כ״א באלול ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 31 August 2010)

The Next Israel-Lebanon War

כ״א באלול ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 31 August 2010)

When I wrote recently about the upcoming Israel-Iran War, I predicted that “Israel will provoke a war with Hezballah in 2010 to defeat them and to deplete their arsenal in the context of a conventional war.” Now I see Haaretz is agreeing that Israel might be planning to attack Hezballah preemptively. The article mentions the [...]

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Has Slate Declined?

כ״א באלול ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 31 August 2010)

Like TJIC, I read the firmly middlebrow Slate very regularly (I’ve subscribed to the main Slate RSS feed for about three years). Also like him, I have noticed some changes in Slate’s overall quality over time. Here are some things that I think Slate is doing right: Podcasts. I listen to the Political Gabgest and [...]

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Penmanship

י״ט באלול ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 29 August 2010)

Intelligent people usually don’t start their letters like this: “Say my man, Ain’t nothing happening man…” But then, no one ever accused the boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay of being particularly intelligent (right?). Please note, however, that this guy who threw fists for a living and converted to Islam actually has penmanship that puts [...]

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Israel & Lebanon in the United States Empire

י״ח באלול ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 28 August 2010)

The United States arms its client Israel (or Israel is the puppetmaster that controls the United States – it depends whom you ask). The United States also arms a (former) close ally of Israel, Turkey. The United States also arms some of Israel’s neighbors, like Egypt and the Hashemite entity, as a reward for not [...]

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The Annexation Endgame

י״ז באלול ה׳תש״ע (Friday 27 August 2010)

IHTG asked what I thought about this article. He wrote: My feeling is that the settlers with their sense of community and extremely high birthrates find it easier to imagine surviving in a multi-ethnic society along with Arabs, in a sort of mini-Austro-Hungary, with themselves as the Austrians. For the rest of us, it could [...]

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Divorce Insurance

ט״ז באלול ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 26 August 2010)

Wow. Divorce insurance is a real thing. I can understand the case for auto insurance, though I don’t make car ownership a part of my life. Same for homeowners’ insurance, though I don’t own a home. I can even understand the rumors that Jennifer Lopez insured her ass. But divorce insurance? Really? Why would somebody [...]

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