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Around the web 04/05/2006

Meryl Yourish writes that It’s a crime for Jews to buy land in Israel and excerpts from an AP story that

Jewish organizations, often funded by wealthy American Jews, have bought up dozens of properties in Arab areas of Jerusalem, touching off riots and generating animosity among the Palestinian residents of the disputed city.

In response to the classic Ibrahim's Mirror at Treppenwitz I wrote that the real story will never be told in the media because

But this story will never be covered. The encroachers are the wrong encroachers. The exacerbators are the wrong exacerbators. The deprivee is the wrong deprivee.

The AP found its culprits this time.

Crossing the Rubicon2 excerpts from Personal Responsibility in the Arab World.

And Elder of Ziyon wonders about the world's responsibility or responsibities to to others.

Saddam was just a big lovable teddy bear. At worst he presented a threat to his own people no one else.

Critical Mastiff disagrees.

So does the Counterterrorism Blog.

Puzzle blogger Kevin Choset asked

In 1998 Burger King introduced the left-handed Whopper (the condiments were designed to fall out the right side). In 1965 the BBC conducted a trial of "Smell-o-vision," in which smells would be conducted to viewers (smellers?) at home. And several years ago BMW introduced a car horn designed to calm, rather than aggravate, other drivers.

What do these events have in common?

Crossing the Rubicon2 noted similarly themed items.

And here is the (possibly) relevant history.

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