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THE HIGH COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 32, Feb. 20, 2010
THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR GLOBAL WARMING FRAUD
By Alan Caruba
As the massive global warming fraud implodes, the one aspect of it that has not been explored in depth is the equally massive
waste of billions of dollars spent by the United States and nations around the world, we were told, to avoid global warming.
Full Story
UNSUPPORTED CLAIMS IN THE IPCC'S REPORT PC, Volume XII, Issue # 31, Feb. 14, 2010
IPCC SCIENCE SCANDALS AREN'T NEW
By Dennis T. Avery
The supposedly dedicated IPCC “climate researchers” have nearly cost the world trillions of dollars in higher energy costs,
agonies of wintertime suffering for the elderly “energy poor,” and needless deaths for lack of air conditioning in the
summers. They and the Green campaigners came awfully close to destroying human society as most of us have known it.
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THE ECONOMY & OBAMA'S "SOLUTIONS" PC, Volume XII, Issue # 30, Feb. 13, 2010
OBAMA'S INVISIBLE HOMELESS & HUNGRY
By Alan Caruba
The “solutions” of the FDR years did nothing to relieve the 1930s Great Depression and are widely seen as having extended
it. These same “solutions” are being pushed today by the Obama administration, particularly in regard to increased taxation
at the worst possible time.
For now, the homeless and hungry will remain invisible to most Americans, but the Liberal media will be able to ignore the
situation for only so long, and then it will have to be addressed.
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GOP "MODERATES" BETRAY CONSERVATIVES PC, Volume XII, Issue # 29, Feb. 10, 2010
REAL CONSERVATISM IS ABOUT PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES
By Christopher G. Adamo
Neither the 2006 mid-term Democratic Party gains nor the 2008 electoral catastrophe
represented any national shift to the Left. Rather, they embodied a
widespread backlash against a Republican Party that had done too little to
combat such treacherous ideas. On one major issue after another, from
outrageous spending binges (which, admittedly, now seem minuscule in
comparison to the abominable fiscal excesses of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi cabal)
to the attempts at granting amnesty and defacto citizenship to the twelve
million plus illegal aliens, to the abject abandonment of constitutional
principle in implementing campaign finance “reform,” Heartland America felt
completely betrayed and forsaken by virtually the entirety of the GOP.
Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, supported by a Republican President,
simply should not have allowed such legislative atrocities to occur. Yet, the
Beltway-insider mindset prevailed over traditional Republican principle, and
the sentiments of those lowly peasants in the hinterlands were cast aside.
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IRAN'S PRESIDENT VERSUS ITS SUPREME LEADER PC, Volume XII, Issue # 28, Feb. 8, 2010
WHO RULES IRAN?
By Reza Molavi & Luisa Gandolfo
In the 30-year reign of Iran's Islamic Republic, there have been few controversies as serious as the one surrounding the
2009 elections. The votes that brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power for a second term have been challenged, not just
on paper, but by citizens taking to the streets in angry protests that have only been quelled by brute force on the part of
the establishment. Less well known is the upset that followed Ahmadinejad's nepotistic appointment of Esfandiar Rahim
Masha'i to the post of First Vice President. Not long after this, Iran's Supreme Leader,
'Ali Khamenei, demonstrated his personal authority over the entire political system by forcing Ahmadinejad to reconsider
his appointee, leading to Masha'i's dismissal.
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INDIA NO LONGER TRUSTS THE UN'S IPCC PC, Volume XII, Issue # 27, Feb.7, 2010
INDIA SETS UP INDEPENDENT GLOBAL WARMING PANEL
By Dennis T. Avery
India is setting up its own climate research unit, because it no longer trusts the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. I’ve been predicting such a move for years — partly due to the IPCC’s biased science, but more because India
simply cannot afford to curtail its desperately needed and energy-powered economic growth. India’s governmental stability
depends on expanding prosperity for the all of its people. That means more energy, and over half of India’s electricity
comes from coal.
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ENABLING GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & DESPOTISM PC, Volume XII, Issue # 26, Feb. 6, 2010
I PREFER LOCAL TO GLOBAL
By Alan Caruba
Perhaps, it is just the product of the times in which I grew up and my experience with the events of the world. Or, perhaps, it
is the spin that has been added to the word “global,” endowing it with an almost spiritual quality.
Mostly, though, I think it is my utter disgust with “global warming,” having spent the better part of three decades striving to
defeat this plot to enable all forms of governmental intrusion into people’s lives and choices.
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WESTERN CRIMINALS WHO EMBRACE ISLAMISM PC, Volume XII, Issue # 25, Feb. 5, 2010
THE LURE OF JIHADISM
By Raymond Ibrahim
Traditionally, one of the reasons ex-cons turn to religion is to change their evil ways. Not so in the case of incarcerated
Western criminal convicts who turn into Islamic terrorists. Consciously or unconsciously, it would seem they embrace
Islamism — and subsequently jihadism — merely to receive divine sanctioning for their otherwise violent and anarchic
behavior, being transformed in the process from petty criminals to major criminals — terrorists and traitors.
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RESTORATION OF FREE POLITICAL SPEECH PC, Volume XII, Issue # 24, Feb. 4, 2010
CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ARE A THREAT TO LIBERALISM
By Christopher G. Adamo
The reverberations from Republican Senator Scott Brown’s Massachusetts
election had barely subsided when an even greater shockwave was sent
throughout the Liberal world. On Thursday, January 21, the United States
Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned major pillars of the
McCain-Feingold "Bipartisan" Campaign Finance “Reform” Act of 2002, thereby reestablishing the
ability of the people to express themselves freely during election time, and
thus to publicly hold Washington accountable for its actions.
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POLICY AGENDA OF THE GREENS & LEFTISTS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 23, Feb. 3, 2010
CRAZY NANCY, CUNNING BARACK
By Alan Caruba
What Americans are witnessing is a calculated agenda to undermine access to the energy the nation requires for present
and future generations and thus undermines the nation's economy, an econpmy that is totally dependent on the sufficient
provision of electrical energy and the ability to utilize the nation’s vast oil, coal, and natural gas reserves.
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A CLOSING WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 22, Feb. 2, 2010
HOW TO SAVE THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY: BOMB IRAN
By Dr. Daniel Pipes
I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work
against. But here is an idea for Barack Hussein Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects
the United States of America and its allies.
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LIBEL SUITS & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 21, Feb. 1, 2010
ISLAMIST LAWFARE DEFEATED IN TEXAS
By Daniel Huff
Libel suits are not normally associated with national security, but a case the Texas Supreme Court ruled on January 15, 2010,
carries just such implications. The suit against internet journalist Joe Kaufman is a prime example of how libel law can be
manipulated to stifle dissemination of information about terrorism and radical Islam.
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U.S. CYNICISM ABOUT IRAQI DEMOCRACY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 20, Feb. 1, 2010
IRAQ -- A WATERSHED ELECTION
By Dr. Michael Rubin
FULL STORY:
After the Iraqi parliament banned 500 candidates from contesting the March 7, 2010, national elections, U.S. Vice President
Joseph Biden rushed to Baghdad to urge Iraqi political leaders to reconsider. While the ban has fueled U.S. cynicism about
Iraqi democracy, such cynicism is unwarranted, especially now.
Full Story
WIND NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FOSSIL FUELS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 19, Jan. 31, 2010
A CHILL HITS WIND POWER
By Dennis T. Avery
As I write, a strong wind is blowing across the Alleghany Mountains onto my house. It’s bringing an “Arctic Clipper” that
will drop my temperatures this weekend to a frigid and unusual 6 degrees F. Why can’t I get some good from this chill wind
— with a wind turbine to harvest the “free” energy?
Full Story
ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROPERTY RIGHTS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 18, Jan. 30, 2010
THE GREAT GREEN LAND GRAB
By Alan Caruba
All across America, various environmentalist organizations have been engaged in schemes to deter development such as
housing, new energy plants, or the horror of a manufacturing facility that might actually employ people. In some states,
the attack has been on farms and ranches, finding ways to punish their owners for improving their land in any fashion,
such as digging a drainage ditch.
Property rights were deemed so essential, so important to the economic future of America, that the Founding Fathers
wrote an Amendment to the United States Constitution to protect those rights, ensuring that private property could not
be taken for public use “without just compensation.”
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IRAN -- THREAT TO PERSIAN GULF SECURITY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 17, Jan. 26, 2010
THE GULF STATES IN THE SHADOW OF IRAN:
IRANIAN AMBITIONS
By Patrick Knapp
The Obama administration is caught on the horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, it has welcomed the Gulf Security Dialogue
(GSD) as a chance to further "mutual interests" with Persian Gulf states, but, on the other, it has sought pragmatic
engagement with the Islamic Republic of Iran — the greatest threat to Gulf security. Michael Knights, a Persian Gulf expert at
the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, noted in September that the "rapid advances" of the military forces of the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) were the result of the dialogue. He predicts that they "may eclipse Iranian capabilities in the Gulf
within ten years." [1] Yet the GSD's initiatives are inadequate and need a foreign policy that stresses relationships and ideals.
If policy within the Gulf is to be dominated by shortterm pragmatic demands, it may turn out to have unwanted consequences
for other alliances in the region. That in turn could well have a negative impact on the United States.
Full Story
AMERICA'S NIGHTMARE -- WHIRLPOOL OF DEBT PC, Volume XII, Issue # 16, Jan. 23, 2010
THE BILL COMES DUE FOR SOCIALISM IN AMERICA
By Alan Caruba
It began as a beautiful cruise to a land of “hope and change,” but it has become a nightmare in which the ship of state is
being deliberately steered toward a whirlpool of debt from which, if Barack Hussein Obama is successful, the American
nation cannot escape.
Full Story
AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUPPORTER IS LET IN PC, Volume XII, Issue # 15, Jan, 22, 2010
TARIQ RAMADAN PERMITTED TO ENTER THE U.S.A.
By Dr. Daniel Pipes
The Swiss Islamist Tariq Ramadan was about to take up a position at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 2004, when
the U.S. government prevented him from entering the country on the grounds that he had funded two Hamas-related groups.
For five years, his exclusion has been debated and tried. Finally, it was reversed two days ago
Full Story
OPPOSING ADVANCES IN FOOD PRODUCTION PC, Volume XII, Issue # 14, Jan. 21, 2010
GREENPEACE OPS FOR MILLIONS OF BLIND KIDS
By Dennis T. Avery
“A danger to the planet,” of course, is what Greenpeace has called virtually every recent advance in global food production.
At the same time, they claim the earth cannot sustainably feed the people already here. The European Union, to its shame,
has backed up Greenpeace with threats to boycott the farm exports of any country which allows biotech plantings. In India,
rice farmers protested plantings of the new rice, for fear the EU’s ban on biotech foods would block their exports of high-value
basmati rice.
Full Story
THE ROLE OF SYRIA IN THE IRAQI INSURGENCY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 13, Jan. 20, 2010
SYRIA'S FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR JIHAD:
SYRIAN TERROEISM
By Dr. Matthew Levitt
It costs a lot of money to run an insurgency. There are arms to buy, attacks to launch, bribes to pay. The local population has
to be won over, and extensive networks have to be actively maintained, often involving members of various groups, criminal
syndicates, corrupt officials, and independent operators such as local smugglers. Explosive devices have to be made, guns
have to be brought in from abroad, volunteers have to be indoctrinated and trained.
Full Story
LAWRENCE ON THE U.S.A. IN THE MIDDLE EAST PC, Volume XII, Issue # 12, Jan. 18, 2010
T. E. LAWRENCE: AMERICAN STRATEGIST
By Dr. Daniel Pipes
A fine article by Bertram Wyatt-Brown, "Lawrence of Arabia: Image and Reality," in The Journal of the Historical
Society, December, 2009, pp, 515-548, traces the reputation of T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) through the near-century
since his remarkable exploits during World War I and his famed recounting of those events in Seven Pillars of
Wisdom (1926). Wyatt-Brown's account of Lawrence's role since 2006, when he had a deep impact on the American
expeditionary force in Iraq, came as news to me.
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THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 11, Jan. 17, 2010
NOT EXACTLY MOTHER TERESA:
Unethical Greenpeace Actions Threaten the Livelihoods of Millions
By Paul K. Driessen
Greenpeace constantly harasses companies that it deems insufficiently virtuous in advertising their products, protecting the
environment, and promoting their public image. But the Rainbow Warriors’ own actions would frequently merit fines or even
jail time if committed by profit-making businesses.
The Warriors justify their actions as necessary to advancing their legal, legislative, and regulatory agenda – and getting
people and foundations to write a check or click their website’s “donate now” button. Almost anything goes.
The world must be made aware of the harm Greenpeace inflicts, especially on the earth's poorest peoples.
Full Story
BAD GOVERNMENT & HUMAN STUPIDITY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 10, Jan. 16, 2010
DISTRACTED BY STUPIDITY
By Alan Caruba
We are stuck with Obama and his merry band of morons until 2012, but we can begin to clean house in Congress in
November, 2010, thanks to the midterm elections.
Full Story
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM (IPT) PC, Volume XII, Issue # 9, Jan. 14, 2010
STEVEN EMERSON -- COMBATING RADICAL ISLAM:
DEFEATING JIHADIST TERRORISM
By Dr. George Michael
Steven Emerson has emerged as a powerful independent force who works with U.S. security services, but carries out
investigations on his own in areas beyond the federal security agencies' reach. He does not take any funds from the
government. In 1995, he established his own think tank, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), which has since
conducted investigations into many Islamist and terrorist groups and individuals. The IPT has stirred up more hornets'
nests than many government agencies. Its acute focus has allowed it to hone in on targets that broader agencies missed.
Emerson's initiative has paid off handsomely.
Full Story
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & THE DOUBLE STANDARD PC, Volume XII, Issue # 8, Jan. 13, 2010
REID UNMASKS REALITIES OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' "SENSITIVITY"
By Christopher G. Adamo
The sanctimony of Liberal Democrats on the issues of race, gender, national origin, and religion is, and has always been,
invoked on an extremely selective basis, surgically targeted for the sole purpose of advancing the Liberal political agenda.
And, as such, it is the epitome of hypocrisy. Ultimately, the fate of its beneficiaries and/or victims is of no consequence to
those at the pinnacle of Liberal power.
Full Story
THE INACCURACY OF USDA CLIMATE FORECASTS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 7, Jan. 10, 2010
USDA MISLEADS ON FARMING'S CLIMATE FUTURE
By Dennis T, Avery
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a new report that attempts to forecast the impact of climate change on
American farming in the next 50 years. USDA seems to expect serious climate-related farming problems ahead, but the
recent changes in global climate have been tiny — and in the “wrong” direction! The earth’s temperatures are now slightly
cooler than when NASA’s James Hansen first warned the U.S. Senate about “runaway global warming” in 1988.
Full Story
OBAMA'S POLICY AGENDA & THE 2010 ELECTIONS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 6, Jan. 9, 2010
THE LIES ABOUT GREEN JOBS
By Alan Caruba
The job of every voter in November, 2010, is to remove from office every Senator and Representative that voted for and
supported the Obama administration’s policies, that is, those Obama supporters who run for reelection to Congress.
Then, maybe, we can put America on an economic footing that will generate real jobs and put an end to the Green Lies
about “green jobs,” the proposed legislation inspired by environmentalists, and the existing Green laws and regulations
that are currently killing any hope of economic recovery.
Full Story
STOPPING THE DEVASTATION THE LEFT IS CAUSING PC, Volume XII, Issue # 5, Jan. 7, 2010
GOP CANNOT COAST INTO 2010 ELECTIONS
By Christopher G. Adamo
The 2010 mid-term campaign season is now upon America, and none too soon. With two weeks still to go before his term
reaches the one-year mark, the damage President Barack Hussein Obama has inflicted on this nation is almost
incomprehensible. Among those who recognize the degree to which the former greatness of the country is being obliterated,
the congressional elections of this coming November represent the best hope of stopping the devastation.
Full Story
ICE AGES & MAGNETIC REVERSALS PC, Volume XII, Issue # 4, December 7, 2010
NOT BY FIRE, BUT BY ICE
By Alan Caruba
Will the next ice age begin shortly? Depends on what you mean by “shortly” -- because it could be tomorrow or it could be
another two centuries or so. One thing is sure; the Earth’s latest interglacial period is nearing an end.
A magnetic reversal accompanying the new ice age would likely have a devastating effect on planet Earth, including massive
extinction of most forms of life currently existing on the planet.
Full Story
ANXIETY IN THE AFTERMATH OF A NEAR-TRAGEDY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 3, Jan, 6, 2010
SECURITY THEATER NOW PLAYING AT YOUR AIRPORT
By Dr. Daniel Pipes
As hands are wrung in the aftermath of the near-tragedy on a Northwest Airlines flight approaching Detroit, a conversation
from London's Heathrow airport in 1986 comes to mind.
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SAYING "NO" TO WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION PC, Volume XII, Issue # 2, Jan. 3, 2010
COPENHAGEN DASHES THIRD WORLD EXPECTATIONS
By Dennis T. Avery
In the wake of Copenhagen’s collapse, my wife was asked, “With so many poor people in the world, shouldn’t we share our
abundance — global warming or not?” That’s been the hidden agenda of the Hard Left through the whole global warming
campaign: “spreading the wealth.”
My wife, however, had spent 15 years living in four African countries. She replied she’d never vote to give American money
to Africa’s tribal thugs. It would simply disappear, as have so many billions in government handouts, enriching Swiss bank
accounts not creating sustainable prosperity for the people.
“They aren’t poor because we’re rich,” she says correctly. “Nor are we rich because they’re poor.” In the Pacific Northwest,
early Indian tribes had a culture based on “potlatch.” Whenever anyone had good fortune, they threw a party for the tribe.
The wealth was spread, but no one was better off after the party than before.
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GROOMING OBAMA FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENCY PC, Volume XII, Issue # 1, Jan. 2, 2010
OBAMA'S MAKE-BELIEF LIFE
By Alan Caruba
I have this theory about Barack Hussein Obama. I think he’s led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided
and doors were opened because at some point, early on, somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good looking,
half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in
politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
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