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Archives for August 2006

Mumbai’s "Hitler" eatery Update

August 24, 2006 by Jack Steiner 2 Comments

Here is an update to this story.

“A restaurant named after Adolf Hitler that enraged Bombay’s Jewish community will soon have a new moniker, its owner promised Thursday.

Puneet Sablok said he would remove Hitler’s name and the Nazi swastika from billboards and the eatery’s menu after it had angered so many people. He had previously said the name and symbols were only meant to attract attention.

“Yes, I have decided to change the name. I never wanted to hurt people’s feelings,” said Sablok, who made the decision after meeting with members from Bombay’s small Jewish community.

“Once they told me how upset they were with the name, I decided to change it. I never wanted to create this controversy or hurt people with this name,” said Sablok. “I don’t want to do business by hurting people.”

Hitler’s Cross opened five days ago and serves pizza, salad and pastries in Navi Mumbai, a suburb of Bombay, also known as Mumbai.

Bombay’s Jews had called the theme of the restaurant offensive, and demanded a name change. There are about 5,500 Jews in India, with about 4,500 of them living in Bombay.”

I am happy see this.

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Spammers Can’t Spell Or Can They

August 24, 2006 by Jack Steiner 1 Comment

Here is a little question that has been bothering me lately. If you have an email address and or spend any time online at all you have received all sorts of spam.

Apparently there are a ton of pills that I can take that will endow me with the privilege of being called tripod. Not only that, but these will make me the most incredible lover of all time.

Of course there are other messages that offer me pills that will give me more hair than Cousin It, thicker and fuller too. And there are the proverbial mystery shopper notes that offer opportunity to be paid to shop.

Here is my question. I understand that English is not the native tongue for many of the authors of these notes so it makes sense that there would be grammatical errors. But what I don’t understand is why so many include complete gibberish. For example:

Give her an opportunity to spread rumors about your enormous size.
Expect an explosion in your intimate life very soon - guaranteed! Find
what you need
gjg-9tkjg=89978yujooopki0i908786876587
509y5ithkkhokhh

What the hell is up with that. It doesn’t look like a tracking or referral code. I just don’t get it.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

What Israeli security could teach us

August 23, 2006 by Jack Steiner 3 Comments

Jeff Jacoby has a good piece about how the US can learn from Israel. Emphasis in bold is mine.

“THE SAFEST airline in the world, it is widely agreed, is El Al, Israel’s national carrier. The safest airport is Ben Gurion International, in Tel Aviv. No El Al plane has been attacked by terrorists in more than three decades, and no flight leaving Ben Gurion has ever been hijacked. So when US aviation intensified its focus on security after 9/11, it seemed a good bet that the experience of travelers in American airports would increasingly come to resemble that of travelers flying out of Tel Aviv.

But in telling ways, the two experiences remain notably different. For example, passengers in the United States are required to take off their shoes for X-ray screening, while passengers at Ben Gurion are spared that indignity. On the other hand, major American airports generally offer the convenience of curbside check-in, while in Israel baggage and traveler stay together until the security check is completed. Screeners at American airports don’t usually engage in conversation with passengers, unless you count their endlessly repeated instructions about emptying pockets and taking laptops out of briefcases. At Ben Gurion, security officials make a point of engaging in dialogue with almost everyone who’s catching a plane.

Nearly five years after Sept. 11, 2001, US airport security remains obstinately focused on intercepting bad things — guns, knives, explosives. It is a reactive policy, aimed at preventing the last terrorist plot from being repeated. The 9/11 hijackers used box cutters as weapons, so sharp metal objects were barred from carry-on luggage. Would-be suicide terrorist Richard Reid tried to ignite a bomb in his shoe, so now everyone’s footwear is screened for tampering. Earlier this month British authorities foiled a plan to blow up airliners with liquid explosives; as a result, toothpaste and cologne have become air-travel contraband.

Of course the Israelis check for bombs and weapons too, but always with the understanding that things don’t hijack planes, terrorists do — and that the best way to detect terrorists is to focus on intercepting not bad things, but bad people. To a much greater degree than in the United States, security at El Al and Ben Gurion depends on intelligence and intuition — what Rafi Ron, the former director of security at Ben Gurion, calls the human factor.”

Click here to read the rest.

Filed Under: Israel

Lone Soldier: Combat

August 23, 2006 by Jack Steiner 2 Comments

I found this to be quite interesting. Thanks to Seraphic Secret for the tip.

“After finally being called to emergency reserve duty two weeks ago and much indecision on the part of the officers of how we would be utilized in the raging conflict, my unit was assigned a complicated mission. We were to penetrate some ten kilometers into Lebanon and root out and engage Hezbollah guerrillas that were concentrated in bunkers on a mountain slope facing northern Israel. Intelligence and aerial photographs described a site that was heavily fortified and defended by several cells of well-trained and equipped jihadists. Despite a sustained aerial bombardment by the air force, Katyusha rockets continued to be launched from the area into Haifa, Nahariya, Tzfat.

The decision was made that the launchers could only be destroyed and the guerrillas eliminated by ground troops.”

Click here for the full story.

Filed Under: Israel

Japanese Chair Ejector Video

August 23, 2006 by Jack Steiner 2 Comments

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Japanese Game Show- Silent Torture

August 23, 2006 by Jack Steiner 5 Comments

Some of the game shows in Japan are so far out there. This video is of one called edition of Silent Library – a Japanese game show in which the contestants endure hilarious torture but are not allowed to utter a sound.

I don’t quite understand how people decide to participate in some of these things, but…

Tip: Boing Boing

Filed Under: Japanese Game Shows, Videos

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