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July, 2011:

More Evidence US, NATO, Handing Libya To Islamists, Like Mustafa Abdel Jalil

Jul 30th, 2011
by EdTroy.
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Several months ago I wrote about how it was pretty clear that Mustafa Abdel Jalil was an Islamist; he clearly has the mark of the Islamist, his pronounced zebiba. Now, there is further evidence that he is an Islamist, and that the United States and NATO through their stupidity, lack of knowledge of Islam, political correctness, or all three, are handing the reigns of government in yet another Muslim nation to the Islamists. As I predicted in another article, Egypt is now pretty firmly in the hands of the Islamists, and the “government” that finally results in that country will not be a democracy in any sense that could be understood by the modern, Western, civilized world, but a 7th century Sharia state, just like Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, and, soon, Yemen, Ivory Coast, Syria, and Libya.

It has been reported by several sources that Abdel Fattah Younes was executed by “Islamists” in Libya. While Jalil claims that he was murdered by unknown assailants after being summoned to Benghazi for questioning by his self-proclaimed new Libyan government, Debkafile is reporting that it was Jalil, himself, who ordered the execution because he saw Younes as a moderate potential candidate for leadership in the new Libya, thus acting as competition to the Islamist side represented by Jalil. (Washington and Europe clearly do not seem to recognize him as an Islamist, despite the clearly visible zebiba on his forehead that  marks him as an Islamist. You don’t get that by being a “moderate” Muslim, as I explained in my earlier article about him.)

Clearly, he was executed by people he trusted while he was being taken to Benghazi under orders from the new government, which is headed by Jalil, as explained in an article from Reuters.

The assassination of Abdel Fattah Younes, apparently by his own side, has hurt the opposition just as it was winning broader international recognition and launching an offensive against Gaddafi’s forces in the west of the country.

After 24 hours of confusion, rebel minister Ali Tarhouni said Younes had been killed by fighters who went to fetch him from the front and that his bullet-riddled and partially burned body was found at ranch near the rebel capital of Benghazi.

Later, the article goes on.

Younes knew and trusted the men who came to fetch him and went without a struggle when they explained they had a judge’s order to take him to Benghazi for questioning, the rebels said.

No matter who killed Younes, it is clear that the West has no clue as to what it is doing in the Muslim world. We wasted trillions of dollars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq only to see them remain backward, 7th century Sharia states in the cases of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and as soon as we leave Iraq, we will see it regress from a relatively modern, generally secular state, to a Sharia state that is primarily a satellite of Iran.

 

Oil Jizya Imposed On South Sudan By Sudan: $22.80/Barrel

Jul 25th, 2011
by EdTroy.
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South Sudan formed its own nation recently because its mostly Christian and Animist population could not tolerate being third-class citizens under the boot of Islam that was imposed on them by the predominantly Muslim population in the northern portion of Sudan. But, it seems they have not completely escaped their dhimmitude status, along with the jizya that is imposed on non-Muslims by Muslims, even though the non-Muslims now have their own country!. (For those who don’t know, jizya is the  protection money, that non-Muslims must pay if they want to live in a Muslim nation without the going along with the other two choices, which are to convert to Islam or to be killed.

Sudan needs the jizya because it is a financial basket case, like most Muslim nations, unless they happen to have oil that other people can take out of the ground and export for them. (Historically, Muslims have not been very industrious, to say the least. Even in Wealthy Muslim nations like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the unemployment rate among the actual citizens is extremely high. This is because their education consists, primarily, of useless exercises like memorizing the Koran. Also, they often feel superior to non-Muslims, and thus feel that work is beneath their destiny; better to hire others to work.)

Anyway, now that South Sudan is an independent country, and the north is faced with staggering budget deficits (for a country with their population and “economy”).  According to an article in Isria:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated that Sudan will have an annual budgetary gap of about USD 5.4 billion. The minister for Peace and CPA Implementation, Hon Pagan Amum, explained the Republic of South Sudan had proposed to help its neighbor to seal the gap by providing USD 1.6 billion (34 percent of the deficit) but the Sudan has rejected the offer.

He also reported that Sudan has claimed that it will incur an annual loss of USD 15 billion occasioned by cessation of wealth sharing arrangement with the South. He said that the variance between this figure and the one provided by the IMF can only be explained by the fact that the North used to take a lion’s share of the oil resources through underhand mechanisms.

So, what is the north to do, now that their dhimmis have done what they almost always do, which is to leave? (This is why there are so few non-Muslims living in predominantly Muslim nations. The rules imposed on them are so draconian that they eventually either convert to Islam, or leave.)

According to the above article, as well as Stratfor, Sudan has proposed a $22.8 US dollar per barrel fee for oil from South Sudan to be shipped through the pipeline that was constructed for the benefit of people in both the southern and northern portions of Sudan. As further reported in the article:

He said that this rate is outrageous and does not tally with the rates elsewhere in the world. He cited the case of Cameroon which charges Chad USD .41 (41 cents) for exporting oil through it. He said that even in Europe, the highest rates are still below USD 2 for the longest pipelines.

South Sudan does have options, like shipping through neighboring countries, but the infrastructure is not in place. (Plus, my understanding is that most of those neighboring countries are Muslim, or strongly Muslim leaning, so they may side with the Sudanese government and impose similarly ridiculous fees.)

Where’s The Outrage? 105,000 Christians Killed Each Year For Their Faith

Jul 16th, 2011
by EdTroy.
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I was  shocked by an article that I recently read.  According to the article, 105,000 Christians are murdered each year for being Christians. This does not include victims of civil wars or wars between nations. It is the number killed simply for admitting that they are Christians!

Where is the outrage? Where is the main stream media on this story? Where is the United Nations? Of course, we know the answers. Since most of the Christians who are killed are killed by Muslims, members of the supposed “religion of peace”, nobody dares to talk about it. After all, if you say something that upsets these peaceful Muslims, we know from 1300 years of history that they may go on the war path and riot, burn, loot, murder, rape, and pillage. So, the main stream media won’t touch the story. The UN won’t, either, since it is largely dominated by the OIC, the 57 member Organization of the Islamic Conference, which is dedicated to guiding the world to domination by, and submission to, Islam. Christians around the world need to wake up to this unspoken atrocity.

And, you are being told to wake up by an atheist. Personally, I think of  religion as a silly waste of time, money, and effort, since they are all so plainly the result of the fears and ignorance of ancient men (and I mean men). Also, their myths, lies, and legends are often based on stories from ancient Greek mythology. How many Christians realize that virgin birth at Christmas and the murder and rising from the dead 3 days later at Easter are common themes in ancient Greek (and Hindu) mythology? Probably not many. But, people have a right to believe whatever they want to believe, as long as those beliefs don’t affect official public policy or the freedoms and beliefs of other people. While Christians generally keep their beliefs to themselves, excepting for a few annoying people who come to your door with close-cropped hair and dark suits, Muslims certainly do not. They believe it is their duty to spread Islam throughout the world, by force if necessary, until there are no people but Muslims.

We’ve all heard how the Middle East is awakening to democracy. Unfortunately, this too is a lie put forth by the main stream media, since they either are too clueless to really understand what is happening, or too politically correct to report on the truth. I wrote an article a few months ago pointing out that what was happening in the Middle East was not a drive to democracy, but a drive to the total Islamization of the Middle East. Of course, now my statements are becoming obvious to many, although most people are still under the misguided notion that the Middle East is moving towards modern, liberal democracy, as understood in the West. The only way the movement can be declared a democratic movement is if you consider the people as voting for what they think they want and getting it, because what they want is Islam and Sharia law, and that is what they are getting. Unfortunately for them and the rest of the world, Islam is a totalitarian, barbaric, misogynistic ideology, and it totally rejects democracy. After all, democracy is rule of the people by the people; Islam is total submission to the “rule” of Allah. People are nothing but insignificant cogs in the wheel of Islam. And, if you are not a Muslim, you are either dhimmis (third class citizens), or you must be executed. (Muslim women are second class citizens under Sharia.)

Now that some of the strong-men who tried to keep the people in Muslim nations under control (necessarily by force), like Mubarak, are gone, and other similar rulers like Gaddafi and  al-Assad will soon be gone, the Muslim Brotherhood is slowly, but surely, taking over. We see Islamists like Mustafa Abdel-Jalil taking control in Libya. We see Christian churches and homes being burned with abandon in Egypt, and Christians are being beaten and killed in Egypt and other Muslim nations where the Muslims are feeling liberated to do what they want without government interference.

It is time that people wake up to the existential threat posed by Islam. Think about how much better the world would be without Islam. How much better would our economy be if we had not pissed away almost $3 trillion dollars in useless, misguided wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan? Think about the fact that almost 75% of wars in the world, today, are because of Islam. Think about the fact that, on average, one Christian is being killed every 5 minutes because of their faith, and the killer is almost always a Muslim.

Congress Really Does Think You Are Stupid

Jul 8th, 2011
by EdTroy.
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Of course, if you are a product of the “educational” system in the United States over the last 30 years or so, since the Department of Education and the Democrats took over the “educational” system, you probably are stupid. After all, it is not in the interest of the Democrats and their failed socialist and perverted social engineering policies to have an educated populace. If the populace was educated, it would see through the smoke and mirrors and realize what was really going on.

But, today I saw this article “Boiling Frog Alert: Congress Wants Automatic Wage Deductions To Pay Down The Debt“. Although it really sounded like a spoof from The Onion, it really is a bill that really was introduced to the Congress of the United States on July 6, 2011. (HR 2411)

According to the article,  HR 2411, “Reduce America’s Debt Now Act of 2011” was introduced on July 6.

HR 2411 states that every worker in America should be able to voluntarily have a portion of his/her wages automatically withheld and sent directly to the Treasury Department for the purposes of paying down the federal debt.

“Every employer making payment of wages shall deduct and withhold upon such wages any amounts so elected, and shall pay such amounts over to the Secretary of the Treasury…”

So, if this ridiculous piece of legislation is passed, there will have to be a whole new set of IRS regulations to make sure that employers are forced to waste more time and effort on paperwork for a stupid and hopeless cause. Lets face it, the United States is a bankrupt banana republic; the only reason we are not seeing the events in Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Great Britain and Spain repeated here (so far) is that the dollar is the world’s reserve currency. Also, unlike the individual “nations” in the European Union, the United States can print all of the money that it wants to print so as to avoid default.  The dollar will probably not be the world’s reserve currency much longer, however, especially after our debt is downgraded. The United States is bankrupt. It is in debt to the tune of $60 to $100+ trillion dollars, depending on who you talk to. With a GDP that is only about $15 trillion and growing very slowly, and that will almost certainly  fall in the near future because of Obama’s wrong-headed Keynesian economic policies (which have been proven losers over history), and with interest and current obligations rapidly approaching the total GDP, the idea that we can some how pay off the debt is ludicrous.  But, the article gets even better, in that it states that any contribution that an especially stupid person chooses to make is not tax deductible!

HR 2411 stipulates that any contribution made to the Treasury in order to pay down the federal debt IS NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

“The [Treasury] Secretary shall include. . . a reasonably conspicuous statement that any amounts deducted and withheld from wages. . .  are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes.”

Imagine this scenario: You make $100,000/year. In a fit of complete insanity, you decide that you want to withhold your entire annual salary to pay down the debt. Hey, you can always move in with mom for the next year, right?

Towards the end of the article, the author brings up a very appropriate quotation from Atlas Shrugged (that I think should be required reading for all Americans, and especially those in Congress.)

“[W]hen you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . . you may know that your society is doomed.”