By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
 Knesset Member Danny Danon |
JERUSALEM – A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party today slammed as "racist" President Obama's longstanding demand for a halt to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.
"President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem," said Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon. "This ... is a racist demand, saying that Jews cannot live in Jerusalem, only Arabs."
Danon continued: "Our duty is to the nation that chose to deepen the settlement across Judea and Samaria, and of course Jerusalem. We will fulfill that duty, even at the cost of ignoring Obama and his advisers."
The Knesset member was speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony initiating 124 new apartments in a Jewish housing complex in the eastern section of Jerusalem.
In a separate statement, he told WND "the answer to Obama's racist request not to permit Jewish building in Jerusalem was given today when we initiated the construction of another Jewish neighborhood in Nof Zion (eastern Jerusalem)."
"The people in Israel are united behind Netanyahu's position regarding eternal rights of Jews to build and live in Jerusalem," he added.
Danon's strong words came shortly after Obama stated in a Fox News interview today that settlement activity in Jerusalem and the West Bank complicated efforts by his administration to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian negotiations while it also embitters the Palestinians.
Obama was responding to a plan to build new homes within a Jerusalem neighborhood called Gilo, where already some 40,000 Israelis live.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that "at a time when we are working to re-launch negotiations, these actions make it more difficult for our efforts to succeed."
Netanyahu's office responded to Obama's criticism by dispatching an aide who sent reporters a message calling the building plan in Gilo "a routine process."
The aide explained that like other foreign leaders, Netanyahu does not normally review municipal building plans in local neighborhoods. The aide added that Netanyahu saw Gilo as "an integral part of Jerusalem."
"Construction in Gilo has taken place regularly for dozens of years and there is nothing new about the current planning and construction," the aide added.
Obama had demanded a complete halt to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem, which Netanyahu publicly has refused. Palestinians routinely build in those territories, and at times the construction takes place illegally on Jewish-owned land.
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Jerusalem that a settlement freeze should not be a precondition for re-launching stalled talks with the Palestinians. However, WND reported the Palestinian Authority rejected a proposal by Clinton for Israel to largely scale back Jewish construction in exchange for the resumption of talks.
 Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas |
A House Republican leader is battling Britain's ban of Michael Savage, urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a letter today to use her position to press the U.K. to grant the top-rated radio host a travel visa immediately.
Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, the assistant Republican whip, says Savage wants to visit the U.K. for scientific research, noting his rare medicinal plant specimens from Fiji and Tonga are housed in a world-class collection at Kew Gardens in London.
Savage, who has a doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine, spent several years researching botany in the South Pacific.
Culberson told Clinton he plans to work with colleagues in Congress in the coming weeks to help protect Savage's First Amendment rights. He points out in his letter that the British government "has classified a well-known and popular member of the American media alongside criminals, murderers and terrorists, which is defamatory and disturbing."
"Michael Savage is a loyal American, and he is passionate about protecting America, which is why I enjoy listening to him," Culberson writes.
As WND reported, then–British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced May 5 that Savage was on a list of 16 people, along with terrorists and neo-Nazis, banned from entry because the government believed their views might provoke violence. Smith said it was "important that people understand the sorts of values and sorts of standards that we have here, the fact that it's a privilege to come and the sort of things that mean you won't be welcome in this country."
Culberson says Savage "speaks for most Americans when he criticizes people who apologize for our success and who will not protect our borders, our common language, and our American culture."
"If he were at the fringe of society like other people on the U.K. list, he would not have a nationally syndicated radio show, and he would not be the third most popular talk show host in America," the Texas lawmaker argues.
Culberson says he listens regularly to Savage's show and has never heard him encourage hatred or incite anyone to engage in violence.
The U.K. list includes Hamas leader Yunis Al-Astal, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard Stephen Donald Black, neo-Nazi Erich Gliebe and radical American pastor Fred Phelps, known for his virulent anti-gay protests at funerals.
Savage has documented his ordeal with the U.K. in his book "Banned in Britain," which includes official correspondence, released under the U.K.'s freedom of information law, that reveals a decision was made at the highest level of government to use his name to provide "balance" to a "least wanted" list dominated by Muslim extremists.
"We will want to ensure that the names disclosed reflect the broad range of cases and are not all Islamic extremists," reads a draft recommendation, marked "Restricted," that was obtained as part of Savage's libel lawsuit against the government and Smith, who resigned from her home secretary post in June in the wake of scandal over personal use of taxpayer funds and her controversial ban of Savage.
An e-mail message dated Nov. 27, 2008, from an unnamed Home Office official, says, with regard to Savage, "I can understand that disclosure of the decision would help provide a balance of types of exclusion cases."
Another e-mail points to complicity by other agencies and even Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
"HO (Home Office) intend to include [Savage] in their quarterly stats ... Both the FS (foreign secretary) and PM (prime minister) are firmly behind listing and naming such people," it reads.
The e-mails include a message from an unnamed civil servant whose cautions were ignored.
"I think we could be accused of duplicity in naming him," he wrote without explaining the reason.
Smith's successor, Alan Johnson, called the ban a terrible blunder and told the London Daily Mail he would scrap the policy of maintaining an enemies list. But Savage told WND two days later that according to his attorney, Johnson's announcement did not mean his name had been removed from the list.
Savage still demands an apology from Smith, who has admitted she was not up to being home secretary, explaining she should have been given some training for the job before being named.
Savage's legal complaint against Smith notes the home secretary's office said in a press release that the "controversial daily radio host" is "considered to be engaging in unacceptable behavior by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to intercommunity violence."
The allegations are "entirely false," the complaint asserts.
"At no time has our client provoked or sought to provoke others to commit crimes or serious criminal acts."
Savage hosts the nation's third most popular radio talk show, with an estimated 8 million listeners a week on about 400 stations, according to his syndicator, the Talk Radio Network.
On his website, Savage appealed to his listeners to contribute to his legal fund, which he has used for various efforts, including a lawsuit last year against the Council on American-Islamic Relations for waging a boycott using excerpts of his copyrighted remarks. In the case of Savage's U.K. ban, however, CAIR has sided with Savage, arguing "freedom of speech is a two-way street."
Vegetarianism became popular in Russia years ago. However, a majority
of Russian nutritionists and gynecologists believe that this diet is
not suitable for Russians and absolutely contraindicated for pregnant
women. This is caused by the lack of protein-rich vegetables growing in
Russian climate conditions. Would pregnant vegetarians have to start
eating meat?
Lack of vegetarian tradition in Russia is caused by the climate. Vegetarianism is a fashionable trend borrowed from the warm East where climate is completely different.
Traditional medicine recognizes vegetarianism, but only as a temporary diet prescribed to improve health. This diet is only suitable for healthy adult people, since during religious Lent children, sick people, and pregnant women were allowed to stick to their regular diets.
Vegetarianism is harmful for pregnant women because foods of animal origin rich in protein, vitamins B and D, calcium, iron, and zinc, are required for the development of a healthy fetus. Without these elements, a fetus may develop intrauterine degeneration which could lead to serious consequences.
Even if a woman feels terribly sorry for cows and pigs, by the fifth month of pregnancy she has to pull herself together. According to OB/GYNs, this is the time when the fetus starts its rapid growth and needs 3.4 ounces of protein a day, with 60% of it coming from animals.
No matter how many various types of fresh fruits and vegetables a woman’s diet includes, her body would still lack iron. Iron contained in vegetables is not easily digested. In order to obtain the same amount of protein you would obtain by eating four ounces of meat, you would have to eat four pounds of apples. No pregnant woman is capable of eating four pounds of apples, while everyone can eat a small piece of boiled meat.
Iron is one of the most important elements. Lack of iron leads to anemia (lowered level of hemoglobin), which means that a pregnant woman’s tissues and growing fetus will not get sufficient supply of oxygen.
Anemia may be caused by deficit of vitamin В 12 contained only in animal products. Essential amino acids can also be found in animal products only. Human body cannot synthesize them and must obtain them from elsewhere. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. They are essential at the stage of rapid fetus growth.
Vegetarian diet does not provide necessary amount of calories, provided cakes and pastries are not a large part of such a diet. An attempt to gain 2,500 calories a day from vegetarian food may result in unpleasant sensations in the stomach, let alone other serious consequences. It can lead to possible issues at a ferment level when vegetarian food is not digested for both mothers and their babies.
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Paramedics had to call a rescue squad to help them take the boy out of the apartment building. Sasha was hospitalized to the intensive care unit of the city’s children’s hospital.
The boy has Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) - a rare genetic disorder. Doctors also believe that the boy most likely has diabetes.
The boy’s grandmother, Vera Konovalova, said that the boy’s health worsened after “Let Them Talk” talk show on TV, which was devoted to him.
“Sasha is a clever boy. He started crying when he was watching the show because the woman in the TV was lying, as he said. We often go out, his teacher visits him all the time, but they said on the show that the boy was not going anywhere out. They also said there that he does not have any friends and no one takes care of him. This is not true,” the woman said.
Medics have a different opinion.
“Sasha Pehtelev currently stays in the intensive care unit of the hospital because there is no bed in the entire building that would suit a person with his weight. He is in a stable condition. The child with such a diagnosis and such weight is supposed to be observed regularly. However, he received medical aid for the first time only when he was hospitalized with furuncle inflammation last year. In addition, I think his grandmother showed negative influence on him after the talk show because she was represented in the show negatively,” doctor Klavdia Nikitenko said.
The story about the 180-kilo boy surfaced in October of this year, when the boy was hospitalized for the first time. It was reported that the boy had no friends and had been staying indoors for several years. Agencies said that the boy was living only with his grandmother and grandfather.
When doctors arrived, they had to call a rescue team for help. Five strong men were taking the boy down the stairs outside.
Nika Bystritskaya
Komsomolskaya Pravda
 Sarah Palin |
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose new book "Going Rogue," was released today, is blaming the nation's economic woes at least partly on the Democrats' allegiance to growing socialism across the United States.
"Let's go back to what Reagan did in the early '80s and stay committed to those common sense free market principles that worked," the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate told talk radio host Rush Limbaugh in an interview today.
"He faced a tougher recession than what we're facing today. He cut those taxes, ramped up industry, and we pulled out of that recession. We need to revisit that," she said.
She called on both Republicans and independents to be bolder in pursuing a real solution to unemployment that is above 10 percent – the highest level in decades. MORE>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Just 12 months after voting by a 53-47 margin to put Barack Obama in the White House, only 43 percent of voters today would re-elect him, according to a new Zogby Internaional/O'Leary Report Poll.
"Most voters don't trust the president on the number one issue of the day: job creation. On top of that, a surprising plurality of voters, and Independent voters in particular, don't side with President Obama on the number one issue to him: whether or not he should be president," said Brad O'Leary, a former NBC Westwood One talk show host and publisher of the O'Leary Report.
He's also written "Shut Up America: The End of Free Speech."
The pollsters on Nov. 10-12 surveyed 2,879 Americans who had voted in the 2008 presidential election. The results have a margin of error of plus-or-minus 1.9 percent. MORE>>>>>>>>>>>
The death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott was ruled
a suicide this afternoon by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
He died of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said.
When police found his body early this morning, Scott was face down in a foot of water along the Chicago River downtown, a .380-caliber handgun under his body, a source said.
Michael Scott's suicide marks the third suicide among prominent public officials in the last two years -- and each of the men were being investigated by authorities or already convicted of wrongdoing.
Scott, former Balgojevich aide Chris Kelly and former Stroger aide Orlando Jones all died by their own hand.
Scott, who was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday morning, was a mover and shaker in Chicago politics and a prominent member of the African-American community here.
Earlier this year, Scott was scrutinized over Olympics-related real estate dealings.
A key member of Mayor Daley's Olympic committee, Scott also served as a consultant to a major condominium developer who proposed to build near the Olympic Village site.
Earlier this summer, Scott moved to sever his ties to another developer after the Tribune revealed his plans to build a retail and housing project near the proposed Olympic cycling venue on the West Side.
Scott's business dealings led residents to suspect that Mayor Daley's friends would profit the most from the proposed 2016 Olympic games, which of course Chicago failed to win.
Also recently, Scott made news when he was subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury looking into the admissions practices of Chicago's elite schools.
Asked at the time whether he was aware of students being unfairly "clouted" into elite schools, Scott said he had no comment, but looked forward to answering any questions.
If Scott did indeed kill himself, he's the second prominent public official with ties to development contracts to commit suicide in recent months.
Former Blagojevich aide Chris Kelly plead guilty in September for participating in an O'Hare kickback scheme. Days later, Kelly overdosed on pain medication.
Kelly was originally indicted on tax charges related to gambling debts.
Kelly and Scott were preceded by Orlando Jones.
Jones, a 52-year-old godson of ex-County Board President John Stroger and former top Stroger aide, shot himself in the head after a business lunch in 2007.
Jones had been under criminal investigation for real estate dealings in Las Vegas. He was approached by FBI agents two days before his death, but declined to speak with them.
An
Iowa congressman is questioning the timing of the sudden resignation of
a controversial Obama administration official, whose husband has had
close ties to ACORN and has recently been named President Obama's White
House counsel.
In
serving as White House communications director, Anita Dunn had created
a stir when she told school children earlier this year that Chinese
Communist leader Mao Tse Tung was one of the people she admired the most. She also launched a public attack against the Fox News Channel for its reporting on the ACORN prostitution scandal.
Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) thinks it is curious that Dunn abruptly
resigned from her White House post, just four days after Louisiana
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell raided ACORN's national office, seizing
paper records and computer hard drives.
He says Dunn's husband, Robert Bauer, has been a staunch defender of ACORN.
"During the McCain campaign in the fall of 2008, he wrote a letter to
the Justice Department defending ACORN and recommending that they not
investigate ACORN -- [arguing] that ACORN's alleged transgressions were
simply a political product of Republicans," says the Iowa lawmaker.
King
believes Bauer's letter was a contributing factor in convincing the
Justice Department not to investigate ACORN. But he says with the
Louisiana attorney general's action, the administration appears to be
in damage-control mode.
"Are they trying to cover up a trail? Are they severing ties? Is the
investigation [of ACORN] in Louisiana...going to lead all the way up
through Robert Bauer and perhaps his wife in the White House?" King
wonders. "Because I believe the ACORN ties do go right to the White
House in multiple ways."
King believes that as the newly named White House counsel, Bauer will
be in a position to help President Obama erase his ties to ACORN.
Judge
David Hamilton is being voted on by the Senate on Tuesday, November 17
for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Many conservatives are concerned about Hamilton's appointment because of his rocky history. Hamilton has served as a fundraiser for ACORN, a liberal group plagued with voter fraud charges and other questionable practices. He also once gave the order to stop prayers at the Indiana State House in the name of Jesus, but later stated that praying in the name of Allah was okay.
Mario Diaz, policy director for legal issues of Concerned Women for America, weighs in on the matter.
“It's totally nonsensical and fitting that we are talking about it this moment when we have seen some tragedies coming from people from the Muslim religion," he says. "And we see in the media how they can't make the connection. They don't want to say anything bad about the Muslim religion of Allah or anything, but to Christians, it's okay to say bad things about them. Political correctness brings liberals to think everybody is good, except us. We are the problem."
This is the mindset Diaz believes Judge Hamilton employs.
"I'm not going to be coy about this..."
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A Hillary/Palin Ticket???
"I absolutely would look forward to having coffee."
"This woman...clearly is jazzed by policy."
Reuters: A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" has revealed her true identity -- Brooke Magnanti, a British research scientist.
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Atlantis World Mysteries,
by Amy Smith--
"The
story has the fashion of a legend, but the truth of it lies in the
occurrence of a shifting of the bodies of the heaven, which move round
the earth" -- Dialogues of Plato
65-1
"And in those days Noah saw the earth had tilted and that it's destruction was near." --The Book Of Noah
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An Odd Choice of Words
I don't know how many of the readers of this article follow either Biblical style wittings or Greek philosophers.
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