Archive for April 1st, 2008

Mecca Bus

The Sun reports on a Muslim bus driver who told his passengers to get off.
Literally.
A Muslim bus driver told stunned passengers to get off so he could pray.
The white Islamic convert rolled out his prayer mat in the aisle and knelt on the floor facing Mecca.
Passengers watched in amazement as he held out his palms [...]

Resuming Normal Programming

In case you still didn’t get it, the theme change – replete with blog name change – was an April Fool’s prank. And once again, it was Harry who picked up on it.
Haven’t lost my touch.

Euphemistic Headline of the Day

..has to be this one from the New York Times:
In Gaza, Hamas’s Insults to Jews Complicate Peace
Gives new meaning to the phrase “dying from complications.”
Update: The article itself is decent in its reporting of Hamas incitement, but completely misses the mark when it talks about Fatah:
Such incitement against Israel and Jews was supposed to be [...]

As Reliable As Ever

Remember the palestinian terrorist who yesterday brought a knife to a gunfight and ending up marinating in soil and worms?
Well, this is how the palestinian Ma’an News Agency reported his death:
A Palestinian university student was killed by an Israeli settler at a hitchiking post on Route 60 near the Shilo Israeli settlement between Nablus and [...]

AFP Bias of the Day

AFP “reports:”
The World Health Organization lashed out at Israel on Tuesday for denying or delaying travel permits for critically ill Gaza Strip residents, saying the right to health appeared to be optional for Palestinians.Ambrogio Manenti, who heads the WHO’s West Bank and Gaza office, said case studies of patients who died while waiting for permits [...]

Milking the Mural

One mural, two foreign press photographers with an eye for propaganda.
The AP’s Mohammed Ballas decided to go for the “angry palestinian boy driven to violence” angle:

I am not sure if it was intentional or not, but the boy is kicking the weapon of the IDF soldier depicted in the mural, and not at any of [...]

New Theme

As you know, I have been tinkering around with the site’s theme for the last few weeks. After some unsuccessful attempts, I think I have found the theme for this site. And you’re now looking at it.
What I really like about it is the fact it is classy yet simple. The only downside is it [...]