Archive for October 24th, 2008

Yesterday’s Victim

Here’s more on 86-year-old Avraham Ozeri, who’s murder yesterday at the hands of a palestinian terrorist is a source of pride for many palestinians and their supporters.
“They loved him everywhere; an unconditional love. He never did anything bad to anyone, he always wanted to help,” said the enraged son of Avraham Ozeri, who was killed [...]

Can Heroes Be Saved?

For those of you like me who are disappointed at the direction Heroes has taken, EW.com has some good advice for the makers of the show.
Or if you can’t bother reading the full article, here’s the summary.

Kill off/remove some of the heroes
Make the heroes smarter
Add some plausibility
Make it less predictable
Set an end date

Good advice, but [...]

Shimon Peres To Be Put to the Sword

So to speak.
Queen Elizabeth II is expected to bestow an unusual honor on President Shimon Peres in a few weeks, and name him a knight in her order.
Peres is to be awarded the title, regarded as the United Kingdom’s highest honor, for his contribution to world peace and the relationship between Israel and the UK.
Peres [...]

Haider’s Killer Revealed

It’s official: deceased Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider was a man’s man.
Stefan Petzner, the successor to Austrian right-wing populist leader Joerg Haider, has shocked the staunchly conservative country by revealing in a tearful interview that they shared a “special relationship”.
Mr Petzner, 27, who was confirmed on Wednesday as the leader of the Alliance for the [...]

Thumbs Up From Borat

Wow.
At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called “Hit a Jew Day.”
The incident happened last week at Parkway West Middle School in Chesterfield.
District officials said Thursday they believe that fewer than 10 children of the district’s 35 Jewish students were struck.
District [...]

Brain Fart of the Day

..comes from Shimon “Club Med Gaza” Peres, who thought it was a good idea to invite terror-supporter Yusuf Islam (the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens) to Israel to perform at an event marking the 10th anniversary of his Center for Peace.
The Center, which is currently in the midst of the last preparations for the [...]