Egyptian Armed Forces Demolish Fences Guarding Coptic Monasteries by Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency February 23, 2011 at 4:20 am http://www.hudson-ny.org/1911/egypt-army-coptic-monasteries Egyptian armed forces this week demolished fences surrounding ancient Coptic monasteries, leaving them vulnerable to attacks by armed Arabs, robbers and escaped prisoners, who have seized the opportunity of the state of diminished […]
Supreme Court refuses appeal about Ten Commandments displays By Warren Richey Displays were altered, but a federal judge issued a permanent injunction against them http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | (TCSM) The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to take up a case examining whether Ten Commandments displays in two county courthouses in Kentucky were an unconstitutional endorsement of […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703373404576148040816771586.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI The Great Myth of Palestinian Statehood Arabs’ revolutionary awakening belies Western conventional wisdom in the Middle East. Since Sept. 11, 2001, American neoconservatives have forcefully argued that the combination of economic stagnation, rapid demographic growth, lack of upward social mobility, and political repression in most Arab countries was a breeding ground […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160473786350078.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop Science and public health got a booster shot yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that vaccine makers can’t be sued in state courts for injuries supposedly caused by their vaccines. The decision was an important strike against a scare campaign that has caused too many parents to put their children at risk by […]
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/02/obamas-devastatingly-mixed-sig.php Obama’s devastatingly mixed signals For better or worse, each passing day the Middle East is becoming more unstable. Regimes that have clung to power for decades are now being overthrown and threatened. Others are preemptively cracking down on their opponents or seeking to appease them. While no one can say with certainty what the […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/02/22/allen-west-and-the-religion-of-peace-pompano-beach-edition/ I wish I had been in Pompano Beach, Florida, last night. Not only was it a balmy 70-something while it was spitting snow and freezing rain in Milwaukee, where I was holed up, but Pompano also featured an illuminating townhall meeting with one of my favorite new members of Congress, Allen West. Here’s something […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-snapshot-of-todays-united-nations/ http://www.eyeontheun.org/ Here are some vital statistics on the current crisis in the Arab and Muslim world and the role not being played by the “global leader,” the United Nations. The UN Security Council job description (The Charter of the United Nations) The Purposes of the United Nations are: (1) To maintain international peace and security, and […]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/22/jury-convicts-iraqi-immigrant-honor-killing/ Iraqi Immigrant Dad Convicted of ‘Honor Killing’ Published February 22, 2011 | Associated Press A jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case prosecutors called an `honor killing.’ Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, also was convicted of aggravated assault for injuries suffered by the […]
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hezbollah_e018.htm Sami Shihab, a Hezbollah operative who escaped from an Egyptian prison, participated in a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. His network infiltrated operatives and weapons into the Gaza Strip and planned attacks against tourist sites in Egypt. His public appearance was a Hezbollah defiance of Egypt and might indicate Hezbollah-Iran self-confidence. Sami Shihab, Hezbollah operative […]
A rough preliminary list of media, blogs re today’s protest in support of Rep. Peter King’s upcoming Congressional hearings. We also have video. On tv so far we have people reporting they’ve seen it on CBS, NBC, Fox, News12 Long Island. If anyone sees any other reports, kindly let me know. This was organized in […]
