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Jew puts Holocaust on trial





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Jew puts Holocaust on trial

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:30 AM PDT

It isn't abortion. It isn't illegal immigration. No, it isn't sex either. No, it isn't health problems, it isn't personal finance and it isn't marriage or anything like that. It's not crime, fraud, war or racism. It isn't 9/11 and it isn't Kennedy's death. It also isn't Martin Luther Kings death. None of those things. We, as adults, are allowed to ask questions about all of them. Well, maybe not 9/11 but we still discuss it openly.
We are not allowed to question the Holocaust and the 6 million Jews that were killed. NO Questions allowed. WE know the facts.

Jesse Ventura Talks with Alex Jones About Government Harassment of His TV Show

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:58 AM PDT

In an exclusive interview on the Alex Jones Show today, Jesse Ventura will talk about the U.S. military's attempt to undermine his popular TruTV show, "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura."

Jesse was prevented from filming a stand-up in front of the Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery for an episode on government involvement in the JFK assassination. Despite the military ban, Ventura managed to film the segment. "I did it anyway," he told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Haters Go After the 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Justin Raimondo

Nothing illustrates the utter craziness of our society in the post-9/11 era than the controversy over the "Ground Zero mosque." To begin with, the proposed Islamic center – not a mosque, but the Muslim equivalent of the YMCA – a nonprofit foundation wants to build in New York City isn't at "ground zero," it is four blocks from the site of the World Trade Center. But that doesn't deter demagogues like Newt Gingrich and various other unsavory opportunists from making it into a political issue.

Never mind the fact that there is already a mosque four blocks away from the site of the World Trade Center (see here), which has been there for many years. If we follow the "logic" of Newt and his fellow crusaders, then this should be torn down – along with all the other hundreds of mosques in New York City. And don't forget Washington, D.C., the site of the attack on the Pentagon: surely symbols of the "enemy" religion must be banned there, too.

Cry Havoc

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

The decision of the International Court of Justice, made public on July 23, that the unilateral declaration of independence by the provisional government of Kosovo "did not violate any applicable rule of international law" was both predictable and shocking.

Predictable, because the ICJ panel considering the case included judges from nine countries that had already recognized the "independent republic of Kosovo." As deliberations began in December 2009, ICJ president Hisashi Owada even blurted out that the decision would be vague — which was interpreted at the time as confirmation that the court was under tremendous political pressure.

Palestinians Remain Split, US Doesn't Adjust

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Last summer, a tight consensus formed in Washington around Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's plans to build up state-like institutions in the West Bank and revive the territory's sagging economy from the lingering effects of the Second Intifada.

But the strategy – while still overwhelmingly popular in the West a year into its implementation – is facing strong criticisms: Experts on Palestinian politics are now questioning its effectiveness and whether, with Gaza still isolated, the agenda is counter-productive to forming an eventual, unified Palestinian state.

Stop Calling Them Heroes

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Consider a strange aspect of our wars since October 2001: they have yet to establish a bona fide American hero, a national household name.  Two were actually "nominated" early by the Bush administration — Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old private and clerk captured by the Iraqis in the early days of the American invasion and later "rescued" by Army Rangers and Navy Seals, and Pat Tillman, the former NFL safety who volunteered for service in the Army Rangers eight months after 9/11 and died under "enemy" gunfire in Afghanistan.

Both stories were later revealed to be put-up jobs, pure Bush-era propaganda and deceit.  In Lynch's case, almost every element in the instant patriotic myth about her rescue proved either phony or highly exaggerated; in Tillman's, it turned out that he had been killed by friendly fire, but — thanks to a military cover-up (that involved General Stanley McChrystal, later to become Afghan war commander) — was still given a Silver Star and a posthumous promotion.  Members of his unit were even ordered by the military to lie at his funeral, and he was made into a convenient "hero" and recruitment poster boy for the Afghan War. Both were shameful episodes, involving administration manipulation and media gullibility.  Since then, as TomDispatch regular and retired lieutenant colonel William Astore points out, U.S. troops as a whole have been labeled "our heroes," but individual heroes have been in vanishingly short supply.

US and South Korea Impose New Sanctions on North

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

The United States and South Korea will impose new sanctions on North Korea in an effort to crackdown on the North's participation in arms proliferation and increase pressure on Pyongyang after the sinking of a South Korean warship.

The new sanctions – which were introduced Wednesday during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's two-day visit to Seoul – were announced ahead of next week's large-scale war games in which 8,000 U.S. and South Korean troops are scheduled to participate.

Predators All

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Recently, I went to see Predators, a sequel to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Predator, about a group of American Special Forces commandos in the Central American jungle who find themselves being hunted by an extraterrestrial, the Predator.

Predator was not that good a movie, but the premise was interesting. It was ripped off and developed nicely in Star Trek: Voyager with the Hirojan race of hunters. I thought Predators might further develop the premise because I had heard that it was set on the Predator planet and because it was directed by the versatile and talented Robert Rodriguez.

Obama's "Post-Racial" Anti-White Regime

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:07 PM PDT

The former black community organizer of ambiguous origin, touted by a sycophantic, anti-White media as the "post-racial" president, is anti-White. Is anybody other than deracinated Whites surprised?

In Obama team's panic over losing whites, Pat Buchanan writes:

Panic. The White House fears it is losing white America because of a false perception that it harbors a bias against white America.

Vietnam's forgotten war victims

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:48 PM PDT

When Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, visited Vietnam on Thursday she extolled the country's "unlimited potential" and strong trade relations with the US. But the words must have rung hollow for Ngyuen Ngoc Phuong, who has seen his potential destroyed by American chemical poisoning.

Phuong, 19, was born long after the US cut and run from the Vietnam war, evacuating its last remaining personnel by helicopter from the roof of its Saigon embassy in 1975.

Jews, Judaism and Slavery

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT

Jewish writer Solomon Grayzel in "A History of the Jews" "Jews were among the most important slave dealers" in European society.  Jews were the major ship chandlers in the Caribbean.  Jews were expelled from many places for their business practices in this trade. In Curacao in the 17th century and Barbados and Jamaica in the 18th century and in most of the French, British and Dutch colonies the Jews dominated the slave trade or were major traders.    When their host country was at war with one of their trading partners the Jews would continue to trade, merely changing the names of their ships as the port of call required.

Israel's Danny Rothschild and the Plundering of Iceland

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:01 PM PDT

The Israeli-Rothschild connection to the plundering of Icelandic banks has become clearer and deserves to be noted. On June 23, it was reported that the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust (TDT is the parent company headed by Victor Tchenguiz in Israel) had agreed to settle by handing over frozen Somerfield cash to administrators of failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing on June 23, 2010.

Lying Jewess screams rape

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:35 AM PDT

"An Arab man convicted in Israel of rape because he pretended he was a Jew when he had consensual sex with a Jewish woman has called the verdict racist. Sabbar Kashur, 30, was found guilty of "rape by deception" by the Israeli court and sentenced to 18 months in jail. According to the complaint filed by the woman, the two met in a Jerusalem street in 2008 and had sex that day. When she discovered he was not Jewish, but an Arab, she went to the police. Kashur was arrested and charged with rape and indecent assault, but the charges were later replaced by a different charge of "rape by deception".

Thursday: 13 Iraqis, 3 Foreign Contractors Killed; 18 Iraqis, 15 Contractors Wounded

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Margaret Griffis

Updated at 9:22 p.m. EDT, July 22, 2010

Three foreign contractors were killed during a mortar or rocket attack on Baghdad's international Green Zone. At least 15 more were wounded in the attack. At least 13 Iraqis were killed as well and 18 more were wounded in other violence. Meanwhile, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (SIIC) urged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step aside and allow someone else to take over the premiership. Also, a new study supports anecdotal evidence that Fallujah is suffering from an increase in cancer and birth defects, perhaps caused by mutagenic and carcinogenic agents used during the war.

Ocean Energy Institute Founder Says New Hurricane Will Require Gulf Evacuation

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:22 AM PDT

The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned that a weather system near Cuba, centered between islands of Acklins and Great Inagua, may move into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, reports Bloomberg this morning. "I am still worried about how it will move the oil slick into the coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi," meteorologist Jim Rouiller said.

In response to the approach of the tropical cyclone, BP workers in the Gulf of Mexico have stopped drilling a relief well and are preparing to evacuate, reports the BBC. On Wednesday, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said a tropical storm in the area could push back the timetable 10 to 14 days.

Summer Reading

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT

It is that time of year when we depart for summer vacation. We head for the woods and mountains. Unless we planned to visit the Gulf, we head for the beach. Oh, what the hell. Even if we planned to visit the Gulf, let us head for the beaches. All the beaches I have seen there look pretty clean. So let us hit the beaches there, too. It is cheap! America is a vast continental country, so we have various locales to infest during summertime vacation. I prefer the beach, but maybe you prefer the mountains or even wander off to one of our great cities to tour. Barack Obama headed off to Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island in Maine for a few days. Good for him. Unfortunately, he came back.

"Offensive" Against the Bedouins

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:55 AM PDT

Of late someone is pushing for a violent resolution of the many years of conflict between the Bedouins in the Negev and the state. Voices are heard of a new tsunami rolling toward us, it is already a major offensive, against the Bedouins wherever they may be.

Each day settler associations working against us pop up, such as Regavim (the movement for the protection of national lands – AIC). The State Attorney's Office comes out against academics who "cooperate" with the Bedouins. And it appears that an orchestrated campaign to uproot the "unrecognized" villages is beginning.

A Refugee's Daily Life In Azza Camp Bethlehem

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:54 PM PDT

The density of the Azza Camp in Bethlehem, Palestine is so small that you can personally say hello to all 2,000 people living inside of the camp that is less than one kilometer.

Half of the Palestinians living inside these confines are children under the age of ten. I myself asked to play soccer with two of the boys.

 

Seven Jews control the entire US media

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 08:52 PM PDT

These seven Jews collectively control ABC, NBC, CBS, the Turner Broadcasting System, CNN, MTV, Universal Studios, MCA Records, Geffen Records, DGC Records, GRP Records, Rising Tide Records, Curb/Universal Records, and Interscope Records, and the Jewry want to continue lying  to us by saying that they have no hold on what we read, the music we listen to, the movies we watch and the biased perversities we are subjected to on our tv screens each and every day?

Solving for Y

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The first time we spoke she walked past me, pointed at my feet without breaking her stride, and sternly said, "Good shoes." By the time I thought of something to say back she was on the other side of the building. It'd be weeks later before we would first make eye contact. Was I, the lowly magazine assistant, allowed to say things to her? I had no idea, but I was desperate to find out.

I went into her office with a stack of photocopies she didn't need and took a look at her watch. It was a Must de Cartier Vermeil Tank with a manila yellow face and worn leather band akin to what Jackie Kennedy sported during the Camelot years. I had some knowledge of wrist wear and took advantage of the opening. "Is your watch vintage!?" I rabidly asked in a half-mumble, half-shout. What an exceptionally in-the-know reference, she's going to love me for this, I thought. Next I'll ask her if she scored it on eBay or, better, at the iconic LA re-sale shop Decades. I'm a genius!

To Henry Mercer, A True Romantic

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Which evokes a romantic memory better, a fragrance or a melody? The latter, I am sure, despite the times I've felt a tug at my heart when some sweet young thing breezed by me followed by the aroma of Chanel no 5, the favorite scent of my first great love back in the fifties.

Music and lyrics are a hell of a combination for nostalgia nuts like myself. In fact they are as lethal as a left-right combination from the great Ray Robinson, the original Sugar Ray, whose boxing during the 40s, 50s and even 60s turned a brutal sport into what's known as the sweet science. I recently purchased a book, a catalogue really, about the complete lyrics of Johnny Mercer, to go with my other books on Cole Porter's words, Irving Berlin's, Lorenz Hart's and Oscar Hammerstein 11.

Myth-Debunking Snopes Obscures Israel's Role in 9/11

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Maidhc O'Cathail

Snopes.com, officially known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, has since its humble inception in 1995 come to be regarded as one of the most trusted debunkers of conspiracy theories on the internet. Described by one of its many fans – it apparently has over 6 million visitors per month – as "the grand-daddy of all fact-checking sites," Snopes is downright cavalier, however, in its attitude to facts surrounding Israel's role in the 9/11 attacks.

In its large section on urban legends relating to 9/11, Snopes purports to debunk a claim that "four thousand Israelis employed by companies housed in the World Trade Center stayed home from work on September 11, warned in advance of the impending attack on the World Trade Center." A click on the link under "Israelis" brings the curious reader to an entry titled "Absent without Leave," in which the "four thousand Israelis" have suddenly and inexplicably been replaced by "four thousand Jews."

Daniel Pearl immortalized

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 12:28 PM PDT

On May 27, 2010 – Ben Obama signed the Daniel Pearl Act 2009 into law giving the Israel Lobby to control the distribution of USAID to foreign countries, the major receiver of which happens to be the Zionist entity – based on the State Department's report on human right violations. Interestingly, the US was blasted in the United Nations Human Rights Report 2010.

Named after the pro-Israel Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, an Israeli citizen, who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan allegedly working for Israeli Mossad.

The Old System of Humanity by Design is Collapsing into a "High Tech Kill Grid"

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 12:12 PM PDT

Alex breaks down the collapse of our society by design into a high tech system of control that will only breed on the discrution of man.

The Jewish al-Qaeda spokesperson

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Gadahn was born Adam Pearlman, the son of musician Phil Pearlman. He is the grandson of a prominent urologist; who was also on the Board of Directors of the Anti-Defamation League. According to Gadahn, he was a "zealous supporter" of Israel. Pearlman is an American senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for  Al-Qaeda. Since 2004, he appeared in a number of videos produced by Al-Qaeda as "Azzam the American" . Gadahn "converted"to Sunni Islam in 1995, at the age of 17, but once a Jew and a shill - always a Jewish shill.  It is interesting how news coverage of this man always fails to mention his Jewish heritage.

Neocon invaders today are crusaders of yesterday

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:46 AM PDT

In a quick and brief review of one of the most unsuccessful wars in which the west was ever engaged, we cannot help noticing their great mistakes. We see rashness, overrated self-confidence, depreciation of enemies, lack of foresight, ignorance of the difficulties to be surmounted. The soldiers were diverted from their main object, and wasted their forces in attacking unimportant cities and killing innocent people mistaken for alleged enemies.

This might strike a lot of people as descriptive of the allied western forces under the American leadership in their war on terrorism, but ironically enough, I was shedding little light on an older matter, I was referring to the medieval crusades.

Where Black Rules White

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 07:51 AM PDT

Without having any place to stay, Prichard generally had to live off of the kindness of the natives.  This was one thing that didn't disappoint him:

Of the peasant's attitude towards the stranger in the more remote districts, I have nothing to say but good.  His virtue of hospitality is beautiful.  His politeness is beyond reproach.  He is Nature's gentleman in many ways, and though he is poor in worldly goods, he is rich in some of the higher qualities.

Obama Joins UN Effort to Dictate Acceptable Behavior on the Internet

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 07:17 AM PDT

The United States — along with the UK, China and Russia — have agreed to work together under the globalist umbrella of the United Nations to determine "norms of accepted behavior in cyberspace," according to Computer Weekly. France, Germany, Estonia, Belarus, Brazil, India, Israel, Italy, Qatar, South Korea, and South Africa are also involved in the effort.

Robert Knake, a cyberwarfare expert with the Council on Foreign Relations, says the signed agreement represents a significant change in U.S. posture. Participation of the U.S. demonstrates the Obama administration's strategy of diplomatic engagement, according to Knake.

New Weapons

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 04:22 AM PDT

Regardless of the reporter independence and effective possibilities to reliably report the war facts, the direct effects of a war are often written in measurable terms: number of dead and wounded people, buildings and infrastructures damaged, etc. Such an approach it is far to be easy when one should study the long-time effects of war on population health.

This is due, in great extent, to the inherent difficulties in carrying out in-site studies, which are also oppugned by occupying forces, and to the very nature of these studies that need long periods of follow-up, high number of samples, people highly skilled for data-gathering, and so on.

 

Stealing Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 02:46 AM PDT

On the wake of US Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Andrew Shapiro, assurances of the solid commitment of the US administration to the security of Israel, and I quote, " preserving Israel qualitative edge" is his top priority, one can only wonder how true and solid Obama's determination is to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

With no doubt in my mind, I do believe that Obama is committed to preserving a two state solution whereby, Israel and Palestine can engage in a peaceful marriage that will last for centuries to come. This can only happen without sacrificing the security of Israel that continues to play a fundamental part in the shaping of current and future political and military map of the region.

 

WSJ: Why Israel hasn't bombed Iran (Yet)?

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 01:10 AM PDT

Professor Bret Stephens, a fellow with the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, wrote an apologetic column in the Israel Hasbara (propaganda) Wall Street Journal (July 20, 2010) – to provide some 'genuine' excuses for Israeli fears to start its most deadly war with the Islamic Republic alone.

Elena Kagan supports plagiarism of felllow Jews

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 01:01 AM PDT

When the Jewess Elena Kagan was  extensively questioned  during her Supreme court hearings about her tenure as Dean of Harvard Law School, her role in a controversy involving charges of plagiarism against fellow Jewish Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz (which emerged while she was head of Harvard Law School has been ignored. When Senator Jon Kyl asked about her basic approach to judging, Kagan said: "My deanship was a good example ... the kind of consideration (bias and corruption) that I've given to different arguments, the kind of fairness (tribalism) that I've shown in making decisions."

NYT: Race Differences Real, Significant

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 12:53 AM PDT

The NYT on very recent human evolution.

Ten thousand years ago, people in southern China began to cultivate rice and quickly made an all-too-tempting discovery — the cereal could be fermented into alcoholic liquors. Carousing and drunkenness must have started to pose a serious threat to survival because a variant gene that protects against alcohol became almost universal among southern Chinese and spread throughout the rest of China in the wake of rice cultivation.

Netanyahu: Ambiguous Intentions For Peace

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:32 PM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told EU diplomat Catherine Ashton that he is "willing to take political risks for peace,".  However, he is unwilling to make definitive statements on settlement construction plans.

As a 10-month freeze on new settlement construction reaches its end in late September, Netanyahu is deliberately vague when discussing the settlements' future in order not to jeopardize direct talks with Palestinians.

 

Something Wonderful Happened

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:32 PM PDT

I've just returned from Minneapolis, having attended the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA at the invitation of the denomination's Israel Palestine Mission Network. The PC(USA) is at the epicenter of the struggle of the Christian community in the U.S. to come to terms with the challenge of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

A victory had already been achieved before the start of the Assembly.  Overtures from presbyteries from around the country urging action on justice for Palestinians would amount to over 40% of the actions considered by the Assembly. These included revisiting the 2004 decision to undertake phased divestment from companies implicated in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and an overture affirming that Israel's actions meet the United Nations definition for the crime of Apartheid.

 

No Help From Washington

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:37 PM PDT

Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) officials in the government of Mohamed Abbas often complain they spend more time negotiating with American rather than Israeli governments. This has been particularly true of late.

Since Israel's all-out assault on Gaza nearly a year and half ago, Palestinian officials have discontinued all direct talks with the Israelis and have been talking to the Americans. US presidential envoy George Mitchell has been closely engaged in the region since May 2010, but his efforts have not proved fruitful.

 

Glenn Spencer: Mexican Drug Cartels Conquest of America's Border Continue While Obama Plays Golf

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:54 PM PDT

Alex talks with Glenn Spencer, an activist who advocates greater vigilance in securing the United States--Mexico border against illegal immigration. Spencer is the founder of the American Border Patrol group based in Sierra Vista, Arizona. American Border Patrol is a private, non-governmental, organization with the stated purpose of informing Americans about the border. It is known for using small, radio-controlled aircraft and ground sensing equipment to track illegal immigrants, and then relaying that information to the US Border Patrol. Spencer also has assisted with the Minuteman Project and also has produced two documentary videos: Immigration: Threatening the Bonds of Our Union and Conquest of Aztlan.

America: Hate It or Leave It

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:01 PM PDT

A wise old t-shirt once said, "If you don't like this country, you should probably leave at some point." Another, even wiser piece of clothing then added, "When injustice becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." They're both right. This country was built on rebellion and as an anti-racist, environmentalist, feminist, vegetarian, atheist, I am running out of things to patriotically rebel against. Half a century ago, when Marlon Brando answered, "Whaddya got?" to "What are you rebelling against?" there was a stupid rule begging to be broken on every corner. Today, I ask America, "Whaddya got?" and it turns its front pockets inside out with an embarrassed shrug.

 

Obama rejuvenates his loyalty to Israel

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:35 PM PDT

"The United states is 'easy' to manipulate," says Benjamin Netanyahu.

It seems, only the Iranian lawmakers know whom Ben Obama's loyalty belongs to – not to the US interests but to the interests of a foreign country. Iranian Majlis (parliament) has approved a bill to safegaurd its nuclear achievements by a vote of 171:3 from a total of 200 lawmakers present.

The "Holocaust" reparations racket continues

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:47 AM PDT

"On 13th July, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) held its annual meeting in New York. Proceedings will be overshadowed by the recent exposure of a massive misappropriation of funds, which will be regarded as one of the ugliest Jewish organizational financial scandals in our time."

Israel is sorry

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Israel is sorry.

Netanyahu and Lieberman hold reconciliatory talks

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attempted to mediate their disagreement over the conversion bill and the 2011-2012 budget last night in an attempt to unify the governing coalition.

The coalition will bury the conversion bill and presumably reanalyze the budget.

Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 05:51 PM PDT

Pollard took from his office more than one million documents for copying by his Israeli handler. When those classified materials were transferred to the Soviets, reportedly in exchange for the emigration of Russian Jews, this spy operation shifted the entire dynamics of the Cold War. p>To put a price tag on this espionage, imagine $20 trillion in U.S. Cold War defense outlays from 1948-1989 (in 2010 dollars). The bulk of that investment in national security was negated by a spy working for a nation that pretended throughout to be a U.S. ally.

Cracking Croquet

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Judging by the hijinks and makeup on display at the recently-concluded World Cup, soccer, of all sports, certainly has the most crazed fans. Good for them. But I find it almost as boring as baseball. At the other extreme, the game of croquet is one that comprises few fans and only a handful of players. By comparison to soccer, croquet must be considered hermetic. In the popular imagination, it is a sport for the rich and the effete. To its initiates, however, croquet could not be more serious and down-to-earth.

Bias and Bigotry in Academia

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:46 PM PDT

A decade ago, activist Ron Unz conducted a study of the ethnic and religious composition of the student body at Harvard.

Blacks and Hispanics, Unz found, were then being admitted to his alma mater in numbers approaching their share of the population.

Viva Le Donne di Berlusconi, Viva Italia!

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

In April, I noted that television ratings indicate that sports audiences skew Republican and entertainment audiences Democratic. "Which is more useful to control for propagandizing for your Party: the games or the stories?" I asked portentously.

An astute reader pointed to Italy, however, where Silvio Berlusconi is now enjoying his third terms as a center-right Prime Minister. Certainly, no politician enjoys leading his country more than the cruise-ship crooner turned TV and soccer billionaire, at least not as measured in number of prosecutors and magistrates who have fruitlessly investigated his complex dealings (789, according to the Prime Minister), albums recorded since 2003 (three), and public letters to the editor from his prima signora complaining about his relations with young ladies, such as his nominating TV starlets as candidates for the European Parliament (three).

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