By Lance Fairchok, AT: In 1979, Samir Kantar was 16 years old when he pulled Danny Haran and his young daughter from their apartment in the Israeli town of Nahariya. He shot to death the father and smashed the little girl's skull against a rock with an AK-47. After 29 years in prison, he was welcome...

La tossica sedicenne di Rovigo non c’è l’ha fatta. Ha preso, ed è partita per il paradiso dei drogati, ieri pomeriggio dopo le diciannove, all’ospedale di Dolo. L’impasticcata, figlia unica, dipinta dai genitori come una studentessa modello, era andata assieme ad altre amiche a Venezia, pe...

I'll have more about the PZ Myers "crackergate" in a bit, but for now, please to enjoy the wisdom of a commenter on Confederate Yankee's blog.  (Read to the end!) The beautiful thing about this country is that this man has the right to do this out in the open. Death threats are way ov...

Greetings and salutations, fellow smiley-face slaves...I do believe an introduction is in order here. Allow me, therefor, to say that you may call me Micah and it is a pleasure to meet you. I do believe you have already met my other half, sanityangel . Since her ankle's busticated, and I'm sure she ...

Ever try, just for the hell of it, to lift your ride completely above your head? Trust me, it ain't as easy as it sounds. Especially when you have only 10 seconds to run, from where you set up your camera, to where your bike calmly, patiently, waits for you to squat and lift before the picture snaps...

Another in a long line of fucking UN abominations..... Israel is calling for removal of two United Nations soldiers from Lebanon after photographs surfaced of the soldiers saluting the coffins of Hezbollah terrorists during a prisoner exchange Wednesday. Associated Press photographer Mohammed Zaatar...

Oh Lordy it’s Fu Manchu again. Headline: Gordon Brown aide a victim of honeytrap operation by Chinese agents Lede: A top aide to Gordon Brown has been a suspected victim of a “honeytrap” operation by Chinese intelligence agents. Substance: The aide, a senior Downing Street adviser who was with...

The Fast of the Fourth Month 5768 How many of you knew that July 4, 1776 fell on the "Fast of the Fourth Month" (17 Tammuz)? Since a lot of nasty things happened to Israel on this date, what does this mean? משנה תענית ד,ו ...חמישה דברים אירעו את אבותינו בשבעה ...

Sculpture by Michaelangelo(He was Italian, ya know)(Photo by Merlin) Some celebrities are famous for their achievements alone. Others gain notoriety for things they've done (whether the stories are true or apocryphal), unusual comments they've made, or kooky political or social beliefs. But sometime...

In Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow, Dr. Gruner's ne'er-do-well son Wallace has a scheme for a new business (chapters 2-3): Here's what we've come up with, as an enterprise. Aerial photographs of country houses. Then the salesman arrives with the picture—not just contacts but the fully devel...