From the Marine Corps Times: Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen will be nominated to replace Army Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan and is expected to take command by September, a senior White House official said Wednesday. Allen will leave his
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The following comes from someone in the financial industry who for professional reasons must remain anonymous: Rep. Peter King’s congressional hearings last month on the radical threat from Islam has been on the receiving end of caterwauling from liberals, Muslim
From the Associated Press: Virginia’s prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate’s religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch (3-millimeter) beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled.
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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
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The Daily Mail reports: A Pakistani victim of a village council-sanctioned gang rape, who became a symbol of the country’s oppressed women, says her life is in danger after the Supreme Court acquitted 13 men accused of the crime. The
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From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — Imagine U.S. combat troops and aviators wearing body armor that fits so poorly that it’s tough to position a weapon to shoot, combat uniforms with knee pads that hit around mid-shin and flight suits
This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his latest work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, based on a shocking volume of declassified
From the Daily Mail: “It turns out Barack Obama was dreaming big right from an early age – at just nine-years-old he announced he was going to be the prime minister of Indonesia. The episode from a new biography of
Intriguing idea, but they are still having problems. “Sometimes it sees tall grass as a wall,” says one engineer. [youtube jwd2ZbPkJns nolink] The Marine Corps Times reports: MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory is pushing
From the Daily Mail: Muslim fanatics plan to hijack the Royal Wedding by burning effigies of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Extremists belonging to the group Muslims Against Crusades were behind the poppy-burning outrage on November 11 last year. According
This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his latest work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, based on a shocking volume of declassified
The Associated Press reports: WASHINGTON — Democratic officials said Monday that retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is expected to run for U.S. Senate in Texas, giving Democrats a high-profile recruit to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen.
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Fresh on the heels of the Burka ban, the French Parliament is considering a bill that would ban the display of any foreign flag. Connexion France reports: “WAVING or displaying foreign flags in France could become an offence if an
“When the King of Norway’s personal guards heard an emergency alarm earlier this week, rather than rushing to the aid of their ruler at the Royal Palace, they hid under their beds. The distress alarm is sounded to warn the
The Marine Corps Times reports: Not bike shorts; ‘protective undergarments’ New underwear designed to better protect Marines’ groins from improvised explosive device blasts will soon be shipped to the war zone. The Corps is looking to fast-track four pairs of
From Reuters: LOS ANGELES – A Chinese man was arrested for creating a fake US Army unit and convincing immigrants that joining the squad was a path to citizenship, authorities said. Yupeng Deng, 51, allegedly gave his recruits military uniforms,
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Japan Times reports: Japan on Tuesday raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the current 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl
[Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam by Bill Bennett and Seth Liebsohn.] As we were working on final edits,
The Army Times reports: Lecturer William G. Hillar entranced audiences as a globe-trotting, highly trained, retired Green Beret colonel whose attempt to rescue his daughter from kidnappers inspired the hit movie, “Taken.” But it was not really his life, it
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[Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Michael Totten’s just-released book The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel. The excerpt is from chapter eight and picks up with Totten’s
Because as they put it here, the Bible was written by men, and the Koran was written “by God.” Yikes. [youtube lrNx94Y8TzA nolink]
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[Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Michael Totten’s just-released book The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel. The excerpt is from chapter eight and picks up with Totten’s
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According to South Korean media sources, a North Korean economic delegation paid a visit a couple of days ago to Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. No transcripts of their conversation is available. So what did they talk about? How
The invaluable Stanley Kurtz has the goods on Samantha Power who serves on President Obama’s National Security Council. Writing in National Review: A member of the president’s National Security Council who shares Noam Chomsky’s foreign-policy goals? An influential presidential adviser
We were told during the 2008 presidential election that the Bush Administration’s policy of military tribunals was anti-American and contrary to our ideals. The reason that the Bush Administration was using them was because they simply didn’t care about civil
James Garner gives it to ’em in some of the best lines in movie history. If you haven’t seen this scene from “The Americanization of Emily” you must! [youtube SyMRz1hbb4M nolink]
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From Japan Times: Radiation is preventing the retrieval of hundreds of bodies from inside the 20-km evacuation zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, police sources said Thursday. Based on initial reports after the March 11 catastrophe, the
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