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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.