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Sunday, February 21, 2016
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Brexit Vote Set For June 23
Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday that Britain would hold its historic referendum on whether to remain in the European Union on June 23.
"We
are approaching one of the biggest decisions this country will face in
our lifetimes," Cameron said in a short statement outside 10 Downing
Street, his official residence and the headquarters of the British
government.
"This choice goes to the heart of what kind of country we want to be, and the future we want for our children," he said.
"Let me be clear," he added. "Leaving Europe would compromise our economic and national security."
Cameron reached an EU deal in Brussels
late Friday after marathon negotiations at a summit of the
group's leaders. He sought to amend the country's relationship with the
EU ahead of setting a date for the vote, in part because he
faces skepticism within his own Conservative Party about the merits of
retaining Britain’s ties with the 28-nation political bloc.
"Three
years ago I committed to the British people that I would renegotiate
our position in the EU and hold an in-out referendum. Now I am
delivering that commitment. You will decide," he said.
Cameron
spoke after emerging from a Cabinet meeting on the issue. It was
the first British Cabinet meeting held on a Saturday since the Falklands War in 1982. He said that his Cabinet backed his goal of keeping Britain in the EU.
Still, one of the prime minister's closest allies who is held in high regard by Conservatives — Justice Minister Michael Gove —
said he will campaign for a so-called Brexit or a British exit from the
EU. Cameron said he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the move. A
number of other Cabinet ministers and senior party members may follow
suit, including Boris Johnson, London's influential mayor.
An
average of the six most recent polls of voting intentions showed that
51% of Britons would choose to remain in the EU, while 49% would opt to
leave, according to What UK Thinks, an independent social research organization.
Stuart
Shields, 48, who was visiting London on Saturday from Cambridgeshire,
in eastern England, said Britain should leave the bloc. "I don't think
it's value for money," he said.
Ben Murphy, 30, from Kent, in southern England, wants Britain to stay in the EU. "It's got to be better for trade," he said.
Dividing lines were also visible across political parties.
Jeremy
Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition left-leaning Labour Party,
said in a statement that Cameron's "priorities in (the EU) negotiations
have been to appease his opponents in the Conservative Party. He has
done nothing to promote secure jobs, protect our steel industry or stop
the spread of low pay. "A vote to remain in Europe is in the best interests of our people,” Corbyn said.
George
Osborne, Britain's Conservative finance minister, told the BBC: “We’re
stronger, safer and better off in the EU. The alternative is a huge leap
in the dark, with the risks that that entails for our country, for its
economy and for our security.”
Among the measures that Cameron
secured concessions on from the EU were assurances that Britain
would not be forced to join the euro currency, restrictions on some
welfare payments to the citizens of other EU nations who come to work in
Britain, and a guarantee that it can forgo "ever-closer union" — a
reference to ceding more government powers to the seat of EU power
in Brussels.
Wendy Taylor, 62, from Durham, in northern England,
said she was divided on whether Britain should stay or leave. "We've
never really been properly in Europe because we've never changed the
currency. We're on the edge really," she said.
USA Today
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Australian Convert To Islam: I Want To Do An Islamic Bonnie And Clyde
Classmates from John Berne Catholic school at Lewisham remember a
loud Christian teenager who liked listening to rapper 2pac and was close
to her loving family of Tongan heritage.
They are now shocked the 18-year-old is facing 31 charges of
refusing to answer Crime Commission questions about her teenage husband
Sameh Bayda, also 18, who is in Goulburn Supermax prison facing terror
charges.
She was asked by investigators: “What do you mean by ‘I want to do an
Islamic Bonnie and Clyde on the kaffir’?” and if she would sacrifice
herself alongside her husband.
The couple married on December 30 last year, weeks before Bayda was
charged with three counts of collecting documents likely to facilitate
terrorist acts.
Police prosecutor SergeantClint Nasr told Parramatta Local Court on
Saturday: “The court needs to look behind the charges. There is a
concern she is a supporter of ISIS. The accused was up to her eyeballs
in what her husband was up to.”
Namoa first converted to Islam in Year 8 but reverted to Christianity
briefly before beginning swearing to Allah around Year 10, friends
remember.
She was raised with nine protective brothers and anyone who gave her
trouble at The John Berne School was cautioned the Namoa brood would
come after them if they did not treat her with respect.
“Towards the end of Year 10 she started (saying) I swear to Allah,”
her friend said. After leaving the Lewisham school in Year 10, Namoa
proudly declared her new faith in text messages to friends, telling them
she prayed five times a day.
“I converted when I was in Year 8, then I went back to the church and
now I’m back to Islam lmaoo-ooo”, Namoa texted a friend in January last
year.
“… ha my family hates it but they can’t say cos my first cousins n
mums sister is Muslim lol she married one n converted when they got
married,” another text said.
Parramatta Local Court heard she suffers from anxiety.
“I’m just so shocked, I can’t believe what’s happened to her, I
would never in a million years have picked it, especially with brothers
like hers,” the friend said.
Namoa had appeared to look to the future. She completed two job-ready
training programs while at secondary school: one that equipped her with
the skills to work in a cafe and another that had a community service
focus and led the Western Sydney girl to volunteer in the community.
But her world changed when she left school in Year 10.
A close female friend of Namoa, also of islander heritage, has also
converted to Islam. “May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala free the oppressed,”
the teen posted on Facebook after Namoa was refused bail in Parramatta
Court on Saturday.
“Wallahs I never thought it’ll (sic) be this hard …”
Auburn Uniting Church Reverend Veitinia Waqabaca said he was
concerned for other teens in the community. The church has a large
Tongan congregation.
“I am surprised (she converted) but … our people can take on another
religion but we have to ask them what it is that they find attractive,”
he said. “We can only sit them down, these kids are very clever and help
them see all the terrorism in the world and point out that it is only
one religion that it is associated with and to stay away from that
religion.”
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Obama Wants Your Kids Under His Control
His Imperial Highness now wants to monitor how you raise your kids.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Migrant Violence In Two Nations
Did my dad and all the other soldiers fight in the Second World War
for our freedom just to let scum like this into our country, I don't
think so. I know for a fact we are no longer the USA my dad
fought for!
A man with a machete walked into the
Nazareth Restaurant & Deli and began attacking customers. Four
people were injured, one with critical wounds. Police shot and killed
the man after he attempted to flee the scene.
Full Story Here: One News Now
And as a bonus this from Austria
The mother of the boy who
was raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool in Austria, has said
she regrets teaching her children to be welcoming to migrants and
described the man's defence as 'just monstrous'.
Full Story Here: Daily Mail
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