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Standing By

New.com.au reports on this distressing occurrence in China:

A young woman was raped by a man in a public toilet in north China as a crowd of some 40 bystanders stood by and watched, failing to help or call the police, state media reported Wednesday.
 
The incident took place on April 18 in Hengshui city in Hebei province [...]

Story of a Hack

If you are like me, and you hate hackers, this story is for you.

A chat channel spat ended when a wannabe hacker was duped into deleting his own hard drive.
 
The 26 year-old German claimed he was the baddest hacker in town and threatened to attack a moderator on #stopHipHop’s RC Channel because he thought he’d [...]

Separated at Birth

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Yoda
 

 
(Inspired by reader Colby Hansen)

Israel News Radio

Speaking of Podcasts, I implore you to go and check out Israel News Radio, which is the baby of Marty Roberts, someone with actual broadcasting experience. If you are a supporter of Israel and you want to hear refreshing honesty from someone who knows what he’s talking about, this is a must-hear.
 
(And I’m not just [...]

Harry Gets Around

Reading through this interesting YNet article on a documentary about Israel’s punk rock scene, I immediately thought “Hey, you know who will enjoy reading this? Harry.”
 
Then I realized that he wrote the bloody thing!
 
No wonder he hasn’t done his Podcast yet (not to mention that synopsis on the final episode of The Ambassador!!! I’m still [...]

The Lucas Empire Strikes Back

With the last Star Wars movie due for release in 3 weeks time, fans can now take solace in knowing that there are post-movie plans for the franchise.

GEORGE LUCAS, the billionaire creator of the Star Wars films, has announced plans for two spin-off television series set in a far-off galaxy long after the final movie [...]

Treading Carefully

Let’s face it. PLO Arab leader Mahmud Abbas is not living up to his side of the bargain. After all, promising terrorists jobs in the security forces does not constitute dismantling the terrorist infrastructure but rather reorganizing it.
 
But the Israeli government do not want to come down too hard on him, since this makes their [...]

The Reformer

PLO Arab leader Abbas explains his latest reforms.
 

“We need to widen our support base. Therefore, I have instituted a number of important changes.”

“As a first step, I hired a mafia boss as head of our police forces, designed to appeal to Italians, as well as Sopranos fans”

“Then I instructed that our police forces to begin [...]

Quote of the Day

“As a matter of fact, I was talking to my friend Laura, who sings on [my latest] record, and we’re both getting to the point where we want to start families. We’re convinced that if we have children, we’re going to do everything in our power to make them gay. Like maybe drinking a lot [...]

Caption Contest – Results

 
Winning entry: Anonymous

Chirac: Wait! Wait! Let me just wind him up. Peres: MMAASSTTEERR
2nd place: Harry

Chirac: It’s incredibly difficult to hold my composure while your finger is tickling my prostate.
Peres: That isn’t my finger
3rd place: Colby Hansen

Chirac: That’s quit a smell you have there Peres.
Peres: Silent but deadly my friend.
Thank you to everyone for your submissions, [...]