Why Israel Has Cut Off Turkish Arms Supplies. Israel is completing earlier Turkish purchases of weapons, but will not sell new ones because of the growing anti-Israel attitudes of the Turkish government.

Why Israel Has Cut Off Turkish Arms Supplies. Israel is completing earlier Turkish purchases of weapons, but will not sell new ones because of the growing anti-Israel attitudes of the Turkish government.

Rotten At The Top, Crowded At The Bottom. The Department of Defense will add several thousand contract officers, to personally oversee specific contracts. All these additional people won't solve the problem, as similar efforts  haven't worked in the past. The simple reason is that this solution tries to substitute quantity for quality.

Rotten At The Top, Crowded At The Bottom. The Department of Defense will add several thousand contract officers, to personally oversee specific contracts. All these additional people won't solve the problem, as similar efforts  haven't worked in the past. The simple reason is that this solution tries to substitute quantity for quality.

Dreamliner Tested in Air Force Facility

Dreamliner Tested in Air Force Facility

The Dividend Tax Bill Arrives.   Democrats would nearly triple the top rate.

The Dividend Tax Bill Arrives.   Democrats would nearly triple the top rate.

Krauthammer's take on Greece’s debt crisis:  

The Germans are the anchor of the European financial system. They will act.They have been slow to.

But the reason in the end Germany will act is because a lot of French and German banks are heavily exposed on Greek and Spanish and Portuguese debt. So if there is a default, the banks will also collapse. So they [the Germans] will have to bail out either the banks or Greece. You might as well do it by rescuing the Greeks and have the banks reimbursed.

The reason that the Germans are so reluctant is because the chancellor has state elections coming up on the ninth of May. This [Greek bailout] is hugely unpopular — about 80 to 90 percent of Germans oppose a bailout. The reason is the Germans are traditionally frugal, hardworking, and that is not exactly the German perception of the Greeks.

I'll give an example. The retirement age in Germany is 67. In Greece it's ostensibly 65 — 60 if you are a woman. However, if you work in any of the hardship jobs, a long list of them, there is a ten-year earlier retirement.

It's not just the coal mining. It includes radio announcers, musicians, and hairdressers.

I chose the wrong profession. If I had been a Greek hairdresser, I would now be on an island in the Aegean drinking ouzo.

Krauthammer's take on Greece’s debt crisis:  

The Germans are the anchor of the European financial system. They will act.They have been slow to.

But the reason in the end Germany will act is because a lot of French and German banks are heavily exposed on Greek and Spanish and Portuguese debt. So if there is a default, the banks will also collapse. So they [the Germans] will have to bail out either the banks or Greece. You might as well do it by rescuing the Greeks and have the banks reimbursed.

The reason that the Germans are so reluctant is because the chancellor has state elections coming up on the ninth of May. This [Greek bailout] is hugely unpopular — about 80 to 90 percent of Germans oppose a bailout. The reason is the Germans are traditionally frugal, hardworking, and that is not exactly the German perception of the Greeks.

I'll give an example. The retirement age in Germany is 67. In Greece it's ostensibly 65 — 60 if you are a woman. However, if you work in any of the hardship jobs, a long list of them, there is a ten-year earlier retirement.

It's not just the coal mining. It includes radio announcers, musicians, and hairdressers.

I chose the wrong profession. If I had been a Greek hairdresser, I would now be on an island in the Aegean drinking ouzo.

US Navy has encounter with Iranian jet. A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance jet last week in the Gulf of Oman.

US Navy has encounter with Iranian jet. A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance jet last week in the Gulf of Oman.

Boy Scouts Offer New Merit Pin -- for Video Gaming, A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous and kind — and completely addicted to Nintendo Wii.

Boy Scouts Offer New Merit Pin -- for Video Gaming, A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous and kind — and completely addicted to Nintendo Wii.

Democrats have found a way to get two more Senate seats. It's called the Puerto Rico Democracy Act. The plan is this: After statehood wins a landslide majority, Puerto Rico will elect a congressional delegation to send to Washington, D.C., and they will demand to be seated.

Democrats have found a way to get two more Senate seats. It's called the Puerto Rico Democracy Act. The plan is this: After statehood wins a landslide majority, Puerto Rico will elect a congressional delegation to send to Washington, D.C., and they will demand to be seated.

Democrats have found a way to get two more Senate seats. It's called the Puerto Rico Democracy Act. The plan is this: After statehood wins a landslide majority, Puerto Rico will elect a congressional delegation to send to Washington, D.C., and they will demand to be seated.

Democrats have found a way to get two more Senate seats. It's called the Puerto Rico Democracy Act. The plan is this: After statehood wins a landslide majority, Puerto Rico will elect a congressional delegation to send to Washington, D.C., and they will demand to be seated.

Has Noah's Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop? A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah's Ark.

Has Noah's Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop? A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah's Ark.

The Wrong Way To Get to Green. Once you've carpeted the wilderness with wind-farm turbines, and crushed any guilt about the birds you're about to kill, prepare to be underwhelmed and underpowered.

The Wrong Way To Get to Green. Once you've carpeted the wilderness with wind-farm turbines, and crushed any guilt about the birds you're about to kill, prepare to be underwhelmed and underpowered.

Flying Car Could Transform Warfare.  The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has cleared the Transformer (TX) program for takeoff. If it flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car that can cruise in the air like an airplane, drive on the ground like an SUV, rove 250 miles on one tank of fuel and not require a runway to get airborne.

Flying Car Could Transform Warfare.  The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has cleared the Transformer (TX) program for takeoff. If it flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car that can cruise in the air like an airplane, drive on the ground like an SUV, rove 250 miles on one tank of fuel and not require a runway to get airborne.

Remember that ash cloud? It didn't exist, says new evidence

Remember that ash cloud? It didn't exist, says new evidence

Abbas gets a White House visit. Will he be invited to stay for dinner?

Abbas gets a White House visit. Will he be invited to stay for dinner?

Iran stops French and Italian ships in the Strait of Hurmuz for "environmental compliance".  Iran is probing the U.S. and the West with this move. It can only escalate — and without pushback, it will.

Iran stops French and Italian ships in the Strait of Hurmuz for "environmental compliance".  Iran is probing the U.S. and the West with this move. It can only escalate — and without pushback, it will.

For Israel, it's time to move on. Arriving on Thursday, George Mitchell is leaving empty handed. Netanyahu makes concessions but not enough for Abbas. Wonder why?

For Israel, it's time to move on. Arriving on Thursday, George Mitchell is leaving empty handed. Netanyahu makes concessions but not enough for Abbas. Wonder why?

Abbas asks Obama to "impose" Mideast peace solution.  How can he ask for anything less?

Abbas asks Obama to "impose" Mideast peace solution.  How can he ask for anything less?