Category Archives: The One

Thursday briefs

Trolling the Iranians: The Obama Administration is so good at choosing gifts. Just ask the Brits. Now, it turns out that supposed million-dollar antique Obama gave to Rouhani? Fake. Yes, I laughed. Smart power! The best thing about the Obama … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

If only: Israeli and Palestinian women meet in Tel Aviv to promote peace between their people. The kicker: They include people from both sides who have lost family members in the conflict. Two hundred Palestinians is a pretty high number … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

Spying and lying: Israel caught an Iranian spy. It’s a huge thing, but look at the way NBC downplays Israel’s authenticity by using the weasel words “alleges” and “was said to be”. This, on an article that shows the pictures … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Oh, now they’re just mocking Obama: Bashar al-Assad is bragging to Lebanese newspapers that he can “blind” Israel. But that’s not the object of mockery. This is: “We have 1000 tons of chemical weapons that were initially a burden for … Continue reading

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President of the world

This bothers me so very, very much. White House spinners have spent the last couple of days telling the press that Obama surprised even his most senior staff Friday night by deciding to seek congressional authorization. Before that, it is … Continue reading

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Egyptians tell Obama to go to hell

Great job, Obama. You sure improved America’s reputation in the world. The Egyptians simply adore you. Not. Mahmoud Badr, whose petition campaign helped to bring down Egypt’s Islamist president, insists the bloodshed that has followed is a necessary price for … Continue reading

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Welcome to the USSA

We are now the United Surveilled States of America. And screw us if we don’t like it. The government is slowly but surely starting to look like Soviet Russia. Early on in the Snowden leaks, it was revealed that Snowden … Continue reading

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Yeah, about those scandals

Phony, huh? Sources now tell CNN dozens of people working for the CIA were on the ground that night, and that the agency is going to great lengths to make sure whatever it was doing, remains a secret. CNN has … Continue reading

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Your morning State Dept. knee-slapper

Secretary of State John Kerry on the upcoming peace negotations between Israel and the Palestinians: The parties have agreed here today that all of the final status issues, all of the core issues, and all other issues are all on … Continue reading

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The stick and the stick

You know the phrase, the carrot and the stick? Well, John Kerry is using nothing but sticks against Israel. He has bullied Netanyahu into agreeing to release over 100 convicted murderers. Why? Because the Palestinians want them out. These people … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

A perfect example of Israel Derangement Syndrome: How much do people hate Israel? So much so that a simple tagged bird was carefully examined to make sure it wasn’t an Israeli spy. Yes, really. Paranoid, much? But it’s just a … Continue reading

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Once more, with Kerry

Just a day or so ago, our newest Secretary of State was pretty sure he’d bullied Israel into releasing convicted murderers, freezing settlements, and sitting down for peace talks with the Palestinians by giving into most of the preconditions that … Continue reading

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Saturday briefs

One less Jew-hater in the world: Goodbye, Helen Thomas. You won’t be missed in my house. In the midst of all the teary memorials, let’s not forget she told Israelis to get out of “Palestine” and “go home to Germany.” … Continue reading

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Cypriots and hypocrites

Have the EU or the U.S. ever held the Palestinians to any kind of standard at all? Have they stopped, or threatened to stop funding if the Palestinians don’t cease inciting hatred of Israel and Jews? Did the Palestinians ever … Continue reading

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The NSA national anthem

We need to update the Star-Spangled Banner. So I did. O say can you see all my data today It’s not private anymore and our pols say it’s all good We don’t care about you, says the NSA We only … Continue reading

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