Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve never doubted Obama’s fundamental anti-Israel beliefs, nor have I ever thought he’s on a right, or even a sane, track in the Middle East. As much as anything, though, my feelings regarding Obama’s Israel/Middle East attitudes were predicated on a gut attitude resulting from his pre-presidency friendships and his
Continue readingBruce Kesler spoke with Jonathan Spyer, who wrote Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict. Despite the current upheaval in the Middle East, and its attendant rise in antisemitism (which is impressive, considering its previous high level), Spyer is sanguine, and even optimistic. Check out Bruce’s post and see
Continue readingThe media is abuzz with speculation that Israel is about to bomb Iran. Yid with Lid says hold your horses. Since when have people ever actually known what Israel is about to do? If there’s one country that’s good at keeping its cards close to its chest, it’s Israel. Somehow
Continue readingOne can debate forever the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange at a policy level, but there is no doubt that a nation wanted its son home. This video gives some idea of the depth of the Israeli longing for Gilad (but be warned, it’s a multi-handkerchief video): [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-V4Y0HV7mI[/youtube] If WordPress is
Continue readingThin and pale, but Gilad Shalit is home at last. To bring this beloved child (beloved of parents and of country) home, Israel released over a thousand Palestinian murderers and would-be murderers. Many mourn that these killers are back on the streets, and rightly so. I hope that Israel has
Continue readingWouldn’t you like to have lunch with this guy? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1N1zhUm84w[/youtube]
Continue reading[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_uHt_OzIc[/youtube] If the video I linked to hasn’t embedded, you can see it here. Hat tip: Lulu
Continue readingOver the years, I helped win at least two major cases because I re-framed the debate. In one case, a will contest case, the opposing party claimed that our client, a housekeeper, had committed fraud and elder abuse in order to inveigle a little old lady into leaving the housekeeper
Continue readingWhat Israelis would like to say: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4JkKZAGUFw[/youtube] And what Netanyahu, with courage and honesty, actually said at the UN: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he7HRWrPQ6s[/youtube]
Continue readingBill Whittle narrates this clear summation of 20th and 21st century relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. It does not reflect well on the Arabs: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ByJb7QQ9U[/youtube]
Continue readingMe, at Pajamas Media: I challenge you to find a news report with more layers, all of them misleading, than an ostensibly unbiased San Francisco Chronicle “news” article about a canceled art exhibition at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. The story’s core is uncomplicated: The museum agreed with
Continue readingVery funny, poignant, and pointed video, although I disagree with the final premise that “talking” with the neighbors will matter, since the neighbors don’t want to talk with you, they want to kill you: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVS92TXthg4[/youtube] Thank you, Sadie!
Continue readingAs I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been a bad mother, and introduced my kids to 70s music. (Sirius satellite radio is the vehicle for this mental and spiritual corruption.) My 12 year old son, who is a pretty cool kid, heard Tony Orlando and Dawn singing “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round
Continue readingBrilliant video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDJbogqz7XA[/youtube]
Continue readingIt’s not an official endorsement, but what Kinky Friedman has to say about Perry is just as good as an official endorsement. And unlike most celebrity political writing (“my candidate will save the world and give everyone a unicorn, plus a really cool swag bag”), Friedman’s got some specifics: More
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