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August 2010

IN AFGHANISTAN; HEARTS AND MINDS AND CORRUPTION AND SUITCASES WITH CASH FLYING OUT OF THE COUNTRY

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399422302747074.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion By WILLIAM EASTERLY In June, this newspaper broke the story of how Afghan officials were literally stuffing suitcases with aid money and flying out of the country. As a result, the House foreign aid appropriations subcommittee voted to cut $4.5 billion from the U.S. aid program to Afghanistan. The situation in Afghanistan is not […]

DOCTORS IN DISTRESS IN CASTRO’S “UTOPIA”….SEE NOTE

WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OLIVER STONE AND MICHAEL MOORE TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE TYRAN’S “PARADISE” AND EVEN GET A NOBEL PRIZE FOR IT….RSK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703977004575393202684254756.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_BelowLEFTSecond Cuba’s Cash-for-Doctors Program Thousands of its health-care missionaries flee mistreatment. By MARIA C. WERLAU For decades, Cuba has “exported” doctors, nurses and health technicians to earn diplomatic influence […]

MARK HELPRIN: THE FAILURE OF STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Hollow Talk in the South China Sea If present military trends continue, the correlation of forces will shift much more to Beijing’s advantage within the next decade. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421233581556808.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Opinion By MARK HELPRIN Lurking about the presidency in the guise of secretary of state, America’s chief diplomat has embarked upon a mistake that someday may rival Dean […]

WSJ EDITORIAL: THE MOSQUE OF MISUNDERSTANDING…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

NO…THE WSJ EDITORIAL IS DEAD WRONG……FEISAL SHOULD NOT BUILD A MOSQUE, ESPECIALLY A MOSQUE WITH THE SYMBOLIC NAME OF MOSLEM CONQUEST ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES…..IT’S THE IMAM AS WELL AS THE LOCATION…..RSK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423243201956002.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop How fraught is the debate over the proposed Ground Zero mosque? Even President Obama can’t seem to decide, or at least […]

WHY IS HILLARY CLINTON MUM ON IMAM RAUF FEISAL WHO IS ACTING AS A US ENVOY?

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/hillary_and_the_ground_zero_mo.html Hillary and the Ground Zero Mosque Imam Thomas Lifson It is time for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to step up to the plate and investigate Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, who is currently touring the Middle East at the expense of American Taxpayers as an envoy of her Department of State. Claudia Rossett, one […]

HIROSHIMA, OBAMA AND TRUMAN: JONATHAN TOBIN

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/hiroshima–obama–and-truman-15496 Hiroshima, Obama, and Truman Jonathan S. Tobin WEB ONLY Today’s ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima had something new: the presence of the U.S. ambassador to Japan. Never before had America sent an official participant in the annual memorial to those killed in the world’s first atomic attack. That […]

WHY IS THE DOJ WASTING TIME AND MONEY INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS FROM PRISONERS INCLUDING CONVICTED TERRORISTS?

EDITORIAL: Coddling terrorists with the Patriot Act http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/13/coddling-terrorists-with-the-patriot-act/print/ Justice Department spends $1.2 million investigating prisoner complaints By THE WASHINGTON TIMES – Instead of protecting civil liberties, the Justice Department is wasting money coddling prison inmates, including convicted terrorists. A report released by the department’s inspector general last week examined implementation of a section of the […]

CLIMATE ASTROLOGY AND OTHER MUSINGS OF THE “WARMERS”

For latest go to www.ClimateDepot.com Climate Astrology: AP: Scientists: Summer Catastrophes Fit Predictions — Asian Floods, Russian Wildfires, Arctic Ice Flow Mirrors 2007 UN Report on Climate Change Climate Astrology — ‘It Has Been Foretold’ of Extreme Weather: ‘UN IPCC science has a status similar to interpretations of Nostradamus and the Mayan calendars’ Predictions of […]

CANADIAN IMAMS DECLARE INTENT TO COMBAT ….ER….”RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE”…..NO MENTION OF HONOR KILLINGS, TERRORISM….

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/38-imams-declare-intent-to-combat-religious-violence-heres-the-problem-with-that/ 38 Imams declare intent to combat “religious violence”; Here’s the problem with that John Schulenburg, GatewayPundit.FirstThings.com Forgive me if my cynicism trumps what little optimism is left of my belief that moderate Muslims will step up to the plate and do the job only they are capable of doing. Every year we see this. […]

IRAN’S NUCLEAR CLOCK IS NOW TICKING FASTER:PROFESSOR LOUIS RENE BERES

Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971) Professor of Political Science and International Law Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA ————- For both Israel and the United States, the Iranian nuclear “clock” is now ticking faster. On August 21, beginning a process that will last about a month, uranium fuel shipped by Russia will be […]