Archive for March 16, 2009

Lebanese quackery: "Cure for Homosexuality"

This medical student at AUB wants to find a “cure for homosexuality”. (Click to enlarge NOW). (thanks Nate)

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

it merited examination

“that they were staging a few nights of readings because the provocative content merited examination, but that their schedules did not permit weeks-long productions.”

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

I don’t like flags…but

I don’t like flags, and I don’t like nationalisms but..for Palestine and the Palestinians, anything and everything. (A boy play atop his house in Jabalya refugee camp which was destroyed by Israeli terrorists.) (AP)

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Dahlan gangs

“In a ceremony at the Presidential Guard Training Center in Jericho, Palestinian and American leaders officially opened the facility on Sunday. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) David Johnson formally opened the center, which was built with 9.1 million US dollars [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

More torture

“Allegations of British collusion in torture have widened to Egypt, where a young British man says he suffered appalling mistreatment during a week of illegal detention while being interrogated on the basis of information that he says can only have come from the UK.” (thanks Mouin)

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

New Poll

“Doha, Qatar, March 16, 2009: A majority of Arabs believe that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt were wrong to boycott a summit on Gaza, hosted by Qatar last January and many say a new “Cold War” has broken out in the region, according to the latest opinion poll commissioned by the Doha Debates. Fifty-five percent [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Gun Zionism

““A 13 year old was taken but released two hours later after being driven around during that time by the army,” said an international volunteer. He was dumped from a military jeep miles from home but managed, at 13 years old, to hitchhike back to his family. He arrived at 10:00 am that morning, several [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Chastity Squad: they probably will get Congressional funding

“The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elhanan Buzaglo to four years in prison on Sunday, after finding him guilty of aggravated assault, extortion, aiding an extortion and intimidation. He was also ordered to pay the complainant against him NIS 10,000 (about $2,400) in damages. Buzaglo, a known member of the Jerusalem haredi neighborhoods’ “Chastity Squad,” pled [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

It is not news when only Palestinians are being shot at

“Three young Palestinians were injured by Israeli bullets after its army invaded the village of Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah, on Sunday.”

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Dead Syrian in Lebanon

Almost every week, the body of a Syrian worker is found somewhere in Lebanon. And neither the Lebanese government nor the Syrian government which never cares about the welfare of the Syrian people cares. Just yesterday, another body was found. And Human Rights Watch has other concerns: they are monitoring the red blood cells’ count [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Hyper-intellectual

“Perhaps the chic-est of the warlords was Walid Jumblatt, the Druze leader, a hyper-intellectual, elegantly louche stoner of the time with long locks and a fab L.P. collection, or so one heard. He graduated from the AUB, as so many leftists did, and was resolutely anti-American.” What does it say about the intellect of a [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Reintroduce

“Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets – as well as the extensive use of a new model of tear-gas canister – against unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied West Bank protesting at the building of Israel’s “separation wall”.” [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Negative

“Asked whether foreign countries are playing a positive or negative role in Iraq, Britain, the US and Iran get the most negative scores. Overall, 59% of those questioned think Britain’s role is negative, 22% positive; 64% say the US is negative, 18% positive; 68% view Iran negatively, 12% positively. Also, 56% think the 2003 invasion [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Torture

“The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration’s treatment of Al Qaeda captives “constituted torture,” according to newly published excerpts from the long-concealed 2007 document.” (thanks Olivia)

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

400 children killed was not enough for them

“Two-thirds of Israelis believe that Operation Cast Lead against Hamas terrorists in Gaza finished too early, according to a Truman-PSR poll released Monday.” Remember: our problem is with Israeli sate AND society.

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad

Politically offensive ads

Thanks to Anne and Brenda, the matter is resolved. Whenever you see one, you just need to email me the url and I will block it. It takes 4 hours for the ad to be blocked after I ad the url to the list of blocked ads.

Posted on March 16, 2009 by As'ad