Snapped Shot - MisinformationAlways Watching the All-Seeing EyeUnited Nations Condemned Hamas- April 21, 2008 Seraphym sent me this little note:Try this fun little exercise: Copy and paste these lines of text into Google (separately, that is): "United Nations condemns Israel" "United Nations condemned Israel" Lots of links, right Then try these: "United Nations condemns Hamas" "United Nations condemned Hamas" "United Nations condemns Fatah" "United Nations condemned Fatah" Enjoy the "No Results Found" hilarity.So, I decided to try it by randomly selecting "United Nations condemned Hamas". You...http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/1916-United-Nations-Condemned-Hamas.html One, Three, Five or Seven- April 20, 2008 Reuters is claiming FIVE Hamas gunmen were killed by Israeli air strikes in retaliation to an earlier attack against an Israeli border crossing.No, wait. The AP says it was SEVEN. No, wait again - AFP claims it was ONE. No, THREE.What the hell, lets just add them together and call them civilians... SIXTEEN Palestinian civilians were killed in IDF air strikes!!Damn Israel.Update Brian: Fixed your Yahoo! links for ya.http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/1908-One,-Three,-Five-or-Seven.html What Does Religion Have to Do With History- April 15, 2008 Im back.While I was away, one of the things I did was to read the aptly titled book, World History For Dummies by Peter Haugen, a University of Wisconsin lecturer. For those of you unfamiliar with these Dummies books, the series covers a variety of topics in simple and easy to understand language. World History For Dummies, however, seems to be written for just that segment of the population who, incapable of independent thought, instead, rely on the increasingly politically correct revisionist.http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/1876-What-Does-Religion-Have-to-Do-With-History.html |