Internet Killed Israeli PR

Palestine solidarity activism may have its Weird Al Yankovich.

This remake of “Video Killed the Radio Star” lampoons Israel’s silly, and often unconscionable, attempts at spinning its most egregious crimes.

The Ignorance of Tea Party Has No End

The organizers have alerted its members to bring Bibles, dogs, flags, and female singers during Muslim Friday prayer. They argue Islam is not a religion, Muslims cannot be loyal American citizens, as they hate and kill dogs and do not allow women to sing. These people are either ignorant or just notorious liars. Here’s why:

The Unpredictable Joys of Online Advertising

I can’t be the only one who notices this, but so often keyword-linked advertising — whatever the technical term may be — produces very funny incongruences and juxtapositions.

Online ads usually also involve confusing visual messaging by way of bad graphic design.

Here is one example from the LA Times. read

The Pen is More Reprehensible than the Sword

Helen Thomas, the longest-running White House correspondent, retired today. Taken as a sort of spectacle by many for being one of the only critically-minded reporters in press briefings — who would ask fundamentally challenging questions — she was pushed into resignation over comments she made on video.

Stars and Bucks is Fit to Print

Palestine’s unique knock-off ‘Stars and Bucks’ gets some free publicity on the NY Times website.

Being the Times, it must identify Bethlehem as being in Israel.

Why does the Times champion Israeli imperialism so overtly?

11 Signs of an IDF Internet Troll

Immediately after the Israeli assault on Gaza, the Israeli government made a decision to hire Israeli bloggers who speak in tongues. Those bloggers’ job is to log into different news sites and make comments to help improve Israel’s image. I have witness many of their tactic, the often use the same techniques and copy paste the same old crappy talking points memos that have not been updated in ages. Here are few of their lame tactics:

My mother, the infiltrator

My mother is an illegal infiltrator. She has infiltrated her hometown, where her parents were born and where she was raised. Her activities as an infiltrator are as varied as they are nefarious: She takes my sister to school, with the neighbor’s kids. She cooks and cleans her home.

Great Conspiracies of the BDS Movement

The IAW debate on Al-Jazeera pointed to accusation of an anti-Semitic plot as a conspiracy theory hurled at the ethnically, religiously, and generationally diverse group of broke solidarity activists who came together to organize the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) movement with the goal of achieving equal rights for the Palestinians people. According to [...]

A racist who wants to stop Palestinian reproduction, and an ad so bad it might just do it

Martin Kramer, a (pretty racist) fellow at Harvard, has outlined measures to curb the Palestinian birth rate. What century do these fuckers live in? And what kind of institution gives a platform for people who openly call for genocide? This is the danger of an ideology as illogical and as far removed from reality as [...]

Ray Hanania is the Palestinian “Avatard”

Spoiler Alert Ray Hanania (the self-proclaimed “funniest Palestinian standup comedian”) and Jake Sully (a primary character in the movie Avatar) have a lot in common. Here’s how: Jake is a paraplegic vet who is brought to the planet of Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi — a humanoid race with their own unique culture [...]