Jewish World Review Oct. 28, 2005 / 25 Tishrei, 5766
And now for the important news ....
By Argus Hamilton
Casino Royale with Daniel Craig as James Bond, it was
announced Thursday, will answer the question of why the secret
agent became a womanizer. If they are going to cure James Bond of
his womanizing it raises another question. Why see the movie?
The Houston Astros were swept in the World Series by Chicago
Wednesday, losing the fourth game at home. Houstonians wept in the
stands afterwards. Gasoline prices fell twenty-five cents per
gallon in the last seven days and this didn't help.
Miami residents stood in long lines Wednesday for gas and
food and water and ice after Hurricane Wilma. Some people took the
proper precautions. Wal-Mart waived its Third Amendment right not
to have federal troops quartered on its property.
Senator Jim Bunning offered a bill Monday requiring two-year
suspensions for pro athletes who use steroids. The problem is
obvious. The five ballplayers who testified at the hearing sat
side by side and two of them had to sit in the hallway.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad prompted world outrage Wednesday when he called for the extinction of Israel. He made the statement while addressing a Teheran conference called A World without Zionism. So it wasn't taken out of context.
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