Segacs’s World I Know

Elana S. agrees with me about the death penalty. And here I was thinking I was the only one . . .

Wow, those folks over at RightWingNews are gonna revoke my award or something!

It is friggin’ FREEZING outside!!!

I wish this cold snap would break so I can go skiing already!

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that a Palestinian soccer tournament has been named after a suicide bomber.

The Palestinian Authority has decided to commemorate the memory of Abdel Baset Odeh, the Hamas terrorist who carried out the Pessah night suicide bombing in Netanya’s Park Hotel last year, by naming a soccer tournament after him.

Thirty people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack, which triggered Operation Defensive Shield.

The PA’s ministries of sports and education have been naming tournaments after Palestinian “martyrs” for several years. But the decision to honor Odeh surprised many Palestinians because of his affiliation with Hamas.

Next time the Palestinian Authority claims not to condone Hamas, or says that children are not being taught to hate, remember this.

At least, that’s the attitude of many of the pro-Palestinian supporters of the September 9th Concordia riot. They’ve been engaging in a fair amount of fact-twisting and outright fabrication of the truth lately, with the two main lies being the following:

1) Claims that what happened wasn’t really a riot at all, but a few isolated incidents of violence or rowdiness amidst an overall peaceful protest.

2) Claims that “both sides” were equally involved in the rioting, and that the pro-Israeli people who were there to hear Netanyahu speak were somehow engaged in just as much violence than the pro-Palestinian side.

Usually, when these people fabricate facts, it’s not so obvious because they’re talking about events on the other side of the world and events that happened decades ago. So many of their lies get successfully passed off as truth. But this time, they’re talking about events that happened not even six months ago, right here in Montreal. There’s media footage, security tapes, and plenty of eyewitness testimony to contradict their bullshit. But this doesn’t seem to bother them at all. Why? Because they realize the dirty little secret that if you repeat a lie often enough, people begin to accept it as truth.

So the next time someone presents you with supposed “evidence” of so-called “atrocities” going on in Israel or anyplace else, this should serve as an example of little credibility they really have.

Anyone who thinks that passive appeasement will work in Iraq obviously isn’t following the developing situation in North Korea very carefully. Now, North Korea says it will regard any UN Security Council sanctions as an act of war. That’s a threat not to be taken lightly, given North Korea’s nuclear weapons development.

If we wait around for Saddam Hussein to get nuclear weapons, I somehow doubt he’d even give the world a warning. With one push of the button he’ll obliterate Israel, attack the United States, and probably take over many of his neighbours. I mean, we’re talking about Saddam Hussein here.

The world has a responsibility to see to it that Iraq never develops nuclear weapons. If it is allowed to, G-d help us all.

According to Elana S., I was the Site of the Day on RightWingNews.com.

I guess now would be a good time to re-state my positions on certain issues: Pro-choice, against religion in public schools, pro-gun control, and pro-social programs.

I will resist being labelled until the end!

For anyone not aware, the Gazette’s parent company CanWestGlobal has been engaged in a war of words with the CBC about its media bias on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. CanWestGlobal has pointed a finger at the CBC for refusing to use the word “terrorist” and for reports that are biased towards the Palestinians. The CBC has counter-accused CWG of being biased towards the Israeli side. And most Canadians have dismissed the exchange as inter-media rivalry.

Now (via reader Stuart Rothman), the CBC’s mideast correspondant, Neil Macdonald, has been implicated in a media bias scandal. Macdonald, by the way, was a key opposer to the Canadian government’s decision to ban Hezbollah, and apparently holds strong person anti-Israel views. He tried to hatch a plan to embarrass Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . . . but it backfired on him.

Macdonald spearheaded a drive to boycott the prime minister’s annual party for members of the Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents 300 foreign correspondents working in Israel. Macdonald wrote to fellow FPA members, suggesting that “on an official level, let the FPA send a single representative to the reception. Meanwhile, I intend to be absent. And I urge my colleagues to find other work that day, too.”

Macdonald’s scheme was to have Prime Minister Sharon show up to an empty banquet hall.

In the end, 300 journalists packed Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel on January 20 — and it was Macdonald who was embarrassed.

Whether or not this drives the CBC to modify its policy, Macdonald has obviously overstepped his bounds as a reporter. The CBC is a primary news source for many Canadians, and this blatant bias against Israel is no small matter. Millions of Canadians are forming decisions based on what they see on the CBC.

Visit the Honest Reporting story for contact info for the key people at the CBC, and let them know how disgusted you are by this.

Update: Neil Macdonald is denying these allegations now. He claims that he merely supported the call for the boycott, not tried to organize it. Apparently, Macdonald, along with other members of the FPA, are angry because Israel revoked the credentials of some members of the Palestinian press with links to terrorist organizations.

But no, I suppose supporting terrorist reporters wouldn’t be biased, right Neil?

The poll on Canada.com’s Montreal site is asking: “Do you think students should be expelled for taking part in the anti-Netanyahu protest at Concordia University?”

Seems the rioters and their supporters have gotten wind of the poll because the total is running 55.38% No right now.

If you have a minute, head on over there and vote. Not only should people involved in a hate-spurred riot be expelled, they should be arrested and tossed in jail.

Initial reports from the mainstream media are starting to filter in about the two simultaneous protests at Concordia today. Stay tuned for a more in-depth perspective and (hopefully) some photos.