As Kerry Launches Peace Effort, Where’s the Goodwill Gesture from the Palestinians?
(CNSNews.com) – As Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday a goal of achieving a “final status agreement” between Israelis and Palestinians within nine months, secrecy surrounds what concession or goodwill gesture – if any – Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas made to get the process underway. The P.A. only agreed to send negotiators to […]
Defund Obamacare: Make Your Voice Heard This August
Members of Congress head home tomorrow for a month-long recess. Although they are escaping Washington, they won’t get a break from important issues that are awaiting them in September. Chief among them is the fight to defund Obamacare. With just two months until enrollment opens for Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — a key component of the […]
Abbas: Palestinian State Will Be Jew-Free
July 30, 2013 16:48 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Abbas: Palestinian state will be judenrein. This from Reuters: “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli – civilian or soldier – on our lands,” Abbas said in a briefing to mostly Egyptian journalists. 2. Israeli hopes of […]
Family Fact of the Week: Teens Are Putting Off Sexual Activity
Photo credit: Moment/ZUMA Press/Newscom A recent report by the Guttmacher Institute reveals that more teens are choosing to delay sexual activity. The median age for first sexual intercourse is approaching 18 years of age for those born in 1991. The median age for those born in 1978 was 17 years of age. Now, less than […]
Why Is Washington Talking About a Government Shutdown?
Is it that time again already?? It’s not even August, and Members of Congress are starting to buzz about the upcoming budget and debt ceiling fight—which likely won’t happen until later this fall. But the posturing has begun, and the media are happy to oblige. The thing is, a government shutdown isn’t necessary—and lawmakers aren’t […]
Obamacare HHS Mandate Headed to Supreme Court?
Jim Pickerell Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom On Friday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a temporary halt to the coercive Obamacare mandate that requires employers to provide coverage of abortion-inducing drugs. The ruling, which rejected claims under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is at odds with a June en banc decision […]
Assad Seeking Israeli Consent for Alawite State?
July 23, 2013 16:02 by Pesach Benson Is Bashar Assad seeking an Israeli green light for an Alawite rump state? In the middle of an article about Sunnis being ethnically cleansed from Alawite areas, The Guardian drops this humdinger: A mediator – a well-known diplomatic figure – is understood to have been asked by Assad […]
Iran President Chooses New Nuclear Chief Negotiator
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani has chosen a new nuclear chief negotiator to represent Iran at talks with the international community, although any nuclear policy is determined strictly by the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mohammed Forouzandeh currently heads a powerful state charitable foundation and serves as a member of the Supreme National Security Council. […]
U.S.: Snowden Won’t be Executed or Tortured
The United States has told Russia it will not seek the death penalty nor torture fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, in an attempt to convince Moscow to turn him over, AFP reports. The assurances came in a letter, obtained by the news agency on Friday, that Attorney General Eric Holder sent to Russian Justice Minister […]
Thoughts on the Release of 104 Palestinian Murderers
by Daniel Pipes July 27, 2013 updated Jul 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Israeli leaders have a long history of making lopsided trades with their Arab enemies. These include: 1985 – 1,150 prisoners for 3 captured Israelis 2000 – 450 Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli bodies and a kidnapped Israeli; 2008 […]
How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
Looking for a little extra cash? If you’re interested in defrauding taxpayers, it might be as easy as writing down a number on a form. The number is your income. The form is the Obamacare application. If you do not have “affordable” employer-sponsored health insurance and your income is between about $31,800 and $94,200 for […]
