The Many Faces of Ehud Olmert Part 3
Here he is with another variation of his idiot look. Previously: Olmert’s Idiot Look Olmert’s Idiot Look
Archive for March, 2008
Dirty Harry Terminated
Forget Freddy vs Jason and Alien vs Predator. It’s Terminator vs Dirty Harry. After Clint Eastwood learned last week that his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer wanted him on the state parks commission, he spoke with Bobby Shriver, the governor’s brother-in-law, who had also been dropped. Somewhat incredulous, they joked about it, each saying the [...]
Yet More Palestinian Official Financial Shadiness
Hot on the heels of this morning’s post about the suspected financial impropriety of palestinian official Ahmed Qurei comes news that another Arafat-era palestinian official will be investigated for shady business dealings. The Palestinian Authority will probe former Yasser Arafat economic adviser Mohammed Rashid’s connection to a multi-million dollar tourism project in a ‘neighboring state’, [...]
Mar 26, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
International Federation of Journalists Admits to Working For “Palestinian Cause”
In a press release condemning Hamas for restricting press freedom, the International Federation of Journalists states: “This intimidation and political bullying of journalists does great damage to the Palestinian cause,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “It undermines efforts of journalists throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip to work together to build a unified [...]
Mar 26, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Qurei-ous As To Where the Money Is
Palestinian official Ahmed “For the Straight Guy” Qurei is being accused of diverting to a personal bank account funds earmarked for his people. Head of the Palestinian negotiating team Ahmed Qurei has denied reports published by a number of news websites that three million US dollars has been diverted to a joint bank account he [...]
Mar 26, 2008 | 3 comments | View Post
Separated at Birth: Pakistan Leaders Edition
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former US Vice President Al Gore Update: And still on the subject of Pakistani leaders and Separated at Birth, it looks like pre-shaggy Saddam Hussein has been elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Mar 26, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Hypocritic Oafs
This week, “human rights” group Physicians for Human Rights accused Israel of causing the deaths of sick palestinians by manipulating “security reasons” to reject their requests to cross the border for treatment in Israel or elsewhere. Five Palestinians, including a one-year-old baby, have died in Gaza over the past two months after Israel rejected on [...]
Mar 25, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Weeds
In 1901, Dwight L. Elmendorf set out to visit Palestine and document it with photographs (his “only weapon,” as he put it.) He published the pictures in a 1912 book called “A Camera Crusade Through the Holy Land.” The photographs are quite good, but two are of particular interest. The first is of the “Mosque [...]
The Silverstein Treatment
Another blogger has received the “Richard Silverstein” treatment and has blogged about it here. The first time I visited his site, he tried to blame Israel for a 20 year-old Palestinian suicide attacker named Mohammed Salem Al-Harbawi, who killed himself and an Israeli woman early last month. Comments between myself and several other people were [...]
Mar 25, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
A Middle East Metaphor in Brooklyn
This story may be from last week, but I’ll post it anyway because: 1. It shows while US Muslims claim they are being victimized and are the victims of hate crimes, members of their community are victimizing and perpetrating hate crimes against others. 2. It is a great metaphor for what is happening in the [...]
Mar 25, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
