Morning Posting.
Oil claims: 6 months of payments per each request.The man in charge of providing compensation for victims of the Gulf oil spill says he's ready to give those eligible a full six months' worth of emergency payments on a single request.
HT :Israel Matzav."Psychic" Octopus Picks Israel.'Palestinians' worldwide have declared a jihad against psychic squids, accusing them of being Zionists.
Iran stoning 'temporarily halted' by judicial chief."The verdict has been halted due to humanitarian reservations and upon the order of the honourable judiciary chief [Sadeq Larijani] and it will not be carried out for the moment."
HT :JIDF.Lawyers From 60 Countries To Sue Israel.Lawyers from 60 countries, including Indonesia, will gather in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 15-16, to prepare a legal suit against Israel
HT:The Daily Beast.Confessions of a Shrimp Sniffer.The first line of defense against oil-tainted seafood: an old-fashioned smell test. Fresh from government sniffing school, Bill Mahan describes the odd odors protecting the public health.
Missionary forced to leave Kashmir because his schools are "too good".Fr. Jim Borst directed two successful educational facilities in Kashmir. For Predhuman Joseph Dhar, a Catholic convert from Hinduism, it is the result of "jealousy" on the part of Muslims who "can not compete with their schools”. Fr. Borst must leave the country, even though four months ago the government of Jammu and Kashmir renewed his visa until 2014.Islam a religion of tolerance?
Crisis Awaits World’s Banks as Trillions Come Due.“There is a cliff we are racing toward — it’s huge.”
The Alliance to STOP Sharia: Part 4.Our countries already have constitutions and laws that are antithetical to sharia. This simple fact should shelter us from any attempt to introduce sharia in our societies. In theory yes, but the reality is very different, as we all can see.
Islamophobia: the CAIR Sampler. Phobia means irrational fear. Since the death of thousands nearly nine years ago, we know that fear of Islam is rational.
The Way of the Cuckoo.This is the Way of the Cuckoo. It is the way of the Muslim world, whose social stratification and heavy corruption leads to societies with limited room for advancement, even as its population continues to boom thanks to Western medicine and Islamic religion.
US should better define, counter Islamic extremism.The Obama administration's recent move to drop references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists.
'Somalia link' as lethal Uganda blasts target World Cup.The blasts went off as people were watching the World Cup final.At least 64 people have died in two blasts in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Switzerland rejects US extradition of Roman Polanski.Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the "restrictions on his liberty have been lifted."A Swiss official said the US cannot appeal the decision.
Captain Kickass Taking Another Day Off From Kicking Ass in The Gulf to go Golfing…One can not help but wonder ?When does he have time to go to church?“Especially when his church is at Camp David!”
Obama said he receives his daily devotional from Joshua DuBois, his director of faith and neighborhood initiatives.“That’s how I start my morning. You know, he’s got a passage, scripture, in some cases quotes from other faiths to reflect on."
Joshua Dubois, a 26-year-old Pentecostal pastor, heads the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. His mission is to connect faith-based groups to administration goals such as fostering economic recovery through job and financial-responsibility training, reducing abortions, encouraging responsible fatherhood and improving interfaith relations.
Iran's Global Terrorist Reach.The United States became painfully aware of the threat posed by global jihadism after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Until that day, Iranian-backed terrorist networks, such as Hezbollah, were responsible for killing more American citizens than al-Qaeda.
Libya preventing Gaddafi Jr. from joining ship.Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reports country's authorities have restricted takeoff of private flights in bid to prevent Libyan leader's son from joining aid vessel attempting to reach Gaza.
Italian court tells Gaddafi son to pay huge hotel bill.An Italian court has ordered the third son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to pay a hotel bill of 392,000 euros ($494,000; £330,000) he has allegedly owed since 2007.
Russia says Iran moving closer to nuclear weapons"Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in principle could be used for the creation of nuclear weapons."
Birmingham Museum forced to delay opening of new exhibition due to security staff shortages.The controversial Heard and Not Seen show, which has received £25,000 of public cash, had been due to open to the public for the first time. The exhibition aimed to improve understanding of Islam by including a workshop where visitors were invited to wear burkhas.
'Hell is on the way'.I have a vending business here in Florida. I service manufacturing and many general businesses. All are laying off workers. I have machines that were taking in 100.00 plus dollars a week that are now doing only 5.00 per week.
Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal 'cancer'.The co-chairmen of President Obama's debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation's fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer "that will destroy the country from within" unless checked by tough action in Washington.A cancer called Obama's change?
Live from the Gulf: Who are the Oil Spill Heroes?This is not Governor Blanco's Louisiana. Since Katrina, the state has reformed and refitted its ability to respond to disasters to the point that it has become a national role model in many respects.
HT:Israel Matzav.Obama Takes 'Cheap Shot' at Israelis, King Says.
Video--Beware 'lame-duck' tomfoolery after November elections.Democrats in Congress and the Obama White House are now convinced they they will lose the Congress in November--definitely the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.
Auschwitz – the Sequel: The Genocidal Nature of Islamo-Fascism.We are at war. President Bush sadly misnamed this war, by calling it The War on Terror. In fact, it is a war between Western Civilization and Marxist-inspired Islamic Barbarians.
George Will Quotes Obama To Smack Down Liberal's Attack On Sarah Palin..Will tore Marcus apart, "On the vapidness meter, that ranks nowhere near, 'We are the ones we have been waiting for,' which was Obama's way of flattering the self-esteem of his supporters".
Palin says Obama agenda is ‘backasswards,’ defends Angle from president.“He’s got most disconnected, backasswards plan ever imposed on the country we love,” Palin said of Obama.
'Iran to deliver fuel rods next year'.Iran will complete the production of fuel rods for the Tehran Research Reactor by August next year, says the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
Regime Change in Iran: The Fantasy That Will Not Die.The answers are Cold War answers. No imagination. No attempt to understand Iran in social, cultural or historical terms. Just a repeat of what “worked” to bring down the Soviet Union short of direct attack: isolation, inflicting economic pain, scaring the world into thinking “the enemy” is dangerous, and finally fomenting and encouraging internal dissent.
IRAN: Merchants continue to protest government's proposed tax hike.All eyes in Iran are on the bazaar, the nation's traditional marketplaces, where tensions have peaked over a proposed tax hike that has fused with other strains of discontent against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
MEMRI Flotilla Coverage: Turkish IHH Official Demet Tezcan: The Jews Exploit the Holocaust in the Film Industry.
Lebanese Demands to Remove the "Lebanese Women" Porn Channel from Hotbird Satellite: It Is an Affront to Lebanese Society in Its Entirety.
HT :The Daily Beast.Mel Gibson was always haunted by demons that neither money nor religion could keep at bay.
Salt Clips: Angelina Jolie Looks Like Gollum In A Wig.There was a time when I would have bought Angelina Jolie as a super-spy action hero. That time was 2002, back when she still ate food. These days she seems unsuited to play anything other than Gollum.
Russian fishermen demand an investigation into killer Nesski's 19 lake deaths in three years.Those claiming to have glimpsed the creature say it resembles the classic long-necked image of Scotland's fabled monster. It has also been called 'snake-like', while other accounts suggest a large fin and huge tail.
The Iranian Threat by Noam Chomsky.“US bombers and long range missiles are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours,” he said
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