I’ve had to temporarily retract the post I wrote last night. We’re all operating under too much stress, so there was a miscommunication. Keep in mind that I’m a former music journalist and failed novelist. I’m not cut out for this kind of work. The post will go up again in a few days. I…
To tread the air above the din
February 20, 2015
I’m not much connected to the world anymore. Maybe I should say I’m not much connected to worldly concerns. What I long for is the ability to tread the air above the din. That’s a lyric from one of the best Led Zepplin songs, “Achilles Last Stand.” It was an April morning when they told…
This is why I debunked the Islamic State video
February 12, 2015
My post “The Islamic State did not burn the Jordanian pilot alive” made a lot of people angry. They said that I was trying to minimize Islamic State savagery, and that the post denigrated the courage of Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Lieutenant Moath Youssef al-Kasasbeh. If you actually read the post, you saw that…
The lost art of disagreeing
February 9, 2015
When I wrote my post debunking the Islamic State propaganda film Healing the Believers’ Chests, I had two goals: to show that Lieutenant Moath Youssef al-Kasasbeh didn’t suffer the hideous death depicted, and to undermine the terrorists’ ability to recruit new members. I didn’t anticipate that so many people are personally and emotionally invested in the…
Why would the Islamic State fake the video?
February 7, 2015
Last night I received an e-mail about my post “The Jordanian Pilot was not Burned Alive,” which I wrote in reference to the Islamic State video Healing the Believers’ Chests. The film is a hoax; I have no doubt. But that doesn’t mean that you have to believe me. Here’s the e-mail I received. Hello…
Colonel Richard Kemp will be in our movie
February 4, 2015
Colonel Richard Kemp is the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, and he will appear in the Pierre Rehov documentary about Operation Protective Edge. Mr. Rehov has completed the interview, so I have permission to make the announcement. Colonel Kemp is an extremely brave man, and not only in the sense of physical…
Interview by Pierre Rehov successfully concluded
January 29, 2015
Well, my part in the upcoming Pierre Rehov documentary is FINISHED! (Probably not true. I may have to give interviews about it. I’ll do so only for the sake of Mr. Rehov.) I woke up at 6:00 a.m. for the first time in maybe twenty years. Then I showered and did the final sculpting of…
Nobody actually believes this garbage
January 21, 2015
I was asked to comment on a stinking pile of garbage. Israeli soldier gives 74-year old Palestinian woman water then shoots her in the head During the Israeli bombardment and shelling of the Gaza Strip last summer, an Israeli soldier approached a 74-year-old Palestinian woman Ghalya Abu-Rida to give her a sip of water. He…