http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,707691,00.html 07/23/2010 03:02 PM US Cash for Israeli Settlements Making a Mockery of the Moratorium By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have declared a freeze on new settlements, but construction is continuing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Settlers are receiving contributions from American foundations that enjoy […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/23/w-house-predicts-record-147-trillion-deficit/ W. House predicts record $1.47 trillion deficit By Andrew Taylor ASSOCIATED PRESS :WASHINGTON (AP) — New estimates from the White House on Friday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year. The government is borrowing 41 cents of every dollar it spends. That’s actually a little better than the administration […]
France’s Burqa Ban in Context by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online July 23, 2010 http://www.meforum.org/2691/france-burqa-ban That France is moving toward banning the burqa is a positive development on several fronts: For starters, while many are the arguments against the burqa — it is anachronistic, misogynistic, etc. — the fact is there have been many instances […]
letthemfight.blogspot.com/ R.O.E. Responsible for All U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan! There are few things in life worth saying if they are not completely truthful. It came to me as a harsh reality when in the past few days I came to grips with this truth and that of our combined efforts to force Congress to pay […]
http://www.carolineglick.com/ Change has come to the Middle East. Over the past several weeks, multiple press reports indicate that Turkey is collaborating militarily with Syria in a campaign against the Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO. It fields the Western world’s top weapons systems. Syria is Iran’s junior partner. It […]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296856/Saudi-man-chains-son-basement-years-possessed-evil-female-genie.html Saudi man chains his son in the basement for six years because he is ‘possessed by an evil female genie’ By Michael Theodoulou A Saudi man has been chained in a basement apartment for more than six years because his father believes he is possessed by an evil female genie. ‘When he has fits […]
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=182219 The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Friday, July 23, 2010 Doctors without scruples By Michael Freund As far as international humanitarian organizations go, few can compete with either the reach or the reputation of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders. Active in nearly 60 countries across the globe, the group has been providing much-needed […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/jul/23/fighting-unnamed-enemy-waging-unrecognized-war/ Fighting an unnamed enemy waging an unrecognized war THE WASHINGTON TIMES Daniel Mandel Since arriving in office, the Obama administration has delved deeply into its thesaurus to find ways of speaking about Islamism without mentioning it. In his June 2009 Cairo speech, a not atypical example, President Obama referred repeatedly to ‘extremists,’ ‘violent extremists’ […]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138752 Published: 07/23/10, 4:27 PM / Last Update: 07/23/10, 4:01 PM PLO Flag to Fly in Washington D.C. by INN Staff The United States State Department has announced to the Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission representative in the United States that its status will be upgraded from a ‘bureau’ to that of a “general delegation’ […]
HE IS SUCH AN UNLIKELY SENATOR…FRANKLY, I FIND HIM REFRESHING…AND I’M NOT WILD ABOUT DE MINT…..BUT I DO WANT A GOP MAJORITY…BUT I LOVE SURPRISES IN ANY PARTY…..RSK Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s Mystery Senate Candidate, Draws a Crowd MANNING, S.C. — For his first public speech, Alvin Greene didn’t travel very far. He didn’t have […]
