183 results for d'Nalgar

I like surprises

Note:  The following video is posted in the spirit of what Aristotle called the ability “to entertain a thought without accepting it.”  Kudos to Richard Hanna for the quotation from an old Greek guy who was even more opinionated than…  [more]

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Here to plunder

Michele Bachmann Isn’t Stupid, She’s Dangerous

By Sarah Jones, June 16, 2011 Michelle Goldberg appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word detailing the origins of Michele Bachmann’s far right evangelical politics as outlined in her Daily Beast article yesterday.…  [more]

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Foreign-born immigrant?

Don Cunningham is a perennial letter-writer and apparently a reverend (see his 2007 letter), although he has dropped that moniker of assumed gravitas for his recent spate of sulphurous belchings.  Apparently the foolishness about Obama’s birth certificate (and other forms…  [more]

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2011: The summer of love

Both read the bible day and night; but you read black where I read white. William Blake No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.  [more]

Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/05/28/2011-the-summer-of-love/

Sold to the highest bidder

Congress to Palestinians: Drop dead

By MJ Rosenberg, 25 May 2011 15:42 If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can’t have them now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…  [more]

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No such thing

From the lying lips of Mike Huckabee (a likeable liar), a man who has known Palestinians, who has children who were educated by a Palestinian:  “There’s no such thing as a Palestinian.”  Haram… – Monsieur d’Nalgar [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYB5YGTFRg[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYB5YGTFRg [more]

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That we wonder when

A perspective on Obama’s speech on Thursday, from a Norwegian friend in Beirut… – Monsieur d’Nalgar Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Obama’s speech Dear friends, This comes to you from the noisy-as-ever Beirut. After days of…  [more]

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