Manal and Alaa's bit bucket

“Amjad’s younger sister was murdered by Israeli soldiers using rockets as well. Unites States made and paid tank shells splattered her little body all over the house. Her brains were all over her bed. Fingers, arms, legs and pieces of human flesh were all over the place.”- Rafahtoday.orgNothing outraged me about the horror at Beit Hanoun [...]

So the Arab League finally took a stance - it lifted the embargo against the Palestinians following the US veto of the UN Resolution that was to condemn Israel for its massacre in Beit Hanoun. Amr Moussa said“There will be no compliance with any restriction imposed … The Arab banks have to transfer money [to [...]

Well not him… but his wax likeness was punched/whcked in Las Vegas at Mme. Tussaud’s LV museum. Some visitor apparently expressed how totally enamoured he was with Mr. Bush and punched him toppling him over. Damages to the wax likeness will cost 25K to repair. [link]Perhaps the money will be better spent if it goes [...]

So he is scheduled to hang for his ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity.’ Just one  of many dictators who deserve what they get. [I am against capital punishment in any case.]But how about his accomplices? shouldn’t we bring them to justice as well? shouldn’t they hang with him?Here are John Pilger’s suggestions of who [...]

I kid you not!! British former Minister of Defense Nick Pope announced yesterday that aliens are poised to attack us.. and I am not talking about illegal aliens, but about actual extraterrestrial aliens:During his time as head of the Ministry of Defence UFO project, Nick Pope was persuaded into believing that other lifeforms may visit Earth [...]

“The death toll, certainly of Americans there, by the terms of any previous war are quite minute. Of course no one likes any death toll, but the war now, at the moment, it’s certainly trying to prevent a civil war and to prevent Iraqis killing each other.”- Rupert Murdoch to reporters at a conference in [...]

“The US government of Republicans and neo-conservatives, which is a reckless government of idiots, will be reined in with the Democrats taking over the House,” Oraib Rintawi, President of the Al Quds Centre for Political Studies in Amman, told SPIEGEL ONLINE before it was clear that the Senate had also tipped toward the Democrats. ‘’The [...]

Once upon a time…No no. ’Once upon a time’ is the wrong story because it is the story of a Cinderella who wore a unique slipper given to her by her fairy godmother to go to the Prince’s ball. How so very romantic!But this story here is different. It is the story of another little girl’s slipper. A dispensible [...]

“Our children’s blood runs through the streets of Palestine and no one cares …Where is the American and British Press? Where is the outcry from the lands of Democracy? How many Palestinian children must be murdered, yes, murdered before someone in the West says “Enough!” What level of butchery must the Israelis rise to before [...]

In the old days, when officials messed up, they used to feel such shame that the only honorable thing to do was take a shotgun to their head and end their life.Goodbye, Rumsfeld. I suggest you do that, sir. Go shoot yourself!But better still… given that you have no integrity in the first place, just wait a little longer. [...]

Israel shelled a few homes in Beit Hanoun today, killing 18 Palestinians as they slept in their beds. Eight of those were children, and 6 were women. 13 were members of the same family. It also injured 55 in the process.If this is not organized State terrorism, I don’t know what is. If this is not [...]

Several incidents are surfacing in the media these days - and in particular in Arab media, regarding violence against women and the sexual harassment of women. As Arab governments are battling to stay alive and maintain control, women are being - literally - trampled upon. It is as noted Egyptian columnist Salam Ahmed Salama writes:“The police’s only job now [...]

Yes, Democrats won the House. The Senate is almost a win, but it remains to be seen throughout the day.It is true that the Republicans desereved to lose. Must lose.The Democrats, however, did not deserve to win.Right now, they are the lesser of two evils; and I will take that any time.Case in  point: In the State [...]

Keith Olbermann has spoken again last night. We must listen to the one voice of sanity. Here is Olbermann:Is the conviction of Saddam Hussein the reason you went to war in Iraq?Or did you go to war in Iraq because of the Weapons of Mass Destruction that did not exist?Or did you go to war [...]

On every single issue, all the concessions came from the Palestinians. The problem is, everyone, including Dr. Ben-Ami in his book — he begins with what Israel wants and how much of its wants it’s willing to give up. But that’s not the relevant framework. The only relevant framework is under international law what you [...]

Who said Bush and his admin accomplished nothing? of course they accomplished something. Here is a less than generous list: Destablized the Middle East. [Think Iraq, Lebanon, Iran.]Destroyed any hope for a Middle East peace process. [Think Palestine, Israel]  Destabilized the world. [Think North Korea.]Installed a Shia’a government that is more atuned to Iran than the previous secular Sunni government in Iraq.Killed [...]

‘We have the people’s hearts and minds’ - Watch this satire on the Iraq war:

Two weeks ago, a guest on Keith Olbermann’s show said that as our rights were being signed away, we yawned with indifference and turned to ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ Yesterday, Gideon Levy in Haaretz echoed that same thought:A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least [...]

Mohammed, from Rafah, Palestine, wrote to me yesterday saying simply ‘we are getting killed’. The Israeli incursion into Gaza resulted in the death of 50 people, according to the BBC. Here is Mohammed’s account of one particular incident, involving heroic men and women:Right after the Israeli soldier’s louder speakers announced for every male Palestinian from [...]

The fundamental characteristics of the current Israeli leadership are primarily anxiety and intimidation, of the charade of power, the wink of the dirty deal, of selling out our most prized possessions. In this sense they are not true leaders, certainly they are not the leaders of a people in such a complicated position that has [...]

Well the Berlin Wall fell, but then Haliburton was not responsible for its building. Now the entire world is thinking fences. The US went from the dream of the ‘white pickett fence’ to the delusion of building enormous walls around itself for defense purposes. The rest of the world is clearly following the delusion.The US will [...]

Boogeyman Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death this week. What a surprise! Right before the elections too. As if this is a grand victory in Iraq! The media said how jubilant the Iraqis were when they heard the news. I have no doubt they were.. but which Iraqis? Not the Sunnis for sure.The Interior Ministry closed [...]

The Republicans are at it again - with their scare tactics and fear mongering. How else could they try and win the elections, come Tuesday? Family values? social security? the war on Iraq? on Afghanistan? they failed all of them with flying colours .. and they now dare invoke the ghost of Bin Laden in their campaigns.Shouldn’t [...]

So, my fellow countrymen, as I sit here, not yet at Gettysburg, I have a notion that this is the most important vote that you’ll probably ever cast. Because should this gang of thugs continue in the two houses of Congress, there isn’t any chance of getting the Constitution back….- Gore Vidal - “We are [...]

“We know more about Tom and Katie than we do about global warming. We’re the most entertained, least informed people in the world.”- Robert Kennedy Junior [link]  talking pollution.But it is far worse than pollution. We live in a state of death by entertainment;  a perpetual state of blissful contentment and apathy. Our rights are being [...]

According to the president, “one of the most difficult aspects” of preparing Iraqi security forces “to be able to operate independently,” is “because that means they have to be able to drive themselves” as well as “maintain their vehicles.”So the big problem in Iraq isn’t really the terrorists or the sectarian hatred between Shiites and [...]

We will be split into two groups, one on horses, one on camels…The aircraft went ahead of the Janjaweed. We saw the smoke, we saw the fire, then we went in…Whenever we go into a village and find resistance we kill everyone. Sometimes they said wipe out an entire village…We hear kill! Kill! Kill! And [...]

Here are the top moron alerts for this week:“If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it … whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?”- Sheik [...]

I caught myself - yet again - swearing at the radio. It seems I am becoming as insane as the world we live in.. but then if you live in an asylum, don’t other insane people rub on you eventually? My son reasures me though, that talking to my computer or radio is fine - as long [...]

Two excellent documentaries: the first is John Pilger’s Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq, and the second is from Free Productions entitled The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror [link to the official Oil Factor site]. Both are MUST see videos. Pilger’s video is about the sanctions and is a pre-9/11 documentary which [...]