Uninteresting update - don't read.

I've been reading a book by Norman Finkelstein called Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. It is an amazing book. Basically, Finkelstein is saying that the Nazi holocaust, since the 1967 Israel-Arab war, has been and is being used to deflect criticism of Israel and to garner support for certain political interests. I recommend it to everyone.

And now for a rant: 20 things I hate, by Andrew Johnston.

1. The fact that history, as usually taught, is limited to World War II, and every villain since has been called Hitler. (This is related to the book I just mentioned.)

2. People who say that you shouldn't criticize the government but should be thankful for what you have.

3. People who get worked up about gay marriage.

4. Christians who say that Israel is right and Palestine is wrong because they read it in the Bible or heard it at church.

5. Muslim extremists, as seen recently burning Scandinavian embassies over the publication of 12 fairly innocuous cartoons which were published in a few small, unremarkable, facist, reactionary newspapers.

6. Religious fanatics.

7. Christians who fall down at church for any reason that is not medical.

8. Zionist fanatics.

9. Pat Robertson of the Christian Coalition, recently in the news for calling upon the USA to assassinate populist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

10. George Galloway.

11. Born again Marxists, Socialists, and Communists.

12. Neo-Liberals.

13. 'The Man'

14. Working for 'The Man'.

15. Hippies who live off of trust funds.

16. Giggling-stoner hippies.

17. Drum-circle hippies.

18. College know-it-all hippies.

19. Anyone whose ever blamed anything on Marilyn Manson.

20. The Chinese Communist party, Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair, Richard Branson, Stephen Harper, the CIA and Al-Qaeda.