August « 2006 « Sam's Thoughts

Categorizing people

There have been some interesting comments on my previous post on Arab Jews. I am by no means a scholar on Middle Eastern history and never meant to imply that. Having said that I think that my knowledge of the region, it’s people and culture surpasses that of most Americans. My post was not meant [...]

If the facts do not conform to the theory they must be disposed of…

So according to Mlive.com the three Palestinian born men who were arrested in Caro, MI last week for buying too many cell phones don’t seem to have done anything wrong. Federal officials are not filing any charges because the three broke no laws and had no connection to any terrorist groups. Tuscola county prosecutor Mark [...]

Adios Wonderland

Here is what is left of Wonderland Mall in Livonia. Except for the Target store that remains open the last store in the mall itself closed 3 years ago and the place has sat empty ever since.

Blowing up a bridge with 1000 cell phones?

So how do you blow up a bridge with 1000 cell phones? You don’t. Police in Caro, MI arrested three Palestinian born men last week after they bought a whole bunch of Tracfone prepaid cell phones last week. When they were stopped they had about 1000 cell phones in the minivan they were riding in. [...]

MewzikCast 11 is live

Go check it out at MewzikCast.com. If you like it don’t forget to subscribe to the feed so that every new episode will show up automatically.

Just because your paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you

If your read my previous Bullshit post, or other posts you might get the impression that I’m paranoid or a conspiracy theorist. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just look around me at what is happening and what people say and come to my own opinions. Based on the “truthiness” record of anyone [...]

Bullshit

I think this whole “foiled bombing plot” in London is bullshit. I think that it is not coincidental that this happened just days after Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat and Tony Blair’s visit to shrub last week. The I think that this going to turn out to be like all the other losers that they have [...]

Baseball stats are not intellectual property

For the past couple of years Major League baseball has been fighting a legal battle with a company called CBC Distribution over baseball statistics. MLB has been claiming that the statistics of the players in baseball games has been their intellectual property. This idea is ludicrous on the face of it. MLB did not create [...]

Ypsi Mayor

The 2006 Ypsilanti Mayoral election is now effectively over. Since there is no Republican candidate, the winner of the Democratic primary is effectively the new mayor. I have a few suggestions for the candidates.

To Mr. Schrieber:

Please don’t wait until November to get you 2020 committee going. Do it now! Ypsilanti can’t wait. Even [...]

Arab Jews?

Last night Jules asked me a very interesting question. She had gone out to breakfast yesterday with a friend and the question came up of “Is there such a thing as Arab Jews?” There is not a clear cut answer to this question. I am not by any stretch an authority but based on my [...]