What the Political Gurus Kept Telling Us
By Alan Caruba.
Throughout the year leading up to the November elections, I had a friend who called regularly for reassurance that whoever the Republicans nominated would defeat Obama. I began to keep a file of what the political commentators [...]
Imminent Relapse
By Jeremy Sare, England.
It was summer last year, when in Britain we learned Milly Dowler, the murdered 14 year old schoolgirl had her phone hacked by News of the World (NOTW) journalists. There was also evidence the act of listening into her [...]
NRA: Sour Grapes for Sore Losers
by Baldr Odinson.
It’s been two weeks, now, since President Barack Obama’s overwhelming defeat of Mitt Romney and launch into his second term, with an astounding 332 electoral votes to Romney’s 206, and a comfortable majority [...]
A Hurricane of Global Warming Lies
By Alan Caruba.
At his recent press conference, President Obama, in response to a question, said “You know, as you know, Mark, we can’t attribute any particular weather event to climate change. What we do know is the temperature around the [...]
The New Exodus – How Spain loses its own potential
By Oliver Krumme.
A new wave of migrant workers
In the late 1950ies and the early 1960ies, Europe was marked by a movement of labour forces from the southern European countries into Germany. As guest workers (“Gastarbeiter”), young people [...]
Tehran, the Terror Capitol of the World
By Alan Caruba.
In ancient times the expression was “All roads lead to Rome.” An impressive network of roads had been built to maintain the Roman Empire, but it eventually broke apart and failed. These days all roads lead to Tehran, the [...]
A misunderstood profession – The need for a new support of the modern soldier
The Cause
About a month ago, German singer Joachim Witt has released a movie clip for his latest song “Gloria”. The first section of this apocalyptically and bleak movie showed a group of soldiers, apparently wearing German military uniforms, [...]
Knife at a Gunfight
By Jeremy Sare, England.
When you are called to appear before a Congressional hearing or Parliamentary Committee what is the worst accusation you can face? That you were obstructive, wilfully ignorant? No, worse, by far, is to be deemed, “not [...]
The Climate Change Lies Ramp Up Again
By Alan Caruba
Within days of the election, Rasmussen Reports said that, “While there was little talk of climate change during the presidential campaign, the number of U.S. voters who see global warming as a serious problem is at an all-time [...]
Veterans’ Day, But No Armistice On Our Streets
by Baldr Odinson.
Monday was Veterans’ Day in the United States — a day when we stop to consider the sacrifices of our military veterans, and especially those who served in war, living or dead.
I have family in the military (one [...]
Israel Will Defend Itself
By Alan Caruba.
www.israelnationalnews.com, 11/11/12
Minister: We’ll Hit Them Till They Say ‘Enough’
Min. Moshe Yaalon says “We will put an end to this. We will not maintain restraint.”
Minister Yaalon said Sunday [...]
3-Delinquents Here We Come!
By Mike Sutton.
In my article on hi-tech crime I point out the similarities between the ancient mythologies of fire theft with the realities of copyright theft: The owner’s status and earning capacity is undermined even though [...]
The Obvious and Predictable Result – The Absurdity of Modern Election Campaigning
By Oliver Krumme.
Finally! The votes have been made; the US and the whole world can get a rest now. Not a rest from a hard week of work, or a natural disaster, but from something far more exhausting than any other public event or full scale [...]
America Commits Suicide
By Alan Caruba
I had hoped that the majority of voters would elect Mitt Romney, but instead of a man of character they chose charisma.
They ignored four years of failure and deception. In advertising, they say “Sell the sizzle, not the steak.” [...]
Vote to Save the Nation!
By Alan Caruba.
No previous election has ever held the fate of the nation in its hands since the reelection of Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War. If Obama is elected, he will continue his agenda to drive this nation to the point [...]
Cancelling trades on an exchange: When is it a good idea?
By Ajay Shah.
When inexplicable things happen on an exchange, many people argue that those trades should be cancelled. I think it is useful to be clear about the test to apply for this.
The key question should be: Did something foul up in [...]
Mobile devices can help us take the necessary steps to keep kids healthy
By Lisa Nielsen.
Here a step, there a step, everywhere a step step. You may have noticed that today, steps matter.
So, how many steps have you taken today:
If you haven’t caught on, the latest data tells us adults need at least 10,000 [...]
Hurricane Sandy’s Message to America
By Alan Caruba.
When Mother Nature demonstrates her extraordinary power, I always hope that people will draw a lesson from it, but this never seems to happen. Hurricane Sandy is just the latest example of the futility and foolishness of thinking [...]
Public media or state media? Political influence on German broadcasting networks
By Olive Krumme.
Today, the spokesman of the Bavarian conservative party CSU (Christlich Soziale Union = Christian Social Union) resigned from his post after an incident that conspicuously reminded of state controlled media in authoritarian [...]
Poverty Nation
By Alan Caruba
Lyndon B. Johnson, President from 1963 to 1969, is probably unknown to the generations since then except for having escalated the Vietnam War. A memorial in Washington, D.C. is a sad reminder of the more than 58,000 young lives [...]