On this site where at least some believe that it is appropriate to stereotype Jews running for political office by presuming their pro-Israel orientation at the threshold and without regard to prior political positions, and on a site where it's OK to trash 2000 plus-years of Torah study as having zero ethical merit because some of the stories in the Bible aren't appropriate for Romper Room or whatever, I think it's important to consider anti-semitism in its ugliest form, such that the attempt to shield it behind anti-zionism becomes absurd. These Students [allegedly] for Justice in Palesti
So the Conservative Political Action Committee ("CPAC") has invited the GOP candidates to tell their members why they are appropriately conservative. Presumably unbeknownst to them (presumably), they will be joined by a number of interesting characters, including some dude named Peter Brimelow, an immigrant from Britain, who founded the VDARE, a white nationalist group that, among other things is terrified about America's loss of its "white majority" Here's a snippet from the press release by People for the American Way:
Fiorella La Guardia dubbed the New York City Opera the "people's opera" when it was founded back in 1943. Since then many of the finest artists in the world have been a part of this fabled institution, including household names like Placido Domingo and Beverly Sills.
Now, talks with two of the unions have broken down, as the Opera is downsizing, leaving its home at Lincoln Center, and insisting that some of the finest artists in the world "accept reality", forfeit health insurance and accept ninety percent reductions in pay.
The released prisoner was captured with explosives sewn to her undergarments. She was about to blow herself at a hospital in Beersheeba, which is in the northern Negev and well inside the "Green Line." She told the kids that she was sad that the bomb didn't detonate.
Gilad Schalit is scheduled for release tomorrow, in exchange for approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Outside of the Middle East, millions of "progressives" in Europe and North America, among other places, laud those whom Israel is releasing as freedom fighters, including the Palestinian woman who is the subject of the article I link to, Ahlam Talimi, who participated in the bombing of a pizza parlor in Jerusalem (West Jerusalem for the sake of those who deem it significant) in 2001 that killed 16 innocent civilians. That heinous act, which many seek to justify for th
In order to preserve the so-called right of return for the millions of people designated as refugees by UNRWA in Arab countries as well as in Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinian leaders have already stated that Palestinian refugees will not eligible for citizenship in a new Palestinian state. So, if the UN recognizes Palestine as an independent nation, it will be a Palestinian nation with Palestinian refugees living in relative squalor in camps provided by the UNRWA (where the United States is a principal donor).
And here's what he says about they Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
Now I know that for many in this hall, one issue stands as a test for these principles – and for American foreign policy: the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Just four months into his new job as a New York Times Op-Ed columnist, Joe Nocera banged out a blistering screed against Tea Party Republicans who “have waged jihad on the American people.”
These “terrorists” were willing to sacrifice the nation’s creditworthiness to achieve deep spending cuts — a goal they believed was “worth blowing up the country for,” he wrote in his Aug. 2 column. He concluded the piece by saying that, for now, “the Tea Party Republicans can put aside their suicide vests. But rest assured: They’ll have them on again soon enough.”
Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, dropped his bid for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday morning, saying his disappointing performance in Iowa’s straw poll convinced him that his campaign had run its course.
Just hours after his third-place finish in Iowa, Mr. Pawlenty said on ABC’s “This Week” program that his message “didn’t get the kind of traction we needed and hoped for” in order to continue.
“There are a lot of other choices in the race,” he said. “The audience, so to speak, was looking for something different.”
International aid desperately needed by starving Somalis is ready to be shipped, but leaders of an Islamist insurgency blocking its delivery show few signs of lifting their ban, aid workers and diplomats said.
There are disputed accounts of how this boy was killed, but it could very well lead to violence tomorrow, when the Palestinians observe "Nakba," to commemorate what they claim to have been their intentional and mass expulsion from Israel in 1948. This could even lead to Intifada Number 3.
