Israel's Government Is Unlikely to Fall

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Tuesday September 06, 2011 · 8:23 AM PDT

2011/09/06 · 08:23

Like many people, I've been fascinated watching the protests in Israel over the past weeks. I'm not going to detail what caused them or anything like that. Others have done that in much greater detail and there's no need to rehash them. But I think that many here are misunderstanding what might happen as a result of them and this is what I wish to address. Please follow me over the fold.

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Friday August 19, 2011 · 9:33 AM PDT

2011/08/19 · 09:33

I still remember waking up 20 years ago today. My phone was ringing; it was my brother (who is always my business partner.) I assumed he was calling me about work - it was a bit early, but he got to work before I did. He wasn’t calling me about work. He asked me if I had the news on. I didn’t and he told me that Michael Gorbachev had been overthrown in a hard line coup. Before he could give me any details, I cut him off with one question. “Where’s Yeltsin?”

This diary is about Boris Yeltsin - my personal hero - and how his bravery and brains brought down the malignant entity that loomed over the first half of my life. Please follow me after the jump.

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Friday July 15, 2011 · 8:04 AM PDT

2011/07/15 · 08:04

Somewhere, the ghost of our 15th president, James 'Old Buck' Buchanan is smiling.

Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a controversial bill to add the topic to the social sciences curriculum.
Textbooks now must include information on the role of LGBT Americans, as well as Americans with disabilities, though California's budget crisis has delayed the purchasing of new books until at least 2015.

"History should be honest," Brown, a Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/...

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Wednesday May 18, 2011 · 10:30 AM PDT

2011/05/18 · 10:30

The saying that 'Dog Bites Man' isn't news is true, for the most part. Unless the person bitten is an illegal Palestinian worker crossing Israel's border:

"At about 5:00 am I got to the border to try and get through a hole in the fence when all of a sudden a dog attacked me and tried to savage my hand. When I managed to get my hand away, it bit my backside."

Now, I've been bitten by a dog before and it's no fun. But if your neighbor has a fence up and there is a big 'Beware of Dog' sign on it, who is to blame if you get your ass bit climbing over the fence?

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Saturday March 19, 2011 · 1:13 PM PDT

2011/03/19 · 13:13

Well, it's happened. The United States has launched cruise missiles against the forces of the Brother Leader. And not a moment too soon, as far as I am concerned. Despite the fact that the forces of Daffy Gaddaffi had declared a 'cease fire' they were continuing to attack the main opposition strongholds clearly hoping to get inside Benghazi and Misurata so that they could use the civilian population as shields.

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Friday December 10, 2010 · 12:17 PM PST

2010/12/10 · 12:17

John Leslie has died, it was announced today. Now I expect that a large number of you are thinking 'Who on earth was John Leslie?' Well, he was a porn star and one of the best. I think he's worth remembering, so if you are interested in learning why, follow me after the jump.

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Monday October 25, 2010 · 9:23 AM PDT

2010/10/25 · 09:23

PPP is the latest pollster to find that the obnoxious Tom Tancredo has a fairly good chance of victory in the CO-Gov race. Looking in detail at their latest poll things look even better for him - the undecideds are a lot more friendly to him than to Hickenlooper. Inexplicably to me, Tancredo's favorable numbers have risen over the past couple of months. I'm sure Hickenlooper is wishing he'd have run some negative ads, but it's now really too late for that. But I see an upside here, and not the one most people expect. Let me explain.

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Tuesday October 12, 2010 · 9:39 PM PDT

2010/10/12 · 21:39

Here are the numbers from the Hill's poll of selected open seats. I think it's actually a mixed bag with at least one pickup looking sure:

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Wednesday September 01, 2010 · 4:20 PM PDT

2010/09/01 · 16:20

So I was looking over random election diaries today and I came across these two comments:

Had this been some piece of garbage from Rasmussen, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it.

A new poll from none other than Rasmussen shows Scott McAdams within 6 points of Teabagger Joe.
And if even Rasmussen is showing this at just 6 points ...

This whole 'Rasmussen has a huge GOP bias' is so ingrained in the mindset here (and on most left-leaning blogs) that people just can't seem to step back and realize how wrong it is. Both here and at Swing State Project, they are put in their own little section at the end of the polls as if they need to be quarantined or should be considered no more than an afterthought. SSS claims it's because they just ran out of ways to say 'Another sucky poll for Democrats' but the way they present the polls is clearly meant to devalue them.

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Tuesday August 31, 2010 · 6:04 PM PDT

2010/08/31 · 18:04

Just found this in one of the local FL papers:

UPDATED: It appears that Bud Chiles' days as a candidate for governor are numbered. We are hearing considerable Buzz that Chiles is calling supporters to tell them he is ending his independent bid. An announcement is likely to come in the next two days.

Democrat Alex Sink had lunch with Chiles on Tuesday in Miami but declined to discuss the conversation.

The timing of his expected announcement is not coincidental -- Thursday is the last day before overseas ballots begin printing. Chiles name -- the same as popular former Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles -- was expected to pull votes from Sink in her battle against Republican Rick Scott.

Whole Article Here

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Friday July 30, 2010 · 3:04 PM PDT

2010/07/30 · 15:04

This should give pause to all those Charlie Crist boosters - Ben Nelson just announced that he's voting 'no' on Kagan for SC.

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Wednesday July 28, 2010 · 10:02 AM PDT

2010/07/28 · 10:02

This has been on my mind for a few days, but an earlier diary made me decide to post this. Long story short - I'm sick of people talking about 'teachable moments' - in fact, I find the very term offensive. Let me explain why.

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Israel's Government Is Unlikely to Fall

20 Years Ago Today, A Hero Changed the Whole World

California to Require LGBT History in School

Dog Bites Man, Palestinians Complain

Operation Odyssey Dawn

RIP John Leslie

The Upside to a Tom Tancredo Victory

New Hill Polls

Shooting The Messenger - Ras Is Right

Chiles To Withdraw From FL-Gov Race

Ben Nelson to vote against Kagan

Drop The 'Teachable Moments'