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August 2011

DISGRACEFUL COMPROMISE: THE DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATIONS LEAVE DEFENSE BUDGET IN GRAVE JEOPARDY: JOHN BOLTON

https://www.decideamerica.com/debt-ceiling-negotiations-leaving-defense-budget-in-grave-jeopardy Debt-Ceiling Negotiations Leaving Defense Budget in Grave Jeopardy  Every indication is that the debt-ceiling negotiations are leaving the defense budget in grave jeopardy.  By exposing critical defense programs to disproportionate cuts as part of the “trigger mechanism,” there is a clear risk that key defense programs will be hollowed out. While the trigger mechanism […]

UNDERSTANDING THE DEBATE IN EUROPE ON RITUAL SLAUGHTER: VERY INTERESTING

http://www.jidaily.com/a6HG THE PROHIBITION OF RITUAL SLAUGHTERING(KOSHER SHECHITA AND HALAL) AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION OF MINORITIES BY Pablo Lerner* and Alfredo Mordechai Rabello** INTRODUCTION The statutory prohibition against ritual slaughter, which does not stun the animal prior to slaughter, as required in most Western nations, poses a significant challenge for the international right to freedom of […]

SOMETHING ROTTEN IN NORWAY: DANIEL GREENFIELD

Something Rotten in Norway Posted By Daniel Greenfield  URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/01/something-rotten-in-norway/   Anders Breivik’s attack on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labour Party has its most obvious precedent in the Maalot Massacre when Palestinian Muslim gunmen attacked an Israeli elementary school, taking over a hundred children hostage, and then using automatic weapons to […]

HEZBOLLAH: FRAUD. A CRIMINAL GANG NOT A “RESISTANCE GROUP”; MATTHEW LEAVITT

http://www.jidaily.com/aLiJ Fraud How Hezbollah Uses Crime to Finance Its Operations Matthew Levitt Hezbollah has long relied on foreign patrons for funding. But with Iran’s economy suffering and Syria in turmoil, the group has adopted mafia tactics to fill its coffers. Western countries should shine a spotlight on Hezbollah’s crime wave in order to hurt the […]

GRIM DATA FROM IRAQ….JULY TOLL SECOND HIGHEST IN 2011

http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-death-toll-july-second-highest-2011-100202291.html Deadly violence in Iraq declined slightly in July from the previous month but still marked the second-highest death toll for the year, data published on Monday showed. The latest figures come days after a US watchdog warned that Iraq was a more dangerous country than a year ago ahead of a “summer of uncertainty” […]

WHO’S AFRAID OF RICK PERRY? ALL THE GOP FRONTRUNNERS: ALLYSIA FINLEY

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904888304576476151613488080.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion A new Gallup poll suggests that a possible entry into the GOP presidential primary by the Texas governor should concern frontrunners. By ALLYSIA FINLEY A new Gallup poll suggests that a possible late entry into the GOP presidential primary by Texas Gov. Rick Perry should concern frontrunners Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. Mr. Perry […]

FRANK DONATELLI: STATES ARE A MODEL FOR THE OVERSPENDER IN D.C.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/29/republican-states-balancing-their-budgets/ DONATELLI: Republican states balancing their budgets Their success should be a model for overspenders in Washington At a time when Washington continues to struggle to trim deficits that approach $1.5 trillion annually, Republican-led states, along with a few Democratic officials, continue to take the tough steps necessary to balance their state budgets without tax […]

CLAUDIA ROSETT: DURBAN 111 AND THE MONACO FACTOR

Durban III: The Monaco Factor Posted By Claudia Rosett URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/durban-iii-the-monaco-factor/   On Sept. 22, the United Nations will strike a blow for bigotry, by hosting Durban III — the third in what has become a series of UN gatherings dedicated in name to fighting racism, but devoted in practise to whipping up […]

DANIEL GREENFIELD: A LAND WITHOUT HISTORY?

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ “In a land without history, whoever furbishes the national memory, coins the concepts and interprets the past will win the future.” Michael Sturmer Tell me who you are and I can tell you how you see the past. That vanishing country falling away behind us. Are we on the way up or the way […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: HATRED, SMEARS AND LIBERALS HELL-BENT ON BULLYING MILLIONS INTO SILENCE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020924/Hatred-smears-liberals-hell-bent-bullying-millions-silence.html#ixzz1Tlm2fRAk The baleful effects of the recent attacks in Norway, where Anders Breivik bombed Oslo’s government district and then gunned down teenagers at a Labour party camp, murdering at least 77 people, have not  been limited to that horrific carnage. For the atrocity has produced a reaction among people on the political Left in Britain, […]