FRIDAY AFTERNOON ROUNDUP: THE SULTAN

Friday Afternoon Roundup – It’s Gitmo Time Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:58 PM PST So Obama had his big State of the Union television debut, or what would have been a bigger television debut, if he had actually hoarded his appearances, instead of constantly delivering televised addresses to the nation, Castro style. Obama did manage […]

NOT ALL PALARABS ARE HAPPY WITH SETTLEMENT FREEZE

These Palestinians aren’t happy about Israel settlement freeze Many Palestinian construction workers were employed in building projects that Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 10-month settlement freeze has put on hold. By Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer posted January 26, 2010 at 3:43 pm EST Jalazon Refugee Camp, West Bank —Theoretically, the 10-month freeze on building Israeli […]

CHUTZPAH STARTLING EVEN BY D.C. STANDARDS…WASHPO ON THE PREZ

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/30/obama-girl-kicks-obama-to-the-curb//print/ THE WASHINGTON TIMES OPINION/ANALYSIS: President Obama has been running his mouth a lot lately. Last week, he stabbed his lobbyist friends in the back and attacked his allies in Congress as if he were an outsider. Talking smack isn’t boosting his low popularity though, even among his own erstwhile supporters. During his State of […]

THE POWER OF BACKLASH….KSM TRIAL MAY BE MOVED FROM NYC….STAY TUNED

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/30/backlash-may-move-911-terror-trial-manhattan//print/ Backlash may move 9/11 trial from NYC Julie Pace ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration is considering moving the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin […]

FROM THE NEW YORKER!!!! NOT THE COVER BUT A MAJOR MUSTREAD

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/02/01/100201fa_fact_mcgrath?currentPage=8 “Take our country back. Our way of life is now under attack. Draw a line in the sand, so they all understand And our values stay intact. TAKE IT BACK!!!….” The Movement The rise of Tea Party activism. by Ben McGrath February 1, 2010   Liberals saw the activists as caricatures—mere tools of right-wing […]

HUMBERTO FONTOVA: SELECTIVE OUTRAGE OF THE LEFT

Humberto Fontova : Leftwingers Outraged by Being Associated with Leftwingers – Townhall.com http://townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2010/01/28/leftwingers_outraged_by_being_associated_with_leftwingers Leftwingers Outraged by Being Associated with Leftwingers! Humberto Fontova, Townhall.com Nazis (and by implication all “right- wingers,” past and present) were inherently wicked. Their agenda was evil from A to Z, their methods along with their goals. Communists (and by implication left-wingers) […]

IS SHARIA BANKING SAFE FOR CANADA?

http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/index.php Is Sharia Banking Safe for Canada? By: DAN VERBIN Published: January 29th 2010 With the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation releasing a report this week that may pave the way for widespread availability of Islamic financial instruments in Canada – including Sharia-compliant mortgages – an expert on Islamic banking is cautioning that Canadians should […]

THE BUFFALO MOSLEM BEHEADING CASE….”SHE MADE ME DO IT”…MEAN LADY

The Buffalo Beheading Case and Other Odd Legal Defenses by David J. Rusin • Jan 29, 2010 at 12:08 pm http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/01/the-buffalo-beheading-case-and-other-odd-legal “She made me do it.” That pretty much summarizes Muzzammil Hassan’s planned legal strategy to explain how his wife Aasiya ended up headless last February in the Buffalo-area studios of Bridges TV, the channel […]

HAITI AS SEEN BY A US AIR FORCE COL. RET. FORWARDED TO ME

HELLO, RECEIVED THIS FROM MY GOOD FRIEND JOE CURLEY, US AIR FORCE, COLONEL RET., WHO RECEIVED IT FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WHO IS STILL IN THE AIR FORCE.. IT IS SHOCKING!!!!! JOHN Louise & John —–Original Message—– From: To: ruthsking@aol.Subject: Haiti Update Friends: This email was forwarded to me by two Active Duty Air […]

THE CLIMATE WARS HEATING UP IN AUSTRALIA

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-el-alamain-revisited-as-climate-war-heats-up/ It’s El Alamein revisited as climate war heats up by John Mikkelsen 30 Jan 05:45am Our American friends remember The Alamo, we see Gallipoli and North Africa among defining moments in national pride and self-sacrifice against seemingly insurmountable odds. These initial bloody defeats led state and nations on to ultimate victory against powerful foes. […]