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Holder: “Fatigue” could compel me to step down

Facing cries for his resignation from Republicans in Congress, embattled Attorney General Eric Holder shed some light Thursday on what might compel him to step down from his post as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, citing “fatigue” – and the sense that he has accomplished his goals – as two factors that could weigh on his decision to stay or go. Asked at a Senate committee hearing by Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., when he might reach a “tipping point” and conclude that he cannot continue to effectively lead the Justice Department, Holder said, “The tipping point might be fatigue…

Rising Red tide: China encircles U.S. by sailing warships in American waters, arming neighbors

By Bill Gertz – The Washington Free Beacon China has been quietly taking steps to encircle the United States by arming western hemisphere states, seeking closer military, economic, and diplomatic ties to U.S. neighbors, and sailing warships into U.S. maritime zones. The strategy is a Chinese version of what Beijing has charged is a U.S. strategy designed to encircle and “contain” China. It is also directed at countering the Obama administration’s new strategy called the pivot to Asia. The pivot calls for closer economic, diplomatic, and military ties to Asian states that are increasingly concerned about Chinese encroachment throughout that…

Catholic NFL Champ Matt Birk skipped White House trip because Obama Said ‘God Bless’ Planned Parenthood

(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) Baltimore Ravens’ Matt Birk (R) accepts the Walter Payton Man of the Year award as Jarrett Payton and Brittney Payton look on at the Inaugural National Football League Honors at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 4, 2012.By Leonardo Blair Recently retired NFL player Matt Birk who played center for the 2012 Super Bowl champs, the Baltimore Ravens, rejected the opportunity to join the team on the traditional champion’s trip to the White House this week because of President Barack Obama’s support for Planned Parenthood. One of America’s largest sexual and reproductive health care providers, Planned…

Has the US war on terror just had its Cronkite moment?

Max Keiser Reuters/Jim Urquhart Revelations about US domestic spying and the NSA’s massive PRISM web-surveillance program have harmed not only trust in the Obama administration, but also confidence in US bond markets, which could have dire consequences. In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson allegedly remarked – after CBS anchor Walter Cronkite reported that the US had become mired in a stalemate in the Vietnam War with no way out – “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.” A month later, the president announced he would not run for re-election. I remember those years well. I was still very young,…

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Putting Zionism back in the center – on campus

By Tom Nisani Tazpit News Agency A new program to get the Zionist discourse back into the center of affairs on Hebrew U’s campus has been launched by the ‘Im Tirzu’ student body. The two month program touches on delicate issues such as Zionism, the de-legitimization of the State of Israel and the calling into question of the right of the Jewish people to exist and other such burning issues. The program, dubbed ‘ A Series on Zionist Thought’ consists of eight lectures given by world leading scholars in their respective fields from Israel, France and the United States. Ironically,…

PA Arabs Fete ‘New Mahdi,” Establishment of Calpihate Muslims Pray on NY Streets New York Residents Thousands of PA Arabs participated in a mass rally in Ramallah earlier this week calling for the establishment of the Muslim Caliphate By David Lev Thousands of PA Arabs participated in a mass rally in Ramallah earlier this week calling for the establishment of the Muslim Caliphate – the worldwide Islamist government that will “bring the coming of the Mahdi.” the Muslim messiah. The Caliphate is essentially a union of Muslim countries under the spiritual and political leadership of a Muslims Pray on…

Iranians meet Holocaust survivors, ‘embarassed by ignorance’

Young people of Iranian descent living in UK listen to stories of Holocaust survivors, speak in turn about their childhoods, being educated to hate Israel. ‘We have no real way to influence Iranian government, but we can pass on stories we heard here,’ they say Ahiya Raved Published Emotional meeting (Photo: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv) Fifteen young men and women of Iranian descent who now live in Britain met on Tuesday in Haifa with Holocaust survivors and heard, for the first time in their lives, stories about life in the concentration camps and life in the ghettos. The young members of the…

‘Israel opposes int’l forces as part of peace deal’

By HERB KEINON AND MICHAEL WILNER IN WASHINGTON Photo by: REUTERS/Ali Hashisho International Relations Minister Steinitz shoots down idea of int’l forces being stationed in Jordan Valley, border areas. Even as US Secretary of State John Kerry has been keeping details of Washington’s vision for a possible Israeli-Palestinian peace deal very much under wraps, International Relations Minister Yuval Steinitz made clear Tuesday that Jerusalem would oppose any attempt to introduce international forces into the equation. “Some people are speaking about international forces, maybe [in] the Jordan Valley or the hills and border areas, that will take care of Israel’s future…

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Holder: “Fatigue” could compel me to step down

Rising Red tide: China encircles U.S. by sailing warships in American waters, arming neighbors

Catholic NFL Champ Matt Birk skipped White House trip because Obama Said ‘God Bless’ Planned Parenthood

Has the US war on terror just had its Cronkite moment?

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Putting Zionism back in the center – on campus

PA Arabs Fete ‘New Mahdi,” Establishment of Calpihate

Iranians meet Holocaust survivors, ‘embarassed by ignorance’

‘Israel opposes int’l forces as part of peace deal’

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