Archive | August, 2012

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FBI has more explaining to do on relationship with Anwar al-Awlaki

That Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was let go in 2002 despite there being a warrant for his arrest is not news. The Denver Post reported that information shortly after the Fort Hood massacre. However, we are learning more about some of the details about that release thanks to a Congressional hearing at which Via Fox […]

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9/11 Truther Alex Jones has a new target – Angelina Jolie

First, where Alex Jones is right. In the video below, the conspiratorially-minded talk show host rightfully calls out Angelina Jolie (assuming he has her positions on Libya and Syria correct). If Jolie supported the NATO action in Libya and supports similar action in Syria, we are in mutual agreement. The problem is where Jones goes […]

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Video: Cincinnati’s WXIX features courageous Reporter

His name is Ben Swann and he is a new member of the Fox 19 Evening News team at Fox’s local affiliate in Cincinnati on WXIX 19. If you’re tired of evening news reports that headline car wrecks and pot holes, be prepared to be refreshed with a dose of truth from Ben Swann. We […]

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More Tyranny Will Be In Syria If Bashar Al-Assad Regime Is Toppled

By Theodore Shoebat Over a thousand years ago, a Syrian monk by the name of John of Damascus had warned the church of a relatively new sect called Islam, and its founder Muhammad, who he had described as a heretic for following in the footsteps of Arias and denying the divinity of Christ. “There is […]

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Hillary Clinton expresses hope drones will get Joseph Kony; ignores source of Kony’s funding

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Uganda this week and brought up the subject of Joseph Kony, a warlord about whom the film Kony 2012 was made. The meteoric rise of the film smacked of manufactured success and promotion, culminating with the producer of the film running naked through the streets of San Diego […]

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Andrew Bostom digs into IMMA’s History and Contributors

As the controversy surrounding the questions about Huma Abedin continues to percolate, Andrew Bostom has done some extremely thorough analysis (as usual) into the history of the one entity to which Huma herself is unequivocally tied – the Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA). Let there be no doubt after reading Bostom’s findings; Huma Abedin’s […]

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Rabbi still going after Bachmann over questions about Huma Abedin

If you decide to take a trip to the north pole, head south because the world is upside down. The latest example comes from Rabbi David Saperstein, who is going after the very pro-Israel Michele Bachmann for inquiring about the verifiable connections Deputy Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, has to the Muslim […]

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Slate’s Dave Weigel publishes letter sent to Boehner that defends Bachmann

The Huma Abedin controversy may not be playing out much in the liberal or conservative media but make no mistake; it’s playing out inside the beltway. John Boehner opened his mail to see a letter addressed to him by – among others – National Review’s Andrew McCarthy, Ret. General Gerry Boykin, and former Director of […]

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Muslim Congressman promotes report in response to 16-Page Bachmann letter

Talk about a low-wire, left-wing circus act. In response to Michele Bachmann’s 16-page letter from three weeks ago, Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison apparently thought it a wise course to tout a report written by Peter Montgomery that included a meandering foreword about freedom of religion by left wing hack Bill Moyers. To call Moyers’ screed […]

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Video: Romney asked about Huma Abedin; won’t attack Bachmann

Mitt Romney was asked about the calls for an investigation into the background of Hillary Clinton’s closest advisor, Huma Abedin. His response was quite different from that of some other establishment Republicans. Via Huffington Post: Mitt Romney declined to speak out against Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and four other House Republicans on Friday for seeking […]

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Diana West puts Huma Defenders in Check, not far from Checkmate

Anyone who is siding with Huma Abedin over the issue of the letters from Reps. Bachmann, Franks, Gohmert, Westmoreland, and Rooney is losing the argument BIG TIME. The latest example comes courtesy of Diana West, whose last four stanzas in her August 3rd column, drive a stake through the heart of any argument Huma’s defenders […]

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Claims of Former National Security Council official against Bachmann ring hollow

Former National Security Council / State Department official (1993-2000), Eric Schwartz is the latest to come out against Michele Bachmann’s questions about the background of Huma Abedin. Given what happened at the State Department during his time there (Abdurahman Alamoudi was an Islamic affairs advisor in the Clinton administration during the late 90’s and is […]

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McCain and Boehner: Ignorant or Complicit?

It’s an age old tradition. Politicians will always choose looking ignorant or stupid over revealing a cold hard truth they don’t want to deal with. In politics, being perceived as foolish is preferable to being perceived as cowardly. That’s where Senator John McCain and Speaker John Boehner come in. Frankly, it’s simply not possible for […]

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Washington Examiner editor David Freddoso spikes Column on Huma Abedin

Diana West, a columnist whose articles appear in the Washington Examiner, wrote a piece about Huma Abedin, as well as the concerns expressed by Reps. Bachmann, Franks, Gohmert, Rooney, and Westmoreland about Abedin’s background and access to State secrets as Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Chief of Staff. Her editor (David Freddoso) refused to publish it and […]

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Accuracy in Media’s Kincaid: Produce Huma Abedin’s Security Clearance Form and end the dispute

Michele Bachmann and four other Congressmen want assurances that people like Huma Abedin have been adequately screened and pose no threat to national security based on her known familial connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. In response, they’ve been smeared by the likes of Keith Ellison, John (I? L?) Esposito, Huma’s sister Heba (Abedin? Khalid?), and […]

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