Diamond Taxi Veteran Driver Stories

Diamond-Taxi Veteran-Driver Stories about the City of Montreal, in Quebec, Discriminating against Taxi-drivers, and the handicapped in wheelchairs. I’m contesting a Discriminatory Quebec-By-Law-Regulation 03-105, Section #98, governing the Quebec-taxi (A11) industry.

Iran detained Joshua Fattal & Sara Shourd & Shane Bauer accused of Espionage

Sarah (Sara) Shourd – 31

Sarah (Sara) Shourd – 31

Joshua (Josh) Fattal – 27

                                                                                                        Shane Bauer – 27

Shane Bauer is said to be from “the Bay area.”

He is a writer and a contributor to New American Media (NAM).

Find a link to some of Mr. Bauer’s article at his website

What appears to be Mr. Bauer’s website is ShaneBauer.net. Read articles written by Mr. Bauer here. Titles include Iraq’s New Death Squad, Muslims in Syria like Obama’s Tone but Want New Policy, Al-Qaeda Violence Rises as U.S. Strategy Unravels in Iraq, Blast in Iraq Not News Anymore, A Day in the Green Zone, among others. 

Joshua Fattal is a resident of Eugene, Oregon.

Read more about Mr. Fattal here. 

A Joshua Fattal was the internship coordinator at Aprovecho Research Center, a nonprofit research and education center near Cottage Grove.
Fattal posted an entry on his Facebook page on July 17, saying that he was in the Middle East. In response to a friend’s query, he wrote that he was on his way to Damascus and that he was planning to be in Kurdistan. 

Ms. Shourd is a writer and a contributor to New America Media, and Matador Pulse. According to NWCN.com, is said to be from “the Bay area.” There is a Facebook profile for a Sarah Shroud from California who is

a “teacher/writer at Iraqi Students Project Connections.” The profile also says Ms. Shourd is “currently based in the Middle East.”

 See more on Ms. Shourd here

Kurdish officials from the self-ruled region in northern Iraq said the three people detained had mistakenly crossed into Iranian territory Friday while hiking in a mountainous area near the resort town of Ahmed Awaa. Iraq’s Kurdish region has been relatively free of the violence that plagues the rest of Iraq. Foreigners often feel freer to move around without security guards in the area, and it’s relatively easy to enter the region from Turkey, particularly by plane. The Kurdish government generally grants visitors visas valid for one week when they arrive at the airport. 

Update 11-09-09:
Announced today that Shroud, Fattal and Bauer are accused of “espionage,” and they will be put on trial in Iran. 

It is not clear from his comments whether formal charges have been filed. In Iran’s judicial system, the process of charging and trying suspects often takes place behind closed doors. 

Reportedly, the three left the Nirwan Hotel in the city of Sulaimaniya, Iraq to hike in nearby mountains. One companion of the three, Shon Meckfessel, felt ill and stayed behind. According to a report out of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq published by TheRegister-Guard

http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/joshua-fattal-is-american-held-in-iran.html

http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/shane-bauer-is-american-held-in-iran.html

http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-shourd-is-american-held-in-iran.html

“Free American Hikers-Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd & Joshua Fattal From Iran”

“Free the Hikers: Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd in Solidarity”

“Send Bill Clinton to Iran to free the American hikers!”

http://freethehikers.org/?page_id=345

FREE THE US HIKERS SHANE BAUER, SARAH SHOURD, JOSH FATTAL, DETAINED IN IRAN
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-hikers10-2009nov10,0,2443393.story

Iran charges three Americans-Jews with espionage

Three Americans arrested by Iranian authorities last summer during what their families describe as a hiking expedition along the Iran-Iraq border now face espionage charges, a leading Iranian judiciary official said today.

Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, the powerful Tehran public prosecutor, told the country’s official Islamic Republic News Agency that the investigation of the three individuals is ongoing and that a judgment will be announced “in the not too distant future.”

Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Joshua Fattal, 27, were arrested by Iranian authorities July 31 during what their friends and families describe as a hiking trip in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, which borders Iran. Tehran officials say the three crossed illegally into Iranian territory.

U.S. officials have urged Iran to dismiss the charges. “We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters in Berlin, according to news agencies.

“We would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them so they can return home, and we will continue to make that case,” she said.

Relations between Iran and the U.S., already strained over a long-standing dispute concerning the nature of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, worsened after weeks of unrest sparked by the disputed June 12 reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Tehran accuses the U.S. and the West of inciting the protests.

Jafari-Dolatabadi also said that French researcher Clotilde Reiss would soon stand trial. Reiss, 24, was arrested July 1 as she tried to leave Tehran after spending several months as a French teacher in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. She appeared in one of the televised trials during Iran’s unrest, accused of espionage.

daragahi@latimes.com

Joined the crusade demanding the release of three American-Jews hikers, who were arrested in Iran, on 31 July 2009, accused of espionage, who are recent UC Berkeley graduates.

Sarah Shourd, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer were detained July 31 when they crossed into Iran while on a hike in Iraq’s Kurdish region. Friends and family said the trio had become disoriented and accidentally crossed the border. Shourd, 31, and Bauer, 27, were visiting from Damascus, Syria, where Shourd teaches English and Bauer is a freelance journalist. Fattal, 27, who works for an environmental group in Oregon, was visiting Shourd and Bauer when the trio were arrested.

The Iranian government has confirmed the three are being held, but has not allowed authorities from the Swiss Consulate, who are acting on behalf of the U.S. government, to see them, said State Department spokesman Andy Laine. The United States does not have diplomatic relations with Iran.

Clinton has asked several times that the three be released, but the Iranian government has not responded, Laine said.

Friends and family of the three hikers gathered on the Berkeley campus Monday to bring attention to the plight of the detainees.

“It is heartbreaking for us to have no news about our children,” said Shourd’s mother, Nora Shourd. “We hope the Iranian authorities recognize this for what it was, a regrettable mistake, and let our children come home.”

E-mail Carolyn Jones at carolynjones@sfchronicle.com.

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Iran charges 3 Americans with espionage

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/10/2737922.htm

Iran says it has charged three young Americans with espionage, three months after they were arrested for illegally entering the country.

The United States has vowed to fight for their release.

Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were arrested in late July after entering Iran from Iraq.

Their families say they were hiking and mistakenly strayed across the border.

Iranian authorities have now accused them of espionage.

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has condemned the move.

“We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever,” she said.

“And we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them so they can return home, and we will continue to make that case.”

The timing of the announcement has raised questions on whether Iran is using the trio to bargain with the US over its nuclear program.

Iran has one other American in custody, an academic sentenced last month to 12 months’ jail for his alleged role in the recent political unrest.

Under Iran’s Islamic sharia law, espionage is punishable by death.

Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd before their capture

Video of Josh raps on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibyiSIdm4O0&feature=player_embedded

Video of the 3 hikers dancing on YopuTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JgVKfiZnM0&feature=player_embedded

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FREE THE US HIKERS SHANE BAUER, SARAH SHOURD, JOSH FATTAL, DETAINED IN IRAN

On July 31, 2009, Shane, Sarah and Josh were hiking near the Ahmed Awa waterfall in Iraqi Kurdistan when news reports say they mistakenly crossed the unmarked border into Iran. Since then, they have been detained in Iran and have had no contact with their families.

Shane, Sarah and Josh were in Iraqi Kurdistan on a hiking vacation and had no intention of entering Iran. They all have great respect for different cultures and societies and for the law. If they did enter Iran, it can only have been by accident.

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Defend the rights our soldiers died for -

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/viewpoint/story.html?id=a9df25e1-060d-468e-9122-616f0e816e82

Defend the rights our soldiers died for -

Elizabeth James,

North Shore News

Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The Torah teaches: ‘Justice, justice, you shall pursue’

Deuteronomy 16:20

Oy vey!

Why should North Shore readers get uptight about the tribulations of a 65-year-old Montreal taxi driver who is headed to court and to the Human Rights Commission, because he refuses to pay $1,400 in municipal fines?

Fair question, especially when we discover that he has ignored not one but six fines, the first of which dates back three years or more.

He has no-one to blame but himself, right?

We should care because, time and again, we have asked our soldiers to go to war to defend the Canadian and Quebec Charter rights of citizens to enjoy freedom of expression and of religion. Specific to this story, Canadian soldiers fought, and are still fighting and dying, to protect the rights of people like Arieh Perecowicz — a Canadian of the Jewish faith — should he wish to enjoy small mementoes of his family and faith in his workplace. Nothing in either charter — documents superior to those of bureaucratic bylaws — bans anyone from doing so.

The workplace Arieh speaks of just happens to be the taxi he drives around Montreal for 15 hours of the day.

It’s a case of common-sense justice.

To set the stage:

Arieh has been driving cab in Montreal since 1966; no troubles, no passenger complaints and, so far as I can discover, no tickets.

For most of those 43 years, he has carried with him two mezuzahs — tiny parchment prayers for a safe journey common to his faith. They are fixed to the frame between the front and back seats of the cab. He also carries photos of his wife and son, a blue and white Star of David, a Remembrance Day poppy and another tiny flag — the red and white Maple Leaf. These are the symbols of everything that makes Arieh the man he was, is, and wishes to be.

He treasures the symbol of Canada — a country that prides itself on being tolerant to all; a country that professes its belief in freedom of speech and religion and that, for one day every November, honours the veterans of past and present wars by wearing the poppy in its collective lapel.

How ironic, then, that this cabbie must go before a court and a tribunal to defend those rights all over again — in a province, no less, that has cost us dearly in its own constitutional struggles to be unique above all others in Canada.

This is because 30 years along Arieh’s travels, a municipal agency, the Bureau du Taxi, was established to administer the bylaws that cover licensing and safe operation of city taxicabs — and administer they did.

One of the city bylaws states: Every driver must ensure that the interior of the taxi is clean, remove papers and litter, empty ashtrays, and leave no object or inscription that is not required for the taxi to be in service or that is not provided for in this bylaw.

The loopholes for an officer’s subjective opinion are large enough to drive a bylaw van through; but this cabbie knew his taxi and his 43-year record were clean. He had been inspected on numerous occasions by both Transport Quebec officers and Bureau inspectors and passed with flying colours.

Arieh had no reason to worry about regulations until, in December 2006, the first of the tickets arrived — less than a week after he and several other drivers appeared on television to complain that the Bureau was failing to regulate unlicensed, out-of-city cab companies. Such a coincidence.

But who among us believes in the coincidences of government?

Why is it that, for example, drivers of Greek descent who display photos of the Virgin Mary, or others who hang rosary beads near their rear view mirror have received no tickets?

Arieh is in no position to hire a lawyer. So, after his court date has been set back six months to April 2010, Arieh must now defend himself against the power of Montreal bylaw officers, who have declared he has no right to be overt in the expression of his beliefs.

As Arieh explained in a weekend radio interview with CKNW host, Roy Green, “I am not especially religious; these tokens are just the stuff most of us have on our desks or pin to the cork-boards at work because they make our world a more pleasant place.

“None of my passengers has ever complained. Not about my driving; not about the condition or safety of my cab, and certainly not about my tokens.”

So to answer the question posed at the beginning of this story: Whether or not we are “especially religious,” for the sake of our country, and to honour the soldiers who defend it, we need to care; for inasmuch as it has been done unto Arieh Perecowicz, it has been done unto us all.

This column is in honour of all who have served, and are serving, in Canadian Forces around the world to defend the values we hold dear. It is also to offer condolences to the families of the 133 Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan — most recently, Lt. Justin Garrett Boyes, 26 and Sapper Steven Marshall of Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, both of whom lost their lives to IEDs within days of their deployment in October.

Elizabeth James is a North Shore writer and editor.

 

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/viewpoint/story.html?id=a9df25e1-060d-468e-9122-616f0e816e82&p=1

http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/

http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/2009/11/veterans-week-2009-and-remembrance-day.html

Veterans Affairs Canada

www.vac-acc.gc.ca

www.forces.gc.ca

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/poster

National Defence and the Canadian Forces

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/nov11/video-eng.asp

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Hole in ONE!לראות עד הסוף!Human Towels Egyptian Belly Dancing Parrot


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about love for women of all shapes and sizes, something people aren’t allowed to be very open about in Middle Eastern societies.

LYRICS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH:

فاكهاني وبحب الفاكهه
I am a fruit trader/grower and I love fruits

وبموت في الموز والمانجه
I’d die for bananas and mangoes

بصراحه عل الفاكهه بغير
Honestly, I care for fruits

وببيع واشتري بضمير
And I trade with them in good conscience

العنب العنب العنب
The grapes, the grapes, the grapes

احمر واصفر
Red and yellow

احمر وزي اللوز
Red and similar to almonds (in crunchiness)

واطعم يا ناس م الموز
And tastier than bananas, folks

احمر وزي اللوز
Red and similar to almonds

واطعم كمان من الموز
And tastier than almonds, too

هاهاها
Hahahahaha

ووووووووو
Wow wow wow

البلح البلح البلح
The dates, the dates, the dates

احمر واسمر
Red and black

زغلول زغلول زغلول
Tender, tender, tender (comparable to a spring chick in tenderness)

احمر وطعمه خطير
Red with a serious taste

صغير يا ناس وكبير
Of sizes big and small

البلح البلح البلح
The dates the dates, the dates

CHORUS:
جبلي العنب يما
Mother, he brought me some grapes

قطفلي حبو اللي استوى
Of which he picked the ripe bunches

شلت العنب يما
Mother, I held the grapes (guardingly)

يا خوفي عليه من الهوى
Afraid of what the wind might do to them

October 27, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Yaghoghil Shaolian detained in Iranian-prison accused of espionage

Yaghoghil Shaolian has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison

Latest News:

Latest Update:

Breaking development:

Family Information:

Edwin Shaolian living in Los-Angeles, California, USA  is a cousin of the Grandfather of  Yaghoghil Shaolian, on the Father’s side. The Father was a prisoner in Iranian-prison.

Ms. Senehie is Yaghoghil Shaolian’s Aunt, being his Mother’s Sister, lives in L.A. California.

Yaghoghil Shaolian’s Father’s name is Yosseph, Yosef, Josef , Yoseph, Yossef, Joseph, and his Mother’s name is Lita.

A close friend of the family named Sharona.

We are waitting to make contact with the family in Iran…

                                                                    -30-

Thursday, 29 October, 2009

An email reply from Professor Hon. Mr. Irwin Cotler, MP 

(Mount Royal, Lib.) Canadian Parliament

RE: Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19‏

From: CotleI@parl.gc.ca
Sent: October 29, 2009 1:13:37 PM
To: ariehperecowicz@msn.com

Dear Arieh,

Thank you for your e-mail regarding Yaghoghil Shaolian.

I have been working in concert  with others to free the detainees. Indeed I spoke yet again about this in Parliament today and will be doing so again tomorrow. 

We will keep doing what we can.
Irwin Cotler

The above email was in responce to the following email from

October 21, 2009

From: Arieh Perecowicz [mailto:ariehperecowicz@msn.com]
Sent: October 21, 2009 9:48 PM
To: Cotler, Irwin – Riding 1; Cotler, Irwin – M.P.; Mr. Howard Liebman
Cc: Enza Martuccelli; Enza Martuccelli
Subject: FW: Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19

Hello Mr. Cotler and Mr. Howard, 

I suppose, it is time to investigate as to whether Yaghoghil Shaolian is still alive and his where about,

than to do ALL we can to get him FREE!

Three months in an Iranian-prison, for a teenager, is 92 days to long!!!
 
Time for action if it is not too late?

Arieh Perecowicz ariehperecowicz@msn.com

CELL        : 514-235-4225

ADDRESS: 5450, Cranbrooke Ave. Apt. #106,
                    Cote-St.-Luc, (Mtl.), Quebec, H4X-2E1

22 Oct 2009 : Column 1617W

Iran: Religious Freedom

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights situation of the Jewish community in Iran since July 2009; and if he will make a statement. [293293]

22 Oct 2009 : Column 1619W

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The situation of the Jewish community in Iran has long been of concern to us. Its members have suffered discrimination under the Islamic Republic: for example, Iranian Jews are barred from running for President, and from a number of professions, such as the armed forces. President Ahmadinejad’s repeated denials of the Holocaust— most recently at the UN General Assembly in September—only serve to increase our concern.

We have been disturbed by the Iranian authorities’ response to the protests that followed the disputed June 2009 presidential election, and in particular by the death and imprisonment sentences handed down in recent days. One of those convicted was the Jewish teenager, Yaghoghil Shaolian. He has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. We are seeking more information about his case, as well as those of the other defendants, and will raise our concerns with the Iranian authorities, since those convicted and sentenced appear to have been denied a fair trial.

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Photo from fOTOGLIF

Iranian Jewish teenager Yaghoghil Shaolian, appears in court for his alleged involvement in the turmoil following the recent presidential election on in Tehran, Iran on August 16, 2009. Iran began the third mass trial on Sunday of those arrested on charges of rioting following the disputed presidential vote in Tehran. UPI/ILNA/Hoshang Hadi Photo via Newscom

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Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19, Jewish-Teenager

17 August, 2009

By Nasser Karimi Associated Press Teheran

August 16th, 2009

Iran defies condemnation, expands opposition trial

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran expanded a mass trial of opposition supporters on Sunday with the addition of 25 defendants — including a Jewish teenager — in defiance of international condemnation, as France said Iran agreed to release a French woman held on spying charges from prison…

The trial, now in its third session…

The U.S. last week labeled the event a “show trial.”…

The additional defendants brought the total number being tried to 135…

A 24-year-old French academic, Clotilde Reiss,… was freed Sunday from an Iranian prison,…

France is also asking for all charges to be dropped against another of its citizens, Nazak Afshar…She appeared during a previous court session before being released from prison…

One of the new defendants was Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19, a member of Iran’s Jewish community, which numbers about 25,000 people. He was quoted by the semiofficial Fars news agency as saying that he was not an activist but that he got caught up in the moment and threw stones at a Tehran bank during a protest.

Iran’s only Jewish parliamentarian, Siamak Mereh Sedq, confirmed the detention of Shaolian and his Jewish identity to The Associated Press. He said the detention was not connected to his religion and that Shaolian is innocent.

Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19, was quoted as saying he did not join the protests, but just threw some stones at a bank branch in central Tehran on June 14, resulting in his arrest.

The report said lawyer of Shaolian asked the court for a reasonable and fair prosecution due to Shaolian’s youth.

Iran’s sole Jewish parliamentarian, Siamak Mereh Sedq, confirmed the detention of Shaolian and his Jewish identity to The Associated Press.

“I have been pursuing his case since we learned about his detention,” said Mereh Sedq. He said Shaolian’s detention was not related to his religion.

“He is innocent, we hope to see his release soon based on Islamic mercy,” he said.

Shaolian’s trial is the first time a Jew has been tried in Iran since 2000 when 13 Jews were charged with spying for Israel.

“I have been treated with good behavior in jail, specially considering that I am from a religious minority,” Yaghoghil Shaolian, a 29-year-old Jew, said during the third court hearing of those detained during unrests after June 12 presidential election in Iran.

Also during his defense, Shaolian apologized to the Iranian people and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei for his participation in the unrests.

According to indictment filed against him by Tehran’s prosecutor general, Shaolian is accused of acting against national security through participating in illegal rallies, vandalizing and setting ablaze public and private properties and propagation against the Islamic Republic.

The prosecutor opened the trial with a general indictment of all 25 defendants, accusing them of plotting the post-election disturbances years ahead of time, said the state news agency.

The semi-official Fars news agency reported one of the people on trial belonged to Iran’s Jewish community.

Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19, was quoted as saying he did not join the protests, but just threw some stones at a bank branch in central Teheran on June 14, resulting in his arrest.

 

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Need to go … to the toilet? Diamond Taxi says: “NOT an emergency”

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Montreal Diamond Taxi Company Ltd

                              AND

Montreal Veteran Taxi Association

                     do NOT think

              Going to the TOILET 

                                IS

                 an EMERGENCY

                               !!!

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CATASTROPHE :-(

CATASTROPHE

CATASTROPHE

CATASTROPHE

 

 

CATASTROPHE

CATASTROPHE

 Friends, neighbors shocked by murders: ‘It’s a catastrophe’

Friends and neighbors of the Oshrenko family reacted with shock Saturday to the news that the family of six had been found dead in their home – murdered by an unknown perpetrator.

Neighbors said that the family was a normative one, adding that it mostly kept to itself. Police officials have confirmed that no one in the family had a criminal record.

The dead have been named as Ludmila and Edward Oshrenko, both aged 56, Dimitri and Tatyana Oshrenko, aged 32 and 28, three-year-old Revital Oshrenko, and a three-month old baby, Natanel Oshrenko.

The crime scene was visited by Tourism Minister Stas Meseznikov, who knew the family. “I’ve known them for years,” he said, adding that they emigrated to Israel from Russia at the beginning of the 1990s.

Tatyana and Demitri ran a club and restaurant for Russian Israelis, Meseznikov said. “I took part in all their family events, and in the baby’s brit mila,” he added. “They worked hard to succeed. This is an excellent family with many friends in the city.”

Asher, a friend of Edward, also told Channel 2 he had known the family for years. “He was a good man who always smiled,” he said of the slain grandfather. “Yesterday evening I saw him and everything was alright. When you hear about something like this in the morning your life suddenly changes. It’s a catastrophe.”

The murder scene was visited late on Saturday afternoon by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch. The minister was briefed by police over the latest findings from the investigation. Rishon Lizon Mayor Meir Nitzan and Deputy Mayor Vadim Kirpetchov also came to the scene. Kirpetchov, who also knew the family well, said he was not aware of any serious financial difficulties or feuds in the family. “I’m in shock and it’s difficult for me to digest this,” he said.

Dozens of neighbors gathered around police lines sealing off the street, as emergency officials loaded body after body into waiting ambulances.

As one corpse was led out of the building, a relative standing on the other side of the street broke down crying. A man attempted to comfort her.

“At 8 a.m. I heard a family was killed in a fire,” Avi, a local resident, told The Jerusalem Post.

“Then, an hour later, they said on the radio that they were stabbed. This is a shock. There is a murder every other day. It’s become lawless in this country. There is no law,” he added.

“This is a good neighborhood, a quiet area,” Avi said. “The family owned a delicatessen around the corner from here.”

Neighbors all around stood on their balconies looking at the police and press below. Young children from a neighboring Chabad center peered out from over their playground gate towards the murder scene, attempting to make sense of what they were seeing.

Firefighter Itzik Levi summed up his feelings after visiting the scene. “I’ve been in firefighting for 20 years. Things like this you don’t see every day.”

October 17, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Turkey responsible for Armenian GENOCIDE

These videos are response to Ayrılık 14. Bölüm 1. Kısım

LET US NOT FORGET WHO TURKEY WAS AND STILL IS!!!

October 14, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | "anti-Semitic", Blood-Liebl, Freedom, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality, gender equality | , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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Is it antisemitic to resist,identify by name the ones who are ATTACKING ONES PEOPLE AND WAY OF LIFE???? NO it is perfectly healthy to defend oneself from Jewish exploitation. The evil committed by the Jews is unable to be printed there are not ENOUGH TREES. Israel is doomed. Israel IS the enemy of a awake world. No other people has EVER caused so much suffering.The JEW labels antisemitic,hater,holocaust do not effect people anymore. The WONDERFUL internet has EXPOSED the TRUTH.It is plain to see Israel is about to go EXTINCT. Now call me your names, label me it matters not your hate against mankind has been brought to the people.NOW THE PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR YOU.
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October 12, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | "anti-Semitic", Blood-Liebl, Hate Mail | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Swedish, the so-called enlightened and Liberal Europeans?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22CGlF7l5MI&feature=player_embedded

Swedish, the so-called enlightened and Liberal Europeans turning a blind eye to real human rights abusers, anti-Semitism satire clip a hit hitting Sweden’s sensitive nerve – MUST be seen!

Abba in Latma’s Studio +English Subs

Norway is following Swedens Antisemitic lead. The Norwegian governments pension fund just sold its stock in Israels Elbit defense contractor due to Elbits provision of

September 18, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | "anti-Semitic", Blood-Liebl, Democracy, Discrimination, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality | , , , , , | 3 Comments

Media Advisory – Avis Aux Medias

Media Advisory – Avis Aux Medias

 

Attention : Éditeur de tâche 

 

POUR DISTRIBUTION IMMÉDIAT   

Le 8 Septembre, 2009

 

Un chauffeur de taxi de Montréal conteste des tickets discriminatoires du

Bureau du Taxi devant la Cour Municipal de Montréal le 29 Septembre

2009

 

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Montréal – le 8 Septembre, 2009 – Arieh Perecowicz, un chauffeur de taxi

Montréalais de religion juive, sera devant la Cour Municipal pour contester des tickets reçus du Bureau du Taxi de Montréal qu’il considère injustifiés et même

Discriminatoires. Alors, pour avoir dans sa voiture une photo de sa fille et du

leader (Rabbi) de mouvement Chabad Lubavitch, ainsi que 2 mezuzahs et un coquelicot du jour du Souvenir, il devrait payer plus de $1400 en amendes.        

 

Le procès commencera le 29 Septembre à la Cour Municipal. Mr. Perecowicz

Conteste la section 98 du règlement au motif qu’elle est inconstitutionnelle.

Il se disputera que la Ville de Montréal a dépasse son autorité, et a viole sa

Droite constitutionnelle à la liberté de religion et la liberté d’expression.

 

 

Quand :         Le 29 Septembre, 30 et le 1 Octobre, 2009 à 9:30 h

 

Où :                Cour Municipal de Montréal,

775 Rue Gosford Montréal,

Montréal, Québec

Chambre #1.10

                       

Pour les informations supplémentaires ou une entrevue:

 

Arieh Perecowicz 

5450, Cranbrooke Ave. Apt. #106,
Cote-St.-Luc, (Mtl.), Quebec, H4X-2E1

Cell: 514-235-4225 

Email: ariehperecowicz@msn.com

 

 

 

 

Attention: Assignment editor

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 8, 2009

 

TRIAL TO BEGIN IN CASE CHALLENGING CITY’S RIGHT TO BAN PATRIOTIC AND RELIGIOUS OBJECTS FROM CABS

  

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Montreal – September 8, 2009 -The trial in the case of The City of Montreal – v- Arieh Perecowicz will begin on September 29th at Montreal Municipal-Court. The Defendant will plead that the City illegally issued a slew of tickets in retribution for his public campaign to get the Bureau du Taxi to crack down on illegal-taxis.

 

He will also argue that the City of Montreal exceeded its authority, and violated his constitutional right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression, by ordering him to remove a picture of his rabbi and car’s mezuzah (among other objects) from his cab.

When:            September 29, 30 and October 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.

 

Where:           Montreal Municipal Court,

                        775 rue Gosford

                        Montreal, Quebec

                        Room #1.10

 

For additional information or to schedule an interview contact:

 

Arieh Perecowicz 

5450, Cranbrooke Ave. Apt. #106,
Cote-St.-Luc, (Mtl.), Quebec, H4X-2E1

Cell: 514-235-4225

Email: ariehperecowicz@msn.com

September 7, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Bureau du taxi, Religion, Handicapped, Wheelchair, Discrimination, Discrimination, taxi, Montreal, Quebec, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Freedom, Immigrants, Minorities, Law, Human-Rights, Legislation, Driver, Racism, Harassment, Rights, Transportation, Veteran, Elderly, Charter, CTQ, equality | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

‘Yom Hashloshim’

‘Yom Hashloshim’

 

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1104635.html

 

A straight’s prayer for young Israelis shot for being gay

 

Mourn these young people

Liz Trobishi, 17, and Nir Katz, 26,

of blessed memory,

shot late Saturday by a gunman,

in a Tel Aviv club for gay teens,
for having chosen to practice

their own humanity.

Force me to see that

what I am so certain that I hate,

the clear, familiar targets of my fury,

are already inside me.

 

By Bradley Burston

כאן היתה שנאה, אהבה לא הורגת 

הזכות לאהוב מוקנה לכל אדם

Troubled times in our society

‘He always walked with his head high’

קשה מאוד להאמין שיכולה להיות כזאת רשעות, כזאת שטנה, לגדוע חיים של בני נוער שעדיין לא טעמו את טעם החיים

It is very hard to believe that can be such an evil, such a hate, to chop life of youth that did not yet taste the taste of life

There is NO Democracy withOUT Equality

August 30, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Discrimination, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality, gender equality | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

BLOOD LIBEL IN SWEDEN; STOLEN BODY PARTS

 

http://www.aish.com/jw/me/55315672.html

 

Blood Libel in Sweden

 

The outrageous accusation of stolen body parts.

Sign The Petition
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August 27, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | "anti-Semitic", Blood-Liebl, Racism, Harassment, Rights | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Boycott products manufactured by anti-Semitic blood-libel Sweden

 

http://www.petitiononline.com/ariehper/petition.html

 

Boycott products manufactured by anti-Semitic blood-libel Sweden

Petition is directed to: Embassy of Sweden Ottawa

                                               

 

Online Petition Boycotting Sweden’s Businesses, Corporations, Products & Trademarks

Boycott products manufactured by Sweden

After publication by anti-Semitic blood-libel-text, of middle-ages-days’ style, against the IDF soldiers and the refusal of the Foreign- Affairs Minister & Head of State, The Prime-Minister, of Sweden to condemn the publication it is no longer possible that we will continue to consume products manufactured by Sweden, please, do not be satisfied only by signing this petition, there is also a real need for real acting by actually banning & boycotting Sweden as a whole!!!

לאחר הפרסום האנטישמי ועלילת הדם נוסח ימי הביניים נגד חיילי צה”ל וסירובם של שר החוץ וראש ממשלת שבדיה לגנות פרסום זה לא ייתכן שנמשיך לצרוך מוצרים מתוצרת שבדיה, אנא, אל תסתפקו רק בחתימה על העצומה, יש צורך גם במעשה של ממש!!! 

List of boycotting / banning items

  1. 1.           IKEA
  2. 2.           VOLVO
  3. 3.           SAAB
  4. 4.           ERICSSON
  5. 5.           VODKA ABSOLUTE
  6. 6.           H&M
  7. 7.           TELSA
  8. 8.           MEAT BALLS
  9. 9.           HUSQVARNA
  10. 10.   BABY BJOURN
  11. 11.   SAS SWEDEN-AIRLINE
  12. 12.   Dls
  13. 13.   THULE 
  14. 14.    JONSERED
  15. 15.   TORPATOFFELN
  16. 16.   SCANIA
  17. 17.   MASAGES (girls)                                If you know of any other products manufactured by Sweden, please, you are welcomed to add & update the petition

ועוד… אם מישהו יודע על עוד מוצרים מתוצרת שבדיה המשווקים בארץ מוזמן לעדכן את יוצרי העצומה

  

Sweden’s Shameful Blood Libel

http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/08/27/swedens-shameful-blood-libel/comment-page-1/#comment-2917

http://www.aish.com/jw/me/55315672.html

Blood Libel in Sweden

The outrageous accusation of stolen body parts.

 

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/swedens_blood_libel_of_israel.html

 

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34481_The_Swedish_Blood_Libel

 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0824/1224253138652.html

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aaiWOVhLHAr4

 

http://www.atzuma.co.il/petition/moranhb/1/

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August 26, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | "anti-Semitic", Blood-Liebl, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Racism, Harassment, Rights, Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Midad Tasa מידד טסה Al naharoth Bavel על נהרות בבל

Midad Tasa

14 year old child מידד טסה (=Midad Tasa) 

Al naharoth Bavel (=on the rivers of Babylon) על נהרות בבל 

מידד טסה על נהרות בבל 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKF9xqD_U7Y&feature=related

תהילים פרק קלז

א  עַל נַהֲרוֹת, בָּבֶל–שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ, גַּם-בָּכִינוּ:    בְּזָכְרֵנוּ, אֶת-צִיּוֹן.
ב  עַל-עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ–    תָּלִינוּ, כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ.
ג  כִּי שָׁם שְׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ, דִּבְרֵי-שִׁיר–    וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה:
שִׁירוּ לָנוּ,    מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֹן.
ד  אֵיךְ–נָשִׁיר אֶת-שִׁיר-יְהוָה:    עַל, אַדְמַת נֵכָר.
ה  אִם-אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם–    תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי.
ו  תִּדְבַּק-לְשׁוֹנִי, לְחִכִּי–    אִם-לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי:
אִם-לֹא אַעֲלֶה, אֶת-יְרוּשָׁלִַם–    עַל, רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי.

by the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered zion. we hung our harps upon the willows for how long we shall sing the lord’s song in a foreign land?

Al naharot Babel sham yashavnu gam, bajinu be zojreinu et Tzion:

Al aravím betojá, talinu ki noroteinu:

Ki sham sheelunu shoveinu divrei shir, ve tolaleinu simjá, shiru lanu mi shir Tzion:

Ej nashir et shir Adonay al admat nejar:

Im eshkajej Yerushalaim, tishkaj yeminí:

Tidbak leshoní lejikí, im lo ezkereji, im lo aalé et Yerushalaim al rosh simjatí

August 14, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | MUSIC | , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Probe urged into Iran jail RAPE While the WORLD is SILENCE

Probe urged into Iran jail RAPE

While the WORLD is SILENCE

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/200981083847122429.html

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8192660.stm

200 people arrested during the mass protests… several women and men were repeatedly abused by their jailers… detained girls have been sexually assaulted with brutality… Young boys held in detention have also been savagely raped… they were suffering from depression and serious physical harm after the alleged attacks… deaths of at least three people in custody… tortured to death…

August 10, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Democracy, Discrimination, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Iran authorities kill 7 lawyers

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418544518&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Report: Iran authorities kill 7 lawyers

Seven lawyers in Tabriz and Mashhad who had been representing young Iranians detained in post-presidential election protests have been killed by the Iranian authorities in recent days… Their deaths have deterred other lawyers from taking detainees’ cases… the bodies of five lawyers were returned to their families earlier this week… The five had been representing some of the hundreds of Iranians detained in the northwestern city during the post-election protests… They were so badly beaten that their families could barely recognize their faces… were made an example of by the regime -… they were framed by the regime’s local authorities… The regime’s aim was to discourage other lawyers and activists from taking their places…

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418543771&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

‘Press association in Iran shut down’

 

Why Are We Silence?

August 7, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Democracy, Discrimination, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Freedom, Immigrants, Minorities, Law, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

“Ani Nitzachti” – TRIBUTE to Nir Katz & Liz Turbeshi

YouTube – Dana InternationalNitzachti (New Version 

14 Aug 2006 

Ani Nitzachti (I Won) – New Version

Birth name Yaron Cohen
Born February 2, 1972 (1972-02-02) (age 37)
Israel
Genre(s) Dance, Pop, World
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 1992 – present
Label(s) Hed Arzi Music
Website www.DanaInternational.co.il

Sharon Cohen (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל‎), professionally known as Dana International (born Yaron Cohen, 2 February, 1972) is an Israeli pop singer of a Yemenite Jewish, and Romanian Jewish origin.

She is most famous for having won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Diva.” She is arguably one of the most famous transsexual celebrities in the world. Her career began in 1992, and since then she has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel’s most successful musical acts ever.

She was born Yaron Cohen to Yemenite parents as the youngest of three children after sister Limor and brother Nimrod. Cohen was named after an uncle who had been killed during a terrorist attack. Though born biologically male, Cohen identified as a female from a very young age. Cohen wanted to become a singer ever since she was eight-years-old and saw legendary Israeli singer Ofra Haza performing her song “Chai” in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Although the family was quite poor, Cohen’s mother worked to pay for Cohen’s music lessons, and she has explained that her childhood was rather happy.

Cohen came out as transsexual at the age of 13.

The first tragedy in Cohen’s life was the death of her best friend Daniel, who died in an automobile accident. Cohen asserts that Daniel had prophesied that she would someday have a successful singing career, and claims that Daniel’s prediction is what pushed her to become the singer she wanted to be.

 

Lyrics 

 

The good and the bad look quite the same,

After all the things I’ve been gone through.

 

From all the loves and all the memories,

From the way I started to the way I ended up.

 

I do not know what other people think

Of the way which I walked in,

It doesn’t matter what they say.

 

I won. I won.

 

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

I won. I won.

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

I won. I won.

 

The justice and the crime look quite the same,

After all the things I’ve done.

 

The same stars in night and day are above the walls I’ve built.

I do not know what other people think

On the way which I walked in, it doesn’t matter what they say.

 

I won. I won.

 

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

I won. I won.

 

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

 

I was the most malicious person in the world.

I did the perfect journey.

 

I want it all.

I touched it all.

 

I won. I won.

 

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

I won. I won.

 

I won. I won.

 

I’ve succeeded, failed, fell and raised.

I won. I won.

I won.

הטוב והרע נראים לגמרי

אחרי כל הדברים שעברתי

 

מכל האהבות וכל הזיכרונות 

שגמרתי איך עד מאיך שהתחלתי

 

אחרים אני לא יודעת מה חושבים

שבה הלכתי הדרך על (כי)

לא חשוב לי מה אומרים

 

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

(את) ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי              

 

הצדק והפשע נראים לגמרי

אחרי כל הדברים שעשיתי

 

כוכבים אותם ובלילה  ביום

מהחומות שבניתי

אחרים אני לא יודעת מה חושבים

שבה הלכתי הדרך על

לא חשוב לי מה אומרים

 

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

 

מכל האהבות וכל הזיכרונות 

שגמרתי איך עד מאיך שהתחלתי

 

אחרים אני לא יודעת מה חושבים

שבה הלכתי הדרך על

לא חשוב לי מה אומרים

 

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

 

הייתי אכי רעה בעולם

המשע המושלם עשיתי את

 

רציתי הכל

נגעתי בכל

 

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

 

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

ניצחתי נכשלתי, נפלתי וקמתי          

אני ניצחתי.  .ניצחתי אני

 

אני ניצחתי.   

August 5, 2009 Posted by lionpuppyheart | Democracy, Discrimination, Expression, Disabled, Freedom, Human-Rights, Racism, Harassment, Rights, equality, gender equality | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet