Archive for July 7th, 2004

Quote of the Day

“If the American administration changes in November, it will be catastrophic … because those Democrats do not understand a thing about foreign policy, and they lack the determination to make decisions the way (President George W.) Bush made them in Iraq and elsewhere…Our only hope is that this (Bush) administration will continue for the next [...]

F’in Feyenoord Fans

Maariv reports on the alarming anti-Semitism displayed by some Dutch soccer fans. As Dutch soccer teams begin preparing for the upcoming season, the heated battle between the top two teams in the country has escalated into the publishing of anti-Semitic threats. Fans of the Feyenoord Rotterdam club have published anti-Semitic slurs against Ajax Amsterdam’s Jewish [...]

The Stogienator

AP reports on how the Governator’s cigars are becoming very valuable in government circles. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s personal label cigars have become a coveted currency at the state Capitol. California political insiders who’ve received a stogie straight from Schwarzenegger or lifted handfuls from his open humidor save the cigars as keepsakes or pass them [...]

Honors

The New York Post’s blunder has made it the subject of an Oddly Enough story. I am sure they would rather have not been given this “honor.” Someone who might feel honored, though, is LGF’s Charles Johnson, who now has his own Wikipedia entry (hat tip: Kesher Talk).

Malignant Marsupial

People are always asking me why I left Australia to come to Israel. The answer is simple: Killer kangaroos. It is simply much safer here in Israel. Update: And vegemite is now no longer kosher, so I know I made the right decision.

Fired

The Jerusalem Post reports: Egypt has asked Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to dismiss 70 senior officials involved in various corruption cases, a PA official said on Tuesday. I would have thought that rather than asking Afatrat to fire his corrupt underlings, a more effective strategy would entail asking him to face a firing squad.