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Friday, September 03, 2010

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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.

Top Stories Section Headlines Editorial
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.
International
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.


More International Headlines
Poison Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools
8 Dead in Cancun Bar Firebombing
Mexico Fires 3,200 Police Officers for Corruption
Dead Codebreaker Was Linked to NSA Case
UN Refutes OIC Claim of $1B in Aid for PK Crisis
Islamist Terrorism
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.


More Islamist Terrorism Headlines
US Intel: Tehran Pushes Hezbollah to Attack Israel
4 Israelis Shot Dead by Hamas in West Bank
Two Men Arrested on Suspicion of Plotting Attack
Accused Somali Pirate Pleads Guilty in US Court
Hezbollah, Syria to Cooperate Against Israel
Government & Politics
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.


More Government & Politics Headlines
Murkowski Concedes AK Primary to Miller
Obama Speech Draws GOP Fire
Duncan Urged Employees to Attend Sharpton Rally
Wealthy Lawmakers Increased Their Riches in '09
GOP Odds of Winning House Rise
National & Local
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.


More National & Local Headlines
Task Force Rounds Up Gangs in Tulsa
500K+ Turn Out for 'Restoring Honor'
Increased Number of Laser Strikes Around LAX
GZ Mosque 'Symbol of Victory' for Extremists
Seniors Filing for Bankruptcy at Accelerated Rate
The Fifth Column
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.

More Fifth Column Headlines
Sebelius: 'We've Got a Lot of Reeducation to Do'
USAID Funding 'Artificial Peace' Ads in Israel
Report Exposes Climate Change Fraud
HLF Unindicted Co-Conspirator Sues Over Label
Waters Lawyers Want Ethics Comm. to Halt Probe
Culture Wars
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.


More Culture Wars Headlines
French First Lady Branded 'Prostitute' by Iran Media
Saudis 'Hammer 24 Nails' into Sri Lankan Maid
Church Razed on 9/11 Ignored in Mosque Furor
Mosque Planner: Opposition 'Beyond Islamophobia'
Saudi Judge Considers Paralysis Punishment
Multimedia
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...

The Ground Zero Mosque & The War of Ideas
by Frank Salvato
Commentary
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.
Commentary from the Net
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.
Analysis
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."


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Positive: 46.4%
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