Atlanta Jewish Times Owner Says Assassinate President Obama
Andrew B. Adler, owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times writes that a Mossad led assassination of President Obama should be one of a number of options on the table for Israel in defence of the State’s interests.
In suggesting a number of military options Israel should consider in defending State interests, Adler writes:
“Three, give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice-president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.”
Mr. Adler’s monthly has a readership of a few thousand, mostly among Georgia’s Jewish establishment, but his article has garnered him unwelcome attention from around the world, including condemnations from progressive Jewish organizations. Not surprisingly, Adler has pulled the article, suggesting that the piece has been taken out of context.
Here is a .pdf of Mr. Adler’s original AJT article. Download it for posterity:
Here is an article covering the piece from Canada’s national daily, The Globe and Mail:
Assassinate Obama If He Won’t Attack Iran For Israel, Jewish Monthly Suggests
Guermantes Way
An artist has no need to express his thought directly in his work for the latter to reflect its quality; it has even been said that the highest praise of God consists in the denial of Him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.
– Marcel Proust
The Grammarian and the Sailor
An arrogant linguist boarded a ship. He asked the sailor, “O sailor, do you know any grammar?” When the other replied in the negative, he said with contempt, “What a pity-you have spent half of your life in vain.” This made the sailor sad, but he kept quiet. After a while, a terrible storm broke out and the ship began to sink. The sailor asked the now-frantic linguist, “O grammarian, do you know how to swim?” This time, the linguist replied in the negative. Then the sailor said “What a pity – for it means that you will lose your entire life!”
- Mevlana Muhammad Jalaladdin Rumi, Masnawi, 1:112
Islam has long history downtown: Why the ‘Ground Zero mosque’ belongs in lower Manhattan
Imam Ghazzali (ra) on Music as an Aid to the Religious Life
The heart of man has been so constituted by the Almighty that, like a flint, it contains a hidden fire which is evoked by music and harmony, and renders man beside himself with ecstasy. These harmonies are echoes of that higher world of beauty which we call the world of spirits; they remind man of his relationship to that world, and produce in him an emotion so deep and strange that he himself is powerless to explain it. The effect of music and dancing is deeper in proportion as the natures on which they act are simple and prone to emotion; they fan into a flame whatever love is already dormant in the heart, whether it be earthly and sensual, or divine and spiritual.
-Imam Ghazzali from “The Alchemy of Happiness”
LeBron James signs with Tehran!
LeBron James is signing to Tehran!! In a huge coup, the Iranian National Basketball Association has offered LeBron James a billion dollar 2 year contract in addition to stock options in crude oil production. Ahmadinejad comes through with the steal!
You heard it here first!
G20
I had an opportunity to observe some of the actions during the second day of the G20 protests. I’ll work through my notes and pictures and post by the end of the week.
Who is, He?
It is He who is revealed in every face, sought in every sign, gazed upon by every eye, worshipped in every object of worship, and pursued in the unseen and the visible. Not a single one of His creatures can fail to find Him in its primordial and original nature.
– Ibn Arabi, The Meccan Illuminations
iPhone 4 – Holding Technique
The iPhone 4 is a special phone. So special, Apple requires you to grip it in a special way so as to not drop your calls. If you don’t grip the special phone in the special way, your punishment is disconnection!
Unfortunately, I’m not special, because I can hold my Blackberry however I like but it never loses the network signal.
See here for Steve Jobs’s iPhone 4 holding technique.
Disclaimer: I’m not an Apple hater. I prefer Apple products to PC’s and Microsoft. I own two Mac computers. I even had the Apple Newton, seriously (and, I was too young to have any use for it. I go hard). I’m just not a member of the cult, which gives me the privilege of exercising free thought.
Earthquake in Toronto? Why not?
In 2007, I experienced a 6.3 earthquake in Kampala, Uganda, close to sunrise. The epicenter was in Juba, southern Sudan. The quake woke me from my sleep, I was disoriented and couldn’t find the opening of the mosquito net around my bed. I could actually hear the earth ‘roaring’ if you will, and the walls of my flat were swaying back and forth. As soon as the earth settled, every Masjid in Kampala started calling the Adhan for Fajr salat (morning prayer). The Muezzins, dozens of them scattered throughout the city, made the call without any panic or hesitation in their voices. It was surreal. In the natural order, we’re fragile transients, here for only a moment. No matter how minimal the earthquake was in southern Ontario or how over-exaggerated some reactions have been to it, these are moments to reflect.
Kurupt Feat. Pete Rock – “Yessir”
Kurupt, the indomitable Dogg Pound battle emcee drops his next video featuring production by Pete Rock. My opinions on Hip Hop are often controversial but regardless of what anyone says, I put Kurupt in my ‘Top 10′ emcees of all time. He still represents a generation of emcees that struck fear into the hearts of the lay person, a non-pinup rapper, the anti-hero. The way it should be.
Huun Huur Tu – Live at Fantasy Studios
Huun Huur Tu hail from the former Soviet Autonomous Republic of Tuva, situated 2,500 miles east of Moscow, north of Mongolia. This remote region of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges is home to some of the world’s rarest instruments and oldest forms of music making, including the phenomenon of xöömei (throat-singing). Huun Huur Tu have spent a lifetime mastering this spiritual art-form, drawing sounds from nature and transforms them into musical representations. The group’s past collaborations range from Ry Cooder to The Kronos Quartet, and they are greatly admired worldwide.
Watch Fantasy Studios: Chiraa-Khoor on Plushmusic
The Independent: Israel plans to send bill to Palestinians over boycotts
…The Land of Israel, a right-wing parliamentary lobby group committed to Jewish settlement of the West Bank, submitted the bill with the support of 25 politicians from right wing and centrist parties. If approved, it could theoretically force the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to Jewish businesses affected by the Fayyad-led boycott campaign, a scenario that would likely spark furious reaction from Palestinians……Even before the flotilla affair, a campaign to persuade artists and authors to protest what they describe as an illegal and oppressive military occupation of the Palestinian territories was gaining ground. “Merely having your name added to a concert may be interpreted as a political act… and it may be assumed that one has no mind for the suffering of the innocent,” Costello said in a statement prior to the raid.After last week’s deadly raid on the flotilla, US rock band The Pixies cancelled their gig. Several other bands have followed suit, prompting Israeli music promoter Shuki Weiss to complain that performers are waging a form of “cultural terrorism”…
Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara // Raw Footage
Despite the Israeli Government’s thorough efforts to confiscate all footage taken during the attack, Iara Lee was able to retain her video recordings. Above, is the unedited footage from the moments leading up to and during the Israeli commandos’ assault on the Mavi Marmara.
