Syrian Regime Responds To Obama Criticisms - 21st May 2011

Syria has given its response to Barack Obama's call on President Assad to lead his country to democracy or stand aside.

Tanks have been sent into a number of towns and a number of people are reported to have been killed, according to human rights activists.

And new video seems to reveal Assad loyalists running amok with guns in civilian areas.

Syrian state media accused the American President of incitement and meddling after his speech that accused the regime of "pursuing the path of murder".

Obama's criticism was the sharpest yet of the Syrian leader and coincided with new US sanctions for the first time targeting Assad himself in addition to a number of his family members and closest aides.

It may have emboldened Syrians in their protests.

A number of clashes have been reported in towns that have already been the focus of intense crackdowns by the Syrian military.

This week protests continued in Syria's biggest city, Aleppo but only it seems among students.

Tanks were reported to have entered the town of Maarat Numan to the south of Aleppo to put down protests there. Read More

Meet the family Haddad, who truly believe it is their last moment on Earth... but, so far, nothing has happened on the day of rapture - 21st May 2011

Joseph, Faith and Grace Haddad appear like any other American teenagers - except for the fact their parents Robert and Abby believe the world is about to end.

Two years ago their father Robert and mother Abby gave up their regular jobs to preach for the Family Radio church at the centre of the May 21 Judgment Day campaign.

In a last ditch effort to spread the word before the Armageddon that they believe will happen tomorrow, Robert and Abby took their children to a New York street fair.

Speaking to the New York Times, 16-year-old Grace Haddad said: 'My mom has told me directly that I’m not going to get into heaven. At first it was really upsetting, but it’s what she honestly believes.'

But while the followers of radical evangelist Harold Camping prepare to meet their maker at 6pm on Saturday, no rapture reports were heard from Christmas Island in Kiribati - where the earthquake was set to hit first at 6pm local time.

However, the local newspaper, television and radio websites were all not working - probably more due to the fact that the world's media was inundating them with calls than Armaggedon having indeed begun.

Two earthquakes of magnitudes over 2.5 were reported shortly after 6pm local time (midnight Eastern Time) hit Christmas Island.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Solomon Islands region and a 3.1 in the Hawaii area between 00:30am and 00:45am Eastern Time.

But before you start preparing for the Armaggeddon, there are usually 30 to 40 earthquakes measuring more than 2.5 every day worldwide. Read More

Michael Devlin One of America's most notorious child kidnappers stabbed by another prison inmate with a knife named for his victim - 20th May 2011

One of America's most notorious child kidnappers was stabbed by another prison inmate with knives named after his two young victims.

Evil Michael Devlin is recovering from his injuries after being attacked at a prison in Missouri.

He was repeatedly stabbed by Troy Fenton, who called his two home made knives 'Shawn' and 'Ben' - the names of two boys kidnapped by Devlin.

The restaurant manager made international headlines in 2007 after a boy who went missing when he was 11 years old was found living with him.

Devlin had snatched Shawn Hornbeck as he cycled to a friend's house and kept him prisoner at his flat in the town of Kirkwood, Missouri.

The young boy was brainwashed by Devlin into believing his parents were dead and was repeatedly sexually abused by his abductor.

His parents never gave up hope of finding their son and had posted fliers in Kirkwood - unaware he was living about 60 miles from their own home.

Police found Hornbeck while they were looking for another missing boy, Ben Ownby, who had disappeared on his way home from school.

The 13-year-old was found with Devlin and Hornbeck then told police he had been kidnapped in 2002. Read More

Al Qaeda was planning to blow up oil tankers to provoke an 'extreme economic crisis' in the West - 20th May 2011

Al Qaeda wanted to hijack and blow up oil tankers to provoke an 'extreme economic crisis' in the West, it has been revealed.

According to documents seized from Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan compound, the terror group sought information on the size and construction of oil tankers.

It determined that blowing them up from the inside would be easiest due to the strength of the tankers' hulls.

U.S. government officials say there was no specific or imminent threat, and that they didn't know whether Al Qaeda had continued plotting since last year.

But the group headed by Osama Bin Laden had recommended test runs of the plot, it was revealed.

Department for Homeland Security spokesman Matthew Chandler said: 'We are not aware of indications of any specific or imminent terrorist attack plotting against the oil and natural gas sector overseas or in the United States.

'However, in 2010 there was continuing interest by members of Al Qaeda in targeting oil tankers and commercial oil infrastructure at sea.'

The government warning went to federal, state and local law enforcement and companies in the oil and gas industries.

The DHS said it was not raising the U.S. terror alert level. Read More

Bill Carney a Paedophile priest expelled from Catholic Church found living yards from children’s play area - 20th May 2011

A paedophile priest expelled from the Catholic Church over his vile sex crimes has been found living just yards from a children's play area.

Bill Carney was described as a 'serial sex abuser of children' after being named in the Murphy Report into clerical abuse in Ireland. The Irishman - convicted of indecent assault and linked to 32 other complaints - became one of the most notorious cases in the church's history.

Now, worried parents have spoken out after Carney was found living 100 yards away from a park in a pretty Cotswolds town.

They expressed serious concerns after his back gate was found to lead straight onto the children's area.

One father-of-two from Northleach, Gloucester, who did not want to be named, said: 'I think it is important people know he is living here.

'There's a lot of whispering, but someone needs to speak up.

'This is the first summer I would have allowed my two children to walk out to the play area on their own - but now I can't.'

Carney was convicted of two counts of indecent assault in 1983. In 1992 he was defrocked after church authorities convicted him of child sex abuse.

The Murphy Report, which investigated paedophilia in the Catholic Church and was published in November 2009, pinpointed Carney as one of the worst perpetrators. Read More

Is Iran culpable in 9/11? It 'knew about terror attacks before they happened and trained hijackers' - 21st May 2011

Iran knew about 9/11 before it happened and helped train hijackers, court papers say.

Lawyers representing September 11th victims’ families claim new evidence shows Iranian officials assisted in training hijackers and had advanced word of the attacks.

There is ‘clear and convincing’ evidence for damages and a federal judge should find Iran culpable in the terror attacks, according to papers filed in Manhattan, New York.

Three defectors from Iran's intelligence service testified they worked in positions giving them access to sensitive information about Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism, the lawyers said.

The testimony supports a claim that Iranian officials had advanced word of the attacks and that Iran helped train those who carried it out, they allege.

Iran has not responded to the lawsuit - first filed in Washington D.C. and transferred to New York.

The Shiite regime in Iran and Sunni group Al Qaeda are natural enemies, though they have had a relationship of convenience based on their shared hatred of the U.S.

The lawyers said Iran and ‘its proxy terrorist organization’, the Lebanese group Hezbollah, entered into a terrorist alliance with Al Qaeda in the early 1990s.

This continued throughout the preparations for the 2001 attacks, they allege. Read More

Two Dead,16 Injured Explosion rips through 'cursed' iPad factory in China dubbed 'Suicide Express' after string of worker deaths - 20th May 2011

The scandal-hit factory where Apple makes its iPads faced a fresh probe today after an explosion ripped through the building killing two people.

A blast rocked a compound at the building in southwest China earlier this evening, sending dozens of workers fleeing into the streets as flames engulfed the electronics inside.

The fire is the latest disaster to hit the cursed Foxconn factory - dubbed Suicide Express - where a string of workers have killed themselves amid appalling working conditions.

Flames engulfed the damaged building was in the Sichuan capital Chengdu and was where the new iPad was being made.

Employees who were inside the building at the time said the explosion, which happened early this evening, seemed accidental.

The workers said that several hundred people were working in the building at the time of the blast.

Calls to the spokesman for the Chengdu fire brigade, who is on the scene, went unanswered.

This is the latest incident to hit the embattled Foxconn, after at least 13 of its employees died in apparent suicides last year, which activists blamed on tough working conditions.

Foxconn is the world's largest maker of computer components and produces items for Apple, Sony and Nokia. It employs about one million workers in China. Read More

Update: "At this point, we can also confirm that there were two fatalities with injuries to 16 other employees," a company spokesperson said. "We are working with medical officials to provide treatment to the injured employees and we are working with government and law enforcement officials to contact the families of all employees affected by this tragedy." Source

UK JUSTICE - Soft on rape: How 200 sex attackers were let off with just a caution - 20th May 2011

Shocking new figures released today revealed that over the past five years almost 200 rapists have escaped with just a caution.

The startling statistics, disclosed by 14 police forces in response to Freedom of Information requests, show one in 100 rape arrests resulted in a slap on the wrist.

Figures showed that 198 people arrested on suspicion or rape between 2006 and 2010 admitted the offence but only received a caution. The revelations come just days after Ken Clarke's gaffe that some rapes are less serious than others.

Last night, in an appearance on the BBC’s Question Time, broadcast from Wormwood Scrubs prison, the Justice Secretary finally offered an unequivocal apology after suggesting that not all rapes were ‘serious’.

One of the most shocking cases involved a caution given to a rapist who admitted abusing a girl under the age of 13 in Gwent, Wales, in 2008.

The maximum sentence for rape is life in prison but anyone who admits rape and receives a caution is only ordered to sign onto the sex offenders' register for two years.
A further 12,842 rape claims - or 65 per cent of arrests - were not taken any further by police in the same period because of a lack of evidence. Read More

US Supreme Court OKs warrantless searches

The Supreme Court on Monday gave police more leeway to break into homes or apartments in search of illegal drugs when they suspect the evidence might be destroyed.

The justices said officers who smell marijuana and loudly knock on the door may break in if they hear sounds that suggest the residents are scurrying to hide the drugs.

Residents who "attempt to destroy evidence have only themselves to blame" when police burst in, Justice Samuel Alito said for an 8-1 majority.

In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote that she feared the ruling in a Kentucky case had handed the police an important new tool.

"The court today arms the police with a way routinely to dishonor the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement in drug cases," Ginsburg wrote. "In lieu of presenting their evidence to a neutral magistrate, police officers may now knock, listen, then break the door down, never mind that they had ample time to obtain a warrant."

She said the Fourth Amendment's "core requirement" is that officers have probable cause and a search warrant before they break into a house.

"How 'secure' do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and ... forcibly enter?" Ginsburg asked. (read more)

Dallas student, 12, duct-taped to chair and beaten by classmates while teacher ignored attack

A 12-year-old Dallas student was bound to a chair with duct tape and beaten by four classmates as a substitute teacher stood and ignored the attack, according to the victim's mom.

The Dallas school district is investigating the charges made by Keneshia Richardson, who claims the attackers wrapped tape around her son's mouth to keep him from shouting.

"It was uncalled for," Richardson told The Dallas Morning News, adding her son had trouble breathing.

The woman said his hands were taped to the chair, he was wrapped with a telephone cord, and the attackers knocked him to the ground. The boy's shirt was torn as well, she claimed.

The Monday attack remained under investigation Thursday, although disciplinary action is pending against the students and the substitute.

The teacher was additionally removed from the list of approved district substitutes, said Dallas Independent School District spokesman John Dahlander.

Richardson said her son was apparently targeted because he's in remedial classes, although Dahlander said school officials had heard a different version of the story. (read more)

May 21st Doomsday Cult worth $72 million, and collected $20 million in donations in 2009 alone -- still open for business despite Judgement Day

By now, you've probably heard of the religious group that's predicting the end of the world starts this weekend.

Harold Camping and his devoted followers claim a massive earthquake will mark the second coming of Jesus, or so-called Judgment Day on Saturday, May 21, ushering in a five month period of catastrophes before the world comes to a complete end in October.

At the center of it all, Camping's organization, Family Radio, is perfectly happy to take your money -- and in fact, received $80 million in contributions between 2005 and 2009. Camping founded Family Radio, a nonprofit Christian radio network based in Oakland, Calif. with about 65 stations across the country, in 1958.

But not even all of his own employees are convinced that the world is ending on Saturday.

In fact, many still plan on showing up at work on Monday.

"I don't believe in any of this stuff that's going on, and I plan on being here next week," a receptionist at their Oakland headquarters told CNNMoney.

A program producer in Illinois told us, "We're going to continue doing what we're doing."

According to their most recent IRS filings, Family Radio is almost entirely funded by donations, and brought in $18 million in contributions in 2009 alone. (read more)

A Window Into the Mind of a Scientific Dictator: How Elites Control Everything Through Human Innovation

The refinement of tyranny and control into a science is the dream to which the 21st century scientific dictator aspires. The study of human nature, psychology and biology aid him in his pursuit. What you will read here is a small window into the dark mind of a scientific dictator. In combination with increasingly centralized power and rapidly advancing technology, the ability of smaller and smaller groups to exercise power and effect greater numbers of people is a real danger. C.S. Lewis wrote in 1944, “The real picture is that of one dominant age… which resists all previous ages most successfully… Man’s conquest of nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions upon billions of men.”

Political Ponerology

“…the biological, psychological, moral, and economic destruction of this majority of normal people is a “biological” necessity to the pathocrats…”

Within the field of political science is a study called political ponerology, the study of evil applied to politics. Every time a society falls into the hands of a brutal dictator, nearly identical patterns can be observed. The scientific dictatorships of today and those that may come in the future will follow in the same vein. This is not by accident. Andrew M. Lobaczewski’s ground breaking 1998 book entitled Political Ponerology (A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes) discusses in depth the nature of psychopaths and their exploits when in positions of power. (read more)

Father and daughter in sexual relationship go on American TV -- (inches for the "society's collapse" tag)

It was too disturbed even for Jerry Springer.

So when the show rejected an 18-year-old girl who was having a sexual relationship with her father, there was only one person they could turn to - Steve Wilkos.

Recently the show aired a two-part story about a father - Morgan - and his biological daughter Britney, who reconnected through Myspace when she was 16 and started to have a relationship.

Britney explained to Steve Wilkos: 'I was 16 when I looked for him on Myspace. My family members had kept us apart and I hadn't seen him since I was seven so I looked him up.

'On my page I had pictures of my boobs and bum on there and when he saw it he said, "My little baby girl should not be doing that". But then he put a smiley face.

'When I saw that I thought he had sexual feelings for me.'

Wilkos asked her if she did not think that he was taking advantage of her and she said: 'No, because I wanted it too. I see a future with him. I have a really good feeling about us and I know it will work out.'

When her heavily-tattooed father Morgan came on, he was booed by the audience, but it did not stop him from greeting his girlfriend and daughter with a long, passionate French kiss, one in which Wilkos had to stop before it got too far.

He told Morgan that he 'should probably go and see a doctor and get some therapy, preying on your daughter like that'.

He replied: 'I'm not preying on her, yes I'm sleeping with her but it's not like I'm abusing her or something.' (read more)

Michael Crump attacks 93 year old women for $4, then attacks mother with infant in stroller for dessert

A 48-year-old Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to two despicable robberies in Center City: an attack on a 93-year-old woman in the elevator of her apartment building, and another attack on a young mother walking her infant in a stroller.

Both victims were in court Wednesday as defendant Michael Crump admitted to the crimes.

There was an audible gasp from spectators in the courtroom as the prosecutor described how Crump had knocked the elderly victim to the ground and then kicked her before fleeing from the elevator.

Crump got four dollars from the woman, but not without a fight.

“You are supposed to, if you are being attacked, you’re supposed to hand over your valuables and not make a fuss about it,” the feisty elderly victim told the judge. “But my feeling is, damn it, I worked all my life for this money and you are not going to get it. It was only four bucks, let’s be brutally honest about it. The whole robbery was only four dollars. But at the same time it’s my money and I worked for it.” (read more)

May 21 is Judgment Day: Christian group has no doubt -- but what will happen if it doesn't happen?

If the signs are to be believed, the end of the world starts on Saturday.

About 20,000 billboards have popped up around the globe, including in major Canadian cities, proclaiming May 21 as Judgment Day. "Cry mightily unto GOD for HIS mercy," says one of the mounted signs from Family Radio, a California-based sectarian Christian group that sent one of its four travelling caravans of believers into Vancouver and Calgary in the past week.

Family Radio's website is blunt in its prediction of Judgment Day and the rolling earthquake that will mark the beginning of the end, taking true believers to heaven while others are left to be consumed in the total destruction of Earth by Oct. 21. "The Bible guarantees it!" the site proclaims, under a passage from the book of Ezekiel, which says "blow the trumpet … warn the people."

Richard Ascough, a professor in the School of Religion at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., has been watching Family Radio's campaign, and fully expects life as we know it to continue on Sunday.

He has seen other apocalyptic predictions come and go, but Family Radio's differs in a notable way: it isn't accompanied by a bold, up-front request for money. And that's worrisome, in his mind.

"I think they really believe it's going to happen," Ascough said in an interview earlier this month. (read more)

Seven-year-old boy caught with 18 bags of heroin at school after 'handing them out on the bus' - 19th May 2011

A seven-year-old boy has been caught giving heroin to his class mates at an elementary school.

The child was caught with eighteen bags of the drug in his backpack and locker after he apparently took them from his father's home in Pittsburgh.

His stash was discovered by a teacher who became suspicious while talking to the boy after he cut his finger with a razor.

But three parents called Quentin Roosevelt Elementary School to complain after their children brought heroin home.

The boy reportedly told police that he handed out the bags of powder - which featured a bunny on the label and were dubbed 'Magic Ticket' - on the school bus.

Parents and the local community in Carrick have reacted with anger.

Shannon Macafee, whose six-year-old daughter attends the school, told KDKA TV: 'It think it's disgusting, I think it's shameful on the parent. However this child got it, someone has to be held accountable.

'I want to know how someone could let their child get their hands on something like this.'

'I explained to my daughter that you don't take anything off anyone, a little kid, stranger, because it could be anything these days.'

Police are investigating how the boy got his hands on the drug and brought a sniffer dog in after classes had finished.

The school said it is sending letters explaining the situation to students today and confirmed that no more drugs were found in the search.

Police have questioned the boy and searched his father's home but found no more drugs. Read More

Glorious Revolution: Chinese army develop first-person shooter game... with U.S. troops as the enemy - 20th May 2011

The Chinese army have developed a computer game that sees their troops shooting at 'enemy' U.S. forces.

Glorious Revolution, which is used as a training tool for People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, pits the Chinese army against the U.S. military in a 'Call of Duty' style first person shooter.

In a video report, Chinese soldiers can be seen storming buildings and shooting at 'enemy' troops as they exit a bunker, before destroying an Apache helicopter gunship.

A Chinese state media video report shows rows of PLA soldiers hunkered over computer screens as they play through missions of Glorious Revolution.

The use of computer games by governments and international organisations to train their people has become more widespread in recent years.

The game is similar to the U.S. army's very own shooter, America's Army, which is used as a recruitment tool.

In the same vein, the Pentagon has developed its own 'thinking' first person simulators that deliberately overload commanders with information to see how they cope.

NATO also has its own game for negotiating with maritime pirates and even Hezbollah created a game called Special Force 2.

The news comes as it emerged the U.S. military are considering sending officers and cadets to China on study exchange programs.

Admiral Patrick Walsh said Washington is seeking to improve its relationship with the Chinese military, and an officer exchange program would provide a better understanding of Chinese culture, goals and thoughts.

'There's a strong effort here to improve the relationship,' Adm. Walsh said on the sidelines of a global naval conference in Singapore.' Read More

Ted J. Kaczynski the Unabomber is now being investigated by FBI for 1982 Tylenol poisoning that killed seven - 19th May 2011

Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski is being investigated by the FBI for the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in Chicago.

The FBI said they were making a re-examination of the case due to advancements in forensics and that Kaczynski was among 'numerous individuals' they were obtaining voluntary DNA samples from.

In a letter to the court, Kaczynski - once a UC Berkely professor - said that his DNA was being sought to compare with those connected with the 1982 crime, in which someone put potassium cyanide in Tylenol capsules.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the 69-year-old, who is serving a life sentence at a 'supermax' prison in Florence, Colorado, wrote the letter in order to stop the sale of his possessions at auction, saying they would provide evidence that he is not connected to the Tylenol killings.

He said that he had 'never even possessed any potassium cyanide' and claims that prison officials in Colorado visited him three weeks ago with the FBI's request.

James Lewis, who served a 13-year sentence for extortion, was the prime suspect in the case after sending the pharmaceutical company letters demanding $1million for the killings to stop. He has never been charged with murder. Read More

Fact or Fiction: Will Tomorrow be the end of the world? Evangelicals party like there's no tomorrow ' - 20th May 2011

Before I post this Article I would like to say, I sure hope it doesn't Because the Grand Prix is on this Sunday.. on a serious Note:

This cult has a Estimated 200 million Followers, by Chance if one of the believers reads this site could you please answer the following questions for me?

The Bible States:

"evil men and impostors [who] will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. - 2 Timothy 3:13"

It also says in the Bible "The truth is, no one knows the day or hour of the coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24:36)"

Also many stories have appeared of people leaving their Jobs, blowing all their savings on Advertising and Spreading the word of the End of the World, has Harold Camping who has a net worth of an estimated 25 Million Dollars done the same?

What makes you Think Harold Camping is right this time?, he predicted the Rapture to start in September 1994, he was wrong then.

What Will you all do on the 22nd May, if the World doesn's End? Much appreciated if someone could answer this for me. Thank you.

He claimed he misfired with his last prediction that the end of the world was coming in 1994 because of a mathematical error.

But this time Harold Camping is certain he has his sums right when he insists that Saturday is Judgment Day.

And just in case he’s right, some Americans are making the most of their time left with ‘Rapture Parties’ across the country.

In the Army town of Fayetteville, North Carolina, the American Humanist Association is organizing a two-day extravaganza with a party on Saturday and a day-after concert with the proviso of possible cancellation due to a natural catastrophe of some sort or another. Read More

Thousands of children have carried a knife for their own protection, shock survey reveals - 20th May 2011

Thousands of children have carried a knife for their own protection in the last year, shock figures revealed today.

The youngsters admitted they had a weapons with them - even though they agreed that it made them more likely to be stabbed themselves.

The figures, based on interviews with almost 2,000 children aged between 13 and 15 for the British Crime Survey, were released for the first time to show children's experiences of bullying and personal safety.

One in 100 children said they had carried a knife for their own protection in the last year, while more than one in eight said they knew someone who had.

But more than two in three - 69 per cent - agreed that carrying a weapon meant they were more likely to be the victim of a blade attack themselves.

Younger children more likely to think that having a knife increased their chances of being harmed, the survey found.

Home Secretary Theresa May has said the Government are 'absolutely clear' that anybody convicted of possessing a blade should expect to be sent to prison after ex-EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella published a report on the issue in February.

The 27-year-old actress was brought in by the Government after her 16-year-old brother Ben was stabbed to death three years ago.

She found that many headteachers were reluctant to run anti-knife crime workshops out of a fear their school would be labelled as having a problem, damaging its reputation.

The crime survey also revealed that 22 per cent of children aged 10 to 15 had been bullied in a way that frightened or upset them in the last year.

Boys aged 10 to 12 were the most likely to have been targeted.

In 79 per cent of cases the children involved had been called names or sworn at, and in 7 per cent of incidents they were ordered to hand over money or other items by their tormentors.

Of all those who had been bullied in the last year, around one in four said they had been victims of cyber-bullying, where victims are sent 'unwanted and nasty emails, texts or messages' or have unpleasant items posted about them on a website.

A total of 3,762 children aged between 10 and 15 were interviewed across England and Wales for the survey. Source