2012/9/19-11/7 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:54480 Activity:nil | 9/18 Why are so many ACCOUNTANTS Jewish? Not a troll, just curious.
Gil. Goldberg. Levy. etc...
\_ Perhaps b/c historically Jews (unlike Christians) were allowed
to charge interest on loans (usury).
\_ ok, fine. What about lawyers? I don't get that one.
Goldberg. Ginsberg. Buergenthal. Rosenthal. Hoffman. Shapiro.
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2010/2/22-3/30 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:53722 Activity:nil | 2/20 Ok serious question, NOT political. This is straight up procedural.
Has it been declared that we didn't find WMD in iraq? (think so).
So why did we go into iraq (what was the gain), and if nobody really
knows, why is nobody looking for the reason?
\_ Political stability, military strategy (Iran), and to prevent
Saddam from financing terrorism.
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2009/12/5-26 [Politics/Domestic/911, Recreation/Humor] UID:53568 Activity:nil | 12/4 you know the 1999 ending of ST:DS9 shows the protagonists working
as terrorists, and all worried about a police state coming for the
federation. Funny timing, no?
\_ At that point in time there was a bit of sympathy people were
starting to extend to "freedom fighters"; vis a vis all the
popular support many pro-palestine movements were going on -
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2009/10/9-22 [Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:53439 Activity:kinda low | 10/9 Will Glen Beck's head explode?
\_ Oh, I'm sure he'll rant and rave. What else is new?
Of course, giving Obama the peace prize is dumb, but it's a step
up from Al Gore. At least a dozen steps up from Arafat.
\_ Kissinger beats them all.
\_ Kissinger stunk, but worse than Arafat? I dunno. That's close.
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2009/7/28-8/6 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53208 Activity:nil | 7/27 http://csua.org/u/oon
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked the countryĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s
intelligence chief in the wake of a controversy that further
exposed rifts within the political establishment in Tehran. A look
at recent developments, as top U.S. officials gather for talks in
Israel."
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2009/4/21-23 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:52884 Activity:kinda low | 4/20 Ok, I am not a Jew hater. In fact, most of my so-called "white"
friends turned out to be Jews. And I am fortunate to have
opportunity to work with whole bunch Israelis and working with them
has been an absolute pleasure. HOWEVER, I just failed to understand
why people got offended by the speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In my
relatively neutral point of view (I am an Asian), most of what he
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