Monthly Archives: August 2007

The joke of the week

Israel has been refusing Arab peace offers for 60 years. Thus does a person with a moniker “Tim from Australia” title his opus in AlJazeera.com. He supports this revolutionary discovery by a following example of a brilliant historical review: For … Continue reading

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The casual anti-Semitism of everday people, on TV

Nothing will come of this. But two nights ago on CBS’ overnight feed on Showtime Networks, a player named Amber Siyavus Tomcavage stirred things up. The 27-year-old Las Vegas cocktail waitress must have forgotten that the cameras were on when … Continue reading

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And the Yuckitude Scale is officially at 10

Yes, the Yuckitude Scale™ has maxed out. Richmond tied its record high temperature for the date at 12:54 p.m. today when the mercury hit 100 degrees. The record was set in 1977. Now we go to our cat in the … Continue reading

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98 in the shade

It’s 98 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade of my patio, and Tig couldn’t be happier. That Magical Maine Coon Cat Coat, the one that insulates summer or winter, keeps him napping all afternoon when the local stations are issuing extreme … Continue reading

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Ehud Barak reforms the IDF

This Ha’aretz article purports to be about a missile defense, but it’s chock-full of what Ehud Barak thinks is wrong with the current processes of the IDF, and how they can be fixed. This is why I point out that … Continue reading

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Fatah’s “peace”

There are two less Hamas terrorists in the world today. Two Palestinian gunmen, members of Hamas’ military wing, were killed by Golani troops Wednesday morning near the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip. There were no injuries among the … Continue reading

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Grim Milestone moment

Elder of Zion has been tracking the death of Palestinians—killed by other Palestinians. The number is now 500 501. This post is a must-read, and a must-link. (That means you, blogosphere.) We have reached the “grim milestone” of 500 PalArabs … Continue reading

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Iran tech catches up to 1960s America

This is why Iran wants the bomb: Iran yesterday showed off for the first time a new fighter jet said to be modelled on the American F-5 but built using domestic technology, state media reported. The Azarakhsh (Lightning) jet-one of … Continue reading

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Hamas bans music in Gazastan

Actually, not all music. But you can no longer play the violin, the piano, or the flute. I lead a group of 26 musicians – we play traditional Palestinian music. But for the last two months we haven’t been able … Continue reading

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What’s missing from this story?

Update: Ha’aretz says it was a rocket fired at Israel that fell on a house in Beit Lahiya. Looks like the AP was played. A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing an … Continue reading

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Foot in mouth misreading

Talk about the power of associative (or simply lazy) processing of random information: I was slightly incensed lately about the article in the British Medical Journal by the incomparable Tom Hickey, one of the chief promoters of the “boycott Israel” … Continue reading

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Fact checking

Ace points to a conversation between Ross Douthat and Jonathan Chait about the Scott Beauchamp affair. Ross talks about the excellence of the Atlantic’s fact-checking process, and Ace mentions that Jonathan Chait seems rather surprised that the fact-checkers actuallly call … Continue reading

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The EU and the ecosystem

Okay, I know I’m just a stupid American and I simply don’t understand much more than consuming more products than most of the rest of the world (or something like that), but could someone tell me how this is anything … Continue reading

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Gracie update

Gracie went to the vet’s for the first time since her stitches were removed last winter. I’ve been avoiding bringing her and have instead called the vet after each period of time had pased before lowering her dose of Predinsone. … Continue reading

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Olmert peacemakes while kassams fall

The kassam rockets are still falling on Sderot, threatening kindergartens, and Olmert is talking about creating a Palestinian state with the man who can’t even stop his own people from trying to murder Israelis. A rocket launched from northern Gaza … Continue reading

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