Archive for December, 2006

Gratuitous Post on the French Being French

They could have put him in bulk. An overweight passenger has sued Air France after being told he was too fat and had to pay for a second seat to accommodate his bulk. Jean-Jacques Jauffret, a French scriptwriter, told Reuters on Wednesday he had felt humiliated by Air France staff who had measured his waist [...]

Message to Mormons

Leave us alone. We know how to get in to heaven. And it sure as hell isn’t your way. And for the record, no, I am not interested in the Book of Mormon. I saw the movie, and didn’t think much of it.

Same Ol’ Same Ol’

Introducing our latest weapon: Zionist Death Chems.TM Israel was accused on Wednesday by a Palestinian minister of using illegal chemical weapons in the Palestinian territories. “Analyses carried out in laboratories outside Palestine have shown that Israel has had recourse to banned chemical weapons and depleted uranium” in the territories, environment minister Yussef Abu Sofia said. [...]

Clowns2

  This is just begging for a caption.

Look What the Cat Dragged In

Fox News has an article on Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat. And after years of bad press, it seems like he is trying to reinvent himself. Cat Stevens is back. Well, his name now is Yusuf Islam, and we’ll call him that, but old habits are hard to break, and you know, [...]

A Whole New World

Sometimes, help comes from strange places (hat tip: Jewschool). British celebrity husband and wife Katie Price and Peter Andre will be raising money for Jewish children‚Äôs charity Norwood after they teamed up to produce a album of duets.   Norwood, based in Stanmore, north west London, was one of five charities chosen by the singing duo [...]

Herzliya Conference Fauxtography

Philippe Karsenty, yours truly, and Raanan Gissin.

Liars Beware

Lying just got that little bit more dangerous. Lie detectors are no longer the preserve of shadowy government agencies. Nor are they hard to get. The KishKish Lie Detector, for example, can be downloaded free as an “extra” on the popular internet phone service Skype. It is capable of monitoring, in real-time, the stress levels [...]

Herzliya Conference

I’m at the 7th Annual Herzliya Conference on the Balance of Israel‚Äôs National Security, entitled: Media as Theater of War, the Blogosphere, and the Global Battle for Civil Society. There are many interesting and distinguished speakers, and I will be joining them when I deliver a talk on The New Soldiers: Citizen Journalists. Besides this, [...]

A Sad Individual

The Jerusalem Post reports on recently retired UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s “sadness.” Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed great sadness on Friday that he couldn’t help resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict during his term of office. “It is with great personal sadness that I leave office with the (Israeli) occupation now in its 40th [...]