LGF Archives: June 2009
Tuesday Night Lounge
Private | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:51:48 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a crazy Tuesday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. Comments for this thread, in LGF Spy ...
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Pat Buchanan vs. Evolution
Politics | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:08:37 pm PDT
As we’ve noted previously, in addition to all his other wonderful attributes, “the great Patrick J. Buchanan” (Sean Hannity’s introduction for him) is a creationist. And he has one of those “creationism checklist” articles now running at all the conservative websites (TownHall, WorldNetDaily, HumanEvents), in which he blames Charles Darwin for ...
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Bird
Images | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:16:55 pm PDT
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Tapscott: 'Cap and Traitor' Is Over the Line
Environment | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:23:44 pm PDT
The Washington Examiner’s Mark Tapscott asks people on the right to dial down the rhetoric a little bit on the cap-and-trade bill. Could somebody please explain the difference between people on the Right calling the eight GOP congressmen who voted for the Obama-Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade anti-global warming energy bill “cap and traitors” ...
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Pat Boone: Nirther
Weird | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:35:18 pm PDT
Finally, the burgeoning Nirther movement is starting to attract some serious celebrity star power, as the great one, Pat Boone, leverages his considerable gravitas to demand (via Newsmax.com): Mr. Obama, Show Us Your Birth Certificate.
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Honduran Troops Detain Journalists
World | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:35:17 am PDT
The Honduran military has been interrupting news broadcasts and clamping down on freedom of the press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran troops detained seven international journalists covering the aftermath of a military coup Monday, freeing them unhurt a short time later. The government also took at least two television stations ...
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Sanford Admits to More Trysts
Politics | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:01:43 am PDT
The saga of Governor Mark Sanford descends into farce, as he admits he lied about how often he saw his Argentinian mistress. COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:21:02 pm PDT
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. — James A. Michener
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Call on the Clue Phone for North Korea
World | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:18:30 pm PDT
Any dictators residing in the northern part of the Korean peninsula should probably consider the implications: U.S. Air Force Test Fires Missile From California Base.
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Michael Yon in Afghanistan
World | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:45:17 pm PDT
Michael Yon is back in Afghanistan. Kabul has changed. In recent years the roads were often clogged with military convoys, filling the town with aggravations and dangers often caused by the mere presence of large numbers of soldiers in proximity to the dusty beehive called Kabul. Yesterday, in a drive ...
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Monday Night Music: Keith Jarrett Trio: 'Stella By Starlight'
Music | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:21:35 pm PDT
Keith Jarrett with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, telepathic as always, with an interpretation of the jazz classic “Stella by Starlight”. The art of the jazz trio at its most refined. [Video]
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Honduras Coup Update
World | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:19:09 pm PDT
Here’s the latest news from the coup in Honduras, where pro-Zelaya demonstrators showed up at presidential offices today, as the Obama administration tried hard to seem like they weren’t totally surprised: Protesters Confront Soldiers After Coup in Honduras. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — One day after the country’s president, Manuel Zelaya, was ...
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The Ron Paul Party?
Politics | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:10:18 pm PDT
The crazy uncle’s influence on US conservative politics is definitely increasing. CQ Politics reports on growing GOP support for Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill. He may have faded from the national political scene a year ago, after his dark-horse presidential run came to naught, but Rep. ...
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Cap and Trade Pros and Cons
Environment | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:55:42 am PDT
Wired has a balanced look at the controversy around the Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” climate change bill passed last week by the House: Update: Climate Bill Clears House by Narrow Margin. Commonly referred to as the Waxman-Markey bill, after the original Democratic sponsors Henry Waxman of California and Edward Markey ...
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Supreme Court Rules Against Sotomayor, For Saudi Arabia
US News | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:00:33 am PDT
The Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions due to their race: Ricci Decision Provides Rallying Point for Opposition. Conservatives are jumping all over today’s Supreme Court decision that ...
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Madoff Gets 150 Years
US News | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:22:17 am PDT
Wall Street scoundrel Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for perpetrating one of the biggest financial frauds in history. NEW YORK – Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:29:03 pm PDT
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it? — Albert Einstein
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Anyone for Windows 7?
Technology | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:20:06 pm PDT
I posted about Apple’s Safari 4 browser earlier, but I don’t want to make our PC users feel unloved, so here’s a link to Amazon, where they’re now accepting pre-orders for Microsoft’s shiny new operating system Windows 7. Windows 7 has been getting good reviews in tech media; Microsoft may have ...
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Safari 4's Developer Tools Rock
Technology | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:47:08 pm PDT
Apple’s recently-released Safari 4 web browser features a major update to its developers’ tools, and if you have anything to do with designing websites you’ll find some of these new abilities very handy. You can inspect the HTML structure of the page and alter CSS properties on the fly, profile ...
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Video: Guatemalan Bat Falcon
Video | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:35:52 pm PDT
So, you’re a bat. You’re just flappin’ around some Mayan ruins, looking for bugs to eat, and suddenly — the bat falcon! Now, you’re an ex-bat. [Video]
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Open | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:49:06 pm PDT
Here’s an open thread while I read about using the Apache mod_expires module to set cache expiration times for specific resources, to improve page loading speed.
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The Return of the John Birch Society
US News | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:26:08 am PDT
Thanks to the promotional efforts of people like Glenn Beck and Ron Paul, some long-discredited extremist groups are making a comeback — perhaps chief among them, the John Birch Society: Holding Firm Against Plots by Evildoers. For some, that name means nothing. ... Yet for others, the John Birch Society ...
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Obama Officials Say Talks with Iran Still Going Ahead
World | Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:24:59 am PDT
Yesterday I asked if Barack Obama would still carry on with his naïve plans for diplomatic engagement with Iran, even as the blood of Iranian demonstrators was still warm on the streets of Tehran. Today we have the answer: Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible. Both Rice and David ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:18:38 pm PDT
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his ...
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Enough with the Nakedness
Weird | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 7:16:22 pm PDT
What’s going on with these top state officials and naked hiking? Former mayor in Georgia arrested for nudity. CLAYTON, Ga. – Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor. Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources ...
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Saturday Night Music: Steely Dan, 'Babylon Sisters'
Music | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:53:52 pm PDT
The previous music thread was a sort of novelty video, but this one’s the real thing — an amazingly tight performance of “Babylon Sisters” from the Steely Dan DVD Two Against Nature. [Video]
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Video: How to Be a Guitar Hero When You Can't Play
Video | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:13:46 pm PDT
Via YouTube, here’s another impressive virtuoso — at video editing. [Video]
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Saturday Afternoon Lounge
Private | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 1:35:11 pm PDT
The Lounge is open early today, because I’m tweaking the code again and some of this stuff has to be tested in the wild. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to ...
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Video: Bachmann Too Loopy for Beck?
Video | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:54:24 am PDT
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) goes on the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour, and repeats her contention that the government might use census data to round people up and put them in internment camps. Beck closes his eyes and shakes his head when she says this, and almost immediately cuts her off — ...
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Ahmadinejad Mocks Obama's 'Change' Slogan
World | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:10:23 am PDT
Iran’s thug in chief says he’s surprised at Barack Obama, in an openly contemptuous statement. Iran’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of improving ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:30:44 pm PDT
For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone. — W. H. Auden
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Friday Night Book Thread
Books | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:23:31 pm PDT
Some recommended books now on my Kindle:
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Creationists Trick Scientists Into Appearing in Anti-Darwin Film
Science | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:58:40 pm PDT
Creationists in Britain apparently tricked several scientists into appearing in a movie that portrays Charles Darwin as a racist. It’s a phenomenon we’ve seen in LGF threads too — zealous creationists will knowingly lie to promote their cause, because they’re lying for Jesus. They have a “get out of jail free” ...
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Friday Night Lounge
Private | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:16:11 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for the last Friday in June. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. (Comments for this thread, in LGF ...
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Cap-and-Trade Passes House
Politics | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:31:12 pm PDT
The Waxman-Markey climate change bill has passed the House, but faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. UPDATE at 6/26/09 4:34:28 pm: Some scientists are opposed to the bill — because they believe it’s weak legislation that won’t fix anything: Should Congress pass Waxman-Markey?
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Friday Night Music: Regina Spektor, 'Eet'
Music | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:21:51 pm PDT
Regina Spektor’s new album Far is really growing on me. Here’s another video from it, a song called “Eet.” [Video]
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Onion: Obama Holding Job Performance Reviews
Humor | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:29:50 pm PDT
[Video] By the way, you can automatically download your own copies of the Onion’s videos for free, through the podcast section of the iTunes Store. Here’s the URL.
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How Mrs. Sanford Found Out
Politics | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:16:12 pm PDT
One of the worst ways to learn about an affair is to find a love letter. South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband’s affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress. Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press on Friday she told ...
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Iranian Cleric Calls for Execution of Protest Leaders
World | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:55:32 am PDT
Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to Mohammad Khatami, who visited the US in September 2006) demanded today that the leaders of election protests be executed. Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one who wages ...
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White Supremacist Twins Charged in Mall Bombing
US News | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:06:29 am PDT
A matching pair of “anti-immigration activists” has been charged with bombing a diversity office in Arizona. PHOENIX — Twin brothers have been indicted in a 2004 mail bombing that injured the diversity director of the Arizona city of Scottsville. Dennis and Daniel Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and ...
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Flipper: Classy As Ever
Politics | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:41:27 am PDT
Sen. John F. Kerry weighs in on the disappearance of Mark Sanford with a real knee-slapper. WASHINGTON - A jovial U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner Letterman Tuesday when he quipped the wrong governor had gone missing. The Bay State Democrat was regaling a group of business ...
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Questions for Mark Sanford
Politics | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:03:11 am PDT
It’s kind of amazing, but Governor Mark Sanford actually seems to believe he can remain in office despite his propensity for disappearing without notice and lying about the reason. Byron York: Serious questions remain for Mark Sanford.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:18:19 pm PDT
In times long past, this planet was the home of a mighty, noble race of beings who called themselves the Krell. Ethically and technologically they were a million years ahead of humankind, for in unlocking the meaning of nature they had conquered even their baser selves, and when in the ...
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Thursday Night Music: Regina Spektor, 'Laughing With'
Music | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:20:04 pm PDT
A great song from Regina Spektor’s Far. [Video]
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Thursday Night Lounge
Private | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:16:58 pm PDT
Here’s a private Lounge thread for the evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. (Comments for this thread, in LGF Spy and on the ...
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Michael Jackson Hospitalized - Update: LA Times Reports Jackson Has Died
US News | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:14:13 pm PDT
I suppose we need a thread to talk about the breaking news that pop star Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA Medical Center with “cardiac arrest.” No definitive word on his condition as I write this... UPDATE at 6/25/09 3:16:04 pm: TMZ reports that Jackson has died: We’ve just learned Michael Jackson ...
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Shawna Forde and the Minuteman Project
US News | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:04:07 pm PDT
Apparently, anti-immigration “activist” Shawna Forde (charged in Arizona with the murder of an Arizona man and his 9-year old daughter) had a closer relationship with the Minuteman Project and its president Jim Gilchrist than we were first led to believe. In an E-mail titled “Jim Gilchrist Exposed!!!!” on the Minuteman ...
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Bachmann Links Census to Japanese Internment
Politics | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:19:14 pm PDT
In an interview on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s taking a stand against the US census because it was used to round up Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps during World War II. [Video] (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.)
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Martyrdom Recruitment For Kids
Religion | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:23:08 am PDT
The Investigative Project has a chilling report on the increasingly sophisticated jihad propaganda aimed at children in the Middle East: ’Birds of Paradise’ – Martyrdom Recruitment as Children’s Entertainment.
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Ahmadinejad Demands Apology from Obama
World | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:07:33 am PDT
Iranian thug in chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is following the “belligerent tyrant” script to the letter; he’s demanding an apology from Barack Obama, and accusing Obama of behaving like George W. Bush. Meanwhile, the demonstrations are subsiding, due to overwhelming force and brutality from Iranian security forces and Basij militia. [Video]
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:23:33 pm PDT
Facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world’s data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away while scientists debate rival theories for explaining them. Einstein’s theory of gravitation replaced Newton’s, but apples ...
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What Right Wing Extremists?
US News | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:57:07 pm PDT
Some interesting stories from the past month that didn’t get much notice in the national media, on the nonexistent right wing extremist topic: Clearfield County man pleads guilty to distributing explosives. Perry Landis admitted that he sold illegal electric blasting caps to undercover police officers. But he denied that his cabin in ...
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Governor Sanford's Mystery Tour No Longer Mysterious
Politics | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:32:35 pm PDT
An affair, with an Argentinian woman, apparently. Tell me you didn’t see this one coming.
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Wednesday Night Lounge
Private | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:10:53 pm PDT
It’s 5:00 somewhere in the world, so it’s time for the Lizard Lounge thread for this Wednesday evening. If you’ve got the credentials (an LGF account will do), log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter ...
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Video: The Don't Get Hurt Health Plan
Humor | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:04:25 pm PDT
An innovative approach to health care, from Landline TV: [Video]
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Onion: US To Trade Gold Reserves
Humor | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:58:41 pm PDT
Hey, I don’t see why this wouldn’t work. [Video]
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Obama Sending Ambassador to Syria
Middle East | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:11:10 pm PDT
Barack Obama is reopening the US’s diplomatic mission in Damascus: U.S. to Return Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence. President Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after an absence of more than four years, marking a significant step toward engaging an influential Arab nation long at ...
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'Security Forces' Ambush Iranian Demonstrators
World | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:34:25 am PDT
The crackdown on Iranian protesters continued, as a gang of Basij and other thugs ambushed demonstrators at a Tehran square. It’s having an effect; the demonstrations are getting smaller because people are afraid to leave their houses. At least two sources described wild and violent conditions at a part of ...
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Governor Sanford's South American Mystery Tour
Politics | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:59:43 am PDT
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s lost weekend mystery tour may not have been the best idea, politically speaking: The Fallout from Sanford’s South American Adventure. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s South American getaway may be every chief executive’s dream — ditching security, escaping the bubble and wandering through a foreign ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
US News | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:29:57 am PDT
The New York Times has an article on the extensive ties between top members of the Saudi ruling family and terrorist groups, as new evidence is revealed by the families of 9/11 victims — evidence that is being ignored and suppressed by the US government: Documents Back Saudi Link to ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30:25 pm PDT
Why don’t you quit cryin’ and get me some bourbon? — Dix Handley, The Asphalt Jungle
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And Now for An East German Toaster
Images | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:41:44 pm PDT
East German Design. Yes, it really existed.
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Tuesday Night Music: Regina Spektor, 'Far'
Music | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:55:00 pm PDT
Some of the reviewers at Amazon seem to think Regina Spektor’s new album Far is “over-produced” — no way. This is a little gem of idiosyncratic pop music. Sparse instrumentation, and just enough production to make it right. Amazon.com Widgets I bought the album at Amazon MP3, where it’s $7.99 compared ...
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Tuesday Night Lounge
Private | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:32:08 pm PDT
Here’s the Lizard Lounge thread for a Groovesday evening. If you’ve got the credentials (an LGF account will do), log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. (Comments for this thread, in ...
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Coulter: 'I Don't Think of It As a Murder'
Video | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:35:41 pm PDT
Even Bill O’Reilly (who has been pretty cold-blooded about the murder of Dr. George Tiller) seems a little taken aback when Ann Coulter says, “I don’t think of it as a murder ... I am personally opposed to shooting abortionists, but I don’t believe in imposing my morality on others.” And: ...
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Sarkozy Disses Burqa
World | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:02:26 pm PDT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is right in his analysis of the Islamic garment known as the burqa or niqab; while there are a few women who wear this clothing of their own free will, most of the time the burqa is a symbol of extreme fundamentalism and subjugation of women: ...
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Iran Updates: No Election Annulment, Protests 'Dying Out?'
World | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:53:48 am PDT
The mullahs have ruled out the possibiity that the Iranian election will be annulled. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s top legislative body has again ruled out any annulment of the June 12 presidential election, as demanded by two defeated candidates, state television said on Tuesday. “Iran’s Guardian Council rejects annulment of the ...
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Obama News Conference
Politics | Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32:32 am PDT
Here’s a thread to discuss President Obama’s news conference, now beginning ... UPDATE at 6/23/09 10:12:31 am: Here are Obama’s opening remarks on Iran, for the record: The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days. I strongly ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:13:40 pm PDT
Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. — Maxfield Parrish
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Monday Night Lounge
Private | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:43:59 pm PDT
Here’s our Monday evening Lizard Lounge thread; if you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in “Lounge Mode” — this is the private “chat room” area for the thread, ...
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Sanford Vanishes, Reappears
Politics | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:16:56 pm PDT
If you were worried about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, worry no more: he’s been located. The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office. But Sanford’s office told the lieutenant governor’s office Monday afternoon ...
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Tonight's Recipe: Revolutionary Vegetarian Cheesecake
Weird | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:19:28 pm PDT
The revolutionary (yet vegetarian) granddaughter of mass murderer Che Guevara finds her true calling: spokesmodel for PETA.
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Another Dinosaur-to-Bird Transitional Fossil
Science | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:28:50 pm PDT
Here’s some important science news from last week that slipped through LGF’s cracks: the discovery of a four-fingered theropod that fills in another step in the evolution of dinosaurs into birds. Image credit: James Clark A newly discovered dinosaur provides a fossil snapshot of the reptiles’ evolution into birds, and neatly ...
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Westboro Baptist Church Helps Manhattan Synagogue
Religion | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:30:04 pm PDT
The infamous Westboro Baptist Church is on the road, harassing Jews in Manhattan, but a West Village synagogue turned the tables on these freaks very nicely: Manhattan synagogue makes $10G off of Westboro Baptist Church protest. A Manhattan synagogue turned a visit from hate-spewing demonstrators into a lucrative fund-raiser Sunday. Leaders ...
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Midday Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:14:03 pm PDT
An open thread for a Monday afternoon...
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Video: Iran Cracks Down Harder
World | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:51:33 am PDT
Here’s a video report on the latest developments in Iran from Richard Engel at NBC News. Note that the Iranian regime now refers to the protesters as “terrorists.” [Video]
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Pat Buchanan: Netanyahu and Neocons Conspiring to Exploit Iran Protesters
Politics | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:39:50 am PDT
In today’s episode of “It’s Paleo Pat,” Pat Buchanan launches into a charming rant: And frankly, I will say it ... Bibi Netanyahu wants the United States to polish off Iran, he calls them the ‘worst regime on Earth’ ... I mean, uh, Pipes! ... a neocon, comes out and ...
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One Woman's Death
World | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:52:39 am PDT
A young woman allegedly shot to death in Iran is becoming a symbol of the protests, after her dying moments were caught on a mobile phone video camera. Wikipedia already has a page for her, identifying her as Neda Salehi Agha Soltan. The gruesome video has been shown repeatedly on ...
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Al Qaeda Leader: If We Get Pakistan's Nukes, We'll Use Them Against the US
World | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:07:38 am PDT
In case you had any doubt: Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons. DUBAI (Reuters) - If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:29:27 pm PDT
I’ll bet my badge that we haven’t seen the last of those weirdies. — Lieutenant John Harper, Plan 9 From Outer Space
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Klinghoffer Kind of Agrees: 'Darwinism is a Lie Sprung Straight from the Pit of Hell'
Science | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:48:27 pm PDT
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer’s blog at Beliefnet is really a hoot — I’ve been checking in regularly. Here’s a good entry from this week, in which Klinghoffer is hard pressed to disagree with the contention that “Darwinism is a lie sprung straight from the pit of Hell!?” I ...
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Video: 'The Big Swindle Movie'
Environment | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:19:03 pm PDT
Environmental advocate Peter Sinclair put together this presentation about the British documentary “The Great Global Warming Swindle.” When Channel 4’s anti-AGW polemic was first broadcast, we linked to it here at LGF; but since that time a number of ... uh ... problems have been found with the data in ...
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And Now for Some Crude Iranian Propaganda
Video | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 5:39:52 pm PDT
Courtesy of MEMRI TV, a bizarre Iranian CGI propaganda film starring “John McCain” with co-star “George Soros.” This was aired February 5, 2008 on Iranian TV. [Video]
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Videos from Iran
World | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:40:57 pm PDT
Here’s a good round-up of links to videos from Iran, at YouTube and Facebook: June 20-21 Protests in Iran from YouTube.
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Tech Note: The Private Thread Test Strikes Again
Private | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:12:06 pm PDT
A Sunday afternoon before the weekday crowds seems like a good time to do one more acid test of the new Ajax-based Lizard Lounge. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy ...
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Video: Pat Buchanan's Inner Franco
Video | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:52:05 pm PDT
Chris Matthews has Paleo Pat Buchanan on his MSNBC show, leading to this exchange (at about 4:35): Matthews: And that’s why you, Pat Buchanan, although you are a libertarian in many ways, you do not ... no, you’re a nationalist actually ... you are not what you like to call, ...
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Gerecht: The Koran and the Ballot Box
World | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:24:21 am PDT
Former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times on the meaning of the Iranian election and the protests that followed: The Koran and the Ballot Box. In the current demonstrations we are witnessing not just the end of the first stage of the ...
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Happy Father's Day!
Lifestyle | Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:41:40 am PDT
(Be sure to check out John Cox Art.)
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:15:49 pm PDT
The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths. — Christopher Hitchens
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Latch
Images | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:38:16 pm PDT
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot.
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Video: Iranian Student Shot to Death by Islamic Police
World | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:57:55 pm PDT
Just posted a little while ago (hat tip: justdanny): [Video]
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Orly Taitz: Nirther Mastermind
Weird | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:22:50 pm PDT
The Orange County News has a detailed profile of the Queen Bee of the Nirth Certifikit Revolution: Meet Orly Taitz. Ask about Taitz’s motivations, and she’ll tell you about her background. She immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1987; before Israel, she lived in what was then the ...
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Tech Note: The Return of the Son of the Private Thread Test
Private | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:01:11 pm PDT
More tweaks and improvements to the private Ajax chat room feature, so here’s another private thread to give it the acid test. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this ...
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Video: Protester Shot to Death in Tehran
World | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:27:50 pm PDT
Five minutes on a Tehran street this afternoon. WARNING: near the end, you see a protester apparently shot to death. [Video]
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Video: Thousands Defy Khamenei
World | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:18:26 pm PDT
Here’s the latest video report from NBC News on the events in Tehran, where huge crowds turned out in open defiance of Ayatollah Khamenei’s warnings. [Video]
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Iowahawk Interviews Bereaved Housefly
Humor | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:58:47 pm PDT
Widow of Murdered Fly Seeks White House Apology, Shit. WASHINGTON — The widow of the housefly murdered by Barack Obama during a recent CNBC television interview announced this morning that she would be filing a wrongful death suit against the President in federal district court. The plaintiff brief — citing ...
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Violence in Tehran, Suicide Bomber at Ayatollah's Tomb
World | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:08:20 am PDT
Iranian protesters are being attacked by riot police in Tehran today, as the mullahs’ violent crackdown on dissent continues: Riot police clash with protesters in Tehran Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in the central part of Iran’s capital to demand ...
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Are You Ready for the Mini-Schwein?
Images | Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 4:31:31 am PDT
From the children’s zoo at Zoo Basel, the inexorable mini-schwein. (Hat tip: ZooBorns.)
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:24:37 pm PDT
No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be. — Jonathan Harker
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WaPo: Kid Porn on Von Brunn's Computer
US News | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:06:10 pm PDT
Child Porn Found on Museum Suspect’s Computer, Court Told. Authorities discovered child pornography on a computer belonging to James W. von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last week, according to court documents filed by the FBI. FBI agents said ...
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Bike Motif
Images | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 6:50:34 pm PDT
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The Paul-Obama Isolationist Convergence
Politics | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:56:09 pm PDT
A congressional resolution to condemn Iran’s brutal crackdown on demonstrators was passed by a nearly unanimous vote—405 to 1. And of course, the lone dissenting vote was cast by Uncle Ron. The only vote against the resolution was cast by Representative Ron Paul, who although a Republican considers himself a political ...
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Video: Rethinking Autism
Health | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:09:39 pm PDT
Here’s a very cool video promo for a cause you may not expect: [Video] The link comes from a friend of Bill Whittle’s, Dana Commandatore, with a note about the motivation of the clip: I’m the mother of a 6 year old autistic boy who has had enough of the pseudo-science quackery ...
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Friday Afternoon Music: Buckethead and Primus, 'The Ballad of Buckethead'
Music | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:35:18 pm PDT
Hey, it’s Friday afternoon — time for some Buckethead! [Video]
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Tech Note: Private Thread Test Redux
Private | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:09:11 pm PDT
Yes, it’s another test thread for the private Ajax chat room feature, as we continue tightening up the code. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in private ...
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Egypt Building Nuclear Reactor
Middle East | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:31:21 am PDT
Egypt has signed a 10-year agreement with an Australian firm to help build their first nuclear reactor. What could go wrong? Thursday’s report quotes Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif as saying the 900 million Egyptian pound ($161 million) agreement is a step toward Egypt entering an era of peacefully using nuclear ...
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Krauthammer: Obama's Afraid to Take Sides
Opinion | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:57:53 am PDT
The argument in favor of Barack Obama’s current position toward Iran is that if he openly called for revolution in Iran, he could endanger the protesters and cause a violent crackdown. Charles Krauthammer isn’t buying it: Obama Misses the Point With Iran Response. All hangs in the balance. The Khamenei regime ...
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Khamenei Threatens Protesters
World | Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:37:46 am PDT
Ominous words from Iran’s “Supreme Leader,” threatening a major crackdown in the works: Iran’s Khamenei warns protest leaders after vote. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a strong warning on Friday to leaders of mass street protests after a disputed presidential election that they would be responsible ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:16:07 pm PDT
The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy. — Theodore Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz”
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A Successful Election in Morocco
World | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:41:44 pm PDT
While the world’s attention is focused on the fallout from Iran’s election, an election in another Muslim country gave reason for hope: A Muslim Nation’s Successful Election. It is 131 degrees Fahrenheit in Marrakesh, Morocco, yet a slow but steady stream of voters—many of whom are women—enter the schoolyard to ...
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Thursday Night Music: Steve Vai, 'Juice'
Music | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:25:25 pm PDT
Steve Vai shreds the living heck out of the tune “Juice,” from the album Alien Love Secrets. [Video]
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Michele Bachmann Draws the Line
Politics | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:53:43 pm PDT
Rep. Michele Bachmann says her family plans not to answer some of the questions on the 2010 census form, because ACORN is involved. She may be fined $5000. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 census ...
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Deal of the Week
Lifestyle | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:48:09 pm PDT
Amazon has some great deals on computers and accessories, including hard drives (1TB drives for $99 — I picked one up for myself), webcams, video cards, mice, speaker systems, laptop cases, etc. And don’t forget Father’s Day is coming up this Sunday, June 21st. UPDATE at 6/18/09 5:08:12 pm: Since several people asked ...
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New NBC/WSJ Poll: Public Worried at Deficit, Not Fond of GOP
Politics | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:39:52 pm PDT
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the American public is starting to get a mite worried about Obama’s astronomical budget deficit: Poll: Public concerned about size of deficit. Buried at the bottom of the piece, though, is even worse news for the Republican Party — an all-time low ...
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PETA Outraged at Presidential Fly Execution
Weird | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:58:24 pm PDT
The “Obama the fly-killer” story struck me as so mind-numbingly trivial that I wasn’t really interested in it — but now with PETA in the mix, it tips over into theater of the absurd: PETA miffed at President Obama’s fly execution. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calling it ...
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Tech Note: Private Thread Test of the Day
Private | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:40:28 am PDT
We’ve been doing some more tweaking of the LGF Spy, so here’s another test thread for the private Ajax chat room feature. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this ...
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Another Somalia Security Minister Assassinated
World | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:25:53 am PDT
It’s not a good sign when your national security ministers keep getting murdered: Somali security minister killed in explosion. NAIROBI, Kenya – Somalia’s national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed ...
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Has Anybody Seen the GOP's Sense of Humor Lately?
Opinion | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:42:38 am PDT
Republicans Need to Grow a Sense of Humor. Yes, you’ve read correctly. To all of you GOP types playing the “offended” card on a daily basis... Prepare to have your feelings hurt, because according to my carefully calculated research... Republicans need to shut up and laugh a little. To which ...
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Another Huge Demonstration in Tehran
World | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:51:25 am PDT
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran today, in what’s beginning to look like an exercise in futility — because the mullahs are not going to back down, and they have the power of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basiji militias behind them. TEHRAN, Iran – Tens of ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:24:18 pm PDT
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams
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Update on Arizona Anti-Immigrant Murder Case
US News | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:37:13 pm PDT
Jonn Lilyea did some digging into claims of military service made by Jason Eugene Bush, the anti-immigration “activist” charged with murder in southern Arizona, and discovered a long criminal record but no military service: LGF’s Rightwing Extremist Veteran. I appreciate Jonn’s work, and I’m very relieved to learn that Bush was ...
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IPhone 3.0 Released
Technology | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:19:30 pm PDT
The latest version of the iPhone operating system is now available with some big enhancements. To install the latest version connect your iPhone to the computer, launch iTunes, click on your iPhone in the Devices menu in the sidebar, and use the “Check for Update” button in the iPhone’s ...
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Glimpses of Life's Puzzling Origins (w/ Podcast)
Science | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:11:45 pm PDT
The New York Times Science section has a fascinating article on the current state of research into the origin of life on earth: New Glimpses of Life’s Puzzling Origins. Some 3.9 billion years ago, a shift in the orbit of the Sun’s outer planets sent a surge of large comets ...
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Tech Note: Private Thread Test
Private | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:37:58 pm PDT
Here’s another test of the private chat room feature. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in private mode. There may still be some glitches; hopefully this test ...
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ElBaradei Notices Iran's Manhattan Project
World | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:21:39 am PDT
How close is Iran to having nukes if even the UN’s blind watchdog is starting to acknowledge it? Iran wants nuclear weapon technology -ElBaradei. LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Iran wants the ability to build nuclear weapons to gain the reputation of a major power in the Middle East, the ...
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Iranian Fauxtography Watch
World | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:09:49 am PDT
Several LGF readers emailed about this photo published by an Iranian newspaper and posted on several Twitter feeds, which was apparently Photoshopped to make the crowd look larger. It does look like a pretty clear example of photo manipulation, but so far I haven’t been able to discover which newspaper ...
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Iran: From Bad to Worse
World | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:25:56 am PDT
As the crackdown on Iranian dissent continues, here’s a disturbing op-ed on Iran’s transformation into a military dictatorship: Iran’s Hidden Revolution. JUST after Iran’s rigged elections last week, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, it looked as if a new revolution was in the offing. Five ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:57:22 am PDT
The world is full of complainers. But the fact is, nothing comes with a guarantee. I don’t care if you’re the Pope of Rome, President of the United States, or even Man of the Year—something can always go wrong. And go ahead, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask ...
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Tuesday Night Open
Open | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:33:38 pm PDT
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. — Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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World's Strongest Lizard
Images | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:23:08 pm PDT
Amazing Feats of Strength at Worth1000.com.
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Tuesday Night Music: Joe Satriani, 'Summer Song'
Music | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:02:49 pm PDT
While we wait for more developments in Iran, here’s some music from Joe Satriani: “Summer Song,” originally from the album The Extremist. [Video]
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Tech Note: LGF Spy Improvements
Technology | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:37:50 pm PDT
Improvements in the LGF Spy: %%LIST=The comment numbers are back, the comment numbers are back! Comments now show the date and time of posting. A navigation panel lets you move to next or previous threads in the Spy. When a new article goes up, the navigation panel is automagically updated.%% ... and probably more I’ve ...
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Jimmy Carter and Hamas
Middle East | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:35:46 pm PDT
Two very different spins here, from the New York Times and Fox News: Carter, in Gaza, Urges Hamas to Seek West’s Acceptance - NYTimes.com Carter to Obama: Remove Hamas From Terror List - FOXNews.com Meanwhile, a rumor was flying around today that Hamas had foiled a plot to assassinate Carter in Gaza. Hamas ...
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What Right Wing Extremists? (Update)
US News | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:45:35 pm PDT
Here’s an update on the story of the anti-immigrant “activists” arrested on suspicion of murdering two people (including a 9-year old girl) in southern Arizona; Jason Eugene Bush (aka “Gunny”) has now been charged with another murder: the 1997 stabbing of a homeless Mexican man. An anti-immigration crusader, who faces ...
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Palin and Letterman Bury the Hatchet
Entertainment | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:35:31 pm PDT
I know you’re as happy as I am to learn that Sarah Palin has accepted David Letterman’s apology. Just don’t let it happen again, Dave. Sarah Palin has accepted comedian David Letterman’s apology made during Monday night’s broadcast of “The Late Show” for crude jokes made about her and her ...
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Video: Tehran Street Scene
World | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:54:45 am PDT
A video shot from a moving car shows a street scene in Tehran as protesters are beaten by riot police. Watch as a woman is clubbed to the ground by two police with batons, but bounces right back up and starts giving them hell again... [Video]
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Thousands of Mousavi Supporters March in Iran
World | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31:31 am PDT
More huge demonstrations in Tehran today, as the mullahs seem to be starting to concede to the demonstrators. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi marched in Tehran on Tuesday following a disputed poll prompting the biggest street protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution. On ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:25:27 pm PDT
The moral is that it is probably better not to sin at all, but if some kind of sin you must be pursuing, Well, remember to do it by doing rather than by not doing. — Ogden Nash
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Iran: The Big Picture
Images | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:18:51 pm PDT
Striking high resolution images from Iran, at Boston.com’s Big Picture: Iran’s Disputed Election.
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The Revolution Will Be Digitized
Technology | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:42:18 pm PDT
The amazing thing about all the footage we’re seeing from Iran is that, in nearly every photo and every video clip, you can see people recording the scene with digital cameras and cell phones and camcorders. And then a lot of those people connect to the Internet and use web ...
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Video: Obama's Statement on Iran Election Violence
World | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:59:33 pm PDT
Protesters in Iran are laying plans for more demonstrations tomorrow. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian demonstrators called for more mass protests on Tuesday, a day after hardline Islamic militiamen killed a man during a march by tens of thousands against a presidential election they say was rigged. The Iranian capital has already ...
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Registration is Open
Open | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:19:59 pm PDT
... for a limited time. Read all the rules before you register, and commit them to memory. The short version: %%LIST=Don’t register with a proxy. Don’t register with a throwaway email address. Don’t register more than one account at a time. Don’t be a jerk. Don’t be a troll. Don’t be a sock puppet. Stinky hates sock ...
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Video: Iranian Militia Fires on Protesters
World | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:20:57 pm PDT
Video of the Iranian Basiji militia firing with AK-47s on protesters in Tehran: [Video removed...]
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Tech Note: Mobile Posting in the LGF Spy
Technology | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:37:01 pm PDT
Here’s an open tech thread — I’ve been testing the LGF Spy with my iPhone and it turns out to work really well for posting comments. In a regular comment thread, when the HTML page gets very large the iPhone’s Safari browser bogs down, and even crashes; makes it not ...
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Protester Slain in Tehran, Others Wounded
World | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:12:48 pm PDT
At least one person is dead in Tehran after the pro-government Basiji militia opened fire on the crowd. TEHRAN, Iran – Gunfire from a pro-government militia killed one man and wounded several others Monday after hundreds of thousands of chanting opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marched in central Tehran to ...
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Eyewitness: Violence in Tehran
World | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:44:15 am PDT
An eyewitness account of the clashes between protesters and the Iranian Basiji: Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran. For eight chaotic hours I saw the two sides clash throughout the streets of Tehran. These were Iranians versus Iranians, but the two sides were worlds apart in appearance, ideology and ...
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Massive Protests in Iran
World | Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:52:19 am PDT
You say you want a revolution — well, it may be happening in Iran, as civil unrest seems to be spreading. And from the look of this video, it isn’t just a few people. [Video] But the mullahs and their hardline supporters still have the guns, and a major crackdown could be ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:23:11 pm PDT
Move on up towards your destination Though you may find from time to time Complications — Curtis Mayfield, ‘Move On Up’
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Video: 'Creation' Trailer
Video | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 7:41:02 pm PDT
Sure to be argued over, here’s the trailer for the soon to be released Charles Darwin biopic Creation, with Paul Bettany playing the most troublesome scientist of all time. Adapted from the book Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes. [Video]
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Tech Note: Private Thread Test
Private | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:29:47 pm PDT
This is an open thread to test a new feature, making comments visible only to registered lizards. I can enable the “privacy” feature for individual threads; in most threads I’ll leave it off so everyone can read the comments, registered or not. But by using the LGF Spy for a private thread, ...
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Netanyahu's Conditions for Peace
Middle East | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:26:51 pm PDT
Here is a long clip from Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today, in response to Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world. [Video] Some key points from the Jerusalem Post article on the speech: “I support the idea of regional peace that is being led by Obama,” Netanyahu said, adding that he was willing ...
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What Right Wing Extremists?
US News | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:43:03 am PDT
Two of the suspects in a murderous home invasion in Arizona have ties to a Washington state anti-immigration group called Minutemen American Defense. Jason Eugene Bush, 34, Shawna Forde, 41, and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42, have been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and other charges, said Sheriff ...
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Romney: Where's Obama on Iran?
Politics | Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:02:03 am PDT
Interviewed on “This Week,” Mitt Romney called on Barack Obama to speak out about the Iranian election. Mitt Romney, a once and maybe future presidential candidate, calls Iran’s presidential results “a fraud” and urged President Barack Obama to speak out against the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Obama, Romney said Sunday on ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:14:17 pm PDT
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah Bankhead
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Tech Note: Post Comments in LGF Spy
Technology | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:54:36 pm PDT
Here’s how it works — you click the little green magnifying glass at the bottom right of an article (in the line of icons that includes Email, Print, and Favorites). This brings you to the LGF Spy page for that individual thread. Note! Clicking the LGF Spy link in the ‘Logged ...
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Iranian Election Fallout Watch
World | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:07:16 pm PDT
The Obama administration is withholding approval of Iran’s election results. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud. Any hopes by the Obama administration of ...
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Saturday Afternoon Music: Patty Griffin, 'Making Pies'
Music | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:26:50 pm PDT
From Patty Griffin’s excellent album 1000 Kisses, a live in-studio performance of “Making Pies”. [Video]
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Riots in Tehran
World | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:00:33 pm PDT
Violence has broken out in Iran following the landslide re-election of Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. ...
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Abu Ghraib Soldier Pushing a Book
US News | Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:06:08 am PDT
Lynndie England, the woman seen abusing Iraqi prisoners in the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs, is not sorry about anything — and she says she has 800 more pictures from her time in Iraq that would be very damaging to the Army and the White House if released. (She’s selling a ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:17:00 pm PDT
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Chinese Monkey Snub Sets Off Simian Search
Weird | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:08:33 pm PDT
Despite the feng shui expert, they’ve taken the monkeys off the table. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Zoo may have the nation’s only monkey lair approved by a feng shui expert. There’s only one problem: No monkeys. The city spent $7.4 million building the China-themed primate enclosure — complete ...
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Ahmadinejad Declares Victory in Iran Election
Middle East | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:14:57 pm PDT
“Alleging irregularities” is a pretty safe play for the loser in any Iranian election: Ahmadinejad leads Iran vote, challenger defiant. TEHRAN (Reuters) - State media declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Iran’s election but challenger Mirhossein Mousavi alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself. The state election commission said early ...
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Friday Afternoon Playlist
Music | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:32:49 pm PDT
These are some albums I bought recently and recommend, with Amazon’s cool little MP3 widget that lets you listen to clips and click through if you want to buy. The records are: Joe Bonamassa: The Ballad Of John Henry. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand. Keith Jarrett: Radiance. King’s X: XV. Tommy Emmanuel: The ...
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Pat Buchanan and the American Friends of the BNP
US News | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:17:39 pm PDT
Following the news that alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn had attended meetings of the “American Friends of the British National Party,” Harry’s Place did some digging and discovered the archived copy of the AFBNP website. It’s as bad as you could imagine, with links to some of the worst ...
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Von Brunn: Leftist?
Blogosphere | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:28:49 am PDT
Some classy argument tactics from people still seething about the DHS “right wing extremism” report, and pissed off at me because I wouldn’t join the chorus: The James W. von Brunn “Thing” (UPDATED) | Democrat = Socialist. F-ck you Charles.. sorry, that’s all I’ve got to say about that. Amazingly, ...
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Somalis Protest Against CAIR in Minneapolis
US News | Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:19:28 am PDT
Some Somali Muslims in Minneapolis are figuring out that CAIR is not on their side. Relatives, friends and neighbors of a Minneapolis teen killed in Somalia pressed their argument Thursday that a Muslim civil rights group is hampering a federal investigation into the disappearances of dozens of Twin Cities Somali ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:13:07 pm PDT
Public Address System: Attention all Hudsucker employees. Attention all Hudsucker employees. We regretfully announce that at thirty seconds after the hour of noon, Hudsucker time, Waring Hudsucker, Founder, President, and Chairman of the Board of Hudsucker Industries, merged with the infinite. To mark this occasion of corporate loss, we ask ...
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Onion: Congressman Outraged at Rotting Sandwich
Humor | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:22:06 pm PDT
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Nick Griffin's Holocaust Denial
World | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:13:32 pm PDT
Here’s some background info on Nick Griffin of the BNP, since he’s been elected to a seat in the European Parliament: Griffin was in his mid- to late-30s when he made some of his most incendiary remarks. In 1998, he was convicted of distributing material likely to incite racial violence, ...
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Thursday Night Music: Steely Dan, 'Kid Charlemagne'
Music | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:05:15 pm PDT
From the excellent live performance DVD Two Against Nature, Steely Dan with their classic “Kid Charlemagne.” [Video]
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Deadly Fish Attack Open Thread
Video | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:24:32 pm PDT
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Klinghoffer: Von Brunn the Evolutionist
Science | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:20:42 pm PDT
I wondered how long it would be before a creationist tried to link the theory of evolution to the James W. Von Brunn case — I should have remembered that the Discovery Institute’s David Klinghoffer is always first with the Darwin-Hitler connection. In his blog post yesterday at Beliefnet, Klinghoffer argues ...
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Von Brunn and the BNP
US News | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:35:05 am PDT
The Washington Post has a story on James W. Von Brunn, the accused Holocaust Museum shooter, and his life-long connections with paleocon and libertarian extremist causes and people: Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Had History of Hate, Signs of Breaking Point. John de Nugent, an acquaintance who describes himself as a ...
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Carter Meets with Hezbollah's Spiritual Leader
Middle East | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:31:14 am PDT
It’s just Jimmy Carter again, doing what he does — monitoring elections and hugging extremist leaders. US President Barack Obama’s speech reaching out to Muslims had strong points, Lebanon’s most influential Shi’ite cleric told former president Jimmy Carter, but people were waiting for real results. Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:38:59 pm PDT
Play us a tune on an unbroken spinet, and let the bells ring, let the bells ring! Play music now: play us a tune on an unbroken spinet. Do not make echoes of forgotten time, do not strike music from old broken keys, do not make ghosts with faded tinklings ...
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Wednesday Night Book Thread
Books | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:34:26 pm PDT
Some recommended books now on my Kindle: The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer. Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard.
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Amazon Movie Sampler
Entertainment | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:40:09 pm PDT
We’re checking out some of these cool widgets Amazon provides for “Associates,” to see how well they mesh with the LGF Experience™. Here’s one that shows movies available for purchase or instant viewing with Amazon’s Video on Demand.
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Tech Note: New Category Popup
Technology | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:56:59 pm PDT
Another new Ajax feature: the top level category for each LGF article (which appears on the second line of the title, to the left of the date and time of publication) is now an Ajax popup link, showing the most recent 5 articles in that category. As with the Ajax tag ...
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Shooting at Holocaust Museum in Washington DC - Update
US News | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:31:18 pm PDT
The security guard shot today at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC has died. The gunman is in serious condition; here’s a video report from AP: [Video]
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Shooting at Holocaust Museum in Washington DC
US News | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:36:24 am PDT
A white supremacist is the suspect in a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum. A gunman armed with a shotgun walked into the U.S. Holocaust Museum in downtown Washington today and opened fire on a security guard before being shot and seriously wounded himself by at least one other guard, ...
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Wacky Libyan Dictator Insults Italy
World | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:06:30 am PDT
He’s crazy as a loon, and he travels with an all-girl bodyguard squad (one of whom you can see behind him in this photo), and on a “visit of reconciliation” to Italy, Muammar Gadafi pinned a photograph to his chest intended to twist Berlusconi’s nose. Colonel Gaddafi has arrived in ...
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Rev. Wright: 'Them Jews Aren't Going to Let Him Talk to Me'
US News | Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:14:56 am PDT
More ugly antisemitic ranting today from Barack Obama’s former preacher: Rev. Wright says he doesn’t regret severed relationship with president. “Regret for what... that the media went back five, seven, 10 years and spent $4,000 buying 20 years worth of sermons to hear what I’ve been preaching for 20 years? ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:12:19 pm PDT
Mr. X: I thought I heard a stranger. We’ve got chicken tonight. Strangest damn things. They’re man-made. Little damn things, smaller than my fist - but they’re new!...... I’m Bill. Henry: Hello. I’m Henry. — David Lynch, Eraserhead
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Onion: Obama Scales Back Drastically
Humor | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:41:39 pm PDT
The Onion has footage of a visibly shaken Barack Obama emerging from a “town hall meeting” at Denny’s. [Video]
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Tiller's Clinic is Closing
US News | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:25:14 pm PDT
Does anti-abortion terrorism actually work in America? Slain Kansas abortion provider’s clinic to close. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be “permanently closed,” effective immediately. In a statement released by Tiller’s attorneys, his family said it is ceasing ...
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We Got Mail!
World | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:14:10 pm PDT
I’ve gotten several emails from BNP fans who are upset about my “biased” coverage of the BNP and leader Nick Griffin (left). This one came from the Czech Republic, with (fake) return address magadogg@bitchbite.com and subject line: Go BNP! Interesting how when you report about the BNP, you call them ...
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On a Fence
Images | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:31:50 pm PDT
Camera: Nikon D90.
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Terror Attack on Pakistan Hotel
World | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:02:15 pm PDT
A five-star hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, that caters to Westerners has been the target of an apparent jihad attack: Pakistani officials: Huge bomb at Peshawar hotel. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least ...
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Banks Repay $68B
Business | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:50:21 am PDT
A small piece of good economic news: WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is complimenting banks that are reimbursing taxpayers to the tune of $68 billion in federal bailout assistance.
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Gaffney's Sekrit Mozlem Prezdent Theory
Opinion | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:05:56 am PDT
Is Frank Gaffney actually going for the “sekrit Mozlem prezdent” gambit? Unfortunately, the answer seems to be “yes,” with a Hitler comparison thrown in for good measure: America’s first Muslim president? This is not to say, necessarily, that Mr. Obama actually is a Muslim any more than Mr. Clinton actually is ...
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Fascist MEP Pelted with Eggs
World | Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:48:43 am PDT
The Holocaust-denying leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, now a member of European Parliament, was forced to abandon a press conference today when demonstrators showed up throwing eggs. Dozens of protesters disrupted the event, which follows the British National Party winning its first two seats in the European ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:19:37 pm PDT
Alas, this industrialized twelve-tone horse, dull on the outside and empty inside, constantly being perfected and dragged to a new Troy in shadow of an ideological war long since fought and won by responsible minds like Schoenberg, with neither systems nor scholarship for armor! — Luciano Berio
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Monday Night Music: Preston Reed, 'Night Ride'
Music | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:35:58 pm PDT
This piece by acoustic madman Preston Reed is called “Night Ride,” from the album Handwritten Notes. (Don’t be lulled into complacency by the slow first half... the second has some pretty flashy two-fisted guitarotechnics.) [Video]
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N. Korea Gives US Journalists 12 Years Hard Labor
World | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:25:55 pm PDT
Two US journalists for Al Gore’s Current TV have been sentenced to 12 years’ hard labour in North Korea. I notice we aren’t hearing a lot of talk about “unclenching fists” these days. The US hinted at the weekend that, in response to the nuclear stand-off, it could rebrand North Korea ...
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Wiley Drake's Imprecatory Prayers
Religion | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:58:11 pm PDT
If you’re asking God to harm someone, is it really “God” you’re praying to? Associated Baptist Press - Drake, former SBC officer, says he’s praying for Obama to die (updated). Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party ...
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Sotomayor in a Cast
US News | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:42:32 am PDT
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor tripped while walking through LaGuardia Airport this morning, and fractured her ankle. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was taken to George Washington University Medical Center in the District this morning for X-rays of her right ankle after stumbling at the La Guardia airport in New ...
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Apple Announcements Imminent
Technology | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:58:40 am PDT
Apple’s WWDC conference keynote speech is due to begin at 10 am Pacific time, and it’s being liveblogged at Engadget and Gizmodo. (Looks like Gizmodo’s page is Ajax-driven for auto updates...) Apple’s expected to announce new versions of the iPhone, the new iPhone OS 3.0, and possibly the latest upgrade to ...
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The Great Nirther Billboard Cover-Up
Moonbats | Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:21:32 am PDT
Oh noes! World Net Daily is outraged and seething! CBS Outdoor is stifling their First Amendment rights by refusing to sell them billboard space to promote the dreaded nirth certifikit conspiracy: Cover-up: CBS bans eligibility billboards. WASHINGTON – The company touting itself as the “world’s largest out-of-home media” enterprise has ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:07:38 pm PDT
I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. — Babe Ruth
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Sunday Night Music: Todd Rundgren, 'Hawking'
Music | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:11:58 pm PDT
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'The George Tiller I Remember'
US News | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:27:51 pm PDT
Some things you may not have known about Dr. George Tiller: The George Tiller I remember. In the week since his murder, Dr. George Tiller has been variously described as a hero or a lightning rod. I knew him well for more than a decade and I want to let ...
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Lebanon's Pro-Western Coalition Wins
Middle East | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 6:59:23 pm PDT
Pro-western parties have won an important victory against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Lebanon’s pro-Western majority declares victory. BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fended off a serious challenge by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies to ...
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BNP Goes to EU Parliament
World | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:27:27 pm PDT
The Holocaust-denying, openly racist, neo-Nazi British National Party now has a seat in European Parliament. White supremacists worldwide are partying tonight. The British National Party broke into the political mainstream last night when it won its first seat in the European Parliament. The far-right party won almost 10 per cent of the ...
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Scott Roeder Threatens More Violence
US News | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:09:29 pm PDT
Scott Roeder, under arrest for the murder of Dr. George Tiller, has told the Associated Press that there are “similar events planned around the country.” WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around ...
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Unclear on the Concept Watch
US News | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:37:50 pm PDT
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Obama Worship Reaches New Heights in France
Media | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:12:02 pm PDT
“I saw God before me.” President Barack Obama, wife Michelle and their two daughters touched lives in simple ways during a private stay in the French capital that closed out a six-day presidential tour rich in history, symbolism and giant messages to the world. ... When dining out Saturday night at ...
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Kindle DX Ships This Week
Lifestyle | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 12:46:28 pm PDT
The Kindle DX will start shipping this Wednesday, June 10th — earlier than I expected. If you saw any of my previous posts about the Kindle you know I have a serious tech crush on this gadget, and I still use it every single day. Now I’m trying to resist ...
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'White Supremacists Seem to Hate an Awful Lot of People'
World | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:52:22 am PDT
British police say they’ve uncovered a “global plot” by white supremacists, involving the deadly toxin ricin: Police smash global plot to poison non-whites. Police have smashed a global terror plot by white supremacists aimed at poisoning ethnic minorities with the deadly poison ricin. They discovered the lethal toxin in a sealed ...
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Love Islamic Extremist Style
Middle East | Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:51:24 am PDT
Hamas: the eHarmony of Radical Islam. About 40 marriages have been arranged since Tayseer opened its matchmaking department in 2007. Most women apply in secret because it’s taboo for women in Gaza to seek husbands outside the traditional route. Most girls are married in matches set up by their mothers. ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 10:56:53 pm PDT
Dr. Lao: My specialty is wisdom. Do you know what wisdom is? Mike: No sir. Dr. Lao: Wise answer. — 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
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Saturday Night Music: Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane And Sugarcane'
Music | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:36:51 pm PDT
This is a cool little widget Amazon makes available to “associates,” an MP3 sampler that lets you listen to tracks from a recommended album. Elvis Costello’s new record is one I highly recommend; a collection of acoustic performances with many amazing musicians contributing. Amazon.com Widgets
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Circus Music Watch: Chris Matthews on Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh
Politics | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:50:13 pm PDT
It would be nice if some conservatives didn’t make it so easy for Chris “Thrilla” Matthews to take these kinds of shots. Whoa, circus music too. [Video]
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Curves
Images | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:32:24 pm PDT
An accidental iPhone photograph with a curvy thing to it.
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Onion: Today Now Interviews BabySafe Expert
Video | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:58:04 pm PDT
The Onion’s “Today Now” has another unique report on an amazing new safety device for babies. [Video]
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Tech Note: Ajax-Imbued Related Tag Popups
Technology | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:13:08 pm PDT
Those little tags you see at the bottom of each LGF article are now Ajax-infused. When you hover your little mousie over a tag, up pops a list of links to the last five LGF articles with that tag. The code uses jQuery with the tooltip extension Levitip (with a custom ...
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Video: Obama's D-Day Speech
World | Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:35:31 am PDT
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:05:25 pm PDT
Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth. — Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four
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Video: And Now, a Giggling Ape
Video | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:41:21 pm PDT
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Extreme Radio Host Hal Turner Arrested
US News | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:42:34 pm PDT
Xbat radio star Hal Turner takes the fall: Internet radio host Hal Turner arrested. Internet radio host Hal Turner — accused of inciting Catholics to “take up arms” and singling out two Connecticut lawmakers and a state ethics official on a Web site — was taken into custody in New ...
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Iowahawk: The 2012 Pelosi GTxi
Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:30:29 pm PDT
Instantly classic video blogging from the Hawk del Iowa. [Video]
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Uranium All Over the Middle East
Middle East | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:54:45 pm PDT
Here’s a our soft, fuzzy nuclear news of the day, as the UN’s blind, toothless watchdog leaps into action again: New uranium traces found in Syria. VIENNA – The U.N nuclear agency on Friday reported its second unexplained find of uranium particles at a Syrian nuclear site, in a probe ...
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Video: Obama's Speech at Buchenwald
Video | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:38:37 pm PDT
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Arab Reactions to Obama's Speech
World | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:27:30 am PDT
MEMRI has translations of Reactions in the Arab World to Obama’s Cairo Speech. Some are pretty reasonable, and others are ... well ...
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And Now, the Son of Ron Paul
Politics | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:02:53 am PDT
As if one Paul weren’t already more than enough: Ron Paul: Support My Son’s Senate Bid. Also see: Angry White Man - The bigoted past of Ron Paul Ron Paul and the John Birch Society Video: Napolitano with Alex Jones, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Etc
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Krauthammer: Obama's Settlements Canard
Opinion | Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:06:35 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer’s column today is about Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world, and his call for Israel to cease settlement growth: Barack Obama’s Israeli Settlements Canard. This first paragraph is the truly important point, and it’s the reality that most diplomats and politicians are constitutionally unable to acknowledge: In the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:16:54 pm PDT
You know this city’s full of hawks? That’s a fact. They hang around on the top of the big hotels. And they spot a pigeon in the park. Right down on him. — Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront
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And Now for a Baby Black Rhino
Images | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:00:36 pm PDT
Courtesy of the Internet Center for the Study of Infant Animal Cuteness, ZooBorns.
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Video: Soldiers in the Army of God
Video | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:23:41 pm PDT
This is an HBO documentary that was part of their “America Undercover” series, and it’s highly pertinent right now with the murder of Dr. George Tiller in the news; a disturbing look at the mentality of the kinds of people who commit murder in the name of religion. The film is ...
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Israeli Government Praises Obama Speech
Middle East | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:54:15 pm PDT
Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are praising Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world: Israel: We hope Obama speech heralds new era in Mideast. The Israeli government praised U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world Thursday, saying it shared his hopes for Middle East peace, but stressed that ...
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Onion: Representative Warns of New Attack on American Family, Proposes Legislation
Video | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:26:33 pm PDT
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Operation Rescue Adviser Helped Roeder Track Dr. Tiller's Court Dates
US News | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:11:19 am PDT
Now the news is coming out: murder suspect Scott Roeder’s contacts with Operation Rescue adviser Cheryl Sullenger (convicted of conspiracy to bomb an abortion clinic in 1988) were much more frequent than she first acknowledged. Apparently, Roeder was in touch with her as recently as the beginning of this year, ...
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RIP, David Carradine
US News | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:14:52 am PDT
Bad news from Thailand, where David Carradine has been found dead in his hotel room, apparently by his own hand: Kung Fu star Carradine found dead. Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday. Thai police told the BBC the ...
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Obama's Speech to the Islamic World
World | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:17:19 am PDT
Andrew Malcolm has posted the full text of Barack Obama’s speech this morning: What Barack Hussein Obama told Muslims in Egypt. I was struck by this quote, a straightforward rebuke of the conspiracy theories that are so prevalent in the Arab world (especially in Egypt): The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America’s ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:27:40 pm PDT
The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. “What’s wrong?” I yelled. “We can’t stop here. This is bat country!" — Hunter Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ...
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Moronic Convergence of the Week: Creationism and the John Birch Society
Moonbats | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:44:06 pm PDT
The theocratic, anti-civil-rights, paleoconservative, conspiracy-mongering John Birch Society got together with the anti-science, conspiracy-mongering, young earth creationist writer James Perloff yesterday in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, for a good old-fashioned evening of atavism: Darwin refuted and disputed at John Birch Society meeting. After years of well-deserved marginalization, the John Birch Society is ...
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And Now For a Water Balloon to the Face
Video | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:27:24 pm PDT
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RIP, Pvt. William Andrew Long
US News | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:53:48 pm PDT
The Associated Press has a respectful piece about the murder of Pvt. William Andrew Long: Soldier’s family sought quiet in Arkansas. CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — The father of a soldier slain outside a recruiting center sought a quiet life for his family in rural Arkansas after years of military service, ...
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Obama Doesn't Bow to King Abdullah
World | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:14:05 pm PDT
Please note! Barack Obama is absolutely not bowing to King Abdullah! He’s receiving a medal. That is not a bow. It’s very, very different from a bow. Thank you for listening. [Video] Also see: Bush Bowed Too.
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Anti-Abortion Leader Apologizes for 'Sowing Hate'
US News | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:26:30 pm PDT
Former radical anti-abortionist Frank Schaeffer apologizes for his extreme rhetoric and calls out the anti-abortion movement: We who sowed hate share blame in killing of abortion doctor. I don’t agree with everything he writes in his piece, but the conclusion is right on target: The same hate machine I was part ...
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Muslim Brotherhood Invited to Obama's Egypt Speech?
World | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:39:25 pm PDT
No matter how you look at it, this seems like a stunningly bad idea: ‘Brotherhood’ Invited To Obama Speech By U.S. A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt’s commitment to parliamentary democracy: various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at least ...
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3 Birds
Images | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:30:41 pm PDT
Photographed with a Canon Powershot G10.
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The White Supremacist's Take on Dr. Tiller
US News | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:17:39 pm PDT
Jew-hating white supremacist James Edwards, who runs “The Political Cesspool” (a vile racist radio show on which Pat Buchanan has appeared several times) has a slightly different take on the murder of Dr. George Tiller: What Pat Buchanan’s friends are saying about Dr. Tiller’s assassination: I’m sure most Americans were ...
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Anti-Abortion Bloggers Getting Crazier
US News | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:30:09 am PDT
A so-called “Christian” blogger compares suspected murderer Scott Roeder to Dietrich Bonhoeffer — the man who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler — and suggests that murder might be an appropriate way to deal with doctors who perform abortions: The ethics of murder. Are these times, and the circumstances we find ...
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Clues to Air France 447
World | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:51:48 am PDT
An interesting take on what might have happened to Air France Flight 447: A Past Flight May Offer Clues to Air France 447. Following an investigation of the A330’s uncommanded dive, Australian aviation officials, assisted by U.S. and French authorities, blamed a pair of simultaneous failures for the near disaster. ...
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Dead Man Won't Stop Talking
World | Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:51:59 am PDT
Yet another “Osama bin Laden” audiotape appears, ranting about Barack Obama. Why doesn’t anyone ever ask: if this is really bin Laden, why doesn’t he ever appear on video like every other Al Qaeda freakazoid? A new audio tape from Osama bin Laden criticizes President Barack Obama for planting seeds of ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:24:54 pm PDT
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. — Langston Hughes
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'Tiller Was Killed by a Pro-Choice Act'
US News | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:22:14 pm PDT
One of the most despicable blog posts (in a field with many competitors) about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, from 23-year old anti-abortion fanatic Gingi Edmonds: George Tiller the Baby Killer. I’m trying to remember, did anyone mourn Lee Harvey Oswald when Jack Ruby gunned him down? Or better ...
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Sotomayor Addresses Bias Accusations
Politics | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:12:50 pm PDT
Today, Sonia Sotomayor held a series of private meetings with high-ranking Democrats and Republicans, from which some interesting comments are emerging. Sotomayor, who would be the high court’s first Hispanic and its third woman, told senators she would follow the law as a judge without letting her life experiences inappropriately ...
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Unclear on the Concept Watch
World | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:48:58 pm PDT
Egyptian reportedly severs penis for love.
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ABC: The Emergence of Obama's Muslim Roots
Politics | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:41:32 pm PDT
Suddenly, now that it’s politically opportune, Barack Obama is no longer shy about admitting he has Muslim roots. We had several posts about this at LGF during the campaign, of course. And no, this doesn’t mean he’s a “sekrit Muslim Manchurian candidate,” but it is a revealing look at the political ...
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GOP Frontrunners: Huckabee, Palin, Romney
Politics | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:58:07 pm PDT
It doesn’t mean much this far out from the 2012 election, but the latest CNN poll shows Mike Huckabee with a very slight (i.e., statistically insignificant) lead as the GOP’s presidential front runner. The survey suggests that 22 percent of Republicans would most likely support former Arkansas governor and former ...
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Anti-Evolution Bills Die on the Vine in Texas
Science | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:33:05 pm PDT
Some more good news from Texas; that ludicrous House bill that would have allowed the young earth creationists at the Institute for Creation Research to offer a master’s degree in science education (despite a decision by the Higher Education Coordination Board to deny them this certification) has died when the ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Open | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:44:07 pm PDT
Here’s an open thread for a tempestuous Tuesday...
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Phone Number in Roeder's Car Belongs to Woman Convicted in Abortion Clinic Bombing Plot
US News | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:33:31 am PDT
As we noted last Sunday, when murder suspect Scott Roeder was arrested, the phone number of Operation Rescue was discovered on a Post-It note in his car. Now it turns out that this wasn’t just the phone number of the Operation Rescue office, but of a specific person: Cheryl Sullenger, the ...
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Islamists Lose Ground in the Middle East
Middle East | Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:34:13 am PDT
Joshua Muravchik looks at recent developments that show Islamists Losing Ground in the Middle East. Are George W. Bush’s “democratization” policies bearing fruit? The results of Kuwait’s elections last month — in which Islamists were rebuffed and four women were elected to parliament — will likely reinvigorate the movement for greater ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:01:43 pm PDT
A dog won’t bite if you beat him with a bone. — Tom Waits
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Video: Cheney Supports Gay Marriage
Video | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:33:25 pm PDT
Dick Cheney is in favor of gay marriage. That tiny popping sound you hear in the distance is the exploding of heads on both the right and left wings. [Video]
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Video: Randall Terry Tells Anti-Abortion Extremists Not to Back Down
Video | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:14:30 pm PDT
Here’s Randall Terry, founder of the extreme anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, with a deplorable statement on the murder of Dr. George Tiller that may make you nauseous. Quote: “He reaped what he sowed.” [Video] This is domestic terrorism, in your face. It’s the equivalent of an Al Qaeda video following a terrorist attack, ...
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Antisemites on the March
US News | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:52:47 pm PDT
Israellycool has pictures of the Salute to Israel parade in New York, and the usual antisemitic morons who show up for these events, including the ubiquitous “Yousef al Khattab:” The Day In Israel: Mon June 1st, 2009.
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Suspect Arrested in Arkansas Recruiting Center Shooting
US News | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:05:11 pm PDT
A suspect has been arrested in the Arkansas recruiting center shooting: (CNN) — An Arkansas man was arrested Monday in connection with a shooting at a Little Rock military recruiting center that killed one soldier and wounded another, authorities said. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad — a 24-year-old Little Rock resident formerly known ...
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Roeder: Poster Boy for DHS 'Right Wing Extremist' Report
US News | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:20:07 pm PDT
Scott Roeder, under arrest for the murder of Dr. George Tiller, is a poster boy for that DHS report on “right wing extremism” that was so vilified and distorted. He was involved in the “Freemen” movement, and arrested in 1996 with a load of bomb-making equipment in his car: Suspect in ...
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N. Korea Missile 'Designed to Reach US'
World | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:59:03 pm PDT
Today’s very bad news from the Korean hot zone: NKorea readies long-range missile test. SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea appears to be preparing to test an advanced missile designed to reach the United States, a U.S. official said Monday, ratcheting up tensions after its second underground nuclear test. The reclusive ...
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Soldier Killed in Shooting at Little Rock Recruiting Office
US News | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:44:54 am PDT
There’s been a fatal shooting at a recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas: Military recruiter killed in Ark shooting. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say a military recruiter has been killed in a shooting at an Army-Navy recruiting office in Little Rock and a second recruiter has ...
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Anti-Abortion Group Claims Scott Roeder is 'Not One of Us'
US News | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:03:46 am PDT
Lifenews.com is trying like crazy to distance themselves from Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion nutjob suspected of killing Dr. George Tiller; look at how they distort the truth in this article: Suspected George Tiller Shooter Scott Roeder Won’t be Charged Today in Killing. Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Local authorities are not ...
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Totten: The Future of Iraq, Part II
Middle East | Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:30:50 am PDT
Michael J. Totten has posted the second part of his look at The Future of Iraq. A must-read, for the kind of reporting the mainstream media no longer does. The first time I visited Baghdad, I only stayed for a week. The place stressed me out. The surge was only ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:09:36 pm PDT
It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence. — Edna O’Brien
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