http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2010/12/9/main-feature/1/sin-city-on-the-sea Sin City on the Sea?By Hillel Halkin “Today, of course, it is the Israeli Left that identifies with Tel Aviv and elements on the Right that have turned it into a symbol of a-Zionist or anti-Zionist licentiousness. No doubt this partly explains why publications like National Geographic and the Lonely Planet have become Tel […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ How the Internet Destroyed American Politics Two years ago, the road to 2012 seemed like a cakewalk for Obama and an unreachable mountain for the Republicans. The roles haven’t quite reversed yet, but they are evening out. And like in the old Hope-Crosby movies like “Road to Morocco” or “Road to Singapore”, the road […]
http://www.military.com/news/article/russian-planes-interrupt-us-japan-exercise.html?wh=wh Russian Planes Interrupt US-Japan Exercise Stars and Stripes|by Charlie Reed, Hana Kusumoto TOKYO, Japan — Two Russian planes entered air space above the Sea of Japan where U.S. and Japanese troops were conducting joint drills Monday, causing a temporary halt to the exercise, U.S. and Japanese officials said Wednesday. Japanese fighters scrambled in response, […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Islamic Suppression and Humiliation of Egypt’s Coptic Community Continues. Where are you Mubarak? “There is no doubt that Mubarak is a toothless tiger and allows this blatant discrimination to occur while he sleeps peacefully.” In a lecture in the USA earlier this year, Coptic Christian activist Magdi Khalil, who runs the Pennsylvania-based Middle East […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1611/Library-of-Congress-Read-No-Evil-WikiLeaks-Updated.aspx This is getting creepy. From LibraryJournal.com (links from the original): The Library of Congress (LC) has been blocking access to the WikiLeaks website since December 3, on its wireless network available for visitors as well as on its own staff’s computers, according to a report on the Talking Points Memo (TPM) Muckraker website. It’s […]
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20101208-china-and-its-double-edged-cyber-sword?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=101209&utm_content=readmore&elq=9fbc874da7c742fbba74c423c51e52db By Sean Noonan A recent batch of WikiLeaks cables led Der Spiegel and The New York Times to print front-page stories on China’s cyber-espionage capabilities Dec. 4 and 5. While China’s offensive capabilities on the Internet are widely recognized, the country is discovering the other edge of the sword. China is no doubt facing […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/peace-will-come-when-palestinians-want-it/ ALWAYS WAITING FOR ARAB “MODERATION”…..TIME TO SHOVE THE WHOLE NOTION OF 2 STATES….RSK Peace will come when Palestinians want it First, ‘moderate’ leaders must stop advocating terrorism by Joel Mowbray Finally shining light on one of the most important and most overlooked elements of the Middle East “peace process,” the Israeli government has compiled […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/6/panel-finds-justice-reluctant-take-cases-white-vic/?page=1 Panel finds Justice reluctant to take cases of white victims: Jerry Seper The Justice Department stonewalled efforts by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party, leaving open the question of whether the department is willing to pursue civil rights cases “in […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/supreme-court-unlikely-to-toss-ariz-immigrant-law/ Supreme Court split on Ariz. immigrant hiring law Kagan’s abstaining may be factor By Ben Conery THIS IS A BIG VICTORY FOR GOVERNOR BREWER AND FOR STATES’ RIGHTS IN IMMIGRATION LAWS….STAY TUNED AS OTHER STATES WILL FOLLOW SUIT NOW…..RSK – With Justice Elena Kagan taking no part in the case, it appears unlikely the […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/house-democrats-push-through-bill-to-legalize-chil/print/ Riding a late White House push and driven by impassioned pleas by children of illegal immigrants, House Democrats on Wednesday night forced through a bill that would legalize hundreds of thousands of children and young adults brought here illegally by their parents. Wednesday’s victory is likely to be short-lived, since Republicans have vowed to […]