Miles of prejudice Thursday, 26th November 2009 A Times leader yesterday referred disparagingly to, but did not properly deal with, the disgraceful attack by Oliver Miles, Britain’s former ambassador to Libya, on two members of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the war in Iraq. Writing in the Independent on Sunday, Miles drew attention […]
Kaveh Afrasiabi, the Stooge Scholar http://www.hurryupharry.org/ This is a cross post by Potkin Kaveh Afrasiabi is one of those ‘academics’ who has his fingers in every pie. Wikipedia introduces him as an Iranian born political scientist who teaches at Boston University, Bentley College, Harvard University, UC Berkeley and Binghamton University. Just like all other Islamic […]
Will they now cut off Bob Dole’s and Madeleine Albright’s “allowances”? rsk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/globalbusiness/6655687/Dubai-recovery-hopes-hit-by-debt-standstill-call.html Dubai, the credit-crunched Gulf playground, has shattered hopes of imminent financial recovery by asking for a six-month “standstill” on major parts of its debt. By Richard Spencer, in Dubai A model of the World, a man-made archipelago off the coast of Dubai. […]
A Voice from Hebron by Gary M. Cooperberg P.O. Box 1444, Kiryat Arba-Hebron, Israel 90100 Tel. 972-2-996-3761 – Fax 972-2-996-1778 Email: gary@projectshofar.org – Website: http://www.projectshofar.org How Long will our Leaders live in Denial? Denial is a medical term defining a condition of alcoholics or addicts in which they convince themselves that they are sober when […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6660607/Mumbai-terror-attacks-India-holds-tearful-first-anniversary.html Mumbai has held tearful memorial events to mark the first anniversary of the attacks that killed 166 people and ratcheted up tensions with Pakistan. Police carry a wreath at the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station, one of the sites of last year’s militant attacks, in Mumbai Photo: REUTERS Indian Policemen parade through Mumbai on the […]
Solving Whose Problem? – by Thomas Sowell  No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems— of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. Many of […]
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-freedom-democracy-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html America The Valiant Claudia Rosett It’s Thanksgiving, a day to put up your feet, let down your guard and talk turkey about what’s right with America. This is a great country–vast, beautiful, rich and free. Yes, the future would look brighter if Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were to abruptly retire and spend their […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/fitzgerald-omar-bin-laden-would-like-a-job-at-the-un—-why-not-make-him-secretary-general.html Fitzgerald: Omar Bin Laden would like a job at the U.N. — why not make him Secretary-General? Omar Bin Laden, news reports tell us, would like a job at the U.N. This isn’t a case of someone wishing to further terrorism. By all accounts, he does not approve of his famous father. But that […]
Big Media Ask: What Climate Scandal? By L. BRENT BOZELL III Here’s a dirty little secret about the New York Times: It likes to leak things. Important things. Things that change the course of the public conversation. From the Pentagon Papers to the ruined terrorist-surveillance programs of the Bush era, the Times has routinely found […]
Road To Hopenhagen Climate Change: Major U.S. corporations have set up a Web site calling for a global climate treaty to be signed in Copenhagen. Considering recent evidence of massive climate fraud, perhaps they should reconsider. Many will remember the classic soft drink ad campaign where young people from many nations gather on a mountaintop […]
