Obama’s hollow claim of commitment to Israel’s security By MORTON KLEIN AND DANIEL MANDEL http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=231839 For a year, Obama prohibited any new US sanctions to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons – a looming existential threat to both Israel and the US. Is President Barack Obama committed to Israel’s security? Reassuring bromides to that effect in […]
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18780.xml At this writing, many details of the debt ceiling deal wrangled out over the weekend remain fuzzy. One thing is clear, unfortunately: The national security of the United States is going to suffer greatly. That will be so no matter how much is taken out of the defense budget as a result of the […]
The House and Senate are finishing a last-minute deal to increase the debt limit. While it doesn’t provide structural reform or much in the way of spending cuts, we think it is otherwise a better-than expected outcome for financial markets. It should strengthen the dollar temporarily, lift equities and start the process of moving bond […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10061/pub_detail.asp Naser Jason Abdo was arrested at America’s Best Value Inn on South Fort Hood Street in Killeen, TX only about 3 miles from the front gate at Foot Hood on an outstanding warrant for child pornography and for being AWOL (absent without leave) from Fort Campbell, Ky. When his hotel room was searched police […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
