Not only does this shoplifter try to nick an X-Men omnibus on the one day of the year when comics are being given away, he also manages to get caught by Spiderman.
Australasia
ANZAC Day
When Is An Anti-Semite Not An Anti-Semite?
Back in January during Israel’s invasion of Gaza the Israel lobby here in the Netherlands pulled out all the stops to delegitimise opposition to the invasion, with the usual accusations of anti-semitism flying through the air a bit like Hellfire missiles on Gaza. It’s interesting to see that these tactics are not unique to Dutch zionists, as this Australian article shows:
Once again, the so-called pro-Israel lobby has shown how it feels about debate on Israel.
The latest major episode is the Jeff Halper affair. The Australian Jewish News (AJN) refused to publicise the times and venues of Halper’s talks, and urged the Temple Emanuel to cancel its invitation of him. This was because Halper not only opposes house demolitions, but is “a hardline detractor of Israel”, who believes that the state “courts ‘apartheid'”.
In a sense, this is a useful demonstration of the sorts of views “supporters of Israel” think the Jewish community should be protected from. Yet, most of these major organisations do not identify as pro-Israel, but as simply Jewish. The Executive Council for Australian Jewry (ECAJ), with all of its underlying Jewish bodies, the AJN, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) are all presented as Jewish organisations, but they are all committed to strongly partisan positions on Israel.
This is problematic for a variety of reasons. Firstly, they claim to speak on behalf of the Jewish community, even though political opinions by a community organisation are unlikely to ever be entirely representative. Consequently, these organisations often say things that members of the Jewish community — such as myself — strongly disagree with.
When Hypnotists Attack!
From news site NineMSN.com.au:
Two Indonesian job seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order to receive non-existent government jobs.
The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.
The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure.
The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of “mystic”, as they didn’t feel in control of their actions when following his strange instructions.
“I was half conscious when the shop owner tattooed my face, and didn’t think it was a con,” victim Bambang said.
I wonder if that Paul McKenna‘s on holiday anywhere nearby?
Comedy Double: Political Dumbassery Knows No Borders
This is all over the place – that McCain/Palin veep conversation in full:
Insufficiently vicious, to my mind, but then it is American. Quite funny, but I’d like to have seen what Spitting Image would’ve done with it.
But if you thought Palin was crude and provincial, watch this. “The front fell off!” A classic political interview from Australia:
That is all. Isn’t it enough?
Nah.
Bonus Clip: