The Ground Zero Mosque Should Be Stopped
Posted by The Directors If you read no further, know this: RedState supports the Anti-Defamation League in its opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero mosque.” The ADL is right on all counts: in its rejection of bigotry, its affirmation of American religious freedom, and its declaration that common decency demands the end of this effort. […]
Obama Stimulus Money to Study Monkey Cocaine Use
Posted by Brian Darling Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John McCain (R-AZ) have put out an excellent report on how your stimulus money is being spent. The report, Summertime Blues, has one example of Obama Stimulus money being used to study the effects of how “monkeys react under the influence of cocaine.” 28. Monkeys Get High […]
Britain’s New Export: Islamist Carnage
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online August 3, 2010 Britain’s largest and longest-running terrorist investigation ended last month with the conviction of three British Muslims. Their 2006 plot involved blowing up trans-Atlantic airliners with the hope of killing up to 10,000 people. That near-disaster offers a pungent reminder of the global danger poised by U.K.-based […]
Operation Desert Storm Plus 20
by Daniel Pipes August 2, 2010 It was twenty years ago on this day, that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, initiating a crisis that lasted half a year and beginning the slow turn of events that led eventually to his own overthrow and execution, followed by the American-led occupation. While immensely important in the history of […]
CA may weaken limited-English-proficiency (LEP) requirements
Tell the CA Assembly to vote NO on SB 930! Tomorrow, the California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing to consider SB 930, a bill that will weaken limited-English-proficiency (LEP) requirements under the Public School Performance Accountability Program. Currently, students who have limited English skills have one year to take the CA standardized test […]
Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama to a ‘Man-to-Man’ Debate
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has challenged U.S. President Barack Obama to a public and “man-to-man” debate when the Islamic Republic leader visits the United Nations next month for the next session of the General Assembly. President Obama is unlikely to accept the offer. Ahmadinejad criticized the American leader for missing “historic […]
Jihadi Animated Clip Shows Sword Decapitating Obama
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu New jihadi anti-American incitement features an animated clip of a sword beheading U.S. President Barack Obama. Other candidates for beheading in the clip are U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. General David Petraeus and Pope Benedict. The website’s message, translated by Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), was posted Monday […]
Hamas Honors Turkey by Haniyeh’s Naming Grandson ‘Erdogan’
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Turkey’s rapid drift to the Iranian-Hamas axis has reached new heights, with de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh naming his grandson “Erdogan,” after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The honor bestowed by Haniyeh came a week after Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Damascus with Hamas’s top leader, […]
US: We Have an Iran Strike Plan
by Elad Benari The US military announced on Sunday that it has a plan in place to strike Iran should the need arise to do so. During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, said that although he believes that a military […]
Going on Offensive to Expose World Hypocrisy vs. Israel
by Eli Stutz If you heard about an attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in which hundreds of civilians were killed, would you assume that the attack had been perpetrated by Israel? According to Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, you very likely would – and you’d be wrong. In an op-ed that appears today in […]
Israel “Ethnically Cleansing” Bedouin Arabs?
The demolition of an unrecognized Bedouin settlement in the Negev attracts some foreign media looking to fit the story into their own one-sided agenda. It had all the elements that the foreign press in Israel could have hoped for – a mass eviction accompanied by the destruction of homes, a large Israeli police presence, the […]