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The Queen forced to wear a burkha and Buckingham Palace turned into a mosque - that was the vision of Britain under Sharia law proposed by a Muslim firebrand today. Preacher of hate Anjem Choudary even showed mocked-up photographs of the palace sporting a golden dome and Nelson's Column as a minaret. He was speaking ahead of a demonstration calling for Sharia law planned for Central London tomorrow, which it is feared could descend into violence. Police are working to avoid a clash between moderate Muslim groups and far-right mobs who have organised rival demonstrations.

Students at the College of William and Mary have elected a transgender homecoming queen. Jessee Vasold took the field Saturday at halftime of the Williamsburg school's football game against James Madison. The junior and other members of the homecoming court were introduced to the crowd and posed for pictures. Vasold identifies as "genderqueer," a term for those who don't adhere to either strictly male or strictly female gender roles.

Ah yes....the nation votes a black man into the highest office in the land and many expected to hear a little bit less of "white America hates the black man" kind of complaint. That wasn't the case with many saying "yeah but." Maybe they were right....racism still is a big problem: A university student has provoked a race storm after she was crowned as the first white winner of a beauty pageant at a predominantly black university. Nikole Churchill claimed she was subjected to racial abuse after she won the pageant at Hampton University in Virginia. She was so outraged...

SNIPPET: "Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war...When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them....If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off...

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TWO yobs have appeared in court after starting a fight with Spiderman — and getting knocked out by two cross-dressers. Dean Jonathan Gardner, aged 19, and Jason Andrew Fender, aged 22, were arrested following two separate incidents in The Kingsway which took place just moments apart in the early hours of August 30. video at link at your discretion

According to informants quoted in The Catholic Herald, the Queen has "grown increasingly sympathetic" to the Catholic Church over the years while being "appalled", along with the Prince of Wales, at developments in the Church of England. The usually well-informed newspaper adds that the Queen, who is the Supreme Governor of the C of E, is "also said to have an affinity with the Holy Father, who is of her generation".In July, The Sunday Telegraph disclosed that the Queen had told the heads of a traditionalist group, formed in response to the liberal direction of some parts of the Anglican...

It has become a town synonymous with honour, respect and a deep appreciation for our Armed Forces. Now Wootton Bassett could be honoured with the title 'Royal' in recognition of its role in the repatriation of British troops. Ever since two old soldiers gave an impromptu salute as a military cortege passed through in 2007, the Wiltshire town comes to a standstill to pay its respects to every fallen soldier en route from RAF Lyneham to Oxford. Now the small Wiltshire market town could find itself being honoured - after the Queen asked Gordon Brown to consider granting it 'Royal'...

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British Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary has called for prosecuting Queen Elizabeth for genocide because “she is the one who applauds her sons and daughters to go out and massacre hundreds and thousands of innocent people.” The preacher, who is not a British citizen, declared that the Queen should be tried for “the extermination of a nation,” the London Sun reported. Labor party Member of Parliament Andrew Dismore responded that Choudary himself should be prosecuted. “It’s about time he was busted,” he added.

SNIPPET: "FANATICS led by a sponging Islamic extremist enraged MPs yesterday by publicly demanding the Queen is prosecuted - for GENOCIDE." SNIPPET: "Labour MP Andrew Dismore said of the shameful attack that appeared on a website linked to Choudary: "Never mind calling for the prosecution of the Queen. "The Queen should prosecute HIM. It's about time he was busted."..."

Frank eyes Friday for executive compensation voteBy Silla Brush Posted: 07/26/09 11:08 PM [ET] House lawmakers next week plan to cast their first votes on President Obama's overhaul of the financial regulatory system by taking up new restrictions on executive pay practices. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said that his committee would mark up legislation on Tuesday and proceed to votes on the floor on Friday. The legislation would require non-binding "say on pay" resolutions that are intended to give shareholders a greater say on executive pay practices at firms across the country. The legislation also...

Stupidity Bites HARD: Dodd and FrankThe Market Ticker Saturday, July 11. 2009 Posted by Karl Denninger in Regulatory at 14:15 These two are the "banking regulatory chiefs" in Congress of course; Dodd in the Senate and Frank in the House. Both have steadfastly stood beside the banks through this crisis, especially the really-big banks that have given millions of dollars in campaign contributions. The same banks that lobbied hard to "reform" bankruptcy so you cannot file Chapter 7 any more when you go bankrupt and stick lenders with the bad lending decisions they made of their own free will. That...

Treasury ready to twist arms over consumer agencyReuters - 1 hour 34 minutes ago By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department is warning the financial services industry that it will not back down from its proposal to create a new consumer protection agency, even while lobbyists build a warchest and strategy to defeat the plan. The new agency, part of a wider revamp of U.S. financial rules proposed by the Obama administration, would have the power to regulate products like mortgages and credit cards in what advocates have likened to a safety commission for financial products. The proposal, detailed...

The Queen, who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, has also wished them well with today's launch in London of a new alliance of evangelical and Anglo-Catholic parishes in Britain and Ireland. She told the heads of the traditionalist group, formed in response to the liberal direction of some parts of the Anglican Communion, that she “understood their concerns” about the future of the 80 million-strong global church. The Queen, who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, has also wished them well with today’s launch in London of a new alliance of evangelical and...

Financial lobby gears up effort against Obama planBy Silla Brush Posted: 07/02/09 12:35 PM [ET] A coalition of financial services interests is in the process of organizing a major lobbying campaign against the Obama administration's plan for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The plans are not yet final, but among the groups and firms in the discussion are the American Financial Services Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Mortgage Bankers Association and Community Bankers Association, according to two industry sources familiar with the plans. The budget could be as high as several millions of dollars to organize grassroots opposition to the plan,...

BARNEY'S BACKPosted: 3:31 am June 28, 2009 Rep. Barney Frank says that unless Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac relax their recent tightening of mortgage standards on new condominiums, the economic recovery could be threatened. That would be the same Barney Frank who famously boasted that the two federal agencies -- which lost billions by making improvident loans -- were "fundamentally sound financially and [can] withstand . . . disaster scenarios." Then came the disasters. But to Barney Frank, Fannie and Freddie are essentially taxpayer-funded social-service agencies whose mission is to turn all Americans into homeowners -- whether or not they...

LONDON: A Muslim man who was so hungry while fasting during Ramazan that he killed a swan to eat was jailed for two months at a court in Britain on Wednesday. Shamsu Mian (52) killed the mute swan at a boating pond in Llandudno on September 25 – only the second day of fasting in Britain. All mute swans in Britain belong to the sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, a historical quirk dating from the 12th century. When challenged by police, Mian said, “I am a Muslim, I am fasting, I needed to eat.” Llandudno Magistrates Court heard that Mian had...

All hail BarneyWall Streeters court the man from Mass. They have to. He's calling the shots. By Aaron Elstein June 07, 2009 5:59 AM Just about everyone in banking wants to be Barney Frank's friend nowadays. Last week, 600 people, including executives from Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase, filled the cavernous National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., for a $5,000-per-table tribute to the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. He is marshaling legislation that promises to make Wall Street a more regulated and less prosperous place for years to come, and to hear it from some of the...

As the chances of Mr Brown surviving faded after the decision of the Work and Pensions Secretary to time the announcement of his departure as polls for European and local elections closed, the monarch will now consult her most senior advisers if Mr Brown loses his fight to stay in office. While the Queen still technically has the power to dissolve Parliament, in reality she only advises her prime ministers. It would be unprecedented for a second prime minister to move into 10 Downing Street without a general election. ..............................................

Queen Sofia of Spain has given the British royals a lesson in costcutting - by taking a £13 budget airline flight to London. The 70-year-old monarch flew with low-cost airline Ryanair from Spain to Stansted on Sunday to visit her brother, ex-King Constantine of Greece, who is recovering from heart surgery in a London hospital. A Spanish royal source said it was 'common practice' for members of the House of Bourbon to fly on scheduled flights and added: 'King Juan Carlos is the only member of the royal family who always travels on military flights.

The White House has jumped into the raging controversy surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's non-attendance at this week's D-Day ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the landings. Even at this late stage, President Barack Obama wants her to be invited and is said to be "working with those involved to see if we can make that happen". Talk radio host Les Kinsolving - who describes himself on his website as "uninhibited" and "provacative [sic] and ingenious" - elicited the information from Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, in the following fashion at the end of today's White House press briefing: KINSOLVING:...

Queen Elizabeth was snubbed by the French and the U.S. for D-Day Events to mark the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. But thanks to the Eisenhower Library - the Queen of England can come to Abilene, Kansas - for the 65th anniversary of D-Day...

President Barack Obama has waded into the row over whether the Queen would attend next weekend's D-Day commemorations in Normandy, and is working with organisers to secure her an invitation, the White House said on Monday. Barack Obama is said to be working on getting the Queen an invitation to D-Day commemorations Photo: REUTERS Robert Gibbs, the president's spokesman, said Mr Obama wants the Queen to be present at the event on the Normandy beaches on Saturday. "We are working with those involved to see if we can make that happen," he said. The failure of the French to invite...

LETTER: Frank pushed for loans that caused the meltdownMay 29, 2009 6:00 AM Frank pushed for loans that caused the meltdown On Wednesday night, April 13, I watched Sean Hannity's show featuring Thomas Sowell, the black journalist who ironically has a steady column in your cousin paper, The Cape Cod Times. I love diversity! For some odd (or is it?) reason, The Standard-Times refuses to carry his column, or any other conservative columnist, whether black or white! Hmm. Anyway, Sowell points out on the news program that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took on mortgages that poor people couldn't afford...

Obama and the Mau Mau By Joy Tiz Sunday, March 22, 2009 Yet again, it seems that Barack Obama is acting out his pathology at our expense. His appalling treatment of British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, could be written off as another example of this administration’s incompetence. But, it also looks as if Obama also has his own ax to grind with the Brits and lacks the emotional maturity to deal with it like a grown up. Phase one of Operation Ally Alienation was the belligerent act of rejecting Downing Street’s offer to allow the new president to keep the...

An openly-gay, teenage boy was just voted "Prom Queen" at Los Angeles' Fairfax High School in a campaign that began as a stunt -- but ended up spurring discussion on the campus about gender roles and teen popularity. Sergio Garcia, 18, was crowned queen Saturday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "I feel invincible," Garcia said in his tiara and charcoal-gray tuxedo. A few days earlier, he gave a speech that won over some cynics and led to an ovation and his unlikely victory. "At one time, prom may have been a big popularity contest where the best-looking guy or...

Rep. Barney Frank, advocate of stimulating the economy5/20/2009 Positions: Chairman, House Financial Services Committee; has represented Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District since 1981. Party: Democrat. Personal: Born March 31, 1940, in Bayonne, N.J. Single. Why he's in the news: Frank's leadership position in the House gives him enormous influence on legislative measures intended to stimulate the economy. Resume: Bachelor's degree, Harvard University, 1962; graduate work in political science and teaching fellow in government, Harvard, 1962-72; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1977; staff, Boston Mayor Kevin White, 1968-71; staff, Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Harrington of Massachusetts, 1971-72; member, Massachusetts Legislature, 1973-80; U.S. congressman,...

DETROIT (Billboard) – Queen will no longer rock you -- at least not with Paul Rodgers. Ahead of a summer reunion tour with his primary band Bad Company, the singer said the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration is, in effect, over, and without animosity. "At this point we're gonna sit back from this," Rodgers told Billboard.com. "My arrangement with (Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor) was similar to my arrangement with Jimmy (Page) in The Firm in that it was never meant to be a permanent arrangement.

Frank Sees TARP-Free Banks Within a YearApril 28, 2009, 5:55 pm Representative Barney Frank, the powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, predicted Tuesday that the American banking system could be free of government bailout money within a year. Mr. Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said it would be “good for public confidence” if large banks repaid the money they received from the government’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. He noted that he had a difference of opinion with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner over how soon banks should repay the bailout money. “We’re hoping there won’t...

A deadly car crash claimed the lives of 5 spectators at the Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. 12 others were wounded in what authorities suspect was an attempted attack on Queen Beatrix and her family. From Radio Netherlands: Queen's Day celebrations in Apeldoorn ended in tragedy, with five people killed and 12 injured, five of them seriously. Just before noon a man deliberately drove his car at high speed into a crowd watching an open-topped coach carrying the Royal Family pass by. The driver is a 38-year-old Dutchman. The public prosecutor says the man told police the target...

Barney Frank's Rental ReversalApril 21, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, we've got a couple Barney Frank spites here. He's always good for a couple sound bites. We thought about getting a Barney Frank translator in here but that would sorta destroy it. I mean, I can do it myself but sometimes it's better to leave Barney Frank un-translated. He was on Tavis Smiley's show, PBS, last night, and Smiley said, "What did you do today relative to low-income housing?" FRANK: One of the causes of the terrible crisis we had over the last few years, which has given us today's...

Frank sent messageBY JIM HAND SUN CHRONICLE STAFF Sunday, April 19, 2009 4:49 AM EDT MANSFIELD - About 15 demonstrators holding signs that read "Stop Wasting Our Money" and "Barney Lied" protested against U.S. Rep. Barney Frank outside a Democratic Party breakfast Saturday morning. The demonstrators said they blame Frank, D-Newton, who spoke at the breakfast, for much of the financial crisis gripping the nation's economy, and said they oppose government bailouts of banks. Similar protests have greeted Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, at other events, including one in Westport last October. Olivier Kozlowski, a Mansfield Republican,...

Frank is 'Distinguished Champion of Housing Opportunities'April 11, 2009 6:00 AM ACUSHNET — The Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) announced that it has named Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, its first "Distinguished Champion of Housing Opportunities." Frank received the proclamation from the association for his tireless work and support for legislation and regulations to ensure a robust and sustainable housing market. MAR made the presentation to the chairman at the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce's Annual Congressional Luncheon on Friday, March 27, in Acushnet. "Chairman Frank has long been a leading voice in Congress...

Barack Obama must be glad there will be no royalty at next week's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. They provide such an etiquette headache, particularly when it comes to the age-old dilemma for a republican leader greeting a monarch - to bow or not to bow. The protocol travails of Mr Obama's presidential travels are still dogging him back on American soil. For while he proferred the Queen a deferential nod in his audience at Buckingham Palace, he appeared to deliver a full-blooded and deeply reverential half-body bow to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the G20...

Fire Barney Frank first, AIG executives nextDUSTIN HURST Arbiter Journalist Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: Opinion For the first time in my politically-aware life, I have found myself in a very awkward and precarious position: agreeing with Rep. Barney Frank. Being a staunch conservative, I often thought hell would freeze over before Frank and I could find common ground on any political issue. I guess it's time to grab my snowboard and take the next bus straight to hell (or the fourth district of Massachusetts, which is Frank's congressional district). In response to AIG handing out $165 million in contractual bonuses...

iPod Save The QueenBuckingham Palace is in an uproar after learning a gift from Obama was given to him as a present by Goodwill Zwelethini, King of the Zulu nation.President Barack Obama later gave her highness, Queen Elizabeth, the same iPod as a gift in recognition of their first meeting. No one really knows why. Now, according to palace spokesman Dudley Liddlesham, the Queen discovered the present had been re-gifted."Oh, she's bloody hell hot," said Liddlesham. "She's not taking tea. She's not practicing her special hand wave. She's just upset."

But the bigger headline came out of the reception that Buckingham Palace threw for leaders attending the G-20 summit in London. It was there that Elizabeth rested her hand on Michelle Obama's back.

bam-bam and michelle gave the queen an I-pod , a frikkin' I-pod .... among the uploaded were: Photos from President Obama's Inauguration Audio of then-state senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and Audio of President Obama 2009 Inauguration Address

Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.

US President Barack Obama (L) and his wife Michelle (2nd R) meet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (2nd L) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (R) during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London. Obama said he loved Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, but knew better than to be drawn into the sporting minefield represented by England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits with G20 leaders during a group photograph at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Seated at right, the President of Brazil Luiz Innacio Lula da Silva. Behind them from left are...

MICHELLE FASHION POLICE ALERT -- Issue 4

Here is video of President and Mrs. Obama meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip today at Buckingham Palace. The Obamas shake hands with the Queen and engage in some chit-chat. Then, it was time for a photo-op and they turn to face the camera. Prince Philip gently tries to usher Michelle Obama into place on the far right, but notice how she instead moves in front of the Prince and stands beside the Queen. Prince Philip quietly moved over to the far right. The video does not show Obama giving the Queen an Ipod. . . . ....

President and Mrs. Obama will meet the Queen of England later today. This video talks about the etiquette rules they are supposed to follow when meeting the Queen. There are an awful lot of "do's and don'ts." Should be interesting to see if they get it all right. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Who’s the real AIG-bonus villain?by Gene Lyons If everything you knew about President Barack Obama’s role in the AIG bonus fiasco was his recent “60 Minutes” appearance, you’d feel reassured. On television, Obama gave a masterful performance, all calm confidence and disarming smile. Was he surprised by public outrage over $165 million taxpayer dollars handed out like free casino booze to the crap-shooters who trashed the economy? “Our team wasn’t surprised by it,” he said. “The one thing that I’ve tried to emphasize, though ... as we dig ourselves out of this economic hole that we’re in, we can’t govern...

Act Your Age! Barney Frank Barks at CodePink LadiesMarch 25, 2009 12:56 PM ET By Amanda Ruggeri, Washington Whispers Missing in all the coverage yesterday dominated by President Obama's press conference and his economic team seeking expanded bank-seizing authority was the craziness at the AIG hearings before Rep. Barney Frank's Financial Services Committee. The setting: Before the committee were Fed chief Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talking about the economy and their bank plan. Behind them in the audience were the always outspoken CodePink women, an antiwar grass-roots organization that has expanded its attentions from Dick Cheney and...

AIG chief to defend bonuses before CongressBy Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer 5 mins ago WASHINGTON – The head of insurance giant AIG goes to Capitol Hill this morning, where he'll reluctantly defend millions of dollars' worth of bonuses doled out to employees despite the company's need for a $170 billion government bailout. Edward M. Liddy, who took over AIG last fall, says the bonus payments, while "distasteful," had to be paid. Liddy, chairman and CEO of American International Group Inc., has become the reluctant defender of princely employee bonuses that members of Congress — and much of the American...

Dirty Money: Rep. Barney FrankBy Kevin Mooney Staff Writer/Commentary 3/12/09 WHO: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) WHAT: Frank received the following dirty money: Communication Workers of America (PAC) $2,000 in 2008 cycle, $1,000 in 2006 cycle. Boilermakers Union (PAC) $1,000 in 2008. American Federation of Government Employees (PAC) $1,000 in 2006. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (PAC) $10,000 in 2008 cycle; $2,500 in 2006 cycle. WHY IT'S DIRTY: At least eight members, including officers, of these four unions have been convicted since 2001 of felonies ranging from embezzlement, falsifying official reports to government, mail fraud and conspiracy. WILL FRANK GIVE IT...

Queen Charlotte was the wife of George III and, like him, of German descent. But did she also have African ancestry? Queen Charlotte died nearly two centuries ago but is still celebrated in her namesake American city. When you drive from the airport in North Carolina, you can't miss the monumental bronze sculpture of the woman said to be Britain's first black queen, dramatically bent backwards as if blown by a jet engine. Downtown, there is another prominent sculpture of Queen Charlotte, in which she's walking with two dogs as if out for a stroll in 21st-century America. Street after...