Tag: "United States"

The Stupidity of the “Smarter Bombs”

Reuters reports: The United States has agreed in principle to provide Israel with better “smart bombs” than those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under a regional defense package, senior Israeli security sources said on Sunday.Keen to bolster Middle East allies against an ascendant Iran, the Bush administration last year proposed supplying Gulf Arab states [...]

Quick Historical Fact For Condi Rice

But Rice on Monday clarified that the US believes that portions of east Jerusalem are considered to be “settlements” and that Israel must stop building there as part of its commitment to implement the first phase of the road map. The land that Har Homa is on was legally purchased by Jews from Sheikh Shehade [...]

Tenure for a bigot

Nadia Abu El-Haj, who teaches anthropology at Barnard College, has received tenure from that institution. Much has already been written about her book criticizing any archaeology that indicates a presence of an Jewish kingdom in what is now Israel, even though she has no archaeology experience herself. Her pre-conceived notion that there were never ancient [...]

Separated at Birth

No, this is not that kind of post. I’m talking literally. Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein lived very similar lives. They were both born in New York, edited their high school newspapers and studied film at university. And both were adopted in 1968. It was only at the age of 35 that they discovered each [...]

Taser Tot

Don’t tase me bub! An infant was hit in the hand by a Taser fired by a bounty hunter, but apparently not shocked, when the child’s mother used the infant as a shield, police said. The mother, whose name was not released, was later arrested for child endangerment. Preliminary police reports said the bounty hunter [...]

Evil Speaks

Evil Speaks

I definitely have more important things on my mind at the moment, but I note with interest the primative midget’s arrival in the US and speech at Columbia University. From what I am reading, he received a hostile reception from Columbia President Lee Bollinger – the man who allowed this vermin the forum to spew [...]

September 11th: Six Years On

September 11th: Six Years On

As you can see, excitement abounds here in the Holy land. Talk of war, rocket attacks….there’s definitely much to think – and blog – about. Having said that, I haven’t forgotten the significance of this day. May G-d bless America, and all of the free world. We are in this together. Update: If you have [...]

Someone Who “Gets It”

Don’t worry…I’m not going to become one of those blogs that mostly posts YouTube videos, and not much else. But I just had to share this video with you.

George’s Best Friend

US President George Bush has had some nice words for outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The president praised Blair, calling him extremely effective as a leader and “dogged” when he gets on a subject. “I appreciate the fact that he can see beyond the horizon. And that’s the kind of leadership the world needs,” [...]

Clinton’s Crosswords

Next up, we have a story involving the words “Bill Clinton”, “Twistin’ the oldies,” “playful”, ”cross words“, and “buff.” Amazingly enough, it has nothing to do with any new sexual indiscretions on his part. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has a new pastime far from fund raising for worthy causes — designing a crossword puzzle for [...]