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The Word of Yahweh:
Thus says Yahweh concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them. And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people. But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it,” declares Yahweh. (Jeremiah 12: 14-17)
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Jeremiah 2: 32-35—“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number. How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore even the wicked women you have taught your ways. Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor; you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, yet you said, ‘I am innocent; surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’”
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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6)
News Items of Interest:
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- Under siege: Israel fears its Arab citizens Take: Arab countries fear their Arab citizens too. This is how Yahweh described Abraham’s descendents through Ishmael, or Arabs – “He will be a wild donkey of a man, his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him….” (Genesis 16: 12) That says it all.
- ‘Iran asks Argentina to forget attacks on Jewish targets’
- Assad aide says Syria to end decades of emergency law, but no timetable set
- Clinton rules out U.S. involvement in Syria, for now
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- The pinnacle of incompetence Take: You need to read this one. Ignoring reality doesn’t lead to prosperity. It costs lives and dollars, and lots of both.
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- Syria’s Assad deploys army; Clinton: US won’t intervene
- Syria army beefs up presence in city at heart of protests
- Chavez throws support to Assad, calling him a ‘humanist’ and ‘brother’
- Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defense system for first time
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- PM says Iron Dome won’t provide complete protection
- An anti-rocket system won’t solve Israel’s woes
- Palestinians: Two Jihad militants killed in Israeli strike on Gaza
- MK Mofaz: Netanyahu cabinet is hurting Israel’s military deterrence
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- Mofaz: We must return to policy of assassinations in Gaza
- Gunmen target Egypt pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan
- Now Israelis fretting over price of Egypt gas
- ‘Egypt will sell us gas because we pay’
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- Settler sentenced to 18 months for attacking Palestinian
- Libya rebels capture key Gadhafi strongholds in push westward
- U.S. treats the Libya mission like a hit-and-run accident
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- Gates: Gadhafi planting civilian bodies at sites of coalition air strike
- As the Middle East burns, Saudi economy glows
- North African migrant crisis pressures Berlusconi
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Israeli Uncensored News
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- NATO’s falling apart
- IDF chief: Hamas is not that bad
- Police: change of heart toward Palestinians?
- Jerusalem bombing and haredi education
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“We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as long as we remain honest – which will be as long as we can keep the attention of our people alive. If they once become inattentive to public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all become wolves.” (Thomas Jefferson)
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The New York Times:
- Alien Life, Coming Slowly Into View
- Coffee Cups in Hell
- Hoping for Arab Mandelas Take: Wouldn’t it be interesting if Arab Mandelas turn our to look like Hosni Mubarak and Bashar al Assad?
- Freedom’s Painful Price
- Rich District, Poor District
- Every Revolution Is Revolutionary in Its Own Way
- A Minimum Wage Increase
- Syria’s Shades of Gray
The Washington Post:
- The fat cats’ candidate
- March madness
- Behind The Post’s redesign
- The unnatural effects of food dyes
- How the V symbol went viral
- Five myths about the U.N.
- When Reagan was shot
- China’s charm offensive
- The limits of air power
Chicago Tribune:
- Obama, Libya and the ghosts of ’68
- Make the case
- New benchmarks of change
- My sister’s short life
- New benchmarks of social change
- ‘Future’ shock
- Remembering strangers who cared, and the friend they lost
- Obama’s war and bikers vs. doors
- In boss math, subtracting aldermen adds to mayor’s power
The Los Angeles Times:
- Shake, rattle, respond
- The collapse of Detroit
- Obama’s nuanced call to arms in Libya Take: “Nuanced” is LP-speak for “dithering”.
- War powers: Did President Obama break the law in ordering the bombing of Libya?
- First, affordable housing: Those who hope to save community redevelopment agencies should remember their prime function
- Nuclear energy isn’t cheap, clean or accident-free
- We live in earthquake country too
- California’s tsunami threat
- We need affordable quake insurance
- Focus on protecting humans from nature
- The Libya calculation: Conservatives have criticized ‘war by committee,’ but in this conflict, consensus is the best course
Hot Air:
- US: Most energy resources in the world and most incoherent energy policy Take: It’s absolutely, positively true. The US is the world’s leader in energy resources. This song is for liberal progressives who have prevented us from developing them – click here.
- Gingrich: I’m not trying to “get past” my infidelities Take: That’s good, and my guess is that he won’t. A quote from Newt helps to put his “infidelity” problem in perspective – “It was a good marriage, except for my wife getting cancer and me serving her divorce papers while she was recovering from cancer surgery.” Click here for my take.
- Libya: Time for the Jaw, Jaw
- Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox?
- NARN, the Time-Limited Kinetic Radio Action Edition!
Town Hall:
- Gadhafi – the Mad Dog Who Trumped the World
- Of Sweatshops And Classrooms
- GOP Foolishly Ignores Recall Battle in Wisconsin
- Slouching Toward Mediocrity
- Collapse of the Obama Worldview
- Beautiful losers
American Thinker:
- Ishtar II: The Audacity of the Artless War
- Can We Save America?
- Preschools Are Using a Marxist’s Theories to Manufacture Collectivists
- Even Worse than British Unions
- House Calls Are Cheaper Than Hospital Beds
- Remember Haman
- The Progressive West Supports the Quest for a Judenrein State of Palestine
- Supernanny State
- President Bush Runs the Gauntlet to Visit Christian University
- The Question of Imperialism
Other Opinion Pieces:
- Nuclear storm warnings?
- Obama’s Faith-Building Exercise: Energy and the Middle East
- Understanding Radiation
- European Dis-Union in Libya
- Obama’s Monetary Policy: Stick It to the Middle Class
- Worry Over Islam Like Hitler’s Hatred of Jews?
- Anti-American, Foreign Donors Are Paying Off Our Profs. Shouldn’t We Address This?
- Rebel Commander in Libya Fought Against U.S. in Afghanistan
- Why Anti-Israel Incitement and Terrorism from the PA, PLO, and Fatah Continues
- Is Libya Mess the Work of NSC Chief Tom Donilon?
- Did Islamism Win Egypt’s Revolution?
- What Would We Do Without the Arab League?
- Obama Abdicates Commander-in-Chief Authority, Germans Pull Forces Out of NATO Ops in the Med
- Was It Something We Said?
- Our Blood and Treasure, for Britain and France
- Sarah Palin: America’s Sweetheart No More?
- DOJ Memo Confirms Terrorists Have Crossed the Border
- Understanding Obama: His One-World View and Foreign Policy
- Eastern Libya’s Tribes, Jihadism: Did U.S. Consider Its Own Libya Intel?
- Connecting with Israel
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- Utopian Policies Boosting Prices For U.S. Energy
- Hide the Decline: Sciencemag # 3
- IPCC guru was a student when writing ‘authoritative’ reports
- Global Greening Continues: Did We Cause It?
- More Climate Disruption Drivel
- Tropical Storm Activity Hits A 40-Year Low – Possibly “Unprecedented”!
- Was 2010 the hottest year ever?
- Recent Weather Extremes: Global Warming Fingerprint Not
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- Cultural Heritage as an Economic Development Resource in Israel
- Oil Shale Reserves Can Turn Israel into Major World Producer
- “Arab Spring” Reduces Palestinian Issue
- Turkey: Less Democracy But An Alternative
- Israel’s Special Relationship with the Solar Water Heater
- WikiLeaks: Lebanese Christians Sought Israeli Victory in ’06 War
- WikiLeaks: Lebanese Army Seized Hizbullah Rockets during War
- Sanctions in 72 Hours: How the U.S. Pulled Off a Major Freeze of Libyan Assets
- Why Moderate Arabs Are Horrified at Obama Administration Policy
Business:
- Big plans down on the farm
- Court eyes Ariz. campaign financing
- Odds of government shutdown rise
- 4G mania
- Back to the drawing board
- Why are my eyeglasses so expensive?
- Student loans not always wise
- Uncle Sam Wants Your Cash, Not Confession
- Think About Sin When Bonuses Are Revealed
- Carney Says Currency and Capital Curbs Threaten Recovery
- Automakers May Lose 600,000 Vehicles as Quake Hits Parts
- Treasuries Decline as Geopolitical Concern Eases, Economy Gains
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Probe Expanded by Justice Department
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Special SnyderTalk Editorial – The NCAA Final Four
President Obama picked Duke, Kansas, Ohio State and Pittsburgh to reach the NCAA Final Four this year. His selections were the top seeds in each division. To hear him explain his selections, click here. Since he interrupted his busy schedule as the world was coming unglued around him to make his predictions, I decided that I could sacrifice a little space in SnyderTalk to examine his lineup.
The results are in. This year’s NCAA Final Four includes Connecticut, Butler, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Kentucky. That means President Obama was 0 for 4, skunked, goose egg. Not one top seed made it to the Big Dance. What’s more, none of the second seeds made it either. So much for focusing all of your attention on the consensus favorites.
This exercise proves that things aren’t always what they appear to be and that simply going along with the consensus view can lead to disaster. In basketball, the downside is unimportant unless you bet a lot of money on the outcomes. I don’t know if President Obama is a gambling man, but I do know this. The downside in geopolitics can be ruinous in terms of lives lost and dollars.
This is my suggestion for the president. Pedestrian performance isn’t good enough in the real world. He should spend more time boning up on critical global events and less time handicapping basketball games. It couldn’t hurt his performance in either area.
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The times have passed the Times by.
Today is the last day you’ll see NYT articles in SnyderTalk. Despite what they say in their commercials, NYT columnists aren’t the smartest people in journalism, but I included them in SnyderTalk anyway since the NYT has (or had) such a great reputation. No longer. I won’t carry on the charade any further. Today is the day the NYT starts charging its online viewers who click on more than 20 articles a month. I won’t pretend that their content is worth paying for in a digital age.
Posting SnyderTalk every day keeps me informed, and it has taught me a lot about the sources of good content. Today, the NYT doesn’t even make the Top Ten sources, and some of its columnists are pathetic. For instance, Charles Blow and Maureen Dowd are intellectual lightweights by any reasonable standard. Nickolas Kristof is smart, but his maturity level is subpar. He thinks like a college freshman. Paul Krugman is the NYT heavyweight, but he lacks something truly great heavyweights possess – the ability to think clearly. David Brooks is the only NYT columnist I’ll miss. I don’t always agree with him, but so what. I don’t always agree with my wife either.
The times have passed the Times by, and you won’t miss anything important. In fact, dropping the NYT will save you time that you can use to read more timely and thoughtful articles. In a few years, maybe very few, I hope to write an obituary for the NYT. May it rest in peace.
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- Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces
- Signs of new air raids on Libyan capital
- Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis
- More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis
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- Nuclear plant downplayed tsunami risk
- Syria’s Assad deploys army in port to keep order
- Two Reuters TV journalists missing in Syria
- Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria’s Assad to choose.
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- Yemen transfer talks stall as army, militants clash
- A Standoff in Yemen: Can Saleh Negotiate His Departure?
- Amanda Knox’s Appeal: A Case of Too Little DNA?
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- Cuba dissidents march again after relatives freed
- Harper sets election for May 2
- E.Timor police take over from UN force
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- U.S. nuke plant says shielded against Japan emergency
- US reducing naval firepower aimed at Gadhafi
- U.S. to cut Libya role soon, focus on Gaddafi exit
- On financial regulation, it’s Warren vs. Dimon
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- Medicare rise could mean no Social Security COLA
- GOP appears poised to take on entitlements
- I-95 cameras snap speeders, spark controversy
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