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...break the impasse. Israel's proportional representation system means that even if Livni does manage to fend off the powerful challenge of right-wing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she may still lack a majority capable of forcing through a peace agreement that will ignite fierce, and probably violent, resistance from militant right-wing West Bank settlers. Israeli democracy has not given any political party or politically coherent bloc a clear majority in parliament since...
...recent Xbox 360 games “Fallout 3” and “BioShock,” which used songs by pioneering doo-wop group The Ink Spots to emphasize each game’s 1950s-indebted setting and the irony of contrasting saccharine songs with gruesomely violent images...
...When removed from power by voters, no party keelhauls itself quite like the GOP. The party's success at capturing the White House is matched by a violent, burn-it-all-down mentality when it loses. Because John McCain's defeat seemed likely for weeks, the fighting began long before Election Day. Some Republicans believe that the old conservative message must be modernized. Others see a need to return to the conservatism of old. For many, Palin was a godsend, a true populist in the spirit of Ronald Reagan. For others, she was a nightmare. With no leader in sight...
...Kalin says he hopes the summit will produce some specific agreements, including a sort of "crisis hotline" between Muslim and Christian leaders to help avoid or quell religious discord, such as the violent protests in the Islamic world after the Danish papers published cartoons some deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed. Kalin also wants to fix a day each year when Muslim leaders teach their faithful about Christianity, and vice-versa. And finally, some Muslims would like a debate that goes beyond the Pope's call to a "dialogue based on reason." Kalin wants an acknowledgment of common "Judeo-Christian...
Unless you win, in which case I am worried for you. Because if my headline does become another “Dewey Defeats Truman,” the students in the dining halls threatening to kill themselves will probably get violent, ugly things could happen in the swing states tonight, and bitter Obamacans across the nation will leave America even more polarized at a time when the country desperately needs to stick together to pull through. And just for that, I see why politically mild Canada would seem so appealing...