Author Archives: Laurence Simon

About Laurence Simon

I'm a thirty-something dataschmuck in Houston, TX. I spend my free time grilling, baking, playing with cats, and trying to invent the Tequila Sunset.

What’s the Shirley Temple equivalent of a Molotov Cocktail?

The Palestinian Authority hasn’t been paying its gas bills. So… Dor Energy, the Israeli company that provides fuel to the Palestinian areas, is cutting off supplies due to growing debts, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, warning the move would deepen a … Continue reading

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Don’t you have to know what a human is before joining this thing?

Right on the heels of Meryl’s post reminding you that homosexuals have no rights whatsoever in many Arab/Islamic countries (including the right to live), I’m sure it will warm the cockles of your heart to know that one of those … Continue reading

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Something must be wrong. They didn’t blame the Mossad.

The Palestinian “Parliament” Building in Ramallah had a fire today… Hamas hinted Fatah militants were responsible for the fire that broke out Monday afternoon in the Palestinian parliament building in Ramallah. The allegations came against the backdrop of violent Hamas-Fatah … Continue reading

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Just a high-tech method of delivering the same old hidden anti-Semitic message?

At face value, the story of Ben and Izzy seems like a wonderful way to promote understanding between East and West, right? A Jordanian media firm hopes its new TV cartoon series can achieve what politicians have failed to do … Continue reading

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Thwarting the will of the people with the will of the people

Mahmoud Abbas, rendered completely lame by the electoral hijacking of the Palestinian Authority by Hamas, comes up with an all-new scheme to feign relevance: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published on Thursday that he intended to ask … Continue reading

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Palestinian expansion draft

Apparently, ten thousand armed groups of bloodthirsty maniacs wasn’t enough for the Palestinians, so Fateh is spinning off yet another group to counter the latest spin-off group from Hamas… Gunmen from Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement on Wednesday … Continue reading

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Geography poll

According to a recent poll of Americans: While Israeli-Palestinian strife has been in the news for the entire lives of the respondents, 75 percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ismail Haniyeh, … Continue reading

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Mahmoud Nine-Fingers heads to The Dustbin

Time Magaine has posted it’s “100 People Who Shape Our World” list. Take this all with a huge grain of salt. Remember that they considered the ABC “Commander In Chief” and Geena David to be some kind of sign that … Continue reading

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AP’s sloppy slugging

AP’s recent story titled Bahrain Sees Ties With Iran Eventually has nothing to do with relations with Iran. It’s about Bahrain’s relations with Israel and the Bahraini Ambassador’s concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions: “We feel very unsafe. We are not … Continue reading

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How To Steal A Toy (by Nardo The Cat)

Nardo vs. The Yellow Mousey The mousey never had a chance. So, Meryl, where’s Tig and Gracie?

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A fool and his money are soon parted.

Wafa Amr of Reuters is notorious for being a mouthpiece of Palestinian propaganda, but their latest blurt to hit the wires contains a very rare admission: The Hamas-led Palestinian government is weighing softening its stance toward Israel to ease isolation … Continue reading

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Easy marks

(Via Backspin) Hamas’ Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar left someone a really large tip in his hotel room in Kuwait… Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar has had $450,000 stolen from his hotel room during his current visit to Kuwait, the Itim … Continue reading

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Empty vaults in the West Bank

Remember all that money that’s been promised to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority by their so-called Arab brothers? Palestinian Authority Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek said on Tuesday that $120 million promised to the PA by various countries in the Persian … Continue reading

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Lapid’s editorial in JPost

In this editorial, Tommy Lapid hears Europe’s call for appeasement and gives Europe the finger: But we can’t forget. We lost Six Million of our people in the Holocaust. Israel currently has six million Jews living in it. We will … Continue reading

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What is it that Ukranians have that Iranians don’t?

One word: balls. The Ukranians had their orange or yellow or rose or whatever revolution last year, throwing out Russian-manipulated polls and ushering in a yearlong government lead by a man allegedly poisoned by Cream of Dioxin Soup. The Russian … Continue reading

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