http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903341404576483952207342740.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Weak Dollar, Weak Economy By choosing to pay savers nearly nothing, the Fed discourages thrift and limits income growth. By DAVID MALPASS With all eyes on the debt-limit debacle and Washington’s out of control spending, it’s easy to forget the monetary-policy mess created by the Federal Reserve and its near-zero interest rate. But it […]
Breivik, The Belarus-Russian-Chechen Connection, And The CIA http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/08/05/breivik-the-belarus-russian-chechen-connection-and-the-cia/ Posted by Niccolo Machiavelli From a source in Washington: More intelligence is emerging about Breivik and his foreign connections, and here’s an update with the important caveat that none of it is completely confirmed at this time. However, the interim reports are compelling reading. At least a […]
http://biggovernment.com/jcadams/2011/08/04/leftist-activists-convince-eric-holders-doj-to-set-violent-marxist-free/ by J. Christian Adams Attorney General Eric Holder has a peculiar tendency to set loose militant black panthers. Everyone is already familiar with the dismissal of the voter intimidation case I brought as a Justice Department attorney. There, the DOJ dropped claims against Malik Zulu Shabazz, national head of the New Black Panther Party, […]
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with. So news reports this week that Netanyahu agreed that the 1949 armistice lines, (commonly misrepresented as the 1967 borders), will be mentioned in terms of reference for future negotiations with the Palestinian Authority […]
John Lennon and the Jews By Aryeh Tepper http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/8/5/main-feature/1/john-lennon-and-the-jews/e “It’s not cool to be Jewish, or Negro, or Italian. It’s just cool to be alive, to be around.” So said Aretha Franklin. I know, because my father used to have the soul diva’s wisdom hanging on the wall of his study at home. He also […]
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2011/08/six-years-since-israels-suicidal-peace.html?utm_source=The+Lid+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=d5000879e9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN Six Years Since Israel’s Suicidal Peace Move, Gaza Disengagement My family went to Israel during the summer of 2005.We flew home from Israel almost five years ago today, three days before the disengagement from Gaza began. During our two-week trip we asked Israelis how the felt about the upcoming give back of Gaza Strip. […]
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=281 September surprises In his campaign for a unilateral declaration of statehood in September, which is fast approaching, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has painted himself into a corner. He now has a choice between bankruptcy or getting bogged down in the mud. Everyone knows that the morning after the declaration will be dull and uninspiring, […]
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan. The uranium 235 gun-type bomb, named Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m. If you harbor regrets (I don’t) please read : Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/08/05/fjordman-fairness-and-the-brevik-mass-murderer/ Fjordman, Fairness, and the Brevik Mass Murderer Today my colleague, the perspicacious Norwegian essayist Fjordman (whose prolific writings can be read here [1]), was compelled to surrender his anonymity after reluctantly granting an interview to Verdans Gang (published in English, here [2]). An hysterical, morally cretinous press and blogosphere—Norwegian, other European, and American—which had […]
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/common-sense-czar/2011/aug/5/president-obama-audacity-birthdays/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_politics-government RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., August 4, 2011—President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday in style: flying to Chicago on Air Force One and being welcomed by Jennifer Hudson’s obligatory reprise of Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” Then, he attended a fund-raising concert with several thousand supporters before dining with approximately 100 major donors. To […]
