Archive for April 21st, 2004

An Unholy Alliance

Say it isn’t so, Tony! Italian mobsters and Islamic terrorist groups have forged links in arms and drug trafficking, Italy’s top anti-Mafia investigator said. I wonder if this blogger knows anything about this.

Hezbollah Quiz Show

The New York Times reports on a Hezbollah-backed TV quiz show that – surprise, surprise – promotes hatred against Israel and Jews. Quick. What is the name of the Palestinian village near what is now the Israeli city of Ramla that was destroyed in 1949 and replaced by a town called Yavne? Too difficult? It’s [...]

Violating Agreements

MEMRI reports: Al-Zahar Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi said that ‘The Jews have violated all [their] agreements throughout the eras’ and compared the Muslim-Jewish struggle today to the Muslim’s struggle against the Jews of Al-Madina in the time of the prophet Muhammad. (Islamonline.net 4/19/04) A more accurate statement would have been: ‘The Muslims have violated [...]

Mainstream Prostitution

This has me seething. Rebecca Loos attempted to upstage the cream of Hollywood when she turned up at the London premiere of the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill Vol 2. Just 24 hours after Victoria Beckham stepped out at a showbiz bash with husband David, Loos hit back with her own dazzling appearance on the [...]

Bad Publicity

This screams “public relations disaster”: The board of McDonald’s Corp. named Charlie Bell chief executive after Jim Cantalupo, the leader of the recent turnaround at the world’s biggest fast-food chain, died of an apparent heart attack Monday. Or perhaps he was just on the Atkins diet.

JC on the Tube

Is there too much or too little “Jesus Christ” on television?