Illinois Senate Race: Familiar Radical, Anti-Israel Ties                                                                                                   Until he raised lots of money for the Obama campaign, Alexi Giannoulias, an unknown in political circles, had never voted in an election. Today he is running for the hotly contested Illinois Senate seat once held by Obama, and a familiar cast of radical and anti-Israel ties […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/02/22/the-leaders-we-deserve-or-dr-kimball’s-three-part-prescription-for-financial-recovery/ ” An immediate moratorium on federal hiring. Total. Across the board. Senate staffer leaves, he is not replaced. Under-under-secretary for coddling dictators retires, she is not replaced. All those bloated, inefficient government bureaucracies go on an immediate diet: they slim the easy way, via attrition. We start this tomorrow, maybe today, and we keep […]
UK officer defends Israeli forces By John McManus BBC News A former senior British army officer has said international media including the BBC are being exploited by “dark forces” who want to harm Israel. Col Richard Kemp, who was a commander in Afghanistan, said some international criticism of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) was motivated […]
Hugo Chávez left in the dark as El Niño plays power politics Weather is causing all kinds of havoc in Venezuela Hugo Chávez may be wondering, as Venezuela’s taps run dry and its cities fall into darkness, whether God is on the side of the Yankees. The El Niño weather phenomenon appears to be taking […]
