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January 25, 2009
And now.... the news
In case you're wondering what's happening out there in the world tonight, here it is, according to CNN:
Wow! Benjamin Button, a prison fight in Florida, an arson investigation, Obama cashing in on some political capital, and the market bracing for some "awful news." Oh, and an exclusive tribute to Obama, something about 'Lipstick Jungle' thefts, they got an important article about what tots want Obama to accomplish, some crap about Michelle Obama and the great fashion debate, more crap about the Year of the Ox and an anti-Bush article titled "No love for Bush," along with an oh-so-important blurb about why women should feel good naked. That's the news according to CNN tonight.
So. If you want to know what's happening, forget about CNN. There's important stuff going on out there and if you want to know about it, you have to look elsewhere.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:49 PM | Comments (9)
January 21, 2009
Hope and Change Comes to Gaza
The uber poor and desperate people of Gaza don't have any gas or food or diapers or milk because Hamas stole what's been donated to them so they could sell it and make money to buy more weapons.
Okay, so they don't have gas or food or diapers or even houses anymore, but don't feel too bad. Iran promised to send more rockets and hey, just look at the obama bling they can use to drink their morning cup of coffee out of, if only the evil Hamas Overlords Zionist Oppressors would allow them to have a morning cup of coffee:
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what do you suppose that picture says? I know, so how about if I just give ya a little hint:
"We like Mr. Obama, and we hope that he will win the elections," Ahmed Yousuf, Hamas' top political adviser in the Gaza Strip, said in an exclusive interview with World Net Daily and with the John Batchelor Show on WABC Radio in New York.
He saw Obama's comments about Hamas as political posturing that was understandable to lull supporters of Israel before the election.
"I understand American politics and this is the season for elections and everybody tries to sound like he's a friend of the Israelis," he said. All that would change if Obama would get elected. "I hope Mr. Obama and the Democrats will change the political discourse....
Hang on people. Hopey Changey is coming right up, not just here, but everywhere, even in Gaza.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:20 AM | Comments (3)
January 18, 2009
This is Fort Lauderdale
on January 15, 2009.
and once again, these are the people in my neighborhood, shouting "Go Go Hitler, he should have finished you off."
Yes, these are my neighbors, essentially calling for the killing of Jews on the streets of America. I can't dismiss this, no, I can't, so don't ask me to. Because when they call for the killing of Jews, they're talking about me, that's right, they're talking about killing me, my family, my loved ones, my people. No, I can't dismiss it, because one of those bastards looked mighty familiar, but I'm just not sure from where.
You know, I always say I live in paradise. Beautiful sunny South Florida. Sigh. I guess I can't say that anymore, because it looks like paradise is well on its way to becoming just another moslem shithole.
It might be time to move but where do I go?
P.S. before I forget, special thanks go to my friend Joe Kaufman of Americans Against Hate for taking the video, and sending it to me. AAH does good things. Support them if you can.
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:08 PM | Comments (10)
Today's Islamotard
managed to kill himself, without killing anyone else, and therefore will likely miss on his hoped for 72:
(IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority Arab teenager hurled heavy stones at Israeli-owned vehicles along a Samaria highway last Tuesday evening. He managed to hit one car, which was driven by a resident of the nearby town of Emmanuel.
Fearing further attacks, the driver fired a single shot in the air to frighten away the stone-thrower. He then contacted local security officers to report both the attack and his own response.
A short time later, Israeli paramedics received a report of an Arab teen found unconscious and badly wounded next to a highway. The teen suffered a serious head injury that appeared to be a bullet wound. Medical personnel rushed to the scene but were unable to save the young Arab, who died a short time later.
Police originally believed that the resident of Emmanuel who reported firing in the air had in fact fired at his attacker, killing him. The man was arrested and questioned. However, an initial forensic report showed that the attacker had not been killed by a bullet, and the detainee was released.
A final forensic report, released over the weekend, showed that the attacker was killed when a stone he threw hit the car driven by the man from Emmanuel. The stone hit the car's tire and bounced back at high speed, hitting the attacker and leaving him with a fatal head injury.
Too bad about the virgins and all that, but hey, his parents will be proud, why not? His name will still be added to the martyr registry, the number of innocent palestinians slaughtered by the evil Zionists will be increased by one, and young palestinian children will sing his praises as a shahid and vow to avenge his death with their own.
Of course, it is a sweet bit of irony that the rock he threw at a Jew caused his death. Do you suppose he yelled Allah fubar before he threw that rock? D'oh.
מיתה בידי שמיים.
Posted by LindaSoG at 11:26 AM | Comments (4)
Once again.
We cease and they fire.
I picked the contents of the following paragraph out of the very excellent live reporting at The Muqata:
A mere nineteen minutes into the ceasefire Hamas attempted to launch rockets into Israel, forcing the IAF to hit a rocket launcher in Northern Gaza and a little before 8:00 am, Reshet Bet reported helicopter attacks in Gaza and residents of Sderot reported hearing heavy fire. A minute or two after noon, rockets fell on a chicken coop in Kiryat Melachi and one landed in the Kiryat Gat area. A little before 1:00, Mortar rockets were fired from Gaza at IDF Erez checkpoint, and sirens were heard in Ashkelon, no injures in that rocket attack. Two more rockets fell in the Western Negev region, bringing the ceasefire total for the day up to 12, so far. And then, a Grad rocket hit a house in Ashdod and 1 person was wounded from shrapnel. Sadly, the sirens had a malfunction.
As they have in each and every break in firing that Israel has allowed, Hamas has used the opportunity to fire at will on Israeli citizens, and this ceasefire will be no different. But still, watch and see, if Israel takes any action to stop the rocket fire on its citizens, all we will hear on the news is how the evil Zionists refuse to abide by the ceasefire.
Meanwhile... The Muqata also tells us that 03FM Israeli Radio is reporting that IDF soldiers left messages in Hebrew in Gaza City on the walls of buildings: "Gilad, We were here. [looking for you]."
My eyes burned when I read those words and I had to stand up and walk away from the desk for a minute or two. If only Gilad could see those words or even know they exist.
I think of Gilad Shalit and I wonder at his thoughts throughout these days, as he heard the bombs falling and the shouts and the screams and the pounding of footsteps. Somehow, you just know he waited and hoped and prayed for the miracle of a rescue that did not come.
And today, Gilad Shalit sits in silence once again, hearing only the lies of the terrorists who have held him for 936 days, abandoned once again by those who claim to lead his country, abandoned by his government, and by the international community that continues to side time and time again with the terrorists who hold him against international law and against all common decency.
BTW... Joe Settler's excellent Who rules in palestine should be required reading on the subject. Don't miss it.
and... Save Gaza by Destroying the Heart of Terror: by Natan Sharansky. Don't miss it.
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:26 AM | Comments (2)
January 15, 2009
Hey! I'm still here!
I've been AWOL, I know, and I'm sorry. If you'll allow me to give you short explanation, I got a little... distracted.
I was chatting with a friend and we wanted to do something for the IDF, something personal. So, I wrote a firend in Israel and asked her if she could put us together with a unit we could help. Well, turned out she could, in fact, she put me with a unit that had just suffered through a loss, and without going into any great detail, it was an especially difficult loss. So besides just sending them some supplies, which we'll talk about in a bit, I wanted to do something else, something a little more personal, so I asked, well, what if I got some kids to draw them some pictures?
That sounded good all around, so I asked a couple of JCCs and a Temple if the kiddies would draw some pictures for the IDF, pictures I could send to Israel to cheer up a unit I knew of that could use a little cheering up. And what I got, well, I got stuff like this...
It about knocked me over.
I was talking to my friend in Israel, telling her how very awesome these drawing are, and you know, she lives in the North so we decided I would mail them to another friend in the South, so we could get them to the soldiers that much faster. "Oh but then I won't get to see them," she said. And me, being me, said, "well, why don't I scan them for you?" never mind that I don't own a scanner. sheesh. Me and my big mouth.
And so, that night, I started to photograph them. One at a time, I was up until oh-dark-thirty, taking picture after picture. And at some point or another, I must have been delirous because I began to think about posting them on the internet. I thought, if I did, we could send the link to other IDF soldiers and they would also be able to see them, and other people would see them too and be inspired by the love and caring that these children have for these soldiers fighting for Israel. There's so much negativity on the news and in the media. Heck, the whole darn world should see them. I fell asleep thinking that, and I woke up thinking the same thing.
So. I did it. I put them on the internet.
So that's what I've been doing. I guess I'll be doing it for a while, as I have more pictures and I'm expecting more to come in. But, now that's all set up, it won't be an every day thing and I can get back to normal. Thanks for your patience and your indulgence once again.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:08 PM | Comments (9)
January 06, 2009
Pssst...
Got a minute?
Here's a wonderful opportunity from Chabad:
It's time to show them that we care. That we are in awe of their heroism and brimming with admiration for their courage. That all of us across the world are hoping, praying, learning and doing extra good deeds for their safety.
Write your thoughts to an IDF soldier, or an Israeli living in an area where rockets are falling. We will hand-deliver your words of encouragement, and if you choose, your picture as well.
Be there with them, hand in hand, providing even more strength and courage.
They are also including your email address with your message, you might hear back from whoever receives your message. I've more than done a few myself already.
and hey... spread that link around, 'kay?
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:14 PM | Comments (13)
January 05, 2009
Home Sweet Home
in Gaza:
I guess I just didn't realize that innocent peace loving people always keep rockets and explosives hidden in secret compartments in the bathroom, and that doing such a thing is not only perfectly acceptable but in reality, it's just an indication of a how peaceful a person truly is. Silly me!
You have to admit though, it does have somewhat of a negative impact on property values.
Oh well.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:35 PM | Comments (1)
January 03, 2009
It has begun
In case you have not yet heard, about 8:15 p.m. Israel time, the IDF Ground Offensive into Gaza has commenced. Please send a prayer and good wishes to the Israel Defense Forces for much success and safety.
Prayer for the Welfare of Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces:
May He who blessed our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, bless the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces who keep guard over our country and cities of our Lord from the border with Lebanon to the Egyptian desert and from the Mediterranean Sea to the approach to the Arava, be they on land, air or sea.
May the Almighty deliver us our enemies who arise against us, may the Holy One, blessed be He, preserve them and save them from all sorrow and peril, from danger and ill.
May He send blessing and success in all their endeavors, may He deliver to them those who hate us and crown them with salvation and victory, so that the saying may be fulfilled through them, "For the Lord, your God, who walks with you and to fight your enemies for you and to save you", and let us say, Amen.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:37 PM | Comments (9)
January 02, 2009
Oh the humanity
The Shoes! OMG! The Shoes!!!!!
MIAMI (CBS4) ― Thousands of shoes were dumped accidentally from a truck on the southbound Palmetto Expressway after the Bird Road exit in Miami causing significant traffic delays Friday morning.
City workers with broom sticks and Road Rangers who come to the aid of stranded motorists were all taking part in clearing one lane of a quarter mile section of expressway where shoes fell from a truck earlier in the day.
Two lanes were completely blocked during the morning rush hour before they were all swept to the side of the road. A private contractor was hired to use a front-end loader to pick up the shoes by the dozen and load them onto a large dump truck.
There's video at the link and... whatever you do... don't tell SondraK...
Posted by LindaSoG at 10:14 AM | Comments (5)
Introducing...
the one and only
and... yes, The Spokesperson is Blogging!
Posted by LindaSoG at 12:01 AM | Comments (1)
January 01, 2009
This is America
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Eighteen miles from my home. and yeah, I've been there, in fact, I used to work right around the corner.
Right here in beautiful Sunny South Florida, a young moslem woman, joined by three hundred other moslem and various American leftists, "peace activists," and obvious obama supporters, screams in the street for the mass murder of Jewish people, crying out for ovens, for Jews to be put into ovens, for Jewish people to be nuked, to be killed.
Make no mistake, that would be me she is talking about killing. She is calling out on the streets of South Florida for me to be killed, she is calling out on the streets of America to put me to death, to put my family to death, to put me and my family into an oven. There she stands, surrounded by several hundred others, all of them like minded, all of them wanting the same thing, for people to rise up, to kill the Jews, to put the Jews into an oven, to kill me and to kill my family. Such is the "beauty" of islam.
This woman is calling for my death. She is my neighbor, I could pass her on the street tomorrow or the next day or next week. She could be the woman next in line at the grocery store, or in the car behind me on the way to work, she could be at the lunch counter, or the dry cleaners, or the drug store, or the gas station, or anywhere, and she wants to kill me.
Good thing I'm armed, huh?
Posted by LindaSoG at 10:19 PM | Comments (11)
Surprise Surprise Surprise
No, really. How much fun is that?
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:10 PM | Comments (3)
Now that's what I call propaganda
After years and years of rockets raining down on civilians in Israeli towns bordering Hamas controlled Gaza Strip, after years and years of Hamas bragging each time one of those rockets manages to do damage and Hamas celebrations when they manage to take a life and after years and years of continued threats of additional rockets to be shot into Israel from Hamas leadership, we get this...
Don't bother rubbing your eyes, you read that right. Hamas leadership is now attempting to claim that it was Israel that has ordered collaberators inside Gaza to shoot rockets into Israel in order to have an excuse to attack innocent Hamas and to kill innocent Palestinians who only wanted to keep the truce with Israel and have peace in the Middle East.
SIEGEL: But, wasn't the response of firing rockets into Israel…
Mr. YUSUF: There is no - actually, when we…
SIEGEL: Wasn't that guaranteed to bring on this retaliation by the Israelis?
Mr. YUSUF: No. No. This has nothing to do with firing rockets because there is no rockets fired. There are collaborators, sometimes they fire based on the Israeli asking them maybe to fire some of these home-made projectiles. They know that Hamas did their best to protect the border and not to let anybody firing rockets.
SIEGEL: But you're saying that when rockets have been fired out of Gaza, you're saying that those are being fired by Israeli collaborators whom the Israelis are arranging for them to do that, so that…
Mr. YUSUF: Actually, we all - let me try me to check if there is anybody actually - we check with those political and militant group who are really showing their commitment. And when we check, well, they - all them denied any of them been firing rockets. So, who been firing these rockets? We don't have an explanation except from those Israeli collaborators. So, we told them, we would like to keep this cease-fire and keep the - stop their aggression and also opening the gate. Hamas is willing to keep the cease-fire, and we are willing to extend it to another six months, but we need a commitment from the Israeli side.
Unfortunately, all the time they deceive the world community by claiming many things, and unfortunately, we are the people who really suffering, and this air strike they targeting everything, universities, mosques, schools, civilian home, residential areas, and also all the governmental building, which has nothing to do with these firing rockets as they keep claiming.
SIEGEL: The United Nations reported that, out of more than 300 Palestinian deaths, there were a little bit over 50 civilians. Does that mean that many Hamas gunmen and many Hamas officials have been killed in these Israeli strikes?
Mr. YUSUF: There are many people, actually, from the police force, because they targeting all the police station, which has nothing to do with all what they claim the firing rockets or anything of this. This is the police force who tried to keep the state of security, enforcing the state of law. And this kind of aggression is against international law. It is a crime against humanity.
I just can't stand that my tax dollars goes to support NPR and they use it to promote terrorist propaganda like this. It horrifies me to know that somewhere out there, there are idiots sitting at their kitchen table, fermenting the kind of hatred in their hearts for Jews that prompts them to go out into the streets of America and burn down synagogues, paint swastikas on Yeshivas and beat innocent Jewish people in the streets.
Just the other day, an elderly woman on Miami Beach first admired the Star of David I wear on a chain around my neck and then kindly suggested that I put it under my shirt, because perhaps it is not a such good time to be wearing it. I told her I understood how she felt, and not to worry, I was just sorry it was so small. She reminded me of my Grandmother, who worried about such things back in Brooklyn when I was growing up.
Thanks to media outlets like the NPR, who are more than happy to promote terrorist propaganda and to present Israel in the worst possible way, there is violence against Jews in America, and ignorant idiots stand side by side in support of terrorists and promote genocide and murder in the streets of America.
It sounds outrageous, yes, I know, but if you read arabic, you would see for yourself the truth in that statement, and now, thanks to a post found At the back of the hill, you can see the truth in that statement:
You would see your fellow Americans, you would see your friends, and your neighbors standing with people holding signs, perhaps even holding signs themselves, signs that say things like "Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea" - which frankly states the intent to destroy the Jewish state and ethnically cleanse the land of Jews. That my friends, is genocide. If that wasn't bad enough well, you might see them with signs that say "Falastin balad'na w'al Yahud qalab'na" which translates to say "Palestine is our land and the Jews are our dogs." Is that something you agree with? No? Maybe you might agree with "ba ruh, ba dam, nafdeek ya Falastin" which translates to say "with our soul, with our blood, we will cleanse you oh Palestine." Now, that's something every American can agree with, yes? With your soul and your blood, you will cleanse Palestine of Jews.
Then again, there is the standard "Itbach al Yahud" which translates to say "slaughter the Jews." Slaughter, now, you know what that means, don't you? And of course, "al mawt al Yahud" which translates to say "death to the Jews." Another fine sentiment for the streets of America, perhaps part of the American dream?
This is what you see on the streets of America, and it's not something that has appeared overnight. I saw it in 2006, when Americans held up signs that said "We are all Hezbollah" in support of the same brand of terrorism as Hamas, different name, same terror.
As I said in my comment over At the Back of the Hill, violence against Jews in America is not new, and it did not begin all of a sudden with this latest Operation against the Hamas.
Just last month, a young man with three children was beaten in the streets of Bal Harbour, Florida, only a few miles from my home, for the crime of being Jewish. He was attacked only because he was wearing kippot.
Broken glass was placed in a Yeshiva playground sandbox in Philadelphia back in June of 2008. In May of 2008, they painted swastikas on a Parkland Florida Synagogue.
The Holocaust Memorial in SanFran was defaced this month, but it has been defaced before the Israelis began this operation.
Swastikas were drawn on a sidewalk and the walls of a Yeshiva in my neighborhood over this past summer and a Chabad House on Miami Beach was gutted by arson last year.
So. The terrorists shoot their rockets into Israel and I am always telling my friends who live there how worried I am for them, that they are surrounded by people who hate them. And they say, But not everyone, not everyone hates us, and we love each other.
And these attacks happen here, like the one in Bal Harbour, and my friends, they say to me, Linda, we are so worried about you living there in Miami where these terrible attacks on Jews are happening. They say to me, "You are surrounded by people who hate you." And I say to them, but not everyone hates us, and we love each other.
Am Yisrael Chai. We live. Here, and there. We live.
Finally, to all of you people out there protesting the Israeli rockets being shot into Gaza, if you feel a need to defend yourself and your support of terrorism and genocide of Jews on the streets of America, before you do so here, you must first answer one question, where have you been for all of these past years while thousands of rockets have been shot from Gaza into Israel?
I ask because I have not seen you on the street with your signs, protesting the terrorist acts aimed at innocent Israeli civilians, I have not seen you protesting Hamas rockets aimed directly at homes and schools and playgrounds and cities and towns. I have not heard your cries of outrage, your demands for sanctions or for international action. In fact, the rockets have been falling in Israeli towns for years and I have heard nothing from you about it.
But even worse, rather than hearing you say "stop the genocide of Jews," instead, I have seen you on the streets of America holding signs promoting the genocide of Jews, so before you say anything at all in my comments, first answer that question, because without a straight, honest and forthright explanation as to your actions, you have no moral standing to say anything at all about anything at all.
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:50 AM | Comments (3)
