Archive for September, 2011

Guardian UK: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has launched a stinging attack at the United Nations on the US and other major powers as militarist, imperialist and unfit to dominate global governance. Ahmadinejad’s verbal assault on the west and Israel promoted walkouts by diplomatic delegations. US diplomats were the first to leave, when Ahmadinejad referred [...]

Daily Caller: The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) will submit a new ethics complaint against Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, The Daily Caller has learned. The complaint, which will be filed on Thursday with the Office of Congressional Ethics, takes issue with DNC ads that appear to violate House rules. [...]

F-22s Return To Service

Why would such a supposedly “savvy” investor be involved in a company poised to fail? The Washington Examiner: As Republican lawmakers begin to dig into the White House’s cozy relationship with a startup wireless company and the wealthy Democratic donor who owns it, a new character has appeared on the story’s edges: liberal superdonor, conservative [...]

Anti-war hippies did this same thing to families of those serving during Vietnam. Its mental and emotional terrorism of our military families. KFOR: OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities are warning military families about a cruel hoax. The Oklahoma National Guard was notified about an alleged incident involving two people acting as military personnel. They allegedly told [...]

Fox News: Mysterious messages that appeared to be scrawled in Arabic writing on the underbellies of several Southwest Airlines jets were being investigated Wednesday by the airline and the FBI, Los Angeles radio station KNX-1070 reported. The graffiti, which began appearing in February on 737-model planes, has been found more often in recent weeks, according [...]

Gov Track: Sep 8, 2011 – Introduced in House. This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the House for consideration. This is the latest version of the bill currently available on GovTrack. HRES 394 IH 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 394 Supporting Israel’s [...]

Your Jewish News: In late February, the Israeli Knesset passed the NGO Funding Transparency Bill by 40 to 34. It had been a long journey for the bill which despite its neutered state was still a declaration of war by the conservative Likud Party? against the shadow NGO empire that was the Soros way. While [...]

Yes, THAT Dennis Kucinich – the guy who helped orchestrate the Libyan coup The Hill: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) says he would consider putting the liberal congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in his Cabinet if he were to win the presidency in 2012. Paul said his libertarian political philosophy helps him connect with some on the [...]

National Journal: CNN’s Ben Wedeman discovered what he said on Thursday appears to be processed uranium sitting in a Libyan warehouse filled with thousands of barrels apparently containing radioactive material. He came across the warehouse while pursuing a story at a military base outside the town of Sabha. Wedeman tweeted photos of the warehouse, including [...]

Chicago Sun Times: The indictment of a Chicago nurse accused of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds for her personal use has turned a spotlight on an Illinois state agency that awarded her money while it was headed by one of President Barack Obama’s closest friends, Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, records show. [...]

Haaretz: Senior Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath said Wednesday that the Palestinians’ statehood bid at the United Nations is the only alternative to violence, stressing that the UN move will give the Palestinians the chance to promote their rights. “The UN is the only alternative to violence,” Shaath said during a press conference on the sidelines [...]

Big Government: CBS News recently got their hands on secret recordings of conversations about Fast and Furious that took place between an ATF agent and a gun store owner, both of whom were located in the Phoenix area (and both of whom were thoroughly acquainted with Fast and Furious). The recordings captured agent Hope McAllister [...]

War Porn: <b> OORAH!</b>

Lance Cpl. Timothy Jackson, a team leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, reloads his weapon during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011. The platoon-level attacks were part of the battalion’s 35-day Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise. During EMV, the [...]

Chicago Tribune: All it took to give nearly two dozen labor leaders from Chicago a windfall worth millions was a few tweaks to a handful of sentences in the state’s lengthy pension code. The changes became law with no public debate among state legislators and, more importantly, no cost analysis. Twenty years later, 23 retired [...]

Washington Examiner: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman, and doctor, Howard Dean backed a McKinsey & Co. survey today that found that almost a third of private-sector employers will drop their employee health insurance coverage when Obamacare’s government-managed insurance exchanges come online. Dean told Morning Joe, “The fact is it is very good for small business. [...]

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is building a ring of secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials. One base for the unmanned aircraft is being [...]

Associated Press: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two Americans jailed in Iran as spies were released from Tehran’s prison on Wednesday after more than two years in custody. Associated Press reporters saw a convoy of vehicles with Swiss and Omani diplomats leaving Evin prison Wednesday afternoon with Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal inside, heading to an [...]