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Levant: 71% of Tamil "Refugees" Holiday in Sri Lanka

Levant: 71% of Tamil "Refugees" Holiday in Sri Lanka Ezra Levant writes about the growing problem of refugee fraud in Canada: How bad is life back in Sri Lanka for Tamil refugees? Are they tortured? Do they have a well-founded fear of persecution? Are things so bloody bad …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday August 22, 2010

Iran Unveils New Military Hardware

Iran Unveils New Military Hardware Reuters reports on the Iranian unveiling of a new long-range unmanned bomber: Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts …

Written by Tim Mak on Sunday August 22, 2010

GOP: Does Obama Deserve Vacation?

GOP: Does Obama Deserve Vacation? In the Washington Post, Scott Wilson reports on the Republican Party's attempts to question whether Obama deserves a vacation: VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS. -- For the second straight year, the first family has landed on this island of quaint seaside towns, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday August 22, 2010

Women Dominate U.S. Nuclear Negotiations Team

Women Dominate U.S. Nuclear Negotiations Team In the Washington Post, Mary Beth Sheridan points out that many of the senior member of the U.S. nuclear treaty negotiations team are women, and that women are increasingly occupying senior posts in the State Department: To the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday August 22, 2010

Sweden Clears WikiLeaks Founder of Rape

Sweden Clears Assange of Rape Swedish authorities have decided to withdraw the arrest warrant issued for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks: Authorities in Sweden on Saturday withdrew a rape charge filed a day earlier against Julian Assange, the Australian-born founder …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday August 22, 2010

Congress' Multi-Billion Beach Life Subsidy

A congressional bill to provide wind insurance in storm-prone areas could leave taxpayers paying to subsidize coastal homeowners. For the past several years, Congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS) has been on a mission to add wind damage coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which …

Written by David Jenkins on Sunday August 22, 2010

Does SCOTUS Need Term Limits?

Many commentators have proposed fixed terms for Supreme Court justices. But how would such a move change the court? In the wake of the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, political commentators have been expressing a bit of frustration about polarization within the court and …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Saturday August 21, 2010

Thank God for Hitchens

Hitchens has always held an antipathy for totalitarianism, especially in religious form. Now fighting cancer, he has thankfully not lost his voice. Like the vast majority of people who’ve ever lived, I’ve never had the pleasure – or displeasure, if you’ve earned his ire – of meeting Christophe…

Written by Shawn F Summers on Saturday August 21, 2010

Radosh: Is Islam Really Our Enemy?

Radosh: Is Islam Really Our Enemy? Ron Radosh writes: An important issue is now emerging in the conservative constituency. It boils down to the following: Is Islam itself our enemy, and should Americans work to oppose Islam throughout the world; or, is it only radical Islam, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Kirchick: N. Korean Propaganda Gets Vienna Showcase

Kirchick: N. Korean Propaganda Gets Vienna Showcase Writing in The Weekly Standard , James Kirchick reports on an new exhibit of North Korean art in Vienna: If the painting Kim Jong Il, the supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, deeply concerned over the soldiers’ diet …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

RNC Has Just $5 Million on Hand

RNC Has Just $5 million on Hand Politico is reporting that, with just three months to go before the November elections, the RNC has only $5 million on hand: The troubled Republican National Committee has just over $5 million in the bank for the final stretch of the 2010 mid-term …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Barry Rubin: Obama's Empty Diplomacy

Barry Rubin: Obama's Empty Diplomacy Barry Rubin, director of the GLORIA Center questions the likelihood that direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will begin soon and the chances that talks could lead to real progress: The big story of the moment is the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Miss Muslim USA Opposes 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Ms. Muslim USA Opposes 'Ground Zero Mosque' Miss Muslim USA tells Inside Edition that she opposes the location of the so-called 'Ground Zero Mosque': Rima Fakih, the first Muslim Miss USA, has come out against the location of the so-called "Ground Zero mosque." Fakih, whose …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Iran Nuclear Reactor Begins Fueling With Russian Help

IRAN NUCLEAR REACTOR BEGINS FUELING The AP reports that an Iranian nuclear reactor at Bushehr has begun fueling, with the help of Russia: BUSHEHR, Iran — Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Palin Gives Dr. Laura's Racial Rant Thumbs Up

Just when it seemed like a whole month might pass without the GOP getting caught in a racially-tinged episode, along came Sarah Palin with her defense of Dr. Laura. Just when it appeared that a whole month might pass without Republicans becoming involved in a racially-tinged episode, along comes …

Written by Jay Gatsby on Saturday August 21, 2010

Drilling Moratorium Costs 23,000 Jobs

DRILLING BAN COSTS 23K JOBS A federal report has concluded that the Obama administration's moratorium on deep-water drilling will affect over the 23,000 jobs: WASHINGTON — The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico costs at least 23,000 jobs, according to a federal …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

WikiLeaks Founder Wanted on Rape Charges

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER WANTED ON RAPE CHARGES The Associated Press is reporting that Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange is being sought by Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape: Assange addressed the report on WikiLeaks Twitter page, saying "the charges are without basis and their …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday August 21, 2010

Lessons from the Spill

For months, Americans watched oil spill into the Gulf, while experts and technocrats assured us they were doing everything they could to stop the disaster. Many years ago, I was accompanying my boss, then-first term Democratic Representative Norman Y. Mineta, on a series of visits with …

Written by Les Francis on Friday August 20, 2010

The Fat Diaries: "Healthier" Fast Food? No Thanks

The public isn’t buying the fast food industry’s efforts to sell us healthier choices. ABC hosted a news nugget that I thought pertinent enough to discuss here. Apparently franchise owners of Kentucky Fried Chicken are suing their own cooperation for their relentless marketing of …

Written by Monica Marier on Friday August 20, 2010

Hollywood Updates the American Family

40 years ago, the blended family in “The Brady Bunch” was news. Today, a new film, “The Kids Are All Right”, shows a lesbian couple's kids searching for their father. As the smoke of the battle over California's divisive Proposition 8 and its now-inevitable hearing before The Supremes still clouds …

Written by Telly Davidson on Friday August 20, 2010