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Another loss for civilization
http://www.israellycool.com/2017/07/23/today-i-woke-up-embarrassed-to-be-israeli/
Perhaps they didn’t capitulate
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-idUSKBN1A80DJ
“California Imam Prays for Allah to ‘Annihilate’ Jews in Public Sermon” by Joel B. Pollak – July 24, 2017
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/24/davis-california-imam-prays-annihilation-jews-public-sermon/
Islamic Center of Davis – July 22, 2017
“The Crusades: Then and Now”
Thomas F. Madden, PH.D.
Sensus Fidelium – August 8, 2014
“Amb. Danon stuns UN Security Council”
Arutz Sheva TV – July 24, 2017
“Terror stricken community – the day after”
Arutz Sheva TV – July 23, 2017
You are not alone, dear yucki.
We miss you and understand why.
I was thinking the same thing.
Yucki take the time you need, we miss you but want you to be well and not broken by grief.
Al-Qaida in Syria snuffs out competition in northwest (abcnews, Jul 25, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/al-qaida-syria-close-snuffing-competition-north-48829477
“Syrian rebels and activists are warning that an al-Qaida-linked jihadi group is on the verge of snuffing out what remains of the country’s uprising in northwestern Syria, after the extremists seized control of the opposition-held regional capital, Idlib, last weekend.
With the jihadis cementing their authority over the city and its province, also called Idlib, Syrian President Bashar Assad has been supplied with a useful pretext for a long-expected assault against the rebellious province: that the uprising against him is largely driven by Islamists and terrorists.
“There is the real possibility that because of the Nusra Front’s domination, the regime will enter the area with international approval,” said Lt. Col. Fares Bayoush, a longtime opponent of Assad, who has been leading a rebel faction in north Syria.
The Nusra Front is one of the many names for the al-Qaida-affiliate that now heads the mighty Hay’at Tahrir al Sham militant alliance — Arabic for Levant Liberation Committee — that seized the city of Idlib, as well as two border crossings with Turkey to feed its coffers. It is also known as HTS…”
Turkey’s Erdogan says signatures signed on Russian defence system (reuters, Jul 25, 2017)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-defence-russia-idUKKBN1AA11V
“Turkey has made progress in plans to procure an S-400 missile defence system from Russia and signatures have been signed, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
“Steps have been taken and signatures signed with Russia concerning the S-400s. God willing we will see the S-400s in our country,” Erdogan told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party at a party meeting in parliament.
NATO member Turkey said in April it had reached a “final stage” in talks to procure the air missile defence system. Turkey will not be able to integrate the Russian S-400 into the NATO system.”
Russia ‘could be arming the Taliban’, according to newly emerged video (independent, Jul 25, 2017)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-taliban-arming-weapons-afghanistan-video-islamist-fighters-terrorists-insurgents-helmand-a7858511.html
“The Russian government may be providing Taliban militants in Afghanistan with sophisticated weaponry to assist in its fight against the US-backed government, it has emerged.
New photos and video footage obtained by CNN shows insurgents armed with sniper rifles, heavy machine guns and Kalashnikov-type guns which weapons experts who looked at the video said had been stripped of any symbols or insignia which could identify their origin.
In one video, a fighter wearing a mask says he received his arms for free from over the border in Tajikistan.
“These pistols have been brought to us recently,” he says. “These are made in Russia, and are very good stuff.”
In another, a splinter Taliban group in Herat says the weapons in their possession, captured from a mainstream wing, were originally “supplied by Russian government sources”…”
China and India Locked in ‘Eyeball-to-Eyeball’ Border Standoff
China and India, two nuclear-armed powers with a combined population of 2.7 billion, have been in an “eyeball-to-eyeball” military stand-off over territory in Bhutan, a kingdom in a remote area of the Himalayas, since mid-June. The flare-up, one of the most serious since China won a border war in 1962, comes as the two rising powers jostle for regional influence. The current dispute is near a three-way junction between Bhutan, China’s Tibet and India’s Sikkim.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-24/what-s-the-china-india-border-stand-off-all-about-quicktake-q-a
This is not being carried out in a vacuum but against the back drop of the North Korea problem, The fact that they are willing to start a stand off like this shows that they don’t think anything is going to happen in Korea. Either they are going to clamp down on Kim (which I doubt they are increasing the purchases and sales to the North) or they think President Trump won’t do anything, possibly because the Dems are attacking him and trying to prevent him from doing anything about anything.
China Prepares for a Crisis Along North Korea Border
Beijing bolsters defenses along its 880-mile frontier and realigns forces in surrounding regions
BEIJING—China has been bolstering defenses along its 880-mile frontier with North Korea and realigning forces in surrounding regions to prepare for a potential crisis across their border, including the possibility of a U.S. military strike.
A review of official military and government websites and interviews with experts who have studied the preparations show that Beijing has implemented many of the changes in recent months after initiating them last year.
They coincide with repeated warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump that he is weighing military action to halt North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, while exerting pressure on China to do more to rein in Pyongyang.
Recent Chinese measures include establishing a new border defense brigade, 24-hour video surveillance of the mountainous frontier backed by aerial drones, and bunkers to protect against nuclear and chemical blasts, according to the websites.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-prepares-for-a-crisis-along-north-korea-border-1500928838
Although technically allied to Pyongyang, Beijing wouldn’t necessarily defend its regime, but is determined to prevent a flood of North Koreans from entering northeastern China and to protect the population there, U.S. and Chinese experts say.
China, like many foreign governments, still considers a U.S. military strike unlikely, mainly because of the risk of Pyongyang retaliating against South Korea, an American ally whose capital of Seoul lies within easy reach of the North’s artillery.
Beijing also appears to be enhancing its capability to seize North Korean nuclear sites and occupy a swath of the country’s northern territory if U.S. or South Korean forces start to advance toward the Chinese border, according to those people.
Richard: This makes sense on several levels, mainly because China doesn’t want us to discover how much help they have been giving North Korea in their nuclear program and in their bio and chemical weapons programs.
Read the rest of the article at the end there is a long section about things a Chinese General said including that the US has to get Chinese permission before going to war. Remember the Chinese government has to approve of all public speeches and that includes the content of the speech. This speech/article by the General was written by the Government.
Former CIA Director Calls For A Coup If Trump Fires Mueller
In the most vocal opposition to president Donald Trump yet, former CIA Director John Brennan said that if the White House tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, government officials should refuse to follow the president orders, as they would be – in his view – “inconsistent” with the duties of the executive branch.
“I think it’s the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry that out. I would just hope that this is not going to be a partisan issue. That Republicans, Democrats are going to see that the future of this government is at stake and something needs to be done for the good of the future,” Brennan told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer at the Aspen Security Forum, effectively calling for a coup against the president should Trump give the order to fire Mueller.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-24/former-cia-director-calls-coup-if-trump-fires-mueller
video at site
Arrested Russian’s wife denies U.S. charge he is global hacking mastermind
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The wife of an alleged Russian hacker facing extradition from Spain to the United States has told Reuters he is being held in solitary confinement and that he denies the accusation that he masterminded one of the world’s biggest spam networks.
Peter Levashov was arrested while on holiday in Barcelona in April, and U.S. prosecutors later charged him with hacking offences, saying he had operated a network of tens of thousands of infected computers used by cyber criminals.
The prosecutors are seeking a 52-year jail sentence, according to extradition documents seen by Reuters, and a hearing in the case is expected in Madrid on Wednesday.
Levashov, who has long been considered the likely identity of an online persona known as Peter Severa, spent years listed among the world’s 10 most prolific spammers, according to spam-tracking group Spamhaus.
http://www.oann.com/arrested-russians-wife-denies-u-s-charge-he-is-global-hacking-mastermind/
“The prosecutors are seeking a 52-year jail sentence, according to extradition documents seen by Reuters, and a hearing in the case is expected in Madrid on Wednesday.”
I hope this scumball gets all 52 years. Spam costs the world countless billions per year.
“According to the 2004 National Technology Readiness Survey, the cost of spam in terms of productivity loss is $21.6 billion every year in the US alone.”
When you add in all of the security measures and maintenance of filters or networks, the price jumps to $71 billion per year in lost productivity.
Next on the list should be anyone who originates or distributes so-called “click-bait”, where misleading images or claims lure in unsuspecting computer users.
Show of force: Russia deploys strategic missile sub to Baltic, hosts Chinese warships for exercise
By J.E. Dyer July 25, 2017
In a big two-fer this week, Russia is simultaneously hosting the first Chinese naval task group ever to conduct exercises in the Baltic Sea, and bringing the last surviving Typhoon ballistic missile submarine into the Baltic for an unprecedented visit by an SSBN.
The Baltic got so lucky because it’s ground zero for the Russia-NATO theater-level confrontation right now, and has been for the last two-to-three years. The timing is due to the celebration of Russia’s Navy Day — on 30 July — and the association of Russian naval tradition with the bases in the Baltic Sea (Kronshtadt, St. Petersburg).
Most of the tactical Russia-NATO confrontations have been in the form of unsafe maneuvers by Russian warplanes around NATO planes and ships. Russia has also made a show of operationalizing her Iskander short-range missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave in the Baltic, and conducting an increasing number of military exercises on the borders of Finland and the Baltic Republics, as well as deploying forces to Belarus.
It’s been nearly 28 years since the Berlin Wall fell. But a more useful comparison in 2017 is one that goes further back, to the period more than 100 years ago when more than half a dozen large, ocean-going navies had similar capabilities, and were able to effectively challenge the naval hegemon of the day – Great Britain – as well as each other, in local confrontations and specific dimensions of naval warfare. In the geographic and disciplinary variety of today’s naval developments, what we are seeing is less like the Cold War, and more like the prelude, not to World War II, but to World War I.
World War I with multiple nuclear powers, that is.
http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/07/25/show-force-russia-deploys-strategic-missile-sub-baltic-hosts-chinese-warships-exercise/
The Dems with their attacks on President Trump and their calls form more and harsher actions against Russia are stoking the fires of war and we may see some US and Russian forces in Third World Countries shooting at each other. Hopefully these incidents won’t turn into a full fledged war but they may.
Study: Right Wing Male MPs Face Most Online Abuse, Labour Women Least (breitbart, Jul 25, 2017)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/25/right-wing-male-mps-face-most-online-abuse-labour-women-least/
“Right wing, male MPs are far more likely to receive abuse online than left wing females, despite claims of feminist activists that women are most vulnerable.
Tory Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, for example, receives eight times as much abuse on Twitter as Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, an analysis of 840,000 tweets sent in the month before the general election revealed.
Broken down by party and sex, male Conservative candidates were the group who received the highest percentage of abuse in their mentions, followed by male UKIP and Labour candidates, and female Conservative candidates.
The study, by the University of Sheffield and Buzzfeed, found that well-known politicians including Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, and Boris Johnson suffer the most abusive comments…”
Czech Republic Demands EU Protect External Borders Before Drawing Up Quotas (breitbart, Jul 25, 2017)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/25/czech-protect-external-borders-first/
“Hitting back at Brussels’ attack on the nation’s refusal to take “refugees”, the Czech Republic has said the European Union (EU) must secure the continent’s borders before demanding nations welcome quotas of what could be an effectively endless influx of people from the third world.
The Czech Secretary for EU Affairs Aleš Chmela? told EURACTIV that the scheme, under which Brussels assigns shares of migrants presently stuck in Greece and Italy to nations in the bloc, offers no solution to illegal immigration.
He told the pro-EU website: “The mechanism cannot effectively solve the crisis and it creates further security problems and disproportionate risk distribution, while we are not in control of the overall volume of risks and costs.”
Prague argues that the discussion about relocation — spreading newcomers across the bloc, ostensibly in order to ease pressure on nations that are on the frontline of Europe’s crisis — deflects attention from real solutions, such as migration deals with third countries and support for coast and border guards.
“These measures have led to an actual reduction of migration flows while it turned out that the relocation scheme has not helped either Italy or Greece.
“On the contrary, especially Italy now demands a European solution which would stop the inflow of new migrants,” Chmela? told EURACTIV.
According to the Czech minister, the EU must seal the continent’s borders before any effective relocation system can be put in place.
“Only then will we be able to solve the situation of people who have already arrived to the EU – by integrating those eligible for asylum and returning those who are not,” he said.
The European Commission launched infringement procedures against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in June over their refusal to relocate a Brussels-imposed share of migrants who have arrived across the Mediterranean in boats.
Prague withdrew from the scheme having taken just a dozen illegal migrants from the quota, citing security issues and the “dysfunctionality of the whole system.”
Earlier in the year, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec announced that the Czech Republic would rather face sanctions than be forced to take migrants, citing security concerns over the fact asylum seekers set to be forced upon Czech taxpayers were proving incapable even of staying put in Italy and Greece whilst security checks were processed.”
Hiding Something? Man Behind Trump Dossier Refuses to Testify
Posted On 23 Jul 2017
By : shawn
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If you weren’t certain that the people behind the infamous dossier on Donald Trump and Russia were hiding something before, their actions in the past week should put it beyond a certainty. The Senate Intelligence Committee sent a request to Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of opposition research firm Fusion GPS to testify before them this week. Simpson, through his lawyer, released a statement on Friday declining the invitation…supposedly because he is “on vacation.” Of course, that it not the only reason he’ll be unavailable to speak in Washington. His lawyer also said that “partisan agendas” were taking root in congressional investigations, causing Simpson to grow “profoundly disturbed” with the direction of the inquiry.
Perhaps because that inquiry is getting closer and closer to the truth?
In any event, the statement irritated Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who subsequently issued a subpoena demanding that Simpson appear in Washington on Wednesday. Citing the charge that Simpson may have failed to register as a foreign agent in his work for Fusion GPS, Grassley said he would expect to see the opposition researcher in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. His lawyer once again declined, insisting that while Simpson may appear, he will only do so to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself.
http://unfilteredpatriot.com/hiding-something-man-behind-trump-dossier-refuses-to-testify/
Terrorist Attack in Melilla, Spain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4727814/Man-shouting-Allahu-Akbar-attacks-police-Morocco-Spain-border.html
Spain: ‘Terrorism’ not ruled out after knifeman injures police officer in Melilla – Spanish govt.
A police officer sustained light injuries after apprehending a man wielding a large knife on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Tuesday morning.
SOT, Abdelmalik El Barkani, Spanish government delegate (Spanish): “Then he pulls out a weapon, a knife, a large one, holds it up to the police and the police who were there reacted, they reacted as mediators. They managed to resolve the situation and get out of it.”
SOT, Abdelmalik El Barkani, Spanish government delegate, (Spanish): “Therefore we are neither able to rule out an act of terror nor confirm it as such. It is true that he shouted ‘God is Great’ in Arabic, but allow me to say that absolutely and fundamentally the aim of this is not to speculate.”
ITALY – PISA – Senegalese migrant – July 25 2017
RT- No magic solution’: Italy pushes plans to resettle migrants all over country
Norway’s Political Elites Cheer for Islam
by Fjordman
July 25, 2017 at 4:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10627/norway-political-elites-cheer-for-islam
Ramadan is supposed to be an Islamic holy month of fasting. In reality, as one is thought to be doubly rewarded in paradise for deeds “fighting corruption” during Ramadan, it is a month of “jihad and victories.”
It therefore nearly always leads to an increase in jihad violence in different parts of the world.
Breitbart News counted at least 1,620 people killed by militant Muslims during Ramadan in 2017. Most of these were killed in Muslim-majority countries. However, deadly Islamic terrorist attacks also hit Western cities such as London.
When dealing with Muslim terror, it can be useful to separate it into two different, categories: Big Terror and Little Terror. Big Terror includes mass casualty attacks such as suicide bombings. Little Terror includes other forms of violence and harassment, such as torching cars, that have a negative impact on daily life. Both forms of terror are intended to spread fear.
France suffers from tens of thousands of car fires every year. Sweden, which has the highest number of Muslim immigrants in Scandinavia, also has the highest number of car fires. In the Muslim-dominated Swedish city of Malmö, cars are now torched on a nearly daily basis.
East Jerusalem: Israeli police remove metal detectors outside al-Aqsa compound
euronews – Muslim boycott of mosque in Jerusalem to continue despite the dismantling of the metal detectors
Palestinians pray near holy site after Israel removes detectors
Palestinian Sheikh Declares Jihad Live on Lebanese TV!
Sheikh Muhammad Nimr Zaghmout, the head of the Palestinian Islamic Council in Lebanon, declared Jihad for the “liberation” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque during a July 16 interview on Mayadeen TV. Sheikh Zaghmout said that Jihad has become “an individual duty” incumbent upon every Muslim man and woman.
Israel dismantles metal detectors outside the Temple Mount entrance
Israel has dismantled the metal detectors outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, following more than a week of unrest.
Work crews were spotted in the early hours of Tuesday morning removing the metal detectors at one entrance and by dawn they had all been removed, according to Muslim officials.
The removal followed a decision of the Security Cabinet which said it “accepted the recommendation of all of the security bodies to incorporate security measures based on advanced technologies (“smart checks”) and other measures instead of metal detectors in order to ensure the security of visitors and worshippers in the Old City and on the Temple Mount”.
It added that “until the implementation of the plan, the Israel Police will reinforce its units and carry out additional actions as necessary in order to ensure the security of visitors on the Mount”.
The Security Cabinet announced that a budget of NIS 100 million would be allocated to implement the plan.
The solution was presented to the Security Cabinet after days of meetings between the Israeli Police and representatives of four leading security firms from both Israel and abroad. The security firms offered solutions including advanced high-resolution cameras that are able to identify whether a person is concealing a bomb or a weapon.
It is understood that such cameras will now be placed throughout the Old City, rather than at the entrance to the Temple Mount used by Muslims. This is to provide further reassurance to the Waqf that the status quo of the site has not been changed.
During the night a few hundred Palestinians gathered to celebrate the removal of the detectors at the Lion’s Gate, near an entrance to the Temple Mount. One person set off a firework, prompting Israeli police to disperse the gathering. Two police officers sustained light injuries.
The detectors were put in place following a terror attack on July 14th in which terrorists emerged from the holy site and shot dead two police officers.
http://www.bicom.org.uk/news/israel-dismantles-metal-detectors-outside-temple-mount-entrance/
UN: We are at ‘tipping point’ – Palestinian envoy urges UNSC action over holy sites access`/strong>
The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Riyad Mansour, warned that the al-AQSA compound crisis is at “tipping point” due to Israel’s “reckless and destructive agenda,” during a meeting of the body in New York City, Tuesday.
In turn, the Israeli Ambassador, Danny Danon accused “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has publicly endorsed the payment of salaries to convicted terrorists and their families.”
The US ambassador to the body, Nikki Haley, refused to be drawn on the matter but said she hoped for a resolution where “wisdom prevails over emotions.”
Instead Haley focussed largely on the role of Hezbollah and Iran in the Middle East, while criticising the repeated emphasis on Israel during meetings.
Iran: ‘Go to hell’ – Students in Tehran protest Israeli Al-Aqsa security measures
Iranian students staged a protest outside the University of Tehran on Tuesday, against recent Israeli security measures installed at the al-Aqsa compound in the old City of Jerusalem. Demonstrators chanted “death to Israel and England”, while holding Palestinian flags and signs in Hebrew.
Amin Sardarabadi, a student protester, stated “I have considered it as my religious duty as what has happened in Palestine. I request from the authorities of the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry to react.”
Most Israelis say government capitulated over Temple Mount security
Over 60% of respondents in TV survey also say they agreed with security measures put in place at holy site after shooting attack
A vast majority of Israelis oppose the security cabinet’s decision to remove metal detectors from outside the Temple Mount in the wake massive protests from Muslim worshipers, a poll published Tuesday indicated.
Respondents were asked whether the security cabinet capitulated in its decision to remove the metal detectors, with 77 percent saying yes, 17% saying no and six percent saying they did not know.
The survey, conducted by Channel 2, was based on the responses of 502 Israeli adults.
While the government’s handling of the situation was widely criticized, most respondents were supportive of the initial decision to install the metal detectors at the entrances to the Temple Mount. They were placed following a July 14 terror attack, during which two Israeli police officers were shot dead just outside the compound by three Arab Israelis who used guns they had smuggled into the holy site.
The poll found 68% said they agreed with the decision to install the detectors, 23% said they disagreed and nine percent did not know.
Following the shooting, Israel took the rare step of closing the Temple Mount to Muslim worshipers on a Friday — the holiest day of the week in Islam — in order to search for weapons, before reopening the site two days later after installing metal detectors at the entrances to the compound. Previously detectors were only at the Mughrabi Gate, the entrance for non-Muslim visitors.
Israel has since removed the metal detectors and a number of security cameras that were installed, but some railings and barriers remain.
The move led to widespread anger among Muslims, who boycotted praying at the site in protest of the metal detectors, and sparked a series of violent clashes with Israeli security forces, during which five Palestinians were killed, including one who died when his Molotov cocktail exploded prematurely.
The tensions surrounding the site were also cited by assailants in two recent terror attacks, including last week when a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of the Salomon family in the West Bank settlement of Halamish as they celebrated Shabbat.
Despite the removal of the metal detectors and security cameras Tuesday, the Waqf called on worshipers to continue to boycott praying at the Temple Mount pending its review of the new Israeli security arrangements there, while Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that security cooperation with Israel would remain frozen until all measures put in place since the shooting “disappear.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-most-israelis-say-government-capitulated-over-temple-mount-security/
Jerusalem: Clashes erupt between Israeli police and Muslims at night-time prayer
http://www.euronews.com/2017/07/25/man-wielding-knife-shouting-allahu-akbar-arrested-after-wounding-spanish
(euronews, video, Jul 25, 2017)
“A man has been detained after trying to cross into the EU from Morocco.
The man, who was armed with a large knife, attacked a police officer and shouted “Allahu Akbar” while attempting to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
This footage shows the man, dressed in a blue shirt and white shorts, walking across the border, waving the knife.
Spanish police keep their distance before one officer runs up behind him, striking him on the head with a traffic bollard, knocking him to the ground.”
FBI seized smashed hard drives from Wasserman Schultz: Report
the gateway pundit : Top Ex-Obama Official Urges CIA to Stop POTUS By Leaking Sources and Methods
[…]former Obama official Evelyn Farkas urged the intelligence community to compromise its sources and methods for the purpose of “saving American democracy.”
[…]“And I know that we have to preserve our sources and methods,” Farkas said, speaking about the U.S. intelligence community. “But at some point you know, sometimes maybe you have to actually compromise some kind of source or method if it comes down to saving American democracy.”
Farkas was speaking last Thursday at a panel discussion on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, and was talking specifically about the intelligence community’s work regarding alleged Russian meddling in U.S. affairs. The discussion, titled, “Active Measures: The Kremlin Plan to Beat the West without Firing a Shot,” took place at the Aspen Institute’s Security Forum.
[…]TGP was one of the first to report former Assistant Defense Secretary under the Obama administration, Evelyn Farkas admitted that the Obama administration was trying to collect as much intelligence as possible on the Trump administration.
Although a shocking thing to suggest, Farkas calling for sources and methods to be compromised in response to President Trump’s rejection of ‘Russian election hacking’ shouldn’t come as a surprise. As her bio suggests, Farkas was involved in Ukrainian and NATO affairs, which as well all know, the latter solely exists to counter the ‘Russian threat.’[…]
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/top-ex-obama-official-urges-cia-stop-potus-leaking-sources-methods-video/
It isn’t going to be long before they are calling for armed revolt.
Obama CIA director calls for a coup if Trump fires Mueller
Judicial Watch Director of Investigations Chris Farrell on how former CIA Director John Brennan called for a government revolt if the current CIA Director, appointed by former President Obama, Robert Mueller is fired by President Trump.
the gateway pundit – Wasserman-Schultz IT Staffer Imran Awan Arrested at Airport While Trying to Flee U.S.
Chad Pergram of Fox News tweeted a breaking report on Dem Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Pakistani IT staffer Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles airport while trying to flee the United States.[…]
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/breaking-wasserman-schultz-staffer-imran-awan-arrested-airport-trying-flee-u-s/
Pakistani DNC Staffer ARRESTED Trying to Flee Country
DNC Staffer, Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles Airport just as he was trying to flee the country.
Awan, a Pakistani national, was implicitly linked to the disgraced former DNC leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and was suspected of a major security breach which allegedly occurred during his time working with the Democrats.
Federal agents caught Awan was he was attempting to flee, arresting him on charges of bank fraud.
Just two days ago, federal agents seized smashed hard drives, which had belonged to Wasserman Schultz, from Awan’s home, and it looks as if he knew he was in serious trouble.
Awan’s brothers, wife, and best friend, all of whom are Pakistani nationals, are under investigation as well.
http://truthfeed.com/breaking-pakistani-dnc-staffer-arrested-trying-to-flee-country/94920/
Case Closed. Collusion Has Been Proven | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
State Dept. in ‘Open War’ With White House
Source: State Dept. ignoring White House edicts, going rogue on key issues
The State Department under Secretary Rex Tillerson has been locked in a growing power struggle with the White House that has angered officials in the West Wing and sparked claims that the Trump administration’s top diplomatic organ is now in “open war” with the White House on a range of critical issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian impasse, Iran, the crisis with Qatar, and other matters, according to multiple sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about the situation.
The State Department is said to be in a state of “massive dysfunction,” with top officials working under Tillerson ignoring White House directives on critical staffing issues and key policy matters, according to multiple sources, including administration allies who are said to be increasingly frustrated with what is perceived as the White House’s inability to control its own federal agencies.
The tensions have fueled an outstanding power battle between the West Wing and State Department that has handicapped the administration and resulted in scores of open positions failing to be filled with Trump confidantes. This has allowed former Obama administration appointees still at the State Department to continue running the show and formulating policy, where they have increasingly clashed with the White House’s own agenda.
The latest flashpoint in this growing civil war is Israel, where a string of terror attacks has sidetracked the Trump administration’s nascent efforts to get the Israelis and Palestinian back to the negotiating table.
Just hours after a Palestinian terrorist murdered several Jewish civilians, the State Department told the Free Beacon that it is not clear what motivates such violent acts. The statement sparked anger within the administration and on Capitol Hill, where many viewed the State Department’s declaration as a sign the agency is openly rebelling against the White House.
“It’s no secret that the State Department is waging an open political war, which includes policy insubordination and press campaigns, against the Trump White House,” according to one veteran foreign policy analyst who regularly briefs the White House and Trump appointees in the State Department.
“Foggy Bottom is still run by the same people who designed and implemented Obama’s Middle East agenda,” the source said. “Tillerson was supposed to clean house, but he left half of them in place and he hid the other half in powerful positions all over the building. These are career staffers committed to preventing Trump from reversing what they created.”
One of the central points of contention between the White House and State Department has been a plethora of agency vacancies that have yet to be filled. The White House is said to have sent many lists of potential candidates for these jobs, but senior aides to Tillerson have ignored the White House and trashed these lists, according to multiple sources.
This has resulted in key State Department positions remaining unfilled, a situation that has only elevated the roles of former Obama administration officials who still work in the department.
“Those lists [of candidates] literally go nowhere,” according to one veteran Republican foreign policy operative familiar with the situation. “It’s like a sham process. And the reason is not because the White House isn’t behaving professionally. It’s because Tillerson isn’t professional at all.”
The situation has impacted morale within the administration and stoked further tensions between President Donald Trump and Tillerson, who has begun to hint that he will quit his post in the near future.
“This is demoralizing for Republicans, appalling in terms of professionalism, and just depressing for those who know you need a national security apparatus to get things done,” said the source.
As key positions remain vacant, Tillerson has begun to rely on Obama-era holdovers who toe a different policy line than the current administration. Sources pointed to Stuart Jones, the acting assistant secretary of state for near east affairs, as just one example of this disconnect.
Jones, a career foreign service officer who has held many postings in the Middle East, has emerged as one of Tillerson’s go-to advisers on the Middle East, a region where the White House and State Department appear to be pursuing wholly separate agendas.
Sources briefed on the matter cited Jones as likely responsible for Tillerson’s erroneous claim recently that the Palestinian Authority has ceased spending U.S. taxpayer funds to pay terrorists, a comment that officials were forced to walk back after heavy criticism.
“Tillerson should have spent time and effort working to help the president undo the Iran deal,” said one GOP insider briefed by administration officials on the situation. “Instead, he’s apparently spending time and effort trying to prevent the president from undoing the Iran deal. And in the meantime he’s elevated the Arabist bullshit artist Stuart Jones to a position of influence in the building—a guy who was perfect for the job in the Obama administration.”
Tillerson and Jones also raised eyebrows earlier this week when both claimed in public remarks that Russia and the United States share similar interests in Syria, a regional hotspot where the Trump White House has been vocal in its criticism of Russian interference in anti-ISIS operations.
One senior former U.S. official familiar with the situation told the Free Beacon that the tensions between the White House and State Department “go very deep.”
“There is almost always some tension between the White House and the State Department, over turf and policy,” the former official said. “What’s new here is that at both ends there is uncertainty whether the top guy [Tillerson] will stay or go, serious tension with the president, and deep morale problems. You can have a happy [National Security Council] staff viciously fighting a happy State Department staff over everything, but today everyone is morose and doubts go very deep.”
Policy differences also have emerged regarding Iran policy, how to deal with the regional impasse over Qatar’s terror financing, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, according to multiple insiders.
“On Iran they refused to lay the groundwork for tearing up the deal, on Qatar even Obama’s holdover ambassador was tweeting criticism of Trump, and on Israel they say we’re going to upgrade U.S. relations with the Palestinians and won’t even condemn Palestinian terror incitement,” said the administration adviser. “Even Trump supporters are beginning to worry, what if the president simply can’t make the State Department implement his policies?”
The State Department moved to downplay tensions on Tuesday, telling reporters that Tillerson has no plans on quitting his job.
“We have spoken with the secretary. The secretary has been very clear he intends to stay here at the State Department,” Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. “We have a lot of work that is left to be done ahead of us. He recognizes that. He’s deeply engaged in that work.”
Tillerson is “just taking a little time off. He just came back from that mega-trip overseas, as you all well know,” Nauert said. “So he’s entitled to take a few days himself.”
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/state-dept-open-war-white-house/
Will the DOJ look further into the Clinton-Russia investigation?
‘Clinton Cash’ author Peter Schweizer on the Clinton-Russian probe.
WARNING SHOTS FIRED AT IRANIAN VESSEL AFTER IT SAILED WITHIN 137 METRES OF A U.S. NAVY SHIP IN THE ARABIAN GULF
http://www.euronews.com/2017/07/25/warning-shots-fired-at-iranian-vessel-after-it-sailed-within-137-metres-of-a-us-navy-ship-in-the-arabian-gulf-us-official-says
(euronews, Jul 25, 2017)
MONTREAL -Charges pending after man allegedly stabs pregnant girlfriend’s belly; infant dies after C-section
Sofiane Ghazi, 37, will face changes Tuesday afternoon after allegedly stabbing his pregnant girlfriend with a BBQ fork, leading to the death of the fetus shortly after he was delivered via C-section. (CTV Montreal)
Montreal police have arrested a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend multiple times with a BBQ fork and killing her unborn child.
A woman who was eight months pregnant was stabbed overnight just hours after police had visited the home to respond to a call about a domestic dispute.
The attack happened around 2:30 Monday morning in an apartment on Langelier Blvd. near Pascal St. in Montreal North.
“When police arrived they discovered the woman in the apartment, covered in blood, bleeding from multiple stab wounds,” said Montreal police officer Manuel Couture.
“The woman was conscious when Urgences Santé arrived, but the urgency was to get her to hospital.”
The 33-year-old woman was rushed to an operating room and the baby was delivered via C-section, but the infant died later in the morning.
Police confirmed with CTV Montreal that the child, a boy, was alive at the time of delivery. He died shortly after.
The 37-year-old suspect was not at home when police arrived, but was arrested late Monday morning after police spotted his car in the neighbourhood.
“The suspect did come back to Montreal North and he was arrested and he’s presently detained,” said Montreal police Cmdr. Michael Chartrand
He has been questioned at length and is likely to be charged in court on Tuesday. His identity cannot be revealed until he is formally charged.
Charges are still to be determined. Police say it’s plausible he will face a murder charge if the child was viable.
“We’ll let the experts decide which charges are going to be laid,” said Chartrand, referring to the Crown.
Couple frequently argued
Neighbours said the couple frequently fought, and this night they were woken up by the couple arguing.
“Around 2:30 in the morning we heard the pair of them yelling, like usual. Then we heard the man run down the back stairs and get into his car and drive off,” said Michel Leblanc.
“Then the woman knocked on my door, and when my wife opened the door she was covered in blood, and it looked terrible. We called 9-1-1.”
He said police arrived very swiftly, and that paramedics were there moments later to place the woman in an ambulance.
The apparent weapon in the attack was lying on the floor outside the apartment.
“I saw a fork, a large fork… with two tines, lying on the ground. In my opinion that was the weapon,” said Leblanc.
Second call that night
Police said that earlier that evening the woman had called 9-1-1 to report a domestic dispute.
When officers arrived around 10 p.m. the man was not home, but the woman was there with two children aged six and eight.
Chartrand said police offered her help in leaving the apartment.
“We offered the victim the possibility to relocate her and she wanted to stay home. The children were relocated, that’s a good thing, and from that point on the investigation will take its course,” said Chartrand. The children are staying with relatives.
Chartrand said the woman decided to stay at home.
“She didn’t ignore, she refused,” said Chartrand. “Unfortunately as some of those situations happen they just refuse the help.”
He added that police had visited that home multiple times because of complaints about assaults and threats, and therefore the suspect is known to police.
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/charges-pending-after-man-allegedly-stabs-pregnant-girlfriend-s-belly-infant-dies-after-c-section-1.3515995
VoA – Hijab Goes Mainstream as Advertisers Target Muslim Money
BEIRUT — The hijab — one of the most visible signs of Islamic culture — is going mainstream with advertisers, media giants and fashion firms promoting images of the traditional headscarf in ever more ways.
Last week, Apple previewed 12 new emoji characters to be launched later this year, one of a woman wearing a hijab.
Major fashion brands from American Eagle to Nike are creating hijabs, while hijab-wearing models have started gracing Western catwalks and the covers of top fashion magazines.
Many Muslim women cover their heads in public with the hijab as a sign of modesty, although some critics see it as a sign of female oppression. But there is one thing most can agree on: when it comes to the hijab, there is money to be made.
“In terms of the bottom line — absolutely they’re [young Muslims] good for business … it’s a huge market and they are incredibly brand savvy, so they want to spend their money,” said Shelina Janmohamed, vice president of Ogilvy Noor, a consultancy offering advice on how to build brands that appeal to Muslim audiences.
Nike announced it is using its prowess in the sports and leisure market to launch a breathable mesh hijab in spring 2018, becoming the first major sports apparel maker to offer a traditional Islamic head scarf designed for competition.
In June, Vogue Arabia featured on its cover the first hijabi model to walk the international runway, Somali-American Halima Aden, who gained international attention last year when she wore a hijab and burkini during the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.
“Every little girl deserves to see a role model that’s dressed like her, resembles her, or even has the same characteristics as her,” Aden said in a video on her Instagram account.
Western advertising
Hijabs have also become more visible in Western advertising campaigns for popular retailers like H&M and Gap.
“Brands especially are in a very strategic and potent position to propel that social good, to change the attitudes of society and really push us forward and take us to that next step,” Amani al-Khatahtbeh, founder of online publication MuslimGirl.com, said by phone from New York.
In Nigeria, a medical student has become an Instagram sensation for posting images of a hijab-wearing Barbie, describing hers as a “modest doll” — unlike the traditional version. And mothers in Pittsburgh have started making and selling hijabs for Barbies in a bid to make play more inclusive.
However, al-Khatahtbeh warned of the potential for the young Muslim market to be exploited just for profit without any effort to promote acceptance and integration.
“It can easily become exploitative by profiting off of communities that are being targeted right now, or it could be a moment that we turn into a very, very empowering one,” she told Reuters.
Emojis and fashion
Frustrated she could not find an image to represent her and her friends on her iPhone keypad, Saudi teenager, Rayouf Alhumedhi, started an online campaign, the Hijab Emoji Project.
She proposed the idea of the emoji last year to coding consortium Unicode that manages the development of new emojis, Alhumedhi said on her campaign’s website, helping to prompt Apple to create its hijab-wearing emoji.
“It’s only really in the last 18 to 24 months — perhaps three years — that bigger mainstream brands have started to realize that young Muslim consumers are really an exciting opportunity,” said Janmohamed of Ogilvy Noor.
A global Islamic economy report conducted by Thomson Reuters showed that in 2015, revenues from “modest fashion” bought by Muslim women was were estimated at $44 billion, with designers Dolce & Gabbana, Uniqlo and Burberry entering the industry.
Janmohamed, author of the memoir “Love in a Headscarf,” sees young hijabi representation in the digital communications and fashion space a step forward for tolerance.
“It feels particularly empowering for young people to see themselves represented. So today I think it is the least that consumers expect and anyone that doesn’t do it is actually falling behind.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/hijab-goes-mainstream-as-advertisers-target-muslim-money-/3957107.html
As Stalin said:
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
Western companies attempting to profit by marketing symbols of Islamic sharia are the thin end of a much larger wedge that will see mainstreaming and normalization of Muslim beliefs throughout the West. Brands like American Eagle and Nike deserve crushing consumer boycotts for attempting to remove the well-deserved stigma—especially in the case of women—that must be hung around Islam’s neck like a dead albatross.
Jordan releases security video of shooting of US soldiers
Great win for Trump!
Vice President Mike Pence breaks tie as Senate advances health care bill
Germany: Locals from hometown of 16-yo girl who joined IS ready to take her back
Locals from the small German town of Pulsnitz gave their take on the life choices of one former resident, Linda Wenzel, a German teenager who was arrested in Mosul last week after it was discovered that she had been fighting with the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISISL).
The 16-year-old disappeared from the town just outside Dresden in 2016, and was only recently discovered by Iraqi Special Forces in Mosul during the anti-IS coalition operation to retake the city.
SOT, Carsten Meissner, activist (German): “If you generalise the case of Linda, you have to admit that young people in our country are not capable of defending themselves against extremist ideology because of a lack of identity and education leading to a situation where a 15 year-old is ready to fight in a so-called holy war.”
SOT, Catsten Meissner (German): “I blame multiple institutions that Linda went down the wrong road such as the family, the school, and the church.”
SOT, Erika Johne, local (German): “I imagine being her grandmother or great grandmother, and I find it terrible that a child goes down such a road. I hope she will be found and will live another life someday.”
SOT, Peter Haag, local (German): “The girl is 16 and got into this mess at 14, or 14 and a half, via the internet or whatever. I think she should return. Everyone has the right to make a mistake and everyone should get their second chance.”
SOT, Erika Heidenbach, local (German): “It’s good she has been found and that she can be helped with her health problems and perhaps also the child [that was found with her].”
This is stupid.
It’s worse than just “stupid”.
The mind reels to think that a country which was sucked into supporting one of the world’s most evil ideologies (Nazism), evidently, has not gained even a slight degree of intellectual vaccination against giving credence to the world’s most evil of all ideologies, (Islam).
How can such a crushing lesson from the past go so utterly and totally ignored?
Speaking of ignoring crushing lessons from the past…
Having once been brought to the brink of complete annihilation by a deluded leader, not even the long-held (and understandably, near-paralyzing) phobia of being labeled as “Nazis” should justify allowing yet another equally aberrant current-day German Chancellor to defy the nation’s electorate.
Imperiling Germany’s hard-earned modern redemption and birth right for the sake of catastrophically suicidal virtue signaling that commands an extinction of Teutonic culture is treason on a scale that transcends mere nationality.
Merkel’s betrayal—while smaller in scale—still mirrors the Mughal Empire’s eradication of Hindu culture on the Subcontinent. Only in modern times has India’s Hindu population finally recovered from well over eight centuries of brutal domination and mass-slaughter that saw some 400 MILLION killed.
Wither Germany? Before this is over, around one million non-assimilating and irretrievably hostile (predominately Muslim) aggressors will have been ensconced into all precincts of Germany’s urban areas. Similarly, Islamic sharia—and its implicit “no-go zones”—will have insinuated itself into the nation’s legal code and terrain.
What are the options?
At this very late date, any alternatives are (essentially) binary. In keeping with its deepest and most long-held traditions, Islam has comprehensively prohibited all opportunities to “coexist“. Not that such a concept was even the slightest part of its long-term game plan, EVER.
If this is held in mind, far too few non-Muslim people fully comprehend that Islam’s adamant refusal to “coexist” drives the aforementioned binary equation towards specific Western “militarial-industrial strengths” that preclude any and all peaceful resolutions.
Here are the binary options:
A.) Acquiescence that involves total surrender to Islamic domination with a parallel and comprehensive loss of the most precious monuments to Western heritage imaginable. For instance, the Library of Congress, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Uffizi Gallery, Mount Rushmore, the Mona Lisa, David, the Hermitage, and everything else of its sort and quality would be burnt or smashed to rubble.
B.) Civil war and ethnic cleansing that eradicates, dislocates or exterminates the vast majority of foreign-born fighting age men who have attached themselves, like leeches, to the West’s social benefit structure.
THERE IS NO “IN BETWEEN”. CAPISCE? IT’S BINARY.
VICE NEWS – London Mosque Targeted in Terror Attack Now Receiving Death Threats
After receiving a stream of hate mail and death threats, the leader of a London mosque hit by a terror attack last week now fears his place of worship faces further violence.
The attack on June 19, when a van veered into worshipers near the mosque, left one man dead and 11 others injured.
Mohammed Kozbar, chairman of the Finsbury Park mosque, told VICE News that the severity of the threats have left him worrying another attack is coming. One anonymous letter, which has since been reported to the police, read: “The attack using the van was only the beginning. The fun will continue this august. There will be rivers of blood flowing down the streets — I will make sure of this. None of you vermin will survive. I mean, who would survive being gassed, or beheaded, or blown up?”
BREITBART – Mosque Defends Imam: He Meant ‘Destroy’ Jews, Not ‘Annihilate’ Them
The Islamic Center of Davis, California, has defended Imam Ammar Shahin over a sermon last Friday in which he quoted an antisemitic text and prayed for Allah to “annihilate” Jews “down to the very last one.”
In a statement issued Tuesday morning, and e-mailed to Breitbart News, the mosque claimed that Shahin’s sermon was quoted out of context, and lashed out against “Islamophobic news organizations.”
It claimed that the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) had mis-translated Shahin’s prayer, and that he prayed that Allah “destroy” rather than “annihilate” the Jews responsible for temporarily closing access to the Al-Aqsa mosque (after a terror attack).
The word “destroy,” the mosque claimed, was not a call to violence but merely a “supplication that is generally used against oppressors.”
The mosque’s full statement is as follows:
On July 21st, 2017, Imam Ammar Shahin gave a sermon at the ICD. The sermon was about the horrific events that had recently taken place, and continue to take place, in East Jerusalem. In this sermon, Imam Shahin exercised his first amendment right to protest the illegal closure, occupation, and attacks against Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site for all Muslims. This illegal closure of the Mosque is in addition to the killing of Muslim worshipers, the injury of many more, including the Imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the prevention of worship, and the prevention of the call to prayer at the Mosque. The International community has expressed outrage over the incidents, with the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People stating at the recent International Conference on Jerusalem that what is happening is against international law.
After this sermon, MEMRI, an agenda driven organization that supports Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, and other Islamophobic news organizations, accused Imam Shahin and the ICD of anti-Semitism, quoting edited passages of the sermon out of context. In particular, they said that Imam Shahin cited an anti-Semitic prophetic tradition in his sermon. The tradition in question refers to the theological issue regarding the apocalyptic battle between Jesus and the Antichrist. It says that there will be people from various groups, including Muslims, who will follow the Antichrist, and there will be people who will believe in Jesus and follow him, including Jews and Christians. A battle will take place between these two armies, with the army of Jesus prevailing. Thus, this prophetic tradition is referring to a battle between good and evil, and not a battle against any particular group as MEMRI would like people to believe. The apocalyptic battle between the Messiah and the Antichrist is something found in all Abrahamic traditions. Imam Shahin’s condemnation was aimed towards those who are taking part in the illegal aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and no one else.
It was clear to all those who listened to the entire sermon that Imam Shahin was not calling towards anti-Semitism nor towards violence against any religion. Rather, he is known for his stance against extremism and his condemnation of un-Islamic groups which promote such views. This has always been the position of the Imam and the ICD. To clarify how the cut-and-paste tactics of MEMRI twisted what was said, the following is a summary of the sermon:
The sermon was approximately fifty minutes long. The clip that MEMRI circulated was 2 minutes and 19 seconds long, comprised of smaller clips put together out of context. Then they placed a title to the video to reflect the message they wanted to paint Imam Shahin with. The entire sermon was about the theological virtues of the holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which the Jews call Temple Mount. He then mentioned that closing the holy site of Muslims is a form of oppression, and that God comes to the aid of the oppressed if they return back to their faith. The Imam also mentioned Jews in a positive context in his sermon. He addressed how God saved the Jews from Pharaoh when they were oppressed yet held on to their religion, similarly, God would relieve the Muslims who are oppressed by the occupying forces in East Jerusalem when they return back to their faith. This is when Imam Shahin cited the prophetic tradition regarding God giving victory to Jesus and the followers of truth during the apocalyptic war with the Antichrist. When people believe in Jesus as a prophet of God and hold on to the truth, God will support them. This was the purpose of citing the prophetic tradition. In the context of the full sermon, it becomes clear that the theme of the sermon was against oppression, and not against Jews or any religion. This was clearly explained in the sermon when Imam Ammar said that the battle at the end of time is not specific to Palestine, indicating that the conflict is not with Jews or any specific group of people, but it will be against all evil. This then makes clear to whom the supplication at the end of the sermon was referring. It was referring to the oppressive occupying forces that closed down one of the holiest sites in the world and attacked worshippers. Moreover, MEMRI also wrongly translates “ahlik” as “annihilate”. Ahlik, in the Arabic language, means destroy, a supplication that is generally used against oppressors. MEMRI’s deliberate and erroneous translation to promote their agenda is unacceptable and aims to portray people of faith against each other.
If MEMRI and company sincerely followed Imam Ammar Shahin’s work and did not just cut and paste what suits their cause, they would have come across the countless lectures and sermons he has given regarding treating all people, especially non-Muslims, with kindness and giving them their full rights, supporting them when they are oppressed. Never has Imam Shahin called for discrimination or harm of any group of people. These types of claims are expected from an organization like MEMRI which is notorious for its academic dishonesty.
Finally, the ICD welcomes all people to come to our Mosque to find out what we really teach. We have an open-door policy.
Nowhere in the mosque’s statement did it condemn or even criticize the terror attack earlier this month in which a Muslim shot and killed two Israeli Druze police officers, leading to the temporary closure of access to the mosque.
Despite the mosque’s claims, Imam Shahin’s sermon referred specifically to Jews — in English (via MEMRI transcript):
The Prophet Muhammad said: ‘Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Jews hide behind stones and trees, and the stones and the trees say: Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah…’ They will not say: Oh Egyptian, oh Palestinian, oh Jordanian, oh Syrian, oh Afghan, oh Pakistani. The Prophet Muhammad says that they time will come, the Last Hour will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews. We don’t say if it is in Palestine or another place. Until they fight… When that war breaks out, they will run and hide behind every rock, and house, and wall, and trees. The house, the wall, and the tress will call upon the Muslims. It will say: Oh Muslim… It will not say: Oh Palestinian, oh Egyptian, oh Syrian, oh Afghan, oh Pakistani, oh Indian… No, it will say: Oh Muslim. Muslim. When Muslims come back… ‘Come, there is someone behind me – except for the Gharqad tree, which is the tree of the Jews. Except for a certain tree that they are growing today in Palestine, in that area, except this form of tree, which they are growing today… That’s the tree that will not speak to the Muslims.
Moreover, as Breitbart News reported on Monday — after watching the entire video, and not just the portion excerpted by MEMRI — Imam Shahin specifically referred to “a war of faith” against Jews.
At no point did Imam Shahin suggest “that the conflict is not with Jews or any specific group of people,” as the mosque claims.
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/25/mosque-defends-imam-meant-destroy-jews-not-annihilate/
the daily caller – TORONTO – CANADA – Man Seeking Video Evidence Of Muslim ‘Hate Speech’ Charged With Hate Crime
Police in the Toronto suburb of Peel are charging a local man who was concerned with Muslim students being granted special Friday prayer time with “wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group.”
CBC News reports that Kevin Johnston made news a few months ago when he offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who could provide video of Muslim students “spewing hate speech during Friday prayers.” Police say Johnston was arrested for “numerous incidents” and won’t say if the YouTube video is one of those but that the charge “concerns over information published on various social media sites.”
The Peel region has been the focus of numerous school board protests because Muslim students are allowed to conduct Friday prayer services in Arabic and many parents are concerned that these events are potential focal points for radicalization.
Peel police Sgt. Josh Colley told CBC Toronto that Johnston was arrested after a five-month investigation that apparently focused on “messaging” that the police considered hateful.
“It’s not a private message that he was conveying, it was a public message … Anyone could hear, understand the messaging, so that’s where the communicating hateful messages comes into play,” Colley said. Even though the “the group that was targeted was the Muslim community,” Colley said that “affects us all.”
The Ontario government has already branded the opponents of the Muslim school prayers as racists and Islamophobes. In March, two cabinet ministers issued a public statement in support of the Muslim prayer days. “I have met with the leadership of Peel and have obviously been very concerned about what I’ve seen and heard,” said Education Minister Mitzie Hunter in a joint statement with Children and Youth Services Minister Michael Coteau. Later, she told reporters in Toronto, “It felt important to Minister Coteau and I to really reinforce our expectations … there’s just no tolerance for discrimination of any sort. We don’t tolerate issues of racism and Islamophobia.”
The school prayers have become an issue because local imams are invited to pray and speak to the students in Arabic, and the school board cannot provide assurances that the students are not being subjected to radical Islamic indoctrination.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented on the YouTube video in April, saying critics of Muslims having special Friday prayer sessions need “to ensure that everyone understands [and respects] their neighbors.”
He further claimed that “Canadians have understood that our differences are a source of strength, not a source of weakness” at a news conference just outside of Toronto.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/man-seeking-video-evidence-of-muslim-hate-speech-charged-with-hate-crime
CBC – Man tied to $1K reward for videos of Muslim students praying charged with hate crime
Kevin J. Johnston released on bail, set to appear in court again in September
Peel Regional Police have charged a Mississauga, Ont., man, who earlier this year posted a YouTube video offering a $1,000 reward for recordings of Muslim students during prayer, with a hate crime in connection with “numerous incidents reported to police.”
Kevin J. Johnston, 45, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group under the Criminal Code Section 319 (2). The charge follows “concerns over information published on various social media sites,” police said.
The investigation took place over a five-month period, said Sgt. Josh Colley, and wasn’t tied to one specific incident but rather “multiple incidents that the investigators were looking at.”
“It’s not a private message that he was conveying, it was a public message … Anyone could hear, understand the messaging, so that’s where the communicating hateful messages comes into play,” Colley told CBC Toronto.
“The group that was targeted was the Muslim community,” he said, adding the incident “affects us all.”
Earlier this year, Johnston, who runs an online publication called Freedom Report, posted a YouTube video offering a $1,000 reward for recordings of Muslim students at Peel Region schools “spewing hate speech during Friday prayers.”
Spreading anxiety
The video sparked concern among Muslim families and led the Peel District School Board, which serves Mississauga, and the Peel Region communities of Brampton and Caledon, to issue a memo to its administrators, cautioning them to be “extra vigilant” and reminding them that personal recording devices can only be used in schools for educational purposes, as directed by staff.
University of Toronto Mississauga student Nour Alideeb says Johnston’s video left her horrified.
“I was scared, not for myself in particular, but for my brothers and sisters who are visibly Muslim who are going to these spaces to pray… This is really something that is our right and we shouldn’t be afraid.”
The question Alideeb has now is why charges weren’t laid sooner.
“We claim that we are multicultural and we claim that we protect everybody and we thrive off our diversity, but the actions don’t follow up with the words that folks are saying,” she said. “Why does it take so long for us to take action on things that we know are wrong?”
Mississauga, Ont., Imam Ibrahim Hindy was one of those who helped to develop the current policy around Friday prayers in Peel schools. He said he hopes the charge against Johnston will deter others from acting in a hateful manner.
“It just takes one person to hear these types of hate-filled rhetoric and turn it into action and end lives,” he told CBC News on Monday.
Hindy said recent anti-Muslim incidents in the area have spurred such a sense of anxiety and fear among students and parents in the community that some have considered leaving the school system altogether.
“For sure there are people who have told me they’re going to take their kids out of school, they prefer to home school them or put them in a private school, because they felt like this is one step away from violence,” he said.
Twitter account suspended
For his part, Johnston denies any criminal wrongdoing.
“There was no real crime committed,” he said in an email to CBC Toronto Monday, adding that he will continue to fight against M-103, the non-binding motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination, which passed in the House of Commons in March.
Johnston appeared in court earlier in the day and has since been released on bail. His next court date is set for September.
Just days before being charged, Johnston posted a video saying his Twitter and YouTube accounts had been suspended and that he is now operating under different accounts.
“Yes, you heard correctly. My YouTube channel was taken down,” Johnston said in a video posted on the YouTube channel “Freedom Report” on July 18th.
The self-professed free speech advocate goes on to say he has no choice but to block those on Twitter who criticize him so that his new account is not flagged.
“I hate the idea in any way that I have to censor my opponents and my enemies,” Johnston said.
“If they can’t see what’s on my Twitter account, they can’t register complaints,” he said. “That’s the only reason … I’m sorry I have to do it.”
Hate crime cases prosecuted ‘vigorously’
In order for a hate crime charge to be laid, the province’s attorney general must provide consent.
Last year, 19 of 59 reported hate/bias incidents in Peel Region resulted in charges. In 2015, the number of incidents ending in charges was 15 of 63.
In a statement to CBC News, the office of Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said it would be inappropriate to comment on the case against Johnston specifically, but said the government takes allegations of hate crimes very seriously.
“In a multicultural and inclusive province like Ontario, the promotion of hatred stands in direct opposition to our fundamental values of equality and diversity,” Naqvi said in a statement.
“Hate crimes are, by their very nature, serious offences, because their impacts can be devastating, spreading from the individual, through the social fabric of our communities and society as a whole,” the statement said. “Ontario prosecutes these cases vigorously, where there is reasonable prospect of conviction.”
Hindy agrees on the risks to society.
“Hatred does exist, it’s alive and well in Canada and we have to be vigilant in terms of stopping it, because it can get out of hand.”
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/kevin-johnston-hate-crime-1.4219185
A British doctor who documented a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was considered a “committed jihadist” by MI6 and was struck off the General Medical Council in 2016.
Shajul Islam, 31, posted several videos on Twitter in the aftermath of the Tuesday’s (4 April) attack where he appeared to be treating patients in Khan Sheikhoun.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-doctor-who-documented-chemical-attack-previously-held-terror-offences-1615849
Afghan official says roadside mine kills district governor (abcnews, Jul 25, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-official-roadside-mine-kills-district-governor-48839207
“An Afghan official says a roadside mine killed the governor of Shebako District in western Farah province along with his son and five bodyguards.
The provincial governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Naser Mehri, blamed Tuesday’s powerful explosion on the Taliban, although no one immediately claimed responsibility.
Mehri said the district governor, Abdul Rahim Haydari, was returning home when the mine destroyed the vehicle in which he was a passenger, killing everyone inside the vehicle.
The Taliban have stepped up their attacks in the north and west of the country in recent days taking control of two separate districts, one in Faryab province and one in Ghor province and temporarily closing a key highway linking the capital Kabul to northern Afghanistan.”
Islamic extremists kill 5 in Burkina Faso’s north (abcnews, Jul 25, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/islamic-extremists-kill-burkina-fasos-north-48838843
“Burkina Faso’s government says suspected jihadis have killed at least five people in three different villages in the country’s volatile north.
Residents of Sibe, Neyda and Ndidja said Tuesday that armed members of local Islamic extremist group Ansaroul Islam attacked Monday on motorbikes.
The military says it has deployed troops to secure the area.
Landlocked Burkina Faso’s remote northern Sahel region bordering Niger and Mali has recently become the target of increased Islamic extremist attacks. The area is home to Islamic preacher Ibrahim Malam Dicko, whose Ansarul Islam group is now considered a terrorist group by Burkina Faso’s government.
The military says it is withdrawing its battalion from Sudan to redeploy along its border with Mali to fight extremists. The first group of the soldiers arrived last week.”
Kurdish official says US role essential in post-IS Syria (abcnews, Jul 25, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kurdish-official-us-role-essential-post-syria-48835054
“The Kurdish-led effort to secure Raqqa once it is liberated from the Islamic State group will require long-term U.S. political and financial support for the battered city’s governance and reconstruction, a senior Syrian Kurdish official said Tuesday.
In an interview with The Associated Press in the Kurdish-administered town of Kobani, Ilham Ahmed said the U.S. role in the fight against IS must not end with the liberation of the Raqqa but should continue as a guarantor of stability until a political future for the war-torn country is charted…”
Eric Holder: ‘Elections are Officially Rigged’ by Republicans, Not Voter Fraud
Former Attorney General Eric Holder argued that state governments controlled by the Republican Party implementing voter identification laws are causing “rigged elections,” not voter fraud.
Holder also said the Republican Party’s concern about “voter fraud” was caused by the “record” turnout of minorities voting for former President Obama in 2008 and 2012.
“The restrictive voting laws enacted to combat a next-to-nonexistent problem with their serious and negative collateral impacts are not needed. Now, instead of ensuring the integrity of the voting process, they actually do the opposite by keeping certain groups of people away from the polls and to employ the language of our president – this is how elections are officially rigged, by the state governments controlled by his party. And the creation of this new federal commission on election integrity by this administration is just another frightening attempt to suppress the votes of certain Americans,” Holder said during a luncheon at the NAACP’s annual convention in Baltimore on Monday.
https://pjmedia.com/election/2017/07/25/eric-holder-elections-are-officially-rigged-by-republicans-not-voter-fraud/
Richard: He calls stopping people voting multiple times rigging the election.
What ever happened to Holder’s contempt of Congress and the executive orders protecting the release of the Fast & Furious documents under Obama?
So far nothing but we can still hope.
Oh mate,
I can’t understand just how the west came to this………
Period Convention, Tony the Tampon and #BleedingWhileTrans!
Bearing
Bearing
Feminization of the West is destroying the West.
Due to low sperm counts Western men and Western people might soon be extinct altogether, but not, it seems, the rest of the world:
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40719743
Tell me about it, these millienials need their heads knocked together.
Fox News Host Targeted at Speaking Event: ‘We’re Just Randomly Assaulting People Now?’
Read more at http://americanupdate.com/articles/fox-news-host-targeted-at-speaking-event-we-re-just-randomly-assaulting-people-now#vPBUTyFAWBqJ6KEu.99
Fox News commentator and “Specialist” co-host Kat Timpf did not hold back her outrage at a person who dumped water on her ahead of a speaking engagement in Brooklyn on Monday.
“I’m at Union Pool in BK, about to speak at my friend @BenKissel‘s campaign event, a guy walks in, dumps an entire bottle of water on me,” Timpf wrote on Twitter following the soggy incident.
The unidentified man “walks in, clearly here because he knows I’m here, dumps an entire 1.5 liter bottle of water on me, first on my head and then I turn to look and he splashes it directly on my face and runs out. I’m shocked, I’m stunned. I’m obviously upset. I end up not being able to speak because of it. I’ve never seen a more disgusting insane cruel climate than the one we’re in now,” she said.
“Why? What does that accomplish? I guess I wasn’t able to speak so that’s great and I guess he wins, but we’re just randomly assaulting people in public now?” Timpf continued in a string of angry tweets.
Read more at http://americanupdate.com/articles/fox-news-host-targeted-at-speaking-event-we-re-just-randomly-assaulting-people-now#vPBUTyFAWBqJ6KEu.99
Richard: The way things are going it won’t be long before it will be something that will injure the victim.
Misogynistic crime: Muslim men murder Muslim girl in London over her choice of boyfriend
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40716957
George Carlin: “Saving the planet is bullshit!”
2017/05/13: Freedom of Speech: Not Just Another Value
Jordan B Peterson
Jordan B Peterson
RT -‘Gay refugees’ movie: Award-winning filmmaker creates controversy
( 14 min 32 )
An award-winning filmmaker has made an adult movie about gay refugees. Erika Lust says she’s trying to change attitudes and humanize the newcomers to Europe. Mo Ansar & Mike Cernovich debate the issue
Leftypol vs 4Chan: The Intellectual Ass Crack of the Internet
Black Pigeon Speaks
Black Pigeon Speaks
If even half of this is true………………………..
ZOE’S ARK.
Suit Yourself
Suit Yourself
Linda Sarsour: Sharia is a Girl’s Best Friend
SyeTen
SyeTen
France: Semeac residents erect wall outside hotel intended to house migrants
Residents of Semeac, in the Hautes-Pyrenees, commented on a wall that has been erected around the Formule 1 hotel, on Tuesday, to protest against plans to house migrants in the building.
The wall was built in the early hours of Monday, to prevent access to the hotel’s entrance.
Vice-President of the SEMEAC Collective Roumy Gabriel explained that the wall was intended to draw attention to the locals’ complaints about the migrant arrivals. “This wall was made yesterday, yesterday in two hours, in order to create a shock factor, because for us it is a wall of truth. It’s the wall which will allow us to be listened to. Before, we weren’t being heard and now that we’ve made the wall, they’re listening to us,” Roumy said.
Canada Won’t Ask Immigrants to Get a Job or Not Abuse Women
July 25, 2017
Daniel Greenfield
Good news for new immigrants to Canada. You won’t be burdened with knowing Canadian history or getting a job. You won’t even be asked to stop abusing women and girls. It’s Trudeau Time.
And guess what isn’t?
Discussing how evil Canada is, is a priority. But go ahead and honor kill all you like. It’s the multicultural thing to do.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267376/canada-wont-ask-immigrants-get-job-or-not-abuse-daniel-greenfield
Jared Kushner Rebuts Fake News Accounts of his Contacts with Russians
Detailed public statement contrasts with sketchy news reports based on anonymous sources.
July 25, 2017
Joseph Klein
Innuendos and wild speculation passing as “objective” reporting, based on leaks from anonymous sources, have become the stock in trade of the fake media. Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been one of the principal targets of the media campaign to discredit the Trump administration. Silent for months in the face of mounting speculation of his possible role in alleged collusion of the Trump campaign with Russia, Kushner has finally sought to set the record straight. This week he is meeting with congressional staffers and lawmakers to discuss in detail his activities during the campaign and transition periods, particularly his contacts with Russian officials.
In a statement issued ahead of his closed-door interview with Senate intelligence committee staffers, Kushner said, “I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector.” He provided details on several contacts he had with Russians during his father-in-law’s campaign and transition, none of which he deemed to be improper.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267372/jared-kushner-rebuts-fake-news-accounts-his-joseph-klein
Is Turkey Preparing for War with America?
July 25, 2017
Daniel Greenfield
Turkey is an Islamist Venezuela with money. Its slow transformation into a Sunni Iran complete with terror backing and suppression of domestic dissent, the latest via a fake coup, was aided and abetted by the left-wing diplomatic corps.
Despite its latest information leaks revealing the presence of US forces to its Jihadist allies, it remains a member of NATO. The question is for how long.
Turkey has made progress in plans to procure an S-400 missile defense system from Russia and signatures have been signed, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
“Steps have been taken and signatures signed with Russia concerning the S-400s. Allah willing we will see the S-400s in our country,” Erdogan told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party at a party meeting in parliament.
That would give Turkey something else in common with Iran.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267379/turkey-preparing-war-america-daniel-greenfield
Richard: Read the rest of the article. He makes a good case for watching Turkey closely, Erodgan is obviously expecting an air strike and the only nation he really has to worry about is the US.
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