Left: President-Elect Dr. Tsai Ing-wen and her team holding their first press conference. I have just returned from Taiwan where I served as an International Election Observer. The result of the election was a historic victory for the opposition … [Read more...] about Better Cooperation Needed With Taiwan*
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America’s Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerabilities*
Left: The Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown, March 12, 2011 - A year-long study found that the present legal and regulatory approach to EMP/Space weather threat to America’s nuclear power plants are inadequate and dangerous. This sorry state is … [Read more...] about America’s Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerabilities*
Feeding Iran’s Terrorist Agenda
Left: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif waving [goodbye] to the Peace Dove. (cartoon by Keyvan Varessi, Iranian daily Iranian daily Ghanoon) - The lifting of the sanctions on Iran is significant not only because … [Read more...] about Feeding Iran’s Terrorist Agenda
The Real Abu- Mazen*
Left: PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We bless you, we bless the Murabitin (those carrying out Ribat, religious conflict/war to protect land claimed to be Islamic), we bless every drop of blood that has been spilled for Jerusalem, which is clean and pure … [Read more...] about The Real Abu- Mazen*
ISIS Global Jihad (January 7-14, 2016)
Left: A still image from surveillance video shows a gunman approaching a Philadelphia Police cruiser in which Officer Jesse Hartnett was shot on January 8, 2016. Photo: Philadelphia Police Department Indonesia January 14, 2016, ISIS terrorists … [Read more...] about ISIS Global Jihad (January 7-14, 2016)
Obama’s Millennial Problems
President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address to Congress, along with calling Ukraine a Russian "client state", which infuriated the Ukrainians, referred to conflicts in the Middle East "...that date back millennia" It's not clear what … [Read more...] about Obama’s Millennial Problems
Wrong man, Wrong Job*
Pres. Barak Obama repeatedly refers to the end of his time in office and that he is no longer campaigning. There is more than a little ambiguity there, however, for his modus operandi is a permanent campaign – even when it is for more limited … [Read more...] about Wrong man, Wrong Job*
Obama’s Selective Hearing
President Obama’s showmanship is reaching new highs. He even shed tears to promote his gun-control agenda last week. Today, during his widely televised State of the Union Address, he will be calling attention - emotionally, no doubt - to an empty … [Read more...] about Obama’s Selective Hearing
Europe’s Shame: Failing to Protect its Female Citizens
Left: New Year's Eve in Cologne. Witnesses spoke of at least 1,000 men, many of them of North African or Arab descent sexually molesting women at the main train station.Credit: Spiegel -- Videos of hundreds of “North African or Arabic” looking men … [Read more...] about Europe’s Shame: Failing to Protect its Female Citizens
The Volcano of Islamic Terrorism*
Terrorism has dominated the history of Islam, as demonstrated by the murder of three of the first four caliphs who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad: Umar ibn Abd al-Khattab (644 C.E.), Uthman Ibn Affan (656 C.E.) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (661 C.E.). … [Read more...] about The Volcano of Islamic Terrorism*