Iranian authorities sentenced two Americans arrested and detained along the Iran-Iraq border to eight years in prison, state television cited an unnamed judicial source as saying on Saturday. Read the whole story here! Commentary: OK Obama – now is your time to shine! Let’s go in there and get those boys out of harms way! … Continue reading
In a recent speech on the Middle East, President Obama suggested that Israel might consider moving their border back to what they were forty four years ago. This would seem to imply that Israelis, who have called said property their home for close to half a century, be asked to give them up and just … Continue reading
Gosh. It’s been some time since very much has been heard about the current goings on with the Communist tag team of Kim Jon Il and his son Jon Un. Perhaps the on-going meltdown of the rest of the world might have something to do with that. That pesky earthquake in Japan has also managed … Continue reading
As events continue to unfold in Egypt, one thing is certain. Oil prices are bound to go up no matter what the outcome. That’s because oil futures have historically been driven higher anytime there is uncertainty in the Middle East. A situation, that ill regardless of the outcome for this episode in Egypt’s history, looks … Continue reading
A recent article published on the CNN web page was written by a gentleman named Kumi Naidoo. Kumi is the executive director for the Greenpeace International and I found the article well written. One point he makes is to state that “most scientists tell us that we must dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions if we … Continue reading
Six world powers ended a long-awaited meeting with Iran on its nuclear program Tuesday, December 7th, with plans for another meeting but no other visible result. Officials said after a day and a half of talks that they intend to meet again with the Iranians in Istanbul in late January. My question is why are … Continue reading
Anyone who doubts that it is way past time to clean out the decayed regime that exists in North Korea needs to send me a note explaining why. The citizens living there have lived far too long under a group of pseudo-leaders whose abilities are the very definition of cluster fucks. Now, with the aircraft … Continue reading
While I do not always agree with Donald Trump, I will always stand by him when he is right. Yesterday, billionaire American real estate mogul Donald Trump, who is “seriously considering” the possibility of making a Presidential run in 2012, has slammed China’s “unfair trade policy” and made digs at the way US was conducing … Continue reading
Are strikes in France harbingers of things to come in the US? You can bet your bottom dollar that SEIU leadership is taking notes on how to paralyze a country into submission, as is currently happening in France this date. The labor action, led by the Confederation Generale du Travail, is a textbook example of … Continue reading
The ban passed both houses of the French legislature by overwhelming margins earlier this year, and is scheduled to come into effect in the spring. The law imposes a fine of 150 euros ($190) and/or a citizenship course as punishment for wearing a face-covering veil. Forcing a woman to wear a niqab or a burka … Continue reading
