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<title>Less Blogging Today Because I Had To Go Screen This</title>
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<issued>2009-01-06T22:59:43Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel Since I try to screen all new movie releases so I can save you from bad ones and help you to the good ones, some days I just can&apos;t put up as much as I&apos;d like. Plus,...</summary>
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<dc:subject>Movies</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>Since I try to screen all new movie releases so I can save you from bad ones and help you to the good ones, some days I just can't put up as much as I'd like.  Plus, there are the other activities I must do, for instance, a giant lawsuit against extremist Muslims I'll be announcing in the coming weeks or months (stay tuned).  </p>

<p>Today, I was at a screening of this--"<strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901476/">Bride Wars</a></strong>."  Not allowed to post my review until it debuts on Friday, but if you read my site often, you can probably predict from this trailer what I think of it.  Oh, and don't forget how much one of its stars--Kate Hudson--hates Americans (see below).  The feeling is mutual, hun.</p>

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<p>Famous Kate Hudson description of those who made her a multi-millionaire despite zero talent:</p>

<blockquote>Sometimes I'll be walking down the street and I'll hear some American and I'll just go, "Of course they hate us, of course they can't stand us." We're the most annoying, boisterous creatures in the world. I mean we come in and we eat mounds of food, and we're like, "Where's the kaachup [sic] for our French fries."</blockquote>

<p>Speak for yourself, Ms. Hudson.</p>]]>

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<title>Yet Another French Synagogue Attacked (During Trial of Other Attackers); Swedish Synagogue Attacked</title>
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<modified>2009-01-06T20:54:46Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-06T19:14:10Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4627</id>
<created>2009-01-06T19:14:10Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel Normally, I would say the timing of yet another attack on a synagogue in Paris, as three other men are going on trial there for the bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia, is no coincidence. But in...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>Normally, I would say the timing of yet another attack on a synagogue in Paris, as <strong><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010500554.html?hpid=sec-world">three other men are going on trial there for the bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia</a></strong>, is no coincidence.</p>

<p>But in France, there is so much anti-Semitic violence by Muslims, the timing may very well be that rare coincidence.  On the other hand, we know that these are all Muslims and they are all supporting HAMAS, so really, it isn't a coincidence at all.</p>

<p>Yesterday, the three men went on trial for the 2002 bombing.  Those who perpetrated the attack include Chrstian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, and Wahid Naouar.   But among the charged is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is in Gitmo and obviously not there to stand trial.  He ordered the bombing of the synagogue on Djerba, a Tunisian island on April 11, 2002.  21 people, including two French citizens, were killed.  But as we know, the targets were Jews.</p>

<center><img alt="toulousesynagogue.jpg" src="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/toulousesynagogue.jpg" width="350" height="233" /></center>
<center><strong>Toulouse Synagogue Under Guard After Attack</strong></center>

<p>At the same time--also on Monday, as the trial began--unknown (and likely Muslim) persons attacked a Toulouse synagogue, in France's southwest, with two cars packed with bombs and explosives.  Miraculously, there were no casualties.</p>

<p>Then, there's  the Swedish synagogue attack:</p>

<blockquote>Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned the conflict in Gaza may spill over into violence in Europe, with attacks reported against Jews and synagogues in France, Sweden and Britain.

<p>Assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, Monday night.</p>

<p>A Jewish congregation in Helsingborg, in southern Sweden, was attacked Monday night by someone who "broke a window and threw in something that was burning," said police spokesman Leif Nilsson. And on Sunday slogans, including "murderers ... You broke the cease-fire," were daubed on Israel's embassy in Stockholm.</blockquote></p>

<p>This isn't just France or Sweden.  This is Islam worldwide.  America is no less vulnerable, our Muslims no less extreme and no more tolerant.  That's why others--likely Muslims--threw a Molotov cocktail at a Chicago synagogue, last week.</p>

<p>The churches are next on the list.  <em>Then, they came for the Christians . . . .</em></p>]]>

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<title>Another Donor List We Must See:  Who Gave Millions to CIA-Director-in-Waiting Leona Panetta?</title>
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<modified>2009-01-06T15:47:43Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-06T15:24:08Z</issued>
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<created>2009-01-06T15:24:08Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel In order to get his wife vetted for Secretary of State, Bill Clinton released the donor list to his foundation. But, now, there&apos;s another list we must see: who donated about $10 million to the Leon and...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>In order to get his wife vetted for Secretary of State, Bill Clinton released the donor list to his foundation.  But, now, there's another list we must see:  who donated about $10 million to the <strong><a href="http://www.panettainstitute.org/institute/leon_panetta.htm">Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy</a></strong>?</p>

<p>Panetta, with absolutely no experience in intelligence, is Barack Obama's choice for CIA Director.  Since he has no intelligence expertise, he will be especially vulnerable to influence from those who paid most of his salary for the last decade or more.  And we need to see the donor list.  Frankly, he was more reliant on those donors than Bill and Hillary Clinton were on donors to Mr. Clinton's charity.  Panetta and his wife, Sylvia, apparently used the money to live on.  Other than serving as a director for the New York Stock Exchange from 1997-2003, the money was the Panetta's apparent main source of income.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/panettainstitute2007taxreturn.pdf">Check out a copy of the latest tax filing</a></strong> on record for the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy.  On the "Support Schedule"--which is the 13th page of the entire tax return--the Panettas list about $4 million for the years 2003-2006.  There were likely in excess of $10 million in donations in the eleven years that this organization existed.</p>

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<center><strong>Who Paid Leon Panetta's Salary for the Last Eleven Years?</strong></center>

<p>Where did it come from?  We deserve to know, so that we know who will potentially influence the U.S. spy game over the next four years or so.</p>

<p>So, come on, Mr. and Mrs. Panetta, release the list of your donors.</p>]]>

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<title>Spectator  of UK &amp; Jerusalem Post Cite Schlussel</title>
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<modified>2009-01-06T15:17:16Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T21:58:44Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4625</id>
<created>2009-01-05T21:58:44Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel I&apos;m sometimes asked why I want credit for my work. It&apos;s like asking you why you should get paid for yours. Or why an artist should get credit for his/her painting or paid for it. I work...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>I'm sometimes asked why I want credit for my work.  It's like asking you why you should get paid for yours.  Or why an artist should get credit for his/her painting or paid for it.  I work very hard on what I write, and recognition is the lifeblood of this business.  If you don't get credit for your work, you're howling at the wind.</p>

<p>That's why I appreciate those who do give credit, the latest being the prestigious Spectator of London and the Jerusalem Post.</p>

<p>Brilliant Spectator columnist Melanie Phillips (who is also author of "<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Londonistan-Melanie-Phillips/dp/1594031975/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231193831&sr=8-1">Londonistan</a></strong>") cites my writing on <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/08/why_are_mormons.html">Islamic Relief Worldwide</a></strong>, a HAMAS front group "charity" (which gets tens of millions of dollars in aid from the Mormon church).  Read her entire column, "<strong><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3206066/the-real-agenda.thtml">The Real Agenda</a></strong>."  As usual, she is right on the money.</p>

<p>Then, there is our friend, investigative reporter Michael Freund, who is usually the one uncovering scoops around the world for the Jerusalem Post and his blog, <strong><a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/2">Fundamentally Freund</a></strong>.  He <strong><a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733139909&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">cites my story</a></strong> on <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/12/has-been_unfunn.html">Roseanne Barr's support for HAMAS</a></strong>.</p>

<p>Thanks, Melanie and Michael, for recognizing my writing.</p>]]>

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<title>World&apos;s Most Famous Overbearing Shrew (&amp; Hubby) Gives You &quot;Sexy&quot; Marriage Advice</title>
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<modified>2009-01-07T00:07:13Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T20:24:07Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel Cue the Minnie Riperton music and get out the barf bag. You knew this was coming. But why didn&apos;t we get &quot;sexy&quot; marriage advice from Hillary and Bill? I subscribe to &quot;Women&apos;s Health&quot; magazine because they have...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>Cue the Minnie Riperton music and get out the barf bag.  You knew this was coming.  But why didn't we get "sexy" marriage advice from Hillary and Bill?  </p>

<p>I subscribe to "Women's Health" magazine because they have good workout routines and exercises, as well as healthy recipes.  I didn't think my health included banal, obvious, unoriginal "advice" from these two.  But I thought wrong.  <em>Blechhhh</em>.  Oh, and it's not just the fitness mag, it's US Magazine, too.</p>

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<p>Hmmm . . .  Teamwork, Be Friends, Be Affectionate, Be Funny.  I'm sure no married couple has ever heard such unique, insightful marital wisdom before.  How ever did she (or her publicist) dream these up?  Up next, genius fitness advice from the First Missus:  Eat Less, Work Out.</p>

<p>Then, there are Barack's rules, coupled with dumb, unPresidential, goofy photos.  Same obvious non-insight:  Be There For Your Family, Focus on the Future, Ignore Distractions, blah, blah, blah, etc.</p>

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<p>US Magazine:</p>

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<p>Musical Accompaniment:</p>

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<title>&quot;Religion of Peace&quot; E-Mail of the Day #2:  Jews Drove &quot;Hetler&quot; To It</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T19:32:37Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T19:23:12Z</issued>
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<created>2009-01-05T19:23:12Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel I&apos;ve heard from Nour Idriss before--expressing a fondness and predilection for sick sexual maneuvers and Hitler&apos;s ovens cooking the Jews. Now, Nour is back. From: NOUR IDRISS kayidriss@sbcglobal.net Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:07 PM Subject:...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>I've heard from Nour Idriss before--expressing a fondness and predilection for <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/01/classy_religion.html">sick sexual maneuvers</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/02/religion_of_pea_6.html">Hitler's ovens cooking the Jews</a></strong>.  Now, Nour is back.</p>

<blockquote><strong>From: NOUR IDRISS kayidriss@sbcglobal.net

<p>Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:07 PM</p>

<p>Subject: hamas</p>

<p>To: writedebbie@gmail.com</p>

<p>Copy To: karamandnour@hotmail.com</p>

<p>I have to say that I am not ahamas supporter but the more I visit your blog the more I become one,I really think you need some serious help,but again you are a jew,so  that explains it.after all what hetler did is because you drove him to it.the guy could only take so much.</strong></blockquote></p>

<p>Yes, this is the moderate Muslim with whom we are supposed to make peace and get along.  Nour is in America--the IP address 209.191.72.88 indicates Corona Del Mar, CA.</p>

<p>Like I always say, The Barbarians Are Already Inside The Gate.</p>]]>

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<title>More Fauxtography:  Palestinians Use 2005 Footage, Parade it as 2009 IDF Attack on Gaza Market</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T18:37:34Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T18:32:09Z</issued>
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<created>2009-01-05T18:32:09Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel As we know, you can&apos;t believe everything you see . . . especially when Muslims are using it as propaganda in their jihad against the non-Muslim world. They did it during the Israel-Hezbollah war, they did it...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>As we know, you can't believe everything you see . . . especially when Muslims are using it as propaganda in their jihad against the non-Muslim world.  They did it during the Israel-Hezbollah war, they did it before and after that, and they continue to do it.</p>

<p>The latest is with video Palestinians are claiming depicts an Israeli Defense Forces airstrike on civilians in a Gaza market, last week.  In fact, it is footage from 2005 at Jebalya refugee camp--a hotbed of Palestinian terrorist training and bomb-making.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m50381&hd=&size=1&l=e">Read the whole story about this fakery</a></strong>.  And don't believe any of this Muslim propaganda.  It's more of the same fakery.</p>]]>

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<title>Poll:  Labor/Kadima Campaign Commercial a/k/a HAMAS War is Working</title>
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<modified>2009-01-06T03:41:53Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T17:13:44Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4621</id>
<created>2009-01-05T17:13:44Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel All along, I&apos;ve been wondering where the heck Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barack, both candidates for Israeli Prime Minister in a soon-to-be-held election and both orchestraters of the current Israel-HAMAS war, were for the last several years...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>All along, I've been wondering where the heck Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barack, both candidates for Israeli Prime Minister in a soon-to-be-held election and both orchestraters of the current Israel-HAMAS war, were for the last several years as HAMAS rockets hit the working class poor of Sderot.  As I noted, they <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/12/dont_get_too_ex.html">ignored this constant attack on their citizens for years and did nothing</a></strong>. . . until now.</p>

<p>And I've noted that they were supporters of giving HAMAS their base in Gaza in the first place.  I've concluded that the only way this war can be "won" is if most of the Palestinians in Gaza--and the so-called "West Bank," too, where HAMAS has a lot of support--are decimated, which the world will never allow Israel to do, and which Livni and Barak (and Olmert) don't have the guts to do.</p>

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<center><strong>Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Ehud Olmert:  How Many Israeli Soldiers</center>
<center>Will Die to Keep One of These Three Stooges in Power?</strong></center>

<p>Therefore, this war can only be a loss, as many Israeli soldiers' lives will be lost in a ground war, and HAMAS will survive.  Already, this is echoing the Israel-Hezbollah war of 2006, where the soldiers who were killed were mostly religious Jewish settlers (some of them Ethiopian Jews), whose homes Livni/Olmert/Barak et al want to take away and give to the HAMAS-supporting Palestinians.  That war could have been won, but Olmert didn't have the will, nor did he and his generals issue the commands to beat Hezbollah fully, by running an effective ground war.  The same thing will happen again here.</p>

<p>While I want Israel to beat HAMAS, there is only one way to do so--total annihilation of the Palestinians, who are all HAMAS.  And again, Israel neither has the guts to do this, nor the ability to do so with its unfortunate dependence upon America and the international community.</p>

<p>And now there is proof that this costly campaign commercial is working.  Reader "I Am Me" sends <strong><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-01-israel-palestinians-thursday_N.htm">these poll results</a></strong>:</p>

<blockquote>"We have no interest in a long war. We do not desire a broad campaign. We want quiet," Olmert said. "We don't want to display our might, but we will employ it if necessary."

<p>Ordinary Israelis are not eager to see the operation expand beyond the air-based campaign, a poll Thursday showed.</p>

<p>The survey of 472 people showed that 52% want the air assault to continue, while only 19% wanted to see a ground offensive. Twenty percent favored a truce.</p>

<p>The same poll showed dovish and centrist parties would get 60 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament if elections were held today, up from 53 before the operation. The big winner was Labor, led by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the Gaza operation's mastermind. Hardline and religious parties dropped from 65 to 60. The Dialog company poll had a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.</blockquote></p>

<p>Are these numbers worth Israeli soldiers' lives, when HAMAS will likely survive and be strengthened?  Is the "war" worth it, when Olmert--who has, <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/03/one_little_lamb.html">as my father pointed out, always said he no longer wants to fight to survive or to be courageous or have victories</a></strong>--won't commit to a long war, which is necessary to win (unless they will drop massive bombs and decimate everyone, the only other way to win)?</p>

<p>As I Am Me notes:</p>

<p><blockcquote>The Israeli elections are still over a month away.  If the operation stops soon these numbers could revert back for the elections.</blockquote></p>

<p>So maybe that tells us how long this war will last, ie., until Labor (Barak) or Kadima (Livni) gets elected.</p>]]>

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<title>&quot;You Stay Classy, HAMAS&quot; E-Mail of the Day</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T06:22:24Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T06:06:27Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4620</id>
<created>2009-01-05T06:06:27Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel No word on whether or not this comes from the Muslim chica who showed us her &quot;modest&quot; thong: From: hbs651@aol.com Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM Subject: (no subject) To: writedebbie@gmail.com ur nothing but a...</summary>
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<p>No word on whether or not this comes from the <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2009/01/islamic_modesty_1.html">Muslim chica who showed us her "modest" thong</a></strong>:</p>

<blockquote><strong>From:  hbs651@aol.com

<p>Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM</p>

<p>Subject: (no subject)</p>

<p>To: writedebbie@gmail.com</p>

<p>ur nothing but a zionist whore.</strong></blockquote></p>

<p>Well, at least, this time, they spelled "whore" correctly.  I can see their articulate nature is improving with each millenium.  Sooner or later, they will catch up to the eighth century.  Here's hopin'.</p>

<p>To paraphrase Ron Burgundy, You Stay Classy, Palestinians. . . .</p>

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<title>FUNNY (&amp; Short) Video of the Day:  Israel Takes Over HAMAS TV, Tells HAMAS Leaders Who&apos;s Next for 72 Virginland</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T06:41:55Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-05T03:54:49Z</issued>
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<created>2009-01-05T03:54:49Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel Unfortunately, as I&apos;ve noted time and again on this site, if Israel really wants to mark HAMAS for death, it will have to send several hundred thousand and perhaps several million Palestinians to meet up with and/or...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p>Unfortunately, as I've noted time and again on this site, if Israel really wants to mark HAMAS for death, it will have to send several hundred thousand and perhaps several million Palestinians to meet up with and/or play virgins in <em>jannah</em> (paradise), and not just the men posted in this video.  Still, I like that Israel took over HAMAS TV and posted this funny video.  If they truly wanted to demoralize the Palestinians, they'd have done what I had David Lunde do to show the real Hassan Nasrallah, below.  </p>

<p>Although the video is in Hebrew, you need only see the pic to see what is being said--marked for death.  But here's my Cliff's Notes quickie translation:  This Morning, TZaHaL [the Israeli Defense Force] took over HAMAS' "Al-Aqsa" television station and put on this video of HAMAs leaders' faces, with targets on them, and a headline in Arabic writing saying their time is running out.</p>

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<center><strong>Nasrallah Girlie Man by <a href="http://www.lundesigns.com">David Lunde/Lundesigns</a></strong></strong></center>

<p><strong><em>IsraelHu Akbar.  AmericaHu Akbar.</em></strong></p>

<p>Oh, and by the way, those HAMAS leaders--we know where they're really going:  <em>jehenim</em> (hell).</p>]]>

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<title>VIDEO:  Former Israeli Amb. Dan Gillerman on Al-Jazeera English re HAMAS</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T02:51:16Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-04T18:12:35Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4618</id>
<created>2009-01-04T18:12:35Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel While Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman does okay here, the Al-Jazeera International a/k/a Al-Jazeera English (the English version of the Terrorist News Network) anchor gets his anti-Israel propaganda in. Still, perhaps worth watching. Neither...</summary>
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<p>While Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman does okay here, the Al-Jazeera International a/k/a Al-Jazeera English (the English version of the Terrorist News Network) anchor gets his anti-Israel propaganda in.  Still, perhaps worth watching.  </p>

<p>Neither asked, nor answered is the <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/12/dont_get_too_ex.html">point I raised about all this, last week</a></strong>:  The rockets have been shot at Israel for several years now.  Why now?  A Tzippi Livni/Ehud Barak campaign commercial, less than two months before elections in which both seek to become Israeli Prime Minister.  That's why.  But the Al-Jazeera guy doesn't want to acknowledge the rockets, and Gillerman doesn't want to admit Israeli politics.</p>

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<title>Islamic &quot;Modesty,&quot; Edition # 5,721:  A Picture&apos;s Worth a Gazillion Words</title>
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<modified>2009-01-05T03:06:29Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-04T17:33:27Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4617</id>
<created>2009-01-04T17:33:27Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel **** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE **** Over the years, I&apos;ve written on this site and elsewhere about that oxymoron called &quot;Islamic modesty.&quot; We were lectured about it by so-called conservative Jeff Jacoby and liberal ACLU-niks, with regard...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>By <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com">Debbie Schlussel</a></strong></p>

<p><strong>****  SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE  ****</strong></p>

<p>Over the years, I've written on this site and elsewhere about that oxymoron called "<strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/columns/013105p.htm">Islamic modesty</a></strong>."  We were lectured about it by so-called conservative Jeff Jacoby and liberal ACLU-niks, with regard to female interrogators at Gitmo . . . because, you know, no other religion values modesty, just Islam.  As I noted then, we saw the Islamic modesty on display at The Pink Pony strip club and with prostitutes, both of which were patronized by the 9/11 terrorists.  (Read my column on this, "<strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/columns/013105p.htm">Sex and the Islamic Terrorist</a></strong>.")  And we're often lectured by Muslims about how they need separate swimming sessions, beaches, <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/03/on_harvards_sha.html">gym hours at Harvard</a></strong> (and everywhere else), basketball audiences when Muslim women play, <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/08/red_smurf_aerod.html">ridiculous-looking smurf outfits in the Olympics</a></strong>, etc., etc., ad nauseam.  </p>

<p>Oh, and that's not to mention the constant thing about how a Muslim woman needs to have her hair covered, lest a strand of unwashed hair turn on a sexually-starved Muslim male beast who can't, unlike most humans, be expected to control his urges and impulses.  Well, check it out.  This picture says it all about Islamic modesty.  </p>

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<center><strong>Department of Homeland Modesty</strong></center>

<p>I've seen so many examples of Muslim women flaunting such "modesty"--with hijabs and niqabs (full-ninja face veils), while they wear tight clothes showing everything, low-rise jeans and low-cut blouses flouting the "don't do crack" rule, cheat on their husbands (who are also cheating on them), and sleep around.</p>

<p>Yup, another "modest" HAMAS supporter in America flaunting her "modesty."  But, hey, so long as the hair is covered, right?  The trite saying "A Picture's worth 1,000 words," is anachronistic.  This picture speaks a gazillion about the hypocrisy of Islam, here in America and everywhere else.</p>

<p>Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3bZZLGBlo">little tribute music</a> to this latest example of Islamic modesty.</p>

<p><strong>**** UPDATE</strong>:  I just remembered--in Flint, Michigan, this Muslima <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/07/is_yo_drawz_sho.html">would be arrested and/or ticketed for indecent exposure or disorderly conduct</a></strong>.  To refresh your memory, here are the guidelines--I guess we non-Muslim Americans are more modest than Muslims after all:</p>

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<title>&quot;Religion of Peace&quot;:  Danish Police Arrest Palestinian Terrorist Who Shot Israelis at Mall;  Adam Sandler, Take Note</title>
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<modified>2009-01-03T01:39:05Z</modified>
<issued>2009-01-02T16:49:01Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.debbieschlussel.com,2009://2.4616</id>
<created>2009-01-02T16:49:01Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel Last year, Adam Sandler made, &quot;You Don&apos;t Mess With the Zohan&quot; (read my review), a dumb movie about an Israeli Mossad agent-turned-hairstylist who bands together with Palestinian and Hezbollah terrorists to fight their &quot;real enemy&quot;--the evil White...</summary>
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<p>Last year, Adam Sandler made, "<strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/06/zohan_the_schmu.html">You Don't Mess With the Zohan" (read my review)</a></strong>, a dumb movie about an Israeli Mossad agent-turned-hairstylist who bands together with Palestinian and Hezbollah terrorists to fight their "real enemy"--the evil White American capitalist landlord.</p>

<p>But the story unfolding in the last several days in Denmark tells us who the Israeli hairstylists'--and all Westerners'--real enemies still are:  the Palestinians, who this story shows us are all potential and/or likely terrorists.</p>

<p>In Denmark, Israeli hairstylists working at a mall salon did not get hired and then get to make peace with and marry the beautiful Palestinian terrorists, the way Adam Sandler portrayed it.  Nope.  Instead, they were shot by them (and I doubt their shooter was beautiful, as if it matters).</p>

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<center><strong>Real Life is Not "Zohan":  For Israelis at Danish Salon,</center>
<center>Palestinians Are Still the Terrorists</strong></center>

<p>Here's the <strong><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKL1106249">latest on the story</a></strong>:</p>

<blockquote>Danish police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man of Palestinian origin on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Israeli citizens at a shopping mall in central Denmark and charged him with attempted murder.

<p>A city court remanded the man in custody for four weeks. The Danish citizen, born in Lebanon, pleaded innocent but admitted to possession of a firearm before the judge ordered the rest of the hearing to be held behind closed doors.</p>

<p>A gunman on Wednesday fired several shots at two Israeli youths who worked at a hair salon in the Odense shopping mall, wounding one in the leg and the other in the arm.</p>

<p>The Israeli men were both still in hospital on Thursday but their injuries were not life-threatening. Police said the pair had been in Denmark for about a week.</p>

<p>The attack came on the fifth day of Israeli air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, prompting speculation in Danish media of a link to developments in the Middle East.</p>

<p>A police spokesman told Reuters the suspect had surrendered himself to authorities early on Thursday, but that the motive for the attack was still unknown.</blockquote></p>

<p>Hmmm . . . a Palestinian Muslim shoots at two Israelis at a mall in Europe, and they claim that "the motive for the attack was still unknown."  I think it's very well known.</p>

<blockquote>Chief Inspector John Jacobsen told Ritzau news agency that every motive for the crime would be investigated.

<p>"We are following all the leads we have," he said.</blockquote></p>

<p>Yes, that's the real-life story Adam Sandler should have made a movie about.</p>

<p>Our friend, <strong><a href="http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2009/01/denmark-you-tube-video-surfaces-that.html">Ken Sikorski of Tundra Tabloids</a></strong>, a well-known expert on European jihad, has been on this story from day one, and, today, he has video from Danish TV along with a transcript.  The story interviews the friends of this Palestinian terrorist.  From the looks of things, they  are probably jealous of their would-be martyr friend.  Ken's site is a must-read.  He has important items you won't read elsewhere on a daily basis, and he breaks news about things in the U.S. on his site over there in Finland.</p>

<p>Earlier this week, there was the <strong><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/12/gee_thanks_for.html">Molotov cocktail thrown at a Jewish synagogue in Chicago</a></strong>, then this shooting.  I think the motive is very clear.  As is the cause:  Islam.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>Eco-Nuts Will Love This</title>
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<issued>2009-01-02T16:04:42Z</issued>
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<created>2009-01-02T16:04:42Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel For years, environmentalists have decried the use of salt to treat snow and ice on roads and sidewalks. They say it gets into the water supply and lakes and kills the fish and other wildlife. While it...</summary>
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<p>For years, environmentalists have decried the use of salt to treat snow and ice on roads and sidewalks.  They say it gets into the water supply and lakes and kills the fish and other wildlife.  While it does eat away at cars, nothing beats its effectiveness.</p>

<p>Last year, all the rage was using a substance made from beet juice, instead of salt, to melt clear the ice.  This year, <strong><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123084701287847257.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">rock-salt prices are way up, and new alternatives are being tried</a></strong>.  But I'd bet that none of these are as effective as salt.  Apparently, the biggest rage this year is molasses, but the bottom line is that it still needs to be mixed with salt--and try getting that mixture off your shoes.  And then, there's garlic.  But, even with an innocent substance like garlic, animals rights people and others are finding a problem:</p>

<blockquote>Soaring rock-salt prices are prompting communities across the U.S. to try novel alternatives for clearing snow and ice, including molasses, garlic salt and a rum-production byproduct that smells like soy sauce.</blockquote>

<center><img alt="plowingroad.jpg" src="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/plowingroad.jpg" width="300" height="246" /></center>
<center><strong>Salt Reigns Supreme:  Plowing & Molasses Alone</center>
<center>Won't Make Streets Safe for Driving</strong></center>

<blockquote>Rock-salt prices normally surge in January and February, when communities running low on salt resort to buying the de-icing compound on the open market. But after last year's fierce winter taxed supplies, state and local government officials ordered tens of thousands of tons more salt ahead of this season. The high demand pushed salt prices to $60 to $120 per ton in many places, from last year's range of $30 to $50 a ton. . . .

<p>Many towns are testing new methods to make their ice-fighting more efficient. . . .</p>

<p>This past summer, engineers in Ohio's Hamilton County sought bids to supply about 15,000 tons of salt. . . .  The county decided to try to make the 11,000 tons of salt it had on hand last for a winter of de-icing 1,500 miles of road lanes. To stretch it, Mr. Hubbard's department has been mixing its salt with gritty, non-toxic ash left over from coal-fired power plants.</p>

<p>"When the sun shines on it, it helps attract radiation, therefore it helps melt the snow," Mr. Hubbard said. "We're sort of experimenting." Mr. Hubbard said the ash mixture doesn't melt the snow as fast, but it does add traction to the roads.</p>

<p>Ankeny, Iowa, a Des Moines suburb, sprinkled garlic salt mixed with road salt on its streets last month after a local spice maker gave the town nine tons destined for a landfill. Public Works Director Paul Moritz said <strong>some residents complained the fragrant topping would sicken their cats and dogs. He says he checked with a veterinarian, who told him the pets would have to swallow huge quantities to become ill.</p>

<p>"I don't mean to be too flippant about it," said Mr. Moritz, "but I don't think any dog went out and licked up three blocks of streets."</strong> He says the garlic salt has been effective in clearing roadways.</p>

<p>Paul Simonsen, a maintenance superintendent for the Washington state department of transportation, has been mixing de-sugared molasses into saltwater, creating a gooey mixture that can keep roadways clear for three or four wintry days, he said.</p>

<p>The mix consists of molasses from a local supplier, calcium chloride and brine donated by a local dairy company. . . .</p>

<p>Pingree Grove, a village west of Chicago . . . for the first time paid $3.50 a gallon for 4,200 gallons of Magic Minus Zero, a de-icing compound made by Sears Ecological Applications Co., of Rome, N.Y.</p>

<p>The liquid, which is formulated from the leftovers of rum-making, is such an effective additive that Pat Doherty, Pingree's director of public works, said the town has used less than half as much salt as it would have under similar weather conditions.</blockquote></p>

<p>Hmmm . . . maybe we should invest in salt instead of gold.</p>]]>

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<title>No Chocolate (Or Benetton or Coca-Cola) For You:  Iran&apos;s HAMAS Soup Nazis Riot Against, Burn Down &quot;Zionist&quot; Businesses</title>
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<modified>2009-01-01T01:28:43Z</modified>
<issued>2008-12-31T21:17:36Z</issued>
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<created>2008-12-31T21:17:36Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">By Debbie Schlussel In Iran, which has terrible inflation and unemployment, madman leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be having a good time, since--temporarily--his citizens are forgetting the problems he&apos;s helped bring upon them. Instead, Iranians--in support of HAMAS and against Jews...</summary>
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<p>In Iran, which has terrible inflation and unemployment, madman leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be having a good time, since--temporarily--his citizens are forgetting the problems he's helped bring upon them.  Instead, Iranians--in support of HAMAS and against Jews and Israel--are <strong><a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_320541.html">rioting and looting businesses they say are "Zionist."</a></strong>  That includes <strong>Nestle, Benetton, Coke, Pepsi, and Calvin Klein</strong> (forget about their Calvins--there's nothing between them and their hate).  For the record, Benetton is not owned by Jews and is anti-Israel (more on that below).  Today Iranians torched a fairly new Benetton store and have these dumb "No Chocolate for You" anti-Nestle HAMAS Soup Nazi signs in Farsi.</p>

<p>FYI, the real-life "Soup Nazi," Ali "Al" Yeganeh, is an Iranian-born Muslim.  So, it's not actually such a stretch.</p>

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<center><img alt="soupnazi.jpg" src="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/soupnazi.jpg" width="170" height="128" /></center>
<center><strong>No Nestle for You:  Iran's Uni-browed HAMAS Soup Nazis Take a Stand</strong></center>

<blockquote>TEHRAN--A BRANCH of Italian clothing retailer Benetton was set on fire in Iran amid angry protests against the Israeli onslaught on the Hamas-ruled Gaza, media reports said on Wednesday.

<p>The store, located on Dowlat street in upmarket north Teheran, 'was set on fire by unknown people,' conservative Jomhuri Eslami newspaper and several other media reported.</p>

<p>The Teheran fire department said the cause of the incident, which occurred very early on Tuesday, was under investigation, ISNA news agency reported.</p>

<p><strong>Benetton 'is said to be linked with the Zionist network,' government newspaper Iran charged, adding that its opening in the Islamic republic 'has sparked several disputes over the past two years and people and student bodies objected to its activities.'</strong></p>

<p>Several Benetton stores have opened in the past two years in fashion-starved Iran, where global brands have largely been absent since the 1979 Islamic revolution.</p>

<p><strong>Last year a group of prominent MPs protested against Benetton's presence in Iran, alleging that it was owned by a 'Zionist millionaire' and that its fashions were a bad influence on female consumers.</strong></p>

<p>Angry protests have been held across Iran since Israel launched a deadly air raid on Gaza on Saturday.</p>

<p>On Tuesday evening a group of Iranian demonstrators stormed the British diplomatic compound in Teheran to protest London's stance towards the Israeli offensive, which has so far killed at least 374 Palestinians.</p>

<p>Iran is a staunch supporter of the Islamist movement Hamas and does not recognise its archfoe Israel.</p>

<p>Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decreed on Sunday that anyone who died in the defence of Gaza would be deemed a martyr.</p>

<p><strong>Islamic republic conservatives have long urged consumers to boycott 'Zionist' products, ranging from Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks, to Calvin Klein clothing and Nestle food products.</strong></blockquote></p>

<p>Reality check:  Benetton is not a Jewish-owned company, nor is it pro-Israel.  In fact, 67% of it is <a href="http://www.benettongroup.com/en/faq_corporate.htm">owned by the Benetton family</a>, which is not Jewish.  And the company <strong><a href="http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:BbvQgSPMjsQJ:zionsake.tripod.com/benetton.html+benetton+jews&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us">sent out an anti-Israel brochure</a></strong>, entitled "Enemies," which was full of lies.  That's not to mention a dumb Benetton Jewish-Arab kiss ad, meant to offend.</p>

<p>Well, no-one ever accused Muslims of being the smartest people in the world.  Remember, there's a reason his name was Einstein, not Al-Einawi.</p>

<p>Like I keep saying, we can't say it's a clash of civilizations because when you're dealing with Muslims, you're the only civilization involved.</p>

<p>No Nestle--or United Colors of Benetton--for you.</p>]]>

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