Tag Archives: Middle East

Tim Minchin’s Peace Anthem For Palestine

By Prudence | March 16, 2009

Posted in Apropos Nothing, Politics, Whine & Cheese | Also tagged Gaza, humour, Israel, Middle East conflict, Palestine, Tim Minchin | Comments closed

Mess O’Potamia: Iraq War Is Over

By Constance | March 4, 2009

Posted in Bitching and Moaning, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, counterterrorism, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq strategy, Iraq war, John Stewart, stability operations, US military, US troops, withdrawal | Comments closed

Get On The (Segregated) Bus

By Prudence | February 26, 2009

For all their mutual saber-rattling, Iran and Israel have more in common than they’d like to admit. Both are beset by violent, anti-woman “modesty patrols” run by bearded, black-robed, religious zealots, both have a troubling nuclear fetish, both have nutbag politicians calling for the deaths of all enemies internal and external, and both have rather contentious relationships [...]

Posted in Barf, Politics, Today in Crazy | Also tagged East Jerusalem, fromme, Gaza, Haredi, IRAC, Iran, Israel, Israel Kimhi, Israeli Arabs, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies, Mea Shearim, Miriam Shear, modesty patrols, Naomi Ragen, Orthodox Jews, secular Jews, segregated buses, Ultra-Orthodox, West Bank, Yehoshua Pollack | Comments closed

Moderate Appointed to Head Saudi Religious Ministry (no, really)

By Chairman Dogood | February 16, 2009

After reading reports at the weekend about a reshuffle of Saudi religious officials, the Chairman could not resist the urge to get his Onion on
(Riyadh) SAUDI PRESS AGENCY – Absolute monarch and king-by-divine-right Abdullah Saud al-Saud yesterday wisely made a series of new appointments to the Commission for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of [...]

Posted in Politics, Whine & Cheese | Also tagged Commission for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Comments closed

Sloppy Joes–Biden and the Plumber

By admin | January 16, 2009

Posted in Politics, Whine & Cheese | Also tagged Daily Show, Israel, Joe Biden, Joe the Plumber, Jon Stewart, media, Palestine, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, video, war correspondents, war reporting | Comments closed

Thomas Friedman Talks Bollocks

By Prudence | January 14, 2009

Gentle reader, as I have stated before, it is my considered opinion that Tom Friedman talks out of his ass with regard to the Middle East. After all, merely visiting the region occasionally doesn’t make one an expert on the area, any more than shopping at Williams Sonoma makes one a great chef. Friedman’s disturbingly popular books and [...]

Posted in Barf, J'accuse, Politics | Also tagged al Jazeera, APC, dead babies, DIME bombs, fighter jets, Israel, massacre, NTY, numpty, Palestine, terrible writing, Tom Friedman, Williams Sonoma | Comments closed