Author Archives: SnoopyTheGoon

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.

When Al Jazeera meets B’Tselem

The folks in B’Tselem are very nice, I am sure. Their souls bleed for every person hurt in this world, only on one condition – that the person not be Jewish. You see, Jooz are out of scope of this … Continue reading

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On Brits in Mecca

Young Muslims alienated at home find solace at Haj The histrionics start with the headline, and there is no special need to continue reading this article by Arifa Akbar. Still, a few more sentences could not harm: Yashir Nawab could … Continue reading

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Another slip of a double tongue

This BBC article’s headline may not keep for long, so I have decided to make a snapshot for posterity. Israel to resume militant strikes“. How do you like them chickens? “Militant strikes”. I wonder whether we are witnessing here the … Continue reading

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Be careful what you wish for…

Mahmoud the Mad is boldly venturing into the realm of theology now: In a greeting to the world’s Christians for the coming new year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he expects both Jesus and the Shiite messianic figure, Imam Mahdi, … Continue reading

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The cease-fire sham continues

After the two boys in Sderot were wounded by the Qassam yesterday, IDF gets the green light “to resume pinpoint operations targeting Qassam rocket launching cells“. The condition attached to this mandate is “to uphold the cease-fire in general“. Gives … Continue reading

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Want some joy?

It was a poor attempt at a bad pun. Anyhow, Joy Wolfe describes here some interesting goings-on in Manchester, UK, and I must confess that schadenfreude, being a long and imported word, is not totally alien to me. If anyone … Continue reading

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Hashemi Rafsanjani – a moderate murderer

If you look at the results of the local council and the 86-member Assembly of Experts elections in Iran, as they are reported by AP, it may seem as a political equivalent of an earthquake. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an … Continue reading

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Irving: impeccably converted and pining for a kiss

The discredited British historian and Holocaust denier David Irving was expected to fly back to Britain today after Austria’s supreme court unexpectedly agreed to release him from prison early. The court in Vienna ruled that Irving, who has spent more … Continue reading

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When your friends are asking questions

Al Bawaba, a Jordan – based publication with an English language outlet (London) is quite an anti-Israeli outfit. Even this Arabic media source feels a certain unease about the Hamas – Iran alliance. Take its article Hamas-Iran alliance—a blessing for … Continue reading

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Bad Arolsen archives talk

Sitting on 16 miles of shelving, they number 50 million pages covering 17.5 million victims, not only Jews but also millions of slave laborers, political prisoners, homosexuals and Roma. I am not at all sure I need (or want) more … Continue reading

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More guilt? Pile it on!

With all the readiness of the Elders to accept the guilt for everything that goes wrong in the world, sometimes even our most battle-worn guilt-takers are made speechless by the brand new guilt items our Arab cousins are schlepping in … Continue reading

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Queenan against Cohen – first round

It seems that a new kind of war is looming, totally unexpected by all and sundry military experts: Queenan against Cohen. That is, Joe Queenan an American film critic vs. Sasha Baron Cohen the major piss taker on this side … Continue reading

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Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad

When Al-Jazeera tells a story like this one, it means something. Iranian students disrupted a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, at a prestigious Tehran university, setting fire to his picture and heckling him. The Fars news agency, which … Continue reading

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Wearing your heart on your sleeve

People who wear their heart on their sleeve express their emotions freely and openly, for all to see. The above definition comes from here. The definition is fairly simple, covering any emotion. That includes any expression of impotent hate, envy, … Continue reading

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The new age of Islamic science

With the intricacies of the peaceful nuclear bomb apparently figured out, cloning of sheep under full steam and oil flowing, the Iranian senior management has decided to take a close look at the mystery of Holocaust that bothers their president … Continue reading

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