THE Jew Haters of Gaza have One Hostage Gilad Shalit

Hamas posted a video of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit on YouTube on Monday, suggesting he would be killed if a deal was not soon reached.
In the animated video, two masked men are show standing on either side of Gilad Schalit in a dark room, with one of them holding an AK-47 assault rifle. At the end of the 24-second video, gun shots are heard as the movie goes black and the words “Is the mission completed?” are seen written in Arabic.

That Hamas is depraved enough to produce and distribute such a vile video is not surprising but still should sicken anyone with a modicum of moral decency. In other words, expect more pimping for the terrorist group by the likes of Laila El-Haddad and her fellow columnists at the Guardian.

Swiss Ambassador Taken Hostage by Iran

Last Wednesday , the Islamic regime in Iran arrested (they claim "detained") the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, 47-year old Livia Leu Agosti, the first female ambassador to that country since the 1979 revolt by Khomeini.

She was on a three day trip to the North Eastern province of Khorrassan. Agosti was detained on Wednesday by provincial security forces "because her identity was not established at the time," said the website of Press TV, the Iranian channel in English, citing "informed sources".

Diplomats, specially senior ones, are issued with Special Identity cards by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so unless she was trying to remain unidentified this comment is pure nonsense.

The Swiss embassy in Tehran has represented the interests of the United States in Iran since the two arch foes broke off ties in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution. .

She had cleared her trip to a village in North Khorrassan with the Foreign Ministry so this turned out to be a "mini-U.S. Embassy" hostage take-over by provincial security officials - probably aggravated by her being a woman - and inconceIvable as an Ambassador!

While the arrest took place on Wednesday, the announcement only came on Saturday, so she was qjite likely "detained" for several days and not the "a few hours" they claim. The untold story has yet to emerge.

The hint for this possibility comes from the apparent power struggle between the provincial officials with Tehran authorities over keeping her "detained" with Tehran finally winning.

Khorrassan Province, capital city Mashhad, where Imam Reza, the Saint of Miracles lies buried, has been split into three provinces since the revolution and has conflicting power players in charge.

Although Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a former beggar in Mashhad's cemeteries hails from there (and now lives a very high lifestyle on the backs of the Iranian populace - a bit like Chicago thug Obama over here and his $140 per pound, buttery Japanese Kobe steaks paid for by the taxpayers) the split among the clergy and the paramilitary IRGC (Revolutionary Guards), with the latter wielding much more power than ever before, invites incidents and power struggles like this.

Posted by Alan Peters

If Men Could Get Pregnant...

If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would be a Sacrament

Erica Jong, HuffPost

Roe v. Wade is one of the most controversial cases in U.S. Supreme Court history. Even before it was decided there were men and women whose stomachs turned at the idea of abortion. The issue had been argued many times before in fairly recent history.

For centuries, death in childbirth was woman's lot. In some places, it still is. In mountainous Afghanistan where women can't get to hospitals or there are none, in war zones, in occupied zones with barriers or curfews, in many parts of Africa, in rural India, and China, in rural America, giving birth is still no joke. Even in big cities, it can be dangerous.

Jbpaz

Aside from resembling Mary Astor, my girlfriend was arguably the most corrupt woman in town. After she became pregnant, she gave me the classic choice of marriage or abortion.

Although my son remains my pride and joy, we have been wrongfully held hostage by Israel for 16 years. My life a shambles, the only way I’ll ever get out of the Holy Land is in a box. I never fully appreciated my human rights until I lost them.

Others may act as they wish, but I have never doubted my decision for life.