If Obamacare passes, I think I’m going to make it official. I’m not sure. It’s a huge step. I have never registered with a political party before. But I think, if Obamacare passes, I am going to register as a Republican. That’s how far away…

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The CBO numbers for the final final health care reform bill may look good (depending on your definition of "good"), but, as I’ve noted before, the numbers are gamed.  And now, here’s more sleight of hand going on. Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later…

Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That he’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him, ’Cause there’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out…

Tony Blair was appointed the Quartet’s Middle East envoy in 2007. Since then, he has amassed millions of dollars working for the governments of Kuwait and Iraq, has formed a consultancy firm that works for Arab governments, and is rumored to have deals with the…

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-too-zahi-if-egypts-greatest.html Et tu, Zahi?

Remember that "lock box" that Social Security money was in?  Well government, as government is wont to do, has already raided it over the years, treating Social Security funds as its own private slush fund and left IOUs in there. This year, for the first…

While I’m just as "avid" a fan of Glenn Beck as my co-group-blogger Rusty (i.e. only really catch him on the occasional web snippet), I have read the transcript of his "social justice" rant, and I really don’t think Beck said what his detractors say…

Update: You can read what the real journalists wrote all over the place. My observations. It’s a big scary machine. Parked next to an F15, the Heron UAV has a bigger wingspan and is longer. It’s a big piece of kit. This is not a…

I found myself attending a funeral today. One of my friends here in Israel was closely related to a famous personality from the world of basketball. Unfortunately my friend’s relative was found dead in his apartment on Monday morning and suicide is the most likely…

A few years ago, actually 10 or more now I come to count, I was involved in another business in Israel. It was all a bit high-tec, venture capitalist, and rather speculative. At the time, however, it felt like the next sure hit and we’d…