Nov
09
2007
Here’s a good plan that has civil rights activist all in a tissy….. Anger at LA police plan to ‘map’ Muslims It’s a shame that the LA police will probably never be able to pull this off…….
A plan by the Los Angeles Police Department’s counter-terrorism bureau to map Muslim groups in the city has angered civil rights activists and community leaders, it was reported Friday.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the LAPD wants to create a map of Muslim groups in order to help communities avoid the influence of radicals seeking to incite “violent, ideologically-based extremism.”
“We are seeking to identify at-risk communities,” LAPD deputy chief Michael Downing told the Times. “We are looking for communities and enclaves based on risk factors that are likely to become isolated.
“We want to know where the Pakistanis, Iranians and Chechens are so we can reach out to those communities.”
The down side here is that the LA police department is working with Salam Al-Marayati director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. He intends to “…give them input, while at the same time making sure that people’s civil liberties are protected.” This might not be such a great idea after all. Could turn out to be the ole’ bait & switch. I’ll point over there while the action is taking place over here. Well I guess we will just have to wait and see. Something to keep an eye on that’s for sure.
Update: 16:28 cst
More from KNBC Los Angeles…… I would suspect this plan nevers gets off the ground…..
LAPD Plan To Map Muslim Communities Angers Some Groups
Hat Tip: The Drudge Report
Nov
09
2007
Since I posted about this the other day, I thought I’d post this piece The King, the Pope, And the Sword
It seems the sword given to the Pope by King Abdullah could have some significance.
The King, the Pope, And the Sword
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
November 8, 2007
Saudi Arabia’s king visited the pope at the Vatican this week, and the leader of Catholicism expressed grief over the draconian discrimination experienced by Christian minorities in some Muslim lands.
During the unprecedented and historic encounter, Benedict XVI gave the Saudi monarch an old painting of the Vatican. The king’s gift to the pontiff: a sword.
As a gift from from a leading Islamic fundamentalist nation, a sword is about as clear a symbol of intolerance as there can be; and indeed, swords are used for public decapitations in Saudi Arabia on Fridays. The U.S. State Department’s yearly human rights report cites Saudi Arabia for bigotry toward non-Muslims, including “harassment, abuse, and even killings at the hands of the Muttawa (religious police).”
Hat Tip: Steve Quayle’s World
Nov
09
2007
This has really been going on for a couple of years now. They have had some of the park specifically in the Norris Basin region of the park shut down for a while with ground temps around 200 degrees F. Anyway this could be a significant event should something actually happen……
U. scientists say Yellowstone caldera may be filling with magma
The floor of the Yellowstone caldera has risen at a rate faster than has ever been observed before, according to a new study that gives further proof that “ground deformation” at the park resembles the gently heaving chest of a slumbering giant.
The likely cause of the uplift is a volcanic intrusion of molten rock that has moved upward 50 to 60 miles and flattened into a pancake the size of Los Angeles a few miles below the surface, according to a study to be published Friday by University of Utah scientists.
Hat Tip: Steve Quayle’s World
