Archive for September 11th, 2008

Open Thread: Scorpion That Stung My Child Edition

A few days ago, my middle child was stung by the scorpion above at the local swimming pool. Luckily, she was fine, suffering no ill effects at all (but still having to spend the night in hospital as a precaution). The scorpion was not so lucky, being killed by an employee at the pool.
Ironically, the [...]

Seven Years On

A few observations on this anniversary of 9/11:

Seven years on, and people still don’t get what this war is about. Heck, most people still don’t get that we are in a war at all.
Nice to see how Google has commemorated this day:

Al Jazeera (predictably) reports a poll which suggests that more than 50 per cent [...]

Rubbing Salt Water Into the Wound

Introducing our latest weapon: Zionist Inanimate Object Wounder.TM
It wounds.
It destroys.
It wounds and destroys.
An Israeli military boat hit, on Wednesday night, a Palestinian fishing boat near Gaza beach, the boat was wounded and the boat was destroyed.
Chief of fishermen syndicate, Nezar Ayesh said that the Israeli navy always attack Palestinian fishermen and prevent them to enter [...]

H2Oww

You have to love Summer. The heat…frolicking in the sun….water-related violence.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Wednesday he would allocate funds to repair water well in the Bethlehem area a day after a man was seriously injured following water-related violence in the city.
Palestinian Authority (PA) forces used teargas and bullets to disperse demonstrators from Aida [...]