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About SnoopyTheGoon

Daily job - software development. Hobbies - books, books, friends, simgle malt Scotch, lately this blogging plague. Amateur photographer, owned by 1. spouse, 2 - two grown-up (?) children and 3. two elderly cats - not necessarily in that order, it is rather fluid. Israeli.

The Guardian goat guy and a few questions

An article titled No Gourmets in Gaza was posted on June 16, 2009 in Word of Mouth blog of Guardian. The first thing that struck me was a familiar picture under the headline: To start with, the picture was used … Continue reading

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And more on Honduras

From WSJ: Honduras Defends Its Democracy With a great subtitle: Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object. Well, politics make strange bedfellows, they say. However, I disagree with the last sentence of the article: The struggle against chavismo has never been … Continue reading

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Honduran coup: left, right, left, right…

It looks like Latin America is starting another swing of the hundred(s) years old pendulum. This time from a left wing (populist really) government of a single honcho intent only on keeping himself at the trough to a right-wing military … Continue reading

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That Netanyahu’s speech – third opinion

No, I haven’t bothered to see it all, the transcript has done quite well for me. Anyway, it was good to sleep on it before venturing forth with an opinion, which will be argued against no matter what I say. … Continue reading

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Pre-election Iran, pot calling kettle, pink glasses etc

The fake drama developing in Tehran these days is sort of ironic. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad further fueled the unprecedented drama in Iranian politics ahead of Friday’s national elections, giving a fiery response Wednesday to harsh criticism from one of the … Continue reading

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The elusive issue of settlements and pols’ honesty

To start with: I am not necessarily carrying a torch for all Israeli settlers, but there is a long a complicated history of the whole settlement issue, there are different ways to resolve the problem, not inevitably by removing all … Continue reading

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Lieberman and defense of democracy

It appears that my last post on the subject caused a gamut of responses. From understanding to that other one (about that other one later). I shall try to answer some of the remarks in a general manner, without mentioning … Continue reading

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Roger Cohen – an ominous fellow traveler?

I warmly recommend an excellent article An Ominous Turn in Elite Opinion by Jonathan S. Tobin in the Commentary magazine. Not because I agree with every conclusion about the article main protagonist – Roger Cohen, I have my doubts about … Continue reading

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The enema remedy – doing quite well, thank you

Since then, as that ancient Jewish story tells, each time when a Pharaoh gets sick, Jews get the enema. Sorry about that annoying habit of quoting own posts, but the quote is not mine, so… Anyhow, this time it applies … Continue reading

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Somali pirates guided by London intelligence team – a very quiet scoop

If this news item is true, the lack of attention it gets from mass media is amazing. At least, kudos to The Guardian where kudos due: The Somali pirates attacking shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean are … Continue reading

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For the Muslim fetus who seeks Jihad

The Hamas mullah in this clip eloquently explains that “the mosque is a prime factory educating men to fear and please Allah; [it is] the prime factory educating Jihad fighters…” Nothing new here, and we have seen recently some creative … Continue reading

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UC Irvine hatefest starts again

From time to time the Muslim Student Union in UC Irvine has to prove that it doesn’t exist for nothing. Their new entertainment program goes under this poster: After the movie, several presentations will be given by the principal actors: … Continue reading

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Gideon Levy – the summary of his life?

I’ve stumbled on this article accidentally. I don’t really follow Gideon Levy, the Haaretz scribe and self-appointed moral compass of the country, all that diligently, if at all. But the headline How Gideon Levy’s first scoop got buried was definitely … Continue reading

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BMI – doing Mahmoud the Mad’s bidding?

BMI (British Midland Airways) airline provided today a so much needed refreshing scoop: according to Galei Tzahal (the army radio), passengers flying from UK to Israel were surprised to see on their TV screens that the destination they considered to … Continue reading

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Gideon Levy – wrong again

I’ve decided to make a snapshot of this one – for posterity: I am not sure I know (or want to) what does Mr. Levy mean by “just Palestinian case”, since there are quite a few variations on the theme. … Continue reading

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