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Monday, 22 January 2007

Kosher Cooking Carnival #14 Has Arrived! CHeck it Out over at Elisheva Blog

Its Huge, its got recipes for any and everything
and a fantastic Kosher alert section

Check it out here:

Kosher cooking carnival 14

Thanks for all the hard work Elisheva

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Here's the list of the previous KCC's: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13

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An Apple a day helps keep Muqtada al -Sadr away

Iran wants Nuclear Weapons, this Cleric's breath could be far deadly

It seems that our Iraqi Friend Muqtada al -Sadr has been busy not only keeping himself away from the dentist chair but sticky his porky fingers in places he shouldn't be. Some attribute him as being a major factor in the sectarian unrest that is plaguing Iraq. His well known Anti American stance has caused many causalities in Iraq.

Finally after years of Pseudo protection the Iraqi Government appears to have stopped protecting the Shiite militant.

In a desperate bid to stop an all out American offensive he has withdrawn a two month boycott of the Government.

His supporters include 30 law makers and 6 cabinet ministers under his control, which are now back at their Jobs Sunday.

Clearly this man acts only out of his own megalomaniacal self interests, he dreams of a an Iraq under Sharia law.

At times he has openly encouraged rebellion against the 'invaders' and Iraqi police. Due to his Shia background and that his political followers include a large active militia, and 30 MP's and a handful of ministers in the American-backed government, confronting him has been a very tall task.

As predicted fatalities have began increasing in Iraq, this should come as no surprise to any one, those desperate to maintain their tyrannical holds are doing every thing they ca to inflame sectarian violence and cause US casualties.

The truth be known this Shia Cleric has been trouble all along. The quicker he is dealt with the better.

The upside is, when he is finally captured, he may just get that desperately needed dental appointment.

Right: When asked how many times he had brushed his teeth in his life he simply gestured 1, we figured this must be a pending appointment.

If cleanliness is next to G_dliness what's toothlessness?

For a more extensive update check out;

Chron.com: Iraq PM stops protecting Shiite militia

References:
Chron.com: Iraq PM stops protecting Shiite militia
Appreciation to Daryl Cagle's Cartoon Web Blog for the original base of the animated cartoon
Animation by Bagelblogger.



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Sunday, 21 January 2007

Haveil Havalim Is Up: Speeding at 103

Yehuda has been busy.

This Haveil Havalim will last until you're 103!!
Speed Dating at Haveil Havalim


"We're going to what?" Sharon asked, for the third time.
The bright lights of the New York City streets rushed past,
white, yellow and red streaks outside the frosted taxi windshield.


"Haveil Havalim," answered Mitch, for the third time.
"It's a speed dating service on the upper West Side."


Hold on, this one first Date you will not forget.


Yehuda! Great Job..!
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Mr Bagel dares to be Brave

Its been a long time, but I'm going to do it, I have a fear about it.

Its one of those things that could become utterly uncontrollable.

I've looked at the pros and cons and I can't see a way of not doing it.

I'm scared what if? ..I could be away for a day.

I could get into an accident and forget my identity?

I could have a senile dementia episode and forget my password.

There's literally thousands of things that could go seriously wrong from this.

Do I dare? Will they be kind?

Or will they be horrible, nasty vengeful and attack Mr Bagel
trying to make him feel crummy, stale, moldy or worse unwanted?

I've turned comment moderation off, be nice.

Mr Bagel

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Saturday, 20 January 2007

Company with a camera that sees through walls gets $14 million

Article from Future Tech via Cnet News

Camero, a company out of Israel that has developed a camera that can "see" things through solid walls, has raised $14 million, bringing the total is has raised to $20 million.

The investment comes about four months after it showed off a prototype of the Xaver800 and began to sell systems to customers. Investors include Greylock Partners, Motorola Ventures and Walden.

The Xaver800 doesn't technically capture images directly. Instead, it issues ultrawideband signals and the data harvested is then used to create 3D models of things the signals bounced off of. The trick is that the camera can capture the signals in cluttered environments or through solid objects. Researchers at U.S. universities are working on similar projects.

The camera is only sold to military and police agencies.

Camero's work typifies the state of the growing high tech industry in Israel. While some multinationals have come out of the country, the local industry thrives mostly on scads of start-ups with relatively futuristic technologies, often associated with the military.

As a result, it's one of the places on the globe where the IPO is still a big deal. Last year, 20 Israeli companies held public offerings. More tech IPOs occurred in the U.S. but the U.S. is also bigger. Seventy six local companies got merged or acquired. The total value of mergers came to $10.6 billion, according to the Israel Venture Capital Research Center.

Reference:
Future Tech via Cnet News:
Company with a Camera that sees through walls

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Video nasty attacks Jews; Australian Sheikh shows real intentions

Sheik Feiz Mohammed preaching Jihad and intolerance


Extracts from Sydney Morning Herald

[Commentary, Video and pictures added by Bagelblogger. ]

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Firebrand Muslim preacher Sheik Feiz Mohammed has referred to Jews as evil in a videotaped lecture still being sold in Sydney despite threats of legal action by the federal and state governments.

He refers to Jews as he makes pig-like snorting noises.

They will be [snort, snort] - all of them. Every single one of them.


In the talk, titled The Gathering, he also referred to Jews as

the leader of pride or arrogance.

They have got the most extreme racial pride in them, he said.



They say that every single non-Jew is a slave created to serve the Jews … Their time will come like every other evil person's time will come."

Sheik Feiz was born in Sydney and now lives in Lebanon.

The 12 lectures, contained in packs of DVDs titled The Death Series, attracted attention following the airing of a British documentary, Undercover Mosque. Its producers bought the series from children selling Islamic materials at a car park outside a mosque in England.

In this video the Australian SheikFeiz Mohammed refers to Jews as Pigs

The lectures, in which Sheik Feiz also refers to Jews as pigs and calls on Muslim parents to offer their children as soldiers to defend Islam, were still on sale in Sydney late yesterday. The Herald found the series in an Islamic bookshop in Lakemba.

The Premier, Morris Iemma, called on the Federal Government to use sedition laws to outlaw the DVDs.

Right: New South Wales Premier Iemma

He has gone way beyond the sort of outrageous and stupid comments made in recent times by the other sheik,"
Mr Iemma said, referring to Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly.

This fellow is inciting people to commit acts of terror.

A spokesman for the federal Attorney-General's department questioned yesterday why Mr Iemma had not moved to have the series banned under state laws prohibiting the sale of unclassified DVDs.

The acting Attorney General, Kevin Andrews, said Australian Federal Police were investigating the matter.

Mr Andrews labelled the preachings an "importation of hatred" and said an investigation had begun.

"There is an offence in Australia, in broad terms, for a person to incite violence against another person or group of people based on political opinion or religious grounds or belief," he said.

The Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, said Sheik Feiz was not welcome back in Australia.

These statements are obscene in the extreme.



Sheik Mohammed has made extraordinarily violent statements when it comes to encouraging people to commit acts of jihad, he said.



I would say this to Sheik Mohammed, 'Do not return to Australia, you are not welcome here.' As I see it, Sheik Mohammed's statements add up to incitement to terrorism.

In one of the DVDs Sheik Feiz criticises Muslim parents for being too cautious about letting their children receive jihad teachings.

He also talks of his desire that children be offered "as soldiers defending Islam".

Sheik Feiz makes pig-like snorting noises when he refers to Jews.

"They will be [snort, snort] - all of them. Every single one of them."

The president of the Islamic Friendship Association, Keysar Trad, described some of the comments as ambiguous, but condemned the attacks against Jews. "If he means by standing up and defending faith in a non-violent way - do it using words - then we all do that.

"But if he means taking up arms, that would be something most people would take objection to."

Keysar Trad may be president of the Islamic Friendship Association, (and coincidently also its founder) but as the representative of Sheik Elhilaly, they wheel him out to proffer apoligies and theories of mis translations each time the Sheikh has made more and more outlandish claims and statements.

Above Right: Keysar Trad, Ever ready to be wheeled out to defend the indefensible

Now that Keysar Trad is wheeled out as the defender of Sheik Feiz Mohammed you have to seriously start doubting this mans integrity.

According to Keysar Trad;

Some of the comments are 'ambiguous',


That's funny I got the message pretty clear and I'm not even a Muslim.

Keysad Trad has even began putting pen to paper, which is a nice change from the more orthodox approach to Muslim public affairs, Swords to Necks.

In his self written article published only 4 days ago, Mufti lost in translation in the Daily Telegraph, he claims that Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly is a victim of 'mis translations' and that Arabic orators use an excessive flowery type of description that is exagerrated and can lead to a loss of translation.

He appeals to Australias by using examples of Australia's literary history;

But the use of exotic, colourful or exaggerated generalisations – familiar to readers of Lawson and Patterson – remains a feature of contemporary Arab culture.

He then goes on to explain the custom of using exageration as a literary device;

He claims:

Linguists who teach the Arabic language in Arabic-speaking countries believe that the mark of a good writer is how much he or she can exaggerate in illustrating a point.

Give this gift of exaggeration to a man of the cloth whose domain is fire and brimstone euphemisms and you will get very colourful and exotic analogies. You may have read a few in the past few days.

Arabic writers exaggerate to stretch the reader's imagination and to ensure that they present a story without offending individuals.

The aim with exaggerated story telling is to make it easier for people to draw moral lessons and conclusions.

To me this plethora of exaggeration (or is that insincerity) seems to be at its strongest when Keysad Trad apologises profusely for the mis translations' which seem to plague the Sheik's oratations.

You might be the face of 'so called Moderate Islam' Keysad Trad but your continual and unswerving devotion to Sheik Elhilaly reveals your true orientation. Apologists and admirer in one.

That you would even bother defending Sheik Feiz Mohammed is of serious concern.



The head of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Vic Alhadeff, said he was concerned some people could be influenced by Sheik Feiz's comments.

"It's of great concern when someone in a position of leadership abuses their authority to incite racial hatred - that is what this man is doing."

It's of a certain irony that almost this time last year, there was a public debate by the Australian Treasurer Peter Costello and others against Fundamentalist Muslims, accepting Australian values and Immigration.

Where have we moved since then? No where.

References:

SMH: Video nasty attacks Jews

Daily Telegraph: Mufti lost in translation

The Age: Our values or go home: Costello


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