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Homeland Security

US Legislative Immigration Update September 29, 2008

September 29, 2008 FAIR has released its Legislative Immigration Update that covers the following: Congress Extends E-Verify for Six Months  Senate Panel Scrutinizes Visa Waiver Program House Subcommittee Examines Immigration Judge Hiring Practices Senate Establishes Liaison to Facilitate Military Citizenship Applications

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US Opinion and Editorial

Obama goes to war against freedom of speech

September 29, 2008 by Robert Spencer “See those Islamophobes, Barack? It’s time to call out the Thought Police!” (UPDATE! 2004 Hearings – Democrats Refuse to Reform Freddie & Fannie) By now a gazillion sites have posted this from the State of Missouri’s site, “Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement.” […]

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Islamic Terrorism

Mass Killings and Human Rights Violations in Syria

September 28, 2008 Memri Dispatch No. 466 by O. Winter*  Introduction There has been series of flagrant human rights violations recently in Syria, including the mass killing of prisoners in Sidnaya prison and the killing of three Kurdish citizens who were celebrating Norouz (New Year) in the city of Kamishli. Following are excerpts from reactions […]

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US Opinion and Editorial

Iranian President Ahmadinejad, With Pancake

September 28, 2008 Baghdad Bob Thanks to Pro-Life cartoonist Dan Lacey for including Iranian President Ahmadinejad as a recent subject in his current ‘Pancake’ miniature oil painting series, which features a variety of politicians and celebrities with the popular breakfast item balanced smartly upon the top of their heads.  Other recent subjects in his series […]

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Culture Wars

2004 Hearings – Democrats Refuse to Reform Freddie & Fannie

September 27, 2008 The Daily Motion The Truth Does Not Lie – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats Originally Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on July 16, 2008 5:27 PM The federal government recently announced that it will come to the rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two embattled mortgage buyers that […]

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Energy and Environment

Michael Mann behind the Hockey Stick

September 27, 2008 Marc Morano Reality Check: Michael Mann claims his ‘Hockey Stick’ not ‘discredited’ despite overwhelming evidence to contrary – (Professor Michael Mann of Penn State University) Mann Claim # 1: [Mann] said his so-called “hockey stick” curve on a graph, which shows warming sloping gently upward, and then shooting straight up, has been […]

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Homeland Security

Mexico’s Deadly Cities: Ciudad Juarez

M3 Report September 27, 2008   Mexico: Ciudad Juarez – a deadly city – over 1000 homicides from January 1st to date-Just Across the border from El Paso Cuarto Poder  (Tuxtla, Chiapas)  9/25/08 The spokesman for Chiapas’ Masons, Isauro Mendoza, said that the greatest problem facing Mexico is corruption, since it is the source of impunity […]

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Geopolitical

Geert Wilders’ Speech to Parliament

Geert Wilders                                Friday, September 19, 2008 Text of Geert Wilders’ Speech to Parliament by Baron Bodissey “I prefer to call them ‘colonists’. Muslim colonists. Because they have not come here to integrate, but to take over the lot, to make us submit.” Yesterday I posted about Dutch state television pulling the plug on Geert […]

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Homeland Security

US Legislative Immigration Update September 22, 2008

September 24, 2008 FAIR has released its Legislative Immigration Update that covers the following: Senate Debate Stalls E-Verify Reauthorization House Panels Discuss Military Amnesty Bill and Border Security Rhode Island Governor Wins E-Verify Lawsuit Ninth Circuit Court Upholds Arizona Employer Sanctions Law California Appellate Court Allows In-State Tuition Case to Proceed New GAO Report Critical […]

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Energy and Environment

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics

September 22, 2008 SPPI and CO2 Science For quite some time now, the world’s climate alarmists have obsessed over what they contend will be the imminent demise of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) if human-induced CO2 emissions are not dramatically reduced. As Al Gore (2006) has phrased it, if “half of Antarctica melted or […]

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US Opinion and Editorial

Truth about Who Tried To Prevent The Collapse Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac

September 20, 2008 Read this only if you want to know the truth about who tried to prevent the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac By Vincent Gioia When President Bill Clinton took office, Fannie and Freddie were viewed as “key” to Clinton’s plans to expand home ownership. The Washington Post reports: “The result […]

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US Opinion and Editorial

Obama’s Tax Plan Punishes Small Business and The American Worker

September 19, 2008 CFIF Raising Taxes on “Top 5%” Would Punish Small Employers and Ordinary American Workers Despite the slowing economy, Senator Barack Obama admits that he will raise taxes if elected President. But, he assures us, only on the top 5% of income earners in America.