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President Obama countered many Wall Street analysts, saying on Wednesday that the U.S. is not going to have another recession. "I don't think we're in danger of another recession," Obama told CBS News. Obama did note that the recovery has not been fast enough, blaming the Arab spring, high gas prices, and March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Obama said the volatility in the markets recently has been due to a lack of economic growth. "The markets were reacting to the economy not growing as quick as it used to," he said.

The thousands of Jews expelled from Gush Katif are in more danger from Gaza terrorism than they were living in Gaza itself, local politicians have warned. Hof Ashkelon regional council head Yair Farjoun spoke to Arutz Sheva about the issue. If a rocket were to hit a caravan site, the flimsy temporary homes would offer little protection, Farjoun explained. “The families are terrified, some of the towns have protection, but not all of them,” he said. “Even when it hits an open area there are people [around], there are shepherds,” he noted. Some rockets hit the sites formerly home to...

Terror threat -- U.S. churches in danger Becky Yeh - OneNewsNow California correspondent - 6/30/2011 3:55:00 AM With the recent airing of an al-Qaeda video that encourages Muslims to attack religious institutions, Christian churches are being warned. In a video released by al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn, the American-born Muslim asks jihadists to quickly obtain guns and carry out terrorist attacks against the West. He states that Muslims are placed in the region to "do major damage to the enemies of Islam, waging war on their religion, sacred places, and things and brethren." "That's very troubling," admits Steve Amundson of the...

The news reports that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, will be prosecuted by a U.S. military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, come at a time like no other in Arab history. The dissent and rebellion in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and most recently in Syria has caused most of the mainstream media to speculate about a future Middle East where moderates have a greater influence. Cooler heads have pointed out that there is still much to be concerned about in regard to the growth and strength of al-Qaeda. For example, Admiral James Stavridis,...

GAZA — A Palestinian human rights group in Gaza took the unusual step this week of condemning the building and storage of anti-Israel rockets in densely populated areas, a practice that has led to injuries and deaths of civilians. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said that it had investigated recent rocket explosions and found that locally produced projectiles had fallen on homes in Gaza or exploded in factories where they were made or stored. Shrapnel severely wounded a number of people, including a 22-year-old woman and her 7-month-old baby. It called on the Hamas government, which controls Gaza, to...

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, March 30, 2011 – "I can say that I've led this platoon into more ambushes than any other point man here on this deployment," Army Sgt. Nathaniel S. Gray said with a toothy grin and a slow, southern accent. Army Sgt. Nathaniel S. Gray scans the mountainside during a combat operation in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, March 16, 2011. Gray is on his third combat tour. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. "I was point man for the first six, seven months here," he continued. "I walked us...

The Washington Post yesterday commented that the Muslim Brotherhood , which was founded in 1928 by Hassan Al Banna, and inspired Hamas and Al Quida , was inspired by the YMCA. “inspired by the YMCA when it was founded in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood has been under a ban since 1948, and its real size is difficult to gauge. The group was brutally repressed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1950s and 1960s. Since then, it has at times been propped up as a foil – especially for Western audiences – with periodic crackdowns that have sent many of...

This quote appeared in a Czech newspaper in April of this year. I think the Czechs may be on to something ... " The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of...

Abortion Practitioner Loses License: Called a "Clear Danger" to Women Trenton, NJ -- After a nine hour hearing late Wednesday, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners formally suspended the medical license of abortion practitioner and business owner Steven Chase Brigham. The board said he presented "a clear and imminent danger to the public health and safety." http://LifeNews.com/state5549.html

Abortion Practitioner Loses License: Called a "Clear Danger" to Women Trenton, NJ -- After a nine hour hearing late Wednesday, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners formally suspended the medical license of abortion practitioner and business owner Steven Chase Brigham. The board said he presented "a clear and imminent danger to the public health and safety." http://LifeNews.com/state5549.html

The website WalletPop.com on Monday released a list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crime in America – and Orlando's Parramore made the list. Rather than focus on entire cities, the site's analyst, Dr. Andrew Schiller, and his team at NeighborhoodScout.com decided to focus on neighborhoods because even the cities with the highest crime rates can have relatively safe neighborhoods, and thus it is less useful to generalize about an entire city.

Zachari Klawonn, a Muslim U.S. Army specialist stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, told the Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera in a recent interview that training he had undergone in the U.S. military was a “slap in my face” and “propaganda against Islam.” Thursday, September 16, 2010 By Dan Joseph (CNSNews.com) - Zachari Klawonn, a Muslim U.S. Army specialist stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, told the Arabic-language television network Al Jazeera in a recent interview that training he had undergone in the U.S. military was “propaganda against Islam.” Fort Hood is the Army installation where Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, executed...

Senator John McCain says he's worried that border violence will spill into Arizona.

A recent video shot in an Alaskan airport by a member of the smear website Palingates shows an unknown cameraman approaching Sarah Palin in the airport outside of security and filming her quite close. Palingates is a site entirely devoted to the obsession of trying to politically and personally attack Sarah Palin and all members of her family. The purveyors of the site are so obsessive that it borders on stalking. However what is the most disturbing in the piece is just how close the videographer got to Sarah Palin without any intervention from others. Palin is no stranger to...

"Today, while driving during a snowstorm, I thought about a dangerous thing we used to do as kids. We called it "skitching". When it was very snowy out, we would wait for a car to drive by and grab the bumper and let the car pull us through the snow. This was without a sled or anything, just our bodies. You might start out on your feet but would usually end up laying down, holding onto the bumper for dear life. The one who held on longest "won". I don't think this is possible today, because cars don't have the...

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 – Iraq has been transformed, but dangers remain, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead U.S. forces there said today. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in a confirmation hearing. If he’s confirmed by the Senate, he’ll receive his fourth star and succeed Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno as commander of U.S. Forces Iraq. Odierno has been nominated to lead U.S. Joint Forces Command. Austin saluted the service and sacrifices of U.S. servicemembers who have answered the call in nine years of sustained combat. “They are performing magnificently,” he...

TUCSON - Warnings are out in parts of Arizona warning alerting you of possible danger. The Bureau of Land Management is putting up signs, along Interstate 8 between Gila Bend and Stanfield. Kathy Pedrick from the Bureau of Land Management says the signs went up because of recent incidents along the border south of I-8. She says, "there was a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy shot at, there's been some homicides recently with some of the smugglers." The signs warn the public they could encounter smugglers or individuals who may be armed. Gilbert Meehl believes the signs are a good idea...

Despite the Gulf regions economy being damaged from the seemingly endless oil spill, President Obama has implemented a six month moratorium on drilling in the region. This ban on drilling is estimated to cost 120,000 people their jobs, as some oil companies may be relocating to more energy friendly areas. According to Wood Mackenzie Research and Consulting, the six month moratorium will result in the following: * The 33 drilling platforms which support some 1,400 workers, offshore and onshore will be forced to shut down * As many as 46,200 jobs could be idled by the moratorium (continued)

PHOENIX (AP) -- An increase in smuggling violence at the Sonoran Desert National Monument about 80 miles south of Phoenix has prompted a stronger warning to visitors about drug and immigrant traffickers passing through the public lands, officials said Tuesday. The monument and three other federal lands in Arizona already have signs warning visitors that they may encounter smugglers. But 11 new signs have recently been erected...

Today is just another day, which means another day for the media to lie, spin, and distort anything Sarah Palin does or says. Our shinning example for the day would be by Washington Post Columnist, Ruth Marcus in an article she wrote titled “Sarah Palin’s fact-free commentary on Paul and BP.” Ruth claims that an interview Governor Palin gave to Chris Wallace on FOX last Sunday “pushed” her “over the edge.” I certainly hope she can recover from that… Marcus had a good cranky rant about Rand Paul, which I’m not going to get in to here. Rachel Maddow’s “gotcha’...