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2011

BEWARE THE IDES OF TISHA’BE-AV: EXPLAINED BY YORAM ETTINGER

(http://www.TheEttingerReport.com(. Guide for the Perplexed: The Fast of the 9th Day of Av (Tisha’ Be’Av) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought,” August 9, 2011 Based on Jewish Sages 1.  The Ninth Day of Av is the most calamitous day in Jewish history. Fasting on Tisha’ Be’Av commemorates catastrophic national destructions and the moral causes for the destruction. […]

HERE IS THE QUESTION: WILL HILLARY CHALLENGE OBAMA IN THE DEM PRIMARY? SEE NOTE

Democrats Thinking About Hillary 2012 http://conservativebyte.com/2011/08/democrats-thinking-about-hillary/ THIS WOULD BE HER LAST CHANCE TO BE EMPRESS OF AMERICA….IF “O” LOSES AND A REPUBLICAN WINS AND SUCCEEDS IT’S OVER FOREVER FOR HILLARY……RSK If Hillary had been elected and everything the same has happened, I guarantee you that the Obama crowd would be urging him to run against […]

LONDON DESCENDS INTO ANARCHY: MELANIE PHILLIPS

http://grendelreport.posterous.com/london-descends-into-anarchy As London descends into anarchy this evening, with disturbances, arson, looting and other criminality breaking out in one borough after another for the third night running, it is clear that this is organised disorder, with thugs being dispatched to provoke and escalate hooliganism and rioting from area to area through use of social media […]

150 ITALIAN MPs WRITE LETTER AGAINS PALARAB STATEHOOD MOVE: ELAD BENARI

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146549  Italian MPs Write Letter Against Unilateral PA Move Over 150 Italian MPs call on the international community to oppose the PA’s statehood bid, call for resumption of negotiations. Over 150 Italian MPs from all the political parties have signed a document calling on the international community to oppose the Palestinian Authority’s bid for a […]

“IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS A MATTER OF CONSENSUS AND PRIDE” MOUSAVIAN…A SPEAKER IN CHAUTAUQUA

Mousavian: Iranian nuclear program is matter of consensus, pride August 5, 2011 by @chqdaily 0 Comments During the question-and-answer portion of Friday’s morning lecture, Seyed Hossein Mousavian addresses comments regarding the relationship between Western nations and Iran.  Nick Glunt | Staff Writer The final lecture of Week Six’s topic, “Iran: From Ancient Persia to Middle East […]

ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA POSTS ON CHAUTAUQUA…SEE LIST OF SPEAKERS ON IRAN

http://www.isna.net/Services/pages/MUSLIM-HOUSE-OF-CHAUTAUQUA.aspx MUSLIM HOUSE OF CHAUTAUQUA 2011 Chautauqua Season: June 25–August 28 Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. Over the course of nine weeks, […]

OUTRAGEOUS DEVELOPMENT IN CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: IMAM RAUF PLANNING A MUSLIM CENTER…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION IS VERY INFLUENTIAL AND IS GETTING VERY COZY WITH MOSLEM APOLOGISTS…..STAY TUNED…..RSK Mr. Abdul Rauf said last week that he had spent recent months lecturing on tolerance and American Islam and working to establish a Muslim center at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York and writing a book. Developers of Islamic Center […]

MOURNING, MEMORY AND ART: RICHARD McBEE MAGNIFICENT ART

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/8/8/main-feature/1/mourning-memory-and-art David Roberts (1796–1864) was a Scottish painter who in the late 1830’s traveled extensively in the Levant and Egypt documenting “Orientalist” sites in drawings and watercolors. Together with the lithographer Louis Haghe, he marketed his work to a public eager for exotic scenes.  Queen Victoria was one of his first customers. Among Roberts’s paintings […]

JESSE JACKSON ON OBAMA: “SOME LEVEL OF THE EXCITEMENT IS GONE”…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-778990,00.html EXCITEMENT? JACKSON MADE EVERY EFFORT TO DERIDE OBAMA WHILE HILLARY WAS STILL VIABLE… IS THAT THE THRILL HE MISSES?  JACKSON IS NOW SO IRRELEVANT  …..RSK In an interview with SPIEGEL, civil rights activist and Baptist minister Jesse Jackson discusses Black America’s frustration with Barack Obama and the president’s failure to anticipate the Republicans’ tenacious will to ‘destroy’ […]

DAVID SOLWAY: THE CHILDREN OF EDWARD SAID

The Children of Edward Said Posted By David Solway http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/09/the-children-of-edward-said/     There is a fascinating passage from the Koran, surah 101, its initial lines variously translated as “The Disaster! What is the Disaster?” (N.J. Dawood, The Koran), “The Crashing Blow. What is the Crashing Blow?” (M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an), “The day of Noise […]