MFS - The Other News

                         Afternoon Posting.

• HT:AmericanThinker.America's First Black President Seriously Damaging Race Relations.Ironically, on February 18, 2009, America's first black Attorney General, Eric Holder, said the United States was a nation of cowards when it comes to discussions of race and racism.At the time, we didn't know Holder was really pointing his finger at the man that had just four weeks prior been inaugurated as our first black president.Now we do.

• BP prepares to plug Gulf oil well for good.BP Plc could start plugging its broken deepsea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday night, more than three months after its rupture led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

• No survivors in Canada fire-bomber crash.A water-bomber plane fighting forest fires in western Canada has crashed, killing the two pilots and igniting another fire.

• Islam vs. the West: What you need to know.“Islamism is not a movement to be engaged, it is an enemy to be defeated.”Sharia, moreover, is anti-equality. It subjugates women and brutally punishes transgressors, particularly homosexuals and apostates. While our law forbids cruel and unusual punishments, Gingrich observed that the brutality in sharia sanctions is not gratuitous, but intentional: It is meant to enforce Allah’s will by striking example.”

• Hundreds of new wildfires break out in Russia.Hundreds of new fires broke out Sunday in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat. Firefighters brought some of the wildfires raging around cities under control.

• Updated:Russia faces new wildfire threat.Forecasts of up to 40C (104F) for central and southern Russia next week are piling on pressure as the country battles its worst wildfires in decades.But more new fires erupted than were extinguished, and 438 were still burning on Sunday.To date, 10 different Russian regions have been affected with 1,257 homes destroyed and 5,200 people evacuated, the emergencies ministry said.

• Obama warns conservatives not to 'demagogue' on illegal immigration.Obama issued another one of his "warnings" to conservatives on Saturday, pretending that anyone other than himself is demagoguing the issue of illegal immigration.According to Dictionary.com, the definition of "demagogue" is "an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people."Yep that's about it!

• Mullen says US has Iran strike plan, just in case.Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff says military attack on Islamic Republic remains an option, although he thinks a strike is probably a bad idea.

• 'We will resume suicide attacks'.Islamic Jihad plans attacks from West Bank after IAF Gaza raids.Great peace plan Mr president,go's out with a bang!

• Iranian women's rugby team take to the field wearing modesty-preserving headscarves and tracksuits.If the rugby-playing women of Iran's national sevens team had cauliflower ears, no-one could tell.Kitted out in tight-fitting headscarves and full tracksuits to protect their modesty, the players caused quite a stir when they played in Europe for the first time.

• What to do with Ground Zero ?It's being reported that the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has suggested that Ground Zero in New York City be declared a National Military Battlefield to bring to an end the debate of whether or not a mosque should be built there.

• U.S.-Canadian mission set to map Arctic seafloor.Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian scientists are headed far north on a joint mission to map the still mysterious floor of the Arctic Ocean, as questions of sovereignty and mineral rights swirl around the region.Hmmm next on the list to do :"Start war with Russia?"

• Freedom of religion vs. freedom of worship: Georgia woman faces mandated re-education.Even though President Obama specifically mentioned “religious freedom” when he addressed the Muslim world in Cairo in June 2009, since then both Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have increasingly used the phrase “freedom of worship".

• Lawyer In Stoning Case Calls On Judiciary To Release His Wife, Brother-In-Law.Prominent Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who went into hiding more than a week ago, has called on the Iranian authorities to end the "hostage taking" of his wife and brother-in-law."If you believe in God, let them go" he said in an open letter to Tehran's prosecutor, Jafar Dolatabadi, adding that he would turn himself in if they were released and if he would be tried in a "just court."

• HT:American Power.Cancer Patient Nikki Phelps vs. Virginity Repairs in Britain — i.e., Islamic Hymen Replacement Surgery .Whatever the case, I find it astonishing that at a time when women are dying because they can’t get cancer treatment, other women are having their virginity repairs paid for by the State.Nikki Phelp's insurer was Britain's National Health Service (NHS), the model for Barack Obama and his hand-picked appointment for the head of Medicare, Donald Berwick.

• Campus Apostate: Former UC Irvine Muslim Student Union Member — and Former Muslim — Speaks Out.A woman describes what it was like to extricate herself from the most notorious MSU in the country.When I still wore the hijab, I took a class where there was no homework, tests, or anything. Just discussion and debate. This particular class included classmates with very different views, and I found myself having my mind opened on topics on which I thought I had set views. Once, the teacher touched my shoulder and said to me: “So young and yet you know what your whole life is going to be.” That little remark would come back to haunt me.

• Hariri hit suspect is Hizbullah bigwig.UN tribunal to announce "chief suspect" is Mughniyeh’s cousin.The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon is reportedly set to announce that Mustafa Badr al-Din, a senior Hizbullah operative and close relative of the former Hizbullah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh, is the main suspect in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

• 4 killed in Iraqi bombings, closing out deadliest month in 2 years.Four people died in a double bombing in Baghdad on Saturday -- the same day Iraqi authorities released monthly data showing the highest number of civilian deaths and detentions so far this year.The Conman in Chief: "Afghanistan may become a Succes like Iraq."

• Ethics trials highlight racial tensions in Congress.Proceedings slated for House members Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel could create a rift between the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democratic leaders.Kenneth Gross, an ethics lawyer in Washington, said the push against Rangel and Waters "fuels the racial dimension.""It's going to be so highly charged considering who the players are," he added.

MFS - The Other News

                          Morning Posting.

• German ‘Conservative’ Ultimatum: Disinvite Geert Wilders or Lose Post.A local Berlin politician … is under fire for inviting Dutch populist Geert Wilders to a meeting on Islam on October 2. Rene Stadtkewitz, who is known for his anti-Islamic views, has refused to cancel the invitation, and now faces eviction from his party’s parliamentary group in the city assembly.

• Democrats scheming to give child rapists, arsonists and kidnappers the right to vote.Anything to get votes Mr President?

• Fox News Poll: 62 Percent Think U.S. Is on the Decline.A Fox News poll released Friday finds widespread belief among American voters that the country is on the decline as a civilization. In addition, a majority thinks the country is moving toward socialism."Change you can see?"

• The People Versus the Government.A recent Investor's Business Daily editorial said, "As Americans suffer economically, President Obama golfs, vacations, campaigns, appears on a frivolous talk show-and vacations some more. Gee, don't we have a war and other problems to attend to?" Obama may not be easily removed, but he can be politically neutralized if Republicans can gain control of Congress in November. There are barely 900 days left in his first and hopefully last term; still time for him and his cadre of czars to do more damage.

• Laura Ingraham on Michelle Obama: “It’s Not What Sleeveless Wants, Sleeveless Gets” – Video.“The Obamas are people – we’re all people. They’re not deities. They’re not monarchs."

• DisHonor killings a misunderstood concept, study finds.Yeah try telling this to the victims!He said that data from the Prime Ministry’s Human Rights Commission and Parliament’s Commission on DisHonor and Tradition Killings are misleading. According to the commission, 1,099 such murders have been committed in the past 10 years.That's about one every 3 days!

• What to do with Ground Zero.It's being reported that the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has suggested that Ground Zero in New York City be declared a National Military Battlefield to bring to an end the debate of whether or not a mosque should be built there.

•  British Islamist Cleric Predicts “Rivers of Blood on the Streets” After TV Host Cracks Burqa Joke.“It is a grave offence to disrespect a Muslim woman. People have gone to war to protect the honour of Muslim women. And they will go to war again.Only their men have the right to beat and kick them around.

• Peres: England is ‘Anti-Semitic’.Israeli Peres Shimon Peres said England was “deeply pro-Arab … and anti-Israeli”, adding: “They always worked against us.” He added: “There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.”“There are several million Muslim voters, and for many members of parliament, that’s the difference between getting elected and not getting elected,” he said.“And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment.

• The 'Angel of Death': Special Forces' latest weapon is biggest flying howitzer in the world.This is the ‘Angel of Death’, the world’s biggest flying artillery gun – and the latest weapon being used by British and US Special Forces to defeat Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

• Brutality and Subjugation: The Women of Islam at Home and Abroad.But one thing that most, if not all, Muslims share is the mistreatment of women. From subtle derogation to death by stoning, it is clear that Muslim women are not held in the same regard as Muslim men in the Islamic world.

• Obama Tells Dems up for Re-Election He’s Going to Help Them During the Midterms by Not Visiting Their Districts.A pitty Obamacare doesn't cover toxic politicians.

• Envoy Warns about Iran's Strong Response to Israeli Attack.Tehran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee warned that Iran will demolish Tel Aviv in case of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

• Brazil Offers Haven To Iranian Woman Facing Stoning Sentence."With my friendship and the consideration I have for the president of Iran and the Iranian people, if this woman is causing problems there, we would be glad to welcome her in Brazil," Lula told a gathering of Brazil's Workers' Party.

• Diplomat: 'Ghosts In The Room' Plague U.S., Iran."We've been shouting at each other for 30 years," he says. "When we're not shouting at each other, that is a form of progress."

• Church plans Quran-burning event. In protest of what it calls a religion "of the devil," a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks."In Islam, many actions that we consider to be crimes are encouraged, condoned or sheltered under Islamic teaching and practice, though. Another reason to burn a Quran."

• Price Charles urged to fight scheme for ‘hideous’ new Iranian embassy.Residents on one of London’s smartest streets have asked Prince Charles to help them fight plans by the Iranian government to build a huge modernist ‘fortress’.

• BP's "Missing Oil" Washes up in St. Mary's Parish, LA .BP's "Missing Oil" coats wetlands and beaches along the waterways near St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, where no one is booming, cleaning, skimming, or watching.

• Who is Barack Hussein Obama/Barry Soetoro?It is alleged that Barack Obama has spent $950,000 to $1.7 million with 11 law firms in 12 states to block disclosure of his personal records; which includes birth information, K-12 education, Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. There is an interesting chronology of Obama’s life disclosed in “The Obama File” that reveals much of what has been uncovered regarding his personal records, and also reveals the many unanswered questions about the man elected President of the United States.

• Netanyahu: Direct peace talks to begin in August.Face-to-face talks could start mid-month, prime minister tells cabinet, accusing Palestinians of stalling.

• BP Prepares to Fill Well With Cement.Officials Optimistic That Cement Will Kill BP Well. BP’s volatile oil well in the Gulf of Mexico may finally be locked down and filled with cement within a matter of days.

• Israeli airstrike kills Hamas commander, Gaza militants retaliate (video of funeral in Palestine). President Barack Obama sent a letter to President Abbas urging him to accept direct talks with Israel, warning that if he refused relations would be undermined. In the letter Obama pledged if Abbas agreed to direct talks, a partial Israeli West Bank settlement freeze would be extended, which is currently due to expire in September.

• Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial.Iran reiterated on Sunday that three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country's borders.

• Rick Sanchez Asks Arizona Legislator 'What is Your Beef with Illegal Immigration?'Imagine that, a so-called journalist asking an elected official what his beef is with people breaking the law.Honestly, I had to watch this segment four times to convince myself that Sanchez said something this absurd.Are these people possessed or what?What part of "Illegal" don't they understand?

• US to activate missile shield over south Europe.Citing unnamed Pentagon officials, Washington Post reports American Defense Department nearing deal to establish key radar ground station in Turkey or Bulgaria in face of Iranian missile threat.

• Despite Directive, BP Used Oil Dispersant Often, Panel Finds.The Coast Guard approved dozens of requests by BP to spread hundreds of thousands of gallons of surface oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico despite the Environmental Protection Agency’s directive on May 26 that they should be used only rarely, according to documents and correspondence analyzed by a Congressional subcommittee.

• Now Berlusconi wants to censor bloggers as well as journalists.Not content with trying to restrict the newspapers he doesn't control, Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is now attempting to interfere with the freedom of bloggers and the users of social networking sites.

• State Dept Sends CAIR Director Overseas – America’s New Face.The Detroit News reports that Obama’s State Department underwrote a trip to Mali for CAIR-Michigan’s executive director Dawud Walid. One can only suppose that the regime is upgrading its programs of Mohammedan outreach to jihadist outreach.

• Video:Officials who lost people’s trust over forest fires must resign – Putin.According to the law-enforcement agencies, 505 homes have burned down in the region. The residents of the Verkhnyaya Vereya, a village that burned down, told Putin the local authorities failed to organize and coordinate fire-fighting efforts.

• HT:Elder of Zion.Palestinian history quiz, part one - before 1948.

• Docs 4 Patient Care are Warriors Against Obamacare.Obamacare is destined to fail. Three quarters of insurers in MA are, now, going bankrupt and are begging to increase their rates–it is the only way that they can afford to cover people with pre-existing conditions that didn’t buy insurance ahead of time.

• A French Castle Built of Stone and Dreams.“I decided to do something for them instead, in this very small part of the world,” Ms. Martin said.So of course she decided to build a replica of a medieval chateau of the mid-13th century, using the techniques of the time: iron tools and no electricity.

• Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together,more here.Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.

• Yellow lobster caught in Bay, one in 30 million.When Denny Ingram hauled one of his lobster pots in Narragansett Bay's East Passage last week, he found one lobster unlike any he had ever seen. It was golden on top and bright yellow on the sides."I thought, holy cow, this is unusual. And no one else around here has ever seen anything like it either," said Ingram.Yellow lobsters are rare, but not unheard of. When one was brought ashore in Massachusetts last year, several experts said its coloration came from a gene carried by both parents that occurs in about one in 30 million lobsters.