November 23, 2009 Exclusive: Yes, Virginia: ‘Reid’ Them the Riot Act Ruth King Could you explain something to me, Virginia? Something passed in the Senate last night that I just can’t figure out. Senators who voted for the passage of the Senate Health Reform Bill lost no time in saying that they would vote against […]
November 23, 2009 Exclusive: ‘Catch & Release’ Program Undermines Border SecurityMichael Cutler If, as the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” check out news report posted by the NBC affiliate station in Nashville, Tennessee. “Catch & Release” is the program by which ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the United States Border […]
SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/23/2009 12:30 PM The Death Penalty Problem 9/11 Trial Puts German-US Relations Under Strain By John Goetz and Marcel Rosenbach The prosecutors in the forthcoming 9/11 trials in New York will be seeking the death penalty if the five defendants are found guilty. That could pose a problem for Germany, which is supplying […]
 REEKS WITH IRONY DOESN’T IT? GERMANY ASKED TO OVERSEE THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL BY AN ISRAELI…..RSK  ‘Merkel Should Get More Engaged in the Peace Process’ This week Guido Westerwelle makes his first visit as German foreign minister to Israel. Next week the Israeli and the German cabinets are meeting in Berlin. In an interview […]
Strange Days in Germany http://www.hurryupharry.org/ This is a guest post by Karl Pfeifer I am an 81 year old survivor of the Holocaust to whom strange things happened last week in Germany. I was invited to give a lecture about racism and Antisemitism in Hungary in Bielefeld (November 19) by Antifa AG of the university […]
http://www.hurryupharry.org/ Why does Oliver Miles – ex-Ambassador and now Arab Lobbyist – think that the ethnicity of two Jews is relevant to their suitability as participants in an inquiry into the war in Iraq? Who knows. However, Judy at Adloyada has some interesting background on Oliver Miles: Oliver Miles is Chairman of MEC International, a […]
Where Has the Thrill Gone? By Victor Davis Hanson :The Harder They Fall? Who appointed over 40 ambassadors on the sole basis of campaign contributions, or has as many lobbyists in government as did any President in memory? And who releases touchy news—whether increased unemployment or trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civil courts—on Friday nights, […]
http://www.hurryupharry.org/ Harry’s Place recently noted the New Statesman “scoop†over supposed gaffe by easyJet’s in-flight magazine, which organised a fashion shoot at Berlin’s Holocaust Museum. This from a magazine which recently printed an interview with Khaled Meshal, leader of Hamas, an organisation which describes the Holocaust as a Zionist lie. There are arguments for publishing […]
Political Correctness and the Sunset of American Power  By David Solway Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refers to the U.S., and by extension the West per se, as an ofuli (sunset) power [1]. Nothing apparently new here. Ezra Pound’s 1920 poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley [2]†had famously written off Western civilization, and by implication the U.S. […]
http://online.wsj.com/article /SB10001424052748704888404574549741582508178.html Elections scheduled for December 6 will mark the official end of the Bolivian democracy. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY Â A dictatorship that fosters the production and distribution of cocaine is not apt to enjoy a positive international image. But when that same government cloaks itself in the language of social justice, with a […]
