately claimed responsibility in telephone calls to media organizations.
"Until America stops chasing al-Qaeda and stops drone strikes we will keep carrying out such attacks," said a spokesman, referring to attacks on militants in the north-west of Pakistan.
Police in Karachi said the man – named by the Saudi embassy as Hasan Khatani – worked in the consulate's security department and was driving a vehicle with diplomatic plates when two motorcycle riders unleashed a hail of gunfire at a crossroads in the city's upmarket Defense neighborhood.
Iqbal Mahmood, Chief of Police in the city, said gunmen fired four bullets and fled on their motorcycle, killing him on the spot.
"They came on a motorbike, they fired four shots. One bullet hit his head and he died on the spot," he told reporters.
Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, condemned the attack and expressed his condolences.
He met John Kerry, the chairman of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, today. Mr Kerry is the first American politician to visit since bin Laden was killed and he brings tough questions about how the al-Qaeda leader could have lived undetected in Pakistan for so long.
The Pakistani Taliban, blamed for some of the worst acts of violence in the country, last Friday took responsibility for a double suicide bombing that killed 89 people outside a police training centre as their first revenge for bin Laden.
However, no one has yet claimed an attack on the Saudi consulate in Karachi last Wednesday, when two men threw grenades at the building. No one was hurt.
Al-Qaeda is violently opposed to the Saudi government and has vowed revenge for the killing of its leader, Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, by US special forces in Pakistan.
With so many questions still unanswered about the global terror mastermind's death, Pakistan is awash with conspiracy theories.
Some people believe Saudi Arabia, jittery with the fall of governments across the Middle East, may have given up the world's most wanted man to ensure militants could not capitalize on the Arab Spring.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Al Qaeda Wants Obama and His Family Dead
Taken from American Patriot
"U.S. officials are analyzing one million pages of data from the trove found in Osama bin Laden’s compound during the raid that killed him, and say they have learned more in the past ten days than in the past 10 years.
Among the things they’ve learned is that the al Qaeda leader wanted to find a way to kill President Obama.
Bin Laden’s own writings discovered at his compound indicate he urged his followers to assassinate the President, and find ways to disrupt the 2012 American elections.
“I would say this is probably very personal on bin Laden’s part, to kill a President that he believes has violated the Muslim faith,” said Brad Garrett,” an ABC News consultant and former FBI profiler. “He is incensed, inflamed, obsessed about killing the President.”
Obama's Look-a-like Jewish Half-brother Targeted for Assassination in Israel
May 11, 2011, 14:45 GMT
Tel Aviv - US President Barack Obama's Jewish half brother made a secret visit to Israel last week to discover his roots, the Yediot Ahronoth daily reported Wednesday.
The visit of Mark Ndesandjo, 45, was not publicized for fear that he could be targeted by militants in revenge for the US assassination of Osama bin Laden.
According to the Israeli daily, one the main purposes of Ndesandjo's visit was to meet Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, to receive a blessing and a letter for his mother, Ruth Nidesand.
He also visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest prayer site, and Jewish heritage sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
According to Metzger, Ndesandjo 'looked so similar to his brother that even if he didn't say anything I would have recognized him.'
'He seemed like a very sensitive Jew whose heart is devoted to helping his fellow man,' Metzger said, adding that Ndesandjo has met with his more famous brother several times since the latter took office, and they are in regular telephone contact.
Ndesandjo was born to Barack Obama Senior's third wife, a Jewish American kindergarten teacher and the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants.
He studied physics at Brown and Stanford Universities, and has an MBA from Emory University.
He moved to China in 2002 , and currently runs an internet company, World Nexus, which advises Chinese companies on international markets.
Khalid Kelly
In May 2011 Irish Muslim militant Khalid Kelly was arrested from threatening to assassinate Barack Obama. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror he said that al-Qaeda was likely to kill Obama on his upcoming trip to Ireland. He reportedly said he would like to do it himself, but was too well known. He stated
"Personally I would feel happy if Obama was killed. How could I not feel happy when a big enemy of Islam is gone?"
Osama’s death makes life more complicated for Sarah Obama
By DANIEL OTIENO and ERIC OLOO
Saturday, May 14 2011
Before her grandson was elected to the most powerful office on earth, Sarah Obama was an ordinary grandmother living a quiet life unperturbed by occurrences beyond her immediate surroundings.
But the last four years since Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America have seen a complete change in her life and her quiet dusty Kogelo village has consequently been thrust into the limelight.
Days after Obama became US president, graders roared to life leveling the bumpy village roads, and water began flowing in the taps while electricity was installed. The home was fenced and a police post erected in the compound.
Visitors have been coming from far and wide including ambassadors and local politicians; musicians no less than Kanda Bongo Man, historians and biographers have all been Sarah Obama’s guests.
The granny became an overnight celebrity, and her village a tourist attraction. Another layer of complexity was added two weeks ago after her grandson announced to the world news of the killing of master terrorist Osama bin Laden.
This saw security detail at her home beefed up after pro-Osama militants threatened to avenge the death.
An attack on Mama Sarah would be a major victory for the terrorists especially because President Obama had himself authorized the operation that led to bin Laden’s killing.
Mama Sarah looks back at her past life with nostalgia, but argues that she is content to remain indoors.
She also admits that the security detail around her has cut down the number of visitors she can see in a day.
“I am still the old Mama Sarah who sold vegetables at the local market, but nowadays I cannot do that due to my advanced age and poor health,” she says.
She added that her knee problem means she has to walk with the aid of a walking stick.
Mama Sarah, who retains her warmth and infectious personality, seems an unlikely person to be receiving 24-hour security.
But that is what has happened since bin Laden’s death. Nyanza PC Francis Mutie announced tough security measures to avert possible retaliatory attacks aimed at the Obama family.
Mama Sarah explains: “They (security personnel) feared that the home could be a target of terrorist attacks so more officers were deployed.
“Our lives are in the hands of Allah (God) whom we worship regularly to provide care and protection not only to the family but the whole world.”
According to Mr Mutie, nobody will be allowed to visit the home without prior clearance by the authorities.
The PC said visitors, including relatives, would undergo thorough screening before they are allowed to visit the granny.
It is no longer enough that one gets consent from the family to visit. Police officers manning the gate screen the visitors then talk to their bosses in Siaya who then give the green light or deny entry.
“The busy schedule that I had previously of receiving many visitors up to late in the evening is now gone following the killing of Osama.
“Many of my friends have also kept away since they learnt of the new rules. But there is nothing we can do since the police must do their work. We cannot interfere with their work,” said Mama Sarah.
According to the PC, Mama Sarah has been assigned a special escort, which will be part of her convoy at all times.
This is a big change for a village woman. Five years ago, the granny could be seen walking to the market daily to trade her wares.
In her free time, she could be seen tending to her chicken in the compound with sheep bleating in the background.
She walked to the local mosque on Fridays, mingled with other village women and attended other village functions like everybody else.
She largely went unnoticed. There were no bodyguards, no appointments, and no protocol.
All that has changed. Billionaire Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim — the man behind the mega-rich English premiership side Manchester City — even sponsored her for the Hajj pilgrimage after a visit in 2009.
Then came the honours: the Great Lakes University awarded her an honorary doctorate of letters.
And thanks to this turn of fate, the economy of Kogelo has changed with the price of land reaching unprecedented highs.
"U.S. officials are analyzing one million pages of data from the trove found in Osama bin Laden’s compound during the raid that killed him, and say they have learned more in the past ten days than in the past 10 years.
Among the things they’ve learned is that the al Qaeda leader wanted to find a way to kill President Obama.
Bin Laden’s own writings discovered at his compound indicate he urged his followers to assassinate the President, and find ways to disrupt the 2012 American elections.
“I would say this is probably very personal on bin Laden’s part, to kill a President that he believes has violated the Muslim faith,” said Brad Garrett,” an ABC News consultant and former FBI profiler. “He is incensed, inflamed, obsessed about killing the President.”
Obama's Look-a-like Jewish Half-brother Targeted for Assassination in Israel
May 11, 2011, 14:45 GMT
Tel Aviv - US President Barack Obama's Jewish half brother made a secret visit to Israel last week to discover his roots, the Yediot Ahronoth daily reported Wednesday.
The visit of Mark Ndesandjo, 45, was not publicized for fear that he could be targeted by militants in revenge for the US assassination of Osama bin Laden.
According to the Israeli daily, one the main purposes of Ndesandjo's visit was to meet Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, to receive a blessing and a letter for his mother, Ruth Nidesand.
He also visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest prayer site, and Jewish heritage sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
According to Metzger, Ndesandjo 'looked so similar to his brother that even if he didn't say anything I would have recognized him.'
'He seemed like a very sensitive Jew whose heart is devoted to helping his fellow man,' Metzger said, adding that Ndesandjo has met with his more famous brother several times since the latter took office, and they are in regular telephone contact.
Ndesandjo was born to Barack Obama Senior's third wife, a Jewish American kindergarten teacher and the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants.
He studied physics at Brown and Stanford Universities, and has an MBA from Emory University.
He moved to China in 2002 , and currently runs an internet company, World Nexus, which advises Chinese companies on international markets.
Khalid Kelly
In May 2011 Irish Muslim militant Khalid Kelly was arrested from threatening to assassinate Barack Obama. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror he said that al-Qaeda was likely to kill Obama on his upcoming trip to Ireland. He reportedly said he would like to do it himself, but was too well known. He stated
"Personally I would feel happy if Obama was killed. How could I not feel happy when a big enemy of Islam is gone?"
Osama’s death makes life more complicated for Sarah Obama
By DANIEL OTIENO and ERIC OLOO
Saturday, May 14 2011
Before her grandson was elected to the most powerful office on earth, Sarah Obama was an ordinary grandmother living a quiet life unperturbed by occurrences beyond her immediate surroundings.
But the last four years since Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America have seen a complete change in her life and her quiet dusty Kogelo village has consequently been thrust into the limelight.
Days after Obama became US president, graders roared to life leveling the bumpy village roads, and water began flowing in the taps while electricity was installed. The home was fenced and a police post erected in the compound.
Visitors have been coming from far and wide including ambassadors and local politicians; musicians no less than Kanda Bongo Man, historians and biographers have all been Sarah Obama’s guests.
The granny became an overnight celebrity, and her village a tourist attraction. Another layer of complexity was added two weeks ago after her grandson announced to the world news of the killing of master terrorist Osama bin Laden.
This saw security detail at her home beefed up after pro-Osama militants threatened to avenge the death.
An attack on Mama Sarah would be a major victory for the terrorists especially because President Obama had himself authorized the operation that led to bin Laden’s killing.
Mama Sarah looks back at her past life with nostalgia, but argues that she is content to remain indoors.
She also admits that the security detail around her has cut down the number of visitors she can see in a day.
“I am still the old Mama Sarah who sold vegetables at the local market, but nowadays I cannot do that due to my advanced age and poor health,” she says.
She added that her knee problem means she has to walk with the aid of a walking stick.
Mama Sarah, who retains her warmth and infectious personality, seems an unlikely person to be receiving 24-hour security.
But that is what has happened since bin Laden’s death. Nyanza PC Francis Mutie announced tough security measures to avert possible retaliatory attacks aimed at the Obama family.
Mama Sarah explains: “They (security personnel) feared that the home could be a target of terrorist attacks so more officers were deployed.
“Our lives are in the hands of Allah (God) whom we worship regularly to provide care and protection not only to the family but the whole world.”
According to Mr Mutie, nobody will be allowed to visit the home without prior clearance by the authorities.
The PC said visitors, including relatives, would undergo thorough screening before they are allowed to visit the granny.
It is no longer enough that one gets consent from the family to visit. Police officers manning the gate screen the visitors then talk to their bosses in Siaya who then give the green light or deny entry.
“The busy schedule that I had previously of receiving many visitors up to late in the evening is now gone following the killing of Osama.
“Many of my friends have also kept away since they learnt of the new rules. But there is nothing we can do since the police must do their work. We cannot interfere with their work,” said Mama Sarah.
According to the PC, Mama Sarah has been assigned a special escort, which will be part of her convoy at all times.
This is a big change for a village woman. Five years ago, the granny could be seen walking to the market daily to trade her wares.
In her free time, she could be seen tending to her chicken in the compound with sheep bleating in the background.
She walked to the local mosque on Fridays, mingled with other village women and attended other village functions like everybody else.
She largely went unnoticed. There were no bodyguards, no appointments, and no protocol.
All that has changed. Billionaire Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim — the man behind the mega-rich English premiership side Manchester City — even sponsored her for the Hajj pilgrimage after a visit in 2009.
Then came the honours: the Great Lakes University awarded her an honorary doctorate of letters.
And thanks to this turn of fate, the economy of Kogelo has changed with the price of land reaching unprecedented highs.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
'Al-Shabab Seeking to Avenge bin Laden'
Sun May 15, 2011 2:59AM
Slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
Al-Shabab group has prepared a number of bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu to avenge the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a Somali police official says.
“According to very reliable sources, violent elements prepared at least seven bombers to target key locations in Mogadishu, including hotels, military bases, bus stations and markets to avenge bin Laden's death" AFP quoted Somali police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise as saying on Saturday.
He added that the plots had earlier been hatched during a meeting between senior al-Shabab members in Afgoye district, situated some 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Mogadishu.
US President Barack Obama claimed that Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistan.
A US official later announced that bin Laden's body was abruptly buried at sea, falsely boasting that his hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a decree on a burial timeframe.
US officials also claimed their decision of the sea burial was made because no country would accept his remain, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.
Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of a DNA test to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before the quick sea burial.
Former officials with Pakistan's military and intelligence service say the US wrongfully claims it has killed bin Laden in Pakistan as part of a scheme to invade the country for harboring the terrorist leader.
Furthermore, Obama announced in a televised interview that he decided not to publish “disturbing images” of bin Laden's dead body to avert “a national security risk” and due to concerns that it might be used as a “propaganda tool.”
The US has also rejected growing arguments that the US military effort against bin Laden in Pakistan was illegal, describing the operation as “an act of national self-defense.”
US Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the killing of bin Laden was lawful and consistent with US values.
According to US media reports, many US lawmakers now insist that the time for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan has arrived, arguing that the main aim of the US troop deployment to Afghanistan was to kill or capture Osama.
Slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
Al-Shabab group has prepared a number of bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu to avenge the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a Somali police official says.
“According to very reliable sources, violent elements prepared at least seven bombers to target key locations in Mogadishu, including hotels, military bases, bus stations and markets to avenge bin Laden's death" AFP quoted Somali police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise as saying on Saturday.
He added that the plots had earlier been hatched during a meeting between senior al-Shabab members in Afgoye district, situated some 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Mogadishu.
US President Barack Obama claimed that Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistan.
A US official later announced that bin Laden's body was abruptly buried at sea, falsely boasting that his hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a decree on a burial timeframe.
US officials also claimed their decision of the sea burial was made because no country would accept his remain, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.
Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of a DNA test to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before the quick sea burial.
Former officials with Pakistan's military and intelligence service say the US wrongfully claims it has killed bin Laden in Pakistan as part of a scheme to invade the country for harboring the terrorist leader.
Furthermore, Obama announced in a televised interview that he decided not to publish “disturbing images” of bin Laden's dead body to avert “a national security risk” and due to concerns that it might be used as a “propaganda tool.”
The US has also rejected growing arguments that the US military effort against bin Laden in Pakistan was illegal, describing the operation as “an act of national self-defense.”
US Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the killing of bin Laden was lawful and consistent with US values.
According to US media reports, many US lawmakers now insist that the time for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan has arrived, arguing that the main aim of the US troop deployment to Afghanistan was to kill or capture Osama.
"Anarchist" Idiocy
By David Boaz
The Washington Post splashes a story about “anarchists” in Greece across the front page today. The print headline is “Into the arms of anarchy,” and a photo-essay online is titled “In Greece, austerity kindles the flames of anarchy.” And what do these anarchists demand? Well, reporter Anthony Faiola doesn’t find out much about what they’re for, but they seem to be against, you know, what the establishment is doing, man:
The protests are an emblem of social discontent spreading across Europe in response to a new age of austerity. At a time when the United States is just beginning to consider deep spending cuts, countries such as Greece are coping with a fallout that has extended well beyond ordinary civil disobedience.
Perhaps most alarming, analysts here say, has been the resurgence of an anarchist movement, one with a long history in Europe. While militants have been disrupting life in Greece for years, authorities say that anger against the government has now given rise to dozens of new “amateur anarchist” groups.
Faiola does acknowledge that the term is used pretty loosely:
The anarchist movement in Europe has a long, storied past, embracing an anti-establishment universe influenced by a broad range of thinkers from French politician and philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon to Karl Marx to Oscar Wilde.
So that’s, let’s see, a self-styled anarchist who was anti-state and anti-private property, the father of totalitarianism, and a witty playwright jailed for his homosexuality.
Defined narrowly, the movement includes groups of urban guerillas, radical youths and militant unionists. More broadly, it encompasses everything from punk rock to WikiLeaks.
And what are these various disgruntled groups opposed to?
The rolling back of social safety nets in Europe began more than a year ago, as countries from Britain to France to Greece moved to cut social benefits and slash public payrolls, to address mounting public debt. At least in the short term, the cuts have held back economic growth and job creation, exacerbating the social pain.
And Greece is not the only place in which segments of society are pushing back.
So these “anarchists” object that the state might cut back on its income transfers and payrolls. That is, they object to the state reducing its size, scope, and power. Odd anarchists, as George Will told the crowd at the 2010 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty dinner:
It leads to the streets of Athens, where we had what the media described as “anti-government mobs.” Anti-government mobs composed almost entirely of government employees going berserk about threats to their entitlements!
Lots of talk in the Post article about anarchists:
“They are taking everything away from us,” [19-year-old law student Nikolas] Ganiaris said. “What will happen when I finish law school? Will I only find a job making copies in a shop? Will I then need to work until I’m 70 before I retire? Will I only get a few hundred euros as pension? What future have I got now?”
A radical minority is energizing the anarchist movement, a loose network of anti-establishment groups….
Since then, experts say, the economic crisis has helped the movement thrive, with anarchists positioning themselves as society’s new avengers. Long a den of anarchists, the graffiti-blanketed Exarchia neighborhood is alive anew with dissent. Nihilist youths are patrolling the local park, preventing police from entering and blocking authorities from building a parking lot on the site. On one evening at a local cafe, an anarchist group was broadcasting anti-government messages via a clandestine radio station using a laptop and a few young recruits.
The last vignette in the story is about 20-year-old Nikos Galanos, who has joined the anarchist movement in anger over his mother’s losing her government job and his father’s being the victim of a 15 percent salary cut in his own government job.
“I don’t support violence for violence’s sake, but violence is a response to the violence the government is committing against society,” Galanos said. He later added, “It is now hard for any of us to see a future here. I feel it’s my duty to fight against the system.”
In fact, the government has been committing violence against society for decades, by taxing people, overregulating business, and spending money it didn’t have. No wonder youth unemployment is 35 percent. And what is the actual “system” that Mr. Galanos wants to fight? Greek journalist Takis Michas described it at a Cato Forum:
In Greece, the fundamental principle that has been dictating economic and political development since the creation of the Greek state in the 19th century is political clientelism.
This is a system in which political support is provided in exchange for benefits.
In this situation, rent-seeking — the attempt by various groups and individuals to influence the location of political benefits — becomes paramount. The origins of political clientelism can be traced back to the origins of the Greek state in the 1830s. As a left-wing political historian puts it, “The fundamental structure of Greece has never been civil society. Ever since the middle of the 19th century, nothing could be done in Greece without its necessarily passing through the machinery of the state.”…
The largest part of public expenditure was directed, not to public works or infrastructure, but to the wages of public service workers and civil servants….
What makes the case of Greece interesting is that Greece can be said, in a certain sense, to provide the perfect realization of the left’s vision of putting people above markets.
Greek politicians have always placed people (their clients) above markets, with results we can all see today.
Real anarchists, of either the anarcho-capitalist or mutualist variety, might have something useful to say to Greeks in their current predicament. But disgruntled young people, lashing out at the end of an unsustainable welfare state, are not anarchists in any serious sense. They’re just angry children not ready to deal with reality. But reality has a way of happening whether you’re ready to deal with it or not.
The Washington Post splashes a story about “anarchists” in Greece across the front page today. The print headline is “Into the arms of anarchy,” and a photo-essay online is titled “In Greece, austerity kindles the flames of anarchy.” And what do these anarchists demand? Well, reporter Anthony Faiola doesn’t find out much about what they’re for, but they seem to be against, you know, what the establishment is doing, man:
The protests are an emblem of social discontent spreading across Europe in response to a new age of austerity. At a time when the United States is just beginning to consider deep spending cuts, countries such as Greece are coping with a fallout that has extended well beyond ordinary civil disobedience.
Perhaps most alarming, analysts here say, has been the resurgence of an anarchist movement, one with a long history in Europe. While militants have been disrupting life in Greece for years, authorities say that anger against the government has now given rise to dozens of new “amateur anarchist” groups.
Faiola does acknowledge that the term is used pretty loosely:
The anarchist movement in Europe has a long, storied past, embracing an anti-establishment universe influenced by a broad range of thinkers from French politician and philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon to Karl Marx to Oscar Wilde.
So that’s, let’s see, a self-styled anarchist who was anti-state and anti-private property, the father of totalitarianism, and a witty playwright jailed for his homosexuality.
Defined narrowly, the movement includes groups of urban guerillas, radical youths and militant unionists. More broadly, it encompasses everything from punk rock to WikiLeaks.
And what are these various disgruntled groups opposed to?
The rolling back of social safety nets in Europe began more than a year ago, as countries from Britain to France to Greece moved to cut social benefits and slash public payrolls, to address mounting public debt. At least in the short term, the cuts have held back economic growth and job creation, exacerbating the social pain.
And Greece is not the only place in which segments of society are pushing back.
So these “anarchists” object that the state might cut back on its income transfers and payrolls. That is, they object to the state reducing its size, scope, and power. Odd anarchists, as George Will told the crowd at the 2010 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty dinner:
It leads to the streets of Athens, where we had what the media described as “anti-government mobs.” Anti-government mobs composed almost entirely of government employees going berserk about threats to their entitlements!
Lots of talk in the Post article about anarchists:
“They are taking everything away from us,” [19-year-old law student Nikolas] Ganiaris said. “What will happen when I finish law school? Will I only find a job making copies in a shop? Will I then need to work until I’m 70 before I retire? Will I only get a few hundred euros as pension? What future have I got now?”
A radical minority is energizing the anarchist movement, a loose network of anti-establishment groups….
Since then, experts say, the economic crisis has helped the movement thrive, with anarchists positioning themselves as society’s new avengers. Long a den of anarchists, the graffiti-blanketed Exarchia neighborhood is alive anew with dissent. Nihilist youths are patrolling the local park, preventing police from entering and blocking authorities from building a parking lot on the site. On one evening at a local cafe, an anarchist group was broadcasting anti-government messages via a clandestine radio station using a laptop and a few young recruits.
The last vignette in the story is about 20-year-old Nikos Galanos, who has joined the anarchist movement in anger over his mother’s losing her government job and his father’s being the victim of a 15 percent salary cut in his own government job.
“I don’t support violence for violence’s sake, but violence is a response to the violence the government is committing against society,” Galanos said. He later added, “It is now hard for any of us to see a future here. I feel it’s my duty to fight against the system.”
In fact, the government has been committing violence against society for decades, by taxing people, overregulating business, and spending money it didn’t have. No wonder youth unemployment is 35 percent. And what is the actual “system” that Mr. Galanos wants to fight? Greek journalist Takis Michas described it at a Cato Forum:
In Greece, the fundamental principle that has been dictating economic and political development since the creation of the Greek state in the 19th century is political clientelism.
This is a system in which political support is provided in exchange for benefits.
In this situation, rent-seeking — the attempt by various groups and individuals to influence the location of political benefits — becomes paramount. The origins of political clientelism can be traced back to the origins of the Greek state in the 1830s. As a left-wing political historian puts it, “The fundamental structure of Greece has never been civil society. Ever since the middle of the 19th century, nothing could be done in Greece without its necessarily passing through the machinery of the state.”…
The largest part of public expenditure was directed, not to public works or infrastructure, but to the wages of public service workers and civil servants….
What makes the case of Greece interesting is that Greece can be said, in a certain sense, to provide the perfect realization of the left’s vision of putting people above markets.
Greek politicians have always placed people (their clients) above markets, with results we can all see today.
Real anarchists, of either the anarcho-capitalist or mutualist variety, might have something useful to say to Greeks in their current predicament. But disgruntled young people, lashing out at the end of an unsustainable welfare state, are not anarchists in any serious sense. They’re just angry children not ready to deal with reality. But reality has a way of happening whether you’re ready to deal with it or not.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Update - Who Murdered Daniel Michael Dechert Ex-Marine and State Trooper - Body Found in Lighthouse Point, Florida?
By Nicholas Contompasis
I stumbled across this story purely by chance when a close friend told me his story today of how he found Mr. Dechert's (45) body floating in his backyard canal in the up-scale community of Lighthouse Point, Florida prior to a day of boating.
The party of four were quite shocked to observe a naked body floating ass up in the morning sun with Marine dog tags around his neck. There were no signs of skin breaks which would normally draw fish so it left the witnesses wondering how a naked body would end up in their canal.
This canal does lead to the Intracoastal Waterway and three miles to the North where Mr. Dechert resided after his retirement from the New Jersey State Police.
Now, finding bodies floating in South Florida canals has a long history due too Northeast mob figures adopting the playground as there own and quite frequently bringing their activities where they play.
Hopefully, Mr. Dechert died from natural causes but one has to wonder how someone dies naked and floats down the Intracoastal Waterway 3 miles from his residence in one day. Mine you floating 3 miles on this waterway is like walking down Main Street naked without being noticed. Oh, and we can't forget a messy lawsuit he brought against individuals who were officers of a defunct Township in New Jersey for harassment.
New Jersey is riddled with Soprano type figures that operate in high office and have for years. Do you think revenge is out of the question?
There is no question after reading Mr. Dechert's bio, that he wasn't the one on the wrong side of the law, after all everyone knows honorable men die with their Marine dog tags on.
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Body found in Lighthouse Point ID'd as missing Deerfield Beach man
March 04, 2011|By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel
A body found floating in a canal last weekend was identified Friday as belonging to a Deerfield Beach man who reportedly was a Marine Corps veteran and longtime New Jersey state trooper.
Foul play is not suspected in the death of Daniel Michael Dechert, 45, who had been reported missing the day before his body was found, said Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff's Office.
Dechert's death was ruled a drowning, Coleman-Wright said.
After leaving the Marines, Dechert served 20 years with New Jersey State Police before retiring about five years ago as a sergeant, according to an article posted online Friday by The Express-Times newspaper of Easton, Pa. While serving in the state police, he helped train troopers, the newspaper reported.
A boater found Dechert's body in a canal near the 2700 block of Northeast 51st Street at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, officials said. The site is a mile south from where Dechert owned a home in Deerfield Beach, property records show.
Sheriff's divers retrieved the body, and it was taken to the Broward Medical Examiner's Office, where an autopsy was performed Monday.
The Express-Times reported that Dechert had been in a legal dispute with members of the now defunct Oxford Township, N.J., Police Department.
Dechert moved to Deerfield Beach after suing two former Oxford Township officers, alleging he and a friend were the targets of unjustified traffic stops after Dechert criticized the department, the newspaper reported.
I stumbled across this story purely by chance when a close friend told me his story today of how he found Mr. Dechert's (45) body floating in his backyard canal in the up-scale community of Lighthouse Point, Florida prior to a day of boating.
The party of four were quite shocked to observe a naked body floating ass up in the morning sun with Marine dog tags around his neck. There were no signs of skin breaks which would normally draw fish so it left the witnesses wondering how a naked body would end up in their canal.
This canal does lead to the Intracoastal Waterway and three miles to the North where Mr. Dechert resided after his retirement from the New Jersey State Police.
Now, finding bodies floating in South Florida canals has a long history due too Northeast mob figures adopting the playground as there own and quite frequently bringing their activities where they play.
Hopefully, Mr. Dechert died from natural causes but one has to wonder how someone dies naked and floats down the Intracoastal Waterway 3 miles from his residence in one day. Mine you floating 3 miles on this waterway is like walking down Main Street naked without being noticed. Oh, and we can't forget a messy lawsuit he brought against individuals who were officers of a defunct Township in New Jersey for harassment.
New Jersey is riddled with Soprano type figures that operate in high office and have for years. Do you think revenge is out of the question?
There is no question after reading Mr. Dechert's bio, that he wasn't the one on the wrong side of the law, after all everyone knows honorable men die with their Marine dog tags on.
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Body found in Lighthouse Point ID'd as missing Deerfield Beach man
March 04, 2011|By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel
A body found floating in a canal last weekend was identified Friday as belonging to a Deerfield Beach man who reportedly was a Marine Corps veteran and longtime New Jersey state trooper.
Foul play is not suspected in the death of Daniel Michael Dechert, 45, who had been reported missing the day before his body was found, said Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff's Office.
Dechert's death was ruled a drowning, Coleman-Wright said.
After leaving the Marines, Dechert served 20 years with New Jersey State Police before retiring about five years ago as a sergeant, according to an article posted online Friday by The Express-Times newspaper of Easton, Pa. While serving in the state police, he helped train troopers, the newspaper reported.
A boater found Dechert's body in a canal near the 2700 block of Northeast 51st Street at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, officials said. The site is a mile south from where Dechert owned a home in Deerfield Beach, property records show.
Sheriff's divers retrieved the body, and it was taken to the Broward Medical Examiner's Office, where an autopsy was performed Monday.
The Express-Times reported that Dechert had been in a legal dispute with members of the now defunct Oxford Township, N.J., Police Department.
Dechert moved to Deerfield Beach after suing two former Oxford Township officers, alleging he and a friend were the targets of unjustified traffic stops after Dechert criticized the department, the newspaper reported.