Daily Archives: 03/09/2008

Daylight Savings Oops

Okay, I don’t watch the TV news very often, and I didn’t last night. I don’t listen to the news on the radio much, either. And, well, I completely missed out on a very important fact. Like, moving the clocks … Continue reading

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Jericho

If you’re not watching Jericho, you’re not watching one of the best shows on TV. CBS has full episodes. You can catch up. Go. It’s worth it. I just caught up on the last episode. Wow.

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A must-read

This is an amazing essay from the pilot of an SR-71 (the Blackbird familiar even to X-Men comics fans). In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi’s … Continue reading

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What we don’t know and what it suggests

Thursday night a terrorist entered the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem and killed 8 young men who were students there. According to Ha’aretz: The Shin Bet security service said the gunman was not known to them. Major General Ilan Franco, … Continue reading

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The Mercaz Harav terrorist attack: Long-planned

To answer Israel Matzav’s (and others’) questions: A friend forwarded me a translation of an article from Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper. The article states that the terrorist spent many hours planning his attack. From the translation: The preliminary investigation’s findings show … Continue reading

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Reponses to and questions about the Merkaz Harav terror attack

Fresno Zionism noticed an interesting item in the news. One Arab country took action against boasting about the massacre at Merkaz Harav, Jordan. The relatives [of Ala Abu Dhaim, the murderer], who live near Amman, tried Friday to erect a … Continue reading

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Slip out the back Jack

Here are a couple that Paul Simon didn’t think of.April Wormly threatened to blow up the plane her (soon to be ex-)boyfriend was boarding. A woman who called in a bomb threat to an airport in an attempt to break … Continue reading

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Addendum to below

Soccer Dad has almost all the facts in his post on the so-called “council of elders” that want to help “ease tensions” in Israel. He forgot their name here on Yourish.com: The Transnational Old Farts Israel-Haters Club. In my post … Continue reading

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When do-gooders do bad

A few years ago, Michael Lerner wrote about his discomfiture with certain elements of the Left. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am banned from speaking at a peace rally here this Sunday. As editor of Tikkun, … Continue reading

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