Quote of the day

“The economy that was losing jobs a year ago is creating jobs today. After the single biggest economic crisis in our lifetimes, we’re heading in the right direction. We’re moving forward. Our economy is stronger — that economic heartbeat is growing stronger. But I measure progress by a different pulse.”

President Barack H. [...]

‘US may stop using UN veto on resolutions targeting Israel’

‘Guardian’ says US official assured Abbas Washington could consider move; State Department denies reports.

Jerusalem Post 30/04/2010

In an attempt to launch indirect proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the US has given private assurances that it would consider not using its veto power against UN Security Council condemnations of any significant new settlement [...]

On this date: The Fall of Saigon

Trevor Loudon New Zeal 4/30/2010

Thirty five years ago today, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese armies and their Soviet allies.

A painful short documentary on the last day of free Saigon.

Thanks to Matthew.

Obama denies individual assistance for CT storm victims

David Jeffers American Thinker 4/29/2010

On Inauguration Day 2009, Barack Obama slammed the outgoing President for the “Bush Administration’s ‘unconscionable ineptitude’ in responding to Hurricane Katrina.”

No doubt the mainstream media will pick up the regional story coming out of Connecticut where Mr. Obama “has denied aid to individuals affected by March’s massive storms.”

Governor [...]

Arizona Authorities Find Wounded Deputy in Desert

Pinal County Sheriff’s Lt. Tammy Villar says the deputy radioed in to say that he had encountered a group in the desert and had been shot with an AK-47 assault rifle in the abdomen.

Associated Press via FoxNews.com 4/30/2010

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities in southern Arizona have found a deputy wounded in a shootout [...]

A raw deal for Republicans on financial regulatory reform

Jon Ward The Daily Caller 4/30/2010

One day after Republicans said they had secured a deal on a financial regulation bill that would allow them to move forward on debating the bill, they denounced the legislation and said it would not accomplish any of their goals for preventing bailouts or making the markets more secure.

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