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Category Archives: Syria
Some Struggling Syrian Refugees Want To Sell Their Organs?
Should we let the free market operate here? I see nothing wrong with people selling their body organs and I see nothing wrong with buying them. Well, OK, it does make me feel queasy. More than a decade ago, I … Continue reading
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Ilya Lozovsky: I’m a Russian-born American Jew. My people’s rejection of Syrian refugees breaks my heart.
He can’t conceive that there might be any other perspective but his own. Any other viewpoint is bigoted and racist. From the WP comments section: * Maybe it’s because no one thinks or ever thought that the Jewish refugees from … Continue reading
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Israel & Assad
Comments: “Israel had no problem with Assad except when he was acting as Iran’s errand boy. The border with Syria has been quiet with 30+ years. A stable dictatorship is good to work with – they are a known quantity … Continue reading
There Are Serious, Unbigoted Reasons to Be Wary of a Flood of Syrian Refugees
Ian Tuttle writes for National Review Nov. 18, 2015: Among politicians and their clingers-on, journalists, nothing takes hold like a bad historical analogy. Thus as politicians — 29 governors chief among them — call for a halt to our Syrian-refugee-resettlement … Continue reading
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Nicholas Kristof: ‘Statue of Liberty Must be Crying with Shame’
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Yeah, I remember all those Jewish-perpetrated massacres. It’s exactly the same. * The plaque with Emma Lazarus’ poem should be removed from the Statue of Liberty. And the sentiment removed from our psyche. * That … Continue reading
Ten Jewish groups urge Congress to allow Syrian refugees into U.S.
JTA: While Congress members consider not admitting Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, Jewish groups argue that ‘turning our back on refugees would be to betray our nation’s core values.’ Ten Jewish groups have sent a letter to Congress members … Continue reading
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Wikipedia: ‘Walter M. Brasch, an American Jewish social issues journalist, professor of journalism’
Wikipedia. Walter Brasch compares Republicans to Hitler. Nice. What’s that old internet meme? Anybody who compares his opponent to Hitler has lost the argument. I hope 40 Muslim immigrants move on to Walter Brasch’s block. Israel has taken zero Syrian … Continue reading
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Orthodox Union says let Syrian refugees in as House votes for constraints
I heard one Jew gripe about the below: “Think of all the federal security money OU congregations will get after a couple of isolated incidents. Also incidents are good for Kiruv!” WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Union joined an array … Continue reading
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RamzPaul: Israel rejects ALL refugees. Are Israeli politicians racist Internet trolls? Please do elaborate.
Jesse Berney writes for Rolling Stone: GOP Politicians Rejecting Refugees Sound Like Racist Internet Trolls When our elected officials start spouting rhetoric like that found in the ugliest corners of the Internet, watch out. White supremacists didn’t like my suggestion … Continue reading