Separated at Birth
Member of Israeli governmental inquiry commission, Yedidya Ya’ari, and Hollywood actor George Clooney. (hat tip: Isaac)
Archive for August, 2006
Quote of the Day
“If you’re not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin” – U.S. Republican Katherine Harris And if you think that’s moronic, consider her response to the inevitable criticism of this statement. Harris’ campaign released a statement Saturday saying she had been “speaking to a Christian audience, addressing a common misperception [...]
Aug 29, 2006 | 10 comments | View Post
The Hamas Official Who Told the Truth
..at least on this one occasion (hat tip: Tim). In a rare case of self-criticism, a senior official in the Hamas-led government said the Palestinians have bungled the aftermath of Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and called on residents to stop blaming Israel for all their woes. Ghazi Hamad, spokesman for the Hamas-led [...]
Wiki Me – Update
No-one seems to have stepped forward to help out with the Wikipedia entry, except for blogger X from Bahrain: Wouldn’t it be kind of awesome to post a Wiki article on a pro-Israel site and actually praise it, despite my pro-Palestinian background? That way, it will be kind of impossible for the article to be labeled [...]
Quote of the Day
“Alec Baldwin has a new show on NBC, James Woods has a new show on CBS and Mel Gibson has a new show on Al-Jazeera.” – Emmys host Conan O’Brien during the opening monologue (hat tip: Queball)
Aug 28, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post
Torturing Saddam
Now this is comedy. Toppled dictator Saddam Hussein is being tormented in jail – by being forced to watch himself in South Park. The evil tyrant is portrayed in the movie version of the cult cartoon as the Devil’s gay lover. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut was banned in Iraq on its launch [...]
Aug 28, 2006 | 2 comments | View Post
White (Russian) Lies
The Jerusalem Post reports on Russia’s denial of Hizbullah being in possession of their weapons: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday that Israel had provided no proof that Hizbullah used advanced Russian-produced anti-tank missiles during the recent war. An Israeli delegation that was in Moscow two weeks ago complained that Hizbullah had been in [...]
Aug 27, 2006 | 4 comments | View Post
Comment of the Day
Charles Johnson on this Reuters picture of a French UN vehicle driving in southern Lebanon: Someone please tell me they aren’t really flying a white flag.
Aug 27, 2006 | 2 comments | View Post
Wiki Me
My friends Carol and Charley over at the Israelisms podcast have had their attempts to be listed on Wikipedia contested, with the result being that their entry was deleted. Charley believes the move may have been motivated by anti-Israel sentiment, but the jury is still out. Which got me thinking how cool it would [...]
Aug 27, 2006 | 3 comments | View Post
Today’s ‘Must-Read’
Yet another must-read from the Land Down Under, this time from Australian Senator Mitch Fifield (hat tip: Solomon). I was interested to see an advertisement in the 16 August edition of the Melbourne Weekly Bayside. The advertisement attacked a number of parliamentarians. The advertisement is headed ‘Israeli Terror’ and it reads: That advertisement was placed [...]
Aug 27, 2006 | 8 comments | View Post
