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Moved over to the new blogger site and it will take a couple of days to get everything up to speed. so for now the one or two of you who have me bookmarked(thanks!) www.narbosa.com or narbosa.blogspot.com

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Politics: Here we go, lets give Ellison a nice seat on the committee where he can wreck some havoc on terrorism laws. WASHINGTON - Rep. Keith Ellison has been named to the House Judiciary Committee, a panel that has oversight over issues such as civil liberties, immigration and courts. In a prepared statement Wednesday, Ellison, D-Minn., called the selection an honor and privilege. "I look

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Culture: This is all we need is to bring that sort of mess over here as Detroit doesn't have a bad enough reputation. Concerned about the possible spread of sectarian violence in metro Detroit, Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims are set to meet today in a Dearborn Heights mosque to hash out any tensions between the diverse Middle Eastern and Muslim communities. As Iraqi-American Shi'ites seethed over

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Australia: Via the Herald Sun. THE Federal Government says it is powerless to ban a Muslim group calling for Australia to be taken over as part of an Islamic superstate. Attorney General Phillip Ruddock said today there was not enough evidence to ban the Hizb ut-Tahrir group despite its continuing call for Australia to become part of a Caliphate or "Khilafah". The group, already banned across

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Politics: Here is the gist of the story. New Yorkers and Asian-American leaders had reacted with outrage to the retailer's decision to disqualify the Manhattan baby from its 2007 first baby contest. "How does a company like Toys 'R' Us stick it to a baby on the first day of her life?" asked City Councilman John Liu (D-Queens). Yuki was born at the stroke of midnight at NYU Downtown Hospital -

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Crime: They are looking at putting on a curfew. With at least eight slayings in the city in the first week of the new year, officials are considering a curfew to help stem the violence, the police superintendent said Saturday. "It's something we're just sort of talking about, to see if that will make a difference," police Superintendent Warren Riley said. Mayor Ray Nagin, meanwhile, urged

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UK: I guess we go from Londonistan to Britistan. Check out the official who has his head in the sand. A forthcoming Channel 4 Dispatches programme paints an alarming picture of how preachers in some of Britain's most moderate mosques are urging followers to reject British laws in favour of those of Islam. Leaders of the mosques have expressed concern at the preachers' activities, saying they

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Nation: That is just in 2004 at taxpayer expense and some of those who come here are getting angry they are paying for some services now. 40% born in San Diego county are too illegals. NORTH COUNTY ---- A state report quietly released last spring shows illegal immigrants made up the largest single group of those giving birth at taxpayer expense in the state and in San Diego County in 2004. The

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Politics: Even more fallout from Boxer taking away the guy's award. SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The executive director of the Sacramento chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said he believes a death threat against him was fueled by Senator Barbara Boxer’s actions. Boxer had commended Basim Elkarra’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the group’s efforts to

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Crime: The media doesn't want to touch it in that much detail. As the Press-Telegram reported on November 3, three white women aged 19 to 21 emerged from a “maze” walk in a house and were confronted by up to 40 black teenagers who pelted them with pumpkins and lemons. The paper said, “The taunts and jeers grew more aggressive, the victims recalled, as did the size of the crowd. Now females

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World: As Saudi Arabia keeps on funding their own brand of Islam in European countries filling the void. Spain's bishops are alarmed by ambitious plans to recreate the city of Cordoba - once the heart of the ancient Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus - as a pilgrimage site for Muslims throughout Europe. Plans include the construction of a half-size replica of Cordoba's eighth century great mosque,

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Terrorism: Lets do our weekly tour of appeasment programs around the world. In Thailand, where after a coup the Muslim general in charge went on a charm tour. A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release information, said the insurgents were suspected of carrying out arson Thursday night on a kindergarten in Pattani's Kapho district and a public

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Politics: It took a week, but the LATIMES finally got around to the story made by Newsweek. Sen. Barbara Boxer has rescinded an award her office gave to a Sacramento Islamic activist after criticism that the group he represents — the Council on American-Islamic Relations — holds extremist views and has ties to international terrorist organizations. "I'm saying the four words that every elected

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Culture: Respect to this man, in need of a quick snack/meal it has done the job many times. Momofuku Ando, the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co, who was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles, died of a heart failure this evening at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, his family said. He was 96. Born on March 5, 1910 in Taiwan, Ando initially ran clothing companies in

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Politics: There is a certain amount of arrogance that comes from him that is amusing. Kessler: Do you support the impeachment of the president because of this? Ellison: Well, Pat, let me tell you this. I certainly think that the facts are available. I think that it's certainly justifiable. I certainly think that there is ample reason to do so. But the leadership, the speaker has said, that it

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Mexico: As 3000 mexican soliders and federal agents arrive to try and clean up the place. TIJUANA – The city's entire 2,300-member municipal police force has been ordered to turn in its weapons, leaving doubt Thursday about who would be patrolling this city of more than 1.5 million residents. The surprise directive from Mexico's Defense Secretariat comes a day after President Felipe Calderon

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Crime: TMZ has the reports as Candice Sanders, Miss Cali 2003 says a drunk and high Lampley beat her up with his son in the apartment. Lampley out on $35,500 bail says the charges are not true. Given he put himself out there as a nutty liberal who believes weird political conspiracies on the Huffington Post He could always blame the neo-cons.

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Culture: As noted earlier last year, the Muslim American Society is behind this push to enforce their beliefs on the entire airport. Last year, the airports commission received a fatwa, or religious edict, from the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society. The fatwa said that "Islamic jurisprudence" prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol, "because it involves

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Culture: Ellison had this to say about his use of the Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson. Ellison said an anonymous person wrote him about the Qur’an, and he arranged with the Library of Congress to use it. The chief of the Library of Congress’ rare book and special collections division, Mark Dimunation, walked the Quran across the street to the Capitol and brought it back after the ceremony. on

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Culture: In a word if parents are doing this ....Sick. Creating made-to-order babies with genetic defects would seem to be an ethical minefield, but to some parents with disabilities — say, deafness or dwarfism — it just means making babies like them. And a recent survey of U.S. clinics that offer embryo screening suggests it’s already happening. Three percent, or 4 clinics surveyed, said they

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Middle East: A Hamas/Hezzo lover throws down on Guardian Comment blog. The duplicitous nature of international involvement in the region's affairs was unashamedly evident when the Lebanese opposition groups upped the ante in the face of the western-backed Lebanese government's refusal of the opposition's original demand for a national unity government. The opposition is now demanding

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Politics: This is a curious reaction by some Somali leaders/groups because of the flying imans want to have a Muslim only prayer room. Somali immigrants passing through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport want a private place to say Muslim prayers. The airport suggests they share a room with people of other religions. Like a new couple learning to dance, immigrants and their adopted

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Culture: Minny airport had enough of this and finally going to point out that the drivers are providing a public service and their refusal hurts the entire airport business and image-wise. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport wants to crack down on Muslim taxi drivers who refuse to carry alcohol or service dogs in their cabs. At a meeting Wednesday of the Metropolitan Airports Commission,

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Immigration: Mexico isn't encouraging people at all to break our laws. At what point do we treat Mexico something other than an "ally?" Illegal immigrants planning to cross the desert and enter the US on foot are to be given hand-held satellite devices by the Mexican authorities to ensure they arrive safely. Those who get lost or fall sick during the dangerous four-day crossing will be able to

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Bidness: Why do liberal cities come up with the dumbest set of laws? In this case the idea behind this is to give people convicted of crimes a second chance by not checking on their background until they are qualified for the job. The usual way is on the application, you check a box and list your past offenses. The Twin cities decided to set an example for private businesses. Both cities took

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Politics: and Islam is more than up for discussion despite the paper op-ed writers having a hissy fit. Via the Corner Damon Linker raises the alarm (TNR again, sub. req'd). He makes the point that under some circumstances, a citizen might have to weigh the theological beliefs of a political candidate against him. As an abstract point, that is correct. Linker may also be correct in warning that

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Africa: Ethiopian force routed them, no one knows where they went or how they can escape with Kenya to the south and supposedly US forces at sea. KISMAYU, Somalia - Somali Islamists fled overnight from their final stronghold around the southern port town of Kismayu in the face of an advancing force of Ethiopian and government soldiers, residents said on Monday. "The Islamic courts left Kismayu

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Africa: AS Ethiopia goes after the Islamists, some Somali in America are unhappy about it. More than a thousand Somalis gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday to call for Ethiopian troops to withdraw immediately from Somalia. Their protest capped a week in which transitional government troops retook Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, with the backing of Ethiopian infantrymen. The U.S. government "gave

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Culture: Then people whine about the lack of values and morals in the country. It’s hard to write this without sounding like a prig. But it’s just as hard to erase the images that planted the idea for this essay, so here goes. The scene is a middle school auditorium, where girls in teams of three or four are bopping to pop songs at a student talent show. Not bopping, actually, but doing

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Media: Even for the NYTIMES this is astonishing. Those developments, so unwelcome to the Americans who so easily conquered this nation, showed that Mr. Hussein was also a unifying force whose painful grip held together Iraq’s many ethnicities and sects. Now, three years after his fall, Iraq has descended further into chaos. I could unify a country if I ruled with an iron fist and started

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Politics:It must have taken something big to make Boxer pull this move? Dec. 29, 2006 - In a highly unusual move, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has rescinded an award to an Islamic activist in her home state because of the man’s connections to a major American Muslim organization that recently has been courted by leading political figures and even the FBI. Boxer’s office confirmed to

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Africa: Via Reuters as the Ethiopian army just ran over the Islamists or the Islamists ran over each other to get away. MOODE MOODE, Somalia, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The bloated corpses of Islamist fighters and an unbroken line of tank tracks along the Baidoa-Mogadishu highway tell the story of a swift advance for the Somali government and its Ethiopian allies. For at least 80 km (50 miles) east of

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Media: Amusing bitter rant. Mercifully, Mr. McClatchy passed away in May and did not live to see the Sacramento-based company that bore his name disgrace his legacy by dumping its largest newspaper -- the most important one between Chicago and the West Coast, the one that serves 5 million Minnesotans and that can be a conscience, a scold, a cheerleader and an interpreter of life on the tundra.

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UK: This is a sad commentary on the state of the once mighty British empire. Ken Livingstone is planning a "massive festival" across London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. The event, to be staged in 2009, will involve street parties, sports venues and some of London's leading museums as well as the closure of Trafalgar Square. Although the Mayor's office

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Politics: Via the Detroit Free Press. Detroit native Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, told a group of metro Detroiters on Wednesday that he will not impose Islam on others, but will use the religion to help inform his politics. "I'm not a religious leader ..." Ellison said inside Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Detroit. "I'm not here to be a preacher. But in terms of

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Africa: Ethopia deserves some praise. MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Islamist forces who have controlled Somalia's capital for months abandoned the city to clan rule on Thursday after government forces advanced to within striking distance. An AP reporter in Mogadishu saw gunmen taking off their Islamist uniforms and submitting to the command of traditional elders. Gunfire echoed through the streets

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Africa: Ethopia is going to be more about taking hearts and minds instead of winning them over in this conflict. The African Union says Ethiopia has the right to intervene militarily in Somalia as it feels threatened by an Islamic militia operating there. An official also admitted the African Union had failed to "react properly and adequately" to the Somali situation. Ethiopian jets bombed two

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Politics: Gut the fence and basically everyone who is here illegally gets all sorts of passes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 — Counting on the support of the new Democratic majority in Congress, Democratic lawmakers and their Republican allies are working on measures that could place millions of illegal immigrants on a more direct path to citizenship than would a bill that the Senate passed in the spring.

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Politics: Once this gets around, looked over and scrutinized Goode is probably going to get more fan mail. There is so much red meat its like herd of cattle. Speaking in Dearborn late Sunday night, the first Muslim elected to Congress told a cheering crowd of Muslims they should remain steadfast in their faith and push for justice. "You can't back down, you can't chicken out, you can't be

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Politics: I am not going to rehash the whole thing, but Goode's remarks were over the top and all over the place. As for Ellison, I don't think he is going to turn into the American version of George Galloway and the Respect party pushing a Muslim first agenda. There are more than enough tripwires to call him out on such as will he be supporting John Conyer's HR 228 bill or how much he will

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Africa: As this could turn the horn of Africa into a regional warzone. MOGADISHU, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A Somali Islamist defence chief appealed to foreign Muslim fighters for the first time on Saturday to join his movement's holy war against Ethiopia "We're saying our country is open to Muslims worldwide. Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad, and God willing, attack Addis Ababa," said

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Terrorism: The military backed government started to grovel when they pulled the coup, so how is it going so far? BANGKOK, Thailand – Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have intensified their deadly attacks and imposed greater control over the local populace despite offers of peace and reconciliation by the country's military-backed government. Reversing the previous iron-fisted policy,

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Politics: win the mid-term elections. Al Qaeda has sent a message to leaders of the Democratic party that credit for the defeat of congressional Republicans belongs to the terrorists. In a portion of the tape from al Qaeda No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, made available only today, Zawahri says he has two messages for American Democrats. "The first is that you aren't the ones who won the midterm

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Entertainement: This is one you sit back and watch with glee. Trump told Access Hollywood: "She says things that come to her mouth, she's not smart, she's crude, she's ignorant and to be honest I look forward to suing Rosie. I'm gonna sue her and I look forward to it. She's really very dangerous for the show." He didn’t say on what grounds he will sue O’Donnell but insisted his legal team is

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Entertainment: Get one black baby, you get another black baby to make sure it fits the decor.

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Crime: Who is pressuring who or are they both supporters of illegal immigration and not working with the feds on anything related to immigration? The Ramsey County jail is imposing a moratorium on accepting undocumented immigrant prisoners from the federal government, Sheriff Bob Fletcher said today. The move comes as the Ramsey County Board considers a policy that would potentially prohibit

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Immigration: I knew it! This was just a plan by the MAN to get more white people into the meat industry to get higher wages and better benefits. Evil. OMAHA, Neb. -- Fewer Hispanic immigrants are being hired to replace meatpacking workers arrested at Swift & Co. plants in Grand Island, Neb., and Greeley, Colo., during last week's immigration raid, union officials said Tuesday. Local 22 union

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Crime: Brussels Journal and GatesofVienna has the details.

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Culture:The opera looked to have sucked, but that wasn't the main point in having it staged. BERLIN, Dec. 18 -- Just before the curtain dropped on an otherwise uneventful opera, the grisly scene that everyone came to see finally transpired. The King of Crete pulled the severed head of the prophet Muhammad out of a sack and triumphantly placed it on a wooden chair, next to three decapitated

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Immigration: Cute Pic to tug the heart, still illegal sorry. You may not be able to deport all illegals, but as I said before you don't have to if you enforce the law. NYTIMES editorial deplores the law being enforced at Swift. In good news, former employees are suing Swift for the hire of illegals.

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Edumacation: Just because your parents made a bad choice doesn't mean the taxpayer should have to subsidize your education by getting tuition breaks not afford to citizens and legal residents. A bill known as the DREAM Act would give illegal immigrants a conditional visa that would turn into permanent residency if they complete two years of college or serve honorably for two years in the armed

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World: Amusing throwaway line at the end of this article about the clashes between Hamas and Fatah. The Hamas government has drawn crushing international sanctions over its militantly anti-Israel stand, but has steadfastly refused to recognize Israel as demanded by the West. Actually that is just one minor condition, the others being Hamas is required to recognise Israel, renounce violence and

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Holocaust: Must see segment on 60 minutes tonight. (CBS) One man holds his fate in his hands: a list of inmates — his name among them, but crossed off — who were sent to a notorious slave labor camp few ever emerged from. Another holds the very card he signed as a teenager upon his entry to a concentration camp. A third sees a form the Nazis created to track the mail he never received in

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UK: I am not surprised that Bari said this and you have to understand why he said it. Muhammed Abdul Bari accused ministers of stigmatising Britain's Islamic community and fuelling xenophobia. Mr Bari, the head of the Muslim Council of Britain, criticised the Government for "unfairly targeting" Muslims, and said that it was undermining their status as "equal citizens". He warned that blaming

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Culture: Interesting recap by Rod Dreher about a meeting the Dallas Morning News editorial board had with Muslim leaders from the area. Basically ended up with the conclusion that the paper should not talk about Islam or Muslims in general. Trying to get at the heart of the matter, I asked if they thought sharia should be the law of the land in our secular pluralistic democracy. Another round of

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Politics: What is it with leftists who have don't understand the term "volunteer" army. NEW YORK With talk of President Bush sending more troops to Iraq in the air, the media debate in the coming week will likely be quite intense. One person likely to fan the fires may come as a surprise: actor Matt Damon, who has never had a high political profile. His main point, in a segment of MSNBC's "

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Politics: Sun Times columnist has it as he was half joking, Rush says he was serious, Hotair says he was kidding. Obama is very sensitive about his press. After his press conference, he headed toward New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and chided her -- in a kidding way -- for a comment in the 12th of 14 paragraphs in an Oct 21 column. She wrote that Obama's "ears stick out." "I just want to

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Edumacation: Another touchy feely nonsense move by a principal who thinks he is doing the students a favor. After criticism from Rush Limbaugh and a jab from Jay Leno, Needham High principal Paul Richards is firing back, defending his decision to stop publishing the high school student honor roll in a local newspaper. "With so much competition these days with print, TV, radio, and the Internet,

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Africa: It's getting better and better over there. NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali Islamists are under the growing control of an al Qaeda cell in East Africa, a U.S. diplomat said on Thursday, as Washington condemned their threat to attack Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's interim government. "The Council of Islamic Courts is now controlled by al Qaeda cell individuals, East Africa al Qaeda cell

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Entertainment: Good back and forth via Bookerrising on the state of the WWE who linked to Devone Tucker. Devone Tucker asks: how does one explain the declining popularity of pro wrestling in USA? The black conservative Republican blogger writes: "In the late 1990s it appeared that the so-called 'sports entertainment' industry was an unstoppable financial force. Vince McMahon's World Wrestling

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Immigration: Good going ICE! Remember Swift was part of this story from Cactus, Texas where the mayor basically had his own city-state. Michelle Malkin has the reaction from the raid as Swift employees were under investigation for identity theft and false SS numbers among other criminal charges. Captain Ed also has some thoughts on the raid. A federal investigation that ended Tuesday in a raid

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Christmas: The trees are back up in Seattle-Tac Airport as the rabbie who started it all is everywhere saying its not his fault. In a Louisville elementary school, one grinch of a teach whined about another teach putting up a Christmas tree with the title Santa's Helper because it offended her precious feelings. The principal is one of these multicult twits. Brandeis Elementary School in West

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Spain: The pace seems to have accelerated under socialist rule over the last couple of years. MADRID (Reuters) - A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians, ABC newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Hilarion Gimeno school in Zaragoza said teachers had put forward various reasons for not celebrating Christmas,

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Politics: This is irritating beyond belief. NEW ORLEANS -- U.S. Rep. William Jefferson easily defeated his fellow Democratic opponent in a runoff election Saturday, despite an ongoing federal bribery investigation. In complete but unofficial returns, Jefferson, Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction, received 57 percent of the vote over state Rep. Karen Carter, who had 43

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UK: I guess he has hit the home stretch of his political run and wants to get certain things off his chest. TONY Blair toughened his stance on community integration yesterday, telling Muslims they must "conform" to common British values, or leave. In a London speech that surprised many with its uncompromising tone, the Prime Minister continued to shift the government away from its previous

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UK: The problem here is that its a public pool, if someone wants to dress a certain way according to their religion or customs, fine. But to force everyone else to dress the same is discriminatory and just stupid. A council has sparked a row after it shut a swimming pool to hold Muslim-only sessions on a Sunday afternoon. The swimming sessions - which are for men only - are held for two hours

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Christmas: Due to several politically correct liberal complaints. Holiday Trees Removed From Sea-Tac All Holiday trees at Sea-Tac Airport were removed this morning after several community member complaints. They say the trees don't represent all cultures and religions...The trees will not go up again...the airport policy on decorations will be reviewed after the holidays. I mean they even

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Immigration: Zappo goes off on his own to bring more headaches to the rest of Europe, while the EU socialists demand more immigration. EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The socialist group in the European Parliament has called for stronger efforts by EU governments to take care of immigrants, just after Spain's centre-left government decided to grant temporary work visas to 4,000 Senegalese people. The

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World: Howard Dean gets a warm welcome at the European Socialists Convention and demands closer ties to Europe and socialist parties. Dare I say the return of the global test? OPORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats want to rebuild the United States' relationships with the rest of the world and treat allies with respect, party chairman Howard Dean told European socialist leaders on Friday.

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Politics: Along with 30 other Democrats. James Taranto brings up the interesting point about Conyers. Cop Killer's Caucus The House yesterday passed a resolution "condemning the decision of St. Denis, France, to name a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted murder [sic] of Philadelphia Police Office Danny Faulkner." The vote was 368-31, with 8 members voting "present." Here's a list

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Nation: According to frontpage in an update to this story, Wardeh Sultan decided to not only pra in the locker room, but whereever she pleased. A Muslim woman in Dearborn, Mich., lodged a complaint Tuesday against Fitness USA for an alleged civil rights violation involving a fellow gym patron. According to Jodi Berry, executive director of Fitness USA, Wardeh Sultan was praying in front of

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Politics: The last line makes a good anti-dem campaign soundbite. OPORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe's strategic alliance with the United States now that the Democrats control Congress after last month's elections. Socialist leaders attending a meeting of the European Socialist Party pledged that with the Democrats on the rise, strong

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Politics: She also refuses to wear the hijab. THE state's most promising young Muslim leader has become the victim of a hate campaign because she celebrated with a glass of champagne after being named NSW Young Australian of the Year. Iktimal Hage-Ali, 22, has been targeted on Muslim websites for drinking alcohol and declining to wear the traditional hijab. Her anonymous attackers condemned her

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Politics: Sourcing is a bit off, but I can see Jimmy Carter and his cronies fit this description. Khan Younis - Ma'an - The Europeans are softening their stance towards Hamas and the Palestinian government, a Palestinian governmental source have revealed. These sources say the EU's position is changing thanks to efforts taken by Hamas envoys in Europe to hold talks and explain their position

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Africa: It just keeps getting better and better in Somalia, the people traded one set of evil for a completely different set. MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said Wednesday, adding the edict will be implemented in three days. Public places such as shops and tea houses in Bulo Burto, about 124

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Culture: There seems to be some details left out of the incident. DEARBORN -- Fitness USA, a gym chain, is investigating an alleged civil rights violation involving a local Muslim woman who says her afternoon prayer was interrupted by a fellow patron, and that her complaint to management about the situation was rejected. "The manager told me, 'You have to respect her (the patron), but she does

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Australia: As Christians in Oz riot in the streets, burning down Middle East embassies and other assorted buildings! Not really, most likely get some twit of a priest running around saying someone else's fault. TWO Muslim students have been expelled from an Islamic school in Melbourne for urinating and spitting on a Bible and setting it on fire. The explosive incident has forced the East

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Gaming: It means blogging will be light......really really light over the next couple of days as this huge patch comes out with massive changes ahead of the expansion pack. You can read about them here. At this time mirror sites for the patch here and at WowWiki. Gamespot and other major gaming sites will have it later today. tag: World of Warcraft, WoW.

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Politics: Interesting is the reason behind trying to drop Prager from the holocaust memorial council. In a letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council Chairman Fred S. Zeidman, CAIR wrote: "No one who holds such bigoted, intolerant and divisive views should be in a policymaking position at a taxpayer-funded institution that seeks to educate Americans about the destructive impact

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Bidness: This is ridiculous, rule of law now dictates people can just mill about places of business and then act up because the businesses don't like it? Day laborers and activists in east Phoenix celebrated a victory Saturday, after several business owners said they would stop hiring off-duty police to deter laborers from soliciting work there. But the fight isn't over, activists said, citing

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Bidness: One major deal is the weaker dollar makes exports cheaper overseas. A dollar decline has been long anticipated, given the parlous state of the US current account. Now, a slowing economy and a suspension of Fed rate hikes seem to have brought the dollar bears truly out to play. A weaker dollar will make US exports cheaper on foreign markets, and so will encourage the global economic

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Bidness: Lets hear it for California and other states that think about the consumer wallet in these economic times. The $4 generic drug plan at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has arrived in California with dozens of drugs priced at $9. The world's largest retailer said Friday that 55 different drugs will be sold for $9 in California and eight other states to conform with "loss leader" statutes. The

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Edumacation: It involves a white parent's child who could not get into the school of his choice near his home because of Jefferson County uses a policy where their school's enrollment has to be between 15 and 50 percent black. Opponents argue this is discrimination that does nothing for academic achievement. Some parent picked in this article are happy about the diversity and opportunity to help

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Politics: Here is the gist of the story. The Minnesota Democrat says that the Constitution gives him the right to use the Muslim holy book, and that is what he intends to do on Jan. 4. "Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath," radio talk show host and author Dennis Prager wrote in his online column this week. He said that American Jews routinely

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Politics: Another campaign promise busted before the new year even starts. It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all of the recommendations of the bipartisan commission that examined the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But with control of Congress now secured, Democratic leaders have

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Politics: Putting a guy being investigated for sweetheart deals by the FBI in charge of the Subcommittee that controls in part the FBI budget and the Justice Department seems a bit dumb. Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) is under investigation by the FBI. And he's set to assume a top post which would put him in control of the FBI's budget. Neat trick, eh? The FBI's probing Mollohan for possible

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UK: It shows this man is a complete idiot. "....Multiculturalism has nothing to do with an assertion that there are no universal values. The very statement that people should only be able to do such things that do not interfere with others is clearly an assertion of a universal value. In so far as they do not interfere with others, people should be able to chose freely which values they wish to

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Iran: Give these nuts nukes is a good thing. One of Iran's most senior clergymen has issued a fatwa on an Azeri writer said to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The call on Muslims to murder Rafiq Tagi, who writes for Azerbaijan's Senet newspaper, echoes the Iranian fatwa against Indian writer Salman Rushdie. It was issued by the conservative Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Fazel Lankarani. The

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Nation: Absolutely, you cannot find the first class level of corruption, crime, poverty and horrendous governmental operations anywhere else in America. The places surrounding Miami are nice, the rich and famous play here. But at its core, its an area where people don't get happy if they have to go there. So this little argument between the Gov and Tancredo is amusing but it takes Time

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Politics: He can bring the pap to a political debate. Democratic Congressman-elect Keith Ellison, a long-time proponent of a minimum wage increase, said in a statement that no one who works full-time should make less than $11,000 a year. "In America, there is a sort of social contract that says if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead," Ellison said. "Raising the minimum wage

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Nation: When I say FEMA to keep paying, I mean us taxpayers have to keep paying rent money. This has become another entitlement program with no end in sight. Regardless of the confusing FEMA letters, when does this end and how did evening appealing the decision become their constitutional rights being violated? In the Washington case, Leon said FEMA mishandled the transition from a short-term

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Nation: Regarding Sharpton taking the lead in the shooting of Sean Bell and getting access to Mayor Bloomberg comes this double take article. The morning 23-year-old Sean Bell was shot to death by police, his grieving relatives did something that has become almost routine in such cases: They called the Rev. Al Sharpton. Within hours, the longtime civil rights activist had consoled relatives,

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Entertainment: Jesse use the spotlight for a really stupid call along the lines of NAACP trying to boycott Target. Civil rights campaigner Rev Jesse Jackson has called for a boycott of the latest Seinfeld DVD box set in the wake of Michael Richard's racist rant at a comedy club on 17 November. Richards, 57, won three Emmy Awards for playing Cosmo Kramer in the hit series, which ran from 1990

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Bidness: Via the Detroit News. Ford expects 35,000 to 36,000 of its hourly workers to leave the company. The number of workers who signed up is higher but the company expects a certain number to change their mind. Ford has approximately 75,000 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers. The company offered those workers a choice of eight buyout packages in an effort to cut its

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Bidness: Considering that business wise Michigan's economy is a living hellhole, these new taxes are just what businesses need at this time. Wednesday’s Senate hearing will begin a scramble by lame duck lawmakers to either forge a new business tax before their session ends Dec. 31, or punt the issue to the newly-elected Legislature next year. According to sources, Granholm’s tax proposal would:

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Culture: Does it say something about how stupid Chicago officials who like a nanny city feel its residents are if they are going to a festival called "Christkindlmarket" CHICAGO Nov 28, 2006 (AP)— A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a

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France: You have 14 cops here in America getting hurt a day, the mayor of whatever city would have called for the national guard to move in with heavy weapons. PARIS (Reuters) - Stoned, beaten and insulted, their vehicles torched by crowds of hostile youths, French police say they face an urban guerrilla war when they enter the run-down neighborhoods that ring the major cities. "Our role is

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Terrorism: Yet another air head Clinton appointee. The Tamil Tigers is not a terrorist group anymore if you are keeping score at home. A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday. The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush's order,

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Media: Bunch of people wrote in about their top 10 papers to read and we get an amusing Guardian reference. From MICHAEL GOLDFARB: Do you mean top ten newspapers produced by Americans? Or top ten papers read by Americans including online? If it's the latter than you should include Britain's The Guardian. It has an enormous daily online readership in America. It is British but probably more than

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Culture: I am shocked, you would think by now that having an abortion would be met with 100% approval with no regrets and looked upon as going to get a haircut. Why would people not treat killing babies so easy? Ann Furedi, as head of the BPAS, undertook some research into attitudes to abortion and her end-conclusion was this: The idea of just drifting into unplanned motherhood is seen not to

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