http://spectator.org/archives/2013/07/01/honey-snowden-shrank-obama Wheedling and diddling for Edward Snowden. Even vacationing in Africa, President Obama isn’t far enough away to avoid the international disdain being heaped on him on the subject of infamous NSA leaker Edward Snowden. This days, you’re just not cool unless you’ve dissed Obama. It’s almost as if he welcomes the treatment he’s receiving. […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/our-perilous-trust-in-government?f=puball possess an enameled tray that holds five flash drives containing two sets of the texts of my columns, the texts and artwork of my books, and photos and other images. One set is my primary source, the other is a backup. I don’t trust my computer or the power not to fail at some […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/davidhornik/egypt-erupts/ Sunday marked Mohamed Morsi’s first anniversary as president of Egypt. By evening it was clear—if there had been any doubt left—that he had little to celebrate. Already on Saturday, amid mounting violence, Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood had had to whisk him away to safety amid reports that protesters planned to march on his presidential palace. […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/352440/hollywood-nazis-and-chi-coms-john-fund A forthcoming book presents a strong case that pre–World War II Hollywood was in bed with Nazi Germany, in catering to its censorship demands. The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler, by Ben Urwand of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University, uses archival material to show that Hollywood studios agreed not to make films […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/352350/simulacrum-self-government-mark-steyn We might as well put the Constitution out of its misery. Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — just another day in a constitutional republic of limited government by citizen representatives: First thing in the morning, Gregory Roseman, Deputy Director of Acquisitions (whatever that means), became the second IRS official to take the Fifth Amendment, after […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-never-ending-clinton-sex-scandals/
In 1992, an obscure Arkansas governor came out of nowhere to defeat blander and more mainstream candidates using a combination of dirty tricks and bravado. Campaign books like Joe Klein’s Primary Colors put it down to brilliant and ruthless tactics, but the key ingredient in the rise of Bill Clinton is the same one putting Anthony Weiner, another member of the Clinton Mafia, ahead of the pack in the New York City mayoral campaign.
Scandal. Notoriety. Publicity.
In a field of charisma-less establishment figures like Jerry Brown, Tom Harkin and Bob Kerry, men who seemed to have been born in politics and died in politics and kept on running undead for office out of sheer habit, he stood out. And what really made Bill Clinton stand out was the name recognition that his scandals gave him.
Gennifer Flowers should have buried the prospects of any presidential candidate. Instead she gave an unknown politician a national forum to ply his brand of fake sincerity and self-righteous promises of having finally learned the error of his ways. He hadn’t of course, but like Weiner’s scandal, the fame it gave him propelled him to victory.
The next eight years treated the country to a series of Clinton sex scandals culminating in impeachment proceedings. And the party may only be getting started.
While Huma Abedin, Hillary’s Brotherhood aide, uses Clinton contacts to propel her husband into Gracie Mansion, more sex scandals are gathering around Hillary Clinton.
A State Department whistleblower has claimed that Hillary’s people covered up multiple scandals, including the sexual abuse of minors by an ambassador who donated money to Hillary and Obama, as well as sexual assault and sexual harassment cases worldwide. And then there are the reports that Hillary’s security detail routinely hired prostitutes on international diplomatic visits.
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/06/30/israels-first-astronaut-a-tale-of-tragedy-and-miracle/?print=1 It’s been ten years and a few months since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. After two weeks of orbiting the earth at an altitude of hundreds of miles, on February 1, 2003 the Columbia disintegrated while reentering the atmosphere with all of 16 minutes left to the flight. All seven crew members were killed, […]
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/06/16/the-wonder-and-beauty-of-israels-old-old-mosaics/?print=1 In the fall of 1983 we took a sort of pilot tour of Israel, a year before moving here. For me, naturally, as someone who had never been outside of North America, it was all a breathtaking experience. Perhaps most amazing of all, though, was our visit to Masada—the mountain fortress by the Dead […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Set aside all the politics over the War on Terror and then ask what Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden have in common. All three are arrogant and unstable men filled with aimless grievances and animated by the sense that they never received the things that they really wanted out of life. They […]
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3877/welcome_to_the_mad_house_croatia
CROATIA WILL FIT RIGHT IN….Jasenovac, WWII’s second-deadliest camp, which remains largely unknown, unspoken of, and unexamined was run by Croatians, no German oversight needed. In other words, before they’ve even taught the public, 60 years late and counting, the word “Jasenovac” — which defines WWII Croatia — the Holocaust archivists are skipping right over it to divert attention to a few good Croats. And thus Croatia’s march proceeds to the E.U., official membership date this Monday, July 1st. (Julia Gorin)
This week saw another EU summit and next week sees a new EU member. A big ‘Welcome!’ to our new European partner, coupled with a big ‘Why’?
Hello Croatia! Welcome to the mad house. I do hope you enjoy you’re stay although why you chose to book in beggars belief.
Perhaps it’s the way our MEPs punch journalists who try to film them signing on for “work” and then sodding off, which has attracted you. Or perhaps it is the way the European Union hasn’t had its books signed off for 18 years that intrigues you enough to fully join the European Union.
Ah, or maybe it is the firm hand the EU has on the economic tiller, where once-proud nations such as Italy have to go begging for a couple of million euros just to try and get former electricians, amongst others, back on the job market. Could it even be the robust ways in which the EU treats democracy? If not, I can only conclude that it must be the economic mishmash of the Eurozone which has seen northern Europe, including those that are not in the wretched currency, pay for its mistakes.
