Seen around this joyful weekend… You think you can do better, try your hands at it, and email it to KABOBfest if you think you can impress the force. [Traboush Tip: QuiQui, the Sweater Fairy ]
We see the word “objective” in front of the word “reporting” or in front of “persepective,” a lot. But I’d like to address the idea of objectivity for a moment because I think it gets tossed around too much without proper consideration. Nobody is objective. Not the bloggers on this site, not the reporters on [...]
The Obama administration, or as Angry Arab aptly calls it, the Bushama administration, continues to side with the Bush White House. Last week, it decided that preserving state secrets was actually a great idea. Now this week, it agreed that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department [...]
According to Mexican daily El Universal, Queen Noor and Carlos Slim, currently the second richest man alive, are having an affair. KABOBfest translation below. The Spanish social magazine Semana, unveiled in its latest edition an alleged romance between the richest man in Mexico, Carlos Slim HelĂș, and Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan (whose birth name [...]
William Blum’s “Anti-Empire Report” 2/3/09 I’ve said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what’s already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly worthwhile change in US foreign policy; little done in this area will reduce the level [...]
I received a wonderful e-mail forward this morning: One more small action, one more tiny voice, we will never forget Gaza! Yesterday night, the Israeli Maccabi Basketball team played against the Barca team (Barcelona), a game part of the EuroLeague 2009. It took place in Barcelona – Catalunya. The Maccabi team is known for its [...]
As soon as the nation begins to form as a sovereign state, its progressive functions all but vanish. Jean Genet was enchanted by the revolutionary desire of the Black Panthers and the Palestinians, but he recognized that becoming a sovereign nation would be the end of their revolutionary qualities. “The day the Palestinians are institutionalized,” [...]
The new Change™ administration’s Secretary of Evil has just said that Israel has right to respond to Gaza rocket attacks. She also added, “It is regrettable that the Hamas leadership apparently believes that it is in their interest to provoke the right of self-defense instead of building a better future for the people of Gaza.” [...]
michael hureaux perez has a two-state solution to seriously consider. Israel in its present configuration and location, he says, “is just not working out.” Its behavior isn’t suited to Palestine – a bad choice, in hindsight, for a Jewish homeland. Better to “offer the new Israeli government the states of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas,” where [...]