June 18, 2008 INSS Tel Aviv Preface of from the Institute for National Security Studies, 2008 by Heller, Mark A., ed. (Full PDF report linked below) Veteran observers of the Middle East scene are understandably prone to skepticism about the prospects of any fundamental transformation in regional realities. After all, the sense of dynamism and […]
June18, 2008 Vinod K. Dar Right Side News The earth warmed strongly between 1915 and 1940, cooled between 1940 and 1975 and then warmed strongly again between 1975 and 1998. The earth has been cooling in the opening years of this century even as carbon dioxide levels have risen appreciably since 1998. Many influential people […]
June 17, 2008 Marc Morano Alert: UN IPCC Japanese Scientist Turns on UN – Sun Slows Down More! – Climate Fear ‘Running out of Gas’ – Spitting = Impact of Doubling CO2? – Round Up – June 17, 2008 [Note: The Sheer volume of scientists dissenting from UN IPCC climate views since 2007 has made […]
June 17, 2008 Press Release from: US Marshal’s Operation FALCON “The targets for the 2008 operation are violent offenders, gang members and sex offenders. As in past operations, U.S. Marshal district offices will work with their Federal, State and local partners.” — U.S. Marshals Service Director John F. Clark Over 1,200 Fugitives Arrested During Georgia […]
June 15, 2008 The War on Drugs has become the longest most costly and dangerous war in American history By Michael Webster: Investigative Reporter Laguna Journal As America wages its war on drugs and terror with costs to the tax payer in the billions; organized criminal gangs here in the U.S. have merged with the […]
Jun 14, 2008 Environmentalists Try to Take Advantage of Natural Disaster – Blame Midwest Floods on Global Warming By Joseph D’Aleo In the latest in a series of predictable releases, an environmental group Clean Wisconsin today claimed that the disastrous floods that ravaged southern Wisconsin this week are consistent with global warming predictions in the […]
June 16, 2008 SPPI In an April 2008 white paper entitled, “Natural Gas and Electricity Costs and Impacts on Industry”, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) reported that opposition to new coal-based power plants is leading to a generation capacity shortage in many areas of the country and endangering U.S. energy […]
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France, Islam, and Virginity
June 6, 2008 An “Essential Quality” by Theodore Dalrymple City Journal A French court recognizes virginity—or lack thereof—as grounds for annulment. On my way to the south of France, I stopped overnight in Calais, and the next morning read the local newspaper, La Voix du Nord, at breakfast. At a court in nearby Lille, the […]
June 5, 2008 Koinonia House There are well over a billion Muslims in the world today, and the numbers keep growing. Islam is not only prospering in Middle East countries, but in the West as well. Muslim neighborhoods have sprouted up across mainland Europe and the UK, as well as in the good old United […]
The Death Blow to AGW Co2sceptic Wednesday June 04, 2008 9:46 AM BST Stephen Wilde has been a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society since 1968. The first five articles from Mr Wilde were received with a great deal of interest throughout the Co2 Sceptic community.
June 2, 2008 Dozens of insurance companies seek to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for charities that funded jihadist attacks, including 9/11 A welcome move. “Pinning the blame for terror,” by Chris Mondics for the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31: Less than a mile from the mournful place in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center […]
June 2, 2008 Memri Dispatch 1945 Saudi Human and Women’s Rights Activist Wajeha Al-Huwaidar Speaks Out Against Honor Killings On April 7, 2007, a teenage Yazidi Kurdish girl named Du’a Al-Aswad was stoned to death by a lynch-mob in Iraq, because she had violated her family’s honor. A video of the stoning, filmed by the […]