Saturday, August 30, 2008

Obama's Acceptance Speech Ends With A Fizzle

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It was certainly historic. Obama can speak for 45 minutes and make himself understood (I actually wished it had been longer) and I'm g...

Russia's Goals in Georgia Crisis

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Reuters correspondent Oleg Shchedrov explains what Russia may be up to in South Ossetia: Top Russian officials have complained that Moscow...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Who is Sarah Palin?

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At least McCain picked a fresh face...although how many Democratic women would cross party lines to vote for Sarah Palin is unclear. Ironic ...

Bill Clinton's Endorsement of Barack Obama

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I thought Bill Clinton gave a good speech when I heard it on the car radio driving back from my vacation. So here's the text: I am hono...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Gone Fishin'...

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Blogging will be slow for a while...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Rafael Medoff on "The Wyman Aliya"

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In the Jerusalem Post, Rafael Medoff explains how David Wyman's book inspired the 1985 airlift for Ethiopian Jews On February 22, th...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Apple Now Bigger Than Google

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From The Guardian (UK): The sleek, touchscreen iPhone has proved so lucrative for Apple that the electronic gadgets manufacturer has unseate...

Where's My Netflix?

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Maybe the world is coming to an end-- Netflix is all messed up. IMPORTANT: Your DVD Shipments Have Likely Been Delayed We’re sorry to report...

Nepalese Elect Maoist Guerrilla Prime Minister

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Is this Nepalese terrorist's (Maoist guerrillas killed some 10,000 people) victory a victory for President Bush's "democracy-bu...

Raymond Lloyd Questions Georgia's Celebration of Stalin

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Attention John McCain: Did you know that Georgia still worships Stalin and has a large statue of the dictator on display in Gori? I didn...

Walid Phares: Confrontation With Russia Aids Jihadists

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From The American Thinker (ht JihadWatch): Jihadi Dual agenda The world Salafists' ultimate wish is to see the two infidel superpowers ...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

BBC Analyst Agrees--Georgia Crisis Parallels Cyprus Crisis

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From Paul Reynolds' report at BBC World News: There are some clear winners and losers in the conflict over South Ossetia - and the crisi...

John McCain: We Are All Georgians

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Hmm. From today's Wall Street Journal: We should work toward the establishment of an independent, international peacekeeping force in th...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Russian Analyst Blames McCain for Georgian-Russian War

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I saw this in today's Johnson's Russia List: #26 Izvestia Auguste 13, 2008 WHEN WE SAY SAAKASHVILI, WE MEAN MCCAIN Republican Party...

The Turkistan Legion

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A brief mention of the Turkistan Legion over dinner last night led me to a Google search that turned up some surprisingly contemporary rever...

Memo to Obama II: Run as a Winner

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It's time for Barack Obama to use the race issue to his advantage in the 2008 election, by associating himself in the public's mind...

The Wild Duck

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Our Netflix BBC DVD had two Ibsen plays on it, and the other night someone I know and this blogger took a look at the 1971 television adapt...

Sarko the Peacemaker...

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Looks like Nicholas Sarkozy has done it again. The Moscow Times reports: Sarkozy said Europe was ready to send peacekeepers to Georgia if al...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Today's Georgian Crisis and the 1974 Cyprus Crisis

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American pundits have their knickers in a twist about Russia. The Wall Street Journal called Putin Vladimir Bonaparte today while in today...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Nabi Abdullaev on the Georgian-Russian War

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From the Moscow Times: Having forcefully reclaimed South Ossetia for its loyal separatist regime, Moscow has sent the strongest possible sig...