Daily Archives: 10/13/2008

The Sarah Palin rally, cont’d

Sorry, folks, but not only was it impossible to see Sarah, it was difficult to hear her as well. And as soon as I got home—I left early, since there seemed no point in staying in a venue where I … Continue reading

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Call it POSHA

One of my biggest complaints about Palestinian demands for a state, is that they’ve never set up the institutions of government. Well now, in Gaza, Hamas has taken the first step. Call it P-OSHA. (h/t Daily Alert) Gaza’s smugglers are … Continue reading

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Terror and elections

Getting Shmuel Rosner on board at Contentions was a great move. He’s a little too much of a leftist for my taste, but he does have an eye for an interesting story, or an interesting angle. But his effort today, … Continue reading

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Pushing Jewish buttons

What politicians will do for the Jewish vote. They push our buttons. In my experience, the most obvious way politicians try to woo Jews today is to demonstrate their support of Israel and to appeal to long-held social values. The … Continue reading

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The Sarah Palin rally so far

The McCain camp is blowing it, big-time. They moved from the Arthur Ashe Center because it holds only 6,000 people, but we’re not in the Richmond Raceway. We’re outside, surrounding a small venue which is only about 100 feet away … Continue reading

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A bazaar protest

Don Surber observes: … dictators are lousy economists Case in point: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In an interview a few weeks ago with the New York Times, he assured the interviwer, Neil MacFarqhar that Iran’s economy was in fine shape. NYT: I’ve … Continue reading

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Live from the Sarah Palin rally

I’ll be at the Sarah Palin rally in Richmond later today, and I will attempt to get video and commentary up ASAP. I’m bringing my laptop, and I bought a Flip video camera (and have lots of extra batteries.) This … Continue reading

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Israeli leadership thrilled it denied democracy to Israel

The Labor party and Kadmia are falling all over themselves in a congratulatory stupor that neglects to mention that Tzipi Livni is going to be the next Prime Minister of Israel without having to suffer the bother of getting elected … Continue reading

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Checkpoints still saving Israeli lives

Nablus is one of those areas that was put under Palestinian control. And yet, an alert Israeli soldier caught three Palestinians trying to smuggle nine pipe bombs through the checkpoint. The three Palestinians arrived at the roadblock from the direction … Continue reading

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