By GOPUSA Staff May 25, 2013 7:40 am Last week, Barack Obama put the military to use by having a Marine shield him from the rain by holding an umbrella. Obama’s lack of respect was extended when he ignored the traditional salute as he boarded the Marine One helicopter. Someone obviously had to remind him […]
An official with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) warned the Hizbullah terror group on Tuesday to end its involvement in the Syrian conflict and stop backing government troops. Brigadier General Salim Idris, the current chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council of the FSA, told Al Arabiya, “If the attacks of Hizbullah [on] […]
The Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor released today a report titled “Blood Libels and BDS” detailing the antisemitic rhetoric and activity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which will be presented to the participants of the Global Forum in Jerusalem later this week. “A network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) claiming to promote human rights and humanitarian agendas in the […]
Anti-Semitism is not just an Israeli or a Jewish problem, but is first and foremost a problem for any society in which it is allowed to manifest itself, Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism which convened in Jerusalem, Elkin said that there should be a […]
Muslim MK Ibrahim Sarsour (Ra’am-Ta’al) has reintroduced legislation that would lower the threshold for what is considered a racist offense and would ban the publication of materials that disparage the prophet Muhammad through a “cartoon, defamation and insult,” the Yisrael Hayom newspaper reported on Tuesday. Sarsour is one of three sponsors of the bill, all […]
The many federal bureaucrats working on Obamacare implementation within the IRS stand at the center of an intricate web of government and regulation that will ensnare all Americans in its grasp. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year released a report with a chart showing all the bureaucratic offices and divisions within the IRS charged […]
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Alan Gross, the American-Jewish contractor who has been imprisoned in Cuba since 2009, against the U.S. government, for whom he was working when he was arrested. Judge James Boasberg wrote in an opinion dismissing the case that federal law bars lawsuits against the government based […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie, the odd couple of politics, are finding common cause again. Obama was to tour New Jersey’s beach communities with Christie on Tuesday, examining the recovery from Hurricane Sandy’s devastating damage last October. The trip gives Obama a chance to showcase the widely praised Federal Emergency […]
Kenichiro Seki/ZUMA Press/Newscom The presidents of the “Pacific Alliance” (Chile, Colombia, México, and Perú) met last week in Cali, Colombia, to sign an agreement removing tariffs on 90 percent of their merchandise trade. This is good news. Congress and the Obama Administration should pay more attention to this trade bloc—one that is considerably more pragmatic […]
Newscom If the House approves the Marketplace Fairness Act, Villa Lagoon Tile won’t be out of business, but it might be forced to raise its prices. In an interview with National Public Radio, owners Lundy Wilder and Dave Perry talked about the “tremendous burden” the Internet sales tax will create for their business. Their custom […]
