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The Same Old Change
Antiwar.com Original — T he news that Dennis Ross will be appointed the special envoy to Iran – and, more , that he will function as a Middle East "czar" – is "staggeringly bad news," as Philip Weiss so trenchantly put it . The appointment, Weiss avers, is "illustrative of the fact that neoconservatism by one of its more amenable names is still in our lives, and the Israel lobby is a big component of the Establishment. Dennis Ross, who pushed the settlements in '92. Dennis Ross, who moved from party to party with indifference, because he had a bigger power than party behind him. ...A friend says that Dennis Ross in Arabic means, Expletive you!" The appointment, and it is a prominent one, is ...

M. Night Blumenthal Sees Dead Gazans, Crazy Conservatives in Latest Film Project
Weekly Standard Blog — Max Blumenthal is the M. Night Shyamalan of political Internet "filmmaking." The brash politico experienced early success with his brave foray into the bow-tied underbelly of conservative politics, producing "CPAC 2007: The Unauthorized Tour." The young filmmaker was praised for his innovation--using the exact same style as Michael Moore, but on the Internet, to isolate right-wing cranks and their most egregious quotes through his skillful manipulation of Windows MovieMaker. Since then, he's become increasingly predictable and self-derivative, diving into crowds of conservatives with his video camera to deliver scoops like, "Hey, some College Republicans ...

Max Blumenthal: Elie Wiesel Appears With End Times Pastor John Hagee, Hagee Trashes Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — On October 25, while an overflow crowd of 1,500 poured into the first convention of the progressive-leaning, Israel-oriented lobbying organization J Street, Elie Wiesel addressed a crowd of 6,000 Christian Zionists at Pastor John Hagee's "Night To Honor Israel." According to the San Antonio Express News, while Wiesel sat by his side, Hagee trashed President Barack Obama, baselessly accusing him of "being tougher on Israel than on Russia, Iran, China and North Korea." Meanwhile, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, who appeared at Hagee's Christians United for Israel summit earlier this year, rejected J Street's request to speak at their ...