Daily Archives: 06/26/2007

Home buying lessons

So, how many of my readers are well-versed in the art of home buying? There’s a townhouse development going up near me that I’m very interested in, and I’d like to do a lot of research about mortgages and buying … Continue reading

Posted in Life | 9 Comments

Shire Network News, at long last

The slightly-delayed version of SNN is now up. Yours truly discusses the death of Kurt Waldheim, the former head of the UN and Nazi officer. Hogan’s Heroes are invoked. I may post the essay. No, wait. Can’t post the ones … Continue reading

Posted in Podcasts | 3 Comments

How do you say “home run” in Hebrew?

Baseball comes to Israel, and the sportscasters are wondering how to translate the game lingo into Hebrew. Puzzled broadcasters calling the first professional baseball game in Israeli history struggled with rendering baseball lingo into the holy tongue of Hebrew. After … Continue reading

Posted in Israel | 11 Comments

Virginia readers: Send a message to Jim Webb

Update 2: Bastard voted for cloture. See? That’s why I ran against him. I would have voted against. Update: Finally got through, and his staffer said that Senator Webb has not declared how he intends to vote. I just got … Continue reading

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Second verse, same as the first

I should just rerun my previous posts. Abbas is making many demands of Israel, and once again is not promising anything of substance in return. Is he going to stop Al Aqsa from trying to murder Israelis at every opportunity … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Israel, palestinian politics | 1 Comment

Reading list

Read this one in full: Noam Shalit is interviewed by Hamas, and shoves their propaganda right down their throats. In response to the host’s claim that the demand made by the groups holding Gilad that Israel release long-time male prisoners, … Continue reading

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