‘It’s a Beautiful Story. And It’s a Lie.’
A soi-dissant philanthropist is exposed as a liar: Some of the most inspiring and dramatic stories in the best-selling book, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson, are not true, multiple sources tell “60 Minutes” . . . The stories in “Three Cups of Tea” have become the source of inspirational speeches Mortenson is paid […]
London’s Gay ‘Kiss-In’ Protest
This image is from a video posted by the U.K. Guardian: Two poofters got bounced from a Soho pub after they started kissing and — because everything is now political — there was a protest: The pub at the centre of a homophobia row closed its doors, as hundreds of people prepared to attend a […]
Daily Libya Update
If it’s Thursday, it’s a hopeless stalemate: Calls to arm Libya’s rebels and ramp up airstrikes have put the Obama administration on the defensive, after the U.S. dialed back its role in the military campaign last week. Without the U.S., NATO is worthless: President Barack Obama’s insistence that NATO, not the U.S., take the lead […]
One Of The Cooler Things In Afghanistan
by Smitty Lovely day in the Hindu Kush. I’m working around CJITF-435, commanded by VADM Harward, who is one of those guys who is such a Bad Mike Foxtrot that he simply doesn’t have to prove anything, emitting quiet, calm competence instead. In front of the head shed, he has a deck cool enough to […]
Israel, Islam and Endogamy
Is heredity destiny? At least one rabbi says so: ‘Gentile sperm leads to barbaric offspring’ Rabbi Dov Lior, a senior authority on Jewish law in the Religious Zionism movement, asserted recently that a Jewish woman should never get pregnant using sperm donated by a non-Jewish man –- even if it is the last option available. […]
Daily Libya Update
If this is Wednesday, the rebels are advancing: AJDABIYA, Libya — This normally bustling city was nearly deserted Tuesday as rebel fighters pressed on to the oil port of Brega, taking advantage of recent NATO airstrikes that pushed forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi farther west. . . . In Ajdabiya, rebels left behind a skeleton […]
Obama’s Libyan Stalemate
The New York Times catches a whiff of the massive failure: Three weeks ago, President Obama ordered American troops into the first “humanitarian war” on his watch, vowing to stop the forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from massacring their own people. Mr. Obama’s hope was that a quick application of power from the air […]
Obama: Let Them Eat Hybrids!
Jim Lakely of the Heartland Institute points out that Obama appears to mock the questioner with 10 kids who asked about high gas prices: The president talks oil prices as if he actually knew something about either oil or economics. What Obama neglects to mention is that his administration’s own policies are a key factor in the […]
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