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Expectations were sky high after Quentin Tarantino stunned the film world with the double barrel greatness of ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Pulp Fiction.’ It’s one reason why his third directorial effort, the slow and soulful “Jackie Brown,” was met with indifference

For Your Eyes Only is unquestionably the best film in the Roger Moore Bond series. It has just about everything I want in a Bond movie. Despite a few missteps here and there, the film is totally engaging, featuring Mr.

Fast and Furious is a mess. It’s bigger than we were first told, it involved a greater variety of weapons than we were led to believe, and it’s deadlier than the Obama administration let on. (In addition to U.S. Border

Editor’s note: This very special article comes from a close friend who was imtimately involved in the underground Solidarity movement in Poland. This is a story you are not likely to read anywhere else. Tom Dao-Pompowski is married and has

Much to the chagrin of President Barak Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and yes, even Big Sis, the “Fast and Furious” saga continues. Over a month after ATF supervisors William G. McMahon and William Newell were shuffled away from their

Abbas: We Won’t Recognize Israel as Jewish State — Elior Levy (Ynet News) The Palestinian Authority will not be recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday, adopting a belligerent tone ahead of his planned statehood

Much has been made of the Jimmy Carter-like malaise that Barack Obama has placed this country in. With good reason, comparisons are being made of the fact that they’re both weak and that neither demonstrates a working knowledge of the

Southern Israel was attacked by four different terrorist cells today resulting in at least seven dead six were civilians (two young children aged 6 and 4) and one was a soldier. At least another 40 have been injured. The coordinated

It appears as if the National Congress Party (NCP) Islamist regime of Omar Hassan al Bashir in Sudan is going to have assistance in its current extermination campaign against the black, African peoples of central Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (called “South

It was just over two and half years ago that the Obama administration entered the White House under promises of transparency and restoring America’s image abroad. Yet now we know that at the same time they were promising these things,

As states around the country continue to face ongoing projected budget deficits, many elected officials are advocating consumption tax hikes in an effort to close budget holes (see Dayton, Mark and Democrats, Minnesota). However, New Hampshire recently cut its cigarette

In a move that should outrage every freedom-loving American, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided that the way to correct the utter failure (and criminality) of Operation “Fast and Furious” is to punish gun store owners. That’s right: in

Do you support a cause drowning in innuendo? Share facts online when lies are reported erroneously? Take action via Twitter, Facebook or in person to evoke a brighter future? Many would argue activism to improve the lives of others is

Kellogg’s Corn Pops may be going out of business, but Captain Zig-Zag is about to get an up-tick in popularity if political odd couple Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) have their way. In a bipartisan effort to end

John McCain, who has few fans in grassroots conservatism and even fewer in the MSM, was excoriated in the media over his recent remarks that the Arizona wildfires were started by illegal immigrants. Jon Stewart, of course, mocked McCain on

The body count in Mexico’s drug wars keeps rising, now approaching 40,000 since President Felipe Calderón took office in late 2006. Growing public anger about that horrific situation leads Mexican officials to look for scapegoats, and a favorite candidate has

Congressman Michael T. McCaul of Texas There is growing concern regarding the security of our US-Mexican border. In 2006 our Homeland Security Committee did a report on the issue. It is available on the web site of Congressman Michael T.

From the looks of things, the Obama administration is not serious about prosecuting drugs, or terrorism. Last week, a colleague of mine reported that Rep. Diaz Balart (R-FL) claimed that the DOJ denied Colombia’s offer to extradite drug kingpin and

Some things never change. If it’s a day ending in a “y” you can be sure there is more bad news coming out of Iran. It’s like an Islamist Groundhog Day of horror shows in endless loop. Outside Iran itself,

There is a film in this year’s GI Film Festival line-up for everyone. Overall the festival schedule will show 31 film premieres with action, romance, comedy, and drama all represented. Here are five stand-outs that you must see. 1. They

Diamonds Are Forever is a strange, quirky film in the Bond series. I found it satisfying in some ways, and annoyed by it in others. It’s frustrating because, as my old high school math teacher used to say, “If you’re

Embracing a recent invitation by the Castro brothers Jimmy Carter visited Cuba this week. “We greeted each other as old friends,” gushed Carter regarding his meeting with Fidel Castro. “In 2002, we received him warmly,” reciprocated Castro. “Now, I reiterated

Chandler police Detective Carlos Ledesma was sitting at a card table when the drug bust went sour. He did not even have time to stand before being cut down by four rifle shots to the chest, and he died a

A bomb blast at a Jerusalem bus stop on Wednesday killed one person and wounded dozens others, according to The National (UAE). Nobody has claimed responsibility fo the bombing, but Israeli police suspect Palestinian terrorists. Jerusalem bomb kills one, injures

A Goldwater Institute Watchdog Report by Mark Flatten Chandler, Ariz., police Detective Carlos Ledesma was sitting at a card table when the drug bust went sour. He did not even have time to stand before being cut down by four

March 15th in the open waters of the Mediterranean Sea – an innocent looking commercial ship flying a Liberian flag is stopped by the Israel navy. The operation was approved by PM Netanyahu taking into account confirmed reports that the

That’s the question we’re left to ask ourselves after reviewing new documents we obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. These records detail FY 2010 apprehension statistics for illegal alien smugglers and illegal aliens from countries considered a high threat

A radical imam deported from Canada in 2007 was arrested by U.S. border authorities who found him hiding in trunk of a BMW near the U.S.-Mexican border earlier this month. Authorities say Said Jaziri paid $5,000 to members of a

There are two new areas of operation in which I’ve had a particular interest in setting up SAFE operations. One is Nogales, the other is the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. The most pressing of the two, for a variety of

For a superb look at what is going on in Mexico, read this article (PDF) in the current issue of Orbis published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Written by David Danelo, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served for

From the National Center for Public Policy Research in Washington: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is fast-tracking over 100 federal land-acquisition bills for action during the lame-duck session, despite warnings from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the

This is no political commentary, just a semi-biased first person account of a case most of the media missed earlier this month…Operation Smoking Dragon. The good guys got it right and no one seemed to care. Much of my twenty-six

In a stunning front-page editorial the principal Juarez, Mexico newspaper El Diario has called for a truce with the ultra violent Juarez and Sinaloa Mexican drug cartels in wake of the murder of an El Diario photographer and severe wounding

Director Robert Rodriguez’s spoof trailer for “Machete” was easily the best part of his and Quentin Tarantino’s failed attempt to return to those glorious days of early ’70s exploitation flicks with 2007’s “Grindhouse.” And it made sense that the fan

The whales, the wolves, the rainforests, the Stephen’s Kangaroo Rat–seems Hollywood-ites are always trying to “save” something. Save the Castroite Terrorist-Murderer! has become Danny Glover’s latest cause, though he words it a bit differently. The Cuban convict Gerardo Hernandez, who

On July 1, a new cigarette tax hike took effect in New York. But just three weeks after the state began levying the additional $1.60 per pack, the move is looking likely to prove a bust. Reports are flowing of