Saturday, November 7, 2009

1. Atrocity at Fort Hood - What took place at Fort Hood, Texas the other day was an atrocity - not a tragedy. A tragedy is when a hurricane slams into a Caribbean island or when an earthquake wipes out a city. An atrocity is when a Major in the US Army opens fire on his fellow soldiers at an Army base, when Timothy McVeigh bombs a federal building in Oklahoma City - and, yes, when Baruch Goldstein murders 29 mosque worshippers.

This particular story has become magnified because the Major was a Muslim. All the predictable reactions have appeared - the Major was treated poorly because he was a Muslim, the Major is not representative of all Muslims, etc.

Sounds just like a bunch of political correctness to me. Like it or not, the guy was Muslim - and very apparently, devoutly and perhaps rabidly so. He is alleged to have yelled "Allah Akbar" before opening fire. Like it or not, if it was true - being picked on by one's fellow soldiers does not allow one to open fire on them.

And to return to my opening paragraph, it seems to me that while all religious groups have their share of murderous fanatics - one would be hard pressed to name many other Timothy McVeighs or Baruch Goldsteins. However, it would not be very difficult to name other Major Hasans.

Here are a variety of stories on this issue:






5. Satchmo! - Satchmo and the Jews


6. Do They Have Impeachment In Turkey? - Turkey PM: Israel war crimes worse than Sudan - Haaretz - Israel News. This guy "is losing/has lost" it.

By the way, Bub, ever heard of ARMENIA?


7. Iran - nothing ever moves this topic very far from the headlines:





12. Berlin - How Could One City Have Mattered So Much? Can anyone imagine the USSR doing something remotely like the Berlin Airlift? Remember Kennedy's dramatic speech?




15. Scientology - Exposing Scientology


16. A New Religion? - The always excellent Rex Murphy.



18. Hummus Wars - Give (Chick)Peas a chance!


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

1. An Often Overlooked But Essential Part Of The IDF - Navy chief: Hezbollah-bound Iran ship carried hundreds of tons of weapons - Haaretz - Israel News


2. More On The Rescue Of The Yemenite Jews - Secret Mission Rescues Yemen's Jews - WSJ.com




5. He Just Wanted To Fit In - Can't be a member of that thug-ocracy and not be an anti-Semite - Iran: Anti-Semite appointed deputy minister - Israel News, Ynetnews

6. Sobering... - Warren Kozak: The Missiles of October - WSJ.com - and with a lesson for today.






10. Video To Watch - The Goldstone Report - Goldstone against Dore Gold - Streaming Video | Brandeis University - Tomorrow Night - Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:30 ET


12. Does She Play For the Calgary Flames? Hedy's latest - here is the context for the title of this item.

13. One Of The Reasons For Israel's Business Success


14. Is This The Other Side Of The Coin? Free Markets, Free Muslims | Foreign Affairs






18. This Is Cold, Baby - Go Phils!

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

1. The Truth Is Out - RubinReports: Hilary's in Jerusalem and Sees that Israel is Helping Obama; Palestinians are Sabotaging Him - but - you can't please all of the people all of the time.....Palestinians blast Clinton for Israel praise - CNN.com

2. Take A Number - yet another radical Islamic group wants to destroy Israel - Somali group with al Qaeda ties threatens Israel - CNN.com - but on a serious note - this is a direct result of the hateful incitement about the Temple Mount - which no one condemns.









8. The State Department Does Something Good (For A Change) - 'US State Department resettles 60 Yemeni Jews in rescue op' Jewish News Jerusalem Post





11. Toronto/Tehran - Of Toronto & Tehran


13. The Jewish Age Old Question, Version No. ? - Many people in the Jewish community think strictly in terms of whether a person, event or whatever is "good for the Jews". I was familiar with this from my grandmother - but have not heard it in a while. Is Ivanka Trump Good for the Jews? – Forward.com.


14. This Ain't Good - It would seem to me that if the Israelis act on Court orders to demolish Palestinian homes that are illegally constructed, the same should apply to Israeli homes that are illegally constructed. Here is the story. What am I missing?

15. The Israel-American Jewish Relationship - The I's have it | Columnists | Jerusalem Post.


16. Clearly a Jewish Conspiracy - Chai Rollers

17. Auspicious Anniversary - From Balfour to Today.


18. Go Dolphins Go! - We sweep the (hated) Jets - Ted Ginn, Jr. returns 2 kick-offs for touchdowns in 7 minutes! Here's the video.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Today is Halloween - not one of my favorite secular holidays because it tends (like so much else) to get overblown - see the very end of today's blog for more on this. For anyone not familiar with the event, one of its themes is scary stuff - ghost, goblins, skeletons and the like (though sometimes there are funny things - like these dog costumes).


If that is the case, then in the world today, every day is Halloween, because there is some very scary stuff indeed going on each and every day - especially regarding Iran. Below is a list, in no particular order, of some of the very scary things going on in today's world.

1. Scary Thing #1 - The Goldstone Report - like some sort of evil spirit, this will be hard to kill, even with garlic or a wooden spike....

2. Scary Thing #2 - Iran. 'Nuff said. Here are a variety of articles:

3. Scary Thing #3 - Crazy, Extreme, Ultra, Ultra, Ultra Orthodox Jews - and this is not a shot at all haredim (I have other issues with them, but I do not accuse tar them all with the brush of this article) - 'Woman who wouldn't walk on other side of street assaulted' | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict | Jerusalem Post

4. Scary Thing #4 - Hezbollah and Israel's northern border. Unhindered by UNIFIL and in clear contravention of Resolution 1701, Hezbollah has rearmed and then some. Now there is a rearmed crazy Iranian proxy organization sitting on Israel's northern border, with thousands of missiles and the ability and willingness to launch them at Israel's population centers. 'Every village in S. Lebanon has a Hizbullah arms depot' | Middle East Conflict


5. Scary Thing #5 - Hamas and Gaza - There is a crazy Iranian proxy organization sitting on Israel's Gaza border, with missiles and the ability and willingness to launch them at Israel's population centers.

6. Scary Thing #6 - Lousy Hasbara - Hasbara can be translated a variety of ways - I believe that its exact translation is "explanation", but it refers to propaganda, public relations, public diplomacy, advocacy - you get the idea. For a variety of reasons, Israel has always lagged behind its enemies in this area of combat. Though efforts are being made to narrow the hasbara gap, it is still a problem - American Thinker: Losing Israel.



7. Scary Thing #7 - The Useless Nations. When even Shimon Peres complains....Shimon Peres: We have no chance against UN built-in majority | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict | Jerusalem Post

8. Scary Thing #8 - Security At the Useless Nations Buildings in New York - Steven Edwards: Sneaking into the UN is finger-lickin' easy - Full Comment - this is actually scary funny - and the impostor (or even the dead Colonel Sanders) would probably make a good Secretary-General (or at least, not a worse one).


9. Scary Thing #9 - Hugo Chavez - Another leftist dictatorial thug who represses his own people and hates Jews - and who is loved by many of the left wing types - 'Chavez could stop anti-Semitic agitation, but won't' | Jewish News | Jerusalem Post



11. Scary Thing #11 - Arab Anti-Israelism - Peace lovers all - Report: Bahrain parliament outlaws contacts with Israel | Middle East Conflict

12. Scary Thing #12 - New Right Wing Nuts - Pajamas Media » Britain’s New Star on the Far, Far Right


13. Scary Thing #13 - CBC News - This column is doubly scary, since I think I actually agree with Rick Salutin on something - anything.



15. Scary Thing #15 - Radical Islamic Extremism - Islamist Extremism and the Murder of Daniel Pearl

16. Scary Thing #16 - The Threat of Assimilation - Straight-Talk About Assimilation: An Exchange – Forward.com


18. Scary Thing #18 - Blaming the Victim and Political Correctness - Toronto man charged for catching thief has day in court - The Globe and Mail


PS - on the subject of overdoing holidays - check out this letter to today's Halifax newspaper that sums up things quite well:

Never too early? - It is wonderful to see the Christmas decorations up on the utility poles in downtown Dartmouth before Remembrance Day, before Halloween, before the leaves have fallen, before the time change. I was starting to worry the lights wouldn’t be up for Christmas. It’s important to use as much energy as we can while it is still available. Gregg Yeadon, HRM

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