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David Pryce-Jones, “Jews, Arabs, and French Diplomacy: A Special Report”

The Zionists Must Understand

“ The Zionists must understand once and for all that there can be no question of constituting an independent Jewish state in Palestine, or even forming some sovereign Jewish body. ”

In The American Interest, a clearly written explanation of why America’s economy will roar back (well, enough of it). Serve with this, from the London Review of Books, an overview of Karl Marx’s prescience.

List of shame. Among the morally impaired UK luvvies requesting a boycott of Habimah are Jonathan Miller and Alexei Sayle.

The New Yorker on the Daily Mail.

Sober and crisp analysis of Britain’s 2012 budget from an income tax perspective.

Nice review of Scorsese’s documentary on George Harrison, Living in the Material World. “Scorsese is making a film about something that matters, but never quite succeeds in conveying that.” Here’s Variety’s smarter review.

On the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes by John Pemble.

Marxist academic Slavoj Žižek on what are not proletarian protests but protests against the threat of being reduced to proletarians.

Video tribute to Brighton shot as a series of stills.

Pico Iyer on travel writing.

Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011.

Scotland’s early industrialisation produced great wealth and great poverty and after two centuries is yet to tackle that fundamental inequity. Lesley Riddoch compares Scotland’s failure and Finland’s success.

An argument that at the euro summit Cameron overplayed his hand.

“European “normality” was based to a large extent on West German “abnormality”. Now that the reunified Germany is becoming more “normal”, it is undermining European “normality.” A sobering analysis of Deutsch affairs by Tony Corn.

Where exactly is Hogwarts?

Remember Alan Partridge’s masterful narration of The Spy Who Loved Me. So far there isn’t anybody who’s performed it quite so well. Actually, probably better this way.

Obama’s well-deserved Mission Accomplished speech on Libya.

Dead. Qua-daffy. The NYT’s potted (and potty) history. “By the time he was done, Libya had no parliament, no unified military command, no political parties, no unions, no civil society and no nongovernmental organizations.”

Will Self walks the diameter of London [requires registration at the London Review of Books — do it, people!].

Designs to replace Britain’s electricity pylons.

Britain goes nuts for hummous.

Conrad Black, facing more jail time, remains irrepressible.

Can you spot in this new McDonald’s commercial when they transition from the UK to the US?

Stunningly good piece by Amir Oren in Haaretz on the British in Libya.

I’ve been subjected to the horror that is contemporary BBC Radio 1 lately, wherein they talk about the #1 single. I was skeptical, but it turns out the UK charts are real, and more singles are sold than ever.

Text of David Cameron’s address to Parliament on the looting outbreak.

Vivid, loving portrait of the beach at Brighton that gets in some of my own favorites, like Jack and Linda’s Smokehouse.

Libya, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia: all artificial states that could disintegrate.

Gerry Rafferty, 63, sails upon the waters.

Animals on the London Underground — awesome!

Saxondale tells The Sun how it is — an in-character interview.

In Turkey, Cameron calls Gaza a ‘prison camp’. Aha. There goes some moral credibility — that was quick.

Another wonderful blog post by Walter Russell Mead, this time hoping that the blogosphere find a not-so-distant mirror in 18th-century London.

Could Americans get yob disease? (Comments are more insightful than the article itself.)

Typical UK-based coverage: Jewish settlements have “eaten vast tracts” of a “only a sliver of occupied land”. How does this work?

“Hash browns, yes or no?” “Never. They’re American.” On the English breakfast and thereby Britain itself.

More prophesy from A Clockwork Orange.

Dr Mercola’s most in-depth article ever. Here’s the skinny on high fructose corn syrup.

Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Elliott Abrams on Israel. On boycotts, Europeans’ “prejudices against the Jewish state are unconquerable.” On whether war crimes were in fact committed in Gaza, the main mistake was not going in sooner. Refreshingly robust.

Brighton to Victoria on the train for £3. I’ve done it, though had to enjoy a veggie English Breakfast at Victoria’s Wetherspoone’s while waiting for London to open.

The Cameron Way: What American conservatives should learn from the British Tory leader, by Joseph Loconte in National Review.

Language extinction – Fall/full-McWhorter-Fall-2009.html, a case for not getting too upset by.

EasyJet begins Luton-Tel Aviv flights in November, 2009. With a suitcase, the all-inclusive cost of a return flight is £135, less than half of current prices!

The story of the writing of 1984.

Tirade against Britain by Iran’s foreign minister, Manoucher Mottaki. The mid-sized Satan?

Theodore Dalrymple on J. G. Ballard.

Spengler’s first as David P Goldman, lamenting what seems the end of Anglo-Saxon dominance.

The Telegraph and The Times on Heston Blumenthal’s Little Chef at Popham.

“Tough Times in EUtopia”: a pessimistic survey in The Weekly Standard on how Europe is faring up in the financial crisis.