NORTH KOREA AVOIDING SANCTIONS:
NIKKI HALEY & MIKE POMPEO GIVE
URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE
Saturday, July 21, 2018
HUNGARY PROTECTING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
HUNGARY PROTECTING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
DR. STEVE TURLEY REPORTS
SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, PA: COUPLE PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING BIBLE STUDY, WORSHIP ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMIT UNDER THREAT OF DAILY FINES
SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, PA: COUPLE PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING BIBLE STUDY, WORSHIP
ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMIT
UNDER THREAT OF DAILY FINES
BY HEATHER CLARK
SEE: https://christiannews.net/2018/07/20/couple-prohibited-from-hosting-bible-study-worship-on-property-without-permit-under-threat-of-fines/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, Pa. — A Pennsylvania couple has filed a legal challenge after being prohibited from hosting Bible studies, worship gatherings and other Christian retreats and fundraisers on their property without a permit under the threat of fines of $500 per day.
According to a lawsuit filed by the Independence Law Center, Scott and Theresa Fetterolf have been conducting the events on their Sewickley Heights property since 2003, carrying on a practice held by the previous owner, who for decades permitted the 35-acre farm to be used for Bible studies, seminary board meetings, youth events, fundraisers for churches and other Christian gatherings.
In October, the Fetterolfs received a “Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order” from borough officials, asserting that the ongoing numerous activities, being in a “historical-rural residential district,” violated a zoning ordinance that states that a “place of worship or assembly” must apply for a conditional use permit.
A “place of worship or assembly” is defined under Ordinance 294 as a “building, structure, and/or lot where people regularly observe, practice, or participate in religious or spiritual services, meetings, and/or activities or that is designed (or adapted) for the assembly or collection of persons for civic, political, religious, educational, social, recreational, and amusement purposes.”
The Notice of Violation also claimed that the Bible studies can be categorized as a “special or studio school,” and that a fee-based conditional use permit would also be needed for each “class.”
A studio school is defined under Ordinance 294 as a “small scale facility, typically accommodating one group of students at a time, in no more than one instructional space offering specialized instruction, including for purposes of example but not limitation, individual and group instruction in the arts, production rehearsals, musical recitals, martial arts training, and yoga and aerobics instruction.”
The Fetterolfs do not believe that using their farm for Christian gatherings—which, in addition to Bible studies and prayer meetings, include annual picnics for a local seminary, fundraisers for the Billy Graham Library, and occasional youth group events—constitutes the creation of a “place of worship” or a “studio school,” as the property is primarily used as their personal residence and for agriculture.
“A church, synagogue, or mosque would be the prototypical ‘place of worship,’ explaining why a ‘place of worship’ is not even listed on the table of what are considered accessory uses within any of the zones within the borough,” the legal complaint argues, “since they would not by nature be anything but a primary use.”
The Fetterolfs ceased hosting Bible studies and worship on their property upon receiving the letter, and lodged an appeal, which has resulted in a number of ongoing hearings before borough officials. Both the Zoning Hearing Board and the Borough have stated that they have no power to lift the cease and desist order.
The couple has consequently taken the matter to the courts to seek legal intervention.
“The Fetterolfs wish to begin religious activities again, including Bible studies, prayer meetings for a small number of guests, a church youth group twice in the summer (40 guests), a youth leader brunch (10-12 guests), a labor day picnic for the seminary (100 guests), and a fundraiser for the Billy Graham Library in September (250 guests),” the legal challenge outlines.
It contends that while religious activities are subject to a conditional use permit, the same rules have not been applied to similar properties that have hosted “bonfires, Child Health Association meetings, Harry Potter parties, Royal wedding parties, Farm to Table events, Heart Association fundraisers, political fundraisers, birthday parties, equestrian club meetings, book club meetings, baby showers, garden club meetings, football game parties, and graduation parties. ”
“There is no compelling interest in prohibiting Bible studies, meetings where religious songs are sung, religious retreats/fellowship, and religious fundraisers, especially when secular counterparts of these activities are permitted,” the lawsuit opines.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Fetterolfs also conduct commercial activities on their farm, including “a yarn and wool shop, sales of cut flowers and fresh honey, a weekly produce stand, educational classes, and other programs.” The information is not cited in the lawsuit and it is not clear whether any of those activities are of issue with the Borough.
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SEE ALSO: https://pafamily.org/
Friday, July 20, 2018
TURKISH GOVERNMENT USING U.S. MOSQUES TO SPREAD "ISLAMIST-NATIONALISTIC FERVOR"
TURKISH GOVERNMENT USING U.S. MOSQUES TO SPREAD
"ISLAMIST-NATIONALISTIC FERVOR"
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/turkish-government-using-us-mosques-to-spread-islamist-nationalistic-fervor; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
It is widely known that Saudi-funded mosques pose a threat due to their spread of Wahhabi ideology. Now Turkey, with its dreams of reviving the Ottoman Empire, is spreading its jihadist ideology through its own mosques in the U.S.:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just in Turkey but here in the U.S., according to experts who believe he’s determined to spread his controversial brand of Islamist-nationalistic fervor through a network of mosques and religious centers.
These mosques need to be monitored. This shouldn’t even be controversial. Catholic churches were surveilled in Italy in Mafia investigations — and not only in Italy but also in New York City.
It is long overdue that mosques be surveilled, given the likelihood that many are promoting the jihad ideology. What’s stopping the surveillance of mosques? The fear of Muslim Brotherhood-linked lobbies screaming “Islamophobia.”
“These mosques are not places of worship,” charged David L. Phillips, Director for the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. “They are centers for political mobilization functioning like madrasas, distorting Islamic [sic] and radicalizing youth.”
The West is finished, unless it starts to treat the defense against the global jihad as what it is: a war.
“Critics say Turkish government using US mosques to play politics, spy on foes,” by Hollie McKay, Fox News, July 17, 2018:
________________________________________________________Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just in Turkey but here in the U.S., according to experts who believe he’s determined to spread his controversial brand of Islamist-nationalistic fervor through a network of mosques and religious centers.Some of that concern is focused on the Diyanet Center of America (DCA), a mosque and Islamic center in Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. The DCA was built with the strong support and funding from the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, which under the 15-year Erdogan administration has pushed for the building of mosques and Islamic centers around the world.Erdogan himself attending the opening of the $110 million center in 2016. But while the DCA’s primary goal, according to its website, is to “providing religious services without regard to politics,” critics say that’s not the case.“These mosques are not places of worship,” charged David L. Phillips, Director for the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. “They are centers for political mobilization functioning like madrasas, distorting Islamic [sic] and radicalizing youth.”Poised in a quiet neighborhood in the town of Lanham, Md., across the road from a small church and a cluster of humble homes, the DCA fills an entire block, with a series of impressive buildings. And it’s from this location that critics say the Turkish government spreads Erdogan’s brand of Islam, spies and gathers information for his national intelligence service, and tracks Turkish-Americans who they suspect of following Fetullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based cleric and one-time ally the president has named public enemy number one in Turkey. ….
TOUR OF DYANET CENTER
PARIS: ALGERIAN MEN PUNCH WOMAN, BEAT UP BOYFRIEND FOR SAYING “VIVE LA FRANCE” AFTER WORLD CUP WIN
PARIS: ALGERIAN MEN PUNCH WOMAN, BEAT UP BOYFRIEND FOR SAYING “VIVE LA FRANCE” AFTER WORLD CUP WIN
Multi-cultural French capitol continues to descend into degradation
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A woman and her partner were viciously beaten in Paris by a group of Algerian men after France’s World Cup Win for the sin of shouting “Vive la France!”According to a report by Valeurs, the incident occurred just after midnight on Sunday night in the Saint-Eloi district of the capital.A young couple was walking on the street when they were overtaken by a car, from which one of the occupants shouted, “vive l’Algérie!” (long live Algeria).The couple responded by shouting “Vive la France!” – potentially referencing the country’s World Cup win earlier that day.The occupants of the vehicle responded by exiting and immediately punching the woman in the face. The group of men then beat up her boyfriend.The young man missed eight days of work because of the attack. Police are still searching for the culprits.
MARY "WEEPING" IN HOBBS, NEW MEXICO~FOUND TO BE OLIVE OIL TEARS AFTER CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
MARY WEEPING IN HOBBS,
NEW MEXICO
(Friday Church News Notes, July 20, 2018, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - SEE: https://www.wayoflife.org/friday_church_news/19-29.php
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A statue of Mary at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs, New Mexico, began “weeping” during mass on May 20. The church secretary and her husband first noticed an “oil-like” substance on its face and on the floor below. When priest Jose “Pepe” wiped away the substance from the statue twice “the tears still appeared.” After the phenomenon was published in newspapers, visitors began making pilgrimages to the site. Bishop Oscar Cantú said officials are investigating the phenomenon. They will start with possible natural explanations. He added, “If it is supernatural, then is it God? Or is it of an evil spirit?” (“Bishop Cantú explains investigation,” Las Cruces Sun News, Jun. 2, 2018). I visited the church on June 14, since I was in Hobbs to preach a Bible conference on church history, and talked with the church secretary. She showed me photos on her phone that she took of the weeping statue. When I asked her what she thought the “weeping” meant, she replied, “That Mary is sad and the world needs to change.” I asked if perhaps they could be tears of joy, but she replied that “Mary looked sad.” On July 14, the Diocese of Las Cruces announced that a chemical analysis of the “tears” found that it is olive oil (“Investigation into Weeping Virgin Mary Statue,"Newsmax, July 17, 2018). The Catholic Mary is a heretical figment of man’s imagination, and any actual “visitations” at Mary shrines are demonic. When “Mary” does “appear,” she invariably preaches a work’s gospel, which is cursed of God (Galatians 1:6-8). God’s Word warns of the danger of spiritual deception, and the wise will test everything by the infallible Scripture. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. … For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Corinthians 11:3, 13-15). “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
IRANIAN GENERAL AWAITING ORDERS TO DESTROY ISRAEL
IRANIAN GENERAL AWAITING ORDERS TO DESTROY ISRAEL
(Friday Church News Notes, July 20, 2018, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - SEE: https://www.wayoflife.org/friday_church_news/19-29.php
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards recently boasted that the “Islamic army in Syria” in the Golan Heights was awaiting orders to eradicate the “evil regime” of Israel (“Top Iranian general,” The Times of Israel, Jul. 9, 2018). Hossein Salami said, “Today an international Islamic army has been formed in Syria, and the voices of the Muslims are heard near the Golan. Orders are awaited, so that … the eradication of the evil regime [Israel] will land and the life of this regime will be ended for good. The life of the Zionist regime was never in danger as it is now.” He said that “the Zionist regime constitutes a threat … to the entire Islamic world.” Bible believers know how this is going to turn out. Israel is not going to be destroyed by Muslim nations. Israel is going to be deceived by the Antichrist’s “peace” program. He will enable Israel to build the Third Temple and then occupy it and claim to be God. During the Tribulation that will ensue, Israel will be converted. “And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD” (Ezekiel 20:37-38).
DEMS SLAM COMMUNIST OCASIO-CORTEZ: HER SOCIALIST VISION ‘WOULD BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY’~TEAMS UP WITH LIBERAL, ALLEGED MODERATE, "PROGRESSIVE" ZEPHYR TEACHOUT RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK
THE APPEARANCE OF "MODERATE LIBERALISM"NOW~COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM AFTER BEING ELECTED
BOTH TRUMP HATERS
ABOVE: COMMUNIST OCASIO-CORTEZ WITH
"MODERATE PROGRESSIVE" ZEPHYR TEACHOUT~BOTH HATE TRUMP
DEMS SLAM OCASIO-CORTEZ: HER SOCIALIST VISION ‘WOULD BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY’
Establishment libs can’t stomach socialist candidate ahead of midterms
BY JAMIE WHITE
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/dems-slam-ocasio-cortez-her-socialist-vision-would-bankrupt-the-country/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Several Democrats are worried far-left New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is damaging their party with her radical socialist platform.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent, urged Democrats in a Wall Street Journal op-ed to vote for Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), who suffered a stunning loss to Ocasio-Cortez in last month’s primary and so will appear on the ballot of the Working Families Party.
“Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform, like hers, is more Socialist than Democratic,” he wrote on Tuesday.
“Her dreams of new federal spending would bankrupt the country or require very large tax increases, including on the working class,” he continued.
“Her approach foresees government ownership of many private companies, which would decimate the economy and put millions out of work.”
Several other Democrats echoed Lieberman’s sentiment, with some asserting her attacks against the more moderate faction of the Democrat Party was not a wise strategy.
“She’s carrying on and she ain’t gonna make friends that way,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) told The Hill. “Joe conceded, wished her well, said he would support her…so she doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about.”
“She’s not asking my advice,” he added, “[but] I would do it differently, rather than make enemies of people.”
If Ocasio-Cortez wants to be successful in Congress, she needs to learn to forge working relationships with fellow Democrats, even if they’re not as far left, said Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.).
“Meteors fizz out,” Hastings said. “What she will learn in this institution is that it’s glacial to begin with, and therefore no matter how far you rise, that’s just how far you will ultimately get your comeuppance.”
“You come up here and you’re going to be buddy-buddy with all the folks or you’re going to make them do certain things? Ain’t happening, OK?” he added.
Ocasio-Cortez further highlighted her radical far-left views this week after calling for the “occupation” of airports, border crossings, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices across the country.
Meanwhile, Democrats refused to vote on their own “Abolish ICE” bill this week over fears the optics would hurt their midterm chances.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Zephyr Teachout
for NYS Attorney General
Ocasio-Cortez's Win Boosts Zephyr Teachout
In AG Race
CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE SLUMS OF THE BRONX, BUT ACTUALLY CAME FROM ULTRA HIGH INCOME
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
LIAR, PRETENDER & FRAUD MESMERIZES THE GULLIBLE
Boston University’s Fake-O-Nomics Darling
BY MICHELLE MALKIN
SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2018/07/boston-universitys-fake-o-nomics-darling/#axzz5LtLpofOw; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- It costs a pretty penny to earn a diploma in stupid.
The annual list price to attend Boston University — including tuition, fees, room, and board — currently rounds out to $70,000. To acquire a degree in economics from this tony institution of higher learning, an undergrad must complete courses in calculus, microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis, empirical economics, statistics and assorted electives.
Four years, 52 credits and nearly $300,000 later, the school promises that BU economics majors will depart “with a firm understanding of core microeconomic and macroeconomic theory” and the “empirical skills that are essential to applying economic reasoning in our increasingly data-driven world.”
How, then, to explain the abject economic illiteracy of meteoric media darling and democratic socialist “political rock star” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
The 28-year-old BU alumna graduated with an economics and international relations degree in 2011. She calls herself a “nerd” and bragged about her academic credentials, tweeting earlier this month:
“How many other House Democrats have a degree in Economics like I do? Trying to find who out here is going to be in the Gini Coefficient Appreciation Squad.”
The upstart New York congressional candidate has been hailed by pundits, newspapers and pols as “sharp,” “smart” and “extraordinary.” BU's Associate Provost and Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore gushed that Ocasio-Cortez is “brilliant — she is boldly curious and always present. She makes me think and could always see multiple sides of any issue. … I can't wait to see what happens when her time truly comes.”
But when the time came to put her BU economics education to work, Ocasio-Cortez flunked. On PBS last week, she asserted that “unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs.” Moreover, the erudite B.A. holder in economics posited, “unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their kids.”
Egad. This nonsense needs more unpacking than a cross-country Mayflower moving truck.
The unemployment rate, which stands at a historically low 4 percent, is calculated by extrapolating and dividing the number of people out of work by the total number of individuals in the American workforce.
If you have one job, two jobs, three jobs or more, you don't count as unemployed. Whether you are working 40 hours or 80 hours or 120 hours a week, if you're working, that has no effect on the unemployment rate, either. The number of workers moonlighting and the number of hours they moonlight have zero, zip and nada effect on the unemployment rate.
Ocasio-Cortez's claim that “everyone has two jobs” is more fake-o-nomics.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of Americans holding down multiple jobs is less than 5 percent and has been declining for nearly 30 years. Pew Research adds that both “in terms of raw numbers and as a share of all employed people, fewer Americans are working more than one job than in the mid-1990s.”
As for starving children, government statistics show that hunger has dropped to its lowest levels in a decade as unemployment and food inflation have declined. Federal food stamp usage has also plunged to historic lows.
Instead of hitting the books, Ocasio-Cortez appears to have spent most of her college days pounding the social justice pavement. The Boston Globe reports approvingly that she “was active at BU in organizations that empower minorities,” including a stint as president of Alianza Latina, BU's largest Latin American student organization, and as a student ambassador at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, “which aims to foster inclusiveness among students of all backgrounds.”
Ms. Diversity-ConArtista may be able to blow hot air about Gini coefficients while tweeting anti-capitalist platitudes. But the numbers don't lie. She's everything that's wrong with overpriced liberal ivory towers, radical identity politics and left-wing media ideologues pining for their next savior.
About: Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin is the host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. As well as the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” & “Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild“. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com.
Michelle Malkin is the host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. As well as the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” & “Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild“. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
NEWSWEEK REPORTS SARCASTIC EXPLANATION OF ISLAMIC "ALLAHU AKBAR" AS "A MESSAGE OF LOVE" AS IF IT WERE SERIOUS
NEWSWEEK REPORTS SARCASTIC EXPLANATION OF ISLAMIC
"ALLAHU AKBAR" AS "A MESSAGE OF LOVE"
AS IF IT WERE SERIOUS
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/newsweek-reports-sarcastic-explanation-of-allahu-akbar-as-a-message-of-love-as-if-it-were-serious; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
“Dear Richard,” Professor Gad Saad remarked. “Arabic is my mother tongue. When properly translated, ‘Allahu Akbar’ means ‘We love all people but hold a special fondness for Jews, women, and gays.’ Don’t worry. It’s a message of love, tolerance, and liberalism.”
Gad was being sarcastic, but Newsweek’s intrepid reporter Benjamin Fearnow reports his words as if they were evidence of what he calls “the auditory affability of azaan.” Any fool could see that Gad’s statement was sarcastic, and the incongruity between the idea that “Allahu akbar” means “We love all people but hold a special fondness for Jews, women, and gays” and the many jihad mass murderers who have screamed “Allahu akbar” as they were killing people ought to have set off alarm bells in Fearnow’s “mind,” such that at very least he could have done some research or asked some questions, but Gad’s statement confirmed his Leftist biases about how Islam is benign and Muslims are always and everywhere victims, and so for today’s “journalism” that was confirmation enough.
“Richard Dawkins Accused of Bigotry Over ‘Allahu Akhbar’ Tweet, Prompting Atheist Debate on Islam,” by Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek, July 17, 2018:
Renowned atheist author and longtime Oxford University professor Richard Dawkins was the target of “bigotry” accusations after a tweet about the phrase “Allahu Akhbar.”Dawkins has published several perennial books mocking all religions throughout his long career, but the English evolutionary biologist is now being labeled a “racist” by some on social media for a Monday tweet showing him outside the Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, England. His tweet compared the pleasance of hearing Christian church bells to that of the “aggressive-sounding” Muslim phrase, called the Takbir in Arabic, meaning “God is great.” The tweet immediately drew condemnation and discussions on Islamophobia.“You can’t sit on a park bench on a sunny day without turning it into something Islamophobic?” responded Amarnath Amarasingam, a senior research fellow at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Another Twitter user rebuked that opinion, positing, “A phobia is an ‘irrational fear of something.’ The word Islamophobia doesn’t make sense. Islamophobia is a word created to silence criticism of Islam.”…But Dawkins’ indiscriminate rebuke of all religions was not registered by the thousands of Twitter users who focused on the auditory affability of azaan, or muezzin-led Islamic calls to worship.“Dear Richard,” Professor Gad Saad remarked. “Arabic is my mother tongue. When properly translated, ‘Allahu Akbar’ means ‘We love all people but hold a special fondness for Jews, women, and gays.’ Don’t worry. It’s a message of love, tolerance, and liberalism.”…
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