MFS - The Other News

                      Morning Posting.

• Obama White House governs from a parallel universe.So put it together. Obama will show he's got the jobs shortage in hand by doing a photo-op at a plant run by an automaker that is lifting the U.S. economy having never taken a penny of bailout cash. Then, a fundraising appearance with an individual who has profited repeatedly by gaming the financial system -- the very reason that Obama said he simply had to impose sweeping financial-market reform on the Wall Streeters earlier this week.

• Obama Administration: Redistribution of Wealth Power.As I see it, the strategic balance is evaporating before our very eyes. The nation’s nuclear deterrent is aging and has not been tested in decades.

• Video:Dam Fails in Iowa; Massive Flooding.A dam on an eastern Iowa lake suffered a "catastrophic" failure Saturday, sending a massive amount of water into nearby communities and forcing residents to flee, officials said.

• Russia's Putin sings with expelled agents.Vladimir Putin says he met with the Russian spies who were expelled from the United States, joining them in a patriotic song and promising them good jobs and a bright future back in their homeland.

• British tourists among hundreds evacuated after wildfire threatens oil refinery in southern France.Terrified Britons were among thousands of holidaymakers evacuated from campsites after a wildfire rage through the south of France this weekend.

• Iran will react if ships inspected: Ahmadinejad.Iran will react swiftly if its commercial shipping or aviation are subjected to inspection, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday.

• Mexican Drug Cartel Seize Texas Ranches; Laredo Police: We Can’t Say Anything!Earlier incidents of Mexican military helicopters sighted in South Texas include possibility local authorities were muzzled by higher-ups.

• Resolution Green-Lighting Israeli Strikes on Iran Introduced by House Republicans.Nearly a third of House Republicans have signed onto the resolution, which has been publicly discussed and circulated by its lead sponsor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), for months. The National Iranian American Council is leading calls to oppose the measure, urging those concerned to demand that House Republican Leader John Boehner denounce the resolution.

• Hezbollah Looks for a Shield From Indictments’ Sting.For more than five years, much of Lebanese politics has seemed to revolve around a single question: Who killed Rafik Hariri?

• Loganswarning:Whining Pro-Sharia Muslim Threatens to Sue Me and More.I would like to thank these Muslims for proving my point about the threat of Islam, over and over.

• The 'unravelling relationship' between Russia and Iran.Russia and Iran seemed to be good friends, but in recent weeks the relationship has unravelled.

• **UPDATED**Video: Laredo Texas on Lockdown as Reports Claim Mexican Drug War Crosses Border.

• CNN anchors attack the scourge of anonymity.This is the same Kyra Phillips responsible for one of the more disgusting television moments of the last decade. In April, 2003, she interviewed the doctor treating Ali Abbas, a 12-year-old Iraqi boy who had just lost 15 relatives, including his father, pregnant mother and three siblings, as well as both of his arms, in an errant American missile strike on the Baghdad suburb where he lived. While this child had burns all over his body, some of them infected, putting him in constant pain, Phillips asked his doctor this question:"Doctor, does he understand why this war took place? Has he talked about Operation Iraqi Freedom and the meaning? Does he understand it?" "Andrew Breitbart is a lot of things, but 'anonymous' is none of them.

• Iran:Jailed Journalist Says He Was 'Dishonored' In Prison.The family says Tajik, who was arrested 40 days ago, told his sister during a prison visit that he has been "disgraced" in the presence of a deputy prosecutor and an interrogator.

• BP chief Tony Hayward 'negotiating exit deal'.BP's chief executive Tony Hayward has been negotiating the terms of his exit from the company, the BBC has learnt.A formal announcement is likely within the next 24 hours.

• Staten Island mosque canceled by church vote.The contract between the church and MAS, which was drawn up without input from the parish members or the community, stipulated the mosque could not be constructed without approval from the church’s board of trustees.

• 19 crushed to death and more than 300 injured after mass panic at Germany's Love Parade.Crush began after 'police tried to restrict access to area' .Revellers attempted to climb walls to escape scene. At least 80 others injured, 20 in serious condition.

• Turkey, Iran, Brazil to discuss nuclear swap deal.You scratch my back i'll scratch your back?How many nuclear weapons can you build with 120 Kg high- enriched uranium?

• Police Muslim forum headed by Islamic extremist.An Islamic extremist who has described al-Qaeda as a "myth" and justified the killing of British troops in Iraq has been chosen as the main link between the Metropolitan Police and the Muslim community.Has this world gone completely insane? The Inmates Are Running the Asylum.

• HT:WeaselZippers.New Jersey: Judge Rules Husband Didn’t Sexually Assault His Wife Based on Sharia Law…This is messed up, big time…Cultural Defense Accepted as to Nonconsensual Sex in New Jersey Trial Court, Rejected on Appeal .Do i hear any angry  women rights organisations?......Silence?

• War has begun: TNM says secession is necessary to protect Texans now.“Once again, the failure of the United States government to fulfill its Constitutional duty of defending our border from invasion goes to point out the most compelling reason Texas must be independent – we must have the ability to defend ourselves,” TNM President Daniel Miller said. “If necessary, Texas Governor Rick Perry must act unilaterally at this point to move Texas’ military forces to the border to defend our citizens.”

• White House dispatches Florida team to contain spill's political backlash.The White House has quietly launched an effort to confront the political backlash along the Gulf Coast over its handling of the BP oil spill.Now it's the "Obama cleanup"?

• British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws.Female circumcision will be inflicted on up to 2,000 British schoolgirls during the summer holidays – leaving brutal physical and emotional scars. Yet there have been no prosecutions against the practice.Survivors talk about the traumatic effect female genital mutilation has on their lives.WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS DISTRESSING AND DISTURBING IMAGES.

• Burka-ban MP faces court threat from human rights group.Lawyers for human rights organisation Liberty have written to Philip Hollobone insisting that the Equality Act obliges him to avoid discrimination.

• HT:IsraelMatzav.Change we must believe in.Caroline Glick argues that it's time for Israeli policymakers to accept reality. Among other things, as I did, she calls for the cancellation of the sale of Heron drones to Turkey (the final four are scheduled to be delivered next month).

• The Craziest Religions Ever.He did mushrooms with a Druid woman, practiced a number of Eastern theologies, went on Christian spiritual weekend retreats, attended New Age lectures, ate matzoh ball soup in a Jewish sukkah, and met a medicine man in the mountains of Baja, California.Ok....that should do it?

• Birds force Kings of Leon from St. Louis stage."Jared (Followill) was hit several times during the first two songs," Mendelsohn said of the band's bassist."It's not only disgusting -- it's a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there."Do birds have musical taste?

•  Africa's Men Fight for Women's Rights.Man Up, a provocative campaign to convince men to fight violence against women, kicked off in South Africa during the World Cup.

• The Pentagon's New Disservice to Veterans.Recently, the Pentagon was called out by me and by others for failing to get its new brain trauma facility in Bethesda fully up and running. Now they've responded to our criticisms—with typical Byzantine bureaucracy and towering ineptitude.

• Antarctic octopuses found with cold-resistant venom.Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures."We want to see what cool and wonderful new venom components we can find out of these venoms that would be useful in drug development."

• Meteor:"Fresh" Crater Found in Egypt; Changes Impact Risk?One of the best preserved craters yet found on Earth, the Kamil crater was initially discovered in February during a survey of satellite images on Google Earth. Researchers think the crater formed within the past couple thousand years.

• Police to experiment with blinding 'Dazer Laser'?Perhaps "Don't Dazer Laser me, bro" doesn't quite trip off the tongue. However, police in the Northwest may soon be experimenting with the Dazer Laser, a tool which, well, shoots, blinds, and disorients.The Dazer Laser is a gun that emits a green light at suspects and causes them to temporarily lose their sight and wonder whether they might have been transported to an alternative galaxy.
• In pictures: New sea creatures found on Barrier Reef.