http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/15/obama-rules-out-new-f-16s-for-taiwan/ President Obama has decided to sell a new arms package to Taiwan that will likely include weapons and equipment to upgrade the island’s F-16 jets, according to administration and congressional officials. Congress will be briefed Friday on the arms package, worth an estimated $4.2 billion, said officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/16/pruden-joe-btfsplk-rains-on-the-democrats/ The president has been hanging out with the wrong crowd most of his life, and he sounds sincere only on those frequent occasions when he’s apologizing to, or flirting with, Muslims. Now the Democrats are terrified that the Jewish vote was permanently fractured by the result in New York. Jewish voters, having seen no […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4122939,00.html UK amends law that allows arrest of Israeli officialsQueen of England signs amendment to bill that enabled to issue arrest warrants against foreign officials, prevented IDF commanders, Israeli politicians from visiting UK. British ambassador to Israel: UK’s justice system can no longer be abused for political reasons Attila Somfalvi British Ambassador to Israel Matthew […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2011/09/16/muslim_bullies_shroud_the_true_face_of_911/print Having passed the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I can now say with certainty that something major was missing from all of the ceremonies, the symbolism and the media coverage. It was something that not only captures the meaning of the attacks themselves, but better defines our response to them than any other single thing. […]
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/davidmalpass/2011/09/16/europe_tilting_a_bit_positive/print Europe has had minor positive developments this week, causing equity gains. However, we think the underlying policies in both the U.S. and Europe are still deteriorating. On the current course, we expect a global slowdown extending into 2012, with shallow recessions in the U.S. and northern Europe. We note weakening economic data in Europe […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/09/16/the_cash-for-visas_program/print As part of his warmed-over jobs plan, President Obama is repackaging “Buy American” stimulus subsidies to help hard-hit homegrown businesses. At the same time, however, Congress is pushing to expand a fraud-riddled investor program that puts U.S. citizenship for sale to the highest foreign business bidders.? Call it the Buy America Cash-for-Visas plan.? As […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/15/pyrrhic-palestinian-victory/print/ When the Palestinian Authority (PA) was pushing last month to receive $50 million in direct funding to help alleviate its dire fiscal situation, it received critical support from a seemingly unlikely source: the right-wing government of Israel. Israel quietly supported the Obama administration’s plan to deliver $50 million in direct assistance to cover the PA’s […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576570670305899208.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_RIGHTBelowPepperandSalt Krugman on Social Security Circa 1996: ‘The Ponzi Game Will Soon Be Over’ As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, liberal media outlets and their members have been talking about Social Security being a Ponzi scheme since at least 1967. Add New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to the list of detractors as demonstrated by something he […]
http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/perry-and-profs_593055.html Perry and the ProfsHe picked the right fight. Andrew Ferguson http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/perry-and-profs_593055.html If you want a glimpse of the way Rick Perry operates as an executive and a politician, consider the issue of higher education reform in Texas, which no one in Texas knew was an issue until Perry decided to make it one. In […]
A State of Interdependence http://shmuelkatz.com/wordpress/?p=773 In a recent column for Bloomberg View, Jeffrey Goldberg writes of statements by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who, shortly before his retirement, told the president that Netanyahu was “ungrateful” for the myriad contributions the U.S. has made to Israel’s security. Goldberg writes: “In a meeting of the National […]
