Du or Sie?

Today both the German and I had what we felt were interesting experiences with the du versus Sie problem.His experience was a bit more interesting than mine. For the last year he has associated with a person at the client site and in the last three weeks this person has been referring to the German [...]

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What I’ve been reading in Links: Anti-Semitism,

and hatred of Jews, as well as an associated look at Israel and how their war to survive is looked at in a world which both holds Jews to a higher standard and ignores the threats to our existence. With a quick look back at how the German intransigence to accepting responsibility lingers in strange [...]

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Can Hit**r be humorous?

You may note the asterisks in the title. I have learned from the posters on my previous post (in re A*n R*nd and Alan Gree**pan) that there are individuals whose goal is to keep constant track of specific names and swamp the web sites that mention them. My innocuous and domestic little blog is not [...]

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What I’ve been reading in links: Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Misc.

Phthalates cause feminization of male foetus’. The misogyny continues and is still considered acceptable (by men who think to be offended is to be “too sensitive”): Hillary Watch Sexism 1-114. The funeral of murdered Jews. Anti-semitism in Australia: All in Good Fun. Beating People up creates Respect in Australia, with a side dish of antisemitism.

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Hatred in Action

I have had a couple of recent posts about racism and anti-semitism (and how easy it is to forget). The blowback has been that the disagreement some feel with Israel’s policies doesn’t indicate anti-semitism. I disagree in so many ways, because I have never seen a discussion of Israel’s policies outside of the US (where [...]

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What I’ve been reading recently in links…

“Kosher” Anti-Semitism “Anyone who tars Israel with the Nazi brush by drawing obscene analogies between Israeli policies on the West Bank and the Warsaw Ghetto is wandering into very questionable territory and is legitimately open to strong criticism,” Rosenfeld told the Post. His essay, “‘Progressive’ Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism,” which has been translated [...]

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When I wasn’t looking, the last state was called.

Missouri went for McCain. That’s not really a surprise. What is amazing is that it went 1,445,812 to 1,442,180. Wow. Down to 3,632 people. Good for us and good for the people of Missouri, who fought their way until the end and nearly succeeded in overturning their slave holding history. After all, the state (and [...]

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What I’ve been reading recently in links.

An interesting discussion of Libertarianism in science fiction currently. The Pope speaks on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht.(Die Welt.) Racism in Europe (Washington Post). Al-Qaeda is racist. Who would have thunk it? Haider, uncritical admirer of Nazis, dies at 58. Bruni glad to be French after Berluscon’s racist remarks. Klaus Emmerich, Austria’s “Wolf Blitzer”, goes [...]

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What I’ve been reading recently in links.

An interesting discussion of Libertarianism in science fiction currently. The Pope speaks on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht.(Die Welt.) Racism in Europe (Washington Post). Al-Qaeda is racist. Who would have thunk it? Haider, uncritical admirer of Nazis, dies at 58. Bruni glad to be French after Berluscon’s racist remarks. Klaus Emmerich, Austria’s “Wolf Blitzer”, goes [...]

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The University as a home for racism: the last acceptable form.

Here is a good article on the open anti-Semitism that passes as debate in the US. The saddest part is reading the comments. Dare I hope that the majority of these commenters are not US citizens? Or are they part of the minority that voted for McCain not because they agreed with his views but [...]

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