Monthly Archives: October 2008

Ya think?

Ad Week recently had a featured article on one of the most successful advertising campaigns in history. But coverage of McCain has been heavily unfavorable—and has become more so over time. In the six weeks following the conventions through the … Continue reading

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Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem, again

Another Palestinian murdered another Jew in the City of David. A young Arab man murdered a civilian and injured a police officer in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday morning. The 60-year-old citizen was critically injured and evacuated to the Shaare … Continue reading

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A note to would-be comment spammers from spamblogs

Yes, you people are getting more and more clever. Yes, I’ve almost fallen for your crap more than once. And yet, you have not gotten anywhere by spamming my comments with links to your blog surrounding your insipid comment that … Continue reading

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Is this the end of little OPEC?

Looks like the global recession, falling oil prices, and the world’s lack of funds to pay oil extortion money may contribute to the end of the world’s worst cartel. And here’s why: Saudi Arabia needs oil prices of less than … Continue reading

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Memories of German Jews

An Israeli reporter has found a cache of artifacts looted from Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues from the Krystallnacht pogrom. An Israeli investigative reporter has discovered a large amount of personal and ceremonial artifacts which were looted from Jews during … Continue reading

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Another kassam rocket breaks the broken “truce”

Yet another kassam rocket fired into Israel from Gaza. Yet another yawn from, well, everyone. A Kassam rocket was launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip Tuesday evening. The rocket fell in an open area north of the Strip. There … Continue reading

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That mythical “moderate” Islam

Jordan is one of the most moderate Islamic nations, we keep hearing. It’s an example of what most Muslim nations should aspire to become, or something. Ignore the honor killings, the fact that Jordan refuses to change the penalties for … Continue reading

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Iranians break up fowl spy ring

The Iranians have captured members of a spy ring that can go anywhere, and see anything, from the air: Pigeons. Iranian media reported on Monday that security forces had seized two ‘spy pigeons’ near the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz … Continue reading

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Inviting a crisis

Michael Kinsley said that a gaffe is when a politician speaks the truth. If that’s so, I suppose Sen. Biden’s recent statement about there being an international crisis withing six months of Sen. Obama’s election as president would qualify as … Continue reading

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Building the terrorists’ confidence

A possible smuggling tunnel was just discovered under the city of Hebron. Explosives from that tunnel were removed by the PA police who then alerted Israeli officials. That makes it the perfect time to give the PA even more control … Continue reading

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Tunnel watch

Interesting story from the Jerusalem Post, but how should I feel about it? Should I be encouraged by this? The 150-meter-long tunnel was discovered by Palestinian Authority security forces on Monday and was immediately reported to the IDF, which sent … Continue reading

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Abbas the messenger boy?

Both the Hashmonean and Shira Bat Sarah noted this story in comments. The first mention was in Ha’aretz: U.S. President George W. Bush has apparently offered his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to press Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights … Continue reading

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A note to would-be comment trolls

No, I am never going to approve a comment that uses the words McSame/Failin’ or any other comment that contains no insights, no actual commentary, no intelligence, and is nothing but an illiterate, uneducated Rethuglicans are eeeeeeeevil! sentiment. And for … Continue reading

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To the pessimists out there still voting McCain

Go read Treacher. Just scroll down and keep on scrolling. Jim, you should be wearing a short skirt and carrying pom-poms. You’re making me think that the election isn’t over yet.

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Post Caturday post

I meant to do this yesterday, but I was rather busy. First, we have Miss Gracie, in a very revealing pose, proving that cats know everything, and they just pretend they don’t understand what we want them to do. Really, … Continue reading

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