Archive for November 8, 2010
fixed
fixed
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
testing
the appearance of the blog is different today. unintended. Working on fixing the problem.
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Bush’s recipe again
Comrade Khalid on the thick air over Beirut.
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
the PA tools of Israeli occupation
“There is not a single security suspect being sought by Israel in the northern West Bank for the first time since the outbreak of the second intifada in 2000. In the southern West Bank, there are only a few names on the security establishment’s want…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands
“Hiring Instinctive Shooting International for any type of armed contract in a Muslim country, particularly to operate in Jerusalem with a stamp of US government legitimacy, should be cause for serious concern and Congressional inquiry. Instinctive …
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
American conservative standards
“Now, just for a moment, imagine that the good people of Kiryas Joel were not conservative Jews. Imagine them, instead, as Muslims. Muslims who had asked visitors to cover up when they come to their town. Muslims offended by the sight of any female fle…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Israeli military lies: or the other face of humiliation
“After the news conference, Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi ordered a panel of experts to examine the footage shown by Nasrallah. The pictures were authentic. These days, navy commander Eliezer Marom is making the rounds of victims’ families, …
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Vegitarianism of V.S. Naipaul
“he practices vegetarianism (although he has been known to eat chicken and fish).” This is like saying he practices atheism although he has been known to worship god every other week.
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Noah Feldman and big ideas
“Some readers may object that “Scorpions†does not have a Big Idea behind it. That is a fair criticism, but if the book lacks a grand theory, it has an unmistakable lament.” Big ideas? Noah Feldman is to big ideas what Sa`d Hariri is to…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
the moderate kingdom of Jordan
“In any case, Jordan’s legislature does not have much influence. The king appoints the upper house, chooses the prime minister and cabinet, and can dissolve parliaments he dislikes. He has done this twice since ascending the throne in 1999, and durin…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Salute King PlayStation
Just look at this picture. Does this man look like a general to you? I mean, does he not look like the caricature of generals in US comedic movies? He would be so good playing himself in a farce, really. And look at those multi…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Salute King PlayStation
Just look at this picture. Does this man look like a general to you? I mean, does he not look like the caricature of generals in US comedic movies? He would be so good playing himself in a farce, really. And look at those multi…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Unfair to Israel: history of letter bombs
This history of letter bombs in the Economist–the best magazine there is (and it is silly for some people to read this endorsement of mine as an endorsement of the political line of the magazine)–is so incomplete and rather inaccurate. It leave…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Unfair to Israel: history of letter bombs
This history of letter bombs in the Economist–the best magazine there is (and it is silly for some people to read this endorsement of mine as an endorsement of the political line of the magazine)–is so incomplete and rather inaccurate. It leave…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Vulgar Orientalism
Of course, I have always believed that there is a difference between serious, scholarly Orientalism (works by the likes of Rodinson, Massignon, Hitti, Goldziher, Gibb, etc–politics and methodology aside) and vulgar Orientalism (represented by the like…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad
Vulgar Orientalism
Of course, I have always believed that there is a difference between serious, scholarly Orientalism (works by the likes of Rodinson, Massignon, Hitti, Goldziher, Gibb, etc–politics and methodology aside) and vulgar Orientalism (represented by the like…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by As'ad