Japan races to avert multiple nuclear meltdowns this Sunday. An explosion caused by hydrogen buildup Saturday blew the roof off a concrete building housing the Daiichi plant’s No. 1 reactor. At a second plant, in Onogawa, excessive radiation levels also were recording radiation up 400 times. The Japanese government is assuming, but has not confirmed, […]
More than 80 percent of all convictions tied to international terrorist groups and homegrown terrorism since 9/11 involve defendants driven by a radical Islamist agenda, a review of Department of Justice statistics shows. Though Muslims represent only 1 percent of the American population, they constitute defendants in 186 of the 228 cases DOJ lists, or […]
This weeks 8.9 Earthquake in Japan brings the question once again, when will the big one hit California? It’s conventional wisdom among California seismologists that Southern California will be hit by an earthquake similar to the one that hit Japan this week, know by locals as “The Big One”. In the last 5 years we […]
(Reuters) – U.S. drivers will pay another 10 cents a gallon for gasoline before the latest jump in wholesale costs is fully passed on at the pump, and yearly motor fuel costs will rise 28 percent from last year, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. The average U.S. household will spend about $700 more for […]
By: Daniel Greenfield– Hollywood’s war on America may have claimed its first two casualties with the murder of two US airmen in Germany by a Muslim terrorist who was inspired by the Koran, and apparently by a clip from Brian DePalma’s movie, Redacted. This isn’t the first time the news-entertainment complex has manufactured its own […]
By Daniel Greenfield– The sweep of revolutions across the Middle East has optimists cheering and realists preparing for the worst. And the worst is generally a good thing to prepare for in the region. The regimes targeted by the movement have invariably either been allied to or achieved a stalemate with Western countries, (a statement […]
The oil price spike, driven by instability in the Middle East, has the potential to cause repercussions in the U.S. housing market, according to Barclays‘ Luca Ricci. The simple reason why a rise in crude prices could tank the housing market is that it has done it before. From Barclays’ Luca Ricci (emphasis ours): The […]
Billionaire real-estate magnate Sam Zell warns that Americans should brace for a “disastrous” 25 percent decline in the standard of living if the U.S. dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency ever ends. He says that there are signs in the market that it could eventually happen. As it is now, a Korean manufacturer who […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Muslims in the America aren’t cooperating enough with law enforcement to counter the radicalization of young followers by al-Qaeda-linked groups, said a House leader on terrorism issues, renewing debate about religion’s role in motivating extremists and what the United States can do without alienating the Islamic world. Rep. Peter T. King, New […]
WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Last weeks announcement by the White House to move forward with opening the U.S. border to long-haul Mexican trucks drew strong condemnations from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and highway safety proponents. “This deal puts Americans at risk,” Hoffa said. “This agreement caves in to business interests at the expense of the […]
