Archive for June 3rd, 2004

Icelandic Israeli

Did you know that the President of Iceland has an Israeli wife? Now I do, thanks to this article from Ha’aretz, brought to my attention by Hatshepsut.
Two weeks ago Friday, Dorrit Moussaieff, the Israeli-born wife of the president of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, remembered that it was the eve of Hanukkah and that the first [...]

Idiot of the Day

I guess this is what you would call a conflict of interest.
Labor MP Carolyn Hirsh has resigned as chairwoman of State Parliament’s Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee after being caught drink-driving.
Ms Hirsh blew .07 – .02 above the limit – when police breath-tested her late on Wednesday night as she drove home from an ALP [...]

Protecting the Mayor

With the Gay Pride parade scheduled to take place in Jerusalem this evening, Jerusalem Mayor Lupolianski finds himself needing protection.
Two bodyguards were hired Thursday to accompany Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski after security officials received intelligence information indicating that factions in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community were planning to harm him.
Elected last year, Lupolianski is the first [...]

Shut Up, Already!

I will say it once and I will say it again: Shmuley Boteach is an embarassment to the Jewish religion.
Hiding behind the title of Rabbi, he continues to demean Judaism by constantly proffering his opinion on celebrities, and decrying their obsession with the limelight. Yet he himself displays a great love for the limelight.
In his [...]

New Terrorist Garb

On Tuesday night, the IDF killed two terrorists carrying rifles, rockets and an RPG launcher, and who were planning to attack an Israeli convoy leaving Gaza. The bodies of the terrorists were found the next morning.
I just found this picture of one of the terrorists, along with the corresponding caption:

The body of a Palestinian militant [...]

Stone Cold

Mark Geragos, the lawyer for accused murderer Scott Peterson, has used some very interesting terminology to describe his client’s innocence.
Defense attorney Mark Geragos on Wednesday declared Scott Peterson “stone cold innocent” of the murders of his wife Laci and her near-term fetus.
I assume that Geragos meant that Peterson is absolutely innocent, but the phrase “stone [...]

Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)">Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)

Three reasons to hate bugs:
1. They can kill babies.
A survey has found disease-causing microbes in dried baby food products.
Among the bugs found by scientists at the Nottingham Trent University was a bacterium called Enterobacter sakazakii – which can cause fatal meningitis.
Although bacterium usually poses little threat, it can be particularly dangerous for premature babies and [...]