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September 2013

JONAH GOLDBERG: O’S REDLINE PROBLEMS AND OURS

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/357563/obamas-redline-problem-and-ours-jonah-goldberg Obama’s statement just now about how it’s not his red line will get recycled a lot over the next few days. He said “I didn’t set a red line. The world set a red line.” He also said, “My credibility is not on the line. International credibility is on the line.” If you actually watch Obama’s […]

ROBERT ELLIS: A HOT TURKISH AUTUMN

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3961/hot-turkish-autumn Since the Taksim events, Erdogan’s behavior has seemed closer to that of an old-style Arab military ruler who considers any opposition or disagreement with his opinion a conspiracy.” — Jihad al-Zein, former AKP supporter. Mustafa Balbay, a Turkish journalist who has been sentenced to 34 years and 8 months imprisonment for allegedly plotting to […]

RICH BAEHR:Obamacare and the Consolidation Wave

http://pjmedia.com/blog/obamacare-and-the-consolidation-wave/?print=1 This is part of a series of articles on the rollout of Obamacare and how the law will change our health care system. Each Wednesday in September, we will publish two articles — one on the changes in medicine and medical care and one on changes in the insurance industry. We hope this series […]

Egyptian Media Portray Obama as Satan: Raymond Ibrahim

Popular and widely read Egyptian newspaper Al Wafd published the above picture today portraying U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama as Satan himself. The unflattering picture has been making the rounds on Facebook in the Middle East and, according to Al Wafd, is representative of the hatred growing numbers of people in the region have for the American president, thanks to his staunch and unwavering support for Islamists and jihadiis — whether in Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, or Syria — even as they terrorize, murder, rape, and burn down Christian churches, that is, even as they engage in diabolical activities.

P. DAVID HORNIK: IN ISRAEL A ROSH HA SHANA OF APPLES AND GAS MASKS

http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/09/04/in-israel-a-rosh-hashanah-of-apples-and-gas-masks/ Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, comes as early as it can this year on September 5 (lasting two days). It always falls on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, but since the Jewish and Gregorian calendars don’t match, Rosh Hashanah can also fall as late as October 5. In any […]

The UN Climate Panel’s ‘Hot Spot’ is Missing in Action By S. Fred Singer

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/09/the_un_climate_panels_hot_spot_is_missing_in_action.html The Second Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN’s climate-science panel (IPCC-AR2, 1996), invented the Hot-Spot in the tropical atmosphere about 10 km above the earth’s surface and assumed, mistakenly, it was proof of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).  But the hotspot has never been demonstrated observationally.  The Fifth IPCC Report […]

STEPHEN HAYES: THE HAWK’S CASE AGAINST OBAMA ON SYRIA

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579054891507543888.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop Perhaps historians will provide a clear understanding of Barack Obama‘s head-snapping decision to pause his administration’s urgent case for military strikes in Syria to seek the formal authorization he says he doesn’t need from a Congress he disdains. Until then, the struggle to make sense of the Obama administration’s ad hoc decision-making and confusing […]

Gabriel Schoenfeld: Book Review: ‘Enemies Within,’ by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324886704579051480246727444.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Twelve years after 9/11, the U.S. remains a prime ­target of al Qaeda, with New York City as the b­ull’s-eye. Yet in the interval, New York hasn’t been ­successfully struck again. “Enemies Within” suggests an explanation for the city’s good fortune. Written by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, reporters with the Associated Press, the […]

JED BABBIN: SYRIAN SLAM DUNK

http://londoncenter.org/2013/09/syrian-slam-dunk/?utm_source=Weekly+Commentary+%289-4-13%29&utm_campaign=weekly_commentary&utm_medium=email For a few days, President Obama almost had us convinced. Not that we should use military force to punish Syria, but that he actually was going to take responsibility for something. But Saturday’s sudden announcement shocked even those closest to Obama. Instead of just attacking Syria, Obama decided to ask Congress for another “authorization […]

ANDREW McCARTHY: A DISSENT ON SYRIA

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/357582/syria-i-respectfully-dissent-andrew-c-mccarthy I respectfully dissent from the editors’ support for U.S. military intervention in Syria, which expands on the corporate position National Review staked out last week. While the credibility of an American president is no small thing, it is simply wrong to equate Barack Obama’s credibility with that of the United States, as the editors […]