Friday, November 5, 2010

Re: Islam Not Recognized as Religion in Italy; Denied Tax Revenues

Crusades....
Historical and cultural prejudice is tough to overcome?

Besides... There's that Mussolini wannabe in Office there... what's
his name?.... Burlesque-oni?.... what a Buffoon....HAR Nominal9

On Nov 5, 2:27 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good!
>
> …statistically speaking…looking at all of the elements of Islam, the
> smallest parts are religious while the majority is political ideology and
> the Sharia legal system.
>
> http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.880028077
>
> Religion
> ------------------------------
>
> Italy: Islam denied income tax revenue
>
> Rome, 27 August (AKI) - Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income
> tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year.
> Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah's Witnesses
> will be eligible for the funds, according to a bill approved by the Italian
> cabinet in May and still must be approved by parliament.
>
> Until now, the government had earmarked 8 percent of income tax revenue for
> Italy's established churches. The great majority of these funds go to the
> Catholic Church, although if they wish, individual tax payers may elect to
> give the money to charities and cultural projects instead.
>
> The head of COREIS, one of Italy's largest Muslim groups, Yahya Pallavicini,
> said he was bitter that Islam had been denied the revenue from Italian
> income tax.
>
> "Work should be begun on legally recognising those moderate Muslims who have
> for years shown themselves to be reliable interlocutors who are free of and
> fundamentalist ideology," he said.
>
> Islam is not an established religion in Italy and there is only one official
> mosque in the country, Rome's Grand Mosque (photo). Politicians from the
> ruling coalition cite radical imams, polygamy and failure to uphold women's
> rights by Muslims immigrants as obstacles to recognising Islam as an
> official religion in Italy.
>
> Until now, only the Catholic Church, Judaism and other established churches
> including Lutherans, Evangelists, Waldensians and 7th-day Adventists have
> received the income tax revenue from the Itallain government.
>
> There are between one million and 1.5 million Muslims in Italy and 130
> mosques linked the Muslim umbrella organisation UCOII across the country.
>
> moscheea_romaaa_iberpprsss--200x150.jpg
> 9KViewDownload

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Re: VOTE AGAINST DICK 'THE BLOOMING ASSHOLE' BLUMENTHAL

PS.... I voted for the "Independent" candidate in the case of
Blumenthal.. and another....

On Nov 5, 2:28 pm, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> No Tommy... you don't have a clue... Politically I am liberal/
> progressive leaning... but the "so-called Democrats" in CT..... are
> abunch of self-serving, corrupt crooks.... Remember Lyin' Joe
> Lieberman and his "Independent" run...or just keep in mind Kelo v.
> New London.... these "bums" just want to feather their own nests,
> through patronage from Insurance or Medical or Pharma or other such
> "preferred" monied interests... the "progressive or populist" tag....
> it's a Lie...
> nominal9
>
> http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2010/11/malloy-v-foley-election-o...
> Malloy v. Foley: Election Off The Rails, CT A Laughingstock
> By Rick Green on November 4, 2010 6:23 PM | Permalink | Comments
> (23)
>
> In just the last few hours we've had stories about what may be an
> uncounted bag of ballots discovered in Bridgeport and news that
>
> there could be further problems in Torrington (how many other towns
> will show this?) plus the continuing duel of differing vote counts.
> Meanwhile, our Secretary of State, whose job it is to make sure our
> elections
>
> run smoothly, keeps postponing her final "official" tally -- even
> though she has said that Dan Malloy is the unofficial winner.
>
> It's no longer Ground Hog Day. Weve woken up to Florida in 2000. This
> election won't be settled for a long time.
> Categories:Connecticut Politics,Election 201023 Comments
>
> On Nov 3, 3:25 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > How Richard Blumenthal Smacked Down Whiney GOP WWE Profiteer Linda McMahon
>
> > In the race to succeed retiring Democratic Senator Chris Dodd,
> > Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal easily defeated former
> > wrestling executive Linda McMahon, despite being outspent by McMahon
> > by 7-1.
>
> > McMahon spent more than 40 million dollars on her campaign, almost all
> > of it her own money. She spent more than any other Senate candidate
> > this year. Yet as other wealthy self funding candidates this year in
> > Connecticut (see Ned Lamont) and in other states (see Meg Whitman and
> > Jeff Greene) found out, money could buy them name recognition but not
> > necessarily love.
>
> > Although this is the year of the "outsider", it was Blumenthal's years
> > of experience that probably saved him from the attacks by the McMahon
> > campaign. Moreover, McMahon's lack of political experience contributed
> > to her failure to overtake Blumenthal after closing in on him after
> > trailing by a wide margin early in the campaign.
>
> > The long time attorney general was able to withstand an onslaught of
> > tough attacks by Linda McMahon that sought to portray Blumenthal as a
> > career politician who couldn't be trusted. Many of her television
> > advertisements focused on Blumenthal's misstatements that he had
> > served in Vietnam, when he had actually served stateside during
> > Vietnam.
>
> > Full Connecticut Election Results
> > Connecticut Senate Exit Poll
> > Full Election Results
> > Despite these attacks Blumenthal was still viewed as "honest and
> > trustworthy" by Connecticut voters by a 62-36 percent margin
> > (preliminary CBS News Exit Poll results). A weaker candidate may have
> > been brought down by such attacks but Blumenthal had built up goodwill
> > among Connecticut voters based on his 20 year record as attorney
> > general that he was able to survive these attacks.
>
> > While McMahon billed herself as successful businessman who had the
> > skill it took to fix the ailing economy, her specific business
> > experience as head of the WWE turned out to be more of a liability
> > than an asset. By a 40-11 percent margin, Connecticut voters said that
> > this experience made them less likely rather than more likely to vote
> > for her.
>
> > Women turned out to be a key to Blumenthal's success. McMahon would
> > have become the first female senator elected. Yet she lost women by 21
> > points, but won men by 8 points. Another group that was a key to his
> > success was independents. Given the Democrats 34-21 percent
> > registration advantage in Connecticut, a Republican needs to win the
> > independent vote by a significant margin. Blumenthal was able to split
> > the independent vote with McMahon 50-49 percent.
>
> > Blumenthal had a very good October, which he really needed. After
> > leading McMahon all year and by as much as 41 points in January
> > McMahon had closed to within 3 points in September in a Quinnipiac
> > University Poll.
>
> > McMahon stumbled on a question involving the minimum wage which caused
> > her to be on the defensive for the first time in the campaign.
>
> > McMahon initially did not give a clear answer when asked whether she
> > favored lowering the minimum wage at a press conference. Not only did
> > this hurt her but her campaign suffered another blow when she said
> > didn't know what the minimum wage was, despite her business experience
> > that she was running on. Blumenthal opened up a 12 point lead in
> > October and never looked back.
>
> > Doug Schwartz Ph.D., is the Director of the Quinnipiac University Poll
>
> > More:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021575-503544.html
> > --
>
> > On 11/3/10, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > SmackDown WWE Profiteer GOP Whiner Linda McMahon LOST!
>
> > > VICTORY!
>
> > > On 11/3/10, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> Asshole won. / Travis
>
> > >> Good Government loses.....
>
> > >> nominal9
>
> > >> On Nov 2, 10:03 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> Asshole won.
>
> > >>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Keith In Tampa
> > >>> <keithinta...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > >>> > These sound even better tonight CW!!!
>
> > >>> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Cold Water <coldwater...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > wrote:
>
> > >>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> >> *From:* Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com>
> > >>> >> *To:* politicalforum@googlegroups.com
> > >>> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 02, 2010 09:32
> > >>> >> *Subject:* Re: VOTE AGAINST DICK 'THE BLOOMING ASSHOLE' BLUMENTHAL
>
> > >>> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com>
> > >>> >> wrote:
>
> > >>> >>> Smack Down Corrupt Wrestler Linda McMahon and Vote for Dick
> > >>> >>> Blumenthal, a Great Man
>
> > >>> >>> On 11/2/10, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>> >>> > just on principle... the man is a lying corrupt piece of crap....
> > >>> >>> > regardless of party.
> > >>> >>> > nominal9
>
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Law restricting where sex offenders can live is unconstitutional, L.A. judge rules

Unbelievable! This goes with the recent one that an illegal who used someone else's SSN to buy a house, vehicle and to work did not commit a crime...Ferg

Law restricting where sex offenders can live is unconstitutional, L.A. judge rules

November 4, 2010 | 8:07 am

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/law-restricting-where-sex-offenders-can-live-unconstitutional-la-judge-rules.html

Saying sex offenders are being forced to choose between prison and homelessness, a Los Angeles judge issued an opinion this week blocking enforcement of provisions a state law restricting how close those offenders can live from parks or schools.

Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza issued the 10-page ruling after four registered sex offenders petitioned the court, arguing that the legislation known as Jessica's Law was unconstitutional.

He said the court had received about 650 habeas corpus petitions raising similar legal issues, and that hundreds more were being prepared by the public defender's and alternate public defender's offices.

"The court is not a 'potted plant' and need not sit idly by in the face of immediate, ongoing and significant violations of parolee constitutional rights," Espinoza wrote.

Proposition 83, which is better known as Jessica's Law and was overwhelmingly passed by state voters in 2006, imposes strict residency requirements on sex offenders, including requirements forbidding them from residing within 2,000 feet of any public or private school or park where children regularly gather.

Before the law passed, those residency requirements were imposed only on offenders whose victims were children.

Civil rights attorneys have argued that provisions of the law make it impossible for some registered sex offenders to live in densely populated cities.

Nearly all of San Francisco, for example, is off-limits to sex offenders because of the number of parks and schools close to housing. Los Angeles officials also said that there are few places in the city where sex offenders can find housing that meets Jessica's Law requirements.

The California Supreme Court ruled in February that registered sex offenders could challenge residency requirements in the law if it proves impossible to avoid living near parks and schools.

State corrections officials said Wednesday that they could not comment on the specifics of Espinoza's ruling, but said they would continue to ensure residency restrictions are imposed in cases where there is a valid reason to continue enforcing them.

"There are other tools that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation can and will continue to use to further public safety, including residency restrictions specific to each offender," said the agency spokesman Luis Patino.

In his opinion, Espinoza cited comments by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck that the Jessica's Law restrictions had resulted in "a marked increase of homeless/transient registrants." The judge noted that in 2007, there were 30 sex offenders on active parole in the city of Los Angeles. By September of this year, that number had jumped to 259.

"Rather than protecting public safety, it appears that the sharp rise in homelessness rates in sex offenders on active parole in Los Angeles County actually undermines public safety." wrote Espinoza, who is the supervising judge of the Los Angeles County criminal courts. "The evidence presented suggests that despite lay belief, a sex offender parolee's residential proximity to a school or park where children regularly gather does not bear on the parolee's likelihood to commit a sexual offense against a child."

LAPD officials said they were reviewing the court decision and had no immediate comment on its specifics.

Last month, in a briefing for the Los Angeles Police Commission, Det. Diane Webb, who heads a unit responsible for tracking the whereabouts of sex offenders, said there are about 5,100 registered sex offenders living in the city.

Of those, about 20%, or approximately 1,020 people, are on parole for felony crimes and are prohibited by state law from living near a school or park where children gather, Webb said.

She said that some of the city's sex-offender population has come to Los Angeles from surrounding cities that have passed additional sex-offender laws that make it next to impossible for offenders to find a place to live and push them to look elsewhere, but that Los Angeles does not have any additional laws on its books, making it a feasible destination.

-- Andrew Blankstein

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Re: VOTE AGAINST DICK 'THE BLOOMING ASSHOLE' BLUMENTHAL

No Tommy... you don't have a clue... Politically I am liberal/
progressive leaning... but the "so-called Democrats" in CT..... are
abunch of self-serving, corrupt crooks.... Remember Lyin' Joe
Lieberman and his "Independent" run...or just keep in mind Kelo v.
New London.... these "bums" just want to feather their own nests,
through patronage from Insurance or Medical or Pharma or other such
"preferred" monied interests... the "progressive or populist" tag....
it's a Lie...
nominal9

http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2010/11/malloy-v-foley-election-off-th.html
Malloy v. Foley: Election Off The Rails, CT A Laughingstock
By Rick Green on November 4, 2010 6:23 PM | Permalink | Comments
(23)

In just the last few hours we've had stories about what may be an
uncounted bag of ballots discovered in Bridgeport and news that

there could be further problems in Torrington (how many other towns
will show this?) plus the continuing duel of differing vote counts.
Meanwhile, our Secretary of State, whose job it is to make sure our
elections

run smoothly, keeps postponing her final "official" tally -- even
though she has said that Dan Malloy is the unofficial winner.

It's no longer Ground Hog Day. Weve woken up to Florida in 2000. This
election won't be settled for a long time.
Categories:Connecticut Politics,Election 201023 Comments

On Nov 3, 3:25 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How Richard Blumenthal Smacked Down Whiney GOP WWE Profiteer Linda McMahon
>
> In the race to succeed retiring Democratic Senator Chris Dodd,
> Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal easily defeated former
> wrestling executive Linda McMahon, despite being outspent by McMahon
> by 7-1.
>
> McMahon spent more than 40 million dollars on her campaign, almost all
> of it her own money. She spent more than any other Senate candidate
> this year. Yet as other wealthy self funding candidates this year in
> Connecticut (see Ned Lamont) and in other states (see Meg Whitman and
> Jeff Greene) found out, money could buy them name recognition but not
> necessarily love.
>
> Although this is the year of the "outsider", it was Blumenthal's years
> of experience that probably saved him from the attacks by the McMahon
> campaign. Moreover, McMahon's lack of political experience contributed
> to her failure to overtake Blumenthal after closing in on him after
> trailing by a wide margin early in the campaign.
>
> The long time attorney general was able to withstand an onslaught of
> tough attacks by Linda McMahon that sought to portray Blumenthal as a
> career politician who couldn't be trusted. Many of her television
> advertisements focused on Blumenthal's misstatements that he had
> served in Vietnam, when he had actually served stateside during
> Vietnam.
>
> Full Connecticut Election Results
> Connecticut Senate Exit Poll
> Full Election Results
> Despite these attacks Blumenthal was still viewed as "honest and
> trustworthy" by Connecticut voters by a 62-36 percent margin
> (preliminary CBS News Exit Poll results). A weaker candidate may have
> been brought down by such attacks but Blumenthal had built up goodwill
> among Connecticut voters based on his 20 year record as attorney
> general that he was able to survive these attacks.
>
> While McMahon billed herself as successful businessman who had the
> skill it took to fix the ailing economy, her specific business
> experience as head of the WWE turned out to be more of a liability
> than an asset. By a 40-11 percent margin, Connecticut voters said that
> this experience made them less likely rather than more likely to vote
> for her.
>
> Women turned out to be a key to Blumenthal's success. McMahon would
> have become the first female senator elected. Yet she lost women by 21
> points, but won men by 8 points. Another group that was a key to his
> success was independents. Given the Democrats 34-21 percent
> registration advantage in Connecticut, a Republican needs to win the
> independent vote by a significant margin. Blumenthal was able to split
> the independent vote with McMahon 50-49 percent.
>
> Blumenthal had a very good October, which he really needed. After
> leading McMahon all year and by as much as 41 points in January
> McMahon had closed to within 3 points in September in a Quinnipiac
> University Poll.
>
> McMahon stumbled on a question involving the minimum wage which caused
> her to be on the defensive for the first time in the campaign.
>
> McMahon initially did not give a clear answer when asked whether she
> favored lowering the minimum wage at a press conference. Not only did
> this hurt her but her campaign suffered another blow when she said
> didn't know what the minimum wage was, despite her business experience
> that she was running on. Blumenthal opened up a 12 point lead in
> October and never looked back.
>
> Doug Schwartz Ph.D., is the Director of the Quinnipiac University Poll
>
> More:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021575-503544.html
> --
>
> On 11/3/10, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > SmackDown WWE Profiteer GOP Whiner Linda McMahon LOST!
>
> > VICTORY!
>
> > On 11/3/10, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Asshole won. / Travis
>
> >> Good Government loses.....
>
> >> nominal9
>
> >> On Nov 2, 10:03 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Asshole won.
>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Keith In Tampa
> >>> <keithinta...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> > These sound even better tonight CW!!!
>
> >>> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Cold Water <coldwater...@gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
>
> >>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> >> *From:* Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com>
> >>> >> *To:* politicalforum@googlegroups.com
> >>> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 02, 2010 09:32
> >>> >> *Subject:* Re: VOTE AGAINST DICK 'THE BLOOMING ASSHOLE' BLUMENTHAL
>
> >>> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com>
> >>> >> wrote:
>
> >>> >>> Smack Down Corrupt Wrestler Linda McMahon and Vote for Dick
> >>> >>> Blumenthal, a Great Man
>
> >>> >>> On 11/2/10, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> >>> > just on principle... the man is a lying corrupt piece of crap....
> >>> >>> > regardless of party.
> >>> >>> > nominal9
>
> >>> >>> > --
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> >>> >>> Have a great day,
> >>> >>> Tommy
>
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Islam Not Recognized as Religion in Italy; Denied Tax Revenues

Good!

…statistically speaking…looking at all of the elements of Islam, the smallest parts are religious while the majority is political ideology and the Sharia legal system.

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.880028077

Religion

Italy: Islam denied income tax revenue

Rome, 27 August (AKI) - Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year. Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah's Witnesses will be eligible for the funds, according to a bill approved by the Italian cabinet in May and still must be approved by parliament.

Until now, the government had earmarked 8 percent of income tax revenue for Italy's established churches. The great majority of these funds go to the Catholic Church, although if they wish, individual tax payers may elect to give the money to charities and cultural projects instead.

The head of COREIS, one of Italy's largest Muslim groups, Yahya Pallavicini, said he was bitter that Islam had been denied the revenue from Italian income tax.

"Work should be begun on legally recognising those moderate Muslims who have for years shown themselves to be reliable interlocutors who are free of and fundamentalist ideology," he said.

Islam is not an established religion in Italy and there is only one official mosque in the country, Rome's Grand Mosque (photo). Politicians from the ruling coalition cite radical imams, polygamy and failure to uphold women's rights by Muslims immigrants as obstacles to recognising Islam as an official religion in Italy.

Until now, only the Catholic Church, Judaism and other established churches including Lutherans, Evangelists, Waldensians and 7th-day Adventists have received the income tax revenue from the Itallain government.

There are between one million and 1.5 million Muslims in Italy and 130 mosques linked the Muslim umbrella organisation UCOII across the country.