Archive for January 11th, 2004

It’s All Been Said Before

Allison Kaplan Sommer has reacted with surprise to an interview with Israeli historian Benny Morris, saying it is going to make waves – of the tidal variety. But what’s really going to cause a stir is Morris’s continued post-intifada evolution rightward in his political views – endorsing the historic Palestinian transfer he describes under the [...]

Vote Israellycool (Again)

After getting carried away with my previous nomination in the Wizbang Weblog Awards, this blog has now be nominated for Best Overseas Australian Blog in the 2004 Australian Blog Awards. These awards essentially mean nothing, but my innate competitive nature and misguided sense of pride mean I want to win. Badly. Here are instructions on [...]

Those Wacky Iranians

Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi blogs about SMS: As long as SMS has become common in Iran, instead of being used for its real purposes, it has become an instrument to transfer funny and not funny jokes as everywhere in the world or may be a little more than other countries due to the [...]

Shh Shmuley!

Not content with devoting much of his time discussing important subjects like Michael Jackson, sex and Michael Jackson, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach now turns his gaze to Britney Spears, letting us all now how much he dislikes her. I don’t know all that much about you, and the little I do know makes me not like [...]

The Real PLO Arab State

Ha’aretz reports that Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that Israel’s security fence threatens Jordan since it diminishes the the prospects for creating a PLO Arab state, thus creating the possibility that PLO Arabs will be forced into Jordan. Hello, McFly!! Jordan is the PLO Arab state. Here is a quick history lesson. The Balfour Declaration [...]

Come-Up-With-A-Caption

Introducing a new feature to this blog: The Caption Contest. I will provide a picture and you, the readers, can come up with an amusing caption via the comments facility. The winner will receive absolutely nothing of monetary value. Rather, the publicity, link to your blog (if you have one), and the respect and admiration [...]

Buscemi a Soprano

Great news for Sopranos fans – talented actor Steve Buscemi is set to join the show as a regular. And still on the subject of the Sopranos, now seems like an opportune time to remind you all of an item that I previously posted. Back in September, the Jerusalem Post weekend edition mentioned that Israel’s [...]

How Much Can a Koala Bare?

Bad news for the little guy in my title banner. Koala contraception was being considered as a way to curb population blow-outs among the marsupials in Victoria. Under a proposal being considered by the Victorian government, adult female koalas in over-populated areas would be implanted with a birth control hormone. And here I was thinking [...]