Archive for August 31st, 2006

Responsible

Ha’aretz reports on the latest from Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Thursday that a prisoner swap with Israel was being considered by his government but that “nothing has materialized.”
Siniora said Lebanon was “continuing the contacts” with Israel about a possible swap in which two Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted by Hezbollah [...]

More Photo Doctoring?

Sometimes a dog with its leg on the couch is really only a dog with its leg on the couch.
Or so they would have us believe.

Now This is Great Journalism

Tim Blair rips Martin Chulov of The Australian (who covered the Red Cross ambulance story and rejected claims that it was a hoax) a new one. Bigger than the hole in the ambulance’s roof, in fact.

Hammering Gibson

John Kesselman, director of the sequel to The Hebrew Hammer, has an interesting idea as to how Mel Gibson can atone for his anti-Semitic ways.

The sequel, called “The Hebrew Hammer 2: Hammer vs. Hitler,” depicts a very drunk Mel Gibson spilling out of Moonshadows, two blondes on each arm and a bottle of Irish whiskey in hand. Gibson [...]

Quote of the Day

“You wanna know something? I actually like Bush…In some ways, I’m the George W Bush of hip hop – nobody likes me, but I’m still gonna run it for the next four years.”
- Rapper 50 Cent.
 
This is not the first time that 50 Cent has heaped praise on Dubya. Late last year, he was [...]

Israellycool Podcast #49: The Return

The latest Israellycool Podcast
(#49) is now up on my podcast
site.

On this week’s show, I
make my triumphant return to podcasting after a 6-week hiatus by talking about our trip to California, round 1 of the Lebanon war, and the Wikipedia experiment.
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One Day in Damascus

US civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson meets Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal…

Mashaal: “I wouldn’t be picking my nose if I were you. Don’t you know that is the reason behind Mahmoud’s ‘condition’?”