Archive | December, 2010
Ivory Coast President Refuses Call from Barack Obama
It gets better. Guess who just resigned from his position as an adviser to Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president of the Ivory Coast who lost the election but refuses to step down? Lanny Davis. Yeah, that one. He was serving as an adviser to the anti-democratic incumbent. Mr Davis said he had repeatedly tried to [...]
Explosion Outside Church in Alexandria
31. December 2010
More Christians being targeted in Muslim nations. But let’s keep fretting over the left’s perceived persecution of Muslims in America. American Muslims have it so bad that some people dare to oppose the construction of a mosque at Ground Zero. The horror.
New Year’s Eve Links
31. December 2010
I’m not going to be doing a whole bunch of blogging tonight, so I’ll leave you with these. Some of them are especially appropriate as they look towards the year ahead. Foreign Policy: Potential, Ongoing Conflicts in 2011 Global Warming: Only 9,099 of the past 10,500 years have been warmer than 2010 The Real Hate [...]
China to Create the World’s Largest City?
31. December 2010
Reportedly by combining Beijing and Tianjin — both of which are major cities already. Such a move would result in the creation of an ultra-mega-city with a direct population of 19 million. Another 60 million people would be living in the surrounding area. 79 freaking million people in the city and its suburbs. Holy crap, [...]
Katie Couric: We Need a Muslim Cosby Show
31. December 2010
The idea being that a Muslim version of the Cosby Show will get the love flowing between Muslims and those intolerant, bigoted Americans. Hey, Katie, you know what else would get the love flowing? Fewer Muslims planning terror attacks against Americans. That would do a whole lot more for Islam’s PR than a television show [...]
Cost of Obama Vacation: $1.5 Million
31. December 2010
Who wants some cake? Just consider these estimates on part of the costs of the latest Obama Hawaii trip: * Mrs. Obama’s early flight to Hawaii: $63,000 (White House Dossier) * Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii: $1 million (GAO estimates) * Housing in beachfront homes for Secret Service and Seals in Kailua ($1,200 a [...]
Union Protest Was Responsible for Snow Clean-Up Disaster
30. December 2010
Someone needs to go to prison over this. People died because emergency services couldn’t get through the streets in a timely manner. All because union members were angry over budget cuts. Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts — a disastrous [...]
China Defense Minister: China preparing for “military conflict in every strategic direction”
30. December 2010
Hey, good thing we ditched those F-22s and other unnecessary Cold War-mentality leftovers, huh? I hear we’ll only be facing asymmetrical threats for years to come. Besides, China is totally going to help us with North Korea. Just you wait and see. “In the coming five years, our military will push forward preparations for military [...]
British Labour MP Attacks the Blogosphere
30. December 2010
I understand the guy’s apprehension over allowing online polls to determine actual debates in Parliament, but there’s no reason to go forward and attack the entire blogosphere — much of which is composed of individuals honestly looking to publish their political opinions. But Opposition politicians fear the plan, set to be introduced in the New [...]
US Revokes Venezuelan Ambassador’s Passport
30. December 2010
Washington has effectively expelled Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Venezuelan ambassador to the United States, following an announcement by Hugo Chavez that he would reject the approval of Larry Palmer as U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. Herrera is not believed to be currently in the United States, but the revocation of his visa by the State Department means [...]
31. December 2010
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