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Nevada News & Views - October 31, 2007
From Citizen Outreach:
By: Chuck Muth
NEVADA’S DROPOUT FACTORIES
“An analysis of Education Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers for the Associated Press shows that about 1,700 schools nationwide are eligible for the ‘dropout factory’ label,” reported the AP yesterday. “That means their senior class is made up of 60 percent or fewer of the kids [...]
Did Stephen Colbert Hire Illegal Aliens?
From Bob McCarty Writes:
Only days after announcing his intention to run for president of the United States, Stephen Colbert seems to be in hot water. According to staffers working inside the fledgling campaign who spoke with Bob McCarty Writes™ on condition of anonymity, the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report is being investigated by [...]
New Charter Would Widen Chávez’s Reach
From the Washington Post (Hat Tip: World Politics Review):
Venezuelan Lawmakers Poised To Send Amendments to Voters
By Juan Forero
BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 30—Under a new constitution being considered in Venezuela, the workday would be slashed from eight hours to six, so workers would have sufficient time for “personal development.” But while Venezuelans might have more leisure time, [...]
Russians were ordered to attend Putin rallies
From the Guardian Unlimited (Hat Tip: World Politics Review):
· Documents show bosses forcing staff to show up
· Prosecutors look at apparent breach of law
Tom Parfitt in Moscow
Hundreds of students and state railway workers were ordered to attend demonstrations in Russia calling for Vladimir Putin to stand for an illegal third term as president, according to [...]
A Faithless Flag?
From GOPUSA:
Posted by Bobby Eberle
In the ongoing effort to take God out of everything, the Department of Veterans Affairs has stepped forward to do their fair share. Prayers at school? Forget about it. Saying “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? The courts keep trying to remove the words. Now, the federal government wants to [...]
“Hillary is Going to Wellesley Tommorrow. Where Does She Stand on the Veiling of Muslim Students at Wellesley?”
By: Phyllis Chesler
On May 31st, 1969, Hillary Rodham delivered the Commencement address at Wellesley. I have just read her speech and in my view, it says very little about a great deal. You just can’t pin her down—not then, not now. She tries to include everyone, offend no one, and she does so in an [...]
Iran warns U.S. of “quagmire”
From Iran Focus:
By Fredrik Dahl
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran warned the United States on Wednesday it would find itself in a “quagmire deeper than Iraq” if it attacked the Islamic state, and Russia stepped up efforts for a diplomatic solution to Tehran’s nuclear row with the West.
The warning by the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, [...]
Iran detains students as demo erupts on Tehran campus
From Iran Focus:
Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 – At least half a dozen Iranian students were arrested on Tuesday while taking part in an anti-government protest on the campus of Tehran’s Allameh University.
Several hundred students gathered outside a faculty building on campus denouncing the recent government-orchestrated crackdown taking place inside Iranian universities, according to an eye-witness [...]
Danish Jets Intercept Russian Bomber
From Global Security Newswire:
Denmark’s air force dispatched two F-16 fighter jets yesterday to intercept a Russian bomber flying close to Danish airspace, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Oct. 2 ).
“A visual contact was made at 6.02 a.m. [Denmark time] with the Tupolev-160 bomber,” said a Danish air force a statement, adding that the jets “followed [...]
We’re taking off — Tonight on “A Conversation with Andrea…”
From Andrea Shea-King:
Swooping in for a quick “TOUCH AND GO” are tonight’s radio program guests
MRS. GREYHAWK of MUDVILLE GAZETTE and—BETH (Fuzzybear Lioness), who reminds us:
constant meter-watching. Oh, and we raise some money [...]
Troops surround Taliban, villagers flee
From Yahoo! News (Hat Tip: Lucianne.com):
By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press WriterARGHANDAB, Afghanistan – Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan’s second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
The troops killed 50 militants in three days of [...]
VA Clarifies Policy on Flag-Folding Ceremonies
From Fox News:
The Department of Veterans Affairs has clarified its stand on recitations during military funeral flag-folding ceremonies after a memo halting the practice caused a nationwide uproar among veterans.
“Honoring the burial wishes of veterans is one of the highest commitments for the men and women of VA,” said William F. Tuerk, the VA’s Under [...]
Cleric: Women’s Sexy Clothing Distracting Muslim Men From Sleep, Prayers
From Fox News:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent cleric said.
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said he wanted [...]
Karen Hughes to Leave Bush Administration in December
From Fox News:
WASHINGTON — Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush’s last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas aides, will leave the government at the end of the year.
Hughes told The Associated Press that she plans to quit her job as undersecretary [...]
Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges in Alleged Plot to Attack Fort Dix
From Fox News:
CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing weapons to a group of men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix.
Agron Abdullahu, 25, faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 6.
The government has portrayed Abdullahu as the smallest player [...]
21 Guilty in 2004 Madrid Train Bombings
From Fox News:
MADRID, Spain — Twenty-one of 28 defendants were found guilty on Wednesday in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but another accused ringleader was acquitted in connection with Europe’s worst Islamic terror attack.
Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez read the verdicts in a quiet courtroom, with heavy security, including bomb-sniffing dogs and police helicopters, outside. [...]
OPEC says pumping more won’t bring oil price down
They really have us by the cajones don’t they? From the International Herald Tribune:
By James Kanter and Alison Smale
Published: October 30, 2007
LONDON: Representatives from top oil producing countries Tuesday blamed the steady advance of oil toward $100 a barrel on a combination of financial speculation, geopolitical instability and a shortfall in refining capacity.
The president of [...]
Russia schools ban “cult of death” Halloween
From Yahoo! News:
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow schools have been ordered to ban students from celebrating the cult of the dead, better known as Halloween, despite the widespread popularity of the imported festival to Russia.
Halloween is being forced underground because it “includes religious elements, the cult of death, the mockery of death,” a spokesman for the [...]
US speeding up anti-missile plans: Moscow
From BREITBART.com:
Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of accelerating attempts to deploy anti-missile defences in central Europe, despite Moscow’s request for a freeze on the project.
Washington’s negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic over installing the defences “have not only not been suspended, but additional measures are being taken to speed them up,” said [...]
Teachers’ Muslim Dress Order
Enforced dhimmitude… Britain is falling down the rabbit hole of Sharia… From The Sun:
By ANDREW PARKER
A SCHOOL was yesterday accused of MAKING teachers dress up as Asians for a day – to celebrate a Muslim festival.
Kids at the 257-pupil primary have also been told to don ethnic garb even though most are Christians.
The morning assembly [...]
West trains Iran bombmakers
From the G2 Bulletin:
No bar to advanced studies in nuclear sciences
By Gordon Thomas
LONDON —Dozens of post-graduate Iranian students – already qualified in nuclear physics – are being allowed to complete even more advanced studies at Britain’s major universities, despite the warning by MI5 their courses are listed as “proliferation sensitive” by the security service.
The university [...]
Funding an Enemy
From American Congress for Truth:
By Janet Levy
FrontPageMagazine.com
Last Friday, President Bush certified Saudi Arabia as a cooperative anti-terrorism ally and released U.S. financial aid to Riyadh. This occurred despite charges leveled against the “Kingdom” by Stuart Levey, the U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, who one day after the sixth anniversary of the September [...]
Into The Fray - The Cowles Dynasty and the Media
Cross-posted at Media Mythbusters:
Currently, I am looking into pulling together a timeline for media incidents concerning the Cowles’ Family Dynasty in Washington state. Larry Shook of Camas Magazine is the go-to source on this subject. As he points out, the Cowles have ruled the Spokane area with an iron financial fist for better than a [...]
Furor After Ceremonial Flag-Folding Readings Pulled From Military Funerals
From Fox News:
A group of congressmen has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to retain the tradition of reciting the significance of each fold in the flag-folding ceremony at military funerals.“The flag folding recitation is a longstanding tradition which brings comfort to the living and honor to the deceased,” Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., writes [...]
Giuliani: Illegals are a federal problem
And this is why I will NOT vote for Giuliani… From Yahoo! News:
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON - Responsibility for stopping illegal immigration belongs to the federal government and not to cities, states or businesses, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday.
Giuliani told small-business owners he would not punish them for unwittingly hiring [...]
In Brief: Iran FM to visit Baghdad on Wednesday - report
From Iran Focus:
Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will travel to Baghdad on Wednesday to hold talks with Iraqi officials, state media reported on Tuesday.
Mottaki will discuss Iran-Iraq bilateral relations during the one-day visit, the news agency ISNA quoted a government source as saying.
Sphere ItUS: Iran seeks nuclear weapons
From Iran Focus:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Monday brushed aside the UN nuclear watchdog agency chief’s warning that there was no proof Iran seeks atomic weapons, and invited him to stay out of diplomacy with Tehran.
Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told CNN Sunday that he had no evidence [...]
Iran closer to nuclear bomb than IAEA thinks - France
From Iran Focus:
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – France’s defence minister brushed aside on Monday remarks by the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog that there was no proof Iran was building an atomic bomb, saying France had information to the “contrary”.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday Tehran was [...]
Iranian-Syrian nuclear issues heat up amid growing mistrust of IAEA director in Washington, Paris and Jerusalem
From the DEBKAfile:
French defense minister Herve Morin said Monday, Oct. 29, he has information that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. He thus publicly contradicted remarks made by IAEA director Mohammed ElBaradai that there is no such evidence. Morin, on a visit to the Persian Gulf emirates, spoke at the same time as the IAEA director’s [...]
Al Qaeda declares Cyber Jihad on the West
From the DEBKAfile:
In a special Internet announcement in Arabic, picked up DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources, Osama bin Laden’s followers announced Monday, Oct. 29, the launching of Electronic Jihad. On Sunday, Nov. 11, al Qaeda’s electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills [...]
British Police Seek Possible Mustard Plotters
From Global Security Newswire:
A Libyan man requested mustard gas antidote last week at a British hospital, sparking fears that terrorists might be preparing the chemical agent for an attack, the London Telegraph reported (see GSN, Jan. 3, 2005 ).
The man told staffers at a Manchester hospital emergency unit that the antidote was for a “friend [...]
Forces Rescue Kidnapped Sheiks in Northern Baghdad
From American Forces Press Service:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2007 – Seven sheiks kidnapped in northern Baghdad two days ago were rescued by soldiers from 9th Iraqi Army Division during a mission yesterday.
The mission, supported by U.S. military advisors and soldiers from both 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, resulted in the sheiks’ rescue, the [...]
Turkish Ambitions in Iraq
From FrontPage magazine.com:
By Daniel Pipes
About 100,000 Turkish troops, backed by aircraft and tanks, are poised to enter Iraq for counterterrorism purposes. But once there, they might just stay permanently, occupying the Mosul area, leading to dangerous regional consequences.
To understand this danger requires a refresher in Turkish irredentist ambitions harking back to the 1920s. The Ottoman [...]
The Libya-UN Farce
From FrontPage magazine.com:
By Elan Journo
Ever since President Bush’s you’re-either-with-us-or-with-the-terrorists speech in 2001, his administration has been regarded as shaping its defense policy according to black-and-white moral judgments. If you haven’t already been convinced that that speech was empty rhetoric, a recent event at the U.N. offered another depressing piece of evidence.
Washington refused to oppose, or [...]
Media Coverage is LOST
From FrontPage magazine.com:
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
In over 30 years of working in and watching the ways of Washington, I must say, I have never seen anything quite like it.
According to Senator Jon Kyl, the entire Senate Republican leadership is now opposed to a controversial treaty supported by the president and an implausible alliance of [...]
Our World: Laura Bush’s embrace of tyranny
From the Jerusalem Post:
By CAROLINE GLICKFor people around the world, the United States is not merely a country, and not merely a superpower. The United States is also a symbol of human freedom.
Because their country is a symbol, the way that American officials behave is rarely taken at face value. Rather, their behavior [...]
What will World War IV cost?
From MarketWatch (Hat Tip: Lucianne.com):
PAUL B. FARRELL
How about $32,000 each, $5 gas and a military draft for your kids
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch)—First, let’s clear the air: Someone please tell the White House we’re already fighting World War III. Yes, they’re great at picking buzzwords, but the truth is our global “war on terror” has engaged [...]
Split in Afghan allied forces
From the G2 Bulletin:
UK’s secret backdoor channel to Taliban creates rift
By Gordon Thomas
LONDON - Britain’s MI6 has been engaged in top-secret “backchannel” talks with Taliban leaders to try and bring peace to the country.
But the Secret Intelligence Service’s intervention has created a sharp rift between the Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon, who fear MI6’s [...]
John Bolton: Iran Will Never Give In
From NewsMax:
Former American Ambassador to the United Nation John Bolton writes in a new book that expecting Iran to abandon its nuclear program is “the road to the Nuclear Holocaust.”In “Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad” – due out on November 6 – Bolton asserts that the [...]
Zogby: Majority Favor Strikes on Iran
From NewsMax:
A majority of likely voters – 52 percent – would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53 percent believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll [...]White House, State Department refuses to answer on Mexican Aid
From FAXDC:
Tell Congress to halt the Mexican Trucks.
Alert: Bush gives $500 million to Mexicans for drug war but allows trucks from south of border said to play major role in trafficking.
The White House and State Department are refusing to answer key questions asked about the $500 million military assistance program proposed for Mexico and $50 [...]
My Book, “The Saudi Lobby” Still Awaits Its Publisher
From The Chesler Chronicles:
By: Phyllis Chesler
The lead article today in ArtsandLettersDaily is taken from the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article, written by Evan R. Goldstein, is tltled “Waltheimer on the Hot Seat,” and presents Stephen M. Walt and Charles Mearsheimer as martyrs of truth, lone critics, and near-pariahs for having dared write about the [...]
Iraq OKs Draft Legislation Lifting Immunity From Private Security Companies
From Fox News:
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government on Tuesday approved draft legislation lifting immunity for foreign private security companies, sending the measure to parliament, a spokesman said.
The question of immunity has been one of the most serious dispute between the U.S. and the Iraqi government since a Sept. 16 shooting incident involving Blackwater USA [...]
Hijacked Ship Crew Overpowers Pirates
From BREITBART.com:
By EDWARD HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The crew of a ship hijacked from Somalia overpowered their attackers Tuesday and regained control of the vessel, officials said.
About two dozen crew members of the North Korea-flagged vessel were able to fight off the eight gunmen who had seized the vessel late Monday, and the [...]
Ahmadinejad orders purge of local officials
From BREITBART.com:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed has ordered the sacking of local officials who are deemed to be “indifferent” to the problems of people, the press reported on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad has made provincial issues a central plank of his presidency, visiting all of Iran’s 30 provinces and giving speeches promising drastic improvements in local infrastructure.
“We will soon [...]
Saudi king greeted by pomp, ceremony and anger in Britain
From BREITBART.com:
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was to receive a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday as he starts a state visit amid angry protests and headlines after accusing Britain of anti-terrorism failures.The queen was to greet the Saudi monarch at Horse Guards Parade in central London before parading up the Mall, festooned with [...]
Career Army man to challenge Murtha
From The Tribune Democrat:
BY MIKE FAHER
The Tribune-Democrat
After nearly three decades in the military, William T. Russell’s latest mission has brought him to Johnstown.
The career Army man, just two years short of retirement, has left the service and moved to the Flood City in order to mount a political campaign against veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. John [...]
Honduras finds radioactive material in container
From Reuters:
TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Honduras authorities have found strong traces of radioactive material in a Hong Kong-bound shipping container carrying steel debris from an Atlantic coast port, officials said on Monday.
During a security scan on Sunday, officials detected high readings of radioactivity emanating from the container at the Puerto Cortes port, 115 miles [...]
PA TV: Singing to Israel’s destruction
From Palestinian Media Watch:
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
While the Palestinian Authority announces in English its demand for a two-state solution, to its own people in Arabic it continues to define all of Israel as “Palestine,” and to promise Israel’s destruction. A new video clip, broadcast numerous times daily since it first appeared on Fatah-controlled [...]
A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. William Durant
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