Archive for May 27, 2009
exercises
“”You bet we’re seeing [added demand] from some of our customers for more oil and we’re providing it,” Mr. Naimi told reporters during a 45-minute walk in the Austrian capital. “There is a lot of optimism in what I am saying because I see the recove…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
The racism of Israeli liberals: Amos Elon
When you encounter Israeli liberals in the US or in Europe, they present a different face. They never reveal what they actually had written in their books. This is very true of Amos Oz but also true of Amos Elon. You need to read the books of those …
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
Spies, torturers, murderers, thugs, collaborators, and rejects
“”Out of 7,000 people who moved from Lebanon to Israel, only 2,600 remain,” Claude Ibrahim, a former advisor to SLA Commander Antoine Lahad, told Ynet. “The majority live in Nahariya, Ma’alot, Carmiel, Tiberias, Kiryat Shmona, Safed and Haifa.” (thanks…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
No fingerprints
“A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints — which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking. The incident, highlighted in the Annal…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
An Orwellian Racist State Unto the Nations
“The Knesset on Wednesday morning approved in a preliminary reading a bill introducing one year in prison for anyone speaking against Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state, should the call contain a reasonable possibility “that it may l…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
the promises of Obama
“The Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States and Iraq that would bring all American troops home by 2012, the top U.S. Army officer said Tuesday.” (thanks Karim)
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
Racist An-Nahar newspaper
Algerian newspaper An-Nahar (not to be confused with the racist Lebanese newspaper by the same name) offers its brand of racism: “The major Italian cities of Rome, Naples and Palermo look more to African cities than to European ones because of the d…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
Barid Musta`jil
“The Feminist Collective and IndyACT are launching “Bareed Mista3jil: True Stories,†the first book by and about queer women and transgenders in Lebanon. You are more than welcome to join us at the launch of the book on Saturday, May 30, 6 p…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli Orientalism
Israeli Orientalism is so amusing as far as I am concerned because they write about a region no expert can ever recognize. I will not link to Israeli propaganda but I have to say something about a recent release from the Dayan Center (what is called T…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
What one meeting with Prince Bandar can do
Lebanese journalist, Charles Ayyub:One year ago and now. (thanks Hussein)
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
An ordeal of foreign maid in Lebanon
A foreign maid from Madagascar complained to the police about her rape. The police arrested her for fabricating the rape story. She is serving a sentence now. And the Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, which specializes in mocking and denigrating foreign ma…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad
The Little Lebanese Nazi: AlJazeera’s Documentary on his assassination
So I finally managed to watch the AlJazeera documentary on the assassination of the little Lebanese Nazi, Bashir Gemayyel (or the WLE, Worst Lebanese Ever). I was angry just watching that little Lebanese Nazi speak. I detested him from his early rise…
Posted on May 27, 2009 by As'ad