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• HT:BacktoBasics.BY MichelleMalkin.Inconvenient questions about the Mexico lake shooting story.Longtime readers know that southern border violence has been one of my primary topics for as long as I’ve been working in daily journalism and writing books.You also know I mince no words when it comes to Mexico’s hypocritical stance on border enforcement, perpetual state of bloody chaos, open-borders demagoguery/anti-Americanism, and outrageous incursions onto U.S. soil.And you also know that I have long called out fishy hoax crimes however the political/ideological chips fall.Which brings me to why I did not jump all over the alleged Mexico lake shooting last week involving Tiffany Hartley and her husband, David.At this point, there are way too many unanswered questions and inconsistencies in Mrs. Hartley’s story/stories.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• The Synod to support the Churches of the Middle East and the universal mission, Pope says.Benedict XVI presides over the Special Assembly, which opened today. Communion and witness by Christians must be reinforced by strengthening ties between Christian Churches and the dialogue with Jews and Muslims. However, the region’s Christians must be able to live “with dignity in their homeland” with religious freedom, peace and justice. Everyone must contribute, the international community; religions, so that they can reject violence; and the Universal Church, so that the faithful can “feel the joy of living in the Holy Land.”The region’s 3 million Catholics (and 14 million Christians) are negatively affected by the political situation, which includes violent persecution and economic problems that compel them to emigrate.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:AmericanThinker.Michelle Obama Panhandles Poor for Rich Democrat Pols.Apparently, Michelle Obama knows no shame. Just coming back from a whirlwind summer of elegant soirées, a sumptuous vacation abroad, and a jet-setting Martha's Vineyard junket on a multimillion-dollar estate, first lady Michelle Obama has sent a mass mailing panhandling America's poor to stuff the campaign coffers of the rich Democrat pols, the same pols whose legislation has impoverished the people and left them jobless.This, my fellow Americans, is the stuff of wretched regurgitation.It simply does not get any more vulgar than this. Begging handouts from the unemployed and struggling masses while treating yourself to profligate parties and trips is typical of the wives of third-world dictators. Imelda Marcos, anyone?It can only come down to one thing"We feel your pain"?Read the full greedy scandal story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IslaminEurope.Berlin: Germanophobia in school.The Local reports that Germany’s commissioner for integration, Maria Böhmer, said that Berlin officials should deal with anti-German views among immigrant students. Böhmer was responding to recent reports of Germanophobia in schools.Two teachers from a Kreuzberg (Berlin) school recently wrote in the GEW Teachers' Union paper of the anti-German harassment some German students experience in schools. They wrote that German students are threatened and bullied, and that the non-German students often receive help from relatives or friends in conflicts. The German students are asked what they are doing there. Islamophobia anyone?Berlin youth coach Oliver Lück (44) says such incidents happen every day. For years he's been working with bully-victims and with the harassers. He told BILD of three cases which particularly moved him.Interfaith dialog at its best?Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:IBleedCrimsonRed.EXCLUSIVE: What’s really going on with Project Gulf Impact?Last week, this blog introduced you to Project Gulf Impact, an organization putatively set up to raise money for providing information about the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and humanitarian assistance to the spill’s victims. The group’s videos and interviews have become favorites of conspiracy theorists and they are exemplified by the story linked in my original post. The conspiracy nuts love PGI’s dispatches because they routinely suggest a massive coverup of environmental and health effects related to the spill. New evidence suggests that PGI may not be the humanitarian foundation its principals claim it to be. Instead, the evidence shows that the organization has strong left-wing and environmentalist ties and may not be a legitimate non-profit organization at all.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:AtlasShrugs.Pamela Geller: In Her Own Words.The following are excerpts from an interview with Pamela Geller, a conservative blogger who has been vocal in opposition to the Islamic center and mosque to be built near ground zero. Anne Barnard and Alan Feuer interviewed Ms. Geller on Sept. 28, 2010.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:GatewayPundit.Obama Administration Defends “Jihad” — “Mein Kampf” Means “My Jihad” in Arabic (Updated).Last week Barack Obama’s top Counterterrorism adviser announced that the administration believed they “jihad was a legitimate tenet of Islam.”There’s something very dark and concerning about this.The German words “Mein Kampf” translate to “jihad-i”—or, “my jihad”—in Arabic.Would the Obama Administration defend Hitler, too?Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Hungary races to build dam amid new sludge threat.Workers raced to build an emergency dam in western Hungary on Sunday as cracks in a reservoir widened, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge on the village of Kolontar and nearby rivers.Gyorgyi Tottos, a spokeswoman for disaster crews on the scene told Reuters authorities hoped to complete the 600-meter long and 5-7-meter tall dam within days to stop 500,000 cubic meters of sludge still in the reservoir from escaping.While Monday's spill affected 1,017 hectares, she said the remaining sludge could spread out over an area of 500 to 1,000 meters from its origin.Tibor Dobson, spokesman of disaster crews at the scene, said earlier that workers had laid the foundation of the new dam in Kolontar by Sunday morning.Dobson said the number of people evacuated from Kolontar, which lies closest to the reservoir, had increased to about 1,000 overnight.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Lebanon prepares for Ahmadinejad.Iranian security patrols southern region, film festival censors Opposition film in honor of official visit.Iranian security officers are patrolling southern Lebanon in efforts to prevent any problems that may arise as the result of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit this week, the London-based al-Hayat reported Sunday.A security source told the paper that Lebanese forces will secure the visit, however. The army is set to deploy throughout his route and at sites Ahmadinejad plans to tour. UNIFIL, the UN force in southern Lebanon, is not involved, the source said. In addition, Lebanese censors have asked a film festival not to screen a film on Iranian opposition protests during the visit, the festival's director said on Saturday."The film 'Green Days' has not been banned, but the censorship authorities have asked us to postpone the two screenings because of the Iranian president's visit," the Beirut International Film Festival's Colette Naufal told AFP.Makhamalbaf, 22, is the daughter of Mohsen Makhamalbaf, who is close to leading Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi whose supporters wore green as a sign of protest against what they said was a rigged election.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• France 'can't rule out' UN creation of Palestinian state.Foreign minister tells Palestinian paper France prefers two-state solution, but UN option also viable. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Sunday that the option of the UN Security Council creating a Palestinian state cannot be ruled out.Kouchner told the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam that France preferred a two-state solution to be negotiated with Israel, but said appealing to the Security Council to resolve the conflict remained a possibility."We want to be able to soon welcome the state of Palestine to the UN. This is the hope and the desire of the international community, and the sooner that can happen the better," he said."The international community cannot be satisfied with a prolonged deadlock. I therefore believe that one cannot rule out in principle the Security Council option," he said.My take on this:For a long time i've been saying what Obama's plans with Israel where,he never had any good intentions for Israel and will never have any.Mark my words he WILL IMPOSE A PEACEPLAN on Israel with the use of NATO troops probably Turkish or another Muslim country ,his only intention to destroy Israel as a state.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Chicken McHalal: McDonald's denied using halal meat... now it admits meat IS in one of its most popular meals.Fast-food giant McDonald's has admitted selling halal chicken without telling its customers. The poultry was used in popular menu items such as Chicken McNuggets and the McChicken Sandwich in its 1,200 British outlets.The admission comes three weeks after the company categorically denied to this newspaper that it used any halal meat. Now McDonald's has revealed that the firm that supplies its poultry, Cargill, produces halal chicken at one of its abattoirs.In a statement to The Mail on Sunday, McDonald's said: 'As a result of your enquiries, our investigation has confirmed that some halal chicken has entered our supply chain without our knowledge, and we apologise to our customers for this.In the case of McDonald's, a Muslim meat industry expert, who did not want to be identified, revealed that the fast-food firm sources its chicken from the Sun Valley abattoir in Hereford, which is owned by Cargill.The abattoir is certified by the Halal Food Authority (HFA) to sell chicken that is suitable for Muslims. A spokesman for Cargill said halal-slaughtering at Sun Valley had now stopped.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:Memri.Video:Former Iraqi Ambassador to the UN Muhammad Al-Douri Says the US Itself May Have Been Behind 9/11.See the whole story here.Click here for comments.

• Lattes, beach barbecues (and dodging missiles) in the world's biggest prison camp.It is lunchtime in the world's biggest prison camp, and I am enjoying a rather good caffe latte in an elegant beachfront cafe. Later I will visit the sparkling new Gaza Mall, and then eat an excellent beef stroganoff in an elegant restaurant. Perhaps it is callous of me to be so self-indulgent, but I think I at least deserve the coffee. I would be having a stiff drink instead, if only the ultra-Islamic regime hadn't banned alcohol with a harsh and heavy hand. Just an hour ago I was examining a 90ft-deep smuggling tunnel, leading out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt. This excavation, within sight of Egyptian border troops who are supposed to stop such things, is – unbelievably – officially licensed by the local authority as a 'trading project' (registration fee £1,600).Even in notorious Hebron in the south, famous for its massacres and its aggressive Israeli enclave, the mall culture is in evidence three miles from this seat of tension. And on the road from Hebron to Jerusalem stands a cut-price supermarket so cheap that Israeli settlers and Palestinians mingle happily at the cash tills.I might add that an Arab intellectual, sitting in a Gaza cafe, recalled for me the happy days when Gazan women used to wear short skirts (now they all wear shrouds and veils) and you could get a beer by the beach. But perhaps best of all was the comment of the Arab Israeli who mourned for 'the good old days before we had peace'. It may well be that no solution to the problem of Israel is possible, and that it will all end, perhaps decades from now, in a nuclear fireball.On the other hand it might be tomorrow?Death always comes when you don't expect him!Read the full story here.Click here for comments

• Outcry Over Rampant Jailing Of Journalists In Turkey.It reads like a morality tale emblematic of modern Turkey.In a rational world, the killing of Hrant Dink -- a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist and newspaper editor who was shot dead in 2007 -- should have been a wake-up call to democracy advocates in a country supposedly reforming to meet European Union membership standards.Instead, it has triggered an unfolding saga that illustrates in microcosm the dangers to life and liberty faced by Turkish journalists who dare to probe figures of authority.Richard Howitt, a British member of the European Parliament, says an improvement in how Turkey treats its journalists could be rewarded by an advancement of the country's EU membership negotiations, currently bogged down despite having recently past their fifth anniversary."It will do Turkey's membership ambitions good if reforms take place that ensure that human rights are fully respected," says Howitt, a member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee. "In the long run, if a free, independent, and pluralistic media is embedded within Turkey, that is going to advance Turkey's European ambitions, and I have to say, it's good for Turkey as a democracy itself."Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Senior German politician calls to stop Muslim immigration.Christian Democratic Union party leader stirs controversy following racial remarks; says 'we don’t need additional immigrants from 'foreign cultures'.Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CSU), which is a member of the coalition government in Germany, said in an interview to Focus magazine, "It is obvious that immigrants from Turkey and Arab countries face more difficulty integrating into German society than other immigrants.""In any case," Seehofer added," the conclusion is that we don’t need additional immigrants from 'foreign cultures'."Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:BacktoBasics.Decorated Lt. Colonel Lakin’s Trial May Be Precursor to Many More Under Sharia Law.In just a few days on October 13, 2010, U. S. Army Lt. Colonel Terrence Lakin, Chief of Primary Care and Flight Surgeon charged with caring for Army Chief of Staff General Casey’s pilots and air crew will stand to a military courts martial trial with charges consisting of “missing movement” and of refusing to obey orders to which he will plead “Not Guilty” because of his conviction that our Commander-in-Chief may be ineligible under the United States Constitution to serve in that highest of all offices.In my opinion, there is just one answer for all of this unnecessary, totally un-American behavior on the part of the military personnel assigned to try this brave and heroic American for asking what millions of other Americans, including myself, have been asking:“Show us the REAL Birth Certificate,” the so-called Commander in Chief has declared that it be so.Let’s get Lakin freed and put the real criminal in jail before Sharia law takes over.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• End To Currency Dispute Eludes Finance Ministers.Differences that threaten the outbreak of a currency war persisted after a weekend meeting of global finance ministers, who left without resolving what to do. They did agree, however, that the 187-nation International Monetary Fund was the organization best suited to deal with rising global currency tensions that risk overshadowing next month's summit meeting of the Group of 20 nations in South Korea.The G-20 includes traditional economic powers such as the United States and Europe along with fast-growing economies such as China, Brazil and India. Various nations are seeking to devalue their currencies as a way to increase exports and jobs during hard economic times. The concern is that such efforts could trigger a repeat of the trade wars that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s as country after country raises protectionist barriers to imported goods. "Currency disputes can easily become trade disputes," cautioned Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Turkey growing more popular for immigrants, but not problem-free.“Turkey is growing more popular around the world and more popular with immigrants and refugees. But a misconception that Turkey would draw more and more illegal immigrants if broader rights are provided for them is preventing the government from fully concentrating on the problems of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers,” stated Hayrettin Bulan, the head of the Konya-based Compassion Association (Şefkat-Der), a group that runs women’s and refugees’ shelters and works on behalf of oppressed peoples.Due to its geographical location, Turkey stands as a bridge for illegal immigrants to reach Europe. For this reason, the EU and Turkey are at odds over the growing number of illegal immigrants infiltrating European countries. The union believes that Turkey is not doing enough to tackle illegal immigration coming from the East. Turkey, on the other hand, claims that the EU is shying away from sharing the financial burden with Turkey and is not doing enough to coordinate immigration and resettlement policies with Ankara. It is estimated that every year almost 72,000 illegal immigrants go to Europe via Turkey.Turkey was among the drafters and original signatories of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; however, it is one of the few countries that continue to maintain a “geographical limitation” to the applicability of the convention. Hence, Turkey is not obligated to apply the convention to refugees coming from outside Europe. The EU is pressuring Turkey to lift the limitation as one of the many preconditions that Turkey must meet during the pre-accession period for EU membership.So you want to become part of the EU but the illegal immigrants are for Europe?Nice going Turkey!Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• HT:NewsRealBlog.Polling Conservative Bloggers On Their Preferred Presidential Candidates For 2012.Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on which candidate they’d support if the 2012 Republican primaries were today.The bloggers voted on three different groups of candidates. The first grouping included the big name candidates that were likely to run, the second asked which of those candidates the bloggers would be LEAST LIKELY to support, and the last list was expanded out to cover 20 candidates, including some that are currently considered unlikely to run.My Fav: Newt Gingrich with Sarah Palin to keep him going on those cold winter nights. Now, here are the results.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Largest U.S. Bank Halts Foreclosures in All States.Bank of America instituted a partial freeze last week in those 23 states, and three other major mortgage lenders have done the same. The bank’s decision on Friday increased pressure on other lenders to extend their moratoriums nationwide as well.An immediate effect of the action will be a temporary stay of execution for hundreds of thousands of borrowers in default. The bank said it would be brief, a mere pause while it made sure its methods were in order.But as the furor grows over lenders’ attempts to bypass legal rules in their haste to reclaim houses from delinquent owners, there is a growing expectation that foreclosures will dwindle for months as the foreclosure system is reworked.My take : This has been bothering me for the whole week in the MSM they make it look like a blessing from Heaven for the owners,i personally have another theory of what's really going on .Last week there was this little noticed news story brought to you by Reuters"Careful calibration of a U.S. dollar devaluation"hmmm....what would it mean to the banks if they wait to foreclose till the "Careful calibration of a U.S. dollar devaluation"has been done?Read the full story here and here.Click here for comments.

• The Muslim Brotherhood in America.(Part 12).The Muslim Brotherhood began its penetration of the United States in the 1950s. In 1953, Princeton University hosted a group of “prominent Muslims” for an “Islamic Colloquium.” Brotherhood delegates asked for and were granted a meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who agreed on the counsel of his defense and intelligence advisors, who saw it as an opportunity for the U.S. to influence the Muslim world and to use them against the Communists, who were on the ascendancy.One of the delegates at the meeting was the “Honorable Saeed Ramahdan, Delegate of the Muslim Brothers,” as described in the official White House documents. A now-declassified CIA document recording the events of the meeting described Ramadan as follows: “Ramadan seems to be a Fascist, interested in the grouping of individuals for power. He did not display many ideas except for those of the Brotherhood.”Read the full story here.Click here for comments.

• Jerusalem fears pressure on PM will increase in Nov.Government officials say US pressure aimed at halting settlement construction will increase after midterm elections; Arab League's Follow-up Committee set to convene in a month to review alternatives proposed by Abbas.The Arab League has given the US a month to pressure Israel into freezing construction in its West Bank settlements and jumpstart the peace negotiations, and officials in Jerusalem fear the pressure will increase in November, following the midterm elections.Senior officials said the Arab League's decision prevents the possibility that Israel would be blamed for the collapse of the peace talks, but one of them added, "The pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will increase with the conclusion of the midterm elections in the US."For more then 6 months i've been saying what Obama's plans with Israel were,he never had any good intentions for Israel and will never have any.Mark my words he WILL IMPOSE A PEACEPLAN on Israel with the use of NATO troops probaly Turkish or another Muslim country ,his only intention to destroy Israel as a state.Read the full story here.Click here for comments

• Nasrallah urges Lebanese to greet Ahmadinejad 'in masses'. Shiite group's leader calls on Iranian president to scrap plan to throw symbolic stone at Israeli side of border: 'I'll tell him he can throw something much larger'. VIDEO - The Shiite militant group Hezbollah on Saturday called for a mass turnout to welcome Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he arrives on a two-day official visit to Lebanon next week."We call on you to welcome President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday all along the airport road," the group's Al-Manar television broadcast over a picture of a smiling Iranian leader.Read the full story here.Click here for comments.