Archive for February 5th, 2004
Things Gone Potty at the BBC
Does this mean more heads will roll at the BBC?
A Scottish radio phone-in gardening program gave new meaning to the term “potting shed” when its experts unwittingly offered listeners useful tips on how to cultivate cannabis.
A caller had cheekily asked for advice on growing a hybrid species of cannabis called Northern Lights, but the experts [...]
Computer Joke
A few days ago, I posted a story on how a computer geek named his son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0. Today, I was sent this joke:
Dear Tech Support:
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in the overall performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which [...]
Islam Online Condones Murder
On Islam Online, Maria from Australia asks the following question:
I was really shocked to hear about the wide debate that occurred during the sessions of the Fiqh Council affiliated to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) concerning the legality of martyr operations. I heard that there was a wide debate among some member scholars [...]
Anti-Semitism and Gib Melson
This from CNN:
The actress who plays Mary in Mel Gibson’s passion-stirring biblical epic “The Passion of the Christ” says her parents were Holocaust survivors but she does not consider the film anti-Semitic.
If there is a message, it’s more about how people can be manipulated by their leaders, Maia Morgenstern said Tuesday.
Now I have not [...]
Anti-Semitism in Japan
Japan Media Review talks about the phenomenom of anti-Semitism in a country in which only a few thousand Jews live.
With only about 2,000 Jews living in Japan, the Japanese have little firsthand experience in relating to Jewish people and culture. There have been, however, numerous books and magazine articles published in Japan about the Japanese [...]
Quote(s) of the Day
“You know that the Americans stopped their involvement (in funding and in the peace process) waiting for the results of the investigation. I think that this is blackmail.”
– Jibril Rajoub, senior security adviser to Afatrat, speaking about US pressure on the PA to arrest those behind the deadly bombing of an American diplomatic convoy [...]
Quote(s) of the Day
“You know that the Americans stopped their involvement (in funding and in the peace process) waiting for the results of the investigation. I think that this is blackmail.”
– Jibril Rajoub, senior security adviser to Afatrat, speaking about US pressure on the PA to arrest those behind the deadly bombing of an American diplomatic convoy [...]
Daniel Pipes on the Prisoner Swap
Daniel Pipes has the same reservations as me about the recent Hezbollah-Israel prisoner swap. Except he articulates himelf so much better than I ever could.
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