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^agreed.

(Eats, shoots, and leaves.)

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Shafique

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Interesting development - thanks FD. I agree, I also wonder how those who circumcise on religious grounds will react if the ballot does result eventually in a law. However, I will be very surprised if this ever does become law and whether Jews and Muslim parents will ever be prosecuted.. but let's s...

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Richard Dawkins argues that bringing up any child in any religion is a form of child abuse - they should make up their minds when they grow up. Follow that logic, and you could argue that giving a child any moral values of the parents is a constraint on their freedom of thought - they should be allo...

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Well, the clock is ticking and the commentators are busy. Haaretz is arguing quite well that Netanyahu has to pull his finger out and decide where he proposes the border of Israel will be. This will settle the issue of the land stealing and construction and remove the significant doubts that Israel ...

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LOL where he proposes the border of Israel will be. I presume 'proposes' does translate into Dutch. ;) However, I agree with you that the previous freezes in the construction in occupied territories were mostly a sham (houses were still built in that time, there was just a slow down and new construc...

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An interesting view. What Bibi determines is not necessarily what the world will agree to - but Haaretz is right that he should pull his finger out and tell the world. Let's see what Bibi does - whether he does indeed follow Haaretz's advice and make clear what parts of occupied Palestine captured i...

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As Haaretz says: Netanyahu is getting closer to the moment of decision, when he will be required to choose whether to move on to a two-state solution, as he promised, or to take refuge with political figures like Avigdor Lieberman, Eli Yishai and Daniel Hershkowitz. Will he continue to drag things o...

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Thanks. Let's wait and see how much the Israelis want to keep and see which way Bibi jumps. Haaretz is reporting that the offer is too good to refuse - and yet the Israelis still choose to make the US wait and wait.. :shock: Obama is essentially spotlighting a debate that has been going on since the...

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This is one of those 'you couldn't make it up' stories. Google's doodle for the US veteran's day celebrations: http://www.loonwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/veteransday2010-ps.jpg Some predicted that the loon-brigade will object to the bit of the 'e' of Google resembling a crescent moon :shock...

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I'm just reassured that not all Israelis believe that the trailers on Palestinian land are worth more than the military equipment being offered - and for once, I can't disagree with the Israeli military source who said: "The Americans have put forth an excellent proposal. It will be a big mista...

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As always. Huffington Post sums it up quite nicely - Google's Veterans Day Logo Is Making Crazy People Crazy ... Good lord, dude, IT IS THE LETTER "E." Many episodes of Sesame Street were sponsored by this letter. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/crazy-people-are-crazing-_n_782290....

shafique

Eid Mubarak to everyone here - enjoy the holidays!

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

This story has been running for a while now, but below is a link to a recent Haaretz article on this - basically German taxpayers have paid into a fund meant for Holocaust survivors and now Norman Finkelstein's long-running accusation of a cynical 'Holocaust industry' has been proved to be more than...

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By coincidence, this story appeared today in Haaretz. Sad. After 20-year struggle, Laura Derfler was finally recognized as a Holocaust survivor, only to die two hours later. ... For years, the Israeli bureaucratic machine knew how to keep benefits from Holocaust survivors. In recent years, thanks to...

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You can't start discussing ages and average ages and expect the actuary not to comment (I'm sure there's a law somewhere that says I am obliged to weigh in .. :) ) Suffice to say, IMHO BM has won this round - the correct grammatical phrase is 'posters' ages' .. not ' posters' age' - but to be fair t...

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I'm genuinely surprised that the Israelis are still holding out and haven't taken up the US's generous offer. Now they are denying there is any tension between the two governments! :shock: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/no-tension-between-israel-and-u-s-over-settlement-freeze-assuranc...

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Hitchens in Slate.com looks at the situation in Israel and opines that the extremist Rabbi and far right in Israel is what is behind the on-going saga of the US bribe for a partial stop in construction for 90 days. He argues that the extremist Rabbi's views amount to considering the US to be a 'shab...

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There's trouble ahead, it seems in the EU. The Ireland bank bail out of a two years ago is now proving to be more expensive than the Irish had hoped, and there is a real danger, it appears, that Ireland and Portugal's financial mess may be the start of the end of the Euro and the start of the end of...

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This is a molehill: http://www.humeseeds.com/molehill.jpg This is a mountain: http://greenferret.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/switzerland-mountain-lake.jpg Or in the words of the late, great Father Ted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98hO97ky-sA "These are small, but the ones out there are far a...

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Please don't shoot the messenger. Whilst some Islam-bashers and conspiracy theorists have to make wild extrapolations (mountains out of molehills) - the worrying news about what is happening in the Middle East continues to flow. No exaggerations are required. Today we have a good exposition of extre...

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My last post was full of smileys for a reason, and I prefaced my comment with a IMHO.

Let me go into what I call 'loon mode':

Please don't confuse me with facts.

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Loon comment: It's all a conspiracy - the apostrophe actually is a crescent in reverse and in minature!! Fanbois comment: We should ignore the rules of grammar, they don't apply to us - 2000 years ago we had distant relatives who chose not to use punctuation, so we refuse to recognise punctuation la...

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I agree FD - the Euro was primarily politically motivated and the economics were always on shaky grounds (particularly with the weaker economies). Germany is certainly the key - that's why one of the interesting measures to watch are the government bond yields and the difference between Bunds and th...

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^I'm with you on this one FD. The EU referendum system seems to work along the lines 'keep holding them until we get the answer we want!' Ireland certainly wanted their cake and did eat rather too much of it. I was a regular visitor to Dublin before and during the early part of the boom there - the ...

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lol - thanks, a true blast from the past (and for once, before my time!)

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Ann Coulter: “Terrorists look alike…all foreign…all Muslim” Ann Coulter advocates profiling Mooslim looking people :shock: Fox News interview with Ann: http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/11/ann-coulter-terrorists-look-alike-all-foregn-all-muslim/ You've gotta love Ann - 'this is Hitler's last revenge' LO...

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Interesting topic in the other thread about a possible circumcision ban in San Francisco - thanks for bringing this up FD, and thanks to eh for pointing out that there are some Jews who are against circumcision. I wasn't aware of this group - so I have learnt something. Thanks. Looking into this a b...

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Glad that you are displeased by my actions, it shows they work. Why all these fantasies herve? I'm most amused by your antics - from dressing up as a woman to imagining conspiracies on DF. I have given you credit for sticking to your views and freely admitting to telling lies about me when they are...

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Mooslims conquer Google

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$43 million stolen from Holocaust Survivors

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Hitchens: Israel blackmail?

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Handy Guide for Posters: Perspective

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Ann Coulter: Terrorists look foreign & Muslim

Circumcision in Judaism - Obligation or Forgery?

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