“Though it is hard to know, given Suleiman’s background as an unsentimental Middle Eastern intelligence chief, the latter seems more likely”– http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/08/obamas-fantasies-egyptian-real Obama’s Fantasies, Egyptian Reality By P. David Hornik One can take heart from this week’s Wikileaks revelations about how intensely Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s new vice-president and former intelligence chief, dislikes both homegrown Egyptian […]
Overland has some explaining to do. He is copied on this email. Visit www.ClimateDepot.com for the latest. NOAA’s James Overland Goes Full Climate Astrology: Arctic Melt Means Less Snow & Arctic Melt Means More Snow! James.E.Overland@noaa.gov Overland in 2004: ‘It’s (melting Arctic) probably contributing to the fact that it’s warmer and we’ve been getting less […]
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2011/02/the_city_of_david.html The City of David By Jennifer Rubin “Why do I relate all of this? It’s more than a religious and historical site of immense meaning. It is the answer to the non-realists who would have us believe Jews lack a verifiable claim to land dating back 3000 years and beyond. At some point, the […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/2/8/main-feature/1/qatars-game/r Qatar’s Game By Elliot Jager No doubt, there is a self-protective impulse at work here. In return for not being targeted by terrorists, Qatar has come to an arrangement with Islamist groups. For years it has given safe haven to members of the Muslim Brotherhood, and since 2003 has reportedly been paying al-Qaeda to […]
http://translating-jihad.blogspot.com/2011/02/grand-mufti-of-saudi-arabia-insulting.html Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Rules that Whoever Insults the Prophet Must Be an Apostate, Atheist, Christian or Jew (Update: This is an updated correction from an earlier post, which contained a misleading headline. The text of the translation also contains a minor correction (in italics).) This is an undated fatwa from the website of […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/02/08/the_judicial_activism_ploy/print If the issue wends its way slowly up through the Circuit Courts of Appeal, by the time it reaches the Supreme Court, Obama may have put more of his appointees there– and, if so, they will probably rubberstamp anything he does. He would therefore have done a complete end-run around the Constitution and be […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2011/02/08/egypts_conflicting_views_of_democracy_and_religion/prin Last year, the Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project conducted a survey of opinion in several Muslim countries. The subject was the proper role of Islam in politics and society. One of the countries surveyed was Egypt, and among other discoveries, the Pew researchers found that 84 percent of Egyptians favor the death penalty […]
DEAR E-PALS: WE ARE DROWNING IN SO MUCH INK, SO MUCH BLATHER, SO MANY GUESSES, SO MUCH IGNORANT CONJECTURE. HERE, AS A SERVICE TO YOU ALL I HAVE IT IN SUMMARY. MUBARAK BAD….REALLY BAD…A THUG, A REALLY RICH CROOK, A MONSTER…..AND SUPERANNUATED HOW LONG CAN HE LAST? THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: REALLY WORSE….SPONSORING SHARIA, BEHEADINGS, HONOR […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Presidential Boots Too Big To Fill “Obama is not Reagan. He’s not FDR or even JFK. He hardly even qualifies as Carter. The media has been so busy dressing him up as what he isn’t, that even they have no idea of what he really is. In the 90’s, Time knew who Clinton was. […]
theettingerreport.com “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative,” Jerusalem, Israel Mideast Turmoil and Israel’s Security Requirements Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative” Straight from the Jerusalem Cloakroom #240 1. The dramatic developments in Tunisia and Egypt – and the potential regional destabilizing ripple effects which could dwarf the Egyptian upheaval – have a dramatic impact on the state […]
