tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179213472011-12-19T05:49:59.407-08:00Vinum Animi SpeculumSuzannenoreply@blogger.comBlogger731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-90960749279983671612011-12-19T05:49:00.000-08:002011-12-19T05:49:59.420-08:00

Khan Academy Khan Academy on YouTube Free learning at the Open University

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Palestinian boys play with their toy guns under a poster of executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the refugee camp of Shatila in the southern suburbs of Beirut on November 16, 2010 during the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-55315112216374225312010-09-09T01:14:00.001-07:002010-09-09T01:28:46.506-07:00

Wat een rare column van Nico Dijkshoorn op nu.nl. Hij gaat totaal voorbij aan de persoon Ruhulessin en waar hij voor staat. Hij werd niet gestenigd. Hij werd bekritiseerd. Hij werd om de oren gegooid met universele denkbeelden. Femke Halsema zei niet voor niets dat het om de MENS gaat en niet om de STAAT. En een ieder MENS wilt niet dat de staat zich bemoeit met je prive-leven en je gaat stenigen

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It was the list that would have sent thousands more Jews to their deaths in Auschwitz and other extermination camps run by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime during the second world war, but this time the victims were to be Spaniards.The Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, whose apologists usually claim that he protected Jews, ordered his officials to draw up a list of some 6,000 Jews living in

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-54429017043610902962010-06-18T06:43:00.001-07:002010-06-18T06:43:26.995-07:00

Or should I say "peaceful"?The video shows Bulent Yildirim, leader of the IHH group which organized the aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip, speaking before the dozens of activists on board the ship. [I attached a picture of Yildirim during a meeting with Hamasnik Ismail Haniyeh, January 2010, Suz.]"We don't want to be recorded in Allah's book as cowards," he said, encouraging the ship's passengers, "

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-36169934432982882002010-04-18T03:28:00.000-07:002010-04-18T03:35:19.185-07:00

Jewish conspiracy in Malaysian electionsBN, PR trade ‘Jewish’ jibes as campaign unfoldsThe first day of the official Hulu Selangor campaign saw the main contenders, Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, exchange allegations of Jewish links against each other in the race for the majority Malay vote.Muslims and Christians can't get along in Africa? Christians, Muslims almost equal in numbers in

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Which version you like most? See below. Once again I listened to the touchy and beautiful version of Hava Nagila in French and Hebrew by Kuwaiti singer Emma Shah (she sang this not without consequences unfortunately, but she is brave): While listening I got drawn to the related videos mentioned in the sidebar of YouTube. A selection: Hava Nagila Chinese style: Hava Nagila Indian style:

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Haaretz wrote: A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years. When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will automatically become criminal offenders liable to be severely

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-23939048194492029482010-04-10T14:27:00.000-07:002010-04-10T14:28:15.084-07:00

Was pleasantly surprised by the movie Pope Joan today. The strength of this woman who became Pope was stunning and aspiring. In a time where women were worth less than cattle and only useful for reproduction and householding, there was this strong girl Johanna longing for knowledge. Her brother Johannes got killed in an attack by the Vikings, which made her decide to continue her life as him.

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In the week that Jews read the Biblical story of Ezekiel's valley of dry bones, there are resurgent fears that the Shi'a Wakf (religious endowment) wishes to turn the shrine of the Jewish Prophet Ezekiel into a mosque. (Sign the petition!) Two activists on behalf of the preservation of the shrine, at Kifl south of Baghdad, Mr Maurice Shohet from New York and Professor Shmuel Moreh, an Israeli

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-84286695672213611392010-04-03T14:04:00.000-07:002010-04-03T14:34:43.382-07:00

Must see:See also:Amnesty International responds to the global petition and a response from the petitionersShocking endorsement of the concept of ’Defensive Jihad’ by Amnesty International, in a letter in response to the Global Petition to Amnesty international. The initiators of the Global petition (Human Rights for All) respond to the disturbing letter from Amnesty international. These two

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-34805964887295493492010-04-03T06:28:00.000-07:002010-04-03T06:34:45.110-07:00

How propaganda forces disturb news articles. From Elderofziyon (commentary is his):"From Ma'an, March 30:A child was shot and killed east of the Yasser Arafat International Airport in Rafah on Tuesday, medics said. Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in Gaza, said Muhammad Zen Ismail Al-Farmawi, 15, was shot dead near the southeasterly border by Israeli forces,

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-83245766954963803302010-03-25T09:46:00.001-07:002010-03-25T09:49:39.822-07:00

That's what I call a swinging 1915 song!The text is a bit odd though... for 1915. Cannot recall that every race was welcomed as stated in this video.

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UN Watch, the Geneva-based watchdog organization, exposed an anti-Semitic text that was circulated by the United Nations Human Rights Council this week as part of its permanently recurring debate on the Palestinian territories, which culminated yesterday in four resolutions against Israel, with a fifth on the Goldstone Report expected today. UN Watch's letter, shown below, has mobilized

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-60481004505901077672010-02-14T09:51:00.000-08:002010-02-14T10:22:09.933-08:00

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who is aboard the International Space Station (ISS), uses Twitter to send pictures back to Earth. Subscribe yourself to his photo stream. It's worth it!

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-8692077595682771022010-02-14T05:35:00.000-08:002010-02-14T06:37:19.022-08:00

Rarely I write about sports, but this article is amusing to read: Explaining the Crazy Dutch Love of Speed Skating.The Italian clown Silvio Berlusconi shows his "pretty" face again: Silvio Berlusconi has said that while illegal immigrants were not welcome in Italy he would make an exception for "beautiful girls". Saudi Arabia hates Valentine's Day. Ok. We get it. AlArabiya has an article about

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-22543574782602326742010-02-12T15:28:00.000-08:002010-02-12T15:31:12.975-08:00

From the BBC:The head of Amnesty International's Gender Unit, Gita Sahgal, has been suspended following her claim that the human rights group has too close a relationship with Moazzam Begg the former Guantanamo detainee and spokesman for the group Cageprisoners which campaigns on behalf of those imprisoned in the so-called "war on terror".Ms Sahgal explains her concerns about the group. Here is a

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I can only agree with Gita Sahgal if it is true that Moazzam Beg has a double agenda. More and more I'm loosing faith in the works of human rights groups such as Amnesty International when they are blind for human rights abuses by the ones whose human rights they are defending. If this case is true, it'd not be the first mistake the organization makes:Amnesty International is ‘damaged’ by Taliban

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-66782054825831138312010-02-04T03:54:00.000-08:002010-02-04T04:10:26.663-08:00

In 2008 the left-winged (non-Jewish) Spanish journalist Pilar Rahola visited AIPAC and spoke there. In her speech she raised some serious issues of how some of the left-winged ideologies are corrupted: Thus, like Salman Rushdie, Talisma Nasreen and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Robert Redeker has discovered that one part of the European left is betraying freedom. He speaks of the menace of Islamic fascism,

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-25477752399385882712010-01-28T11:26:00.000-08:002010-01-28T11:32:16.387-08:00

From Rockets Over 12,000 rockets have been fired into southern Israel in the last 8 years, deliberately targeting Israeli civilians, causing chaos, destruction and death. An entire generation of children has been traumatized by the terror of ongoing rocket attacks. Yet the Goldstone Report claims that Israel is the aggressor.rocket to rosesHand sculpted roses created from actual Kassam rockets

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-82915478487772839322010-01-21T10:16:00.000-08:002010-01-21T10:17:41.791-08:00

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Seculars in the west are often quick to condemn any expression of 'Jewish bigotry', while ignoring the antisemitism rampant in the Arab press and media. Where is their contextual counterbalance? "The mainstream media in the United States is quick to denounce any perceived affronts to Arab or Islamic culture, and just as quick to condemn any alleged expressions of Jewish or Israeli chauvinism. But

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-64775016918582263312009-12-14T06:29:00.000-08:002009-12-14T06:36:39.548-08:00

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian."– Sir Paul McCartney Narrated by and starring Sir Paul McCartney, PETA's shocking new video takes its inspiration from the most well-known quote in the animal rights movement and offers a brief glimpse behind the walls of slaughterhouses, factory farms, live-animal transport and the fishing industry....Source: PETA

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Please bring her back:

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The YouTube user Aaron1912 is doing a great job collecting old images and sounds from the beginning of the last century. I welcome you on board of this Virtual Time Machine with the following videos:

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With the internet and news outlets growing and the increasing amount of journalists, the quality of news articles unfortunately deteriorates. If everyone can and is allowed to write, what else could one expect? Lies turn into truth. Dubious myths turn into facts. Reports from many organizations are believed without checking the facts. We live in an era wherein journalists copy others without

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I already mentioned before the LIFE archives, which you can access through Google. Today, I came across this weblog which shows (some of?) the collection LIFE has of Israel in 1948.See:Part 1Part 2Part 3See also:Israel in 1960And I could not help, but notice the following question relating to the post:Micky Schwarz 09.20.2009 at 10:00 am Where are the Jewish refugees from Jerusalem today? Have

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-32545825646075406412009-08-15T06:16:00.000-07:002009-08-15T06:18:41.392-07:00

Despite Morocco's long symbiosis with the Jews, the average Moroccan identifies more closely with an Afghan Muslim than a Moroccan Jew. This is one of the findings in Paul Vermeren's new book, Le Maroc de Mohammed Vl: La transition inacheve. Editions la Decouverte) summarised in Information Juive (July/August 2009). Here is a potted translation:Morocco is something of an exception in the Arab

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An oldie...

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"The intellectuals - professors and students - are the only ones who advocate destroying the west under the pretext that freedom is but an illusion (Karl Popper)Trailer:"The Path to Darkness" is now in Post Production.Billions have been invested by Saoudi Arabia in US universities in the last years. At the same time, our western values have been erroded by moral relativism. This leads an entire

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-46880557012691945302009-07-29T02:23:00.000-07:002009-07-29T02:25:16.137-07:00

The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics notes today that less people visit church or mosque. Among Muslims the drop is highest. While in 1998/1999 about half of the Muslim population visited a mosque once a month, the average of those visiting the mosque in 2004-2008 is a bit more than a third. Catholics follow the muslims in their drop with 3 on 10 people visiting the church once a month (1998/

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One name sticks out from the list of winners in the prestigious El Hizjra poetry competition intended for Dutch Arabs, which was announced last week -Tuvit Shlomi, press officer for Holland's largest Zionist group. (...) Although the competition is intended for Arabs, it is open to anyone. Past winners include renowned Dutch authors such as Abdelkader Benali, Mohammed Benzakour, and Rashid

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-26257202644742598102009-05-14T09:41:00.000-07:002009-05-14T09:54:15.232-07:00

The Pope is having a hard time in Israel as he has to be extremely political correct and almost every move, saying or silence is being criticized. His words often twisted or misunderstood. Personally I believe that he's not the person who should get political. He's a spiritual leader and journalists and leaders seem to forget that very often, when they almost demand an opinion on certain issues

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-6933007289573340662009-05-14T08:31:00.000-07:002009-05-14T08:34:50.913-07:00

(This is the article that co-researcher "the Elder" wrote as an op-ed, that was inexplicably not published as planned. Much of it was beautifully rewritten by a prominent writer and author.)For three weeks in December 2008-January 2009, Israel and Hamas fought a war in the Gaza Strip after Hamas announced it was abandoning the ceasefire and began escalated rocket and mortar attacks on

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-1690958075742295642009-05-14T05:38:00.001-07:002009-05-14T05:44:17.191-07:00

Army Spec. Zachary Boyd, a 2007 graduate of Keller Central High School, was in his sleeping quarters this week when the Taliban attacked in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Boyd rushed to a defensive position clad in his helmet, vest and boxers -- the pink ones decorated with the "I Love NY" slogan.His mother was surprised to see that her son was in the Times, but she was not

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-71782211902443603812009-05-08T04:40:00.000-07:002009-05-08T04:44:11.600-07:00

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.And some history:

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34 lashes as punishment for what exactly?(...)Reached by phone, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed responsibility for the flogging. "She came out of her house with another guy who was not her husband, so we must punish her. There are boundaries you cannot cross," he said. He defended the Taliban's right to thrash women shoppers who were inappropriately dressed, saying it was permitted under

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Tuning Baghdad brings together a growing archive of rare video footage, audio clips and historical information on Iraqi Jewish musicians and the music scene that was displaced from Baghdad in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The last generation of Iraqi Jewish musicians who performed in Baghdad, now in their 70s and 80s, represent an era when an unusually large number of the Iraqi-Jews were

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-46710461721872601852009-03-02T11:44:00.001-08:002009-03-02T11:45:02.318-08:00

Why is the world's worst violence ignored? So many of the world's largest conflicts are off-the-radar 'stealth conflicts', while many of the conflicts that we seem to know so well turn out to be relatively small by comparison. Why is this so, and why do we allow this situation to stand unchallenged? Watch this video and find out more.

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-54156533901318971752009-02-13T07:17:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:42:22.370-08:00

Found a brilliant collection of old photographs on flickr.com:MORE PICS

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Again I stumbled upon an old picture on which clearly can be seen that men and women were not praying separately at the Western Wall as they do nowadays:Source: Ynet

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Those around the world who mourned for Danny in 2002 genuinely hoped that Danny's murder would be a turning point in the history of man's inhumanity to man, and that the targeting of innocents to transmit political messages would quickly become, like slavery and human sacrifice, an embarrassing relic of a bygone era.But somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of "resistance," has gained

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-54428387280116923962009-02-04T03:26:00.000-08:002009-02-04T03:30:35.892-08:00

No time to visit the cinema or watch a movie at home in front of the tv or monitor?I found the solution! Movies in 5 seconds. Enjoy! Especially Amadeus is a ROFLMAO.

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"Too much of the aid from rich nations, he says, goes to the worst African countries to fuel war and government abuse. Such money not only never gets to its intended recipients, Africa's truly needy -- it actively plays a part in making their lives worse."

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On liveleak.com a video was posted by Hamas Women who Vow to Become 'Martyrdom-Seekers' and Blow themselves Up among the, what they called, 'Apes and Pigs'. As usual on liveleak there is an advertisement between the introduction to the video and the video itself. Just when I got onto the page with this video on it, they had a very peculiar ad there:leading to a website called hornymatches.comwell

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Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said in a Cairo press conference that Egypt had long since warned Israel would respond in this manner, and added that those who did not heed the warning "should bear the responsibility."He noted that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Hamas as well. Earlier in the day Aboul Gheit said that Egypt had predicted this would be the play of events, "because

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-11514553763149582522008-12-18T02:56:00.001-08:002008-12-18T02:57:19.869-08:00

"(...) when rockets aren't being shot, Gazans get aid. It is as simple as that, and these facts are documented. Those "peace activists" who pretend to care about Gazans and yet stay silent about the rockets care neither about Gazan lives nor about peace."

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-63380191133136974972008-12-18T02:32:00.000-08:002008-12-18T02:52:55.094-08:00

We've all heard of the Iraqi who threw a shoe at Bush. For some, like the Iraqis, its a huge insult to throw a shoe at someone, to step with a shoe on someone or anything else with a shoe towards that other person. For westerners like Bush, it's only a funny act reminding you of the old Charlie Chaplin movies. So how come the Iraqis (and many other Arabs and even non-Arabs as the Pakistani

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-61721486829888942612008-12-14T09:10:00.000-08:002008-12-14T09:22:22.388-08:00

The Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey puts it nicely:"(...)let me inform you that I have a deep personal dislike to Hossein Darakshan (...) Nope, me don't like him, so much so that when I heard the news of him getting arrested in his last visit in Iran, on charges of espionage for Israel, I let out a hearty laugh, thinking that the piece of shit finally got what was coming to him. (...) And then I

Suzannenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-43050105486689560032008-12-09T14:41:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:42:34.481-08:00

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Already tense relations between Egypt and Hamas have soured after Cairo for the first time openly accused the Islamists of torpedoing Palestinian reconciliation talks.Finally there is more discussion about Jewish refugees from Arab countries after Guardian posted in article about what Obama can do for the Middle East. Professor Geoffrey Alderman started it at Dec 04 08, 3:05pm. Read it all and

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(Mere Rhetoric:) Ongoing List Of Root Causes, Un-Islamic Religions Responsible For Mumbai Massacre

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On November 20th when Europe's digital library, museum and archive Europeana was launched, its server crashed due to a huge use of its server with 10 million hits an hour (!). They are promising that they will reopen the site in a more robust version and for now you can only see the project development site. The site will bring you digitised books, films, paintings, newspapers, sounds and

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Found this terrific old photo of Jews praying at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem (dated at 1896) in the LIFE archives.And searching further I also found these interesting pictures:"Arabs Sack The Holy City. Terrified young Jewish girl Rachel Levy, 7, fleeing fr. street w. burning bldgs. as the Arabs sack the Holy City after its surrender during Palestinian Civil war." - Israel, May

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Talking about art. Li Xiaofeng made some beautiful porcelain (!) dresses:Though I highly doubt that they are comfortable wearing...Check out her website for more porcelain dresses.

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"Who are these people?" you might wonder. Well, these faces represent death-row inmates who got executed in the United States. In case your further questions touch the subject of what they had eaten as their last meal, now there is a way to find out. In Canada. Downtown Toronto.Artist Paul Kneale set up a last meals delivery service which provides clients with a replica of the last meal consumed

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How can a lawyer, a woman ffs, say such horrible stuff?

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I have to admit that one of the favorite games I play is an "ordinary" shooting game: Call of Duty (or CoD) - and then especially the multi-player mode.At the moment I own the second (WWII in Europe) and fourth (fictional war against terrorists) version. And soon the 5th (again WWII but in Asia) will be available, which I sure will buy!The makers of the game sure know how to deal with graphs and

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OMG, I found this highly addictive game... factory balls. Enjoy!

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Well, Obama won. That's a historic moment.And another important historic moment to remember from the books of history (see all the way down this blog for more info):Susan B. Anthony Breaks US Law to Vote (1872). She defied US law and voted in the presidential election, asserting that the 14th Amendment entitled her to do so. She was arrested and fined, but her actions drew great attention to the

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While US citizens are voting their new president, I believe it's time for a nice anecdote:Following Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Senate (for Illinois) in 2004, Arizona Senator John McCain was asked whether he had met his new colleauge. "I spoke to him on the phone today," McCain replied. "I told him Harry Truman said the truest thing. He said, 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog

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This (whatever you want this to be) proved nothing except that nothing has been proven.

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Stumbled upon this article by Israellycool and thought it necessary to copy:A picture courtesy from Reuters shows AFP’s Palestinian photographer Hazem Bader (R) holding his bleeding head after he was hit by a stone hurled at journalists by Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 31, 2008. Bader, 42, was taken to a Hebron hospital with his head bleeding. He was given eight

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UNWatch is a Geneva based watchdog. They often expose the hypocrisy and biased approach of UN organizations. Yesterday a letter from Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UNWatch, to de Editor was published in Jerusalem Post.An excerpt which says it all:(...) First, Falk's UN title [Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, ed.] is

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Found this in the video bar down this page, and thought it was too cool to ignore:

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If you are gifted with a creative mind and are good with words, why not start publishing your own material? It's possible with lulu.com.

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Four days ago, I received a mailing from Byblos Reizen, in which an excerpt of a travelogue on Tibet was mentioned. It was written by writer and actress Munda de la Marre and I believed it to be worth mentioning:"Als het echt waar is, als hij dit werkelijk nastreeft, al die uren bidden voor anderen. Ik voel hier in deze grote de pijn van wereld over mij heen trekken. De onnodige oorlogen en

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English is fine. 'Bottled poetry' even better. It brougth to my mind the following poem of Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Enjoy.One ship sails eastBut to every mindthere openeth,A way, and way, and awayA high soul climbs the highway,And the low soul gropes the low,And in between on the misty flats,The rest drift to and fro.But to every man there openeth,A high way and a low,And every mind decideth,The way

Jajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610519570921858556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921347.post-48718342401233086642008-10-28T07:10:00.000-07:002008-11-19T11:44:55.492-08:00

Deze weblog is bedoeld om te fungeren als een overzichtelijke weergave van interessante links, verhaaltjes, nieuwsberichten, boeken, tv-programma's, etcetera.Waarom heet het bottled poetry (en staat labrusca in het adres)? Nou, eigenlijk was deze weblog bedoeld voor het evauleren van lekkere of minder lekkere wijnen. Maar daar is het nooit van gekomen...Om een mooie weblog titel en adres niet

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