Archive for December 19th, 2004

About Time

Congratulations to George W. Bush and Power Line for being named by Time Magazine as Man of the Year and Blog of the Year, respectively. Both are worthy recipients.
 
And while you are visiting Time.com, be sure to check out 10 Things We Learned About Blogs.

Reasons to Hate The French #23498

Proof that France is complicit in terror:

Greece’s freed hijack hostages on Thursday portrayed their Albanian captors as bungling criminals just after money who were easily manipulated and armed with croissants, not dynamite.
And rumor has it that terrorist groups are developing a new weapon based on French cheese.
 
Those accursed French!

New Nokia Commercial

Do you want a phone that not only provides call and SMS capabilities, but also enables you to take snaps of your friends?
 

 
(Reuters)
 
The new Nokia 9300. The phone more Jihadists choose.

Howzat!

At last I managed to find cricket, Israel, and Australia, all in the one article.

This summer, the only game of the European Cricket Council championships that was jam-packed with spectators was held in Mechelen, between Norway and Israel. Neither of the teams is exactly a cricketing powerhouse, even in the ECC; so why the interest? [...]

New Poll

Time for a new poll.
 
Here are the final results for the previous poll:
 
Besides the US, Which of the Following Countries Can Israel Count on the Most?
 
Micronesia          96 (29%)Marshall Islands 35 (10%)Britain                 52 (15%)Germany             17 (5%)Italy                    10 (3%)Australia            119 (36%)
 
A resounding victory for Australia, although underdogs Micronesia put up a strong fight.
 
The new poll question is How [...]

Nuclear Rector

A while ago on this blog, I posted about Mordechai Vanunu’s nomination for rector of Glasgow University.
 
Now it seems as though he was actually elected.

Commons Leader Peter Hain today congratulated Glasgow University students on their “very wise choice” in electing Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu as rector.
 
Labour’s Ann McKechin (Glasgow Maryhill) said the 50-year-old, whose [...]

Sorry Stone

Apparently Hollywood writer and director Oliver Stone does apologies.

The Hollywood writer and director Oliver Stone has apologised for offending Turkey with his Oscar-winning film Midnight Express, which featured powerful images of appalling prison conditions and brutality that have haunted the country for decades.
While he’s at it, maybe he should apologize to everyone for insulting their [...]