Archive for February 21, 2010
The Pope
The Pope upon meeting with mini-Hariri said that his heart is “with Lebanon.” He did not mention where his foot is but his mind is probably still with Hilter Youth where he served.
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Race at the Times
“Much of the book is devoted to the racial slights Boyd suffered during his 20 years at the paper. White subordinates bridled at taking orders from him; white superiors alternately patronized and betrayed him. “The Times was a place where blacks felt…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Letters to the Times
“But your judgment that his coverage is fair and evenhanded is not accurate. Even compared with previous Times correspondents, I believe his coverage is clearly more biased in a way that reflects the degree that he and his family are embedded in the Is…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Muna `Ashmawi
Muna `Ahmawi, the Egypt correspondent for New TV, is most effective and colorful. Her reports are always interesting.
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
`Ayn Al-Hilwah camp
The fight between `Usbat Al-Ansar and Fath in the `Ayn Al-Hilwah refugee camp features a local “commander” known as “Al-Linu”. He is Dahlan’s man in Lebanon–or one of them.
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman: the political thinker
“One is an Egyptian named Raouf who is 23 years old, has studied Kant and can argue the merits of Thomas L. Friedman’s work, but who is isolated among his companions — they have little interest in political philosophy.” The traveling fanatic Zionis…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
How assassinations are good for Israel’s diplomatic relations
“Instead, said Ayalon, “relations will only grow stronger†due to this cooperation.”
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Sarkozy and his plans
“Nicolas Sarkozy’s immigrant grandparents were nearly deported from France because they did not have university educations.” (thanks Dina)
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
He had a lovely dinner with his “powerful” colleague
“A lovely dinner at the poetry house hosted by our powerful minister of culture shaikha Mai in honour of Mr Samih swairess of Egypt”. (thanks Sadique)
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
The ABC of Zionism
“Be’eri, a former officer in an Israel army unit which specialized in impersonating Arabs, came to Wadi Hilwa in 1986 and, posing as a tour guide, befriended one of the residents, Musa ‘Abbasi. ‘Abbasi unwittingly helped Be’eri collect infor…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Some t-shirts are illegal in France
“Zeyneb D., élève de 3ème au collège Claude Bernard de Villefranche-sur-Saône (69400), est victime d’une exclusion de 3 jours pour avoir osé porter en classe un tee-shirt “Palestine libre !”.” (thanks Mariam)
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Look: the Mossad has just made a great discovery
By potato the Sudanese secret police is smarter. The Mossad has just discovered this: “In addition to closed circuit TV systems and the ability to track cellphone and computer users, advanced biometric identification systems and online coordination…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Brought to you by: the US liberators
“Iraq has also dismissed suggestions that it should reduce the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be imposed. The country told the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday that it also wouldn’t commit to investigating abuse aga…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
fake passports
This is how you know that the Israeli terrorist in Dubai did not use fake passports. After the first meeting between the British foreign secretary and the Israeli ambassador, all British and Israeli media stated that there was not going to be a diplom…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
The top secret Mossad terrorist hit team in Dubai
Ehhhh. Hi. We are the top secret Mossad hit team. We move in a group, but in utmost secrecy. We have accomplished our mission in Dubai, and we are ready for our next mission. We move swiftly through airports and no one knows who we are. And we are …
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
So if we act as victims, Israelis would stop shooting at us?
“I think that violence doesn’t serve them, partly because they’re dealing with a people which sees itself as the ultimate victims, and anything they do involving violence reinforces and strengthens that sense of victimhood.”
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Zionist killers/thieves
“There is also the issue of rights: When they say on the conference site that “Indigenous landrace (Baladi) foodcrops have been selected by generations of traditional farmers …” one must realize that we are talking here about Palestinian farmers, …
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“They move through cage-like passages and 7-foot-high turnstiles to be checked by Israeli soldiers from behind bulletproof glass. The soldiers often yell at them through loudspeakers. They are supposed to work in pairs to speed the lines through, bu…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
They steal the lands: and what is underneath (or above) the land
“Israelis have usurped several Lebanese and oriental products. About ten years ago, they sold 80 tonnes of water-logged cucumbers produced in Gaza greenhouses to the city of Detroit, and called them “Kahale cucumbersâ€. Kahale is the name of a vi…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad
Surprise: Dershowitz endorses Israeli murder of Arabs
I mean, has this “liberal”–by American standards only–professor ever encountered an Israeli murder of Arabs, or and Israeli aggression on Arabs, that he did not fully endorse? Imagine if an Arab-American professor publicly wrote in support of Arab m…
Posted on February 21, 2010 by As'ad