“ There is evidence that maggots and carrion beetles, but not carnivores, fed upon the rotting carcasses, leading the scientists to conclude that the carnivores, too, must have died from the fall.
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May 25, 2009
Saturday Night in Tel Aviv
You know what really cool people do when they are in a notorious party city on a notorious party night? They do their laundry. Yup. At least I had dizi nearby. The joint has laptop rentals, sanwiches, coffee, beer and washing machines. I am a nerd.
3 years ago • 0 notesHula Valley
Spent Shabbat camping in the Hula Valley up in the Galilee. Nothing beats waking up to a plunge in the Jordan River. Made some new friends, including Mihael, who picked me up on the side of the road, and his tad girlfriend Na’ema. It was freezing at night, but I made up for that lack of sleep with a doze in the hammock the following day. The ride back was great. Lara analyzed my relationship with Leon and via Astrology and was spot-on (positive). We stopped for coffee and sandwiches overlooking the Galilee. Jesus drank coffee there, I suppose.
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May 22, 2009
May 21, 2009
Hit the ground running in Jerusalem today. I hardly slept on the 11 hour flight, but wanted to make the most of it so I dropped off my bag and went straight to the Old City where I just wandered around and befriended some kids in the Muslim Quarter. One of them shot me with a water gun and I think they were surprised when I laughed and squirted them back with my water bottle. So the took me to where they play soccer on a dirt patch up by the ramparts on the NE side of the Old City. With I had shot some video, but they were too sweet.
Then I dragged my exhausted self to the German Colony to have dinner with some cousins I only know via the web. It was awesome. I need to spend more time with my family.
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May 19, 2009
October 27, 2008
Gotta love my boyfriend. He can’t vote. He’s never carved a pumpkin before. This is what he did on Saturday.
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October 22, 2008
Election night assignment
One ticket to Chicago, please. See you bastards on the other side.
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October 1, 2008
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Hugh Hewitt: Now Governor, the Gibson and the Couric interview struck many as sort of pop quizzes designed to embarrass you as opposed to interviews. Do you share that opinion?
Sarah Palin: Well, I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago. But I’m not going to pick a fight with those who buy ink by the barrelful. I’m going to take those shots and those pop quizzes and just say that’s okay, those are good testing grounds. And they can continue on in that mode. That’s good. That makes somebody work even harder. It makes somebody be even clearer and more articulate in their positions. So really I don’t fight it. I invite it.
Thanks for the hardball questions, Hugh Hewitt! It must be very embarassing being asked what magazines you read. I’m thrilled about SP’s degree in journalism. It’s so nice to have someone in your field running for office. I would’ve LOVED to be in her journalistic ethics class.
One other gem from that interview had to be this question from my boy Hugh:
HH: Governor, your candidacy has ignited extreme hostility, even some hatred on the left and in some parts of the media. Are you surprised? And what do you attribute this reaction to?
What about the “extreme hostility” and “hatred” coming from the right? Or does Kathleen Parker count as “some parts of the media”?
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September 27, 2008
So, John McCain Wants Irish Taxes…
Tonight in the debate John McCain said we should tax our businesses more like they do in Ireland. Hey, I love Ireland! My boyfriend is Irish!
He said they tax businesses at 11% (OK, so it is actually 12.5%…who is counting?). That’s awesome. Ireland sounds great for my business. Sign me up. I mean, a country with less than 4.5 million people must have an economy totally comparable to ours (population 305,266,894). I bet the rest of their tax structure is right up our alley:
Irish income taxes range from 20% to 41%. Ours maxes out at 35%. (You have to automatically pay 41% on ANYTHING you make over 34,000 Euros in Ireland. That includes if you do it on two incomes.) Americans would love that.
Oh, and you know how we have to pay sales tax on things. Here in New York state and local sales taxes range from 7% to 9.5%. What a nightmare!!! Ireland is part of, you know…Europe. They’ve got a VAT of 21% on cars, gas (sorry, petrol), booze, soda, computers (that and the Euro why the Apple store is always filled with Europeans) and business charges. Fortunately, there is only a 13.5% tax on shit like electricity, fuel to heat your home, restaurants, newspapers, hotels and car seats (WTF…you can’t even drive home from the hospital without one here).
Listen, I’m not disparaging Ireland or their tax system. There is something to be said for a system that provides health coverage for all of its citizens and roads in remote parts of the country. All I’m saying is it is totally dishonest and disingenuous to cite a country’s business tax structure IN ISOLATION from the rest of their tax code…especially when that country bares very little resemblance to ours AND you are doing it just to make your own tax proposals seem reasonable.
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