Archive for October 7th, 2005

Basket Case

Former Perth Wildcats basketball player James Harvey – who played some ball in Israel as previously reported on this blog – has revealed the reason why he returned to Australia: a suicide bombing.

West Sydney Razorbacks star James Harvey has told the Sydney Morning Herald that a terrorist bomb in Israel helped him make the decision [...]

Quote of the Day

“God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have [...]

One Day at a Press Conference in Gaza

PA leader Mahmud Abbas begins to pass a kidney stone during his press conference.
 

 
Update: Actually, the real caption is this:

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas gestures during a press conference in Gaza City. Abbas said he would bombard Ariel Sharon with demands at a forthcoming Middle East summit as Israel seeks to bolster the Palestinian leader [...]

Revenge of the Google

On this week’s Israellycool podcast, I speak at length about the racist podcast Goyfire. In looking for the URL of the podcast, I inadvertently stumbled across this listing at podfeed.net.
 

 
Notice anything?
 
Someone at Google seems to be having fun at Goyfire’s expense. Either that, or their liberal use of the word “Jew” is backfiring on them.

Israellycool Podcast #23: Casting out the Hate

Israellycool Podcast #23 is now up on my podcast site.
 
On the show, I talk about the latest podcast controversy – how to deal with racist and otherwise offensive podcasts – and respond to some listener feedback.