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With all due respect, the Sheikh of Azhar is wrong
By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem
The Rector of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, has blamed the spread of extremist militant groups in parts of the Arab world on the misinterpretation of religious teachings. "The most striking reason, that I see, is the historical accumulation of extremist tendencies… that grew out of corrupt interpretations of some texts in the Holy Quran and Sunnah [Prophet Mohamed's teachings]," Ahmed el-Tayeb, was quoted as saying this week in anti-terrorism conference in Makkah.
El-Tayeb, Egypt's top cleric, represents the Egyptian government and is often expected to rubber stamp the decisions and policies of whatever government in power, regardless of whether these decisions and policies are compatible with the teachings of Islam.
Feds Threats to DC Over Legal Pot – Why Do Alaska, Colorado, and Washington State Get Free Pass?
Michael Collins
(Washington, DC) The voters of your nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana for personal use. On November 4, 2014, 70.1% of D.C. voters said yes to the following changes to already liberal marijuana laws:
[Initiative #71] will make it lawful under District of Columbia law for a person 21 years of age or older to:
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possess up to two ounces of marijuana for personal use;
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grow no more than six cannabis plants with 3 or fewer being mature, flowering plants, within the person’s principal residence;
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transfer without payment (but not sell) up to one ounce of marijuana to another person 21 years of age or older; and
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use or sell drug paraphernalia for the use, growing, or processing of marijuana or cannabis. D.C. Cannabis Campaign (Image)
Two Republican leaders in the House of Representatives greeted the exercise in democracy with threats of jail for the D.C. mayor and chief of police. The very odd Representative Jason Chaffetz from Utah said:
“If you decide to move forward with the legalization of marijuana in the District, you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. You can go to prison for this. We’re not playing a little game here.” Rep Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) Washington Post, Feb 24
Obama, The Devil, Is Luring the World Over the Nuclear Threshold In Ukraine
Peter Chamberlin
So many of us are still so childlike in our belief in “America,” the ideal, that we continue to sit in silent awe on the sidelines, waiting for someone, anyone, to explain to us how it is that our America consistently produces presidents who eagerly tear through the world like bulls in china shops, destroying heirloom governments without hesitation, in their zeal to create new, subservient mini-states.
Did George Washington and Abraham Lincoln have similar war ambitions? Would they have exported war and instigated artificial revolutions to destroy nations, in order to control their energy markets (SEE: Cold War-style confrontation between US and Russia focuses on energy rather than military)?
Would the founding fathers have admired Obama and Bush as they have so outrageously used and abused the nearly sancrosanct ideals of Democracy and “human rights,” using them as “war-bait” (a set-up for war) for luring unhappy, but unwarring nations onto the path of destruction?
What’s Behind Ukraine’s Secret Weapons-Deal with UAE
Eric Zuesse
U.S. President Barack Obama apparently is going ahead with his plan for NATO missiles to be placed in Ukraine aimed against Moscow, but found a way to do it that won’t violate the warnings by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin against Washington’s directly supplying those arms to Ukraine (such as is demanded of Obama by congressional Republicans, and even by a few hawkish Democrats — all passionate supporters of Hillary Clinton). Obama’s subordinate (or dependent local leader), the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, is now arranging to receive those weapons via a less direct channel; and this arrangement couldn’t happen if the U.S. White House were opposed to it. The idea might even have originated inside the White House.
Ukraine's Dr. Strangelove
by Stephen Lendman
Film buffs may recall Stanley Kubrick's 1964 dark satire titled "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
It depicted deranged general Jack D. Ripper's obsession to wage nuclear war - despite no Pentagon authorization. Obama may be lunatic enough to launch one.
The film ends ominously - with nuclear detonations accompanied by popular British singer Vera Lynn's famous WW II "We'll Meet Again" recording.
A previous article discussed Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Vadym Prystaiko briefly. He sounds like Jack D. Ripper.
Interviewed by Canada's CBC Radio The House program, he said "(w)e have to stop (Putin)."
"For the sake of the Russian nation…Ukrainians and Europe. (W)e are preparing for full-scale war."
Open Letter To The Right Honourable Prime Minister: A Staunch Defender of Democratic Values And Human Rights
William Hanna
Israel’s barbaric ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people as was witnessed during
last summer’s Operation Protective Edge.
Are We Allowed To describe Those Responsible For The Above
Deaths As Being Inhuman, Barbaric, War Criminals?
The law regarding anti-Semitic behaviour in the UK
Anti-Semitic behaviour is defined as behaviour that is offensive to anybody who has Jewish heritage, and which threatens, abuses or insults such a person based on his or her Jewish nationality, race or religion. Clearly, such acts are outlawed under an act prohibiting expressions of racial hatred, and if proved to be true, can result in fine, imprisonment or both.
Dear Prime Minister,
In The Name Of Mammon – Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Gilad Atzmon
In the last few weeks we have witnessed British Jewish leaders relentlessly complaining about ‘the rise of anti-Semitism.’ This morning we learned that two former foreign ministers are at the centre of a huge 'cash for access' scandal. I guess that Sir Malcom Rifkind is not going to help in the current struggle to defy anti-Semitism. Apparently the Jewish Chronicle is not convinced that Jack Straw passes the ‘Kosher’ test.
The Daily Mail reports today:
Former foreign secretaries Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind today sought to defend themselves after becoming embroiled in a new 'cash for access' scandal where they both boasted about charging at least £5,000-a-day.
Kiev Junta Plans Renewed Aggression
by Stephen Lendman
Minsk II resolved nothing. Russia bashing remains intense. Brussels imposed new sanctions. Obama intends more US ones.
Moscow and rebels are blamed for Kiev ceasefire violations. Britain intends getting more involved.
Prime Minister David Cameron is more appendage of US foreign policy than independent UK leader. RT International blasted his war-mongering featuring one Big Lie after another.
He sounds like Obama with an English accent. He's "deploying (dozens of) British service personnel to provide advice and a range of training, from tactical intelligence to logistics to medical care," he said.
"We will also be developing an infantry training programme with Ukraine to improve the durability of their forces."
No Let Up in Intense Anti-Russian Propaganda
by Stephen Lendman
Its viciousness exceeds anything in recent memory. Big Lies bury hard truths.
A February 20 Office of the Vice President statement said Joe Biden discussed "the latest situation in eastern Ukraine" with (US installed) president Poroshenko and prime minister Yatsenyuk.
He lied claiming "Russian regular troops operating inside Ukraine" supported "Russia-backed separatists" in Debaltseve - "in blatant violation of (Minsk) as well as Ukraine's sovereignty an territorial integrity."
"…Russia cannot continue to hide behind the false claim that these latest military operations are solely the work of local separatists."
Normandy Four in Paris
by Stephen Lendman
On Tuesday, Sergey Lavrov met with his French, German and Ukrainian counterparts in Paris.
It's part of Moscow's all-out effort for ceasefire and peace in Donbass.
Lavrov and Putin have done more to resolve things diplomatically than any other world officials.
No two men are more worthy of Nobel Peace Prize recognition no matter how things turn out.
No two are less likely to receive the honor they deserve from a Committee notoriously favoring war criminals. Their struggle for regional peace and stability continues. Lavrov used diplomatic language calling Tuesday's talks "a useful meeting."
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