Couple of briefs
Something I do on occasion...
At least 5 black youths were convicted for an assault on a white woman on a bus in Baltimore in December (via Michelle Malkin). This is exactly what you don't hear phonies like Al Sharpton objecting to, or arguing can hurt the community.
Melanie Phillips talks about using law to battle in war.
There's an exhibition with Vietnamese art in Tokyo.
Is Hosting Solutions betraying Geert Wilders by attempting to block his right to broadcast his 15-minute documentary, Fitna? If they do, all they're doing, really, is making people think twice about getting an account with their webhosting company, IMO.
Wow, this is most amazing news from Italy/the Vatican (via Hot Air Headlines): a most prominent Muslim speaker is going to convert to Christianity.
According to this article published on IMRA, Egypt secretly collaborated back in the early 1980's with Saddam in making chemical weapons with poison gas when they were warring with Iran.
While doing some sleuthing on the Captain Comics forum, I discovered, most interestingly enough, something written by the very man for whom the "site" is named for on this topic here from circa the 2004 elections, that contains a most classic example of when a journalist tries to lump the right ones in with the wrong one:
What Capt. Comics says here is insulting to the electorate, and it's simply in bad form to be lumping Limbaugh and Medved in with a sinister persona like Buchanan, whose own Reform party became disillusioned with him, as cynically as Captain Comics does.
In any case, there's a most notable example of how some journalists can use a very clever gimmick of trying to subliminally insert a misleading part that's meant to say that good public representatives are in the same boat as bad ones. One more reason why I no longer have any faith in Captain Comics.
Older item from March 9, 2005: While Ha'aretz is usually considered a fairly biased newspaper around these parts, they did have a good topic to report this week, on how the Labour party in Britain used anti-Semitic stereotyping in two of their advertisements for the upcoming national elections:
What's really bothersome about these steps taken by Labour is how obviously they acted out of total irresponsibility, as is suggested by the following statement:
If this is how anyone is to go about their business anywhere in the world, well, we are in trouble.
Oh, and another thing: Did anyone ever hear of such a phrase as "FOXophobes?"
Well, that's something new I just thought of for describing anyone identified with the media establishment who dislikes FOX News. You could use it to describe say, some of the movie critics who lauded the documentary "Out-Foxed" by Robert Greenwald, and, come to think of it, maybe even Greenwald himself. And who knows, even Michael Moore could probably fit that catagory that I came up with as well!
So now, for anyone looking for the perfect way to describe FOX News haters, "FOXophobe" is here for you to begin using. Ole, ole! Let's all raise a cup to the new slang word: FOXophobes.
An excellent article by the wonderful Nonie Darwish, from Isreal National News, that points out that the true freedom fighters in Iraq today are the voters in the elections currently being held:
For the record, Nonie's also recently launched Arabs for Israel, another excellent website, I'd strongly recommend.
At least 5 black youths were convicted for an assault on a white woman on a bus in Baltimore in December (via Michelle Malkin). This is exactly what you don't hear phonies like Al Sharpton objecting to, or arguing can hurt the community.
Melanie Phillips talks about using law to battle in war.
There's an exhibition with Vietnamese art in Tokyo.
Is Hosting Solutions betraying Geert Wilders by attempting to block his right to broadcast his 15-minute documentary, Fitna? If they do, all they're doing, really, is making people think twice about getting an account with their webhosting company, IMO.
Wow, this is most amazing news from Italy/the Vatican (via Hot Air Headlines): a most prominent Muslim speaker is going to convert to Christianity.
VATICAN CITY - Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator is converting to Catholicism by being baptized by the pope at an Easter vigil, the Vatican announced Saturday.I hope that he'll be provided with good security now that he's taking up a new religion. This guy is a good role model and/or sets a good example. Update: here's more on this interesting event.
An Egyptian-born, non-practicing Muslim, Magdi Allam has infuriated some fellow Muslims with his criticism of extremism and support for Israel.
The deputy editor of the Corriere della Sera newspaper, Allam often writes on Muslim and Arab affairs. He told the Il Giornale newspaper in a December interview that his criticism of Palestinian suicide bombing generated threats on his life in 2003, prompting the Italian government to provide him with a sizeable security detail.
According to this article published on IMRA, Egypt secretly collaborated back in the early 1980's with Saddam in making chemical weapons with poison gas when they were warring with Iran.
"From 1983 to 1988, the Iraqis repeatedly used mustard gas, tabun, sarin and possibly other chemical agents against the Iranians. Most notoriously, in 1988, Iraqi aircraft dropped sarin and mustard gas on Iranian-held villages in rebellious Iraqi Kurdistan, killing up to 5,000 Iraqi Kurdish civilians."Just goes to show as to why Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak is simply not to be trusted. And it's already due time that Mubarak be punished for his crimes.
While doing some sleuthing on the Captain Comics forum, I discovered, most interestingly enough, something written by the very man for whom the "site" is named for on this topic here from circa the 2004 elections, that contains a most classic example of when a journalist tries to lump the right ones in with the wrong one:
"I don't think this 51 percent of this country opted overnight to suddenly embrace Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved and Pat Buchanan and change the political ambivalence of a lifetime."Now you'll notice that I put Buchanan's name in bold lettering. This is in order to point out a very sneaky gimmick some establishment loyalists use ("smear by association") by putting people like Limbaugh and Medved, the decent ones, inside the same boat as Buchanan, who's simply dreadful. For heaven's sake, since when did any real percentage of America ever choose to embrace Buchanan, let alone Limbaugh and Medved?
What Capt. Comics says here is insulting to the electorate, and it's simply in bad form to be lumping Limbaugh and Medved in with a sinister persona like Buchanan, whose own Reform party became disillusioned with him, as cynically as Captain Comics does.
In any case, there's a most notable example of how some journalists can use a very clever gimmick of trying to subliminally insert a misleading part that's meant to say that good public representatives are in the same boat as bad ones. One more reason why I no longer have any faith in Captain Comics.
Older item from March 9, 2005: While Ha'aretz is usually considered a fairly biased newspaper around these parts, they did have a good topic to report this week, on how the Labour party in Britain used anti-Semitic stereotyping in two of their advertisements for the upcoming national elections:
The 37-year-old brand and advertising consultant was convinced Howard was intentionally being portrayed as Charles Dickens' villainous, cunning Fagin. "I knew the imagery was not entirely by accident," says Rowland, whose father is Jewish. "These things don't happen by accident. I was really upset. It seemed to me to be the worst kind of election pandering. Especially for a party that's supposed to be all about equality."It's no secret for a long time now that anti-Semitism is on the rise in many places in Europe, weak and self-righteous as they are for quite a while now.
A second ad, which depicted Howard and his shadow chancellor, Oliver Letwin, who is also Jewish, as pigs, also annoyed some Jews. The advertising banner - both were posted on a Labour Party Web site - alluded to the idiom "when pigs fly," and was designed to knock the Conservatives' spending proposals.
What's really bothersome about these steps taken by Labour is how obviously they acted out of total irresponsibility, as is suggested by the following statement:
Daniel Finkelstein, an associate editor at The Times who served in the Conservative Party under John Major and William Hague, believes the ads "were not deliberately anti-Semitic, but they did make use of anti-Semitic stereotypes."In other words, the advertising planners acted out of total ignorance to being selfless and responsible, by doing something even Hollywood seems to consider de riguerre: they think it's okay to use stereotypical images and other concepts in entertainment simply because it's not real life. Is that it?
If this is how anyone is to go about their business anywhere in the world, well, we are in trouble.
Oh, and another thing: Did anyone ever hear of such a phrase as "FOXophobes?"
Well, that's something new I just thought of for describing anyone identified with the media establishment who dislikes FOX News. You could use it to describe say, some of the movie critics who lauded the documentary "Out-Foxed" by Robert Greenwald, and, come to think of it, maybe even Greenwald himself. And who knows, even Michael Moore could probably fit that catagory that I came up with as well!
So now, for anyone looking for the perfect way to describe FOX News haters, "FOXophobe" is here for you to begin using. Ole, ole! Let's all raise a cup to the new slang word: FOXophobes.
An excellent article by the wonderful Nonie Darwish, from Isreal National News, that points out that the true freedom fighters in Iraq today are the voters in the elections currently being held:
Today's true freedom fighters are the voters of Iraq. It is the few of us speaking against the stoning of Muslim women, the lashing and torture of men, and the cruel and unusual punishments still going on in Muslim countries. We are fighting the extreme poverty in the Arab oil-rich region that is plagued with corruption. We are struggling against the indoctrination of Arab children, who learn the 'values' of hate, terror and vengeance.Well said. Nonie is one of my most favorite heroines and freedom fighters of today too.
For the record, Nonie's also recently launched Arabs for Israel, another excellent website, I'd strongly recommend.
Labels: Asia, Egypt, Europe, iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, jihad, misogyny, racism, terrorism
