Archive for February, 2012
Israel’s Chief Banker Warns Against Complacency
“Nobody should be relaxing,” warned Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel. We must keep asking what might go wrong next, he said. “Something will go wrong somewhere, sometime,” he added. Fischer, the classical mentor of central bankers, makes connections to financial happenings that others just plain miss. Not a man easy to hornswoggle, [...]
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Minister Farrakahn’s anti-Semitic Remarks
On Tuesday, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Director Abraham Foxman condemned Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, for delivering a speech “dripping with anti-Semitism and hatred”. The speech, which, according to The Chicago Tribune’s Dan Hinkle, lasted over three hours, took place at The Nation of Islam’s Saviours’ Day convention in Chicago. Farrakhan used this venue to [...]
“Prunedoggle” – Wednesday’s Wordapod
Prunedoggle?! With all the talk of government earmarks and pork barrel projects in this election year, I needed a word to stand for those wasteful projects that keep wasting and wasting away.
US Official Claims Israel Will Not Warn US Before Strike Against Iran
After Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak engaged in what The Associated Press describes as “series of private, top-level conversations” with leading US officials this week, various media outlets have reported that a US intelligence official suggested that Barak had announced that Israel would no longer be involving the US in its decision whether or not [...]
Barak Arrives for US Talks, While Netanyahu Weighs Meeting with Republicans
This evening, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will fly into Washington to meet with Senior U.S. Officials. According to Haaretz, Barak will not meet with President Obama, but he will have talks with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Barak is seen as one of the leading proponents of a strike [...]
Dershowitz Calls Brooklyn Co-op Members Bigots and Anti-Semites
Alan Dershowitz called members of a Brooklyn co-op bigots and anti-Semites for their call to take a vote to boycott Israeli imports. Between the bins of prized and delectable Israeli tomatoes, a new staple called the BDS has been added to the Park Slope Food Co-op. BDS activists want those delicious Israeli tomatoes and other [...]
This Week in Jewish Sports – BAGELS & JOCKS Monday, February 27, 2012
Play Ball! As Spring Training gets underway, NL MVP Ryan Braun joins his teammates in Arizona after his appeal is upheld. Braun is articulate and somewhat accusatory while Major League Baseball is inexcusably vindictive in “defeat.”
Missouri Businesses Face Fines for Dealing with Iran
Businesses in Missouri that sign deals with Iran’s petroleum sector could be fined $250,000 if legislation supported by the St. Louis branch of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) passes the state legislature. This is part of the national campaign by AJC to pass punitive legislation against Iran in all 50 states. California, Florida and New [...]
UN’s Condemnation of Attacks on Israelis is Late and Awkward
More than a week after terrorists attacked an Israeli embassy in New Delhi and Tbilisi, the United Nations has issued a statement condemning the attack. According to The Associated Press, the UN Security Council issued a statement late Thursday, saying that “any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivations, whenever and [...]
Republican Debate Reveals Three Distinct Approaches to Iranian Nuclear Crisis
Wednesday’s Republican Debate in Mesa, Arizona revealed three distinct policy approaches to the Iranian nuclear crisis. One approach is that taken by the Obama administration. The administration has voiced support for Israel, while at the same time trying to dissuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from taking any military action against Iran. Indeed, ahead of [...]
