News You Need to Know 10Nov09

  • Nidal Hasan explains the Koran and Islam
    Here is Nidal Hasan’s PowerPoint presentation about Islam, Muslims, and the military. Note the copious quoting of the Koran; the explanation of the doctrine of abrogation (citing Koran 2:106 and 16:101), which usually Islamic apologists in the West dismiss as an invention of “Islamophobes”; and the explanations of defensive and…
  • Pelosi’s Health Care Means Rationing Politics – WSJ.com
    REVIEW & OUTLOOK NOVEMBER 10, 2009
    The Lords of Entitlement
    Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied policy logic and public opinion late Saturday night, ramming through the House a nearly 2,000-page health-care leviathan that counts as the biggest expansion of the federal government since the New Deal. As President Obama likes to say, this was a “teachable moment” about [...]
  • SCOTT WHEELER: A Tale of Two Shootings
    A Tale of Two Shootings
    Scott Wheeler
    Monday, November 09, 2009
    Obama’s remarks upon hearing that abortionist George Tiller was shot— “I am shocked and outraged” contrasted with his statement on the news that 12 unarmed soldiers were gunned down at Ft. Hood Army Post: “I would caution against jumping to conclusions” about the motives of the gunman.
    Obama’s [...]
  • 10 Senate seats most likely to flip – POLITICO
     11/10/09 6:53 AM EST
    10 Senate seats most likely to flip
    By ALEX ISENSTADT 
    After struggling for two consecutive cycles on the Senate battlefield, Republicans seem poised to make a comeback in 2010. With 37 seats up for grabs — and Democrats defending 19 of them — the GOP is flexing its muscles in Democratic-leaning states like Delaware, [...]
  • Not enough about him? Barack Obama skips Berlin Wall ceremonies – Telegraph
    November 9th, 2009
    Not enough about him? Barack Obama skips Berlin Wall ceremonies
    Toby Harnden
    There was one world leader absent for today’s commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Surprisingly enough, it’s President Barack Obama, who found time last year to give a campaign speech there last year, which Der Spiegel summed [...]
  • Netanyahu Offers No Advance in Peace Talks – WSJ.com
    MIDDLE EAST NEWS NOVEMBER 10, 2009
    Netanyahu Offers No Advance in Peace Talks
    Israeli Leader Promises Concessions but Resists White House Pressure to Detail Any in Speech; Palestinians Are Unimpressed
    By JAY SOLOMON
    WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an “immediate” resumption of Middle East peace talks, but Palestinian and Arab leaders responded coolly [...]
  • FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect – AP
    Nov 10, 7:53 AM EST
    FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect
    By DEVLIN BARRETT  -  AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an “assessment” of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.
    After the shooting, the FBI is doing [...]
  • HillWalk Versus JayWalk
    Bill O’Reilly has boasted how ”The Factor” is doing so well that its ratings surpass those of NBC’s “Jay Leno Show.” It is an apt comparison, since O’Reilly seems intent on co-opting one of Leno’s trademark skits, “Jaywalk,” in which ignorant individuals are asked about topical issues and give ludicrous answers.
    How else can O’Reilly explain his decision to bring back the hip [...]
  • Fitzgerald: Irshad Manji, Islam, and mental illness
    Some keep telling us that Nidal Malik Hasan’s act “had nothing to do with being a Muslim.” And there is a variant on this, used by those who, though they may have reservations about Islam, offer us a false alternative. One such Offeror of False Alternatives is that publicity-hound the…
  • “Marxo-Sapiens” to the Rescue, Part 3: How is This “Paid For”? It Isn’t
    Click here for parts 1 and 2 of “Marxo-Sapiens” to the Rescue.
    Insurance companies will now be mere appendages of the government, offering one mandated product. Doctors, nurses, and drug companies, who are the actual providers of medical care, also will be appendages of the government, because the government will decide how they get paid. But [...]

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