Monthly Archives: September 2008

No Way Out

Poor, poor Lauren Booth, Tony Blair’s sister-in-law. She can’t get out of Gaza. She’s one of the tools that led the “protest” against the IDF shutdown of Gaza by sending two boats in the other day. And now, neither Egypt … Continue reading

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It’s official: I’m a homeowner

I have two garage door openers, three sets of keys, a condo, and a mortgage. Tigger is giving me congratulatory kisses. (Actually, he’s just licking my hands while I type this, but hey, I can make stuff up with the … Continue reading

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Biden time?

Joe Biden finds himself in middle of a kerfuffle with the Israelis. Ha’aretz has reported that Biden told Israeli leaders that it would have to get used to a nuclear Iran. Hot Air has more, including the possibility that this … Continue reading

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Zero-sum vs. win-win

Reflecting on the Palestinian state which would be approaching its twentieth year of existence had Arafat and the Palestinians been interested in living peacefully next to Israel Barry Rubin writes. Today, two decades later, there is no such state. But … Continue reading

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Amy Goodman, AssaJew

For some of you who may be puzzled by that “AssaJew” combo: you may have noticed that many a “Jewish anti-Zionist” has this incurable habit of starting her/his anti-Israeli harangue by a sentence along the general line of “Being a … Continue reading

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Moving update

Well, between the packing and cleaning and closing, I don’t really have much time to blog. Posting will be light for the next few days.

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The Sarah Palin baby rumor

Oh, please. Any idiot can get a blog on DKos. And this ridiculous accusation is proof that many idiots do. Oh, wait. That was Andrew Sullivan’s link. Here’s the Daily Kos moron’s blog. These unerring detectives have Photographic! Evidence! that … Continue reading

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Biden to Israel: Suck it up, Iran’s going nuclear

It’s an unsourced report, which makes it eminently deniable, and I don’t want to believe it’s true. But it’s big enough that you need to read about this. (H/T: Ed Morrisey.) According to this report, Biden told Israel that the … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim

Forgot to link this yesterday, so today it is linked.

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