BLANCHE LINCOLN FALLING BEHIND… Arkansas Senate – Democratic Runoff (6/8) R2000/Daily Kos (D) Halter 49, Lincoln 45 Halter +4 Pennsylvania Senate – Sestak vs. Toomey Rasmussen Reports Toomey 45, Sestak 38 Toomey +7 Connecticut Senate – McMahon vs. Blumenthal Rasmussen Reports Blumenthal 56, McMahon 33 Blumenthal +23 NEVADA PRIMARIES LOOKS LIKE ANGLE WILLÂ CHALLENGE Â REID Nevada […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Friday Afternoon Roundup – Telling Apart the Pigs First the claim was that Israel attacked a non-violent flotilla of civil rights activists. That claim has been thoroughly taken apart. The video evidence is everywhere. And even defenders of the flotilla are abandoning talk of non-violence. Instead they are arguing that the Muslim Brotherhood terrorists, […]
http://www.military.com/news/article/myanmar-reportedly-seeking-nuclear-weapons.html Myanmar Reportedly Seeking Nuclear Weapons June 04, 2010 Associated Press BANGKOK – Documents smuggled out of Myanmar by an army defector indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, and North Korea is probably assisting the program, an expatriate media group said Friday. The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/536381/201006041759/Muslim-Reform-Is-Being-Reversed-By-Young-Turks-In-Secular-Turkey.aspx Muslim Reform Is Being Reversed By Young Turks In Secular Turkey By MARK STEYN Posted 06/04/2010 05:59 PM ET Israel must be punished for its “massacre” on Gaza-bound ships, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish parliament last Tuesday. He also… View Enlarged Image Foreign policy “realists,” back in the saddle since the Texan cowboy […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6056140/david-chamberlain-and-the-reprise-of-historical-infamy.thtml David Chamberlain and the reprise of historical infamy For those who still don’t get it, let me spell out just why the response by Cameron, Clegg and Hague to the Turkish terrorist flotilla incident is so despicable and so terrifying. At a time when much of the western world has turned itself into a […]
Ehud Barak’s Theater of the Absurd Posted By Moshe Dann On June 5, 2010 There was no need to endanger Israeli troops. How could Ehud Barak not see the looming disaster? Stopping a large Gaza-bound ship could have been carried out below the waterline, or by an assault on the bridge, using smoke bombs and […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/06/04/its-the-thirties-all-over-again-time-to-blame-the-jews/ by Roger L Simon Consciously or not, our president — with his increased, and pompously self-righteous, pressure on Israel — has sent a message to the world: It’s time to blame the Jews. Said world is all too eager to find someone to blame; just ask Helen Thomas. (Toward that end, PJTV has put […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Nigeria: Marriage of Muslim senator to 13-year-old girl sets up showdown between civil and Sharia law This case bears watching closely. Overruling civil legislation to accommodate Sharia will set a disastrous precedent for the future of human rights, and for the rights of women and non-Muslims in Nigeria. An update on this story. “Nigeria: […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Taliban reject peace overtures of Karzai-backed council Attacking the meeting with gunfire and suicide bombers probably made that clear enough already. “Taliban refuse to lay down arms, to continue struggle,” from the Afghan Islamic Press, June 4: KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday rejected consultative peace jirga’s demand that the Taliban should lay down weapons […]
Helen Thomas Apologizes for Saying Jews Should ‘Get the Hell Out of Palestine’ Published June 04, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/04/white-house-reporter-helen-thomas-apologizes-saying-jews-hell-palestine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Text+-+Politics%29 Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas has issued an apology after saying in an interview that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine.†Thomas, a longtime White House correspondent who now writes a column for Hearst […]