Les News Bits

And to think of all the years I just hated Jews for their money grubbing. I had no idea they made matzah out of babies.

Nothing poor about the words chosen by the Syrian press in portraying the paranoia of Israeli penetration into their society. After all, they have many reasons to hate the Jews and the lone Jewish state. For one thing, Israel alone disqualifies the 23rd Muslim state from being created in the region. For another, those of us who are aware of Arab news networks can tell you about how our matzah is purportedly made of Arab baby blood (which is a different recipe from the Dark Ages when we Jews would use Christian baby blood), and that the Tele Tubbies were just another Jew ploy to make all Arab men turn gay (as in, not straight).

Middle East politics: It's so confusing.

Since we've been lied to about almost every aspect of the invasion of Iraq, I'd have to answer, "No."

"There is a 5,000 troop net decrease in theater," Smith said. "The redeployment without replacement reflects the overall improved security situation in Iraq."

Does "Operation Mistake Acknowledged" refer to people mistakenly (or otherwise) not accepting that things are getting better over there?