. Ben Affleck Targeted by Conservatives After Islamism Spat With Bill Maher . The Hollywood Reporter By Paul Bond 18 hours ago     View photo .LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 07: Ben Affleck is seen on May 07, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 07: Ben Affleck is seen on May 07, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bauer-Griffin/GC … Ever since Ben Affleck appeared Friday on Real Time With Bill Maher and accused the host of Islamophobia, the Gone Girl actor has been a whipping boy to the political right, while left-leaning organizations like Media Matters for America and Council on American-Islamic Relations have come to his defense. During Friday’s show, Affleck bristled at the notion posited by Maher and atheist author Sam Harris that there’s something wrong with Islamic culture, given mistreatment of gays and women and videotaped beheadings of journalists and aid-workers conducted by Islamic State. See more Highly Paid Film Stars “Why are you so hostile about this?” Maher asked Affleck. “Because it’s gross. It’s racist ... it’s like saying, 'Oh you shifty Jew’” said Affleck. "We have to be able to criticize bad ideas,” added Harris. “Islam at the moment is the mother lode of bad ideas.” “Jesus Christ!” said Affleck. “It’s not a fact. It’s just an ugly thing to say.” Since then, Fox News has run several segments dissecting the exchange, usually favoring Maher, and it has been a favorite topic on conservative talk radio. Nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager, for example, not only spoke about the Affleck-Maher debate, he also wrote about it in a column, calling it a “rare” moment on television because Islam is a “taboo subject.” Affleck is engaging in “classic leftist thinking,” Prager wrote. “The question of whether an assertion is true is of little or no interest to the left. The question of concern to the left is whether something is politically correct.” See more Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Rush Limbaugh has addressed the issue twice so far. “I wonder how Bill Maher feels when Ben Affleck calls him a racist and a bigot,” he said Tuesday on his national radio show. National Review’s Rich Lowry also weighed in at RealClearPolitics.com, calling Friday’s show “an in-studio social experiment.” "How long could Maher and atheist author Sam Harris talk frankly about the illiberalism of much of the Muslim world before actor and director Ben Affleck, also a guest on the show, accused them of racism?" Lowry asked. "The result is in: not very." He also wrote: “You might be wondering, 'Why should I care what the new Batman thinks?’ The heated exchange was so notable because all three are men of the Left in good standing ... Maher had zeroed in on one of the more perverse aspects of contemporary politics, which is that self consciously tolerant liberals often look the other way when confronted with the intolerance of the Muslim world.” All of this was much too much for Media Matters, which rounded up several examples of the media bashing the actor and emailed them to journalists under the heading: “Right-wing media attack Ben Affleck for challenging Islamophobia.” See more 10 Highest Grossing Movie Sequels The Fox News Channel is most prominent in the Media Matters missive, including video of Greg Gutfeld calling Affleck a “caliphate crusader” during a segment on The Five. “Burdened by lack of facts, Ben relied on that emotional crowd-pleaser: cries of racism,” Gutfeld said after showing clips of the Maher show. “Affleck is reduced to a sputtering, bitter scold, soaked in self-righteousness, in need of a script, because his words ring hollow. And, in a shock to even himself, Maher becomes the sanest man in the room.” CAIR also sent an email to journalists, which links to an article by Max Fisher at Ezra Klein’s Vox.com that calls Maher “the leading voice of American bigotry against Muslims.” The article includes video of “Islamophobia” displayed on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. “While Maher might be the loudest and most candid in his bigotry toward Muslims, there is a subtler, more pervasive, and far more dangerous Islamophobia that has crept into mainstream news coverage,” wrote Fisher. Email: Paul.Bond@THR.com https://tv.yahoo.com/news/ben-affleck-targeted-conservatives-islamism-spat-bill-maher-011106070.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T wireless customers may want to take a closer look at their old phone bills because they may have money coming back to them. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of the telecom giant, has agreed to a hefty $105 million settlement after the government accused the company of unlawfully billing customers for hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus charges — a practice known as cramming. The multi-agency settlement includes $80 million that will be paid to the FTC for consumer refunds. According to the complaint, the charges appeared on AT&T phone bills but were from third-party companies for services people never asked to receive or were duped into subscribing to — things like horoscope texts, celebrity gossip or flirting tips. The fees were usually around $9.99 a month and were not easy for customers to find on their bills. The FTC says AT&T kept at least 35 percent of the unauthorized charges it imposed on customers. Plenty of consumers complained. In 2011 alone, AT&T received more than 1.3 million calls to its customer service department about the charges, the commission said. "This should have and, in fact, did ring alarm bells at AT&T," FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said at the settlement announcement. "But instead of acting to stop the charges, AT&T continued to make hundreds of millions of dollars from the practice." .. View gallery Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom … Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler, left, accompanied by Federal Trade Com … In a statement, company spokesman Fletcher Cook said the settlement resolves "claims that some of our wireless customers were billed for charges from third-parties that the customers did not authorize." He said AT&T last year discontinued third-party billing for premium short messaging services. Those services offer ringtones or messaging programs provided by other companies and typically rely on text messages sent to consumers to initiate charges. From the settlement, an additional $20 million in penalties and fees will go to 50 states and the District of Columbia. Another $5 million will be paid to the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the settlement should serve as notice to wireless carriers that unauthorized charges on phone bills will not be tolerated. .. View gallery From left; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Edith … From left; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Edith Ramirez, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansle … The third-party fees were listed on wireless bills as "AT&T Monthly Subscriptions," leading customers to believe the charges were part of services provided by AT&T. Sometimes, third-party companies randomly pick phone numbers of people to sign up for their ringtones or texts without their knowledge or consent. Other cramming might involve third-party vendors who offer gift cards, telling would-be recipients that they need to enter a contest for the card by providing their cell number and texting back a certain pin number. The vendors then would start charging customers' phone accounts for recurring charges unrelated to the gift-card offer. Under terms of the settlement, AT&T will be required to get consumers' consent before placing any third-party charges on their bills. Customers also must have the option to block any third-party charges from being placed on their bills. Consumers seeking refunds should go to the FTC's website, where they can make a claim for charges dating back to 2009. People will need to submit their name, phone number and account number if they have it. Refund representatives can then search bills for unauthorized charges. This is the FTC's seventh mobile cramming case since 2013. In July, the commission sued T-Mobile in federal court in Seattle, accusing the mobile provider of wrongly charging customers for premium services they never authorized. T-Mobile has said it was already offering refunds to customers for those charges. ... 

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hehe who is gona touch Natanyahu? all prosecuted by ICC so far are Africans according to Al Jazzira,was listening last nite.True they prosecuted some criminals but why they all Africans! can they touch George Bush junior? Bull .... .ICC or whateva .

http://news.yahoo.com/african-immigrants-worry-backlash-u-ebola-case-112456547.html

^ figured you not Somali long ago ,and who were the people of Moses? back to topic, Kenya was underdog since the Somali civil war and now dictating; making use of the Somali lull....til when? who knows.

the murderer killed him twice reminding lost daughter.Life is cruel.

Funds are not probably used not only by Africans but by donors too who are much eager to deal with corrupt African gov'ts with no accountability.Its fact that to as much as 80% of donated money goes back to donors thmslvs and their bureaucracy.The debt almost all Africans carry is spent in Europe and America by no otha than the donors .

suffering children turn my stomach,all I could do is give thm few bucks, its issue need to be addressed sooner but hardly expect from heartless Africans. Wish I was president.......

this kid lost in wilderness, cash machines were in Sland long before. waar fadhi ku dirirkanina ma soo kordhay. take easy buddy...

Northerners neva had power either in the civilian or military gov'ts.They were just dispensable technocrats .There were 33 northerners out of 123 deputies in the civilian gov't and even among the 33 all those from Lascanod,Laskkoray ,Borama and Zeila were voting with the south...mistakingly and naively thinking the grass was greener on the otha side.Same in the military gov't.Out of the 25 supreme revolutionary council, 11 were 'D'(not sure here if there were one or two from otha clans in juba's,but still same voting bloc) plus ,Ali samater,Abdalla fadil(arab),plus one from Borama and one from Zeila....that's 15 voting together.There were 6 Hags and 4 I's. It was set long before the revolution came to being.So really the northerners made their biggest blunder in 1960 when they ran with 33 not knowing the south were stuffing ballot boxes by the 100s of thousands in every tiny village.That's how the name Walaaweeyeen came about when northeners heard ova the radio that 800,000 voted in wlweeyn village...there teasing being that everyone in the south live in that village. The otha thing was Northerners were completely caught off guard and in oblivion to the power struggle between the Hags and "D"s when because of the war of attrition the north had with Ethiopia in many villages at the border and beyond,they were more nationalistic and were looking at the bigger picture.No doubt that almost all of the nationalistic songs,poems and folklore in 1960 were coming from North.

<cite> @thefuturenow said:</cite> Folks, I would greatly appreciate your help for a research project. Does anyone know the largest 5 xawaala companies? I am looking for any information regarding: 1) size (revenue, profits, etc) 2) Services (banking? project financing?) 3) Region--(the home base, majority pop. served) 4) Important personalities (CEOs, founders, etc) Dahbshiil home base is in Hargeisa and is run by his son(google his name thru DBshil,you find),the founder is the father, think his name is Moh'd saeed but make sure thou,you can call his son ,the CEO and see if any help with revenues,profits etc.You find his email on line and won't be difficult to find his number thru Xawala offices. Sorry others don't know.

<cite> @Khayr said:</cite> Do these companies even keep Financial Statements and Annual Reports? yes its prerequisite in the countries they in, i.e they are required to submit every name,addres,telephone number of their daily transactions usually on weekly bases.They get taxed on that. <cite> @Khadafi said:</cite> Scary right? Reminds of a Xawaala that everyone invested in and then some guys just robbed it by taking out large amounts of Us dollars in Dubai. Thousands of Somalis lost their life savings, and here we have a chap saying that these xawalas are our banks. I Agree with you that they are a form a bank, they do some bank services like remittance and they are far better on that then western-union but they are far from being a "bank" By the way, What happend to Dahabshiil in the UK? Did not Barclays refuse to work with them and they were therefore under threat to close all xawala offices`? Dahabshil won the case against Barclays and the latter(Barclays) was fined by the court to pay Dahbshil all the expenses he spent during the litigation. Dahbshiil is definitely the largest Xawala, not only in Somalia but thru out Africa,countries like Ethiopia,kenya,tanzania,uganda,rwanda,S.Africa as far as Nigeria etc.All NGOs,UN etc use him plus the arab world,S.E ASia like Malaysia, Australia and certainly Europe and the Americas.Now he opened banks in Hargeisa,Burao and Jubouti but not sure how effective these are so far.

Ask any muslim what would happen if anyone leave Islam?the answer is certainly beheading! and in light of what happening in many muslim countries every human being asking the same question...what the hell is in the minds of these so called jihadists, be it in Somalia,Iraq,Syria,Libya,Yemen,Afganistan,Boko Haram in Nigeria,pakistan etc,indefensible.It certainly not in bar with any otha religion.Every faith has its own wackos and such crazy stuff few and far between , obviously not anything close to Islamic jihadists!The problem with many moderate or ultra liberal muslims is blind defense,seeing the truth as Islam bashing out of fear of being called Kaffir thus conjuring same attitude as the extremists,its the fear ingrained in Islam...and now chicken coming home to roast.

you can't say anything once anyone utters the word 'muslim' lest you be called all kind names or burn alive.

seriously americans are fun,they constantly come up with hilarious, out of norm stuff.

Isn't that true of every otha throne,the slick and strong?

that's what extremists left behind,tainting in the worst possible image and no where to run when almost every muslim nation in flames or under dictatorship.Muslims have to asses the damage and listen to their more moderate wing who are under threat and in hiding.

what goes around comes around, camila herself was cheating on Diana.This guy can't be on the throne.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/05/burglary-looking-for-isis_n_5934472.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

http://www.inquisitr.com/1519222/prince-charles-to-divorce-camilla-parker-bowles-after-barbra-streisand-affair-revelation/

60yr with that kind mind! probably had cancer & easiest way to get rid of pain and sleep with 72 virgins..dumb!

and again over radical Islam.....they Will F****n kill you... allowfullscreen></iframe>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XduMMteTEbc&feature=player_embedded

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/ben-affleck-slams-bill-maher-racist-ugly-views-180607298.html

Tribalism is the mother of all ills in Africa, no otha continent is suffering from this worst disease and nothing of significance could be accomplished as long as that exists.FACT FACT FACT. the educated, the rich,the smart minds is left behind,marginalized, killed ,tortured, exiled because of this shid.The president,ministers,foreign embassies down to the janitor is selectively tribal.