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Cardinal at the rancho

Posted on November 23, 2011 | Comments Off on Cardinal at the rancho

Snoop’s shot of one of our backyard buddies. It’s been long enough since the Rangers lost the series that it’s safe for the bird to show his face again.

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Psychedelic Cow

Posted on November 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Psychedelic Cow

Snoop’s good work from his recent visit to the Rancho, this one of the painted cows in front of the Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin.

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Titmouse at the feeder

Posted on November 17, 2011 | Comments Off on Titmouse at the feeder

Just a taste of the fauna at the rancho these days: our little buddy the Tufted Titmouse. I think my pal Snoopy-the-Goon took this one on his recent visit.

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Israel’s “silent majority” speaks up

Posted on August 4, 2011 | Comments Off on Israel’s “silent majority” speaks up

“This post is mainly for my friends abroad, wherever they are, who may have trouble projecting their beliefs and experiences onto our small but peculiar country….

“It started in a small way, with the cottage cheese boycott. Was it the surprising success of the Facebook-led “uprising” or other reasons, but the unrest spread and continues to spread, expanding into new domains and involving more and more citizens, hitherto inert and apathetic.”

My Israeli pal Snoopy the Goon offers a tentative explanation of the new phenom of Israel’s “silent majority” which has recently hit the streets of Tel Aviv and elsewhere to protest high prices, low influence and, well, my advice is to go here and read it for yourself.

Especially if  you think Israel is only about their decades-old trouble with the intolerant Muslims and the recent dispute with Obamalot.

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Heh

Posted on February 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Heh

Mubarak to Obama: Drop Dead!

Via Simply Jews.

UPDATE: Does anyone in Washington know how to play this game? Barry certainly doesn’t.

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Return of the Sandmonkey

Posted on February 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Return of the Sandmonkey

Mahmoud Salem, aka Sandmonkey, outs himself as he returns to blogging from Cairo and on Twitter.

“Now, I am not a leader of this movement, and god knows I would be loathe to name myself as a spokesperson for the 5 million individuals nationwide who have joined these protests. If anything, I am simply a promoter and a participant who is way too proud of the fact that this is a movement with no leaders or representatives.

“In many ways this has helped the cohesion and unity of those protests: people agreed on a set of demands that promote general democracy, accountability and freedom. Demands that promote self-governing and personal rights no matter what your ideological leanings may be. We thought that was enough, and now we are thinking it might not be after all.”

Hope it works out for you, MS, and that you stay healthy.

Via Simply Jews.

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Touring the Golan Heights

Posted on September 14, 2010 | Comments Off on Touring the Golan Heights

One of the places Snoopy and I were planning to visit in October was the Golan Heights. Now he’s recovering from a heart attack and I’m trying to decide whether I’m still adventurous enough at sixty-six to go there alone.

Fortunately, there’s always Michael Totten, and his good reporting, editing and picture-taking. This piece of his on the Golan both encourages me to go and makes me realize that I don’t have to. Thanks to the Web, and its undercutting of the old mass media gatekeepers, I can get a feel for the place without leaving home.

I used to donate money to Michael before he went to work for Pajamas Media. Then I got to the bottom of his piece and discovered he still needs contributions. I sent him ten bucks. If you like the piece you should consider it, too. It’s much cheaper than a trip.

UPDATE:  Snoop returns to posting. He’s just going to be a lot slower for a while.

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