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Beautiful Man

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:18:08 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: "He looks like a damned handsome man to me. You can't keep character from shining through, his is luminescent, any more than you can fake what's not there" (from post)

Clip Source: curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com

Retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh has gotten used to the stares. His face is blanketed in knotty scar tissue. His nose tip is missing. His ears are gone, as is part of his right leg. His fingers are permanently bent and rigid.

All is the result of an explosion in Iraq that doused him in fuel and fire three years ago.

"I know people are curious," he said. "They'll stop in their tracks and look. I guess I can understand. I probably would have stared, too."

Soon, a lot more people will be staring at Yarosh's face but in a very different way: A life-sized oil painting of him will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington later this month. The portrait, by Matthew Mitchell, is a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, which recognizes modern portraiture at the gallery known for its collection of notable Americans. [Continued]

Labels: The Best of America

Tags: beauty, bravery, military, scars, healing, iraq, soldiers, strength, gratitude, smithsonian

Muslims of a Feather, Jihad Together: Major Muslim Fort Hood Terrorist Linked to 911 Terrorists

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:04:05 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: just gets worse ......

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

Surprised? The only dhimmis that will express SHOCK! will be the media and the authorities. Oh that's right, they won't mention it.
What is it going to take?

Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists

Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas Photo: GETTY

The radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, accused of supporting attacks on British troops

Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother's funeral was held there in May that year.

The preacher at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni scholar

Tags: islam, jihad, fort hood massacre, 9/11

European Court bans classroom crucifixes

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:37 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: "Those societies which cannot combine reverence to their symbols with freedom and revision, must ultimately decay either from anarchy, or from the slow atrophy of a life stifled by useless shadows"
- A.N. Whitehead

Clip Source: www.corriere.it

The woman who took the case to the Strasbourg court is Soile Lautsi Albertin, an Italian citizen of Finnish origin. In 2002, she asked the Vittorino da Feltre primary and middle school at Abano Terme in the province of Padua, attended by her two children, to remove the crucifixes from classrooms in accordance with the principle of the secular state.

The case went back to the TAR, which in 2005 itself rejected the appeal, maintaining that the crucifix is a symbol of Italian history and culture, and so of the country’s identity and of the principles of equality, liberty, tolerance and secularism of the state, a position confirmed by Italy’s Council of State in 2006. But now, the tables have been turned.

the Italian government must pay her 5,000 euros in moral damages. It is the Strasbourg court’s first ruling on religious symbols in school classrooms. “Now Italy will have to take account of the sentence by the European court of human rights”, commented Ms Lautsi

Tags: eu, freedom, religion, italy

Egyptian Security Arrests Several Christians for Praying At Home

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:05:34 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: In other news, here is a link to the recent Obama/Egypt "PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL,
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS" resolution:

http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/LTD/G09/161/50/PDF/G0916150.pdf?OpenElement

Clip Source: www.aina.org

Egypt (AINA) -- On October 24, 2009 Egyptian State Security arrested a Christian Copt in the village of Deir Samalout, Samalout, Minia province, for praying "without a license." He was held in prison for two days before being released on "compassionate grounds." Maurice Salama Sharkawy, 37 years old, had invited Pastor Elia Shafik, to conduct the sacrament of the 'Anointing of the Sick' for his sick father, who had suffered a stroke. State Security broke into his house while the prayers were ongoing, handcuffed Maurice, put him into a police car and took him to a police station for interrogation.

Authorities accused him of carrying out "religious rites without a license" and "causing sectarian sedation" by calling a priest into the village. A number of his cousins living in the same family house and who attended the prayers were also detained with him.

State Security has placed Maurice under observation by three policemen.

Tags: welcome to the twilight zone, egypt, obama, freedom denied

Somali adulterer stoned to death

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:16:25 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: "Their actions have nothing to do with Islam," said the moderate Islamist during a ceremony.

--no, of course not.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.

Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka.

An official from the al-Shabab group said the woman would be killed after she has had her baby.

Islamist groups run much of southern Somalia, while the UN-backed government only control parts of the capital.

This is the third time Islamists have stoned a person to death for adultery in the past year.

They [al-Shabab] are forcing women to wear very heavy clothes, saying they want them to properly cover their bodies but we know they have economic interests behind - they sell these kinds of clothes and want to force people to buy them

"He was screaming and blood was pouring from his head during the stoning. After seven minutes he stopped moving,"

A 13-year-old girl was stoned to death for adultery in the southern town of Kismayo last year.

Tags: shariah law, somalia, freakin nitemare

Irish jeweller turns tables on thieves

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

The injured raider, who is on bail in connection with a robbery in south-east Leinster, was taken by ambulance to St James's Hospital but was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital where he underwent emergency treatment for a suspected fractured skull.

Clip Source: www.independent.ie

Jeweller Ken McDonagh turned the tables on three armed thugs as they were plundering his premises yesterday -- and left one of them seriously ill in hospital.

Ken sprang into action after one of the raiders grabbed his wife Fiona around the throat and held her at gunpoint.

He tackled the 34-year-old thug, who was brandishing a loaded sawn-off shotgun.

Garda forensic officer at Dawson Jewellers in Dublin

During a struggle, in Dawson Jewellers' store on Dawson Street in Dublin's city centre, he disarmed the gunman -- and then in an attempt to defend himself and his wife, struck the criminal with the weapon on the head.

Following the struggle, one of the raiders ran empty-handed from the shop but was spotted by a motorist who was stopped in traffic.

The motorist jumped out of his car and tripped the fleeing raider who fell to the ground.

Armed detectives later burst into the shop and detained the third member of the gang.

Tags: happy endings, crime, ireland, self defense

Truth-speaker upsets Larry King's circus of silly

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:26:32 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: ((((((((((tom kennif))))))

This guy is some kinda beautiful.

Clip Source: thisainthell.us

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Clip Source: thisainthell.us

CNN, Larry King (barely a)live. Shoshanna Johnson (former POW), Dr Phil, and some JAG officer that I would pronounce my gayness for if I knew who he was.

Paraphrasing here, but the JAG said: As I sit here listening to all this psycho-babble crap, with you guys talking about PTSD nonstop, how come not once have you guys hit on this guys last name being “Hasan” and discuss Islamofacism.

Phil and Shoshanna lose their minds, accuse him of racism, general mayhem, etc.

Best TV moment I ever witnessed.

Tags: truth, islam, dhimmi dumbasses, larry king

Equality under the law is abrogated by shari'a councils

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:59:32 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: Bit long, but an important and informative read.

Clip Source: archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com

Islamic shari’a is propagated by UK law.

We have cause to be worried.

Apologists for shari’a claim nothing has changed. A shari’a tribunal decision cannot be enforced if it breaks UK law. This view is out of touch with how things really work and what is going on today.

We have, for example, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s revelation in a BBC interview that the adoption of Islamic shari’a law in the UK is ‘unavoidable’. This gives a disturbing insight into the minds of some of our leaders.

Twisting the law to meet cultural requirements is not unknown. Lord Pearson asked this question in the House of Lords in June: “…. will Her Majesty’s Government take steps to ensure that resident Muslim men will no longer be allowed to commit bigamy by bringing in their second, third and fourth wives and all their children to enjoy the benefits of our welfare state?”

He was not given an answer.

Tags: shariah law, islam, uk, creeping, global jihad

Police Sgt. Kim Munley: Hero @ Fort Hood

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: She was so brave!!

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

This is poetic justice. The jihadi mass slaughterer was taken down by a ... woman! Think about that. Let's blast that shiz through the caves of Tora Bora.
That's the real story. It should be wall to wall on Al Jizz.

It would have been much worse had she not responded.

Name Kim Munley

Location Killeen, TX

I live a good life....a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life.

http://twitter.com/hope2forget30

Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage

The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.

Munley, who had been trained in active-response tactics, rushed into the building and confronted the shooter as he was turning a corner, Cone said.

"It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said.

Tags: kim munley, fort hood massacre, hasan, courage

Courage and how to use it

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:37:33 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: Most of you will recall Daniel Hannan as the MEP whose very public scolding of Gordon Brown went viral on YouTube

Clip Source: synonblog.dailymail.co.uk

Last night the Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan resigned as European legal spokesman and returned to the back benches in protest at his party's position on the Lisbon Treaty. Today a second Tory MEP, Roger Helmer, also quit the front bench in protest at his party's 'confused' Lisbon Treaty U-turn. He has resigned as employment spokesman because, he said, he could neither 'justify nor support' the Conservatives' new policy.

Right, so that means one can count the Tory politicians with principles not so much on one hand as on two thumbs. But just in case Hannan and Helmer are worried their lonely protest will mean nothing, I give them this picture. Think on.

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Tags: walkin his talk, daniel hannan, europe, britain

The War on America: Muslim Attacker "come to the attention of law enforcement at least six months ag

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:05:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: crazy.

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

They knew this guy was a jihadi. They knew. But they sacrificed American lives at the alter political correctness. These religion of peaceniks are going to get us all killed.

Law enforcement officials say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came to their attention at least six months agon because of discussions of suicide bombings and other threats. And they left this jihad murderer there with our most precious resource? And then the first thing the FBI says is "its not terrorism"? We, the people, cannot no longer rely on law enforcement to keep us safe.They are the problem. Those brave soldiers are dead because of law enforcement. We, the people, have to be vigilant. The biggest terror attack on a US military base and the President is giving a shout out before making a statement?

AP source: Authorities had concerns about suspected shooter, reviewed Internet postings

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Tags: jihad, truth, lies, political correctness can kill

Ben's Chili Bowl

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:44:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I ate a halfsmoke at Ben's last week.....and yes Bill Cosby was right, yummmm yummm.

You lucky bucks can order some of their food right online! See site for fun pics and more detailed stories, etc.

The founder himself only died last month , but his wife was there and gave us a very warm welcome.

Clip Source: www.benschilibowl.com

It was the summer of 1958. Eisenhower was president. Federal troops were ordered into Little Rock, Arkansas to aid in the integration of public schools. Explorer I was launched, as was NASA. The first-ever Grammy Awards were given, and Ella Fitzgerald won two of them.

That same year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom. Griffith Stadium was home to the Washington Senators, and 30% of D.C.'s black population owned homes. Nelson Mandela wed Winnie. And, in 1958, newlyweds Ben and Virginia Ali gave birth to a new enterprise.

Despite a national business failure rate of 55.9%, the Ali's used $5,000 to begin renovating a building at 1213 U Street. It had high-arched ceilings, character, and plenty of history. Built in 1910, it first housed a silent movie house called the Minnehaha Theater. Later, Harry Beckley, one of D.C.’s first Black police detectives, converted it into a pool hall. On Aug. 22, 1958, Ben’s Chili Bowl was born.

Clip Source: www.benschilibowl.com

Tags: ben's chili bowl, cool stuff, history, usa, ben ali

'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie"

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:22:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Dhimmi-movie-makers

Clip Source: movies.yahoo.com

For "2012," Emmerich set his sites on destroying the some biggest landmarks around the world, from Rome to Rio. But there's one place that Emmerich wanted to demolish but didn't: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca. It's the focus of prayers and the site of the Hajj, the biggest, most important pilgrimage in Islam.

"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."

Emmerich went on: "We have to all, in the western world, think about this. You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have ... a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is. So it's just something which I kind of didn't [think] was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out." Read the full article >>

Tags: chicken shits, islam, fatwas

Day 135 Iran Revolution: Violent Protests Against Dictators in Iran on Anniversary of US Hostage Cri

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:47:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing bravery here, just incredible when we realize they know the kinds of horrors they face if arrested.

I don't know if I am capable of that kind of courage, God I hope so.

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

[Video]

Watch the last 10 seconds ..............

Death to Dictators.

These people dying for freedom would have half a chance if the President of the US would stop supporting the Islamic slaughterers in power. The worst president at the worst time. Obama wants to enrich their uranium. Got that?

How brave these Iranians are, knowing the penalty and torture for marching for freedom ....

Protests flare in Iran's capital as demonstrators, security forces clash

Large areas of Tehran are in chaos as troops fire tear gas and beat antigovernment protesters on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy's seizure. Demonstrations erupt in other cities as well.

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut - Large stretches of the Iranian capital erupted in chaos and violence today as antigovernment protesters and security forces clashed on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy by radical students.

[Video]

Iconic image

Tags: freedom, courage, liberty, real hope, persistance, iran

Noor Almaleki is Dead :(

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:22:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

Let's pray Rifqa Bary isn't next.

Btw: I met Pam Geller, Robert Spencer and a whole wack of other awesome folks at the International Legal Conference of Free Speech and Religion last week in Washington Dc.

It was a real honor.

You can hear much more about the conference at :
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2009/11/legal-conference-on-freedom-of-speech.html#readfurther

(and on a much needed lighter note, I had the good fortune to run into Steven Crowder at Dulles Airport last night and got to thank him for his work---he was exactly like he is in the videos---good guy )

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

Another victim of Islamic honor killing. Her Muslim father ran her over with his car. She hung on for weeks. She succumbed, she did not submit. Respect Islam.

Her father was apprehended in the UK. The muslim underground that serves jihad made sure he got away like Yaser Said, father of double honorcide murder victims Sarah and Amina Said. He is still at large, in Canada, I hear.

Muslim Father in Arizona Apprehended for Running Down His daughter with a car for being too American

"A 20-year-old Peoria woman has died of injuries sustained in what prosecutors are calling an 'honor killing.'"

No more martyrs. No more dead girls. Stand up for your children, your daughters, your wives, your lovers. STAND UP AGAINST ISLAMIC LAW. Another terrible addition to the gruesome gallery of Islamic gender apartheid.

SAVE RIFQA BARY.

RALLY FOR RIFQA, November 16. Attendance is mandatory.

Rally for Rifqa's Civil Rights on November 16th

Tags: sharia law, murder, violence against women, loss of freedom, injustice, islam

Clipmarks | Antara's clips

Beautiful Man

Muslims of a Feather, Jihad Together: Major Muslim Fort Hood Terrorist Linked to 911 Terrorists

European Court bans classroom crucifixes

Egyptian Security Arrests Several Christians for Praying At Home

Somali adulterer stoned to death

Irish jeweller turns tables on thieves

Truth-speaker upsets Larry King's circus of silly

Equality under the law is abrogated by shari'a councils

Police Sgt. Kim Munley: Hero @ Fort Hood

Courage and how to use it

debate

The War on America: Muslim Attacker "come to the attention of law enforcement at least six months ag

Ben's Chili Bowl

'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie"

Day 135 Iran Revolution: Violent Protests Against Dictators in Iran on Anniversary of US Hostage Cri

Noor Almaleki is Dead :(