Sunday, February 28, 2010

1. Look In The Mirror - It takes a lot of restraint to be an effective advocate for Israel, especially when one reads garbage like this.
For example, while I might be rather inclined to call him some names beyond "I'm-a-nut-job" or perhaps hope that he would come to some sudden and untimely end, I think that I will simply say that it is in fact the Iranian thug-ocracy that is the affront to humanity - not Israel.

What has the thug-ocracy (as opposed to the Iranian people at large) contributed? More efficient ways to kill gays (maybe the thug-ocracy have a large stake in the crane industry?) Better ways to fix elections? Better ways to repress, oppress and use violence against their own people? New and better ways to pursue racism?

To deny the enormous contributions that Jews and Israel have made to the world is simply Jew-hatred in its simplest and most basic form.

Picking Purim for this kind of invective is probably deliberate, but bad timing in an Old Testament sense - "I'm-a-nut-job" and his cronies and backers will pay for their sins - I just hope that the price for the ordinary Iranian people will not be too high.

2. More Jew Hatred - Pajamas Media » British Baroness: Israel Went to Haiti to Harvest Organs - this is only the latest of her insane ramblings - and since lawfare is all the rage these days - there must be a lawsuit here somewhere. My disgust and contempt for this British fop - who is a physician no less (maybe she should read this - Dave Gordon: Boycott Israel, demonize Jews, resist medical progress - Full Comment)- knows no bounds - I wrote a letter to the Liberal Democratic Party in England to the effect that if their Party stood for anything, they would expel her.

By the way, you will see in the article that Baroness Jenny Tonge has previously expressed support for suicide bombers. So here is what I wish for her - that one of her Palestinian terrorist buddies is showing her how a suicide belt works and it goes off - she doesn't die - but the only people who can save her are IDF doctors. Let's see what she would do then.

What a contemptible piece of racist garbage. And that is on a good day.


3. And More Jew Hatred - it's almost time for that annual hatred ritual - Israel Apartheid Week - coming soon to a campus near you! Here are a variety of articles on this disgrace - which of course, is tolerated by many ivory tower administrators in their perverted interpretation of academic freedom and free speech.

4. Here's a Good Question - and a better answer. Kol HaKavod!

"I’ve attended UCI for four years. Not once have I ever feared for my safety as a result of the MSU’s actions. That’s not to say they haven’t tried to start physical fights with Jewish students, nor is it to say I haven’t heard some of their members mutter anti-Semitic, sexist, and racist comments between themselves. But they don’t own the campus. Their hatred, however loud, has not infected the rest of the school, and I like to think it’s in large part due to the actions of pro-Israel students counteracting their hate rhetoric with peace rhetoric. UCI is home to some anti-Semitism, but its not enough to avoid going to UCI. What university — or any institution — isn’t host to at least some bigotry? In fact, Jewish life at UCI is thriving, and I invite any concerned readers to please peruse the UCI Hillel’s website for proof of this. While I stand alongside the ZOA in its support for Israel, I must respectfully disagree with its stance on UCI."

6. Is This Moron Related to "I'm-a-nut-job?" - Alpine Jihad: Libya's Gadhafi Declares Holy War Against Switzerland - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International Since the Swiss have not exactly been the best friends of the Jews (though they managed to be quite good friends to the Nazis), this looks good on them even if Khadafi is a complete and utter lunatic.


7. The Dubai Hit Lives On - this story just won't go away.

8. Theme Of The Day - something about Jew hatred I believe - Chesler Chronicles » Presbyterians Usher in the Jewish Holiday of Purim.

9. More Theme Of The Day - the B'nai Brith report on antisemitic incidents in Canada has been released, showing that more such events have occurred this past year. But I think that this is illusory in certain respects and detracts from what are real, serious such occurrences.


12. Sorry - I Was Misquoted - yeah, right - like the guy in the Uk who interrupted Daniel Ayalon's speech. "I was taken out of context" is one of the lamest excuses going - Muslim who was pulled off plane for (allegedly) shouting about killing Jews: I never said that, and my accusers are paranoid - Jihad Watch.

13. Prorogation - one of the big issues in Canada lately (apart from the fortunes of Canada's men's hockey team - which is always issue number one - but more on that later) was the decision by Prime Minister Stephen Harper several weeks ago to prorogue Parliament until March 1. Critics accused the Conservative Government of trying to avoid scrutiny over the Afghan detainee issue (the surrendering of captives to Afghan government forces who allegedly torture the captives). They made it seem like Canada would fall apart as a result - conveniently overlooking the fact that prorogation has been used many times before by governing parties. And, in a particular expression of double standards, there was no similar criticism of the same decision a short time later by the Ontario provincial government (run by the Liberal Party) to prorogue its legislature.

My take has been that it will be up to voters to decide the effect - that is democracy in action (are you listening "I'm-a-Nut-job"). Reportedly, the fortunes of the Conservative Party have dipped as a result - that is democracy in action.

In any event, here are some articles on the subject:


15. Comments About The NDP & Israel - letters to the editor from The National Post:
16. Extremely Important Story!!!!!!! Clinton will try to free fish for Passover - Yahoo! News Maybe the US Government can do something useful after all!


17. I Know Some Other Errors It Can Check - UN to probe climate panel over errors - try the Human Rights Commission or UNRWA.

18. So I Heard There Was A Hockey Game Today - Canada beat a very good USA team 3-2 in overtime to win the Olympic Gold Medal. Sidney Crosby of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia scored the winner, whereupon the whole nation exhaled at once!







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CANADA WINS!!! CANADA WINS!!!!






Canada just demolished Russia 7-3!!!!
On to the semi-finals!!!!!
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 200th Edition!

1. Divisions Within Canada's New Democratic Party - For a very long time, Canada's political scene was dominated by the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. [The current Conservative Party is not "your father's" Conservative Party of Sir John A. MacDonald, John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - that party, more properly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2003 to form the Conservative Party of Canada].

In any event, a new party emerged in 1961 - the social democratic party known as the New Democratic Party, or the NDP. The party is definitely on the left side of the political spectrum. Despite considerable involvement over the years from the Jewish community, including from the late David Lewis, it has often taken very anti-Israel positions on issues that one would think would be rather opposite to the principles it purports to stand for.

[Another recent new party is the Bloc Quebecois - based entirely in Quebec and dedicated to the protection of Quebec's rights in the federal arena, as well as to sovereignty for Quebec. The Bloc currently holds 48 seats in the federal Canadian Parliament - 11 more than the NDP - and thus in theory, either party holds the balance of power in the current minority government situation. The Bloc has also been accused of having a less than friendly attitude towards Israel.]

Current NDP leader Jack Layton has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Two of the senior people in the NDP are expected to assist Mr. Layton with his leadership responsibilities - one of whom is quite pro-Israel and the other of whom is not. It will be interesting to see what will transpire - John Ivison: NDP flees from divisions over Israel - Full Comment.


2. More On The Dubai Takedown -



5. I'm Not Convinced - I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor - Declare a Palestinian State - NYTimes.com. And where did the figure of 6,000,000 Palestinian refugees come from? First - it is obviously a "charged" number that Palestinians will immediately claim to equal the most frequently cited number of Jews murdered in the Shoah, thereby (in my opinion) demeaning
the almost scared nature if that figure. Second - this broad definition of who constitutes a refugee - it is my understanding that descendants of Palestinian refugees under the authority of the UNRWA are the only group to be granted refugee status on the basis of descent alone. Why, you may ask, aren't the descendants of the larger number of Jews kicked out of all the Arab countries at the same time considered refugees with their own organization to look after them - well perhaps it is due to the fact that Israel, with assistance from the world's Jewish population, took in and resettled a huge number of those people rather than cynically use them as pawns. And it did so at a time when it had next to nothing in terms of national wealth.





8. This Might Be Awkward - Haaretz: Son of Hamas Founder Worked for Shin Bet – Forward.com - beats the heck out of the Montagues and the Capulets.

And look at the BBC story (BBC News - Hamas man's son Mosab Hassan Yousef 'was Israeli spy') with the incredibly moronic comment - "Mosab Hassan Yousef could not be reached for comment".

Gee - I wonder why??

(father - no longer among the living)

(son - hopes to remain among the living)


9. Have To Have An Iran Story - can't have a 200th edition without some Iran stuff.
And since Russia can't seem to make up its mind (I bet an Iranian nuclear missile landing somewhere in Russia in support of Russia's Muslim minorities might persuade them) - I am not going to cheer for its men's hockey team tonight in their Olympic quarterfinal game against Canada - (truth be told, I was never going to root for them). As we used to cheer in the bad old days of the USSR, "da da Canada, nyet nyet Soviet". GO TEAM CANADA - here are some great memories - especially when Mario Lemieux's 1987 Canada Cup winner (the third highlight below) was benefited by a non-call on an obvious hooking penalty that should have been called on Dale Hawerchuk - the referee was Don Koharski (a native of Nova Scotia!!!!! - great work)




10. Wasn't There A Movie About This? - Tunnel Vision: Convict Digs Out of Prison With a Spoon - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International. Oh yeah..... and if you don't have the time to watch the whole video, watch the following one!



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Tuesday, February 23, 2010


1. What Is The Name Of That Place - Oh Yeah, Iran - enough already (like that's going to happen anytime soon).

2. Functionary? How About Murderer? - How dare the EU refer to the target of the Dubai hit as a functionary? Call him what he was - an admitted murderer, a senior Hamas military commander, and a key player in smuggling Iranian rockets into Gaza for use against Israeli citizens - Mossad Under Suspicion: EU Demands Israeli Cooperation over Dubai Killing - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International.

The late unlamented Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
May he rot in hell

Mind you, not that they'd admit it, but the countries that make up the EU know all about functionaries and death. The Shoah could never have occurred without the participation of, among others, the French police and German railway workers.

Drancy Concentration Camp near Paris

3. Archaeological Proof - A World-Historic Find in Jerusalem. Speaking of which, try your hand at this quiz about Palestine.



5. You Go, Girl!


6. Them Jews Is Everywhere! - Jewish Ice Dancer Wins Olympic Silver – Forward.com. Must be a conspiracy of some sort.



8. Canadian Controversy - No, I'm not talking about the "Own The Podium" story from the Winter Olympics nor even about the trials and tribulations of the Canadian Men's hockey team. I have not really followed this story (It's not about the Middle East ) very closely, but as usual, it leads to criticism of the Harper Government in Canada and its support for Israel.

9. The Shoah And Hungary - You may know that Hungary was the last major Jewish population centre to remain largely untouched by the Shoah - that is, until 1944 when the Germans occupied Hungary and deported its Jewish population to Auschwitz to be murdered. This link provides a good history of one of the last tragic acts of the Shoah. In any event, the latest news from Hungary is that Hungary has passed a Holocaust denial bill, some 65 years after the fact.


10. Not Too Swift! All I can say is OUCH!

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Monday, February 22, 2010

1. I Never Thought Of It Like This - Ian O'Doherty: Only one group could be behind the latest hit -- the Irish Jews - Ian O'Doherty, Columnists - Independent.ie.


On a more serious note, here is a column that puts forth the views of various writers regarding the Dubai take-down - Targeted for death - latimes.com. Finally, leave it to the BBC to put things in perspective - The Muqata: BBC: 7-13% of World Jewry work for the Mossad - and where's my damn paycheck???????










"But this view draws a false distinction between containment and force. A preventive attack might not end Iran's nuclear ambitions. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argues that a successful attack would delay the Iranian program by at most a few years. Yet a policy of containment will not save the White House from having to make tough choices about using force. Indeed, Iran can be contained only if Washington is prepared to use force against an emboldened adversary armed with the ultimate weapon."


7. The Destruction of Dresden 1945 - The Allied utter devastation of Dresden in February 1945 has been the subject of intense scrutiny by revisionist historians (such as the infamous Holocaust denier David Irving). Here is a story from The National Post that makes the essential point - you do what you have to do to win a war.

"Every February, one particular chapter of the Second World War seems to be discussed in the Post: the bombing of Dresden by Allied forces in February, 1945. This year was no different, with Bill Twatio questioning why this “Florence on the Elbe” was targeted.

More than two dozen readers responded with explanations. Here are a few that didn’t make it into print last week.

“War is, by definition, armed conflict, with the intention of imposing one side’s will over the other’s,” wrote Eric Warburton. “War is not an exercise in sportsmanship; you do whatever you have to do to win.”

“I had two uncles who were fighting at that stage of the war,” stated Ian Molyneaux. “One was part of an RAF crew that flew missions as part of Bomber Command. Both of them survived. Attacks like the one on Dresden shortened the war and saved lives. Even if only the life of one Allied soldier, one Allied airman or one person in a Nazi death camp was spared, it was worth it — no matter how pretty the buildings in Dresden were.”

“My father was on three ships sunk by German bombs,” added Michael K Power. “He was captured on the Island of Leros and spent almost two years in German prisoner of war camps. He escaped, and was recaptured six times. He was successful the seventh time.

“What did my father think about Dresden?” Mr. Power continued. “His words: ‘It had to be done. The Germans had to be stopped. We were lucky. The Germans were tough and well disciplined. We were very, very, lucky that we beat them.’ ”

And some readers just begged us to stop writing about this event.

“For some correspondents, the bombing of Dresden appears to be the only event of consequence in the Second World War,” wrote Jim Peat. “Those who actually lived through those days and were on the receiving-end of a bomb will tell you that they are sick and tired of reading the same rubbish each year, and wish that the Post would drop the subject.”


8. Plain Speaking Politician - Lt. Col (ret.) Alan West, now a Congressional candidate. In this video he details his reasons to support Israel. West is a decorated war hero whose awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters, one Valor Device), Army Achievement Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster), Valorous Unit Award, Air Assault Badge and the Parachutist Badge. And now he's running for Congress. (thanks to Seraphic Press).


9. What Are They Thinking In The White House? Just the latest in a series of puzzling moves - Investors.com - Our Islamist Envoy

10. I'm Guessing The Caller Is Blonde - she is a moron in any event.

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