http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/bbc-anniversary-report-on-mumbai-massacre-censors-out-islamist-responsibility-for-terror-attacks/#more-1710 BBC anniversary report on Mumbai massacre censors out Islamist responsibility for terror attacks I have written many times on the subject of how the BBC airbrushes the anti-Semitism of Hamas out of its profile of the organisation on its website. But don’t be fooled into thinking this is just about Israel. Another favourite trick […]
White House logs point to donor access Matthew Mosk Newly released visitor logs show that more than two dozen of President Obama’s top-tier campaign fundraisers visited the White House during his first nine months in office, providing more evidence of the administration’s quiet effort to reward donors with VIP access including private briefings with presidential […]
SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/24/2009 08:26 AM Interview with US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke ‘We’re Not in Afghanistan to Build a Perfect Democracy’ The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, spoke to SPIEGEL about Washington’s goals in Afghanistan, President Obama’s new war strategy and the prospects of handing over responsibility to the government in […]
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 […]
