Monthly Archives: July 2007

A tale of two incidents

Compare and contrast: The Israeli army suspended an officer and five soldiers involved in wounding a Palestinian man in the southern West Bank and put all of their unit’s operational duties on hold, the military said Friday. In the incident … Continue reading

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IDF-PA cooperation

The IDF security services say the PA is actually turning over information about terrorist attacks. Palestinian security organizations loyal to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas have transferred information on terrorist plots in the West Bank to Israel, Israeli security sources … Continue reading

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Media Mythbusters

Tired of the bias and inaccuracy of the mainstream media? So are a lot of people. And they’ve started a new Wiki called Media Mythbusters so there is a source that can counter the media bias. The objective: To be … Continue reading

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Unless…

This, rather mundane these days headline, is repeated every week or so: UN Mideast envoy warns of Gaza collapse The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Wednesday of impending economic collapse in the Gaza Strip unless Israel reopens the Hamas-led territory’s main … Continue reading

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Daily rocket bombardment of Israel injures another civilian

The world continues to ignore the daily bombardment of Israeli towns, both an act of war and a violation of the Geneva Conventions. Two Qassam rockets fired by Palestinians in Gaza slammed into a home and a warehouse in Sderot … Continue reading

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Briefly

Doing the IDF’s work for them: 15 Syrian soldiers are dead in a blast that is attributed to the heat. “There is a heat wave and temperatures reached close to 50 degrees, which caused an ammunition dump to explode,” one … Continue reading

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The Arab League visit: A half-empty glass

The Arab League delegation arrived in Israel today, and, well, I simply can’t get up the energy to think anything good will come of it. Because the Arab League’s push to use the Saudi initiative as a peace treaty between … Continue reading

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Erekat says: Screw negotiations, we want a state

Saab Erekat, the highest-up of the Palestinian spokesliars, told Tony Blair that he’s not interested in negotiations. He wants a state. Chief Palestinian negotiator Dr Saeb Erekat said the meeting dealt with the need to establish a Palestinian state. “We … Continue reading

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The casual anti-Semitism of everyday people

It isn’t just the Jewish “jokes” at Gawker and Wonkette. It is things like this that make me think that anti-Semitism is about the only “ism” that’s allowed today. A Taunton School Committee member with a history of berating colleagues … Continue reading

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AP passes along Hezb propaganda

The AP is joining the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the LA Times with this piece of garbage, and the New York Times-owned International Herald Tribune was only too happy to pass it along: BEIRUT, Lebanon: Militant Hezbollah … Continue reading

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Physics question

Every summer, I have my own ways of keeping my home cool, and trying not to expend more energy cooling it down after I cook. The thing is, I’m not much of a scientist. I never took physics in high … Continue reading

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Hezbollah good news/bad news

The good news is they haven’t managed to penetrate as many Fatah cells as they’d like. The bad news is they’ve restored their long-range missile capability. Yeah, that arms embargo and the UNIFIL troops have proven so effective, it makes … Continue reading

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“Crude, homemade rocket” nearly kills infant

A mother’s quick thinking saved the life of her baby. Not that you could find this in the mainstream media. It was full of more important news, like the deaths of four terrorists in the act of trying to kill … Continue reading

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When Hamas talks…

So Hamas says it’s willing to talk to Tony Blair. Ehud Olmert says that if he talks to Hamas, he can talk to Olmert’s hand. Hamas also claims to have stopped an attack on IDF forces. (Yeah, and I have … Continue reading

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Site news: Testing the envelope

Well, hell, since my Bluehost server notice says there are no known issues, I’m going to make my server choke and gasp while walking on a level path for a period of about ten feet, since that seems to be … Continue reading

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