LGF Archives: July 2005
The American Sheik
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 9:29:27 pm PDT
A wonderful story from Iraq: Iraq Citizens Deem U.S. Soldier As Sheik. QAYYARAH, Iraq - Sheik Horn floats around the room in white robe and headdress, exchanging pleasantries with dozens of village leaders. But he’s the only sheik with blonde streaks in his mustache — and the only one who attended ...
346 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Night Fence
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 9:17:32 pm PDT
162 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Freakish Rant of the Day
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 6:39:55 pm PDT
If you can believe this, Moscow has an alternative newspaper, and they’re featuring an incredibly strange attack on Victor Davis Hanson from a mixed-up “war nerd” who calls professor Hanson a traitor and fantasizes about setting his farm on fire: Victor Hanson: Portrait of an American Traitor. I had figured this ...
188 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Calgary Muslim Forum Spews Hatred
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 6:05:36 pm PDT
Calgary Sun columnist Licia Corbella is stunned to discover that a Calgary Muslim forum spews hatred. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Recently, three members of the Muslim Council of Calgary spent time meeting with our editorial board. We spent almost two hours engaged in debate and discussion. Hussein Amery, vice-chair of the MCC ...
64 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Arab Columnist is Fed Up, Victimized
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 4:53:46 pm PDT
Here’s one Muslim columnist who’s sick and tired of apologizing to the neocolonial occupiers, and not afraid to say it in print: Arabs shouldn’t have to apologize. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) I am fed up with the ceaseless requests by columnists, religious personalities and other American public figures for Arabs and ...
273 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Oriana Fallaci: The Enemy We Treat Like a Friend
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 4:28:39 pm PDT
Mystery Achievement has translated more of Oriana Fallaci’s latest piece for Italy’s Corriere Della Sera: The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend (Part III) The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend (Part IV)
24 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Italy Bans the Burqa
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 4:24:42 pm PDT
Shockwaves from the London bombings are still spreading through Europe, as Italy bans Islamic burqas. (Hat tip: mardukhai.) ITALY has banned Islamic burqas under tough terrorism laws that provide two-year jail terms and E2000 ($3200) fines for anyone caught covering their face in a public place. The counter-terrorism package, passed by Italy’s ...
249 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Profiling in the UK
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 12:15:30 pm PDT
Searches to target ethnic groups. People from certain ethnic groups are more likely to be stopped and searched on London transport after the bombings, British Transport Police (BTP) said. A force spokesman said communities were not being singled out, but police have to “target the people we think may be involved” in ...
201 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
University Rebukes Gay-Bashing Muslim Employee
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 11:18:17 am PDT
Political correctness collides head-on with hard-line Islam at a New Jersey university. Pandemonium ensues. (Hat tip: cimom.) A state university in New Jersey has reprimanded a student-employee for describing homosexuality as a “perversion” in a private e-mail that he sent a female professor, after she sent him an unsolicited announcement about ...
215 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Is MI5 Hacking Al Qaeda?
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:53:15 am PDT
Someone is shutting down terrorist web sites: Finger points to British intelligence as al-Qaeda websites are wiped out. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Over the past fortnight Israeli intelligence agents have noticed something distinctly odd happening on the internet. One by one, Al-Qaeda’s affiliated websites have vanished until only a handful remain, ...
101 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
About Ann's Questions
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:53:02 am PDT
Ann Althouse doesn’t want to join the Pajamas Media team, and that’s certainly her prerogative. Three inaccuracies in her post should be addressed: 1) bloggers who sign up with us do have veto power over ads we place on their sites, 2) we have two plans so that people who want ...
31 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Open Door Policy
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 9:30:26 am PDT
The original celebrated curiously strong open thread...
267 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Death Cult Summer Camps
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 8:16:43 am PDT
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle (of all places) has a look at the death cult summer camps of Hamas, where Palestinian children are indoctrinated into a life of violence, Islamic supremacism and Jew-hatred. But they get to swim too: Hamas camp: Sun, fun ... indoctrination. (Hat tip: zombie.) At one beach camp, ...
148 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
African Economist Blames Aid for Famine
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 8:50:17 pm PDT
A Kenya-based economist begins to see the way out of Africa’s self-reinforcing tragedy: Economist Blames Aid for Africa Famine. DAKAR, Senegal - In Niger, a desert country twice the size of Texas, most of the 11 million people live on a dollar a day. Forty percent of children are underfed, and ...
190 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Night Ramp
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 8:29:47 pm PDT
251 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Next Real Battle
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 7:27:01 pm PDT
If Iraq does adopt the barbaric 14th century code of shari’a as the basis for their constitution, the terrorists truly will have won: Islam Likely Main Basis for Iraqi Law. CAIRO, Egypt - The framers of Iraq’s constitution appear likely to enshrine Islam as the main basis of law in the ...
254 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Carter Plays to the Crowd
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 6:08:22 pm PDT
Speaking in Birmingham, England, a place where radical Islam clearly has a foothold, LGF’s first Idiotarian of the Year Jimmy Carter demonstrates the same incisive understanding of the nature of terrorism that he displayed so masterfully during the 444 long, miserable days of the Iranian embassy hostage crisis: Carter: Iraq ...
324 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Cycle of Violence: Portuguese Bend
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 3:53:01 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 53.5 miles, down the sun-drenched LA coast into Palos Verdes, where a light fog hovering around the peninsula kept the temperature just right for cycling. Held a good medium aerobic pace on PV Drive all the way to Portuguese Bend, the turnaround point for today. Stopped on the ...
80 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Virginia Imam: "The Call to Reform Islam is an Alien Call"
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 2:44:49 pm PDT
The new imam of the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church Virginia rejects any call to reform Islam. (Hat tip: Americain.) And he’s a fan of Hamas. FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The voice of the new imam at one of the largest mosques on the East Coast rang loud from the pulpit ...
114 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Morning Open
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 8:07:14 am PDT
This thread intentionally left open...
416 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Moderate UK Islamic Leader: No Such Thing As Al Qaeda
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 7:56:26 am PDT
British police invited the most respected Islamic cleric in Birmingham to join them in a press conference promoting cooperation between Muslims and law enforcement. They were shocked ... shocked! ... when Sheikh Mohammad Naseem proceeded to call Tony Blair a liar, and said DNA evidence is meaningless, the bombing suspects could ...
166 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Top Indonesian Islamic Council Forbids Liberalization
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 7:29:41 am PDT
Following the latest bloody atrocities in countries around the world, the debate is raging about Islam’s need for reform and liberalization. One small problem is that most of this debate is taking place among non-Muslims. When Islamic leaders examine the issue, they’re more likely to issue fatwas like this: Indonesian Muslim ...
50 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Night Mast
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 8:49:37 pm PDT
467 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT: "Take Back the Memorial" is Un-American
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 8:47:17 pm PDT
The New York Times labels those who think the Ground Zero memorial should be apolitical: “un-American.” But this is not really a campaign about money or space. It is a campaign about political purity - about how people remember 9/11 and about how we choose to read its aftermath, including the ...
121 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Lebanese Spiritual Leader Identifies the Enemy
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 6:59:11 pm PDT
In an AP story about Egypt’s top cleric issuing a pro forma denunciation of terror today (coincidentally timed to coincide in a coincidental fashion with the Fiqh Council’s fatwa), “former” Hizballah cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah identifies the real enemies. (Hat tip: efuseakay.) Guess who. Lebanon’s most senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed ...
68 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Idiotarian of the Evening
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 6:21:25 pm PDT
The latest celebrity journalist to compare the mass-murdering holy warriors to the American revolutionaries is Chris Matthews, and The Political Teen has the video: Hilary Rosen: Insurgents = Residents of Iraq. Oh yes, Hilary Rosen, too. It’s an idiotarian double-header.
103 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
About That Fatwa
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 2:03:21 pm PDT
The head of the Fiqh Council and main spokesman in their highly publicized fatwa against “terrorism” is Muzammil H. Siddiqi. “Suicide bombing is forbidden in Islam,” said Muzammil H. Siddiqi, head of the Fiqh Council. “This is not the solution, it is not the right way of doing things. Occupation is ...
363 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
July 21 Bombing Suspects Arrested
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:01:00 pm PDT
More arrests in London and Rome: London, Rome Arrest Suspected 7/21 Bombers. LONDON - Raids in London and Rome on Friday rounded up the last of the four suspected attackers from the failed July 21 transit bombings in Britain, officials and media reports said. Two of the suspects were picked up in ...
217 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Myth of Moderate Islam
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:59:54 am PDT
Britain’s The Spectator has an article by Patrick Sookhdeo that directly confronts one of the most radioactive issues in a world of political correctness and patronizing multiculturalism: The myth of moderate Islam. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It is probably true that in every faith ordinary people will pick the parts they ...
242 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UCLA Professor: Suicide Bombing is Merely a Tactic
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:03:49 am PDT
At the LA Times, here’s one of the sicker statements of moral equivalence I’ve read, from a professor of English literature at UCLA: Brutality that boomerangs. (Hat tip: s.) Few have noticed that suicide bombing is merely a tactic used by those who lack other means of delivering explosives.
206 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Threats Against Afghan Blogger
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 10:46:00 am PDT
An Afghan blogger says he’s been receiving death threats—from an IP address that traces to the BBC: Threats against Afghan blogger. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) UPDATE at 7/29/05 11:12:14 am: The BBC responds: BBC statement on Afghan blogger threats.
76 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
VDH: Reformation or Civil War?
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 10:38:48 am PDT
Another excellent column from Victor Davis Hanson, on the need to defeat the jihadists on their own ground: Reformation or Civil War? We must now step up our efforts. At home we should no more tolerate the expression of Islamic fascism on the shores of the West than Churchill would have ...
45 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Prager and Emerson on the Fatwa
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 9:41:41 am PDT
Dennis Prager is talking with Steven Emerson about the Fiqh Council’s bogus “fatwa against terrorism.” You can listen over the web here: News Talk 870 KRLA.
39 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Morning Open Thread
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 9:38:03 am PDT
An end o’ the week open thread...
334 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Guardian Editor Quits Over Islamist Writer
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 9:23:14 am PDT
Scott Burgess reports that The Guardian’s executive editor for news Albert Scardino has resigned, over the controversy involving an extremist Islamic Guardian journalist: Breaking: Guardian Editor Quits Over Sassygate. Last night I was informed by a journalist that Albert Scardino, the Guardian’s executive editor for news, has resigned as a ...
61 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Where Are All The PA M-16s?
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 9:14:23 am PDT
At Bad Hair Blog, Fausta notes a report that France, at the request of the US, has been pressuring Israel to supply the Palestinians with bullets. This is happening even though the US cannot account for thousands of M-16 assault rifles given to the Palestinians in the 1990s during the Oslo ...
148 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Victory for CAIR
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 8:26:19 am PDT
Radical Islamic front group CAIR has bullied radio station WMAL into suspending talk show host Michael Graham. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
197 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Terror Supporter Signs Anti-Terror Fatwa
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 8:01:36 am PDT
How phony is the fatwa against terrorism released by the Fiqh Council of North America? So phony that they allowed Fawaz Damra to sign it. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice. Scroll to bottom list of signers.) In 1989 Damra said, in a panel discussion moderated by accused Islamic Jihad leader Sami al-Arian: “Terrorism ...
77 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Bogus Fatwa
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:53:51 pm PDT
Expert on radical Islam Steven Emerson says the greatly hyped American Islamic leaders’ fatwa against terrorism ... is bogus, and the people behind it have been linked to terrorist organizations. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) I spoke with Judea Pearl, father of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl who told me that the fatwa ...
605 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday Night Harbor
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:47:13 pm PDT
181 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Martin Peretz: J'Accuse Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Et Al
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 7:05:28 pm PDT
Don’t miss this outstanding essay by Martin Peretz, on the Anglican/Presbyterian anti-Israel movement: J’Accuse Episcopalians, Presbyterians, et al.
180 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Muslim Mind Is On Fire
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:51:08 pm PDT
Here’s a bracing dose of intellectual clarity and courage at the Middle East Times, by Youssef M. Ibrahim, a former Middle East correspondent for The New York Times and energy editor of the Wall Street Journal: The Muslim mind is on fire. (Hat tip: Amy.) DUBAI — The world of Islam is ...
620 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
IRA Bomber: Shoot-to-Kill Policy Will Provoke Terror
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:29:18 pm PDT
IRA bomber Marion Price says the British shoot-to-kill policy only provokes terror. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BELFAST (AFP) - The shoot-to-kill strategy against suicide bombers which has been adopted by British police following the London bombings will only provoke terrorists, a former IRA bomber warns. Marion Price, who was at the vanguard ...
136 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Muslim 'Moderates' And Terrorism
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:25:30 pm PDT
In the New York Sun, Italian journalist Fiamma Nirenstein on Muslim ‘Moderates’ And Terrorism. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - The poor people dressed in Islamic garb or in dirty blue trousers and T-shirts sitting in 118-degree heat in the hall of the Sharm el-Sheik Hospital were either the ...
49 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Zombie: Breasts Not Bombs in Berkeley
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:23:49 am PDT
LGF operative zombie risked permanent psychic damage last weekend, covering the uncovered loons at the Breasts Not Bombs “rally” in Berkeley. Warning: R-rated images. And not pretty ones, either.
556 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday is Open
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:48:09 am PDT
Now open: thread #16,849 ...
579 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al-Arian's Code Words
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:32:21 am PDT
According to the FBI, when accused Islamic Jihad leader Sami al-Arian communicated with other jihadis they used a “terror code.” TAMPA, Fla. - A fired college professor and associates accused of terrorism conspiracy communicated in code to conceal their support of a Palestinian group whose mission was to kill Israelis and ...
62 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Nine Arrested in UK
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:24:49 am PDT
More arrests in Britain: 9 More Arrested in Botched London Attacks. LONDON - Anti-terrorist officers arrested nine men in dawn raids Thursday in connection with the botched July 21 attacks on London’s transit system, bringing to 20 the number of people police have in custody, including one of the alleged bombers. With ...
48 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
LGF Visitor Preferences
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 8:13:25 am PDT
For some reason I got 5 or 6 emails yesterday, from people complaining that the LGF font is too small for them to read comfortably. So here’s a little reminder that we have a special page just for folks like you: our visitor preferences page, where you can adjust font ...
57 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
ABC News Ignored British Request
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 7:59:38 am PDT
ABC News published exclusive photos of unexploded bombs from the London 7/7 attacks yesterday, even though British police asked them to withhold the report: British Request Fails to Stop ABC Report on Bomb Investigation. The British police asked ABC News on Tuesday to withhold a report showing images of what were ...
127 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
This Notice is For Your Own Safety
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:06:20 pm PDT
A reader with a friend in Britain forwarded this photograph of a sign posted in the Notting Hill Gate Tube Station: I am assured that this is a real image, not a Photoshop remix. UPDATE at 7/28/05 7:41:35 am: Looks like my source was mistaken, and it is a fake after all. (Hat ...
507 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Multiculturalism Gone Horribly Wrong
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 8:27:42 pm PDT
An interview with the enemy, from Australia’s 60 Minutes: Home grown. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SHEIKH KHALID YASIN: Our message is to young people, young brothers and sisters — trust is sacred, and how can you put a sacred trust in the hands of a non-Muslim that doesn’t understand what that ...
245 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
'Millennium Bomber' Ressam Gets 22 Years
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 4:04:31 pm PDT
Ahmed Ressam, the would-be “Millennium Bomber” who was caught with a trunk full of explosives in 1999 on his way to blow up Los Angeles International Airport, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison—with credit for the 5 years he’s already spent in jail. SEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal judge ...
440 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
ABC News: London Attack Photos
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 4:00:19 pm PDT
ABC News has exclusive photos of the devastation inside London trains on 7/7, and X-ray photos of unexploded bombs that show the screws and nails with which they were packed. (Hat tip: Ron.)
140 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Guardian's Pet Islamofascist May Sue
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:40:10 am PDT
Dilpazier Aslam, fired from The Guardian for refusing to give up membership in Islamic supremacist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, may sue: ‘Guardian’ trainee may sue over sacking. (Hat tip: Amy.) A trainee journalist at The Guardian newspaper is considering legal action after being sacked for refusing to give up membership of a ...
230 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"Terrorism Alone is the Path to Liberation"
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:27:14 am PDT
Prior to September 11, before America began to notice what was happening, Islamic “scholars” and spiritual leaders were unrestrained in their calls for jihad. Video evidence in the Sami al-Arian trial provides an especially striking example, in which Cleveland imam Fawaz Damra proudly declared his support for terrorism—in 1989: Video ...
74 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
City Journal, Summer 2005
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:03:28 am PDT
There’s so much excellent writing in the new issue of City Journal that I’m just sending you to their front page. Go ye and read of it, for it is good.
23 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Help Wanted: Pajamas IT
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 9:54:10 am PDT
Pajamas Media is looking for a dedicated, experienced IT person to help set up our office networks and technology, and also manage software installation and server issues. If you have the skills to perform these jobs and would like to work on the cutting edge of the emerging new media, ...
80 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The British Islamic Fifth Column
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 8:21:27 am PDT
It’s outlawed in many Arab countries, the Netherlands, Russia, and Germany, but the shadowy radical Islamic gang known as Hizb ut-Tahrir has been allowed to flourish in Britain. Now a Muslim MP is leading the charge to have them shut down: Hizb ut-Tahrir: Muslim MP leads call for ban in ...
109 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wednesday Open
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 8:15:27 am PDT
The time has come, the Walrus said, for the Wednesday morning open thread...
661 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Bomb Suspect Arrested
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 7:55:42 am PDT
Suspect in Failed London Bombings Arrested. BIRMINGHAM, England - Police stormed a home before dawn Wednesday and used a stun gun to subdue a man who a witness and media reports said was suspected of being one of the four who carried out the failed July 21 transit bombings in London. Members ...
63 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
German Court Tosses Wire Tap Law
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 7:52:08 am PDT
Here’s some news sure to put a smile on a terrorist’s face: High court throws out anti-terror wiretapping law. (Hat tip: Ron.) KARLSRUHE, GERMANY - In a setback for anti-terror investigators, Germany’s high court Wednesday ruled that a state law giving authorities sweeping powers to tap phones is unconstitutional. The Federal Constitutional ...
49 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamists Seething Over "Religionist" Email
Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 7:41:07 am PDT
Islamists in Oregon are now seething and whining and demanding retractions over an email from a pesticide-industry lobbyist that contained the J word: ‘Jihad’ reference prompts complaint. (Hat tip: Tongue Tied.) SALEM, Ore. — A Portland Muslim leader is asking a pesticide-industry lobbyist to retract a statement in which she warned ...
113 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
'He Told Me He Was Going to Get 80 Virgins'
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 9:44:17 pm PDT
’He told me he was going to get 80 virgins’. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) There was another side to the men, who began holding prayer meetings in Curtis House. It is not known whether either man visited local mosques, but some reports linked Said Ibrahim with mosques in Finsbury Park and ...
394 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Evening Fence
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 9:23:28 pm PDT
131 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Increasingly Ugly Left
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 7:39:51 pm PDT
Tammy Bruce is back in the column business, and she’s noticed that the left seems to have an aversion to physical exercise: The Increasingly Ugly Left. We won’t even talk about mental exercise. In a piece for the Los Angeles Times on July 22, 2005, titled “The (over)exercise of Power,” Jonathan Chait ...
456 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamic UN Members Disrupt Call to Condemn Suicide Bombing
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 6:38:57 pm PDT
At a meeting of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, the International Humanist and Ethical Union tried to call for a condemnation of suicide bombing—but their presentation was disrupted by Islamic members of the Sub-Commission who objected to the speech as “an attack on Islam:” Criticism of suicide ...
169 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Egyptians Arrested in New Jersey
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 4:42:17 pm PDT
Five Egyptians have been arrested in New Jersey with maps of the New York subway system: Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) July 26, 2005 — Five Egyptian men with maps of the New York City subway system and video of New York landmarks have ...
365 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Empty Jars
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 2:39:35 pm PDT
Michael Yon has a great post from Mosul about the cascade effect of busting the Iraqi bad guys: Empty Jars. The enemy in Iraq does not appear to be weakening; if anything, they are becoming smarter, more complicated and deadlier. But this does not mean they are winning; to imply that ...
100 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
What Do the Terrorists Want?
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 2:20:55 pm PDT
As terrorist bombs go off in Israel, London, Egypt, Iraq, Thailand, etc., usually with no list of demands or even explanations, many analysts expend mucho brainpower trying to answer the question: What Do the Terrorists Want? When, as Daniel Pipes writes, the answer is hiding in plain sight. In nearly all cases, ...
122 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al Qaeda in Brazil
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 9:35:02 am PDT
Fausta has a good post at Bad Hair Blog: The London Underground shooting, Brazil’s TBA, and al-Qaeda.
289 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Open
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 8:49:14 am PDT
What open thread, through yonder window breaks?
527 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Kaufman: What I Saw at Al-Arian's Trial
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 8:33:14 am PDT
Here’s an article by Joe Kaufman about the trial of accused Islamic Jihad terrorist Sami al-Arian, and the disturbing behavior of his supporters and family members as they view a film of al-Arian spewing violent anti-Jewish hate speech: What I Saw at al-Arian’s Trial. The video in question was of a ...
98 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
CAIR Goes After Michael Graham
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 8:16:37 am PDT
The Council on American Islamic Relations is seething and whining about radio host Michael Graham: Muslims Call Comments by WMAL Host ‘Hate-Filled’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The show host touched off the flap during a discussion of the Muslim community’s response to recent acts of terrorism. Graham suggested the fault lies ...
114 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Where is the 'Million Muslim March'?
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 7:56:52 am PDT
In the Wall Street Journal, a pointed question from Iraqi-American Ahmed al-Rahim: Why Not a ‘Million Muslim March’? (Hat tip: nonic.) Sadly, only the voices of Western political leaders constantly remind us that Islam is a “religion of peace.” Where are the Muslims, especially those living in the West, who have ...
146 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Shuttle Back in Business
Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 7:44:55 am PDT
The space shuttle Discovery is on its way to orbit this morning.
185 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Monday Evening Inlet
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:44:19 pm PDT
658 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Seattle 7/7 Connection
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:34:22 pm PDT
London Attack Suspect Is Also Sought by US. WASHINGTON — A key suspect in the July 7 transit bombings in London has long been wanted by U.S. authorities for prosecution in this country, particularly after federal officials developed evidence three years ago that he was trying to help establish a terrorist ...
65 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UK Islamophobia Watch
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:16:00 pm PDT
Once again the Guardian reminds us that Britain’s Muslim immigrants are the real victims of the Islamic terror attacks in London. Never mind those dozens of murdered train and bus passengers. Two-thirds of Muslims consider leaving UK. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have thought about leaving Britain after the London bombings, according to ...
302 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
As Laura Ingraham Says, Shut Up and Sing
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 7:20:43 pm PDT
Clueless Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin, on a mission for the United Nations, wears a Palestinian kaffiyeh bearing the Arabic slogan “Jerusalem is Ours:” Notice the hair. Please. Lots of attention was paid to it.
306 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Naive American
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 4:12:09 pm PDT
Steven Vincent’s latest post from Basra is a must-read: The Naive American. Vincent and his Iraqi friend Layla interviewed an Air Force captain in charge of allocating building contracts, to find out how he dealt with the universal problems of corruption and graft: Collecting himself, “But should we really get involved ...
289 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Amnesty International Slams Insurgents, US
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 3:12:44 pm PDT
Amnesty International, fresh from comparing Guantanamo Bay to the Soviet gulags, is at it again with another report on Iraq “insurgents” that equates US/coalition forces with the head-chopping mujahideen; Publius Pundit has the story.
96 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Imam Warns Canada: Back Off Muslims
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:08:22 am PDT
Aly Hindy, the head of Toronto’s Salaheddin Islamic Centre, is threatening the Canadian government: Back off Muslims, imam warns Ottawa. (Hat tip: Earl.) A controversial Toronto imam warned Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan at a closed-door meeting to stop “terrorizing” Canadian Muslims. “If you try to cross the line I can’t guarantee ...
600 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Guardian Attacks Bloggers for Exposing Pet Islamofascist
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 9:53:41 am PDT
When an Islamic supremacist belonging to the group Hizb ut-Tahrir was exposed on the staff of British newspaper The Guardian, the paper reacted with an anonymously authored hit piece on bloggers, full of slurs and illogic. Don’t miss Scott Burgess’ quietly devastating reply: L’Affaire Aslam: The Ablution Responds.
41 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Pilger: Partner in Terrorism
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 9:25:52 am PDT
John Pilger, the poor man’s Noam Chomsky, has produced another vapid exercise in self-loathing, and Brian O’Connell has an excellent post about it: John Pilger: Partner in Terrorism.
65 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
John Howard vs. Mohammed Omran
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:41:45 am PDT
Islamic leader wages war of words with Australian PM over terror. Melbourne-based cleric Sheik Mohammed Omran said in an open letter to the prime minister that Howard’s remarks about the possibility of suicide bombers within Australian communities were “inflammatory”. Howard had criticsed Omran for what he called “appalling” comments suggesting that Al-Qaeda ...
86 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Monday Morning Miscellany
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:13:23 am PDT
Open thread sighted at 8:13 ...
306 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Pakistanis Suspected in Sharm El-Sheik Bombings
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:08:38 am PDT
Egyptian police are searching for six Pakistanis in the investigation of the atrocities at Sharm el-Sheik. SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Police said Monday they were searching for six Pakistani men in their widening investigation into Egypt’s deadliest terror attack that killed scores of people, including an American, at this Red Sea ...
49 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
No Pork at Caribou
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 8:04:00 am PDT
Don’t try to order bacon at Caribou Coffee: Caribou won’t sell pork, beer or lottery tickets. (Hat tip: eb.) Porn, pork and Pabst — you’re safe from them at Caribou Coffee. In an SEC filing last week for its initial stock offering, the Brooklyn Center-based coffeehouse chain noted that it operates ...
167 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Antiwar Lt. Gov. Crashes Marine's Funeral
Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 7:22:55 am PDT
People who suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome will give themselves permission to say and do amazingly despicable things, in their delusional belief that they have a monopoly on the Truth. Case in point, the Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania: Lt. gov. crashed Marine’s funeral, kin say. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The family ...
309 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Dose of Reality
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 9:39:07 pm PDT
It’s sure to prompt seething in the progressive community, but British police are not backing down: UK police say more innocents could die in bomb hunt. LONDON (Reuters) - British police say more members of the public could be shot in error as they escalate their battle against terrorism and hunt ...
519 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Oriana Fallaci's Latest Column
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 9:33:11 pm PDT
The latest column by the fearless Oriana Fallaci is available in English at Mystery Achievement: ‘The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend’ (Part I). ‘The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend’ (Part II).
36 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saudi-Sanitized
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 9:01:37 pm PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
21 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Daily Kos: Rove = Machiavelli
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:55:29 pm PDT
If Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga is really serious about purging the conspiracy idiotarians from Daily Kos, he needs to get busy: Daily Kos: Case for Adding TANG Forgeries to Fitzgerald’s Brief. (Hat tip: Geepers.)
50 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
AFL-CIO Implodes in Style
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:35:10 pm PDT
Last year, LGF had an assigned operative from the AFL-CIO whose job was to spread Islamist/progressive propaganda, and it was stupid enough to use an account easily traceable to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC. After this person/robot was banned under the name “adam_dc,” he/she/it registered the name “lynn.thule” and tried ...
57 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palm Sunday
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:11:07 pm PDT
94 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"LGF is a Site of the Likud Party"
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 6:34:02 pm PDT
An anonymous coward at The Huffington Post writes: little green footballs is a site of the Likud Party, they are not for America, for them Israel comes first. Ariana opened the door to antisemites like Paul Findley and Justin Raimondo, and now their friends are showing up. The delicious irony, of ...
426 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Claim: Mossad Behind Sharm Attacks
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 6:12:43 pm PDT
It’s a foregone conclusion that after any large terror attack, Arab media will peddle conspiracy theories. (Hat tip: Baldilocks.) Several Egyptian “security experts” and “political analysts” interviewed by Arab TV stations in the aftermath of the Sharm e-Sheikh bombings on Saturday claimed that Israel and Jews were behind the carnage. The accusations ...
64 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al Qaeda-Connected Prince Will Bridge the Gap with US
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 2:20:42 pm PDT
The Saudi royal family has appointed Prince Turki al-Faisal as their new ambassador to the United States, following the resignation of the super-slick Prince Bandar, and al-Faisal says he’s going to bridge the gap with the US. LONDON, 24 July 2005 — The Kingdom’s nominee for ambassador to the United States ...
301 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Joys of Islamic Fatherhood
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 2:06:07 pm PDT
Father Beats Up Daughter for Sending SMS to TV Channel. (Hat tip: Ron.) ASIR, 24 July 2005 — A father watching a Lebanese satellite TV channel saw his daughter’s name appear on the SMS line on a live interview with a Lebanese singer. The SMS contained words of love and admiration ...
46 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Lance Retires at the Top
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 9:08:37 am PDT
Vinokourov wins finale as Armstrong notches No. 7.
221 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Morning Miscellany
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 9:06:16 am PDT
An open thread for a sunny Sunday morn...
182 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Cease Fire, Palestinian Style
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:43:55 am PDT
Two Israelis Killed in Gaza Gun Attack. JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants killed two Israeli motorists in the Gaza Strip early Sunday and sent a suicide bomber into Israel, intensifying attacks ahead of Israel’s withdrawal from the territory next month. The bomber, who had cut a hole into the Gaza-Israel border fence, was ...
215 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT Readers Give Editors an Earful
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:41:30 am PDT
The New York Times fabricated quotes to give an article an anti-Bush slant, then issued a weak “explanation” that absolved themselves of any bias. New York Times readers are disgusted: Other Voices: On Editing, Explanations and Perceptions.
71 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Shooting Update
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:28:42 am PDT
The man shot by London police in a south London Tube station was apparently not connected to the July 7 bombings; however, this Financial Times article has more information about why he was followed. (Hat tip: Yank in the EU.) According to police sources, the man who was shot dead had ...
232 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Aucklanders Rally for Tolerance
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:11:07 am PDT
Meanwhile, New Zealanders held a rally for tolerance today: Rally for Tolerance in Auckland. Muslims, Christians and Jews came from all over the region, but some thought the title Rally for Tolerance didn’t go far enough. Reverend Bruce Keeley from the Council of Christians and Muslims believes if the aim is to ...
37 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Radical Islam on Campus in New Zealand
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 8:04:10 am PDT
A Muslim student at New Zealand’s Auckland University says that radical Islam has found a foothold: Reports of radical Islam at Auckland University. (Hat tip: Allyson.) Questions over whether London-style bombings could happen in New Zealand have led to claims that radical Islam is being preached at Auckland University. The faces of ...
33 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Media Are the Enemy
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 9:00:36 pm PDT
Apparently, Newsweek’s phony Koran-in-a-commode story is partly to blame for the London bombings: Militant longed for suicide mission. ON his last visit to relatives in Pakistan this year, one of the July 7 London bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, spoke of wanting to die in a terrorist attack to avenge the way Muslims ...
475 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sydney's Gang Rape Trial
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 8:13:10 pm PDT
Fourteenth century tribal savagery meets the modern world in Sydney: In the open: rapists’ campaign of vicious assaults. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) They are probably the most violent, prolific gang rapists Sydney has known, with as many as 18 young victims. But until now the extent of the horrific crimes of four ...
129 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Gratuitous Hermosa Beach Volleyball Thread
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 6:52:43 pm PDT
485 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Libya Advertises in the Times
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 6:24:53 pm PDT
Libya takes out a very extensive advertisement in the New York Times: Global Economies: Libya. (Hat tip: ac.) Is the wacky old dictator Qaddafi actually serious about joining the civilized world?
53 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Egypt Terror Attack Update
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 5:40:56 pm PDT
The latest reports on the terror attacks at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik put the toll of human misery at 88 dead and almost 200 wounded. In the aftermath of the attacks that rocked the Egyptian resort town of Sharm e-Sheikh early Saturday, killing at least 88 people, Defense ...
46 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Cycle of Violence: 54 Nuclear Miles
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 4:55:08 pm PDT
Today’s ride: it wasn’t a time trial at the Tour de France, but I did 54 miles under the intense nuclear furnace we naively name the “sun.” Even with SPF 48 sunblock on every square inch of uncovered skin, I feel its effects. Down the crowded-as-all-heck bike path to the ...
65 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Ullrich: "Hats off to Lance. He's a Superman."
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 4:23:29 pm PDT
Lance Armstrong has simply owned the Tour de France this year, and in today’s time trial he dominated the field again, winning the stage and almost certainly his seventh Tour as well: Armstrong edges Ullrich in crucial TT. Lance Armstrong roared to victory in Saturday’s 55.5km time trial in the last ...
95 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
What Sir Winston Really Said
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 4:09:52 pm PDT
LGF reader Allon emailed to point out that the London Times article we noted earlier today neuters the full force of Sir Winston’s message; political correctness strikes again. Here’s what Churchill really wrote in its entirety, after the horrific battle to wrest control of Sudan from the jihadis of the ...
154 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT: The Terrorists Are Unstoppable
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 2:49:20 pm PDT
The New York Times thinks the terrorists are winning, Iraqi democracy is a failure, and fighting back is hopeless because it only makes the “guerillas” stronger. In short, we’re doomed. Doomed, I say. Oh why oh why didn’t we listen to Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman? Defying U.S. Efforts, Guerrillas ...
212 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Morning Open
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 8:25:29 am PDT
The thread that isn’t closed...
693 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
What Would Sir Winston Do?
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 8:13:11 am PDT
How would Churchill have answered the Islamist threat? (Hat tip: BabbaZee.) For such a determined personality, Churchill could be maddeningly inconsistent. Yet on the issue of Islamic fundamentalism, his views were pungent, precise and astonishingly prescient. In The River War, his account of the reconquest of the Sudan that ended in ...
106 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT Inverts Reality
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 7:56:04 am PDT
In a New York Times editorial about the Arab-Israel conflict, an absolute whopper of a statement: Midsummer Mideast Madness. (Hat tip: Matzoh Cojones.) No reasonable person can doubt that the Hamas attacks hurt the Palestinians more than the Israelis. Wow. UPDATE at 7/23/05 6:29:23 pm: Doc Norton applies logic to this sorry mess ...
86 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hunger Strike Pegs Irony Meter
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 7:46:45 am PDT
What’s this world coming to, when a captured jihad warrior has to abuse himself to get noticed? Guantanamo detainees refuse food. Fifty-two detainees at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are staging a hunger strike in protest at their detention and treatment. So far, the men have refused nine ...
82 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
GIs Criticize Senators
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 9:17:10 pm PDT
Where are the media’s video cameras when events like this take place? Inside the Ring. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Soldiers from Massachusetts and Hawaii who work at the U.S. military detention facility at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave visiting home-state senators a piece of their mind last week. Sens. Edward ...
130 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al-Guardian Fires Pet Islamofascist
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 9:07:35 pm PDT
Possibly history’s lamest editorial correction, as the Guardian explains why they fired an operative of the radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir: Background: the Guardian and Dilpazier Aslam.
91 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Night Coastal
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:53:34 pm PDT
474 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Terror Wave: Bombing in Lebanon
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:33:43 pm PDT
Beirut Blast Wounds 12 on Crowded Street. BEIRUT, Lebanon - A bomb exploded on a narrow street crowded with bars and restaurants late Friday, wounding 12 people just hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited the area, officials said. The blast, from a bomb placed near a car parked in ...
36 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Poll: 1/4 of UK Muslims Support Bombers
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 7:47:29 pm PDT
Poll shows support for bombers. (Hat tip: NC.) A new poll says about a quarter of British Muslims sympathise with the motives of the London bombers, if not their methods. And the survey in London’s Daily Telegraph shows one-third of British Muslims believe Western society is immoral. The poll asked Muslims if they ...
136 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Massive Terror Attack in Egypt, MSM Yawns
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 7:41:54 pm PDT
More details on the massive terrorist bombings against the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik: 49 killed in triple Egypt resort bombing. Forty-nine people have been killed and 136 wounded in two car bombs and another explosion in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the governor says. Mustafa Afifi, governor ...
63 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Flipper Has No Shame
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 6:12:44 pm PDT
An outstanding example of political hypocrisy, from a man who refused to release his full military records even as he ran for President: Kerry Seeks Release of Roberts’ Documents. WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. John Kerry urged the White House on Friday to release “in their entirety” all documents and memos from ...
233 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Major Terror Attack in Egypt
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 5:57:04 pm PDT
At least 43 dead in blasts in Egyptian Red Sea resorts. Explosions in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of Saturday morning killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 100, Egyptian official sources said. “Many of the injuries are very serious and they are ...
115 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
VDH: And Then They Came After Us
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 12:20:40 pm PDT
Victor Davis Hanson’s latest: And Then They Came After Us.
649 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Muslim Leaders Demand Surrender
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 9:07:53 am PDT
British Muslim leaders have issued demands for Britain to surrender or face more terror attacks: Change foreign policy - top Muslims. (Hat tip: Rand Simberg.) Senior Muslims have warned the Government that it needed to revise British foreign policy if it wants to put an end to the violence. Dr Azzam Tamimi, ...
708 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Split Between US and UK Intel?
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:50:08 am PDT
Roger L. Simon cites an interesting report from DebkaFile about disagreements between US and UK intelligence services.
29 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Eyeless in Gaza
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:43:37 am PDT
Here’s a powerful and disturbing piece by Barbara Lerner, on the lessons of the Gaza withdrawal—lessons that our Islamofascist enemies are learning well: Eyeless in Gaza. (Hat tip: Maine’s Michael.) The Israeli retreat from Gaza — now scheduled for August 17 — wasn’t George Bush’s idea. It was Ariel Sharon’s. Sharon ...
109 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Open Thread
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:36:47 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Friday morning...
261 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinians Murder Boy, Blame Settlers
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 8:02:38 am PDT
A 12-year old boy was stabbed to death Wednesday by a gang of Palestinian assailants—and Palestinian “witnesses” then tried to blame the murder on Jewish settlers: Police probe Palestinians in killing of W.Bank boy. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces said on Thursday they were investigating ...
62 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Instantaneous Victimization
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 7:54:45 am PDT
Almost instantly after the shooting of a suspect in a London tube station, here come the hand-wringing stories: British Muslims fear ‘shoot to kill’ policy. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BRITISH Muslims fear police are operating under a “shoot to kill” policy after a man was gunned down at an Underground train ...
232 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Live-Blogging in London
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 7:42:56 am PDT
Robin Grant is posting regular updates on the situation in London: London Bombs 2: News, Theories and reaction.
26 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UK Police Shoot Bomb Suspect
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 7:16:58 am PDT
British police have shot a possible bombing suspect as he tried to flee: Man shot dead by police on Tube. The Muslim Council of Britain is demanding explanations. The Muslim Council of Britain said Muslims were concerned about a possible “shoot to kill” policy. Spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said: “There may well be reasons ...
208 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday's Rocky Beach
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 9:41:27 pm PDT
521 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Daily Kos: On the Subject of Israel
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 8:37:37 pm PDT
The Daily Kos Wikipedia (an online “encyclopedia” to which the denizens of Kos contribute) is a thing of beauty, as the anti-Israel agenda of the progressive movement stands revealed in all its spelling-challenged majesty: Israel - dKosopedia. (Hat tip: NC.) The recent political history of Israel and Palestine is a topic ...
230 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Mind-Bending Multicultural Moment of the Day
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:55:07 pm PDT
Osama’s strategy backfires on bank. (Hat tip: Saul.) KANPUR: “Dear terrorists, new firman issued. Kill 10, take a branded T-shirt and be best terrorist in the group. Jehad begins from July 18-20 – Osama bin Laden.’’ No, this isn’t a message on the Al-Jazeera channel. It is creative minds at work ...
62 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Sidewalks Where Terror Breeds
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:09:03 pm PDT
As long as you keep the Christian Science Monitor away from the subject of Israel (about which they are hopeless), their reporters sometimes do excellent work. Case in point, this scary little vignette of radical Islam in the UK, from James Brandon and John Thorne: The sidewalks where terror breeds. GREENWICH, ...
129 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Howard vs. the Media Dolt
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 6:33:09 pm PDT
Australian Prime Minister John Howard gave a brilliantly crushing response to a reporter’s blindingly stupid question today, and Trey Jackson has the video: John Howard Defines Terrorism.
124 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Reuters Can Wait
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 1:47:27 pm PDT
Al-Reuters says expectantly: London bombings fail to damage Blair ... yet. LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons to be calm and resolute after a second spate of bombings in London on Thursday, but further attacks may tarnish his image as a statesman which has won him praise. Blair was ...
304 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYPD to Randomly Inspect Bags
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:52:10 pm PDT
New York Police are going to start randomly checking bags on buses and railways, and in subway stations. The New York branch of the ACLU is aghast. “The police can and should be aggressively investigating anyone they suspect is trying to bring explosives into the subway,” said Christopher Dunn, associate legal director ...
353 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Open Thread II
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:46:31 am PDT
The first open thread about today’s London terror attacks has filled up so quickly that I’m opening another; the Times says the same terror cell that perpetrated the 7/7 attacks may be responsible. The copycat attacks on London suggest that the terrorists behind the July 7 blasts are still at large ...
390 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Matter of Priorities
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:13:18 am PDT
As another terrorist attack hits London, Drudge Report says Democrats have been instructed to keep yammering about Karl Rove. (Hat tip: Owl.) Less than 15 hours after President Bush announced that John Roberts would be his nominee for the Supreme Court, leading Democrats stood before a bank of television cameras Wednesday ...
221 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinian Civil War Watch
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:02:38 am PDT
The Palestinian Authority is clamping down on media coverage of the worsening battles between PA and Hamas forces. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday instructed local reporters and photographers to refrain from covering the clashes between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority security forces. In a statement, the syndicate, ...
35 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Jihad in Leeds
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 10:53:40 am PDT
‘Bomb factory’ substances burnt. (Hat tip: Eurabian Times.) Bomb disposal teams have carried out a controlled burning at a suspected bomb making factory in Leeds. Police began evacuating about 70 houses in the area around Alexandra Grove in Hyde Park on Thursday lunchtime. The flat is believed to have been a base used ...
55 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Open Thread
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 8:34:21 am PDT
An open thread for reports on the new bombings in London...
480 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Fighting Back Against the ACLU
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 8:30:59 am PDT
Senate GOP eyes counter punches to aid Boy Scouts. Senate Republican leaders plan to move legislation next year to protect the Boy Scouts of America from attacks by liberal groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union over government ties to the organization, which has an oath that acknowledges God. The ...
271 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hate-America Lies For Kids
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 8:20:01 am PDT
Alan M. Dershowitz has a piece about a children’s book that lionizes the anti-American hard left: Hate-America Lies For Kids. “Give me a child for the first seven years and you may do what you like with him afterwards.” This cynical defense of the brainwashing of children has been attributed variously to ...
62 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wikipedia Dhimmitude
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:52:40 am PDT
Someone tried to create a Wikipedia page with an honest assessment of the Islamic jizya, the repressive tax on non-Muslims, and the ensuing firestorm of multicultural willful ignorance was quite incredible: Talk: Jizya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Hat tip: Ted.)
41 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:45:28 am PDT
Look there! It’s an open thread, waiting for comments! Crikey! Isn’t it beauuutiful?
169 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sudanese Security Assaults Rice Staff, Journalists
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:37:43 am PDT
US fury as Sudan manhandles staff. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has demanded and received an apology after US officials and journalists were manhandled by Sudanese security staff. The incidents happened as Ms Rice met President Omar al-Beshir at his Khartoum residence. Reporters and some US officials were initially prevented from entering ...
78 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
More Bombs in London
Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 7:24:24 am PDT
Incidents Reported Near Tube Stations. Bombers have again targeted London’s transport system - with up to four explosions reported. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the bombs appeared to be smaller than used in the attacks two weeks ago but advised people to “stay where you are”. Passengers reported one blast at ...
199 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The ACLU's Jihad Against the Boy Scouts
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 9:03:23 pm PDT
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has won another victory in their unholy war against the Boy Scouts: Pentagon can’t fund Boy Scout events, court rules. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) WASHINGTON - The Boy Scouts’ Jamboree, held every four years, is an epic event for bucolic Caroline County, Va. Held at Fort ...
750 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
LGF Wikipedia Battlefield
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 8:00:44 pm PDT
LGF is very controversial at Wikipedia, because our stalkers keep editing the LGF page to reflect their obsessions: Little Green Footballs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
79 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The New French Resistance?
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 6:59:52 pm PDT
From the Metula News Agency: France 2’s special correspondents stumble onto a snag in the US. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) That snag had a name, and that name is Little Green Footballs. On Thursday 23 June, France 2’s weekly program Envoyé special offered to initiate its spectators to the worldwide phenomenon of ...
225 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
John and Ken at OC Islamic Foundation
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 6:10:36 pm PDT
LA radio personalities John and Ken will broadcast from the Orange County Islamic Foundation Mosque tomorrow: The John and Ken Show. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) After the U.K. terrorist bombings, John and Ken want answers from the Southern California Islamic community about the attacks. You are invited to attend a special ...
62 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamic Threats Against UK Gay Leaders
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 5:47:14 pm PDT
UK Gay Leaders Receive Death Threats From Muslim Fundamentalists. (Hat tip: Andrew.) (London) A British LGBT civil rights group says its leaders have received death threats from Muslim fundamentalists and warns that gay clubs could be targets for terrorist bombers. “Gay venues could be bombed by Islamic terrorists,” OutRage said Monday. ...
198 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
How Low Can They Go?
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 5:34:11 pm PDT
The international left plumbs new depths. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) (Parental warning on this one, for ugly twisted sexual humor.)
89 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Peaceful Religion Watch
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 5:02:35 pm PDT
Courtesy of MEMRI TV, here’s a Friday sermon (khutba) by Dr. Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sudayis, Imam of Islam’s holiest mosque, Al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Al-Sudayyis was barred from Canada, where he planned to give a series of lectures last year, after a MEMRI report that quoted Al-Sudayyis calling Jews “the ...
101 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tens of Thousands Protest Gaza Disengagement
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 4:28:01 pm PDT
The Gaza disengagement plan is tearing Israel apart. It’s a heartbreakingly difficult issue for me to cover because I can see powerful arguments on both sides (as well as transgressions on both sides), and I can only admit I’m simply not sure whether this is ultimately the best course for ...
371 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Anti-Government Riots in Yemen
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:48:11 am PDT
15 killed in protests against oil price hikes: - Violent demonstrations across the country. (Hat tip: Armies of Liberation.) Sanaa, July 20 (YT & Reuters) - Observers expect massive rallies across the country after the death of at least 15 civilians in violent demonstrations mainly in the cities Sanaa, Dhamar and ...
164 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
He or She Is The Wrong Man or Woman For The Court
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 9:27:58 am PDT
Iowahawk has gotten hold of the latest action bulletin for progressives... He or She Is The Wrong Man or Woman For The Court Critical Urgent Community Action Bulletin from the Progressive Action Network For American Progress For Immediate Release The Progressive Action Network For American Progress is extremely concerned by today’s news that President Bush ...
261 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Kos Bottom Dwellers
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 9:13:22 am PDT
In what’s become a sort of dysfunctional knee-jerk reaction among self-styled progressives, the Kos Kidz waste no time going for the cheap smear: Comments SCOTUS/Bush Speech Open Thread. Did You Catch His Wife (1.75 / 4) When Roberts thanked his family, he mentioned his son, Jack...Roberts’ wife’s face fell. It was like ...
136 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wednesday Morning Miscellany
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 8:37:51 am PDT
The open thread goes ever onward...
759 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
RoP Attacks School in Kashmir
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 8:20:39 am PDT
Four killed in Kashmir bomb blast. (Hat tip: Yank in the EU.) At least three soldiers and a civilian have been killed and 19 others injured by a car bomb in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. The blast occurred near a school in Srinagar, the state’s summer capital. No children were hurt, reports ...
41 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Red Ken: We Deserved the Bombings
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 7:56:29 am PDT
It’s a race to the bottom in Britain, where politicians like George Galloway and London mayor Ken Livingstone are vying for the title of Most Disgusting Statement of Appeasement in the face of Islamic terrorism: Western policies are to blame, says Livingstone. Ken Livingstone yesterday blamed western policies for contributing to ...
219 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Britain's Fifth Column
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 8:23:04 pm PDT
Dewsbury-born mufti hates British way of life. AN ISLAMIC scholar who loathes Western values is advocating “physical jihad” in the Yorkshire home town of one of the London suicide bombers. While Tony Blair and leaders of Britain’s Muslims were condemning extremism at their Downing Street summit, Mufti Zubair Dudha explained why British ...
414 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Evening Leaf
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 8:02:45 pm PDT
227 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Daily Kos Thread Cleansing
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 7:13:53 pm PDT
Here’s an anti-Israel conspiracy thread purged from Daily Kos, but still available in Google’s cache: Daily Kos: Bebe Warned of London Bombing? (Hat tip: raffi.)
58 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Two Summer Camps
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 6:44:07 pm PDT
Click picture to expand. Israeli settler youths play drums during a summer day camp in the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, in the Gaza Strip, Monday July 11, 2005. Click picture to expand. Hamas’ summer camp boys march and shout slogans in a Gaza City street.
124 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Bush Names John C. Roberts for SCOTUS
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 5:25:54 pm PDT
Scroll down for John C. Roberts’ biography: Biographical Sketches of the Judges of U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) UPDATE at 7/19/05 5:28:52 pm: More on Roberts at the Washington Post: John G. Roberts. UPDATE at 7/19/05 6:00:42 pm: Brains are exploding at Daily Kos, of course: Daily Kos: ...
597 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinian Civil War Watch
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 5:20:18 pm PDT
12 wounded in Palestinian clashes as protestors demand unity. (Hat tip: Sarah D.) GAZA CITY, (AFX) - At least a dozen people have been wounded in the latest outbreak of armed clashes between followers of the governing Fatah faction and members of the radical Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. As ...
43 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Atta's Dad Wants More Blood
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 5:17:07 pm PDT
Immediately following the September 11 atrocities, Mohammed Atta’s father, a lawyer living in an upper middle class Cairo suburb, gave interviews to world media claiming that his son couldn’t have done such a thing, and that any videos supposedly proving otherwise were forgeries. Well, Mohammed Sr. granted a new interview to ...
71 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Blair Begs Muslim Leaders for Help
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 2:41:32 pm PDT
Today Tony Blair begged British Muslim leaders to help combat terrorism in their communities: Blair Appeals to Muslim Leaders on Terror. (Hat tip: NC.) LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed to Muslim leaders on Tuesday to combat the “twisted logic” of terrorism and offered to help them counter extremism with ...
245 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Altar of Multiculturalism
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 2:25:29 pm PDT
Diana West confronts an issue that’s still politically radioactive, despite terrorist acts from Thailand to Beslan to London to New York City: Burnt offerings on the altar of multiculturalism. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Without it — without its fanatics who believe all civilizations are the same — the engine that projects ...
99 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
CBC Defends Ban on T Word
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 8:33:51 am PDT
Memo distributed to CBC staff on use of the word ‘terrorism.’ ‘Terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’: Exercise extreme caution before using either word. Avoid labelling any specific bombing or other assault as a “terrorist act” unless it’s attributed (in a TV or Radio clip, or in a direct quote on the Web). For instance, ...
416 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Open Thread
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 8:27:49 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for a sunny Tuesday...
535 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
RoP Attacks Humiliating Giant Teapot
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 7:39:57 am PDT
Back in May we had a report from Malaysia about a strange sect of Islamic apostates who built a gigantic teapot on their compound. For some reason, this humiliated and enraged the Islamic community. And when humiliation strikes, violence is never far behind: Malaysia ‘teapot cult’ attacked. (Hat tip: Riding Sun.) Arsonists ...
160 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Gore: I'm Non-Partisan Now!
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 7:22:31 am PDT
Al Gore is launching a new television channel, and he says it’s going to be non-partisan: Gore: New TV Channel Won’t Be Partisan. (Hat tip: gop1854.) This AP wire story has apparently been filed from another dimension, in which Al Gore can credibly claim to be “non-partisan”—and in which he ran ...
135 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Monday Night Angles
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 9:27:21 pm PDT
427 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Read the Whole Thing
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 5:46:54 pm PDT
Glenn Reynolds Copyrights the Word ‘Indeed,’ Threatens to Bill Much of Blogosphere Right out of Existence! Heh.
432 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Irshad Manji in The Times
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 3:18:47 pm PDT
The Times Online has an interesting profile of apostate Muslim (although she doesn’t think of herself that way) Irshad Manji: The lipstick lesbian daring to confront radical imams. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) No wonder Irshad Manji has received death threats since appearing on British television: she is a lipstick lesbian, a ...
270 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
MoveOn Dress Code
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 12:27:42 pm PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
154 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
In Their Own Words
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 10:51:52 am PDT
How Canadian Muslim groups are responding to the London bombings: Victimization, fear-mongering, denial and conspiracy theories. (Hat tip: Western Standard.)
124 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Daily Kos Having the DTs
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 10:40:59 am PDT
Markos is seeing flying elephants today: Daily Kos: Right and wrong. But to modern-day Republicans and their apologists, they can do no wrong. No Republican’s action is worthy of scorn or censure. They are perfect. Flawless. Immune to error. Godlike. How someone could be reduced to that level is beyond me. Republicans ...
386 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Monday Morning Open
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 10:26:46 am PDT
Thread #16,706 is now open for verbiage...
306 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamic Supremacism for Sale
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 8:34:21 am PDT
Books of hate in Sydney shops. (Hat tip: ringo.) BOOKS of hate promoting jihad, hostility to Australia and “wiring up one’s body” for suicide attacks are for sale in bookshops in Sydney’s Muslim community. A special investigation by The Daily Telegraph in the wake of the London bombings found extremist literature on ...
158 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Did the CIA "Out" Valerie Plame?
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 8:13:15 am PDT
Here’s a great piece by Andrew C. McCarthy on dishonest media coverage of the wildly overblown Plame-Rove “scandal:” Did the CIA “Out” Valerie Plame? With each passing day, the manufactured “scandal” over the publication of Valerie Plame’s relationship with the CIA establishes new depths of mainstream-media hypocrisy. A highly capable special ...
279 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Good News from Iraq, Part 31
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 7:58:35 am PDT
Mainstream media is doing an excellent job with instantaneous wall-to-wall coverage of every suicide bombing in Iraq. But there’s a lot happening there that you’ll never know about unless you read Chrenkoff: Good news from Iraq, part 31.
22 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Bomber's Uncle: "This Lad Made a Name for Himself"
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 7:33:52 am PDT
London bomber’s uncle defends nephew’s ‘sacrifice’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) London, July 17: The uncle of Shahzad Tanweer, one of the four London bomb suspects, has defended his nephew’s actions as a desperate “sacrifice” in an interview with the British tabloid newspaper ‘The News of thee World’. “These suicide bombers are desperate ...
149 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Germany Not Serious
Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 7:32:16 am PDT
Germany’s top court has ordered the release of an Al Qaeda suspect who was videotaped at a party with two of the September 11 hijackers: Top German court blocks EU arrest warrant. KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany’s top court blocked the extradition of a suspected al Qaeda financier to Spain, ruling ...
129 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Night Safe Harbor
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 8:49:49 pm PDT
610 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Internecine Squabbles Mar Islamist Agenda
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 6:23:19 pm PDT
Daniel Pipes has a revealing email from a Muslim anti-Israel list, advising CAIR to Cut the Apologetics. Dear Staff of CAIR: I dispense with the traditional greeting normally extended to Muslims as your behaviour over and over again demonstrates that you are NOT acting to the benefit of the Muslim community but ...
220 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Snipers Praising Allah
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 1:54:02 pm PDT
An amazing video confiscated from Iraqi holy warriors shows a US soldier targeted by a sniper, with an unexpected conclusion: CG Sniper Video. (Hat tip: many LGF readers.) UPDATE at 7/17/05 2:05:52 pm: The full story of this incident is even more amazing: Soldier survives attack; captures, medically treats sniper. During a routine ...
221 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Killer in a New Red Mercedes
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:52:56 am PDT
Bombing suspects led unassuming lives. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Just hours before heading south to London with two of the three fellow suspected bombers, Shahzad Tanweer, 22, had played cricket, his favorite pastime, and kicked around a soccer ball on the local sports field. The previous ...
172 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Aznar: The Way to Fight Terrorism
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:24:16 am PDT
LGF reader “Mary in LA” emailed this translation (courtesy of her sister) of an extraordinary editorial by former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, published in English here for the first time. *** (TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: the following is an original English translation of an editorial by Mr. Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime ...
110 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Muslim Association of Britain Rallies Against Terror
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:57:59 am PDT
The Muslim Association of Britain held a demonstration against terror today. Of course, their definition of “terror” may differ slightly in the details. Click picture to expand. The MAB demonstration in Glasgow provided this pastoral multicultural vignette: Click picture to expand.
118 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Guardian's Pet Islamofascist
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:14:32 am PDT
‘Guardian’ man revealed as hardline Islamist. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Guardian newspaper is refusing to sack one of its staff reporters despite confirming that he is a member of one of Britain’s most extreme Islamist groups. Dilpazier Aslam, who has been allowed to report on the London bombings from Leeds and ...
61 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hincapie Wins Mountain Stage
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:05:46 am PDT
In an incredibly brutal 125-mile mountain stage, Lance Armstrong’s teammate George Hincapie rode into the record books today, with his first stage win after 10 years in the Tour. Jan Ullrich dug deep and managed to work himself back into the General Classification. Standings: 1. Lance Armstrong (USA) DSC - 2,645.5km ...
48 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 9:46:28 am PDT
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the open thread ...
462 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Possible Terrorist Plot at Texas Border
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 8:40:22 am PDT
FBI bulletin outlines possible terrorist plot at Texas border. (Hat tip: Ron.) DALLAS - (KRT) - Dirt roads trace pale lines across a desolate landscape of bald peaks and plunging canyons near Texas’ Big Bend and bridge the international boundary at dozens of improvised crossings. For decades, these routes have been ...
136 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
MSM Wants Us Tranquilized
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 8:08:36 am PDT
Mainstream media continues acting like over-protective parents, doing their best to keep the American public ignorant and tranquil: CBS/Infinity Radio blacks out anti-terror conference. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) CBS/Infinity Radio has refused to air paid commercial announcements for an upcoming non-partisan symposium on terrorism, claiming “people might be too emotionally affected” ...
81 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Qaradawi to Be Allowed into UK
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 7:52:53 am PDT
After what happened on 7/7, this isn’t just stupid or irresponsible—it’s downright suicidal. When is the British government going to start defending its people? Cleric who defended suicide bombers allowed into Britain. (Hat tip: Filtrat.) A MUSLIM cleric who has defended suicide bombings in Israel and Iraq is to be allowed ...
72 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Bomber Had Guided Tour of Parliament
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:35:46 pm PDT
Last year, one of the London bombers was given a guided tour of the British House of Commons. (Hat tip: piehole.) Suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan was given a guided tour of the House of Commons last year - raising the disturbing prospect that Parliament was on the hit list of ...
325 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Lighthouse Thread
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:22:44 pm PDT
289 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Bombers Tied to New York
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:08:49 pm PDT
London Bombers Have Ties to United States. (Hat tip: Muledriver.) July 15, 2005 — One of the bombers in last week’s attacks made a direct phone call to a suspected recruiter for an extremist group in New York. Authorities told ABC News that records show Mohammed Sidique Khan, the eldest of the bombers ...
52 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Tool of the Holy Warriors
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:01:00 pm PDT
TATP is suicide bombers’ weapon of choice. In the occupied Palestinian territories, you can tell who the ‘engineers’ are: they are the ones covered in burn marks who might be missing fingers, or even a whole hand. The engineers are the bomb-makers for the young suicide bombers sent to kill Israelis by ...
56 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Enemy Within
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 7:32:23 pm PDT
London-based radical salutes bombs ‘victory’. A LONDON-BASED Islamic radical has praised the suicide bomb attacks on the capital. Hani Al-Siba’i, an Egyptian-born academic, described the attacks that killed at least 55 people as “a great victory” that rubbed the noses of G8 countries in the mud. His inflammatory comments come as the ...
60 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Police Snipers Track Al Qaeda Suspects
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 6:52:55 pm PDT
Multiculturalism battles with the survival instinct, as Police snipers track al-Qaeda suspects. (Hat tip: aaron.) UNDERCOVER police sniper squads are tracking as many as a dozen Al-Qaeda suspects because security services fear they could be planning more suicide attacks, writes David Leppard. The covert armed units are under orders to shoot to ...
126 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Mission of Death
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 4:19:59 pm PDT
The BBC has a security camera picture of all four London bombers entering the Luton station together: Image of bombers’ deadly journey.
190 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Left's Inverted Reality-Based Community
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 2:07:20 pm PDT
Britain’s left-wing papers are holding a contest to see which sensitive, caring writer will create the most outrageously self-loathing article in the wake of the London terrorist attacks, and Scott Burgess looks at today’s strong contenders from the Independent: Indy Comes Out Swinging in Self-Blame Stakes. Here, the Independent asks us ...
165 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Open
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:42:06 am PDT
Now open: thread #16,680.
419 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Robot Camel Jockeys Replace Abused Children
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:30:17 am PDT
Ride, robots, ride. (Hat tip: Golden Jerusalem.)
40 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
It's the Caliphate, Stupid
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:07:34 am PDT
After several inevitable paragraphs about “Muslim anger” over Iraq, the New York Times comes clean about radical Islam’s goal for the United Kingdom: Anger Burns on the Fringe of Britain’s Muslims. (Hat tip: Right Brain.) A recent poll commissioned by The Guardian found that 84 percent of Muslims surveyed were against ...
103 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UN Documents Still Being Destroyed
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 8:00:57 am PDT
Oil-for-Food Paper Shredder Still Shredding. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) UNITED NATIONS — The man who abruptly retired as Kofi Annan’s cabinet chief after shredding papers related to the Oil-for-Food program has been shredding still more documents at the United Nations, an eyewitness told FOX News. Iqbal Riza, who has been working on a $1-a-year ...
41 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Israel Defends Herself, Truce Ends
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 7:53:29 am PDT
For the Washington Post, the “truce” between Palestinian terror gangs and Israel was still in full effect as long as only Jews were being killed: Israeli Strikes Kill 7 in Hamas As 5-Month Truce Comes to End. (Hat tip: GH.) GAZA CITY, July 15 — The Israeli military killed seven members ...
121 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
What Media Bias?
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 7:46:59 am PDT
Lefty anti-Bush site Crooks and Liars has a film clip of Lou Dobbs introducing a story about the Plame-Rove inanity; shortly after his intro, a female voice (a producer?) says on-mike: “That’s bullsh*t.” (Hat tip: Former Lurker.) The commenters at Crooks and Liars all think this is great, of course, because ...
143 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Night Globe
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 6:30:00 pm PDT
854 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamic Converts Had "Jihadist" Materials
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 4:47:52 pm PDT
Following up on the story we noted Monday, two Islamic converts recently arrested for suspicion of robbery in Los Angeles not only had a list of military sites—they also had possible plans to attack synagogues and the Israeli Consulate, and possessed undisclosed “jihadist” materials: Two Men’s Ties to Group of ...
172 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Call Them What They Are
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 2:53:08 pm PDT
Bravo to the Dallas Morning News for having the courage to stand up against mainstream media’s moral equivalence: Call Them What They Are: Those who murder Iraqi civilians are terrorists. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Two words not uncommon to editorial pages are “resolve” and “sacrifice,” especially as they relate to war. Today, ...
187 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
They're Lining Up in Brussels
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:01:31 am PDT
Suddenly the whole EU project begins to make sense: Cocaine traces at EU parliament. (Hat tip: NC.) Cocaine traces have been found at the European Parliament in an inquiry by one of Germany’s main broadcasters. The Sat-1 channel sent reporters to take 46 swabs from toilets and other public areas of ...
277 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Is Open
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:40:25 am PDT
An open thread for a Friday morning...
664 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Egyptian Chemist Nabbed
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 9:41:06 am PDT
Magdi Mahmoud al-Nashar, the Egyptian chemistry expert identified as the possible mastermind of the London bombings, has been arrested in Cairo. An Egyptian chemistry expert sought by police over the London bombings has been arrested in Cairo, Egypt. Magdi Mahmoud al-Nashar, 33, had not been seen by colleagues at Leeds University ...
144 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Media Are the Enemy
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 9:14:48 am PDT
A video made by staff of the Reuters news agency in the Palestinian Authority as a “going away” spoof for a departing colleague featured a cameo spot by the leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Jenin—Zakaria Zubeidi, whose face is disfigured by powder burns from exploding bombs: Terrorist ...
117 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Yemeni Democracy Advocate Targeted
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 8:42:25 am PDT
Jane at Armies of Liberation puts the bloglight on Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, Yemen’s main democracy advocate and reformer, being persecuted by the Yemeni government: Al-Khaiwani, al-Shoura, and the PFU Targeted.
28 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Electoral-Based Community
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 8:18:13 am PDT
Dean Barnett explains why the rise of the left-wing blogosphere—particularly Daily “Screw Them” Kos— has been bad for the Democratic party: The Electoral-Based Community.
137 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Muslim Charity Claims Taj Mahal
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 8:06:45 am PDT
An Indian Muslim charity has decided that it owns the Taj Mahal. An Indian Muslim organisation has declared that it owns the world’s most famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal. The Sunni Waqf Board says it owns over 100,000 properties in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the spectacular marble mausoleum ...
156 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Airstrike Kills Hamas Terrorists
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 7:41:29 am PDT
Israeli Airstrike on Hamas Van Kills Four, and the Associated Press wants us to think this is “the most serious blow to a 5-month old truce.” Never mind that suicide bombing in Netanya earlier this week, and never mind the fact that this group of killers was riding in a van ...
361 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
VDH: Our Wars Over the War
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 7:31:41 am PDT
Another great essay from Victor Davis Hanson on the left’s suicidally false “narrative:” Our Wars Over the War. Our first hindrance is moral equivalence. For the hard Left there is no absolute right and wrong since amorality is defined arbitrarily and only by those in power. Taking back Fallujah from beheaders and ...
51 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Left's Dumbest Blogger Gets His Smear On
Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 7:22:42 am PDT
Oliver Willis mounts a counterattack: Why Is The Republican Party Promoting A Hate Site? By now we all know the drill. Faux-outraged lefty suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome (and/or damaged ego) goes on spelunking expedition through LGF comments, finds 7 or 8 (from almost 2 million) that seem extreme when taken ...
118 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Chirac: No Envy for the British
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 7:45:08 pm PDT
Jacques Chirac tells his people, “you are so lucky you are not British.” PRESIDENT CHIRAC sought to regain favour with his worried nation yesterday by telling the French that they are far better off than the British and have no reason to take lessons from across the Channel. The head of state’s ...
502 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Mastermind Identified
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 4:26:22 pm PDT
Australia’s news.com.au reports that British police may have identified the man who planned the London bombings: Bomb mastermind identified. (Hat tip: The Jawa Report.) POLICE believe they have identified the man who planned the London bombings. It has also emerged that one of his recruits - Edgware Road bomber Mohammed Sadique ...
395 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
US: Saudis 'Significant Source' of Terror Money
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:15:31 am PDT
One for the “D-oh!” category: US government calls Saudis ‘significant source’ of terror funds. WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The US government has suggested wealthy Saudi individuals remain “a significant source” of funds for Islamic terrorists around the world, despite widely-publicized efforts by the desert kingdom to shut down these channels. The ...
268 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Evidence of Lizardoid World Domination
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:07:49 am PDT
Dave, who manages IDF Israel, emailed to let us know that he’s on his way back to Israel soon and hopes to collect more evidence of the sinister Zionist/LGF cabal.
218 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Shocka: BBC Questions Multiculturalism
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:00:45 am PDT
Even the BBC is now beginning to notice that multi-culturalism may not be working out as hoped.
214 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Radical Islamists Gloat
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 9:57:48 am PDT
The Times Online publishes messages found on a jihadi web site named Al-Hisbah. (Hat tip: serpentine fire.) * “London put an end to the Khilafah. It is London that gave the Balfour Declaration to the Jews. It is London that has divided Palestine and occupied Iraq. Oh London, you have paid ...
134 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Iraqis March Against Terror, MSM Yawns
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 8:56:39 am PDT
On July 5, more than 1,000 Iraqi citizens joined with Iraqi Army and police to march against terror. And mainstream media could not possibly have cared less.
82 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 8:36:56 am PDT
Hey, who left the thread open?
392 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Muslim Email List: "Beat to Death the Crusaders"
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 8:14:44 am PDT
At the Village Voice, George Smith reprints messages from a Muslim email list; it’s hard to tell whether Smith intends us to read these as valid arguments (he probably does; it’s the Voice, after all), but the level of hatred and racism (the word “kuffar” is used routinely) in these ...
152 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Gitmo Abuse Claims Discredited
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 7:39:53 am PDT
Publishing this article must have caused great psychic distress in the editorial room of the New York Times: Report Discredits F.B.I. Claims of Abuse at Guantanamo Bay. WASHINGTON, July 13 - A high-level military investigation into complaints by F.B.I. agents about the abuse of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, concluded in ...
101 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A "Reporter" Who Shelters Terrorists?
Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 7:38:27 am PDT
Israeli soldiers surprised a terrorist from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades while he was meeting with a British reporter: Militant killed while meeting reporter. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ISRAELI soldiers killed a Palestinian militant as he was meeting a British reporter in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said. They said ...
111 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wednesday Evening Open
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 8:43:58 pm PDT
436 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Don't Be Afraid of the Nice Imam
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 5:49:34 pm PDT
Tony Blair has promised a crackdown on Muslim clerics who “preach hate.” Britain’s Muslim News files this story under the category of Islamophobia. (Hat tip: pounce.)
202 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Gitmo: The Horror Continues
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 4:26:50 pm PDT
In some New York clubs, people pay big money to be treated like this: Guantanamo inmate forced to wear bra, act like a dog: report. (Hat tip: Scaramouche.) A suspected terrorist was forced to wear a bra, dance with another man and behave like a dog during his interrogation at Guantanamo ...
369 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
'Sassy' Suicide Bombers
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 2:17:46 pm PDT
Check out Scott Burgess’ take on an astounding article by a Muslim “trainee journalist” at Britain’s al-Guardian—‘Sassy’ Suicide Bombers—a fresh-faced young apprentice who comes to the Grauniad from a previous career as a writer for British Islamic supremacist web site Khilafa.com.
228 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Belgium: PA Textbooks Not Antisemitic
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 1:38:49 pm PDT
Children’s textbooks in the Palestinian Authority include descriptions of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the infamous Russian forgery that inspired Adolf Hitler with a paranoid fantasy of Jewish world domination. And the Belgians are fine with that: Belgium: PA textbooks not anti-Semitic. Although a new report states that some Palestinian ...
107 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Thread Too Foul for DU
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:44:57 pm PDT
Can you believe there was a thread so ugly that the moderators of Democratic Underground decided to hide it? Pick yourself up off the floor, click here and enjoy: The Deleted Saddam Thread Has Already Been Reposted for RW enjoyment. The now deleted thread concerning Saddam has already been reposted to an ...
353 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al-Timimi Gets Life
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:27:53 am PDT
Ali al-Timimi of Fairfax, Virginia, the “Islamic scholar” who called for American Muslims to fight against US troops in Afghanistan and inspired the “Virginia jihad group,” has been sentenced to life in prison. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A prominent Islamic scholar who exhorted his followers after the Sept. ...
206 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sharon: "Do As Much Harm As Possible to Islamic Jihad"
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 9:24:20 am PDT
As Israeli activists opposed to the Gaza disengagement plan a mass march on Gaza, Israel seals off territories after suicide attack. TULKAREM, West Bank (AFP) - Israel sealed off the Palestinian territories and re-occupied the West Bank town of Tulkarem in swift response to a suicide bombing at a shopping mall ...
404 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wednesday Miscellaneous Mix
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 8:28:39 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for a mid-week morning...
462 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Weak Brits, Tough French
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 8:21:46 am PDT
Daniel Pipes points out a curious fact that we’ve noted before at LGF; when it comes to the War on Islamic Terror, the relative positions of Britain and France are not what you might expect: Weak Brits, Tough French. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Thanks to the war in Iraq, much of ...
136 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hollywood Will Make Al Qaeda the Hero
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 7:58:41 am PDT
Instead of simply ignoring Islamic terrorism, Hollywood has taken the next logical step in their quest to keep Americans ignorant and tranquilized: a new film from Paramount will make an Islamic terrorist the hero: I Was a Teenage Terrorist. In 1996, Abdurahman Khadr, then 13-year-old terrorist-in-training, stood face to face with ...
176 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Down-Home Palestinian Family Kidnapping
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 7:43:32 am PDT
British, Austrian engineers kidnapped in Gaza. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Two engineers from Britain and Austria were being held at a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip after being kidnapped by a Palestinian family trying to secure the release of their jailed relatives. A fellow employee of the two men, who asked ...
52 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Karl Rove, Whistleblower
Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 7:32:35 am PDT
The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the latest stupid manufactured MSM controversy: Karl Rove, Whistleblower. Democrats and most of the Beltway press corps are baying for Karl Rove’s head over his role in exposing a case of CIA nepotism involving Joe Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame. On the contrary, ...
370 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Australia Stands Up Again
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:26:40 pm PDT
The US will never forget the steadfast friendship and support shown by Australia, as they come through for us again in a time of need: Australia to send troops to back Afghanistan. CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia plans to send up to 400 troops, including elite special forces and construction engineers, to ...
414 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Backpack Butchers
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:07:57 pm PDT
Britain’s The Sun tabloid reports that the mass murderers who perpetrated last Thursday’s attacks in London were British-born suicide bombers: The backpack butchers. Shehzad Tanweer, 22, blew up a Tube train at Aldgate, East London. Two other killers were 19 and 30. The fourth member of the Yorkshire gang, who all wore ...
140 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Rocky Beach Thread
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 8:13:35 pm PDT
122 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NASA: Return to Flight
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 7:51:20 pm PDT
At about 3:51 AM (Eastern) tomorrow morning, barring mishaps, NASA will return to flight. UPDATE at 7/13/05 7:04:09 am: Oops! That should have been 3:51 PM above...
75 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Security Council Maneuvers
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 6:38:15 pm PDT
Brazil, Germany, Japan and India want to expand the United Nations Security Council to include them, but the US is having none of it: U.S. wants no expansion of UN council at this time. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday firmly rejected a resolution by Brazil, Germany, Japan ...
156 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Got a Big Fish in Iraq
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 6:25:27 pm PDT
Pentagon says key Zarqawi operative caught in Iraq. (Hat tip: warbicycle.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American forces have captured a key operative in the organization of Iraq’s al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ...
59 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Making Cole Slaw of History
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 6:20:20 pm PDT
Martin Kramer exposes Middle Eastern studies wacademic Juan Cole for the fraud he is: Making Cole-slaw of history. (Hat tip: NC.) For a trained historian, even in Middle Eastern studies, Juan Cole is scandalously incompetent when it comes to cause and effect. Here’s his latest gaffe, made in the context of ...
47 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT: Fearlessness is Brutish
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 5:37:26 pm PDT
You’ll never see a better illustration of the blinkered, elitist, fuzzy socialist thinking that dominates the New York Times than this piece by Sarah Boxer for their “Arts/Design” section: On the Web, Fearlessness Meets Frivolousness. Boxer has no problem with SorryEverybody.com, the site where delusional moonbats apologize for the United States’ ...
197 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Prager: "Supporting the Troops"
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 5:16:00 pm PDT
Dennis Prager logically deconstructs one of the left’s most common facades: The Left doesn’t support the troops and should admit it. (Hat tip: jflintx.) The Left’s message is this: “You troops may think you are winning; you may think you are doing good and moral things in Iraq; you may believe ...
258 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Islamist: No Civilians Under Islamic Law
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 2:03:44 pm PDT
The director of London’s Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical Studies, Hani Sibai, says there are no “civilians” in Islamic law, and that the London bombings were a great victory for Al Qaeda. [Video] Host: The question, in short, is whether the religious scholars... Sir, the religious law assembly in Mecca at the end ...
529 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sky News: Explosives Found in Abandoned Car
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:51:20 pm PDT
Sky News is reporting that the London attacks were probably carried out by suicide bombers—and that explosives have been found in an abandoned car at the Luton railway station. It is “highly likely” one of the Tube attackers died in the strikes on the Underground network - but Sky News has ...
129 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Keep Oliver Stone Away from 9/11
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:30:42 pm PDT
Mickey Kaus has more reasons why Oliver Stone shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a film about September 11: Stone: ‘Terrorists Are Like Einstein!’
160 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Code Pink, CAIR, and the Raging Grannies
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:24:57 pm PDT
The California National Guard is under siege by a crowd of whining, seething loony leftists and Islamic advocacy groups, after a “horrifying” display was discovered in their Sacramento headquarters: National Guard under fire for anti-Islam display. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SACRAMENTO - Already under scrutiny for setting up a controversial ...
162 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Meaning of Tears
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 9:53:10 am PDT
But None Ever Cried for Me.
165 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
We Got Mail!
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 9:33:27 am PDT
At 1:58 am on July 7, shortly before the bombs started going off in London, I received the following message via our contact form, from a visitor apparently in the city of Vlissingen in the Netherlands, with an Arab name and a Hotmail address (of course): I’ve just looked at your ...
241 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Suicide Bombing in Israel
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 9:10:45 am PDT
There has been another suicide bombing in Israel: First Report: Explosion at Netanya Mall. UPDATE at 7/12/05 9:17:05 am: Report: Car blast in Shavei Shomrom settlement. UPDATE at 7/12/05 9:20:17 am: The truck explosion at Shavei Shomrom may have been an accident. (Hat tip: Colt.)
677 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 8:54:57 am PDT
Now open: entry #16,620. All aboard.
349 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Van Gogh's Killer: "I Would Do It Again"
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 8:14:07 am PDT
The Islamic murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh boasted of the killing today in court, praised Allah and Mohammed, told Van Gogh’s mother he had no sympathy for her, and said if he ever gets free he’ll do it again. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch-Moroccan man confessed ...
142 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Lance Armstrong is Amazing
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 8:04:13 am PDT
I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who’s watching later, but in today’s stage of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong and the Discovery team have utterly destroyed the peloton. Lance is now setting an unbelievable pace up the final climb. Ullrich has cracked.
96 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thoughtcrime Law Passes UK Vote
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 7:33:48 am PDT
Four days after the worst terrorist attack in London’s history, the British House of Commons has passed the religious thoughtcrime law that Muslim groups hope will make criticism of Islam illegal: Religious Hate Law Aimed At Protecting Muslims Passes UK Vote. (Hat tip: unclebubba.) (CNSNews.com) - In a victory for British ...
169 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinians Cheer London Bombings
Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 7:25:24 am PDT
Gaza mosque welcomes London attacks. (Hat tip: mglazer.) GAZA - In a reaction similar to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York, the blood spilt in the London terror attacks has been celebrated within the Palestinian territories. The broadcast was carried live on Saturday evening, two days after the attack. ...
82 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Freedom of Speech as a Weapon
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 9:35:26 pm PDT
British tabloid The Sun notes the insanity of allowing Islamic propagandist Tariq Ramadan to address a London conference—partially funded by London police: Abuse of Britain. (Hat tip: Ethel.) JUST five days since 7/7 — and the flagrant abuse of Britain’s freedom-of-speech laws is laid bare yet again. Extremist Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, ...
535 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UAE Imam: "Despicable Jews and Christians"
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:47:37 pm PDT
In a sermon about the London terror attacks, an unnamed imam on United Arab Emirates TV almost sounds sane—until that inevitable moment when you become aware of the vast yawning gulf between his world and ours. [Video] Preacher: What happened in a certain country, which was mentioned in the media yesterday, is ...
92 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Abu Mazen Says...
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:18:59 pm PDT
36 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
When the New York Times Attacks
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:00:20 pm PDT
According to Drudge, the New York Times is planning a full frontal assault on Karl Rove, to be launched tomorrow AM: Top editors of the NY TIMES made the decision Monday afternoon to turn up the heat on White House adviser Karl Rove. The TIMES is planning to lead Tuesday ...
273 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
BBC Deletes the T Word
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 7:41:55 pm PDT
BBC edits out the word terrorist. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The BBC has re-edited some of its coverage of the London Underground and bus bombings to avoid labelling the perpetrators as “terrorists”, it was disclosed yesterday. Early reporting of the attacks on the BBC’s website spoke of terrorists but the same coverage ...
103 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
AFP Promotes Lunacy
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 6:46:58 pm PDT
Not again. Arafat was poisoned by Israel, claims Fatah head. Notice the lack of scare quotes in the headline. TUNIS (AFP) - Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was fatally poisoned by Israel, the head of the dominant Palestinian movement Fatah claimed. “I can categorically confirm that Abu Ammar (Arafat’s nom de guerre) was poisoned,” ...
132 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Britain Apologizes, UN Acknowledges Bosnia Failure
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 6:21:32 pm PDT
With Sadness and Anger, Bosnian Muslims Recall Executions. SREBRENICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 11 - At a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the execution of about 7,000 Muslim men and boys here during the war in Bosnia, American and European leaders again promised that two Bosnian Serb leaders indicted for ...
247 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Radical Islam Rises Among Young Britons
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 2:20:18 pm PDT
Here’s a scary piece at the Christian Science Monitor that gives a sense of how far the radical Islamic infiltration of Britain has progressed: A defiant Islam rises among young Britons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In Dalston market in north-east London on Thursday, “Abdullah,” a Muslim watch-mender and evangelist, was in ...
403 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Newsweek: Terror at Rush Hour
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 2:13:36 pm PDT
We bash Newsweek a lot around here because, well, they deserve it. So it’s only fair to point out that this time, they’ve done an excellent job with Evan Thomas and Stryker McGuire’s coverage of the London terror attacks: Terror at Rush Hour. (Hat tip: johnrg.)
42 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
MoveOn.org: Hide the Crazies
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:56:28 am PDT
Drudge reports on a memo from MoveOn.org to the true believers, telling them it’s time to hide the hatred: In a desperate bid to sanitize his gathering and control how its attendees would be perceived by the POST, the MOVEON host emailed talking points to his guests. A copy of ...
513 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hamas Will Keep On Killin'
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:22:28 am PDT
The terror gang Hamas says they have lost faith in Palestinian “president” Abu Mazen, and they’re going to continue killing Israelis, even after the Gaza pullout. And only the most naïve would ever have thought otherwise.
337 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Monday Morning Miscellany
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:18:37 am PDT
It’s the thread of openness...
576 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Islamic Convert Had Military Sites List
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:13:43 am PDT
When Los Angeles police searched the home of an arrested robbery suspect, they discovered an unsettling piece of evidence: Suspect Possessed a Military Sites List. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) It started late Tuesday night, when police closed in on two men they suspected in 10 robberies across the South Bay. But the case ...
52 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London, Tel Aviv Blasts Connected
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 8:04:43 am PDT
Israel’s Ynet reports that the explosives used in the London bombings were made from the same type of military grade material used by the suicide bomber who attacked Mike’s Place in Tel Aviv in April 2003: London, Tel Aviv blasts connected. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) TEL AVIV – The terror attack ...
65 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
BBC: "Misguided Criminals"
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 7:44:23 am PDT
BBC world affairs editor John Simpson appeals to Britons to refrain from getting angry, and uncorks a fragrant new euphemism for Islamic terrorists: “misguided criminals.” (Hat tip: JohninLondon.) Now that the bombs have exploded, and thousands of newspaper pages and entire days of air time have been devoted to the horror ...
157 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
British Police Were Forced to Stop Tube Patrols
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 7:32:10 am PDT
Six months ago, British Metropolitan police and Immigration officers were performing random checks on Tube passengers—but were forced to stop: Immigration checks on Tube passengers banned. (Hat tip: Rayra.) Random immigration checks on Tube passengers have been banned by Underground chiefs after they were exposed by the Evening Standard. We revealed how ...
93 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Enemy Uses Yahoo
Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 7:25:05 am PDT
The enemy has found a home in our midst, thanks to Yahoo: Yahoo! Groups : Islamic_Action_Group. This group shares the same ideology and world view with Hamas of Palestine, Lebanese Hizb’ullah and Jaysh Al Mahdi of Iraq... Jaysh Al Mahdi is Muqtada al-Sadr’s group of religious mass murderers.
58 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
VDH: How to Lose a War
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 9:43:38 pm PDT
Victor Davis Hanson: How to Lose a War. When terrorists strike in London — or Bali, New York or Madrid — they operate on a variety of assumptions. Middle Eastern governments may publicly deplore their methods, but privately sigh relief that al-Qaeda agents are still not yet after their own heads. ...
644 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Arab Media Covers London Bombings
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 9:18:40 pm PDT
How Arab media reacted to the atrocities in London, courtesy of MEMRI TV. Azzam Al-Tamimi, head of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London, says There is a Political Context to the London Bombings. [Video] Abd Al-Bari Atwa, editor-in-chief of the London Arab daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, says Tony Blair got a good ...
106 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
And This Is Why They Did It
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 8:22:02 pm PDT
Amir Taheri spells things out for the wooly-minded left: And this is why they did it. The ideological soil in which alQaeda, and the many groups using its brand name, grow was described by one of its original masterminds, the Pakistani Abul-Ala al-Maudoodi more than 40 years ago. It goes something ...
106 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Leaked No 10 Dossier Reveals Al-Qaeda’s British Recruits
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 8:14:53 pm PDT
At the Sunday Times, a leaked document immensely more important than the Downing Street Memos (remember them?): Leaked No 10 dossier reveals Al-Qaeda’s British recruits. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) This is vital information; read the whole thing.
39 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Looking North
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 7:37:08 pm PDT
150 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
What Media Bias?
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 12:47:35 pm PDT
I was preparing a post saying how disappointed I was in Tony Blair, for implying that the London terror attacks were an outgrowth of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Turns out Tony Blair never said this. The Associated Press fabricated it. Correction: Bombings-Blair Story. LONDON - In a July 9 story about Prime Minister ...
317 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 8:03:09 am PDT
When the going gets tough, the tough get an open thread...
775 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Religion of Still More Decapitations
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 8:01:59 am PDT
Six Afghan police beheaded, four killed by suspected Taliban insurgents. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Six missing Afghan police were found beheaded after they were snatched away from their convoy in a Taliban attack which left four other police killed and three wounded, officials said. The convoy of about 30 policemen was on ...
34 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Abu Mazen Says...
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 7:57:34 am PDT
Palestinian disarmament?
106 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Daily Kos: We're So Popular
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 7:47:11 am PDT
The Daily Kos groupie who goes by the name of “Hunter” is crowing today that all the right wing blogs are reading Daily Kos, and congratulating himself on how popular Kos is: Daily Kos: When News Happens, Right Wing Blogs Turn to... Daily Kos? A bit of a meta story, ...
108 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Do-It-Yourself Suicide Bomb Belt
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 7:23:41 am PDT
How best to blow up people on a bus - the chilling video circulating on Islamic websites. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A DIY video showing how to make a “suicide-belt” bomb for use on a crowded bus is being circulated among terrorist websites. The 26-minute tape gives a detailed, step-by-step guide on how ...
68 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Google News Reinstates Indymedia
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 7:21:29 am PDT
Indymedia: well known as a center of unmoderated, virulent anti-Americanism, Jew-hatred, and conspiracy madness, one of the very worst places on the web. They’ve been investigated by the FBI, and European intelligence services have confiscated their servers. A cop killer was caught after he bragged about the murder on Indymedia—and ...
55 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Evening Open Sea
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 9:41:04 pm PDT
It’s time for a long look at a blue horizon...
326 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims March in London to Denounce Terrorist Attacks
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 9:01:13 pm PDT
Just kidding.
164 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al Qaeda's British Recruits
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 8:28:33 pm PDT
Imagine my shock: Leaked No 10 dossier reveals Al-Qaeda’s British recruits. (Hat tip: Ron.) AL-QAEDA is secretly recruiting affluent, middle-class Muslims in British universities and colleges to carry out terrorist attacks in this country, leaked Whitehall documents reveal. A network of “extremist recruiters” is circulating on campuses targeting people with “technical and ...
97 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Zombie Covers the UN 60th Anniversary
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 8:13:05 pm PDT
Do not miss LGF operative zombie’s extensive photo essay/report on The United Nations 60th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco on June 25, 2005, featuring the Bay Area’s upper crust ignorati at their most pretentious.
54 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Times Online: Too Close to Bin Laden
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 7:54:10 pm PDT
Downed US Seals may have got too close to Bin Laden. THE first sign of trouble was a radio message requesting immediate extraction. A four-man team of US Navy Seal commandos had run into heavy enemy fire on a remote, thickly forested trail in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Trouble turned to ...
74 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Neocons Plot in Mordor
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 7:44:09 pm PDT
Ed Driscoll reveals how I spent my summer vacation: Secret Neo-Con Cabal Plots High Above Hills Of Silicon Valley.
20 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
MSNBC Steps Outside the Envelope
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 6:39:02 pm PDT
Please watch Tucker Carlson on MSNBC, talking with Azzam Tamimi. It’s quite amazing that an open supporter of Hamas would dare surface at this time, let alone attempt to make a case for mass murder. Wow. UPDATE at 7/9/05 6:43:27 pm: As usual, it’s been interrupted by MSM’s flow of subject/advertisement/change of ...
155 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Bombs Were Precisely Timed
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 6:26:36 pm PDT
Some details are emerging from initial investigations into the London bombings. LONDON — Police radically revised the timing of the deadly blasts that tore through the London Underground, saying Saturday that the bombs were detonated just seconds apart — not 26 minutes as first reported. The explosions were so intense that none ...
98 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Crackdown in Italy
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 6:18:02 pm PDT
Italy Arrests 142 in Anti-Terror Sweep. (Hat tip: Angry American.) ROME — Police said Saturday they had arrested 142 people in a two-day anti-terrorism security sweep around Milan prompted by the bombings two days earlier in London. Some 2,000 carabinieri fanned out across the Lombardy region, stepping up patrols around train stations, subways, commercial ...
32 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Air France Flight Refused Entry to US
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 6:07:46 pm PDT
Another Air France flight has been sent back to its point of origin: US-Bound Flight Forced to Turn Around. (Hat tip: Amy.) CHICAGO — An Air France flight en route to O’Hare International Airport was forced to return to Paris Friday after one of its passengers showed up on the federal no-fly list. More ...
22 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Crisis at the Heart of Islam
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 5:37:45 pm PDT
Here’s an excellent piece at The Weekly Australian by Paul Kelly, making some common sense points that will almost certainly get him labeled as a “racist:” Crisis at heart of Islam. (Hat tip: johnCV.) THE attack in London has penetrated the best intelligence and security net in Europe. If it proves ...
192 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Religion of Peace Claims Another Murder
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 3:45:39 pm PDT
Taliban ‘Spokesman’: U.S. Commando Killed. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A purported Taliban spokesman said Saturday that the group has beheaded a missing American commando, but he offered no proof and the U.S. military said it was still searching for the Navy SEAL. The commando is the last of a four-member elite commando team ...
91 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
King Abdullah: Arab World Frustrated, Seething
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 3:40:39 pm PDT
Here come the calls from Arab leaders for the West to understand that mass murder is inevitable when Arabs get frustrated, and that it’s our job to make them less frustrated, preferably by throwing Israel to the wolves: Jordan’s king says Arab frustration fuels extremism. Abdullah is called a “moderate” because ...
150 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Apostablog in London
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 3:18:58 pm PDT
Good commentary on the London bombings at Apostablog.
39 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Central Birmingham Ordered Evacuated
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 2:24:38 pm PDT
The entertainment district in central Birmingham is being evacuated. Police ordered the evacuation of the entertainment district in central Birmingham late Saturday because of intelligence suggesting a security threat. Police initially restricted road traffic into the city center, but then ordered an evacuation after receiving further intelligence, a police spokeswoman said on ...
132 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Left's Dumbest Blogger Comes Unglued
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 2:23:01 pm PDT
The London terror attacks have sent the left into a rapidly accelerating tailspin. The rich smell of desperate cognitive dissonance wafts across the web. Here’s a totally unglued rant from the left’s dumbest blogger, that would be hilarious if it weren’t so childishly nasty and full of hate: The Right Hates ...
124 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Watch Hitchens Destroy Ron Jr.
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 2:03:26 pm PDT
The Political Teen has video of the Christopher Hitchens/Ron Reagan beatdown: Ron Reagan Mowed Over by Chris Hitchens.
45 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hollywood Out of Touch
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 9:07:19 am PDT
The first major Hollywood film about the September 11 atrocity will be directed by Oliver Stone. Figures. Mickey Kaus: Keep Oliver Stone Away from 9/11! He’s right, of course. But it’s pathetic that it even needs to be said.
356 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Morning Open
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 8:57:01 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Saturday AM...
231 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hitchens Demolishes Non Reagan
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 8:35:47 am PDT
Don’t miss the transcript of Christopher Hitchens’ appearance on MSNBC’s Connected: Coast to Coast, as he utterly eviscerates the twit Ron Reagan: Ron Reagan proves that brilliance is not hereditary.
92 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
When Lefty Blogs Attack
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 8:16:11 am PDT
Chris Bowers at MyDD attacks LGF readers today, for verbally expressing their anger at the mass murder in London: Why Right Wing Blogs Don’t Allow Comments. This is a great example of how far the left has devolved; London suffers the worst terrorist attack in her history, with more than ...
206 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Great Daily Kos Purge
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 7:40:55 am PDT
I never thought I’d see the day that Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga would actually realize that his site is populated by lunatics. Once this revelation dawned upon him, in true reactionary fashion he carried out a “purge” to get rid of some of the nuts—and then had to un-purge ...
161 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Hard Drive That Couldn't Go On
Sat, Jul 9, 2005 at 7:27:37 am PDT
At some point yesterday, while I was flying back to Los Angeles from San Jose, the hard drive in LGF’s web server lost the will to live. After several mildly panic-stricken emails to Hosting Matters, we seem to have procured a replacement and restored the site from a backup. Things ...
73 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Silicon Valley Hijinx
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 3:44:10 pm PDT
If you’ve wondered where the heck I was, see Roger’s site: Thursday Not in the Park with Charles in the Silicon Valley.
174 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
LA Times Whitewashes Again
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 3:27:02 pm PDT
The Los Angeles Times rushes to the defense of British Muslims, with a breathless article about fears of a backlash: In Britain, Muslims Worry a Delicate Balance May Tip. A paragraph of interest: How Thursday’s attacks would change the political climate remained unclear. Islamic organizations rushed to condemn the bombings — the ...
94 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Stories
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 3:09:59 pm PDT
Vivid on-the-scene reports from Charmaine Yoest in London.
39 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Payday for Hamas
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 8:44:10 am PDT
The G8 responded to the London attacks by handing a huge payoff to the society that, perhaps more than any other, breeds and fuels the terrorist ethos: Shaken G-8 Leaders Agree on Aid, Climate. Blair said the Palestinian aid package would total $3 billion “in the years to come.” The British ...
783 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
MSM Feeding Conspiracy Theorists?
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 8:33:42 am PDT
Several readers emailed about a truly bizarre mainstream media episode related to yesterday’s terror attacks in London; first, an AP story appeared, citing an anonymous source, claiming that the Israeli embassy in London had been warned in advance about the bombings: Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning. Then, after this story ...
125 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Sun's Selective Evil
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 8:21:03 am PDT
Britain’s The Sun Online presents a graphic showing Islamic terror attacks since 1993—and totally ignores the multiple atrocities in Israel that have maimed and killed thousands of civilians. (Hat tip: Ethel.)
186 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Open Thread
Fri, Jul 8, 2005 at 8:13:18 am PDT
We’re starting off this Friday with an open thread. Posting will be a bit light until later today, because I’m out of town on PJ business...
605 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saddam's Lawyer Quits, Blames Americans
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 4:35:15 pm PDT
The Arab leader of Saddam Hussein’s legal team has resigned, because Ramsey Clark and Curtis Doebbler were too sane for him: Saddam Hussein’s Chief Lawyer Resigns. AMMAN, Jordan - Saddam Hussein’s chief lawyer quit the Iraqi dictator’s legal team, saying Thursday some of the team’s American members were trying to run ...
418 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday Evening Open Thread
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 4:30:52 pm PDT
Several people emailed and said that the image of the UK flag I was using was reversed; since I don’t want to show any disrespect, I’ve removed it temporarily. In the meantime, here’s an open thread to regroup after the day’s awful news...
739 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Work of Savages
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 11:44:14 am PDT
A horrific scene outside the British Medical Association building: ‘The whole of the front of the building was covered with blood.’ A GP who helped treat casualties following today’s bus explosion outside the London headquarters of the British Medical Association has described the scene. Dr Laurence Buckman, from the BMA’s GPs committee, ...
586 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Europhobia News Roundup
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 11:13:44 am PDT
Europhobia has minute-by-minute coverage of the attacks: London tube explosions.
78 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
DU Inmates Climbing the Walls
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 10:41:31 am PDT
Democratic Underground responds, in their usual psychotic fashion. UPDATE at 7/7/05 12:12:43 pm: And keep up the good work, Kos! Daily Kos: Bush was wrong. Again.
345 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Ken Livingstone Speaks
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 10:35:04 am PDT
Trey Jackson has a video capture of Red Ken trying to sound like Sir Winston; I’m less than impressed, but watch it and decide for yourself: London Mayor Livingston- ‘Mass Murder’.
74 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Galloway's Creepy Statement
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 10:32:13 am PDT
British MP George Galloway wastes no time advocating that Britain respond to the atrocities by acting like the Spanish and bailing out of Iraq. But even more perniciously, Galloway suggests to the terrorists that next time they should aim a little higher and target British government members: Statement on the ...
108 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tech Note: Long Thread Problem Solved
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 10:23:59 am PDT
After much frustration, we’ve discovered the source of the problem that many report at LGF, where long comment threads become invisible, or cause weird partial page loads. The culprit is Norton Internet Security; try turning it off temporarily and watch the problem go away. There are many firewall alternatives that ...
49 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Al Qaeda in Iraq Murders Egyptian Envoy
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 9:15:59 am PDT
Al Qaeda says kills Egypt envoy in Iraq-Web. DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda group in Iraq said on Thursday it killed Egypt’s top envoy to Iraq for representing a “tyrannical” government allied to the “Jews and Crusaders.” “We al Qaeda in Iraq announce that the judgment of God has been implemented against ...
121 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Attack Photos
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 9:09:23 am PDT
Photographs from London at Getty Images.
209 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
'Al-Qaida in Europe' Claims UK Atrocities
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 6:24:09 am PDT
Report: Islamic Group Claims London Blasts. CAIRO, Egypt - A group calling itself “The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe” posted a claim of responsibility for Thursday’s blasts in London, saying they were in retaliation for Britain’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authenticity of the message could not be immediately ...
1,070 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 6:15:02 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Thursday morning; our thoughts are with Britain after today’s multiple Islamic terror attacks. (Several readers have suggested I put up a British Union Jack to show solidarity; it’s a good idea, and I would, but I’m taking a short trip this morning and won’t have time ...
168 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
That Didn't Take Long
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 6:07:17 am PDT
Muslims warned to stay indoors. British Muslims were issued with a stark warning to stay indoors today, amid fears of reprisals following the London bombings. Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, appealed for calm and condemned the bombings. He said: “The Islamic Human Rights Commission utterly condemns this attack, but ...
181 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Blogosphere on London Terror Attacks
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 6:05:09 am PDT
Here is the UKBlogs Aggregator, with blogosphere reporting on the London terror attacks; there are now seven confirmed explosions, including at least one possible suicide bomber. (Hat tip: Red Hot Cuppa Politics.)
24 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
London Attacked
Thu, Jul 7, 2005 at 5:43:58 am PDT
London rocked by terror attacks. Two people have been killed and scores have been injured after three blasts on the Underground network and another on a double-decker bus in London. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was “reasonably clear” there had been a series of terrorist attacks. He said it was “particularly ...
303 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Moroccan Cleric Met With 9/11 Plotters in Hamburg
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:36:55 pm PDT
Moroccan Preacher Said to Have Met With 9/11 Plotters. TANGIER, Morocco — A Moroccan preacher imprisoned here for inspiring deadly bombings in Casablanca and implicated in the Madrid train bombings last year also had significant contact in Hamburg with leaders of the Sept. 11 attacks, say members of a Muslim congregation ...
653 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"That's Why We Don't Believe in Democracy"
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:18:38 pm PDT
Living the jihad lifestyle in Melbourne, despite infidel raids: Keeping the faith. (Hat tip: Edward.) “We are not afraid, because Allah has already said” - he slips briefly into Arabic before translating himself - “’do not be scared of them’. To be raided is just the beginning. What’s come so far, ...
103 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Voyage to the Left Coast
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 6:59:11 pm PDT
263 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Incredibly Lame Post of the Day
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 5:45:45 pm PDT
The chuckleheads at Daily Kos were screaming about ‘rich boy entitlement’ today, with the news that New York Governor Pataki’s son Teddy had received an educational deferment. Blackfive shows how incredibly lame this accusation is: Pataki’s Son - Marine Now or JAG Later. So lame, in fact, that Armando at Daily Kos ...
152 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Flag's New Spot
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 5:41:17 pm PDT
After pondering all the requests to leave the flag up, I decided to move it over to a new location on the right side, and mute the colors slightly. If you don’t see things in the correct spots, refresh your browser; you may need to clear your browser’s cache and ...
140 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Five Muslim-Americans Detained in Iraq
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 4:45:33 pm PDT
American Muslims found fighting against the US in Iraq: Five American detainees held by US military in Iraq. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - The American military is holding five U.S. citizens, apparently including a Los Angeles filmmaker, among more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq on suspicion of ...
133 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Osama's Brother on Al-Arabiya TV
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 3:00:57 pm PDT
On July 3, 2005, Osama bin Laden’s brother Yaslam bin Laden gave an interview to Al-Arabiya TV; MEMRI TV captured and translated it. [Video] Presenter: “Where were you on 9/11?” Yaslam bin Laden: “On 9/11, I was at the Geneva airport, with a Swiss friend who was flying back to Zurich. We sat ...
101 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Bush Lays Waste to Gleneagles
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 2:33:03 pm PDT
So President Bush gets on his bike at the G8 summit in Gleneagles and goes for a ride in the rain, and ends up crashing into a Scottish police officer and tumbling on the pavement: Bush Involved in Bike Crash in Scotland. He’s got the cycling bug. Bad. GLENEAGLES, Scotland - President ...
149 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT Reporter Jailed, Cooper Will Testify
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 12:53:17 pm PDT
Dramatic developments in the Plame/CIA leak case: New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been ordered to jail, and Time reporter Matthew Cooper now says he will testify about his source: Judge Orders Jail for N.Y. Times Reporter. WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Wednesday jailed New York Times reporter Judith ...
335 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Austin Bay in Afghanistan
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 10:22:04 am PDT
Instapundit has video from Austin Bay’s recent trip to Afghanistan, discussing the war with veteran war correspondent Mike Hedges. A glimpse into the future of blogging...
27 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
It's a Grand Old Flag
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 9:40:19 am PDT
Question: judging from numerous emails, a lot of you think I should continue flying the flag in our logo at upper left. I originally intended to take it down after the Fourth. Opinions?
560 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NZ PM to Question Muslim MP
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 9:17:09 am PDT
New Zealand’s Prime Minister draws the line at stoning gays to death: PM to question Choudhary over ‘stoning’ comments. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Prime Minister Helen Clark will seek clarification from Labour Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary after he refused in a television interview to condemn the stoning to death of homosexuals ...
92 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Hatred Gap
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:58:32 am PDT
A great post from Brian Tiemann, on The Hatred Gap. Read it all. I honestly don’t know what to do or think when confronted with these earnest pledges, by people who claim to be the vanguard of compassion and understanding and peace, to beat the life out of me for the ...
249 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"I Will Tell My Children I Was With Great People"
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:46:33 am PDT
Here’s a letter from a Kurdish interpreter working with coalition forces in Baghdad, reprinted at the US Army Ranger Association Weblog. (Hat tip: Jake.) Dear friend, I’m sorry because I haven’t sent you any response. I was busy and I can’t leave the Coalition Forces’ compound like before. The terrorists are following ...
37 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Wednesday Open
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:42:54 am PDT
Newsflash! LGF promotes anarchy with open thread...
291 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NY Imam: Jews Control America
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 8:13:09 am PDT
On June 28 we posted MEMRI’s video of Dr. Ahmad Dewidar, imam of the Islamic Society of Mid-Manhattan and lecturer at Manhattan University, giving an interview to the Middle East Broadcasting Center (in Arabic) in which he said he had heard sermons that stated, “The White House will become the ...
96 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Religion of Decapitation Rampaging in Thailand
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 7:38:08 am PDT
Policeman beheaded in Thailand’s Muslim south. (Hat tip: GeoPoliticalReview.) BANGKOK, July 6 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic militants beheaded a policeman in Thailand’s restive Muslim south, officials said on Wednesday, the tenth decapitation in more than 18 months of unrest but the first such attack on police. At least two militants shot ...
119 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinian Rock 'n Roll
Wed, Jul 6, 2005 at 7:29:46 am PDT
Masked Palestinian Gunmen Stall Rock Show. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NABLUS, West Bank - Shooting into the air, dozens of masked gunmen cut short a rock concert by a popular Palestinian singer in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday night. Defying the burning tires and chants against him, the singer, ...
90 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"40,000 Time Bombs in Iran"
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:34:51 pm PDT
On the Iranian Movement of “Martyrdom Seekers.” [Video] Martyrdom-seeking movement member Vesaly: My name is Vesaly... We are first and foremost Muslims and it is our duty to defend our brothers and sisters throughout the world. We don’t need permission from anybody. This has to do with our religious duty and responsibilities. ...
458 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tuesday Beach Thread
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 7:12:54 pm PDT
295 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Zarqawi Mentor Arrested on JihadTV
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 6:59:52 pm PDT
While he was doing an interview with JihadTV (aka Al Jazeera, now planning a major expansion into the US market), Jordanian authorities arrested Issam Barqawi (aka Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi), the “spiritual mentor” of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Jordan arrests mentor of Qaeda’s Zarqawi. (Hat tip: Amy.) Let me reiterate: while he ...
42 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Zarqawi: Stop Comparing Me to American Moonbats
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 5:36:26 pm PDT
The Kos Kidz went berserk at Iowahawk’s guest commentary by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Stop Questioning My Patriotism. Well, guess what, Kidz. Zarqawi doesn’t want anything to do with you either. Stop Comparing Me to American Moonbats. Iowahawk Special Guest Commentary By Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi As a holy activist battling infidel crusaders and their heretic ...
251 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Finsbury Park Freakazoid in the Dock
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 4:28:52 pm PDT
The trial of one-eyed hook-handed radical Islamic freak Abu Hamza al-Mazri started today in London: UK cleric Abu Hamza’s trial opens. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Abu Hamza, wearing a blue smock and with neatly trimmed gray hair and beard, was surrounded by four guards as he stood in the dock at the ...
99 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Koran That Wasn't Abused
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 4:08:27 pm PDT
Another case of Koran abuse turns out to be a false alarm: Student Says Quran Burning Was an Accident. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A Muslim Virginia Tech student says he was the person who left a burned Quran at a local mosque last month, saying it had ...
118 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Thai Teachers To Be Allowed Guns
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 2:36:31 pm PDT
School teachers in southern Thailand will be allowed to carry guns, because local representatives of the Religion of Peace keep murdering them. (Hat tip: IreneFingIrene.) School teachers in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces will be allowed to carry guns, the government has said. The move is one of a series of measures designed ...
115 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Bad News: UCC Divestment Passed
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 1:54:22 pm PDT
Here’s a big disappointment; yesterday’s announcement of the defeat of UCC’s divestment resolutions was premature. Apparently, UCC leaders pulled a fast one: HIJACKED! Today is a sad day in the history of the United Church of Christ. Today, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ has voted in support ...
212 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Mask is Off and No One Cares
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 12:51:34 pm PDT
Here’s Caroline Glick, on the dangerous era ushered in by the “election” of Iran’s new president: The mask is off and no one cares. The question is, now that he is about to be sworn in as president, will Ahmadinejan abandon terrorism and become a responsible pragmatist who understands that he ...
113 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinians Could Blow It Again
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:56:06 am PDT
A statement from Ariel Sharon reveals a bit of the realpolitik beneath all the diplomatic posturing: Sharon: Fire during pullout could topple entire plan. (Hat tip: Carl.) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned on Tuesday for the first time that Palestinian fire during disengagement could topple the entire process. “There will be no ...
361 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
RoP Attacks in Northern India
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:42:22 am PDT
Six attackers killed in raid on Indian holy site. LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Indian police killed five gunmen who attacked a religious site in northern India on Tuesday that is claimed by both Hindus and Muslims and is a flashpoint for sectarian violence, while a sixth attacker blew himself up. The unidentified ...
74 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Tuesday Open
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:31:19 am PDT
I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy open thread.
617 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Lance in Yellow After Team Time Trial
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:27:02 am PDT
Armstrong Takes Lead in Tour De France. BLOIS, France - Lance Armstrong’s Discovery Channel squad won the team time trial of the Tour de France on Tuesday, handing the six-time champion the yellow jersey as overall race leader. The 33-year-old Texan led his squad to victory for the third straight year in ...
59 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tanzania Slipping into Darkness
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:21:22 am PDT
Zanzibaris Adopting Stricter Form of Islam. ZANZIBAR, Tanzania - Zanzibar’s mosques are fuller on Fridays, more women are wearing head scarves and more Muslim men are showing calluses created by frequently touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer. A growing number of Zanzibaris are turning toward a stricter form of ...
56 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Arab Bank 'Martyr Kits'
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 8:05:30 am PDT
Professional financing is available for dedicated suicide bombers and their surviving families. Please contact Arab Bank for details. Secret documents known as “martyrs’ kits” obtained by The Post provide a startling glimpse into the world of suicide bombers, who are recruited with promises that their families will be well taken care ...
56 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Kos Kidz Have Thin Skins
Tue, Jul 5, 2005 at 7:53:29 am PDT
Here’s something hilarious to start off the week, as the moronic, humor-impaired Daily Kos Kidz completely lose it over Iowahawk’s latest satire: The Latest in the New McCarthyism. (Hat tip: Soxblog.) McCarthyism! Armando writes, with touching sincerity: F*cking pricks. You goosestepping McCarthyites. Now go cry to momma. You yellow-bellied elephants. Bwahahahaha! UPDATE at 7/5/05 ...
173 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Independence Day Horizon
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 8:41:38 pm PDT
520 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
New Zealand MP: Some Stoning OK
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 7:59:30 pm PDT
A Muslim member of New Zealand’s Parliament has no problem with stoning gays and adulterers to death, as long as it doesn’t happen in New Zealand: Some stoning okay says Choudhary. (Hat tip: David Farrar.) Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary will not condemn the traditional Koran punishment of stoning to death some ...
183 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Married To Al-Qaeda
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 5:09:26 pm PDT
The wife of an Al Qaeda terrorist is interviewed by the Arabic Asharq Alawsat newspaper, and reveals the utter contempt these murderous zealots have for Western countries, using them as sanctuaries while plotting to destroy them: Married To Al-Qaeda. (Hat tip: ploome.) Q: How did your husband react to the attacks ...
204 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Terrorists Battle Syrian Security
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 4:32:49 pm PDT
Insurgents killed in Damascus gunfight. A SYRIAN policeman was killed and two militants captured during fighting on a mountain overlooking Damascus yesterday in a second day of battles between Syrian security forces and rebels connected with the war in Iraq. The gunbattle, which allegedly involved former bodyguards of Saddam Hussein, came amid ...
104 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Free Speech, Palestinian Style
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 4:11:33 pm PDT
The Palestinian Authority, getting ready to launch their very own sovereign state based on peace and justice, have arrested a Palestinian professor after he criticized one of the PA’s security forces: PA arrests academic for voicing criticism. (Hat tip: JR.) A Palestinian academic who criticized one of the Palestinian security forces ...
33 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Insurgents vs. Jihadis
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 1:26:53 pm PDT
US delight as Iraqi rebels turn their guns on al-Qa’eda. (Hat tip: Amy.) American troops on the Syrian border are enjoying a battle they have long waited to see - a clash between foreign al-Qa’eda fighters and Iraqi insurgents. Tribal leaders in Husaybah are attacking followers of Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born ...
219 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Zarqawi: Stop Questioning My Patriotism
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 12:43:26 pm PDT
Iowahawk scoops the known universe yet again with a very special guest post by noted Islamic serial killer Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, who says, “Stop Questioning My Patriotism.” Iowahawk Special July 4 Guest Commentary by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Americans are famous for their diversity, and nowhere is this diversity more on display than in ...
31 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
July 4th Open Thread
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 12:03:04 pm PDT
And we come on the ship they call the Mayflower. We come on the ship that sailed the moon. We come in the age’s most uncertain hours, and sing an American tune. — Paul Simon, American Tune
276 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
UCC Dumps Israel Divestment Resolutions
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 10:09:34 am PDT
Here’s good news from the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, at UCCTruths.com. DIVESTMENT DEAD * Both divestment resolutions and the ‘selective investment’ resolution dumped * New resolution titled “Resolution concerning use of economic leverage in promoting peace in the Middle-east”
92 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Moronic Convergence in Edinburgh
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 9:44:21 am PDT
The G8 summit in Edinburgh is going to be the site of a monumental lunatic circus, featuring groups such as the Wombles, Dissent, the Black Bloc, and the anarchist People’s Golfing Association. An intriguing mix of Marxism, random violence, and golf. Here’s a story about protesters on their way to Edinburgh, ...
192 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Redford Urges Journalists to Investigate Bush
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 9:18:29 am PDT
Robert Redford, who played a journalist in a movie, now urges real journalists to investigate George W. Bush. Journalists across the nation are slapping their foreheads, yelling “D-oh! Investigate Bush! Why didn’t we think of that?” LATEST: ROBERT REDFORD has urged journalists to investigate US President GEORGE W BUSH’s administration - because ...
158 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
FBI Islamic Project Goes Wrong
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 8:44:26 am PDT
As Showtime prepares to release a series starring a heroic undercover Muslim FBI agent, back in the real world an FBI program to promote tolerance and cooperation with the Islamic community has run into a little snag: 2-Faced ‘Friends’ of FBI. (Hat tip: Abu Hoo Hoo.) July 4, 2005 — WASHINGTON ...
65 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Second Special Ops Member Found
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 8:04:52 am PDT
Second Navy Seal Is Found in Afghanistan. (Hat tip: Ethel.) UPDATE at 7/4/05 1:14:30 pm: AP has an anonymous Defense Department report denying the Afghan claim that the second soldier has been located.
34 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Showtime Inverts Reality, Calls it "Realistic"
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 7:53:31 am PDT
Four years after September 11, 2001, having produced not a single film, documentary, or television show that depicts the truth about militant Islam and the worst terror attacks ever committed on American soil, Hollywood will now put before us a show titled “Sleeper Cell.” And the hero is a devout Muslim ...
119 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Happy Independence Day
Mon, Jul 4, 2005 at 7:40:20 am PDT
347 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Call on the Clue Phone for AFP
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 10:56:13 pm PDT
Agence France Presse seems to think Arnold Schwarzenegger can run for President of the United States: Contenders queue up for 2008 US presidential race. (Hat tip: Ron.) The most recent senator to test his luck and fail, of course, was John Kerry, who continues to keep his name in the news ...
350 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hamas Defines "Moderate"
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 6:50:00 pm PDT
Palestinian president Abu Mazen has said that Hamas is becoming more moderate. The question is, what does Hamas mean by “moderate?” (From an interview with Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan, broadcast on Al-Arabiya TV on June 24, 2005.) Host: Mahmoud Abbas recently declared that Hamas is becoming more moderate and ...
83 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Coastal Haze
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 6:36:11 pm PDT
A view looking north from somewhere near the top of Via Del Monte, in Palos Verdes, along the secret lizardoid cycling route. Coastal haze obscures the Santa Monica Mountains.
368 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Deep Impact
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 6:26:10 pm PDT
NASA has scheduled a spectacular show for the Fourth of July, and you’ll be able to watch it live: Deep Impact. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
149 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Launch of MoonbatTV
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 5:50:21 pm PDT
With a star-studded team of certified, dyed-in-the-wool progressive nutbars of every flavor, including Medea Benjamin, Tony Benn, Helen Caldicott, Linda Foley (yes!), Janeane Garofalo, Naomi Klein, Gore Vidal, and Howard Zinn, Independent World Television is poised to capture the enormous, heretofore-untapped global market for demented leftist raving. (Hat tip: Chrenkoff.) The ...
172 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Special Ops Member Rescued
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 10:22:48 am PDT
A member of the special operations team missing in Afghanistan has been discovered alive and rescued: Source: Special ops member rescued in Afghanistan. (CNN) — One member of a U.S. special operations reconnaissance team missing in Afghanistan since Tuesday has been rescued, a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity told CNN. The team ...
93 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 9:47:42 am PDT
The quality of an open thread is not strain’d ...
619 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Israel Has a Media Mob Too
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 9:41:42 am PDT
Caroline Glick looks at the implications of Ariel Sharon’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, and the destructive role played by Israeli media: The media mob. The dire security and political implications of the plan have been proven beyond doubt. The Palestinians have made clear by word and by deed that they consider ...
178 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
No Moonbats at NASCAR
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 9:11:47 am PDT
Almost no mention of it by the mainstream media, but Donald Rumsfeld received a standing ovation from NASCAR drivers yesterday at Daytona International Speedway. “Everywhere I go to visit with the troops, they’re talking NASCAR,” Rumsfeld said at the pre-race drivers meeting. Judging by his reception, there aren’t many NASCAR drivers donating ...
76 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saudis Kill "Terrorist"
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 8:18:30 am PDT
The Saudis claim to have killed a top Al Qaeda leader in Riyadh. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Security forces killed al-Qaida’s leader in Saudi Arabia, who topped the nation’s list of most-wanted militants, during a fierce gunbattle Sunday, an Interior Ministry official said. Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari, a Moroccan, was killed during ...
43 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Rove Talked to Reporter, Did Not Leak Name
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 at 8:00:36 am PDT
On this July 4th weekend, left-wing blogs across this great nation are ranting and gloating and salivating over MSNBC partisan hack Lawrence O’Donnell’s accusation that Karl Rove is the source of the Valerie Plame leak. They share a common delusion that Rove is about to be “frog-marched” out of the ...
481 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"How Can the Future Be So Primative?"
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 8:14:58 pm PDT
In a Harvard Law School blog about the suppression of Chinese bloggers, we find a mind-boggling screed, ostensibly from a Canadian: Questions for Chinese bloggers. (Hat tip: Jason.) Globalization & Neo-Colonialism !!WAKE UP!! Please review your comment before posting ... HOW CAN THE FUTURE BE SO PRIMATIVE? Here we are in the Twentieth Century ...
679 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Night Pier
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 7:52:06 pm PDT
163 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Churchill Gets a Raise
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 7:21:06 pm PDT
Ward “Little Eichmanns” Churchill gets a pay raise. (Hat tip: unclebubba.) University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill was awarded a 2.28 percent merit pay increase this week for work performed in 2004, a little less than his department’s average recommended salary increase for professors. A statement released by CU said pay increases ...
81 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Breaking: Kosovo Explosions
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 6:42:51 pm PDT
Three blasts rock Kosovo capital. (Hat tip: Rayra.) PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) — At least three blasts rocked the center of Kosovo’s capital on Saturday, and one targeted the U.N. mission headquarters. An Associated Press reporter saw at least three U.N. vehicles set ablaze in the parking lot of the U.N. mission headquarters ...
58 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hamas Mulls, Ponders, Cogitates
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 5:28:02 pm PDT
Did you know Hamas could “mull?” I didn’t. Hamas Mulls Offer to Join Abbas Gov’t.
46 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Sucks to Be Ullrich Tonight
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 5:25:10 pm PDT
I’m here to win, says Armstrong as Ullrich humiliated. NOIRMOUTIER, France (AFP) - Six-time winner Lance Armstrong lost his first chance to pull on the Tour de France yellow jersey in his retirement race - but then warned after putting main rival Jan Ullrich to the sword that he is far ...
48 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
"Prayer, Pilgrimage, and Jihad"
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 5:15:23 pm PDT
Last month, LGF reported that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was offering free copies of the Koran to anyone who wanted to give CAIR their address. At MuslimsWeekly.com, an article about CAIR’s Koran-a-Thon reports that 12,000 Americans have decided to explore the Koran’s message of “prayer, worldwide pilgrimage, and ...
87 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Business as Usual in Iran
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 5:02:45 pm PDT
At Jackson’s Junction, Pamela from Atlas Shrugged shares an email from Iran, accompanied by photos of empty polling places: Business as Usual in Iran. Tehran, Jun. 17 – Polling stations in Iran’s capital were by and large empty today despite an appeal by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for widespread participation ...
22 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Pipelines Smuggle Terror-Linked Aliens
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 4:29:14 pm PDT
If the next big terror attack is carried out by someone who crosses the US-Mexican border, the Bush administration will have hell to pay: Terror-Linked Migrants Crossing Into US. (Hat tip: ciaospirit.) (And notice how this AP headline calls illegal aliens “migrants.”) TIJUANA, Mexico - A restaurateur in this border city ran ...
92 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
NYT Whitewashes Iranian President
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 2:30:28 pm PDT
Count on the New York Times to publish a glowing piece of pure propaganda about Iran’s new “president,” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iranian Leader Denies He Took Embassy Hostages. Friends, supporters and neighbors here describe the diminutive, bearded man as humble and caring. Mr. Ahmadinejad has a small circle of aides, one that ...
73 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Tour De France Prologue
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 10:09:52 am PDT
The Tour de France begins, as Lance Armstrong goes for a 7th title.
140 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Saturday Morning Miscellany
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 8:58:56 am PDT
An open thread for an overcast Saturday morning...
469 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
The Hidden Hand of Rove
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 8:45:30 am PDT
MSNBC Democrat operative Lawrence O’Donnell said last night that the source of the leak in the Valerie Plame case was ... wait for it ... Karl Rove. (Hat tip: ploome.) NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified ...
606 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Palestinian Civil War Watch
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 8:35:24 am PDT
Fatah gunmen storm Gaza offices to demand jobs. GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of militants linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah group raided a government building in Gaza on Saturday, demanding he make good on a deal to recruit them into his security forces. About 40 armed men from the al-Aqsa Martyrs ...
47 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
LGF RSS Feed at New Address
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 8:23:18 am PDT
A note to those who check LGF with an RSS reader: the address of our RSS feed has changed. The new address is: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-rss.php
25 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Obsessed Lefties Market Downing Street Memos
Sat, Jul 2, 2005 at 7:55:04 am PDT
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jim Wooten tells the straight truth about the left’s latest Big Lie: In liberals’ eyes, Bush’s black hat permanent. (Hat tip: J.D.) What you’re reading, seeing and hearing now about the memo is the work of half-a-dozen obsessed liberals marketing their take on the memo to the ...
127 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Indymedia: July 4th is Flag Burning Day
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 9:10:02 pm PDT
As Independence Day approaches, the lunacy at NYC Indymedia reaches a crescendo: This July 4th is Flag Burning Day! Every summer good Americans don their best red white and blue, and gorge themselves on beer and hotdogs to celebrate our independence from England, but from its very beginnings this country has ...
572 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Night Open Sea
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 6:42:31 pm PDT
379 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
AP Reveals Horrifying New Gitmo Abuse
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 4:58:10 pm PDT
The Associated Press obtained Guantanamo Bay documents under the Freedom of Information Act, searching for more damning anti-US incidents, and they found plenty of violence and abuse. But because this violence and abuse is against the US guards, the AP calls it “defiance:” AP: Documents Show Gitmo Inmates Defy US. (Hat ...
139 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
A Code Pink Fourth
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 4:03:57 pm PDT
The nice ladies of Code Pink have some suggestions that are sure to spice up any Fourth of July celebration: CODEPINK Fourth of July. (Hat tip: PollyPrissypants.) Renegade Masquerades Dress up your guests as Bush or Cheney with easy-to-make masks. Create a color photocopy of your favorite photo of your favorite Bush ...
201 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Hamas Bans Music Festival in West Bank
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 3:02:30 pm PDT
The people of Qalqilya voted for Hamas. Now they start to see what it means: Hamas council bans music festival. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A Hamas-led town council in the West Bank has banned outdoor music and dance performances planned as part of a summertime Palestinian festival. A Qalqilya council spokesman said it ...
109 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Ahmadinejad Photo Updates
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 12:49:45 pm PDT
Rusty Shackleford brings to my attention some new photo comparisons that suggest the man in these pictures may not be Iran’s “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But ex-hostages remain adamant that they encountered Ahmadinejad during their ordeal.
239 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Case Not Dismissed
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 12:02:33 pm PDT
Andrew C. McCarthy takes a close look at the questions around Iraqi intelligence operative Ahmed Hikmat Shakir, and the strong evidence of his connection to the planning for the 9/11 attacks: Case Not Dismissed. Let’s say we “connection” people have it wrong. Let’s say it somehow turns out that Shakir’s ties ...
234 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Friday Miscellany
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 10:02:54 am PDT
The open thread comes on little cat feet...
530 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Body of Evidence
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 9:32:40 am PDT
Stephen Hayes wrote a book about the links between the Saddam Hussein regime and Al Qaeda terrorists, and today he blasts the mainstream media—who are almost universally deceiving the American public about this important issue: Body of Evidence. “THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that Saddam Hussein was connected in any way to ...
107 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Wiesenthal Center Opposes UCC Resolutions
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 8:55:25 am PDT
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ is considering three disgraceful anti-Israel resolutions over the next five days, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center will be there to challenge the consciences (if consciences they possess) of the UCC delegates: Simon Wiesenthal Center To Urge UCC Delegates To Defeat Anti-Israel ...
411 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
JihadTV Comes to America
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 8:13:04 am PDT
JihadTV is planning a major expansion into the US market, and Variety gives it the “quaint” treatment: English lessons for newsie. (Hat tip: Gregg.) NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera on Thursday started slowly taking the wraps off plans to enter the U.S. market with a round-the-clock English-language version of the Middle East ...
85 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
JihadTV Shelves US Border Film
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 8:06:59 am PDT
JihadTV has temporarily shelved their plan to make a documentary about the porous US-Mexico border, after it was publicized by the Minutemen group: Al-Jazeera shelves US border film. The Arabic TV channel al-Jazeera will not film a report about the US-Mexico border after a civilian border patrol group condemned the idea. The ...
55 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
O'Connor Retiring
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 7:55:42 am PDT
Sandra Day O’Connor is retiring from the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring. O’Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start ...
599 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
Brian Williams Compares Founding Fathers to Iranian Hostage Takers
Fri, Jul 1, 2005 at 7:36:45 am PDT
I’m no longer surprised at the muddled thinking of MSM news anchors, but this statement from NBC’s Brian Williams sets a new standard for knuckleheaded moral equivalence: NBC anchor compares Founders to terrorists. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In his newscast tonight, “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams compared America’s first presidents ...
196 comments |
link
digg | newsvine | reddit | del.icio.us |
email
