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Obama says: "Stand against "zeroing out" aid to Israel Republican candidates for president Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel—and every other country—to zero. Stand up to this extreme isolationism and join the call to reject the Romney-Perry-Gingrich plan." - NoahDavidSimon from Bookmarklet

"How they vote in the United Nations: Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records: 1. Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time. 2. Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time. 3. Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time. 4. United Arab Emirates... more... - NoahDavidSimon

Actor John Voight is in Israel, on a trip sponsored by Chabad. "People from abroad do not understand the reality in Israel until they come here.... The American public thinks Israel is strong, tough, and smart, but needs to remember that it is also humane, vulnerable, and surrounded by enemies." When you lie down and when you rise up...

gr8 quote he pulled off!! - Sarah Leah Lawent

From NPR: Wayne State University won't be bestowing any more diversity awards named for Helen Thomas following more controversial remarks by the former dean of the White House press corps. The university pulled the honor, the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, after the 90-year-old said this week that "Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion." Thomas made those incendiary comments, according to a Detroit News report, before a diversity conference Thursday. In an earlier report, the newspaper quotes a Wayne State official explaining the obvious, that the university had to put distance between itself and its famous alumna. "The controversy has brought a negative light to the award, which was never the intent of the award," said Matthew Seeger, interim dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts.Even the very liberal NPR recognizes that Helen Thomas is a nasty old bigot with its (unprofessional but...

and what? there going to give them Amnesty? ha ha! - Sarah Leah Lawent

exactly.... nice production values though - NoahDavidSimon

Miss Oklahoma Morgan Elizabeth Woolard followed in the grand tradition of former Miss California Carrie Prejean Sunday night and offered her honest opinion when asked if she supported Arizona’s new anti-illegal alien law.

you mean there is a pageant winner who didn't want "world peace"? next year, she'll be up for the nobel. - Sarah Leah Lawent

We’d normally expect The Savage One to bit this caller’s head off. But even he is so stunned by her stupidity that his reaction seems unusually muted. The best part is her ability to move so seamlessly from stupid comments on one topic to equally stupid comments on a completely unrelated topic.

how stupid is yo mama? yo mama is so stupid she thinks the president pays her welfare check from his pocket. yo' mama is so stupid she doesn't know how to think. yo' mama is so stupid that..whew! - Sarah Leah Lawent

he's a real prince of a guy. oops - no, he's a king. fechs! - Sarah Leah Lawent

(Efrat Porsher, Israel Hayom).Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and Israel’s US Ambassador Michael Oren may not like the new initiative, but in the wake of recent incidents, they and other representatives of Israel worldwide are in for some unexpected help from extreme-right activists.In recent days, prominent right-wing activists conversed with activists of the Jewish Defense League abroad,

when? - Sarah Leah Lawent

As the government gives orders to its negotiators to move ahead on a deal that will release 1500-2000 terrorists in exchange for kidnapped IDF corporal Gilad Shalit, the 'Palestinians' conclude that kidnapping Israeli soldiers and civilians is a valid strategy that yields positive results. And so, the 'Palestinians' look at a mass release of terrorists not as the end of one kidnapping, but as the