'Ask Hamas' and Hamster Angst

Were I asked to identify a Globe and Mail feature that epitomizes the paper's purposeful moral blindness, I would have to point to this one, wherein readers are invited to submit questions to a funtionary of that most "misunderstood" of organizations, Hamas.

I have absolutely nothing at all I want to ask the man: I can learn everything I ever want or need to know about him and his horrible racket by reading the Hamas charter, which, like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, is another warrant for genocide. I am interested in knowing, however, is why Canada's newspaper of record feel the need to give a platform to these jihadi thugs.

Elsewhere in the Globe (under the heading of THE BRIEFING--shortened versions of stories from other news sources), Mahmoud Abbas is said to be weighing whether to seek UN recognition for Palestine this fall, since there's "a widespread sense" among Palestinians that "the current Israeli leadership is not a partner for peace."

Talk about projecting Abbas's intransigence onto Netanyahu.

Also, France is being fined mega-millions by the EU because it has "failed to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace." The varmint is considered a pest by farmers, who won't be sorry to see it go. But the EUnuchs feel it's well worth saving--hence the hefty fine.

That's the EU for you. It isn't lifting a hand to save Syrians, but it's all broken up about some pesky rodents.

Awwww. It's so cute!