Archive for July 14th, 2004

Afatrat in the News

Afatrat has been in the news quite a bit today. 1. Afatrat to PA municipality leaders: “Stop meeting with Israeli officials.” Yasser Arafat has instructed leaders of PA municipalities to stop meeting with Israeli officials, army officers or representatives of the IDFís Civil Administration to prevent any deals between the PA municipalities and Israel to [...]

Hate Mail

A fellow Aussie just sent me this email: Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:38:30 +1000 To: “Dave” israellycool@yahoo.com From: “Gerry .” diogenes999@austarnet.com.au Subject: I think you’re a dangerous religious fanatic and a racist, Dave. Read my blog: http://xxxxx.xxxx.com And when you grow your first brain, you’ll see we’re on the same side. Cheers, Gerry Message [...]

Stood Up by Babs

Internet Movie Database reports: Barbra Streisand has been forced to miss presidential hopeful John Kerry’s appointment as the Democratic candidate for the upcoming US elections – because she’s tied to shooting film sequel Meet The Fockers. Missing one to meet a few.

False Claims

The non-Jewish woman in France who claimed she was attacked by Muslim youths mistaking her for a Jew, has admitted to fabricating the incident. However, the interesting part of the story for me is this statement by a so-called anti-racism group: But anti-racism group Mrap criticised officials for being too quick to blame youths of [...]

Spreading the Word

A word or two about Aussie slang: The world remains fascinated by the way Australians speak. And the latest edition of National Geographic Traveler wants to make sure visitors expecting to hear English know there’s a different dialect Down Under. An article on Sydney and its surrounds warns potential travellers that they might have “thought [...]