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VIDEO: Nidal Dressed In Muslim Clothing Just Hours Before Shooting
VIDEO LINK BELOW: A picture began to emerge Thursday of the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings, 39-year-old Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
An owner of a 7-Eleven at Fort Hood said Hasan -- whom he knows as "Major Nidal" -- came in for coffee and hash browns most mornings, including the morning of the shootings. Surveillance video from the store obtained by CNN shows a man who according to the store owner is Hasan at the cashier's counter at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday, about seven hours before the mass shooting. He was carrying a beverage and dressed in traditional Arab garb. Another surveillance video from Tuesday showed the man in scrubs.
"He looked normal," the owner said. "Came in had his hash browns and coffee as you see in the surveillance video."
The owner said he was too busy to chat with Hasan on Thursday, but through brief talks learned the officer's background was Jordanian, though he didn't speak Arabic well. He said Hasan didn't wear a wedding ring and jokingly asked several times whether the owner knew a bride for him.
Hasan would also ask the owner whether he planned to attend Friday prayers. The owner would say he was too busy.
A former neighbor of Hasan said he lived in a highrise apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland, with another man, apparently his brother, and that the two appeared friendly.
"They had some Arabic signs out there, and I asked them what they meant," said the woman, who asked not to be identified. The other man, who routinely wore a chef's outfit, told her it was a prayer, she said. "They seemed like they were nice people," she said.
The two men moved out three or four months ago, which she noticed because the Muslim prayer had been removed from their door.
"Honestly, they seemed like very cool, calm guys, and religious guys," she said. "It's kind of strange."
According to military records, Hasan was born in Virginia, and a federal official said he was a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent.
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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a lifetime Muslim, is an Army psychiatrist who had been promoted to major in May. A defense official told NBC News that Hasan arrived at Fort Hood in July for his first assignment after completing his psychiatry residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, followed by a fellowship in disaster and preventive psychiatry.
Hasan, who is wounded, was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq on Nov. 28, officials said. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said military officials had told her that Hasan was "pretty upset" about his deployment orders.
"I think this might be our last chance to give congressional Democrats something to think about before they destroy the country," said Farah. "It might be our last, best hope of stopping the madness."
The effort clearly reveals, says Farah, "that Americans are mobilized to take action to stop Washington's plans for bigger, more expensive and more intrusive government."
Pink slips boxed and stacked for delivery to members of Congress
The "pink slips" specifically warn that senders will oppose in the next election any member of Congress who votes for more spending, intrusive legislation that restricts personal freedom and more big government programs.
WND announced the "Send Congress a Pink Slip" campaign with a stated goal of 5 million notices, individually addressed, personalized with sender's name and address and delivered to all members of Congress by Fed Ex.
In the first week, suppliers of paper reported the campaign had completely tapped the nation's reserves of 8.5 x 11 inch pink paper. As the last full pallet of pink paper was delivered to the printer, new supplies had to be ordered and manufactured.
"It's our version of a stimulus program," said Farah.
The "Send Congress a Pink Slip" campaign ensures that a brief but poignant message will be delivered by Fed Ex to all 535 members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate – all for a remarkably low price based on economies of scale.
The cost of each message translates to 6 cents per message – individually addressed for both the recipient and the sender and shipped by Fed Ex.
"We encourage citizens to take individual actions," said Farah. "But when we act as a group, it's more cost-effective and the results more dramatic. Just try Fed Exing members of Congress yourself and see what it costs. We have learned from past experience that Fed Ex actually ensures delivery to members. What they do with them at that point is their choice."
"I believe this is already the most successful grass-roots effort in history," said Porter. "After all the town halls and tea parties and the massive demonstration in Washington, Congress still hasn't gotten the message. Now it's time to show them just how serious we are with a message aimed at what they most care about – getting re-elected." The "pink slip" officials are getting is a warning that they work for the taxpayers. It lists four key issues that are deemed unacceptable to participants.
Please read this and forward it to everyone you know, ask them to forward it to their contacts, this needs to be viral by the end of the day today, this could save one great project that is being attacked by people who need attention and get it only through trying to trash others who are working hard for our freedoms.
TPS Update--Urgent Need to Set the Record Straight--Stand Up to Infil-traitors
Dear Tea Party Squared Organizers and Local Leaders:
An unfortunate situation has developed, unprovoked, unforeseen and inexplicable, but there nonetheless, and I am urgently asking each and every one of you to assist in rectifying it.
For some unknown reason, or perhaps no reason, a woman in St. Petersburg has taken it upon herself to attempt to sabotage Tea Party Squared's attempt to arm members of the Tea Party, 9/12, CFL, RLC and other groups with the inside story and secrets of the political game that would allow them to exert control over their representatives. I have no idea what her motives are, but I do know that she is malicious and willing to concoct outrageous lies in order to injure this important project.
She does not know me and has no way of knowing anything about me, but she has concocted and distributed a totally false string of accusations directed at me personally, stating that I am a disbarred attorney (a lie), that I am a tax evader (another lie) and that I have encouraged others to evade taxes and left a trail of ruined lives in my wake (more lies).
I am not nor have I ever been disbarred and there are no disciplinary actions of any kind pending against me. I am not a tax evader and that is not merely a claim, it is an official finding. And not only have I never suggested that anyone evade taxes or cease filing returns, I urge everyone that they should file anything the IRS demands rather than face that rogue organization alone. My "wake" is filled with people with solved problems and rescued lives, not ruined ones.
This woman has admitted that she has lied, but has provided no plausible explanation for doing so. To my knowledge, though, she has not distributed that admission to those to whom she broadcast those lies, much less to those who received forwards of it.
The Tea Party Squared project is not about taxes. It is about building a well-equipped army of citizens who know how to build their organizations and to exert pressure on representatives to honor and reflect the will of the people.
Our objectives include not only forcing the IRS to respect and obey the law, but to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, restore sound money, abolish the Department of No Child Allowed Ahead and a host of other federal tentacles that are strangling our country. None of these things can happen without informed and capable Citizens who can and will get behind these and other issues and push in a way that cannot be ignored, that makes something move.
With the exception of responding to my defamer and those she purports to speak for I have not made a broadcast response because I did not want to seem to dignify those lies by doing so. Given the effect it has had on today's seminar turn-out, however, it appears that the lies have to be corrected and as publicly and quickly as possible. As I said, I have no idea what her motives are for making up all those lies and disseminating them across the internet, but I know that they cannot be honorable.
She is not speaking on behalf of the Constitution Party as is clearly indicated in the email below I received from Dan Gonzales, Florida Chairman of the Constitution Party. It is also clear that Mr. Gonzales sees the merit in our efforts to sharpen the Citizenry skills of awakening Americans.
Please help us get the word out that 1) This woman is a liar and all of the accusations she has made are absolutely false; 2) she is not speaking on behalf of the Constitution Party and in fact is considered a "distraught and confused woman" and a "deceiver" by the party; and 3) The Constitution Party is supportive and appreciative of TA's and Tea Party Squared's efforts to educate the public in using its untapped power as Citizens.
Please send this out to as many people as you can as quickly as you can.
We have six seminars scheduled over the next six days and it is imperative for the survival of this project that they are well-attended. That cannot happen without your immediate support and assistance.
We cannot allow liars and saboteurs within to derail this movement and its continued development. If we cannot stand up to people like this then what hope can we have for standing up to the government?
Please act now to counteract the damage done. Please urge all your members and all those they can bring with them to attend these seminars and prove that they cannot be manipulated by lying, destructive people who have infiltrated the movement.
Thanks to all of you for all that you do, and, especially for your help in saving this important project,
Tom Cryer
PS: The remarks we received from those attending today's seminar ranged from "Amazing" to "Awesome".
Mr. Gonzales' E-mail to me regarding this malevolent liar:
Dear Tom: I applaud you for placing your foot firmly into Rebecca's big mouth! She is a very distraught and confused woman to say the least. Once again, I would like to apologize for the mis-representation as Rebecca is a deceiver and does not represent our party. For some strange reason she believes herself to be a vassal of the Lord armed with a Constitutional sword. Maybe this will force her to withdraw back into the hole from which she crawled. God bless your efforts in educating our fellow man. Have a great day and hope to hear from you soon. Virtute et Armis (by Valor & Arms), Dan Gonzales Chairman Constitution Party of Florida 561.818.5738 www.cpflorida.com (Florida website) www.constitutionparty.com (national website)
Perfect flick for all hallows eve, it's good stuff. Good enough to take your mind off the real monsters and terrifying ghouls on the Hill and in the White House:
A perennial favorite of the "Shock Theatre" TV circuit, House on Haunted Hill stars Vincent Price as sinister gent (you're surprised?) Frederick Loren, who resides in a sinister mansion on a sinister hill, where seven murders have occurred. He makes a proposal to several strangers, offtering $10,000 to anyone who can last the entire night. Loren festively gives each of his guests a tiny coffin containing a loaded handgun, designed to protect them from the spooks that emerge in the house over the course of the night. The picture hinges on its surprise ending, which packs in several by-now-familiar twists. When originally released to theaters, House on Haunted Hill was accompanied by one of those gimmicks so beloved of producer/director William Castle: the gimmick was "Emergo," and it involved a prop skeleton that "emerged" from the side of the screen at a crucial moment to frighten the audience. Like most of Castle's best films, House didn't really need the gimmick, but its presence added to the fun -- especially when second- and third-time viewers responded to "Emergo" by bombarding the skeleton with popcorn and empty soda bottles. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Pamela Geller in co-operation with Robert Spencer and Dr. Andrew Bostom are organizing a Rally for Rifqa on the day of her dependency hearing in support of the reinstatement of Rifqa's rights and freedom of religion. Some of the warriors coming to our rally.........
Simon Deng - ex-slave from Sudan
Nonie Darwish - Executive Director, Former Muslims United
James Lafferty - chairman of the Virginia Anti-Sharia Task Force
Joyce Kaufman - Talk Show Radio Host
Jamal Jivanjee - apostate, Pastor and Rifqa's friend
Honor killing victims' family members
Rifqa Bary's civil rights are being violated. She is being held prisoner: no phone, no internet no public school .........house arrest in accord with sharia law. Female apostates are imprisoned until they recant.
Ohio is practicing sharia law. Where are Rifqa's civil rights? Where is her freedom of religion? Why isn't Obama fighting for her right to NOT wear the hijab?
Her parents, here illegally from Sri Lanka, perjured themselves repeatedly and abused Rifqa for years. They are devout Muslims. The punishment for apostasy in Islam is death. Why can't Rifqa choose her own attorney? She is up against an array of legal talent and her parents have changed lawyers as frequently as toddlers change diapers.
PLEASE JOIN ATLAS SHRUGS, JIHAD WATCH, DR. BOSTOM
A RALLY FOR RIFQA'S CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE DAY OF HER NEXT HEARING NOVEMBER 16TH FRANKLIN COUNTY JUVENILE COURT Franklin County courthouse Franklin County juvenile court 4th floor 373 S. High street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Time to be determined
Phone: 614.462.4411, Franklin County Juvenile Court clerk
THERE WILL BE SPEAKERS, FELLOW APOSTATES FROM ISLAM, INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS FIGHTING BLASPHEMY LAWS AND DEFENDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE AGE OF JIHAD. I IMPLORE YOU TO STAND WITH THIS GIRL. SHE REPRESENTS AMERICA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ENCROACHING SHARIA LAW.
Check Atlas for details as trial draws closer ......
SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED! WORLD'S LEADING VOICES ON APOSTASY FREEDOM OF RELIGION HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FAMILY MEMBER OF HONOR KILLINGS GET THE WORD OUT FOR RIFQA! EMAIL THIS POST! There will be an event after the rally for attendees
Hey Staten Island! Wake up! Staten Island is one of NYC's five boroughs -- home to cops, firefighters and a mix of hard working blue collar and white collar families. Staten Island was hit real bad on 911. They have no clue how dirty the Working Families Party is. But we do.
The Democrats are a racketeering organization using their proxies like the Left wing Working Families Party (how ironic), ACORN, and community organizing organizations to steal elections and usurp the will of free men. (more here)
The NY Post came out with this story on the Working Families Party and Debi Rose connection. We must purge these criminal politicians and this party from our local and state governments. Rose appears to be assisting illegal activity and trafficking, scamming the campaign finance system. She is pleading the fifth as the records will, ahem, incriminate her.
Working families have no greater enemy than the Orwellian and cynically named "Working Families Party" -- these commies are the scourge of hard working men and women and families.
A City Council hopeful won't cough up documents related to whether the Working Families Party is scamming the campaign finance system -- because the case could involve "criminal liability," according to documents released yesterday.
The bombshell development was revealed at a court hearing where lawyers for the WFP and the campaign of Staten Island candidate Debi Rose tried to get a suit against them tossed.
Former Giuliani administration Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, the lawyer opposing the Rose campaign, called it an "extraordinary development."
But last night, Rose tried reversing course, backing off her campaign's argument against revealing the records based on the Fifth Amendment, which protects against self-incrimination.
"If my attorney objected to the motion on the grounds of the Fifth Amendment, as some reports indicate, that is not my position and I will instruct him to withdraw that objection," Rose said.
She still opposes the release, however.
In yesterday's hearing, the judge didn't rule on a request to dismiss the suit by a group of voters claiming they were disenfranchised by the way the WFP's political arm, Data and Field Services, operates.
The first-of-its-kind suit, which Mastro says he's doing free of charge, comes as the WFP has been briskly increasing its influence in city races.
Rose's move to block the release of the campaign documents on Fifth Amendment grounds was revealed in an affidavit filed by the plaintiffs.
The WFP and Rose had tried Thursday to buck a discovery request saying they had to produce documents and campaign finance records.
A lawyer for the campaign said Rose's treasurer, David Thomas, wouldn't produce them because they "may implicate criminal liability and his client would therefore have Fifth Amendment rights protecting him from having to make any such compelled disclosure," according to the affidavit, which quoted a deputy clerk in the Appellate Division.
Even Larry Mandelker, a lawyer for Data and Field Services, expressed surprise in court yesterday. He said, "I was very struck by the statement that was made by the counsel for the campaign. But that's not my client . . . I heard it, and I noted it."
Debi Rose from Staten Island is frequently covered in Tom Good's NextLeftNotes site. Members of his group have even participated in campaigning for her. (hat tip Tom)
I have not had time to research them all, but I urge Atlas readers to start looking into the links to see what we can find.
In this photo, Elaine Brower (far Left wearing keffiya) of the WorldCan'tWait (Revolutionary Communist Party front group). Mike Marini (also part of Tom Good's SI crew) is behind Debi's left shoulder. Devra Morice (wheelchair) is another radical Leftist (famous for her rants).
And from a fundraiser:
"With 28 years experience as a community organizer and as a member of Community Board 1, Rose is popular with Island progressives. She has picked up the endorsements of the Staten Island Democratic Association – Staten Island's most progressive Democratic club, Naral New York, CSEA Local 1000, UAW Region 9A, DC37 and DC37 Local 1701, and the New York Working Families Party."
UPDATE: Free thinker wrote me:
Pamela: I am an old friend of Debi Rose. Going back to High School. She is a good person but she is an extreme Liberal. I have been covering her campaign for city council. I have attended her fund raisers and have friends in her inner circle. There are tons of Marxists behind her. I have observed them for years. They are involved in the Staten Island Democrat Party on a high level. I have attended their meetings for years. These are the same types who are now in the Obama White House.
The Staten Island Democrat Party has an open door policy towards Marxists and radical black activists. They are involved in the Rose campaign and in almost every other Staten Island Democrat campaign. People have no idea how bad the situation is. Hard-core Marxists have taken over the Democrat Party on the local level and on the national level. Obama's operation is no surprise to me. I've seen it coming for many years.
Check this story out. The jihadis over at Muslim Mafia CAIR are waging a stealth jihad against this group of proud American doctors. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS DOCTORS GROUP - CareNow Phone: 972-745-7500 Fax: 972-745-4376 Email: Comments@CareNow.com
This is another front, another act of war in the stealth jihad. It's their business and they can do what they want. If I lived in Texas, they would be my new doctors. Mind you it was a job interview. Sounds like a CAIR set-up.
CAIR: Texas Medical Group Denies Muslim Doctor Right to Hijab Muslim civil rights organization says 'no hat' policy must have religious exemption
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/30/09) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on a major medical group in Texas to change its policy denying accommodation for Muslim employees who wear religious attire such as Islamic head scarves (hijab) or beards.
CAIR said a Muslim doctor being interviewed for a position with CareNow, a medical group with 22 facilities in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area, was told that a "no hat" policy would prohibit her from wearing hijab. She was also reportedly informed that CareNow prohibits employees from wearing beards. (Many Muslim men view wearing a beard as a religious requirement.)
In an e-mail to CareNow's human resources department seeking confirmation of the denial of religious accommodation, the Muslim potential employee wrote:
"Being that I wear a head scarf to cover my hair as part of my religious practice, I felt very discriminated against. I have worked in many places that have a 'no hat' policy, and I have never been confronted with a problem regarding my head scarf. I can't imagine this being an issue with an organization like CareNow. Please confirm if this is really a policy at CareNow."
An e-mail response from CareNow stated that the Muslim doctor had been given the correct information about the medical group's denial of religious accommodation.
In a letter to CareNow, CAIR wrote:
"Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion in hiring, firing, and other terms and conditions of employment.The Act also requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee, unless to do so would create an undue hardship upon the employer.CAIR has reviewed the facts of this case and determined that CareNow's staff did not make an exemption to the 'no-hat policy' to accommodate [the applicant's] religious practices, and thus is in direct violation of Title VII."
CAIR is asking CareNow to 1) offer the Muslim applicant a position for which she is qualified and to allow her to wear her Islamic head scarf, 2) provide the applicant with a formal written apology, 3) clarify CareNow's policy on religious accommodation issues and allow a religious exemption to the"no-hat" policy, 4) institute workplace sensitivity and diversity training for staff, and 5) compensate the Muslim applicant for the emotional distress she has suffered as a result of the discrimination.
The Arctic fox has the last laugh ............I am loving this! Newt is relegated to the dustbin of history and deservedly so. He turned long ago. Enough with the old, in with the true!
State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for the open 23rd District seat in New York, suspended her campaign today amid lagging poll numbers and lackluster fundraising. The move clears the way for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who had been gaining support from the national party and is in a dead heat with businessman Bill Owens (D), according to a Siena College poll out Saturday morning.
You ain't seen nuthin yet. Kicking the commies to da curb.
Throw the RINOs out. Olympia Snowe ... yer next!
UPDATE: Choi notes:
ACORN'S Candidate Suspending Her Campaign now,leaves her name on the Ballot and Absentee and Early Voting has already occured,WITH her name on the ballot.
This "Suspension " is BS,as she HAS DRAWN and STILL WILL Draw Anti-Democratic Votes that should be Hoffman's.
Did she FILE some type of Legal Paper that is WORTHLESS anyway at this point in time as the DATE OF WITHDRAWAL is Long Past This is Democratic Last minute BS at it's "Finest" and proof the Dems controlled the Republican Nomination Process and her campaign.
They know it's TOO LATE. Can't postpone a General Election because ONE Candidate 'Suspends' her campaign less than 72 hrs before the polls open.
Can't RE-PRINT Ballots and Re-Program Electronic Voting Machines to NOT include her votes,CAN'T Disenfranchise those who ALREADY Voted Absentee and "Early Voting",etc. They have a plan afoot and THIS is Part of it.
I want to personally thank Republican Dede Scozzafava for acting so selflessly today in the NY District 23 race. Now it's time to cross the finish line with Doug Hoffman so that he can get to work for District 23 and the rest of America.
With Congress poised to overhaul one-sixth of our economy with so-called health care "reform" (which is really a government takeover of health care) and with plans to enact a cap-and-tax bill just as our economy struggles to recover, Doug Hoffman will be a voice for fiscal responsibility and common sense in Washington.
We need candidates like Doug now more than ever. In these final days of the campaign, it's vital that Doug continue to receive the enthusiastic support of those who want to bring common sense to Washington. Let's help make it happen! You can help Doug by visiting his official website today and offering your support: https://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/donate3.html - Sarah Palin
The unbounded and timeless Muslim capacity for Islamic anti-Semitic blood lust and death is one of history's consistent certainties. They are incapable of moving off the dime -- U.S. State Department officials are conducting a secret operation to bring some of Yemen's last remaining Jews to America to escape rising anti-Semitic violence in their country. The State department ..... wow.
The State Department took something of a risk in removing the Yemenis to the U.S., as it might be criticized for favoritism at a time when refugees elsewhere are clamoring for haven. The U.S. calculated the operation would serve both a humanitarian and a geopolitical purpose. In addition to rescuing a group threatened because of its religion, Washington was seeking to prevent an international embarrassment for an embattled Arab ally.
"Accused of favoritism by whom? The annihilationists? The world has lost any construct of a moral compass.
The Wall Street Journal has the whole thing. Read it.
Never discussed. Never criticized. Islamic persecution of non-believers worldwide is a pox on humanity. And the free world's refusal to speak of it is our great crime - accessory to genocide.
MONSEY, N.Y. -- In his new suburban American home, Shaker Yakub, a Yemeni Jew, folded a large scarf in half, wrapped it around his head and tucked in his spiraling side curls. "This is how I passed for a Muslim," said the 59-year-old father of seven, improvising a turban that hid his black skullcap.
The ploy enabled Mr. Yakub and half a dozen members of his family to slip undetected out of their native town of Raida, Yemen, and travel to the capital 50 miles to the south. There, they met U.S. State Department officials conducting a clandestine operation to bring some of Yemen's last remaining Jews to America to escape rising anti-Semitic violence in his country.
In all, about 60 Yemeni Jews have resettled in the U.S. since July; officials say another 100 could still come. There were an estimated 350 in Yemen before the operation began. Some of the remainder may go to Israel and some will stay behind, most in a government enclave.
Yemen was overshadowed in recent years by bigger trouble spots such as Afghanistan. But it has re-emerged on Washington's radar as a potential source of regional instability and a haven for terrorists.
The impoverished nation is struggling with a Shiite revolt in the north, a secessionist movement in the south, and growing militancy among al-Qaeda sympathizers, raising concern about the government's ability to control its territory. Analysts believe al-Qaeda operatives are making alliances with local tribes that could enable it to establish a stronghold in Yemen, as it did in Afghanistan prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The State Department took something of a risk in removing the Yemenis to the U.S., as it might be criticized for favoritism at a time when refugees elsewhere are clamoring for haven. The U.S. calculated the operation would serve both a humanitarian and a geopolitical purpose. In addition to rescuing a group threatened because of its religion, Washington was seeking to prevent an international embarrassment for an embattled Arab ally.
"Accused of favoritism" by whom? The annihilationists?
President Saleh has been trying to protect the Jews, but his inability to quell the rebellion in the country's north made it less likely he could do so, prompting the U.S. to step in. The alternative -- risking broader attacks on the Jews -- could well have undermined the Obama administration's efforts to rally support for President Saleh in the U.S. and abroad.
"If we had not done anything, we feared there would be bloodshed," says Gregg Rickman, former State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Mr. Yakub says the operation saved his family from intimidation that had made life in Yemen unbearable. Violence toward the country's small remaining Jewish community began to intensify last year, when one of its most prominent members was gunned down outside his house. But the mission also hastens the demise of one of the oldest remaining Jewish communities in the Arab world.
Jews are believed to have reached what is now Yemen more than 2,500 years ago as traders for King Solomon. They survived -- and at times thrived -- over centuries of change, including the spread of Islam across the Arabian Peninsula.
"They were one of the oldest exiled groups out of Israel," says Hayim Tawil, a Yeshiva University professor who is an expert on Yemeni Jewry. "This is the end of the Jewish Diaspora of Yemen. That's it."
Centuries of near total isolation make Yemeni Jews a living link with the ancient world.
Many can recite passages of the Torah by heart and read Hebrew, but can't read their native tongue of Arabic. They live in stone houses, often without running water or electricity. One Yemeni woman showed up at the airport expecting to board her flight with a live chicken.
Through the centuries, the Jews earned a living as merchants, craftsmen and silversmiths known for designing djanbias, traditional daggers that only Muslims are allowed to carry. Jewish musical compositions became part of Yemeni culture, played at Muslim weddings and festivals.
"Yemeni Jews have always been a part of Yemeni society and have lived side by side in peace with their Muslim brothers and sisters," said a spokeswoman for the Embassy of Yemen in Washington.
In 1947, on the eve of the birth of the state of Israel, protests in the port city of Aden resulted in the death of dozens of Jews and the destruction of their homes and shops. In 1949 and 1950 about 49,000 people -- the majority of Yemen's Jewish community -- were airlifted to Israel in "Operation Magic Carpet."
About 2,000 Jews stayed in Yemen. Some trickled out until 1962, when civil war erupted. After that, they were stuck there. "For three decades, there were no telephone calls, no letters, no traveling overseas. The fact there were Jews in Yemen was barely known outside Israel," says Prof. Tawil.
Salem Suleiman, a Yemeni who recently arrived in New York, says "They throw stones at us. They curse us. They want to kill us." Mr. Nahari, far left, who was murdered in December 2008, and Said Ben Yisrael, second from left, whose house was firebombed, danced at a wedding celebration in Raida in 2007.
The Yemen Jewish community is one of the oldest remaining in the Arab world -- a fixture in the area for two millennia. At left, a Yemeni Jewish boy stands in front of his school bus.
Remember this choker of a story when they talk of the reunification of Rifqa with her devout Muslim family: From Atlas reader Nans in The Netherlands:
The main contact is that Child Protective Services (in Dutch: "Kinderbescherming") is worried about arranged marriages by muslims. Here is the example of a 13 year old girl who was married by an imam in the mosque (which is illegal in two ways: the age of the girl, but marriages here have to take place in city hall) , and subsequently raped by her "husband". She ran away and then Child Protective Services moved in and placed her back with her parents. Now she is missing and the local director in The Hague of Child Protective Services now publicly regrets their efforts. The case was discussed recently in parliament.
'Uitgehuwelijkte meisjes onder toezicht kinderbescherming'
Alle minderjarige meisjes die in Nederland worden uitgehuwelijkt moeten onmiddellijk onder toezicht komen van de kinderbescherming. Dat zegt Maud Groenberg, bestuurder van de Bureaus Jeugdzorg Haaglanden vanavond in NOVA.
Verkracht Groenberg zegt dit naar aanleiding van de verdwijning van een 17-jarig moslimmeisje, dat door haar vader werd uitgehuwelijkt aan een landgenoot in Den Haag. Ondanks bemoeienis van jeugdzorg en de politie werd ze door haar man verkracht en mishandeld.
Eerwraak Het meisje, dat leerlinge was van een havo in Den Haag, was al op haar dertiende getrouwd met een 24-jarige man. Het huwelijk werd gesloten door een imam, en was niet geldig voor de Nederlandse wet. Het meisje liep weg bij haar man en kwam eind vorig jaar terecht in een opvanghuis. Na bemiddeling van jeugdzorg ging het meisje weer bij haar ouders wonen. Deze zomer heeft de vader zijn dochter teruggestuurd naar het land van herkomst. Politie en Jeugdzorg sluiten niet uit dat het meisje nu het slachtoffer is van eerwraak. "Achteraf gezien zijn we misschien iets te goedgelovig geweest," zegt Groenberg in NOVA .
Verontwaardiging Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer vindt dat justitie alles in het werk moet stellen om het meisje terug te halen. Om reden van privacy en opsporing wordt het land van herkomst niet genoemd. In NOVA spreken de Kamerleden Arib (PvdA) en Sterk (CDA) hun verontwaardiging uit over de houding van jeugdzorg en politie. "Het gaat om Suat, maar ook om heel veel meisjes die in zo'n situatie verkeren. Als die meisjes zien dat je nog niet veilig bent als alle hulpverleners zich over je hebben gebogen, dan ben ik bang dat geen enkel slachtoffer nog naar buiten durft te treden," aldus Khadija Arib in NOVA
The White House has been barraged with requests to release the names of its visitors. Today they release the first 500 visits, all from the period of Jan 20-July 31.
Some of the Names you can find on the list are Bill Ayers 2x, George Soros 4x, Michael Moore 8X, the head of the ACORN affiliated Union the SEIU Andrew Stern 20x,Jeremiah Wright, GE/NBC head Jeff Immelt 5x, Jesse Jackson 6x, John Edwards2x, Al Sharpton 2x, and of course television goddess Oprah Winfrey.
Strangely each party's house leader Pelosi, and Boehner were only at the WH once. The Senate leadership weren't there even once. I will be spending some time investigating the list, but in the meantime, an embeddable version of the list is below.
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Muslim thugs terrorize classrooms. These "students" with their claw hammer weapons and their mobile phones with the World Trade Centers burning screensavers. Well, why not? It is all part of the global jihad.
He gave his name as Henry Webster when he stepped into the witness box at the High Court in London last week. But he wasn't the Henry Webster his family and friends remember.
The real Henry Webster was a strapping 6ft 2in rugby player, not someone who struggled to string sentences together and had to be given painkillers to complete his evidence.
Instead of preparing for college or university, he has been left with learning difficulties, short-term memory loss, and epilepsy. Henry will settle for that because the alternative would have meant not being here at all.
Victim: Henry Webster with his mother Elizabeth Webster at court where he is fighting to win damages from Ridgeway School in Swindon
This is the only upside of being attacked with a claw hammer that left an inch-deep impression on his skull.
One claw hammer and 12 teenage [Muslim] thugs versus one young man. Those were the odds when a gang of Asian Muslim youths ambushed him.
After their work was done, his attackers punched the air in triumph - 'that's what you call Paki bashing,' they yelled.
The thugs have all been jailed. Not all the culprits, however, have been brought to book - not in the eyes of Henry's family, anyway. They believe teachers at his school, near Swindon - where the assault took place in 2007 when Henry was just 15 - are as guilty as the actual perpetrators themselves.
Why? Because, they say, the school allowed ethnic minority pupils to get away with flagrant misbehaviour, and then handed them less severe punishments than their white classmates because staff feared they might otherwise be accused of racism.
In other words, a culture of ' educational apartheid' prevailed in all but name at Ridgeway School.
Had this not been the case, Henry's parents insist, their son would probably not have sustained brain damage outside the school tennis courts one day in January nearly three years ago.
Thugs: Amjad Qazi (left) 19, and Wasif Khan, 18, were jailed for attacking Henry
They have now brought a civil action against Ridgeway and are seeking compensation of up to £1 million. The allegations amount to a devastating indictment not just of Ridgeway, but of policies that were supposed to lead to integration, not segregation, in our schools.
Our own investigation into the events which culminated in Henry Webster being left for dead within walking distance of his classroom does little to counter that view.
Remember, this is not some inner city hell hole. Swindon (population 200,000) is often used for market research purposes precisely because it is considered to be a typical British town; neither the best nor the worst place to live, just average.
Ridgeway School, too, is average. Only about 70 - 5 per cent - of the 1,400 or so pupils are from ethnic minorities.
Ambushed: Henry was punched, kicked and hit repeatedly on the head with a claw hammer causing brain damage
Exam results are good, and the school continues to receive glowing government reports. Only last year, Ridgeway's headmaster Steven Colledge, who took over in September 2006, was praised by Ofsted inspectors as 'Outstanding' for his 'leadership and management' skills.
But anyone who saw his performance on Channel 4 News the day after Henry Webster was attacked might beg to differ.
'I think there is always a danger where there is a mixture of races and peoples which reflect the community we live in that any tension that might exist, any little scuffle or fight, can be twisted to be much more of a major thing than it really is,' he told the cameras.
No, this is not a misquotation. He really did use the words 'little scuffle' to describe the attack in which Henry Webster was left brain damaged.
Furthermore, in the immediate aftermath, neither the 'outstanding' Mr Colledge nor any of his colleagues visited the Webster family or even sent a get well card. Mr Colledge later told a governors' inquiry that gestures such as sending cards or flowers 'were not in his nature'.
Parents and former staff say that multiculturalism at Ridgeway, under his leadership, meant pupils on both sides of the religious and cultural divide breathing the same air but sharing very little else.
Asian Muslim youngsters, we have been told, had their own officially designated meeting room which, to all intents and purposes, became the unofficial base for a 30-strong crew known as the 'Asian Invasion' and the 'Broad Street Massive'.
Many, if not all 12, of those convicted of assaulting Henry belonged to the gang and lived mainly in the vicinity of Broad Street in Swindon. Four of them were still pupils at Ridgeway. They would often call older relatives and friends from outside school to settle disputes.
One such was Wasif Khan, then 18, who was the person who wielded the claw hammer. He was a 'wannabe militant', according to the police, and carried on his mobile phone a screensaver of the collapse of the World Trade Centre. A number of accomplices used social networking sites to communicate their message.
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We now have more people not paying taxes than paying them. Those people will continue to vote for those who want to give them more “entitlements” unless we decide to do something about it.
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Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last November'sPresidential election:
Number of States won by: Democrats: 19Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostlythe land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Democrat territory mostlyencompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye to theUSA in fewer than five years. If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.
If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
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Last September, hurricane Ike hit Texas near Houston. As a direct result of the storm, 48 people in Texas died.
the aftermath proved to be deadlier than the storm itself. As many as 64 post-storm deaths occurred in Texas because of factors such as carbon monoxide poisoning and electrocution. More than 1 million Texans were left without power. Municipal water systems were overwhelmed, and clean water was the next to go. Enormous lines formed at FEMA food centers, grocery stores and gas stations - which had no electricity to pump what little gas was left. That first weekend after Ike, some 37,000 Texans were holed up in shelters that ran short of food and water within 24 hours. The next few weeks brought countless scores of injuries from clearing debris.
Mark Vorderbruggen and several of his neighbors in the Houston suburb of Spring got to work cleaning up their neighborhood. The crew had organized before the storm by gathering all the two-way Family Radio Service walkie-talkies they could find and then distributing them among 14 occupied houses. They had already taken a quick inventory of residents with generators, chain saws and first-aid skills (one neighbor was a retired Army medic). The day before Ike hit, Vorderbruggen went door to door with four or five guys from the neighborhood, serving as an impromptu pickup crew, clearing yards of furniture, tools and anything else that might turn into a deadly missile in hurricane-force winds.
Thanks to his preparations, Vorderbruggen's house survived largely intact. But there was still plenty of debris to clean up in the neighborhood. He and his neighbors all pitched in to clean up every yard and sidewalk.
Aftermath of Ike was less like a disaster and more like a barbecue. The area was without power for five days, but the neighbors conserved resources by eating meals together at a different house each night to ensure that no food was spoiled. "We cooked on the grill, and I ran a small light off a battery-powered electric inverter," Vorderbruggen says. "I got to walk around in Hawaiian shirts and swim shorts for nearly a week. Cooking outside, clearing debris. It was actually kind of fun-for me."
Steve Leslie, a 20-year veteran of Washington State-based Olympic Mountain Rescue, has seen countless people get lost or stranded in the woods. He sees longterm wilderness survival as a challenge of maintenance. "Basically it's housekeeping- your chances of survival go way up if you maintain a good shelter, find water and, if you have any food, parcel it out." [Christopher Young, list owner of Practical Survival 3, sees survival as staying out of trouble when possible.]
the difference between life and death often comes down to the simple-yet surprisingly difficult-task of recognizing threats before they overwhelm you, then working through them as discrete challenges.
The people who survive disasters tend to be better prepared and more capable of making smart decisions under pressure. Not everyone is born with these traits, but almost anyone can learn them. Here's how to wire your brain for survival.
Keep Cool in a Crisis The tornado siren sounded at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa just before the power went out on June 11, 2008. Scout Leader Fred Ullrich, "I was looking for lightning and listening for that freight train sound you're supposed to hear with tornadoes, but there was nothing like that," Ullrich says. "But something told me we were in deep trouble. I yelled for the boys to get under the tables." Ullrich was picked up and thrown from the building. Then the 150-mph wind simply blew the Boy Scout shelter apart. "I can only describe my actions in that moment as being totally futile," Ullrich says.
Once the tornado passed, All around him was chaos. Some scouts were trapped by the debris. For a brief moment Ullrich was dazed. Then he went into autopilot rescue mode. "I went to a very businesslike place." He circled what was left of the disintegrated shelter, directing the able-bodied to take care of the injured. And the scouts did just that-applying pressure to wounds, turning T-shirts into bandages and elevating the legs of those who were in shock. Ullrich used a 6-foot iron bar to pry up a wooden board and bricks that had fallen on one boy.
In a disaster roughly 10 percent of people panic, while 80 percent essentially do nothing. Unable to come to terms with what's happening, they freeze. The remaining 10 percent jump into action. Ullrich needed a separate and equally important skill: to get hold of himself and get people organized.
being able to set aside fear is what separates people like Ullrich from others. "Fear is a good thing," Hart says. "You want to have it because it can motivate you to action. But if you become overwhelmed by it, then it's debilitating."
What's worse, research shows that the greater the number of people who are involved in an emergency situation, the less likely it is that anyone will intervene - a phenomenon known as the Bystander Effect. in group situations, there is a diffusion of responsibility; people look for cues from others before deciding how to act. "Just being aware of this tendency and saying 'I am responsible' can make a difference. People who believe that they are responsible for other people's welfare help more."
mental preparedness and responsibility are central to the Boy Scout philosophy. The night before the tornado, Ullrich had put the boys through a first-aid drill. When emergency responders arrived after the tornado, what they saw was devastating-four scouts were dead or mortally wounded. Scores were suffering from broken pelvises, dislocated shoulders, lacerations and punctured lungs. Ullrich and the uninjured scouts were putting their training to work. They had organized an on-the-spot triage center, helping to prepare the most seriously injured for their journey to the hospital.
By teaching his scouts to leap into action, Ullrich skewed the 10-80-10 math of disaster. He saw the drill as part of his responsibility to care for the troop. "The point of it is to get these scouts to be the people who don't sit around when something bad happens," he says, "but to be the type of people who do something."
Beyond First Aid Kits: 5 Unexpected Survival Kit Essentials
1. Beer "Buy a lot of it," says Trey Click, a magazine publisher who rode out last year's Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas. "It's one of the only things you can use for money in the aftermath." [Only if you associate with boozers.] Need your neighbor to help you clear trees out of your yard? A case of Bud is a better motivator than a $20 bill when all the stores are boarded up. [Then, you can have a rowdy bunch of drunks with chainsaws in your yard. Does anyone see a safety issue?]
2. Handheld CB Radio Think no one uses CB radios anymore? Think again. These things can be a direct line to emergency crews and tow trucks, exactly the folks you might want to get in touch with after a disaster. [Unless you have some high wattage channel jammers yakking. Then, you need to cut some coax before you can have useful comms.] Plus, they work when cell towers don't. [If you have a power source, and your antenna is standing.] Look for one that also tunes into NOAA weather channels. [Or, get a separate NOAA radio? Hey, how about FRS walkies? Not going to mention those, eh?]
3. Contractor Bags Thick, sturdy 3-mil contractor bags are the multitool of the disaster world. They're tough enough to stuff with sharp debris, they work as an impromptu poncho or water barrier for leaky structures, and you can use them to drag heavy objects. [Good one!]
4. Glow Bracelets When the electricity is out, you may not feel like celebrating, but these party favors can come in handy. "Houses get dark really quickly with no power," says Mark Vorderbruggen, who went five days without electricity after Ike hit Texas. "I used them to mark the location of radios, flashlights, batteries and door handles." [Remember to replace them once a year, as the chemical goes bad.]
1. Evacuation If it becomes necessary to leave your home, there may be little advance notice. Determine ahead of time what to bring, where to go and how to get there. Create a backup plan in case your primary route or destination becomes unworkable. Then, practice: Make sure everyone in the family knows the location of rendezvous sites. Keep at least a half-tank of gas in your car, and keep weather-resistant clothing and sturdy shoes handy.
2. Health When assembling a disaster kit, include both general medical items (bandages, antiseptic, etc.) and up-to-date supplies of prescription medications. Also, keep baby formula available and personal hygiene items such as sanitary napkins and toilet paper in waterproof containers.
3. Documents Keep copies of important paperwork in three places: your grab-and-go bag, a safe-deposit box and with a friend or family member in a different location. Include identification cards, insurance documents, marriage certificates, property deeds, prescriptions and pictures of family members to show to first responders in case anyone gets lost.
4. Communication Keep a card with an updated list of family contact info in your wallet at all times. (Don't rely exclusively on a cellphone's contact list; you may not be able to recharge the phone.[Chris reminds you to pack both home and car chargers for you cell phone, d'uh.]) Make sure every family member carries the number of a point person at least 50 miles away in case local telecommunications fail. This creates a hub-and-spoke system: If family members can't talk to each other, they can coordinate through the third party.
5. Technology keep regular backups [of your computer files] in an out-of-town location or archive to an Internet service such as box.net. Consider maintaining a landline and corded phone [which are more dependable in emergency] Keep a battery- or crank-powered NOAA radio on hand for weather information and news updates. [FRS and CB radio are also good ways to communicate short range, and maybe pick up some local news from real people; not filtered by the media.]
6. Risk Assessment Are you in a Danger Zone? Natural threats vary by region, but no area is immune from all disasters. Hazard maps available on FEMA's Web site break down the frequency of several types of disasters on a state and local level. Take such information into account in your planning. If you live in a flood or earthquake zone, insure your property accordingly.
> A Craigslist Ad: > > To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah night before last. > Date: 2009-05-27, 1:43 a.m. E.S.T. > > > I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that > I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my > girlfriend, threatening our lives. You also asked for my girlfriend's > purse and earrings. I can only hope that you somehow come across this > rather important message. > > > First, I'd like to apologize for your embarrassment; I didn't expect > you to actually crap in your pants when I drew my pistol after you > took my jacket. The evening was not that cold, and I was wearing the > jacket for a reason. My girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber > Model 1911 .45 A CP pistol for m > y birthday, and we had picked up a shoulder holster for it that very > evening. Obviously you agree that it is a very intimidating weapon > when pointed at your head ... isn't it?! > > > I know it probably wasn't fun walking back to wherever you'd come from > with that brown sludge in your pants. I'm sure it was even worse > walking bare-footed since I made you leave your shoes, cell phone, and > wallet with me. [That prevented you from calling or running to your > buddies to come help mug us again]. > > > After I called your mother, or "Momma" as you had her listed in your > cell, I explained the entire episode of what you'd done. Then I went > and filled up my gas tank as well as those of four other people in the > gas station, -- on your credit card. The guy with the big motor home > took 150 gallons and was extremely grateful! > > > I gave your shoes to a homeless guy outside Vinnie Van Go Go's, along > with all the cash in your wallet. [That made his day!] > > > I then threw your wallet into the big pink "pimp mobile" that was > parked at the curb ... after I broke the windshield and side window > and keyed the entire driver's side of the car. > > > Later, I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell phone. Ma > Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a > little over a day now, so what 's going on with that? Earlier, I > managed to get in two threatening phone calls to the DA's office and > one to the FBI, while mentioning President Obama as my possible target. > > > The FBI guy seemed really intense and we had a nice long chat (I guess > while he traced your number etc.). > > > In a way, perhaps I should apologize for not killing you ... but I > feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for > your threatened crime. I wish you well as you try to sort through some > of these rather immediate pressing issues, and can only hope that you > have the opportunity to reflect upon, and perhaps reconsider, the > career path you've chosen to pursue in life. Remember, next time you > might not be so lucky. > > > Have a good day! > > > Thoughtfully yours, > > > Alex > >
Celiac Disease May Raise Risk of Dying People with mild form of the digestive disorder have slightly higher death rate, study shows Gee I think it's a little unfair to pass a death sentence on someone who only needs proper diaganosis and diet. (HealthDay News) -- People with milder symptoms of celiac disease face a slightly higher risk of dying than other people, a new study finds.
Cancer and heart disease were the main causes of death in the patients studied, and the risk was higher in people who had had small-intestinal biopsies in childhood, the researchers found.
Celiac disease affects about 1 percent of people in the Western world, the researchers said, and it is triggered by exposure to gluten, a protein found in barley, wheat and rye. It frequently causes diarrhea and weight loss.
According to the study, which appears in the Sept. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, celiac disease is thought to be connected to higher risk of disease, but less is known about "nonspecific small-intestinal inflammation without villous atrophy," a kind abnormality.
Swedish researchers found the risk of death increased by 39 percent in patients with celiac disease and 35 percent with latent celiac disease.
The research "reinforces the importance of celiac disease as a diagnosis that should be sought by physicians. It also suggests that more attention should be given to the lesser degrees of intestinal inflammation and gluten sensitivity," wrote Dr. Peter H. R. Green, of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in a commentary.
More information
Learn more about celiac disease from the federal government. -- Randy Dotinga SOURCE:
Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Sept. 15, 2009
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THIS IS A TIME FOR INFORMED NET ROOTS ACTION. WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF DECISIVE MOVEMENT TOWARDS MEDICAL FREEDOM OR FASCISM. CONTINUING PRESSURE ON DECISION MAKERS IS ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE TO PREVAIL, GAINING OWNERSHIP OF OUR OWN BODIES. WE NEED YOUR ACTION AND YOUR ACTIVISM IN DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.
SOMETIMES OUR NEWS IS PRETTY GRIM: TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL VERY HOPEFUL PIECES OF INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU. BUT RATHER THAN SITTING BACK AND RESTING ON OUR GAINS, IT IS TIME TO PUSH FORWARD URGENTLY, DISSEMINATE RELENTLESSLY AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE NOT TEMPORARY VICTORIES FOLLOWED BY CRUSHING DEFEAT. IT IS IN YOUR HANDS, OR, RATHER, IN YOUR MOUSE!
1. MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ENTERED IN NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION'S "STOP THE SHOT" SUITE TO PREVENT FDA FROM RELEASING ANY MORE UNTESTED PANDEMIC VACCINES
U. S. District Judge Reggie Turner of the District of Columbia has not yet set a hearing date.
Among other relief, the order the plaintiffs, including Rima E. Laibow, MD, and the Natural Solutions Foundation, are seeking provides:
…The issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) referencing these inactivated-"novel A/H1N1"-influenza vaccines is stayed for Vaccines that permit the mixing of an adjuvant with a Vaccine outside of the Vaccine manufacturer's Current-Good-Manufacturing-Practice-compliant facilities; and … Approval or use of these Vaccines be contingent upon clear restrictions mandating written fully informed consent and voluntary use, without coercion or risk of loss of liberty, right to health care choice, property, schooling, livelihood, licensure or other public good by any governmental entity.
Our lawyers are seeking a hearing this coming week.
Here is the Health Freedom Action Item that tells your representatives and decision makers that you refuse to be a "Pharma Serf" and demand protection from forced vaccinations:
In fact, that is exactly what happened in NY State, which issued a manre Workers and others must follow all ACIP recommendations or loose their jobs.
2. NY STATE MANDATORY VACCINATIONS ON HOLD: NY STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY STAY. FINAL HEARING OCTOBER 30. NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION TO SUBMIT AMICUS BRIEF
In a stunning initial step toward victory in the battle to make our own health care decisions, citizen push back pushed back really hard. The Public Employees Federation, New York State United Teachers and an attorney representing 4 Albany, NY nurses challenged the NY State order mandating vaccination with all ACIP recommended vaccinations, including seasonal and Swine (H1N1) vaccines for nurses, doctors, aides and non-medical staff members who might be in a patient's room. For now, the vaccinations will remain voluntary.
Natural Solutions Foundation's 'Stop the Shot' litigation also deals with the rights of NY State Health Care Workers, in addition to challenging the legality of the vaccines themselves. The litigation has been filed in the District of Columbia Federal District Court in order to create a stay which has national impact. Additional states, such as Pennsylvania and California, have promulgated mandates similar to those in New York.
The Natural Solutions Foundation's Trustee and lead Counsel, Ralph Fucetola, JD, has been asked to provide an Amicus Curiae ["Friend of the Court" brief - REL] in this case because of our extensive research and involvement with the issues in this case and we are, of course, proud to do so.
Distressingly, ACIP has been discounting or eliminating exemption categories in its recommendations for vaccinations which means that such exemptions, although allowed under the laws of all states for medical reasons and 48 states for other reasons, are increasingly not permitted for ordinary vaccinations and are disallowed for pandemic vaccinations. This is not acceptable to people who believe that, as free men and women, they have the right to make their own decisions about what goes into their bodies.
Our Federal Court Complaint filed as Docket No. 1:09-cv-01924 on October 9th has moved to its next stage: our DC lawyers have filed a Motion for an Injunction to STOP THE SHOT!
The underlying Complaint alleges that the government failed to follow its own rules and applicable legislation in rushing the vaccine approvals in the absence of any of the requisite minimum scientifically sound and appropriate testing for both safety and effectiveness as required by law since 1964.
The new Motion asks the Court to act immediately to stop the swine flu shots.
The government, which owns all the approved vaccines, has begun delivery this week of what they describe as the novel "Swine Flu" 2009-H1N1-A live virus nasal mist vaccine to 90,000 government-approved locations nationwide. Before the Court will have time to act, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans will take the nasal mist vaccine and, according to the nongovernmental physicians and scientists who oppose these vaccines, will become infectious, possibly triggering the pandemic the government has been predicting. The company which makes this mist vaccine states on their web site that their vaccine causes a "mild" case of the flu alleged to provide immunity to the admittedly mild "swine flu" which has so far failed to become pandemic.
Frankly. we do not know if we will be in time to prevent the pandemic.
The case of Null, Laibow et al. v FDA et al. challenges the legality of the September 15th, 2009 licensing of four vaccines prior to any safety testing for what the government calls a "novel flu virus with pandemic potential." Although the government states that none of the vaccines contain adjuvants, that is manifestly untrue since the injected vaccines contain aluminum, a toxic adjuvant, and Novartis told the Natural Solutions Foundation on that same day that their approved vaccine contains MF59, their proprietary squalene adjuvant. The purpose of an adjuvant is to irritate the immune system into greater production of antibodies than it would otherwise create in response to a smaller antigen dose. Antigens are the most costly part of a vaccine to manufacture. Therefore, despite the enormous dangers, vaccine manufacturers are eager to use adjuvants.
Adjuvants like squalene (also known as MF59, ASO 1, 2, 3 and 4) are highly toxic unapproved drugs in the US. The Novartis (approved) Swine Flu and GSK (awaiting approval) vaccines contain 1 million times more oil in water adjuvant (read, "squalene") than the devastatingly dangerous Vaccine A which caused the profound illness and death of so many previously healthy service men and women.
After you read the Complaint and the Brief and some documentation on the dangers of Squalene and similar adjuvants, it's time to talk about what you can - what we believe we all must - do before the last second of the last minute of the now-past 11th hour has vanished and, with it, our ability to own and control the fate of our own bodies.
1. Are you a Pharma Serf? Is your body owned by Big Pharma and the Corporate State? I did not think so. Neither am I! This new Action Item goes to your State and Federal Legislators, the President of the United States and your Governor telling each of them that you expect them to protect you against vaccinations which are supposedly voluntary but, in reality, carry severe penalties if they are refused.
Please submit this item once for every member of your family and then disseminate, disseminate, disseminate.
Our collective efforts are the only bulwark we have against this madness. Alone we are literally powerless. Together, we have created the push back that has taken us from "All vaccines will be mandatory for the Swine Flu" to "All vaccines will be voluntary for the Swine Flu BUT....." There is a great deal more we need to do and we are fast running out of time to do it.
We cannot guarantee that we will be successful if we all do all of these things. But we most certainly can guarantee that the result of failing to do our absolute utmost during a time of utmost emergency
When Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke at the Community Food Security Coalition conference in Des Moines on Tuesday, one of the things he spoke about was the sense of community one gets from living in a small town. An example he used was the phenomenon of holding a fundraiser such as a spaghetti feed for someone who gets sick and has high medical bills to pay.
It's true, in some communities this is a regular occurrrence. In the year I've lived in Lyons, I can think of several such events both here and in neighboring communities. One was for a newborn with a large number of birth defects, another was for a man with cancer. While it is a good example of how people come together in a crisis, it is the blaring evidence of how broken our rural health care system is. If we had affordable, accessible, and equitable health care in rural areas, no one would have to ask their community to hold a fundraiser so they could pay for medical treatments.
Unfortunately, this might become an even more common occurrence - there is evidence to suggest that mortality is more common rural America compared to urban areas. According to the Economic Research Service, the rate of death has been decreasing for both urban and rural residents, but around 1989 the rate for rural areas decreased less than urban areas, and the trend has continued since then.
The most startling thing is that no one can put a finger on exactly why:
Nobody has determined why the difference in mortality rates is widening. "A possible explanation for the emergence of the nonmetropolitan mortality penalty is based on the observation that access to health care is the most pervasive health disparity in the nonmetropolitan United States," Cosby wrote in 2008. "If healthcare is becoming significantly more effective in prolonging life, then limited access to healthcare is becoming profoundly harmful to the nonmetropolitan US population, hence, the nonmetropolitan mortality penalty."
What is the health care access like in your community? If something minor were to happen to you or your family, how far would you have to travel? What about something major?
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Similarly, our early settlers would often throw silver dollars into their wells or water barrels to kill bacteria and keep the water potable. During plagues in Europe, wealthy families gave their children silver spoons to suck on, hence the saying born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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One can only hold dear the small group of six or seven pr0-Israel students set upon by Muslim hordes. This is horrible as it depicts the state of discourse on college campuses (this, Obama's old stomping grounds) and in the political as well as international circles . And this is America, the noblest nation, whose greatness the Jews contributed enormously in building.
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