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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
EU makes cash handouts to Paleos for Ramadan
2006-09-26
Sigh. You knew this was coming. The EU has been panting to get aid into the hands of the poor Paleos, and since Hamas refuses to budge the EU will just have to cave in. Ramadan is just an excuse. You have to wonder if there is any limit at all to Euro venality.
BRUSSELS - The European Union has begun distributing 40 million euros ($51 million) of aid to 40,000 of the poorest Palestinian families at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the EUÂ’s executive said on Monday.

It also called for new cash to expand an aid scheme set up by Middle East peace mediators to alleviate hardship following US and European bans on direct aid to the Palestinian Authority after the Islamist group Hamas won a January election.
The whole point was hardship: the Paleo people were free to vote in a gang of bloodthirsty killers as their new gummint, but they then had to live with the consequences. The EU, of course, doesn't believe in consequences, so they'll let the Paleos off the hook.
“To make a difference, we will need new donors to come forward to support the temporary international mechanism,” EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said of the scheme, devised to channel international aid to Palestinians while bypassing the Authority.

A spokeswoman said the new aid would be distributed in cash via local banks and amount to 270 euros per person. It will go to Palestinian families whose normal welfare support was cut off in February because of the AuthorityÂ’s cash crisis.
Just in time for the traditional Ramadan gift people make to the Widows Ammunition Fund.
Posted by:Steve White

#30  not a chance when I'm here to steer the thread into the gutter

Hey! Leave your bowling game out of this!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-26 22:29  

#29  exJAG---Stay on the good side of Seafarious, 'cause she has access to the Sinktrap flush lever, if ya know what I mean.........
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-09-26 22:24  

#28  Not a problem, Mac.
Posted by: lotp   2006-09-26 19:58  

#27  USMA - no doubt, no disrespect
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 19:52  

#26  lotp: two apologies are in order. First, I'm an old guy so I use the English grammar conventions I was taught long ago, i.e. that "men" covers all persons of either sex when used in the collective sense. Second, that I left you out in mentioning women who understand the seriousness of this war we're fighting. Sorry.
Posted by: mac   2006-09-26 19:51  

#25  Burial tomorrow at West Point of a young female Lt. who just graduated last May, killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, I forget which.

Lots of women in this country "get it". Some of them hang here regularly.
Posted by: USMA   2006-09-26 18:56  

#24  until our women both understand and solidly support the men AND WOMEN who are fighting it.

There, fixed that for you. ;-)
Posted by: lotp   2006-09-26 18:54  

#23  This war against Islamofascism--and war is exactly the right term--will not truly be fought by our side until our women both understand and solidly support the men who are fighting it. When there's a "Mary Postgate" mentality among American women, Islamofascism will finally be treated as it deserves to be. Ladies like TW, Swamp Blondie and Seafarious understand this. Let's hope their sisters catch on soon because I don't think we've got a lot more time to waste. The locusts are being very busy.
Posted by: mac   2006-09-26 18:39  

#22  not a chance when I'm here to steer the thread into the gutter :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 18:36  

#21  And thus we prove to all concerned that Rantburg has not been over-feminized. Just don't explain to me how.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-26 18:15  

#20  lol NS is correct.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 15:39  

#19  tw, as usual, you don't want to know. One would think you'd'ave learnt that by now.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-26 15:35  

#18  exjag, gotta watch out for the women here on the burg. I think they all had past lives with OGA's. Not only can they bake up a pie but they will put you to task if your not carefull. They are clear, articulate, and when they are on a rant, a great read.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-26 15:24  

#17  I apologize for whatever I said so unfortunately in #6, Frank, although I'm afraid in my ignorance I don't know what it is.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-26 15:06  

#16  the whole purpose of Ramadamalinglong is to humble yourself before Mo the Magnificant (ptui), y'know fasting and all.

Only while the sun shines. After sundown, it's party time!
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-26 14:50  

#15  Back to the topic: seems to me the whole purpose of Ramadamalinglong is to humble yourself before Mo the Magnificant (ptui), y'know fasting and all. So WTF is the EU doing sending $$ to make it easier to get along day to day? something doesn't add up. But then again, looking at the players, I would be surprised if it did make sense.
Thanks, I'm all done. Back to our regularly scheduled commentary.
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-09-26 14:18  

#14  I'm beginning to think there's more chicks than guys here at the 'burg. Not that I'm complaining. Nope. Not me. I'm just hoping that's because the guys are all out on missions like OS.

I'm all for a female majority, if needed, as long as that doesn't change the pics in the RB Times-Picayune and Scimitar to cater to the them, lol!
Posted by: BA   2006-09-26 14:11  

#13  #6, TW - unfortunate phrasing.....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 09:39  

#12  Â“To make a difference, we will need new donors to come forward..."

Damn. Couldn't see that coming.
Lemme know how you make out...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-09-26 08:42  

#11  Definietly the wrong website, a5089. I don't know that that word means and I don't want to, but Rantburgers are all lovely people, in my experience.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-26 08:32  

#10  I'm beginning to think there's more chicks than guys

Yeah, but how many she-males? Oh, wait, wrong website, sorry.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-09-26 08:08  

#9  I'm beginning to think there's more chicks than guys here at the 'burg. Not that I'm complaining. Nope. Not me. I'm just hoping that's because the guys are all out on missions like OS.

Thanks for your support.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-26 07:52  

#8  Oh yeah, sorry. I'm in Al-Lemagne. Pretty quiet here, outside of the occasional attempted train bombing, and ubiquitous moskkks and full black chadors.

Speaking of the little things. Seafarious is a chick? Kewl.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-09-26 07:31  

#7  Well, it's not like they could have distributed 40 millions euros to the EU's poorest citizens for Xmas, for example... gotta have your priorities set straight.
Speaking of charities, the people organizing the identity "pork soup" for european homeless people were beaten up by the french police when the soup was raided the 21st september, and the Bonnivard couple was arrested. It's because they discriminate, y'know.

To go back at the EU, cf this theory again :
Ilka Schroder MEP
The War Against Israel and Growing European Nationalism
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-09-26 07:15  

#6  Wait just a cotton-pickin' minute -- you're based in Europe? exJAG, dear, you have to mention these little things, so we can properly weigh your comments on such subjects (and so Seafarious knows where to go for her next business trip cum bar-hop). We still await her report on the situation in Barthelona and environs, you know.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-26 06:48  

#5  Despite whatever of her negligible shortcomings, bless your great-grandma's soul, exJAG. So few had enough guts to face down the Nazis. So few have enough guts to confront today's new Nazis. Welcome aboard at Rantburg, may you and your kin inspire us all.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-26 06:09  

#4  Nah, I know. They'll get theirs. Allying with genocidal fascists never seems to work out too well for them. I just hope I'm not still here when the roosting chickens of justice come home.

My grandfather immigrated to the US from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. He was home visiting family with his mother in 1938 when the Czech army tried to draft him. They made a beeline for one of the last ships out, where great-grandma began shouting obscenities at the Nazi officer checking their papers. Grandpa tossed her over his shoulder, grinned sheepishly and said she was crazy, sprinted up the gangplank, and got the hell out -- with great-grandma screaming abuse the whole way. She was nuts, but you gotta love her moxie.

I'm beginning to understand how they must have felt. I'm just not sure if I'll leave as he did, or as she did.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-09-26 04:38  

#3  Don't do that, exJAG -- it's so bad for the teeth, and they do like sneering at our perfect teeth, too.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-26 02:40  

#2  Continuation of the Holocaust by other means. All while Eurocrats sneer at the US about their moral superiority. I could puke.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-09-26 02:27  

#1  They could have the UN distribute the cash...
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-09-26 00:50  

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