Tuesday, July 21, 2009

1. From the "Give an Inch, Take a Mile Department" - and the worst part is that they don't do anything for it - nothing to rein in the hatred dispensed daily in their news outlets, education system, mosques, etc. - 'No difference between Ma'aleh Adumim and Gilo'. See also this commentary by Daniel Pipes. In the meantime, go Bibi, go, while this guy should mind his own darn business.

2. Self-Loathing Jews Department - Hater of Israel. Wow. If Israel is such an evil place, I hear that each and every day there are planes leaving Ben Gurion Airport for other places - maybe we should take up a collection.... no doubt she belongs to this crowd.....

3. Speaking of Leftists - See these 2 articles - The Violent Left, and, somewhat more mildly, Dennis Prager.

4. In Case You Were Wondering - Middle East atomic conflict would kill tens of millions. But we're basically only talking Jews and Arabs, so who cares. Oh, there's oil there?

5. Another Idiot Alert! - This time from Romania. And if he thinks that the SS was the only part of the Nazi military that murdered Jews, he is dead wrong - see, for example - here and here.

6. Have to Always Drag In Israel - Genocidal Linkage.

7. Human Rights Watch Disgrace - more on this issue that emerged last week - hey boys, time to 'fess up - as the saying goes (in one of its many iterations) - you can put perfume on a pig, but it's still a pig.

8. Hezbollah - How does what is going on Iran affect this group of terrorist thugs? Here's a view.

9. British Hostility Toward Israel - Things seem to be at an all-time high. Hey - you've got your own problems - see below - call us when you sort that out first.

10. The Shoah and Political Correctness - Political correctness has now even crept into this area - who else but the Jews were specifically targeted for total physical destruction? But sure, in the "kumbaya world" of today, let's give everyone equal billing. Would not want to offend anyone...

11. Moon Landing Anniversary -

Did not get to comment on this yesterday as I was traveling. One July 20, 1969 I was a 9 year old Junior camper (before the advent of the current sections of Giborim, Goshrim, etc.). Our section was in the Ulam (rec hall) watching the moon landing on TV. I do not remember a thing - most likely, I probably fell asleep (I much more vividly remember the dramatic and safe return of Apollo 13 about a year later). Here are some items to remember that momentous occasion - Moon landing changed our world forever, We're over the moon, NASA - Apollo 40th Anniversary Events and Activities and of course, this video.

12. A Lighter Note - needed badly today, like most days. Red Green (played by Steve Smith, a Canadian comedian) has this advice for retrofitting your older vehicle so it can have power windows: