Archive for September, 2005

Israellycool Podcast #22: Honest Reporting

Israellycool Podcast #22 is now up on my podcast site.
 
On the show, I speak with Joe Hyams, the managing director of Honest Reporting, about a variety of things, including Honest Reporting’s work, fighting media bias against Israel, goats, and gay beaches.

Picture of the Day

 
Possible captions:
 

Rebel bases loaded

“Who’s on first?” “Look’s like some Wookie”

“Let the Wookie win.”

“He made the home run in under 12 parsecs.”

Israellycool: The Blog More Muslim Singles Choose

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Still on the Subject of Artefacts…

From AFP:

A man bearing more than a passing resemblance to wrinkly rocker Mick Jagger was treated like a king by a New York nightspot, and spent some quality time with three new female friends, before bar owners realised they had been had.
 
The faux Mick story surfaced in The New York Post, with a photo that [...]

Discover the Middle East

It’s a time of archeological discoveries here in the Middle East. Firstly, some ancient cow statues have been discovered in Iran.

Archaeological excavations in Gohar Tepe, in Mazandaran province in Iran, led to the discovery of the remains of the statues of some cows which were most probably used in religious ceremonies.
 
The discovery of these sculptures [...]

Flipper-Flop

Some bozos from New Zealand apparently caught a dolphin and thought they would advertise it for sale on a NZ Auction site. To make matters worse, they named it after a famous Australian kangaroo.
 
I have attached the advertisement to this post – it doesn’t seem to be online anymore.
 
No word on whether the aspiring sellers [...]

Ohh Behave!

The results of yet another survey about blogs has indicated that in the UK at least, most people have no idea what a blog or podcast is.

Proponents of the latest Web trends were warned Tuesday that the rest of the world may not have a clue what they are talking about.

A survey of British taxi [...]

Majority of Journalists Use Blogs

The results of a survey conducted by PR and Marketing firm Euro RSCG Magnet and Columbia University has found that journalists are increasingly turning to blogs for their information.
The survey’s findings include the following:
More than 51% of journalists use Weblogs regularly, with 28% relying on them for day-to-day reporting (this is above the percentage of [...]

Weirdest Looking Stomach

Iggy Pop:
 

 
In fact, if you look closely enough, his stomach looks like it has a face, one which closely resembles Iggy’s.
 

Quote of the Day

Question: Who said this about the increased Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks on the western Negev since Friday?

“Who would tolerate such a thing? No one on Earth! Peace cannot be managed with weapons. Bombs cannot be linked to negotiations.”

Was it:
a) Bibi Netanyahu
b) Shimon Peres
c) Ariel Sharon
d) George Bush
 
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Answer: Shimon Peres.