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                          Morning Posting.

• Armageddon or Peace?The Iranian Ahmadinejad regime repeated announced goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. The goal of the State of Israel is survival. Israel feels it has the absolute right to defend itself against a potential nuclear attack. Iran has developed and tested a missile which potentially can deliver a nuclear weapon to Israel. Various international reports indicate that the Iranian regime intent is to develop nuclear weapons. Some sources indicate an Iranian nuclear weapon is now ready for deployment; others indicate it will be a few months; and other reports indicate it will be a few years.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IsraelMatzav.Palestinian Authority Television: 'Jews praying at Western Wall are sin and filth'.As their negotiators extortionists met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Sharm el Sheikh on Tuesday, Palestinian Authority Television, the official television network of the 'Palestinian Authority,' broadcast a 'documentary' that refers to Jews praying at the Western Wall as 'sin and filth.A great documentary showing the religion of peace in it's natural habitat ,feeding on the "Love and tolerance" for other religions.Read and see the full story here.Click here for comments

• Kashmir: principal of fire-ravaged Christian school speaks out.There are no Christian students in the school burnt down by Muslim fanatics three days ago. “The community we were serving was 100 per cent Muslim,” said bitterly Pravez Samuel Kaul, principal of the Tyndale Biscoe School, which is now but smouldering ashes as a result of the ‘Burn-the Qur‘an’ proposal launched in the United States by Rev Terry Jones. “Ironically, our library had many copies of the Holy Qur‘an,” he said.I sincerely pray that religious leaders may preach love for their neighbours. Sadly, many think like fundamentalists, something that leads to all sorts of incidents.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IsraelMatzav.In Iran's back pocket.Once upon a time, Turkey was an ally of the United States and of Israel. It still remains a member of NATO and still has aspirations to join the European Union. But Turkey is unlikely to be admitted to the EU and it may not be a member of NATO for too much longer if it keeps carrying on like this either. Why?Western diplomats now fear that the AKP's deal with Iran will heighten fears among Turkish secularists that Mr Erdogan will exploit the government's new powers to drive through the AKP's radical Islamic agenda.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Europe cools towards Obama, Turkey looks east.Most of the Europeans surveyed said they wanted the United States to exert strong leadership in world affairs, but fewer than half approved of how he was managing relations with Iran or how he was going about stabilising Afghanistan.Overall, the survey painted a picture of a broadly popular president, with 78 percent of Europeans approving of his leadership, down from 83 percent in 2009, but one whose skills were called into question on major policy decisions.The number who said Turkey should work most closely with countries in the Middle East on international matters, rather than with the United States or the EU, doubled to 20 percent in 2010, with only 6 percent saying Turkey should work with Washington.Among Turks, Obama's approval rating fell from 50 percent in 2009 to 28 percent in 2010.Compared to last year, Turks were less convinced that NATO is essential, less interested in joining the EU and less likely to say their country shares values with the West."Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• 'Big Nanny' Michelle Obama lectures restaurants on food choices.In today's progressive-induced policing of every aspect of human life, from what we drive to what we eat, First Lady 'Big Nanny" Michelle Obama has taken it upon herself to lecture restaurants on food choices.She wants them to stop serving french fries and opt for carrots instead.Big Nanny's meddling in the private sector is just the latest example of the 'Big Brother' Nanny State being gradually implemented by the progressive movement, which has been accelerated under the regime of Barack Obama.First, Big Nanny needs to realize that it is not the goal of a restaurant to make sure citizens adhere to government-controlled diets. Their goal is to make a profit and survive as a business. How do they do this? By offering food people want to eat. Even Big Nanny's own husband, Big Brother Barack himself, regularly goes out for lunch at his favorite HAMBURGER joints. It seems the ruling class has a very different standard than that which they force on the peons.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Turkey: nation on a dual course.Turks took a step closer to Europe by voting for constitutional changes aimed at bringing the country into line with European standards of democracy. Yet it was also a massive show of confidence in an Islamic-rooted government whose closer ties with Iran and hostility toward Israel have caused dismay in the West.Its biggest city, İstanbul, spans the Asian and European continents. The constitution is secular; the national leaders are devout Muslims. A NATO member with troops in Afghanistan, albeit in non-combat roles, Turkey became a champion of Muslim anger over Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Europe applauded the result, even though Turkey's bid to join the European Union has been reduced to a glimmer, dogged by opposition from France and Germany, Turkish skepticism and a dispute over the divided island of Cyprus, an EU member.Read the full story here.More about the elections and what it means here.Click here for comments.

• A Prediction About ACORN.Public Policy Polling finds that 20 percent of Americans think that ACORN "will steal the election to keep Democrats in control of Congress." Let's avoid the easy joke about ACORN is ceasing to exist, because its component organizations will, by and large, survive. And let us chuckle about how basically just as many Democrats as Republicans think this will happen.Optimism, fear, whatever -- one-fifth of partisans think ACORN can work some election-stealing magic, when we all know that's really the job of the New Black Panthers.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Jewish group to Time: Apologize for cover story.Anti-Defamation League says American magazine's article on Israel predicated on 'insidious subtext' of Jews being obsessed with money.“One can only be cynical about the timing of the article, appearing as Israelis and Palestinians engage in direct negotiations and Jews the world over pray on the High Holidays for a New Year that will bring peace,” he added.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Machines' Debut Is a 'Royal Screw-Up'. Mayor Lambastes Board of Elections as Breakdowns, Lack of Equipment, Late Openings Mar Rollout of Voting System.The new electronic voting machines that made their debut Tuesday in New York City caused widespread problems—from malfunctioning devices to delayed poll openings to rampant voter confusion—prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to declare the effort as a "royal screw-up."Danielle Lee, 41, said she "would be concerned about the validity" of results from the West 97th Street polling site "just because so many people left unable to cast their ballots in a timely manner."Joseph Lawrence, a polling coordinator there, declared it a "disaster" when both scanning machines broke. "We've had to go to the emergency ballot process, which means we'll have to count the votes at the end of the night right here."He added: "If you'd like to help, you're more than welcome."Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IslaminEurope.Denmark: Bomber a Chechen from Belgium (UPDATED 5).B.T. reports they identified the bomber, a Chechen-born Belgian named LD. Danish blogger Uriasposten did some digging and pegs him as Lors Doukaiev.Belgian boxing trainer Albert Syben from Liège says he trained the man. Syben worked for several years for the Belgian police. When he understood that his former student in the Boxing Club Cocktail was responsible for an explosion in Denmark, his immediate response: "It doesn't surprise me".Syben says L.D. learned architecture and that's he's not lacking in intelligence. He says that according to L.D.'s girlfriend, he went to Luxembourg last week and since then she can't contact him. He also traveled a lot between Belgium and Chechnya.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Barack Obama’s Dream is Our Nightmare.Is Obama in his own dream world or is he doing this on purpose? In the wake of Obama’s call for another fifty billion in government spending last week, Investor’s Business Daily asks, “Is this just a campaign ploy or is the White House ruining our economy on purpose?” Hannity asserted in July that Obama “is bankrupting the country, he is the most incompetent president to ever hold that office.” Dick Morris writes: “Conservatives are so enraged at Obama’s socialism and radicalism that they are increasingly surprised to learn that he is incompetent as well…the truth begins to dawn on all of us: Obama has no more idea how to work his way out of the economic mess into which his policies have plunged us than he does about how to clean up the oil spill.”I agree with David Horowitz. Obama is doing it on purpose.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a group of Latino leaders from across the U.S. today that responsibility for inaction on a comprehensive immigration reform bill falls squarely on Republicans and that the Latino community must turn out in November to vote their displeasure.“Your voice is your vote, man,” Napolitano said at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute event. “Your vote is the currency this town lives on.”As with the economy, the White House is blaming Republicans as the “party of no.”"Many members of the congress who voted ‘no’ last time on immigration reform said they needed to see more enforcement and more security first."[The border] is as secure now as it has ever been and getting more secure each day(See top story).We’ll never seal the border," she said.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Kremlin to decide Luzhkov's fate.It is up to the president to decide whether Moscow's mayor continues in office, a highly placed Kremlin source said on Wednesday."In accordance with Russian laws, the issue of the Moscow mayor's term continuing is not decided by Luzhkov," the source said, commenting on Mayor Yury Luzhkov's statement that he will not resign. "It is the prerogative of the Russian president."Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Hu Jintao blesses the succession to Kim Jong-il.The dictator of North presented his third son Kim Jong-un, as his chosen as successor to lead the country, to the Chinese president during a surprise trip to China in August. The appointment must be ratified by the Congress of the North Korean Workers Party, which could begin today. Thus begins the "third generation" of Kim in power in Pyongyang.North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has seemingly received Chinese support for his decision to appoint as his heir and successor, his third son Kim Jong-un, thereby ensuring a third generation of Kim in power in North Korea. This is according to the South Korean press, which claims that the North Korean Workers' Party Congress - which must ratify the succession – is due to start today.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IslaminEurope.Netherlands: Fundamentalists easily get subsidies.According to the recent annual report of the Dutch intelligence Service, AIVD, Salafist center have a wide network of traveling youth preachers who give lectures and open small centers all over the Netherlands. They know how to professionally claim subsidies from local and national authorities, by saying they help the youth with their homework, organize cultural and sports events or give social assistance.CDA parliament member Cörüz said that Salafist organization succeed in influencing young Muslims and infect them with radical ideas under the guise of helping them with their homework. These clubs and subsidies should be stopped and the money gotten back, if necessary by enlisting the AIVD.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:LogansWarning.More From the Ground Zero Mosque Imam: Tells Jordanian Newspaper That Sharia is the Only Law Muslims need.To the non-Muslims who support the Imam. Do you hate apostates from Islam, and homosexuals? Because Islamic Law calls for the death of both groups.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:WeaselZippers.Pakistani Muslims Show Their Love of Interfaith Harmony by Building a Mosque on Top of a Christian Cemetery.A cleric of hard-line Muslims has constructed a mosque on a Christian cemetery in Pakistan.Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern (ICC) does not deem this news surprising.“We know that the Islamic faith is very much aggressive, and Islam expanded over a large part of the world through the use of jihad and the use of force, and they have been using this in many countries, including Pakistan,” he points out.These are the same people who riot for days on end after a few copies of the Koran are burnt in America demanding we respect Islam, but they have no problem building a mosque on top of Christian graves.For donation to Pakistan you can always go to the U.S. State department website they have a direct link for donations to Pakistan.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:TheAmericanDream.Turn Out The Lights – The Party Is Over: 20 Signs That American Consumers Are Completely And Totally Tapped Out.Many economists have been mystified that even though the recession is "over", American consumers have not opened their wallets and started spending again like they normally do at the end of a recession. News report after news report has encouraged Americans to grab their credit cards and to head out to the stores and start spending again, but it just is not happening. So why are things different this time? Well, for one thing there is a lot of fear in the air. Poll after poll after poll shows that faith in the economy has collapsed and that large numbers of Americans fear that things are going to get even worse for the economy soon. But for millions of other Americans there is another problem - they couldn't spend more money if they wanted to.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Pope to tell British MPs to show more respect for the rights of Christians.Benedict XVI, who arrives tomorrow for his tour of England and Scotland, is to call on the state to have 'an open and positive attitude towards religious faith'.His remarks amount to a criticism of politicians who have allowed equality laws to trump religious beliefs, in some cases preventing Christians displaying their faith at work.The Papal intervention in the question of rights for British Christians follows legal decisions which have seen nurses prevented from wearing crosses while on duty and forced Christian registrars to abandon their beliefs by presiding at same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.David Cameron said that although not everyone would agree with the Pope, his message posed questions about society.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Iran donates $25 million to Turkey's ruling party.Iran has agreed to donate $25 million (£16 million) to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a move that will increase fears that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to abandon the country's secular constitution.Western diplomats say they are alarmed by reports that Mr Erdogan has negotiated a deal with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Tehran to make a substantial contribution to the campaign funds of Turkey's leading Islamic party.Apart from transferring funds to the AKP, diplomats say Iran has also agreed to provide financial support for the IHH, the Turkish Islamic charity IHH which supported last May's aid flotilla which ended in disaster when it was intercepted by Israeli commandos, which resulted in the deaths of nine activists.A very dark veil is decending over Turkey!Don't allow Turkey in to the European Union!And remove Turkey out of NATO now.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Geert Wilders: ‘It’s like being caught in a bad B-movie’.Wilders now travels everywhere with six bodyguards. He cannot sleep in his own home, but is moved around between various undisclosed safe houses. He sees his wife twice a week, at a safe house. Visitors to his parliament office must be cleared in advance and are thoroughly searched; even ballpoint pens are carefully examined.“It’s like being caught in a bad B movie,” Wilders said. The guards are always there: “If I go to the toilet, they are standing behind the door.” The irony, he said, is that the people who are threatening him walk the streets freely, while “the people who are threatened are more or less in prison.”Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:HinduIDF.The Two Faces of Islam :HIDDEN &MANIFEST.After the recent terrorist attack on America’s World Trade Center and Pentagon, there has been a very clear debate in the international media regarding the nature of Islam. We have seen the media change from the one extreme of being explicitly anti-Islamic, to the other, for the sake of presenting a political and human balance, of being pro-Moslem.Christianity very clearly teaches us to love all of our fellow humans- even our enemies- but it by no means tells us to become blind to reality and the truth, or to be mislead by misinformation.In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, many Muslims (and non-Muslims driven by political ends) worldwide have attempted to present Islam as a religion of peace and love, wanting to distance it from those shameful and brutal occurrences… they say that there is no violence in the essence of Islam.It is obvious however that the perpetrators of these acts base their dependence on violence on clear and indisputable verses of the Quran, represented clearly in a statement by Osama Bin Laden on the CNN network. Based on this premise, Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Philippines Muslim group Abu Saiaf, among others, have openly declared war against the United States of America in the name of Islam, using quotations from the Quran such as...Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:WeaselZippers.Dancing Girl Triggers Police Raid in Saudi Arabia.Saudi police backed by members of a feared Islamic fundamentalist group stormed an open-air party in Riyadh not to stop riots but a dancing girl.Saudi Shams newspaper said the girl broke rules and began swaying with the music in front of a large crowd gathering for a women-only concert West of Riyadh to mark Eid Al Fitr at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.“The girl went out of her way, walked past the front seats and started dancing in front of hundreds of people,” the paper said.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Iranian markets closed in protest to desecration of Koran.In a Wednesday statement, Iran's Trade Unions announced that the merchants across the Islamic Republic condemned the heinous act of a few radical Americans in defiling the holy book of Muslims on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US.The unions also called on bazaar merchants to hold demonstrations against the sacrilegious acts by gathering in bazaar mosques.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Next, Michelle Obama's health reform plan for the nation's restaurant menus and families dining out.First Lady Michelle Obama, who has been unable to convince the Smoker-in-Chief to give up that dreadful habit, now has some health suggestions for other American families and for restaurant menus across the country.One idea Mrs. Obama had is to serve apple slices as the default side dish with, say, hamburgers, instead of French fries, which she confessed to liking.Mrs. Obama expressed concern that Americans are now spending more money on food purchased and/or eaten outside the home, which many in her audience of restaurant business owners likely think is a pretty good thing.Read the full story here.Click here for comments and calories.

• Pat Buchanan Offends Anti-American Islam-Loving Libertarians.Pat Buchanan has offended anti-American libertarians who think Islam is gentle.Buchanan said the Ground Zero mosque is a development planned by a man with the “religious motivation of the Saudis who attacked the towers” and should not be built. This has Fred Reed of LewRockwell.com infuriated: America is not at war with Islam, prior to 9/11 America never considered Islam violent and by no means would alleged Muslims attack America. Reed blames America for Islamic violence — America is the bloodthirsty beast that created Muslim monsters and was never attacked by Islam.If America is not at war with Islam, who are the maniacs screaming Allahu akbar every time Americans are attacked here and overseas?The 9/11 attacks were not committed by Mazel Tov-screaming Jews.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.