With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now settled down to a new coalition government – his fourth – with what is literally the slenderest coalition possible, there’s a raft of stories like this one in the Israeli press about how Netanyahu has gone from a shattering resurgence to ignominy and helplessness in less than two months. It is, as I put it a couple days ago, a government already at war with itself.
There is a great deal to be gleaned from last week’s UK election: an unexpected and highly consequential victory for the Tories, a major setback for post-Blairite Labour and a real question about whether Labour can manage to remain a potential majority party without its base in Scotland. For that matter, despite the failed independence referendum vote, is there a future for the United Kingdom? All that aside I wanted to note one eye-popping result that you may not have heard about if you’re only reading the top headlines.
Two police officers were fatally shot in Hattiesburg, Mississippi last night when a speeding traffic stop erupted in gunfire. A bystander who came upon the officers said one asked “… ‘Am I dying? I know I’m dying. Just hand me my walkie-talkie.'”
Chris Christie says he’s ready to move on from Bridgegate and “stop apologizing.”
Top DC-based anti-Islam group says Jade Helm 15 hysteria is distracting attention from threat of imposition of Sharia law and Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the White House, Ferguson, Missouri, etc.
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Secretary of Defense forced to deny that Pentagon is planning military takeover of Texas.
Some governors are refusing to weigh in on the conspiracy theory that Jade Helm has become. Here’s our list.
If you see local reports where your governor goes on the record with his or her concerns, send us a link.
I’m not sure how much you can really credit the Secretary of Defense denying that Jade Helm is cover for a military takeover of Texas.