Author Archives: RagBlog

Alan writes:“There is no country of Palestine. Being a Palestinian is only good for being discriminated against. The Israeli right have seen to this as part of the essential plan to drive them out, as Herzl explicitly stated in his … Continue reading →

Since I blogged about the new terrorism protocols in airports, I just got a first look at those backscatter scanners. There might be some controversy there. You stand up in front of this doo-dad fully clothed and to the person … Continue reading →

A pic from Lebanon (Kevin Frayer, AP).

The American way of burial is pretty confusing. Having tried to make this simple is impossible … First off once the person is dead, the EMS has to come and see that they are indeed dead. They declare that the … Continue reading →

Crab and Bean Tamales with Spicy Rice (1 July 2000) This is excellent, my faithful readers – start with a desire (crab and tamale flavours, in this case) and put your imagination to work. This menu did take some time … Continue reading →

You are right, Paul, that what sticks in my craw is the grunt level. We expect soldiers to follow the rules. When they don’t, we prosecute them, difficult as that prosecution is. The famous line in Apocalypse Now! puts it … Continue reading →

I googled the quote and there are hundreds of citations of your passage but none of them have a volume or a page number. I would suspect that the passage was made up out of the whole cloth by someone … Continue reading →

And I’m a day late, again !! Better luck next week. Many thanks to Charlie Loving for his work. rdj *TT = Cartoon Tuesday

New York Times article, “Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War” Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War Article by STEVEN ERLANGERPublished: August 9, 2006 For an honest reportage on the Israel homefront, you might be interested to read Steven Erlanger’s article … Continue reading →

It began innocently enough when David Hamilton posted an article titled, “Hatred of the US is Now Universal: Osama Has Won” by Brian Cloughley (it can be found here). The conversation is pretty clearly not yet over, so these postings … Continue reading →

While we’re looking to the Mideast, there’s a new uprising going on down South, with so far, a few disappearances, one assasination, and lots of excited and so far, successful folks taking over parts of the government. I’ve been getting … Continue reading →

This column comes in the immediate aftermath of the news that Britain and the U.S. just escaped a major terrorist scrape. Therefore, it is necessary to qualify it with “if things are as they currently appear.” When the Brits shot … Continue reading →