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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Category Archives: Palestine & Israel
Israeli Gay Pride March Forced To Move To Stadium
And of course, the bigots are gloating. Pam’s House Blend provides this quote from leading bigot Rabbi Yehuda Levin (pictured ((So sue me – I’m feeling immature today.))): This is not the homo-land, this is the holy land. Today is … Continue reading
Fundamentalist Jews And Muslims Unite In Hatred Of Gays
I’m stealing this post outright from Dispatches from the Culture War. Ed quotes from a Time Magazine article about reactions in Israel to this Friday’s planned Gay Pride parade: An unknown extremist Jewish group pasted up signs announcing a $500 … Continue reading
The Tale of the Other Protest
Different people observe the changing seasons in different ways. For gardeners spring means planting things, for sports fans it means the beginning of the cricket season,* for students spring means avoiding studying for exams, and for Wellington activists spring is … Continue reading
Michael Scheuer: 5 Years After 9/11, We're Less Safe
Michael Scheuer, a 22-year CIA vet who specialized in studying bin Laden, answers six questions for Harpers. The bit that will be quoted the most, I think, is this: “In the long run, we’re not safer because we’re still operating … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, International issues, Iraq, Palestine & Israel
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Women's Rights In The Middle East
Interesting-sounding panel discussion of women’s rights in the Mid East. I thought this point – about the attraction of patriarchy in dictatorships – was well-made: Darwish placed the blame on the patriarchy of the Middle East. “In the Middle East, … Continue reading
Robert Fisk
I went to hear Robert Fisk talk tonight. He was incredible, so articulate, so intelligent, and he talked about the hard bits about the life that he had choosen (and told us not to be sorry for him). I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in International issues, Iraq, Palestine & Israel
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Violent Antisemitism in France
David at The Debate Link links to a column by Mark Steyn about Jews being murdered by Muslims in France. The article is stirring, but I need more evidence to be persuaded, and so should David. Steyn himself isn’t a … Continue reading
Link Farm and Open Thread #10
March 8th is Blog Against Sexism Day Why March 8? Because it’s International Women’s Day. Because it’s the Global Women’s Strike. Wimmin in more than 60 countries will be participating in the global strike. Why not add dozens or hundreds … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215