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		<title>The Berlin Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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I just watched a History Channel documentary on the night &#8212; 11 November 1989 &#8212; that the Berlin Wall fell. I was nine at the time. Here is a real-politik reflection on the event by Stratfor Global Analysis.
I was too young to understand the significance at the time, but I will always remember the event [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samueljscott.wordpress.com&blog=627209&post=2826&subd=samueljscott&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Friedman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times columnist writes something I never thought he would say: The United States should, at least for now, give up on trying to create peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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		<title>Personal Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be leaving for St. Louis and Chicago in the United States on Saturday night, and I will come back to Israel two weeks later. I&#8217;ll be moving back to Jerusalem in early December, so there will be more blogging from there when I return.
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		<title>The Economic Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
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Every American should watch this thirty-minute, non-partisan documentary on the financial apocalypse towards which the United States is heading.
Related: Why My Generation is Pissed Off and The Upcoming Generational War
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		<title>My Favorite Song of the Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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RISHON LEZION, Israel &#8212; Red Band is a hilarious, Israeli comedy about an aging, hippie, drugged-out, American rock band that comes back to Israel after a tour in the late sixties. But here&#8217;s the catch: The band is played by puppets! The band meets famous Israeli musicians, makes fun of them, and then ends each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samueljscott.wordpress.com&blog=627209&post=2809&subd=samueljscott&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nationality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a prior post, I addressed the cultural nihilism in the United Kingdom that might be a result of the disappearance of a &#8220;British&#8221; identity (as opposed to &#8220;English,&#8221; &#8220;Welsh,&#8221; or &#8220;Scottish&#8221;). Now, after decades of immigration, the French government has unveiled a controversial &#8220;What is French?&#8221; website. I expect more of this to occur [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samueljscott.wordpress.com&blog=627209&post=2807&subd=samueljscott&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the primary threat to the U.S. economy inflation or deflation? Check out the presentation in this blog post. The author believes it is the latter.
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		<title>Talmudic Tidbits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pirkei Avot is the section of the Mishnah that deals primarily with Jewish philosophy and ethical living. Here is the first part, with my literal translation from the Hebrew to accompany my following commentary.
Moses received Torah* from Sinai** and handed down*** to Joshua; Joshua to the Elders [of the tribes of Israel]; the Elders to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samueljscott.wordpress.com&blog=627209&post=2800&subd=samueljscott&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Song of the Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
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RISHON LEZION, Israel &#8212; This is in honor of the first significant rain I have seen in months. We just entered the winter half of the year, also known as the &#8220;wet season.&#8221;
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		<title>Tony Blair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former British prime minister might not become the first president of Europe after all.
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