India: Freedom Of Speech Threatened By Islamist Pressure!

Social websites including Google and Facebook have been ordered by an Indian court to remove all 'anti-religious' and 'anti-social' content within six weeks.

On Saturday a Delhi Court ordered 22 social networking sites, including Yahoo and Microsoft, to wipe the objectionable and defamatory contents and file compliance reports by February 6, 2012.

Additional Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar passed the order on a suit filed by Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi seeking to restrain the websites from circulating objectionable and defamatory contents.

 

Qasmi had objected to a number of images on the websites which he complained would cause 'irreparable loss and injury to the people who are offended by them'.

He argued that some of the images defamed Hindu gods, Prophet Mohammed and other religious figures, India Today website reported.

The order will raise serious questions about how users' posts and opinions will be edited, censorship and freedom of expression.

 

On December 22 Judge Kumar had issued summonses to the social networking sites, demanding they remove photographs, videos or texts that might offend religious sentiments, the Hindustan Times website reported.

The order comes a day after a criminal court issued summonses to the sites for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents.

Hackers Disclose Israelis’ Credit Card Information

 "JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli credit card companies say hackers claiming to be Saudis disclosed credit card information of thousands of Israelis on the Internet. The companies, however, disputed the hackers’ claims that 400,000 credit-card holders were affected. Israel’s central bank put the number at 15,000.

He may be one of the 50 top super rich Arabs...
but he's still a scruffy bastard!

Visa CAL company spokeswoman Sagit Ofir says she cannot confirm Saudi hackers were responsible.
The Ynet news website says the hackers called the cyber attack a “gift to the world for the New Year” that they hoped “would hurt the Zionist pocket.” (Photo: Copyright Control).

Well then...how about another gift to the world for those who may have a talent in that direction?:
http://richlist.arabianbusiness.com/gallery/2011/dec/15/66415/

Iran: Mouthy B's Need Some Sand Poured In Their Gear Boxes!

TEHRAN, Jan 3. Iran threatened on Tuesday to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of sabre-rattling as new U.S. and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy.
The prospect of sanctions targeting the oil sector in a serious way for the first time has hit Iran's rial currency, which has fallen by 40 percent against the dollar in the past month.

Counter-revolutionary Yankee dollar buying scum!

Queues formed at banks and some currency exchange offices shut their doors as Iranians scrambled to buy dollars to protect their savings from the currency's fall.
Army chief Ataollah Salehi said the United States had moved an aircraft carrier out of the Gulf from because of Iran's naval exercises, and Iran would take action if the ship returned.

USS John C Stennis.

It did not name the carrier, but the USS John C Stennis leads a task force in the region, and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet website pictured it in the Arabian Sea last week.
"Iran will not repeat its warning ... the enemy's carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill." (Reuters).
Ah...the mad max mullahs...they never let one down. But a major collapse of the Iranian economy could just be the opening the anti-regime folk need to kick the odious pus-pots out of town.
(Photos: Copyright Control).

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.

Just arrived!  Burkah & Bum Wear
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!
(Photos: Copyright Control).

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:

(Photos: Copyright Control).

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).
(Photo: Copyright Control).