Archive for July, 2007
This article is reprinted with permission from FLAME (Facts and Logic About the Middle East). Visit FLAME’s website, factsandlogic.org, to read every one of their excellent articles debunking common misconceptions about the history and current events of the Middle East. — Admin
In December of 1987, an Israeli civilian was stabbed by Arabs in [...]
jimmy carter, adolf hitler take arab world by storm
i almost published this post two months ago, but i didn’t. now, here it is. –travis
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the front window of a bookstore in amman, jordan, featuring the latest bestsellers in arabic: jimmy carter’s peace, not apartheid and adolf hitler’s mein kampf. great comment at LGF: “One farmed nuts, the other was nuts.”
more mistranslated persian idioms
(in this heartwarming video, aqua velvet head, a peaceful man, leads a froth-mouthed crowd in chants of “death to israel!”)
(sounding completely amiable, aqua velvet head, a peaceful man, promises an explosion of anger in the arab world over israel’s ‘corrupt’ existence will soon spill over into the west. absolutely charming! — and probably peaceful!)
“Ahmadinejad [...]
ACLU: church is worse than prison
here is another old post that i didn’t publish at the time it was newsworthy. now it is historical in nature. — travis
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the ACLU of kentucky would prefer for all criminals to go free, roaming the land so they can rape and pillage with impunity. but if that freedom is granted with an [...]
some thoughts on the glasgow terror attacks
(1) why in the world is one of the bombers recovering in the ICU at a glasgow hospital? the god-fearing part of me tells me i shouldn’t be asking this question, but WHY did someone save his life? this fact says something about the west: either we are too nice or too [...]
another peace activist wants to kill george bush
it looks like W just brings out the worst in everyone:
Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams came from Ireland to Texas to declare that President Bush should be impeached.
In a keynote speech at the International Women’s Peace Conference on Wednesday night, Ms. Williams told a crowd of about 1,000 that the Bush administration has been [...]
The “New” PLO: Or can the leopard change its spots?
This article is reprinted with permission from FLAME (Facts and Logic About the Middle East). Visit FLAME’s website, factsandlogic.org, to read every one of their excellent articles debunking common misconceptions about the history and current events of the Middle East. — Admin
After more than 20 years of ostracism by most of the civilized [...]
A Collection of Mistranslated Persian Idioms
Kindly provided in today’s Washington Times by Arnaud de Borchgrave:
Culled from a wide variety of sources, ranging from Agence France Presse (AFP), the French national news agency, to the London Daily Telegraph, to the Suddeutsche Zeitung Online, to France’s Le Monde and Liberation, Mr. Ahmadinejad spells out the target and the strategy: “This regime [Israel] [...]
Geeez…talk about playing to stereotypes
What jerks.
Three people were arrested Thursday after staging a noisy protest as a Hindu chaplain read the opening prayer at the US Senate, branding his appearance an “abomination.”
US Capitol Police said the protestors, apparently Christian religious activists, were ejected from the chamber and charged with an unlawful disruption of Congress.
Video here.
I received a ridiculous [...]
VIDEO: top 50 soccer goals
this video is awesome. i do not know where these people come up with the old clips to put them together like this.
Want to make a dirty bomb?
You’ll just need some free time and a postal box.
Congressional investigators set up a bogus company with only a postal box and within a month obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that allowed them to buy enough radioactive material for a small “dirty bomb.”
This is the kind of story that makes me very [...]
rudy giuliani: urban legend video
will this be giuliani’s ‘swift boat vets‘ moment?
the website is here: rudy giuliani: urban legend.
This article is reprinted with permission from FLAME (Facts and Logic About the Middle East). Visit FLAME’s website, factsandlogic.org, to read every one of their excellent articles debunking common misconceptions about the history and current events of the Middle East. — Admin
A recurring topic of debate is whether or not we should sell [...]
Michael Moore vs. Wolf Blitzer - video
Michael Moore is invited on CNN to talk about Sicko, a documentary about health care. So what does he do? He talks about Iraq.
He’s smart. He knows that health care is not the top issue for most people and it’s clear that his movie isn’t doing as well as expected.
He may be [...]
before sidewalks were invented
where did worms go when it rained?
this is another post i never published…mostly because, like the other unpublished posts, it is stupid. — travis
