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Saturday, September 21, 2013

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Maher: Navy Yard Shooter Did What Biden Said -- He Bought A Shotgun

BILL MAHER (@1:20): We're never going to do anything about this and I'm tired of hearing about shooters. I don't care about them. I don't care about what we know for sure. But what I know for sure is that we're not going to do anything, because both parties like guns.

Joe Biden said, 'buy a shotgun.' That's what this guy did, he bought a shotgun.

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DNI James Clapper: Muslim Brotherhood "Largely Secular," "Has Eschewed Violence"

"The term Muslim Brotherhood is an umbrella term for a variety of movements. In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a congressional hearing today.

UPDATE: Jamie Smith, director of the office of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence later said in a statement to ABC News: “To clarify Director Clapper’s point - in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood makes efforts to work through a political system that has been, under Mubarak’s rule, one that is largely secular in its orientation – he is well aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a secular organization.”

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s appeal to US President Mr. Barack Obama regarding the situation in Syria

10.09.2013 · Patriarchal Ministry

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, in which he expressed his deep concern over the plans of the US army to strike the territory of Syria.
The Primate of the Russian Church apeals to the US President to listen to the voices of religious leaders who unanimously oppose any military interference in the Syrian conflict and to make every effort for the soonest commencement of peace negotiations.

His Excellency Mr. Barack OBAMA
President
United States of America

Your Excellency, Dear Mr. President,
The tragic events in Syria have raised anxiety and caused pain in the Russian Orthodox Church. We receive information about the situation there not from the news reports but from living evidence coming to us from religious figures, ordinary believers and our compatriots living in that country.
Syria today has become an arena of the armed conflict. Engaged in it are foreign mercenaries and militants linked with international terrorist centres. The war has become an everyday golgotha for millions of civilians.
We were deeply alarmed to learn about the plans of the US army to strike the territory of Syria. Undoubtedly, it will bring ever greater sufferings to the Syrian people, first of all, to the civilian population. An external military intervention may result in the radical forces coming to power in Syria who will not be able and will not wish to ensure inter-confessional accord in the Syrian society.
Our special concern is for the fate of the Christian population of Syria, which in that case will come under the threat of total extermination or banishment. It has already happened in the regions of the country seized by militants. An attempt made by the armed groups of the Syrian opposition to seize the town of Ma’loula whose residents are predominantly Christians has become a new confirmation of our concerns. The militants keep shelling the town in which ancient Christian monasteries are located – the sites of special veneration by the faithful all over the world.
The Christian hierarchs of Aleppo, Metropolitans Paul and John Ibrahim, have been held captive by militants since April 22. Nothing is known about their fate despite of the fact that a number of religious figures appealed to the leaders of their states to help to release them.
I am deeply convinced that the countries which belong to the Christian civilization bear a special responsibility for the fate of Christians in the Middle East.
No doubt, the current Syrian crisis needs to be settled with the participation of the international community. In this regard, I consider it important to use the opportunities which have opened for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict. These opportunities imply the international community’s control over the chemical weapons in Syria.
The Russian Orthodox Church knows the price of human sufferings and losses since in the 20^th century our people survived two devastating world wars which claimed millions of lives and ruined many people’s lives. We also regard as our own pain the pain and losses the American people suffered in the terrible terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
On the eve of the anniversary of that sad date, I appeal to you to lend your ear to the voices of religious leaders who unanimously oppose any military interference in the Syrian conflict and to make every effort for the soonest commencement of peace negotiations.
Yours faithfully,

+KIRILL
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA

Egyptian President Summons 3,000 Foreign Jihadis to Terrorize Opposition? By Raymond Ibrahim on December 10, 2012 in From The Arab World, Islam Print Friendly FrontPage Magazine The title of a recent Al Khabar News report declares: “Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces” of Egypt. According to the report, Ibrahim Ali, a lawyer of various Islamic groups, said that 3,000 leaders and members of the Jihad Groups and the notorious Islamic Group—including the brother of Khaled al-Islambouli, the army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat—will arrive in Egypt in a few days. Ali added that most of these leaders are coming from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Somalia, Kenya, Iran, and even London. Similar reports had appeared earlier, in November: these seasoned jihadis may already be in Egypt. Moreover, back in August, days after Morsi assumed Egypt’s presidency, he released jihadi convicts from the nation’s two most notorious terrorist organizations, Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Group—including several held under tight security and on death row for committing especially heinous acts of terror in Egypt. It is often forgotten that Morsi himself, Egypt’s president, was a former convict in Egypt, imprisoned for his designs to impose Sharia on the social order—precisely what he is doing now unfettered, including by summoning and releasing jihadis to subdue his fellow Egyptians who oppose the Islamization of Egypt—which has millions of Christians and liberal Muslims. At the very least, one can argue that, at the time of the elections, half the nation was against Islamization, as the vote between Morsi and the secularist Ahmed Shafiq was split down the middle (some authoritative sources even say that Shafiq won). Now, even more Egyptians are going against Morsi, as evinced by these popular revolts. A recent talk show on El Balad TV expressed the popular resentment being felt by the average Egyptian, when a Muslim woman called in saying to the MB official on the show: You people [Muslim Brotherhood] must give people and their ideas some room, you can’t always get angry and fight—it’s unacceptable…. Come on you guys, what’s the deal? We have come to hate the world. I swear to God, if there is an empty mountain for me to live in, I would take my children and go there! You’ve made us hate our lives! Let me tell you something: I voted for Morsi. May God have paralyzed my hand! May a car have run me over when I went to the voting booth! In other words, Morsi needs all the help he can get, and it is certainly not far fetched to believe that he would summon the aid of foreign jihadis. For example, here is a list circulating on twitter by the jihadi organization Ansar Al Sharia—“the Supporters of Sharia”—indicating who it will kill should Muhammad Morsi fail; among the names is new Coptic Pope Tawadros. Moreover, the amount of violence inflicted so far on Egyptian protesters certainly can be described as terrorism. Aside from those killed by Brotherhood forces, here are some pictures of those beat and tortured. Many of these victims tell the same story: they were threatened to admit publicly that “outside” sources had hired them to protest otherwise they were severely beat and tortured. In typical Islamist projection fashion, the Muslim Brotherhood, which is enlisting the aid of fellow but foreign jihadis, is trying to portray the grassroots revolts against it as a foreign conspiracy. Nor is there any doubt that the Muslim Brotherhood was always more interested in empowering Islam over improving Egypt—a natural consequence of the Islamist mentality, which sees the triumph of Islam and Muslims, the collective Umma, more important than the triumph of one’s nation and immediate neighbors. A couple examples: Brotherhood representative Safwat Hegazy—who earlier predicted the group would be “masters of the world”—is more interested in seeing Jerusalem become the capital of the Islamic caliphate than Cairo prospering for Egypt; and the former General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, when pressured to talk more about Egypt and less about Islam, declared “the hell with Egypt,” clearly indicting that the interests of his country are secondary to Islam’s. Speaking of the General Guide, only recently, more evidence emerged demonstrating that Morsi is little more than a tool of Islamization: although many accused Morsi of simply being a stooge to the General Guide—currently Muhammad Badie, who, as head of the Muslim Brotherhood, has one goal, the enforcement of Sharia in Egypt—Morsi brushed aside such talk, saying he was his own man, that his policies for Egypt would have nothing to do with Brotherhood interests, that he was a president for all Egyptians, etc., etc. Amazingly, however, a couple days ago on Egyptian satellite TV, a Muslim Brotherhood official actually admitted that “Yes, the General Guide rules Muhammad Morsi,” to a flabbergasted host, who in resignation, said, “Well that’s it; it’s over. What else is there to say?” Indeed, what else is there to say about an Egyptian president who terrorizes Egyptian citizens into accepting Sharia law?

Egyptian President Summons 3,000 Foreign Jihadis to Terrorize Opposition?

By Raymond Ibrahim on December 10, 2012 in From The Arab World, Islam

FrontPage Magazine
The title of a recent Al Khabar News report declares: “Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces” of Egypt.

According to the report, Ibrahim Ali, a lawyer of various Islamic groups, said that 3,000 leaders and members of the Jihad Groups and the notorious Islamic Group—including the brother of Khaled al-Islambouli, the army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat—will arrive in Egypt in a few days.
Ali added that most of these leaders are coming from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Somalia, Kenya, Iran, and even London. Similar reports had appeared earlier, in November: these seasoned jihadis may already be in Egypt. Moreover, back in August, days after Morsi assumed Egypt’s presidency, he released jihadi convicts from the nation’s two most notorious terrorist organizations, Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Group—including several held under tight security and on death row for committing especially heinous acts of terror in Egypt.
It is often forgotten that Morsi himself, Egypt’s president, was a former convict in Egypt, imprisoned for his designs to impose Sharia on the social order—precisely what he is doing now unfettered, including by summoning and releasing jihadis to subdue his fellow Egyptians who oppose the Islamization of Egypt—which has millions of Christians and liberal Muslims.
At the very least, one can argue that, at the time of the elections, half the nation was against Islamization, as the vote between Morsi and the secularist Ahmed Shafiq was split down the middle (some authoritative sources even say that Shafiq won). Now, even more Egyptians are going against Morsi, as evinced by these popular revolts. A recent talk show on El Balad TV expressed the popular resentment being felt by the average Egyptian, when a Muslim woman called in saying to the MB official on the show:

You people [Muslim Brotherhood] must give people and their ideas some room, you can’t always get angry and fight—it’s unacceptable…. Come on you guys, what’s the deal? We have come to hate the world. I swear to God, if there is an empty mountain for me to live in, I would take my children and go there! You’ve made us hate our lives! Let me tell you something: I voted for Morsi. May God have paralyzed my hand! May a car have run me over when I went to the voting booth!

In other words, Morsi needs all the help he can get, and it is certainly not far fetched to believe that he would summon the aid of foreign jihadis. For example, here is a list circulating on twitter by the jihadi organization Ansar Al Sharia—“the Supporters of Sharia”—indicating who it will kill should Muhammad Morsi fail; among the names is new Coptic Pope Tawadros.
Moreover, the amount of violence inflicted so far on Egyptian protesters certainly can be described as terrorism. Aside from those killed by Brotherhood forces, here are some pictures of those beat and tortured. Many of these victims tell the same story: they were threatened to admit publicly that “outside” sources had hired them to protest otherwise they were severely beat and tortured.
In typical Islamist projection fashion, the Muslim Brotherhood, which is enlisting the aid of fellow but foreign jihadis, is trying to portray the grassroots revolts against it as a foreign conspiracy.
Nor is there any doubt that the Muslim Brotherhood was always more interested in empowering Islam over improving Egypt—a natural consequence of the Islamist mentality, which sees the triumph of Islam and Muslims, the collective Umma, more important than the triumph of one’s nation and immediate neighbors.
A couple examples: Brotherhood representative Safwat Hegazy—who earlier predicted the group would be “masters of the world”—is more interested in seeing Jerusalem become the capital of the Islamic caliphate than Cairo prospering for Egypt; and the former General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, when pressured to talk more about Egypt and less about Islam, declared “the hell with Egypt,” clearly indicting that the interests of his country are secondary to Islam’s.
Speaking of the General Guide, only recently, more evidence emerged demonstrating that Morsi is little more than a tool of Islamization: although many accused Morsi of simply being a stooge to the General Guide—currently Muhammad Badie, who, as head of the Muslim Brotherhood, has one goal, the enforcement of Sharia in Egypt—Morsi brushed aside such talk, saying he was his own man, that his policies for Egypt would have nothing to do with Brotherhood interests, that he was a president for all Egyptians, etc., etc.
Amazingly, however, a couple days ago on Egyptian satellite TV, a Muslim Brotherhood official actually admitted that “Yes, the General Guide rules Muhammad Morsi,” to a flabbergasted host, who in resignation, said, “Well that’s it; it’s over. What else is there to say?”
Indeed, what else is there to say about an Egyptian president who terrorizes Egyptian citizens into accepting Sharia law?

A source senior JI leader, that the security services had arrested Mohammed al-Zawahiri, the brother of al-Qaeda in the Sinai; then released him after the ministry received instructions from President Mohamed Morsi isolated.

The source added that all relevant agencies monitored the movements of al-Zawahiri during his moves freely in the Delta governorates, specifically Mahalla, Mansoura, East and elsewhere has seen bombings and provinces did not come round yet.

The source confirmed the leading nicknamed بفقيه Jemaah Islamiyah before withdrawing them, the Interior Ministry did not ask the brother of al-Qaeda on the causes and presence of those places or move to Sinai and the purpose of the visit despite the news many echoed the words of the leaders of the Islamists that Zawahiri rebuild jihadists in Egypt; for use in if the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood

كشف مصدر قيادى بارز بالجماعة الإسلامية، أن الأجهزة الأمنية اعتقلت محمد الظواهرى، شقيق تنظيم القاعدة في سيناء؛ ثم أفرجت عنه بعد تعليمات تلقتها الوزارة من الرئيس المعزول محمد مرسي.

وأضاف المصدر أن كل الأجهزة المعنية رصدت تحركات الظواهرى أثناء تحركاته بحرية تامة في محافظات الدلتا وتحديدا المحلة والمنصورة والشرقية وأماكن أخرى شهدت تفجيرات ومحافظات لم يأت الدور عليها بعد.

وأكد المصدر القيادى والملقب بفقيه الجماعة الإسلامية قبل انسحابه منها، أن وزارة الداخلية لم تسأل شقيق تنظيم القاعدة عن أسباب وجوده بتلك الأماكن أو انتقاله إلى سيناء والغرض من الزيارة رغم الأنباء العديدة التي ترددت على لسان قيادات الإسلاميين أن الظواهرى يعيد بناء الجهاديين في مصر؛ لاستخدامهم في حال سقوط نظام الإخوان.

New Evidence Ties Ousted Morsi Government to Al-Qaeda

By Raymond Ibrahim on September 20, 2013 in From The Arab World

Days before the ousting of former Egyptian President Morsi, an Arabic-language report had said that, “al-Qaeda, under the leadership of Muhammad Zawahiri [brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri and a leader of al-Qaeda in Sinai], is currently planning reprisal operations by which to attack the army and the Morsi-opposition all around the Republic [of Egypt].”

Muhammad Zawahiri and Muhammad Morsi: Two faces, one goal

That, of course, happened—and in a dramatic fashion, especially the attacks on the Christian Copts, who were scapegoated by the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda. Indeed, hours before Morsi was ousted, Muhammad Zawahiri had declared that al-Qaeda would wage a jihad to save Morsi and his Islamization agenda for Egypt, adding that:

[I]f matters reach a confrontation, then to be sure, that is in our favor—for we have nothing to lose. And at all times and places where chaos reigns, it’s often to the jihad’s advantage…. for we sold our souls to Allah”—a reference to Koranic verses like 9:111—“and welcome the opportunity to fight to the death.”

Now, a new report confirms that, back when Morsi was still president, Muhammad Zawahiri had been arrested and was being interrogated—only to be ordered released by a presidential order form Morsi. He then fled to the Sinai, where al-Qaeda is stationed, not to mention where Morsi had reportedly earlier summoned thousands of foreign jihadis to come to his aid whenever necessary.
All of which has come to pass, including the fact that many of those eventually arrested for committing acts of violence in Egypt were not even Egyptian, as was clearly demonstrated by their Arabic dialects.
Thus, once again, we see that the differences between the “largely secular” Muslim Brotherhood—in the words of the U.S. director of national intelligence—and “terroristic” al-Qaeda are actually “largely semantic.”

John McCain responds to Putin Op-Ed on Russian Website

AIM Newswire — September 21, 2013
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WASHINGTON — John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona, responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed that made the New York Times as well as front-page news.
Reuters reported that Putin’s op-ed was seen as an affront by some politicians and pundits and McCain’s response was one of many by American leaders.
McCain’s response ran in the Russian news website Pravda.ru as an editorial and criticized Putin for allying himself with a tyrant in Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Putin has protected Assad from international actions (because Russia has an lucrative arms contract with Syria) and put into place a framework for Assad to give up his chemical weapons arsenal in order to remain in power.
That was seen as a weak response by the West, but especially a weak response by U.S. President Barack Obama. Even Syria’s Assad declared “victory” after the agreement was met.
One part of McCain’s op-ed read, regarding Putin:

“He is not enhancing Russia’s global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world”

Russian-U.S. relations have been at its worst under the presidency of Barack Obama, as National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden fled to Russia for asylum and Putin thumbed his nose at Obama. Other issues, regarding arms proliferation and Syria, have muddied relations between the old Cold War foes.

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8 Papa John’s Pizzerias Abruptly Close Without Explanation, Employees May Be Without Pay for Final 2 Weeks

Sep. 21, 2013 10:10am Oliver Darcy

Eight California Papa John’s restaurants in the Sacramento area suddenly closed on Friday, to the surprise of both customers and employees.

“We are sorry to advise you that due to circumstances beyond our control we have been forced to cease operations effective immediately,” read a sign posted on the door of the popular pizzerias Friday, later uploaded to the online-messaging board Reddit.

8 Papa Johns Pizzerias Abruptly Close Without Explanation, Employees May Be Without Pay for Final 2 Weeks

Eight Papa John’s pizzerias closed suddenly without notice on Friday in California. (Credit: Reddit)

The individual that uploaded that sign to Reddit says he was an employee of one of the stores and claims the owners shut down the restaurants without leaving their workers pay for their final two weeks.

“8 Papa John’s Suddenly Close on Payday [sic], leaving myself and 50+ other employees without pay for our last 2 weeks,” the unidentified individual alleged on Reddit, noting later he or she was looking to pursue legal action.

“I cried when I found out,” the individual said, responding to a comment. “Not for me. I’ll be fine. It’s my coworkers. They work there asses off for minimum wage and barely skid by. Some of the full timers live paycheck to paycheck and were expecting to go pick up there checks and pay there bills and whatnot [sic].”

One of the Papa John’s locations closed on Friday. (Credit: Google)

A spokesman for Papa John’s corporate told KXTV the eight stores had been struggling, but that corporate was unaware they would suddenly close.

“We certainly could have helped them look at some other options,” said Darryl Carr.

Carr did not appear to address the alleged lack of payment to employees in his interview with KXTV. A spokesperson was not immediately available to TheBlaze for comment early Saturday.

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