Daily Archives: 12/24/2006

Carnival of the Cats #144

Carnival of the Cats spends its Christmas over at IMAO, but it’s turning out to be somewhat of an unhappy holiday and unfestive Festivus for the host, burdened with lingering sadness as he is. Somebody’s not going to forget auld … Continue reading

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Site news

Since I have a little time on my hands, I finally got around to putting in a plugin so that if you want to read posts by category or date, you can get more than the default number of displayed … Continue reading

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Not a creature was stirring

You know what I like best about being a Jew on Christmas? Nothing. No, really. Doing nothing. I no longer live in NJ. When I did, the Christmas break from work was often four days long, so I’d visit Heidi … Continue reading

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The silence is deafening

The world has been clamoring for Israel to sit down with the palestinians and work things out. Well, that’s exactly what Olmert did. In fact, he put the palestinian flag up during the negotiations. Olmert’s men explained that the warm … Continue reading

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Saving Syria’s Jews

“A woman of valor” is an apt description of Judy Feld Carr, who started a secret network that saved 3,228 Jews from a nation that restricts them into ghettos, makes them identify their religion on their identity cards, and has … Continue reading

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Hashemi Rafsanjani – a moderate murderer

If you look at the results of the local council and the 86-member Assembly of Experts elections in Iran, as they are reported by AP, it may seem as a political equivalent of an earthquake. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an … Continue reading

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