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Creepy & Sad
December 28, 2011
There's something really creepy and sad about seeing people who have been tortured, tormented and starved, weeping over the demise of their Dear Tormenter (ugh)....
North Koreans have continued to mourn the death of Kim Jong-Il in the capital,
Pyongyang (Courtesy: metro.co.uk / Picture: AP)
[Posted by RS]
The Paper of Record (For Whom?)
December 19, 2011
Leave it to the New York Times to publish a piece entitled "In Strikes on Libya by NATO, an Unspoken Civilian Toll."
What was the "unspoken civilian toll" during Muammar Qaddafi's reign?
[Posted by R.S.]
Jerk(s) of the Year Award
December 16, 2011
Although we are still accepting nominations for Jerk(s) of the Year Award, we'd like to offer up two for your consideration:
The first, is the New York Times and its op-ed columnists, including Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristoff. Why? See below.
The second, is the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, for honoring U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Wednesday, with its Annual National Service Award.
Remember Rice's tirade against Israel in the UN Security Council, as the administration reluctantly vetoed a UN resolution condemning Israel's settlement activity? To quote Ms. Rice:
"Our opposition to the resolution before this Council today should therefore not be misunderstood to mean we support settlement activity. On the contrary, we reject in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity. For more than four decades, Israeli settlement activity in territories occupied in 1967 has undermined Israel's security and corroded hopes for peace and stability in the region. Continued settlement activity violates Israel's international commitments, devastates trust between the parties, and threatens the prospects for peace."
This is the person the Conference [of Useful Idiots] honors? In accepting her Award, Ms. Rice applauded President Barack Obama's record on Israel, saying "From the moment he took office, President Obama's guidance has been clear: to strengthen and deepen that commitment [to Israel]."
Ms. Rice's statement complements Mr. Obama's humble statement from a couple weeks ago, i.e., "I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more for the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration."
- On Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations award to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, see here. And for Rice's "Explanation of Vote" on anti-Israel resolution in UN Security Council, see here.
- On New York Times and NYT columnist Thomas Friedman, see here.
- On New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff, who recently had dinner in the Cairo home of some Muslim Brotherhood members, and had a wonderful time, see here.
An Excellent Rule
December 10, 2011
What a marvelous rule (see below).
Although, we, at NSR, have long had such a rule in place, we urge our leaders in Washington DC to adopt it as well.
See "Barclays CEO says he has imposed a "no jerks" rule for the U.K. bank" (here)
[Posted by R.S.]
Notable Quotables
"Mr. Netanyahu is one of the most media-savvy politicians on the planet. On Friday he appeared live via video link on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' taking the host’s alternately sardonic and serious line of questioning with gazelle-like alacrity."
~ Anthony Grant, jourrnalist who has written for many major newspapers and worked in television at Paris and Tel Aviv, interviewing former PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, at the outset of Mr. Netanyahu's new book (more here).
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