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It's YOUR party now in Heaven.....RIP.... Singer Lesley Gore, best known for her 1963 single It's My Party, has passed away. The 68-year-old died of cancer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Monday. The pop star came onto the scene when she was only 17 years old and spawned four Top Five hits including She's A Fool and You Don't Own Me. Gore — who graduated from Sarah Lawrence College — was also an actress, starring in the 1967 Batman series as the character of Pussycat

It took me a while to tumble to your comments in this thread but I finally came to suspect that you're conflating actions with religion, or with sexuality. I don't believe they are very closely related at all and, when you assume they are, you may fall into the very traps that are best avoided. While it may take an extra step to separate Netanyahu's actions from his religion, it's not that difficult and, I believe, well worth the effort. There are plenty of folks in Israel who consider Netanyahu an unpleasant piece of work and they are every bit as Jewish as he is. Does that make them bigots? Not in my opinion, although he would probably like to paint them as such. Often, those Jews who oppose political Zionism or nationalistic extremism are labeled self-hating Jews and it's a small step from there to be labeled anti-Semitic. Even though they themselves are Semitic. Similarly, if I were to take umbrage at the actions of another gay person, does that make me anti-gay? I've seen folks on some of the very websites we frequent call others self-hating gays because they dislike something another gay person has said or done. This is, again in my opinion, nothing more than jingoism to cover up an inability or unwillingness to separate individual actions from general affiliations. Pardon me for droning on about the distinction between the group someone belongs to and his or her actions but I've come to the conclusion that the failure to make this distinction is at the root of many of the world's problems today. And probably yesterday. And, unless we learn our lessons, tomorrow as well. My own hard-won views are that the vast majority of people the world over are pretty decent folks and don't want to cause trouble for others. But there are definitely some troublemakers, in every religion, in every nationality, in every sexual orientation, in every political party, and in just about any other group you care to mention. In my opinion, Netanyahu is one of those troublemakers and I hope the good folks in Israel will find a way to sideline him next month. And, besides a general feeling that Israel would be better off with a Herzog-Livni ticket, it just somehow tickles me to think of a Prime Minister named Tzipi.

Graphic discussions of that topic seem to draw objections on this forum.

As you say, you're not alone. He pretty nearly pissed off the Pope. Apparently, last year he gave the pontiff a book on the Spanish Inquisition. It was by Bibi's father, Ben Zion Netanyahu, and explained that the Jews were burned at the stake not because they weren't serious about converting to Catholicism but because of racial hatred dating back to the Egyptians. In other words, it was secular persecution and not spiritual. Here he is telling His Holiness there's no hard feelings.

LOL, American is the world standard nowadays, zipper. All others are just local dialects. Including Brit. Especially Brit. Give it up old chap, the days of Empire are long gone. USA! USA! USA! :laugh:

Lookin, the long term danger to Israel is planting the notion in the heads of liberal democrats that supporting Israel means supporting a government that supports the same people that block domestic US legislation they care very much about. Supporting Israel = Supporting Republicans. Now that's not an equation Israel needs Democrats to make. And Bibi knows it. He just doesn't care. All he cares about is winning the next election in Israel (which is forecast to be close). All he cares about is hanging on to power a bit longer. IMHO. PS Sorry if I come across as agitated. Mr. Netanyahu has a way of doing that to people.

Thanks for this note. I had completely forgotten Pussycat from Batman. Fond memories.

I barely made it through your post.