From the Exile: Everything you wanted to know about Jihad Turk but were afraid to ask.: "HISTORY
On July 26, 2010, the Zionist Organization of America sent a letter criticising the choice of Jorge Mariscal and Jihad Turk of the ICSC to serve on the University of California Anti-Semitism Advisory Panel."
Aug 16, 2010
Jun 2, 2010
Posterous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Posterous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Posterous is a simple blogging platform started in May, 2009 funded by Y Combinator.[1] It boasts integrated and automatic posting to other social media tools such as Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook, a built-in Google Analytics package, and custom themes[2].
Updating to Posterous is similar to other blogging platforms. Posting can be done by logging in to the website's rich text editor, but it is particularly designed for mobile blogging. Mobile methods include sending an email, with attachments of photos, MP3s, documents, and video (both links and files).[3] Many social media pundits consider Posterous to be the leading free application for lifestreaming. The platform received wide attention[4] when leading social media expert Steve Rubel declared he was moving his blogging activity entirely to Posterous[5].
Posterous also has its own URL shortening service, which as of March 2010 can post to Twitter.[6]
Posterous allows users to point the DNS listing for a domain name or subdomain they already own to their Posterous account, allowing them to have a site hosted by Posterous that uses their own domain name.
I am Yad Mordecai and I approved this comment.
Posterous is a simple blogging platform started in May, 2009 funded by Y Combinator.[1] It boasts integrated and automatic posting to other social media tools such as Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook, a built-in Google Analytics package, and custom themes[2].
Updating to Posterous is similar to other blogging platforms. Posting can be done by logging in to the website's rich text editor, but it is particularly designed for mobile blogging. Mobile methods include sending an email, with attachments of photos, MP3s, documents, and video (both links and files).[3] Many social media pundits consider Posterous to be the leading free application for lifestreaming. The platform received wide attention[4] when leading social media expert Steve Rubel declared he was moving his blogging activity entirely to Posterous[5].
Posterous also has its own URL shortening service, which as of March 2010 can post to Twitter.[6]
Posterous allows users to point the DNS listing for a domain name or subdomain they already own to their Posterous account, allowing them to have a site hosted by Posterous that uses their own domain name.
I am Yad Mordecai and I approved this comment.
May 5, 2010
Inside the Beltway - Washington Times
Inside the Beltway - Washington Times: "STRONG BREW
The term 'tea-bagger' is like uttering the 'n' word, some say. Though he aspires to promote civility, evidence has surfaced that President Obama has added 'tea-bagger' to his public lexicon, though it's considered a cheap and tawdry insult by 'tea party' activists. Watchdogs at Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) barked when they saw the proof, tucked in a sneak peak of Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter's new book, 'The Promise: President Obama, Year One,' to be released May 18. Indeed, it appears the president joined certain partisan critics and the liberal media, and took the tea-bag plunge.
'This remark is the equivalent of using the 'n' word. It shows contempt for middle America, expressed knowingly, contemptuously, on purpose, and with a smirk. It is indefensible to use this word. The president knows what it means, and his people know what it means. The public thought we reached a new low of incivility during the Clinton administration. Well, the Obama administration has just outdone them,' ATR president Grover Norquist tells Inside the Beltway."
I am Yad Mordecai and I approved this comment.
The term 'tea-bagger' is like uttering the 'n' word, some say. Though he aspires to promote civility, evidence has surfaced that President Obama has added 'tea-bagger' to his public lexicon, though it's considered a cheap and tawdry insult by 'tea party' activists. Watchdogs at Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) barked when they saw the proof, tucked in a sneak peak of Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter's new book, 'The Promise: President Obama, Year One,' to be released May 18. Indeed, it appears the president joined certain partisan critics and the liberal media, and took the tea-bag plunge.
'This remark is the equivalent of using the 'n' word. It shows contempt for middle America, expressed knowingly, contemptuously, on purpose, and with a smirk. It is indefensible to use this word. The president knows what it means, and his people know what it means. The public thought we reached a new low of incivility during the Clinton administration. Well, the Obama administration has just outdone them,' ATR president Grover Norquist tells Inside the Beltway."
I am Yad Mordecai and I approved this comment.
From the Exile
From the Exile: "For a long while I didn't express my feelings, thoughts, frustration. But I can be silence no more.
As a child I was taught in an Orthodox all girls school to beware of L'shon Hara (evil tongue) therefor I will not name the person, position and the congregation.
When a suppose to be a spiritual leader uses his pulpit to progress the affairs of an American President whose voting records in favor of Israel is as clear as a ghost - I wonder."
As a child I was taught in an Orthodox all girls school to beware of L'shon Hara (evil tongue) therefor I will not name the person, position and the congregation.
When a suppose to be a spiritual leader uses his pulpit to progress the affairs of an American President whose voting records in favor of Israel is as clear as a ghost - I wonder."
We’re mastering the oil slick, says BP chief facing flood of lawsuits (contains video)
The British executive at the centre of the Gulf Coast oil disaster hit back yesterday against accusations that BP had reacted too slowly, telling The Times that the company would have a giant steel hood in place over the worst leak by tomorrow.
For the first time since the fatal explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig two weeks ago, Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, claimed that the company was winning the race to contain the spill and indicated that it was ready to fight some of the lawsuits heading its way.
Even as the first pictures emerged of oil breaking through protective booms and pooling round a string of islands off the Louisiana coast, Mr Hayward said the main slick had not yet made landfall “because we’ve contained it”.
He urged the US Government to pursue a policy of “absolute co-operation” with BP. “We will only succeed if we work together,” he said — a day after President Obama’s press secretary promised that the White House would “keep a boot to the throat of BP” to ensure that it fulfilled its responsibilities. Mr Hayward, 53, a geologist, projects a youthful image at the top of Britain’s biggest company. At times, however, he has struggled to appear in full control of the effort to protect hundreds of miles of coastline. But at BP’s Washington offices yesterday he gave a strikingly upbeat assessment of the operation, at odds with forecasts of environmental catastrophe.
Britain joins fight to clean up oil spill
“Let’s be very clear,” he said of the slick. “The reason it’s not getting to the beaches is because we’re containing it. We don’t know if we can continue to contain it, but for the moment we are.”
The unprecedented use of dispersant chemicals at the source of the leak a mile under water “seems to be working very effectively”, he said, describing an armada of surface ships working with an “air force” of aircraft spraying similar chemicals. “I’m using military rhetoric because that’s what we’re fighting, a battle, and we’re going to win,” he said.
An army of lawyers has descended on the Gulf Coast, determined to cripple BP with lawsuits on behalf of property owners and fishermen whose livelihoods they say could be ruined. Robert Kennedy Jr, son of the former presidential candidate and a prominent environmental lawyer, is suing BP.
Mr Hayward reiterated a promise that BP “will honour all legitimate claims for business interruption”. Asked for examples of illegitimate claims, he said: “I could give you lots of examples. This is America — come on. We’re going to have lots of illegitimate claims. We all know that.”
BP’s share price fell 3.5 per cent amid estimates that the clean-up bill could reach $16 billion (£10.5 billion). Mr Hayward declined to say whether a US law capping liability in some spills to $75 million would apply. He said: “We’re a big company. We’re absolutely good for the cost of this.”
He dismissed claims that the rig should have activated the blowout preventer at the well head with an “acoustic switch” — they were useless at 5,000ft, he said — and that fire booms should have been used to ignite the slick. “We couldn’t keep the fire alight because the sheen is too thin,” he said.
We’re mastering the oil slick, says BP chief facing flood of lawsuits (contains video)
For the first time since the fatal explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig two weeks ago, Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, claimed that the company was winning the race to contain the spill and indicated that it was ready to fight some of the lawsuits heading its way.
Even as the first pictures emerged of oil breaking through protective booms and pooling round a string of islands off the Louisiana coast, Mr Hayward said the main slick had not yet made landfall “because we’ve contained it”.
He urged the US Government to pursue a policy of “absolute co-operation” with BP. “We will only succeed if we work together,” he said — a day after President Obama’s press secretary promised that the White House would “keep a boot to the throat of BP” to ensure that it fulfilled its responsibilities. Mr Hayward, 53, a geologist, projects a youthful image at the top of Britain’s biggest company. At times, however, he has struggled to appear in full control of the effort to protect hundreds of miles of coastline. But at BP’s Washington offices yesterday he gave a strikingly upbeat assessment of the operation, at odds with forecasts of environmental catastrophe.
Britain joins fight to clean up oil spill
“Let’s be very clear,” he said of the slick. “The reason it’s not getting to the beaches is because we’re containing it. We don’t know if we can continue to contain it, but for the moment we are.”
The unprecedented use of dispersant chemicals at the source of the leak a mile under water “seems to be working very effectively”, he said, describing an armada of surface ships working with an “air force” of aircraft spraying similar chemicals. “I’m using military rhetoric because that’s what we’re fighting, a battle, and we’re going to win,” he said.
An army of lawyers has descended on the Gulf Coast, determined to cripple BP with lawsuits on behalf of property owners and fishermen whose livelihoods they say could be ruined. Robert Kennedy Jr, son of the former presidential candidate and a prominent environmental lawyer, is suing BP.
Mr Hayward reiterated a promise that BP “will honour all legitimate claims for business interruption”. Asked for examples of illegitimate claims, he said: “I could give you lots of examples. This is America — come on. We’re going to have lots of illegitimate claims. We all know that.”
BP’s share price fell 3.5 per cent amid estimates that the clean-up bill could reach $16 billion (£10.5 billion). Mr Hayward declined to say whether a US law capping liability in some spills to $75 million would apply. He said: “We’re a big company. We’re absolutely good for the cost of this.”
He dismissed claims that the rig should have activated the blowout preventer at the well head with an “acoustic switch” — they were useless at 5,000ft, he said — and that fire booms should have been used to ignite the slick. “We couldn’t keep the fire alight because the sheen is too thin,” he said.
We’re mastering the oil slick, says BP chief facing flood of lawsuits (contains video)
May 4, 2010
Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center Rabbi Joshua Grater equates Arizona law to Nazi Germany,
From the ExilePasadena Jewish Temple & Center Rabbi Joshua Grater equates Arizona law to Nazi Germany, says Muslims suffered horrible discrimination after 9-11
And while it has been the Jews in the past, and we should be careful today too for I never totally think we are out of the woods in this regard, and while it was Muslims after 9/11, who suffered horrible discrimination, mostly out of the public sight, today it is illegal immigrants, people who are marginal in our country, hiding in the shadows, unable to live full lives because of their status. And while the scope of this sermon cannot fully address all the necessary components of this status, how it came to be, why folks come to America illegally and what should be done about it, this much I can say: our system is broken, comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely necessary and needed now, and laws like the one just passed in Arizona, SB 1070, are only coming to put an ugly, torn-up, shredded band-aid on a massive domestic policy issue.
Our Torah teaches us that when we set up a community, residents and strangers are to be treated fairly and equally. In fact, this week’s portion, Emor, says, in the section reiterating some aspects of criminal law, “You shall have one standard for stranger and citizen alike: for I am the Lord your God.” (Lev. 24:22) We know what it is like as Jews to be the stranger, the outsider, even here in America, as my short historical opening reminded us. Yet, the verse ends, “for I am the Lord your God,” calling us to remember that human beings, all people, citizen and strangers, are children of God, and deserve to be treated as such. I understand that we have borders, we have sovereign nations and rights as citizens, and while we can argue about whether those are healthy or not, I am concerned about the overt racism and ugliness that a law like Arizona just passed is fomenting. Law enforcement will now become border patrol officers; police have the right to pull over anyone who “looks” illegal, which will lead to serious racial profiling; people will be asked to produce their papers, their documents, reminding us Jews what that was like in Germany, and we were citizens of the country. If a mother goes out to get an ice cream for her child, she risks being arrested, deported and separated from her family forever. This is already happening with the current system, as unless you are involved in this issue, you wouldn’t know how many people’s lives have been torn apart and destroyed because of our lack of healthy, respectful and meaningful immigration policy
Sermon on Immigration Reform | Opinion
And while it has been the Jews in the past, and we should be careful today too for I never totally think we are out of the woods in this regard, and while it was Muslims after 9/11, who suffered horrible discrimination, mostly out of the public sight, today it is illegal immigrants, people who are marginal in our country, hiding in the shadows, unable to live full lives because of their status. And while the scope of this sermon cannot fully address all the necessary components of this status, how it came to be, why folks come to America illegally and what should be done about it, this much I can say: our system is broken, comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely necessary and needed now, and laws like the one just passed in Arizona, SB 1070, are only coming to put an ugly, torn-up, shredded band-aid on a massive domestic policy issue.
Our Torah teaches us that when we set up a community, residents and strangers are to be treated fairly and equally. In fact, this week’s portion, Emor, says, in the section reiterating some aspects of criminal law, “You shall have one standard for stranger and citizen alike: for I am the Lord your God.” (Lev. 24:22) We know what it is like as Jews to be the stranger, the outsider, even here in America, as my short historical opening reminded us. Yet, the verse ends, “for I am the Lord your God,” calling us to remember that human beings, all people, citizen and strangers, are children of God, and deserve to be treated as such. I understand that we have borders, we have sovereign nations and rights as citizens, and while we can argue about whether those are healthy or not, I am concerned about the overt racism and ugliness that a law like Arizona just passed is fomenting. Law enforcement will now become border patrol officers; police have the right to pull over anyone who “looks” illegal, which will lead to serious racial profiling; people will be asked to produce their papers, their documents, reminding us Jews what that was like in Germany, and we were citizens of the country. If a mother goes out to get an ice cream for her child, she risks being arrested, deported and separated from her family forever. This is already happening with the current system, as unless you are involved in this issue, you wouldn’t know how many people’s lives have been torn apart and destroyed because of our lack of healthy, respectful and meaningful immigration policy
Sermon on Immigration Reform | Opinion
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