I believe it's called a "wake"... and if the child had been 2 years or months old rather than hours olds would you still think it was weird? To the parents and family happily looking with anticipation to the arrival of a new member, this child was already several months old.

No, the Palestinians have been a well known people for quit some time. Until 1948, they were the Jews.

So how does Mr. Friedman ... write something that ... labels every pro-Israel congressman and senator a political w.hore? Well, Mr. Friedman can do this because he knows w.hores very well. After all, he is one.

Huntsman: learned that trick from his boss.

1- The lawyer for the works on contingency, she only pays if she gets money. 2- In house counsel would never handle the case once they file in court. It's not his expertise, he doesn't have the staff, he doesn't have the time. 3- $250/hour is the cost of a private attorney in average America. The NRA would hire a firm in DC, the most expensive legal area in the country. Dude, in 1999 I was in court, I "won". It was a frivolous case stupid case. I cost me $40K. And this was not in DC. In DC it would have cost me 2 or 3 times that. You have NO idea what you are talking about.

I call it a smart accounting decision. Pay out $35K-$45K vs 1 week of time to outside counsel at $1K per hour ($40K) with the possibility that the case takes longer than a week. And that is assuming the NRA wins!

Telling one woman "you're very pretty" is inappropriate and it disgusts her. Telling another woman "you're very pretty" is down right creepy. Telling another woman "you're very pretty" is warm and friendly. Telling another woman "you're very pretty" is a high complement. Telling another woman "you're very pretty" is folksy. Telling another woman "you're very pretty" is fun and harmlessly flirtatious. Which is which is hard to tell. Tomorrow... shuffle the deck.

No they don't. The Saudis have already given permission.

Sorry Mr. Shapiro, Egypt is not now run by a bunch of "Islamic theocrats". Egypt is currently being run by the military establishment. There may be some Islamist elements therein, but it is mostly a power and profit machine. Its face may look a little different now, but it will be very similar to what Mubarak was. After all, Nasser was military, Sadat was military, Mubarak was military, all became wealthy. As did their underlings. As lopsided as it was, true Islamists would not have brokered the deals Egypt just brokered with Israel. Egypts leaders may twist and turn a bit in the wind to maintain their ultimate goals, which is power and money not an Islamist state per se.

No, not exactly. Iran's Shia buddies in Lebanon already HAD the hostages. The deal was to send anti tank (TOW) missles to non-governmental groups in Iran with the payment going to the Contras to get around a Congressional ban on sending money to the Contras. As part of the deal Iran's Shia buddies in Hezbollah would free 6 US hostages. Since, in theory, the missles were going to the non-governmental groups in Iran that were opposed to the Ayatollah, it sounded like a good idea. The problem was the Iranian group was in fact a front for the Ayatollah. Which should have been obvious since they were able to get Hezbollah to free the hostages. Point is Iran-Contra fiasco was pulled off in 85, it came to light in late 86, Reagan done in 88.