On a cheerful note: something I found in an actual paper-and-leather "book" today.

"At the glorious battle of Quebec Serjeant Macleod, amongst the foremost of the grenadiers and Highlanders, who drove the shaking line of the enemy from post to post, and compleated their defeat, had his shinbone shattered by grape shot, while a musket ball went through his arm. He was assisted to retire behind the British line; and in doing this was informed of the multiplied wounds that threatended the immediate dissolution of his admired and beloved General [i.e., Wolfe]. It was, under this weight of actual suffering, ad [sic] sympathetic sorrow, some consolation tho the good old Serjeant, (for by this time he was seventy years of age,) that the tender which he made of his plaid, for the purpose of carrying the dying General to some convenient place off the field of action, was accepted."

They had it hard back then. People were tough.

I've got to quote this in full from Damian Penny's Daimnation!, or whatever it's called:

It's not just Muslims

For those of you who believe the Palestinian death-cult is directly related to the Islamic faith, I direct you to the words of Father 'Atallah Hanna, a Greek Orthodox Christian Priest (with Israeli citizenship, no less), who openly preaches genocide against Jews living in Israel:
"The Zionist Jews are foreigners in this land. They have no right to live or settle in it. They should go somewhere else in the world to establish their state and their false entity. With regard to Palestine and its beating heart Jerusalem, it was never in the hands of the Jews. It was and will forever remain Arab. Jerusalem is an Arab city and the Jews must not settle in it, be masters over it, or carry out any type of religious ritual or ceremony in it. They must leave their homes. They have no right to live on land, [or in] cities or villages that are not theirs..."
"We do not believe in so-called 'peace with Israel' because peace cannot be made with Satan. Israel is the greatest Satan. No concession and no truce must be made [with Israel]. Any type of peace with this entity is concession, submission, and retreat from pan-Arab and national principles... The negotiations and the other attempts [at an arrangement] will not restore the Palestinians' rights to them. The Palestinians' rights will be restored only by resistance. What was taken by force will be restored only by force..."
"Resistance is the obligation of every Palestinian Christian Arab, as it is the obligation of every Palestinian Muslim Arab."

And this from Sharkblog:

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a public opinion poll regarding American attitudes toward Jews. Among other things, the poll reveals that 24% of 18-24 year olds believe that "Jewish control of the media distorts the news", that 34% of Americans agree that "Jews have too much influence on Wall Street," and 37 percent believe that the Jews were responsible for killing Jesus Christ. (If I understand the New Testament correctly, it was the Romans who crucified Jesus, but I've never heard of anti-Italian pogroms) In any event, if anybody is jealous about Jewish financial and media power and wants a piece of the action: Come and join our team.

Sheesh.