Archive for June 16th, 2004
Absolute Legend
Question: What is more impressive than a former US president jumping out of a plane for his 80th birthday?
Answer: A 101 year-old man jumping out of a plane for a “drunken dare.”
Frank Moody, from the eastern resort city of Cairns, earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by making a tandem [...]
And Why Do You Think This Is So?
Sometimes, you come across a story that fisks itself.
Islamic groups say anti-terrorism laws discriminate against Muslims and should be scrapped.
“It is clear that the anti-terrorism legislation based in this country . . . has (focused on) one section of the community only — Muslims,” says an open letter signed by 25 Australian Muslim organisations and [...]
Israeli Treatment of PLO Arabs
Here is another story that probably won’t make it past the Israeli media outlets (barring the left-wing Ha’aretz, of course, which even shows a predisposition towards referring to terrorists as “militants”).
Twice in one week, humanitarian gestures at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba have saved Palestinian children from Gaza who have no medical insurance.
A seven-year-old girl [...]
Looney Tunes
Thanks to blogger-on-hiatus Gil Shterzer for this amusing Israeli Looney Tunes parody.
Update: Yes, I am aware the link does not work now. I will try to find a new one. In the meantime, you will just have to trust me when I tell you that it was amusing.
Quote(s) of the Day
“Bill Clinton could always see a better day ahead and Americans knew he was working hard to bring that day closer. Over eight years it was clear that Bill Clinton loved the job of the presidency. He filled this house with energy and joy.”
– US President George Bush at the unveiling of the Clintons’ [...]
Merlin Says
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