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Holder Blames Congress Before Announcing Plan to Hold Military Tribunals for 9/11 Terror Suspects

April 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Only after claiming Congressional interference played a pivotal role in his decision, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today he will use military tribunals to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and several other alleged 9/11 terrorists. AG Holder’s decision comes barely two years after President Barack Obama’s Jan. 22, 2009, announcement that he would close the Guantanamo [...]

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CBP Officer: WMDs Have Been Detected in U.S. (Update)

February 12th, 2011 · 9 Comments

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in San Diego confirmed that weapons of mass effect (a.k.a., “WMDs”) had been found by U.S. officials, but not at the particular port where he was being interviewed by a reporter from ABC affiliate 10News.com. The video below aired during the local newscast Feb. 9 and featured this [...]

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World Too Dangerous for Well-Intentioned Amateurs

December 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sixty-six years and six months ago, the largest amphibious force ever assembled sailed across the stormy waters of the English Channel, bound for the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France.  Nearly half of the 156,000 invasion troops were Americans.  They and the troops of allied nations suffered massive casualties [...]

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Truck Explosion at San Antonio Refinery! (Update)

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments

An 18-wheeler being loaded with fuel exploded in southeast San Antonio today, according to a local news report. The explosion took place at the AGE Refining Inc. refinery located at Southeast Military Drive and South Presa Street. This marks the second major incident to take place at the refinery which supplies jet fuel for the [...]

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I Don’t Listen to Hollywood: Tom Hanks Edition

March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

So what if he starred in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 blockbuster, “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s time to evict Tom Hanks from the Ranger Hall of Fame. An excerpt from a recent Los Angeles Times article, ‘The Pacific’s’ Tom Hanks: The right wing’s new boogeyman, makes the case clearly about the actor who, while busily pimping “The [...]

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Woods Fund Leader Remains Silent About Obama Votes to Fund Arab American Action Network

February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Two years ago today, I reached out to Deborah Harrington, president of the Chicago-based Woods Fund, to ask whether Barack Obama, acting in his capacity as a director/board member of the organization, had cast any votes in favor of providing grants for Arab American Action Network.  To date, I’ve received no response, and the silence [...]

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Terrorists’ Recruitment of ‘Lily Whites’ Nothing New

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Early this afternoon, Fox News began reporting that intelligence officials had informed them about Al-Qaeda in Yemen actively recruiting English-speaking individuals and looking for people who are more like Americans, having been born in the United States or Canada.  While that sounds like ominous news, it’s nothing new. Jayna Davis, an award-winning investigative journalist from [...]

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