Quote of the Day
“They will never catch me” – Al Aqsa Brigades terrorist Mohammed Shtawi, yesterday. We got him today.
Archive for February, 2006
Silenced
There will be no podcast this week, since I have lost my voice. Hopefully, podcasting will resume next week.
Feb 24, 2006 | 4 comments | View Post
Voice of Peace
One of the things I love about the blogosphere is that it exposes us to views to which we would not normally be exposed. On many occasions, these views can pleasantly surprise us. I had the pleasure of discovering this blog yesterday. The blogger, a 22-year-old Egyptian woman, reacted to an old post of mine, [...]
Feb 24, 2006 | 2 comments | View Post
First Class Whine
The Age reports: Prince Charles was miffed when made to fly business class to Hong Kong for the territory’s handover to Chinese control. In a journal about the 1997 trip, the Prince comments on seating arrangements on a British Airways 747. He says he found himself and his staff “on the top deck in [...]
Work Accident
To quote Glenn Reynolds…heh. (Hat tip: Lazer Brody)
Feb 23, 2006 | 2 comments | View Post
A Weak Bond
Actor Daniel Craig, the man who has replaced Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, has some very big shoes to fill. And it would seem that he has filled big shoes – those of the clown variety. The latest hitch on the set of “Casino Royale,” the new 007 flick, reportedly occurred when the star revealed [...]
Feb 23, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post
We Believe Them…Not
You know how Iranian President Mahmoud “Gorilla Boy” Ahmadinejad stated that Israel should be “wiped out from the map”? Well, not to fear, because the Iranian Foreign Minister says it was all one big misunderstanding. Iran’s foreign minister denied on Monday that Tehran wanted to see Israel “wiped off the map,” saying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [...]
Feb 22, 2006 | 4 comments | View Post
Deja Vu
Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jew from Paris, was recently kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered. Almost immediately, the French police ruled out anti-Semitism as the motive, despite a number of important facts: The killers tried to kidnap at least two other Jews After Ilan’s family said that they could not pay the demanded ransom (Euro 500,000), [...]
Feb 21, 2006 | 3 comments | View Post
Irving Meet Bubba
As has already been widely reported, Holocaust denier “historian” David Irving has been sentenced to three years prison for denying the Holocaust. The trial and verdict have provided a number of interesting talking points, not the least being the manner in which Irving summarily dispensed of his so-called “principles” to save his hide. Irving, 67, [...]
Feb 21, 2006 | 5 comments | View Post
Quoted in the Jerusalem Post
I have been quoted in this Jerusalem Post article on New Zealanders in Israel. “New Zealanders are best known as warm and friendly people while Australians are loud, arrogant and drunk,” quips Mark Jablonka of Rehovot. Given the chance to respond, an Australian immigrant who gave only his Internet moniker, “Aussie Dave,” said with [...]
