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In the run-up to the 2012 election, a story surfaced about an Iraqi billionaire who managed to buy access to Washington policy makers while funding a Chicago Pay-to-Play scheme that helped produce a Governor, a U.S. Senator, and, ultimately, a President of the United States. The story was eight years in the making, yet despite the extent of his political influence, this Iraqi’s name remains widely unknown. He wants it that way. In fact, he has spent millions of dollars to hinder the reporting of his activities by the news media. The lack of attention paid to him, however, is...

Searching old newspapers is one of my favorite pastimes, and I have tried to use them many times to shed light on current events - or to inform readers about how the past is prologue to our very interesting present-day quandaries. Recently, I came across a syndicated column from November 1979 that seemed to point 30 years into the future toward an obscure campaign issue that arose briefly in the 2008 presidential campaign. Though by no means definitive, it provides an interesting insight, at least, into how Chicago politics intersected with the black power movement and Middle Eastern money at...

Nobody knows how Barack Obama managed to pay for the higher education he received. Obama's decision to keep his education records a secret is considered unworthy of attention by the media. [A] syndicated column written by a Chicago Tribune columnist in 1979 provides a fascinating light on the cabal that seems to have formed around Obama. The kicker is that the column was written by Vernon Jarrett, longtime influential Chicago black leftist, close friend of Frank Marshall Davis, and father-in-law of Valerie Jarrett, the closest aide to President Obama, and a major figure in his rise within the Chicago political...

Searching old newspapers is one of my favorite pastimes, and I have tried to use them many times to shed light on current events — or to inform readers about how the past is prologue to our very interesting present-day quandaries. Recently, I came across a syndicated column from November 1979 that seemed to point 30 years into the future toward an obscure campaign issue that arose briefly in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Banks across the world were fixing interest rates in the run-up to the financial crisis but regulators failed to take action to stop it, the former head of Barclays claimed yesterday. Giving evidence to Parliament Bob Diamond said Barclays had raised the issue of banks ‘under-reporting’ the true amount they were having to pay to borrow money but were ignored. He declined to say that the regulators “were asleep at the wheel” but added: “There was an issue out there. (It) should have been dealt with”. But Mr Diamond denied that the Bank of England told him specifically to ‘fix’...

Yesterday's unanimous vote by the city Landmarks Preservation Com mission cleared the last municipal impediment to construction of a 13-story mosque and community center just blocks from Ground Zero. But important questions linger. The vote, which denied landmark protection for a building that must be demolished to make way for the mosque, was hailed by Mayor Bloomberg and others as an affirmation of religious liberty of a peculiarly American sort. As, of course, it was. Just imagine the city fathers of, say, Riyadh so graciously clearing the way for construction of a 13-story cathedral in the Saudi capital. As if....

A college instructor who worked as a senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in 2008 is making the stunning claim Barack Obama was definitely not born in Hawaii as the White House maintains, and that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Obama does not even exist in the Aloha State. Tim Adams, a former senior elections clerk for Honolulu, now teaches English at Western Kentucky University. "There is no birth certificate," said Tim Adams, a graduate assistant who teaches English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. "It's like an open secret. There isn't one....

Political Candidates Receiving Contributions from ARAB AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PAC Political Candidates Receiving Contributions from ARAB AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PAC 41 record(s) Name; Office; Party; State; $ Amount ABERCROMBIE, NEIL HOUSE Democrat HI 1,000BALDWIN, TAMMY HOUSE Democrat WI 1,000BOUSTANY, JR, CHARLES W. HOUSE Republican LA 5,500CASTOR, BETTY SENATE Democrat FL 2,000CONYERS, JOHN JR HOUSE Democrat MD 5,000DAVIS, DANNY K HOUSE Democrat IL 1,000DINGELL, JOHN D HOUSE Democrat DC 4,000DRISCOLL, JOSEPH E HOUSE Democrat PA 5,000HINCHEY, MAURICE D. HOUSE Democrat NY 2,000HOLT, RUSH HOUSE Democrat NJ 1,000HONDA, MIKE HOUSE Democrat CA 1,000HYDE, HENRY JOHN HOUSE Republican IL 1,000ISSA, DARRELL E...

Carter's crime of language on South African real victims of ApartheidIn a more perfect world, you'd expect S. Africans to march against Arab-funded Carter calling 'war on terror' "apartheid" But since PC is leading the charge, Islamic terrorists have managed to do just that, to instill fear & terror especially into lefty "intellectuals", all is fine then, no Israeli, or Zionist or even Christian will bomb/behead that confused propagandist: Jimmy Carter, so everything is just fine, so what if he admitted he used the "apartheid" slur on victim Israel only to provoke? the deal with the devil is done, the...

Israeli Arabs have equality under law http://neighbors.newstimeslive.com/opinion/letters.php?id=1031073 Letters to the Editor Feb 10 2007 In response to William Keil (letter, Jan. 14): My issue with former President Carter's book was that incorrect facts are used in the book and the charge of racism made against Israel is wrong. An employee of former President Carter quit his employ in protest against the factual errors in the book. Conclusions based on errors cannot be relied upon. Consider the following facts and decide who is practicing racism: Israel has approximately one million Arab citizens who enjoy full equality under the law. The legal...

An important bank in the Arab world offers accounts paying a type of life insurance to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. But now it could soon face a lawsuit from American lawyers representing the victims. On the morning of the day before he planned to blow himself up, Bassam Takruri wore a freshly ironed shirt, a blazer and polished shoes. At 10 a.m., the student said goodbye to his father, who gave him ten shekels in pocket money. It was a beautiful Saturday in May in the Palestinian town of Hebron. Everything seemed normal, at least for the rest...

The Islamo Arab Goliath Mafia LobbyAt the UN, EU, and in Generalhttp://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.13545/pub_detail.asp The Arab lobby crippling police in security http://www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org/united_nations.htm Arab lobby and UN http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=26 The Arab Boycott: Economic War Against the State of Israel http://www.islamreview.com/articles/europeanfears.shtml Arab lobby functioning through European functionaries, built into the European institutions to influence Europeans http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Education+FAQ/Hasbara+-+Israel+Advocacy+Resources The campaigns were fueled by the financial and international political power of the Arab lobby in the UN and the world, which exerted pressure through ... http://www.middleeastfacts.com/Articles/ arabian-fights-how-the-saudis-lobby.php Arabian Fights: How the Saudis Lobby http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15962 Already the Euro-Arab lobby of the powerful replacement theology models Arafat as a Moses,...

http://veritas-lux.blogspot.com/2006/11/carters-arab-funding-colors-israel.html Carter's Arab Funding Colors Israel Stance Mr. Carter, your presidential library should be in the shape of a mosque. Taking arab money in one hand, and hammering Israel with the other. Give me a man of morals, then I will listen with a genuine ear. This story was written in 2002. However, it seems it was written today. I scoff at the ideal the worst president in modern times should open his lips to give advice to the world. He should stick to what he is good at: Habitat for Huminanity. That is the only noble area in which...