Mishegas

Mishegaas

May 14, 2006 by Daniel Sieradski

As gasoline prices skyrocket in the US and dip below the cost of water in Venezuela, the Bush administration has begun coddling new Saddams seeking new, cheaper suitors of oil contracts.
George Bush, whose approval rating is hovering between 29-31%, and whose core supporters are dropping like flies, says his brother Jeb should be the next president.
Dick Cheney has been identified as responsible for creating the newly discovered call database which even Newt Gingrich calls indefensible, while the Feds are seeking to have the charges against AT&T for their complicity thrown out. More on that from the ever-brilliant Show with Zefrank.
According to ynet, a police station in Mount Hebron “closed after settlers repeatedly vandalized building, sprayed ‘Nazi’ graffiti on wall; locals claim police are ones guilty of violence.”
Arab MK Ibrahim Sarsur says settlers should be granted Palestinian citizenship.
A holocaust denier and white separatist is attempting to run on the Democratic ticket in Alabama for state Attorney General.
US investment brokerage Morgan Stanley says Israel’s economy is “almost perfect.”
“Irish Catholic priests illegally broadcasting Mass over the radio to housebound parishioners are suspected of creating a safety hazard for transatlantic jets, officials have said.”
Andrew Sullivan tells Time readers his “problem with Christianism.”
Documents have surfaced identifying President Bush’s grandfather as having stolen the bones of famed Native American warrior Geronimo.
The Economist says marijuana is medically effective whether the US government wants to acknowledge it or not.
If you’re a regular listener of the liberal talk radio Air America, check out WFMU’s “Air America vs. Reality,” parts one and two.
Researchers at three Ivy League universities have shown that people who meditate grow larger brains.
The Gerrer Rebbe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman have bought out the first class section on an El Al flight to America and requested no female flight attendants be on board.
An Egyptian Jewish family is suing Coca Cola over property it bought from the Egyptian government that was seized in an act of pure ethnic discrimination.
Day school giving may mark new trend in Jewish philanthropy.

2 thoughts on “Mishegaas”

David Kelsey says:

May 14, 2006 at 12:22 pm

He is out of his mind. No one wants another Bush. George Will would endorse H. Clinton over another Bush. Even dyed in the wool Texas Republicans don’t want another Bush. At least Reagan had Alzheimers. What is this guy’s excuse for being so detached from reality?

Sam says:

May 14, 2006 at 10:33 pm

I don’t like Andrew Sullivan most of the time, but it’s about time someone used the word “Christianist” to refer to political Christianity in the U.S. If there’s Islamist, there’s Christianist.