† Prediction: Christians Will Be “Extinct” In The Holy Land Within 60 Years: Iranian Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has a stark choice to make: Recant his faith and convert to Islam or be executed by the state (related article, third item on the page), The Washington Times reports:
Mr. Nadarkhani was arrested in his home city of Rasht in October 2009 for questioning Islamic control of religious instruction of Iranian children. He was first charged with illegal protest and later with the more serious crimes of apostasy and evangelizing Muslims. He was convicted in September 2010 and sentenced to death. His wife was given life in prison, and his attorney, Iranian human-rights lawyer Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, was convicted separately of "actions and propaganda against the Islamic regime," sentenced to nine years in prison and barred from practicing law for a decade.
Mr. Nadarkhani appealed the death sentence, which was affirmed by Iran's Supreme Court in June 2011. Prosecutors acknowledged he had never been a Muslim as an adult but said the apostasy law still applies because he has "Islamic ancestry." Hearings were held in September to give Mr. Nadarkhani the opportunity to recant his faith and avoid execution. When asked to repent his Christian beliefs, Mr. Nadarkhani replied, "Repent means to return. What should I return to?" The court pressed that he should return "to the religion of your ancestors, Islam." Mr. Nadarkhani said, "I cannot."
Reminiscent of early Christian martyrs, Nadarkhani wrote in a 2010 prison epistle that it “pleases” the true believer to share Christ's suffering, “Because the believer knows he will rejoice in his glory."
† Has Obama Been Humbled?: Nope, not yet, if this interview with “60 Minutes” is any indication (related article, third item on the page). At the end of the interview, Obama told Steve Kroft, “I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president – with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln – just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history.” Note that he said “possible exceptions,” meaning that he thinks a case could be made that he accomplished more than any president in U.S. history in the first three years of his only term in office.TM But here’s where things get really interesting: According to The Blaze, CBS edited the tape to remove the boast – it still appears in the transcript – suggesting that the leftist journos at the network that used to employ Dan Rather are either trying to protect Obama from his own hubris, or that they share Bill Clinton’s view of 44’s spectacularly failed presidency.
† Let Them Eat Steak!: Part VIII: With President Barack Hussein Obama and the rest of his family again travelling separately to their 17-day Hawaiian jaunt (related article, seventh item on the page), taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $4 million, according to Hawaii Reporter:
The total cost (based on what is known) for the 17-day vacation roundtrip vacation to Hawaii for the President, his family and staff has climbed to more than $4 million [from $1.5 million last year]:
TRAVEL: $3,629,622 [Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One; the rest of the family’s flight on Air Force Two; USAF C-17 cargo aircraft that transports the presidential limos, helicopters and other support equipment to Hawaii]
HOUSING: $151,200 [the Obama’s pay for their beachfront rental, but taxpayers cover costs for housing U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Coast Guard and Navy Seals nearby]
HOTEL: $72,216 [$177 per night for 24 members of the president’s staff to stay at the Moana Surfrider Resort]
LOCAL TAXPAYER COSTS: $260,000 [overtime for police officers and an ambulance that travels with the president 23/7]
UNKNOWN COSTS [including, security-related upgrades to phone lines, bullet-proof windows, gas and car rentals for president’s staff]
The total cost (based on what is known) for a 17-day round trip vacation to Hawaii for the President and his family and staff and security is an estimated $4,113,038.
To which, The Stiletto adds:
You better get it while you can.
You better get it while you can.
If you wait too long, it'll all be gone,
And you'll be sorry then.
† Inside out candidate Newt Gingrich has turned the race upside down: The Stiletto made the case that Mitt Romney is the Hillary Clinton of the 2012 election. But The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger argues that it's Newt Gingrich, because he is toughening the eventual nominee for the general election campaign:
For months, Mitt has been The Front-Runner, whatever the polls said. It's hard to say that after last Saturday's GOP debate.
About a third of the way in, Newt Gingrich said to Mr. Romney: "The only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994."
The Front-Runner looked stunned, as if he'd just been hit with a left hook out of nowhere. …
If we have learned anything about Barack Obama the past three years it's that he enjoys hitting. He will be merciless with Mitt. Ask Hillary. Ask the respectful Republicans that Obama pistol-whipped in that George Washington University speech. Ask Wall Street's Democrats. …
Newt Gingrich will either get Mitt Romney into shape for 2012, or he will take Mitt down in next year's primary contests before the former Massachusetts governor gets himself, and his party, in over his head. …
Newt Gingrich's flaws have been posited. Mitt Romney's inadequacies are known. It's time to put these two in a cage together so that one can emerge a fighter, ready to compete for the presidency.
Posted by Victoria Knox - Source: TPN
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