http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576414832984660302.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_world BEIJING—China pledged further investments in war-torn Sudan’s oil and gas reserves at the start of a state visit to Beijing by President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes. Ahead of Sudan’s planned north-south split next month, China, an influential supporter and a major oil buyer, is […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303763404576416191709848746.html?mod=WSJ_article_LatestHeadlines The Obama administration said Wednesday that al Qaeda and its acolytes—including radicalized Americans—remained the “preeminent security threat to the United States” even after the death last month of Osama bin Laden. In its first formal document on counterterrorism strategy, the administration said direct attacks on the homeland by foreigners or homegrown militants were its […]
Republicans and the Thatcher Legacy Mitt Romney has adapted her ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ slogan, but would he emulate her steely leadership? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576414234208381582.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Opinion In 1978, with the British economy in crisis and unemployment hovering at 1.5 million, or 5.1% of the working-age population, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party turned to its advertising gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576413943178618516.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop If it’s Thursday it must mean that Europe is out with another scheme to delay its eventual reckoning with Greek insolvency. This one comes courtesy of France and is, no surprise, tailor-made to help French and German banks. Unfortunately it leaves Greece in a worse fiscal position and increases risk to European taxpayers and […]
Hugo Chavez back on TV after surgery in Cuba http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9O5KH100&show_article=1 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Hugo Chavez has reappeared in photos and videos on state television, chatting with Fidel Castro in Cuba after a prolonged seclusion following surgery that has left Venezuelans guessing about their president’s health.The images aired Tuesday night were the first to be […]
http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2011/06/30/chinese-crackdown-docs-leaked-to-danish-paper/ —It’s not that anyone believes Chinese dictator — sorry, “premier” — Wen Jiabao when he says, as in London this week, “tomorrow’s China will be a country that fully achieves democracy, the rule of law, fairness and justice.” Obviously, this is just the sugar to make the medicine go down. But the economic prostration […]
HILLARY’S GIFT TO ROME: LADY GAGA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is quoted as saying that the State Department was “instrumental in sealing the deal” for Lady Gaga to appear at the June 11 Euro Pride concert in Rome. Catholic League president Bill Donohue responds as follows: The Obama administration has U.S. troops fighting in […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The two streams in American politics are not liberal vs conservative, they can be roughly defined as “Leave Me Alone” vs “Make It Better”. Leave Me Alone seeks personal independence, self-reliance and freedom from interference. Make It Better believes in the progressive betterment of society through regulation, intervention and education. Most people associate the […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9843,css.print/pub_detail.asp In The Netherlands, a European country least likely to generate good news, Geert Wilders, the outspoken Dutch politician who was on trial for “hate speech,” was acquitted of having committed the alleged crime. We are patiently waiting for such news to emanate from other least likely European countries that are also beset by masses […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9847/pub_detail.asp International law has ceased to be international. Where it used to be about relations among states, it is nowadays about human rights violations within states – which suits its practitioners down to the ground, as it gives them virtually unlimited jurisdiction. For hundreds of years, we operated on the basis of the clearly understood […]
