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Suzanne Shattuck, Black Sphere • Tue 2015 Jun 16, 2:43pm

Representative Mike Rogers from Alabama has submitted a bill to withdraw from The United Nations.… The United Nations has long been a thorn in the side of the United States. They basically take our money and spend it in places and on projects that overall weaken the American stance in the world. Now that I think about it, this administration tends to have the same track record.…

They're Out of This World

Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit • Thu 2015 May 14, 12:18pm

NATO foreign ministers ended their meetings in Antalya, Turkey with a sing-a-long. The NATO ministers hugged and sang, “We Are the World”…

The UN Has No Power or Jurisdiction

Steve Pardo / Detroit News • Thu 2014 Jun 26, 7:01pm

United Nations experts said Wednesday that Detroit’s decision to cut off water to residents who haven’t paid their bills may violate international human rights. … The U.N. experts said international human rights law requires governments to take urgent measures, including financial assistance, to ensure access to essential water and sanitation. “The households which suffered unjustified disconnections must be immediately reconnected,” the U.N. statement said. [There is no situation the UN can't make worse.]

Farage: We face the prospect of mass civil unrest, even revolution

europarl on YouTube • Sat 2012 May 12, 1:51pm

Nigel Farage MEP, Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP): ... the EU Titanic has now hit the iceberg. It is a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment, of low growth, but worst of all, it's an EU with the economic prison of the Euro. And this now poses huge dangers to the continent. We face the prospect of mass civil unrest possibly even revolution in some countries that are being driven into total and utter desperation. But there is perhaps an opportunity. There is perhaps some good news. That now a democratic rebellion has begun, and it began in Finland last year, with the True Finns getting nearly 20% of the vote. And we're seeing in country after country new political movements on the right and the left making big scores. But that may not all be good news. Because in Greece what we saw, last Sunday, was rather reminiscent of the German election of 1932....

Senate Moves Toward Ratification of U.N.'s 'Law of the Sea Treaty'

foxnews.com • Fri 2009 Mar 13, 11:38pm

The Senate is gearing up to ratify a Nixon-era U.N. treaty meant to create universal laws to govern the seas -- a treaty critics say will create a massive U.N. bureaucracy that could even claim powers over American waterways.

Cypriots and U.N. soldiers in asparagus standoff

reuters.com • Mon 2009 Mar 2, 4:02pm

U.N. peacekeepers have upset traditional wild asparagus harvesters on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus by preventing them from entering a buffer zone to gather the tasty shoots.

Saudi Arabia to Lead U.N. Faith Forum

washingtonpost.com • Wed 2008 Nov 12, 12:07am

Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich Islamic kingdom that forbids the public practice of other religious faiths, will preside Wednesday over a two-day U.N. conference on religious tolerance that will draw more than a dozen world leaders, including President Bush, Israeli President Shimon Peres and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.