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Re-Birth of the Cool
In this case, researchers are attempting to re-create the effects of volcanic eruptions to artificially cool Earth.
Anti-Israeli Pro-Israelism
I don’t think that Bret Stephens or perhaps his editors/headline-writers at the Wall Street Journal realize what they’re doing when they label Barack Obama “an Anti-Israel President.” The initial reaction of the majority of Obama supporters will likely be to…
Long day’s blogging into evening – pre-game festivities
Am about to disappear into Lakerdom – either a further descent into tedious misery, a temporary revival on the way to even deeper misery, or the Turning Point we’ve been waiting for and falsely identifying this whole desperately non-compelling season…
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Religion, Sports, War Tagged with: 2012, 2012 Elections, Arab Middle East, Barack Obama, Conservatives, Daniel Larison, GoodShit, Hamas, Israel, Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Mashaal, National Defense, Obama, Othero, Pakistan, Republican Party, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Tony Kushner, War, Yglesias
Secrets of the Ancient Blogging Masters – The Day Trip
(kind of a sample post based on the “How To“) Amazon.com: Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 (9780679744757): Benny Morris: Books Really, read this book. Just finished the first world-scene-setting chapter that closes with the birth of…
Posted in History, Miscellany, Science Tagged with: 2012 Elections, Arab Middle East, Barack Obama, Benny Morris, Blogs, Donald Trump, Fiscal Policy, How to Blog, Israel, Palestine, Paul Ryan, Race In America, Sarah Palin, Yuri Gagarin, Zionism
And many nations shall join themselves to the Eternal in that day
There is no Christian, there is no Muslim, there is no American, there is no atheist, there is no Buddhist, there is no Hindu, there is no Sikh, there is no nihilist, there is no anyone else.
Posted in Featured, History, International Relations, Neo-Imperialism, Philosophy, Religion Tagged with: al-Farabi, al-Gahazali, America, Arab Middle East, Buddhist, Christian, Enlightenment, God, Hegel, Heidegger, Hermann Cohen, Hindu, Ibn Rushd, Israel, Jew, Kojève, Moghuls, Mongols, Murder, Muslim, Nietzsche, Nihilism, Palestinianism, Physics, Post-Modernism, prophecy, Rosensweig, Sikh, Strauss, Stupidity, Sufi, terrorism, Theodicy, United Nations, World War, Zechariah, Zionism
MondoWeiss vs MondoReal
I’ve wanted to offer support to Jerry Slater at MondoWeiss, but I don’t pretend to possess expert knowledge on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nor do I possess any direct experience of the famous facts on the ground. I do however possess…
Posted in Miscellany Tagged with: Arab Middle East, Israel, N-State Solution, One-State Solution, propaganda, Two-State Solution
Because peace in the Holy Land and peace on Earth are the same thing
For two reasons, I’ve been hanging fire on replying to Jerome Slater’s essay “The Jewish State Controversy: Can Zionism Be Reconciled With Justice to the Palestinians?” First, I’ve been expecting the essay or at least a substantial excerpt to appear…
Posted in War Tagged with: Arab Middle East, Arnon Soffer, Israel, One-State Solution, Two-State Solution, War
Reconcile Yourself to the Two-State Solution
Jerome Slater: On the US and Israel: The Jewish State Controversy: Can Zionism Be Reconciled With Justice to the Palestinians? Israel is here to stay and almost certainly it will continue as a predominantly Jewish state, whether or not…