Did you know that Sarah Palin can discuss policy competently? If you’re a NewsReal regular, the answer is probably “yes,” but seeing the governor as substantive still seems to surprise folks like Frances Martel at Mediaite (who was on the same beat last week). Today’s example: Palin’s appearance on last night’s “Hannity” to discuss immigration [...]
He’s 49, she’s 13. Of course, he’s just following Muhammad’s example, made sacrosanct per Qur’an 33:21. It is quite clear whose law Yerima is following, which sets up a conflict of interest with his role in the governance of Nigeria as a whole, as the country still has a non-Sharia…
A vote is scheduled in the House Thursday which would be the first step in Puerto Rico becoming our 51st state. The people of Puerto Rico have the right to make this decision, but they deserve to have it presented to them in a clear and honest way. Would we really want to welcome a [...]
Author of British Government Memo Insulting Pope Not Afraid for His Life by Michael Williams The upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom has been soured–to the point where some Vatican officials have considered calling it off–by a scabrously anti-Catholic memo written by a British civil servant…
Media Matters and the Huffington Post are crowing about the latest Nielson ratings, showing a dip in Glenn Beck’s viewership at Fox News. Media Matters thinks Beck’s weird (and now largely forgotten) hour-long interview with oddball Democrat Congressman Eric Massa in March marked a turning point, although their “logic” escapes me:
Prior to the Massa Moment, [...]
Even The New York Times admitted the obvious in a front-page article today entitled “For Democrats, Bankers Make A Handy Foil.” Senators relished the opportunity to put Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and his senior managers under withering fire during hours of testimony, especially the Democrats who treated the villain Goldman Sachs as the poster [...]
Why? There were rumors that the Christians were going to build a church. Sharia forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. “West Java, thousands of Islamic extremists attack a Christian center,” by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, April 28 (thanks to Block Ness): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Thousands of…
File this one under “ironies so delicious they should be classified as food porn.”
Evidently, in the wake of Arizona’s fascist determination to enforce immigration law, Mexico has issued a travel warning “directed toward Mexicans living, studying or planning to travel to [Arizona]“.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said April 26 that his country’s citizens are “angered and [...]
“Resistance” to what? Is Israel occupying Lebanon? “There is a difference between arms which only serve invasions, occupations and aggressions, such as those of the United States and its ally Israel … and the arms of a resistance which defends, protects, and liberates,” said Fadlallah. “Liberates,” that is, by imposing…
No Compulsion In Religion Alert from Egypt: “‘We Refuse to Be Muslims By Force’ Say Egyptian Christian Twin-Boys After Losing Court Case,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency, April 26 (thanks to Benedict): (AINA) — On March 30 an administrative judicial court in Egypt dismissed a lawsuit…
