by Brendan Goldman American Thinker June 13, 2010 “The martyrs of the [Gaza flotilla] ships are heroes,” writes Mark LeVine, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. “They are warriors every bit as deserving of our tears and support as the soldiers of American wars past and present.” In the aftermath of the […]
Osama bin Laden’s hiding place was pinned down for the first time Monday, June 7, by the Kuwaiti Al-Siyassa. as the mountainous town of Savzevar in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, 220 km west of Mashhad. He is said to have lived there under Tehran’s protection for the last five years, along with Ayman […]
Posted by Erick Erickson Last night, Barack Obama tried to play Mr. Tough Guy, but talk is cheap. When George Bush stood on the rubble of the World Trade Center and said, “I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people — and the people who […]
The Free Kurdistan Movement, human rights group, says it is planning the first international flotilla and motor convoy to reach Turkish-occupied Kurdistan. “We want to break the siege and raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of Kurdistan. We hope to pressure the international community to review its sanctions policy and end its support for […]
Days after being caught cropping photos for political effect, Reuters releases a photo bank of Hamas propaganda images from Gaza. Following hot on the heels of Reuters exposure cropping images of beaten and bloodied Israeli naval commandos, a look at some more photos taken in Gaza demonstrate that the news organization’s bias isn’t limited to […]
by Daniel Pipes June 10, 2010 Cross-posted from National Review Online Two main explanations are circulating that address this now-burning question: Blame the European Union: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that if Turkey is, as he delicately puts it, moving eastward,” this resulted “in no small part because it was pushed, and pushed […]
Yahoo uses iPhone weather application to make a political statement. A few weeks ago, many iPhone users, including HonestReporting’s Managing Editor, noticed that something had changed on their pre-installed weather application. The data for Jerusalem, as supplied by Yahoo, simply stopped updating. But this was no bug in the system. A new search for Jerusalem now […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online June 8, 2010 As typical Islamist-leftist theater to delegitimize Israel, late May’s Turkish-sponsored “Free Gaza” flotilla was tediously repetitious. As an illustration that Israelis don’t understand the kind of war they now must fight, the outcome was drearily predictable. But as a statement of Turkey’s policies and an augur […]
By MICHELLE STEEL 2010-06-01 15:19:40 California’s liberal politicians are clamoring to denounce Arizona’s attempt to deal with illegal immigration. The city of Los Angeles has authorized a boycott of Arizona, and calls for boycotts have been heard in San Francisco and in the state Capitol. War has been declared on a neighboring state that is […]
by Jon Fleischman 6-2-2010 10:57 am There is nothing more insidious than when government uses taxpayer dollars to advocate for tax increases. When you see it happen, it makes your stomach turn — and it happens all too often. With a h/t to FR friend Scott Schmidt, we bring you the latest egregious example of […]
