I'm sorry but I must have forgotten to take my dumb pills this morning. Apparently a fan of Obama's has produced a really slick video professing her love for this 'amazing guy'. Its not the first time that the 'books' have looked fiddled with Obama.
Back in March a few pundits picked up anomalies in Obama's YouTube 'popularity' and it seriously looked like a few people were getting major mouse clicking work outs.
On Personal Democracy Forum Joshua Levy seemed to have grasped something with his story YouTube Gets Pwned: Obama's Numbers Don't Add Up
Joshua Levy had an interesting comparison between Hillary Clintons YouTube hits and Barack Obama's traffic. Seems Joshua also came across a little story of how you could pump up your viewing hits on Youtube and appear that you were worth checking out.
Heres the comparison and the 'anomaly' that was found.
"We're looking at two separate numbers here: the number of "channel" views and the number of "video" views. Each candidate's "channel" is their landing page on YouTube. Every time someone visits that channel, another "view" is added to its number of views. Every time we watch a single video a "view" is added to that video, not the channel. So far Obama's channel has over 2,700,000 views, and his videos have been viewed a total of about 650,000 times.
There are a few reasons why the high number of channel views looks fishy. First, the total number of views of Obama's individual videos is nowhere near the total number of channel views."
Joshua goes into quite some detail, and in my opinion it supports my gut feelings that the Barack Obama campaign is all about 'show and go'.
It seems Barack is targeting the 'younger demographic', and is desperate in trying to appear 'chic and cool'. Well Im no hic and Im no fool, and a flashy website and YouTube presence might make a top ten Music hit but it sure shouldn't make a US president.
His latest 'fortunate video' done by a fan is called "A crush on Obama' its hard to believe anyone would have the gall to try to pass this of as a fan video, but then if your voting Democrat you might just believe it.
I'm convinced the US would never be the same if this cardboard cut out was ever to become the US President.
Here's the video, dont bother getting the popcorn, you'll be sick anyway.
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YouTube Gets Pwned: Obama's Numbers Don't Add Up
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A Previous attack on Palestinian Churches
Hamas slams looting of Gaza churchHamas leaders in the Gaza Strip on Monday condemned the ransacking and looting of a church and Christian school in Gaza City and promised to punish the culprits.
BB: Promised to punish the culprits? How exactly is hamas going to find the culprits? They haven't found the 'uncontrollable elements' that fire katushas at Israel in the last 6 months but all of a sudden they're going to find the culprits?
Masked gunmen who raided the Latin Church and Rosary Sisters School destroyed crosses, the Holy Book, pictures of Jesus and furniture and equipment. They also stole a number of computers.
The attack was the first of its kind against the tiny Christian community since Hamas took control over the Gaza Strip last week.
BB: Unbelievable, what more can you say? Hamas has been in control for 72 hours and the churches start to be looted already. Must the world wonder for how long it will take before the churches start to burn?
Hamas denied responsibility, saying the attackers were members of a local criminal gang who exploited the chaos on the streets to carry out the attack.
Father Manual Musalam, leader of the Latin community, said he received assurances from Hamas that it would provide protection for all Christians in the Gaza Strip. He added that some of the stolen property was returned to the church and school on Monday.
BB: Amazing, Hamas cant find out who kidnapped Gilad Shalit, and the BBC reporter but within 24 hours they manage to find out the culprits who ransacked the church and 'suggest' they return the stolen property. (But it wasn't Hamas members...)
Father Musalam said former Hamas minister Bassem Naim phoned him to condemn the attack on behalf of the Hamas leadership.
"We don't distinguish between Fatah and Hamas," the Christian leader said. "They are all our brothers and fathers and we are one people."
He said his community had "strong" relations with Hamas, pointing out that Hamas had sided with the Christians when their institutions were attacked in the past. He described the attackers as a bunch of criminals and thieves who were trying to drive a wedge between Muslims and Christians in the Gaza Strip.
Father Musalam dismissed reports that Christians living in Gaza City were afraid because of Hamas's takeover.
"The Christians here are not panicking," he added. "If anyone thinks that we are going to ask for help from the US and Israel, they are dead wrong."
BB: Err... Father Musalam you may not be panicking, but there seems to be a lot of contrary information that seems suggest a lot of Christians are panicking.
Despite the reassurances, some Christians appealed to the international community to protect them against increased attacks by Muslim extremists. They said they were planning to leave the Gaza Strip as soon as the borders with Israel and Egypt were reopened.
BB: Gaza will begin the great exodus of Christians just like in Bethlehem. Can you blame Palestinian Christians wanting to leave? Look what has happened to Gaza in the time that they have had self rule? Instead of trying to build up the Gaza economy all Hamas has done is focus on building rockets, firing them into Israel and smuggling arms.
Fatah officials claimed that Hamas militiamen were behind the attack on the church and school.
On Sunday, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas phoned Father Musalam to express his strong condemnation for the attack.
"President Abbas promised that he would do his utmost to prevent such attacks on Christians here," he said.
Islam Shahwan, spokesman for Hamas's Executive Force in the Gaza Strip, denied responsibility.
He nevertheless admitted that a large group of Hamas militiamen had been near the area during the attack.
"We have instructed all our men to withdraw from the area," he said. "We will punish anyone who targets churches and public institutions."
BB: Which begs the question why would you order your men to withdraw if they hadn't been the ones involved? Surely if there was 'a local criminal gang', you would keep your men there to make sure that 'a local criminal gang' does not do any further looting? err....
Reference:
JPost: Hamas slams looting of Gaza church
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I apologise to those people who regularly read this blog.
It's for a good reason, Ive started a blog on bringing more awareness of Gilad Shalit's plight. There's been a lot of talk lately about the imminent release of the kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston in Gaza.
The recent events in Gaza, The prospect of a release of the BBC reporter and Gilad Shalit's one year anniversary in captivity is all indicating to me, that we need to start pushing for more action on Gilad's unjust treatment.
I'd really appreciate if you could pop over to http://giladshalit.blogspot.com/ and take a look.
If you have any posts that you would like to submit to the Free Gilad Shalit blog then please do.
Who knows what the Card says? Kind of appropriate?
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Its not too hard to put 1 and 2 together.
1. Gaza – Ma'an – In the aftermath of the latest infighting in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources have stated that dozens of Palestinian citizens have arrived at Erez crossing at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, awaiting Israeli approval to flee to the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses mentioned that the groups of people at the crossing included women and children.
Source Maan News: Gazan Citizens head to Erez crossing to Flee to the West Bank
2. Haniyeh forms new police council in Gaza Strip; bans the wearing of masks
Gaza – Ma'an – Dismissed Palestinian Prime Minister Isma'il Haneya has on Saturday formed a Police "higher council" in the Gaza Strip, under the command of Brigadier Tawfiq Jabir, with Mahir Ramli as his deputy commander.
Sources in Haniyeh's office revealed that the council will be in charge of managing police affairs and keeping security and order upon the orders and directions of the interior minister.
The sources added that a "higher council of civil defense" will also be announced later.
Our sources quoted the dismissed interior minister as saying that "none of the security service members have been sacked or suspended; all of them will be returning to their work… They will be told where to arrive for duty in the coming few hours."
Furthermore, senior sources also quoted Haniyeh as intending to ban the wearing of masks in the Gaza Strip, starting at 5:00pm Saturday.
Source Maan News: Haniyeh forms new police council in Gaza Strip; bans the wearing of masks
Picture Credit: Hamas Images, err I mean Maan Images
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According to the Palestinain Maan News agency:
Tulkarem – Ma'an – The spokesperson of the Fatah movement in Tulkarem, Samir Nayfa, on Friday warned Hamas against continuing its "conspiracies against the Palestinian people and neglecting Palestinian unchangeable principles."
Nayfa said "in the absence of the siege on the Palestinian people, Hamas would have been unable to smuggle millions of US dollars into the Gaza Strip, through tunnels. The money which flowed into Hamas' treasury was spent on buying arms and favour."
He continued, "The Hamas leadership betrayed the people and instead of paying the employees' salaries, the money was spent on the death brigades of Qassam and the Executive Force, who mutinied against the Palestinian Authority and planted death and destruction on the streets of the Gaza Strip."
Nayfa warned of an expected deal between Hamas and the Israeli Olmert government to release the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and BBC reporter, Alan Johnston. He said "Hamas might announce that Shalit disappeared amidst the state of chaos in Gaza Strip, or they might announce that he ran away." He added "Hamas might go to the extreme of announcing that Fatah people helped Shalit run away."
Nayfa said that all these expected Hamas plans have one goal; to reward Israel for supporting Hamas to smuggle weapons and millions of US dollars into the Gaza Strip.
Bagelblogger: How quick is Ma'an to support FatahHamas? Is this the same Palestinian news organisation that screams for 'independance' to the worlds other ear? I think we see the real Maan News media now!
Picture Credit: Hamas Images, err I mean Maan Images
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It's not enough to be known as a major contender for the paranoiac Tin Foil Hat of the year award, Mark Glenn is working to increase his chances of both winning the award and to get institutionalized. (A not so rare double)
His latest rant encompasses some of the most outlandish claims to have been seen recently.
Apparently according to Glenn's article in the AmericanFreePress: , 'Brits say Israel Staged 1976 Hijacking' he has come across evidence that Israel staged the Entebbe Hijacking. [never mind that this 'conspiracy' story broke a week earlier than his article], his use of context provides plenty of scope for the reader to imagine it was none other than super sleuth Mark Glenn himself.
He cites with out actual referencing, an obscure diplomatic report filed by a British diplomat D.H. Colvin who was working in Paris.
Its not enough that Colvin was merely passing on unverified information from a contact:
"He heard it from a contact in the Euro-Arab Parliamentary Association three days after the Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris was seized in mid-air by Palestinians and German terrorists on June 27, 1976.
Mr Colvin told his superiors that his source suggested that the attack was carried out by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine with help from the Israeli Security Service, the Shin Bet.
t was designed to torpedo the rival Palestine Liberation Organisation's standing in France and to prevent what they saw as a growing rapprochement between the PLO and the Americans.''My contact said that the PFLP had attracted all sorts of wild elements, some of whom had been planted by the Israelis,'' Mr Colvin added. The message was received without comment by the Foreign Office but later officials recorded that a journalist from the Liverpool Post, Leo Murray, had also told them that a splinter group of PFLP was planning a series of spectacular incidents to disrupt contacts between the PLO leader Yasser Arafat and the US."
An unverified report from a source now becomes proof in Mark Glenn's eyes.
But in the very same news article from the Telegraph that this quote comes from, there is also the mention that
"Frank Wheeler, the first secretary, reported that there was abundant evidence of Ugandan collaboration with the hijackers. Palestinians had been brought from Mogadishu in President Amin's private jet to join the hijackers, according to the file."
But this little gem seems to have fallen on the editing floor of our grand paranoiac Mark Glenn.
There's also the possibility that Arafat was trying to discredit the PFLP and Israel at the same time, the article mentions that "Arafat's recent approach to the French in Cairo warning us of further attacks."
But no, Mark Glenn seems to simply ignore all the possible political intrigue around this event and settles for the most suitable solution to him, them Jooz must have done it.
Where as the rest of the sane world think it was carried out by Palestinian terrorist organisation the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Glenn agrees it must have been a master conspiracy plan where the Israeli Shin Bet helped the PFLP in their plot to hijack the plane.
Apparently Mark Glen seems to think that the Israeli secret service organisation Shin Bet would endanger the lives of hundreds of people including almost a hundred Jews in an attempt to score political points and swing public opinion away from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
Only to then send in a team of Israeli soldiers at great risk to try to save the hostages.
Mark Glenn's article descends further into the abyss of his own hatred, he rounds his illuminating article nicely with:
"Along with the United States and Britain, Israel has a long and well-established history of assisting individuals and groups said to be responsible for acts of terrorism since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948."
Seems your medication has ran out Mark maybe you should get a refill?
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Telegraph.co.uk: Israeli agents 'helped Entebbe hijackers
American Free Press: Brits say Israel Staged 1976 Hijacking
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Heres the comparison and the 'anomaly' that was found.
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