Omri wants to know why this search term showed up on his blog. I have nothing to hide, as I am famously camera-shy. There are some early eight-millimeters in existence of me at my cousins’ parties, but unless you want to see me bugging the hell out of my brother with a party noisemaker at the age of ten or so, it simply won’t thrill you. Nope, no videos of me out there.

You might also want to read Omri’s post about me and cats. It’s pretty funny. Wrong, but funny.

This guy has a very, very funny video. The first one seems like something it’s not. Trust me, watch it to the end, and you will laugh very loudly.

There’s a new blog in town: Isreali, and it’s the first official blog from the State of Israel. Lots of videos, lots of stories, and get out the hankies if you read this one.

And they have Sumo wrestlers floating in the Dead Sea. Yes, Sumo wrestlers. (There is simply no way that thing they wear can be comfortable. Ew.)

Oh, man. I REALLY want to visit Israel. Like, tomorrow. No, wait. Not ’til Gracie’s better.

And last, but not least, my brother sent this hilarious video. It’s called PMS Survival Tips, and it’s a parody of the 1950s teaching films. Utterly. Hilarious.

The Associated Press whitewashes our enemies, and Israel’s enemies, on a regular basis. Case in point: Ahmadinejad’s letter to America.

What the AP published:

In Wednesday’s letter, he said, “we, like you, are aggrieved by the ever-worsening pain and misery of the Palestinian people” and accused the Bush administration of disregarding public opinion by remaining “in the forefront of supporting the trampling of the rights of the Palestinian people.”

Besides passing along a lie (Americans favor Israel over the palestinians in poll after poll after poll), the AP neglected to publish the paragraphs that immediately follow the above quote, which include more examples of Ahmadinejad’s rejectionism towards Israel. Note the refusal, as always, to call Israel by her name.

What Ahmadinejad wrote:

For 60 years, the Zionist regime has driven millions of the inhabitants of Palestine out of their homes. Many of these refugees have died in the Diaspora and in refugee camps. Their children have spent their youth in these camps and are aging while still in the hope of returning to homeland.

You know well that the US administration has persistently provided blind and blanket support to the Zionist regime, has emboldened it to continue its crimes, and has prevented the UN Security Council from condemning it.

Who can deny such broken promises and grave injustices towards humanity by the US administration?

Governments are there to serve their own people. No people wants to side with or support any oppressors. But regrettably, the US administration disregards even its own public opinion and remains in the forefront of supporting the trampling of the rights of the Palestinian people.

Here’s another example of leaving out the worst of two paragraphs (though this one is bad enough):

What the AP published:

“What has blind support for the Zionists by the U.S. administration brought for the American people?,” Ahmadinejad asked. “It is regrettable that for the U.S. administration, the interests of these occupiers supersedes the interests of the American people and of the other nations of the world.”

What Ahmadinejad wrote:

What has blind support for the Zionists by the US administration brought for the American people? It is regrettable that for the US administration, the interests of these occupiers supersedes the interests of the American people and of the other nations of the world.

What have the Zionists done for the American people that the US administration considers itself obliged to blindly support these infamous aggressors? Is it not because they have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural and media sectors?

There you go, a little bit of naked Jew-hatred thrown in for you. Banking, financial, cultural, and media industries. Hey, he forgot the lawyers and doctors.

In this next example, the AP elides Ahmadinejad’s latest iteration of his rejection of Israel’s legitimacy. Let’s take another look at the first paragraph I mentioned:

What the AP published:

In Wednesday’s letter, he said, “we, like you, are aggrieved by the ever-worsening pain and misery of the Palestinian people”

What Ahamdinejad wrote:

We, like you, are aggrieved by the ever-worsening pain and misery of the Palestinian people. Persistent aggressions by the Zionists are making life more and more difficult for the rightful owners of the land of Palestine

Funny how the AP manages to ignore that bit about the “rightful owners” of that mythical land of “Palestine.” Just as funny as the AP neglecting to point out that sentence about the Jews running the world.

This is yet another publicity ploy by a man who is not our friend, who lies when he says he cares about Americans, who lies when he talks about truth, justice, and human rights. Women are not equal in Iran. There is no dissent in the press. Dissidents have been beaten, tortured, and murdered. And this man lectures us on Abu Ghraib?

And the AP passes along most of his lies and does him the courtesy of deleting the more controversial points of his letter.

Can’t wait to see the Reuters version.

Update: Good for CNN! They mentioned the anti-Semitism and included the quote that the AP left out.

In his letter, Ahmadinejad — who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” — asks what the U.S. government’s “blind support for the Zionists” has “brought for the American people.”

“Is it not because they have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural and media sectors?” he said, referring to Jewish people,

I’m tired of depressing world events, how ’bout you?

Well, the world is going to the dogs. So is this post.

The Nanny State in the U.K. brought animal cruelty charges against a two men who overfed their dog.

Rusty, a nine-year-old labrador, may only have been doing what labradors do, which is to eat everything in sight. But he ballooned to more than 11½ stone (161lb, 73kg), the ideal weight for a large-boned 6ft (1.82m) woman, but not a retriever, which should be chasing sticks and newly shot game.

Rusty had trouble standing up, and after no more than five paces he had to sit down again, breathless. He looked, magistrates at Ely, Cambridgeshire, were told yesterday, more like a seal than a dog.

In what is thought to be the first case of its kind, Rusty’s owners, David Benton and his brother Derek, have been charged with animal cruelty for allowing him to become grossly overweight.

According to the Kennel Club, the ideal weight for a dog of Rusty’s age and breed is between 65lb and 80lb. When found by an RSPCA inspector, Rusty was more than twice the upper limit. Unlike most labradors, he was quite incapable of leaping into a van.

Suddenly, Tig doesn’t seem so fat, does he?

And in more dog news, China has instituted a one-dog policy in parts of Beijing. Residents are actually on the streets protesting this new rule.

And last, but not least: There’s a sheep in the U.K. that thinks it’s a dog.

A SHEEP on an Alnwick farm has got itself a little mixed up.

Cora, an eight-month-old Suffolk cross Beltex, thinks she’s a dog. While the rest of the flock at Heckley High House is grazing in the fields, Cora keeps her distance in her own paddock and happily goes out for walks with the dogs.

And Cora will jump out if she finds herself in the same field as other sheep. But despite this anti-social trait, Cora is very affectionate towards owner Emily Wakefield, 16, and Holly, a rough cross Border collie.

Our favorite Jew-hater, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has written a letter to Americans that will be released later today. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait!

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people that will be released at U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, a state newspaper reported.

The newspaper gave no details of the letter, an apparent attempt by the firebrand president to reach out to Americans over the head of their government.

The state-run newspaper Iran reported the letter in bold type on its front page, saying “the five-page letter to the American people will be released by Iran’s representative at the United Nations today.”

I’m going to guess what it says: Blahblahblah Zionist entity, blahblahblah, arrogant president, blahblahblah Iran has no problem with Americans, we love you, it’s your leaders that we hate, blahblahblah Iran is peaceful and does not want nukes, blahblahblah, blahblahblah there was no Holocaust, blahblahblah palestinians, blahblahblah Iraq is Vietnam, blahblahblah convert or die, filthy infidels!

Whoops? How did that last bit get there?

Average Iranians were disappointed by the cold response to the May letter, the first official communication between the two countries’ presidents since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad said he was planning to write a letter to Americans.

“Many American people asked me to talk to them in order to explain the views of the Iranian people,” Ahmadinejad told reporters, referring to his visit to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly session in September 2005.

Wow, two big whoppers in three paragraph. Number one, who asked him? I don’t know anyone who asked him to explain the views of the Iranian people. Number two, so, the average Iranian was “disappointed by the cold response to the May letter”? Yeah? Says who? The Iranian press agencies? Wow, AP reporter, good investigation techniques! Way to cite your sources!

But the AP does manage to get this right:

Ahmadinejad has alienated many Americans by calling for Israel’s destruction and repeatedly dismissing the Holocaust as a myth. He also strongly supports the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Lebanese faction Hezbollah, which the U.S. State Department lists as terrorist organizations.

Gee. Not getting why supporting the terrorist group that murdered 241 Marines in Lebanon would piss us off.

Looking forward to reading the letter. Looking even more forward to reading the many parodies that will show up later today.

This is, purportedly, a Hebrew translation of an article in Al Mustaqbal newspaper (there is no link to the original article, so I am guessing that this is the link and will be grateful for a confirmation from any Arabic-reading guest here). The translation says, more or less, the following:

The Lebanese newspaper (journal) Al Mustaqbal reported today (Nov. 29, 2006) that Lebanese security succeeded to uncover a Syrian plot to kill 36 Lebanese leaders.

According to the newspaper, the plot came to light four days ago, when two members of the group that was sent to the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon - Burg’ El Barag’ne and El Badawi, were arrested. During interrogation, the two confessed that they belong to the Fatah-Intifadah movement led by Abu Musa.

The two told that they came to Lebanon as part of a group of 200, 150 of those arrived at the El Badawi camp and the other 50 - at Burg’ El Barag’ne.

If this is not a wild exaggeration or a propaganda ploy by one of the many rival Lebanese fractions*, baby Assad has a lot to answer for.

(*) I understand that Al Mustaqbal is owned by the Hariri family, so…

Cross-posted on SimplyJews