Does religion play a role in the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-admin-official-says-religion-is-not-driving-extreme-violence-in-nigeria-the-day-after-islamists-slaughter-40-christians/
Does religion play a role in the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-admin-official-says-religion-is-not-driving-extreme-violence-in-nigeria-the-day-after-islamists-slaughter-40-christians/
What is your reaction to the teenagers who did this? Is this a hate crime? Anti-semitism?
A student mural at Pilgrim High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, was reportedly deemed inappropriate and banned by a public high school due to its depiction of a man, woman and child holding hands. The couple, clearly engaged in a straight, monogamous relationship, are seen standing with what appears to be their child.
The school painted over this portion of the mural out of fear that it would offend people who live alternative lifestyles.
What do you think of the school's position to blot out the offensive images? Were they right or wrong, why?
Source: http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/apr/06/12/high-school-paints-over-portion-...
A public school in Warwick RI paints over portion of mural depicting a child growing up graduating and culminating with being married with a child.
Michael Widlanski, author of "Battle For Our Minds: Western Elites and The Terror Threat" joins Michael Coren to discuss the islamophilia of self-appointed Western elites. Feel free to smack one in the head when you see 'em.
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After thousands of people were murdered in simultaneous terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the New York Times said the violence came "out of the blue." Nothing could have been further from the truth.
Arab-Islamic terrorists had been attacking the West for years but the reports were dismissed as the work of "madmen" and, in fact, all the while recruiters and fund-raisers for Arab-Islamic terror were receiving academic and economic sanctuary in some of America's most esteemed institutions. Had Osama bin Laden been held accountable in 1992, 1996, and 1998, and had his followers been called out, his Al-Qaeda network wouldn't have become a clarion call for anti-Western terror. Now as new attacks, aborted and otherwise, are carried out from London to Mumbai to New York's Times Square, Western elites—academia, the media, and government officials—have once again been fueling that same dangerous complacency that is leaving us as vulnerable as before.
In Battle for Our Minds, Michael Widlanski delivers a powerful and sound argument for turning around this willful ignorance, and explains exactly how it can be done: by facing and genuinely understanding the precise motives and mind games behind those who want to destroy us. He names the officials, media pundits, and academics who have hindered the battle against Islamic terror, in turn obstructing a logical fight to stop it. Clearly, a lack of factual accuracy is sabotaging the Western mind, and Widlanski's anger is justified: Why has an all-out "holy war" been softened into the more liberally acceptable "spiritual struggle"? Why, pre-9/11, were the terrorist threats made in New York City mosques ignored? Why did we go out of our way to give bin Laden a proper burial out of respect to an ideology that erased the World Trade Center? Why is President Barack Obama so hesitant to offend the enemy by calling it what it is: Islamic Extremist Terror? How can we stop it if, out of a weak and outrageous political correctness, we refuse to even recognize it?
Dr. Widlanski lays out a commonsense, no-holds-barred solution to an imperative and increasingly dangerous global dilemma. This is not a witch hunt, nor a temporary Band-Aid, but a comprehensive strategy built around a hard-hitting truth carefully omitted from every liberal media outlet, and downplayed, overlooked, and incorrectly assessed by the FBI, CIA, and the State Department: terrorist "martyrs" want to change the course of history. By convincing them that their acts are futile, the tide turns and we can prevent further acts—and win the battle for our minds.
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IGNORING OR BELITTLING THE EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES SPARKING TERRORISM IS ITSELF AN IDEOLOGY— THE WESTERN IDEOLOGY OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. THIS IDEOLOGY HAS ALREADY COST MANY LIVES.
Several European leaders have recently shown that they are moving away from the politically correct path that avoids criticizing Islamic extremism and instead has enshrined it as part of multiculturalism. German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Nikolas Sarkozy, and British prime minister David Cameron, all of whom have large Muslim minorities in their countries, have now said that that path is a dead end.
After the London bombings then--prime minister Tony Blair said the war with Arab-Islamic terror was a battle whose roots were ideological: "This is the battle that must be won, a battle not just about the terrorist methods but their views. Not just their barbaric acts, but their barbaric ideas. Not only what they do but what they think and the thinking they would impose on others."
Fortunately, a growing number of Western leaders is starting to recognize ideology as a key to Arab-Islamic terror. To fight terror we need also to combat these ideological motivators directly in what has sometimes been called "the battle of ideas."
BOMTH Original Promo from Start Productions on Vimeo.
The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, a documentary about the great glam rock band best known for its hits “All The Young Dudes” and “All The Way To Memphis” will see release on November 15. New interviews with Mott frontman Ian Hunter and band members Ariel Bender, Mick Ralphs, and Dale “Buffin” Griffin, as well as additional commentary from Mick Jones of the Clash and Roger Taylor of Queen make this a must see, but it’s the rare and previously unseen archival footage of the band, as well as exclusive video of Mott’s celebrated 2009 reunion show, that truly convey the glorious power of this classic British group.
New York Film Festival, 2011, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter Q&A
Should we be concerned about a lack of voter ID laws? Why or why not?
An unidentified person can walk into the Attorney General’s voting precinct and obtain Eric Holder’s ballot.
The keyed incident is not the only anti-Semitic incident in the area. The Anti-Defamation League New England reported that a nearby delivery truck also had a swastika keyed onto its side around the same time.
Are these incidents just random or part of a pattern of anti-Semitism against Jews during a holy season, Passover? Why do you think so?
Anti-Semitic message left on Brighton couple's car during Passover: MyFoxBOSTON.com
And now, Miracle Whip seems to be jumping on the Occupy Wall Street bandwagon with an advertisement saying, “Keep an Open Mouth,“ and ”Join the Cause,” with the all too-familiar socialist fist clutching a bottle of Miracle Whip.
Miracle Whip’s website is running similar advertisements that may or may not have political undertones.
For instance, in one of the ads a group of towns-people with torches and pitchforks (tea partiers?) are stirred into a frenzy over a bottle of Miracle Whip.
Then, a level-headed girl tells them: “perhaps you should try it before making such wicked accusations,“ and the ”Keep an Open Mouth” slogan follows.
What do you think of the ads? Are they a clever way to appeal to the “Occupy” crowd, or are they an embarrassing marketing ploy?
Witch Hunt
Tom Ballantyne Jr., Author of "Oh Really, O'Reilly?" asks Republican Congressman Jeff Flake about his stand on the investigation of Barack Obama's Birth Certificate and Selective Service Card by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The results aren't pretty.
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A tax on toilet paper; I kid you not. According to the sponsor, "the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act will be financed broadly by small fees on such things as . . . products disposed of in waste water." Congress wants to tax what you do in the privacy of your bathroom.