Archive for the ‘United States’ Category
US President Barack Obama has chosen Egypt as the site of his promised major speech to the Muslim world. Christian Freedom International (CFI) hopes he will not overlook Egypt’s atrocious record of trampling on the religious liberties of Christians. According to [CFI President Jim] Jacobson, “When it comes to human rights and the treatment of [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Egypt, Islamic teaching, Persecution
Posted in Africa, Christianity, Islam, Non-Christian Religions, Religious Liberty/Persecution, United States | 1 Comment »
I bet it’s coming in through Nova Scotia. Napolitano: Talibans Smuggling Swine Flu Through Canada on Stolen Cruise Ships Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano urged that we take action in order to stop “Talibans from smuggling swine-flu tainted bunnies through Canada on stolen cruise ships.” The announcement came at a press conference Napolitano called for [...]
Tags: Folly, Janet Napolitano, Swine flu, US politics
Posted in Canada, In a Jocular Vein, United States | 2 Comments »
April 24th, 2009 | Comments Off
Compare and contrast these two video clips of US Rep. Barney Frank. A few days ago on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show, he blamed unnamed “conservatives” for mass housing foreclosures in the United States. They “pushed” people into buying houses they couldn’t afford. don’t ya know? He, on the other hand, has advocated affordable rental housing [...]
Tags: Barney Frank, Chutzpah, Financial crisis, Hypocrisy, US politics
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April 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
At the G-20 summit, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was miffed that US President Barack Obama appeared to ignore him. Now it’s payback time. The American President’s call “to free the world of the menace of a nuclear nightmare” was hot air, said a report to Sarkozy by his staff. “It was rhetoric, not a speech [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Schmaltz, US politics
Posted in Europe, International, United States | 1 Comment »
April 14th, 2009 | Comments Off
As a pop music producer, he was a genius; but, as a human being, not so much. His worldly success and wealth made him a self-obsessed recluse and a pitiful and dangerous old man. An evil Spector: Record producer guilty of murder Second jury convicts producer in actress’s death LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector, the [...]
Tags: Phil Spector, Pop music
Posted in Law Crime and Legal Issues, Popular Culture, United States | Comments Off
More journalists and Hollywood stars burble on about Obama. Obama “walks into a room and you want to follow him somewhere, anywhere,” George Clooney gushed to Charlie Rose. “I’ll collect paper cups off the ground to make [Obama’s] pathway clear,” Halle Berry recently told the Philadelphia Daily News, “I’ll do whatever he says.” (Does Michelle [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Folly, Schmaltz
Posted in Media and Journalism, United States | 2 Comments »
Dennis Prager’s latest column, “Brilliance Is Overrated”, is spot on: Most Americans upon hearing that someone has attended Harvard University assumes that this person is not only smarter than most other people but is actually a more impressive person. That is why, for example, people assume that a Nobel laureate in physics has something particularly [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Chutzpah, Dennis Prager, Education, US politics
Posted in United States, Worldview Issues | 2 Comments »
Shades of the fight over Kennewick Man. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, are outraged because administration officials have moved to give two 10,000-year-old skeletons to a Native American tribe. The local Kumeyaay tribe has asked for the skeletons, which were discovered in 1976. University of California president Mark Yudof and UCSD chancellor [...]
Tags: Aboriginal issues, Anthropology, Archaeology, California, Political correctness
Posted in Science, Social sciences, United States | 2 Comments »
March 17th, 2009 | Comments Off
During a debate in the Florida legislature on making bestiality illegal, someone made the mistake of mentioning animal husbandry. Rich’s legislation would target only those who derived or helped others derive ”sexual gratification” from an animal, specifying that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible. That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia [...]
Tags: Florida, Folly
Posted in In a Jocular Vein, United States | Comments Off
March 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Pro-life students are suing Spokane Falls Community College over conditions administration officials imposed on an anti-abortion display. In a transparent effort to shut down pro-life opinion, the students were ordered to publicise views contradicting their convictions. So much for freedom of conscience (never mind freedom of speech) at Spokane Falls. They wanted to post information [...]
Tags: Abortion, Chutzpah, Civil liberties, Education, Political correctness
Posted in Law Crime and Legal Issues, Life Issues, United States, Worldview Issues | 1 Comment »
March 12th, 2009 | Comments Off
Where have we seen this before recently? A speech by conservative writer Don Feder was disrupted by loud-mouthed “anti-hate” activists at the University of Massachusetts. His scheduled topic was hate crime legislation (he’s against it); but when obstreperous protestors entered the room, he took ‘em on. Feder sternly redressed the crowd in his opening statement. [...]
Tags: Civil liberties, Don Feder, Education, Political correctness, Thuggery
Posted in United States, Worldview Issues | Comments Off
March 8th, 2009 | Comments Off
Not the real Michael Moore, but Steven Crowder does a great imitation. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKLXCHgOiA[/youtube] h/t: Clayton Cramer
Tags: Folly, Michael Moore, Steven Crowder, US politics
Posted in In a Jocular Vein, United States | Comments Off
March 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off
One reason why the stock market is nose-diving, says economist and foreign policy expert Phil Levy, is that investors are realising that Obamanomics could bankrupt the United States. The idea of a U.S. government default has recently gone from “unthinkable” to close to 10 percent over the next five years. […] [T]he United States has [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Economic policy, Financial crisis, Government finance, US politics
Posted in Economics, United States | Comments Off
March 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off
Prostitution is still commonly viewed as a “victimless crime” even though prostitutes are often enslaved. Kristen Powers writes at the New York Post: Hollywood glamorizes the “happy hooker” and the media deceive by portraying the exception (the woman who is enjoying the “high life” as a prostitute) as the rule. The reality is much more [...]
Tags: Culture of life, Human trafficking, Slavery
Posted in Life Issues, United States | Comments Off