Trusteer Rapport, a software package whose installation is promoted by several major banks as an anti-fraud tool, has recently been acquired by IBM and has an updated EULA. Among other things, the new EULA includes this gem: “In addition, You authorize personnel of IBM, as Your Sponsoring Enterprise’s data processor, to use the Program remotely to collect any files or […]

Time to tackle global warming running out, Pope tells UN climate summit. Tackling the problem of climate change is a “serious ethical and moral responsibility”, Pope Francis told negotiators from around the world meeting for a climate summit in Lima, Peru. “The time to find global solutions is running out. We can find adequate solutions only if we act together […]

In November alone, those who claim to be Islam’s Sunni holy warriors killed 5,000 people in the name of their God, according to a BBC study. The study found that in November, 5,042 people were murdered in 664 separate jihadi onslaughts, and the attacks took place in 14 different countries. The Islamic State ranked #1 in terms of killing in […]

Labor head is told in opinion piece one of his MKs is ‘in the closet’ and must come out, or he faces a serious ‘gay problem.’ An unusual opinion piece was written on Thursday by homosexual journalist Gal Ohovski in Channel 10‘s Mako Magazine, in which he warned leftist Labor party head Yitzhak Herzog that he has to make changes – or […]

Like we said all along… In the month prior to the 2010 midterm elections, Internal Revenue Service investigator Lois Lerner met with Justice Department officials to discuss the criminal prosecution of tax-exempt political groups. It had previously been revealed that Lerner investigated avenues for prosecuting certain tax-exempt status applicants upon the suggestion of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) when the watchdog […]

The courageous ex-Muslim human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently recounted that at a speech in Washington not long ago, she met Vice President Joe Biden. Biden seized the opportunity to tell her that “ISIS had nothing to do with Islam.” Hirsi Ali politely disagreed, whereupon Biden began a lesson in the teachings of the Religion of Peace: “Let me tell you […]

[Open lesbian] Rosie O’Donnell is selling artwork on her website embossed with messages acutely critical of Israel’s actions during this summer’s hostilities with Hamas. The photo she’s using, however, was taken in Syria. Two collage-like pieces created by O’Donnell currently for sale on her website include a photo implied to have been taken in Gaza this summer — but is […]

Instead of using this space to pretend the newly released CIA “torture” report confirms that the United States is the most evil nation in the history of the universe, I’m going to address Jonathan Gruber’s confirmation that he believes we’re all stupid. Assuming you are not under any rocks or haven’t been in an underground bunker without access to media, […]

[Huffington Post] – Congressional leaders have quietly deleted a measure meant to stop the National Security Agency’s “backdoor” surveillance of American communications from a major spending bill. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in June to ban the NSA from searching for Americans’ communications in surveillance collected while targeting foreigners. But the omnibus spending package unveiled Tuesday night — a […]

[Jewish Press] – From the drive for Israel to accept a suicidal so-called “two state solution” to nuclear talks with Iran, Hillary Rodham Clinton is endorsing President Obama’s [anti-semitic] Israel-related positions. Clinton, who was Obama’s secretary of state during his first term, spoke Friday night with Haim Saban, the Israeli-American entertainment mogul who through the Brookings Institution convenes an eponymous annual […]

Terror group meets with its top weapons benefactor. Leaders of the terror group Hamas traveled to Iran this week to rebuild relations with one of its top benefactors and leading weapons suppliers, according to regional experts and reports. Key Hamas leaders held meetings with top Iranian lawmakers and officials in a bid to repair “historic relations” with Tehran, according to […]

On December 10, PEW Research released a poll showing Americans’ are more concerned with protecting gun rights than with passing more gun control. And this degree of focus on defending gun rights instead of “[controlling] gun ownership” has not been seen in over 20 years. According to PEW, “52 percent” of respondents “[said] it is more important to protect the […]

Today, the Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, came out in support of lifting the military’s ban on transgender service. In an interview with USA Today, when asked about the current ban, she said, “From my point of view, anyone who is capable of accomplishing the job should be able to serve.” She also said the current ban […]

I received this flyer from an Atlas reader who got this in her post box in Cape Town, South Africa today. “KILL ONE JEW OR CHRISTIAN AND GET REWARD OF JANNAH” There are contact details of locals on the back of the flyer. Jihad in spreading in South Africa. For years, jihad camps tied to al Qaeda have continued to grow, […]

President Obama, on the heels of announcing his executive actions on immigration, teased Republicans about the immigration debate — saying some of them think he’s an “illegal immigrant.” The president made the wisecrack at a town hall meeting in Nashville on Tuesday. Discussing the immigration debate, he urged Republicans to work with him. “Now, does that mean everybody is going […]

Pages 958 and 959 of the 1,603-page omnibus spending bill from House Speaker John Boehner include a provision that gives Social Security benefits to illegal aliens under President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty. The seemingly wonky legislative language in that relevant section reads: None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social […]

A guest on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Wednesday told guest host Michael Eric Dyson that after activists deal with police brutality, they need to deal with “the oppressive force” of capitalism. DYSON: The problem extends beyond police departments. What is the next institution that needs to be isolated and challenged?     “HIP HOP ACTIVIST” ROSA CLEMENTE: The economy. Capitalism! […]

[Yahoo News] – U.S. criticism of Israel’s settlement policies has slowed down construction in the West Bank, Israel’s defense minister said in comments broadcast Wednesday, adding that he hopes the slowdown will be “temporary” because the Obama administration “won’t be around forever.” The minister, Moshe Yaalon, has previously derided U.S. peace efforts in the Middle East, calling Secretary of State […]

There is no such thing as a “Palestinian”. This is a dangerous propaganda lie. The [so-called] Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research just released their latest poll on Arab attitudes. Here is one of their findings: 80% support and 20% oppose attempts by individual “Palestinians” to stab or run over Israelis in Jerusalem and the rest of the West […]

Yet another legal hurdle was placed in front of campaigners pushing to expel four senior Hamas leaders from Jerusalem Tuesday, after the High Court postponed a hearing on the issue that was set for today. No alternative date has yet been offered by the court, which means that the four – Khaled Abu Arafa, Muhammad Abu Tir, Mohammed Totah and […]

Obama, who as a Senator expressed the same concerns, also said that it is “legitimate” to be concerned about whether new immigrants will suppress wages, “particularly in the low-wage sectors of the economy.” “We have to be just as civil in addressing those questions as we expect people to be when we are talking to them,” he said. Those like […]

Taught by Planned Parenthood without parents’ knowledge. Students at one northern California high school are learning more than just the birds and the bees. Along with local area groups, some parents are irate that their children’s sex ed class at Acalanes High School in Lafayette is being taught by employees of Planned Parenthood without their prior knowledge. They are also […]

A proposed mega-mosque in the pretty little town of Bridgewater, New Jersey, was rejected by the town council last year, “citing an ordinance that limited houses of worship to major roads.” Reasonable enough. Municipal officials argued that the purpose of the ordinance was to “preserve the residential character of its various neighborhoods.” But Islamic supremacists and Muslim Brotherhood organizations like […]

Jerry Brown, Governor of California, is a world-class expert on two subjects: 1. Wasteful spending of taxpayer money, and 2. Raising taxes to pay for 1. Most assuredly, Brown is NOT an expert,or even a respectable amateur, when it comes to science and the global warming/climate change controversy. Which means that it makes perfect sense to ignore Brown’s statement that […]

Our phoney leaders hard at work ripping off and lying to the American public. House and Senate leaders finally released the text of a 1,600-page, $1 trillion spending bill for 2015 on Tuesday night that the House hopes to pass by Thursday, likely over the objections of many Republicans who wanted something tougher on immigration. Conservative Republicans have been pushing […]

But they were busy “cracking down” on conservatives. The IRS paid more than $6 billion in child tax credits in 2013 to people who were not eligible to receive them, a government watchdog said Tuesday. Payments went to families that mistakenly claimed the tax credit or claimed the wrong amount, as well as taxpayers who committed fraud, according to an […]

Infamous Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber told people not to read Obamacare, admitted he never knew how to control costs in the law and said he designed it by “throwing stuff at the wall” in one of his most characteristic public speeches. In between taking personal shots at conservatives, he actually thanked congressional Democrats for voting against their constituents. As Gruber […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – The Israeli liaison department at Erez crossing said that the largest quantity of cement for Gaza reconstruction was shipped Sunday via the Kerem Shalom crossing.A spokeswoman of liaison department said in a statement that 44 trucks loaded with 1,760 tons of cement entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday. This, she explained, was the largest quantity shipped in […]

Sony’s cybersecurity woes are continuing, with a suspected hacking attack leaving the company’s PlayStation store briefly inaccessible to users. Late on Sunday, PlayStation tweeted that it was working to address the issues that some users were experiencing. Early on Monday, it tweeted that “If you had difficulties signing into PlayStation Network, give it a try now.” Sony Computer Entertainment said […]

During the past month, senior Iranian officials have been speaking openly about the possibility of launching military strikes against Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East and of dragging out nuclear talks with the international community in order to obtain atomic weapons. Late last month, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the deadline for reaching an agreement on […]

If you sign up for Denver college professor Charles Angeletti’s American Civilization class, be forewarned that you’re going to have to recite his invective-filled ‘New Pledge’ — and according to some of his students, also be ready to swallow a big helping of his politics. Angeletti, who teaches at Metropolitan State University of Denver, has students learn an anti-American spoof […]

Barring any last minute surprises, the Knesset will vote on the second and third readings of the bill to dissolve itself. Barring any last minute political deals, the 19th Knesset is expected to officially come to an end on Monday. The Knesset plenum is expected to vote sometime on Monday on the second and third readings of the bill to […]

President Obama will sit down with BET Networks to discuss calls for criminal justice reform after two controversial grand jury decisions cleared white officers in the death of black men. In a special segment, “BET News Presents: A Conversation with President Barack Obama,” the president will help find meaningful solutions to unrest after the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric […]

Embattled MIT professor Jonathan Gruber has not only gotten in trouble for bragging about helping President Obama put one over on the American people with Obamacare, he’s also been uncovered as an abortion advocate—but not a run-of-the-mill advocate of “women’s rights.” No, Gruber’s abortion advocacy is of a particularly pungent eugenics variety. He’s on record repeatedly making the case from […]

From pro-life Christian Dr. La Verne Tolbert: “So, who is having these abortions? We are.     According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood: The highest proportion (43%) identify themselves as Protestant. 27% of women having an abortion identify themselves as Catholic, and 8% as members of another religion. 22% reported no religious affiliation. 13% […]

[Jewish Press] – Jerusalem Arabs attacked a busload of Jews in the area of the Mount of Olives Monday morning, causing damage to the bus but no injuries to the driver and passengers. As usual, the stone thrower escaped, and as usual, the police were not around. Why don’t the police escort Jews as the army used to do when […]

American soldiers died to bring down the Taliban and their sacrifice is rewarded by Obama in this way. United States officials handed over three Pakistani prisoners to Islamabad on Sunday, one of whom is a senior Taliban commander long sought after by the Pakistani government, security officials said. Though the US did not identify the detainees, Pakistani sources say the […]

Knesset committee is told that Arab illegal construction is 16 times that of Jews, per person. The Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hosted on Sunday the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Major General Yoav Mordechai, for a discussion of illegal construction in Judea and Samaria. According to information presented […]

Police arrested 2 Jews, reportedly minors, for performing a religious act on the Temple Mount, against the instructions of the police. The two reportedly tore “Kriah”, the act of ripping one’s shirt in an act of mourning. Jewish law requires that one do “Kriah” when a close relative dies, or one sees the area of the destruction of the Jewish […]

From Ma’an: A spokesman of the [so-called] Palestinian Ministry of Health on Sunday accused ministry officials in the Gaza Strip of stealing medicines and supplies sent to the coastal enclave. At a news conference in Ramallah, Osama al-Najjar said that the Ministry of Health had shipped large quantities of medicines and medical equipment to the Strip during the last Israeli […]

A proposed mega-mosque in the pretty little town of Bridgewater, New Jersey, was rejected by the town council last year, “citing an ordinance that limited houses of worship to major roads.” Reasonable enough. Municipal officials argued that the purpose of the ordinance was to “preserve the residential character of its various neighborhoods.” But Islamic supremacists and Muslim Brotherhood organizations like […]

[POLITICO] – Hillary Clinton had several opportunities to distance herself from the Obama administration during an appearance Friday before a heavily pro-Israel crowd, but she didn’t take them. Instead, she defended President Barack Obama’s dealings with the Jewish state at a time of tense U.S.-Israel relations, insisting the White House is committed to Israel’s security and supporting America’s nuclear talks […]

For the first time in decades, the U.S. is no longer the largest economy in the world, and China has become number one, the International Monetary Fund says.  The IMF recently released the latest numbers for the world economy, stating that China will produce $17.6 trillion in terms of goods and services–  compared with $17.4 trillion for the U.S. Just […]

Friday on CNN’s “This Hour With Berman and Michaela,” civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said law enforcement is committing “acts of terror against black men.” Addressing the protest surrounding the deaths at the hand of law enforcement officers of Michael Brown and Eric Garner Jackson said, “It must be stopped. It puts an awful burden upon the Department of Justice to […]

On December 3, supporters who marched in Denver for Michael Brown cheered when a car struck four Denver police officers doing crowd control on bicycles. According to KWGN, one of the four officers–John Adsit–“spent six hours in surgery” on December 3, then underwent more surgery the following day. A large contingent of the demonstrators were students who walked out of […]