Category: General

WASHINGTON : The Obama Regime’s first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, is leaving her post, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Thursday.

You wonder how many “special muslim representatives” this white house needs. The way Kerry sings her praises  he sounds more like a bitch in heat than a sec of state. But as you know, Kerry is ‘da man’ who believes ‘Americans have a right to be stupid’, and he’s trying to prove it wherever he goes.
“Farah’s legacy is an extraordinary record of thoughtfulness, balance, and sheer guts and determination.  Anyone who’s work with Farah will note her uncommon ability to bring people of different backgrounds together. I’ve seen that commitment firsthand in her pioneering work to reach out to countries with both Muslim majorities and minorities,” Kerry said. “It’s in her DNA as a first-generation immigrant who achieved historic firsts for America, from changing the way our Embassies engage with Muslim communities in Europe to getting a Quran placed in the White House Library.”

That’s socialism for ya.

By James Ball  &  Guardian US Interactive Team
Relatives of political leaders including China’s current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands

More than a dozen family members of China’s top political and military leaders are making use of offshore companies based in the British Virgin Islands, leaked financial documents reveal.

The brother-in-law of China’s current president, Xi Jinping, as well as the son and son-in-law of former premier Wen Jiabao are among the political relations making use of the offshore havens, financial records show.

Read it all

Go for it:

Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao is ready to give $130 million to any man who can win his daughter’s heart.

It may sound simple enough, but there is one fairly significant obstacle all potential suitors will have to overcome: Chao’s daughter is attracted to women and reportedly already eloped with her female partner in France.

“What have we got to do to please Indonesia?”, I asked after our Government was condemned yet again by Jakarta for what was an honest mistake – drifting into their part of the sea.

“Even when we’re sorry, it’s not enough. When we’re generous, we need to try harder. When we’re within our rights, we’re wrong”.

Many of your said we suffer with what many countries like ours can’t seem to break free of – and that’s guilt.

And it’s a strange kind of ‘guilt’ where we are always on the ‘back foot’ for fear of looking arrogant.

But the result often is – we end up up looking weak.

We seem almost constantly apologetic about our way of life and our place in the world.

It’s clear many Australians have had it with this attitude. Time to stand up.

• SEE YESTERDAY’S ARTICLE AND COMMENTS HERE

An asylum seeker boat found 8 nautical miles north north west of Cape Van Dieman. Source: News Limited

We are a generous country and a helpful nation – often ‘first in’ whenever people in our region suffer in crisis or natural disaster. Our Defence Force, Police, and medical experts are quick to respond often before the call comes.

“Indonesia sees our kindness as weakness”

Yet, Australia is on the back foot almost always when dealing diplomatically with Indonesia – ironically a nation we’ve shown no end of generosity and friendship towards.

Hundreds of comments were left on yesterday’s article. Source: Supplied

The final straw for many was the over the top response from Jakarta when we offered an apology for accidently slipping into their maritime territory. After all, the Navy was trying to stop their boats, coming from their ports, illegally smuggling people into our country.

Many readers of thetelegraph.com.au told us. They’ve had enough.

THE BEST OF JASON MORRISON

• WAKE UP AUSTRALIA, WE’VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO TAKE A JOKE
• GREEN GOAL IS TO KILL CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS
• GREAT DAY OUT, BUT DON’T GET HUNGRY OR THIRSTY AT WET’N’WILD

Reader Emiliano believes “(Indonesia) sees our kindness as weakness and if we act like a slave ..they will treat us like slaves.”

Jacqui said “Why is Australia always apologising to a country that seems to never forgive regardless of how much we try to seek their forgiveness?”

A large number of people raised our whopping foreign aid to Indonesia.

Daniel argued, “if Australia has been downgraded as a friend, can someone tell Ausaid who will write cheques this year for well over $500million to help disadvantage people in that country. Sounds like someone up north is a little ungrateful!”

Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Source: AFP

Many questioned why we don’t see our political leadership having discussions like this. There’s a general view that we are frightened to ever talk with any strength about Indonesia when there’s seemingly no reluctance on their part to ‘turning the heat up’ on us.

Reader Geraldine summed it up; “I’m sure the Canberra types would say ‘this kind of chatter is not helpful’ but that’s the point. Indonesia can say what it likes to Australia and we play victim and keep paying out. Grow some Mr Abbott!“.

Hard to argue with her.

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative scholar and author known recently for his critical works on President Barack Obama has been indicted in New York on charges he violated campaign finance laws.

The charges are politically motivated.

“In America, we have a long tradition of not doing what is commonly done in too many other countries — criminalizing dissent through the selective enforcement of the law…”

No longer. We are now in Obamastan.

The producer argues it’s obvious that D’Souza is being singled-out over an “an alleged minor violation.” He also connected what he believes to be political targeting in this case to the targeting done by the IRS.

There is no genocidal hatred in the Koran, the mosques preach nothing but love and compassion, and jihad is ‘inner struggle’, we all know that. Too bad there are so many misunderstanders of Islam, who will take it upon themselves to straighten them out?

Muftis demand Moscow retracts mosque warnings

Moscow Muslims have demanded that the Russian government retracts a warning saying ‘terrorists’ could be in mosques.

Labor thugs and Indo people smugglers agree.

ABC can’t get enough of Butthead Shorten.They should make him a news caster…. and put him on a vessel to patrol the waters between Indonesia and Australia. Along with 50 of the hardest ABC hitters. And please, take Bandt, SHY, Natalie and Milne along as “independent” observers.

But what about the burns? They were weeks old. Just like the video footage!

Tim Blair has the list of leftist grievances:

Guardian readers previously applied their collective intelligence to allegations that the Australian Navy fired at asylum seeker vessels. Now these experts consider claims of torture:

• Tony Abbott warns Indonesia on borders

Australia has been ”stupid” to allow its navy ships to cross into Indonesian territory and tension over the incident would delay the process of repairing relations damaged by the recent spying revelations, says a senior Indonesian politician.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Navy has hit back at claims of misconduct by Australian sailors in the past fortnight, insisting his personnel are ”worthy of more respect than has been shown to them in the past few weeks”.

• PM prods Indonesia over boat turnbacks

Andrew Bolt:   The ABC’s selective ear

This week the ABC has had not the slightest hesitation in reporting – at great length and with great vehemence - improbable allegations that our navy tortured boat people:

Yesterday, [the ABC] reported unproven claims that Australian navy personnel mistreated asylum-seekers by forcing them to grasp a hot engine in a boat turnback operation, causing “severe” burns. An “exclusively” supplied video showed minor hand damage. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison categorically denied the claims and later reports suggest the burns occurred before the vessel was intercepted, possibly as the vessel was sabotaged. Our navy personnel have, after all, saved the lives of hundreds of asylum-seekers.

ABC bulletins also ran strongly with strident criticism from New York-based Human Rights Watch, labelling Australia’s measures “abusive” and accusing the government of “demonising” asylum-seekers. The national broadcaster continues to provide uncritical amplification of this predictable venting, setting itself as the moral conscience of a nation with a brutal government and insensitive populace.

READY, AIM, TOASTIE

Tim Blair

As Wade Laube notes, the ABC considers video of asylum seeker burns to be proof of how the burns occurred. But Prime Minister Tony Abbott requires a higher evidentiary standard:

Asked if the aired footage constituted as evidence, Mr Abbott said: “Who do you believe?

“Do you believe Australian naval personnel or do you believe people who were attempting to break Australian law? I believe Australian naval personnel.”

So do most sane people. However, given that so many completely credible and utterly trustworthy individuals are convinced that Australian naval personnel have variously shot at, burned and assaulted asylum seekers, it’s worth asking the question …

Update:

Indonesia starts sabre rattling

Suddenly, the guns come out:

Indonesia has significantly beefed up its military presence in waters off its southern borders with warships, including fast torpedo craft, deployed. Source: News Limited

Indonesian military officials have today told the Jakarta Post its Navy warships, including frigates, fast torpedo craft and corvettes as well as maritime patrol aircraft, have been deployed to waters off its southern border.

Four Air Force defence radars have also been programmed to closely monitor the area.

“We are watching four radars in Timika, Merauke (in Papua), Saumlaki (Maluku) and Buraen (East Nusa Tenggara), which all face Australia,” Air Force chief spokesman Air Commodore Hadi Tjahjanto told The Jakarta Post.

Indonesian Army Special Forces are said to be ready for any future border violations, with Air Commodore Hadi Tjahjanto declaring that the air base in Makassar will be ‘ready’. Source: AP

Continue reading Australia has been ''stupid'', sez Indo Politician

In Pictures: The plight of the Rohingya

Many Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar are still displaced after ethnic clashes drove them from their homes.

Even the header is a lie. Not “ethnic clashes”:  a Muslim rape spree caused a small Buddhist revolt.  Many Muslim invaders burned their own houses down in the hope that would make them eligible for asylum in the west. About 200 got killed by enraged Buddhists.

You are supposed to feel guilty about that. That’s why al Jizz keeps pushing this  BS propaganda. Please pay attention to the following picture that is supposed to depict a  so-called “Rohingya”, a Bangladeshi Muslim invader with distinctly Arab-Indian features who seems to have intermarried with a Burmese woman. These people are not ethnic Burmese.

There are more pictures.

The article in typical fashion depicts the poor muslims as victims and Burma’s Buddhists as perps.

Continue reading Al Jizz keeps beating the "Rohingya" drum

Kerry schooled:

The State Department Wants The Whole World To Be “Diverse” And “Inclusive”

by Hugh Fitzgerald

(CNN) — Syria struck a defiant tone Wednesday at talks meant to end to three years of bloodshed, laying a record of atrocities — rape, arson, even the destruction of Syrian culture itself — at the feet of rebels and chiding outsiders for trying to interfere.

“This is a Syrian conflict, and it will remain as such,” Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told the peace conference.

His comments came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the path to peace has to involve the world community, and can’t include Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom he accused of widespread human rights abuses.

“Mr. Kerry,” al-Moallem said, “nobody in the world has the right to get rid of the legitimacy of a president or a constitution or a law or anything in Syria except the Syrian people themselves.”

The State Department later issued a statement saying that, “Instead of laying out a positive vision for the future of Syria that is diverse, inclusive and respectful.”[a statement that might have been written by a 24-year-old intern, who has grown up under the sign of Diversity and Inclusiveness]

For these Arab Americans, ‘ethical investing’ means genocide

Has the Jerusalem Fund Advocacy for Anti-Israel BDS created Problems for Tennessee Gov. Haslam?

Gov. Haslam may want to take advantage of a Shariah compliant sukuk bond financing that  Ms. Ali’s Middle East financial connections would deem  exemplary of ‘ethical investing’. Ethical investing with a portion of proceeds devoted to Zakat, Muslim Charity, which includes the way of Allah, Jihad.

A Slap in The face to Every Jew

The UN’s Latest Insult to Israel

Our world has witnessed more than four decades of constant harassment of Israel by the United Nations, illustrating a culture of prejudice and hypocrisy that is aimed directly at the hearts of the Jewish people.

Here’s another racist who hates Obama because he’s black:

Florida Republican in Deep Trouble for Agreeing President Obama Should Be Hanged for Treason