Morning Posting.
- NYPD cop barred from notorious Harlem mosque.A detective from the Police Commissioner’s office looking to ease tension between Harlem cops and local residents after an alleged brutality incident was denied entry to a notorious mosque simply because he was carrying his gun and shield.So it starting with no go zones ,like in Europe.
- Not much good news on President Barack Obama's birthday.Presidential Approval Ratings .Figures for early August in the second year in office:
George W Bush: 71%
Bill Clinton: 43%
George H W Bush: 74%
Ronald Reagan: 41%
Jimmy Carter: 39%
Gerald Ford: 48%
Richard Nixon: 55%
Source: Gallup
- AP Exclusive: Iran defiant in nuclear documents."The Iranians say they want to meet without preconditions, then they lay out a bunch of preconditions," said a Western official from a European capital who is familiar with the issue. The official, who asked for anonymity because his information is confidential said there is a "long way to go before we know who will be at the table, and when."
- Tensions Rise As China Launches Show Of Force.China's air force this week is conducting a five-day exercise involving scores of aircraft and 12,000 soldiers. Dubbed "Vanguard 2010," it is the latest sign of China flexing its muscles amid rising military tensions with the United States.The strains — especially over operations in the South China Sea — represent a new area of dispute between China and the U.S.
- Iran launches cartoon website aimed at questioning the Holocaust.The website wants to show that "the killing of 6 million Jews in the Second World War known as the Holocaust was a sheer lie."Yeah like England is an isle on the West African coast?
- Video: Senator: Kagan’s Alarming Record on Military, Guns, Abortion, Immigration.Not mentioning Sharia law?
- Croc-zilla: First picture of the 22ft-long monster that terrorised Australian community.
- HT:WeaselZippers.Video:Black Tea Partiers to Left: I Know This Might Comes as a Shock to You Guys, But No, The Tea Party Doesn’t Hate Minorities.
- Turkish Military's Candidate Is Blocked.Turkey's government on Wednesday stymied the military's bid to choose a new top command, blocking the army's candidate to head the land forces in a move that underlined the ebbing power of the country's generals.
- Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules.Google has “nothing to announce at this point,” said Mistique Cano, a Washington-based spokeswoman, in an e-mail.‘Not Necessarily Good’.
- Pence: Obama 'most anti-Israel' president in modern history."I believe the Obama administration is the most anti-Israel administration in the modern history of the state of Israel and our relationship with her,"
- Karzai Targets Two U.S.-Backed Task Forces.Afghan President Orders a Review Of Groups' Corruption Investigations.Coalition commanders have said Afghan citizens' anger at the predatory behavior of Afghan government officials is the main reason the Taliban insurgency has been able to spread throughout the country and why the militancy shows no sign of abating despite the influx of tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces.
- Lawyer Who Fled Iran Insists: 'I Had The Right To Defend Sakineh Mohammadi'.In his first interview after fleeing Iran and surfacing in Turkey, Mostafaei talked to RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari, condemning the Iranian judiciary for taking his wife "hostage" and vowing that he will never surrender to Iranian authorities. He also talked about the circumstances under which he was forced to escape Iran and leave his family, including his 7-year-old daughter, behind. (Mostafaei was reportedly taken into custody by Turkish authorities and the UN's refugee agency has said he should be allowed to apply for asylum.)
- Ground Zero Mosque: Let ‘Em Build It.My first suggestion would be for Mayor Bloomberg to zone the area around the mosque for strip clubs and legalized street walking. Assign policemen of Jewish heritage to answer all calls at the Mosque,continued.........
- Putin responds to blogger angry over local fire brigade.A blogger from the Tver region, in harsh words described the fire safety situation in his village. Using swear words, he said he is ready to buy a personal fire truck in exchange for releasing him from contributing to his retirement fund.The blogger said that the only fireman in the village was armed with only a helmet and fire jacket, which was most likely left over from Soviet days. He also said there was no fire truck or no warning systems. He said the only warning bell was removed years ago and replaced with a telephone booth; however, workers never got around to connecting the phone lines to it.
- On Facebook, wife learns of husband's 2nd wedding.Dread of the unknown hung in the air as Lynn France typed two words into the search box on Facebook: the name of the woman with whom she believed her husband was having an affair.Click. And there it was, the stuff of nightmares for any spouse, cuckolded or not. Wedding photos. At Walt Disney World, no less, featuring her husband literally dressed as Prince Charming. His new wife, a pretty blonde, was a glowing Sleeping Beauty, surrounded by footmen.
- Son of Pilot Who Dropped A-Bomb Opposes Plan to Send U.S. Delegation to Hiroshima Ceremony.The son of the U.S. Air Force pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb in the history of warfare says the Obama administration's decision to send a U.S. delegation to a ceremony in Japan to mark the 65th anniversary of the attack on Hiroshima is an "unsaid apology" and appears to be an attempt to "rewrite history."
- Dutch teenager begins record breaking voyage to sail round the world at 14.A 14-year-old girl has set sail from the Netherlands in a bid to become the youngest person ever to make a solo voyage around the world. About 100 supporters waved as Laura and her father Dick Dekker left the southern Dutch harbor of Den Osse in her 38-foot (11.5-meter) yacht Guppy, bound for Portugal where she plans to leave her father and begin her circumnavigation attempt.
- Israel Objects to U.S. Supplying Weapons to Lebanon’s National Army.Israel plans to urge the U.S. and other countries arming the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to stop doing so, following a deadly border skirmish Tuesday.
- Arthritis patients 'may benefit from weight training'.A regular weight training regime may help treat rheumatoid arthritis, research suggests.
- Shooting gallery apologises for using Obama as a target.Pennsylvania fairground shooting game used image of black man in a suit wearing presidential seal, clutching 'health bill'.
- Muslims Defy Curfew, Protest Indian Rule In Kashmir.Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims marched Wednesday to a town where seven people were killed over the weekend, defying a curfew in another day of massive protests against Indian rule in the Himalayan region.Islam a religion of peace?
- Ex-Israeli warns another flotilla in works.Dror Feiler says additional flotilla will be bigger than first, will not agree to Israeli checks on board.
- HT:WeaselZippers.Fun Fact of the Day: 61% of the Koran is Composed of Intense Hatred for Non-Believers, Violent Conquest.Bonus fun fact of the day! Only 2.6% of the Koran talks about the overall good of humanity.
- 'America's Sheriff' Flouts the Feds.The Justice Department wants Arizona’s best-known lawman, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to hand over documents in a probe of his immigration enforcement tactics. Arpaio’s message to the feds: Drop dead.
- Attempt to kill Ahmadinejad compounds missile, sanctions woes.Also yesterday, the semi-official Fars news agency claimed Iran had obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russia’s refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract.The agency reported that Iran received two missiles from Belarus and two others from another unspecified source. Fars didn’t elaborate, and there was no immediate official confirmation of the report.More here.
- Police agencies admit to saving body scan images.Capabilities of the checkpoint security machines are still shrouded in mystery.Despite claims by the TSA that electronic body scan images "cannot be stored or recorded," some federal police agencies are in fact saving tens of thousands of images, according to a report by CNET News.
- Anti-US 'tirade' upsets Obama man.Rashad Hussain, the Barack Obama administration's Muslim face, was in for a shock on Tuesday when the head of a city-based Muslim institution slammed the US' policies, not just in the Middle East, but towards Muslims everywhere.Crazy Muslim conspiracy theories.
- How the U.S. reshaped an Afghan prison's image.Extreme make over US style. In an outdoor field, inmates at the Detention Facility in Parwan play soccer in the shadow of the transport planes, shipping containers and thousands of troops that cram this major hub of the Afghanistan war.In another part of the prison, the men are being visited by their wives and children. Others whose families live far from the base talk on a videoconference system. In a vocational training wing, inmates use new sewing machines to make curtains for a meeting room.
- Ophra Winfrey worship of Obama causings ratings to tank?Ophra Winfrey may be one of the richest women in the United States, her fortune partly built by the influence of her television show. Whether or not the recent decline in viewership is due to her support of Obama or because they are finding Judge Judy, who is not stricken with Obama adorology, the July 25, 2010 rating may indicate that viewers don't find her as cool as in the past.
- Animal family album: The incredible and touching photos that show parental love is universal.Just amazing pics!
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