Archive for August 8th, 2004

Equal Opportunity Employer

I have to hand it to the PLO Arabs. They seem to be less sexist than their Arab brethren. For a start, they ostensibly offer their girls and women many of the same opportunities afforded to the men.

Palestinian girls wear camouflage uniforms and carry toy guns as a poster of the late Hamas leader Abdel [...]

Jail, Sweet Jail

Some good news concerning the Israeli “Mossad agents” in New Zealand.
Two alleged Mossad agents, currently serving six-month jail sentences for attempting to fraudulently obtain New Zealand passports, are handling their predicament “incredibly well.”
A senior New Zealand source told The Jerusalem Post that the two men – Uri Kelman, 30, and Eli Cara, 50 – are [...]

In Jest

England have found a new official jester. And no, it is not Ken Livingstone.
Nigel Roder has beaten six rivals by public acclaim to become England’s first official jester for more than 350 years, succeeding Muckle John who lost his job when King Charles 1 was beheaded in 1649.
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Unlike court jesters of old, Roder will be [...]