Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to Coptic Christians: Convert to Islam, or pay 'jizya' tax - Washington Times

 

The Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters have began forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village in Egypt to pay a jizya tax as indicated in Koran 9:29, author and translator Raymond Ibrahim reported on Sunday.

Jizya is the money, or tribute, “that conquered non-Muslims historically had to pay to their Islamic overlords ‘with willing submission and while feeling themselves subdued’ to safeguard their existence,” Mr. Ibrahim explained.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to Coptic Christians: Convert to Islam, or pay 'jizya' tax - Washington Times

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Mom, Boyfriend Chain 10-Year-Old to Radiator: Police | NBC 10 Philadelphia

 

A mom and her boyfriend are charged with grossly mistreating the woman's 10-year-old son.

Camden Police arrested Florence M. Pollard, 31, and her 29-year-old boyfriend, Brian L. Craig after Pollard's son, M.P. said the couple kept him chained by the ankle to a radiator pipe for two weeks.

Mom, Boyfriend Chain 10-Year-Old to Radiator: Police | NBC 10 Philadelphia

Performing Shakespeare’s plays with their original English accent

In this short documentary, linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal look at the differences between English pronunciation now and how it was spoken 400 years ago.

More Former Guantanamo Bay Detainees Return To Terrorism | The Weekly Standard

 

Of the 603 former detainees tracked by US intelligence services, a total of 100 have now been confirmed as reengaging in "terrorism" or "insurgent" activities, while another 74 are suspected of reengaging.  This brings the total rate of recidivism to nearly 29 percent, up from 28 percent as of the last report six months ago.  The report includes the following table of all detainee cases:

More Former Guantanamo Bay Detainees Return To Terrorism | The Weekly Standard

Dad admits to murdering mom on son’s birthday | WTVR.com

 

Billups told Baker that despite it being his son’s birthday, he would have to leave and police say that’s when Baker shot her twice.

Dad admits to murdering mom on son’s birthday | WTVR.com

Monday, September 9, 2013

Treasury: Debt Up $0 in August; CBO: But Deficit Was $146B | CNS News

 

(CNSNews.com) - The federal deficit increased by $146 billion in August, according to a report released today by the Congressional Budget Office. But, at the same time, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal debt did not increase at all during the month.

Total federal receipts were $185 billion during August, according to the CBO, while total federal outlays were $331 billion. Thus, the Treasury was forced to engage in $146 billion in deficit spending.

Despite this deficit spending, the Treasury reported that at the close of every single business day in August, the federal debt subject to a legal limit by Congress remained exactly $16,699,396,000,000.

Treasury: Debt Up $0 in August; CBO: But Deficit Was $146B | CNS News

Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists - Telegraph

 

There has been a 60 per cent increase in the amount of ocean covered with ice compared to this time last year, they equivalent of almost a million square miles.

Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists - Telegraph