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August 2011

26 ROCKETS FIRED FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL DURING JULY

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/26-rockets-fired-from-gaza-into-israel-during-july.html 26 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel during July There have been busier months, to be sure, but that only underscores the same point as July’s count of 26: which other country besides Israel would be expected to tolerate such behavior? And of what other entity than an anti-Israel jihadist group would it be […]

BEN SHAPIRO: SOLUTIONS OBAMA STYLE

How to Fix the Economy, Democrat Style Posted By Ben Shapiro URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/01/how-to-fix-the-economy-democrat-style/   President Obama says he has the solution to our nation’s economic ills.  It is, of course, in compromise.  Compromise, that is, of President Obama’s making, has never been formally articulated, and with which nobody agrees.  In other words, President […]

OBAMA, AL QAEDA AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: DAVID MEIR LEVI

Obama, Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood Posted By David Meir-Levi URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/01/obama-al-qaeda-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/ On July 15, without much fanfare, and barely a few lines in the New York Times, President Obama formally recognized the rebel leadership in Libya, the Transitional National Council (TNC), as the country’s legitimate government.  This American recognition is no formality, […]

EVERYONE WHO PAYS TUITIONS SHOULD READ THIS INTERVIEW: NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY INTERVIEWED BY KATHRYN LOPEZ AT NRO

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/272660 ‘The Center for College Affordability and Productivity has recently come out with a study on Texas showing that, at the public universities, 20 percent of the professors are doing 80 percent of the work. And a lot of the professors aren’t doing any of the work,” Naomi Schaefer Riley points out in an interview […]

DISGRACEFUL COMPROMISE: THE DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATIONS LEAVE DEFENSE BUDGET IN GRAVE JEOPARDY: JOHN BOLTON

https://www.decideamerica.com/debt-ceiling-negotiations-leaving-defense-budget-in-grave-jeopardy Debt-Ceiling Negotiations Leaving Defense Budget in Grave Jeopardy  Every indication is that the debt-ceiling negotiations are leaving the defense budget in grave jeopardy.  By exposing critical defense programs to disproportionate cuts as part of the “trigger mechanism,” there is a clear risk that key defense programs will be hollowed out. While the trigger mechanism […]

UNDERSTANDING THE DEBATE IN EUROPE ON RITUAL SLAUGHTER: VERY INTERESTING

http://www.jidaily.com/a6HG THE PROHIBITION OF RITUAL SLAUGHTERING(KOSHER SHECHITA AND HALAL) AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION OF MINORITIES BY Pablo Lerner* and Alfredo Mordechai Rabello** INTRODUCTION The statutory prohibition against ritual slaughter, which does not stun the animal prior to slaughter, as required in most Western nations, poses a significant challenge for the international right to freedom of […]

SOMETHING ROTTEN IN NORWAY: DANIEL GREENFIELD

Something Rotten in Norway Posted By Daniel Greenfield  URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/01/something-rotten-in-norway/   Anders Breivik’s attack on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labour Party has its most obvious precedent in the Maalot Massacre when Palestinian Muslim gunmen attacked an Israeli elementary school, taking over a hundred children hostage, and then using automatic weapons to […]

HEZBOLLAH: FRAUD. A CRIMINAL GANG NOT A “RESISTANCE GROUP”; MATTHEW LEAVITT

http://www.jidaily.com/aLiJ Fraud How Hezbollah Uses Crime to Finance Its Operations Matthew Levitt Hezbollah has long relied on foreign patrons for funding. But with Iran’s economy suffering and Syria in turmoil, the group has adopted mafia tactics to fill its coffers. Western countries should shine a spotlight on Hezbollah’s crime wave in order to hurt the […]

GRIM DATA FROM IRAQ….JULY TOLL SECOND HIGHEST IN 2011

http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-death-toll-july-second-highest-2011-100202291.html Deadly violence in Iraq declined slightly in July from the previous month but still marked the second-highest death toll for the year, data published on Monday showed. The latest figures come days after a US watchdog warned that Iraq was a more dangerous country than a year ago ahead of a “summer of uncertainty” […]

WHO’S AFRAID OF RICK PERRY? ALL THE GOP FRONTRUNNERS: ALLYSIA FINLEY

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904888304576476151613488080.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion A new Gallup poll suggests that a possible entry into the GOP presidential primary by the Texas governor should concern frontrunners. By ALLYSIA FINLEY A new Gallup poll suggests that a possible late entry into the GOP presidential primary by Texas Gov. Rick Perry should concern frontrunners Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. Mr. Perry […]