Monthly Archives: January 2010

Idealizing terrorism

The single biggest lie of the Israel Lobby crowd is how being anti-Israel harms a person’s career. You can’t speak out against Israel, the narrative goes, without suffering for it. Never mind that Jimmy Carter, Walt & Mearsheimer, Pat Buchanan, … Continue reading

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Wednesday boxers

The Israeli war machine: Oh, you know that’s what the anti-Israel mob is calling it. Israel leads the world in bringing automation to the battlefield. The latest: the air mule, which will bring supplies in and wounded soldiers out of … Continue reading

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Scott Brown in Massachusetts: It’s the people’s seat

You know, I think I’m in love. If that wasn’t enough, there’s always this, where Scott Brown reminds the idiots in the media that there is no such thing as a “Kennedy seat.” Thank you, Scott! He’s my new hero. … Continue reading

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Tuesday snarks

Gee, that’s not suspicious at all: A bigwig in the Iranian race to nuclear weapons was killed in a bomb blast today—in Tehran>. You know, the real lesson to take away from this? Bombs work two ways, Mad Mullahs. They’re … Continue reading

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The double standard on Sudanese refugees

So that item in the AP that kept changing its text on the Egyptian border police murdering African migrants trying to sneak into Israel? Well, they changed it again in the latest iteration. But of course, there was the implicit … Continue reading

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Monday snarks

The Israeli rocket prevention program: Got three “militants” as they were preparing to fire rockets into Israel. One hit, three dead terrorists, no real notice by the AP, since they can’t even pretend these were Palestinian farmers trying to earn … Continue reading

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Obama to Israel: Let’s start at the end

As reported last week, the Obama administration is going to try to start at the end in order to report some kind of progress in Middle East peace talks. The thing is, you really can’t start at the end. You … Continue reading

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Briefly

He’s Gumby, dammit! Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and Davey and Goliath, died yesterday. I know that Davey and Goliath is Christian proselytizing, but it’s one of the shows from my childhood and I watched it every Saturday morning. Even … Continue reading

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Mitchell on negotiation: getting to “no”

From an interview with Charlie Rose (via Obama Mideast Monitor), here’s George Mitchell. In the beginning, they talk about the settlement freeze. George Mitchell: All you have to do is go back and read the papers over the past five … Continue reading

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Briefly

It isn’t raining rain, you know: Israel had a successful test of Iron Dome recently (even the AP has noticed it), and is set to begin deploying the anti-missile batteries in Sderot this summer. Considering the renewed rain of rockets … Continue reading

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We’re mad as hell…

Via Glenn Reynolds and Powerline, a video threat to the Democrats:

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Holocaust projection

Genocide is a messy business. Usually it involves a lot of killing. Also, as evidence that genocide occurred there will be an extreme drop in population. For example: The Jewish communities of eastern Europe were devastated. In 1933, Poland had … Continue reading

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The fabled Muslim religious tolerance strikes again

A 12-year-old Muslim girl was abducted and raped by a Coptic Christian Egyptian in November. The attacker was arrested. But the rule of law wasn’t enough. First, Muslims murdered Christian shoppers. Attackers in a car raked a crowd of shoppers … Continue reading

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The Egyptian plan: Surrender Dorothy!

The Egyptians have a new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Apparently, all Israel has to do is give the Palestinians what they want, and there will be peace. Negotiations? Well, those will be to determine exactly how much of Israel has … Continue reading

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Salam and security sizzle

A couple of weeks ago, an Israeli father of seven, Meir Avshalom Chai was killed. Immediately afterwards, the IDF pursued and killed three suspects. (The same day the IDF killed three men attempting to infiltrate from Gaza.) Of course the … Continue reading

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