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Steve Stockman should be charged with impersonating a human being! Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress. (H.Res. 664) – GovTrack.us

H.Res. 664: Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress.

Introduced:

Jul 10, 2014

Status:

Referred to Committee on Jul 10, 2014

Prognosis

39% chance of being agreed to

This resolution was assigned to a congressional committee on July 10, 2014, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Introduced

JUL 10, 2014 SPONSOR Steve Stockman

Representative for Texas’s 36th congressional district – Republican

via Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress. (H.Res. 664) – GovTrack.us.

Third day of raids on Gaza. Caritas Jerusalem: security is not achieved by killing innocent children – Fides News Agency

Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – According to local medical sources, the third day of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip began with 14 deaths including 7 women and 4 children. In one night between Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 July, the Israeli air force carried out more than 300 raids in a few hours. Several concordant testimonies confirm that, unlike previous military campaigns – where the bombing targets were mainly police stations and government buildings in the hands of the Islamists of Hamas – this time civilian houses and building are hit, along with refugee camp areas. Eight victims were reached by a rocket while attending the semi-finals of the World Cup football match Argentina-Netherlands in a bar of a village in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Egypt opened the Rafah crossing to allow wounded Palestinians to be assisted in the health facilities in the north of Sinai.

Faced with a growing number of victims – already more than seventy – and injured, Caritas Jerusalem warns of looming humanitarian emergency on the people of Gaza. The organization supports many projects and activities in the Strip, including a mobile clinic and a health center for psychological assistance for children with artificial limbs because of amputation due to previous Israeli military operations. All activities have been suspended since the start of the raid. Caritas workers present in Gaza are preparing for emergency interventions that will only be carried out when Israeli air strikes end.

In a statement sent to Fides Agency, Caritas Jerusalem condemns “the violence and killing of innocent people, especially those against women and children”. “The people of Gaza – stresses the statement – already lives a tragic situation for the embargo to which it has been subjected for 12 years and has suffered three conflicts in eight years”. The text released by Caritas Jerusalem reaffirms “the right of Israel to live in peace and the Israelis to live in security”, and states that this right can never be guaranteed “by war and aggression against innocent people”. The only way to achieve peace and security is “justice and a resolution of the conflict”, which can make its way only by recognizing the Palestinian people the right to live in freedom in their own land and allowing Gaza to open to the world. (GV) (Agenzia Fides 10/07/2014)

via Third day of raids on Gaza. Caritas Jerusalem: security is not achieved by killing innocent children – Fides News Agency.

Israeli airstrikes kill 30 Palestinians | Maan News Agency

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip killed 30 Palestinians overnight Wednesday and Thursday, including a family of eight, bringing the total death toll to 81.

Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a car in the northern Gaza strip killing three Palestinians. A medical official confirmed that the remains of the victims were taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital.

Two of the men were identified as Mahmoud Waloud and Hazim Balousha.

Ismail Abu Jami, 19, was killed in a strike on Khan Younis and Abdullah Ramadan Abu Ghazal, five, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.

Israeli warplanes also targeted a residential house in al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, with no injuries reported.

In the southern Gaza Strip, an Israeli missile hit a residential building in Rafah. Three men were injured in a car traveling near the building.

Three men were injured, one seriously, in an airstrike targeting a motorcycle in Rafah. Another airstrike struck Gaza City, injuring two, while another airstrike targeted al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

Earlier, an airstrike hit a car in al-Nafaq street in Gaza City, killing three and injuring four.

Bahaa Abu al-Leil, 35, Wisam Qandil and Amir al-Fayoumi were identified as the victims. Islamic Jihad said in a statement that the men were fighters with the al-Quds Brigades.

Early Thursday, Israeli warplanes targeted a building in Khan Younis, killing eight members of the al-Hajj family. Over 30 people were injured in the strike.

Most of the victims were children, al-Qidra said, adding that Israeli forces bombed the building without a warning or asking them to evacuate.

Tariq al-Hajj, Najla al-Hajj, Aminah al-Hajj, Saad al-Hajj, Omar al-Hajj, Aminah al-Hajj, and Basimah al-Hajj, 57, were named as the victims.

Earlier, nine Palestinians were killed and at least 10 injured when Israel targeted Waqt al-Marah coffee shop on a Khan Younis beach.

Locals said dozens of people were watching the World Cup semi-final game when Israel fired a missile at the crowd.

Muhammad Khalid Qannan, his brother Ibrahim, Hamdi Kamil Sawali, Suleiman al-Astal, Ahmad al-Astal, Mousa al-Astal and Muhammad al-Aqqad were identified as some of the victims.

Muhammad Ihsan Farawneh, 18, was found dead on Thursday under the rubble of the cafe.

Another airstrike in the al-Zawayda village in central Gaza killed four members of the Shalat family; a couple and two children.

The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a media vehicle in Gaza late Wednesday.

Late Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike killed Hamdi Shihab, who worked as a driver for local news agency Media 24.

The car had ‘TV’ clearly marked in red paint on the bonnet of the vehicle.

Early on Thursday the Israeli military said that during the course of the preceding day, “at least 82 rockets hit Israel” and 21 were intercepted.

The Israeli army said it launched raids on “322 targets” overnight, taking the total number of Hamas targets hit to 750.

via Israeli airstrikes kill 30 Palestinians | Maan News Agency.

El Niño juega con la comida de Nicaragua | IPS Agencia de Noticias

El fantasma del hambre se acerca a Nicaragua. El segundo país más pobre de América Latina y uno de los 10 más vulnerables del mundo al cambio climático, se enfrenta a un fenómeno meteorológico que amenaza su seguridad alimentaria.

via El Niño juega con la comida de Nicaragua | IPS Agencia de Noticias.

Look more manly and tough by riding horse with no shirt on and stop the bombing! Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel strikes on Gaza will intensify | News | DW.DE | 09.07.2014

“We have decided to further intensify the attacks on Hamas and the terror organizations in Gaza,” Netanyahu’s office quoted him as saying on Wednesday, after he had consulted with defense chiefs in the country’s south.

via Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel strikes on Gaza will intensify | News | DW.DE | 09.07.2014.

Bombs over Gaza – about Israeli politics – not security, revenge, peace, or… Liberman positions himself as Mr. Security – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

“The approach of ‘quiet will be met with quiet’ is very seriously mistaken, and I can say on my behalf and on behalf of the members of Yisrael Beitenu that we completely reject such an approach,” said Liberman in an obvious effort to paint Netanyahu as a weak leader who is afraid of a confrontation with Hamas. “It is unacceptable that after three of our children were kidnapped and murdered and after two consecutive weeks of rockets falling, Israel’s approach would be that quiet will be met with quiet. … We in Yisrael Beitenu oppose to the cease-fire. There are no arrangements to be made with Hamas.” His stern remarks were more reminiscent of an attack from the opposition than the comments of the country’s foreign minister during a military escalation. These remarks more or less coincided with comments made by Minister Yair Shamir during an interview with Al-Monitor.

via Liberman positions himself as Mr. Security – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East.

Death toll grows as Israel and Hamas militants exchange fire | News | DW.DE | 09.07.2014

Power for leaders of Hamas and Israeli government tied to fighting each other to show how “strong” they are!?!

The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose above 25 early Wednesday morning, as Israeli warplanes struck “terror targets.” Local residents in the Palestinian territory awaited continued bombings and feared a possible ground invasion, after the Israeli government authorized the military to call up some 40,000 reservists for the aerial offensive.

The exact number of casualties varied across sources on Wednesday. Overnight, Israel reportedly struck the home of a Hamas commander in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun, killing both him and several members of his family, according to the news agency AFP. An airstrike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah claimed another life early Wednesday.

The worst attack on Tuesday occurred in the town of Khan Yunis, where six people, including children, were killed. Hamas responded by vowing that “all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance.”

via Death toll grows as Israel and Hamas militants exchange fire | News | DW.DE | 09.07.2014.

Religious groups want right to hate, fear, and discriminate against gay people and friends of gay people! Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule – NYTimes.com

Some religious folks (not) believe they have a right to hate who they want to hate! What’s next a claim of a right to discriminate according to race, religion, ethnicity, sex, national origin because of your corporate, family, or individually professed “religious” belief! Turn off the lights of democracy USA – we are done!

After a setback in the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case, President Obama is facing mounting pressure from religious groups demanding to be excluded from his long-promised executive order that would bar discrimination against gay men and lesbians by companies that do government work.

The president has yet to sign the executive order, but last week a group of major faith organizations, including some of Mr. Obama’s allies, said he should consider adding an exemption for groups whose religious beliefs oppose homosexuality. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the court ruled that family-run corporations with religious objections could be exempted from providing employees with insurance coverage for contraception.

via Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule – NYTimes.com.

Blood feuds based on religious affiliation spread like grass fires! In Apparent Mass Killing, Bodies Found in Region South of Baghdad – NYTimes.com

At least 50 bodies, blindfolded, bound and shot, were found Wednesday in Babil Province, a region that lies directly south of Baghdad, according to the chairman of the provincial council.

The bodies were found at dawn but appeared to have been killed Tuesday night, said Raad al-Jubori, the council chairman, who gave a brief news conference in Hillah, the provincial capital.

The bodies were found in a farming area less than a mile from a road. Although no one has said whether the men who were killed were Sunni or Shiite, many in the area assume they were Sunnis. The region is majority Shiite with a significant Sunni population.

In another incident in Hillah on June 23, about 70 Sunni prisoners who were being transported to the south by the police were killed in apparent retaliation for the killing of 1,700 people, largely Shiites, whom the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria boasted they had killed in Tikrit. It is not clear how many people ISIS had actually killed, as only 200 bodies have been found.

In a separate incident on June 18 in Diyala Province, 44 Sunni prisoners were killed in Baquba, the provincial capital.

via In Apparent Mass Killing, Bodies Found in Region South of Baghdad – NYTimes.com.

Nyaho Clinic suspected Ebola virus patient dies | General News 2014-07-08

The initial tests run on the American, now deceased, according to the source, was inconclusive because the officials used the wrong reagent.

The sources, who are medical practitioners, told Joy News “the test should have taken Noguchi not more than five hours.”

via Nyaho Clinic suspected Ebola virus patient dies | General News 2014-07-08.