Year: 2010

How to follow the UK General Election online as it happens

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By Martin Bryant, TheNextWeb

One of the closest elections in history is being fought out in the UK today, but how should you follow it online?

Much has been made of this being the first “Social media election” in the UK but online engagement and campaigning hasn’t quite reached the levels seen in the USA during the most recent presidential race in 2008. Still, on polling day today there are lots of ways of keeping up to date with last-minute dramas and the results themselves.

Who’s voting, and where?

Let your friends know you’ve voted using Facebook’s “I Voted” button, available to UK users today. This will update your news feed to share the news, and there’s a counter to track how many Facebook users have voted.

ukvote 187x260 How to follow the UK General Election online as it happensThe Guardian is using a Twitter mashup to plot votes on a map. Just tweet #UKvote along with the first half of your postcode to be included on the map.

Of course, these tools show more about who’s happy to share that they’ve voted, rather than anything of great use. Far more interesting is ExitPol.ly. Just enter your constituency, tell it who you voted for and you’ll add yourself to a crowdsourced exit poll that might just indicate which way the nation’s vote will swing. Continue Reading →

Somali Canadian praised by Islamists in eulogy

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From The National Post Canada

Related: Militant Group Trains Children to Kill Infidels.

Extremists praise Somali Canadian in online eulogy

Stewart Bell, National Post Published: Tuesday, May 04, 2010

TORONTO — A Canadian who was being investigated for allegedly joining a Somali militant group died in a “fierce battle,” according to a eulogy posted on an extremist website.

“During the fight, he received a fatal wound to the point that he was unable to participate,” it says. “The mujahedin that were with him carried him and placed him in a safe area.”

It says he gave the others his weapon “to continue to defend the religion of Allah” and they left him and went back to fight. When they returned he was dead, it says.

Mohamed Elmi Ibrahim, 22, was one of a half-dozen radicalized young Somali-Canadians who allegedly left Toronto last year to join the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab.

The Al-Qimmah Somali Internet forum said in March he was dead. It provided few details but this week a eulogy appeared on the same extremist website. Continue Reading →

Farage: “stop worrying about me”

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From UKIP News

Election day drama: The plane that had been carrying Nigel Farage when it crashed at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield near Brackley, NorthantsFollowing Nigel Farage’s miraculous escape from this morning’s plane crash Lord Pearson, the UKIP leader said:

“We confirm that Nigel Farage has been moved from Banbury to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. We understand there was no pressing medical need for this transfer. He has been visited by his wife.

“Despite being in considerable pain, we deduce that Nigel is back to his something like his normal form. He told UKIP’s Banbury candidate Dr Sebastian Fairweather who gained access to him in hospital to ‘stop worrying about me, get back out there and get out the vote”.

“We also understand that the injuries to the pilot, Justin Adams may be less serious than previously feared though we have been unable to speak to his family.

“It is clear that both men had a remarkably lucky escape.

Ukip candidate Nigel Farage ‘lucky to be alive’ after cheating death in polling day plane crash

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By Mirror.co.uk

Nigel Farage (pic: Getty)

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage tonight spoke about his “miraculous escape” from a light plane crash after an election stunt went dramatically wrong.

The MEP, who is standing in the General Election for Buckingham, was pulled bloodied and dazed from the crushed cockpit of the plane which was towing a banner bearing the slogan “Vote for your country – Vote Ukip”.

In a statement released by his spokesman Duncan Barkes, Mr Farage said of the crash, which also injured pilot Justin Adams: “We’ve both had a miraculous escape. We are both very lucky to be alive.”

Mr Farage is being treated at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where a hospital spokeswoman said he was likely to remain “for a few days”.

Mr Barkes added: “He is not going anywhere today. There is no way he will be at the count tomorrow.

“He’s got two broken ribs, a small chip to his spine and damage to his sternum.”

Mr Farage’s wife Kirsten was at his bedside earlier today but has since returned to their home in Westerham, Kent, to care for the couple’s two children.

Choosing the burqa.

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Seems the burqa is the garment of choice among thieves.

From The Telegraph U.K.

Robber wore burka to carry out jewellery raid

A robber wore a burka as a disguise to carry out a raid on a jewellery shop, police said.

Published: 3:10PM BST 06 May 2010

The criminal used the black head-to-toe garment, favoured by some Muslim women, along with a hijab or face veil, showing only his eyes, to hide his identity.

Owners of the jewellers in Bury, Greater Manchester thought the six foot tall robber was a woman and allowed him entry.

But as soon as he was buzzed in three men barged in behind him – one brandishing a shotgun.

They raided the shop stealing a large amount of bangles, rings and lockets, before escaping in a waiting car, thought to be a silver Toyota Yaris.

Police are now hunting five men, all Asian, thought to be involved in the raid, which took place at about 4.15pm on Wednesday at Capri Jewellers on Benson Street in Bury.

The offender dressed as a woman is described as Asian, over 6ft tall and of thin build.

The getaway driver is described as Asian, in his early 20s, of chubby build. He was bald and wearing glasses.

The other three offenders are described as Asian and were wearing balaclavas.

The gang left behind two holdalls that were branded Wei Bao.

Det Sgt Chris Jameson, of Greater Manchester Police, said: ”The store has very tight security so the ruse used to gain entry shows a level of detailed planning and I want to hear from anyone who may have overheard the gang preparing for this robbery.”I would also urge anyone who knows the whereabouts of the getaway car or who may have been approached with a view to buying the stolen items to call police. All information will be treated in strict confidence.”

In western Europe wearing of the burka or face-coverings in public has stirred controversy with some countries considering or imposing a ban on the dress.

Muslims say the burka is a part of their religious culture and such state interference is evidence of prejudice against their faith.

“Four Lions”; a suicide bomber comedy

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Who wants to bet this gets lots of laughs?

From The Telegraph U.K.

Families of 7/7 victims condemn suicide bomber comedy Four Lions

Families of victims killed in the July 7 London terror attacks have condemned a new comedy about would-be suicide bombers.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Published: 2:38PM BST 06 May 2010

Families of 7/7 victims condemn suicide bomber comedy Four Lions

A scene from Four Lions, the new film from Brass Eye creator Chris Morris

Four Lions was written and directed by Chris Morris, the satirist behind Channel 4’s controversial Brass Eye show. It follows four British Muslims and their incompetent attempts to wage jihad.

The film is released nationwide this week. Graham Foulkes, who lost his 22-year-old son, David, in the 2005 bombings, said the parallels with the real-life attacks on London’s transport system were too great.

“I didn’t see the humour in four people buying ingredients to make a bomb to come to London and kill innocent members of the public travelling on the Underground. I didn’t think that was funny at all,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

“He has taken a specific attack – four lads from the North all with strong Yorkshire accents, and the bombers were from Yorkshire – travelling down to London. So it’s very specific, very aligned to what happened in 2005. That’s not parodying or being satirical about terrorists, it’s making money out of a specific attack.”

Morris said his film was inspired by real-life tales of incompetent terrorists. “The unfathomable world of extremism seemed to contain elements of farce,” he said.

Arsher Ali, an actor who plays one of the main characters, said: “Terrorism is in the news almost every day, but there are little stories within those things that are inherently comic and inherently human.”

Russian video (in English) about Islam in Malmo Sweden

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Bullet proof windows. On a Synagogue.

Thats just for openers. Yet the Muslims in Rosengaard claim they are the ones which are persecuted.

Ritual slaughter of Dane

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From GOV:

This is a particularly gruesome story about cultural enrichment in Denmark. One would expect it to have an explosive effect among “persons of Danish background” — which is perhaps why it was so quickly censored by the media.

A Macedonian shop owner was murdered by another culture enricher, who is probably a Turk, based on his name. The original article featured a headline and a quote from the coroner’s report highlighting the fact that the victim was killed via a “method used when halal-slaughtering animals”.

If memory serves, there are eyewitness records from the 1915 Armenian Genocide which testify to the mass slaughter of Armenians by the Turks in halal fashion. It seems that this time-hallowed “cultural heritage” has been carried all the way from Anatolia to the mean streets of Denmark’s Muslim neighborhoods.

The Swedish blogger Fröken Sverige used the cached version of the MSM article to demonstrate that the halal-butchery aspect of the murder had been promptly airbrushed out of the report. Many thanks to our Danish correspondent Kepiblanc for translating the Danish and the Swedish from Fröken Sverige’s post:

The headline reads:

Man halal-slaughtered by Muslims in Denmark — Danish media change article and text, Swedish media write nothing…

The article (in Danish):

15 years for “halal butchering” (Breaking News)

[Below the photo]

…imprisonment for having killed a man on Bygmester Rd. in Copenhagen with a hailstorm of knife wounds. On February 10th of last year the trio killed Macedonian shop owner Nazim Ilazi in a quarrel about money.

“The great artery of the neck was entirely severed. Blood vessels carrying blood back towards the heart were cut on both sides. It is comparable with the method used when halal-slaughtering animals” — according to statement by coroner Gyda Lolk Ottosen in court.

Below the article is the same text in Swedish, followed by:

That’s the first version published Thursday, April 29.th 2010; 13:24.

(Cached version here)

Next comes the later version of the article (in Danish):

– – – – – – – – –

Father and sons convicted of manslaughter

[Below the photo]

A father and his two sons appeared in the Frederiksberg courtroom and were together sentenced to 36 years in prison for having killed a man in a hailstorm of stab wounds.

The father, Mahija Osmani, and his two sons, Lavdrim and Flamur, used something like 100 cuts with their knives to send a man to his grave on Bygmester Rd., Copenhagen.

Then, in Swedish:

The new version is the second one — 100 cuts — omitting the phrase ‘halal’ and the coroner’s statement.

Some journalist at Danish TV2 seems to have received a bit of friendly enhancement. And updated his text accordingly — in order to avoid hurting the feelings of the easily offended, one presumes?


For a complete listing of previous enrichment news, see The Cultural Enrichment Archives.

Hat tip: Reinhard of FOMI.

UK elections much more exciting with Multiculturalism!

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Back before the UK decided to deliberately destroy anything like a traditional, classical, or dare I say, English England, elections were quite dull with people debating points and arguing what was best for the country. Now, elections are much more visceral thanks to the enrichment that many cultures bring.

H/T wazzockUK

Russian method works. Sailors set free.

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No harm came to any kidnapped Russian sailors during this rescue. According to Stratfor:

May 6, 2010
A Russian warship freed a Russian-owned oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Yemen, according to tanker owner Novorossiysk Shipping Company, Reuters reported May 6. All crew on board the tanker are alive and well, a spokeswoman for the shipping company said by telephone. State-run RIA news agency, citing an unnamed regional navy official, reported that Somali pirates were captured and no Russians were hurt during the rescue mission.

For context, look down a few posts to here:

I don’t know what they did, but I bet it was not offering them Dutch citizenship

Spain begins to wake up

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Here is a note I got from France:

“Look at the courage of the compatriots in Spain
Vive Europe waking up
Reply to the rats who insult us
Thanks

and accompanied this silent film:

With this explanation:

A shameless group bury Piggy, a 100% Spanish piglet, in a lot owned by the Seville City Hall which will be gifted for the construction of the largest mosque in Europe. According to Islamic law, the lot is no longer viable because it is unclean. Now the lot is a burial ground for swine.

The banners with DN stand for the Democracia Nacional party

I am told, the comments at youtube under this video are very encouraging, and seem to indicate a growing desire of Spaniards to rid itself of the oppressive Islam within it’s borders.

Had it not been for revisionist history, one would assume Spain of all countries would never have allowed a single Muslim within it’s borders in perpetuity. Perhaps this time.

special thanks to Fausta and Gaia who respectivly explained the Spanish and French to me.

I should add, that while I do appreciate even a symbolic effort to oppose Islamic primacy, it strikes me that buying into the enemy’s magical thinking cannot possibly ever work. They made up the stuff about pigs, so they can make up the solution. For example, they can make up that the ground can be reconsecrated with a few muttered words from an Imam, and the blood of a dozen infidels, and hey-presto the ground is consecrated again.

So while I do appreciate the fact that some in Spain actually thought of something, then actually did it, and that is fantastic, it would be better if they as well as we, thought of and did things that actually work.

Russians send warship after pirates. L A Times

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Now this should be interesting. I wonder if Russia will have the same kind of limiting and perhaps even crippling rules of engagement that Obama has placed on as many as he can in terms of dealing with piracy.

If not Obama, then where did these limitations come from?

Below, from the L.A. Times

Russia sends warship after tanker is hijacked by Somali pirates

A crew of 23 Russians is aboard the Liberian-flagged MV Moscow University, reportedly carrying a cargo worth more than $50 million. The tanker, bound for China, was seized off Yemen.

By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles TimesMay 5, 2010 | 7:00 a.m.

Reporting from Cairo

A Russian warship was sailing toward the kidnapped crew of a Russian-owned oil tanker hijacked Wednesday by Somali pirates as the vessel headed into the Indian Ocean with a cargo reportedly valued at more than $50 million, according to a European antipiracy naval force.

The MV Moscow University tanker had left Sudan and was bound for China when pirates seized the 106,474-ton vessel about 350 miles off the Yemeni island of Socotra. The tanker flew a Liberian flag, but is owned by Novorossiysk Shipping Co. and carried a crew 23 Russians.

“This morning we had an attack on a Liberian-flagged ship Moscow University in the northeastern horn of our operation,” European Union Naval Force Commander Rear Adm. Jan Thornqvist told reporters in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. “The crew members locked themselves in the radar room. This ship has been hijacked.”

The Novorossiysk website said the tanker was apprehended by pirates who opened fire from two small boats: “The company suspects the pirates managed to board the tanker. According to the latest information received from the [ship] none of the 23 seafarers on board have been hurt, the vessel and the cargo sustained no damage.”

The scourge of Somali pirates, who brandish machine guns and travel in speedboats, has forced oil tankers and cargo vessels deeper into the Indian Ocean to avoid hijackings near the Gulf of Aden, which leads to the Red Sea and Suez Canal. But the bandits have adapted, often sailing hundreds of miles off the Yemeni and Somali shores while dodging warships from U.S., Europe and other nations.

The dynamics of Somali pirating may be changing, at least in one lawless cove. Earlier this week, pirates on the coast at Xaradheere fled as Islamic insurgents stormed the town. It was unclear whether the group, known as Hizbul Islam, which has connections to Al Qaeda and has been battling the Somali government for years, will use the base for pirating and hostage taking in attempts to collect millions of dollars in ransom.

Pirates are believed to be holding about 350 hostages and have control of as many as 20 vessels, many of them scattered off the coast of Somalia. Maritime authorities say bandits have attacked hundreds of ships in recent years and have negotiated ransoms estimated to be between $100 million to $200 million.

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