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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Saudi Money for Harvard and Jimmy Carter

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:09:33 pm PDT

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose $10 million contribution was turned down by Rudy Giuliani in the days after the 9/11 attacks, is showering American colleges and political institutions (like the Jimmy Carter Center for Peace and the James Baker Institute) with multi-million dollar donations: Harvard Islamic Studies Program Opened.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., 10 May 2008 — Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Foundation, had endowed $20 million in 2005 to establish an Islamic Studies program at Harvard University. He was at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday to inaugurate the program.

The program was named “Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program.” Roy P. Mottahedeh, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, had been appointed director of the program. ...

The foundation has funded many cultural, educational and philanthropic projects globally including a £16 million endowment to create two new research centers for Islamic studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. In 2005, $20 million was presented to Georgetown University to create the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, a $20 million donated to the Louvre in support of its collection of Islamic art.

Prince Alwaleed also made a $5 million donation to establish the Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at the American University in Beirut (AUB) and donated $10 million to finance both the construction of the Humanities and Social Sciences building in the new campus of the American University in Cairo (AUC), and the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK, received a 1 million euro endowment from the prince.

He also gave a $5 million gift to support Harvard Medical School’s research center in Dubai. He has also made donations to President George H.W. Bush Sr. Scholarship fund established by Phillips Academy, the Carter Center for Peace and the James Baker III Institute, Rice University.

Tags: LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Propaganda, Corruption

Another 3600 Words from Fjordman

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:46:27 pm PDT

If you’d like to read another incredibly verbose attack by Fjordman that never deals with the basic issues we have with each other, here you go: To the Readers of Little Green Footballs.

(He’s “going over my head,” making a direct appeal to the lizard army, in a futile attempt to overcome my fearsome brainwashing abilities.)

My answer can be summed up in those three legendary words, “Where’s the beef?”

Despite the usual attacks on the people and organizations who’ve brought facts to light about European fascist groups and their relatively slick modern incarnations (without ever disputing the truth of those facts), all of the points Fjordman makes in this essay are peripheral to the very simple, very direct question that I’ve articulated over and over: is it morally right—or wise—to make alliances with European groups who have fascist backgrounds and (in the case of the Vlaams Belang) continuing fascist connections?

To me the answer is obvious: no.

Fjordman has taken a different path.

Follow the link in the left sidebar at Brussels Journal, right next to Fjordman’s article, titled ‘British Nationalist Forum’, to see what kind of people he’s hanging out with these days. Here’s a good place to start: rivers of blood - British Nationalist Forums.

Tags: LGF, Fjordman, Brussels Journal, Eurofascism, Vlaams Belang, British National Party, BNP, Fascism, Racism

We Got to Boogie

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:09:34 pm PDT

A little Sunday night boogie by Aussie guitar punisher Tommy Emmanuel.

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Tags: LGF, Music, Video, Tommy Emmanuel, Acoustic Guitar

Finkelstein in His Element at UC Irvine

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 2:02:03 pm PDT

Jonathan Constantine has video of Norman Finkelstein at UC Irvine’s latest antisemitic hatefest (sponsored by Muslim student groups who cheer his every pronouncement in the clip): Finkelstein Angered By Hardball Question, Calls for Military Destruction of Israel - CAMPUS WATCH, Part of the Red County Network.

Tags: LGF, UC Irvine, CAIR, MSU, Holocaust, Finkelstein, Corrie, Malik Ali, ANSWER

Sunday Afternoon Open

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:25:55 pm PDT

I’m fixing a few minor bugs in the LGF Blog Engine code, and here’s an open thread in which to test a few things...

Tags: LGF, Open Thread

Arab League 'Condemns' Hizballah

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:34:04 am PDT

The Arab League has condemned Hizballah for using weapons.

Because they weren’t using those weapons to kill Jews.

The Arab League condemned Hizbullah for using its weapons within Lebanese territory. The League’s foreign ministers who gathered in Cairo, called for an immediate ceasefire.

Tags: LGF, Arab League, Antisemitism, Lebanon, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hezbollah, Propaganda

Happy Mom's Day

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:54:11 am PDT

Be good to your mother. You only get one.

— Stinky Beaumont

Tags: LGF, Mother's Day

Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:44:44 am PDT

They’re terrorists, and they were carrying explosives meant to kill Israelis, but of course the Associated Press calls them “militants” and tells us they were on a “holy mission:” Hamas militant killed in Gaza explosion.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A member of the militant group Hamas has been killed in an explosion along Gaza’s fence with Israel, the group said Sunday.

The Islamic group’s military wing says the member was killed and another injured during a “holy mission.” Such language is used when explosives meant for an attack on Israel explode prematurely.

No virgins for you, Ahmed.

Tags: LGF, Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Work Accident, Bombing, Terrorism, Media Bias

Time Magazine Hearts Al-Sadr

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:32:51 am PDT

The Mahdi Army of Muqtada Al-Sadr has surrendered and laid down their arms.

TIME Magazine calls this a victory for Al-Sadr: Al-Sadr Wins Another Round.

Tags: LGF, Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Mahdi Army, TIME Magazine, Media Bias

Another Antisemite at the Washington Post

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 8:57:05 am PDT

America’s most disgusting terrorist-hugging former president is published by America’s most disgusting Islamist mouthpiece, “On Faith,” with a truly vile little piece: On Faith: Guest Voices: Presidents Should Not Be Liars.

I do not think the President of the United States should be a liar, and believe that the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens agree with me. For security reasons, the whole truth cannot always be revealed, but it is quite obvious that lies are seldom made to protect our nation. Almost invariably, the political fortunes of the prevaricator are at stake.

I know we’re not supposed to call former presidents “ex-presidents,” but if anyone deserves it, it’s Carter. The man was a disgrace as a president, and now he’s a disgrace as a human being.

UPDATE at 5/11/08 9:19:34 am:

Alan Dershowitz: Jimmy Carter is a Liar: Former President Caught in Yet Another Lie.

When former President Jimmy Carter spoke at Brandeis University in January, he complained that “this is the first time I’ve ever been called a liar...”. Well, he’d better get used to it, because I can now prove that he is a liar.

Last week in a speech at George Washington University, he categorically denied that he had received any invitation to debate me about his book. He said that he had—these are his quoted words—“never received any invitation to debate, contrary to what a Harvard professor has said.” Well one of us is lying and it’s not me. My best witness is none other than Jimmy Carter himself. Here is what he said, just a few weeks earlier at Brandeis:

“But let the debate take place, and I’ve never responded to any of the people that have made their attacks on me. I understand there is a Harvard professor that has done so. I turned down a meeting with him; I felt, I didn’t think that Brandeis needed a Harvard professor to come here and tell you how to ask questions. But to summarize my answer I think it is going to be much easier in the future not only in this campus but around the nation to debate these issues.”

It sure sounds like he was boasting about turning down a debate with me. Was he lying at Brandeis, or at George Washington? The answer is clear: at George Washington.

Tags: LGF, Jimmy Carter, Hamas, Antisemitism, Washington Post, on faith

Sunday Early Morning Open

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:09:19 am PDT

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

— George Washington

Tags: LGF, Open Thread

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Once Upon the Internet

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:29:20 pm PDT

Did you know that lizards have evolved to write poetry? From LGF reader Winslow:

Who Knows?

’Twas once upon the internet I chanced upon an argument;
A blog appeared to splinter into internecine wars.
’Twas all precipitated by a movie dedicated to
Portraying Darwinism as a truth-suppressing force.

A thousand comments did I read, another thousand did I feed
Into my aching brain, yet little progress did I find.
No sooner was a claim defeated, than it was again repeated;
Surely there’s a better way to influence a mind.

Oh Lord, I grew so weary of the cry: “It’s just a theory!” for
This charge is not dismissive in the scientific world.
And though this point was oft explained, it did not hinder those who claimed
That “Theory!” is rhetorical invective to be hurled.

My neurons whirled, my senses swirled; how did man come into this world?
I longed to take a nap, but someone said: “I’ve found a gap!”
And though the gap was quickly filled, there promptly came a voice more thrilled:
“Behold!” it cried, “I now have spied a flanking pair of gaps!”

And then, with logic so perverse it hurts to render it in verse,
The charge was made that atheism is religious faith.
And even Orwell would be awed by language so profoundly flawed,
For logically, religious faith is therefore non-belief.

To try to cast theology as natural philosophy
Is clearly what Intelligent Designers have in mind.
Their documented strategy to wedge their way to victory
Speaks volumes on the nature of Intelligent Design.

Though Darwin’s Evolution is an elegant solution to
The origin of species, still I hear some people say:
“There must be something greater, so there must be a Creator,” but
Creators need creators too; it’s turtles all the way.

And so it went, and so it goes, but how it all began, who knows?
I’ll check the blog tomorrow, just in case it’s been resolved.
And if, by then, we all agree on how the humans came to be,
We’ll try to answer how and why we lizardoids evolved.

Tags: LGF, Ben Stein, Evolution, Expelled, Creationism, Intelligent Design, poetry

And Now, the Islamophobia Observatory

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:08:43 pm PDT

Who says Islamic nations aren’t coming up with ground-breaking, innovative research? The 57 nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference are opening a new observatory!

No, not that kind of observatory, silly.

This kind.

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has stated that a project called the Islamophobia Observatory has been launched in order to eliminate the worldwide waves of fear of Islam. [Good luck with that. – ed.]

Ihsanoglu cited the commonsensical intellectual reaction of the Danish public following cartoons published in the country that were critical of Islam as one of the important successes of the project. “We presented a report on Islamophobia at the first summit we held with the CEOs and civil society organizations we are in touch with. It has sparked very positive reactions and spread across Europe in a short time. Publications have praised the initiative. We have seen both support of and opposition to the initiative, but [all in all] it has created very positive reactions,” he said.

Ihsanoglu visited the Zaman Media Group on Thursday and briefed editors and columnists on OIC projects. Stating that the foremost target was to eradicate prejudice and fear of Islam, Ihsanoglu noted that there were groups in favor of the projects and also those disturbed by them. An OIC report on Islamophobia has seriously disconcerted Americans and Europeans, he said, adding: “The report has started to pay off. Let me give you an example: The cartoons published in Denmark and a short film, named ‘Fitna’ and released last month, if you look at the attitudes of the Danish prime minister, the media and civil society organizations, they are all very different from one another. So far, in these three-and-a-half years we have managed to get the UN General Assembly and Geneva make very important decisions. In the meantime the European group was left alone. We have gathered significant support from our own group in Asia, Africa and Latin America. A special rapporteur has been assigned [to track] the denigration and hatred campaigns against religions, and this person will write up reports on the issue.”

(Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)

Tags: LGF, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Organization of the Islamic Conference, OIC, Islam, Islamophobia, Propaganda

Jordanian Kills Pregnant Sister to 'Cleanse Family Honor'

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:00:45 pm PDT

Sickening. And this depraved murderer will probably get (at most) a slap on the wrist: Khaleej Times Online - Jordan police question family for ‘honour killing’.

AMMAN - The Jordanian authorities are questioning a 22-year- old man, who allegedly killed his pregnant married sister for reasons related to family honour, the Jordan Times reported Friday, quoting official sources.

The 20-year-old victim, who was not identified by officials, received three fatal bullets to the side of her head, reportedly by her brother, at her in-law’s house in western Amman Wednesday night.

The suspect immediately headed to the nearest police station and turned himself in, handing over the gun he used to shoot his sibling to officers on duty.

“The suspect told police he had just killed his sister to cleanse his family’s honour,” the sources said.

The victim became the fifth person reportedly murdered in a so- called honour crime since the beginning of the year, the paper said. Last year, a total of 18 people were killed for reasons of “honour” in Jordan, according to official sources.

Tags: LGF, Jordan, Honor Killing, Islam, Misogyny

Saturday Afternoon Open

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:05:04 pm PDT

I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I’ll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.

— William Shakespeare

Tags: LGF, Open Thread

Q: What Did Obama Know About Rev. Wright? A: Everything.

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:03:54 pm PDT

Stanley Kurtz has a devastating piece in the Weekly Standard, analyzing a year’s worth of the news magazine published by Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Jeremiah Wright’s ‘Trumpet’.

To the question of the moment—What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?—I answer, Obama knew everything, and he’s known it for ages. Far from succumbing to surprise and shock after Jeremiah Wright’s disastrous performance at the National Press Club, Barack Obama must have long been aware of his pastor’s political radicalism. A careful reading of nearly a year’s worth of Trumpet Newsmagazine, Wright’s glossy national “lifestyle magazine for the socially conscious,” makes it next to impossible to conclude otherwise.

Tags: LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Rev. Wright, Wright, Racism, Hate Speech

Obama Changes His 'Unconditional' Position - Update: Video Added

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:02:40 pm PDT

In yet another New York Times advocacy piece for Barack Obama, we discover that the Obama campaign is trying to rewrite history again.

Susan E. Rice, a former State Department and National Security Council official who is a foreign policy adviser to the Democratic candidate, said that “for political purposes, Senator Obama’s opponents on the right have distorted and reframed” his views. Mr. McCain and his surrogates have repeatedly stated that Mr. Obama would be willing to meet “unconditionally” with Mr. Ahmadinejad. But Dr. Rice said that this was not the case for Iran or any other so-called “rogue” state. Mr. Obama believes “that engagement at the presidential level, at the appropriate time and with the appropriate preparation, can be used to leverage the change we need,” Dr. Rice said. “But nobody said he would initiate contacts at the presidential level; that requires due preparation and advance work.”

The problem is, Barack Obama did say he’d meet with Iran unconditionally, in front of a lot of people, at the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate last July.

He was specifically and directly asked if he would meet with the leader of Iran (and the leaders of several other “so-called rogue states”) without preconditions, in the first year of his presidency, and his answer was, “I would.”

Democratic Debate Transcript, CNN/YouTube - Council on Foreign Relations.

QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has lasted ever since.

In the spirit of that type of bold leadership, would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?

OBAMA: I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous.

There’s some “reframing” going on here, all right.

Also see:
Hot Air - History re-written: Obama never said he would meet personally with Iran without precondition, says advisor

UPDATE at 5/10/08 1:44:39 pm:

Here’s the video:

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UPDATE at 5/10/08 3:34:47 pm:

Obama’s own web site refutes his new spin: Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Foreign Policy.

Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.

Tags: LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Israel, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Saturday Morning Papaya

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:11:31 am PDT

Tags: LGF, Photograph, Papaya, Breakfast

Christian Science Monitor Shills for 'Nakba'

Sat, May 10, 2008 at 9:04:12 am PDT

The amount of anti-Israel propaganda being churned out by mainstream media as Israel celebrates her 60th anniversary is absolutely appalling. There is one story after another on the wires about how much the Palestinians suffered when Israel was born, and not a single one of them provides the necessary context — that the surrounding Arab states launched a war in 1948 with the expressly stated purpose of killing every Jew in Israel and destroying the new state.

Here’s one of several such articles at the Christian Science Monitor, in an article commiserating with an Arab who whines bitterly that his Syrian training didn’t allow him to wipe out the Jews: An Arab veteran of 1948 recalls Palestinian ‘catastrophe’.

There’s something seriously wrong with our mainstream media.

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Saudi Money for Harvard and Jimmy Carter

Another 3600 Words from Fjordman

We Got to Boogie

Finkelstein in His Element at UC Irvine

Sunday Afternoon Open

Arab League 'Condemns' Hizballah

Happy Mom's Day

Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Time Magazine Hearts Al-Sadr

Another Antisemite at the Washington Post

Sunday Early Morning Open

Once Upon the Internet

And Now, the Islamophobia Observatory

Jordanian Kills Pregnant Sister to 'Cleanse Family Honor'

Saturday Afternoon Open

Q: What Did Obama Know About Rev. Wright? A: Everything.

Obama Changes His 'Unconditional' Position - Update: Video Added

Saturday Morning Papaya

Christian Science Monitor Shills for 'Nakba'