Natasha had an interesting post that caught my attention today and for some technical reason I cannot post a comment on her blog so I wanted to voice my concerns here. Jordan Times’ Randa Habib:

Gays, transvestites, aphrodisiacs, edible underwear, kinky leather, handcuffs, The Vagina Monologues? A Middle East Times article suggests Beirut may be the Sin City of the Arab world. An interesting quote: “The Arab world is caught between fundamentalism and the sexual vulgarities seen in video clips and magazines, while in Lebanon there are people who are [...]

Comedy Central is going back to the Futurama. Three years after the show last aired on prime time, the cable net has signed a deal to resurrect the former Fox animated series for a minimum 13-episode run. Comedy Central will start airing the new shows in 2008. “We are thrilled that Matt Groening and 20th [...]

He also has a Ronald Reagan moment (although if Reagan was probably alive today he’d probably be pro-Israeli wall)….

Persian? Arabian? Come on, it’s just a body of water…so let’s compromise…The Perabian Gulf! TEHRAN, Iran, AP -Iran has banned The Economist magazine for describing the Persian Gulf as merely “the Gulf” in a map published in the latest edition, state television reported Wednesday. It is the second time in two years that Iran has [...]

On his part, Olmert apologized for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in recent Israeli air strikes. At least 13 Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past week, including two people in a Gaza house on Wednesday and three children on Tuesday. According to the AP, Olmert said he felt “deep [...]

What would a Democrat political platform be without promising to legalize drunk driving…on weekends. This is seriously the funniest thing ever… Jason Jones is simply hilarious. If elections could only be settled the old fashioned democratic way…a coin toss. Suffice to say the Democrats will not be taking back the house…but bigger miracles have been [...]

GAZA CITY, 22 June 2006 â?? An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a car traveling in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday evening, but missed and hit a house instead, killing a man, his sister who was seven months pregnant and her unborn baby, hospital officials said. At least 13 other people were injured, four [...]