2011 AXIS OF EVIL UPDATE: IRAN ABOUT TO TEST A NUKE IN NORTH KOREA?

Reza Kahlili:

On December 24, a research report from the South Korean Foreign Ministry Institute indicated that North Korea would carry out another nuclear bomb test after the beginning of the year. -- South Korean media reported earlier this month that the North was digging a tunnel in preparation for such a nuclear test.

At the same time, reports from inside Iran indicate that a team of Iranian nuclear scientists have been sent to North Korea and that the two governments have agreed on a joint nuclear test in North Korea with a substantial financial reward for the Kim Jong-Il government.

It is no secret that Iran and North Korea are collaborating in a ballistic missile program. The North Koreans provided Iran with the technology and know-how to build the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile, which is a copy of the Nodong-1 missile. The Shahb- 3 missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) covering all of the U.S. military bases in the Middle East and the entire country of Israel.

Most alarming, recent WikiLeaks releases reveal that Iran obtained a cache of advanced missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads (based on a Russian design) from North Korea. Now, for the first time, Iran has the capability to target every capital in Western Europe.

Not only are these two governments continuing to collaborate on the missile projects, they are also conspiring on Iran’s nuclear bomb development. This relationship has not only led to sharing data on previous nuclear tests by North Korea, but played a part in Iran’s capability to build the more advanced P2 centrifuges that produce 2.5 times more enriched uranium than the first generation P1 model.

The recent revelations about North Korea’s uranium enrichment plant also raise the possibility that North Korea is enriching uranium on Iran's behalf. Iran has always maintained that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes; that it is their right to produce nuclear fuel for their nuclear power plants.

In order to avoid a possible military reaction by the West, Iran is working covertly with North Korea until such a time they are capable of weaponizing their ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.

RTWT!

BTW: SYRIA IS CLOSE TO NORTH KOREA, TOO.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET IRAN BUDDY CHAVEZ - HE'S A GROWING THREAT TOO.

AND WHO ARE THE BIGGEST GUYS BEHIND THE SCENES - PERHAPS PULLING THE STRINGS?

CHINA AND RUSSIA: THEY ARE ENABLING NORTH KOREA AND IRAN AND VENEZUELA.

WE NEED TO GET MUCH TOUGHER ON RUSSIA AND CHINA IF WE WANT TO WIN WW4.

2011: THE GLOBAL RELIGIOUS WAR CONTINUES: COPTIC CHURCH BOMBED - 5 CHRISTIANS KILLED

At least five people were killed and 14 others injured early Saturday in an attack on a church in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, a security official told AFP.

The attack, apparently caused by a car bomb, took place as the faithful left the church in the Sidi Bechr district at around half past midnight on New Year's Day. The witnesses said a burnt-out car was in front of the entrance to the church.

Many Christians were demonstrating in front of a nearby mosque, the witnesses told AFP.

While it was not immediately known who was responsible for the blast, a group calling itself Al-Qaeda in Iraq had threatened the Egyptian Coptic Christians.

The bombing came almost two months to the day after an October 31 attack by militants on Our Lady of Salvation church in central Baghdad, which left the 44 worshippers, two priests and seven security forces members dead.

AND THIS IN IRAQ:

Two people were killed at least 16 injured in the latest attacks on Christians in Iraq.

Iraq's interior ministry says 15 bombs were placed around homes in Christian areas of Baghdad. Eleven of the bombs exploded.

The couple who were killed had found a bag at their gate which blew up when they opened it.

Church leaders are at a loss to explain the attacks, saying Iraqi Christians have no power and pose no threat.

Two months ago an attack on a church in Baghdad killed 56 people, including many in the congregation and two priests.

The latest bombings have stoked new fears in a community targeted by Islamic militants.

Many Christians have already fled Baghdad or left the country altogether.

WILL OBAMA EVER CONDEMN THESE MUSLIM ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS!?

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.

THE LEFT IS IN COMPLETE DENIAL ABOUT THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF WW4 - AND THE FACT THAT IT'S RELIGIOUS IN NATURE.

THEIR DENIAL HURTS OUR EFFORTS TO COUNTER-ATTACK EFFECTIVELY.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO ERADICATE THE LKEFT BEFORRE WE CAN ERADICATE ISLAMISM.

LET'S DO BOTH THIS COMING YEAR!

WTF: NAPPIE AND DHS TO HELP WITH AF-PAK BORDER CONTROL!?

FOX:

Her agency has about two dozen officials in Afghanistan, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Customs and Border Protection officers, and Border Patrol agents. Many are training Afghan security forces to manage their country's borders.

SHE AND OBAMA CAN'T CONTROL OUR MEXICAN BORDER, BUT CAN HELP THEM!?

THIS IS INSANE.

Do Mahounds celebrate Christmas?

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All the President's men: Obama given a 20-MAN motorcade to visit childhood friend in Hawaii (no wonder his Christmas holiday is costing the country $1.5m)

• Return trip on Air Force One costs up to £1million

• $63,000 to fly Michelle and daughters to Hawaii

• $134,000 for 24 White House staff to stay at home
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President Obama provoked fresh outrage today after taking a 20-man motorcade to visit a childhood friend during his lavish Christmas holiday in Hawaii.The 10-vehicle convoy drove the president and wife Michelle from his rental property in Kailua, across highways cleared of traffic and through a military community to reach Bobby Titcomb's beachfront house.Mr Obama, who spent eight years at Punahou School in Hawaii before graduating in 1979, has splashed out $1.5m on his trip – a decision that will not endear him to the millions of Americans facing economic hardship in the New Year.

Read more here.

WIKILEAKS: EGYPT STILL SEES ISRAEL AS AN ENEMY

What can you expect when Islamofascism is still prevalent? Well, as this confirms, Egypt can still be dangerous:

Documents revealed by Wikileaks show that Egypt continues to see Israel as its primary military threat despite a decades-old peace treaty. Egypt and Israel fought against each other in four wars before signing the treaty in 1979.

United States diplomats have been frustrated as Egyptian leaders focus on being prepared for war with Israel while ignoring threats such as terrorism and weapons smuggling. [...]

While America pressures Egypt to update its tactics, Egypt requests a boost in military funding, apparently in hopes of buying advanced weapons and achieving military parity with Israel. Other leaked files reported that Egyptian officials are pushing for more than the $1.3 billion in annual military aid that Egypt currently receives from the U.S.

And when that dark day comes where Egypt decides to go to war against Israel anew, I sadly figure it'll be much worse than it was during the Yom Kippur War.

GAFFNEY CRITICIZES EVEN FOX FOR UNDERESTIMATING STEALTH JIHAD

Mediaite reports about Frank Gaffney's recent appearance on FOX News with Eric Bolling interviewing, and said he was let down by everyone in the press, including FOX, for underestimating the threat of stealth jihad.

He's right to make sure FOX doesn't escape a drubbing either: of course even they're not saints, and even they've done what to disappoint from a conservative POV.

His leading statement was:

Guys like Feisal Abdul Rauf who are prime practitioners of this stealth jihad tend to get a pass or worse yet are sometimes lionized as moderate Muslims who are the opponents of this Jihadism when in fact they are simply prosecuting it by different means. . . . A mosque that is used to promote a seditious program, which is what Sharia is . . . that is not a protected religious practice, that is in fact sedition.

I wouldn't be surprised if a mosque that's said to be a few blocks away from where this one is planned could be the same, which is why even that mustn't be overlooked.

INSANITY: As Euro Struggles, Estonia Readies for Entry in Currency

NYTIMES: As Euro Struggles, Estonia Readies for Entry in Currency

THEY ELITE IN ESTONIA ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THEY ARE FUHREEEEEEKIN' INSANE.

THE EURO IS A FARCE - A DANGEROUS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST FARCE:

MORE MUSLIM INSPIRED ANTI-CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IN AFRICA - AND MORE SILENCE FROM OBAMA

MORE HORRIFIC VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA- OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL CONTINENT.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS:

Blasts Kill (More) Iraqi Christians

Obama administration remains MIA.

LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S A GLOBAL RELIGIOUS WAR.

THAT'S JUST A FACT.

THE TRUTH.

BY FAILING TO EVEN CONDEMN IT, OBAMA IS NOT MERELY DENYING THIS TRUTH, HE IS - IN EFFECT - AIDING AND ABETTING THE ENEMY.

HE RECENTLY CONDEMNED ATTACKS AGAINST MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN, AND BEFORE THAT IN IRAN.

BUT HASN'T AFFORDED CHRISTIANS THE SAME RESPECT.

GEE: I WONDER WHY.

IF OBAMA WAS REALLY A CRYPTO-MUSLIM, WOULD HE BE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY?

NOPE.

A METAPHOR FOR MUCH OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA TODAY: MANDATED FLUORESCENT BULBS

DINOCRAT:

In September GE closed its last US factory making Edison’s light bulbs. Something simple has been replaced by something vastly more complicated, toxic, and expensive [MERCURY-LADEN FLUORESCENT BULBS].

America, as we enter 2011.

(HT: Mark Steyn)

USE THE LINK.

THE LEFT IS DESTROYING THE FREE WORLD - AND THE USA.

NOT A SINGLE PART OF THEIR AGENDA IS GOOD:

• AGW CARBON SCHEMES;

• HIGHER TAXES;

• MORE INVASIVE, ACTIVIST AND POWERFUL FEDERAL COURTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES;

• MORE APPEASEMENT;

• MORE MULTI-LATERALISM;

• LESS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL - AND MORE FOR THE PALESTINIANS;

• FEWER NUKES - AND NUCLEAR PARITY WITH RUSSIA;

• LESS DEFENSE SPENDING;

• REFUSAL TO USE PROFILING;

• REFUSAL TO BUILD A BORDER FENCE WITH MEXICO;

• SUPPORT FOR AMNESTY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS;

• KEYNESIAN SPENDING INCREASES POSING AS ECONOMIC STIMULI;

• LARGESS FOR THE GOVERNMENT UNIONS;

• SUBSIDIES FOR "ALTERNATIVE"/"RENEWABLE" ENERGY SOURCES -

• AND CARROT & STICK SCHEMES TO "CREATE A GREEN ECONOMY";

• AND SO ON.

NOT A SINGLE GOOD THING. NOT ONE.

ALL HARM THE USA, AND BY HARMING THE USA, THEY HARM THE FREE WORLD - SINCE WE ARE THE DEFENDER OF THE FREE WORLD, THE INDISPENSABLE NATION.

TO SAVE THE USA AND THE FREE WORLD WE MUST DESTROY THE LEFT.

HERE'S HOW YOU GET THE UNIONS TO CLEAR THE SNOW: PUT THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT ON COMMISSION!

IT'S SEEMS THE UNION WAS EFFIN WITH US: THEY SLOWED DOWN THE SNOW CLEAN-UP TO SEND A MESSAGE.

IF TRUE, THEN THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! HEADS SHOULD ROLL.

BLOOMBERG SHOULD FIRE THEM ALL.

LOT'S OF FOLKS HAVE SNARKY SOLUTIONS.

BUT HERE'S HOW YOU REALLY END NYC'S SNOWED-IN STREET PROBLEM FOREVER:

• THE SANITATION WORKERS GET A COMMISSION FOR EVERY TON THEY REMOVE, AND THE RATE DECLINES EACH DAY THAT THERE IS A STREET WITH SNOW ON IT.

• TIE-IN THEIR BENEFITS TO THIS.

END OF PROBLEM.

SOLAR MAX LOOMS!: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS DRUDGE AND BREITBART BY A DAY - AND INSTAPUNDIT, TOO!

Drudge - TODAY:

Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'...

BREITBART - TODAY.

INSTAPUNDIT TODAY.

TAB YESTERDAY.

WE DO IT ALL THE TIME FOLKS. SPREAD THE WORD.

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL PRODUCTION DECLINES

An amazing discovery: Christine Brim reports that Saudi oil production is in decline. And so long as they continue with their shari'a enforcement, they've asked for it. Free western countries shouldn't be getting oil from them either until they abandon their primitive, backward barbarism.

IS PETER SCHWEIZER TRYING TO UNDERMINE ISRAELI SAFETY?

The same contributor to the Breitbart network who fell for a Ynet distortion when rabbis called not to sell homes to Arabs/Muslims (the de-contexting claim was that they said not to rent) has fallen for another one, and practically run the gauntlet of being offensive to women by implying that the wives of the rabbis are "racist" because they signed a letter in turn not to date/marry Arab men. The Ynet article says:

After the rabbis’ letter called on Jews not to rent apartments to Arabs comes their wives’ turn: Twenty-seven prominent rabbis’ wives signed a letter distributed by the ‘Lehava’ organization calling on Jewish women not to date Arabs, work in places where Arabs are employed or volunteer for National Service with them.[...]

The letter stated that “there are quite a few Arab workers who use Hebrew names. Yusuf becomes Yossi, Samir becomes Sami and Abed becomes Ami. They seek your proximity, try to appeal to you and give you all the attention you could ask for, they actually know how be polite and act making you believe they really care…but their behavior is only temporary.

“As soon as they have in you in their grasp, in their village, under their complete control – everything becomes different. Your life will never be the same, and the attention you sought will be replaced with curses, physical abuse and humiliation.”

The letter further stated, “Your grandmothers never dreamed that one of their decedents would, by one act, remove future generations from the Jewish people. For you, for future generations, and so that you will never have to endure the terrible suffering, we appeal to you, begging, pleading, praying: Don’t date them, don’t work where they work and don’t perform National Service with them.”

Doesn't that third paragraph, if you realize what Islamisogyny is like, tell why they've voiced their concern, and are trying to send a message to help with a woman's safety? Schweizer says, "Those behind it insist that it isn’t about racism but about protecting the Jewish faith. Really? Doesn’t sound like that when you read the letter." This is a most reprehensible man. Not only has he made a joke out of practically everyone's efforts to combat Islamofascism, he's even implying he sees nothing wrong with an effort to protect Jewish women from harm at the hands of Islam, and maybe that he's even worse than Charles Krauthammer is when it comes to Israel. If Schweizer is as bad as I now suspect, he shouldn't even be working at the Breitbart network, and I'd recommend canning him immediately.

Update: this article about the subject reveals something very disturbing that's taken place in Ashkelon:

Glam went on to point out what he said was a new phenomenon, which manifests itself on Fridays on the cities' beaches and in certain neighborhoods. Arab construction workers who rent apartments in Ashkelon or are given apartments to live in by the contractors "bring girls aged as young as 12 into town and 'go out on the town' with them at parties that include, among other things, the serving of alcohol to girls."

So now we can understand what the earlier letter was about if it involved rental issues.Is this not reason why to advise women to look out for their safety? Add to that how pedophilia may have been committed, and curiously enough, even alcohol, usually considered unworthy in Muslim society, has yet found its way into this whole affair.

ANTI-ISRAEL PROPAGANDA BECOMES MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT

Israel Today discovered a new movie set for release called "Miral" which, while it may not be the first hostile to Israel movie released in mainstream (for all I know, the Little Drummer Girl might've preceded it), it's certainly unfortunate that it may get that kind of distribution:

Scheduled for a March 2011 release, the new feature film “Miral” follows the turbulent life of a young Palestinian Arab girl who becomes involved in terrorism against Israel. It unabashedly demands sympathy for this girl and other Palestinian terrorists in their battle with a Jewish state that is portrayed as arbitrarily cruel and barbaric.

There is little surprise there, since the film is an adaptation of a book written by director Julian Schnabel’s new Palestinian Arab girlfriend, Rula Jabreal. In a series of interviews following screening of “Miral” at the Toronto and Venice film festivals, Schnabel, who is Jewish, acknowledged that it was not the film’s intent to give a comprehensive background to the conflict or present a “balanced” view.

Further evidence that the film is, as Schnable himself hinted, aimed at promoting the Palestinian narrative of the conflict is the fact that Vanessa Redgrave is given a cameo. Redgrave is famous for denouncing the “Zionist hoodlums” during a 1978 Academy Awards acceptance speech. Despite Redgrave’s minor role, her presence in the film is being used as part of the marketing campaign.

Ugh. Redgrave - even in a cameo - is enough to discourage me from wasting time. Fortunately, the following writer for the National Post has understood why this is bad news. And not only that, he tells who is producing this junk:

Miral, the film he brought to the Toronto International Film Festival this week, scheduled for theatrical release in December by the Weinstein Company, is a piece of blatant propaganda that does all it can to denigrate Israel and arouse sympathy for radical Palestinians. It’s a chronicle of history without a trace of fairness: All Israelis are brutes; almost all Palestinians are angels and victims.

Besides informing about the anti-Israeli bent, he tells that Bob and Harvey Weinstein are the company behind this. What's wrong with them? Well, in 1998, they produced a movie called A Price Above Rubies, which was very hostile to Hasidic Jews, depicting males within the community as possessive, biased, among other absurd and insulting screeds. I remember that even Ed Koch, NYC's former mayor, disliked the movie. If the Weinsteins were going to associate themselves with that kind of badness, it isn't too surprising this time round, and only makes me lose all the more respect for them, as it does for Schnabel. Miramax, in retrospect, was no biggie as a studio, and I don't feel sorry for them for losing it. While as for their new company, I think it's best left unaided.

RELIAPUNDIT UPDATES:

FROM THE LOOKS OF HER, I THINK MAYBE SHE NEEDS TO BE PARACHUTED INTO KARACHI SO SHE CAN LEARN WHAT ISLAM IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

SHE WOULD EITHER BE FORCED TO PUT ON A BURKA, OR GET RAPED/BEHEADED - AND NOT IN ANY SPECIAL ORDER, EITHER.

I THINK SHE'D RATHER LIVE IN TEL AVIV THAN RIYADH, TOO.

SHE'S A FREAKIN' HYPOCRITE:

LIVING LIKE A WESTERNER, BUT ESPOUSING ANTI-ISRAEL ANTI-WEST BS.

AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT:

ISRAEL IS THE FRONT-LINE IN THE GLOBAL RELIGIOUS WAR BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND EVERYONE ELSE.

SHE'D BETTER RETHINK PICKIN SIDES:

GET A BURKA AND KEEP PRODUCING ANTI-WEST CRAP;

OR STAYING FREE AND LOOSE AND SEXY AND TURNING HER BACK ON THOSE WHO WOULD DESTROY THE WEST.

AND AS FOR SCHNABEL - AND THE REST OF THE LEFTISTS IN HOLLYWOOD AND IN THE ART-WORLD:

WAKE UP:

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ART IS ANTITHETICAL TO LEFTISM AND ISLAMISM. SO, STOP SUPPORTING THEM.

MOSHE KATSAV CONVICTED OF RAPE. WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF THIS?

Today, former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was convicted on at least 2 counts of rape (the initial charge against him that he attacked a woman only known as "A" was dropped).

Following this, you know what? I'm not sure if I should care, really. Because back in 2005, Katsav turned dhimmi, and told expellees of Gush Katif on television to just accept their exile. He could and should have stayed out of the whole mess Ariel Sharon caused. Maybe this is God's punishment to Katsav for doing something he could've avoided?

You decide.

Benjamin Netanyhu said that this verdict sends a message that women have full rights over their own bodies. Yes indeed.

GINORMOUS GAS FIND IN ISRAEL: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS HOT AIR BY A DAY, AGAIN... AND ACE OF SPADES, TOO!

HOT AIR (AND WSJ) TODAY.

AND ACE TODAY, TOO.

TAB YESTERDAY.

HAPPENS ALL THE TIME FOLKS. SPREAD THE WORD!

Observations: Why is the north magnetic pole racing toward Siberia?

Observations: Why is the north magnetic pole racing toward Siberia?

THE LEFT'S INFILTRATION OF COMIC BOOKS CONTINUES: COMMUNIST MANIFESTO TO GET THE GRAPHIC NOVEL TREATMENT

CANOE:

A local university professor is taking theory - the staple of a university classroom - and blending it with colourful pictures - the staple of elementary school books - to teach a much-lauded literary work.

George Rigakos is taking the "anything but textbook" approach, creating a four-part comic book series on the Communist Manifesto, featuring original works by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

"There is nothing like a comic book and graphic novel to grip a reader," said Rigakos, who plans to use the comic to teach political economy at Carleton University.

... The 162-year-old Manifesto has often been considered ahead of its time, taking an analytical approach to the history and concept of class struggle.

But it is the concept of villains, victims and heroes that enables the Manifesto to be easily transformed into a comic, according to Rigakos.

"The original work of Marx and Engels focused on the bourgeoisie, the proletariat and their heroes - the Communists - which will each constitute separate comic books in the series,"

INSANE?

NOPE.

CLEVER PROPAGANDA.

THEY WANT TO BRAINWASH OUR KIDS - LIKE THEY BRAINWASHED ME - BUT ONLY YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.

TO DEFEAT THE LEFT WE NEED TO DEMAND AND WIN INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY IN THE ACADEMY AND IN THE MEDIA.

JUST LIKE DAVID HOROWITZ HAS LONG ARGUED.

PREDICTION: GLOBAL COOLING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 2013

HERE'S WHY:

Many people may be surprised to learn that the Sun, rather than burn with faultless consistency, goes through moments of calm and tempest.

But two centuries of observing sunspots -- dark, relatively cool marks on the solar face linked to mighty magnetic forces -- have revealed that our star follows a roughly 11-year cycle of behaviour.

The latest cycle began in 1996 and for reasons which are unclear has taken longer than expected to end.

Now, though, there are more and more signs that the Sun is shaking off its torpor and building towards "Solar Max," or the cycle's climax, say experts.

"The latest prediction looks at around midway 2013 as being the maximum phase of the solar cycle," said Joe Kunches of NASA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

IT'S THE SUN STUPID!

QUICK! DISPATCH GORE: HUGE STORM ON SATURN!

IMAGE OF: of an Enormous Storm on Saturn

I BLAME CO2!

BWAHAHAHA: 'Officer charge of Syrian nuclear program was Mossad spy'

'Officer charge of Syrian nuclear program was Mossad spy'

South American drug gangs funding al-Qaeda terrorists

"Islamic rebels familiar with the barren terrain of the Sahara have struck deals under which they provide armed security escorts for drug traffickers in return for a slice of their profits.

"South American drug gangs funding al-Qaeda terrorists - Telegraph

COVETOUSNESS IS DEEP IN THE HEART OF EVERY LEFTIST

THOU SHALT NOT COVET.

IT'S A COMMANDMENT.

BUT ONE LEFTISTS IGNORE.

COVETOUSNESS IS AT THE VERY CORE OF THEIR BEING.

COVETOUS PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO LEFTISM BECAUSE IT OFFERS THEM A WAY TO EXPRESS AND FULFILL THEIR COVETOUSNESS - AND DRESS IT UP AS ALTRUISM.

THIS IS VERY CLEAR WHEN ONE EXAMINES THE LEFT'S LATEST CLASS WARFARE JARGON ABOUT 'THE TOP 1%".

AS IF I AM POORER BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE GETS RICHER.

THIS IS FALSE.

• IF GOLDMAN SACHS EARNS A LOT OF MONEY AND DIVIDES IT UP BETWEEN THEIR PARTNERS, THESE BONUSES DO NOT MAKE ME POORER.

• THE FACT THAT MATT DAMON AND BEN AFFLECK AND JON STEWART EARN MILLIONS DOESN'T MALE ME POORER.

• THE FACT THAT DEREK JETER AND CHRIS LEE AND LEBRON JAMES EARN A LOT OF MONEY DOESN'T MAKE ME POORER.

• AND TAKING ANOTHER $100,000 FROM EACH OF THESE HIGH-EARNERS WON'T PUT A SINGLE PENNY INTO MY POCKET, EITHER.

• IN FACT, THE WEALTHIER THE WEALTHY GET THE BETTER OFF ARE ALL OF US.

THE LEFT WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT IF THE RICH GOT RICHER, THEY DID SO AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE - AS IF PROSPERITY WAS A FINITE-SIZED PIE AND THE RICH SOMEHOW UNFAIRLY GOT A BIGGER SLICE.

THE IDEA THAT THE FIRST WORLD GOT WEALTHY FROM STEALING FROM THE THIRD WORLD IS JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS LIE WRIT LARGE.

(LEFTIST MICHELLE OBAMA HAS USED THE SLICE METAPHOR HERSELF:

“They don’t want the whole pie,” she told the women. “There are some who do, but most Americans feel blessed just being able to thrive a little bit. But that is becoming even more out of reach.”…

“If we don’t wake up as a nation with a new kind of leadership…for how we want this country to work, then we won’t get universal health care,”

“The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.” Michelle Obama.)

BUT FOR PROSPERITY TO EXIST IT MUST ALWAYS BE A GROWING PIE, AND WE ALL DO BETTER AS THE PIE GROWS: THE RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL SHIPS.

WEALTH MUST CONTINUALLY RENEW ITSELF OR IT WITHERS - THAT'S WHY THE WEALTHY INVEST AND TAKE RISKS.

• WE CANNOT TAX HE RICH ENOUGH TO SOLVE OUR NATIONAL DEBT.

• IF WE EXPROPRIATED IT ALL IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO MAKE US DEBT FREE FOR LONG - BUT IT WOULD KILL THE ECONOMY --- FOR US ALL!

• AND ANOTHER THING: WHO DO YOU THINK LOST THE MOST MONEY IN THE RECENT RECESSION AND CRASH!?!?

• POOR PEOPLE?!?

• NO: THE RICH. THEY SUFFERED THE MOST.

LEFTISTS IGNORE ALL THIS AND STILL WANT TO TAKE.

THEIR URGE IS IN THE TAKING.

AND THEY GET AN ALTRUISTIC/EGOMANIACAL TINGLE WHEN THEY REDISTRIBUTE IT - CHOOSING THE WINNERS AND LOSERS.

THAT'S WHY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFTISTS CHOSE LEFTISM AND LOVE LEFTISM.

NOT BECAUSE IT HELPS HUMANITY, BUT BECAUSE IT SATISFIES THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; TO COVET, AND TO FEEL GRAND ABOUT IT.

THEY CAN BE CHANGED.

I WAS A LEFTIST ONCE.

BUT I SAW THE LIGHT.

I SAW THAT COOLIDGE AND REAGAN AND THATCHER AND HAYEK WERE RIGHT. THEIR POLICIES ACTUALLY WORKED AND HELPED POOR PEOPLE THE MOST.

AND MARX AND FIDEL AND CARTER AND OBAMA ARE WRONG WRONG WRONG. AS WERE LENIN AND MAO AND KIM AND MUGABE.

THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME HOPE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT 2011 IS GONG TO BE A GREAT YEAR, BECAUSE IN 2011 WE ARE GONG TO ROLL BACK THE LEFT EVEN MORE!

OTHERS ON THE COVETOUSNESS OF THE LEFT:

• PROTEIN WISDOM.

• JON RAY.

NIGERIAN MUSLIMS SLAUGHTER NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS: I BLAME BUSH, THE JOOOOOOOZE, THE RETHUGLICANS, AGW, BIG OIL/BIG PHARMA, AND GITMO

THE MUSLIMS SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA CONTINUES. VIDEO.

• I BLAME BUSH, THE JOOOOOOOZE, THE RETHUGLICANS, AGW, BIG OIL/BIG PHARMA, THE TOP 1% OF EARNERS IN THE USA, AND GITMO.

• ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE, AFTER ALL... YOU JUST EXAMINE MOHAMED'S LIFE TO SEE THE TRUTH OF THIS.
  

DIVERSE JIHADIST GROUPS UNITING TO FIGHT USA IN AFGHANISTAN: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS HOT AIR BY A DAY

HOT AIR TODAY:

NYT

U.S. intel: Jihadi groups in Pakistan now teaming up to fight western troops

After one recent attack on a remote base in eastern Afghanistan, a check of the dead insurgents found evidence that the fighters were from three different factions, military officials said.

TAB HAD THIS ITEM YESTERDAY.

THIS IS WHY WE WON THE MR PEABODY TIME TRAVEL BLOGGING AWARD - (I THINK!?!?!?)!

REGULAR READERS KNOW THAT WE REGULARLY SCOOP THE BIGGIES WITH LINKS TO HARD NEWS.

AND DO IT WITH NO-HOLDS-BARRED ANALYSIS/COMMENTARY.

SPREAD THE WORD.

WHAT IF ISLAMIC SUPREMACISTS GAIN CONTROL OF THE INTERNET? IT SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE

Pamela Geller wrote at The American Thinker about how ICANN has changed its directorial board to include members of Arab/Islamic countries, and this signal that the internet may be at a critical stage in development, especially for free speech in combatting Islamofascism:

It was hardly noticed at the time, but its consequences could be catastrophic. Late last September, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which assigns internet domain names, approved a huge change in the way it operates. Europe and North America will now have five seats on its Board of Directors, instead of ten, and a new "Arab States" region will have five seats as well.

How big a deal is this? ICANN at the same time took a reference to "terrorism" out of its Draft Applicant Guidebook. Why? Because Arab groups complained. And so now jihad terror websites can grow and prosper, as ICANN has removed its own ability to police them.

This has been a long time coming.

Back in October 2009, I warned of a seismic transformation in internet regulation and free speech. Under the transnational-happy Obama administration, the U.S. relinquished control of the net at that time. ICANN ended its agreement with the U.S. government.

If not America, who? Now we know the answer to that. The new agreement gave other countries (including dictatorships and rogue nations) and the U.N. the ability to set internet use policies. At the time, I wrote, "[W]atch for Sharia law to find its way into this."

Well, that didn't take long. The ICANN action in September gave the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and other unfriendly nations a prominent internet role -- something they never could get during the administration of George W. Bush.

Read it all. This is exactly why everyone concerned needs to take notice, and do their best to prevent what could be a takeover by shari'a from happening online. Otherwise, the Net could be destroyed by Islamofascism.

Update: here's more on the FCC issue at Hot Air and Big Government.

MORE PROOF PEAK OIL DOOMSAYERS ARE WRONG

MUST READ ARTICLE. NOW!

Discovery Has "Potential to Position Israel as Natural Gas Exporting Nation"

JPost: Noble CEO: Leviathan is largest gas find in our history

Natural gas field found to be twice the size of Tamar; Noble COO says discovery has "potential to position Israel as natural gas exporting nation."

The natural gas reserves in the Leviathan structure total 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, based on preliminary results of the production tests received in the past few days. This was same amount estimated from a recent 3D seismic survey. The quantity found is double the gas reserves at Tamar. The results were reported Wednesday by Noble Energy Inc., which owns 39.66% of the prospect.

According to Noble Energy, "The well encountered a minimum of 220 feet (67 meters) of net natural gas pay in several subsalt Miocene intervals. Apparent reservoir quality is very good, and the intervals discovered are geologically similar to those intersected at Tamar."

Noble Energy CEO Charles Davidson said, "Leviathan is the latest major discovery for Noble Energy and is easily the largest exploration discovery in our history."

Noble Energy president and COO David L. Stover added, "This discovery has the potential to position Israel as a natural gas exporting nation. For nearly a year now, we have had a team evaluating market possibilities, which includes various pipeline and LNG options. It's our belief that the natural gas resources at Leviathan are sufficient to support one or more of the options being studied. We are excited to be leading the exploration and development in this new basin and look forward to determining the best development option."

Leviathan's Israeli partners are Delek Group Ltd. units Avner Oil and Gas LP and Delek Drilling LP (22.67% each), and Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP with 15%.

The results are from the electrical log tests, which were completed yesterday. The results almost precisely match the estimated announced on June 2, based on the 3D seismic survey. They come exactly one month after the Israeli partners reported signs of natural gas in the first target strata at a depth of 5,100 meters.

The drilling of the Leviathan 1 exploratory well was delayed by several weeks, which added at least $20 million to the drilling costs. The original estimate cost of the well was $150 million, and the cost of leasing the Sedco Express drilling platform from Transocean Inc. is more than $1 million a day.

Trading in the shares of the Israeli partners in Leviathan was suspended just before 2 pm today ahead of an "important announcement". Shares in the three partnerships rose by over 4% before trading was suspended.

MORE: UPDATE: "... estimated to be worth more than $95 billion,

The largest reserve of natural gas, over 16 trillion cubic feet, has been discovered off the coast of Israel, and is estimated to be worth more than $95 billion,

U.S. company Noble Energy Inc. announced on Wednesday.

Noble Energy owns 39.66% of the prospective discovery, alongside Israeli partners Delek Group Ltd. units Avner Oil and Gas LP and Delek Drilling LP (22.67% each), and Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP with 15%.

NEW GAS AND OIL DISCOVERIES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES - OIL, COAL, GAS.

WE DO NOT NEED TO SUBSIDIZE SO-CALLED SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

AND NATURAL GAS AND OIL AND COAL CAN BE USED CLEANLY -ONLY PRODUCING CO2 - WHICH IS BENIGN.

US Ambassador: "Danes give their media too much freedom" !!

Islam in Europe: Wikileaks: US Embassy pressured Danish paper not to reprint Mohammed cartoons:

"Norwegian paper Aftenposten recently started going through the entire Wikileaks archive. Its recent finding (EN): the US Embassy in Copenhagen was very concerned when it heard Jyllands-Posten intended to reprint the cartoons a year after it's first publishing:"

IS AFGHANISTAN UNWINNABLE? YES - IF WE FAIL TO COMMIT TO VICTORY AT ANY COST

TWO ITEMS:

NYTIMES/AP: US: No Way to Seal Afghan-Pakistan Border

There's no practical way for U.S. troops to seal Afghanistan's vast border with Pakistan and stop all Taliban fighters from slipping through, so they are focusing on defending vulnerable towns and fighting insurgents on Afghan soil, a U.S. military commander said Tuesday.

Army Col. Viet Luong said that "to secure the border in the traditional sense" would "take an inordinate amount of resources." He said it also would require far more cooperation from the tribes inside Pakistan who often provide Taliban fighters safe passage.

Other senior U.S. military officials have said they hope the Pakistan military does more to shut down Taliban hideouts. But the U.S. has denied reports that American forces are pushing to expand special operations raids inside Pakistan's tribal areas to target militants.

"It's naive to say that we can stop . . . forces coming through the border," said Luong, who oversees troops in a part of eastern Afghanistan that includes the volatile Khost province and 261 kilometers of border.

THIS THE ONLY PARTIALLY TRUE STATEMENT IN THE ARTICLE:

"to secure the border in the traditional sense" would "take an inordinate amount of resources."

THE FACT IS, THE RESOURCES ARE NOT INORDINATE; OUR COMMITMENT TO WINNING IS INSUFFICIENT: WE ARE UNWILLING TO USE THE WEAPONS WE NEED TO USE IN ORDER TO WIN.

WE SHOULD HAVE USED NUKES IN OCTOBER OF 2001 AGAINST BIN LADEN AND HIS ALLIES IN TORA BORA.

FDR AND TRUMAN WOULD HAVE, BUT BUSH WAS NOT WILLING TO DO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE; THAT'S WHY I HAVE LONG ARGUED THAT "DUBYA" STANDS FOR WIMP.

THE ENEMY IS WILLING TO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO WIN - AND FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

THE ENEMY'S ABILITY TO INFLICT US A MORTAL-BLOW MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED, BUT ONLY FOR THE TIME BEING.

THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THE LONG WAR - TO FIGHTING US UNTIL THEY CAN INFLICT UPON US A MORTAL-BLOW.

I FEEL IT IS BETTER FOR US AND ALL HUMANITY AND ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS IF WE DO IT TO THEM BEFORE THEY CAN DO IT TO US.

HERE IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT THE ENEMY IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES: Insurgents Set Aside Rivalries on Afghan Border

Afghanistan-Pakistan border have increasingly been teaming up in deadly raids, in what military and intelligence officials say is the insurgents’ latest attempt to regain the initiative after months of withering attacks from American and allied forces.

New intelligence assessments from the region assert that insurgent factions now are setting aside their historic rivalries to behave like “a syndicate,” joining forces in ways not seen before. After one recent attack on a remote base in eastern Afghanistan, a check of the enemy dead found evidence that the fighters were from three different factions, military officials said.

In the past, these insurgent groups have been seen as sharing ideology and inspiration, but less often ideas and plans.

THEY ARE ALL MUSLIM - AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO UNITE THEM.

GITMO AND THE PALESTINIAN ARABS ARE NOT THE ENEMY'S CHIEF RECRUITING TOOLS.

THE KORAN - AND MOHAMED'S LIFE - ARE.

THE LONGER WE TAKE TO ACCEPT THAT - AND DO WHAT WE MUST INEVITABLY DO - THE STRONGER THEY GET AND THE MORE LIKELY THEY WILL WIN.

First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...

Gates of Vienna: Al Qaeda Targets Austrian Copts:

"...the war ministry of the Islamic Iraqi Republic announces that all Christian centers, organizations and clubs with all of its members are deemed justifiable targets for our mujaheddin.” However, those in charge of the death list are targeting the entire free world. It is their explicit goal to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Iraq and to act against all Jews and Christians worldwide. The group’s homepage is found in Jakarta, Indonesia."

Cast Lead; the response to Hamas' Declaration of War on Israel

"According to the statement, a total of 87 shells have been fired at Israeli targets bordering the Gaza Strip including 54 mortar shells, 31 homemade projectiles which Hamas calls "Qassam", and two Soviet-made Grad missiles.

Al-Qassa Brigades threatened to enlarge the "Oil Stain" to get more thousands of Israelis "under fire". The group asserted that its fighters are "far greater than surrendering to Israeli threats and that they became much more prepared to counter Israeli aggression and to defend themselves than in the past."

Maan News Agency: Hamas: 87 shells fired at Israeli targets in 24 hours

Nature thrives with return to ‘proper’ weather! UK.

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Nature thrives with return to ‘proper’ weather:

“For the first time in a generation we have experienced a traditional year of weather and our wildlife has mostly responded favourably.

“A cold winter enabled wildlife to hibernate properly while a warm spring and early summer created ideal conditions for insects and led to bumper autumn berry crops in our orchards, woods and hedgerows.”

GLOBAL WARMING BLANKETS BORNHOLM

After being covered with approximately 160 centimeters of snow (that's more than 5 feet!), and snow drifts up to 5 meters (that's more than 15 feet!) authorities have declared Bornholm a disaster area and asked for aid from the mainland of Denmark.

December is proving to be the chilliest since 1981 - and is well on it's way to supplant December 1981 as the coldest December in Denmark since the Danish Weather Service began keeping records in the 1874.

Now that's Global Warming! Just check your lyin' eyes.

NYTIMES AND THE INFALLIBILITY OF AGW: GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSING GLOBAL COOLING

WHEN A HYPOTHESIS IS INFALLIBLE IS OFTEN NON-SCIENTIFIC AND ACTUALLY AN ARTICLE OF FAITH.

SUCH IS THE CASE WITH AGW. NYTIMES OP-ED:

... the overall warming of the atmosphere is actually creating cold-weather extremes. Last winter, too, was exceptionally snowy and cold across the Eastern United States and Eurasia, as were seven of the previous nine winters.

... we’re freezing not in spite of climate change but because of it.

AND THE AUTHOR GOES THROUGH A RELENTLESS SERIES OF SOMERSAULTS AND CONTORTIONS WHICH ARE POSITIVELY RUBE GOLDBERGIAN TO "PROVE" IT.

I WISH ALL THE AGW ALARMISTS WOULD JUST STFU.

IBD - VIA DIRECTOR BLUE:

Karl Popper, the late, great philosopher of science, noted that for something to be called scientific, it must be, as he put it, "falsifiable."

That is, for something to be scientifically true, you must be able to test it to see if it's false.

That's what scientific experimentation and observation do. That's the essence of the scientific method.

Unfortunately, the prophets of climate doom violate this idea. No matter what happens, it always confirms their basic premise that the world is getting hotter.

The weather turns cold and wet? It's global warming, they say. Weather turns hot? Global warming. No change? Global warming. More hurricanes? Global warming. No hurricanes? You guessed it.

Nothing can disprove their thesis. Not even the extraordinarily frigid weather now creating havoc across most of the Northern Hemisphere.

THAT'S WHY RATIONAL PEOPLE KNOW AGW IS BUNK.

THE FRUITS OF APPEASMENT: MORE LETTER BOMBS IN ROME

THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER LETTER BOMBING IN ROME.

I have long argued that appeasement is bad because it REWARDS and therefore ENCOURAGES more bad behavior.

The recent spate of letter bombs in Italy proves the point.

The anarchists in Greece - who are apparently behind the recent letter bombs - have been emboldened by the tepid response of the Free World to terrorists - from AL Qaeda to Kim Jong Il and Ahmadinejad the Somali Pirates - for the last decade.

If Bush has not been a weak and appeasing military leader, then he would have NUKED Tora Bora in October of 2001 - killing OBL and sending the correct message to anyone and everyone who would attack us.

Instead of continuing attacks and kidnappings etc - they would be appeasing us. A Somali Pirate capturing an America or an ally would APOLOGIZE and free him with gifts.

And Obama is even worse than Bush when it comes to appeasing: he just passed START which makes us weaker and GIVES Russia and Putin PARITY with us, when we might have maintained a HUGE ADVANTAGE INSTEAD.

This is lunacy and TREASON.

If we really want to end the Age of terror, then we must be willing to fight total war and ERADICATE the enemy who won't surrender UNCONDITIONALLY.

Until we do that - until we fight like FDR and TRUMAN - WW4 will drag on, an ever-widening more dangerous war. And over time, the enemy just gets stringer - and it just becomes evermore likely that they'll get WMD and use them.

Sigh.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE APPEASERS TO WAKE UP!?!?!?
\I dread the thought.

I hope I survive that attack.

DHIMMI BATMAN: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS BIG GOVERNMENT AND WEASEL ZIPPERS BY ONE FULL WEEK

THEM HERE - TODAY.

(OTHERS HERE TODAY)

US LAST WEEK.

REGULAR READERS KNOW WE SCOOP THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. WE GET AWARDS FOR IT. SPREAD THE WORD!

ANOTHER REASON WHY THE AGW ALARMISTS ARE WRONG: ONLY WEATHER IS REAL; CLIMATE IS A HEURISTIC CONSTRUCT

Weather is what we experience - what we see and feel and hear.

We cannot experience climate because it is not real; it's a heuristic construct.

When people act as if an intellectual construct is real they are committing what Alfred North Whitehead called "the fallacy of the misplaced concreteness. This is also known as REIFICATION.

(Ditto "race"; this is why racism is stupid and why we must treat all humans as individuals - because that is what they are!)!

There are weather patterns - and some last days, or weeks, or months, or years, or decades, or centuries - but they are just malleable patterns, very complex and sublet to change.

The geological record is replete with huge shift in these patterns, and NOTHING we are experiencing now is outside of these known historic shifts.

A given "weather era" or climatological pattern in a past period of geological history is a CONSTRUCT, a genre, a set, AN ARBITRARILY ISOLATED COLLECTION OF DAYS?YEARS/DECADES/CENTURIES CONSTRUCTED BY OBSERVATION OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC CHOSEN ATTRIBUTES.

The weather within the confines of those arbitrary dates was real; the climate is a construct - and a construct which ignores many possible factors - like cloud cover, volcanoes, and gamma rays. Most of these climate eras do not ignore sunspot activity, and this almost always correlates to changes in weather patterns over time.

The sun has ALWAYS had variations in its output. Climates - local and other wise - have always changed.

Man-made CO2 and other man-made "greenhouse gases" have not made our "climate era" deviate from previous "climate eras" in any remarkable way.

IOW: climate change is NATURAL. And the AGW alarmists should STFU.

UPDATE; TODAY'S WEATHER NEWS - (NOT CLIMATE NEWS!) - VIA DRUDGE:

ICE AGE: Columbia, SC has first Christmas snow since records kept in 1887...

Atlanta's First Since 1882...

Cold weather endangers sea creatures...

Record lows set for Miami, Key West...

COLDEST WEATHER FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING.

NYC MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S OFFICE ABUSED POSITIONS TO HELP IMAM RAUF GAIN APPROVAL FOR MOSQUE

As this New York Post article tells, mayor Michael Bloomberg and his office staff, now rightfully looked upon in disgrace by many Americans, wrongfully used his standing to help the reprehensible imam Feisal Rauf to gain city approval for the mosque he wants to build at Ground Zero (via Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs):

Dozens of e-mails between Mayor Bloomberg's aides and developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero reveal a cordial, if not downright cozy, relationship and the length to which a top city staffer went to help the project -- even drafting a letter for the group soliciting support from the community board, and providing the fax number to send it.

In one exchange, Community Affairs Commissioner Nazli Parvizi penned the draft of a letter to be sent by Daisy Khan, a key sponsor of the project known alternately as Cordoba House or Park51, to the chairperson of Community Board 1, Julie Menin, as the panel prepared to vote on its recommendation on the project.

The letter drafted by Parvizi thanked Menin for being open-minded about the plan for a mosque and cultural center -- which by then had become a flashpoint issue around the nation.

Parvizi e-mailed the draft to Khan and her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf -- ending with the salutation, "Best, Daisy," indicating that she actually was preparing Khan's letter to a city agency.

She also included the fax number and mailing address for CB1 -- which ultimately voted in favor of the project in May -- and offered further assistance.[...]

Opponents of the plan were furious.

"The mayor was touting, ironically, government not being involved in religion, and here you have the mayor's staffer assisting in a public-relations campaign on behalf of a mosque and Islamic center," said Debra Burlingame, whose brother was a pilot of one of the hijacked planes on 9/11.

"I think this is highly improper."

So do I. And for this, Bloomberg should practically be impeached. I would not be one bit surprised if Bloomberg himself fully approved of this, and had his staffers do the dirty work to avert attention from his own involvement; it's usually done that way in cases like these. In any case, it does not excuse Bloomberg's own disgraceful behavior in all this. He has shown utter contempt for the victims of 9-11, and the sooner he's out of office, the better.

Best "Time -Travel Blogging" Award Goes to RELIAPUNDIT

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Congrats to Reliapundit on being a winner in the "Fabulous 50 Blog Awards".

NYTIMES: OBAMA TO ACHIEVE DEATH PANELS BY EXECUTIVE FIAT

NYTIMES: "Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir"

When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels,” Democrats dropped it from legislation to overhaul the health care system.

But the Obama administration will achieve the same goal by regulation, starting Jan. 1.

Under the new policy, outlined in a Medicare regulation, the government will pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care, which may include advance directives to forgo aggressive life-sustaining treatment.

Congressional supporters of the new policy, though pleased, have kept quiet. They fear provoking another furor like the one in 2009 when Republicans seized on the idea of end-of-life counseling to argue that the Democrats’ bill would allow the government to cut off care for the critically ill.

The final version of the health care legislation, signed into law by President Obama in March, authorized Medicare coverage of yearly physical examinations, or wellness visits. The new rule says Medicare will cover “voluntary advance care planning,” to discuss end-of-life treatment, as part of the annual visit.

Under the rule, doctors can provide information to patients on how to prepare an “advance directive,” stating how aggressively they wish to be treated if they are so sick that they cannot make health care decisions for themselves.

While the new law does not mention advance care planning, the Obama administration has been able to achieve its policy goal through the regulation-writing process, a strategy that could become more prevalent in the next two years as the president deals with a strengthened Republican opposition in Congress.

WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR SENIORS' HEALTHCARE AND YOUR PENSION, THEN THEY GET A DOUBLE WINDFALL WHEN SENIORS DIE;

THEREFORE, THE SOONER SENIORS DIE THE BETTER.

REDUCING END -OF-LIFE CARE AND ENCOURAGING SENIORS TO DIE SOONER IS A GOAL OF OBAMA AND THE LEFT - IT'S HOW THEY INTEND TO SAVE MONEY.

IT'S HOW OBAMA AND THE LEFT INTEND TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS.

A LEFTIST TRIFECTA.

ABORTIONS AND EUTHANASIA CAN HELP THE LEFT REDUCE GLOBAL HUMAN POPULATION - ANOTHER LONG-TERM GOAL OF THE LEFT.

LOOKIT FOLKS:

DECIDING TO REFUSE CARE IS FINE - POPE JOHN PAUL 2 DID IT. IT'S FINE IF THE DECISION IS MADE BETWEEN THE PATIENT, HIS DOCTOR AND HIS G-D.

WHAT'S WRONG IS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED -

OR WHEN THE DOCTOR INVOLVED NO LONGER IS CARING FOR THE PATIENT AS MUCH AS HE IS WATCHING THE BUDGET,

OR BEING MORE MINDFUL OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAN OF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH.

UNFORTUNATELY, OBAMACARE HAS US HEADED TOWARD DEATH PANELS: GETTING SENIORS TO FORGO MEDICAL CARE FOR THE "COMMON GOOD".

THIS IS A MAJOR REASON IT MUST BE ERADICATED.

BILL EVANS PLAYS FAURE ET AL

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SCRIABIN:



BONUS: BILL; EVANS IN DENMARK:

OBAMA CONDEMNS JIHADIST ATTACK ON MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN - DOESN'T MENTION SIMULTANEOUS JIHADIST ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS ANYWHERE...

BBC:

US President Barack Obama has condemned as "outrageous" Saturday's deadly suicide bomb attack on a town in north-western Pakistan.

A female bomber killed at least 43 people in the attack on a large crowd receiving food aid in Khar in the Bajaur region.

The town is in tribal areas close to the Afghan border - a Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold.

People displaced by fighting had been getting food at a distribution centre.

Saturday's bombing was the latest in a string of recent attacks in Pakistan's north-west.

Taliban claim

"I strongly condemn the outrageous terrorist attack in Khar, Pakistan," President Obama said.

"Killing innocent civilians outside a World Food Programme distribution point is an affront to the people of Pakistan, and to all humanity," he said.

Bajaur is a place where the army has carried out numerous operations and declared several times that they have cleared the area of militants.

But once again the militants have proved that they can strike back.

At the end of a very bloody year in Pakistan, there have been attacks on all types of targets. The militants haven't really shied away from anything.

We have had sporting venues hit - at the beginning of the year more than 100 died in an attack on a volleyball match - and mosques and marketplaces have also been targeted.

A lot of Pakistanis are now wondering how the army and the government are going to deal with this better in the future.

"The United States stands with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time, and will strongly support Pakistan's efforts to ensure greater peace, security and justice for its people."

OBAMA NEVER FAILS TO CONDEMN ATTACKS ON MUSLIMS.

WHY DOES OBAMA ALWAYS FAIL TO CONDEMN JIHADIST ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS - AS IN RECENT NON-STOP ATTACKS BY JIHADISTS AGAINST NATIVE CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ AND YESTERDAY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN NIGERIA!!?!?

OCCAM'S RAZOR: I GUESS OBAMA LOVES MUSLIMS AND HATES CHRISTIANS.

UPDATE: MAYBE THIS EXPLAINS IT.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT: PHOTOGRAPH OF A GHOST

PHOTO HERE.

NIGERIAN MUSLIMS MURDER NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS ON CHRISTMAS EVE

NYTIMES:

Police in northern Nigeria say that Muslim radical sect members have attacked two churches in the restive region.

Police chief Mohammed Abubakar told The Associated Press on Saturday that members of Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect, attacked two churches in the city of Maiduguri on Friday evening.

Danjuma Akawu, secretary of Victory Baptist Church said about 30 men attacked his church Friday evening, killing five people.

Rev. Haskanda Jessu of Church of Christ in Nigeria said that three men attacked his church at the other end of the city, killing the security guard.

Police accuse Boko Haram of a rash of targeted killings in recent months.

In the central city of Jos Friday, 11 people also died after multiple bomb blasts. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts.

HOW CAN LEFTISTS BLAME THIS ON THE JOOOOOOOZE OR THE GOP OR RUSH LIMBAUGH?

HMMMM... D'Y THINK THAT MAYBE THE LEFT WILL ONE DAY ACCEPT THAT GLOBAL JIHAD AIN'T ABOUT THIRD WORLD POVERTY OR WESTERN HEGEMONY, AND THAT IT'S THE ISLAM, STUPID!

I WON;T HOLD MY BREATH.

"THE ONLY GOOD MUSLIM PERSON IS A PERSON WHO IS A BAD MUSLIM" IN UNARGUABLY TRUE - UNLESS YOU WANNA ARGUE THAT MOHAMMAD WAS NOT A TRUE MUSLIM.

IOW: OSAMA IS NOT AN APOSTATE, MODERATE MUSLIMS ARE.

UNTIL MODERATE MUSLIMS ERADICATE JIHADISTS, ISLAM IS THE PROBLEM.

I WON'T HOLD MY BREATH.

TO PROTECT THE FREE WORLD - WE WILL JUST HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES, AND FIGHT THE LEFT WHILE WE'RE AT IT!

A DAY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE: CHRISTMAS, 1776

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

ON THIS DAY IN 1776, WASHINGTON SAVED THE FREE WORLD: WIKI:

Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, occurring on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a planned surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.

Planned in partial secrecy, Washington led a column of Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River in a logistically challenging and potentially dangerous operation. Other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective, but this did not prevent Washington from successfully surprising and defeating the troops of Johann Rall quartered in Trenton. The army crossed the river back to Pennsylvania, this time burdened by prisoners and military stores taken as a result of the battle.

Washington's army then crossed the river a third time at the end of the year, under conditions made more difficult by the uncertain thickness of the ice on the river. They defeated British reinforcements under Lord Cornwallis on January 2, 1777, and defeated his rear guard at Princeton before retreating to winter quarters in Morristown, New Jersey.

SPECTRUM:

... December, 1776.

That winter was particularly harsh and took its toll on the rag-tag army George Washington had assembled.

In November, Washington and his Continentals had been routed by the experienced British army, and morale was ebbing quickly. Most of the soldiers were living in log huts, struggling through bitter cold with little food and inadequate clothing. Some actually had no shoes. Worse still, most of their enlistments were expiring, which meant the American army was about to dissolve.

The Revolution was on the brink of collapse.

Just a few miles away, the King's Hessian mercenaries were garrisoned in Trenton, N.J., waiting out the winter in comfort. They were professionals, known for effectiveness and ruthlessness. Once spring came, everyone knew they and the British would march to Philadelphia, arrest the so-called Continental Congress and hang their traitorous leaders.

The smart money was on a quick end to American "independence."

So, Washington put all his chips on the table. The only thing keeping his crumbling army from early defeat was the icy Delaware River. But instead of sheltering behind it, he gathered his forces for a bold offensive strike across the river.

After dark on Christmas Day, about 2,700 American soldiers marshaled near McKonkey's Ferry. A unit made up of Massachusetts fishermen manned the small fleet of boats and started taking them across through heavy ice floes.

The weather was treacherous. Snow turned to freezing rain and sleet.

Horses slipped. Men cursed. Everyone was soaked.

Through it all, Washington watched silently from the shore. The password he'd given for that night was "Victory or Death."

The crossing operation finished at about 3 a.m., later than planned.

Two other landings further down river had failed, meaning Washington's detachment would be the only one to take on the Hessians.

Everything depended on marching nine miles through the muck, keeping some semblance of order and reaching the town in coordinated fashion without alerting the enemy.

Four men died from hypothermia on the approach.

They arrived on the outskirts at about 8 a.m. on Dec. 26, two hours behind schedule. Contrary to myth, the Hessians weren't drunk, but the miserable weather had kept them from posting sentries. As the Americans deployed north and south of town, Washington passed a message:

"Tell General Sullivan to use the bayonet." Although they were surprised, the Hessians put up a fight. But it was over quickly. Twenty two Hessians were killed and 83 wounded. About 900 were captured.

Only two Americans died from combat, but many more from exposure and subsequent illness.

Their sacrifices on that cold, icy, wind-driven Christmas Day resulted in a dramatic victory, saved Washington's dwindling army, rescued the Revolution, and allowed generations of Americans to enjoy liberty.

IT WAS A MIRACULOUS VICTORY. DIVINE PROVIDENCE.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

MUST SEE TV: EINSATZGRUPPEN DOCUMENTARY

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS NATGEO DOC' ON EINSATZGRUPPE AND THE HIDDEN HOLOCAUST.

FACT:

MORE JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION WERE MURDERED BY THE NAZIS IN ONE MONTH IN 1941 THEN BLACKS WERE LYNCHED FROM 1865 TO 1965.

REFERENCE:

In Kovno 1,500 Jews were killed on the night of 25 June and 2,300 on the 26 June 1941.

WIKI ON LYNCHINGS:

The following graph gives the number of lynchings and racially motivated murders in each decade from 1865 to 1965. Data for 1865–1869 and 1960-1965 are partial decades. ^[52]

MORE HERE.

DEMOCRATS ARE SPOILED SPORTS: THEY CAN'T WIN WITH THE SENATE'S CENTURIES OLD RULES, SO THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES

SCUM.

COLDEST IRISH WINTER IN 130 YEARS - PREDICTING COLDEST BRITISH CHRISTMAS DAY EVER!

ICC:

This has been the coldest start to winter for the last 130 years, when records began.

According to Met Eireann, Ireland’s meteorological service, December has officially been the coldest month ever on record.

MEANWHILE ACROSS THEW SEA IN BRITAIN:

Last Monday County Mayo recorded low temperatures of -17.2C (1F). Christmas Day may be the coldest ever

Saturday could be the coldest Christmas ever, according to the Met Office, surpassing a record set 14 years ago.

The record daytime temperature for the big day is -5.9C (21F) in 1996 in Glenlivet, Scotland, but the Met Office warned of ‘comparable’ temperatures on Christmas Day in Scotland and north-west England.

IOW: AGW = TFBS.

UPDATE: BBC:

More snow chaos in Western Europe

Thousands of travellers face transport disruptions in many European countries, amid further snowfalls in the busy Christmas period.

• In pictures: Winter grips Western Europe

UPDATE #2:

OOOOOO, TOOOO EFFIN' BAD: THE EUROSCUMSOCIALISTIC AGW ALARMISTS ARE GETTING ANOTHER BIG SNOWSTORM!

AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHOVELS OR PLOWS OR DEICER BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE AGW ALARMISTS WHO TOLD THEM THE EARTH WAS GETTING WARMER.

IDJITS.

FOR MY FRIENDS IN EUROPE:

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: BBC'S NATIVITY DRAMA IS ANTI-SEMITIC

DETAILS HERE.

COULTER ON DADT AND NYT:

"If the military has to have gays, then the NYTimes MUST hire heterosexuals."

FAIR IS FAIR.

BREAKING NEWS: OBAMA TO REARRANGE CHAIRS ON DECK OF TITANIC

OBAMA IS GOING TO MAKE SOME WH PERSONNEL CHANGES.

LIKE THAT WILL HELP.

IF HE WANTS TO SUCCEED, THEN HE NEEDS TO ABANDON POSTMODERN LEFTISM.

SEATTLE BUS CORP REJECTS ANTI-ISRAELI ADS

The outcry over an attempted anti-Israel advertisement in Seattle, which is overrun with shady characters as it is, has led the local bus company to practically want to ban all political ads of this sort. From the Seattle Times:

The outcry over a proposed bus ad to protest Israeli actions in Gaza prompted King County Executive Dow Constantine on Friday to order the county's transit system not to accept it or any other new noncommercial advertising.

A group called Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign paid nearly $1,800 to place the ad on 12 buses, starting Monday. The placard shows children and a demolished building with the caption, "Israeli War Crimes - Your tax dollars at work."

Monday is the two-year anniversary of Israel attacking Gaza. The three-week invasion, begun after Israel received incessant rocket barrages, left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead, including many civilians.

Is this newspaper trying to incite simultaneously (they don't mention any of the Israelis hurt or killed)? I'm not sure, but it's good if the bus company owners are going to avoid politically charged ads like this in the future. After all, the atmosphere has become far too politically charged in the past decade. It's something that many people need to move away from.

This clip says:

On Wednesday, Seattle Jewish community leaders held a meeting with senior officials from the King County Executive's office and Metro Transit management about the "potential threat to the Seattle-area Jewish community" after over 2,000 emails, and numerous organizations announced that counter advertisements would be initiated to promote Israel.

The problem here is that it's not clear enough, but I assume they mean that anti-Israelists could try to attack the Jewish community because of these ads. They're right to be concerned.

WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ATHEIST: "The idea that Islam is a “peaceful religion hijacked by extremists” is a dangerous fantasy—"

SAM HARRIS:

"The idea that Islam is a “peaceful religion hijacked by extremists” is a dangerous fantasy—" ... All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the Earth.

VIDEO OF SAM HARRIS HERE.

NEED MORE PROOF?

THE CROSS HAS BEEN BANNED IN BETHLEHEM THIS CHRISTMAS!

32% OF YOUNG BRITISH MUSLIMS WANT BRITAIN TO BE RULED BY SHARIA

DM: The latest WikiLeaks revelation: 1 in 3 British Muslim students back killing for Islam and 40% want Sharia law

Around a third of young British Muslims favour killing in the name of Islam, according to a survey revealed by the WikiLeaks' publication of U.S. diplomatic cables.

A survey of 600 Muslim students at 30 universities throughout Britain found that 32 per cent of Muslim respondents believed killing in the name of religion is justified.

A U.S. diplomatic cable from January 2009 quoted a poll by the Centre for Social Cohesion as saying 54 per cent wanted a Muslim party to represent their world view in Parliament and 40 per cent want Muslims in the UK to be under Sharia law.

ASSIMILATION HAS FAILED.

I PART BECAUSE OF LEFTIST MULTI-CULTURALISM.

AND IN PART BECAUSE MUSLIMS INTENDED TO COLONIZE THE WEST.

NOW THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF COLONIZERS WITHIN EUROPE WHO FAVOR SHARIA, THE WEST HAS A SIMPLE CHOICE:

EITHER INCARCERATE THOSE WHO WANT SHARIA (THE CITIZENS) OR EXPEL THEM (THE IMMIGRANTS), OR BECOME MUSLIM.

EUROPE MAY GO THE WAY OF BYZANTIUM AND BECOME MORE LIKE TURKEY.

IF POLITICIANS FAIL TO HALT ISLAMIZATION USING POLITICAL AND JURISPRUDENTIAL MEANS, THEN STOPPING IT WILL ENTAIL A CONTINENTAL WAR LIKE THOSE FOUGHT IN BOSNIA AND LEBANON AND ALGERIA.

ONLY WORSE.

IT'S THE COLDEST DECEMBER IN DECADES ALL OVER THE GLOBE

Coldest year in 25 years for the Balearics

Mallorca

THIS year has been the Balearics coldest in 25 years, with mercury levels three decimals less than the registered average. April and June were the only months that were above the average temperature for that particular month. January, March, May, June and the autumn months were around half a degree colder

Coldest temperatures in 30 years bite Scotland

Dumfries Standard Wednesday

A HOUSING landlord fears hundreds of its tenants could be hit with burst pipes and heating failures on Christmas Day.

The switchboards at Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership were bombarded with more than 1,000 concerned callers on Monday mainly related to the Arctic weather which is gripping the region.

According to Ian Dawson, Met Office manager at the Eskdalemuir observatory, overnight temperatures on Monday dropped to -14°C – the coldest since 1981.

IRELAND: We've endured coldest start to winter since records began

Thursday December 23 2010

IT has been the coldest start to a winter since records began more than 130 years ago.

The freeze in the first three weeks of the month means that, despite the thaw due from St Stephen's Day, this December will officially be the coldest on record, Met Eireann said.

New lows have been set across the country this month. Last Monday night in Co Mayo -17.2C was measured -- the coldest temperature ever recorded in Ireland during December.

But globally, things have rarely been so warm.

According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2010 is set to be the third warmest year ever, while 2009 came in second place.

This has led many Irish people to ask an obvious question -- if global warming is really happening, why is there half a metre of snow on the ground?

One of the country's leading climatologists, John Sweeney, says the apparent contradiction results from confusing climate with weather.

["...confusing climate with weather..." = BWAHAHAHA!]

FLORIDA:

Treasure Coast residents could be waking to a record-setting cold Tuesday — and to the second coldest December on record so far, according to National Weather Service records.

Only the first part of December 1957 was colder.

This December is averaging 68.3 degrees in the daytime and 43.7 at night: about 10 degrees cooler than average. And Tuesday’s predicted early morning low of 27 degrees could drop that even farther.

And it’s not even winter until Dec. 21.

Tuesday’s high is to rise to 53 degrees before plunging back down 30 degrees overnight.

“I’m apprehensive,” said Stan Carter, 71, who planned to be outside periodically throughout Monday night, checking on MacArthur Farms’ 450 acres of citrus in St. Lucie County.

The company flooded the groves with water to help keep temperatures up in the groves. Early Tuesday he will be out, with a filet knife, to see the outcome.

A crunching sound as he cuts into fruit means the fruit’s interior froze, greatly lessening its market value. The National Weather Service says bird baths could be frozen early Tuesday, but not ponds and lakes.

But tropical vegetation in yards is expected to be hard hit, according to Indian River County Agricultural Extension Director Christine Kelly. That includes poinsettias.

Also there could be more damage to vegetable crops along the Treasure Coast, officials said.

Only the barrier islands from Vero Beach south may be spared freezing because of the nearby warmer waters, according to the National Weather Service. However the wind chill through the Treasure Coast could make nighttime lows feel like they are in the teens or mid 20s.

IOW: AGW = TFBS.