Archive for July, 2007
Well, this is interesting. Apparently, I’ve managed to piss off Fox “News” presenter/commentator Bill O’Reilly, host of the abysmal ‘The O’Reilly Factor‘. See this video:
It is essentially an attack on Daily Kos, America’s foremost liberal/Democratic blog, which he compares to the Nazis and the KKK (in reality, its intense partisanship often [...]
Filed under: Iran, Iraq, Israeli / Palestinian, Media, US, Videos | 8 Comments
Tags: Bill O'Reilly, loonies, Loony Watch
Oooh, look: the U.S. is going on a peace mission to bring peace to the Middle East! President Bush calls for a regional conference to restart peace talks, and gives a speech promising to “provide diplomatic support for the parties in their bilateral discussions and negotiations so that we can move forward on a successful [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 10 Comments
Tags: "peace process"
Growing inequality
From The Guardian:
‘Poor and wealthy households in Britain are becoming more and more segregated from the rest of society as the UK faces the highest inequality levels for 40 years, according to a study published today.
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation provides a groundbreaking geographical analysis of changes in the distribution of wealth over [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK | Leave a Comment
Tags: capitalism, Equality, inequality
Big up the protestors
PRESS RELEASE
Protesters Occupy UK warehouse of Israeli State Exporter
15 July 2007
VIDEO AVAILABLE AT http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202.avi
http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202%202.avi
This afternoon a group of Palestine solidarity protesters entered the main UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Their action is part of the growing movement to boycott Israeli apartheid, which aims to end Israel’s breach of International law [...]
Filed under: Activism, Israeli / Palestinian, UK | 3 Comments
Mark Thomas Visits An Arms Fair
Filed under: UK, Videos | 3 Comments
Tags: Arms Trade, Mark Thomas
Priorities
An amusing little snippet: apparently, 14 Tesco stores were forced to close yesterday after receiving bomb threats. One Tesco customer recounted the evacuation procedure:
“It came over the tannoy that we were asked to leave – basically, go to the cashier, pay for your groceries and then leave” [my emph.]
Good to know Tesco’s got its priorities [...]
Filed under: UK | Leave a Comment
Tags: capitalism, Tesco
Iran Threatened Again
‘The Likud chairman said “all means” should be used to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, especially economic means, “but if they do not succeed, we’ll have to consider stiffer measures,” he added.’
- Binyamin Netanyahu (leader of Israel’s Likud party, and very possibly the next Prime Minister of Israel).
In related news, an aide to [...]
Filed under: Iran, Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, Quote of the Day | 7 Comments
Tags: Binyamin Netanyahu
Democracy In Action
An opinion poll conducted on the website of a Palestinian newspaper affiliated with Fatah – Al-Quds – has shown that if an election were held tomorrow, President Mahmoud Abbas would win only 13.47% of the votes. Deposed Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, on the other hand, would get 51.47%. Marwan Barghouti, if released, would win [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | Leave a Comment
Tags: Democracy
Loony Watch
Check out this nutter (Rabbi Benny Elon, the leader of Israel’s right-wing National Union party):
“Israelis must learn from the mistakes of their leaders. Superficial solutions do not resolve our problems. Just as aspirin temporarily masks the pain of an infected tooth, the propagation of the false hope of a Palestinian state only prolongs the bloodshed [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian | 4 Comments
Tags: loonies, Loony Watch
Blogkeeping
Just so you know, I’ve added a del.icio.us widget (over there —>) to the blog, comprised of links to important or interesting articles I stumble across in the course of my virtual travels through the interweb. Awesome.
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Tags: Links
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