11-22-10: The START treaty gives Russia more strategic advantages than America (Plus: Lower Textbook Costs?)

* VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. Video: Hillary Clinton Says She'd Avoid TSA Pat-Down if at All Possible 2. Critics Slam Administration for 'Hiding' Massive Saudi Arms Deal 3. Supreme Court Ruling Could Dramatically Lower Textbook Costs 4. Muslim Children Learn To Cut Off Hands of Thieves 5. Video: Enhanced Pat-Downs Necessary for Now, TSA Chief Says 6. Video: Mark Shields on PBS: I've Never Heard A Democratic Leader Accuse Bush of Lying Us Into War 7. Video: 500 Feet of Airport Security Line at O'Hare 8. Video: Jack Webb on How to Deal With the TSA 9. Video: ABC's Jake Tapper Reports: START Treaty, Gitmo Trial Weigh on Administration 10. $11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs Stop, Pause or START? Peter Huessy The START treaty gives Russia more strategic advantages than America, so why are so many senators and officials wanting it to be ratified before the New Year? Let's All Just Fly Naked... Gadi Adelman The TSA has been all over the news. The line "If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested," has become a battle cry. CAIR says Muslims can pat down themselves; is any of this really making us safer? Plus Video Women Are More Than Breasts Saudi Women As Objects To Saudi Men Nancy Kobrin, PhD, Joan Lachkar, PhD Saudi women are denied social and political rights and are forcibly segregated, but the authorities pretend they care about women's risk of developing breast cancer... Merry Christmas Kazakhstan Chet Nagle Election battles are over at last, and it is again time to look at the outside world. Kazakhstan is a maligned and, remarkably, friendly Moslem nation. The TSA's Extortion Racket Edward Cline TSA's "security procedures" are intended to inure Americans to being treated as chattel and the property of the state... Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. Images show N. Korea building reactor (MSNBC) Germany Seeks Suspects in Terrorist Plots (NYT) TSA Chief Says Screenings to Be 'Minimally Invasive' (AP) Germany on High Alert (FRONT PAGE) European Finance Ministers Agree on Bailout for Ireland (GUARDIAN) Iran again postpones U.S. hikers' court date (LA TIMES) Foreign militants, Taliban figure die in US strike (AP) Lobbying firms to watch in the next Congress (DAILY CALLER) Administration Steps Up Push for ‘Lame Duck’ Ratification of Arms Control Deal (CNS) The best age to marry – according to Ahmadinejad – is 16 (INDEPENDENT) Netanyahu Needs to Stop Appeasing Obama Israel for Sale? Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Binyamin Netanyahu is bartering territory which belongs to the Israeli nation, giving away rights to land over which he does not have ownership. Hillary Clinton: "Not One More Brick" Caroline Glick The Obama administration could help us Israel it wanted to. But it doesn't want to. Happily, Israel has the power to help itself. Denying Americans Their Own Energy Alan Caruba Phasing out fossil fuels would give international energy companies in other nations a large competitive advantage while penalizing U.S. oil and natural gas companies... Quote of the Day - November 22, 2010 FSM: Quote of the Day Why is one religious ideology so lacking in self-criticism and restraint? Lame Duck Washout Demonstrates Tea Party Resilience Christopher Adamo The lesson that has been learned by both parties is that the Tea Party movement should not be underestimated. As a feature in U.S. politics, it isn't going away... Those Pesky Lines Between News and Commentary Roger Aronoff With a bewildering range of "alternatives" and more biased commentary presented on MSM as news, the consumer needs to work hard to get to truly relevant facts. Click here to sign the petition to save America's War Memorials! President Obama has ignored requests to restore to its proper resting place the only federal WWI memorial, the Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross, while supporting the Ground Zero mosque to be built on the 9/11 gravesite. What is wrong with this picture? Click here to read letter signed by distinguished American citizens/vets Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!