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Thursday, August 25, 2011

August 25, 2011

August 25, 2011

"On September 11, Give Thanks To Those Who Serve"
http://news.yahoo.com/september-11-thanks-those-serve-170200598.html

The Federal Reserve, Debt Ceiling, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold/Silver, Food Supply

**WHAT QE3 MAY LOOK LIKE:  U.S. may back refinance plan for mortgages**
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/business/economy/us-may-back-mortgage-refinancing-for-millions.html?_r=1
Gold price plunges to $1,757/oz.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Gold-prices-plunge-as-apf-2336566853.html
Art project outside Kansas City Federal Reserve building uses empty shipping containers to spell 'USA,' 'IOU'
http://www.kmbc.com/r/28954978/detail.html
--FLASHBACK TO 2008:  Then-candidate Obama says adding $4 trillion to national debt 'unpatriotic'
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/flashback-obama-2008-adding-4-trillion-n
--FLASHBACK:  "The TRUTH About Who Really Owns All Of America's Debt"
http://www.businessinsider.com/who-owns-us-debt-2011-7?op=1
First Lady accused of spending $10,000,000 in taxpayer money on her vacations
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html
--Study:  Obama bus tour overwhelmingly ridiculed on Twitter...
http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/177677-the-hill-hexagon-obama-bus-tour-ridiculed-on-twitter
Parent company of Payless Shoes & Stride Rite to shutter 10% of its stores
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4mUeCa-JEpjMv0S3Ub2itAECjcQ?docId=63d283a2f2a148aba6386fb60edaf85b
Parents, teachers prepare for back-to-school expenses
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/08/a_lesson_in_finance_parents_te.html
--New Jersey:  Camden pays students $100 each to NOT skip school
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Camden-to-Pay-Students-100-Each-to-Not-Skip-School-128311368.html
PATHETIC:  49% of all U.S. babies born receive federally funded food supplements via WIC program...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hunger-home-american-children-malnourished/story?id=14367230
--"The Coming American Food Crisis"
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hunger-america/story?id=14342629
--FLASHBACK:  "Can the U.S. feed China?"
http://beefmagazine.com/markets/feed/0325-can-united-states-feed-china/
France cuts growth targets, unveils austerity plan
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/France-cuts-growth-targets-apf-3225759042.html
--France's richest say: Tax us more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14646975
USGS boosts Marcellus Shale estimates
http://rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=110428

Big Government, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Communism/Globalism, Redistribution of Wealth, Economic/Environmental/Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology

MADE IN CHINA:  Meet the ChiCom who sculpted Mao and America's new $120MM MLK statue
http://pajamasmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/08/23/power-flows-from-the-barrel-of-a-sculptors-chisel/?singlepage=true
New regulations for U.S. goat herders' workplaces (to mandate employer-paid cell phones, comfy beds, lanterns)
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45722
--Feds shut down guitar factory to search for banned/endangered wood...
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/aug/24/federal-agents-search-gibson-guitar-factory-memphi/
Employers consider ending health coverage (prefer to pay ObamaCare fines instead)
http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/national/survey%3A-employers-consider-ending-health-coverage
New York:  Solar energy firm SpectraWatt files for bankruptcy
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110823/BIZ/108230330
--"Green Scissors 2011 identifies wasteful government subsidies that are damaging to the environment"
http://greenscissors.com/news/green-scissors-2011/
Now, NASA sees a DECREASE in global sea levels...
http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2011/08/24/nasa-sees-drop-in-global-sea-level/136345/
FEMA prepares for "the big one" to quake the Midwest...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/24/us-earthquakes-the-next-big-quake-we-should-fear-in-the-midwest.html
OpEd:  "If Sarah Palin wins the nomination, here’s why you will vote for her"
http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/if-sarah-palin-wins-the-nomination-heres-why-you-will-vote-for-her/
--College student OpEd:  "Sarah Palin? Oh God, no."
http://redandblack.com/2011/08/24/sarah-palin-oh-god-no/

Illegal Aliens/Open Borders, National Security, Terrorism/"Man-Caused Disasters", Jihad/"Misunderstanders Of Islam", Caliphate/Khalifa/Shariah, Pro-Palestine/Anti-Israel
U.S. Marines ban farting to avoid offending Muslims...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/marines-ban-farting-to-avoid-offending-muslims.html
Georgia:  Illegal alien claims boss stole winning Lotto prize, faces deportation
http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2011/08/24/illegal-claims-boss-stole-winning-lotto-prize-faces-deportation-georgia-law-works/
Media scolds McCain for meeting Kaddafi in 2009, ignores Obama meeting him month prior
http://www.mrctv.org/videos/maddow-scolds-mccain-meeting-gaddafi-2009-ignores-obama-meeting-him-month-prior
Pentagon report: China closer to matching modern militaries
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/24/pentagon-china-closer-matching-modern-militaries/

Civil/Racial Unrest

More about the upcoming Day of Rage in America
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2011/08/23/a-day-of-rage-in-america/

This Is What 'Democracy' Looks Like

Burkina Faso offers Gaddafi exile
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE77N0MX20110824
--OpEd:  "Libya’s post Gadhaffi future - who gets the oil?"
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Libyas-Post-Gadhaffi-Future-Who-gets-the-Oil.html
--
"It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn." ~~ George Washington, letter to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1789

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

August 24, 2011

August 24, 2011

To the very end:  Dog keeps watch over fallen SEAL's casket during funeral
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heart-wrenching-image-dog-keeps-watch-over-fallen-seals-casket-during-funeral/
Fallen Marine honored by community, Corps
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75753/fallen-big-island-marine-honored-community-corps#.TlND0F2Xj2b
American Express 9/11 Facebook app aims to inspire volunteerism
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-911-amex-2011-08

The Federal Reserve, Debt Ceiling, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
New national debt data:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/08/obama-national-debt.html
----debt growing at rate of $2.95 million a minute
----debt has increased $4,247,000,000,000 in just 945 days
----debt increased $4.9 trillion under President Bush...took him 2,648 days to do it
Nevada:  $500,000 in federal stimulus grant created nearly two jobs...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/22/taxpayer-union-slams-stimulus-project-for-lack-jobs-officials-say-it-wasnt/?test=latestnews
Massachusetts:  Local bank sells precious coins to investors
http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2011_0823going_for_the_gold_salesgoes_local_bank_sells_precious_coins_to_investors/srvc=home&position=also
S&P board fires its CEO for telling the truth, to be replaced with COO of Citibank
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/sp-board-fires-ceo-telling-truth-be-replaced-coo-citibank
GE Healthcare cutting nearly 100 jobs
http://www.jsonline.com/business/128260038.html
Germany:  PM demands gold collateral for future EU bailouts
http://www.businessinsider.com/german-minister-demands-collateral-for-future-bailouts-2011-8
--Germany's Bundesbank questions legality of EU bail-outs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8716783/Bundesbank-questions-legality-of-EU-bail-outs.html
--Spain eyes constitution change to limit deficit
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2011/08/spain-eyes-constitution-change-limit-deficit
Indiana:  Another Illinois business flees state's rising taxes...
http://visitpontiac.com/components/news/community/article.php?a=e7b91c676f6b0629f8d0bebd6049e1f1
OpEd:  "The Rich Can Afford to Pay More Taxes"
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/what-the-rich-can-afford-in-income-tax/

Big Government, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Communism/Globalism, Redistribution of Wealth, Economic/Environmental/Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology

‘Rise of the Apes’ Director: Film’s Hero Inspired by Che Guevara
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hfontova/2011/08/17/rise-of-the-apes-director-films-hero-inspired-by-che-guevara/
Illinois:  Chicago union leaders grab millions in pension loophole
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/investigative/chicago-city-workers-union-ibew-pensions-millions-tim-foley-tom-villanova-credits-20110822
OpEd:  "7 Reasons Why Liberals Are Incapable of Understanding The World"
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2011/08/23/7_reasons_why_liberals_are_incapable_of_understanding_the_world/page/full/

Illegal Aliens/Open Borders, National Security, Terrorism/"Man-Caused Disasters", Jihad/"Misunderstanders Of Islam", Caliphate/Khalifa/Shariah, Pro-Palestine/Anti-Israel

Michigan:  Muslims see ‘foreign law’ bill as attack on Shariah
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/22/muslims-see-foreign-law-bill-as-attack-on-shariah/
Egyptian Islamic scholar: Every Muslim has right to kill Zionists
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4112741,00.html

Civil/Racial Unrest
Pennsylvania:
--Philadelphia extends youth curfew after flash mobs
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PHILLY_TEEN_MOBS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-22-13-36-16
--Six teens injured in shooting at Philly basketball game
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110823_Six_injured_in_shooting_at_Kingsessing_basketball_game.html
--Three men opened fire with paintball guns at a Philly postal worker
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Philly-Postal-Worker-Attacked-With-Paintball-Guns-128234538.html?dr
Michigan:  Detroit faces increasing problems with squatters
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-detroithousing-sq,0,2925249.story

This Is What 'Democracy' Looks Like

Libya:  After the fall, U.S. concerned about WMD's in hands of al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood...
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN1E77L1JO20110822
Pakistan:  Authorities announce mobile jammers policy in "national interest"
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10095110-pakistan-telecommunication-authority-announced-mobile-jamers-policy-in-national-interest
--
"Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, and are held by no certain tenure, and are redressed, when violated, by no certain remedies, society fails of all its value; and men may as well return to a state of savage and barbarous independence." ~~ Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

August 20-23, 2011

August 20-23, 2011

The Federal Reserve, Debt Ceiling, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
****U.S. Mint suspends the sale of all numismatic gold coins****
http://mintnewsblog.com/2011/08/all-us-mint-numismatic-gold-coins-suspended/
Former American Express CEO Harvey Golub:  Here's what Buffett and Obama don't get about taxes
http://www.businessinsider.com/harvey-golub-obama-buffett-taxes-2011-8
--America's fewer millionaires
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/981/096/Americas_Fewer_Millionaires:_Liberals_Want_Income_Equality_They_Should_Be_Thrilled.html
Wall Street aristocracy got $1.2 TRILLION in Fed loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html
White House orders federal agencies to cut budgets...by at least "five percent"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-orders-fed-agencies-to-cut-budgets-by-at-least-5-percent/
Facts and Truth About U.S. Inflation, Debt, and Political Crisis
http://anationbeguiled.wordpress.com/
--"The Clinton Surplus Myth"
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/craigsteiner/2011/08/22/the_clinton_surplus_myth
Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
http://news.yahoo.com/social-security-disability-verge-insolvency-090119318.html
--Chart of the Week: "Federal Spending on Defense vs. Entitlements"
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/21/chart-of-the-week-defense-spending-has-declined-while-entitlement-spending-has-increased/
Fed could launch 'Operation Twist' instead of QE3
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-could-launch-Operation-cnnm-3800478375.html
--"Market Melt: The Deflationary M2 Explosion" (M2 up 24% over past two months...)
http://biggovernment.com/lkudlow/2011/08/18/market-melt-the-deflationary-m2-explosion/
Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto:  Years to lower unemployment (back to normal levels)
http://news.yahoo.com/feds-pianalto-sees-u-gdp-2-percent-2011-130016183.html
--Arkansas:  Fort Hood police officers, hailed as heroes, losing jobs due to budget cuts
http://www.news-journal.com/news/state/article_c3d6d3b3-0ef7-5248-b08f-736c884228ed.html
--"Nine Signs That a New Global Recession Has Arrived"
http://247wallst.com/2011/08/22/nine-signs-that-a-new-global-recession-has-arrived/
--OpEd:  Economists refuse to recognize the New Great Depression
http://seekingalpha.com/article/288208-economists-refuse-to-recognize-the-new-great-depression
--HISTORY:  "Great myths about the Great Depression still abound"
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/15598
U.S. banks begin charging debit-card fees
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/08/17/us-banks-begin-charging-debit-card-fees/
--Bank Of America  to cut 10,000 jobs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904070604576516813395283964.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
Mortgage delinquency rate rises to 8.44%
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mortgage-delinquency-rate-rises-to-844-mba-2011-08-22
--Eric Holder's DOJ launches probe to ensure minorities get federal housing...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/aug/doj-probe-ensure-minorities-get-federal-housing
--$150 BILLION and counting -- where is the media coverage of Fannie and Freddie?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/19/150-billion-and-counting-where-is-mainstream-media-coverage-fannie-and-freddie
--"Timeline Of Financial And Housing Crisis" (VIDEO)
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/house.html
--Maryland:  "In Baltimore, homes for $10,000 — and less"
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-baltimore-region-housing-market20110821,0,5171792.story
--OpEd:  "Forget the Market. Buy a House."
http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2011/08/18/forget-the-market-buy-a-house/
Greeks act to avert bank failure..
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad8d17a2-cc07-11e0-9176-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1VlEv5div
--Europe's debt crisis won't end until Greece defaults
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44204171
--Swiss banks scramble to announce how everything is going just fine
http://www.businessinsider.com/swiss-banks-scramble-to-announce-how-liquid-they-are-2011-8
South Dakota:  Public schools cut costs with 4-day week
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SHRINKING_SCHOOL_WEEK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-21-16-05-46
California:  Teachers' pension fund shot $56 BILLION
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_18716703?nclick_check=1
China:  Chinese hunger for corn stretches U.S. farm belt
http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903554904576460300155681760.html?mg=reno-wsj
--Survival preparedness food preps - ingredients versus prepared foods
http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/survival-preparedness-food-preps-ingredients-versus-prepared-foods/

Big Government, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Communism/Globalism, Redistribution of Wealth, Economic/Environmental/Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology

Federal asset seizures rise, netting innocent with guilty
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576512253265073870.html?mod=WSJ_article_LatestHeadlines
FCC finally kills off Fairness Doctrine
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61851.html
'Supercommittee' members get plenty of funds from lobbyists
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/21/supercommittee-members-get-plenty-of-funds-from-lo/
$103MM to expand broadband Internet in rural America
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110822/ap_on_re_us/us_rural_broadband
Secret U.S. oil speculative data released by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, sparking ire
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/19/us-cftc-dataleak-idUSTRE77I4NR20110819
HHS grants 106 new healthcare waivers
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/177581-hhs-grants-106-new-healthcare-waivers
HHS caught campaigning for Democrats ("Blatant violation of the Hatch Act, among other laws")
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-hhs-caught-campaigning-democrats
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/stabbing-suspect-out-of-hospital-held-on-million-bail/article_bf363d83-8895-58fe-94ea-760286eea65a.html
New data spill shows risk of online health records
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_MEDICAL_DATA_MINEFIELD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-21-16-33-57
New Jersey:  Union retirees enlisted in strike against Verizon CEO
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/18/union-retirees-enlisted-in-strike-against-verizon/
--CWA union member: "We are in a class war" (VIDEO)
http://mrctv.org/blog/cwa-union-member-corporations-have-agenda-destroy-unions-and-middle-class-“we-are-
class-war”
POTUS' new fuel economy standards will increase cost of a car more than $11,000
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-fuel-economy-regs-can-cause-vehicl
Federal government sells foreclosed homes to cronies to collect rent for HUD
http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/08/11/2011/huge-housing-bargain-not-you
Number of "green" jobs fails to live up to promises
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/us/19bcgreen.html?_r=1
--Fort Knox military cops disgusted with solar-powered patrol carts
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/18/fort_knox_solar_buggies/

--"Rising greenhouse emissions could tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/18/aliens-destroy-humanity-protect-civilisations


Illegal Aliens/Open Borders, National Security, Terrorism/"Man-Caused Disasters", Jihad/"Misunderstanders Of Islam", Caliphate/Khalifa/Shariah, Pro-Palestine/Anti-Israel
So, are you a domestic terrorist?  Read this list and find out:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ridiculous-fbi-list-you-might-be-domestic-ter
Greece:  Shariah abolished for Greek Muslims
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2011/08/21/shariah-abolished-for-greek-muslims/
U.K.:  Muslims demand Sharia student loans because paying interest goes against Islamic law...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028782/Muslims-demand-Sharia-student-loans-paying-goes-Islamic-law.html#ixzz1VlpMJx2a
Colorado:  Muslim demands for prayer breaks disrupt meat packing plant
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/muslim-demands-for-prayer-breaks-disrupt-colorado-meat-packing-plant.html
Who may qualify for amnesty under new Obama immigration policy?
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/08/19/who-may-qualify-to-remain-in-u-s-under-new-obama-immigration-policy/
--New Jersey:  Iraqi immigrant held on $1 million bail after allegedly stabbing two men (was a role player in U.S. military training exercises...)
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/stabbing-suspect-out-of-hospital-held-on-million-bail/article_bf363d83-8895-58fe-94ea-760286eea65a.html
**Obama administration finally highlights Iran's key role in supporting al Qaeda**
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/hidden-hand_582072.html
--California:  Al-Qaeda, jihadis infest 'Internet Archive' library archive.org
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5576.htm
--Texas:  Lackland Air Force Base actively promoting the Mahdi & Islam
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/08/lackland-afb-prepares-for-mahdi.htmlRussia pushes to claim Arctic as its own
Russia pushes to claim Arctic as its own...
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139577789/russia-pushes-to-claim-arctic-as-its-own

Civil/Racial Unrest

SEIU'S DAVID LERNER & WADE RATHKE ORCHESTRATING "U.S. DAY OF RAGE"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seius-stephen-lerner-invokes-bill-ayers-days-of-rage-to-take-down-wall-street-this-september/
D.C.:  Black teen flash mob robberies continue
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/It-Happened-Again-128062773.html?dr
Ohio:  Cleveland rapper arrested for incited a flash mob
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/cleveland_rappers_attempt_at_a.html

Media conceal true nature of "flash mob" racial violence
http://www.aim.org/special-report/aim-exclusive-media-conceal-true-nature-of-
“flash-mob”-racial-violence/
Illinois:  Man threw Molotov Cocktail into grocery store
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Man-Threw-Molotov-Cocktail-into-Crowd-Report--128174588.html?dr


This Is What 'Democracy' Looks Like

**Libyans draft a constitution: Sharia is 'principle source of legislation'**
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/22/libyan-draft-constitution-sharia-is-principal-source-of-legislation/
--Libya:  A transition to the Islamists...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/A-transition-to-the-Islamists/Article1-734821.aspx
--Libyan news anchor brandishes gun as warning to rebels (VIDEO)
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/libyan-news-anchor-brandishes-gun-as-warning-to-rebels-entering-tripoli/
China:  China accidentally broadcasts evidence of cyberwar against U.S.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/oops-china-accidentally-broadcasts-evidence-of-cyber-war-against-u-s/
Day of world chaos sees air strikes, bombings, ambushes
http://www.businessinsider.com/kurds-iraq-turkey-afghanistan-kansas-city-curfew-israel-2011-8
Afghanistan:  Afghans brace for economic fallout of U.S. exit
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-economy-20110819,0,4578448.story
Indonesia:  Mayor decides churches can't be built on streets with Islamic names
http://www.worthynews.com/10899-indonesian-mayor-decides-churches-cant-be-built-on-streets-with-islamic-names
--
"If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself." ~~ Benjamin Franklin, An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz. The Court of the Press, 1789

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