Category Archives: American Scene

Monday New Year briefs

Give us everything we want or we won’t negotiate with you: Saab Erekat repeats the Palestinian preconditions for peace talks (thanks, Obama!), which are for Israel to accede to all Palestinian demands, and then they’ll sit down at the negotiating … Continue reading

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This is what sanctuary looks like

The Occupiers are selfish bastards. Really, what else can you say when you read a quote like this, from an Occupier who tried to invade a park owned by a church: “We’re just trying to say that this country has … Continue reading

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Lazy Saturday Red Solo Cup post

VERY funny new song (and video) from Toby Keith. Here’s a who’s who of the cameos. And I checked out the Glee cover. You know, Glee ruins every song it touches. It must have a time limit of two minutes … Continue reading

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Friday morning exhausted briefs

Yeah, you try driving to NJ and back in one day and see if you don’t get home late and tired, particularly if you have to stop four times on the way for your elderly mother, and then wait for … Continue reading

Posted in Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Occupy Wall Street, Syria | 2 Comments

Post T-day briefs

Faster on that Leviathan field, please: Jihadis blew up the Sinai gas line again. (By the way, morons, you also deprive Jordan of gas and Egypt of desperately-needed money.) And they’re apparently massing to fight their fellows for a change, … Continue reading

Posted in American Scene, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism, United Nations | 3 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone

Everyone have a safe and happy holiday. Eat lots of food. I sure plan to.

Posted in American Scene, Holidays | 2 Comments

Occupy Wal-Mart

Sarah caught the early adapters of the Occupy Wal-Mart movement. Go take a look. No, really. I’m not kidding.

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Friday afternoon briefs

Yeah, they have to blame someone for all the deaths: Iran says the IEAE is leaking information that is putting its nuclear scientists at risk of assassination–by Israeli and the U.S. Sure. Uh-huh. Okay. (Michael Ledeen says the explosions on … Continue reading

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Wednesday morning briefs

Oh, this isn’t going to be grist for the conspiracy theorists at all: Seriously? “IsrAmerica Conference“? Because you couldn’t, say, have used AmerIsraelica or something even more dopey? Oh, the ZOGgers are going to be out in force over this. … Continue reading

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Sunday morning briefs

Seriously? I mean, SERIOUSLY? Ynet is quoting Richard Silverstein, the insanely anti-Israel anti-Zionist blogger who hates all Jews who don’t want to take part in their own destruction? How much of an anti-Israel guy is this? So much so that … Continue reading

Posted in American Scene, Anti-Semitism, Iran, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Occupy Wall Street, Pop Culture | 1 Comment

Veterans Day

You don’t stop to think much about it unless you’re in the service, really. My father and two uncles were veterans–WWII and Korea. My nephew is a Marine now, learning his trade before they send him to Afghanistan sometime in … Continue reading

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Shame at Penn State: Football uber alles

Several thousand Penn State students rioted last night over the firing of long-time football coach Joe Paterno. Thousands of enraged Penn State students tore through the streets of State College, Pa., overnight to protest the firing of Joe Paterno after … Continue reading

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Colbert on #OWS: Funny, funny, FUNNY!

Put down the coffee. Trust me. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Colbert Super PAC – Stephen Colbert Occupies Occupy Wall Street Pt. 1 www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

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More anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street (Los Angeles)

She is the 99%. Funny how every accusation of racism (nearly all of which proved false) was highlighted at every Tea Party rally or meeting, but the naked anti-Semitism at the OWS protests is ignored by the mainstream media. That’s … Continue reading

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The OWS briefs

A roundup of links on the occupiers for your reading pleasure. And boy, there are a lot of them. One surprise: In the WaPo article analyzing the movement, the fact that OWS has the same amount of coverage as the … Continue reading

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