D.C. Snowstorm Chills Pelosi’s Global Warming Trip
Copenhagen – In a strange twist, a Washington snowstorm is forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, to make an early departure from a global warming summit here in Denmark. Pelosi told CNN that military officials leading her Congressional delegation have urged the 21 lawmakers to leave Copenhagen several hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday. The Speaker […]
Iran Seized Iraqi Oil Well
Iranian troops have seized an oil well in Iraq The takeover of an Iraqi oil well by a group of armed Iranians who crossed the border was a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, a government spokesman has said. Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the seizure in an area of disputed territory demonstrates the need for a […]
Detroit’s Unemployed Near 50%
As the Obama administration celebrates it claim to victory on the economy, thousand more lose their jobs each month and thousands of other receive knocks on the door, its the sheriff informing homeowners the bank now owns their home and they have 30 days to pack up and leave. Nearly half of Detroit’s workers are […]
Al-Qaeda Denounces Obama, ‘Arab Zionists’
From VirtualJerusalem.com: Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second top leader, denounced US president Barack Obama’s Middle East policy as “nothing but a new stage in the Crusader and Zionist campaign to subjugate and humiliate us… and our religion” in a statement posted on an Islamist website Monday, Dec. 14. He also slammed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, […]
Muslim Bites off Rabbi’s Finger at Lighting
A Muslim man attacked a Chabad rabbi Saturday night as he was conducting the annual ceremony to light the public Chanukah menorah in Stefenfaltz Square in the city of Vienna, Austria. The attacker hurled himself at Rabbi Dov Gruzman, principal of the city’s Jewish school run by the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement, and began punching him, […]
New EU Chief Blasts Israel in First Speech
The European Union’s new foreign policy chief criticized Israel in her first speech. Catherine Ashton, who earlier this month replaced Javier Solana as high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, on Tuesday condemned Israel’s “occupation,” demanded that Israel lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip and blasted the security fence. “East Jerusalem is occupied […]
Rashid Khalidi Headlines Taxpayer-funded Palestinian Fest
by Jonathan Schanzer and Madeleine Morgenstern December 17, 2009 The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), a U.S. taxpayer-funded organization noted for the virulent anti-Israeli attitudes of its academic members, held a conference in October at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Most of the conference was apolitical, but two lectures in particular raise […]
Senate Democrats Subvert the Rules of Order
Posted by Erick Erickson We can only hope the Senate Republicans learned their lesson today. As so many of us have tried to tell Mitch McConnell for weeks and weeks and weeks, the Senate GOP must throw everything they can at killing the health care bill. Instead, we have seen the Senate Republicans working collaboratively […]
Media Are Waking Up to Obama
By: Ronald Kessler “Saturday Night Live” has been ridiculing President Obama’s claim that he wants to reduce spending and cut the deficit. Katie Couric says Americans are growing “disenchanted” with Obama, and she cites polls questioning his credibility on her “CBS Evening News.” The Associated Press ran stories pointing out Obama’s misrepresentations on healthcare proposals. […]
Obama Praised, Bush Slammed for Anti-terror Talk
By: Ronald Kessler “For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world.” For stating the obvious in Oslo, President Obama is being applauded by liberals and conservatives alike. “I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people,” Obama said. Isn’t that the duty […]
Not Jolly Good: Islamists in the UK Government
by David J. Rusin • Dec 16, 2009 at 9:54 am Is there any degree of radicalism that disqualifies someone from holding a sensitive government post in the UK? Probably. But it would be difficult to tell based on two recent stories. First, Treasury official Azad Ali has begun advising the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) […]
