Madmen bent on destruction

'Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will build 20 military bases in Bolivia, which will be situated on the borders with five other nations: Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Those installations will be under the control of Venezuelan and Cuban personnel, in complicity with Bolivian soldiers. Most certainly, the Cubans will carry Venezuelan passports and identification papers. It isn't easy to tell them apart. They're alike, even in their virtues and defects. The cost of the new Venezuelan armaments will rise to $30 billion. Venezuela has become the leading international buyer of arms and military equipment.

The plan reprises an old dream and early strategic concept created by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara: to turn Bolivia, a country in the heart of Latin America, into the subversive bastion of South America. That conviction cost Guevara his own life in 1967.'

Politics Central: France Prepares 50,000 Riot Police for Muslim Attacks

'As America prepares for Halloween, France is girding for a wave of attacks from Muslim youths—a reprise of the deadly French riots of last year. A leaked French intelligence report warns that during the first week of November, a school holiday (Nov. 1 or All Saint’s Day), Muslim riots could convulse the country.'

BREITBART.COM - [Muslim] Youths Torch Buses Around Paris

'Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods. No injuries were reported, but worried bus drivers refused to enter some suburbs after dark, and the prime minister urged a swift, stern response.'

lgf: Musharraf: KSM Killed Daniel Pearl

'A new book by Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, In the Line of Fire, speculates that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was “the man who may have actually killed Pearl or at least participated in his butchery.” According to Musharraf, “When we later arrested and interrogated him, he admitted his participation.” A new HBO documentary, The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl, leaves the question unresolved; it focuses on the intersecting lives of Pearl and Sheik, the man convicted of the crime, but also cites unnamed U.S. and Pakistani officials who blame Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the murder.'

The American Thinker: Reid, not Hastert, should step down

'Reid, not Hastert, should step down. That’s the conclusion of A.J. Strata, who examines the complex maneuvers whereby Harry Reid walked away with a over a million dollar profit on a land deal, following government decisions which suddenly added enormous value to the property in question.

Strata also notices what had struck me all along as most peculiar: Reid is acting entirely contrary to the objectives of his Democrat base. Conservation restrictions on land development are a fundamental tenet of the greenies. By blowing away these restrictions and building a strip mall (!), Reid became a wealthy man.'

The American Thinker: Harry Reid's Backstory

'The current inattention Harry Reid is receiving from the MSM regarding his shady land deals prompted me to enter his name at Google. Very interesting info out there on Dingy Harry. For instance, at Political Gateway you can read a Steve Bowers column “The Log In Harry Reid’s Eyes” about his pushing through the innocuous-sounding 2002 legislation titled the ” Clark County (Nevada) Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act.”

Business change to lure Muslim investors - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com

'By following financial rules that are part of the Islamic code called Shariah, Caribou is among a small but growing list of Western businesses looking to make themselves as attractive as possible to Muslim investors. Some, like Caribou, are motivated by principle, while others see Muslim investors as an attractive new source of money.'

China admits its guards killed nun - World - Times Online

'CHINA confirmed yesterday that its border guards had shot dead a refugee, believed to be a nun, trying to cross the border from Tibet into Nepal, but said the soldiers acted in self defence.

Such an official confirmation is rare. The government in the restive region of Tibet may have felt forced to respond after dozens of foreign mountaineers, including two Britons, described watching from their Himalayan base camp as Chinese border guards opened fire on the group of fleeing Tibetans on September 30.'

WorldNetDaily: Corruption claimed in Harry Reid deal

'The AP said Reid bought the undeveloped residential property on the outskirts of Las Vegas for about $400,000 and sold it in 2001 for the same price to Brown's limited liability corporation.

Reid did not disclose the sale on his annual public ethics report or tell Congress he had any stake in Brown's company, the AP notes, but continued to report to Congress that he personally owned the land.

Brown then convinced local officials to rezone the property for a shopping center before his company sold the land in 2004 to other developers.

Reid nearly tripled his investment, taking $1.1 million of the proceeds. He then reported it to Congress as a personal land sale.'

The American Thinker: Muslim Violence in UK

'Update: Even worse violence overnight in Windsor. The Sun reports, MUSLIM mobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from Afghanistan sparked outrage last night. The house in a village near riot-torn Windsor had BRICKS thrown through windows and was DAUBED with messages of hate. Four young Household Cavalry officers who had planned to rent it were also the target of phone THREATS.'

The American Thinker:

'Update: Even worse violence overnight in Windsor. The Sun reports, MUSLIM mobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from Afghanistan sparked outrage last night. The house in a village near riot-torn Windsor had BRICKS thrown through windows and was DAUBED with messages of hate. Four young Household Cavalry officers who had planned to rent it were also the target of phone THREATS.'

PAIN IN SLUMS OF CHAVEZ By DOUGLAS MONTERO - New York Post Online Edition: Seven

October 3, 2006 -- 'I'D LIKE Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to meet one of his countrymen, 15-year-old Manuel Gonzalez. Manuel, who's never been to school, lives in a tin-roofed shack with walls made of slabs of half-inch-thick wood, cardboard and flattened oil drums. His "house" clings precariously to La Vega, one of hundreds of hillside slums that dot Chavez's oil-rich capital. Each day, Manuel lugs buckets of water or propane tanks so his pregnant mother, 12-year-old sister and 1-year-old brother can eat, bathe and flush the toilet. "I'm scared. I don't want to live here, but I have to take care of my family," Manuel told me.'

BBC NEWS | Americas | Mass Venezuela opposition rally

'Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in support of the main opposition candidate, Manuel Rosales. Mr Rosales will face President Hugo Chavez in December's presidential poll.'

WorldNetDaily: Campus protesters quash Minuteman speech

'Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist was attacked by angry, violent protesters last night who stormed the stage during his speech at Columbia University in New York City, forcing an abrupt end to the event. An African-American member of the Minuteman board who spoke prior to Gilchrist was taunted with the "n-word," according to WND columnist Jerome Corsi.'

CNN.com - Harvard committee recommends returning religion to curriculum - Oct 4, 2006

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- 'Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with U.S. history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending.

The surprisingly bold recommendations come after years of rancorous internal debate over what courses should be required of all Harvard students. The current core curriculum has been criticized for focusing on narrow academic questions rather than real-world issues students would likely confront beyond the wrought-iron gates of Harvard Square.'

CNN.com - Harvard committee recommends returning religion to curriculum - Oct 4, 2006

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- 'Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with U.S. history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending.

The surprisingly bold recommendations come after years of rancorous internal debate over what courses should be required of all Harvard students. The current core curriculum has been criticized for focusing on narrow academic questions rather than real-world issues students would likely confront beyond the wrought-iron gates of Harvard Square.'

Telegraph | News | China tried to poach supergun inventor

'Chinese secret agents have made repeated attempts to poach an Australian scientist behind the invention of a high-speed gun that could revolutionise warfare. The gun with its electronic firing mechanism, called Metal Storm, was invented by Mike O'Dwyer, who is based in Brisbane. He claimed this week that Chinese government agents offered him more than $100 million to move to China and work on the gun.'

WorldNetDaily: Muslim rips down tribute to 9/11 hero

'A 26-year-old Muslim man tore down a portion of a memorial in New York City to a fallen hero of 9/11, screaming "This is political."

Turkish-born Adnan Emre was charged yesterday with destroying the tribute to New York City police officer Paul Talty, who was one of the first responders to the 9/11 attack, rushing into the south tower of the World Trade Center as it fell, the New York Post reported.'