Monthly Archives: October 2007

What’s so funny about peace, love and responsibility?

American efforts to bridge the gaps between Israel and the Palestinians to culminate in a summit at the end of November are being met by skepticism in the Arab and Muslim worlds according to Jeffrey Fleishman of the LA Times. … Continue reading

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Palestinians kills Palestinians, world yawns

So while Abbas and Qurei and various other Palestinian leaders drone on about final status issues, Jerusalem, insisting on moving back to the 1949 Armistice lines (a.k.a. “pre-1967 borders”), UN resolutions, yadda yadda, blah blah blah, ad nauseum, the Palestinians, … Continue reading

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Aspen station decides not to air Holocaust denial film

An Aspen public-access TV station has decided not to air a Holocaust-denial video that was being pushed by a 9/11 “truther”: The GrassRoots TV board of directors voted Monday to ban a controversial Holocaust-denial film. Steve Campbell, founder of Citizens … Continue reading

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Private anti-terror efforts

Last week Hugh Hewitt wrote about An Astonishing And Sickening Breach Of Trust. A private firm that tracks terrorist movements got a hold of the Osama bin Laden video last month, before its release. It gave two senior officials access … Continue reading

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Kosher Ham

I thought I had Mary Katherine Ham on my blogroll, but I didn’t. Now I do. I like her. I love watching her on the cable news shows as their resident conservative internet expert. She was on CNN yesterday talking … Continue reading

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Condi: “Now is the time to reward terror”

From AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday it was “time for the establishment of a Palestinian state,” and described Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts as the most serious in years. Let’s see. In the seven years since the last great lame-duck … Continue reading

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Anti-semitic act at the UN? Reporters stay mum.

Steven Edwards in the National Post writes an opinion piece saying that sometimes it is best to ignore racist and bigoted acts because publicizing them plays into the hands of the haters. The example that he brings, of a Jewish/Israeli … Continue reading

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Putin in Iran: assassination looming?

The rumor spreads through the media like a bushfire. To start with, a somewhat ridiculous item in CNN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin … Continue reading

Posted in Iran, Terrorism | 3 Comments

‘Suicide of civilisation’ warning as Italian town permits burka

A row has broken out in Italy over the wearing of the burka after the prefect of a city in the north-east announced he was permitting it, despite legislation outlawing any clothing that stops the wearer being recognised. In a … Continue reading

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Air of uncertainty

William Arkin will soon be publishing a book about the Israeli-Hezbollah war of last summer. According to the New York Times. the book will be “critical” of Israel. A study of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war commissioned by the United States … Continue reading

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Americans and the Nobel prize

Three Americans will share the Nobel prize for economics. Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for work that “laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.” The three researchers … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter and her views on Jews

I think Ann Coulter is ridiculous. I cannot stand her political views, or frankly, almost everything of hers I’ve ever read or heard. I think she’s a buffoon. I think she says outrageous things deliberately to provoke reactions. I don’t … Continue reading

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For everything else….

Wrapping paper for two presents: $6. One present for Rebecca plus birthday card: $20. One present for Max plus birthday card: $20. One giant hug from Max: Priceless. One giant happy squeal from Rebecca: Priceless. One game of balloon ball … Continue reading

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A few notes on Coulter

The Ann Coulter/Donnie Deutsch kerfuffle has elicited a lot of comment in the JBlogosphere, with the battle lines seeming to mostly depend on the political leanings of the specific blogger. Right-leaning Jews tended to defend her, saying that her comments … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim #136 is UP!

Haveil Havalim #136 is UP! It’s about a NEW grandson NEW blogger NEW season NEW word NEW job And much more and more Ann Coulter than you can shake a stick at.

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