Author Archive for Brian of London
Besides blogging here, Brian of London hosts Shire Network News
Hey New York Times, Have You Applied For Foreign Lobbyist Status Yet?
New York Times and the rest of you on the lobbying committee to make Israel evil: pull the other one, it’s got bells on. Your readers are deserting you because your lies and deceptions to serve your discredited ideology are so transparent even your readers have figured it out now.
I Was Strangled By A Checkpoint But Not In The West Bank
Have you ever heard the phrase “A system of checkpoints that strangles economic and social life in the West Bank”?
History Lessons Can Be So Entertaining
Let’s imagine for a minute that I decided to cause a little mischief. Let’s say I started a rumor that Arabs in Jaffa were beating up little old Jewish women for kicks and that it would be a damn good idea if a group got together and went and beat up a few Arabs in [...]
A Question for Helen Thomas: Where Is MY Home?
Helen Thomas is of Lebanese Christian descent. She’s a senior White House correspondent for Hearst Newspapers. And she thinks that Jews should get the hell of Israel and go “home”. I don’t even know where to begin with this nonsense so I won’t. I wonder if she now occupies America?
I Can Come Out Of The Closet Now – I Have An iPad In Israel
Today the Ministry of Communications in Israel un-banned the iPad for personal use and import. This reverses an earlier arbitrary ban on the device that made almost no sense to those of us who work in the computer market in Israel. It did provide the world’s news media outlets with a great light hearted way [...]
Not Since Eve Has An Apple Caused So Much Trouble – iPad In Israel
A post by Brian of London. If only there was a serpent in the grass, this story would have everything needed for a biblical blockbuster. In the beginning Man created the mainframes and PCs Now the computers were formless and empty and hard to use and kept crashing a lot. And Jobs said, “Let there [...]
Can YOU Be Humiliated?
I read the following story in Haaretz this morning and it reminded me of a similar experience I had at the hands of El Al security in London a few years ago: Haifa District Court Wednesday ruled that El Al airlines must compensate two Arab Israelis some NIS 30,000, for humiliating them during security checks [...]
Live Streaming Video from Israeli Air Force Base
Update: You can read what the real journalists wrote all over the place. My observations. It’s a big scary machine. Parked next to an F15, the Heron UAV has a bigger wingspan and is longer. It’s a big piece of kit. This is not a remote controlled toy with a camera. And while the press [...]
A Permanent Memorial to Palestinian “Achievement” at the Olympics
I found myself attending a funeral today. One of my friends here in Israel was closely related to a famous personality from the world of basketball. Unfortunately my friend’s relative was found dead in his apartment on Monday morning and suicide is the most likely reason. While I was at the cemetery today I noticed [...]
Leave The Gun Take The Local Business Partner – by Brian of London
A few years ago, actually 10 or more now I come to count, I was involved in another business in Israel. It was all a bit high-tec, venture capitalist, and rather speculative. At the time, however, it felt like the next sure hit and we’d be making a trillion dollars in no time. Well that [...]
