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The selective modesty of Barack Obama.Obama is not the first president with a large streak of narcissism. But the others had equally expansive feelings about their country. Obama's modesty about America would be more understandable if he treated himself with the same reserve. What is odd is to have a president so convinced of his own magnificence -- yet not of his own country's.

Black GOP candidate slams Obama for exploiting race.Allen West, the Republican challenging Rep. Ron Klein (D) in Florida's 22nd congressional district, sharply criticized the Obama administration for having allegedly declined prosecuting the New Black Panther Party on voter tampering charges for political reasons.

Georgia GOP Candidate Uses Hammer-And-Sickle in Billboard Ad, Dems Throw a Hissy Fit…The left can complain all they want but the majority of Americans agree…

HT:Shalomlife."Big Brother" Goes Orthodox.Inhabitants of the Big Brother 12 house will have to learn what it’s like to keep Shabbat and have a kosher kitchen.Their new houseguest, Andrew Gordon, is an orthodox Jew and insists on following Jewish practices, even in the Big Brother household.

Obama: “I Will Not Rest”. . .Except For When I’m Golfing. . .

RNC targets Reid and Obama on economy with new TV ad.GOP accuses Senate leader and Obama of working to "tear down" Nevada's economy.

Survey: Europeans back veil ban, Americans opposed.While most Americans oppose banning face-covering Islamic veils, most western Europeans questioned in a new global poll say the garments should be forbidden.

Fit for the New York Times.Two important statements this week shed a light on the nature of the Palestinian conflict with Israel. Both were barely noted by the media.

55 Percent of Likely Voters Find ‘Socialist’ an Accurate Label of Obama?Now, I am going to read you a list of words and phrases which people use to describe political figures. For each word or phrase, please tell me whether it describes Barack Obama very well, well, not too well, or not well at all.”

Pastor Leading NC House of Reps Fired After He Refused to Remove Jesus From Prayer, Told “People Could Be Offended”…"What I don’t get is why liberal atheists are offended by Jesus but have no problem with Allah…"

Do the States Have the Power of Nullification?

Raising the Retirement Age.The fact that the haves are healthier than the have-nots doesn't surprise me, but the magnitude of the difference is pretty stunning.

HT: American thinker.So what is the resemblance?So is it a coincidence that both cases involve "legal excuse" for Jew-haters? Maybe not. There's something about Jews yesterday and Israel today which make their enemies obsessive, make them believe that everything, including the laws that protect their lives and property, can be sacrificed just for the sake of that obsession.

HT : Weasel Zippers.France Denies Citizenship to Muslim Man Who Refused to Shake Hand With Female Officer, Wife Wears Hijab…

How Islam is using our daughters:Loverboys:Mathematics morning, Afternoon, whore, sometimes sex in the free periods in between, these stories shake the Holland Society.Kanne husband is a small round woman, retired Commissioner, 35 years she has worked in Germany in the police, now lives alternately in Germany and the Netherlands.For two years she has been in the Foundation "stop lover boys" active.

Iran bars 71 improperly dressed women from boarding planes.Police crack down on behaviour.

Ground Zero Mosque: the Fix.It is obvious that the Landmarks Commission is going to deny landmark status at its meeting next Tuesday. Again, why the mad rush? So that the mosque can open on the tenth anniversary of September 11th, as promised?

HT:JIDF.Abbas to Arabs: We Support a War Against Israel. Abbas told a Jordanian paper that he opposed terrorism “at present” but that “things may change.”Well so much for Obama's peaceplan.

Outcry as British ambassador praises Hezbollah cleric who backed suicide bombers.An obituary to Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah - entitled 'The Passing of Decent Men' - has been taken down from ambassador Frances Guy's internet blog after intense criticism.The Foreign Office today confirmed the article was removed 'after mature consideration'.What's it with these women and glorifying terrorists?

Hezbollah denounces CNN's firing of Mideast editor.Lebanese group protests dismissal of Middle East editor over Twitter post eulogizing recently deceased leader Ayatollah Fadlallah, calling decision 'intellectual terrorism'.I think the fact that Hezbollah is defending her shows how much she meant to them as their champion at CNN?

New Centcom Chief Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis: “It’s Fun to Shoot Afghan Men Who Slap Around Women Because They Didn’t Wear a Veil”…

House votes to block Net porn on government PCs.After all, a series of news reports have highlighted, in scandalous detail, how some financial regulators earning six-figure salaries were watching porn at work as Wall Street imploded. So, as it turns out, did employees of the National Science Foundation and the Interior Department--including ones who were supposed to be inspecting oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Iranians still facing death by stoning despite 'reprieve'.Fifteen could still die in horrific sentence after being allegedly convicted of adultery.

Brazil footballer's ex-lover 'was fed to dogs'.The missing former lover of a top Brazilian football star was strangled and then fed to dogs, police say.

Paul the psychic octopus: bookmakers take bets on final predictions.The octopus, who lives at a zoo in Oberhausen, Germany, has stunned the world by correctly choosing the winner of each of Germany's six matches at the tournament.

Gaga's Bad Romance video inspires bad eye trend.In a classic case of life imitating art, more and more girls around the world seem to be all gaga over circle contact lenses that make one's eyes look like an anime character on crack.

Lisburn pensioner taking a bath in the Irish Sea.Lisburn pensioner Mervyn Kinkead plans to do what no-one has done before and cross the Irish Sea in a standard household bath.

Bangladesh sex workers plump up on cow steroids.Whenever Bangladeshi brothel owner Rokeya, 50, signs up a new sex worker she gives them a course of steroid drugs often used to fatten cattle.

ANGLER Steve Bellion was shell-shocked last night - after catching a giant TURTLE.Steve, 23, was fishing for carp when he hooked the 57lb monster in a lake near Birmingham.More about the Alligator snapping turtle.