Shimon Peres has received an honorary knighthood from the Queen despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. That makes the President of the Jewish state Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG). According to the Ha’aretz report titled Arise Sir Shimon: Peres receives honorary knighthood from Britain’s Queen, Peres [...]
The title of this post is taking from The Sun, which reports that Islam has a new, wacky recruit. Michael Jackson has become a Muslim — and changed his name to MIKAEEL. The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a pal’s mansion in Los Angeles, [...]
Nothing screams out open thread like a two-faced kitten born in my hometown of Perth.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh discusses important matters with senior Islamic Jihad leader Nafez Azzam in Gaza. Haniyeh: “That’s impressive. No matter for how long I stop shaving, I can never get it to grow longer than this.”
Being Australian and a fan of the true football (Aussie Rules Football, of course), I am not very familar with the NFL or its players. Sure, I have heard of some player called Frogger Jones (or is that Pacman?). Then there’s that player who abused some dogs. And OJ, of course. Beyond that, I am [...]
Israeli soldiers use white paint to cover graffiti after Jewish settlers scrawled bad words on the walls of a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on November 20, 2008. Jewish settlers angry at an Israeli court order for their eviction from a house in Hebron desecrated a mosque and tombs in the [...]
Sung to the tune of Janie’s Got a Gun Dum, dum, dum, granny what have you done? Dum, dum, dum it’s the sound of your gun. Dum, dum, dum, granny what have you done? Dum, dum, dum it’s the sound Granny’s got a gun Granny’s got a gun Her cause may come undone ’cause Fatah [...]
We know that Muslims respect Judaism as a religion and only hate Zionism, right? From The MEMRi Blog, quoting Akhbar Al-Arab, November 18, 2008: But I’m sure that waves of outraged Muslims who respect Judaism will be writing letters to the editor complaining about this bigotry, and pundits and politicians will appear on TV to [...]
Lebanese Hezbollah representative in Iran Hossein Safiadeen, and Hollywood actor Vincent D’Onofrio
The Germ is back, this time targeting new US First Lady Michelle Obama. Outspoken feminist Germaine Greer has lined up Michelle Obama as her latest target, criticising the “butcher’s apron” dress the next First Lady wore when her husband won the US presidential election. Writing her usual column for the Guardian, Greer slays the outfit [...]
