Hamas had called for halting rocket attacks in Israel to allow Gazans to rebuild [REUTERS]
At least seven Palestinians have been injured in a round of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the first strike hit a [...]
And a game it is.
Every so often, because that is the nature of the beast, a judge will ask the lawyers during a pre-trial if they’re “ready to put numbers” on it. Either today, or next time. Numbers: the sanitized way of saying “let the dance begin”. When cases are [...]
Always in the middle it seems. From this morning’s Times:
Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package[...]
Trouble in teabagland.
[...]Please, please Mr. Foxwoods, can the lettuce ladies come here?
It really would be a win-win, except for when people lost money, which I believe does happen in casinos.
via/ Capitol Report.
[...]
RAMALLAH/NABLUS -- Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from Nablus and Salfit overnight including the commander and four officers of the Palestinian Authority Intelligence Services.
High-level negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli officials have been ongoing since dawn in an effort to have the men released, with American officials entering the [...]
Hopes of Obama's 'change' are continuously raised but have yet to be fulfilled.
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington
There is growing frustration, inside and outside the United States, with the otherwise attractive Obama administration primarily because of its failure to bring about any measurable change in U.S. [...]
There are many sides to globalization.
By Ramzy Baroud
A Muslim family sits across of me in café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the giant plasma screen TV, blazing loud music on the [...]
Hizballah finally feels confident enough to take a much-needed breather.
By Nicholas Noe
Four and a half years after Syrian troops were unexpectedly cajoled out of Lebanon, and more than three years after the end of a (nearly) "open" war with Israel, the Shi'ite movement Hizballah appears not' [...]
Kahane, a US rabbi who emigrated to Israel, advocated the expulsion of all Arabs.
By Jonathan Cook - Nazareth
A plan by right-wing legislators in Israel to commemorate the anniversary this month of the death of Meir Kahane, whose banned anti-Arab movement is classified as a terrorist organisation, [...]
Asked if he'd ever appear on The Rachel Maddow Show Joe was unequivocal about it. "She's got a point of view." Spoken like a true republican, Joe. And one that has no problem appearing on Hannity, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, et al.
' [...]
A very young Van Morrison leads his then band mates in what I believe was their first state side hit. No doubt about this being a live performance. Sorry about the long intro.
from: Circus Isreal
[circusisrael.blogspot.com]
Japanese author Taro Gomi’s beloved children’s book, Everyone Poops, will soon be available in Hebrew. The book candidly and delightfully presents defecation as a natural bodily function performed by virtually every sentient life form on our shared planet. In Everyone Poops, eliminating waste is unselfconscious, essential [...]
Sen. Joe Lieberman isn’t worried about the political consequences of his stance on health care reform:
“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m just — I’m being a legislator. After what I went through in 2006, there’s nothing much more that anybody [who] disagrees with [...]
Rick Torres decision to run for the GOP nomination in CD4 against Himes, besides not making a heck of a lot of sense, also assists Sen. Dan Debicella as he seeks the nod. Torres is from the same town, the same Bridgeport GOP “club”, as it were, as former Sen. [...]
Wow. You take a few days away from blogging to focus on the job that pays and look what you miss:
1. Hearst’s drooling front page love fest on Linda McMahon
(see “McMahon’s wealth dwarfs resources of most GOP foes”).
McMahon’s money “makes her instantaneously … a formidable candidate,” [...]
According to Dennis House, former U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor won’t be running for Governor in 2010:
The 42 year old Republican made the announcement tonight during a taping of WFSB’s political program, “Face the State.” O’Connor is now an attorney with the Bracewell Giuliani law firm.
In the same upcoming episode [...]
So much for the dreamy Kevin O'Connor.
Caligiuri for Governor is a smart play. Sam is a stronger candidate than any of the others being mentioned right now. He's lost in that senatorial field, but he could do his party some good by running a strong race for governor.
' [...]
Are tax giveaways the answer to Connecticut's employment woes - especially to lure companies to Stamford?
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Lured by government incentives worth as much as $89.5 million, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, Connecticut [...]
Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has been touring the state for weeks holding ceremonies to honor veterans.
Some though, like Brian Lockhart at the Stamford Advocate, are raising questions about whether it is a proper role of the the Secretary of the State – an office charged with registering [...]
Per the Courant, Fifth Congressional District Rep. Chris Murphy is at the center of a controversy over his health care vote.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running an advertisement criticizing his vote while a liberal-leaning health care reform group is praising the second term Congressman in a rebuttal ad.
So [...]
(L to R: Tim White, Heath, Jon Kantrowitz, Chris (with a mostly obscured Raj behind him), Bob, Gabe, Don Pesci, and his charming wife Andree.)
Strange as it must have felt to leave their [...]
The GOP blocked a bill yesterday from Senator Dodd which would have frozen increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges. This would have moved the date up from February and August 2010 for this particular part of a bill which passed last May, on a vote of [...]
Karzai is due to be sworn in for his second term despite questions over the poll [Reuters]
Afghan authorities have locked down the capital, Kabul, as the city prepares for Hamid Karzai to be sworn in for a second five-year term as president.
Al Jazeera's James [...]
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GUEST: Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy
