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Posted on 04/01/2006 5:00:12 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
Europe's botched civilization, perverted by socialism and lost faith, seems to have lost the will, the passion to sustain itself. If it continues to practice today's multiculturalist leftism, Europe's demographic doom will be sealed. Some harbingers:
In Brussels, Belgium, the most popular name for baby boys is now Mohammad. Sustaining the population of a nation requires that on average each couple gives birth to 2.1 children. The average European couple now has fewer than 1.4 babies, compared to 3.6 babies born to the average Muslim immigrant couple in Europe. Across Western Europe 16 to 20 percent of babies are being born into Muslim families. In France at least 12 percent of the population is already Muslim, the fruits mostly of immigrants from former French colonies in North Africa. If present birth trends continue, by 2030 a quarter of France's people will be Muslim, more than enough to determine who controls the national parliament and executive. As this columnist recently noted, the nuclear-armed French military is already 15 percent Muslim. Adjacent Switzerland is now 20 percent Muslim. The German newspaper Deutsche Welle days ago reported that Germany's birth rate in 2005 fell to a level lower than at the end of World War II, to a "historic low," more than fifty percent lower than those of France and Great Britain. But at a meeting this week in Berlin that brought together the interior ministers of six European nations, Germany's leftwing Social Democrats continued to oppose the application of any test or standard that would restrict who could migrate into Germany.
The burgeoning Muslim population within Europe is not evenly spread. It is largely concentrated in and around big cities, whose local politicians feel its pressure acutely and often bend to that pressure. In the Netherlands the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam nearly have Muslim majorities now.
These Islamic enclaves are already taking on the character of conquered provinces that no longer belong to the European countries around them. As FrontPage Magazine recently quoted from the new book While Europe Slept by liberal American expatriate Bruce Bawer:
In France, a public official met with an imam at the edge of Roubaix's Muslim district out of respect for his declaration of the neighborhood as Islamic territory to which she had no right of access. In Britain, imams have pressed the government to officially designate certain areas of Bradford as being under Muslim, not British, law. In Denmark, Muslim leaders have sought the same kind of control over parts of Copenhagen. And in Belgium, Muslims living in the Brussels neighborhood of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek already view it not as part of Belgium but as an area under Islamic jurisdiction in which Belgians are not welcome.
However, she still shows up every Wednesday and Sunday to eat Nana's cooking and do her laundry. LOL.
````````` Sounds like a blessing to me, there is hope yet.
`````````` I went on MySpace to spy on the g-kids. LOL
Iraqi suspect arrested in Germany
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Germany_Terror_Suspect.html
Armed man confronts Santa Barbara clerk thinking he is terrorist
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14817470.htm
Lebanon Uncovers Mossad Link in Terrorist Network
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=33504
...."spy on the grandkids"..............
That's why I go there. I have an 18 year old grandson in California who's site really disturbed me. I called my ex-daughter in law and told her about it. She had no idea. Also told my son (they're divorced). He checked it out and was horrified. They finally decided to get together to try to work out my grandson's problems. They found a really good counselor for him and, hopefully, things will be better for him. He had some issues that he really needed help with.
Spying can be a good thing.
Crackdown to target illegal guns, explosives
By Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-06/14/content_616203.htm
Weapons cache found at doctor's home
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14267661p-15079287c.html
Chemicals Found in Apartment; Bomb Squad Called In
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=BF3A1F37-3CCA-403C-B5AB-AB365A5172F0
Russia and Venezuela
Our contributor Jonathan Strong reviews the worrisome growing ties between Russia and Venezuela at his site The Strong Conservative.
The US recently announced that it would be restricting military arms sales to Venezuela. It seems as though Russia is now stepping up to fill that vacancy. Russia recently announced that it would be looking into selling the Su-27SK Flanker and Su-30MK fighters and the Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter to Venezuela. [....]
Russia has also been troubled over the expansion of NATO. The absorption of Ukraine into NATO would have a profound effect on Russia’s relations with the Europe and America. Russia’s foreign minister has gone so far as to suggest that Ukraine joining NATO would amount to a global geopolitical shift sparking fears of a renewed Cold War. Ukraine has actively been seeking membership in NATO to stifle the heavy Russian influence that has clouded its history for more than a century. [....]
Similarly, there is no doubt that Russia’s warming of relations with Venezuela has a cooling effect on Russian-American relations. Mistrust and suspicion seem to be on the rise between the eagle and the bear in recent years despite the warm relations once shared between Bush and Putin. Nevertheless, the US and Russia continue to have a common enemy in radical Islamic terrorists. It is in the interests of both nations to cooperate on terrorism.
Well worth a read. And consider it in the context of Douglas Hanson’s reporting on the Russo-American rivalry playing out in the Caucasus. My own view is that, as with the French, the Russians are willing to play a bit of footsie with certain Islamist elements for geo-political advantage versus the superpower America. That’s a dangerous game.
Thomas Lifson 6 14 06
http://www.americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=5370
The young and elite are rising in Iran
By Amir Taheri, Special to Gulf News
While the crisis over Iran's nuclear programme dominates the headlines, the stage is set for an even bigger internal crisis that could affect the country's behaviour for some time to come.
The burgeoning crisis is, in fact, the latest episode in a bitter struggle that started more than four years ago when new elite of younger, mostly non-clerical, revolutionaries made its bid for power against older elite of ruling mullahs and their business associates.
The new emerging elite succeeded by first winning control of a majority of municipal councils. It then used that as a base for winning the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the regime's unicameral parliament. Their next move came exactly a year ago when, using control of the local councils and the parliament, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the candidate of the new elite, defeated Hashemi Rafsanjani, the standard-bearer of the old guard in the presidential election.
Many in Iran have seen the new elite's relentless bid for power as a "creeping coup d'etat". If that is the case, the creeping is not over yet. The new elite have two other citadels of power to conquer before firmly claiming control in the name of the "Hidden Imam".
The first is the Assembly of Experts, a body of 90 men whose task is to elect and, when necessary, dismiss the "Supreme Guide". Right now, the old elite controls the assembly, with Ayatollah Ali Akbar Meshkini as speaker and Rafsanjani, the defeated presidential candidate, as one of his deputies.
The new elite appear determined to capture the assembly when it comes up for re-election in November. Their candidate for speaker is Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, a radical mullah with close ties to Ahmadinejad.
Capture the position
If the new elite win the assembly, they will almost certainly try to capture the position of "Supreme Guide", held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death in 1989.
Even if the new elite capture the Assembly of Experts, however, getting rid of the "Supreme Guide" might not prove as easy as they might presume.
The new elite's candidate for "Supreme Guide" is Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, a dour-faced theologian in Qom known for his radical interpretation of the doctrine of the "Hidden Imam". However, what makes a possible election of Mesbah-Yazdi as "supreme guide" especially significant is his belief that the mullahs should not directly intervene in government. That is in contrast with the views of both Khomeini and Khamenei, who reject the slightest demarcation between religion and politics.
While much of this power struggle is fuelled by personal rivalries and mundane political differences, its theological topos consists of a doctrinal dispute that has marked duodecimo (Twelver) Shi'ism for over 1,000 years. The duodecimo Shi'ites believe that Allah created the world for the family of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and bestowed all power on 12 descendants of his favourite daughter Fatima. The last of the 12, Mohammad Bin Hassan, known as the Mahdi (the guide), disappeared in 940 AD, ushering in a period of ghaybat al-kubra (long absence) during which no government anywhere in the world has legitimacy. The return of the Hidden Imam, the Mahdi, will mark the end of the world as we know it and the start of a new and perfect one.
The theological division among Shi'ites concerns a simple question: what should believers do while the Imam is absent?
One doctrine, known as Intizar (waiting) maintains that the best that believers can do is to be patient and wait until the Imam decides to return.
That doctrine is opposed by another known as Ta'ajil (to hasten). The Ta'ajilis insist that believers should seek to unite the entire Islamic ummah and lead it into battle against the "Infidel" with the view of provoking a final showdown for global domination in the hope that, when the crunch comes, the Hidden Imam, will return to ensure the victory of the Only Truth.
Ahmadinejad claims that the aim of his government's actions is to hasten the coming of the Mahdi. The "Hasteners" have put together a powerful coalition backed by large segments of the military and security services.
Against that background the current showdown between the Islamic Republic and the United Nations over the nuclear issue assumes special significance. If the major powers are perceived to be backing down, the "Hasteners" would be able to claim victory and use it as a springboard for winning the Assembly of Experts and, later, evicting Khamenei.
If, on the other hand, Ahmadinejad is forced to eat his words and agree to stop uranium enrichment, the Patient Awaiters could expose him as a bluffer pushing the nation towards war.
The major powers' choice may be between Charybdis and Scylla, which means no real choice, but that has been the case in Iran since the mullahs swept to power in 1979.
Amir Taheri, former executive editor of the most important Iranian newspaper, Kayhan, is a member of Benador Associates.
http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10046697.html
You are showing my age......LOL
That was a very popular recipe, I made it many times.There was about the same time a "lazy dazy cake" made with leftover oatmeal, it was about the same as your cake when done.
My stepfather would actually ask me to make it and he did not like anything. Yes, he was a good guy, even if he didn't like my ways.
About the same time, I got a recipe from Dorothy Rosenbalm that was about the same as your Fruit Cocktail cake, that had a couple of cut up apples in it.
I did not like fruit cocktail, so if I wound up with a can of it, it went into a cake.
Maybe my favorite was a good yellow cake, baked and while hot, you poured some kind of almost syrup over it, made from raspberry jello, lemon juice and ? maybe powdered sugar, while it was hot, then let it set and soak in.
In the early 50's there was something we did to an Angel Food cake, hollowed it out, filled it with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, smothered the outside with more whipped cream and topped with more strawberries......
Of course, I mean real whipped cream, with real cream, none of this out of a box stuff.
Of course, it figures, that I would send you recipes and you teach a cooking class....LOL
Not that I am surprised, as I knew you were a teacher.
Have you heard from Mr. R today?
Iran to Invest $9 Billion in Venezuela
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1987
Colombians in Venezuela thank Chavez for new life
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=inDepthNews&storyID=2006-06-14T121944Z_01_N10410866_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-COLOMBIANS.xml
Google Gangs Up To Search Storage
July 14th, 2006:Google teams up with storage search specialist, Kazeon to provide enterprise grade federated search 'deep within the storage infrastructure'.
http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7237
Cities need feds' help to fight gangs
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060614/OPINION/606140369/1034
Reconnecting al Qaeda dots
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060613-085611-3385r.htm
Spying can be a good thing.
Debka havn't been here in a while, the one that started it all.
New home-grown pro-al Qaeda terror cells spring up in United States
June 14, 2006, 2:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Scott Redd, director of the National Counterterrorism Center informed the Senate that concern about attacks in the US by home-grown cells gathered pace when this month Canada arrested 17 local citizens or residents accused of planning al Qaeda-inspired attacks in southern Ontario. The US official said the home-grown cells were a new domestic phenomenon, for which the FBI and law enforcement had no baseline to measure its scale. Redd declined to discuss details, but cited three arrests of terrorism suspects in a year in California and Georgia. There are obviously other investigations ongoing, he said.
US intelligence officials have long warned that the global war on terror has prompted al Qaeda to operate in small cells, like the one that carried out the July 2005 bombings in London, whose masterminds were never caught.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2656
In 1970, I met my friend Mary, she was already over 70 and a doll.
She and Bill had the same birthdate, June 7th.
she had lived 50 years, the hard way, in the middle of the desert, then we came along and started doing things.
She had never been to a drive in movie, so we took her.
She packed a lunch, a habit from her old days of taking all day to go the 40 miles to Yuma, in a Model A or by horse and wagon....something I still do.
That night, for the special occaison, she made an orange cake and iced it with real homemade fudge, with about a half inch of fudge in the middle , between the layers.
Heavenly food.
She kept a supply of sandwiches in the freezer.
She would grind beef or pork and mix it with pickly relish and maybe a dash of onion, I honestly don't recall if she used mayonaise.
She lightly buttered the bread, so it did not get soggy and put the meat in. They froze very nicely and it was grab and go.
Russia limits foreign money in oil and gas
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1172569.php/Russia_limits_foreign_money_in_oil_and_gas
Mexico cracks down on rigged gasoline pumps
10 PERCENT OF OPERATORS SNARED THIS YEAR
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14814370.htm
I loose mine all the time and also, when I pass out, wake up and find it on top or the side.
Just keep mouse cliking in the corner and it will move.
The diappearing one, hold the mouse over that beveled line and the thingy will change to a double ended arrow, hold down the mouse thing and pull it up.
You can see it, hover with your mouse and the screen will change size.........
I mess up my right side, as I can't see the stip to click and lower the page and all of a sudden I have a smaller screen.
When my sister helped me set up this computer, I kept loosing my tool bars at the top and could not find out why.
Then discovered that in my messing around, I would click something like "custom" and they all left.
What can I say? He is a genius.<<<
Yes, he is a genius, he knew what to do and I keep clicking blindly.
LOL, not the slimy kind, but the yeast rolls, with cinnamon in the rolled layers.
They are wonderful made with goose eggs, if you put your yeast in the bowl and go out to the goat and milk enough milk on the yeast to start it working, it will be like something you will find impossible to duplicate in the normal kitchen.
What was amazing was that Misty would see me leave the kitchen with the bowl and no matter if it had only been a short time since she had been milked, would come running and be ready for giving me the milk I needed.
Naw, it couldn't have anything to do with that extra feeding of the grains.......LOL
Any stars I gathered for my crown, I managed to loose along the way.
You do what God wants you to do, when he asks.
I also had Grandpa Ira come to live with us, another heart patient, over 70. He at least had a tiny travel trailer that he slept in.
The health nurse would laugh, said she felt like she was running a private clinic, when she came to check them out, every few days.
Lovely lady she was, wish I could recall her name. she was also the Wellton School Nurse, one of God's Angels.
Well,WELL,WELL
Hamas minister stopped with $20 million in suitcase
By Simon Freeman and agencies
The financial crisis enveloping the Hamas government escalated today when unpaid civil servants stormed parliament demanding wages and a minister was stopped at the border carrying $20 million cash in a suitcase.
Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Palestinian Foreign Minister, was stopped crossing into Gaza by presidential guards loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the rival Fatah party.
It was unclear whether he would be permitted to pass with the money: all sums above $2,000 must be declared and their provenance verified. Dr al-Zahar has visited Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, China, Pakistan, Iran and Egypt on a fundraising tour in recent weeks, although the source of the money was not confirmed.
A final decision on whether to allow the cash into the territory rests with President Abbas, who is locked in disagreement with the elected parliament over his plans for a referendum on proposals for a Palestinian state which would recognise Israel.
Even if handed over, the money would cover only a fraction of the amount owed to public workers, more than 100,000 of whom have not been paid since international aid was cut off and bank accounts frozen when Hamas took power in March.
Ill feeling over the cash crisis exploded during a parliament session in Ramallah today, when dozens of workers burst into the chamber pelting members with water bottles and forcing the Speaker to flee the building.
"We are hungry. We are hungry," the protesters screamed. "Haniyeh (the Hamas Prime Minister), go home!"
Abdel Aziz Duaik, a top Hamas official and Speaker of the house, fled the hall under heavy guard shortly before the crowd burst in. "I’m not coming back until they leave," he said as he rushed out.
During the melee, some demonstrators climbed onto desks chanting anti-government slogans. Security guards were called in to break up scuffles but no injuries were reported and calm was restored after about 45 minutes.
Most of the demonstrators were thought to be Fatah activists, whose actions were later condemned by Hamas members.
Violence and tensions have been increasing between the two factions, which have clashed over security, power-sharing and the President's proposal to accept its Jewish neighbour. Violence between Israel and the Palestinian militants has also surged.
Mr Haniyeh has agreed to a week of meetings with the President in an attempt to negotiate a way around the deadlock.
Mr Abbas, the head of Fatah, has endorsed the plan to acknowledge Israel as the only way to restart peace talks and lift the crippling international economic sanctions. Hamas, elected by a landslide in January, is fundamentally opposed to Israel's existence.
The President hopes to forge a united political front but if the talks fail, he has scheduled a referendum on the plan on July 26. There are fears that without agreement, the sporadic street violence will escalate into civil war.
Meanwhile, Hamas has said that it has raised more than $60 million from international donors but has been unable to transfer it across the border.
Last month, a Hamas official was caught as he tried to smuggle about $800,000 into Gaza. The money was seized, but later returned to the government.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2225738,00.html
Chemicals Found in Apartment; Bomb Squad Called In
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=BF3A1F37-3CCA-403C-B5AB-AB365A5172F0
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I dare not think about this one.
Who, What, and Why?
Hope he has a good American name........keep an eye out for the rest of the story, will you? Please.
My own view is that, as with the French, the Russians are willing to play a bit of footsie with certain Islamist elements for geo-political advantage versus the superpower America. That’s a dangerous game. <<<
so I am not the only nut who can see the entire game that is being played.
This terror war is so full of turns and dead end paths, that it is a miracle we can kill any of them.
The US official said the home-grown cells were a new domestic phenomenon, for which the FBI and law enforcement had no baseline to measure its scale. Redd declined to discuss details, but cited three arrests of terrorism suspects in a year in California and Georgia. There are obviously other investigations ongoing, he said.
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As we well knew.
We do not know who is here, or what they are planning.
Strange, I meant to go to Debka this morning and never got there.
LOL, I want the job of checking the suitcases, as this is about the third one full of millions, in the past month or so.
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