Archive for November, 2009

Talking Israel, Jews and anti-Semitism at Amsterdam film festival (JTA)

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A hushed crowd filed into a standing-room-only space above the Escape Club in Amsterdam last week to hear the Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Maziar Bahari describe the four months he spent in a Tehran jail. Sphere: Related Content

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Bloghead: Roger Cohen on growing up Jewish in London

In the late 1960′s, I went to Westminster, one of Britain’s top private schools, an inspiring place hard by Westminster Abbey, and was occasionally taunted as a “Yid” — not a bad way to forge a proud Jewish identity in a nonreligious …

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Chris “Tingles” Matthews on Obama: “Too Much Chamberlain, Not Enough Churchill” (Video)

This is weird. Chris “Tingles” Matthews says Barack Obama needs to act a little less like Neville Chamberlain and more like Winston Churchill. Via NewsBusters from this weekend’s “The Chris Matthews Show”: CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Will this long deliberation, Anne Kornblut, you’ve got the tough question here to start with. Whip around here. It took [...]

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Police Are Searching Other Areas For Maurice Clemmons – Baltimore Sun

CBC.ca Police Are Searching Other Areas For Maurice ClemmonsBaltimore SunSEATTLE – Officers ended a standoff at a house in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood Monday morning after discovering that the suspect in the murders of four Lakewood police officers was not in the home. Earlier, Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman …Pennsylvania Family Mourns Fatally Shot Washington OfficerFOXNewsSeattle [...]

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Senate to begin debate on healthcare overhaul – Washington Post

ABC News Senate to begin debate on healthcare overhaulWashington PostWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate opens debate on a broad healthcare overhaul on Monday with senators seeking an elusive compromise on thorny issues like a government-run insurance plan, abortion coverage and …UPDATE 1-US Senate health plan would raise some premiums-CBOReutersWhat Does the Senate Bill Do [...]

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Barack Obama issues Afghanistan troop build-up orders – BBC News

ABC News Barack Obama issues Afghanistan troop build-up ordersBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama has issued new orders for the US military in Afghanistan after deciding how many more troops to send, officials say. Mr Obama told senior military leaders about his long-awaited decision on troop numbers on Sunday night, …Obama Issues Order for More Troops [...]

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Muslim Leaders Condemn Swiss Minaret Ban – Wall Street Journal

Telegraph.co.uk Muslim Leaders Condemn Swiss Minaret BanWall Street JournalZURICH – Muslim leaders from around the world condemned a vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of minarets in the Alpine country, raising fresh fears of a backlash against Swiss interests around the world. …Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret banThe Associated PressMinaret ban marks start [...]

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Obama Issues Marching Orders on Afghanistan War Strategy – FOXNews

CNN Obama Issues Marching Orders on Afghanistan War StrategyFOXNewsTop military and diplomatic officials got their marching orders Sunday night from President Obama ahead of a planned speech Tuesday in which he's expected to outline his new Afghanistan war strategy and call for about 30000 more US troops to be sent to …UK expected to confirm [...]

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Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban – The Associated Press

Telegraph.co.uk Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret banThe Associated PressGENEVA — A top Swiss official said Monday that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote, saying it undermined the country's secular image. …Minaret ban marks start [...]

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Diversity in Iowa

The Chronicle of Higher EducationNovember 25, 2009 By David EvansThe other day, I was at a meeting of the chief academic officers from institutions affiliated with the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. IAICU serves as the consolidated voice of Iowa’s private institutions (almost all of which are active members) in state and national [...]

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Updates from Parkland-area crime shooting scene – TheNewsTribune.com

ABC News Updates from Parkland-area crime shooting sceneTheNewsTribune.com7:08 AM UPDATE MONDAY Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said Seattle police have searched the Seattle house and did not locate suspect Maurice Clemmons. There is a warrant out for his arrest on four murder charges. The neighborhood is still …Washington Cop Shooting Suspect Maurice Clemmons Not [...]

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Cost control big question in Senate health bill – San Francisco Chronicle

ABC News Cost control big question in Senate health billSan Francisco Chronicle(11-30) 04:00 PST Washington – — As the Senate takes up health care legislation this week, the question of whether it will "bend the curve" of soaring costs has emerged as a central dispute among experts and the subject of an all-out push by [...]

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Williams fined record $82500 for US Open tirade – The Associated Press

ESPN Williams fined record $82500 for US Open tiradeThe Associated PressSerena Williams was fined a record $82500 for her US Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years. Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock's ruling was released Monday, …Serena Williams [...]

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Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house – Seattle Times

Times Online Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in houseSeattle TimesAuthorities say a suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a coffee shop was not found in a Seattle house. The Associated Press Authorities say a suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down [...]

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Chelsea Clinton engaged to Jewish beau | The Jewish Chronicle

Chelsea Clinton is engaged to her Jewish boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, a spokesman for former President Bill Clinton has confirmed. Miss Clinton, 29, the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the current Secretary of State, is believed to …

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Judaism: A word from David Gelernter | Power Line

Judaism : A Way of Being is the short book that's resulted from a long (long) project to write down Judaism's worldview or basic ideas. Enormous themes move beneath Judaism's surface like storms beneath the surface of ..

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Kaiga employees quizzed over radiation; ‘nothing to worry’,says PM – Sify

BBC News Kaiga employees quizzed over radiation; 'nothing to worry',says PMSify/New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) About 50 employees of the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka were being interrogated by probe agencies after a drinking water dispenser was found contaminated with radioactive Tritium. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has …No leak at Kaiga nuclear plant, nothing [...]

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Breaking: Wounded Cop Killer Maurice Clemmons Eludes Officers in Washington- Campus Warned

The killer of four police officers yesterday in Washington eluded officials today after he was thought to be holed up in a Seattle home. Ex-con Maurice Clemmons at one time faced more than 100 years behind bars. The LA Times reported: Police surrounded a Seattle house early today, attempting to close in on a 37-year-old [...]

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Best Unnoticed Headline of the Week

It was in the Telegraph; a U.K. publication, of course: Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation. The laughing stock that is the Amerikan Big Media can’t cover this story or any other stories that counter their leftist template because they are too heavily invested in the big lie. The big [...]

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Big Gangster Govt

You gotta love Michele Bachmann! Watch this and ask yourself about that hope and change.

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India, China, Brazil Plan Joint Exit From Copenhagen Junk Science Talks

India, China, Brazil and South Africa plan to walk out of the international junk science meetings next month in Copenhagen. The Times of India reported: In an unprecedented move, India on Saturday joined China and two other developing countries to prepare for a major offensive on rich nations at the Copenhagen conference on climate change [...]

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GOP Cut-and-Runner Wants Troops Home Now From Afghanistan

Freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) wants the US to cut-and-run from Afghanistan. He will give a speech later today urging the US to bring the troops home. …What a loon. The Politico reported: Saying it’s time for Republicans to do more than “take pot shots at ACORN,” freshman Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz will call on [...]

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Sarah Palin Slams Obama: “We Head Into Christmas Wishing For Leadership in Washington”

“His plan comes up short. There’s not enough troops, not enough resources and not enough urgency. What President Bush and Senator McCain don’t understand is that the central front in the War on Terror is not in Iraq and never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the terrorists who hit us [...]

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Change! Somali Terrorists Use Obama Portraits For Target Practice

Isn’t this racist? Somali terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda are using portraits of Barack Obama for their target practice. Radical Islamist Shebab members ride horses in Mogadishu in September. Al-Qaeda and Islamists fighting to topple Somalia’s government provide “mutual support” to each other, the head of the African Union peacekeeping force has told AFP in an [...]

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Lawmakers Probe Science Czar Holdren’s Links to Climategate

Republican lawmakers are probing Science Czar John Holdren’s links to the Climategate documents. Obama’s socialist Science Czar John Holdren, who once said that forced abortions were needed to save the planet, is also involved in the Climategate Scandal. Holdren, another socialist in the White House, was pushing global cooling before he was pushing man-made global [...]

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