Archive for December, 2006

InCorriegible

VOA has an infuriating article containing an interview with Cindy and Craig Corrie, in which they talk about their daughter Rachel.

A documentary play that’s met with both praise and controversy is heading to Seattle, Washington, following a two-month run in New York City and original productions in London. My Name is Rachel Corrie tells the [...]

The Detourist

Talk about costly spelling errors.

A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian metropolis Sydney landed 13,000 kilometres away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking Web site.
 
Dressed for the Australian summer in t-shirt and shorts, Tobi Gutt left Germany on Saturday for a four-week holiday.
 
Instead of [...]

Bye Bye to Bad Rubbish

See below for updates
Looks like Saddam was well hung.
Yes, I do realize that this is already old noose news, but in my defence, it was the Jewish Sabbath, and I had no idea until a few minutes ago that the evil one had met his grisly end.
So given that I cannot really add too much [...]

Israeli News Briefs

Israel has agreed to arm Fatah to the teeth, while Fatah continues to lie through their teeth. I’m inclined to believe the Popular Resistance Committees on this one.
A tale of two wages: The Israeli minimum wage is to be raised by $1000 within a year. The palestinian minimum wage is to be raised by thousands [...]

Animals Gone Wild

Beware the:
 

Farting turtle

A flatulent turtle set off an aquarium’s fire alarm after being fed a Christmas treat of Brussels sprouts.
 
It broke wind and the bubble it created was so strong, it set off an emergency sensor inside its tank at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, Dorset, yesterday.
 
It indicated the water was at a dangerously [...]

Israeli News Briefs

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has stated that the PA is ready for ‘backdoor’ talks. Arafat would be proud.
The IDF are now permitted to strike Kassam rocket launchers. The IDF will reportedly be permitted “to strike prior to, during or after the rockets are launched, within certain limitations regarding intelligence, the cells‚Äô proximity to Palestinian population [...]

If I Were a Reuters Photographer

A member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security force plays with the snow in Abbas’ headquarters throws rocks at IDF tanks in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 27, 2006.

Reasons to Invest in Israel

I am always truly amazed and proud about Israel’s technological achievements. They are fantastic if you perceive Israel as just a typical country in the world; they are simply incredible when you stop and think about the obstacles we are facing.
 
With that in mind, check out this interesting video from the Invest in Israel Investment [...]

The Last Straw?

With Israel giving and giving, it is great to see the palestinians getting into the post Xmas spirit with some mistletoe missile.
The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the Kassam attack on Sderot that wounded two ninth-grade boys, one critically, on Tuesday evening. The rocket was the seventh to have been fired at Sderot since Tuesday [...]

Ahead of the News Cycle

According to the Jerusalem Post, the Iranian Foreign Minister is in Israel.
 

 
Time to fix that auto-picture-generator-thingamebob, guys.
 
Previous instances of Jerusalem Post auto-picture-generator-thingamebob troubles here and here.