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TIME TO END THE WTO AND IMF? GREAT COLUMN

November 05, 2009 Is It Time to End the IMF and WTO? By Howard Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman This year’s Nobel Prize for Economics was co-won by Elinor Ostrom for her work showing that local solutions often work better than government regulation for solving problems as diverse as preventing over-fishing, conserving rainforests, and […]

THE J STREET MEETING: LORI LOWENTHAL MARCUS

November 05, 2009 At the J Street meeting By Lori Lowenthal Marcus The Washington conference of the new organization “J Street” took place on October 25-28. It was a fascinating but scary cultural experience. For three days I watched hundreds of intensely pious people sitting under an awning that reads “pro-Israel, pro-peace.” But by far […]

MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT OBAMACARE AND THE UNINSURED

Democrats’ plan to help ‘uninsurables’ questioned By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer 36 mins ago WASHINGTON – You’re afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that […]

LET ME BE CLEAR…WE OVERESTIMATED THE AVAILABILITY OF FLU VACCINE BUT AT LEAST THE GITMO RESIDENTS GOT IT

WELL AT LEAST THE GITMO RESIDENTS GOT IT….RSK HHS admits overstating flu-vaccine availability http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/05/hhs-admits-overstating-flu-vaccine-availability//print/ Ann Geracimos Two top officials at the Department of Health and Human Services acknowledged to a congressional panel Wednesday that the government had overpromised and made poor judgments on vaccination production against the current H1N1 flu pandemic. The government’s initial plan […]

ROBERT SPENCER: PAKISTAN AND THE TALIBAN

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=34245 The Taliban, sponsor of Osama bin Laden, terror-makers for decades, are on the ropes — at least in Pakistan. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, delivered the good news on Sunday: the Taliban is being routed along the Afghanistan border. “The operation so far has been very successful,” he revealed. “The resistance that […]

PAMELA GELLER: WHAT ARAB CASH BOUGHT IN CONGRESS ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT VOTE

The Vote on Goldstone: Separating Out the Jew Haters, Saudi Tools, and Jihad lovers I thought you should see who the Jew haters are in Congress. The vote on the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference)-generated Goldstone report — the white paper on Jewish blood libel — is very telling. Anyone who voted nay, or […]

MORE BY THOMAS SOWELL ON OBAMACARE

A Pint of Healthcare is Not Cheaper than a Gallon- by Thomas Sowell Posted By Thomas Sowell On November 5, 2009 @ 12:06 am In FrontPage | 1 Comment Although it is cheaper to buy a pint of milk than to buy a quart of milk, nobody considers that to be lowering the price of […]

BAD TIDINGS FOR ISRAEL: DAVID HORNIK

– FrontPage Magazine – http://frontpagemag.com – Target: Tel Aviv – by P. David Hornik Posted By P. David Hornik On November 5, 2009 @ 12:14 am In FrontPage | 1 Comment Israel’s chief of Military Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, addressed the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. His tidings [1] weren’t good. Regarding […]

“LET ME BE CLEAR” IRAN’S PROTESTS NOT A PRIORITY LIKE HONDURAS

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=511397 WITH US OR AGAINST US…. http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=511397 Freedom: Young Iranians had a surprise Wednesday for mullah rulers celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran: angry protests. Why aren’t we giving them more support? The big hate-America bacchanal was to commemorate the glorious crime against the U.S. 30 years ago, […]

“LET ME BE CLEAR” …CAN’T MAKE IT TO CEREMONY FOR THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=511399 Cold War: The White House has announced our absence at ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, Russia has been practicing a nuclear invasion of an abandoned Poland. The Berlin Wall has been a famous backdrop for American presidents sounding the battle cry of liberty in the struggle […]