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December 19, 2008

December 14, 2008

Constitution Cheapens Clinton

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As I pointed out previously, Hillary Clinton could have been constitutionally prohibited from assuming the office of Secretary of State, soCongress late Wednesday lowered the salary for the nation's top diplomat to keep Clinton's nomination from running afoul of the Constitution.An obscure section o...

No Rain Fallout

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Haaretz, Israel's most unbelievable newspaper, reports thatU.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administratio...

December 9, 2008

Is This The Longest Obama Joke Around?

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Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink,so he calls Joe the Plumber to come and fix it.Joe drives to Obama's house, which is located in a very nice neighborhood and where it's clear that all the residents make more than $250,000 per year.Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house.Joe is led...

A Possible Solution?

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For the Democratic ticket?Source...

Story Behind the Picture

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See this picture?And this is what you don't see (but can read):-A steep descent brings Clinton's plane to Charleston's hilltop airport. After an appropriate wait, she steps from the plane and pretends to wave to a crowd of supporters; in fact, she is waving to 10 photographers underneath the airplan...

Peres is To Syria As Obama is To Iran (and both simplistic)

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President Shimon Peres said he will agree to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad or any other Syrian who wants peace at any time and without preconditions, Israel Radio reported on Sunday evening.The president reportedly said that both sides must make concession for the sake of peace.While Obama is a...

December 5, 2008

Remember My “Bagatz” Explanation of Yesterday?

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Yesterday, I tried to explain, with an example of an American constitutional problem, what and how an Israeli Bagatz works (an appeal to our High Court for Justice).Read it here.Well, it seems someone thinks it wouldn't work:"There are many ways around this problem," CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin...

December 4, 2008

Obama Jewish Joke

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The new White House Staff seems odd.There's, so far:Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Ronald Klain, Larry Summers, Paul Volcker, Tim Geithner and Peter Orszag. Okay, maybe it's that I'm Jewish, but wouldn't you agree with me that Obama is basically assuring a minyan, a ten-member prayer quorum?(Kippah...

Bagatz - An American Example for Illustration

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For those you have visited my blog frequently, you have probably seen the word "bagatz" and perhaps, despite it being defined as an appeal to the High Court of Justice, you might not fully grasp its significance.I found here a good example of an American situation. So, first the report and I'll fol...