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July 2011

SOUTH SUDAN: THE DISAPPOINTING START OF INDEPENDENCE: ASHISH KUMAR SEN

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/26/south-sudan-stays-with-old-censorship-ways/ South Sudan stays with old censorship ways Media face pre-secession intimidation JUBA, South Sudan — Harassment, arbitrary detention and beatings come with the turf for journalists in South Sudan who dare to question the government’s actions, expose corruption or report the opposition’s point of view. An atmosphere of intimidation has some reporters worried that […]

Stephen Dinan and Chuck Neubauer:Issa: Obama admin intimidating witnesses in ATF gun probe

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/26/issa-atf-warns-witnesses-to-limit-testimony/ Issa: Obama admin intimidating witnesses in ATF gun probe The Obama administration sought to intimidate witnesses into not testifying to Congress on Tuesday about whether ATF knowingly allowed weapons, including assault rifles, to be “walked” into Mexico, the chairman of a House committee investigating the program said in an interview Monday. House Oversight and […]

SOUTH AFRICA: “RAINBOW NATION” OR RHODESIA REDUX BY EMILY BOULTER

http://www.thecommentator.com/index.php/article/328/the_dark_side_of_the_rainbow_nation_ “The Horror!” is all one could think whilst casually browsing one of South Africa’s leading news aggregation sites News 24. One after the other, stories which may only hit the headlines in the UK once or twice a year, are repeated over and over. At a quick glance, the stories themselves would give anyone a […]

JAMES GOURLAY: WHO IS ABDUR RAHMAN GREEN” ADVISER TO THE BBC FOR ITS DOCUMENTARY OF MOHAMMED’S LIFE?

http://www.thecommentator.com/index.php/article/329/is_the_bbc_complicit_in_legitimising_hatred_ The Life of Muhammad is a recent BBC documentary series which has been described as the first full account of Muhammad’s life to be displayed on Western television. To assist them in the momentous task of analysing the life of such an important historical figure the BBC called upon the services of one “Abdur […]

A NEW DEAL FOR AMERICA? DANIEL GREENFIELD

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The New Deal’s bargain was that Americans would trade higher taxes and less economic freedom for a social safety net. That was until the left decided that the social safety net was actually a wealth redistribution platform. The social safety net slid into the welfare state, a program of subsidies for reliable Democratic voters […]

REP. KING: MORE THAN 40 U.S. NATIONALS HAVE GONE TO SOMALIA TO JOIN THE JIHAD

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/rep-king-more-than-40-us-nationals-have-gone-to-somalia-to-join-jihad.html Rep. King: More than 40 U.S. nationals have gone to Somalia to join jihad “Lawmaker: 40 Americans Joined Somali Al-Qaida Linked-terror Group,” from the Associated Press, July 26 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): WASHINGTON (AP) _ The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says more than 40 Americans have been recruited by al-Qaida-linked terrorists […]

LORI LOWENTHAL MARCUS: ANOTHER BIG J STREET DECEPTION

          WWW.ZSTREET.ORG How J Street hoodwinked American Jewish Lawyers Assoc. into endorsing/promoting anti-Israel propaganda   You can barely turn around these days without bumping over another J Street deception.  And this one is a doozy.  J Street has hauled over several retired Israeli politicians and military vaudevillians to perform in the […]

GIULIO MEOTTI: WAGNER SHOULD BE BANNED….SEE NOTE

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4100497,00.html Wagner should be banned Op-ed: Ban on Wagner’s music serves as reminder that ideas, ideologies have real consequences I COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE! ISRAEL’S PROFESSORS ARE TREASONOUS; ITS POP CULTURE IS DOWNRIGHT SEDITIOUS; ITS MOVIE INDUSTRY PRODUCES LIBELS AND BASHING OF ISRAEL; ITS NOVELISTS WRITE ARAB PROPAGANDA…AND A LONG DEAD COMPOSER IS THE SYMBOL […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: AT LAST ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT IS MAKING ITS CASE….PLEASE SEE NOTE

http://www.melaniephillips.com/at-last-israel-starts-to-make-its-case AGAIN MY BROKEN RECORD: THE AMAZING MELANIE SAYS THE FOLLOWING IN AN OTHERWISE GOOD BLOG: “This is not to say that Israel should hold on to all the disputed territory — far from it. But the west should be helped to understand that, as a matter of law and justice, Israel is entitled to […]

ISRAEL’S BOOMING SALES OF F-HERON TP UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES…..

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israeli_company_producing_UAVs_with_French_999.html Israeli company producing UAVs with French  Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. is working with French company Dassault Aviation SA to manufacture F-Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle drones in Israel.  According to the terms of the contract, whose value is estimated to be worth $431 million-$575 million, IAI will manufacture the F-Heron TP components in Israel […]