Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 195

VIDEO: Israeli Settlers [Trespassers] Harass Palestinians and Steal Crops During Olive Harvest in the West Bank

The video shows three events that took place during this year's olive harvest in the West Bank: Settlers are seen stealing olives from a grove belonging to a resident of al-Mughair village. Two settlers pick olives and drag filled sacks to a car… Residents discovered several dozens of olive trees had been cut in [...:]

Has US Clumsiness Finished Off Mahmoud Abbas?

by Dominic Waghorn – Sky News, UK

'Halas', says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 'Enough. It's over'.

Last night he told his people he has 'no desire' to stand in the elections he has called for early next year.

He has made similar threats before, about resigning and not wanting to go on. Whether he means it this time [...:]

For Whom the Bell Tolls

By Patrick J. Buchanan

For the Blue Dogs, Tuesday was a fire bell in the night.

Virginia Republicans led by Robert McDonnell crushed the most conservative Democrat nominee in decades, rolling up a victory that rivaled Ronald Reagan's rout of Walter Mondale.

New Jersey GOP nominee Chris Christie, whose campaign had been the despair of its backers, won [...:]

VIDEO: Cop Tasers Non-Resisting Man Until He Passes Out

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VIDEO: Oath Keeper Sheriff Richard Mack

The sheriff is the most powerful law enforcement officer in the US and has the ultimate say in his county. No one supercedes his jurisdiction. The president of the US cannot tell your sheriff what to do, and in that same vein, not one of the auxiliary departments below the president can tell your sheriff [...:]

Why Does AIPAC Spy on Americans?

By Grant Smith – AntiWar.com

According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Steven J. Rosen will be allowed to move ahead with his civil defamation lawsuit against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).  Rosen and fellow AIPAC employee Keith Weissman were indicted under the 1917 Espionage Act in 2005 along [...:]

VIDEO: Swine Flu: More Facts the Government Hopes You Will Not Know

Mary Tyler Moore: I didn't take the shot…

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VIDEO: Leaked Recording From CFR on Swine Flu: Just Lie and Claim There is a Shortage

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A Court Decision That Reflects What Type of Country the US Is

By Glenn Greenwald – Puppetgov.com

It's not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday's ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft (.pdf).  Maher Arar is both a Canadian and Syrian citizen of Syrian descent.  A telecommunications engineer [...:]

VIDEO: America's Controlled Economic Implosion

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