MFS - The Other News

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• Obama wants DREAM Act in lame duck.In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last week she plans to bring the measure to the floor before the end of the year. Democrats are eager to address the concerns of Latino voters who have been disappointed that Congress hasn’t passed a bill with a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. But Latinos still turned out on Nov. 2, supporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), among other candidates. And Gutierrez said he reminded Obama that Latinos were a key voting bloc. “We did tell him that there’s a gentleman named Bennet in Colorado, and a gentleman named Reid, and a gentle lady named Boxer,” Gutierrez aid. “Give them a ring.”Hmmm....it's pretty obvious he has no respect for what the American people wants,Americans have never had such a hostile President.Read the full story here.

• Boehner Challenges Constitutionality of Health Reform Law.Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, R-Ohio, filed an amicus brief Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the health care law passed by Democrats earlier this year.“ObamaCare is a job-killer, and our economy simply cannot afford this unprecedented, unconstitutional power grab by the federal government,” Boehner stated Tuesday evening. “That is why Republicans will continue standing with the American people and fighting to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with better solutions put forth in the Pledge to America to lower health care costs and protect American jobs.”In the brief, Boehner says that the Obama Administration has distorted the Constitution to increase congressional power, which in turn compromises the integrity of the legislative process, and undermines accountability to the American people.Republican aides privately speculate that Boehner could use the first bill of the next session of Congress to repeal health care.Read the full story here.

• Since the TSA molested my family, why doesn’t Obama volunteer to subject his family to the same security procedures?So here’s my not-so-modest proposal: If the President’s Homeland Security department is so adamant that this is the absolute best way to prevent terrorism, I think the President and his family should voluntarily submit to one of the new invasive pat down procedures. I know the Obamas don’t fly commercial at all these days, so they should probably get a pretty good idea what the rest of us are putting up with.All of America will to see the TSA handling the President’s crown jewels. Then a rubber-gloved federal agent will run his hands all over his wife and daughter’s privates while he watches. Then I want him to turn to the camera and tell all of America that this is no big deal and we should all be good citizens and comply with the necessary security procedures.Read the full story here.

• Meteor Fireball Explodes Over Netherlands.A fireball meteor zipped across the Netherlands sky Tuesday evening before exploding in to the North Sea, an expert says.The Netherlands just escaped a natural disaster from a meteor. Many Dutch people in the Netherlands witnessed a large "fireball" meteor in the sky. In the north people heard a bang and saw flashes. Also on Twitter people reported on the phenomenon.About one hundred reports have been received from people who have seen the fireball. From the north of the Netherlands there are reports of people who heard rumblings when the meteor passed by and buildings were shaking.Several pictures of the fireball meteor have been posted on the internet.The meteor exploded over northern Netherlands and the North Sea and caused an explosion that made shock waves.Comment :"We were driving somewhere near Breda (from Belgium) and just in front of us, slightly to the right, saw a clear and very bright flash with a long tail, then 3-4 small parts fell down. The time was around 17.00, still bright sun and blue sky. I realised that it was meteor straight away, as the flash was very big and its tail quite long, so it was clear that something penetrated the Earth atmosphere."Read the full story here.

• Turkish PM says command of missile shield system "to be in our hands".Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said NATO was the center of the missile shield issue, and it was a step to be taken within the framework of NATO."If missile shield system is thought to be installed in our territories, its command should definitely be in our hands, otherwise it is impossible for us to accept such a thing," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul as he returned from South Korea and Bangladesh.Erdogan said Turkish Armed Forces was working on the issue, and the system would be debated in the NATO Summit to take place in Lisbon on November 19-20.To say it with the words of General Tony McAuliffe "NUTS"!You don't give the keys of your defence to your potential enemy their friends.Get Turkey out of NATO NOW!Read the full treason story here.

• Former Iranian fighter pilot: 'Ahmadinejad incites war'.Iran has a nuclear military plan and intends to acquire atomic weapons, a former Iranian air force lieutenant said in an interview broadcast on Channel 10 news Tuesday night.Bahazad Masawi, a former fighter pilot who defected from Iran and is in hiding in Paris, said: “Ahmadinejad creates terror and incites war in the area. This is not good for the Iranian people. Ahmadinejad makes the situation in Iran and in the entire region worse.”Masawi expressed regret in the interview for Iran’s support for Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations.“All of the state’s money finances terrorism; the Islamic regime in Iran is the biggest supporter of terrorism in the world. Everyone knows this,” he added.Speaking about the regime, the pilot said, “One young man comes out and speaks against the Iranian regime, shouting in the streets, ‘Death to the dictatorship,’ and then they arrest him, rape him, imprison him and then kill him.“This is called a dictatorial regime. This is not a just regime.”Israeli intelligence assessments conclude that Iran will continue to enrich uranium at low levels, as it is currently doing, and then – when it believes the price it will pay internationally will be low – it will go to the breakout stage and begin enriching to higher levels required for a nuclear weapon.During his meetings with Mullen as well as with Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, Ashkenazi is also expected to discuss Israeli concerns with the current military buildup in the region, recently highlighted by US plans to sell $60 billion worth of advanced military equipment to Saudi Arabia, including 84 F-15 fighter jets and JDAM smart bombs.The IDF is primarily concerned with the sale of the JDAMs to the Saudis.Hmmmm....according to Turkey...Iran is no threat!Read the full story here.

• US concerned over Saudi weapon deal's impact on Israel.House members seek conditions to prevent arms being used against Israel; 198 representatives voice complaints about Saudi policies. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is demanding more assurances from the Obama administration that a record $60 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia won’t give the kingdom new military capabilities that threaten Israel.In a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, 198 representatives voiced a range of complaints about Saudi policies, and said they “would like to know how these sales will affect Israel’s qualitative military edge.”The group of lawmakers raising questions included both liberal and conservative members, and the letter faulted several Saudi policies. They complained that Riyadh has not moved to normalize relations with Israel, has lagged on financial support to the Palestinian Authority and has not done enough to try to pressure Iran to curtail its nuclear weapons program.Hmmmm....finally someone with a brain in charge?Read the full story here.

• Germany fears terror attacks.Interior minister bolsters security for trains, airports due to 'concrete indications' of planned attacks.Germany has raised the level of security including at train stations and airports in response to concrete indications of terrorist attacks being planned at the end of this month, the interior minister said on Wednesday. "The security situation in Germany has become more serious," the minister, Thomas de Maiziere, told a news conference. "We have concrete indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November."Read the full story here.

• Likud Min. Landau: US Demanding Much More Than 3-Month Freeze. Contrary to reports in the media that portray the U.S. as giving Israel a “package” of “benefits” for another three months of building freeze in Judea and Samaria, Washington is actually demanding a lot more for its largesse – far more than Israel can safely agree to, said Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau.According to Landau, the conditions for the deal are far different than those being portrayed in the Israeli media, which is telling Israelis that in exchange for a “small” Israeli gesture of an additional three month freeze. “Here too, with the Obama promises, we must see the structure of the deal – and you see that the Americans are demanding that we come to a full agreement with the PA in order for the benefits to kick in,"Landau explained. "You only get the benefits in the event of a final-status agreement – only when everything is over.” Given the history of Israel-PA negotiations, the likelihood of that happening is “very low,” he added.Perhaps even worse, Landau said, the understandings between Israel and the United States – which included American opposition to a unilaterally declared PA state – are apparently no longer extant, and have instead been turned into a “sword of Damocles,” to be held over the head of Israel.“Until now, it was understood that the U.S. would veto” sanctions against Israel, or a non-negotiated settlement of the Middle East conflict. Apparently that has changed, Landau said. “The veto was promised and taken as a matter of course, as long as progress was being made and negotiations were continuing. No 'gestures' were required to expect it. Now, the American veto is being used as a threat against our negotiators, pressuring them to surrender our positions. If in a year there is no deal – and it's unlikely there will be – the threat will descend like a sword on our heads, and the U.S. will blame us” and vote against Israel, Landau said.“That's why the Likud is presenting this deal as a 'honey trap.' They are right, but we're much more likely to fall into the trap than to enjoy any honey,” Landau added.Hmmmm....would any sain man blame them for not trusting this "deal"?No matter what happens Obama will vote against Israel,so why bother?Read the full story here.

• HT:EyeOntheWorld.12-Year-Old Islamic Thug (Arsalan Skittles) threatens another for supporting British Army.13-year-old Darius Gill goes to Sidney Stringer Academy in Coventry, a predominately Islamic area which has 4 mosques within 300 metres of the school. Well, half-cast Darius (his father is a Muslim) offended his fellow school mates because on his Facebook page he posted a tribute to British servicemen serving in Afghanistan. Well, Allah's little learners didn't like how one of their own could support and defend his fellow countrymen, so, like the little victims they all are, they posted the following acerbic comments on his Facebook page (remember, these are 12-year-old children).”Fight on Monday gonna be heavy knuckle dusters nd knifes hopefully I don’t die.” Another added: ”ill bang him ma slef am a terrorist.”Islam the religion of peace.Read the full story here.

• The shocking image that reveals Haiti's torment: Desperate and naked woman collapses on cholera-stricken streets.Naked and destitute, she lies curled on one side, arms pulled protectively to her chest.But despite appearing the manifestation of human misery, no-one stops to even give her a second glance on the devastated streets of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.Still reeling from the earthquake, struggling against a cholera outbreak which has claimed 1,000 lives, Haiti's citizens are consumed simply by their own survival.Hmmm...Can you hear the world's outcry?Where have all the funds gone to,that the world so generously donated?Where are they,WHO has them?Read the full story here.

• Increasing tension between Muslims and Copts. Burned houses, battle over church.Muslims set fire to ten houses and a shop in southern Egypt. In Talby, near the Pyramids, hundreds of Coptic Christians patrol the land for a church whose construction was opposed by fundamentalists.A love story between a young Christian and a Muslim girl has sparked violence in a small town 465 km south of Cairo, security forces intervened to take control of the situation and prevent that the violence spreading to nearby towns. Several people were arrested. The attacks were launched after a young Copt and a Muslim girl were seen together at night in the village cemetery. Both are now under police custody. After the intervention of the police, and after the local religious leaders appealed to the faithful of the two communities, peace returned. Clashes between Christians and Muslims are not uncommon in southern Egypt, many over issues of land, or because of the construction of churches. In recent months, however, the clashes have begun to spread in the capital.More than a million Copts live in the Talbiya, without even a church, and must travel several km every Sunday to attend religious services. The area is full of mosques built without permission, say the Copts, but when it comes to Christians, it takes years to obtain the necessary permits, and then the authorities find some excuse to stop everything. "When they saw the dome of the church, the Muslims went mad," said one of Christian leaders. And when they learned of the construction of the church, they began to throw garbage. A jihadi forum "Atahadi" (Challenge) which is said to have connections with Al Qaeda, published a story on its website called: "Images of the church building at the pyramids, and how to demolish it." And it said: "An easy and effective way which does not need weapons or explosives: just pour t sugar into the moulds of the columns, because the sugar chemically reacts with cement and sand".Hmmmm.....Obama "Islam is a great Religion".Read the full story here.

• Archbishop of Mosul warns of change in strategy in attacks on Christians.The United Nations should "put pressure on the Iraqi government," therefore investigate attacks and killings "in depth", says Mgr. George Basile Casmoussa, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul. With the murder of two Christians, in their own homes, we are witnessing an escalation of attacks against the Christian minority in Iraq. Families are leaving the country.On November 15, in Mosul, two other men were killed in their homes. According to the statements of police, some unknown persons broke into homes and gunned them down with automatic weapons before fleeing. The victims were Nabil Ghanem and Nashwan Khoder, both 36 years old. The first, Syrian Catholic, worked for the provincial unit of the organization to combat corruption, the second, a carpenter of Armenian origin.This latest attack - a real execution- seems to indicate a different strategy in the attacks against Christians. We are asking the United Nations to seriously discuss the issue of Iraqi Christians. To send a real commission for an inquiry. To put pressure on the Iraqi government to ensure attention and the highest security to churches and Christian villages. And to pursue the murderers, to the very end.Hmmm....the Islamic Nations United Nations seem to busy hammering Israel,to protect Christians or basic human rights.Read the full story here.

• If you won't submit to screening, you won't fly, TSA says.Airline passengers who object to any type of physical screening are not going to fly anywhere, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told a congressional committee Tuesday.Quizzed by lawmakers about a controversial new airport procedure that uses revealing full-body scan machines and intimate "pat-downs" of those who object or set off alarms, TSA Administrator John S. Pistole appealed to the flying public to become "partners" in the effort to combat terrorism. But Pistole told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that his inspectors at 453 of the nation's airports are not going to back down in the face of complaints that techniques are invasive.Asked by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) about groups that objected to all forms of search on religious grounds, Pistole was unambiguous: "While we respect that person's beliefs, that person's not going to get on an airplane."Read the full story here. More here.

• HT:NewZeal. Video : Allen West on How to Defeat Radical islam.Lt Col Allen West is a freshman Republican congressman from Florida.Here he explains how to defeat radical Islam.How often do you hear a politician speak this plainly and honestly?Read and see the full story here.

• HT:BacktoBasics.Harry Reid’s amnesty bill must be crushed, says philanthropist.When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced low poll numbers and the threat of being replaced by a Republican on November 2, he quickly promised Latinos in Nevada that he would push for the DREAM Act, which would be a surreptitious amnesty program for illegal aliens.It is believed this promise brought out droves of Hispanics to vote for him and many observers suspect some of them were illegal aliens.Now that Harry Reid has been re-elected, if he proposes an amnesty bill — as he promised during his campaign – in the lame duck session of congress, the consequences of this will be disastrous for unemployed Americans and must be crushed, according to the Coalition to Protect American Workers founder Henry Buhl, a philanthropist, community activist and art collector residing in New York.Buhl’s organization is the only full time humanitarian alternative to Federal detention and deportation for illegal immigrants. CPAW pays illegal immigrants seeking voluntary repatriation to return home.”There are currently between 4-6 million illegal immigrants working in the United States,” Buhl says. “A successful amnesty bill will take away desperately needed jobs for Americans at lower prices.” CPAW does not propose voluntary repatriation as a solution to the “intractable” illegal immigration problem. It is a solution for people who want to go home and for those who want to avoid costly federal detention and deportation proceedings. In fact, privately funded repatriation can be achieved typically at less than 10 percent of full federal detention and deportation costs. This is a savings to the American taxpayer and affords a more dignified departure from America for the illegal immigrant.Hmmm....to the Obama administration it's not about the illegal immigrants or the American unemployed ,but about votes to remain in power.Read the full story here.

• HT:MichelleMalkin.Dude, Where’s My Obamacare Waiver?More than one million Americans have escaped the clutches of the Democrats’ destructive federal health care law. Lucky them. Their employers and labor representatives wisely applied for Obamacare waivers earlier this fall and got out while the getting was good.Now it’s time for Congress to create a permanent escape hatch for the rest of us. Repeal is the ultimate waiver.As you’ll recall, President Obama promised repeatedly that if Americans liked their health insurance plan, they could keep it. “Nobody is talking about taking that away from you,” the cajoler-in-chief assured. What he failed to communicate to low-wage and part-time workers across the country is that they could keep their plans—only if their companies begged hard enough for exemptions from Obamacare’s private insurance-killing regulations.According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website, at least 111 waivers have now been granted to companies, unions and other organizations of all sizes who offer affordable health insurance or prescription drug coverage with limited benefits. Obamacare architects sought to eliminate those low-cost plans under the guise of controlling insurer spending on executive salaries and marketing.It’s all about control. If central planners can’t dictate what health benefits qualify as “good,” what plans qualify as “affordable” and how health care dollars are best spent, then nobody can. The ultimate goal, of course: precipitating a massive shift from private to government insurance.Hmmmm...more important what did they promise to get the waiver?Read the full story here.

• Massive support for Kerala lecturer whose hands were chopped off by Muslim fundamentalists.Kerala lecturer T J Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by fundamentalists four months ago for allegedly insulting the Prophet in a question paper, made his first public appearance at an event on Tuesday. The function was organized by colleagues and Left-leaning intellectuals to express solidarity to him. Joseph said he was touched by the support he has received from various quarters."Neither the brutal attack on me nor my dismissal from service has weakened my resolve. It is the love and blessings of well-wishers that has moistened my eyes," he said.The lecturer is now fighting a legal battle against the Newman College management which dismissed him from service for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Despite the huge public outcry, the college management has refused to reconsider its decision.Read the full story here.

• HT:EmergingCorruption.Gadsden Flag License Plates: A Nationwide Movement?We are on a roll. The great resurgence of American patriotism fueled by the Tea Party revolt made its voice heard this November 2nd. Not only did the corrupt Democrat Congress suffer a big reversal, but more importantly, Republicans won the largest majority of state houses they have had since 1928, and made a net gain of ten governorships, now holding a majority of 29 to 18. This is critical to the redistricting that will determine Party control for the next ten years, and is a serious setback for the Left.In keeping with the Tea Party’s spirit of resistance and freedom, you may soon be able to express your defiance with a Gadsden Flag license plate.O’Bannon told me yesterday that the bill just got a boost from Del. William Howell, Speaker of the Virginia House, who asked to be a co-patron. According to an article in the Virginia Pilot, VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s spokesperson said he “loves the idea and would put the plates on his car.” Cuccinelli is one of the 22 state AGs suing the Obama administration to challenge Obamacare in court.Read the full story here.

• Iranian President Removed As Central Bank Board Chairman. The Iranian parliament has passed a law removing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad from the post of chairman of the General Assembly of Iran's Central Bank, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.The legislation passed on November 14 also divests Ahmadinejad of the authority to appoint the Central Bank's governor and deputy governor.The remaining members of the Central Bank's General Assembly are currently the minister of economic affairs and finance, the head of the State Management and Planning Organization, the minister of commerce, and one more minister to be selected by the Council of Ministers.Under the new arrangement, the members will include seven economists, plus the chief prosecutor and the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines. IRNA quoted Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the legislator who proposed the bill, as saying one of the reasons for the changes in the Central Bank management is that some Western countries have tried to confiscate the bank's assets as government assets. For that reason, "Iran's Central Bank should be independent from the government," Bahonar reasoned. Read the full story here.

• HT:MuslimsAgainstSharia.STOP PRESS : Will you help this anti-Jihadist movie?Script of the anti-Jihadist full length feature film BLACK is now ready! We are planning to start filming of BLACK during end December. In this regard, we are already finalizing the signing process of artistes, who would play various roles in this movie. At least 75 people will work in this film.Main objective of BLACK is to very prominently and boldly project how Muslim fanatics and Jihadists are gradually becoming active and influential in Muslim societies. It also gives a clear picture of Hindu repression in Muslim Bangladesh.BLACK challenges various Koranic verses, which goes against humanity, especially those verses, which are in favor of waging Jihad against non-Muslims. It also shows sodomy inside Madrassas; how students in Madrassas are brainwashed with Jihadist indoctrinations; adverse affect of polygamy as well repression of Muslim women; abduction and forceful conversion of Bangladeshi Hindu females etc.Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri.Video : Israeli MK Hanin Zoabi: Israeli President Shimon Peres Is Not My President, While with PA President Mahmoud Abbas I Have Political Disagreements.Read and see the full story here.

• Food Safety Bill Seen As Threat to Small Farms. A far-reaching food safety bill that could give the government more power to prevent foodborne illnesses has become a target of those who advocate buying locally produced food.They worry the legislation's safety requirements could force small farms out of business.The opposition of these "locavores" -- advocates for buying food directly from the farm or closer to home -- and owners of small farms has become a sticking point in the Senate, which was to vote Wednesday on whether to consider the bill.Supporters will need 60 votes to proceed on the bill because Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has objected, saying the legislation's $1.4 billion cost isn't paid for.While the bill is designed to give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over the nation's food supply, opponents say it could bankrupt some small farms that don't have the means to comply with new standards the bill would impose.Read the full story here.

• And now for something completely different !Richard Branson to work as air hostess after losing bet.Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson will don a striking red skirt and play a stewardess on a rival airline AirAsia flight after he lost a bet with the company's owner.Branson lost a friendly bet to AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes as his Formula One Virgin Racing team ended behind Lotus Racing in the overall team rankings."We want him to shave his legs. We are going to try and get him to shave his legs and wear some make-up," The Star quoted Fernandes, the Indian-origin chief of the Malaysian budget airline, as saying Wednesday.If Richard is sporting, so is Tony. He is prepared to make a concession to his British friend as he seeks his pound of flesh.Branson, who has already received his AirAsia badge and uniform for the Kuala Lumpur-London charity flight, has been a good sport about the whole deal, added Fernandes.The budget airlines owners had wagered the friendly bet at the start of the Formula One (F1) season in March.Although neither won the race, Lotus Racing finished 10th while Virgin Racing came in last (12th).Both Branson and Fernandes are big names in the world of civil aviation. Both are knighted in their respective countries. If Branson is Sir Richard, Fernandes has the Malaysian equivalent, Datuk Seri.A nervous Branson was looking for loopholes to get out of shaving his legs, one report said.The date of the Kuala Lumpur-London AirAsia flight has yet to be set, but seats will be auctioned off and the money given to Branson's chosen charity.Read the full story here.