Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Sites on its Blogger Platform

-By Warner Todd Huston

It looks like Google has officially joined the Barack Obama campaign and decided that its contribution would be to shut down any blog on the Google owned Blogspot.com blogging system that has an anti-Obama message. Yes, it sure seems that Google has begun to go through its many thousands of blogs to lock out the owners of anti-Obama blogs so that the noObama message is effectively squelched. Thus far, Google has terminated the access by blog owners to 7 such sites and the list may be growing. Boy, it must be nice for Barack Obama to have an ally powerful enough to silence his opponents like that!

It isn't just conservative sites that Google's Blogger platform is eliminating. For instance, www.comealongway.blogspot.com has been frozen and this one is a Hillary supporting site. The operator of Come a Long Way has a mirror site off the Blogspot platform and has today posted this notice:

I used to have a happy internet home on Blogger: www.comealongway.blogspot.com. Then on Wednesday night, June 25, I received the following e-mail:

Dear Blogger user,

This is a message from the Blogger team.

Your blog, at http://comealongway.blogspot.com/, has been identified as a potential spam blog. You will not be able to publish posts to your blog until we review your site and confirm that it is not a spam blog.

Sincerely,

The Blogger Team

It turns out that there is an interesting pattern where it concerns the blogs that Google's Blogspot team have summarily locked down on their service. They all belong to the Just Say No Deal coalition, a group of blogs that are standing against the Obama campaign. It seems the largest portion of these blogs are Hillary supporting blogs, too.

All I can say is, WOW! If Google is willing to abuse its power like this even against fellow leftists, what does it plan against conservatives, the folks Google hates even more!?

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Plan your trip to the Flight 93 crash site for the weekend of August 2nd!

Are you thinking of visiting the Flight 93 crash site? If you plan your visit for the weekend of August 2nd, you can help stop the gigantic terrorist memorial mosque that will soon start rising from the ground there.



August 2nd is the next scheduled public meeting of the Memorial Project, where anyone can sign up to speak during the public comment period. Tom Burnett Sr. (whose son Tom Jr. broke into the cockpit of the hijacked airplane) announced last Friday that he and Alec Rawls will be traveling to Somerset for the August meeting. They will be rallying outdoors, speaking at the public meeting, and visiting the crash site.



Mr. Burnett is asking other concerned parties who can make it to please come. The crash site is a beautiful and meaningful place to visit in any case, and here is a chance to make your visit even more meaningful. It is an opportunity to in some small way follow the lead of the heroes of Flight 93 by helping to stop the re-hijacking of Flight 93.



Mr. Burnett's announcement came on the Mancow Muller radio show, where Congressman Tancredo was also a guest. When controversy over the Crescent of Embrace design first arose back in 2005, Tom Tancredo was instrumental in forcing the Park Service to alter the design. Last fall he noted that the giant crescent remains unchanged in the so-called redesign and asked the Park Service to scrap the design entirely. On Friday he said that he would help Mancow Muller and Tom Burnett to stop the crescent design (audio, 19 seconds):

Certainly I will do everything I can to help you. I will bring it to the attention of my colleagues. I'll use the time I have on the floor of the House to rail against it.

THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN TANCREDO!



Mr. Burnett said that he would join Mancow in going to jail for taking sledgehammers to the crescent memorial if this tribute to the terrorists actually gets built. (Audio, 25 seconds.)



Cao has the whole segment of Mancow and the two Toms up as a YouTube video, with her own background graphics.





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An agreement between Columbia University and Ahmadinejad?

As reported, there appears to be more to the story:
Columbia Alum Freed in Advance of Ahmadinejad’s Speech 

Looks to me that Iran is still in the hostage taking business.  Who approached who to gain the release of Columbia Alumnus?????

(CNSNews.com) – The president of Columbia University is expressing relief that a Columbia alumnus was released from an Iranian prison -- just days before the Iranian president is scheduled to speak at Columbia University.
for the rest of the story: Columbia Alum Freed in Advance of Ahmadinejad’s Speech

Technorati tags: Columbia University, Ahmadinejad, hostages, Iran, pre-release agreement, state sponsored terrorism, terrorist nation, america at war

Shark gives birth despite lack of mate

Courtesy of The Arizona Republic

By Betty Reid, The Arizona Republic

Students at Carl Hayden Community High School were stunned when a baby shark appeared in one of their fish tanks.

More amazing was that the mother shark had been in the tank alone for nearly four years.
Teacher Fredi Lajvardi and his Phoenix science students investigated and discovered that the birth is rare.

"As far as we know, we are the third case worldwide," Lajvardi said.

This type of birth is known as parthenogenesis, in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new pup, said Lajvardi, program manager for the Carl Hayden Center for Marine Science.

"The mother's gene divides in half and recombines with its own collection of genes to create a new individual," Lajvardi said. "Normally, it would recombine with the father's half of the gene. But because there is no father, the mother provided the other half."

It was a learning moment for students who saw firsthand last week how through parthenogenesis a species can reproduce when a mate isn't present.

The week-old pup, whom students have named Dawn, was born to a white-spotted bamboo shark named Twilight, who has lived in one of the school's marine-science classrooms. .

"When we found out it hatched, everyone rushed the tank," said Kristen Shriner, a 17-year-old senior who has overseen the care of the mother shark.

She and other students have been e-mailing scientists to find out how to properly care for Dawn.

For now, Dawn will remain at the school; outside scientists have been invited to visit.
About 200 students study in the marine center at the high school at 3333 W. Roosevelt St.

Hoffa: Bush creating North American Union

 

Courtesy of World Net Daily

Saying he is convinced "the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America," James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, celebrated the Senate's 75-23 vote Tuesday night to block the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck demonstration project.

He noted the Senate seconded the House's overwhelming 411-3 vote to pass the Safe Roads Act of 2007, a bill also targeted to block the Mexican truck project.

For the rest of the story at World Net Daily: Teamsters boss: Mexican trucks part of 'master plan' for 'super-government'

Previous stories at World Net Daily:

China mega-port catalyst for NAFTA Superhighway

Canada preparing ports for NAFTA Superhighway

Canada preparing ports for NAFTA Superhighway

NAFTA Superhighway plans advance south

Superhighway a cash cow?

Name changed to hide 'Superhighway'?

Bush doesn't deny plans for N. American Union

The Nation cover story denies Superhighway

Military aid to Mexico on SPP summit agenda

3rd SPP summit shrouded in secrecy

Secret memo: One-world agenda dominates SPP summit

10,000 protesters expected at North America summit

Bill paves way for Canada's 'disappearance'

Protesters to converge on North America summit

Commerce chief pushes for 'North American integration'

Idaho lawmakers want out of SPP

House resolution opposes North American Union

Residents of planned union to be 'North Americanists'

Congressman battles North Americanization

North American Union leader says merger just crisis away

'Bush doesn't think America should be an actual place'

Mexico ambassador: We need N. American Union in 8 years

Congressman: Superhighway about North American Union

'North American Union' major '08 issue?

Resolution seeks to head off union with Mexico, Canada

Documents reveal 'shadow government'

Tancredo: Halt 'Security and Prosperity Partnership'

North American Union threat gets attention of congressmen

Top U.S. official chaired N. American confab panel

N. American students trained for 'merger'

North American confab 'undermines' democracy

Attendance list North American forum

North American Forum

Bin Laden set to release a NEW video

Courtesy of Drudge Report

As al Qaeda chatter picks up just before the 6th anniversary of 9/11, AP is reporting this morning that Bin Laden is set to release another video. Apparently, Bin Laden will be presenting the last testament of one of the Sept. 11 homicide hijackers on the new video set for release today.

If you recall that last week, Bin Laden tried to justify the 9/11 attacks, which, he claimed, "further harmed America's reputation and its prestige worldwide..." Bin Laden mocked the Democrats for failing to stop the war in Iraq and called for the Michael Moore crowd to step up their anti war rhetoric, "Now that your representatives in the Democratic party failed to fulfill your desire to stop the war, you can keep marching in the streets of big [U.S.] cities holding up anti-war signs......"

Bin Laden appeared to be issuing a warning (da'wa) to the infidels of America and the west to convert to Islam or perish, "The biggest and most irreversible error one can commit in this world is to die without surrendering oneself to Allah, namely, to die without embracing Islam......"

The Sahih Muslim Hadith, [Book 019, Number 4294] indicates that a Muslim da'wa is required before an all out onslaught with the infidel western enemies.

Is an attack imminent? Only the radical Islamists know for sure. We should be prepared to unite against them and drive them from the face of the earth. My message for the liberal crowd is that you don't know what you are up against.

Be ever vigilant.

UPDATE: Latest on Fox News regarding the new video, 9/10/2007

Sept. 11 Hijacker's 'Last Testament': Al Qaeda announces it will release new video of Usama bin Laden presenting last testament of one Sept. 11 hijacker

Video for Darfur - Send peacekeepers NOW!

Please listen to this video. It says in a few seconds what I have been saying for years. There is only one difference. I am not asking you for anything other than a phone call (Toll free: 866-340-9281). I will never ask you for a dime or a penny. They do not ask for any money in this video for which I am grateful. However, when you go to their site, they will.

They do not have a bad site. You should visit it just to educate yourself. BTW, it has been 400,000 killed for a couple of years now. Do ya think the number ought to be higher? I do.

The Darfurians have no voice other than yours. Please consider abolishing slavery and Jihadist genocide. If you have any questions, please contact me. I will gladly answer any questions to the best of my ability. Thank you for your time to read this. It would mean a lot more to me if you would raise your voice...politely! :)

Asian News 4/11/2007

I am going to keep down to a list today. There are many good articles. Check out the ones that interest you.

N. Korea funds impasse resolved.
Tokyo re-elects nationalist governor.
U.S. presses N. Korea to shut reactor.
Navy plans massive war games off Guam.
Report: Asia upgrading military.
China, Japan pledge closer ties.
Japanese PM sets 1st visit to U.S..
Malaysian political bloggers form alliance.

Have a nice day.

News from Darfur, Sudan: 3/24/2007

There is an article by the name of "Soldiers bar U.N. official from Darfur refugee camp. In this article, they discuss the fact that al-Bashir, president of Sudan, refuses to allow the UN Inspector into Darfur to check out complaints of more genocide.

Now that they have refused them entry, there comes another article about China, Russia; Arab, Muslim states object to Darfur report. They claim that since they did not actually witness the genocide, therefore the report is unfair.

I have an idea. Why don't we start torturing every prisoner at Gitmo and refuse everyone entrance? Why don't we bomb Mecca? We could always say it was not us.

Ah, but there is quite a difference between them and us, and that difference is the reason why it is time to close down the UN. They can longer serve their original purpose: PREVENT/STOP GENOCIDE. We do NOT do these things because we are civilized.

I am afraid we have become SO civilized that we have forgotten how to fight...

For the links above: If they do not work, try this one for the UN officials barred and this one for the arrogant scum who wish the people in Darfur to be wiped off the map.

News from Radio Free Asia

Christians Said Persecuted in Laos, Ministry Denies Charges
BANGKOK—A French-based Lao exile group is accusing officials in a remote village in central Laos of seeking to evict Christians who refuse to renounce their faith, but the Lao Foreign Ministry denies the charge.

North Korean Teen Defectors Face Huge Challenges.
SEOUL—North Korean teenage defectors may have escaped starvation and political repression, but they have a hard time playing catch-up with their South Korean peers once they resettle.

Paper IDs Wife of Last U.S. Defector in North Korea.
WASHINGTON—A Romanian newspaper says it has identified a Romanian woman, kidnapped in 1978, who married the U.S. Army deserter James Dresnok—reportedly the last U.S. defector still living in North Korea.

News from Asia 3/14/2007

Feb. 26, 2007.
HONG KONG, China (AP) -- A U.S. Treasury Department delegation worked Monday to resolve sanctions against a Macau bank accused of helping North Korea launder money -- a key condition in the North's agreement to give up its nuclear weapons program. [Source: CNN. If that link no longer works, try this one.]

March 4, 2007.
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- North Korea is fully prepared to shut down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties. [Source: CNN. If this link no longer works, try this one.]

March 8, 2007.
HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) -- Japan and North Korea cut short talks on Thursday about establishing diplomatic ties after wrangling again over historical differences, officials said. [Source: CNN. If this link does not work, try this one.]

March 11, 2007.
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard is expected to sign a security declaration with his Japanese counterpart during a four-day trip to Tokyo that started Sunday, officials said. [Source: CNN. If that link is no longer available, try this one.]

March 13, 2007.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. Treasury Department will bar U.S. banks from doing business with a Macau bank holding frozen North Korean assets believed connected to illegal activities, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. [Source: CNN. Also an earlier CNN report. If the first link does not work, try this one.]

March 14, 2007.
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The chief U.N. nuclear inspector, after a one-day trip to Pyongyang, said Wednesday North Korea was "fully committed" to an agreement that requires it to shutter its main nuclear reactor and let in inspectors as soon as the U.S. drops financial sanctions against it. [Source: CNN. If this link does not work, try this one.]

News from Liberia: CNN

This news is from CNN. Read it with a grain of salt.

Disgruntled Guineans struggle for change.
02/20/07 10:19 AM, EST

Farmer Mohamed Conte tried to ignore his West African country's turbulent politics until a week ago, when soldiers riding with a passing presidential convoy shot him in the leg as anti-government protests raged across the capital.

If that link is no longer available, try this one.

Guinea lawmakers reject president's martial law request.
02/23/07 12:11 PM, EST

Guinea's Parliament on Friday refused a request from President Lansana Conte to extend martial law in a rare act of defiance against his autocratic rule over the West African country.

If that link is no longer available, try this one.

Six-Party Talks to re-convene

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- North Korea said it was willing to consider first steps to ending its nuclear arms program at six-party talks that opened on Thursday, with China drafting a deal that could mark rare progress in the tortuous negotiations.

The U.S. envoy to the talks, Christopher Hill, said negotiators were looking to end North Korea's production of the plutonium that fed its first nuclear test explosion last year. Read more here from CNN or here, in case CNN no longer has this article in the same place.

N. Korea's 'diplomat' known as 'the smiling assassin'

North Korean's diplomat is being touted as 'the smiling assassin.' Hmm. And we're supposed to talk to him? Well, anyway, CNN has an article about him. I think they are trying to get us to go along with the lies they are trying to spread, personally, but you may want to take a glance at it. If that link is no longer working, try this one.

Ruling party in S. Korea faces mass defections

This row is about the liberal Uri Party-which was the ruling-and the Grand National Party. Many of the politicians defected, leaving the Uri Party in great big mess with elections coming up this year. Word is, the Grand National Party wants a much harder line on North Korea, and the people apparently want this as well. Right now the president of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, has disappointed many people. He is not very liked. To read about this, CNN has an article. If that link is no longer working, try this one.

North Korea may test another missle

News from CNN states that North Korea is contemplating a second (it is actually the third, but don't tell them) test of its ballistic missles. It is being reported that Kim Jong Il feels compelled to go ahead with this if the USA does not resolve the financial request he wants.

That's right. It's America's fault if he fires nuclear weapons into Japan or South Korea because we are so greedy and uncaring. I hope you can tell sarcasm when you read it. Just in case you are a Lefty, this was sarcasm.

Hey Kim, go to hell.

If the article is no longer available, try this link.

Liberians in U.S. finding way home

Since Charles Taylor was forced to leave Liberia in 2003, this sister country to the USA has been having small successes while trying to recover from decades of war. Here is just two of the amazing people with their own stories about finding their way back home.

Ciata Victor and Henrique Caine are doing this in their own way, but they have both returned home. Only Henrique has kept his home in the States with his wife and children, while Ciata sold her condo, gave up her high paying job and moved home.

They are both entrepeneurs. Ciata has started her own Internet Cafe, and Henrique is still working on starting up a construction equipment rental company. Please read more about these two people who miss their home and are now able to return. All with a little help from their friends, the United States of America.

If that link no longer exists, try this one. Have a nice day.

Sudan loses African leadership post over Darfur

YEAH! If you would like to read this article, it is at CNN. If that link is missing, try this one.

I'm very glad they SOMEONE is finally taking action against this barbaric genocidal regime. Let us hope against hope this wakes them up to the reality that they must leave Darfur alone...

Somalia screwed by world; demand negotiations

The UN, the EU and the USA have lost their collective minds. They want Somalian President Yusuf to sit down and negotiate a peace deal with the terrorists that they have just driven out. Can you believe this? They won't send in the 8,000 Peacekeepers to keep the government stable until they get on their feet. They also won't send any aid either until sit down at the table. Does anyone not remember that these people don't live there nor do they come from there?

All the Somalis want is peace after 16 years of war. God help us. You can read this article at CNN.

If you cannot find that link for some reason, I will have over at My Newz 'n Ideas Plus! This is where I keep my longer posts.