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With something like a 10-60 record as coach of my children's soccer teams why do I do it? Because I'm Soccer Dad! (English (US))
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Last Feed Sample: In case you can't read the screen shot above, here are the second and third headlines. Israel approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners (AFP) Israel vows to protect Jewish centres after Mumbai attacks (AFP) "The pictures of the Jewish victims, especially the scenes of those who ran the Chabad House, wrapped in prayer shawls, even as their blood-covered son was miraculously saved from the inferno, are shocking and take us back to events that we pray never recur," Olmert said. "The hatred of Jews and the hatred of Israel and the hatred of Jewish symbols still continue to be...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
"What died in Mumbai," according to Arthur Herman writing in the National Review Online, "were certain illusions about the war on terror, and how to deal with terrorists." He explains: . . . India's record on counterterrorism is abysmal, almost deliberately so. The government in New Delhi steadfastly maintains a wall of separation between law-enforcement agencies like the one that used to separate the FBI and CIA before the Patriot Act, and keeps counterterrorist units underfunded and undermanned. It has repeatedly given way to the demands of Islamic radical groups and fundamentalist lobbyists in the name of "cultural sensitivity."...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Powerline notes, "Muslims 'Worry About Image'" and conclude: So far, most of the world's Muslims haven't been embarrassed enough to take any significant action to reform their religion. They have, I think, a remarkably high threshold of embarrassment. (via Instapundit) As I noted before, CAIR has yet to issue any statement on the Mumbai terror, in stark contrast to its quick condemnation of the Holy Land Foundation verdict - "fear mongering." Reactions, like this one to the Beslan atrocity four years ago, Obviously not all Muslims are terrorists but, regrettably, the majority of the terrorists in the world are Muslims....
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
A few weeks ago Hamas engineered a blackout of Gaza, apparently for propaganda purposes. Now its latest stunt is to deny pilgrims from going on Hajj to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sets quotas to different regions for the number of pilgrims they can send to Mecca each year. Gaza is allowed to dispatch about 3,000. Abbas' Palestinian Authority and Gaza's Hamas rulers each submitted separate lists of Gaza pilgrims to the Saudi authorities for visa approvals, but so far Saudi Arabia has rejected the Hamas list. Hamas officials were defiant on Sunday, saying nobody would leave until those who applied...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Incoming Carnivals Please check out Not your father's Haveil Havalim at What War Zone? And a very political (and excellent) Carnival of Maryland #47 is up at Monoblogue. My latest Shiny Happy Dhimmi is up too. Sideshow Test you knowledge of musical trivia at Musical Monday #70 to be posted later today at Elie's Expositions....
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
The council has spoken. This week's winning entry was The Colossus of Rhodey's.Hube's Culture of Whine (a rant) on the adventures of teaching honors. The two runners-up were Joshuapundit's - Zero Hour...Iran Now Has Material For First Nuclear Bomb and The Provocateur's Some Perspective on PNC, Fraud, and the Bailout. On the non-council side the winning entry was # Serendituous Altruism - American troops in Afghanistan through the eyes of a French OMLT infantryman, which was (appropriately) nominated twice. The three runners up, included my nominee, Israelly Cool's The despicable Lauren Booth , along with National Review Online's - Party...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Blogs to read while watching the crocodiles eat.* 1) As a root cause, "institutional discrimination", doesn't hold much water. Especially, when it was clear that the terrorists sought out the Chabad house. Two and an orphan. 2) We're all Chabadniks now. AM Rosenthal observed something similar 15 years ago. 3) Singing "Kumbayah" should solve terror. Or by ignoring it here and in Israel. Or just don't use the "t-word." Are the French coming around? Maybe if we actually threatened the bad guys it would dissuade them from violence. Or is that too sensible? Did the President-elect get the message? Tough...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
I found this report from Arutz-7 heart breaking. According to ZAKA emergency service, the body of the Rabbi's wife Rivka was found covered with a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl), which her husband had managed to cover her with. Presumably Rabbi Holzberg knew he was threatened, and possibly that his time was short, but when he saw his murdered wife, he accorded her the dignity of covering her body. I can't imagine what he was thinking or feeling. Israel Matzav observes that the terrorists clearly sought out the Chabad house. They intended to kill Jews. (via memeorandum) Treppenwitz who was in...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
On Thursday, Israel was offering assistance to India for combating the terrorists in Mumabai. Apparently, the help needed would have been minimal:The Israeli officials said that Indian counter-terrorist forces were well trained but failed to gather sufficient intelligence before engaging the terrorists. Fox News seems to back up the assessment that there was an intelligence failure:While terrorism experts say Indian special forces performed with remarkable bravery and professionalism in their battle with the terrorists, they believe the attacks should -- and could -- have been thwarted by better intelligence.But there are also questions being raised on the training of the...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
via memeorandum Rocky the Flying Squirrel that is. Rachel Tolman, a naturalist at Long Branch, smeared a big glop of peanut butter on one of the nature center's trees. She grabbed handfuls of store-bought hazelnuts and placed them atop boxes to attract the tiny, nocturnal flying squirrels that tend to mass in the oaks every winter. Within seconds, the squirrels dive-bombed in from nearby trees, legs outstretched like fist-size silvery-gray sky divers. "They're so much more willing to be seen this year," Tolman said. "It's because they're so hungry." Tolman was the first naturalist to notice that there were...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Remember the warnings of Hamas, diplomats and self-styled experts? The wisest policy would be to refrain from any intervention and leave Hamas and the Palestinian people alone. If Hamas' failure is self-inflicted democracy will live on and the people of Palestine will, should they wish, choose another party at the next election. However, if Hamas is not given a chance to implement its programme of reform in Palestine and its failure is imposed by external players democracy in Palestine will be no more. There will probably be never a second chance for a peaceful political process. There will be another...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Keith Bradsher of NYT was giving live updates of the situation at the Chabad House. He has now moved from the area, but you can read his updates from there up to 7:55am this morning. (Posts are in London time--subtract 5 hours.Latest: Five hostages have been killed by terrorists holed up inside Nariman House, a Jewish centre, in Colaba (Mumbai) even as National Security Guard commandos have secured major parts of the building.It is not clear who those 5 hostages were.Note: In addition to Life of Rubin, Israellycool and The Yeshiva World are also updating the story.The Financial Times reports:For thousands of Jewish travellers visiting Mumbai...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Back in 1988, Commentary magazine had a symposium of intellectuals discussing Israel. One of the contributors, Edward Rothstein, observed that when he drove by Judea and Samaria he was amazed by the number of TV antennas shaped like the Eiffel tower, a sign that the Palestinians were not suffering nearly as much as advertised. More recently (March, 2007) Shiloh Musings photographed quite a few mansions going up in the Palestinian areas north of Jerusalem. That not all Palestinians live lives of quiet desperation, is a revelation to quite a few people, especially "journalists." Karin Laub, for one, finds it amazing...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
The Watcher's Council submissions are UP! Obama's Top NSA And CIA Picks: Harsh On Israel, Sympathetic To Iran And Hezbollah - Mere Rhetoric writes about two of President-elect Obama's likely choices for significant posts General James L.. Jones and John Brennan. Brennan, as it happens, withdrew from consideration because of objections from the Left. However Jones is currently charged with overseeing the Palestinian Authority's police force and reportedly has written a report critical of Israel's policy of checkpoints and general mistrust of the PA. Culture of Whine (a rant) - The Colossus of Rhodey writes about the honor of teaching...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
Murders in Maryland from 1980 - 2007 - 13799 Murderer's executed since the late 1970's - 5 Ratio of executions to murders: ~ 1:2760 Odds of winning a 4 way box in Maryland's Pick 4 lottery: 1:2500 (A $1 bet returns $1200.) Maryland's General Assembly and Governor are once again abdicating their responsibility to govern and ceding their authority rather than address a controversial issue on their own. First it was with slots where they threw a constitutional amendment to the electorate on the topic. Now to give them cover for abolishing the death penalty, Governor O'Malley constituted a commission...
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 5:57:47 PST
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