Lazy Dog Owners thy Time has Come: Higher Fines, Still no Jail Time

One time, while on a date, I stepped right into a huge chunk of dog “product”. Since then, I swore never to forgive or forget until the scourge of lazy dog owners was eliminated. To this end, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the raising of fines for people who fail to pick up dog excrement in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam from 475 NIS to 730 NIS.

One Easy Way to Improve Student Performance, Increase Salaries and Make my Wife Happy

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As it turns out, based on international test scores, Israeli students are not quite among the people of the book, or the calculator, or the periodic table of elements. This matters because figuring out how to improve student performance and increase their participation in more challenging fields would help economic performance.

Weekly Election Update: What did Bibi Say this Time? (Click through for info on winning an Amazon gift certificate)

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• Did Bibi make one of the dumbest comments in recent Israeli political history? Is this all part of the Yediot Aharonot conspiracy to destroy the Netanyahus? We may never know. However, some reports have Bibi saying that he understood the pain of Amona residents because he once had to leave the PM’s residence and move to the Sheraton Plaza. Some people who were at the meeting denied the quote (though their version is similar) and said that Bibi expressed empathy for residents at the meeting. It could make for great campaign fodder if only the opposition could use it without expressing solidarity with Amona residents.

What would you Give to Visit a Government Office from Home?

Much of politics is presentation. Taxes can be “revenue enhancements” or they can be “****ing TAXES!” On that note, do you want the government to hold your biological information on a hackable database for the purposes of identification? Before you answer, I have another question; aren’t shorter lines at the airport awesome? Also, protection from identity fraud, but really, shorter lines! Did I mention the ability to “visit” a government office from your home?