Archive for June 28th, 2005

Symbolic Picture of the Day

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, receives a lemon from American Carol Salomon, a representative of the U.S delegation for the annual conference of the Jewish Agency, in his office in Jerusalem Tuesday June 28, 2005.

Quote of the Day

“I am very proud of the way in which Australia has supported Israel, I am very proud of the voting record of Australia in the United Nations over the past nine-and-a-quarter years, and the attitude that we have taken will continue.” Australian Prime Minister John Howard, after accepting the Sydney Jewish Communal Appeal’s inaugural Award [...]

Shattering the Image

To beer or not to beer. That is the question. The image of Australia as a nation of beer drinkers is under attack, with new figures on Monday showing Australians are drinking less beer and more wine and spirits.   The shift is a result of an increase in the amount of wine available in [...]

Strength of Conviction

A court has convicted a former IDF soldier who killed an ISM terror-enabler, of manslaughter. A court convicted a former Israeli soldier of manslaughter Monday in the shooting death of a pro-Palestinian British activist, the first time a soldier has been found guilty of killing a foreign citizen during more than four years of Palestinian-Israeli [...]

Attack of the Nazi Sex Dolls

No, this post is not about some obscure horror film, but rather another plan of Hitler’s that has now come to light. The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler ordered, in 1941, a Danish doctor named Olen Hannussen, to develop the world’s first inflatable sex doll, the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera’ reported on Monday.    The [...]

Caption Contest

If any picture screams “Caption me!”, it is this one:     Winners announced Monday.