Archive for September 28, 2009
Lebanese crooks
There are many Lebanese crooks peddling different treatments and schemes on Lebanese TV stations: their version of infomercials. One guy wants to sell you a cream that you can put on your head to cure hair loss, or use as an anal cream, if you suffer …
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Arab dynastic incests
The son of the King of Bahrain is marrying the daughter of the ruler of Dubai. It is supposed to be cute.
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Account of French racism
“An extraordinary article appears in today’s Le Monde revealing the extent to which racism is still a major problem in French society. Mustapha Kessous is a thirty year old journalist at Le Monde. He is of Arabic orgin as his first name clearly im…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan, O Dahlan
Muhammad Dahlan is back. He is now threatening a Third Intifada. He calls for the protection of the Aqsa mosque. The man, as you can see from picture above, is very pious and has Sufi tendencies. He said that if Israel continues in its provocations…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Ranking
“The annual survey on the quality of living in 215 cities around the world ranked Beirut as the 175th most desirable city for overall living standards and 16th among 21 cities surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2009, as reported …
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Can you imagine? But then again this Zionism
“The Israeli army will close off the West Bank from Saturday on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar which starts at sunset on Sunday, a military spokesman said.” (thanks Sarah)
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Nahr Al-Barid: don’t forget, and don’t forgive the Lebanese Army and its cheerleaders
“Today, more than two years after their camp was destroyed in a war, the residents of Nahr El Bared camp continue to wait to return to their homes, not knowing how or when, their stories echoing those of their grandparents’ exile from Palestine.”
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
I am opposed to Palestinian terrorism
I am really opposed to Palestinian terrorism. I am strictly and fiercely opposed to Palestinian terrorism as practiced by the US-trained, US-funded gangs loyal to Salam Fayyad and Abu Mazen, and acting at the behest of Israel. You should join me in c…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Look how sincere: he is just worried about the US ability to fight wars
“The argument that Israel presented to American officials and to diplomats from Russia and key European countries was designed to appeal to their own self-interest. The Goldstone report, Israeli officials asserted, carries a hidden danger for all co…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Labor unrest in Egypt
“Almost everyone in Egypt seems to have gone on strike these days — lawyers and judges, doctors and engineers, pharmacists and government employees, public transport workers and garbage collectors. Fueled by poverty, rising costs and a lack of gove…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
You can’t disagree with numbers
“This is apparent when one considers the results of a Global Marketing Research Services poll in July of self-identified American Jewish Democratic Party supporters, which found that 55 percent believe President Obama is naïve to try to set up a Pales…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
If Muslims did that…
“Proud of his religion and worried about its future, Chicago dentist Max Feinberg wrote a will with an unusual catch: His grandchildren wouldn’t inherit a penny if they married someone who wasn’t Jewish. His decision led to family feuds, lawsuits, c…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
Who is scaring whom?
Look those pictures: and you wonder why I have such faith in Palestinian resistance? What heroic defiance. (AP and AFP)
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad
When the occupiers are seen as natives
I saw an interview with Gen. McChrystal on CBS the other day. It was quite astonishing: I mean, it was a PR gig for the man and for the mission. He said about what he was doing in Afghanistan: “If they view us as occupiers, we can’t win.” What will…
Posted on September 28, 2009 by As'ad