Archive for October, 2005

Football Fatwa

According to the Guardian, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan recently published a fatwa setting out new rules for football.

The legal opinions proclaimed by Islamic scholars, known as fatwas, have proliferated in the Muslim world since the 1980s. The growth in fatwas – some of them contradictory – has led to debate over who can legitimately [...]

Of Rats and Concerned Citizens

This morning, I mentioned the IDF’s plan involving the distribution of leaflets around Gaza with a telephone number for residents to call and report on Qassam launchers. Now it seems that there has been a hitch.

A concerned Israeli has thwarted the army’s latest anti-militant initiative by hacking its ‘rocket hotline’ set up so that Palestinians [...]

Fisking a Terror Appeaser

Some terror appeaser named Jane Stillwater thinks the neo palestinians need an Olympic soccer team.

“Palestine needs a soccer team so they can go to the Olympics and win recognition as a sovereign state,” I told my friend Cathy.
 
For the last 40 years, Palestinians have tried everything they could possibly think of to stop the Israelis [...]

Go Frappr Yourself

I have now added Frappr Maps to both this site (in the left sidebar), as well as my podcast site. Please add a shoutout so I can get an idea as to where you are all situated. You can even include your picture if you are game enough.

Closer to the Western Suburbs Than the West Bank

In an article on how the IDF has distributed leaflets around Gaza with a telephone number for residents to call and report on Qassam launchers, Ynet include a very curious photo of a man at a phone booth on the beach.
 

 
I say curious, because although it could be on topic, the presence of the Telstra [...]

Blinky Stinky Bill

I have always liked Bill Murray as an actor. Now I think I respect him as a person.

Comic legend Bill Murray broke Hollywood convention and refused to applaud Sean Penn when he beat him to the Best Actor statuette at last year’s Oscars – because he hates fake award ceremonies. .
 
Murray, who was nominated for [...]

Breathing a Sigh of Relief

You remember those words by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? You know, the whole “let’s wipe Israel off the map” thing? Well, much to my relief, the Iranian regime has assured us that they have no such plans.

Iran says it has no intention to attack Israel despite a call by its president to have it “wiped [...]

Separated at Birth

It seems that these days, the man who immortalized Mad Max is resembling another madman.
 

Analyze This

In an article entitled “Will Pajamas Media Wake Up Blogs?”, David Cohn of Wired News flatters one Richard Silverstein.  

Louder criticism surrounds which editors Pajamas Media is choosing, as some think the venture will be partial to blogs that reflect Pajamas’ political viewpoint. Richard Silverstein has analyzed some of the bigger names in Pajamas Media to show [...]

Tears of Joy

This from the Jerusalem Post print edition*:

Bomber’s Hometown celebates attack
 
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Kabatiya, south of Jenin, Wednesday night to celebrate the suicide bombing in Hadera, which was carried out by local resident Hassan Abu Zeid.
Chanting Allahu Akbar (God is great), some 3,000 people, including Fatah and Islamic Jihad gunmen, converged [...]