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Palestinian Flour Power

While the palestinians claim they do not have enough flour in Gaza, I am glad to see that not only do they have enough to subside on, but they even have extra for their recreational needs.
White flower (sic.), not explosives was packed in a plastic bottle and thrown towards Israeli soldiers by a 15-year-old Palestinian [...]

Aussie Dave on The Great Blogroll Controversy of 2008

Frum Satire’s comments about me were in jest (and we had a very nice chat at the conference), but given that I am now officially known as a blogroll miser, I think I should explain where I’m coming from.
There are three types of requests to be added to your blogroll. They can be summarized as [...]

Ha’aretz Report on the Bloggers Conference: Fair And Balanced

The guy who wrote the infamous Ha’aretz piece dissing the Jewish Bloggers Conference before it began has written his follow-up piece. And it is actually a fair report.
More than 200 Jewish bloggers, most of them immigrants from North America, attended the First International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerusalem this past Wednesday. Attendees seemed as much [...]

Interview With My Father: Part Eleven

A number of years ago, my father was interviewed for the Jewish Migrant Oral History Project. Thankfully, I have a copy of the interview, and I will be publishing excerpts from it in his memory.
Previous installments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Interviewer: What were you being told about Perth and why [...]

The Empire Strike Back

Microsoft are bringing in the big guns.
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star in a $US300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a person familiar with the effort said.
The centerpiece of that campaign, to debut next month, is a series of television advertisements in which Seinfeld, 54, best [...]