Between the Synapse

Blogging by Mark Toubin

M Toubin

M Toubin
Location
Houston, Texas, USA
Birthday
December 03
Bio
Mark Toubin practiced civil litigation for eleven years and participated in federal, state and local politics before joining the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ("AIPAC") as its Southwest Regional Director from 1999 to early 2008. Most recently, Mark runs his own consulting practice focusing on public affairs, politics, non-profit and business. The full version of Between the Synapse may be found at www.betweenthesynapse.com

MY RECENT POSTS

DECEMBER 27, 2008 6:12PM

Understanding Israel's Gaza Action

Understanding Israel's Gaza Action

6300 rockets from Gaza on Israel since 2005.

3000 rockets launched in 2008.

4000 fired since Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza in August of 2005.

3,000 rockets shot 2008.

150 missiles sent to Israel in November 2008 alone, during the so-called calm.

Dozen

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DECEMBER 26, 2008 11:43PM

Czarist America

As I observed the recent debates and discussion relating to saving the US auto industry, I couldn't help but cringe when learning about the notion of creating a "Car Czar" to oversee the Auto bailout. Now whether this is good, bad or indifferent as snowfall at an Alaskan turkey slaughterho

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008 10:48AM

The BCS Made My 9 Year old Son Cry

So it’s Sunday morning, and Oklahoma had enacted Saturday night the kind of gun control laws upon Texas Tech that if Charleston Heston were still alive, the Sooner's would have been prying the Red Raider's six shooters from his "cold, dead hands.”  As fans of the TexasRead full post »

Bob Dylan got it right; it’s the times that are a changin'. Merely placing "new" people in postions of power alone bring nothing. Now granted, you have to have the right folks for change but that doesn’t require a litmus test of Federal government inexperience and DC virginity  Read full post »

NOVEMBER 19, 2008 3:03AM

Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

Somewhere between reading is fundamental and no child left behind we became a nation of scanners whose ability to capture details within a written communication plays out like a game of Battleship.  Take my last three days... please.  I send an email that says please conRead full post »

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