http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ With something like a 10-60 record as coach of my children's soccer teams why do I do it? Because I'm Soccer Dad! en-us dhgerstman@hotmail.com 2010-02-09T08:55:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/09/council_speak_020910.html Don't be in denial check the Watcher's Council's latest winners! Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 1/3 points! - Mere Rhetoric - Yahoo Wipes "Ariel, Israel" Off The Map, Replaces It With "Jenin, Palestinian Occupied Territories" Second place with 2 points - Bookworm Room-Leftist tactics to scare the uninformed about America's religious freedoms *UPDATED* Winning Non-Council Submissions First place with 2 points! - Atlas Shrugs - From Himmler with Love: "His Eminence, the Grand Mufti, In Remembrance" Second place with 1 2/3 points - Pamela Geller @ Big Government - Obama Recruiting Radicals in High Schools Second place with... 40150@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Watcher's Council 2010-02-09T08:55:31-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/09/jewish_baltimore_blogging.html If you're interested in finding about Orthodox Jewish Baltimore, there's a new site JewishByte that has the community covered. Created and maintained by AJ Bulua, JewishByte keeps up with community events and issues. Many posts are illustrated with photographs. (The closeup up of a shoveled sidewalk - I think - is quite impressive.) He's also graciuosly invited me to contribute and has published my first submission. Keep up the great work.... 40145@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Jewish World 2010-02-09T08:11:06-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/09/jewish_blogging_this_week.html On my recent trip to Israel, I had the pleasure of meeting Snoopy the Goon who took me to the stalactite cave near Bet Shemesh. This week he hosts the latest edition of Haveil Havalim. He included two of my posts and lots of great stuff from Fresno Zionism, The Augean Stables, The Texas Scribbler and lots more. Great eclectic stuff!... 40143@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Blog Carnivals 2010-02-09T08:04:02-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/08/snow_covered_showroom.html 40132@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Photography 2010-02-08T22:06:07-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/08/im_m-e-e-lt-i-n-g.html This wasn't so difficult. The icicle was melting pretty quickly and new droplets were forming in quick succession. I didn't have to time the shot, I just had to click, and was pretty much assured of catching a drop dripping. (or is that a drip dropping?) Crossposted on Yourish.... 40121@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Photography 2010-02-08T16:03:43-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/08/on_a_freshly_fallen_silent_shroud_of_snow.html One interesting aspect of a large snowfall is the way the snow layers itself. Somehow it even can create a fabric like texture. Look at the way the snow drapes itself over the edge of this roof. I zoomed on this "fabric;" it came out even better than I realized. This is the same overhang; with the one on the left zoomed in. It's also interesting how the snow layered itself on trees. And here's a "snow turtle." I wanted a patch of undisturbed snow. Funny but when I took the picture, I didn't pay much attention to the sun.... 40120@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Photography 2010-02-08T15:39:01-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/08/goldstone_vs_groucho.html 40119@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ 2010-02-08T15:31:08-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/08/human_rights_watch_has_no_sense_of_irony.html 40104@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ 2010-02-08T12:12:39-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/05/paralyzing_crippling_reh-c-o-o-r-d_brea-ay-ay-king_storm.html Here's AccuWeather's dispassionate report on the storm currently blowing through Baltimore. (h/t Meryl) It's not just the black ice. It's not just the drifting. Current predictions are running between 20 and 30 inches - or possibly more. If this snow fall reaches 30 inches combined with December's record breaking snowfall and assorted smaller storms, this winter will challenge for the snowiest in Baltimore (and Maryland) history. According to this listing, the record snowfall for a Baltimore winter was 62.5 inches in 1996, which surpassed the previous records 52 inches in 1963-4 and 51.1 inches in 1899. In case you didn't... 40029@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Weather 2010-02-05T16:03:56-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/05/what_do_my_mother_and_todd_palin_have_in_common.html Their spouses have both gone rogue. My father's new Nissan Rogue.... 40021@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Personal 2010-02-05T15:20:11-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/05/171_-_176.html Season 8 of 24 is upon us and Jamie has the lowdown on the latest episode. Let's do a rundown of some of the character so far. Brian Hastings - The director of CTU New York. He seems to be very much a political creature in the mold of George Mason. He looked really slimy asking Ortiz to fudge his responses if there was an investigation. One of the (many) implausibilities of 24 is that a higher authority would review the procedures of a subordinate one during an ongoing operation. Hastings' request may have been slimy, but given how little... 39962@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ 24 2010-02-05T05:43:53-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/04/goldstone_is_the_result_of_40_years_of_the_perversion_of_international_law.html Not only has Israel prepared a defense of its conduct during Cast Lead in response to the Goldstone Report, so, too, has Hamas. Jonathan Dahohah Halevi writes: Hamas' line of defence vis-à-vis the Goldstone report has been shaped by a group of Palestinian jurists headed by Diya Al-Din Muhsin Al-Madhoun, former legal adviser to Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas Prime Minister) and today chairman of the Tawtheeq (documentation) organization that was the key factor assigned by Hamas' government, on which the Goldstone committee relied for sources of information in its fact finding mission. In series of interviews to the media, Madhoun elaborated... 39963@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ 2010-02-04T05:43:45-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/04/submitted_020410.html This week's Watcher's council nominees are UP! JoshuaPundit focuses on the Obama administration's failure to deal with Iran; Wolf Howling outlines its anti-terror failures. Colossus of Rhodey suggests that a form of amnesia or denial has been behind these failures. The Glittering Eye argues that all recent administrations have failed to deal with the country's economic problems. Bookworm Room argues that separation of church and state is being mis-applied by critics of religious conservatives. Rhymes with Right makes a surprising point about pregnant women who are irresponsible. The Provocateur produces an e-mail sent by Dr. Anna Chacko revealing her future... 39961@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Watcher's Council 2010-02-04T05:25:45-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/04/recent_jewish_blogging_carnivals.html First of all let me congratulate Batya on the 50th edition of the Kosher Cooking Carnival. One aspect of blogging is creating a community, nothing does that better than running a carnival. And while it may not be appreciated, it takes a lot of persistence and work to keep things together. 50 monthly carnivals means that she's been doing this for more than 4 years which is eons in blog years. That's both rare and well done. Recent editions of Haveil Havalim have included #254 at the Israel Situation that includes a moving tribute to the mother of NY's Funniest... 39960@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Haveil Havalim 2010-02-04T05:06:45-05:00 http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/02/03/cairo_nostalgia.html David Ignatius wrote two weeks ago that the message of President Obama's Cairo speech is as important as ever. Specifically: But in truth, the strategy that Obama proposed in Cairo is more important now than ever. Critics speak as if peacemaking and battling Muslim extremism should be seen as an either/or proposition. What Obama understood a year ago is that the two are linked. The best way to undercut extremists in Iran or al-Qaeda is to make progress on issues that matter to the Muslim world. Guns alone won't do it; if it were otherwise, the Israelis would have battled... 39905@http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/ Arab World 2010-02-03T05:38:30-05:00