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August 2011

JEFF JACOBY: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IS A PIPE DREAM

‘Energy independence’ is a pipe dream by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe  http://www.jeffjacoby.com/10071/energy-independence-is-a-pipe-dream LATE LAST MONTH, President Obama announced new automobile fuel-efficiency standards that will require cars to achieve an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Vehicle fleets currently average 27 miles per gallon, so the new target would boost fuel efficiency by […]

JANET LEVY ROSS: THE JIHAD AGAINST THE ARMENIAN, ASYRIAN AND GREEK CHRISTIANS

The Jihad Against the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Christians By Janet Levy See also: The Persecution of Christians in the Middle East In Germany, where Holocaust denial is punishable by up to five years in prison, Stuttgart University recently capitulated to pressure from resident Turkish Muslims and canceled an event entitled, “Persecution, Expulsion and Annihilation of Christians […]

ANDREW McCARTHY: CHRISTIE’S “CRAZIES”….GOTTAREAD

THIS GOVERNOR IS CLEARLY NOT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE LINCOLN TUNNEL…..RSK http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/273865 Christie’s ‘Crazies’ Sharia is not a figment of our imagination. This “sharia-law business is crap . . . and I’m tired of dealing with the crazies!” So blustered Chris Christie. Bluster is the New Jersey governor’s default mode. It has certainly served him well. […]

ROGER KIMBALL: PLANNED ECONOMY OR PLANNED DESTRUCTION? TAKE 2

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/08/06/planned-economy-or-planned-destruction-take-2/ OK, so I have had occasion to share this educational cartoon from The Chicago Tribune 21 April 1934 before. But memories are short and, as André Gide once put it, ““Toutes choses sont dites déjà, mais comme personne n’écoute, il faut toujours recommencer.” When I first posted this cartoon, back in March of 2009, […]

AUGUST 6, 1945: IT’S OVER FOR JAPAN….W.THOMAS SMITH JR.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10094/pub_detail.asp ” In time, the bombings will be decried as cruel and excessive in terms of the lives lost; as if to suggest all war is not both cruel and excessive to the vanquished. Indeed, nuclear weapons are horrible. What is incalculable, however, is the number of American lives saved by decisively ending the war […]

STANLEY KURTZ: OBAMA’S TWO FINANCIAL CRISES

Obama’s Two Financial Crises By Stanley Kurtz http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/273776 Why is Barack Obama president of the United States? Media coddling? A weak McCain campaign? A strong, if dishonest, effort by Obama to present himself as a pragmatic centrist? All of these things played a role, but the advent of the subprime crisis at the height of the […]

THERE IS AN UPSIDE TO THE DOWNGRADE: CLAUDIA ROSETT

The Upside of the Downgrade Posted By Claudia Rosett URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/the-upside-of-the-downgrade/   The good news — and yes, this part really is good news — is that Standard & Poor’s has finally reduced the spending bacchanal of the U.S. government to a sound bite that anyone can understand: S&P has downgraded America’s sovereign […]

DANIEL GREENFIELD: BREIVIXPLOITATION PART 2

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com ABE FOXMAN BREAKS INTO THE ISLAMOPHOBIA BUSINESS Somewhere there’s a universe where Abe Foxman is managing a pizza shop. Unfortunately this isn’t it. Instead Abe hopped out of his burrow to pen an op-ed in response to the Breivik shootings. The attacks in Norway seem to stem from a different source. They are the […]

DANIEL GREENFIELD: BREIVIXPLOITATION AND THE WEEK THAT WAS PART ONE

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Friday Afternoon Roundup – BREIVIXPLOITATION MESSAGE RECEIVED Obama and the Democrats sent a message by refusing to accept any deal that would involve serious spending reform and a balanced budget. The message is that if you want those things, you’re going to have to vote them out first. Let’s see how much of the […]

BUILD IT AND THEY WON’T COME: A NEW 5 STAR HOTEL IN GAZA…SEE NOTE

http://news.yahoo.com/5-star-hotel-blockaded-gaza-amid-poverty-100708252.html NOTICE HOW IT’S ALL ISRAEL’S FAULT THAT THIS SHARIA COMPLIANT (NO DRINKS NO BABES IN THE POOL) LUXURY HOTEL IS A BUST?….RSK AL-SOUDANIA, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Strip’s first five-star hotel gleams with marble floors, five luxury restaurants and a breezy cafe overlooking the territory’s white sandy beaches and sparkling blue Mediterranean […]