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LGF Archives: April 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

Zombie: Impeachfest in SF

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 8:54:30 pm PDT

Last weekend was Impeachment Weekend in San Francisco, and Zombie made sure the moonbats were immortalized in all their dubious glory: Impeachment Weekend.

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand, OIC Advises Appeasement

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 7:21:50 pm PDT

Two Buddhists set ablaze in Thai Muslim south. PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim militants beheaded a Buddhist man, shot dead his nephew and set both bodies on fire in Thailand’s rebellious far south, police and soldiers said on Monday. The 30-year man and his 14-year-old nephew were killed in a Muslim ...

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Olmert: "I Have No Intention to Resign"

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 6:38:59 pm PDT

The lessons are clear. If you’re going to commit your nation to a war, do it all the way, no half measures. Tell the truth about the enemy. Don’t stop until it’s truly finished, no matter what the “international community” says. I have no intention to resign, Olmert says.

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Video: BBC Newsnight on Al Muhajiroun

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 6:01:32 pm PDT

This is a must-see vidclip from operative Kasper (who’s on fire today), a BBC Newsnight report on the rabid Islamist group Al Muhajiroun and their Al Qaeda-linked leader Omar Bakri Mohammed. [Video]

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Egyptian Blogger Interview

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 3:46:17 pm PDT

Atlas talks with Sam, the self-titled Egyptian Sandmonkey, about his reasons for shutting down his blog: Confessions of a Sandmonkey.

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Video: Five Sentenced in Islamic Bombing Plot

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 2:19:36 pm PDT

LGF operative Kasper comes through again with a clip from Sky News on the 5 Islamic terrorists convicted today of plotting attacks with fertilizer bombs. [Video] Two more video clips from earlier in the day: YouTube - Fertiliser Bomb Plot Verdict. 1 YouTube - Fertiliser Bomb Plot Verdict. 2

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CAIR: Grievance Theater Not Getting Good Numbers

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 1:55:20 pm PDT

At the 910 Group Blog, here’s a fascinating audio recording of a CAIR briefing on the six non-flying imams, in which CAIR executive director Nihad Awad complains about how hard it is to get the numbers they need to make their discrimination charges stick: Audio from CAIR’s Meeting on 6 ...

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LGF Stalkers Get Active at Digg

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:39:47 pm PDT

I just posted about the petty and nasty harassment tactics used against me (and LGF) by leftists, and look what pops up at Digg.com: Digg - LGF Polls Making a Comeback. How pathetic; there are actually people who will watch LGF and try to be the first to Digg an article, ...

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LGF Polls Making a Comeback

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:18:28 am PDT

Another piece of the LGF Blog Engine’s MySQL makeover was completed over the weekend—our polling application. This was kind of a tough one to convert from flat files; had to rethink the entire data model in SQL terms, and ended up with a complex but very flexible multi-table design that ...

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Gadafi's Raving Taking a Darker Turn

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 9:38:14 am PDT

As the Democrats willfully pursue a policy of surrender and isolationism, the rhetoric from the Islamic world gets more belligerent and aggressive. Muammar Gadafi laid low for quite a few years and tried to reform his terrorist image by making a deal for compensation in the Lockerbie bombing, after Ronald ...

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Another British Muslim Secretly Jailed for Airline Plot

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 8:49:57 am PDT

Following the conviction of five Muslims on conspiracy and terrorism charges, the UK government has also announced that a Muslim who tried to buy SAMs to shoot down airplanes was recently sentenced to nine years in prison. Secretly. A Briton who allegedly tried to buy missiles to shoot down airliners has been ...

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LGF Stalkers Get Active

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 8:26:39 am PDT

An LGF stalker update: last week my email address was signed up to at least 20 email lists, for medical products, real estate, etc., accounts were created in my name at Democrat loon Mike Gravel’s site and several Yahoo groups, and I’ve apparently been put on several spammers’ lists because ...

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Five UK Muslims Convicted in Bomb Plot

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 8:00:25 am PDT

Five British Muslims arrested in March 2004 have been convicted of conspiracy to launch a series of deadly bombings. The judge announced that they were linked to the 7/7 London bombers—but the jury was never told this because it would have been “too prejudicial.” Five men were found guilty today of conspiracy ...

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

The Ignored Islamists in London

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 8:57:34 pm PDT

Supporters of the arrested Muslim “activists” demonstrated outside the Paddington Green police station on Friday, but British media completely ignored the event; here are some photographs at Buzznet by “Gaiaseye.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.) UPDATE at 4/30/07 8:31:55 am: Correction: British media almost completely ignored the protest; the BBC filed one perfunctory, ...

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Dem Candidate Links to Neo-Nazis

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 7:46:03 pm PDT

Democrat presidential candidate Mike Gravel links to a Kos Kid/neo-Nazi web site in the latest post on his “blog:” Meet the Next President of the United States of America | Gravel 2008. Here’s the site Gravel’s quoting. The Democrats. Let’s give them a country to run! (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

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And Now For Something Completely Different...

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 6:57:52 pm PDT

Dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas performs “A Tribute to Peador O’Donnell,” segueing, for some reason known only to Jerry, into “Monkey Let the Hogs Out.” Oh yeah. (This is available on the album: [Amazon Link].) [Video]

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Video: Abu Izzadeen Charged

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 3:03:15 pm PDT

Here’s another UK TV video clip from operative Kasper, on the charges against Abu Izzadeen and five other Muslim “activists.” [Video] Also from Kasper, here’s video of Abu Izzadeen speaking inside the Regent’s Park Mosque, followed by MPACUK’s reaction to his arrest. [Video]

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JihadTV: Sneaking Into America

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:28:17 am PDT

Burlington, Vermont has added the world’s primary outlet of slickly-produced jihad propaganda, Al Jazeera, to their city-owned cable television channel. The Boston Globe buried their report here. A cable company is offering the Al-Jazeera network in its cable package, one of only a few in the nation to do so. Burlington ...

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Daily Kos on Progressive Framing - UPDATE: Kos Kidz Call LGF 'Salubrious and Uplifting'

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:11:57 am PDT

The highly convoluted yet ultimately simplistic ideas of Berkeley professor George Lakoff (conservatives are “strict fathers,” leftists are “nurturant parents”) are a constant topic of debate and discussion and hamster-wheel spinning among the “progressive” Kos Kidz, and here’s their latest eye-glazing long-winded exploration: Daily Kos: Book Review: Jeffrey Feldman’s ‘Framing ...

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Iran Cracks Down on Hair Removal

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:58:04 am PDT

The mullahs are expanding their crackdown on infidel cultural pollution. Unibrows will now be mandatory: Iran bans Western haircuts, eyebrow plucking for men. TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) — Iranian police have warned barbers against offering Western-style hair cuts or plucking the eyebrows of their male customers, Iranian media said Sunday. The report by ...

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Jon Voight on the Deceptive Media

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:22:49 am PDT

Here’s an interview with Jon Voight at Radar Online, in which he demonstrates a grasp on reality that seems to elude most of his peers: Patriot Act. In this section, Voight puts the Radar Online interviewer on the spot: So you think the Administration might know where the WMDs are? We’ve got to ...

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Chicago Tribune Promotes Wahhabism

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 9:28:16 am PDT

While a million Turks demonstrate, in Illinois the Chicago Tribune has become the public relations tool of the Council on American Islamic Relations and Saudi Arabia, publishing numerous uncritical promotional pieces for Wahhabism—like this one: ‘It was like a visa from God’. Until this year, the answer from the Saudi Embassy ...

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Huge Crowd Protests Against Islamic Rule in Turkey

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 8:26:17 am PDT

Here’s some good news to start off a Sunday morning, as more than a million people took to the streets of Istanbul to protest against Islamic rule of Turkey. ISTANBUL, Turkey - At least 300,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of ...

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Return of the Son of the Incredibly Strange Graduation Ceremony of the Fatah Security Forces

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 6:07:16 pm PDT

Under the watchful (if somewhat dead) eyes of the Arafish and “moderate” Palestinian president/prime minister/whatever Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian “security forces” hold yet another bizarre graduation exercise, demonstrating their dubious skills at chest pounding, sand scrambling, fire jumping, and shrubbery disguise. This one apparently took place over several days between April ...

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Not the Last Keith Jarrett Solo

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 4:30:40 pm PDT

From a 1984 performance in Tokyo billed as his “[Amazon Link]” (it wasn’t), Keith Jarrett: [Video]

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Spencer vs. Armstrong

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 3:19:24 pm PDT

Western apologists for Islam invariably resort to ad hominem attacks and obscure deceptions when they attempt to confront a knowledgeable critic like Robert Spencer; at Jihad Watch Spencer replies to a review by Karen Armstrong of his biography of Mohammed: Karen Armstrong reviews Spencer’s The Truth About Muhammad. The conclusion of ...

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Spain and Pakistan Condemn Something

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 2:36:35 pm PDT

Spain and Pakistan have issued a joint declaration condemning an activity that is completely mysterious, without form or reason, and unconnected to any ideology or organization: ‘Terrorism can’t be linked to any nation, religion’. But whatever it is, it’s bad. They’re willing to say that much. MADRID: Spain and Pakistan on Friday ...

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Bostom: The Muslim Mainstream and the New Caliphate

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:42 am PDT

Andrew Bostom fills in the historical background for the recently reported survey of Muslims that found enormous support for shari’a law and the establishment of a caliphate: The Muslim Mainstream and the New Caliphate. Polling data just released (April 24, 2007) in a rigorously conducted face-to-face University of Maryland/ WorldPublicOpinion.org interview ...

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Fox Derangement Syndrome

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 9:41:54 am PDT

The angry left is ranting, gloating, and raving at Digg.com, about a ThinkProgress hit piece on a Fox News report that got some details wrong in the Ham of Hate story: Digg - Fox News Sinks To New Low, Reports Satirical Story As Actual News (video). If you’ve ever wondered why ...

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Egyptian Blogger Quits

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 9:24:05 am PDT

To use the vernacular, this really sucks; the Egyptian Sandmonkey is calling it quits, out of fear for his safety in Egypt. A very ominous development. One of the chief reasons is the fact that there has been too much heat around me lately. I no longer believe that my anonymity ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Pakistan

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 9:04:56 am PDT

Suicide bomber kills 15, wounds Pakistan minister. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed around 15 people and wounded several others, including Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, according to a senior government official.

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Hate Campus Invites Carter

Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 8:27:45 am PDT

The University of California Irvine, where the Muslim Students Union called for jihad and genocide following a disrupted speech by Daniel Pipes, has invited America’s disgraceful Israel-hating ex-president Jimmy Carter to the campus: Jimmy Carter to visit UC Irvine, talk with students. This despicable human being should be shunned; instead he’s ...

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Friday, April 27, 2007

Iowahawk: Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 7:34:53 pm PDT

Iowahawk’s been dumpster-diving again, out behind the offices of the Toledo Blade this time, and he surfaced with the first draft of ex-diplomat Dan Simpson’s plan to end all violence forever: iowahawk: Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? The disarmament process would begin after the initial three-month amnesty. Then, special ...

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Presidential Campaign Kook Watch

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 7:02:36 pm PDT

It’s not too hard to distinguish the kooks; they eagerly reveal themselves: Video: Is there a global war on terror?

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Islamists Demonstrate Against Al Muhajiroun Arrests

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 5:43:07 pm PDT

The associates of the 6 arrested Al Muhajiroun members demonstrated today outside the Paddington Green Police Station, chanting “Hands off Muslims!” and “UK — You will pay!” About 100 Muslim men and women, some with scarves obscuring their faces, others waving placards and flags, walked from Regent’s Park Mosque to Paddington ...

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Big Fish Was 7/7 Mastermind

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 5:05:40 pm PDT

As noted earlier today, the Pentagon announced the capture of an important Al Qaeda leader, Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi. Tonight the Times Online reports that al-Iraqi is believed to be the mastermind behind the 7/7 bombings in London. The al-Qaeda leader who is thought to have devised the plan for the July ...

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Breaking: French Hate Selves

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 3:02:58 pm PDT

A new poll shows that the French hate themselves even more than we hate them. PARIS (Reuters) - The French dislike themselves even more than the Americans dislike them, according to an opinion poll published on Friday. The survey of six nations, carried out for the International Herald Tribune daily and France ...

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'Why Media Only Project Muslims As Terrorist?' UPDATE: 'Every Muslim Should Be a Terrorist'

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 1:05:05 pm PDT

Today’s moment of bad craziness is brought to you by the internationally renowned yet incredibly goofy-looking da’wa expert, Dr. Zakir Naik, speaking at a conference that has something to do with peace, harmony, and “awarness” [sic], on the subject: why media only project muslims as terrorist? [Video] (Hat tip: cbinflux.) UPDATE at 4/27/07 ...

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Islamic Republic Misogyny Watch

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:52:10 pm PDT

Publius Pundit has disturbing video of a young girl being arrested by Iranian police, in their crackdown on women who do not wear Islamic clothing.

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Interview with Army Trucking Twins

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:31:41 pm PDT

Chuck Simmins emailed to let me know about his interview with Ashley and Tasha Gerken, twins who are serving in the Army in Kuwait, driving semi-truck convoys to Iraq: Interview With Ashley and Tasha.

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Switzerland: Genocidal Terrorists Welcome

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:50:00 am PDT

The Dutch government refused to allow Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh into their country. But Switzerland apparently has no such scruples: Hamas’ Haniya to make first Europe trip. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya is to visit Switzerland in May, the first official trip to Europe by the widely boycotted ...

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The Solution to Gun Violence: Fascism

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:08:17 am PDT

Here’s one of the flat-out craziest op-ed pieces I’ve ever read, by “former diplomat” Dan Simpson, a member of the editorial boards of The Toledo Blade and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in which he proposes turning the United States into a totalitarian police state, with “special squads” of police empowered to search ...

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Newsweek Shills for the Muslim Brotherhood

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 9:50:34 am PDT

It’s not the first time Newsweek has published a press release for Islamic supremacism, and it won’t be the last: Mideast: The New Muslim Brotherhood: Mullahs Gone Mild. As we’ve noted several times recently, the Muslim Brotherhood has mounted a charm offensive in the West, trying to remake their image without ...

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Got a Big Al Qaeda Fish

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 8:57:18 am PDT

Good news from the Pentagon: Al-Qaida operative captured. WASHINGTON - The Pentagon announced Friday the capture of one of al-Qaida’s most senior and most experienced operatives, an Iraqi who was trying to return to his native country when he was captured. Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said the captive is Abd al-Hadi ...

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Interview with a Marine

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 8:29:47 am PDT

Here’s an interesting interview with former University of Wisconsin football player Jake Wood, about his experiences as an enlisted Marine fighting in Fallujah: Lion in Oil: An Interview with Jake Wood.

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Saudis Arrest 172 Terrorists in Oil Field Plot

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 8:20:38 am PDT

In other news from the Saudi theocracy, the royal family announced today that they have arrested 172 Islamic terrorists in a huge plot directed against Saudi oil fields. The most amazing thing about this Associated Press report is that the words “Islamic terrorist” are used without scare quotes. Police arrested 172 Islamic ...

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Religious Apartheid, with Porn

Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 8:12:09 am PDT

In the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where men and women are strictly segregated and clerics rail against the immorality of Western culture, the files exchanged by teenagers with their mobile phones are up to 70% pornography. Up to 70% of files exchanged between Saudi teenagers’ mobile phones contain pornography, ...

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Pigophobia Strikes in Amsterdam

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 8:32:52 pm PDT

A school in Amsterdam will no longer be teaching students about farm living, after Muslim pupils began trashing the classroom when the subject of pigs came up: School Scraps Nature Course As Pigs Enrage Muslim Pupils. AMSTERDAM, 27/04/07 - A school in Amsterdam has halted lessons on rural life because the ...

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How a British Jihadi Saw the Light

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 6:30:15 pm PDT

Our friends the Saudis helped a British jihadi see the light. During our first two months in Jeddah, Faye and I relished our new and luxurious lifestyle: a shiny jeep, two swimming pools, domestic help, and a tax-free salary. The luxury of living in a modern city with a developed infrastructure ...

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Beauty Pageant, Saudi-Style

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 4:44:55 pm PDT

In the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, women are forced into shapeless black sacks, forbidden to drive, and beaten by the religious police if they accidentally expose an ankle, but camels have elaborate beauty pageants. GUWEI’IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies ...

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French Intifada Watch

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 4:38:07 pm PDT

Another antisemitic attack by “youths” in France: Jewish woman attacked in France. A 22-year-old Jewish woman suffered a vicious anti-Semitic attack by two men of Middle Eastern appearance in a train station in Marseille, France on Thursday night. The attackers tore the Star of David chain from around the young woman’s neck, ...

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VDH: Is the War on Terror Over?

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 4:23:37 pm PDT

It’s a short attention span kind of world these days, and Victor Davis Hanson asks: Is the War on Terror Over? ... Jihadists have already scored successes in all sorts of ways beyond altering the very nature of air travel. Cartoonists now lampoon everyone and everything - except Muslims. The pope ...

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LGF Preferences Bug Fix

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:54:25 am PDT

If you had trouble with our new font preferences setting, try it again. There was a bug that prevented it from working in some browsers, and it’s now fixed. To set your font preferences, log in to your account.

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The Al Muhajiroun Connection

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:23:11 am PDT

Little Bulldogs has more detailed information on the six Muslims arrested on terrorism charges in the UK: Al Muhajiroun...Again. The six men on the list are: Sulayman Keeler, Omar Brooks (Abu Izzadeen), Rajib Khan, Shah Jalal Hussain, Omar Zaheer and Ibraheem (Abdul Haq). These men are all members of Al Muhajiroun (under ...

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Dems Vote, Al Qaeda Smiles

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:53:39 am PDT

The Democratic majority in Congress has voted to surrender to militant Islam.

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UN Peacekeepers Spring Into Action

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:39:27 am PDT

Terrorists boast of kidnapping Israeli soldiers, and the United Nations does what it does best. UN peacekeepers write a report after Hezbollah members erected a billboard showing a picture of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, the Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah guerrillas since last summer with an Arabic writing translated on ...

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WaPo Was Warned by Army About Lynch Story

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:16:39 am PDT

The latest anti-war media campaign is trying to convince us that the US government routinely falsifies incidents of heroism. The Pat Tillman story has now been recycled in mainstream media at least 4 times, and unfortunately it gives support to the “falsification” meme because some members of the military did ...

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Al Qaeda Grateful to Harry Reid

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 9:16:40 am PDT

The leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq are very pleased by the support they’re receiving from US Democrats, and especially from Harry Reid: The Cross Worshippers And Their Henchmen Plans Have Collapsed. It is apparent to every watchful eye that recent events over the past few days have exposed a huge ...

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Tiny Minority Not So Tiny

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 9:01:56 am PDT

That “tiny minority” of radicals has somehow become a “large majority” who support jihad, Al Qaeda, and terrorism, want to establish shari’a in every Islamic country, deny Al Qaeda’s responsibility for the 9/11 attacks, and believe the US wants to “undermine Islam.” UPDATE at 4/26/07 9:12:10 am: More details (and more attempts ...

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More Lies From Reuters

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 8:40:18 am PDT

In a disgusting display of propaganda and mendacity, the Reuters news wire service continues relentlessly promoting a huge lie—that Palestinians are observing a “truce:” Palestinians renew truce, demand it include W.Bank. It’s a truce that includes threats of violence against civilians. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian armed factions renewed their commitment to a ...

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UN Official: Palestinians Deserve a Reward

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 8:32:34 am PDT

The United Nations commissioner for UNRWA, the organization that specializes in keeping Palestinians in a permanent “refugee” status, says that for electing a genocidal terrorist government, and for kidnapping and rocket attacks, the Palestinians deserve “a reward.” A top UN refugee official urged the European Union on Thursday to do more ...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Wednesday Night Beach

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 9:00:54 pm PDT

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When Dems Attack

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 6:37:19 pm PDT

Howard Dean sent out this action alert today, after Rudy Giuliani stated some simple facts about the Democrats’ positions on terrorism. Dear Friend, Rudy Giuliani should be ashamed. The former New York City Mayor is politicizing September 11th in his 2008 presidential bid. Here’s what he said at a recent campaign stop in ...

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LGF Preferences Making a Comeback

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 5:32:39 pm PDT

When I rebuilt the LGF Blog Engine to use MySQL, and revamped our login and authentication code to be more secure and more Web 2.0-ish, one of the features that didn’t survive the change was our old preferences page that let you choose which fonts were displayed for the main ...

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Khatami the Moderate Curses Israeli Reporters

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 3:33:12 pm PDT

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, who visited Harvard University and the National Cathedral recently, was celebrated by the Council on American Islamic Relations, gave an autograph to John F. Kerry in Davos, and has been roundly praised by the willfully blind media as a “moderate,” told Israeli journalists who approached ...

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Egypt Threatens to Cut Hamas Ties

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 2:50:05 pm PDT

The flying pig remains in the hangar, but may still take to the skies if Egypt follows through on these warnings with any real action: Egypt threatens to cut Hamas ties if rockets don’t stop. Egypt has threatened to cut off its relations with Hamas unless the movement halts its rocket ...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: He's Only Quoting from the Koran

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:42:23 am PDT

In response to the Johnstown Islamic Center’s Imam Fouad ElBayly, who said she deserved death for leaving Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali says, “This imam is being very honest.”

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Harvard: How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 9:53:02 am PDT

During Israel’s war against Hizballah, at LGF we were continually outraged by the media’s uncritical promulgation of terrorist propaganda, and their overwhelming bias against Israel. The barrage of staged and manipulated disinformation culminated in the infamous Adnan Hajj fauxtography incident; and it can be argued that the culture of tacit ...

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Near-Riot at George Mason University?

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 8:39:05 am PDT

I’ve received several emails from readers about a near-riot by leftists and Islamists last night at George Mason University, where John Lewis was giving a speech on state-sponsored Islamic totalitarianism. Of course, there’s nothing in the media about it. If anyone has more detailed information, photos, or video, please contact ...

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Giuliani: Hamas or Abbas, It Makes No Difference

Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 8:29:24 am PDT

Why don’t all politicians have the guts to take a stand like Rudy’s? Why doesn’t the Bush administration? ‘Hamas or Abbas, It Makes No Difference,’ Rudy Giuliani Says. Rudy Giuliani doesn’t care whether the Palestinian government is run by Hamas, which is recognized by the US as a terrorist organization, or ...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Tuesday Night Open

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 7:00:48 pm PDT

An open thread, featuring a very clean drivetrain...

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Lewiston Pig's Head Update

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 2:14:09 pm PDT

The man who infamously rolled a pig’s head into a mosque in Lewiston, Maine, last summer has committed suicide. This man’s action probably set the stage for the dreaded Ham Steak of Hate incident, in which a middle school student is being investigated by the police for possible hate crimes, after ...

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Palestinians Demonstrate Against Violence

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 11:53:47 am PDT

Today’s moment of Orwellian media madness is brought to you by the friendly Palestinian stringers at al-Reuters. Palestinians attend a demonstration against violence in Gaza April 23, 2007. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA) And to supersize the irony, notice the Nike “Just Do It” t-shirt. (Hat tip: Israellycool.)

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Catmeat Sheikh: Sure, I Gave Money to Hizballah

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 11:26:36 am PDT

The Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali, has actually admitted to the London based Arabic newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat that while on a recent trip to Lebanon, he gave money to the terrorist group Hizballah. But hey! What’s the big deal? It was only 50 grand! They couldn’t even ...

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Hamas Attempts Another Kidnapping

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:37:13 am PDT

The rocket attacks launched today against Israel by Hamas were intended as cover for a kidnapping attempt. The barrages of Kassam rockets and mortar shells Hamas fired at Israel on Tuesday morning were meant to provide cover for and distract attention from an attempted infiltration by a terror cell, whose members ...

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Reid: A Fanatic for Surrender

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:25:11 am PDT

Harry Reid says that even if Gen. Petraeus reports progress in Iraq, Reid will refuse to believe it. Well, that certainly clarifies the Democrat stance.

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Got 6 in Britain

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:05:57 am PDT

Six rather well-known Islamic figures associated with Al Qaeda-linked cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed were arrested today in Britain, including frequent LGF subject Abu Izzadeen (aka Omar Brooks). Rusty has more info; congratulations to him and Glen Jenvey for their work on exposing these vipers: Jawa Celebration: Abu Izzadeen & 5 ...

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Danish Mindcrime Watch

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 9:48:45 am PDT

Three Danish lawmakers who made remarks critical of Islamic headscarves have been reported to the police for violating “racism” laws. April 20 (Bloomberg) — Three Danish lawmakers, all members of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, have been reported to police for making remarks comparing Muslim women’s headscarves with swastikas. The three were ...

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HuffPo Heads Off the Haters on Cheney Story

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 9:37:03 am PDT

The overseers at the Huffington Post have obviously learned their lesson; the majority of their readers are so deranged and hate-filled that the only way to prevent comments calling for the painful death of elected officials is to shut off comments altogether, on topics they know will draw the loonies. Case ...

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IBD: PBS' Homage To Islamism

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 9:02:39 am PDT

Investor’s Business Daily is one of the very few mainstream media outlets that doesn’t shy away from honest discussion of the Islamist threat, and here’s another example in an editorial about PBS’ ridiculously whitewashed documentaries on Islam in America: PBS’ Homage To Islamism. PBS just aired a “documentary” intended to chronicle ...

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Mainstream Media Lies About Hamas

Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 8:26:01 am PDT

Reuters Palestinian propagandist Nidal al-Mughrabi shamelessly promotes a Big Lie—that Hamas has been observing an utterly nonexistent “cease-fire” and that Israel has violated it: Hamas fires rockets into Israel despite truce. GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas’s armed wing broke a five-month ceasefire on Tuesday by firing rockets into Israel from the Gaza ...

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Monday, April 23, 2007

A Conversation with Imam Fouad ElBayly

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 5:58:29 pm PDT

A reader of Jihad Watch picked up the phone and called the Johnstown Islamic Center, and who should answer but Imam Fouad ElBayly, who said publicly that Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali should be executed: A conversation with Imam Fouad ElBayly. I called the number and someone picked up and said ...

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Video: Jihad in Pakistan

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 4:15:58 pm PDT

LGF operative Kasper has YouTubed another must-see video clip from UK television, an episode of Channel 4’s Dispatches that examines the jihad in Pakistan. (In two parts.) [Video] [Video]

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NY Times Disgrace: Puff Piece on Mosque That Inspired Murder

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 1:24:46 pm PDT

Jonathan Tobin looks at the latest example of New York Times feel-good think-not agenda journalism, their piece about the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge that failed to mention its many links to hate speech and terrorism—yet still won a Pulitzer Prize: Another Pulitzer Prize Disgrace: Puff piece on mosque that ...

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Iran's Misogynistic Crackdown

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:28:04 am PDT

Women in Iran will now face arrest and punishment if their clothing does not meet Islamic standards of misogyny and repression: Iran warns women over slack dressing. This article by Agence France Presse writer Farhad Pouladi reads like an Iranian propaganda release. TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has issued more than a thousand ...

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Virginia Tech: The Islamofascist Viewpoint

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:31:32 am PDT

Impervious to irony and reeking of hypocrisy, Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, the Muslim Brotherhood cleric who has gone on the record many times supporting jihad, suicide bombing, and especially the murder of Jews, weighs in on the Virginia Tech killings in a sermon broadcast on Qatar TV, April 20, 2007 . ...

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Our Friends the Saudis: Gun Rights = State-Sponsored Terrorism

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 9:55:56 am PDT

In the wake of the Virginia Tech killings, the Saudi royal family’s English-speaking mouthpiece, ArabNews, published an editorial equating the right to bear arms with state-sponsored terrorism. Most Americans simply do not see the falsity of their own position. So sure are they of their own moral rectitude that they utterly ...

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The X-Ray Project

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 9:18:14 am PDT

Here’s a disturbing and emotionally powerful online exhibit, showing the awful damage inflicted on civilian victims by terrorist suicide bombings, through the use of hospital X-ray images: The X-Ray Project. Readers at work should be aware that the page has an audio track; you can turn it off with the ‘Audio’ ...

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UK Intelligence: Al Qaeda Planning Massive Attack

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 9:04:04 am PDT

The UK government may be doing their best to appease the fanatical Islamists by issuing shari’a-compliant bonds, but they aren’t moving fast enough for the “armed wing:” Al-Qaeda ‘planning big British attack’. Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on “a par with Hiroshima and ...

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Steyn Pleads for Realism

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 8:43:38 am PDT

Mark Steyn wants us to be realistic about reality. In an age of cognitive dissonance and political correctness, he’s fighting an uphill battle. I think we have a problem in our culture not with “realistic weapons” but with being realistic about reality. After all, we already “fear guns,” at least in ...

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British Cultural Suicide Watch

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 8:14:41 am PDT

Britain is no longer facing “creeping” shari’a. Now it’s happening at a breakneck pace, as the UK government prepares to issue shari’a-compliant bonds. Muslims keen to comply with the financial strictures of religious Islamic law may be able to buy Premium Bonds for the first time after a government review announced yesterday. Ed ...

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sunday Night Sand

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 9:46:48 pm PDT

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And Now for Some Bebop

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 5:16:12 pm PDT

Here’s the late Michael Brecker with his quartet at the Blue Note in Tokyo, October 2001, playing “Madame Toulouse.” [Video]

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Mass Rabbi Arrest at United Nations

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 2:12:27 pm PDT

Ignored by mainstream media this week, a group of rabbis led by Avi Weiss protested at the United Nations against Iran and Ahmadinejad’s calls for the destruction of Israel. A full report is at The Hall of the Goblin King. [Video] (Hat tip: Chicken Kiev.)

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Hamas Calls for Kidnapping and Murder, AP Blames Israel

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:26:35 am PDT

Associated Press Palestinian shill Ibrahim Barzak reports on Hamas’ latest call for mass murder, after Israel struck back against the constant rocket attacks directed at Sderot from Gaza: Hamas calls for offensive against Israel. The relentless pro-Palestinian bias of the AP is very obvious in this one. Notice that the first ...

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UCLA Communications Professor vs. Ted Nugent

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 10:54:37 am PDT

UCLA communications and policy professor Tom Plate, former editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times (which gives a pretty good idea of his politics) leads off the debate with the assertion that it absolutely is the guns and not the people that are responsible: Plate: Let’s lay down our ...

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Denying Armenian Genocide in Times Square

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 9:28:43 am PDT

Times Square in Manhattan was the scene of a very strange, very professionally-staged demonstration yesterday by a Turkish group denying the Armenian genocide. An LGF reader sent the link to a slideshow on Flickr with photographs of this event, featuring a Pinocchio statue representing “Armenian lies.” Turkey, of course, is trying ...

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Pittsburgh Islamic Leader: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Should Be Killed

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 8:21:13 am PDT

When ex-Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali appeared at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Muslim groups tried to have her speech shut down. And they made it clear that if they had the power, and US law were written according to shari’a, Hirsi Ali would not simply be prohibited from speaking. According ...

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 9:06:00 pm PDT

Swift justice for an Islamic Jihad rocket attack leads to ... a car swarm! Fun for the whole family, with the usual bizarre out-of-sync Associated Press captions about “inspecting” the wreckage. Palestinians check the damage at the destroyed car of Islamic Jihad militant Kamal Anan, after it was hit by an ...

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Gun Control: Clever or Stupid?

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 7:01:08 pm PDT

It’s Penn and Teller, in the best show currently on American television, so the standard language warning applies (don’t click if F-bombs offend); and I don’t know who captured the clip but the audio’s out of sync; but this week’s events make P&T’s examination of the gun control issue especially ...

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Islamofascist Funnies

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 6:23:23 pm PDT

In Baqouba, Iraq, Al Qaeda has warned street vendors of the dangers of improper vegetable mixing. American commanders cite al-Qaida’s severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland ...

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The Diplomatic Torture of Inches

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 6:22:42 pm PDT

The US is inching slowly but surely towards relaxing the boycott against the Hamas government, in a diplomatic version of waterboarding for those of us who believe we should not be appeasing these genocidal monsters one little bit. And the State Department must take us all for complete idiots if they ...

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Hitlerfest in Wellington

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 5:58:43 pm PDT

The only good thing about this story is that these racist throwbacks had to go all the way to New Zealand to hold their hatefest: Hitler concert angers New Zealand Jews. A rock concert commemorating Adolf Hitler’s birthday held in New Zealand’s capital has angered Jews and anti-racist groups, Jewish community ...

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The Most Depraved Jihad Video Yet

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 2:02:04 pm PDT

I felt physically ill after watching this. Don’t click through if you don’t think you can handle it; LiveLeak has a censored clip of the ~12-year old boy seen in a newly released jihad video butchering a helpless captive: 12 year old boy beheads man (Censored Version). The actual beheading is ...

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AP Notices "Ismail Ax"

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 12:37:23 pm PDT

The Virginia Tech killer wrote the words “Ismail Ax” in red ink on his arm, used the name “A. Ishmael” on the package sent to NBC News, and also apparently named his multimedia file “axishmiel.” Five days after the murders, the Associated Press finally gets around to reporting these curious facts, ...

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Muslim Brotherhood Leader Calls for Attacks Against West

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:57:34 am PDT

While the Muslim Brotherhood’s Western enablers mount an Islamist charm offensive in the US, doing their best to portray the world’s most pervasive Islamic supremacist group as “moderate” and “non-violent,” back home in Egypt the “general guide” of the Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, is calling for attacks against the US ...

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WaPo Reader: Cheney Responsible for Anthrax Attacks

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:16:04 am PDT

At the Washington Post, it looks like they have finally (silently) removed the reader comment wishing for Dick Cheney’s death at the hands of the Virginia Tech mass murderer: Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney. But this kind of thing is fine, I guess: I can’t prove this, but I ...

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Attack Imminent in Philippines

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:10:18 am PDT

US and Australian intelligence services have warned the Philippine government that a terrorist attack is imminent. But I’m not sure who the “terrorists” could be, since according to the BBC there are only “militants” in the area. The US and Australia have warned of an imminent terrorist attack in the Philippines, where ...

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Non-Muslims Attack School, Unrelated to Anything

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 9:41:31 am PDT

Now that Hamas is in power (“democratically elected! we have to support them!” the moonbats cry), “Al Qaeda” has been setting up shop in the Gaza Strip. Today the terrorists struck at American International School: Militants blow up part of American school in Gaza. (The school has no connection to the ...

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Leftist Moral Inversion Watch

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 9:14:33 am PDT

From the Virginia Tech English Department, Nikki Giovanni’s poem about the mass murder drags in every leftist trope in existence. We are Virginia Tech We do not understand this tragedy We know we did nothing to deserve it But neither does a child in Africa Dying of AIDS Neither do the Invisible Children ...

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Nuclear Plant Software Codes Given to Iran - FBI Says "No Problem"

Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 8:49:25 am PDT

In an astonishing lapse of security, a Muslim who worked at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station has been charged with illegally taking software codes to Iran and downloading details of control rooms, reactors and designs of the nation’s largest nuclear plant: Palo Verde software is breached. The FBI says there’s ...

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Friday, April 20, 2007

Friday Night Open

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:52:48 pm PDT

An overnight open thread for bloviation and folderol...

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Kos Kids Sympathize with Virginia Tech Mass Murderer

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 8:49:25 pm PDT

A Daily Kos diarist overlays a picture of mass murderer Seung Hui Cho on the Virginia Tech memorial services, for one of the sickest exercises in moral equivalence you’re ever likely to read: Daily Kos: Seung-Hui Cho. I Mourn Your Life and Loss. Seung-Hui Cho, as he called himself, was a ...

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CAIR Propaganda on PBS

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 6:02:15 pm PDT

Here’s a very good look at the insane bias of the PBS series “America At a Crossroads,” as they go to the most notorious extremist front group in America for quotes about “moderation,” and brush aside CAIR’s many, well-documented connections to terrorist groups. With an extended section about “soaring hate ...

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And Now For Something Almost Completely Different...

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 5:39:51 pm PDT

For some reason, it seems like a good time for some ridiculous stunt guitar from Andy Timmons. [Video]

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Totten in Kirkuk

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 3:18:04 pm PDT

Don’t miss Michael J. Totten’s latest report from Kirkuk, Iraq: Where Kurdistan Meets the Red Zone.

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Dan Rather: Chimpy Fooled Me

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 3:12:01 pm PDT

Is Dan Rather the world’s most amazing unabashed hypocrite, or is he over-medicated? Editor & Publisher has an article (with discredited hack Greg Mitchell’s usual in-your-face bias) about a Bill Moyers PBS anti-war hit job, in which Rather bemoans how he let himself be “fooled” by the Bush administration: ’Devastating’ ...

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Mujahideen Child Abuse

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:17:34 pm PDT

The death cult reaches new depths of monstrous depravity: Jihadist video shows boy beheading man. KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan - The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy. Then he hacks off the captive’s head to ...

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Smithsonian Article on the Father of Jihad

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:09:40 am PDT

I highly recommend this piece at Smithsonian.com on the ideological father of the modern global jihad, Sayyid Qutb: A Lesson In Hate. If you know who Qutb was, and his powerful influence on militant Islamic supremacism, you’re already better informed on the jihad threat than most US citizens; but David Von ...

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Turkish Christians Tortured Before Murder

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:26:13 am PDT

The three victims murdered at a Christian publishing house in Turkey were apparently tortured for hours before being slaughtered: Slain evangelists were tortured, says Turkish doctor. Real torture. Not Andrew Sullivan-style torture. MALATYA, Turkey — Three Protestants murdered at a Christian publishing house in Malatya, Turkey, were tortured for three hours before their assailants ...

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Palestinian Sheikh Calls on Allah to Kill Every Single Israeli and American

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 9:49:32 am PDT

At a mosque in Sudan, the Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sheik Ahmad Bahr, calls for Israel and America to be annihilated and for Allah to kill every single Israeli and American citizen. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) Let’s give them lots of money, and a state of their own! [Video] Ahmad ...

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The Mainstream Media: Islamist Facilitators

Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 9:31:03 am PDT

M. Zuhdi Jasser has a piece at RealClearPolitics on a frequent topic at LGF; the media’s outrageous coddling and whitewashing of radical Muslim front groups: The Mainstream Media: Islamist Facilitators. Jasser was featured in the documentary Islam vs. Islamists, suppressed by PBS after they had it reviewed by Islamist sympathizers ...

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Thursday Night Open

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:39:13 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread while our server hamsters do their best to cope with a series of brutal traffic spikes...

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And Now For Something Completely Different...

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 8:48:54 pm PDT

Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen at the Antibes Jazz Festival in 1981, performing Charlie Parker’s (or was it Miles Davis’?) breakneck classic Donna Lee. [Video]

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Last One Out of Europe, Turn Off the Lights

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 6:16:32 pm PDT

The European Union is the ultimate passive aggressive nanny state, and now they’ve made something a crime that they deliberately do not define in precise terms; it’s Orwell’s 1984, except Big Brother is your dull-eyed pedantic cousin: EU agrees to penalties for racism and xenophobia. LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union ...

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The Ham Steak of Hate

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 5:36:40 pm PDT

Normally I’d update the other Dreaded Ham of Hate post instead of doing a new one, but this quote from the director of the Orwellian Center for Prevention of Hate Violence is the jaw-dropper of the day: ‘Hate incident’ in city. (Hat tip: Alan.) Placing ham where Muslim students were eating ...

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Terrorist's Wife Tells All

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 3:53:02 pm PDT

The story of Saraah Olson, who married an Islamic terrorist affiliated with the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman, is a disturbing and fascinating look at the inner workings of an Islamic terror cell in Orange County, California. And perhaps the worst part is what happened when she tried to alert ...

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Malaysian Islamic Totalitarianism

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 3:07:33 pm PDT

In the showcase “moderate” Islamic state of Malaysia, Revathi Masoosai, a Muslim-born woman who converted to Hinduism, is trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare of Islamic totalitarianism: Malaysia: Islam ‘rehabilitates’ members of other faiths. A Malaysian Islamic court has extended the detention of a Muslim-born woman living as a Hindu in defiance ...

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Islamists Attack Canadian Journalist

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 12:12:24 pm PDT

In a horrible incident in Mississauga, Ontario, a journalist for a Canadian-Pakistani paper was savagely beaten by two Muslim men who demanded that he “stop writing against Islam.” CHICAGO — A journalist for the Mississauga, Ont.-based newspaper The Pakistan Post was assaulted by two men, one armed with a cricket bat, ...

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Ham: The New Hate Crime

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:45:27 am PDT

You’re not going to believe this one. Police investigate ham incident at school. LEWISTON, Maine -- Police are investigating as a possible hate crime an incident in which a ham steak was placed in a bag on a lunch table where a group of Somali students were sitting. Such an incident would ...

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NYT Whitewashes Radical Islamic Mosque

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:18:53 am PDT

Diana West writes about another blatant whitewash of radical Islam by America’s most agenda-driven newspaper, the New York Times: The media and Islam. Way back when I was a cub reporter at this newspaper, I got hold of a book about the “art” of interviewing. It was a thin book. There ...

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Pennsylvania Shari'a Watch

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:07:59 am PDT

In February we covered a story about a mosque in West Philadelphia that was 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. Today comes word that despite overwhelming ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Philippines

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 9:49:20 am PDT

They kidnap seven men, hack off their heads, and send the heads to the Philippine government in sacks—and Reuters still won’t call them “terrorists:” Muslim militants behead 7 captives in Philippines. OLO, Philippines (Reuters) - Muslim extremists decapitated seven men they were holding hostage on the southern Philippine island of Jolo ...

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Catmeat Sheikh In a Suing Mood

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 9:08:22 am PDT

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali, the Mufti of Australia who compared unveiled women to “uncovered meat” (therefore deserving of rape), is returning to Australia from the Middle East. He’s taking a page from the Council on American Islamic Relations’ playbook, and threatening to sue anyone who criticized his Dark Ages hate ...

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VT Killer: A Neo-Nazi Connection

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 8:42:49 am PDT

One of the pictures received by NBC News from the Virginia Tech mass murderer suggests a neo-Nazi connection; with the heading, “The number of the Anti-Terrorist,” Cho drew the number “88”—a well-known neo-Nazi reference to the phrase “Heil Hitler.” (H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.) Cho’s manifesto, page 11. UPDATE ...

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"The South Korean Shaikh, Abu Mus'Ab Al-Virgini"

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 8:34:04 am PDT

Blogger Basharee Murtadd went looking for reactions on Arab web sites to the mass murders committed at Virginia Tech, and while it’s pretty clear that Seung Hui Cho was simply insane (and not on a personal jihad), the jihadis are eager to claim him as one of their own: The ...

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When Will the Washington Post Clean Its Own House?

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 8:25:22 am PDT

So how’s the Washington Post doing today at policing the vile, hateful comments posted in an article about Dennis Kucinich’s move to impeach Dick Cheney? More than 48 hours later, the comment wishing for Cheney’s death at the hands of the Virginia Tech murderer is still online. It is too bad the ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Unmasking CAIR's Grievance Theater

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 9:16:45 pm PDT

Here’s an excellent piece by Annie Jacobsen, who observed a terrorist dry run on a Northwest Airlines flight three years ago, about the six flying imams and CAIR’s attempt at legal intimidation: From King Sifax to John Doe: Reporting Suspicious Behavior. During a terror raid in Manchester, England, British police officers ...

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And Now For Something Completely Different...

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 8:19:27 pm PDT

The US Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, performing at a Denver Nuggets game. (Hat tip: arizona9.) [Video]

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Wednesday Night Open Thread

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 8:13:15 pm PDT

An open thread for Wednesday evening...

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Virginia Tech Killer: Ignoring the Elephant

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 6:29:23 pm PDT

Mainstream media are universally shying away from discussing an important piece of evidence: the fact that Virginia Tech killer Seung Hui Cho apparently identified strongly with the Islamic story of Ismail, the “Son of Sacrifice.” He not only wrote the words “Ismail AX” on his arm before starting his killing spree, ...

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The Worst Left-Wing Article Ever

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 5:13:41 pm PDT

Here we have one of the most absolutely vile leftist articles I have ever read, at the web sewer that calls itself Counterpunch, by “Miami columnist” Sherwood Ross—who is a deeply disturbed person: A Momentary Glimpse into Daily Life in Iraq. What the hell is wrong with these people? This goes ...

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VT Killer Contacted NBC News

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 2:10:57 pm PDT

Gunman in massacre contacted NBC News. BLACKSBURG, Va. - Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but before he slaughtered 30 more in a classroom building Monday morning, Cho Seung-Hui sent NBC News a rambling communication and videos about his grievances, the network said Wednesday. Cho, 23, a ...

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Wishing for Cheney's Death at the Washington Post (Update: Still Posted)

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 1:04:03 pm PDT

We’re running a bit slow because of a burst of traffic from Instapundit, who linked to our entry about the nasty comments at the Washington Post—in particular, one that wished for the death of Vice President Dick Cheney at the hands of the Virginia Tech mass murderer. As of this writing, ...

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Steyn: A Culture of Passivity

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:36:04 am PDT

Mark Steyn’s piece on infantilization and the culture of passivity raises some uncomfortable but important issues. I haven’t weighed in yet on Virginia Tech — mainly because, in a saner world, it would not be the kind of incident one needed to have a partisan opinion on. But I was giving ...

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LGF Login Notes 12 - Now with Extra Security

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:30:07 am PDT

Yes, it’s another in the long-running series of updates and announcements about our new Ajax-driven login system. The latest enhancement makes the system much more secure. Previously, your password was being transmitted in plain text when you clicked the log in button. (In fact, it’s been this way for years at ...

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Ellison to Jews: Reach Out to CAIR

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:04:54 am PDT

Former Nation of Islam member and tool of the Council on American Islamic Relations Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) has some advice for Jewish groups: Ellison: Reach out to CAIR. (Hat tip: Ethel.) What a great idea! And all the Jewish groups need to do is drop support for Israel and learn to ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Turkey

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 9:26:14 am PDT

Murderous Islamic supremacists strike again in Turkey: 3 killed in attack on Christian publishing house in Turkey. ISTANBUL, Turkey: Assailants killed three people Wednesday at a publishing house that distributed Bibles, in the latest attack apparently targeting Turkey’s tiny Christian minority. The three victims were found with their throats slit and their ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 9:19:21 am PDT

Emissaries of the Religion of Peace™ are burning, bombing and beheading Buddhists in south Thailand, and the media universally refuse to label them as “terrorists.” The word has been effectively banished from mainstream media; there are only “insurgents” and “militants,” no matter how appalling or repulsive their acts: Suspects Muslim ...

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Tammy Bruce: The Far Left's Hit List

Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 8:48:28 am PDT

Tammy Bruce blows the whistle on the smear tactics of the George Soros-funded far-left group Media Matters: Video: Tammy Bruce exposes far-left outlets’ hit list on everyone to their right. And they have at least one dishonest attack dog who specializes in blogs: Drudge warbloggers = foolery.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Wishing for Cheney's Death at the Washington Post

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:45:06 pm PDT

Posted this morning at the Washington Post, in the article about Kucinich’s move to impeach Dick Cheney: It is too bad the shooter at VT spent all of his mojo on students and faculty. Posted by: mmather | April 17, 2007 11:20 AM That’s right; the newspaper of Howard Kurtz (who ...

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Palestinians: Irony-Proof As Usual

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:37:40 pm PDT

Palestinians were out in the streets today, demanding the release of thousands of terrorists in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Now why in the world would the brutal Israelis put a nice young man like this in prison? And who could refuse these poignant bereaved relatives? The media were swarming all ...

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Kucinich Goes for Broke

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 8:29:54 pm PDT

When I watch Dennis Kucinich doing his schtick, I’m never sure if he really is that insane or if he’s cynically pandering to the most insane elements of the Democrat base. But the outcome is the same in either case, as the left’s most ridiculous highly-placed useful idiot makes another grandstand ...

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UK Providing Cash for Harems

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 7:46:45 pm PDT

The British welfare state is now apparently providing for the welfare of Muslim men with multiple wives: Polygamous husbands can claim cash for their harems. Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra benefits for their “harems” even though bigamy is a crime in the UK, it has ...

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LGF Login Notes 11 - Cookie Enforcement

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 5:13:00 pm PDT

Because I’m getting a bit weary of answering emails about why the login system isn’t working, from people who’ve set their browsers to refuse cookies, the requirement to have cookies enabled for logging in is now strictly enforced. Before this rule was put in place, if you turned cookies off you’d ...

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Danish Imam: "All Women Should Wear a Veil"

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 4:46:28 pm PDT

Mostafa Chendid, the new leader of the Danish Islamic Society, says that not just Muslim women but all women should wear repressive, ugly clothing—because if they don’t, five to ten percent of men will lose control and fly into a rape frenzy: “All Women Should Wear A Veil”. Mostafa Chendid is ...

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Video: Failed London Bombers Trial - "Moderate Muslim" Speaks

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 3:24:27 pm PDT

LGF operative Kasper shares another video clip from UK television on the trial of the failed London bombers of July 21, 2005, in which one of the would-be bombers tries to convince the court he’s a “moderate Muslim.” [Video] UPDATE at 4/17/07 3:34:00 pm: The video is there — YouTube sometimes takes a ...

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Virginia Tech Updates - "Ismail Ax"

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:27:31 am PDT

Allahpundit has been updating frequently with new information on the Virginia Tech murders. Apparently, South Korean student Seung Hui Cho signed his note, “Ismail Ax,” and also wrote those words on his arm. All other signs right now point to this being a deranged individual with a history of odd behavior ...

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UK Journalist: Israel Probably Murdered Alan Johnston

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:04:27 am PDT

Last Sunday, while noting the report that a Palestinian group claimed to have murdered BBC reporter Alan Johnston, we made this prediction: If Johnston was indeed murdered by his kidnappers, rather than reconsider their support for a murderous death cult society, British journalists will find a way to blame it on ...

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Daily Kos: Antisemites Welcome

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:24:52 am PDT

At the web’s premier “progressive” site, Daily Kos, the neo-Nazi video posted in a diary yesterday (on Holocaust Remembrance Day) by “Sabbah” has been removed, with a typically weasely note explaining that linking to the video was really OK, because it makes some good points: Portrait of a Great Taboo: ...

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Cambridge University Grovels to Radical Islam

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 9:59:16 am PDT

After he was threatened with being expelled, and having his life ruined, the Cambridge student who published satirical articles about Islam (including one of the Danish Mohammed cartoons) has been ordered to issue a groveling apology. The most appalling thing about this situation is that it’s been allowed to go this ...

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Holocaust Survivor Shielded Students at Va. Tech

Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 8:44:45 am PDT

Engineering professor Liviu Librescu, a survivor of the Holocaust, gave his life to save his students at Virginia Tech on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre. (IsraelNN.com) As Israel observed Holocaust Day, thousands of miles away, A Romanian-born Holocaust survivor gave his life in another ...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 10:11:12 pm PDT

The Religion of Peace™ continued rampaging in southern Thailand today, killing innocent civilians and setting fire to schools, homes, and health offices—and Agence France Presse still won’t use the T word: Four killed in Thai south. NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Separatist militants have killed four people in attacks across Thailand’s restive ...

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Signs of Intelligent Life in Europe

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 7:12:32 pm PDT

Here’s a welcome update to our report on the Dutch “human rights” group that invited Hamas kingpin Ismail Haniyeh to attend a conference in Rotterdam: he’s been denied a visa. The Dutch government on Monday ruled out a visit by Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, saying he will not get a ...

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A Bad Day for the Muslim Brotherhood in Minneapolis

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 4:02:29 pm PDT

Muslim cab drivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are going to be suspended (and could have their licenses revoked) if they demand that their passengers follow shari’a law: Taxi drivers can’t refuse riders, MAC rules. Looks like the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society may have pushed ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 2:44:05 pm PDT

Now featured in a diary at Daily Kos, a video clip from the neo-Nazi site Vanguard News Network (vnnforum.com): Daily Kos: Portrait of a Great Taboo: The Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)

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LGF Login Notes 10

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 2:25:34 pm PDT

The login system has reached a fairly stable point in its development, so here’s one more post describing the changes and/or enhancements that happened over the weekend. 1) The operation of the ‘Remember me’ checkbox has been completely revamped for a) extra security for us, and b) extra convenience for you. ...

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Pelosi's Mystery Achievement

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 1:09:05 pm PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s whirlwind shadow diplomacy tour of the Middle East is already showing results: Syria: Accept Arab initiative or we’ll resort to violence. Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal threatened on Monday evening to return the Golan Heights to Syrian hands “by way of resistance If Israel [rejected] the Arab ...

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Mass Murder at Virginia Tech

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 9:55:06 am PDT

Police: 22 Dead After Virginia Tech University Shooting. BLACKSBURG, Va. — At least 22 are dead after a shooting at Virginia Tech University Monday morning. Campus police said there was only one shooter and he is now dead. They are unsure if the shooter was a student. ... At least one ...

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Aussie Film Board Gives Jihad a PG Rating

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 9:49:59 am PDT

The films of Sheik Feiz Mohammed (the Australian jihad recruiter who can be seen in Dispatches: Undercover Mosque calling on Muslims to teach their children to love death for the sake of Allah) are OK viewing for Australian children, according to the Office of Film and Literature Classification: Islamic pro-terrorism ...

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UK Muslims: Respect Our Misogyny

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 9:19:08 am PDT

A British study has found that almost 90% of UK Muslims think it’s the government that needs to change, not them: Muslims will not waver over veils. And this Telegraph article is packed with linguistic inversions, as it asserts repeatedly that repressive clothing for women is somehow the equivalent of “freedom.” Britain’s ...

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Advice to Schools: Staring is Islamophobia

Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 8:34:39 am PDT

Schools in Scotland have been issued an advisory warning pupils and teachers that staring at a Muslim is “Islamophobia.” This example of delusional preemptive appeasement is even too ridiculous for the Muslim Association of Britain. PUPILS and teachers have been told by an official body not to stare at Muslims for fear ...

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Outrage of the Day

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 10:31:37 pm PDT

The lawyer who is pursuing CAIR’s legal jihad against US Airways and as-yet unnamed “John Doe” passengers is none other than the New York City Human Rights Commissioner: Lawmaker blasts imams’ attorney. The lawyer representing six imams who are suing an airline and unknown “John Doe” passengers should be removed from ...

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HuffPo Opens Comments for Cheney Story, Haters Rampage

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 6:54:51 pm PDT

At Huffington Post, they must believe the heat has died down. Because they opened up comments for a post about Dick Cheney, with highly predictable results: Comments for Cheney Hasn’t Called Good Friend Libby Since Trial | The Huffington Post. * HOLY SH*T ! I’M surprised we can even POST HERE on an ACTUAL ...

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Iowahawk Exclusive: Midwest Peace Breakthrough

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 5:28:31 pm PDT

We have huge news tonight from Iowahawk’s alternate reality wire service: the Lutheran militia has released their hostages and a wave of peace is washing across the Midwest. WALCOTT, IOWA - Clad in civilian Reeboks and Gem sweaters, clutching pink gift bags filled with hot Maid Rites and souvenir Herky the ...

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LGF Login Notes 9 - Persistent Login

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 2:42:16 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for Sunday afternoon (that’s what these login notes threads all turn into anyway). Again I’m tweaking and revamping things in the login system, so don’t be surprised if something behaves oddly. The new feature I’m working on is not fully tested yet, but it’s a change in the ...

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Iran Acquits Serial Murderers Who Killed in the Name of Islam

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 11:06:40 am PDT

While Democrats are holding private talks with Iran’s envoy to the United Nations, back home in Tehran the Iranian Supreme Court has just acquitted a group of sadistic mass murderers—because their victims were involved in “un-Islamic activities,” and deserved to die: Group cleared over Iran murders. Iran’s Supreme Court has ...

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Palestinians Murder BBC Reporter?

Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 9:19:00 am PDT

Yesterday we noted that Britain’s National Union of Journalists voted to “stand in solidarity” with the Palestinians and boycott Israeli products. Today comes word that the journalists’ objects of affection may have murdered kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston. LONDON (AFP) - The BBC and the Foreign Office told AFP they were urgently ...

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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Saturday Night Surf

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 9:16:19 pm PDT

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LGF Login Notes 8 - Fully Ajaxified

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 5:19:28 pm PDT

What have I been doing all day? Wrestling with Javascript variable scopes and JSON encoding, that’s what. Our login system is now fully integrated with the Ajax back-end server. The login form that you see (when you’re not already logged in) at the bottom of a page of comments will now ...

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LGF Login Notes 7

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 11:13:56 am PDT

I’m going to be tweaking and playing with the Ajax login system today, so please bear with me if something behaves oddly. I’m trying to keep as much of the work as possible on the offsite server, but some of it will need to be tested in a live environment. UPDATE ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Casablanca

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 10:05:03 am PDT

Two bombers attack U.S. targets in Morocco. CASABLANCA, Morocco (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers killed themselves in an attack on U.S. diplomatic offices in Morocco’s commercial hub Casablanca on Saturday in the first such targeted bombings in four years, witnesses said. Police arrested a third bomber as he tried to flee the ...

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Montreal Muslims Charged With Firebombing Jewish Center

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 8:52:07 am PDT

Two Muslims have been charged in Montreal with firebombing a Jewish center and planning to commit armed robberies and kidnapping: Pair denied bail. Two Montreal men have been accused of a raft of attacks against the city’s Jewish community, including the firebombing of a Snowdon community centre that police are treating ...

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UK Journalists' Union Votes to Boycott Israel

Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 8:38:28 am PDT

If you had any remaining doubt about the bias and thinly disguised antisemitism of the majority of British journalists, this report settles the matter: Report: UK journalist union votes to boycott Israeli goods. Britain’s National Union of Journalists has voted at its annual meeting for a boycott of Israeli goods as ...

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Friday, April 13, 2007

Friday Night Overnight Thread

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:55:10 pm PDT

Here we have an open thread for the lizards of the night....

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LGF Login Notes 6 - Asynchronous Login

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 5:53:44 pm PDT

Ajax is back in our login form tonight. Now when you log in, the system uses Ajax techniques to communicate with our server and authenticate you in the background, nearly instantly, without requiring a page reload. One hitch: I’m still working out some issues around the comment form with Ajax ...

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Update: Muslim Brotherhood Says They Weren't Invited

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 4:42:41 pm PDT

The Muslim Brotherhood is denying yesterday’s report that they were invited to speak to US Congress: Islamist Group Denies Report of Hoyer Invitation to Visit Congress. (CNSNews.com) - The Muslim Brotherhood has denied an Egyptian newspaper report saying that a visiting delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had invited ...

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Dutch Human Rights Group Invites Hamas Terror Leader

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 2:50:17 pm PDT

It’s become a truism that any group with the words “Human Rights” in its title will stand for anything but. Here’s a report from the Netherlands that a “human rights” group has invited Hamas kingpin Ismail Haniyeh to visit a conference in Rotterdam, to discuss wiping out Israel the “right of ...

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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Wahhabi Cleric in Mosque

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 2:16:26 pm PDT

More RoP violence in Nigeria today, where two gunmen entered a mosque and killed a Wahhabi cleric trained by our friends the Saudis, then opened fire on his followers. KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead a radical Muslim cleric in his mosque and fired on the congregation, killing two more ...

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Whittle: Seeing the Unseen, Part 2

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:39:29 am PDT

Here’s another terrific read from Bill Whittle, part two of his essay on the value of critical thinking: Seeing the Unseen, Part 2. As usual with Bill’s pieces, you’d better just go read the whole thing; an excerpt wouldn’t do it justice.

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LGF Login Notes 5

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:34:46 am PDT

The login system is working very well, but we’ve had a problem with login sessions timing out too rapidly. By modifying the source code to the PEAR HTTP_Session module, I believe I’ve finally put a stake through this bug’s heart. I wasn’t using the problematic “idle” setting, so now it’s ...

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Iranian Parliament Digs Pelosi

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 9:49:17 am PDT

At Iran’s Fars News Agency (where they think nothing of faking photographs for propaganda purposes) we discover that a warm reception awaits House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. No link because the Fars News web site is known to attempt various browser exploits. TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Vice Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s ...

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Vancouver Green Candidate: 9/11 Was "Beautiful"

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 9:40:03 am PDT

A candidate for the Green Party in Vancouver reveals the sick mentality of the Truther “movement,” as he stands by an editorial in which he took joy in the mass murder attacks of 9/11: Green candidate stands by remarks praising 9/11. (Hat tip: Joel.) A federal Green party candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway ...

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RoP Members Attack Somali Woman in Oslo

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 9:18:44 am PDT

A Norwegian-Somali woman who exposed the support for female genital mutilation in Norwegian mosques was severely beaten yesterday in downtown Oslo, by representatives of the Religion of Peace™ screaming “Allahu Akbar!”: Kadra attacked in public. (Hat tip: Ulri.) Norwegian-Somalian Kadra, who became famous in Norway for exposing imam support of female ...

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VDH: A Civilization That Has Become Just a Dream

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 9:09:15 am PDT

A great and sad column from Victor Davis Hanson today: The Post-west. I recently had a dream that British marines fought back, like their forefathers of old, against criminals and pirates. When taken captive, they proved defiant in their silence. When released, they talked to the tabloids with restraint and dignity, ...

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UCLA Panel Discussion Draws Protesters

Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 8:53:24 am PDT

At Infidels Are Cool, here’s a report with photos and video on last night’s panel discussion at UCLA with Daniel Pipes, Wafa Sultan, and Yaron Brook; the usual suspects (Islamists and leftist enablers) staged another disruptive protest, but did not succeed in shutting down the event this time: Drs. Sultan, ...

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

CAIR Propaganda in SF Chronicle

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 8:40:08 pm PDT

Here’s an astounding collection of lies, distortion, and propaganda from Omar Ahmad, founder and chairman emeritus of the Council on American-Islamic Relations—a sickening inversion of reality published as “opinion” by the San Francisco Chronicle: On Old Jerusalem / Chipping at foundations of belief / Excavations threaten mosque. It doesn’t matter how ...

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LGF-Haters Rampage at Fark.com

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 8:09:23 pm PDT

They hate us. I mean, really, really hate us. It’s a blind, unthinking hate party at Fark.com: Think Nancy Pelosi’s (D-upe) trip to Syria was a good idea? Think again. Here’s how it’s playing in Saudi Arabia. They couldn’t care less how Nancy Pelosi is being viewed in Saudi Arabia. The ...

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France 24 in Arabic: Deluged by Antisemitic Hate Mail

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 7:39:59 pm PDT

Anthony Grant, an assistant Internet editor at France 24, makes a stunning admission: France’s New Surrender. The addition of France 24 in Arabic risks making things worse. The Muslims who speak French might watch both stations, but the majority of France does not speak Arabic and thus will not watch the ...

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Video: Taliban Safe Havens in Pakistani Mountains

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 7:28:35 pm PDT

Here’s another disturbing clip from UK TV posted by LGF operative Kasper, on the Taliban’s presence in Pakistan, where they are training would-be suicide bombers from Western countries. [Video]

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Mosque Brawl in Staffordshire

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 6:22:24 pm PDT

At a mosque in Staffordshire, things got a little out of hand on Monday, but the BBC just got around to reporting it yesterday: Man arrested over mosque violence. If you’re wondering what could possibly cause a brawl lasting several hours, involving 200 people at a house of worship, you’re not ...

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LGF Login Notes 4

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 5:54:55 pm PDT

We’re testing a major “Web 2.0” style improvement in the login feature tonight; it’s now an Ajax application, and your login happens almost instantly, without a page reload, when you click the ‘login’ button. Go ahead, log out and log back in to try it. You know you want to. (Update: ...

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Got One in Columbus

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:59:06 pm PDT

A US citizen in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with plotting terror attacks and training with Al Qaeda (since 1999): Columbus man charged with joining al-Qaeda, alleged bomb plot. (Hat tip: ronaldusmagnus.) COLUMBUS - A federal grand jury indicted a U.S. citizen on charges of joining al-Qaeda and conspiring to bomb ...

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LGF Login Notes 3

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:38:12 pm PDT

More notes from the login front line: 1) The email and web site URL that show up in your comment posting form are the ones you’ve entered into your user profile, which you can manage via this page. The link to this page is in the “Log In” status box near ...

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CAIR Hates Bacon

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:10:22 am PDT

What do you get when you put a Koran together with a couple of slices of crisp, juicy bacon? Bacon: The New Hate Crime. CAIR SEEKS FBI PROBE OF ‘HATE CRIME’ AT TN MOSQUE Political, religious leaders asked to repudiate growing Islamophobia (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/10/07) — A prominent national Islamic civil rights and ...

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BBC Looks at Anti-Americanism, Flying Pig in Hangar

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:49:16 am PDT

Nearly a flying pig moment here, as a three-part BBC radio series actually critiques anti-Americanism: ‘Death to US’: Anti-Americanism examined. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The US is perceived by many as an international bully, a modern day imperial power. At this critical moment in history, Washington correspondent Justin Webb challenges that ...

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Hamas Calls for Genocide in Arabic

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 9:57:28 am PDT

Even as Hamas tries to clean up their language for the international community, and appear as moderate as possible (given their open desire for the destruction of Israel), on Palestinian Authority TV they’re broadcasting Hitleresque sermons calling for genocide. (Via PMW.) Please note: Dr. Ismail Radwan is simply quoting the hadith, ...

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Dems Invite Muslim Brotherhood to Speak to Congress

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 8:36:50 am PDT

The MEMRI Blog has a translated report from Egyptian daily Al-Masryoon that Democrats have invited the Muslim Brotherhood to visit the United States and speak to Congress. It just keeps getting worse; even though it’s a report from Egypt, I have little doubt that it’s accurate. Not only are they setting ...

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Leading Islamic Cleric: Nudity During Sex Annuls Marriage

Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 8:27:55 am PDT

The former dean of Al-Azhar University (the highest center of Sunni Islamic learning in the world) has issued a fatwa declaring that if a husband and wife are completely naked during sex, the marriage is annulled. It’s religiously sanctioned mental illness, on a grand scale. According to the religious edict issued by ...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:45:11 pm PDT

Bomb wounds 11 in Thailand’s Muslim south. YALA, Thailand (AFP) - At least 11 people were wounded by a bomb at a busy market in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south Thursday but a second device was defused, police said. The attack came as mainly Buddhist Thailand was on high alert against possible terror ...

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Et Tu, Lantos?

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:35:24 pm PDT

I have to admit, I’m stunned at these statements from Tom Lantos. I thought he was one of the few remaining principled Democrats; but now it’s clear that he’s just as willing as any of them to sacrifice everything he stands for to achieve political power—even if it means the ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 8:02:12 pm PDT

Another horrific atrocity perpetrated by the “separatist insurgency” in south Thailand: Buddhist woman burned alive in Muslim south Thailand. YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - A Buddhist woman was shot and burned alive in Thailand’s violence-torn Muslim-majority south on Wednesday, prompting angry protests in front of visiting army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Watcharaporn Boonmak, 26, ...

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Saudi Paper: Pelosi is the 'Alternate President'

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 6:37:30 pm PDT

At the Saudi Gazette, here’s an editorial published shortly after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the House of Saud: The Alternate President. (Hat tip: Shar Muta.) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminds us of the ambitious office worker who is surrounded by dunderheads who can’t or won’t get ...

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Video: Shia vs. Sunni in Iraq

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 5:43:12 pm PDT

LGF operative Kasper has posted another video clip from UK TV, on the Shia-Sunni sectarian savagery in Iraq—and Iran’s burgeoning influence. [Video]

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Zombie: Racist Flyers Echo Leftist Rhetoric

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 5:30:15 pm PDT

Zombie has a photo report on a recent story from San Francisco about ugly racist and antisemitic literature being distributed in Berkeley by an Aryan Nation gang, and makes the connection mainstream media won’t—that the same sort of vile hate speech is easily found at leftist rallies: Racist Literature Distributed ...

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Leftists/Islamists Preparing to Disrupt Daniel Pipes at UCLA

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 5:18:59 pm PDT

As we noted yesterday, there’s a panel discussion at UCLA tomorrow night featuring Daniel Pipes, Wafa Sultan, and Yaron Brook, on the subject: “Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West.” Today the moonbats and Islamic student groups are mobilizing, with a special hatred for Daniel Pipes. Here’s the flyer being circulated via ...

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LGF Login Notes 2

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:03:03 pm PDT

More notes on the LGF Blog Engine’s new login process: 1) I know I said this already, but it doesn’t hurt to repeat that you must have cookies enabled in your browser to successfully log in. This is because the login process needs to maintain your “logged in” status as you ...

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PBS Picked Radical Islamist to Review Suppressed Film

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:59:10 am PDT

Today the Washington Times has a front page article on the film “Islam vs. Islamists,” suppressed by the Public Broadcasting System because it didn’t toe their line of political correctness: PBS shelves film on moderate Muslims. Originally, the film was intended to be shown on “America at a Crossroads,” a six-night ...

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Lefty Hateblogger: Condi is a "Pouty Brown Sugar"

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 9:44:46 am PDT

Several people sent me the link to this absolutely disgusting post by “progressive” blogger TBogg, who, according to Sitemeter statistics, gets about 10,000 visits a day. It’s a cliché these days to point out that the most virulent, unrestrained racism (and antisemitism) is found almost exclusively on the left—but here’s one ...

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Iran and Syria Lead UN Disarmament Commission

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 8:55:54 am PDT

At National Review, Anne Bayefsky continues shining a light on the astounding insanity of the United Nations, where the UN Disarmament Commission is being led by Iran and Syria. On April 9, 2007 there was a United Nations believe-it-or-not moment extraordinaire. At the same time that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad declared his ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Algeria

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 8:35:47 am PDT

Al-Qaida claims Algeria terror attack. Al-Qaida’s wing in North Africa on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the two bombings in Algeria in which at least 30 people were killed, the Al-Jazeera television station reported. The station said it received a telephone call from a spokesman for Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claiming responsibility ...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tuesday Night Beach

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:21:23 pm PDT

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Former Saudi Ambassador: Congress Hates Us, and It's the Jews' Fault

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 5:58:20 pm PDT

The former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, says the US Congress is the “center of hostility” in America toward the religious apartheid kingdom. Obviously, he hasn’t spent much time at Little Green Footballs. But he knows exactly who to blame for all this hostility. Go ahead, take ...

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Palestinians Release Kidnap Training Video

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 4:43:29 pm PDT

While Hamas pretends to be negotiating for the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Popular Resistance Committee (a sort of “umbrella” terror gang that includes most of the murderous bastards) has released a video boasting of their training for kidnapping operations, with a soundtrack consisting of the usual ...

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LGF Login Notes

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:33:33 am PDT

A few quick notes about the new login system: 1) You must have cookies enabled in your browser to log in; the system uses session cookies and can’t maintain your logged-in status if you turn cookies off. 2) A session will expire after an hour of no activity (update: now extended to ...

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PBS Suppresses Documentary on Radical Islam

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 9:54:03 am PDT

This is the Public Broadcasting System at work, making sure that you, the public, are insulated from all doubleplus ungood knowledge about Islam, as they strive to achieve Total Political Correctness™: Producer: PBS dropped ‘Islam vs. Islamists’ on political grounds. (Hat tip: Kenneth.) The producer of a tax-financed documentary on Islamic ...

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Catmeat Sheikh on Iran's Side

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 8:39:46 am PDT

At Australian blog Auspundits, some pointed comments about the “catmeat sheik,” Tal al Din al Hilali, and his support from both the Muslim community and “mainstream” Australian Muslim organizations—even as he openly sides with Iran against Western civilization: Catmeat Imam in trenches on Iranian side. We non-Muslims cannot decide who is ...

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Another Mass Murder Plot in Casablanca

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 8:01:27 am PDT

Reuters calls the Islamists in this case “suspected bombers.” Even though one of them actually blew himself up. You never know. He might have eaten some bad cabbage. CASABLANCA (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up after police shot dead another overnight during a chase in a Casablanca slum, Moroccan ...

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Another Day, Another Islamic Mass Murder Plot

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 7:49:39 am PDT

The terrorists of Hamas have not stopped plotting to commit mass murder, and they especially like to perpetrate their atrocities during Jewish holidays. Today comes word of another narrowly averted plot to set off a car bomb in Tel Aviv during Passover. JERUSALEM - Israeli authorities on Tuesday said they have ...

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Islamist LGF-Haters

Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 7:42:09 am PDT

The ways in which the “progressive” left and the radical Islamists attack their critics are becoming remarkably similar; I think they’re picking up techniques from each other. Here’s an Islamist site run by an admirer of imprisoned terrorist and former CAIR official, Ismail Royer, with a special message of hatred and ...

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Monday, April 09, 2007

Bolton: Iran Won

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 10:30:04 pm PDT

Former UN ambassador John Bolton sums up the British sailor fiasco, in a Financial Times article: Iran won sailors battle with Britain: Bolton. Some commentators here have said the United States should learn a lesson from Britain’s handling of the detainees issue in respect to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme. ...

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LGF Login Debut

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 6:26:54 pm PDT

As I peruse our search logs, I keep finding various web robots abusing the search feature in various ways, draining bandwidth and tying up resources on both the web server and the DB server. So tonight there’s gonna be some changes made. You may have already noticed the new ultra-spiffy login ...

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Video: Interview with Former Hostage Turney

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 4:36:10 pm PDT

Here’s the interview with British sailor Faye Turney from ITV, posted by LGF operative Kasper in two parts. [Video] [Video]

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We Got Mail!

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 2:25:53 pm PDT

Some people criticize LGF because registration to post comments is only open for limited random intervals. Here we have a good demonstration of the necessity for this limitation, as a creature using an IP with the Oregon Public Education Network found us through a link at a lefty blog and ...

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Inappropriate Hostage Behavior Watch

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 12:12:40 pm PDT

The Iranians have released another video of the hostages, supposedly to show how well they were treated. This just keeps getting worse.

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UCLA Panel: Totalitarian Islam's Threat to the West

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 11:57:44 am PDT

Coming up this Thursday in Los Angeles, an event guaranteed to get a reaction from the radical Islamic student groups at UCLA: Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West Who: Dr. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum Dr. Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Institute Dr. Wafa Sultan, ...

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Faye Turney Interview (Video On the Way)

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 11:47:05 am PDT

Faye Turney, the female British sailor held hostage by Iran, is appearing (for money) on ITV today. We’ll have the video a bit later, courtesy of LGF operative Kasper. Meanwhile, the UK government has now banned paid military interviews. LONDON (AP) - Britain on Monday banned all military service members from ...

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Terror Web Site Folding?

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 11:09:14 am PDT

AlJazeerah.info, one of the ugliest pro-jihad, anti-Israel, and anti-American sites on the web—owned by Dalton State College instructor Dr. Hassan A. El-Najjar—is calling it quits. Sort of. El-Najjar says he’s going to stop covering “politics,” which if we’re being strict about the definition, is something he never did anyway. The ...

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Same Smear, New Wrinkle

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 10:05:04 am PDT

Another day, another dishonest leftist smear. Today it’s Matthew Yglesias’ turn, as he singles out some comments posted at Reason Online and blindly assumes, with no evidence whatsoever, that the people who posted them are LGF readers. Stay Classy, LGF. Now they’re attacking LGF for comments posted at other sites. It’s ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Ahead (with Help from France)

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 9:50:07 am PDT

Iran’s madman president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that Iran’s production of nuclear fuel has reached industrial capacity. April 9 (Bloomberg) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran has begun enriching uranium on an industrial scale, stepping up the Islamic Republic’s defiance of the United Nations and risking an escalation of tensions over ...

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BBC's Johnston: A Fake Kidnapping?

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 9:31:03 am PDT

Did pro-Palestinian BBC reporter (is there any other kind?) Alan Johnston stage his own kidnapping? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) According to London-based Arab language newspaper, Al-Hayat, Johnston staged his capture by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip after he received a notice from his superiors that he would be fired in ...

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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 9:06:17 am PDT

The jihadis in south Thailand continue their orgy of murder and destruction, almost unnoticed by mainstream media: Three die in attacks in Thailand’s restive south. SUSPECTED separatist militants have killed three people in Thailand’s restive south, including a Muslim man blown apart by a car bomb, police said today. The 55-year-old’s body ...

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LGF: Stalkers Now Welcome

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 at 8:56:59 am PDT

The anonymous, obsessed stalker who runs LGF Watch has put up instructions for his “readers” on how to use Firefox get around the redirect I put in place (which sends visitors from his nasty site to the home page of the IDF). Apparently, the coward believes I’m doing this because ...

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Sunday, April 08, 2007

Mullahs Promise More Kidnappings

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 10:55:11 pm PDT

It’s shocking, I know, but the mullahs are gloating and promising more of the same for Britain: Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings. Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and ...

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Knuckle-Dragging Right-Wing Morons vs. Pack of Rabid Half-Blind Dingos

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 7:45:58 pm PDT

At the Chicago Sun-Times tonight: Left wing, right wing: Both sure can squawk. (Hat tip: Tasty Beverage.) The left-wing No More Mister Nice Blog at nomoremister.blog spot.com regarding right-wing criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Syria: “. . . knuckle-dragging right-wing morons . . .” The right-wing Little Green Footballs at ...

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LGF Makeover: Pagination

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 6:18:40 pm PDT

The reaction to my idea for a feature that would show the currently logged in users was decidedly mixed, with many good arguments on both sides, so I’ve decided to hold off on this for now until all the ramifications can be properly assessed. Here’s another question for the Lizard Army: ...

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The Islamist-Leftist Convergence

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 3:58:25 pm PDT

At Egypt’s Al-Ahram Weekly, an account of a meeting with Muslim Brotherhood, Hizballah, Hamas, and Western Marxist idiots; I’ve used that headline before, but this is a truly mind-boggling example of Total Moronic Convergence™: Anti-globalists reach out to Islamists. Ali Fayyad of Hizbullah backed up Mazraani, though he complained that, “many ...

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Sestak at CAIR Banquet: "The Remark Drew No Reaction"

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 2:42:48 pm PDT

The Philadelphia Inquirer describes a very revealing moment at the CAIR annual banquet, when Rep. Joe Sestak brought up the touchy subject of condemning terrorists who murder innocent civilians in the name of Allah: Sensitive political test for Sestak. (Hat tip: LSD.) Near the end of the speech, amid clanking silverware ...

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Clueless Elected Official Watch

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 2:25:32 pm PDT

Joining Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) at the annual Philadelphia banquet of the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group CAIR: none other than Democrat Governor Edward Rendell. CAIR is crowing over this one, with a press release on PR Newswire: PHILADELPHIA, April 8 /USNewswire-PRNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic ...

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Taliban Behead Afghan Journalist

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 12:30:43 pm PDT

While BBC reporter David Loyn jaunts about the Afghan wilderness with the mujahideen, extolling their toughness and skill, officials announced today that a kidnapped Afghan reporter had his head hacked off by Loyn’s traveling buddies. KABUL (AFP) - Afghan officials have confirmed that the Taliban militia executed an Afghan reporter who ...

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LGF Stalker Pops Up at Reason Online

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 11:45:31 am PDT

My hat’s off to QuickRob for this excellent, impassioned defense of LGF, responding to the ongoing smear attempts at Reason Online: LGF is NOT a Racist Site. You see, it’s en vogue to just “know” that LGF is a “hate site”, and that Charles Johnson is some sort of evil neocon ...

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BBC Reporter Embeds with Taliban As They Kill Brits

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 10:51:54 am PDT

Here’s one of the most disgusting examples of media malfeasance I’ve ever seen, and I don’t say that lightly. BBC reporter David Loyn is actually embedded with the Taliban, and is filing glowing reports on their progress as they attack and kill British troops: Travelling with the Taleban. The BBC’s David Loyn ...

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BBC Cancels Show About UK Soldier: "Too Positive"

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 10:31:48 am PDT

To make sure that the relentless flow of leftist negativity remains uninterrupted, the BBC has canceled a documentary about a Victoria Cross hero because they were worried it would be “too positive.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Amid the deaths and the grim daily struggle bravely borne by Britain’s forces in southern ...

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Catmeat Sheikh Not Axed

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 9:47:37 am PDT

Here’s an update to yesterday’s report that Dark Ages hate-spewer Sheik Taj al Din al Hilali had been fired from his position as Mufti of Australia. He hasn’t. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils has denied reports it has sacked controversial Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-Din al ...

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Israel Will Swap Murderers for Shalit

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 9:19:44 am PDT

Israel will apparently be making a deal with the Hamas kidnappers of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, releasing an undisclosed number of terrorists and murderers from prison in exchange for Shalit: Israel confirms receipt of list of prisoners for swap. Hamas has recently presented a list with the names of prisoners it ...

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LGF-Haters Still Ranting

Sun, Apr 8, 2007 at 9:05:17 am PDT

“Mona” is still on the attack this morning at Reason Online, smearing for all she’s worth, and accusing anyone who disagrees with her of being either stupid or insane: Piling into Pelosi. After several people confronted her with facts, she responds by putting her fingers in her virtual ears and yelling, ...

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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Saturday Night Open

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 11:10:47 pm PDT

As the security review and code refactoring marathon continues, here’s an open thread for overnight verbiage...

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British Hostages Sell Stories for Big Cash

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 6:53:55 pm PDT

The pathetic saga of the British hostages has reached rock bottom: Fury as the hostages sell stories. The 15 British military captives who were released by the Iranians have been authorised by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to sell their stories. MoD officials claimed that the move to lift the ban on ...

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Democrats Talking with Muslim Brotherhood

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 6:33:53 pm PDT

Here’s one of those news reports that makes me feel like I’ve woken up in yet another remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with our elected officials as the clueless enablers, as the Democrats suck up to the most implacable enemies of Western civilization: Democrat meets banned Muslim Brotherhood. CAIRO, ...

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LGF Makeover Not Done Yet

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 5:59:51 pm PDT

I’m continuing the overall security review and code refactoring of LGF, and there are some small but perhaps noticeable changes in our “Manage Your Account” page as a result. The first time you enter that page, you’ll be greeted with a login form. Once you sign in to the Account ...

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Catmeat Sheikh Gets the Axe

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 4:24:15 pm PDT

They were OK with Sheik Taj al-Din al Hilaly as long as he only ranted about Western women deserving rape, but when the allegations started coming out that he had given “charitable” donations to terror-affiliated groups, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils dropped him like a losing argument: Sheik up ...

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Thief's Hand Amputated in Public in Iran

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 11:38:39 am PDT

While Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was visiting Iran’s puppet Syria, back in Iran they were performing public amputations. And calling for more. The reformist website Rooz reported on April 5, 2007 that the Friday prayer leader of Shiraz, a city in the heart of Iran, had called for more ...

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LGF-Haters Attack at Reason Online

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 11:16:00 am PDT

At Reason Magazine, Michael Young (whose article for the Lebanon Daily Star we linked yesterday) has a look at reactions to Nancy Pelosi’s shadow diplomacy tour of the Middle East: Piling into Pelosi. As part of the article, he cites LGF approvingly: In the Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes got a few good ...

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Saturday Morning Spike

Sat, Apr 7, 2007 at 10:35:02 am PDT

That was strange. Our server load shot up into the stratosphere, for no obvious reason. The system utility ‘top’ shows a number representing the server load over the past few minutes; a normal value for Saturday morning would be in the range of 2 to 4. As I was watching, ...

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Friday, April 06, 2007

Friday Night Open

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 10:42:20 pm PDT

Here’s an overnight open thread, to wrap up a hell of a week...

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British Sailors Party on Iranian TV

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 8:38:42 pm PDT

From Iranian TV. I don’t even know what to say about this, except that it’s very disturbing.

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LGF Security Update

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 7:10:45 pm PDT

Here’s a quick Tech Note to let the Lizard Army know that if you check the “Remember me” button while posting a comment, the cookie that’s sent to your browser is now strongly encrypted (formerly, it was weakly encrypted). This update is part of a general security review of LGF. We ...

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Dilettante vs. Hizballah - Lebanon Paper Rips Pelosi

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 1:11:04 pm PDT

Nancy Pelosi says she was helping President Bush, and “strengthening ties” with Syria. Ties. With Syria. Savor that one for a few moments. Pelosi: Mideast Trip Strengthened Ties. WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, deflecting White House criticism of her trip to Syria, said Friday she thinks the mission helped President Bush ...

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Col. Jack Jacobs: Brit Sailors "Disgraceful"

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 12:02:56 pm PDT

Retired Army Col. Jack Jacobs calls the British sailors’ press conference the most disgraceful thing he’s seen in 40 years. (Hat tip: Hot Air.) [Video]

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Pro-Khomeini Imam Leads Texas Senate in Prayer

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 11:23:36 am PDT

You probably recall the DNC’s winter meeting, and the radical Islamic sheikh who delivered the invocation: DNC Meeting Opened by Terror Supporter. It’s happened again; a bipartisan pair in the Texas Senate invited Imam Yusuf Kavakci of the Dallas Central Mosque to give an invocation this week, and he delivered the ...

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Anti-War Child Exploitation Watch

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 10:49:52 am PDT

If you’re a “progressive,” it’s never too early to get your kids started down the road to Total Moral Equivalency™: Alternative Easter Egg Hunt Near White House to Use Fake Cluster Bombs Made By Kids. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) WASHINGTON —  Anti-war and human rights activists plan an unusual take on the ...

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Ellison in Saudi Arabia

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 10:42:46 am PDT

It’s had almost no publicity, but accompanying Nancy Pelosi on her trip to Saudi Arabia was none other than CAIR’s congressman, former Nation of Islam member Keith Ellison. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sits on the chair of the vice chairman of the Saudi consultative council, during her visit to the ...

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Wikipedia Moonbat Says Rathergate Docs Are Real

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 10:20:35 am PDT

Here’s a look behind the scenes at the online user-edited encyclopedia Wikipedia, where an obsessed moonbat is trying to rewrite the history of the fake Rathergate documents, and calling me all sorts of names: Talk:Killian documents. This person has written at least ten thousand words of complete nonsense, claiming that the ...

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Biased MSM Story of the Week

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 10:01:17 am PDT

Isn’t mainstream media supposed to hide its bias a little better than this? ABC News: Bush Swift Boats Belgium, Congress. April 4, 2007— While Congress is out of session, President Bush flexed his executive power muscle, appointing businessman Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium less than a week after his nomination ...

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Daily Kos Passover Greetings

Fri, Apr 6, 2007 at 9:06:54 am PDT

As of 9:00 am, the sick, antisemitic illustrations we noted last night remain posted at Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Zionism was and remains a racist ideology. The Kos Kidz are all whining and crying about how they’re being misrepresented by the evil LGF, and how these foul images are going ...

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

The Protocols of the Daily Kos

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 8:43:35 pm PDT

This one speaks for itself. Daily Kos: Zionism was and remains a racist ideology. (Hat tip: Killgore.)

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LGF Weirdness Watch

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 6:15:50 pm PDT

Hey, I just noticed we didn’t go offline today. Should I poke Murphy again and hope it was the effect of transferring our 100K+/day RSS feeds to Feedburner? (Oops, I guess I just did.) Don’t hurt me too much, Murphy, but cutting out all that bandwidth and server overhead has to ...

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Terrorists Agree: Nancy's Da Bomb

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 2:36:00 pm PDT

The Speaker of the House is getting rave reviews for her appearances in the Middle East—from Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Syria Wednesday – in which she called for dialogue with Damascus – was “brave” and “very appreciated” and could bring ...

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Nancy with Our Pals the Saudis

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 2:00:35 pm PDT

Meanwhile, Nancy’s whirlwind shadow diplomacy tour continues in Saudi Arabia, the world center of Wahhabism and exporter of radical Islam (along with all that oil): Pelosi visits Saudi Arabia. Normally, if it’s known that you’ve visited Israel you won’t be allowed into either Syria or Saudi Arabia. I discovered this for ...

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Reuters: Bashar Assad Joins the GOP

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 1:47:45 pm PDT

Al-Reuters won’t call Syrian dictator Bashar Assad a terror-supporting tool of Iran, but they will call him ... a Republican? (Hat tip: Meryl Yourish.) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Damascus, April 4, 2007. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters) Maybe they mean to indicate that he’s the one ...

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Inappropriate Hostage Reaction Watch Roundup

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 1:14:00 pm PDT

Jules Crittenden has a good compilation of the output of the analysis and opinion mills, analyzing and opinionating about the British sailor fiasco: Home is Where the Humiliation Is. Publius Pundit notes that those hideous polyester suits Iran made the hostages wear had an odd feature—no ties: Dressed To Mock. I don’t ...

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CAIR Attacks Ex-Terrorist

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 12:53:58 pm PDT

A mouthpiece for the Michigan branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations appears today in the Opinion page of the Detroit News—attacking another Muslim who has spoken out against Islamic terrorism, Tawfik Hamid: Metro Detroit groups burn bridges with false images of Islam. A disturbing trend has been picking up ...

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Video: New Suspects Charged in 7/7 Bombings

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 12:31:49 pm PDT

More suspects have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, and LGF operative Kasper has posted another clip from UK television. In this one, British police are reduced to begging for help from the Islamic community, admitting that Muslims are being “actively dissuaded” from speaking. [Video]

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Russian Muslims Seething Over Beslan Memorial

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 12:02:10 pm PDT

A plan to build a memorial to the hundreds of people—many of them children—killed during the Beslan school takeover by Islamic terrorists has provoked seething from Russian Muslim groups. They’re angry because it’s not “inclusive” enough: Beslan memorial plan angers Russian Muslim leader. And notice that al-Reuters won’t even break out the ...

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Dead Man Talking?

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 10:57:15 am PDT

There may be a new Osama bin Laden video on the way from Al Qaeda’s media wing, in which the long-rumored dead man proves he’s still alive: The Jawa Report: New bin Laden Video Expected. On 4 April, a jihadist website carried the following posting: “After a long absence by the shaykh ...

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Pelosi Brings Hope to EuroKos Kid

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 9:32:17 am PDT

A Eurokid at Daily Kos pens a paean to Nancy Pelosi, who, for a brief, shining moment, brought hope back into the poor moonbat’s benighted existence, by sitting down with the corrupt thuggish leader of a terrorist state and showing genuine empathy: Daily Kos: Let’s Give Up A Moment For ...

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Websense Update: Block Removed

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 8:20:04 am PDT

The Kos Kidz are ecstatic over our reports that Websense wrongly categorized LGF under “Racism and Hate.” They’re celebrating and high-fiving each other here: Daily Kos :: Comments Cheers and Jeers: Thursday. All the left’s lofty principles of free speech go right out the window when the subject is someone they ...

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Washington Post Slams Pelosi - A "Shadow Presidency"

Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 8:12:59 am PDT

Not even the Washington Post will defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disgraceful trip to Syria, or her ludicrous statements about Syria’s readiness for “peace:” Pratfall in Damascus. “We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace,” Ms. Pelosi grandly declared. Never mind that that ...

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Blair: "No Ill Will" for Iranian Hostage Incident

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 11:25:40 pm PDT

The mullahs dressed their British hostages up in horrible polyester suits and staged a last series of propaganda photos, and now they’re on the way back to Britain: British navy crew leaves Iran for London. Tony Blair says, “No hard feelings.” TEHRAN, Iran - Fifteen British sailors and marines held captive for ...

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Carter Endorses Pelosi

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 11:03:28 pm PDT

Israel-hating terrorist supporter Jimmy Carter, possibly the weakest president the US has ever had, thinks Nancy Pelosi is the cat’s pajamas: Carter backs Pelosi’s trip, despite Bush’s rebuke.

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Websense Damage Spreading

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 6:49:34 pm PDT

Websense assured me in an email that the classification of LGF as a “racist hate site” was never sent out to their many corporate and government clients. So what’s up with this? UPDATE at 4/4/07 7:04:51 pm: The operative who forwarded the screenshot above included the following note: DailyKos, Wonkette, Firedoglake, and Huffpo are ...

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LGF RSS Addresses Changed

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 5:13:39 pm PDT

Yes, we have yet another change to announce. In our quest to conserve bandwidth and system resources, and keep LGF online as much as possible, we’ve now set up an account with Feedburner and changed the addresses of our two RSS feeds. There’s a redirect that will automatically forward you ...

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Dems Retreat from GWOT

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 3:12:47 pm PDT

House Democrats, in a move remarkably reminiscent of the European Union, have finally done away with terrorism. No, not the act, silly. The word. No more GWOT, House committee decrees. The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget. This is not because the war ...

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Update: Websense Blocking LGF, the Company List

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 3:06:24 pm PDT

Emails continue to pour in from LGF readers surprised to find that we’re suddenly blocked at their work sites by the Websense content filtering system. The list of companies confirmed to be affected by this block now includes: Atkins Global Merrill Lynch Deloitt and Touche AT&T Business Services United Technologies The US Army in Germany BP HSBC (Firefox still ...

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LGF Headlines V1.1

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 2:05:04 pm PDT

If you’ve installed our LGF Headlines javascript at your site, you’ll be happy to know that our little widget will now stay online even if our main server goes down from traffic surges—I’ve relocated the Javascript code to server 2, which operates at much lower load levels. This means your ...

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Syrian Reformists: The Damage from Pelosi's Visit Will Be Felt for Years

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 1:16:49 pm PDT

A statement from the Reform Party of Syria about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disgraceful visit to the Baathist regime, and what it means to women struggling for rights in the Islamic world: Has Pelosi Gone Bonkers? (Hat tip: seekeroftruth.) As a Muslim, I fully understand respect of our religion by visiting ...

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Websense Blocking LGF, Emails Pouring In - Update! Is Websense Fibbing?

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 12:45:16 pm PDT

I’ve received more than two dozen emails today from people telling me that their company has suddenly begun blocking LGF, because the Websense content filtering system had added LGF to either the “Advocacy” or “Racism/Hate” category. (I have reports of both reasons.) Daily Kos, Huffington Post, and many other left-wing hate ...

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Pelosi Forgetful in Syria

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 12:16:12 pm PDT

Nancy Pelosi continues being a good little propaganda tool of Bashar Assad today, echoing Syria’s usual empty “peace” jargon: Syria tells Pelosi it’s ready for peace talks. “We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president (Assad) that he was ready to resume the peace process. He was ...

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Wednesday Traffic Jam Thread

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 12:06:21 pm PDT

All I can say is, those poor, poor hamsters in server 1 are having a really rough time of it today. We not only have traffic still coming from fark.com, every lefty blog on the web decided to attack as well. I should have known better than to poke Murphy ...

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When Angry Blind Leftists Attack

Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 9:04:36 am PDT

The loony left is attacking LGF like a pack of rabid, half-blind dingos today, because of our post showing Nancy Pelosi in Syria. (And sending a huge amount of traffic our way. The web server’s struggling to keep up. Database server is fine.) Of course, they’re focusing on the head scarf ...

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Merkel Refuses to Honor Palestinians' Grievance Theater

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 10:09:02 pm PDT

Big LGF kudos to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who treated the thugs of the PLO with exactly the respect they deserve: Palestinians ‘offended’ by Merkel’s pro-Israel stance. Palestinian Authority officials have accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of “offending the Palestinians’ feelings” during her visit earlier this week to Ramallah, where she ...

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Update: Websense Blocking LGF? - Indeed They Are

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 7:14:14 pm PDT

Received by an LGF reader who inquired about the Websense blocking situation: ——-Original Message——- From: Websense [...] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:09 PM To: [...] Subject: Thank you for your Websense DB Update inquiry Thank you for writing to Websense. The site you submitted has been reviewed. We have found that it is ...

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Nihad Awad vs. Peter King

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 6:55:34 pm PDT

Nihad Awad, who supports Hamas and is the head of the Council on American Islamic Relations, faces off with Rep. Peter King over the six non-flying imams—and calls King an “extremist” who is “encouraging Islamophobia:” [Video]

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LGF Database Mongo Makeover

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 4:44:01 pm PDT

I’d guess that 90%+ of LGF’s readers aren’t aware that something huge happened here over the weekend. And that’s exactly the result for which I was hoping. The entire back-end LGF Blog Engine was swapped out, while the site was live. The whole thing. It’s a little like rebuilding a car’s ...

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RoP Attack Averted in Indonesia

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 12:10:00 pm PDT

When Indonesian and Australian authorities followed up on information from a raid two weeks ago, they discovered a gigantic stockpile of explosives, far more than was used in the Bali nightclub bombings. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) INDONESIAN and Australian authorities say they have prevented a terrorist attack larger than the Bali ...

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Pelosi in a Hijab

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 11:36:05 am PDT

The modern Democratic leadership. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, wears a scarf inside Ommayad Mosque during her tour at a popular market in downtown Damascus, Syria, Tuesday April 3, 2007. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria on Tuesday, the highest-ranking American politician to visit the country since relations began to ...

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Update on Ware Controversy

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 11:33:20 am PDT

Was Matt Drudge right about Michael Ware after all? Bob Owens found an AFP report that mentions a reporter “giggling” in the back of the room during John McCain’s press conference in Baghdad: US White House hopeful haggles in Baghdad market. (Hat tip: Confederate Yankee.) “I studied warfare. I’m a student ...

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A Hatefest at Wayne State

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 10:14:56 am PDT

At Wayne State University in Michigan, an anti-Israel group calling itself “Anti-Racist Action” held a rally which featured, among other progressive anti-racist sentiments, the following sign: Several LGF readers wrote about this event; they reported that the protestors also shouted “Yahood” (“Jew” in Arabic), and “Go home Jew!” Here’s a video shot ...

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Daily Kos: British Hostages Are Payback

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 9:39:26 am PDT

Front page Daily Kos writer “Meteor Blades” knows who to blame for the Iranian seizure of British sailors: Daily Kos: More Evidence that British Captives Are Payback for U.S. raids. His/her/its Bush-loathing screed is based on this article by Patrick Cockburn at UK leftist paper The Independent: The botched US raid ...

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Not Quite a Flying Pig Watch

Tue, Apr 3, 2007 at 9:08:21 am PDT

Did a representative from the radical Islamic front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations actually join an anti-jihad rally in Seattle? Apparently the Washington branch was caught off guard by this one, and issued the following press release: CAIR-SEATTLE CHALLENGES PARTICIPANTS IN ANTI-MUSLIM ‘RALLY’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/2/07) - On Saturday, ...

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Monday, April 02, 2007

Daily Kos Diary: Drudge Caught with Child Pr0n

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 10:28:01 pm PDT

It’s a joke. You know, satire. Come on, don’t be so sensitive. They’re progressives. They’re allowed to make up disgusting, hateful stories to smear their enemies. It’s funny! Where’s your sense of humor? Daily Kos: Matt Drudge caught with child pornography. (Hat tip: WordWarp.) UPDATE at 4/3/07 7:57:33 am: Hey, come on! ...

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WebSense Blocking LGF

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 9:15:38 pm PDT

I’ve received several emails about this today; apparently the Websense content filtering system is suddenly blocking LGF: I have been visiting your site almost daily for the past seven-eight years. Today, when I tried to access your site from work, I was surprised to see that the site was blocked. ...

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Flash Grenades Found at Reagan National Airport

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 9:01:52 pm PDT

Here’s a disturbing little report in the Washington Post of a discovery in a men’s room outside security at Reagan National Airport: Munitions Found in Restroom. A cleaning crew at Reagan National Airport found two nonlethal munitions Friday in a trash can of a men’s room in the C concourse at ...

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Swastika at SF Synagogue

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 6:35:13 pm PDT

Someone in San Francisco decided to send a special Passover message to Temple Emanu-El: Swastika Found At SF Synagogue. [Video]

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The Huff Po Manifesto

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 4:04:26 pm PDT

You may have heard of Michelle Malkin’s John Doe Manifesto. Well, here’s the other side at Bad Example (dead-on parody alert): The Huff Po Manifesto. (Hat tip: kyle_st.) Dear Muslim Freedom Fighter/Patriot/Hero/Martyr/Brother, You do not know me. But I act as lookout for you. You are my friend. And I am yours. I am ...

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Report: Iran Will Have Nukes by 2009

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 3:44:26 pm PDT

The Blotter, in a story based on information from unnamed sources, says Iran will have enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb by 2009. I always like to point out that these kinds of predictions by experts have proven to be wildly optimistic and/or flat out wrong in the past; ...

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Aussie Rape Sheik Gave Donations to Terror Supporters

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 3:31:18 pm PDT

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali, the Australian Islamic cleric who compared unveiled women to “uncovered meat” (therefore deserving of rape) has come in for a lot of mockery for his Dark Ages beliefs. But here’s a reminder that behind the seeming buffoonery of his statements is a seriously bad person—as Australia’s ...

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Playing Politics with Airline Security

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 1:56:54 pm PDT

Debra Burlingame has a column in the New York Post about the disgraceful response of House Democrats to the transportation security bill amendment that protects people who report suspicious behavior from being sued by the likes of CAIR: Lawsuits first, safety second. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) This is the kind of ...

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Video: Radical Pakistani Madrassas Flourish

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 1:42:30 pm PDT

LGF operative Kasper has put up another clip from UK television, a horrifying look at the rising Islamic supremacism in Pakistan, as extremist, jihad-promoting madrassas flourish despite Pervez Musharraf’s many pledges to crack down on them. Don’t miss the part where an Islamist compares their trashing of video and music stores ...

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Norwegian Muslim Cabbies Refusing to Carry Guide Dogs

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 10:27:08 am PDT

It isn’t just in Minneapolis that Muslim taxi drivers are pushing an extremist agenda, and refusing to carry passengers with alcohol, or blind people with guide dogs. LGF reader Fjordman translates an article from Norway’s Aftenposten that shows the exact same agenda in Oslo. Coincidence? We doubt it. Blind woman Gry Berg, ...

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UK Springs Into Action

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 9:10:55 am PDT

Britain has a new plan to deal with Islamic supremacists who want to destroy Western civilization, slaughter infidels, and institute a global Islamic state. They’re going to give the jihadis civics lessons. Muslim “opinion formers”, including imams, are to be given lessons in civic leadership under a new plan to tackle Islamic ...

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Arrogant Mainstream Media Moment of the Day

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 8:57:24 am PDT

Allahpundit has video of the despicable TIME Magazine/CNN reporter/anti-war activist Michael Ware, weaseling about his heckling of Senator John McCain in Baghdad: Video: CNN reporter denies heckling McCain. Michael Ware has been featured at LGF before, when he openly admitted that he is in business with the jihadis: Media, Enemy: What’s ...

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Synagogue Desecrated in Chicago

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 8:49:56 am PDT

A synagogue in Chicago was desecrated with anti-Israel messages and Arabic writings; the Chicago Tribune thinks this is a “possible” hate crime. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Wouldn’t want to jump to any conclusions. A synagogue on Chicago’s North Side may have been the target of a hate crime after vandals spray-painted derogatory messages ...

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Fatah: We'll Supply Hamas with Weapons

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 8:28:35 am PDT

Haaretz reports that representatives of so-called “moderate” Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas are frustrated with the lack of concessions from Israel—and in true “moderate” fashion, they say that if Israel doesn’t start giving them what they want, they’ll supply Hamas with weapons themselves. “Yoram Turbowicz, Olmert’s chief of staff, and his Palestinian ...

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

LGF Database Rocks

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 6:29:34 pm PDT

OK, I’m almost ready to declare the database redesign an unqualified success. Server loads are way down, and all the modules are operating well. I’ve been monitoring the MySQL activity with the mysqladmin tool, and all systems look good. (As I mentioned before, the real test comes tomorrow, with our ...

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Kos Seething at Obama

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 5:51:57 pm PDT

Barack Obama said today that if the President vetoes the Democrats’ surrender bill, Congress will quickly provide the money without the withdrawal timeline, because no lawmaker “wants to play chicken with our troops.” Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas, on the other hand, is all about playing chicken with our troops. And he’s ...

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Victoria Choir Director Makes Samson a Jewish Suicide Bomber

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 5:17:47 pm PDT

A reader in Victoria alerted me to this latest sick anti-Israel eruption, as the Victoria Philharmonic Choir performs a new version of Handel’s Samson—in which Samson is a suicide bomber who blows up the King David Hotel in 1946 Jerusalem. The change is the idea of artistic director Simon Capet, who ...

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French Antisemitism Watch

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 4:08:29 pm PDT

Dozens of Jewish tombs damaged in northern France. PARIS (Reuters) - More than 50 Jewish tombs were damaged overnight in a cemetery in the northern French city of Lille, a local government official said on Sunday. “Fifty-one tombstones were damaged, of which two were broken. The vertical part was separated from the ...

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Standing Up to Ostriches

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 3:01:04 pm PDT

Marc Danziger (“Armed Liberal”) is raising money to form a PAC that will support candidates of either party who are opposed to the Ostrich platform of the Democrats, and have a clue about the danger of Islamic supremacism. He’s running short videos from US troops and from Iraqis; the first ...

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UK Humiliated Without Firing a Shot

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 2:29:53 pm PDT

When news broke that the Iranians had seized 15 British sailors, I asked, “What would Maggie do?” Well, I don’t really know what Margaret Thatcher would do in this situation. That’s why I posed it as a question. But I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be this. How could the British forces have been ...

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Anti-Terror Rally at Ground Zero

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 1:17:01 pm PDT

LGF reader NoSubmission was at the Rally Against Islamic Terrorism at Ground Zero in Manhattan, and has a slideshow of photographs: Rally Against Islamo-Fascism at Ground Zero *Updates cont’d!

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Britain's Rather Large Problem

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 12:21:42 pm PDT

A study by the UK’s Department for Education and Skills has found that British schools are dropping the Holocaust and the Crusades from history lessons, out of craven fear of the Religion of Peace™. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, ...

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Comments Unstuck

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 11:11:57 am PDT

I sense a huge turmoil in the Lizardsphere; a feeling that thousands of beings are waiting impatiently for LGF comments to be re-enabled. I’m glad to announce that the wait is now over. Let the verbiage flow. UPDATE at 4/1/07 11:34:17 am: I’m really pleased by the performance improvement so far. Server loads ...

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Our Friends the Saudis: Funding Murder

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 10:33:13 am PDT

Notice how careful al-Reuters is being in this article about giving equal weight to the statements of Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, and the genocidal terrorists of Hamas: Haniyeh gave Saudi cash to Hamas armed wing: Israel. (Hat tip: Weasel Zippers.) You can almost smell Reuters’ skepticism about Israel’s claims—as if ...

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Steyn: Britain's Gotten Used to Taking It

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 9:27:26 am PDT

Mark Steyn on the appalling fecklessness of the West in the face of undisguised Islamic supremacist aggression: Taking of hostages by Iran is not Britain’s finest hour. The U.N. will do nothing for men seized on a U.N.-sanctioned mission. The European Union will do nothing for its “European citizens.” But if ...

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Iranian Mob Attacks UK Embassy

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 8:24:49 am PDT

The mullahs have been greatly encouraged by the British government’s inaction, and a mob (yes, this time a real mob) attacked the British embassy in Tehran this morning. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Rocks and firecrackers have been thrown at the British embassy in Tehran as the row over 15 captured sailors ...

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Comments Temporarily Disabled

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 8:14:37 am PDT

Comments are currently disabled while MySQL performs a very time-consuming operation (adding a FULLTEXT index on the comment author name field). It’s been cranking away for about 6 hours now; it needs to work through 3.6 million comments, so it may be a little longer. Comments will be turned back on ...

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