I am re-posting the following from Always on Watch: Weekly Blog Talk Radio Show: July 25 — Chaim Listen to The Gathering Storm Radio Show, which WC and AOW cohost. The show broadcasts live every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time. The call-in number is (646) 915-9870. Callers welcome! Friday, July 25 (60 minutes): Our guest today for most of the hour will be Chaim of the web site Freedom’s Cost. ——— You can listen to the July 25, 2008 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show... Read Full Story

For those looking to start a keyword search, Google’s Adwords Keyword Tool was always a great starting point. Though the tool was designed as an aid for Google’s money maker Adwords many used it to jump start their generic search quest. The tool allowed you to put either a keyword or website and then gave you an entire list of related keywords with estimates of volume and competition. It was neat, easy, but often not enough. Well, all that has changed as Google now offers up real numbers on... Read Full Story

From the Jerusalem Post: Hamas armed wing hails bulldozer attack as part of ‘Jerusalem intifada’ Hamas’s armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, hailed Tuesday’s bulldozer attack in Jerusalem in which one person was moderately wounded. In a statement released Wednesday, the group termed the series of recent attacks on the capital a “Jerusalem intifada” aimed at “shattering the Zionists’ hope for calm lives on Palestinian land.” Actually I expected this, rather than condemn the attack - as did a... Read Full Story

Islamists have threatened a Christian Bishop in the Philippines… (H/T: UP Pompeii) Philippine bishop reports receiving threat to convert to Islam MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — A bishop in the southern Philippines reported receiving a letter threatening him with harm if he does not convert to Islam or pay “Islamic taxes.” Bishop Martin Jumoad of Isabela also told the Asian church news agency UCA News that he got text messages from Catholics saying they, too, had received threatening letters... Read Full Story

From the Jerusalem Post: Sixteen wounded in copycat bulldozer attack in Jerusalem Sixteen people were wounded, one of them moderately, as a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in central Jerusalem Tuesday afternoon in an apparent attempt to recreate the terror attack in the capital earlier this month. The vehicle reportedly left a construction site near the Yemin Moshe neighborhood and set off towards Liberty Bell Park (Gan Hapa’amon), near the corner of Keren Hayesod and King David streets... Read Full Story

Yesterday’s Jerusalem Post reports: Ingrid Betancourt, in captivity The Mossad secret service was involved in the operation to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt from Colombian rebels, AFP quoted a Spanish newspaper as reporting on Sunday. According to the report, American and French secret services were also involved. “Mossad, the US, and French intelligence services worked for more than a year with the Colombian authorities to develop the plan,” the story run by Vanguardia claimed, citing an... Read Full Story

Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal’d by the same means, warm’d and cool’d by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew... Read Full Story

[Spanish Pundit, a good friend and fellow blogger, has graciously acceded to grace these pages with a guest post. It is my fervent hope that we see more and more of her stuff on this blog. Here, she writes about an interview by an Islamic publication with a Lutheran Bishop in El Salvador.] Lutheran Bishop says: Quran is the Word of God Medardo Gómez, just another dangerous dhimmi: (my translation) This Bishop was interviewd by for the Islamic Library Magazine. In the interview, he said that... Read Full Story

I was away this past week I barely had any internet access, the week however was filled with disgrace! Israel, has shown a new facet to the world… This is how the German perceived it according to Spiegel OnLine (H/T: IMRA): The center-left daily Suddeutsche Zeitung writes: “The macabre Israeli-Lebanese deal, which saw living Lebanese prisoners being swapped for the bodies of Israeli soldiers, is a major success for the Shiite militia.. The prisoner exchange shows who really has the power in... Read Full Story

These days, when money is tight, when the US dollar seems to be in free fall against the Euro and other currencies, when many companies are downsizing, absorbed by bigger ones, or plain closing shop, anyone seriously contemplating a new startup has some major homework ahead if the idea is ever to come to fruition. Remember, many of the top investors are quite ready to sit out the current business climate. What is so special about your offer, why should they give you their attention and their... Read Full Story