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August 2010

CLAUDIA ROSETT: CASHING IN ON GROUND ZERO

Freedom’s Edge Cashing In On Ground Zero Claudia Rosett, 08.24.10, 12:01 AM ET http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/23/imam-faisal-mosque-money-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html Among the prime planners of a $100 million Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero, it’s not just Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf who is visiting the Middle East this summer at U.S. taxpayer expense. The State Department is also about to […]

CAL THOMAS: POINTLESS (MIDEAST) TALKS AGAIN…..SUPERB

http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2010/08/24/pointless_talks/page/full “To Israel’s enemies, talks and agreements are incremental steps toward their ultimate goal of annihilating the Jewish state. Two examples: According to the Endowment for Middle East Truth, 16 years after Oslo, in 2009, the official of the terrorist organization Fatah continues to affirm “armed struggle” against Israel. And the Palestinian Authority continues to […]

WILL HILLARY CHALLENGE OBAMA IN 2012? SPECULATIONS

http://www.washingtontimes.com/ REMEMBER THAT TED KENNEDY CHALLENGED JHIMMI CARTER IN 1980…RSK EDITORIAL: The Hillary coup Can Mrs. Clinton be bribed into forgoing a 2012 challenge? By THE WASHINGTON TIMES – The Washington Times 6:55 p.m., Monday, August 23, 2010 A sure sign that an administration is in trouble is Beltway buzz about making dramatic changes at […]

SAUDI COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SEVERING SPINAL CORD AS PUNISHMENT

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/23/saudi-court-rules-paralyze-man-crippled-another/ Saudi court rules: Paralyze man who crippled another ‘Eye-for-eye’ verdict stirs outrage By Ashish Kumar Sen – A Saudi Arabian court has ruled that a convicted man’s spinal cord should be severed so he is paralyzed as part of the kingdom’s Islamic-law-oriented retribution for similar injuries he is said to have inflicted upon another […]

ISRAEL PALARAB TALKS…..AGAIN?

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100823_israeli_and_palestinian_peace_talks_again?utm_source=GWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100824&utm_content=readmore&elq=73f4942289fd4294a185ad73ae0e3fee THE TROUBLE WITH THIS COLUMN IS THAT INDEED ISRAELIS ARE DIVIDED…BUT ALONG SECURITY ISSUES USING GAZA AS EXAMPLE….AND THE ARABS/MOSLEMS ARE VERY UNITED IN ONLY ONE THING…HATRED OF ISRAEL…..AND THAT TRUMPS JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER CONCERN THEY HAVE….rsk Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, Again By George Friedman The Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) […]

ANDREW McCARTHY; RAUF’S ONE STATE SOLUTION

NRO — The Corner http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/244528/imam-rauf-and-one-state-solution-israeli-palestinian-conflict-andy-mccarthy Imam Rauf and the “One State Solution” for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict August 23, 2010 5:15 PM By Andy McCarthy Understandably, Feisal Rauf’s assertion that the U.S. has more innocent blood on its hands than does al Qaeda is getting lots of attention (see, e.g., Keep America Safe). Something else caught […]

AS I SEE IT…RUTH KING

AS I SEE IT: The Chinese are pointing advanced weapons at the United States; North Korea’s clownish but deadly tyrant moves apace with nukes that can reach our borders; the Russians provided Iran the wherewithal to have operational nukes; Iran has unveiled a drone with the catchy name “Messenger of Death”; John Bolton, not a […]

ADRIAN MORGAN: THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE…GOING MAD IN HERDS?

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7136/pub_detail.asp Maureen Dowd, writing in the New York Times on Friday, described the responses of the “irrational nation” of America to the Ground Zero Mosque. In typically liberal terms, she stated: “The country is having some weird mass nervous breakdown, with the right spreading fear and disinformation that is amplified by the poisonous echo chamber […]

PALARAB PRECONDITIONS FOR PEACE….DISMEMBER YOURSELVES

AFP – Israel must chose between “settlements or peace” Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat — http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestinianstalks/printIsrael must choose settlements or peace: Erakat 45 mins ago RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Israel must chose between “settlements or peace” Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said on Monday ahead or the September 2 restart of negotiations in Washington. […]

DER SPIEGEL ON WINSTON CHURCHILL INTERESTING GERMAN TAKE…..SEE NOTE

LONG AND INFORMATIVE…FROM A GERMAN VIEWPONT….IT IS DEPRESSING WHEN ONE THINKS THAT THERE IS NO LEADER TODAY THAT IS EVEN CLOSE TO CHURCHILL EXCEPT FOR GEERT WILDERS…..WHO IS EITHER IGNORED OR DERIDED…..RSK http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,druck-712259,00.html The Man Who Saved Europe How Winston Churchill Stopped the Nazis By Klaus Wiegrefe Some 70 years ago, Hitler’s Wehrmacht was chalking […]