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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Moderates Are Islamists
Moderates are Islamists
Fahad Qureshi stated that the desire to see homosexuals killed was a belief held by so-called “moderate” Muslims.
“I always try to tell them that….these are general views that every Muslim actually has….every Muslim believes in these things,” says Qureshi.
Qureshi then asks the audience of Muslim attendees – black, white and Arab – to raise their hands if they agree with gender segregation and stoning women for adultery, as taught by the Koran.
Virtually every single ‘moderate’ Muslim in the room raises their hand to agree with these positions. Qureshi then asks the audience if they go to “normal Sunni mosques in Norway.” Virtually everyone raises their hand in agreement once again.
“What are the politicians going to say now? What is the media going to say now? That we are all extremists? That we are all radicals? That we need to deport all of us from this country?” states Qureshi.
The chillingly ironic thing is of course that in trying to argue that most Muslims are not ‘radical extremists’, Qureshi only proves the point that so-called “moderate” Muslims do in fact hold radical, violent and extreme views about the treatment of women and homosexuals.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Gays and Muslims
Gays, Muslims, Roman Catholics
TRANSCRIPT
All the victims at the gay nightclub who were murdered over the weekend need our prayers. Fifty people, 50-plus souls were on the scene, and the very next moment, they were standing before the judgment seat of Almighty God — as we all will be one day. Life can seem so certain one moment and over the next, in a twinkling of an eye. We must always be prepared to die.
The murders bring about a very interesting point of a larger discussion. The liberal alliance has brought various factions together, with one common goal: to end Catholic morality's influence on Western civilization.
There are indeed some strange pairings in this liberal alliance: homosexualists, the Democratic Party, the mainstream media and Islam. Whatever differences Islam and liberals have, they have been willing to overlook them to join forces against the common enemy of Christianity, specifically Catholicism.
So, for example, from ISIS and the Islamic world you hear threats against Rome — loud threats, so loud that Italian army soldiers now stand at the ready fully armed with machine guns in very plain sight around the boundaries of Vatican City. And you hear from various gay groups that the Catholic Church hates gays — that we are homophobic, that we are a threat, that we need to have our non-profit status revoked, that we need to be monitored and so forth.
One point needs to become very clear to all those who wish to paint the Church as an enemy of gays: We want you saved. Islam wants you dead. And let's be very clear: The Catholic Church wants to save gays from Hell. Islam wants to send gays to Hell.
Just last month in the Middle East, these horrific images of a man being thrown off a building to his death were released. His "crime": being gay in a Muslim country. Again, Catholics don't hate gays. But Islamicists do. It wasn't Catholics throwing that man to his death. And it wasn't a Catholic in the gay nightclub murdering dozens of same-sex-attracted men and women.
But this whole situation does pose a very difficult conundrum for the whole liberal alliance. Gays hate the Church because the Church teaches about the immorality of homosexual acts. And Islam hates the Church because it was born from a hate of the Church and has always had as its object the overthrow of Christianity.
Up until now, the liberal mainstream media has been happy to be complicit in giving Islamic terrorism a pass because it had common cause with undermining Catholicism in the culture. The liberal alliance was happy to make common cause with Islam because they had a common enemy: the Catholic Church. So whenever an Islamic terrorist murdered a group somewhere, it could be whitewashed and follow-up stories done on how Islam doesn't really have a widely accepted notion of jihad and violence, and how the various terror acts were "isolated," or the individual was disturbed and so forth. But Islam could never be approached as a problem in itself. That would be shooting an ally in the back.
Well, this past weekend radical Islam shot one of its own allies in the back; more than 50 souls were dispatched into eternity as a result. So now the conundrum: Random victims were not targeted but homosexual men and women. Islam hates gays and wants them dead, and this is a fact that the liberal alliance of homosexualists, Democrats and the media have simply not said out loud.
Well, now they have to.
The liberal alliance may finally have to come out and say for the whole world to hear what should be blindingly obvious to the whole world: Islam hates gays and wants them dead.
But that admission will cost the liberal alliance. For all their common cause with wanting to undermine or even eradicate Catholicism, the Church does share some core principles with Islam regarding morality. Pope John Paul II was able to use those shared beliefs about sexual morality in the U.N. Cairo Conference back in the 1990s to fend off an attempt by Western nations to embrace abortion and contraception as human rights. By working with various Islamic nations, the Church was able to beat back the initiative.
This move by the Vatican angered many Western powers who want to push sexual immorality, and the Church came into sharp focus as a threat to their new world order. So the liberal alliance of gays, news media, politicians, Hollywood, all banded together and began their relentless pounding of the Church. To the extent that Islam could be conscripted, even indirectly, all the better.
Up until Orlando, the strange alliance between gays and gay-hating Islam was able to hold. Now, it's over — or, at least, it should be. What remains to be seen is how this will be handled or massaged in the media. Will the Muslim killer be painted as a lone extremist who does not represent "peaceful" Islam? Will media reports devolve into story after story about the need for gun control? Will the murderous action be whitewashed as an act against "Americans" and "our way of life" instead of the full-on truth that Islam hates gays and wants them dead?
Now that Islam has broken ranks with the liberal alliance by attacking a key component of it in the homosexual ideology, what remains to be seen is which enemy will the liberal alliance choose to attack more: Islam or the Catholic Church? Since Satan is behind the liberal alliance, the homosexual ideology and Islam, it's pretty certain the Church will be the one continuing being attacked once this has all receded from the headlines.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Ian Hunter, Hoboken Arts and Music Festival
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will be playing at the 2016 Hoboken Arts and Music Festival on June 12. The are scheduled for 4:30 PM on the Observer Highway Stage.
http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/
http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/
Ian Hunter, Hoboken Arts and Music Festival, 12 June 2016
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An hour and eleven minute set: did not play "Silver Needles" or "Flowers." A beautiful day for a festival and a receptive crowd. Ian in good voice and the band tight as ever. They had fun on stage.
An hour and eleven minute set: did not play "Silver Needles" or "Flowers." A beautiful day for a festival and a receptive crowd. Ian in good voice and the band tight as ever. They had fun on stage.
Islamist Kills Gays in Orlando
Allahu Akbar
Islamist Kills in Orlando
Victim
Islamist
Responding
Orlando Mosque Talk: Gays Should Die
Former Cop Complained But Islamist Played the Muslim Card
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In an interview with CNN’s Drew Griffin, the imam at the Fort Pierce Islamic Center, Dr. Syed Shafeeq Rahman, says Mateen would come two or three times a week.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2016/06/orlando-jihad-911-osama.html/#sthash.pwHDzhfm.dpuf
David Wood
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Islamist Kills in Orlando
Victim
Islamist
Responding
Orlando Mosque Talk: Gays Should Die
Former Cop Complained But Islamist Played the Muslim Card
worked-security-company-which-tranports-illegal-immigrants
In an interview with CNN’s Drew Griffin, the imam at the Fort Pierce Islamic Center, Dr. Syed Shafeeq Rahman, says Mateen would come two or three times a week.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2016/06/orlando-jihad-911-osama.html/#sthash.pwHDzhfm.dpuf
David Wood
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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Ian Hunter, City Winery, NYC, Summer Residency
Sat 11 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-11.html
Sat 18 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-18.html
Sat 25 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-25.html
Ian Hunter, City Winery, NYC
No "AAAB" or "ATWFM." Played "Silver Needles" and songs from all parts of solo and Mott eras. The new album has been recorded and "fingers crossed" will be out in September. Opened again with "OBTS." My guess is that tonight was the warm-up for Hoboken tomorrow and the most recognizable songs for a general festival audience.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Ramadan Attacks in Jerusalem
Ramadan Attacks in Jerusalem
Ramadan
Diners Flee
Islamists Celebrate
Bad Ass Cop Applies Justice for Islamist
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Trump Did Not Just Say Mexican Judge
Trump did not just refer to the judge as just Mexican.
He just appeared at a rally where the protesters held Mexican flags and told him he was in Mexico.
If one is racist then the other should be considered so as well.
He just appeared at a rally where the protesters held Mexican flags and told him he was in Mexico.
If one is racist then the other should be considered so as well.
When Sotomayor was appointed to the Supreme Court she said ethnicity and gender matters.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Devastating Hillary Testimony
From the transcript, released by Judicial Watch:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-mills-deposition-01363/Attorney: Okay. Did they have access to the Secretary’s e-mail account so they could search her e-mails in response to the FOIA request?Mills: To my knowledge, they did not have access to her e-mail account. To my knowledge, the information where her e-mail was — if there was a topic that would have been related, would have been in the communications that she would have either had on paper, communications that she would have had in other materials that she received, or in exchanges that she had with e-mail with individuals on their State account.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
America's New Moral Code
Is American culture experiencing an “end of moral absolutes?” That’s surely a question that reasonable observers will have after exploring a new study that analyses what’s happening with morals and ethics among the U.S. populace.
“Christian morality is being ushered out of American social structures and off the cultural main stage, leaving a vacuum in its place — and the broader culture is attempting to fill the void,” reads a recent report by the Barna Group.
The report reveals an intriguing — and ironic — dynamic: a population that is increasingly concerned about the state of morals and ethics, while also admitting that there is some internal uncertainty for many citizens in determining right from wrong.
Barna Group
When it comes to moral truth, just 35 percent of Americans surveyed believe that it is absolute, with 44 percent saying that moral truth is related to circumstances and 21 percent admitting that they had not thought much about it.
But there was a notable difference among practicing Christians, with 59 percent saying that moral truth is absolute, compared to just 22 percent of those individuals who have no faith.
Overall, respondents made their concerns over the nation’s moral standing more than clear, though. In fact, 80 percent of those surveyed expressed concern, with Christians distinguishing themselves as the most concerned (90 percent) when compared to people of other faiths (72 percent) or of those with no faith at all (67 percent).
While there’s sweeping concern over the state of morality, 57 percent of Americans said that awareness of what is right or wrong is “a matter of personal experience,” Barna reported, noting that this proportion grew to 74 percent among Millennials.
And 65 percent of Americans agreed that “every culture must determine what is acceptable morality for its people.” Despite believing that culture does play a role in setting cultural norms, there was also widespread support for biblical ideals.
A majority of Americans surveyed — 59 percent — believe that “the Bible provides us with absolute moral truths which are the same for all people in all situations, without exception.”
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Saturday, May 28, 2016
IG Report Shows Hillary Broke Federal Law
IG Report Shows Hillary Broke Federal Law
By Federal law, this means Hillary Clinton is ineligible to run for President, according to 18 U.S.C. § 2071(b), which states:
“Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.”
Friday, May 27, 2016
Watter's World & Mark Dice Memorial Day
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The videos illustrates why Memorial Day observations are in decline, with less than 5 per cent of Americans typically attending a parade or visiting grave sites.
According to a 2000 Gallup poll, two thirds of Americans knew exactly what Memorial Day was about, although a 2011 survey found that 80 per cent of Americans had confessed to having “little” or only “some” knowledge of the military holiday.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Ian Hunter, Saturday, 11th, NYC; Sunday, 12th, Hoboken; Saturday, 18th, NYC; 19, Sellersville; & 25 NYC June Gigs
Hoboken Arts and Music Festival – 12 June 2016
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will be headlining the 2016 Hoboken Arts and Music Festival on June 12. The are scheduled for 4:30 PM on the Observer Highway Stage.
Sellersville Theater – 19 June 2016
Ian Hunter has confirmed an appearance with his Rant Band at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville PA on 19 June 2016. Tickets are on sale now!
Ian Hunter – City Winery Summer Residency 2016
The City Winery in New York City has announced Ian Hunter’s Summer Residency, three consecutive “saturday gigs” in June 2016. Tickets for Vinofile members are on sale now, and the public sale begin at 3 PM (EST) on Thursday, March 31 2016.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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