The awards scene is, without a doubt, one of the more amusing aspects of Israeli society. Since many, if not most, of the various cultural enterprises are wo/manned by closed guilds, the result is that homogenous groups award prizes to each other in order to affirm their loyalty to the ideals of the guild.
A classic example of this phenomenon is the annual Nachum Sokolow award for journalism, which aspires to be the Israeli Pulitzer. Year in, year out, the unabashedly leftist, avowedly Post-Zionist/Post-Jewish clique that comprises most of the Israeli media grants awards for excellence to itself. Thus, we have been treated to the sight of Uri Avneri, the leading spokesman of the Palestinian Right, awarded a lifetime achievement award. Thus, it comes as no surprise that this year, Uzi Benziman, whose poison-pen invectives against Settlers, Judaism, Haredim, Conservatives (and anyone else who doesn't live near Schocken Street) has been awarded this year's prize for journalistic excellence. If you look at the list of impartial professionals on the panel (with one token closet rightist), you won't rub your eyes in amazement.
Maybe the dress code will be yellow.
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. . by clicking on the upper hyperlink below, you'll bring up the graphic that illustrates my proposed concept for a 9/11 memorial , , ,'
. . . oh, yeah, you might think that the "circled A" detail looks familiar . . . well, it is . . . it was lifted from a royalty-free photo of the moon . . .
. . . as for why the moon should figure so significantly in this memorial, well, let me tell you it took me quite a while to get some inkling as to the REAL motivation of the "gollums", who either rammed or attempted to ram those airliners into civilian targets . . .
. . . anyway, after viewing the graphic, please consider clicking on the hyperlink just underneath the first hyperlink mentioned . . . I believe the text at the other end divulges in precise and concise terms just what the hell was in the back of the mind of those bloodthirsty antiquated poltroons . . .
proposed 9/11 memorial
. . . oh, yeah, you might be put off a bit by the text . . . okay, so it's only fair to mentioned the blog post in question may be unsuited for perusal by people with squeamish disposition . . .
torture works
toodles
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