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• Baiting the Bear

  

  [courtesy Google Images]The Wall Street Journal: “On Sunday [October 4, A.D. 2015], Saudi Arabia made deep reductions to the prices it charges for its oil,... Read more

  The 06 october 2015 by   Adask
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• The Jews Are the West; the West Is The Jews

  Here.Note that everyone else wants to list these stupid sanctions which were put on Iran for no reason at all other than the fact that the Jews hate Iran.Iran i... Read more

  The 07 july 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Daily Mail on Top Form

  From The Daily Mail: * Jamila and Jalila Henry, 21, are identical twin sisters from south London * Convert Jamila has been caught travelling to Syria on her... Read more

  The 20 march 2015 by   Markwadsworth
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• Links 4/6/15

  Politics:The war on terror, that campaign without end launched 14 years ago by George Bush, is tying itself up in ever more grotesque contortions. Read more

  The 04 june 2015 by   Cathy Leaves
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• The Islamic States of America

  Here.All quotes from the comments at the link: Read Reuters 6 – 8 months ago. They ran an article ( with pics ) that showed US Senator John McCain at a US funde... Read more

  The 30 january 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Why the Lack of Any Difference Between the Palestinians and General Arabs Matters

  Sar ShalomA common refrain on our side is that the Palestinians are no different from any other Arab. It is entirely appropriate to make this point, however,... Read more

  The 16 january 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Progressive-Left Racism

  

  Michael L.Outside of political Islam, the progressive-left is the most racist political movement active in the west today.The general tendency is to look at... Read more

  The 04 january 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Girls, Hart of Dixie & Glee

  

  THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Kyle Chandler was the theme last week. I loved all of your reasons why I chose him...yes I do love him, but I chose him... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Kristy47
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• An Appeal to the Pope on Behalf of the Creatures in the Cosmos

  

  I’ve got another post at 3 Quarks Daily, Charlie Keil’s Simple Appeal to the Pope on Behalf of the Future. Here’s a conversation Charlie and I have been having... Read more

  The 10 february 2015 by   Bbenzon
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• Green Party Says Low Oil Prices Could Leave Taxpayers Responsible For Trillions...

  

  Americans are currently celebrating the lowest gasoline prices in a long time. Those low prices are due to a collapse in the price of oil worldwide. Read more

  The 27 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Bronze Age Collapse - 1,200 BC - What Happened to the Sea People?

  

  the opening salvo of the following video is that in a period of Bronze Age History spanning less than a few generations, civilisations from the Mycaeneans to th... Read more

  The 15 october 2015 by   Freeplanet
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• Congress is Wheelin’ and Dealin’

  

  Today, The Washington Examiner published an article entitled “Kerry: U.N. has the right to vote on Iran deal before Congress.” The article focused on the... Read more

  The 21 july 2015 by   Adask
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• The Jewish Languages of the Jewish Diaspora

  Sam asks:Robert I should have asked you this before but I had forgotten it. This post jogged my memory. I read once…somewhere…that all Jewish languages were... Read more

  The 17 april 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• The Islamic State Under Pressure

  Michael L.It is an unusual coalition of forces that are gathering to challenge Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Islamic State fighters in Tikrit. Read more

  The 11 march 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• The Greatest Force in the USA Today? Obama's Hatred of It!

  A couple of things have provoked the title to this post. First, there was a small report in The Mail that there was to be something of an exposure of the late,... Read more

  The 23 january 2015 by   Davidduff
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• Flushing Out Racists Hiding As Progressives

  

  geofffffMy blog sometimes plunges into the open sewers of the Australian racist antizionist left to confront the ignorant gutless bastards head on. Man to man s... Read more

  The 03 july 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Hey,Bam: Maybe It's Those Pesky Presbyterians Again

  BH, our man in Sydney, Australia, is a fan of Tim Blair, columnist of Sydney's The Telegraph, who wrote today: "Following the burning alive of a captured... Read more

  The 04 february 2015 by   Hughvw
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• The Pentagon Response Ted Cruz Should Have Gotten

  

  Recently Ted Cruz (who is running for president) decided to play to his teabagger base. He jumped on board with the conspiracy nuts who think the Jade 15... Read more

  The 15 may 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Is Life in the First World Dependent on Imperialism?

  Jason Y writes:I can’t see an alternative where a “kind and gentle”, “non-exploitative” 1st world exists. The “easy life” of the 1st world is made possible... Read more

  The 01 april 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• The Title of the ISIS Coptic Christian Beheading Video is One Needing to Be...

  

  That title is "A Message Signed With Blood To The Nation Of The Cross." It's a message the White House dared not acknowledge as evidenced by their rather weak... Read more

  The 17 february 2015 by   Brutallyhonest
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• Inescapable (2012)

  

  Director: Ruba Nadda Writer: Ruba Nadda (Screenplay) Starring: Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Tomei, Oded Fehr, Saar Siddiqui, Fadia Nadda, Bonnie... Read more

  The 15 may 2015 by   Newguy
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• The “Syrian Rebels” Are Mostly Al Qaeda

  You really do not have any moderate rebels in Syria, and the ones that do exist are pro-Israel! So your choice is between pro-Israel sellouts and Al Qaeda. You... Read more

  The 27 april 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Let’s Unite Against the Project by Al-Qaïda and Daesh by Thierry Meyssan

  

  Let’s unite against the project by Al-Qaïda and Daesh Thierry Meyssan French intellectual, founder and chairman of Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace... Read more

  The 02 october 2015 by   Arirusila
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• Asafetida Health Benefits

  

  Asafetida, is a dried gum obtained from the tap root of various species of Ferula.Asafetida has a strong pungent smell among all spices, but adds a subtle flavo... Read more

  The 08 september 2015 by   Pshinde2109
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• The Continued Confusion of Delusional Christian Crackpots

  

  [Photo of Franklin Graham pretending to speak for his god.] You may remember the goofy Christian televangelist, Jim Bakker, who got into a lot of trouble a few... Read more

  The 20 july 2015 by   Lowell
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• Some Thoughts on a Majority-Gay Society

  Tulio writes:I don’t have much to add here other than to say very interesting post! I would love to see some queers respond to this. Read more

  The 10 july 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Obama About To "Unleash Hell" Warns US Senator

  

  By Susan Duclos, via All News PipeLine In a hard hitting interview conducted by Hugh Hewitt with US Senator Lindsey Graham, we are informed that Barack Obama... Read more

  The 09 february 2015 by   Susanduclos
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• Fun Online Polls: Syrian Refugees & Central Heating

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll - on a good turnout of 102 - were as follows: You're a Muslim fleeing the war zone in Syria or Iraq. What's the... Read more

  The 08 september 2015 by   Markwadsworth
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• "Palestinian" Jew-Ramming Fun

  

  Michael L.Itamar Sharon, writing in the Times of Israel, tells us this:Five people were injured Friday morning in a car-ramming terror attack near a Jerusalem... Read more

  The 06 march 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• The Real Reason for Venezuela’s Economic Problems

  This video shows the truth about Venezuela’s economic problems. In short, the economic problems are being caused 100% by the Venezuelan capitalists and the... Read more

  The 28 february 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• It’s Either Assad Or Chaos, Hell and Genocide

  Found on the Internet:It’s often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Read more

  The 13 october 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Sinai Option Again

  

  Post reports that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted on Monday [9th November 2015] as claiming that Israel and Hamas have been conducting... Read more

  The 11 november 2015 by   Arirusila
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• Eric Zeusse, “Meet the “Moderates” the U.S. Is Supporting in Syria: They’re...

  Great article from Global Research on something I have been drumming home for a long time now: The US is backing Al Qaeda in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.... Read more

  The 16 august 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• "The Scope of the Problem is Huge"

  

  At some point, the world will have to unite to kill these butchers: Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and... Read more

  The 05 february 2015 by   Brutallyhonest
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• "Would It Help?"

  

  So there were a couple of standout items in the news this past week, one of which was China disregarding it's one child policy in favor of a two child policy du... Read more

  The 02 november 2015 by   Jamesswezey
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• Iran is a Terror Threat to the Middle East, Latin America & USA

  Dr. Eowyn:Did you know that in 2010 in New York City, the heads of the New Black Panthers and Nation of Islam met secretly with then-Iranian President Mahmoud... Read more

  The 31 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• A Note to the World from an Ordinary Israeli

  Michael L.I came across this under a Times of Israel article concerned with Arab clashes with the IDF:Draiman Israel · Top CommenterRe: Israel - To whom it may... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Mikelumish
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• The GOP's Reaffirmation on Their Own Case, Favoring Social Anxiety Disorder

  By RF SchattenWe sure have been living in very Interesting Times! Thank you, China!! If we could only find a good curse, now that they're the Business World's... Read more

  The 06 may 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• "I Guess I Oppose Capital Punishment Only About Six Days out of a Week."

  

  Russel Saltzman's struggles with the death penalty mirror my own.  Good read here: I am opposed to the death penalty, though I don’t recall ever writing about i... Read more

  The 12 april 2015 by   Brutallyhonest
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• “The Blood of Our Christian Brothers is a Witness That Cries Out”

  

  That and much more from Pope Francis earlier today on the murder of 21 Coptic Egyptian Christians in Libya by ISIL radicals: Pope Francis on Monday condemned th... Read more

  The 16 february 2015 by   Brutallyhonest
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• Arab Terrorists Attack Jewish Kindergarten in Jerusalem

  Michael L.Writing in Arutz Sheva, Ari Yashar tells us:On Wednesday morning a gang of Arab terrorists descended upon the Jewish neighborhood's kindergarten,... Read more

  The 11 february 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Cruz: 5 Things I'll Do on My First Day as President

  Ted Cruz has laid out five actions that he'd take on his first day in office. The Daily Signal reports: The first action would be to “rescind every illegal... Read more

  The 12 august 2015 by   Hughvw
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• ACLU Files New Lawsuit Over Obama Administration Drone 'Kill List'

  

  Link provided by George Jefferson As the US debates expanding its campaign against the Islamic State beyond Iraq and Syria, the leading US civil liberties... Read more

  The 18 march 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• North Dakota Losing 20,000 Oil Field Jobs: What It Means

  

  The reason we have cheap oil is because the Middle East, notably Saudi Arabia, continues pumping it. The estimated extraction price of Saudi oil is $1-$2, with ... Read more

  The 24 january 2015 by   Doggone
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• Obama to Let in 10,000 Syrian Refugees Despite No Way of Identifying Terrorists

  Dr. Eowyn:Obama did say when he was first elected in 2008 that he meant to “fundamentally transform” America. The millions who voted, twice, to send this man... Read more

  The 11 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Netanyahu and Bennet on Iran (video)

  ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel... Read more

  The 15 july 2015 by   Gldmeier
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• Please Welcome Vocal International

  Michael L.Vocal International is a recently created non-partisan news magazine out of Brussels, Belgium wherein the editors offered me a monthly column. Read more

  The 02 june 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet Becomes 129th to Win Nobel Peace Prize

  

  "When people decide to live, destiny shall obey, and one day ... the slavery chains must be broken." ~ words of a Tunisian poet ! Read more

  The 09 october 2015 by   Sampathkumar Sampath
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• The Syrian Dead and Basic Human Ethics

  Michael L.Sometimes the best posts are very brief and to the point.The Elder has such a piece entitled, 5000 killed in Syria every month.And that, really, is al... Read more

  The 07 august 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Red Dawn Invasion Has Begun! They Are Here Now And It Is About To Get Worse!

  

  By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine When one thinks of the term "Red Dawn" the first thing that comes to mind is America being invaded by the Russians, or the... Read more

  The 05 may 2015 by   Susanduclos
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• How Will the US Navy Cope with Enemy A2AD?

  In face of rapid development of A2AD capabilities among America’s enemies, the US Navy needs countermeasures to secure freedom of international navigation and... Read more

  The 27 december 2014 by   Shahalexander
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• Hamas and Israel on Verge of the Deal

  

  “This agreement is no longer just rumors or blabber, but will be signed any minute,” (Walid Awadh, a member of the political office of the Palestinian People’s... Read more

  The 18 august 2015 by   Arirusila
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• Whither, Ehud?

  

  Michael L.In a piece by Jerusalem Post Staff we learn: Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that Israel should consider unilateral moves to disengage... Read more

  The 28 may 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Links 08/10/15

  Politics: "994 mass shootings in 1,004 days: this is what America's gun crisis looks like".Earlier this year, the President recalled, he made this point in an... Read more

  The 08 october 2015 by   Cathy Leaves
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• #myRTW: The Mountains of Iran with Heart My Backpack

  

  The interview series #myRTW coincides with our hash-tag of the same name which is featured on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. Read more

  The 22 december 2014 by   Livingthedreamrtw
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• The Jacob Sheep

  

  The most distinguishing feature of Jacobs sheep is their impressive horns.  Like some other sheep, both rams (males) and ewes (females) have horns. They... Read more

  The 04 september 2015 by   Vikasacharya
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• Climate Migrants

  

  The stories of the drowning deaths of what may be as many as 950 migrants in the Mediterranean is both tragic and frightening. Read more

  The 23 april 2015 by   Rvbadalam
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• A Single State?

  

  Michael L.For years I thought that the only reasonable solution to the ongoing Arab war against the Jews was the two-state solution. Read more

  The 13 september 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Aliyah Vs Deal with Iran

  on the same day that the deal is announced that will most likely allow Iran to get their nuclear weapons, a group of 200 American Jews landed in Israel making... Read more

  The 14 july 2015 by   Gldmeier
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• Pirate Kings of the Mediterranean - British Royals Reassessed - Who Cares Apart...

  

  Water World of Global Warfor the last few Free Planet posts, I've been ranting on about the research of Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett that concerns itself... Read more

  The 23 june 2015 by   Freeplanet
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• A Senator Explains Why Iran Agreement Must Be Approved

  

  Regular readers of this blog will know that I support the Iran Agreement. It may not be perfect, but I see no alternative to it short of starting a new war. Read more

  The 21 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Mort Klein is Not a Happy Man

  

  Michael L.Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), is not a very happy man, today.Concerning Obama's recent capitulation to the... Read more

  The 16 july 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Remember Their Names

  

  I look at the picture and read through the names. 21 in all. They feel familiar, though rusty, on my tongue. Reading these names, praying as I read them feels... Read more

  The 17 february 2015 by   Marilyngardner5
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• Slightly Over Half Of Public Supports The War Authorization

  

  The charts above were made from a new NBC News / Marist Poll -- done on February 11th and 12th of a random national sample of 603 adults, with a margin of... Read more

  The 14 february 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Tiyulim in Eretz Yisrael. Tzafon 2015

  

  As I posted on Facebook at the beginning of our recent camping trip in northern Israel, "And God said "go north, in August", and the people did as God said... Read more

  The 17 august 2015 by   Gldmeier
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• The Nature of the Beast

  

  Michael L.Writing in Commentary about the recent racist hoopla at the Miss Universe Pageant, Jonathan Tobin tells us: "The problem is a spirit of intolerance an... Read more

  The 22 january 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• No Justice, No Peace

  

  Michael L.{Cross-posted at the Elder of Ziyon and Jews Down Under.}Writing in the Jerusalem Post, Lahav Harkov tells us that Israeli firebrand Naftali Bennet ha... Read more

  The 12 january 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Battlefield Yemen – Democracies In Action

  

  “If there the offensive develops to be a ground invasion, the Yemenis will prove that their country is the invaders’ graveyard,” (Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi)O... Read more

  The 29 march 2015 by   Arirusila
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• The GOP's Never Ending Battle for Political Dysfunctional Supremacy

  By RF SchattenNo words can ever express such a dysfunction in someone's mind, no less, an entire Political Party. Why in the name of God, would someone... Read more

  The 11 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• "It's Bureaucracy Gone Mad"

  I know a thing or two about bureaucracy, jobwise. There are parts of the government that function smoothly and are well thought through, some parts are Catch... Read more

  The 10 march 2015 by   Markwadsworth
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• US MSM Says the Kurds Bombed Themselves in Ankara Terror Attacks

  Revolting.I knew the MSM was evil, but I never knew they were that bad.“Suspects in the bombing are the PKK and ISIS.”The people protesting were all Kurds,... Read more

  The 11 october 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Five Ducks (video)

  Hamas musicians have not had another big hit since their platinum hit "Tkof Taase Biguim". Not wanting to be remembered as just a one-hit wonder, the Hamas... Read more

  The 27 august 2015 by   Gldmeier
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• Links 29/4/15

  Politics: In Baltimore, a look into several cases of undue force used by the police, Logos with "After Ferguson: Notes on Oppression", and an interview with Noa... Read more

  The 29 april 2015 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Honour the Struggle

  

  I’m sitting with a younger friend in my home. It’s warm and we are talking over hot drinks. She and I share so much in terms of our background. Both raised in... Read more

  The 26 february 2015 by   Marilyngardner5
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• Symbol of Strength

  

  Gloucester, Massachusetts is a fishing town. It is one of the oldest settlements in what became Massachusetts Bay Colony.Through the years, life in this... Read more

  The 07 september 2015 by   Marilyngardner5
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• Movie of the Week: '71

  

  On the eve of his deployment to stabilize a volatile Belfast neighbourhood during the Northern Ireland conflict (aka The Troubles), a young British soldier name... Read more

  The 27 october 2015 by   Shane Slater
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• Brazilian Embassy Makes Changes to Passports

  

  Recently, there have been changes in how several countries list the birth country on passports of Jerusalem born citizens. The United States, Canada and France... Read more

  The 29 september 2015 by   Angelicolaw
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• It's Time For The U.S. To Show Israel Some "Tough Love"

  

  (The image above was found at Eine Kleine Nichtmusik.) The nation of Israel is very popular with citizens in this country, and Prime Minister Netanyahu has... Read more

  The 21 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Arab League: Den of Treason

  From an Al-Manar, the news organ of Hezbollah in Lebanon (Hezbollah is one of my favorite guerrilla armies) about the Arab League getting together to form its... Read more

  The 20 april 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Traditional Musical Instruments from Different Countries

  

  Traditional musical instruments are basically used in classic and traditional music. They compromise different kinds of instruments. They are played by people o... Read more

  The 08 january 2015 by   Lili Gomes
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• Left-wing Party Of Germany Wants The USA To Pay For Refugees In Europe

  

  Voices of the left-wing party in Germany demand from Washington to pay for the refugees in Europe. In their opinion the civil war in Syria is the USA’s fault. Read more

  The 06 september 2015 by   Comicspolitics
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• Fun Online Polls: Abroad and The News

  The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Abroad. All very grim, all very tricky. Waves of migrants in the Mediterranean - 44% Isis and Syri... Read more

  The 03 august 2015 by   Markwadsworth
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• Let the Arms Race Commence

  Michael L.One not need to be Cassandra to prophecy the coming Middle East nuclear arms race.Former Minister Belayat of Algeria is an obscure figure in the West. Read more

  The 24 september 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• Newsflash: First Time Asylum Applicants in the EU-28 by Citizenship, Q2 2014 – Q...

  

  From official Eurostat pages I found a fresh file – First time asylum applicants in the EU-28 by citizenship, Q2 2014 – Q2 2015 – which might surprise many who... Read more

  The 24 september 2015 by   Arirusila
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• Iran Deal Can't Be Stopped Now - 37 Senators On Board

  

  Wednesday was a great day for the president -- and for the people of the United States and Iran. It was a great day because there are now enough votes to suppor... Read more

  The 04 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• These Are the Days, My Friends

  It's actually a pretty incredible time to be alive. Millions more Americans recently came much closer to having full equality here in their own nation. Read more

  The 14 july 2015 by   Morage
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• Threat to US 'highest Ever'

  Devin Nunes, the House intel chair, appearing on Face the Nation, said the nation faces “the highest threat level we have ever faced in this country” due to... Read more

  The 22 june 2015 by   Hughvw
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• In the Eye of the Whirlpool

  

  Michael L.Those of us who care about the well-being of Israel and of the Jewish people are in a very curious moment.The Speech has come and gone and the... Read more

  The 12 march 2015 by   Mikelumish
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• 10 Deadly Lies About Israel by Ron Dermer

  

  Israel’s Ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, lays out a clear point-by-point counter-argument to the lies about Israel that have spread like wildfire... Read more

  The 23 october 2015 by   Arirusila
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• GOP Rep. Admits Benghazi Comm. Is Just To Smear Hillary

  

  (This caricature of Rep. Kevin McCarthy is by DonkeyHotey.) The House Committee supposedly investigating the tragedy at Benghazi has droned on for over 72 month... Read more

  The 03 october 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Congratulations, Missouri! You Kill Me!

  

  Check out these statistics on "corporal punishment"--the oh-so-polite word for state-sanctioned murder, execution of the convicted: America Ranks in the Top 5... Read more

  The 05 april 2015 by   Morage
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• Lavender Bags

  There’s a huge lavender bush in my grandparents garden, it must be decades old now. Lavender has a gorgeous scent which is known for calming the mind. Read more

  The 08 september 2015 by   Englishwifeindianlife
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• From the Distant Liberal Consensus, a Defiant Conservative Yelp

  

  [Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]As I write this review, I keep hearing about Jeb Bush, campaigning for president, talking about how the invasion of Iraq... Read more

  The 17 august 2015 by   Russellarbenfox
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• Convince Me There’s A God – Archaeology 19

  

  “Now the Lord said to Joshua: ‘Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand... Read more

  The 04 january 2015 by   Mmcgee
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• Most Caucasian Populations Have Significant Non-Caucasian Elements

  I received this comment today. I deleted the comment and banned the poster because he insulted me, but his comments are interesting nonetheless. Read more

  The 09 september 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Efforts to Hide E-mails Lead to Resignation of U of Illinois Exec, Drawing...

  

  Phyllis Wise(from USA Today)The chancellor of the University of Illinois has resigned amid an investigation that revealed efforts to hide e-mails and withhold... Read more

  The 10 august 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Deep State Failing Badly on Syria

  The US Deep State encompasses the entire US government including the Pentagon, the State Department, the CIA and the rest of the Intelligence Establishment. Read more

  The 11 october 2015 by   Calvinthedog
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• Instead of Gaza’s Reconstruction Donor Aid Finances Terrorism And Corruption

  

  “Magen veLo Yera’e” [Motto of Shin Bet]It was not a hallucination when Israelis living in Gaza border area were hearing some digging sounds. Read more

  The 13 august 2015 by   Arirusila
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• Killing Heat — It Felt Like 165 Degrees in Iran Today

  Originally posted on robertscribbler: In Iran it was 115 degrees Fahrenheit today (46 C). Add in humidity and the heat index was a stunning 165 F (74 C). Read more

  The 01 august 2015 by   Garry Rogers
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• "Fear Became the Ultimate Tool of This Government...."

  

  "Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot." -VGood... Read more

  The 06 november 2015 by   Jamesswezey
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