Archive for June, 2004

Our Friend, the US

Some good news from the US. The U.S. House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to “strongly endorse” President George W. Bush’s April 14 declaration, which effectively rejected key Palestinian demands for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 war borders and a right of return for Palestinian refugees. The resolution, passed 407-9 with three lawmakers voting [...]

Tech Goodies

And now for something different… Invisible cloak Wave messaging (click on wave messaging in the bottom right-hand corner)

Quote of the Day

“Lo Tirtzach” (You shall not Murder) – The Ten Commandments. Yes, I think it bears reminding after this latest outrage in Iraq, that the terrorists who think they are doing G-d’s will are in fact going against the very fundamental principles laid down by G-d. By the way, notice how the commandment is “You shall [...]

Quote of the Day

“Lo Tirtzach” (You shall not Murder) – The Ten Commandments. Yes, I think it bears reminding after this latest outrage in Iraq, that the terrorists who think they are doing G-d’s will are in fact going against the very fundamental principles laid down by G-d. By the way, notice how the commandment is “You shall [...]

A Terrorist By Any Other Name

Militants – The Australian, SMH, The Age, Herald Sun, AP, Sky News, Reuters Militant Islamic captors – BBC Militant group – USA Today Kidnappers – Washington Post Insurgents – New York Times Not surprisingly, the Arab media outlets used even more “sterile” language: Resistance group – Al Jazeera al Qaeda kidnappers – Al Bawaba It [...]

Quote of the Day

One Small Step Is the U.N. finally ready to get serious about anti-Semitism? (Editor’s note: Ms. Bayefsky delivered this speech at the U.N. at a conference on Confronting Anti-Semitism: Education for Tolerance and Understanding, sponsored by the United Nations Department of Information, this morning.) I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you at this first [...]

Clinton on Afatrat

In an interview to promote his autobiography, Bill Clinton has revealed one of his “moves” – only this time, it is designed to avoid sexual contact. Clinton also told an anecdote from the signing of the September 1993 Oslo Accords on the White House lawn. He described breaking the news to a reluctant Rabin that [...]

Cause and Effect

We already knew that Israel’s security fence has been bringing added security to Israel, and is actually appreciated by Israel’s Islamic Movement. Now, another of Israel’s defensive measures – demolishing the houses of terrorists and of their families- is being vindicated. IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Ya’alon has defended the destruction of terrorists’ [...]

Our Reasonable Neighbors

A Syrian man has been jailed for downloading material from a banned web site and distributing it to his friends. Syria has jailed a man who downloaded material from a banned website and e-mailed it to others. Abdel Rahman al-Shaghouri, 32, received a two-and-a-half year sentence for “publishing false news that saps the morale of [...]

Thin White Big Brown Duke

Yesterday morning, I woke up extra early (5:30) to take Duke for his morning walk/bathroom stop. What I didn’t realize was that the lead was broken. Halfway down the stairs, Duke broke free from the lead and ran down the stairs, with me chasing after him. He did his business, but then starting running away [...]