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Man wounded in Plainfield shooting
August 17, 2010, 6:58PM
PLAINFIELD — Police were searching today for the person who shot a 24-year-old Plainfield man Monday night, police director Martin Hellwig said. Around 6:45 p.m., residents near Lyman Place and West Third Street alerted a police officer who lives in the area about a person with a gun in a vehicle, Hellwig said. As the officer retrieved his radio to... Full story »
House fire hospitalizes 92-year-old Union Township woman
August 17, 2010, 6:57PM
UNION TOWNSHIP -- An electrical fire this morning damaged a Cranbrook Road house and sent a 92-year-old woman to the hospital, Union fire battalion chief James Marzarella said. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 6:30 a.m. and extinguished the fire nearly 30 minutes later, Marzarella said. The woman was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, though Marzarella was... Full story »
Man will live after being shot in head in Elizabeth
August 17, 2010, 2:09PM
ELIZABETH -- A Newark man who was shot in the head in Elizabeth early this morning will live, authorities said this afternoon. The 32-year-old man was staying with relatives in a two-family Jackson Avenue home when the shooting occurred around 3:45 a.m., city police said. He told officers that two men wearing ski masks walked into a bedroom he was... Full story »
Union County renews deal with incinerator firm
August 17, 2010, 5:43AM
RAHWAY — The Union County freeholders agreed this month to a deal that may extend the lifetime of an incinerator in Rahway by decades, likely lowering waste rates. "It's a huge savings every year," said Union County Utilities Authority attorney Jonathan Williams. "Because the people who run these towns are under such fire, it couldn't come at a better time.... Full story »
Linden sees two armed robberies over weekend
August 16, 2010, 6:42PM
LINDEN — Armed robbers stole from a Linden deli on Saturday and an Exxon on Monday, and police say they are reviewing video tape to see if the incidents are related. The first robbery, at GK Deli on South Wood Avenue, took place shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday when two men wearing all black clothing and face masks showed a... Full story »
Suspected shoplifter accused of attacking Roselle Park police officer
August 16, 2010, 6:41PM
ROSELLE PARK — A woman who was questioned by police on Thursday for allegedly stealing a soda allegedly gouged a police officer with a key, causing a 14-inch mark, police said. Shanae Spivey, 31, of Roselle Park was arrested in a Chestnut Street liquor store after police said she tried to pull out a 12-ounce container of pepper spray, according... Full story »
Rahway Valley Sewerage commissioners limit consultant's fees
August 15, 2010, 7:30AM
RAHWAY — Commissioners at the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority voted to limit the hours for an independent auditor after his firm billed more than $1 million since December while investigating a failed authority power project. The authority originally hired Joseph Cipolla of the Franklin Lakes accounting firm Cipolla & Co. last year to help its arbitration case against contractors... Full story »
Glimpse of History photo gallery
August 15, 2010, 5:59AM
This week's Glimpse of History photo gallery can be viewed at the following link: http://photos.nj.com/4504/gallery/glimpse_of_history/index.html Somerset County Glimpse of History: A 1898 photo shows the stable that stood on the south side of Olcott Square in Bernardsville between Mill Street and Mine Brook Road. Morris County Glimpse of History: An aerial view of the Pequanoc Rubber Company on Main... Full story »
Scotch Plains guitarist raises money to bolster school music classes
August 15, 2010, 5:30AM
SCOTCH PLAINS — After spending more than half his life shredding the fretboard onstage, a Scotch Plains guitar hero is trying to ensure the next generation of rockers get their chance. Damon Marks, 34, established the Traveling Guitar Foundation last year along with Virginia-based instrument builder Keith Ballurio, who builds two custom guitars a year and sends them across... Full story »
Strongman competition aims to help Rahway siblings with cystic fibrosis
August 13, 2010, 6:17AM
RAHWAY — Hundreds of people are expected to attend a strongman competition this Saturday at the Power & Fitness Health Club in Rahway. But the main draw won't be men with bulging biceps flipping tractor trailer tires. It will be two local toddlers with quick smiles and a potentially deadly disease. The event, to be held at 280 Saint... Full story »
Union Township cracks down on out-of-district students
August 13, 2010, 6:16AM
UNION TOWNSHIP — Union Township's new superintendent is determined to put a stop to out-of-town students who attend his district illegally. By the end of this month, the township will start prosecuting non-residents who send their children to the school district, superintendent Patrick Martin said. The district has investigated cases of students enrolled in the district who live in other... Full story »
Plainfield group wants to open schools in evening as safe haven for teens
August 13, 2010, 6:10AM
PLAINFIELD — To help give Plainfield's youth an alternative to the gang activity that has troubled the city, the school district and a coalition of community groups are opening up a pair of school gymnasiums on Thursday nights. The grassroots Youth Council started holding the open gym nights last week and will continue them at Emerson and Washington schools until... Full story »
Scotch Plains yoga studio collects goods for South Dakota village after massive storm
August 12, 2010, 6:30AM
SCOTCH PLAINS — The middle-class township of Scotch Plains has little in common with the struggling American Indian village of La Plant, S.D. The village of about 400 people on the eastern end of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was hit hard by a massive February storm that dropped more than 10 feet of snow. Now the instructors and... Full story »
Rahway firefighters decry jobs lost on the force
August 12, 2010, 6:23AM
RAHWAY — Rahway's fire union complained this week that the city isn't replacing five retired firefighters, leaving staffing levels dangerously low, but the mayor says the recession demands the reduction. "While we are all acutely aware of the current fiscal situation of the city, with the safety of the residents of Rahway and Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association 33 members in... Full story »
Girl sues Roselle Park over substitute teacher charged with sexual contact
August 12, 2010, 6:21AM
ROSELLE PARK — A teenage girl's family is suing the Roselle Park school board and other school officials, claiming that a board member's son sexually abused the girl after he served as a substitute teacher at her school last year. The suit alleges that school board members and district employees engaged in nepotism by hiring Nickolas Genovese as a substitute... Full story »
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The Dictator's Script
Is there a dictator school somewhere in the world that trains aspiring autocrats how to talk and act? You would think so given the remarkable resemblances between the pro-government rhetoric in Ukraine and Venezuela–two countries separated by an entire world but united in a shared desire to squelch anti-government protests.
Anne Applebaum (whose husband, foreign minister Radek Sikorski of Poland, is in Kiev) has a useful column laying out the rhetorical tropes being employed by the Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych and his backers in Moscow. This includes referring to repression as an "anti-terrorist operation," calling demonstrators Nazis or fascists, accusing them of trying to stage a coup d'état, and referring to Russian aid in repression as "fraternal assistance." She might also have added Vladimir Putin's favorite gambit, of referring to all opposition forces as being agents of the United States.
What is striking is how Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the late Hugo Chavez's designated successor, is using nearly identical language to justify his repression of anti-government protests in Caracas. As the Wall Street Journal notes
A Good Deal for the Ukrainian Opposition
The agreement reached between President Viktor Yanukovych and Ukrainian opposition leaders is about as good as the anti-government forces can possibly hope to get.
It calls, inter alia, for a power-sharing arrangement with the opposition to be followed by a new presidential election no later than December. It also commits the government not to impose a state of emergency–meaning martial law–and to allow outside monitors from Europe and the opposition to monitor all investigations "into recent acts of violence."
A sign of just how favorable this agreement is to the opposition: while it was signed by the foreign ministers of Poland, France, and Germany, all of whom are in Kiev, the Russian delegate pointedly refused to sign it.
Poland Bans Kosher Slaughter
Back in April, when the imposing Museum of the History of the Polish Jews opened its doors in Warsaw, there was much talk of how the relationship between Jews and Poles had been transformed for the better in recent years. The sentiments expressed by Jan Kulczyk, a wealthy Polish businessman who helped finance the museum, seemed to encapsulate a new era: "When the Jewish nation and the Polish nation, when we are together, when we look in the same direction, it is great for us, great for Poland and great for the world."
The news that the Sejm, the Polish parliament, has rejected a government-sponsored bill to protect ritual slaughter, in both its Jewish and Muslim variants, suggests that, sadly, Jews and Poles are facing opposite directions when it comes to religious freedom. As a result of the vote, which comes on the heels of last year's supreme court ruling that ritual slaughter, or shechita, is no longer exempted from requirements to stun animals prior to killing them, the production of kosher meat has effectively been banned in Poland. All the excitement about the revival of Jewish life there now seems rather misplaced, given that, as Poland's American-born Chief Rabbi Michael Shudrich bemoaned on his Facebook page, Poland has become a country "in which the rights of the Jewish religion are curtailed."
Mitt Finds Solidarity in Poland
Polish Anti-Communist and Nobel Peace Laureate Lech Walesa embraced Mitt Romney's candidacy during his visit to Poland this week, but later added that Romney has to work a bit on his charisma. Still, it's a pretty good pickup for the Romney campaign:
"I wish you to be successful because this success is needed to the United States, of course, but to Europe and the rest of the world, too," Walesa said through a translator. "Gov. Romney, get your success. Be successful!"
The endorsement of a U.S. presidential challenger, unusual in its boldness, was particularly eyebrow-raising in light of Walesa's refusal to meet with Obama on his visit to Poland one year ago.
Lech Walesa has had a fairly public feud with Obama, so this won't come as a total surprise. Last month, the White House rejected requests from Polish officials that Walesa accept the President's Medal of Freedom for the late Jan Karski, who was honored posthumously for his activism with the Polish Underground and testimony about the Holocaust. The reason? Walesa was apparently "too political," according to the administration. The Nobel Peace recipient has also criticized Obama's policies and declined to meet with the president during one of his visits to Poland.
SPJ Executive Committee Recommends Renaming Helen Thomas Award
Yesterday, the Society of Professional Journalists' executive committee voted in favor of renaming the Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement. But the decision isn't yet binding — it still has to be approved by the full board of directors, which will vote on it within the next 10 days:
The recommendation issued Jan. 8 by the national journalists' group, based on anti-Zionist remarks made by Thomas, will be sent to its board of directors within 10 days. The award will still be given, but without Thomas' name.
"While we support Helen Thomas' right to speak her opinion, we condemn her statements in December as offensive and inappropriate," the executive committee said in making its recommendation.
On Dec. 2, in a speech to an Arab-American group in Dearborn, Mich., Thomas, 90, said that Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street "are owned by the Zionists." The remarks raised fresh concerns about the sincerity of an apology for her remarks last summer to a video blogger that Jews "should get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Poland, Germany and the United States.
The executive committee's decision doesn't come as much of a surprise. Other institutions have already removed Thomas's name from awards, so the SPJ can follow suit while avoiding too much controversy. On the other hand, if the organization had voted to keep the name on the award, there's no way it would have been able to get past this incident quietly. The SPJ executive committee said this pretty unambiguously in its press release:
During robust debate on Saturday, the committee considered positions from those supporting Thomas' right to free speech and those who considered her remarks unbecoming of an honor given by SPJ. The committee decided while both positions have merit, the best way to return the focus to SPJ's important work would be to distance itself from the controversy now overshadowing this award.
"Let's work on what unites us rather than what divides us," Limor said.
This is an understandable position, and I assume the board of directors will vote in favor of the executive committee's recommendation.
Of course, Thomas's new employer doesn't seem to share the SPJ's aversion to controversy. The former White House correspondent was recently hired as a columnist by the Falls Church News-Press — an alternative-weekly paper in Northern Virginia — and the editor Nick Benton has vigorously defended his decision. Read More
SPJ Voting on Whether to Rename Helen Thomas Award
Helen Thomas's alma mater, Wayne State University, has already decided to rename an award it gave in her name, and now it looks like the Society of Professional Journalists may follow suit. The SPJ will vote on whether to change the title of its Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement on Jan. 8, in response to her continued anti-Semitic public remarks:
The Society of Professional Journalists is revisiting its decision last summer not to change the name of its Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award after Thomas, 90, told an Arab-American group in Dearborn, Mich., last month that Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street "are owned by the Zionists."
Thomas, a 67-year-veteran of Washington reporting, resigned from her job as a columnist at Hearst last June after remarking to a video blogger that Jews "should get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Poland, Germany and the United States. She later apologized, but her remarks in Michigan on Dec. 2 have raised fresh concerns about the sincerity of the apology.
"Ms. Thomas' most recent remarks led to calls for a reconsideration of the issue by the executive board," said Hagit Limor, president of the Society of Professional Journalists and an investigative journalist for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.
The SPJ published two letters debating the name change in its journal. One letter was from Abraham Foxman of the ADL, which has mounted a pretty successful campaign to get universities and other institutions to rename awards given in Thomas's honor. Foxman wrote that Thomas's recent deplorable remarks at an Arab-American dinner "were carefully thought out and reveal a person who is deeply infected with anti-Semitism."
"No academic institution or organization should want to be associated with an unrepentant anti-Semite and bigot, and it should no longer be considered an honor to receive an award bearing her name," said Foxman.
The other letter, by Lloyd H. Weston, argued that Thomas was merely voicing an opinion, and that he "fail[ed] to see the controversy." Read More
University of Toronto Thesis Argues Jews Exploit the Holocaust
Criticizing Islam may get you a court summons in Canada. But calling the Jews "privileged racists" who intentionally exploit the memory of the Holocaust to generate political power may just get you a graduate degree.
The University of Toronto has come under heavy criticism for accepting a master's thesis from an anti-Israel activist that accuses the Jewish community of deliberately using Holocaust-remembrance programs to create a false impression of Jewish victimhood, in order to make it easier for Jews to push "racist" and "apartheid" policies in Israel:
The thesis, titled "The Victimhood of the Powerful: White Jews, Zionism and the Racism of Hegemonic Holocaust Education," was written by Jenny Peto, a Jewish activist with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. It denounces the March of Remembrance and Hope, for which young adults of diverse backgrounds travel with Holocaust survivors to sites of Nazi atrocities in Poland, and March of the Living Canada, which takes young Jews with survivors to Poland and Israel.
Peto argues that the two programs cause Jews to falsely believe they are innocent victims. In reality, she writes, they are privileged white people who "cannot see their own racism." The "construction of a victimized Jewish identity," she argues, is intentional: It produces "effects that are extremely beneficial to the organized Jewish community" and to "apartheid" Israel.
While her argument may not technically qualify as Holocaust revisionism, it's teetering precariously close. The argument that Jews are using the memory of the Holocaust to propagate a false sense of victimhood only makes sense if you believe that a) Jews are exaggerating the facts of the Holocaust to make it sound worse than it really was, or b) the Holocaust is as horrific as it is portrayed, but was not uniquely horrific. In other words, Jews are deliberately downplaying the adversity faced by other cultures in order to exaggerate the importance of the Holocaust.
The second perspective seems to be where Peto is coming from. In her thesis, she laments that the Holocaust minimizes the magnitude of other apparent horrors, such as violence against women, America's historical acts of "genocide," terrorism, and Israel's "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians.
Peto isn't the first to argue these points. Norman Finkelstein has said and written similar things in the past. But this is the first time that I'm aware of that an esteemed Western university has treated borderline Holocaust revisionism as legitimate scholarship.
Reason to Slow Down START
Sen. Jon Kyl is enjoying an "I told you so" moment. He's been trying to slow the rush to a New START ratification vote, pleading that additional time is needed to explore serious concerns about the treaty's implications. And now we learn:
The U.S. believes Russia has moved short-range tactical nuclear warheads to facilities near North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies as recently as this spring, U.S. officials say, adding to questions in Congress about Russian compliance with long-standing pledges ahead of a possible vote on a new arms-control treaty.
U.S. officials say the movement of warheads to facilities bordering NATO allies appeared to run counter to pledges made by Moscow starting in 1991 to pull tactical nuclear weapons back from frontier posts and to reduce their numbers. The U.S. has long voiced concerns about Russia's lack of transparency when it comes to its arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons, believed to be many times the number possessed by the U.S.
Russia's movement of the ground-based tactical weapons appeared to coincide with the deployment of U.S. and NATO missile-defense installations in countries bordering Russia. Moscow has long considered the U.S. missile defense buildup in Europe a challenge to Russian power, underlining deep-seated mistrust between U.S. and Russian armed forces despite improved relations between political leaders.
In short, Russia isn't living up to its existing obligations, and there is nothing in New START to deal with tactical weapons. Moreover, this confirms what many conservative critics have long suspected, namely that reset is a one-way street. In order to keep up the facade of improved relations, the Obama team is forced to ignore serious challenges to the U.S. and its allies:
U.S. officials believe the most recent movements of Russian tactical nuclear weapons took place in late spring. In late May, a U.S. Patriot missile battery was deployed in northern Poland, close to Kaliningrad, sparking public protests from Moscow.
Some officials said the movements are a concern but sought to play down the threat. Russian nuclear warheads are stored separately from their launching systems, U.S. officials say.
Maybe it's time for some serious oversight hearings. At the very least, the senators should resist being hurried to vote on a treaty before they understand the true state of U.S.-Russian relations.
What Can the GOP Senators Get?
Untangling fact from fiction and sneer from substance in a Maureen Dowd column is not a task for the fainthearted, especially when she wades into matters of policy. But let's give it a shot. She writes:
But faced with the treaty's unraveling, with possible deleterious consequences for sanctions on Iran and supply lines for our troops in Afghanistan, Obama had no choice. Even if the treaty doesn't much affect our strategic security, it affects the relationship with Russia and our standing in the world. And resetting the relationship with Russia, with his buddy Dmitri, is the president's only significant foreign policy accomplishment.
We will start with the accurate part: Obama has no other foreign policy accomplishments aside from whatever he has gotten out of our newly styled relationship with Russia. This is called "reset" because it sounds so much better than "appeasement." Putin has much to show for his dealings with Obama. Missile-defense facilities were yanked out of Poland and the Czech Republic. We've been rather mute about the Russian thugocracy's repressive tactics, and Russia still occupies a chunk of Georgia.
But what exactly has Obama accomplished? The Swiss cheese sanctions against Iran, which are not slowing the mullahs' rush to nuclear powerdom, are not much to write home about. In fact, the Russians helped build and load fuel into the Bushehr nuclear plant, which seems to have accelerated the Iranian nuclear program. And then there is the alleged help in Afghanistan. Jamie Fly has debunked that one:
Unfortunately, only five supply flights occurred in the first six months of the program, an underwhelming number considering the administration's bold projections. This failure to meet expectations prompted Politico's Ben Smith to remark that it was "hard to see this as a particularly major achievement of a revived relationship." Philip Gordon, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Russian Affairs, recently stated that as of June 18, only 275 flights had occurred over Russian territory. Had the administration's bold projections proved accurate, nearly 3,500 flights should have already occurred.
Russia has also played an extensive role in undermining NATO transportation capabilities in other countries throughout the region, and in some cases has actively worked against U.S. efforts to adequately supply forces in Afghanistan. Recently, the United States was forced to triple its annual leasing rights payments to Bishkek after Moscow placed significant pressure on Kyrgyzstan to remove the U.S. air base at Manas. A Russian-influenced campaign led to the ouster of President Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan and placed the tenuous status of the Manas air base again in peril. If continued unrest in Kyrgyzstan leads to a closure of Manas, Russian intransigence in Central Asia could prove to be very costly for the American war effort.
So we are down to voting for an arms-control treaty, regardless of the merits, because otherwise Obama will look worse than he already does. Does this sound familiar? It's akin to the Middle East peace talks bribe-a-thon, which was also meant to save the president from embarrassment (but merely has convinced onlookers, as one Israel expert put it, that the Obama diplomats "have taken leave of their senses").
And what of the timing? In the case of both the Middles East and New START agreements, the deals must happen NOW — again, because Obama needs a boost.
Perhaps Sen. Jon Kyl had it wrong in declaring there will be no treaty ratification in the lame duck session. Really, that's not the way to manage Obama. Instead, it's time for the GOP senators to name their price. The Israelis got planes, promises to be defended in the UN, and a guarantee that the Obama team absolutely, positively won't ask for any more settlement freezes. What could the GOP Senate get? They have already secured a multi-billion-dollar modernization plan, but is that really "enough"? Obama, you see, is desperate to get a deal, so the Republican senators should get creative — agreement on the Bush tax cuts, a dealing on spending cuts, etc. Too much? Oh no, the Republicans can tell the White House that this is called "reset." And the name of the game is to create an exceptionally imbalanced relationship in which the only benefit to Obama is the right to tout his dealmaking skills.
Double-Talk from Moscow on Iran
The White House has been crowing that Russia's decision last week not to sell advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran represents a big triumph of its attempt to "reset" relationships with Moscow. The reality is somewhat more complicated — and less to our liking.
The fact is that Russia has flirted with selling the S-300 to Iran for years without ever actually going through with the deal, thus suggesting that the Russians were not truly planning to transfer the technology after all — they were simply hoping to get a good payoff from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and other countries alarmed by rising Iranian power. It's impossible to know exactly what the Russians have gotten in return (such deals tend to be secret), but at a very minimum they managed to convince the Obama administration to scrap plans to put missile interceptors into Poland and the Czech Republic — a move that alarmed those stalwart allies. How much more can we expect from the Russians? Not that much, as indicated by this L.A. Times article:
Even as the White House praised Russia for declining to sell antiaircraft missiles to Iran in violation of U.N. sanctions, Russian diplomats were quietly recruiting other countries this week to undercut tougher penalties imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Russia supported weak United Nations sanctions approved in June to pressure Iran over its nuclear program. But it has strongly objected to tougher sanctions added individually by the United States, the European Union and four other countries. It fears those sanctions may end up hurting Russian companies that do business in Iran.
In other words, the Russians are up to their old tricks — paying lip service to stopping the Iranian nuclear program while sabotaging efforts to really get tough with Tehran. Beijing is pursuing a similar policy. Their intransigence means that the odds of really cracking down on Iran with international sanctions — the centerpiece of the Obama administration's policy — are minimal. Other means, such as computer worms, can and should be used to sabotage and delay the Iranian nuclear program, but in the end the U.S. and Israel cannot avoid the toughest of choices: either act militarily or watch Iran go nuclear.
Obama's Whiplash Diplomacy
The executive director of the Arab American Institute, James Zogby, writes that the Obama-Netanyahu press conference last week gave him "a bad case of whiplash":
I had fair warning that this visit would be different than the last, reportedly testy, encounter between these two leaders. And so I should have been prepared for the fact that tough love would be replaced by just plain love. I just wasn't prepared for how much love. And so I confess that I found the apparent public pass Netanyahu received on settlements, the U.S. threat to boycott a summit on Middle East non-proliferation, and all the "unwaverings" and "unbreakables" to be a bit too much to ingest.
Wait until Zogby finds out that the "testy" meeting last March (the one held after-hours, with no photos and no press, with Netanyahu leaving the White House unescorted late at night, having been ambushed by Obama) was actually a "terrific" meeting. That is the description Obama used in his interview with Israeli TV last week — the first he has given to Israeli media in the 18 months of his administration.
It is in fact all a bit whiplash-producing and somewhat reminiscent of the old saying about history in the Soviet Union — there the future was always known; it was the past that kept changing. In Obama's new narrative, relations with Netanyahu are not only currently excellent but retroactively terrific as well.
Obama's "unwavering commitments" are becoming the new "let me be clear." They include his "unwavering" commitments to comprehensive immigration reform (which left Lindsey Graham unconvinced); to NASA (after he slashed its budget); to the gay community (in response to their growing impatience); and to Afghanistan (at least until next July). After canceling the U.S. commitment to build an anti-missile shield in Poland, Obama sent Joe Biden to tell the Poles: "Make no mistake about it: our commitment to Poland is unwavering." This is the same message Biden delivered to Georgia, even as Russian troops continue their occupation while Obama's reset proceeds apace. It is the rhetorical response of choice after Obama's actions or inaction call into question one of his commitments.
After a year of sending signals to the international community that the U.S. commitment to Israel was wavering, it is good that it is unwavering again. But after November 2, whiplash may strike again. It would not be the first time.
The Worst Mistake
In a Washington Post op-ed, Mitt Romney contends that the new START agreement "could be his worst foreign policy mistake yet." He makes a powerful case against the treaty, pointing out that its most grievous flaw is that "America must effectively get Russia's permission for any missile-defense expansion."
I don't dispute his conclusion (that "it must not be ratified"), but I'm more intrigued by the debate it raises: what is Obama's worst foreign-policy mistake? I'd posit it definitely isn't START, because that will not be ratified. But if not START, then what?
There are the appalling episodes (e.g., condemning Israel for progress on a building permit in its capital). There are the nearly inexplicable goofs (e.g., backing Hugo Chavez's pawn in Honduras and then having to wriggle out once it became apparent that he was a raving anti-Semite and the whole country was behind the "coup"). There are the etiquette errors – iPod for the Queen, bows for the Saudi king, no cameras for the first Bibi visit, etc. There are the cringe-inducing apologies. (Which was worse: the video valentine to the Iranians in 2009, or remorse for dropping an atomic bomb on Japan that saved over a million lives?) There are the serial assaults on our allies (e.g., Poland and the Czech Republic over missile defense, Israel over everything). There is the shameful abandonment of human rights and democracy promotion. (Some incidents fit multiple categories, like snubbing the Dalai Lama.)
But all of those pale in comparison to the failure to devise a credible plan for thwarting a nuclear-armed Iran. Really, nothing comes close. Yes, he's appeased Russia, but we've recovered from presidents who came up short against the Russian bear. And almost every other gaffe, error, and oversight can be repaired over time. However, a nuclear-armed Iran likely is forever. Not only will it pose an existential threat to Israel, unleash a nuclear-arms race, and embolden all of Iran's terrorist surrogates, but it will also mark the epic failure of American power. We said "unacceptable," but we let it happen. How's that going to come across?
It's still feasible to correct even this error, provided Obama is willing to use the threat of force and, if need be, force itself. However, if you doubt that Obama is capable and willing to do that, then his Iran policy becomes not only the worst foreign-policy mistake of his presidency, but arguably ever.
White House Hopes Someone Else Will Clean Up This Mess, Too
Three more Jewish organizations have come out with statements condemning Helen Thomas's remarks. B'nai B'rith's statement contains this:
"Thomas' comments are contemptible," B'nai B'rith International President Dennis W. Glick said. "Her distortion of historical reality is astonishing. Her call for Jews to return to Poland and Germany—site of the Nazi genocide, the worst genocide in modern history—is beyond offensive. . .These vile comments, unfortunately, are the culmination of Thomas' ongoing anti-Israel sentiments that she kept thinly veiled over the years," B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "There should be no place for her in a news organization. Her comments go beyond commentary and land well in the camp that will stop at nothing to delegitimize Israel."
B'nai B'rith calls on Hearst to dismiss Thomas immediately.
The American Israeli Action Coalition put out a news release that reads in part:
"As Americans living in Israel, we are outraged at Ms. Thomas's remarks which we feel are directed at us," said AIAC Chairman Harvey Schwartz. "The remarks are a direct attack on American Israelis. Not only are they based on ignorance of history, but are the height of vicious anti-Semitism. They are beneath contempt. Furthermore, Ms. Thomas's lame excuse of an "apology" contains not one word of remorse for the substance of her odious remarks."
"AIAC joins with Bnai Brith International, the Anti Defamation League and other prominent Americans in calling on the Hearst Corporation to dismiss Thomas immediately," continued Chairman Schwartz. "In addition, the White House Correspondents' Association should immediately cancel her White House press credentials. The failure of either of such organizations to do will be proof positive that it agrees with Ms. Thomas's vile comments."
The Zionist Organization of America's statement includes this:
Helen Thomas' despicable anti-Semitic statements must not be tolerated. She should be fired by Hearst News and barred from the White House press corps. There is no way such vicious denial of Jewish nationhood and connection to the Jewish homeland would be tolerated if such statements were uttered in respect of any other people.
Helen Thomas' long record of hostile questioning and grandstanding speeches in the guise of questions regarding Israel at White House press conferences over many years indicates only too clearly that Thomas has long harbored deep hostility towards Israel which she has now revealed to go even further – denying Jewish nationhood and the Jewish right to a sovereign state. She is clearly an anti-Semitic bigot. This is not a matter of mere criticism of Israel, which people are free to exercise, but of fostering hatred against Jews. Helen Thomas should be fired, not only for her unvarnished bigotry, but because she has made it unequivocally clear that she is deeply biased and unable to report with any semblance of objectivity. Helen Thomas would certainly condemn and reject anyone who would have tried to tell her parents, who were Lebanese, that they should go back to Lebanon. She would not tolerate it if someone told her that, since she is of Lebanese ethnicity, she should go back to Lebanon.
The White House remains mum. The administration no doubt hopes that Hearst will take care of this mess. But the White House has its own responsibility and is making its own views apparent by its silence: the Obama administration simply doesn't care.
ADL Says Helen Thomas Apology Insufficient
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, issued the following statement:
Helen Thomas's statement of regret does not go far enough. Her remarks were outrageous, offensive and inappropriate, especially since she uttered them on a day the White House had set aside to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of American Jews during Jewish America Heritage Month.
Her suggestion that Israelis should go back to Poland and Germany is bigoted and shows a profound ignorance of history. We believe Thomas needs to make a more forceful and sincere apology for the pain her remarks have caused.
We'll see if the White House is willing to endure yet another controversy by continuing to host a bigot who uses her perch in the briefing room to spout her venom. It is pathetic that the press corps does not police itself. They're very fond of calling on business and government to do that but atrocious at doing it themselves. Let's hope neither Hearst nor the White House has the stomach for this and gives Thomas the boot.
Helen Thomas Should Go, Says Lanny Davis
Lanny Davis, Clinton adviser and stalwart Democrat, joins Ari Fleischer in calling for Helen Thomas to be booted. He has released a statement, which reads:
Helen Thomas, who I used to consider a close friend and who I used to respect, has showed herself to be an anti-Semitic bigot. This not about her disagreement about her criticisms of Israel. She has a right to criticize Israel and that is not the same as being an anti-Semite.
However, her statement that Jews in Israel should leave Israel and go back to Poland or Germany is an ancient and well-known anti-Semitic stereotype of the Alien Jew not belonging in the "land of Israel" — one that began 2,600 years with the first tragic and violent diaspora of the Jews at the hands of the Romans.
If she had asked all Blacks to go back to Africa, what would White House Correspondents Association position be as to whether she deserved White House press room credentials — much less a privileged honorary seat?
Does anyone doubt that my friends Ann Compton, head of the WHCA, and Joe Lockhart, who believe in the First Amendment right of free expression as much as I do, would be as tolerant and protective of Helen's privileges and honors in the White House press room as they appear to be if she had been asking Blacks to return to Africa? Or Native Americans to Asia and South America, from which they came 8,000 or more years ago? I doubt it.
Of course Helen has the right as a private citizen under the First Amendment to speak her mind, even as an anti-Jewish bigot — but not as a member, much less privileged member with a reserved seat, in the WH press corps.
See, that wasn't so hard. Where is the rest of the media, the White House Correspondents Association, and the White House? As to the latter, no response to my inquiry has been forthcoming. Perhaps, the White House is hoping — you know, like with the BP spill — that it can dodge responsibility for this one. But it is their credentials Helen Thomas uses and their briefing room in which she sits. What say you, Mr. President?
UPDATE: Helen Thomas gets dumped by her agent.

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I bought this tent as part of a quest to lighten my pack weight. I looked fairly extensively at the various options available, and this one strikes a good balance between weight, dimensions / interior space, and weather resistance. While I continue to seek new and improved models that provide the same functions for less weight, I still consider the Copper Spur UL 1 to be a good option.
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This is a review of the Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 1. Just in case BA comes out with different versions in subsequent years, I'll mention that I purchased this tent new in the summer of 2010.
I'll also preface this review by pointing out that although I've owned the tent for a year, I've only used it on a few trips so far, for a total of 5 nights. With the exception of a light sprinkle on one of the nights (in Colorado), my usage so far has been in calm, warm (35+), dry summer weather (in the Sierra). So consider this a sort of "first impressions" review.
I'm rating the tent a "5". If I could use half stars, I'd give it a 4.5. I'll explain further below.
When I selected the Copper Spur, I wanted a tent to replace my Mountain Hardwear Skyview 1.5 for backpacking. I still use the Skyview for car camping, but it is very heavy and bulky for backpacking. For backpacking my criteria included:
- low weight
- compact packed size
- free standing
- relatively roomy — low-sloping, claustrophobic, bivy-like tents need not apply
- and of course a well built tent I can count on out in the wilderness
My experience with the tent so far has been very positive. It has met all of my criteria very well. It's light (a couple ounces over 3 lbs including the footprint — which I'm not using, instead I used a piece of lighter 3mil(?) plastic sheet). It's also very compact, fitting nicely inside my pack.
It's also totally free-standing if I use it without the fly, as I enjoy in good weather. Even the fly only requires 2 stakes, though more can be used in windy/stormy conditions. The most I've used is four so far. In a pinch you could probably get by using just one on the front flap of the fly. Lastly, it's quite roomy for a solo tent. I'm 6' and about 180#, and I have no problem getting comfortable in this tent.
I do have a few minor points to make, just to round out my experience so far with this tent.
First, I am not a fan of the "upside down D" door. For one thing, getting in/out of the tent requires opening most of the door — pleasing hungry mosquitoes to no end as they fly in thru the large opening. Additionally, one has to be careful to drop the door inside the tent rather than into the dirt outside.
Secondly (and this one is a plus and a minus), the frame cross-bar at the top of the tent does a good job of supporting the tent walls, enhancing the feeling of spaciousness inside. On the other hand, particularly when using the tent without the fly, one has to be careful to avoid poking their eye out with the pole as it protudes over the door (e.g. lean down to enter the tent, not see the protuding pole in the dark -> poked eye).
Lastly (and another plus and a minus), the mostly-screen tent upper provides great visibility and enhances the feeling of sleeping outdoors, especially when the fly is not attached. On the other hand, whenever there is dew, one gets wet inside the tent. And since the tent is small, the ends of one's sleeping bag brush against the now-wet walls.
This is only an issue when the fly isn't attached, and would apply to any tent of this design. I do like the combination of fabric and mesh on the walls — the mesh provides great visibility, while the fabric down lower helps reduce cold drafts where I'm sleeping.
All in all, I am very happy with this tent, and if something were to happen to it today, I would want to replace it with another one just like it. It's pricey for sure. But I spent quite a bit of time comparing various models — some less, some much more expensive — and I feel this one was the right choice based on my criteria.
One point I would make is that while well built, the material used for this tent — including the floor — is very light. So I'd definitely recommend using a ground sheet or the purpose-designed footprint.
Note in the first image I neglected to prop open the little fly vent near the roof. The fly also provides for some decent vestibule space — and makes the tent appear to be much larger than it really is.


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No matter how she looked at it, it all came out to be the same. She was woman….hear her roar…and all that jazz.
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Her eyes narrowed in on her quarry, his hunched figure prominent in the far corner of the shadowy bar. Her steps sure as she skirted around a table, she ignored the sudden burst of laughter coming from the table behind her, her mission clear and focused.
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Another burst of laughter surrounded her then, a few guffaws thrown in for good measure from the drunk's buddies. "Crash and burn, Jeff," cat-called out another slurred voice.
JJ attempted to ignore the huffing sounds from the man who was obviously named Jeff, but she suddenly found herself halted by the surprising strong fingers surrounding her wrist.
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"The lady said no," David Rossi ordered as he tightened his death grip on the offender's neck. "It's a word you obviously need to become better acquainted with. Starting now."
JJ had not seen Dave move from his corner, and yet, somehow, he had managed to appear as if out of nowhere. Meeting Dave's dark eyes over the shoulder of the would-be Romeo, JJ crossed her arms over her chest. "Rescuing the damsel in distress, Rossi? Seems a little late to be the hero now, doesn't it?"
Pushing the man toward his friends, Dave frowned hard at JJ as he stepped in front of her, shielding her from the drunken jackasses now laughing at their friend's misfortune. "What the hell are you doing here, Jennifer?" he asked harshly, reaching for her arm and dragging her toward the door of the pub. "Do you realize what the hell kind of place this is?" he bit out through barely moving lips, his thoughts of what could have happened to her if he hadn't been there tightening his gut in knots.
"Don't bitch to me about the location, Rossi. You chose the destination," JJ retorted, trying to jerk her wrist from his grasp. "Let me go," she ordered, her voice low and dangerous as they reached the paved sidewalk in front of the pub.
Dropping her arm, Dave's jaw clenched. "Do you have any idea what could have happened to you in there?" he hissed, suddenly furious with the young blonde woman for risking her safety. Damn it, didn't she realize what she was doing to him? She'd already stolen his heart and now she appeared intent on robbing him of his sanity as well.
"Don't you dare! Don't you dare lecture me," JJ retorted, her eyes flashing as she narrowed them on the man that had singlehandedly wrecked her life. "If you weren't such a coward," she sneered, "I wouldn't have made this exciting little field trip into DC's most seedy dive bar," she growled, sweeping a hand behind her to indicate the neon lit bar. "Wanna blame somebody? Look in the fucking mirror!"
Jaw clenching at her accusation, Dave forced himself to stand there, her eyes skewering him to the pavement. "You came here to find me," he stated needlessly. Shrugging, he lifted his chin, refusing to cower under the intensity of her gaze. "You found me. Why?"
"Are you serious?" JJ breathed, shaking her head as her face darkened. "You're actually going to go with ignorance? Are you really that much of a dickless wonder?" she spat harshly.
"Okay, Jennifer, that's twice you've insulted me. Because you've got a point, I'm not going to reply. I hurt you and I know it," Dave replied, keeping his voice deceptively calm. "But that's all you get," he warned her steadily.
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Quoting elasmimi:Wish we had a mobile dentist!
That sounds neat. I'd just see if you could go back there and be with him. Let him take his favorite animal or toy. That always helps my kids. Its not too bad my son got his first cavity at 9 years old. He did fine. I'm sure your son will be okay too. :)
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El desempeño económico global: del modelo agro exportador a la industrialización sustitutiva de importaciones. La economía uruguaya 1900-1955 (I)
This is the first of three papers that study the Uruguayan economy between 1900 and 1955. It is considered the global economic performance of Uruguay during the first half of the 20th century, when the country experienced "its best" period of economic growth in contrast with the worst performance of the second half of the century. In the first part we provide a general characterization of the period identifying two development models: the agro-export led growth since the end 19th century until its crisis towards the First World War, a transition period with innovative changes, and then, the development of the import substitution industrialization in 1943-1944. During the first period growth depended on cattle export while in the second the manufacturing for the domestic market was the principal motor for growth. In the second and third part of this paper we study the economy before and after 1930 as a benchmark between two periods: the end of an expansive phase and the depression until the end of the Second World War when the country experienced a rapid economic growth. For each of these sub-periods we bring a synthesis of the international economy, the global economic performance and some general features of the social context. Finally, we provide the principle results of this paper and we related them with other economic history topics: openness and growth; the effect of external shocks, the relation State-Economy, and the role of the external sector in the long run.Download Info
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Better than a hotel. Luxury living and romantic atmosphere. Located *right above the sand*; take long walks on the beach. Short term available. Located 1 block south of Moonshadows restaurant and a quarter mile south of Duke's restaurant; an excellent dining experience.
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The apartment is conveniently located in the north of the island of Ibiza if you are looking for a clean and quite place to stay, surrounded by nature and 10 miles away from the island hotspots as Las Dalias market, Ibiza old town, Pacha and Privilege night clubs and 20 miles from airport.
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Welcome to Americas Best Value Inn, located in the heart of busy downtown St. Louis, which is known as the Gateway to the West and the home of American brewing. Our hotel is situated next to the new Lumiere Place Casino and is only 2 blocks away from the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau. Most of the area's main attractions are wit...
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tv worked Extra security lock on door was broke. Stains on pillows. Surface dirt on to many items. Hard to find location...could not reach hotel for directions for over an hour while driving around trying to find them. ... more
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Staff was very friendly, it was very well lit and the room was nice. could have been just a little bit cleaner.(it was clean, but several small areas had thick dust in them)Nice view, close to almost everything in Downtown that we wanted to visit. No, it was nice, clean(except a little dust on lamps and in some corners.) it was nice & quiet. and a balcony with quite a view. Nice place, with free breakfast & coffee. Free Parking, snack machines and free ice. Also had free Wi-Fi, which I loved. overall, we had a great time and enjoyed every bit of our stay at this hotel, and the price was right! ... more |
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With a stay at Americas Best Value Inn in St. Louis (Spanish Lake), you'll be within the region of O'Fallon Park and Gateway Arch. Make yourself at home in one of the 70 air-conditioned guestrooms. Conveniences include wake-up calls, as well as phones with free local calls. Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as a seasonal outdoor poo...
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There was a roof over my head and a bed. The ceiling in my room was falling in, the shower head was broken, the phone had no cover on it (just the number pad and a receiver), and the room smelled really bad. If you're looking for a no frills holtel, this is the place for you. There is nothing but a bed in a room with a T.V. There was a phone, but I was afraid to use it because there was no cover on it. There was not even a coffee maker in my room, if I wanted a cup of coffee, I had to go down to the front lobby to get one, and the day I checked out, there was not even any coffee available there. I doubt that I would recommend this place to anyone. It's really not close to anything in St. Louis and just an overall dump of a place to stay at. ... more
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I clicked on a cheap room that had a 6.8 rating on priceline. Somewhere along the line I ended up at this hotel that had a 3.0 rating. That is more like it. Some drunk guy was angling at the check in window with me, but the girl working was good aboutit It was in a bad location. Mostly for weekly people, though they seem to put me in a better spot for nightly people. There are a lot of better places you can get in St Louis for the money. And this isn't in a very good area. But the room was comfortable and I did get a good nights sleep. I'd recommend it if I didn't see so many other hotels at a better price in better areas after staying there. ... more |


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And now hell has officially frozen over -- Dina Lohan was celebrated last night as an outstanding mom of the year at a Long Island charity event.
Her ex-husband Michael told us that she was supposed to be at a court-ordered family therapy session just blocks away at the same time, but she chose to attend what looked more like a bachelorette party than an event celebrating celeb moms organized by a group called Mingling Moms.
Of course, the same group also gave Jennifer Lopez an award for being a great mom, and she's only been a mom for three months.
Yes, hell has frozen over and the uber-momma pimp was there to get the pat on the back for screwing up one and getting ready to screw up another in the near future.
People like Dina Lohan should not be allowed to have children!
TMZ, why even dignify her? I really don't think any of us care!
Next come the winged pigs... missing a court-ordered family therapy session shows just what a joke this kid-wrecker really is.
Glad to see Dina chose her "mom of the year" event over going to therapy, hahaha. The jokes on you Dina.
And for $10K you too can be a mingling mom's mother of the year award winner! It's Long Island people. Welcome to the terradome!
I don't understand why so many of you hate Dina Lohan other than that you must foster some kind of jealousy toward her - she earns great money as her daughter's business manager, has a great bod for someone over 40 - I can only hope I still look this good at 40. Is it also a racial thing since she's involved with Oprah's Ex?
#10- Are you serious? There's more to a person than money and a nice figure. She's made excuse after excuse for her daughter's illegal and immoral behavior, contradicted her wonderful "parenting" spews by partying side by side with her alcoholic daughter and pimping her kids out to the highest bidder to keep them, and in turn herself, relevant.
Dina Lohan... outstanding mom of the year. Wow, I'm starting to figure out where I failed as a mother. Happy Mother's Day to all who have children. May it be a day for making sweet memories, because if all else goes, your memories will keep love in your heart, and warmth in your spirit.