Separated at Birth?
Mariano Rajoy, the leader of Spain’s ruling PP party, and former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans .
Archive for March 14th, 2004
Poisonous Education
The world has truly gone bananas. A scientist dubbed the “Safeway poisoner” and jailed for trying to poison his wife has been employed by a British university to lecture students on ethics, the institution said on Thursday. Paul Agutter served seven years of a 12-year sentence for attempted murder after he laced his wife’s gin [...]
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Happy Ending
The Jerusalem Post reports some good news: An Israeli Arab who was kidnapped and held by Palestinians in the territories was returned alive and well on Saturday with the assistance of the Palestinian Authority Police. Police sources here praised the efforts of their Palestinian counterparts, saying they had not experienced cooperation of this kind for [...]
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Spain, We Feel Your Pain
This from Ha’aretz: The Knesset will open its Monday session with a moment of silence in honor of the victims of Thursday’s bombing in Madrid, in which at least 199 people were killed and about 1,430 were wounded. At the beginning of Monday’s session, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will condemn the attack and express Israel’s [...]
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Suffer the Mice!
In honour of tomorrow’s International Eat an Animal for PETA Day, the SMH brings the following news: Australian terror suspect David Hicks occupied himself in jail by killing mice, according to a newspaper report. I can almost imagine the inevitable PETA letter: February 3, 2003 David Hicks, Unfairly treated terror suspect Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1 [...]
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Quote of the Day
“America is no different from the Arab dictators with regard to intelligence services.” – PLC member and Sydney Peace Prize recipient Hanan Ashrawi
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Abbas Obituary
MEMRI reports: THE OFFICIAL PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY WEBSITE FEATURES AN OBITUARY FOR ABU ABBAS, THE MASTERMIND OF THE HIJACKING OF THE ACHILLE LAURO AND FOUNDER OF THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION FRONT. HE IS CREDITED WITH USING ‘UNIQUE MILITARY OPERATIONS’ TO FOCUS WORLD ATTENTION ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES. (PNA WEBSITE, 3/12/04) Yep..nothing cries “unique military operation” like shooting [...]
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A Steak for my Birthday
As my wife knows too well, I love a good steak. In fact, I love all meat. I guess it goes hand-in-hand with being a right-wing death beast. At the same time, I dislike PETA. I mean really dislike them. And here are some reminders why. So it was with much satisfaction that I realized [...]
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From the Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism Dept.
Sydney Indymedia have a disgusting piece from Dr Ed. Fields, a fixture on neo-nazi sites and author of hate literature such as The Jewish Origins of Communism (hat tip: Tim Blair). Given that I happen to be Jewish and have more than a passing knowledge of Judaism, I have taken the liberty to fisk this [...]
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