Archive for July, 2007

Moved to WordPress

As you will have noticed, I am trying out WordPress. There are still some glitches to be ironed out – such as missing images and old permalinks not working. Also, all comments imported from Blogware are now “anonymous.” In order to help me decide whether or not I should stick with WordPress, I would very [...]

Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue – Part II

It’s clear that anti-Semitism is back in vogue. This point has unfortunately been made abundantly clear in the blogosphere over the past week, thanks to some of the bloggers over at the Gawker Media blogs Gawker and Wonkette. If you are not familiar with these blogs, they typify what I refer to as trash blogging [...]

Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue – Part I

Today is Tisha Be’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. How sad? Well, here’s a sample of the tragedies that occurred on this day in history. 1312 BCE – When the Jews were in the desert, they accepted the slanderous report of the ten spies, resulting in the decree that they could not enter [...]

Mo’ Hammered

Meet the Egyptian version of the Hatfields and McCoys. Two families in the Upper Egyptian Qena province decided to settle a feud with blades, but no lives were lost in the cutting that followed. Instead a family in Mahrousa village in western Qena held hostage a member of its rival family, shaved his moustache, beard, [...]

Separated at Birth: Olmert-Abbas Edition

Mahmoud’s Little Friend

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may want Israel wiped off the map, but he apparently has some use for us. That little sucker his bodyguard is carrying is none other than a Zionist Death GunTM (Hat tip: Allison).

Accidents Will Happen

We were supposed to be travelling up north for a relaxing Sabbath, but after the car rear-ended us before the traffic circle barely 200 meters from our house, and my eldest complained that her back hurt her, it was clear it wasn’t going to happen. Throw in a wife who’s pregnant (thus necessitating 24-hour supervision [...]

When Ahmadi Met Nasrally

And he also found time to drop in on Bashar “Dorktator” Assad. It’s an evilfest! Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Hizbullah  Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah  in Damascus on Thursday evening, according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA. Ahmadinejad said during the meeting that “the Lebanese nation can thwart any plot through unity, solidarity and [...]

Oy Vey!

It’s a bird….it’s a plane… No, it’s just some middle-aged Jewish guy with way too much time on his hands (hat tip: Jewschool). Secret Identity Ivan Wilzig Recording artist & philanthropist Age: 51 Super Powers Flight, night vision, super-strength, enhanced senses. Uses his Star of David paddle to deflect any attack. As a direct descendant [...]

Living on a Prayer

Mijovi? Nope..it’s apparently his. When it comes to energy drinks, rock star Jon Bon Jovi thinks an East Brunswick man gives coffee a bad name. The Jersey rocker wants the owner of the Mijovi energy drink to change its name, arguing it is too similar to his famous moniker. But Marcos Carrington says his coffee-based [...]