Bloomberg: World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned policy makers that fiscal-stimulus plans are insufficient to turn around the “real economy†and rising joblessness threatens to set off political unrest across the globe. “While the stimulus has given an impulse, it’s like a sugar high unless you eventually get the credit system working,†Zoellick said in [...]
Times Online: FOR all the billions of dollars worth of surveillance technology directed at North Korea as it breathes fire this weekend, its closed society is so impervious to spying that diplomats in Asia are forced to admit that they might as well rely on Google Earth. A set of images – “North Korea Uncoveredâ€, [...]
By Randall Hoven American Thinker: Some stories are more compelling than others. Some Latina females have compelling stories. So do some white males. Is this story compelling? * A woman went to private grade school, high school, college and law school, all in the normal sequence. * Immediately after law school, at age 24, she [...]
IRAN AND NORTH KOREAN ARE MAKING A MOCKERY OF HIM By RALPH PETERS http://www.nypost.com/ In the old days at Officer Candidate School, the “tac officers,” snapping and snarling, would circle a hapless would-be lieutenant: “You’re lost, Candidate.” “You’re confused. “What are you going to do now?” “Make a decision! Make a decision!” That cherished image [...]
“The White House refused to say how much the trip was costing taxpayers.” Fox News: His public schedule listed no official events, so President Obama had plenty of time to devote to being a weekend dad and spouse. The president and first lady Michelle Obama watched daughter Malia’s soccer game for an hour Saturday morning [...]
Times Online: THE first thing Sadaffe Abid did when she heard Wednesday’s massive bomb rattling the windows in her office four miles away was, like most residents of Lahore, to telephone to check on family and friends. However, what she did next was more surprising. “I told them we should come out on to the [...]
President Barack Obama will offer a “personal commitment” to bridge US differences with Muslims in his long-awaited speech to the Islamic world next week in Egypt, aides said. But White House advisors said Friday that Obama would not shy away from addressing “tough issues” in the speech on Thursday at the University of Cairo which [...]
The New York Times: WASHINGTON – The selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has opened a new battle in the fight over affirmative action and other race-conscious remedies for patterns of inequality, with each side invoking the election of the first black president in support of its cause. Judge Sotomayor, whose parents [...]
Contrarian Commentary: (NEW YORK)(May 29, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin has scheduled a Monday news conference to deliver his latest column, “The Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor.” Martin’s column is expected to cause a firestorm and may torpedo her nomination. Martin also plans to release a letter to President Obama. “Everyone has been looking in [...]
A Blue Angels flight demonstration exhibits choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. It includes the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-plane Diamond Formation, in concert with the fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of its two Solo Pilots. Finally, the team illustrates the pinnacle of precision flying, performing maneuvers locked as a unit in the [...]
Pravda: It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially [...]
http://www.foxnews.com/ http://online.wsj.com A federal immigration judge denied bail Friday to a 23-year-old engineering student from Tampa who has been charged by the U.S. government for engaging in terrorism. The defendant, Youssef Megahed, has already been acquitted by a federal jury of related charges. But now, he faces essentially the same charges again in an immigration [...]
Live Leak: Back to Business as Usual Roll Call is reporting that during the typical Friday afternoon document dump — a practice used to hide actions that might prove somewhat embarrassing to the White House — the administration quietly announced that some of the former restrictions on lobbying ballyhooed about during the late campaign have [...]
by Gary Graham http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ Call me paranoid, but… I was wondering when the government was going to make its move on the Internet. There’s a whole lot of commerce going on, a lot of communication, a lot of people talking to each other, building their businesses and enjoying their lives. So naturally, they’re going to [...]
H/T Barb (My Wife) By Ben Smith http://www.politico.com/ On his trip to get a burger with Brian Williams at Five Guys this afternoon, the president appears to have learned of the existence of a Defense Department intelligence arm, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, from an agency employee also at the burger restaurant.
