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Arab Americans Seek Disadvantaged Minority Status

by the Investigative Project on Terrorism News

The U.S. Commerce Department is considering a petition to include Arab Americans on the list of socially and economically disadvantaged minority groups eligible for special business assistance.

Those already included in the disadvanrtaged minority group:  African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Spanish-speaking Americans, American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, Hasidic Jews, Asian-Pacific Americans and Asian Indians.

The petition was submitted earlier this year by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to make Arab Americans eligible for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The MBDA helps minority entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses.

According to the ADC petition there has been an increase since 9/11 in "discrimination and prejudice in American society resulting in conditions under which Arab-American individuals have been unable to compete in a business world."

To support its claims, the ADC's petition emphasized the National Security Entry Exit Registration System, "which required non-immigrants to register at ports of entry and targeted males from Arab nations; stricter travel guidelines; and 'no-fly lists' that predominantly contained the names of Arab-Americans."

What the ADC petition ignored, however, were facts showing Arab Americans were more successful and better educated than the average American.  (continue reading at IPT)

 

 

"Bath Salts" the Designer Drug

If you are like the majority of people like me, you probably had no idea what 'Bath Salts', the designer drug, is, or isn't.  It isn't the bath crystals you mom or wife might have sitting on the side of her bathtub.  The Daily Beast has done a great job of answering our questions, you can go read it all here.  The quick, scientific answer is this:

“Bath Salts” is the nickname for a type of designer drug that’s sold over the Internet, in head shops, and even at gas stations and convenience stores. They come in the form of capsules, powders, or tablets, and are snorted, injected, or swallowed.

What are bath salts made of?

Most bath salts contain one of two psychoactive chemicals: MDPV (also known as 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone) or mephedrone. Both are synthetic versions of a natural ingredient found in the East African khat plant. (The Daily Beast, hat tip Marcus Wilder)

 

 

Christians Should "Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave," Says Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Candidate?

Gatestone Institute:

"They need to know that conquest is coming, that Egypt will be Islamic, and that they must pay jizya or emigrate," Morsi reportedly said.

According to the popular Egyptian website, El Bashayer, Muhammad Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, just declared that he will "achieve the Islamic conquest (fath) of Egypt for the second time, and make all Christians convert to Islam, or else pay the jizya," the additional Islamic tax, or financial tribute, required of non-Muslims, or financial tribute.

In a brief report written by Samuel al-Ashay and published by El Bashayer on May 27, Morsi allegedly made these comments while speaking with a journalist at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, adding "We will not allow Ahmed Shafiq [his contending presidential candidate] or anyone else to impede our second Islamic conquest of Egypt."

After his interviewer pointed out that the first Muslim conquest of Egypt was "carried out at the hands of Amr bin al-As [in 641]," he asked Morsi, "Who will the second Islamic conqueror be?" Morsi, replied, "The second Muslim conqueror will be Muhammad Morsi," referring to himself, "and history will record it."

When asked what he thought about many Christian Copts coming out to vote for his secular opponent, Ahmed Shafiq, Morsi reportedly said, "They need to know that conquest is coming, and Egypt will be Islamic, and that they must pay jizya or emigrate."  (continue reading at Gatestone Instutute)

 

It is important to note that "Armed Bedouin tribesmen have kidnapped two U.S. tourists in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to demand the release of a tribesman arrested in a drugs case, Egyptian police said on Thursday."

Also see "Muslim Brotherhood Plotting To Take Over Jordan?"

 

Former Prominent Obama Backer Leaves Democratic Party

Via Hyscience:

"Wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities, ..." - Artur Davis, one of President Obama's earliest supporters and a former co-chairman for his presidential campaign.

Arther Davis, once described as "the Obama of Alabama," has clearly had enough of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party's policies and agenda, and is switching his voter registration to Virginia and ">considering running for office as a Republican:

"On the specifics, I have regularly criticized an agenda that would punish businesses and job creators with more taxes just as they are trying to thrive again," he said. "I have taken issue with an administration that has lapsed into a bloc by bloc appeal to group grievances when the country is already too fractured: frankly, the symbolism of Barack Obama winning has not given us the substance of a united country."

In recent interviews with The Daily Caller, Davis said Democratic party machines in Alabama use voter fraud to stay in power, that Democratic voters are split over immigration, that majority-minority districts disadvantage African-Americans and that GOP voters are more open to advancement by minority politicians.

 

Farrakhan praises Sharia law, promises death unless America submits

Louis Farrakhan Muhammad, Sr., head of the Nation of Islam, predicts Muslim Allah will bring down American skyscrapers

The Minister Louis Farrakhan isn’t one to avoid controversial language. In his Sunday address in San Diego, the Nation of Islam leader slammed Israel, lamented Mexico’s loss of land at the hands of American “trickery” and derided President Barack Obama for his endorsement of same-sex marriage. But that’s only a portion of what was uttered in his nearly three-hour address. During the last 10 minutes, the fiery Farrakhan erupted with fervency, applauding the violence of sharia law and giving some cryptic warnings to America regarding Iranian intervention.  (continue at The Blaze, hat tip Noisy Room)

Watch the video and read everything at The Blaze.  In their own words we know exactly where people like Farrakhan place their faith, and it is not in the United States.

Exercise Could Be Bad For you

That's what the latest study reports. 

Could exercise actually be bad for some healthy people? A well-known group of researchers, including one who helped write the scientific paper justifying national guidelines that promote exercise for all, say the answer may be a qualified yes.

By analyzing data from six rigorous exercise studies involving 1,687 people, the group found that about 10 percent actually got worse on at least one measure related to heart disease: blood pressure and levels of insulin, HDL cholesterol or triglycerides. About 7 percent got worse on at least two measures. And the researchers say they do not know why.

“It is bizarre,” said Claude Bouchard, lead author of the paper, published on Wednesday in PLoS One, and a professor of genetics and nutrition at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, part of the Louisian State University system.

Dr. Michael Lauer, director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the lead federal research institute on heart disease and strokes, was among the experts not involved in the provocative study who applauded it. “It is an interesting and well done study,” he said.  (continue reading at Well Blog NYT)

The conclusion?  You guessed it -- there is a need for more study to know more about what exercise actually does.

Over the years we have been told that coffee is bad, then it's good.  Same thing for wine, same thing for butter, same thing on and on and on.

All things in moderation.  Do what you like.  Enjoy life.

Christian College Says ObamaCare Will Double Insurance Costs

(Fox News)  Curtis Johnson got the shock of his life yesterday when he opened a letter from Clearwater Christian College and discovered that his student health insurance fee was going to more than double – thanks to President Obama’s healthcare reform law.

Last year, the 19-year-old from Hutchinson, Kan. paid $600 for health insurance coverage. But in the fall, Johnson will have to pay $1,330 – an amount he said is “becoming unaffordable.”

“It’s a lot of money for a college kid,” he told Fox News Radio. “This law has not only raised the cost to me, it’s become unbearable for many financially strapped college students.”

Clearwater Christian College, a non-denominational school, on Tampa Bay, placed the blame squarely on ObamaCare.

“Due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA – commonly known as health care reform), the cost of student health insurance has doubled,” read the letter from the college’s human resources department. “In addition, most insurance carriers are hesitant to provide contracts for this insurance due to the unpredictability of the cost of the claims. (continue reading at Fox)

 

Obama Insults Another U.S. Friendly Nation - Obama's words "hurt all Poles"

What a huge gaff by President Barack Obama. 

Poland's prime minister said Wednesday that remarks by President Barack Obama erroneously identifying a Nazi death camp as Polish had hurt all Poles and he expected more from the US than "regret".

"I am convinced that our American friends can today allow themselves a stronger reaction than a simple expression of regret from the White House spokesman -- a reaction more inclined to eliminate once and for all these kinds of errors," Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw.

Obama on Tuesday mistakenly called a Nazi facility used to process Jews for execution as a "Polish death camp." The White House later said the president "misspoke" and expressed "regret".

The linguistic faux pas overshadowed his posthumous award of America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Jan Karski, a former Polish anti-Nazi underground officer who provided the Allied powers with early eyewitness accounts of the Germany's Holocaust against Jews. [snip]

Although located in Poland, Nazi Germany's most notorious World War II death camp -- Auschwitz -- was set up and run entirely by German dictator Adolf Hitler's occupying forces from 1940 to 1945.   (Yahoo)

Drudge has the details.

'INSULTS 38 MILLION POLES'...
'IGNORANCE AND INCOMPETENCE'...

The Christian’s Guide to Defeating Islam: Part I

By R. J. Godlewski

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them.”¹

There exists a profound belief that Islam and Christianity remain compatible religious beliefs, particularly here within the West. Unfortunately, this egregious error comes from the Western excuse that religious faith remains a deeply personal and subjective subject never broached within public thought. This fallacy ignores the fact that the three great monotheistic faiths arise from Eastern-centric cultures where personal and public beliefs do not segregate themselves for convenience. Of the three systems of faith, however, only Christianity supports itself upon the twin pillars of internal acceptance and external tolerance. That is, Christianity flourishes by the example of its founder and through the thoughts and actions of his followers. Contrarily, Islam does not permit individual rebellion or the acceptance of competing beliefs. Its doctrine rest firmly upon its own pillars of aggression and submission. Freedom, democracy, and individual rights will fade under Islamic rule unless the world comes to terms with the true threat emanating from Muhammadanism.*

Introduction

Religion is as old as humanity itself, a necessary part of human development. Hostility towards faith within a higher power is a relatively modern invention, its most powerful manifestation arising during the 19th century emergence of Marxism and Communism. Despite, for instance, Roman allegiance towards the emperors as earthly manifestations of deities, such emperors still maintained their earthly desires, powers, and frailties and only excelled under the human perception of their power. Judaism, to the contrary, emerged as a monotheistic faith with a singular, largely nameless omnipotent God as  (continue reading pdf here)

http://www.rjgodlewski.com/TheChristiansGuideToDefeatingIslamByRJGodlewskiTACTICALEXTRACTIONSSecurityPaperJUNE2012.pdf

 

Post Memorial Day Edition - Watcher of Weasels Council Nominations

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday.

Council News:

This week, Crazy Bald Guy, Right Truth, Common Cents, Against All Enemies and Pirates Cove took advantage of my generous offer of link whorage and earned honorable mention status with some great pieces.

You can, too! Want to see your work appear on the Watcher’s Council homepage in our weekly contest listing? Didn’t get nominated by a Council member? No worries.