Daily Archives: 10/15/2007

Condi: “Now is the time to reward terror”

From AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday it was “time for the establishment of a Palestinian state,” and described Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts as the most serious in years. Let’s see. In the seven years since the last great lame-duck … Continue reading

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Anti-semitic act at the UN? Reporters stay mum.

Steven Edwards in the National Post writes an opinion piece saying that sometimes it is best to ignore racist and bigoted acts because publicizing them plays into the hands of the haters. The example that he brings, of a Jewish/Israeli … Continue reading

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Putin in Iran: assassination looming?

The rumor spreads through the media like a bushfire. To start with, a somewhat ridiculous item in CNN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin … Continue reading

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‘Suicide of civilisation’ warning as Italian town permits burka

A row has broken out in Italy over the wearing of the burka after the prefect of a city in the north-east announced he was permitting it, despite legislation outlawing any clothing that stops the wearer being recognised. In a … Continue reading

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Air of uncertainty

William Arkin will soon be publishing a book about the Israeli-Hezbollah war of last summer. According to the New York Times. the book will be “critical” of Israel. A study of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war commissioned by the United States … Continue reading

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Americans and the Nobel prize

Three Americans will share the Nobel prize for economics. Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for work that “laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.” The three researchers … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter and her views on Jews

I think Ann Coulter is ridiculous. I cannot stand her political views, or frankly, almost everything of hers I’ve ever read or heard. I think she’s a buffoon. I think she says outrageous things deliberately to provoke reactions. I don’t … Continue reading

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