Tag: "United States"

Baby Got Back…and a Prison Sentence

Baby Got Back…and a Prison Sentence

Here’s the story of a sour woman who killed her boyfriend by sitting on him. Consider it a lemon squash. A woman weighing 136kg has pleaded guilty to killing her much smaller boyfriend – by sitting on him. Police in Cleveland said Mia Landingham and Mikal Middleston-Bey, who have three children together, got into an [...]

The Day In Israel: Friday Dec 25th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Friday Dec 25th, 2009

According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel and the US Consulate are embroiled in a dispute. Which tends to happen when you try to run over a Defense Ministry security guard with your diplomatic car. A dispute is rumbling between Israel and the US Consulate in Jerusalem after a US diplomatic car allegedly tried running over [...]

Chanukah Hate Hijinx

Chanukah is the Jewish festival of lights, jelly donuts…and apparently anti-Semitic incidents. Such as this: Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova’s capital, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said. The 1.5 meter(5-foot)-tall ceremonial candelabrum was retrieved, reinstalled and is now under police [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 11th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 11th, 2009

During yesterday’s session of the UN Security Council, the US accused Iran of violating a UN arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Hizbullah via Syria in a ship seized by Israel. Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari responded by accusing Israel of committing “an act of piracy on the high seas,” and dismissed the charges [...]

The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 8th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 8th, 2009

The Jerusalem Post has reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is considering dissolving the PA and declaring the failure of the peace process with Israel, in order to see if the US and other parties will exert enough pressure on Israel to stop settlement construction and recognize the two-state solution. Which has prompted Israeli President [...]

Fort Hood Suspect a “Palestinian”

Fort Hood Suspect a “Palestinian”

The US military psychiatrist suspected of going on the shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in a US army base in Texas, is of palestinian origin. A military official told the AP that Hasan’s family has Palestinian roots. ABC News reported on Friday that Hasan’s grandfather moved to the United States [...]

The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 6th, 2009

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, was convicted of assaulting a police officer during a 2007 protest in Jerusalem. He is to be sentenced on December 24th. Which means Salah might just be spotted with this expression on his face again, albeit for very different reasons than before. Updates (Israel time; [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 4th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 4th, 2009

The US House of Representatives yesterday condemned the Goldstone Report as “biased and unworthy of further consideration”, passing (344-36) a a nonbinding resolution urging President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the report. Palestinian seething to ensue. Meanwhile, here is a response to Goldstone from one of the co-sponsors [...]

The Day In Israel: Sun Oct 25th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Sun Oct 25th, 2009

The US Congress is expected to vote in favor on a bipartisan bill calling on US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to categorically negate the UN’s Goldstone Report. Meanwhile, here in Israel, the cabinet had a heated discussion on whether Israel will set up a commission of inquiry on the Goldstone [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 14th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 14th, 2009

The palestinians have succeeded in gathering enough support to call a special UNHRC meeting to reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week. And by alleged war crimes, I am referring to alleged war crimes by Israel. No-one is interested in discussing Hamas’ actions. UN officials say 18 of the council’s [...]