NEWS: … we need to stop worrying about the future: there is none.

• Obama’s Jonestowns – Jack Cashill

• Romney’s Loss: The Wrong Man at the Right Time – Dov Fischer

• Not the Little Mosque on the Prairie – Janet Levy

• The Age of the Welfare State Smashup – Christopher Chantrill

• Maryland’s Endemic Corruption: An Object Lesson for the Nation

  Sun Nov 18 22:01:22 2012 · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 12 replies 

  Accuracy in Media ^ | November 15, 2012 | James Simpson

  Maryland is one of the most corrupt states in our nation. Nowhere is this fact more evident than with the state’s treatment of illegal aliens. Maryland politicians have literally become lawless in their efforts to cultivate illegals, and this lawlessness flows downhill from the very top. I will focus on a few of the more egregious examples. In 2011, we published a report on CASA de Maryland, a Silver Spring-based illegal immigrant advocacy group that parrots ACORN in both its methods and associates—which include the Communist Party USA, FMLN, (a former Salvadoran communist guerilla group, now a political party), ACORN…

• A Winning Formula? – Paul Pauker

• Outnumbered but not Outgunned – T.S. Weidler

EU in fresh trouble as budget summit faces collapse...

Makes budget plans without UK...

Hollande's Popularity Hits New Low...

• The Dangers of Intellectual Arrogance – Carl C. Fenn

• Once Again, Let’s Not Increase the Debt Ceiling – Jeffrey L. Scribner

• Three Fictions about Obama’s Second Term (and Why They aren’t Encouraging) – J. Robert Smith

• The Big Tent is Empty – Charles Martel

The Gingerbread Man
Clarice Feldman
Do you remember the tale of “The Gingerbread Man”? Some parallels are coming up when it comes to the fiasco in Benghazi. More

Islamic Terrorism: Ignorance Is Not Bliss
John Steinreich
If our nation is ever going to successfully defend itself from terrorism committed by Muslims, we need to come to grips with the unpleasant reality that the doctrines of Islam animate this behavior. More

Israeli Govt Under Mass Hacking Attack...

'Anonymous' Leaks Personal Information of 5,000 Officials...

'IRON DOME' INTERCEPTS MORE MISSILES OVER TEL AVIV...

VIDEO...

ROCKETS FIRED FROM EGYPT...

Israel bombs Palestinian militant targets for fifth straight day...

OBAMA WARNS AGAINST 'RAMPING UP'...

Hamas Headquarters Destroyed...

Israel ready to 'significantly expand' Gaza offensive...

New Middle East runs into old realities...

Becoming Antique
Glenn Fairman
In the last year or so, I have come to the irrefutable conclusion that I am becoming an antique. More

The Demographic That Matters
Jim Mahoney
Pundits love to obsess over the black vote, the Latino vote, the Asian vote. There is, however, one demographic thread that runs though all racial groups, and it is profoundly more important than any other. More

Where Should We Go From Here?
Jim Yardley
There are four areas that Republicans/Conservatives/Tea Party activists need to focus on: education reform, media control, crippling union political power, and ending the apparently eternal quest for the “perfect” candidate. More

• Manhandling Hostess, Big Labor Costs 18,500 Workers Their Jobs

  Sun Nov 18 17:02:15 2012 · by IBD editorial writer · 38 replies 

  Investor’s Business Daily ^ | 17 Nov 2012 | Editorial

  Politics: Union intransigence and unrealistic expectations at Hostess Brands have forced the bakery to shut its doors permanently and throw 18,500 people out of work. So much for Big Labor caring about the little guy. A down economy and two restructurings in three years left Hostess, maker of Twinkies and Sno Balls, in dire fiscal straits. The company warned its workers, union and nonunion, to make concessions or everyone would go down in a liquidation. Instead, one union, the AFL-CIO-affiliated Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International (BCTGM), imagined the company was bluffing and went on strike.

Exposing Hamas’ Cannibalistic Cognitive War Strategy

by Richard Landes

1. Kill your own children. 2. Pose and photograph the corpses. 3. Blame Israel. 4. Distribute to naive Western journalists. 5. Repeat.

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Both Sides Profess Optimism About Deal to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

by Rick Moran

How sincere are they?

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8 Reasons Homeschooling Is Superior to Public Education

by Megan Fox

Almost all of our Founding Fathers, the most brilliant authors and orators of all time, were home-schooled.

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Obama’s Campaign Message to Millions of Voters: ‘Don’t Vote!’

by David A. Eisenberg

The consequences of becoming a less deliberative society.

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Our Kids Are Doomed. Give Them a Twinkie

by Frank J. Fleming

Why we need to stop worrying about the future: there is none.

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• Will Schools Brazile on Mandates: …

  Sun Nov 18 16:59:00 2012 · by Kaslin · 4 replies 

  NewsBusters.org ^ | November 18, 2012 | Noel Sheppard

  For approaching two weeks, liberal media members have been contorting themselves to make the case the President’s victory on Election Day represented a mandate for his agenda. When CNN contributor Donna Brazile tried this on ABC’s This Week Sunday, George Will marvelously responded, “Almost every member of John Boehner’s caucus won his or her seat by a much bigger margin than Mr. Obama won his renewed term” (video follows with transcript and commentary): Will Schools Brazile on Mandates: Almost Every House Republican Won By Much Bigger Margin Than Obama MARTHA RADDATZ, SUBSTITUTE HOST: Simple math? And is there a mandate?…

• Horrors of FEMA disaster relief

  Sun Nov 18 16:44:47 2012 · by wesagain · 15 replies 

  WorldNetDaily ^ | November 18, 2012 | Chuck Norris

  “Exclusive: Chuck Norris applauds private efforts to help Hurricane Sandy victims”Those wise and yet haunting words spoken by one of our nation’s greatest presidents couldn’t ring more true – especially today, as winter sets in on an estimated 130,000 of our fellow Americans who are still struggling without power. Many live without heat, hot water or inhabitable homes and question the government’s efforts to alleviate their condition. Amid the election frenzy, several mainstream media outlets instantly praised the Obama administration’s response to the Hurricane Sandy devastation in the Northeast. But let’s look beneath the congratulatory headlines to see the real…

If You Start to Take Vienna, Take Vienna
Mike Konrad
Whatever one thinks of the justice of Israeli claims, it does not make military rule any more palatable to an Arab; and however poorly one thinks of the Arab cause, military rule is still noxious and oppressive. More

Obama Appoints Class Warfare Czar to Save New York
Daren Jonescu
It is essential at this moment that conservatives not become so inured to adical rhetoric from Obama’s politburo that we simply let it pass for normal in public discussion. More

The Secession Obsession
D.J. Garth
I’m sure that liberals will claim that they love their country too. Which begs the question: if you love your country so much, why are you in such a terrible hurry to change it into something else? More

Eighty Truckloads
November 18, 2012
Even while under attack, Israel sends food and medical equipment into Gaza. More

Bias by the Numbers
November 18, 2012
In the entire Post article, there isn’t a single sentence depicting Israelis frantically rushing to shelters as sirens blare at any time of day — or the traumas left in their wake. More

Iran speeds up, expands nuke enrichment
November 18, 2012
Israel’s red line may be crossed by June. More

Can Egypt’s new Coptic pope protect his flock?
November 18, 2012
Morsi a no-show at new pope’s enthronement. More

Israeli official in Cairo for cease fire talks
November 18, 2012
A final effort at peace before an invasion. More

Eliminate the death tax
November 18, 2012
Estate tax set to skyrocket next year. More

Geithner: Eliminate the debt ceiling
November 18, 2012
Don’t you think it’s a good idea that the executive branch should be forced to ask permission before they spend our children’s money? More

IDF inches closer to ground war in Gaza
November 18, 2012
Egypt’s Morsi seeks to broker a cease fire. More

• Muslim Brotherhood now targeting Jordan

  Sun Nov 18 20:23:01 2012 · by Blood of Tyrants · 30 replies 

  World Net Daily ^ | 11/18/2012 | Unknown

  Jordan’s anti-government riots aimed ultimately at removing King Abdullah from power are so severe that the government has turned 10,000 of its soldiers into riot police. Religious Freedom Coalition President and Founder William Murray said the ruthlessness of the rioting prompted the move. Ads by Google The king has given police uniforms to 10,000 soldiers to try to maintain order,” he said. Those soldiers-turned-police are not the only ones guarding the king. Terrorism analyst and Act for America President Brigitte Gabriel said there are U.S. troops on the ground in Jordan. “We have actually positioned troops in Jordan to protect…

• Fight Over Nativity Scene In Santa Monica Heads To Court

  Sun Nov 18 20:19:17 2012 · by BenLurkin · 20 replies 

  AP) ^ | November 18, 2012 10:59 AM

  The city of Santa Monica has allowed an elaborate nativity scene in its Palisades Park each Christmas for nearly 60 years, but officials are ending the tradition this year after an atheist set up his own non-religious display and caused an uproar. Now, the churches behind the nativity are suing in federal court and claim the city violated their freedom of speech by stopping the holiday tradition. A court hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles could decide the fate of the Christian tableau for the upcoming season.

• Video: ‘Count the votes’ chant erupts at Allen West recount

  Sun Nov 18 20:15:50 2012 · by SmileRight · 6 replies 

  BIZPACReview.com ^ | 11/18/2012 | Michele Kirk

  When the crowd of Allen West supporters heard the news that Patrick Murphy had declared victory in his battle for Congressional District 18 with West, they weren’t very happy. The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board missed the noon deadline to recount all the early votes in the race…

• Here’s a Hunch: Obama doesn’t want a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff

  Sun Nov 18 20:08:01 2012 · by SeekAndFind · 42 replies 

  Hotair ^ | 11/17/2012 | Jazz Shaw

  Everyone came away from the initial summit meeting between Obama, Boehner and Reid with big smiles and a public air of confidence that Friday’s kumbaya moment would lead to The Big Deal. Call me a cynic, but I’m still not buying it. Yesterday, AP touched on a part of this story, tossing out some ideas about how everyone — particularly Democrats … might walk away with relatively clean hands if no deal is reached on the fiscal cliff this year. It’s all true, but for some of us there’s a bit more to the story. The Democrats, for their part,…

Susan Rice will not be nominated for Secretary of State
November 18, 2012
Her confirmation hearing would open a Benghazi can of worms. More

• ***The War Against Obama: Enemy Of America Ideals***

  Sun Nov 18 19:59:01 2012 · by The Wizard · 8 replies 

  stardate: 1211.18

  For those of you to young to remember the 2nd World War, allow me to point out that our enemy was clear and identifiable….. To those of you who only remember 9-11 may I point out that the attack was clear and visible to all…. What is happening now is subtle and hidden and more dangerous than anything America has ever faced because it comes from within…. There are many of our citizens who do not realize we are fighting for the country and have been for 4 years or longer… Lincoln tried to warn us that no one would…

• Video: Sophisticated Hamas Underground Missile Launchers

  Sun Nov 18 19:55:29 2012 · by Eleutheria5 · 15 replies 

  Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/11/12 | Tzvi ben Gedalyahu

  The sophisticated underground rocket launcher system in Gaza has been exposed by the terrorist organization in a video it released Saturday video

• Conceding the Point

  Sun Nov 18 19:51:52 2012 · by Alex Baker · 16 replies 

  RealityBatsLast ^ | November 14, 2012 | Bryce Buchanan

  Republicans have their guns blazing, shooting themselves in the foot. One way that conservatives regularly harm themselves is that they start an argument by conceding defeat. They take the false premises of the enemy as the starting point of their own argument. If step one of your defense is to agree with your opponent, you are helping them more than you are helping yourself. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave us an example of this technic on Monday. He called on Republicans to “stop being the stupid party” . He said, “We cannot be, we must not be, the party that…

• This Graph Should Scare You

  Sun Nov 18 17:18:34 2012 · by lbryce · 57 replies 

  Washington Post WonkBlog ^ | November 18, 2012 | Staff

  A new study from the Congressional Budget Office starts with the scariest graph you’ll see today. Source: Congressional Budget Office In other words, you’re not imagining it: This economic recovery has been a big disappointment relative to what the United States has usually experienced after a recession. Growth has been 9 percent below what was seen in past recoveries on average in its first three years. The CBO report tries to disentangle where that underperformance is coming from and its answer is deeply unsettling: The U.S. economy just isn’t as good at growing as it used to be. The new…