It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land

DC TO BE DARK FOR DAYSCatastrophic Damage To Power Grids

More than 3 million people still had no electricity and could only watch their thermostats climb. It could be several days before all the power outages are restored.

The bulk of the storm damage was in West Virginia, Washington and the capital's Virginia and Maryland suburbs. At least six of the dead were killed in Virginia, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in her bed when a tree slammed into her home. Two young cousins in New Jersey were killed when a tree fell on their tent while camping. Two were killed in Maryland, one in Ohio, one in Kentucky and one in Washington.

In Washington's northern Virginia suburbs, emergency 911 call centers were out of service; residents were told to call local police and fire departments. Huge trees toppled across streets in the nation's capital, crumpling cars. Cellphone and Internet service was spotty, gas stations shut down and residents were urged to conserve water.

The power outages were especially dangerous because they left the region without air conditioning in an oppressive heat wave. Temperatures soared to highs in the mid-90s Saturday in Baltimore and Washington, a day after readings of up to 104 degrees were reported in the region.

 THERE IS NO SENSE IN TRYING

Cell Phone Service Crashes in DC Area

Train Passengers Stranded 20 Hours

Gas Stations Packed, Run Dry

Salafi leader: Brotherhood agrees Sharia, not principles, to be legislative source

Salafi leader: Brotherhood agrees Sharia, not principles, to be legislative source.(EI).Prominent Salafi leader and preacher Yasser Borhamy has said that the Muslim Brotherhood has agreed with the Salafi vision to have a constitution that cites Sharia as the main source for the legislation, rather than the principles of Sharia. Article II of 1971 Constitution, which is copied into the current Constitutional Declaration, reads "Islam is the religion of the state. Arabic is its official language, and principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia) are the main source of legislation." A 1979 amendment had replaced "a main source" with "the main source."

According to legal experts, deleting the word "principles“ means that Sharia will play a bigger role in drafting legislation. In an interview with Al-Shorouk newspaper on Saturday, Borhamy said, “we insist that the article states that 'Islamic Sharia law is the main source of legislation,’ not ‘the principles of Sharia.' We will not give up on this matter. The Muslim Brotherhood assured us that they agree with us on the formula of Islamic Sharia law without [mentioning] ‘principles.'” The Salafi preacher said,

“What is disturbing in the Islamic Sharia law, is Sharia bothering anyone? We do not say ‘our views on Sharia,’ but we say that we want the Sharia law revealed by God. Would anyone be afraid of the Sharia that establishes justice, [public] interest and wisdom? This is very strange. How is it said that people are afraid of Sharia?”

Borhamy stressed that the Supreme Constitutional Court’s interpretation of the word "principles" means what is "extremely certain and constant," which empties the article of its real practical content, because every verse and word bears interpretative variation, on the level of linguistics or jurisprudence.” According to Borhamy, “this word, 'principles,' was for the purpose of repealing the article all together. Someone said one day that it's a dictatorial article. It was so in the former regime, something that we do not accept and that we consider a betrayal of Sharia and the will of the nation.What brought the Brotherhood and the Nour Party to the majority in the parliamentary and the presidential [elections] is that they seek the application of Sharia.”Hmmmm........Welcome to life in A.D. 630?Read the full story here.

 

Guess what? IT NEVER ENDS

ha ha ha ha

  "PIGS FLY MOMENT" - Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Registration as a registered charitable and non-profit civil society association

(IW).Muslim Brotherhood leaders have confirmed that the group is making serious efforts seeking to legalize their status, in compliance with the new NGO law Egyptian People’s Assembly (the lower house of parliament) aims to issue as soon as it convenes,affirming that the Brotherhood will be the first to seek to adjust its legal status as an NGO, just as it promptly legalized its political activities through its political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). 

Saad Al-Husseini, Muslim Brotherhood leader, said that the Brotherhood is seriously seeking to adjust its legal status, pointing to ongoing extensive consultations with many NGOs on the new law on civil society associations, which will be issued immediately after the People’s Assembly is reinstated. 

On the issue of the future relationship between the group and the FJP, once the group has adjusted its position, Al-Husseini explained that the FJP will be completely independent in all its political activities. For his part, Mukhtar Al-Ashri, Chairman of the FJP’s Legal Committee, asserted the group’s keenness to work within the law and under the control of the Central Auditing Agency, accusing the former regime of obstructing the legalization of the group. 

Ashri pointed out that the parliamentary elections proved that the group's legitimacy is confirmed by street and people power, saying that immediately after the NGO law is issued, the group will be the first to reconcile their status as an NGO. He accused those who seek to ban unlicensed groups and organizations of seeking to revive gagging policies by which the former regime thrived. 

Ashri further explained that when the government decision to disband the group was issued, back in 1948, it was promptly canceled by the judiciary, and the ruling’s arguments stressed that the group had acquired a legal status that cannot be taken away except by the judiciary, and that the group is in fact an inclusive Islamic organization which cannot be subject to the narrow definition of the law of civil society associations. 

He added that while the government claimed it disbanded the group in 1954, it failed to provide the text of the resolution disbanding the group for 30 years, which confirms the continued legal status of the Brotherhood, and that it does not need to re-legalize its status.

Hmmmm..........."Did i just wake up in another Dimension?"I thought their motto was :"God is our objective; the Quran is our law, the Prophet is our leader; Jihad is our way; and death for the sake of God is the highest of our aspirations."  

"CHARITABLE"

World’s First Genetically Modified Babies 'Made In The U.S.A'

In a developing story, the Daily Mail is now reporting that the very first (admitted) group ofgenetically modified babies have been ‘created’ in the United States. The scientists involved reportedly announced the result on the night of June 27th, stating that 30 babies were born using genetic modification techniques. Furthermore, 2 of the babies tested were found to contain genes from a total of 3 different parents. 

The experiment also lasted over 3 years or more according to the researchers, which may be one of many.

The ‘GM babies’ were born into women who had trouble conceiving their own children. In order to ‘birth’ the babies, extra genes from a female donor were inserted into the women’s eggs before they were fertilized. After conception, scientists fingerprinted 2 of the one-year-old children and confirmed that they inherited DNA from 3 adults — one man and 2 women. What this means is that due to inheriting these extra genes through the genetic modification process, they will now be able to pass them along to their offspring. In other words, these genetically modified babies — if allowed to mate with non-GM humans — could potentially alter the very genetic coding of generations to come.

Genetecists state that this genetic modification method may one day be used to create babies “with extra, desired characteristics such as strength or high intelligence.”

The news comes after it was previously reported by British scientists that scientists were creating human-animal ‘monsters’. Such reports highlight the fact that rampant genetic experimentation is already taking place on many humans around the world, which has led a large number of scientists to call for new rules regarding the outlandish practice. Chinese scientists have already admittedly inserted human stem cells into goat fetuses, and United States researchers have actively researched the concept of engineering a mouse with human brain cells.

Many experts are now speaking out against the announcement, including leading fertility experts and major organizations. John Smeaton, national director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said:

"It is a further and very worrying step down the wrong road for humanity."

Read the full story here.

There, I see colors in my head

What was that you tried to say?

Kenyan Churches Hit By Deadly Coordinated Grenade Attacks: 15 Christians Killed, Al-Shabaab Takes Credit

(Guardian) — Ten people have been killed and 40 wounded in simultaneous attacks on two churches in north-eastern Kenya near the Somali border, according to a police official.

Police commander Philip Ndolo said gunmen threw grenades during the attacks on Sunday.

The bloodiest attack was on the African Inland church in Garissa, a town 120 miles west of the Somali border. Attackers threw two grenades inside the church, one of which exploded, Ndolo said.

As the congregation attempted to escape, the gunmen opened fire. Ten people were killed, including two police officers guarding the church, and about 37 wounded. Militants from Somalia were immediately suspected.

At a second Catholic church in Garissa another grenade was thrown, wounding three people.