Impersonating Anonymous: Is It State Sponsored Terrorism?
This article is republished courtesy of Andre Oboler and originally appeared on the Jerusalem Post Blogs. Since its earliest days the “Internet gathering” known as Anonymous has declared “we are legion”. After attacks on PayPal, Amazon, Sony, various banks and US Government websites, as in Roman times, the power of the legion is again feared. According to some, Anonymous’ latest target is Israel, with a […]
Israel Asks Moody’s for Credit Rating Raise; Israel’s Financial Growth Surging
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz met with representatives of Moody’s Investors Service over the weekend and asked them to raise Israel’s credit rating, the financial newspaper Calcalist reported on Sunday. The report noted that the representatives are currently visiting Israel. In September, the world’s largest credit rating agency, Standard Poor’s (SP), raised Israel’s credit rating from […]
Muslims Claim Jew ‘Urinated’ Near Al Aqsa Mosque Within the Temple Mount Compound
The Al Aqsa Heritage Foundation website featured photos of IDF soldiers touring the Temple Mount – and two photos the website says are of a Jewish man urinating on a wall within the Temple Mount compound. However, the website does not provide any evidence that the man is indeed Jewish or that he was indeed […]
Muslims Stone Christians on Temple Mount
(Jerusalem, Israel) A mob of some 50 Palestinian Muslims stoned a group of Christian tourists atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Sunday morning. Three of the Israeli police officers who acted to protect the Christian group were wounded by the Muslim stone-throwers. Police arrested 11 Palestinians, several of them minors, for their role in the attack. […]
More Pressure on the Higher Ed Bubble
Despite the fact that the “cost of basic knowledge is cheaper than ever before,” the cost of attending college continues to skyrocket. In large part, dramatic increases in college tuition are the result of ever-growing federal higher education subsidies, which have allowed universities to raise prices while incentivizing students to take on more loan debt. […]
Kerala: God’s own country. But which God ?
by Ranbir Singh The enticing advertisements by the Department of Tourism by the administration of the Indian state of Kerala entice visitors with seductive images of natural beauty in the tropics, capping it all with the slogan “God’s Own Country”. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that this begs the question, exactly whose ‘god’ […]
One Year Later: Myth vs. Fact Video on Wisconsin’s Budget Reforms
One year ago all eyes were on Wisconsin as labor unions stormed the Capitol building in Madison to protest Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget reforms. Heritage sent a team to cover the demonstrations. We’re showcasing our myth vs. fact video again today, one year later, given the ongoing debate over Walker’s plan. While there’s not […]
How Would You Grade the Presidents?
If we were to grade our presidents on an A-F scale, which ones would make the cut? While most contemporary books about presidents focus on leadership and personality, author Steven F. Hayward prefers a different approach – how closely each president adheres to the Constitution. He recently discussed this approach while promoting his new book, […]
Harry Reid Threatens to Back 90 More Unconstitutional Appointments
Livid at delays in the confirmation process for 90 of the president’s nominations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Friday that he would encourage President Obama to make even more unconstitutional non-recess appointments if Republicans did not accede to his demands. “Virtually every one of these nominees could be approved today if the […]
Congress to hand our freeways to foreign corporations: Toll roads planned for all 50 states!
The efforts to parcel off and sell out entire sectors of America’s infrastructure to foreign interest continues daily. HR 7, the bill at issue here would put tolls on roads American taxpayers funded and paid for and which they continue to fund through gasoline taxes diverted to the Transportation and Highway Trust account at the […]
Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
NEW YORK (AP) — Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. “You’re going to see a lot more staycations this year,” says Michael Lynch, […]
