The American Spectator

The Day Ahead:

• Obama’s Jewish Lobby, by James Weinstein

• Potemkins in Pyongyang, by Mark Tooley

• Reich Stuff, by Ralph R. Reiland

• Plus more…

Comment of the day:

Reader Jim Hlavac on Max Schulz’s About Those Green Jobs…

The best green jobs would be to tear down the walls of Washington (all those fed-buildings) and rip up the concrete, and get rid of the hot air, and then sod it over with good American-grown sod. Also, plant a few thousand trees in one big memorial circle to the folly of government.
You know, one from every country and climate zone, to show how multi-horticultural we can be.
Stimulus?
“Give me twenty bucks,” says Uncle Sam, to nephew citizen.
And the twenty is given for we trust our Uncle.
“Here’s $17. There I’ve stimulated you. Oh, and here’s how to spend it,” says Sam.
“Hey, where’s the other three?” says nephew citizen.
“That’s to pay me to write the rules on how you should spend the $17 I gave you.”
“But that’s my $20 you took.”
“What, you’re anti-family? We’re all in this together you know. So just be patriotic and give me your money so I can tell you how to spend it.”
“Geez, what a bum.”
“Now you’re being seditious.”
Yes, rip ‘er down and plant it over.

What to watch for:

• Kashmiris observe Black Day to demonstrate they reject the Indian state’s occupation of Kashmir and Jammu.

• Biljana Plavsic, former President of Republika Srpska, will be released from prison on premature release. She was found guilty in 2003 of war crimes against non-Serbs during the Balkan wars during the 1990’s.

• India’s central bank will review their monetary policy, despite signs of a slight recovery, in order to prevent inflation.

• NASA will launch ARES I-X this morning. This will support future launches to ISS, International Space Station.

Weekend’s Best:

Surviving a terrorist attack helped Olga Protas appreciate life more: