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Benn points out that Obama's repeated attacks on Holocaust denial resonate more strongly with US Jews than with Israelis and that the two Jewish populations have "different historical narratives." Benn is onto something when he notes the differences between Israeli and American Jews. But he fails to grasp the real significance of what Obama is doing and what is actually happening in relations between the two communities. It isn't that Obama is confusing the two groups. Through both his rhetoric and his actions, Obama is demonstrating his priorities and concerns. Obama cares about securing the support of American Jews. He...

OAKLAND, CALIF. -- The leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery embraced the men who had just told him they carried out orders to kill Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey, telling them "I love y'all," according to the admitted gunman's chilling grand jury account released Thursday. The April testimony of confessed killer Devaughndre Broussard led to the indictment of onetime bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV, 23, in the 2007 slaying of Bailey and the killings of two other men. Also indicted in the three slayings was bakery follower Antoine Mackey, also 23. On Thursday, Bey and Mackey pleaded not guilty to murdering...

Uh, never mind. Also: Sorry about that. That essentially was the DFL's red-faced response Thursday when it sent out an electronic news release blasting Gov. Tim Pawlenty that had a profanity-laced video attached to it. The release was designed to respond to Pawlenty's speech before national Republicans in San Diego, attacking his record on job creation, health care and the state budget deficit. One small problem: The link that was supposed to direct reporters to a state economic development report actually sent them to a YouTube video titled "Chinese Grandma Learns English." For four minutes, an elderly Chinese woman repeats...

FYI, Found on net new "operation" by (looks like) tea party followers to systematically "infiltrate/attend" all public appearances by congressman and senators back home in their districts by confronting with certain questions on issues, video-taping / audio recording answer to embarrass them on the issues (ignorance). Being posted online. Clips being saved for election season to give to opponets to use to unseat incumbents. Here's the link. The details are showing up on tea party website posts around the net. http://www.operationembarrassyourcongressman.com

DETROIT -- The Department of Transportation told auto makers the Obama administration is looking at "all options" to getting additional funding for the "cash for clunkers" incentive program, a person who was briefed on the matter said. The Transportation Department also said discussions about the program are continuing today and emphasized it hasn't been suspended, urging auto makers and dealers to continue to offer clunker rebates, this person said. "Deals should continue," this person said. A car turned in as a clunker sits in a recycle dumpster at Capitol City Buick Pontiac GMC in Vermont. Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.)...

Obama’s Science Adviser Called for ‘Zero Economic Growth’ Friday, July 31, 2009 By Christopher Neefus (CNSNews.com) – At a time when it was popular among environmentalists to talk about capping pollutants, John Holdren was writing about placing “caps” on the U.S. economy itself--and working toward “zero economic growth.” Holdren, who is now President Obama’s top adviser on science and technology policy, wrote in the 1970s that it would be “entirely logical” to cap the Gross National Product--the total productivity of the American economy. “It is by now abundantly clear that the GNP cannot grow forever. Why should it?” Holdren asked...

"Increasing numbers of childless British couples are being forced to have fertility treatment abroad because of patchy NHS provision and plummeting donor rates, campaigners have told Sky News. National guidelines say all primary care trusts (PCTs) should offer three courses of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), but in reality more than two in three do not. And even those who can afford to go private are finding the number of egg and sperm donors increasingly scarce. The decline has been blamed on a change in the law ending donor anonymity and the lack of any payment as an incentive. A recent...

Scofflaws could hack the smart cards that access electronic parking meters in large cities around the United States, researchers are finding. The smart cards pay for parking spots, and their programming could be easily changed to obtain unlimited free parking. It took researcher Joe Grand only three days to design an attack on the smart cards. The researchers examined the meters used in San Francisco, California, but the same and similar electronic meters are being installed in cities around the world. "It wasn't technically complicated and the fact that I can do it in three days means that other people...

New York's economic slump continues, with the state's 100 wealthiest taxpayers so far reporting half the earnings of a year ago and sales tax revenues dropping by a historic amount, a state budget report released Thursday shows. The new report from the Division of Budget shows trends combining to create a $2.1 billion deficit just three months after the budget was adopted for the current fiscal year. It also projects a four-year shortfall of $13 billion more than previously forecast. "Although the budget enacted in April took substantial action to close a combined $20.1 billion budget gap, the fact remains...

Democrats resist subpoenaing recordsJul 31, 2009 - 04:05:00 CDT By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - House Democrats have declined to subpoena available records that might reveal whether other members of Congress got discounted VIP mortgages from subprime lender Countrywide Financial Corp. similar to the sweetheart deals given Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad. Republicans say they are willing to risk that the records now held by Bank of America may show that GOP lawmakers were also "friends of Angelo" who got preferential terms on personal mortgages at the behest of then-Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo. Countrywide, after losing...

An Internet controversy that raged during the presidential campaign has resurfaced in recent weeks, posing more of a threat to Republicans than the intended target, President Barack Obama. The "birther" movement, as it's called, claims that Obama was not born in Hawaii, but Kenya or Indonesia and therefore is not eligible to be president. The birth certificate that has been released and authenticated by numerous Hawaii state officials is a fraud, they say, and isn't the original anyway. But after months in relative obscurity, the birthers have muscled their way onto the national stage: • 11 Republican legislators have endorsed...

President Barack Obama has supporters and detractors. That sort of disagreement is an integral part of politics, and is particularly focused in a two-party system that combines head of state and head of government in one strong executive office. custom residential construction Katie Ogier - The Wells Group online phone book But none of that explains the delusional quality of some Obama foes. Newspapers end up on everybody's mailing list, and e-mail increased that exponentially. With that, the Herald gets tidbits from "GOPUSA," an e-mail posting with no indication that it is actually connected to the Republican Party. Tuesday's contribution...

Just embarrassing. That's the best way to describe President Obama's "Beer Summit", scheduled today at the White House picnic table between Obama, Professor Gates, and Sgt. Crowley. It is just a nauseating display of how low Obama will go to cover and deflect what has become an exercise in poor judgment, when he belched up his un-informed opinion that the Cambridge PD had "acted stupidly" in its actions toward Mr. Gates. Maybe Eric Holder was right when he said we are a "nation of cowards" when it comes to race. Are perceptive citizens not supposed to act on suspicious activity...

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. (Psalm 91:5.6)

You have to see this animated gif:

Three Black Panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complain in the final days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz was seen holding a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said he pointed at people and menacingly tapped it. The men hurled racial slurs at both blacks and whites.

Can anyone tell me how I can delete my entire "ping" history? I know that you can click on "mark all as read", however, this does not delete the entire history. Thanks in advance.

Ann Coulter and Rev. Al Sharpton debate racial profiling and the arrest of Professor Gates by Sgt. Crowley.

Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office. But even for powerful CEOs, there’s no such thing as a free lunch: White House staffers collected credit card numbers for each executive and carefully billed them for the cost of the meal with the president. The White House defended the unusual move as a way to avoid conflicts of interest. But the Bush administration didn’t charge presidential guests for meals, one former...

It’s been announced that we’re about to be treated to another rant from the ‘documentary’ maker Michael Moore. Capitalism is the title of Moore’s follow up to Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11, and will be featuring in competition in September’s Venice Film Festival. Expect no surprises (and no balance) when Moore puts the boot into the system. It’s what people expect of him; his audience goes to his films not to be jolted, or even to think, but to have all their prejudices confirmed. You could say the same about so much of Hollywood’s output - or indeed what remains of...