October 2009
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Birthers Rarely Leave U.S., Less Likely To Vote
From the Huffington Post:
“Hunch, a new website that helps people make decisions based on survey questions, found some interesting stuff when they crunched the numbers on site users who described themselves as “birthers”.
Asked a series of political questions, 12 percent of Hunch users said they did not believe the president was born in the United States. (About 2,200 Hunch users answered the...
President Obama on signing the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
After more than a decade of opposition and delay, we’ve passed inclusive hate crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on what they look like, who they love, how they pray, or who they are. I promised Judy Shepard, when she saw me in the Oval Office, that this day would...
While embracing the vividness of American speech, he nonetheless considered himself a defender of “correct English” — one feather in his cap was persuading Safeway stores to change their express-lane signs from “Ten Items or Less” to “Ten Items or Fewer.”
Ben Zimmer in New York Times Magazine on William Safire
And then, one day, they will choose for themselves. I don’t know what my reaction will be if they decide to eat meat. (I don’t know what my reaction will be if they decide to renounce their Judaism, root for the Red Sox or register Republican.) I’m not as worried about what they will choose as much as my ability to make them conscious of the choices before them. I won’t measure my success as a...
“I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel committee....”
– Barack Obama (via soupsoup)
“I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota,” wrote Erick Erickson, of the site RedState.com, “but that is the only thing I can think of for this news.”
(via Huffington Post)
I think that there’s certainly a legitimate debate over whether President Obama should receive the Nobel Peace Prize less than a year into his presidency. That...
“The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize,” wrote DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse. “Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel...
TSA Guidelines for Sukkot
The travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and ends approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
Observant Jewish travelers may carry four plants – a palm branch, myrtle twigs, willow twigs, and a citron – in airports and through security checkpoints. These plants are religious articles and may be carried either separately or as a...