You might think that a White House press briefing would be the one place where it’s safe to ask the Obama Administration a question about its economic policy. Well, think again, especially if you’re questioning the underlying premise of the Administration’s economic philosophy. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler asked White House press secretary […]
China began on Wednesday to test its first aircraft carrier, The Washington Post reported. The carrier is a retrofitted former Soviet ship called the Varyag. It is considered the first step in China’s plan to eventually build a handful of carriers as part of a wider development of naval might. China bought the carrier from […]
Though nothing new, it is amazing how issues with Obama’s so-called original birth certificate just keep crawling out of the woodwork. Earlier this spring, in an attempt to silence well-founded rumors that Obama is in fact not an American citizen – and perhaps not even a legal immigrant! – the White House posted an image […]
Late-night comedian Conan O’Brien’s blog has a new post parodying Washington’s excessive spending. “Team Coco has found out why our government is so broke,” the blog explains, “They’ve been spending all our hard earned tax dollars on some pretty ridiculous programs.” The post contains a list of humorous fake programs and encourages readers submit their own. But […]
Verizon employees went on strike this week in protest of the company’s proposed changes to its employee benefits, which would make a number of changes to employees’ benefits. The company’s collective bargaining agreement expired at midnight on Saturday. By Sunday, Verizon was already alleging a dozen instances of sabotage, and illegal attempts by strikers to […]
What….you are asking? Shariah law in Washington, D.C.? How can that be? Apparently, Qatari petro-dollars talk and the U.S. Constitution walks and no one wants to talk about it much. The following are two articles on CityCenterDC in Washington,D.C.: The first is from the ground-breaking in April, when the Washington Times suddenly discovered the terror-incubating […]
London is reeling from three nights of rioting that’s poured hundreds of people into the streets, leaving several local neighborhoods in shambles. One man is dead, dozens injured and arrested. The protests have now spread to other cities, with violence reported in parts of Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol. Great Britain and other parts of the world […]
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero finally threw in the towel and announced elections for November 20, the anniversary of the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. The date was meant as a dig at the opposition Popular Party that has denounced Francoism and is a fully democratic party. Its political antecedents go back […]
Nothing stops Syrian President Bashar Assad. Saudi Arabia recalls its envoy. The Arab League calls on him to stop the violence. The United Nations talks and his army shoots to kill. When it seemed things could not get worse in Syria, they did, as Assad leads a daily war on protesters. The death toll has […]
The UK has been recognized as one of the globe’s major centers of anti-Israel activity in the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. This is reflected in the amount of material that HonestReporting continues to dedicate to the UK media, which is itself a major contributor to the hostile environment that has encouraged the demonization of Israel […]
