All good blogs should be loaded with snark. My personal favorite: Snarking the news.
500 Publishing Companies Set to Take Part in Riyadh Book Fair
And all 500 will have their own version of Mein Kampf
This is what comes under the heading of good news in Saudi Arabia. Yay, we're smuggling fewer Yemeni slaves!
Okay, the Arab News is an easy target. Let's go for some more local news sources.
But the Guardian will take another month to accept this, while the BBC editors and reporters are crying into their beers.
Barbaro Is `Comfortable' Following Surgery on Hoof, Doctors Say
Yes, that is a real headline. No, I did not make it up. Yes, that is a story about a horse. Yes, really. YES. REALLY.
Huh. 84%. I think that's even more than the number of Americans who think our government is corrupt. I'm thinking Israel needs a few more checks and balances on its government agencies. Then again, name a single Israeli politician who got caught with $90,000 in cash in his office freezer.
Links:
[1] http://arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=90811&d=11&m=1&y=2007
[2] http://arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=90808&d=11&m=1&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
[3] http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1242137.php/Hamas_reiterates_non-recognition_of_Israel
[4] http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1987622,00.html
[5] http://www.stephenpollard.net/003098.html
[6] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=afE.UhuizSOU&refer=home
[7] http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467704995&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[8] http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/21/jefferson.search/index.html
