tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post5387664592771915952..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: An Important Journalist Talks Through His HatYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-39222997185099237392011-04-18T13:41:44.996+03:002011-04-18T13:41:44.996+03:00a couple of days ago I heard a piece listing all t...a couple of days ago I heard a piece listing all the times Assad has promised decisive reforms<br /><br />even though the delusional saying "if only the Führer would know" is mostly cited in connection with the 3rd Reich, I can testify that it is a wide-spread phenomen in all hierarchically organised groups i.e. a (bad) boss manages to come across as so likeable that lots believe that if only he knew what his minions are doing day in day out he'd change all that immediately. <br /><br />The argument that in all likelihood he is getting told and thus knows is not able to deflate the illusion.Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-19849589365892429432011-04-18T12:56:31.542+03:002011-04-18T12:56:31.542+03:00"David Ignatius, having talked to Syrian offi..."David Ignatius, having talked to Syrian officials (probably the Syrian ambassador in DC), regurgitated and revamped the old talking point that Assad might stage a coup against his own regime. That line came straight from Damascus, as evident from how one of the regime’s reliable English-language publicists, Sami Moubayed, also wrote that Assad would be leading a “corrective movement.” Proof that this was indeed the script from Damascus came when one of Assad’s Lebanese clients, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, hailed Assad’s speech as (what else?) “The second corrective movement.” "<br />Tony Badran<br />http://blogs.jpost.com/content/advocating-assad<br />T34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-25933853039321342072011-04-15T11:30:57.500+03:002011-04-15T11:30:57.500+03:00It's a popular occupation, wandering around th...It's a popular occupation, wandering around the ME collecting gossip. To Mention El Baradai without mentioning the stoning he received from the Islamists or to mention how disliked Moussa is amongst the youngsters like Sandmonkey. This isn't serious.<br />T34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-55761399846187108872011-04-15T05:29:52.099+03:002011-04-15T05:29:52.099+03:00I have found him to be quite unreliable, actually....I have found him to be quite unreliable, actually. Like Tom Friedman, he seems to wander around the ME collecting gossip and tidbits which he works up into columns that appear more authoritative than they are.AKUSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-4123041696949553202011-04-15T01:56:41.646+03:002011-04-15T01:56:41.646+03:00OT
Review of
Laura S. Lieber. Yannai on Genesis: A...OT<br />Review of<br />Laura S. Lieber. Yannai on Genesis: An Invitation to Piyyut. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 2010. 500 pp. $59.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87820-464-9. <br />http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=30605<br /><br />and an English website on piyyut<br />http://www.piyut.org.il/english/<br />T34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-35245258775432622722011-04-14T20:12:21.729+03:002011-04-14T20:12:21.729+03:00I have just finished listening to these four repor...I have just finished listening to these four reporting about their trip to Egypt<br /><br />Can it be that Ignatius visits such events and then summarizes them in a way he considers good for clicks?<br /><br /><i>The three spoke frankly in interviews last week</i><br /><br />might that have been the interviews the four at the Washington Institute talked about and he translated it into sop leaving out all their qualifications and I don't know-s, I couldn't say-s? <br /><br />i.e. the talk is worth listening to because for example Satloff mentions that some implicated in the murder of Sadat have been released from prison and promptly founded their own party. <br /><br />It is a pity they don't provide transcripts, they would make it so easy to put the Ignatiusses of this world to shame with his fluff about "founding fathers", really???!!!<br /><br />http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=567<br /><br />Egypt after the Revolution: An Early Assessment<br /><br />Featuring Dina Guirguis, J. Scott Carpenter, David Schenker, and Robert Satloff<br />April 11, 2011Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-7135623588675443562011-04-14T18:17:42.081+03:002011-04-14T18:17:42.081+03:00I guess I should add. He's very well connected...I guess I should add. He's very well connected. And folks who want a megaphone to get their message out trust him. And he's very good at transmitting messages to the benefit of his source. Of course, if his source is wrong, so is he.Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-61584569432588289632011-04-14T18:16:18.509+03:002011-04-14T18:16:18.509+03:00Ignatius is reliable for writing what he wishes to...Ignatius is reliable for writing what he wishes to be true even if mistaken, like the 2007 NIE on Iran's nuclear intentions. I still don't think that he's walked back those columns.Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-88947776084577384352011-04-14T14:48:36.620+03:002011-04-14T14:48:36.620+03:00in his interview with Der Spiegel Abr Moussa posit...in his interview with Der Spiegel Abr Moussa positively gloated at the prospect of some Anti-Peace with Israel faction coming out the winner - it's in part 2 - ctrl-F for democracy and learn what it is all about. He seems to think democracy is a kind of autocracy via the voting booth.<br /><br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,750969,00.htmlSilkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-18211820692466266252011-04-14T13:26:50.766+03:002011-04-14T13:26:50.766+03:00There is no chance a Christian will be elected Pre...There is no chance a Christian will be elected President Of Egypt.<br /><br />Right now the choice is between a radical nationalist and a front man for the Muslim Brotherhood who is just as extreme.<br /><br />Some choice.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-27768536308523390782011-04-14T12:54:24.946+03:002011-04-14T12:54:24.946+03:00I've stopped reading Ignatius ages ago, he &qu...I've stopped reading Ignatius ages ago, he "knows" too much about too much <br /><br />- he is like those packaged tour tourists who come back and tell me they now know all about how life is in ....take your pick ...Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-20554643068943942672011-04-14T11:02:53.630+03:002011-04-14T11:02:53.630+03:00Ok read the article, Baradei is not some "sai...Ok read the article, Baradei is not some "saintly" figure, he is an empty suit. Have a quick look at where Orascom does business and ask yourself if it's head is corrupt or not. And as for your question about their influence, i think the article answered it. They campaigned on a no vote in the referendum and the MB campaigned on a yes. Yes passed by 77%, in a normal world that would be an indication of how insignificant these "founding fathers" are.<br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-8916939877759107592011-04-14T10:57:55.845+03:002011-04-14T10:57:55.845+03:00Al-Baradei has zero local support and was basicall...Al-Baradei has zero local support and was basically the front-man for the Muslim Brotherhood. If he is being "cautious" it is because he has been dumped. Sawaris is a "businessman" with strong links to the prior regime - hence how he built his business - and amongst other things has a good working relationship with Kim Jeong Il. Mussa is an old colleague of Mubarak. Life is too short to read a churnalist's article but I will happily bet money that he didn't bother mentioning what all of these guys have in common - they were all senior members of the old regime. Basically we would have got the same result soon anyway because Mubarak is dying. What a revolution and let freedom fly!<br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-62857437815922432122011-04-14T10:40:51.213+03:002011-04-14T10:40:51.213+03:00...regarded as reliable...
For putting his foot i...<i>...regarded as reliable...</i><br /><br />For putting his foot in his mouth, maybe.<br /><br />Consistently.<br /><br />(But once again, this depends on one's mindset and has no bearing on truth or reality.)Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.com