"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."

Saturday, October 25, 2014

IN IRAN, DEFENDING YOURSELF FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT BRINGS YOU DEATH

An Iranian woman was hanged for defending herself from a rapist:
Iran has hanged a woman who killed a man she claimed was trying to sexually abuse her, despite an international campaign to stop the execution.

Reyhaneh Jabbari died in a Tehran prison, reports the BBC.

The 26-year-old had been charged for killing a former employee of Iran's ministry of intelligence, Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi.

She had always claimed self-defense.

The interior designer claimed she was lured to his home on the pretense of work, but he then attacked her.

Jabbari, who was just 19 at the time, stabbed her attacker after the assault in 2007.

She admitted to the murder, but it was claimed that her confession was extracted from her under intense pressure by authorities.
Obviously, they don't want it recognized as self-defense. Ever.

Iran's current regime could explain why the effort to save Jabbari tragically failed. Only by deposing them will it be possible to put a stop to this barbarism.

Friday, October 24, 2014

OBAMA AND... EBOLA, ISIS, CRIMEA, IMMIGRATION, RACE-RELATIONS, THE ECONOMY, IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM...



ON EVERY MAJOR ISSUE/PROBLEM/CRISIS WE FACE, OBAMA HAS BEEN A MISERABLE FAILURE.

AXE-SWINGER IN NYC WAS AN ISLAMOFASCIST

A maniac with an axe was gunned down by NY police, and it turns out he too was another "lone wolf" jihadist:
The man who attacked New York City police officers with a hatchet before being shot dead was reported to have Islamic “extremist leanings” police and a monitoring group said.

The man, identified in the US media as Zale Thompson, had posted an array of statements on YouTube and Facebook that “display a hyper-racial focus in both religious and historical contexts, and ultimately hint at his extremist leanings,” the SITE monitoring group said. …

SITE, which monitors radical Muslim groups, said that in a comment Thompson had posted to a pro-Islamic State video on September 13, 2014, he described “jihad as a justifiable response to the oppression of the ‘Zionists and the Crusaders.’”
There's more on the issue at Hot Air. So here was another jihadist not unlike the 2 in Canada who went on a rampage. And another who should be sent to hell for the horror he caused.

DHIMMIS ACCUSE HOMELAND OF BEING ISLAMOPHOBIC

I've never watched this TV series, but here's an odd accusation being made against it:
Are the cast, crew and fans of "Homeland" - Showtime's television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent - Islamophobes?

That's the implication of articles published this month in both The Washington Post and The New York Times. In the Times, Bina Shah, a Pakistani "contributing opinion writer," complains that "Homeland," much of which is set in Pakistan this season, demonstrates yet again that "the world sees us one-dimensionally - as a country of terrorists and extremists, conservatives who enslave women and stone them to death, and tricky scoundrels who hate Americans and lie pathologically to our supposed allies."

The problem is not just "Homeland," she writes, it's not even just Hollywood, but also "biased journalism, originating among mainstream American journalists who care little for depth and accuracy."

She notes that in "Homeland" and various feature films that use Pakistan as a backdrop (e.g., "A Mighty Heart," about the kidnapping and murder of reporter Daniel Pearl, and "Zero Dark Thirty," about the killing of Osama bin Laden) she has "seen India's signature homemade Ambassador cars traveling down Pakistani streets; actors who play tribal Pashtuns, but look Bihari; Western women wearing chadors where they don't have to, or going around bareheaded when they should be covered."

In one scene in "Homeland," set in Pakistan's tribal areas, she hears "everyone speaking Urdu, not the region's Pashto."

That's it? That's the bias? Seriously?

Ms. Shah quotes from a piece in The Washington Post by Laura Durkay, identified as a "filmmaker and activist" whose "writing has appeared in AlterNet, Gay City News, and Socialist Worker, among others." Ms. Durkay charges that "Homeland" is the "most bigoted show on television," and that it "perpetuates racist ideas."

She, too, fails to provide any evidence, instead asserting that the series "has churned out Islamophobic stereotypes as if its writers were getting paid by the cliche." She calls the show's heroine a "blonde, white Red Riding Hood lost in a forest of faceless Muslim wolves."

Full disclosure: I am a "Homeland" fan. The show has a fast-paced, ripped-from-the-headlines plot and intriguing characters. Among them: Fara Sherazi, who is an Iranian-born, observant Muslim - and CIA agent. She's smart and beautiful to boot. This season there also is a young Pakistani survivor of a drone attack that killed innocent celebrants at a wedding. He wants to return to his medical studies and not get involved in the war between the jihadis and Americans.

Does that sound Islamophobic, racist or bigoted to you? Or does it sound like Ms. Shah and Ms. Durkay are attempting to enforce "political correctness" - hurling the usual epithets to suppress views with which they disagree. Ms. Durkay is adamant that "Homeland" presents "a Frankenstein-monster global terrorist threat that simply doesn't exist." Victims of the 41 jihadi terrorist groups now operating in two dozen countries will be relieved to learn that Ms. Durkay, "filmmaker and activist," has arrived at that conclusion.
It sounds to me almost like dissatisfaction and a wish to complain regardless how Islam is portrayed in the series. The funny part is how the first writer cited parrots the complaint made by righties about the very papers she's writing for. In other words, she doesn't care how much the lefties who gave her a soapbox platform side with her positions already, she dislikes them all the same.

In any case, I don't think what I've heard about Homeland having an observant Muslim agent makes me feel encouraged to ever watch it. Certainly not if they won't be open about the Koran's content. But I agree the Pakistani op-ed writer's arguments are laughable.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

MARZ FRAMES OTTAWA TERRORIST ATTACK AS A GUN CONTROL ARGUMENT

He's made a comment about the attack and near infiltration of a government office in the Canadian parliament by a jihadist, discussing the topic as if it were something a lot simpler:

Here we go again. This was not a simple matter of a crackpot with no serious political leanings attacking politicians. This was a case of a Muslim convert who was influenced by the Koran (although his father was already a Muslim who'd taken part in Libyan jihad). Does Marz also think the massacre at Fort Hood was simply a superficial case of gun violence? The reality is that it's a case of homegrown jihadism that's eating up countries like Canada and Britain, and the USA. It should be noted that it was thanks to a RCMP member with a gun that the filthy jihadist in Canada was stopped before he could enter an office where a lot of politicians were gathered.

Here's also another tweet by Marz about Gamergate:

Ah, but does Marz understand that books like Identity Crisis and Avengers: Disassembled are built on misogynistic components? Does he even come to terms with how degrading Emerald Twilight is? Sure, he's written a few books in the past with female leads, and co-stars who were just as prominent, at companies like the defunct Crossgen, and now at Top Cow/Image. But he's occasionally given signs he hasn't fully learned his lesson since the time he'd written Emerald Twilight and the fridge scene (like when he wrote the finale for the Kyle Rayner run in Green Lantern), and that makes it hard to be certain he really understands these issues as well as he could.

And what if mine/your girlfriend/wife/relative is somebody who doesn't care much for computer games, and when she decides to look into the topic further, finds it's more about biased, politicized journalism involving petty arguments on the least problematic elements like T&A, and a belief that partisan politics should be injected into computer games? What then? What if she also decides the 3 women involved aren't people she'd want to hang around either, or even some of the folks against Gamergate? And what if she couldn't care less that Intel decided to remove their ads from Gamasutra and had no interest in reading that dopey website anyway? Marz shouldn't assume every women takes the same position on video games, not even other leftists, some of whom could also be part of the Gamergate movement. But then, does that mean he does have a problem with leftists in comicdom who've tolerated misogyny? Unfortunately, he's never written an op-ed in the same vein as Chuck Dixon did about the industry complaining about issues like that, and it doesn't look like he'll ever try to speak out against bad things happening at the Big Two seriously, so I honestly don't know why he's bothering to lambast Gamergate.

Okay, I'll offer some advice. Don't act like journalists are incapable of doing something bad and making mistakes. Besides, what were J. Jonah Jameson and Bethany Snow created for? And tone down all that leftism. Even some of Marz's fellow leftists may have done that already, and if they did, it could benefit comicdom better.

HOW CANADA WOUND UP WITH JIHAD PROBLEMS

The UK Telegraph explains how the great white north came to have quite a few jihadists:
If there was anyone left who thought only troubled, fractured societies were subject to terrorism, the wave of apparently jihadist attacks across a country that is a byword for laid-back prosperity will surely have disabused them.

Two soldiers killed in three days, the shootings on Wednesday following the ram-raid by a known jihadist on Monday – these are the sort of incidents against which Britain and other European countries have steeled themselves for years.

Canada has recently adopted a more aggressive position on the world stage, which will no doubt be a pretext for the attacks: this week, Canadian jets joined the international coalition fighting in Iraq.

But the threat was already there. Canadians are among those who have shown up fighting and dying for the cause of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria.

A 23-year-old called Mohammed Ali, known by his nickname Abu Turaab al-Kanadi, has become a celebrity for cheering on Isil beheadings.

[...] The irony is as western governments become more adept at monitoring extremists, preventing them from travelling, so they are more likely to commit acts of terror at home.

Martin Couture-Rouleau, the 25-year-old Islamist extremist who, under the name Ahmad LeConverti, drove into and killed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, 53, on Monday, was known to the police, who had confiscated his passport
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It's clear that preventing these monsters from going to Iraq and Syria alone does not prevent them from turning to violent crime. They'll have to start modifying current laws to allow detention - or better still, exile - of people who could be dangerous to society.

The AP Wire's said that the gunman's mother thankfully sides with the victims, not her son:
The mother of the man accused of killing a soldier at Ottawa's war memorial then storming Parliament before being shot dead says she is crying for the victims of the shooting, not her son.

In a brief and tear-filled telephone interview with The Associated Press Thursday, Susan Bibeau said she did not know what to say to those hurt in the attack.

"Can you ever explain something like this?" she said. "We are sorry."

Investigators offered little information about the gunman in Ottawa, identified as 32-year-old petty criminal Michael Zehaf-Bibeau.

Canadian police conceded Thursday that Zehaf-Bibeau was the lone gunman, the second attack in three days in what the prime minister described as terrorism.

The heart of the capital city of Ottawa had been in lockdown after Wednesday's attack, with fears that other gunmen might be on the loose. Ottawa police Constable Marc Soucy confirmed to The Associated Press Thursday that police are satisfied there was one attacker. Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that "there is no longer a threat to public safety."

The two attacks stunned Canadians and raised concerns their country was being targeted for reprisals for joining the U.S.-led air campaign against the extremist Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the National War Memorial where the soldier was killed to lay a wreath.

Earlier, Harper called the shooting the country's second terrorist attack in three days. A man Harper described as an "ISIL-inspired terrorist" on Monday ran over two soldiers in a parking lot in Quebec, killing one and injuring another before being shot to death by police. Like the suspect from Wednesday's shooting in Ottawa, he was a recent convert to Islam.

Witnesses said the soldier posted at the National War Memorial, identified as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, was gunned down at point-blank range by a man carrying a rifle and dressed all in black, his face half-covered with a scarf. The gunman appeared to raise his arms in triumph, then entered Parliament, a few hundred yards away, where dozens of shots soon rang out, according to witnesses.

People fled the complex by scrambling down scaffolding erected for renovations, while others took cover inside as police with rifles and body armor took up positions outside and cordoned off the normally bustling streets around Parliament.

On Twitter, Canada's justice minister and other government officials credited 58-year-old sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers with shooting the attacker just outside the MPs' caucus rooms. Vickers serves a largely ceremonial role at the House of Commons, carrying a scepter and wearing rich green robes, white gloves and a tall imperial hat.

At least three people were treated for minor injuries.
It's very lucky they have people like Vickers working for them. If he hadn't been there, chances are the horrors caused by the jihadist would be a lot worse. For now, they're going to have to beef up security at the House of Commons entrances, add more security cameras and do whatever it takes to ensure such horrors can't penetrate the parliament at ease again.

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

Yes, this 2014 election cycle is a contentious one. It's tradition and predates the founding of America!

The Polling by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

From Folger Magazine:
Public fascination with elections is as old as politics itself. In the seventeenth century, the press was increasingly filled with election pamphlets offering advice on whom to vote for and even more importantly whom to oppose.

Printed election material originated in the 1640s, reflecting public interest in the political process, especially in a time of civil war and domestic upheaval. Secrecy surrounding politics had broken down; votes needed to be earned and voters persuaded. Elections became increasingly contested and divided along party lines.

Even voting itself was not a secret process in early modern England. The poll book, at right, published the names of all the voters in London and which candidates and party they voted for in 1710. Each voter was able to cast one vote (indicated at right by a dash) for each of the four seats up for grabs in their constituency. Some crossed party lines, but the vast majority followed a party ticket.
See the rest of the article HERE.

So, carry on.

In less than two weeks will begin the Monday morning quarterbacking, immediately followed by the pontificating about the next election, the 2016 National Election. It's like riding a political carousel.

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In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.”

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

IF THE ATTACK IN OTTAWA IS JIHADO-TERROR, THEN CANADA OUGHT TO RETALIATE

BUT WHERE AND AGAINST WHOM?


3-MONTH OLD MURDERED BY CAR TERRORIST

A sick tragedy occurred near Ammunition Hill:
A three-month-old infant who was critically injured when a car rammed into civilians near a light rail station in Jerusalem, died of her wounds on Wednesday night.

The baby was rushed to Mount Scopus' Hadassah Medical Center but medical officials announced her death after resuscitation attempts failed.
The culprit, unsurprisingly, was a Hamas member:
The Arab driver has now been confirmed (7:40 pm IST) to have been resident of the Shiloach/Silwan neighborhood and a member of Hamas - and to have served in Israeli prison before for terrorism, according to Police Spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld. [...]

Meanwhile, police and politicians are beginning to react to the attack. Blame is being put, as has throughout the past several months, on Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich and the Israel Police, specifically Commissioner Yohanan Danino.
Mayor Nir Barkat blamed them for not taking sufficient measures to defend the city:
"We must restore peace to Jerusalem - as I said for months, the situation in Jerusalem is intolerable and we must be acting unequivocally against the violence taking place in the city," Barkat stated.

Progress with Danino and Aharonovich had stalled so much that he turned directly to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to stop the "silent intifada."

"Now it is clearer than ever that the police must be put into Arab neighborhoods where there are disturbances, that checkpoints must be established, and that a significant presence must be felt," Barkat added.

"At my request, the Prime Minister has instructed to reinforce the police to be able to operate and carry out operations against rioting, including the addition of personnel and special units, using new technology, and increasing intelligence," he continued. "I'll continue to be vigilant and will not rest until security returns to Jerusalem."
Aharonovich and Danino should be fired if they continue to fail on their part. They owe an apology to a lot of people, and have much explaining to do.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

JEWISH GIRLS IN FRANCE CONVERT TO ISLAM AND JOIN ISIS

One of these almost left for Syria/Iraq but was stopped at the airport and brought back. Nevertheless, this is very horrific what became of the girl's psyche (Hat tip: Front Page Magazine):
After it was revealed last Friday that a Jewish girl was among 100 French women and girls joining the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terror group in Syria and Iraq, another Jewish girl has been revealed as having joined ISIS - and trying to blow up her parents' shop for jihad.

The girl, a 17-year-old identified only as A who grew up in a religious family and today covers her face with a traditional Muslim face veil, was set to leave for Syria but was caught before take off.

Anthropologist Dounia Bouzar, founder of the Center for the Prevention of Islamic Related Sects (CPDSI) that works to rescue French youth from radical Islamic brainwashing, told the Hebrew-language Channel 2 about the details of the case which she has been working on.

The girl referred to as A tried to leave for Syria, but at the last minute the Center succeeded in keeping her with her parents "so that the family connection won't be broken - that's important to prevent even more serious extremism," said Bouzar.

According to the anthropologist, A's case is unusual because she was not brainwashed from a recruiter, but rather "is a victim of brainwashing that she did to herself. Today her face is totally covered, she is an extreme anti-Semite and claims she is the victim of a conspiracy. It's a hard case and we still have a long way to go."

Understanding how A reached the point she arrived at is difficult, as she "grew up in a Jewish home that was religious but open with loving parents," said Bouzar.

The parents contacted Bouzar in March, and are "pretty affluent merchants who are trying to rescue A from this trap. Imagine the shock of the parents when they found out that their daughter intended to blow up their store!"

A was an outstanding student in a good high school in Paris, reports the anthropologist, but signs of a problem first were raised when her parents found their daughter's grades had dropped "from 90 to 10, and she started to refuse to leave home."

The Jewish girl turned ISIS fanatic doesn't fit the mold Bouzar reports seeing, in that "the overwhelming majority come from atheistic homes. It can be assumed that the lack of spiritual elements in education is one of the causes of extremism." However, Bouzar stresses A's parents "are also believers and also open."

One point about A's case that is similar to the trend is that she - like 70% of others trying to join jihad in Syria - is not Muslim.
Obviously, this is another example of Jewish women who lose track of reality and join a movement that only leads to serious hell for them. I'm not sure what they mean by "open". I would assume they mean the parents aren't of Haredi background. Yet the girl somehow became rebellious and demonstrated it in the worst ways possible, right down to wearing a veil to isolate herself from those who want to help her. It's very serious indeed, and I hope they're counseling her to make clear there's other alternatives.

UH-OH: CHINA'S GROWTH RATE SET TO TUMBLE

HERE'S HOW MUCH CHINA HAS BEEN GROWING ANNUALLY:
China 2009 -9.2 | 2010 - 10.4 | 2011 - 9.3 | 2012 - 7.7 | 2013 - 7.7
NOW, CHINA IS PREDICTED TO ONLY BE GROWING AT A 4% ANNUAL RATE.

WITH EUROPE GOING INTO RECESSION AND CHINA SLOWING DRAMATICALLY, HOW CAN THE USA KEEP GROWING AT ALL?

STAY TUNED...


A TALE OF TWO OPERAS

OF COURSE, LINCOLN CENTER AND THE METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PUT ON WHATEVER THEY WANT. IT'S A SAD COMMENTARY ON THE STATE OF NY AND USA THAT THEY SHOULD WANT TO PUT ON THIS OPERA,

UNDER OBAMA AND WITH THE HELP OF HIS LEFTISTS ALLIES IN THE MEDIA, THE USA IS BECOMING HOSTILE TO PRACTICING JEWS AND ZIONISTS.

UNDER OBAMA ZIONISM, THE HETERO-NORMATIVE, TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, ARE UNDER ATTACK AND EUTHANASIA, ABORTION, AND ARAB TERROR ARE CELEBRATED.

THE COURSE WE ARE ON WILL TAKE US DOWN THE ROAD TO SERFDOM

HOW/WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? HOW CAN POLITICIANS OFFERING SUCH A BASICALLY UN-AMERICAN AND ANTI-JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PLATFORM WIN?

SIMPLE:

FIRST OFF, THE LEFT CAN BRAINWASH MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE MASS MEDIA AND THE ACADEMY.

BUT ELECTORALLY, THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT:
  • 15% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE USA ARE COMMITTED LEFTISTS
  • 15% ARE BOUGHT OFF BY THE MACHINE - UNIONS, "VICTIM" GROUPS
  • 15% ARE BLIND PARTISANS - PEOPLE WHO WOULD NEVER VOTE GOP
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY ONLY HAS TO FIND ANOTHER 6% IN ANY ELECTION TO WIN:
  • 2% VIA VOTER FRAUD
  • 2% VIA LIES - (YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DOCTOR..."
  • 2% VIA PROMISES THEY INTEND ON BREAKING - "I WILL USE CAMPAIGN FINANCING!"
WE CAN CHANGE COURSE THIS NOVEMBER.

IN FACT, IT'S NOVEMBER OR NEVER.


"IF YOU LIKE YOUR RELIGION, THEN YOU CAN KEEP YOUR RELIGION."

IDAHO FORCING PRIESTS TO MARRY GAYS?

This violates the very essence of America as we were founded by people fleeing religious persecution and were established to protect it.

Obama is transforming the USA into a version of the old USSR.

We can stop him this November.

In fact, it's November or never.


Monday, October 20, 2014

VIDEO: IN EFFECT, THE WORLD JUST PAID HAMAS $5BILLION FOR ATTACKING THE JEWS

HERE.


OBAMA HELD UP ALL SHIPMENTS TO IDF DURING WAR AGAINST HAMAS

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/expose-us-blocked-all-defense-shipments-to-israel-in-middle-of-war/2014/10/18

RACIST MUSLIM WOMAN ATTACKS BLACK IDF SOLDIER

Elder of Zion (via Front Page Magazine) has a video showing a Muslim woman attacking a female IDF soldier, who is also black. It serves as an example of how Muslims have been - and still are - hostile to non-Muslims based on skin color. And you can be sure no leftists will give a damn about this.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

THOUGH EBOLA IS TECHNICALLY/LITERALLY NOT "AIRBORNE", IT IS COMMUNICABLE VIA CONTACT WITH LIQUID SPRAYED VIA COUGHING AND SNEEZING

"AIRBORNE" TECHNICALLY MEANS DRIED, FLOATING "DUST" WHICH HAS THE VIRUS IN IT.

THE RNA VIRUS WHICH CAUSES EBOLA WILL NOT FLOAT AROUND LIKE THE DNA MEASLES OR CHICKEN POX VIRUSES, AND THEREFORE YOU CAN'T GET IT FROM THE AIR AROUND A PERSON WITH EBOLA, BUT IF THEY COUGH ON YOU OR SNEEZE ON YOU OR COUGH OR SNEEZE ON A SURFACE THAT YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH IN LESS THAN 5 HOURS, THEN YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY GET IT.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC THINK OF "AIRBORNE" AS SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FROM A COUGH OR A SNEEZE AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S BEEN S MUCH CONFUSION.

THE FACT THAT EBOLA CAN BE COMMUNICATED VIA SNEEZING AND COUGHING IN ADDITION TO CONTACT WITH EXCREMENT AND PERSPIRATION MAKES IT ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE WITH EBOLA BE QUARANTINED AND THAT EBOLA HOT-SPOTS BE QUARANTINED.

(DETAILS/FACTS HERE)