Two local staff members at the UK consulate in Jerusalem have been arrested by Israeli authorities on suspicion of selling weapons to Hamas terrorists, officials reported on Monday. The BBC reported that the two men, who were maintenance workers at the consulate, were arrested over their alleged links to a plan to fire a rocket […]
According to Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, Israel should do a lot more when it comes to the international boycotts against it. Gerstenfeld, who is Chairman of the Board of Fellows of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), took part on Thursday in the Ariel Conference for Law and Mass Media at the Ariel University Center […]
Coban, Guatemala (AP) – Gangs roamed the streets with assault rifles and armored vehicles, attacking whomever they pleased and abducting women who caught their eye. Shootouts became so common, residents couldn’t tell gunfire from holiday fireworks. Local leaders of the mountainous northern province of Alta Verapaz, which has become a prime corridor for smuggling drugs […]
It’s time to ‘man up’ and face a fact that most politicians know, but few care to admit. Posted by LaborUnionReport With the exception of, perhaps, Texas governor Rick Perry, no public official wants to publicly admit an obvious fact: The United States of America will likely be forced to invade Mexico. It’s not a matter […]
Between 2000 and 2007, the United States Congress created 452 entirely new crimes, a rate of over one new crime every week. By the end of 2007, the U.S. Code included more than 4,450 federal crimes, with an estimated tens of thousands more located in the federal regulatory code. Worse, a joint study released this […]
As President Obama and his Democratic allies push to pass legislation this year that would allow certain illegal immigrants to become legal U.S. residents, Republicans are pushing back with details about the DREAM Act that have gone largely unnoticed. The legislation would permit young people to become U.S. residents after spending two years in college […]
Two weeks ago, a Palestinian from Bethlehem was arrested by the US-financed and trained Palestinian Authority security forces. He was charged with “carrying out commercial transactions with residents of a hostile state.” No, he was not buying uranium from Iran. His purported crime was purchasing wood products from an Israeli community located beyond the 1949 […]
AFP’s “Common Sense”: Around the World on $69 Million in Welfare Funds By David Spady This video depicts the abuse of welfare funds from the state of California. Vacations are being purchased with this money instead of helping the needy. [youtube _wElqMl5TJM nolink]
Let’s get this straight. Nicky Diaz-Santillan, Meg Whitman’s now infamous housekeeper, supplied a false Social Security card, a forged license, and, when asked on an 11-page job application if she was eligible to work in the United States, checked a box indicating “yes.” Yet, according to her attorney Gloria Allred, she is the innocent victim? […]
The new bill changes marijuana possession of less than an ounce to an infraction (SACRAMENTO) – From California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, on September 30, 2010. To the Members of the California State Senate: I am signing Senate Bill 1449. This bill changes the crime of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana from a […]
