ahh 1904, a fine vintage

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    Finally, Netanyahu is like the sifaka lemur, which I got to observe in Madagascar. Sifakas are primates that use bipedal sideways hopping as a primary means of walking. They advance by moving sideways, waving their arms up and down, which makes them appear to be moving even more than they are. That’s Bibi, always shifting side to side to stay in power and avoiding going decisively backward or forward. This week he may have to.

    Imagine writing an article and calling a Jew a shifty monkey being the least racist thing you said in it.

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        The U.S. is like an old lion. We are still the king of the Middle East jungle — more powerful than any single actor, but we have so many scars from so many fights that we just can’t just show up, roar loudly and expect that everyone will do what we want or scamper away. We are one tired lion, and that’s why other predators are no longer afraid to test us.

        The animal kingdom consists of 4 animals, parasitic wasps, caterpillars, lions and lemurs

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          We are still the king of the Middle East jungle — more powerful than any single actor

          Oh, so that’s why we have to constantly beg and plead to Iran that we aren’t gonna bomb them, don’t worry about it, please don’t respond to our moves, we don’t want to start a war with you? That’s typically what you do if you’re the greatest power in the region, sure.

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        Thomas Friedman has been the ur-caricature of a ridiculous Lanyard type who still thinks it’s 1997 and is constantly surprised history keeps happening for decades now