Food for thought
The Captain’s Journal » The Swing of the Pendulum
Now that Marcus Luttrell’s book “Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10″ is a national bestseller, maybe Americans are ready to start discussing the core issue his story brings to light: the inverted morality, even insanity, of the [...]
A Must-See poetry slam
I can’t stand poetry slams. But this is required watching:
What Arabs think of the Palestinians
By Youssef Ibrahim:
Why is America trying to pour new money and more weapons into Palestinian Arab hands barely days after the Gaza debacle? It is an ill-considered policy, both premature and useless. The only sure result will be that warring gangs in the West Bank will use every new weapon to continue the mayhem and [...]
News You Won’t Hear: Terrorism Is Down Almost Everywhere
News You Won’t Hear: Terrorism Is Down Almost Everywhere
Good news is no news, at least when it comes to the war on terrorism.
On Monday evening, the State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism showing a number of interesting findings, including steep declines in terrorist attacks and murders in many regions of the globe. [...]
Top Hamas official: Kill all Americans & Jews
Top Hamas official: Kill all Americans & Jews
Sheik Ahmad Bahr, acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, declared during a Friday sermon at a Sudan mosque that America and Israel will be annihilated and called upon Allah to kill Jews and Americans “to the very Last One”.
Yeah, this is the same Hamas that we’re [...]
War Never Did Anything Good Except Save 40,000 Babies In Afghanistan And 15,000 Babies In Iraq
War Never Did Anything Good Except Save 40,000 Babies In Afghanistan And 15,000 Babies In Iraq
INFANT mortality in Afghanistan has fallen dramatically since the demise of the Taleban, according to a new study, with 40,000 fewer babies dying every year.
Improvements in women’s access to medical care since the Taleban were ousted from power five [...]
Fred Thompson on US Lack of popularity
By Fred Thompson
Sticks & Stones
It bothers Americans when we’re told how unpopular we are with the rest of the world. For some of us, at least, it gets our back up — and our natural tendency is to tell the French, for example, that we’d rather not hear from them until the day when they [...]
The X-Ray Project
This is a very moving exhibit of x-rays and CT scans of the bones and torn flesh of people injured by homicide bombings in Jerusalem. Hat tip to LGF.
Global incident map
Just in case you managed to feel complacent for, oh, say a nanosecond or two, here’s a map of the world, listing suspicious and dangerous incidents, in real time.