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July 28th, 2014 - 10:30 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.

Israel will wipe out Hamas’ military resources

Reuters: Israel digs in for long fight By Nidal Al- Mughrabi and Ori Lewis  GAZA/JERUSALEM – Israel’s military pounded targets in the Gaza Strip after Prime Minister Netanyahu said his country needed to be prepared for a long conflict in the Palestinian enclave.  Full Article Video[...]

July 28th, 2014 - 11:57 am § in Misc., Russia

Anyone Want to Bet No One gets Their Share of $50,000,000,000?

Shareholders of  Yukos Oil Win $50 Billion Lawsuit Against Putin’s Russia   Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev, right, stand behind a glass wall at a court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Khodorkovsky, 47, was Russia’s richest man [...]

July 28th, 2014 - 9:46 am § in Misc.

Eid al Fitr North of the Artic Circle

Der Spiegle: Ramadan in the Land of the Midnight Sun   During Ramadan, Muslims fast until the sun goes down. But what if you live in a place where there is no sunset? The believers in Tromsø, Norway spent years searching for a solution to that conundrum. Now that they have found one, new problems [...]

July 28th, 2014 - 9:41 am § in Uncategorized

Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr in India

Id to be celebrated tomorrow Muslims in Kerala will celebrate Id-ul-Fitr on Tuesday, marking the culmination of a month-long Ramzan fasting. » A celebratory serving Susanna Myrtle Lazarus meets women in the city who talk about the joy of cooking up the flavours of Eid-ul-Fitr »[...]

July 28th, 2014 - 8:21 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.

Email from, Israel

From: ********* Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 4:55 PM Subject: UPDATE #3, DAY 20, JULY 27, OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE   UPDATE #3, SUNDAY:   AT THE RISK OF INVITING THE “EVIL EYE” OR “MURPHY’S LAW” IT HAS BEEN SURREAL QUIET IN MY TOWN. WITH ALL THE ROCKETS BEING LAUNCHE[...]

July 28th, 2014 - 8:11 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Turkey to intervene in Gaza?

  Ankara gives flotilla green light and protection of Turkish Navy according to organizer, IHH, the same group behind the 2010, Mavi Marmara, flotilla. Mavi Marmara Photo: Stringer Turkey / Reuters Amid Israel’s Operation Protective Edge to stop Hamas rocket fire from Gaza, a “Freedom F[...]

July 28th, 2014 - 8:00 am § in Misc.

THE Ave Challenge: How much did Bill Gates EARN last year

A, 500,ooo dollars B. 1.5 billion dollars C. 3.2 billion dollars D. 5  billion dollars E. 7.4 billion dollars  [...]

July 28th, 2014 - 4:12 am § in Religion

IMPORTANT NEW BOOK

I INTRODUCING “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” The new book from Reza Aslan    From the internationally bestselling author of  No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that  calls into question everything we thought we k[...]