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Minnesota’s lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan donned a hijab to express solidarity with Somalis in a local TV appearance amid federal and congressional investigations into fraudsters in their refugee community who bilked taxpayers out of as much as $9 billion. “I am incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota,” Flanagan said at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis alongside local officials in a video released by Somali TV of Minnesota on Thursday. “I am here shopping today and just encourage other folks to show up, support our Somali businesses, support our immigrant neighbors, and...

As radical Islamist threats continue to plague Australia, politicians are pivoting to policing speech and tightening gun laws on law-abiding citizens—now openly admitting curbs on free expression are needed to shield their multicultural agenda.Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has unveiled a sweeping plan to combat what she calls rising anti-Semitism, but the measures conveniently sidestep the core issue of unchecked radical Islamism behind recent attacks, focusing instead on doxxing anonymous social media users and reviewing gun laws. In a joint news conference, Allan announced legislation that would force social media platforms to reveal identities behind anonymous accounts accused of spreading ‘hate’....

Every year huge crowds gather in Paris at the Champs-Élysées to ring in the new year with fireworks and concerts. Much like the New Year’s Eve parties in Times Square in New York City, the joyous festivities are a key link in the chain of worldwide celebrations of the year to come. No more. New Year’s has been canceled in Paris. The New Year’s Eve concert was pre-recorded with actors pretending to be the audience. The fireworks will appear on TV. And there will be no one to count the countdown because the Champs-Élysées has become France’s latest ‘no-go’zone’. Ten...

By now most of you would have heard about the latest Islamic attack on non-Muslims, this time in the UK. A British military man in southeast London was repeatedly stabbed to death, along with an attempt to behead him. The two Muslim killers then attacked police with guns, knives and meat cleavers. One news item puts it this way: “Clutching a bloodied meat cleaver after executing a soldier on a crowded street, he delivers a chilling message of hate. ‘You people will never be safe,’ he declares in a clear south London accent. ‘An eye for an eye, a tooth...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicted that the controversy swirling around the proposal to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero will end after the midterm elections because it’s driven by politicians intent on polarizing voters. “This whole issue, I think, will go away right after the next election,” Bloomberg said Thursday evening during an interview on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”“This is plain and simple people trying to stir up things to get publicity and trying to polarize people so that they can get some votes,” Bloomberg added. “And I don’t think that most of these people who...

These are the Liberal Democrats my sweet friends: In a panel discussion regarding the funding of the Muzlim Monster Mega-mosque at Ground Zero, Bob Beckel, says: At some point ” we have to get over 911″. I too, was a first responder elbow to elbow with our FDNY and NYPD. And guess what Bob Beckel? We will NEVER “GET OVER” 9-11. In addition, we will we not “get over” the bombing of the Kohbar Towers, Oklahoma City, the USS Cole, The Twin Towers, the Pentagon or the Field in Pennsylvania. How bout our soldiers just “get over” Pearl Harbor” while...

In a surprise move, the CPUSA (Communist Party USA) has announced a lawsuit against the Democratic Party and its leadership for the alleged theft of intellectual property. The plaintiffs claim that the entire so-called "new" Democratic agenda is, in fact, the product of a decades-long, painstaking campaign by CPUSA theorists, agitators, and underground subversive cells - which makes it the intellectual property of the Communist Party USA, protected by American copyright laws. "They stole our entire platform, rebranded it 'progressive', and claimed it as their own," declared a CPUSA spokesperson at a press conference in San Francisco. "And we communists...

"I swear that I am not making this up." Dave Barry From: councilmbr@hotmail.com To: *********@comcast.net; jim@jimmoeller.org Subject: RE: Wnat others are saying Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:29:01 +0000 Larry: Thanks for the "information". However, considering your constant and vigilant effort to highlight Obama's middle name to promote fear and apprehension of the candidate, I think I will change my middle name for the next few days in honor of his name: Hussein. Which I understand to mean "beautiful". And everyone knows, I can use all the beautiful I can get! :^) Thanks for your understanding Larry and cooperation in...

The Archbishop of Canterbury drew criticism from across the political spectrum last night after he backed the introduction of sharia law in Britain and argued that adopting some aspects of it seemed "unavoidable". Rowan Williams, the most senior figure in the Church of England, said that giving Islamic law official status in the UK would help to achieve social cohesion because some Muslims did not relate to the British legal system. His comments, in a lecture on civil and religious law given at the Royal Courts of Justice, were swiftly rebutted by the prime minister's spokesman, who insisted British law...

Democrat Debate on CNN at 2PM Didn't see a thread posted for this yet!

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- "Bulls -- t." This was the answer editorial staff of the Rebel Yell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas's student paper, shot back at the following self-posed rhetorical question in an angry piece: "This debate is obviously for the greater good of exposing UNLV to the nation, right?" "Bulls -- t," they insist. It would no doubt surprise the average viewer of last night's Democratic debate to learn that even a college newspaper editorial writer could actually believe seven Democratic presidential candidates would come to argue politics, risking their entire careers with every pressure-cooked answer, primarily as...

THIS is the face of the anti-war Left!I took this from the Navy Memorial side of the counterprotest today, 15 September 2007, Washington, DC. More left-wing insanity: The enemy: the Code Pinkos, trying their best to stir us up. The veterans who have turned their backs on their brothers and sisters. This "Free Palestine" character stood out. Accompanying the conspiracy nutjobs... http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v112/196/104/662887830/n662887830_199561_7230.jpg". Hugo Chavez fan. Don't know if he was an illegal or not. And the coup de gross:She just couldn't keep her mouth closed as well.

State lawmakers rarely make a move without checking to see what California is doing, so it's surprising they continue to push tuition breaks for illegal aliens enrolled at public colleges and universities. In 2001, California did what Connecticut is considering: passed a law that allows illegals to pay in-state, rather than out-of-state rates. The decision came despite overwhelming public opposition. A Luntz poll found 73 percent of Californians still were against the scheme two years after its implementation, in large part because it further enticed illegals to call California home. Besides excluding one California student for each illegal alien admitted...

Towards a Comprehensive Settlement of the Arab-Israeli Conflict With the Middle East immersed in its worst crisis for years, we call for urgent international action towards a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Everyone has lost in this conflict except the extremists throughout the world who prosper on the rage that it continues to provoke. Every passing day undermines prospects for a peaceful, enduring solution. As long as the conflict lasts, it will generate instability and violence in the region and beyond. The outlines of what is needed are well known, based on UN Security Council resolutions 242 of 1967...

This is a standard reply to trolls on Free Republic: You swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of filth. As we say in the Army, I'll bet you couldn't pour p!ss out of a boot with instructions printed on the heel. You are a canker. A sore that won't go away. I would rather kiss a trial lawyer than be seen with you. You're a putrescent mass, a walking vomit. You are a spineless little worm deserving nothing but the profoundest contempt. You are a jerk, a cad, a weasel. Your life is a monument to stupidity. You...

350 Detained Over India Train Bombings Thursday July 13, 2006 12:28am BOMBAY, India (AP) - Indian police have detained about 350 people for questioning in connection with the Bombay train bombings, officials said Thursday, amid suspicion that Kashmiri militants could be linked to the attacks that killed at least 200 people.Most of the detentions were made overnight in Malwani, a northeastern suburb of Bombay, said police Inspector S. Goshal. He said none of them has been formally arrested or charged, and they were rounded up only for questioning to help with the investigations into Tuesday's serial bombings. Bombay police Commissioner...

TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- An Iraqi analyst revealed on Saturday that a Jew, originally Iraqi, who acts as an advisor to the U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer, has been missioned to draft the Iraqi constitution. Valid al-Zobeidi told the BBC Arabic service that the draft constitution will be implemented in July. Bremer has earlier threatened to veto any Iraqi constitution which would consider Islam as the main backbone of the constitution. The Iraqi analyst has refused to disclose the name of the Jew.