The European euro/debt/growth/banking/identity crisis is entering its third year. With so many summits, toasts, tense conference calls, and self-congratulatory pronouncements of ultimate success by Europe’s brightest lights, why won’t the crisis just go away? Instead, it is ramping up as interest rates on Spanish and Italian debt rise to critical levels, signaling the end of […]
Don’t listen to the biased media, or politicians on either side when they bash Newt. The truth is that he has always pushed a Reagan agenda. He led a revolution in Congress to get the first CONSERVATIVE majority in almost 50 years, and he did not make life cozy for Dems or Republicans because he […]
As their first Iran vs. Israel video passes the 1 million view mark, Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz of TheLandofIsrael.com have released part 2: Iran vs. Israel – No Fear. The video has already garnered more than 250,000 views. [youtube CMJ4TYXDKLc nolink] The dynamic duo of hasbarah {PR) ask: If everybody knows that Iran poses an […]
Hate Sheikh Fires Parting Shot in The Guardian April 19, 2012 13:24 by Simon Plosker Raed Salah Back in June 2011, Islamic Movement in Israel leader Sheikh Raed Salah was identified by the British government as a negative and extremist influence and banned from entering the country on a speaking tour, which included a meeting in […]
The So-Called Jenin “Massacre”: The Media at its Worst April 19, 2012 10:57 by Simon Plosker While Google searches are now personalized, for those of us who make it our business to see a broad range of Israel-related content online, a Google search will produce correspondingly broad results. Typing in the search term “Jenin Massacre” […]
In 1971, America was introduced to President Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List.” The President had instructed staff to keep a list of political opponents, and as then-White House Counsel John Dean described it, they would “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” On the list were notable figures such as Paul Newman (actor), […]
A new photograph obtained exclusively by ABC News showing the bloodied back of George Zimmerman’s head, which was taken three minutes after he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, gives possible credence to his claim that Martin had bashed his head against the concrete as he fought for his life. This begs the question, after […]
Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad, D-N. Dak., holds a news conference on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, to preview the Budget Committee’s budget resolution markup. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The Senate Budget Committee stretched a few definitions in announcing yesterday’s “Mark-Up of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013.” Turns […]
Standing before a mural of Eva Peron Duarte (wife of Argentina’s legendary strongman Juan Domingo Peron and the “first lady of populism”) Argentina’s recently re-elected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner unveiled a plan to seize majority ownership in Argentina’s chief energy company YPF and return it to state control. “We are the only country in […]
The Coast Guard needs to call more attention to its undersized fleet, according to Congressional Research Service expert Ron O’Rourke. While the sea service has publicized its requirement list, “the other part [of the discussion] is the extent to which that program of record will permit the Coast Guard to perform its projected missions. That’s […]
