Monthly Archives: July 2009

The poll results

The poll has been up for quite a while now, and it looks like the answers are staying pretty steady. Here are the results:

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They think he still cares

While Alan Dershowitz focuses on those American Jews who are critical of President Obama’s forays into Middle East peacemaking, he fails to acknowledge a different group that’s also unimpressed with his efforts so far: Israeli Jews. As Aluf Benn writes: … Continue reading

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Dershowitz doubles down

Alan Dershowitz defends his (flawed) defense of the Obama administration’s stance on the Israel. This is precisely the situation American supporters of Israel want to avoid. We do not want to replicate the horrible situation that currently exists in Phillips’ … Continue reading

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Cap-and-trade dead in the water, for now

The massive tax that the Obama administration was pretending is a jobs program is dead in the water. And that’s a good thing, because it actually was going to regulate—that’s right, put into law—the kind of bulbs you could put … Continue reading

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Reflections on hotel life

It’s been a really long time since I actually stayed in a hotel instead of with friends. And even longer since I stayed at one that caters to a more upscale clientele. So much to snark, so little time. Just … Continue reading

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Perhaps if they created a Uighur Liberation Organization and started killing westerners the world would remember the Fourth Geneva Convention

In the 1940’s a nation attacked a sovereign state then occupied and annexed its territory. That would be the Chinese. At Forbes, Gordon Chang discusses the history of the Uighurs. These two paragraphs were especially enlightening..( via Instapundit) : The … Continue reading

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Snarky Briefs, Thursday edition

“Moderate” Palestinian Prime Minister says Israel is “Judaizing” Jerusalem. Because it’s not like Jerusalem was, oh, I don’t know, built by Jews, or anything. He also says Israel is “ethnically cleansing” the Jordan Valley, but hey, he’s a moderate that … Continue reading

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Back to school

I just want to say this upfront: The Learning Tree absolutely rocks. They give us breakfast. They have soft drink machines that charge only fifty cents for sodas and water. They give us a snack in the middle of the … Continue reading

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The difference between them and us

Palestinians celebrate attacks on Jews. Gaza’s streets filled with joyous crowds of thousands on Thursday evening following the terror attack at a Jerusalem rabbinical seminary in which eight people were killed. In mosques in Gaza City and northern Gaza, many … Continue reading

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No apologies

According to Ron Dermer, an adviser to PM Netanyahu, Israel will be engaged in non-apologetic public relations. Israel Matzav comments|: Does this mean that the Israeli government is actually going to tell the World that Jews have lived in Israel … Continue reading

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Kemp: Israel safeguarded civilian rights in Gaza

Last week, I was surprised that both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports claiming that Israel unjustifiably killed civilians during Operation Cast Lead. (See a related posts at Media Backspin and at CAMERA.) But of course, it was … Continue reading

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The moon is made of multi-colored tie dyed cheese

Wow, a really funky color enhanced picture of the moon from NASA. Earth’s Moon This composite image depicts the moon’s rugged south polar region and is the highest resolution topography map to date of the moon’s south pole. It was … Continue reading

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A busy week for me

Got slammed with work today and will be in class for the next three days up in NorVA. Oh, and I am currently suffering an influx of ants. Fun, fun, fun. I’ll have time to post tomorrow night. But not … Continue reading

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Compare and contrast: Purdum on Palin; Purdum on Obama

I’m going to do something very different today. Following is the script from my most recent segment on Shire Network News. There are the titles and pullquotes to two of Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair profiles. Raising Obama Is he tough … Continue reading

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Did Rube Goldberg invent the peace process?

Two articles in Ha’aretz makes me wonder if Rube Goldberg invented the peace process. The first is a mea culpa that Haaretz had botched an earlier article that claimed that Gilad Shalit’s release was “imminent.” (h/t Yaacov Lozowick): The sixth … Continue reading

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