@billybobnyc: Thank YOU. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it must be a duck.

I think the person Cleese should really be pissed at is his optometrist.

@CharlotteTrampling: Thank you, Charlotte. I felt the key word was "Australian."

@elephantshoes: Perhaps it was a big ruse on the part of Obama's handlers to curtail press leaks.

@PilgrimSoul: I have no knowledge of Hortense's personal biases. The line "Israel claims it had 'no choice' but to attack, after a truce with Hamas had expired" is misleading and incorrect.

@varty: @varty: But what about the people who choose not to click on the links for more info? They would be misled in the assumptions they drew as to causality.

@goodcheapfun: What an odd question. Yes, I am serious. By neglecting to mention that this targeting of Palestinian MILITARY INSTALLATIONS was a reprisal, Hortense's reporting would lead those unfamiliar with the situation to incorrectly assume that Israel was chomping at the bit to attack once the truce expired.

@AmericanSplendor: My argument in this thread is for truth in reporting.

@varty: Hortense wrote "Israel claims it had 'no choice' but to attack, after a truce with Hamas had expired." Misleading at best.

@varty: And 200 Palestinian mortars and rockets in the space of a week was a more controlled and reasonable way to make a point?

@PilgrimSoul: I said or inferred that where?

@varty: I would really appreciate fair and balanced reporting of the situation by a website whose otherwise fair and balanced reporting I usually admire.

@ellaesther: "Israel is the side with the tanks (and bombs)." So the 200+ Palestinian mortars and rockets were what?

@varty: So the Palestinians get a free pass for being incompetent in their killing?

Hortense, You neglected to mention that this is a reprisal for the OVER 200 MORTARS AND ROCKETS fired into Israel in the past week.

@haguenite: Thank you! I was wondering why this one hadn't made the list.

Comment wasn't directed to Shannon.

@Shannon: That totally explains why I can't find regular Oreos in some of the supermarkets in New Zealand* but always run into these wafer thingys.

You mean the same Alan Thicke who does those awful Las Vegas timeshare commercials whilst standing in a swimming pool in a shirt and shorts?

That's not a clip from the Bruno movie. It's an old bit from Da Ali G Show.