Anders Strindberg: “As pundits and policymakers scramble to explain events in Lebanon, their conclusions are virtually unanimous: Hizbullah created this crisis. Israel is defending itself. The underlying problem is Arab extremism. Sadly, this is pure analytical nonsense.”

Dave Winer: “Even a Jew like myself sees how wrong the Israeli position is.”

My best friend and I wanted to watch a movie, so we went to Bahrain yesterday. We left home around 1500, and were back around 0500. I like Bahrain, except for unmistakable presence of many, many Saudis there, and they annoy the hell out of me. The annoying male spoiled brats and the female over made-up ninjas were there for different reasons: some for booze, some to fornicate, and some simply to watch movies, just like me and my friend.

I think Barhain and Saudi Arabia have a love/hate relationship: Bahrainis hate the behaviour of some Saudis who come to their country, but they also don’t want to lose the money Saudis bring if their government finally decided to loosen up by allowing the opening of movie theaters and giving people more freedoms. Of course, this is not a win-win situation for both parties, but this is what life about: win some, lose some, and live and let live.

Israel is a terrorist state, and those who support it are terrorists too.

My friend Mohammed Somji has started a photoblog.

Farooha was live blogging Blogher, and she did a great job. It was a sweet surprise because she did not mention anything about it earlier. Good for her, and good for us, too.

Farooha at Blogher. Great!