Category Archives: United Nations

Flame on! news briefs

Angry Flame: The creators of Flame used the same programming language as did the creators of Angry Birds. It’s really not all that big a deal, and reflects more on the language (it’s easy, that’s why they used it) than … Continue reading

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Tuesday, briefly

Hamas is in deep doo-doo: I like my headline better than Ynet’s, but read Guy Bechor’s analysis for a nice, cheerful story about Hamas. Cheerful for us, that is. Money quote: Until recently it appeared that the so-called “Arab Spring” … Continue reading

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Friday they just want peace briefs

Sure, the Palestinians want to live in peace with Israel: That’s why they attacked the paramedics who arrived to help their women who got into an accident. Take note: The attackers were Arab Israelis who live in East Jerusalem. News … Continue reading

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Friday news roundup

Schadenfreude: It’s a guilty pleasure. Aw, I feel so bad for Turkey. Well, no, really, I don’t. They don’t like S&P downgrading them? They should probably stop concentrating on hating Israel and pushing Islamism and work on their economy instead. … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

Gee, I wonder who they could have been? “Unknown attackers” murdered 11 Egyptian protesters and wounded hundreds more, while police stood idly by–in front of the Defense Ministry. Hm. That’s a tough one. Who could have the mystery attackers been? … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

Politician who nobody cares about quits her job that nobody still knew she had: Tzipi Livni, the utterly irrelevant former leader of Kadima, is quitting the Knesset. And while she slammed Netanyahu on her way out, let’s face it–nobody cares. … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs, lynch mob version

Apparently, it’s not a lynch mentality if it’s a black lynch mob: Apparently, it’s okay for the Black Panthers to offer up a wanted dead or alive poster on George Zimmerman, plus a $10,000 reward for him.. Also for Spike … Continue reading

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It’s Monday, and here are the briefs

Republican ideas: More varied than Democrats. Here’s scientific proof that liberals are dumber than conservatives. (Okay, not really, but it was fun to write that, since liberals think they’re so much smarter than conservatives. This book sounds interesting enough to … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

And the keen grasp of the obvious award goes to: The Asia Times, for a story titled “Iranian hand seen in Gaza escalation” Really? PIJ, which receives money and marching orders from Iran, was under Iranian orders not to stop … Continue reading

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Friday briefs, with extra media bias thrown in

The narrative: The Ynet version of an attack on an IDF medic, and the AP version of what happened. Strangely enough, the AP version has a witness saying the Palestinian who was killed was not taking part in the attack, … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

An unnamed source said it in a stolen email, so it must be true: My bullshit detector is pinging at Over-the-top on this story that Russia and Israel exchanged missile and drone codes. Really, Stratfor was a bit of a … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather … Continue reading

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Briefs and then some

Intifada III, or testing the waters? Another Palestinian caught with another lot of pipe bombs. I think it’s the latter. Sigh. Cyberwar. Hackers striking Israeli sites again, and a retaliation promised. No good is going to come of this, and … Continue reading

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Monday New Year briefs

Give us everything we want or we won’t negotiate with you: Saab Erekat repeats the Palestinian preconditions for peace talks (thanks, Obama!), which are for Israel to accede to all Palestinian demands, and then they’ll sit down at the negotiating … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

Yeah, sure you will: Apparently, the Iranians think that they can close the Strait of Hormuz if the UN enacts any more sanctions against them. I’m thinking not, and so does the Fifth Fleet. And the Iranians think this is … Continue reading

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