An Affirmative Action Justice Dept.?:
Eric Holder's US Justice Dept. has initiated a lawsuit against Maricopa County,
AZ, Sheriff Joe Arpaio alleging civil rights violations. Arpaio says the Justice
Dept. isn't fully transparent in what it's investigating.
Holder's Justice
Dept. Sues Arizona Sheriff in
Civil Rights Probe Source: AP/Yahoo! News
The US Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the
Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an
investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
The lawsuit calls Arpaio and his office's defiance "unprecedented," and said the
federal government has been trying since March 2009 to get officials to comply
with its probe of alleged discrimination, unconstitutional searches and
seizures, and having English-only policies in his jails that discriminate
against people with limited English skills. Arpaio had been given until Aug. 17
to hand over documents it first asked for 15 months ago. Arpaio's attorney,
Robert Driscoll, declined immediate comment on the lawsuit, saying he had just
received it and hadn't yet conferred with his client. Arpaio's office had said
it has fully cooperated in the jail inquiry but won't hand over additional
documents into the examination of the alleged unconstitutional searches because
federal authorities haven't said exactly what they were investigating.
National
& Local Unemployment
Hits
9.6%; Private Sector Adds 67,000
Job losses continued to mount in the US economy last month, though at a more
modest pace than expected, putting further pressure on policy makers to take
action to spur growth and employment.
Nonfarm payrolls fell by 54,000 last month, matching the level of revised losses
recorded the previous month, the US Labor Department said Friday. The revision
in July layoffs to 54,000 followed an original estimate of a 131,000 drop in
payrolls. The US economy has shed jobs for three straight months.
Government
& Politics Hillary
Clinton for President Ad Airs in New Orleans
We've still got two months left until the 2010 midterm elections, but we now
have our first television commercial of the 2012 presidential campaign. And the
ad advocates for Hillary Clinton, who says she has no intention of running for
the White House. The commercial was paid for by a Chicago dentist named William
DeJean, who, when asked why he put the ad up, said, "I'm a dentist and I don't
think this country is headed in the right direction...I think she is the most
qualified."
Islamist
Terrorism Gaza Islamists Vow Wave of Attacks Against Israel
Militant groups in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday they had joined forces to
step up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide bombings.
The statement was made as Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed in Washington
to a series of direct talks, seeking to forge the framework for a US-backed
peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
A spokesman for Hamas said 13 militant groups would work together to launch "more effective
attacks" against Israel, including suicide bombings.
Islamist
Terrorism Pakistani
Taliban Put on Terror List;
Leader Charged
The US added the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e Taliban) to a list of terrorist
organizations and offered rewards for the whereabouts of its leaders, responding
to pressure from lawmakers to take action after the group claimed responsibility
for the failed Times Square bombing. The formal designation bans suspected
Pakistani Taliban members from entering the US, makes it illegal for US citizens
to provide “material support or resources” to the group, and allows American
authorities to seize assets tied to the organization.
National
& Local Questions
Raised About Rauf's Nonexistent Mosque
The federal government considers the Muslim group founded by Ground Zero Mosque
leader Feisal Abdul Rauf to be a tax-exempt church. But federal records show the
group obtained that status by claiming to hold prayer services for up to 500
people in a Manhattan apartment building that has no space to hold that many
people. However, a review of the building and real estate records indicates
there is nowhere in the building to house that many congregants. ASMA lists its
office address as 201 W. 85th St., Apt. 10E on the tax form, while it cites only
the building address as its location for prayer services.
National
& Local Lawsuit Filed
Against Coke for Cancelling Healthcare
Coca-Cola employees in Bellevue and Western Washington returned to work Tuesday,
ending a week-long strike over stalled contract negotiations. Teamsters Local
117 accused the beverage maker of trying to raise workers' health-insurance
rates and terminating the company's retiree health benefits. Coca-Cola quickly
canceled the picketers' health insurance after the strike began August 23.
Teamsters Local 117 spokesman Paul Zilli said the move played a major role in
nudging employees back to work after a week.
National
& Local Suspect in MD
Hostage Crisis a Progressive Eco-Zealot
The man who held at least three hostages in a nearly four-hour standoff
Wednesday at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, had
a history of protesting the network's programming, authorities said. The man was
identified by law enforcement sources as 43-year-old James Lee, who was shot and
killed by police after officers observed him withdrawing a handgun. Lee was
described by authorities as an environmental protester who had posted online
rants against Discovery in the past.
Government
& Politics
Dodd-Frank Act Mandates Executive-Worker Salary Comparisons
A little-noticed provision in the mammoth Dodd-Frank financial reform act will
force companies to disclose regularly the ratio of the median annual pay of all
their employees to that of their chief executive. The measure raises potential
public relations problems for some of the US’s biggest companies, as well as
significant administrative burdens. The published ratios will vary significantly
but some may look alarmingly unfair to the eyes of the average small
shareholder.
The
Fifth Column
Labor, Progressives to Hold 10/2 Rally to Counter Beck
Labor leaders, liberal religious leaders and the NAACP will hold a rally on the
National Mall on October 2, one month before the fall midterm elections, in an
attempt to show they too have political clout and momentum in response to last
Saturday’s massive gathering of Tea Party types led by Fox News host Glenn Beck.
“The AFL-CIO is determined that the Tea Party and its corporate backers are not
going to get the final word,” said AFL-CIO executive vice president Arlene Holt
Baker. “We will expect tens of thousands of union families to come.”
The
Fifth Column NAACP Launches
Site to ‘Monitor’ Tea Party ‘Racists’
The NAACP partnered with Media Matters, Think Progress and New Left Media to
launch a website that will specifically publish and monitor “racism and other
forms of extremism within the Tea Party movement.” Media Matters and Think
Progress representatives said their content and reporting haven’t changed and
that the NAACP approached their organizations seeking only to republish select
content they’ve produced. The NAACP’s new teapartytracker.org is aimed
specifically at highlighting “racism” in the Tea Party.
Islamist
Terrorism 3 Bombs
Kill 25 at Pakistan
Shiite March
Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern
Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding about 150
others, officials said. The explosions appeared to be the latest in a string of
attacks by Sunni extremists against the minority Shiites they consider infidels.
Allied with al Qaeda and the Taliban, the bombers are also seeking to
destabilize Pakistan's US-backed government. The blasts were the first major
attacks since Pakistan was hit by devastating floods more than a month ago.
Gold Rallying to
$1,500 as Soros's Bubble Inflates
Investors are accumulating enough bullion to fill Switzerland’s vaults twice
over as gold’s most- accurate forecasters say the longest rally in at least nine
decades has further to go no matter what the economy holds. Analysts raised
their 2011 forecasts more than for any other precious metal the past two months,
predicting a 10th annual advance, data compiled by Bloomberg show. One of the
biggest buyers has been Soros Fund Management LLC, which oversees about $25
billion.
Dutch
Release Yemeni Terror
Suspects
Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may
have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released
without charge Wednesday after investigations turned up no evidence to link them
to a terror plot, Dutch prosecutors said. The pair raised suspicions in the
United States Sunday after making last minute changes to their flight
arrangements and because one was carrying $7,000 in cash. An inspection their
checked luggage uncovered a cellphone taped to a small bottle, multiple
cellphones and watches taped together, and a knife and box cutter, according to
a US official who had been briefed on the investigation.
Retired Three-Star Lieutenant
General Backs 'Birther' Army Doctor
Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney has officially joined the
legions of birthers, after writing an affidavit in support of Army Lieutenant
Colonel Terrence Lakin who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he does not
believe President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Lakin faces a
court martial on Oct. 13 for his refusal. The affidavit from McInerney
acknowledges concerns about Obama's Constitutional eligibility, and demands that
he release his birth records or that the court authorize discovery.
5 Dead, 25 Wounded During
Violent 50 Hours in Chicago
Three men and two teenage boys were killed -- and at least 26 other people
suffered violent injuries -- during an especially bloody 48-hour period. Both
boys were shot and killed while attending block parties. Three of the murders,
and many of the shootings, were on the West Side -- an area the Chicago
Sun-Times reported top police officials are targeting gang members. Police
confirmed Sunday that at least two of the West Side shootings were gang-related.
Obama Admin. Flip-Flops,
Nixes Sale of Antique Rifles
The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, wants
to sell nearly a million antique M1 rifles that were used by US soldiers in the
Korean War to gun collectors in America. The Obama administration approved the
sale of the American-made rifles last year. But it reversed course and banned
the sale in March. A State Department spokesman said the administration's
decision was based on concerns that the guns could fall into the wrong hands.
Pakistan Christians
Denied Flood Aid
Christians affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan face "systematic
discrimination" in the distribution of aid, the news agency of a Vatican
missionary body reported Thursday. The Fides news agency, a branch of the
Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said aid was handled
either by Muslim relief organizations or by government officials close to
Islamic fundamentalists. Both discriminated against Christians and other
minorities in distributing aid essential to survival, it said.
NMJ Radio
Is
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Practicing Affirmative
Action Justice? The events surrounding the abandonment of the
voter intimidation case against three members of the New Black Panther Party for
actions taken at a Philadelphia polling place during the 2008 General Election
have left many puzzled as to why the most egregious violation of the Voter
Rights Act since the days of the KKK was dropped by Eric Holder's Justice
Department. We also address the nomination of Elena Kagan in an interview with
Chuck Wilder and we re-visit the Demonization of the Tea Party.
NEW!
NMJ-TV Three Things About Islam A group calling themselves "White Roses"
created a video to inform non-Muslims about Islam. White Roses, headquartered in
Sweden, produced several versions in different languages. This first version is
in English. The name "White Roses" (German: die Weiße Rose) was a
non-violent/intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of
students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The group
became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign, lasting from June 1942 until
February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler's
regime. The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo and they
were executed by decapitation in 1943. In this straight-forward and educational
video -- well produced and presented -- White Roses covers the topics of the
Quran, Sharia law and taqiyya.
Eternal Principle
by Nancy Salvato Marcus Tullius
Cicero, who was born in 105 B.C. and was beheaded by Antony's soldiers in 43 B.C,
writes in "On the Laws," “Law was neither a thing to be
contrived by the genius of man, nor established by any decree of the people, but
a certain eternal principle, which governs the entire universe, wisely
commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.” In the Declaration of
Independence, Thomas Jefferson echoes this eternal truth when he explains that
the function of government is to secure God-given rights. How do we know about
these rights? Cicero explains that the supreme law is “the mind of God” and that
from the moment of our existence, through our power of reason, God incites us to
do good and deters us from evil. It is clear that Jefferson and
the founders understood and believed in the eternal principle and Cicero’s
interpretation.
More Editorials...
Red Hot Liberal Arrogance by AJ DiCintio
Ever since Karl Marx lied that he based his ideas upon science — for example,
his "scientific socialism" — a defining characteristic of leftists has been an
insufferable, arrogant bragging about their exquisite rationality. Now, if it
were true that leftist ideology is based upon reason, it would qualify for
inclusion in science textbooks. However, as every honest person knows, it can't
be because it isn't. My purpose here, however, is not to analyze the entirety of
this important question but to comment upon how liberals have blown their
arrogance red hot during this summer of the nation's discontent.
Debt Unto Death, Till Debt Do Us Part... Happy Labor Day? by Ercille I. Christmas
The latest news on the debt that the US owes triggered the above title. Will all
generations currently alive in this nation, including newborns, be saddled with
debt past their death? On hearing the news, the thought occurred that the US
government is going to keep running up debt until this leads to the death of the
country – not death in a literal sense – but “death” of the “shining city on a
hill,” into to a third world dump, where dumpster diving becomes the norm. This
national debt situation is becoming like a bad marriage, and making “we the
people” feel like breaking those marriage vows “till death do us part.”
The Monster Hurricane
That Could Destroy America by Ron Ewart
As Hurricane Earl positions itself to crash into the East Coast of America, once
again we are faced with the awesome power of a hurricane. This new hurricane
comes on the heels of the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that flooded 80%
of New Orleans and killed over 1,800 people. A different kind of hurricane, that
has the potential of destroying America, along with its freedom, liberty and
sovereignty, has been brewing in the halls of government and the seats of
national and international financial power for at least the last 100 years,
while the general population seemed oblivious to the ever-growing storm clouds
on the horizon.
Beware of the Obama Tax Increases by US Rep. Eric Cantor
Listening to the Democrats this summer, you're unlikely to hear about an
impending tax increase. In an effort to sanitize their historically
irresponsible decision to raise tax rates in the midst of a struggling
economy, President Obama and the congressional majority say they are
merely "allowing the Bush tax cuts" to expire. Skillful messaging
perhaps, but cold comfort to the millions of Americans and small
businesses who aren't concerned with what their effective tax rate was
in 2001. For them, on Jan. 1, one of two things will happen: Taxes will
go up, or taxes will stay the same. Coming to grips with this reality
will be crucial to jumpstarting the economic recovery.
Islam Is a Political Dictatorship
Cloaked in Religion by Dr. Laurie Roth
While much of the country is rolling their eyes regarding the continued
push and deceit behind the 100 million dollar mosque at ground zero in
New York, Islam marches forth in the US...boldly. America, as usual,
gets confused about ‘religious rights’ while Muslims build mosques and
manipulate our society toward Sharia control in city after city. The
latest CNN Poll shows that nearly 70% of Americans oppose the mosque at
ground zero, yet Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the project's front man,
continues to charge forward, while American taxpayers pay for his trips
abroad to Muslim countries, talking of the Islamic condition and status
back in the US.
Is Islam Indoctrination
in American Schools? by Carole Hornsby Haynes, PhD
In recent months the American public has been made increasingly aware of
a secretive foreign network of Islamic radicals that operates dozens of
charter schools on US soil. These schools are linked to an extreme
Islamist, Fethullah Gülen, who was charged with trying to create an
Islamic state when he tried to overthrow his own Turkish government and
enforce Sharia Law. He came to the United States and lives in self-exile
in rural Pennsylvania where he controls his transnational empire.
The Discovery Attacker:
A True Green Believer by Richard Morrison
News Wednesday afternoon that an armed gunman had entered the cable TV
headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Maryland and
begun taking hostages alarmed people throughout the Washington, DC area
and around the country. As law enforcement officials negotiated with the
suspect, posts on social media outlets inevitably began arguing over the
ideological motivations of the hostage-taker, James J. Lee.
Conservatives were quick to point out the suspect's radical
environmentalist manifesto, while left-leaning sources disclaimed any
connection. News a few hours later that the suspect had been shot and
killed by police spawned a round of smug black humor, concluding that he
had been successful in accomplishing one of his chief demands, a smaller
world population.
Afghanistan: Descent into Reality
by Ed Corcoran, GlobalSecurity.org
The effort in Afghanistan is in danger of losing touch with reality. It is stuck
in a deepening rut, rushing towards a receding objective. The effort requires
that the United States find an answer to the challenge, and find it NOW, so that
next year troops can be drawn down and the effort brought to some kind of
conclusion. Somehow everything may turn out OK. This focus is driven by the
American penchant to impatiently seek answers; politics is reduced to sound
bites; complex situations are dumbed down to reach simplistic "answers."
