Category Archives: World

Friday briefs, now with more snark!

Oooh, I hope it’s true: Hezbollah is accusing Egypt and Jordan of arming its rivals. Hey, build up those opponents! If they’re busy fighting each other, they won’t have time to murder Israeli soldiers supervising the pruning of trees. Norway … Continue reading

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Omar Khadr: not guilty by reason of genetics

I am sure the person who sent me the link to www.thekhadrlegacy.com site (now expired) has done so with good intentions in mind. After all, that person, who will remain unknown for the purposes of Elders’ network information security, does … Continue reading

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Friday morning news, briefly

Ew, Jew cooties: Greece had to reassure its Arab allies that just because it’s getting friendlier with Israel doesn’t mean that it’s deserting them. Of course not. Greece leftists are among the most anti-Israel in the world. Ew, India cooties: … Continue reading

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Catherine Ashton: Still an ashhole

The EU head of something-or-other, Catherine Ashton, is back in Gaza and demanding that Israel open all crossings completely, and allow exports, too. Because the fact that Gaza is run by terrorists who are stockpiling weapons and rockets to use … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

And if they were Palestinian prisoners, this would be the number one news story in the world: Cuban political prisoners tell of horrible prison conditions, only 50 stories so far in the Google News aggregator. Because if it ain’t Jews, … Continue reading

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Snarks, snarks, get your snarks here

Damn, the bulls did a poor job this year: The running of the bulls, and they could only manage three with bumps and bruises? Geez. What about some good, old-fashioned gorings? (I always root for the bulls on this one.) … Continue reading

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“… what any mujahedeen woman wants”

Today’s Week in Review features and aritcle, Wanted: Jihadists to Marry Widows: A snippet of news from a shadowy corner of Iraq: Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia recently issued a fatwa telling its fighters to marry the widows of those who … Continue reading

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The international investigation, Israeli Double Standard Time version

Remember a little incident at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq? The one that spawned thousands of headlines around the world about American military abuse of Iraqi prisoners? Was there an international investigation into the offenses? No. There was an … Continue reading

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Start your day with a smile for Finland

Two thousand people rallied in support of Israel in Finland yesterday. The Finnish capital’s streets were filled with Israeli and Finnish flags as participants marched towards the port while chanting slogans in support of the IDF and waving banners protesting … Continue reading

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Friedman: imaginary friend

Thomas Friedman is apparently vexed, by the recent conflict between Israel and Turkey in When America’s friends fall out: As a friend of both Turkey and Israel, it has been agonizing to watch the disastrous clash between Israeli naval commandos … Continue reading

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Flotilla briefs, Wednesday edition

I’m not even going to try to parse the AP news bias anymore. Except to say that they now use the words “Israel says” and “Israel claimed” when describing facts like the attackers having knives and metal rods stashed on … Continue reading

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D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T

One of the happiest results of the British election was George Galloway going down to a resounding defeat. The Jew-hating, Iraq supporting, Hamas sympathizer couldn’t even muster second place. The anti-Semitic braggart said: Just 24 hours earlier, all three candidates … Continue reading

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Traveling briefs

The Dubai Assassination Squad Facebook group lives! The Dubai police chief must have gotten bored with being a nobody again. He’s says he’s identified five more suspects, and of course, the uncritical press is lapping it up. And yet, with … Continue reading

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Concentrating on the wrong nuclear program

There are four nuclear nations that are not signatories of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. One of them is Israel. The other three are Pakistan, India, and North Korea. Of those three, North Korea has threatened its neighbors and enemies with nuclear … Continue reading

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Thursday’s news

Gee, I can’t imagine why: 91% of Israelis are opposed to Obama imposing a peace deal on them. I mean, who doesn’t think that a man with no foreign policy experience, coming into a decades-long, complicated problem, should totally be … Continue reading

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