Saturday, December 26, 2009 Let’s Roll 2 [Mark Steyn] On September 11th 2001, the government’s (1970s) security procedures all failed, and the only good news of the day came from self-reliant citizens (on Flight 93) using their own wits and a willingness to act. On December 25th 2009, the government’s (post-9/11) security procedures all failed, […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/us-authorities-had-been-aware-of-flight-253-jihadist-for-at-least-2-years.html Crossing Into North Korea What could a free man hope to accomplish by crossing without permission into North Korea, to ask its rulers to repent, close the prison camps and free the people? Robert Park, a young American of Korean descent made exactly that crossing on Christmas day, walking from China into North […]
NCIS Goes PC Posted By David Solway Like most people, I have my favorite TV programs which I try not to skip, and occasionally even set aside certain pressing obligations so I can channel in. And like many people, I ask only two things of a TV show, as criteria of admissibility into a crowded […]
IF YOU CAN’T “PROFILE” AND INCONVENIENCE SUSPICIOUS PASSENGERS LIKE THE FLYING IMAMS…YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE INTEL FAILURES…RSK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6891356/Analysis-Detroit-terror-attack-is-a-major-intelligence-and-security-failure.html Analysis: Detroit terror attack is a major intelligence and security failure The fact that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was able to trigger his home-made incendiary device on board a US airliner represents an intelligence and security failure of […]
Cross the River, Burn the Bridge by Mark Steyn on National Review Online http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjU5OTJmODE4MGM5YmNiZDEyZDU5ZWU3NThhYjdmNGY= Cross the River, Burn the Bridge Mark Steyn, NRO.com Last week, during a bit of banter on Fox News, my colleague Jonah Goldberg reminded me of something I’d all but forgotten. Last September, during his address to Congress on health care, […]
http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2009/12/oic-places-the-united-states-in-its-crosshairs OIC places the United States in its crosshairs – but only in Arabic by Daniel Huff and Aaron Eitan Meyer • Dec 26, 2009 at 10:26 pm http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2009/12/oic-places-the-united-states-in-its-crosshairs On December 23-24, 2009, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (“OIC”) and the League of Arab States held a joint high level conference in Cairo to […]
THIS FOR AN E-PAL: “But if you do as the last sentence requests, you are then called a racist and an Islamaphobe and CAIR will come after you! … VS” That’s right…remember the “hurt feelings ” of the flying imams?…rs Reports: NWA passenger was trying to blow up flight into Detroit By ZLATI MEYER AND […]
December 26, 2009 Is Shi’ism the Iranian Regime’s ‘Achilles Heel?’ By Andrew G. Bostom The death of Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri at age 87 on December 20, 2009 has been accompanied by decidedly hagiographic post-mortems. But perhaps the most curious of these assessments, by Michael Rubin, includes a contention that “…the real Achilles […]
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/history/index.htm The History In the winter of 1776, General George Washington and his ragged army had experienced only defeat and despair. The War for Independence was going badly, with failure following failure. In the preceding months, Washington’s campaign in New York had not gone well; the Battle of Long Island ended in a loss when […]
GEOSTRATEGYDIRECT….DECEMBER 30 ISSUE…NO URL  LONDON — The shifting sands in Syria’s geopolitical neighborhood has strengthened its ties to Iran, a relationship that is unlikely to be affected by Western incentives. A report by the International Crisis Group asserted that Syria would not sever its strategic alliance with Iran. ICG, regarded as close to the […]
