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Ruth King

TRAVEL AND THE TSA: TERRORISTS ARE TO BLAME JONAH GOLDBERG

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/253930 Jonah Goldber Travel, the TSA, and Teutonic Terminology The first people to blame for this mess are the murderers. When it comes to understatements, “the Germans have made some mistakes” is in a class by itself. But one thing they’re great at is words. They’ve got the best words, particularly for feelings of angst […]

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER; THE IRRELEVANCE OF START….IGNORING THE REAL NUCLEAR DANGER

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/253952 The Irrelevance of START It ignores the real nuclear danger. It’s a lame-duck session. Time is running out. Unemployment is high, the economy is dangerously weak, and, with five weeks to go, no one knows what tax they’ll be paying on everything from income to dividends to death when the current rates expire Jan. […]

GORDON CHANG:MORE SOUTH KOREANS WILL DIE. MAYBE AMERICANS ALSO

More South Koreans Will Die. Maybe Americans Too Posted By Gordon G. Chang http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/more-south-koreans-will-die-maybe-americans-too/ “Democracies are known for weak responses to the hostile acts of authoritarian states. This week, neither the White House nor the Blue House broke the pattern. They adopted policies that look like the ones we have witnessed before every major war […]

TED BELMAN: HISTORY CHANNEL REWRITES MIDDLE EAST HISTORY

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/11/the_history_channel_rewrites_m.html Ted Belman The History Channel posts a reminder, Nov 29,1947. U.N. votes for partition of Palestine but their article is pure Arab propaganda and gives the lie to history. “Despite strong Arab opposition, the United Nations votes for the partition of Palestine and the creation of an independent Jewish state. “The modern conflict between […]

OREGON: MUSLIM TEEN, NATURALIZED SOMALI ARRESTED IN CAR BOMB ATTEMPT

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/11/oregon-muslim-teen-arrested-after-attempted-car-bomb-attack-at-christmas-tree-lighting-ceremony.html Oregon: Muslim teen arrested after attempted car bomb attack at Christmas tree lighting ceremony Mohamed Osman Mohamud: Misunderstander of Islam He yelled “Allahu akbar” and tried to kick agents as they swooped in to arrest him. DoJ press release here. “Feds Arrest Somali-Born Teen in Car Bomb Plot,” from the Associated Press, November 27 […]

VICTOR SHARPE: A PEOPLE HAVE NO NEED TO ANNEX WHAT IS ALREADY THEIRS

http://www.israelnewsdaily.com/ A people have no need to annex what is already theirs Victor Sharpe: The very fact that the Israeli Knesset passed a bill that would require a referendum before any land officially under Israeli sovereignty is surrendered, specifically the Golan Heights and Jerusalem, is in itself a tacit admission by the present Israeli government […]

SRDJA TRIFKOVIC:NATO’S NEW STRATEGY….A WARNING FOR THE BALKANS

http://www.balkanstudies.org http://www.balkanstudies.org/blog/natos-new-strategy-warning-balkans NATO’s New Strategy: A Warning for the Balkans by Srdja Trifkovic NATO’s much heralded “New Strategic Concept,” adopted at the summit in Lisbon on November 20, provides a few additional reasons why those Balkan countries that are still outside the Alliance should stay out of it. NATO and the uses to which Washington puts […]

A SENIOR MARINE CALLS IT AS HE SEES IT….

http://www.letthemfight.blogspot.com/ A Senior Marine Calls It as He Sees It My good friend, SgtMaj James Sauer was moved by the seeming deliberate absence of mention of the death of a fellow Marine in Afghanistan on 9 November 2010, 1stLt, Robert Kelly. I would like to preface his ‘rant’ with a few comments: Our Founding Fathers […]

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL, MEDIEVAL SAUDI EDUCATION SYSTEM EXPORTED TO THE WEST….SEE NOTE

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-friends-saudis-indoctrinating.html HILLARY CALLS THESE BARBARIANS “PILLARS AND ALLIES” AND OBAMA SELLS THEM ADVANCED WEAPONS….RSK Our friends the Saudis: promoting a medieval educational system Writing in the liberal Guardian (UK), Ali al-Ahmed — director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs — throws a spotlight on a dysfunctional Saudi educational system that he calls “medieval”. Worse still, […]

NIGAL FARAGE, LEADER OF UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY TO THE EU:….”YOU ARE HAPPY TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY”*****

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/11/26/just-who-the-hell-do-you-think-you-people-are/?print=1 “Just who the hell do you think you people are?” Nigel Farage poses an excellent question. We’re still waiting for the answer . . . Posted By Roger Kimball Here’s a typical headline from the Associated Press today: “Debt turmoil, contagion fears sweep Europe.” [1] Yikes. Yesterday it was Greece: they’re in debt to […]