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  • Oct. 5, 2009: A Massacre at Ft. Hood

    A tragedy has happened.Almost 24 hours later, a good many details have become clearer. We now know that a U.S. Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 30 more. He himself was wounded in a belated exchange of [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:16am EST

  • Peggy Noonan: On Her Way Back?

    Peggy Noonan, once a speechwriter for President Reagan and now a Wall Street Journal columnist, has been slipping for some time. I remember when she took a leave of absence from her job at WSJ in 2004, to campaign for the re-election of George W. Bush; she felt that having [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:48am EDT

  • "Give Galt A Chance"

    Thanks to Instapundit, I just saw this well-written post, with a lovely "photo" to go with it:Okay, it’s time to finally admit it: Barack Obama hates businessmen. Not just certain businessmen, mind you, but the entire profession.Obama has demonized just about every business sector in America. Through the 2008 campaign [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:06am EDT

  • The Guardian: British Bastion of Israel-Bashing

    Carol Gould of Pajamas Media notes that, in a recent list of Nobel Prize winners in the Guardian, the Israeli names -- Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, and Shimon Peres -- were somehow omitted.Coincidence? Accident? One might be naive enough to think so, if it wasn't part of a consistent pattern.' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:49am EDT

  • A Flash Of Perspective

    Remember discussions of "character" during the 2008 Presidential elections? A point made by supporters of Sen. McCain, time and time again, was that character matters -- your character, your sense of honor, your track record how you deal with friends and opponents (and how you distinguish the two), all these [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:36am EDT

  • Does The World Like Us Now?

    It would appear so, at least according to GfK Custom Research:NEW YORK – October 5, 2009 – Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:43am EDT

  • Say That Again?

    Maybe I should watch the Sunday-morning news shows... they seem to be getting more and more entertaining:Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its sights to one specific organization, the Fox News Channel, calling it, in essence, [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:38am EDT

  • For What?

    My thoughts exactly.I heard on the radio this morning, on my way to work, that President Obama had been named as this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently even he was astonished.You know, I remember when the Nobel Peace Prize was supposed to reward people who'd spent their' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:29am EDT

  • Sometimes It Just Seems The Whole World Is Jewish

    That's a chapter heading from the book "The Jewish Connection", pointing up the fact that Jews, and Jewish connections, can show up in the most unlikely times and places.For example, Adolf Hitler's paternal grandfather is unknown; given that, by Hitler's standards, one Jewish grandparent was enough to send you to [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 11:44am EDT

  • On The Need For Universal Healthcare

    ..or the lack of such a need...Here's an interesting article, by a breast-cancer specialist and cosmetic surgeon from California, on her experiences with people who chose not to have health insurance (and were occasionally quite vehement about it).Although she doesn't connect all the dots, her point is unmistakable: that many' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:07am EDT

  • News From Israel

    Sometimes the news from Israel is encouraging. For example, I was delighted when Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke at the UN:UN Photo/Marco CastroYesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 2:52pm EDT

  • Fundraising: An Interesting Update

    Some interesting links, all courtesy of Instapundit:From the Washington Post:Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers, who have been put off by the party's harsh [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:11am EDT

  • When It's Confrontational To Use The Dictionary

    What do you call a person who redefines a word to suit himself -- and who, when called on it with a precise dictionary definition, complains that using a dictionary was unreasonable?For now, you could call such a person President of the United States.Mr. Obama: "No, but—but, George, you—you can't'" [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 11:51am EDT

  • And Now It's The Racers

    Neo-neocon has an interesting discussion going on the subject of 'racers'. (Her use of the word, and her perception of the need for it, are interesting. First we had the 9/11 'truthers', who were convinced of a Bush Administration complicity in 9/11; then we had the Obama 'birthers', who believe [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 1:52pm EDT

  • Massachusetts Hypocrisy

    Let's hear it for playing politics with the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy.Mind you, I'm not a big fan of the man, for a variety of reasons. But if it's wrong to exploit his death for cynical political purposes, then it's equally wrong for Democrats as for Republicans.Yet now there's [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:22am EDT

  • "Jews In The Attic" - An Interesting Perspective

    Joe Huffman, a blogger and self-professed Second Amendment activist, has a brief essay on an interesting way to look at government regulation -- what he calls the "Jews In The Attic" test:Will this law make it difficult or impossible to protect innocent life from a government intent on their imprisonment [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 4:04pm EDT

  • US Life Expectancy At Record High

    This is according to the CDC:U.S. life expectancy reached nearly 78 years (77.9), and the age-adjusted death rate dropped to 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population, both records, according to the latest mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The report, “Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2007,” was issued [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 3:57pm EDT

  • A Beautiful Turn Of Phrase

    A number of interesting articles have been posted in re the much-maligned and heavily-underestimated Sarah Palin -- who was in the news recently for lambasting ObamaCare's prospective "death panels". This caused widespread condemnation, up to and including President Obama himself, who went out of his way to ridicule the idea [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 2:47pm EDT

  • Academic "Fear", Not "Freedom"

    As seen in Instapundit -- Yale is planning to publish a scholarly work on the infamous twelve Mohammed cartoons... and is deliberately omitting the cartoons.If this isn't ridiculous, I don't know what is. By way of analogy: would you want to see a scholarly work researching the history of antisemitic [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 12:08pm EDT

  • "Dissent Is Patriotic!"

    I used to see lots of bumper stickers like that (and other stuff) that, back when George W. Bush was President -- along with "Question Authority" and similar sentiments. I don't see too many of them these days.Could it be that dissent is, somehow, no longer patriotic? Glenn Reynolds suggests' [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 10:47am EDT

  • Operation Cast Lead: The Israeli Viewpoint

    As my friend Sol says, there's nothing brief about this legal brief. (I'll add that whoever chose the fonts should be demoted immediately.)Beyond that, it's an extremely detailed report on Israel's December 2008 - January 2009 incursion into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and well worth a look. The executive summary' [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 11:28am EDT

  • Michael Totten: Right On The Money

    I've enjoyed Michael Totten's writing for some time. I don't always agree with him, to be sure, but even when don't, he explains himself well enough to make me re-examine my own positions.In his latest Commentary editorial (reprinted in part at his own site), Mr. Totten points out something that' [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:05pm EDT

  • President Obama: An Old Issue Arises Again

    I note on HotAir.com (a site I only recently started checking again) that the issue of President Obama's birth certificate has come up again.As I understand it, President Obama must authorize the release of his birth certificate from the Hawaii authorities, and he's never done so. (No big surprise here; [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 6:05pm EDT

  • Some People Really Like President Obama, Don't They?

    This dates from before he was even sworn in:HJ 5 IH111th CONGRESS1st SessionH. J. RES. 5Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.IN THE HOUSE OF [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 1:51pm EDT

  • Gilad Shalit: Coming Home At Last?

    As seen in Ha'aretz (with a tip o'the hat to the Huffington Post): European diplomatic sources said Thursday that kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit will be transferred to Egypt in the coming hours or coming days.This information has yet to be confirmed by Israeli officials.According to the European [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 3:38pm EDT

  • Another Joe-the-Plumber Moment

    A lot of people were upset yesterday, when ABC News spent an entire day at the White House, devoting the day's coverage to President Obama's health-care reform proposals. It was seen as an unpaid infomercial for the President -- which is no doubt what it was intended to be, and [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 10:27am EDT

  • Hosni Mubarak: Still Singing The Same Tune

    I notice that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has an editorial in today's Wall Street Journal. It's long-winded, clearly aimed at a Western audience, and full of pleasant-sounding phrases. But it can be summarized thus: President Obama's Cairo speech opens a new opportunity to push forward for Middle East peace, in [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 11:28am EDT

  • Enemy of the World

    Michael Totten has an article in Commentary Magazine that's so good, I'm having difficulty excerpting it because there's nothing I'm willing to cut out.Here's the opener:The Islamic Republic regime in Iran is vividly revealing itself as an enemy of the entire world.“Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei’s police and the Basij militia [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 4:30pm EDT

  • Rev. Wright Clarifies

    From ABC News:Rev. Wright: I Meant to Say “Zionists” Are Keeping Me from Talking to President Obama -- Not JewsGee, thanks, Reverend... that makes me feel a whole lot better.You're a little behind the times, I'm afraid. That excuse -- "I'm not anti-Jew, I'm anti-Zionist" -- was old hat in [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 10:11am EDT

  • Egypt Bans marriage To Israelis

    Hard to believe, isn't it? When was the last time a sovereign country outlawed marriages to citizens of another sovereign country?“This is an historic ruling,” al-Wahsh said to reporters after the ruling. “Egyptians married to Israelis are dangerous to Egypt’s national security, acting in ways that contradict the constitution of' [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 2:10pm EDT

  • Pres. Obama's Cairo Speech

    Well, I wasn't expecting this...As Professor Glenn puts it: "They told me that if I voted for McCain, we’d get a President whose speeches on Islam were praised at Hot Air and criticized at the HuffPo. And they were right!"I think the Huffington Post is getting increasingly disillusioned with the' [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 8:54am EDT

  • One of the Largest Muslim Countries?

    Power Line cites one of President Obama's recent malapropisms: "And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world".At first I didn't think it was that serious a' [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2009, 8:45am EDT

  • On Honoring Past Commitments

    Unbelievable:Seven times the question was posed - a question that could be answered “yes” or “no” (and that in fact has only one appropriate answer) - and seven times the spokesman declined to answer whether the administration stood by the explicit commitments given to Israel when it turned over Gaza [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 8:40am EDT

  • Simplicity

    This puts things rather concisely, doesn't it?Sure, it's simplistic... but so is the criticism of Israel for not handing the Palestinians the world on a silver platter.Put it this way: on the Israeli side, the extremists are the ones -- such as Bibi Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman -- advocating a' [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 2:46pm EDT

  • Imitation: The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

    From yesterday's Wall Street Journal:President Obama surprised the world yesterday with an unannounced visit to Baghdad, where he met Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and praised the courage and perseverance of America's troops. But the most pleasant surprise has been Mr. Obama's near-about face on Iraq since becoming President.Speaking to [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 10:54am EDT

  • In re Pitchforks

    A rather chilling observation:“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks,” Barack Obama told the CEOs of the world’s most powerful financial institutions on March 27, when they cited competition for talent in an international market as justification for paying higher salaries to their employees.Arrayed around a [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2009, 1:35pm EDT

  • Teleprompter Unplugged

    If you get mad when people refer to "the TelePromTer President", you probably don't want to click the link above. If you take umbrage when people say that President Obama is less than articulate without a script, or that the American press is all too eager to cover for him' [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 2:51pm EDT

  • Avigdor Lieberman Hits The Big Time

    Israel's new foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman of the Yisra'el Beiteinu party ("Israel is our home"), gave his first speech yesterday -- and it seems to have attracted quite a bit of attention.Daniel Pipes calls it "Avigdor Lieberman's Brilliant Debut". The BBC cheerfully chooses to emphasize the negative, remembering him as' [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 10:03am EDT

  • "Stop Iran - Or I Will"

    So says an exclusive interview in The Atlantic. I must say, it sounds good to me.On the other hand, the headline is a bit misleading; nowhere in the article is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually quoted as saying that. It's not even a paraphrase; Mr. Netanyahu never talks about' [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2009, 9:20am EDT

  • How Big Is A Trillion?

    I have to admit, I'm getting a bit tired of hearing our elected representatives discuss our national budget, and the multiple bailout plans -- how many of them are there by now? -- and stimulus packages, using the term "trillion" casually.That's one heck of a big number: 1,000,000,000,000. It's the' [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2009, 2:11pm EST

  • Why Can't The President Just Eat His Waffle?

    Remember when then-Senator Obama refused to answer questions on the campaign trail, because he was busy eating his waffle?I wondered, before the inauguration, if we'd see a better attitude from Mr. Obama once he became President.No such luck, I guess: President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House' [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2009, 3:33pm EST

  • More Thoughts on Mumbai

    Courtesy of Instapundit, the following piece on Kausfiles seems well worth quoting:Here's a Saturday Belfast Telegraph story about Sebastian D'Souza, the photographer who took a now-famous photograph of one of the Mumbai terrorists in the process of gunning people down in a train station: But what angered Mr D'Souza almost' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2008, 9:24am EST

  • Why Hasn't Obama Stopped Terrorism?

    This is ridiculous to the point that I have difficulty believing it. But apparently, yes, MSNBC news anchor Alex Witt was truly expecting terrorists to lay off the attacks for awhile, as part of the universal joy that attended the election of Barack Obama:ALEX WITT: You know, John, and it’s [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2008, 1:05pm EST

  • Thoughts About Mumbai

    This past weekend, in the United States, was Thanksgiving, traditionally celebrated with turkey and stuffing, time off from work, and department-store holiday sales.The real news over this weekend, however, was the horrifying drawn-out drama of hostage-taking in Mumbai, India.Personally, I find it horrifying on several levels. Out of a city [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2008, 12:34pm EST

  • Does Europe Believe In International Law?

    It's a good question. And, according to Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner, writing in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the answer is interesting:Many of President-elect Barack Obama's supporters hope he will scrap the Bush administration's skeptical attitude toward international law and take a more European approach. This is presumably to bring [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2008, 11:37am EST

  • A Good Day, Indeed

    Understatement can be a powerful thing. (Just ask the British, who are famous for it.)On the other hand, it's clear that the British don't have a monopoly on this. What would you call it when 30 American Marines, tired out from a long day of patrolling, are ambushed by a [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2008, 11:38am EST

  • Happy Veteran's Day

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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 2:27pm EST

  • Let's Not Get Vindictive

    President-elect Obama is seen by many as a fresh face in Washington; indeed, he campaigned on that basis, describing himself as "post-partisan", calling for an end to "politics as usual" and presenting himself as the agent for Hope and Change.I, and many others, will be watching and waiting eagerly to [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 11:47am EST

  • Admitting Press Bias

    The audacity of this piece, by Philadelphia Daily News senior writer Will Bunch, just takes my breath away:It was living proof of my personal belief that the greatest role for journalists is not to make sure that every story has 50 percent of one side and 50 percent of the [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2008, 1:14pm EST

  • A National "Obama Day"?

    It sounds ludicrous -- getting elected President is, by far, the biggest thing the man has ever accomplished. But according to the Topeka City Journal, we shouldn't even wait for the man to be inaugurated (and, you know, actually do something):Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for' [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2008, 10:54am EST

  • Good Job, Johnny Mac

    Sol at solomonia.com quotes with approval from Byron York, in a lengthy essay about Sen. John McCain and the good job he did under exceptionally trying circumstances. In the process, Sol has quite a bit to say himself.I agree completely. For all of McCain's faults -- which he has, just' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2008, 9:44am EST

  • President Obama's First Test?

    President Kennedy had a year and a half to govern before having to face down Russia in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It looks as though the Russians aren't even waiting for President-elect Obama to be sworn in:MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia will deploy missiles in territory' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2008, 8:53am EST

  • Now They Tell Us!

    Glenn Reynolds is keeping track of "now they tell us" post-election moments, as are several others... and it seems like a fun idea to me.I saw this yesterday, for example:According to the six-year narrative of the press and political class, the Bush Administration's counterterrorism policies fall somewhere between the Spanish' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 9:17am EST

  • Other Races

    Other political races, I mean. (Behave yourself, people!)I'll admit that I'm disappointed in the way Campaign 2008 turned out in general. Yes, John Hinderaker points out that this was not a landslide. Nonetheless, John Kerry was reelected (with 66% of the vote). In spite of everything, Barney Frank was reelected [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 11:59am EST

  • Congratulations to President-elect Obama

    Well, the results were in last night -- and, contrary to my expectations and hopes, Sen. Obama ruled the polls, and it wasn't even all that close.Let me start by saying congratulations to the man who will be 44th President of the United States, our first black President, the first' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 8:12am EST

  • Google Maps and Israel

    Something weird is going on at Google Maps... particularly pertaining to their coverage of the Middle East.It's been pointed out before that Google Maps happily displays the names "West Bank" and "Gaza Strip" before the name "Israel" is large enough to show up.But this is more interesting. Look up Israel' [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 2:37pm EDT

  • Media Irresponsibility

    Thanks to Instapundit, we see this on Drudge: PRINCE HARRY FIGHTS ON FRONTLINES IN AFGHANISTAN; 3 MONTH TOURThu Feb 28 2008 11:01:34 ETThey're calling him "Harry the Hero!"British Royal Prince Harry has been fighting in Afghanistan since late December -- and has been directly involved in gun battle, the DRUDGE' [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 4:23pm EST

  • Hollywood Supports Sderot?

    Well, some people in Hollywood do, anyway:Los Angeles is proving to indeed be a "city of angels’". A host of Hollywood stars, including Paula Abdul, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight, will be participating Tuesday in a charity and solidarity concert for the rocket-battered town of Sderot in Beverly Hills.Ynetnews.com also [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 11:57am EST

  • Indiana Jones and the... what?

    Okay, I'll admit it -- I've long been a fan of the Indiana Jones franchise. And, as such, I'm looking forward to the latest installment: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.I can't help wondering, though -- where did that idea come from?According to a plot synopsis on [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 10:42am EST

  • Hillary To The Rescue

    When I first saw this Day By Day cartoon, I thought it was just a joke:Yep, that was my reaction too -- hostages? In Hillary's campaign offices?!?But it turns out to have been real:Aides said Clinton was home Friday afternoon, getting ready to deliver a partisan speech in Virginia to' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2007, 5:58pm EST

  • Chuck Schumer on Torture

    As seen on Instapundit:There are times when we all get in high dudgeon. We ought to be reasonable about this... I think there are probably very few people in this room -- or in America -- who would say that torture should never, ever be used, particularly if thousands of [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 8:44am EDT

  • A Response to Garrison Keillor

    Have you noticed that a fair number of comedians just aren't funny anymore? I'm thinking, for example, of Janeanne Garofalo, Garry Trudeau, Rosie O'Donnell, and Garrison Keillor. (I sometimes date myself by saying "I can remember when Doonesbury used to be funny".)The common denominator seems to be politics, I'm sorry [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2007, 11:03pm EDT

  • Hillarity

    Yeeowch! America, meet Hillary Clinton.As the indefatiguable Zombietime points out, the Hillary-for-President campaign has every right to promote a positive image of their candidate... but the media is going out of its way to help. So Zombie has collected unflattering pictures of Hillary, on the assumption that they will be [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2007, 8:55am EDT

  • Good Leaks and Bad Leaks

    From Monday's New York Post: 'WIRE' LAW FAILED LOST GI October 15, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.[.' [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2007, 11:01am EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    As seen at BobKrumm.com, here's comment #20 to a recent post, in its entirety:The Left is fond of saying that the majority of Americans don’t support the war. I guess then that as a supporter of the war that makes me a dissenter. And remember - dissent is the highest' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2007, 3:26pm EDT

  • Syria: "What Israeli Raid?"

    Remember Israel's Sept. 6, 2007 raid on northern Syria? The one that had Syria and Iran in a panic, the one that may have destroyed a North Korean-supplied Iranian-financed WMD facility? The one that Israel uncharacteristically acknowledged publicly? Well, Syria now claims it didn't happen. In a manner we've come to [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2007, 9:52am EDT

  • Al Gore: he's back!

    Sorry for the long hiatus, folks. Let's see if we can get this beast moving again, possibly with some short pieces here and there. What caught my eye today, and inspired me to say something, was the news that former VP Al Gore has won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize -- [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2007, 8:43am EDT

  • Fisking the Independent: "Palestinians Win Battle"

    Sorry for the hiatus; there may be more of those to come, as my non-virtual life stays busy. But this caught my eye this morning, and seemed worth a comment or two: Palestinians win battle to reroute West Bank barrier By Donald Macintyre in GazaPublished: 05 September 2007Israel's Supreme Court delivered [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2007, 12:37pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Tighter Gun Control in Massachusetts

    Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has proposed a new gun-control restriction (don't we have enough already?) -- which he calls "H3991", but which the rest of us call "one gun or magazine purchase per month". This annoys me -- I can see the one-gun-per-month restriction as not being particularly onerous, I suppose [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 11:44am EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • This and That

    NOTE: This post originally combined two topics -- recent events in Gaza, and gun control in Massachusetts. I've decided to split the two subjects into two separate posts. Sorry if this causes any confusion. --DiB Apologies to both my regular readers; I've been busy with other things lately, without much time [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 7:54am EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Daniel Pipes: Can the IAF Take Out Iran's Nukes?

    It's a question that's been asked many times before, of course. But Dr. Pipes addresses this from an Israeli perspective, which people on this side of the Atlantic may find interesting: Barring a "catastrophic development," reports Middle East Newsline, George W. Bush has decided not to attack Iran. An administration source [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2007, 1:28pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Gaza Gets Worse

    Hard to believe, isn't it? According to the BBC, Fatah leader Abbas warns that the violence in Gaza "is taking the region to the point of collapse": Armed members from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions have been battling in Gaza for control of key security posts. Five Palestinians were killed in an [...]
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    Posted: June 13, 2007, 10:38am EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Can We Call It "The Gaza Civil War" Yet?

    Have a look at Israellycool's summary of the past day (or so) of fighting in Gaza: Things are happening at a bloodcurdling pace, and it is very hard sometimes to keep track of all the terrorist vs terrorist goings on. Thus as a special service for Israellycool readers, I have summarized [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 4:04pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • CNN Earns My Reluctant Admiration

    Can you spot the subtle discrepancy in this CNN screen-shot? Yes, the violence in the Middle east is unending; and yes, it is Palestinians in their wretched refugee camps that seem to suffer the most. (Although even there, not all is as it seems; the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 11:13am EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • The Latest From Gaza

    So it's come to this: Gunmen Fire At Two Palestinian Authority Officials June 11, 2007 9:16 a.m. EST Linda Young - AHN News Writer Gaza City, Gaza Strip (AHN) - Gunmen on Monday fired on the home of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and the office of the Sports and Culture Minister Bassem [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2007, 11:37am EDT
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  • Do-Wop Meets Opera!

    To both of my regular readers: if vocal music interests you (and if you have a taste for the irreverent), please do check this out! The soprano is up-and-coming opera star Inna Dukach; her background singers are the GrooveBarbers (of Astelin fame), featuring Inna's husband Sean Altman (the tall guy in [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2007, 4:39pm EDT
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  • On Immigration

    As seen this morning on CNN.com: To which I can only say: good! Admittedly, I'm no expert in these matters. I'll also admit that I haven't read the bill. But that's part of the problem right there -- it's a 326-page bill, and it was first made available on May 21st! Were [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2007, 9:47am EDT
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  • Six Days, and Forty Years

    This week is the forty-year anniversary of the Six-Day War, a military victory for Israel of almost unprecedented scope. The victory is all the more impressive, given that hardly anybody outside of Israel thought she would survive the war at all. As Michael Oren writes in Powerline: People don't realize, or remember, [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2007, 1:47pm EDT
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  • A More Confident Perspective on Iran

    Just when it seemed nothing was making sense... Watching the pundits discuss our historic meeting with Iran, you would have mostly heard despair at the notion that we have no leverage in these talks, and so therefor why would Iran give on anything? Why would they stop waging war against us [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 12:52pm EDT
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  • Oops

    Sometimes it doesn't seem that anyone remembers how to keep a secret anymore... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy now under construction in Baghdad appeared online in a major breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project that will be America's largest diplomatic mission abroad. Computer-generated projections [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 10:01am EDT
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  • Norman Podhoretz on Iran

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    Posted: May 30, 2007, 3:17pm EDT
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  • Does It Pay To Be Nice?

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    Posted: May 29, 2007, 8:14am EDT
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  • Whither Iran?

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    Posted: May 29, 2007, 7:49am EDT
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  • What Was That About Ron Paul Again?

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    Posted: May 28, 2007, 9:35am EDT
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  • Impeach Bush!

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    Posted: May 25, 2007, 1:30pm EDT
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  • Fredrick Kagan: "Don't Abandon the Iraqis"

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    Posted: May 24, 2007, 4:28pm EDT
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  • Has Jimmy Carter No Shame?

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    Posted: May 21, 2007, 12:21pm EDT
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  • Mitt Romney & the Mormons

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    Posted: May 21, 2007, 10:02am EDT
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  • Islamic Irony

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    Posted: May 15, 2007, 9:43pm EDT
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  • Bubba Gets A Gun

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    Posted: May 15, 2007, 1:41pm EDT
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  • An Iraqi Call: Stay The Course

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    Posted: May 14, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
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  • "Concealed" Carry Permits?

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    Posted: May 08, 2007, 11:01am EDT
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  • New Presidents, Potential Prime Ministers

    The Wall Street Journal featured an interview on Saturday with Tzipora ("Tzipi") Livni, the Foreign Minister of Israel, amid speculations that she might become the next Prime Minister: On Wednesday, Tzipi Livni gave a press conference calling for Ehud Olmert's resignation in the wake of the Winograd Commission's sharp critique of [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2007, 7:26pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Thoughts on a New Day

    No, I wasn't able to watch the first Republican Presidential-candidates debate last night, unfortunately. (It would have been difficult -- we don't have cable-television access at home.) I would have enjoyed listening to it on the radio, had I been available. But it's been busy at home; heck, I wasn't even [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2007, 12:31pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • We Win, They Lose

    "We win, they lose" -- sounds to me like a much better idea than anything Nancy Pelosi et al are proposing. No doubt this sounds, to some, to be overly simplistic. Why must it be one or the other? Because, unfortunately, that's the way it works. When wars are fought, you [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2007, 4:50pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Iraqi Parliament Wants To Take Summer Break; US Congress Outraged

    Sorry, but this just made me laugh... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers divided over whether to keep U.S. troops in Iraq are finding common ground on at least one topic: They are furious that Iraqi politicians are considering a lengthy break this summer. "If they go off on vacation for two months while [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2007, 9:10am EDT
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  • An E-mail from Howard Dean

    First, the screen shot: Hey, how about that! How did I ever get in Mr. Dean's address book? Oh, now I remember. On April 26th, I saw a listing online to a Democrat petition, spearheaded by Howard Dean; he objected to something Rudy Giuliani had said the day before, and wanted people [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2007, 3:58pm EDT
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  • Keep An Eye On Mr. Thompson

    Fred Thompson is beginning to impress me. Yes, I know he's the most popular undeclared candidate in the upcoming 2008 Presidential race, at least on the Republican side. (Are there any popular undeclared Democrats? I haven't heard of any.) Yes, I know there are issues. And yet, I find myself liking [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2007, 11:25am EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Thank Goodness for an Apolitical CIA

    As linked by Instapundit, an open letter -- by present and former CIA employees -- in response to former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet's self-serving and face-saving interview on 60 Minutes yesterday. Interesting enough, on the face of it. CIA employees are calling 'foul' over their director claiming that he [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2007, 10:43pm EDT
    by Daniel in Brookline

  • Name That Place

    What do you call a place where a man is kidnapped by a rival clan, murdered, and the murder then proclaimed to be a mistake because they'd meant to kill someone else? What do you call a place where raw sewage flows into an open-air pond; where foreign funds for construction [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2007, 10:18pm EDT
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