http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/04/educators_and_college_administrators_enemies_no_more.html As the proverbial offal hits the fan, adjunct instructors and their union leaders are understandably panic-stricken as they finally realize the impact of ObamaCare on their livelihoods. Union representatives are now sending their members letters stating that “the Affordable Care Act [aka ObamaCare] has defined full time as anyone working over 30 hours a […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323415304578370910199546982.html?mod=hp_opinion The question of how to fairly and equitably tax capital gains has been a political problem since the modern personal-income tax was adopted in 1913. Actually, this question has been one of the drivers transforming the tax code from its original 14 pages to its current Bibles-long mess. One of the complications, a cause […]
http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2013/04/01/purple-hearts-to-hassans-victims/?print=1 The Claim that Awarding Purple Hearts to Hasan’s Victims Would Prejudice His Murder Trial Is Ridiculous What fact do you suppose is better known: (a) that Nidal Hasan has been incarcerated since he killed 13 American soldiers and wounded several others while screaming, “Allahu Akbar!” in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, or (b) that […]
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=3883 Jews have finally finished celebrating seven days of Passover, the holiday that marks freedom from Egyptian bondage. This year, because Egyptians are embroiled in their own enslavement at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders they elected, some of them have been too busy rioting in the streets — and others burning churches — […]
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3966/pentagon-denies-fort-hood-shooting-victims-purple Congressional efforts to secure Purple Hearts for Fort Hood shooting victims have met with failure. Pentagon officials sent a position paper to congressional staffers Friday detailing the military’s opposition. Thirteen people were killed and 32 others were wounded in the 2009 massacre at the Army post. The attack has not been labeled a terrorist […]
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92nd Street Y Hosts Roger Waters, Rock Star Leader of Boycott Israel Movement
UJA-Federation Provides Funds for Pink Floyd Singer to Advocate Boycott of “Criminal” Israel
On April 30, the 92nd St Y will host Roger Waters, lead singer of Pink Floyd, who’s a major figure in the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
Waters accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” “apartheid” and “international crimes” in a speech to the United Nations, and led a boycott against the Israel Philharmonic’s performance at Carnegie Hall. He’s currently attempting to organize his fellow musicians to boycott performing in Israel and succeeded in pressuring Stevie Wonder to cancel a benefit performance for Friends of the Israel Defense Force.
On April 30th, he’ll present “An Evening with Roger Waters” at the 92nd St Y, in which he’ll talk about his life – a life he states is dedicated to attacking Israel through BDS.
“It’s absolutely outrageous that Jewish community funds are going to help Roger Waters spread his anti-Semitic message,” says Richard Allen of JCCWatch.org
“UJA-Federation gives $800,000 to th
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/monarch-in-the-middle/309270/
HE IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL SIRED BY CANNY KING HUSSEIN AND HIS WIVES….QUEEN (MA)NOOR WAS QUITE IN A SNIT WHEN HE WAS CHOSEN INSTEAD OF ONE OF HER PUPS. HE HAS NEITHER THE PLUCK, THE CUNNING OR THE SMARTS OF HIS FATHER WHO MAINTAINED A TOUGH GRIP ON THE PALARABS AND TENTATIVE PEACE AND COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL WITHOUT BENEFIT OF TREATIES….ALL THAT WAS RUINED WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO RELINQUISH ANY SAY IN THE CONTROL AND DESTINY OF WEST BANK ARABS…..RSK
The Modern King in the Arab Spring
AMID THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS RESHAPING THE MIDDLE EAST, CAN JORDAN’S ABDULLAH II, THE REGION’S MOST PRO-AMERICAN ARAB LEADER, LIBERALIZE HIS KINGDOM, MODERNIZE ITS ECONOMY, AND SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM CAPTURE BY ISLAMIST RADICALS?
It is still, on occasion, good to be the king.
It is not necessarily good to be the king of a Middle Eastern country that is bereft of oil; nor is it necessarily so wonderful to be the king during the turmoil and uncertainty of the Arab Spring. It is certainly not good to be the king when the mystique that once enveloped your throne is evaporating.
But when a squadron of Black Hawk helicopters is reserved for your use, and when you are the type of king who finds release from the pressures of monarchy by piloting those Black Hawks up and down the length of your sand-covered kingdom—then it is still good to be the king.
One morning last fall, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, the fourth Hashemite king of Jordan, rolled up to a helipad situated close to the royal office complex in Al Hummar, on the western edge of the capital, Amman. He stepped out of an armored Mercedes—he drove himself, and drove fast, like he was being chased—and hustled to one of his Black Hawks. The king, who as a young prince served as a commander in the Royal Jordanian special forces, climbed into the pilot’s seat, talked for a moment with his co‑pilot, a trusted member of the Royal Squadron, and lifted off, pointing us in the direction of the rough, unhappy city of Karak, about 80 miles to the south. A second Black Hawk, filled with bodyguards, lifted off a moment later.
The king was flying himself to Karak, which is one of the poorer cities in a distressingly poor country, to have lunch with the leaders of Jordan’s largest tribes, which form the spine of Jordan’s military and political elite. More than half of all Jordanians are of Palestinian origin, with roots on the West Bank of the Jordan River, but the tribal leaders are from the East Bank, and the Hashemite kings have depended on East Bankers to defend the throne since the Hashemites first came to what was then called Transjordan from Mecca almost 100 years ago. This relationship has a coldly transactional quality: in exchange for their support of the royal court, the leaders of the eastern tribes expect the Hashemites to protect their privileges, and to limit the power of the Palestinians. When the Hashemites appear insufficiently attentive, problems inevitably follow.
