- Jew-haters welcome in EU - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
- Sweden's New Anti-Semites
- Latent Racism: Neo-Nazi Killings Expose Broad German Xenophobia - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
- Bigotry, revisionism and Baroness Warsi - Mail Online - Melanie Phillips's blog
2. Iran - the beat goes on:
- Iran Blast’s Origins Remain a Mystery - NYTimes.com
- Shed No Tears for Iran’s Nuclear Scientists « Commentary Magazine
- Israel’s Secret Iran Attack Plan: Electronic Warfare - The Daily Beast
- The World Stutters Again
- Faster, Please! The War Against the Mullahs
- EU must take Iran action - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
- Iran strike the only way - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
- An Iranian ICBM?
3. Western Elites - maybe not as smart as they think:
I haven't seen many letters to the editor from the usual suspects about the failings of the so-called "Arab Spring", (also see - Egypt’s Tarir Square Explodes in Violence), nor the world's passivity on Iran and Syria. I guess they must just be saving their outrage for their next criticism of Israel - talk about selective outrage......
4. Radical Islam - um, the beat goes on.... (all from Europe - I'm sensing a trend here):
- PJ Media - Once Again, Islamists Bully Europe on Free Speech
- Netherlands Sliding into the Abyss | FrontPage Magazine
- Norway Embraces Islamist Tyranny
5. What Goes Around - comes around. Big time. Qaddafi's Hatred of Jews Turned on Him – Forward.com.
6. From The Jewish World - a random variety of very interesting links:
- Capers Funnye's double indemnity as a black rabbi and Michelle Obama's cousin | Holy Post | National Post
- Century-old Toronto synagogue brings sense of community to The Junction | Posted Toronto | National Post
- Eldridge Street Shul Recalls Founding – Forward.com
- It Turned Out the Cantor Was a Wanted Crook, by Michael Wex – Tablet Magazine (OY VEY....)
- What Bat Mitzvahs Around the World Tell Us About Making Meaning – Tablet Magazine
- The 7 Wonders of the Jewish World - JPost - Opinion - Op-Eds
- Albert Camus Was Born Catholic, Died an Athiest, and Had Strong Ties to Jews – Tablet Magazine
- Holocaust Survivor Aharon Appelfeld Is Israel’s Greatest Living Writer – Tablet Magazine
- When They Come For Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry :: Reviewed by Jeff Jacoby
- Shoah Foundation Extends Scope
7. Syria - time's up, Assad....Syria: Time is running out for Bashar Assad | The Economist - as I think I have said in an earlier post - I'm trying to understand how and why Assad is getting an opportunity to exit "gracefully". Also see:
And why does he get a three day "deadline" - need extra torture and murder time? Death toll rises in Syria despite deadline... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics
8. Thanks For Helping Out, Guys - DECKER & TRIPLETT: Israel beware: China arms Hezbollah - Washington Times
9. UNESCO - like many things noted above in this posting, all I can say is the beat goes on..... - Robert Fulford: UNESCO’s Irina Bokova is the ultimate UN-ocrat | Full Comment | National Post - which means to say, that she's an idiot.
10. This Day In History - Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address - one of the most famous speeches in modern history. I have been to Gettysburg 6 times - if you have any interest in the Civil War, it is an absolutely amazing place to visit.
In any event, obviously, there were no video or audio recorders in existence at the time - in fact, a well-known anecdote about the event was that Lincoln's address was so brief (2 minutes) that the various photographers who were present had not even set up their cameras before he was finished. As a result, this is one of the only known pictures of Lincoln at Gettysburg.
I guess that since Edward Everett, the previous speaker (actually the featured speaker) and a former Governor of Massachusetts, had gone on for some two hours (as was the oratorical tradition of the day), this was understandable. No "sound bites" back then!
Here is a great dramatization of that famous event (filmed as a protest against the idea of building a casino at Gettysburg (editorial comment - a casino at Gettysburg - are you kidding me - when you are finished with that, why not build an ATM into the Western Wall in Jerusalem?????????????):
11. The Last Days of The Third Reich - a new book from historian Ian Kershaw: Ian Kershaw on the Last Days of the Third Reich: 'Hitler's Influence Was Fatal' Part 1 - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International and Ian Kershaw on the Last Days of the Third Reich: 'Hitler's Influence Was Fatal' - Part 2- SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International.
12. The Daily Show Exposes Occupy Wall Street - I used to be a fan of The Daily Show, though now I find it too "lefty" for my liking - maybe this will start to rebuild my enthusiasm for the show - and why doesn't the main stream media ask these questions?
Speaking of the Occupy Wall Street crowd (and I am not saying that this represents the prevailing sentiment of those involved), but I wish I could say that this story is satire - but it's not.....
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