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Friday, September 25, 2015

Trouble Is Coming And Its Name Is ISIS

After embedding with ISIS for 10 days, senior journalist reveals they are planning 'the largest religious cleansing in history.'

September 25, 2015 0 Comment

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Reuters)

A veteran German journalist who became the first to gain access as an embedded reporter with Islamic State (ISIS) revealed the jihadist terror group plans to bring nuclear annihilation across the globe.

The journalist, Jurgen Todenhofer (75), released his findings in a book called “Inside IS – Ten Days in the Islamic State,” reports the UK's Daily Express on Friday.

Todenhofer, who previously was an MP in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party before turning to journalism in 2000 as a war reporter, spent ten days with ISIS.

He was overseen during his visit by “Jihadi John,” the ISIS terrorist from the UK named Mohammed Emwazi who gained fame in gruesome beheading videos.

According to the journalist, the West is unprepared for ISIS. He writes that “the terrorists plan on killing several hundred million people. The west is drastically underestimating the power of ISIS.”

ISIS intends to get its hands on nuclear weapons, says Todenhofer, calling the group a “nuclear tsunami preparing the largest religious cleansing in history.”

Those warnings are made all the more stark by the possibility of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East sparked by the Iran nuclear deal, with rival states such as Saudi Arabia eyeing their own nuclear arsenal leading to a higher proliferation – and a higher chance that nuclear weapons could fall into ISIS hands.

Describing how he got the close-up expose with ISIS, Todenhofer detailed the intense negotiations with “the leadership of the Caliphate, via Skype, over several months, hammering out the security details.”

“Of course I'd seen the terrible, brutal beheading videos and it was of course after seeing this in the last few months that caused me the greatest concern in my negotiations to ensure how I can avoid this. Anyway, I made my will before I left.”

In speaking about the extent of ISIS's power, he noted, “they now control land greater in size than the United Kingdom and are supported by an almost ecstatic enthusiasm the like of which I've never encountered before in a war zone. Every day hundreds of willing fighters from all over the world come.”

“They are the most brutal and most dangerous enemy I have ever seen in my life. I don't see anyone who has a real chance to stop them. Only Arabs can stop IS. I came back very pessimistic.”

Those pessimistic warnings highlight criticism against the limited Western campaign against ISIS.

US President Barack Obama, after initially calling ISIS a “JV team” of Al Qaeda before they shot to power, admitted in June he has no strategy to fight the jihadist group.

Why Does The Defense Department Need To Inflate Their Results? Political Pressure?

ISIS Intel Scandal Probe Widens, Whistleblower Visits Capitol Hill

by Debra Heine

September 24, 2015 - 12:39 pm

The scope of the probe into allegations of intel manipulation regarding the Islamic State and other terrorist groups expanded significantly in recent days, Fox News reports, with one whistleblower now talking to congressional aides.

A congressional source confirmed that aides on the Senate intelligence and armed services committees have met with the whistle-blower.

At least five congressional committees — including those two panels — are now looking into the allegations. And Bloomberg reported Thursday that multiple inspectors general in the intelligence community have launched their own probes.

The widespread involvement marks a significant expansion for a probe initially handled only by the Defense Department inspector general. Bloomberg reported that the whistle-blower who met with aides will meet with top senators soon.

At their core, the allegations cover claims that Central Command figures manipulated analysts’ intelligence to make the campaign against ISIS seem more successful.

Fox News has previously reported that the alleged manipulation goes back to 2012, before the rise of the Islamic State.

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House intelligence committee, said these practices extend to how intelligence on Al Qaeda was handled as well.

“I know for a fact this was going on in 2012, because I was told by informants that this was going on back then,” Nunes, head of the intelligence committee, recently told Fox News.

Nunes has said that in addition to the complaints that ISIS intelligence assessments hyped battlefield damage by the U.S. air campaign, there were significant complaints about the handling of the Usama bin Laden documents.

Carson Hits A Home Run With His Statements On A Muslim President

Former Radical Islamist: Yeah, Ben Carson Is Right About Muslims

Leah Barkoukis

9/24/2015 6:30:00 PM - Leah Barkoukis

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson drew the ire of both Democrats and some Republican presidential candidates after saying on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that he would “not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.”

Even after the criticism, Carson refused to walk back his comment, although he did offer more clarification.

"Those Republicans that take issue with my position are amazing," he wrote in a Facebook statement. "Under Islamic Law, homosexuals – men and women alike – must be killed. Women must be subservient. And people following other religions must be killed. I know that there are many peaceful Muslims who do not adhere to these beliefs. But until these tenants are fully renounced ... I cannot advocate any Muslim candidate for President."

And to be fair, he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he wouldn’t advocate putting a Christian in the office if they wanted to turn the country into a theocracy. “We don't put people at the head of our country whose faith might interfere with them carrying out the duties of the Constitution,” he said.

Not only do a number of Americans agree with his comment—based on the amount of money pouring into his campaign since then—but he’s also received support from Dr. Tawfik Hamid, a former Islamic extremist.

“As a Muslim — and particularly as a former member of a radical Islamist group — I can state unequivocally that Dr. Carson is correct,” Hamid wrote in a column. “Without a single exception, the approved Islamic literature teaches violent principles such as killing apostates, beating women, killing gays, and enslaving female war prisoners for sexual purposes.”

“If anyone doubts this, or wishes to challenge it, they need to prove this to be wrong,” he continued, adding that no Islamic texts exist which reject the “traditional barbaric principles of Islamic law.”

“These Shariah values and principles, which are so hostile to the American Constitution, are still an integral part of mainstream Islam,” he noted.

Thus, Carson is absolutely correct.

Left Wing Ideology Promoted By Pope Could Cause Major Problems In The Church

The Pope Could Face Church Upheaval

Pope Francis in U.S. (AP)

By Andrew Napolitano | Thursday, 24 Sep 2015 09:45 AM

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Congressman Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has invited me to the House of Representatives to watch Pope Francis address a joint session of Congress.

This generous Methodist congressman has invited your traditionalist Roman Catholic columnist and cable TV guy to this grand event. I am going with joy because the Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth, and his presence in Congress is historically unique.

But within me is fear and trembling over what he might say.

The papacy is an office created personally by our Lord. Its occupants are direct descendants of St. Peter. Its role and authorities have evolved over the centuries, but the core of its responsibilities has always been the preservation of traditional teachings about faith and morals and safeguarding the sacraments.

While the papacy is a monarchy, the teaching authority in the church is "the bishops under the Pope." This means that a Pope intent on change ought to consult with his fellow bishops.

Before the monumental church changes of the 1960s and 1970s that trivialized the Mass and blurred the distinctions between the clergy and the laity, Popes John XXIII and Paul VI consulted their fellow bishops at Vatican II.

The consultations were fractious and belligerent, but both Popes got what they wanted: a watering down of liturgical practices and an easing of rules safeguarding the sacraments, so as to make the church more appealing and accessible to former and to non-adherents.

The result was a disaster. Fewer Catholics went to Mass, confusion about former theological norms reigned, and a general tenor pervaded the faithful that the church never really meant what it preached.

Former Catholics continued to stay away, new Catholics barely showed up, and many traditional faithful became demoralized.

Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI attempted to roll this back. They succeeded in part by emphasizing traditional orthodoxy and personal piety to youth.

Today, Catholic seminaries throughout the world are filled with young men who are more faithful to traditional practices and beliefs than many of their professors are.

Comes now Pope Francis to use moral relativism to take the church in two dangerous directions. The first is an assault on the family, and the second is an assault on the free market — two favorite political targets of the left.

In the past month, without consulting his fellow bishops, the Pope has weakened the sacrament of matrimony by making annulments easier to obtain.

The church cannot grant divorces because our Lord used his own words to declare valid marriages indissoluble. But it does grant annulments.

An annulment is a judicial finding that a valid marriage never existed. This generally requires a trial, at which the party seeking the annulment must prove the existence of the marital defect from the beginning.

Fair annulment trials are costly and time consuming, often taking years from the initial filing to the final appeal. Until now.

Last week, Pope Francis arbitrarily ordered the entire process to be completed in 45 days or fewer. For contested matters, a fair trial in 45 days is impossible.

So, to meet his deadline, more annulments will be granted administratively, not on the merits. It gets worse.

The church has taught for 400 years that abortion is murder. Because the victim of an abortion is always innocent, helpless and uniquely under the control of the mother, abortion removes the participants from access to the sacraments. Until now.

Frito-Lay Getting In Bed With A Sick, Hateful Ideologue. Where Is The Board On This?

HUCKABEE TO DORITOS: MEET YOUR SICK NEW PARTNER

Frito-Lay working with radical homosexual activist Dan Savage on LGBT campaign

Published: 16 hours ago

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BOB UNRUH

Mike Huckabee

GOP presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee is asking Frito-Lay’s board of directors to take a closer look at Dan Savage before partnering with the radical gay-rights activist’s “It Gets Better” organization.

Frito-Lay, the maker of Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos and Ruffles, aligned itself with the virulent Christian-hater who has described the Bible’s contents as “bull—-” and admits he once tried to infect Christians with viruses.

A call also is going out from David Lane of American Renewal Project to pastors to hold prayer services after WND reported Frito-Lay was jumping into the “gay” advocacy movement with a themed Doritos snack in partnership with Savage’s group.

In an email to Frito-Lay management, a copy of which was obtained by WND, Huckabee, who was targeted by Savage’s vitriol several years ago, says, “I hope that you will do some honest vetting about Dan Savage and his very hateful and vulgar comments toward Christians and his calls for violence and injury to people he disagrees with.

“It is beyond me to understand how a responsible corporation would think that partnering with someone who spews the vicious vitriol that Savage does would be worthy of your corporate contributions.”

Huckabee cited one of Savage’s attacks on him.

“Please view the … video. Better yet, play it in one of your corporate board meetings and ask if it represents the values and views of Frito-Lay. If not, you should apologize, sever ties with hate groups like Savage’s, and explain how you were unaware of his history.

“If it does represent the corporate values of Frito-Lay, then the Christian community needs to be made aware that Frito-Lay has decided to not seek their business.”

He warned the company: “Be advised that the link is a very explicit and crude rant by Mr. Savage and contains profanity and intense vulgarity. It’s important that you listen to find out exactly the kind of individual you are associating with.”

See the video (WARNING: The following video of Dan Savage is filled with obscene, lewd and highly offensive language.):

Frito-Lay, whose leadership is listed online, is a subsidiary of PepisCo Inc.

PepsiCo's board members are Shona Brown, a senior adviser to Google; George Buckley, retired CEO of 3M; Ian Cook, president of Colgate-Palmolive; Dina Dublon, former vice president of JP Morgan Chase; Rona Fairhead of BBC Trust; Richard Fisher, formerly of the Dallas Federal Reserve; Alberto Ibarguen of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; William Johnson of Advent International; David Page of Whitehead Institute; Robert Pohlad of Dakota Holdings; Lloyd Trotter of GenNx360; Daniel Vasella, formerly of Novartis; and Alberto Weisser, formerly of Bunge Limited.

The corporation's brands include Pepsi, Tropicana, Gatorade, Quaker, Lipton and Aquafina.

A media contact declined to respond to a WND request for comment.

WND's report noted Frito-Lay was joining forces with the homosexuality-promoting group called "It Gets Better."

At the time, Ram Krishnan, Frito-Lay's chief marketing officer, said: "Time and again, our consumers have shown us, there really is nothing bolder than being true to yourself and living life to the fullest. With Doritos Rainbows chips, we're bringing an entirely new product experience to our consumers to show our commitment toward equal rights for the LGBT community and celebrate humanity without exception."

But Lane, among others, pointed out to Frito-Lay the activities of Savage. WND cited some in June when ABC was urged to cancel plans for a television show loosely based on Savage's life.

See "The Big List of 'gayest' companies in America," where support for homosexual, bisexual and transgender causes is a priority.

At the time, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation said, "Gay activist Dan Savage embodies the mainstream 'gay rights' movement, decrying 'discrimination' while spewing some of the most hateful and obscene venom. Hollywood likes to pretend it battles against 'hate' when, in reality, it regularly churns out race-baiting, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-Life propaganda every day."

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Dan Savage

Tony Perkins, president of FRC, asked: "What does an X-rated gay sex columnist have in common with Walt Disney? Nothing. And that's exactly the problem."

"Most Americans have probably never heard of Dan Savage, but unfortunately, that's all about to change this fall," he said. "Despite massive outcry – thousands of phone calls, emails and petition signers – Disney's ABC is taking its LGBT activism to new lows with plans to bring the controversial Christian-basher to life in a sitcom called 'The Real O'Neals.'"

Media reports on the show were missing any mention of Savage's many episodes of vulgar and bizarre attacks on Christians and others of opposing views, such as presidential candidates Gary Bauer, Sen. Rick Santorum and Gov. Sarah Palin.

Savage infamously has admitted that while suffering from the flu, he volunteered for Bauer's 2000 campaign, licked doorknobs and other objects at a campaign office, and handed Bauer a saliva-coated pen with the intent of passing on the virus to the candidate and his supporters.

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When Santorum made a reference to bestiality in a discussion of homosexuality, Savage formed the website "Santorum.com" to create a "Google bomb" to smear the senator, using his name as the definition of a byproduct of anal sex. And he sent a tweet expressing his wish that Palin be stricken with cancer.

In a 2000 column, "Stalking Gary Bauer," Savage wrote of his fury over Bauer’s stance on homosexuality and described his own "malicious" – "even a little mean-spirited" plan – to volunteer at Bauer’s Iowa campaign headquarters and infect him and his co-workers.

When Bauer staff members were away from the office, wrote Savage, he started "licking doorknobs."

"The front door, office doors, even a bathroom door. When that was done, I started in on the staplers, phones and computer keyboards. Then I stood in the kitchen and licked the rims of all the clean coffee cups drying in the rack," in case his pen plan didn't work.

"Savage, one of the cruelest, most vile political activists in America, has spared no one with whom he disagrees from his vitriolic hate speech," said Monica Cole, director of One Million Moms. "Despite Savage's extremism, vulgarity and unabashed encouragement of dangerous sexual practices, Disney ABC is planning to feature a man who has done nothing but bash Christians and bash the Bible."

"Dan Savage's brand of hate does not merit a platform on a supposedly pro-family network," said MRC President Brent Bozell at the time. "Disney ABC's silence is not going unnoticed by faith and family advocates.

WND previously reported Savage told the Daily Pennsylvanian in 2006 that Carl Romanelli, a U.S. Senate candidate he didn’t like, "should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope." In the same interview, he said Romanelli "should go f--k himself."

Savage also said on HBO that he "wished all Republicans were f---ing dead."

In 2012, as WND reported, Savage told a group of high-school journalism students, “We can learn to ignore the bull---- in the Bible about gay people,” then taunted the teens who stood and walked out of the room as he ranted.

"It's funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansya--ed people react when you push back," he said.

Some of the girls left in tears.

Lane confirmed that Frito-Lay claimed it was not connected to Savage, only to his "It Gets Better" campaign.

"I asked [a Frito-Lay spokesman] if he had watched the three-minute anti-Christian rant and bullying of high-school kids from Dan Savage – [the spokesman] wouldn't answer," he said.

"For me and my house, we've purchased our last Frito-Lay product."

Frito-Lay declined to provide a comment to WND on the issue.

Lane said in comments prepared for release in a few days the American Renewal Project maintains contact with 100,000 evangelical pastors.

"We are asking each of the 100K American Renewal Project pastors to hold weekly prayer services – led by the senior pastor – asking God for mercy for what we have allowed to a once-Christian nation.

"As we begin to re-establish prayer in America, Christ's disciples may expect an increase in wickedness as we prepare to return our nation to a biblical-based culture. Men and women of Issachar (1 Chronicles 12:32) must pick up the shield of faith, for nothing else can quench Satan's fiery darts. Thankfully we have an advocate," he wrote.

He noted, "Dan Savage has a spiritual problem, and like me, he needs Christ."

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