In his dispatch from his Israel junket, reason's Michael C. Moynihan travels to Tel Aviv and meets the "Oprah of terrorists," hears tales of Ecstasy-poppin' jihadists, and learns not to talk about economics.
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Cesar | March 14, 2008, 3:02pm | #
Nut #1: Israel is practicing apartheid! Its a racist, expansionist, National Socialist state!Nut #2: No, Israel can never do anything wrong! They should be our 51st state!
There, saved y'all some time.
Episiarch | March 14, 2008, 3:04pm | #
Pre-emptive strike:"Why is reason using reporting from the neo-con Moynihan and his pro-Israel anti-Arab point of view" (add some insults in there for flavor)
"Israel = apartheid state"
"The Palestinians attack civilians, the Israelis only react to that"
"genocide"
"stolen land"
Fun!
Anon | March 14, 2008, 3:06pm | #
I think we can all agree, somebody somewhere sucks ass.Pro Libertate | March 14, 2008, 3:10pm | #
Oprah of terrorists?PC | March 14, 2008, 3:11pm | #
I hear that John Mellencamp really really hates the Israelis and really really likes the Palestinians.sage | March 14, 2008, 3:15pm | #
Hey all, it's the big give!"You're getting a bomb jacket!
And all of you are!"
McBealzebub | March 14, 2008, 3:15pm | #
It's good to see everything going according to plan.Keep up the good work, guys.
D.A. Ridgely | March 14, 2008, 3:19pm | #
In his dispatch from his Israel junket,...[Imagine adorable kitty pic here.]
O HAI! HOWCAN I HAZ JUNK KIT 2?
Episiarch | March 14, 2008, 3:20pm | #
Dennis: This Jew's in for a ton of work.Mac and Charlie: [in unison] WHOA!
Dennis: Whoa, what?
Mac: Come on, man! You can't say things like that!
Dennis: I don’t know what I said. What'd I say?
Charlie: Uh, you dropped a hard "J" on us.
McBealzebub | March 14, 2008, 3:25pm | #
There is no "Oprah of terrorists," by the way. That remark assumes that my disciple does not in fact already have a direct hand in world events.PC | March 14, 2008, 3:26pm | #
"Nut #2: No, Israel can never do anything wrong! They should be our 51st state!"Cesar, I don't think Nut #2 would ever say anything like that. Why would you give up 60 or so Senators for two?
Pro Libertate | March 14, 2008, 3:27pm | #
Oprah of terrorists?Kwix | March 14, 2008, 3:31pm | #
The reporter, who works for a major Tel Aviv daily,Umm, I hate to actually type this but sweet jebus what a load of bullshit!
...
The raver-jihadists explained that these mystery pills induce a mild euphoria, and allow them to shoot at members of the Israel Defense Forces for long, happy stretches.
...
Amongst the extremists, they even manage to blame not getting laid on Zionism.
So you talk with a "Hamas-embedded reporter" who works for a "major Tel-Aviv" newspaper and repeat "bizarre" 'hopped up on drugs' and 'sexual dysfunction' stories as absolute fact?
Holy shit man, are you a journalist or a PR nannyboy? Just because the AIPAC is paying your way doesn't mean you have to kiss their ass in print by repeating typical Israeli propaganda pieces.
How's about interviewing Israelis about life in Israel and Palestinians about life in Gaza or WB and the problems each face? You know, reporting not repeating.
Pro Libertate | March 14, 2008, 3:34pm | #
No it wasn't.Kwix | March 14, 2008, 3:34pm | #
PL,Yes, Oprah of the Terrorists. Just further proof that Oprah's reach in indeed global. Fear not Reich Marshall Rodham but the global dominatinon of the Oprahnator!
highnumber | March 14, 2008, 3:36pm | #
I am not Jewish.For some reason my parents
had me circumcised.
Only makes sense for
Sub-Saharan Africans.
Can it be undone?
D.A. Ridgely | March 14, 2008, 3:40pm | #
oprah's last name was weinberg before she changed it.The way I heard it, it was Goldberg and she just wanted to distance herself from her sister, Whoopi.
bookworm | March 14, 2008, 3:40pm | #
"Can it be undone?"I read that the Jews did it when they performed in Roman athletic events since the events were performed in while in the nude. Don't ask he how they did it?
Warren | March 14, 2008, 3:42pm | #
Reason on Mid East,Best Ever! Michael, don't fall in
Pocket of AIPAC
Pro Libertate | March 14, 2008, 3:45pm | #
You know, people talk about Bill Clinton being the real power behind Hillary, but who is the real power behind Obama? Who runs Chicago as her own private fiefdom? Who is richer than Croesus? Who has her own television channel called OWN? Who is worshiped as a goddess by millions of crazed women? Who?bookworm | March 14, 2008, 3:46pm | #
"Why would you give up 60 or so Senators for two?"More like 100.
Erhan Altay | March 14, 2008, 3:59pm | #
Well I for one am enjoying this series. Its refreshing to get some on-the-scene reporting from the Holy Land.More commentary on the way of life there and the attitudes of the Israelis and Arab minorities would be illuminating.
Cheers!
highnumber | March 14, 2008, 4:10pm | #
Restore a foreskin?It can be done but beware
the process is long
You say it is long?
Do you know what is funny?
That is what she said.
some guy | March 14, 2008, 4:13pm | #
Blame it on the Jews.Himmler was misunderstood.
That's what Yassir says.
Warty | March 14, 2008, 4:21pm | #
Your mother is knownfar and wide as a cheap whore.
This must make you sad.
highnumber | March 14, 2008, 4:28pm | #
She's not really cheap.She just gave you a discount.
You should be thankful.
Warty | March 14, 2008, 4:35pm | #
I can't afford girlswith high diamond ratings.
I need more money.
highnumber | March 14, 2008, 4:37pm | #
Why don't you call mom?I hear that she misses you.
She love you long time.
Timothy | March 14, 2008, 4:37pm | #
high number is backthis me quite a glad lad
like my priest used to
highnumber | March 14, 2008, 5:09pm | #
Hey diddle diddle,Timmy needs a syllable.
I don't have to rhyme.
Timothy | March 14, 2008, 5:45pm | #
high number is backthis makes me quite a glad lad
just like my priest used to
Are you happy, ass?
I have enough syllables
Don't call me Timmy
Dave W. | March 14, 2008, 6:10pm | #
. . .his Israel junket . . .*wipes away a tear, a tear of pride*
awesome | March 14, 2008, 6:27pm | #
Objective reporting form the AIPAC funded junket, thanks Reason! This magazine is a heaping pile of shit.Rich | March 14, 2008, 6:44pm | #
I'm enjoying the many quick anecdotes / insights. Looking forward to the rest of the series.alan | March 14, 2008, 6:56pm | #
Moynihan, you really need to check the veracity of that story on jihadists doing ecstasy.Taking it during routine work sounds absurd. When I worked the graveyard shift (I have had many different jobs up and down the East coast), I regularly popped caffeine pills sold over the counter, marketed to truckers. Ecstasy in the late nineties cost around twenty dollars a pill when I was doing it. Other than recreational use, it would have been a waste. Check the street value of ecstasy in Israel, if it is close to the price of cheap speed, you may have a valid story, otherwise it is bullshit.
mch | March 14, 2008, 9:35pm | #
Come on. A Tel-Aviv regular journalist who gets confessions of inner Hamasniks about using ecstasy and not getting laid. What an amazing scoop and credible account!So what it's really about is that the sand negroes are just blaming whitey for violent tendencies caused by their drug use and driving need for sex.
"He'll be filing observations throughout the week."
That doesn't imply any firm obligation to run them.
Regis Carnifex | March 14, 2008, 9:35pm | #
Thanks, Moynihan, for telling us what another journalist thought about the jihadists' drug use. Which Hamas members did you talk to about their drug use? I'm just curious about what you discovered. Assuming you didn't just go to Israel to do a story on the views of local reporters.OK, it was a funny story! But please, provide better context when you're trying to be a serious journalist.
It works the other way too, I've read plenty of propaganda about Israelis infiltrating the West Bank with evil drugs, breaking up families etc. Somehow it all comes down to anti-drug hysteria...
Art-P.O.G. | March 16, 2008, 5:59am | #
Somehow it all comes down to anti-drug hysteria...Interesting. Paranoia of several different kinds, especially racial paranoia, seems to come down to an irrational fear of "a loss of purity". This "contamination" is due to rock n' roll, drugs, et al.
Somehow, the 'out' group always seems to be the one to blame for the proliferation of drugs and not the users or conditions that might encourage substance abuse.
Ben Wasker | March 16, 2008, 1:22pm | #
I am so disappointed that Reason publishes this hateful nonsense. Free minds my ...