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Alliance of Leftist and Islamist LeadersFalse Friends Hatred of the USA is uniting leftist and Islamist leaders. Anti-Semitic propaganda and conspiracy theories are part of the way they see the world says Wolf-Dieter Vogel in his essay | Bild: Here's looking at you, kid: Hugo Chavez's support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has caused some uncertainty in leftist circles | The stoning of adulteresses; torture carried out in the name of Allah – is this the "better world" that Hugo Chavez dreams of? The alleged election victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is, in any case, in the opinion of the Venezuelan leader, "very...

A SECURITY crackdown has been ordered at NSW Parliament after a protester illegally gained entry and threatened to shoot an MP. The Daily Telegraph can reveal the female protester entered Parliament, by-passing security, with the help of another MP. She then gained access to the secure area containing MPs' offices and approached Shooters MP Robert Brown before making a verbal threat. "You deserve to be shot," the protester yelled at Mr Brown. The woman had been with a group outside the front gates of Parliament House in Macquarie St last Thursday during a protest against a proposal to amend gun...

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. representative's shouting down the president led to potential tourists canceling plans to visit South Carolina, state and local tourism officials said. Out-of-state residents who said they've vacationed for years at Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and other resorts have e-mailed their destination sites to say they don't plan to return, McClatchy Newspapers reported. Last week, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "You lie" as President Barack Obama discussed his healthcare reform package during a joint session of Congress. Wilson later apologized to Obama, but has been roundly criticized from both sides of the aisle....

He talks to Bill O'Reilly.

“HI, we’d like to talk to you about Jesus Christ!” Standing tall, two young and well-dressed American boys at my door broke the ice instantaneously. Happy to see them, I said that we were Christians too. What happened next, however, took me by surprise and left me scrambling for words. Stating that they were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they said they wanted to talk about a prophet and a book given to the prophet by God. Though a little shaken, I refused to hear their ideologies — they left only to return another day...

The FBI and Homeland Security officials are warning local police departments to be on the look out for materials that could be used to make explosives. The warning came as officials investigate a suspected al-Qaida associate and raided three New York City apartments. Investigators issued warrants to search the residences for explosives material but did not find any, according to a person briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity.

The last President to initiate a trade war during a recession wound up creating the biggest economic catastrophe in American history. Yet the current President appears to have ignored the lesson of Herbert Hoover and the Smoot-Hawley Act in slapping tariffs on China and its tire exports while the economy struggles to come back to life after a deep recession. The Wall Street Journal wonders where Barack Obama is leading the US, or whether Obama wants to lead at all: The smell of trade war is suddenly in the air. Mr. Obama slapped a 35% tariff on Chinese tires Friday...

Even on a network not known for giving liberal politicians a tough time, this could go down as one of the more craven performances . . . Interviewing Barney Frank this morning on proposals to regulate the financial markets, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan seemed set on appeasing the notoriously rude representative. Ratigan had surely seen the video of Mark Haines' CNBC interview of Frank back in June, and was determined not to suffer the same fate, in which Frank ripped off his earpiece and ended the segment short. Even before posing his first question to Frank, Ratigan began by laying a...

A good Gregalogue.

The vote in the Senate to defund ACORN has taken this story in a new direction. This was an amendment first introduced yesterday by Nebraska Senator Mike Johannes. It was voted on last evening and voted favorably overwhelmingly 83-7. (Ironically, both my senators, Dick Durbin and Roland Burris, were in the minority) This still has to move through the House but the Senate is supposed to be the deliberative body. Yet, it moved from introduction to vote in less than twenty four hours.

ACORN Watch: Charlie Gibson and the ostrich media By Michelle Malkin • September 15, 2009 09:52 AM Several Chicago readers and Twitterers report that ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson told WLS-AM Chicago talk show hosts Don Wade and Roma this morning that the reason he hasn’t covered the ACORN scandal is that he didn’t know about it. Reader Patrick M. e-mails: "While listening to Don Wade and Roma this morning on WLS AM Chicago, they had Charlie Gibson on as their usual Tuesday morning guest. Don asked Charlie, why, after the senate last night voted to halt funding to ACORN...

Here is video of Megyn Kelly having it out with the former Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Richard Harpootlian, over whether GOP Rep. Joe Wilson should be censured for shouting "You Lie" at President Obama during his Health Care Speech. Kelly showed video of Democrats booing President Bush when he spoke in the House Chamber in 2005, and video of Democrats calling Bush a "liar" from the House Floor. . . (VIDEO)

The Kossack's Site says, "SEIU.org Sponsored Headlines." They have had SEIU thugs supporting them for months and months. Socialists supporting other Socialists

Uzbekistan: Believers Arrested On Aug. 23, seven church members belonging to the registered Donam Protestant church were arrested and Christian literature confiscated when more than 20 police officers raided a church service in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, according to Forum 18 News. Members of the Anti-Terror Police claimed the service was “unauthorized” and although three men were released on the same day, four, including the pastor, Vladimir Tyo, were sentenced to 15 days in prison. They have been charged with “violation of the procedure for organizing and conducting meetings.” The judge ordered the confiscated literature be destroyed. This is the latest of...

A lot of Republicans are in a foamy rage against the grass roots, whom they feel failed to be adequately supportive of the Bush administration, helping the Democrats take over Congress in 2006. A lot are showing up on Free Republic making comments to the effect that Obama's communist regime is what we get when we fail to stand up for the Republican Party. But the fact is that President Obama was merely an employee of sorts of ACORN. President Bush was the one who funded it with millions of dollars of taxpayer funds. President Bush's justice department broke banks'...

The fossil record reveals a history of life characterized by the abrupt appearance of new species followed by no change and eventual extinction in most cases. Needless to say, abrupt appearances and no change is not exactly what evolution expected. Much of this was known in Darwin’s time and he figured that the fossil record was incomplete. Today such speculation doesn’t work anymore. The evidence reveals even more clearly this pattern of abrupt appearances followed by stasis. --Snip-- As in Darwin's day, the fossil record does not match evolutionary expectations and evolutionists have been trying to solve the riddle. How...

In the past the democrats have had no problem walking off the floor of the House in protest of the GOP. Tom DeLay's farwell speech is a perfect example. Let's ALL call the GOP congressional representatives and demand they walk off the floor of the Congress to protest this kangaroo court!!! Also demand they start to verbally chatise charles rangel from the floor. Remind them last time we sent 2-million to DC, next time we'll have a large crowd on hand!!! Make sure you leave the comments you receive from the staffers in this thread- post the name of the...

This one: Not this one: Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) appears to be a decent and honorable man. Part of his background includes military service (with four sons currently serving). His impassioned outburst during President Obama's healthcare speech may seem out of step with his character and his military discipline, but he vented/channeled what many frustrated Americans were shouting into their tv sets, while provoking a million-mob strong march to turn out in D.C.: You LIE. Not only is former ambassador Joe Wilson a liar; but the current president of the United States is one, too. Congressman Wilson broke decorum and...

Over the weekend the White House announced the Census Department is severing all ties with ACORN, the discredited organization that is under investigation for voter fraud in 14 states and recently the subject of a media sting by Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government blog and reported by Glenn Beck. Additionally The Senate has voted to drop all funding to ACORN.... It all seems too good to be true. And when it comes to Democrats reaching across the aisle, it probably is. You have to understand ACORN is where President Obama got his start. He defended them in court. He is tied...

President Obama and former President Bill Clinton took over a pricey pasta palace in Greenwich Village for a private lunch yesterday as the Secret Service guarded the doors, and traffic on local streets came to a standstill. Obama was chauffeured to Il Mulino on West Third Street to see Clinton after delivering a speech on Wall Street. The two men -- who exchanged bitter words during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign -- gave only hints about how they spent the 90-minute meal.