Archive for October, 2008
Bomb Disposal, Hamas-Style
From Ma’an:
A Hamas police officer was killed and several other Palestinians were wounded on Thursday when an explosive device detonated in a police station in Gaza City.
A spokesperson for the movement, Islam Shahwan, said the device had been discovered earlier in the day within the Hamas controlled territory and taken to a police station to [...]
Today’s Juvenile Humor Post
Radical Israeli Arab leader Sheik Raed Salah, pictured in front of his last bowel movement, explains to the media how he overcame his constipation.
Update: The real caption is:
Sheik Raed Salah, leader of a radical branch of Israel’s Islamic Movement speaks at a press conference against the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to resume the construction of [...]
Interview With My Father: Part Sixteen
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, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Interviewer: In relation to [...]
Livni Compares Mofaz to Poop
Via Ynetnews:
Livni to Mofaz: You are my number 2
Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni told Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz on Thursday that she considers him her “no. 2″ in the party, regardless of the technical issues related to securing him a spot on Kadima’s Knesset roster.
And you thought politics got ugly in the US.
Misplaced Eulogy
The Huffington Post eulogizes one of its writers, Carol Anne Burger, who took her own life:
The Huffington Post’s OffTheBus is deeply saddened to report that one of our writers, Carol Anne Burger, died on Friday, October 24.
The circumstances of her death remain unclear; police believe she may have taken her own life after learning that [...]
From the Mailbag
Freaky.
Someone has found about my secret ambition to set up a Muslim-Gothic/Gothic-Muslim dating site.
Alice (http://www.muslimfriends.com) wrote:
Dear webmaster,
This is Alice from Muslimfriends.com, I wonder whether you have interest in running your own Gothic dating site or work-at-home business. We would like to work with you setting it up.
You can pick the name for your own Muslim [...]
Free Gaza Isn’t Free for Their Passengers!
The Free Gaza freaks are so far in debt, they apparently charged their idiot passengers about $1000 for this latest trip!
Look at this graphic on their site (they apparently had a typo which I correct):
The FGMers have so far spent $740,000 and have raised $325,000 – but $300,000 came from “donations” and $25,000 from “passenger [...]
Bedfellows
Note: I am trying to get this message to the Israeli government, as an important way to counter the Free Gaza movement’s war against Israel. If any of you have contacts with the Israeli government, please pass this on.
And if you are a blogger, feel free to help publicize this.
Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner [...]
Breaking News: Olmert Gets Something Right
Contrary to the Free Gaza tools’ claims that Israel backed down from threats to deny them entry to Gaza only after we realized we could not operate outside of Israel’s territorial waters, the real reason has emerged.
And in another flying pig moment, it looks like soon-not-to-be Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a correct decision.
A [...]
