http://www.hudson-ny.org/2376/the-coming-what In Herman Kahn’s book, The Coming Boom published in1982, he argued that despite the double-Digit inflation of the Carter years and the “stagflation” that plagued the period from roughly 1976 to 1981, an economic boom was just over the horizon. As it turned out Kahn was right as the ensuing Reagan years ushered in […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The Arab Spring didn’t accomplish a whole lot beyond swapping out a handful of dictators for their more obscure henchmen and Islamist allies, but it did kill the treaty model of regional normalization completely dead. European models of conflict settlement never mapped well onto a region where there is no enduring form of government. […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/22/world-briefs-449117549/ ULAN BATOR — Vice President Joseph R. Biden tried his hand at archery and watched a wrestling match during a brief visit Monday in Mongolia, which he called a shining example of democratic development. Mr. Biden praised Mongolia for carrying out presidential and parliamentary elections after making a peaceful transition to democracy in the […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/22/al-qaeda-linked-to-israeli-bus-ambush/ U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating reports that al Qaeda-aligned groups played a key role in the deadly commando-style attack near the Israeli resort town of Eilat last week. A U.S. government assessment of the incident Thursday concludes that either the Palestinian group Popular Resistance Committees or the Gaza-based Army of Islam (or Jaish al […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/22/muslims-see-foreign-law-bill-as-attack-on-shariah/ DETROIT — A national drive against citing “foreign” laws in U.S. courts – one that critics say is a veiled attack on Islamic Shariah law – has reached the state with the nation’s largest concentration of Muslims. The Michigan bill, which mirrors “American Laws for American Courts” legislation introduced in more than 20 other […]
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ AND THIS TALLY DOES NOT COUNT THE ROCKETS AND ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL….RSK Weekly Jihad Report Aug 13 – Aug. 19 Jihad Attacks: 48 Allah Akbars: 8 Dead Bodies: 303 Critically Injured: 594
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/384/why_did_the_uk_riots_happen_because_big_government_has_destroyed_a_healthy_society_and_created_an_underclass To describe the rioting that took place in the UK recently as “anti-social” sounds so anodyne as to be redundant. Neighbourhoods were terrorized. Buildings were burned. And people were killed. But it still conveys an essential point. One of the most noted aspects of the riots was the fact that the rioters were destroying […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/8/23/main-feature/1/too-many-museums Although the paint is still wet on Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History, an announcement has just been made of a planned National Museum of the Jewish People on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., steps from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and not far from both the Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum and the […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/irans-thug-in-chief-says-nations-can-get-rid-of-the-infected-tumor-of-the-zionist-regime.html Goodness knows he’d love to use radiation against what he calls a “tumor.” “Iranian President Calls for Muslims’ Massive Turnout on Quds Day,” from Fars News Agency, August 22: TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the worldwide Muslim community as well as non-Muslim countries to stage massive participation in the International Quds Day […]
http://origin.blog.heritage.org/2011/08/22/libyan-draft-constitution-sharia-is-principal-source-of-legislation/ The dust has not yet settled over the Libyan capital of Tripoli since rebels took control over the weekend. But already, a draft constitutional charter for the transitional state has appeared online (embedded below). It is just a draft, mind you, and gauging its authenticity at this point is difficult. There is also no […]
