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Delias.com 'Peace Scarf' Becomes 'Euro Scarf'

Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:31:29 am PDT

Delias.com’s online clothing store for teenage girls has responded to complaints about the Palestinian terrorist symbol, the kaffiyeh, appearing in their catalog as a “Peace Scarf.” Several LGF readers forwarded their form mail:

Dear dELiA*s Customer,

Thank you for your e-mail and concern regarding the scarf featured. We apologize that this item has offended anyone; this was not our intention. Please be assured that our company did not intend to imply any support for terrorism.

The name given to this item was originally suggested by our vendor and will be changed online immediately and in future catalogs. We continue to carefully reviewing each concern we receive.

Thank you,
dELiA*s Customer Service

They’re still going to sell it; they’re just changing the name.

To: Euro Scarf.

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1 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet  7/19/07 11:33:06 am reply quote

LGF looks weird to me today

2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/19/07 11:33:18 am reply quote

OH FOR F**** SAKE!

3 Ben Hur  7/19/07 11:33:27 am reply quote

THAT, at least, is appropriate.

4 buzzsawmonkey  7/19/07 11:34:16 am reply quote

Will the company also change its name from Delia to Dhimmiwear?

5 Ben Hur  7/19/07 11:34:16 am reply quote

O! My prophetic soul!

Hamlet.

6 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet  7/19/07 11:34:32 am reply quote

Ah, there is an ad missing from the top, but at least this thread's tab isn't labelled " # comments ".

7 spikester  7/19/07 11:35:07 am reply quote

If some store thought they could make $$$$ selling Faux Bomber Vest
There would be someone willing to "be cool"

8 Fjordman  7/19/07 11:35:17 am reply quote

#3: Nah. Eurabia scarf would be more fitting.

9 theheat  7/19/07 11:35:25 am reply quote

David Beckham wears them, too.

10 Old_Maid  7/19/07 11:37:25 am reply quote

re: #9 theheat

David Beckham wears them, too.

Who?

11 Joel  7/19/07 11:37:35 am reply quote

The perfect gift for Ramadan-a-ding-dong, Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa.

This afternoon while walkingin GreenwichVillage I saw a young kid walking ahead of me in a short sleeve casual shirt with Che Guevara's image on it. I wanted to go up to him and ask him if he realized that Guevara was a brutal killer but I know what the answer would have been.

12 doppelganglander  7/19/07 11:38:34 am reply quote

Delia's is mostly just overpriced crap that makes teenaged girls look like whores. My daughters didn't shop there before and I'll be making sure they don't now.

13 doppelganglander  7/19/07 11:39:26 am reply quote

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14 Joel  7/19/07 11:39:30 am reply quote

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15 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:39:32 am reply quote

Shouldn't it be re-named the Eurabia scarf?

16 buzzsawmonkey  7/19/07 11:40:14 am reply quote

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17 Joel  7/19/07 11:40:20 am reply quote

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18 Buck  7/19/07 11:40:30 am reply quote

French version come with matching lighter....

19 Paul  7/19/07 11:40:37 am reply quote

It looks like a noose, appropriate for a trendy Eurarab.

20 godfrey  7/19/07 11:40:44 am reply quote

This scarf will be all the rage in Sweden.

21 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:41:06 am reply quote

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22 Fjordman  7/19/07 11:41:08 am reply quote
David Beckham wears them, too.

David Beckham wears anything his wife decides for him to wear. He's a talking doll.

23 Yank in the EU  7/19/07 11:41:11 am reply quote

Well, "Euro scarf" is strangely fitting, even though the kaffiyah remains a globally recognized symbol of the al-Aqua Intifada and Islamic terrorism against the "imperialist occupation."

24 DIAMONDMASC  7/19/07 11:41:52 am reply quote

Next up "The peace Scimitar" for those just have to attend liberal soirees

25 Joel  7/19/07 11:41:58 am reply quote

re: #16 buzzsawmonkey

re: #11 Joel

Maybe it's time to tell all the angry young guys that wanting to "stick it to the Man" makes them gay.

I love the FedEx commercial where that middle aged guy who is a CEO talks about wanting to "stick it to the man" and then his underling says "but you're the man," and he says yes, I know" and then his underling says "so you want to stick it to yourself?"

26 eff plus  7/19/07 11:42:08 am reply quote

speaks volumes

27 mickthemick  7/19/07 11:42:56 am reply quote

re: #3 Ben Hur

THAT, at least, is appropriate.


Right? My thoughts exactly!

28 MJ  7/19/07 11:43:41 am reply quote

Who is their "vendor"? Muhammad the Shahid?

29 David E  7/19/07 11:43:41 am reply quote

I think the weirdness is only on threads with media.

30 Ward Cleaver  7/19/07 11:43:47 am reply quote

re: #8 Fjordman

#3: Nah. Eurabia scarf would be more fitting.

That's what I thought, too.

31 gmsc  7/19/07 11:44:00 am reply quote

OK, if that's the way they want to play it, then it's time to change the tactics.

We need to Google bomb this page and this site. Create enough links to this page, so that when people search for terms like terrorist, bomber and explosion, this link comes up.

32 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:44:04 am reply quote

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33 godfrey  7/19/07 11:44:08 am reply quote

Poor Delia.

The company should be re-named "Goneril" or "Regan."

34 Thor-Zone  7/19/07 11:44:16 am reply quote

There will always be assclowns that will buy this crap.

35 Iron Fist  7/19/07 11:44:22 am reply quote

Sniper target scarf :-)

36 tomg51spence  7/19/07 11:44:29 am reply quote

Wonder if they donate the proceeds to anyone.

37 doppelganglander  7/19/07 11:45:01 am reply quote

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38 C-Low  7/19/07 11:45:18 am reply quote

I guess the next item featured will be the power band or maybe pride band that will oddly look failure to a red arm band white circle and twisted cross clockwise? Of course I imagine when it is brought to their attention that such bands were worn by the Nazi's they will immediately apologize and change the name to ehhhh dillian band.

It truly amazes me the self induced dream of suicide these useful idiots have. Do they really not realize that a world run by the Radical Islamist would be a world were they would be the first people drug into the street for stoning?

39 Yank in the EU  7/19/07 11:45:50 am reply quote

The kaffiyeh is even more revolting to see on young people than the Hugo Chavez T-shirts. It makes one ill, whereas the Evil Mr. Potatohead shirts are farcical examples of leftist support for socialist authoritarianism.

40 lawhawk  7/19/07 11:45:54 am reply quote

Get your schmatas here. Get your schmatas!
They're absolutely clueless as to what the kefiyah is for and what it has come to represent.

The name change, however, is oddly prophetic.

41 Joel  7/19/07 11:46:10 am reply quote

re: #37 doppelganglander

re: #17 Joel

Probably. And they can't define capitalist or fascist, either.

"Capitalist" and "fascist" is their parents who only fork over the ungodly tuition that pays for their Marxist indoctrination.

42 buzzsawmonkey  7/19/07 11:46:15 am reply quote

re: #37 doppelganglander

re: #17 Joel

Probably. And they can't define capitalist or fascist, either.

It's interesting to note how many self-professed anti-capitalists tend to write all in lower-case.

43 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet  7/19/07 11:46:15 am reply quote

re: #9 theheat

David Beckham wears them, too.

How long ago was that UK movie with Parminder Nagra made. "Bend it Like Beckham". I'd guess close to ten years ago now. So he was at the peak of his skill and popularity then.


So, by definition, he is over the hill. So the Euro wanna-bes, ie, soccer, er 'football' fans, who follow US teams with senseless Euro style names like "FC Chelsea" and "Real Salt Lake" (Real being Spanish for "royal", as if the head of the US constitutional monarchy sat on his thrown there), have a washed up Euro soccer player, to draw them to the stands.


I'm sorry. I tried to watch soccer back when the US hosted the world cup. OK, maybe because I'm a crass uncultured American who likes American football and NASCAR. (I'd like F-1, the Euro high dollar open wheel racing, better, if they went back to slick tires for grip, so top tier cars could pass each other while racing, such that the entire race ins't the dash to the first turn, unless the leader goes off course, has a horrible pit stop, or suffers mechanical failure. Oh, and if Bernie Ecclestone would retire or die). But soccer is boring. Tedious. No wonder Latin American and UK 'football' fans get drunk and riot.


Besides, hockey combines all the good elements of soccer, but compresses the action, and adds speed. And has French Canadians who fight sometimes.


Just my expert opinion.

44 Charles  7/19/07 11:46:24 am reply quote

The ads are misbehaving -- connection failures. I turned them off temporarily while it's sorted out.

45 Silhouette  7/19/07 11:46:28 am reply quote

It is neither about peace, nor does it come from European culture.

So from one lie to another.

At least this one doesn't claim a virtue that is not deserved, just an origin that is not accurate.

It's better, but not all better.

46 bulwrk  7/19/07 11:46:58 am reply quote

Can you get it in blood red?

47 WeaselZipper  7/19/07 11:47:02 am reply quote

Before I post something I want to be extra careful.

Chalres still hasn't said what LGF stands for?

48 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:47:10 am reply quote

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49 madisonsfriend  7/19/07 11:47:12 am reply quote

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50 Pass The Moonbaticide  7/19/07 11:47:15 am reply quote

$16.50 for that rag ?

'One born every minute' clearly isn't yet out of date

51 Spider Mensch  7/19/07 11:47:20 am reply quote

It looks like something my dog likes to play tug-o-war with.....
hey, at $ 16.50 a clip.....

"c'mer Boy...bring daddy yer tuggy. we gonna sell yer tuggy to some 16 year old fatima on ebay. you can use the old dish towel for a tuggy."

52 doppelganglander  7/19/07 11:47:21 am reply quote

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53 Silhouette  7/19/07 11:47:35 am reply quote

Terrorist chic, when supporting the destruction of your civilization is a fashion statement.

54 Ojoe  7/19/07 11:47:49 am reply quote

Another insulting name as well.

55 David E  7/19/07 11:47:55 am reply quote

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56 turn  7/19/07 11:48:37 am reply quote

OT

DKos News Flash: Steam pipes breaking because republicans cut taxes ...

[Link: www.salon.com...]

57 madisonsfriend  7/19/07 11:48:38 am reply quote

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58 Spionator  7/19/07 11:48:57 am reply quote

Next name Solana Scarf?

59 Joel  7/19/07 11:48:58 am reply quote

re: #40 lawhawk

Get your schmatas here. Get your schmatas!
They're absolutely clueless as to what the kefiyah is for and what it has come to represent.

The name change, however, is oddly prophetic.

I first was introduced to the "Keffiyeh" back in the late 1960's when the media was fawning over Fatah and the PFLP with photo displays in Life Magazine, Newsweek, and Time of these guys with their heads covered in these dopey looking diapers. later PLO terrorist Leila Khaled when she was turned over by the Israelis to the British after a failed El Al hijacking in September 1970 (Black September) made it trendy for all the "beautiful" people in London with photos of her carrying an AK-47 with a keffiyeh around her neck.

60 vxbush  7/19/07 11:48:58 am reply quote

re: #35 Iron Fist

Sniper target scarf :-)

Heh.™

61 miamitech  7/19/07 11:49:18 am reply quote

is it possible that some people dont associate the scarf with terrorism? I dont believe that scarf is "palistinian" its an arab garb that the palis hijacked.

62 bulwrk  7/19/07 11:49:40 am reply quote

I'm thinking about marketing my own peace scarf.

63 Silhouette  7/19/07 11:49:43 am reply quote

re: #56 turn

OT

DKos News Flash: Steam pipes breaking because republicans cut taxes ...

[Link:

64 Ojoe  7/19/07 11:50:01 am reply quote

What did Charles Martell wear?

Chain mail I suppose, I'd like to see the fashion conscious wear chain mail.

"Euroscarf" chain mail.

65 WeaselZipper  7/19/07 11:50:34 am reply quote

re: #47 WeaselZipper

Before I post something I want to be extra careful.

Charles still hasn't said what LGF stands for?

Anyone?

66 Joel  7/19/07 11:50:37 am reply quote

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67 zmdavid  7/19/07 11:50:38 am reply quote

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68 cry of defiance and not of fear  7/19/07 11:50:49 am reply quote

Let's look on the bright side: maybe someone in the company has figured that with this kind of publicity, they'll only be able to sell them for one Euro?

69 cbinflux  7/19/07 11:50:51 am reply quote

OT
Ex-judge pursues terrorists on Web
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

70 Slumbering Behemoth  7/19/07 11:51:02 am reply quote

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71 madisonsfriend  7/19/07 11:51:09 am reply quote

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72 hous bin pharteen  7/19/07 11:51:19 am reply quote

Bomb Delias HQ.
Let em get a feel for what they are supporting.

73 Yank in the EU  7/19/07 11:51:26 am reply quote

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74 GregInSeattle  7/19/07 11:51:43 am reply quote

OT

Chertoff Growing a Pair?

In light of the Middle Eastern smuggling ring exposure, lets hope so!

75 lawhawk  7/19/07 11:51:43 am reply quote

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76 mickthemick  7/19/07 11:51:50 am reply quote

#61 miamitech

I dont believe that scarf is "palistinian" its an arab garb that the palis hijacked.

Well, you're right in that the khaffiyeh's origins are on the Arabian peninsula - but so are the so-called Palestinians'.

77 moebius  7/19/07 11:52:02 am reply quote

They should also start selling swastika arm bands.

78 Silhouette  7/19/07 11:52:15 am reply quote

re: #61 miamitech

is it possible that some people dont associate the scarf with terrorism? I dont believe that scarf is "palistinian" its an arab garb that the palis hijacked.

Those Euros and American college students wearing it are doing so in solidarity with the Palestinian "cause."

No, they don't think blowing up pizza parlors and buses is terrorism. They think checkpoints are terrorism.

79 Ward Cleaver  7/19/07 11:52:34 am reply quote

re: #11 Joel

The perfect gift for Ramadan-a-ding-dong, Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa.

This afternoon while walkingin GreenwichVillage I saw a young kid walking ahead of me in a short sleeve casual shirt with Che Guevara's image on it. I wanted to go up to him and ask him if he realized that Guevara was a brutal killer but I know what the answer would have been.

His reply would have been, "So is Bushitler, you neo-con!"

80 cbinflux  7/19/07 11:52:36 am reply quote

OT
Local news from the "racist South"
Some Katrina volunteers find their help is no longer welcome
[Link: www.wmctv.com...]

81 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:52:43 am reply quote

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82 pegcity  7/19/07 11:52:47 am reply quote

its like saying, we wont go by the name neo nazis anymore, well go by antizionists

83 vxbush  7/19/07 11:52:49 am reply quote

re: #65 WeaselZipper

re: #47 WeaselZipper

Before I post something I want to be extra careful.

Charles still hasn't said what LGF stands for?

Anyone?

Sssh. Super secret.

84 Joel  7/19/07 11:53:27 am reply quote

re: #39 Yank in the EU

The kaffiyeh is even more revolting to see on young people than the Hugo Chavez T-shirts. It makes one ill, whereas the Evil Mr. Potatohead shirts are farcical examples of leftist support for socialist authoritarianism.

If it were not the fact that he was so harsh on the eyes, they would have Arafish on T Shirts.

85 Ward Cleaver  7/19/07 11:53:45 am reply quote

"Hellfire-attracting scarf"

86 turn  7/19/07 11:54:25 am reply quote

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87 miamitech  7/19/07 11:54:35 am reply quote

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88 Fjordman  7/19/07 11:54:38 am reply quote

#58: What about the Tony Blair scarf? He's always loved the Palestinians.

Tony Blair's domestic legacy: corruption and the erosion of liberty - by Theodore Dalrymple

He knew exactly what to say of Princess Diana when she died in a car accident, for example: that she was "the people's princess." He sensed acutely that the times were not so much democratic as demotic: that economic egalitarianism having suffered a decisive defeat both in theory and practice, the only mass appeal left to a politician calling himself radical was to cultural egalitarianism.

Blair was the perfect politician for an age of short attention spans. What he said on one day had no necessary connection with what he said on the following day: and if someone pointed out the contradiction, he would use his favorite phrase, "It's time to move on," as if detecting contradictions in what he said were some kind of curious psychological symptom in the person detecting them. Many have surmised that there was an essential flaw in Mr. Blair's makeup that turned him gradually from the most popular to the most unpopular prime minister of recent history. The problem is to name that essential flaw. As a psychiatrist, I found this problem peculiarly irritating (bearing in mind that it is always highly speculative to make a diagnosis at a distance). But finally, a possible solution arrived in a flash of illumination. Mr. Blair suffered from a condition previously unknown to me: delusions of honesty.

Tony Blair's most alarming characteristic, however, has been his enmity to freedom in his own country, whatever his feelings about it in other countries. No British prime minister in 200 years has done more to curtail civil liberties than has Mr. Blair. Starting with an assumption of his infinite beneficence, he assumed infinite responsibility, with the result that Britain has become a country with a degree of official surveillance that would make a Latin American military dictator envious.

The government has admitted that criminal gangs have already forged the U.K.'s new high-tech passports. The only people, then, whom the process will trouble are the people who need no surveillance. No sensible person denies the danger of Islamic extremism in Britain; but just as the fact that the typical Briton finds himself recorded by security cameras 300 times a day does not secure him in the slightest from crime or antisocial behavior, which remain prevalent in Britain, so no one feels any safer from the terrorist threat despite the ever-increasing government surveillance.

Mr. Blair similarly showed no respect for precedent and gradual reform by Parliament itself, which--in the absence of an American-style written constitution--have been the nation's guiding principles. By decree, he made the civil service answerable to unelected political allies, for the first time in history; he devoted far less attention to Parliament than did any previous prime minister; the vast majority of legislation under his premiership (amounting to a blizzard so great that lawyers cannot keep up with it) passed without effective parliamentary oversight, in effect by decree; one new criminal offense was created every day except Sundays for 10 years, 60% of them by such decree, ranging from the selling of gray squirrels and Japanese bindweed to failure to nominate someone to turn off your house alarm if it triggers while you are out; he abolished the independence of the House of Lords, the only, and very limited, restraint on the elected government's power.

Mr. Blair, then, is no hero. Many in Britain believe that he has been the worst prime minister in recent British history, morally and possibly financially corrupt, shallow and egotistical, a man who combined the qualities of Elmer Gantry with those of Juan Domingo Peron. America should think twice about taking him to its heart now that he has stepped down.

89 godfrey  7/19/07 11:54:38 am reply quote
what LGF stands for?

I don't think any of us have clearance from Rove to reveal that.

90 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 11:54:38 am reply quote

Sorry if anyone brought this up before...

Did anyone see transformers...

in the beginning of the film the SF Capt had a "peace scarf" in 2 tone brown and black...Was it because the character was SF and had to runaround (which did not make any sense since the BDUs were still on, including the item in question) or was it a fashion statement that the costume designer decided to add? It was the same color as the one Kirstin Dunst was wearing...


/ SPIT...

91 GregInSeattle  7/19/07 11:54:40 am reply quote

From link in #74

Construction on the wall already has begun in Arizona, Chertoff said. Washington aims to have "operational control" of the border by 2013

Gosh, that's only 12 years after 9/11!

92 WeaselZipper  7/19/07 11:54:52 am reply quote

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93 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:55:19 am reply quote

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94 bosforus  7/19/07 11:55:59 am reply quote

but with the way terrorism's spreading in Europe, Euro-scarf will be the equivalent or Terror-scarf

95 cbinflux  7/19/07 11:56:06 am reply quote

1-800-335-4269

96 Yank in the EU  7/19/07 11:56:19 am reply quote

#84 Joel

Arafat is sort of a hero accepted by the establishment, which makes him not that trendy for students. How can you 'stick it to the man' when everyone agrees with you?

97 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:56:28 am reply quote

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98 friarstale  7/19/07 11:56:29 am reply quote

OT
new Michael Moore Sicko slideshow
[Link: www.cruxy.com...]

99 jjmckay1216  7/19/07 11:57:03 am reply quote

Judge throws Plames suit out of court, on FNC

100 hous bin pharteen  7/19/07 11:57:11 am reply quote

#71 madisonsfriend

So if people don't know what it is, you mainstream it, make it popular, so the evil it represents is turned into a pop culture thing.
Hmmm. I think this kind of stuff has a name.
Oh yeah. Propaganda.

101 godfrey  7/19/07 11:57:40 am reply quote

fjordman

Mr. Dalrymple can certainly wield a blade. Still, it's possible to imagine a worse PM than Tony Blair. Ken Livingstone, for example. George Galloway. But yes, the cuts remain cuts.

102 Occasional Reader  7/19/07 11:58:10 am reply quote
what LGF stands for?

Truth, justice, and the American way.

103 NY Nana  7/19/07 11:58:20 am reply quote

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104 Paul  7/19/07 11:58:49 am reply quote

OT: Yesterday, in a restaurant parking lot, I saw a bumper sticker that said "PEACE". The P, E, C, & E imitated a flowing Arab script while the "A" was a Star of David. Very stupid, ill conceived and annoying.

105 cbinflux  7/19/07 11:58:54 am reply quote

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106 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 11:59:06 am reply quote
107 Spionator  7/19/07 11:59:23 am reply quote

The original EUROSCARF is a project of microbiologists collecting yeast strains used for beer-making.

EUROpean Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ARchive for Functional analysis

108 Occasional Reader  7/19/07 11:59:41 am reply quote
one new criminal offense was created every day except Sundays for 10 years, 60% of them by such decree, ranging from the selling of gray squirrels

When squirrels are outlawed, only outlaws will have squirrels.

109 bosforus  7/19/07 12:00:03 pm reply quote

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110 froghat2k  7/19/07 12:00:04 pm reply quote

Delias is a great store for meeting skanky women! lol

111 Andy Dufresne  7/19/07 12:00:06 pm reply quote

Actually Charles, this change makes complete sense considering that outside of the Middle East, the Europeans have been the biggest terrorist/militant Muslim sympathizers in the world.

112 MandyManners  7/19/07 12:00:14 pm reply quote

re: #47 WeaselZipper

Before I post something I want to be extra careful.

Chalres still hasn't said what LGF stands for?

It has something to do with Comment No. 17 but, don't mention it.

113 loppyd  7/19/07 12:00:22 pm reply quote

re: #9 theheat

David Beckham wears them, too.


The burning questions is does Posh?

114 madisonsfriend  7/19/07 12:00:45 pm reply quote


Those Euros and American college students wearing it are doing so in solidarity with the Palestinian "cause."

No, they don't think blowing up pizza parlors and buses is terrorism. They think checkpoints are terrorism.

Very true-ISM- Corrie's group- had an article about how horrible and painful it was that some Palistinians had to wait 30 minutes to get through an Israeli checkpoint and the soldiers wrote notes about some of them. Call out the UN HRC, call out Amnesty.
Gosh, why don't they write about how long I have to wait in a US airport because of Islamic terroists?

115 buzzsawmonkey  7/19/07 12:01:10 pm reply quote

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116 Occasional Reader  7/19/07 12:01:10 pm reply quote

#106 Capt. Faust--

I seem to recall seeing photos of Special Operators in Iraq with similar scarves. Helps keep the sand out of the nostrils, I guess.

118 David E  7/19/07 12:01:27 pm reply quote

OT Illicit Dinosaur sex

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

119 doppelganglander  7/19/07 12:01:34 pm reply quote

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120 MandyManners  7/19/07 12:01:59 pm reply quote

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121 NY Nana  7/19/07 12:02:02 pm reply quote<