WASHINGTON Today, Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir participated in the Ambassador’s Roundtable at the 18th annual National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) Conference. The two-day conference is entitled, “Fresh Visions, Old Realities, New Possibilities: The Impact of Leadership Change on Arab-U.S. Relations.” The roundtable featured Ambassador Al-Jubeir, U.S. Ambassador to [...]
By HERB KEINON Turkey announced Thursday that it had arrested 33 al-Qaida terror suspects in a plot to target Israelis and others. Ankara announced that anti-terrorism police had arrested 33 al-Qaida-linked suspects who had been planning attacks on Israeli, US and NATO targets in the country. The arrests took place in simultaneous raids in the [...]
SYDNEY (AP) – Five men were convicted Friday of plotting a terrorist attack by stockpiling bomb-making instructions and purchasing explosive chemicals in Australia’s largest terrorist conspiracy. A jury deliberated for a month before finding the men guilty of conspiring to commit acts in preparation for a terrorist attack. Each face a maximum sentence of life [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Handing President Barack Obama a partial victory in his effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, House Democrats on Thursday repelled a Republican effort to block transfer of any of the detainees to the U.S. Instead, by a 224-193 vote, the House stood by a Democratic plan to allow suspected enemy combatants [...]
American Thinker: In January 2004, George Soros proclaimed to the world, “I have made rejection of the Bush doctrine the central project of my life.” To which he added, “America, under Bush, is a danger to the world. And I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is.” Soros then waged a nearly one-wallet [...]
USA Today: WASHINGTON — Apparently, the Obama White House believes in diplomacy with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but not Glenn Beck.
Very interesting… Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Rush Limbaugh’s future as a National Football League owner will be determined by his wallet, not his words. Big bucks trump flaming bombast, especially in this economic climate. The conservative talk-radio personality, a Missouri native and short-lived ESPN football analyst, is part of an investor group that wants to [...]
CNS News: Emily Douglas, Web editor for The Nation magazine, said Wednesday that making the “recession worse†and making goods “more expensive†for Americans are means to reduce consumerism and preserve the environment. Douglas was one of three journalists participating in a panel discussion, “Covering Climate: What’s Population Got to Do With It,†which was [...]
Connie Hair in Town Hall: House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) held a hearing this morning to certify that H.R. 3200 — the main House Obamacare bill which was the subject of all the town hall rage in August — has met all requirements to pass as a “budget reconciliation†measure. Under [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies in which they had to jump at least their own height to progress to manhood. [...]
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) – A Turkish television drama which depicts an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby has strained already tense relations between Israel and Turkey, its strategic Muslim ally. Once-close ties between the Jewish state and Turkey, a secular state with a Muslim population, have deteriorated since Israel’s offensive earlier this year [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the case is growing stronger for allowing the government to sell health insurance in competition with private companies, contending recent attacks from the industry should dispel any doubts. “The need for a public option is very clear,” the California Democrat told reporters at her weekly [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. veterans criticized President Barack Obama’s lengthy review of Afghan war strategy, saying on Thursday the drawn-out debate in Washington was a direct threat to troops and the nation’s defense. The head of Veterans of Foreign Wars, a group representing 1.5 million former soldiers, issued a tersely worded statement urging Obama to [...]
Fox News: In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23, 2009. Obama’s job approval rating comes in at 49 percent this week. That’s down just [...]
John Nolte in Big Hollywood: On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,†and that this “unprecedented block of TV programming is the first wave of [...]
