Archive for September 5th, 2007

Petition Time

Last year, a French court found Philippe Karsenty, founder of French online media watchdog Media Ratings, (that’s him to the left of me in the picture) liable for “insulting” France 2 TV and reporter Charles Enderlin, after he wrote an article claiming the Mohammed Al Dura clip broadcast by France 2 was a fraud.
Which it [...]

Chinese New Year of the Math Prodigy

Child genius.
A 9-year-old math prodigy began university life Tuesday – and promptly declared his first lesson “easy”.
“I learnt it two years ago,” March Tian Boedihardjo said after attending the lecture on mathematical analysis at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Asked what he had learned, he said: “You would not understand that.”
The Hong Kong-born Indonesian-Chinese was admitted to [...]

Death of a Bad Idea

Let me guess. It seemed like a good idea at the time?
Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz decided Wednesday to cancel the plans to use controversial Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah in the fight against road accidents.
Earlier Wednesday, it was announced that the Road Safety Authority intends to use Salah, who was convicted of working [...]

Shalom, Batman

Introducing our latest weapon – Batman (hat tip: Harry).
Here he is being presented with the keys to the city his Israeli ID at a welcoming ceremony.

Robin has reportedly decided to stay in the US for the time being, apparently having been put off by idiotic comments by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Someone Who “Gets It”

Don’t worry…I’m not going to become one of those blogs that mostly posts YouTube videos, and not much else. But I just had to share this video with you.

John Cleese on Anti-Semitism

Sheer comedic genius.