Archive for January 27th, 2006

Hamas Riddle

Question: What do you get when you cross senior Hamas leader/grizzly bear lookalike Ismail Haniyeh with wart-nosed senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar? Answer: The Bear Witch Project.

Head of Nail Hit

Two cartoons, one truth:   Cox & Forkum   Dry Bones

What Could Have Been

Reuters reports on ill-fated Israeli plans to bump off bin Laden 10 years ago: Israel’s Mossad spy service and a foreign counterpart enlisted a confidante of Osama bin Laden to kill the Al-Qaeda leader in 1996 but the plan fell apart over a political dispute, a newspaper said on Thursday.   Mossad picked up Bin Laden’s trail [...]

Still Laughing

It’s a shame no-one nominated this for Best Series in the JIB Awards.

The Shadow Knows

One of the funniest features from my Mad magazine collection was The Shadow Knows. If I recall correctly, it was done by Sergio Aragones, and involved cartoons of people in different situations. In each picture, the people’s shadows were drawn to represent the people’s true colors or feelings. For instance, a man is drawn walking [...]

JIB Awards 2005: Hear Me Roar Well

For the second year in a row, I find myself having to write a JIB-related post that I wish was not necessary.   You see, it seems that there are plenty of people out there who take the competition aspect too far. There are blog readers who leave snarky comments at blogs who have been [...]

Israellycool Podcast #35: The Hamasholes

Israellycool Podcast #35 is now up on my podcast site.   On this week’s show, my wife Erika and I talk about the neo palestinian election results, an Iranian visitor in Israel, and listener feedback.   And if you are an Israellycool Podcast listener, please stick a pin in my Podcast Frappr map.