Texas Public Safety Threat Overview: "Elevated” Terrorism Threat to U.S. from Mexico".

Texas Public Safety Threat Overview: "Elevated” Terrorism Threat to U.S. from Mexico". HT: Judicial Watch.

A new government audit confirms what Judicial Watch has been reporting for years, that Islamic terrorists are operating in Mexican border towns and infiltrating the United States to carry out attacks. In a report issued this month by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the agency notes that the state faces a full spectrum of threats and “due to the recent actions of lone offenders or small groups affiliated with or inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other foreign terrorist organizations, we assess that the current terrorism threat to Texas is elevated.”

Safety officials in the Lone Star State also write in the 86-page document that they are “especially concerned about the potential for terrorist infiltration across the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly as foreign terrorist fighters depart Syria and Iraq and enter global migration flows.”

They also express worries about Syrian refugees that have been sent to Texas under President Obama’s settlement program because the government doesn’t have a system to properly vet them. 

Judicial Watch has also reported extensively on that national security crisis. Read the latest stories here and here. “We see a potential that these challenges may leave the state exposed to extremist actors who pose as authentic refugees, and who are determined to later commit violent acts,” the Texas report states.Read the full story here.

Two ISIS sympathizers dead after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.

Two ISIS sympathizers dead after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event in Texas. (CNN). (RT).

A video depicting the start of the events can be found HERE.

Two men who opened fire outside a contest for Prophet Mohammed cartoons in a Dallas suburb were shot dead by police Sunday night, authorities said.

The men drove up to the Culwell Event Center in North Garland, got out of their car and began shooting just as the "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest" inside was coming to an end, Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said.

An unarmed security guard was shot in the leg. He was later treated and released from a hospital.

Police who were helping with security at the event fired back, killing both gunmen.

"The first suspect was shot immediately," Garland Mayor Douglas Athas told CNN. "The second suspect was wounded and reached for his backpack. He was shot again."

The gunmen's identities weren't immediately released.

"We have no other indication that anyone else was involved," Athas said.

FBI and local officials were checking on the gunmen's vehicle for explosives and the area around the center was blocked off.

Surrounding businesses, including a Walmart, were evacuated, as were attendees from the Curtis Culwell Center.

There is no immediate threat to the area, police said late Sunday night.

Both attackers were killed in the shooting, but police proceeded to search the area for a vehicle that could allegedly have explosives in it.

“Because of the situation and what was going on today and the history of what we've been told has happened at other events like this, we're considering their car as possibly having a bomb,” said Garland police officer Joe Harn, describing the search as a “precaution.”

According to tweets from IS followers, the attack was carried out by jihadi militants loyal to the terrorist group.

An IS fighter from the UK tweeted - "2 of our brothers just opened fire at the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) art exhibition in texas" and "They Thought They Was Safe In Texas From The Soldiers of The Islamic State," according to SITE Intelligence, an online watchdog of jihadist activities.

One of the gunmen is believed to have tweeted about the impending attack earlier on Sunday, saying 'May Allah accept us as mujahideen.'

One of the organizers, Pamela Geller, was “known to make anti-Muslim statements,” and is notorious for arguing in courts the idea of placing anti-Muslim ads around New York, Al Jazeera reports.

In her tweets after the shooting, Geller said that what has occurred in Texas was “a war on free speech.”

The American Freedom Defence Initiative was allowed by a federal court to display its ad campaign on New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses. Some online comments have suggested that the shooting might be linked to this particular ad campaign. Similar campaigns have also taken place in Washington DC.

#BREAKING Overhearing Officer. "This was a direct attack, they (suspects) were ready to go." @wfaachannel8

— Jobin Panicker (@jobinpnews) May 4, 2015

Picture taken just before #garlandshooting . Thank God the heroes of SWAT-team prevented the worst. pic.twitter.com/BBaQNJir9b

— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) May 4, 2015

PHOTO.... Bodies on road outside TX free speech event @PamelaGeller @jihadwatchRS pic.twitter.com/JYUmIyHU7p

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) May 4, 2015

Texas Based carnival cruise ship stuck at sea near Belize, Possible Ebola nurse on board.

Texas Based carnival cruise ship stuck at sea near Belize, Possible Ebola nurse on board. (Belizean)

Reports tonight are that two individuals possibly infected with the Ebola virus are in Belizean waters. 

Local TV station Channel 7 monitored in the capital City Of Belmopan tonight, reported having credible reports that a couple from a Texas-based cruise ship presently anchored off Belize City, is on a ship tender, unable to return to the cruise ship, while being refused entry to Belize City to catch an air ambulance awaiting at the International Airport to take them to the their country of origin, the U.S.A.

The television station in its broadcast tonight said Belize health authorities contacted tonight have so far refused to deny or confirm the report. The patient exhibiting Ebola symptoms has been confirmed to be a nurse at a Dallas hospital traveling with her husband.

Later tonight in breaking news, Channel 5 Belize reported that it has:

“Confirmed with representatives of the Ministry of Health that they have indeed received a report that there is at least one passenger on board the cruise ship, Carnival Magic, showing symptoms similar to that of the Ebola virus. According to the report made to MOH, the person exhibiting the symptoms did not come ashore today. The ship is reportedly carrying 3652 passengers and a total population of 4633 persons.

“The Carnival Magic departed from Galveston Texas on Sunday, October 12 arrived in Mahogany Bay, Honduras on Wednesday October 15 and arrived in Belize this morning, Thursday October 16.

“The ship was scheduled to leave Belize en route to Cozumel this evening at 5pm. However, it is still anchored in Belizean waters near State Bank Caye.”

“We have also have confirmed that the Belize Coast Guard has been deployed to prevent anyone from leaving the ship; including the Belizean pilot on board.”

Channel 7 news anchor Indira Craig has posted on her Facebook page that Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow in a callous move in view of very close Belize-U.S. relations, has denied entry into Belize for the stricken U.S. nationals to be air lifted to the U.S.A. for treatment:

“Talks have concluded with the PM and The US State Department officials. Belize WILL NOT BE GRANTING ACCESS to the suspected passengers to have entry onto our shores. An official release will be sent out shortly by government followed by a press conference to be held tomorrow.Passports have been returned so this scare has ended.”

In a late night official press release issued by the Belize Press Office, the Belize government offered its version of the Belize Ebola Incident.It stresses that while the patient did not disembark in Belize, it does not address the question that thousands of cruise ship passengers that may have had contact with the patient(s) did in fact disembark and tour Belize City today. More here from WAPO.

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Says President Obama Should Be Impeached.

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Says President Obama Should Be Impeached. (CBS 11 NEWS).

FORT WORTH– A surprising statement from one of Texas’ top leaders: President Obama should be impeached. This came from Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, who is running for re-election and appeared at a Tea Party candidates forum.

Dewhurst warned that freedoms are being trampled on, and so the President should be impeached. Later he fleshed out his thoughts for the Texas Observer’s Christopher Hooks. “I think this President, Barack Obama, has disregarded federal law. He has tried to do things which are not authorized under federal law. Things he’s disregarded such as immigration. He’s not, not following our federal drug laws. And he has created winners and losers in Obamacare where he has no authority,” according to Dewhurst, who pointed out the extensions given to unions and big businesses.

And then Dewhurst criticized alleged inaction. “I am very concerned about Benghazi, in which all of the national news reporting indicated that live video was streaming into the White House situation room. Which means there was a(n) overhead platform, probably a drone in the area. At least that’s what it tells me. And for not mobilizing some response to protect the ambassador and those three Americans is just outrageous to me. Just outrageous.”

Dewhurst called his comments those of a private citizen, but when pressed on that issue by the Texas Observer, he refused to back down. “That happens to be my view, that the man has committed crimes that do not warrant his staying in office.”

CBS-11 Political Analyst John Weekley says Dewhurst should be taken seriously. He points out the Lieutenant Governor was an intelligence officer for both the U.S. Air Force and later the CIA.

“For Dewhurst to say, basically, ‘I think we ought to impeach the President,’ is a big deal,” according to Weekley. He says the office of Lieutenant Governor is the most powerful in Texas, so the accusations aren’t made lightly.

“I think the Lt. Governor looks at the President’s very open statement that he was going to work around the Constitution, and work around the Congress. And use the executive branch to basically create law in many cases.” Weekley adds, “I think he’s expressing his opinion that the President has way, way stepped over the line and that’s where he stands.”

Dallas County’s Democratic party chair takes a different view.

“Impeachment is not some internet ranting that we throw around,” says Darlene Ewing. “If it wasn’t so pathetic I would say that the Lt. Governor should read the Constitution; obviously he hasn’t seen it in awhile.”

Ewing believes the comments from Dewhurst are a desperate political ploy. “It’s just the wacko meanderings of a candidate that’s desperate for the Tea Party’s support so maybe he figures, ‘The crazier I get maybe the more votes I’ll get because I’m scared of these other guys.’”

Weekley and Ewing agree that while the U.S. House probably could vote to impeach, there’s no way removing Obama from office would pass the Senate. Still, according to Weekley, it would get the President’s attention. “It’s sort of a serious hand slap to impeach a President, knowing that it’s not going to happen in the Senate; however, it certainly gets the message out that the Constitution means what it says. And you need to pay more attention to it.”

Texas 6th graders assigned to design flag for new socialist nation.

Texas 6th graders assigned to design flag for new socialist nation.(Examiner).

Sixth-grade children in many Texas public schools are being tasked with designing flags for a new socialist nation as part of the state's curriculum, EAG News reported Monday.

"Notice socialist/communist nations use symbolism on their flags representing various aspects of their economic system. Imagine a new socialist nation is creating a flag and you have been put in charge of creating a flag," says a lesson plan being used as part of CSCOPE, the curriculum being used by over 70 percent of Texas school districts.

"Use symbolism to represent aspects of socialism/communism on your flag. What kind of symbolism/colors would you use?" the lesson plan asks.

According to the Associated Press, witnesses told the Texas Senate Education Committee last week that the program promotes liberal values they described as "anti-Christian at best and openly socialist at worst."

"Does that sound like we're sympathizing with those types of countries?" Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) asked regarding the flag assignment. He later said that he found it “very egregious as a Texas and an American.”

"Committee Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston, called it 'a mess.' One witness compared the system to 'mind control,' and an algebra teacher wept as he described quitting because he felt he was 'aiding and abetting a crime' by using CSCOPE in his classroom," the AP reported.

An article at Texas CSCOPE Review was even harsher in its criticism, accusing Obama of "teaching our children how wonderful socialism is and that communism is even better."

"CSCOPE is the prelude to having the Obama Common Core Standards in our schools. Via our Texas School Superintendents, who are studying how to implement Common Core, our state Education services centers are setting in place the perfect technology framework called CSCOPE," Texas CSCOPE Review added.

Another post at the Review shows a graphic used in the curriculum and says that it promotes communism to young children. "On top of this," the Review said, "no one is allowed to view the CSCOPE lessons except teachers who had to sign a gag-order not to tell anyone about the content of the lessons."

The AP added that Lebay was asked about complaints that some lesson plans promote pro-Islamic ideals, or "described participants of the Boston Tea Party as terrorists."

"You know America is changing when leftists have even infiltrated Texas schools," Kyle Olson wrote at EAG News.Hmmmm...... Obama Blames “Founding Fathers” For Making It Difficult For Him To “Bring Change”But..."I will keep plotting"Read the full story here.

3-year-old Russian boy killed by American stepmother in Texas – Russian Children’s Ombudsman.

3-year-old Russian boy killed by American stepmother in Texas – Russian Children’s Ombudsman.(RT).

After being brutally beaten by his American stepmother, who gave him psychotropic medication for an extended period of time, a 3-year-old Russian boy named Maksim has died in Texas, Russian Children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov wrote on Twitter.

­Maksim Kuzmin died before medics, called by his stepmother, arrived at the scene. An autopsy showed that the boy suffered multiple injuries to his head, limb, abdomen and internal organs prior to death.
The investigation revealed that the boy was beaten by his stepmother, who had also fed him strong psychotropic medication.
The US State Department did not comment on the boy’s death, which reportedly happened on January 21. Nevertheless, the incident became known to the Russian Embassy in the US.Hmmm....GUNS did not kill this poor boy , MADNESS DID!Read the full story here.

Update:  Moscow hopes those guilty of adopted Russian child's death in US will be severely punished

Video: Nation of Islam member at Texas Muslim Capitol day in Austin says ‘Islam is the solution’, calls for anti-American legislation.

Nation of Islam member at Texas Muslim Capitol day in Austin says ‘Islam is the solution’, calls for anti-American legislation.HT: Shoebat.
Here is another video from Texas Muslim Capitol Day from 1/31/13 on the south steps of the Texas Capitol building in Austin, TX. This speaker is Nation of Islam’s Eric Muhammad, who singles out former Texas Rep. Leo Berman for the latter’s introduction of anti-Sharia legislation. He also seems to like the idea of gun control. At the 3:50 mark, after rattling off a bunch of statistics, Muhammad then says that ‘Islam is the solution’ for Texas, which is followed by chants of ‘Allahu Akhbar’. He then follows that up by calling for anti-American legislation.Read the full story here.

Texas House declares “Muslim Day” but no signatures required on resolution.

Texas House declares “Muslim Day” but no signatures required on resolution.HT: CreepingSharia.

Why not? Why wouldn’t politicians in Texas follow the normal procedures and sign this important resolution declaring it Muslim Day across Texas? Why wouldn’t these politicians want their constituents to know they supported a day for Muslims – a day to advocate for sharia law in Texas? via The Dallas Morning News.

Muslim Day resolution procedure is altered.
House members deviated from their usual practice Thursday for a resolution declaring it Muslim Day at the Capitol. The sponsor of the legislation routinely asks that all names of House members be added to resolutions.
But Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, said that as a courtesy to some members, he would not ask for the names to be added. Instead, he asked those who wished to honor Texas Muslims to sign the resolution in the House clerk’s office. Islamic organizations and mosques from across the state came to Austin to meet with elected officials and advocate civic participation by Muslims and interfaith partners.
The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said that the event prompted threats online, forcing an increased police presence.
The day was the creation of terror-linked, FBI-banned CAIR and its many like-minded sharia-promoting Muslims and others.Read the full story here.

Steve Vaus's New Song - “Come and take it.”

Grammy-winning musician Steve Vaus, creator of the Buck Howdy character, has recorded a new song that defies those advocating gun confiscation to “come and take it.”HT: WND.
Invoking the spirit of the Texas battle for independence, the song declares, “Come and take it if you want it. Come and take it if you think you can. Come and take it, but we’ll warn you, you’ll have to pry it from our cold, dead hands.”
Vaus’ song proves particularly timely, as President Obama this week announced 23 new “executive actions” aimed at restricting gun use and availability in the U.S. and called for Congress to pass further gun-control legislation.
Several states are mulling ways to counter the president’s agenda, and many individuals fear the president is putting the U.S. on a path toward confiscating guns.
Vaus’ song, however, warns that gun ownership is a God-given right and violators of that right had best beware:

“We want the freedom that God gave us,” the lyrics declare, “so you best not cross that line. If you want this gun you gotta to come through us and take it, one shot at a time.”

The slogan, “Come and take it,” became the battle cry and banner of the Texas Revolution after the 1835 Battle of Gonzalez, in which Texians defied the Mexican government’s demand to return a cannon that had been given them for self-defense. Rather than surrender the cannon to Mexican dragoons, Texians stormed the Mexican camp and drove the soldiers away.
As Vaus’ song sings, “You just don’t mess with Texas, especially when it comes to guns.”You can listen to the song Here or download it from ITunes.

Obama 'Admin' warns Texas: Texas can’t arrest international election observers.

Obama 'Admin' warns Texas: Texas can’t arrest international election observers.(WE).International election observers planning to visit Texas polling places have “full immunity” from being arrested in the United States, the State Department said when discussing a letter from the Texas Attorney General. “I’m not going to get into any kind of hypothetical situations or predict where this is going to go other than to say we have every expectation that this will be worked out and to state the fact, which is that under U.S. law they are eligible for immunities,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Reporters tried to get her to state explicitly that Texas could not arrest election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), but Nuland would only reiterate that OSCE observers have full immunity.
Attorney General Greg Abbott, R-Texas, warned OSCE that it “may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place’s entrance,” as The Hill noted. Nuland dismissed Abbott’s observation that OSCE consulted with Project Vote, a group that was affiliated with ACORN before that now-discredited organization collapsed under the weight of voter fraud charges.Hmmm......."Remember the Alamo".Read the full story here.

Related: UN List: US Election Observation Points

MFS - The Other News

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• Syria Live Blog - May 11. Here .(Al-Jazeera).

• Libya Live Blog - May 11. Here (Al-Jazeera).

• Updated !Earthquakes in the last 24 hours in the world seismic activity in Japan  today 5.0 activity. More info here.

• Japan - Latest official Situation Update No. 105.
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• Japan  : For the most accurate info on the nuclear disaster go to : Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog

• Emperor President Obama mocks Republican position on immigration.(AP).EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Delving anew into an explosive issue, President Barack Obama stood near the border with Mexico on Tuesday and declared it more secure than ever, trying to build pressure on Republicans to take on a comprehensive immigration overhaul—and eagerly working to show vital Hispanic voters that he is not the one standing in the way. Countering Republican calls to focus on border security before moving to a comprehensive overhaul, Obama said their demands have been more than met by his administration but "they'll never be satisfied." He boasted of increasing border patrol agents, nearing completion of a border fence, and screening more cargo. "We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement," Obama said. "But even though we've answered these concerns, I gotta say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time." "Maybe they'll need a moat," Obama said mockingly to laughter from the crowd. "Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat." Trying to build public support for legislation congressional Republicans don't want to pass, Obama said: "The question is whether those in Congress who previously walked away in the name of enforcement are now ready to come back to the table and finish the work we've started." Hmmmm.....Dictatorship or Democracy?Read the full story here.

• Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden.(NYTimes).Statement from the family of Sheikh Osama bin Laden

I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) have noted wide coverage of the news of the death of our father, but we are not convinced on the available evidence in the absence of dead body, photographs, and video evidence that our natural father is dead. Therefore, with this press statement, we seek such conclusive evidence to believe the stories published in relation to 2 May 2011 operation Geronimo as declared by the President of United States Barrack Hussein Obama in his speech that he authorized the said operation and killing of OBL and later confirmed his death. If OBL has been killed in that operation as President of United States has claimed then we are just in questioning as per media reports that why an unarmed man was not arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world. If he has been summarily executed then, we question the propriety of such assassination where not only international law has been blatantly violated but USA has set a very different example whereby right to have a fair trial, and presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a court of law has been sacrificed on which western society is built and is standing when a trial of OBL was possible for any wrongdoing as that of Iraqi President Sadam Hussein and Serbian President Slobodan Miloševic'. We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems and crime's adjudication as Justice must be seen to be done.

It is also unworthy of the special forces to shoot unarmed female family members of Binladen killing a female and that of one of his son.

Most importantly, when it is a common knowledge that OBL's family is residing at one place outside KSA, why they were not contacted to receive his dead body. His sudden and un witnessed burial at sea has deprived the family of performing religious rights of a Muslim man. Finally, now that the operation is concluded we wish the Government of Pakistan to release and hand over all minors of the family and all the family members are reunited at one place and are repatriated to their country of origin, especially female members of the family to avoid further oppression and we seek international support to that effect.

Without agreeing to the ways of OBL as to how he professed, believed and operated, We Omar Ossama Binladin, and my brothers, the lawful children of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) herewith demand an inquiry under UNO to reach to the accuracy of the facts as stated by United States into the fundamental question as to why our father was not arrested and tried but summarily executed without a court of law. We are putting these questions to the United Nations, OIC, President of United States that a necessary evidence is presented to the family in private and or public to make us believe what they claim, and all the remaining family members are repatriated and united after necessary initial investigation.Failure to answer these questions will force us to go to International forum for justice such as International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice and UN must take notice of the violation of international law and assist us to have answers for which we are lawful in seeking them. A panel of eminent British and international lawyers is being constituted and a necessary action may be taken if no answers are furnished within 30 days of this statement. Hmmmm......Mr President?Read the full story here.

• Obama heckled as he tries to woo Hispanic voters by hailing importance of immigrants to U.S.(DailyMail).President Obama was heckled as he made a blatant attempt to woo Hispanic voters today by hailing the importance of immigrants to the American economy.Speaking in El Paso, Texas, close to Mexican the border, the President pledged to escalate legislation that would offer a pathway to the nation’s millions of illegal immigrants.But the President also claimed border controls between the U.S. and Mexico had never been more stringent.The President was broadly cheered by supporters as he told how immigrants were an essential part of the economic recovery and said he wanted to offer a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.But he was then heckled as he made reference to the 'fence' between the U.S. and Mexico, with shouts of 'tear it down' from the crowd.In scenes unusual for such a campaign-style event, supporters attempted to drown out jeers from opponents of immigration by chanting, 'Yes we can'.Obama claimed that fewer arrests of illegal immigrants showed that 'far fewer people are attempting to cross the border illegally'.'Even as we have stepped up patrols, apprehensions along the border have been cut by nearly 40 per cent from two years ago,' said Obama.But local police chiefs have alleged that they have been told to stop arresting illegal immigrants on the border to keep official figures down.An Arizona sheriff last month said Border Patrol agents have told dozens of law enforcement officers to instead chase the immigrants back towards Mexico.Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said he had been 'flooded' with emails from officers supporting his claims.Arizona senators Jon Kyl and John McCain, who was Obama's 2008 Republican election foe, warned that people did not feel that the US-Mexico border was secure, despite the administration's pledges.

'Unfortunately, when President Obama was in the Senate, he actively worked to undermine the reform that he now seems to be advocating during election season,' the senators said in a statement.'This is not surprising considering he made the same evolution in 2008. It's too bad he didn't choose to follow through on those promises after his election,' they said.Republican congressman Peter King also rejected Obama's approach.'The President has again called for amnesty for illegal immigrants without offering a single proposal to actually improve the security of our borders,' King said.But the truth is, the measures we’ve put in place are getting results. Over the past two and a half years, we’ve seized 31 percent more drugs, 75 percent more currency, and 64 percent more weapons than before.Hmmmm....Did he mean "We sold 64% more weapons"?Read the full story here.

• "The Mouse that Roars"?Belgium : Google infringes copyright by displaying and linking to news site content.(TheRegister).A Belgian appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that Google infringes on newspapers' copyright when its services display and link to content from newspaper websites, according to press reports.The search engine giant is responsible for infringing the copyrights of the papers when it links to the sites or copies sections of stories on its Google News service, the Belgian Court of Appeals said (41-page/1.19MB PDF), according to a report in PC World.Google must not link to material from Belgian newspapers, the court said, according to the report (in French). No translation of the ruling is yet available.Google faces a fine of roughly €25,000 for every day it fails to comply with the court judgment, the report said. The ruling does not apply to Flemish newspapers.Hmmmm.....Being right doesn't allways mean being smart.Read the full story here.

• US Attorney’s give “employment” seminar to Muslims at Fresno mosque (video).(Creeping Sharia).Does the Obama administration favor one “religion” over all others and none at all, or does it just seem that way?Since when did the U.S. Attorney’s office start giving religious-specific “employment seminars” in mosques?The chief of the Fresno U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mark Cullers and his assitant Yasin Mohammad lead the discussions explaining to young Muslims how their office prosecutes and defends the US Government in criminal and civil cases.“The department wants to reach out to all communities, including the Muslim community.”Of course, but so far they’ve only consistently reached out to 1% of the U.S. population.Mohammad, a Muslim and Assistant U.S. Attorney says reaching out to those in the Islamic faith is important for him because, as he says, there’s a negative public perseption about Muslims.Shouldn’t that be a U.S. Attorney who happens to be Muslim? The fact that he is a Muslim first likely led to his belief that part of his job is to advocate for Islam at taxpayer expense. Does Mohammad consider events like the 1993 WTC bombing, 9/11 and the scores of terrorist attacks and attempts to kill Americans by Muslims might have shaped the perception about Muslims? Not to mention his namesake.“I think that the religion has been hijacked, by a terrorist element, that’s a small element. But it’s sort of sensational and it’s kind of hijacked the entire religion which doesn’t really agree with that part of it.”Here Mohammad basically admits that jihad is in fact part of Islam, just that many Muslims don’t agree with it. But if he really believes it’s such a small element, why does the U.S. Attorney’s office feel the need to pander in mosques to good Muslims? Why not the standard recruiting at universities?He hopes events like this will help change that, by brigning Muslims together to talk about their future roles in society.So it’s not really about employment. It’s about Muslims roles in American society. Much more than an “employment” seminar – it’s mentoring Muslims at taxpayer expense.Some in the crowd also took the seminar as a chance for them to hear how Federal Prosecutors view Muslims.As victims, clearly.The U.S. Attorney’s Office says it will hold similar employment seminars with any community that requests it.Of course they will. But no other 1% of the population will ever get as much taxpayer funding as do Muslims.Hmmmm....."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion".When will they finally impeach him?Read the full story here.

• Cavalcade of Failure.(DougRoss).Of course, we've borrowed trillions of dollars to spend on a "Stimulus" program (trillions because it was built into subsequent baseline budgets), which Democrats promised would keep unemployment under 8%.Housing. Automobiles. Unemployment.They are ideologues, not economists. They are, by definition, economic illiterates. Nothing they've done has worked. Actually, everything they've tried has made things provably, measurably worse.They are walking, talking clusters. Remember in 2012, before it's too late.President Obama and Congressional Democrats are utter and complete failures.They are like King Midas in reverse. Everything they touch turns to crap.Read and see the full story here.

• Geert Wilders : "I don't hate Muslims,I hate Islam".Read and see the full story here.

• EU to keep files on all air passengers under latest Brussels diktat.(DailyMail).Millions of holidaymakers will have their personal details tracked on huge databases thanks to the latest EU diktat.Countries will be expected to record air passengers’ information, including who they travelled with, the price they paid for a ticket, and even any meal requests they made.EU member states would then be able to trawl their neighbours’ data to check for links to terrorism or other criminality.Under the latest measure – the Passenger Name Record directive – EU member states will be expected to gather all the information travellers provide to airlines when crossing borders.This will include details held on the person’s passport as well as their payment card number, travel companions, seat number, onward flight itinerary, meal request and price of ticket.The final form of the directive is still being hammered out, but it is expected every EU country would establish a so-called Passenger Information Unit. Data would be logged by the country a person left and the one in which they landed.Other member states investigating suspected criminality could then ask to examine the data. Originally, the directive was only to apply to journeys from the rest of the world into the EU, but at the Government’s request it now appears certain to include journeys from one EU member state to another as well.Britain, which is planning to log people going in and out of the country with its own e-Borders system, could have opted out of the directive – which is expected to add a small fee to the price of each ticket to cover the cost of airlines passing on passenger information.Stephen Booth, research director of think-tank Open Europe, said: ‘Despite their tough rhetoric in opposition, Conservative ministers have handed over crime and justice powers to Brussels at an alarming rate since they’ve come to office. ‘It is completely undemocratic that the Government can choose to hand over British citizens’ personal data to police forces all across Europe without so much as a vote in Parliament.’Hmmmm........Read the full story here.

• Iran Turns Up the Heat in the Gulf.(PajamasMedia).Eyeing regional domination, the mullahs seize on the uprising in Bahrain.On May 16, according to the state-owned Fars News Agency, Iran is going to send what they call an aid flotilla from the southern port city of Bushehr. Its destination? Bahrain. In addition to aid, the report stated, the flotilla will convey the Iranian people’s message — “Solidarity with Oppressed Bahraini People.”But that is not all. Reports from inside Iran state that the flotilla will be carrying the martyrdom forces destined to be the start of a new confrontation with the kingdom in Bahrain.The radical Islamic organization Ansar Hezbollah — consisting of Islamist thugs and ardent supporters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei who have been at the forefront in the brutal suppression of Iranian demonstrators — has now assembled volunteers, mostly from Basij forces, for a martyrdom mission to Bahrain.They are also preparing suicide bombers, in coordination with the Guards’ Quds Force, for attacks on Bahraini and Saudi interests.A key part of that strategy, Allah-Karam revealed, involves registering volunteers willing to go to the conflict areas to carry out suicide missions.Another part of their plan: to launch flotillas to Bahrain and provide assistance to the Shiites with their uprising.Ever since the unrest in Bahrain — especially as Saudi forces advanced into that country — the Iranian leaders have been stirring up talk about revenge. Some military commanders and high officials have gone so far as to propose a military intervention to help the Shiite majority with their rebellion against the Sunni-ruled kingdom.The radicals ruling Iran have also threatened Saudi Arabia with serious consequences for its suppression of the protesters in Bahrain.Just weeks ago, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative to Iran’s universities, Hojatolislam Ali-Reza Panahian, stated that “the uprising in Bahrain is the best opportunity to begin setting the stage for the emergence of the Twelfth Imam, our Mahdi.”“The situation in Bahrain alone,” he continued, “could be the catalyst to cause the disintegration of the United States and lead to the downfall of that straw empire.”Hmmmm......Seems like the saudis have more guts to stand up to Iran then Barry.Read the full story here.

• Schoolgirls targeted in Bahrain raids.(Al-Jazeera). In a secretly filmed interview, 16-year-old tells how she was severely beaten as Gulf kingdom cracked down on protests.Secret filming conducted by Al Jazeera has revealed shocking evidence of the brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in the Gulf state of Bahrain.An undercover investigation conducted by Al Jazeera's correspondent, Charles Stratford, has unearthed evidence that Bahraini police carried out periodic raids on girls' schools since the unrest began.The government of Bahrain deployed security forces onto the streets on March 14 in an attempt to quell more than four weeks of protests.A three-month "state of emergency" that was declared by King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa on March 15, is due to be lifted on June 1.At the height of the protests, up to 200,000 people rallied against the government. The crackdown was an attempt to end the protests that demanded the end of the despotic rule of the Khalifah royal family.In an interview "Heba", a 16-year-old schoolgirl, alleges she, along with three of her school friends, were taken away by the police from their school and subjected to severe beatings while in custody for three consecutive days."He hit me on the head, I started bleeding. I fell down, he told them [guards] to keep me in the rest-room," she said during the secretly filmed interview."He [the officer] hit and banged me against the wall to scream. Since we did not cry out or scream, we were beaten more and more, stronger and stronger. "Beating was severe, but being afraid of what comes next, we were senseless to the pain."According to the mainly Shia opposition Al Wefaq party, police have raided up to 15 mainly girls schools, detaining, beating and threatening to rape girls as young as 12.A Bahrain human rights group says at least 70 teachers have also been detained. Meanwhile the media clampdown continues.Read and see the full story here.

• Kuwait, Not Syria, to Sit on U.N. INHuman Rights Council.(Weeklystandard).The Obama administration has been under siege for its support of the U.N.’s top human rights body, the U.N. Human Rights Council. Until today, Syria was seeking to join the Council during elections scheduled to take place at the General Assembly on May 20, 2011. The administration, European states, and other Council fans were already reeling from Libya’s election last May and were desperately looking for a way to save the Council from oblivion. The solution is to replace Syria with Kuwait. Obviously, the anybody-but-Syria campaign spent little time considering the suitability of their replacement candidate.Kuwait is hardly qualified to serve on the Human Rights Council. According to recent reports of Freedom House and the State Department, there is no rule of law in Kuwait. There is no independent judiciary. The emir appoints all judges. The emir has the authority to dissolve the National Assembly at will. Formal political parties are banned. Women are required to have a male guardian in order to marry. Women are eligible for a half of their brother’s inheritance. Spousal rape is not a crime. The law does not specifically prohibit domestic violence. Vacationers have spent months in jails if airport officials hear them “insulting the emir.”  In other words, Kuwait will fit right in with current Human Rights Council member Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the world’s leading example of a gender apartheid state, with its entire female population subjected to male domination and grotesque forms of subservience. Not to mention the periodic beheadings which are part of the Saudi judicial system and the illegality of any public display of a religion other than Islam.Hmmmm.....Another proof of the "Joke" the Human rights council has become.Read the full story here.

• Israel's next challenge: Obama's outreach to Muslim Brotherhood.(Debka).Israelis celebrate the 63rd anniversary of their independence this week in good cheer. Neither by word nor hint have its leaders referred to the challenge facing the country in the year to come: Barack Obama, President of Israel's best friend and ally, has picked the Muslim Brotherhood movement of the Middle East as his chosen partner for promoting American interests in the Arab world in place of its ousted rulers. His courtship of this organization, which he regards as moderate, was the rationale, say debkafile's Washington and counter-terror sources, behind his bold decision to get rid of Osama bin Laden, a step which his two predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, held back from although they knew where he was.Many people forgot the vow Obama made in Cairo on June 4 to mend America's fences with the Muslim world, but he meant every word. His White House has made forging a pact between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood their ultimate policy objective, although they do not expect to achieve it in one fell swoop.Bin Laden's death was part of the US president's unfolding game plan:

1. He needed to demonstrate unswerving resolve to eradicate the terrorist threat posed by Islamic extremists;

2. The Muslim Brotherhood and its national chapters needed to be held back from falling into the arms of Islamic radicalism if it were to qualify as the centerpiece of America's new beginning with the Arab world.

Mubarak's fellow Arab rulers watched and noted how quickly and ruthlessly Obama disposed of him and mustered all their resources to defeat the US-backed revolts against their regimes before they too were tossed on the rubbish heap.Saudi King Abdullah fought back with a divorce from Washington. He is bitterly hostile to the Obama administration – not just over Mubarak's humiliating downfall, but because he believes that a US-Muslim Brotherhood pact would threaten the royal House of Saud by engulfing the clerical institutions which give the throne its legitimacy.Libya's Qaddafi tried to save himself by pointing to his common cause with the US against a rebellion penetrated by Al Qaeda and other Muslim extremists. When he realized that Washington did not share his view and favored the Muslim elements, he decided to fight back against the rebellion and defy their NATO backers.Syria's Bashar Assad, who represents a secular regime and creed, has resorted to tanks, artillery and live bullets for a ferocious crackdown to end what he regards as the continuation of the Muslim Brotherhood-led challenge to the Alawite Assad family rule launched first against his father 19 years ago.Another piece of the Obama game plan was put in place in Cairo Wednesday, May 4, with the inking of the Palestinian unity pact by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas for Fatah and Khaled Meshaal for Hamas.After Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Abbas that the Palestinians must choose between peace and Hamas, Abbas is reported by debkafile's Cairo sources as privately asking why the Israelis complained to him. They should complain to Obama, he said.Hmmmmm......"The 'peacemaker'?Read the full story here.

• Gaza aid flotilla scheduled for third week of June.(TodaysZaman).An aid flotilla will depart for the Gaza Strip in the third week of June, just over a year after a similar flotilla was raided by Israeli forces, leaving nine Turks dead on a Turkish boat, activists said.A coalition of pro-Palestinian groups, most of them based in Europe, announced the date in a statement after a meeting in Paris. The unfolding plans for the new flotilla set up a possible confrontation with Israel, which has vowed to stop any attempt to breach its sea blockade of Gaza.Activists had originally planned to depart on May 31, the anniversary of the botched Israeli commando raid. The delayed departure appears at least partly related to Turkey’s plans for parliamentary elections on June 12. Turkish activists, who are in contact with the government but say they operate independently, had said they wanted to leave after the vote for fear any controversy could disrupt the election debate. Turkish officials, who have stepped up criticism of Israel since the three-week war in Gaza that ended in early 2009, have indicated that the Turkish activists are free to sail from home waters.The “Freedom Flotilla” coalition said Marseille, France, was one of various European departure points for the convoy, and that it welcomed “the recent addition” of a Swiss-German boat. It did not say how many boats were participating, but IHH, an aid group in Turkey, has said it expects the convoy to be at least twice as big as the one that attempted to reach Gaza last year.Six ships set sail last year. This year’s convoy includes the Mavi Marmara, the same Turkish vessel operated by IHH on which the activists died in the raid, and an American vessel named “The Audacity of Hope,” the title of a book by President Obama.The coalition said organizers was heading to Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday to seek the support of European parliamentarians.Eight Turks and one Turkish-American died in the raid last year. Seven Israeli soldiers were wounded. Each side accused the other of starting the violence. The incident drew world attention to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and plunged ties between former allies Israel and Turkey to a new low.Hmmmm......How long would it take to lay a minefield ?Read the full story here.

• Israel braces for 'Nakba Day'.(Ynet).IDF boosts West Bank deployment as Palestinians prepare to mark 'disaster' of Jewish State's establishment; police bracing for possible violence within Green Line, Arab-Israelis hold major rally Tuesday.Independence Day over, 'Nakba Day' looming: Israel's defense establishment is preparing for a possibly turbulent weekend as Palestinians mark what they view as the disaster inherent in Israel's establishment. The annual 'Nakba Day' will be marked on May 15th, the date of the Jewish state's inception.Security officials have been assessing the volatile situation in the past week, and as of Wednesday the IDF will be boosting its deployment throughout Judea and Samaria. The army is preparing for various scenarios, including extreme violence, despite estimations that Palestinian security forces will aim to keep tensions low. Several IDF regiments will be joining units already in place, in case Palestinian rallies turn violent and prompt dangerous friction with Israeli forces and settlers. "We don't want to be surprised or improvise a response at the last moment," a military official said, while expressing his hope that quiet will prevail throughout 'Nakba Day.' Meanwhile, Israel Police officials are preparing for the possibility of Arab Israelis joining the protests and resorting to violence within the Green Line. Police officers fear that planned rallies and marches will turn into mass riots and will discuss the option of boosting police deployment over the weekend. As opposed to previous years, the Palestinians have been calling for civil disobedience both in the West Bank and outside Israel, in states sharing a border with the Jewish state. The trend got underway with the launch of a Facebook page urging the Palestinians to embark on a third Intifada on May 15. Elsewhere online, several groups are organizing with the aims of reaching Israel's borders. One such initiative is being organized by the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt, with university students expected to depart from Cairo Friday en route to the Gaza Strip border. Tuesday evening, some 15,000 Arab Israelis took part in a 'Nakba Day rally in the western Galilee region. The event was attended by Arab Knesset members and senior Islamic Movement figures. Participants held up Palestinian flags and signs with anti-occupation slogans. Cities within Israel's Green Line, including Kfar Saba and Petach Tikva, just north of Tel Aviv, were also declared as "occupied." The rally also endorsed the recent Hamas-Fatah unity deal.However, it appears that there is no consensus on the Arab side, after the Islamic Movement walked out of the event because a female singer took the stage.Hmmmmm......Sooner or later it will come to the final showdown ,why wait and let then grow stronger?Read the full story here.

• Casino Ejects Woman In Muslim Garb.video (Breitbart)How can a casino enforce the age-limit laws if they can't see a person's face? For all we know, this person is 16 years-old.Read and see the full story here.

MFS - The Other News

                      Afternoon Posting.

• Syria Live Blog - May 10. Here .(Al-Jazeera).

• Libya Live Blog - May 10. Here (Al-Jazeera).

• Updated !Earthquakes in the last 24 hours in the world seismic activity in Japan  today 5.3 - 5.4 activity. More info here.

• Japan - Latest official Situation Update No. 105.
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• Japan  : For the most accurate info on the nuclear disaster go to : Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog

• Mississippi Floods : 33 pictures of the disaster,none of them contains images of President Obama who's campaigning now!See the whole story here.

• Judges Hearing Arguments on Obama Law Appointed by Democrats.(Fox).All three judges that will hear Tuesday's arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law were appointed by Democratic presidents, including two by Obama himself.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit made the announcement shortly before the trial started, even though the case has been scheduled for months. Judges Diana Motz, the senior member of the panel, was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994. Andre Davis and James Wynn were appointed by Obama.The hearing in Richmond is the first appellate review of Obama's signature legislation passed last year, and combines two cases. The first case was brought by Liberty University, and the second case was brought by the government after losing to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinell.The judges were randomly selected by computer a couple of months ago. They have presumably been reading briefs in the case ever since. The full 14 member Fourth Circuit is evenly split between Republican and Democratic judges, but only three judges hear any given case.The fact that the judges are Democratic appointees doesn't mean they'll decide to uphold the law in the end, but this has been one of the most bitterly partisan issues around the country in recent memory.Hmmm....."Randomly selected by computer"yeah whatevah.Let me guess only democrat nominated judges their names were entered in the computer program? Read the full setup story here.

• Amnesty for votes!Obama Ready to Roll Out New Amnesty Carpet for Illegals.(SunshineState).Meanwhile, E-Verify and tougher state laws have led to self-deportation in Arizona.Amnesty or bust. Though not using those words, that's expected to be the message President Barack Obama will deliver in the border town of El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday.Obama, according to unofficial reports, will argue that his administration has tightened America's borders and stepped up deportations, and that it is time for Congress to enact a "path to citizenship" for at least some of the estimated 11 million illegal aliens in this country.Wary congressional Republicans and even a few Democrats say that "path to citizenship" means "amnesty," and they're not willing to go down that road again. Previous amnesty programs, which effectively rewarded lawbreakers, simply enticed more illegals to enter the country.Obama, eager to make good on campaign promises from 2008 and bolster his Hispanic base for 2012, says the time is ripe for immigration reform. The administration reports that it deported a record 392,000 immigrants, and has put more "boots on the ground" along America's southern border.Workplace raids have stepped up, too, and more businesses are using the federal E-Verify program to screen new hires. As for the illegals who remain, reformers argue that it is unrealistic to expect the government to deport some 11 million people.But the experience in Arizona suggests that self-deportation occurs when and where immigration laws are toughened.Worried that the GOP-controlled House will oppose anything that smacks of amnesty, the Illinois Democrat said he's looking for the president to use "discretionary powers" to enact the changes.In an indication of where he is heading Tuesday, Obama recently conducted a series of private meetings with business executives, evangelical leaders and Hispanic activists -- the same groups that repeatedly blurred the distinction between "legal" and "illegal" immigrants in helping to defeat Florida's modest E-Verify legislation.Hmmmmm......Dictator President Obama will push trough once again his way.Read the full story here.

• Report:US born Anwar Al-Awlaki Could Be Next AQAP(Al-Qaida) Leader!(Memri).The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai reported today, citing "informed sources," that "there are talks among the organization's [Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] members to appoint Anwar Al-Awlaki as the group's [AQAP] leader."Read the full story here.

Osama Bin Laden's Children Threaten Legal Action If Whereabouts Of Bin Laden's Body Remain Undisclosed.(Memri).On May 9, 2011, a letter was published on Mustafa Hamid's (aka Abu Walid Al-Masri) website, which the website said was authored by the children of Osama bin Laden.Hmmmm....US goverment rounding up all the sharkhunters in the Arabian sea?Read the full story here.

• O-pression: Experts Put Real Unemployment At Between 18% and 22%.(DougRoss).Mike Shedlock crunches the numbers and comes to an inescapable conclusion: real unemployment is far, far worse than official government statistics reflect.Either way, this president's bankruptcy-inducing policies have set this nation on a course for an unprecedented fiscal calamity. We are seeing a preview of coming attractions in Europe, the results of unchecked deficit spending and the spread of socialist welfare programs that can't work and have never worked throughout human history.And yet Democrats lobby for more: more spending, more deficits, more unchecked wealth redistribution schemes. They know they are unsustainable, yet they plow ahead, bankrupting future generations for some mirage of a Utopian society where everyone is equal, no matter how hard they work.And that, my friends, truly is the definition of insanity.Hmmmm...."You can't fool all the people,all of the time"?Read the full story here.

• The Obamas Invite Cop Hating Rapper to the White House.(WhitehouseDossier).What do you think of when you imagine a White House “Celebration of American Poetry and Prose?” A quiet collection of serious minded women and professorial looking men reciting, in tones both dramatic and hushed, carefully crafted cadenzas in a setting of earnest reflection?

Think again. Think of THIS:

Yo, yo, yo, lissen up. This is not your father’s candy ass poetry reading, you hear?

Mrs. Obama, who is supposedly so concerned about the future of our nation’s impressionable and overweight youth, has invited this spigot of hatred, a rapper who calls himself “Common,” to the White House Wednesday to share his vitriol.It’s one thing to be angry about your circumstances and to express it. It’s quite another to threaten harm against the police.Instead of inviting this person to the White House, Obama should probably be trying to find out if “Common” is serious about his own lyrics. He’s not a poet. He’s a security threat.

How fraudulent of Obama to head to Ground Zero last week and have his picture taken with police who responded to the 9/11 disaster, and then give the presidential seal of approval to someone who wrote this:

Tell the law, my Uzi weighs a ton.

 I walk like a warrior,

from them I won’t run . . .

Use your mind and nine-power, get the government touch

Them boys chat-chat on how him pop gun

I got the black strap to make the cops run

They watching me, I’m watching them

The man seems to wish violence against George W. Bush as well:

With that happening, why they messing with Saddam?

Burn a Bush cos’ for peace he no push no button

Killing over oil and grease

no weapons of destruction

How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?

Tomorrow night, “Common” will be standing in the East Room, below the life size paintings of George and Martha Washington, spewing this kind of stuff.It’s not just an outrage. It’s incomprehensible.How could this be?Well, turns out Common is from Chicago. Not just from Chicago, but a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ since childhood. Does that church name ring a bell? The pastor there is Jeremiah Wright.I wonder where Common learned his songs of hatred? It appears the Obamas have not completely cut their ties to the church.Whatever the artistry that may be involved here, this is not a man whose “ouvre” merits to a visit to the White House. It’s an insult to the nation.I assume Common has been instructed not to recite his anti-cop rant. If he does, Obama will incur the political damage he richly deserves.Hmmmmm.....When will they impeach this poor excuse for a President?Read the full story here.

• Boehner demands ‘trillions’ in spending cuts in exchange for lifting debt ceiling.(WashingtonPost).NEW YORK — House Speaker John A. Boehner defined the GOP’s terms for raising the legal limit on government borrowing Monday, demanding that President Obama reduce spending by more than $2 trillion in exchange for an increase big enough to cover the nation’s bills through the end of next year.Delivering a sermon on fiscal austerity to a Wall Street crowd clamoring for compromise on the debt limit, Boehner (Ohio) firmly rejected any effort to raise taxes. He also called on Democrats to engage in “honest conversations about how best to preserve Medicare,” signaling that House Republicans remain committed to restructuring at least some portions of the program.And for the first time, he signaled that Republicans would come to the negotiating table with the expectation that the White House and Senate Democrats be prepared to discuss major reductions in federal spending — and enact them immediately. That’s a sharp shift from Republicans who just last week talked of finding “commonality” on less-ambitious measures. “Without significant spending cuts and changes in the way we spend the American people’s money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. And the cuts should be greater than the accompanying increase in the debt limit that the president is given,” Boehner said in an address to the Economic Club of New York at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. “We’re not talking about billions here. We should be talking about cuts in trillions if we’re serious about addressing America’s fiscal problems.”Hmmmmm.....What happened to abolishing Obama care?Read the full story here.

• The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo.(AP).President Obama's decision to withhold the visual evidence of Osama bin Laden's death has created a fundamental disagreement between the White House and one of the largest journalism organizations in the world. "This information is important for the historical record," said Michael Oreskes, senior managing editor at The Associated Press. "That's our view."Last Monday, the AP filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the photographic and video evidence taken during the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The organization's FOIA request included a reminder of the president's campaign pledge and a plea to be more transparent than his predecessor. "The Obama White House 'pledged to be the most transparent government in U.S. history," wrote the AP, "and to comply much more closely with the Freedom of Information Act than the Bush administration did.'"Two days later, the president told 60 Minutes he would not release any of the footage related to the raid, including video of bin Laden's deep sea burial and photographs of his slain corpse. Though Oreskes voices his disagreement diplomatically, there's no way around it: The AP believes the president is wrong to maintain exclusive ownership of the evidence. "We're asking to see it," said Oreskes in an interview with The Atlantic Wire. "It's about us saying we would like to make our own news judgements about news worthy material."For Oreskes, the photo is an important piece of evidence to establish what happened during the Navy SEALs raid on bin Laden's Abbottabad compound. "In the week since the raid there's been a whole series of story-lines about what happened in this raid," said Oreskes. "At this point, anything that might shed more light on what occurred is potentially quite newsworthy. So we would like this imagery to fully understand what happened during this event.""I can't tell you what understanding we would get," he prefaced. "But we would like to see it and compare it with other things we're being told about this raid both by U.S. officials and officials in other countries."The AP isn't alone in wanting more insight on the specifics of the raid. When it eventually surfaced that bin Laden was not killed in a firefight, his wife wasn't used as a human shield, there was no live footage of the event and the "mansion" where he lived was only worth between $250,000 and $480,000, many became skeptical of the White House's narrative. Other organizations that have filed FOIAs include Politico, Fox News, Judicial Watch and Citizens United. Oreskes sympathizes with the president. "This is obviously one of his most difficult decisions and we understand that."Read the full story here.

• GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has 'enemies list'.(TheHill).Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) asked Tuesday if the White House had an "enemies list" in light of the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing for moving some of its operations to South Carolina.The complaint stems from Boeing's decision to move some of its production line for the Dreamliner jet to the right-to-work state to avoid the work stoppages that have hampered the company in the state of Washington. The labor board contends that the move is retaliation against unionized workers, while Boeing says it is a business decision designed to keep production running smoothly.Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with several other GOP lawmakers and business lobbyists, Paul implied that President Obama was playing politics, since the complaint could see Boeing move jobs out of South Carolina."I have a question for the president. Mr. President, do you have an enemies list? Is this decision based on the fact that South Carolina appears to be a Republican state, has two Republican senators? Is this decision based on the fact that South Carolina is a right-to-work state? Are they on your enemies list?" Paul said.The freshman senator also mentioned a draft executive order under consideration by the White House that would have government contractors disclose their political contributions."Will you now punish contractors who have given money to Republican candidates?" Paul asked.Paul rattled off several other states, including Kentucky, Alabama and Texas, that he said could fall under the administration's cross-hairs for voting Republican in the last election."Are we going to use the whole power and bully nature of government to say that business cannot be located in a state that might happen to vote Republican?" Paul said. "I find this appalling and I respectfully ask the president to immediately rescind this assault on business."Hmmmm.....Dictatorship or Democracy?Read the full story here.

• Record sale of Osama posters in Pakistan.(Indiatimes).Islamabad : There has been a record sale of posters of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan after the al-Qaida leader was gunned down in a daring US commando raid May 2 in the country, a media report said on Tuesday. More than 100,000 posters of Osama Bin Laden have been sold since his death, the Online news agency reported citing the print industry. It added that the volume of sale is increasing daily. Osama's death on May 2 ended nearly a decade-long hunt for the US's most wanted terrorist. He was blamed for the terrorist attacks in the US in September 2001 in which nearly 3,000 people were killed. Hmmmm....'Genius' Obama "Osama Bin Laden is not a Muslim".Read the full story here.

• Osama Bin Laden Son Missing From SEAL Raid, Pakistan Says.(ABC).One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the Navy SEAL raid that took the life of the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, Pakistani security officials told ABC News today. The officials said bin Laden's three wives, who are all in Pakistani custody, said that one of bin Laden's sons has not been seen since the raid. The son has not been identified, but Pakistani investigators agreed that it appeared someone was missing from the sprawling compound, the officials said.U.S. officials said that one of bin Laden's sons, Khalid, was killed in the raid. It is not known if another son, Hamza, was in the compound at the time of the raid, though his mother is reportedly one of the wives in custody. The U.S. has denied the SEALs took anyone from the compound other than bin Laden's body. The U.S. initially faced resistance from Pakistani authorities when investigators asked for access to bin Laden's widows, but a U.S. official said Monday Pakistani official promised to make the meeting happen sometime soon. One senior Pakistani security official told ABC News there is still no timeframe for that meeting, however.Hmmmmm....Remember that i kept asking last week 'what happened to the son the Seals allegedly took with them' to Afghanistan?Read the full story here.

• Governor Perry declines Obama's invite.(Politico).Rick Perry has declined the White House’s request that he greet President Obama when Air Force One lands in Texas on Tuesday, the Republican governor’s office says. “We did try to arrange something with the White House,” Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for Perry, told POLITICO. “They asked us if we wanted to meet him out on the tarmac in El Paso, but we weren’t able to work anything out, based on the fact that it’s probably going to be a 10-minute greeting.” Perry, who met Obama at the airport when the president traveled to Austin in August, accused the administration two weeks ago of denying aid to his state to help recover from wildfires. Other Republican governors, like Rick Scott and Mitch Daniels, recently greeted Obama when he visited their states. Obama will talk about immigration in El Paso on Tuesday before going to Austin to campaign.Hmmmmm......Remember the Alamo?Read the full story here.

• The Plagues coming to Egypt : Hunger. (AsiaTimes).By Spengler. Egypt is running out of food, and, more gradually, running out of money with which to buy it.The most populous country in the Arab world shows all the symptoms of national bankruptcy - the kind that produced hyperinflation in several Latin American countries during the 1970s and 1980s - with a deadly difference: Egypt imports half its wheat, and the collapse of its external credit means starvation. The civil violence we have seen over the past few days foreshadows far worse to come. The Arab uprisings began against a background of food insecurity, as rising demand from Asia priced the Arab poor out of the grain market (Food and failed Arab states, Asia Times Online February 2, 2011). The chaotic political response, though, threatens to disrupt food supplies in the relative near term. Street violence will become the norm rather than the exception in Egyptian politics. All the discussion about Egypt's future political model and its prospective relations with Israel will be overshadowed by the country's inability to feed itself. Egypt's political problems - violence against Coptic Christians, the resurgence of Islamism, and saber-rattling at Israel, for example - are not symptoms of economic failure. They have a life of their own. But even Islamists have to eat, and whatever political scenarios that the radical wing of Egyptian politic might envision will be aborted by hunger. The Ministry of Solidarity and Social Justice is already forming "revolutionary committees" to mete out street justice to bakeries, propane dealers and street vendors who "charge more than the price prescribed by law", the Federation of Egyptian Radio and Television reported on May 3. The collapse of Egypt's credit standing, meanwhile, has shut down trade financing for food imports, according to the chairman of the country's Food Industry Holding Company, Dr Ahmed al-Rakaibi, chairman of the Holding Company for Food Industries. Rakaibi warned of "an acute shortage in the production of food commodities manufactured locally, as well as a decline in imports of many goods, especially poultry, meats and oils". According to the country's statistics agency, only a month's supply of rice is on hand, and four months' supply of wheat. The country's foreign exchange reserves have fallen by US$13 billion, or roughly a third during the first three months of the year, Reuters reported on May 5. The country lost $6 billion of official and $7 billion of unofficial reserves, and had only $24.5 billion on hand at the end of April. Capital flight probably explains most of the rapid decline. Egypt's currency has declined by only about 6% since January, despite substantial capital flight, due to market intervention by the central bank, but the rapid drawdown of reserves is unsustainable. At this rate Egypt will be broke by September. Hmmmm....."CHANGE" Aren't they glad Obama made Mubarak 'dissapear'?Read the full story here.

• Pakistan spy agency's alleged role in Mumbai terrorist attacks to be revealed.(Guardian).Witness in US trial expected to say ISI officers were complicit in the 2008 terrorist attacks that killed more than 160 people.The apparent involvement of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), Pakistan's premier spy agency, in international attacks carried out by Islamic militants is to be revealed in a trial starting next week in the US.A former member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a violent Pakistan-based extremist group with close links to the Pakistani military, is expected to tell a court in Chicago that ISI officers were complicit in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's commercial capital, in which more than 160 people died.The trial comes at a critical time, with relations between Islamabad and Washington at a new low following the death of Osama bin Laden.The hearings could acutely embarrass the ISI, which is suspected by many in the US and elsewhere of protecting the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks.The trial is also likely to fuel pressure in the US for the high levels of financial aid to Pakistan to be cut.Official court documents in the case have so far played down the role of the ISI, still officially considered by the CIA and other American agencies as a key ally in the hunt for al-Qaida operatives in Pakistan. They avoid mentioning the Pakistani spy service by name, for example.Spokesmen for the ISI have repeatedly denied any involvement in the Mumbai attacks to the Guardian.The key witness in the hearings will be David Headley, an American-Pakistani LeT militant who has already told Indian intelligence services that he carried out the surveillance for the Mumbai operation while working for the ISI.Hmmmm.....A nice Nuclear war to take care of the over population?Read the full story here.

• Iran mocks Israeli leaders for 'stupid ideas'.(Ynet).Islamic Republic comments on Meir Dagan remarks regarding potential Israeli attack on Tehran nuclear sites. Iran on Tuesday mocked Israeli officials for flirting with "stupid ideas" after former Israeli spy chief Meir Dagan admitted that an Israeli attack on Tehran's nuclear sites was foolish."It is interesting that Zionist regime officials admit they have stupid ideas, as they have had so many such ideas in the past," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at his weekly press conference. His remarks came after former Mossad head Dagan said on May 6 that the possibility of a future Israeli aerial attack on Iran "would be stupid." Dagan, who retired in January after eight years as director of the Israeli intelligence service, suggested that the attack could fail to curb Iran's atomic ambitions while risking engulfing the region in conflict."Anyone attacking Iran needs to understand that it could start a regional war, which will include missile fire from Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon," he said. Read the full story here.