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Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Pot is boiling in Pakistan…Part I

I am not on Facebook, and I think tweeting is strictly for the birds. Even my forays into YouTube are few, limited mostly to things I find on Blogit or that other friends send me, with orders to “absolutely look at this!!!” or similar instructions. But I will admit that my mulish attitude has its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Another Fatwa: ‘Destroy all Christian Churches in the Arabian Peninsula…

Those of you who’ve read my ‘Fun with Fatwas’ posts will know that ‘Islamic Jurisprudence’ (a quintessential oxymoron, LOL) concerns itself with every possible sh*t imaginable, literally, as in how best to wipe your ass with stones, for example. Now, I know there are some here who get their knickers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

The I.P…Part V - Some Comments on Some Comments…

I may of course be wrong, but I believe there exists an unwritten rule in Blogitville to the effect that you don’t post your own stuff on other people’s blogs. Maybe it’s just my own rule, but having been around here for a few years, I think I can safely say that most people here would agree with me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Istanbul Process…Part IV ("Shoot the Jews")

After our brief Iran Intermezzo, that I needed to address because of the Obama administration’s unfortunate pressure on Israel in this matter, I want to return to an issue which is so outrageously offensive that I have a hard time discussing it. To refresh everyone’s memory: the Organization of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

An Iranian Intermezzo…Part V

I would like to add a few remarks to what has gone before in order to make my position absolutely clear. Nobody can be absolutely certain at this point that Iran is in the process of developing a nuclear weapon. The world’s suspicion, and mine, that it has the intention of doing so is based on many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

An Iranian Intermezzo…Part IV

Before giving you the remainder of Caroline Glick’s piece, a few remarks that are at least in part a response to a comment. The comment was made by our TAPS, one of my few regular readers of this blog, who says, among other things, ‘I still don’t know what to do about it.’ Let me begin by saying... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

An Iranian Intermezzo…Part III

Keeping in mind what I have said in my previous post on the fundamentally non -rational nature of the Iranian regime, let us look at its attempt to build nuclear weapons in the widest possible context. If forced to do so by its own unwillingness to prevent it, the world at large can probably adapt... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

An Iranian Intermezzo…Part II

Sorry for the delay. I wrote Part II a couple of days ago, but then realized that I had to make a few changes. They were prompted by the words of a friend of mine, who often expresses what one might call ‘widely held opinions’, LOL. He suggested that since there already are many other states with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

An Iranian Intermezzo…

In her comment to my previous post on the Istanbul Process TAPS chided me gently, and I deserved it! I rather carelessly misread her earlier comment as a demonstration of her position that, to put it in the simplest terms, ‘familiarity breeds respect’, the positive and optimistic response to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Istanbul Process…Part III

Sometimes my posts are responses to comments. They may be direct responses, or they may be written to amplify and, one hopes, clarify what led to the comments. This post is one of those responses, and I shall hope it will clarify a few things. At the start I shall give you some quotes, beginning... Sign in to see full entry.

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