By Steven Borowiec North Korea’s provocative shelling of tiny Yeonpyeong island has the world in a stir, but residents of Seoul have been mostly cool, almost indifferent. Related Entries November 24, 2010 Cultural Rebirth in the Old World November 24, 2010 More News, Less Turkey
Continue reading …By Agence France Presse (AFP) Compiled by Daily Star staff Friday, November 26, 2010 – Powered by –> Israeli troops razed a mosque and more than 10 other structures in two areas of the occupied West Bank Thursday, Palestinian sources said. Most of the demolition activity took place in the village of Khirbet Yarza in the northern Jordan Valley, where residents said troops had razed a very old mosque and its much-larger extension, which was built last year. They also said troops had leveled “more than 10 buildings used for sheep.”
Continue reading …By The Daily Star Friday, November 26, 2010 – Powered by BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed Wednesday a free trade zone agreement between Lebanon and Turkey, culminating six years of serious negotiations. “This agreement is a new beginning for the relations between Lebanon and Turkey and its conclusion reflects our…
Continue reading …All going as imagined, it’s really no more than a minor embarrassment. Prince George (Colin Firth), second in line for the English throne, has a speech impediment, which renders it an agony for him to talk in public. Related Entries November 18, 2010 Britain’s Modern Bride November 8, 2010 Her Majesty’s Royal Facebook Page
Continue reading …With all but one of the House races now resolved, Republicans have picked up at least 63 seats, the most in a midterm election since 1938. So, it might be fun on this Thanksgiving Day to recall how, just 18 months ago, Time's Michael Grunwald was arguing in a big cover story that demography and its “extremely conservative” philosophy meant the Republican Party could be on the verge of extinction. Back in May 2009, Newsbusters Brent Baker picked up on Grunwald's piece for the ridiculous way he painted the GOP as extremist: They are extremely conservative ideas tarred by association with the extremely unpopular George W. Bush, who helped downsize the party to its extremely conservative base. But re-reading the piece today, it's even more striking how Grunwald's “analysis” was based on liberal wishful thinking that small government conservative policies were like political arsenic, and how Republicans had to drop tax cuts and cultural conservatism if they ever hoped to come back from the wilderness. In other words, move left. But the GOP instead moved right, and was rewarded by voters. Which is why conservatives should probably not take strategic advice from their ideological adversaries in the media. read more
Continue reading …Click here to view this media Unlike Chris Matthews who wants to pretend this is not what goes on daily in D.C., Cenk Uygur goes through what is pretty much standard operating procedure in Washington; lobbyists influencing legislation, the revolving door between holding office and working for corporate America and the influence campaign donations have on our politicians. And the end result, we have the TSA using useless scanners that violate our privacy and don’t detect explosives or putting up with overly intrusive pat-downs.
Continue reading …Mike Huckabee uses his pretty FOX front perch to attack the Obama family over the new TSA scanning procedures. The first family should publicly submit to the new scanning device and “enhanced” pat-downs before requiring Americans to do the same, suggested rumored Republican presidential hopeful and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee while blasting President Obama this morning over controversial new airline security measures. “If he thinks this is an appropriate way for us to deal with security as he has defended, then I’ve said, ‘OK, Mr. Obama, take your wife, your two daughters and your mother-in-law to Washington Reagan National Airport and have them publicly go through both the body scanner and the full enhanced pat-down in front of others,’” Huckabee said in an interview on Fox and Friends . “‘If it’s OK for your wife, your daughters, and your mother-in-law, then maybe the rest of us won’t feel so bad when our wives, our daughters and our mothers are being put through this humiliating and degrading, totally unconstitutional, intrusion of their privacy.’” Huckabee instead suggested TSA officials adopt “profiling” as a less costly and intrusive alternative. I’m against the TSA screenings myself, but Huckabee is another Republican hypocrite. ABC News’ Brandon Odoi Reports: The youngest son of former Arkansas Governor and current Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was taken into custody this morning at Little Rock National Airport. David Huckabee, 26, was arrested for having a weapon in a prohibited area, according to an incident document from the Little Rock District Court. The report says a gun was found in his carry on luggage by TSA x-ray machines as he attempted to pass through security. When asked by authorities why he tried to pass through security with a gun, David Huckabee said he forgot he had a weapon in his luggage. Former Governor Mike Huckabee, prepping for a weekend of campaigning in Iowa, issued a statement on Thursday about the arrest. “I love my son but what he did was irresponsible, but not intentional,” read Huckabee’s statement. “The right to carry a firearm has to be balanced with an equal responsibility to not make foolish errors like forgetting about it being in one’s briefcase.”
Continue reading …Taking a stance: Canada will not attend UN conference on racism because of negative focus on Israel, immigration minister says; Ottawa has lost faith in Durban process, whose agenda promotes racism, he says
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