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Israel is, finally, investigating how fifth-columnist non-profits are being funded. So why are pols crying foul? http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Israel is today in the throes of a powerful backlash against the Knesset's decision last week to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the foreign funding of Israeli NGOs that engage in political warfare against the state. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni claimed on Tuesday that the commission shows that "Israel today is deteriorating and abusing the very values for which we want to fight. The way that Israeli is presented by the belligerent, violent government is hindering Israel's ability to defend...

Tonight we can see a concerted effort by the New York Times and other Mainstream media attributing their stories to the New York Times, to destroy the political career of Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate from Connecticut. I assume the claims are accurate, and Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam and about being captain of his swim team at Harvard. We know that Blumenthal is despicable, as we saw him work hand in glove with ACORN to coerce private businesspeople into returning their compensation bonuses. My question is this: The New York Times is an agenda-driven...

BRISTOW, Okla. - A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Donald Thompson had spent almost 23 years on the bench and had served as a state legislator before retiring from the court in 2004. He showed no reaction when he was sentenced. At his trial this summer, his former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times during trial between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors said he also used a device known as...

DAYTONA BEACH -- Elizabeth Book stood near four bare-breasted Grecian muse sculptures on Peabody Auditorium's wall. Accompanied by one supporter Saturday, she held a protest flag that read "Sic Semper Tyrannis," -- Greek for "thus occurs to tyrants" -- and a portrait of a woman warrior with one breast bared. Book's eyes full of fear, she stood fully aware of the consequences of what she was about to do. Then, gradually, she pulled down her tube top exposing her breasts to an audience of a couple of bystanders, a reporter and a photographer. Two unmarked and one marked police vehicles...