MFS - The Other News

HT weaselZippers.Analyst: Dow Jones Repeating Pattern That Appeared Just Before Great Depression Crash.Obama is setting us up for the perfect storm.On purpose??

With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932.The US workforce shrank by 652,000 in June, one of the sharpest contractions ever. The rate of hourly earnings fell 0.1pc. Wages are flirting with deflation.Perhaps some more "advice" to Europe how to handle things MrPresident?Or how to play golf???

Notes from Afghanistan: July 2 "The writing is on the wall".In one stall, I found an impromptu poll asking “Are we making progress (in Afghanistan 73 per cent of those polled think the mission is failing.

Why is Obama Changing “Freedom of Religion” to “Freedom of Worship”?Words matter. Words often hold great meaning. That is especially true when it comes to the words of our founding documents like the Bill of Rights in our Constitution. Those words are especially cherished. Yet in the past year it appears the Obama administration has been changing one key word in that sacred scroll.

Burqas, bad guys and budgets dominate this morning’s front pages in france.The burqa, the cloth bag which some muslim men find it reasonable to keep their women inside, is facing a ban here in France. The burqa is clearly hot, unhygenic and makes clog dancing difficult.

IRAN'S culture ministry has given its blessing to a number of "Islamic" haircuts for men, with ponytails failing to make the list,more on this "revelation"here.Several barber shops were reportedly shut down and penalized in recent years for offering "decadent Western cuts."Being canadian i can't help wondering if they have bald beavers there?

What isn't wrong with Sharia law?To safeguard our rights there must be one law for all and no religious courts.The demand for the abolition of sharia courts in Britain, as elsewhere, is not an attack on people's right to religion; it is a defence of human rights, especially since the imposition of sharia courts is a demand of Islamism to restrict citizens' rights.

Turkey pulls out of navy excercise .In wake of flotilla, Turks pull out of drill with IDF, US.Clearly they "walk the walk" now with their newly found friends Iran and Hezbollah.

Swimmers plunged into dark after council covers swimming pool windows 'to protect Muslim women's modesty'.Makes me wonder what Muslims do at the sea?Wait for a solar eclips?

Marines to get their own flying car?Called the Tyrannos, its principal benefit for soldiers lies in the fact that it can fly above the reach of roadside bombs.

On The Economist’s Cover, Only a Part of the Picture.Only the "Emperor" is allowed on the cover?

Video: BP Oil Spill Silenced Scientists Are Breaking Their Silence.Toxic chemicals are “Killing all life”.50 to 200 miles inland will be “devoid of life” for “unknown number of years”

Saudi King: Halt To Oil Exploration To Save Wealth."I was heading a cabinet meeting and told them to pray to God the Almighty to give it a long life," King Abdullah told Saudi scholars studying in Washington, according to SPA. "I told them that I have ordered a halt to all oil explorations so part of this wealth is left for our sons and successors God willing" he said.

For now, government and BP working together to assess oil spill damage.Their shared goal? To calculate the incalculable: how much it will cost to restore the gulf to its pre-spill state.

BP asks oil spill partners to pay $400m.Demands sent to Deepwater Horizon partners Anadarko and Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration as total bill passes $3bn.

BP's partners feel they are not responsible for the spill.

Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult.How dead is the Gulf of Mexico?

Damning report on oil spill response.Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the committee’s ranking member, has announced he will release a report later today on the oil spill response.

About 70.000 Turtle eggs to be moved in effort to escape oil.

Sex and the Saudis.This is one vacation slide show you won’t want to miss.

Indonesian Islamists open front against Christians.Change you can see?

Iranian passenger jets 'refused fuel'.Iran says that Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates are refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger planes.

PA TV: Demonic Jews threaten Dome of the Rock Mosque.If they are demons call "ghostbusters".

Video: Egyptian Expert on "Jewish Religions" Ahmad Al-Gundi: Bloodthirstiness and Racism Are Innate Characteristics of the Jews.Sounds like Himler describing the Jewish characteristics?

Face of Jesus seen from the heavens by internet fan using Google Earth.His face has been seen on a frying pan, in Marmite and even on the bottom of a drain pipe. Now, Jesus has been found in a field in Hungary.

Joe Biden sees Iraq success for President Obama “I think America wins”.I wonder what he's taking?Cause he seems to have missed this:"Female suicide bomber kills 4 in Iraq"

Hatch to vote against Kagan's nomination."The law must control the judge; the judge must not control the law," Hatch said. "I have concluded that, based on evidence rather than blind faith, General Kagan regrettably does not meet this standard and that, therefore, I cannot support her appointment."

What tactics for new US commander in Afghanistan?Some 102 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan in June alone, the deadliest month since fighting began. Soldiers complain that they cannot fire on the Taliban because the rules of engagement are too restrictive.I'll give you my opinion :you can't win, in the long run!They will withdraw to Pakistan and when you leave they will be back,the Russians couldn't do it and neither will the US do it,learn from history!

Teachers’ Union Shuns Obama Aides at Convention.The union’s president summing up 18 months of Obama education policies by saying, “This is not the change I hoped for.” “Today our members face the most anti-educator, anti-union, anti-student environment I have ever experienced,”

Pakistan Army Finds Taliban Tough to Root Out.The Pakistani Army says it is too overwhelmed tamping down the Taliban on other fronts in the tribal areas to take on a full-blown campaign in North Waziristan. There is truth to the Pakistani concern about being overstretched.

Tests for oil skimmer inconclusive after rough seas.The latest order from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration adds nearly 1,100 square miles of federal waters off Louisiana's Vermilion Bay to the off-limits zone. The new closure brings the portion of the Gulf closed to fishing due to the massive BP spill off Louisiana to 33.2 percent, NOAA reported.

HT: Sultan Knish.Europe in Twilight.It is not too incredible to imagine that within a century, German, the language of Goethe, Schiller and Mann, may become a dead language. That is already the almost certain fate of the Swedish and Norwegian languages. French, Spanish and English will survive as the pidgin languages of distant colonies, but in their own capital cities, these languages are swiftly becoming transformed into dialects, crossbred with Middle Eastern and African intonations and jargon to become increasingly alien to their own origins.

HT: Before it is News.Armed man forces way into Wesley Chapel preschool."Don't listen to God. He is not real. Listen to Allah," the man yelled.

Islamist leader Burhan Hanif tells Aussie Muslims to 'shun democracy'.He said democracy was incompatible with Islam because the Koran insisted Allah was the sole lawmaker, and Muslim political involvement could not be based on "secular and erroneous concepts such as democracy and freedom".There are no Islamic terrorists?

HT Weasel Zippers:Retail Expert Calls Obama “Mr. Mass Destruction” on U.S. Economy – Video.

HT: Israel Matzav.'Israel trying to block U.S.-Saudi Arabia defense contract'.

Egyptian Columnist: 'What Siege Are They Talking About?'; 'The Egyptian People.... [Should] Pray to Allah to Smite Them With [Such a] Siege'.Now they're asking to be under siege??

Stop Iran now !

Chemical that can stop you eating for pleasure is discovered by British scientists.

Beck plans ‘university’, hires Dr. Stoner and ‘the right’s favorite pseudo-historian’ to teach.

UN Creates New Structure for Empowerment of Women.Don't tell me Iran will head this branch.

Video:Muntazer Al-Zaidi, who Threw Shoes at President Bush: "Away Goes a White Dog, Along Comes a Black Dog" - Obama No Different Than Bush.This is an insult to Bush.

Hamas summer camps underway.Group's leaders in Gaza say camps convey non-violent messages of educational, moral nature.Who might burn them down?

7.9 million jobs lost, many forever.But even if that pace of hiring were to double immediately, it would take until 2013 to recapture the lost jobs. And the labor market very likely doesn't have years before it gets hit with the shock of the inevitable next economic downturn.

Florida Sees New Threat to Its Beaches.The Obama administration has sought a six-month ban on deepwater drilling in U.S. waters to reassess risks and establish new safety procedures if necessary. But any new rules wouldn't reach Repsol's project in Cuban waters.In the event of a spill in Cuban waters, many ships, equipment and personnel from the U.S. Gulf Coast could be prevented from helping because of the embargo. But that may be changing. A Treasury Department spokeswoman said some U.S. firms involved in oil cleanup have been issued licenses to travel to Cuba in case oil from the continuing spill hits beaches there.""I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."Remember Mr Obama,who the hell do you work for?

The toxic truth about mega-farms: Chemical fumes, distressed animals and poisoned locals driven from their homes and worse.

Can These Men Fix the Deficit?When I was appointed, I heard, “Simpson, you’ve lost your marbles. You’re carrying water for Obama.” That’s not true. We told the President that everything has to be on the table, including his health-care plan. He said, “I’m with you to the hilt.”

Galloway probed for ‘inflammatory’ speech at rally.Police are examining complaints that George Galloway gave an inflammatory speech at a rally attended by thousands of Muslims in which he claimed that far-right English Defence League (EDL) activists would have to fight their way “through 10,000 dead bodies” if they interfered with members of the Islamic faith in Britain.

'Little Arnie', 12, lifts twice own body weight to become the world's strongest boy.But Kyle is no ordinary 12-year-old. At 5ft 7ins and 10.5 stone he is already twice the size of most boys, with a physique that has earned him the nickname Little Arnie after muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger.

For residents near Disneyland, nightly fireworks shows have lost their spark.Though many in proximity to the resort admit there is an appeal to the bursts that fill the night sky throughout the summer, those seeking peace and quiet have long tried to limit the noise and smoke.

Japanese 'Vogue Hommes' photo shoot.Is this man Lady Gaga in disguise?