Archive for November 23rd, 2006

Deflecting Attention 101

It was only a matter of time that Israel would be accused of assassinating Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel.

The assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, who was a member of the March 14 movement, will lead the country into a new crisis, with serious repercussions for all Lebanese political groups.
 
The assassination took place while [...]

Animals in the Womb

Wow.

Using ultrasound, a battery of cameras and computer graphics, imaging experts have created unprecedented television pictures of animals still in the womb.
 
Fetal dolphins are, apparently, easy to get on camera, but for elephants the procedure is rather more convoluted and involves shoulder-length rubber gloves.
 
The pictures of live animal fetuses were created for broadcast at Christmas on [...]

If I Were a Reuters Photographer

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant boy holds a homemade toy rocket after a news conference in Gaza November 23, 2006. Israel’s security cabinet on Wednesday decided to press on with military raids and ‘targeted killings’ massacres in the Gaza Strip but had not yet ordered a large-scale assault in response to a wave of Palestinian [...]

Fighting Frogs

The French are getting testy.

French soldiers in Lebanon who feel threatened by aggressive Israeli overflights are permitted to shoot at IAF fighter jets, a high-ranking French military officer told The Jerusalem Post.
 
Wednesday, several days after meeting with an IDF general in Paris to discuss what he said was a “blatant violation of the cease-fire.”
 
Last weekend, [...]

Just Call Him Cosmo Gibson – Part Deux

Only a few days after his racist rant against some African Americans came to light – followed by a clumsy apology on Letterman – former Seinfeld actor Michael Richards is now being accused of being an anti-Semite.
According to TMZ:
Did Michael Richards attack the Jews? Two Los Angeles residents have come forward and said that’s exactly [...]