tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60538092011-04-21T14:17:30.796-04:00The Blue Octavo Notebooks<b>From outside one will always triumphantly impress theories upon the world and then fall straight into the ditch one has dug, but only from inside will one keep oneself and the world quiet and true. /FK</b> (Contact: TBONotebooks at fastmail.fm. <i>The Blue Octavo Notebooks</i> welcomes mail, although we cannot guarantee a response. Your email may be posted in part on <i>The Blue Octavo Notebooks</i> unless otherwise requested.) Please enjoy the notebook entries, and thanks for reading.editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comBlogger1861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1143713384102998702006-03-30T05:01:00.000-05:002006-04-03T04:23:40.056-04:00To the London Review of Books: It would be an understatement, I would hope, to say that scholarship that relies upon distortion and fabrication is unworthy of the London Review of Books, regardless of whether the authors in question are Holocaust deniers or Harvard chairs. Regarding Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer’s remarkable article “The Israel Lobby,” one almost suspects (even hopes) that editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1143260787392533862006-03-24T23:25:00.000-05:002006-03-28T03:12:07.793-05:00(Parts of the following post appeared in slightly different form as comments posted at the Engage website.)Regarding John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s article “The Israel Lobby” in the most recent issue of the London Review of Books: This essay is so obnoxiously repellent one hardly knows what to make of it. Oddly enough, as I pointed out a few days ago, one of the authors, Stephen Walt, holds editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1140144475337211572006-02-16T21:46:00.000-05:002006-02-16T21:55:27.406-05:00I would certainly be remiss if I didn’t point out this repellent article from the current issue of Al-Ahram. In fact, there is a non-profit organisation in the United States, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, which has certified about 1,500 living righteous gentiles on behalf of whom it accepts donations from large corporations. The money goes to maintain the organisation, pay its own editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1108964544555090512005-02-21T00:41:00.000-05:002005-02-21T00:42:24.560-05:00From the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly: This spring Israel is scheduled to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, but it plans to continue building a controversial 400-mile anti-terrorist barrier between itself and the West Bank. Though the International Court of Justice has ruled that the fence violates international law, it remains highly popular among Israelis—attacks have declined by as much editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1108186698497078432005-02-12T00:25:00.000-05:002005-02-12T01:40:35.170-05:00Say what you will about Secretary of State Rice, this caricature of her is more than a bit much. From Al-Ahram, if you couldn’t guess.In other news and opinion, Mounzer Sleiman claims that “No other development has done so much to make the Middle East unstable than Israel's decision to become a major nuclear power.” One could argue that any of myriad other “developments” in the Middle East editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1101022204958573502004-11-21T02:25:00.000-05:002004-11-22T01:22:09.816-05:00More of the Same from Noam Chomsky. But You Already Knew That. In this week’s on-line edition of Al-Ahram Weekly, none other than Noam Chomsky comes to the defense of the late Yasser Arafat. Yes, we’re all shocked. There is so much flagrant dishonesty—not to mention godawful, run-on sentences—in the piece that one hardly knows where to begin. Here’s a typical example: Turning to actual historyeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1095652760372043492004-09-19T23:58:00.000-04:002004-09-20T00:04:00.980-04:00Israel, blah, blah, blah…. Zionists, blah, blah, blah…. Mean ol’ Sharon, blah, blah, blah… Oh, and Iraq. Well, this is somewhat interesting, perhaps even amusing, although not especially surprising: In the (so-called) “Opinion” section of today’s Arab News, four out of the five op-eds are about the accursed Zionist entity, er, Israel. The fifth editorial is about Tony Blair and Iraq, but comes editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1095213144101273672004-09-14T21:51:00.000-04:002004-09-14T21:52:24.103-04:00Nurse! In the latest round of progressive reforms in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Interior has dictated that nurses are not to be lookin’ slutty and unprofessional. Ergo, no jeans; no wearing surgical clothing in hospital corridors; no gold or jewelry, save for a watch and ring; and, perhaps most importantly, no make-up or nail polish, or else! Luckily, a committee has been set up to “to work editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1095130931563648622004-09-13T23:01:00.000-04:002004-09-13T23:11:49.500-04:00Yow. Even for Arab News, this latest black-hatted Jew cartoon is rather disgusting (24-hour time sensitive link). This progressive imagery is courtesy, as usual, of our friends at Der Sturmer, er, the first English daily in Saudi Arabia.
In other news, three sorcerers have been arrested in Jeddah. Malfoy? Potter? Hermione? Way to go, you criminals.
editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1094874910872406672004-09-10T23:54:00.000-04:002004-09-11T01:00:17.490-04:00 Update on the Forth Annuel Conferense of the Palestien Solidartiy Movemnet.
The annual festivities of the so-called Palestine Solidarity Movement conference are just five weeks away, yet the conference’s official website (still) does not list an actual schedule, much less any of the conference’s speakers, cultural events, workshops, or other so-called actions. And apparently, in addition to editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1094779894230040102004-09-09T21:31:00.000-04:002004-09-09T22:14:09.796-04:00“Coinciding with the third anniversary of the events of Sept 11, Arab News and Asharq Al-Awsat have launched a joint location on the Internet to focus on the Arab point of view on the tragedy.” As you might expect, the website is predictably self-serving, and is replete with the sort of tedious hand wringing that Arab News apparently thinks passes as engaged societal self-analysis. Mishari editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1094362981106810002004-09-05T01:42:00.000-04:002004-09-05T02:04:42.270-04:00“Fun With [Quotes]!” On March 12, I pointed out that Arab News didn’t know when the September 11 terrorist attacks took place: They had them taking place in 2000. Now, an Arab News editorialist has them taking place in 2002: “If you want to see how power can change character consider the remarkable case of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, once famed as warlord and fundamentalist, and mentor of Khalid editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1094181138304493532004-09-02T23:11:00.000-04:002004-09-03T02:41:57.770-04:00Here’s a lovely “anti-Zionist” cartoon from the Egyptian government’s semi-official newspaper. The United States has given Egypt billions of dollars in recent years, and in exchange we get progressive journalism like this. The latest black-hatted Jew caricature (and it’s not even this week’s first) courtesy of our allies the Saudis is, as usual, charming (24-hour time sensitive link). One editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1094025051191782762004-09-01T03:49:00.000-04:002004-09-01T04:07:50.290-04:00Long Live the Glorious Intifada. Or: 75 Years of “Heroic Operations,” Murder, and Celebration. From this week’s “Looking Back” section of The Forward: Approximately 75 Jews were killed this week when a large-scale pogrom took place throughout Palestine. Savage attacks resulting in the hundreds of dead and wounded took place in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Tsfat and other locales. The worst butchery editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1093934960526999552004-08-31T02:48:00.000-04:002004-08-31T02:52:21.313-04:00Long Live the Glorious Intifada.... Today IDF soldiers foiled a would-be suicide bomber’s heroic self-detonation “when they prevented a Palestinian man carrying an explosive device in his trousers from passing through the Erez Crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israel.” In yet another innovation of this ongoing campaign of Palestinian suicide-bombings, the belt had been sewn to resemble a pair editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1093855745987286682004-08-30T04:48:00.000-04:002004-08-30T05:17:31.390-04:00Long Live the Glorious Intifada… Those who think a “one state” Israel-Palestine “solution”—that is, Jews living as a minority in a Palestinian majority state—is a neat idea might want to keep incidents like this in mind: A navigating mistake almost led to a disaster on Saturday after three Israelis were saved in the last minute from a mob that was about to lynch them in the Kalandia refugee editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1093675531878650102004-08-28T02:43:00.000-04:002004-08-28T03:07:14.550-04:00Everything You Wanted To Know About Jews (But Were Too Afraid To Ask). Or, See: Western Money, Business and Media—Zionist Control Of. Al-Ahram’s book reviews are usually interesting enough, so let’s see what we have this week. The current “Books Supplement” features reviews of four books, two of which are about everybody’s favorite topics, Jews and Israel. Rashad El- Shami’s Mawsouat editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1092899100548948972004-08-19T03:03:00.000-04:002004-08-19T03:05:00.546-04:00Hep baseball cap (worn backwards, of course): $14.95. Chic, designer spectacles: $149.50. Shrieking “peace activist” (nonviolent variety, of course) in throes of orgasmic self-righteousness: Priceless, or something. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1092813092461547372004-08-18T03:11:00.000-04:002004-08-18T03:22:05.213-04:00 Layola, Loyola; Teaches, Taught; Religious Studies, Law. Or: The (Not-So) Curious Case of Sarah Whalen. In Context has a round-up of some of what we know (or don’t know) about the entity known as Sarah Whalen. Whalen, you’ll recall, in addition to writing the occasional witty and engaging article for Arab News may (or may not) have taught law and/or other subjects, perhaps (or perhaps not) as aeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1092460259167609572004-08-14T01:10:00.000-04:002004-08-14T01:29:20.890-04:00The Olympic spirit in action: Iran's double world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili is out of the Olympics after being drawn against an Israeli, Ehud Vaks, in the first round of the men's under-66kg category. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979 Iran has refused to recognise the state of Israel's right to exist. The secretary to the Asian Judo Union president, Hirofumi Otsuji, confirmed editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1092016897025956102004-08-08T22:00:00.000-04:002004-08-09T14:44:18.616-04:00 “The Jewish Desire to Control Capital,” and other antisemitic tropes. Arab News, once again proving that if it weren’t for Israel and the Jews they would be bereft of much of their news coverage (both factual and otherwise), dishes up yet another dose of editorial bigotry. Today’s spew includes the cartoon (Kerry and Bush fanning Ariel Sharon, who is saying “I have all the Jewish votes in my editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1091674147596156262004-08-04T22:47:00.000-04:002004-08-04T23:42:52.303-04:00Here’s another charming cartoon from Arab News, featuring half-a-dozen, gee, I dunno—Lutherans, maybe?—who are wearing black hats and payess. Or perhaps this is just another Der Sturmer-esque depiction of Jews. Disgusting, as usual, and courtesy of our allies, the House of Saud. With friends like these….
This is kinda interesting, I guess: Cannabis plants for home-growing and small bags of editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1091482684419165252004-08-02T17:37:00.000-04:002004-08-03T00:16:26.116-04:00“We’re so nonviolent, even our violence is nonviolent!” Here’s a picture of Palestinian demonstrators and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) “activists” (who are nonviolent, you understand) “nonviolently” attacking a section of Israel’s anti-terrorism fence. This is certainly not the first time ISM partisans have (nonviolently) attacked or otherwise vandalized Israel’s anti-terrorism fence,editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1091163002319257692004-07-30T00:49:00.000-04:002004-07-30T00:51:27.050-04:00Before you write a column / Go get yourself a clue. M Shahid Alam, a professor of economics at Northeastern University, kicks off his column in Al Ahram by stumbling over a misquotation from Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” and goes downhill from there. He notes how “tragic” it is that “the Zionists in Israel and their allies in the US -- both Christians and Jews -- have responded to ICJ's ‘editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1091152938572051612004-07-29T22:00:00.000-04:002004-08-02T18:17:10.076-04:00The Jews’ Lack of Loyalty: A Fact that History has Proved Again and Again. A typically convoluted, in terms of both facts and logic, editorial courtesy of Arab News notes that “Sharon’s invitation to French Jews and their response have underlined a fact that history has proved again and again —the lack of loyalty Jews have for the countries they live in and whose nationals they are.” This editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1090623982646360982004-07-23T19:03:00.000-04:002004-07-23T19:48:15.143-04:00Arab News seems to be getting in some digs at a certain unnamed "former Managing Editor" at the esteemed Saudi daily. Hmmm, I wonder who. Former Arab News Editor Under Investigation for Pedophilia
JEDDAH, 24 July 2004 — A former Managing Editor of Arab News is currently under investigation for pedophilia and the solicitation of male minors for sex. While these alleged crimes occurred during editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1090562439996011412004-07-23T01:59:00.000-04:002004-07-23T03:05:48.510-04:00Shave Your Head for Palestine. Or: Hey, Mom! Look At Me! Joe Carr, whose lyrics about Rachel Corrie you may remember, has sent the following astounding and grammatically garbled email (all grammar and spelling errors are his): Hello All.
Tomarow at 12 noon, our group in training with the Christian Peacemakers
Teams is doing an action at the Israeli Consolate in Chicago. We will be
protesting editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1090091572339100062004-07-17T15:09:00.000-04:002004-07-17T15:12:52.340-04:00On Thursday morning green paint graffiti was found sprayed on the Columbus Jewish Federation and Beth Jacob Synagogue. The graffiti included the trenchant commentary that “Jews killed Jesus.” There was a similar incident last summer. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1090014152904662542004-07-16T17:34:00.000-04:002004-07-16T20:31:52.683-04:00I don’t know what the Blue Devils did to deserve it, but it appears that Duke University will be joining the ranks of the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University by having the Fourth National Student Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement foisted on its campus next October 15-17. The website for the 2004 conference appears to be a slightly updated rendition of the one used editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089938320644837302004-07-15T20:38:00.000-04:002004-07-15T20:38:40.643-04:00Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, looking exceptionally smug and self-satisfied, signs his name on a mock reconstruction of Israel's Nefarious Apartheid Wall set up in Whitehall, London. The message at bottom left appears to have been written by noted social critic and MP Jenny Tonge, who was recently sacked from her own party for asinine comments about self-detonating Palestinian editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089877811642460862004-07-15T03:47:00.000-04:002004-07-16T03:33:50.020-04:00Being P.C.: 57 Years of Zionist Apartheid Occupation. Some interesting items from the latest edition of The Forward, including a nice editorial on the International Court of Justice’s spurious advice regarding Israel’s West Bank security structure: [T]he world court affirmed that Israel "has the right, and indeed the duty to respond to the numerous and deadly acts of violence directed against editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089597130555513942004-07-11T21:51:00.000-04:002004-07-15T04:06:33.263-04:00 Neighborhood Bully. The International Court of Justice, at the behest of a minority of member states in the United Nations, has addressed the following question regarding Israeli measures to protect its citizens from being blown up and otherwise mutilated, maimed, and murdered: What are the legal consequences arising from the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089524409586877512004-07-11T01:39:00.000-04:002004-07-12T00:00:32.463-04:00Valiant freedom fighters from the Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades, the armed branch of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, bravely bombed a public bus filled with civilians, including children, a little while ago. (Just out of curiosity, what are the unarmed branches of Fatah? Just wondering.)
In Israel, since the weekend is generally considered to be Friday and Saturday, editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089416162514085082004-07-09T19:35:00.000-04:002004-07-09T19:48:12.806-04:00 The War Against Judeo-American Domination: Coming to European Capitals Soon, Probably! Arab News, operated by our progressive allies the Saudis, publishes yet another bigoted rant of breathless ding-battitude by Robert David, er, Israel Shamir. David, I mean, Shamir, retches up any number of putrid falsities, and even manages to simultaneously glorify and minimize self-detonating Palestinian editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1089352297065194822004-07-09T01:50:00.000-04:002004-07-09T01:51:37.066-04:00At Al-Ahram Weekly, it’s another week, another Nazi swastika (Israel, you understand). As usual, the dripping blood is a nice touch, if not de rigueur. To paraphrase Voltaire, if Israel did not exist, Al-Ahram would have to create it to avoid losing so much of its content.editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1088901311102585152004-07-03T20:28:00.000-04:002004-07-07T19:20:30.006-04:00Another charming cartoon from Arab News: notice how the only person smiling is the grinning, black-hatted Jew (time sensitive link). It's interesting, though, that the same publication that (quite rightly) criticizes bigoted characterizations of Muslims nonetheless shows little hesitation, if any, in publishing despicable and Der Sturmer-esque depictions of Jews. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1088842679085030292004-07-03T04:17:00.001-04:002004-07-03T15:33:23.730-04:00In The Land of Scary Guys. Joe Carr, one of the International Solidarity Movement members who witnessed Rachel Corrie’s death, has composed a song about her, entitled “A Dove’s Last Song.” If you like, you can listen to it here.
Needless to say, Carr’s lyrical rendition of Corrie’s final song/dance/showdown before a Caterpillar “diesel death machine” differs somewhat from his earlier editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1088574232639825592004-06-30T01:43:00.000-04:002004-06-30T02:45:09.706-04:00Last Thursday, the UK Holocaust Centre and the United States Holocaust Museum suspended their regular activities for programs on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan that called for immediate action. The [U.S. Holocaust] Museum's Committee on Conscience sponsored the event, "Bearing Witness for Darfur," that included remarks from three members of Congress, a Holocaust survivor, a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1088464735864110622004-06-28T19:18:00.000-04:002004-06-28T19:51:49.330-04:00Progressive Saudi society in action. Divorce: A woman so enraged her conservative husband by taking part in a TV discussion program on social issues that he divorced her after 12 years of marriage.
Marriage: Maher, 33, had told his father, a 67-year-old retiree, he wanted to marry the maid, and the father went to see the woman to “bless the marriage,” the paper said. But when the father saw editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1088120917687544852004-06-24T19:48:00.000-04:002004-06-24T20:43:57.940-04:00But, we thought we were rid of that Jew, er, Ernest Bloch. Or: Jewish composers and Jewish Beauty Queens, oh my!This week’s swastika cartoon from Egypt’s leading newspaper offers what we might call a variation on a theme. Rather than using the Nazi symbol to refer to the genocidal Apartheid Zionist entity—er, Israel— this week the Nazi Swastika refers to George W. Bush. Because comparing him to,editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1087360797525117342004-06-16T00:20:00.000-04:002004-06-16T00:39:57.526-04:00 The historic 19th-Century Tempel Synagogue in Krakow’s Kazimierz district, once desecrated by the Nazis, is one of the more beautiful buildings I’ve ever visited. On Monday, this historic building was desecrated yet again, this time by vandals who defaced it with antisemitic graffiti. Fortunately, it sounds like the police have responded quickly. Although the building has seen worse, this mosteditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1086925999073493302004-06-10T23:53:00.000-04:002004-06-11T00:10:58.140-04:00This week’s disgusting Nazi swastika (y'know, Israel) cartoon from Al-Ahram. As usual, the dripping blood is a nice touch.
Anyway, this week’s Orwellian “Say What?” moment from Ah-Ahram comes from Nader Fergany, the director of Almishkat Research Centre and the lead author of the Arab Human Development Report, who wants us to know, among other fascinating things, that Our leaders are Muslimseditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1086513589159027032004-06-06T05:19:00.000-04:002004-06-06T05:59:08.350-04:00 A Scary Consensus is Emerging, Indeed. As anyone who has seen the movie Heathers knows, whether to kill oneself or not is the biggest decision of a teen’s life. Mujahideens, whether they’re teenagers or not, should not take the decision lightly, either. According to an article in Egypt Today, “Over the past few years, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, regarded as the highest editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1086492530104198232004-06-05T23:28:00.000-04:002004-06-05T23:39:44.386-04:00And yet more folks who can’t draw an Israeli flag correctly: As I’ve noted before: Two triangles, two lines. How difficult can this be?
Here’s another interesting photo, from that most intolerant and genocidal Apartheid state that we all know and love: An Israeli soldier holds a rainbow-colored flag as hundreds of people participate in a gay pride parade in downtown Jerusalem Thursday June 3,editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1086391094186548112004-06-04T19:18:00.000-04:002004-06-04T20:34:01.980-04:00Sarah Whalen, one of the resident geniuses over at Arab News and whom I’ve mentioned before, today retches up an exceptionally rank rant about a (Neocon, of course!) conspiracy to manipulate the news. She even manages to belittle the deaths of at least three Americans, all while smearing others. Nice “quotes” around “Al-Qaeda,” too. Her wisdom contains such gems as this: Conspiracy? Dare we say editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1086154803836903942004-06-02T01:39:00.000-04:002004-06-02T02:04:48.623-04:00More charming behavior from members of the so-called “Committee for Justice in Palestine” at the Ohio State University: Two weeks ago, OSU Hillel sponsored a program called Writing on the Wall, “a celebration of culture to make students more aware of discrimination.” According to an article in the OSU student newspaper, The Writing on the Wall is creating numerous programs to accomplish its goaleditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085882613999528342004-05-29T22:03:00.000-04:002004-05-29T22:22:32.010-04:00Here's a lovely cartoon from Arab News. Because, y'know, terrorist operations in the Arab world are, like, almost always linked to an Israeli connection, especialy when that connection is symbolized by a hook-nosed, black hatted Jew. Cute. And don't miss Al Ahram's latest (perhaps we should just start saying "weekly") Israel/Swastika juxtaposition: The scary Sharon Swastikadozer. The dripping editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085631916118622122004-05-27T00:24:00.000-04:002004-05-27T00:38:03.186-04:00It's Pat! Bigot extraordinaire Patrick Buchanan has an essay in today’s Arab News. Why am I not surprised to see a creep like Buchanan raving away in Arab News? Anyway, in his screed, Buchanan attempts to address, in his always entertaining and charming way, the question “What Does America Offer the World?” According to Buchanan, far less than we did fifty years ago. The president editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085550933153336892004-05-26T01:30:00.000-04:002004-05-26T01:55:33.153-04:00One of the more charming aspects of the so-called “One State” scenario—that is, that Israel should annex the territories and extend citizenship to millions of Palestinians, few of whom regard Israel in any sort of positive light—besides the fact that it’s completely unfeasible is that it’s often advocated by folks who wouldn’t have to live with its immediate repercussions. Indeed, according to a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085527217770843882004-05-25T19:19:00.000-04:002004-05-25T19:20:17.770-04:00Matt Moss, of Los Angeles, in a letter in today’s always charming Arab News wants us to know that: I believe that the Palestinians should be allowed to return to their homeland. It seems to me that the Zionists are the ones who are really pushing the “statehood” agenda — yes, with the help of the US taxpayers’ dollars.
The problem is the Zionists permeated the US government before the editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085457656482276472004-05-25T00:00:00.000-04:002004-05-25T00:09:11.086-04:00The World’s Greatest Terrorists Are The Bicycle Riders And The Jews. Or, “Norm!” Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi sent me back an email regarding his column “Introducing Israel to Democracy.” This is the first time I’ve received any sort of response from the author of an Arab News piece, and I appreciate Dr. Batarfi getting back to me. His email wasn’t a specific response to me, though, but rather a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085293414427529422004-05-23T02:23:00.000-04:002004-05-23T03:59:50.300-04:00Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi, whose essays are usually a breath of fresh air in comparison to the usual drivel in Arab News, offers a rather disappointing piece this week. He suggests that Israel not only adopt the American Constitution but that it absorb several million Palestinians from both within and without the territories. " target="_blank"> And yes, I advocate the return of Arab refugees to editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085110323212453112004-05-20T23:31:00.000-04:002004-05-20T23:32:03.213-04:00Chomp chomp chomp. Here’s a disgusting cartoon reprinted in Al-Ahram that I almost missed. Notice the descending order of the predatory food chain: Magen David, United States, United Nations, etc. Charming. The rest of Al-Ahram is chockfull of the usual buggo idiocy and paranoid nonsense about Israel and Zionism. But, lo, hiding for their lives amidst the letters-to-the-editor are not one but editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085102512296910082004-05-20T21:21:00.000-04:002004-05-20T21:25:54.706-04:00Sarah Whalen, one of the resident geniuses over at Arab News, has this to say about the savage beheading of Nick Berg: When arrested, Berg was carrying a laptop, cash, his Israel-stamped passport, a Qur’an, and “anti-Semitic literature” in Arabic — a language that Berg could neither read, nor write, nor speak.
Were these books for Berg’s erudition? Or for planting at the scene of some editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1085090170873707902004-05-20T17:55:00.000-04:002004-05-20T17:56:10.873-04:00This week’s charming cartoon courtesy of Al-Ahram. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084940267673486772004-05-19T00:17:00.000-04:002004-05-19T00:20:24.856-04:00The always progressive Arab News, run by our allies, the always progressive Saudi kingdom, in the latest bid to show us how progressive they are has published a charming batch of “anti-Zionist” letters. Today’s semi-literate offerings include not one but two rants from the always entertaining Ed Friedemann, who is under the mistaken impression that Israel uses American Abrams tanks. Here’s editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084865332312679312004-05-18T03:28:00.000-04:002004-05-18T03:28:52.313-04:00I suppose there’s nothing more admirable than trying to exploit the Olympics for one’s own sanctimonious sense of entitlement and political self-righteousness. Former world-class javelin thrower Sofia Sakorafa of Greece arrived in Ramallah on Sunday, hoping to represent the Palestinians at the Olympic Games in Athens this summer.
Sakorafa, 47, told reporters that she hopes to represent the editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084861964760125522004-05-18T02:32:00.000-04:002004-05-18T02:48:43.946-04:00Say What?! Or, “Every time he opens his mouth, he subtracts from the sum of human knowledge.” Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign policy advisor and official spokesliar for Saudi Royal Prince “95 P’Cent” Abdullah was interviewed on May 13, 2004 on CNN's “Wolf Blitzer Reports.” Blitzer asked Al-Jubeir about the royal dude’s comments that “Zionist hands were behind” recent terrorist attacks in the Saudi editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084749752998303252004-05-16T19:22:00.000-04:002004-05-17T17:58:08.040-04:00Palestinian Blood Is Not Cheap. In their latest semi-literate email, the International Solidarity Movement sends out a sniveling jeremiad that is notable in any number of ways other than just being even more grammatically garbled than usual. To say the least, it’s always interesting when a “non-violent” organization sends out a message that openly endorses violence and that characterizes members editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084674260630391632004-05-15T22:24:00.000-04:002004-05-15T22:48:26.876-04:00Hebrew: Like, Totally An Inherently Oppressive Language And Stuff. Or: Toilet Paper, Bickering Activists, And Other Discontents. I picked up a magazine called New Voices the other day. It contained some interesting enough articles, including an “Israel Correspondence” written by Chaya Rubin and entitled “Coffee for Nazee: Uniting Against the Separation Fence at Camp Mas’ha.” Rubin recounts some editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084593351296773532004-05-14T23:48:00.000-04:002004-05-18T03:53:18.806-04:00Here’s an interesting news item I came across in the May 7 issue of The Forward: While Arab U.N. delegates rail against Israel using the most caustic of terms, secret peace talks are going on between Arab heads of state and the Israeli government. The Arab rulers, who fear their citizens will react angrily to negotiations with Israel, continue to say publicly that they will recognize Israel’s editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084507523924972592004-05-14T00:04:00.000-04:002004-05-14T01:45:20.540-04:00Oh, my, my, my. Check out Al-Ahram’s latest Swastika cartoon. The blood dripping bayonet is always a nice touch, as is the Magen David camouflage. Charming paper. Charming government.
As usual, some very interesting letters in Al-Ahram , including this one: Vile torture
Sir-- As an American, I am deeply ashamed of the vile tortures committed against Iraqi prisoners.
Please understand that editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084245440803075632004-05-10T23:16:00.000-04:002004-05-10T23:40:37.800-04:00An interesting enough article in the Cairo Times, about the economic potential of Egypt’s natural gas industry, begins with this anecdote:Moses was in a bad way. His people were getting fed up with desert living and fed up with his leadership. He needed a break. Just then, he came upon a burning bush that couldn’t be extinguished and he told his followers it was a sign from God. The rest, for editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084152194763982662004-05-09T21:22:00.000-04:002004-05-09T21:25:30.333-04:00DWF (Driving While Female), Backseat Violations. Or: If You Can’t Blame the Jews, Blame the Women. I am not making the following up, nor is it from The Onion. Seriously.It is of course true that women do not drive in the Kingdom but the great majority of drivers here take their orders from women. And it is also true that once a woman is seated in her car, she begins issuing contradictory orders editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084088165334243842004-05-09T03:35:00.000-04:002004-05-09T04:57:11.700-04:00Israel and Zionism: Proud Sponsors of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. Or, More Royal Retching. Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister Prince Naif appears to be, like Crown Prince “95% Sure” Abdullah, not only a bigot but a delusional one at that. On Friday Prince Naif declared that Saudi Arabia is, like, totally "in a state of war with terrorism." Well, if you say so, royal dude. Of course, the darlingeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1084058608469743342004-05-08T19:23:00.000-04:002004-05-08T19:55:49.140-04:00A Naughty Boy and a Naughty Girl. Or, Saudis Gone Wild, Real Wild. DWF (Driving While Female) accident in Qaseem; FCAM (Fashion Crime at the Mall in Riyadh. Luckily the Fashion Police, er, The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Winston Smith Special Victims Unit) were able to quickly arrest the deviant and administer swift public humiliation.editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083992626927098492004-05-08T01:03:00.000-04:002004-05-08T18:42:51.233-04:00They Hate Israel, Too. Or, “F*cking Jews”: Genuine anti-Semitic feelings or just normal street talk? Anti-Semitism, er, anti-Zionism in the Netherlands has gotten to the point where Remembrance Day observations have been disrupted by violence and by thugs chanting “Hamas, Hamas, pump the Jews full of gas.” Needless to say, Dutch authorities have been, uh, falling over themselves to address sucheditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083912938809334102004-05-07T02:55:00.000-04:002004-05-07T03:16:19.483-04:00 He Hates Israel, Too. Or, Write Us A Song Tonight, Well, We’re All In The Mood For An Anti-Semitic, er, Anti-Zionist Melody. From Egypt Today — The Magazine of Egypt: Shaaban Abdel Rahim, the Egyptian singer whose hits include such charming ditties as “I Hate Israel,” doesn’t actually write his own lyrics. The pop star is illiterate, you see, and so Islam Khalil, an Arabic teacher at an editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083883960704996522004-05-06T18:52:00.000-04:002004-05-06T19:14:28.903-04:00I see John R. Bradley, late of Arab News, has his own webpage and an article in the latest Al-Ahram. He continues to paint a rather troubling portrait of the Saudi regime: It was the third major attack on foreigners in the country. Saudi authorities have responded by saying they will crush terrorists. More than 50 died and hundreds were injured last year when Western-style compounds in Riyadh editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083881123260091652004-05-06T18:04:00.000-04:002004-05-06T18:09:50.496-04:00She’s, Like, Totally a Nobel Prize Winner, or Something. I just re-read James Zogby’s column from the other day and noticed his reference to “Mary Robinson (the Nobel Prize winner).” I was unaware Robinson had won the Nobel Prize, so I checked the Nobel e-Museum to see when and why she had been awarded the honor. ‘Sfunny, but the only Robinson that turned up was Sir Robert Robinson, who won a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083798978449377352004-05-05T19:16:00.000-04:002004-05-05T19:52:15.360-04:00 Or, Anti-Semitism: It’s Not Just for Jews Anymore, Royal Redux. Or, How Many Semites Might a Royal Semite Smite If a Royal Semite Could Smite Semites? Today's Arab News continues the pseudo-intellectual blathering about anti-Semitism with a bilious article by the always charming Fahda Bint Saud , the chairperson of Al-Faisaliah Welfare Society, who just happens to be a royal princess and a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083728569399230112004-05-04T23:42:00.000-04:002004-05-06T03:22:08.513-04:00 “Flunking Remedial Linguistics. Or, Anti-Semitism: It’s Not Just for Jews Anymore, Redux. James Zogby attempts to address anti-Semitism and immediately disgraces himself by twisting the word’s meaning. Anti-Semitism refers not just to prejudice against Jews, you understand, but also against Muslims and Arabs. Zogby pontificates thusly: There are, in fact, two anti-Semitisms. One has editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083554446570340432004-05-02T23:20:00.000-04:002004-05-02T23:25:08.500-04:00 “We are not really interested in Jewish people.” Or, Shindler’s List: Too Biased and One-Sided for Malaysia. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, wants us to know that not only is he not anti-Jew or anti-Israel but that he even has some Jewish friends. How reassuring. In an interview last month with Guy Sharett of Channel 10 TV Israel, he explained why Shindler’s List editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083536579073070922004-05-02T18:22:00.000-04:002004-05-02T20:36:27.153-04:00No, Not That Ashanti, the Other Ashanti. Or, What Was Your Least Favorite Movie In 1979? I found Fisk’s latest column, which I mentioned yesterday, posted over at CounterPunch. Fisk doesn’t disappoint, and dishes up a screed chock full of hysterical, almost paranoid, hyperbole: Add to that the poisonous, racial dribble of a hundred Hollywood movies that depict Arabs as dirty, lecherous, editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083476220570913482004-05-02T01:36:00.000-04:002004-05-02T01:47:14.826-04:00Swastikas in Herrlisheim. 127 graves were desecrated in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083467330892169182004-05-01T23:08:00.000-04:002004-05-01T23:18:40.793-04:00Only 95 Percent Sure, Eh?According to Arab News, Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s deputy premier and commander of the National Guard, had this to say yesterday about recent terrorist attacks in Yanbu:“We are 95 percent sure, if not 100 percent, that foreign hands are behind these events,” the crown prince told a group of princes, ministers and senior officials who came to meet him.
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“We editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083456895158988082004-05-01T20:11:00.000-04:002004-05-01T20:42:48.263-04:00Don’t Know Much About Geography? According to Robert “hundreds of corpses in Jenin but I never called it a massacre” Fisk, “Those American soldiers in Saddam's old prison at Abu Ghraib, those young British squaddies in Basra came - as soldiers often come - from towns and cities where race hatred has a home: Tennessee and Lancashire.” Um, Tennessee ain’t a town or a city, y’know. And this, from editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083307460880625262004-04-30T02:44:00.000-04:002004-04-30T02:48:38.640-04:00More Swastika Hate: At Indiana University on Monday night, a student’s “car was vandalized -- covered in red spray-painted swastikas and the word ‘Jew’ splashed on the side.” "This is the type of thing you see in a newspaper, Web site or TV and radio," he said. "This is not something that happens in Bloomington and especially not something that I thought happened to a regular Jewish kid from editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083301916323016672004-04-30T01:11:00.000-04:002004-04-30T02:55:52.716-04:00Nazi Swastikas. Or: More Super-Duper Deep Thoughts from Al Ahram. Al Ahram’s boorish cartoons of Israeli soldiers adorned with swastikas— here’s this week’s excretion—are hardly original or intelligent, but at least this Al Ahram cartoonist knows which way the swastika points. Charming. Note that this bile appears in Egypt’s leading media outlet and the government’s mouthpiece of choice. Quite a editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083227686973536792004-04-29T04:34:00.000-04:002004-04-29T05:02:29.750-04:00Indoctrinating Children to Hate in Brazil. Or: Sharon = An Ancient Sanskrit Symbol? Or perhaps he’s a Buddhist symbol. Two things that always strike me about anti-Israel protesters is a recurring inability to draw the Israeli flag well (two lines, two triangles: How difficult can this possibly be?) and a similarly recurring incompetence to correctly depict a Nazi swastika (which faced clockwise; editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083217612576356942004-04-29T01:46:00.000-04:002004-04-29T01:52:56.873-04:00Today marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on Mike’s Place in Tel Aviv. The bar was packed with people enjoying the establishment’s weekly jam session. No Palestinians, or anyone else, were being occupied or humiliated as a result, yet nonetheless an Islamic freedom fighter, Asif Muhammad Hanif, perhaps humiliated and desperate after years of negotiating Israeli checkpoints and editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1083214770830784152004-04-29T00:53:00.000-04:002004-04-29T02:33:03.903-04:00The Myth of the Megaphone Martyr, Latest Edition. Or: Still Going… In an article posted at the Electronic Intifada, we learn that On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, an American from Washington, was killed as she attempted to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian home in Gaza. According to the Investor Responsibility Research Center which provides impartial information on corporate governance editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082965851516925512004-04-26T03:50:00.000-04:002004-04-26T03:57:09.060-04:00Israel’s New Ark of the Covenant. Or, “Jews are a Race” is So 1935. I was reading some articles on Mordechai Vanunu, and came across this charming piece from a news outlet called ABS-CNNEWS, which is a joint venture of Manila’s TODAY newspaper and something called ABS-CBN Interactive. I hope this sort of bigoted rhetoric about Jews and Israel isn’t standard fare in the Philippines, but it’s editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082924321124904352004-04-25T16:18:00.000-04:002004-04-25T16:22:53.043-04:00It occurred to me last night that even though we Jews control the media and the banks, we really blew it with the Internet. Two out of three ain’t bad, though, I guess.editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082886303967508772004-04-25T05:44:00.000-04:002004-04-25T06:34:53.436-04:00The following is an email from The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University: On 18 April, the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, the Stephen Roth Institute presented its annual findings on antisemitism worldwide for the year 2003.
Following is an abstract of those findings.
The year 2003 witnessed an increase in the number and severity ofeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082858967449689102004-04-24T22:09:00.000-04:002004-04-25T03:38:00.060-04:00One Must See For Himself What Fisk Inflicted On His Own Credibility: In an exceptionally, almost pathetically, petulant rant, Robert Fisk writes that, concerning Jenin, “I did not say they [Israeli troops] committed a massacre.” Hmm. Well, let’s look at what Fisk wrote in just one article: The stench of decaying corpses is wafting out of the Palestinian city. The Israeli army is still keeping editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082784105784658152004-04-24T01:21:00.000-04:002004-04-24T01:49:01.780-04:00Jews are not a forgiving lot: Or, "Do fawning comparisons to Christ make your editorial staff uncomfortable?" In their latest display of journalistic integrity, Arab News publishes another predictably tasteless, paranoid, and bigoted screed by Israel Shamir a.k.a Israel David Shamir a.k.a. Robert David. Interestingly, if you read the version on David’s, er, Shamir’s website, you’ll notice that editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082704582012551362004-04-23T03:16:00.000-04:002004-04-23T03:40:28.920-04:00James W. Owens, CEO of Caterpillar, explains to the International Solidarity Movement “that with more than two million of our machines and engines in use throughout the world, we simply do not have the practical ability or legal right to determine how our products are used after they are sold.” Owens then declines to meet with ISM representatives, because “I feel we have seen this issue to its editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082674044045262752004-04-22T18:47:00.000-04:002004-04-22T18:54:28.640-04:00 Here’s a press release from the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies: 'The Nation' Cuts Ties to Holocaust-Denial Group after Complaint by Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies [TBON editor’s note: And, perhaps, after a complaint from your humble narrator].
4/22/2004 8:57:00 AM
To: National Desk
Contact: Rafael Medoff of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, 215-635editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082617513377027622004-04-22T03:03:00.000-04:002004-04-22T04:33:52.310-04:00The Jews of America: The Cairo Times offers some reactions from the Egyptian press to Bush and Sharon’s plan for “the annexation of nearly half the occupied West Bank.” Note the hideously antisemitic cartoon and its repulsive depiction of “The Jews of America.”
In other news, 21 men have been forcibly evicted, at the behest of Israel, from the Ramallah shelter in which they'd been living for editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082585608053014012004-04-21T18:13:00.000-04:002004-04-21T18:17:34.590-04:00Israeli police kill four alleged terrorists in gun battle, world reacts in horror and consternation. No, just kidding. Actually, it was Jordanian police who killed four alleged terrorists, in a poor neighborhood of Amman.
So, modest proposal, part II: If Israel wants to avoid criticism and outrage for killing terrorists, maybe they should just change Ariel Sharon’s name to King Hussein, Jr. editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082506392348339162004-04-20T20:12:00.000-04:002004-04-22T00:35:14.060-04:00On page 58 of the current issue of The Nation there’s an advertisement for a book written by Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy. According to the advertisement, in The Founding Myths of Modern Israel ,“French scholar Roger Garaudy dissects the historical myths cited to justify Zionist aggression and repression, including the legends of a ‘land without a people for a people without a land,’ and theeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082498485663887162004-04-20T18:01:00.000-04:002004-04-20T19:06:30.140-04:00As noted over at In Context, a Google search for the term “Jew” no longer turns up a hate site as its first result (for now, at least). Now if something could just be done about the search results for “Jews.” Not as bad, to be sure, but still…. Jews for Jesus? Jews for Allah? Ah, Google.
Sharon is outta control! Israel kills key Palestinian rebels: According to the following news article, moreeditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1082008275488938572004-04-15T01:51:00.000-04:002004-04-15T03:37:12.576-04:00Interpal, a U.K.-based charity also known as the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund, has been designated a terrorist organization by both the American and Israeli governments. The Jerusalem Report reports that the Board of Deputies, the umbrella organization of British Jewry, recently referred to Interpal as a terrorist organization on its website, and now Interpal is suing the board for editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081884979592993322004-04-13T15:27:00.000-04:002004-04-13T15:40:14.670-04:00I'd like to take this opportunity to point out one thing that's actually quite cool about Arafat: It's really easy to type his name. Like "stewardesses," it can be typed with one hand. Sharon, Israel, and Palestine are all over the keyboard, but Arafat is nice and compact and easy on the fingers. Pretty cool. OK, so don't let it ever be said that I never had anything positive to say about Arafat.editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081849902793020092004-04-13T05:51:00.000-04:002004-04-13T05:55:37.093-04:00The next time you hear someone like Rashid Khalidi talking about a period of time during which there were no Palestinians attacks on Israelis, don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking that this was because no such attacks had been attempted. For example, there were zero (successful) Palestinian suicide bombings during Passover, yet there were at least ten failed attempts, including two attackseditor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081659655591454572004-04-11T01:00:00.000-04:002004-04-11T02:23:40.450-04:00In the latest rendering of Rachel Corrie’s death, The Independent’s Robert Fisk informs us that her death “was taped on video by her appalled friends.” I hadn’t heard that version before. Or seen it, as the case may be. Fisk also states that the Israeli Army’s “rules of engagement” have been “blithely handed over to US forces on Sharon’s orders.” Sharon’s orders, eh?
Fisk also writes that “editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081241089403621992004-04-06T04:43:00.000-04:002004-04-06T04:50:14.153-04:00Here's an interesting article from Haaretz, entitled The battle on America's campuses. There are currently about 65,000 students from Arab countries studying at American universities. According to Jewish sources, these students comprise the "foot soldiers" for the struggle, while the Americans, or Arab-Americans, are the leaders of the anti-Israeli activities. Most of the pro-Palestinian editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081235389553096522004-04-06T03:09:00.000-04:002004-04-06T03:37:06.216-04:00MEMRI has an interesting report entitled Anti-American and Antisemitic Cartoons in Leading Egyptian Government Weekly Al-Ahram: 1998-2004. The report notes that “Al-Ahram newspapers [1] are controlled by the Egyptian government and edited by the government-appointed Ibrahim Nafi', who also serves as chairman of the Arab Journalists Association.” I’ve addressed some of Nafi’s asinine rhetoric editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053809.post-1081158901643895902004-04-05T05:54:00.000-04:002004-04-05T07:18:26.733-04:00In her latest update regarding the OSU Committee for Justice in Palestine, Yoshie Furuhashi writes that “the Deir Yassin massacre was used by Zionist paramilitary leaders to terrorize Palestinian villagers into fleeing what would become the state of Israel.” She also helpfully includes a link to this article, along with this delightfully selective quote: "Describing the slaughter as a successful editor, The Blue Octavo Notebookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031517188623411877noreply@blogger.com