ISIS orders killing of children with Down's Syndrome; Merkel to 'drastically decrease' number of refugees...more

ISIS orders killing of children with Down's Syndrome in latest sickening attack on the innocent ...Iraqi activist group Mosul Eye says the ISIS Shar'ia Board issued a savage "oral fatwa (an Islamic term for a religious decree)" to its members authorising them to "kill newborn babies with Down's Syndrome and congenital deformities and disabled children".

If true - and reports from the war-torn region are difficult to verify - it means ISIS has taken a leaf from the Nazis, who murdered disabled children it perceived to be a "burden on the state"...

One Christian Slaughtered Every Five Minutes
Report: Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2015

Angela Merkel to 'drastically decrease' number of refugees coming to Germany Angela Merkel has said she wants to “drastically decrease” the number of refugees coming to Germany amid criticism from her party over her management of the crisis.

The German chancellor, who will address a congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) today, has faced criticism from allies within her party after she refused to place a cap on the number of refugees accepted, a figure expected to total 340,000 this year.

“At the same time we took on board the concerns of the people, who are worried about the future, and this means we want to reduce, we want to drastically decrease the number of people coming to us,” she told radio station ARD...

America and Africa after Obama
...“If the medical injunction of ‘do no harm’ is the measuring stick,” writes Nicolas van de Walle in Foreign Affairs, “Obama’s record in Africa can be characterized as a success… But if judged by a more ambitious standard, Obama’s policy towards Africa has been something of a disappointment.” The Obama administration’s lackluster engagement with Africa is the result, according to Mr. Van de Walle, of at least four factors: budgetary constraints as a result of the recession, America’s thin diplomatic and intelligence presence in Africa, African affairs’ small effect on American interests, and the African continent’s sheer size and complexity...


DHS Official Struggles To Answer Basic Security Questions

Gutfeld: Fight Radical Islam With 'Radical Americanism' ..."I'm sorry, Mr. President, that this era couldn't be about rising sea levels. But the crisis of today chooses our leaders, not the reverse. It's radical Islam versus radical Americanism, and the polar bears will have to wait."

To End Campus Tantrums, Treat Young People Like Adults We’re finding out what happens when youngsters grow up after having been shielded as much as possible from every obstacle and uncomfortable situation...

The New Campus McCarthyism It’s getting deadly serious because the chronically aggrieved have federal law on their side...

Planned Parenthood sends aborted babies’ bodies to landfills, violating state law: Ohio AG Every Planned Parenthood office in Ohio violates state law by sending aborted babies to landfills and treating them like "common...trash," the state attorney general announced today...

Feds Expected To Announce Registration Process For Drones An announcement is expected Monday about a federal plan to register drones that is aimed at helping the Federal Aviation Administration keep track of the growing number of drone owners.

The new rules come after more than 240 close-call collisions between drones and planes nationwide over the last two years, including nearly 90 in the Tri-State area, according to a report released Friday.


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The History of the Christmas Card

Borne out of having too little time, the holiday greeting has boomed into a major industry...