Monthly Archives: November 2008

Ehud Olmert: Hey, I’m still going to force my agenda down Israel’s throat

Ehud Olmert must think he’s the king of Israel. Because he’s trying to give away the farm without any kind of mandate, or even public backing. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made clear on Tuesday once again that he still has … Continue reading

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Asking the arsonist to put out the fire

Israel’s foreign minister has asked the UN to take a stand against the continued rocket fire from Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni demanded in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday that the world stop … Continue reading

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A Heroes question

No spoilers, unless you haven’t seen the new season. In which case:

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Holy Land Foundation: Guilty on all charges

Much, much more to come later. But the Texas jury found the defendants guilty on all charges this time around. Good for the prosecution.

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Iran’s blogfather arrested

Abraham Rabinovich writes: What surprised me about Hossein Derakhshan when I interviewed him in a café on Jerusalem’s Emek Refaim Street two years ago was that the self-exiled Iranian, who was arrested this month during a visit to Tehran on … Continue reading

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Hezbullah stronger than ever

It’s good to know that the UN is enforcing UNSC resolution 1701, calling for the disarmament of Hezbullah. Because otherwise, Hezbullah might be three times stronger now than it was during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. Hizbullah has grown three times … Continue reading

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Ahmadinejad whistling past the graveyard

This one’s a laugh-out-loud example of sheer propaganda: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran’s economy will survive falling oil prices. Iranian state television has quoted Ahmadinejad as saying the plummeting price of oil “will not cause any remarkable problems” to … Continue reading

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The Israel-bashing crowd speaks

For some reason, Yahoo News linked to my latest post on Gaza in their “Most Blogged” section, which brought me about double the normal Saturday traffic. I woke up Saturday morning to 21 comments awaiting moderation. Sixteen of them never … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim

The Thanks and Giving edition of Haveil Havalim is up. I’m sure the New York Times editorial board will find something as horrifying in Haveil Havalim as they did in the video of Sarah Palin’s interview on a turkey farm. … Continue reading

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Victory in Iraq Day

Zombie declared it. We’re passing it along.

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Well, that was interesting

Yahoo News linked to my post on Gaza’s “imminent” disaster, and I have a ton of comments waiting in the moderation queue that will probably not get approved. Nobody reads the comments policy, except for the one guy who didn’t … Continue reading

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A wistful look back

You know what I miss? I miss the unserious posts. Not just the cat posts, but the posts with pictures of wasps on my tap, or how much Coke2 sucked, or the ant wars, or a host of other posts … Continue reading

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UN on Gaza: An “imminent” disaster years in the making

Let’s play a game. Guess when this article was written: Leading UN agencies are issuing increasingly dramatic warnings about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israeli forces continue their search for a captured soldier, Gilad Shalit. There have also been … Continue reading

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The UN’s Jew-hatred

It can’t get much clearer than this. From an Eye on the UN press release: This Monday, November 24th, the UN will commemorate its annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with a film depicting Jews as Nazi-equivalents … Continue reading

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The generosity of Americans

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama accused Americans of not being charitable enough. Well, he was wrong. As more Americans turn to charity amid worsening economic gloom, operators of food banks and other aid groups are relying on the surprisingly … Continue reading

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