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Ruth King

TOO BIG TO FAIL? FANNIE/FREDDIE, DODD AND FRANK….REP.ED ROYCE (R) CA 40

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=531811   Viewpoint Too-Big-To-Fail Fannie And Freddie Are Dodd-Frank Model For Reform By REP. ED ROYCE Posted 04/29/2010 06:15 PM ET “I do think I do not want the same kind of focus on safety and soundness that we have in OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) and OTS (Office of Thrift Supervision). I […]

FRONTPAGE SYMPOSIUM: TERRORISM, WITCH HUNTING THE CIA, AND NATSEC

Terrorism, Witch Hunting the CIA, and National Security Posted By Frontpagemag.com Editors’ note: At the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Santa Barbara Retreat this past weekend, one of the panels featured John Yoo, Marc Thiessen, and Andrew McCarthy in a fascinating and candid conversation about the effort on the part of Left-legal activists and Democratic Party […]

BRUCE KESLER: ON VIETNAM AND OUR FORGOTTEN ALLIES

 Click here: A Tale Of Two Westministers: 28 and 35 Years Later – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/14313-A-Tale-Of-Two-Westministers-28-and-35-Years-Later.html Thirty-five years ago, South Vietnam fell to the communist North. Twenty-eight years ago, President Reagan addressed the British Parliament at Westminister in his famous “Ash Heap of History” speech, to where tyrants will be sent by those valiantly defending […]

EXCELLENT COLUMN BY DANIEL PIPES ON “PEACE” ONLY THROUGH VICTORY

My Peace Plan: An Israeli Victory by Daniel Pipes National Post April 29, 2010 http://www.danielpipes.org/8309/my-peace-plan-an-israeli-victory [DP note: The title is slightly changed] This month, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak declared that Israel must withdraw from Palestinian territories. “The world isn’t willing to accept — and we won’t change that in 2010 — the expectation that […]

BRITANNIA WAIVES THE RULES; EDWARD ALEXANDER REVEIWS…..MUSTREAD

BRITANNIA WAIVES THE RULES: EDWARD ALEXANDER REVIEWS ANTHONY JULIUS’S ” TRIALS OF THE DIASPORA: A HISTORY OF ANTISEMITISM IN ENGLAND” (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010) By Edward Alexander April 27, 2010 Britannia Waives the Rules Anthony Julius, Trials of the Diaspora:A History of Antisemitism in England. (Oxford University Press, 2010> In a famous letter of 1838 […]

ANDY McCARTHY ON ARIZONA: IT’S LEGAL BUT WILL IT WORK?

nro blogs Thursday, April 29, 2010 Arizona Law: Perfectly Legal … But Will It Work? [Andy McCarthy] The first good critique I have seen from a doubter of the Arizona law comes from my friend Bill West, who used to be a top federal immigration official in Florida. Bill agrees with me that there is […]

Accused Terrorist Omar Khadr Delays Hearing at Guantanamo

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/29/accused-terrorist-omar-khadr-delays-hearing-at-guantanamo/ GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Accused war criminal Omar Khadr initially did not show up for the second day of his pretrial hearing Thursday because of what his lawyers described as severe pain in his left eye. The absence of Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and charged with murder, conspiracy and support […]

PENTAGON REPORT: TALIBAN GAINING STRENGTH IN AFGHANISTAN…..

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/29/taliban-gaining-strength-in-afghanistan-pentagon-says/ Taliban Gaining Strength in Afghanistan, Pentagon Says Posted: 04/29/10Filed Under:Afghanistan, Military 92 Comments + Join the discussion »TEXT SIZE:AAAPRINT SHARE Despite major recent offensives by coalition forces against the insurgency in Afghanistan, the Taliban is gaining strength and expanding its reach and influence, according to a new Pentagon report. The assessment says the Taliban’s […]

BARRY RUBIN: SOMETHING IN THE US/ISRAEL CRISIS IS OVER WITH NOTHING ACHIEVED

The U.S.-Israel Crisis May Be Over and We Can “Celebrate” the Achievement of Nothing By Barry Rubin* April 30, 2010 http://www.gloria-center.org/blog/2010/04/us-israel-crisis We depend on your tax-deductible contributions. To make one, please send a check to: American Friends of IDC, 116 East 16th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10003. The check should be made out […]

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND ISRAEL: CAROLINE GLICK

Republicans, Democrats and Israel By Caroline B. Glick http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Bipartisan support for Israel has been one of the greatest casualties of US President Barack Obama’s assault on the Jewish state. Today, as Republican support for Israel reaches new heights, support for Israel has become a minority position among Democrats. Consider the numbers. During Operation […]