Daily Archives: 07/30/2008

Gas money

Well, that’s depressing. I used a single credit card to pay for all my gas expenses from June 30 to July 28. The total, counting tolls: $376.64.

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Chico

Herschel is one of my longtime regulars. Chico was his. Chico Jan. 8, 1988-July 30, 2008

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Breaking: Israel will have a new leader

Olmert is resigning. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a special press conference on Wednesday at 8 p.m. where he announced he will not run in the Kadima primary scheduled to take place in September. Olmert said he would resign from … Continue reading

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Values of classical journalism

via memeorandum I wanted to believe the worst of the Obama campaign. I wanted to believe that they had released the note that the candidate had place in the Kotel (Western Wall) to two newspapers. There was some indication that … Continue reading

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A passive aggressive national ethos

The other day I commented on a story from the Washington Post that Arab states were failing to fulfill their commitments to fund the Palestinian Authority. Since then a few other bloggers have written about the story as well as … Continue reading

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AP – stoking the fire of anti-Israeli sentiment

The AP falsely reported that Israel is building a new settlement on the West Bank and linked this to a wrong-headed spin on an important national leader visiting Israel. No, not Obama! He’s still just a candidate. I’m referring to … Continue reading

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