BLOG OF THE WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 2012   CATCHIN' ON

~ Feel the love?  ’Fork neither. ~

“Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son Hamed were each found guilty of murdering Shafia's three teenage daughters and wife. Their bodies were found in a car submerged in an Ontario canal in 2009.

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“Prosecutors said the defendants allegedly killed the three teenage sisters because they dishonored the family by defying its disciplinarian rules on dress, dating, socializing and going online. Shafia’s first wife was living with him and his second wife. The polygamous relationship, if revealed, could have resulted in their deportation.

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 “ ‘It is difficult to conceive of a more despicable, more heinous crime … the apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that the four completely innocent victims offended your completely twisted concept of honor … that has absolutely no place in any civilized society.’

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“The prosecution presented wire taps and cell phone records from the Shafia family in court. In one phone conversation, the father says his daughters “betrayed us immensely.”

“The wiretaps, which capture Shafia spewing vitriol about his dead daughters, calling them treacherous and whores and invoking the devil to defecate on their graves, were a focal point of the trial.”

“Faith Muslim Family Found Guilty in Canadian Honor Killings” by Madeleine Morgenstern, theblaze.com, January 29, 2012

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“Luda!
She could go lower than i ever really thought she could,
Face down, ass up!”

Battle of the Sexes: “How Low Can You Go” by Ludacris a/k/a Christopher Brian Bridges, released March 9, 2010, Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings.

 

“[I]f killing were wrong just because it is causing death or the loss of life, then the same principle would apply with the same strength to pulling weeds out of a garden. If it is not immoral to weed a garden, then life as such cannot really be sacred, and killing as such cannot be morally wrong.”

“Health Shock Article: Bioethicists Suggest Killing Someone With ‘No Autonomy Left’ Is Not Morally Wrong” by Liz Klimas, wnd.com, January 30, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-article-bioethicists-suggest-killing-someone-with-no-autonomy-left-is-not-morally-wrong/

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~ You don’t know our enemy.

Your friends don’t know you. ~

~ Thou shalt know thine enemy or submit ~

“The general who made comments some consider disparaging to Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a progressive veterans’ advocacy group — VoteVets.org — along with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) asked the Army chief of staff to rescind the invitation.

“Last week The Blaze reported VoteVets.org told Gen. Raymond Odierno in a letter that allowing retired Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin to speak at West Point next week would be anathema to Army values and disrespectful to Muslim cadets.

“Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin was the Pentagon’s senior military intelligence official until 2004, when he was reprimanded for remarks comparing the war against radical Islam to a Christian struggle against Satan and for saying Muslims worship idols and not ‘a real God,’ according to the Washington Post. He has also said he believes no mosques should be built in America and has called Islam ‘a totalitarian way of life.’
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“Boykin, an ordained minister who speaks around the country, was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a West Point prayer breakfast.
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“ ‘These remarks are incompatible with the Army values, and a person who is incompatible with Army values should not address the cadets of the United States Military Academy,’ VoteVets chairman Jon Soltz said in a letter written with the group’s vice chairman.
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“ ‘It gives Islamophobes a platform at the nation’s most prestigious military academy. And I doubt that they would invite a KKK speaker and claim that they want to expose the students to a variety of opinions,’ said Awad.”

“Faith Update: CAIR Applauds West Point Prayer Breakfast Withdrawal of General Critical of Islam” by Tiffany Gabbay, theblaze.com, January 30, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-cair-applauds-west-point-prayer-breakfast-withdrawal-of-general-critical-of-islam/

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~ Hear, see, and speak about no evil makes you evil by your own denial and ignorance ~

“Attorney Irion, in this follow-up letter from his Liberty Legal Foundation, pointed out: ‘Yesterday President Obama completely ignored a court subpoena, and the world shrugged.’

“Yes, Obama shrugged, and the media has shrugged along.  Irion further noted:

Obama's behavior yesterday is even more disturbing than Nixon's. Nixon at least respected the judicial branch enough to have his attorneys show up in court and follow procedure[.] ...

"Nixon acknowledged the authority of the judicial branch even while he fought it. Obama, on the other hand, essentially said yesterday that the judicial branch has no power over him. He ordered his attorneys to stay away from the hearing. He didn't petition a higher court in a legitimate attempt to stay the hearing[.] ... Rather than respecting the legal process, Obama went around the courts and tried to put political pressure directly on the Georgia Secretary of State. When that failed, he simply ignored the judicial branch completely.

“It is disconcerting to see that the president, whose primary duty is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, has turned his back on the rule of law of one of those states.  Especially, as Sunny uncomfortably reminded us, since this is the same president who routinely sidesteps the law or places himself above it. 

“Even more troubling is the fact that the mainstream media not only seems to approve -- but they fail to report it at all.”

[Ed.:  ’Fork thinks that this article is worth a close read throughout.] “Media Blackout in Obama Georgia Ballot Eligibility Case” By Cindy Simpson, americanthinker.com, January 30, 2012

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/media_blackout_in_obama_georgia_ballot_eligibility_case.html

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~ Democracy, Egyptian style ~

“Americans barred from leaving Egypt seek refuge at US embassy in Cairo:  Three US citizens move into embassy as tensions mount over Egyptian crackdown on pro-democracy and human rights groups” by Ben Quinn and agencies, guardian.co.uk, January 30, 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/30/americans-barred-egypt-cairo-embassy

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~ Sworn to do evil, ya think? ~

~ The Executive fat lady can't see her feet for stepping good ~

“Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of a massive citywide drug and weapons gang raid.

“Trouble is, Sanchez lives in apartment 2R.

“The suspect they were after is in 2F.

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“Sanchez says they left her on the floor for 35 minutes, with her daughter screaming for her mommy in the other room.

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“Eventually the feds figured out they were in the wrong spot and they arrested the suspect they were after in the next door apartment.”

“FBI Uses Chainsaw In Raid On Wrong Fitchburg” Apartment By Jim Armstrong, WBZ-TV, cbslocal.com, January 31, 2012

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/fbi-uses-chainsaw-in-raid-on-wrong-fitchburg-apartment/

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~ Earthlings hath no profanity like secular savants saving others from their own salvation. ~

“Christian student organizations at Vanderbilt University may be forced to go underground or meet in secret after university officials doubled down on a policy that bans student religious groups from requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs, according to a law professor at the university.

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“Swain said what is happening to Christian students at Vanderbilt is scary, accusing the university of bullying people of faith.

“Swain said the university forced the Christian Legal Society to remove Bible verses and the words “Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior” from their constitution.

“We tried to work with the university,” she said. “We made numerous compromises; even taking out the faith statement about Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.”

“But Swain said they drew a line in the sand when Vanderbilt ‘said that Christian leaders could not be asked to lead Bible study or worship.’

“That’s a key function of a Christian leader in a Christian organization,’ she said.

“Fortune denied the university was going after Christians.

“ ‘We don’t see that we are targeting Christians or religious organizations,’ she said. ‘It is our hope and our desire and our goal to work with every registered student organization that they can come into compliance.’ ”

“University Defends Crackdown on Religious Groups” by Todd Starns, foxnews.com, February 1, 2012

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/university-defends-crackdown-on-religious-groups.html

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~ File:  Definitive Bigot, A Case Study; or Definitive Racist, A Case Study; or both ~

~ File:  Definitive FIMHUB, A Case Study ~

~ Dem boyz be dubble dum bouts d’ere place, ya knows, d’ere sitiation. ~

 “ ‘He [West] just seems clueless now that he has climbed aboard ship. He‘s climbed this ladder of opportunity that was constructed by so many of his ancestors’ sweat, sacrifice, blood, you know they did everything they could for his generation to be successful,’ Rep. Moran said.

“ ‘But now that he’s climbed on board ship, instead of reaching down and steadying the ladder, he wants to push it off. ‘I’m up here. If you’re not with me, too bad.’ And President Obama, fortunately, is the kind of guy that says ‘I was very fortunate to get where I am and I’m going to spend my life trying to steady that ladder of opportunity by reducing college tuition and training our workers, trying to get a decent job for everybody. Making sure that while I’m African-American, it really doesn’t matter. What matters is my commitment to public service, my love for this country and I’m going to leave a constructive legacy,’ he said.”

“Finance Rep. Moran: Allen West ‘Is Not Representative of the African-American Community’ ”by Becket Adams, theblaze.com, February 1, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/escalation-media-criticism-against-rep-west-continues/

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~ File:  One big jackboot, one small neck. ~

“Police in Calumet City were defending their actions Wednesday after officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, who has a form of autism, after he threatened them with a knife.

“Stephon Watts’ family said he suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome — a high-functioning form of autism — and attention deficit disorder.

“As CBS 2′s Susanna Song and WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller report, they claimed the boy was only holding a butter knife. Police would only describe it as a ‘kitchen knife.’ ”

“Family Furious After Calumet City Police Shoot, Kill Boy With Autism” by Anon., cbslocal.com,

February 1, 2012, Updated 02/02/12 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/01/boy-15-shot-dead-by-police-in-calumet-city/

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~ OK.  OK.  It’s the suit.  It’s not what’s in it.  Good point.  Like sorta kinda like ‘it’s the content of the cloth and it’s not the content of the character it’s draping.  Good point. ~

“Holder was on Capitol Hill to testify in an ongoing congressional probe into the failed Operation Fast and Furious, in which weapons sold to Mexican drug cartels were not tracked, resulting in the deaths of hundreds, including a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

According to National Review Online, Holder was responding to a ‘grandstanding presentation’ by Republican Congressman Raul Labrador that ‘cobbled together testimony from Holder going back ten years to establish a ‘pattern’ of Holder saying, in effect, ‘I don’t know’ in testimony.’

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“ ‘And if you don‘t like me that’s one thing. You should respect the fact that I hold an office that is deserving of respect.’ ”

“Politics Holder Berates Rep. During Hearing: ‘Maybe This Is the Way You Do Things in Idaho or Wherever You’re From’ ” by Madeleine Morgenstern, theblaze.com, February 2, 2012 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/holder-berates-rep-during-hearing-maybe-this-is-the-way-you-do-things-in-idaho-or-wherever-youre-from/

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~ What a ride and you gotta go the full course.  First, you get it that fascism is everywhere, everywhere.  Then you get recommended to diversify, to flee.  In ‘Fork’s opinion, this guy oughta diversity and go away – he’s right:  he doesn’t know what it means to be an American.  Good for him. ~

“I am perfectly serious when I tell you that I no longer know what it means to be an American – the principles we stand for have become blurred, to say the least. To me, it appears that there is a large and seriously deranged subset of people living in this country without any moral compass whatsoever.”

[Ed.:  Read EVERY word.] “Zeitgeist of Zealotry” by David Galland, caseyreserch.com, February 3, 2012

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/zeitgeist-zealotry

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BONUS:

~ Ed.:  In ’Fork’s opinion, this ‘muck up’ rant by The Other Big O is paramount evil in hubris and deceit. ~

“Obama presses Congress not to ‘muck up’ growing economy:  Seizes on jobs data while pushing plan to help veterans” By Dave Boyer, The Washington Times, February 3, 2012

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/3/obama-presses-congress-not-muck-growing-economy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Please see: 

I Can’t Take It Anymore! When Will The Government Quit Putting Out Fraudulent Employment Statistics? By anon, theeconomiccollapseblog.com, undated [but likely end of last week]

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/50-things-every-american-should-know-about-the-collapse-of-the-economy

plus

“Politics Painting of Obama Trampling Constitution Resurfaces, Artist‘s New Work Tells ’Enslaved‘ Americans to ’Wake Up!’ by Tiffany Gabbay, theblaze.com, February 3, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/controversial-painting-of-obama-trampling-constitution-resurfaces-artists-new-work-tells-enslaved-americans-to-wake-up/

and the seminal . . .

“McNaughton Fine Art Company”

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/ 
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~ Another prince of evil – bought and paid for – signed, sealed, and delivered – ya think? ~

~ You sayin' 'Catchin' on?'  Not so much among their own kind. ~

“Georgia Judge Rejects Attempt To Keep Obama Off Ballot” by Veronica Harrell, cbslocal.com, February 3, 2011

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/georgia-judge-rejects-attempt-to-keep-obama-off-ballot/  
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~ Class:  Write a simple, declarative sentence in reply to one or more of the following questions, regarding this article excerpt below:  Does it embarrass you?  Does it insult you?  Does it make you sad?  Can meds alone be the causal relationship?  Can meds alone end this blither-blather?  Is this representative of danger from within?  Do you think that a court of law needs whack-jobs, in order to be fair and balanced?  Is this an expression of fairness?  Is this representative of a mental health issue?  Is this an expression of balanced?  What would Lara Logan say about this?  What would Jack Coughlin say about this?  What would The Other Big O say about this?  What would Baal say about this? ~

“Ginsburg wrapped up a State Department-sponsored visit to Egypt on Wednesday with a public seminar at the Cairo University law school. The 78-year-old Ginsburg told students she was inspired by last year‘s protests that led to the end of Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

“ ‘This is the most wonderful time in which to live and be among the young people who are helping your country and bringing about change during this exceptional transitional period to a real democratic state,’ Ginsburg said, according to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. ‘Think of the people who lived before you and did not have this opportunity because they lived under a dictatorial regime.’ ”

 “Faith ‘A Real Democratic State’: Justice Ginsburg Praises the Arab Spring During Visits to Egypt & Tunisia” by Billy Hallowell, theblaze.com, February 2, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-real-democratic-state-justice-ginsburg-praises-the-arab-spring-during-visits-to-egypt-tunisia/