EPSILON MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER
ISSUE
2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2-5.The
ACLU and CAIR…Strange Bedfellows.
By Arlene Peck, World Jewish News Agency Columnist.
You know, for an intractable and barbaric group of
people, who have made their dysfunctional ‘religion’ into an obsession we all
have to take note of, Muslims have learned ‘the system’ pretty well. For a
group of people, who say publicly that they disavow everything that ‘we’ stand
for, they seem to be doing a good job of imitating us! Right down to using the
system they hate to their own advantage. I have long been familiar with the
expression ‘strange bedfellows’ and thought I knew what it was all about when
Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller. Now I’m certain I know what “the enemy
within” means, too. These days, when I look around for “the enemy within”, I
only have to observe the actions of both CAIR and the ACLU.
6-8 &
P.77.
COMMENTARY.
What If
Iran Gets the Bomb? The Iranian Challenge to the West.
By Dr. Ephraim Kam. The
Iranians are conducting a clandestine nuclear program in parallel to the
public one, the aim of which is clearly the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
The Israeli intelligence assessment speaks of three or four years; the
Americans add another year or two to this timetable. The Americans conducted a
large-scale operation in Iraq in order to bring down a regime which was
engaged, it was thought at the time, in supporting terrorism and having
weapons of mass destruction programs. Iran is clearly in the same category,
and therefore it is concerned about an American/Israeli operation against its
nuclear facilities.
9-16.
Around the World. Two Americans, German share Nobel physics prize for work
in optics. STOCKHOLM, Sweden- Americans John Hall
and Roy Glauber and German Theodor Haensch won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics
Tuesday for their work in advancing the precision of optic technology,
which...Read
the full article
France President Chirac say
Turkey needs 'major cultural revolution' to join EU.
BRUSSELS, Belgium- French President Jacques Chirac said that
Turkey would need to undergo a "major cultural revolution" before entering the
European Union, and he reiterated that France would hold a referendum on
admitting Ankara to the bloc. The comments by Chirac represented the tought...Read
the full article
Bush to name Harriet Miers, White House counsel, to Supreme
Court: official.
WASHINGTON, DC-
President George W. Bush has chosen Harriet Miers, White House counsel and a
loyal member of the president's inner circle, to replace retiring Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court, a senior administration
official said...Read
the full article
SYRIA SEEKS TO CONCLUDE ARMS DEALS.
MOSCOW, Russia- Syria
has sought to conclude defense contracts with Russia. Russian officials said
Syria has sought to finalize agreements for the purchase of a range of air and
ground systems. They said most of the accords would focus on modernization of
Soviet-origin land platforms in the Syrian military. On Monday, Syrian Chief
of Staff Gen. Ali Habib arrived in Moscow...Read
the full article
Turkey rejects any changes to EU agreement: Turkish
official. ISTANBUL,
Turkey - Turkey has rejected proposed changes to its framework agreement to
opening accession talks with the European Union, a Turkish official said
Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said that "the EU has proposed
some changes to the framework document. Our minister has rejected them
all."...Read
the full article
Australians win Nobel medicine prize for finding bacteria
behind stomach ulcers.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Australians
Barry Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or
medicine on Monday for showing that bacteria was behind painful stomach ulcers
in most people and not stress. Two Canadian stem cell researchers and British
pioneers in determining how DNA is constructed were among the favourites for
the coveted award honouring achievements in medical research. It opens this
year's series of prize announcements, and will be followed by physics,
chemistry, literature, peace and economics...Read
the full article
Karen Hughes
mission unnecessary.
ARAB NEWS (Saudi) "Arab
Anti-Americanism a Myth". Amir Taheri - QUOTES FROM TEXT: "Bush's 'image
queen', Karen Hughes is back in the US after embarking on a tour of Arab
countries where conventional wisdom claims that anti-Americanism is second
nature. No Arab anti-American has produced anything like the conspiracy
theories that American intellectuals such as Noam Chomsy, Michael Moore, Scott
Ritter, Seymour Hirsh, and Edward Said to name a few, have put on the markets
everywhere, including the Arab world...Read
the full article
India and Pakistan sign
agreement on ballistic missile tests. ISLAMABAD,
Pakistan- India and Pakistan on Monday signed a deal requiring them to notify
each other of plans for ballistic missile tests, a key step in the peace
process between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Indian External Affairs Minister
Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Khursheed Kasuri, announced the
agreement after talks that they described as cordial and constructive.
Groundwork for the deal was laid in talks in the Indian capital of New Delhi
last month...Read
the full article
Former East German secret
service for years spied on current Pope. BERLIN,
Germany- The former East German secret service considered Joseph Cardinal
Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, one of the most dangerous critics of communism
and spied on him starting in 1974, a leading weekly reported Sunday. The Bild
am Sonntag released excerpts of vast files...Read
the full article
Indonesia suspects 2 al-Qaida-linked
fugitives masterminded Bali bombings. BALI,
Indonesia- Indonesia said Sunday it suspected two fugitives linked to al-Qaida
had masterminded the suicide bombings of crowded restaurants in tourist
resorts on the Indonesian island of Bali which killed at least 26 people and
injured more than 100. Maj.-Gen. Ansyaad Mbai, a top Indonesian anti-terror
official, identified the two suspected masterminds as Malaysians alleged to be
key members of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group. They are
also accused of orchestrating the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, as well as two
other attacks in the Indonesian capital in 2003 and 2004. The nightclub
bombings, which also struck venues crowded with tourists on a Saturday night,
killed 202 people, most of them foreigners. ..Read
the full article
3-HOTTEST GOSSIPS OF THE YEAR: THE REAL AND
THE FAKE
17-27WHAT
THEY GOSSIPED ABOUT: THE REAL AND THE FAKE.
By Valerie Constand, World Jewish News Agency Staff Writer.
HE IS famous
across Britain for his foul-mouthed outbursts - but award-winning chef
Gordon Ramsay has now revealed his notorious temper to a new audience in
the United States...The
Italian-American film star was due to receive Milan's highest honour, the
Golden Ambrosius award, from the city's mayor on Thursday. He also failed to
appear at a press conference for the New York Tribeca film festival in Rome.
In a statement issued by his publicist in Los Angeles, De Niro,
61, blamed "serious communication problems". Very possible? Yes? No! ?
More: Computer animated
sequel Shrek 2 has broken box office records in the US, taking $11.8m (£6.7m)
in one day. It has scored the biggest midweek
opening to date for an animated feature, beating the record set by Pokemon:
The First Movie in 1999...
SPEARS
GIVEN A DEADLINE. A US judge has ordered Britney
Spears to explain why she has not responded to a lawsuit filed by diet pill
makers. The companies behind Zantrex-3 claim
Spears' lawyers ...WENDY JAMES FIGHTS BACK.
Wendy James, the seductive former singer with
punk-pop band Transvision Vamp, is back with her first album in 11 years. She
burst onto the music scene in 1988 with the boisterous I Want Your Love, which
along with Baby I Don't Care helped Transvision Vamp notch up seven top 30
hits in the UK...and
MORE BROOKE SHIELDS MAKES BIG
TIME NEWS. -It was nearly a lifetime
ago that Brooke Shields shocked the world as a knowing child prostitute in the
film Pretty Baby and told us that nothing came between her and her Calvins. As
that rare creature who navigated her way from child stardom to a successful
adult career, Shields looks back on it all as a fun time, a great opportunity.
But now that she has a baby of her own, she's wary about having her daughter
follow her into the spotlight...EMPRESS SORAYA SAGA: A £50-million
legacy left by the Shah of Iran's second wife is being passed on to the German
government, after claimants to the fortune were found to be impostors. Soraya
Esfandiary Bakhtiary left her vast legacy, which had been bestowed on her by
the Shah, to her brother Prince Bijan, but he himself passed away just a week
after his sibling. Since he died intestate and left no direct descendant...
SANDRA
BULLOCK WINS $7 M IN COURT. Actress Sandra Bullock has been awarded $7m
(£3.9m) after her dream home turned into an expensive nightmare. The Speed and
Miss Congeniality star was awarded the sum on Thursday by a jury after she
took the builder to a court in Austin, Texas.
MORE...SIR ELTON'S PERSONAL
PHOTOS COLLECTION: $900,000. Is Elton John's
fortune going multimedia? The British pop star, who usually makes his living
playing the piano, netted $900,000 US Thursday night by auctioning off a
collection of photographs taken by some of the world's most famous
photographers.
MORE THE LOOTED ART OF IRAQ AND THE INSENSIBILITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE:
Looted art from the museums of Baghdad and the
Archaeological Museum
returned to Iraq. Waves of complaints from Iraqis and world
communities were geared toward the American military and the Bush's
administration. The White House was busy dealing with terrorism in and outside
Iraq...THE 100 TRES CHIC
AND TRES ELEGANT WOMEN OF THE WORLD: Harpers & Queen compiled a list of
famous women considered to be classy and chic. And this notorious list was
aimed at attracting the socialites attention to what "class" and "style" are
all about. Funny, some of the artists who are known to be the worst dressed
stars in Hollywood were squeezed in. This is how it goes. You "crutch" my
back, I "crutch" yours. However, a great number of refined ladies, royalties
and women of the high society. of London, New York, Paris and Washington, D.C.
made the list. The list included the 100 most elegant and distinguished ladies
who...
WHAT THEY GOSSIPED ABOUT: THE REAL AND THE FAKE.
CINEMA.
THEATER. MUSIC. SHOWS. STARS From
the Desk of ARLETTE LAGRANGE AND ESTHER LANGLOIS, World Jewish News Agency
Staff Writers.
GEORGE LUCAS HONOURED.
After creating Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and American Graffiti, Darth
Vader might insist it was George Lucas' destiny to get the American Film
Institute's lifetime achievement award...ENTERTAINERS
BECOME LOBBYISTS: "If you want to send
a message," movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn once said, "call Western Union."
Translation. Entertainers entertain. Leave politics to the politicians. But
Goldwyn is 30 years dead, and this year more than ever, artists are using
their art to inspire people to follow their lead to and at the ballot box...CHRIS
ROCK TO HOST THE OSCARS: The Oscars
have a piece of the Rock. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on
Thursday announced Chris Rock will host the next Academy Awards telecast.
Rock, who's been in the films Head of State and Dogma, is best known for his
standup comedy specials Bigger & Blacker, Bring the Pain and Never Scared.
NICOLE KIDMAN PREFERS REAL BRUNETTE:
Blondes may have more fun, but Nicole
Kidman says she'd rather have been born a brunette. In an interview with
French magazine Paris-Match, the Oscar-winning actress also said she doesn't
see herself pursuing her film career indefinitely. And she revealed that her
2001 divorce from Tom Cruise changed her criteria for selecting roles.
MORE
CABLE TELEVISION WILL NOT SHOW MOORE'S FILM.
A cable pay-per-view company has decided not to
show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that
included a showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is sharply
critical of President Bush. The company, IN DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to "legitimate business and legal concerns...JOHN
EDWARDS RIDICULES PRESIDENT BUSH ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
John Edwards has a theory about what was hidden
underneath an unusual wrinkle that appeared on the back of President George W.
Bush's suit jacket during his first debate with John Kerry. "I think it was
his battery," a grinning Edwards told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show on Tuesday.
"I think tomorrow, before the debate, John Kerry ought to pat him down,"
Edwards said, referring to the final Bush-Kerry matchup, scheduled for
Wednesday in Arizona.
MORE REALITY TV FINED $1,183,000 FOR
INDECENCY. Federal regulators proposed
a record indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million US Tuesday against Fox
Broadcasting Co. for an episode of its reality series Married by America that
included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties. The Federal
Communications Commission said the material, which featured male and female
Las Vegas strippers in a variety of sexual situations, was indecent and
patently offensive, intended to "pander to and titillate the audience...BROADWAY,
THE FOLLIES, THE PBS AND YOU. Broadway:
The American Musical begins in 1893, with the arrival of a five-year-old
Russian boy born Israel Baline. He would adopt the United States as his
homeland and Irving Berlin as his name, and help forge an as-yet-unimagined
art form around an as-yet-unchristened Times Square. That same year, a young
promoter named Florenz Ziegfeld arrived from Chicago to conquer New York. The
first great impresario of the American musical, he would found the Ziegfeld
Follies.
MORE FEDS INVESTIGATE PAPER OVER LEAKED MEL
GIBSON'S "PASSION" TAPE.
Feds
investigate paper over leaked ''Passion'' tape. The New York Post says it
returned its rough cut of the controversial Mel Gibson movie without copying
it. There's a new controversy surrounding Mel
Gibson's movie ''The Passion of Christ,'' and this time, the law is getting
involved. The latest flap is over a leaked copy of the yet-unreleased movie
obtained by the New York Post, which screened it for a panel and ran their
reviews on Monday...and much more.
4-ENTERTAINMENT: THE BEST AMERICAN CABARET-JAZZ STARS OF THE YEAR
28-57.
WORLD OF CABARET:
AMERICA'S BEST CABARET STARS AND
ENTERTAINERS
.
AMERICAN MUSIC AND THE BIRTH OF
CABARET FROM THE EARLY JAZZ ERA TO PRESENT.
By Maximillien de Lafayette.
Artists,
performers, entertainers, musicians, composers and singers of yesteryears and
at the dawn of American music were so different from those who came to the
scene of the modern American music of the 20th and 21st
centuries. The music was real musical composition, no Rap crap and heavy metal
distorting noises. The lyrics were simple, evocative, poetic and polite and
consequently, songs could be sung by all generations and audiences of all
ages. The musical productions were either super extravaganzas or daringly
intimate and sentimental. The outfits, suits, dresses and wardrobes were
either outrageous in their couture and style or traditionally elegant with
refined cuts and couture. And today, who are the REAL super duper entertainers
and cabaret divas in America?
5-CELEBRITIES FRONT PAGE NEWS
58-61.
Newsmakers. Paris Latsis has only kind words for his ex-fiancée, Paris
Hilton. LOS
ANGELES - The engagement has been called off, but Paris Latsis has only kind
words for his ex-fiancée, Paris Hilton. The 22-year-old Greek shipping heir
called Hilton "the most incredible woman I have ever met in my life," in a
brief statement released Monday through Hilton publicist Elliott Mintz. "I
respect her decision and appreciate the very kind and generous manner in which
she is handling her very difficult decision," Latsis said...Read
the full article
Pamela
Anderson gets restraining order.
SANTA MONICA, California- A judge
granted a request Monday by Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson for a
three-year restraining order against an alleged stalker. Superior Court Judge
Linda K. Lefkowitz called the claims against William Peter Stansfield, 29,
"sufficient, clear and convincing" enough to issue the order preventing him
from contacting the 38-year-old actress, who stars in the TV series...Read
the full article
"I'm illiterate and I faked my way through scripted portions of the
televised U.S. talent show, which I won in 2004." Fantasia reveals in memoir.
NEW YORK- American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino reveals in her memoirs that
she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted
portions of the televised U.S. talent show, which she won in 2004. "You're
illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell," Fantasia
told ABC's 20/20...Read
the full article
Aliing Jane Fonda to miss Vadim film.
PARIS- Jane Fonda cancelled plans to attend a premiere of a documentary about
her former husband Roger Vadim on Monday because of hip and back problems that
prompted her to seek treatment at a Paris hospital. Flying to France had left
Fonda with hip and back pain, said Karine Lyons, a spokeswoman for the French
Riviera resort...Read
the full article
Martha working on a third TV show.
NORWALK, Connecticut --
Homemaking mogul Martha Stewart, who already has two TV U.S. shows, is working
on a third. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, purchased a
house in Norwalk last month that will be featured in a new home-improvement
television show next year. The series, which has no name yet, is about a group
of women who learn trades and help renovate the 125-year-old house...Read
the full article
New
California law targets paparazzi.
SACRAMENTO, California --
Paparazzi who commit assault in their pursuit of celebrity photographs could
be hit with hefty civil penalties in California under a new law. The law would
allow people who are victims of paparazzi assaults to file lawsuits seeking up
to three times the damages they suffered. The plaintiffs could also ask for
punitive damages and a court order requiring the photographer to give up any
income earned from the pictures involved. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed
the bill Friday ..Read
the full article
Jay Leno motorbike raises
half-mil for Katrina.
BURBANK,
Calif. -- It looks like Jay Leno's celebrity-autographed motorcycle has raised
nearly a half-million dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Bidding for
the bike closed on the eBay auction website at 5 p.m. Thursday, and Leno
announced during the taping of Thursday's Tonight Show that the winning bid
was $505,100...Read
the full article
Pitt
and Aniston sell $28m home.
Brad Pitt
and Jennifer Aniston, who were officially divorced on Sunday, are selling
their $28m (£16m) mansion. The Hollywood stars announced their
split in January, four-and-a-half years after being married. The 1930s Beverly
Hills home they shared comes complete with pub, tennis court, art studio and
screening room, according to the Los Angeles Times. In August, a judge said
the divorce...Read
the full article
ABC anchor, Peter Jennings leaves estate of $50m.
News
anchor for ABC, Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer in August, left an
estate valued at more than $50m in his will. Jennings, 67, left most of
the estate to his fourth wife and two grown-up children from a previous
marriage. The influential journalist signed the will in April - 16 days after
revealing he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Jennings, who had hosted
ABC's World News Tonight since 1983, died on 7 August in New York...Read
the full article
62-76.
CDs OF THE YEAR. By Esther
Cohen-Hamilton. The Top 10 Lists. Choice of the Month. New Talents. The
winners and the losers. Top CDs: Reviews. The best and the worst, Jazz, Pop,
Classical, Rock, etc...
7-POLITICAL
SCANDALS & CONTROVERSIES OF THE YEAR
78.
POLITICS FLASHBACK. IT DID HAPPEN THIS YEAR. President George Bush has
apologised for the first time for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops.
President Bush told reporters at the White
House he was "sorry for the humiliation suffered by the prisoners and their
families". His comments came a day after he was criticised for failing to
apologise during interviews with two Arab TV channels on the abuse scandal...Read
the full article
79.
BLOODIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR.
Suicide bomber, gunmen kill at least 105 around
Iraqi capital.
BAGHDAD,
Iraq- A suicide car bomber struck as day labourers gathered to find work in a
Shiite neighbourhood in north Baghdad, killing at least 105 people and
wounding 227 in the deadliest of a series of attacks in the Iraqi capital on
Wednesday. Iraqi lawmakers, meanwhile, agreed on last-minute revisions to the
contested draft constitution...Read
the full article
80.Bush
ignores thrust of new WMD report.
WASHINGTON, DC- Faced with a harshly critical new report, President George W.
Bush conceded Thursday that Iraq did not have the stockpiles of banned weapons
he warned about before the invasion last year, but insisted that "we were
right to take (military) action." "America is safer today with Saddam Hussein
in prison," Bush said in a surprise statement to reporters as he prepared to
fly to Wisconsin...Read
the full article
81.
WMD REPORT: KEY POINTS. THE TRUTH AND THE LIES.
The Iraq Survey Group has concluded that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
were "essentially" destroyed in 1991, but that Saddam Hussein wanted to
recreate them after sanctions were removed. Below are the key findings of the
report...Read
the full article
81.
THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS CLAIM EGYPT'S BLASTS
.
JERUSALEM, Israel- Three previously
unknown groups, including one reportedly linked to al-Qaida, published
separate claims of responsibility for the deadly car bombings at two Egyptian
resorts crowded with Israeli tourists. The Palestinian militant group Hamas
denied involvement. The claims by the three groups could not be confirmed.
Israel's military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkashi, told an
emergency Cabinet meeting Friday that al-Qaida was most likely behind the
attacks... 
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