Reuters has taken U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the woodshed with an article stating that Kerry’s public assurances about the expanding influence of moderate Syrian opposition groups contradicts what U.S. and European intelligence sources, as well as other
An American from California traveled to Syria to join the jihadist rebels in the civil war fight against the Bashar Assad Syrian regime. He tells the interviewer, “What America hates, I love. What they love I hate. They love Dunya (meaning
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/4: Now you can search for tweets as old as Twitter with Topsy; family limits tech use to pre-1987 years; is tech affecting your baby?; disgruntled airline customer wins Twitter;
On September 2, Islamists in Nigeria ambushed a minibus, ordered passengers to exit, and then shot those that were Christian. The incident took place near the central city of Jos. Those killed were members of “a Church of Christ in
Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t mince words today at a meeting of his human rights council in the Kremlin regarding the use of US force against the Syrian regime. Reuters reports that he declared “anything that is outside the U.N. Security
In a report released Tuesday, Bloomberg reports that black homeownership has collapsed to an 18 year low. Bloomberg buries this brutal fact under a nonsensical headline that makes it look like a local Chicago story: “Black Homeownership Dying Where Obama
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Half a world away in Australia, asylum and immigration are major election issues, and there appear to be some parallels between the complaints being made down under and the emerging asylum battle here in the United States. Elections in Australia
During a campaign stop Wednesday, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner lost his temper with a Jewish voter who criticized the disgraced congressman’s decision to stay in the public eye after the revelations about his sexual deviancy. Collapsing in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com New record: Two million Syrian refugees have fled to other countries U.S. Syria military strike gains momentum, despite confused signals Russia raises alarms over U.S.-Israel missile test Obama to meet with gay activists in
A New York man who booby-trapped the area around marijuana plants on his property died Saturday after he nearly decapitated himself by driving into one of the traps–a nearly-invisible wire. Daniel R. Ricketts, 50, was driving his all-terrain vehicle around 2:30 PM
National Security Agency (NSA) documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that last year the NSA planned to open at least 4,000 probes into suspicious or abnormal staff activity “after scrutinizing trillions of employee keystrokes at work.” The Post obtained
Anthony Weiner posed wistfully with his favorite friend for a picture at an Arthur Avenue Deli on Saturday–a giant sausage. The New York Daily News said Weiner pressed the meat at Mike’s Deli as he made a campaign stop. Owner
The Senate will reportedly narrow the draft authorization for military force against Syria that President Barack Obama submitted after announcing on Saturday he would seek congressional approval for military strikes against Syria. According to The Hill, Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT),
(AP) BANGKOKThai authorities are seeking an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune after he failed to appear for his indictment in a hit-and-run case in which a policeman was killed. Prosecutor Ruecha Krairiksh says Vorayuth
While Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates were praying for abortion rights last week, the state’s Board of Medicine voted 8-2 to adopt new regulations that would ban “telemed” or “webcam” abortions, i.e., the practice of distributing abortion pills over an Internet
According to USAID (United States Agency For International Development), the federal agency in charge of distributing the vast majority of foreign aid monies to other countries, United States taxpayers are now footing a bill of over one billion dollars in
President Barack Obama’s decision to punt a possible strike against Syria to Congress has reshuffled the congressional calculus on Washington’s looming debt-ceiling debate and made Republican concessions more likely, say GOP congressional aides. A House Republican aide told Reuters that
Former Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright appeared on This Week With George Stenhanopoulos on Sept. 1 and said “historically trying to punish someone with a limited strike has not been an effective deterrent.” Cartwright
With President Barack Obama’s announcement on Saturday that he will, after all, go to Congress for authorization to use force against the Assad regime in Syria, Syria is celebrating. President Bashar al-Assad stated that Syria could confront any action from
A 60-year old woman working for the National Park Service has been critically hurt in an attack in Arizona near the Mexican border. Authorities have not stated if the attack came from a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally,
By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated PressPHOENIXA federal judge delayed a ruling in the racial profiling case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office Friday as both sides remain at odds over key remedies to ensure the agency adheres to constitutional requirements. U.S. District Judge
While President Barack Obama placed new restrictions on legal gun ownership Thursday, the Department of Justice loosened federal restrictions on marijuana “to mark a retreat from guidelines of the past.” The new guidelines give “recreational users” a pass and instead
An Egyptian Christian leader has criticized President Obama and his administration for ignoring the persecution of Christians at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. CBNNews.com reported Wednesday that Father Rafic Greiche, chief spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, rebuked
America’s third largest health insurer, Aetna Inc., has announced it will not sell insurance on New York’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, the fifth state the company has pulled out of in the last few weeks. The other states Aetna has
