We know, we know. Late for the second day in a row. We’re sorry, but we’re out of ideas for getting more productivity out of the interns. We’ve started just randomly hitting them on the head with yardsticks (only on the head, of course, so you can’t actually see the bruises – thank you 4th grade teacher). But even that’s not helping. Stupid interns.
* Spare us benevolent Arab peace plans. Israellycool takes apart the newly-minted Pakistani initiative
* Kesher Talk uses the phrase Kinky Jews. Obviously, that’s enough to get a link.
* Jihadists are now threatening to riot over operas. Next up: the immodesty of Mona Lisa’s uncovered hair. To our two liberal readers: wanna bet?
* Israel Matsav thinks it’s important to note that only 32 percent of Israelis think that Dorit Beinish is qualified to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. We’re totally under whelmed. All that this poll proves is that 68 percent of Israelis firmly believe that they themselves are the most qualified to be appointed Chief Justice. Not exactly news. You can play this game all day: percent of Israelis who think that urban planners are qualified… percent of Israelis who think that their bosses are qualified… percept of Israelis who think that any public figure in any sector in any part of the country is qualified… percent of Israelis who think that people in charge of Israeli beach environments are qualified… and so on. And actually, that last group in all honesty pretty much is comatose-level useless – but you get the point.
* For some context about yesterday’s Tony Blankey interview, you’d be well-served to go read his article about Kissinger and the Pope.
* Pamela – and we’re quoting her now – breaks the taboo. Not a direct vlog reference, but close enough for the obligatory link to Phish Bowl bikini vlog remix. Which is taboo, making the link context-appropriate.
* Also from Pamela, Paul Belian is a personal hero of mine. He might not be a personal hero to you, but he’s reporting on the third straight night of Ramadan-related rioting in Brussels. Which seems like something that people should be talking about a little more. Anne does more digging on the subject.
* Anne is also posting kiddie porn on her site. Question: is the joke itself super creepy? Answer: obviously and overwhelmingly, yes. Also, there’s something about how Ivy League schools have been inviting Jew-hating anti-Semitic lunatics for the better part of a century now. If you’re interested in that sort of thing.
* Shlemazl has a depressing-in-its detail post about upper-curst British anti-Semitism.
* Mainline Truths has a headline that reads Presbyterian leaders meet with Ahmadinejad – and you won’t be pissed off after you read it. Unless, like us, reading anything about Ahmadinejad pisses you off. In which case you’ll be more pissed off – but less than you’d think from hearing about the headline.
* Get off of Allah’s land, Britain. This bulletpoint brought to you by Citizens for the Preservation of Pre-HA Allahpundit Slogans.
* Thomas Lifson suggests that Pope Benedict XVI is a YouTuber. Sure we’ve just stolen neurons from you by suggesting that Pope Benedict is a Lonelygirl15 groupie. But look on the bright side: Lifson comes down firmly on the MR side of the “of course the Pope knew exactly what he was doing” debate.
* George Allen might not be a racist. Don’t care. As far as campaigning, the Senator still makes John Kerry look like Alexander the Great. Total disaster. A pox on all their houses.
* New post at Augean Stables about Le Monde and how much they suck. More or less. And so MR continues our transformation into a very badly coded RSS reader for anything Richard Landes publishes.
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