Western Officials Remain Concerned about Attack in Europe http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,720206,00.html Western intelligence officials remain concerned that plotters based in Pakistan are planning terrorist attacks in Europe. US officials have warned of a “Mumbai-style” attack. Information on the plot is thought to come from a German terror suspect being held in Afghanistan. Western intelligence officials remain worried […]
http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2010/09/28/the-politics-of-killing-weapons-programs/?boxes=Homepagechannels “And then there’s the other political downside, which is saying “no” to the Marine Corps on a program that it currently rates as its top ground-systems modernization priority. The Marines have been through hell since 9-11, over-stretched and under-equipped during most of the time they were fighting in places like Fallujah.” The Politics Of […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/548722/201009281855/Curb-Medicare-Spending-The-Ryan-Way.htm Curb Medicare Spending The Ryan Way By MICHAEL F. CANNON Posted 09/28/2010 06:55 PM ET Nothing presents as great a threat to the federal budget — and therefore to economic growth — as the persistent and rapid growth of Medicare spending. The problem appears intractable. Congress has enacted modest cuts, yet everyone from Medicare’s […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ An Inoffensive Mosque and an Offensive Kindergarten If you believe the newspapers, a kindergarten in a town built by Jewish refugees from Yemen is about to doom all hopes for peace in the Middle East. Forget the fact that there was never any peace long before a few dozen Jews who fled Yemen built […]
Canadian Journalist Resigns After Editors Spike His Anti-Jihadist Column URL to article: http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/28/canadian-journalist-resigns-after-editors-spike-his-anti-jihadist-column/ Posted By Kathy Shaidle They don’t make ‘em like Rory Leishman anymore. He’s one of those old fashioned newsmen you only see in black and white movies these days. As a rare non-lefty Canadian journalist, he’s fought all the good fights, particularly […]
Free Speech Victory http://frontpagemag.com/2010/09/29/free-speech-victory-2/ Posted By Ryan Mauro On August 10, a major victory for freedom of speech was achieved. President Obama signed [1] the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (SPEECH Act) into law, stopping Americans from being sued for libel by individuals in other countries with inadequate First […]
The J Street Implosion: Soros, Horse Racing and… Connie Esdicul? Roger Simon URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/09/28/the-j-street-implosion-soros-horse-racing-and-connie-esdicul/ A year ago J Street — the putatively progressive fledgling counter to the Israel lobbying group AIPAC — was riding high. They had just received a write up in the New York Times Magazine [1] that was somewhere between […]
http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/bbc-ignores-incitement-and-anti-semitism-in-outlining-core-issues-in/#more-3134 Following up on my previous two posts there is an interesting illustration of the way the BBC views the conflict between Israel, the Palestinians and the wider Muslim world up on its website in the form of a professionally laid out breakdown of the key issues up for discussion in the current talks. In […]
http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/palestinians-pushing-very-different-story-about-aims-of-peace-process-from-what-youre-seeing-in-the-western-media/#more-3123 As obsession with the settlement issue as the “great barrier” to peace in the Middle East continues along its oh so predictable journey through the ministries and media establishments of the West, now might be a good time to reflect on some really rather significant items of recent news from the Palestinian side that […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8026785/Jihadists-using-British-website-to-spead-terror-think-tank-claims.html Jihadists using British website to spead terror, think-tank claims Middle eastern exiles are using a British-based website to encourage suicide bombing and the killing of Westerners, according to a report. By Duncan Gardham Security Correspondent Published: 7:00AM BST 27 Sep 2010 Cheering for Osama, by the think-tank Quilliam, describes the website as the “mouthpiece […]
