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* Complete list of alternate names for the Ground Zero Victory Mosque here.








Click on any of the photos to see the complete album.Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday that he would call a host of high-profile witnesses -- including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- to testify if he is retried on corruption charges.
...Federal prosecutors have vowed to retry Blagojevich after a jury deadlocked on all but one of 24 criminal counts the government brought against the fiery Democrat.
The Bushehr reactor was built to produce electricity, no doubt, and the Russians are obliged to share supervision with international bodies to make sure that the Iranians do not use it for military nuclear purposes. This reactor’s objective lies elsewhere. When the reactor is connected to the electricity grid in a few months it will begin to ease the pressure on the Iranian energy sector and reduce the impact of sanctions on the import of refined fuel. Therefore, the reactor itself does not contribute materially to Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The problem with it is more subtle than that.The problem focuses on two other issues: One is the training of Iranian scientists in a way that can advance the military nuclear project, since the experience and expertise they will gain from operating the Iranian power reactor will serve them in the weapons project. Neither the Russians nor the world can hope to monitor this leak of knowledge. What’s more, the Iranians probably do not need more outside assistance. At this point, their accumulated knowledge from other sources such as North Korea and Pakistan is already enough to bring them to the bomb.
The other issue is the encouragement and morale which the ayatollahs derive from the opening of the Bushehr reactor. In their view, the Western-Christian world is crumbling and divided; so mush so, that Russia - which is an integral part of it - helped them on a crucial issue which the U.S., "the Great Satan," has vigorously opposed for many years. This affirms their belief that Iranian wisdom, wit and determination are able to manipulate the U.S., Russia, Europe and China to such a degree that now nothing can stand in their way to a nuclear bomb.
The International system was designed following the Second World War to deny any single state the ability to impose its agenda by force and weapons on the rest of the world. Iran proved yesterday that she could impose its agenda on the world, and the reactor at Bushehr gives the ayatollahs evidence that there is no power on earth which can resist their global intentions.
Today, the cheer that’s being shouted with broad smiles and high-fives in the corridors of power in Iran is actually in English: Yes, we can!
Dr. Mordechai Kedar (Ph.D. Bar-Ilan U.) Served for 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence specializing in Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and the Syrian domestic arena. A lecturer in Arabic at Bar-Ilan U., he is also an expert on Israeli Arabs.
San Francisco -- or, as I like to call it, Moonbase Pelosi -- is the latest local government to demonstrate a complete lack of restraint when it comes to regulating the citizenry. In this case, it appears a lunatic somehow broke into a meeting of the city's board of supervisors and introduced legislation to ban Happy Meals.Supervisor Mar introduces Healthy Meal Incentive legislation, which sets nutritional standards for restaurant food that is accompanied by toys or other youth focused incentive items. This legislation is aimed at promoting healthy eating habits and to address issues related to childhood obesity...
...Fast food restaurants target children and youth by offering toys and other incentive items. The Healthy Meal Incentive legislation would encourage restaurants to provide healthier meal options. To provide an incentive item, meals must contain fruits and vegetables, not exceed 600 calories or 200 calories for a single food item and must not have beverages that have excessive fat or sugar.”
This is a radical break from journalistic convention, I realize, but today I'd like to give credit where it's due -- specifically, to President Obama. Quiet as it's kept, he's on a genuine winning streak... look at what he's accomplished in just the past few weeks. Let me highlight four recent headlines:
"Last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq" ... [Without thanking Bush 43 for the surge he opposed]
"General Motors to launch stock offering" ... [Another union payoff]
"Gulf oil spill contained" ... [With 23,000 unnecessary job losses]
"President wades into mosque controversy" ... [On the wrong side, as usual]
He still hasn't walked on water, though. What's wrong with the man?
* Three straight years of job losses, an unemployment rate that has more than doubled to nearly 10%, and a true (U-6) underemployment rate of nearly 18%;
In Indiana, Dems Distance Themselves From Their Party: Malkin
John Kasich was pumped up. The fundraiser was an attempt to unify the Tea Party conservatives with the mainstream GOP.
Rep. Jean Schmidt, from Ohio's Second District, pumped us up with tales of House Democrats running scared.
Rep. Schmidt was asked point blank about Congressman Ryan's plan ("A Roadmap for America's Future"). Schmidt was fully supportive, stating it was on the right track and that it should proceed with some fine tuning.
Kasich is of the mind: repeal and replace. He described, in detail, several alternatives to the existing bureaucracy that would greatly improve the cost-effectiveness of health care delivery. And they were based upon free market principles.
• NC's largest health insurer to cut jobs: "Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will contract with Dallas-based Sourcecorp for some data entry work... The company wants to cut its total operating costs by 20 percent, or $200 million, by 2014. That's when much of the federal health care law takes effect."