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  • It's Official: Muslim Population of Britain Doubles

    12/30/2012 8:58:58 AM PST · by george76 · 63 replies
    Gatestone Institute ^ | December 21, 2012 | Douglas Murray
    England and Wales ... undergoing seismic change. Over the course of a decade up to four million more people have entered the country to live. In the capital, London, people identifying themselves as "white British" have for the first time become a minority. Perhaps most strikingly, the national Muslim population has doubled. ... For the last decade, every major politician has lied about this issue. While talking tough, about putting a cap on immigrant numbers, pushing people to assimilate and much else besides, they have done nearly nothing ... Now we can see the fruits of their labors. The census...
  • In Delhi Slum, Tales of the Rape Suspects

    12/29/2012 5:51:58 PM PST · by BlackVeil · 15 replies
    India Real Time ^ | 29 Dec 2012 | By Amol Sharma and Krishna Pokharel
    Ravi Dass Camp, a poor neighborhood in South Delhi, is a maze of narrow lanes, open drains, and pastel-colored mud-and-brick houses. Clothes are hung to dry on power lines above the corrugated metal rooftops. It’s a typical city slum where locals say they try to make an honest living doing everything from construction day-labor to driving auto-rickshaws to cleaning houses. But these days, Ravi Dass Camp has an unwelcome distinction: it is home to four of the six men accused of carrying out the Dec. 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman aboard a chartered bus that inflicted such horrific damage...
  • Allah Akbar and Ho Ho Ho

    12/25/2012 5:03:19 AM PST · by expat1000 · 8 replies
    Sultan Knish ^ | December 24, 2012 | Daniel Greenfield
    "A flag bearing a crescent and star flies from a flagpole in front of the World Trade Center, next to a Christmas tree and a menorah." New York Times, 1997 In 1997, Mohammed T. Mehdi, the head of the Arab-American Committee and the National Council on Islamic Affairs, lobbied to have a crescent and star go up at the World Trade Center during the holiday season. His wish was granted, despite the fact that Mehdi had been an adviser to Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. In the name of diversity and political correctness, an adviser to the religious leader behind the...
  • 'He's treated like the worst of the worst': Sandusky put on hard routine...

    12/09/2012 12:09:00 PM PST · by Morgana · 45 replies
    mail online ^ | 12.9.2012 | mail online
    FULL TITLE: 'He's treated like the worst of the worst': Sandusky put on hard routine and separated from other inmates for his own protection Serial child sex offender Jerry Sandusky lives under tight restrictions in prison for his own safety, it has been revealed. The former Penn State coach is on hard routine after he asked for more prison privileges and then received threats from inmates. 'He is being housed in the appropriate facility in order to assure his safety,' said Susan McNaughton, press secretary for the Pennsylvania state Department of Corrections. She responded to questions from Reuters after one...
  • ‘Sharia Medicine’: Egyptian Clinic Treats People with Camel Urine

    10/01/2012 10:25:07 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 26 replies
    frontpagemag.com ^ | Oct. 1, 2012 | Raymond Ibrahim
    A recent Egyptian TV program showed how Islamic Sharia law’s many prescriptions do not merely clash with modern-day concepts like free speech and religious freedom, but even with medicine and science. On September 16, popular TV persona Wael El-Ibrashi hosted Dr. Zaghlul al-Naggar, a prominent Islamic thinker and Chairman of Egypt’s Committee of Scientific Notions in the Quran, on the topic of medical science and Islam. Inevitably the idea of drinking camel urine as a form of therapy—first proposed in the 7th century by Muslim prophet Muhammad—came up. Not only did Dr. Naggar promote this practice, but he made the...
  • Catholics Then, Muslims Now [NYT Op-Ed on why Muslims deserve our trust]

    09/18/2012 12:09:14 PM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 41 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 09/18/2012 | DOUG SAUNDERS
    During the Republican primaries, Muslims were accused of harboring plans for “stealth Shariah.” A group of five Republican House members, led by Michele Bachmann, groundlessly accused two prominent Muslim federal officials of loyalty to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Another Republican representative, Joe Walsh of Illinois, used a campaign rally to suggest that Muslims in the Chicago suburbs were plotting to commit terrorist attacks. In New York City, the police spied on thousands of Muslims for six years without producing any evidence that could lead to an investigation.... ....From the 19th century on, distrust, violence and, eventually, immigration restrictions were aimed at...
  • Love American Style: Polygamy gets Sizzle

    09/10/2012 3:11:22 PM PDT · by scottjewell · 37 replies
    WND ^ | Aug 20 2012 | Chelsea Schilling
    "We should strive to have it legalized" Is polygamy becoming the new “gay” movement in America? [Cast of "Sister Wives"] With television shows such as HBO’s “Big Love” and TLC’s “Sister Wives,” polygamy is the once-taboo lifestyle that appears to be gaining wider acceptance – especially on the heels of homosexual marriage victories across the nation. ... the website Pro-Polygamy.com declared Aug. 19 the 12th annual Polygamy Day. According to the site, since it began, “the annual celebration grew into a widespread and religiously-neutral individual celebration around the country among all forms of consenting-adult pro-polygamists.” Historically, polygamy has had little...
  • [homosexual] Man faces charges after contacting little leaguers on Facebook

    07/31/2012 6:46:02 AM PDT · by kevcol · 33 replies
    KARE11 ^ | July 27, 2012 | news
    CRYSTAL, Minn. - A 44-year-old Minneapolis man faces multiple charges after he tried to contact members of the Crystal Little League via Facebook, according to the Crystal Police Department. "I was on my son's facebook and noticed a message from this person," said Marcie, a mother of a little leauge ballplayer in Crystal. "He had sent my son a message asking to go to a movie at the Mall of America." It was Marcie that helped tip off police. On Monday, Marcie, along with the league's safety officer reached out to police after noticeing the same man had contacted...
  • "They Ate Their Victims' Brains Raw": Cannibal Cult Arrested for Eating Seven Witch Doctors

    07/14/2012 11:49:07 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 44 replies
    Mirror News ^ | July 13, 2012 | Agency Staff
    "They ate their victims' brains raw": 'Cannibal cult' members arrested after seven 'witch doctors' brutally murdered The cult members are thought to have eaten the witch doctors’ organs in the belief that they would attain supernatural powers and become ‘bulletproof’ Police in Papua New Guinea have unearthed a ‘cannibal cult’ in the jungle thought to be responsible for the murders of seven suspected witch doctors. The 29 cult members allegedly ate their victims' brains raw and made soup from their penises, according to police officials. Madang Police Commander Anthony Wagambie said: “They don’t think they’ve done anything wrong; they admit...
  • Lifestyles That Are Taboo In The US, But Are Okay In Other Countries

    06/19/2012 7:39:28 PM PDT · by presidio9 · 45 replies
    BuzzFeed ^ | June 19, 2012
    Being A Polygamist Most of us frown upon the idea of polygamy, but it's considered an acceptable lifestyle in many other places around the world. For instance in Africa, children are considered to be symbolic of wealth, so polygamy is an appealing lifestyle because of how quickly it allows families to grow. Being Or Using A Prostitute Prostitution has some terrible connotations in America, but in places like Germany, it's just like any other respectable profession. For instance, if you are unemployed for a year and refuse to take an available job (like being a prostitute), the government reserves the...
  • Muslim Grave Desecration and Jihad

    04/09/2012 5:24:50 AM PDT · by SJackson · 8 replies
    FrontPage Magazine ^ | April 9, 2012 | Robert Spencer
    Video has recently surfaced of Muslims in Libya desecrating Australian war graves, just weeks after reports that Muslims there, in a rage over Qur’ans accidentally burned in Afghanistan, had also desecrated British graves. Such behavior may seem puzzling to those who believe the statements of Islamic supremacists in the West about how Islam tolerates and respects non-believers and non-Muslim religions; in fact, however, such behavior is fully in accord with standard Islamic theology regarding the nature of non-believing society, and the value of its cultural artifacts. The general Islamic term for the period of history before the advent of Islam,...
  • Human ancestors interbred with related species

    09/08/2011 5:17:24 PM PDT · by Renfield · 68 replies · 2+ views
    Naturenews ^ | 09-05-2011 | Matt Kaplan
    Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1. The authors say that up to 2% of the genomes of some modern African populations may originally come from a closely related species. Palaeontologists have long wondered whether modern humans came from a single, genetically isolated population of hominins or whether we are a genetic mix of various hominin species. Last year, an analysis comparing the Neanderthal genome sequence to that of modern H. sapiens showed that some interbreeding did take place between the two...
  • Sharia in Toronto: the Muslim Girls on Their Period Have to Sit in the Back

    07/21/2011 5:36:31 PM PDT · by george76 · 43 replies
    pj ^ | July 19, 2011 | Bruce Bawer
    This sort of thing should send a chill down the spine of anyone who understands what it means for a country to be free or for a school to be public. It never ceases to amaze. Sharia is putting down roots all over the West, in ever more explicit and obvious ways. And bien pensant folks on the Left continue to insist, fiercely and self-righteously, that nothing of the kind is going on — even though it’s happening right under their noses. One of the lastest breathtaking examples: a public middle school in Toronto where Friday prayers are part of...
  • Two Monkeys Wed Secretly in India

    07/11/2011 7:03:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Gather ^ | July 10, 2011
    Two monkeys wed this weekend but were forced to do so secretly in the middle of the forests of Rajasthan. It would not be surprising if this love story between Raju and Chinki (the monkeys) was adapted into a Bollywood movie—the material is certainly all there! The wedding was India's first involving monkeys—probably because it is illegal in India for monkeys to wed, hence, the secrecy. Ramesh Saini, owner of the "groom," Raju, found the monkey unconscious three years ago and nursed him back to health. The monkey attracted crowds of people whenever he went outside. Ramesh, who has no...
  • Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-'Arifi: Islam Does Not Set a Minimum Age for Marriage

    07/11/2011 10:20:23 AM PDT · by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis · 14 replies
    MEMRI TV ^ | July 5, 2011 | Iqra TV (Saudi Arabia)
    Following are excerpts from a religious program featuring Saudi cleric Muhammad Al-'Arifi, which aired on Iqra TV on July 5, 2011: Muhammad Al-'Arifi: There is no agreed-upon minimum age for the marriage of a boy or a girl. It depends upon their maturity. Let's assume that someone wants to marry your 20-year-old daughter. But your daughter's mentality and capabilities… She wouldn't know how to handle it. You feel that her marriage is bound to fail, because she has no understanding of how she is supposed to behave. You think that this girl is not ready to get married. It would...
  • Nigerian 'baby factory' raided, 32 teenage girls freed

    06/01/2011 2:14:56 PM PDT · by posterchild · 31 replies
    AFP via yahoo.com ^ | Wed June 1, 2011
    LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian police have raided a home allegedly being used to force teenage girls to have babies that were then offered for sale for trafficking or other purposes, authorities said on Wednesday. "We stormed the premises of the Cross Foundation in Aba three days ago following a report that pregnant girls aged between 15 and 17 are being made to make babies for the proprietor," said Bala Hassan, police commissioner for Abia state in the country's southeast. "We rescued 32 pregnant girls and arrested the proprietor who is undergoing interrogation over allegations that he normally sells the babies...
  • Obama to Honor Controversial Rapper Known for Cop-Killing, Misogynistic Lyrics

    05/09/2011 6:08:56 PM PDT · by mandaladon · 17 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 9 May 2011 | Emily Esfahani Smith
    WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will celebrate American poetry and prose with a gathering of poets, musicians and artists at the White House next Wednesday night. Professionals Elizabeth Alexander, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Kenneth Goldsmith, Alison Knowles, Aimee Mann and Jill Scott will read, sing and highlight poetry’s influence on American culture. And there is another poet whose works will be honored: as NH Journal points out, “One of the poets who will attend is Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. who goes by the name ‘Common.’” “Tell the law my Uzi weighs a ton …...
  • Africa: Male genitalia tops witchcraft list (Most popular trafficked body part)

    05/08/2011 11:29:31 PM PDT · by Stoat · 18 replies
    The Daily News (South Africa) ^ | May 6, 2011 | Nompumelelo Magwaza
    Male genitalia tops witchcraft list May 6 2011 at 08:14am By Nompumelelo Magwaza flickr.com Male genitalia are the most sought-after human body part for use in harmful traditional practices, including witchcraft, in South Africa and Mozambique. This is according to a research report released by the Mozambican Human Rights League in partnership with Childline South Africa in Durban on Thursday. The study also found South Africa had created a market for body parts trafficked from Mozambique. The research showed that at least one mutilation occurred in both countries every two weeks during the 14 months of the study between 2008...
  • Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery (Witchsmeller Pursuivant Alert)

    05/05/2011 2:57:39 PM PDT · by mojito · 40 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 5/5/2011 | Saeed Kamali Dehghan
    Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits). Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds". The arrests come amid a growing rift...
  • China bars English words in all publications

    12/24/2010 5:55:44 AM PST · by Pinkbell · 63 replies · 4+ views
    Antara ^ | December 23, 2010
    BEIJING, Dec 23 (ANTARA) - Chinese newspapers, books and websites will no longer be allowed to use English words and phrases, the country`s publishing body has announced, saying the "purity" of the Chinese language is in peril. The General Administration of Press and Publication, which announced the new rule on Monday, said the increasing use of English words and abbreviations in Chinese texts had caused confusion and was a means of "abusing the language". Such practices "severely damaged the standard and purity of the Chinese language and disrupted the harmonious and healthy language and cultural environment, causing negative social impacts,"...
  • Harry Potter star 'beaten after meeting non-Muslim man'

    12/20/2010 11:46:31 AM PST · by Nachum · 50 replies · 1+ views
    Telegraph UK ^ | 12/20/10 | staff
    A Harry Potter star was beaten, called a ''slag'' and threatened with death after she met a young man who was not a Muslim, a court heard today. Victim Afshan Azad, 22, played Padma Patil, a classmate of the teenage wizard, in the blockbuster Hollywood films based on the children's books by JK Rowling. She was assaulted and branded a ''prostitute'' after meeting a young Hindu man, a relationship which brought anger from her father, Abul Azad, 53, and brother, Ashraf, 28, Manchester Crown Court heard. The frightened actress later fled through her bedroom window after threats were made to...
  • Man Saddled With Voodoo Curse Throws Rock Through Window, Arrested

    12/14/2010 11:42:39 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 30 replies
    NBC Miami ^ | 12/14/2010 | BRIAN HAMACHER
    West Palm Beach man confronts neighbor over bad spell A West Palm Beach man who'd had enough of the voodoo curse his neighbor put on him was arrested after he threw a rock through the neighbor's window. Renald Louis, 26, was charged Sunday with shooting or throwing a missile into a dwelling, according to the Palm Beach Post. Louis had allegedly tossed the rock through 45-year-old Delvin Carter's living room window, narrowly missing his daughter who was sitting on a couch. Carter went outside and confronted Louis, who had another rock in his hand. "You put voodoo on me," said...
  • The Wife Who Tried to Dupe the Judge

    11/30/2010 11:37:17 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    Emirates ^ | Tuesday, November 30, 2010
    A Saudi wife who got fed up with her husband and wanted to get divorced from him simply picked his mobile phone without his knowledge, typed the words “you are divorced” and texted them to her phone. She then went straight to court to get an official endorsement of the divorce, producing the text as evidence that her husband has divorced her. But the judge in the western port of Jeddah appeared clever enough to suspect the woman when the thought why the husband should send a divorce to his wife by mobile when he can simply throw the words...
  • Hilarious video of sexual harassment meeting from the TV show "NCIS"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZO_zehR9w
  • Zimbabwe Women Raping Men for Ritual Purposes

    10/09/2010 7:07:03 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 112 replies · 2+ views
    Times of India ^ | Oct 9, 2010
    <p>Women in Zimbabwe are said to be abducting and raping men for ritual purposes.</p> <p>In the past 11 months six men have been gang-raped by women, and as per the police the figure could be much higher, as victims are often too embarrassed to report the crime.</p>
  • Husband-killer meant to burn his penis

    09/29/2010 9:26:00 AM PDT · by markomalley · 63 replies
    UPI ^ | 9/29/2010
    ADELAIDE, Australia, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- An Australian woman who burned her husband to death said she intended to burn only his genitals, prosecutors said. The prosecution in Rajini Narayan's murder trial in South Australia's Supreme Court in Adelaide said Wednesday she made the claim to neighbors right after the fire, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Prosecutors said Narayan set her husband, Satish, on fire at their home in December 2008 because she thought he was having an affair. The defense said she came to believe that if she burned his penis he would stay with her, but she ended...
  • 3 dozen Dallas County deputy constables hired despite troubling job histories

    09/19/2010 10:31:04 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 9 replies
    dallasnews.com ^ | 19 Sept 2010 | ED TIMMS and KEVIN KRAUSE
    Rene Lozano Jr. once lost control of his patrol car while chasing a traffic violator. The vehicle slammed into a utility pole, fatally injuring a rookie officer riding with him. A bullet narrowly missed another officer's head when Lozano's pistol accidentally discharged. He was the passenger in a stolen Mercedes-Benz driven by a friend. The bolt cutters used to steal the car were stashed under the seat. And he once was fired for making false statements about his arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated, a case that ultimately was dismissed because the arresting officer was unable to testify. That...
  • Amazing wedding recipe (Kuwaiti proposal to extend state benefits to men who marry a 2nd wife)

    08/26/2010 12:51:48 PM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 11 replies
    Kuwaiti Times ^ | August 27, 2010 | Badrya Darwish
    I am sure that most of you guys would have heard about the honorable gentleman MP Duwaisan and his suggestion that the government should give a Kuwaiti man KD8,000 (US$27,729.67) grant if he marries a Kuwaiti woman. Currently, the government pays KD 4,000 (US$13,864.89) per marriage. Duwaisan wants to double that amount since he claims that living expenses have doubled and lifestyles have also changed. So far, so good. The gentleman went to the extent of proposing that if the man acquires a second wife, he should be given another KD8,000. The condition is that the bride should be Kuwaiti....
  • Iowa chef licks 2 toads in kitchen, gets fined

    08/11/2010 9:39:51 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 42 replies
    Associated Press ^ | August 11, 2010
    DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Maybe he was testing a new recipe. Chef Christopher Turla earned his Davenport, Iowa restaurant a $335 ticket Wednesday after health inspectors saw a video of him kissing and licking toads in the kitchen.
  • Man kills friend, drinks his blood

    08/05/2010 10:29:57 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 24 replies
    AP ^ | August 5, 2010
    BARTOW, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in central Florida have a man in custody they say stabbed a friend to death and then drank his blood. Mauricio Mendez Lopez is accused of killing Macario Cruz in a house they shared in Bartow. Police said they believe Lopez stabbed Cruz to death because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law, Mariella Mendez. Lopez is the uncle of Mendez and Cruz's wife.
  • Bollywood lines up films based on honour killings

    07/20/2010 6:24:15 AM PDT · by SoonerStorm09 · 5 replies
    Press Trust of India ^ | July 15, 2010 | Staff report
    NEW DELHI -- Infamous for their conservative outlook towards love and marriage, the khap panchayats are finding their way on to the silver screen with several Bollywood directors lining up films based on honour killings. TV soap maker Ajai Sinha and director Avtar Bhogal are the latest to try and use a cinematic medium to deal with the complex issue. Known for soaps such as Ghar Ek Sapna, Haasratein and Astitva, Sinha decided to make Khap- A Story Of Honour Killing after he came across a related newspaper article. "These killings have taken place even in the capital Delhi also....
  • Mother kills son, sells ear (for $20)

    07/02/2010 12:34:30 PM PDT · by mainsail that · 31 replies · 3+ views
    straitstimes.com ^ | 7/2/2010 | straitstimes.com
    HARARE - A ZIMBEBWEAN woman killed her infant son and sold one of his ears for US$20 (S$27.95) to a traditional healer wanted for ritual murders in neighbouring Mozambique, police said on Thursday. 'We can confirm that the woman Christine Hofisi from Chipinge (near the Mozambican border) strangled her 18-month-old son to death and cut off his left ear,' deputy national police spokesman Oliver Mandipaka told AFP. 'Hofisi sold the ear to a traditional healer notorious for ritual murders in Mozambique. She sold the ear for US$20 but was given US$10 with the balance to be paid later. 'She is...
  • Indian girl rails against early, arranged marriages - Defies her parents, tradition

    06/03/2010 7:33:19 AM PDT · by re_tail20 · 15 replies · 536+ views
    Washington Times ^ | June 2, 2010 | Sujoy Dhar
    Fourteen-year-old Rekha Kalindi, who lives in an eastern India village roiled by starvation and underdevelopment, has never watched India's screen divas portray empowered women in lavish Bollywood movies. Living in a mud hut on one meal a day, Rekha this year made a long journey by train from this obscure hamlet in West Bengal to India's prosperous capital, New Delhi — where she was feted by the country's first female president, Pratibha Patil. The act that brought her fame: Rekha said "no." The girl said "no" to her parents when they arranged her marriage at age 13 last year, an...
  • 'Barbaric' Robber Who Raped And Tortured Young Couple In Their Home Is Jailed Indefinitely

    05/21/2010 10:21:41 AM PDT · by Steelfish · 32 replies · 1,815+ views
    DailyMail (UK) ^ | May 21st 2010
    'Barbaric' Robber Who Raped And Tortured Young Couple In Their Home Is Jailed Indefinitely 21st May 2010 High risk: Gavin Gordon [Pic in URL] has been jailed indefinitely. He was part of a gang that raped and tortured a couple. A 'barbaric' robber who took part in the rape and torture of a young couple in their own home was jailed indefinitely today. Gavin Gordon, 31, a drug addict who has a string of convictions for violence dating back more than ten years, was part of a gang that raped a 26-year-old woman in her home in Clapham, south London,...
  • Divorced Before Puberty

    03/04/2010 4:17:18 PM PST · by SJackson · 35 replies · 943+ views
    NY Times ^ | 3-4-10 | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
    It’s hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorcées — or braver ones — than a pint-size third grader named Nujood Ali. Nujood is a Yemeni girl, and it’s no coincidence that Yemen abounds both in child brides and in terrorists (and now, thanks to Nujood, children who have been divorced). Societies that repress women tend to be prone to violence. For Nujood, the nightmare began at age 10 when her family told her that she would be marrying a deliveryman in his 30s. Although Nujood’s mother was unhappy, she did not protest. “In our country it’s the...
  • Town backs slaying suspect who tells of abuse

    02/23/2010 7:43:13 AM PST · by SmithL · 6 replies · 670+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/23/10 | Kevin Fagin
    Fort Bragg, Mendocino County -- For someone accused of shooting a 63-year-old former neighbor in front of the man's stunned wife and then standing by for half an hour to watch him die, Aaron Vargas has an awful lot of supporters in this damp little coastal town. The reason?Vargas says the dead man, Darrell McNeill, started raping him at the age of 11.The abuse continued into his 20s, Vargas' relatives say. And even when the now-32-year-old handyman finally broke away, McNeill kept badgering and pursuing him - until finally, Vargas snapped and confronted him. Nobody disputes that Vargas brought...
  • UK: Ban on Valentine's Day cards at school (cards to be confiscated)

    02/11/2010 10:27:17 AM PST · by Stoat · 15 replies · 562+ views
    The BBC ^ | February 11,2010
    (edit)Children at Ashcombe Primary School were stopped from exchanging cards because the head teacher said they were not emotionally mature enough to cope.Peter Turner told parents of the 430 pupils that cards would be confiscated.One pupil's mother said: "I think it's outrageous. They're just children. Why spoil their fun?"The woman, whose son attends the school, said: "It's comical really. I couldn't believe it when I saw the newsletter.(edit)Mr Turner said in the newsletter that children get upset when they are "dumped" which interrupts their learning.He said children should wait until they are mature enough emotionally and socially to understand the...
  • Disney attacked over lack of disabled princesses

    01/31/2010 2:31:50 PM PST · by Cheap_Hessian · 131 replies · 2,744+ views
    Telegraph (UK) ^ | January 30, 2010 | Richard Eden
    Its new film The Princess and The Frog features a black princess, but Disney has still been criticised for its alleged lack of diversity. Disney has been praised for breaking down barriers by featuring its first black princess in the film The Princess and The Frog. Oona King, who was Gordon Brown's senior policy adviser on equalities and diversity, is not satisfied, however. "You never see disabled people," the former Labour MP complained to Mandrake at a screening at the Mayfair Hotel in London. "When are you going to see a Disney film with a disabled character in the lead...
  • Police: Man sold teen daughter into marriage for cash, beer, meat

    01/25/2010 8:06:27 PM PST · by Feline_AIDS · 87 replies · 2,480+ views
    (CNN) -- A California man sold his 14-year-old daughter to an 18-year-old man for cash, beer and meat -- then called police when the prospective bridegroom didn't live up to his end of the deal, authorities said Tuesday. Marcelino de Jesus Martinez faces felony charges, according to police in Greenfield, California. Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, of Greenfield, California, was arrested Monday and booked into the Monterey County Jail, Greenfield police said in a statement. He faces felony charges of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate, police said. Martinez had arranged through a third party to have his...
  • Sunni vs. Shiite Feud Hits Streets of NYC~Video

    12/31/2009 10:07:03 AM PST · by Islaminaction · 34 replies · 1,126+ views
    Logan's Warning ^ | December 31St, 2009 | Christopher Logan
    In this video the Sunnis of RevolutionMuslim.com, showed up to protest a NYC Shiite rally. The Sunni vs. Shiite feud has been going on for over 1000 years, and it has now reached our shores. If the police were not there, this protest would of easily turned violent. Once again we see how Islam slowly destroys societies across the world To view the video....
  • Hunt for Co-op Bum-Sniff Deviant

    12/21/2009 7:41:31 AM PST · by tlb · 15 replies · 864+ views
    The Sun ^ | 21 December 2009 | staff
    COPS are hunting a pervert who smelt a supermarket worker's BUM at least 20 times. The bespectacled man, who is around 40, repeatedly sneaked up behind a 20-year-old employee on consecutive weekends. CCTV footage shows the 5ft 9in balding ginger weirdo pretending to pick items off shelves before crouching behind the shelf stacker. With his face near his victim's bum, he seemed to be taking a sniff - and once got so close his nose touched the man. The unnamed Co-op worker, of Plymouth, Devon, said: "I thought it was all a bit strange. I was shocked and couldn't believe...
  • Indiana: Public School Wanted 2nd Graders to Sing "Allah is God"....

    12/14/2009 5:11:05 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 57 replies · 2,255+ views
    They go out of their way to not mention Jesus or any reference to Christmas being a Christian holiday and then they want the kids to sing "Allah is god." The height of liberal PC insanity..... A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest. The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references...
  • Indiana School Removes 'Allah' From Holiday Show After Protests

    12/14/2009 5:29:35 PM PST · by Dubya · 26 replies · 858+ views
    FOX NEWS ^ | FOX NEWS
    An elementary school in Indiana reportedly removed a mention of Allah in its holiday show after protests from a national conservative Christian group. Lantern Road Elementary Principal Danielle Thompson told IndyStar.com that school officials in Fishers, Ind., attempted to teach inclusiveness through the second-grade program that included portions on Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa. "It went off last night without a hitch," Thompson told the Web site. "Several families thought it was a nice program."
  • Gay Adoptive Father Faces Arraignment in Abuse Case

    12/09/2009 3:50:00 PM PST · by jonatron · 46 replies · 1,991+ views
    Edge (gay pride mag from Boston) ^ | Tuesday Dec 1, 2009 | Kilian Melloy
    A former Duke University employee and adoptive gay father charged with molesting his five-year-old son--and offering the boy as a sex object to pedophiles online--is expected to make a plea bargain, according to a Dec. 1 article in local newspaper the Durham Herald Sun. Frank Lombard faces charges stemming from alleged instances in which he molested his young adopted son and chatted about the deeds online even as he carried them out. It’s thought that the U.S, Attorney’s Office is positioning the case for a plea arrangement because the Office is set to file an "information," which allows the prosecution...
  • Karnataka baby-tossing festival may be banned

    12/08/2009 9:35:40 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 35 replies · 1,146+ views
    news ^ | December 05, 2009
    AUTHORITIES in southern India plan to ban an age-old ritual in which babies are tossed from the top of a nine-metre temple. Every first week of December in a rural district in the state of Karnataka, villagers drop babies from the top of a Hindu temple onto a blanket held by a crowd below, amid dancing and singing. Thousands of people assembled on Wednesday at the temple near Indi in the district of Bijapur to witness the event, which is said to confer good health and a long life on the baby and bring prosperity to the family. But the...
  • 'World's biggest animal sacrifice' begins

    11/24/2009 5:22:06 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 26 replies · 1,417+ views
    news ^ | November 24, 2009 | Deepesh Shrestha
    UP to a million Hindu devotees have gathered in a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from India, to attend the two-day Gadhimai festival, which honours the Hindu goddess of power and takes place once every five years in southern Nepal. A huge cry of "Long Live Gadhimai!" went up after the village temple's head priest launched the event with the ritual sacrifice of two wild rats, two pigeons, a rooster, a lamb and a pig. The crowd...
  • Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service

    11/12/2009 10:39:33 AM PST · by RonnieFan · 162 replies · 10,437+ views
    RED STATE ^ | Erick Erickson
    Remember how the Democrats reacted when the Bush Administration started replacing U.S. Attorneys? At least they were actually political appointees employed at the will and whim of the President.
  • Muslim unrest hits US homes: Honor killings are on the rise

    11/01/2009 3:10:41 AM PST · by Scanian · 50 replies · 2,884+ views
    NY Post ^ | November 1, 2009 | MAUREEN CALLAHAN
    In what may be the first recorded instance of a Muslim wife attempting to murder her husband for not being pious enough, a Staten Island woman was charged this week with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Rabia Sarwar, a 37-year-old Muslim, said she did it because her husband, a 41-year-old Pakistani native, enjoyed booze and pork and wanted her to dress in revealing clothes. (She held fabric over her face and threw a shawl over her head before leaving court on Thursday.) While the Sarwar case is sensational by dint of the role-reversal and the method...
  • OLYMPIC SPIRIT: VIDEO SHOWS BRUTAL GANG MURDER IN CHICAGO (Drudge Headline)

    09/28/2009 6:31:24 PM PDT · by RobinMasters · 77 replies · 2,832+ views
    My Fox Chicago ^ | SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 | Darlene Hill
    This is the hard lesson some students at Fenger High School have to deal with after a day of learning. For them it's a hard lesson of reality on the streets. Thursday after school, two rival gangs got into a fight three blocks from the high school. In all four students were beaten in that melee -- one was released from the hospital Friday morning. While police continue their investigation, some students say they don't want to go back to Fenger next week. Rival gang members have been fighting for a month -- and each time one of their fellow...
  • Hate (of Muslims) Engulfs Christians in Pakistan

    08/03/2009 8:22:25 AM PDT · by reaganaut1 · 12 replies · 1,850+ views
    New York Times ^ | August 2, 2009 | Sabrina Tavernise
    GOJRA, Pakistan — The blistered black walls of the Hameed family’s bedroom tell of an unspeakable crime. Seven family members died here on Saturday, six of them burned to death by a mob that had broken into their house and shot the grandfather dead, just because they were Christian. The family had huddled in the bedroom, talking in whispers with their backs pressed against the door, as the mob taunted them. “They said, ‘If you come out, we’ll kill you,’ ” said Ikhlaq Hameed, 22, who escaped. Among the dead were two children, Musa, 6, and Umaya, 13. The attack...