WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts for pending sales of previously owned homes plunged a record 30 percent in May, far more than expected, after a popular tax credit expired at the end of the prior month, a survey from the National Association of Realtors showed on Thursday. The Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based […]
California’s white population has declined since 2000 at an unprecedented rate, hastening the day when Hispanics will be the state’s largest population group, according to newly released state figures. There were half a million fewer whites in California in 2008 than in 2000, a period when the state’s overall population grew by 4 million to […]
A former Justice Department attorney who quit his job to protest the Obama administration’s handling of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case is accusing Obama Administrations and Attorney General Eric Holder of dropping the charges for racially motivated reasons. J. Christian Adams, now an attorney in Virginia and a conservative blogger, says he […]
The White House was mum Tuesday after a union leader testified that Barack Obama personally asked him to approach then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich about appointing confidant Valerie Jarrett to his Illinois Senate seat – testimony Republicans say clearly contradicts the Obama team’s version of events. In testimony at Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial, Tom Balanoff said Obama […]
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL Two Israelis hurt at club in what police call an anti-Semitic attack. A Berlin police spokesman told the Jerusalem Post on Monday that two young Israelis were violently attacked in a Berlin disco because of their nationality. The spokesman said the attack prompted the police to issue a statement terming the attack […]
Suspects, Arrested in Four States, Were Highly-Trained Spies Seeking Access to “Policy-Making Circles,” FBI Says
Muslims excluded from forced Heath-care.. It’s on page 107 of the health care bill. Anyone can look this up on Google, it exists! It’s a REAL word. Amish are also excluded. I think I could become Amish a whole lot easier than Muslim. Word of the Day: Dhimmitude Dhimmitude is the Muslim system of controlling […]
A group of Afghan Christians living in exile in India have issued an “urgent” plea to the international community to help Christians still living in Afghanistan following the recent call for their execution by a government minister. The letter was issued earlier in the month by a community of 150 Afghan converts now living as […]
CAIRO – Al-Qaida’s U.S.-born spokesman warned President Barack Obama Sunday that the militant group may launch new attacks that would kill more Americans than previous ones. In a taunting, 24 minute message that dwelled on Obama’s setbacks, including the loss of Massachusetts Senate seat to the Republicans, Adam Gadahn set out al-Qaida’s conditions for peace […]
China’s rulers make statements supporting workers rights as series of high-profile strikes suggest economic turning point. The Chinese Communist party called on employers to raise salaries and improve training for workers today, as Toyota became the latest foreign firm to be hit by a wave of high-profile strikes. The People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the […]
