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Totally agree with you here; however, I can see the US doing one of it's usual volte-face things and heading towards isolationism again, just like...

Asty: I question whether the Genet affair and the Netanyahu speech are the same in terms of official propriety. I agree both were indiscreet. In...

Yeah, politicians do things that benefit them politically. I think it's also beneficial for the American people to know that both parties think Obama...

Not the Congress but the Republicans.

Meh, don't know if America is being worse off now than in the 1950's during the McCarthy trials with regards to the constitution. If I'm not...

Names for a little vacation house in Wales.... A great song from a transformative album

let's be more specific. it's politically beneficial to Boehner, who invited him to speak. and to Netanyahu, who gets a campaign ad. past that,...

"Vive le Québec libre" - De Gaulle, 1967

What Netanyahu has done has, as far as I know, no precedent- I can't remember a foreign leader injecting himself into another nation's domestic...

Apparently it's beneficial to Congress, who invited him to speak.

I sort of see the point on this. But my overarching point is that every political and social system is doomed to die unless it reforms. Those who...

BCCI is the dictator of World Cricket, and you know how dictatorships end. There is hardly any accountability. What do we eat? Grass? 1.25 billion in...

dude, if Netanyahu came here advocating -Obama's- position, that wouldn't be any better. US objectives and strategy in dealing with iran is up to the...

Let's be clear. This isn't a party issue. Congress as a whole is pissed at this cluster-fuck of a negotiation Menendez, Kirk introduce new Iran...

I did mention it somewhere in the 46 pages, but it deserves a specific answer. I do it both ways. If I can, I apply solder to the joint area before...

yes indeed the ICC er i mean the BCCI are being complete dicks on this. We need to back the associate teams otherwise cricket will never grow. I...

Monash, nothing quite quickens the heart rate than hearing "INCOMING" followed by "CLOSE STATION!!! MARCH ORDER!!!!!"

The ICC is extremely being short sighted by not supporting Associate teams and ensuring they retain a level of professional skill necessary to...

A great opinion piece by Jarrod Kimber. Echoes the problems faced by associates. Unloved UAE

What bugs the Israelis is Arak that heavy water plant whose by product is plutonium. it will be interesting to see how if any agreement materialises...

It's DC time, we inside the Beltway take our own sweet time in doing anything, even if everyone in the Administration sans POTUS himself, as well as...

No. It is a complex geopolitical game and the individual players like presidential figures are just that, figures. This whole mess bogs down to a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHaVH9HhfI

the only purpose of Netanyahu's speech was so he could have a campaign ad back home. ...

Right, its always about 'this time'. There have been many 'this times' in the last century and a half and every time you managed it. The record...

The 'investigative committee' raided his flat and have it. He was working with Ilya Yashin on the 'report' so it's possible that Yashin will go ahead.

Collective Vs. Alliance, Borg Vs. Federation, you see now, how this ancient ethos found its way into popular culture. But its not in the popular...

The long running campaign by AIPAC & certain pro-Israel campaigners/publications to make 'support for Israel' and 'support for Likud'...

Oh for a while. You see, it was not just Obama that had a problem with Bibi. It was also Clinton who had a problem with Bibi. John Kerry too. Not...

Yes. As a associate nation you haven't had a proper tournament until you've been crushed by a Test playing nation. UAE has had a couple - including a...