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"...those activists who want to make the Palestinian cause the 21st-century equivalent of the movement that opposed South African apartheid in the 20th century will—assuming they conform to basic standards of honesty—find it very difficult to invoke Mandela as support. Mandela’s memoirs are full of positive references to Jews and even Israel. He recalls that he learned about guerilla warfare not from Fidel Castro, but from Arthur Goldreich, a South African Jew who fought with the Palmach during Israel’s War of Independence. He relates the anecdote that the only airline willing to fly his friend, Walter Sisulu, to Europe without a passport was Israel’s own El Al. And the ultimate smoking gun—the equation of Israel’s democracy with apartheid—doesn’t exist.

Mandela once wrote that Jews, in his experience, were far more sensitive about race because of their own history. Now, it is absolutely true that there are parallels between the oppression suffered by South African blacks under racist white rulers, and Jews living under hostile non-Jewish rulers. The notorious Group Areas Act, which restricted black residency rights, brings to mind the enforced separation of Jews into the “Pale of Settlement” by the Russian Empress Catherine in 1791. Many of the other apartheid regulations, like the ban on sexual relationships between whites and blacks, carried echoes of the Nazi Nuremburg Laws of 1935.

Mandela’s diagnosis was that Africans should be the sovereigns of their own destiny..." --Ben Cohen

Crazy Joe Biden Calls Tea Partiers “Extremists,” Says Congressional Republicans “Afraid” Of Them.

"Damn, Joe, that is the one of the dumbest things you've ever said, and that's a mighty long list. And you're actually thinking about running for president in 2016? Like, uh, Commander in Chief? With the nuclear football and stuff? What are you, f**king  NUTS? You know Joey, you are like the senile old uncle who has to be invited to family gatherings just because he's related. He's at the party but nobody pays any attention to his mindless ramblings. And then the family members pray to God that you don't get stuck sitting next to him at the family dinner! Hey, Joe,

Barry Tells “His Press Corps” To “Behave” After They Ask Too Many Questions

"The “Community Organizer” strikes again. Its all he knows. If these pussy reporters had any pride, self-respect, or balls they would tell this two-bit, tinhorn, nazi thug, criminal dictator, terrorist pig, Hussein to go piss up a rope. Some of those press people thought they could ask legitimate questions because they weren't at home. Can't have the kids acting up on the road. The rules are the rules. And the worst part? They'll comply. "Sit! Down! Roll Over! Beg! Play Dead! Good media lap dogs, here's your treat. Just being there and getting an occasional cookie is good

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 "Whatever you may think of the English Defence League (I'm not a fan, myself), yesterday's arrest of its leaders Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll was another example of inexcusable overreach by the Metropolitan Police - and not simply because of the implications around stopping two men walking down the street, but because of how much it's going to cost you and I in the long run.

From what I can tell of the video of the incident, this will be an easy legal encounter for the EDL leaders, who will no doubt report the wrongful arrest to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and may well be able to drag the Met through the courts too.

But think about the costs involved in deploying the officers in the first place, the cars, the filming, the pre-briefings, the post-briefings, the paperwork and the presumptive legal battle. That's an awful lot of wonga to drop to stop two thugs walking past an East London Mosque. And in any case, shouldn't the burden of non-violence (is it a burden?) be on the side of those who would claim to be offended by the EDL presence?

I know they say that freedom isn't free. It looks like tyranny costs a pretty penny too." --Raheem Kassam