Monthly Archives: May 2007

NJ newspapers call an Islamist an Islamist

Good for you, Star-Ledger. And good for you for also using the J-word. Federal investigators last night arrested six Islamic radicals who were planning a heavily-armed attack against soldiers at Fort Dix as part of a jihad against America, according … Continue reading

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More on ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem

As a fitting sequel to the bloodcurdling description of savage acts by the Zionists doing their best to empty Jerusalem of its Arab inhabitants, here comes a less emotional report by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies: The growth rate … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 3 Comments

Heroes thread

Don’t post any spoilers for tonight’s episode (or later ones) in the comments, but have at it with guesses and discussion.

Posted in Television | 21 Comments

Nicolas Sarkozy’s Jewish heritage

No wonder the “youths” are rioting. Nicolas Sarkozy has Jewish roots. And understands the pull of Israel to most Jews. In an interview Nicolas Sarkozy gave in 2004, he expressed an extraordinary understanding of the plight of the Jewish people … Continue reading

Posted in Jews, World | 7 Comments

Israeli Double Standard Time

Buried deep at the end of this article on the latest Palestinian-on-Palestinian attacks in Gaza are these statistics: New statistics showed that during the first three months of the year 147 Gazans, including 10 children, were killed by fellow Palestinians, … Continue reading

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time | 10 Comments

Lebanese president: UN resolutions don’t count

The president of Lebanon has decided that UN resolutions don’t apply to Lebanon. After all, it’s not like UNSC 1701 specifically calls for the disarmament of “all armed groups in Lebanon.” Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said Hizbullah will not disarm … Continue reading

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon | 4 Comments

New casting for the next Hulk movie

There’s a new Bruce Banner in town, and now there’s a new Betty Ross. The new Banner is Ed Norton, whose name I can never hear without thinking of The Honeymooners. Sorry. I just can’t. And the new Betty is … Continue reading

Posted in Movies, The Hulk | 6 Comments

The U.S. “benchmarks” plan

I was going to write a post on the benchmarks proposal (my view, of course, is that it’s absurd because the benchmarks are there with no assurance of quid pro quo, thus giving the Palestinians yet another chance to prove … Continue reading

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Saturday catblogging

Regal. Classy. Definitely worthy of sitting on a throne.

Posted in Cats | 5 Comments

The Wayback machine

While researching the things that I wrote around the time of the Iraqi invasion, I came across a post from March of 2003 that linked to this disturbing news article from the same time: Assaults, vandalism and other anti-Jewish attacks … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism | 2 Comments

Spider-Man 3

Took the afternoon off to go see Spider-Man 3. No spoilers will be included with this post. I liked it, but there were some plot twists I didn’t care for, and totally didn’t expect. Didn’t much like the ending. On … Continue reading

Posted in Movies | 4 Comments

Well, this is cool

Apparently, I was linked by and published in the NY Daily News last week and didn’t know it. When I commuted to Montclair State via bus from Elizabeth in my freshman year, I had to take a bus to downtown … Continue reading

Posted in Life | 2 Comments

Muslim ERA watch

Ew! Girl cooties! Iran’s foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly. … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, Iran | 3 Comments

Gracie spring update: Action edition

I’m beginning to think that Gracie’s OBD is finally, finally under control. I’ve been reducing her prednisone gradually for months now, and last week spoke to the vet and reduced it to half a pill (2.5 mg), once a day. … Continue reading

Posted in Cats | 4 Comments

Another thing I don’t bother writing about anymore

Stupid editorials in the New York Times. Because Soccer Dad wrote it, so I don’t have to.

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