Scaramouche reports: As riveting as the speakers were--and, indeed, they were--for me the high point of the evening came toward the end. By then, the question period had gone one … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
‘It is amazing to me that there are still ‘liberals’ like this, even within Israel’
David Warren writes: I have actually met people who live a few hundred metres from the front line with an enemy sworn to exterminate them; who think the "road to … [Read more...]
‘She represents something very powerful. It’s deeper than politics…’
"It's cultural. It's just this zeitgeist of raw emotion, kind of what our country is all about."
Of course, other national politicians attract passionate … [Read more...]
Report on Bibi’s pre-flotilla visit to Toronto last Sunday
From the Jewish Tribune: Although most of the protest had broken up by the time the walk was under way, some members of the group … [Read more...]
From our bulging ‘At least Jerry Lee Lewis could play the damn piano’ files…
BBC News: "Defenders of child marriage say the practice is part of Saudi culture."
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Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand, George Orwell top bestseller list
Frances Martel writes: ...[Beck's novel, The] Overton Window plot, as described in early press teasers sure sounds like a 2010 remake of the Rand … [Read more...]
Glenn Beck’s one-hour special on Israel
The rest is here. … [Read more...]
‘Both the title of the photograph and its organization of space indicate that the real site of scopophilic power is on the margins of the frame.’
Also? Naked lady! … [Read more...]
Guess who won a ‘Canwest Media Diversity Award’?
Me?! Ha ha. I don't win awards anymore. Nope, it went to the guy who made this: … [Read more...]
With ‘friends’ like this, the Tea Party doesn’t need enemies
Never mind "polling": this is "journalism"? And the University of Washington poll is limited to seven states, several of which are likely to house more than the usual … [Read more...]
Rallies for Israel in Toronto this Friday, Saturday
I was on Bloor yesterday and the cops have left the stacked up steel barricades on a dolly parked in front of the consulate. I guess they figure they might as well... Taxpayer funded Palestine House Community Center (whose supporters were caught on tape, on their property, [Read more...]