Monthly Archives: September 2008

EU to ban sex in advertising?

Oh, this is rich. The nations that don’t blink an eye at sex and nudity in films are thinking about banning “sexist” commercials. MEPs want TV regulators in the EU to set guidelines which would see the end of anything … Continue reading

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Syria will never make peace with Israel

The so-called Syrian peace negotiations are a sham. Want proof? Just listen to the words of one of the man who says he’s interested in peace. And oh yeah—about that democracy thing? Not in Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad says … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim

Number 181, just over ten times chai. So who was the lucky ten chai?

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Note to Jeffrey Bell: Premarital sex predates the 1960s

Spare me from conservative analysis of feminism. Because when you let most conservatives yammer away on the topic, you get a great, heaping, stupid load of sexist bullshit purporting to be an analysis of feminism. Note to Weekly Standard: You’re … Continue reading

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Hizbullah: We’ll never make peace with Israel

Say, good to see ol’ Chipmunk Cheeks confirming what we’ve known all along: It’s not about Zionism. It’s about Jews. He’ll never make peace with Israel. In his speech Nasrallah stressed that even if Lebanon receives control of the Shebaa … Continue reading

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Of cats and condos

What a difference a day makes. Last night, caving: Gracie had precious few moments alone. Tig’s butt, Gracie’s nose… not a combination I recommend. He’s not really this mellow. He closes his eyes every time the camera flashes. If it … Continue reading

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The new home, day one report

My first night in the new home, I would have gotten a lot more sleep if, say, I had no cats. Tig and Gracie spent about ten or eleven hours huddled in the bathroom vanity, caving for protection. Tigger came … Continue reading

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Mostly moved in

I’m about 95% moved in. I left a few things at the old apartment, and, well, I didn’t unbox anythying other than my work computer. Tig and Gracie are currently hiding in the vanity in my bathroom. I expect they’ll … Continue reading

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Lifesaving “Olympics”

Medical professionals and paramedics from 18 countries will be competing in a lifesaving “Olympics” hosted in Israel. The first MDA Olympics, initiated by MDA director-general Eli Bin and medical division director Dr. Zvi Feigenberg, took place in 2006 around the … Continue reading

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Visual proof of the siege

Tony Blair’s sister in law and other “peace activists” sailed to Gaza to express solidarity with the Gazans who are under “siege.” Neither Israel nor Egypt will let Ms. Booth leave by land, so currently she’s been trying to stay … Continue reading

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The banality of terror

Without passing judgment the NYT reported on the Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children The dead man being shown such veneration is Imad Mugniyah, the shadowy Hezbollah commander. Until his death in a car bombing in Syria in … Continue reading

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Undercover Mosque – kill him, kill him: this is Islam.

A year-and-a-half after the critically-acclaimed film Undercover Mosque was first screened, Dispatches goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key British Muslim institutions. So what is the verdict? Here: A female reporter attends … Continue reading

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A modest Saudi proposal

Elder of Ziyon tells the story of Shaymaa Samir Qudeih: Shaymaa Samir Qudeih is a brilliant student attending school in Saudi Arabia. She has received top honors from her high school in Jeddah, and she ranked eighth in all of … Continue reading

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Heil, knuckleheads, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk

UHF television used to feature re-runs of shows like Hogan’s Heroes and the 3 Stooges. Hogan’s Heroes was a vehicle for mocking the Nazis. I found it surprising that a number of the actors in Hogan’s Heroes were Holocaust survivors. … Continue reading

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The karate kid meets iwo jima

There seem to be a higher concentration of news service photographers relative to the population in Palestinian areas than any place in the world. So there’s a lot of news. Among the most popular images are people waiting for their … Continue reading

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