http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/04/one-large-step-timidly-taken//print/ Wesley Pruden There’s no fury like the fury of a disappointed wife who discovers that the man of her dreams isn’t the man she wakes up with. This sometimes goes for presidents and their followers, too. The angry Democrats on the left are about to go after Barack Obama with a (figurative) 5-iron. All […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/how_far_will_ayers_turn_agains.html How far will Ayers turn against Obama? Jack Cashill On two unprompted occasions in October of this year, Bill Ayers admitted to having written Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir, Dreams From My Father. At the time, I wrote of these admissions that “however ironic their delivery, [they] remind Obama who put him in the White […]
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018556/climategate-its-all-unravelling-now/ James Delingpole So many new developments: which story do we pick? Maybe best to summarise, instead. After all, it’s not like you’re going to find much of this reported in the MSM. 1. Australia’s Senate rejects Emissions Trading Scheme for a second time. Or: so turkeys don’t vote Christmas. Expect to see a lot […]
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=YWVkMjFmNTE4OTZhNjk4ZDZlYmRjYTI0ZDkzNzQ0NDk= The Iran Timeline The Obama administration’s apparent plan is a one-way ticket to oblivion. By Anne Bayefsky President Obama’s response to Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s announcement that he plans to go full steam ahead on the nuclear front is revealing. It does not matter how many times Iran says no to the offers presented. It […]
The Walpin pretext http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/12/025073.php Under the traditional law of employment discrimination, an employee alleging illegal termination can make out a prima facie case by alleging his membership in a protected class and adequate performance of his job. To rebut the prima facie case, an employer need only explain the termination by producing evidence of a […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/jihadmartyrdom-bomber-disguised-as-veiled-woman-murders-3-somali-cabinet-ministers.html Jihad/martyrdom bomber disguised as veiled woman murders 3 Somali cabinet ministers Burka burka Muhammad jihad. Isn’t it great that in America we’re busy removing obstacles to veiling? “Blast Kills 3 Somali Cabinet Ministers,” by Jeffrey Gettleman and Mohamed Ibrahim for the New York Times, December 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): NAIROBI, […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/dhs-chief-discovers-that-a-jihadist-threat-in-the-us.html DHS chief discovers a jihadist threat in the U.S. She ascribes it entirely to al-Qaeda, which is inaccurate, but since she has hardly said anything at all about the jihad threat in the U.S. before, and got her job because of her work on the border as Governor of Arizona, this is noteworthy. “Homeland […]
“The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Lawâ€Â By William Mehlman With The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law (Mazo Publishers, Jerusalem) Canadian-born Israeli constitutional scholar and lawyer Howard Grief has given us a book that shatters every myth, lie, misrepresentation and distortion employed over the 61 years of Israel’s […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/04/full_interview_with_governor-elect_bob_mcdonnell?page=full Q. What will be your first two or three agenda items after you become governor next month? A. Jobs, jobs, jobs. That’s what I campaigned on; that’s what I’m going to govern on. We’ve got tough economic times and economic development will dominate the first (General Assembly session) for me. I’ve got to find […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=514278 Kinder, Gentler Stalin Russia: The U.S. victory in the Cold War was once viewed as “the end of history.” It turned out freedom is not that easy, and ex-KGB operative Vladimir Putin now plans to have history repeat itself. Former Russian president and current Prime Minister Putin, who after more than a decade in […]
