Posted in Society on Apr 8th, 2008
Where I am currently living in the US, they test the sirens every Friday at 11 a.m. That took me a LONG time to get used to when I came back from Israel. In fact, I’m still not completely used to it. However, we need those sirens to work because a tornado gives very little warning before [...]
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Posted in America, Society, War fighting on Mar 4th, 2008
A friend of mine was telling me that her daughter in Israel said…
(This is how urban legends get started, but this is legit)
…that there is a US Aircraft Carrier off the coast of Israel.
She said that all the Americans in Israel are going “Woo Hoo!” And, the Israelis are feeling the dread of possible war.
I [...]
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Posted in Personal Notes, Quotes, Society on Feb 28th, 2008
I love psychology.
It’s like watching an immense train wreck.
No, no, I do NOT love train wrecks. They are horrifying, so maybe I should explain.
A lot of the time, there is only one train track that serves two directions of travel. This means that the track operators need to be organized enough to make sure that [...]
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Posted in Democracy, Europe, History, Islam, Society on Feb 21st, 2008
The thing about being a wild-eyed fanatic is that you cannot shut up for long. It’s a problem. I just cannot shut up about Israel, Global Security, Foreign Policy, and anything else even remotely related to such things. Oh, I have other interests too, and I can’t seem to shut up about those either, but [...]
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Posted in America, Society on Nov 15th, 2007
Carter deserves every bit of the criticism that Tedders was handing out. Every bit and more. Unfortunately, Carter isn’t the whole story.
Carter rose to power because America was suffering from a crisis of morality. He won the Democrat Party’s nomination because the other Democratic nominees were found to be morally suspect.
And, the Democratic Party won [...]
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