Secretary
of State John Kerry is on a quest to bring “peace” to the intractable
Arab-Israeli conflict, and specifically between Arab Palestinians and
Israel. It is rather puzzling however, in the midst of the current
Middle East turmoil, especially in Egypt, Iraq and Syria, that this
should be Kerry’s obsession. Is it Kerry’s ego that propels him to seek a
Nobel Prize for achieving a hitherto impossible peace, one which has
eluded all previous US presidents and secretaries of state? President
Bill Clinton’s Oslo Accords are in tatters. Yasser Arafat used the Oslo
Accords to gain a foothold in Palestine, as a base to terrorize Israel, a
strategy that many Israelis recognized as such. The naïve American
policy makers and their leftist Israeli colleagues have consistently
failed to understand the Arab-Islamic culture, and how the Arab-Muslim
worldview differs from that of westerners, especially their outlook on
the meaning of peace. As a result, the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian
negotiations promise to be the same as in previous rounds.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Monday, June 03, 2013
A Green Light for Iran's New Terrorist War
REZA KAHLILI June 1, 2013
Iranian leaders have given the go-ahead to a coalition of terrorists to attack American soil, in effect all but declaring war on the United States.
As I reported recently and according to a source in the Islamic regime's intelligence apparatus, Iran created the Coalition of Muslim Soldiers to wreak havoc on the United States and its allies. The goal is to change the field of battle from the Middle East to the American homeland, and the opening salvos - if indeed the Boston bombing wasn't the first - are due imminently unless U.S. authorities can short-circuit Tehran's plans.
As I reported recently and according to a source in the Islamic regime's intelligence apparatus, Iran created the Coalition of Muslim Soldiers to wreak havoc on the United States and its allies. The goal is to change the field of battle from the Middle East to the American homeland, and the opening salvos - if indeed the Boston bombing wasn't the first - are due imminently unless U.S. authorities can short-circuit Tehran's plans.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
A Warm Embrace: A Lone Soldier’s First Memorial Day Experience in Israel
As a new immigrant from the States, and a new resident of Tel Aviv, I
was prepped for months before my arrival about this vibrant city, its
exuberance so present that it often won’t let me sleep. Yes, this city
is full of excitement, more than I could have ever prepared for. Yet, as
a lone soldier, I found myself counting the days until I would get to
witness this city not on the loudest of nights but on the quietest of
days: Yom HaZikaron, Memorial Day.
On the eve of Memorial Day, I walked around the center of Tel Aviv, watching with astoundment as the last of the stores were closing up, as music was dimming down and as noise was coming to a discreet halt. Sure, this country may be small, but in a time when it seems the whole world has surrendered to non-stop distractions, lack of awareness, and this innate inability to stand still, I can’t help but feel amazed that an entire country can step away from this eternal rush we’re in to shut down for one day and mourn together.
As Memorial Day was about to begin, I was making my way to a ceremony in Rabin Square in the center of Tel Aviv. The walk from my apartment to Rabin Square was not a lonely walk, as the streets were filled with people heading to the ceremony. I realized then and there that, today, no one in Israel will feel alone. On a day like this, a sense of responsibility grabs hold of Israel’s citizens and we become bound to one another by the common presence of pain for the 23,085 soldiers fallen in defense of Israel.
As I approached Rabin Square, I was stopped by the siren wailing at 8 P.M. The silence seemed unreal for the number of people who were present, and the shift in atmosphere became palpable. For one minute, I stood silently and watched as thousands of people gathered together, mourning the fallen soldiers. They were not planning for tomorrow or excited for the following day’s festivities (the day after Memorial Day is Israel’s Independence Day, a day of celebration for Israel), but very much in the moment. All too aware that, if it weren’t for the fallen soldiers we remember today, we would have no reason to celebrate tomorrow – or any other day.
Songs were sung. Poems were read. Stories were shared. Between songs and poems of mourning, clips were shown of personal stories. I learned of Yoav – and of his son, Arnon, who fought in combat to honor his fallen father and who, too, fell while serving in the IDF. I learned of Tamir, a Druze soldier who fell in the Second Lebanon War, and of Daniel, an American lone soldier who fell in 2008. It is a special thing when, even among IDF’s fallen soldiers, Israel’s diversity is still visible.
Unfortunately in Israel, nearly everyone knows someone who has fallen while serving in the IDF. It is not a commonality we appreciate, but it is certainly one we embrace together as a country. And tomorrow, when it comes time to look up and to remove ourselves from the period of mourning, the entire country is once again there to pull us up. Of all the loud and memorable nights I have spent in Tel Aviv, it is on this quiet and solemn night that I understood the beauty of Israel and its warm embrace.
On the eve of Memorial Day, I walked around the center of Tel Aviv, watching with astoundment as the last of the stores were closing up, as music was dimming down and as noise was coming to a discreet halt. Sure, this country may be small, but in a time when it seems the whole world has surrendered to non-stop distractions, lack of awareness, and this innate inability to stand still, I can’t help but feel amazed that an entire country can step away from this eternal rush we’re in to shut down for one day and mourn together.
As Memorial Day was about to begin, I was making my way to a ceremony in Rabin Square in the center of Tel Aviv. The walk from my apartment to Rabin Square was not a lonely walk, as the streets were filled with people heading to the ceremony. I realized then and there that, today, no one in Israel will feel alone. On a day like this, a sense of responsibility grabs hold of Israel’s citizens and we become bound to one another by the common presence of pain for the 23,085 soldiers fallen in defense of Israel.
As I approached Rabin Square, I was stopped by the siren wailing at 8 P.M. The silence seemed unreal for the number of people who were present, and the shift in atmosphere became palpable. For one minute, I stood silently and watched as thousands of people gathered together, mourning the fallen soldiers. They were not planning for tomorrow or excited for the following day’s festivities (the day after Memorial Day is Israel’s Independence Day, a day of celebration for Israel), but very much in the moment. All too aware that, if it weren’t for the fallen soldiers we remember today, we would have no reason to celebrate tomorrow – or any other day.
Songs were sung. Poems were read. Stories were shared. Between songs and poems of mourning, clips were shown of personal stories. I learned of Yoav – and of his son, Arnon, who fought in combat to honor his fallen father and who, too, fell while serving in the IDF. I learned of Tamir, a Druze soldier who fell in the Second Lebanon War, and of Daniel, an American lone soldier who fell in 2008. It is a special thing when, even among IDF’s fallen soldiers, Israel’s diversity is still visible.
Unfortunately in Israel, nearly everyone knows someone who has fallen while serving in the IDF. It is not a commonality we appreciate, but it is certainly one we embrace together as a country. And tomorrow, when it comes time to look up and to remove ourselves from the period of mourning, the entire country is once again there to pull us up. Of all the loud and memorable nights I have spent in Tel Aviv, it is on this quiet and solemn night that I understood the beauty of Israel and its warm embrace.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Obamacare to Raise Claims Cost 32 Percent
March 28, 2013
Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32
percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under
President Obama's overhaul, the nation's leading group of financial
risk analysts has estimated.
That's likely to increase premiums for at least some Americans buying individual plans.
The report by the Society of Actuaries could turn into a big headache for the Obama administration at a time when many parts of the country remain skeptical about the Affordable Care Act.
While some states will see medical claims costs per person decline, the report concluded the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets, where people purchase coverage directly from insurers.
The disparities are striking. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland. Much of the reason for the higher claims costs is that sicker people are expected to join the pool, the report said.
The report did not make similar estimates for employer plans, the mainstay for workers and their families. That's because the primary impact of Obama's law is on people who don't have coverage through their jobs.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/26/study-obamacare-raise-claims-cost-32-percent/#ixzz2OpCLnq2N
That's likely to increase premiums for at least some Americans buying individual plans.
The report by the Society of Actuaries could turn into a big headache for the Obama administration at a time when many parts of the country remain skeptical about the Affordable Care Act.
While some states will see medical claims costs per person decline, the report concluded the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets, where people purchase coverage directly from insurers.
The disparities are striking. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland. Much of the reason for the higher claims costs is that sicker people are expected to join the pool, the report said.
The report did not make similar estimates for employer plans, the mainstay for workers and their families. That's because the primary impact of Obama's law is on people who don't have coverage through their jobs.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/26/study-obamacare-raise-claims-cost-32-percent/#ixzz2OpCLnq2N
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Mark Steyn’s Antidote to Burqa-Mandating Texas Teachers (Allah-la-la-la-la…)
HOW ABOUT “SHARIA,
SHARIA, I JUST MET A CULT NAMED SHARIA, AND SUDDENLY THAT NAME WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME AGAIN”…RSK
Steyn perorming My Sharia Amour.wmv - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmhAel-hGf8&feature=player_embedded
February 26th, 2013 (1 hour ago) by Andrew Bostom Todd Starnes of Fox News radio reports that Texas State Sen. Dan Patrick, chairman of the senate education committee, is launching an investigation, after outraged parents provided photographic evidence that their Lumberton (Texas) High School children were required to don burqas (and other Muslim garb), as part of an ostensible “geography lesson” on Islam.
Moreover, students, as part of this unabashed Islamophilic indoctrination process at Lumberton High School, were told by their teacher, “we’re going to change the way we perceive Islam,” who then also proceeded to instruct them to compose an essay, according to the report, “based on a Washington Post story that blamed Egypt’s troubles on democracy – instead of the Muslim Brotherhood.”Such involuntary Islamic dawa in school must be thoroughly investigated, condemned, and permanently disallowed.
I suggest as an adjunct “corrective,” that it also be required of the Lumberton High School teacher of this geography class, and recommended for the students, to read Mark Steyn’s caustic analysis of the murderous Muslim rioting in Nigeria during November, 2002, in advance of the Miss World beauty pageant (prompted by an article in the Lagos newspaper “This Day,” which suggested Islam’s prophet Muhammad would have been happy to marry one of the contestants). The teacher should be further required, and the students encouraged (with parental accompaniment, given the R-rated language) to watch this video of Steyn’s hilarious performance of “My Sharia Amour” (London, Ontario, November 1, 2010).
Below are samples of Steyn’s original 2002 lyrics, which he expanded and updated circa November of 2010. And of course watch the video!
(2002)
My Sharia Amour, good enough for some emir.
My Sharia Amour, I’m the guy you like to fear.
My Sharia Amour, pretty little girl in your chador.
One of only four that I beat sore.
How I wish that I had five.
(2010)
My Sharia Amour, I got her from an imam in Lahore One of only four wives…
How I wish that I had five
In her burqa, this chick could take away your breath
But don’t even glance, or I’ll have to have her stoned to death
Allah-la-la-la-la, Allah-la-la-la-la
Sunday, February 17, 2013
It’s Not Easy Being Red and Green
The left has never adapted to the transition from nationalistic wars to
ideological wars. It took the left a while to grasp that the Nazis were a
fundamentally different foe than the Kaiser and that pretending that
World War 2 was another war for the benefit of colonialists and arms
dealers was the behavior of deluded lunatics. And yet much of the left
insisted on approaching the war in just that fashion, and had Hitler not
attacked Stalin, it might have remained stuck there.
The Cold War was even worse. The moderate left never came to terms with
Communism. From the Moscow Trials to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the
left slowly disavowed the USSR, but refused to see it as anything more
than a clumsy dictatorship. The only way that the left could reject the
USSR was by overlooking its ideology and treating it as another backward
Russian tyranny being needlessly provoked and pushed around by Western
Europe and the United States.
Having failed the test twice, it is no wonder that the left has been unable to come to terms with Islam, or that it has resorted to insisting that, like Germany and Russia, the Muslim world is just another victim of imperialism and western warmongering in need of support and encouragement from the progressive camp.
Having failed the test twice, it is no wonder that the left has been unable to come to terms with Islam, or that it has resorted to insisting that, like Germany and Russia, the Muslim world is just another victim of imperialism and western warmongering in need of support and encouragement from the progressive camp.
Friday, January 25, 2013
A Brief History of Environmental Science’s Doomsday Predictions
Daniel Greenfield
Proof. Scientific proof that the world ended about 30 years ago. Compiled by the great Anthony Watts.
In 1968, Paul R. Ehrlich wrote The Population Bomb and declared that the battle to feed humanity had been lost and that there would be a major food shortage in the US. “In the 1970s … hundreds of millions are going to starve to death,” and by the 1980s most of the world’s important resources would be depleted.I wasn’t around for much of the 70s, but could anyone who was around then let me know whether hundreds of millions of Americans starved to death during that period? I haven’t heard anything about it, but maybe it’s another of those Phantom Time coverups by the military-industrial complex.
He forecast that 65 million Americans would die of starvation between 1980-1989 and that by 1999, the US population would decline to 22.6 million. The problems in the US would be relatively minor compared to those in the rest of the world.
(Ehrlich, Paul R. The Population Bomb. New York, Ballantine Books, 1968.)
New Scientist magazine underscored his speech in an editorial titled “In Praise of Prophets.”
“By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people … If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” Paul Ehrlich, Speech at British Institute For Biology, September 1971.Now we know why he’s not a gambler.
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