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• Talks fail to end Egypt protests.Pro-democracy protests continue at Tahrir Square, a day after government held talks with opposition to end turmoil.Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for the fourteenth consecutive day, showing no signs of being appeased by talks held a day earlier between the government and opposition groups.People seeking President Hosni Mubarak's immediate ouster were still camped out in the square on Monday while life was slowly getting back to normal in other parts of the Egyptian capital following a fortnight of turmoil.Some analysts have called the Muslim Brotherhood's participation in the dialogue a major concession. The group had initially refused to participate in any negotiations unless Mubarak resigns.But Essam El-Erian, a member of the MB, Egypt's largest opposition group, told Al Jazeera that it has to participate "in any dialogue that can meet the demands of the people".Barack Obama, the US president, made new remarks on the political situation in Egypt after the meeting. He told the US television network Fox that Egyptians would not permit a repressive government to fill the Mubarak void, adding that the Muslim Brotherhood is only one faction in Egypt."But here's the thing that we have to understand, there are a whole bunch of secular folks in Egypt, there are a whole bunch of educators and civil society in Egypt that want to come to the fore as well."So it's important for us not to say that our own only two options are either the Muslim Brotherhood or a suppressed people."Our correspondent in Cairo said the pro-democracy protesters were still not pleased with Obama's stance on the crisis."Protesters tell me Obama still hasn't come up with any statement that they want to hear," he said."They want immediate change and the feeling among many of them is that the way US is handling this crisis is not good for the way America is perceived both here and in general in the wider region."Hmmmm......Trust me a lot of Americans don't like how Obama handles the events.Read the full story here.

• ElBaradei: The Israelis Have A Peace Treaty With Mubarak, Not With The Egyptian People.Mohamed ElBaradei, one of the key leaders of Egypt's protest movement, has brought his country's peace treaty with Israel into doubt in an interview with Der Spiegel.

SPIEGEL: Are you now saying that a government that included participation by the Muslim Brotherhood would continue on with Mubarak's policies toward Israel?

ElBaradei: No. Something the Israelis also need to grasp is that it's impossible to make peace with a single man. At the moment, they have a peace treaty with Mubarak, but not one with the Egyptian people. The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state.

SPIEGEL: And, last but not least, do you think you will be Egypt's next president?

ElBaradei: That's not what I'm striving for. But if people's expectations are directed toward me, I will also not disappoint them. I would like to remain independent and maintain a certain distance -- both from the Muslim Brotherhood and US policy.Hmmmmm.......When it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck ,then chances are it is a duck?Read the full fairytale story here.

• Mubarak offered refuge in Germany.German parliamentarians have agreed to allow the out-of-favor Egyptian president into Germany for an extended health checkup as anti-Mubarak protests enter their 14th day. Legislators from Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition and their Free Democratic partners welcomed the idea to give President Hosni Mubarak what they called a face-saving way to leave power. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, however, refused to comment on the issue during a speech on a local German television. Westerwelle said the government would not make any speculation on such crucial matters. This comes after US media reported that Mubarak would depart for Germany as part of an exit strategy to allow the transition of power in Egypt. The deputy head of the Germany's Left Party, Jan van Aken, earlier said there were images showing German-made weapons being used by the Mubarak regime against protesters. The US is sending warships and other military assets to Egypt as anti-government protests gain momentum. Two US warships have already arrived in the Red Sea, one of which is carrying up to 800 troops. Officials in Washington say the US is preparing for a possible evacuation of Americans from Egypt.Meanwhile, the Pentagon has denied contemplating military intervention in Egypt. It stressed that sending American warships solely serves the purpose of evacuating US citizens in the event that the situation deteriorates.Meanwhile, Egypt's main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has hailed the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for supporting the Egyptian revolution. A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Kamal al-Halbavi expressed his gratitude towards Ayatollah Khamenei and all those who backed the Egyptian revolution. Al-Halbavi added that as many political parties are active in Egypt, the national constitution should change to let people choose their parliamentary representatives.Al-Halbavi added that the nation's will must be respected even if they decide to establish an Islamic government.Hmmmm......"If they decide to establish an Islamic government"Well i did not expect a Jewish-Roman Catholic Government from you guys!Read the full story here.

• HT:CanadaFreePress.Obama linked to Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.President Barack Obama's connection to a key player in the Egyptian rebellion: the radical Islamic group known as the Muslim Brotherhood.While the news media continue its Egyptian-uprising coverage, most of the denizens of U.S. newsrooms are turning a blind eye to President Barack Obama’s connection to a key player in the Egyptian rebellion: the radical Islamic group known as the Muslim Brotherhood which co-sponsored last year’s disasterous “Gaza Aid Flotilla.” The organizer of the blockade-busting action was a known radical group called Free Gaza. The “Free Gaza” flotilla was far more than a collection of innocent “peace activists” trying to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, as they were portrayed by most news organizations.Free Gaza sponsored the flotilla that engaged in deadly clashes with Israeli special forces troops and among its members were Weather Underground founders William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn—who perpetrated a series of terrorist attacks—as well as Jodie Evans, the leader of the radical activist organization Code Pink. Besides the U.S. radicals, Islamic groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood contributed to the flotilla.As is well-known in the United States, Ayers and Dohrn were close associates of President Obama for years in Chicago. Meanwhile, Jodie Evans was a fundraiser and financial bundler for Obama’s presidential campaign. In fact, one of Obama’s fundraisers was held in the home of Ayers and Dohrn.Evans later worked on Attorney General Jerry Brown’s successful run for the governorship of California.“Ayers’ and Dohrn’s continued activities appear to elude the attention of the people responsible for reporting the news without bias. They are terrorists, plain and simple, so why would anyone be surprised to discover their connection to an anti-Semitic organization that supports terror groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brother and even al-Qaeda?” asks former New York Police detective Michael Snopes.Obama supporters in the midst of discussion regarding the current Egyptian civil unrest are claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a terrorist organization and that its members are not major players in the Egyptian protests and uprising. They also claim there are no connections between the Obama administration and radical Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood, in spite of the activities of Ayers, Dohrn and Evans, who are known associates of the U.S. President.“If the House Republicans, who are now the majority, wish to investigate the current administration and its abysmal performance on national security incidents, they should start with the President’s relationship with far-left radicals and Islamic fascists,” said Det. Snopes.Hmmmm......Hellooooooo......Issa?Read the full story here.

• HT:EU Observer.Turkey clarifies 'fascist' EU claim. BRUSSELS - The European Commission has said Turkish EU affairs Minister Egemen Bagıs could have been "better chosen" his words after he used a Holocaust commemoration event in Auschwitz to say the EU risks emulating "fascist methods of [the] 1930s".On Thursday (3 February) a spokeswoman for EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule said Mr Bagis later gave clarifications by phone after his initial comments raised eyebrows in Brussels and further afield."Minister Bagis explained to the commissioner that his words were intended to express his concern at the rising role of some extremist groups in the EU and ... that this could contribute to a potential lessening of tolerance towards minorities," said Natasha Butler. Rising intolerance in the EU and the efforts of Turkish diplomats to save the lives of Jews being persecuted by the Nazi regime were among the topics raised by Mr Bagis is his controversial speech on Tuesday. "The EU, founded in order to eliminate the threats of that period to peace, is today under the risk of being overtaken by a racist mentality that cannot internalise its own values and emulates the fascist methods of 1930s," he told an audience inside the former German concentration camp. "Unfortunately today Turkey and the Turkish people in Europe bear the consequences of being different... Turkish people, implicitly or openly, are being told this: 'You are different and you have no place among us.'""The best response to these people would be to support and adopt the values of the European Union and principles of democracy more. The only remedy for this distorted mentality is Turkey's accession to the EU."Hmmmm....."Turkey is comparing not allowing Turkey into the EU with the Holocaust, while they themselves deny the Armenian Genocide"Read the full story here.

• Mubarak may not be able to step down soon: Clinton.Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not be able to quit his post as early as being demanded by the protesters as the transition process will take some time to roll out.Clinton described Mubarak's assurance of not running for the presidency again and the dialogue on constitutional reform initiated in the country as "significant actions" but said if Mubarak resigns immediately, presidential election would have to be held in 60 days under the Egyptian constitution.Referring to the Egyptian constitution, she said if the President were to resign, he would be succeeded by the Speaker of the house and presidential elections would have to be held in 60 days, and suggested that this is too short a time to arrive at final constitutional reforms."Now, the Egyptians are the ones who are having to grapple with the reality of what they must do. And maybe I misheard it, but on CNN this morning... one of the leaders in the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al-Baradei, they were saying, 'Well, it's going to take time. Now, that's not us saying it, it's them saying it," she said.Hmmmm.......Somebody realised that it's going to blowup in their faces?Read the full story here.

• HT:BusinessInsider.Senior US Marine Says "Multiple Platoons" Are Headed To Egypt.A senior member of the US Marine corps is telling people "multiple platoons" are deploying to Egypt, a source tells us. There is a system within the US Marines that alerts the immediate families of high-ranking marines when their marine will soon be deployed to an emergency situation where they will not be able to talk to their spouses or families.That alert just went out, says our source.This senior Marine told our source that the Pentagon will deploy "multiple platoons" to Egypt over the next few days and that the official reason will be ‘to assist in the evacuation of US citizens."Our source was told that "the chances they were going over there went from 70% yesterday to 100% today."Hmmmmm............."That the official reason will be..."How about unofficially?Read the full story here.

• HT:IsraelMatzav.Video : 'A new position every 12 hours'.For those of you who have been having a hard time keeping score at home, ABC News' Jake Tapper walks us through the evolving White House positions on Egypt over the past two weeks.Read and see the full story here.

• Turkey's AKP following wrong Iran, Israel policies, says CHP expert.Foreign policy under a Republican People’s Party, or CHP, government will be less divisive than that of the present administration, according to the party’s new vice-chairman on foreign relations.While the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has made some strides in the foreign policy realm, it has pursued bad policies vis-a-vis Israel, Iran and the European Union, said Osman Korutürk, a career diplomat now tasked with directing the CHP’s foreign policy.Foreign policy under a Republican People’s Party, or CHP, government will be less divisive than that of the present administration, according to the party’s new vice-chairman on foreign relations.“What was good about our relations with Israel in the past was that behind closed doors, we openly talked about mistakes. As a result of our direct contacts, we were able to warn them. If you raise your objections behind closed doors, you are reacted to differently and with sincerity,” Korutürk said. “But if you do this on TV, they get defensive and things get out of hand.”As a result of the AKP’s failure to act discreetly, Turkey’s position has been shaken, he said. “Today, if we go back to mediation between Syria and Israel, do we have a chance to do so? No, we don’t. Israel sees us as a [biased] party. So, others are involved in mediating.”Touching on Iran, Korutürk said although they had different regimes, the two countries’ relations were based on mutual respect. “This should be maintained. But at the same time, we should be able to say it loud and clear if we believe Iran is making a mistake.”Instead of voting against new sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council, Turkey could have abstained, said Korutürk.“We, as Turkey, are always against embargos. But our discourse seen as advocating the Iranian view has caused reservations among our Western partners as to whether we are actually changing our direction,” he said.Hmmmm......Erdogan and Ahmadinejad two hands on one belly!Read the full story here.

• HT:BloggersBase."Democracy" at all costs".The modern elitist crowd is one of moral relativism and short sightedness. There inability or unwillingness to face fact and deal with truth is why the Western World is in the mess it is is. Acting purely on emotion and ideas, no matter how faulty, they create confusion, consternation, frustration, and anger. American politicians claim that Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak needs to listen to his people while Barack Obama ignores his. Politicians have lived up to the disgust and hatred people have had for them for years. Worse yet, they don't seem to care about how they are viewed. They continue forward with their lies and manipulations and people keep voting for them. In the end, the liars in office are the fault of the people at, or not at, the polls.Barack Obama went to Cairo and gave a speech that basically blamed America and the West for everything that is going wrong in the Middle East and other islamic nations. Not once did he attempt to place blame on their own ignorant hatred for their problems. This is Obama's view of the world. When things go wrong, it isn't the fault of the person that caused it, you have to be able to blame someone else. He does, why should everyone?The change Obama was wanting is in the process of happening. The World is about to become a more dangerous place. Leftists and islamists are in the same court and the leftists refuse to acknowledge that. Thew islamists will use them until they finally get what they want and then the leftists will be decimated. The look of surprise on their faces as they are sent to the gulags will not create sympathy. They are seen now, as they will then, as the cowards they truly are.The Bush doctrine of spreading democracy may have been a noble idea but is a travesty when put into practice. There is a big war coming. It will involve Western Democracy versus islamic "democracy". The stronger willed will win. As of right now, the will favors the islamists.Hmmmm.....Thanks to Obama the Chances of WW III have become a near future reality!Read the full story here.

• HT:ExposeTheMedia.Bye-Bye Bounce: Rassmussen 40% Strongly Disapprove Of Obama.The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17. Since passing legislation to allow the current tax rates to remain the same, Obama had enjoyed elevated approval ratings. It appears that when Obama abandons his leftist ways and pursues centrist or conservative policies, his numbers improve. If he gets this message, he might be able to dig himself up enough votes next year to get reelected. Something to watch for over the next couple of months.Rasmussen notes that the decline coincides with events unfolding in Egypt. I would say Obama’s WTF State of the Union address probably had something to do with it too. All that “investment” talk did not really fool anybody.Hmmmmm........The ones who still aprove of him ,better get an urgent appointment with their GP they might be braindead soon!Read the full story here.

• Rep. Bachmann blasts Obama, Democrats during GOP dinner in Helena.HELENA -U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., drew prolonged, loud cheers and laughs in her speech Saturday night at a Republican dinner as she praised Rep. Denny Rehberg and tore into Democratic President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Bachmann, a leading speaker on the Republican banquet circuit and founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, said the federal debt was "a heart-palpitating $8 trillion" when Pelosi, a California Democrat, became speaker of the House. It grew to $14 trillion in four years."There was a reason why we had to take the House of Representatives back," she said of the 2010 election. "We had to. We had to. And we did."With Obama in the midst of his "reign of error," she said, the Congressional Budget Office projects that if the president is re-elected - "and by the way, that will not happen" - by the end of his term, the United States will be $20 trillion in debt.She also blasted Obama's environmental, national security and foreign policies"My opinion is we can't shut this president down fast enough," Bachmann said to loud cheers.Hmmmmm.......Actions speak louder then words.Read the full story here.

• Fee revolt: Muslim Students 'mutiny' on Ryanair flight in Spain.Spanish police removed 100 students after they "mutinied" over bag fees this weekend on a Ryanair flight in the Canary Islands.The Irish Examiner sets the scene, writing : Anger erupted on the (Saturday) flight to Charleroi in Belgium after a passenger was stopped at the boarding gate and asked to pay extra for a piece of (over)-sized luggage he was carrying.When the passenger objected, friends who had already passed through the gate came to his defense and scores more joined in as the dispute escalated.Spanish officials say the flight was preparing to take off from the Lanzarote airport when one of the flight's pilots radioed police and asked for their assistance, according to The Scotsman newspaper.In a statement, Ryanair confirms "Lanzarote police required the entire aircraft be offloaded, each passenger identified. Following further disruptive behavior, the police required for security reasons that this entire group be refused travel."Only 64 passengers were allowed to re-board the flight, according to the various media reports. "The rest had to find other carriers or spend the night on Lanzarote," according to the Scotsman.The BBC adds "some of the students -- from the University of Brussels -- were later able to find alternative flights, but about 70 were still stuck on Lanzarote on Sunday evening."Hmmm.....I wonder what would have happened If they would have pulled this at a US Airport?Read the full story here.Ht IslamInEurope.

• Jewish Agency in 'Zyklon B' building.Organization rents offices in Hamburg building once used by company producing gas used to murder millions during Holocaust.The new Jewish Agency offices in Hamburg, Germany, are in a rather surprising location. The building chosen by the Agency was once rented by the company that marketed Zyklon B, the gas used to murder millions during the Holocaust.A few months ago, Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Aliyah Dept. Head Eli Cohen decided to seek new offices in Hamburg from where to manage the campaign to encourage aliyah among Jews in the area, provide information about Israel, and nurture ties between Israel and the Diaspora communities. At first, nobody could have imagined which location would be chosen, but in retrospect, the choice seems fitting.On Sunday, many attended a festive opening ceremony. No official representative of Israel was present, but 12 Hamburg residents who had already decided to make aliyah came to support the organization, along with many prominent members of the local Jewish community.Under the large red-brick building they discovered an old plaque in Yiddish which read, "The evil in the world which is not destroyed will rise again".Hmmmm.....How true these words are in this day and age!Read the full story here.

• Iran holds trial session for US hikers trio.The opening session of the trial of three US nationals detained in Iran for illegal entry and charged with espionage has wrapped up in Tehran. The trial, which heard the charges brought against Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, was held behind closed doors in Tehran's Revolution Court on Sunday. Shourd was not present at the first session of the trial; however, her lawyer submitted a statement on her behalf.The three have pleaded not guilty. Bauer and Fattal, both 27, along with Shourd, 31, were arrested on Iranian territory in July 2009 after illegally crossing the border from the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. Iran released Shourd on a bail of $500,000 in September 2010, 14 months after her arrest. The decision was made because of the detainee's health condition and based on humanitarian grounds.In an interview with Press TV on Sunday, Jafari-Dolatabadi said that crimes related to espionage are dealt with seriously in all countries, adding that the prosecutor must investigate the case accurately and comprehensively. "How they were arrested, what document they had, what they wanted to do, and what secret motives they had… all these made Tehran's Prosecutor General's Office to investigate more," the official said. He also said he would look into allegations by the defendants' lawyer that he had been denied access to his clients. The trial will continue but no date has been set for the next court session.Read the full story here.

• Iran produced smart ballistic missiles.Missiles are supersonic with a speed three times more than the speed of sound.Iran has mass-produced smart ballistic missiles capable of destroying naval targets, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says.Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari made the remark during a news conference on Monday.According to the Iranain commander, the missiles are supersonic with a speed three times more than the speed of sound, immune to interception and feature high precision systems.General Jafari went on to say that the footage of the missiles will be soon released.He said that Iran is currently producing 500-km stealth radars and is also planning to mass-produce long-range passive radars, which are stealth and have a range of 1,100 km.Read the full story here.

• Turkey and Obama’s missile defense system.The idea of a missile defense system, or MDS, is a very important concept for the world these days. The MDS was first seriously thought about in the 1980s by Ronald Regan and was called the Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI. The United States rejected the SDI at the time due to its high costs. Additionally, the Soviet Union and the United States were reviving their relations throughout the 1980s. Therefore, the U.S. had to give up on the SDI, which was opposed by the Russia and changed by former President George H.W. Bush. The project was not spoken about again until recent days.Today, people are talking about MDS again. President Barack Obama supports a new MDS project covering NATO countries. At this point, Turkey can be an efficient actor in world politics. Accordingly, this study focuses on Turkey’s attitude toward a new MDS.Turkey has been debating its axis of foreign policy, so if Turkey did not accept an MDS, then the EU and NATO could assert that Turkey is moving away from the West. Thereby, Turkey should account the costs and benefits of saying yes or no.Turkey has two nuclear threats: Israel and Iran.Hmmmmmmm...........Turkey has TWO nuclear threats??? Read the full story here.

• Is it a plane ,is it a rocket ?No it's Big Brother coming to a neighbourhood near you SOON !!Unmanned drones, controlled by Air National Guard from Hancock Airfield, will fly over the Adirondacks.If you feel like you’re being watched while floating in a canoe or driving along some lonely road in the Adirondacks this summer, you might be right.In June, the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Wing in Syracuse plans to begin regular unmanned surveillance flights from Fort Drum over the Adirondacks.The training mission of the drones, called Reapers, will mark the first ongoing flights east of the Mississippi with aircraft that don’t have people in them.The 174th’s New York flights will train pilots (who remotely fly the planes) and sensor operators (who monitor video shot from the plane). The Reapers, or MQ-9s, will be controlled from a station at Hancock Airfield, the same place from which the 174th is flying Reapers over Afghanistan.The New York flights will not be armed and should be undetectable by those on the ground.The new training mission shows the Syracuse air guard unit’s prominence in the growing role of unmanned military aircraft. It also hints at the looming issues of civil liberties and air safety that come with government surveillance by unmanned aircraft over American soil.Once the “sense and avoid” issue is resolved, domestic use of drones is expected to rise rapidly, according to the FAA.As of Dec. 1, the FAA had issued 273 authorizations to fly at least 72 different types of unmanned aircraft. Some are the size of birds and launched by hand. The Miami Dade police department recently bought a RQ-16 T-hawk drone, which takes off vertically, looks like a small robot and can fly as high as 10,000 feet for more than 40 minutes.An unarmed Reaper can fly up to 20 hours, cruise at roughly 180 mph as high as 40,000 feet, loitering over targets.For training maneuvers over New York, the Reapers will randomly follow vehicles or circle over buildings, giving pilots and operators experience watching something on the ground, Dorsey said.Hmmmm......Welcome to the Obama totalitarian policestate.How long before they start taking out US citizens on the streets?Read the full story here.

• HT:TheAmericanDream.Now That The Super Bowl Is Over, Here Are 17 Facts Which Prove America Is A Debt Pig That Is Deeply Addicted To Debt-Fueled Prosperity.Wasn't the Super Bowl wonderful this year? Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers! It is amazing how much money people will spend to attend this game each year. Just a few hours before kickoff, some tickets were selling for over $4000 a seat. Not that it wasn't a great show. It turned out to be a really great game and it was held in perhaps the most extravagant sports facility ever constructed in the history of mankind. Even the halftime show, featuring the Black Eyed Peas, was a spectacle of historic proportions. This year the Super Bowl truly was quite a grand party. In America, everything always has to be bigger and better. We take pride in constantly outdoing ourselves. Other nations of the world look at our great prosperity in envy. But do we ever stop to ask ourselves where all of this great prosperity has come from and if we can continue to afford it all?The sad truth is that we were once the wealthiest, most prosperous nation on the planet, but now we are deeply drowning in debt. America has become a debt pig that is deeply addicted to debt-fueled prosperity. We had more than any other nation on the planet by far, but that was never good enough for us. We always had to have more. So we borrowed and borrowed and borrowed. Now, average household debt is far larger than average household income, state and local governments across the nation are on the verge of default and our national government has piled up the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world.Just read the statistics compiled below. Is there anyone out there that can deny that America has become a fat, bloated debt pig that is completely and totally out of control?So I hope that you enjoyed the spectacle of Super Bowl Sunday, because there won't be too many more times like this. The greatest debt-fueled party in the history of the world is rapidly coming to an end, and pretty soon it will be time to start turning out the lights.The following are 17 statistics about debt in America that are almost too outrageous to believe....Read the full story here.

• HT:BigGovernment.The (Non) Producers: Obama’s Bialystock and Bloom.Last week President Obama began the blitz which, barring Republican collapse (read on) could last for the next two years, pushing his State of the Union call for American taxpayers to hand over even more billions to underwrite a supposed ‘clean energy’ future.By chance, I read of this between sessions conferring in London and Brussels with leading experts on the disastrous folly of Europe’s experiment with the ‘clean energy economy’. We know that this is the same disaster that President Obama is now doubling down on as an economic recovery plan because he used to admit as much.But in his new push the president has toned down the European roots of his model, as well as the planetary salvation rationale for energy rationing. This is because, respectively, the success stories all proved to be black holes which European governments are now trying to walk back, and the public turned against the global warming campaign.So it was with great amusement that I caught, on my flight back this weekend, some art imitating life in a spectacularly appropriate way. Accountant Leo Bloom revealed to producer Max Bialystock, “under the right circumstances, a producer could actually make more money with a flop than he can with a hit”. Voila! There you have, in a Broadway second, President Obama’s ‘clean energy’ agenda.Obama’s wind and solar boondoggle so far includes – according to his own Council on Economic Advisors – $90 billion in ‘green energy’ stimulus spending for 190,000 inherently temporary jobs (think: census job, as each lasts only so long as the state support, meaning it is yet another state-created bubble). That is $450,000 per job. The pledge to create’ millions of such jobs at your expense is a vow to seal our bankruptcy.Hmmmm......Europe tried the "Green Way" it only resulted in price hikes and job loss!Read the full story here.

• Horrific Video Shows Brutality of Attack on Ahmadiyyah.Horrifying video footage circulating among news organizations in Jakarta shows that Indonesian police were outnumbered and unable to prevent the brutal attacks on members of the Ahmadiyah sect that left three people dead on Sunday in a Banten village.In the 30-minute video —apparently shot in secret by the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) — only about 30 police officers can be seen guarding the home of Ahmadiyah cleric Ismail Suparman.They offer little resistance to a mob of about 1,500 people carrying bamboo planks and machetes, and are quickly overwhelmed.Edited excerpts of the video have begun airing on Indonesian TV stations, but the most graphic violence has been left off the air, perhaps to avoid stirring up further religious hatred.Twenty-one Ahmadi’s had been guarding Suparman’s house after he was detained by local police on suspicion he had been proselytizing, which is forbidden under a 2008 ministerial decree restricting Ahmadiyah’s actvities.The video shows police attempting to persuade the Ahmadi to leave the house, with one plain-clothed officer filmed warning the group that a mob was headed for the village.The mob subsequently stormed the village. There were no police barricades erected to prevent clashes.“Police get out. Burn these Ahmadiyah people!” one man shouted.A JAI official who shot the video said members of the mob wore green ribbons to differentiate friends from foes. “It was clear that they were prepared for an attack,” said the man, who spoke on the condition he not be named amid fears for his safety.The footage also shows the mob swarming around two lifeless bodies covered in mud. The Ahmadiyah man said the pair were chased to a nearby rice field where they were killed with bamboo and stone strikes to their heads.The crowd then dragged the bodies along the road. Others were filmed attacking the corpses.The three people who were killed were identified as Roni, 30, Mulyadi, 30, and Tarno, 25. Five other Ahmadiyah members were severely wounded in the incident, including 45 year-old Deden Sujana, whose right arm was nearly severed by a machete.Hmmmmm......Islam the religion of peace.Read the full story here. Warning extremely Graphic footage !Gruesome video emerges of attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims here.

• HT:NewsRealBlog.The New York Times Equates The Roman Catholic Church To The Radical Islamic Muslim Brotherhood.The New York Times continues to operate in a delusional bubble. In an article last Friday about the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, entitled “Islamist Group Is Poised to Be a Power in Egypt, but Its Intentions Are Unclear,” the reporter Scott Shane actually compared the Muslim Brotherhood to today’s Catholic Church:As the Roman Catholic Church includes both those who practice leftist liberation theology and conservative anti-abortion advocates, so the Brotherhood includes both practical reformers and firebrand ideologues.The comparison might have made sense five or six hundred years ago when the Catholic Church and the state were intertwined and the Church ordered heretics to be burnt at the stake. But, in case the Times hasn’t noticed, the Church has moved on since then while Islamic sharia law, on which the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology is based, has not.For example, plenty of Catholics have renounced their faith or committed heresy in recent centuries without the Roman Catholic Church arranging, in league with the state, for them to be put to death or jailed. The Church frowns on marital infidelity but nobody in recent times has been put to death for that sin at the urging of the Church.The Times harbors a particular hostility against the Catholic Church because it promotes views on abortion, homosexuality and other social issues with which the Times strongly disagrees.Hmmmm........New Ground Zero imam: 'Apostates against Islam must be jailed'.Read the full story here.

• HT:CreepingSharia.UK begins crackdown on suspect Islamist groups.The government has already started to withdraw state cash from what it regards as suspect Islamist groups that had previously been funded to reach young Muslims at risk of being drawn to terrorist networks. New, tougher criteria are being applied, with hundreds of thousands of pounds being withdrawn from specific groups after it was deemed they were too soft on Islamic extremism.Ministers are also awaiting a report in the next fortnight from a Universities UK working group, which has been in preparation for a year, on how to combat Islamic extremism on university campuses.Hmmmm......Congressman King??Read the full story here.

• And now for something completely different!The ultimate marathon man: Belgian runner breaks record with 365 Marathons in a single year.A Belgian runner has set a new world record after completing an astonishing 365 marathons in as many days.Stefaan Engels, 49, crossed the finish line on his final race in Barcelona, Spain, after pounding the roads in several countries across Europe and North America in the last year.Dubbed the 'Marathon Man', Mr Engels was diagnosed with asthma as a child and told not to sports.He said he took on the incredible challenge as an example to others.'After running 20 triathlons in one year, I was not ready to go back to normal life,' he said.'I also wanted to inspire people by showing that if I could run a marathon a day for an entire year, that anyone could run or bike a little each day or do something about their weight problem.'Hmmmm......"He Learned his people how to run"?Read the full story here.

• And now for something completely different!'Super pack' of 400 wolves terrorise remote Russian town after killing 30 horses in just four days.A 'super pack' of wolves has been terrifying a town after leaving more than 30 horses dead in just four days.Four hundred bloodthirsty wolves have been spotted prowling around the edges of Verkhoyansk, in Russia, attacking livestock at will.Twenty four teams of hunters have been put together to get rid of the wolves, with a bounty of £210 for every wolf skin brought to officials.Stepan Rozhin, an administration official for the Verkhoyansk district in Russia, said: 'To protect the town we are creating 24 teams of armed hunters, who will patrol the neighbourhood on snowmobiles and set wolf traps.'But we need more people. Once the daylight increases, the hunters will start shooting predators from helicopters.'A pack of wolves this size is unheard of, with the animals usually preferring to hunt in smaller groups of just six or seven.The massive group is believed to be made from hundreds of packs and has left animal experts baffled.Dr Valerius Geist, a wildlife behaviour expert, said the harsh Siberian winter - where temperatures plummet to minus 49C - had killed off the animal's usual prey.Villagers have already managed to snare a number of the animals but the pack is so sizeable that is likely to take some time to deal with.Verkhoyansk, with a population of just 1,300, is one of the coldest and remotest places in the northern hemisphere and lies within an area known as Stalin's Death Ring, after the former dictator sent political exiles there due to the extreme conditions.Read the full story here.

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• Obama's new battlefield? President defends abortion as a right... as lawmakers get set to roll those rights back.President Barack Obama has labelled abortion a 'right', setting the grounds for a new battle with lawmakers determined to roll those rights back. The President marked the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision on abortion by calling the procedure a constitutional right he's committed to protecting.But he spoke against a rising tide of anti-abortion activists who sense the time is right for a new push to rein in the broad access to abortions established by the 1973 Roe v Wade decision. Buoyed by huge election gains for their allies, anti-abortion activists in America head into their annual March for Life rallies on Monday sensing a prime opportunity in many states.Foes of abortion gained strength in Congress, among state governors and in many state legislatures, raising hopes among social conservatives for a broad surge of anti-abortion bills.Mr Obama's comments today squared him off against them. He called on Americans to recommit themselves to ensuring that 'our daughters have the same rights, the same freedoms, and the same opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams'. The President said the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion affirmed what he called a 'fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters'.Many others disagree.'We are seeing a cultural shift toward protecting life and rolling back the tide of unrestricted abortions,' said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life.Majority Republicans introduced two bills Thursday to toughen restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortions. One is aimed specifically at Obama's health care law; the other would establish a permanent, government-wide ban on federal subsidies for most abortions.In addition, Republican Mike Pence has introduced a bill that would ban federal family-planning grants to any organization that performs abortions. It is aimed at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a health care provider and advocate of reproductive rights.Last year that group, according to Mr Pence, received more than $363million in government grants and contracts while performing 324,008 abortions.Abortion-rights supporters are nonetheless dismayed by their foes' clout in the House, though these measures might fail to clear the Senate, and would likely face a presidential veto if they did advance.Hmmmmm.....Remember the "Dr Mengele" from Philadelphia?"Thou shalt not kill"Read the full story here.

• HT:TheEpochTimes.Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House. US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism.Lang Lang the pianist says he chose it. Chairman Hu Jintao recognized it as soon as he heard it. Patriotic Chinese Internet users were delighted as soon as they saw the videos online. Early morning TV viewers in China knew it would be played an hour or two beforehand. At the White House State dinner on Jan. 19, about six minutes into his set, Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie “Battle on Shangganling Mountain.” The film depicts a group of “People’s Volunteer Army” soldiers who are first hemmed in at Shanganling (or Triangle Hill) and then, when reinforcements arrive, take up their rifles and counterattack the U.S. military “jackals.”He then said, “I thought to play ‘My Motherland’ because I think playing the tune at the White House banquet can help us, as Chinese people, feel extremely proud of ourselves and express our feelings through the song. I think it’s especially good. Also, I like the tune in and of itself, every time I hear it I feel extremely moved.Another Chinese commenting on a forum responded to the Lang Lang performance by writing, “Defeat America, defeat Obama” (writing Obama’s name with the wrong first character, one meaning “sunken” or “dented.”)Others wrote comments like: “omg!”; “Didn’t they know?”; “Where was the U.S. foreign affairs?” and “Very good. My impression of Lang Lang has really changed"Hmmmm.....Message "Yu So Phukt"?Read the full story here.

• The Palestinian Islamic Army ,Al Qaeda-linked group attacked church in Egypt, authorities say.The Palestinian Islamic Army, which has links to al Qaeda, carried out the New Year's Day attack on a Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt, that left almost two dozen people dead, Interior Minister Habib al-Adly said Sunday.It was not immediately clear what evidence he had or whether anyone had been arrested.Egyptian authorities earlier this month released a sketch of a man they think is responsible for the attack."The man in the picture is unknown and authorities are trying to confirm his identity," Col. Alla Mahmoud of the Interior Ministry said at the time.The Interior Ministry used forensic technology to re-create the face of the suspected suicide bomber.
  Hmmmm......No.....Really:..Those Palestinians that the Obama administration likes so much?Read the full story here.

• New Obama plan is 'part stimulus,' Durbin says.Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday called new proposed spending expected to be rolled out in President Obama's State of the Union address part of a stimulus."It's part of a stimulus. but we're sensitive to the deficit," Durbin said on "Fox News Sunday" when asked by host Chris Wallace about the president's expected plans to call for more spending for infrastructure, education, research in his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.Noting his support for the president's deficit commission recommendations, Durbin said Congress should be cautious about large spending cuts until the economy is showing sustained patterns of growth."They said be careful," he said citing the report. "Don't start the serious spending cuts, the deficit reduction, until were clearly out of the recession in 2013. We've got to make sure this economy is growing with more jobs, more business success."Durbin also noted that in addition to the initial $787 billion dollar stimulus already law, both parties joined to pass yet "another stimulus package" during the lame-duck session, when it approved the tax cut deal."That added to the deficit as well," Durbin noted.Hmmmm.....Makes you feel like cows staring at trains passing by ,never reaching their destination?Stimulus 1...2....3....Arrival Delayed untill further notice?Read the full story here.

• Obama to Push New Spending.President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, sharpening his response to Republicans in Congress who are demanding deep budget cuts, people familiar with the speech said.Mr. Obama will argue that the U.S., even while trying to reduce its budget deficit, must make targeted investments to foster job growth and boost U.S. competitiveness in the world economy. The new spending could include initiatives aimed at building the renewable-energy sector—which received billions of dollars in stimulus funding—and rebuilding roads to improve transportation, people familiar with the matter said. Money to restructure the No Child Left Behind law's testing mandates and institute more competitive grants also could be included.While proposing new spending, Mr. Obama also will lay out significant budget cuts elsewhere, people familiar with the plans say, though they will likely fall short of what Republican lawmakers have requested.In arguing that U.S. competitiveness is at stake, Mr. Obama plans to use his nationally televised speech to try to frame the spending debate with Republicans that is expected to dominate Congress in the coming months. "We seek to do everything we can to spur hiring and ensure our nation can compete with anybody on the planet," Mr. Obama said Friday after touring a General Electric Co. plant in Schenectady, N.Y. He cited clean-energy manufacturing, infrastructure and education as keys to competitiveness.
  Hmmmmm....."Death of a Nation" the Obama story,soon in your local library in the history section?Read the full story here.

• Oil price to average $70-90 per barrel.$90 per barrel could prove too expensive for global recovery.Although crude oil prices have been hovering around $100 per barrel over the last few weeks, prices this year will average at only $70-$90 per barrel, energy analysts and economists, said.This means while the GCC is slated to see higher oil revenues, oil windfall is not expected to hit dramatic or double-digit levels compared to what it experienced during the boom times.“Despite recent upticks in oil price, world prices are projected to remain between $70 to $90 per barrel in the medium term, with Opec producers stepping up sales from their ample spare capacity to meet any additional demand not supplied by non-Opec producers,” World Bank said.Opec is not expected to allow prices to rise beyond this point for fear of inducing additional non-Opec supply or demand substitution, it said.Globally, there are no medium to longer run supply constraints (2020); and a long- term upper-range of $80 per barrel is consistent with the end-cost of developing additional oil capacity, notably from oil sands in Canada.According to the Centre for Global Energy Studies, $90 per barrel oil could prove too expensive for the global economy at this stage of the recovery, especially given the fragile nature of many governments’ balance sheets.EIA also forecasts average oil price would not exceed $100 this year. Instead, it expects the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil to average about $93 per barrel in 2011, $14 higher than the average price last year. For 2012, EIA expects WTI prices to continue to rise, with a forecast average price of $99 per barrel in the fourth quarter 2012.In 2010, the Opec basket averaged $77.45 per barrel up 26.8 per cent from the previous year. The Basket moved higher in January to reach $94.04 on 14 January.Read the full story here.

• Israeli inquiry: Flotilla raid was legal.Turkel Commission says deadly May 31 commando takeover of Turkish 'aid' vessel was 'legal pursuant to rules of international law,' soldiers opened fire in self-defense. On blockade: Israel not trying to starve Gazans. The nearly 300-page report released Sunday by the government-appointed Turkel Commission said the actions of the soldiers "were found to be legal pursuant to the rules of international law" and that they opened fire in self-defense. . The commission cleared the soldiers of any use of unnecessary violence, stating: "It is possible to determine that the IDF soldiers acted professionally and with great presence of mind in light of the extreme violence which they hadn't expected."This professionalism was evident in the fact that they continued to exchange their lethal weapons for the less lethal option and visa versa in order to give a response that was appropriate to the nature of the violence directed at them." According to the commission, the soldiers were the violence caught the soldiers by surprise when they boarded the Marmara. "The decision-makers didn't have any prior knowledge of the violent reception planned by the IHH members and their inability to identify the intentions of the IHH directly affected the planning and execution of the operation."The commission members found that incomplete intelligence gathering wasn't the only reason for the lack of preparation: "The possibility that an organized group, armed with lethal weapons was on board the Marmara and set to take active measures against attempts to board the ship wasn't taken into account."The IDF received a great deal of praise from the Turkel committee for placing senior officers on the scene – including the navy commander. "This increased the chain of command's awareness of the developments as they happened, which helped them reach decisions efficiently, at the right time as the incident developed."On the decision to use force, the committee members noted that: "The IHH members acted with violence towards the IDF soldiers on the Marmara by arming themselves with various types of weapons, including iron rods, knives, axes, clubs and metal objects."The weapons were capable of killing and severely injuring. In addition, the violent events were evident in the way the IHH organized the joint attack on the IDF soldiers. The IHH members used firearms against the soldiers during the incident."Hmmmm....The IHH organised the joint attack.Read the full story here.

• Erdogan dismisses Turkel report.Turkey 'appalled, dismayed' by flotilla probe while MK Zoabi furious over neglect to summon her.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan MK slammed the results of the Turkel committee probe into the events of the May 31 IDF flotilla raid, saying it had "no value or credibility." MK Zoabi accused the Turkel committee of trying to whitewash the deaths of the nine Turkish activists who were killed during the raid, and said the committee had been used as "an open stage for propaganda" as it allowed military and state officials to speak uninterrupted and without objection. "This is an Israeli committee with very limited authority, which has totally ignored the sensitive issue that raised the need for an investigation, and that is the deaths of nine activists on board," she said."This report cannot clean up Israel's image as a serial violator of international law in the global arena," Zoabi added. "The Turkel report was written in order to undermine demands by Turkey and the UN for an international probe… the only way in which facts can be presented faithfully and honestly."Hmmmm......The reaction of Iran Turkey was to be expected anything different would have been world shocking news!Read the full story here.

• Domestic use of aerial drones by law enforcement likely to prompt privacy debate.AUSTIN - The suspect's house, just west of this city, sat on a hilltop at the end of a steep, exposed driveway. Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety believed the man inside had a large stash of drugs and a cache of weapons, including high-caliber rifles.As dawn broke, a SWAT team waiting to execute a search warrant wanted a last-minute aerial sweep of the property, in part to check for unseen dangers. But there was a problem: The department's aircraft section feared that if it put up a helicopter, the suspect might try to shoot it down. So the Texas agents did what no state or local law enforcement agency had done before in a high-risk operation: They launched a drone. A bird-size device called a Wasp floated hundreds of feet into the sky and instantly beamed live video to agents on the ground. The SWAT team stormed the house and arrested the suspect. "The nice thing is it's covert," said Bill C. Nabors Jr., chief pilot with the Texas DPS, who in a recent interview described the 2009 operation for the first time publicly. "You don't hear it, and unless you know what you're looking for, you can't see it." For now, the use of drones for high-risk operations is exceedingly rare. The Federal Aviation Administration - which controls the national airspace - requires the few police departments with drones to seek emergency authorization if they want to deploy one in an actual operation. Because of concerns about safety, it only occasionally grants permission. But by 2013, the FAA expects to have formulated new rules that would allow police across the country to routinely fly lightweight, unarmed drones up to 400 feet above the ground - high enough for them to be largely invisible eyes in the sky. Such technology could allow police to record the activities of the public below with high-resolution, infrared and thermal-imaging cameras.Hmmmm.....Did i not have this story earlier in the week"The T-Hawk drone Coming to a City Near You?"Read the full story here.

• HT:TheWeeklyStandard.The Decline of the Justice Department. Former attorney general Michael Mukasey is not prone to hyperbole. He’s a former federal judge, a meticulous lawyer, and, as he proved in succeeding Alberto Gonzales, a skilled administrator who restored morale to a Justice Department demoralized by scandals (real or concocted). He is also obviously nonplussed by the performance of his successor, Attorney General Eric Holder. In a far-ranging interview, he candidly asserts that Holder’s conduct in several key respects has been “amazing.” That’s not meant as a compliment.Mukasey, who presided over the trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, is as experienced as any American jurist when it comes to the war on terror. It is therefore significant that he finds Holder’s handling of national security matters worrisome. In August 2009, Holder authorized the reinvestigation of CIA operatives who had employed enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorist detainees. It had the feel of a witch hunt: Career prosecutors who investigated the interrogators under the previous administration had concluded there was no basis for a criminal prosecution. A year and a half later, the Holder reinvestigation is still dragging on. “I have to believe that the effect on people involved in national security is devastating,” says Mukasey, “in part because the cases were closed before.” Imagine the impact on a CIA operative who is told, “ ‘There is no basis for prosecution.’ And then someone shows up and says, ‘Not so fast.’ ”Mukasey, moreover, finds it “amazing” that Holder “conceded he didn’t read the [career] prosecutors’ memo” that recommended against prosecution. He remarks ruefully that “in a sense that is comforting” to CIA employees that there was not something troubling in the memo. But, of course, it is small consolation that the nation’s chief law enforcement officer doesn’t bother to read relevant documents before making a decision with long-term policy implications.It is ironic, in retrospect, that the Obama administration two years ago entered office vowing to respect the work of career attorneys at the DOJ, to avoid politicization, and to oversee the impartial administration of justice. The closest we have come to the impartial administration of justice in recent years was under Mukasey’s tenure, when he eliminated White House meddling and allowed career attorneys to perform their jobs. No wonder he is dismayed with his successor’s performance.Hmmmm.....One Obamination after another?Read the full story here.

• HT:BigPeace.Exploring Anti Israel Rhetoric, Radical Islamic Propaganda and Anti Semitism.Anti Semitism is on the rise fueled by growing anti Israel rhetoric. Just a few weeks ago, a former European Commissioner and a prominent Dutch politician, Frits Bolkestein, called on orthodox Jews to leave Holland because of “the anti-Semitism among Dutchmen of Moroccan descent, whose numbers keep growing”. Reading this statement propelled me to learn more about the state of Anti Semitism in Europe and its connection to the efforts to de legitimize Israel’s right to exist. I asked Professor Dina Porat, the founder and former head of the institute for the study of contemporary Anti Semitism and Racism in Tel Aviv University, for an interview to explore the connection between Anti Israel rhetoric, Radical Islamic propaganda and anti Semitism.Giyus.org: What is the current state of Anti Semitism in the world?Read the full story here.

• Tunisian students to form Hezbollah.A Tunisian group, consisted of young students, says it intends to form a Hezbollah-style political party to defend the rights of the people against any possible repression. The announcement comes days after a historic revolution ousted the country's former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Jamil Ben Alavi, a prominent student leader, says he was optimistic about the promotion of the Islamic values among the youth in the predominantly Muslim country. "The progressive example of Hezbollah in Lebanon can bring light and hope for the Tunisian people," Fars News Agency quoted Ben Alavi as saying. The comments come as thousands of Tunisians have publicly organized congregational prayers over the past days. Meanwhile, some Tunisian TV channels have resumed broadcasting the call for prayer. Ben Ali had pursued a strict anti-Islamic agenda during his rule over the North African country. "He (Ben Ali) was against broadcasting Adhan, holding Friday prayers in mosques during his rule," the Arabic language Al-Mofakirat Al-Islam website said in a report about religious freedom. In an attempt to imitate Western countries, Ben Ali imposed strict laws against the Islamic dress code. A vast majority of the country's population is Muslims and committed to Islamic values.Hmmmmm.....And another little Iran sees the daylight?What's next Turkey to show up to "mediate"?Read the full story here.

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• HT:TheDailyCaller.ACORN’s man takes over the Democratic Party’s war machine.A longtime ACORN operative is about to take over the reins of the Democratic National Committee as its executive director – just in time to begin initial preparations for President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.The activist in question is Patrick Gaspard. He currently holds the title of White House political affairs director, the same title Karl Rove held in President Bush’s administration.Gaspard comes from the same world of radical left-wing community organizing that shaped Barack Obama. Gaspard is well schooled in the brutal, street-smart organizing tactics taught by the late Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals. He’s the hatchet man Obama sent to New York over a year ago to strong-arm then-Gov. David Paterson into dropping his reelection campaign. As executive director running the DNC’s day-to-day operations Gaspard will oversee Organizing for America, a project of the DNC supposedly modeled on Alinskyite organizing principles. (Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will remain as general chairman of the DNC.)Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haitian parents, very little is known about this Rasputin-like power behind the throne. Gaspard shuns publicity and is extremely reluctant to speak to the media on the record. Look him up on Nexis and you will find virtually nothing about this otherwise influential counselor to the leader of the free world.Gaspard came to the White House from ACORN’s favorite labor organization, Service Employees International Union. (SEIU Locals 100 and 880 were until recently official affiliates of ACORN.) He had been executive vice president for political and legislative affairs for SEIU Local 1199 United Healthcare Workers East, which claims to be the largest union local on the planet “representing more than 300,000 members and retirees in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Massachusetts.”Gaspard was previously revealed to be political director for ACORN’s New York branch. Although the source of this information, ACORN founder Wade Rathke, has since feigned senility and claimed he was mistaken, other evidence points to Gaspard’s involvement with the nation’s most notorious activist group.In 2004, Gaspard was the National Field Director for America Coming Together.The group was primarily funded by Peter Lewis, George Soros, and labor unions, especially the Service Employees International Union, and was led by Steve Rosenthal, a former political director of the AFL-CIO.In the fall of 2004, ACT was featured in the Frontline Documentary, The Persuaders, which described ACT's use of narrowcasting.In the last three weeks before the 2004 presidential and congressional elections, ACT planned on funding over 12 million phone calls to targeted voters and having canvassers hand-deliver 11 million pieces of literature at targeted doorsteps. On Election Day, ACT had projected to have 45,000 paid canvassers in the battleground states and spent over $10 million on Election Day. It had 86 offices open every day, a staff of 4000 and a goal of reinforcing the army of 45,000 paid canvassers with 25,000 volunteers.The Federal Election Commission announced on August 29, 2007, that it had reached a settlement agreement with ACT for violations of various federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 US presidential campaign. ACT has agreed to pay $775,000 in fines. Hmmmm.....Unions....Acorn.....Chicago...Soros.Anyone still believing in fair elections in 2012?.....Any which way you can? Read the full story here.

• 30 days in a Dubai police cell, sharing a mattress with her Brazilian love rival.A British woman locked up in Dubai after being caught in bed with a banker was released last night – after spending 30 days sharing a filthy mattress in a cell with her Brazilian love rival.Amazingly, during their incarceration in a basement holding pen at a police station, Danielle Spencer and model Priscila Ferreira became firm friends.Ms Spencer, 31, had been spending the night with Toby Carroll when his girlfriend Ms Ferreira burst in and threatened them at knifepoint.Mr Carroll called police and all three were arrested – Ms Ferreira, 24, for criminal damage and Ms Spencer and Mr Carroll on suspicion of having sex outside of marriage, a crime in the Arab country.Ms Spencer said last night: ‘This is the best feeling, I am so happy to be out at last. I just want a big drink, a soak in a bath and a sleep in a proper bed. That will feel bliss.’She and Ms Ferreira spent a month sharing a bed in a cell with 70 other inmates in the notorious Bur Dubai police station. Ms Ferreira was still in jail last night because she could not find anyone to provide a passport for her surety. It was anticipated the model, who turns 25 today, will be released imminently.Last night, in an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, former pole-dancer Ms Spencer, from Hull, told how she and Ms Ferreira forged their unlikely friendship.She said: ‘We just had to become friends because it was such a terrible experience. All we had was each other for comfort and at night we would huddle together on our mattress, scared out of our lives. We were in a stinking room with murderers. I got to know Priscila well and like her. There are no hard feelings. I have forgiven her for what she did.‘We have both laughed at the irony of it – I locked myself in the bathroom to get away from her when she went crazy with the knife and now I realise that she is the safest person to be with here in prison.’ The Mail on Sunday had been with Ms Spencer as she negotiated her release. She said: ‘The authorities needed two passports – mine and one from someone resident in Dubai. We were frantically ringing around trying to find someone.’Earlier, while at Bur Dubai, she said: ‘It has been a nightmare. I did not even have sex with that guy. The conditions are terrible, so cramped, and they put tranquillisers in the food. I spend all day sitting on the floor, in the dark, underground. It’s so disgusting. ‘We can only have a bath once a week. There are insects everywhere. There are women in here with babies, poor little things. There are no windows, no fresh air. Some women here were arrested for trying to commit suicide.’Mr Carroll was bailed last Thursday. He and Ms Spencer may be charged with having sex outside marriage, which can carry a jail term. No charges have been filed against any of the three.Police inquiries are continuing and it is expected that the three will be called before a prosecutor in the next few weeks.Hmmm......Lets see how the "Love Story" ends?Read the full story here.