http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703373404576148040816771586.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI The Great Myth of Palestinian Statehood Arabs’ revolutionary awakening belies Western conventional wisdom in the Middle East. Since Sept. 11, 2001, American neoconservatives have forcefully argued that the combination of economic stagnation, rapid demographic growth, lack of upward social mobility, and political repression in most Arab countries was a breeding ground […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160473786350078.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop Science and public health got a booster shot yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that vaccine makers can’t be sued in state courts for injuries supposedly caused by their vaccines. The decision was an important strike against a scare campaign that has caused too many parents to put their children at risk by […]
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/02/obamas-devastatingly-mixed-sig.php Obama’s devastatingly mixed signals For better or worse, each passing day the Middle East is becoming more unstable. Regimes that have clung to power for decades are now being overthrown and threatened. Others are preemptively cracking down on their opponents or seeking to appease them. While no one can say with certainty what the […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/02/22/allen-west-and-the-religion-of-peace-pompano-beach-edition/ I wish I had been in Pompano Beach, Florida, last night. Not only was it a balmy 70-something while it was spitting snow and freezing rain in Milwaukee, where I was holed up, but Pompano also featured an illuminating townhall meeting with one of my favorite new members of Congress, Allen West. Here’s something […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-snapshot-of-todays-united-nations/ http://www.eyeontheun.org/ Here are some vital statistics on the current crisis in the Arab and Muslim world and the role not being played by the “global leader,” the United Nations. The UN Security Council job description (The Charter of the United Nations) The Purposes of the United Nations are: (1) To maintain international peace and security, and […]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/22/jury-convicts-iraqi-immigrant-honor-killing/ Iraqi Immigrant Dad Convicted of ‘Honor Killing’ Published February 22, 2011 | Associated Press A jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case prosecutors called an `honor killing.’ Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, also was convicted of aggravated assault for injuries suffered by the […]
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hezbollah_e018.htm Sami Shihab, a Hezbollah operative who escaped from an Egyptian prison, participated in a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. His network infiltrated operatives and weapons into the Gaza Strip and planned attacks against tourist sites in Egypt. His public appearance was a Hezbollah defiance of Egypt and might indicate Hezbollah-Iran self-confidence. Sami Shihab, Hezbollah operative […]
A rough preliminary list of media, blogs re today’s protest in support of Rep. Peter King’s upcoming Congressional hearings. We also have video. On tv so far we have people reporting they’ve seen it on CBS, NBC, Fox, News12 Long Island. If anyone sees any other reports, kindly let me know. This was organized in […]
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/02/22/1537072/eu-urges-israel-over-stalled-peace.html EU urges Israel to resume talks with Palestinians By SLOBODAN LEKIC – Associated Press BRUSSELS — The EU told Israel on Tuesday that growing instability in the Middle East makes it imperative to resume the stalled peace process with the Palestinians. Israel agreed that direct peace talks should resume, but said the pro-democracy unrest […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ During a week in which half the Middle-East was in flames, the diplomatic chatter over a UN condemnation of Israel’s so-called “settlements” showed just how irrelevant Western diplomacy is to the real issues in the region. The riots in Bahrain, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Iran were not about a few Jewish villages on one […]
