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Posted on 12/15/2005 5:40:46 PM PST by nwctwx
For some in Australia, it may be much safer to swim with the sharks rather than bathe on the beach (couldn't resist).
Donning lots of tinfoil with longjohns underneath (brrrrrr) (not a pretty picture) before reading that link.
Snip: The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday night to consider erecting "physical barriers" along the American border with Canada, the firmest step yet toward building the kinds of fences now in place on the Mexican frontier to stop the northward flow of illegal aliens and smuggled goods.
The directive to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was passed by a strong majority of the House and was contained in an amendment to a controversial immigration bill working its way through Congress. The motion cleared the way for about 1,100 kilometres of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, but also urged the agency to "conduct a study on the use of physical barriers along the northern border."
Feds give AZ ultimatum - teach English to illegals or be fined $500,000 per day
Snip: December 17, 2005 - A federal judge on Friday gave the state 15 days after the legislative session begins in January to finally comply with his order to properly fund English-learner programs or face fines of $500,000 per day.
The judge also ruled that English learners do not have to pass Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards to receive high school diplomas. The class of 2006 includes about 4,000 English learners, and about 1,400 failed at least one portion of AIMS on their first three tries.
U.S. District Judge Raner Collins’ order makes it clear he is running out of patience with lawmakers: The $500,000 daily penalty starts if there is no resolution by Jan. 24. Failure to act by Feb. 23 would boost the penalty to $1 million a day, and the daily penalty would bump to $1.5 million one month after that.
My work load and been exceptionally heavy the past 4-5 months and it looks to continue for a few more (imagine that - a gov't employee actually having to work). Been lurking mostly, just to keep up to date. Lots of folks filling the vacumn. But will be nice to have the time to start the summaries up again. Thanks for the thoughts!
Thanks Lucy and MamaD, that is scary to even think about. With the huge population in this country I'm thinking it's gonna be downright impossible to use those as mandatory camps.
Dunno about that - seems we have a lot of people in this country eager to live off the public dole - most assuredly they'll be there (or ransacking the homes of others if they decide not to go).
It's one thing to get enough assistance to get on ones feet and reestablish onesself, and quite another to expect to live off public subsidies for the duration of ones life while sitting back and watching others work.
Spies warned of London tube attack
Snip: SPYMASTERS warned Tony Blair before the July 7 suicide bombings that Al-Qaeda was planning a “high priority” attack specifically aimed at the London Tube.
A leaked four-page report by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), which oversees all spying, is the first definitive evidence that the intelligence services expected terrorists to strike at the Underground.
The disclosure will fuel critics’ suspicions that Blair decided to rule out a public inquiry into the bombings last week because it could expose intelligence failings at the highest level.
The document, marked Top Secret and signed off by the heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, the government eavesdropping centre, was based partly on the interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Al-Qaeda’s then operations chief.
It stated: “The UK and its interests remain high in Al-Qaeda’s priorities . . . Plans have been considered to attack Heathrow, the London Underground and other targets.”
Ministers and senior security officials have insisted that there was no warning of an imminent attack ahead of the July 7 bombings, in which 56 people died.
Snip: PRIME Minister John Howard wants to see more nativity scenes in shopping centres to put religion back into Christmas. He says he has contempt for arguments Christianity should be downplayed at Christmas in case it offends those of other faiths or non-religious people.
Speaking last Friday before the race riots in Sydney, Mr Howard said it was not a sign of tolerance to "bland out" religious symbols of Christmas."You don't demonstrate tolerance towards minorities by apologising for your own heritage," the Prime Minister said. "I hope some department stores would have the courage to bring back nativity scenes and not just Christmas trees.
"When I was a kid you'd go in and see the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, but there'd also be some nativity scenes in department stores. "They seem to have disappeared in recent years and you have this sort of, `Oh, we don't want to offend anybody'. Actually, you're offending a lot of people who think it's a great pity they've disappeared.
"Even if they're not especially religious themselves, they like the association. "It's part of the culture and the history and the nature of this country." Of 10 Adelaide shopping malls surveyed yesterday, five had nativity scenes, including all the Westfield centres. "We have nativity scenes in all our stores because that's what the true meaning of Christmas is – a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ," Westfield Marion retail manager John McCallum said.
However, Castle Plaza, in Edwardstown, decided against a nativity scene on the grounds of political correctness.
Yep.
Thanks Gucho.
Post #21 in this thread( read the article as well if you haven't already seen this) gives a good background of the islamic mindset of Iran's leader:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542163/posts
From the post:
"...the Mahdi as he exists in the minds of many of the 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide.
1. The Mahdi is Islam’s primary messiah figure.
15. He will cause Islam to be the only religion practiced on the earth.
21. He will be loved by all the people of the earth.
Great post I am with you!
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