U.S. Sanctions Three Companies for Selling Oil Products to Iran
Washington on Thursday placed sanctions on three companies from China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates for selling refined oil products to Iran, AFP reported. The Treasury placed sanctions on Zhuhai Zhenrong Co. of China, which it called the largest supplier of refined petroleum products to Iran, the report said. The sanctions came a day […]
Obama’s New Defense Strategy Leaves America Less Safe
President Obama’s new national defense strategy is a budget-driven exercise masquerading as a strategic plan, writes Heritage’s Kim Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, in The Washington Times. In trotting out the new strategy, President Obama said the “tide of war is receding.” Accordingly, U.S. forces will “no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged […]
U.S. Debt Nears $15.194 Trillion Ceiling
The Treasury Department has begun maneuvers to avoid hitting the debt ceiling, as the Obama administration waits for Congress to return from the holiday break before it can raise the federal borrowing limit. The U.S. government was just a hair below the $15.194 trillion debt ceiling on Tuesday, $25 million shy of the limit Congress […]
I Don’t Blame White People for Slavery
“I don’t blame white people for slavery – I blame blacks and Muslims for slavery!” Ted Hayes contends that the real villains when it comes to slavery were the Blacks and the Muslims in Africa, not the white man. He says that the slave trade was going on long before Britain and subsequently America got […]
Dutch Goverment: No Apology for Holocaust Wrongdoing
The Dutch government refuses to apologize for the apathetic and detached attitude of the Dutch government in exile in London toward the more than 100 000 persecuted, deported and murdered Dutch Jews during the second World War. Queen Wilhelmina and her government found no time to protest or condemn what was happening in Holland under Nazi […]
Dutch Daily: “The Chosen People Have to be Perfect”
This is a guest post by Yochanan Visser of Missing Peace. Last week the Dutch Christian daily ‘Trouw’ reached a new low when it published a vicious article about prenatal care in Israel entitled: “The chosen people have to be perfect”. The writer, Ilse van Heusden, gave birth to a healthy baby boy while temporarily […]
PLO: Peace Process With Israel ‘Near Its Demise’; PLO Has No Intentions Of Peace
Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi on Tuesday said the so-called two-state solution is “near its demise.” Ashrawi told reporters at a press conference that Israel’s response to PLO proposals on borders and security arrangements did not show “any indication of good intentions at all.” According to Ashrawi, the Israeli response included 21 […]
UAE Says Customers Responsible for Strait of Hormuz Security
The United Arab Emirates says ensuring free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is the responsibility of all major importers of oil. The position was laid out by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday during a visit from Japanese diplomats. “This isn’t just the responsibility of the Gulf […]
Attorney General: 900 Dead People Voted In SC
New Voter Identification Law Leads To Discovery COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a primary election just around the corner, South Carolina’s attorney general is asking for an investigation into possible voter fraud in the state. On Wednesday, Attorney General Alan Wilson asked State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel to review evidence of potential voter fraud […]
Illegally Appointed NLRB Official Helped Block Reform at Corrupt Union
One of the officials President Obama illegally appointed to the National Labor Relations Board advanced policies in his position at a major labor union that hindered efforts to reform corrupt union locals. Incoming NLRB member Richard Griffin, formerly the general counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers, pushed a union rule in 2007 that […]
NLRB to Host ‘Meet and Greet’ For Illegally Appointed Officials
U.S. senators never got a chance to question or vote on President Obama’s illegal appointees to the National Labor Relations Board. Now that they’ve been installed at the board, however, senators and their staff will at least have the chance to meet the individuals they were prevented from properly vetting. The NLRB informed congressional staffers […]
