Archive for October, 2005

Lessons in Avoiding an Issue

Silverstein refuses to address the points raised in this post, since I won’t spend 30 minutes of my time reading his blog. Convenient.   Despite not reading my post, he feels confident enough to suggest I have lost any moral authority based on this feedback from one of his commenters: On Dave’s site, he replies [...]

What You’ll Find at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Picture a German book fair. There are many books on display, including such timeless classics as The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, The International Jew, and Tale of the “Chosen People.”   Is it 1933?   1935?   1942?    Try 2005. And the sellers are none other than those peace-loving Iranians.   [...]

Muppet News

(Not) from the makers of the Tickle Me Elmo comes his successor: The Harass Me Elmo. Elmo, the red and cuddly Muppet from the Sesame Street television series, has learned a new lesson: ‘H’ is for handcuffs. A man dressed as the character was one of three impersonators arrested in Los Angeles last week for [...]

Response to Silverstein

This post has triggered a back and forth between myself and the blogger called Richard Silverstein. I am now posting my reply to his latest comment, since I think it important that you see the kinds of empty arguments raised by people like Silverstein, and my response. Dave: If conditional support for Israel is legitimate [...]

How Arafat Died – The Indisputable Truth

It’s official – Arafat was poisoned by the Zionists. At least that’s what the neo palestinian daily newspaer Al-Quds would have use believe. A report titled “Starting Point behind Arafat’s Death” published earlier on Palestine’s daily Al-Quds, explained the true reasons behind the death of the former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.   In “the Starting [...]

Bean There, Done That

Introducing our latest weapon: Zionist Hurt Beans.TM A previously unknown weapon is being used to combat protesters against the separation fence, according to a report last week by Palestinian, Israeli and foreign demonstrators at Bil’in, where demonstrations take place regularly.   According to the report, a protester, Haysam Hatib, was taken to the hospital in Ramallah [...]

Double Whammy

It’s been a tragic day for Nigeria.   Reason #1: A Nigerian airliner with 116 people on board including some senior officials crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos en route to the capital Abuja, the Government said.   The Nigerian Red Cross said yesterday the crash site had been located in Lissa, about 30 [...]

Mother and Martyr

Question: When is a toddler not a toddler?   Answer: When it is just a grenade cover. In a house where the suspects were hiding 10 Kg (about 22 pounds) of explosives were found. An extensive search of the house revealed that the wife of one of the suspects had hidden a hand-grenade under the [...]

If Ignorance is Bliss, This Guy is In Seventh Heaven

Some blogger by the name of Richard Silverstein has decided to talk trash about Pajamas Media, and a number of sites associated with the project. The blogworld is buzzing about a new development: a group of political bloggers is banding together to create Pajamas Media, an aggregated blog (think HuffingtonPost) featuring authors of many stripes, [...]

Good Moves at the Beeb

Bye-bye Guerin. Controversial BBC correspondent Orla Guerin is to leave her post as Middle East correspondent later this year, TJ can reveal.   An internal corporation email sent on Monday revealed that the 39-year-old, who has come under considerable fire for a perceived anti-Israel bias in her coverage, will leave Jerusalem in December to start [...]