"The gains of the surge are now in jeopardy ...
(me and Israel Pickholtz aka Jerusalem Genealogist)[/caption]
Later, we visited the cemetery on Mount Herzl, where many of Israel's founders and political leaders are buried, including Golda Meir:
While news of a myriad of sex scandals in major American cities offers summer distractions, a few other items caught my eye: With the US Postal service bleeding money after the explosion of social media, the agency is looking to end at-your-door mail delivery: The U.S. Postal...
Yesterday, McClatchy reported on Pelosi's newest divisive endeavor: an economic agenda for women. After all, we all know that women are not part of the economic fabric of this nation, that we all secretly aspire to be government-dependent Julias whose "health care" needs are those...
America has been so generally fortunate that we have forgotten what we should have known, and neglected to teach it to our children. It's like a population that's not been exposed to certain illnesses and is therefore less able to defend against them. Too many of...
Hungry for another claimed example of a deadly Stand-Your-Ground defensive encounter, the mainstream media has seized upon the gas-station shooting death of a black man by a rifle-armed woman, also black, this past Sunday in Houston. Video of the encounter was captured by the gas station's...
Edward Snowden will remain in the transit zone of a Russian airport for now, despite earlier news reports today that he'd received clearance to leave. A lawyer for Snowden arrived at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow Wednesday, carrying a large paper bag as he walked past a...
Mideast Media Sampler 07/24/2013...
The pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army hit two more targets Tuesday, after claiming it had hacked the website and database of Viber, an Israeli-based VOIP phone service/messaging application, and the popular internet news site The Daily Dot. SEA tweeted a warning for Viber users to delete the...
It's very rare that I stand in 100% agreement (or any percent agreement) with something written by the NY Times editorial board. But after yesterday's newly introduced sexting chronicles of Anthony Weiner - aka (allegedly) "Carlos Danger" - the board took to publishing a scathing...
Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Sean Murphy was placed on restricted duty today, after he released photos of the capture of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to a magazine in protest of the recent Rolling Stone cover. From Boston Magazine: Sgt. Sean P. Murphy, the 25-year veteran of...
If you get a chance when you’re in Jerusalem take a ride on their light rail system. It’s a relatively modern overhead line system with 23 stops that runs approximately 14 km long. I have all of the stops geocoded if you would like that? I’m a bit of a light rail buff.. my goal is to ride all of them! Haven’t made it to Israel yetI can't make your wish come true, Vince, so here's the best I can do: [caption id="attachment_59896" align="alignnone" width="512"]
(Jerusalem Light Rail)[/caption]
I also had the pleasure of meeting the famous Carl in Jerusalem, of Israel Matzav, with whom my wife and I shared a (soft) drink around noon today:
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(Me and Carl in Jerusalem, in Jerusalem)[/caption]
Look out, Anthony Weiner's back and in charge. This time (allegedly) as "Carlos Danger." New lewd messages and photos have emerged from an anonymous source, and they are purported to have been sent by Weiner, who is now running for NYC mayor. The website The Dirty posted...
Last week, Professor Jacobson wrote about "Rubio's biggest problem in 2016": I don’t mind a politician I disagree with on an issue half as much as I mind a politician I normally agree with getting played. While I may not share the Prof's indulgence of Rubio's horrific...
The saga of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner continues, as the ink is now drying on the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of her client, Irene McCormack Jackson. A few hours after the press conference with Allred and her client, in...
An anti-coal activist was granted unconditional bail Monday after appearing before an Australian magistrate over his role in a hoax that caused a major coal company's share price to briefly plummet. Jonathan Moylan, an activist with the environmental group Frontline Action on Coal, was charged by...
Mideast Media Sampler 7-22-2013...
