Saudi Nickers In A Twist!

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. On Monday, a law that allows only females to work in women's lingerie and apparel stores, despite disapproval from the country's top cleric will be enforced.

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proudly present...

The 2006 law banning men from working in female apparel and cosmetic stores has never been put into effect, partly because of view of hard-liners in the religious establishment, who oppose the whole idea of women working where men and women congregate together, like malls.
Saudi women — tired of having to deal with men when buying undergarments — have boycotted lingerie stores to pressure them to employ women. The government's decision to enforce the law requiring that goes into effect Thursday. (AP).

We are against...well...everything which
remotely falls under the
category of common sense.

Well done ladies woman of the Freedom Fem Movement (Saudi Chapter 23). Next battle? Sitting in the driver seat with the engine running and not being sentenced to 20 lashes for your bloody cheek!
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Iowa: Beware Ron Paul's Defense Plan For America: Wooden Rifles And General George Soros In Command!

 So Iowa, land of great potatoes and first round of GOP soon to be also-rans and Presie hopefulls. In the latest polls, Ron Paul is right up there; but where exactly is that? Red meat men in their Ron Paul  for P festooned Jeeps and pick-ups seem surprisingly dim to the fact that defence-wise, their all American saviour is in bed with scary Sorso. "It was recently observed that Ron Paul was to the left of Obama on national security and the best evidence for that statement can be found when one year ago Ron Paul joined forces with Barney Frank on a proposal to gut national defense via a panel of experts, quite a few of whom were tied to George Soros.
In July 2010, Barney Frank and Ron Paul co-authored a Huffington Post article rolling out their Sustainable Defense Task Force. The Task Force “consisting of experts on military expenditures that span the ideological spectrum” would recommend a trillion dollars in defense cuts. The experts, however, didn’t quite “span the ideological spectrum” — more like float under it.

Commassar General George.

Then there was Lawrence J. Kolb of the Center for American Progress and Miriam Pemberton of the Institute for Policy Studies. If you want to know what the Center, the Foundation and the Institute all have in common, it’s Hungarian and smells like stale cabbage and the death of nations.

The rather creepy Institute for Policy Studies issued a paper proposing that Obama act as king and rule through executive orders. The New American Foundation is not only backed by Soros but has his son on its leadership council. The Center for American Progress is run by the co-chair of Obama’s transition team and is, for all intents and purposes, the think tank of the White House. All three are Soros funded.

Ron Paul's woody wonders.

But do read more about the men who would be major contributors to relegating the US of A to having the military prowess of Mali:

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http://frontpagemag.com/2012/01/02/ron-pauls-soros-defense-plan/

Season's Greetings...

As you can see, for this holiday season

I'll be saying goodbye to the hurly-burly city

and will be all laid-back near the Tex/Mex border.

See? They'll be no ugly Q's for a machine...that'll be most welcome!

Well...as one might expect in a sleepy little place, there
won't be too much choice of beer...but hey, that'll be a
very small price to pay for staying in this
truly unique environment.

I'll be booked in at this rather quint eco-hotel.
No mod-cons like running water...
but getting away from all that intrusive
21st century stuff, is what really appeals to me.
Photos: (C) Carl M. Prather.


I'll be back on the Blog Jan 3, 2012, so 'til then, have a Happy & Peaceful New Year!   

Israeli Innovation 3

Look wise guy...go stick it is the same in any language!

Haifa-based company called Lexifone is releasing its star product this month, “an advanced automatic interpretation/translation software, all without the need for an Internet connection or even a Smartphone.”
Lexifone’s technology allows people to have regular conversations, in different languages. When one party speaks, what they say is automatically translated into the other person’s language and vice versa.
The service will begin with English, Spanish and Italian and  the company plans on rolling out many more languages in the near future such as French, German, Portuguese, and major East Asian languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
Lexifone differs from other similar softwares in a variety of ways. Unlike Smartphone apps like Google Translate, Lexifone does not require an internet connection. All that is needed is a standard telephone connection either through mobile, landline or VoiP. It also allows for continuous automatic translation, which most applications cannot do.
The technology works through Lexifone’s own computer servers, which run a sophisticated speech recognition software that understands and speaks a variety of languages using a collection of “voice dictionaries.” The service is activated by first calling into the Lexifone server and then connecting to the person you want to call.
“The beauty [of Lexifone] is that the technology is separate from the user experience – often you have to adapt yourself to a technology, but here the tech is behind the scenes. You just talk and you get an answer,” says Forest Rain Marcia, Lexifone’s Director of Marketing Communications, who proudly states that she herself does not own or need a Smartphone.
Lexifone was initially trying to appeal to businesses that want to expand their clientele, but the company realized that their product could help people and organizations of all kind – including international call centers or health and municipal services.
Marcia claims that through Lexifone, “there is no language gap anymore because everyone stays in their own language.”
Lexifone picks up on different dialects or speech impediment, Marcia says. “The technology takes into account a range of different accents within a language, but one must speak naturally.”  Lexifone also offers the option of verifying if a statement was understood correctly.
Lexifone was originally founded as the brainchild of entrepreneur and CEO Dr. Ike Sagie while at a technology incubator in Haifa, who combined his passionate interests of technology, linguistics, and economics. Sagie was a scientist at IBM Research Labs Ike who turned to entrepreneurship by co-founding in succession Attunity (NASDAQ: ATTU), Sagie Research and his latest – Lexifone.
“At Lexifone we put people in the center. It’s all about communication. And an easy, effective user experience. They go hand in hand,” says Sagie.

The price for the service depends on whether one is providing for individual or group use although official prices have yet to be released. (Nocamels).
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Israeli Innovation 2

Not just a green thing!

Although tobacco in the form of cigarettes is generally recognized as being a killer of millions, the plant has been used by Hebrew University researchers to produce an effective anti-malaria drug.


A genetically engineered form of artemisinin, a natural compound that produces large quantities of the anti-malaria drug – was announced Sunday by the Yissum Research Development Company – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s technology transfer company. The biosynthesis method – a novel way of producing Artemisia annua, which is naturally produced by sweet wormwood plants – was developed by Prof. Alexander Vainstein and the research was published as a letter in the latest issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.

Combating malaria is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals described in the UN Millennium Declaration signed by all UN members 11 years ago. An important way to control the deadly parasitic disease that affects mostly the Third World is prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies. (Nocamels).
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US And Israel: Major Joint Exercise...Are You Listening Iranian Regime?

By shear coincidence, something I've been Blogging on about for some time is thankfully coming to pass...
US commander visits Israel to finalize plans for exercise this spring; thousands of US soldiers will be deployed in Israel, IDF command post to be erected at EUCOM HQ in Germany.

Israel is moving forward with plans to hold the largest-ever missile defense exercise in its history this coming spring amid Iranian efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
Last week, Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of the US’s Third Air Force based in Germany, visited Israel to finalize plans for the upcoming drill, expected to see the deployment of several thousand American soldiers in Israel.

The drill, which is unprecedented in its size, will include the establishment of US command posts in Israel and IDF command posts at EUCOM headquarters in Germany – with the ultimate goal of establishing joint task forces for the event of a future large-scale conflict in the Middle East. 


The US will also bring its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and shipbased Aegis ballistic missile defense systems to Israel to simulate the interception of missile salvos against Israel.
The American systems will work in conjunction with Israel’s missile defense systems – the Arrow, Patriot and Iron Dome. Gorenc came to Israel for talks with Brig.-Gen. Doron Gavish, commander of the Air Force’s Air Defense Division. He toured one of the Iron Dome batteries in the South and the Israel Test Bed lab in Holon where the IAF holds its interception simulation exercises.

The IAF is planning to deploy a fourth battery of the Iron Dome counter-rocket system in the coming months and is mulling the possibility of stationing it in Haifa to protect oil refineries located there.

The IAF is also moving forward with plans to deploy Rafael’s David’s Sling missile defense system, which is designed to defend against medium-range rockets and cruise missiles. Rafael recently completed a series of successful navigation and flight tests of the David’s Sling’s interceptor and plans to hold the first interception test by mid-2012. (Jerusalem Post).

Also...Italian And Israeli Air Forces In Joint Exercises!

The Israeli and Italian Air Forces wrapped up two weeks of joint maneuvers on Friday, just a month after the IAF flew to Sardinia for similar drills. The forces practiced dog fights, bombing runs and long-range interceptions. The two-week drill ended on Friday and was held at the IAF Uvda Base near Eilat. The Italians arrived in Israel with the Eurofighter and the IAF participated with its F-16 and F-15 fighter jets.

Lately, Israel and Greece have also stepped up their military co-operation. The Israeli Air Force has been given access to carry out joint and solo exercises in Greek air space.

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Egyptian Update: So...This Is The Arab Idea Of Spring!

Hey!...Don't knock the 7th century...it was
far -out for us in
the Islamic Death-Cult Crew!

The Salafis represent a fundamentalist religious stream that seeks to create an Islamic state according to strict social codes and a legal system based entirely on Islamic law: e.g. The hand cutting off bit, women no-class citizens buried up to their waist and stoned for...well anything their lord and master doesn't like.The various Salafi parties have so far been the biggest surprise to the NYT/Guardian UK and other bewildered bastards on the Left. In the Egyptian parliamentary elections, taking about 30% of votes, placing second only behind the Muslim Brotherhood, which has acquired around 40% So instead of the mear 60% they have batted it up to a biggy 70%! 
So... no more guess work as to how many mad tossers are running around the pyramids with their "Fuck You Westie" tee shirts on. 
Obama, Oval office 8am: Memo to my money printing dept: 'Keep the green backs flowing to my new friends in Egypt. Yep...that's $3 billion a year...you didn't read it wrong'! 
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