Show Bin Laden compassion? Der Spiegel has run an article written by Kai Ambos, described as “an internationally renowned expert on international law and human rights.” He also teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and comparative law at Germany’s University of
So some southern Arizona lefties have launched a petition to split the state – creating a new liberal paradise, called Baja Arizona. Now this is not a new idea, but it’s still a great one -if not for a state,
Our Swedish correspondent LN sends his translation of a program on Swedish State Radio, and includes this introductory note: The following text was read today (May 4) at 13:45 by its author, Margareta Flygt, a freelance cultural journalist with a
Germany’s reliably left of center Der Spiegel offers up an interview with German political scientist Herfried Munkler who criticizes America’s celebration that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Munkler joins the chorus of criticism from the German Left direct at
For those who wish, please watch this quick clip then read the article: [youtube 74_Vhqwz-lo nolink] —– Superman was created by the sons of Jewish immigrants – Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and they had a love for America. When
In the end, the Holocaust raged until the Allied powers won the war. It didn’t have to be that way. If the Jews had been permitted to leave Europe, the Holocaust could have been averted. But the only place that
Former President George W. Bush and Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong recently went on a bike ride with wounded vets as part of the Wounded Warriors Project. The 15 vets rode 62.5 miles with Bush and were joined on
Gaining Ground In Europe? Germany’s reliably left-wing Der Spiegel has an article about the rise of “right-wing populist parties” in Europe which they compare with the American Tea Party Movement. Along with the rise of Marine Le Pen in France
The MSM is all aflutter, atwitter and agape over Cuba’s Communist Party “Congress” this week where Fidel Castro (84), former Cuban “President,” and “First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party,” officially “resigned” his position as “First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party.”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. More talk of ‘boots on the ground’ in Libya Muammar Gaddafi’s forces are pounding the port city of Misrata with salvoes of rockets and artillery, including cluster bombs. Up to 1,000 people are thought
Is it possible to conceive of a worse combination of character qualities than a rapper-Islamist? In Germany a rapper named Deso Dogg quit rapping last November and announced that he was becoming a radical Islamic preacher. His new name is
In the beginning, BHO promised to create a “Palestinian” state within two years of his ascendance to the Oval Office. We’ve already passed that point, and thanks to Obama’s Arabophilia the “peace process” is going in reverse. The Arabs no
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa about 160 miles east of Tunisia and is perhaps the closest outpost of European territory to Africa. It’s always been a point that refugees from Africa try to reach. But in recent weeks the
Germany is already at odds with the “Club Med” nations, since Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy are considered to be profligate spenders requiring bailouts, in contrast to the disciplined savers in Germany. And the anger is growing anyway, because it’s
On March 17, when the United Nations Security Council passed the resolution authorizing military action against Libya, the vote was 10-0, with five abstentions: China, Russia, Brazil, Germany and India. (See “18-Mar-11 News — UN declares war after Gaddafi threatens
Can you hear that great sucking sound? It’s the sound of government shrinking around the world, as Portugal just joined Greece, Ireland and soon many others in acknowledging they are bankrupt and asking their European brethren for a bail-out. What
French Interior Minister Claude Gueant made comments in Nantes that has set off a storm in France. It was during a debate about the role of Islam in France that Gueant declared that the growing population of Muslims in France
Today, in 1917, the United States declared war against Germany. It wouldn’t be the only time.
When the mini-series The Kennedys was announced last year the left-wing blogosphere “hit the fan,” so to speak. Robert Greenwald, a “progressive” propagandist who seems to always be hitting up readers for money to pay for unpopular “documentaries,” called it
So according to some handy-dandy researchers, too much consumer choice is bad for society. Their explanation: thinking about so many alternatives makes you less likely to support policies that help people. According to a Science Daily scribe, who seemed somewhat
As deceptive as the activist old media can be, nobody will accuse them of being total idiots. Barack Obama has stepped in it and the media will do everything it can to hide the smell. They are hoping and praying
The horrific photos of US soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians should be rightfully condemned. That is not the sort of battlefield conduct we should condone by America’s finest. But what about the larger questions? What are the larger questions?
General Alexander Postnikov, who is commander of the Russian ground forces, announced in Pravda that Russia weapons are inferior to both US weapons and those made by China. “The combat vehicle arsenal, artillery systems and small arms produced by the
That’s apparently what many people surveyed in several European countries believe. The poll was conducted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a think tank associated with Germany’s Social Democratic Party. The results? As Ynetnews reports: The study – “Intolerance, Prejudice, Discrimination:
The word has been out on the financial status of the European Union for some time now. Struggling countries sought handouts from more productive ones. The EU, as a body, lately has seemed to be on the ropes. Even still,
