War Room Longue V. 73: Royal Rumble

[Cubo de Sangre]

Bobby Knuckles had a bad night. Damn.

 

[Lead]

Joker was very dark but good. Pretty sick of superhero movies but this one did a good job just feeling like an original story that just happened to be an villain origin story for a comic.

 

[Fawlty]

It's not my fault he did a different move this time

That's not even a word just say whatever he did was a hadouken

 

[Limbo Pete]

This guy is pretty unlikable

 

[tonni]

Man, I was rooting for Whittaker.

 

[Limbo Pete]

He's douching it pretty good here

 

[Limbo Pete]

Someone needs to wrestle this guy to Bolivia

 

[Fawlty]

He's douching it pretty good here

You have to be really douchey to get such a 'meh' reaction from an amazing knockout from that far off balance.

 

[sickc0d3r]

How the hell is that guy in the same weight class as costa?

 

[Quipling]

That's not even a word just say whatever he did was a hadouken

Spotted the guy who loses at fighting games

 

[Fedorable]

glad Dan won. I hate seeing a hooker get beaten.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Beautiful performance from Adesnya. Think he just hit my must watch list

 

[K1levelgrappler]

 

[Andy Capp]

Muslim Brotherhood has a ‘significant presence’ in Canada, says study urging probe into the group

May 27, 2014 12:01 AM EDT

Last Updated January 25, 2015
TORONTO — The Muslim Brotherhood has established a “significant presence” in Canada, says a study released Tuesday that asks whether the government should follow the lead of the United Kingdom and launch an investigation into the group.

Calling the Brotherhood the “antithesis” of Canadian laws and values, the study urged Ottawa to deny public support and charity status to organizations aligned with the group, which promotes political Islam as an alternative to Western-style democracy.

The report is “intended to focus public attention on the requirement to have a national level discussion on the Muslim Brotherhood and its role in Canada,” said Tom Quiggin, the former Privy Council intelligence analyst who authored the study.

Mr. Quiggin, a court-recognized expert on terrorism, wrote the study without government or private funding. “Questions need to be raised about the accreditation, public funding and charity status of the organizations involved,” he said.

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in the 1920s by the Egyptian cleric Hassan Al-Banna, whose writings were hostile to the West and envisioned its downfall, proposing instead a “world living under the tranquility of Islam.”

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To achieve this, he called for reforms that included mandatory memorization of the Koran in schools, igniting “the spirit of Islamic jihad” in youths, censorship of music and films, and confiscation of books and newspapers.










Almost a century later, the Muslim Brotherhood is a controversial revivalist movement and political party in the Middle East. It is facing a crackdown in its home base, Egypt, following the ouster of Mohamed Hersi

Last month, British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an investigation into the Brotherhood’s activities in the U.K. and alleged links to violence and extremism. In Canada, the government has not taken action directly against the Brotherhood.

“We are aware that the U.K. is doing a review on the MB. We will be determining any possible next steps in short order,” Adam Hodge, the spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, told the National Post on Monday.


The report comes a month after Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney announced the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy — Canada (IRFAN) had been placed on Ottawa’s list of banned terrorist groups. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, IRFAN had merged with the Jerusalem Fund for Human Services, which was allegedly set up by a Muslim Brotherhood committee.

IRFAN had funnelled $15-million to groups linked to Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, auditors claimed. IRFAN was a registered charity at the time but has since had its status revoked. The RCMP is investigating. IRFAN denies knowingly funding Hamas.

Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, declined to comment on what he called a “foreign political organization.” But he said the NCCM was not affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Writing in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 16, Mr. Gardee called an article about the Muslim Brotherhood co-authored by Mr. Quiggin a “conspiracy-laden diatribe that, in a sweeping stroke, smeared our long-standing Canadian organization as ‘terrorists’ and despicably suggested we intend to destroy Canada from within.”


Mr. Quiggin’s report lists several other Canadian organizations — some of them federally-regulated charities — that he says are aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood. Key executives in some of them have left Canada to take positions with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria, he writes.

“The government of Canada may wish to pursue a wider investigation into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood with a particular focus on its activities in Canada and the USA. Cooperation or information sharing with the proposed investigation in the United Kingdom may be useful,” the report says.

Such a probe should examine which Canadian groups with Muslim Brotherhood affiliations have charity status and access to the government, it says. The Canada Border Services Agency may also want to screen foreign nationals for membership in the Brotherhood.

It also recommends the government consider requiring those advocating the spread of Muslim Brotherhood ideology to register as lobbyists. In addition, the report says charities receiving funding from overseas should be required to publicly report the sources of their foreign

You made no comment on this, which I find telling. Anyway, here's a counterpoint.
Muslim Brotherhood: the new Islamist bogeyman in Canada
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"Many Muslim organizations, internationally and in Canada, admit that they are inspired by al Banna’s grassroots activism but not with the entirety of his political vision. The MB itself has gone through numerous ideological shifts since its inception, including renouncing violence in 1949. Quiggin argues that has changed. “Internationally, the Muslim Brotherhood is realigning under pressure as old alliances crumble and opportunities arise,” he writes. “An aggressive posture is re-emerging, which has used extensive political violence in the past.”

Most experts, however, disagree. While the Brotherhood has resorted to violence in Egypt in recent months, that has been a response to the brutal crackdown by Egyptian authorities. Thousands of Brotherhood supporters have been arrested, hundreds sentenced to death in sham trials.

That local reality bears little resemblance to what is happening in Canada and the U.S. Both countries rank among the top in the world for the satisfaction of its Muslim communities, undermining the influence of extremist elements. If the MB is in fact trying to subvert Canadian Muslims, it’s not working, nor will it. Canada is home to a diversity of Islamic belief and practice. Lively debates over faith and religious practice are a constant fixture in Canada’s Muslim communities, a picture that starkly contrasts with Quiggin’s portrayal of a secretive cabal plotting the downfall of Western civilization from within.

Nonetheless, his report has some important points to make. “There is a need for mature discussion in Canada,” he says. “Brotherhood-affiliated organizations are raising tens of millions of dollars in Canada. There have been numerous cases brought up by the Canada Revenue Agency that prove some of that money has gone to terrorist groups abroad. When these organizations are caught and shut down, they simply re-emerge later under a different name and continue their illegal activities. This needs to be put on the national agenda.”

The danger, however, is that Quiggin’s report reads more like a doomsday manifesto, predicting the end of Western civilization at the hands of Muslims than a call to open discussion. It risks further vilifying an already at-risk community—a risk he openly admits. “I’m very sensitive to the idea that this can cause problems in Canada,” he says. “Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.”"

 

[Andy Capp]

Whoah. One of the witnesses for the Dallas cop shooting her neighbor trial was shot and killed. Don't know yet if just coincidence, or was some sort of hit. Wow tho

The math says coincidence IMO.

Spotted the guy who loses at fighting games

I sucked so bad at this game, but all the little kids kicking my ass when I played in arcades couldn't even see the playfield of a pinball machine so I stuck with that to feel superior. That was the nail in my video game coffin where I knew it was never going to be my thing. I played first person shooters but never got past noob level in any of them. I still kick ass at pinball though and you can't win free games at street fighter.

 

[Fawlty]

Spotted the guy who loses at fighting games

Pfft...I was playing SF back when it had those giant unresponsive buttons that you had to punch.

I lost every time.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

fuck this timezone. fell asleep what must've been a minute before the main event, woke up during a costa interview after the fight which showed the KO at least

good fight or nah?

 

[Fawlty]

fuck this timezone. fell asleep what must've been a minute before the main event, woke up during a costa interview after the fight which showed the KO at least

good fight or nah?

Adesanya fans probably think it was good. It was lots of Whittaker being recklessly aggressive and Adesanya taking a while to find his timing & range. Once he did it was goodnight for Whit pretty fast.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

right, now i know all i saw was the knockdown at the end of 1. being half awake i thought it was an early stoppage

bout to see round 2 now

 

[Deleted member 539235]

i am entertained