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Friday, 13 October 2006
Najis Unclean Things
We seem to be having yet another incident of bogus religious outrage from Muslims wanting to insinuate Sharia Changes into our society.

It would appear that some Cab drivers in Minneapolis-St. Paul object to fares who have possession of alcohol because they claim their religion forbids them to transport it.

Actually their religion forbids them to touch or consume it because
alcohol is one of the ten items listed as
Najis Things or Unclean.

But then, as you can see by this list so are Kafir

Najis Things





84. * The following ten things are essentially najis:



So my question is, If they cannot transport alcohol because it is Najis (Unclean), how is it they can transport a Kafir(Non-Muslim)??

Reminds me about the Piglet flap last year and the demand that Pig Images be hidden so as not to offend Muslims, but no mention of Dog images which turn out to be SEVEN times more unclean than Pigs or Kafir for that matter.

I wrote a few things about this subject last year.

First Piglet Then Lassie?????????

Let's check out a few things on Muslim doctrine as it regards the Unclean.

Removing Impurity How to cleanse oneself of pig-related impurity

With regard to how to cleanse oneself of pig-related impurity, some scholars are of the view that it should be washed seven times, one of which should be with earth, by analogy with dogs.

But the correct view is that pig-related impurity should be washed only once. Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his commentary on Muslim (Sharh Muslim): ?Most of the scholars were of the view that pig-related impurity does not have to be washed seven times. This is the view of al-Shaafa?i, and it has the strongest evidence.?



With us so far? Pigs are Unclean, but DOGS are really unclean. It is true some Muslims think Pigs may be as Unclean as Dogs, but while this is disputed by others, they all agree that touching a Dog, requires washing 7 times.
This is what Shaykh Ibn ?Uthaymeen thought most likely to be correct, as he said in al-Sharh al-Mumti?, 1/495): ?The fuqaha? (may Allaah have mercy on them) likened (pig-related) impurity to dog-related impurity, because pigs are dirtier than dogs, so the ruling should apply even more so.

This is a weak analogy, because pigs are mentioned in the Qur?aan and they existed at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and there is no report which likens them to dogs. So the correct view is that pig-related impurity is like any other kind of impurity, and there is no need to wash seven times, one of which should be with dust or dirt.?


Now this next part is of much interest.
The correct view concerning washing other types of impurity is that whatever will remove the impurity is sufficient, and there is no specific number of times it must be washed.


There are other considerations as to whether or not the Najis, Unclean item contaminates a Muslim
Simply touching something impure does not make the body impure,


unless there is some wetness either in the impure substance or on the body.

Shaykh Ibn Jibreen said:

If the body or clothes are dry and touch something impure that is also dry, that does not matter, because the impurity is only transferred when it is wet. Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/194

Based on this, the hand does not become impure simply by touching these gloves that are made of pigskin, unless the hand or the gloves are wet.

If the hands become impure by touching the pigskin when there is some wetness, then you have to wash your hands. It is sufficient to wash them once, because there is no command to wash something impure seven times, one of which is with dust or dirt, except in the case of impurity caused by a dog.

So the Muslim should strive to keep his body and clothes clean and pure, and avoid wearing these gloves that are made of pigskin, because that involves touching something impure and exposes his hands and clothes to the risk of becoming impure, which would affect the validity of his prayers. But if he needs to wear these gloves because he cannot find anything else, then it is permissible for him to wear them, so long as he is careful to avoid contaminating his body or clothes, and he hastens to wash off any impurity if he gets it on him, so that he does not transfer it anywhere else or forget to wash it off his hands or clothes



So what does this all boil down to?

Well it appears that the indignation over images of Pigs, with no mention whatsoever about Dogs was totally bogus.

Indeed being around these items is of no consequence, touching them is of no consequence, unless they are wet and make the hands of the person wet.

Indeed as you can see above it is permissible to touch that which is Najis, Unclean if it cannot be avoided, they just have to wash their hands afterwards.

Now as to the alcohol? Who is going to make a Taxi Cab Driver handle the bottle?

And since the fare if a Non-Muslim is just as Najis, Unclean as the Alcohol?

Oh by the way not ALL Alcohol is even Najis, Unclean.

Alcoholic Liquor



112. * All Alcoholic liquors and beverages which intoxicate a person, are najis and on the basis
of recommended precaution, everything which is originally liquid and intoxicates a person, is
najis. Hence narcotics, like, opium and hemp, which are not liquid originally, are Pak, even when a liquid is added to them.


113. All kinds of industrial alcohol used for painting doors, windows, tables, chairs etc. are Pak.


114. If grapes or grape juice ferments by itself, or on being cooked, they are Pak, but it is
haraam to eat or drink them.


115. If dates, currants and raisins, and their juice ferment, they are Pak and it is halal to eat
them.



Cool, it is ok to eat fermented dates and raisins, smoke pot and even mix opiates with a liquid and drink it? Beer is out though.

Unless of course it is taken for medicinal purposes.









Beer (Fuqa')


116. * Beer, which is prepared from barley, and is called 'Ab-i-Jaw', is haraam, but there is
Ishkal in it being najis. But barley water which is medically prepared, and is called 'Maush-
Shaeer', is Pak.


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Thursday, 12 October 2006
Evil Republican Magi
Update: I just found out this story even made the Wall Street Journal in Best of the Web on Opinion Journal! Psychics Stole the Election!
In an Election Day post on a pagan discussion group at LiveJournal.com, someone using the handle "DragonTDC" offers this explanation for what turned out to be Bush's victory:

I have decided to bump this post up from my archives for several reasons.

One: Tomorrow is Friday the 13th and a post about Evil Republican Magis with Hell Hounds seems somehow appropriate?

Two: Some say the outcome of this upcoming Election is in doubt and I say, Hey stick with what works! Let the other side have the roll over in your grave and mail in absentee ballots, zombie vote, we have Evil Magis
with Hell Hounds!

And Finally and most importantly.

Three: I want to JOIN. I mean to say, being an Evil Republican Magi with a Hell Hound sounds really cool!

But instead of a "Black Mercedes or a Lincoln, could I have a Black Dodge Daytona? There is something about that car that just looks evil. I remember as a teenager standing on the side of the road and watching one ease by, it was like seeing a Shark going put-put-put down the road. It Oozed Ominous!




The outcome of this last election had been blamed on many factors. The Evangelical Christian Moral Right, the Unteachable Ignorance of Red State Votes

But the TRUTH has finally come out!

The real cause of Bush's victory over the forces of Light and the Democratic Party---

WAS

Evil Republican Magi aided by Hell Hounds.




Read all about this suppressed dark secret. ;-)

Magical Election Tampering: SHUT IT DOWN!


Ok, I can understand the restlessness I've been feeling since yesterday. There's a lot riding on this election, and passions are running high on both sides, so naturally eceryone and their naked brother who has an ounce of Power and no clue about Shielding is leaking energy like a hair dryer in a bathtub. So it's Shields Up for me, but I'm still getting enough bleedover to make me jittery and a little manic if I don't concentrate. That's all to be expected.

What wasn't expected was that once I filtered out all that background noise, I started hearing a calm, resonable, and powerful head-voice saying things like "Kerry doesn't have the experience we need in these troubled times." and "Give Bush a chance to make it better."

Anyone who knows me KNOWS these are not my thoughts!

And besides, I voted last week. No, there's no way in Hades these are my thoughts.

Gods-damn it! The f*cking Republicans have got Magical help pumping out a clear, unified, focused broadcast, and you can be sure, every sensitive is picking it up. These are the people most likely to vote Kerry, and I'd like to think they are resolute enough not to be swayed by telepathic subliminal advertising, but it's such a rarely-done thing, and so few people are properly trained these days, that I fear it will be more effective. Just watch and see who says "I was going to vote for Kerry, but for some reason I changed my mind at the last minute."

Who would be doing this for them? Gee, who are the Mages driving around in those black Mercedes and Lincolns with the tinted windows? The ones who live in the mansions with the hell-hounds in the yard and the 7-foot tall hairless black doormen? Every town has some, the bigger the town, the more of these "High Magi" you will find.

I have no idea what their agenda may be, but you can be damn sure the welfare of the common human on the street is not a part of it.

So shield, people, shield. And screen. And if you can shield a polling place, do it! I'm not saying to try to interfere with people's choices, but rather prevent them from being interfered with.

This is important, people, and it may be too late already
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Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Mexico may take fence dispute to U.N.
Hat Tip Captain's Quarters in Mexico Wants UN To Block Fence

By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer
Mexico's foreign secretary said Monday the country may take a dispute over U.S. plans to build a fence on the Mexican border to the United Nations.

Luis Ernesto Derbez told reporters in Paris, his first stop on a European tour, that a legal investigation was under way to determine whether Mexico has a case.

The Mexican government last week sent a diplomatic note to Washington criticizing the plan for 700 miles of new fencing along the border. President-elect Felipe Calderon also denounced the plan, but said it was a bilateral issue that should not be put before the international community.

Derbez said Monday after meeting with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy that it was a "shame" U.S. immigration policy had been used for what he claimed was a short-term political gain in the lead-up to midterm elections in the U.S. in November.

He said he discussed the issue with Douste-Blazy, and planned to bring it up in meetings with his Spanish and Italian counterparts during visits to Madrid and Rome. He vowed to work on the case until the "very last day" of President Vicente Fox's term, which ends Dec. 1.


For those who might wonder on what grounds the UN might think they have for interfering in construction inside the territory of a Sovereign Nation, I might point out the So Called UN Open Borders Initiative.

The UN's "Borderless" World

The United Nations sees the matter differently. Its bureaucrats envision a “borderless” encourage free movement of the developing countries’ poor to developed nations. This philosophy underlies their preparations for the United Nations High Level Dialogue concerning international migration and development, scheduled to take place in conjunction with the fall 2006 General Assembly session. They want the agenda for this Dialogue to center on the relationship between international migration and the economic and social development of the poorer countries in the world.

The UN bureaucrats’ aggressive push into the immigration debate fits in with their dogmatic belief that international treaties should trump national sovereignty prerogatives – in this case, a UN treaty that codifies the internationalization of immigration policy called the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. This Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in 1990 but went into effect in 2003 after the twentieth signing country formally ratified it. It is heavily biased against countries like the United States which receive the lion’s share of illegal aliens.

Indeed, the Convention goes so far as to use the term ‘irregular’ as a euphemism for illegal aliens and would require their destination countries to provide them with an array of benefits and justiciable rights. This explains why the ratifying countries are the ones who are effectively exporting their economic problems to the United States and other destination countries, and why the destination countries in turn have not signed on.

The United Nations wants to change all that by seeking to position the right to freely migrate from poor to richer lands as a fundamental human right deserving of universal recognition. Indeed, they view internationally managed migration as an effective means to socially engineer the end of wealth disparities existing between the world’s most developed countries and the world’s developing countries. “Migration must become an integral part of global development strategies”, said a report prepared last fall by the Global Commission on International Migration set up with Kofi Annan’s assistance to help prepare the way for this fall’s United Nations High Level Dialogue. Using the euphemism ‘irregular migration’ to refer to illegal aliens, the Commission warned that restrictive national policies are “neither desirable nor feasible, and may jeopardize the rights of migrants and refugees.”







The United Nations sees the matter differently. Its bureaucrats envision a “borderless” world where immigration is treated as an international human rights issue and used as a global development tool to encourage free movement of the developing countries’ poor to developed nations. This philosophy underlies their preparations for the United Nations High Level Dialogue concerning international migration and development, scheduled to take place in conjunction with the fall 2006 General Assembly session. They want the agenda for this Dialogue to center on the relationship between international migration and the economic and social development of the poorer countries in the world.

The UN bureaucrats’ aggressive push into the immigration debate fits in with their dogmatic belief that international treaties should trump national sovereignty prerogatives – in this case, a UN treaty that codifies the internationalization of immigration policy called the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. This Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in 1990 but went into effect in 2003 after the twentieth signing country formally ratified it. It is heavily biased against countries like the United States which receive the lion’s share of illegal aliens.

Indeed, the Convention goes so far as to use the term ‘irregular’ as a euphemism for illegal aliens and would require their destination countries to provide them with an array of benefits and justiciable rights. This explains why the ratifying countries are the ones who are effectively exporting their economic problems to the United States and other destination countries, and why the destination countries in turn have not signed on.

The United Nations wants to change all that by seeking to position the right to freely migrate from poor to richer lands as a fundamental human right deserving of universal recognition. Indeed, they view internationally managed migration as an effective means to socially engineer the end of wealth disparities existing between the world’s most developed countries and the world’s developing countries. “Migration must become an integral part of global development strategies”, said a report prepared last fall by the Global Commission on International Migration set up with Kofi Annan’s assistance to help prepare the way for this fall’s United Nations High Level Dialogue. Using the euphemism ‘irregular migration’ to refer to illegal aliens, the Commission warned that restrictive national policies are “neither desirable nor feasible, and may jeopardize the rights of migrants and refugees.”

To the UN ‘experts’ who advocate using migration as a global development tool, the unemployed poor should become the economic charges of their destination countries. For those migrants who do manage to find jobs in their destination countries, they would be expected to send money back to their families still residing in their countries of origin. These remittances, as they are called, are seen by the UN’s migration development advocates as an indirect form of aid generated from the economies of the host countries and adding significantly to the gross national product of the migrants’ countries of origin. If transfers that went through informal channels were added to the official statistics, remittances could be as high as $300 billion. They are larger than official development assistance (ODA) and more than foreign direct investment (FDI).

At the same time, these same UN ‘experts’ want to discourage the movement of those skilled educated workers from a developing country who seek better economic opportunities for themselves and their families where their skills will bring them more reward. With regard to those skilled workers who do migrate, the UN ‘experts’ expect the prosperous destination countries of these skilled workers to compensate the less developed countries of origin for the so-called “brain drain”. Of course, nothing is said about requiring compensation from the countries of origin for the educational and monetary benefits the destination countries are paying to assist their poor nationals who cross the border illegally.

In short, if the UN advocates of open borders have their way, the developing countries would get to transfer their economic underclass without any cost to the destination countries, which would be expected to subsidize them. The developing countries would also receive compensation from the destination countries where their skilled nationals have migrated in order to find gainful employment that is not available back home.


A simple translation of the above philosophy is State Sponsored Slavery, the concept that the State owns the individual and thus deserves compensation, for the denial of their services, coupled with an Internationaly enforced redistribution of wealth.



International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990

Enters into force on 1 July 2003 (Press Release)


Migration Without Borders: an Investigation into the Free Movement of People

There is a Science Fiction series in which the UN with the EU, China and Mexico, go to War with the US over a proposed UN Referendum to return the Southwest States of the US to Mexico, our Allies are Russia, because the price for China's support was Siberian Russia and Japan.

I am wondering if the premises of those works of Fiction are that farfetched.

The Heritage Trilogy by Ian Douglas
A beleaguered United States and its Russian and Japanese allies struggle to hold their own against the indomitable forces of the enemy United Nations

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A Vegan Lifestyle Can Be Deadly
First they came for the Spinach,
and I did not say anything because?
I don't like Spinach










Officials zero in on possible source of tainted spinach

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Test results linking two bags of Dole brand baby spinach to a deadly E. coli strain have helped health officials focus on a specific batch from a San Juan Bautista processing plant that may be the source of a nationwide outbreak.

The investigation remains focused on Natural Selection Foods LLC, which officials believe packaged the tainted spinach for Dole and dozens of other brands. They're looking specifically at nine farms in three California counties that supplied leafy greens to the company.

Both tainted bags -- one found in Utah over the weekend and the other in New Mexico earlier last week -- were processed during the same shift on Aug. 15 at Natural Selection's plant, said Dr. Kevin Reilly, deputy director of prevention services for the California Department of Health Services.(Watch federal officials try to pinpoint the E. coli source -- 2:02) "We are looking very aggressively at what was produced on that date," Reilly said Monday. "Much of the feedback we got from patients right now was related to Dole packaging."

Pennsylvania health officials said Tuesday that a bag of Dole baby spinach purchased there was also tied to the deadly E. coli strain. A lab identified the strain in a sample of spinach purchased on or around Sept. 8 in western Pennsylvania.


Then it was Lettuce.

Feds eye water in lettuce E. coli case
BY DELTHIA RICKS
Newsday Staff Writer

October 10, 2006


E. coli-tainted irrigation water apparently contaminated California lettuce, recalled over the weekend by its producer, but federal regulators say at this juncture there's no linking the microbe to the dangerous strain that sickened 199 people and killed three who consumed contaminated spinach.

Nunes Co. voluntarily recalled more than 8,500 cartons of what it calls its "green leaf lettuce" grown in the Salinas Valley on a single farm. The region has been at the center of an intense probe in recent weeks following an outbreak of infections caused by E. coli O157:H7, linked to spinach also grown in that area.


It's not like this is anything new either.

Dole Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
In September and October, 2005, at least 23 Minnesotans became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after consuming Dole brand triple-washed, pre-packaged lettuce. Consumers in Wisconsin and Oregon who suffered E. coli infections in the same time period were also determined to be part of the Dole lettuce E. coli outbreak through genetic testing and an epidemiological investigation into their illnesses.


So what is the solution?

How can one prevent E. coli O157: H7 infection?


1. Cook all ground beef thoroughly.



Preventing E. coli at Petting ZoosEating undercooked ground beef is the most important risk factor for acquiring E. coli O157:H7.[1] Because ground beef can turn brown before disease causing bacteria are killed, use a digital instant read meat thermometer to ensure thorough cooking. Ground beef should be cooked until a thermometer inserted into several parts of the patty, including the thickest part, reads at least 160º F. Persons who cook ground beef without using a thermometer can decrease their risk of illness by not eating ground beef patties that are still pink in the middle. If you are served an undercooked hamburger or other ground beef product in a restaurant, send it back for further cooking.[2]


Avoid spreading harmful bacteria in your kitchen. Keep raw meat separate from ready-to-eat foods. Wash hands, counters, and utensils with hot soapy water after they touch raw meat. Never place cooked hamburgers or ground beef on the unwashed plate that held raw patties.


Wash meat thermometers in between tests of patties that require further cooking.



2. Drink only pasteurized milk, juice, or cider.



Commercial juice with an extended shelf life that is sold at room temperature (e.g. juice in cardboard boxes, vacuum-sealed juice in glass containers) has been pasteurized, although this is generally not indicated on the label. Most juice concentrates are also heated sufficiently to kill pathogens.




To be succinct the solution is to,

Cook your Food!


How long ago did the Human Race discover that little trick?

Sequence of stages in control: fire for warmth vs. fire for cooking
taintOne thing we can say about the widespread use of fire probable by 125,000 years ago, however, is that it would almost certainly have included the use of fire for cooking.* Why can this be assumed? It has to do with the sequence for the progressive stages of control over fire that would have had to have taken place prior to fire usage becoming commonplace. And the most interesting of these is that fire for cooking would almost inevitably have been one of the first uses it was put to by humans, rather than some later-stage use.*

The first fires on earth occurred approximately 350 million years ago--the geological evidence for fire in remains of forest vegetation being as old as the forests themselves.[110] It is usual to focus only on fire's immediately destructive effects to plants and wildlife, but there are also benefits. In response to occasional periodic wildfires, for example, certain plants and trees have evolved known as "pyrophytes," for whose existence periodic wildfires are essential. Fire revitalizes them by destroying their parasites and competitors, and such plants include grasses eaten by herbivores as well as trees that provide shelter and food for animals.[111]

Opportunistic exploitation of animal kills by predators after wildfires. Fires also provide other unintended benefits to animals as well. Even at the time a wildfire is still burning, birds of prey (such as falcons and kites)--the first types of predators to appear at fires--are attracted to the flames to hunt fleeing animals and insects. Later, land-animal predators appear when the ashes are smoldering and dying out to pick out the burnt victims for consumption. Others, such as deer and bovine animals appear after that to lick the ashes for their salt content. Notable as well is that most mammals appear to enjoy the heat radiated at night at sites of recently burned-out fires.[112]

It would have been inconceivable, therefore, that human beings, being similarly observant and opportunistic creatures, would not also have partaken of the dietary windfall provided by wildfires they came across. And thus, even before humans had learned to control fire purposefully--and without here getting into the later stages of control over fire--their early passive exposures to it would have already introduced them, like the other animals, to the role fire could play in obtaining edible food and providing warmth



A case can even be made that we have evolved to require cooked food.

What do common genetic rates of change suggest about potential adaptation to cooking?
We have gone a little far afield here getting some kind of grasp on rates of genetic change, but I think it's been necessary for us to have a good sense of the time ranges involved. So to bring this back around to the question of adaptation to cooking, it should probably be clear by this point that given the time span involved (likely 125,000 years since fire and cooking became widespread), the chances are very high that we are in fact adapted to the cooking of whatever foods were consistently cooked.* I would include in these some of the vegetable foods, particularly the coarser ones such as starchy root vegetables such as yams, which are long thought to have been cooked,[131] and perhaps others, as well as meat, from what we know about the fossil record.

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Monday, 9 October 2006
Do We Really Have A Dog In This Hunt?
Update: Since this topic has reared it's ugly head I am bumping this post from Aug 22, 2006 up.

One question that might occur to some will be, can we expect China, Russia and the EU to react differently to this latest news from North Korea than they have concerning Iran?

Will they drag their feet and support nothing besides deadline after deadline, and stall on any real actions, like Sanctions?

One answer could be, what does North Korea have that they want? Iran has vast Petroleum reserves to dangle as bait, but Kim Jung Il has nothing but instability to offer.

As I noted in my last post.

China says it 'resolutely opposes' North Korean nuclear tests, appeals for return to talks

Oh and as Stratfor.com has mentioned

Beijing has deployed
additional troops to the border, but that is to seal the frontier


That does not mean they are going to invade it may very well be true it only means,
its primary concern is to keep the North Korean people
from spilling across the border into northeast China.



But there is an Old Chinese Proverb which says

When the Dragon belches all Frogs Fart


I do believe Pekiing just belched.




North Korea seems to be popping in and out of the News these days. Of course the proliferation of nuclear arms is a concern for the United States.

We do not want them to get into the hands of terrorists, but as for a threat by North Korea?

Take a look at this map.

I can see how North Korea, would be a concern, for The People's Republic of China, The Russian Federation, South Korea, Japan, and even Taiwan, but I can only see a small tip of Alaska and if the North Koreans hit there, they would have to deal with Green Peace. ;-)

So I am FLAT against any UNILATERAL talks as a matter of fact I wonder what would happen if we decided this was a Regional Problem and in the purview of the Fist Rank Nations bordering North Korea.

Just tell North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan this was their problem and we would lend our good services in support of whatever agreement they could come to.

It has been over 50 years since the combat with North Korea, and that was really a surrogate war with the Soviet Union.

We happen to have won that conflict, not the Battle of Korea but the Prolonged Conflict between Marxism and Capitalism.

North Korea has nothing we need, or want but they certainly would like the US to pay them off to play nice.

Maybe we should stop playing their game.

Additional Notes: There has been talk of a Democratic Victory this Fall large enough to give that Party control of at least the House. Should that occur, Nacy Pelosi,might end up as Speaker of the House and thereby third in succession to the Presidency. Shall we take a lot at one of her policies as regards Natitonal Security?

"The United States does not need a multi-billion-dollar national missile defense against the possibility of a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile.


Really?


"What we need is a strong nonproliferation policy with other nations to combat the most serious threat to our national security and to the safety of the world ? weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists who would smuggle them into our cities.


Which seems to be working SO well


Can you say Pre 9/11 thinking?


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Red Alert: North Korea: Underground Nuclear Test Reported
Reports spread Oct. 9 that North Korea tested a nuclear device in the eastern
part of North Hamgyong province at 10:35 a.m. local time. China has indicated
it did detect a small underground test, although the South Korean military
has not raised its alert level. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said
his government has confirmed there has been seismic activity from North
Korea, although he has not received reports on its magnitude.

The U.S.
Geological Survey detected a 4.2 tremor in North Korea, which is smaller than
expected and not big enough to make North Korea an unequivocal nuclear power.


If a test did occur, the most immediate U.S. response will likely be
a strong condemnation and a call for a U.N. mandate for sanctions. If there
is no U.S. military response, Pyongyang will see that as an acceptance of
North Korea as a nuclear power.

Many questions remain, however. Even
if this were a nuclear test, it is not clear that it was a weapon rather than
a device. A nuclear device produces an in-place blast from a mechanism of
indeterminate size and structure. A weapon can be fitted on a missile or on
an aircraft, and is therefore highly compact and ruggedized.

China's
response will be hesitant. China does not seem ready to cut off food or fuel
to North Korea, particularly before winter sets in. Beijing has deployed
additional troops to the border, but that is to seal the frontier. Beijing
will be angry, but its primary concern is to keep the North Korean people
from spilling across the border into northeast China.

South Korea
will, of course, suspend cooperation in Kaesong and Kumkang and will probably
put its forces on alert. With the drawdown of U.S. troops in South Korea, the
South Korean army is now the border patrol. U.S. military units remaining
will have to go on heightened alert and rush Patriot surface-to-air missile
batteries to the peninsula. South Korea could deploy high-level officials to
North Korea

Japan will work for U.N. for sanctions and Chapter 7
invocation. Japan also will heighten its military posture and increase
diplomacy with China and South Korea in an attempt to show a united front
against North Korea

North Korea will go on high alert nationwide. The
military will assume a high-readiness posture, and the North Koreans will
proclaim their entry into the nuclear club, using sanctions to tighten
control and rally domestic backing. Pyongyang might quickly invite the
International Atomic Energy Agency in to make its nuclear status
"legitimate." It will petition international bodies to accept the new
reality.

In any event, North Korea will view the test as a victory.
It will mark the acceptance of the government as a nuclear state. Further
negotiations will have to take place under this new reality. North Korea
cannot be isolated forever. North Korea has bet that anything less than a
complete military invasion is a capitulation. Pyongyang will press for
acceptance, similar to Pakistan. China and South Korea will be key; both
desperately want to avoid any military action. They will end up negotiating
with North Korea, finding a way to make the North comply with international
regulations.

 

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UPDATE: Denmark Exports Soaring
After blogger Judith Klinghoffer and an army of Davids declared a "Buy Danish" campaign to combat the Muslim boycott. The Guardian says "fervent rightwing Americans" participated in the buying spree and implies that the cartoonists were responsible for the deaths of 139 people.(like it was the cartoonists who killed those people instead of the ones who shed their blood, how like the Progressive TransNazi viewpoint)


For your listening pleasure while you browse

"Der er et yndigt land" (There Is A Lovely Land)


Words by: Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager
Music by: Hans Ernst Kr?yer
Adopted: 1844

"Derer et yndigt land" was first performed for a large gathering of Danes in 1844, and became popular quickly with the Danish people. It was adopted later that year by the Danish government as a national anthem, but not the sole national anthem. This anthem is on equal status with "Kong Christian",which is both the national and royal anthem.

When the Danish anthem is usually performed or sung, the first verse is played in its entirety, then it is followed by the last four lines of the last verse. (This is true whether the lyrics are sung or not



Recentlty I have been posting music to Illustrate the Diversity of America, this week I have a different motive to express Solidarity with DENMARK


I maintain my Support of Denmark, and will later today, post links to and my thoughts about a Danish Editorial "We are being pissed upon by Per Nyholm "

I think I shall title my Post, "There is no "But" in "Freedom of Speech".




When I first started upon my journey through the blogverse I created a
Statement of Purpose
Now upon reading it, one can realize that I did not hold to every detail of that original statement, but from it's basic premise, I have never swayed, in my belief that the Blogs are in fact the Committees of Correspondence of the Second American Revolution.

And that it is a Revolution of Information, no longer can we afford and allow elite gateways to control what we can see, hear and discuss.

For I believe that those bloggers who find their way, here and in particular from the Blogs associated with Sam.

HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

Some of us are more Serious, some of us are more lighthearted and some post the common ordinary things that make one smile and recall that Life without the simple things to treasure is meaningless.

And it is important that all have a platform from which to speak.

As I understand this process you can link to this post and trackback to this post on ANY subject or post you think important. It is open. I will repeat this every Monday.

The Committees of Correspondence welcomes your intelligent comments. And also welcomes you to join the

OPEN TRACKBACK ALLIANCE


This week I also have shortened my usual introduction for a more inportant message.




In it's struggle for Freedom of Speech.

Sign the Petition NOW!

JEG opstille hos Danmark!




45245 Total Signatures 12:45 AM CDT October 02, 2006 We can do better pass the word~!




From Agora a call to Support the Manifesto online by signing another Petition, why not sign both?


MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism
Created by Mark Jefferson on March 1st, 2006 at 5:42 pm AST

After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.
We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all. "

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Y'al come back now, Y'heah? ;-)
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Saturday, 7 October 2006
Unemployment falls; wages up 4 percent
By Patrice Hill THE WASHINGTON TIMES October 7, 2006
The nation's unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent last month, down from 4.7 in August, and average wages rose by 4 percent over the previous year -- the best performance for both measures in five years.
The monthly Labor Department report released yesterday revealed that 51,000 new jobs were reported last month, a disappointing figure, but job gains were stronger than reported earlier for the previous year and a half.
"The economy is actually stronger than these employment numbers suggest," said Bernard Baumohl, executive director of the Economic Outlook Group, a Princeton, N.J., economic-advisory firm. The figures were mixed and elicited widely varying reactions from financial markets and analysts.***continued


The figures were mixed and elicited widely varying reactions from financial markets and analysts?

The stock market declined after focusing on the weakness in job growth, which was the lowest new-jobs figure since Hurricane Katrina blew a hole in the economy last year, and included sizable job losses in manufacturing and retail trade as factories and stores continued to retrench.


Now something here really puzzles me. "The stock market declined after focusing on the weakness in job growth".

A revision in the number of jobs created in August, to 188,000, and a huge revision adding 810,000 to the number of jobs created between March 2005 and March 2006 sparked fears of inflation in the bond market and suggested an underlying strength in the labor market that is unlikely to dissipate anytime soon.


I would very much like for someone to make up their minds, how can there be a "weakness in job growth"."an underlying strength in the labor market that is unlikely to dissipate anytime soon? I mean how is that possible?

And it does seem that both contradictory statements are uttered in tones of dire portent?

About that "The stock market declined after focusing on the weakness in job growth"?

Does that seem odd when<

Dow Jones industrial average surges to new closing high as oil prices plummet

By Ellen Simon
ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:15 p.m. October 3, 2006

NEW YORK – The Dow Jones industrial average finally reached new heights Tuesday, extending Wall Street's seven-year recovery with a record closing level after climbing into uncharted territory in trading earlier in the day.
The index of 30 blue chip stocks ended the session at 11,727.34, wiping out the previous record of 11,722.98.
Earlier, the Dow crossed its old trading high of 11,750.28, rising up to 11,758.95. Both of the previous records were set Jan. 14, 2000.


Yes the DOW Jones has broken it's Historical high twice recentlyand,

Tuesday's advance came on the second straight day that oil prices fell sharply, helping to calm fears about inflation and possible interest rate increases. But the market as a whole has been choppy, with traditionally defensive stock sectors such as pharmaceuticals and utilities leading the market higher since its May and June decline, said Doug Johnston, head of U.S. trading at Adams Harkness in Boston.

“I think we break out to the all-time high, then we could get a blow-off correction off of that,” Johnston said.


What obstacle had to be overcome for the Stockmarket to reach such heights?

To reach new highs, the Dow had to recover not only from the high-tech collapse, but also recession and the effects of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The stock market was further shaken by corporate scandals at companies including Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc., and the Dow sank to a five-year closing low of 7,286.27 on Oct. 9, 2002, nearly 38 percent off its record high close.

The market's recovery was helped by more than four years of solid corporate profit growth, and more recently, the Federal Reserve's decision to halt its more than two-year string of interest rate hikes
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The decline in oil prices was the catalyst of the day. A barrel of light crude settled at $58.68, down $2.35, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Oil prices have had a stunning fall from their intraday high for the year of $78.40 a barrel, reached in July. Other commodity prices have dropped as well, with gold descending from prices earlier this year that it hadn't seen for three decades.


I noticed the Oil Price dropped reflect at the pumps in my City $1.969/gal. Gas under $2/gal?

Fantastic!

But doesn't it seem like some are trying desperately to create an image of crisis?

They must be grateful for the recent Dirty IM scandal in Congress, because I really think to an unbiased observer (which I admit I am not) that the Economy is not cooperating at all.

We all better go fill up our gas tanks now, and if you would like a new and better job? Sounds like a good time to look for one and don't forget this

and average wages rose by 4 percent over the previous year and that looks pretty good when compared with this inflation rate chart, it means our salaries buy more now, That's good isn't it?
Or maybe not there must be someway to make that a bad trend too.




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Friday, 6 October 2006
Race clashes hit Windsor
Hat Tip John_R from It's All About Bush… at No Pasaran

Race clashes hit Windsor

Tensions: Dozens of officers have been stopping and searching white gangs who have clashed with Asians in Windsor after the Medina Dairy was fire bombed. Extra police are being drafted into the Windsor area today after three nights of violent clashes between white and Asian youths.

Gangs have fought battles in the streets using baseball bats and pitchforks. A Muslim-run dairy which wants to build a mosque was petrol bombed. Continued







While on the Continent,French cops state the obvious
French Muslims wage civil war. Intifada franchouille. Tant qu'ils s'etripent entre fwancais, je n'en ai strictement rien a foutre.

As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year, a police union declared that its members were "in a state of civil war" with Muslims in the most depressed "banlieue" estates which are heavily populated by unemployed youths of north African origin.

It said the situation was so grave that it had asked the government to provide police with armoured cars to protect officers in the estates, which are becoming no-go zones.


Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union
Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day.


Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy was warned of an 'intifada'


As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year, a police union declared that its members were "in a state of civil war" with Muslims in the most depressed "banlieue" estates which are heavily populated by unemployed youths of north African origin.

It said the situation was so grave that it had asked the government to provide police with armoured cars to protect officers in the estates, which are becoming no-go zones.

The number of attacks has risen by a third in two years. Police representatives told the newspaper Le Figaro that the "taboo" of attacking officers on patrol has been broken.

Instead, officers – especially those patrolling in pairs or small groups – faced attacks as soon as they tried to arrest locals

"We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists. This is not a question of urban violence any more, it is an intifada, with stones and Molotov cocktails. You no longer see two or three youths confronting police, you see whole tower blocks emptying into the streets to set their 'comrades' free when they are arrested."

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Fire, gas release at chemical plant forces thousands to evacuate in eastern US
If this is not the most serious chemical disaster in American history, it will certainly hit the top of the list.

I first heard about it this morning via a eye witness report from the area called in to George Norry on Coast to Coast. The caller reported flames reaching up 100 to 150 feet in the air with a chlorine plume over the area, preventing firefighters from being able to approach the fire.

A reverse 911 call system has been enabled to advise the residence to evacuate. It being the middle of the night, most would be in bed asleep.

Concern was expressed that a storm front might drive the toxic plume in the direction of the large population of the State Capital.

There is a very comprehensive post on this disaster at Liberty Rocks
SPECIAL REPORT: Extremely Dangerous Chemical Fire in Apex, N.C. - Evacuations, fire out of control, emissions of Chlorine Gas?

One of the officials being interviewed right now referred to people trying to get close to the fire, and the town manager literally said, if you are going to go close to ?write your name on your forehead, and put the names of the next of kin in your pocket because you are going to end up extremely ill or at best be arrested.?







Breaking News:
The Associated Press

Published: October 6, 2006


APEX, North Carolina Authorities asked about 16,000 residents to evacuate this Raleigh suburb early Friday after a hazardous material fire at an industrial plant.

No injuries were immediately reported, although a spokeswoman for Rex Hospital in Raleigh said the hospital expected to receive as many as 11 people needing oxygen.

Officials said the fire started around 10 p.m. Thursday (0200 GMT Friday) at EQ Industrial Services, a hazardous waste business that town manager Bruce Radford said had a variety of volatile chemicals inside, including chlorine.

He said when he arrived at the scene, a chlorine cloud rose 50 feet (15 meters) in the air. He estimated that 20 to 30 explosions had occurred at the plant.

"This is truly awful," he said early Friday. "It is the worst potential hazardous materials fire that you can expect."

Several thousand people were evacuated, and others were told to remain in their homes. The town issued a mandatory evacuation for anyone who lived within a mile of the business. Schools in Apex were to close Friday.

Radford said some residents who live near the fire had not heeded the evacuation order and were walking on the streets near the fire. He begged them to get away from what he called a "black, smoky cloud" that was covering downtown Apex.

"They are taking their own lives at risk," Radford said. "They are putting themselves in very grave danger by being around this smoke. If you see this smoke, get away from it."

The Web site for EQ Industrial Services says the company operates a fleet of specialized industrial cleaning equipment to deal with both hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.

EQ officials were on site and assessing the situation, said a man who answered the phone at the company's emergency response headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He declined to give his name or elaborate.

Apex is a city of about 28,000 near Raleigh.

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