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‘Acceptable’ Risk – National Review Online – March 10

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Holder’s undisclosed Padilla connection.

Attorney General Eric Holder and others in the Obama administration have advocated trying Khalid Sheik Muhammed, and acquiring intelligence from Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in the criminal-justice system. The protections afforded individuals in the criminal-justice system generally exceed those afforded in the military system, so one might think terrorists would be put at an advantage if they are treated as criminals rather than enemy combatants. But we must reject, the president has told us, “the false choice between our security and our ideals.”

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(Note from Jan)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:41 +0000

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Job prospects from Obamanomics – Washington Times – March 10

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:24 +0000

Democrats and the liberal media greeted Friday’s announcement of a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as great news. Contrary to political propaganda designed to make the economy seem less troubled than it is, the real unemployment situation in America is becoming increasingly dire.

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Al-Qaeda Reeling – March 10

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While many are disappointed American turncoat Adam Gadahn was not the al-Qaeda operative arrested in Pakistan, as erroneously reported on Monday, there is still good cause to celebrate: Al Qaeda is on the run.

And it is a fitting irony that Gadahn’s latest propaganda video, released last Sunday, serves as an indicator al-Qaeda’s time in Pakistan may be running out. In it, al-Qaeda’s English-language spokesman unsurprisingly praises Fort Hood murderer, Nidal Hasan, and callously calls on al-Qaeda sympathizers in the West to launch similar homicidal attacks.

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America’s True Heroes – March 10

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Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Dave Gaubatz, the first U.S. civilian (1811) Federal Agent deployed to Iraq in 2003. He is the owner of DG Counter-terrorism Publishing. He is currently conducting a 50 State Counter-terrorism Research Tour (CTRT). He is the co-author (with Paul Sperry) of the new book, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America. He can be contacted at davegaubatz@gmail.com and his site is MuslimMafiaInternational.com.

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‘Jihad Jane’ indictment alleges threat from within U.S. – JWR – March 10

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:29 +0000

Using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill “or die trying,” a middle-aged American woman from Pennsylvania helped recruit a network for suicide attacks and other terrorist strikes in Europe and Asia, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday.Colleen R. LaRose, who dubbed herself “JihadJane,” was so intent on waging jihad, authorities said, that she traveled to Sweden to kill an artist in a way that would frighten “the whole Kufar (nonbeliever) world.”

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Israel exerts soverign right to its capital as Biden looks on astounded – JWR – March 10

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:55:27 +0000

JERUSALEM — In the midst of a high-profile visit by Vice President Joe Biden, Israel on Tuesday unveiled plans for new housing in disputed Jerusalem, a surprise step that embarrassed and angered the highest-ranking Obama administration official yet to visit the country.

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Palestinians complain to Biden about east Jerusalem building plan – March 10

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During meeting in Ramallah, Palestinian PM Fayyad tells Biden planned construction of 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo ‘definitely undermines confidence in prospects for peace.’ Interior Minister Yishai apologizes for ‘real embarrassment’ caused to American vice president

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‘Generation Zero’ and its impact on America – WND – March 10

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Jerome Corsi reviews film about ill effect of baby boomers being in charge

“Generation Zero,” a new documentary produced by Citizens United head David N. Bossie and writer/director Stephen K. Bannon presents a compelling indictment of runaway federal budgets under President Barack Obama.

As such, “Generation Zero” will become an important statement dedicated to expressing the core concerns of the millions of independent voters and middle-class Americans participating in the rapidly emerging tea-party movement.

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Financial Regulation: The Next Governnment Takeover – March 10

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:48 +0000

Democrats are pressing ahead with legislation to create a vast new bureaucracy that would have virtually unlimited powers to slap sweeping controls and costs on the U.S. financial industry that critics say will stymie economic innovation and growth.

Nearly a year and a half after the nation’s banking system plunged the economy into the worst economic decline in decades, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd is still struggling to finish work on a bill that would exert unprecedented government controls over virtually every segment of the nation’s financial system.

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