Category: Social Behavior

These are pro Israel Companies** Please Support Them

***’ Israel ‘s’ country prefix is ‘729’ on bar codes. You will typically only see it on imported foods and not the products listed below… as many of the companies below are American companies that financially support ‘ Israel .’***

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1. The Chairman and CEO of STARBUCKS, Howard Schultz, is an active Zionist. In 1998 he was honored by the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah with ‘The Israel 50th Anniversary Friend of Zion Tribute Award’ for his services to the Zionist state in ‘playing a key role in promoting close alliance between the United States and Israel ‘.  At a time when other businesses were desperately pulling out of Israel, Starbucks decided to help Israel ‘s floundering economy and invest in Israel. It has been revealed that Starbucks still continues to support  Israel by sponsoring fund-raisers for Israel .

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2. THE LIMITED STORES, Express, Lerner New York, VICTORIA’S SECRET and BATH & BODY WORKS: The Limited, Inc. was founded by Leslie H. Wexner in 1963 in  Columbus, Ohio.  Includes: THE LIMITED STORES, Express, Lerner New York , VICTORIAS SECRET and BATH & BODY WORKS, and employs over 115,000 people.  Its founder, president and CEO Les Wexner is a Zionist. He is on the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media ‘War Room’ whose function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favor of Israel.  In 1984, Les Wexner who is one of the world’s 200 wealthiest people created the Wexner Foundation.

Its mission statement is ‘strengthening Jewish Leadership in North America and Israel.’  One of the programs the Foundation runs is the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program which annually brings up to ten Israeli have participated thus far.  The Wexner Foundation sponsors ‘Birthright Israel ‘ – a program that pays for young American Jews to take free indoctrination trips to Israel.  It is also a long-standing supporter of Hillel – the bastion of  Zionism on campus.

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 3. THE HOME DEPOT: Its founder and co-chairman of the Board is an active Zionist. He created the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media ‘War Room’ whose function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favor of Israel .

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4. DISNEY: Walt Disney’s Millennium exhibition at the Epcot Centre in Florida depicts Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Of the 8 million dollars it cost to set up the exhibition, Israel contributed 1.8 million and worked with Disney to develop its content.

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5. AOL/TIME WARNER: AOL ALLOCATES 30% OF ITS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IN ISRAEL . (Can you believe it?!)  The buy up of Israeli company Mirabilis, creators of ICQ (internet chat program), for $287m in 1998 forms part of AOLs investment in Israel .

In 1998, Mr. Ted Leonsis, CEO of AOL studios (a business unit of AOL) received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel in recognition of those individuals and organizations that through their investments and trade relationships have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

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6. COCA COLA: From 1966 onward Coca-Cola has been a staunch supporter of Israel. In 1997 the Government of Israel Economic Mission honored Coca-Cola at the Israel Trade Award Dinner for its continued support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing to abide by the Arab League boycott of Israel.  In contrast Pepsi abided by the Arab League boycott of Israel which ended in May 1991, after 1992 Pepsi is also trading in Israel.

In 2001 the Coca-Cola World Headquarters hosted and was the main sponsor of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. It has been revealed that Coca-Cola Israel sponsors training programs for its workers on subjects including the Israeli-Arab conflict. The course content is created by a company funded by the Jewish Agency and the Israeli government.   In July 2002, it has been announced that Coca-Cola is to build a new plant at Kiryat Gat.

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 7. ESTEE LAUDER: Estee Lauder’s chairman, Ronald Lauder, also one time chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is the current president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) – Ronald Lauder is an ardent Zionist.

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8. SARAH LEE. (Includes Hanes, Playtex, Leggs, Champion). This is  also not to be confused with the frozen snacks company. This is in regard to the clothing giant.  Sara Lee owns 30% of Israel ‘s leading textile company Delta Galil. Sara Lee is the world’s largest clothing manufacturer, this opens  the worlds markets to Israel, with cloths originating in Israel and being sold around the world under one of the many famous Sara Lee brands.

In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal Products received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the  ‘State of Israel ‘ in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have d ne the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

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9. FOX TELEVISION, FOX ENTERTAINMENT:  The News Corporation Limited is one of the world’s largest media companies with total assets as of September 30, 2005 of approximately; US $58 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US $18 billion. News Corporation’s diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting; the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of digital broadcasting.   News Corporation is the world’s leading publisher of English-language newspapers with operations worldwide. The Company publishes more than 175 different newspapers, printing more than 40 million papers a week.

Murdoch’s New Corp. invests heavily in Israel.  Murdoch News Corporation was one of three US companies that was lauded for their support of Israel at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for  Democracy Awards dinner (25th June 2001);Murdoch himself co-chaired the dinner. News Corp.’s digital technology company based in Jerusalem,  called NDS, has grown from 20 to 600 employees in the past decade.

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10. NESTLE: The  Swiss company owns 50.1% of Israeli food maker Osem Investments. In Dec. 2000, it announced it will invest millions of dollars to operate the new R&D centre in Israel.  In 1998, Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe on behalf of Nestle, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel ‘ in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

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11. OVERSEAS ADVENTURE TRAVEL: Company is based in Massachusetts, is known for their many world tours and relatively cheap group travel. The company donates money to over 50 countries in which it operates in to help fund schools, food aid, etc. and averages between $5,000 and $25,000 per country.

However, Israel received a flat $1,000,000 from Overseas Adventure Travel, as it’s president is a Zionist.

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12. IBM: IBM invests heavily in Israel . IBM senior vice-president and general counsel, Lawrence Ricciardi, who noted that his company employs 1,700 people in Israel, said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, ‘This wedge of land and the huge ideals it represents are very important to IBM.’   IBM was one of three US companies that was lauded at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards dinner ( 25th June 2001 ) hosted by Sharon.   In May 2002 the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce awarded IBM the Ambassador’s Award’ in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the development of the Israeli high-tech industry and to advancing trade between the U.S.and Israel. IBM established operations in 1949 and was the first large American company with a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel, introducing computers to the country.

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13. KIMBERLY-CLARK: (Huggies, Kotex, Kleenex) In 1998, Mr. Robert P. Van der Merwe, chairman of Kimberly-Clark Europe received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister  Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel ‘ in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli econmy.  Kimberly Clark Corp owns 49.9% interest in Israeli company Hogla (6/96) through America-Israel PaperMills $49.9m.

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14. RIVER ISLAND clothing chain, ISROTEL and IBROTEL HOTELS in Spain and Portugal, BRITANNIA PACIFIC PROPERTIES. (This one probably relates least to any of us) – a diversified international investment company, with headquarters in London , England . They said to be one of the largest real estate owners in the Sacramento Metropolitan area.  It appears that the British based Lewis Trust Group is one of the companies developing hotels in the Aqaba Region. David Lewis, the Chairman of the company, is a prominent supporter of Israel. Mr Lewis’s activities have included the raising of money for the Jewish National Fund. He is also a member of the Israel-Britain Business Council. This organization is dedicated to the development of the Zionist State, by channelling British capital to the occupied territories for the benefit of the Zionists and the exploitation of the Palestinians.

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15. NOKIA: Nokia have started to invest heavily in Israel. Nokia general manager Lars Wolf said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post (4 March 2001): ‘We are really focusing on Israel from all perspectives, because we have an internal project called ‘Project Israel ‘ which means we are looking at Israel from a networks  perspective, from the perspective of Nokia Ventures Organization, and also from the perspective of Nokia Research Center.’  Nokia Venture Partners, a branch of Nokia Ventures Organization, launched a new $500 million fund in December 2000 and allowed that a ‘disproportionate’ amount of it would go into Israeli companies.  Nokia Research Center is on

the lookout for Israeli start-ups with which it can cooperate.

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16. TIMBERLAND: (clothing, shoes, boots, jackets, etc.) Timberlands is a $1.1 billion footwear, apparel & accessories company. Its President and CEO Jeffrey Swartz is an active Zionist.   In a recent ‘solidarity visit’ to Israel, where he made it clear he was speaking as the CEO of Timberland, he suggested sending 100 IDF soldiers to the US for a week as ambassadors for Israel.  Although Timberland is a publicly traded company, his family holds approximately 47% of the stock and has approximately 81% of the voting power.

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17. DESERT EAGLE: Desert Eagles are the only firearms that Israel  does not buy from the US or other countries. However, many of the parts of these firearms are imported from other countries and they are merely assembled in Israel . Regardless, Israel prides them as their own and it is strictly an Israeli company.

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18. CATERPILLAR: Caterpillar is a company based in Illinois that manufactures large construction equipment such as bulldozers, tractors, various demolition equipment and has a line of ‘tough guy’ clothing apparel. Caterpillar happily supplies Israel with all of its current fleet of D9 and D10 bulldozers, some of the largest armoured bulldozers in the world.

In the Arena

“Parker Spitzer” is gone from CNN.  Kathleen Parker is a nice lady and a good journalist but she was clearly second to Eliot Sptizer simply because he is an experienced courtroom lawyer and past governor of New York State.  She should have known that he would dominate the program.  The new version of this program will be called “In the Arena.”  That was a lively segment of the “Parker Sptizer” program.

The idea is to have a lively conversation between opposing sides in all manner of things associated with government and society.  Interestingly many of the guests found themselves in agreement on many major points.  That is the reason for having powerful debate in public communications venues and our congress.

This is unlike Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), who on Tuesday at a town-hall meeting did not answer the question “Who is going to shoot Obama?”  Instead two witnesses tell Talking Points Memo that Broun laughed after the question was asked. The Banner-Herald reported that the question got “a big laugh” at the event.  apparently the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords wasn’t enough.  This commentary on Broun’s behavior is worth reading. 

Honest discussion does bring about compromise that everyone can live with.  That is the nature of our successful democracy. NOT GUNS!

Marines’ Hymn, “To the shores of Tripoli”

America’s connection with Tripoli is nothing new.

Some of the lyrics of this marching hymn were popular phrases before the song was written. The line “To the shores of Tripoli” refers to the First Barbary War, and specifically the Battle of Derne in 1805.

Tripolitania was one of the outposts for the Barbary pirates who raided Mediterranean merchant ships or required them to pay tribute. In 1801, the pasha of Tripoli raised the price of tribute, which led to the Tripolitan war with the United States. When the peace treaty was signed on June 4, 1805, U.S. ships no longer had to pay tribute to Tripoli. This piece of history is from the infoplease web site.  Read more here.

Will America step up to the plate and go to bat for victimized people or is this just another Rwanda, Darfur, or Cambodia?

The Possible new Mining of Asbestos

You thought this was an issue that had been put to bed.  So did I.  AOL News brought this item to my attention.

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ASBESTOS, Quebec — A plan to increase production from Canada’s last asbestos mine near this town named for the deadly mineral has enraged physicians and public health workers around the globe.

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The following information was taken from a law firm that helps those suffering from Mesothelioma.  That is a form of cancer believed to be caused by exposure to asbestos particles.

Throughout time, asbestos has been used in a variety of contexts. The fiber was originally used by the Greeks who loved it as a fire-proof table cloth that could be tossed in the fire for cleaning whenever it got dirty. Since then, the use of asbestos has expanded into a variety of areas. At the peak of its use and through the late 1980s, asbestos was used in more than 3,000 products in homes.

A large number of products using asbestos are used in construction and industrial products. Asbestos is used in various construction components because it is both fireproof and provides insulation. It is excellent for insulating against sound from other room as well as insulating against heat.

Some products in buildings and industrial applications that contain asbestos include:

– Floor tiles and sheet flooring
– Decorative plaster or artex
– Acoustic plaster
– Textured paints
– Spray coatings
– Roofs, gutters, downpipes
– Wall panels
– Door linings
– Floors and walls
– Loft insulation- Lift shaft linings
– Soffits/fascia boards
– Brake linings
– Fire safes/filing cabinets
– Packing materials
– Ventilation system linings/laggings
– School blackboards

The prevalence of asbestos in such a wide variety of products that are used in such a wide variety of areas means that almost anyone can be at risk of exposure. Some of the most commonly affected individuals include contractors, car mechanics, shipworkers, firefighters, clean-up crews, and numerous other groups.

Due to the risk of asbestos, individuals should be careful to take any and all precautions possible for avoiding the inhalation of the deadly fiber. While the fiber has numerous uses in the construction and industrial world, it is deadly for human beings. So far, asbestos is the only known cause of Mesothelioma, a deadly cancer, and asbestosis, a lung disease.

Asbestos fibers do not immediately trigger disease and cancer. It usually takes more than one exposure to the fiber to trigger or result in asbestosis or mesothelioma.

Freedom of Speech or Mob Rule

The question is: Does freedom of speech include the right to disturb a meeting through vocal protests? Does the fact that this disturbance was conducted by Muslims against the Israeli ambassador have any bearing? 
 
Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students
by GILLIAN FLACCUS

From Associated Press

February 05, 2011 12:29 AM EST

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A group of Muslim students accused of disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine, were charged Friday with misdemeanor conspiracy counts, ending speculation about what would come from their actions nearly a year ago.

The 11 students each face one count of misdemeanor conspiracy to disturb a meeting and one count of misdemeanor disturbance of a meeting, the Orange County district attorney’s office said. If convicted, they could face anything from probation and community service to six months in jail.

The students were arrested Feb. 8, 2010, after shouting and protesting during Oren’s speech on U.S.-Israeli security, forcing the diplomat to stop his remarks for 20 minutes. Eight of the students were from UC Irvine, and three were from the nearby campus of the University of California, Riverside.

Muslim students from the Irvine school protested outside the district attorney’s office earlier this week after word leaked that a grand jury had been convened in the case.

Jacqueline Goodman, an attorney for all 11 defendants, said they would plead not guilty at an arraignment scheduled for March 11.

District Attorney Tony Rackauckas defended his decision Friday, saying the protest was a pre-meditated attempt to quash the speaker and prevent the 500 to 700 people gathered there from hearing his remarks.

That made the incident about more than free speech, he said.

“This is a clear violation of the law, and failing to bring charges against this conduct would amount to failure to uphold the Constitution,” he said in a statement. “We must decide whether we are a country of laws or a country of anarchy. We cannot tolerate a pre-planned violation of the law, even if the crime takes place on a school campus and even if the defendants are college students.”

Goodman said that just because the district attorney can bring charges doesn’t mean he should, particularly in this case where the students protested peacefully and didn’t resist arrest.

“The district attorney enjoys wide discretion as to which crimes he’s going to choose to prosecute. We don’t prosecute every crime ever committed. We don’t have the unlimited resources to do that,” Goodman said. “It becomes very dangerous to a democracy when we allow the district attorney to prosecute a peaceful protest on a campus based on the contents of that speech.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said it is “deeply troubled” by the decision and called on the district attorney to dismiss the charges immediately.

“We are unaware of any case where a district attorney pressed criminal charges over this type of nonviolent student protest,” the ACLU said in a statement. “The district attorney’s action will undoubtedly intimidate students in Orange County and across the state, and discourage them from engaging in any controversial speech or protest for fear of criminal charges,” the statement said.

Many of the defendants are top students applying to medical schools or pursuing master’s degrees, said Hamza Siddiqui, a senior at Irvine majoring in political science.
“This is beyond ridiculous,” he told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “They have a whole future waiting for them, and this little minor incident has a chance of ruining their future.”

The incident was captured on video and enflamed tension between Muslim and Jewish students at the university, which has already run high for several years.

The university revoked the Muslim Student Union’s charter for one year and placed it on probation for another year after launching its own investigation. In September, the school softened the sanctions by restoring the group’s charter effective Dec. 31, but it added a year of probation and 100 hours of community service.

Cathy Lawhon, a university spokeswoman, has said the university has completed its disciplinary process and has no connection to the district attorney’s investigation.

Toastmasters: Making Every Word Count

This article appeared in  Bloomberg Businessweek’s January 24-30, 2011 edition.  The print edition includes photographs that are missing in the on-line copy.

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By helping workers find their inner voices, Toastmasters has become a behemoth

 

By Joel Stein

The 1,500 people walking around the Desert Springs Marriott appear as diverse as the Pitt-Jolie family. Yet despite being of both genders and of every age and race, they all seem like old, white insurance salesmen. They’re confident, friendly, and wearing boxy blazers affixed with thick, plastic name badges. And they’re probably not people the Pitt-Jolie family would hang out with.

They gathered in Palm Desert, Calif., last August for the annual Toastmasters International Convention. While Toastmasters has been teaching people how to improve their public speaking since 1924, the nonprofit started aggressively pushing for international growth when Daniel Rex became executive director in 2008. The 250,000-member organization now adds global Toastmasters at about 10 percent per year. (Much of the growth comes from India and Sri Lanka, places where people want to learn business skills—and English.) This month, Toastmasters begins its 2011 International Speech Contest in which 38,000 contestants from 113 countries compete for the chance to walk around a hotel next summer in a boxy suit and name tag—and the title of World Champion of Public Speaking.

Read the rest of this article here.

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of speech does not justify bad manners.

WordPress.com provides a platform for people everywhere to express their opinion. I just suggested yesterday that perhaps it’s time to riot in the streets of America. No one has knocked on my door telling me that I can’t write that. I can criticize the president of the United States and call him names without fear of retribution. This freedom of expression is now accepted by most western nations. It includes the right to demonstrate, pray, and speak out without fear.

There are of course some limitations. Most obvious is yelling “fire” in a theater or inciting a mob.

Eleven Arabic students in Orange County, California at UC Irvine have been the object of a grand jury investigation that could lead to criminal charges for disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador last year.

Protesters at the University of Ottawa prevented Ann Coulter from giving a speech on March 23, 2010. Ms. Coulter said she has been speaking regularly at university campuses for a decade. While she has certainly been heckled, she said this is the first time an engagement has been cancelled because of protesters.

In both of these instances bad manners prevailed over reasonable discourse. Trying to stop someone from speaking because you disagree with their point of view is not a legal regulation. It’s refusing to accept the fact that there are differing opinions.

Perhaps It’s Time to Riot in the Streets of America

It was reported just the other day that John Paulson earned $5 Billion in 2010. Since the earnings are all based on capital gains his tax rate is 15%. You may remember him as the the hedge fund manager who predicted the collapse of the economy in 2007 and bet on the collapse of US house prices. That 2007 deal netted him a mere $1 Billion.

The new CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company, Leo Apotheker, signed a contract that provides him with a $1.2 Million salary, a $4 Million cash signing bonus, and $4.6 Million in relocation costs and reimbursement for non-compete payments for his former employer, German business software maker SAP AG. That’s according to a regulatory filing by the company. His pay also includes a payday that will come from restricted stock worth nearly $38 million. That is a total of $47.8 Million on just the first year. The value of Apotheker’s contract could go as high as $100 million over a three year period.

It was reported just last week that Walt Disney Co. has awarded CEO Bob Iger a 2010 pay package valued at $28 Million, up 30 percent from a year ago, according to an Associated Press analysis of data disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. That includes $11.8 Million in stock options that when sold will be subject to that capital gains tax of 15%.

So while the average American household income in 2009 was $49,777 (reported by the U.S. Census Bureau) there are millionaires who live life styles the rest of us cannot begin to imagine.

Never mind the rioting in the streets of Cairo, Egypt perhaps it’s time to riot in the streets of America.

Proof That The World Is Nuts

In   Lebanon , men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.


(Like THAT makes sense.)


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In   Bahrain , a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.


(Do they look different reversed?)


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Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.


(A brick?)


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The penalty for masturbation in   Indonesia is decapitation.


(Much worse than ‘going blind!’)


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There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins,who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time


Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.


(Let’s just think for a minute; is there

any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)


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In   Hong Kong , a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands.


The husband’s illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.


(Ah! Justice!)


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Topless saleswomen are legal in   Liverpool ,   England   – but only in tropical fish stores.


(But of course!)


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In   Cali , Colombia , a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.


(Makes one shudder at the thought.)


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In   Santa Cruz , Bolivia , it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.


(I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)


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In   Maryland , it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.’


(Is this a great country or what?


Well,…. not as great as Guam  !)


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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.


(Who volunteers for these tests?)


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The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.


(From drinking little bottles of ???)


(Did our government pay for this research??)


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Butterflies taste with their feet..


(Ah, geez.)


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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.


(I know some people like that.)


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Starfish don’t have brains.


(I know some people like that, too.)


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And, the best for last?


Turtles can breathe through their butts.


(And I thought I had bad breath in the morning!)


Thank you all for reading this.


If you need to reach me in the future, I will be in   Guam !!!!!!

The Nation with the Most Guns

The Nation with the Most Guns is the United States.  This fact was discussed on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on Sunday, January 15, 2011.  The source of this data is smallarmssurvey.org.

#1 90 firearms per 100 people U.S.A.
#2 61 firearms per 100 people Yemen
#3 46 firearms per 100 people Switzerland
#13 31 firearms per 100 people Canada
#42 15 firearms per 100 people Mexico
#88 6 firearms per 100 people U.K.
 
Zakaria reported that 30% of all guns in the world are in the United States.  It’s no surprise that 50% of all new gun sales are in the United States.
 
Is it any wonder that gun deaths are reported every day in the United States?  Have our second amendment rights made us safer?