The first blog entry of 2010 - I am afraid that there will be the same themes as last year, starting with.....
1. Iran - If anyone had any notional deadlines of December 31, 2009, well, the clock struck midnight a few days ago:
- Pajamas Media » Iran’s Script to Get the Bomb
- Adrian MacNair: Iran unravels as we watch - Full Comment
- Iran Lashes Out at West Over Protests - NYTimes.com
- 2010: Regime Change in Iran
- Commentary » Blog Archive » The Iranian Regime’s Battle of Karbala
- Iran's turning point - washingtonpost.com
- Iran's parliament speaker calls for 'harshest punishment' - CNN.com
3. Airport Security - Stories abound on this issue resulting from the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack by a member of some unnamed religious group, from the "failure" of the Western airport security model, to the superiority of the Israeli model, to whether the Obama Administration is waking up, to the pros and cons of profiling.
- Pajamas Media » The Ethics of Profiling
- The Rosett Report » Don’t Worry, Honey, It’s Just Another “Isolated Extremist”
- Pajamas Media » What Can Israel Teach the U.S. About Airport Security?
- Charles Krauthammer: War? There's no war here ... - Full Comment
- Pajamas Media » 2009: Tipping Point for Domestic Terror?
5. Enraged Member of Unnamed Religious Group Attacks Cartoonist - Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist - CNN.com - OK, I'll let you in on the surprise - "Buddy" was a Muslim.....hey - wait a minute, so was that guy up above in item 2 - is this a trend worth observing?
6. Useful Idiot Alert - Analysis: The European media sex appeal of Hedy Epstein | International News | Jerusalem Post
7. Another Useful Idiot - 2009 gave us the "Goldstone Report" - here is a good article from November that is well worth the read - The Goldstone Illusion | The New Republic
8. Another Important Read - David M. Phillips: The myth of Israel's illegal settlements - Full Comment
9. Catch-Phrases - Since I am not a big fan of political correctness, I am also not a huge fan of meaningless catch-phrases that often serve to do more than muddy an issue with imprecise language - The catchphrase of the decade. - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine
12. Winter Classic - In my opinion, one of the great things that the National Hockey League does is to play one game per year outdoors - previous games have been held in Edmonton (the so-called "Heritage Classic", where the temperature hit -30C with windchill), Buffalo and Chicago.
This year's edition was held at Fenway Park in Boston - Boston beat Philadelphia 2-1 in overtime.
Here's how they got the "rink" ready (after the obligatory commercial):
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