The Spitfire-side Chats
Message to PETA from KETA (Kabob-enthusiasts for the Ethical Treatment of Akeel Arabi): You Can Mess with the Zohan, but Not the Kabob
Back in the middle of April, as part of the organization’s Earth Day campaign, PETA approached Lebanese Environment Minister Antoine Karam earnestly urging him to “lead Lebanon and the world in the charge against climate change and environmental destruction by going vegetarian and advocating a vegetarian diet, “as reported by Al-Arabiya. The article is short and vague, probably reflecting the lack of potential substantial consideration of the request. But, I still wanted clarity around motivations. Why would PETA decide to target Lebanon? Why make such a ludicrous request? What did they have to gain? Was this all a part of their trademark shock-and-awe publicity stunts?
Fuzzy Math: Israel’s Dead Soldiers Numbers Don’t Add Up
This coffin apparently also contained the 120 other fallen soldiers. Israel’s deranged war on Gaza earlier this year was one of the most painful episodes in recent Palestinian history, in which one of the world’s most advanced armies devastated the towns and refugee camps they had caused decades earlier with the most brutal weaponry. Although [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Bono is a Liberal
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p3o8NnvBa8] We’re receiving requests to post on Bono’s concert for Obama yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial where he mentioned Palestine. The Nation is going nuts. This is how that alleged “shout out” went: “This is not just an American dream,” [Bono] said, adding that it was “also an Irish dream, a European dream, an African [...]
Spitfire-side Chats: “our women don’t cry”
Jillian: An Israeli woman on Al Jazeera (English) discussing why Israel is losing sympathy worldwide just said “Our women don’t cry and scream like Arab women.” Yeah, THAT’S why.Chaim: SHALOM! this is a liar because my mother cry once when she catch me. Mohammad: sometimes i feel this is all a game to israelis Fadi: [...]
The “Arab Culture” and the Shoe: Let’s Put on our Orientalist Anthropological Musing Caps On Shall We?
The official play-by-playBush: “Shukran Jazeera” (hehehe)First Shoe: “This is a kiss goodbye, you son of a dog (Ibn kalb)” Second Shoe: “this is for the widows, the orphans, and all those killed in Iraq.” Not only did those comments and the conjoined hurling of shoes spark what would later be known as “shoe-gate,” but it [...]
Financial and Post-State Advice Corner
QUIQUI: I don’t have any investments because I’m in perpetual student loan debt, and I’ve never played the stock market, have an IRA, or a mortgage any more. But any of you KABOBers who do save, I’m about to ask that you consider some financial advice … If you have your money in a mutual [...]
Drilling Ms. Alaska
FAYYAD: The new veep candidate is kinds cute… she’s making me give the republican ticket a thought. any one knows if she’s into casual dating?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/29palin.html FADI: american politics sickens me. clearly she’s being tokenized. WILL: Did McCain throw the election away? Or is this going to make Obama’s “change” rhetoric carry less weight? With 5 [...]
Spitfire-side Chats: Prisoner Release and Kuntar
Disclaimer: This is really Mohammad’s post-but, like a typical Arab male, his laziness (in regards to learning how to use the editing functions on blogger) and his intimidation in the face of a strong Arab female (in regards to how fragile his ego felt when biting a concept, a theme created by an Arab female), [...]
Spitfire-side Chats: And the one millionth “suspected terrorist” wins…
The ACLU recently reported that the US government’s terrorist watch list has now reached a whopping 1 million names. After learning this information, one KABOBer asked: “So what does the 1 millionth win?” And here are suggestions to the US government on how to reward the one millionth “suspected terrorist”: 1. Norelco beard trimmer 2. [...]
LIVNI LA VIDA LOCA: Spitfire-side Chat
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, seen here raising a finger during her April visit to Qatar, may have used her visit to stick up for Shimon Peres’ hurt feelings. (What kind of a weird flicking-off that is, and more significantly why the AFP posted this as their main closeup of Livni is beyond me.) There [...]
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