Twice in the last month, I almost clicked on a very dangerous link.

One of them alleged to be from “postcards.com,” saying

You have received a postcard from a family member!

You can pick up your postcard at the following web address:

When I put my mouse over the link to see what the site was, it showed up as a web address with an executable file. The extension was .gif.exe.

Needless to say, I did not click.

But that’s the second time I came close to clicking on a dangerous link like that. Be very, very careful with your email. If it isn’t from someone you know and trust, don’t click on it — and even then, be careful. Many Outlook-based viruses spread that way.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has an excellent idea: A Videoblog about Israelis.

There’s Tamar Abramowitz from the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption talking about (and showing, but not nearly enough) the diversity of Israel: People from over 90 countries, speaking more than 50 different languages — yeah, that’s diversity all right.

This one talks about the Israeli inline skating passion: Ofer Weisglass combines a catchy Andrews Sisters tune with scenes of him and his skating club, ending with a short interview at 2:30 a.m. from someone who has just skated 35 km(!). Yikes. At two in the morning?

There are only a few Vblogs at the moment, but the site has just started. Calling all Israeli bloggers: Here’s your chance to literally show us your stuff.

Shire Network News is up, and Bruce has a great lineup of interviews (including Iraqi blogger Omar from Iraq the Model) and features. My contribution this week: International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day. I think the “find the meow” bit is overdone, but Tig yowled again while I was recording. However, I couldn’t find it myself, so maybe it didn’t take.

By the way, Alex Bensky, you are mentioned on the podcast.

Perhaps I’ll do a podcast on cats at some point, but I’m not there yet.

If anyone has suggestions for future podcasts, leave ‘em in the comments or email me.

French Jews are beginning to think that perhaps the French are not reliable protectors of Jews. Babelfish translated the last paragraph of this article about Jewish reaction to the horrible torture/murder of Ilan Halimi:

The shock wave is such as, always on midgal. COM, certain Net surfers insist on the urgency to leave France which would have become hostile with the Jews: “It is necessary to very seriously think of making your alya (”rise “towards Israel, note)”, advises a Net surfer. “Only one watchword should guide us: to leave France, to leave Europe, cursed grounds soaked with Jewish blood “, recommends another. At the exit of the synagogue, Thursday evening, in front of a group of old people, a woman declared: “France it is finished.”

France has never protected its Jews. The souls of the accusers of Dreyfus live on. I am more than ever convinced that the decrease in French anti-Semitic attacks was due to the authorities lying about anti-Semitic attacks.

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