The jury is still out on this horrible incident, but can we at least rule out that it involved "passive resistance"?Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers www.youtube.com
Got a good price on a lot of Gulf Shrimp–gonna market them under the name "Bubba Gunk"
I’m betting he ends up living happily ever after with Elizabeth Edwards, while Tipper takes up with Dee Snider (how soon we forget)
At last, competition for Roberto Perez New York Observer Politics Writer Leaves for WNYC – mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY www.mediabistro.com
Gore the Great Communicator: “This is very much a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration. We ask for respect for our privacy and that of our family, and we do not intend to comment further.”
The miraculous thing isn't how the Republicans managed to steal the election; the miraculous thing is that they had to.
OBAMA adminsitration official on the international response to the Flotilla Disaster: "The situation is that they’re so isolated right now that it’s not only that we’re the only ones who will stick up for them…We're the only ones who believe them — and what they're saying is true." 'We're the only ones who believe them' – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com www.politico.com
In the name of democracy, tea partiers want to eliminate elections for the US senate. I'll go them one better; I want to eliminate the US Senate. Political Times – A Misguided Call for Repealing the 17th Amendment – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com Chait is virtually the only one I've seen to give a fair and rational analysis of the rights and wrongs of what happened on the "peace" flotilla. And even if my friends on the Zionist right and their allies do not like all of it, they will greatly enjoy the new one he tears into Andrew Sullivan.
Flotilla Opinion Formed | The New Republic www.tnr.com
Query: if we are becoming Greece, how come we don't have to grease the skids by paying higher interest? Despite U.S. deficit concerns, investors still pour money into Treasury bonds www.washingtonpost.com Just a reminder of what passes for democracy in one of the Arab world's freest nations. And, given some of the alternatives, I guess we should be grateful
Pyramid Schemes | The New Republic www.tnr.com
Why would the Democrats want to remind people that this twerp used to be a Democrat? State Dems Hit Remind GOP Of Levy’s Dem Past capitaltonight.com
Aroni-ous: satmar kj ( rabbi aaron teitelbaum ) protest in nyc vs raeli commando raid in Gaza Stri | Room Eight www.r8ny.com