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13 Oct 17 : 51 | The case for capitalism Judy Shelton:"Le laisser-faire, c'est fini." It was French president Nicolas Sarkozy who actually uttered the words, but you could draw the same message from watching the televised debates in the United States at both the vice-presidential and presidential level. You know that America's founding... Source : PrairiePundit 2 hours ago |
10 Oct 02 : 45 | UK in econmic war with bankrupt Iceland Daily Mail:Gordon Brown declared diplomatic war on Iceland last night.He launched a furious attack on the 'illegal' refusal to pay back billions owed to British investors in the country's failed banks.The Prime Minister invoked rarely-used anti-terrorism powers to freeze Icelandic assets here as... Source : PrairiePundit |
12 Oct 18 : 40 | Hollywood's liberal lies Andrew Klavan:... 1. Hollywood has no political agenda -- it's just out to make money. Would that it were so. All through 2007, Hollywood sent American multiplexes the message: "We don't like the war on terror." All year, American moviegoers sent a message back to Hollywood: "We don't care."... Source : PrairiePundit 25 hours ago |
12 Oct 16 : 56 | The switch to the community bankers Washington Post:Joann Gaskins panicked. After absorbing a steady drumbeat of bad news about bank runs, bank collapses and bankruptcies, she arrived at a Manassas branch of faltering Wachovia Bank minutes before it opened Sept. 17, demanded her savings in cash and walked out the door. For eight days,... Source : PrairiePundit 27 hours ago |
12 Oct 15 : 50 | Enemy crushed in two big battles in Afghanistan CNN:Two separate battles that militants fought with Afghan and NATO troops in southern Afghanistan over the weekend left at least 100 insurgents dead, authorities said Sunday. In the first incident, Afghan authorities called in NATO support after they spotted insurgents gathering on the outskirts of... Source : PrairiePundit 28 hours ago |
04 Oct 16 : 55 | The liberal fascist war against free speech Rich Lowry:Barack Obama has already brought change: He's ended the "chilling effect." Any restrictions on speech - real or imagined - were once inevitably deemed to have a "chilling effect" on people who would otherwise exercise their First Amendment rights if they weren't so frightened by the... Source : PrairiePundit |
12 Oct 03 : 05 | Killed Taliban commander was Pakistani officer Sunday Times: British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces in Helmand last year was in fact a Pakistani military officer, according to highly placed Afghan officials. The commander, targeted in a compound in the Sangin valley, was one of six killed in the... Source : PrairiePundit 41 hours ago |
12 Oct 00 : 40 | The offer to the Taliban Sunday Telegraph: The offer was made through his brother Qayoun at a secret meeting in Saudi Arabia of which Britain was aware. Britain has been encouraging the Kabul government to talk to its Taliban enemies for more than two years and the Americans are thought to be coming round to the... Source : PrairiePundit 43 hours ago |
11 Oct 14 : 44 | Why not name our enemy John Avlon:HERE'S a wake-up call for a nation at war: We've had all but one of the presidential debates, plus the veep debate - without once hearing the words "Islamic terrorism." Seven years after 9/11, we still seem to be debating whether it's polite to name our enemy directly. Worse, the... Source : PrairiePundit |
11 Oct 14 : 54 | Ridiculous quote of the day From the Houston Chronicle:..."If Rick Noriega ... had the same amount of money as Cornyn and he had almost equal name identification, I think Cornyn would be in trouble," Flores said....To gauge just how silly that analysis is substitute your own name for Rick Noriega's and then substitute Obama's... Source : PrairiePundit |
27 Sept 23 : 10 | Obama v. Biden on war funding It is a good ad that reinforces a point McCain made Friday night in the debate about Obama's willingness to cut off funding for the troops in a time of war. Source : PrairiePundit |
10 Oct 17 : 53 | Russians starting to admit shortcomings in their army Christian Science Monitor:The global perception of the Russia-Georgia war this summer is that an armored juggernaut of old Soviet military proportions rolled over its puny rival after a five-day conflict.But the view from Moscow is different. Many Russian military experts are still shaking their... Source : PrairiePundit |
10 Oct 18 : 50 | Iran appoints a new chief terrorist Jerusalem Post:Eight months after he was assassinated in a meticulously-planned car bombing in Damascus, Hizbullah arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh has been succeeded by a senior Iranian intelligence official, an Italian newspaper reported Thursday, indicating an Iranian determination to consolidate... Source : PrairiePundit |
24 Sept 16 : 51 | How the generals almost lost the Iraq war Mackubin Thomas Owens:The dominant media storyline about the Iraq war holds that the decisions about how to conduct it pitted ignorant civilians -- especially the president and secretary of defense -- against the uniformed military, whose wise and sober advice was cavalierly ignored. The Bush... Source : PrairiePundit |
10 Oct 15 : 14 | GOP crowd shows it passion Washington Post:There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned down as a media caravan moved through the crowd Thursday for a midday town hall gathering featuring John McCain and Sarah... Source : PrairiePundit |
10 Oct 14 : 30 | Attacks against al Qaeda in Pakistan having an impact NY Times:...A senior administration official said the increased airstrikes by remotely piloted Central Intelligence Agency Predator aircraft, as well as the ground raid on Sept. 3, were having some impact on Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters who are using the tribal areas as a sanctuary. “The people... Source : PrairiePundit |
20 Sept 14 : 58 | A Keane eye on Iraq war Mathew Kaminski:...Three months into the war, Gen. Keane visited Iraq as the Army's deputy chief of staff. "I felt we had a low-level insurgency on our hands and I had a long plane ride home as a result of it, because I thought my Army was ill-prepared to fight that kind of war and it would take... Source : PrairiePundit |
20 Sept 03 : 07 | Minutes of Churchill's war cabinet found Telegraph: It was a wet Friday afternoon last year, and I was about to take the train back to London when it happened. The Churchill Archives in Cambridge were preparing to close, and I had finished working on the files I’d requested for my research on my new book, about the grand... Source : PrairiePundit |
19 Sept 16 : 29 | Bush got the war right Charles Krauthammer:For the last 150 years, most American war presidents -- most notably Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt -- have entered (or re-entered) office knowing war was looming. Not so George Bush. Not so the war on terror. The 9/11 attacks literally came out of the blue. Indeed, the three... Source : PrairiePundit |
09 Oct 17 : 47 | The Obama Ayers education agenda Ronald Radosh:THE Obama campaign hotly denies the McCain camp's charges that Barack Obama has long ties to Bill Ayers, the 1960s Weather Underground terrorist. I'll leave it to others to discuss most aspects of the relationship - and focus on one damning admission made in Obama's defense. While... Source : PrairiePundit |
17 Sept 18 : 05 | Civil war in Bolivia Time:Despite the frantic efforts of Latin American diplomats to broker a truce, many Bolivians see the political violence that has shaken their country over the past week as the opening salvos of a civil war. "There isn't a bone in her body that's not broken," says Narda Baqueros, a mother of three... Source : PrairiePundit |
09 Oct 04 : 52 | Pessimistic NIE on Afghanistan coming after election? NY Times:A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral” and casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise in the Taliban’s influence there, according to American officials familiar with the document.The... Source : PrairiePundit |
09 Oct 02 : 52 | Supreme Court pinging environmental wacko sonar case Washington Post: The Supreme Court today took up the dispute over whether the Navy's use of sonar off San Diego is harming whales, running into obstacles similar to the ones that have long divided environmentalists and the military. Justice Stephen G. Breyer pronounced himself "frustrated" by the... Source : PrairiePundit |
08 Oct 22 : 45 | The wisdom of the first Republican I ever met UCLA Newsroom:Two UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they blame a suspect previously thought to be beyond reproach: President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After scrutinizing Roosevelt's record for four years, Harold L. Cole and Lee E.... Source : PrairiePundit |
08 Oct 16 : 39 | Optimism among the pessimist in Afghanistan Michael Yon:Can the war in Afghanistan be won? It depends on whom you ask. The senior British commander in Afghanistan recently was quoted in The Times of London, "This war cannot be won." A French diplomatic dispatch reports that the British ambassador said the best solution would be to find an... Source : PrairiePundit |
08 Oct 14 : 40 | Obama continues to solicit foreign donations After each debate Obama has sent solicitations in mass emails to foreigners seeking campaign contributions. This is the oen he used last night....If you agree that we need to cut taxes for 95% of working families,reduce health care costs, and end the war in Iraq responsibly, then Ineed your help... Source : PrairiePundit |
07 Oct 16 : 27 | Conservative senate candidate who is good with the gotchas Washington Times:...Mr. Udall, 58, has never trailed in the race, but his early double-digit lead has slipped in recent polls. The latest Denver Post poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research and released Sunday, showed Mr. Udall leading Mr. Schaffer by 43 percent to 38 percent.... If Mr.... Source : PrairiePundit |
07 Oct 04 : 05 | Palin questions Obama's ignorance of Ayers Miami Herald: Where else would you send the nation's most famous hockey mom to kneecap a Democratic rival, but a jam-packed ice rink in the Republican stronghold of Southwest Florida?In a two-day tour aimed at stalling Democratic nominee Barack Obama's momentum in a pivotal state, Republican vice... Source : PrairiePundit |
06 Oct 16 : 05 | Why not victory in Iraq? Michael Gordon, NY Times:One of the most pressing questions Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain would confront if elected president is how to build on the security gains in Iraq at a time when troop levels have begun to drop.The issue was barely discussed in last month’s foreign policy... Source : PrairiePundit |
06 Oct 17 : 06 | Dishonorable and dangerous liberals It is a good ad that plays on Obama's statement about our troops in Afghanistan bombing villages and killing civilians. Obama's statement plays into the Taliban spin machine used to hamper our war effort. Source : PrairiePundit |
05 Oct 17 : 22 | Cuba, FARC train terrorist in Venezuela Miami Herald:The Venezuelan government, with help from Cuban military advisors and leftist Colombian guerrillas, is operating a secret paramilitary training camp in a closed-off tourist campground near here (San Cristobal, Venezuela), former participants and government critics say.The camp offers... Source : PrairiePundit |
05 Oct 16 : 09 | Border cities in contrast Houston Chronicle:Although barely knee-deep and a stone's-throw-wide as it flows through this desert metroplex, the Rio Grande marks a stark divide when it comes to drug-related violence. Narcotics en route to U.S. consumers flow across this river border. Gangsters who traffic the drugs live and... Source : PrairiePundit |
05 Oct 02 : 56 | Zimbabwe on verge of starvation Observer/Guardian:Six months after the elections, Zimbabwe still lacks a functioning government and is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. Following the worst wheat harvest since the independence war, bread has run out and sugar supplies are set to follow. USAid, the American government... Source : PrairiePundit |
04 Oct 15 : 41 | Trying new crops in Afghaistan NY Times:As the new planting season for opium poppy draws near, the governor of Helmand, Afghanistan’s largest poppy-producing province, says that this year he is determined to beat the illicit crop that is a major source of money for drug lords and insurgents alike.To do that, the governor, Gulab... Source : PrairiePundit |
03 Oct 17 : 21 | Obama's whilet flag of surrender on Iraq Robert McFarland:A profoundly important point is being missed in the campaign debate over which candidate was right on Iraq. In 2006, when conditions on the ground were trending downward and a decision was required either to continue the struggle or to cut our losses, Barack Obama stated that the... Source : PrairiePundit |
03 Oct 15 : 11 | Pit bull bites Biden Charles Hurt:JOE Biden tiptoed out on stage last night wondering whether he'd face a lady pitifully out of her depth or the lipstick end of a pit bull. He found out real fast. Biden's striped-pants Washington wonk talk ran into a regular American who looked like a lady, talked like a hockey mom... Source : PrairiePundit |
02 Oct 15 : 31 | What a credit crisis looks like NY Times:“Panic can cause a prudent person to do rational things that can contribute to the failure of an institution.” — William A. Ackman of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management. It was early on Wednesday, Sept. 17, when executives at Pershing Square, Bill Ackman’s hedge... Source : PrairiePundit |
01 Oct 16 : 09 | Chinese threat requires missile defense Bill Gertz: The United States needs new weapon systems, including missile defenses and other advanced military capabilities, to deter and counter China's steady buildup of nuclear and conventional arms, according to a draft internal report by a State Department advisory board. U.S. defense policy... Source : PrairiePundit |
01 Oct 03 : 01 | Protest video gets Russian officer sent to far east BBC:A Russian army lieutenant is being sent to the Russian Far East after making a rap video complaining about conditions in his St Petersburg barracks. The video, posted on the Russian equivalent of YouTube, is set to the tune of 'Stan', by US rapper Eminem. In it the lieutenant laments the peeling... Source : PrairiePundit |
29 Sept 15 : 51 | Russia uses arson against famlies of Chechen rebels NY Times:The men who set fire to Valentina Basargina’s house arrived in the stillness of 3 a.m. There were three of them. Each wore a camouflage uniform and carried a rifle. One held a can of gasoline. They wore masks.They led Ms. Basargina and her son outside and splashed gasoline in their two... Source : PrairiePundit |
27 Sept 16 : 24 | I've got a bracelet too? Charles Hurt: Barack Obama made one thing crystal clear in last night's debate: He simply doesn't care if we win or lose the war in Iraq. "Nobody's talking about defeat in Iraq," Obama said - trying desperately to make John McCain stop talking about the single most important decision of Obama's... Source : PrairiePundit |
26 Sept 16 : 21 | McCain continues to defy gravity Rich Lowry:All year, John McCain has been like the proverbial cartoon character over the edge of the cliff, in midair, desperately flapping his arms and somehow maintaining altitude. On top of an already toxic environment for Republicans, two weeks ago came the financial mess, Hurricane Lehman... Source : PrairiePundit |
25 Sept 20 : 33 | Al Qaeda's last stand Strategy Page:The war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the governments and Islamic radicals, has become so violent this year that Pakistan is now the center of the war against Islamic terrorism. So far this year, over 8,000 people have died in this part of the world due to Islamic violence.... Source : PrairiePundit |
22 Sept 15 : 49 | Marketing confidence Robert Samuelson:It's doubtful that former Princeton University economist Ben Bernanke and ex-Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson imagined what awaited them when they took charge of the Fed and the Treasury in 2006. Since then, they have put their agencies on a wartime footing, trying to avert the... Source : PrairiePundit |
19 Sept 14 : 40 | Media and distortions Stuart Taylor:Some who have been admirers of John McCain think that the war hero has debased himself by using gross distortions to trash Barack Obama and his record. Others see the media fury over McCain's campaign ads as more evidence of a double standard driven by liberal bias at most major news... Source : PrairiePundit |
15 Sept 15 : 00 | Chavez friends in Russia Mary Anastasia O'Grady:As two Russian Tu-160 bombers landed in Venezuela last week on a training mission, President Hugo Chávez took to his nation's airwaves to celebrate. It was the first time since the Cold War that military jets sent from Moscow touched down in the Western Hemisphere. "Yankee... Source : PrairiePundit |
12 Sept 01 : 53 | Part 1 of the Palen interview ABC New's Charlie Gibson first part of his interview covers mainly foreign policy and she handled him pretty deftly. She talked about NATO and Russia and its abuse of Georgia and threats to Ukraine. When he questioned her about experience she did a nice pivot to the energy issue and its impact on... Source : PrairiePundit |
