SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/27/2009 04:17 PM Spying on Terrorist Cash Flows EU to Allow US Access to Bank Transaction Data By Hans-Jürgen Schlamp As part of the war on terror, American intelligence services have been monitoring European bank transactions since 2001. When the EU found out about it in 2006, they were outraged. But now it […]
Hit-and-Run Jihad Comes to America Posted By Ryan Mauro A radical Islamic terrorist attack doesn’t necessarily need several participants or a direct connection to a terrorist organization. It doesn’t need to be spectacular or done by someone motivated by nothing other than theology. It just needs to be an act of violence aimed at instilling […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/29/death-tax-redux//print/ EDITORIAL: Death tax redux The Obama administration and its congressional allies have a pretty straightforward choice when it comes to the death tax, which Democrats like to call the estate tax. They can set aside their ideological fixation, kill off the counterproductive death tax and reap a harvest of jobs before the 2010 elections, […]
EDITORIAL: Barbie converts to Islam   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/29/barbie-converts-to-islam//print/ Western culture has lost another battle in the clash of civilizations as Barbie dons the burqa. Burkha Barbie, by Italian designer Eliana Lorena, will be among the dolls auctioned by Sotheby’s in a benefit for the nongovernment charity Save the Children. The message to little girls worldwide: […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/29/terrorist-conflicts-at-justice-department//print/ Â When considering how to handle captured terrorist suspects who represent an existential threat to America, the U.S. government owes the American people the fullest measure of reassurance that decisions are made by people without any conflicts of interest. In that light, the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are right to demand that […]
Why the ADL became a partisan mouthpiece PLEASE ALSO READ: “PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS” ON THE ADL DECLINE…..http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000571.html   By Joel J. Sprayregen Realization that political debate in a free society is often raucous accompanied my journey from work as an ACLU staff attorney to becoming National Vice-Chair of the then-respected Anti-Defamation League, a journey […]
If we sacrifice Jerusalem, why defend London? By James Lewis It is an interesting exercise to question all the assumptions of American foreign policy for the last sixty years — that is, for as long as we’ve provided the defense umbrella for Europe, the free countries of Asia, and for our allies in the Middle […]
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100018194/in-lord-pearson-ukip-has-acquired-a-formidable-leader/ In Lord Pearson, UKIP has acquired a formidable leader By Damian Thompson Politics Last updated: November 28th, 2009 Well connected: Lord Pearson (Photo: Atlas shrugs)Â Lord Pearson of Rannoch, elected leader of Ukip yesterday, is the first peer for a century to lead a political party. More significant, I think, is the fact that […]
Gerald Warner http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100018034/climategate-%20%20e-mails-sweep-america-may-scuttle-barack-obamas-cap-and-trade-laws/ Gerald Warner is an author, broadcaster, columnist and polemical commentator who writes about politics, religion, history, culture and society in general. Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws Just a few considerations in addition to previous remarks about the explosion of the East Anglia Climategate e-mails in […]
WHY ARE SENATORS McCAIN AND LIEBERMAN SILENT ON THIS TRAVESTY? THEY ARE ORGANIC COWARDS….UNLIKE SENATOR INHOFE….RSK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html Our hopelessly compromised scientific establishment cannot be allowed to get away with the Climategate whitewash, says Christopher Booker. CO2 emissions will be on top of the agenda at the Copenhagen summit in December Photo: Getty A week after […]