Another day of Israel-bashing at Aunty while the Guardianistas do a little vaginacizing
PERHAPS our friends at 7:30 could have a little look at what Hamas is up to just for a change.
Israel’s fault? ABC, 7.30, Monday:
SARAH Ferguson: You say you don’t target civilians, but the question is the amount of care that’s taken to avoid hurting civilians. There was a rocket attack on the home of the Gaza police chief. He has known sympathies to Hamas. At the same time, a number of children were killed in that attack. Do you take enough care to avoid those casualties, ’cause it appears the answer is no?
Return to your property and be a human shield! Hamas’s Ministry of Interior spokesman Iyad al-Buzu, on Facebook, July 13:
ANSWERING the occupation’s (Israel’s) calls will merely aid it in carrying out its plans to weaken the (Palestinian) home front and to destroy property and homes as soon as you leave them. We call on all our people who have left their homes to return to them immediately.
Unchecked Israeli racism? ABC, 7.30, Monday:
SARAH Ferguson: … a number of leading Israeli writers, including Chemi Shalev, said (the murder of Mohammed Abu Khadair) wasn’t a response to the killing of the young settlers, for example, but something bigger in Israel, an unchecked racism. Does Netanyahu at the same time take responsibility for allowing that racism to continue unchecked?
Not a single question from Ferguson about unchecked Palestinian racism? Op-ed by Yahya Rabah, member of the Fatah Leadership Committee in Gaza and columnist for official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 12:
WE have nothing with which to speak to these Israeli murderers ... whose God, Yahweh ... demands, according to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, that they offer him sacrifices during Passover in the form of Matzah made from the blood of our children. We have nothing with which to open a dialogue but these rockets.
Unprovoked! Media release yesterday:
THE Australia Palestine Advocacy Network ( APAN) strongly condemns Israel’s unprovoked and ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip.
Unprovoked? William Saletan, Slate, July 9:
ISRAEL didn’t hit Gaza until terrorists had fired more than 150 rockets into Israel and had rejected a ceasefire.
David Cameron takes the nanny state to new lows? Matthew Holehouse, The Telegraph, Britain, Friday:
MIDDLE-CLASS families should stop buying large fridges in order to save energy and tackle climate change, a government-commissioned report has suggested.
And at Britain’s The Guardian, once you’ve downsized your fridge, competitive vaginicizing anyone? Jess Zimmerman, The Guardian, Monday:
THE KGoal, touted as a “Fitbit for your vagina”, is currently crowd-funding on Kickstarter. The latter device looks like a silicone hand grenade and is designed to record your progress as you do kegels, the exercise for pelvic floor muscles that women do to improve childbirth, continence and — most importantly, in my opinion — sexual pleasure ... the KGoal even vibrates when you’re doing your exercises right ... these newest health trackers don’t come cheap ...
But, hey, how much is too much to spend to know that you’re ... clenching your vag ... I’m a big fan of ... kegels (and I’m not genuinely worried that anyone is going to vaginacize herself into exhaustion).
But I do have misgivings about the competitive psychological weirdness that piggybacks on genuinely valuable biofeedback ... while the KGoal isn’t designed to tweet your results automatically, or even keep track of who’s winning among your friends ... I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if competitive types started sharing their kegel strength progress.