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Netanyahu 'Spikes the Football' for America

The most telling moment in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress today was when he offered America’s leaders the first public opportunity to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden: “Congratulations America, Congratulations, Mr. President. You got bin

FCC Makes-Up Jobs Claims

We have seen a wide array of Barack Obama Administration wings make up jobs numbers and claims in an attempt to bolster un-bolsterable policies. First there were the gigs – not created, but allegedly “created or saved” – as the

The Auschwitz Lines: 1967 is 1948

As Doug Ross points out so graphically here, Obama “doubled down” at AIPAC yesterday and restated his insistence that the 1967 lines (i.e., the 1948 armistice lines) be the basis for Arab-Israeli negotiations going forward. This time, however, Obama added

Jan Schakowsky Vs. The Progressive Jihad

Call it “The Schakowsky Conundrum.” Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky finds herself in the unfortunate position of battling the very Progressive movement she has done so much to help shape. You see, she is a Progressive Zionist, and that puts her

'Too Big to Fail' Surprisingly Fair and Entertaining

I’ve written several articles skewering HBO for producing political projects destined to air immediately prior to the 2012 election, where the vast majority of the cast and crew are passionate Barack Obama supporters, and where the content is aimed at

Obama Poisons The Well

Unlike some observers, I disagree totally that by speaking first Obama gained the upper hand and stole Netanyahu’s thunder. In the game of golf, the player farthest from the cup gets to putt first, but then the player who putts

IEDs and the War for 'Afghan Trust'

The poppy harvest in A-stan is in; is it time for Thanksgiving? Nah. It’s IED-increase-time. As USA Today reports: “Pentagon expexts IED hits to rise” From the story: “We’re at the front edge of the fighting season,” said Lt. Gen.

Obama And Netanyahu In Sharp Disagreement After Speech

When President George Bush announced his Mideast Roadmap to Peace in 2003, I wrote that the plan could never succeed because the survivors of the genocidal 1936-49 war between Arabs and Jews, including Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon, were disappearing,

Judicial Watch Probes Obama Backdoor Amnesty Plan

Judicial Watch continues its aggressive probe of the Obama administration’s scheme to bypass Congress and enact stealth amnesty by hook or by crook. We recently filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. And here’s what we’re after:

Congress And The Oil CEOs…A Transparent Farce

Recently on Fox Business I offered up about today’s members of Congress that I cannot believe they occupy the positions once held by Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and the rest. What got my goat was the absolute waste of tax-payer

Climate Alarmism, Journalism in their Death Embrace

The Washington Post has a predictable, propagandistic lead Monday editorial — “Climate change underscored: A new report leaves little room for doubt” — that merits a fisking for the prominence given such admittedly non-newsy, if wildly spun and internally inconsistent,

Thank You Fred Upton: Light Bulbs to Cost $50 Each

From the Associated Press: Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January. Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show in Philadelphia

The Hidden Tax of Corporate Environmentalism

The unsightly film on our “clean” dishes had become a source of great frustration in our household. Dish washing was the job of my daughter and she was evidently was really slacking off. We worked with her on critical strategies

One Simple Question: Where's MY ObamaCare Waiver?

In an unannounced Friday news dump, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly posted newly accepted waivers to 221 businesses and two entire states exempting them from damaging provisions of ObamaCare, bringing the grand waiver total to seven entire

Maxed Out: U.S. Reaches Borrowing Limit

From the Associated Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that he will halt investments in two big government pension plans Monday to allow the government to continue borrowing money for the next few months. Geithner says the government

Another Damaging Power Grab by the Obama Administration

Earlier this year, under the title “Who Needs Congress: Legislation by Regulatory Fiat,” we expressed concern that the Obama Administration was moving to checkmate the 2010 Republican electoral sweep by getting its acolytes and bureaucrats in the regulatory agencies, which