Matt Vespa, On September 11, 2001, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney had one harrowing mission: bring down United 93. She took off from Andrews Air Force Base, but without weapons. No missiles, machine guns, etc.; she would have to ram into the commercial airliner to save American lives. “I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot,” she […] Read More → 
As Europe and Russia head into another round of sanctions, economic data are driving home an important point: Nobody stands to win in this tit-for-tat battle. The International Energy Agency’s September Oil Market Report offered bad news for Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling a recent slowdown in oil demand growth “nothing short of remarkable.” The […] Read More → 
Rachel Alexander As the 13th anniversary of 9-11 approaches, the Obama administration and its friends in the mainstream media have been eerily quiet about the 11 commercial airliners reported stolen by Islamic terrorists from a Libyan airport a little over a week ago. It should have been front page news on every newspaper across the […] Read More → 
Home Depot Inc confirmed on Monday its payment security systems have been breached, a data theft analysts warn could rival Target Corp’s massive breach last year. Home Depot said the data theft could impact its customers in stores across the United States and Canada, but there was no evidence that online customers were affected or […] Read More → 
A reminder that Obama’s lurch towards monarchy isn’t happening in a vacuum. He has many congressional enablers, especially on war powers, and not all of them Democrats. Skip to 4:10 of the first clip below for an example. Normally when super-hawks want to grant the president “absolute power” to wage war, they frame it as […] Read More → 
U.S. warplanes launched four air strikes against Islamic State militants threatening western Iraq’s Haditha Dam early on Sunday, witnesses and senior officials said, broadening Washington’s campaign against the fighters. The leader of a pro-Iraqi government paramilitary force in the west said the strikes wiped out an Islamic State patrol trying to attack the dam - […] Read More → 
You would think Democrats — Obama Democrats, in particular — would be a bit more sensitive if not responsible. After all, Democrats have endured decades of scurrilous charges about their love of country. The most toxic dregs of American politics — Joseph McCarthy, Spiro Agnew, Newt Gingrich, multiple individuals with the surname “Cheney” — have […] Read More → 
Hackers burrowed into the databanks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and deftly dodged one of the world’s largest arrays of sophisticated detection systems for months. The attack, an outline of which was provided by two people familiar with the firm’s investigation, started in June at the digital equivalent of JPMorgan’s front door, exploiting an overlooked […] Read More → 
Hackers burrowed into the databanks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and deftly dodged one of the world’s largest arrays of sophisticated detection systems for months. The attack, an outline of which was provided by two people familiar with the firm’s investigation, started in June at the digital equivalent of JPMorgan’s front door, an overlooked flaw […] Read More → 
The longstanding Israeli strategy of killing top leaders of Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian resistance groups was manifest again early today when Israeli missiles struck and killed three senior commanders of the military wing of Hamas. Their deaths will no doubt bring joy to the hearts of many Israelis who think that only such decisive […] Read More → 
A group of sophisticated Chinese hackers known for its high-stakes corporate espionage has a history of stealing medical-device blueprints, prescription-drug formulas and other valuable intellectual property from large health-care companies. So why would it steal 4.5 million health records, which is typically the domain of identity thieves? It’s a question confounding some security experts after […] Read More → 
Attorney General Eric Holder has long stood accused of being a political activist, and using the Department of Justice to further his progressive liberal agenda. Holder has pushed for more gun control, tried to help the IRS target Tea Party and conservative groups, has gone after states over voter ID laws, actively promotes gay marriage, […] Read More → 
Israeli strikes hit a crowded shopping area in Gaza City, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting. The bloodshed […] Read More → 
Eric Boehm This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. Big-spending Democratic donors take the gold, silver, and bronze when it comes to contributions to super PACs so far this election cycle. Liberal billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg lead the way, having given nearly $30 million to super PACs during the current cycle, according to a new […] Read More → 
A Jordanian military official says his country’s air force shot down an “aerial target” near the Syrian border, which eyewitnesses say was a drone. It was not immediately clear where the object came from, but there have been reports of intense fighting in the southern Syrian province of Daraa that borders Jordan. The official, who […] Read More → 
Security services confiscated tapes immediately after incident Why has Kiev failed to release recordings from air traffic control tapes which could prove what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 17? Ukrainian security services confiscated the tapes immediately after the incident. Video Shows Ukrainian Rebels Were ‘Surprised’ Doomed Aircraft Was Commercial Airliner “Who allowed them to […] Read More →