Archive for March 9th, 2006

Guaranteed to Turn Your Stomach

Warning: Do not read this next story while eating or drinking.

Yigal Amir and Larissa Trimbobler were caught trying to smuggle semen out of prison, in a pirate attempt to advance the artificial insemination process granted to them.
 
After receiving authorization to bring a child into the world through artificial insemination, prison staff found a bag containing [...]

Workout Wacko

Look who’s been working out.

Michael Jackson is getting fit again by doing 300 push-ups a day at his new home in Bahrain, his brother says.
 
Jermaine Jackson told CNN’s Larry King Live show that Michael was “doing wonderful”.
 
The superstar has been living a reclusive existence in Bahrain, where he is a guest of the king’s son, [...]

Denying the Denying

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has denied the Holocaust denying quotes attributed to him by the Iranian government owned daily Jomhouri Islami.

Helmut Kohl’s chief assistant told WorldNetDaily the former German chancellor denies an Iranian newspaper’s claim that he agreed with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assertion the Holocaust was a myth.
 
Kohl “rejects firmly the insinuated quotes,” [...]

Vendetta

Time has an article on V for Vendetta, a soon-to-be-released movie from the makers of the Matrix trilogy, and which contains a hero who is a terrorist.

Is it possible for a major Hollywood studio to make a $50 million movie in which the hero is a terrorist? A terrorist who appears wearing the dynamite [...]

Shimon Hearts Sharon (No, Not That One)

At the Tel Aviv Press Conference, Shimon Peres gazed longingly at Hollywood actress Sharon Stone, invited to Israel as a guest of the Peres Center for Picking Up Beautiful Hollywood Actresses Peace.

Sharon Stone: “I had a dream that I would arrive in this country.”
Shimon Peres: And I have a dream right now – ooooh behave, [...]

Same Ol’ Same Ol’

This article by the Jewish Socialists’ Group repeats the same tired complaints I grew accustomed to during the JIB Awards, including the implication that my political leanings (and that of the Jerusalem Post) somehow influenced the nominations process.
Then again, after seeing most of the blogs the article champions (including Silverstein’s Tikkun Olam, Schamess’ Semitism.net, and [...]