Monthly Archives: March 2007

Russia finally wakes to the Iran threat

I wonder what W. did to get Russia to agree to this. Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United … Continue reading

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Hamas to world: We will never recognize Israel. Not. Ever.

Just in case you thought they were moderating—like the morons in Norway, for instance—Hamas wants you to know, NFW will they ever recognize Israel or give up their attempt to destroy the Jewish state. Hamas faction member Mushir al-Masri however … Continue reading

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What a day

I was in northern VA all day, and I am tired. However, my computer is much, much better now due to Chris’ genius in discovering something that I didn’t: That Replay AV never uninstalled on my system, and had been … Continue reading

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This week’s Shire Network News

It is up, and it is good. The feature interview is with Adil Zeshan, a former Muslim and the creator of The House of Apostasy, a blog roundup of ex-Muslim bloggers. Lair Simon takes apart Donald Trump, which is so … Continue reading

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“Resistance in all forms”

These are the means of “resistance” that Hamas reserves for itself: DF soldiers on Sunday uncovered an explosive device weighing 7 kilograms (about 15.5 pounds) and a gas canister in a Palestinian’s bag at the Beit Iba checkpoint, west of … Continue reading

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A good day for Israeli PR

Ynet reports on a gathering in Ramallah called ‘Jerusalem First’ conference. The proceedings of the conference are, most probably, as good a proof of a deity pulling some strings as any other natural or supernatural phenomena. After all, it is … Continue reading

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Lazy Sunday afternoon

Tig decided to reclaim the title of most photogenic or die trying. He followed me upstairs as I went through old bags of papers to find phone bills so I can take the tax refund from the government with a … Continue reading

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Razzafrazzarazzafrazza

Last night, I had about ten minutes left of work to do on my podcast. I had found and edited all of the sound clips, recorded my portion, and was pasting in the clips. I closed out of a file, … Continue reading

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A year later, the world does as expected

A year ago, any commentator on Israel with half a brain said that the world would ultimately deal with Hamas, even if Hamas didn’t actually change its stance in the least. Yep. It’s begun. Earlier Saturday, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas … Continue reading

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Podcast help

Does anyone out there have “Hair,” either by the Cowsills or the film soundtrack? I have it on an old cassette tape, but don’t have the materials needed to convert it to an mp3. I only need the chorus for … Continue reading

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“Peaceful” Friday Biilin protesters break Border Guard’s leg

If it’s Friday, this must be Biilin. I didn’t get around last week to linking the weekly riot. But there’s today’s: A Border Police officer and four protesters – two of them Israeli citizens – were hurt during the weekly … Continue reading

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This working life

Putting out a few fires and other work busy-ness have been keeping me offline today. But it also keeps me in food and shelter, so I’m not complaining.

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Analyzing the Mecca Agreement

The news media reports on the Mecca Agreement, but never really tells you what it says other than that it got Hamas and Fatah to stop shooting at each other and agree to share power. Here is the full text … Continue reading

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Because we haven’t had a good blogwar in a while

If only I could tell you the emails that have been zinging back and forth between Omri and me, but then, it’s so much more fun to just have an all-out blogwar. Okay, bub. Here’s the thing. I never saw … Continue reading

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International EATAPETA Day: Dinner

This is your reminder that it’s International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day. Meat and animal products: It’s what’s for dinner.

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