New jobless claims up sharply as layoffs persist
WASHINGTON – The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week after three straight declines, another sign that the pace of layoffs has not slowed. Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the highest level in a month […]
YouCut is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress
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California’s Middle East Studies Profs Target Israel
by Cinnamon Stillwell FrontPage Magazine June 15, 2010 [Ed. note: title differs slightly from publisher’s.] In recent months, two University of California campuses, Berkeley and San Diego, have been embroiled in fierce debates following the introduction of anti-Israel divestiture resolutions by their respective student senates. Both were defeated, but not before a number of California’s […]
Where Does Obama Get the Authority to ‘Inform’ a Private Company That It Must Surrender Its Money?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief (CNSNews.com) – In his first-ever address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama said he was going to “inform” the chairman of BP that he must surrender the company’s money to an independent party that will distribute it to people and businesses determined […]
UC Irvine Suspends Muslim Group Over Disruption
A University of California, Irvine, disciplinary committee ruled that a Muslim student group should be suspended for at least a year because of a protest that disrupted a talk by Israel’s ambassador and led to the arrest of 11 students, according to documents released Monday. The letter from a student affairs disciplinary committee to Muslim […]
Middle East Studies Profs Usurp New Roles to Censure Israel over Gaza Flotilla
by Brendan Goldman American Thinker June 13, 2010 “The martyrs of the [Gaza flotilla] ships are heroes,” writes Mark LeVine, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. “They are warriors every bit as deserving of our tears and support as the soldiers of American wars past and present.” In the aftermath of the […]
Markets About to Turn Nasty, Buy Barbed Wire: Advisor
Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile swings in the markets, Anthony Fry, senior managing director at Evercore Partners, told CNBC Monday. “The current problems will be with us for 5 years or more and uncertainty is […]
UC Irvine seeks to suspend Muslim student group
The Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine should be suspended for one year for its involvement in repeated disruptions of a February speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, according to a disciplinary report released by the university. The Muslim Student Union has appealed the recommendation. The speech about U.S.-Israeli relations was interrupted 10 times by […]
Egyptian minister: Obama told me he is a Muslim
Obama told me he is still a Muslim, who supports the Muslim agenda. This was a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Nile-TV. It was made on the “Round table show”. This is the statement recorded: Adul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him […]
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defenses to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defense sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to […]
Iran is Harboring Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden’s hiding place was pinned down for the first time Monday, June 7, by the Kuwaiti Al-Siyassa. as the mountainous town of Savzevar in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, 220 km west of Mashhad. He is said to have lived there under Tehran’s protection for the last five years, along with Ayman […]
