The Palestinian Authority Carries out Ahmadinejad’s Threat and Wipes Israel Off Map
The Palestinian Authority has carried out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threat to “wipe Israel off the map” and literally has done so by displaying maps of “Palestine” covering all of Israel at the same time its leaders talk about “two states for two people.” PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Fatah movement that controls […]
Iranian Nuclear Program Hit By Second “Cyber Missile” Virus
Iranian civil defense commander Gholamreza Jalali said Monday the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program has fallen prey to a computer virus called “Stars,” Reuters reports. The Stars virus is the second in the cyber war against Iran’s bid for nuclear capability, following after the much-reported Stuxnet virus, Jalalai said the introduction of the new virus is […]
Afghanistan: Is Pakistan on Board with U.S. Objectives?
Today’s Wall Street Journal carries a stunning piece about a meeting that took place on April 16 in Kabul between Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The article asserts that Gilani sought to convince Karzai to break relations with the U.S. and instead seek an alliance with Pakistan and China, […]
Obamacare, the Supreme Court, and Recusal
Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied Virginia’s motion to bypass the appellate court and go directly to the Supreme Court in its challenge to the Obamacare litigation. The Court’s decision not to hear the case, delivered in an order without comment, was not surprising. While the procedure exists for the Court to hear cases after a […]
Obamacare Takes a Double Shot at the Economy and the American Dream
In a recent piece for The Wall Street Journal, Daniel Kessler, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, describes how the new health care law’s subsidy program to help low- and middle-income Americans purchase health insurance will have severe economic consequences. These will include discouraging work for qualifying individuals and other taxpayers, disrupting America’s labor […]
Obama Greets Muslims on Ramadan, Forgets Easter Greeting
Presidents have always on many holidays and commemorations of events made statements recognizing them. Which are largely perfunctory and symbolic gestures, many about events or holidays that nobody cares about. The White House has never forgot to release statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays and released statements in 2010 on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, […]
United States to Give $2.8b for Oil Refinery in Columbia
The U.S. Export-Import Bank, an independent agency of the federal government, is now planning a $2.84-billion loan of borrowed money, for a massive project to expand and upgrade an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. The money would go to Reficar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecopetrol, the Colombian national oil company. This isn’t even the […]
Heritage Libertad Radio
On Sunday, April 24, the team at Heritage Libertad hosted their monthly talk show on WEBR Fairfax public radio covering topics including the economy, the debt ceiling, and Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget. It also featured an interview with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who gave an update on the status of the case against the federal government regarding […]
Don’t Like Weak Dollar, Get Used To It!
CNBC is reporting the weakness in the US dollar, which is causing everything to go up—including gas prices, food and stocks—is unlikely to go away soon as a selling frenzy hits the currency market. The greenback is approaching pre-financial crisis lows and threatening to smash through its all-time low when measured against the world’s predominant […]
Gas Prices Soar, EPA Blocks Drilling
EPA Rules Force Shell to Abandon Oil Drilling Plans By Dan Springer FoxNews.com Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. […]
Gold And Silver Making New Huge Moves, As China Threats Dumping Dollar
Gold and silver are on fire to start the week, and obviously that means the dollar is sagging hard. There are reports of unnamed PBOC officials talking about shifting the bank’s massive reserves into hard assets outside the dollar. There’s another report of a banker (via ZeroHedge) urging a massive slashing of USD reserves. So […]
