Archive for July 1st, 2004
Facing the Music
(AP)
“And how do I stay looking so young? Well, it isn’t due to botox injections. See? No botox!”
(AP)
“S’cuse me! Humus gives me the burps sometimes.”
(AFP)
“So I’m riding this horse through Falluja…”
(AFP)
“Oy vey! (this is not going too well)”
(Reuters)
“This is all a theater; the real criminal is Bush…and I bet Bush can’t twirl a pen like [...]
PLC – Palestinian Legislative Corruption
Nothing new here.
The phone bill for the office of a Palestinian Authority minister recently reached $22,000 dollars, a prominent Palestinian human rights activist disclosed on Wednesday.
Khalil Abu Shamaleh, director-general of the Ad-Dameer Association for Human Rights, called on the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council to resign en masse as a first step towards implementing [...]
Have They No Shame?
5 PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS (Dec 2001)
Encounter with Ben Gurion Airport
Getting in and out the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv/Lydda can turn out to be anything between an almost entertaining absurd theatre and a most unpleasant experience. Below follows a small guide to the encounter with the Airport Security Service, ASS.
The Airport Security Service is an [...]
The Sweet Smell of Success
After a few unsuccessful attempts at blog glory (or “blory”, to coin a new term), Israellycool has finally won something in the blogosphere. My Olympic – PLO Arab Style post has been declared this week’s best post in the Carnival of the Vanities. This is made sweeter by the fact that traditionally, there is no [...]
