Show Notes 05/29/2014

Thursday Show 5/29/14

Nevada 100 year old Veteran robbed at gunpoint

Two men were jailed Thursday in the home invasion robbery of a 100-year-old Carson City veteran and his caretaker over Memorial Day weekend.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/29/nevada-veteran-100-years-old-robbed-at-gunpoint/?intcmp=latestnews

Obama: Effort to combat climate change will help shape your time at West Point

President Barack Obama told the graduating Army officers at West Point on Wednesday that fighting "climate change" will "help shape your time in uniform.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/obama-west-point-effort-combat-climate-changewill-help-shape-your-time

Water woes: Detroit losing millions

The steady drip of Detroit's financial woes is turning into a gusher as the city braces to lose one of its most reliable sources of revenue: contracts with surrounding communities for the city's water supply.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/29/water-woes-detroit-losing-millions-as-neighboring-cities-and-counties-try-to/

Bible quiz show a smash hit

Americans love competitions, and if the subject matter is the Old and the New Testament, all to the better. The Game Show Network has scored big with its Bible-themed quiz show, American Bible Challenge, beckoning teams to select the right answer to esoteric Biblical questions, the Washington Times reported.

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/05/28/game-show-networks-bible-quiz-show-a-smash-hit-blows-everyone-away-with-ratings-121761

Students at Utah school upset to discover yearbook photos were altered before publication

Female students at a Utah high school want to know why their yearbook photos were altered to show less skin without them knowing about it. The students who were surprised to find their photos altered attend Wasatch High School, and some of them said they also feel upset because it appears the decisions whether to alter the photos or not weren’t made consistently.

http://fox13now.com/2014/05/28/students-at-utah-school-upset-to-discover-yearbook-photos-were-altered-before-publication/

Sudan on U.S. Citizen's Wife Sentenced to Death for Christianity: ‘Freedom of Choice is Cornerstone of...Islam’

In a statement on a Sudanese court's death-for-apostasy conviction of a Christian mother of two--who is the wife of a U.S. citizen--the Embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C., says "it is important to emphasize that freedom of choice is the cornerstone of both Islam and Christianity."

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/sudan-us-citizens-wife-sentenced-death-christianity-freedom-choice

Sudan President Pardons British Teacher

From WaPo:

What Britain and Gibbons' supporters said was a misunderstanding over the teddy bear escalated into a diplomatic flap between London and Khartoum _ and the show of outrage in Sudan that puzzled many in the West.

Hard-line Muslim clerics here denounced Gibbons, saying she intentionally aimed to insult Islam. A day after her Thursday trial, several thousand Sudanese massed in central Khartoum to demand that Gibbons be executed.

Yeah, jail time and lashes were not good enough for the religion of pieces

Gillian Gibbons, jailed for more than a week, was freed after two Muslim members of Britain's House of Lords met with al-Bashir and the teacher sent the president a statement saying she didn't mean to offend anyone with her class project.

"I have a great respect for the Islamic religion and would not knowingly offend anyone," Gibbons said in the statement, which was released by al-Bashir's office and read to journalists by British Baroness Sayeeda Warsi.

"I am looking forward to seeing my family and friends, but I am very sorry that I will be unable to return to Sudan," Gibbons wrote.

Al-Bashir insisted Gibbons had a fair trial, in which she was convicted of insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad, but the president agreed to pardon her during the meeting with the British delegation, said Ghazi Saladdin, a senior presidential adviser.

The 54-year-old Gibbons left the country Monday evening, British Embassy spokesman Omar Daair told The Associated Press. She was believed to be on an Emirates flight to Dubai that took off moments before Daair spoke and was expected in London on Tuesday morning.

She really lucked out on this one. I do not understand why anyone would want to go to these muslim countries with their radical sharia law.

Technorati Tags: islam, Sudan, Gillian Gibbons

Federal Judge Says Sudan is to Blame for Deadly USS Cole Bombing

Just some good news...

From FNC:

NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge said Wednesday that Sudan is responsible for the bombing of the USS Cole but he needs more time to determine damages for the families of the 17 sailors killed when terrorists bombed the ship in 2000.

"There is substantial evidence in this case presented by the expert testimony that the government of Sudan induced the particular bombing of the Cole by virtue of prior actions of the government of Sudan," U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar said.

The civil trial started Tuesday in which the victims' relatives tried to prove the terrorist attack couldn't have happened without Sudan's support.

USS Cole Lawsuit Trial to Start in Virginia

I hope they win...

From The Las Vegas Sun:

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - More than six years after terrorists bombed the USS Cole in Yemen, the families of the 17 sailors killed in the blast are heading to court to try to prove the attack could not have happened without Sudan's help.

The families' lawsuit against Sudan's government was to go to trial Tuesday in U.S. District in Norfolk, where the Navy destroyer is based.

"Sudan's material support ... including continuous flow of funding, money, weapons, logistical support, diplomatic passports and religious blessing, was crucial in enabling the attack on the USS Cole," lawyers for the families said in court papers outlining their case.

The United States has listed Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1993.

The families' lawyers intend to prove that Sudan has given safe haven to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network since 1991 - long before Yemeni operatives blasted a 40-foot-hole in the side of the Cole in Yemen's Aden harbor on Oct. 12, 2000.

They also hope to show that the operatives were trained at camps Sudan permitted al-Qaida to operate within its borders; Sudan's military provided al-Qaida with at least four crates of weapons and explosives for use in terrorist activities in Yemen; bin Laden and Sudan's government owned businesses that provided cover for the procurement of explosives, weapons and chemicals; and that Sudan gave al-Qaida diplomatic pouches to ship explosives and weapons internationally without being searched.

The plaintiffs contend Sudan's embassy in New York gave logistical assistance to the bombers of the World Trade Center in 1993, but court documents included no details of the allegation.

Andrew C. Hall, an attorney for the families, said he expects the trial to last two to three days, with testimony by six family members and one or two experts. Lawyers also will give the judge depositions by about 50 people, including other family members and R. James Woolsey, former CIA director under President Clinton.

The families seek $105 million in damages to be shared by 59 spouses, parents and children of the bombing victims.

Good for them, the country deserves to pay the families of those lost in the attack on the Cole. Heck, it will leave them with that much less money to give to terrorists and may actually make them re-think even letting terrorist exist in their country.