Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
North Korea has been the victim of flooding after heavy summer rains. But there is now evidence that they are photoshopping images and giving them to the western media. The Associated Press was a recent victim. Here’s a report from
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Secure Freedom Radio: Fred and Catherine Grandy, the former “Love Boat” actor, Congressman and CEO of Goodwill Industries and his wife, a novelist and former Editor in chief of “Teen Magazine,” were the happy hosts
Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Europe this week seeking to convince the Spanish and Norwegian governments to support the Palestinian bid to sidestep negotiations with Israel and have the UN General Assembly recognize Palestinian sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and
The report comes from Pravda. The story is so bizarre and strange….it must be true. An excerpt: “The category of gender was canceled at one of Swedish kindergartens. The words “boy” and “girl” are no longer used there, while pronouns
From the Marine Corps Times: “At least six senior Pentagon staff members, including federal civilian employees, senior executives, and uniformed officers, have filed a complaint with the Defense Department Inspector General against the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Germany continues to insist that Greece be allowed to default Greece 2 year bonds – 39.0% Germany’s panel of economy advisers is urging a default on Greece’s debt, with a “haircut” on existing bonds
We all know that the Obama Administration has slowed the progress of oil drilling offshore–in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and offshore Alaska–supposedly to ensure safety because of the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf
In my day-to-day life, I bounce around between Texas and Arizona quite a bit. Both states are similar in many ways, especially regarding the freedom citizens in the two states enjoy as far the ability to defend life and property
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Ynet news reports: While Israel and the Palestinian Authority participate in a diplomatic battle as September looms ever nearer, 18 Palestinian children from the Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem arrived in Israel on Monday to take part in the “living
The state of the economy has had a significant impact upon the men and women of our Armed Forces. There is no one better to walk us through what this means than Colorado Congressman and Marine Corps Desert Storm veteran
Over the weekend, Der Spiegel quoted former German Chancellor as saying of the current Chancellor, Angela Merkel: “Die macht mir mein Europa kaputt!” — “She is destroying my Europe.” A highly emotional photo of Mitterand and Kohl at Verdun in
I doubt it. However, since Stars and Stripes felt free to run its, “Heroes 2011 – Why do blacks receive fewer valor medals?” article, I felt free to title this column the way I did. (In other words, more blacks
[youtube NbFEtHTnjDo nolink] From Ynetews: Navy commandos escorted the Gaza-bound flotilla ship Dignite al Karama into the Ashdod Port Tuesday where police forces were deployed in the case of possible riots. Navy senior official Brigadier-General Rani Ben Yehuda said that
“I refuse to belong to a religion that will not not have me as a member” –brave Muslim “apostate,” Ibn Warraq (with apologies to Groucho Marx) Two Iranian Supreme Court justices have denied an appeal of Youcef Nadarkhani’s December 5,
Tom Ricks is no conservative. He was a military reporter for the Washington Post and describes himself here as the grandson of Democratic Party politicians in Massachusetts. He has this to say about Camelot in Foreign Policy: “As I studied
Yesterday’s poorly reported National Public Radio Morning Edition story, “Terrorism Training Casts Pall Over Muslim Employee,” demands a fact-check critique. The NPR report alleged that the head of Ohio’s Muslim outreach program Omar al-Omari was wrongly terminated due to a
The ongoing debt ceiling debate reminds me of a Spanish television novela, a mini-soap opera replete with characters fresh from the William Shatner School of Overacting. President Obama goes on 60 Minutes and won’t rule out the possibility that senior
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. US officials meet with representatives of Libya’s Gaddafi Pro-government demonstrators express their support for Libyan leader al-Gaddafi The US State Department has confirmed that US officials have held face to face talks with representatives
There have been numerous reports about cyber attacks directed against the United States and possibly against countries such as Iran. The Department of Defense has now released the public version of their strategy for dealing with threats in cyberspace. They
Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer sends this translation of an article from the Norwegian state broadcasting service about the costs of bringing asylum-seekers to Norway. The translator includes this note: This article shows how the asylum-immigration industry in Norway is
Amazing that they didn’t think of this earlier. From the Marine Corps Times: It looks like a camouflage diaper, but it could save your future children. Within a month, the Marine Corps will begin fielding new groin protectors that can
Despite crippling protest that has all but brought its economy to a halt, and international criticism for its reaction to those protests, the Syrian government has pressed ahead with its usual policies. Namely, stockpiling missiles, pursuing an ambitious weapons program,
A profile in courage and moral responsibility. Last week Former European Union Commissioner Frits Bolkenstein, as per his book on Dutch Judaism, which was just released, claimed that “recognizable” Jews (those who wear kippahs or payot) were unsafe in the
