Saturday, September 29, 2012
Iran Paper Says US, UK, 'Zionists' Spread Homosexuality
This is the regime that U.S. President Obama sought to "engage"--code for appease and align with in order to pacify the Middle East and Central Asia. When the perfidious attempt at a Grand Bargain entered in utter failure, Obama turned to Islamist-led Turkey, whose leaders dream of restoring the Ottoman Empire, as a counter to Iran's imperialist drive. The entire effort allowed Iran to continue its atomic advance; as a result, the regime is closer than ever to becoming a nuclear arms power.
Regardless of how one feels about Mitt Romney's economic policies, there is no denying that Obama has pursued a pro-Islamist foreign policy that has resulted in the Islamist conquests of Libya and Egypt--the abandonment and betrayal of Mubarak recalls Carter's catastrophic abandonment and betrayal of the Iranian Shah--and now threatens to also put the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of Syria.
Battle for Aleppo Rages
Rebel Offensive Continues
By Carla Babb
Battles are raging in Syria's most populous city, Aleppo, as rebels continued their offensive to take the city that began three days ago.
Clashes broke out in Aleppo's Arkub and Azzizia neighborhoods Saturday. Witnesses tell the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that at least three rebel fighters were killed in fighting in the central Old City district, which has suffered heavy shelling.
Rebels announced a new offensive against government troops in Aleppo on Thursday, but it appears that neither side has made significant gains. Syria's official SANA news agency reports the government is targeting and killing what it describes as "terrorists" in Aleppo.
The Syrian Observatory says government troops also bombarded areas in Homs, Idlib and Daraa provinces Saturday.
The latest violence comes as the U.N. General Assembly is wrapping up its general debate period in New York. U.S. President Barack Obama repeated his calls for the Syrian president to step down.
"We intervened in Libya alongside a broad coalition, and with the mandate of the United Nations Security Council, because we had the ability to stop the slaughter of innocents, and because we believed that the aspirations of the people were more powerful than a tyrant," he said. "And as we meet here, we again declare that the regime of Bashar al-Assad must come to an end so that the suffering of the Syrian people can stop and a new dawn can begin."
But the Syrian Observatory's Mataz Suheil said he was dissatisfied with the general debate speeches.
"The representative of each state used Syria just to bolster their position domestically. There was no actual movement toward solving the situation," he said.
He called the U.N.'s failure to have its special envoy to Syria speak before the General Assembly "ridiculous" and said the General Assembly lacks a unified stance to stop the bloodshed.
"It's not a priority to stop it at the moment. It's a low-burning conflict that is going to be solved at a later date when it's deemed necessary," said Suheil.
The Syrian Observatory says Saturday's violence across Syria killed at least 45 people, including three children. That brings the death toll to nearly 31,000 since the uprising began in March of last year.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Israeli Innovation and Aid Saving Lives
Inspiring Stories from the Startup Nation
Click here to read about Pluristem, a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, and other promising Israeli companies.
Israel is the land of miracles, value and wealth creation, creativity, while the country's enemies export terrorism, fanaticism, hatred.
Broker's Drunken, Overnight Trades Sent Oil Price Soaring
Now it Can be Told: a Crude, Cautionary Tale
On June the 30th 2009 oil mysteriously jumped by more than $1.50 a barrel during the night, to reach its highest price in eight months, the kind of swing that is caused by a major geopolitical event.
The amazing, true cause of this price spike has now been released by a Financial Services Authority investigation (FSA).
Although not authorised to invest company cash in trades Steve Perkins, a long standing, senior broker at PVM Oil Futures, had managed to spend $520 million on oil futures contracts throughout the night.
On the morning of the 30th an admin clerk called Mr. Perkins to ask why he had bought 7 million barrels of crude during the night. Mr. Perkins had no recollection of the transactions, and it turned out that he had made the trades during a “drunken blackout.”
By the time PVM had realised the transactions had not been authorized by a client, they had incurred losses of $9,763,252.
Bought 69% of the Global Market
Between the hours of 1:22 AM and 3: 41 AM, Mr. Perkins gradually bought 69% of the global market, whilst driving prices up from $71.40 to $73.05, by bidding higher each time.
At 6.30 AM, presumably sobering up and realising what he’d done, he sent a message to his managing director claiming an unwell relative meant he would not be able to make it into work.
Following an official investigation Mr. Perkins admitted to having a drink problem, had his trading license revoked for five years, and was given a fine of £72,000.
The FSA have said that they will re-approve his license after the five year period, if he has recovered from his drink problem, although they warned that “Mr. Perkins poses an extreme risk to the market when drunk.”
The above article is republished with permission of OilPrice.com.
Egyptian Christian Who Made Prophet Film Jailed in US
Convicted Fraudster Behind Bars for Violating Probation
The craven liar who tried to pin the blame for his incendiary anti-Islam video on Israeli and American Jews is behind bars--without bond--for allegedly violating the rules of his probation from a bank fraud conviction. Click here for the story.
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