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Category Archives: Politics
New York Election Gaffe Will Likely Nullify Significant Number of Israeli Expatriate Votes
A major error at the New York Board of Elections has resulted in the failure to ship ballots for the November 2010 Congressional and Gubernatorial election to New York City expatriate voters – including most resident in Israel . “[Expatriate … Continue reading
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Tagged absentee ballots, chuck schumer, federal election commission, new york board of elections, new york counties, new york state board of elections
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Jan Perry Interview
Jan Perry represents the ninth district on the Los Angeles City Council. She plans to run for mayor in 2013. We talk by phone Friday morning. Here’s a transcript of the parts of the interview I find most interesting: Luke: … Continue reading
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Tagged belief system, christian evangelist, great vigor, jan perry, orthodox judaism, religious journey
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What About A Right To Privacy In Your Phone Calls?
On his radio show Monday, Dennis Prager says: “Mel Gibson is a troubled man. I have more pity to him than hate. I don’t think he is a danger to the country. “I think there’s a larger issue than what … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, Mel Gibson, none of my business, private conversations, right of privacy, troubled man
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Ten Commandments For Liberal Jews
Click here to watch last night’s entire Torah discussion with Rabbi Rabbs. Rabbi Rabbs says: The Ten Commandments for Liberal Jews: 1. You shall take offense to Christians and loudly proclaim Christianity goes against Judaism, while you shall have no … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Politics, R. Rabbs
Tagged college professors, deer rifles, health care package, illegal alien, liberal jews, national rifle association, rabbi, rabbs, universal health care
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Dennis Prager: California is America’s Greece
On his radio show today, Dennis says: “To airline employees, if you do unionize, you will likely become a worse person. Your attention will change from what is good for my employer and for my passenger to what is good … Continue reading
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Tagged airline employees, conservatism, Dennis Prager, financial disaster, university of south dakota, university of south dakota school of law
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