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Matthias Dapfner, Chief Executive of the huge German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in DIE WELT, Germany's largest daily newspaper, against the timid reaction of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat. EUROPE - THY NAME IS COWARDICE (Commentary by Mathias Dapfner CEO, Axel Springer, AG) A few days ago Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, "Europe - your family name is appeasement." It's a phrase you can't get out of your head because it's so terribly true. Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives as England and France, allies at the...

Two critical support levels have been breached in today's early trading. Gold is over $365 and the U.S. Dollar Index is under 100. Is the era of fiat currencies ending?

October 3, 2002 after the Close Where's the Good News? First, duPont's earnings were breathing some good air into the market and it took off. . . up 158 points on the Dow before more warnings about bad earnings, continuing unemployment claims rising, dock strike causing problems hit the wires to stop the rally. Market breadth was negative on both the NYSE and NASDAQ. But at least, Ms. Lili weakened as it hit the Louisiana coast so the devastation was not complete. Martha Stewart, the financial guru, resigned from the board of the New York Stock Exchange. One wonders why...

He didn't do it: After 6 months in jail, courier proved alibi with job records. 08/06/2001 By Holly Becka / The Dallas Morning News As 28-year-old Jeff Jennings listened to a robbery victim testify that he was the man who had threatened her with a gun, he "shook like a leaf" even though he knew he was innocent. He'd been in the Dallas County jail for six months awaiting trial and was fast losing hope he'd be going home anytime soon. He worried that the employment records proving he couldn't have committed the crime would be discounted. Meanwhile, the ...

FBI Sniper At Ruby Ridge May Be Tried For Manslaughter In my column for June 2, 2001, in the section "Come To Idaho - Land Of The Free," I mentioned that at Ruby Ridge an FBI sniper had shot and killed Randy Weaver's wife by "accident?". The FBI sniper, Lon Horiuchi, fired at an armed man who was running back to the cabin to seek refuge from the FBI assault. Horiuchi fired just at the man reached the door, which was being held open by Randy's wife, Vicki. She was holding her 10-month-old baby in her arms. The bullet went ...

The Internet In China After I read about Chinese comments in chat rooms about our surveillance plane, et al., I poked around and came up with a Chinese ISP, with a chat room. It is www.sohu.com and has an English section. The Warnings at the site are these: Please take note that the following issues are prohibited according to Chinese law: Criticism of the PRC Constitution (People's Republic of China) Revealing State secrets, and discussion about overthrowing the Communist government Topics which damage the reputation of the State Discussions which ignite ethnic animosity, discrimination or regional separatism Spreading rumors and ...

Agweb (http://www.agweb.com) is a large website devoted to professional farmers throughout the US. They are conducting a poll for President that is still open. I don't think you can Freep it as it requires a password to access. The results are simply amazing! As of 7:00 p.m., Monday, October 30, 2000, the results were: The results of the votes for the next President of the United States: Which best reflects your likely vote? George W. Bush 80% Al G. Gore 15% 3rd Party Candidate 5% I guess the Midwest might also go Bush!

Here is a picture taken by a government employee that says everything that needs saying about Clinton's Land proposals and his quest for a Legacy.

The View From the Outback Richard C. Rhodes A great deal of what we read and what we see in the movies and on TV is written and produced in New York City or Los Angeles. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NEWSWEEK, TIME, U.S. News & World Report, and the major TV networks and book publishers have their headquarters in NYC, for example. Most of the "political wisdom" comes from NYC or from Washington, DC, with the constant press machines of the White House and the Congress - and The Washington Post and the Washington Times, for ...

Found this on the Internet while surfing and thought it clearly protrayed changes in the American way of life during the past 100 years. The full article can be found at this location The anti-gun crowd should leap and demand that these parents be incarcerated.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Sheriff's authorities are investigating a deputy who allegedly held up a hospital-bound heart attack victim for 30 minutes while issuing a traffic ticket. Benjamin Basile, 50, of Kenner remained in stable condition Saturday after spending a week in intensive care. From his hospital bed, he said last weekend's traffic stop made him ``mad as hell.'' Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee decided to investigate Deputy Bryan McClendon after the family filed an internal affairs complaint this week, said department spokesman Bob Garner. McClendon mocked the family and even threatened to arrest Basile while he and family members ...

Anchorage Daily News July 2, 1999 No War, No Lessons After Kosovo, Stevens Says By George C. Wilson, Legi-Slate News Service Washington -- There are no military lessons to be learned from NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic because it was not a war at all, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said Thursday. The World War II bomber pilot told defense reporters over breakfast that "we never had an engagement" with the Yugoslav military. "They never came to war with us," Stevens said. "We just bombed the hell out of them until they signed an agreement. ...