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Unrest continues in Ukraine as protesters block government offices
on December 02, 2013
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Protesters in Ukraine ramped up activities Monday as they blocked entrances to government offices, blocked streets, and have called for a nationwide strike. The actions follow a weekend of protests, triggered by the Ukranian president’s refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union. From...
Jews in Europe past their expiration date
on August 17, 2013
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“Call it the yogurt’s-expiration-date syndrome"...
How Europe came to view Hezbollah as a Terrorist Organization
on July 23, 2013
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Mideast Media Sampler 7-22-2013...
Attack on Jewish school in France
on March 19, 2012
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Via The Times of Israel: Four people were shot and killed at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse Monday morning. A rabbi and his two young children were among the dead, as well as an 8-year-old girl. Several more people were injured. Rabbi Jonathan Sandler,...
Eurogeddon
on November 27, 2011
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Some scary warnings out there, as reported by The Telegraph: As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned that the break-up of the euro, once almost unthinkable, is now increasingly plausible. Diplomats are preparing to help Britons...
Jet propelled back home
on September 06, 2011
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from overseas to the U.S.A. Good afternoon, all! I'm back from my summer at The Wall Street Journal Europe where I interned as a Bartley Fellow. I'm now in my senior year at Cornell & I will try to post here as much as I can as...
Maybe Israel Should Now Recognize The Basque State
on May 31, 2011
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And the Kurdish State. Via Israel Matzav, Spain to recognize 'Palestine' on the '1967 lines' The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday that Spain has decided to recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines before September. A spanish diplomat told Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath that...
I hereby take back all Canada jokes
on May 28, 2011
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In a draft statement the G-8 nations were set to echo Obama's call for negotiations based on the 1967 borders, the same framework which caused outrage in the U.S. Congress: Group of Eight leaders will give "strong support" to U.S. President Barack Obama's call for an...
He doesn’t need a Medicare plan, because he got bin Laden.
on May 26, 2011
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It's a, um, a European, um, wedding toast training, um, ping ponging, um, partying like it's 2008, whatever...
Providence College’s Lost Class of ’44
on May 22, 2011
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Thanks to reader Emily, who was in Rhode Island recently for her daughter's graduation from Providence College, for alerting me to this article in the Providence Journal about PC's so-called Lost Class of '44.The story is somewhat familiar but worth remembering; a class of college...
Spiking the football, May 8, 1945
on May 08, 2011
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The war in Europe was over, but the war in the Pacific went on. Truman announced the victory with solemn caution of the road ahead.And then for a day, Americans spiked the football:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...
“There will always be an England”
on April 29, 2011
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Today it still seems possible:I watched it and I loved it.The flyover by WWII vintage bombers and fighter planes was a nice touch, recalling the memory of the song "There will always be an England."And I'll use any excuse to run this audio:--------------------------------------------Follow me on...
Multiculturalism Failed In Europe, But Democrats Bitterly Cling To It Here
on February 05, 2011
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David Cameron has generated a stir in Europe by giving a speech in which he said that state-sponsored multiculturalism has failed:Note that Cameron was not criticizing multi-racial or multi-ethnic societies; he was proclaiming the failure of policies which sought to segregate and separate groups in the...
“how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today”
on January 02, 2011
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"Generational Theft" is a term frequently used to describe the Democrats purchase of current entitlements and payouts to politically connected groups using borrowed money. The consequences of these type of actions can be seen in Europe, where the younger generation is left hopeless.I focused on Greece...
All Swedes Are Malmö Jews Now
on December 12, 2010
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I have posted previously about the plight of the Jews of Malmö, Sweden, who have been under siege by the Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition, what I called Malmö Syndrome.Islamists across Europe have used anti-Israel agitation to justify acts of anti-Semitic violence, and anti-Israel leftists have either encouraged or excused...
