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July 2011

DR. MARTIN SHERMAN: THE DANGER TO ISRAEL FROM THOSE WHO MASQUERADE AS ITS CHAMPIONS

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=231506 The greatest danger to Israeli democracy emanates from those masquerading as its champions. A great hue and cry has erupted recently in the wake of a number of parliamentary initiatives undertaken by what is usually characterized – pejoratively – as the “right-wing.”The purpose of these initiatives was to place mildly onerous constraints on the […]

THE IDF’S NEW TOY: THE PINCHER A MINIROBOT THAT NEUTRALIZES IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES

Mini robot fires pencil-sized projectile to burn up, neutralize IEDs http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/08_03/mi.asp? TEL AVIV — A state-owned firm is developing a robot designed to neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs).Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has reached an advanced stage in the development of its Pincher anti-IED robot. Executives said Rafael was meant to neutralize IEDs from a safe […]

YE OLDE CRABBE ON THE “EUROPE PROJECT”….SEE NOTE PLEASE

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – maybe THE CRABBE IS A DEAR PAL OF MINE WITH A GREAT BLOG….SEE: http://yeoldecrabb.wordpress.com/…GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE AND CRABBIER BY THE SECOND An old French adage posits the more things change, the more they are the same. But that’s not always true, historiographers, those who invent […]

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN CAIRO DEMAND AN ISLAMIC STATE…

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/hundreds-of-thousands-demonstrate-in-cairo-demand-islamic-state.html EGYPT IS NOW THE ARAB “SPRING’ BOARD FOR TERROR?….STAY TUNED ….MORE COMING ALL OVER AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST….RSK Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Cairo, demand Islamic state Note the frequent use of “ultraconservatives” in this piece. Again, for AP, to be “ultraconservative” means to want Sharia, and to be “ultraconservative” means to resist […]

THWARTED JIHADIST AT FORT HOOD SHOUTS “NIDAL HASAN FORT HOOD” LEAVING COURT

Muslim soldier who plotted new jihad mass murder at Fort Hood shouts “Nidal Hasan Fort Hood 2009” while leaving courtroom today http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/muslim-soldier-who-plotted-new-jihad-mass-murder-at-fort-hood-shouts-nidal-hasan-fort-hood-2009-whil.html Last year, Abdo condemned the Fort Hood jihad massacre: “Abdo’s words in court were a sharp contrast to an essay he wrote last year as the first anniversary of the Fort Hood shootings […]

JEFF DUNETZ: SOME QUESTIONS ON DEBT CEILING VOTES

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2011/07/todays-debt-ceiling-votes-some.html?utm_source=The+Lid+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=a4d1e7bc73-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN Today’s Debt Ceiling Votes –Some Unanswered Questions Like most political junkies, I have spent most of this week closely following the debt ceiling debate. With the help with some contacts on the hill I gained a good insight into what happened and why it happened.  Despite all the knowledge gained there are still so […]

DANIEL GREENFIELD: THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ THE TAO OF STUPID Sheila Jackson-Lee might be the dumbest person in congress. She might even be the dumbest person outside congress. If there were ever a global championship for idiots, the country could send her there. And leave her there; because unlike Lassie, she wouldn’t be able find her way back on her […]

JOHN BERNARD: KNEE JERK ANALYSIS…EQUATING THE NORWAY BOMBER WITH THE LATEST FORT HOOD INCIDENT

The Media, Absurdity and Knee-Jerk Analysis; Equating the Norway bombing and the Latest Fort Hood Incident. http://letthemfight.blogspot.com/ The latest attempt by a self described, pious member of Islam has brought out the usual bevy of experts not only in psychology, but in religion as well. Typically, these “experts” have little to no actual experience in […]

DIANA WEST: THE SHAMELESS SPINNING OF THE NORWAY MASSACRE

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1852/The-Shameful-Spinning-of-the-Norway-Massacre.aspx This week’s syndicated column: On Tuesday, I read a New York Times online report about a press conference held by Geir Lippestad, the defense lawyer for admitted Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. I found one of Lippestad’s statements of interest, and saved it for future reference. Little did I know it would disappear from […]

ANDREW McCARTHY: AGAINST THE BOEHNER PLAN

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/273130 Nothing can justify adding $2.5 trillion to the government’s credit card. House Speaker John Boehner has a plan that he touts as slashing about $900 billion in government spending — shy of his original claim, only two days earlier, that cuts would amount to $1.2 trillion. It’s nonsense, of course. In Washington, unlike the […]