Archive for April 29th, 2007

Poll Position

Brain teaser for the “Israel is an Apartheid state” crowd: explain this.
A vast majority of Israeli Arabs would support a constitution that maintained Israel’s status as a Jewish and democratic state while guaranteeing equal rights for minorities, according to a poll whose results were published on Sunday.
Among the 507 people who participated in the poll, [...]

Animal Crackpots

Just when you thought PETA could not get more asinine…they get more asinine.
The animal activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has written a letter to Norm Goldstein, the editor of the AP stylebook, asking that the book be changed so that pronouns referring to animals always be “he,” “she,” and “who.” AP [...]

Unibrow-Beaten

In Iran, it seems like cutting off heads is much easier than cutting hair.
Iranian police have warned barbers against offering Western-style hair cuts or plucking the eyebrows of their male customers, Iranian media said Sunday.
The report by a reformist daily, later confirmed by an Iranian news agency, appeared to be another sign of authorities cracking [...]

Friends Again?

Things between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz never used to be so bad.
I guess it all started after Peretz’s infamous binocular gaffe…

..when Olmert went out of his way to prove he was the smarter one.

Peretz decided he had to take revenge, and he began by placing a foreign substance in Olmert’s [...]

Getting Jibby With It

Today’s the final day for voting in the first round of the 2007 Jewish and Israeli Blog (JIB) awards.
 
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I would like this blog to make it in to the final round of voting, just so it can enjoy some increased exposure. After that, I really don’t care, [...]