Washington in a Flash: Will Congress Cut, Cap and Balance?
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) visits Heritage today for The Bloggers Briefing. He will be discussing his new book, “The Great American Awakening: Two Years That Changed America, Washington, and Me,” which highlights the birth of the Tea Party. He will be joined by American Legislative Exchange Council Senior Director for Public Affairs Raegan Weber and […]
John Bolton: Palestinian Authority Statehood Bid Means “Next to Nothing”
Former United States envoy to the United Nations John Bolton said the PA statehood bid at the UN in September means “next to nothing” without a peace agreement with Israel, The Associated Press reported Friday. Bolton, who served as President George W. Bush’s envoy to the UN, said the General Assembly is certain to support […]
GOP Lawmakers Pledge Support for Judea and Samaria
Four leading GOP lawmakers have pledged to support Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The lawmakers are US Representatives Pete Sessions (TX), Michael Grimm (NY), Nan Hayworth (NY), Col. Allen West (FL). The pledge came from lobbying efforts by Shomrom Liaison Office Director David Ha’Ivri, who is on a two week tour of the United […]
Video Reveals Disloyalty in Syrian Army
A video shows Syrians soldiers allowing protesters to board their tanks, but the army killed 40 more demonstrators the past two days and crushed an attempt in a Damascus suburb to from a shadow government. The video was taken in eastern Syria Saturday. [youtube pN5vV8TBS9w nolink] The spread of violence to the capital may be […]
Protest: Stop Temple Mount Discrimination, Desecration By Muslims
Jewish activists held a demonstration Thursday to protest anti-Jewish discrimination on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. While Muslims are allowed to pray freely at the site, Jews are allowed to enter the area only in small groups, and may not pray while there. [youtube diRIih4_tQg nolink] The Temple Mount is the holiest place on earth […]
You, and Your Smart Phone, Have a Right to Privacy
By Mark Leno If you like to attend political rallies, parades, protests or sit-ins, you might consider leaving your cell phone at home in the unlikely event arrests are made. A recent California Supreme Court decision allows police to rummage through all of the private information on your smart phone as part of an arrest, […]
“Israel” Eyeing Reoccupation of Sinai
Egyptian police pull-back seen as opportunity to reintroduce military By F. Michael Maloof WASHINGTON — An “Israeli” official in Washington refuses to comment on the prospect that its military forces may try to reoccupy the Sinai Peninsula in response to an Egyptian pull-back of its police, the continued sabotage of a natural gas pipeline that […]
Ex-CIA Officer: Israel Likely to Attack Iran in Fall
Israel will probably attack Iran in September, a former CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East, including in Lebanon and Syria, has told a Los Angeles radio show. While Robert Baer didn’t reveal the sources behind his prediction, he referred to former Mossad chief Meir Dagan’s warnings of an Israeli attack on […]
Obama Plans Pricey Birthday Bash on U.S Default Day
As America’s poorest wait for Social Security checks that may never come on Aug. 3, President Barack Obama will be out celebrating a milestone birthday at a party where tickets cost up to $35,800 each. Obama has chosen the first day of the potential default to throw his 50th birthday bash, combining it with raising […]
Argentina: Cristina Ramps Up Protectionism
Milton Friedman once said that “there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.” For most people in the world, this is a convincing argument. Not, however, for the Peronists who […]
Berkeley-CAIR Islamophobia Report: ‘No There, There’
by Stephen Schwartz American Thinker July 17, 2011 Gertrude Stein, the controversial modernist author, spent part of her childhood in Oakland, California, a city on the southern border of Berkeley, home of the flagship campus of the University of California system. Returning to Oakland later in life, Stein is supposed to have complained, “there’s no […]
