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AT 100 RONALD REAGAN STILL MATTERS

Reagan Revelation: At 100, Why He Still Matters By Richard Norton Smith http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2044565,00.html?iid=tsmodule “What I would really like to do is to go down in history as the President who made Americans believe in themselves again.” —Ronald Reagan Before he became an icon, Ronald Reagan was a paradox: a complex man who appeared simple, at […]

MORE WISHFUL THINKING: ARAB UPRISING ECHOES THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL? OH PULEEZ!

Echoes of Soviet collapse in Mideast revolt By GREGORY KATZ, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_mideast_echoes_of89/printLONDON – Tunisia. Egypt. Yemen. The astounding pro-democracy domino effect in the Arab world evokes the shock waves of 1989 that toppled communism in Eastern Europe and eventually brought down the Soviet Union. $387/Day Part Time Work OnlineCan You Type?Earn $387 Working From Home. As […]

RITISH PM SAYS MULTI-CULTI HAS FAILED AND MUSLIMS MUST INTEGRATE INTO BRITISH SOCIETY

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/02/british-pm-says-multiculturalism-has-failed-muslims-must-integrate-into-british-society.html British PM says multiculturalism has failed, Muslims must integrate into British society In pronouncing multiculturalism a failure, Cameron joins Angela Merkel, who said the same for multiculturalism in Germany. Hopefully, his words also signal a substantive U-turn from the Labour Party’s quiet but deliberate campaign to make Britain “truly multicultural,” as if that must […]

YORAM ETTINGER:DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN ISRAEL ….A NEW STUDY DEBUNKS THE GLOOM AND DOOM

“Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative,” Jerusalem, Israel Demographic Trends in the Land of Israel Home The most comprehensive study on Jewish-Arab demographics was published on January 15, 2011 by Yakov Faitelson, Institute for Zionist Strategies. The study sheds light on the surge of Jewish demography, especially among secular Israeli Jews, and on the sharp decline of […]

WHILE EGYPT BURNS US-RUSSIA ARMS TREATY FINALIZED

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/5/us-russia-nuclear-arms-treaty-finalized/ By David Rising MUNICH (AP) — A new U.S.–Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions. “The treaty marks significant progress toward […]

SARAH PALIN’S STINGING CRITIQUE OF WASHINGTON’S POLICIES

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/5/palin-america-out-step-reagans-values/ By Michael R. Blood SANTABARBARA, Calif. (AP) — America is on a “road to ruin” because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president’s legacy. Former Republican vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin […]

IRAQ’S MALIKI RULES OUT A THIRD TERM…..ANY BETS ON A SUCCESSOR?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/5/state-tv-says-iraqi-pm-wont-run-third-term/ BAGHDAD (AP) — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will not run for a third term in 2014, an adviser said Saturday, limiting himself in the name of democracy and with an eye on the popular anger directed at governments across the Middle East. Al-Maliki narrowly held on to a second four-year term after his political […]

PREDICTABLE NOAM CHOMSKY SIDES WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/04/radical-islam-united-states-independence It’s not radical Islam that worries the US – it’s independence The nature of any regime it backs in the Arab world is secondary to control. Subjects are ignored until they break their chains ‘The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported last week, while throughout the region, western allies “are quickly losing their […]

THE DANGER OF UNDERESTIMATING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206969 Dangerously underestimating the Muslim Brotherhood By DAVID HOROVITZ Analysis: The Islamists’ tactical absence from the protests has been widely misread as proof of their lack of ambition and marginality. The precedents are fresh and obvious. Yet the US government seems intent on ignoring them. In Iran in 1979, leftist and other secular forces, central […]

CAIR WARNS ORANGE COUNTY DA OVER PROSECUTION OF MSU STUDENTS

The Iconoclast 1 CAIR Warns Orange County DA: “Capituation or violence” over Prosecution of MSU Students by Jerry Gordon UCIrvine Muslim students protest Orange County  DA Charges Orange County, California  District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced charges February 3rd against 11 Muslim students eight from UCIrvine, 3 from UC Riverside, who disrupted a speech by Israeli […]