THAT Pepsi Cola is the code name for a Zionist plot — if you believe several extremist Muslims.
Egyptian cleric Hazem Abu Ismail, speaking recently to a Muslim religious channel in his country, claimed that Pepsi is an acronym for "Pay Every Penny Saving Israel."
"In other words, pay every small coin you receive in order to save Israel," he said, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
He echoed a statement made last year by a Hamas leader in Gaza. Salem Salamah, a member of parliament, said: "There are companies established by the colonialists and occupiers — large companies with branches all over the world, like Pepsi, Pepsi Cola. This is a well-known company. Pepsi is an acronym — Pay Every Pence to Save Israel."
THAT Democrats in Congress have again thwarted efforts by Rep. Steve King to bar the activist group ACORN from receiving taxpayer funds.
The Iowa Republican on Thursday introduced an amendment that would have made the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and its affiliates ineligible to receive taxpayer dollars under a new grant program intended to increase participation in the Small Business Innovation Research program.
All but one Democrat on the Small Business Committee voted the amendment down, King said in a release.
Last week the Insider Report disclosed that King had introduced an amendment barring the Census Bureau from disbursing taxpayer funds to ACORN, but Democrats immediately squelched that measure as well.
King told Newsmax in early June that he believes ACORN "has completely the face of a criminal enterprise."
THAT David Letterman beat Conan O'Brien in the ratings race for the first week since O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
"Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS averaged 3.46 million viewers per night in the week ending June 19, while "The Tonight Show" on NBC averaged 3.32 million, according to Nielsen Co. data.
O'Brien replaced Leno on June 1.
THAT the Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Genachowski is a Democrat and served as Barack Obama's technology adviser during the campaign.
He recently told a Senate panel that he does not support reinstatement of the so-called Fairness Doctrine requiring broadcasters using the public airwaves to give equal time to opposing political views.
Senators also approved Robert McDowell, a Republican, to serve a second term as FCC commissioner.
Source: Newsmax.com/Fox Nation
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