Magical thinking now infects what was in the past a civil rights movement, for example the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” slogan adopted from an incident that Obama’s Justice Department, after half of Ferguson burned down, rioting in several major cities, and two NYC cops were killed, proved never to have happened.
Serial misspellings of Gawd corrected throughout
As Texas stampedes toward guns everywhere, we've occasionally heard politicians and activists mention their Gawd-given rights to own and carry guns.
Creator may be better, since it is included in the phrase: ...endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...", but is it in most contexts non specific and when it comes to rights less meaningful than the word Gawd.
For example, state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, recently invoked such rhetoric during "debate" over his campus carry bill, which we oppose.
"A fundamental right granted by the creator is not subordinate to the financial costs or speculation of our public universities," he said. I think the reference to the Creator means that unless you exist, Gawd can't grant rights.
At a January open-carry rally, Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said, "Show of hands: How many of y'all are sick and tired of getting on your knees and begging the government for permission to use your Gawd-given right to defend yourself? That is exactly why I filed HB195."
Frequently, open-carry activists mention their Gawd-given rights, as well.
We respect all faiths, and we appreciate the role faith plays in many politicians' lives.
But to be clear, while the Bible does speak to self-defense, there are no references to guns. But even this point is immaterial. The Constitution is our guiding document of governance.
And what does the Constitution say about guns?
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean that Americans have a Constitutional right to own guns — whether or not they read the Bible or share Birdwell's religious beliefs. It's not a Gawd-given guarantee.
We can debate how much regulation comes with that right before it is infringed. But, please, leave Gawd out of it.
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Ezekiel 33 "... 6 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.'
Exodus22:2-3 2 "If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.
And the list continues for those who want the seek truth and not MSM lies.
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Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.
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[Jpost] Feeling that its back was against the wall as Iranian-backed Shi'ite Houthi forces moved to take over neighboring Yemen, Saudi Arabia has lashed out with its own Sunni coalition, threatening to take the sectarian conflict to a new level.
Reports that the Pakistanis and Egyptians are sending troops and that the Turks are also on board, have set the stage for a major expansion of the regional Sunni-Shi'ite struggle. From your mouth to the ear of G*d.
...The Gulf states have greater capabilities than in the past and recognize that they can't solely rely on the US for their security anymore, he asserted.
The Sunni states are worried about a US tilt toward Iran as Washington seeks to finalize a nuclear agreement, Maybe you shouldn't have sent that fellow to Harvard? Or funded his election?
..."The Saudis are trying to orchestrate a united Sunni front against the Shi'ite axis," added Weinberg, noting that it is even willing to overcome its enmity with the Muslim Brotherhood movement and its state sponsors, Qatar and Turkey, in order to unite Sunni powers. And here I thought that resolution of Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the key to stability in the Middle East.
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But of course, mes amis, 'tis to be expected wid OWG CoSuper-ism.
PARITY vee the US, ASAP AMAP ALAP, N-O-T INFERIORITY.
IIRC, Saudi Prince Bandar was notorious for allegedly saying that one day, Shia Muslims will be akin to being "Jews" to Sunni Islam's "Hitler/
Germany".
Russia, China, + Iran, etc, can't unilaterally or asymmetrically rise iff the US doesn't unilaterally or asymmetrically fallback or retreats, now can they!?
BUT, AS WE SEE, ALA THE "GREAT GAME" + INTERNATIONAL BALANCE OF POWER/TERROR IFF SHIA IRAN GETS NUKES, IRAN'S SUNNI RIVALS WANT THEIR OWN NUKES AS WELL IN COUNTER OR OFFSET.
[ARABNEWS] When Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... n jets struck Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... positions in Yemen
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[DAWN] THE situation in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... is, by any description, incendiary and Pakistain, as matters stand, appears to be getting ready to jump into the fray. On Thursday evening, after a meeting chaired by the prime minister, the government announced that a high-level delegation, including the defence minister and representatives from the military, would be heading to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... today to "assess the situation". This comes swiftly on the heels of Saudi Arclight airstrikes inside Yemen targeting the Houthi
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Yemen's success came in getting Saleh out of the Seat of All Power. We've never considered them as anything other than a failed state. Saleh wouldn't leave, his relatives controlled too many organs of government, and he was perfectly willing to ally with anyone against Hadi, whom he had expected to make dance like a puppet.
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I was just about to ask - how do they define 'success' in Yemen?
Last week (March 19), speaking at an annual conference of the Union of Russian Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)--Russia's main business lobbying group--President Vladimir Putin promoted a previously announced financial amnesty. Putin implied that Russia's super-rich must repatriate their capital back from abroad and out of offshore havens to legalize them in Russia with impunity. A mass repatriation of capital could help overcome the present Russian economic and financial doldrums, caused by a steep decline in the price of oil and other export commodities, the Ukrainian conflict, and Western punitive sanctions. To force the repatriation of secret multi-billion-dollar deposits stashed away for a rainy day, Putin implied Russian money abroad is unsafe and could be confiscated by foreign governments: "We have information that the possible return of capital to Russia may be prevented." Behind closed doors, President Putin, reportedly, briefed a select group of 30 of Russia's most powerful oligarchs about the present situation in Ukraine and deliberated about the presumed threat to their capital abroad. The oligarchs were, apparently, upset (Kommersant, March 20).
This past Monday (March 23), Putin met with Yuri Chikhanchin, the chief of Rosfinmonitoring--Russia's federal service that monitors illicit financial activities. In the published part of the meeting, Putin implied the West "is creating pretexts to stop the return of financial resources into Russia." Chikhanchin concurred, quoting British investigations of the legality of Russian citizens' bank accounts as well as the possibility of further criminal investigations and asset freezes. The Rosfinmonitoring chief also called on citizens "not to wait, but return the capital [to Russia]" (Kremlin.ru, March 23).
The Kremlin may be using blackmail to scare Russian oligarchs into repatriating capital, but Moscow's escalating confrontation with the West is not a deception. On March 26, speaking at the annual collegium of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Putin harped about the growing international tension "caused by our so-called partners." Putin accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of massing forces and building military infrastructure close to Russia's borders and the United States of destabilizing international security and attempting to disrupt the nuclear balance. Russia is being "contained, using attempts of political isolation, economic pressure, a massive information war and special services operations." He continued, "Western special services are attempting to destabilize Russia internally using non-governmental and civil society organizations." Russia must fight back and be strong. In "special operations" in 2014, according to Putin, "the FSB has curtailed the activities of 52 foreign spies and 290 agents of foreign special services [Russians, recruited by foreign spies]" (Kremlin.ru, March 26).
The Russian Security Council produced this week (March 25) its official analysis of the US National Security Strategy (published last February). The new Strategy, unlike the previous 2010 version, has been declared to be "clearly anti-Russian" and threatening: "The US and its allies are attempting long-term political and economic isolation of Russia, to curb Russian oil, gas and arms exports, while sabotaging high-tech internal production. The US and its allies are trying to undermine Russian influence in the post-Soviet space." The US and NATO are "striving to sustain world dominance," while preparing "new colored revolutions to change unwanted regimes." It is "highly probable that the technologies of a colored revolution [sic]" will be used in Russia (Scrf.gov.ru, March 25).
Surrounded by enemies, real or imaginary, the Kremlin is pushing back. Last week's massive "sudden" military exercises ("vnezapnaya proverka") have ended and have been officially called a success (see EDM, March 19). All foreign military attaches accredited in Moscow (over a hundred) were called, on March 21, for a high-level briefing to the newly built National Defense Management Center (NTsUO) on the Moscow River's Frunzenskaya embankment, close to Moscow's downtown. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov and the chief of the Main Operational Directorate and deputy chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Andrei Kartapolov, asked the military attaches "not to panic" and to report to their capitals: "Russia does not want war," but to prevent it, it "will need a modern, effective, well-equipped armed force." The NTsUO is designed to control, in real time, Russia's nuclear and conventional armed forces; Antonov implied it was a gesture of great transparency to invite inside foreign military attaches. Of course, the new NTsUO facility houses an array of grandiose halls with massive plasma screen monitors that are open to the press and used for PR occasions. These monitors in the room were used to show the attaches footage of the recent "sudden" exercises. As Kartapolov explained: The war games began with the North Fleet in the Barents Sea and surrounding region on air, land and sea; then the simulated conflict spread to include the Baltic, the Black Sea, Crimea and Sakhalin in the Far East (Mil.ru, March 21).
Clearly, for Russia, a conflict on all those fronts simultaneously could only be against the United States and its allies. Russia's threat assessment, as outlined by Kartapolov and by the defense minister, Army-General Sergei Shoigu, who this week briefed Putin in the Kremlin together with the chief of the General Staff, Army-General Valery Gerasimov, is focused on the US and its allies attacking and capturing outlying Russian isolated outposts and islands. Additional reinforcements were landed on Sakhalin, while Russian strategic bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked targets in the Asia-Pacific region. The 11th Engineering Brigade prepared to build a floating bridge across the Kerch Strait into Crimea, while the Black Sea Fleet and bombers from Crimea attacked the Bosporus region to destroy enemy ships. The destruction of a US strategic high-altitude Global Hawk spy drone was mimicked in the Black Sea. An overall massive force of 80,000 soldiers, 12,000 pieces of heavy military equipment, 65 war ships, 15 submarines and over 220 military aircraft were mobilized to action. The NTsUO coordinated all the forces, conventional and strategic nuclear, across all war theaters. The "main enemy," according to Shoigu, was defeated, and its ships were sunk in all theaters (Kremlin.ru, March 24).
The Kremlin is mobilizing military forces and oligarch money for a clash with Russia's "main enemy," apparently presuming a possible further escalation of conflict with the US and its allies. At the same time increased measures of openness about the details of the "sudden" exercises and the possible freeze of Russian assets in the Western banking system seem intended to spread fear, discourage opponents, and create discord. The threat of a more acute confrontation with the West is real, but it is also being deliberately amplified by the Kremlin as a tool for blackmail.
So much going on, but so much of it the same thing over and over that at times I simply don't have the energy to state the obvious: America and the West are governed by an "elite" with a world view full of delusions and malice. The "elite" either is so deluded about the nature of the world, or so full of malevolence towards Western Civilization that, to paraphrase an "elite" darling and Presidential hopeful, "What difference, at this point, does it make?" The result is the same: disaster. In depth from the "Diplomat" at the link After Harry Truman left the White House, he and Bess drove their car back to Independence, Missouri. At that time his pension consisted of about $110. per month from his Army service. Presidential pensions were to come along later. Nothing has been the same since.
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Trumans situation is why there are Presidential pensions. I think he ended up collecting, but he sure didn't take the job with the expectation of one. Not much of a head for money, couldn't even shake a measly million out of the money tree.
#4
Nero fiddling or 1938 comes to mind. A consequence of leftists trying to correct what they perceive as an anachronism. It resulted in choosing someone completely unqualified for office.
Foreign Policy, Islamic radicalization, communists, zombies, democrat take over of anal cavities, global warming/cooling/change,
Importing the third world, exporting business, gunions, loss of rights, loss of property, strawmen, strawman armies, fake anti-capitalist movements funded with taxpayer money, the syphilis that is soros, ron paul fans, giving up the Bushes for Lent, treasury raid, IRS, EPA,...
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538's run by Nate Silver, massive lefty. While I respect his ability to analyze numbers, fuck him in the ass with a flagpole on the political stuff...
#3
Nate should start speaking to people outside the beltway. Even if TC doesn't win the nomination, he will introduce some unpleasant questions for Rhinos and libbys.
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Difference between Obama extremism and Cruz extremism is the approach to elections. One candidate stands in front of america and proclaims his views as a conservative and the other lied, hid his far leftist views, hid his past (grades, papers, travel, friends, associates....), lied some more......
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Yes, of course you're right, airandee. And thanks the the MSM most people still don't realize how extreme Obama is. It amazes me how they call someone like Cruz a radical. But what's so radical about secure borders and balanced budgets?
I remember how LBJ and his crowd painted Goldwater as an extremist and war monger. But after the election it was LBJ who enacted the most extremely socialist agenda in this country since FDR while escalating the conflict in Vietnam to over 500,000 troops. Taxes went sky balling as did inflation and racial tensions. But Goldwater was the radical.
#9
No matter who gets chosen off the long list of Silver's potential Pub candidates, the left is going to paint them as someone who molests children, pushes granny over the cliff, steals food from the mouths of children, and causes cancer in poor people. If Jesus were running on the Pub ticket, he would get crucified again. So screw them. There are a great many people who stay home from elections because they don't like the candidate. Quit trying to look like Democrat lite. You can't out Democrat the Democrats. Might as provide a viable conservative for a change.
#10
Freudian projection. Obama was too extreme for the America public so the MSM (aka Permanent Party Propaganda Machine) buried his record, his family, his friends, his associates, his past. Let's be serious is Lefty code for "it's OK to engage in racist character assassination of this 'white' Hispanic".
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You know, Hillary has been around many years. I always felt she was insincere and out of touch.. Of course, being in politics, one realizes that being ambitious is part of politics. And, one realizes that anyone with a strong personality is going to be polarizing, and accused of being disingenuous. One wonders why Hillary doesn’t come out and say that being accused of being calculating and secretive can not be necessarily sexist. And, the people who formulated this list are trying to help her, they are doing her more harm than good because it adds to the belief that she is indeed, calculating, entitled, and, will do anything to win. She has to make clear that she believes that she is not over-confident or inevitable. She has to make clear that her actions regarding the Email server are not secretive and that it does not add to the argument that she represent the past, even though her past actions in Arkansas
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Apparently the group is planning to attack reporters with accusations of sexism if the media use words like “polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident” Those of some of the nicer things one might say about her. I suppose there is the danger of ending up in Fort Marcy Park as a consequence of using these words.
[DAWN] Not very long ago, singer-turned-holy man, Junaid Jamshed riled up a significant number of religious groups after a video of his diatribe was released online.
It was the usual; Jamshed shaming women for existing, speaking of them as strange creatures who need to be 'controlled' but who can never be truly understood.
What was different this time was that he channeled his chauvinism towards the Prophet's (PTUI!) wife. Like clockwork, Jamshed was pushed to release a video taking back his words and apologise, before fleeing the country. He said he didn't mean to be blasphemous or disrespectful; it is believable, because what became evident was that Jamshed's chauvinism knows no bounds.
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[DAWN] A YEAR and a half since the so-called Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... operation against Lion of Islam and criminal elements in the lovely provincial capital was first approved by the federal government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... once again huddled with the senior-most military commanders in the city on Wednesday. The outcome: a new, wider and, possibly, even more intense, crackdown on Lion of Islam and criminal elements is to begin. To the extent that the political and military leadership has reiterated a collective resolve to go after Lion of Islam elements, it is surely a welcome sign that the Karachi operation and the National Action Plan are in fact dovetailing. Karachi in particular has long been known as a transit spot, a fundraising centre and a sanctuary for hard boyz of every stripe, from the TTP to Al Qaeda and from Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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h/t Dry Bones
FoxNews] Guess who is the number one violator of women's rights in the world today? Israel. Violating the rights of Palestinian women.
At least that is the view of the UN's top women's rights body, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). CSW ends its annual meeting on Friday, March 20 by condemning only one of the 193 UN member states for violating women's rights -- Israel.
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just when i thought i'd heard it all... not Saudi Arabia... not Afghanistan... not Pakistan but Israel. Developed Israel where women serve in the armed forces and are famed for being highly educated equals.
[AsiaTimes] The House of Saud's new capo di tutti I capi, King Salman, brought Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Riyadh -- rushing to meet him at the airport -- apparently to talk about Yemen.
Well, that's the cover story. The real thing was that Salman was eager to confirm a key strategic, secret nuclear agreement before any diplomatic Iran/P5+1 deal pulling back Iran's nuke program is clinched.
The bottom line, according to a discreet Saudi source: The House of Saud does not trust the American nuclear umbrella anymore. They are making their own nuclear power play with the help of nuclear power Pakistan. The connection has always existed, but remains extremely mysterious.
Sharif, a very wily operator, said Pakistan would not contribute troops to "help" the House of Saud's interests in Yemen.
What he did not say is that he knows the self-described "Don't Do Stupid Stuff" Obama administration is desperate for a nuclear deal with Iran -- Obama's only foreign policy "victory" in sight.
Thus Washington does not want Pakistan to upset the negotiations even slightly -- with the possibility of Pakistani troops being deployed outside of Saudi Arabia, and against Iranian interests.
So what's really goin' on?
Here's Sharif from a Saudi perspective.
He was a political refugee in Riyadh, very well protected until he returned to Pakistan. I still remember the nasty gallows he had to endure in the Grand Trunk Road, near Peshawar, before his Saudi exile.
Sharif -- and Pakistan -- receive a lot of heavily discounted oil from Saudi Arabia. Islamabad does rely on Riyadh for help on an endless stream of political and financial troubles.
Saudi Arabia is the preferred market for over one million Pakistani workers that are essential to sustain Pakistan's balance of payments. They have absolutely nowhere to go to outside the Gulf Cooperation Council states.
Remember the BCCI bank? Well, one of the reasons for its existence was to finance the Pakistani nuclear weapons program.
So why say no to the capo? Well, wily Sharif is playing a complex three-way game with the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia. He cannot afford to enrage the hyperpower. He cannot afford to directly antagonize Tehran. After all, construction of the IP (Iran-Pakistan) gas pipeline will http://tribune.com.pk/story/826186/iran-pakistan-pipeline-work-to-start-as-soon-as-sanctions-go/ resume as soon as sanctions go.
But wanna bet on who's got the greatest leverage over Islamabad?
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why haven't we insisted they scale back their religious fervour, tolerate churches and temples on the holy land?
Because they control OPEC, and OPEC controlls the majority of the world's oil. And because in 1973 Saudi-controlled OPEC demonstrated that they were both capable and willing to crash the world economy by squeezing the oil supply in order to punish those supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Wikipedia link. Until Canada started producing oil from shale deposits a few years ago, followed by American fracking, the world in general and we in specific had no defence against the Saudi weapon.
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What he did not say is that he knows the self-described "Don't Do Stupid Stuff" Obama administration is desperate for a nuclear deal with Iran -- Obama's only foreign policy "victory" in sight.
A Keystone Pipeline deal with Canada would have provided a better deal for Obama's legacy.
In negotiations, one does not push as hard as Obama and JFnK are pushing--at least not in this way. They want a deal too badly. When your opponent knows you want something this badly, you are at a disadvantage already--particularly when a man's ego is on the line. You are ripe for the fleecing.
[linkis.com] Under the teachings of the Quran and Sharia Law, it is very specific about what Muslims are allowed or not allowed to do. For instance, Muslims are not supposed to lie, be friends with "infidels," or do sinful things such as drink or visit strip clubs. However, there is a caveat to this, and that is if Muslims are pursuing a higher command (such as jihad) they can violate the lower commands of the Quran for the sake of blending in with our society.
Whether you are ready to face reality or not, the fact remains that there is a plan in place to implement Sharia Law into all facets of American society. Adopting Sharia Law in America would be rejected by most Americans, as it calls for the subjugation of women, killing homosexuals, stoning women who commit adultery, cutting off of limbs for anyone caught stealing, and many more ridiculous rules and laws.
In order for Sharia Law to creep into our society, it must be done slowly through highly-honed tactics. And the following are the four Arabic terms that non-Muslims should fully understand in order to combat this deception. The four listed are vaguely similar to words I would used to describe almost any recent Presidential presser.
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Sounds more like the current administration's guide for press relations
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What a piece of crap that site is - slide outs from left and bottom, then a pop-up, while the rest of the page jumps around. Please don't link there.
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Halal Certification - learn those words. that is how they fund the rapid expansion of mosques, islamic schools and islamic councils.
works like this:
Islamic Certification Organisation goes to food producer (eg: Nestle)
Says: pay us money to certify your products Halal so Muslims know they are religiously safe to eat.
Indonesia and Saudi Arabia now refuse to import non-certified goods. So it's easier for the food producer just to put on everything. that way they can export and sell domestic.
It costs millions of dollars per year.
The cost gets absorbed into the purchase price of the goods so when you by Nestle you subsidise Islamic Certification Authorities.
Abattoirs are a big one. They can pay up to $30,000 per month in Australia. Plus the Certification organisation dictates exactly which Muslim men they can employ on the slaughterhouse floor. no more jobs for non-Muslims or women.
The cow is killed by bloodloss from having its throat cut. It is given a temporary stun that has been tested to show the animal can recover because the certification organisation rejects it if the cause of death is the stun bolt.
comparitively cruel way to slaughter animals.
and muslims don't even need cetrification on their food. Dr Taj Hargey (UK islamic scholar) wrote that only thing necessary is the Muslim equivalent of saying "grace" before eating
It's a huge money making scam to spread the religion.
Kosher slaughter also uses a very sharp knife to slit the throat instead of stunning. In the hands of a skilled slaughterer, it is no more cruel than killing with a stun bolt, though the propagandists claim otherwise -- often the same propagandists who hyperventilate over male infant circumcision, despite the science around infant memory formation and the lifelong health benefits therefrom.
Many companies have long paid a fee to have their products certified as kosher. Often they choose to do so because the kosher certification is for good reason considered by consumers to be a mark of higher quality, something they are willing to pay more for. Or, an international consumer products company like Procter & Gamble will have some products and manufacturing lines certified as kosher -- where their research shows consumers care -- and others not. Finally, as Sharia law and custom permit Muslims to eat/use products labelled as kosher, in general that has been enough to gain them entry to the Muslims markets at home and abroad.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[linkis.com] Under the teachings of the Quran and Sharia Law, it is very specific about what Muslims are allowed or not allowed to do. For instance, Muslims are not supposed to lie, be friends with "infidels," or do sinful things such as drink or visit strip clubs. However, there is a caveat to this, and that is if Muslims are pursuing a higher command (such as jihad) they can violate the lower commands of the Quran for the sake of blending in with our society.
