ISLAMO-MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN SURGING

8,500 Pakistani women victims of violence in 2011

Over 8,500 Pakistani women last year suffered from violence like sexual assault, acid throwing and even honour killings, a non-governmental organisation said Tuesday. An annual report issued by the Aurat Foundation to highlight the issue of violence against women said at least 8,539 women became victims of violence in 2011, an increase of over six percent compared to 2010. 

The report said the figure was 8,000 in 2010, 8,548 in 2009 and 7,571 in 2008, the Online news agency reported. 

Sexual assaults increased by around 48 percent, acid throwing increased by 37 percent, honour killings by 26 percent and domestic violence increased by 25 percent.

AS ISLAMISM GROWS SO DO ISLAMO-MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS, AND MOST OF THESE ATTACKS ARE ON MUSLIM WOMEN, NOT NON-MUSLIMS.

JUST IMAGINE WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE FOR OUR WOMEN........

WHAT IF THE NEW DNC CONVENTION POSTER WAS TRUTHFUL?

 THE REAL OFFICIAL ONE:

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THE TRUTHFUL ONE:

A charlatan (also called swindler or mountebank) 

is a person practicing quackery 

or some similar confidence trick 

in order to obtain money, 

fame or other advantages 

via some form of pretense or deception.

AKA: DEMOCRAT.

IRAN SENDS 2 WARSHIPS INTO MEDITERRANEAN: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS GATEWAYPUNDIT BY A DAY

HOFT TODAY.


TAB YESTERDAY.

REGULAR READERS KNOW WE SCOOP THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.

SANTORUM IS A NASTY SNOTTY HYPOCRITE

NYT:

The attack on Mr. Romney, Mr. Santorum’s main rival for Republican votes in Midwestern states, used language similar to a new Web video by the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Santorum had not made the same line of attack in campaign stops over the past week.
“One of Mitt Romney’s greatest accomplishments, one of the things he talks about the most, is how he heroically showed up on the scene, and bailed out and resolved the problems of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games,” Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told an audience at a hotel ballroom here.
“He heroically bailed out the Salt Lake City Olympic Games,” he then added, “by heroically going to Congress and asking them for tens of millions of dollars to bailout the Salt Lake Olympic Games. In an earmark.”
Pointing out that the Romney campaign has been attacking him over earmarks in Congress, Mr. Santorum added: “Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?” He also noted that one of Mr. Romney’s supporters this year, Senator John McCain, had criticized the taxpayer money provided for the Games.
The Romney campaign fired back, saying “Sometimes when you shoot from the hip, you end up shooting yourself in the foot.”
“There is a pretty wide gulf between seeking money for post-9/11 security at the Olympics and seeking earmarks for polar bear exhibits at the Pittsburgh Zoo,” a Romney spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, said in an e-mailed statement. “Mitt Romney wants to ban earmarks; Senator Santorum wants more ‘Bridges to Nowhere’.”

NEW FRACKING STUDY AND $6 TRILLION IN FAKE BONDS: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS HOT AIR TWICE BY A DAY

THE BLOGGERS OVER AT HOT AIR ARE GREAT - BUT I'M BETTER, EVEN AS APART-TIMER. MORE PROOF:

• HOT AIR TODAY ON FRACKING.
• TAB YESTERDAY.
• HOT AIR TODAY ON 6 TRILLION COUNTERFEIT BONDS.
• TAB YESTERDAY.

REGULAR READERS KNOW WE SCOOP ALL THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME - BECAUSE WE DON'T FOLLOW THE HERD; WE FORAGE FOR NEWS ON OUR OWN.

SPREAD THE WORD, BLOGROLL US, BOOKMARK US, FOLLOW US.

THE BOSS SHOULD STICK TO MUSIC AND LEAVE POLITICS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH FACTS

TIM BLAIR:

The Boss goes all svag and hopplöst: 

Bruce Springsteen wants to see the United States transformed into something closer to a Swedish-style welfare state, the rock legend said Thursday ...

During a press conference in Paris, The Boss explained that much of the inspiration for his new album, set for release on March 6th, is anger at what he sees as the crushing of the American Dream in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

“I have friends who lost everything they had,” Springsteen explained, according to the Dagens Nyhter newspaper. 

Luckily, Bruce can help them out. 

When asked if he thought the United States should be changed into something closer to a Swedish-style welfare state, Springsteen responded enthusiastically …

TRUTH:

Sweden's economy booms with cautious turn to the right
 June 14, 2011

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is a conservative in the manner of Britain's David Cameron, according to David Frum. 

Sweden is making a political right turn, in a very Swedish way: cautiously, consensually, unflamboyantly. But decisively even so. 

One of contenders for the most highly taxed country in the Western world has cut taxes significantly since 2006. Tight fiscal policy has pushed the public sector's share of GDP back down toward 50%. The economy is growing, the budget is balanced, unemployment is declining. 

The governing center-right coalition was re-elected last year; the once dominant Social Democrats suffered their worst defeat since before World War I.

BRUCE SHOULD LEARN THAT WHAT IS BANKRUPTING EUROPEAN NATIONS IS NOT THEIR "BUSH TAX CUTS" - THEY HAD NONE. AND NOT THEIR "UNFUNDED WARS" - THEY HAD NONE. AND NOT THEIR "OUT OF CONTROL MILITARY SPENDING" - THEY HAVE NONE.

WHAT IS BANKRUPTING EUROPEAN NATIONS IS THEIR WELFARE STATES.

DOES BRUCE REALLY WANT THAT HERE?

THEY DON'T WANT US BANKRUPT BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES ARE DOING TO THE USA: THEY ARE TURNING US INTO A EURO-SOCIALIST STATE AND IT IS BANKRUPTING US.

IT'S THE ROAD TO RUIN - TO SERFDOM.

IT'S A ONE-WAY TICKET TO GREECE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT BANKRUPTCY - BUT WANT DO WANT PROSPERITY, THEN... VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

UNREAL: MOST CHILDREN NOW BORN IN SINGLE PARENT HOMES!?

THIS:

For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage  —  LORAIN, Ohio — It used to be called illegitimacy.  Now it is the new normal.  After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage.
Discussion: Power Line and Greg's Opinion

LEADS TO THIS: 

By 1996, 70 percent of inmates in state juvenile detention centers serving long-term sentences were raised by single mothers. Seventy percent of teenage births, dropouts, suicides, runaways, juvenile delinquents and child murderers involve children raised by single mothers. Girls raised without fathers are more sexually promiscuous and more likely to end up divorced. A 1990 study by the left-wing Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white crime disappeared. 

 EVEN IN BRITAIN: 

Children from broken homes are nine times more likely to commit a crime than those brought up in stable families, a senior Cabinet minister warned last night. Iain Duncan Smith said the collapse of marriage had brought soaring crime rates, doubled the chances of living in poverty and cost the country an astonishing £100billion a year.

A STABLE FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK OF CIVILIZATION.

IN ORDER TO CREATE A VACUUM THAT A SOCIALIST TYRANNY COULD FILL, THE LEFT'S GRAMSCIAN AGENDA HAS SYSTEMATICALLY TARGETED THE FAMILY.

WE ARE REAPING WHAT THEY SOWED.

NOW... A MAJORITY OF CHILDREN ARE BORN IN A SINLGE PARENT HOME.

THIS MEANS MORE CRIME AND MORE TYRANNY IN YOUR FUTURE.

UNLESS WE ACT.

DEFEATING OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES IS JOB #1.

SANTORUM LOVES EARMARKS - AND SO DO HIS FRIENDS

 an examination of Mr. Santorum’s earmark record sheds light on another aspect of his political personality, one that is at odds with the reformer image he has tried to convey on the trail: his prowess as a Washington insider. A review of some of his earmarks, viewed alongside his political donations, suggests that the river of federal money Mr. Santorum helped direct to Pennsylvania paid off handsomely in the form of campaign cash.

UPDATE: NYTIMES: 

The attack on Mr. Romney, Mr. Santorum’s main rival for Republican votes in Midwestern states, used language similar to a new Web video by the Democratic National Committee. 
Mr. Santorum had not made the same line of attack in campaign stops over the past week.
 “One of Mitt Romney’s greatest accomplishments, one of the things he talks about the most, is how he heroically showed up on the scene, and bailed out and resolved the problems of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games,” Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told an audience at a hotel ballroom here. “He heroically bailed out the Salt Lake City Olympic Games,” he then added, “by heroically going to Congress and asking them for tens of millions of dollars to bailout the Salt Lake Olympic Games. In an earmark.” Pointing out that the Romney campaign has been attacking him over earmarks in Congress, Mr. Santorum added: “Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?” He also noted that one of Mr. Romney’s supporters this year, Senator John McCain, had criticized the taxpayer money provided for the Games. 
 The Romney campaign fired back, saying “Sometimes when you shoot from the hip, you end up shooting yourself in the foot.” 
 “There is a pretty wide gulf between seeking money for post-9/11 security at the Olympics and seeking earmarks for polar bear exhibits at the Pittsburgh Zoo,” a Romney spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, said in an e-mailed statement. “Mitt Romney wants to ban earmarks; Senator Santorum wants more ‘Bridges to Nowhere’.”

HILLARY AND BJ COMPETING?

CAPTION CONTEST HERE.

MY ENTRY:

GREECE TAKE NOTE: FITCH UPGRADES ICELAND'S DEBT!

Iceland is safe to invest in again, according to Fitch, which has upgraded its credit rating three years after its economy spectacularly collapsed. 

Fitch raised Iceland's sovereign rating by one notch, to BBB- from BB+, meaning that the country's debt is now "investment grade". 

... Iceland's Finance Minister Steingrimur Sigfusson has told the BBC that his country's size has been crucial in the move towards recovery: "You are quicker turning a small boat around than a big ship."

HOW AND WHY? HERE'S WHY AND HOW (8/2011):

Steve Chiotakis: Meanwhile, European countries could learn some lessons from the actions of one country that was sunk during the financial crisis: Iceland. 

Marketplace Europe correspondent Stephen Beard reports. 

Stephen Beard: Iceland never does anything halfway. And so when it went bust back in 2008, it really went bust. 

Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson: It was a total collapse of the financial system. 

Hannibalsson: All the banks and savings institutions -- even insurance companies -- went bankrupt in a day. 

But three years on, says the President, Olafur Ragnar Grimmsen, Iceland is doing rather well. 

Olafur Ragnar Grimmsen: We are coming out of this crisis earlier and stronger than anybody, including ourselves, could have expected. 

Iceland is growing again -- and faster than many countries in the Eurozone. That's partly because it's not in the Eurozone. It has its own currency. That fell like a stone after the crisis. 

And that, says economist Magnus Arni Skulason, made Iceland's exports much cheaper and boosted its main industries.

GREECE SHOULD DO MORE THAN TAKE NOTE. 


THE GREEKS SHOULD DO THE SAME THING: DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AND WITHDRAW FROM THE EUROZONE.

MORE PROOF FRACKING IS SAFE

ANOTHER STUDY SHOWS FRACKING IS SAFE.

THOSE WHO OPPOSE FRACKING ARE NOT REALTY-BASED PEOPLE; THEY ARE IDEOLOGY-BASED PEOPLE.

ITALIAN COPS SEIZE $6TRILLION IN FAKE US TREASURY BONDS

YOU READ THAT RIGHT:

Italian police find fake bonds worth a third of US national debt 

Police have seized fake US Treasury bonds worth $6 trillion (£3.79trillion) from a Swiss company where they were held in three large trunks.

THAT'S WAY MORE THAN BERNIE MADOFF.

VIDEO AT LINK.

(ASIDE: I WONDER IF THIS IS CONNECTED TO CHINA OR THE KGB OR IRAN?)

SANTORUM SPONSORED MORE SPENDING INCREASES THAN LINC CHAFEE OR LISA MURKOWSKI

CFG VIA ACE:

In the 2003-2004 session of Congress, Santorum sponsored or cosponsored 51 bills to increase spending, and failed to sponsor or co-sponsor even one spending cut proposal. In his last Congress (2005-2006), he had one of the biggest spending agendas of any Republican -- sponsoring more spending increases than Republicans Lisa Murkowski, Lincoln Chafee and Thad Cochran or Democrats Herb Kohl, Evan Bayh and Ron Wyden.

FOLKS WHO THINK SANTORUM IS A "MORE RELIABLE" CONSERVATIVE THAN MITT NEED TO HAVE THEIR HEADS EXAMINED.

HOT AIR'S ANTI-MITT COMMENTERS ARE MORONS

HOT AIR LINKED TO ANOTHER COLUMN BY MITT BOOSTER RUBIN ABOUT HOW SANTORUM WOULD LIKELY LOSE TO OBAMA IF HE WINS THE NOMINATION.


HER VIEW JIBES WITH MINE AND ACE'S - HE POSTED THIS GEM:

Since the party is determined to make a mistake -- elevating the secondary goal of "Beat Romney" over the primary goal of "Beat Obama" -- I'll cool out on the Santorum stuff.
But when we lose in November... Well, I tried.

THE COMMENTS ARE ALMOST ALL CHILDISH PERSONAL ATTACKS ON RUBIN THAT PAY NO HEED TO ANY OF THE FACTS SHE CITED OR ARGUMENTS SHE MADE:

Romney shill says what…?
NeoKong on February 17, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Wow. Jennifer Rubin shilling for Romney. Will wonders never cease?
NotCoach on February 17, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Jennifer Rubin’s knees must ache.
portlandon on February 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Romney’s knob not fully polished yet, Jen?
lorien1973 on February 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Jennifer Rubin’s knees must ache.
portlandon on February 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM
You can’t fool me. I know you wanted to say lips.
platypus on February 17, 2012 at 3:52 PM
....
5% of you people who take somewhat of a Socially conservative position on anything better wake up. Only by kowtowing to the 5% libertine, anti-States’ rights, tyrannical movement can we have any chance of beating Obama.
After all, almost all Americans support forcing states to legalize pot, incestuous marriage, prostitution and pornography against the will of the governed.
/
mankai on February 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM
...
want to see Rubin and Coulter knife-fighting to the death, Cherokee-style, for the privilege of being Wife Number Two.
Kent18 on February 17, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Could be that nobody who is running for office wants to kick Romney in the Jimmy….
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on February 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM
I wouldn’t be too sure of that.
Night Owl on February 17, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Rubin and Coulter fighting over who can be more loyal to Mitt. It’s like Twilight for middle aged rinos.
Kataklysmic on February 17, 2012 at 3:59 PM
8:01 AM

THIS IS TYPICAL OF THOSE WHO IN POLLS ID THEMSELVES AS "VERY CONSERVATIVE" AND HAVE GONE FROM BEING ALL GUNG-HO FOR THAT IDIOT HERMAN "999" CAIN, TO LOVING THE MORON RICK PERRY, TO BEING FIGHTING MAD FOR THE BRILLIANT-BUT-NASTY ANTI-CAPITALIST GINGRICH, AND HAVE NOW SETTLED ON SANTORUM AS THEIR MESSIAH.


AS ACE HAS POSTED NUMEROUS TIMES:


THEY SEEM TO BE MORE INTO DEFEATING ROMNEY AND THE IMAGINARY "GOP ESTABLISHMENT" THAN IN DEFEATING OBAMA.


I GOT NEWS FOR THESE IDIOTS:


SANTORUM AND NEWT ARE THE REAL ESTABLISHMENT: TWO CAREER POLITICIANS WHO SOMEHOW BECAME MILLIONAIRES WITHOUT EVER HAVING A REAL JOB OR WORKING AT A REAL BUSINESS.


SANTORUM  CAN'T BEAT OBAMA - HE COULDN'T EVEN CARRY PENNSYLVANIA!


SUPPORTING SANTORUM NOW HELPS OBAMA.


THE MORE THESE IDIOTS ATTACK MITT, THE HIGHER OBAMA GOES IN THE POLLS AND AT IN-TRADE.


NEED MORE PROOF?


OKAY, HERE:


OBAMA TANKED ON TH POLLS THIS WEEK.


WHY?


SIMPLE: THE GOP TOOK A TIME-OUT FROM IT'S CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD.


LET'S GET BEHIND MITT AND TRAIN OUR ATTACK ON OBAMA.


OBAMA IS THE ENEMY AN THIS IS WHY:

 

OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES LIE: REAL UNEMPLOYMENT 9% = AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT IS 19%!!!

Gallup: Unemployment 9%, Underemployment 19%

The government might tell us that unemployment is now around 8%, but that’s not what Americans are telling Gallup. According to the latest polling data, unemployment is really 9% and underemployment is a whopping 19%. If a Republican was president right now he’d be getting hammered by the media. Instead, we keep hearing that the economy is improving.

The U.S. unemployment rate, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 9.0% in mid-February, up from 8.6% for January. The mid-month reading normally reflects what the U.S. government reports for the entire month, and is up from 8.3% in mid-January. …

HOT  AIR: 

GALLUP: Underemployment, a measure that combines the percentage of workers who are unemployed with the percentage working part time but wanting full-time work, is 19.0% in mid-February. This is higher than the 18.7% recorded for January, and is up significantly compared with January’s mid-month reading of 18.1%.

 

OBAMABYSMAL

WHICH DO YOU LIKE MORE:

OR THIS ONE:

OR THIS:

UH-OH: 2 IRANIAN NAVAL SHIPS ENTER MEDITERRANEAN VIA SUEZ

Two Iranian naval ships have sailed through Egypt's Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, in a move likely to be keenly watched by Israel. "Two Iranian ships crossed through the Suez Canal (on Thursday) following permission from the Egyptian armed forces," a source in the canal authority said on Friday. Related: US, EU welcome Iran nuclear letter, say talks possible Iran president complains of interference in region The destroyer and a supply ship could be on their way to the Syrian coast, the source added.

STAY TUNED...

Gillian McKeith vs. Nigella Lawson = real eating versus real elitist BS

MAKING THE ROUNDS:

WHAT CAN'T GO ON FOREVER WON'T: PENSION COSTS KILLING EUROPE

Sweden and Italy share a statutory retirement age for men of 65, but the Scandinavians actually stop work on average at 66 – five years later than their Mediterranean counterparts. As a result, Italy spends 14 per cent of its economic output on pensions, double what Sweden does, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. In many EU countries, public pensions have become the largest single budget item – bigger than health, education or defence spending. ... 

Brussels wants governments to banish “unwarranted” retirement ages, or at least get them to rise in line with life expectancy, curtail early retirement schemes and encourage more companies to hire older workers. Extending the average working life by just a few months can make a sizeable difference, according to Monika Queisser, head of social policy at the OECD.

“Not only is public expenditure lower, but people continue to make contributions to the pensions pot,” she says.

PLEASE: RTWT!

PUBLIC PENSIONS = SOCIALISM. ERGO: SOCIALISM IS KILLING EUROPE.

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PRIVATE PENSION PLAN; THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

PUBLIC PLANS SHOULD BE TRANSITIONED INTO PRIVATE ONES - AS THE CURRENT RETIREMENT AGE IS TRANSITIONED UPWARD TOWARD LIFE EXPECTANCY.

Underwear bomber makes himself the gazillionth jihadist to not regret his actions

Umar Abdulmutallab, who attempted to blow himself up on a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and has made clear he's not sorry for what he tried to do:

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to bring down Northwest flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 with an underwear bomb, said he was was "proud to kill in the name of God" before he was sentenced to multiple life sentences today in a Detroit courtroom.

"Today is a day of victory and God is great," said Abdulmutallab, 25. He also said that al Qaeda would one day be victorious, and that acts like his will continue until "the righteous servants of Allah inherit the world."

"The defendant has never expressed doubt or remorse about his mission," said Judge Nancy Edmunds in imposing four life sentences plus 50 years. "To the contrary, he sees that mission as divinely inspired and a continuing mission."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Cathleen Corken had asked Judge Edmunds to impose the maximum sentence allowable for Abdulmutallab's "cold-blooded, calculated plan to kill everyone aboard the plane."

"We ask the court to impose the maximum sentence on each count," said Corken, "to ensure that he never again will have the chance to harm an American citizen."

One of the sickest, most destructive things about Islam is how it teaches its adherents to virtually throw away their lives all for the sake of evil. Eventually, Abdulmutallab will end up facing God's Law, and then he'll learn just how much time and positive potentials he threw away all for the sake of something so repugnant.

GOP NOMINATION PROCESS TO BE "A LONG SLOG"...

... LASTING THROUGH JUNE.

OY.

THIS HELPS OBAMA.

GUARANTEED NOT HALAL - FOR THE TIME BEING: SWEDEN'S VICTORIA SILVSTEDT

Sweden’s third most populous city, Malmö, is now effectively a no-go zone for Swedes, police, firemen and emergency workers:

A quarter of the population is Muslim, and anti-Western rioting has become commonplace there. 

As with many other European cities, many urban areas have come under the domination of Muslim radicals who are making life miserable for everyone else. Muslim immigrants there have refused to integrate, and are causing all sorts of major problems for authorities and the rest of the nation. Many do not know Swedish, and many refuse to even try to learn the language. 

Swedish tolerance is being stretched to breaking point, and many areas of Sweden are simply not safe to enter if you are a non-Muslim. A video link provided in Australian columnist Andrew Bolt’s recent blog (Herald Sun, Melbourne, June 20) is well worth looking at. It makes for sobering viewing.

SWEDEN: 20 Muslim invaders gang rape 11-year-old Swedish girl in public bathhouse

MUSLIM immigration has turned Sweden into the rape capital of the world. Yet only 3% of Muslim rapists are ever convicted. Even worse, politicians continue to insist that more of these uneducated, uncivilized refugees are needed.

 “Two Iranians who converted from Islam to Christianity were stabbed by masked men in Norway Haugesund last week.

The attackers shouted ‘kuffar’ – an Arabic term of abuse against unbelievers – during the attack. 

The attack occurred on Tuesday evening when the two Christian Iranians were out for a walk in Haugesund. They were attacked suddenly by three masked and knife-armed men, who reportedly shouted ‘kuffar’ as they stabbed the two.

SOME IN SWEDEN ARE FIGHTING BACK:

SVD: Sweden Democrats single out Islam as the religion that conflicts most with the Swedish culture. For the first time now writing the party in opposition to its policy program. 

Party leader Jimmie Åkesson reiterated  the aim yesterday, to seriously challenge the Social Democrats and Moderates in the government. This will come with a broadening of the policy and a turn toward the center, where the new policy program and the designation social conservatism are important building blocks. 

In his speech during the country days Akesson urged the party to be more humble to attract new voters. 

That’s a big problem for the party that a significant proportion of the electorate that have completely misunderstood our message and are opposed to us, said Akesson. 

But while the SD is now taking the step to consolidate its profile against Islam, unlike in the previous principle, the program now identifies Islam as the most problematic religion. The Party therefore calls for a sharp drop in immigration from countries with “strong elements of fundamentalism.” 

The new principle, the program reads: 

“Islam and especially its strong political and fundamentalist branch, according to Sweden-democrats, view the religious beliefs that have proved to be the most difficult to harmoniously co-exist with in Swedish and Western culture.”

THIS IS WHY WE FIGHT:

KAREN VICTORIA SILVSTEDT. SHE'S SAFE AND SOUND HERE IN THE USA NOW.

BUT HER COMPATRIOTS ARE STILL UNDER THREAT.

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON, HER'S OR THEIRS?

DON'T BELIEVE THE ROSY "UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER"; THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER, AND FEWER THAN EVER ARE WORKING

THESE CHARTS REVEL THE TRUTH THAT OABAM AND HIS COMRADES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW:

OBAMA IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE WW2 TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION.

WHY DID SANTORUM CHOOSE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO REGAIN HIS OLD SENATE SEAT?

SENATOR CASEY - PENNSYLVANIA - IS UP FOR REELECTION.

WHY DIDN'T SANTORUM THROW HIS HAT IN THIS RING AND TRY TO RETAKE HIS OLD SEAT?

BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD LOSE.

IF HE IS THE GOP NOMINEE FOR POTUS, HE WON'T CARRY PA, AND HE WILL LOSE.

AND SO WILL WE ALL.

SIGH.

TO SOME CONSERVATIVES, NOMINATING SANTORUM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEFEATING OBAMA

OTB VIA VODKAPUNDIT:

[OTB:] ... the Detroit News shows Rick Santorum leading Mitt Romney by four points among likely Michigan primary voters, this depite the fact that Romney clearly beats Santorum in the areas that one would think actually matter to voters: 

  Romney was four points behind with Santorum even though far more voters believe he’s a better leader than Santorum (38 percent to 15.8 percent) and more likely to beat President Barack Obama (42.2 percent to 18.4 percent). 

[VODKAPUNDIT:] It seems even Santorum voters don’t think much of Santorum. If correct, it strengthens the argument that Santorum isn’t much more than the most recent Not-Romney.

A COMMENTER AT VODKAPUNDIT NAILS IT:

There are three segments of voters out there, Stephen. 

There are the “not Romneys”, the “un-Romneys” and the “meh-Romneys”. 

The “not Romneys” are in kamikaze mode. 

They will attack capitalism, the free market, Chris Christie, Ann Coulter, Bob McDonnell, …anything that moves, if it is attached to Romney. They see a “conservative pravda” behind every mild critique (much less criticism) of any “non-Romney” candidate. They see “establishment” money and “RINO’s” beneath every bed and around every corner. 

They have anger management issues and are nearly impervious to reason.

The “un-Romneys” want a different candidate, won’t vote for him in the primaries, but would support him in the general. Many of this crowd (estimates up to 60%) are utterly, wholly, completely dissatisfied with the entire slate. 

The “meh-Romneys” look at the slate and say he’s got the best chance of an incredibly weak field, they will hold their nose, vote for him and cross their fingers….which is quite a physical feat when you think about it. 

You cannot convince the first group about…well, anything. Facts don’t matter. It is raw, unhinged emotion, seething with rage, blind to logic, boiling with revenge. Even though Newt bathed in this acid and destroyed himself, this group wanted to jump in with him with both feet. 

They simply are gravitating to the next “non Romney”…the last one standing. 

Santorum had virtually no support before the “candidate convenient store” ran out of other non-Romney brands. 

He was lucky. He was the least attractive girl in the bar, until closing time. Now, they want to take him home. (Insert your own contraceptive joke here.) 

As the non-Romney afterthought, he’s the doggy bag dinner for tomorrow.

“He ain’t much, but he ain’t Romney”. Sounds like a winning slogan to get behind in August.

Exactly. 

More here.

Me:  ACE NAILED WHEN HE SAID THAT THE "ANYONE BUT MITT CROWD" WOULD RATHER DEFEAT MITT THAN DEFEAT OBAMA"

Since the party is determined to make a mistake -- elevating the secondary goal of "Beat Romney" over the primary goal of "Beat Obama" -- I'll cool out on the Santorum stuff.  

But when we lose in November... Well, I tried.

AND SO THEY'VE TURNED THE GOP INTO A CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD.

SANTORUM IS A CAREER POLITICIAN WHO HAS DISSED THE TEA PARTY, DISSED LIBERTARIANISM, AND DEFENDED HIS $1BILLION IN EARMARKS - MUCH IF WHICH WENT TO CAMPAIGN DONORS.

• HE IS NO MORE A "RELIABLE" CONSERVATIVE THAN MITT.

SANTORUM HAS NEVER RUN AN ORGANIZATION IN HIS LIFE OR HAD TO BALANCE A BUDGET.

• HE IS NOT READY TO TURNAROUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR BUDGET.

SANTORUM'S VIEWS ON CONTRACEPTION, GAYS, WOMEN IN THE MILITARY - AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THEM INTO POLITICAL ISSUES - WILL SCARE OFF THE INDEPENDENTS AND WOMEN VOTERS WE NEED TO DEFEAT OBAMA.

IF DEFEATING OBAMA IS JOB #1, THEN WE NEED TO NOMINATE A PERSON WHO CAN CARRY MORE STATES THAN OBAMA. 

THAT MEANS TAKING AWAY A FEW STATES.

ALL SANTORUM WILL DO IS MAKE THE MARGINS IN CONSERVATIVE STATES, WE ARE GONNA WIN ANYHOW, LARGER.

SANTORUM WON'T CARRY NH OR FL OR OH OR WI OR NV OR CO OF MO OR EVEN PA.

TO DEFEAT OBAMA, WE NEED ROMNEY ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND JINDAL AS VEEP.

MILLIONAIRE SANTORUM GAVE THE LEAST OF THE ALL THE CANDIDATES TO CHARITY.

SANTORUM GAVE AN AVERAGE OF 2.2% TO CHARITY WHILE MAKING NEARLY A MILLION BUCKS.

1/5TH OF A TITHE.

ROMNEY GAVE 13.8% - MORE THAN A TITHE.

IN FACT, MILLIONAIRE SANTORUM GAVE THE LEAST OF THE ALL THE CANDIDATES TO CHARITY.

JUST SAYING.

THIS JIBES WITH MY GUT ABOUT SANTORUM: HE'S A HOLIER THAN THOU PRIG AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS PHONY.

NO REAL GREEK DEAL UNTIL MONDAY... MAYBE... PROBABLY...

Greece has made "substantial progress" in convincing eurozone nations that it should get fresh bailout funds, but there will likely be no decision until Monday, the head of the Eurogroup says. 

Jean-Claude Juncker said more work was needed to strengthen surveillance of how Greece's austerity proposals would be implemented.

STAY TUNED... THIS COULD ALL BE JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF KABUKI THEATER...

MORE PROOF THAT THE LEFT LOVES SANTORUM AND FEARS ROMNEY

BUZZFEED: 

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas has launched a campaign to make life difficult for Mitt Romney, by encouraging Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum in open primary and caucus states.

Moulitsas argues that the longer the primary drags on, the better it's getting for Democrats — noting that Rick Santorum will inevitably follow the path of Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich and see his poll numbers fall.

It's a no-brainer! The following states have completely open contests coming up:

2/28: Michigan (Primary)
3/6: North Dakota (caucus)
3/6: Tennessee (primary)
3/6: Vermont (primary)

If you live in one of those states, pledge to participate in Operation Hilarity by voting or caucusing for Rick Santorum.

Moulitsas is also raising money to place a Facebook ad to promote his campaign.

And in any case, it's freaking hilarious. I mean, Rick Santorum? Really? The Republicans have offered up this big, slow, juicy softball. Let's have fun whacking the heck out of it.

THE LEFT WANTS SANTORUM OR THEY WANT A BAMAGED AND DRAINED MITT.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY FEAR MITT MOST.

GET IT??!!?

SHEESH.

BREAKING/UH-OH/WHOA/OMG: 100 EUROPEAN BANKS PLACED ON ALERT FOR DOWNGRADE

RATINGS agency Moody’s put more than 100 European financial firms on review for possible downgrades last night, in the wake of its mass downgrade of sovereign debt on Monday. 

UK-based banks such as Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland are included in the review. Lloyds, which has been on review since November, is also featured. 

It said “the adverse and prolonged impact of the euro area crisis” is one reason for the review, as well as “substantial challenges” in capital markets.

GREECE/SPAIN/PORTUGAL/EURO CRISIS .... AND/OR ...  A MEGA-ATTACK BY AL QAEDA/IRAN.

STAY TUNED...

UPDATE:

* Moody's says may cut 17 global financial institutions
* Cites tougher funding, regulatory and economic environment
* Rating agency puts 114 European institutions on watch
* Includes, BofA, Goldman, Citi, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley.
* Barclays, BNP, Deutsche, HSBC, SocGen also included

Moody's warned on Thursday it may cut the credit ratings of 17 global and 114 European financial institutions in another sign that the impact of the euro zone government debt crisis is spreading throughout the global financial system.

ISLAM, ISLAMISM, MOHAMED AND DEMOCRATIZATION

Was "Mohamed PBUH" a good Muslim or a bad "misunderstander of Islam" Muslim?

• If he was a bad Muslim, then - since he invented it - Islam must be bad, and evil.

• If he was a "good Muslim" a true prophet and someone to be emulated, then Islam must be bad and evil for he did horrific things.

• ERGO: Islam is bad, evil.

I see no logical way for any rational human to dispute this.

Nevertheless, I support democratization of Islamic nations, not because I see islam and democracy and pluralism and modernity as compatible; (Turkey sort of proves it isn't sine even after 70 years of Kemalism Turkey is turning  into an islamist tyranny.

It's just that I see democratization as a way to get them to choose between modernity and... islamo-tyranny and giving them a chance to turn away from Islam and tyranny.

MORE PROOF THAT AGW IS TFBS: SIERRA NEVADA SNOWFALL UNCHANGED FOR 130 YEARS

SF CHRONICLE: 

Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada has remained consistent for 130 years, with no evidence that anything has changed as a result of climate change, according to a study released Tuesday. 

The analysis of snowfall data in the Sierra going back to 1878 found no more or less snow overall - a result that, on the surface, appears to contradict aspects of recent climate change models.

IOW: AGW IS HOAX.

A FRAUD.

AND A COSTLY ONE.

BILLIONS WASTED. BILLIONS STOLEN.

THE LIVES OF BILLIONS IN THE THIRD WORLD HARMED DUE TO THE RETARDATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR REGIONS AND ECONOMIES.

THE POOR EVERYWHERE HAVE BEEN HURT FROM HIGH ENERGY AND FOOD PRICES.

THE ALARMISTS SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THE ENORMOUS HARM THEY'VE DONE.

NO PUNISHMENT WOULD BE TOO SEVERE.

GALLUP POLL REVEALS OBAMA POLICIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT

GALLUP:

U.S. small-business owners who aren't hiring -- 85% of those surveyed -- are most likely to say the reasons they are not doing so include not needing additional employees; worries about weak business conditions, including revenues; cash flow; and the overall U.S. economy. Additionally, nearly half of small-business owners point to potential healthcare costs (48%) and government regulations (46%) as reasons. One in four are not hiring because they worry they may not be in business in 12 months.

OBAMA IS THE PROBLEM.

REPLACING HIM IS THE SOLUTION.

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

WHO IS TAXED AND WHO BENEFITS FROM THOSE TAXES IS EVERYTHING

Most people do not benefit from taxes.
Government unions who get benefits like taxes.
Corporations who get benefits like taxes.
But most voters don't  get a damn thing.
And don't tell me about Social Security and Medicare: those are trust funds: we pay in SPECIFIC taxes and we get out our money plus a little more - or at least that's the way it's supposed to work.

We need to cut taxes on everyone and cut programs that don't benefit everyone.

That will spur growth, too. And that helps everyone.

It's square one in the 2012 election.

Santorum has never balanced a budget or run a business or any major enterprise.

Romney has.

END OF STORY.

WATCH THIS:




 AND WATCH THIS:

 

HOW DEMOCRATS WIN ELECTIONS: MASSIVE NATIONAL VOTER FRAUD

NYTYIMES: One in eight U.S. voter registrations is invalid or markedly inaccurate, the result of an outdated and inefficient registration system, a Pew Center on the States report said on Tuesday. 

More than 1.8 million dead people are listed as active U.S. voters, and about 2.75 million people have active registration in more than one state, according to the research by the non-partisan think tank. 

U.S. electoral systems "are plagued with errors and inefficiencies that waste taxpayer dollars, undermine voter confidence, and fuel partisan disputes over the integrity of our elections," the report said.

THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS WIN CLOSE ELECTIONS.

WE NEED VOTER ID LAWS TO STOP THE FRAUD AND STOP THE THEFT OF ELECTIONS.

CHAIT ON SANTORUM VERSUS ROMNEY

CHAIT VIA BUSINESS INSIDER:

He actually has an ability to attract swing voters, of a certain stripe. 

In fact, there are, very roughly speaking, two kinds of swing voters. 


One kind is economically conservative, socially liberal swing voters. This is the kind of voter you usually read about, because it’s the kind most familiar to political reporters – affluent and college educated. 


But there’s a second kind of voter at least as numerous – economically populist and socially conservative. 


Think of disaffected blue-collar workers, downscale white men who love guns, hate welfare, oppose free trade, and want higher taxes on the rich and corporations. 


Romney appeals to the former, but Santorum more to the latter.

"ECONOMICALLY POPULIST" EQUALS LIBERAL - AND IT WOULD BE BAD FOR THE NATION.

ROMNEY'S ECONOMIC POSITION IS MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN SANTORUM'S.

PLUS HERE'S ONE THING CHAIT LEAVES OUT:


SANTORUM IS EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL VIEWS - [UPDATE: like this video from 2006 ]- WILL COST THE GOP THE WOMEN'S VOTE.


AND THE ELECTION.

ANOTHER VICTORY IN A LIBEL SUIT IN FRANCE

The doctor who told how the father of Muhammed al-Dura actually got scars from surgery and was then sued by the demonic, exploitive dad has now had the initial ruling overturned:

French Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a judgment against Israeli orthopedist Dr. Yehuda David, who was sued for slander by the father of Muhammad al-Dura.

"This is a great victory," David told Arutz Sheva. "This is proof that I spoke the truth and the Palestinians lied in an attempt to discredit the State of Israel." [...]

David, a physician at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, entered the al-Dura fray on 13 December 2007 when he told Israel's Channel 10 that he had treated Jamal in 1994 for knife and axe wounds to his arms and legs sustained during an Arab gang attack.

David said the scars Jamal claimed as bullet wounds from the 2000 incident were actually scars from a tendon repair operation that David performed in 1994, leading Jamal to sue him for libel. His victory in France's Supreme Court on Wednesday is widely seen as a national victory for Israel.

He told Arutz Sheva that he plans to open a Facebook page and set up an association whose sole purpose will be to fight those who find a libel on IDF soldiers in the world.

He plans to ask the Israeli government for financial support in these endeavors.

There's more he - and the rest of us - can do: we can establish a call for oppressive laws in Europe to be abrogated, something that Geert Wilders has already said his party in Holland intends to do, and hopefully can. Without a clear call for changing them, these problems cannot be solved.

That aside, I find it odd that the father sued the doctor in a French court, since the doctor told an Israeli TV channel about the facts, and it's got little to do with France. That's one more reason why a clear call must be made to change the laws so that these kind of suits cannot be made overseas where they don't belong.

MY FIRST ANTI-OBAMA POST WAS IN JUNE OF 2005

MY FIRST ANTI-OBAMA POST WAS IN JUNE OF 2005

I BETCHYA NO OTHER BLOGGER HAS AN EARLIER POST WARNING EVERYONE ABOUT OBAMA.

FUNNY DEAR ABBY LETTER MAKING THE ROUNDS:

Dear Abby,

My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit-card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest. Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more. Also, he has gotten religious. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and the next he's with Muslims.. Finally, the last straw. He's demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy!

Can you help?

Signed,
Lost

Dear Lost,

Stop whining, Michelle. You're getting to live in the White House for free, travel the world, and have others pay for everything for you. You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with the idiot for one more year!

 Signed, Abby