This week we talk to Nick Cohen, Guardian writer and now the author of What's Left: How Liberals Lost Their Way. He talks to Tom Paine about how he's been using his journalism in the UK to try to convince the Left not to drink the "Bush is Hitler and America is the re-born Roman Empire" kool-aid.

You can find more information about the tunnels alongside the Temple Mount's Western Wall here: and make it a goal of your life to visit one day.

In Blog News this week we talk first about the terror plots in Britain. Not much point linking, the world is awash with news of this.

Both PMW (who brought us the original Farfour video) and Memri have the final moments of his life. Sick stuff. You can find links and the video in our earlier post.

Israellycool Dave has the great background work on the CNN weather. Other blogs may have given credit to LGF, but Dave brought it to the blogosphere first.

Meryl Yourish is telling us about the immigration bill.

Tomer Israeli is back this week and apologising to the BBC.

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Walid Phares continues to talk with Tom Paine in the second part of a two part interview. They discuss Dr Phares's book Future Jihad and the impact blogging is going to have on the Middle East. Part 1 can be found here.

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Walid Phares continues to talk with Tom Paine in the second part of a two part interview. They discuss Dr Phares's book Future Jihad and the impact blogging is going to have on the Middle East. Part 1 can be found here.

Michelle Malkin's blog has a good jumping off point for the Australian story about Bondi beach bikini babes baring bejewelled belly buttons. For more on the "Swords of Islam" in Gaza take a look at LGF.

The post from Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, that I quote can be found on his blog here.

This week's closing quote is once again by Winston Churchill.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Sir Winston Churchill

Meryl Yourish is talking about Hamas, Iran and Lebanon.

Damian Penny is talking about Canada.

Laurence Simon is talking about the Baker nonsense.

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The Senior Executive Producer, "Tom Paine", can be contacted here.

This edition of Shire Network News was hosted by Brian of London.

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