Photo credit: Jay Mallin/ZUMA Press/Newscom Senator John Cornyn (R–TX) will propose an amendment to the Senate immigration bill entitled “Requiring Enforcement, Security and safety, Upgrading Legitimate Trade and travel Simultaneously” (RESULTS). It should really be called the “NO-RESULTS” amendment. The amendment raises constitutional concerns and fails to solve the enforcement problems in the bill. Before […]
By United Press International June 6, 2013 6:57 am The FBI is amassing millions of U.S. Verizon customers’ cellphone records for a top-secret Defense Department domestic spying program, a court order indicates.The program requires Verizon Business Services to give the FBI an “ongoing, daily” download of “all call detail records,” including caller and recipient locations, […]
Anti-Semitic Cartoon: Norwegian Paper Compares Jewish Reaction to Mohammed Cartoon Riots June 6, 2013 16:44 by Simon Plosker The incredibly offensive cartoon published last week by Norway’s third largest newspaper, Dagbladet, generated a huge volume of emails to the editor. While we cannot vouch for the language used by all of the complainants, it is […]
HAMMI/SIPA/Newscom Has Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally worn out his welcome? The anti-government protests that began last Friday in Taksim Square against Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian leadership could become the start of a “Turkish Spring.” At the very least, if Erdogan does not implement serious reforms and address the widespread and legitimate grievances of […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times June 5, 2013 N.B.: Washington Times title: “Reasons to smile in Israel” In a typically maladroit statement, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry recently complained that Israelis are too contented to end their conflict with the Palestinians: “People in Israel aren’t waking up every day and wondering if […]
Strunin Anatoly Itar-Tass Photos/Newscom Late last night, the House Armed Services Committee drew a line on American military relations with Burma. The committee passed an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act offered by Representative Trent Franks (R–AZ) expressing the sense of Congress that “the Department of Defense should fully consider and assess the […]
President Obama gets high marks for loyalty to his closest political friends and allies, but his nomination of Susan Rice as National Security Adviser shows that his concern for the realistic security issues threatening the United States remains questionable. Rice was the frontrunner to replace Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State until her credibility was destroyed over […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser is resigning and will be replaced by Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who has been a lightning rod for Republican criticism over faulty explanations for the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Tom Donilon has been a key foreign policy […]
Germany has given its support to a plan by the European Union to label products manufactured in Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, Army Radio reported Sunday. The report cited an official government document in which the German government has stated its stance on the issue for the first time. The document was issued in […]
By Bobby Eberle June 5, 2013 12:53 pm Forget all about actual guns, cap guns, guns made from sticks, or even a drawing for a gun. Now, it appears that children can’t even say the word “gun” or else risk getting in trouble not only with the school system but also with local law enforcement. […]
