Shalu shalom Yerushalayim: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Psalm 122: 6)
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“For here we are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” (Thomas Jefferson)
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Scripture of the day:
Isaiah 31: 5-7—“Like flying birds so Yahweh Sabaoth will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it. Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel. For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.”
SnyderTalk Commentary: The Old City of Jerusalem. Some people today refer to it as East Jerusalem. They are wrong. In Yahweh’s eyes, there is no “East Jerusalem”. The Jewish people in Jerusalem have a mandate from Yahweh. They belong there, and their presence in Jerusalem is fulfillment of prophecy. Please do not fall into the trap of believing that world leaders can devise a plan that will nullify or even alter anything Yahweh has said. It is foolishness for them to even try, but they will, and the consequences will be catastrophic.
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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6)
News Items of Interest:
- PMO officially announces internal Gaza flotilla raid probe panel
- World isn’t convinced that Gaza is an enemy
- Tony Blair: I hope to see Gaza blockade eased in next few days
- Netanyahu: Naval blockade on Gaza will not be lifted
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- Abbas to Obama: I’m against lifting the Gaza naval blockade
- Hamas nixes Abbas’ reconciliation talks
- Hope is being boycotted
- ME conflict poses economic threat to Israel
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- Barkat unveils J’lem housing plan
- Netanyahu: Gaza flotilla probe to be headed by former justice
- Dubai doesn’t want ‘Mossad agent’
- Is Israel losing another ally because of Dubai hit?
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- Ahmadinejad: Israel, U.S. trying to sabotage Iran’s relations with Saudi Arabia
- Senior IDF officers to be investigated
- Turkish president tweets: End Turkey’s YouTube, Google ban
- UNSC may remove Afghans from terror list
- Arab League chief visits Gaza for talks with Hamas
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- Egypt closes Gaza to Algerian aid
- The fourth round of sanctions on Iran
- New York Times Needs My Help to Find Flotilla Planners’ Terrorist Ties: OK! Here’s A Start for Their Research
- Humanitarian Aid Ship? Nope, Jihad Ship: No Aid for Gazans on the Mavi Marmara
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- A Simple Song for Israel
- When Apologies Aren’t Enough
- Beyond Bigotry
- Gaza flotilla deaths can be blamed on Obama
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- More evidence Gaza is not starving
- Usual Suspects: Islamism and Anti-Semitism
- French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience
- West Bank: Local Elections Put Off
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- Video: Video of fights and fire in troubled Kyrgyzstan For background, click here.
- Video: Kyrgyzstan: Osh riots
- Video: Search for Missing Continues in Arkansas
- Video: Residents, animals feel impact of Salt Lake City oil leak
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- Video: Small Protests Mark Iran’s Election Anniversary
- Video: IBM and the Holocaust
- Video: Matt Waldman on Taliban-ISI links
- Video: Protesters: End Aid To Israel Until Gaza Siege Is Lifted
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SnyderTalk Commentary: A lot of truth is spoken in jest. I like these videos. I think you will too:
- Video: No laughing matter
- Video: The one about Iran
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- Ethnic rioting spreads in Kyrgyzstan, with 80 dead
- Karzai seeks support for Kandahar operation
- BP exec gives pep talk amid US tensions over spill
- Banana Republic?
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- Obama and Bill Clinton: Frenemies
- Obama Has a “Boot on the Throat” Of the Global Economy
- Obama wants BP to establish spill escrow account
- For Turkey, an Embrace of Iran Is a Matter of Building Bridges
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- Clashes and Protests Reported in Iran
- Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban
- U.S. Intelligence Puts New Focus on Afghan Graft
- Across Iran, Anger Lies Behind Face of Calm
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- Iran Warns of ‘Reduced’ Ties With U.N. Inspectors
- Iran Defends Rights Record as Opposition Cancels Rally
- 75,000 Uzbeks flee ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan
- Report: Pakistani spy agency supports Taliban
- Egyptian café owner: I saw police beat a young man to death
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Climate Change Update:
THIS WEEK by Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project
In recent months, global warming alarmists have lamented that they need to do a better job communicating to the public. Apparently, they have found their voice in: argumentum ad hominem. Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway have authored a new book titled “Merchants of Doubt.” TWTW (The Week That Was) will reserve specific comments on the book until later. For now, it is sufficient to discuss the review of this book, and eight others from the alarmist chorus, by Philip Kitcher, Department of Philosophy at Columbia University, as published in Science Magazine. One quote from the book, used in the review, provides an adequate summary:
“There are many reasons why the United States has failed to act on global warming, but at least one is the confusion raised by Bill Nierenberg, Fred Seitz, and Fred Singer.”
Governments have spent tens of billions of dollars on global warming alarmism. The environmental industry has spent hundreds of millions touting it. Yet, these three gentlemen are singled out as a principal reason for the derailment of the global warming express. Their powers of persuasion must be super-human.
Throughout his review, the good Professor of Philosophy fails to differentiate between Medieval science, when knowledge was believed to come from authority (expert opinion), and modern, empirical science where knowledge comes from rigorous application of the scientific method – with all relevant physical evidence considered. He considers expert opinion satisfactory.
The Professor states that the issue may be too complex for many to understand. That argument would, of course, apply to both sides. But complexity is not a sufficient reason to accept the views of those who claim to be authorities, yet ignore the physical evidence contradicting their views.
[Full disclosure: The late Fredrick Seitz was Chairman of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and S. Fred Singer is the founder and current Chairman of SEPP. Both founded the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).]
Recent Articles on Climate Change:
- Senate surrenders to the EPA
- WSJ Op-Ed: White House Distorts Views of Experts on Drilling Ban
- The Gulf Spill and the Limits of Science: TV has fueled unrealistic expectations of a quick fix
- ‘Green New Deal’ is a raw deal for the U.S.
- An Energy Strategy for Grown-Ups: Wind power is not a realistic substitute for oil
- Move over, global warming
- Warming in Last 50 Years Predicted by Natural Climate Cycles
- Subsidizing CO2 Emissions via Windpower: The Ultimate Irony
- Meet the Green who doubts ‘The Science’
- Legal verdict: Manmade global warming science doesn’t withstand scrutiny
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