Archive for October 7, 2010
Terror threats
I really believe that Obama is following Bush in exaggerating publicly terrorist threats to extract political gain prior to an election.
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Adonis wants Nobel
Another year and Adonis has not won the Nobel Prize in literature. We can all go to sleep now.
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Aspects of liberation
“Capt. Nichola Goddard, who in 2006 became the first female Canadian combat death, wrote to her husband that women working at bases in Afghanistan were often victims of sexual harassment or assault, and that in one week there had been six rapes at …
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Israeli terrorism
“An important new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences uses statistical data on violent attacks during the Second Intifadah to show that violence breeds violence in Israel and Palestine. It reminds me of Ari Fleischer’s boast…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Immigration and religion in the UAE (Mossad agents are allowed, of course)
A source whose identity I wish to protect sent me this (I cite with permission): ”thought you might be interested in this, probably you know about it now, a close family member of mine applied for a job in UAE. He did the interview and he…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Abuse of domestic workers in Kuwait
“Domestic workers in Kuwait who try to escape abusive employers face criminal charges for “absconding” and are unable to change jobs without their employer’s permission, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Migrant domestic workers ha…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Pledge of Allegiance
“A Mississippi judge ordered an attorney to spend several hours in jail Wednesday after the attorney chose not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that Chancery Judge Talmadge Littlejoh…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Even “anarchists” in the Zionist entity are racists
“James Horrox’s book on anarchism in the kibbutz movement marginalises the Palestinian people in a similar way – they do not really exist in his narrative of how the Israeli collective settlements were established and then functioned. He is writ…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always: Negev school kicks out two Bedouin students, citing new enrollment policy
“On September 1, hours after she had returned from her first day of school in Omer, the school called Wajdan Abu Alian’s parents to ask them not to bring her to school anymore”. The poverty of American liberalism is best exemplified through the…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
Poor young men in the inner cities get beaten regularly by police but when rich white kids get bothered by police, it is a major news story in the New York Times
The New York Times is very protective of rich white kids at Yale University.
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
As if you need to prove that Israel is a racist state
“The Israeli Arab sector responded furiously Wednesday when it learned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to bring to cabinet vote an amendment to the Citizenship Law requiring anyone applying for citizenship to declare loyalty to Israel…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
On King Husayn (Khusayn, according to Peres)’s services to Israel
“The documents show the close ties between King Hussein of Jordan and Israel’s leadership on the eve of the war.” (thanks Mick)
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad
New York Times on Hizbullah: more errors and mistakes
Cambanis has done good reporting in the past, but there are major errors in today’s piece on Hizbullah. ”According to Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader, Hezbollah has increased its missile stocks to 40,000…” I mean, this is a ma…
Posted on October 7, 2010 by As'ad