i have finished tironut. to get certified, we had to camp out in the field and pass a bunch of proficiency tests with the M-16, gas mask, communication device and different first aid methods. it wasn't too hard. night shooting was actually pretty damn fun, and shitting in the woods wasn't so bad. i still hate having to carry around the gun ( Read more... )

thursday night before we all left base for the weekend, we had a briefing from one of the base commanders who came and told us that there was a major terror attack in india, and specifically that a chabad house was among one of the targets attacked and that they believe there were israelis being held hostage there ( Read more... )

so, basically army life is a drag. simply speaking, going to sleep at ten every night and waking up around four in the morning is just not fun when u do it everyday. and i forgot how annoying it is to have to carry around a gun all the time, especially when it comes to trips to the bathroom and shower, and the discomfort of having to sleep with a ( Read more... )

"The election of Obama will change your world. You should be proud of America. Love you." - from my dad to my sister and i ( Read more... )

retarded and gay are my favorite adjectives.

shiite. i have to report to the army SOON. nov 11th to be specif. the lovely girls who work at lishkat ha'giyus were even nice enough to give me a one month heads up notice regarding this. i really can't get myself to go so far as to call them lovely ladies, cuz they're just not. 18, 19 year olds are still girls to me. that's besides the point ( Read more... )

i'm still quite wary of the whole cult of personality that surrounds barack obama. everyone loves him, yet i only seem to like him. of course though, if i was to vote, i wouldn't have to think twice about it. i would vote for obama. i don't care at all about his "palling around with terrorists" (if we're gonna call it that :P) or the fact that he ( Read more... )

Interior Ministry, Shin Bet grant unusual plea by Tehran family to have son suffering from brain cancer treated in Jewish state. 'When a child's life is at stake religion and origin play no part,' says Minister Sheetrit ( Read more... )

the premise of this film probably sounds pretty outlandish to most people, but the truth of the matter is that the storyline of the movie is actually partially inspired by real events. during world war II thousands of jews living in palestine at the time volunteered for service in the jewish brigade under the british army. the majority of the ( Read more... )

BERLIN - For weeks, Germany's tabloids and culture pages have been preoccupied with Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglorious Bastards," slated to start filming next week in Germany ( Read more... )