Southern Sudan to Secede, One Way or Another

September 3, 2010 by ZacKester

may vote to secede from the . . . north if an independence referen[dum] scheduled for January is delayed, a former top Southern Sudan official said Thursday.

Our current administration is still "AWOL" on the current state of Sudan. 

"Our Distracted Commander-in-Chief "

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

Charles Krauthammer opines: "Some presidents may not like being wartime leaders. But they don’t get to decide; history does."

"Obama Administration Reverses Course, Forbids Sale of 850,000 Antique Rifles"

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"South Korean ... wants to sell nearly a million antique M1 rifles ... used by U.S. soldiers in the Korean War to gun collectors in America. The Obama administration approved the sale of the American-made rifles last year. But it reversed course  and banned the sale in March . . . Read more »

"The Obama Administration's Lack of Transparency on Gitmo Recidivism"

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The administration refuses to release the DIA's most recent studies on Gitmo recidivism."

"Intel Report Confirmed 18 Freed Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terror--Including in Afghanistan--Before Obama Ordered Closing of Prison"

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"On Jan. 7, 2009, less than two weeks before Barack Obama was sworn in as president, a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report indicated that up until that date there had been 18 confirmed and 43 suspected cases of detainees who had been released from the Guantanamo Bay prison and who had returned to terrorism."

"Palin’s New Defenders: Liberal Feminists"

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Yesterday, Vanity Fair released yet another long hatchet job piece about Sarah Palin. But what this piece has generated — well, besides incredulity that a magazine of Vanity Fair’s caliber would run a character assassination piece almost entirely based on anonymous sources — is a bipartisan backlash. Not against Palin, but against Vanity Fair."

"Hamas Looms as Spoiler in Middle East Peace Talks"

September 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Middle East peace talks got under way Thursday for the first time in nearly two years with a violent reminder sent by the Palestinian terror group Hamas that it will try to torpedo any agreement struck in Washington between Israelis and the Palestinian Authority. "

Oil Drilling Ban Struck Again

September 2, 2010 by ZacKester

In what should have been a contempt proceeding the Judge held that "the administration's new moratorium offered 'no substantial changes' from the first one, and denied the motion to dismiss the Hornbeck [oil producer] lawsuit." He also held, as reported by Reuters, that the "Interior Department . . . failed to follow proper procedures by seeking permission of the court to modify the original moratorium."

Administration Appeals Embryonic Research Injunction

September 2, 2010 by Joseph Vanderhulst

On Tuesday, both the Obama administration and the Justice Department appealed the decision by a federal district judge to enjoin federal funding of embryonic stem cell research because it involves the destruction of embryos. The administration said that the injunction would seriously harm research and cost 1300 jobs. What are the lives of tiny human beings compared to "research" and jobs? Read more »

IPCC Review Results

September 2, 2010 by Jeff Gallant

You probably missed it, but "[a] consortium of national scientific academies has scolded the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for downplaying uncertainties about global warming, failing to point out when its claims of catastrophe were based on weak evidence and misrepresenting some findings as peer-reviewed by scientists, when they weren't."

Slippery "Government Speech" Slope

September 2, 2010 by ZacKester

In siding with a Catholic student group after the University of Wisconsin denied student group funding for only some of its activities the Seventh Circuit explained [pdf] that "the University of Wisconsin is not propagating its own message; it has created a public forum where the students, not the university, decide what is to be said. Read more »

"Hamas' new methods: Multiple small attacks by unknown imported terrorists"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Another drive-by shooting claimed by Hamas injured Moshe and Shira Morani from Maaleh Efraim at the Rimonim junction near Ramallah Wednesday night, Sept. 1. It was exactly the same as the attack which left four Israelis dead near Hebron Tuesday night - except that the couple saved their lives by fleeing their vehicle to a nearby wadi to escape a second round of point blank fire.When finally rescued, Moshe was in serious condition."

"Converts to terror"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The prison chaplain problem"

"CAIR Suggests Tea Party, GOP Are Behind Nationwide Anti-Muslim Campaign"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is putting some of the blame on both the Tea Party and the Republican Party for what it sees as a growing tide of anti-Muslim anger."

I don't believe there is a "nationwide anti-Muslim campaign." There's certainly no anti-Muslim sentiment here at RNCC, nor have I seen any in the GOP and tea party movement, though we all do strongly oppose militant Islamists, terrorism, and any efforts to diminish American liberty, security, and human rights.

"Hezbollah car bombs on our border"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Why isn't Obama's Department of Homeland Security concerned?"

"He Must Be Joking: Biden Says ‘Iranian Influence in Iraq Is Minimal’"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The entire idea behind Iran’s proxy warfare is to have deniability so the regime can escape retribution and still position itself as the power broker that all must cater to. If the Iranians needed any reassurance that their strategy is working, they got it from Vice President Joe Biden on August 23."

"Why Islamic Moderates Are So Scarce"

September 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"As past statements of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf continue to surface, many Americans have concluded that the would-be builder of a mosque at Ground Zero is lying when he calls himself a 'moderate' representative of his faith. The more disturbing possibility, however, is that he’s telling the truth — that Rauf is indeed the voice of mainstream Islam."