Iran have explained why Iranian world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili avoided facing his Israeli opponent. You see, it was all part of their plan for world peace (via MEMRI news ticker). THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SAID THAT JUDO OLYMPIAN ARASH MIR-ESMAILI REFUSED TO FACE HIS ISRAELI OPPONENT SO AS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE. AN IRANIAN GOVERNMENT [...]
One of the funniest features from my Mad magazine collection was The Shadow Knows. If I recall correctly, it was done by Sergio Aragones, and involved cartoons of people in different situations. In each picture, the people’s shadows were drawn to represent the people’s true colors or feelings. For instance, a man is drawn walking [...]
You can take the man out of Australia, but you can’t take Australia out of the man. That is my conclusion during the first Olympic Games that I have lived outside of my birthplace. During the past few days, my wife has had to put up with cries of ‘Go, Thorpedo, go!” and “You littl’ [...]
More apologies for the relative lack of blogging over the past week. As you know, the Gravett Empire moved to another host, which upset the blog equilibrium. Meanwhile, I have been investigating a move to my own domain and host, with new and improved blog software. Hopefully, my new and improved blog will be up [...]
Once again, the message of the Olympic Games, a symbol of goodwill for all of mankind, has become lost on an Arab competitor. Earlier Friday, Iran’s double world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili pulled out of the Olympics after drawing an Israeli in the first round. Miresmaeili, who carried Iran’s flag during Friday’s opening ceremony, finished [...]
Palestinian children Abdullah Samad and his sister Dalal sit in the backseat of their father’s car after receiving first aid at a hospital in Jerusalem following an explosion near the Kalandia Israeli army checkpoint.(AFP/Awad Awad) No mention of the perpetrators of this “explosion.” It could have been an accident, or perpetrated by an Israeli. But [...]
I received the following email yesterday. Why? I don’t exactly know. But look at its news integration feature: New Islamic Portal www.YaNabi.com Portal Features: 1) 24 hours news integration with: – BBC News – AlJazeera.net – IslamOnline.net – Islamicity.com – Arabnews.com 2) Web based Quraan Research Tool (Six Tafseers) 3) Prayer Time calculator for 6 [...]
More problems with this website yesterday, but I seem to be back online now. The hunt for my own host is in progress (that statement makes me sound like a parasite – ed), as I compare prices and services. In the meantime, please feel free to tip me via the Paypal button on the right, [...]
Apologies for the dearth of posts over the past 24 hours, as well as the fact that this page was not being displayed for a long time. Blogfather Gary has been changing hosts, which will hopefully eliminate the problems that we in the Gravett Empire has been encountering. Thanks once again to Gary for working [...]
AFP continue their campaign to demonize Ariel Sharon, by publishing this photo of his eyes. I am not quite sure what the message of this photo is. If it is to portray him as a ruthless person, then it fails. Sharon looks more tired than anything else. But two can play at this game. I [...]
