Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases for eating in Ramadan, including five children and two old men.
Breitbart News previously reported the case of two boys “crucified” for eating in Ramadan on 23 June in Deir ez-Zour. For IS the punishment does not necessarily mean execution by nailing or tying victims to a cross. The group uses crosses and bars to pose dead bodies as a means of terrorising local populations or as a means of publicly shaming those who breach the tenets of sharia law as interpreted by IS.
In normal circumstances children do not have to fast during Ramadan. They may be encouraged to practice fasting for part of a day or for one day on the weekend, but it only becomes mandatory when they enter puberty.
The 94 cases were recorded between 22 June and 16 July and took place across the IS-held Syrian governorates of Aleppo, Al-Raqqa and Deir ez-Zour. The punishments were administered in streets and squares in front of crowds of spectators, including children, who SOHR says were encouraged to mock the victims. (Read more from “5 Children Among 94 Crucified, Flogged and Caged by ISIS for Doing This During Ramadan” HERE)
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The new nuclear deal with Iran gives Tehran full legitimacy to engage in further atomic work and will set off a regional nuclear and conventional arms race, a senior Israeli official warned on Friday.
Ram Ben Barak said Iran was plainly still determined to break out to the bomb at a time of its choosing, and that its insistence in the deal on preventing inspectors from gaining instant access to suspect facilities, and on winning the right to continue R&D on fast-enrichment centrifuges, demonstrated that the regime remains committed to attaining nuclear weapons.
Ben Barak, who is director general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry and a leading candidate to be the next head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, told Channel 10 that the 10-year deal between the US-led P5+1 world powers and Iran signed Tuesday, which is aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting harsh international sanctions, is “very bad.”
Ben Barak is one of three candidates vying for the coveted position of Mossad chief, contending with current National Security Council chair Yossi Cohen and an unnamed deputy to current Mossad chief Tamir Pardo. Pardo is slated to step down in January 2016.
“This is a very bad deal,” he told Channel 10, “mainly because it gives Iran legitimacy to engage in nuclear work. Also, in 10 years from now, Iran will be able to enrich uranium to whatever grade it wants and however much it wants, without any limitations.” (Read more from “Iran Deal Will Set off Middle East Nuclear Arms Race, Warns Top Israeli Official” HERE)
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to be as dangerous to mankind as nuclear weapons, a leading pioneer of the technology has claimed.
Professor Stuart Russell, a computer scientist who has led research on artificial intelligence, fears humanity might be ‘driving off a cliff’ with the rapid development of AI.
He fears the technology could too easily be exploited for use by the military in weapons, putting them under the control of AI systems.
He points towards the rapid development in AI capabilities by companies such as Boston Dynamics, which was recently acquired by Google, to develop autonomous robots for use by the military.
Professor Russell, who is a researcher at the University of California in Berkeley and the Centre for the study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University, compared the development of AI to the work that was done to develop nuclear weapons. (Read more from “‘Artificial Intelligence Is as Dangerous as NUCLEAR WEAPONS’: AI Pioneer Warns Smart Computers Could Doom Mankind” HERE)
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An elderly priest was assaulted with his own cane in the parking lot of an East Palo Alto church earlier this week by a suspected methamphetamine user.
Juan Perez, 41, approached 89-year-old priest John Coleman, who was walking with a metal cane in the parking lot of St. Francis De Assisi Church at 1425 Bay Road just before 10 p.m. Monday, according to the district attorney’s office.
Perez allegedly knocked the priest down, took his cane and beat him with it until it broke, prosecutors said. It appears he did not know the victim and there was no reason for the attack.
“I thought I was a goner. All of a sudden this man appeared right there, and very aggressive, yelling, he grabbed me,” Father Coleman said.
Bystander Jose de la Torre tried to stop the beating, but Perez allegedly hit him with the cane as well. He took off running and two brothers chased after him. (Read more from “89-Year-Old Priest Beaten in Front of East Palo Alto Church, Suspect Pleads Not Guilty” HERE)
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By CBS News. A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, killing four Marines and wounding two other service members and a police officer, officials told CBS News.
The shooter also was killed. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the shooting suspect was identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. According to a U.S. law enforcement source, Abdulazeez was born in Kuwait and came to the United States in 1996. It’s unclear if and when he became an American citizen.
A U.S. official told CBS News that Abdulazeez was not on law enforcement radar concerning possible terror links or aspirations. The FBI was not aware of him as being any kind of threat.
Officials will try to find out if Abdulazeez was motivated or influenced by ISIS.
The group has been calling for “lone wolf” style attacks in the U.S. on the military and police during the month of Ramadan, which concludes Friday. Over the Fourth of July holiday, federal law enforcement officials warned of the potential for an attack. (Read more from “Gun-Free Zones Shot Up and 4 Marines Killed in Terrorist Attacks on Chattanooga Military” HERE)
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Obama Praises Islam on Day 4 Marines are Massacred by Muslim Terrorist
On the very day of the Chattanooga massacre, Barrack Hussein Obama issued the following statement in celebration of the Muslim holiday, Eid-ul-Fitr:
Michelle and I would like to extend our warmest wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. As Muslims mark the end of the month, they are reminded that Ramadan is a time to reflect spiritually, build communally, and aid those in need. While Eid marks the end of Ramadan, it marks a new beginning for each individual – a reason to celebrate and express gratitude on this holiday.
For millions of Muslims, the morning of Eid is marked with the call to prayer echoing through cities and towns across the globe. Millions of people head to local mosques for special Eid prayers followed by festive gatherings, gift exchanges, and feasts among friends, neighbors and families. The diversity of traditions paint the vibrant images we see from around the world capturing the spirit and excitement of Eid – colorful dresses or white garments decorating the masses of people standing in lines for prayer, lanterns and ornaments lighting up bazaars and neighborhoods, intricate henna designs painted on hands of young girls and women, and an abundance of delectable foods and aromatic cuisines.
As Muslim Americans celebrate Eid across America, the holiday is a reminder to every American of the importance of respecting those of all faiths and beliefs. This past year New York City Public Schools announced adding Eid to their official school calendars alongside Christmas, Hanukkah and other holidays – an acknowledgement of the great diversity and inclusiveness that adds to the richness of our nation. During this year’s White House Iftar, I had the opportunity to meet inspiring young Muslim Americans who are leading efforts for greater understanding and unity across diverse communities. Following the Iftar, one of the young attendees helped spearhead an effort that raised more than $75,000 for the churches burned in the wake of the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Americans of all faiths and beliefs must stand together to protect our democracy and strengthen our country as a whole.
Michelle and I hope today brings joy to all of your homes, both here in the U.S. and around the world. From my family to yours, Eid Mubarak!
Islamic Terrorist Kills 4 Marines in Terror Attack Targeting Military in Tennessee
By Robert Richardson. An Islamic Terrorist attacked two military recruiting facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee today, killing at least four Marines and wounding a soldier and a police officer.
Although the FBI and the mainstream media immediately tried to deny the attack was terror related, there are a number of reports that ISIS associated twitter accounts started tweeting #CHATTANOOGA right before the shooting started. FBI Special Agent in Charge Ed Reinhold said authorities were still investigating a motive.
Investigators “have not determined whether it was an act of terrorism or whether it was a criminal act,” Ed Reinhold, FBI special agent in charge, told reporters. “We are looking at every possible avenue, whether it was terrorism — whether it was domestic, international — or whether it was a simple, criminal act.” (Read more from this story HERE)
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Famous food companies have been exposed using tissue from aborted babies to make flavor additives in processed foods.
Kraft, PepsiCo, Nestle, work with Semonyx, a California-based that uses aborted embryonic cells to test fake flavoring chemicals.
The aborted human fetal cell line is known as “HEK-293,” and it is used to see how the human palate will react to synthetic flavors. Since most of today’s processed food lacks flavor, companies like Semonyx are hired to develop flavors on their own.
“What they don’t tell the public is that they are using HEK 293 — human embryonic kidney cells taken from an electively aborted baby to produce those receptors,” said Debi Vinnedge of the pro-life group Children of God for Life. “They could have easily chosen animal, insect, or other morally obtained human cells expressing the G protein for taste receptors.” (Read more from “These Famous Food Companies Have Been Caught Using Aborted Babies for Flavor Additives” HERE)
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In the past, Republicans have lacked the resolve or desire to fight the Left on issues that are easy to communicate and resonate with the public. Currently the GOP-controlled Congress is silent in the face of violations of religious freedom. They are silent in the face of Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty and his release of thousands of criminal illegal aliens. Even the murder of Kate Steinle has not spurred any immediate action on sanctuary cities. In light of the Planned Parenthood video depicting trafficking of organs harvested from aborted babies will the GOP-controlled Congress finally stop taxpayer funds for Planned Parenthood?
In their 2011 Pledge to America, House GOP leadership promised the American people that the new GOP majority would end taxpayer funding for abortion [page 28]. Yet, around 30 separate opportunities have passed to defund Planned Parenthood in relevant budget bills and the GOP controlled House failed to deliver on their promise. Now that there is a GOP Senate, surely taxpayer funding for the organ traffickers at Planned Parenthood will end.
Congressional Republicans are upset about the sale of dismembered baby’s body parts, yet many of those same members had no problem voting for Continuing Resolutions, omnibuses, and other appropriation bills that fully fund the actual dismemberment.
Planned Parenthood has performed 6.8 million abortions since 1970, yet in 2013 45% of their budget ($540 million) came from taxpayers in the form of federal and state grants.
Americans are rightfully outraged over the recent video that surfaced this week revealing how Planned Parenthood harvests and traffics the organs of babies after they engage in gruesome killings. The fact that organs are trafficked after the abortion occurs undercuts pro-abortion proponents’ argument that these babies are a “mass of tissue.” How can mass tissue have organs? How can “something” not alive have organs? The House Judiciary Committee plans to conduct a hearing investigating the extent of this barbaric cartel of murder and illegal trafficking. However, what good is a hearing if the GOP ultimately funds Planned Parenthood in the upcoming budget bill? Spare the nation the pomp and bluster of a congressional hearing where members feign outrage in 30-second sound bites messaged for constituents.
Instead of a hearing, start by ceasing the flow of taxpayer funds to an organization that is incentivized to abort babies to then traffic their organs for profit. Is a congressional hearing really needed to tell us that the act of trafficking dismembered baby’s organs is wrong?
As for the Democrats, what happened to the mantra of “Safe, rare, and legal?” Where are the outraged Democrats? Where is Senator Blumenthal? Who prides himself on once being the top cop in Connecticut and in 2013 objected to the Senate passage of a resolution condemning serial killer Kermit Gosnell?
Sadly, this is yet one more vivid illustration that Democrats do not view abortion as a necessary evil but an ideal that must be defended at all costs. Will they stop at nothing in their defense of abortion?
Step back for a moment and ponder the degree of dyslexia of Democrat priorities and their barometer of morality:
Democrats pound the lecterns in the Senate chamber decrying against the waterboarding of the most horrific terrorists for the purpose of obtaining life-saving intelligence. Yet, they heartlessly ignore the cries of fully-formed babies as their organs are harvested by an organization that receives half its funding from taxpayers.
They shed crocodile tears over lethal injection capital punishment for mass murders but defend every last abortion via suctioning – even those that are coming out of the womb, and in some cases, even after the baby is born. They feign outrage over gas guzzlers for polluting the environment, yet continue to refuse to condemn cold-blooded killers like Kermit Gosnell, the abortion “doctor” who was convicted of killing infants alive and hiding their lifeless bodies in trash bins and jars on shelves.
In the end, to Democrats, it is all about the agenda. And if that means winking and nodding at a modern-day version of Moloch in order to advance that agenda, so be it.
But what about the GOP’s agenda? When will they take a stand? After controlling the purse strings in the House, they have funded Planned Parenthood around 30 times.
With a funding fight brewing for this September and the GOP now controlling both chambers of Congress, it should not be difficult to communicate to America: Democrats are trying to shut down the government in order to fund the trafficking of harvested organs from aborted babies.
Will Planned Parenthood be funded for the 31st time since the GOP recaptured the purse strings?
This September, everyone will find out. (“How Many Times Has GOP House Funded Planned Parenthood?”, originally posted HERE)
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Woman Involved in Bruce Jenner’s Car Crash Decries ESPY Award
By Des Bieler. Caitlyn Jenner made news Wednesday night when she took the stage at the ESPYs to receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Some found her words powerful and moving while some questioned why she was there in the first place.
Count Jessica Steindorff among those who thought that the award should have gone to someone else. She was among those involved, as was Jenner, in a February traffic accident in Malibu, Calif., that claimed a woman’s life.
Steindorff is suing Jenner over the incident, as are the stepchildren of the woman, Kim Howe, who died. Steindorff had this to say to Entertainment Tonight about the former Olympic gold medalist and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star receiving the award:
“I find it difficult to understand how the culture we live in can honor a person who is responsible for taking a life and injuring several others with both an award and a reality show,” Steindorff told ET. “For an individual who is such a positive role model in many aspects of her life, Caitlyn has failed to do the right thing and take responsibility for her actions.”
“I would hope that someone who seems to greatly value the importance of human existence would be more sensitive to the fact that she ended another person’s life. Sadly we are living in a tabloid society,” she added.
(Read more from “Woman Involved in Bruce Jenner’s Car Crash Decries ESPY Award” HERE)
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The ESPY Bruce Jenner Courage Award Spectacle
By Norvell Rose. It was indeed a spectacle. But the fallout from Wednesday night’s ESPY Award presented to Caitlyn Jenner — the transgendered woman formerly known as Bruce — is certainly not what a cable net that relies on its fans for success wants to see. The homepage homage to Caitlyn’s “courage” has been blasted with sharply negative comments on the ESPN website.
Western Journalism published a pre-show piece on the Arthur Ashe Courage Award given to Jenner — that post was entitled “Receiving The ‘Courage’ Award From ESPN Could Be The Worst Thing To Happen To Caitlyn Jenner.” Ironically, putting the used-to-be-a-man cultural celebrity in the center-stage spotlight during the nationally televised ABC show last night may have been pretty bad for ESPN as well…if posted reaction is any indicator.
Among the many news outlets gushing with morning-after praise about the high-profile award and Jenner’s long acceptance speech is The Washington Post. The paper noted that Jenner’s moment (actually many moments) in the spotlight was among the “Best of the 2015 ESPYs.”
Then, there are comments such as the following about Jenner’s tearful celebration of self and emotional plea for acceptance of other transgendered people:
“…to give an award like the Arthur Ashe award for Courage to a guy that just feels he’s a woman or whatever the case may be is an absolute travesty and a total misuse and black mark for that award.” (Read more from “Ouch: ESPN’s Decision to Give ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner the Courage Award Just Backfired Big Time” HERE)
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Peter Berg, Friday Night Lights TV Series Producer, Shares “Hateful” Meme about Bruce Jenner
According to the Examiner, producer Peter Berg shared on his Instagram account a “hateful meme” about “Caitlyn” Jenner by comparing him to a true American hero, double-amputee Colonel Gregory Gadson. (Col. Gadson is a West Point classmate of Restoring Liberty Publisher Joe Miller) Here’s the image shared by Berg:
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Kelly Carlson is a proud, gun-touting gal, and she’s not afraid to speak about it.
“Owning a firearm … was life-changing for me because women for sure, but even men too can be in a very, very vulnerable position with no options if you have intruders or any scenario where you’re being dominated physically,” Carlson told FOX411 about buying a gun after experiencing traumatizing security breaches. “[A firearm] is the only equalizer you have. … It’s crucial for people to look at it from a logical standpoint and take the emotions out of it because one needs to have that option to save them.”
The Nip/Tuck actress recalled how a person in her past had stalked her in 2012, going as far as hiring people to break into her home repeatedly and tap her phones. She disclosed also that a family member of hers was murdered with a firearm, “and not for a second did anyone think in my family to champion stricter gun laws.” (Read more from “Actress: Owning a Firearm “Was Life-Changing for Me” HERE)
Hand sanitizer causes the skin to absorb 100 times more of the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA), according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri and published in the journal PLOS ONE.
BPA exposure [also] came from handling receipts printed on thermal paper, the kind typically issued by cash registers.
“Our research found that large amounts of BPA can be transferred to your hands and then to the food you hold and eat as well as be absorbed through your skin,” lead author Frederick vom Saal said.
Research had previously shown that hand sanitizers cause the skin to absorb higher levels of chemicals, but this had not previously been demonstrated with BPA . . .
“BPA exhibits hormone-like properties and has been proven to cause reproductive defects in fetuses, infants, children and adults as well as cancer, metabolic and immune problems in rodents,” vom Saal said. “BPA from thermal papers will be absorbed into your blood rapidly; at those levels, many diseases such as diabetes and disorders such as obesity increase as well.” (Read more from “You May Not Want to Use Hand Sanitizer If You Are a Man, Here’s Why” HERE)
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