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Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy — Much of the world's response is a false moral equivalence that simply encourages the terrorists. — Israel's decision to take military action against Hamas rocket attacks targeting its civilian population has been long in coming.
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Jerusalem Post, Mondoweiss, Israellycool, Elder of Ziyon, Commentary, Power Line, American Power, The Corner and NewsBusters.org
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We must adjust our distorted image of Hamas — Gaza is a secular society where people listen to pop music, watch TV and many women walk the streets unveiled — Last week I was in Gaza. While I was there I met a group of 20 or so police officers who were undergoing a course in conflict management.
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FLORIDASTAN: ISLAMIC ANTI JEW, PRO-HAMAS RALLY - THE HATRED OF THE GOOD — Federal building Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Muslims rally against the Jewish state. — It was pandemonium. Muslims dress in full jihad garb juiced with .... hate.It looked like Halloween in Gaza.
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Ynetnews, Israel Matzav, Debbie Schlussel, the “silent&rdquo …, Jihad Watch and Boker tov, Boulder!
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Israel Likely to Reject 48-Hour Cease-Fire Plan
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Reuters, BBC, Mondoweiss, Boker tov, Boulder!, Harry's Place, A Blog For All, Little Green Footballs, Truthdig, JammieWearingFool, Soccer Dad, Feministing and Elder of Ziyon
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Fight Fire With a Cease-Fire
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Commentary, Voice of America, Washington Post, Swampland, Haaretz, Jules Crittenden and theheretik.us
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Davis said thanks, but no thanks — WASHINGTON — Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down. We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night …
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Bobby Rush on CNN — Here's Rush arguing for the importance of a black senator. To which I respond—Nigga, please!! — I don't know if I've shifted politically or what. But after watching a black man named Barack Obama—who couldn't get into the Democratic convention eight years ago …
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Another bad choice by ethically bankrupt gov — The people of Illinois didn't need another reason to throw Gov. Blagojevich out of office. — They had plenty already. — But on Tuesday, the governor gave the state one more excellent reason, this time by going back on his word and appointing …
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Ben Smith's Blogs
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Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies — WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as a senior official in the Bush administration.
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Pyrrhic Torture Trials — Should Bush administration officials be put on trial for crimes such as authorizing torture? — Personally, I'm just relieved to have this crowd heading out of office and its policies — on torture, on indefinite detention, on warrantless wiretapping …
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Breaking: Terror in Copenhagen — Israel Radio is reporting that a ‘Palestinian’ opened fire on a group of Israelis in a supermarket just outside of Copenhagen. — More details to follow. — UPDATE 6:01 PM — Israel Radio is now reporting that this shooting took place in a mall and that two Israelis were wounded.
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Atlas Shrugs
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Village Voice Lays Off Nat Hentoff and 2 Others — The troubled Village Voice laid off three employees Tuesday, including Nat Hentoff, the prominent columnist who has worked for the paper since 1958, contributing opinionated columns about jazz, civil liberties and politics.
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Moving Day for the Obamas — Even in a town where the hotels are swamped for the inauguration, it turns out to be easy to get a room if you're the one being inaugurated. — President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move to Washington this weekend in time for his daughters to start school, aides said Tuesday.
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Obama's Â'One President' Philosophy Is Not One-Fit-All
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TIME.com
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HAMAS H.Q. BOMBED; POWER LINE, TOO — Talk about disproportionate response. Just an hour or so after Power Line posted a series of videos from the Israeli Defense Forces—videos that, as Scott discovered, YouTube had pulled—we experienced a Denial-of-Service attack from a cabal …
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Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars — UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture. Let's help him. — In the continuing battle over Detroit, UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture. Let's help him. — With shareholders virtually wiped …
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Influx of black renters raises tension in Bay Area — ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.
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Nobody Goes There Anymore, It's Too Crowded — I think trying to build housing in shopping malls is a potentially promising idea. It's a reminder that I've been meaning for a while to write a post about separating the idea of “walkable urbanism” from the idea of “living in a city.”