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Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Lebanon capitulates, cancels anti-Hizballah measures

Never mind. Apparently sovereignty isn't worth fighting for. An update on this story. "Lebanese government capitulates to Hizbullah," by Roee Nahmias for YNet News, May 15: Lebanese Information Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said in a press statement on Wednesday that...

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France convicts 7 of recruiting for interior spiritual struggle

The New York Times headline says they were recruiting for jihad. How's that again? Recruiting for a benign struggle for self-improvement? What will the friends of the Times in the U.S. government say when they see the Gray Lady eschewing...

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"Islam needs more criticism, not less"

So says novelist Brad Thor. Why does Islam need more criticism, not less? Watch the video and find out -- he explains it very cogently. Watch also for his latest, The Last Patriot, which puts into a thriller much...

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Apostasy punishable by death, says top Islamic scholar in Maldives

A couple of days ago the New York Times published a piece by Edward Luttwak, wondering if President Barack Obama would face rage in the Muslim world for being an apostate from Islam -- I posted about it here. I...

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Afghan teacher shot dead after speech condemning suicide bombings

Why Islamic reform is about as likely as an attack by men from Mars, part 65320: "Afghan teacher killed after speech condemning suicide bombings," from The Associated Press, May 14 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): KABUL, Afghanistan: A teacher was shot...

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Pakistani jihad leader: U.S. is eternal enemy of Islam and Pakistan

Yet again couching his appeal in religious terms. "Jamaat-e-Islami Leader: U.S. Is Eternal Enemy Of Islam And Pakistan," from the MEMRI Blog, May 13 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): The Deputy Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami in PakistanÂ's Baluchistan province Maulana Muhammad Shah...

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Thug-in-Chief: "The Zionist regime is dying ... The criminals assume that by holding celebrations ... they can save the sinister Zionist regime from death and annihilation."

More of this. And remember, this is the same regime that went to the U.N. over Hillary's pledge to "obliterate" Iran in the event that it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. "Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed," by Ali Akbar Dareini for...

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As Bush visits Israel, jihadists rain rockets on Israeli shopping center

But he knows they really want peace. "At least 10 hurt as rocket hits Ashkelon shopping center," from the Jerusalem Post (thanks to DM): At least 10 people were wounded Wednesday evening, including a baby girl and her mother, when...

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Iraqi jihadists use 8-year-old girl as suicide bomber

The lovers of death achieve a new low. "Girl, 8, strapped with remote-controlled explosives and used as suicide bomber by Iraqi insurgents," from the Daily Mail, May 14 (thanks to John Doe): An eight-year-old girl was strapped with remote-controlled explosives...

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Bush on Israel: "What happened here is possible everywhere"

As bizarre statements go, this one really takes the cake. Israel is a cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East? And exactly which of the hostile Arab Muslim states of the Middle East are looking to Israel...

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CAIR rep Omer Subhani exposes Robert Spencer! Part I

Disgraced: Yes, I admit it, I've met Jimmy Carter Deborah Weiss, columnist, attorney, and senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy, has kindly alerted me to an eleven-part -- eleven! -- series written by Omer Subhani, "Exposing Robert...

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India blast has hallmarks of Al Qaeda

A Jaipur update from ABC Radio Australia: Police in India are sifting through the sites of eight bomb attacks that killed at least 80 people in the north-western city of Jaipur. Police have questioned four people in connection with the...

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Spencer: A Slap On The Wrist

In FrontPage today I discuss the sentencing of Nada Nadim Prouty: Nada Nadim Prouty is a Lebanese national who has been employed by both the FBI and the CIA. She has admitted that she searched FBI files for information on...

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Spencer: Guess WhoÂ's Speaking At the Local Mosque?

In Human Events today I discuss some of the unsavory characters speaking at some mosques in the U.S.: Unless you live in a rural area, there is probably a mosque (or more than one) in your town, and most people...

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UK: Second attack on Anglican priest by teenage Muslim thugs

The first time it happened was in March. This time, the good dhimmi who was attacked wants to make sure that no one plays up the religious aspect of the attack -- thereby ensuring that nothing will be done by...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Illegal alien FBI agent who illegally accessed files on Hizballah investigations gets no jail time, $750 fine

Now is the time for your tears. "Woman spared jail, fined in conspiracy case," by David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press (thanks to Debbie Schlussel): A former Detroit-area woman who engaged in a sham marriage to obtain U.S. citizenship...

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Thug-In-Chief: No use celebrating the birth of the dead Zionist entity

The Islamic Republic News Agency headline breaks off abruptly -- a dead what? -- but the context is clear. "President: No use to celebrate birth anniversary for a dead," from IRNA, May 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

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Bush to be targeted in Saudi Arabia?

A piquant detail is in bold below. "Islamist Forum Member: Bush To Be Targeted During Visit To Saudi Arabia," from MEMRI, May 11 (thanks to all who sent this in): On May 10, 2008, a member of the Islamist forum...

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Banned jihadist group suspected of responsibility for blasts in India

It looks at this point as if the coordinated blasts that have killed almost 50 people in India were indeed jihad attacks. "HuJI suspected to be behind serial blast in Jaipur," from the Press Trust of India: New Delhi (PTI):...

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Seven serial bombs in NW India: at least 50 dead, 150 injured

No claims of responsibility yet, but the tactics -- multiple bombings, as well as the choice of targets -- are similar to previous jihadist attacks in India. "7 bomb blasts rock Jaipur, 50 dead, 150 injured," from CNN-IBN, May 13:...

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Jihadis went a-courtin'

Yesterday the New York (aka New Duranty) Times published a lengthy piece on young men trying to find love in the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places. Bottom line? It ain't easy. But in the course of things, and without...

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Kuwait arrests man for inciting youth to interior spiritual struggle

One would think that if the new U.S. Government guidelines on use of the word jihad had any connection to reality in the Islamic world, the Kuwaitis would see Mubarak Al-Bathali's activities on behalf of jihad as entirely benign, if...

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The GovernmentÂ's Jihad on Jihad

Andrew McCarthy, author of the great new book Willful Blindness, skewers the new U.S. government's prohibition of the word "jihad" in National Review: ...After paying lip-service to the notion that Â"the terms we use must be accurate and descriptive,Â" the...

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Spencer: Playing the Death Threat Card

In FrontPage today, I discuss a premier stealth jihad weapon: the death threat card. Charles C. Haynes, a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington, lamented Thursday that Â"at a charter school in Minnesota, what should have been...

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Iran: Israel on the brink of extinction

Yet another 60th anniversary valentine from the mullahcracy. From PressTV, May 13 (thanks to Charlemagne's Funny Bone): Senior Iranian diplomat Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi says Israel is on the path to its imminent annihilation and is weakening by the minute. Mousavi,...

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University student leaves school after Muslim threatens his service dog

Unconscionable. The student who made the threat should be expelled. But because this is an issue involving Islam, instead the multiculturalists start speaking soothingly about "misunderstanding," which means surrender. "SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School," by Dave Aeikens...

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Turkey: New law restricting sale of alcohol comes into effect

Sharia is creeping forward everywhere, but in modern, moderate, secular Turkey it is creeping even faster than it is elsewhere. "Turkey: Law Banning Alcohol, Sigarettes [sic] Comes Into Effect," from ANSAmed, May 13 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY...

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U.S. drops charges against accused "20th hijacker"

Why? By Kristin Roberts for Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11...

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UK firm to supply communications and data systems to Libya's armed forces

John VI Cantacuzenes Alert: "General Dynamics UK Secures New Export Opportunity: Program builds on aims of UK Government and International Community," a press release, May 9 (thanks to Davsmi): LONDON, May 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- General Dynamics United...

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Taliban: "If you do not give up watching televisions, you will face violence"

So would Little Mosque on the Prairie be ok? Sharia Alert: "Taliban Ban TV In Afghan Province," from Reuters, May 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph): KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have ordered residents of a province near the capital Kabul...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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The State DepartmentÂ's Jihadist Exchange Program

State just keeps going from bad to worse. Patrick Poole reports at Pajamas Media: State Department diplomats are taking full advantage of their new rules prohibiting the use of Â"jihad,Â" Â"jihadist,Â" and Â"mujahedeenÂ" to describe Islamic extremists and terrorists, which...

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Jihadists kill five in Jammu, including a woman hostage and a press photographer

The Jihad is back in Jammu and Kashmir. "Terror returns to Jammu," by Arun Joshi for the Hindustan Times, May 12 (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): In a dastardly attack, the biggest in Jammu region since 2002, militants struck in...

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The New York Times notices the Islamic death penalty for apostasy, wonders if Obama will incur it

Well over a year after I wrote about this possibility, and six months after Washington Post "journalist" Perry Bacon completely misrepresented my position in order to blame me for the "Obama is a Muslim" rumors, and many many months after...

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MILF welcomes Libya's offer to lead peace mission

Fox Guarding the Henhouse Alert: sure, says the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Libya would be a great choice as a mediator! "Philippines: Rebels welcome Libya's offer to head peace monitoring mission," from AKI (thanks to Sr. Soph): Cotabato City, 12...

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Fitzgerald: The respected cleric's deportation trial

"Deportation trial under way for respected Passaic clericÂ" -- headline of this article about Qatanani "Respected" by whom? For what? It is not the job of the reporter to tell readers what to think about Qatanani. If he is "respected"...

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"Allah hath promised such of you as believe and do good work that He will surely make them to succeed (the present rulers) in the earth..."

That imperialist headline is Qur'an 24:55, discussed in the latest installment of my Blogging the QurÂ'an series at Hot Air: Sura 24, Â"The Light,Â" verses 21-64. This section also contains the instructions to women to veil themselves. There are...

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Another honor killing in Jordan: Man drowns sister in Dead Sea

The second reported honor killing in Jordan in less than a week. "Jordan charges man with killing sister suspected of having extramarital affair," from the Associated Press, May 12: A Jordanian judicial official says the country's state prosecutor has charged...

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Fitzgerald: When The Fool of Chelm Is At The Helm, Or, What Peres Did, He Undid

"Although in '98 everything seemed dark because of Rabin's murder, I believed we could still move the peace process ahead more quickly. I did not think we'd have so many problems. I believed the separation between the West Bank and...

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Fitzgerald: Deceiving ourselves by our own propaganda

Ordinarily in a war, when one conducts propaganda both black and white, there is always the danger that one will end up deceiving oneself. This is particularly true where the "war" does not look like a war as we have...

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Islamic supremacists killing singers, actors, and artists in Iraq

Their work is un-Islamic, you see. Imagine what fun Muslims who share this perspective could have once they gain control in Europe! "Iraqi artists and singers flee amid crackdown on forbidden culture," by Afif Sarhan and Caroline Davies in The...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

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Hizballah attacks Druze villages

A Whose-State-Is-It-Anyway Update. "Hezbollah rocks eastern villages," from the BBC, May 11: Control of several villages loyal to Lebanon's pro-government Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has been handed to the army after an attack by Hezbollah. The group's fighters used heavy...

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Guess who's speaking at the local mosque

Nope, guess again Unless you live in a rural area, there is probably a mosque (or more than one) in your town, and most people -- including local law enforcement officials -- regard them in much the same way...

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MILF ready for war

"Arroyo will leave the presidency with blood on her hands." True to the constant practice of Islamic groups, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front indulges in finger-pointing rather than introspection, and blames the government for the breakdown of peace talks. Nothing...

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Israeli Leftist discovers jihad

In "From Dove to Hawk" in Newsweek, May 8 (thanks to Paul Green), controversial Israeli historian Benny Morris finally notices that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not about land, but is fueled by a religious imperative: ...Con­trary to current historiographic discourse...

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U.S. soldiers learning Arabic at Wahhabist Islamic Saudi Academy

Just when you thought the world couldn't possibly get crazier, yes, it's the Islamic Saudi Academy about which the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom expressed "significant concerns" that the school was promoting, according to Cinnamon Stillwell, "a brand of...

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New York Times presents Islamic supremacist as moderate non-zealot

Altered Face? Really? The New York Times, true to the New Duranty Times moniker Hugh Fitzgerald has given it, has run a gushing profile of Ali Ardekani, the young Muslim filmmaker who made "Who Hijacked Islam?," (linked in the...

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Somali jihadists retake parts of Mogadishu, enforce Sharia on pain of death

The Islamic Courts Union are back -- in some areas of Mogadishu. "Islamists target Somalis in terror campaign: Islamists target white aid workers," by Alex Strick van Linschoten in the Sunday Times, May 11 (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair): When Ibrahim...

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Saudis hold "women in the workplace" forum -- with no women present

And meanwhile, at the forum a scholar calls into question the commonly articulated view that Islam improved the lot of women in the seventh century. Of course, the blame is rather characteristically placed on the Greco-Roman tradition, but the subtext...

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Scotland: Police bid to tackle Islamophobia

Hmmm. How are they going to tackle Islamophobia? Will they go right to its root cause -- will they get Muslims to stop blowing stuff up in the name of Islam and announcing that they will soon dominate the land...

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Attempts to stem trafficking of teenage girls in northern Nigeria hampered by... Sharia law

"The [Child Rights Act] has been endorsed by the Nigerian federal government but not as yet by the predominantly Muslim northern state legislatures because it contains clauses which many northerners see as going against their religious and cultural values." But...

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Amnesty International to Saudi Arabia: No lashes for coffee klatsch

Earlier coverage suggested Muhammad Ali Abu Raziza was "framed by the religious police after he angered some of their members at a training course." In any event, public pressure may again work to spare individuals the cruel and unusual punishments...

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'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

"If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed her the instant her mother delivered her." An update on this honor-killing story. By Afif Sarhan and Caroline Davies in The Observer, May 11 (thanks to Cindy):...

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US public school history books whitewashing and promoting Islam

"Islamic activists use multiculturalism and ready-made American-made political movements, especially those on campus, to advance and justify the makeover of Islam-related textbook content." "History textbooks promoting Islam: New report says Muslim activists 'succeeding' in expunging criticism," by Bob Unruh at...

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

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Islamic nations launch "Islamophobia Observatory"

Observe this, &#304;hsano&#287;lu If &#304;hsano&#287;lu really wants to rectify Islam's image, he should start by rectifying things like this. But instead, he and the OIC continue to pretend that any concerns non-Muslims may have over an Islamic cleric proclaiming...

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Lebanon: Army overrules gov't decisions against Hizballah

"As for the telecommunications network, the army will look into the issue in a manner that is not harmful to the public interest or the security of the resistance [against Israel]." A clear statement of priorities. Never mind that Iranian...

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Jordanian Muslim cleric: Islam will rule the world, America will fall

Who would have expected that the former minister of religious endowment in modern, moderate Jordan was a Misunderstander of Islam? Yet here he is saying Islam will rule the world. Didn't he get the new US government guidelines about...

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UK: High-profile reformed jihadist arrested on suspicion of jihad activity

Now this is very interesting, and its implications are manifold. Was Hassan Butt's entire conversion to anti-jihadism an exercise in Muhammad's dictum "war is deceit"? "Anti-terror police arrest Muslim author and former al-Qaida recruiter as he boards flight to Pakistan,"...

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"Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut"

More on Iran's attempt to create a client state in Lebanon to go along with its Iraqi Shi'ite client state and its friends in Syria. "Lebanese minister: Hizbullah believes way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut," by Roee Nahmias for...

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Sign the anti-Spencer petition!

Jihad Watch reader James has alerted me to this petition over at PetitionOnline: To: Robert Spencer We strongly condemn all the writings of Robert Spencer which present a wrong and misleading view about Islam and about Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)....

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Iran backing Hizballah jihadists in Lebanon: "It is a new chapter of the battle led by Iran to control all of the Middle East"

The world should be standing for a Free Lebanon, in which Lebanese Christians can live in peace without being terrorized by Hizballah or any other jihadists, and should understand that this initiative by Iran and Hizballah is just another part...

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"The jihadist project—and it most certainly is a jihadist project—is to remove all barriers to the establishment of sharia"

Andrew McCarthy, author of the sobering and essential new book Willful Blindness, discusses that blindness in an address at the Hudson Institute, "The Jihad in Plain Sight," May 6: ...Simply stated, we did not take the enemy and his...

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Happy Sixtieth Birthday, Israel!

Iranian freedom fighter Amil Imani pens an eloquent tribute to the country on the front lines of the global jihad. Israel, your people, as well as people of good will, are celebrating your sixtieth birthday. We, the children of Cyrus...

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Hamas' Mashaal threatens to kidnap more Israelis

"I think there's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process," - Dhimmi...

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"It is not possible that a country could want to join the European Union while its army is occupying the territory of another EU country"

So says French Prime Minister Francois Fillon. But actually it is quite possible that a country could want to join the European Union while its army is occupying the territory of another EU country. And it is also possible, although...

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Jordan: Man kills pregnant sister in "honor killing"

According to the article, this is at least the fifth honor killing in Jordan this year. "Jordan police question family for Â'honour killingÂ'," from Deutsche Presse-Agentur: AMMAN - The Jordanian authorities are questioning a 22-year- old man, who allegedly killed...

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Bangladesh: Muslim villagers, angry at pastor's ministry, gang-rape his 13-year-old daughter

"Besides the religious opposition of some residents, the officer said villagers had no personal or commercial conflicts with the Das family that could serve as a motive for the assault." "Bangladesh - Pastor's 13-year-old daughter gang-raped," from Compass Direct, May...

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U.S. withholds $81 million in aid to Pakistan following misappropriation of funds

$81 million out of nearly $1 billion a year: It's only a start, if they even decide to follow through on it. An update on this story. "Pentagon rejects some Pakistan aid requests," by Peter Spiegel and Greg Miller for...

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Algeria: $460 fine, one-year suspended sentence for carrying Bible, study materials

"Officials in several instances have cited a February 2006 law governing the worship of non-Muslims. Clarified by subsequent decrees in 2007, the law restricts most religious meetings to approved places of worship and forbids any attempt to 'shake the faith...

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

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Captured Al-Qaeda chief not captured after all

Sorry about that, Chief This is nothing. Last year around this time he was killed but not killed. "Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured," from the BBC, May 9 (thanks to larwyn): The United States military in Iraq says a...

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A debate challenge to a satisfied man, Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza, who has come in for almost as much flogging here at Jihad Watch as he gives his books at his blog, is a very happy man these days. Flogging his latest book, he's in full Von Hugel mode,...

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Methodist group claims responsibility for Philippine bus bombing -- no, wait...

Scratch that. It wasn't Methodists after all. It was, of all things, an Al-Qaeda-linked Muslim group. Didn't they get the new US government guidelines about not linking Islam with terrorism? "Muslim militants-linked extortion gang says it caused Philippine bus bomb...

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Defining the Jihadist Enemy: A Petition

From PetitionOnline (thanks to all who sent this in): To: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence The American people condemn the May 8, 2008 decision by the majority of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in rejecting...

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New Jersey imam says he was tortured into admitting he was member of Hamas

But if he was, why didn't he say so on his green card application, and come clean then? And what about his membership in the Muslim Brotherhood, which is just as much an Islamic supremacist group as Hamas (which defines...

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Indian Muslim cleric: "Every Muslim should be a terrorist"

He also pines for Sharia in America and recommends hijab as a preventative for rape. And when he recommends that every Muslim be a terrorist, he means that "Muslims should terrorize the anti-social elements in society. He should terrorize...

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Hizballah seizes western Beirut from Lebanese Army

An update on this story, and things are going downhill fast. "Hezbollah militias assume control of western Beirut," from CNN, May 9: BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Western Beirut fell under the control of opposition Hezbollah militias Friday in what amounted...

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"Osama bin LadenÂ's right-hand man in Europe" freed on bail in U.K.

Why? Abu Qatada Update. "Islamic preacher Abu Qatada is bailed," by Christopher Hope for The Telegraph, May 9: Abu Qatada, who last month defeated the GovernmentÂ's efforts to deport him to Jordan on terror charges, will be subject to a...

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Somalia jihadists seize police headquarters in Mogadishu

Remember, jihad is an interior spiritual struggle. This one just happens to be in the interior of the Mogadishu police headquarters now. Somalia Jihad Update. "Armed Somali Insurgents Seize Police Headquarters in Mogadishu," from the Associated Press, May 8: MOGADISHU,...

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Libya seethes, Calderoli apologizes for "consequences" of wearing Muhammad t-shirt

Careful wording or abject dhimmitude? "Libya/Italy: Calderoli 'sorry': Berlusconi confident migrant coooperation will resume," from ANSA (thanks to Insubria): (ANSA) - Rome, May 9 - An Italian government minister whose reappointment was opposed by Libya on Friday apologised for an...

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UK cops to step up recruiting of Muslim police officers

Policewomen in Britain, policewomen in Iran "I'd like to see prayer facilities at work being pretty more universal as they are at the Met where there's a prayer room at New Scotland Yard." Meanwhile, is anyone asking why Muslims...

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U.S. most charitable nation; oil-rich Muslim countries give almost nothing

The most likely reason for this is that zakat, the almsgiving that is obligatory for all Muslims, is generally not to be given to non-Muslims. Since there is nothing preventing this aid from being given to non-Muslims, they don't give...

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Canada: Islamic group calls newspaper cartoon a hate crime

"Under the Criminal Code of Canada, a hate crime is committed to intimidate, harm or terrify an entire group of people to which the victim belongs. The victims are targeted for who they are, not because of anything they have...

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Friday, May 09, 2008

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Friday, May 9, 2008

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Thug-In-Chief: "Iran becoming a nuclear country was one of the Imam MahdiÂ's miracles"

Here, courtesy Jihad Watch reader CharlemagneÂ's Funny Bone, is a quick summary -- but fuller than most that have appeared in the mainstream media -- of AhmadinejadÂ's one hour and three minute speech before 200-300 clerics in the City of...

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Lebanon declares Hizballah's communications network illegal, Nasrallah says "war has started"

Perhaps the Lebanese government is tiring of the state-within-a-state. An update on this story. " Gunbattles break out in Beirut," from CNN, May 8: BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan...

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Rep. Hoekstra tries, fails to kill Orwellian speech codes restricting use of word "jihad"

Â"Trying to impose speech codes on how to describe our enemy smacks of McCarthyism in reverse.Â" "Hoekstra Effort to Strip Earmarks from Intelligence Bill Successful," a press release from Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), May 7 (thanks to Patrick Poole): ...Hoekstra...

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Muslim 911 operator fired -- faces felony charges for illegally searching state databases, including terror watch list

She says she's just being singled out because she is a Muslim. And I'm sure that's true. I'm sure there are plenty of 911 operators illegally searching the terror watch list, and they're getting off scot-free. It's Islamophobia, I tell...

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New York: 3 Yemeni Muslims charged with money-laundering to aid Hizballah

Yehia Ali Ahmed Alomari, Mohamed Al Huraibi, Saleh Mohamed Taher Saeed ran mini-marts in southwest and northeast Rochester, and were trying to get the money to Hizballah -- or so say the charges. Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah has chanted, "Death to...

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Thug-In-Chief: Israel a "stinking corpse"

More love from the hero of Columbia University students: "Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse,'" from the Jerusalem Post (thanks to Louis): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a "stinking corpse" that is destined...

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Julia Gorin: This is a Kosovar Muslim?

In this Jihad Watch exclusive, Julia Gorin discusses yet another fruitless search for that ever-elusive unicorn, a genuine and broad-based moderate Islam: In my fellow conservativesÂ' desperation to find a country that doesnÂ't hate America, and in the universal struggle...

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Canada: Jihad suspect tries to walk out of his own trial, saying he doesn't recognize Canadian law

Authorities are treating it, of course, as a sign that he may be unbalanced. No one gets the idea that maybe, just maybe, he is acting upon some principle of Islam that it might be good for Western authorities in...

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Ahmed, we hardly knew ye

Has Ahmed Bedier, who very recently seemed to be a rising star at CAIR, left the unindicted co-conspirators behind and become a freelance "civil rights activist"? In "The Mystery at CAIR Tampa," May 7, The Investigative Project (thanks to the...

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Online jihadist forums teach how to manufacture poisons, weapons, and explosives

And note the quotations from the Qur'an and ahadith which they offer to justify and encourage those activities. For associating violence with Islam, they must be a real bunch of Islamophobes, right? "Islamist Forums Teach Mujahideen How to Manufacture and...

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Grand Mufti of Lebanon denounces Hizballah; violent clashes in Beirut

"The clashes threatened to degenerate into an all-out sectarian conflict, with Hezbollah seizing offices of a major Sunni group and the Sunnis' spiritual leader denouncing the militant faction and appealing to the Islamic world to intervene." Sunni-Shi'ite Jihad Update. "Grand...

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German Court: Muslim girl can't skip swimming lessons

A setback for Sharia creep and the Stealth Jihad in Europe. "German Court Rules Muslim Girl Can't Skip Swimming Lessons," from FoxNews, May 8 (thanks to all who sent this in): A German court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim...

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Chicago school accused of favoring Muslim students

What did they eat at their Ramadan lunch table? But anyway, they got one, while Catholic students did not get one for Lent. I think both are a bit silly, for different reasons: the Muslims aren't eating lunch at all,...

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Shimon Peres: I didn't imagine rocket attacks would come from Gaza after pullout

Why didn't he? It isn't as if the jihadists didn't make their intentions clear -- as if they weren't clear already. This just underscores the willful blindness that afflicts virtually all of the ruling class, all over the West as...

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Malaysia: Islamic court allows female Muslim convert to return to Buddhism

This is a small step in the right direction, but not as much of one as you might think: several schools of Islamic jurisprudence don't mandate the death penalty for women who leave Islam, so it isn't really anything new....

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US spares Afghan poppy crop that funds jihadists

Winning hearts and minds by cutting our own throat in all kinds of ways. "US Spares Afghan Crop that Funds Enemy," from the Associated Press, May 7 (thanks to DFS): GARMSER, Afghanistan - The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon...

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U.K.: Amid concerns over funding of Islamic studies programs, Cambridge and Edinburgh to share £16 million from Saudi prince

A ridiculous development, in light of this story. "Saudi prince gives universities £16m for study of Islam," by Richard Garner for The Independent, May 8: Two of the country's best known universities are to set up research centres aimed at...

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"We are going to get rid of that pastor!": Armed men threaten church in Turkey

"The attempted attack marked the seventh incident in the past four months of threatened violence against TurkeyÂ's tiny Protestant community, most of whom are former Muslims who converted to Christianity." Islamic Tolerance Alert. "Turkey: Armed Men Threaten Church," from Compass...

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Bridge for Sale: Saudi conference insists there is "no justification in Islam for abuse of women and children"

All of this depends on one's definition of abuse. Is child marriage abuse? Is hitting your wife abuse? Not according to the dictates of the Qur'an and Islamic law, and Saudi Arabia of all places about the least likely to...

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Pakistan: Jihadists ban mobile phone ringtones

"Many retailers had started offering phones pre-loaded with 'jihadi' ringtones, but this did not seem enough to appease the militants." See? Sharia can be adapted to modern situations! "Islamic Militants Ban Mobile Phone Ringtones," from Cellular-News: Islamic militants in Pakistan's...

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

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Thug-in-Chief overreaches, irks clerics by implying the Mahdi backs his government

Whoops. From our You-Can't-Make-This-Stuff-Up File. "Iran clerics query president's religious remarks," from Reuters, May 7: TEHRAN - Iran's president has alarmed some conservative clerics with remarks suggesting he believed a mystical Shi'ite religious leader backed his government, newspapers reported on...

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U.S.: Iran maintains "capacity in the Americas as a threat against us in the event of any conflict"

The Iranian presence is nothing new, of course, especially in Argentina, Nicaragua, and Hugo Chávez' Venezuela. "US sees Iran as potential threat in Latin America," from Agence France-Presse, May 7: WASHINGTON (AFP) — Isolated Iran sees Latin America as a...

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US urges officials to stop linking Islam with terrorism -- now if they could only convince the jihadists to stop also

There is not much new here that we haven't covered since we initially broke this story, but this story underscores the flimsy politically correct foundations of this new initiative. "U.S. officials urged to avoid linking Islam, jihad with terrorism," by...

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Spencer: Hillary and Obliterating Iran

In Human Events today I discuss Iran's complaints about Hillary Clinton: Last Wednesday IranÂ's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, lodged a formal protest with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and the United Nations Security Council againstÂ…Hillary...

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Israel: Iran could have nukes by 2009

1938 Alert. "Israel now fears Iran could have nuclear bomb by mid-2009," by Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon for the Jerusalem Post, May 6: With Iran racing forward with its nuclear program, Israel now believes the Islamic Republic will master...

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Maryland court denies validity of Islamic divorce!

A small victory against the creeping sharia initiatives of the stealth jihadists. "Court denies Islamic divorce: Man's attempt to circumvent state law is rejected," by Nick Madigan for the Baltimore Sun (thanks to all who sent this in): Saying "I...

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The New York Times spits in Israel's eye on its 60th

In "After 60 Years, Arabs in Israel Are Outsiders," by Ethan Bronner, the New Duranty Times (thanks to Michael) laments the plight of the Arabs displaced from Israel in 1948. Not mentioned, unsurprisingly: 1. The fact that most of the...

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San Quentin Prison imam chokes wife with electrical cord, is not suspended from job

Is no one at San Quentin uncomfortable with the idea of this imam preaching among prison inmates? Some of those inmates are probably doing time for crimes committed in similar circumstances. "Prison chaplain still on duty pending assault inquiry," by...

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Indonesia: "Islamic Defender Front" threatens to tear down church as officials withhold worship permit

Islamic Tolerance Alert. Where are all the moderates in Modern, Moderate Indonesia, not only to condemn verbally, but demand meaningful action to stop the official corruption and jihadist mobs at the center of this story? And for that matter, where...

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Michigan: Muslim community leader wants apology from McCain after being dropped from finance committee over alleged Hizballah ties

"Jawad said he was not forced into resigning. He asked to be removed from the committee after receiving two calls from the McCain campaign inquiring about the allegations and questioning his integrity and loyalty to this country." Why not answer...

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Son of Kuwaiti ambassador to Poland abducts 3 Jews, claims he has bomb

Here yet again is more evidence of what we have pointed out many times over the years: that there is no reliable way to distinguish between Islamic "extremists" and Islamic "moderates" -- no doubt everyone would have assumed the son...

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UN teacher by day, jihadist bomb-maker by night

He probably didn't see any contradiction, and there isn't much of one, but of course there is the usual denial from the usual deniers. "UN teacher by day Â… Islamists' chief bomb-maker at night," by Adam Entous for The Scotsman,...

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U.S. officials: Hizballah training Iraq jihadists in Iran

A new twist on the well known problem of Iranian support for jihadists in Iraq. Well known, that is, to everyone but the Iraqi government, which is looking for more evidence that Iranian interference is still ongoing. "Hezbollah Trains Iraqis...

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U.S. to Pakistan: Live up to 'war on terror' commitment. Please?

What is distinctly absent from this discussion is any mention of how the U.S. intends to persuade Pakistan to bolster its scant cooperation on rooting out jihadists in Pakistani territory to any meaningful level. All of the suggestions -- and...

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California: Muslim polygamist goes on trial for imprisoning, abusing 3 wives and 19 children

And he justified his actions based on Islamic law, including beating his wives (Qur'an 4:34), and forbidding them to leave the house, which Muhammad endorsed according to a hadith quoted in the jurisprudence manual 'Umdat al-Salik (The Reliance of the...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

PICKING EXCELLENT INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENT ADVICE

PICKING GOOD FUNDS


I was doing some searching and ran across Mark Cuban's web blog at http://www.blogmaverick.com. In case you don't know Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

But here he is writing a blog about investments! Why is it that some who are rich and famous THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING? Mark may know about sports but that does not make him an expert on investments!

And he repeats the same kind of uhhhhh ... nonsense that I have heard other places on the web by would-be know-it-alls! See below.

He says put your money in interest-bearing securities like CD'S and treasuries. So what did they pay? More than the rate of inflation? Because if they did not beat the rate of inflation you have created ANOTHER RISK; THE RISK OF GETTING NOTHING!

If you invest in a CD which gives you 4% interest and the rate of inflation is 4% what have you earned? NADA! ZIP! NOTHING! IN FACT LESS THAN NOTHING SINCE YOU NOW PAY TAXES ON THE 4% YOU EARNED (at least in Canada where I am). SO YOU HAVE EARNED LESS THAN NOTHING!!! PUT IT UNDER YOUR MATTRESS = SAME EFFECT.

There is also another risk as shown above not often talked about that must be REDUCED; THAT IS THE RISK OF GETTING NO RETURN OR LESS!

So how do you do that?

Forget stocks. Put it in low cost mutual funds which have at least a 3 - 5 year and current history of getting returns above 10% AND have the same manager as when they got good returns.

1) Buying mutual funds mitigates risk because you may have 50 stocks in a fund which although some may go down, with wise investment most should go up at a good rate if you heed the above advice. (Ever heard, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket? One basket = stock.)

2) Picking a fund with a good track record AND same manager reduces risk because what are the chances of him/her doing well again if he/she has for 5 years?

3) Make sure your funds are generally in the 1st or second quartile in performance. See www.morningstar.com(U.S.) or .ca (Canada).

4)The more diversified your funds are in geographic area and industry the less risk.

There are many other factors but this gives you a good start.

And the other piece of advice is pick a financial advisor not with the most letters after his name but one that teaches you what you should do to increase your financial independence and reduce your debt. If you cannot understand the advisor, ask questions. If that doesn't work pick one with 'letters' that you understand when he speaks!

www.cpedley.com

In reference to some of the comments above about being amazed at the interest you earned, WHAT PER CENT AMAZES YOU? WHAT DID YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER SUBTRACTING THE INFLATION AMOUNT? WHAT DID YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER YOU WERE TAXED ON THAT INTEREST?

Would 18.5% amaze you? That is $18.50 for every $100 invested. Did you MAKE THAT ON INTEREST?

Well I did on my $40, 000 that I invested about this time last year in a BASKET OF MUTUAL FUNDS! Does that AMAZE YOU? I would say almost $8000 makes me feel good but some of the funds in the basket GAINED 19%, 20.9%, 24.1%. DOES THAT AMAZE YOU? Or are you amazed at 1 - 6%?
And just because a guy is cute and has a website and owns a team DOES NOT MEAN HE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT INVESTING!
Try http://www.bobbrinker.com for a guy that knows about investing!

Charles Pedley
www.cpedley.com

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The Truth Sets Free

Well I have not used this blog for a long time.

TRUTH ABOUT MUTUAL FUNDS

PICKING GOOD FUNDS

I was reading Mark Cuban's blog at http://www.blogmaverick.com.


He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Here is another example of an amateur investor thinking he knows more than everyone else, even those trained to pick out excellent mutual funds!

Why is it that some who are rich or well-known think that qualifies them to be an expert about EVERYTHING? TRUTH IS IT DOES NOT! He's my comment on his investment advice.

He says put your money in interest-bearing securities like CD'S and treasuries. So what did they pay? More than the rate of inflation? Because if they did not beat the rate of inflation you have created ANOTHER RISK; THE RISK OF GETTING NOTHING!

If you invest in a CD which gives you 4% interest and the rate of inflation is 4% what have you earned? NADA! ZIP! NOTHING! IN FACT LESS THAN NOTHING SINCE YOU NOW PAY TAXES ON THE 4% YOU EARNED (at least in Canada where I am). SO YOU HAVE EARNED LESS THAN NOTHING!!! PUT IT UNDER YOUR MATTRESS = SAME EFFECT.

There is also another risk as shown above not often talked about that must be REDUCED; THAT IS THE RISK OF GETTING NO RETURN OR LESS!

So how do you do that?

Forget stocks. Put it in low cost mutual funds which have at least a 3 - 5 year and current history of getting returns above 10% AND have the same manager as when they got good returns.

1) Buying mutual funds mitigates risk because you may have 50 or more stocks in a fund which although some may go down, with wise investment most should go up at a good rate if you heed the above advice. (Ever heard, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket? One basket = stock.)

2) Picking a fund with a good track record AND same manager reduces risk because what are the chances of him/her doing well again if he/she has for 5 years? That's how they pick players for the DALLAS MAVERICKS and every OTHER SPORTS TEAM I KNOW!

3) Make sure your funds are generally in the 1st or second quartile in performance. See www.morningstar.com(U.S.) or .ca (Canada).

4)The more diversified your funds are in geographic area and industry the less risk.

There are many other factors but this gives you a good start.

And the other piece of advice is pick a financial advisor not with the most letters after his name but one that teaches you what you should do to increase your financial independence and reduce your debt.

If you cannot understand the advisor, ask questions. If that doesn't work pick one with 'letters' that you understand when he speaks!

-Charles Pedley BA MScEd
Sales Representative
PFSL INVESTMENTS CANADA LTD
905-892-8498
cpedley@cogeco.ca
http://www.cpedley.com