Monthly Archives: March 2011

Thursday news roundup

Watch the British reaction now: The woman who died was a British tourist. Watch for the sudden condemnation of Palestinian terror attacks from the British media. No, let’s get serious. They’ll blame Israel for the death. Also in the article: … Continue reading

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The UN condemnation shell game

What did UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon say when the Fogel family were butchered in their sleep? The Secretary-General condemns last night’s shocking murder of an Israeli family of five, including three children, in a West Bank settlement. He calls … Continue reading

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Why authors are leaving traditional publishing for e-books

This is why, in a nutshell, authors are going to leave the publishing houses: Joe: We figured out that the 25% royalty on ebooks they offer is actually 14.9% to the writer after everyone gets their cut. 14.9% on a … Continue reading

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Update on the Jerusalem bombing

A woman has died from her injuries, and the AP still can’t bring itself to blame Palestinians in the headline. And we also have the “cycle of violence” theme redux. Note the language. “A bomb struck” the bus stop. It … Continue reading

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Palestinian terrorists bomb Israel, AP can’t figure out whodunit

Palestinian terrorists managed to get a bomb through the Israeli defenses and blew up a telephone booth at a crowded bus station in the heart of Jerusalem today, wounding 25, but so far, no deaths. Terror in capital: At least … Continue reading

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The Helen Thomas Playboy interview

If there were ever any doubt in your mind that Helen Thomas is a Jew-hater, all you have to do is read the Playboy interview and the doubts will disappear. Since the latest SNN is not yet out, I think … Continue reading

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There’s dead, and then there’s killed by Israel

Let’s take a look at two different tales of dead civilians. The first is the AP narrative of what happened last Saturday, when terrorists stabbed three children and their parents to death. The details are grisly; they include stabbing a … Continue reading

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Oh, boy. You know, this “aside” business has created a monster. Do you remember what happened eight or nine years ago when I discovered the title attribute to the hyperlink? Hoo-wee, we’re gonna have some fun here. Why, it’s like … Continue reading

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I have no idea what an “aside” is, because I’m too lazy to read the docs on the upgrade. So I’ll just post one and see what happens. Gee, I hope I didn’t break anything. Update: Oh, look. It’s a … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Seriously? The anti-Israel loons are biting us now? Seriously. Although the true point of this story is that the Exception Clause holds strong: Academic freedom is for everyone, except Israel. And oh yeah—it’s all your fault for being bitten. You … Continue reading

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The AP: Hamas propagandists

The AP spins, spins, spins for Hamas. Imagine that the Mexican drug lords sent fifty mortar shells into Texas. Imagine the worldwide headlines, and the angles of the articles. Now turn your attention to yesterday, when Palestinian terrorists sent a … Continue reading

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Purim 5771

The New Persia Times Crisis in Shushan The United States is intervening diplomatically to forestall a rapidly developing crisis in the Persian Empire. Sources close to the government of King Achashveirosh have leaked information that the kingdom has sanctioned the … Continue reading

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Saturday podcast open thread

I talked about Helen Thomas on this week’s Shire Network News, which should be out tomorrow. You can read the Playboy interview here. (And yes, it is one gigantic cognitive dissonance to read the words “Helen Thomas” and “Playboy interview” … Continue reading

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My Prayer on the Crisis in Japan

I published my prayer about the events in Japan, really a short D’var Torah, on the We Are For Israel website. Feel free to use it.     It was an especially trying week for my family because my wife’s … Continue reading

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America has always been at war with EastAsia?

So, it wasn’t okay to bomb Iraq, but it’s okay to bomb Libya? How is it that people are making the exact same arguments about Libya that some were making about Iraq (which were deemed not good enough to try … Continue reading

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