Archive for January 24th, 2009

Playing the Goat

From the people who brought us email scams comes Magic Goat!
Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to [...]

The Day in Israel: Sat Jan 24th, 2009

Following the success of my liveblogging, I now plan to have daily posts of events here in Israel and the Middle East, with the option for live updates.
This kind of post will be in addition to regular posts on a variety of different topics.

Here’s are today’s main stories so far..

Syrian President “The Dorktator” Bashar Assad [...]

Shimon’s Song

I first reported that Shimon Peres had written a song to be performed by Andrea Bocelli in October.
Well, thanks to MOAD (Mum of Aussie Dave), I present to you Ray of Hope.

What’s the verdict? Should Shimon quit his day job? And if you answered yes, should he quit it to become a songwriter?

Richard Falk Lies Again

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Richard Falk, who has repeatedly compared Israeli actions in Gaza to Nazi Germany, has been saying that Hamas has repeatedly offered a truce extension to Israel that Israel spurned. His latest claim was made at a symposium at UCLA on “Human Rights and Gaza” (that curiously completely [...]