Archive for June, 2004

Separated at Birth

Saddam Hussein is looking like a shaggy-maned lion these days (apologies to the lion)

(Saddam photo courtesy of US Military)

They Are Your Problem Now

Do you remember the PLO Arab terrorists who used a Church to protect themselves? Some European countries agreed to take them in.

Quote of the Day

“Israel seeks to establish diplomatic ties with Iraq..I leave it up to the Iraqi people to decide whether they want ties with Israel”.
– Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in an interview to Iraqi television network ‘al-Hura’.

Don’t Let These Stories Escape Your Notice

In Bizarro world, these stories would be prominent in the Big Media:
Grateful Iraqis thank America for sacrifice
56% in Lebanon want Syrians out
Instead, in our world, the Big Media continues to nourish people on an anti-US/anti-Israel diet, while pandering to Muslim sensibilities.

Throw Another Blaine on the Barbie

Not content with taking over Hollywood, Australians are now entering other domains previously considered untouchable.
It is official: Barbie has a new man in her life, a well-toned Australian surfer dude called Blaine, who is helping her get over her breakup with former beau Ken.
US toy maker Mattel announced today that the “hot Australian hunk” is [...]

Full Court -of-it Press

The Foreign Press Association has criticized Israel for exhibiting a callous disregard for the lives of their journalists.
The Foreign Press Association in Israel says a helicopter attack on offices in Gaza housing several media organisations demonstrated a “callous disregard” for the lives of journalists.
Two technicians were among three Palestinians injured when Apache helicopter gunships fired [...]

Never Too Old

Maariv reports:
History was made on Sunday at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv as a 64-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy child and became the oldest woman to ever give birth in Israel.
Channel 1 reported last (Monday) night that the couple, both aged 64, underwent fertility treatments for years. In spite of the repeated [...]

A Life Lost

“You didn’t know anything of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. You didn’t know anything about war or peace. You were pure, but we have neighbors, little boy, who are animals, murders that kill little children age 4. We will not forget, we will not forgive. He doesn’t even know that you exist.”
So said Sderot Mayor [...]

Big Yellow Taxi

The Internet Movie Database reports:
Pop superstar Madonna and her family were left stunned after a taxi exploded outside their New York home at the weekend. The yellow cab burst into flames and the petrol tank blew up as it pulled up outside the singer’s Upper West Side property. Madonna, who is staying in the pad [...]

Wheel of Misfortune

For some people, even when luck goes their way, it doesn’t really.
When recording an episode of The Price is Right on Friday, Larry Emdur told one of his contestants to “come on down.”
Emdur didn’t say “come on down, bang your noggin on the showcase wheel, bleed all over my set and then take an ambulance [...]