Montgomery Advertiser reports on continuing shenanigans of the Alabama's rising star Larry Darby.
BIRMINGHAM -- A Democratic candidate for attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist. Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson. Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.
Here is that character's picture, just in case:
He is a lawyer, so when you spit at him, keep a safe distance, spit usually bounces of these types.
Darby said he will speak today near Newark, N.J., at a meeting of National Vanguard, which bills itself as an advocate for the white race. Some of his campaign materials are posted on the group's Internet site. "It's time to stop pushing down the white man. We've been discriminated against too long," Darby said in the interview.
Tyson [Darby's competitor] said that aside from his views on race and the Holocaust, Darby also has publicly advocated legalizing drugs and shooting all illegal immigrants.
No need to comment, right?
Cross-posted on Yourish.com
Some people go fishing and get a wondrous message from Allah. On top of all the fish.
Some people, though, go fishing and get something entirely different:
Separately, an Israeli naval vessel intercepted a Palestinian boat off the coast of Gaza, confiscated several hundred kilograms of military-grade explosives and mines, and arrested its Palestinian crew, the army said.
The message from Allah in the first case was "God is the greatest of all providers".
It looks like he (she) provides every client according to the client's wishes lately.
It looks like a year for all kinds of living creatures with Quranic texts on their various hides. This time it is the turn of tuna.
MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - A tuna fish caught in the Indian Ocean this week has excited Kenyan Muslims who are flocking here by the hundreds to see a Quranic verse apparently embedded in its scales. Dubbed the "wonder fish" by locals in this port city, the 2.5-kilo (5.5-pound) tuna has attracted so much attention it has been placed in the custody of the National Fisheries Department for safekeeping, officials said.
Arabic scholars examined the fish and determined the writing was a Quranic verse meaning "God is the greatest of all providers," said Hassan Mohamed Hassan, an education officer with the National Museums of Kenya in Mombasa.
We wouldn't argue with the ability of god to provide, but why was that tuna so small? According to this, a real big tuna fish could be much, much heavier than the puny 2.5 kg.
Anyway, not to be outdone, the Elders present a miracle of their own here:
This tuna is both kosher and Danish. Or Swedish. Whatever... See?
This is the first sentence of an article "Let's boycott the universities" by professor Steven Rose of the famous British company of Roses. And I do not mean the flowering shrub of the genus Rosa that makes the British gardeners deservedly famous. Rather a less attractive group of Roses, all of Jewish roots, that made the so-called anti-Zionism their business.
To give a general impression of the article: haven't I known in advance that the learned author is a respected scientist with a impeccable pedigree of studies in the best scientific and educational institutions in the land, I would have guessed that it is a post by one of the usual GUT hang-arounds. The article is pompous on one hand and written as if addressing a kindergarten on the other, and the last thing the author is concerned with are facts.
Here are some facts that Mr. Rose in his sweeping review has forgotten to mention:
Israel has a second government in a row that has declared that separation from the neighbors is its goal. It may do so from less than altruistic reasons, but the bottom line that it is a breakthrough in the institutional thought and should be encouraged by all who want to see an independent Palestinian state.
The Israeli society as a whole recognized the need for separation, for the de-facto end of the occupation, whether it will be a result of negotiations (preferable) or a one-sided move by Israel. So what has changed on the other side of the "apartheid wall"? I would like to be able to say zilch, but the reality is worse than that.
The previous government, lead by no other that the usual scarecrow of the rabid left and the Muslim word Ariel Sharon, declared and carried out the first round of disengagement. The sacred cow of the "we'll never remove a settlement" was butchered, and it was a great start in the right direction. Gaza was let free to start building the foundations of the future state. We all know what Palestinians are doing meanwhile with this opportunity. More than 600 Qassam rockets launched at Israel since disengagement and an elected government whose avowed goal is elimination of the State of Israel. The number of attempts to kill Jews has not dropped, it is just that we are getting better at stopping the suicide bombers.
I can continue, but the above is enough to show how a scientist (and Mr. Rose is purported to be one) can let his prejudice and, frankly, lack of understanding in what is clearly not biology, get him away from reality.
Of course, one could ask the question: why boycott now? Now, of all the times, when Israel is moving in the right direction? Why persist in that folly, knowing perfectly well that each call for boycott alienates another and another Israeli scientist and only strengthens the wall of mutual incomprehension?
But these are difficult questions for that superior scientific mind. It is much easier to deal with sweeping slogans like "the state of Israel is in illegal occupation of Palestinian lands", vague and slanderous statements like "Some practise open discrimination against Arab students, some build on illegally seized Palestinian land, and some have supported peripheral institutions in the illegal settlements." and in general, to make a monkey of himself in public.
Of course, the Roses (all of them, as a matter of fact) have never answered the question of the justification of singling out Israel for that special treatment.
Let's try closer to home, dear professor. Why not boycott the scientists of the country that occupies North Ireland for the last 400 or so years and settled this land with what is clearly an alien group there? As a warm up before going for the bear.
Boycott yourself, Mr. Rose. And I am getting as close as I can to the real advice I would like to offer, having in mind some people who might boycott this post otherwise.
Cross-posted on Yourish.com
P.S. A great article on the subject by Bradley Burston
Update: it is worth mentioning that, as proof of burgeoning boycotting business, the esteemed professor offered a link to this article. Obviously, being too busy, Mr. Rose did not read the article carefully. Otherwise, he would have stopped to think about this passage:
The boycott proved to be the most divisive episode in the AUT's history. In a rushed debate at the union's conference, members voted to boycott Haifa and Bar Illans Universities for supporting the Israeli state and restricting academic freedom. The facts of the cases were disputed and the AUT became the focus of the global media and was severely criticised. The boycott was overturned at an emergency conference a few weeks later.
To translate the vague text above: the "facts of the case" as presented by the proponents of the boycott appeared to be a collection of libelous tripe, and, being faced by a certainty of a humiliation in the (British) court, the said proponents ate quite a large crow.
And re the divisiveness - only at the union emergency conference the real size of the pro-boycott faction became clear. That, speaking about "pathetic groupuscules", professor Rose...
That's the name of the post in Zionation on the subject of most... no, you read it.
I will add a brief analysis of a phenomenon that this post mentions but does not explain: the Iranians are the ones looking the most for the F-word via Google. That is for the word "fuck", if you still cannot catch up.
It so happens that I have a ready explanation for this anomaly. It is not that Iranians are obsessed with you know what. It is just laziness.
Most people use Google out of sheer laziness. And if you want to know what pearl of wisdom your mercurial and, let's say it straight, meshuggene president produced today, you have to go into Google and write "Ahmadinejad".
Since the above collection of letters is quite long and since the name frequently appears in conjunction with that F-word, like in "fuck Ahmadinejad", it is a good bet that looking for the F-word you shall get to the same places with less work.
Does it makes sense? You bet...
That according to JP.
A document composed by former Fatah-Tanzim head Marwan Barghouti from inside the Israeli prison where he is incarcerated, outlining the terms of an agreement to quell the tensions between Fatah and Hamas, was approved by Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday.
Together with heads of other Palestinian organizations inside the jail, Barghouti called on Hamas and Fatah to unify into one Palestinian movement, Israel Radio reported. The imprisoned leaders of the two movements, together with representatives of the Islamic Jihad, PFLP and the DFLP signed the document.
The initiative called for all Palestinian organizations to act towards the achievement of an independent Palestinian state based upon the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. It was the first time a Hamas leader had unconditionally accepted the 1967 borders in a future Palestinian state.
That's a first minuscule step in the right direction, but still far from being there.
The article carries a picture of Bargouti in jail.
Marwan looks definitely better than on the day of his capture after all these years in hiding. So, all things considered, the time in the nick is doing him some good in more than one sense.
Well, happy for you Marwan, and about that document: take your time for some new revisions, there is no hurry, really!
Cross-posted on Yourish.com
Ynet published a story I cannot qualify as anything but scandalous:
Rabbis get woman-free flight
Two leading rabbis buy all first class tickets, ask El Al to only post male stewards on flight so they do not have to see women on way to America.
A modest first class flight: Two leading rabbis set to fly to the United States concluded an agreement with El Al that would see them enjoy a woman-free and movie-free flight.
The Gerrer Rebbe, a Hassidic leader who will fly abroad on Sunday, asked El Al that no air stewardesses be aboard the flight. El Al complied with the rabbi's request and on Sunday's flight to the United States only males will look after passengers.
The Gerrer Rebbe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman, 93, another leading rabbi, will fly in a historic journey to visit American Jewish communities.
During the visit the rabbis will seek to raise funds for married yeshiva students attending advanced Judaic studies programs.
The rabbis bought all first class tickets on the flight to make sure no businesswomen are on board. It was also decided that no films will be screened during the flight. Moreover, the backs of first class seats will be covered with plastic so that the rabbis won't even have to see the television screens.
That's one historic journey indeed. A few questions (asked in a vacuum for sure):
- The rabbis spent a 6-digits amount for a flight which goal, between others, is to raise funds. Kinda contradictory, isn't it, unless they know in advance that this is a good investment?
- That money for the tickets: who, exactly, coughed it up, if not the two usual groups of suckers: the marks in US and the taxpayers in Israel?
- Do other passengers on this flight agree to the no movies proviso?
- How does a national carrier like El-Al agree to conditions that are a) insulting to women b) discriminatory to other passengers and c) most probably are in violation of a lot of laws in this country (which is not yet, as far as I know, under Halachic regime)?
And a main question to El-AL and related miscellaneous bodies: how exactly does this act provide support to the claim, made by our politicians and assorted motormouths, that Israel is one of the very few enlightened democracies in the area? (As a case of the opposite usually pointing to Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc.)
Feh.
That historic deed will hardly take a prominent place in the history books all over the world, but the letter itself, most probably, will be made a compulsory study material in Persian schools, in some ultra-left and uber-right parties. Some people who write for some media outlets I am not naming will definitely use this letter for guidance. From Ami Isseroff:
It is an amazing primary historical document. It is not a diplomatic missive in any ordinary sense of the term, since Ahmadinejad calls President Bush a liar. Surely, few such documents have passed between heads of state in hundreds of years. It bears witness to the naive, essentially medieval mindset of the writer. Not a single one of the substantive issues is really discussed by President Ahmadinejad, nor does he offer any practical remedies for the outstanding problems. Instead, in the style of a mendicant friar or a fiery reformationist, he recounts all the supposed "sins" of the American government and calls on President Bush to abandon democracy and repent!
I must add to the above that the document's real purpose is to cater to a specific slice of the Western population that will lap it up in its entirety: it skillfully uses the same slogans that this slice of population is eagerly absorbing from the same (unnamed) media outlets.
In related (?) news: what Ami Isseroff presents as another sin of the Zionists is, in fact, another achievement of the Elders. It is that simple: someone that goes by name of Yoshie Furuhashi, got wise to our dastardly plot to prevent a peaceful solution to Darfur crisis:
The "Save Darfur" rally today was aired on C-Span. The rally was small -- only several thousands according to Reuters ("Thousands March to Stop Darfur Killing," 30 April 2006). And the crowd in attendance was overwhelmingly white. But, boy, it was a professionally-staged photo op, with celebs, politicos, and exiles from Sudan at the podium expertly framed by the U.S. Capitol in the background.
The timing of the rally was perfect, designed to coincide -- and scuttle -- the Abuja peace negotiations between the rebels and Khartoum brokered by the African Union, whose deadline is midnight today. And sure enough, the rebels rejected the peace deal:...
And here comes the rub:
Really, why should the rebels accept any peace deal, when Washington, given an excuse by the pro-war rally organized by an odd alliance of evangelicals and establishment Jews, is pushing for NATO interventions just at this moment?
What Ms. Furuhashi does not know (yet) is that the Jooz enjoy the by-product of the Darfur genocide, harvesting the organs from the "proceeds". But I hope you will give her the proper credit for connecting the dots: Jooz - Evangelicals - Washington - scuttling the peace negotiations - NATO intervention... Really, Jooz just cannot stop being happy at a good genocide.
Sorry, I have to interrupt the post at this point for a good barf.
Update: had a checkup with the departmental shrink. He says that now I am conditioned and my fate is to have a vomiting session every time I hear or read the name Yoshie Furuhashi.
The hazards of serving the Elders...
Two headlines from the Ynet Updates caught my attention today:
Peres: Israel should not stay quiet on Iran
Kadima MK Shimon Peres said Tuesday that "Iran is playing a double game. On the one hand it speaks of civilian nuclear energy and on the other about exterminating peoples."
Senior IAF officer: Israel has long arm, multiple options
"Israel has a long multi-purpose arm which is based on the air force which has varied operational options for different scenarios," a senior IAF officer said Tuesday.
Brigadier-General Amir Ashel spoke of the various aspects of an IAF operation within large distance of Israel.
With deepest feeling of nostalgia I remember the times when senior IDF officers knew to keep their mouths shut. Wait, in fact there never was such a time...
We have to remind every officer, from major and up, that good old proverb: what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Another option will be to install in the head of each "senior officer" a voice box that will allow only two sentences: "Gimme food!" for the canteen and "After me!" for the battlefield.
Dear readers: you are cordially invited to look at the following set of pictures and take a multiple choice quiz at the end of the photo gallery. No prizes this time, I am afraid. For your viewing convenience, click on the picture to enlarge.
So here is the question: what is going on in the above set of pictures:
- The yearly stockholders meeting of BP
- Meeting of the neighborhood vigilante committee against stray cats
- Open session of the commission for the selection of a new wife for Emir of Dubai
- Family visiting day in an institution for mentally challenged
- Finals of "American Idol"
- None of the above
The correct answer -
here.
Bon Appetite: The Chief Rabbinate on Monday rendered buffalo meat kosher. The kashrut certification was issued by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar following a request by two researchers from Bar-Ilan University.
Yeeeha! After all these years of prohibition, I can take my old trusty buffalo gun out of the storage bin! Hurray to the modern science!
The sight of them buffalo roaming the endless steppes of Israel untouched started to get on my nerves lately.
You better watch out now, you walking steaks!
Step aside, Buffalo Bill!
They trekked thousands of miles in searing heat...
They crossed the border risking life and limb...
They get paid peanuts...
They do jobs others refuse to do...
Some people back in their own country treat them with little respect...
They live crammed together in substandard conditions...
They rarely see their families...
They have to learn a foreign language and culture...
They recognize only one flag...
WHO ARE THEY?
Find out here.
As another installment in the series, from today's on-line edition of Guardian:
Who killed the old lady? Is it the dastardly sentient coach or the armed police? The article insists that it is the coach:
Armed police opened fire on a stolen luxury coach that killed an elderly woman and injured more than a dozen others during a five-mile chase in the suburbs of Dublin yesterday.
So far there is nothing to dispel the impression that a new breed of monsters, killer coaches this time, appeared in the fair land of Eire. Only somewhere later in the article a human being that may have had a connection to the murderous behavior of the coach is mentioned:
A man, who is believed to be in his early 30s and from the Tallaght area of west Dublin, was arrested on a slip road of the N7 around 2pm.
To keep the readers under suspense, the author does not say anything about the connection, of course: the man in his early 30s could have easily been a runaway husband for all we know.
At least Jooz believe so. And some of us, it seems, act on their beliefs.
UK: ‚"Rabbi" with 7 wives becomes celebrity
British man claiming to be a rabbi married to seven different women at the same time, became a somewhat minor celebrity in the UK last week after his story was reported by several national newspapers and a TV documentary.
In a self-styled reincarnation of a biblical king, Philip Sharp lives in Brighton, on the southern coast of Britain, with his seven wives and five children. Though not legally married they live according to the belief they are bound in the eyes of God to "love and eternally serve him in every way". In return, his job is to bring them close to God "in the covenant of the family".
The story caused a lot of waves in the Jewish community. Protests, accusations of insanity, fraud and whatnot. I am not sure that these are the most interesting points, though.
How does the bloke manage 7 Jewish wives?
Hat tip: Ami Isseroff
I don't know how about you, but I like this chappie. This frood definitely knows where his towel is.
I shall use him as my avatar. At least for a while.
