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I'm a government bureaucrat with delusions of literacy.

Help the elder

No this isn’t about helping little old ladies across the street. Elder of Ziyon has actually committed some journalism and is interested in publicizing his results. (JudeoPundit did a nice job of it.) Help him get the word out! Crossposted … Continue reading

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Mahmoud’s mania

The New York Times editorial on Ahmadinejad’s speech: After weighing the issue, President Obama decided not to send an American delegation to the conference. Perhaps it would have been better if his administration had been present to fight for an … Continue reading

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On hate and new relations

At the end of the NY Times article on the fallout of Ahmadinejad’s speech, the paper reports: Those who supported the Obama administration’s attending the conference said their attitude was not altered by Mr. Ahmadinejad’s remarks. “It is unfortunate that … Continue reading

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Jedi coppers, Wookie soldiers

Who would have thunk it? In Britain a growing number of people are declaring themselves to be adherents of the Jedi faith. About 390,000 people listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales. In Scotland … Continue reading

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Selective outrage

Today Bret Stephens makes an interesting observation. Now type the words “Palestine” and “genocide” into Google. When I did so Monday, I got 1,630,000 results. Next, substitute “Chechnya” for “Palestine.” The number is 245,000. Taking the Google results as a … Continue reading

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When self-defense is a holocaust or the continued rantings of Roger Cohen

Roger Cohen is at it again. He writes in Israel, Iran and Fear: In the German mirror stands Israel, another vibrant democracy birthed from the crime, albeit one, unlike Germany, that has not found peaceful coexistence. Israel, too, craves closure … Continue reading

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Buffaloed by “wings”

Last week a number of bloggers noted an article about Hezbollah, in which one of the terror group’s leaders acknowledged that there’s no difference between its “political” and “military” wings. On one point, the United States agrees with Hezbollah’s No. … Continue reading

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Preoccupied with occupation

Back in 2002, Efraim Karsh wrote an article “What Occupation?,” which gave a history of how Israel came to control Yehuda, Shomron and Gaza as well as the overall beneficial effects it had on the Palestinians. I recommend the whole … Continue reading

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Why isn’t any journalist doing this?

A rank amateur, Elder of Ziyon (together with PT Watch) is actually doing some reporting. He’s going through the fatality list from a leading Palestinian human rights organization and showing how quite a few of the “civilians” listed at PCHR … Continue reading

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Important throwaway lines

In today’s New York Times, Isabel Kershner is keen to emphasize the different emphases of the Israeli and American governments. But one line in her short dispatch, Israel: Netanyahu Demands Recognition of Israel First, tells an untold story. Palestinian officials … Continue reading

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Happy birthday to J-Street

The Washington Post sends a Happy Birthday card to J-Street, New Liberal Jewish Lobby Quickly Makes Its Mark: When a group of Jewish liberals formed a lobbying and fundraising group called J Street a year ago, they had modest hopes … Continue reading

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The man with the silver tongue and the myth of moderation

I’m tempted to say about Roger Cohen that the less said about him that better, but quite a few people have written excellent ripostes to his latest venality that are worth checking out. In Roger Cohen’s world, the extremists in … Continue reading

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Deka and DARPA

60 Minutes had a report yesterday about the Army’s efforts to create artificial arms for amputees. Prosthetics, until now, haven’t changed since they were first invented. Now efforts are being made to tie the artificial limbs into the users nervous … Continue reading

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Pictures from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

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Iran and Hamas, partners for peace

In an editorial, the New York Times questions whether Binyamin Netanyahu can be trusted to make peace. There is so much wrong with “Being a partner for peace“, I could spend all day critiquing it. But one point stood out: … Continue reading

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