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The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos on Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. It was a major escalation in what was already the biggest challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule. They are demanding Mubarak’s ouster and venting their rage at years of government neglect of rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices.

The most frequent adjectives used to describe our current president are “incompetent,” “amateurish,” “narcissistic,” “inexperienced,” and “haughty.” This is often followed by a confession that accusers too were impressed with Obama during his campaign and fell for his smooth delivery, rhetoric, and appearance.

Classical pianist Lang Lang played the theme song to an anti-American movie at the state dinner. The movie was about Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the Korean war and refers to the US as the Jackal. Afterward Lang Lang posted a blog which described how proud: “Playing the song praising China to heads of state from around the world seems to tell them that our China is formidable. That our Chinese people are united. I am deeply proud.”

Lt. Colonel James Zumwalt, USMC (ret) says the passenger list for the global ship envisioned by Muslims is much shorter—i.e., only including those embracing Islam through birth or conversion. The other five billion non-Muslim passengers must convert or be tossed overboard as unwelcome stowaways on a “Muslims Only” cruise.

The Irish Government collapsed yesterday, with multiple ministerial resignations propelling Prime Minister Brian Cowen into setting 11 March as the date for a general election.

To many, WikiLeaks is a new form of media and a crusader for justice and transparency. But their actions are those of a criminal enterprise that has damaged the U.S. and its allies during its epic struggle against radical Islam.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s Middle East tour has reached Jordan – where talks have been fuelled by potential energy deals. He also spent time in the Palestinian Automony, where he reiterated Moscow’s commitment to back a Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem.

Obama’s anti-British obsessions combined with Britain’s culpable and myopic dismantling of its own defenses create a highly dangerous situation.

Nigel Farage, a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the UK Independence Party says the whole idea of the Eurozone was a failure from the very beginning. In Brussels, Eurozone finance ministers are meeting to discuss whether to boost the EU bailout fund which was only set up last year. Belgium’s Finance Minister wants the pot doubled to 1.5 TRILLION Euro. Some believe China is buying European bonds as a gold play.

Senator Marco Rubio declared, “I strongly oppose any new changes that weaken U.S. policy towards Cuba. I was opposed to the changes that have already been made by this administration and I oppose these new changes.