Aptos Psychologist: there’s a new “Adopt-a-Jihadist” program for the politically correct …

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new "Adopt-a-Jihadist" program

Ms Farhat-Holzman’s articles routinely cause apoplexy for left leaning progressive types in Santa Cruz, CA.

Read her latest article below which quotes a satirical, imaginary letter to a Canadian group that sees no threat to freedom posed by radical Islam. The letter by British Freedom suggests that the Canadian group try out a new “Adopt-a-Jihadist” program. It’s doubtful that the politically correct or Santa Cruz progressives will get the humor.
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Laina Farhat-Holzman: Fear and loathing or analysis and perspective?

Posted: Santa Cruz Sentinel, 04/28/2012

“There are two ways to analyze the violent eruption of global terrorist attacks that have marked the past three decades: analyze the nature of the threat and the culture supporting it, or blame it all on the evils of Western colonialism and American militarism.

“The latter analysis is the choice of the “politically correct,” who say that terrorism is as rampant in the West as it is in the Muslim world. A truth check, however, will tell us that for every Western terrorist such as Timothy McVeigh, there are hundreds almost exclusively from the Muslim world.

“If colonialism is the villain of this piece, why do ideologues only talk about Western colonialism? Why ignore that Arab Muslims and European Christians suffered under 500 years of Ottoman Turkish colonialism well before Western colonization, and how about the Muslim world in Central Asia that suffered under both Russian Tsarist and Communist colonialism?

“Arabs themselves were dreadful imperialists 700-1000 A.D. and every land they conquered is still dysfunctional today, according to Harvard economics professor, Eric Chaney: “Democratic Change in the Arab World, Past and Present,” in the April 7 Economist and Fareed Zakaria in Time, April 7. Wherever Arabs conquered, bad governance and economic development remain smothered to our day. This is even true for countries temporarily conquered but not converted to Islam by the Arabs Spain, Portugal, Southern Italy.

“Islamist terrorism is not just aimed at the West revenge for colonization, but also at Thailand Buddhist; Muslim Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia; and Nigeria, where jihadis murdered Christian church goers on Easter Sunday. Black slavery was an Arab business long before it was European.

“American deniers and apologists for Islamist terrorism have a colleague in Canada: Mira Blinkers, president of “Canadians-are-Under-No-Threat,” who has passionately denounced the treatment of “captive insurgents” her term for terrorists and thinks that they should not only be treated better, but should be integrated into Canadian society. The current object of her attention is Afghan jihadi, Ahmed Allah-Akbar.

The satirical website, British Freedom, has offered an imaginary letter from Canada’s Department of Defence, providing Ms. Blinker with a new “Adopt-a-Jihadist” program designed specifically for her. See britishfreedom.org/canada’s-new-adopt-a-jihadist-program/

“In accordance with the guidelines of this new pilot program, we have decided to release one terrorist and place him in your custody. I am pleased to inform you that your personal detainee has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard from Pearson International to your residence in Toronto next Thursday.

“Ahmed Allah-Akbar you can just call him Ahmed is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of complaint. In other words, the standards which you and most people of your ideological persuasion demand of civilized democracies like Israel, but not of Islamic dictatorships.

“We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home-schooling. Be warned. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills at your yoga class or while you are piloting your Cessna aircraft. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless you think that this might offend him. [Canada permits ruinous lawsuits against those who “offend” Islamists.]

“You will appreciate that Ahmed, as an Islamic fundamentalist, views females as a subhuman property without rights, including the right to refuse his sexual demands. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that he will “recommend” as more appropriate attire. I’m sure that, over time, you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka. Just remember that it is all part of respecting his culture and religious beliefs’ as described in your letter.”

The letter was signed by “General I. M. Perturbed.” A man after my own heart.

Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman is a historian, lecturer, and author of How Do You Know That?’ You may contact her at Lfarhat102@aol.com or www.globalthink.net.

Dr. Fahat-Holzman
Dr. Farhat-Holzman, www.globalthink.net

Laina Farhat-Holzman was born in Rochester, New York; received her BA from UCLA and her MA and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She was married to an Iranian student for 15 years, lived on and off in Iran, and had two children in that marriage. She is now married to E. H. Holzman, an American businessman, ostrich rancher, and a former Baseball Coach at Stanford University. They live in Aptos, California.

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Firenze Sage: ‘Oh, drat!’ is gonna get you whipped [Sharia law OKs woman whipped for text msg]

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Cairo woman whipped for texting bad word

Smart phone leads to a dumb sentence in Egypt.

Woman who swore at girl friend via text message gets 50 lashes under Shara law in Cairo, Egypt.

The two Saudi women, aged 33 and 31 years, had decided to go out with their children for a weekend night but differed on where to go.

“An argument ensued and the two women decided to split … one of them later sent a text to her friend’s mobile phone swearing at her,” the Arabic language quotidian Kabar reported.

“The other woman went to court and showed the judge the message … although that woman said she was joking, the court ordered her lashed 50 times.
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Bring that law here and there’d be a whole lotta whipping goin on… JAJ48@aol.com

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Aptos Psychologist: outdated govt. regulations killed Titanic passengers & harm working women today

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outdated govt regulations killed Titanic passengers

Outdated govt regulations caused the Titanic tragedy & harm married working women today.

Those out dated government regulations must be updated for a world in which 60% of all women work outside the home.

And now is the time for women to raise a roar as Republicans control the House where all bills involving money must start.

“Flex time” is a good government regulation to fix in place. “Flex time” allows the worker to work the same number of hours packed into fewer days.

Senate Democrats blocked “flex time” back in the 1990’s. Now it’s time for Ann Romney and husband Mitt to make the case for “flex time”

The Titanic sank because the owner said follow the law as to how many life boats to equip it with. And the outdated Board of Trade law required only enough boats for half the number of people aboard. The accepted premise was that if a ship was in trouble it would always be possible to have 4-6 other boats near by who could provide additional life boat assistance.That was a wrong premise for the Titanic.

And it’s a wrong premise today that woman are the same as mem so treat them exactly the same. Women have babies and move in and out of the work force. Women need flexible hours, opportunity and choice.

Women working for the Obama White House make roughly 18% less than the men. Probably moving in and out of the work force and taking jobs with fewer hours are a big part of why women working for Obama are paid less.

Repeal the marriage penalty and add “flex time” to Romney’s reforms — that’s the message to send to Ann Romney and Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

Look at Ann Romney’s page on Pinterests.com and tell Ann what women working outside the home need. Ann is approachable. And Ann Romney in my view will become as popular as Jackie Kennedy was in the 1960’s. And someday Mitt Romney will introduce his wife to the French people as ‘this is the person you came to see…”

Here’s an outdated regulation that must be changed: A married woman working of an assembly line keeps less of her pay check than the unwed man who does the same job.

Today, 60%o of all women work outside the home and are penalized by outdated laws.

Start with the premise that many women, because they have babies, are different from men.

written by DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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Aptos Psychologist: Arise with new Life and Hope and walk out of the ashes of deadly routines & negative thoughts.

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baby chick

Can you literally change the structure of your brain? Yes.

Can you arise this Easter & Passover season to new life? Yes.

How can you know? Faith is a gift but PET scans can show you it is so.

Persons who were severely abused early have brains that ‘fire up’ a certain way. Often people who experience severe abuse in utero and early childhood get diagnosed with a variety of disorders including PTSD, ADHD and Depression.

Trauma gets etched into the brain and how it functions. But its not a forever thing and you can change your brain, how it functions and its actual anatomy.

With appropriate cognitive and behavioral therapy — and time — people’s brains learn fresh pathways and literally change how they ‘fire’ And as the brain’s function changes so changes the actual anatomy of your brain.

The brain is a very complex organ and its complexity does not end with its structural and chemical composition.

The brain is a dynamic organ and is in a constant state of change, governed by life’s experiences
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Every time we learn something new, form a memory, experience stress or disease, the biochemical structure of our brain changes at the neuronal level and this affects information flow.

There are many varieties of brain disorders that affect humans, including dementia, epilepsy, and other disorders that are more generally thought of as being “behavioral” rather than biological. Continue reading “Aptos Psychologist: Arise with new Life and Hope and walk out of the ashes of deadly routines & negative thoughts.”

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Firenze Sage: Cartoons [of Prophet Mohammed] are bad, very 7 years bad …

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7 years prison for 2 Tunesians for a nude cartoon of Prophet Mohammed

More uproar by Islamists over a recent political cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.

A cartoon, depicting the Prophet Mohammed nude, was posted on a Facebook page by two Tunesian youth from Mahdia. Both youth have been sentenced to seven years in prison for violation of morality.

Since the Islamist Ennaha party took charge in Tunesia trials for violation of morality have increased considerably.

The case has fuelled allegations that Tunesia’s new Islamist leaders are gagging free speech.

The two men had posted depictions of the prophet naked on the social networking site, the justice ministry said, inflaming sensitivities in a country where Muslim values have taken on a bigger role since a revolution last year.

A justice ministry spokesman said, “They were sentenced … to seven years in prison for violation of morality, and disturbing public order.
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Islam ain’t no fun.

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Firenze Sage: Divorce mall style [for Egyptian men based on the Koran]

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no equality in Koran marriage

Is this what the Koran permits Egyptian men to do with their wife or wives?

How can an Egyptian Muslim marriage — or any marriage — be terminated in divorce based on this flimsy evidence?

Facts: An Egyptian man supposedly saw a telephone number written down and given to his wife. So the man immediately shouts out divorce over a loud speaker. His wife at the time is at the mall with their several kids. This is what came over the internet:

“A Saudi husband in Cairo, Egypt used a loudspeaker to divorce his wife at a busy shopping mall. The husband saw [supposedly] his wife take a note from a man.

“When he left that shop, he saw a man giving his wife a note bearing his phone number. She [supposedly] accepted the paper and put it inside her bag,” The newspaper did not mention where the mall is located.

“The husband then used the mall’s loudspeaker to shout divorce words against his wife. His wife at the time was with her three children.”
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Old eagle eye sees all. jaj48@aol.com

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Aptos Psychologist: About the ObamaCare individual mandate– If you must buy X then you can be required to buy Y and Z

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bacon

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force pork?

Conservatives can do things that support getting rid of ObamaCare, Obama’s regulations and Obama’s policies. One way: Read the opposition’s arguments and comment back via blogs and email. This is a comment back on ‘Broccoli and bad faith’ written by Paul Krugman, with New York Times.

Replace broccoli with pork and see what happens to Krugman’s weak argument.

Dear Mr. Krugman: Do you know that …..

1) Americans overwhelmingly dislike 2 to 1 ObamaCare. It was not popular before and overall it is still unpopular.

2) If the Supreme Court throws ObamaCare out entirely, then Congress gets a fresh slate to make health care reform with bipartisan support. Not one Republican voted for ObamaCare. Any change of such massive proportions requires bipartisan support and public input through hearings. Thus, a fresh start is the best way to go.

3) Americans want health care reform that respects individual freedom of religion per the Bill of Rights. Obama recently Jan 20, 2012 told the Catholic bishops there was no waiver for any church organizations. Under Obama-Care, all organizations must provide for free a wide variety of contraceptive choices including abortion, sterilization and birth control pills. Many organizations are affronted at this lack of respect for individual conscience and by the one size fits all approach taken by Obama and his Health Secretary Sebelius.

4) People want & should be able to get individually tailored plans. A gay man does not need or want pregnancy care whereas a gay woman who plans to give birth may. Health care reform must include tort reform to reduce malpractice costs and allow and encourage competition across state lines.

5) If you Mr. Krrugman don’t like Justice Scalia’s comparison of health care with broccoli then how about comparing health care with the purchase of pork? Say there is just one store and it’s located in the middle of a Jewish neighborhood. And Jews don’t eat pork or bacon or products with pork. How long will the store owner offer pork for sale? As the demand is zero he will stop offering it for sale. So when Jews choose not to buy pork in fact their actions make pork unavailable to the few who do want to buy pork.

6) But what if the government requires all stores to offer pork for sale and requires all shoppers to purchase pork no matter what the individual’s religious or culinary habits? When the government can require all to purchase X then the government can require all to also purchase Y and Z.

6) The essence of a legal contract [based on Western laws] is that both parties enter into it voluntarily. But if one side is forced then there is no lawful contract.

7) You Mr. Krugman have got it flat wrong when you say, “people don’t buy health insurance until they get sick…” Wrong. Most people get health insurance as part of their benefits from their employer. Some individuals that work by the hour and have several children will get health care for their children via Healthy Families and other government paid for programs. And, if in CA, via Medical.

Insurance is based on risk. What is the risk of a 20 year old dying from a heart attack compared to a 70 year old? The risk is far less for the younger person and hence the insurance cost is less.

Yes Mr. Krugman, Americans want health care reform. But they do not want ObamaCare. Americans do not want to be told that they must purchase health care insurance or pork or anything for that matter.

In January, 2008, instead of focusing on the weak economy, creating actual ‘shovel ready’ jobs, the huge homes ‘under water’ Obama and Pelosi and the Democrats focused on creating a one size fits all government health care program for all. The priorities of the working American are — and remain — far different from Obama’s priorities.

And what are Obama’s priorities?
Giving Russia what it wants concerning missile defense? Protecting ‘green’ energy and choosing supposed winners and losers? Stopping the Canadian- Gulf oil pipeline? Adding 1 TRILLION to the national debt to be paid by our children and grand-children? Stopping all oil drilling in the Gulf even though his commission said re-open bids?

Americans are far smarter than Obama and apologist Paul Krugman think. And yes, health insurance can be compared to the purchase of broccoli or any product. If the government can force you as an individual to buy health insufance, it can force you to buy all sorts of of things.

Way back in 1775, the individual states agreed to create and give limited powers to the federal government.
All powers not given remained with the individual states. All powers over the individual citizen [pay a property tax, get a drivers license, pay sales tax] come from the power of the state where you live.

Up until now — except for conscription into the army and serving on a federal jury
— the federal government has only limited, specific powers. It has no police powers over any individual. If the individual mandate of ObamaCare is found by the Supreme Court to be constitutional and legal, then the basic relationship between you and your government changes drastically.

So the answer is yes, if the individual mandate is legal then Obama can force Jewish grocery stores to sell bacon and pork and Obama can force all shoppers to purchase bacon and pork.

drcameronjackson@gmail.com

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Firenze Sage: “the threat of Christianity” by Methodist church in Malaysia – as practices Christianity

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threat of Christianity

Inclusion of words “The threat of Christianity” is a boo-boo says Malaysian officials.

Malaysian state religious and education officials have changed the title of a seminar which included the words “the threat of Christianity” following outrage by non-Muslims in the Muslim dominant country [28.3 million Muslims to 9.2 million Christians].

How dare you call Christianity a threat says non-Muslims. The religious Police raided a Methodist church event last August fearing Muslims were being converted to Christianity.

Co-organisers from the state religious department say the seminar’s content [directed towards school teachers] will remain the same but part of the title “threat of Christianity” will be removed.

“The seminar is part of the right of Muslims to defend the faith of its practitioners from any action which may lead to apostasy. It is our responsibility,” an official said.

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More than 80% of the truth seekers in Egypt favor death for apostasy. JAJ48@ao.com

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Forensic Sage: NO homemade food for homeless says government

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homemade dolsot

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hommade dolmas

Your church provide homemade food to less fortunate and hungry? Homemade food not OK says federal and some city governments. What’s happening in New York: No more home cooked food for the homeless of New York.

The Bloomberg administration is now taking the term “food police” to new depths. Bloomberg now blocks food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless.

In conjunction with a mayoral task force and the Health Department, the Department of Homeless Services recently started enforcing new nutritional rules for food served at city shelters. Since DHS can’t assess the nutritional content of donated food, shelters have to turn away good Samaritans.

For over a decade, Glenn Richter and his wife, Lenore, have led a team of food-delivery volunteers from Ohab Zedek, the Upper West Side Orthodox congregation. Shelters must turn away synagogue goodies like gefilte fish and pastries, thanks to Bloomberg.

They’ve brought freshly cooked, nutrient-rich surplus foods from synagogue events to homeless facilities in the neighborhood. (Disclosure: I know the food is so tasty because I’ve eaten it — I’m an OZ member.) The practice of donating such surplus food to homeless shelters is common among houses of worship in the city.

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So here we go. only the Govt can provide. jaj48@aol.com

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Firenze Sage: Oh, our prayers are answered! Jesse is here.

Jesse Jackson PUSHes back violence here, there and everywhere? He spoke Friday morning from the Chicago offices of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jesse was in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday as part of a delegation of religious leaders trying to find a way to end the violence in Syria. Results of the Geneva meeting to reduce violence?

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Geneva stairway to heaven

Jesse Jackson is now about to get on a plane for a flight south to Florida. He will add his voice to the growing protests in and around Sanford, Fla., concerning the death one month ago of 17 year old Afro-American Martin.

Martin was on his way to the store when shot and died at scene. Zimmerman, a Peruvian-Caucasian Neighborhood Watch person involved, was not arrested. A witness reports that he heard ‘Help! Help!” and saw red shirted Zimmerman on bottom being beaten. Zimmerman says he was returning to his truck when he was attacked. The police report notes Zimmerman’s face was bloody and grass stains were on the back of his shirt.
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After Jesse Jackson’s resounding success in Geneva, Switzerland in sorting Syria, he returns. Just why is this delegation in Europe instead of Syria or Chicago?

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