Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement widens in scope
the inspiration for this post came from anonymous (yes, the international hacktivist syndicate), who forwarded me a pair of letters addressed to the editor of the Morning Star (I’d never heard of it either). The letters were cute, so here goes…
Classic New York Times
I’m somewhat conflicted about correcting people. On the one hand, truth and precision. On the other hand, it can make me feel mean. So there are only certain situations in which I feel totally comfortable indulging my predilection. When they appear in the Paper of Record, I have no such qualms – it makes me feel like … Read more
My least-favorite thing about Walk Score is also my favorite thing about New York City
Now here’s the thing about Walk Score: it’s good at what it does, which is measure how long it takes you to walk to useful places from a given location. But just because a place can be walked doesn’t mean doing so makes for a pleasant experience…
An online education
Then round up his captors, the slaughtering, death-worshiping, innocent-butchering, child-sacrificing savages who dip their hands in blood and use women—those who aren’t strapping bombs to their own devils’ spawn and sending them out to meet their seventy-two virgins by taking the lives of…
Huffington Post one-ups Fox News in effort to offend (and amuse) Jews
The horse raced past the barn fell. Wait, what? Read on.
Google’s War on ‘Chanuka’
For those of you unimpressed by Google’s ’Let it snow‘ Easter Egg: good. As you can see, WordPress got there first by a solid two and a half weeks. Those aware of said Easter Egg may or may not be surprised to learn that – unlike Apple – Google is not interested in taking a position in … Read more
MNF Edition: Is Adam Goldberg Jewish?
As I write this post, the Seahawks lead the Rams in the 4th Quarter. Ken Yirbu As it’s difficult to characterize a primetime matchup between two losing teams (who – given the teams playing, it must be said – are not going to the playoffs) as particularly compelling, I imagine the question occupying the minds of … Read more
