LGF Archives: February 2007
And Now For Something Completely Different...
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 8:48:18 pm PST
The Keith Jarrett Trio, with Gary Peacock on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, performing a classic tune brilliantly: [Video]
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Oddly Enough: Egyptian Imprisons Wife for 2 Years in Italy
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 8:10:34 pm PST
An Egyptian immigrant in northern Italy has been arrested for imprisoning his wife for two years—because she was “too lively:” Italy arrests man for locking up ‘lively’ wife. ROME, Feb 28 (Reuters Life!) - Italian police arrested a jealous husband in the north of the country who forced his young wife ...
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Greenwald: Breaking New Ground in Leftist Hypocrisy
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 7:40:10 pm PST
Glenn Greenwald. What’s left to say about the left’s most dishonest blogger and wielder of sockpuppets, except that he’s three of the most hypocritical men on the planet?
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Israel to Supply Armored Vehicles to US Marines in Iraq
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 6:54:11 pm PST
Allies in action, not merely in words: Report: Israel to Supply Armored Vehicles to U.S. Marines in Iraq. (Hat tip: drapp.) The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Israel will supply the U.S. Marines in Iraq with specially equipped armored “Golan” vehicles which are specifically suited for urban warfare and can ...
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Ex-Muslim Spokeswoman: "Islam is Inherently Radical"
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 6:39:37 pm PST
Sugiero has lots of interesting detail on the German organization for ex-Muslims, whose leader recently asked for police protection after receiving death threats from representatives of the Religion of Women’s Rights™: Ex-Muslim Says ‘Islam Inherently Radical’. Arzu Toker, deputy chairwoman, used a news conference to announce her separation from Islam: ‘I ...
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A Glimpse into the Heads of the Angry Left
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 5:59:45 pm PST
Bagging on the airheads who host The View is like shooting fish in a barrel, but today Joy Behar personified the impervious idiocy that characterizes so much of the angry left, as she called the Bush administration “liars and murderers,” then took offense at the suggestion she might be a ...
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Why We Rarely Hear From Moderate Muslims
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 5:00:48 pm PST
For speaking out against Islamic supremacist thugs, a schoolteacher in Pakistan’s tribal area of South Waziristan got his head hacked off. Islamabad - Suspected Islamic militants captured and beheaded a schoolteacher in Pakistan’s Afghan border area for allegedly spying for the United States, said an official on Wednesday. The man’s body was ...
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Traffic Jam Wednesday
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 2:44:13 pm PST
Our dedicated server is staggering under a load of traffic again, but this time it’s not from Digg.com; we’ve been linked on the front page of fark.com, and the deluge is similar... UPDATE at 2/28/07 3:23:37 pm: And by the way, I’ve been getting emails from quite a few people complaining about ...
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Cambridge Students May Be Prosecuted for Publishing Danish Cartoon
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 1:26:48 pm PST
As we noted earlier this month, two students at Cambridge’s Clare College are in big trouble after publishing one of the dreaded Danish cartoons of blasphemy, and today comes word that they’ve been questioned by British police and may be prosecuted: Clare college students questioned. (Hat tip: Micrographia.) The controversy over ...
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Iowahawk's Carbon Pyramid Scheme
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 1:13:33 pm PST
If your carbon footprint looks like a Sasquatch track, you can atone by joining Iowahawk’s new carbon-debt-canceling EcoPals Network: Repent, Sinners! Earn Your Eco-Salvation the Quick and Easy Iowahawk Way Are you concerned that your profligate personal lifestyle is harming the environment? Losing sleep over the long-term ecological damage resulting from those ...
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UM-Rolla Student Update 2
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:42:37 pm PST
The student newspaper at UM-Rolla has much more information on the student charged with making terrorist threats: Distraught graduate student brings chaos to campus. (Hat tip: Baikal.) Campus was thrown into chaos on Tuesday when Sujihkumar (Sujih) Venkatramolla, 22, a second semester international graduate student in geotechnical engineering under Dr. Ronaldo ...
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The Phenomenon of Electronic Jihad
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:07:48 pm PST
The Jerusalem Post has an excellent in-depth look at the global jihad’s use of the internet, for recruitment, propaganda, communications, and training—and to attack the web sites of their enemies: Cyberspace as a combat zone: The phenomenon of Electronic Jihad. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Alongside military jihad, which has been gaining ...
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Diggbats Gaming the System
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:48:36 am PST
One way that the lefties are maliciously burying our posts at Digg.com was spelled out in an email from a reader. They’re exploiting a flaw in Digg’s system; by re-posting the same link, they get the whole thread marked as “duplicate,” and removed from the listings. Here’s one rabid LGF-hater (check ...
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UM-Rolla Student Update
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:32:48 am PST
The student who terrorized the University of Missouri-Rolla has been identified as a graduate student from India: Indian Student Charged in Missouri University ‘Anthrax,’ Bomb Scare. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ROLLA, Missouri — A graduate student from India whose bomb and anthrax threats shutdown the University of Missouri-Rolla was charged Wednesday with ...
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Muslim Cabdrivers Demand Right to Be Intolerant
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 9:37:08 am PST
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Commission held hearings yesterday on the Muslim cabdrivers who are demanding the “right” to refuse service to infidels carrying alcohol, or blind people with guide dogs, or gays. The cabdrivers, in archetypal grievance-speak, claim that if the airport won’t let them discriminate against these types of ...
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Jihad Professor at Kent State
Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 8:24:32 am PST
Mike Adams has an article today on one of the most insane academic moonbats in the US—Kent State Associate Professor Julio Pino, who, according to Adams, openly supports jihad, killing in the name of Islam, and suicide bombing. This guy looks really bad, and he’s teaching history to American college ...
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Tuesday Night Open Thread
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 9:33:13 pm PST
Crazy times. I scroll down the front page of LGF and I see hundreds of ‘diggs’ for every single post—for some of them, close to a thousand—but every single post has been buried and prevented from being seen at Digg. The admins at Digg don’t seem to care that their ...
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New York Times Smears "Obsession"
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 7:30:20 pm PST
Following on the heels of Newsweek’s outrageous smear piece on Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the New York Times takes out a hit on the film “Obsession:” Film’s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses. (Hat tip: davesax.) And they dig up a rabbi to do it: But others see it as biased. Arnold ...
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Newsweek Joins Islamists, Attacks Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 6:13:36 pm PST
An unbelievable smear job at Newsweek on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s excellent new book Infidel: The Controversial Memoir of a Muslim Woman. But Hirsi Ali’s memoir is as much about her political agenda as it is her life, andin between tales of her youth she wedges harsh and uncompromising declarations: “True Islam,” ...
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Three Palestinian Honor Killings in 24 Hours
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 5:27:04 pm PST
People keep talking about giving the Palestinians a state, but in truth, they already have one—a society that sanctions and breeds murderers: Gazans upset by three suspected ‘honor killings’. Three Palestinian women have been murdered in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Palestinian Authority security officials and local residents ...
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Bedouin Gang Rapes Jewish Women As 'Revenge'
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 2:48:18 pm PST
An organized gang of Bedouin Israelis has been prowling northern Israel, raping Jewish women as ‘revenge’ for IDF actions in the Palestinian Authority. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) “We are raping Jews because of what the IDF is doing to the Palestinians in the territories,” one of the six suspects told investigators ...
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Al Qaeda TV Off the Air
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 2:02:11 pm PST
A small victory in the War on militant Islam is reported today at Counterterrorism Blog: the Egyptian government has taken the Al Qaeda propaganda channel Al-Zawraa off their satellite feed. More details about Al-Zawraa in this LGF post: Al Qaeda TV.
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A Tribute to the Moonbats at Huffington
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 1:39:42 pm PST
Jeff Goldstein has a perfect tribute to the Huffington Post thread about the Cheney assassination attempt: 9 other PERFECTLY GOOD REASONS that the assassination attempt on Dick Cheney was justified.
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Jihad and "Jew Watch" on YouTube
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 1:32:37 pm PST
NonParty Politics has a post with screenshot evidence of YouTube’s gross double standard of allowing truly evil jihad videos and radical Islamic propaganda, while instantly cracking down on anti-jihad videos and deleting the accounts of people who post them—even when, as in the case of Nick Gisburne, the video consists ...
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Dow Plunges
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:51:01 pm PST
A sudden market correction, apparently caused by a 9% slide in Chinese stocks: The Dow Industrials Fall 500 Points. Stocks plummeted Tuesday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points as Wall Street joined a global market plunge sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are ...
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Jawa: Reuters Still Hosting Adnan Hajj Photo
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:10:44 pm PST
During the height of the Reuters Fauxtography Scandal, Reuters claimed that they removed all of the work of fraudulent photographer Adnan Hajj from their catalog; but the Jawa Report has discovered that this isn’t true: Fauxtography Now: Reuters Still Hosting Adnan Hajj Photo. But they did remove their original announcement of ...
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Georgia Imam Sentenced for Aiding Hamas
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:49:36 am PST
The imam of a Georgia mosque has been sentenced to seven years in prison for funneling money to Hamas; he might have gotten 15 years, but his sentence was reduced because he’s been informing on his former partners in terror. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Mohamed Shorbagi, 42, could have faced up to ...
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Palestinians Turn Ruined Synagogues Into Terror Bases
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:10:54 am PST
Another example of the folly of retreating in the face of Islamic terrorism, as the ruins of two large synagogues in evacuated Jewish communities in Gaza are now being used by Palestinians as rocket launch sites. When Israel withdrew from the Gaza in August, 2005, it left intact 20 synagogues of ...
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Hamas Tries Extortion
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 10:02:21 am PST
The leader of Hamas is doing what terrorists do—threatening death and destruction, if Western countries don’t start pouring money into his blood-stained pockets again: Mashaal warns of ‘open battle’ with Israel, hatred of US. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Moscow - Hamas politburo leader Khaled Mashaal called Tuesday for ‘fundamental change’ in ...
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Deranged Diggbats Raving About LGF Again
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 9:21:02 am PST
Here’s a good example of how dishonest and just plain evil the modern left has become, in a comment posted at Digg about LGF: Digg - Cheney OK After Islamic Attack, Metafilter Disappointed. by techytim For anyone who’s not aware LGF is an anti Semtic site posing as a pro Jewish site ...
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Breaking: Terrorism Incident in Missouri
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 8:34:14 am PST
At the University of Missouri-Rolla, a student is in custody after making “terrorist threats:” Student Arrested After Threat At UM-Rolla Campus. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) CNN has already decided why he did it: Police: Depressed student said he had bomb, anthrax. And no one’s talking about whether he’s a Buddhist, a Mennonite, ...
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Cheney OK After Islamic Attack, Progressives Disappointed
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 8:06:16 am PST
Islamic terrorists tried to murder the Vice President of the United States today: Cheney OK after blast at Afghan base. BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people ...
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Iran Approves of Belgian Dhimmitude
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 9:30:00 pm PST
The Islamic Republic News Agency pats a good Belgian dhimmi on the head, for helping spread Islamic supremacism in Europe in the name of multiculturalism: European Islam expert says some parts of Sharia applicable in Europe. Sharia laws have a broad space to follow and certainly parts of Sharia are applicable ...
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Sign of the Apocalypse: Sullivan Links LGF
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 9:23:50 pm PST
Look out, Andrew. You might be permanently tainted by linking to such an “enthusiastically pro-torture” site. Or did you just forget?
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Muslim Girl Ejected from Canadian Soccer Tournament
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 8:36:39 pm PST
Someone pushed an 11-year old Muslim girl into trying to play in a soccer tournament wearing the symbol of radical Islam’s suppression of women—the hijab. She was ejected, according to the rules. And now the second-guessing starts. The ejection of an 11-year-old Canadian Muslim girl from a soccer game has reignited Quebec’s ...
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Antisemitic Attack on Berlin Kindergarten
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 5:25:42 pm PST
It’s looking more and more like the bad old days of the 1930s in Europe: Smoke bomb thrown into Jewish kindergarten in Berlin. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BERLIN (EJP)—- A tragedy was avoided on Sunday after a smoke bomb, thrown through a window of a Jewish kindergarten in Berlin, failed to ...
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Nashville Cabbie Made Antisemitic Remarks Before Attack
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 3:58:03 pm PST
Remember the incident earlier this month, when a Nashville cabbie got into a “religious argument” with two passengers, and ended up running them down with his cab? Remember how vague the initial reports were? Here’s why: Man hit by cab after driver made anti-Semetic [sic] comments. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A Nashville cabbie ...
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Palestinian Teenagers Murder Father of Three
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 1:38:07 pm PST
Two 18-year old Palestinians stalked, ambushed, then hacked to death a 42-year old Jewish man on Sunday, as he prayed at his usual spot. (Hat tip: Israellycool.) The defense establishment on Monday night arrested two Palestinians suspected of murdering Erez Levanon, a resident of the Bat Ayin settlement in Gush Etzion. ...
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Saudi Arabia Attack Update
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:48:58 pm PST
It turns out (although it wasn’t reported widely) that the three French tourists murdered today in Saudi Arabia were probably killed for a reason that made perfect sense to the shooters: they had gone where infidels are not allowed to go, and transgressed against the religious apartheid law of Saudi ...
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Never Forget: They Came Back
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 11:45:12 am PST
Lawhawk has a good post about the ongoing wrangling for control of the Freedom Tower project in Manhattan, with a reminder that today is the anniversary of the first attempt by Islamic terrorists to destroy the World Trade Center, which killed six people and wounded more than a thousand in ...
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Diggbats Enforcing the Groupthink
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:43:01 am PST
On the page at the following link, click the buttons at top left so that only the “buries” (symbolized by the red thumbs-down icon) are shown, and you can watch in real time as the Diggbats go through all the LGF posts at Digg.com and mark them as spam: digg ...
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Video: Palestinian Bomb Factory
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:18:21 am PST
The Israel Defense Forces have been pursuing a large scale military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, a major hub of Palestinian terrorist activity. To give you some idea of what that means, Nablus is the home of Al-Najah University, where in 2001 students built a horrifying, ghoulish ...
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Drive-By Infidel Shooting
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 9:14:26 am PST
Three French tourists have been murdered in an apparent case of drive-by infidel shooting in the world center of Islam: 3 French tourists killed in Saudi Arabia attack. Three Frenchmen were killed Monday and at least one other was injured when they came under fire while traveling in the Saudi Arabian ...
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The Dreaded Exams of Blasphemy
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 8:47:21 am PST
The mullahs are freaking out, after Iranian schoolteachers were given exams asking dreadfully insulting questions about the Prophet Mohammed (propellor beanie upon him). Sample question: “Was Mohammed cuter than the prophet Joseph?” I’m not making this up. Iranian MPs have demanded an apology from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after teachers were given government-sponsored ...
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The Danes Are At It Again
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 8:10:39 am PST
A Danish political party is risking the rage of the Religion of Peace™ by suggesting that parts of the Koran should be censored. (Hat tip: Sugiero.) A political party named SIAD (Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark-Stop Islamisation of Denmark) has demanded a censorship for parts of Quran, stating that certain parts ‘encourage ...
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Nutroots: The Unpaid Democrat Attack Dogs
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 8:00:23 am PST
A Nutroots blogger whines about the right-wing noise machine (yes, again) in Salon.com, and advocates that “bomb-throwers” like Pandagon stay apart from campaigns, so that Democrat candidates can benefit from the Nutroots’ deranged personal attacks and smear jobs without getting any Nutroots goo on them: Why I refused to blog ...
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Digg Islamist Calling to Exclude LGF
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 7:49:24 am PST
Here’s another call to block Little Green Footballs from Digg.com, this time apparently from an Islamist: Digg - Stop Digg’s Abuse! – An Open Letter to Digg. Little Green Football has apparently been organizing a campaign of hatred towards Muslims using Digg. While I in no way am in support of ...
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Video: Ayaan Hirsi Ali with Bill Maher
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 9:23:50 pm PST
If the radical Islamists lose the support of the American left, they’re going to be in big trouble in this country. And when Bill Maher starts telling the truth about the Religion of Peace™, that trouble is just around the corner: [Video]
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When News Anchors Get Fuzzy
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 8:39:18 pm PST
Dan Rather really does not look well: Video: Dan Rather warns Hillary not to come off as a “chickenhawk”.
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Leipheimer Wins Tour of California
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 6:08:06 pm PST
Today was the final day of the Amgen Tour of California, and American Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery team won easily, after two excellent time trial performances earlier in the week. Here’s the sprint finish of Stage 7, in Long Beach, California. In the first part of this clip, the peloton ...
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The Obligatory "Oscar Cried" Thread
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 5:55:52 pm PST
I have to admit, my interest in the Academy Awards approaches absolute zero. But an open thread could be fun...
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60 Minutes Promotes Fraudulent Anti-War Group
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 5:52:55 pm PST
The phony “grass roots” anti-war military group calling itself “Appeal for Redress” is going to get the big public relations push on CBS News 60 Minutes tonight, and Greyhawk explains why we should be outraged at this fraud: Appeal for Redress: Astroturfing. It’s the left-wing machine at work again: Fenton Communications. UPDATE ...
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Diggbats vs. LGF
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 3:56:32 pm PST
I can’t resist one more post about the Diggbats; this is one that speaks for itself, with a link to that creepy obsessive LGF stalker’s site you may know about: Digg - So you’re Digging Stories from LittleGreenFootballs...Why? I urge all LGF readers to click through to Digg, then click the ...
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There Are No Words
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 3:41:23 pm PST
In the blood-stained annals of “honor killing,” this is surely one of the most appalling stories ever to emerge: Abu-Ghanem women speak out against serial ‘honor killings’. The murder of Hamda Abu-Ghanem, whose bullet-riddled body was found in mid-January at her parents’ house in Ramle, surprised nobody. As police set about ...
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Jimmy and the Goracle
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 2:50:43 pm PST
Allahpundit has video of Idiotarian Jimmy Carter on the Stephanopolous show, praising the left’s newest glamour boy of impending doom, The Goracle, and trying to weasel out of the section in his book that endorses Palestinian terrorism: Secular saint endorses “rock star”! It’s pretty clear that The Goracle already has the ...
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German Ex-Muslim Leader Threatened
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 1:43:50 pm PST
In Germany, the leader of a group of ex-Muslims has asked for police protection after receiving death threats from members of the Religion of Peace™. (Hat tip: Keith.) COLOGNE, Germany, Feb. 23 (UPI) — The founder of a group in Germany for former Muslims has sought police protection after receiving death ...
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Mahathir: No Such Thing As a "Moderate" Muslim
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:54:07 am PST
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose Islamic supremacist and antisemitic statements are legendary, told the Muslim Welfare Organization of Malaysia that there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim. (Hat tip: Mama Winger.) But there’s a punchline: Islam itself is moderate, so how can a Muslim be “moderate?” Oh ho. ...
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Real Time LGF Derangement Syndrome at Digg
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:38:41 am PST
On this page, it’s fascinating to watch in real time as lefties bury LGF posts at Digg: digg spy. At upper left is a row of buttons, where you can set it to show only the ‘buried’ posts (the red thumbs down symbol). As I write this, LGF posts are ...
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Jailed Egyptian Blogger's Father Wants Him Executed
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:27:20 am PST
Rantings of a Sandmonkey reports that Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, sentenced to prison for “inciting hatred of Islam,” has been disowned by his family—and his father would like to see his son executed under shari’a law. Abdel Karim father announced today that he is disowning Abdel Karim, and that ...
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Moonbat Alert
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:13:45 am PST
The kooks at whatreallyhappened.com have linked to our post about Digg’s lefty bias for some reason, and they’re sending some traffic over. (Maybe they’ve been shunned by Digg? If so, that would be a surprise.) Note to our visitors from the Twilight Zone: you won’t find any kindred souls at LGF. ...
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TIME: James Cameron's Plan to "Sink Christianity"
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 10:58:17 am PST
I hope this doesn’t turn into another religious slapfight, but I suppose we need a post to discuss James Cameron’s new documentary, in which he claims to have uncovered the burial place of Jesus Christ and his family (that’s right), verified by “DNA tests” (whatever that could mean): Jesus: Tales ...
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Dutch Politician Opposes Muslim Ministers
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 10:18:02 am PST
In the Netherlands, two Muslims with dual citizenship have been appointed as government ministers, and Geert Wilders is planning to call for a vote of no confidence. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The leader of a Dutch anti-immigration party will call for a vote of no-confidence in two Muslim government ministers next week, ...
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Gulf States Agree to IAF Overflights?
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 9:46:16 am PST
The Telegraph has a report today that Israel has been seeking an “all clear” from the United States for a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities: Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike. But an even more interesting report at Haaretz from a Kuwaiti newspaper says that Qatar, Oman, and the ...
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Video: Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Ahead
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 9:26:54 am PST
In this sick Iranian animated film, international efforts (led by the evil US and its puppetmaster Israel) fail, and heroic Iranian workers build nuclear plants in several Iranian cities by the year 2022. Broadcast on Tehran TV on February 21, 2007. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Korean Antisemitic Comic Book Update
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 9:01:36 am PST
Recently we had a post about a shockingly antisemitic South Korean comic book; we’re pleased to report that the Los Angeles Korean-American community is just as outraged as we were. They’re planning a protest against the publisher of the comic, and have expressed their disgust over the matter to the ...
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Religion of Suicide Bombing
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 8:17:59 am PST
An editorial in Pakistan’s Daily Times is unusually honest about Islamic clerics’ near-universal support for the mass murder of non-Muslims: Our clerics favour suicide-bombing! (Hat tip: zellmad.) But if you dare to make this same point in the United States, the Council on American Islamic Relations will label you “Islamophobic.” In a ...
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Muslim Council of Britain: Imposing Islamic Law
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 7:51:40 am PST
Diana West had a good column Friday on the Muslim Council of Britain’s utterly outrageous list of demands—couched in leftist multicultural language—for the British school system: Imposing Islamic law. In fact, if the British were to adopt half of the MCB’s recommendations for making British schooling Muslim-friendly, they might as well ...
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Nutroots Lie of the Week
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 8:40:59 pm PST
It’s the Lie of the Week, as Markos Moulitsas, Chris Bowers, and Matt Stoller invent a series of blatant falsehoods about Fox News, and actually get them published in the San Francisco Chronicle—who couldn’t be bothered to verify the untruths they picked up from the nutroots. Johnny Dollar has the ...
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Daily Kos Kidz Support Terrorists
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 8:21:13 pm PST
At Daily Kos, a disgusting-beyond-belief diary post unequivocally supports the enemies of the United States: Daily Kos: On Supporting The Iraqi Resistance. UPDATE at 2/24/07 9:22:26 pm: Watch here in real time as the Digg lefties bury this post: digg spy. In the last 5 minutes, I’ve seen about 10 people mark ...
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LGF Technical Update - Infrastructure Improvements
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 6:37:05 pm PST
Just to keep things interesting, I’ve changed the way our Ajax news feeds are displayed when you load an LGF page. Previously, the default news feed was Yahoo’s ‘Top Stories’ feed. Since this gets stale pretty quickly, now the first news/blog feed that appears when you load a page is ...
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Britain's Huge Problem
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 5:48:06 pm PST
A British intelligence document reveals that the terror threat in the UK is far worse than most people want to believe, with as many as 2,000 Islamic terrorists inside Britain actively plotting mass murder attacks: Secret report: Terror threat worst since 9/11. The terrorist threat facing Britain from home-grown al-Qaeda agents ...
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Pennsylvania Shari'a Watch (Update)
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 3:33:39 pm PST
Here’s an update to our story about the mosque in West Philadelphia that’s up in arms over plans to move a liquor store closer to UPenn (putting it a block or two away from the mosque), because Islamic law forbids Muslims to consume alcohol. A reader who lives nearby sent some ...
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CAIR Seething Over Christian Evangelist
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 2:20:05 pm PST
Radical Islamic front group CAIR is up in arms again, this time over a speech given at a high school in Raleigh by a Christian evangelist: Students told to shun Muslims. Once again, not a word in the newspaper about CAIR’s many radical connections, or their officials’ continuing refusal to call ...
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The Nefarious Web Work of the Pipes/Spencer Gang
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 1:58:58 pm PST
As someone who’s done quite a bit of work on Robert Spencer’s web site, and is very familiar with his level of computer expertise (heh), this comes as one of the funniest jihadi delusions of recent months, as the bloodthirsty Islamist kids at Shiachat.com accuse Spencer and Daniel Pipes of ...
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The Truther-Antisemite Convergence
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 1:03:56 pm PST
Even though the organizers of the 9/11 “Truthers” conference in Phoenix claimed he was not involved, Holocaust denier Eric D. Williams was at their press conference yesterday: Holocaust denier Eric D. Williams attends 9/11 Accountability Conference; Prof. James Fetzer defends anti-Semite. Despite statements on 911Accountability.org that Eric D. Williams had “stepped ...
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Mob Rule at Digg
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 10:33:15 am PST
Somehow, I don’t think the “social bookmarking” model is supposed to operate like this. The idea behind an ostensibly non-partisan site like Digg.com is that people submit links to interesting things, and other people rate the links, so that interesting stuff gets more votes and rises to the top. But at ...
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Video: Truthers Dig Obama
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 9:58:45 am PST
When the progressive left’s new rock star appeared in Austin, Texas, the 9/11 Deniers made sure to be there: [Video]
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Roggio: Pakistan Situation is Serious
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 9:42:29 am PST
Check out Bill Roggio’s report on a very disturbing situation in Pakistan, where the government is cutting “peace deals” with the Taliban—deals the Musharraf government has no intention of enforcing—and ceding territory to the control of Al Qaeda: Pakistan: A Bajaur ‘peace deal’ is coming. Pakistan has lost control of its ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 9:11:15 am PST
Still more open antisemitism at the left’s premier “progressive” web site: Daily Kos: Historians agree: Israel committed ethnic cleansing in 1948. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) This reprehensible diary post quotes one of the worst antisemites in American academia, Norman Finkelstein.
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Punjab Work Accident Watch
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 8:52:05 am PST
No virgins for these two: Explosion kills two in Pakistan. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Police in Pakistan say two people have been killed in the province of Punjab after the bomb they were carrying on a bicycle accidentally exploded. Police say they hit a road bump on the outskirts of a town ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 8:43:22 am PST
They’re killing each other again in Gaza, but al-Reuters Palestinian shill Nidal al-Mughrabi assures us it’s just a “domestic dispute:” Four Palestinians dead in Gaza clan clash. GAZA (Reuters) - Four Palestinians were killed in clashes between rival clans in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hospital officials said, in the most ...
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ACLU: US Can't Bar Terrorism Supporters
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 8:32:02 am PST
The ACLU has filed papers trying to make it illegal for the United States to exclude terrorism supporters. (Hat tip: RightMom.) And it’s specifically aimed at getting Muslim Brotherhood stalking horse Tariq Ramadan into American schools. NEW YORK (AP) - A civil rights group asked a judge Friday to find it unconstitutional ...
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The Role of the Blogosphere: to Remain Unknown
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 9:03:03 pm PST
Washington Post Editor Len Downie, New York Times Editor Bill Keller and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof all talk about the Dan Rather scandal for Front Line, and none of them mention LGF—but Front Line still calls this show: The role of the blogosphere. (Hat tip: Robert.)
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Friday Night Tankers
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 8:28:17 pm PST
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ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Porn
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 7:16:51 pm PST
The ACLU has defended these kinds of people in the past; this time it should be even easier since they all work nearby: Former ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Pornography. Feb. 23, 2007— Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington ...
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Egyptian Blogger Jailed for Contempt of Religion of Peace
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 6:21:32 pm PST
Allahpundit’s report on the nightmarish situation of Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem Nabil Suleiman, packed with informative links, is a must-read: Egyptian blogger gets four years in prison for contempt of religion.
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Friday Night You Know What Thread
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 5:10:02 pm PST
It’s been confirmed beyond any doubt: Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk. And the director of WHO’s AIDS department oughtta know. “This is an extraordinary development,” said Dr. Kevin de Cock, director of the World Health Organization’s AIDS department. Thank goodness his parents didn’t name him “Richard.”
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Iranian Fauxtography Update: Winchester Replies
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 4:16:34 pm PST
One of Bob Owens’ readers contacted Winchester’s parent company Olin to ask them about that Iranian Photoshop fraud, and received the following reply: Thank you for visiting Olin’s website. Your inquiry was forwarded to me for response. The ammunition boxes appearing in the picture are similar to commercial packaging we began using about ...
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The Worst AP Article Yet
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 3:56:38 pm PST
If you think you’ve seen the mainstream media supporting terrorists, you have another think coming. Because here’s Associated Press writer Karin Laub with a mind-bendingly worshipful puff piece on the leader of a genocidal gang of mass murderers: Hamas’ Haniyeh a popular politician. (Hat tip: WrathofG-d.) This one really breaks new ground ...
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French Lab Mishandled Floyd Landis Specimens
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 1:29:19 pm PST
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis may beat the doping charges that threaten to strip him of his title, because the French apparently mishandled his urine samples: Report: Case against Landis in jeopardy. According to a report in the L.A. Times, the anti-doping case against Tour de France champion Floyd Landis ...
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Muslim Council of Britain's Shari'a Plan
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 11:47:35 am PST
As noted yesterday, the Muslim Council of Britain has released a long list of demands intended to move the UK school system much farther along the road to accommodating shari’a: Muslim Council of Britain Steps Up Islamization Effort. I’ve gotten a couple of emails claiming that the Daily Express is ...
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Pennsylvania Shari'a Watch
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 11:21:52 am PST
Muslims in West Philadelphia are seething over plans to relocate a liquor store closer to the University of Pennsylvania—because there’s also a mosque nearby: Potential move brings potential conflict. (Hat tip: Mike.) For students living on Beige Block, the potential move of the liquor store closer to the area may be ...
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Age of Hooper: Gathering of Eagles and International ANSWER
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 9:18:17 am PST
Age of Hooper has a great photo/video report on the press conference for Gathering of Eagles, a counter-protest planned for the same time as the next big International ANSWER tantrum, intended to protect the Vietnam Memorial from desecration by moonbats. Here’s his talk with Richard Becker, brother of ANSWER National ...
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Islamic Grievance Theater Update (Video)
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 8:48:38 am PST
Here’s a new report on those six non-flying imams who were ejected from a flight for weird, suspicious behavior at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, from KSTP News. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Interesting points: * The head actor in the imams’ grievance theater, Omar Shahin, blatantly lies when asked if he requested a seat ...
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Wonkette: Kiss Israel's Ass Or Lose the Nomination
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 8:24:32 am PST
Wonkette’s comment on John Edwards’ statement that the greatest threat to world peace is the possibility Israel will attack Iran: John Edwards Expresses Concern Over Israel-Iran War, Loses Nomination. What happened? According to Bart, Edwards was asked to name the greatest threat to world peace at the moment. Instead of the ...
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Northwestern Muslim Prayer Space Rejected
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 7:47:30 am PST
At Northwestern University, a request from Muslim students for the school to set up a prayer room at the football stadium has been denied: Muslims’ Request For Space Rejected. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Athletic officials will not establish a designated prayer space for Muslim students at sporting events held at Ryan ...
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And Now For Something Completely Different...
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 8:45:41 pm PST
Finger-picking virtuoso Don Ross plays Michael, Michael, Michael, from his album [Amazon Link]. [Video]
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Help Prevent Shari'a at Twin Cities Airport
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 6:42:07 pm PST
We’ve had several posts about the Muslim cab drivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, and their refusal to accept passengers carrying alcohol and blind people with guide dogs, at the urging of the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society. Daniel Pipes sent out an email to his ...
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Video: Taliban Recruits Hundreds of Suicide Bombers to Attack NATO
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 4:13:51 pm PST
From MEMRI TV, an Al Jazeera Arabic report on the Taliban’s planned “spring offensive,” with a regiment of apparently very young suicide bombers. One of the recruits explains that he isn’t poor, or desperate, he could be a doctor if he finished his studies. He’s just into jihad. Al Jazeera seems ...
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Muslim Council of Britain Steps Up Islamization Effort
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 2:21:11 pm PST
The Muslim Council of Britain, probably the most influential and well-connected UK Islamic front group, has laid out their demands for Britain’s schools to follow shari’a law—and not just for Muslim students: Muslims: ‘Ban’ Un-Islamic Schools. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) DEMANDS for a ban on “un-Islamic” activities in schools will be ...
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Romper Room Politics at Daily Kos
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:03:15 pm PST
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas is going ballistic over the Nevada Democratic Party’s plan to host a presidential debate on ... the horror! ... Fox News: Daily Kos: Hey Harry, look at what Fox did the last time they hosted a debate. The serious transgression that provoked this Kos tantrum? In a ...
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The Goracle Has Spoken
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:47:14 am PST
With Al Gore’s emergence as “The Goracle,” here’s an oldie-but-goodie from Cox and Forkum that was supernaturally prescient:
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LGF Swimming Upstream
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:05:43 am PST
Another Digg swarm brought us down for a few minutes there; the new server is supposed to be provisioned sometime today, and then we can start balancing the load for this situation. Thanks for your patience in the meantime, and here’s an open thread... UPDATE at 2/22/07 11:10:14 am: And by the ...
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Hamas Whines, Seethes, Threatens
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 9:28:16 am PST
Hamas is whining again that the United States won’t give them money while they continue to murder Jews and advocate the destruction of Israel: Hamas says U.S. undermining Europeans on unity deal. GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamic militant group Hamas accused the United States on Thursday of trying to thwart European ...
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Heed the Goracle
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 8:50:34 am PST
Al Gore gave a talk on Manbearpig global warming last night in Toronto, and the moonbats turned out in force to worship the “Goracle.” Yes, that’s really what they’re calling him now. Eco-pilgrims gather to ‘heed the Goracle’. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Last night, before Mr. Gore gave his slideshow, it looked more ...
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Video: A World Without America
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 8:38:19 am PST
Here’s a terrific advertisement from Britain to counter the demented anti-Americanism endemic in Europe. This video was produced by 18 Doughty Street, whose motto is “Politics for Adults.” [Video] In the comments for this video at YouTube, America Derangement Syndrome is raging out of control: YouTube - A World Without America. haha, you ...
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Virginia Leftist Attack Update
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 8:14:18 am PST
Michelle Malkin has an update on the “progressive” anti-war activist who tracked down some college Republicans and peacefully attacked them in their home (posted here on Tuesday): Facebook nightmare: College Republican targeted by stalker speaks out.
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Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Ahead
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 8:09:01 am PST
In yet another sign of how pathetically impotent the United Nations is at dealing with ... well, anything, Iran is contemptuously ignoring the UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, the IAEA: Iran defies deadline to halt atom work: U.N. watchdog. VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran failed to suspend uranium enrichment activity by February ...
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Reuters: Chemical Weapon a New "Militant Tactic"
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 7:44:40 am PST
Not even the use of banned chemical weapons against civilians is enough to get al-Reuters to use the word “terrorist:” Second chlorine bomb may show new militant tactic. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday a second bomb in two days using chlorine gas may have been a copycat ...
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Failed UK Bomber Trial: Police Raid Suspects' Apartment
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 7:26:56 am PST
Another video from Operative Kasper this morning, showing the police raid on the apartment of two of the failed bombers. [Video]
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Instapundit Responds to "Assassination" Smear
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 9:40:41 pm PST
Like LGF, Glenn Reynolds has also been attacked by “progressives” horrified that he would even think of discussing the strategic assassination of America’s enemies; here he responds to a disingenuous column by Paul Campos in the Rocky Mountain News: Arguing from ignorance. Isn’t it odd how the nutroots blogosphere and progressive ...
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Hit Your Children Well
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 8:58:49 pm PST
At islamicnetwork.com, administrator Sasjamal (the former admin of ClearGuidance.com) advises people to hit their children: You *have* to hit them. To get them to pray and fast during Ramadan. At 10 if they do not pray, you ‘have’ to hit them. Before that and for anything else, it’s an optional thing. But at ...
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Egyptian Two-Fer: Racism and Misogyny in One Cartoon
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 4:57:11 pm PST
From the MEMRI Blog, an Egyptian perspective on American politics from Al-Ahram: <<“Hillary” and “Obama” – A Woman and a Negro are Participating in the Campaign for the American Presidency >> The Religious Man: “This is another sign of the collapse of the Western civilization”
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LA Times Outs CIA Agents
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 3:35:19 pm PST
In a genuine scandal (as opposed to the manufactured Plamegate fraud), the Los Angeles Times casually “outs” three CIA operatives: Pilots traced to CIA renditions. (Hat tip: tedzilla.) The names they used were all aliases, but The Times confirmed their real identities from government databases and visited their homes this month ...
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LA Times Writer on Iranian Fauxtography
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 3:19:41 pm PST
Blogger Myra Langerhaus wrote to Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times, about their article on Iran’s claim of US involvement in attacks on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and received an answer: When Journalists write back.
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Got Two in Chicago
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 3:05:47 pm PST
Two Chicago-area non-Buddhists have been arrested for conspiring to wage jihad against Americans overseas. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Two cousins were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to wage holy war against Americans overseas, including U.S. military forces in Iraq. Zubair A. Ahmed, 27, of suburban North Chicago, and Khaleel Ahmed, ...
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Evolution of the Burqa
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 2:51:33 pm PST
Speaking of those German Carnival floats, and their sudden willingness to satirize Islamic subjects, Spiegel Online has a report on that very subject: Carnival in Germany: Islam No Longer Taboo. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Here’s a sketch for a float that was nixed in the 2006 carnival, from their slideshow:
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Coming Up For Air
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 1:23:46 pm PST
Gulp. Those Digg links are working just a liiiittle bit too well. Help is on the way; we’ve ordered a second machine to distribute some of the load as soon as possible. When the new server’s in place, we should be able to withstand these surges without much noticeable latency. ...
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Samba Burqas
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 9:39:04 am PST
Today’s cognitive whiplash is courtesy of the samba exhibition in Rio de Janeiro: A dancer performs next to revelers dressed with clothing that resemble Afghan burqas and holding copies of the famous picture of the Afghan girl taken by photographer Steve McCurry during the parade of ‘Unidos da Tijuca’ samba school ...
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What Does Obama Believe?
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 9:26:09 am PST
Here’s a close look at the church attended by presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Trinity United Church of Christ—a Christian version of the Nation of Islam: Obamination. How many Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who was the member of a church that professed the following credo? 1. Commitment to ...
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Honor Killing in Britain
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 8:27:33 am PST
A horrible atrocity in Britain: Father killed family for being too western. A father killed his wife and four daughters in their sleep because he could not bear them adopting a more westernised lifestyle, an inquest heard yesterday. Mohammed Riaz, 49, found it abhorrent that his eldest daughter wanted to be a ...
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Canada's Islamic Outreach Circus
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 8:07:31 am PST
Canada is trying to reach out to Muslims, to encourage them to help fight against terrorism. (Never mind asking why they need to be “encouraged” to help prevent mass murder attacks.) But the “outreach” program isn’t exactly working out like they planned: The sound and the fury of ethnic outreach. TORONTO - ...
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LGF-Digg Feedback Loop
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 8:03:54 pm PST
Our new Digg links are working better than we could have imagined; we’re having another major traffic surge tonight because another LGF post made it to the Digg front page: Digg - German Muslims Seething at Carnival Parade. UPDATE at 2/21/07 8:01:37 am: I should point out that even though Digg makes ...
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Edwards: Biggest Threat Isn't Israel
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 6:43:31 pm PST
John Edwards would like you all to know that he did not, I repeat, did NOT, actually mean to say that Israel is a threat to world peace: Edwards: Israel NOT a threat to world peace. What he meant to say, see, was that Iran shouldn’t have nuclear weapons! It just ...
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Blair to Announce Iraq Withdrawals
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 5:11:02 pm PST
The diplomats and politicians are saying it’s a sign of success that Britain can start pulling out troops: Blair to announce Iraq withdrawal plan. LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in ...
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LGF Technical Update - Digg Links and Video Test
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 2:29:20 pm PST
In the latest enhancement to the LGF Blog Engine, I’ve used the code from this page at Digg.com to include a little link below each post that shows its current number of “diggs” (votes), with a button to let you quickly submit a digg if you have an account. I also ...
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Edwards: Biggest Threat is Israel
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:25:33 pm PST
Lots of people blogging about John Edwards’ latest rhetorical gaffe, in which he told a Hollywood audience the biggest threat to world peace is that Israel may bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. For nutroots bloggers, though, this is nothing exceptional. It’s the standard hard left progressive line, echoing European public opinion polls ...
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Suicide Bombing Thwarted in Tel Aviv
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:08:02 pm PST
Another day, another narrowly averted mass murder by Palestinian terrorists: Suicide bomber arrested near Tel Aviv. A suicide bombing in central Israel was narrowly avoided on Tuesday say security forces after the Palestinian man and his accomplices were arrested and the explosives uncovered. Police and security forces operated extensively to thwart the ...
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Fatal Islamic Misogyny in Pakistan
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:53:47 am PST
Reuters seems unsure whether assassinating a female Pakistani minister in the name of Islam is enough to warrant the label “fanatic:” Muslim ‘fanatic’ kills Pakistani woman minister. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected Islamist zealot shot dead a Pakistani woman provincial government minister on Tuesday because he ...
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Failed UK Bomber Trial: Suspect Flees in Burqa (Video)
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:55:42 am PST
Thanks again to Operative Kasper for another video from UK TV on the trial of the failed 7/21 bombers, showing one of the suspects attempting to flee wearing a burqa. [Video]
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When Moonbats Attack
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 9:52:48 am PST
In Fredericksburg, Virginia, a progressive anti-war activist became so enraged at some internet Rethuglican chickenhawks that he found out where they lived, went to their house, and peacefully attacked them: Police say political dispute with stranger got physical. (Hat tip: firegeezer.) A Fredericksburg man was arrested Saturday on charges he assaulted ...
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German Muslims Seething at Carnival Parade
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 9:21:51 am PST
During this year’s carnival parades in Germany (originally a Roman Catholic tradition), some of the contestants in the float competition decided to depart from the standard bashing of Bush, America, and German politicians, and built a float that has the German Islamic front groups seething: Carnival attracts 3 million in ...
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Iran Executes Man Accused in Fauxtography Case
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 8:25:10 am PST
The Iranian fauxtoshop case has turned lethal; Iran has executed a man they accused of launching an attack on Revolutionary Guards: Iran hangs man convicted of Revolutionary Guards attack. (Hat tip: zombie.) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed a defendant by hanging after a court convicted him of a bombing last ...
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Religion of Secret Police
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 8:30:29 pm PST
In the “moderate” Islamic state of Malaysia, Islamic behavior will be strictly enforced by the secret religious police. (Hat tip: aussiemagpie.) A MALAYSIAN state plans to recruit “spies” from the public to snoop on unmarried lovers and report them to Islamic religious authorities. The Terengganu State Government plans to enlist the part-time ...
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Islamist Rants at Trinity College
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 6:42:05 pm PST
Last October we had a post about a “debate” at Ireland’s prestigious Trinity College featuring some of the UK’s craziest Islamists, including Omar Brooks (aka Abu Izzadeen, recently arrested by UK authorities) and the leader of Britain’s “shari’a courts,” Anjem Choudary. Here’s a video of this event, featuring the jihadis’ ...
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Honor Killing in Chicago
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 4:57:34 pm PST
Police: Chicago Man Bludgeoned Relatives to Death Because He Felt ‘Disrespected’. CHICAGO — An enraged Iranian immigrant used a 3-pound hammer to beat his wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law to death and then stabbed them repeatedly because he felt “disrespected,” police said Monday. After the attack, Daryoush Ebrahimi, 55, also struck himself several times ...
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The Leftist-Islamist Convergence at Al-Guardian
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 3:51:02 pm PST
David Thompson has a comprehensive look at The Guardian’s long history of support for radical leftism and communism, which has recently mutated into support for the Muslim Brotherhood: Al-Guardian & the Brotherhood.
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Iranian Fauxtography Update
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 12:42:47 pm PST
Bob Owens has a closer look at the Winchester ammunition boxes in that Iranian fauxtograph from Fars News: Confederate Yankee: More Fauxtography. Outside the Wire points out that US military ammo boxes typically look like this, while civilian AK47 ammo boxes look like this. Dan Riehl notes that we sold large quantities ...
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Video: BBC "Truther" Investigation
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:42:45 am PST
This one’s almost worth a flying pig; the BBC’s show on 9/11 “Truthers” was actually a well-done debunking of the charlatans and idiots who make up the so-called “movement.” (The hype leading up to it was another story.) We get a good look at head idiot Dylan Avery, whose deliberately deceptive ...
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:40:11 am PST
Things are a bit slow around here, because of huge traffic to our Iranian fauxtography post, but so far we’re managing to stay online; the hamsters appear a bit frantic in their little wheels, but we’re keeping them hydrated and supplying them with plenty of carbs. Here’s an open thread for ...
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When Talking Points Bloggers Attack
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 9:19:52 am PST
Greg Sargent is having a serious case of the vapors over an LGF post: Popular Wingnut Blogger Appears To Advocate Assassination Of Foreign Leaders. The “foreign leaders?” The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Bashar Assad. He even put up a screenshot, as if he thinks I’m going to be so ...
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LA Times Publishes Iran Propaganda Claim, Ignores Fauxtography
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 8:48:00 am PST
The Los Angeles Times gives credence to Iran’s bogus claim that the US is behind two recent attacks in Iran: Iran alleges U.S. link to militant attack. TEHRAN — Bullet cartridges bearing a U.S. insignia and English lettering were among the weaponry seized last week from Sunni militants suspected of killing ...
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Terror Attack Kills 67 in India
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 8:31:22 am PST
A firebomb attack aboard a train from India to Pakistan has killed at least 67 people. DEEWANA, India (AFP) - Sixty-seven people have burned to death after blasts ignited a fireball on a train from India to Pakistan in an attack condemned as terrorism aimed at derailing the South Asian peace ...
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Nashville Cabbie Runs Down Students
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 9:08:29 pm PST
In an “argument over religion:” Cabbie Runs Down Students. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A local cab driver allegedly tried to run over two customers after a fight over religion became heated. The incident happened early Sunday morning on the Vanderbilt campus and left one man hospitalized and a cab ...
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Traffic Surge Open Thread
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 3:49:00 pm PST
Our post about the Iranian fauxtograph has been linked at several high-traffic blogs, and now it’s on the front page at Digg.com. This means we’re having major surges of traffic and the server is groaning a bit under the load. We’re monitoring the situation and doing what we can to keep ...
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Definition of a Target-Rich Environment
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 1:25:24 pm PST
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Iranian Fauxtography Bust
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 10:59:15 am PST
LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud at Iran’s Fars News Agency, in an article claiming to have discovered US weapons in Iran: Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals. (Beware. The Fars News site resizes your browser window without asking, and may attempt other more sneaky things.) TEHRAN (Fars ...
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Saudis Seething, Demanding Apologies from Wilders, Netherlands
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 10:31:02 am PST
As we noted here on Friday, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is already on the Islamic hit list, and has been living in hiding for years. So he doesn’t have much to lose by speaking his mind about the ideology that makes it necessary for him to live that way. But back ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 9:42:24 am PST
A major coordinated Islamic terror attack in southern Thailand today: At Least 28 Bombs Explode in Thailand. At least 28 bombs exploded Sunday in apparently coordinated attacks in parts of southern Thailand plagued by a Muslim insurgency, killing three people and wounding more than 50, the military said. The bombings targeted hotels, ...
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BBC Goes "Truther" Tonight
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 8:53:25 am PST
The BBC is promoting the creepy insanity of the 9/11 “Truthers” to the British public tonight, on the public’s dime: 9/11: The Conspiracy Files.
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Ten Years After Empire State Terror Attack, the Truth Comes Out
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 8:28:19 am PST
In February 1997, Palestinian English teacher Ali Abu Kamal went to the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, pulled out a gun, and opened fire, killing one person and wounding six others before killing himself. Even though he carried letters ranting about the US and Israel, the ...
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Mega Mosque Nixed
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 7:50:40 am PST
The gigantic Mega Mosque project planned for London by Al Qaeda-linked Islamic front group Tablighi Jamaat is going to be blocked by clear-thinking Brits. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Controversial plans to build a “supermosque” on the doorstep of the London Olympics will be blocked by the Government. Ruth Kelly’s Whitehall department is ...
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Senate Votes Down Defeat Resolution
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 7:30:57 pm PST
They own the House, but the Cognitive Dissonance party didn’t quite prevail in the Senate today: Democrats fail in bid to vote on surge.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on C-SPAN
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 4:41:28 pm PST
Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali is now on Book TV, on C-SPAN2. You can watch over the web here: C-SPAN2: Watch LIVE. UPDATE at 2/17/07 8:09:23 pm: Video of the event is available at AEI: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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LGF Technical Update - Popups and RSS Traffic
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 4:39:02 pm PST
I’ve tweaked the popup article descriptions a bit more, by inserting a quarter-second pause when the mouse hovers over a headline in our Ajax News Feeds section. This way, the popups only appear if you want them to, not if your mouse is just passing over on the way to ...
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"Why Don't They Suggest That Men Wear Chastity Belts?"
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 2:59:05 pm PST
Yesterday we noted the story of influential Malaysian cleric Abu Hassan Al-Hafiz, who suggested that women need to wear chastity belts. Here’s an update, as the cleric now says he was only joking. KUALA LUMPUR: A day after creating an uproar among women across the country, a well-respected Islamic religious figure said ...
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Holocaust "Truther" Arrested in New Jersey
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 2:03:22 pm PST
The man who allegedly assaulted and tried to kidnap renowned author Elie Wiesel has been arrested in New Jersey: Eric Hunt arrested in Wiesel attack. (Hat tip: zombie.) (02-17) 13:09 PST SAN FRANCISCO — The man accused of trying to kidnap Holocaust author and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel outside ...
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Blunting the Senses in the Name of Fairness
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 12:55:51 pm PST
Here’s a good essay by David Thompson on the dead end philosophies of “cultural equivalence:” Blunting the Senses in the Name of Fairness.
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Video: SLC Killer's Father Believes Son Was Trained
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 11:01:08 am PST
Here’s video from Salt Lake City’s KSL TV, showing an interview with the father of Sulejman Talovic, in which he voices his suspicion that his son was influenced and trained to commit the murders. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.) [Video] UPDATE at 2/17/07 11:49:25 am: LGF reader Killgore Trout points out another interesting piece ...
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Google News: Leftist and Proud of It
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 9:54:49 am PST
After three different excuses from Google News, I gave up trying to get them to list Little Green Footballs. (They still include all kinds of conspiracy, communist, and Islamist sites, of course.) Over at The Daily Gut, Jim Treacher’s been getting the same runaround.
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Guardian LA Correspondent Gets His Smear On
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 9:29:32 am PST
As Los Angeles correspondent for British leftist/Islamist newspaper The Guardian, Dan Glaister specializes in condescending “look at the stupid Americans” pieces. Yesterday he launched a sneering attack against LGF and Jihad Watch, for having the unbridled temerity to ask whether Sulejman Talovic could possibly have had Islamic motivations for his ...
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RoP Strikes Again in Pakistan
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 8:43:30 am PST
Bomber Kills 15 in Pakistan Courtroom. (Hat tip: Ron.) QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people - including a judge - after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in a southwestern Pakistani province that has seen intense civil conflict for years, police said.
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Salt Lake City Killer's Father Believes His Son Was Trained
Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 8:27:52 am PST
The media won’t even mention the possibility (and they attack anyone who does), but it sounds like the father of Sulejman Talovic strongly suspects his son did not act alone: Father of Shooter Believes Someone Told His Son to Kill People. (Hat tip: rumpole.) The father of Trolley Square shooter Sulejmen ...
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Edwards Comments on Fired/Retired Nutroots Bloggers
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 6:20:33 pm PST
Here’s John Edwards on CNN, trying to keep the nutroots at arm’s length but still pandering as much as possible. [Video]
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Geert Wilders on the Koran
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 5:58:54 pm PST
Dutch politician Geert Wilders (still fighting a life-long battle with his hair) is already on the jihadi hit lists, so he doesn’t have much to lose by speaking his mind: Populist politician blasts Koran, Mohammed. DUTCH anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders was quoted as urging Muslims to dump half the Koran and ...
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CAIR Calls for Muslims to Support Islamic Jihad Prof
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 5:40:20 pm PST
Radical Islamic front group CAIR is calling for all US Muslims to write letters in support of Islamic Jihad kingpin Sami Al-Arian: U.S. Muslims Asked to Write in Support of FL Prof On Hunger Strike. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on American ...
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Korean Antisemitism Watch
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 4:34:50 pm PST
A Korean comic book that teaches readers to hate America and Jews: Pictures and Translations from Monnara Iunnara. “. . .but the real group that controls America through money and media pressure is the Jews.” (page 221)
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds 6
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 2:57:41 pm PST
Another enhancement to the Ajax news feed section of LGF: Yahoo News is kind enough (and non-standard enough) to provide thumbnail photographs in their feeds, so the popup box that appears when you hover over a Yahoo news headline will now include that photograph. Every article description doesn’t contain a ...
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UK Tabloid: Muslim Fanatic Works on Train System
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 2:01:26 pm PST
British tabloid The Sun specializes in overheated language, but this really is an outrageous story: Muslim fanatic works on trains. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A MUSLIM fanatic who dressed as a suicide bomber at a rally threatening terror attacks has got a job on TRAINS. Sick Omar Khayam cleans carriages unsupervised for ...
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Salt Lake City Killer Update
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 1:43:29 pm PST
The latest news in the case of Sulejman Talovic, who killed five people and terrorized a Salt Lake City shopping mall: Terrorism not ruled out in Salt Lake case. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) While the FBI stated it has found no evidence Islamic terrorism was a motive in the Salt Lake ...
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Mauritania Passengers Whomp Hijacker
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:11:31 am PST
In the post-9/11 world, this is how you deal with airplane hijackers: Mauritania plane passengers beat up hijacker. MADRID (Reuters) - Passengers on a hijacked Air Mauritania plane ended the ordeal when they stormed the cockpit and beat up the lone gunman after the aircraft landed in Spain’s Canary Islands on ...
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WaPo Profiles Malkin, Nutroots Go Nuts
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:40:52 am PST
Howard Kurtz does a mostly fair profile of Michelle Malkin in today’s Washington Post: A Hard Right Punch. This, of course, has led to a blizzard of rage from the nutroots, who seem to maintain a special level of mean-spirited fury for Malkin. Ranters include: Sadly, No! - Nice Love Letter, Howie. Rising ...
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Daily Kos: Too Cool for the Blogosphere
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:20:42 am PST
Here’s some more self-aggrandizing nutroots hooey at Daily Kos by “mcjoan,” who explains that the left-wing blogosphere is just so much cooler in every way: Daily Kos: I guess I’m not in Kansas anymore. Another factor of in this movement vs. pundit aspect that occured to me later is that the ...
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Hamas Gives Three Week's Notice
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 9:02:28 am PST
I haven’t written much about the so-called Palestinian “unity government” because, to be honest, it’s such a transparent fraud that the topic disgusts me. Here’s the latest episode in this clumsy attempt by a group of genocidal murderers to get the international money faucets turned back on: Palestinian unity govt ...
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RoP Threatening to Attack Indonesia
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 8:50:07 am PST
That other “moderate” Islamic state, Indonesia, is on high alert today after Australia informed them that the Religion of Peace™ is about to attack: Indonesia province on alert after attack warnings. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Security forces are on highest alert in Indonesia’s restive Central Sulawesi province following warnings that militants may ...
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The Democrats and the Slow Bleed
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 8:23:47 am PST
It’s being called the “slow bleed” strategy, and that’s what it is: an ugly, cowardly effort to defund the war in Iraq without having to suffer political consequences. Murtha and Pelosi are trying to drive the country into a hard left turn on a very dangerous road: Congressman Murtha Crafts ...
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Religion of Chastity Belts
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 8:11:34 am PST
Women in the “moderate” Islamic state of Malaysia have been advised by a leading cleric that covering up with hijab and niqab and burqa may not be enough to avoid provoking men: Malaysian Islamic cleric proposes chastity belts to stop rape. (Hat tip: Ethel.) And it’s not just for women! Even ...
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BBC Goes "Truther"
Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 7:46:59 am PST
BBC editor Mike Rudin is the latest UK mainstream journalist to dive off the deep end: 9/11 questions. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) And comment #44 to Rudin’s conspiracy fantasies shows you exactly what sort of people are likely to fall prey to this insanity. Antisemites and Truthers—the same sick motivations drive ...
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The Furious Whining of the Spurned Moonbat
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 7:52:24 pm PST
A vintage nutroots whine, brought to you by the fellow travelers at Salon.com: Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign, by Amanda Marcotte. I announced that I was taking the job on Jan. 30, and the same week, I noticed a small flare-up of oddly aggressive and misogynistic comments ...
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Salt Lake City Killer's Records Released
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 5:24:59 pm PST
Local Salt Lake City blogger Jonathan notified us that some of Sulejman Talovic’s juvenile records have been leaked. Excerpts: At age 12, Talovic was before a judge for allegedly holding a knife over the head of girl while stating, “I’ll kill you,” according to a source who is familiar with the ...
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds 5
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 4:00:49 pm PST
Another enhancement to our Ajax-driven news feeds: since the handling of the “title” attribute differs so wildly from browser to browser, I’ve implemented a Javascript popup method instead to display the article excerpts. You can see the excerpts by hovering your mouse over a headline; a box pops up showing you ...
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Video: Madrid Train Bombing Trial Opens
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 12:55:17 pm PST
Here’s a video report from UK television on the opening of the trial of the Muslims accused of perpetrating the Madrid train bombings. (Hat tip: kasper.) [Video]
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Thursday Afternoon Open Thread
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 12:38:05 pm PST
I want to say thank you to all LGF readers, and particularly to those who’ve recently sent emails of support. There isn’t time to answer all of them, but I do read—and really appreciate—your kind words. (I’m not sure why, but the emails of support have been outnumbering the ones ...
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The Truth About the Temple Mount Construction
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 11:43:37 am PST
Here’s a short video about the Israeli construction taking place near the Temple Mount, to replace an access ramp that collapsed three years ago, for the benefit and safety of all visitors. There is an enormous effort right now by Islamists to incite the Muslim world against Israel because of ...
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American Jihadis' Web Network
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:24:26 am PST
Daniel Joseph Maldonado (aka Daniel Al-Jughaifi, aka Abu Mohammed), arrested in Kenya after fighting for the Islamic Courts in Somalia, was an administrator at the web site Islamic Networking. Internet Haganah points out that this site is the successor to the infamous ClearGuidance.com (aka “Islam on Crack,” online home to ...
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Al Qaeda Recruiters Arrested in France
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 9:18:11 am PST
French police have arrested a group of Muslims involved in recruitment for Al Qaeda. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) PARIS, Feb. 14 — The French antiterrorism police have arrested 11 people, most of them accused of connections to Iraqi insurgency recruitment rings linked to Al Qaeda, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. Two suspects ...
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Deseret News Attacks LGF For Publishing Facts
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 8:35:15 am PST
The Deseret News in Utah labels LGF an “ultraconservative web site,” because we’re concerned about the possibility of Islamic terror attacks, and unhappy with the media’s deliberate decisions to conceal information: Vitriolic e-mails zero in on ‘Muslim’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) And Elaine Jarvik and Deborah Bulkeley explicitly blame LGF for ...
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Too Late to Stop Iran's Nuclear Bomb, EU Told
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 8:21:32 am PST
Javier Solana has issued a deeply pessimistic report to the European Union, concluding that Iran’s Manhattan Project cannot be stopped. That doesn’t mean that they want to do something about it, though. They’re just outlining what they think will happen, based on the EU’s utterly craven policies to date. Iran will be ...
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Behold: The Lizardoid Army
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 8:35:38 pm PST
From a most excellent lizard-themed Photoshop contest at Worth1000.com: Leaping Lizards! 3 (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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The Clueless Leading the Blind
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 8:06:33 pm PST
This is rich. The guy in charge of the Daily Kos Super Technological Makeover is the same one who posted an utterly clueless and deliberately deceptive defense of the Dan Rather/Mary Mapes phony documents: Daily Kos: DK4: Technology Update. He’s decided that for the Super Kos Makeover, he’ll be using Ruby ...
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Islamic Jihad Threatens to Attack US
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 6:40:45 pm PST
The United States is offering a reward for Islamic Jihad kingpin Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad, and the Iranian-backed terror gang is seething: Islamic Jihad threatens to target U.S. over leader. GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group on Tuesday threatened to retaliate against the United States if it tried to ...
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Palestinian Child Abuse
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 5:50:30 pm PST
Internet Haganah discovered this horrible picture on a mainstream Arabic web site—not a jihadi site.
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Huge Crowds in Beirut's Streets
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 4:53:51 pm PST
The day after two horrific bus bombings in a Christian area, thousands of Lebanese took to the streets in memory of murdered ex-premier Rafik Hariri. And while it’s a good thing to see this kind of resistance to the Syria-Iran axis, there’s a seriously wrong note in Druze leader Walid Jumblatt’s ...
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds 4
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 3:48:12 pm PST
Yet another enhancement to the Ajax News feeds feature today: if you hover your mouse over a headline for a second or two, a popup box will show the first 40 words of the body of the article. A couple more blogs have been added, and the feeds from Ynet News ...
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Little Mosque Creator Q and A
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 3:31:19 pm PST
The creator of the Canadian TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie takes questions from the ummah, at the Wahhabi propaganda site IslamOnline: Little Mosque: How Far Can Funny Go? (Hat tip: Scaramouche.) She explains that any improprieties in the show, such as an imam shaking hands with a woman, or ...
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Palestinian Unity Government Watch
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 2:34:36 pm PST
The latest act in the world’s longest-running, worst-performed, most ineptly stage-managed farce: PA unity deal in crisis. The Palestinian unity government deal reached in Mecca between Hamas and Fatah was thrown into question Wednesday night when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas canceled the Thursday speech in which he intended to present the ...
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Hamas at The Guardian
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 1:22:55 pm PST
British rag The Guardian continues to set new records in the race to be the most disgusting leftist-Islamist newspaper in the universe, as they publish another propaganda piece by the leader of an openly genocidal Islamic terrorist group. And Hamas kingpin Khaled Meshaal knows exactly what sort of language to use ...
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Stanford Will Show Turkish Blood Libel Film
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:36:05 am PST
The virulently anti-American and antisemitic Turkish film Valley of the Wolves is going to be screened at Stanford University: Stanford Continuing Studies Event: EVT 174. (Hat tip: ajf.) And they’re promoting it like moonbat pornography. The Action Movie You Were Not Meant to See: Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (Valley of the Wolves: Iraq) An ...
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Johnny Cougar: Pop Star, Idiot
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:03:50 am PST
Moronic pop star pacifism at its most stupidly amusing: Mellencamp: U.S. Should not Respond to 9/11 or Pearl Harbor.
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Young Democrats Defending the Indefensible
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 9:42:37 am PST
Here’s video of Jane Fleming of the Young Democrats of America, defending the ranting bigotry of leftist bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan: Dem Fleming defends bigoted Edwards bloggers. Jane Fleming also defended radical Shi’ite imam Al-Husainy and his speech about doom, oppression, and occupation at the DNC winter meeting. Is there ...
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Salt Lake City Killer Was a Muslim (Confirmed)
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 8:52:29 am PST
The media did everything they could to avoid mentioning it, but it’s confirmed today that the mass murderer who terrorized a mall in Salt Lake City was a Bosnian Muslim: 6 minutes of horror. Police said Talovic had a juvenile record of only four minor offenses. None of his arrests were ...
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Loyola Instructor: US Military = Terrorist Mercenaries
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 8:38:04 am PST
June Scorza Terpstra is a lecturer at Loyola University in Chicago; she hates the United States with a passion—and fears her military students: Can we really support these troops? (Hat tip: Killgore.) During a heated debate in a class I teach on social justice, several US Marines who had done tours ...
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Ellison Calls Police on Tancredo
Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 8:09:31 am PST
Last week, America’s first Muslim congressman called the police on Rep. Tom Tancredo: Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker ...
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Texan Al Qaeda Blogger
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 6:51:05 pm PST
Last week, we noted the report that two Americans had been arrested in Kenya, fleeing the jihad in Somalia. New details are emerging tonight about one of those Americans: Ex-Texan Charged With Aiding Terrorists. HOUSTON Feb 13, 2007 (AP)— A former Houston man arrested in Kenya last month has been charged in Texas with ...
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Nutroots Under the Bus
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 6:38:39 pm PST
Silky Pony takes care of some little details along the way, on his march to glory: Second blogger quits Edwards campaign. RALEIGH, N.C. - A second blogger working for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards quit Tuesday under pressure from conservative critics who said her previous online messages were anti-Catholic. Melissa McEwan wrote ...
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds 3
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 6:15:38 pm PST
A quick technical update: several news headline feeds have been added to our Ajax RSS module... blogs and MSM mouthpieces alike. (Note to the New York Sun: your RSS feeds have one or two items? What’s that about? Great paper, now get in the game, guys.) More to come...
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Mookie Bails
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 5:18:22 pm PST
ABC News says the black-turbaned Muqtada al-Sadr has taken it on the lam: Al Sadr Fled Iraq, Fearing U.S. Bombs. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Feb. 13, 2007 — The story tonight in Iraq is not the arrival of more U.S. troops, but the departure of one of the country’s most powerful men, ...
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Diane and the Dictator of Love
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 3:33:38 pm PST
It’s not hot monkey love, but it is Diane Sawyer in a chador interviewing a grinning Ahmadinejad stricken with love for all humanity: Video: Ahmadinejad trying to find new ways to love. Compare Diane Sawyer, subservient in her headdress, with Oriana Fallaci interviewing the Ayatollah Khomeini: Fallaci continued posing indignant questions about ...
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Bloomberg Concerned About Impending Disaster
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 3:13:58 pm PST
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is very concerned that the city might suffer a major disaster—the loss of the United Nations: Mayor May Revive a Scheme To Get U.N. More Space in City. UNITED NATIONS — While sources say Mayor Bloomberg wants to revive a plan to erect a new ...
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Salt Lake City Killer Identified
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 2:41:46 pm PST
The gunman who committed mass murder at a Salt Lake City mall has been identified as an 18-year-old Bosnian. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Sudden jihad syndrome? Police Tuesday identified the gunman accused in Monday night’s Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake ...
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Aussie PM Taking Heavy Flak
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 2:11:04 pm PST
Even though Ayman al-Zawahiri’s latest message to the West utterly reinforce’s Australian PM John Howard’s point, Howard is taking an enormous amount of heat for “meddling” in US politics—perhaps most of all from the media in his own country: Australian media raps PM over Iraq row with Obama. SYDNEY (AFP) - ...
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The Leftist-Islamist Convergence
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 1:33:41 pm PST
Lou Minatti notes another example of the convergence of world idiocies, as this picture from the demonstrations supporting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran (featured at LGF on Sunday): ...contains the same Bush=Hitler graphic as a photo taken in San Francisco by zombie in 2005:
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Iranian Sniper Rifles in Iraq
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:31:28 am PST
The Telegraph reports on recent discoveries in Iraq of Austrian sniper rifles originally sold to Iran: Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Austrian sniper rifles that were exported to Iran have been discovered in the hands of Iraqi terrorists, The Daily Telegraph has learned. More than 100 ...
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Democrat Cognitive Dissonance Watch
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:35:42 am PST
The internal logical dissonance of the Democrats’ anti-war stance is going to continue producing moments like this; John F. Kerry had his “misunderstood joke,” and now Barack Obama has a “slip of the tongue:” Obama apologies for ‘wasted’ comment. NASHUA, N.H. —Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is apologizing for saying the ...
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Islamic Supremacism in Washington DC (Video)
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 8:54:53 am PST
Here we have yet another Islamic cleric in the United States preaching jihad, Holocaust denial, and support for suicide bombing—Muhammad Al-Asi of the Islamic Center in Washington, DC. Robert Spencer notes that Al-Asi is not Saudi-influenced; he’s a Khomeini-ite. When it comes to killing infidels, militant Shi’ites and Sunnis are ...
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The Islamist-Leftist Convergence
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 8:25:58 am PST
With each new statement, Egyptian physician Ayman al-Zawahiri sounds more like the nutroots. At this point, if you ignore the religious stuff, there’s almost no difference between his jihadi talking points and those of any “progressive” blog picked at random. I expect him to start posting a diary at Daily ...
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24 Day 6 Open Thread
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 6:57:27 pm PST
I’m posting this open thread on tonight’s episode of 24 right smack dab in the middle of the US viewing window, in a craven attempt to get the least number of readers pissed off at me for spoiling their experience because of something they read in the comments, even though ...
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Seventh Century Chic
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 6:12:02 pm PST
London Fashion Week organizers decided not to ban skeletal models from the catwalk for this week’s events. But if this trend catches on, who will be able to tell?
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Failed British Bomber Trial Continues (New Video)
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 5:52:41 pm PST
The failed London bombers of July 21, 2005 practiced and got in the mood for their attempted act of mass murder by steeping themselves in jihad ideology—beheading videos, the evil “music video” Dirty Kuffar, and recordings of Islamic cleric Abu Hamza. London operative kasper has YouTubed the latest report ...
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Panda Gone: This Time for Good
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 5:34:28 pm PST
Looks like we won’t have Amanda Marcotte to f****** kick around any more. She’s bailing out of the Edwards campaign, nobly crushed under the massive, well-financed pressure of the “right-wing noise machine” who just can’t stand to see a woman be successful, g****** it. (Hat tip: Killgore.) UPDATE at 2/12/07 6:46:43 ...
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds 2
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 5:24:46 pm PST
More enhancements today to our Ajax-driven newsfeeds section, a very quick and easy way to keep up on what’s happening with most of the world’s top news sites. 1) Our Ajax RSS server now automagically locates, caches, and displays the “favicon” for each site, just like your browser does in its ...
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Obama: '3000 Lives of Americans ... Wasted'
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 4:22:58 pm PST
Does Barack Obama really believe this kind of message is going to work with Americans? This is ridiculous. He’s sounding more like a bad Daily Kos post every day. (Posted at YouTube by RedStateLady.) [Video]
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Our Friends the Egyptians
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 3:41:49 pm PST
The Temple Mount hysteria on the Arab street is spreading to the Egyptian Parliament: Egyptian MP: Nothing short of nuke will ‘work’ with Israel. A member of the Egyptian Parliament from President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party said Monday that nothing short of a nuclear bomb would ‘work’ with Israel. “That cursed Israel ...
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US Offers Reward for Hizballah and Islamic Jihad Terrorists
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 2:58:32 pm PST
The United States is now offering rewards for an infamous Hizballah member and an Islamic Jihad kingpin: $5 million U.S. reward for Hezbollah, Jihad suspects. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday offered rewards of up to $5 million each for a member of Lebanese Hezbollah and a member of ...
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An Unusual Weapon Captured in Iraq
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 1:32:33 pm PST
Michael Yon sent out an email asking if anyone can identify this unusual weapon captured by Iraqi and US forces in Iraq; he says it has mystified everyone who’s seen it. It looks homemade to me. What say you, lizards? What in the World is This? UPDATE at 2/12/07 2:32:44 pm: Drudge ...
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Breaking: Tentative N. Korea Nuke Deal
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:44:49 am PST
A possible breakthrough in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea: Tentative Deal in N. Korea Nuclear Talks. BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. envoy to talks on North Korea’s nuclear program said Tuesday that negotiators reached a tentative agreement on initial steps for the communist nation’s disarmament. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill ...
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Dhimmitude at Cambridge
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:28:48 am PST
A student at Cambridge University is in big trouble for printing one of the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy. He’s gone into hiding for fear of the Religion of Peace™. And the university, sadly but unsurprisingly, is not supporting him. Instead, they’re considering disciplinary action, and have gotten the police involved: Fears ...
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AP Changes Obama Story
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 9:48:07 am PST
As we noted yesterday, the Associated Press released a story stating that Barack Obama had been a Muslim in his childhood. This is the original version of their lead paragraph: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity ...
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UK Islamic Terror Raid School Shut Down
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 9:29:08 am PST
An Islamic school in Britain that has been operating for more than three years, and was the target of an anti-terror raid last September, has finally been shut down. An Islamic school which was raided by anti-terror police as a suspected jihad training school has been ordered to shut down by ...
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Hamas: We Won't Recognize Israel or Stop Violence
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 9:05:07 am PST
As usual, Palestinian terror gangs are quite open about their intentions, secure in the knowledge that there are plenty of Western useful idiots who will believe they don’t really mean it: Hamas: We will not recognize Israel or stop violence. A Hamas spokesman has reiterated that the new Hamas-led coalition government ...
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Palestinians Threaten Violence Over "Agitated Feelings"
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 8:37:53 am PST
The official Palestinian mental health agency (oxymoronic enough?) warns the world of the consequences of “agitating Muslims’ feelings.” As if we didn’t already know. GCMHP Condemns Diggings Near Al-Aqsa Mosque. (Hat tip: The Viking.) GAZA, February 12, 2007 (WAFA) - Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) condemned Monday the diggings near ...
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Breaking: Terror Attack at US Base in Japan
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 8:29:41 am PST
Blast reported near U.S. base in Japan. TOKYO - A U.S. Army official confirmed a small explosion outside an American base south of Tokyo, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. An explosion was heard near the base late Monday, and police suspected an attempted attack on the base, ...
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Urban Outfitters Terror Scarf - Now with Nazi Imagery
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 7:59:05 am PST
Urban Outfitters continues to sell the Palestinian kaffiyeh, symbol of the intifada and decades of violence and terrorism, now calling it a Skull Desert Scarf. Just the thing for stylish urban guerillas who need protection from the fierce sandstorms of Manhattan. And their trendy little skull image is a direct knock-off ...
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Democrats Seething At Aussie PM
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 8:01:27 pm PST
As I predicted, Australian PM John Howard is coming under heavy fire for his comments about Barack Obama’s appeasement platform: PM stands by Obama attack. Howard does have one minor advantage in this controversy; he’s right. Prime Minister John Howard has defended his comments about United States presidential candidate Barack Obama’s proposed ...
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Video: Young Democrats Defend Radical Shi'ite Imam
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 7:08:03 pm PST
Representatives of the Young Democrats defend the indefensible—the Islamic supremacism of Imam Husham Al-Husainy, and his subsequent bizarre meltdown when asked to explain his remarks at the DNC winter meeting about America’s doom, oppression, and occupation. The talking points are strong within these Young Democrats. [Video] Previously at LGF: Howard Dean and the Radical ...
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'End Israel Apartheid Week' in New York
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 5:43:48 pm PST
Kesher Talk shines the light on another anti-Israel hatefest in New York, with events scheduled at moonbat churches throughout the city: A report from ‘End Israel Apartheid Week’.
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Buckets of Blood for World Peace (Update)
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 5:29:42 pm PST
We have an update on the story of Martin Strel, who’s swimming the length of Amazon, braving the piranha and the candiru (shudder) for world peace. He’s been at it for a little less than two weeks, has 8 weeks to go, and he’s got a major sunburn: Blistering sun ...
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Ahmadinejad Promises an April Surprise
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 5:11:00 pm PST
Iran’s madman president tells the world to stay tuned for a big announcement soon: Iran: Nuclear announcement coming in April. TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iran’s controversial president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his country will make an announcement in April about new nuclear achievements. Reports surfaced last fall that Tehran was trying to ...
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One of These Things is Not Like the Other
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 4:05:20 pm PST
Israel must accept new government: Abbas. Olmert: Palestinians must accept Israel.
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AP Admits Obama is an Islamic Apostate
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 2:15:55 pm PST
For the first time, the Associated Press actually admits that Barack Obama was a Muslim in his childhood: Obama Says Voters Curious on His Faith. (Hat tip: zombie.) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his ...
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AP Mopping Up After CAIR?
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 12:04:57 pm PST
Is the Associated Press now in the business of cleaning up the more outrageous statements made by CAIR officials like Ibrahim Hooper? It does look that way: AP alters CAIR quote in story about Ayaan Hirsi Ali. We know that CAIR has focused very intensely on media relations, and it would ...
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LGF Technical Update - Ajax News Feeds
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:16:43 am PST
The latest enhancement to the LGF Blog Engine is found in our newsfeeds section, which now uses Ajax—a component technology of what some people are calling “Web 2.0”—to update a section of the page dynamically. The idea behind Ajax is to make web pages behave a bit more like desktop ...
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Obama: "I Am Not Running for President"
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:59:43 am PST
Barack Obama in 2004: [Video] (Hat tip: Verbiage.)
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WaPo Sticks Up for Anti-Military Moonbat
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 9:18:36 am PST
Here comes Deborah Howell of the Washington Post to stick up for anti-military “analyst” William Arkin: A Blog’s Blast Damage. It’s exactly what you probably expect; she minimizes Arkin’s statements, narrowly focusing on the “mercenary” part, and glosses over his radical leftist past and history of working for Greenpeace and Human ...
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Arab League Demands Quartet Do Their Bidding
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 9:02:07 am PST
The terror supporters of the Arab League are calling on the “Quartet” of Western nations to enforce the evil conspiracy theories and paranoid fantasies of the Arab world: Arab League calls on Quartet to end Israeli dig. CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League on Saturday condemned excavations by Israel near Islam’s ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 8:40:42 am PST
The hatred continues to flow from the nutroots at Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Why does the US support Israel? (Hat tip: Mike.) OK, I know, stupid question. Duhhh, because 10-15% of the vote is Jewish, and then there’s AIPAC, etc, etc.What I mean is - is there a good non political ...
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Howard Slams Obama's Appeasement Platform
Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 8:39:20 am PST
One of the only world leaders with the guts to say the truth, despite the inevitable fake outrage that will follow: Australian leader: Al-Qaida wants Obama. SYDNEY, Australia - Australia’s conservative prime minister slammed Barack Obama on Sunday over his opposition to the Iraq war, a day after the first-term U.S. ...
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Recycling: Nothing More Than Feelings
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 7:49:40 pm PST
Penn and Teller take a look at America’s favorite pastime: the separation of garbage into its component elements for no discernible benefit. (It’s Penn and Teller, so do I need to mention there’s a language warning?) [Video removed by Google.]
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Registration Haiku
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 6:44:05 pm PST
Registration night Lizards and moonbats rush in Janitor watching
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Breaking: Hamas Still Wants to Wipe Out Israel
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 6:35:05 pm PST
Hey, go figure. I’m as surprised as you are. After the love fest at the Qaaba, I fully expected Hamas and Fatah to recognize Israel, put aside their weapons, dismantle the propaganda apparati, and start building a viable society for their children. Silly me. New Palestinian govt won’t recognize Israel: Hamas. ...
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Open Obama Thread
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 4:03:41 pm PST
Barack Obama announced today that he’s campaigning to be the first black anti-war progressive president...
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Chicago Tribune Antisemitism Watch
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 2:09:23 pm PST
This week the Chicago Tribune published an op-ed by antisemitic ex-Congressman Paul Findley, a Saudi sycophant (whose rabid articles for the ArabNews web site have been the subjects of several LGF posts, but have now been purged from the web), lending his support to America’s worst former president: Carter enters ...
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London's Evening Standard Goes "Truther"
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:35:27 am PST
The London Evening Standard dives off the deep end, and gives credence to the noxious moonbat film “Loose Change:” An explosion of disbelief - fresh doubts over 9/11. Evil insanity goes mainstream. The Evening Standard should be greatly ashamed. UPDATE at 2/10/07 11:31:29 am: It’s in the Daily Mail too.
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:24:53 am PST
But whatever you do, don’t call them antisemitic: Daily Kos: Holocaust Hucksterism. How hypocritical of warmongering, amoral charlatans the likes of Netanyahu and other hijackers of the Holocaust as a uniquely Jewish event. It is of a vileness that transcends description to see the pontificating asses exploiting the slaughter of millions ...
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Muslim Violence Continues at Temple Mount
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 9:37:48 am PST
More violence today at the Temple Mount, as raging Muslim mobs incited by paranoid conspiracy theories and cynical lies attacked a Canadian tour bus: Clashes by Jerusalem holy site continue. JERUSALEM - Palestinian teenagers threw rocks at Israeli police and attacked a Canadian tourist bus Saturday in a new wave of ...
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UK Islamic School Teaching Hatred (More Info)
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 9:25:20 am PST
LGF operative kasper has YouTubed the latest information from UK TV on the Saudi-funded Islamic school recently revealed to be teaching hatred and jihad. It turns out—and imagine my surprise—that the hatred is much more prevalent and pervasive in the school’s books than the first report indicated. [Video] Previously at LGF: Saudi School ...
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DNC's Imam Al-Husainy Melts Down on the Air
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 9:08:53 am PST
Imam Husham Al-Husainy, who delivered the now-infamous lines about doom, oppression, and occupation at the DNC winter meeting with party chairman Howard Dean standing at his side, was intervewed yesterday on Sean Hannity’s radio show. And the imam had a shrieking, sputtering, complete meltdown. This one is a real hoot. [Video] I’m amazed ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Ahead
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 8:45:43 am PST
A criminal nation continues buying more time for its Manhattan Project, playing to sympathetic audiences in the European Union and the US House of Representatives with another call for “dialog:” Iran says talks can end atom standoff. MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Iran insisted on Saturday an escalating dispute with the West ...
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LGF: A Front for the New World Odor
Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 7:59:05 am PST
At Digg.com, our post about the disgraceful, ghoulish media swarm at the site of the Qana bombing in Lebanon has prompted a typical paranoid rant from an LGF-hater (who’s probably an Islamist): (PIC) Hezbollah Secret Weapon: ‘Dead Baby Media Warfare’. Seems like LGF can only find ‘news’ about Muslims/Hezbollah/Fatah/... to comment ...
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Friday Night Ocean
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 9:53:45 pm PST
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Qana Media Swarm Revealed
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 4:42:50 pm PST
Here’s a photograph taken during the ghoulish dead baby display after Israel’s bombing of the town of Qana, at the height of the Hizballah media blitz, but from a different angle than the dozens and dozens of similar photos that were splashed all over the front pages of the newspapers ...
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Iowahawk: My Fair Blogger
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 3:26:54 pm PST
It’s Pygmalion! Updated for the edgy new progressive wave sweeping through the DNC like a tsunami of four-letter words: My Fair Blogger. (Language warning. Also hernia-inducing laff warning.) Book by Iowahawk Music by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner Based on “Fascist Pigmalian” by the Netroots Community SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS I tell you why ...
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The Moonbat Monologues
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 2:08:20 pm PST
It’s been a while since we’ve seen such a wondrously sparkly example of moonbat thinking as Linda Quiquivix’s warning to future “dates” in today’s Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper of UNC-Chapel Hill (where a spontaneous jihadi drove an SUV through the student quad last March): Know this, future ex-boyfriends ...
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France Surrendering As Fast As Possible
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 12:47:30 pm PST
Two Muslim “youths” run from the police, trespass into an electric substation to hide, then kill themselves by touching the wrong thing. Massive riots break out, causing millions of dollars worth of damage and thousands of torched automobiles. And the French prosecute the cops: 2 French police face pre-riot charges. PARIS - ...
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Haiku: Thugs and Killers in Mecca
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 10:52:50 am PST
Standing in togas Genocidal murderers To whom do they pray? Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (front row, 2nd L-R), Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, early February 9, 2007. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) UPDATE at 2/9/07 11:29:05 am: Our friends the Saudis are exceptionally eager to ...
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Holocaust "Truther" Attacks Elie Wiesel
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 10:13:47 am PST
Writer Elie Wiesel was recently attacked and nearly kidnapped following a speech in a San Francisco hotel, by a Holocaust denying stalker who then boasted about the assault on one of the internet’s many antisemitic web sites: Author attacked in S.F. hotel. (Hat tip: Laurent.) SAN FRANCISCO - In a bizarre ...
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Catholic Democrats: Edwards Should Fire Bloggers
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 9:07:29 am PST
In their stories about the uproar over the Edwards campaign’s hiring of two foul-mouthed nutroots bloggers, the mainstream media have been portraying the controversy as coming mainly from “right-wing Christians,” in an attempt to downplay the seriousness of the issue. But Marcotte and McEwan’s disgraceful writings have also been noticed by ...
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Questions That Never Get Asked
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 8:36:55 am PST
Debbie Schlussel has a list of questions she would have asked the Democratic Party’s favorite terror-supporting imam, Husham Al-Husainy. The first ten: 1) How many of your congregants are from the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil? 2) Who paid for your mosque and please provide us documentation for the financing? Was any ...
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Religion of Smoke and Explosions
Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 8:02:20 am PST
Screaming “Allahu akbar,” hundreds of Palestinians rioted at the site of the Temple Mount this morning: Clashes at Jewish-Muslim holy site in Jerusalem. Right after Friday prayers. You don’t suppose their “spiritual leaders” had anything to do with it, do you? JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli riot police armed with stun grenades have ...
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Breaking: Arabs Hate Bush
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 8:05:16 pm PST
Newsflash: Poll shows Arabs dislike Bush. If we’d just give them what they want, everything would be better. Or so they say. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new poll on Thursday underscored deep Arab unhappiness with the United States but said the negative image could be repaired if Washington brokered a comprehensive Arab-Israeli ...
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Howard Dean and the Radical Imam
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 6:13:20 pm PST
When Imam Husham Al-Husainy delivered his now-infamous lines about doom, oppression, and occupation at the DNC winter meeting, standing at his side was none other than party chairman Howard Dean. And Dean gave him a congratulatory handshake, right after the part about America’s “oppression and occupation.” As you can see in this ...
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It's a Puppet Show!
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 5:54:05 pm PST
Oh please. Brokered by our friends the Saudis, at a meeting in the center of Islam, the latest episode in a looooong-running hoax: Palestinians sign deal on unity government.
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The Leftist-Islamist Convergence
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 5:34:01 pm PST
Global warming meets the global jihad: Jihad Unspun publishes Al Gore.
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Note to AP: There Isn't Enough Whitewash in the World
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 4:24:42 pm PST
The Associated Press’ Nedra Pickler chimes in with a classic MSM whitewash for Marcotte and McEwan, with no real examples of what they’ve actually written: Edwards to Retain Embattled Bloggers. You just knew this was coming, didn’t you? On Tuesday, Donohue called for Edwards to fire the bloggers, citing posts that ...
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Lerner Dives Off Deep End
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 3:55:40 pm PST
There’s considerable debate over whether loony left anti-Israel Tikkun leader Michael Lerner can legitimately be termed a rabbi. But I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and call him “Rabbi.” Rabbi Truther. A 9/11 Conspiracy? ‘I Would Not Be Surprised,’ Says Tikkun Editor. Rabbi Michael Lerner, the longtime activist and ...
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A Polite Request, Palestinian Style
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 3:46:16 pm PST
They’re just askin’, is all. (Hat tip: Joel.) Masked Palestinian militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades ask a shop keeper to close his store as part of a general strike to protest against Israeli excavations near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the West Bank city of Hebron February 7, 2007. REUTERS/Nayef ...
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Anna Nicole Smith RIP
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 2:54:47 pm PST
I probably don’t need to tell you, because the entire mainstream news establishment of the United States has shut down all other coverage, but in case you haven’t heard yet, Anna Nicole Smith has died.
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Insulting Allah Now a Crime at SFSU
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 11:56:17 am PST
At San Francisco State University, you can do anything you want to a US flag or a Christian religious symbol: burn it, deface it, submerge it in bodily fluids. It’s all good. But step on paper copies of Hamas and Hizballah flags, and you’re in a world of hurt. (Hat tip: ...
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What Media Bias?
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 11:01:57 am PST
Rashid Hussein Mohammed, former deputy director of operations for Saddam Hussein’s military, is on trial for crimes against humanity during Operation Anfal, in which more than 180,000 Kurds were murdered. So how does the Associated Press headline their article? Anfal officer wants U.S. to face justice.
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British Islamist Seething Over Izzadeen Arrest
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 10:50:22 am PST
Raving and seething galore from British Islamist nutjob Anjem Choudary, on the arrest of his good buddy Abu Izzadeen. He calls Asgar Bukhari the Holocaust denier a “bootlicker” and an “apostate.” Completely whacked out—and the craziest part is the respectful tone of the Sky News interviewer in the face of ...
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Edwards Un-Fires Marcotte
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 10:02:28 am PST
It looks like John Edwards is going to be just fine with the deranged, obscene hatred posted at Pandagon.net and ShakespearesSister.blogspot.com by Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan: John Edwards ‘08 Blog. The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how ...
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Al Qaeda in Iraq is Crumbling
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 9:45:34 am PST
While the Associated Press leads with relentlessly defeatist stories emphasizing the deaths of US soldiers, Rusty notes that Al Qaeda in Iraq is Crumbling. Coalition forces in Iraq have delivered a series of stunning blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in the last 48 hours. A key aide to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, ...
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Islamist Front Groups Seething Over Duck
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 9:16:12 am PST
The high-profile Islamic grievance theater attains new heights of sheer absurdity: Muslim leaders condemn CW Post video. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders. The ...
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Murtha Threatens to Cut Pentagon Funds Over Pelosi's Jet
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 9:02:54 am PST
Rep. John Murtha (Moonbat-Pa.) has issued a threat to cut Pentagon funding, over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s outrageous demand for a military C-32 jet. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., the Pelosi ally who chairs the House military appropriations subcommittee, said he has spoken to Pentagon officials about the need to provide Pelosi with ...
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NY Sun: Blackout of the Press
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 8:40:10 am PST
America’s mainstream media are hiding important facts about the war in Iraq from the public, and this is only the latest example: Blackout of the Press. (Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.) Abu Omar al-Baghdadi made his grand entrance onto the jihadist stage on October 12, 2006, and since then he’s delivered two very ...
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Associated Press Ghoul Watch
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 8:29:08 am PST
The ghouls at the Associated Press continue tallying up their death count; whether US forces actually win these battles is immaterial to the AP, as they lead with US deaths and fail to report the outcomes: Four Marines killed; U.S. toll now 3,114. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four U.S. Marines were killed ...
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Iran Threatens US
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 8:17:57 am PST
Iran’s head Ayatollah is threatening the United States with terrorist attacks around the world: Iran to hit U.S. interests if attacked. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday that if the United States were to attack Iran, the country would respond by striking U.S. interests all over the world — ...
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Islamist Raver Arrested in Britain
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 7:51:31 am PST
UK Islamic hate preacher Abu Izzadeen, aka Omar Brooks, has been arrested: Reid Heckler Arrested. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Abu Izzadeen, the radical Muslim who barracked Home Secretary John Reid last year, has been arrested for allegedly encouraging terrorism. Izzadeen, 31, was held in Leyton High Road, east London, under Section 1 ...
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LGF on Tammy Bruce Show
Thu, Feb 8, 2007 at 7:30:02 am PST
I’ll be on the Laura Ingraham radio show, with Tammy Bruce sitting in for Laura, in just a few minutes...
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And Now For Something Completely Different...
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 8:16:36 pm PST
I confess: I have a major crush on Patty Griffin’s amazingly clear voice. Here’s one of her best songs, with a transcendent bridge: Chief, from [Amazon Link]. [Video]
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Steyn on the DNC's Radical Spiritual Leader
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 7:17:42 pm PST
Mark Steyn discusses the DNC’s radical Imam, from Hannity and (an absolutely pathetic) Colmes: [Video]
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Iowahawk: The Pandagon Papers
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 5:44:23 pm PST
The indomitable Iowahawk has somehow gained access to the delete buffer of an email account owned by someone you may recognize by her ... ahem ... boisterous language: The Pandagon Papers. To: Senator John Edwards From: Amanda Marcotte Re: Job Offer Dear Senator Edwards: I am f****** delighted to accept your offer of the position ...
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Arab-American Defends '24'
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 4:11:18 pm PST
A great article at OpinionJournal by Emilio Karim Dabul: In Defense of ‘24’. I am an Arab-American as well as a fan of “24.” The two things are not mutually exclusive, despite what the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other such groups have to say about this season’s opening ...
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Failed British Bomber Trial Continues
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 3:22:20 pm PST
More video from British TV covering the trial of the failed 7/21 London bombers, from LGF operative kasper, including information about their indoctrination (watching jihad videos and listening to preachers like Abu Hamza) and training at, among other places, a camp in Scotland. [Video]
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Hizballah Pushing It on the Border
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 3:01:27 pm PST
Hizballah and their Iranian puppetmasters are getting frisky again on the border with Israel: Shooting erupts on Israel-Lebanon border. JERUSALEM - Fighting broke out between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers Wednesday night as Israel searched for Hezbollah bombs along the frontier between the two countries, officials from both sides said. Lebanese soldiers opened ...
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Iran Calls on Muslims to Retaliate for Temple Mount Work
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 2:39:27 pm PST
The head ayatollah called today on all Islamic nations to rise up and punish Israel. (Yes, again.) This time it’s for construction work at the Temple Mount, one of Judaism’s holiest sites—and one of Islam’s longest-running brazen hoaxes: Iranian Urges Action Vs. Holy Site Work. (Hat tip: Daniel Freedman.) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ...
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Sarkozy Provokes Religion of Peace
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 2:15:50 pm PST
French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is risking a gnarly fatwa by suggesting that Muslims grow a sense of humor: Sarkozy angers Muslims over French cartoons trial. PARIS (AFP) - A French satirical weekly won support from interior minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy when it went on trial for publishing [Popup] ...
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Wednesday Afternoon Krazy Kaptions!
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 1:56:27 pm PST
If ever a photo was screaming, “Caption me, please!” UPDATE at 2/7/07 5:36:05 pm: A Photoshop remix from elphidelphi:
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Rathergate #3 on PC World's Top Ten Web Scandals
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 1:02:31 pm PST
PC World’s Dan Tynan looks at the Top 10 Internet Scandals of All Time, and number 3 features your humble lizardoid master. 3. Dan Rather Bids a Font Farewell They were supposed to be the smoking gun the Bush Administration was desperate to conceal: four documents, dating from the early 1970s, that ...
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Panda Gone: Edwards Throws Marcotte Under the Bus
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 11:47:57 am PST
In a typically unbiased article, Salon.com’s Time Grieve reports that the right-wing blogosphere has gotten its scalps. The right-wing blogosphere has gotten its scalps — John Edwards has fired the two controversial bloggers he recently hired to do liberal blogger outreach, Salon has learned. The bloggers, Amanda Marcotte, formerly of Pandagon, and ...
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Hatefest at University of Toronto (Israel Wiped Off Map)
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 11:01:18 am PST
At the University of Toronto, the Arab Students’ Collective is currently holding a peaceful, tolerant little genocidal hatefest called: Israeli Apartheid Week. (Hat tip: Scott.) The page linked above is hosted at the official University of Toronto web site. This is the graphic they’ve posted to promote the event: Notice anything missing from ...
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The Cartoon Jihad's Legal Front
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 9:47:19 am PST
Two of France’s so-called “mainstream” Islamic advocacy groups are preparing to sue a French magazine for publishing [Popup]: Cartoon row goes to French court. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Paris - The row over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed will be replayed in a French court next week when two influential ...
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Carter Accuses Wiesenthal Center of Money-Grubbing
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 9:38:53 am PST
When the Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Jimmy Carter’s disgraceful new book, Carter responded with the following letter: News Releases-Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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Walid Shoebat at UC Davis
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 9:06:01 am PST
Thanks to all LGF readers who sent me their accounts of Walid Shoebat’s speech at UC Davis, and the Muslim Student Association’s protest. I suspect the MSA deliberately toned down the protest last night, after the publicity the Muslim Students Union at UC Irvine received for their outrageous demonstration at ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 8:37:54 am PST
Yet another jaw-droppingly antisemitic “diary” at the left’s premiere progressive hate site: Daily Kos: Exceptionalism: when anti-semitic means not pro-Jew enough. (Hat tip: Jamie.) I’ve been trying to figure out why the anti-semitic allegations on DailyKos lately have irritated me so much. I want to share my thinking for discussion with ...
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John Edwards Hires Left-Wing Hate Blogger
Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 8:31:38 am PST
Presidential candidate John Edwards has hired one of the nastiest, most hateful and foul-mouthed left-wing bloggers to be his campaign “blogmaster,” Amanda Marcotte of pandagon.net. (Of course, she and her compatriots at Pandagon have attacked LGF on several occasions like rabid ankle-biting chihuahuas.) And it’s backfiring, big time. Does John Edwards ...
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Hannity and Colmes on the DNC's Radical Imam
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 6:22:48 pm PST
The Hannity and Colmes show is exceptional tonight. They’re covering the DNC’s disgraceful choice of a radical Islamic nutjob as their prayer leader, and Geraldine Ferraro and Allan Colmes are spinning like Iranian centrifuges. I’m recording and will have something to look at later. (Initial reaction: way too little attention to ...
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UK Islamic School Teaching Infidelophobia
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 5:13:53 pm PST
Via LGF operative kasper, here’s a British TV report on the Saudi-funded King Fahad Academy in Acton, where the schoolbooks teach that Jews are monkeys and pigs, and Christians and Jews will burn in hellfire. The director of the school is interviewed, and she says the translations are inaccurate, taken out ...
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Internet Root Servers Attacked
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 4:01:09 pm PST
This is very troubling news, as a gigantic Denial of Service attack briefly disabled three of the internet’s 13 “root” servers earlier today, including one that handles the Defense Department network: Hackers attack key Net traffic computers. WASHINGTON - Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help ...
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New Toronto Mosque's Radical Imam
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 2:33:48 pm PST
A new mosque being built north of Toronto will feature the khutba of Imam Zanfar Bangash: Mosque and imam spark controversy in Newmarket. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Bangash’s critics say many of his comments and published writing could be interpreted as anti-Israeli and anti-American. The imam admits he has opinions on U.S. and ...
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ACLU: Rendition Flights = Beheadings
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 1:42:52 pm PST
Australian blogger Dylan Kissane is keeping track of the whacked out propaganda on Al Jazeera International, and today they featured ACLU lawyer Steven Watt. Watt was asked by a caller which is a worse human rights violation - US extraordinary rendition flights or terrorist beheadings? The answer: to the ACLU, ...
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Breaking: Operation Baghdad Begins
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 12:53:34 pm PST
Iraq the Model reports that Operation Baghdad has been launched, in the northeastern section of Azamiyah. Minutes after nighttime curfew began in Baghdad at 9 pm we saw breaking news on al-Hurra and al-Jazeera saying that Baghdad’s security operation has just started. The news says the first operation is currently underway in ...
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Israeli Truther: Arafish Was Poisoned
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 12:27:04 pm PST
In a deranged little piece for The Guardian, Uri Avnery shows that he’s the Israeli leftist equivalent of America’s 9/11 Truthers: If Arafat were still alive. In the meantime, the unanswered questions come up again: how did Yasser Arafat die? Was he murdered? On the way back from Arafat’s funeral in 2004, ...
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RoP Strikes Again in Pakistan
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 11:58:09 am PST
Suicide attack at Pakistani airport wounds three police. ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A suicide attacker opened fire at Pakistan’s Islamabad International airport before blowing himself up with a hand grenade, injuring three people, the interior minister said. The attack was the second suicide blast in Islamabad and the fifth in Pakistan since January ...
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UK Islamic Preacher Called for Muslim Soldiers to Be Beheaded
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 11:41:03 am PST
British tabloid The Sun reports that a video has surfaced of UK Islamic preacher Abu Izzadeen (formerly known as Omar Brooks before his “reversion” to Islam) calling for all Muslims serving in the British Army to be killed. PREACHER of hate Abu Izzadeen has called on all Muslims serving in the ...
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Gates Dares Hackers
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 11:04:58 am PST
I’m going out on a limb to make a wild prediction: Bill Gates is going to regret saying this. “We made it way harder for guys to do exploits,” said Mr. Gates. “The number [of exploits] will be way less because we’ve done some dramatic things [to improve security] in the ...
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Arkin: Waaaah!
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 10:44:05 am PST
For the sake of completeness, I’ll link to William Arkin’s latest whiny post about how victimized and demonized he is, but it’s exactly what you might expect: Demonization and Responsibility. Leftist diversionary tactics 101; claim victimhood and suppression of rights, because people are criticizing what you said. Take no responsibility for ...
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RoP Leaders Meet in Mecca
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 10:28:29 am PST
Now why in the world would genocidal terrorists choose the very center of Islam as a meeting place? Palestinian leaders in Mecca for talks. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia brought the two main Palestinian leaders to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Tuesday to try to end their bloody conflict and ...
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It's Sad When Jihadis Hotlink
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 9:08:19 am PST
I always love discovering that some leftist or jihadist site has “hotlinked” to one of my graphics (i.e., linked directly to the image on the LGF server instead of making their own copy), because the possibilities for mischief are endless. Today Brian at Snapped Shot found AlJazeera.com (not affiliated with ...
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Schlussel on the DNC's Radical Islamic Prayer Leader
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 8:45:43 am PST
Debbie Schlussel’s New York Post article today is on the hate-spewing, terror-supporting Islamic cleric chosen by the Democratic National Committee to lead the invocation at its winter meeting: An Ugly Invocation. Apart from this article, the mainstream media have absolutely no interest in this story; but it really is shocking how ...
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Rudy Giuliani on Hannity and Colmes
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 8:13:44 pm PST
I liked Rudy Giuliani even before 9/11 for what he did to save New York from a ruthless downslide, and I’ll never forget this moment, but tonight’s interview on H&C went a long way toward convincing me that he’s the best candidate for president on the market. [Video] [Video]
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O'Reilly Outraged Over Arkin
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 6:49:42 pm PST
Bill O’Reilly was in high dudgeon tonight (and justifiably so) over William Arkin’s anti-military screeds in several MSM outlets. Hot Air has the second section, with the comment babes: Michelle tells O’Reilly, “Let a thousand Arkins bloom”. UPDATE at 2/5/07 7:45:24 pm: Here’s the first segment, sans comment babes, in which O’Reilly’s ...
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"Islamophobia" Libel Applied to Bruce Bawer
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 4:36:15 pm PST
Bruce Bawer’s excellent work on Europe’s giant demographic problem, [Amazon Link], has simultaneously earned him a nomination for a National Book Critics Circle award, and gotten him labeled “Islamophobic” by an NBCC board member: NBCC Finalist Provokes NBCC Discord. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) So, yesterday, on the National Book Critics Circle ...
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Blood Libel on Lebanese TV
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 4:14:07 pm PST
This is the kind of hate-filled, deranged programming that oozes out of Arab media every day of the year, as a Lebanese “poet” rehashes the classic Jewish blood libel and a host of other antisemitic canards, on Lebanon’s TeleLiban TV, January 30, 2007. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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About That Quietly Fired Reuters Editor
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 1:41:32 pm PST
Last month we noted a report that during the Adnan Hajj photo faking scandal, news agency Reuters had not only fired Hajj, but quietly fired a top photo editor as well. On Friday at the Lightstalkers pro photographers’ forum, John Bap had an interesting post on this subject, providing a glimpse ...
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Women Presidents OK Under Islam (Not)
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 12:47:58 pm PST
Who says Islam denies rights to women? Egypt top cleric says women presidents okay under Islam. CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt’s top cleric declared that Islam does not bar women from becoming heads of state, denying press reports that had earlier attributed to him the opposite position. On January 27, the Akhbar Al-Yom ...
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Chinless Ophthalmologist vs. Blow-Dried Diane
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 11:26:46 am PST
The chinless opthalmologist of Syria confronts the hard-hitting, probing questions of Diane Sawyer: Diane Sawyer asks Syrian fascist what’s on his iPod. Chinless wins. Sawyer: Is this quiet man the best hope of the United States?
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Mega Mosque London 2012
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 10:42:26 am PST
Here’s a good video report on the enormous 17-acre “Mega Mosque” project planned to open during the 2012 Olympics in London, acting as a forward base for the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group Tablighi Jamaat. (Hat tip: kasper.) [Video]
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Palestinian Cease Fire Watch
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 9:49:23 am PST
The mainstream wire services continue relentlessly promoting a “truce” between Hamas and Fatah that simply does not exist: Fatah gunmen abduct Hamas official in Ramallah. (Hat tip: Ethel.) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Fatah gunmen abducted a Hamas official as he left his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah ...
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UC Davis MSA Calls for FBI to Investigate Walid Shoebat
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 9:23:12 am PST
Tomorrow night at UC Davis, former PLO terrorist Walid Shoebat will give a speech: UC Davis News & Information :: Event Detail. Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist who is now a peace activist will [sic] on campus. Shoebat will discuss his transformation from hate to love as a former terrorist. ...
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Two American Muslims Arrested in Kenya Fighting for Somalia
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 9:07:12 am PST
Kenya says they’ve detained two American Muslims who were fighting for the Islamic Courts in Somalia—and one brought his 9-year old child with him: Kenya Holding 2 Americans As Suspects. (Hat tip: Ringo.) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two Americans were among at least 10 foreigners caught by Kenyan police at the ...
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Saudi School in UK Teaching Hatred, Violence
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 8:53:01 am PST
Newsflash: despite what you may have heard, the Saudis are not our friends: Pupils aged five ‘poisoned’ at Islamic school that ‘teaches hate’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) An Islamic school is poisoning the minds of pupils with lessons in hate, a former teacher claims. Colin Cook, 57, says textbooks used by children ...
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Moonbat Mahathir Raves Again, AFP Covers for Him
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 8:18:19 am PST
Antisemitic and anti-Western former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad hosted a freak show in Kuala Lumpur with gaggles of moonbats in attendance, calling Bush and Blair “fascist war criminals” in the midst of a propaganda display reminiscent of the worst of the Soviets: Blair branded a ‘fascist war criminal’. (Hat ...
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Ridiculous New York Times Story of the Week
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 7:42:39 pm PST
You have got to be kidding me. Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War. (Hat tip: jimo.) No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ...
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The Debut of Mecca Laa Laa
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 7:18:38 pm PST
They may be showing their appreciation for dancers in Saudi Arabia with a bullwhip, but at Australia’s Cronulla Beach, the new Islamic lifeguard is wowing the paparazzi: Mecca Laa Laa, in her burqini! Mecca Laa Laa wearing a full body covering known as the ‘burqini’, prepares for patrol at Sydney’s Cronulla ...
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The Horror of Mixed Dancing
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 5:45:03 pm PST
Those unlovable fun-hating woman-beating muttawa (Saudi religious police) are at it again, cracking down on a crime worse than suicide bombing or beheading. Dancing. No. Not simply dancing. That would be bad enough. Mixed dancing. 20 face lash for dancing in Saudi Arabia. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi Arabian judge sentenced 20 foreigners ...
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Sunday Open Thread
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 3:34:09 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for a Sunday afternoon. I understand there was some kind of sporting event today?
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Palestinian Cease Fire Watch
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 2:46:35 pm PST
Nobody’s been killed in the last hour, so up pops Agence France Presse just like clockwork: Fragile Gaza ceasefire takes hold. GAZA CITY (AFP) - A shaky ceasefire between warring Palestinian factions in Gaza teetered but then appeared to take hold as the guns, mortars and grenades fell silent for the ...
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UK Terror Plots Foiled Every Six Weeks
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 2:32:53 pm PST
Problem? What problem? Security forces ‘foil terror plot every six weeks’. Twice as many Islamist terror plots have been disrupted since the July 7 suicide bombings as has previously been made public, Britain’s security services insist. A further six plots, which have been kept secret until now for security reasons, had been ...
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UC Irvine: MSU Calls for Israel to Be Wiped Out
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 1:19:39 pm PST
On Thursday we featured a video recording from Daniel Pipes’ talk at the University of California Irvine, showing the Muslim Students Union staging a coordinated disruption, walking out and loudly chanting “Anti-Israel!”: Video: Muslim Students Disrupt Daniel Pipes Speech at UC Irvine. But the worst, most disturbing part of this event ...
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Bonehead MSM Blooper of the Day
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 12:20:50 pm PST
In this AP article on the cold spell in the Midwest, we discover our boneheaded MSM moment of the day: Harsh cold expected to linger in Midwest. (Hat tip: John K.) Temperatures in Minneapolis and St. Paul were expected to stay below freezing until sometime Tuesday, said National Weather Service meteorologist ...
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What Beheading Plot?
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 11:01:03 am PST
If you relied on left-wing blogs for your news, you’d be completely unaware of the last two or three Islamic terrorist plots thwarted in Britain. They simply don’t care about this kind of stuff, because it doesn’t advance their primary agenda—to gain political power, and defeat the evil Chimpy. But here ...
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Beheading Plot: "If You Can't Kidnap a Muslim, Any Soldier Will Do"
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 9:57:17 am PST
British tabloid News of the World has some highly disturbing details about this week’s thwarted Islamic beheading plot. (Hat tip: kasper.) THE al-Qaeda plot to behead a British Muslim soldier was smashed after MI5 intercepted a panic order to the kidnap gang: “If you can’t find a Muslim, ANY squaddie will ...
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Sunday Times: Mossad Assassinated Top Iranian Nuke Scientist
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 9:17:02 am PST
The Sunday Times is reporting that the death of a top Iranian nuclear scientist was no accident: Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It’s within the realm of possibility, but I’ll just point out that the Sunday Times has a history of being less than totally accurate ...
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Tariq Ramadan at the NYT: "Slim, Handsome, Elegant"
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 8:57:18 am PST
Another attempt at whitewashing the Muslim Brotherhood’s European Trojan Horse, Tariq Ramadan, at the New York Times, in a six-page article by Ian Buruma: Tariq Ramadan Has an Identity Issue. Buruma comes to the conclusion that Ramadan is just too slick to be a radical Islamist, that he doesn’t promote jihad, ...
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Palestinian Cease Fire Watch
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 8:18:43 am PST
Amazingly, the mainstream media are still trying to hype the ludicrous, nonexistent “ceasefire” between Hamas and Fatah, even as the body count rises. Agence France Presse: New gunfights rock Gaza despite ceasefire. Associated Press: Gaza infighting looms over peace efforts. Reuters: Gaza rivals pull back, free some hostages. GAZA (Reuters) - Gunmen began withdrawing ...
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Daily Kos: Arkin Was Right, The Military Owes Us
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 8:07:51 am PST
The mask is off at the Daily Kos, and the Kidz are cheering on William Arkin for his slam at the military: Daily Kos: Arkin Was Right - We Do Have a Mercenary Army and They Do Owe Us! (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) All hell has broken loose on the right ...
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Religion of Peace Calls for Wave of Abductions and Beheadings
Sun, Feb 4, 2007 at 8:04:16 am PST
Omar Bakri, the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist cleric who fled Britain after the 7/7 bombings, has called for death to all Muslim soldiers. ONE of Britain’s most notorious Islamist preachers has warned that any Muslim joining the army should expect to be beheaded. Omar Bakri, who fled Britain weeks after the 7/7 London ...
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Palestinians: "We Don't Deserve a State"
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 8:38:12 pm PST
Apparently, Palestinians are worried that the civil war between Hamas and Fatah is going to damage their image with the international community: Palestinian W. Bank residents: ‘We don’t deserve a state’. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) There are no words for dark irony this profound. As the fighting between Fatah and Hamas continues in ...
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And Now For Something Completely Different...
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 6:15:16 pm PST
Browsing around through the current crop of neo-acoustic guitarists, I discovered Andy McKee and promptly purchased [Amazon Link]. Impressive technique is almost yawn-worthy these days, but Andy’s evocative compositional skills stand out. Here’s a beautiful piece titled For My Father. [Video]
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Radical Islam: Terror in Its Own Words
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 5:45:26 pm PST
Coming up at 9 pm ET (6pm PT) on Fox News: Radical Islam: Terror in Its Own Words. Featuring a selection of the kinds of stories and videos that you could have found at LGF any time during the past ... oh, six years or so.
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Sulzberger's Revenge
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 4:02:43 pm PST
Here’s a followup to our post about the New York Times’ 4th quarter loss of $648 million, as Pinch Sulzberger responds to a Morgan Stanley executive’s attempt to make the Times more profitable—by pulling the Times’ assets from the bank: Fund manager costs Morgan Stanley Sulzberger money. (Hat tip: cbinflux.) NEW ...
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Nasrallah: Iran and Syria Help Hizballah, and Everybody Knows It
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 3:02:42 pm PST
Some rather stunning admissions from the leader of Hizballah, in an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper: Nasrallah admits ‘intelligence failure’. In an admission which underscores previous statements made by Hizbullah, leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said that his organization suffered from an “intelligence failure” regarding the size and timing of an Israeli ...
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Sleepwalking with the Enemy
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 1:58:31 pm PST
Here’s an excellent essay by Ruth Dudley Edwards at the Telegraph: Sleepwalking with the enemy. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) As early as 1988, when the Thatcher government showed itself too nervous to arrest Muslims screaming publicly for the murder of Salman Rushdie, MPs such as Roy Hattersley – who called for ...
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The Schoolhouse of Self-Loathing
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 12:41:14 pm PST
They’re never too young to learn to hate their own country! Here’s a little Schoolhouse Rock-style ditty teaching kids that Pirates and Emperors are really the same thing. (Hat tip: Dayenu.) And terrorists? Why, they’re the same as freedom fighters, kids! Inspired and informed by the wisdom of the great Noam Chomsky. [Video] (Yes, ...
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Discovery Times: Media Jihad
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 12:08:24 pm PST
A very interesting show currently airing on Discovery Times, about Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups’ use of modern media techniques and the internet: Media Jihad. (Originally produced in 2005.)
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LGF Technical Update - Iggy Debuts
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 11:18:50 am PST
A few updates, enhancements, and/or changes to report: That ever-growing list of links to our monthly archives has been moved to its own page, with the list organized according to years: lgf: Archives. The link to the Monthly Archives page is now in the Tools/Info section of our left sidebar. Instead of ...
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AFP to Chinese Media: Get in the Game!
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 10:17:19 am PST
Agence France Presse berates Chinese media for failing to join Western media in a barrage of hysterical, alarmist articles on the highly questionable UN report on global warming: China media downplays UN climate change report. The word “barrage” is no exaggeration. There are currently more than 3,000 news articles online about ...
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Palestinian Cease Fire Watch
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 9:54:54 am PST
I wonder if the media will ever stop promoting these phony “truces?” Is there a point at which they start to feel a little embarrassed at being taken in yet again by the Palestinians’ shell game? Hamas, Fatah ignore truce deal in Gaza. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Fatah and Hamas ...
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Hope Rides Alone
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 9:34:07 am PST
Here’s a piece of hard reality, from Sgt. Eddie Jeffers, a US Army Infantryman serving in Ramadi, Iraq: Hope Rides Alone. America has lost its will to fight. It has lost its will to defend what is right and just in the world. The crazy thing of it all is that ...
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Rice: Violence is "No Reason" Not to Give Palestinians a State
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 9:02:59 am PST
At this point, you have to wonder what the Palestinians could possibly do to get people like Condoleezza Rice to stop this delusional talk about a Palestinian state: Rice urges Mideast peace talks. Yes, I understand that Rice is the Secretary of State, and State’s job is to try to use ...
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British Teacher Fired for Telling the Truth
Sat, Feb 3, 2007 at 8:46:00 am PST
A British secondary school teacher has been fired by school authorities after Muslim students complained that he mentioned suicide bombers in connection with Islam: Supply teacher sacked in race row. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Andrew McLuskey was sacked from Bayliss Court Secondary School in Slough after a Religious Education lesson discussing ...
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Mainstream UK Muslim Views: Plots and Paranoia
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 7:44:39 pm PST
In the quiet suburb of Sparkbrook, almost everyone believes that the beheading plot arrests are meant to demonize Muslims: Plots and paranoia are mainstream views for Muslims of Sparkbrook. To wander the streets of Sparkbrook yesterday, from shabby corner shop to proud, white-domed mosque, was to enter a world where conspiracy ...
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Iowahawk Launches "Equal Time"
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 5:53:06 pm PST
Iowahawk launches his “Equal Time” feature with a formal debate on the blogosphere’s current hot topic: Should Washington Post Military Analyst William Arkin Be Beaten Like the Repulsive Sack of Sh-t He Is? In this debate, Mr. Hawk will argue against the beating of Mr. Arkin. The Iowahawk View Washington Post Military Affairs ...
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Iran's Death Cult Curriculum
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 5:18:10 pm PST
Indoctrination into the death cult of militant Islam starts at a very young age: Iran schools feed pupils “war curriculum”. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Iran’s schools are nurturing a siege mentality in children with textbooks showing preparations for war and depicting Israel and the West as ...
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DNC Meeting Opened by Terror Supporter
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 3:20:18 pm PST
The convocation for the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting was delivered today by Shi’ite Imam Husham Al-Husainy, of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn, Michigan, and it’s amazing what this spiritual leader managed to get away with saying, in front of America’s Democrat leadership: Video: Imam prays to stop ...
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Video: UK Muslims React to Beheading Plot Busts
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 12:33:47 pm PST
LGF operative kasper sent this video of British Muslims at Birmingham Central Mosque reacting with suspicion to Wednesday’s anti-terror raids; includes Imam Mohammad Naseem’s statement that Britain is becoming a police state. [Video]
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A Phony Kos Komment at WaPo
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 11:36:39 am PST
Bob Owens picked up on a fake comment pretending to be by Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas of the Daily Kos, under William Arkin’s pseudo-apology at the Washington Post. I thought it smelled phony, as I emailed and told Bob. Glenn Reynolds went to the source and confirmed it: I emailed Markos and ...
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Viacom Asks YouTube to Remove 100,000 Videos
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 11:06:06 am PST
The halcyon days of carefree copyright violation are coming to an end for YouTube: Viacom asks YouTube to remove 100K clips. NEW YORK - Media company Viacom Inc., which owns the cable networks MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and the Paramount Pictures movie studio, asked YouTube on Friday to remove more than 100,000 ...
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Postage from the Religion of Peace
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 10:26:51 am PST
LGF reader El Marco discovered this Iranian stamp commemorating the first anniversary of the Islamic revolution at a New York stamp show: I found this at a stamp show in New York. I interpret it as infidel blood, a gift from Allah healing and mending the shattered sword of Islam. This ...
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From Gitmo to the NSW Parliament
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 9:45:16 am PST
A former Guantanamo Bay inmate is going to run for office in the New South Wales parliament: Ex-Guantanamo inmate to run in Australia election. SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian once detained in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of helping al Qaeda said on Friday he would stand for election to the New ...
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Cartoon Jihad Cleric Dies, AP Prints Obituary
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 9:29:28 am PST
The Associated Press issues a fawning, highly misleading obituary for the Danish Islamic supremacist who kicked off the Cartoon Jihad by touring the Middle East and inciting violence: Controversial Danish imam Abu Laban dies. (Hat tip: Sugiero.) A Palestinian immigrant who became Denmark’s leading imam, Abu Laban was thrust into the ...
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Palestinian Cease Fire Watch
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 9:10:00 am PST
Are you ready for the new, improved Palestinian truce? Hamas spokesman: New cease-fire agreement reached. A Hamas spokesman announced late Friday afternoon that a new Gaza cease-fire agreement has been reached following violent battles between Hamas and Fatah gunmen which left 11 dead over the course of the day. However, both sides ...
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Arkin Issues Pseudo-Apology
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 8:59:52 am PST
Washington Post “national security” blogger William Arkin (a hard left anti-military writer who has inexplicably been employed as a “military analyst” by NBC and the LA Times) must have been read the riot act by his superiors at the Post, because there’s no other way he would have issued even ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes in Philippines
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 8:49:10 am PST
Showing once again the utter foolishness of making “truces” with Islamic supremacists: Muslim rebels lead Philippine jail break. Muslim insurgents using grenade launchers blasted their way into a prison in the southern Philippines early today and freed 49 inmates, including suspected bombers. Three guards were wounded in the pre-dawn attack on Kidapawan ...
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UK Muslim Leader Seethes Over Stopped Plots
Fri, Feb 2, 2007 at 8:26:40 am PST
Because the UK is exposing Islamic terror plots to blow airplanes out of the sky and behead innocent people, a Muslim leader says Britain is becoming a police state. Just like ... you guessed it! ... Nazi Germany. A Muslim leader has warned that Britain is moving towards a “police state,” comparing ...
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Arkin Goes Nuts
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 7:22:42 pm PST
Hard left Washington Post “military analyst” William Arkin freaks out on John Gibson’s radio show: ‘We’re Losing!’
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A Disturbance in the Force
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 7:04:29 pm PST
If you’re unable to reach many of your favorite blogs tonight (Instapundit and Power Line, to name two), it’s because there’s some kind of network issue at Hosting Matters. From the HM Emergency Support Forum: Update: it appears that Level3 has entirely dropped our route announcement, based on the research done ...
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Video: Muslim Students Disrupt Daniel Pipes Speech at UC Irvine
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 6:01:44 pm PST
Last night at the University of California Irvine, the Muslim Students Union staged a threatening, thuggish disruption of a talk by Daniel Pipes. LGF readers were there with their cameras. UC Irvine is a hotbed of Muslim radicalism, as we’ve documented many times at LGF, but you may not have understood ...
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News of Saddam's Execution Removed from Gitmo
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 4:06:01 pm PST
According to the Associated Press, the military has acted quickly to stamp out a new form of brutal US torture against Guantanamo terrorists, much worse than panties, loud music, or the dreaded pink belly: insensitivity. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A news report about Saddam Hussein’s execution was removed from ...
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Attacks on British Jews at Record High
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 3:49:11 pm PST
While the UK’s Islamic advocacy groups whine furiously about “Islamophobia:” ’Wave of hatred’ warning as attacks on Jews hit record high. Attacks on Britain’s Jews have risen to the highest level since records began. A study published today shows the number of reported anti-Semitic incidents has almost tripled in 10 years, with ...
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Iranians Working with Hamas?
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 3:18:42 pm PST
The news comes from a Palestinian “security official” so it’s questionable, but very interesting if true: PA security forces arrest 7 Iranians in Gaza Strip raid. Palestinian security forces arrested seven Iranian citizens during a raid Thursday night at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, a security official ...
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The Convergence of Poisonous Idiocies
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 3:06:25 pm PST
The Truther morons are holding a “9/11 Accountability Conference” in Chandler, Arizona from February 23-25, featuring all of the “movement’s” leading lights of lunacy. And in a cosmic convergence of poisonous idiocies, the Conference Director is also a Holocaust denier. Details at Screw Loose Change: Holocaust Denier Hosting 9-11 Accountability Conference!
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Hamas Supporters Acquitted
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 2:52:19 pm PST
Yet another depressing miscarriage of justice in a terrorism case, as a jury lets a confessed Hamas member and his associate walk free on charges of aiding the terror group: U.S. jury acquits two men of Hamas conspiracy. CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. jury found two Palestinian-born men not guilty on ...
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Grievance Theater Training at ASU
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 12:58:14 pm PST
An exercise in stereotyping and bigotry, disguised as “sensitivity training:” ASU student objects to sensitivity exercise. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Arizona State University senior Ryan Visconti was told “his kind” wasn’t welcome — that he was an abomination and an unforgiveable sinner. He pleaded to join the “church,” which was set ...
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Boston Artists Told to Keep Quiet?
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 11:56:57 am PST
ABC News reports that the “guerilla marketing firm” behind yesterday’s terror scare in Boston told one of the artists who placed the devices to keep quiet, while the city was shut down. Feb. 1, 2007 — One of the two men charged in connection with the advertising campaign that turned into ...
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New York Times Hits Bottom, Digs
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 10:58:18 am PST
On the heels of Washington Post writer William Arkin’s anti-military piece, now we have the New York Times publishing a picture and video of a US soldier dying in Iraq—before his family was notified. And even though the Times says they’re going to apologize, the video is still there. This is ...
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Freund: The Straightforward Arithmetic of Jihad
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 10:36:41 am PST
Michael Freund drops the touchy-feely “tiny minority” nonsense and takes a look at The straightforward arithmetic of the global jihad. It’s time we open our eyes and confront reality. Ever since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the media has sought to reassure ...
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Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 9:52:44 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a sunny Thursday morning...
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The Islamist-Leftist Convergence
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 9:48:53 am PST
The Islamic Republic News Agency is pleased to report that the neutering of the Western Satans from within is proceeding apace: Muslim network launched to boost anti-war movement in UK. Britain’s Stop The War Coalition (STWC) is launching a new Muslim network to help strengthen the country’s anti-war campaign at a ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 8:43:24 am PST
The latest Palestinian cease fire is getting “shaky” again: Hamas ambushes Gaza convoy, four dead. GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamic group said was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential guard in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and four people were killed, residents said. Abbas’s Fatah faction ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 8:31:35 am PST
Despite the military government’s “peace drive:” Ice cream vendor beheaded in Thai Muslim south. BANGKOK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An ice cream vendor was killed and his headless body left sitting on the bicycle seat of his cart in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim south on Thursday, police said. The vendor, a 45-year-old Buddhist ...
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Arkin Blasts Critics As "Arrogant and Intolerant"
Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 8:23:30 am PST
William Arkin, writer of one of the most hateful and ugly pieces ever to soil the web site of the Washington Post, says that everyone who criticized his article is Arrogant and Intolerant. Apparently he expected universal praise for his brilliant analysis. Here he “apologizes” for describing US troops as “mercenaries”—because ...
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