Haveil Havalim #224 - The Fourth of July Weekend Edition

Rocks on A Time of the Signs today. Enjoy.

Bar Refaeli's naked photo shoot in Israel

Where to get nekkid if not at home? Watch. Drool. Envy.

Wife blows MI6 chief

's cover on Facebook.

(I was told to avoid long headlines, so...)

Anyway, here comes Sir John Sawers (uncovered):

Oops, a printer's error. Here is the right one:

Gosh, I hope he doesn't take that mistake personally. He could send that other guy after me, and then what would I do?

Update: he wears Speedo. Oh boy...

"Jewishes" and a deficient Head

JC released a soppy tale of homegrown antisemitism flaring up at an Infants’ School in Paddington – an apparent multi-faith, predominantly Muslim primary school.

The Head Master, at Hallfield Infants’ School, one Philip Eaton failed to ascertain the origin of this racist outbreak, noting that "… There is a bigger issue of where they [children] are getting this from and it must be somewhere outside.”

This of course raises a few questions as to what Mr. Eaton meant by "somewhere outside". Is this infantile racism a consequence of environmental issues such as Global warming? Pollution? Could this be part of the Swine (no offence intended toward the parents of the racist puerile subjects of the kingdom) Fever pandemic?

I guess that we won't really ever know:

"Mr Eaton said he had wanted time to work out a strategy for dealing with the problem “because children of this age have very short memories of what they are saying."

Really Mr. Eaton? My own particular Two and a half year old would easily prove you wrong, being able to quote himself weeks later. Any child psychologist would confirm that the recall in a Four year old would easily be up to the job. Moreover, by the age of Four, a Normal child has already mastered the art of deception, and as demonstrated, when faced with an incapable school master, can even excel. So Mr. Eaton strategize away, but I suspect that by the time you will have worked out the situation, these infants will have finished their Masters degree.

Happy Independence Day

To all our American friends.

Mexican midget matmen, rabbit-obsessed woman, screaming mom etc.

This weekend seems to be extremely fruitful where strange quirks are considered.

Two Mexican Midget Wrestlers Killed by Fake Prostitutes

Autopsies are being performed on the two midget wrestlers, one of whom went by the name "La Parkita" — or "Little Death" — and wore a skeleton costume in the ring. The other was known as "Espectrito Jr." Authorities say two women were seen leaving the men's hotel room before the bodies were discovered.

I don't even know where to start commenting on this one. You would think wrestlers could take care of an assault...

Rabbit-obsessed woman sent back to jail

Police arrested Sakewitz on 16 June after she called a maintenance worker to her room in the Portland suburb of Tigard to fix a broken television set. The worker saw and smelled the rabbits, some of them hopping free.The woman's legal problems began in 2006 when police found more than 150 rabbits in her home and dozens more bunny bodies in freezers.

At least she didn't collect TV repairmen...

Teenagers who mishear sex noises attack woman's lover

US police say a teenage girl overheard her mother's screams during sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up some friends to attack the woman's lover. A 16-year-old girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman's bedroom in the Torrington home, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said. One of the teens beat the 25-year-old man with a bat and others punched him, police said. He suffered a black eye and several bruises.

Two remarks: a)More sex education in Torrington; b) Lock you bedroom door to avoid mishaps; c) Muffler?

Staff strip naked to improve morale

David Taylor, a business psychologist, told workers at design and marketing onebestway, in Newcastle upon Tyne, that a Naked Friday idea would boost their team spirit.

This David Taylor bloke - wasn't he a slightly gay person with an old-fashioned haircut and lisping voice?

And now back to midgets:

This one wouldn't succumb easily to no fake prostitute, after all he learned all the tricks by now.

North Korea Fires 7 Missiles Off Eastern Coast

Obviously to join the celebrations of Independence Day in US...

Cool.

New Israel Fund - oops?

The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel's citizens.

This is what NIF site says. Admirable goals indeed. And then, as it appears, while pursuing these goals and spreading around significant amounts of monetary aid, NIF folks don't even take a minute for a breather. Or a second to say "oops". So someone else (Samuel Sokol and David Bedein) decided to help NIF with that oops:

American Jews fund anti-Israel organizations

One of such organizations is I’lam. The Middle East Forum recently commissioned a report on I’lam by the Center for Near East Policy Research which can be found online. A quote from this report:

I’lam and its staff members have promoted:

• The notion of a massacre in Jenin during Israeli anti-terror operations in 2002.
• The calumny that the recent incursion in Gaza was a massacre.
• Comparisons between Nazis and IDF service personnel.
• Unsubstantiated accusations of cold-blooded murder of journalists.
• Accusations of Israeli security personnel acting as death squads while enforcing the law with the Israeli-Arab public
  
• The Palestinian “Right of Return”.
• Jerusalem’s status as an Arab cultural capital as well as a soon to be political capital by right as opposed to a Jewish capital
  
• The Palestinian identity of Israeli-Arabs and the solidarity between Israeli-Arabs and the Hamas led Arabs of Gaza
  
• The ideology that the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 was a disaster (Nakba)
• The very idea of a Jewish state is racist.
• The position that national service is illegitimate for Arab citizens of the state of Israel
  
• Hamas as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
• The replacement of Israel with a Palestinian state
• Their right to express disloyalty to Israel and to demand their rights as citizens of Israel.

While there are many worthwhile Arab, Druze and Bedouin organization, NIF sometimes choose strange targets for their money. Surely they could do better?

Sleeping with the cockroaches

Regarding the stream of whining by the members of the latest ship of fools:

How much do you want to be Gilad Shalit [who] would give just about everything to be left penniless and without his ‘belongings’ at the central bus station in Ashdod?

Yep.

The Guardian goat guy and a few questions

An article titled No Gourmets in Gaza was posted on June 16, 2009 in Word of Mouth blog of Guardian. The first thing that struck me was a familiar picture under the headline:
To start with, the picture was used by somebody else several days ago, also in Guardian:

That previous time, as you can see, the Guardian goat guy (GGG) was providing background to a discussion of financial ruin (on one hand) Gaza is experiencing, with a slightly contradictory statement of investment opportunities there on the other hand.

Today, it seems, GGG is embracing his goat in support of another topic:

Is hunger a legitimate way of defeating an enemy?

This is an interesting question, especially coming from a heir of European warriors. One would be tempted to remind the author, one Alex Renton, that his ancestors have besieged many a city or a castle, starving its defenders into surrender or death. One would be also strongly tempted to remind Mr Renton two words: Potato Famine... but of course, Mr Renton shouldn't feel guilty for what his forefathers did so many years ago. Or should he? In any case, I am not going to answer this question today, rather, in that venerable Jooish tradition, I shall instead ask Mr Renton a few questions back. To ease the burden of answering this questions, multiple options are provided.

When IDF left Gaza strip, the purpose of this was:

1. To ensure Zionist control of the strip
2. To blockade 1.5 million of Gazans
3. To let Gazans manage their own lives and to become good neighbors
4. To free some military resources for upcoming war with Andorra

The airport built in Gaza strip was later destroyed by IDF because of:

1. Differences of opinion on the airport architecture
2. A need to create a new football field in the place
3. Continuing attacks on Israel from Gaza strip
4. Arafat piloting his plane in a way that clashed with FAA regulations

The plans for a seaport in the Gaza strip were scrapped because of:

1. Objections of environmental lobby in Gaza
2. Overabundance of jellyfish in the area
3. Growing use of the sea routes by Gazans to smuggle weapons
4. The area being too shallow for 6th fleet ships to anchor

The further deterioration of the situation in Gaza was caused by:

1. Bird flu
2. Hamas ascendance to power and sharp increase in flying objects crossing the border with Israel
3. Disagreements between Hamas and Israel on finer points of international cuisine (humus)

The closing of the border crossings between Gaza and Israel was caused by:

1. Insufficient manpower for management of the crossings
2. Continuing attacks over the border, including attacks on the crossings themselves
3. Lack of interest for employment in Israel on the side of Gazans
4. Clash between Muslim and Jewish religious holidays

The thousand of flying objects mentioned above are:

1. Doves, released by uncounted peace groups in Gaza to symbolize their desire for peace
2. Postcards from Gazan kids to the Israeli kids
3. A novel way to expedite the exchange of information between parties
4. Qassam rockets launched to kill Israeli citizens indiscriminately

The last but not the least, Mr Renton: you are saying "When I've written about this in the past on WoM, the orchestrated responses of the lobby groups have soon filled the comments slot..." - what precisely "lobby groups" you mean?

Now let's stop the questions and give Mr Renton some time to ignore them. Let's talk about some undeniable facts. First of all, GGG surely gets around. I predict his next goat-hugging appearance in a Guardian article titled Goats Against Tanks - Life on the Brink. Or summat...

Then another fact: today I can breath easily, having finally established that the animal in question is indeed a goat, because there was some controversy in the previous post where GGG starred.

Cross-posted at Yourish.com

Bahia Bakari, sole survivor of Yemeni plane crash, can't swim and didn't have a life jacket

On top of it, according to this, the sea was stormy and the area was shark-infested. As if all this were not enough, Bahia suffered a fractured collarbone and burns to her knee.

That kid needs watching, I think...

Israel and Sri Lanka: a media analysis of war crimes allegations

Just Journalism is an independent research organisation focused on how Israel and Middle East issues are reported in the UK media. In this latest investigation JJ show amazing numbers related to coverage of the two unrelated conflicts.

Don't just read the article linked above: more details in the PDF file linked from the article.

And yes, of course, make your own conclusions.

Celebration of Steve Cohen’s life , this Sunday

Celebration of the life and achievements of Steve Cohen. Manchester Town Hall.
Sunday 5th July 11am.- 5pm.

There’ll be various speakers, including speakers on antisemitism, friendship, Ireland, anti-deportation, Steve’s life, various speakers from campaigns Steve was involved in,and also a reading by Julie Hesmondhalg from Steve’s recent novel . Followed at 2 pm by the Immigration Law Practitioners Association 25th anniversary celebrations “Perspectives on Immigration”
All welcome.

Obituary for Steve Cohen.

That's Funny You Don't Look Anti-Semitic
An anti-racist analysis of left anti-semitism by Steve Cohen

More female Israeli soldiers

I was reminded recently about neglecting this fascinating for some readers subject. So here they are again - horribly beweaponed, bloodthirsty and as sweet as they come.

More could be seen in this presentation below - with luck, since there are still some creative differences between Google Docs and Blogger sometimes.

If the slideshow is on the fritz, try here. In any case, it's recommended to watch through the last slide, where real porn is happening!

Hat tip to SEO.

On the ascendance of Gibberish

That. Is. Great.

Rick Astley - found dead in hotel room?

Rumors (or rumours in this case) are spreading as far as a Malaysian newspaper. So what? Take it easy, it's always sunset time for someone. And, speaking about sunsets:

Follow the routine: click on the picture, breath slowly and look at it... relax...