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Double Standard
Every additional day that Jonathan Pollard continues to be in prison is proof of the double standard that is used against him. Every additional day that the Israel- Hamas War continues will bring increasing proof of the double standard that is used against us. I use “Mr. History” to guess at how the future will […]
The Savoy Hotel (1975)
Today’s Golden Oldie is from 1975. I pulled it out of the Dry Bones Archives because a reader left a comment on the blog yesterday to suggest it as pertinent. He did so because he remembered the “Could we be sane and the rest of the world be crazy?” line. The 1975 cartoon was a […]
Australian New Year Fireworks
December 31, 2008 by TonyfromOz
One thing we have always done well here in Australia is New Year Fireworks displays. Where we live they had an excellent display lasting for 5 minutes in a park only half a mile away, and we watched it from our front driveway. In Sydney they always put on a huge display, the focus being […]
The Incongruous Precursor
December 31, 2008 by TonyfromOz
This is just one of the stories current at the moment, that of the Israeli response to the situation in Gaza. What I just cannot understand is this. Israel unilaterally pulled out of the Gaza Strip, and a tenuous peace plan was put in place. Any break in that peace plan came only from the […]
Back On Deck
December 31, 2008 by TonyfromOz
My good lady wife and I have been away visiting with our daughter and her family. They live in Rockhampton, 500 miles to the North of here. A little like here, except a lot warmer and the humidity made it stickier even on top of that. We only had one day under 90 and that […]
Muslims Ordered To Defend Gaza Palestinians
TEHRAN (SR) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious decree ordering Muslims around the world to defend Palestinians in Gaza against Israeli attacks “in any way possible.” Answering the call, thousands of protesters in Damascus, Syria ran amok for hours like so many over-caffeinated chickens, burning Israel and U.S. flags, yelling anti-Semitic phrases, and cutting themselves with swords […]
Abolish Parole!
December 30, 2008 by Sniper One
Common sense… at work… (GoUpState) The attorney general is proposing to do away with parole so that violent offenders spend more time behind bars and victims of violent crimes will know how long their attackers will be behind bars when they are sentenced. It is unreasonable for victims to have to relive their ordeals each […]
Up Close With the Legislature’s Surplus
by Tim Potts A Closer Look at the PA Legislative Surplus One of our faithful correspondents concludes his emails with a quote attributed to Thomas Pynchon: “If they can keep you asking the wrong questions, they never have to worry about the right answers.” This insight is bound to arise when talking about the recently […]
Animal Crackers
A Classic Marx Brothers Film from 1930. Here are many of the classic jokes from Groucho Marx you may have heard over the years. more about “Animal Crackers“
Wal-Mart Fights The Battle of The Wilderness in Virginia
by: Bill Dupray One of the greatest privileges of living in Virginia, especially for history buffs, is that we are neck-deep in Civil War country. I live within 50 miles of some of the most significant battles, and have walked the battlefields of Bull Run (I and II), Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and many […]
Bloodiest Day for Palestinians in 20 Years
BREAKING NEWS Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing nearly 200 people and wounding 270 others in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. Most of those killed were security men, but civilians were also […]
Israel’s Challenge
Mark Silverberg I was asked recently to explain why Israel was “ghettoizing” the Palestinians by constructing a security barrier in areas that have served as transit points for terrorists entering the country. The questioner noted that, as a Jew, I should be more sensitive to the concept of a ghetto, and its dehumanizing effects on […]
Merry Christmas and Jewish Christmas Trees
As reported in the Jerusalem Post: Choosing your own Christmas trees from KKL-JNF forests “I can’t believe that Israelis ensure that Christians in Israel have Christmas trees! This is really cool!” We were speaking to Nathan, a student at the Jerusalem University College on Mt. Zion, whom we met at KKL-JNF’s traditional Christmas tree distribution […]
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