http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7950771/George-Soros-slashes-exposure-to-US-equities.html George Soros’ fund has approximately $25bn under management Photo: Reuters The legendary investor’s Soros Fund Management – which has approximately $25bn (£16bn) under management – reduced its equity investments by 42pc to $5.1bn by the end of June, down from $8.8bn at the end of March. The asset allocation decisions were made during a […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/so_what_happens_if_the_ground.html August 18, 2010 So What Happens If The Ground Zero Mosque Moves A Few Blocks? By Stella Paul Pity the poor New York politician. Take Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was merrily reigning over New York, banning bake sales in public schools because he doesn’t trust parents to monitor their children’s cupcake ingestion. Now, all […]
The Hubris of Peter Beinart http://pajamasmedia.com/ronradosh/2010/08/17/the-hubris-of-peter-beinart/ Posted By Ron Radosh When Peter Beinart published his now notorious New York Review of Books article [1] in June, I knew that a big book contract would be in the offing, making him into next year’s version of Walt and Mearsheimer [2]. There is nothing the official liberal […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338471355710184.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion By AYAAN HIRSI ALI What do the controversies around the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the eviction of American missionaries from Morocco earlier this year, the minaret ban in Switzerland last year, and the recent burka ban in France have in common? All four are framed in the Western media as issues of religious […]
China’s Spy Games http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/544103/201008171856/Chinas-Spy-Games.aspx Security: The Pentagon report warning that Beijing is amassing high-tech missiles leaves out another alarming domestic security issue: massive Chinese spying. Forget about the Russian spy ring the FBI broke up that stole mostly headlines (as opposed to U.S. secrets) for their amateurish methods. This is no joke. These Chinese moles […]
Andrew Sullivan’s Moral Cowardice Posted By Mark J. Koenig http://frontpagemag.com/2010/08/18/sullivans-moral-cowardice/ Andrew Sullivan’s recent expression of support for President Obama’s absurd statement defending the backers of the mosque at Ground Zero reveals staggering ignorance at best, and at worst contemptible moral cowardice in the face of a clearly anti-homosexual, anti-Semitic, misogynistic and brutally repressive ideology. From […]
Obama’s Witch HunterURL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2010/08/18/obamas-witch-hunter/ Posted By John Perazzo On August 18, 2010 @ 12:20 am In FrontPage | 3 Comments Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division (CRD) in the Department of Justice (DOJ), is the quintessential Obama [1] appointee – capable of feeling the proverbial pea of discrimination under […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100818/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ap_poll_obama_economy/print AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy By LIZ SIDOTI, AP National Political Writer Liz Sidoti, Ap National Political Writer 1 hr 37 mins ago WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama earned his lowest marks ever on his handling of the economy in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which also found that an […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jessica Proud (914) 438-5325 MALPASS: GILLIBRAND SHOULD COME OUT OF HIDING ON MOSQUE PROJECT August 17, 2010 “Late yesterday we learned that Senator Gillibrand’s leader, Senator Harry Reid, has announced he is against the proposed Ground Zero mosque project. Even the President himself has made his multiple positions public. Yet Senator […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/244036/moderate-his-dads-mosque-rich-lowry Moderate Like His Dad’s Mosque? August 17, 2010 7:05 PM By Rich Lowry The New York Post had this piece today on the mosque founded by Imam Rauf’s father. As the Post notes, it has become “a centerpiece of Muslim life,†but has also hosted imams whose views were hardly moderate by standard American […]