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Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Fascist Facebook

Obama Pushes the Limits But Long has the U.S. Been Pro-Islamic

Commentary: U.S. Has Long Sided with Arab World

Dancing the Dhimmi: Obama on Defending Jihad, Islam, with a Nod to Brennan

Germany: U.S. "Clueless"

Germany attacks US economic policy.

Number of the Week: $10.2 Trillion in Global Borrowing

As the debts of advanced countries rise to levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II, it’s hard to know how much is too much. But it’s easy to see that the risk of serious financial trouble is growing.

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Federal Contractor at Taxpayers Expense Tells Employees to Vote Democrat for Murkowski

Muslims, Leftists dismissive of Obama's visit

Muslims dismiss Obama.
Muslims from across India have downplayed the hype surrounding Obama's visit this week, saying they did not expect him to do anything to improve the condition of Muslims in India or abroad. Members of the minority community in India that constitute roughly 12 percent of its 1.2 billion people, said Obama had said and promised much, but delivered little, during his two years in office.

At the meeting with the students, Obama faced some difficult questions including his thoughts about jihad and why the United States doesn't consider Pakistan -- India's neighbor and rival -- a terrorist state.

The president said it was necessary to isolate those who distort religion as a means for war, and said young people have a role in rejecting violence as a way to mediate differences.
Obama defends Islam.

Indian left-wing condemns Obama in India.



Indians greet Obama with protests

Obama Sides Steps Bangalore, India – The Outscourcing Capitol of the Wolrld

Saturday, November 6, 2010

U.K. Mail Online Reports Indian Fiasco

"Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state traveled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America."


Ch. 11 Sec. 3; France - Napoleon Bonaparte, :11, HMS VICTORY - Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 4:03, Nelson (part 1/3) , 8:21; Duke of Wellington, Wellington - The Iron Duke 1 1/5 , 10:16


"Bienvenue, je suis Napoléon, de France, le militaire le plus intelligent de l'Histoire mondiale."

"Welcome, I am Napoleon of France, the most intelligent military man in world history."


Nelson (part 1/3), 8:21



London Licks, Waterloo Sunset, Kinks, 2:38


The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset, 3:14


Napoleon on the Danny Kaye Show, 2:49

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967.


India Report: Commentators Note Tension Between Countries

GOP to Use Debt Cap to Push Spending Cuts




GOP to Use Debt Cap to Push Spending Cuts

Indian Parliament Surprised that Obama Requies a Teleprompter

For the first time a teleprompter will be used in the Indian parliament.

India: Two-faced Obama

American strategists argue that the military relationship between the U.S. and India is long-term as well strategic in nature; on the other hand, Obama listens when Islamabad demands more as an "ally" against the Taliban. Of course India was miffed as Obama has snubbed the nation for the last two years despite the cultural and governmental that India shares with the West. Obama is slow on the uptake and it has taken him an excessively long time to understand foreign affairs in Southeast Asia as he is easily distracted by pro-Islamic concerns. One other advantage of staying close to India, instead of Pakistan though, is financial. India pays for its weapons, Pakistan is largely on loans.

Friday, November 5, 2010

How many members of the U.S. Congress are also members of the DSA?

In October 2009, the DSA newsletter reported that 70 congressional Democrats are active members.

The Democratic chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, is on tape meeting with a U.S.-based, Marxist-oriented socialist organization to discuss how the group can cooperate to strengthen Obama and advance their "one-world" plans.


Olbermann supported co-chair of ‘Marxist-socialist’ block. Group wants to remove stigma of socialism in eyes of Americans.

German Opinion About Obama

'Obama Comes Across as Cold, Arrogant and Elitist'

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Penn Says Obama Should `Move to Center' With Strategy


Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Penn, chief executive officer for Burson-Marsteller Llc, talks about the outlook for President Barack Obama's economic policies amid the outcome of the U.S. midterm elections, which saw Republicans gain the majority in the House of Representatives. Penn speaks with Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness." (Source: Bloomberg)

Eric Cantor lays out 22-page game plan

The full statement is available here.

In Pa., Rove tells Marcellus Shale drillers: Expect 'sensible regulation'

"I don't think you need to worry" the new Congress will consider proposed legislation to put the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing under federal rather than state regulation.

Update on Catholic Vote

Poll: Evangelicals and Mass-Attending Catholics Helped Sweep Democrats from Office.

Chem trails

Patents can be searched here regarding chem trails.

Cf. http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm

Al-Qaeda of Iraq Calls Pope 'Hallucinating Tyrant of the Vatican', Threatens 'Killing Sword'

"the hallucinating tyrant of the Vatican" and warned that Christians would be "extirpated and dispersed" from Iraq. "All Christian centers, organizations and institutions, leaders and followers, are legitimate targets for the muhajideen wherever they can reach them...We will open upon them the doors of destruction and rivers of blood."

Coexist?


Scariest speed camera of all... It checks your insurance, tax and even whether you are tailgating or not wearing a seatbelt Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1326035/Speed-camera-checks-insurance-tax-wearing-seatbelt.html#ixzz14LWmXeMG

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China/German, Others Advise: Don't Do It: Geithner Chats with Stewart

U.S. dollar printing is huge risk.

Germany Concerned About US Stimulus Moves.

Backlash against Fed’s $600bn easing.

Geithner Visited Jon Stewart in April according to update on web site.

Update to Obama's India Visit

34 warships sent from US for Obama visit, including an aircraft carrier.

Two jets, armed with advanced communication and security systems, and a fleet of over 40 cars will be part of Obama's convoy.

Around 800 rooms have been booked for the President and his entourage in Taj Hotel and Hyatt. Apart from Obama's Air Force One, a few private luxury jets carrying top American corporate leaders, who are part of Obama's entourage, are also expected to arrive in India in the next 2-3 days. Following the General Motors bailout, GM executives are flying along.

All coconuts are being taken down; every year in India people are injured or even killed by falling coconuts.

The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded.

As a point of contrast, the U.S. war in Afghanistan, which involves 100,000 troops, costs about $190m a day; the price tag for the India venture is $200 million a day.

Britain, facing a deficit issue as well, proposed another means of travel. In July, David Cameron, on his first trip to the U.S. as British prime minister, took a business-class seat on board a scheduled British Airways flight.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A ‘Horror Show’ for Obama: The World Ponders U.S. Election Results

The World Ponders U.S. Election Results

‘Greenest President Ever’ trip to India has a carbon footprint bigger than the citizens of many US cities

Obama to Challenge Hillary in the Far East?

Report Abuse During Passenger Screening in U. S. Airports

ACLU form available for use.

Black Panther Harasses Voter — At Same Polling Place


Fox News in Philadelphia found a member of the New Black Panther Party stood at the same polling place as last year. A passerby has claimed the man threatened him with violence. Breitbart TV identified that Panther as Jerry Jackson, one of the same Panthers who was filmed standing in front of the same polling place in 2008. He was handing out a sample ballot for Democrats, a likely violation of election laws — not that he will have to worry. Mike Roman at BigGovernment.com has noted Jackson has at least two first-degree felony convictions but has been photographed holding firearms — which is a felony for ex-cons. Not only has no one prosecuted him for voter intimidation or a firearms violation, but there is no word that he will be charged for his attempts to sway two elections for the Democratic Party.

Clinton on the Case: China Tells U.S. to Butt Out

China rebuffs US offer on disputed islands.

Geithner vs. the Americans



Congressman Michael Brady scolded Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner during a testy hearing on Capitol Hill, telling the former New York Fed chief that he should never have been hired and demanding that the TARP program come to an abrupt end, shortly after GOP Rep. Kevin Brady had called on Geithner to resign.

“The public has lost all confidence in your ability to do the job,” Brady told Geithner during a heated Joint Economic Committee meeting, adding that he had failed to oversee an economic recovery before asking Geithner, “Will you step down from your post?”

Geithner responded by claiming that confidence in the economy was substantially stronger than before Obama took office, to which Brady responded, “Tell all of that to the millions of American who no longer have jobs because of your decisions,” adding, “At some point you have to take some responsibility for your decisions.”

“This is your budget! This is your bailout”, shouted Brady.

Obama pledged to create 3.5 million new jobs by 2010, however, with unemployment running at 10.2 per cent, and with 3.5 million jobs lost, the Obama jobs deficit stands at over 7 million.

Shortly after the fracas, Rep. Michael Burgess confronted Geithner on how TARP funds were used to bail out banks in Europe while the American people suffered with spiraling mortgage defaults and unemployment.

“We’ve got the TARP, it’s supposed to expire, why won’t we let it die a natural death rather than letting it painfully linger?” asked Burgess, to which Geithner responded, “We are working to put TARP out of its misery,” contradicting reports of a “second stimulus” being planned for early 2010.

Geithner’s claim that he was working aggressively to terminate TARP programs was met with Burgess’ response, “Well it looks like money is going out with little or no oversight,” which Geithner denied, despite the fact that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke admitted earlier this year that he didn’t know which foreign banks had received over half a trillion dollars in credit swaps when pressed by Congressman Alan Grayson, who this week introduced an amendment with Ron Paul to secure more oversight on money leaving the U.S. earmarked for foreign banks.

Burgess stressed that small businesses were frightened of adding jobs because they were worried about the potential costs of health care, regulation and the impact of the cap and trade program, stating, “We don’t need another stimulus, we need to provide some tax relief and then get the heck out of the way and the American economy will recover as it has always done.”

Referring to Brady’s comments, Burgess commented, “I don’t think that you should be fired, I thought you should never have been hired.”

“I’ll tell you, my constituents, they’re not just anxious, they are mad, they are fighting mad about what is happening in the economy, they’re fighting mad about what is happening in the stimulus,” concluded Burgess.

Bernanke Says Limiting Fed Independence Would ‘Impair’ Economy

Bernanke Says Limiting Fed Independence Would ‘Impair’ Economy

Obama: I Took A "Shellacking" Last Night

The country did not, the Democrats did not, but Obama summarizes the election results. He learned a lesson. He learned he has to explain himself more? He did not learn an important lesson. For Obama, life revolves around himself.

http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/03/obama_i_took_a_shellacking_last_night.html

Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Issued today following a two-day meeting on monetary policy.

Voting against the policy was Thomas M. Hoenig. Mr. Hoenig believed the risks of additional securities purchases outweighed the benefits. Mr. Hoenig also was concerned that this continued high level of monetary accommodation increased the risks of future financial imbalances and, over time, would cause an increase in long-term inflation expectations that could destabilize the economy."

CNBC: Fed's Big Gamble--What Could Go Wrong?


CNBC—Nov. 3, 2020— http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39985108/...
Former Fed Governor Larry Meyer discusses what could go wrong in the Fed's controversial plan to purchase more bonds.

Copyright CNBC 2010

What could possibly go wrong?

Here's What Could Go Wrong:

It could make the weak dollar even weaker and lead to trade disputes with other countries. It could lead bond traders to believe that higher inflation is on the way, and they could derail the Fed's efforts by pushing rates higher.

Many investors argue that it may create bubbles as hedge funds and other speculators borrow cheaply and make even bigger bets on stocks, commodities and markets in developing countries like Brazil.

"It's a desperate act," says Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of the investment firm GMO. Grantham says it's a clear message from the Fed to the rest of the world: "The U.S. doesn't care if the dollar weakens."

Speaking of the 90's, David Ader, head of government bond strategy at CRT Capital, stated: "If the Fed's efforts fail we suddenly look like Japan," Ader says. "Japan started off wimpishly, then did it again, and again and then they wound up losing a decade."

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Among Democrats, 47 percent say Obama should be challenged for the 2012 nomination

According to a recent AP poll, "Among Democrats, 47 percent say Obama should be challenged for the 2012 nomination."

Exit poll: Economy the big dog for worried voters

"Voters were intensely worried about the future of the economy and unhappy with the way President Barack Obama and Congress have been running things."

Hayek vs. Keynes RapAnthem, a Sequel

The Founders on Islam

No, Professor Ahmed, the Founders Were Not So Fond of Islam

Honest! Abe Lincoln's earliest photo finally 'confirmed'

Facial-recognition software examines daguerreotype bought for $27

New European Union President Herman van Rompuy: "2009 is the first year of global governance."

Poll Predicts Huge Swing of US Catholic Vote Toward Republicans

By a 62-38% margin—a stunning contrast with the 2008 election, in which Catholic voters favored Obama over his Republican challenger, John McCain, by 54- 44%, Catholics this time around are voting Republican according to a recent poll.

Missiles in a Shipping Box: Game Changing Weaponry: Club-K Container Missile Program:


Club-K Container Missile Program:

AG Holder Asks Court to Seal Goldman Sachs Tech Secrets From Public Scrutiny

A video went viral: “Somebody threw us into the Atlantic without a life raft.” Somebody. Who? This is the question everyone wants to know.

Tonight, Daily KOS blogger Badabing published commentary about Attorney General Eric Holder, who has asked the court protect Goldman Sachs’ secrets in a trial involving alleged computer code theft.

AG Holder asks Judge to Seal Goldman Sachs Courtroom Case

AG Holder Asks Court to Seal Goldman Sachs Tech Secrets From Public Scrutiny

http://gulagbound.com/7889/ag-holder-asks-court-to-seal-goldman-sachs-tech-secrets-from-public-scrutiny


Federal Government Asks for Closed Courtroom to Protect Goldman Sachs Secrets

World Series Riots

No sound but raw video attack on car. Among the fires, attempted looting and general madness, here is video from KTVU of a mob attacking a car, even pulling people from the car and beating them until riot police closed in — after several frightening minutes pass. From KTVU.com:

Around 10 p.m., a crowd that had taken over the intersection of 3rd and King streets had started multiple fires, but those were extinguished soon afterward.

An hour later, at the intersection of Mission and 22nd streets that had been taken over by dozens of fans, a large fire had been started. Later, a car attempted to drive through the crowd was stopped, and the vehicle and its passengers were attacked.


Obama's Next Worry: A Restive Left Flank

Every president who lost re-election in the last half-century has first been weakened by a primary fight.


47% of Democrats oppose Obama. Dean, Kucinich, and Feingold, in addition to mentioning Hillary, are possibilities. Ford, Carter, and G.H. Bush, had primary challenges and eventually lost. Truman and LBJ withdrew on their own.

US to spend $200 mn a day on Obama's Mumbai visit

About 3,000 people including Secret Service agents, US government officials and journalists would accompany Obama. Several officials from the White House and US security agencies are already here for the past one week with helicopters, a ship and high-end security instruments.

Obama can blame the whining left

Yet it [the Left] can always find time to attack its own team, cry and complain, and demand to be patted on the head. The left’s role in Tuesday’s elections should not go unacknowledged.

Judge questions Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona immigration law

"I would think the proper thing to do is to concede that this is a point where you don't have an argument."

Economic News for the Election

Fed Will Probably Start $500 Billion of Bond Buys, Survey Shows

Fed poised for biggest decision in decades

Fed Easing May Mean 20% Dollar Drop: Bill Gross

QE2 risks currency wars and the end of dollar hegemony

Monday, November 1, 2010

Animated Trafalgar

Animated Map: the Battle of Trafalgar

Aboukir Bay, Egypt: Nelson vs. the French Fleet, 1797






Nelson's Principles of War



Dr. David Janda explains rationing


Dr. David Janda explains the ObamaCare health rationing board which was quietly appointed by Obama just 3 days after the original Stimulus Bill was signed. The secret 15 member rationing board was hidden within the Stimulus Bill some 600 pages deep. Also explained is the cost of treatment divided by the number of years the patient will benefit from the treatment which equals the ratio determining whether you can or will be treated for your diagnosis.

Armed Guards in Unemployment Offices: Indiana


Armed security guards will now be posted at all 36 full-service unemployment offices in the state of Indiana.

The message seems to be clear, stay scared, you are not safe, terror is in the air, and violence reins.

Obama’s ‘Enemy’ is the White Man: Code Word for Farrakhan's Racism

Obama lies about UPS bomb: False Flag Terror Event Just Before Election


Authorities in the UK initially confirmed that the package found on a plane at East Midlands Airport was an ink toner cartridge and contained no evidence of explosives. Similarly, CNN first reported that, “Investigators examined two UPS planes that landed at Philadelphia International Airport and another at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, said Mike Mangeot, a UPS spokesman. Authorities later gave the “all-clear” at the airport in Newark, U.S. and U.K. officials said.” However, within hours Obama gave a speech claiming the packages did contain evidence of explosives.

Vote Republican for the Very First Time: Black Republicans

For the First Time America is Judged by the World

US faces first scrutiny by UN rights council.

U.S. groups produced a 400-page report criticising "glaring inadequacies in the United States human rights record," including the "discriminatory impact" of foreclosures, "widespread" racial profiling and "draconian" immigration policies.

"Those [policies] reflect the precipitous erosion of human rights protections in the US since 9/11," stated a spokesperson.

Bangor police officer denied right to vote after refusing to surrender weapon

Maine law does not have such a prohibition listed in Title 21-A, the voting code.

BETTER OFF? 75% say no, highest since mid-1970s...

CNN Poll: Those who say things going poorly higher than 1994 or 2006

Battle for the Senate

Current Senate: 59* Democrats | 41 Republicans

Pennsylvania Senate - Sestak vs. Toomey


PA Senate race

Among the Most Historic and Volatile Elections

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.

Federalist No. 51, James Madison

Revival of Volatility Signals Historic Era in U.S. Politics

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. . . . The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling with which they overburden the inferior number, is a shilling saved to their own pockets.

It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good. Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. Nor, in many cases, can such an adjustment be made at all without taking into view indirect and remote considerations, which will rarely prevail over the immediate interest which one party may find in disregarding the rights of another or the good of the whole.

Federalist No. 10, James Madison

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Chem Trails to Induce Climate Change


Muslims May Be Exempt from Health Care Rationing

The bill is quoted from and examined here by Snopes.

Indonesia Sukarno CIA


Obama, his half sister, and mother were in Indonesia when the CIA overthrew Sukarno and installed Sahuarto.

Judicial Watch Investigates Side-Effects of HPV Vaccine

Judicial Watch Investigates Side-Effects of HPV Vaccine

Left-Wing Clarifies Positions at Stewart/Colbert “Sanity” Rally

Andrew Klavan: The Extremists are Coming! (and Setting the Record Straight)

Safest Restaurant on Earth

Minneapolis: "alternative financing to the interest-based system that is in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia."

Minneapolis: "alternative financing to the interest-based system that is in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia."

No law establishing religion?


The Odyssey of Islamism in America

Islamism in the West

No Altars: An Introduction to Islamic Family Law in US Courts

No Altars: An Introduction to Islamic Family Law in US Courts

Asifa Quraishi
University of Wisconsin Law School

Asifa Quraishi's Scholarly Papers

CBS reporters caught on tape hoping for violence against Republican candidate. Mistaken voicemail also reveals news team plotted to ‘find’ a ‘child molester’ at politician’s rally


New meaning for the term spin; CBS reporters plan attack pieces.

Reporters from a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, allegedly left a voicemail by mistake at the campaign of the state’s Republican nominee for Senate, Joe Miller, in which the journalists can be heard plotting to “find” a “child molester” at the politician’s recent rally.

The reporters also are overheard hoping for violence against Miller so they can “send out a tweet” and Facebook alert that “Miller got punched” at the rally.

The apparent accidental voicemail message was left on the cell phone of Miller’s spokesperson, Randy DeSoto.

In the recording, the assignment editor for the CBS Anchorage affiliate, KTVA, Nick McDermott, along with other reporters, can be heard openly discussing concocting the two stories about Miller.

DeSoto says the voicemail message was later authenticated by McDermott himself, who sent a text to the Miller spokesman stating “Damn iPhone … I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry.”

“Frankly, when I first heard this I was shocked,” said DeSoto. “Though a bit garbled at times, there are disturbing comments in this conservation that never should have occurred.”

According to the Miller campaign, another voice in the message was that of KTVA’s news director.

McDermott and other KTVA news staff did not immediately return a WND request for comment.

In the first portion of the discussion, the CBS reporters are heard plotting to get a list of Miller campaign supporters in order to “find” a “child molester.”

“You have to find that one person,” says the male reporter, seemingly McDermott, to laughter in the news room.

The KTVA reporters then discuss creating a “Rand Paul” incident at a Miller rally, which was actually held this past Thursday, hoping for violence so that they can “send out a tweet” and “Facebook” that “Miller got punched” at the rally.

A full transcript of the conversation relates:

FEMALE REPORTER: That’s up to you because you’re the expert, but that’s what I would
do…I’d wait until you see who showed up because that indicates we already know
something…

[Laughter]

[INAUDIBLE]

FEMALE REPORTER: Child molesters…

MALE REPORTER: Oh yeah… can you repeat Joe Miller’s…uh… list of people, campaign
workers, which one’s the molester?

[INAUDIBLE]

FEMALE VOICE: We know that out of all the people that will show up tonight, at least one of
them will be a registered sex offender.

[Laughter]

MALE REPORTER: You have to find that one person…

[INAUDIBLE]

FEMALE REPORTER: And the one thing we can do is ….we won’t know….we won’t know but
if there is any sort of chaos whatsoever we can put out a twitter/facebook alert: saying what
the… ‘Hey Joe Miller punched at rally.’

FEMALE REPORTER: Kinda like Rand Paul…I like that.

[Laughter]

FEMALE REPORTER: That’s a good one.

Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens in 1989 Advocating the Death of Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses

Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, on Hypotheticals in 1989, stating he advocates the death of author Salman Rushdie, for the Satanic Verses.

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/10/30/video-riding-the-peace-train/

On February 21, 1989, Yusuf Islam addressed students at Kingston University in London about his conversion to Islam and was asked about the controversy in the Muslim world and the fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie’s execution. He replied, “He must be killed. The Qur’an makes it clear – if someone defames the prophet, then he must die.”

Newspapers quickly denounced what was seen as Yusuf Islam’s support for the assassination of Rushdie and the next day Yusuf released a statement saying that he was not personally encouraging anybody to be a vigilante, and that he was only stating that blasphemy is a capital offense according to the Qur’an.

However on March 8, 1989, while speaking in London’s Regents Park Mosque, Yusuf Islam was asked by a Christian Science Monitor reporter how he would “cope with the idea of killing a writer for writing a book.” He is reported to have replied:

In Islam there is a line between let’s say freedom and the line which is then transgressed into immorality and irresponsibility and I think as far as this writer is concerned, unfortunately, he has been irresponsible with his freedom of speech. Salman Rushdie or indeed any writer who abuses the prophet, or indeed any prophet, under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. It’s got to be seen as a deterrent, so that other people should not commit the same mistake again.

Two months later Yusuf Islam appeared on a British television program, BBC’s Hypotheticals, an occasional broadcast which featured a panel of notable guests to explore a hypothetical situation with moral, ethical and/or political dilemmas. In the episode, (“A Satanic Scenario”) Stevens/Islam is recorded having this exchange with moderator and Queens Counsel Geoffrey Robertson:

Robertson: You don’t think that this man deserves to die?
Y. Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?
Robertson: Yes.
Y. Islam: Yes, yes.
Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?
Y. Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act – perhaps, yes.
[Some minutes later, Robertson on the subject of a protest where an effigy of the author is to be burned]
Robertson: Would you be part of that protest, Yusuf Islam, would you go to a demonstration where you knew that an effigy was going to be burned?
Y. Islam: I would have hoped that it’d be the real thing

The New York Times also reports this statement from the program: [If Rushdie turned up at my doorstep looking for help] I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I’d try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is.

Obama Heckled by Young Democrats at Fund Raiser

A man gets on his knees next to a car carrying U.S. President Barack Obama as he pulls away from Valois restaurant in Chicago, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing


The liberal news source "Democracy Now" reported: "It’s almost beyond the capacity of the mind to cope with that George Bush seemingly was more engaged in the battle against HIV than Barack Obama," according to Stephen Lewis, the former special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and co-founder of AIDS-Free World.

CNN reported in July "That Republican president Bush was a bigger advocate on AIDS than "liberal" Obama may come as a surprise, but many people around the world are starting to notice the discrepancy."

The hecklers were concerned about Global Aids funding. And in order to quiet them down Obama responds with what the other side wants and plans to do, stating thate we are funding global AIDs relief and the other side is not. Bush was credited for huge contributions to fighting AIDS in Africa going back to 2003. The Washington Post noted that he had tripled funding by 2006. The AP lauded Bush's efforts in this regard. The British newspaper the Telegraph called him “an African hero. The BBC suggested Bush may have been the Africa's best friend. Scientific studies showed the Bush initiated program had reduced the mortality rate by 10%, amounting to hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide.

By contrast, there has recently been criticism of the Obama regime for flat-funding of the same programs. This is not to suggest that Obama doesn't care about the problem or even that cutting back on some funding might not be a good idea at some point. But Obama stated at this rally, that Republicans haven't been engaged on the issue or that they are the ones who should be protested for lack of attention to it, is not in accordance with the facts.

US midterm elections: Barack Obama's world turned upside down as Democrats face electoral disaster

By abandoning his own rhetoric of bipartisanship, Obama divided America and set the course for a heavy Democratic defeat in midterm elections.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The French Revolution: From Louis XVI to Napoleon

New Business Model for Textbooks

Flat World Knowledge is one of several companies that are attempting a new business model for the textbook industry.

25 new IT companies to watch

Innovative tech startups for the virtualization and cloud computing age.

Obama Ballot: 2 November

This is a screen shot of an ad; Obama is not running but it certainly is a mandate against him if his candidates lose on 2 November. The Democrats certainly seem to think so or they would not be running this ad.

Voting Felons, Not Soldiers, Massive Voter Fraud


Early Voting Vote Fraud Roundup!

CNN Growing a Pair?

Progressives must sense that an electoral TEAnami is coming. Even Anderson Cooper is questioning the deeply flawed NAACP study on alleged racism in the TEA Party.

The Bank Crisis for Dummies

(you didn’t think the course was corrected, did you?)

Here’s Steph’s article:

How You’re Getting Cornholed Thanks to Obama

Friday, October 29, 2010

Sestak Unindicted Terrorist Co-conspirator

Leader claims
to have hosted home fundraiser for Democrat

Is Obama Medicated?


Edward Spannaus of Executive Intelligence Review from the Lyndon LaRouche organization.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Animations

Animations

Logo of Israel's nascent Tea Party. The text reads "At the Likud's Tea Party, we say 'no' to Obama."

Bush Thought PA 9/11 Plane Shot Down?

The president reveals he gave the order to shoot down planes on September 11 -- and at first thought the plane in PA had been shot down.

Bush's new book will only lend credence to the idea that questions about 9/11 are still open and speculative.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Google Tax Evasion




10 smart robots you can talk with online

Evolving Artificial Intelligence

Bot Morpheus had too much of a delay in responding and it was hard to talk to.

Bell can be amusing for a few moments. It provides basic responses.

Jenny was mostly worthless. If you ask in long and meaningful sentences, as suggested, it tells you to look it up. If you ask something short it does not know what to say.

Shakespeare didn't work at all; I tried three times.

Santa has an obvious use for children and it does offer, for purchase, your own bot. I suppose its Santa too but it did not state that clearly.

By the time I got to Eliza the bots are looking pretty much like one another. They are all built to the same specs and say the same boring things.

http://www.jabberwacky.com/ says the same answers as http://demo.vhost.pandorabots.com/. It can be very frustrating.

Marc is about the same. It just has a different format.

Splotchy has voice capabilities so at least it is a bit different.

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  • CIO Insight: Best Practices for IT Business Leaders;
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  • Conti, Greg, Googling Security: How Much Does Google Know About You?;
  • Converge: Strategy and Leadership for Technology in Education;
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  • Fuller Focus: Fuller Theological Seminary;
  • Fuller, Graham E., A World Without Islam;
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  • Global Services: Strategies for Sourcing People, Processes, and Technologies;
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  • Government Health IT: The Magazine of Public/private Health Care Convergence;
  • Government Technology's Emergency Management: Strategy & Leadership in Critical Times;
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  • Info World: Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security;
  • Information Week: Business Innovation Powered by Technology:
  • Infostor: The Leading Source for Enterprise Storage Professionals;
  • Infrastructure Insite: Bringing IT Together;
  • Insurance Technology: Business Innovation Powered by Technology;
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  • McCullough, David, John Adams;
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