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Israeli Police Officer Beaten, Seriously Injured By Settlers
Commented Dec 15, 2009 at 20:09:08 in World
“Now the settlers who have launched repeated brutal attacks against Palestinians and Palestinian property turn on their own. The settler movement will end up being a catastrophe for Israel. Sharon's plan to put facts on the ground will backfire bigtime.”
lightningbolt replied on Dec 16, 2009 at 11:23:28
“Sharon withdrew from Gaza and as a result many people died. The same will probably happen in the West Bank.”
phute replied on Dec 16, 2009 at 09:45:08
“lbsaltzman - I have a wry smile as I read your post - chickens coming home to roost and all that.”
WBMD replied on Dec 16, 2009 at 08:02:07
“Problem here, lb, just as happened in Gaza. Sharon in his time, Rabin in his time, and now Netanyahu, were elected by wide margins, on the basis of specific platforms. In all those cases, the politicians, rightly or wrongly, made a 180 degree about-face, abandoned their electoral platforms, and undertook irreversible actions which their electorate feared, and to which they vehemently objected. While politicians abandoning electoral promises does happen ever so rarely, undercutting the democratic process is not in anyone's best interest either.
In each of these cases, a snap election, or referendum, would have allowed the majority, again rightly or wrongly, to express its will.”
In each of these cases, a snap election, or referendum, would have allowed the majority, again rightly or wrongly, to express its will.”
longtimegone replied on Dec 15, 2009 at 21:25:46
“and speaking of facts on the ground, how are things with Ariel these days?”
martin2 replied on Dec 15, 2009 at 20:39:48
“Believe it or not a Rabbi told me that settlers are very bad for Israel.”
Gore: Polar Ice May Vanish In 5 Years
Commented Dec 15, 2009 at 00:03:40 in Green
“Gore is only repeating what reputable scientists are saying. I give Gore great credit for raising public awareness, but the entire world should be grateful to the many hardworking climate change scientists who have worked extremely hard to collect the data that made the case for anthropogenic global warming. They are the real heros and they have to endure the rightwing deniers repeating their ignorant statements over and over again.”
Lieberman Tells Reid To His Face: I'll Vote Against Current Health Care Bill
Commented Dec 13, 2009 at 21:18:43 in Politics
“I agree! Unless the democrats kick him off his chairmanships, he will destroy them.”
len501 replied on Dec 13, 2009 at 21:25:50
“Agreed. I don't understand why they are taking so long to rid themselves of him. He is of absolutely no use to them. They should strip him, let him do his whining routine and then become a Republican; which he is to all intents and purposes.”
Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban
Commented Dec 13, 2009 at 19:00:01 in World
“Yes I have met a few of these rightwing settler types. They are truly nuts. Perhaps we could convince them to start a colony on Mars, that might be far enough away. We could get them right next door to Al Queda, they would find they have much in common.”
Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban
Commented Dec 13, 2009 at 18:47:46 in World
“Israel is the occupying power not Palestine. Israeli citizens from the settler movement are conducting regular pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank, not the other way around. Israel is the primary cause of this conflict and clearly the aggressor.”
Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban
Commented Dec 13, 2009 at 18:46:17 in World
“Very good article. I have long suspected that the cookie cutter arguments many present here to defend Israel were the work of the professional propagandists in Tel Aviv. But Israel will not continue to manipulate public opinion in this country forever. The tide is turning.”
EU: Jerusalem Should Be Joint Capital
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 16:36:06 in World
“Extremely well put!”
'ClimateGate' Doesn't Show Global Warming Was Faked, AP Reports
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 12:44:28 in Green
“Those statements are based on elementary principles of radiative physics that have been known since the mid 19th century.”
'ClimateGate' Doesn't Show Global Warming Was Faked, AP Reports
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 12:42:55 in Green
“Most global warming deniers are not scientists, almost none publish in peer reviewed scientific journals in a field related to climate change. Nothing about the outlandish and bizzare claims of deniers has anything to do with science. Deniers are not engaged in a scientific debate, they are engaged in paranoid fantasies and delusions. Many are duped by the energy industry and some of the key figures are in the pay of the fossil fuel industry through the intermediary method of phony think tanks funded by the fossil fuel industry.”
Artemis34 replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 13:35:14
“Correct. Global climate change deniers are the lunatic fringe of thought.”
Fang1044 replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 13:25:21
“Of the famous 31,000 scientists who signed a petition denying AGW, only 39 are in climate science. Fewer than 10,000 had a PhD in any field, so 2/3 have no credentials as scientists of any kind.”
oneputtsteven replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 13:13:06
“Your being diplomatic and too kind to say "most" and "almost none". They don't want to change their lifestyle or help third world countries.”
marshhen replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 13:01:19
“BS.”
Israeli Minister: No Real 'Freeze' On Settlements
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 10:32:04 in World
“The Palestinians have no expectation of winning a war against the fourth largest military in the world which is armed to the teeth with state of the art American weapons. They are fighting for survival against the Israelis. To try and claim that Israel has to be afraid of the Palestinians is absurd.”
kentah replied on Dec 13, 2009 at 21:43:29
“Keep in mind that Israel must maintain their victim status at all times no matter how absolutely comically absurd it appears to the remainder of the world.”
TheLonelyGod replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 16:02:19
“If they were fighting for survival, they would have taken the first peace treaty that came along.
Instead they argued and dilly-dallied over land and settlements and Jerusalem.
That's not something people that are fighting for survival would do.
You're simply wrong.”
Instead they argued and dilly-dallied over land and settlements and Jerusalem.
That's not something people that are fighting for survival would do.
You're simply wrong.”
Israeli Minister: No Real 'Freeze' On Settlements
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 10:30:25 in World
“I wouldn't go that far, but I would say Israel has treated the indigenous Palestinians as bad as Europeans treated the native people's of the Americas which is truly dreadful.”
Inoku replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 15:46:06
“Last time I checked, Israel was giving life-saving treatment to Palestinians and refusing to annex land they claim as their own, not giving them smallpox blankets and forcing them thousands of miles away at gunpoint.”
Stephen Schneider: Climate Scientist Harassed, Verbally Attacked At UN Press Conference (VIDEO)
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 21:59:32 in Green
“We need to go farther than taxing coal we need to move towards a total replacement of coal as an energy source.”
Stephen Schneider: Climate Scientist Harassed, Verbally Attacked At UN Press Conference (VIDEO)
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 21:58:42 in Green
“Yes we are different than rightwingers who swallow the propaganda of the fossil fuel energy. We are accepting decades of research by thousands of scientists who have worked hard to make the case for anthropogenic global warming.
I hope that Obama can find a way under existing laws to begin to reduce the use of fossil fuels. The majority of Congress is in sync with him. It is only a minority in the Senate that opposses efforts to curb CO2. That minority are either ignorant, corrupt, really stupid or some combination of those three characteristics. They are also certainly morally bankrupt.”
I hope that Obama can find a way under existing laws to begin to reduce the use of fossil fuels. The majority of Congress is in sync with him. It is only a minority in the Senate that opposses efforts to curb CO2. That minority are either ignorant, corrupt, really stupid or some combination of those three characteristics. They are also certainly morally bankrupt.”
Israeli Minister: No Real 'Freeze' On Settlements
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:32:19 in World
“This is one of the first times I can believe a member of Netanyahu's cabinet. That they will continue violating international law and keep expanding the illegal settlements is a refreshingly honest statement from the Israeli government. Usually they say they want peace while engaging in provocations. This is honest, if disgusting.”
NYkid replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 05:00:18
“Yea. Let's be honest and get rid of that artificial country and return it to the Palestinians.”
juicyju replied on Dec 11, 2009 at 20:29:27
“zzzzzzzzz”
Rise In Sea Levels Threatens California Ports
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:28:23 in Los Angeles
“You are living in fantasy land. the poles are melting and Greenland is not far behind. There is a good chance the level of sea rise is much higher than the Times article indicates.”
Masonator2 replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 01:10:44
“the poles are melting? that is the best you can come up with? do you get worried when the ice cubes start melting in your drink that the water is going to flood over onto your swag carpet?
There is no land under the north pole, hence, our ability to drive subs under them, meaning that even if they melt, the water level wont change. The ocean all ready reflect their displacement as a ice cube does in your lemonade.”
There is no land under the north pole, hence, our ability to drive subs under them, meaning that even if they melt, the water level wont change. The ocean all ready reflect their displacement as a ice cube does in your lemonade.”
Richard2 replied on Dec 11, 2009 at 22:34:00
“The most recent sea level measurements for San Francisco are approximately one quarter of a meter lower than the peak measurements in 1998, and are lower than several of the other measurements from the 1980s and 1990s.
If an unusual sea level rise is taken as a sign of Global Warming, as the first sentence of this article implies, then the San Francisco tide station has been detecting the opposite, global cooling, since 1998. The two may not go together, but the author of this article certainly implies that they do. Using this logic, none of the California ports need to be preparing for global warming or rising sea levels. Historically, when the Pacific Ocean enters a cooling phase, the phase lasts for a couple of decades or so, according to scientists.”
If an unusual sea level rise is taken as a sign of Global Warming, as the first sentence of this article implies, then the San Francisco tide station has been detecting the opposite, global cooling, since 1998. The two may not go together, but the author of this article certainly implies that they do. Using this logic, none of the California ports need to be preparing for global warming or rising sea levels. Historically, when the Pacific Ocean enters a cooling phase, the phase lasts for a couple of decades or so, according to scientists.”
fumes replied on Dec 11, 2009 at 20:29:22
“i've a plan..
the air is so cold out here on the peninsula.
that we could refreeze the poles with it if we had a way to get it there!”
the air is so cold out here on the peninsula.
that we could refreeze the poles with it if we had a way to get it there!”
Richard2 replied on Dec 11, 2009 at 19:33:09
“Can you think of any second hand physical evidence that supports your assertion?
There is second hand evidence that supports the opposite. During the late 20th Century, there were certain low lying residential areas in California that the ocean would flood from time to time. Portions of Seal Beach in Orange County, Venice in LA County, and South Mission Beach in San Diego. The frequency of these widely publicized flooding events has dropped off during the past ten years.”
There is second hand evidence that supports the opposite. During the late 20th Century, there were certain low lying residential areas in California that the ocean would flood from time to time. Portions of Seal Beach in Orange County, Venice in LA County, and South Mission Beach in San Diego. The frequency of these widely publicized flooding events has dropped off during the past ten years.”
Guardian Reporter Confronts Climate Skeptics
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:25:31 in Green
“I guess we are. A real tough guy.”
Guardian Reporter Confronts Climate Skeptics
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:24:55 in Green
“Did you pull $100 a kilowatt out of thin air? Whatever the cost of stopping the use of fossil fuels, it will be miniscule compared to the cost of continuing to use them.”
Egypt Working On Wall Across Gaza Border To Stem Smuggling
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:12:30 in World
“Neither Israel or Egypt want the world to know the cruelty of the blockade and the terrible living conditions in Gaza.”
Egypt Working On Wall Across Gaza Border To Stem Smuggling
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:00:49 in World
“I strongly support any boycott of Israel.”
Egypt Working On Wall Across Gaza Border To Stem Smuggling
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 18:00:13 in World
“It is not the people of those countries who despise the Palestinian resistance, only their corrupt leaders who are to spineless to stand up to Israel.”
CigarGod replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 09:26:36
“...and in the pocket of Rome.”
Progressneeded replied on Dec 11, 2009 at 20:23:40
“Thank you! But then the Arab World has been lead by spineless cowards for the past 500 years!”
Egypt Working On Wall Across Gaza Border To Stem Smuggling
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 17:59:10 in World
“What a farce the repressive regime of Egypt is preventing the Palestinians from defending themselves from the Israeli forces that are viciously blockading Palestine. Those tunnels are also a source of many other needed goods that Israel prevents from reaching Palestine. The treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza by Israel is a crime against humanity. Egypt is culpable in those crimes by participating in the blockade on their border with Gaza.”
CigarGod replied on Dec 12, 2009 at 09:25:00
“Starvation as a We@pon of W@r.
U.S. Military Basic Field Manual (27-10).
However, in this case I use it to mean the cutting off of all elements necessary for a healthy society, in order to make them submit to the occupying powers...a
U.S. Military Basic Field Manual (27-10).
However, in this case I use it to mean the cutting off of all elements necessary for a healthy society, in order to make them submit to the occupying powers...a
Palestinians Fake Cancer To Flee Blockaded Gaza
Commented Dec 11, 2009 at 17:55:25 in World
“Many people do attempt to bring in food, medicine, books etc. Israel illegally prohibits or limits those items. Secondly, even bringing in weapons isn't actually smuggling, since it is not illegal for the Gazan's to bring in weapons to resist the blockade of Gaza and the periodic attacks on Gaza by the forces of the Israeli occupation.”
Rand replied on Dec 14, 2009 at 12:10:12
“Excuse me: You're claiming that it's illegal to bring in food and medicine under Israeli law, but legal to bring in weapons
Do you have any idea how insane that sounds?”
Do you have any idea how insane that sounds?”
John Shimkus On CO2 Pollution: 'Does EPA Propose We Stop Breathing?'
Commented Dec 09, 2009 at 19:34:50 in Green
“Another Republican, Shimkus, makes an utterly stupid remark which also displays a callous disregard for the serious problems we face.”
Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban
Commented Dec 09, 2009 at 19:30:12 in World
“That is an irrelevent fact. It doesn't matter what you call the Palestinians, they were the ones living there and Israel has no right under international law to steal the land from the native inhabitants and give it to Israelis.”
StCuthbert replied on Dec 10, 2009 at 12:10:57
“You are aware Jews have lived in the West Bank for centuries before Jordan forced them all out, right? The Jews are just as much native inhabitants as the Palestinians.”
Macready replied on Dec 10, 2009 at 05:55:30
“thank you lb . . great blog as usual . . .”
TheLonelyGod replied on Dec 09, 2009 at 22:35:20
“"Steal" implies ownership. Can you "steal" something is that is not "owned?"”
jordanispalestine replied on Dec 09, 2009 at 20:15:55
“How far back do we go in history??? The Jews were there 1200 years BEFORE the first Muslims showed up!!”
Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban
Commented Dec 09, 2009 at 19:29:05 in World
“Israel almost never allow a building permit for Palestinians to build in their own country. As another poster said they bulldoze the house if it is built without a permit, but of course Palestinians can't get permits. Only Israeli Jews can get permits.”
Thabit replied on Dec 10, 2009 at 01:59:01
“Israel buldozes PALESTINIAN homes with no permits but Jewish settler homes with no permit dont get touched”
mommamia526 replied on Dec 09, 2009 at 23:38:31
“Oh, aha, Israel bulldozers homes built without a permit, and Palestinians do not get those permits. If I use my simple reasoning from geometry 101 it follows that Israel bulldozers homes built by Israelis without a permit. And your point was? Israel does not have to enforce its laws?”
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