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About SnoopyTheGoon

Daily job - software development. Hobbies - books, books, friends, simgle malt Scotch, lately this blogging plague. Amateur photographer, owned by 1. spouse, 2 - two grown-up (?) children and 3. two elderly cats - not necessarily in that order, it is rather fluid. Israeli.

His mother and father prayed for him to succeed…

You would place a sentence like this quite naturally in some article about a sports event. Or about a career in arts, crafts, science. But in this case mom and dad prayed for their son, one Mohammed Faisal al-Saqsaq from … Continue reading

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Too many Jews…

Ynet is telling about a newly discovered Jimboism: Former US President Jimmy Carter once complained there were “too many Jews” on the government’s Holocaust Memorial Council, Monroe Freedman, the council’s former executive director, told WND in an exclusive interview. Former … Continue reading

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Yet another Jimboism

To post about Carter’s dhimmitude is becoming boring lately. But what can one do when almost every day a new pearl of ex-POTUS wisdom is uncovered: January 15, 2007 — Has a former president of the United States – a … Continue reading

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BBC causes stutter – fact!

No need to rummage Snopes or to look for a needle in the Google haystack anymore, the fact is proved and clear to anyone. Here is a picture of the first victim of the cruel joke BBC played on some … Continue reading

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Should egalitarians support Chávez?

Asks Francisco Rodríguez – assistant professor of economics and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University, and former chief economist of the Venezuelan National Assembly. This is really a very unusual venue that professor Rodríguez is using – the infamous CiF. … Continue reading

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AP – surely it is not a blooper?

Man beheaded in southern Thailand This is a headline of an AP news item (via CNN). A Buddhist man in restive southern Thailand was beheaded by suspected Muslim insurgents who left a note by the body warning Buddhists to leave … Continue reading

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Hudna again – Hamas’ style

Reading this article on ZNN by Ami Isseroff, I was amazed to see how an adept spin master can trick even the best of them. By “spin master” I mean Ahmed Yousef, a senior adviser to the Palestinian prime minister, … Continue reading

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Zionists: “giving goal in free field”.

This is not about football (soccer for some of you). The story as told by B.Ali of Kavkaz Center Letter department unfolds a new page in the sinister plot by Zionists, a “silent and soft aggression and backdoor invasion” in … Continue reading

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These pesky civilians

The incomparable Aljazeera.com is bravely denouncing the US Zioimperialist strikes on the defenseless Somalia Islamists. The article is a jumble of contradictory statements, as could be seen for these two quotes: Somali officials confirmed the death of many people in … Continue reading

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Socialism according to Hugo

But also according to Guardian, it appears. I must confess that I started to look at the Guardian only a few years ago. It begun with my sensitive self being irked, angry and sometimes vivid. Now I got used to … Continue reading

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A tale of two Jews

Haaretz happens to tell two seemingly unrelated stories on the same day. One is the story of Mossad-KGB double agent Zeev Avni who died last week (double dealing is good for one’s health, apparently). Avni, a Mossad agent, was arrested … Continue reading

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The formula

Peace process not broken: ETA This is the AFP headline. By itself it is not remarkable, but the article is related to the latest explosion in Madrid: The political wing of the armed Basque separatist group ETA has said that … Continue reading

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Zionist propaganda?: Arabs vs Israel

As Ami Isseroff says in this post: Facts speak louder than any propaganda, and they speak to any honest person who wants to know the truth, as this article from Pakistan shows. This article also shows precisely where Israel’s true … Continue reading

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POW status for Hezbollah boys?

From Haaretz report: Six Hezbollah detainees being held by Israel since the second Lebanon war will petition the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, asking that they be recognized as prisoners of war. Attorneys for the six, Semadar Ben-Nati and … Continue reading

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Keeping faith with Fidel

If you think that this title is about Cuba, it is not. To be precise – not exactly. This post is about one of the dinosaurs that are still populating the citadel of free press in United Kingdom. The name … Continue reading

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