A hug from Lula Why Brazil’s president offered a red carpet to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Friday, November 27, 2009 FOR SEVERAL years, U.S. policy in Latin America has aimed at forging a partnership with Brazil. Like the Bush administration before it, the Obama administration sees Latin America’s largest country as an emerging superpower whose economic dynamism […]
THANKS: ATLASSRUGS http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17183 Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in unwinding “Climategateâ€Â scandal By Dr. Tim Ball and Judi McLeod  Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out from the ongoing University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU) scandal, now riding as  “Climategateâ€. Obama Science Czar John Holdren […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/26/navy-seals-charged-over-alleged-abuse-of-terrorist-mastermind-by-stephen-brown/  Navy SEALs Charged Over Alleged Abuse of Terrorist Mastermind – by Stephen Brown   It makes one wonder how the West is ever going to win the war against radical Islam. Fox News reported yesterday that three navy SEALs have been charged for allegedly abusing a terrorist leader they had captured in Iraq […]
Scientists create heart cells from skin cells By ISRAEL21c Staff November 25, 2009 Research undertaken by Israeli professor Lior Gepstein could one day be used to repair damaged or diseased tissues. Israeli scientists have developed a way to create beating heart cells with skin cells reprogrammed to become stem cells, making it possible to one […]
In Marseille, unease over mosque project Plans stoke debate about identity and assimilation in French city with growing number of Muslim immigrants By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, November 26, 2009 MARSEILLE, FRANCE — Notre Dame de la Garde, an elegant Roman Catholic basilica, has stood for 150 years on a promontory just […]
THE PROBLEM IS ALSO THE DEFINITION OF THE MISSION….ARE OUR TROOPS THERE TO WIN THE “HEARTS AND MINDS” OF THE LOCAL POPULATION OR TO DEFEAT TERRORISTS AND DESTROY THEM AND THEIR LAIRS EVEN WHEN THAT INVOLVES KILLING CIVILIANS….RSK http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/25/obamas-afghanistan/print Obama’s Afghanistan By Daniel Mandel After ten months, people are rightly asking questions about the war […]
http://yoramettinger.newsnet.co.il Freeze of Jewish Construction in Judea and Samaria: Peace or Appeasement Enhancer? 1. A Freeze will not soften – but will intensify – President Obama’s criticism of “settlements” in particular and Israeli policy in general. For instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s June 14, 2009 Two-State-Solution-speech triggered exacerbated pressure by Obama. Moreover, Netanyahu’s willingness to exchange […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4872/pub_detail.asp  “Good morning, everyone. You know, the Statue of Liberty and this wonderful holiday called Thanksgiving go together naturally because although as Americans we have many things for which to be thankful, none is more important than our liberty. Liberty: that quality of government, that brightness of mind and spirit for which the Pilgrim […]
Exclusive: Give Thanks to God – And a Soldier Pam Meister Many of the pieces we have up on FSM today are poignant reminders that we give thanks on this day not to the government (my tongue-in-cheek take on that topic appears here) for our many blessings, but to God. We also give thanks for […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Â Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The Dead End Quest for Peace Peace, peace. Everyone wants peace. Or so we would like to think. Chamberlain and a sizable portion of the English electorate were certain that Hitler wanted peace and all that was needed was for everyone to sit down around a table, make some […]
