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February 2010

PIE IN THE SKY STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/a-strategy-for-reversing-the-tide-of-anti-israeli-bigotry/#more-2125 This is such pie in the sky….to deal with the deadly scourge of Jew hatred. Only strength and determination and an iron fist works not “please like me” …..rsk http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/a-strategy-for-reversing-the-tide-of-anti-israeli-bigotry/#more-2125 A Strategy for reversing the tide of anti-Israeli bigotry….Robin Shepherd Today’s Jerusalem Post runs a commentary by Professor Gil Troy which should be read […]

INTERVIEW WITH ABBAS….NOTE HIS THREAT TO THE WORLD

SPIEGEL ONLINE “And I also have a warning for the world: Do not drive the Palestinians to the point of total hopelessness.” Interview with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ‘I Will Not Back Down’ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 74, discusses peace negotiations with Israel and his disappointment with United States President Barack Obama in an exclusive […]

THE FOLLY OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK

The Buffalo Interfaith Bluff Posted by Ilya Feoktistov on Feb 8th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage.   Rabbi Marc Schneier is a leading exponent of Jewish-Muslim dialogue. As founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, he recently described in Newsweek the successes of his second annual “Weekend of Twinning of Synagogues and Mosques.” This interfaith […]

CHANGE WE CAN REGRET

Change we can regret Can someone explain how this is change? Yes, I can explain it quite easily: Under President George W. Bush, our national debt was measured in billions. Under President Obama, it is measured in trillions. Under Mr. Bush, our national debt was 2 percent of our gross domestic product. Under Mr. Obama, […]

HILLARY CLINTON NOW SEES ISLAMIC TERRORISM AS NUMBER ONE THREAT

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/08/clinton-sees-islamist-terror-as-no-1-threat//print/ Clinton sees Islamist terror as No. 1 threat Nicholas Kralev and Jennifer Haberkorn THE WASHINGTON TIMES Obama administration figures took to Sunday’s political talk shows to rebut charges of White House weakness on Islamist terrorism, with the nation’s top diplomat saying such networks pose the greatest threat to national security. While one of the […]

THE BETTER TO WIPE OUT ISRAEL…MOSCOW/HAMAS TALKS ON FATAH/HAMAS UNITY

Hamas leader holds talks in Moscow MOSCOW (AFP) – The leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas met here Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks on efforts to reunify the two main Palestinian independence movements. “We met to pursue our discussions, and our principal goal is to build on efforts brokered by Egypt […]

LOOSE LIPS FROM OBAMA/GIBBS AND CRIMINAL RIGHTS

Updated: Mon., Feb. 8, 2010, Team O’s civil-liberties woes If Team Obama is so keen on trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terrorists in civilian court, it needs to remember that criminals have rights. Such as the right not to have the verdict and sentence publicly proclaimed before trial by the nation’s top officials. White […]

SENATOR JIM DE MINT: THE TEA-PARTY’S SENATOR?

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YjQxN2Q0ZDMwM2M0NWM3ZTYwMzRmNzVlZjczNWYxMWU= Senator Tea Party In Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the conservative resurgence finds an ally JOHN J. MILLER Jim DeMint wasn’t looking forward to his conversation with Arlen Specter last spring, but he didn’t want to avoid his Senate colleague, either. The Republican from South Carolina had decided to endorse Pat Toomey, who had […]

MARK STEYN: RECLUSELAND ON J.D. SALINGER

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YWZkOGExNDhiZjlkZWEwM2MyZjU1N2RiNTZlNzdjZGI= Recluseland I’m not sure I’m the go-to guy for a disquisition on The Catcher in the Rye, but I confess I was always intrigued by the J. D. Salinger lifestyle, at least since I moved to New Hampshire. He was a ways down the Connecticut River from me, but in this neck of the […]

UNSENTIMENTAL EDUCATION: WHAT HAS OBAMA LEARNED ABOUT MID-EAST PEACE? MARTIN PERETZ

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0210/peretz020810.php3?printer_friendly Unsentimental Education By Martin Peretz What has Obama learned about peace? asks the editor-in-chief of the leading journal of liberal thought, The New Republic An interview by Joe Klein in Time magazine is hardly a historical event. But, when the interview is with Barack Obama, it lays claim to some newsworthiness. This is especially […]