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Palestinian Woman Pulls Israeli from Sea, Gets Jailed
(Sloppy Yousef News Agency) – Yesterday, an Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian woman to two years in an Israel jail prison for denying an Israeli national the right to suicide. The ruling was passed in favor of 23 year old Ari Gaal, who – after being saved from drowning – sued his hero for interfering [...]
Obama’s War on the War on Terror; but Don’t Let Gitmo Go to Waste
OK, so maybe he was not totally bullshitting us. Or maybe he is. President Obama took some impressive measures to undo a boatload of President Bush’s War on Terror legalistic machinations according to the Washington Post. Yes, for the Post, Obama’s executive order undermining the war on terror, was panty-wetting: Key components of the secret [...]
Homeless Group Sues Apple
A non-profit group based in New York City filed a federal class action lawsuit against Apple, Inc., the company that makes the iPod MP3 player. The organization Homeless United for Change cites the personal mp3 players as causing a massive drop in change spared for beggars. The suit was filed yesterday in a Manhattan Federal [...]
Final Verdict: Guilty As Charged
The British ‘beach sex’ couple that’s been at the center of so much media attention recently is off the hook. The Dubai Court of Appeals dropped their three month prison sentences, deciding instead to ship them off immediately. Michelle Palmer, the once Dubai resident who reportedly threw things including racial slurs at the authorities, mistakenly [...]
Life in Dubai
Apparently, Dubai’s rulers are cracking down on more than just foreign drunks and junkies. They’ve now got their sights set on people sharing villas. A few months ago, a ‘One Villa, One Family‘ campaign was implemented. If that sounded vague, the leading building inspector made things clear: “Family only refers to immediate family, as in father, [...]
The Dusty Jewel of the Gulf
By now you probably know that acting the fool in Dubai can land you in jail and ruin your life. Of course, that’s true of most countries (the key is to be smart when acting the fool, even if that sounds like a paradox). Still, the whole case with these British fuckers on Jumeirah Beach [...]
First Clue: She’s Hot and You’re Not. OR, GOP Richie Gets 3rd Worlded
Gabriel Schwartz, pre-robbery. A GOP delegate from Colorado who ranted to media about the need to bomb Iran to protect Israel got a little taste of what it’s like to be a third world country. Gabriel Nathan Schwartz (no relation to the famous rap duo), an attorney, thought he was going to neek a hottie [...]
Illegal Israeli settlements get tax breaks
Get a tax write-off for giving money to organizations backing violations of international law. However, donate money to a Palestinian NGO that does charitable work for Palestinian refugees, and you face a risk of fine and imprisonments thanks to a new anti-Muslim McCarthyism approach (an agenda shared with Israel). That is bold hypocrisy. Illegal Israeli [...]
This Could Happen to Anyone- Get It? His Rights Are Our Rights.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdpxxBR2jk] CONTACT: http://judiciary.house.gov/Contact.aspx It has been requested recently that letters urging Dr. Al-Arian’s release be sent to Judge Gerald Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and to congressional leaders. Supporters are also being asked to write letters directly to Dr. Al-Arian. Please write: Attorney [...]
So Sue Me
Five Israeli reservists who took part in the incursion into and destruction of a large part of the Jenin refugee camp in 2002 are suing the maker of a documentary for making them look bad. Jenin, Jenin director Mohammed Bakri testified that everything in the film is true. The litigants claimed that selective editing made [...]
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