Updated: Thu., Feb. 4, 2010, 5:06 AM Junk science kills By ELIZABETH M. WHELAN The media gave big headlines to this week’s stories on a prestigious British medical publication’s retraction of an article that had claimed to show a causal link between standard childhood vaccinations (measles, mumps and rubella) and autism. Yet the coverage of […]
Updated: Wed., Feb. 3, 2010, 10:09 PM Muslim chaplain ‘smuggled’ box-cutter blades into jail By REUVEN BLAU and DAN MANGAN A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility blades and a pair of scissors into a lower Manhattan jail, […]
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZWY5MjlmMThhNjJhNDJhOTQ0NDBhMjViZjdjYjNiZDQ= Holder: ‘I made the Decision’ on Abdulmutallab [Daniel Foster] Attorney General Eric Holder has taken ownership of the decision to treat Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a civilian criminal. “I made the decision to charge Mr. Abdulmutallab with federal crimes, and to seek his detention in connection with […]
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/02/guilty-female-jihadi-who-deamnded-no-jews-on-jury-found-guilty.html GUILTY! NY Daily News The woman dubbed “Lady Al Qaeda” was convicted of attempted murder Wednesday. A federal jury in Manhattan found Aafia Siddiqui guilty of grabbing a soldier’s rifle and opening fire on an American team sent to question her in Afghanistan. The 37-year-old MIT-trained neuroscientist faces up to 60 years in prison […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/jihad-and-genocidal-islamic-antisemitism-in-shi%e2%80%99ite-iran-pjm-exclusive/ Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Antisemitism in Shi’ite Iran (PJM Exclusive) [Part 1 of 3] Posted By Andrew G. Bostom On January 29, 2010 [1], U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones alluded to a “heightened risk†that Iran will react to increasing pressure over its nuclear program by orchestrating violence against Israel through its jihadist […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/03/seating-sen-brown/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_must-read-stories-today EDITORIAL: Seating Sen. Brown During the Massachusetts special election, some Democrats briefly raised the possibility of delaying the seating of Scott Brown if he were to win. Democrats quickly backed down and disavowed this threat, realizing that a backlash was building against their heavy-handed tactics. Until yesterday, it looked clear that Democrats were indeed […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/04/justice-ig-cant-probe-panther-case-dismissal//print/ Justice inspector stripped of probing power Jerry Seper In a terse letter to a Republican lawmaker who requested an investigation of the dismissal of complaints against the New Black Panther Party, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said he should be able to do so, but was powerless because Congress had stripped him […]
Bare Warning Homeland Security: When it comes to foul balls, a “heads up!” is no big deal. But when the government warns of imminent and “certain” attack by al-Qaida, complacency is not an option. A chilling spectacle just took place before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Panel Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked, “What is the likelihood […]
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=167735 Erekat calls for ‘alternative to two-state solution’ ByBY KHALED ABU TOAMEH 04/02/2010 00:35 PA negotiator says Palestinians should consider declaring Oslo Accords “null and void.” A paper prepared by Chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat on the status of the peace talks with Israel recommends that the Palestinians consider the possibility of abandoning the […]
 Penn State opens probe into climate-change researcher’s work By Mike Cronin PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, February 4, 2010 Fearing erosion of public confidence in research climate-change scientist Michael Mann conducted, Penn State University officials said Wednesday they will formally investigate the co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. School officials dismissed three allegations against Mann […]
