Archive for July 27, 2011
Colorado
…off to Colorado.
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Lebanese potato republic
Lawyer of Zayd Hamdan explains how his client was arrested for making a song mocking Lebanese president. (thanks Raed)
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Radical counter-development
I rarely accept to write blurbs for books, but I did write one for this book by comrade Rami.
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s logical sympathy for Norwegian terrorist
“”There are even hints that some Israelis sympathize with Breivik. Wrote J.J. Goldberg in The Forward on Monday, “Judging by the comments sections on the main Hebrew websites, the main questions under debate seem to be whether Norwegians deserve any …
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
On Saudi Arabia in Pakistan
Comrade Junaid responds to the anonymous comrade: ”The comrade from Pakistan is spot on. The only point I’d add is that there needs to be some proper accounting for the Populist-Left government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto that was in power for most of…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Civil war reenactment
Jason sent me this: ”(1) Americans love the military(2) sneaky, hidden-racist pro-Southern pride in the Civil War; it’s just another excuse to put up Southern flags and so on(3) the fact that the Civil War happened so long ago that, for most Amer…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Suing the Tantawi council
“Two of Egypt’s most prominent political movements have announced they will sue the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces for “libel and false accusations” over comments made by a senior army official suggesting the organizations were receiving fo…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Muhammad `Abdul-Wahab
Elie sent me this: ”Actually Here is the info ”In 1988, at the age of 81, he made a surprise return to the studio, singing a new composition, and despite lyrics that seemed unacceptably iconoclastic to some radicals, the disk sold two millio…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Enactment of the American civil war
Robert from Sweden sent me this about American reenactment of the civil war: ”Even more weird is that here in Sweden there are swedish civil war enthusiasts who reenact american civil war battles.”
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
This is funny: when James Zogby parrots Wahhabi propaganda
Basil sent me this: ”I came across this article which summarizes the results of Iran’s popularity in the Arab world conducted by IBOPE Zogby International on behalf of the Arab American Institute, with the conclusion being that Iran’s popularity …
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“The state filed a law suit on Tuesday against the residents of the Bedouin village Al-Arakib, claiming that razing the illegal outpost multiple times has cost it NIS 1,790,000 ($527,050). The law suit comes exactly one year after a major de…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Foreign maids in Lebanon
“In Lebanon, a new maid-training academy claims to provide a much-needed education for domestic workers who have little experience with etiquette and cannot speak the language of their employers. The House Keeper Training Academy caters to foreigners w…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Meet Saudi Media
A major Saudi newspaper calls on the government to adopt a plan to place secret cameras in internet cafes. (thanks Dirar)
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
These are the fruits of NATO bombing
“The regime controls around 20 per cent more territory than it did in the immediate aftermath of the uprising on 17 February.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Harry Potter in Akransas
“The parents of a 4th-grader in Cedarville, Arkansas, filed a federal lawsuit July 3 challenging the city school board’s placement of the Harry Potter series on a restricted borrowing list, which requires students to present written permission from a…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Cyprus is the only democracy in the Middle East
“The Knesset on Wednesday voted down an attempt to open the option of civil marriages and divorces to Jews in Israel. “Israel is the only democracy in the world where Jews don’t have freedom of religion,” said MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz), who…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
The real face of Israel’s founding
“For 54 years the fate of a young Bedouin girl who disappeared in the Negev desert was relegated to rumour and a single entry in the diary of David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of the fledgling Israeli state.”It was decided and carried out: they wash…
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Lousy Hamas government
Lousy Hamas bans a movie because the hair of a woman is shown uncovered. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
I wonder why the Feminist Majority (the loudest cheerleader for war on Afghanistan) is not calling for war on Israel?
“Are we about to witness a new phenomenon in Israel in the coming years – one man married to several women? Tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed in synagogues across the country recently, promoting the ancient custom and presenting it as a …
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad
Israel and US political campaigns
“Assemblyman David I. Weprin, the Democratic candidate to replace former Representative Anthony D. Weiner in a special election on Sept. 13, is a Modern Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher, observes the Sabbath and has been to Israel at least …
Posted on July 27, 2011 by As'ad