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On Monday, Breitbart News broadcast the New York Meeting live. Following the event, the principals shared their provocative thoughts and ideas regarding the state of the nation and the Republican Party with moderator Mallory Factor. Following a standing ovation at

Few were shocked when the United Kingdom and Germany did not agree to sanctions against Russia because they receive oil and natural gas from the country. These actions were foreshadowed in a CIA memo to President Ronald Reagan on July

Contrary to what many in the mainstream media have claimed, the conservative Christian group that backed and drafted Arizona’s Religious Freedom Law has not been pouting since Gov. Jan Brewer (R) vetoed the measure. In fact, the organization is actually

If past is prologue, then looking back at history might be one way to better understand the escalating power struggle between East and West now unfolding in Ukraine. Historic parallels are ever precise. There are always differences in scale and

The Russian stock market sufferedan 11% loss overnight in reaction to a run on bank deposits fed byrumors the European Union and the United States would apply Cold War-typesanctions to punish Russia’s invasion of Crimea.  The price collapse was worst

The United States Supreme Court has denied review in the appeal of the Romeike parents, German homeschoolers who sought and were granted asylum in the U.S. to avoid losing custody of their children in their country, where homeschooling is largely

As President Putin carefully assembles the legal plinth upon which to seize the strategically vital Crimean Peninsula; and perhaps other regions of the ethnically divided Ukraine, the script he is using has very familiar story lines.  Russian media proclaims that

Ousted Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovitch has resurfaced five days after being ousted as president of the beleaguered East European country. He issued a detailed statement released by the Russian Itar-Tass news agency claiming he is still the legitimate elected President

A group of experts appointed by the German Bundestag (parliament) has slammed the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), saying it is neither cost effective nor has any measurable impact on innovation. The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation gives

On Wednesday, Ukraine’s new government announced in front of thousands in Independence Square that it has nominees for the new cabinet. The cabinet will govern the country until official elections take place on May 25. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition leader and

While saying it “hears” Ukraine’s dream of joining the EU, the Western bloc failed Monday to hold out the prospect of entry in spite of regime change that began with pro-EU protests. As the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton

Last week’s economic data confirmed an emerging trend, with inflation in the developed world consistently falling. Meanwhile, US Housing Starts fell off rather sharply. While the powers that be were keen to peddle the idea that it was down to

In his book Disinformation, Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc official ever to defect to the United States, describes the Soviet intelligence practice called “framing” – changing someone’s or something’s past to suit present political needs.  The Soviets perfected this

In Tokyo, hundreds of copies of The Diary of Anne Frank have been vandalized in more than 30 libraries. Scores of pages were ripped out of at least 265 books; city official Mitsujiro Ikeda said that in the Nakano district

A leading skeptic climatologist has declared himself so sick of being called a “denier” by climate alarmists that he is now going to call them out as “Nazis” in return. Dr Roy Spencer, Principal Scientist at the University of Alabama

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said he “completely agrees” with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s controversial law on homosexuality. In an interview with CNN, Ecclestone said of Mr Putin, “He hasn’t said he doesn’t agree [with being gay] just that

The sorry story of unrestricted migration from mainland Europe to Britain has opened another chapter, after the latest statistics from Eurostat – the EU’s statistic stooges – revealed that the UK has been by far the hardest hit country in

Plans for a huge expansion of the world’s largest windfarm, the London Array in the Thames Estuary, have been scrapped. The consortium running the project blame the abandonment of an additional 65 giant turbines on “various factors”, but especially the

Talks resumed in Vienna on Tuesday between Iran and the P5+1 negotiating partners (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) on a permanent agreement on Iran’s nuclear program with new information that Iran was aggressively moving

BRUSSELS (AP) — The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. A roundup of some of the international

The talks on a “final” nuclear agreement begin Tuesday in Geneva between Iran and the P+5 powers (the UN Security Council plus Germany). And already, Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is pouring cold water on the negotiations, saying that they

A Labour Member of the European Parliament is attempting to have Britain’s Intelligence Services placed under the purview of the European Union (EU), a new report on the back of the NSA scandal suggests. A draft report by the European

Venture capitalist and big political donor Tom Perkins has caused not a few controversies over his comments about politics and Time Magazine is again attacking this “1 percenter” for them. But, Time seems to have forgotten to mention one thing.

Austria’s Anna Fenninger won her first gold medal in the women’s super giant slalom while 18 out of the 49 skaters did not finish the tricky course. Austria has won 8 out of 24 medals in the super-G since it

Germany continued their dominance in luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics. They won gold in all four luge events: Felix Loch in men’s, Natalie Geisenberger in women’s, Tobias Wendle and Tobias Arlt in doubles and all four competed in the

People scratched their heads when Russian President Vladimir Putin picked Sochi to host the country’s first ever Winter Olympics because it is in a subtropic climate and a summer resort. Temperatures have not been below 50F and reached 64F on

The first pucks dropped in the Olympic hockey tournament today. The Czech Republic started taking on Sweden and Latvia began battling Switzerland at 9 p.m. Sochi time, with the remaining eight teams competing tomorrow. Ice hockey plays as the marquee

SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 11 (UPI) —Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won the Olympic gold medal Tuesday in women’s luge singles. Geisenberger won the bronze medal in the event four years ago in Vancouver. The silver went to Tatjana Huefner of Germany,

LONDON, United Kingdom–A British citizen is reported to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria, as fears over the increasing number of foreign fighters in the country are being realized by Western governments. The news emerged as the International

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced on January 30th: “As correct as the policy of military restraint is, it must not be misunderstood as a culture of standing aside.” In a full-page interview under the headline “Germany and the World,”

(CNSNews.com) – Just as computer technology greatly expanded Americans’ wealth in the 1990s, the clean energy market could do the same thing in the years ahead, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.

A Big Apple Super Bowl didn’t make for a big-budget Super Bowl for Madison Avenue. Gone were the Pets.com sock puppet, Paul Harvey’s “So God made a farmer,” and other memorable spots. In their place were a bare-bones collection of

BERLIN (AP) — A group of computer hackers and human rights campaigners in Germany announced Monday that they are suing their government for allegedly breaking the law by aiding foreign spies. The Chaos Computer Club and the International League for

From John Fund at National Review: For some liberals, there really are no adversaries to their left. President Obama’s statement Tuesday on the death of folk singer Pete Seeger at age 94 was remarkable. Seeger was a talented singer, but he