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Your morning snark

I know you are, but what am I? Ahmadinejad exhibits the grown-up attitude we’ve come to expect from the Holocaust Denier-in-Chief: He flips the bird to the world in response to the worldwide denunciations of his Holocaust-denying speech on Quds … Continue reading

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Obama interfering in NY politics

Barack Obama’s hubris has no bounds. He has stopped the sea from rising, healed the earth, and now, he wants to tell the New York Democratic party whom they can run in their gubernatorial election. The decision to ask Mr. … Continue reading

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Briefly

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading

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Obama on Rosh Hashanah

I read the president’s message to me and my coreligionists, and I tried not to think that it was pompous, lecturing, and inappropriate—even after I watched the video, where Obama didn’t so much as crack a smile. So I decided … Continue reading

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Tuesday SNB

Still more dividends from the Obama speech: A Palestinian minister met with an Israeli minister last week, but that will be the last of talking until Obama forces Abbas to sit down with Netanyahu. Becauase now the Palestinians are refusing … Continue reading

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Sunday morning briefs

If you won’t meet with me, then I don’t want to meet with you! The Swedish foreign minister has canceled his trip to Israel after hearing that Benjamin Netanyahu was about to snub him. It’s good to know that the … Continue reading

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Wednesday SNB

How to get around 1701: Say you’re supporting the Lebanese army. Iran is offering to shore up Hezbollah by selling arms to the Lebanese army. Since there is no UN resolution against arming the Lebanese army, I can see this … Continue reading

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Sunday Snark News Briefs

I’m shocked, shocked, that Gilad Shalit’s release is not imminent: Yeah, toldja so. I will believe that a deal is within reach when I see photos of Shalit being released to Egypt. Not before. If only American prosecutors were this … Continue reading

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Friday SNB

There’s only time for Snark News Briefs this morning. Soldiers won’t eat in front of Palestinians: That headline does not mean what you think it means. No, it’s not another damning report from another European-funded, Palestinian-staffed NGO about how IDF … Continue reading

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Palestinian refugee creates Obama Joker poster

A reader of Glenn Reynolds points out that the artist who created the Obama Joker poster is a Palestinian-American. I would note further that he is a Palestinian refugee, as defined by the United Nations. Under UNRWA’s operational definition, Palestine … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark News Briefs

Britain’s FM: Hey, terrorism can be useful sometimes! He was talking about South Africa, not the U.K., so it must be okay, right? (And of course, he probably doesn’t shed a tear for any Jews killed in terrorist attacks. What … Continue reading

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The nail in the coffin of “astroturfed” town halls

Sixty-one percent of Americans think that it’s perfectly okay to yell at your Congressional representative when you think s/he’s not listening to you. (Via Hot Air.) Of those who had heard at least a little about the meetings, 61% say … Continue reading

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This is why nobody believes the MSM

Oh, please. Is there anyone out there with a brain who believes for a second that anyone other than thoroughly-vetted Obama plants will be allowed at this town hall meeting? Obama braces for ‘vigorous’ town hall health talk A day … Continue reading

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Monday SNB

Funny how the AP keeps on missing these tidbits: Fatah has approved adding “the right to resist occupation in all its forms” to its new platform. (This is on top of insising that all of Jerusalem is theirs.) They further … Continue reading

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Cash for clunkers program buying SUVs

Here’s a big surprise: The ostensible reason for the Cash for Clunkers program—to get gas guzzlers off the road and replace them with better-mileage vehicles—is achieving exactly the opposite of what it set out to achieve. And the government, as … Continue reading

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