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The New York grand jury votes to indict Trump in hush money case... News at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and every hour for every day for the next 3 weeks.
WARNING!: Another 9/11 Threat...
ISIS Warns Second 9/11 Is Coming, Says America's Geographical Location Won't Save Country From 'Army of Jihad'
BY STOYAN ZAIMOV , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
April 14, 2015|8:19 am
Terror group ISIS has released an 11-minute long video where it warns the United States of another 9/11-style attack. The militants said that America's geographical location won't bring it the safety it perceives to have, and warned that an "army of Jihad" is coming.
The Independent noted that the video, titled "We Will Burn America," is not the first of its kind – in January, the group warned to beheaded President Barack Obama and turn America into a Muslim province.
ISIS has captured significant territory in Iraq and Syria and has looked to expand its Islamic caliphate across the region. The U.S. and a broad coalition of allies, including a number of Arab states, have hit back with air strikes against terror targets.
The latest video warns that America wrongly believes it is safe because of its geographical location.
"Thus you see it invades the Muslim lands, and it thinks that the army of the Jihad won't reach in their lands," the message added.
"But the dream of the American to have safety became a mirage. Today there is no safety for any American on the globe.
It continued: "But today, it's time for payback. By the grace of Allah, today the mujahideen are much more stronger and they have more resources. Thus they are able to burn United States again."
The jihadists remind America of the several behedings they have carried out of U.S. citizens, including the death of journalist James Foley.
The video also boasts of other Islamic extremist attacks on the West, including the shootings in Paris in January carried out by French-born gunman Amedy Coulibaly, and Canadian Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's 2014 attack on the Canadian Parliament.
Human rights groups and news reporters have documented the extensive abuses carried out by ISIS on a daily basis. While men have been routinely beheaded in mass slaughters often recorded on video, women and children have been enslaved, beaten and raped.
Earlier this week, an aid worker in Iraq revealed the story of a nine-year-old Yazidi girl who had been raped by at least 10 militants, resulting in a pregnancy.
"This girl is so young she could die if she delivers a baby," said Canadian-based aid worker Yousif Daoud.
"Even a caesarian section is dangerous. The abuse she has suffered left her mentally and physically traumatized."
ISIS has also targeted religious minorities, especially Christians, in its ongoing attacks.
In February, the terror group released a video titled "A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the Cross," in which it showed the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians that had been kidnapped in Libya.
The jihadists have also kidnapped over 250 Assyrian Christians, and are asking for $30 million for their release.
Read Other Top ISIS Stories
ISIS Crucifies
A masked ISIS militant reads the charges facing the two men tied to a cross, who were later shot in the back of the head for banditry, Mosul, Iraq.
9-Year-Old Yazidi Girl Pregnant After Rape by 10 ISIS Men; 'She Could Die If She Delivers a Baby,' Says Aid Worker
ISIS Militants 'Kill Children in Front of Their Parents;' 'Kick Around Severed Heads,' Says Palestinian Refugee Witness Who Fled Besieged Yarmouk Camp
ISIS Executes 10 Doctors for Refusing to Treat Wounded Jihadis in Terror Group
ISIS Demands Million for Release of 300 Kidnapped Assyrian Christians
Read more and watch videos at
BY STOYAN ZAIMOV , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
April 14, 2015|8:19 am
Terror group ISIS has released an 11-minute long video where it warns the United States of another 9/11-style attack. The militants said that America's geographical location won't bring it the safety it perceives to have, and warned that an "army of Jihad" is coming.
The Independent noted that the video, titled "We Will Burn America," is not the first of its kind – in January, the group warned to beheaded President Barack Obama and turn America into a Muslim province.
ISIS has captured significant territory in Iraq and Syria and has looked to expand its Islamic caliphate across the region. The U.S. and a broad coalition of allies, including a number of Arab states, have hit back with air strikes against terror targets.
The latest video warns that America wrongly believes it is safe because of its geographical location.
"Thus you see it invades the Muslim lands, and it thinks that the army of the Jihad won't reach in their lands," the message added.
"But the dream of the American to have safety became a mirage. Today there is no safety for any American on the globe.
It continued: "But today, it's time for payback. By the grace of Allah, today the mujahideen are much more stronger and they have more resources. Thus they are able to burn United States again."
The jihadists remind America of the several behedings they have carried out of U.S. citizens, including the death of journalist James Foley.
The video also boasts of other Islamic extremist attacks on the West, including the shootings in Paris in January carried out by French-born gunman Amedy Coulibaly, and Canadian Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's 2014 attack on the Canadian Parliament.
Human rights groups and news reporters have documented the extensive abuses carried out by ISIS on a daily basis. While men have been routinely beheaded in mass slaughters often recorded on video, women and children have been enslaved, beaten and raped.
Earlier this week, an aid worker in Iraq revealed the story of a nine-year-old Yazidi girl who had been raped by at least 10 militants, resulting in a pregnancy.
"This girl is so young she could die if she delivers a baby," said Canadian-based aid worker Yousif Daoud.
"Even a caesarian section is dangerous. The abuse she has suffered left her mentally and physically traumatized."
ISIS has also targeted religious minorities, especially Christians, in its ongoing attacks.
In February, the terror group released a video titled "A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the Cross," in which it showed the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians that had been kidnapped in Libya.
The jihadists have also kidnapped over 250 Assyrian Christians, and are asking for $30 million for their release.
Read Other Top ISIS Stories
ISIS Crucifies
A masked ISIS militant reads the charges facing the two men tied to a cross, who were later shot in the back of the head for banditry, Mosul, Iraq.
9-Year-Old Yazidi Girl Pregnant After Rape by 10 ISIS Men; 'She Could Die If She Delivers a Baby,' Says Aid Worker
ISIS Militants 'Kill Children in Front of Their Parents;' 'Kick Around Severed Heads,' Says Palestinian Refugee Witness Who Fled Besieged Yarmouk Camp
ISIS Executes 10 Doctors for Refusing to Treat Wounded Jihadis in Terror Group
ISIS Demands Million for Release of 300 Kidnapped Assyrian Christians
Read more and watch videos at
Just say'n...
Just say'n....
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Tornado warnings in my area
We had to take shelter for the storm that moved through our area. Two tornadoes did touch down...two people killed by the 105 mph winds that ripped off roofs of houses
It was scary for a few. We have a solid basement and shelter area here. Yikes!!!
It was scary for a few. We have a solid basement and shelter area here. Yikes!!!
News | UK police launch investigation into Prince Charles charity.
UK police launch investigation into Prince Charles charity.
The probe will assess claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a Saudi businessman.
British police have launched an investigation into Prince Charles’s charitable foundation over claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a businessman from Saudi Arabia.
“The decision follows an assessment of a September 2021 letter. This related to media reporting alleging offers of help were made to secure honors and citizenship for a Saudi national, ”Scotland Yard said in a statement on Wednesday, delivering another blow to the royal family.
There have been no arrests or interviews under bail, police added.
The head of The Prince’s Foundation resigned last year after an internal investigation into the allegations.
Michael Fawcett, chief executive of the foundation, had initially agreed to suspend his duties following newspaper revelations about his links to a Saudi national.
The man, tycoon Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, had donated large sums to restoration projects of particular interest to Charles.
Fawcett, a former valet to the Prince of Wales who has been close to Queen Elizabeth II’s heir for decades, is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz.
Fawcett is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz [File: David Bebber/DB/CL/THI via Reuters]
Mahfouz has reportedly denied any wrongdoing.
The royal family is already reeling following Prince Andrew’s decision on Tuesday to settle a s*xual abuse claim out of court, a scandal that has so far overshadowed Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Charles’s foundation, which helps jobless people get back into work and start small businesses, said it took the claims “very seriously”.
The Charities Commission, which registers and oversees charities in England and Wales, said in November it had opened a formal probe into donations received by Mahfouz’s charitable trust which were intended for the prince’s foundation.
The inquiry will examine whether “certain donations received by the Mahfouz Foundation were intended for charity, have been used in accordance with the donors’ intentions and whether they should be returned to the donor or otherwise applied for charitable purposes”.
According to the commission, the Mahfouz Foundation was set up “to promote and advance the education of the public in the United Kingdom in the culture, history, language, literature and institutions of the Middle East.”
The Scottish body
The Prince’s Foundation, set up in 1986, is not regulated by the Charities Commission but is registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator.
The Scottish body in September launched its own probe into reports that the foundation accepted cash from a Russian banker previously convicted of money laundering.
Charles reportedly wrote a letter thanking Dmitry Leus for the money and suggested they could meet after the pandemic coronavirus.
The foundation’s ethics committee declined the donation after discovering Leus’s conviction in Russia in 2004.
The conviction was overturned and he has claimed he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.
The probe will assess claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a Saudi businessman.
British police have launched an investigation into Prince Charles’s charitable foundation over claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a businessman from Saudi Arabia.
“The decision follows an assessment of a September 2021 letter. This related to media reporting alleging offers of help were made to secure honors and citizenship for a Saudi national, ”Scotland Yard said in a statement on Wednesday, delivering another blow to the royal family.
There have been no arrests or interviews under bail, police added.
The head of The Prince’s Foundation resigned last year after an internal investigation into the allegations.
Michael Fawcett, chief executive of the foundation, had initially agreed to suspend his duties following newspaper revelations about his links to a Saudi national.
The man, tycoon Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, had donated large sums to restoration projects of particular interest to Charles.
Fawcett, a former valet to the Prince of Wales who has been close to Queen Elizabeth II’s heir for decades, is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz.
Fawcett is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz [File: David Bebber/DB/CL/THI via Reuters]
Mahfouz has reportedly denied any wrongdoing.
The royal family is already reeling following Prince Andrew’s decision on Tuesday to settle a s*xual abuse claim out of court, a scandal that has so far overshadowed Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Charles’s foundation, which helps jobless people get back into work and start small businesses, said it took the claims “very seriously”.
The Charities Commission, which registers and oversees charities in England and Wales, said in November it had opened a formal probe into donations received by Mahfouz’s charitable trust which were intended for the prince’s foundation.
The inquiry will examine whether “certain donations received by the Mahfouz Foundation were intended for charity, have been used in accordance with the donors’ intentions and whether they should be returned to the donor or otherwise applied for charitable purposes”.
According to the commission, the Mahfouz Foundation was set up “to promote and advance the education of the public in the United Kingdom in the culture, history, language, literature and institutions of the Middle East.”
The Scottish body
The Prince’s Foundation, set up in 1986, is not regulated by the Charities Commission but is registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator.
The Scottish body in September launched its own probe into reports that the foundation accepted cash from a Russian banker previously convicted of money laundering.
Charles reportedly wrote a letter thanking Dmitry Leus for the money and suggested they could meet after the pandemic coronavirus.
The foundation’s ethics committee declined the donation after discovering Leus’s conviction in Russia in 2004.
The conviction was overturned and he has claimed he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.
Tucker Carlson releases Jan. 6 footage, politicians, media lied about Sicknick, 'QAnon Shaman'
US Capitol Police appeared to give Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,” the run of the place during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, trailing him in a bizarre escort as he walked the halls near the Senate chamber that day — and even opening the door to allow him inside, according to surveillance footage made public Monday night.
The never-before-seen video aired on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” part of more than 40,000 hours of closed circuit security footage that Carlson and his producers were given access to by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
In contrast to the running battles between cops and pro-Trump rioters outside the Capitol building, clips aired Monday show Chansley — clad in his eye-catching horned fur headdress with red, white and blue face paint and holding an American flag and a bullhorn — leisurely strolling through the building, hardly being challenged or acknowledged by police.
At times, Chansley walked alone in the hallways on the Senate side of the Capitol, occasionally pausing to look at his phone.
In September 2021, Chansley pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding and was sentenced to 41 months in prison that November.
According to a timeline of events — compiled by the Justice Department and upon which Chansley signed off as part of his guilty plea — the Navy veteran from Arizona was one of the first 30 rioters to enter the Capitol at around 2:14 p.m. on Jan. 6 through doors that had been busted open from the inside.
Despite disobeying orders to leave the building and, in the DOJ’s words, “using his bullhorn to rile up the crowd and demand that lawmakers be brought out,” Chansley was allowed to climb the stairs to the Senate viewing gallery, from where, according to the government, he “scream obscenities … while other rioters flooded the Chamber below.”
After leaving the gallery, Chansley encountered Capitol Police Officer Keith Robishaw, whom Chansley had confronted with his bullhorn earlier. When Robishaw again asked Chansley to leave the building, prosecutors said, the rioter “insisted that others were already on the Senate floor and he was going to join them.”
For several minutes, the video shows, Robishaw and another officer follow Chansley as he tried to enter the Senate chamber. At one point, Robishaw tried a locked door with the Senate seal etched on its frosted glass.
At another point, Chansley and the officers pass a group of seven other cops, who seem to pay them no mind.
Chansley and the two officers eventually find an unlocked door and one of the policemen holds it open after Chansley lets himself onto the Senate floor. The DOJ timeline confirmed that Robishaw followed Chansley into the chamber as the “Shaman” took the seat on the dais recently occupied by then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Read more and watch:
The never-before-seen video aired on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” part of more than 40,000 hours of closed circuit security footage that Carlson and his producers were given access to by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
In contrast to the running battles between cops and pro-Trump rioters outside the Capitol building, clips aired Monday show Chansley — clad in his eye-catching horned fur headdress with red, white and blue face paint and holding an American flag and a bullhorn — leisurely strolling through the building, hardly being challenged or acknowledged by police.
At times, Chansley walked alone in the hallways on the Senate side of the Capitol, occasionally pausing to look at his phone.
In September 2021, Chansley pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding and was sentenced to 41 months in prison that November.
According to a timeline of events — compiled by the Justice Department and upon which Chansley signed off as part of his guilty plea — the Navy veteran from Arizona was one of the first 30 rioters to enter the Capitol at around 2:14 p.m. on Jan. 6 through doors that had been busted open from the inside.
Despite disobeying orders to leave the building and, in the DOJ’s words, “using his bullhorn to rile up the crowd and demand that lawmakers be brought out,” Chansley was allowed to climb the stairs to the Senate viewing gallery, from where, according to the government, he “scream obscenities … while other rioters flooded the Chamber below.”
After leaving the gallery, Chansley encountered Capitol Police Officer Keith Robishaw, whom Chansley had confronted with his bullhorn earlier. When Robishaw again asked Chansley to leave the building, prosecutors said, the rioter “insisted that others were already on the Senate floor and he was going to join them.”
For several minutes, the video shows, Robishaw and another officer follow Chansley as he tried to enter the Senate chamber. At one point, Robishaw tried a locked door with the Senate seal etched on its frosted glass.
At another point, Chansley and the officers pass a group of seven other cops, who seem to pay them no mind.
Chansley and the two officers eventually find an unlocked door and one of the policemen holds it open after Chansley lets himself onto the Senate floor. The DOJ timeline confirmed that Robishaw followed Chansley into the chamber as the “Shaman” took the seat on the dais recently occupied by then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Read more and watch:
How The West WAS Won in Texas: Open Carry 2016
...but what about open carry for my steel nunchucks and brass nuckles???
Summary of new laws passed in the 84th Regular Legislative Session that impact Concealed Handgun Licensing.
Open Carry
House Bill 910 Effective: January 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offense.
General Information:
Authorizes individuals to obtain a license to openly carry a handgun in the same places that allow the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun with some exceptions. (See "Exceptions" below for more information.)
Unconcealed handguns, loaded or unloaded, must be carried in a shoulder or belt holster.
Individuals who hold a valid CHL may continue to carry with valid existing license.
A separate license will not be required to open carry. No additional fee will be required.
Individuals currently licensed will not be required to attend additional training. Training curriculum for new applicants will be updated to reflect the new training requirements related to the use of restraint holsters and methods to ensure the secure carrying of openly carried handguns.
The new curriculum will be required for all classes beginning January 1, 2016.
The eligibility criteria to obtain a license to carry do not change.
The department will be updating website, forms and training materials to reference License to Carry (LTC) instead of Concealed Handgun License (CHL).
Changes to the laminated license are being developed and will be implemented at a later date.
Signage:
Private businesses may post signs to indicate entry on the property with a handgun by a license holder is forbidden.
Penal Code Section 30.06 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to carry concealed.
Penal Code Section 30.07 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to open carry.
Posting of both signs is an indication by the business that license holders are forbidden to carry concealed or openly.
Exceptions:
Open carry is not permitted by a license holder regardless of whether the handgun is holstered: on the premises of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education on any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage or other parking area of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education by an individual who is acting as a personal protection officer under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code and is not wearing a uniform.
Campus Carry
Senate Bill 11 Effective: August 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty.
Authorizes a license holder to carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state. Open carrying of handguns is still prohibited at these locations.
Read more...
Summary of new laws passed in the 84th Regular Legislative Session that impact Concealed Handgun Licensing.
Open Carry
House Bill 910 Effective: January 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offense.
General Information:
Authorizes individuals to obtain a license to openly carry a handgun in the same places that allow the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun with some exceptions. (See "Exceptions" below for more information.)
Unconcealed handguns, loaded or unloaded, must be carried in a shoulder or belt holster.
Individuals who hold a valid CHL may continue to carry with valid existing license.
A separate license will not be required to open carry. No additional fee will be required.
Individuals currently licensed will not be required to attend additional training. Training curriculum for new applicants will be updated to reflect the new training requirements related to the use of restraint holsters and methods to ensure the secure carrying of openly carried handguns.
The new curriculum will be required for all classes beginning January 1, 2016.
The eligibility criteria to obtain a license to carry do not change.
The department will be updating website, forms and training materials to reference License to Carry (LTC) instead of Concealed Handgun License (CHL).
Changes to the laminated license are being developed and will be implemented at a later date.
Signage:
Private businesses may post signs to indicate entry on the property with a handgun by a license holder is forbidden.
Penal Code Section 30.06 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to carry concealed.
Penal Code Section 30.07 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to open carry.
Posting of both signs is an indication by the business that license holders are forbidden to carry concealed or openly.
Exceptions:
Open carry is not permitted by a license holder regardless of whether the handgun is holstered: on the premises of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education on any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage or other parking area of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education by an individual who is acting as a personal protection officer under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code and is not wearing a uniform.
Campus Carry
Senate Bill 11 Effective: August 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty.
Authorizes a license holder to carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state. Open carrying of handguns is still prohibited at these locations.
Read more...
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