Monthly Archives: March 2007

Israeli robots: 21st century grunts

Those wily Jews have done it again. They’ve invented a robot that will take the place of a soldier. Count on these robots saving Israeli—and probably American—lives once this thing goes operational. A new, smart Israeli military robot can fight … Continue reading

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Lair Simon hits one out of the park

Why I will never stop reading Laurence Simon. Spit-monitor warning. There’s a punchline.

Posted in Humor | 1 Comment

Egypt discriminates against Christians; world yawns

Egypt is not allowing 2,000 Coptic Christians to make their annual Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem due to trumped-up spying charges. Will the world rise up against this religious discrimination the way they do when Israel refuses to allow terrorists to … Continue reading

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, Religion | 6 Comments

Iranian general is spilling the beans

The Iranians have got to be sweating bullets today. The general that defected is a former commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and is chatting away to Western intelligence. Unfortunately, he wasn’t involved in the nuclear program. But he was one … Continue reading

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A winter wonderland video

This is why I don’t live in New England. It’s a video of what happens when you bring water to a boil and then toss it into -34F cold.

Posted in Miscellaneous | 2 Comments

WordPress 2.1.1 cracked; what version do you have?

If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 prior to March 2nd, you need to download the upgrade immediately. A cracker managed to mess with the code of the download file. If you’re lazy like me, and still have a version that is … Continue reading

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How to tell an anti-Semite from a Frenchman

It isn’t easy. You have to work pretty hard at it. Former French Prime Minister Raymon Barre has sparked an uproar within the Jewish community after accusing “the Jewish lobby” of making “a scapegoat” of Maurice Papon, a French senior … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism | 3 Comments

Undressing the king

Of course, it is not about a member of the Royal family, what, are you totally bonkers? It is about the one and the only Michael Moore, the king of a new cinema genre defined by NYT as “tweaked documentary”. … Continue reading

Posted in Media Bias, Politics | 1 Comment

Netanyahu calls for early elections

Bibi Netanyahu called for early elections. If he’s truly serious about it, we’ll see a no-confidence vote in the near future. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu called for early elections on Wednesday, claiming that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s government had no … Continue reading

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Run, Rudy, Run

Why Rudy Giuliani is the man to watch, and the man who will have my vote next year: “You must govern in America now from a sense of perspective,” Giuliani said. “The president of the United States needs a sense … Continue reading

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This week’s [late] Shire Network News

Actually, it’s my announcement that’s late, not SNN. This week, Tom Paine returns as host, taking over for Brian while Brian attends a very big small thing. Very big, and very small. Yes. That’s all I can say for now. … Continue reading

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About that BBC poll

When I see a poll that says anything anymore, the first thing I want to see are the questions and the actual resutls. That BBC poll on the world, in which they declared that the world thinks badly of Israel … Continue reading

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Hamas bans, destroys books

So, what do you think the Islamic Caliphate of Palestine would look like? I think it would look something like this: The Hamas-run Education Ministry has ordered an anthology of Palestinian folk tales pulled from school libraries and destroyed, reportedly … Continue reading

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The EU says it will wait on the unity govt.—for now

The AP reports that the EU is adopting a wait-and-see approach to the new PA unity government shell game. The European Union will maintain its wait-and-see policy toward a Palestinian unity government until Hamas and Fatah agree on a division … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, palestinian politics | 7 Comments

The Brits are blaming Iran in Iraq

So, do you think the American anti-war fringe is going to claim that the Brits are lying about Iranian involvement in Iraq, too? A missile which brought down an RAF Lynx helicopter and killed five British Service personnel was smuggled … Continue reading

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