(CNSNews.com) – Besieged by poor approval ratings amid escalating gas prices, President Barack Obama compared supporters of increased drilling and critics of green energy subsidies with those who believed in a flat Earth that wanted to be stuck in the past. Obama, speaking Thursday at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md., said that is […]
IDF forces were able to thwart an infiltration from Egypt on Thursday evening. The IDF Spokesman said in a statement that the troops, who were engaged in routine activity along the Israel-Egypt border, noticed a number of suspects who had infiltrated the border. The troops called on the suspects to stop and when they did […]
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, announced Thursday that it is cutting off some 30 Iranian banks and subsidiaries from its network, as part of global efforts to punish Iran for its nuclear weapons program. The banks punished are the ones that have already been hit by European Union sanctions. Some other […]
We demand the dismissal of Khulood Badawi March 15, 2012 20:52 by Honest837Reporting Dear Head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), We, the undersigned, demand that the UN immediately terminate its association with Khulood Badawi, an employee at the OCHA. Badawi has proven unreliable as a source of information by using […]
The “millionaire surtax” is the Michael Meyers of bad tax policy. Like the villain in the Halloween movie franchise, it keeps rising from the dead. Just as the writers of the infamous horror movies keep coming up with more preposterous ways to revive Mr. Meyers, the surtax keeps coming back for a host of reasons. […]
Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon, who has made a career out of condemning Israel and rejecting his Jewish roots, fully identifying with and promoting the Arab position on the illegitimacy of Israel and Zionism, and affirming the most egregious of anti-Semitic allegations, has been rejected by the Arabs he advocates for. In a letter published by the […]
Talk of war with Iran is scaring investors away from Israel even though the country’s growing economy and hi-tech industry are considered a gold mine, according to the Calcalist business newspaper. “We Israelis do not recognize the concept of risk. We live here and raise our children here. But the situation with Iran is a top […]
An Iranian building suspected as a test site for nuclear explosions has been identified through satellite imagery by Washington think tank. The identification of the site at the Parchin complex near Tehran adds more circumstantial evidence that Iran is trying to manufacture a nuclear weapon, a charge it constantly has denied. David Albright, president of […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) decided his political stunt on judicial nominees wasn’t working. He abandoned the plan Wednesday, agreeing to a deal with Republicans to schedule votes for 12 district-court nominees and two circuit-court nominees before May 7. The deal ensures President Obama’s nominees will received an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. […]
Israel Under Fire: Missile Barrage Hits South March 11, 2012 16:38 by Simon Plosker Once again, 1 million Israelis have spent the last 48 hours running to the nearest bomb shelters or their reinforced rooms. Most of the headlines and articles have focused on Israeli air strikes on terrorist targets in Gaza that have resulted […]
