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2011

GOP STILL WAITING FOR RICK PERRY

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/14/gop-hails-1st-debate-still-waits-for-perry/ Ralph Z. Hallow MANCHESTER, N.H. — A day after the first big debate of their presidential nominating campaign, Republicans sounded more enthusiastic about their field tbhan before, but some say the big winner was one potential candidate who was not on the stage: Rick Perry. The three-term Texas governor, who has dropped hints that […]

EDITORIAL: Obama’s euro-style unemployment

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/14/obamas-euro-style-unemployment/ Welfare-state mentality fosters permanent joblessness It’s no secret that President Obama wants America to look more like Europe. He desires expanded powers for labor unions, higher gas prices for commuters and a diminished role on the world stage. So far, he’s been effective in fostering the conditions for European-style unemployment on these shores. The […]

JONAH GOLDBERG: THE “GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS” HOAX

http://www.jidaily.com/GvHq Jonah Goldberg: Taken in by ‘Gay Girl’The ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ hoax is worse than a lie. It’s propaganda. I’d barely followed “A Gay Girl In Damascus” until last week, when Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart posted something to Twitter: “This is really important — this woman is a hero,” with a link to […]

MARK STEYN: WHY CAN’T AMERICA WIN WARS?*****

http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/4132/26/ Why can’t America win wars? It’s been two-thirds of a century since we saw (as President Obama vividly put it) “Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur.” And, if that’s not quite how you remember it, forget the formal guest list, forget the long-form surrender certificate, and try to think of […]

Election Jihad: Former Hamas-linked CAIR Official, Basim Elkarra, Running for California Office

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/06/election-jihad-former-hamas-linked-cair-official-basim-elkarra-running-for-california-office.html Election Jihad: Former Hamas-linked CAIR Official, Basim Elkarra, Running for California Office This guy is hardcore. Basim Elkarra is a rising star in the Democrats. He recently went to the notoriously violent and Islamized Tower Hamlets in the UK. Probably taking notes for the future. This is the next wave of jihad. Islamic supremacists […]

Ibn Warraq: The Westminster Institute (Virginia): Educating the Public and Government About the Ideology of the Terrorists, and Ways to Counter It (Part II)

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/ibn-warraq-the-westminster-institute-virginia-educating-the-public-and-government-about-the-ideology-1.html The Westminster Institute (Virginia): Educating the Public and Government About the Ideology of the Terrorists, and Ways to Counter It by Ibn Warraq Part I here. 2. ABDULLAH AZZAM: THE DEFENSE OF THE MUSLIM LANDS Abdullah Azzam [1941-1989], who created an organisation that would later become al-Qaeda, was the mentor of Osama bin Laden. […]

CREEPY SHARIA? LINGERIE RULES IN SAUDI ARABIA

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/saudi-king-intervenes-to-change-law-that-made-women-buy-lingerie-from-male-salesmen-due-to-ban-on-fe.html Saudi king intervenes to change law that made women buy lingerie from male salesmen due to ban on female clerks Sometimes there’s “creeping Sharia.” More often than not, though, it’s just plain creepy Sharia, and this case certainly falls in the latter category. The unintended consequence of the complete ban on female sales clerks, […]

The World of Political Discourse Enjoins the Imagination by Herbert I. London

The World of Political Discourse Enjoins the Imagination by Herbert I. London http://www.hudson-ny.org/2202/world-of-political-discourse When the president of the United States says we have to control expenditures and then advocates dramatic increases in the budget, I am perplexed. When I am told the economy is in recovery, but according to recent reports the unemployment rate has […]

$10.00 FOR A PHOTO WITH MICHELE OBAMA AT A FUNDRAISER? FIONA ROBERTS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003205/Michelle-Obama-charges-10k-photo-election-fundraiser-LA.html Would you pay $10k for a photo with the First Lady? Michelle Obama flies to LA to raise money for husband’s re-election By Fiona Roberts If Barack Obama’s worried about finding enough cash for his 2012 election campaign, he needn’t be – his wife’s got it covered. The First Lady charged lucky – and […]

Hearing Offers Eyewitness Accounts of Prison Radicalization

Hearing Offers Eyewitness Accounts of Prison Radicalization http://www.investigativeproject.org/2972/hearing-offers-eyewitness-accounts-of-prison A former federal prosecutor and a former New York state prison official who investigated radical Islamist recruitment will discuss the threat of prison radicalization during a House hearing Wednesday. Former prosecutor Kevin Smith likely will discuss a California case in which inmates radicalized at Folsom prison plotted […]