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Another Three Hours?

Nathan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:38 +0000

I am working on this post on my Iphone. I am guessing it will post when I land as there is no connectivity on this 747-400. Such an old crappy jet. I am a little amazed Lufthansa is this cramped and dirty.

I have been in transit since 7pm Friday evening NYC time. I have [...]

Newfest ’08: Be Like Others

Nathan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:08:34 +0000

7245|200For years now I have been going and seeing movies that are part of Nefest, the NY GLBT Film Festival. Besides the obvious silly gay films from around the world, I am often struck by some of the documentaries. I tend to see about 12 movies, with a 50/50 breakdown of serious to fun.

Last [...]

EUROPE: What are you going to do now?

Nathan — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:08:36 +0000

Hot on the heals of accusations of war crimes, excessive force, and other hot air from the Old World there comes news of an impending problem in Gaza:

Yuval Diskin, director of Israel’s Shin Bet Security Services, told the Knesset last month that since the Jewish state withdrew from Gaza, the Palestinians successfully have transferred [...]

Nasrallah Wins The War

Nathan — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:09:32 +0000

So says this week’s The Economist cover story. A quote from the opening paragraph:

Israel’s prime minister set himself an absurd aimï¿½the complete demolition of Hizbullah’s power in Lebanonï¿½and failed to achieve it. The shrewder Mr Nasrallah said victory would consist merely of surviving, and Hizbullah, however battered, did survive.

They want to be [...]