Super Bowl Ad Nixed, But For Wrong Reasons
SodaStream manufactures devices to make carbonated beverages at home and the company intended to run an ad for their contraption during the Super Bowl. But apparently CBS turned them down because Coke-a-Cola and Pepsi objected to the competition. (Update: A Sodastream ad did air during the game) But SodaStream is not only a threat to [...]
A Palestinian in the Knesset
Haneen Zoabi is a Palestinian who was elected to the Israeli Knesset in 2009. Israel often reminds us of the rights it grants to “Arab Israelis,” avoiding the word “Palestinian.” In 2010 Ms. Zoabi was on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in the international flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies for Gaza. She witnessed the assault on [...]
Israel’s Policies Similar to South African Apartheid
Severe civilian death tolls in the siege of Gaza and calls for war with Iran by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu call attention to the reality of the Apartheid state imposed by Israel on the Palestinian people. The existence of Apartheid was verified recently in a poll of 503 Jewish Israelis published by Haaretz, of which [...]
Progress Report: Homeless Families ‘Flood’ RI; Israel v. Palestinians; Caramadre as Robin Hood; Driver’s Licenses
The number of Rhode Island families that have stayed in homeless shelters so far this year has increased by more than 30 percent, reports the Providence Journal this morning. If that isn’t startling enough, some 60 percent of the families staying in shelters aren’t even unemployed. That’s right, they have jobs but still can’t afford [...]
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