RSS

RSSArchive for November, 2005

Whacko Whacked Jacko

Question: What’s white and found in Michael Jackson’s underpants?
 
Answer: Not what you think. Now get your minds out of the gutter.

Traces of cocaine were found on Michael Jackson’s underwear during a police raid, it was revealed yesterday.
 
The discovery emerged as the troubled singer faced shock new claims that he is abusing and trafficking drugs.

Ready Aim Fired

AP reports:
 
Next ‘Apprentice’ to Be Shot in Calif.
 
And that’s what happens to the winner. Wait until you hear what Donald does to the losers.

*Sigh*Net

I like Ynet, I really do (plagiarism aside). But guys, you have to decide whether you want to be a serious news source, or a laughing stock.
I’m thinking laughing stock.

Seriously, you are starting to make The Sun look like The Wall Street Journal.

Most Expensive Batmitzvah. Ever.

Do you remember the Riddinger family? They recently spent $500,000 (!) on the bat mitzvah of their daughter Amber, money that bought them, amongst other things, musical performances by the likes of Ja Rule, Ashanti, Marques Houston and Omarion.
 
Well, believe it or not, but it sucks to be them. Besides their obviously misplaced priorities and [...]

Hell Now

I received the following heartfelt email from a reader:

Dear David,
 
My name is Yossi Mendellevich. I lost my youngest son – Yuval, 13.5 www.yuvali.org – in a suicide attack made by a serial Palestinian murderer at March 5th, 2003. Yuval was in a bus no. 37 at Haifa, on his way from school back to home. [...]

Further Proof of Jacko’s Anti-Semitism

What further proof do you need of Michael Jackson’s supposed anti-semitism than this picture of him voting in the Fatah party primaries.
 

Ha’aretz on Pajamas Media

Israellycool is mentioned, and I am quoted, in this Ha’aretz article on Pajamas Media.
 
The article is in Hebrew, and I am not sure if it will be translated into English. Given my time constraints, will any of my Israeli readers volunteer to translate it into English for the non-Hebrew speakers amongst you?

Caption Contest

This week’s photo, courtesy of Reuters:
 

 
Winner announced Thursday.

Quote of the Day

“A loser, he always was a loser from the beginning, never could win anything and now looks as if he is going to be the longest-serving prime minister in Australia. He is a truly remarkable man, there are world leaders who have got a lot to learn from Mr Howard.”
- author and former British politician [...]

Israeli News Briefs

In election-related news:
 

Labor’s Dalia Itzik is the latest to defect to Ariel Sharon’s Kadima party. Itzik’s move increases the likelihood of Shimon Peres joining the party, since Itzik and Peres are “like this” (imagine me crossing my fingers).

Speaking of Peres, a senior source close to Labor Party leader Amir Peretz thinks that Peres is responsible [...]