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September 2010

THE J STREET IMPLOSION; SOROS, HORSE RACING AND CONNIE ESDICUL

The J Street Implosion: Soros, Horse Racing and… Connie Esdicul? Roger Simon URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/09/28/the-j-street-implosion-soros-horse-racing-and-connie-esdicul/ A year ago J Street — the putatively progressive fledgling counter to the Israel lobbying group AIPAC — was riding high.  They had just received a write up in the New York Times Magazine [1] that was somewhere between […]

MORE ROBIN SHEPHERD: BBC ignores incitement and anti-Semitism in outlining “core issues” in peace talks

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/bbc-ignores-incitement-and-anti-semitism-in-outlining-core-issues-in/#more-3134 Following up on my previous two posts there is an interesting illustration of the way the BBC views the conflict between Israel, the Palestinians and the wider Muslim world up on its website in the form of a professionally laid out breakdown of the key issues up for discussion in the current talks. In […]

ROBIN SHEPHERD: PALARAB STORIES VS. REALITY ABOUT AIMS

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/palestinians-pushing-very-different-story-about-aims-of-peace-process-from-what-youre-seeing-in-the-western-media/#more-3123 As obsession with the settlement issue as the “great barrier” to peace in the Middle East continues along its oh so predictable journey through the ministries and media establishments of the West, now might be a good time to reflect on some really rather significant items of recent news from the Palestinian side that […]

JIHADISTS USING BRITISH WEBSITE TO SPREAD TERROR

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8026785/Jihadists-using-British-website-to-spead-terror-think-tank-claims.html Jihadists using British website to spead terror, think-tank claims Middle eastern exiles are using a British-based website to encourage suicide bombing and the killing of Westerners, according to a report. By Duncan Gardham Security Correspondent Published: 7:00AM BST 27 Sep 2010 Cheering for Osama, by the think-tank Quilliam, describes the website as the “mouthpiece […]

PEACE TALKS ARE SUSPENDED….SO WHAT? ELLIOTT ABRAMS…..SEE NOTE

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575519781120433248.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Are Suspended. So What? MY ONLY QUIBBLE HERE IS THE FAITH IN PALARABS’ RESTRAINT AND COOPERATION…..WHICH ARE ILLUSIONS….IF ISRAEL GIVES UP LAND, THAT LAND WILL BECOME A TERRORISM OUTPOST….PERIOD….RSK What matters is growth and state-building in the West Bank. Yet the Obama administration is still fixated on settlements. By ELLIOTT ABRAMS […]

GABRIEL SCHOENFELD ON BARACK OBAMA DEFENDER OF STATE SECRETS

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575519671706217584.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Barack Obama: Defender of State Secrets The president has launched more leak prosecutions than all his predecessors combined. By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD ‘My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government,” Barack Obama pledged to the nation when he took office. Things haven’t quite worked out as the president promised. Consider […]

TEA PARTY GATHERS MOMENTUM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575520252928390046.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories#printMode Tea-Party Movement Gathers Strength By PETER WALLSTEN And DANNY YADRON The tea party has emerged as a potent force in American politics and a center of gravity within the Republican Party, with a large majority of Republicans showing an affinity for the movement that has repeatedly bucked the GOP leadership this year, a new […]

BECKEL TO GELLER” YOU’RE A WOMAN, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL”…..SEE NOTE

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rusty-weiss/2010/09/28/beckel-geller-you-re-woman-you-better-be-careful WHY IS THIS PORCINE IDIOT STILL MAKING NEWS ROUNDS? HIS LAST GREAT “SUCCESS” WAS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY OF WARRIOR DUKAKIS… AND HE’S HAD PREVIOUS TROUBLE WITH THE LADIES….SEE: http://bigjournalism.com/hgiles/2010/02/05/bob-youd-better-just-pull-back/ Beckel to Geller: ‘You’re a Woman, You Better Be Careful’ Eric Bolling’s new show on the Fox Business Channel, Money Rocks, saw a significant display […]

INDONESIA NIXES COMPULSORY VIRGINITY TESTS

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/education/indonesia-rejects-proposal-to-subject-girls-to-virginity-tests/398505 Jakarta. The Indonesian government on Tuesday dismissed a provincial lawmaker’s proposal to force teenage schoolgirls to undergo virginity tests before they can enter state schools. Women’s Affairs Ministry official Wahyu Hartomo said such tests would violate basic human rights and potentially harm the health of young women. “That kind of test violates human rights […]

FBI RAIDS HOME OF OBAMA ASSOCIATE AND RADICALS IN TERRORISM SWEEP

http://bigpeace.com/jhoft/2010/09/28/fbi-raids-home-of-obama-associate-radical-aaan-leader-in-terrorism-sweep/ FBI Raids Home of Obama Associate & Radical AAAN Leader in Terrorism Sweep Posted by Jim Hoft Sep 28th 2010 Last Friday FBI agents raided the homes of far left activists in Chicago and Minneapolis who are linked to the FARC and Islamic radicals as part of a terrorism investigation. The home of radical […]