Headline of the Day: 'Balls forced to drop plans for compulsory sex lessons at age five'

Go figure. A guy named Balls trying for force sex education on five-year-old.

Ed Balls yesterday dropped controversial plans to make sex education compulsory for children as young as five.

The Schools Secretary abandoned another ten flagship policies from the Children, Schools and Families Bill under pressure from the Tories in the final days of Parliament.

Parenting and religious campaigners had strongly opposed the plans to introduce sex into the curriculum in 'personal, social and health education' classes for pupils aged five and over.

But the Tories accused Mr Balls of needlessly torpedoing his sex education reforms in a fit of 'petulance' rather than compromise on one of their key demands.

Mr Balls confirmed that key parts of the Bill had been removed so that he could push through the legislation before Parliament rises - a period known as the 'washup'.

PSHE classes were due to become part of the compulsory national curriculum in primary and secondary schools from September next year.

Under the original plans, lessons in relationships and sex would begin at five, with prescribed content for each age group.

Maybe Mr. Balls can go teach safe sex in Yemen.

UK Police Searching for Butt Sniffer

I'm wondering how on earth the "victim" here is so clueless he doesn't realize some weirdo has constantly got his face two inches from his ass.

COPS are hunting a pervert who smelt a supermarket worker's BUM at least 20 times.

The bespectacled man, who is around 40, repeatedly sneaked up behind a 20-year-old employee on consecutive weekends.

CCTV footage shows the 5ft 9in balding ginger weirdo pretending to pick items off shelves before crouching behind the shelf stacker.

With his face near his victim's bum, he seemed to be taking a sniff - and once got so close his nose touched the man.

The unnamed Co-op worker, of Plymouth, Devon, said: "I thought it was all a bit strange. I was shocked and couldn't believe he was in the aisle for that long."

Cops are asking for witnesses to the October 31 and November 7 attacks.

Can Andrew Sullivan account for his whereabouts during that time?

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Want Border Enforcement? Well, You're a 'Right-wing Extremist'

Nice to see we have an entire dictionary of terms to identify the real threats to this country, such as people who want the laws enforced and other radical types such as pro-lifers.

It even includes opponents of the tax system, which apparently would make outlaws of half the Obama administration.

The same Homeland Security Department office that categorized veterans as potential terrorists issued an earlier report that defined dozens of "extremists" ranging from black power activists to abortion foes. The report was nixed within hours and recalled from state and local law enforcement officials.

Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax-hating Americans were among several political leanings listed in the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon" that came out of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) in late March.

The lexicon lists definitions for key terms and phrases used by Homeland Security analysts "that addresses the nature and scope of the threat that domestic, non-Islamic extremism poses to the United States," the report said.

Black separatism was defined as a movement that they said advocates the establishment of a separate nation within the U.S., and its members "advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence directed toward local law enforcement" to advance their goals. Black power is a "term used by black separatists to describe their pride in, and the perceived superiority of the black race," the report said.

Under the listing "antiabortion extremism," the lexicon cites a movement that "advocates violence against providers of abortion-related services." It notes that some people in the movement "cite various racist and anti-Semitic beliefs to justify their criminal activities."

"The lexicon was not an authorized I&A product, and it was recalled as soon as management discovered it had been released without authorization," said Amy Kudwa, Homeland Security spokeswoman.

"This product is not, nor was it ever, in operational use," Ms. Kudwa said.

In other words, we never intended for you or the media to know about it.

The 11-page lexicon document lists terms from A through W, beginning with "aboveground," which is defined as extremist groups or people who "operate overtly and portray themselves as law-abiding," and ending with "white supremacist movement." The listing notes six categories of white supremacists: Neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, Christian identity, racist skinhead, Nordic mysticism and Aryan prison gangs.

A "left-wing extremist" is described as someone who opposes war or is dedicated to environmental and animal rights causes, while a "right-wing extremist" is someone who is against abortion or for border enforcement.

I also take issue that opposing war makes someone a left-wing extremist.

This whole thing is just idiotic. Can't we just monitor groups that pose an actual threat without classifying them by some political identity?

It's just ridiculous.

Speaking of ridiculous, they're even crazier over in the UK, where radio host Michael Savage has been banned from entering the country.

The list of the 16 "least wanted" includes radio talk show host Michael Savage, real name Michael Weiner.

"This is someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence if that person were allowed into the country," Ms Smith told BBC Breakfast.

I guess the Brits must be on the Media Matters mailing list.

Death By Remote Control: How U.S. Vaporized British Al Qaeda

Remarkably, there are some in the U.K whining about this. This scumbag would have happily blown planes out of the sky, but when we whack him, there are people bitching about it.

Unreal.

MPs are demanding to know whether the Government knew in advance of a successful U.S. operation to kill a British terror suspect in Pakistan.

Rashid Rauf, 27 - accused of masterminding the 2006 liquid bomb plot which paralysed airports - is said to have been killed in a missile attack early on Saturday.

Late on Friday he was apparently pinpointed at a remote stronghold in Pakistan's tribal badlands bordering Afghanistan.

A remote- control 'drone' then flew to Rauf's location - and unleashed three Hellfire missiles, destroying the mud-walled house and killing him and four Al Qaeda henchmen, according to Pakistan intelligence sources.

British police have had a warrant for Rauf's arrest since 2002 when he fled his native Birmingham.

Four years later intelligence reports suggested he was working in Pakistan for Al Qaeda - and had put together a team plotting to smuggle liquid bombs on to airliners and blow a number of them out of the sky simultaneously.

He was arrested in Pakistan, but mysteriously escaped, possibly with the help of fanatics within the security services.

His whereabouts were unknown until Friday.

Last night a spokesman for the Foreign Office refused to discuss the alleged killing of a British citizen overseas.

Labour and Conservative-MPs said the incident raised important questions.

The Labour chairman of the parliamentary committee on human rights, Andrew Dismore, said he would refer the matter to his committee for possible investigation.

Mr Dismore said: 'This is a very serious matter, particularly if the attack was based on intelligence from British security agencies.'

Tory former shadow security minister, and MP for Newark, Patrick Mercer, said: 'This raises the question of how much co-operation the British intelligence agencies provided in what is ultimately the execution of a British subject.

'The Government must explain its future policy in this area.'

Are these people insane? What should have been done? Take him into custody, return him to Britain and then let him escape again?

Blithering idiots.

London Homicide Bombers Were Funded By BBC's 'Children in Need'

Some people would have complained, but of course that would have caused a grave offense to the people who want to kill them.

Funny how that is.

The BBC's Children in Need gave £20,000 raised by the general public to fund the 7/7 bombers, it emerged last night.

The cash was given to an Islamic bookshop operated by bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer who spent it on propaganda videos glorifying Jihad.

It also funded computers, gym equipment and the notorious rafting trip to North Wales made by the pair a month before the attacks on London in 2005, which killed 52 and maimed hundreds.

Relatives of those who died in the atrocity claimed Children in Need was hampered from asking about the money for fear of causing offence to Muslims.

Children in Need Chief Executive David Ramsden last night said he was 'extremely concerned' and ordered an investigation.

But he insisted the charity had had no idea the money was being used to fund terrorism.

The £20,000 was part of an award made to Leeds Community School in the Beeston area of the city

The school was awarded just short of £250,000, of which £20,000 came from Children in Need and was given between 1999 and 2002.

Along with the school, the money also paid for the adjoining Iqra bookshop, which was run by the bombers and was the first place they came together to hatch their plans.

Children in Need and Leeds Council thought they were funding educational work for local children.

Instead, according to Martin Gilbertson, who worked at both the bookshop and the community centre, the atmosphere was anything but educational.

'They blamed everything on the Jewish conspiracy, they hated western culture it was like living with Jihad on a daily basis', he said.

They and Khalid Khaliq, who was jailed this year for terrorism offences, were all trustess of the Beeston Iqra charity.

According to Mr Gilbertson all three made a point of persuading local authorities to hand over hundreds of thousands of pounds which they subsequently used for terror purposes.

When Mohammed Siddique Khan detonated his bomb at Edgware Road tube station one of those who died was 22-year-old David Foulkes who was on his way to a job interview.

His father Graham Foulkes, from Oldham near Manchester, said he was 'horrified' and 'staggered' Children in Need had been funding those who killed his boy. But he claimed that he knew why no questions had been asked.

He said: 'There is a fear of anybody putting their hands up and saying 'just a minute NO' that the community will use that as - will accuse people of being racist or islamophobic and people are so frightened of being branded or labelled with these things that the easy thing to do is just to say yes and give them the money and I think the Jihadist network know that, they manipulate that, they manage it, and they will pull the wool over our eyes'.

Aided and abetted by our friends on the left.

'It's Not As If You've Taken a Bullet'

Classy. Apparently the British population has its fill of douchebag anti-military types just like we do.

A soldier returning from Iraq in full combat uniform was thrown off a train after the conductor demanded proof he was eligible for an armed forces discount.

Rifleman Zachary Holland, 19, had been unable to pick up his services railcard in barracks and was angry when the official insisted the cheaper ticket he had been issued for being a soldier was not valid without it.

But his frustration turned to fury when the conductor said to him: 'I don't know what you are complaining about. It is not as if you've taken a bullet or anything.'

With the help of a friendly passenger Mr Holland had managed to find the £50.50 to pay the full fare, but he swore at the official when he made the insensitive 'bullet' remark - and was asked to leave at the next station.

The conductor took the extra fare and then ordered him off the train at Chesterfield because of his attitude.

Read the rest. It's a shame they don't identify the asshole conductor.

Mr. Gay UK Goes Cannibal

Must be a lifestyle thing. Rumor has it the guy said eat me, and he took him up on the offer.

The first winner of the Mr Gay UK contest has been charged with murdering a man amid fears he planned to eat the corpse.

Anthony Morley, 35, was held after Damian Oldfield's body was found at a house in Harehills, Leeds, with a chunk cut out of the right leg.

Police are said to have found human flesh diced as though "for cooking".

Officers are now having to consider the possibility that the killer had "eaten some of the flesh."

They were alerted after a man, covered in blood and wearing a white nightgown and slippers, went into a nearby kebab shop.

Police discovered advertising executive Mr Oldfield, 33, had been stabbed to death.

Morley, from Doncaster, was crowned Mr Gay UK in 1993 when he was 20.

Thanks to Ace for the link!

More Arrests in Scotland

We'll assume there's a reason the perps have yet to be identified. Probably don't want to offend the Muslims, as we know how delicate their feelings are. Yes, that must be it.

U.K. police make 5th terror arrest

Police searched several houses near Glasgow International Airport on Sunday in connection with a fiery attack on its main terminal and a foiled car bomb plot in London, and police arrested a fifth suspect in the case.

Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, said the country was dealing with terrorists associated with al-Qaida. And Lord Stevens, Brown's new terrorism adviser, said the two attacks in Britain indicate that "al-Qaida has imported the tactics of Baghdad and Bali to the streets of the UK."

Four suspects were in police custody Sunday — and a fifth man was under guard in hospital — after a flaming Jeep crashed into a Scottish airport on Saturday and two car bomb plots were foiled in central London on Friday.

On the upside, it appears some folks in the UK are beginning to get it.

n a column in Sunday's News of the World newspaper, Lord Stevens, London's former police chief and Brown's new terrorism adviser, said: "This weekend's bomb attacks signal a major escalation in the war being waged on us by Islamic terrorists."

He said, "This week's terrorists used the same technology, the same bomb-making techniques, the same operating methods as their brothers-in-arms in both Baghdad and Bali," Indonesia.

In central London, police foiled a car bomb plot early Friday, discovering explosives packed into a Mercedes outside a nightclub near Picadilly Circus and in another car parked nearby.

Glasgow police chief Willie Rae announced the attempted attacks were connected and said a suspect device had been found on a man wrestled to the ground by officers at Glasgow airport and hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns. John Smeaton, who saw the airport attack, said the man shouted "Allah, Allah" as he was detained.

Still, the idiot "Red Ken" Livingstone apparently has a death wish. Such breathtaking stupidity.

Michelle Malkin has a further roundup.