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Kirtland Airman Charged with Federal Child Pornography Offenses

ALBUQUERQUE—This morning, Shabaka Green, 25, a United States Air Force Airman First Class C3 stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, appeared before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi on a criminal complaint charging him with receipt, possession, and distribution of child pornography. If convicted of distribution and receipt of child pornography, Green faces a minimum five-year to a maximum 20-year term of imprisonment. If convicted of possession of child pornography, Green faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment. Green also faces up to a life-time of supervised release, a maximum $250,000 fine, and restitution as ordered by the court if convicted of any child pornography offense. Green remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for February 16, 2011.

United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said Green was arrested on February 11, 2011 at Kirtland Air Force Base based on evidence developed during an undercover investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The criminal complaint alleges that on December 2010, the Detroit Division of the FBI alerted the Albuquerque Division of the FBI that an undercover investigative session utilizing an enhanced version of the publicly available Limewire program, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, had undercover evidence that a certain Internet Protocol (IP) address was being used to download images and videos of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct (child pornography). Subsequent investigation revealed that Green was the subscriber for the IP address. The complaint alleges that the FBI obtained a search warrant for Green’s residence based on the evidence obtained during the undercover investigation session and executed the search warrant on February 9, 2011. Concurrent with the search of Green’s residence, investigators interviewed Green regarding his involvement in distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. After being advised of and waiving his constitutional rights, Green admitted possessing hundreds of child pornography images on his computer. He also admitted that he began downloading and sharing child pornography when he was 18 years old.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Charlyn E. Rees and was investigated by the Albuquerque and Detroit Divisions of the FBI, with assistance from the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the New Mexico Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART).

It was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

The case also was brought as part of the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force whose mission it is to locate, track, and capture Internet child sexual predators and Internet child pornographers in New Mexico. There are 61 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies associated with the task force, which is funded by a grant administered by the NMAGO. Anyone with information relating to suspected child predators and suspected child abuse is encouraged to contact federal or local law enforcement.

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Adolfo Nicolás Pachón - Superior General of the Jesuit Order in United States?

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Adolfo Nicolás Pachón - Superior General of the Jesuit Order in United States?

At such a time as this? Debt as far as the eye can see... Will this peculiar visit deal a final death blow to the dwindling status quo? There's a prominent person in the country, yet the News Media is silent about his presence; To borrow a phrase from a popular talk show host: All you hear are the crickets... Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, the Black Pope, as he is popularly known by Protestants, is in the United States of America on a Low Profile (incognito) visit to the Jesuit Province in New England according to Jesuit Media: Agenda of the Director General: P. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J. January 19-28, 2011 Conferenza Asia-Pacifico. Visita February 13-17, 2011 Conferenza USA February - March 26-13, 2011 Conferenza Asia Meridionale. Visita Karnataka, Kerala, Calcutta http://www.apostleshipofprayer.net/news/Agenda-Nicolas-en.aspx Did the TSA give the Black Pope an Enhanced Screening? ---At the very same time Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is also in the country? Cardinal Turkson will 'explain' to American Catholics what Caritas in Veritate means? Is this synchronicity or what? ---- Vatican City, Jan 13, 2011 / 05:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When he travels to the United States next month, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is aware that he may have to make some adjustments in the way he talks about the Church’s social teaching. As president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Ghanaian cardinal, 62, is charged with making the Church’s social teaching more widely known and practiced around the world. He will be in Washington to deliver the plenary address of the 2011 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Feb. 13-16. The gathering, on the theme of “Protecting Human Life and Dignity: Promoting a Just Economy,” is sponsored by 19 Catholic organizations, including the U.S. Catholic bishops. In a recent interview with CNA, Cardinal Turkson said he has learned from past experience that the Church’s justice and peace terminology often needs clarification for an American Catholic audience. Key terms used by the Vatican — such as “social justice” and “gift” — are not always understood the way the Vatican intends, he said. "We found out that some of the vocabulary which is just taken for granted and used freely may not always have the same sense or may have had some nuances which sometimes are missed because of the way the terms are used in the American political context,” Cardinal Turkson said in a Jan. 12 interview at the council’s offices in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Turkson to his post in Oct. 2009, just months after the Pope released his blueprint for the Church’s social teaching, “Caritas in Veritate” (Charity in Truth). The council has since made promotion of the Pope’s vision a top priority. The encyclical outlines Pope Benedict’s plan for "integral human development" in economics, society and politics through the principles of charity and truth. Cardinal Turkson said the Vatican is pleased by response to the document. But he said reaction from some sections of the audience in the United States was unexpected. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-official-says-churchs-justice-teachings-need-new-vocabulary-for-some-us-audiences/ . More synchronicity still: . Yesterday, Monday February 14, 20111, President Obama revealed his 2012 Budget; Which is actually a tax and spending increase.. A proposal the President is trying to 'sell' as a Budget Cutting Plan that will save BILLION$ from now until the year 2021. According to Obama's latest press conference "it's a starting point". How can so many incidents occur at the same time? Is this a coincidence, OR WHAT? A convergence of paradigm shifting events? A nonchalant Visit of the Black Pope to the USA, a visit of the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to explain (to LECTURE) the Vatican doctrine of Social Justice, "Promoting a Just Economy" gathering, Integral Human Development of Economics = Caritas in Veritate? The President's Budget Cutting Plan/Budget for FY 2012. No way Jose! More precisely, no way Adolfo! Read more at endrtimes.blogspot.com

 

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Shhhh! Public Universities Sue to Hide (Muslim, Foreign) Donors

By Debbie Schlussel

What is the University of Connecticut trying to hide?

An important case before Connecticut’s Court of Appeals is getting scant attention.  But the outcome of University of Connecticut v. Freedom of Information Commission et al. could decide whether you and I can which foreign Muslim caliphates and other terrorism supporters are funding our public universities. Plaintiff Jonathan Pelto, a University of Connecticut alum and former elected Connecticut state legislator, is seeking the donor list of his alma mater.  FYI, he’s a liberal Democrat, who was a rising star in Connecticut politics in the early ’90s.

Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant, Though Maybe Not w/ Islam

As you probably know, most public institutions are subject to one or more of various state and federal freedom of information acts, otherwise known as FOIAs.  But the University of Connecticut is trying to circumvent those rules, claiming that its donor list is proprietary information and a “trade secret.”  The university claims that if its donors’ identities are made public, other organizations and entities will try to poach the list.  That’s nonsense, especially in the information age and a world where the wealthiest individuals and donors are well known to most fundraisers.

Plus, most donors to universities have particular motivations–such as having graduated from a particular donee institution . . . or an agenda, such as Saudi billionaire and Palestinian terrorism telethon donor Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, who’s endowed many a Middle Eastern Studies chair and/or department at several American universities.  And therein lies the danger of keeping donors’ identities secret.  We have a right to know who is giving money to tax-funded, public universities .  .  . and who is trying to shape what is being taught and how.  If the Saudis or, perhaps even HAMAS itself, is trying to pay off universities to get professors to teach students what and how to think about the Middle East, we need to know that.  And if that money is going to a public university, we have a right to know that.

There is also the danger that Communists, such as the Chinese, could secretly fund university engineering departments, for instance, in order to get their hands on important technology.  There are already allegations that the Chi-Coms have been easily obtaining such information from the University of Michigan.  Remember, at issue here is a public university, not a private one.  And we know the Saudis (including the prince) and others are already contributing gobs of money to both private and public institutions of higher learning. I wonder how much they’ve given to U-Conn. When someone goes to court to keep information a secret, you wonder what they are hiding.

It’s trite but true:  sunshine–including information obtained from FOIA requests–is always the best disinfectant.  If we’re not allowed to obtain this information, we won’t know who is infecting our public institutions. On the other hand, one could argue that even sunshine hasn’t been very successful against Islam, as America and the rest of the West continues to turn a blind eye to all of the information it’s seen and learned about Islam even recently, including 3,000 Americans murdered in cold blood, the Shoe Bomber, the Fort Hood massacre, the Undiebomber, the Times Square Bomber, all of the Saudi and other Islamic money thrown around America, etc. None of that info has made a dent. Still, it’s important the information is out there and available.

With regard to U-Conn, the university already won the latest battle to keep its donors’ info private.  Let’s hope Connecticut’s appellate court reverses that unfortunate decision.  Just like campaign contributions to those running for office, we should be able to see who is contributing to the salaries of people like pan-Islamist Juan Cole at the University of Michigan.  I’d bet there are plenty like him at Connecticut.  It’s just as important to see who is influencing those who propagandize America’s future generations in the name of “education” as it is to see who is financing America’s lawmakers.

And it’s not just foreign donors that should bother us.  If some wealthy conservative or allegedly anti-jihadist, pro-Israel American is donating to a place like the University of Michigan–which willingly hosted Islamic terrorist Sami Al-Arian and, for a long time, refused to give credit to students studying abroad in Israel–I want to know who that individual is and try to hold that person accountable.  In this case, Pelto leads a University of Connecticut watchdog group and wants to be able to communicate with U-Conn donors about malfeasance at the university.  If the university were honest, it would admit that it doesn’t want Pelto to communicate this to donors who might not give if they know what’s really going on at the place.  It really has nothing to do with trade secrets and poaching of donors.  That’s just baloney.

Again, this isn’t just a Connecticut case.  All public universities and other institutions are carefully watching this case.  If the University of Connecticut is ultimately victorious, you can expect every public institution to shut down the free flow of information regarding donors. . .  and you can expect the free flow of Muslim and Chi-Com dollars to run rampant at our public universities and colleges.  Although some state FOIA laws differ, most have the same language as Connecticut’s law, as they are all based on the same model laws.

And public universities nationwide aren’t just watching the case, they’re rooting for Connecticut to win its fight to keep this information secret.  Isn’t it interesting how colleges and universities–the places that willingly host Islamic terrorism supporters in the name of “the free and open exchange of information and ideas”–are suddenly so opposed to the free and open exchange of information?

The minute the sunshine is blocked out, these places will become even more infected.  Bet on it. Read more at www.debbieschlussel.com

 

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VIDEO: Muslim Nazis Attack Tunis Synagogue – “Mohammed’s Army’s Coming for You!

By Debbie Schlussel

Anyone who doesn’t believe that Muslims are the contemporary Nazis is simply living inside a mushroom.  But, despite this video below of thousands of Muslims attacking a Tunisian Synagogue, the Great Synagogue of Tunis, on Friday, and shouting, “Jews, the Army of Mohammed is coming for you!” and “allah is the greatest!” I know my fellow co-religionist Muslim tuchus-lickers will continue to pander to Muslims all over the U.S.  Because, hey, a “religion of peace” always attacks synagogues and tells its inhabitants that an army of a war-monger mass-murderer is coming for them, right?  Yeah, that’s the definition of peace . . . according to Caligula and utter morons with their heads in the sand during modern-day Kristallnacht.  Jews in Tunisia–the few who are left–are frightened for their lives.  As well they should be. This is the “Religion of Peace” . . . AND Kristallnacht Sequels.

The statement they are shouting is that the “army of Mohammed is returning” and to “remember Khaybar,” which is the city from which Mohammed expelled the Jews who were left, after the rest were massacred by Muslims in the 7th Century.

The handwriting isn’t just on the wall. It’s inscribed in stone in Arabic and blaring from the mosques, the Muslim schools, the streets of Dearbornistan–not just in Tunis, where Yasser Arafat was the welcome guest for years. The fact that the Great Synagogue of Tunis was set on fire at the end of January and its holy books burned by MUSLIMS, won’t make a difference to the Jews of the West who see Judaism through the lens of how many shawarmeh-farting asses they can kiss.

THIS. IS. ISLAM. Period.

That Was Then . . .

This Is Now . . .

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The Dark Origins Of Valentine's Day

by Arnie Seipel

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled.

A drawing depicts the death of St. Valentine — one of them, anyway. The Romans executed two men by that name on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D.

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A drawing depicts the death of St. Valentine — one of them, anyway. The Romans executed two men by that name on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D.

Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit on women by, well, hitting them.



Those Wild and Crazy Romans





From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain.



The Roman romantics "were drunk. They were naked," says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.



The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be, um, coupled up for the duration of the festival – or longer, if the match was right.



The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day.



Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love."



Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Galatin's Day. Galatin meant "lover of women." That was likely confused with St. Valentine's Day at some point, in part because they sound alike.

William Shakespeare helped romanticize Valentine's Day in his work, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe.

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William Shakespeare helped romanticize Valentine's Day in his work, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe.

Shakespeare In Love





As the years went on, the holiday grew sweeter. Chaucer and Shakespeare romanticized it in their work, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. Handmade paper cards became the tokens-du-jour in the Middle Ages.



Eventually, the tradition made its way to the New World. The industrial revolution ushered in factory-made cards in the 19th century. And in 1913, Hallmark Cards of Kansas City, Mo., began mass producing valentines. February has not been the same since.



Today, the holiday is big business: According to market research firm IBIS World, Valentine's Day sales reached $17.6 billion last year; this year's sales are expected to total $18.6 billion.



But that commercialization has spoiled the day for many. Helen Fisher, a sociologist at Rutgers University, says we have only ourselves to blame.



"This isn't a command performance," she says. "If people didn't want to buy Hallmark cards, they would not be bought, and Hallmark would go out of business."



And so the celebration of Valentine's Day goes on, in varied ways. Many will break the bank buying jewelry and flowers for their beloveds. Others will celebrate in a SAD (that's Single Awareness Day) way, dining alone and binging on self-gifted chocolates. A few may even be spending this day the same way the early Romans did. But let's not go there.

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Largest planet in the solar system about to be discovered - and it's up to four times the size of Jupiter

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Largest planet in the solar system could be about to be  discovered - and it's up to four times the size of Jupiter

Scientists believe they may have found a new planet in the far reaches of the solar system, up to four times the mass of Jupiter.

Its orbit would be thousands of times further from the Sun than the Earth's - which could explain why it has so far remained undiscovered.

Data which could prove the existence of Tyche, a gas giant in the outer Oort Cloud, is set to be released later this year - although some believe proof has already been garnered by Nasa with its pace telescope, Wise, and is waiting to be pored over.

A new world? Astronomers believe a huge gas giant may be within the remote Oort Cloud region

Prof Daniel Whitmire from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette believes the data may prove Tyche's existence within two years.

He told the Independent: 'If it does, [fellow astrophysicist Prof John Matese] and I will be doing cartwheels. And that's not easy at our age.'

More... Radiation particles will sterilize any baby girl being conceived in deep space, say scientists

He added he believes it will mainly be made of hydrogen and helium, with an atmosphere like Jupiter's, with spots and rings and clouds, adding: 'You'd also expect it to have moons. All the outer planets have them.'

He believes the planet is so huge, it will ahve a raised temperature left from its formation that will make it far higher than others, such as Pluto, at -73C, as 'it takes an object this size a long time to cool off'.

Isolated: The Oort Cloud, where Tyche is believed to be, is a sphere with a radius of one light year

He and Prof Matese first suggested Tyche existed because of the angle comets were arriving, with a fifth of the expected number since 1898 entering higher than expected.

However, Tyche - if it exists - should also dislodge comets closer to home, from the  inner Oort Cloud, but they have not been seen.

If confirmed, the status and name of the new planet - which would become the ninth and potentially the largest - would then have to be agreed by the International Astronomical Union.

Currently named Tyche, from the Greek goddess that governed the destiny of a city, its name may have to change, as it originated from a theory which has now been largely abandoned.

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Doth protest too much?

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Doth protest too much?

Michael O'Loughlin

Is protesting outside a place of worship an acceptable way to express yourself? I've been considering this question today after reading the news of a group in Chicago marched in front of Holy Name Cathedral over the weekend to make Cardinal Francis George aware that they disapprove of his campaign against same-sex civil union legislation in Illinois. The Chicago Tribune reports that about 60 people marched in front of the cathedral in between Masses, holding rainbow flags and signs of support for gay and lesbian Catholics. They were met by counter demonstrators with signs opposing same-sex marriage. In a statement, Cardinal George, the former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, acknowledged the emotional intensity on both sides of the issue, but said that the demonstrations were inappropriate:

“No matter the issue, Catholics should be able to worship in peace, without fear of harassment,” he continued. “An open display of prejudice against the Catholic Church because of resentment of Church teachings prejudices civil discourse in our society.”

Would it would be reasonable for gay rights activists to claim the inverse, that the bishops' involvement in civil marriage debates is a display of prejudice by the church against a group of people in civil society? If so, is a protest in front of the Cardinal's church legitimate? These types of protests aren't limited to progressive or liberal causes. Each year in Washington, DC, the Red Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle attracts several Supreme Court justices and other government officials, who are greeted by loud and graphic anti-abortion protesters. In this case, the individuals are protesting to gain the attention of worshipers and not church leaders, but the situation is similar: protesters gather to offer their voice to a heated societal debate. There are certain laws designed to prevent the disruption of religious services, but the types of protests described above don't seem to violate them. So assuming that they are legally protected expressions of speech, are they appropriate? If church leaders involve themselves in emotionally charged political and social issues, is this a valid response by ordinary people? Perhaps these protests are like meeting someone in person whom you have criticized behind the protective shield of a computer screen, now standing in front of you, a bit too close for comfort? There are no easy answers to these questions, but Cardinal George is correct: people are entitled to worship where they want, when they want, without fear of intimidation or harassment. But what is less clear is if church leaders can release powerful statements and lead massive campaigns for and against certain issues without expecting this sort of display. Read more at www.americamagazine.org

 

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Suspend Statute of Limitations on Sex Abuse?

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Suspend Statute of Limitations on Sex Abuse?

Kevin Clarke

Commenting on the legacy of coverup and abuse emerging out of the mess in Philadelphia, The New York Times calls for a suspension of the statue of limitations for sex abuse claims.

These are not the first accusations against the Philadelphia Archdiocese. A blistering grand-jury report in 2005 exposed the abuse of hundreds of children by more than 60 archdiocesan priests, lamenting that the church’s cover-up had succeeded since the statute of limitations made it impossible to prosecute the predators.

The recent grand jury said it had no doubt that the scale of the crimes and the extent of the official cover-up went far beyond the cases of sodomy and rape it documented in horrifying detail. It cited continued institutional weaknesses that allowed such crimes to go undetected or unpunished — an obsession with secrecy, a concern for abusers over victims, the inherent conflict in having “victim assistance coordinators” who are supposed to help stricken families but who are church employees with divided loyalties.

The grand jury has implored the current leader of the archdiocese, Cardinal Justin Rigali, to fully cooperate with its investigation and institute reforms, beginning with opening its files on abuse accusations, swiftly removing credibly accused priests from ministry and financing truly independent investigations.

It also urged Pennsylvania to suspend for two years the civil statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims.

States across the country should do the same. There will be no justice or healing until all victims’ voices are heard and the church finally shows true accountability Read more at www.americamagazine.org

 

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Austrian Incest Dungeon Used as Party Pad

Max Read — Austrian authorities have decided to weld shut the door to the secret cellar where notorious rapist and Two and a Half Men fan Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter and their seven children because, well, "teenagers have been partying in his secret dungeon."

The Daily Mail says it's now littered with "old computers, smashed up chairs, a mattress, drug paraphernalia, smashed alcohol bottles and soiled clothes," which, yes, sounds like teenagers to me. (Except "old computers"? Is that a "thing" now?) The paper also claims to have spoken with someone who'd been down there:

'The smell is atrocious; there has been no air and mildew covers the walls while the floors have deep puddles in places. It has become somewhat ‘cool' among the young in Amstetten to say you have been down in "the cellar". You don't have to say which one - everyone knows what you mean.

'Rat droppings have intermingled with the stubs of cigarettes and food wrappers. There is no electricity but partygoers have used candles.

'The walls are very thick. You can play music down there and no-one will hear, or see any light.

Well, hmm, this is not really surprising, right? Teenagers always flock to their town or city's "abandoned mental asylum" or "house where this guy murdered his wife," because they are teenagers, and they are gross. It's just that in Amstetten, that particular archetype is fulfilled by "horrible incest cellar dungeon."

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