LGF Archives: July 2008
Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:29:40 pm PDT
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. — Edmund Burke
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And Now: Electronic Bicycle Shifting
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:23:57 pm PDT
Digital technology is on the brink of radically redefining a technology that has existed with only minor changes for more than a hundred years: Shimano Shuns Cables for Full Electronic Shifting. Japanese parts manufacturer Shimano is launching an electronic shifting system for high-end road bikes that it claims will vastly ...
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Karadzic Defiant in Court
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:20:16 pm PDT
Here’s a Reuters video of alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic’s appearance at the International Court of Justice in the Hague:
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TNR Plays the Godwin Card
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:59:46 pm PDT
At the New Republic, Noam Scheiber compares the McCain “Celeb” advertisement to the work of Leni Riefenstahl. Starring Paris Hilton as Eva Braun?
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Obama: 'I Know I Don't Look Like...'
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:21:02 pm PDT
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis accuses Barack Obama of “playing the race card.” Which he was, of course, just as he has been for quite a while now. This little “joke” was a variation on the line he used in Berlin: “I know that I don’t look like the other Americans ...
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The Alvis Delk Cretaceous Footprint
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:51:39 am PDT
Here’s a thread to discuss the earth-shattering discovery made by amateur archeologist Alvis Delk: Rock-solid proof? Before we conclude that Darwin really was stupid after all, though, see: Paluxy Dinosaur/’Man Track’ controversy.
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McCain, Obama, Spears, Hilton
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:29:35 am PDT
Here’s that new John McCain political advertisement associating Barack Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. The point that Obama is treated as a celebrity is a good one, but the comparison with Spears and Hilton is a little weird. [Video] UPDATE at 7/31/08 10:45:27 am: Obama says this is just another right-wing ...
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Congressman Sherman Turns the Tables on MPAC
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:35:06 am PDT
The radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Public Affairs Council has been trying to get Steven Emerson blocked from giving testimony to the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Nonproliferation, and yesterday Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman let MPAC know that he’s on to them: Congressman Sherman Turns the Tables ...
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Lieberman for Veep?
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:03:29 am PDT
Republican vice presidential rumors are everywhere. Now ABC News is touting Joe Lieberman as a serious possibility.
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:13:08 pm PDT
Garbage is often a source of knowledge. — Stinky Beaumont
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The Candidates on Evolution
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:16:55 pm PDT
At Physics Today, here are the stated opinions of the presidential candidates on six important science-related issues: Where do they stand on science? Six questions for the candidates. On evolution: John McCain on teaching evolution From his 2005 book “Character is Destiny”: “Darwin helped explain nature’s laws. He did not speculate, in his ...
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Tech Note: Ajax and Timers and Tunes, Part 2
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:41:18 pm PDT
After evaluating the impact of our new live updating code for the “Now Playing” section of the left sidebar, I’ve decided to limit the live updates to registered, logged in users. At our normal peak traffic times, with thousands of browsers checking the server at 30 second intervals via Ajax, ...
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Unparalleled
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:45:45 pm PDT
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Shocka: Terrorists Guilty of Human Rights Violations
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:36:17 pm PDT
A bulletin from the Department of the Blindingly Obvious: Study: Both Hamas and Fatah guilty of human rights violations. Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas and Fatah have both carried out serious human rights abuses over the past year, including arbitrary arrests and torture, according to a report on the ...
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Evangelicals Detest Mitt
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:03:32 pm PDT
A lot of people seem to think John McCain’s choices for a running mate have been narrowed down to two: Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty. But right-wing evangelical leaders are vehemently opposed to Romney. Prominent evangelical leaders are warning Sen. John McCain against picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as ...
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Olmert to Resign
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:35:19 am PDT
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that he will not run for reelection, and plans to resign from office. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a special press conference on Wednesday at 8 p.m. where he announced he will not run in the Kadima primary scheduled to take place in ...
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WaPo: President Obama Continues Victory Tour
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:24:35 am PDT
It’s official; the hope-colored blinders have fallen from the eyes of the Washington Post: Dana Milbank - President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour. Barack Obama has long been his party’s presumptive nominee. Now he’s becoming its presumptuous nominee. Fresh from his presidential-style world tour, during which foreign leaders and American generals ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:16:51 am PDT
The act of a deeply dysfunctional society: Saudi religious police ban pet cats and dogs. Saudi Arabia’s religious police have announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets, or walking them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making passes ...
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Former ABC Reporter to Bin Laden: 'You Are Like Teddy Roosevelt'
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:08:05 am PDT
Former ABC correspondent John Miller is testifying in the case of Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Hamdan, and his account of his interview with bin Laden in 1998 is a look at the eagerness of mainstream media to help the enemies of the US: Bin Laden sought U.S. fame in ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:07:20 pm PDT
During our lives we’re faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. — Lance Armstrong
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Inside Professor Obama's Classroom
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:40:43 pm PDT
Want to know what Barack Obama believes? Check out what he taught his students: Inside Professor Obama’s Classroom - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog.
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Was Darwin Stupid?
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:27:21 pm PDT
In 2004, National Geographic ran an excellent piece by David Quammen exploring an important issue: Was Darwin Wrong? Evolution is both a beautiful concept and an important one, more crucial nowadays to human welfare, to medical science, and to our understanding of the world than ever before. It’s also deeply ...
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Hamas Work Accident Watch
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:01:52 pm PDT
A huge blast on the site of an evacuated Jewish settlement turned into a Hamas training camp has injured at least 5 Hamas trainees: Gaza: 5 hurt as blast rocks Hamas camp. A huge blast late Wednesday rocked a training base run by Hamas in southern Gaza, and at least ...
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Zombie: Bush Derangement Bus Arrives in San Francisco
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:01:52 pm PDT
Remember that biodiesel-burning 28-ton tour bus converted into a whacked out (but nicely designed) monument to Bush Derangement Syndrome? Zombie’s latest is an account of the arrival of this insane waste of resources in San Francisco, just in time to cause a scene outside the John McCain campaign fundraiser at the ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:10:16 pm PDT
The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people. — Walter Winchell
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China Installing Spyware in Olympic Hotels
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:02:42 pm PDT
If you plan on visiting Beijing for the Olympics, watch out what you do on the Internet. WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - China has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the major hotel chains serving the 2008 Summer Olympics, a U.S. senator charged on Tuesday. “The Chinese government has put in ...
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Video: The Font Conference
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:32:23 pm PDT
Hilarious. I’m such a font geek I recognized all the names and got all the jokes. From CollegeHumor.
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VDH: Why Do Europeans Love Obama?
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:11:52 pm PDT
Let us count the ways...
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Breaking: Earthquake in LA
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:48:06 am PDT
Just had a rather large earthquake in Los Angeles. Preliminary measurement: 5.8 on the Richter scale, epicenter near Chino Hills...
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Obama's Berlin Bounce: A Short Hop
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:43:10 am PDT
Barack Obama’s polling “bounce” from his overseas extravaganza was very short-lived. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that Barack Obama’s Berlin bounce is gone. Obama now attracts 44% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 47% and McCain 46%. ...
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Obama Released His Own Jerusalem Prayer Note?
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:25:18 am PDT
A lot of people are upset at Israeli newspaper Maariv for violating Barack Obama’s privacy by publishing a prayer note he left at the Western Wall in Jerusalem: Maariv’s publication of Barack Obama’s Western Wall note spurs outrage, boycott. But according to Maariv, the Obama campaign specifically approved the release of ...
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Smuggling Tunnels: They're For the Children
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:22:06 am PDT
Here’s one that will go down in the Annals of Extremely Stupid Propaganda: Gaza smuggling tunnels are for milk, say Palestinians. Palestinian officials from the Gaza Strip have distributed a set of carefully-staged photographs they say are evidence that the smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border are for milk ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:31:37 pm PDT
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. — Thomas Jefferson
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Tunnel
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:39:41 pm PDT
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When Disco Dudes Attack
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:49:27 pm PDT
Bruce Chapman of the Discovery Institute says I made false claims about them, but he doesn’t actually dispute a single fact in my LGF article. I was going to ignore this post at their anti-evolution blog, but on second reading it struck me as a pretty good example of the ...
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Totten: The Bin Ladens of the Balkans
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:22:33 am PDT
Here’s part 2 of a really good piece by Michael Totten on Kosovo, Macedonia, and the insidious influence of Saudi Arabia: The Bin Ladens of the Balkans. (Part 1 is here.)
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Serbian Nationalists Threaten Riots in Support of War Criminal
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:32:11 am PDT
Hardcore Serbian nationalists are threatening to prevent the extradition of alleged mass murderer Radovan Karadzic by force. Hard-line supporters of Serbian mass killer Radovan Karadzic are threatening to bring violent chaos to Belgrade on Tuesday with a huge rally in his support. The former president will probably still be in the ...
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Terror Attack Kills 17 in Turkey
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:26:53 am PDT
The Islamist government of Turkey continues marginalizing the Kemalist secularists, and although no one has claimed responsibility this is probably an Islamist attack to further intimidate the secularists: Istanbul rocked by bomb attacks. Turkey’s political landscape was plunged further into turmoil last night when two bombs exploded in a packed ...
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Overnight Chimp Thread
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:33:54 pm PDT
This chimpanzee knows exactly what that tranquilizer gun is supposed to do, and he doesn’t like it one bit.
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Gallup Poll: Obama 9 Points Ahead
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 5:48:03 pm PDT
The latest Gallup poll shows a significant “bounce” for Barack Obama following his Pseudo-Presidential World Tour: Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 40%.
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Penn and Teller Take on Environmental Hysteria
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 5:05:04 pm PDT
Here’s another good episode of Penn and Teller’s Bullsh*t! (Something tells me this one won’t get the same kind of reaction as their debunking of creationism.)
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Redlasso Halts Blogger Video Service
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 2:44:11 pm PDT
Another move to shut down services used by bloggers, as the mainstream media tries to hang on to control of their content in the digital age: Redlasso halts blogger service amid lawsuit. NEW YORK (Reuters) - News video-sharing site Redlasso said on Friday it will suspend its video search and ...
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Creationism on the Rise in Texas
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:13:28 am PDT
The Texas State Board of Education has begun hearings on teaching the “weaknesses” of evolutionary science—which means, of course, teaching the “strengths” of the creationist flavor of the month, “intelligent design.” And in a creepy real-life inversion of Ben Stein’s “Expelled,” the Texas Education Agency recently fired their Director of Science, ...
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US Lawyer Urges Iran to Sue US Over Nukes
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 9:08:59 am PDT
Loony academic leftist Francis Boyle (last seen at LGF trying to impeach President Bush) has offered to represent the mullahs of Iran if they sue the US in the International Court of Justice. TEHRAN, July 22 (UPI) — A University of Illinois law professor says he has offered to represent ...
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Religion of Peace Kills 46 in India
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:02:05 am PDT
At least 46 people have been murdered in India, and a group of non-Buddhists has claimed responsibility: India on alert after two days of bombings kill 46. NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - India’s major cities were put on high alert on Sunday, with fears of more attacks after at least ...
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Saturday Night Open
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:39:31 pm PDT
Belief in God does not preclude belief in evolution. Belief in evolution does not preclude belief in God. Do not trust those who insist otherwise. — Lao Stinky
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One Third of UK Muslim Students OK with Killing for Islam
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:38:17 pm PDT
This Religion of Peace Moment is brought to you by Muslims attending British universities: Third of Muslim students back killings. ALMOST a third of British Muslim students believe killing in the name of Islam can be justified, according to a poll. The study also found that two in five Muslims ...
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Bad News for Obama
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:51:39 pm PDT
According to the Associated Press, “The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost.”
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Penn and Teller Take on Creationism
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 12:23:56 pm PDT
It’s our favorite libertarian-ish anti-idiotarian magicians, with a whole episode of Bullsh*t! devoted to ... yes ... creationism and its repackaged descendant, “intelligent design.” (Screams and pandemonium ensue.) Featuring footage from the Creation Museum, and interviews with some people whose names are often invoked during the LGF Evolution Wars, including Duane ...
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Apex Predator
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:51:36 am PDT
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The Lightbringer Brings Light to the World
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 9:18:02 am PDT
Never let it be said that the British don’t do sarcasm: He ventured forth to bring light to the world. And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the ...
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Palestinians Eating Their Own
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 8:41:31 am PDT
Hamas and Fatah are killing each other again: Hamas hunts down Fatah rivals after Gaza blast. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas-run security forces stormed across Gaza on Saturday, clashing with rival Palestinian gunmen and arresting dozens of people after a bomb killed five of its senior militants and a little ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:16:41 pm PDT
There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks. — William Shakespeare
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And Now for Some Patty Griffin
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:18:55 pm PDT
Here’s an outstanding version of “When It Don’t Come Easy,” from Patty Griffin’s Impossible Dream. [Video] And by the way, registration is open for a limited time.
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Tech Note: Ajax and Timers and Tunes
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:52:18 pm PDT
The “Now Playing” section of our left sidebar, which is set up to show the music or other weird sounds that are currently playing in iTunes on my machine, now updates in an “almost live” fashion. With Ajax and a Javascript timer, it checks the server every 20 seconds to ...
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Krauthammer: Maliki Votes for Obama
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:59:00 pm PDT
Charles Krauthammer on Maliki’s Vote for Obama. Obama, reflecting the mainstream Democratic view, simply wants to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. Two years ago, it was because the war was lost. Now, we are told, it is to save Afghanistan. The reasons change, but the conclusion is ...
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Unfossilized
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:42:31 am PDT
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Obama Goes to France, Doesn't Speak French
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:43:18 am PDT
Barack Obama is doing a press conference in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and here’s a thread to discuss it ... UPDATE at 7/25/08 9:59:29 am: The presser’s done; how disappointing not to hear Obama attempt a “Merci beaucoup!” for the French media.
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ISNA's Latest Filing Doesn't Deny Ties to Hamas
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:06:43 am PDT
As we’ve noted previously, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has been trying to get the government to remove them from the list of unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, and they’ve hit on a novel method of arguing their case. They’re not denying ties to Hamas ...
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Obama Cancels Trip to Wounded Soldiers
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:05:00 am PDT
Barack Obama canceled a visit to wounded US troops in Germany today, apparently because he wouldn’t be allowed to use the trip as campaign publicity: What’s not on Obama’s schedule... A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:05:54 pm PDT
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. — William Blake
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:33:13 pm PDT
The armor-plated door that guards the LGF registration vault has swung open. If you can make it through the maze of disclaimers and conditions and supply a valid email address, now’s your chance. A cadre of highly brainwashed monitor lizards awaits. New hatchlings are scrutinized. TANSTAAFL. UPDATE at 7/24/08 6:56:18 pm: Now closed with ...
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And Now for Some Tommy Emmanuel
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:16:17 pm PDT
The tune is called “Struttin’.” [Video]
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DNS Attack Code Released
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:38:19 pm PDT
If you think you’ve had a tough week, imagine what some system administrators at major ISPs and network operations centers are going through to patch millions of DNS servers against this undetectable “phishing” attack. Dan Kaminsky’s blog has a tool that does a quick check to tell you if the DNS ...
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Bin Laden's Driver Heard Him Gloating Over 9/11 Death Toll
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:40:57 pm PDT
Some interesting testimony from an FBI interrogator in the trial of Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan. GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 23 — Osama bin Laden’s driver witnessed the al-Qaeda leader being briefed on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and overheard him express satisfaction that the ...
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Rare Complete Dinosaur Skeleton Discovered
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:32:43 pm PDT
A team of Japanese and Mongolian researchers announced a rare find today: a very well-preserved complete fossilized skeleton of a young dinosaur known as a Tarbosaurus, discovered two years ago in the Gobi desert. This type of theropod lived about 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period, and was ...
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CAIR Spokesman Lies About Unindicted Co-Conspirator Wahhaj
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:40:10 pm PDT
Ibrahim Hooper of the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself CAIR was just on Fox News, discussing the issue of Imam Siraj Wahhaj and his involvement in a pro-Islam subway advertising campaign in New York. Hooper denied that Siraj Wahhaj was an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center attacks. ...
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Pournelle on the Deteriorating Situation in Turkey
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:51:05 am PDT
Jerry Pournelle has some interesting (if not very reassuring) comments on the dangerous situation in Turkey. (Hat tip: Insta P.)
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Obama Speaks in Front of Berlin Monument
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:07:37 am PDT
Barack Obama’s speech in front of Berlin’s Victory Column is about to begin. Here’s an open thread for it; the crowd looks enormous. The history of the Victory Column makes it a rather peculiar choice for this speech. The Victory Column originally stood in Königsplatz (now Platz der Republik), at the ...
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Vermont Cable System Renews Contract for Jihad TV
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:02:33 am PDT
Despite the depraved content of the Arabic version of Al Jazeera, which openly supports terrorism, the municipally-owned cable system in Burlington, Vermont will continue to carry the slicked-up, sanitized English version: Vermont Cable System To Continue Carrying Al Jazeera English. In a press release, Burlington Telecom said it was not ...
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Phillips: Swooning over Princess Obama
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:29:20 am PDT
Melanie Phillips on the perfect fantasy politician: Swooning over Princess Obama. On both sides of the Atlantic the media are swooning over him. Like Berlin and Paris, he is expected to receive a rapturous reception here. Labour MPs are urging Gordon Brown to emulate him, while a third of Tory MPs ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:27:04 pm PDT
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. — Alexandre Dumas
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The Creation Museum
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:10:21 pm PDT
Before we get to the real point of this post, here’s some background information on the Creation Museum in Kentucky: The Creation Museum is a 60,000 square foot museum in the United States designed to promote young Earth creationism. The museum presents an account of the origins of the universe, ...
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Holocaust Denial at YouTube
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:35:40 pm PDT
Jihad videos? Yep, YouTube’s got ’em. Crackpot 9/11 Troofers? Yep, YouTube’s got ’em. Lots of ’em. Holocaust deniers? YouTube - RevisionistsRus’s Videos.
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Another Soon-To-Be-Nuanced Statement from Obama
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:13:30 pm PDT
John at Power Line notices another in a seemingly endless series of gaffes from the Naive Messiah: The Fine Line Between Pandering and Lying. Obama continued: Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don’t have to just look at my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this ...
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Coexisting
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:41:36 am PDT
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Video: Al Jazeera Throws Party for Child Killer
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:07:22 am PDT
This depraved show alone should prevent Al Jazeera from ever being picked up by US cable channels, as the Arab “news network” throws a birthday party for released terrorist Samir Kuntar—who shot a child’s father in front of her, then bashed the little girl’s brains out with a rifle butt. It’s ...
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Discussion: A Veep for McCain?
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:46:03 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for a specific topic: who do you think would be the best Vice President for John McCain? I have to admit it’s difficult for me to get excited about any of the names currently being tossed into the ring. Maybe it’s time for a surge ...
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Obama's Israel Okey-Doke
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:16:27 am PDT
Barack Obama is in Israel, telling everybody what he thinks they want to hear—except the journalists he continues to shun: Obama: I’m here to reaffirm special US-Israel relationship. After a series of meetings with Israeli officials and a visit to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, US presidential contender Senator Barack ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:11:25 pm PDT
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. — Elias Canetti
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And Now for Some Don Ross
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:30:49 pm PDT
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Terror-Linked Subway Imam Promotes Islamic Creationism
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:04:40 pm PDT
As we noted yesterday, Imam Siraj Wahhaj (named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing) is planning a series of subway train advertisements in Manhattan—during September—proselytizing for Islam. The organization behind this effort runs the web site whyislam.org, and featured prominently on their homepage we find: The ...
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Video: Cdesign Proponentsists
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:35:18 pm PDT
An interesting presentation from the National Center for Science Education on the part they played in the Dover School District creationism case, and their analysis of differing drafts of the creationist textbook Of Pandas and People. The smoking gun moment was when they discovered the nonsense words “cdesign proponentsists” in ...
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Karadzic Arrested, Was Disguised As Doctor
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:54:46 am PDT
Serbian nationalist Radovan Karadzic, one of the most wanted men in Europe, has been arrested in Belgrade working as a doctor. “Karadzic used false documents with the name Dragan Dabic,” said Rasim Ljajic, the minister in charge of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He had ...
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Obama Photo of the Day
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:02:00 am PDT
As Barack Obama prepares to visit the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, a Palestinian artist sketches Obama among his other portraits of Jesus, “martyred” Hamas terrorist Abdel Aziz Rantisi (“The Pediatrician of Death”), and Che Guevara. With a peace dove, of course. You couldn’t make this up. (Hat tip: Killgore.) UPDATE ...
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Obama to Reporters in Mideast: Don't Wear Green
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:32:39 am PDT
Barack Obama is afraid. When he or his wife give speeches in the United States, the staff makes sure there are plenty of white people visible, because he’s scared of creating the impression that only black people support him. He prevents Muslim women wearing headscarves from sitting behind him, though, because he’s ...
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Obama Combines Flip with Flop
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:54:26 am PDT
Barack Obama sees “an enormous improvement” in Iraq, but he’s still, you know, opposed to the surge. Welcome to the new Democratic Party, in which it’s possible to advocate two completely contradictory concepts at the same time, and pretend you don’t even notice the massive cognitive dissonance: Obama: If I had ...
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Another Palestinian Bulldozer Attack in Jerusalem
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:01:08 am PDT
Another Palestinian ran amok with a bulldozer (actually a front loader) in Jerusalem today, near the hotel where Barack Obama plans to stay: Sixteen wounded in copycat bulldozer attack in Jerusalem. Sixteen people were wounded, one of them moderately, as a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in central Jerusalem ...
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A Rathergate Movie?
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:39:52 pm PDT
If they’re really going to make a movie about the Rathergate scandal, and base it on the ludicrous book by moonbat pseudo-journalist Mary Mapes, it’s going to be a bad joke. The Media Mob has learned that a team of Hollywood insiders is currently working on a screen adaptation of ...
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David Irving Spreads Holocaust Denial in US
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:30:20 pm PDT
No one seems to be asking the important question: who’s responsible for letting scumbag Holocaust denier David Irving give a speech at a Catholic church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan? Upper East Side Church Hosts a Holocaust Denier. A Holocaust-denying historian appeared this month at an Upper East ...
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Hitchens: The Blind Salamander
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:03:55 pm PDT
Christopher Hitchens (yes, everyone knows he’s an unabashed atheist) makes an excellent point about a certain species of cave-dwelling salamander, related to a topic that keeps showing up in The LGF Creationism Cage Match—the evolution of the eye: How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists’ claims. Or in this case, the ...
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Pat Condell: Islam is Not a Victim
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:35:19 pm PDT
“But let’s not be too negative here. Occasionally, just occasionally, a small oasis of sanity does emerge from this desert of bollock-brained Islamic appeasement.” [Video]
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Monday Afternoon Open
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:26:37 pm PDT
A clean tie attracts the soup of the day. — Paul Dickson
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Terror-Linked Imam Promoting Subway Ads in New York
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:20:40 am PDT
Now this is bold. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is planning a barrage of subway train advertisements in Manhattan—during September—proselytizing for Islam: Muslim Subway Ads Linked to Terror Plots. An Islamic group plans to blitz 1,000 subway cars with advertisements ...
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New York Times Rejects McCain Op-Ed
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:09:00 am PDT
Another title for this one might be “Jawdropper of the Day.” At Drudge: NYT REJECTS MCCAIN’S EDITORIAL; SHOULD ‘MIRROR’ OBAMA Mon Jul 21 2008 12:00:25 ET An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES — less than a week after the paper published an ...
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McClatchy's Jerusalem Head: Kickin' It With a Child Killer
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:52:26 am PDT
I’ve never seen a better demonstration of the mainstream media’s collusion with terrorists and murderers than this post at the blog of McClatchy Newspapers Jerusalem bureau chief Dion Nissenbaum: Kickin’ it with Samir Kuntar. What the hell is wrong with these people? Samir Kuntar is sitting under a photo of himself ...
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Top Obama Fund-Raiser Had Ties to Failed Bank
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:37:08 am PDT
I hope there’s still some room left under the Obama campaign’s bus: A Top Obama Fund-Raiser Had Ties to Failed Bank. For the Pritzker family of Chicago, the 2001 collapse of subprime-mortgage lender Superior Bank was an embarrassing failure in a corner of their giant business empire. Billionaire Penny Pritzker helped ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:55:58 pm PDT
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it. — Walter Winchell
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Just Another Blatantly Antisemitic Post at the Obama Blog Site, That's All
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 6:38:00 pm PDT
Anyone over at the official “Community Blogs” site of the Barack Obama campaign see anything wrong with this? (Posted for 24 hours now...) Sorry for the hate speech, but it’s not mine. It’s posted on the official web site of a Democratic presidential candidate. Barack Obama | THE FUTURE IS NOW: They ...
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New Yorker: Darwin's Surprise
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:19:10 pm PDT
Here’s a mind-expanding article by Michael Specter that appeared in The New Yorker last December, on a discovery about the way viruses infiltrate human cells and affect the coding of human DNA. The Human Genome Project has shown that our DNA contains many traces of extinct retroviruses that copied themselves ...
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Shock and Awe and KFC
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:55:01 pm PDT
If you get a craving for some yardbird, extra crispy, and you happen to be in Fallujah, you’re covered: Kentucky Fried Chicken Sizzles in Fallujah.
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Parking Place
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:03:13 pm PDT
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Not Quite a Global Warming Flip-Flop
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:01:41 pm PDT
To mix a metaphor, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop before jumping on the bandwagon. I’m referring to the paper submitted to the American Physical Society by Christopher Monckton, claiming that the IPCC’s estimate of the Earth’s climate sensitivity (the amount of warming that occurs as CO2 ...
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Mossad Helped in FARC Hostage Rescue?
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:34:59 pm PDT
The story apparently originates in a Spanish newspaper, then was filtered through AFP, so take it with a few grams of sodium iodide: ’Mossad helped release Betancourt’. According to Vanguardia, Israel, France and the US participated in the operation for different reasons: France because of Betancourt’s half-French nationality, the US ...
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Obama Shunning Foreign Media
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:09:03 pm PDT
Christoph von Marschall of Germany’s Der Tagesspiegel says the Barack Obama campaign has been making sure Obama doesn’t have to answer any real questions from the international media: Snubbed by Obama. Barack Obama is on his way to Europe, where an adoring public awaits. But I wonder if the reception ...
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Guardian Columnist Praises Terror Groups, Barack Obama
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:34:47 am PDT
Guardian useful idiot Charles Harb lavishes praise on terrorist groups Hizballah and Hamas, and looks forward to the election of Barack Obama: Charles Harb: Hizbullah’s steadfast resitance [sic] to Israel has paid off. For some reason, Harb seems to believe Obama will be as friendly to the mass murderers as he ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:23:24 pm PDT
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. — Zen Proverb
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The Eyes Have It
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:44:05 pm PDT
Here’s a video presentation from the National Center for Science Education on a topic that has come up over and over in the LGF Evolution Wars: the creationist contention that the human eye is so complicated it could not possibly have evolved through natural selection, and is therefore evidence of ...
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Jesse Jackson Conveyed Hizballah Propaganda to Murdered Soldiers' Families
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 3:37:18 pm PDT
News from the past: In August 2006 Jesse Jackson went to Lebanon, had meetings with the terrorist group Hizballah, then stopped over in Israel to tell the families of those two IDF soldiers whose mutilated bodies were returned to Israel last week that their loved ones were still alive. The families ...
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Fatah Representatives Celebrate Mass Murderer
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:40:50 pm PDT
It’s like a death cult version of The View, as Palestinian Legislative Council members Jihad Abu Zneid and Najat Abu Bakr are interviewed on official Palestinian Authority television, celebrating the release of the remains of female mass murderer Dalal Mughrabi and reminiscing about the glory days of Palestinian terrorism. (Courtesy ...
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What's Your News IQ?
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:32:18 am PDT
I’m not usually a big fan of these online quiz thingies, but the Pew Research Center has one that’s actually kind of interesting: The Pew News IQ Quiz. Not to brag, but I aced it. (Hat tip: Killgore.)
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Wall to Wall Coverage for Obama
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:51:13 am PDT
The mainstream media are slobbering all over Barack Obama’s overseas dog and pony show, with a barrage of uncritical coverage and shameless partisan promotion. He’s in Afghanistan now, to pretend that he’s learning something about the war there: Barack Obama lands in Afghanistan on first leg of world tour. Obama’s ...
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Israel Arrests Palestinians in Bush Assassination Plot
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:02:24 am PDT
Six Arabs have been arrested in Israel for plotting to murder President Bush. Israel today accused six Arabs of trying to set up an al-Qaeda cell within the country and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President Bush. Israel’s Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said ...
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Onion Zings Media for Obama Coverage
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:45:35 pm PDT
I know I posted an overnight thread already, but this is too good to pass up: ’Time’ Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece. NEW YORK—Hailed by media critics as the fluffiest, most toothless, and softest-hitting coverage of the presidential candidate to date, a story in this week’s Time magazine is being ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:35:50 pm PDT
Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs. — Ludwig Von Mises
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Hentoff Disillusioned
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:15:10 pm PDT
Of all the Village Voice socialists, Nat Hentoff has always seemed the most intellectually honest, and the most willing to critically examine the received leftist wisdom. And now he’s disillusioned about Barack Obama. During my more than 60 years of covering national politics, I have never seen a candidate’s principles ...
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Obama: 'The Bomb That Fell on Pearl Harbor'
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 6:15:42 pm PDT
An astounding gaffe from Barack Obama, who grew up in Hawaii but apparently never learned the history of the attack on Pearl Harbor: Obama Ignorance Watch. Throughout our history, America’s confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that ...
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AP Snuff Film Photographer Detained
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:38:45 pm PDT
That Associated Press photographer who tagged along with the Taliban on a mission to slaughter two helpless women, and took photos and video as they were murdered, was detained briefly by Afghan authorities and has issued a series of ludicrous excuses. It sounds very much like this guy was coached ...
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And Now for the Drunken Landlady
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:13:35 pm PDT
Some amazing chromatic harmonica playing from Brendan Power: “The Drunken Landlady.” [Video]
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Krauthammer on Intelligent Design: Phony Theory, False Conflict
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:02:28 pm PDT
I was browsing through Charles Krauthammer’s columns today, and discovered this excellent piece on the Kitzmiller case, and the pseudo-scientific claptrap promoted by the Discovery Institute: Phony Theory, False Conflict. Let’s be clear. Intelligent design may be interesting as theology, but as science it is a fraud. It is a ...
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Friday Afternoon Open
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:57:08 am PDT
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. — Arthur C. Clarke
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Fark.com Gets Even Dumber
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:04:15 am PDT
Possibly the stupidest thread ever at Fark.com, and that’s really saying something: FARK.com: Barack Obama refuses to release the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all of his former law clients even though major conservative blogs are demanding this sensitive information be given to them. The title, by the way, is ...
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Obama: Hoist By His Own Petard
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:59:37 am PDT
The McCain campaign has a powerful new advertisement focusing on Barack Obama’s continually changing positions on Iraq, consisting of nothing but Obama’s own statements: The Obama Iraq Documentary.
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Krauthammer: The Audacity of Vanity
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:44:04 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer, as usual, hits the nail precisely on the head: The Audacity of Vanity. Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way ...
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War on the Horizon
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:58:51 am PDT
Coming soon: a replay of the last Lebanon War. And the sequel will be much more devastating—on both sides: Hizbullah moves into ‘every town’. Hizbullah is bolstering its presence in south Lebanon villages with non-Shi’ite majorities by buying land and using it to build military positions and store missiles and ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:44:55 pm PDT
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. — Dan Quayle
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Louvre to Open 'Islamic Wing'
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:42:03 pm PDT
A giant glass Muslim headscarf in the heart of Paris.
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Audio: The Discovery Institute Collaborates with Turkish Creationists
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:49:59 pm PDT
Last year CBC radio had a segment devoted to Islamic creationism in Turkey, with some amazing revelations: * The Institute for Creation Research has been heavily involved with Turkish creationists for years, supplying propaganda and teaching materials and DVDs, to the point where Turkey’s school system has purged the teaching of ...
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Let's Get Rid of Darwinism
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:59:07 pm PDT
I agree with Olivia Judson; it’s long past time to get rid of Darwinism. I’d like to abolish the insidious terms Darwinism, Darwinist and Darwinian. They suggest a false narrowness to the field of modern evolutionary biology, as though it was the brainchild of a single person 150 years ago, ...
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Obama's Furious Whine
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:23:11 pm PDT
Barack Obama’s wife Michelle has been campaigning with him, giving speeches (and making gaffes) and basically acting like what she is—very much an equal partner in the decision-making process. But Barack continues to whine about criticism directed at his wife, as if she should be off limits no matter what ...
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Another TdF Rider Caught Doping
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:39:48 pm PDT
It’s becoming a daily occurrence: VeloNews | Riccardo Ricco tests positive; Saunier Duval team withdraws from Tour de France. French anti-doping authorities and Saunier Duval team officials confirmed Thursday that Italian climbing sensation Ricardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) has tested positive for a new form of the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO). Informed ...
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Obama the Cypher
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:52:35 am PDT
Jim Geraghty: “Does it bother anyone that a guy with political ambitions for his entire adult life has not left a paper trail?” From the Chicago Sun-Times article on grants distributed by then-state-legislator Barack Obama. (Records from 1997 to 2000 weren’t available.) There’s a shock. His state legislative office records may ...
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US Soldiers Want to Leave Iraq
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:42:21 am PDT
Because it’s boring. They’d rather be in Afghanistan: Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan. The relative calm is apparent in Baghdad’s Ghazaliyah neighborhood, patrolled by troops stationed at Maverick from the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Instead of facing gunfire and roadside ...
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UN Peacekeepers Salute Imad Mughniyeh, Dead Terrorists
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:58:06 am PDT
United Nations “peacekeepers” stand and salute the remains of Hizballah terrorists on a truck decorated with a photograph of Imad Mughniyeh, mastermind of the Marine barracks bombing that killed hundreds of US citizens.
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Hamas Kids Sentence Jew-Eating Rabbit to Amputation
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:17:31 am PDT
That’s one of the more disturbing headlines I’ve written, but it’s completely accurate to describe this utterly depraved Hamas TV show, in which Assud the giant Jew-eating rabbit is tempted by Satan to steal and then is sentenced by ghoulish child host Saraa to have his hand chopped off. The wonders ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:00:00 am PDT
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It’s cheaper. — Quentin Crisp
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Washington Post Goes Off the Obama Reservation
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:29:25 pm PDT
A surprising editorial at the Washington Post actually notices that Barack Obama’s Iraq policy is, and I quote, “irrational.” BARACK OBAMA yesterday accused President Bush and Sen. John McCain of rigidity on Iraq: “They said we couldn’t leave when violence was up, they say we can’t leave when violence is ...
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More Letters to the Lizardoid
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:17:49 pm PDT
Since the “We Got Mail” posts usually feature people who hate me, here’s a change of pace: a few of the emails I’ve received supporting my position on the “intelligent design” con artists. Just wanted to send a thanks for representing conservatives who are not creationists, or at least conservatives ...
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Pat Buchanan: 'Intelligent Design' Advocate
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:48:15 pm PDT
When he isn’t writing antisemitic articles blaming high gas prices on Israel and AIPAC, or revisionist history defending Hitler’s invasion of Poland, or appearing on neo-Nazi radio shows, Pat Buchanan likes to attack the theory of evolution: Darwin’s Pyrrhic Victory by Pat Buchanan. Darwinism claims, for example, that matter evolved ...
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We Got Mail (From a Creationist Racist)
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:22:55 pm PDT
Following our post this morning about the neo-Nazi radio show Political Cesspool, a reader in Toms River, New Jersey, used our contact form to send this note: Thanks for the awesome new site.It has guts which your site has been severely lacking lately.I guess writing from a Euro perspective makes ...
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CNN Whitewashes Monstrous Palestinian Child Abuse Video
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:08:53 pm PDT
Here’s another mind-boggling example of CNN’s bias, as they show a horrific video of the indoctrination of 5-year old Palestinian children into terrorism—and clip out the worst part. Here’s the CNN report, and here’s the full video of this depraved event: [Video] Second Draft has the full story behind the video, and CNN’s ...
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Another TdF Rider Caught Doping
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:31:14 pm PDT
Congratulations to Australia’s Cadel Evans for holding on to the leader’s yellow jersey, but I have to admit that my enjoyment of the Tour de France has been pretty much destroyed by the continuing drug scandals: Second rider tests positive at Tour. Barloworld’s Moises Duenas has been pulled from the ...
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Now Obama is Promising to Get Rid of All Nuclear Weapons
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:07:46 pm PDT
Barack Obama has a plan to get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the world. He’s going to achieve this amazing feat by making sure the US adheres to nonproliferation treaties. Two goals of his administration would be to secure all loose nuclear material during his first term and to ...
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From Murderous Jihad Warrior to Sobbing Crybaby
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:30:18 am PDT
Here’s the video of Omar Khadr, the Islamic terrorist captured on a battlefield in Afghanistan after throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier, sobbing and weeping and feeling sorry for himself. The left is going insane over this videotape, of course, and ignoring that this young man is a murderer, ...
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Neo-Nazis Heart Pat Buchanan
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:12:17 am PDT
The racist swine at the web site of neo-Nazi radio show The Political Cesspool are big supporters of Pat Buchanan: Why I love Pat Buchanan. Warning: before you click the link, be aware that the Political Cesspool site is full of blatant racism and obsessive hatred. Also see: Vlaams Belang and the US ...
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Islamic Saudi Academy Teaching Hatred, Sharia
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:53:49 am PDT
The Washington Post follows up on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, Virginia, and discovers that the textbooks used in the school were still promoting jihad and the hatred of infidels as recently as 2006: Review Finds Slurs In ‘06 Saudi Texts. A Saudi-funded academy in Fairfax County used textbooks ...
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A Hero's Welcome in Lebanon for a Child Killer
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:44:09 am PDT
Israel’s horrifyingly bad decision to swap the remains of two Israeli soldiers for a savage child-murdering terrorist has been carried out. And the child killer will receive a hero’s welcome in Lebanon. Samir Kuntar and four other Lebanese prisoners will receive an official state welcoming when they are released by Israel. The ...
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World Court Orders US
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:30:04 am PDT
Fresh from their absurd botching of the case against Slobodan Milosevic, the World Kangaroo Court is now ordering the United States to delay death sentences for five Mexicans—including one convicted of the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls: World Court: U.S. must delay Mexican death sentences. THE HAGUE ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:00:00 am PDT
No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly. — Michael Eyquen de Montaigne
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IslamOnline: Why Muslims Should Support Intelligent Design
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:44:38 pm PDT
When they aren’t busy praising Osama bin Laden or applauding Hamas for murdering Jews, the Wahhabi propaganda site IslamOnline is fully on board with the Discovery Institute and their “intelligent design” hoax: Why Muslims Should Support Intelligent Design. Intellectual Muslims, fed up with the pathological anti-Western hatred of the radicals ...
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Rescuing Hostages is Now a 'War Crime'
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:18:31 pm PDT
CNN breathlessly reports that the Colombian military committed “war crimes” in their rescue of 15 hostages, because one rescuer may have worn the emblem of the Red Cross: Colombian military used Red Cross emblem in rescue - CNN.com. BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) — Colombian military intelligence used the Red Cross emblem ...
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Obama Parrots CAIR Propaganda
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:06:56 pm PDT
That’s right; Barack Obama and the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations are on exactly the same page: Obama says New Yorker insulted Muslim Americans. CHICAGO - Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine’s satirical cover depicting him and his ...
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Zombie: The Real Meaning of the Al-Haramain Surveillance Hearing
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:42:21 pm PDT
The undead creature calling itself “zombie” has updated its post on the Al-Haramain Surveillance Hearing, and if you were confused by the mainstream media’s spin on the issue I highly recommend reading this to become un-confused.
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Turkish Creationists Turned Away By Israeli Academia
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:00:13 pm PDT
In Israel, Hebrew University canceled a “reconciliation conference” with a group of Turkish Muslim “scholars” when they learned that the Turks planned to include anti-evolution propaganda. Notice the deceptive tactics, very reminiscent of the work of the Discovery Institute. They don’t mention the name of the Muslim organization, but it sounds ...
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Flying Imams Want US Airways Security Information
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:36:40 pm PDT
The trial of the infamous “flying imams” is in the discovery phase, and Douglas Bass has a report from the courtroom, where the attorney for the imams (a CAIR-NY operative) is demanding that US Airways divulge information on airline security procedures. Yes, really: Flying Imams - Don’t Make Us, Your Honor, ...
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An Open Letter to Townhall.com
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:06:31 pm PDT
A letter to the editors of Townhall.com, from LGF reader Ross Kennedy: ———————— Townhall: While I typically appreciate the trenchant analysis offered by some of your authors and contributors, I will not stand for Pat Buchanan accusing Israel and their “Fifth Column” of “seek[ing] to stampede us into war with Iran.” This kind ...
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Israel to Release Child Killer Tomorrow
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:38:47 am PDT
I believe this is the first time Israel has released an Arab terrorist with actual blood on his hands—an unrepentant child killer—in exchange for two soldiers who are already dead: Israel, Hezbollah to Swap Prisoners on Wed. The Israeli government said it will swap prisoners with the Lebanese guerrilla group ...
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Buchanan Blames Israel and AIPAC for High Gas Prices
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:10:41 am PDT
Townhall.com should be ashamed of themselves for giving this creep a podium to spew his antisemitism: Patrick J. Buchanan :: Townhall.com :: A Phony Crisis — and a Real One. These ugly articles by Buchanan are why I’ve removed Townhall.com from our news sources. UPDATE at 7/15/08 10:49:51 am: If you'd like to ...
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An Assassination Plot Against Tony Blair
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:36:21 am PDT
Tony Blair canceled a trip to Gaza today, after Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence service uncovered an assassination plot. GAZA CITY (AFP) - International Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair cancelled what would have been his first trip to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday because of a security threat, his ...
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McCain's Talking
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:08:39 am PDT
John McCain will now respond to Barack Obama’s ludicrous, intensely leftist foreign policy speech.
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Obama's Talking
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:48:20 am PDT
I think I just heard him say again that he’s going to invade Pakistan, while at the same time disarming America. Good trick! Here’s a thread to discuss his speech, now being broadcast. $15 billion a year in alternative energy programs.
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The Source of the Iranian Fauxtograph
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:36:01 am PDT
Media Backspin has some information on Iran’s SEPAH news network, responsible for floating that faked missile launch photograph to Western news sources.
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Overnight Open Thread
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:23:27 pm PDT
Knowledge is power. — Francis Bacon
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Obama to Meet with Fatah
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:08:22 pm PDT
Barack Obama is going to meet with Fatah. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the West Bank next week as part of a swing through the Middle East, a Palestinian official said Monday, giving an important diplomatic boost to the Palestinians at a sensitive time in peace talks. The Palestinians ...
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Discovery Institute Shill Strikes Out
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:19:43 pm PDT
Note to Discovery Institute shill Casey Luskin: To prevent future embarrassment when “critiquing” scientific papers, please look up the words you don’t understand. The word “eponymous” means “named after.” Missing The Wrist. A couple weeks ago Louisiana passed a new science education act that promotes “critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and ...
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NYT: Keep It On the Down Low
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:58:37 pm PDT
New York Times “standards editor” Craig Whitney warns the staff not to let their true feelings show: The Times is No Place for ‘Funny, Bittersweet, or Just Bitter or Idiotic’ Political Bumper Stickers. On a recent road trip, I found numerous funny, bittersweet, or just bitter or idiotic political bumper ...
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No Values Voters Appallingly Disenfranchised
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:47:46 pm PDT
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Huckabee to Host a Fox News Show?
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:11:45 pm PDT
Fox News is getting ready to give Mike Huckabee his own show. I hear Pat Buchanan is free, too. And Ron Paul needs some more exposure.
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First Impressions of iPhone 3G
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:19:11 pm PDT
TidBITS has an interesting review of the iPhone 3G: First Impressions of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0.
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Monday Afternoon Open
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:18:42 pm PDT
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil. — Benjamin Disraeli
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Ahmadinejad Headed to New York Again
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:30:52 pm PDT
At Drudge: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on state television that he would again go to New York to attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly session. It will be Ahmadinejad’s third trip to New York since his presidency in August 2005. Well, there’s an opportunity for Barack Obama to ...
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AP Photographer Takes Pictures As Taliban Murder Women
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:09:55 am PDT
An Associated Press photographer embedded with the Taliban stood by and snapped pictures as they brutally murdered two women. One of the more sickening tales of media malfeasance yet. AP Photo by Rahmatullah Naikzad - Daylife AP Photo by Rahmatullah Naikzad - Daylife
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Obama: 9/11 Was 'A Failure of Empathy'
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:01:38 am PDT
Eight days after the atrocities of September 11, 2001, Barack Obama wrote a piece for the Hyde Park Herald—and blamed the attacks on “a failure of empathy.” Even as I hope for some measure of peace and comfort to the bereaved families, I must also hope that we as a ...
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British Muslims Plead Guilty in Transatlantic Terror Plot
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:30:14 am PDT
Three of the eight British Muslims accused of plotting to blow up airliners on transatlantic flights have pleaded guilty. LONDON (AFP) - Three British men accused of plotting suicide attacks on transatlantic flights on Monday pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause explosions. The pleas of Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, Assad Sarwar, ...
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New Yorker Cover: Clever or Stupid?
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:05:33 am PDT
The July 21 edition of New Yorker magazine features this lovely image on its cover: The cover is obviously a moonbat parody of what they think are right-wing ideas about their messiah. But they got so meta with it, they ended up wrapping around and making themselves look stupid. But not quite ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:45:48 pm PDT
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. — James Thurber
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Muslim Creationism on the Rise in Europe
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:38:15 pm PDT
The New Humanist has an article on the Islamic creationist group led by Turkish kook Harun Yahya (nee Adnan Oktar), and their mysteriously well-funded efforts to promote the anti-science agenda in Europe: Western front. Examples cited of a growing creationist influence ranged from subtle downgrading of evolution in science education ...
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Letter to the Lizardoid
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:50:16 pm PDT
I’m sure my more fanatical detractors won’t like it, but I’ve received dozens of emails like this one recently, voicing support for my posts on evolution and creationism: Hi Charles, I am a regular reader but not a member. I just wanted to thank you so much for your posts about ...
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A Crisis in Islam?
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:00:51 pm PDT
An extraordinary letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen, from a Muslim in North York: A crisis in Islam. When the non-Muslim world says with clear conviction that Islam propagates extremism, Muslims all around the world, even the terrorists, cry foul and declare that they are maligning Islam. But is ...
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LA Times Approves Vicious Comments About Tony Snow
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:52:30 pm PDT
Patterico has been following the vile comments that are being approved for posting at the LA Times about Tony Snow: More Viciousness at the L.A. Times About Tony Snow. Here’s the LA Times comment thread for Tony Snow’s obituary. Warning; it’s disgusting beyond belief. And note: comments at the LA Times do ...
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Obama's Jerusalem Flip-Flop Now Complete
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:46:01 pm PDT
Yet another major policy reversal for Barack Obama, and again he’s blaming it on “poor phrasing.” He’s very obviously giving in to the enormous pressure from pro-Palestinian groups. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Sunday he used “poor phrasing” in a speech supporting Jerusalem as the ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:03:56 pm PDT
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. — Oscar Wilde
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American Kids Learning Jihad in Pakistan
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:54:16 am PDT
You may have seen reports on Fox News about the American children being indoctrinated into fundamentalist Islam in Pakistani madrassas; here’s the trailer for the film Karachi Kids. [Video] The official web site is here: Karachi Kids Documentary Website. Also see: Jihad Watch: Returning madrassa student: ‘Not one Jew died [on 9/11]. That is ...
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US: Facts Tie Muslim Groups to Hamas
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:54:42 am PDT
Federal prosecutors in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial are rejecting the claims of radical Islamic front groups ISNA and NAIT that they were unfairly listed as unindicted co-conspirators in the case: U.S.: Facts Tie Muslim Groups To Hamas Front Case. In a filing yesterday in federal court in ...
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Hatred for Tony Snow on CNN Site
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:44:21 am PDT
Several readers emailed about the disgusting and disgraceful posts at CNN’s iReport web site about Tony Snow; here’s an index: Tony Snow remembered: News & Videos about Tony Snow remembered - iReport.com. Click on any of the links to see a deluge of hatred and ugliness. Stay classy, CNN.
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Overnight Open Thread
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 9:48:32 pm PDT
One eare it heard, at the other out it went. — Geoffrey Chaucer
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LGF on Tammy Bruce
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 5:13:43 pm PDT
I’m scheduled to be on the Tammy Bruce radio show at 5:30 pm Pacific...
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Evolution in Action: The Picasso Fish
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 3:45:10 pm PDT
While researching a dissertation on the diversity of teleosts (a group of fish species that includes flounder and other flatfish), University of Chicago grad student Matt Friedman discovered some excellent examples of “transitional” fossils—fossils that show one species evolving into another. Carl Zimmer has a good article on Friedman’s findings: ...
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The Return of the Blimp
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:36:17 pm PDT
Ron Paul’s legions of devoted followers (well, a couple thousand, anyway) turned out in Washington DC today to demonstrate for ... something. I’m not sure what. The Ron Paul Revolution in full swing. Thankfully, they brought along an iconic mini-blimp.
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:26:43 pm PDT
It’s a hard life Such a hard life, it’s a hard little world Some are winners, some are losers Here in our little world But you’d sell out, beg, borrow, steal, Move mountains, if it was your own It was your own When it’s your own pretty baby — Todd Rundgren
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DNS Cache Poisoning Attacks?
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 9:04:21 am PDT
I’ve received several emails this morning from readers in Britain who are being redirected to a bogus “virus checking” site when they try to visit LGF. The problem is not with LGF; if this is happening to you, it’s very likely that your ISP did not promptly patch their DNS ...
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RIP, Tony Snow
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:59:36 am PDT
It’s a sad morning; Tony Snow has passed away at the age of 53. Rest in peace, Tony. I almost hate to point it out, but the Daily Kos subhumans are celebrating, of course: Daily Kos: Tony Snow MORE IMPORTANT than Dead Soldiers. UPDATE at 7/12/08 9:39:30 am: At the center of left-wing ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:52:42 pm PDT
We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Pat Buchanan on Laura Ingraham
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 6:54:16 pm PDT
This morning, Laura Ingraham respectfully interviewed Pat Buchanan. She didn’t ask old Pat about his recent appearance on a notorious neo-Nazi radio show that has previously hosted some of the most foul white supremacists in America. For example, David Duke. Hey, Laura. What’s up with that?
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Judge Orders Islamic Jihad Terrorist Freed on Bond
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:42:25 pm PDT
Judge Leonie Brinkema, last seen presiding over the farcical trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, has now ordered that Islamic Jihad kingpin Sami Al-Arian be freed on bond. ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal judge is overruling government objections and has ordered free on bond a former professor who has been in custody ...
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Apple's Epic Fail
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:39:21 pm PDT
Today’s launch of the iPhone 3G didn’t exactly go as planned; Apple’s iTunes servers apparently couldn’t handle the gigantic traffic surge and many customers left stores without being able to activate their new objects of technolust: iPhone glitches derail Apple’s launch event magic. Good thing I decided not to go stand ...
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More Iranian Fauxtography Discovered
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:12:07 pm PDT
(Hat tip: Fluffster.) UPDATE at 7/11/08 1:54:59 pm: Also see: Attack of the Photoshopped Missiles (Updated).
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Shocka: Tour De France Rider Caught Doping
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:35:37 pm PDT
Here we go again: Tour rider Beltran tests positive for EPO - official. AURILLAC, France (AFP) - An anti-doping chief at the Tour de France confirmed to AFP on Friday that Spaniard Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team, has failed a doping test for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO). Confirming ...
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Al Jazeera TV Idolizes Mass Murderers
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:51:13 am PDT
Al Jazeera broadcast this incredibly vile show on July 5th, 2008, glorifying Dalal Mughrabi—an Arab female terrorist responsible for an attack on a passenger bus in Israel that resulted in the murders of 35 men, women, and children. Mughrabi’s sister appears, and praises the Palestinian who ran amok with a ...
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Iowahawk: The 'Q' is for 'Quality'
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:21:39 am PDT
The dreaded Iowahawk has uncovered Al Qaeda’s new plan for world domination—which includes a branding makeover and new corporate logo: The ‘Q’ is for ‘Quality’. A Message from the Director Ayman al Zawahiri Director of Change Management Al Qaeda Industries Worldwide, Inc. Hello, valued Al Qaeda associate! Welcome to the inaugural issue of Vistas, ...
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Radical Muslim Funding US Creationist Groups?
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:11:19 pm PDT
Here’s an interesting article with lots of detail on the Turkish radical Islamic creationist Harun Yahya (real name: Adnan Oktar), who has joined forces with US creationist groups like the Institute for Creation Research, to promote their Dark Ages anti-science agenda around the world: Muslim creationist preaches Islam and awaits ...
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New York Times Belatedly Credits LGF
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 7:42:48 pm PDT
They finally got around to it—but only after I redirected any hits from their page claiming credit to my post calling them out on it: In Image of Iran’s Power, There’s Less Than Meets the Eye. Little Green Footballs, a conservative blog, identified the altered image on Wednesday. Last year ...
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IPhone 3G Eve
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 7:30:28 pm PDT
OK, so who’s planning to try to grab an iPhone 3G tomorrow? Apple - iPhone. (Besides me, that is.)
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A Disturbance in the Intarwebs?
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:06:10 pm PDT
Something odd’s happening on the Internet. A lot of sites are inaccessible and I had to turn off our advertisements to get LGF to load. An attack, or just a burned out router somewhere? UPDATE at 7/10/08 7:16:56 pm: Time Warner Cable seems to be having serious trouble on the west coast. UPDATE ...
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Diggbats Inadvertently Vote for LGF
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:17:27 pm PDT
This is too funny. Our post on the fauxtoshopped Iranian missile launch was submitted to Digg.com by someone, and of course the rabid Diggbats immediately buried it to make sure it wouldn’t get to the front page: Digg - Iran’s Photoshopped Missile Launch. So then someone else submitted the link to ...
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Reality vs. Photoshop
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:47:52 pm PDT
Here’s the genuine photo from Iran’s missile test, showing the reason why it was altered: because one of the missiles failed to launch. The Photoshopped version for comparison: UPDATE at 7/10/08 1:51:09 pm: Another of the photos released by Iran turns out to have been taken last year; Kamangir has the scoop: Iranian ...
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NozzleRage
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:00:35 pm PDT
[Video] NozzleRage.com.
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A Memo to Fox News and the New York Times
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:23:24 am PDT
Memo to Fox News and the New York Times: No, the New York Times did not break this story: Photo of Detonated Iranian Missiles Appears to Have Been Digitally Altered. Please see: LGF: Iran’s Photoshopped Missile Launch. UPDATE at 7/10/08 11:33:17 am: In their article, the New York Times fails to credit LGF: In ...
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LGF on Dennis Prager
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:07:15 am PDT
I’m scheduled to call in to the Dennis Prager radio show this morning at 10:30 am Pacific time. There’s a link to listen over the web here: KRLA 870 AM. UPDATE at 7/10/08 10:44:18 am: Visitors online: 12,720. The server hamsters are giving me dirty looks.
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Traffic Surge Open Thread
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:40:33 am PDT
We got knocked off line by a huge surge in traffic, going to the Iranian Fauxtography thread. Stinky Beaumont is checking the wiring and the hamsters are stocked up with energy bars again. Here’s an open thread while we run some tests... UPDATE at 7/10/08 9:13:38 am: We’re currently handling over 8,000 ...
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Iran's Photoshopped Missile Launch
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:13:47 pm PDT
At least one of the photographs released today by Iran and published by an unquestioning Western media is a Photoshop fake: (Hat tip: webs87.) UPDATE at 7/9/08 8:20:34 pm: An animated version at Suitably Flip: Mahmoud the Fauxtographer. UPDATE at 7/10/08 9:25:53 am: Here’s another one for my collection: UPDATE at 7/11/08 11:39:57 am: Also see: Reality vs. ...
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Creationist Propaganda at National Review
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 5:32:06 pm PDT
Discovery Institute obfuscator John G. West gets a platform to promote creationist propaganda in the National Review, with a headline right out of the grievance theater handbook: Louisiana Confounds the Science Thought Police. This is the current line of Dishonesty Institute hooey; it’s all about “academic freedom,” you see. Creationism? Where? ...
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Obama Fans Bitter, Clinging to FISA
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:40:39 pm PDT
Barack Obama fans are freaking out about their messiah’s flip-flop on FISA, and they’re unloading on him—at his own web site: Barack Obama | Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right.
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Obama, Hipocrita
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:02:40 pm PDT
You’ve probably heard about Barack Obama admonishing Americans to learn Spanish. I don’t understand when people are going around worrying about, we need to have English only. They want to pass a law, we just, we want English only... Now, I agree that immigrants should learn English, I agree with ...
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Pat Buchanan Appears on Neo-Nazi Radio Show
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:33:13 pm PDT
That’s right; Pat Buchanan, who is a frequent guest on both Fox News and MSNBC, appeared recently on an infamous “white nationalist” radio show to promote his revisionist World War II book: Pat Buchanan Advertises His Book On Neo-Nazi Radio Show. On June 29th, MSNBC personality and three-time presidential candidate ...
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German Chancellor Slams Obama's Brandenburg Gate Idea
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:11:29 pm PDT
You have to marvel at the massive hubris of the Obama campaign to even suggest something like this to the German government: Merkel warns Obama not to use landmark for ‘electioneering’. BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed a request by Barack Obama to give a speech ...
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Video: Iranian Missile Test
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:36:45 am PDT
From MEMRI TV, raw (i.e., no subtitles yet) Iranian footage of today’s missile test, which included a new version of the Shahab-3 capable of reaching Israel with a nuclear device. [Video]
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Tech Note: Moving the Furniture
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:38:18 am PDT
I received a couple of emails last night asking what happened to the lists of news sites and blogs that were in our right sidebar for years. They’re still here! Those sections have now been moved to the left sidebar, in that collection of “flippy triangle” menus. Just click the headings ...
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Obama to Vote for FISA Bill
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:00:01 am PDT
Today, Barack Obama is going to vote for the FISA bill he swore to filibuster when he needed the support of the far left. The Senate is finally expected to wrap up the bill updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act today, which includes the controversial provision of retroactive immunity for ...
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Islamic Terrorists Attack US Embassy in Turkey
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:55:23 am PDT
A terrorist attack on the US embassy in Istanbul. ISTANBUL (AFP) - Three gunmen and three Turkish policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack on a guard post outside the well-fortified US consulate here that the United States and Turkey both labelled a “terrorist” act. The assailants, armed with guns and ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:14:00 am PDT
In the US, “country club” prisons are usually reserved for white collar, non-violent criminals. In the home of our friends the Saudis, country club prisons are for mass murderers—as long as they were murdering in the name of Islam: Perks of penance for Saudi jihadis. In a small compound on the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:09:09 pm PDT
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. — William Shakespeare
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Breaking: CAIR's Chairman Resigns
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:43:40 pm PDT
The words “deserting a sinking ship” come to mind, as the chairman of the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations bails out, with a series of transparent excuses: Chairman of Council on American-Islamic Relations resigns. Jacksonville resident Parvez Ahmed has resigned as chairman ...
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Pat Buchanan on Fox Again
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:26:14 pm PDT
I just turned on Fox News, and I shouldn’t have, because there’s Pat Buchanan again on Hannity and Colmes. Click.
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Science: The Ringed Giant
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:11:50 pm PDT
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has exceeded the wildest dreams of its creators at the Discovery Institute, sending back spectacular photographs like this one—a natural color image of Saturn taken from a distance of about 900,000 miles. (Oops. Did I say “Discovery Institute?” I meant “NASA.”) Cassini is now starting a new chapter in ...
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Relatives of July 7 Suicide Bomber Have a Party
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:38:03 pm PDT
They celebrated his life. And his act of mass murder. It was three years to the day since the July 7 bombers brought carnage to the heart of London. In Britain yesterday, families of the victims wept for their loved ones. In a village in Pakistan, a banquet was held to honour ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:01:42 pm PDT
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. — Benjamin Franklin
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At the Official Barack Obama Blog Site: 'Nazi Neo Con Republicans' Guy Returns Again
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:35:58 pm PDT
Here’s a lunatic we’ve featured before, who has been banned from the official Barack Obama blog site several times but simply re-registers and starts raving again: my.barackobama.com | The Spook who sat by the door. (Former CIA Agent). His last four blog posts, all dated July 4th: NAZI NEO CON REPUBLICAN ...
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The Obama Youth Corps
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:58:33 am PDT
Here’s an utterly ludicrous statement from Barack Obama that’s flown under the radar so far; he is planning a “civilian national security force” that is as powerful and well-funded as the US military. Obama promised to increase AmeriCorps slots from 75,000 to 250,000 and pledged to double the size of ...
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Rank Antisemitism At the Official Barack Obama Blog Site
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:52:13 am PDT
One of the most blatantly antisemitic diaries ever posted at Daily Kos, full of blood libels, conspiracy theories, and nauseating hatred, remains posted on the site two months later: Daily Kos: Eulogy before the Inevitability of Self-Destruction: The Decline and Death of Israel. Imagine my surprise to discover that this neo-Nazi ...
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Barbara and the Chinless Ophthalmologist
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:39:52 am PDT
Bashar Assad must really love mush-headed Western mediabots like Barbara Walters: Barbara Walters: Syrian Dictator ‘Charming,’ ‘Intelligent’. While most Americans celebrated Independence Day with fireworks and barbeques, Barbara Walters spent the occasion dining with Syrian leader Bashir al-Assad, whom Walters described as “intelligent” and “charming” who wants “very much to ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:13:07 pm PDT
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again. — Vincent Van Gogh
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:17:54 pm PDT
Six years ago Scientific American published an article titled: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense. All of the points covered in their article continue to be raised today, as we’ve seen in recent LGF threads related to the theory of evolution, so this is a good chance to review; the definition of ...
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Monday Afternoon Open
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:42:40 pm PDT
Never leave your wallet in the dressing room. — Stinky Beaumont
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Hizballah and Chavez
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:57:10 pm PDT
The US Treasury Department has accused Venezuelan thug-in-chief Hugo Chavez of working with the Lebanese terror group Hizballah. SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon. An investigation by ...
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Tech Note: Menu Mania
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:19:24 pm PDT
The LGF interface cleanup continues; the “News/Opinion” and “Anti-Idiotarians” sections that used to be in our right sidebar have been moved to the left sidebar and set up as Flippy Triangle menus. (“Anti-Idiotarians” has been renamed to “Blogs.”) Both of these sections are dynamically refreshed via Ajax each time you click ...
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Rebuilding Ground Zero
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:58:24 am PDT
With the current effort mired in politics and bureaucracy, is it time to step back and rethink the Ground Zero rebuilding strategy? Since al-Qaida demolished the World Trade Center nearly seven years ago, New York’s naked emperors—Governors George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer and architect Daniel Libeskind—have viewed an historic rebuilding ...
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Jawdropper of the Day: Racist Babies
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:20:24 am PDT
Good grief. Now the British nanny state is actually warning nursery school teachers to be on the lookout for racist babies. Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency. The National Children’s Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly ...
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New York Times: We're the Deciders
Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 8:51:41 am PDT
The New York Times’ empty suit ombudsman Clark Hoyt grapples with the issue of whether the Times acted ethically, by deliberately “outing” the CIA operative who interrogated Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Of course, Hoyt decides the Times is blameless. The Public Editor - Weighing the Risk - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com. Notice that in the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:17:50 pm PDT
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. — G. K. Chesterton
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Honor Killing in Georgia
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:29:06 pm PDT
When modern society collides with powerful traditions from the Dark Ages, women die: Police: Arranged marriage led father to kill daughter. A Clayton County man faces murder charges in the strangling death of his 25-year-old daughter early Sunday over her desire to end an arranged marriage. Chaudhry Rashad, 54, apparently got ...
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Keith Jarrett, Tokyo 2002
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 5:06:25 pm PDT
This intense improvised piece is from an exceptional DVD titled, “Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo.” [Video]
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TdF on the Web
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:56:09 pm PDT
It can be frustrating to try to keep track of the Tour de France over the web, especially if you’re looking for video feeds. The official Tour committee controls the feeds with a Gallic Iron Hand, because they rake in the dough from licensing deals with European media agencies and ...
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Dubai: Slavery's New Mecca
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 12:47:02 pm PDT
In Dubai, the Arab country that tried to buy a controlling interest in American seaports and a 20% interest in the NASDAQ stock exchange, slavery is alive and well. To enter Dubai’s most notorious brothel, the Cyclone, I paid $16 for a ticket that the bursar stamped with the official ...
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Obama: Don't Worry, I'm Still Planning to Surrender
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:32:55 am PDT
After using the radical left for his entire political career, Barack Obama is clumsily flip-flopping his way toward something resembling a “center.” His latest policy double-backflip caused so much rage in the Nutroots that he’s now trying to reassure them his plan to surrender and retreat hasn’t changed one bit: ...
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Obama 'Birth Certificate Forgery' Myth Destroyed
Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:37:11 am PDT
AJ Strata spent more time on the Barack Obama birth certificate “forgery” story than it deserved, to prove that (as I’ve been repeating ad nauseam) it’s a big nothing, and the document is genuine: The Obama “Forged Birth Certificate” Myth Is Busted. Sorry, folks, but this is not going to be ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:58:02 pm PDT
Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? — Stanislaw Lec
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Temporary Lifting of AP Boycott
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:53:56 pm PDT
I know I said I was boycotting the Associated Press, but their take on Independence Day has to be seen to be believed. Americans’ unhappy birthday: ‘Too much wrong right now’. The nation’s psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. Young or old, Republican or Democrat, economically stable ...
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Tech Note: Moving the Deck Chairs on the Spaceship
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:30:20 pm PDT
I’ve been using that Flippy Triangle technique to organize more of the stuff that used to be visible by default in our left sidebar, like the Statistics, the Tag Cloud, and the contact form. This user interface saves a lot of space; in fact, the sidebar looks almost naked with ...
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Daily Kos: How to Forge Presidential Press Passes
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:44:09 pm PDT
You may have seen on the news that President Bush was heckled during his July 4th speech at Monticello by CodePink moonbats doing their usual “spoiled children on crack” routine. Q: How do these lunatics get into these kinds of events? A: They forge press passes, and brag about it at Daily ...
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More Science Labs: The OOL Question
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:43:12 pm PDT
Here’s an interesting back-and-forth volley on the subject of intelligent design and science; first an article by Gordy Slack on What neo-creationists get right. Then, evolution advocate Nick Matzke (who was featured in that video I posted yesterday on the Dover School District controversy) replies to Slack’s article in an ...
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The Flying Lawn Chair Open Registration Thread - Closed
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:21:34 pm PDT
I don’t know how it turned out, but yesterday a man was planning to fly from Oregon to Idaho in a balloon-powered lawn chair. In other news, LGF registration is now open for a limited time. Hatchlings are watched by ferocious Darwinian mutants. UPDATE at 7/5/08 1:56:42 pm: The registration window has slammed ...
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He Ripped Off Hitler's Head
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:08:09 am PDT
Can you blame him? A man has torn the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin’s Madame Tussauds museum today. A police spokesman said that the man, 41, had ripped off the head in protest at the exhibit. The waxwork figure of a glum-looking ...
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Harry Shearer Hearts LGF
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:51:24 am PDT
A sign of the apocalypse? Harry Shearer: Bobby Jindal, the Ball is In Your Courts - Politics on The Huffington Post. (Note: Shearer seems to think the Kitzmiller case just finished. Shades of Spinal Tap.)
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Tour De France Hoping to Avoid Scandal This Year
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:08:20 am PDT
After years of doping scandals, the Tour de France limped to a start today without a reigning champion: Tour de France looks to emerge from doping cloud. The Lance Armstrong era of the Tour de France couldn’t be more over. After the mighty Texan went seven-for-seven from 1999 through 2005, ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:00:22 pm PDT
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought. — Jonathan Swift
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The Defeat of 'Intelligent Design' in Pennsylvania
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:41:02 pm PDT
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District is a landmark case in the 150-Year Creationism War. The Dover School District voted in late 2004 to require the teaching of “intelligent design” as an alternative to the scientific theory of evolution (heavily influenced by the Discovery Institute’s propaganda), and they were promptly ...
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Iranian TV: 'The Secret of Armageddon'
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 3:24:32 pm PDT
Here’s your daily dose of mind-bogglingly sick antisemitic propaganda from Iranian TV, in a “documentary” that claims “Jew-boys” have a plan for “the genocide of humanity.” (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Al-Haramain Decision: Who Needs State Secrets?
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:23:29 am PDT
Andrew Grossman on the Al-Haramain ruling in San Francisco: State Secrets? Who Needs 'Em? According to Judge Vaughn Walker, there’s no such thing as a state secret when the government’s foreign intelligence operations so much as touch U.S. soil. That’s a huge loophole for America’s enemies. Let’s look at the case ...
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Krauthammer on Obama's 'Seasonal Principles'
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:20:12 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer on Barack Obama’s clumsy lurch away from the radical left: A Man of Seasonal Principles. You’ll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he’d worn one after Sept. 11 but then stopped because it “became a ...
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RIP, Jesse Helms
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:08:52 am PDT
Former five-term US Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86. UPDATE at 7/4/08 9:17:10 am: Daily Kos, as always, the epitome of class: Daily Kos: Jesse Helms, you rat bastard, burn in hell. Daily Kos: A moment of anachronism for Jesse Helms death Daily Kos: Please Excuse Me While I Dance Upon ...
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Spencer: What We Should Be Fighting For
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:53:08 am PDT
One of the lessons of Independence Day is that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom; Robert Spencer reminds us that our freedoms are still in need of defense from a very persistent enemy: Jihad Watch: What we should be fighting for this July 4.
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An Independence Day Gift
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:14:08 am PDT
More than 1,200 soldiers serving in Iraq gave America a precious gift today. BAGHDAD (AFP) - More than 1,200 US troops serving in Iraq signed up for extended service in the military to mark America’s national day on Friday. At least 1,215 troops re-enlisted for periods ranging from two to six ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:09:35 pm PDT
Independence now: and Independence forever. — Daniel Webster
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Britain's Top Judge: Sharia is Just All Right With Me
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:21:25 pm PDT
The British legal system welcomes its new overlord: Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK’s top judge. The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims. Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could ...
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Obama's Grim Proving Ground
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:09:15 pm PDT
Barack Obama’s image as a “community organizer and activist” suffers when you take a closer look at the Chicago neighborhoods where he put his ideas for hope and change into action: Grim proving ground for Obama’s housing policy - The Boston Globe. CHICAGO - The squat brick buildings of Grove ...
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Stupid Fauxtoshop of the Day
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:22:51 pm PDT
Sheesh. How embarrassing for Fox News to get busted by moonbat attack site Media Matters with stupid Photoshopped pictures of New York Times reporters: Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters.
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Science: A Galactic Shockwave
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 3:58:46 pm PDT
The Hubble Space Telescope took this image of the outer edge of a shockwave generated in our galaxy by an exploding supernova, and witnessed on earth in the year 1006 AD. The entire diameter of this massive galactic ripple is about 60 light years, and it’s still expanding at a ...
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Thursday Afternoon Tommy Emmanuel
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:01:40 pm PDT
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Viacom Gains Access to YouTube Visitor Logs
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:23:58 am PDT
The Viacom entertainment conglomerate has won a ruling that will force YouTube (owned by Google) to disclose details about every person who has ever watched a video at the site: Google must divulge YouTube log. The ruling comes as part of Google’s legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright ...
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60s Radicals for Obama
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:21:48 am PDT
Daniel Flynn has a piece in City Journal about the support Barack Obama is receiving from former members of Students for a Democratic Society and Weather Underground, many of whom are involved directly in the Obama campaign: Obama’s Boys of Summer. Michael Klonsky, whose disgust for mainstream politics led him ...
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Britain Bans 'Military Wing' of Hizballah, Nasrallah Laughs
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:53:05 am PDT
Britain has banned the “military wing” of the terrorist group Hizballah. Yes, only now. The “social” and “political” wings of the terrorist group will continue to operate freely in the UK. And the leader of Hizballah is openly mocking the British. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said that Britain’s decision to black-list the ...
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Wire Services Cozy with Terrorists
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:17:26 am PDT
Propaganda that came directly from the Hizballah terror gang is now being parroted by Western wire services: Lebanese feast on ‘buns and guns’ in Hezbollah fiefdom. Beirut restaurant makes meal out of war. Note: this story is based on a report that appeared on Hizballah’s official channel, Al-Manar TV. Al-Manar may be banned ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:11:25 pm PDT
Doubt is the father of invention. — Galileo Galilei
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The Return of the Disassociator
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:42:57 pm PDT
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Phillips: Someone's Goosestep Is Showing
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:20:21 pm PDT
Melanie Phillips on the troubling rise of the British National Party: Whoops! Someone’s Goosestep Is Showing. It is a source of great concern that far too many otherwise decent British people now refuse to believe that the British National Party is what it is — a bunch of viciously racist ...
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Photos from Jerusalem
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:13:17 pm PDT
Richard Landes of Augean Stables emailed 6 photos from Jerusalem, taken by his daughter Noa at the scene of this morning’s terror attack. Click the picture below for a slideshow of the images.
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When Eurofascists Meet
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:11:46 pm PDT
When neo-Nazi mutant David Duke went to Belgium to take part in a skinhead summit meeting (which included Nick Griffin of the BNP), his host for the weekend: a local council member of the Belgian Vlaams Belang party. You know, that “anti-jihad” party that some bloggers continue to promote. Here’s the ...
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Breaking: US Hostages Freed in Colombia
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:25:12 pm PDT
Just being announced: up to 15 hostages held by FARC terrorists for more than 5 years have been released in Colombia... UPDATE at 7/2/08 12:41:24 pm: Colombia says rescues Betancourt, Americans. BOGOTA, July 2 (Reuters) - Colombia said on Wednesday it rescued three Americans and French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt from leftist guerrillas ...
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Obama's Excellent Deal
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:51:02 am PDT
Some interesting news at the Washington Post, about a wonderful deal that Barack Obama received on his home loan: Obama Got Discount on Home Loan. Shortly after joining the U.S. Senate and while enjoying a surge in income, Barack Obama bought a $1.65 million restored Georgian mansion in an upscale ...
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Simberg on Defending Science
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:28:20 am PDT
Thoughts on the Evolution Sesquicentennial from Rand Simberg.
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An Alternate National Anthem in Denver
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:45:43 am PDT
Wow. A little taste of what we can expect at the Democratic Convention: ‘Black national anthem’ causes stir at Hick speech. As Denver dignitaries gathered Tuesday for Mayor John Hickenlooper’s State of the City address, City Council President Michael Hancock introduced singer Rene Marie to perform the national anthem. But that’s ...
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Palestinian Terrorist Strikes in Jerusalem
Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:02:03 am PDT
A Palestinian from East Jerusalem drove a bulldozer into a bus on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Street today, killing three people and wounding dozens. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem deliberately plowed a bulldozer he was driving into a passenger bus on Jaffa Street in the capital shortly after noon Wednesday, killing at ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:04:35 pm PDT
Tools were made and born with hands, Every farmer understands. — William Blake
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150th Anniversary of Theory of Evolution
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:14:45 pm PDT
One hundred fifty years ago today, a paper was read to the Linnaean Society of London, and the scientific theory of evolution was born. Darwin was still working on his magnum opus when in June 1858 he received a letter from an English naturalist working in Malaysia. Alfred Russel Wallace ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 2:54:05 pm PDT
Just an open thread for a globally warmish kind of Tuesday afternoon...
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Kos Throws Obama Under the Bus
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:05:27 pm PDT
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas will be withholding his money from Barack Obama until Obama toes the progressive line: Daily Kos: Rewarding good behavior. Maybe what looks like cowering to me is really part of that “moving to the center” stuff everyone keeps talking about. But there is a line between ...
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Iran's First Lady - Confirmed
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:49:20 am PDT
It’s confirmed. That really is Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s wife in that photograph I posted yesterday. Here are some more pictures of the First Bag Lady, with a hat tip to LGF reader dgoddard.
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Obama: How Dare You Question Me
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:44:24 am PDT
Reuters says: Obama fights back against questions on patriotism—but all I see is the usual self-absorbed outrage that the question would even come up. In a clear sign the patriotism issue is a worry for the campaign, Obama said in a speech at the Harry Truman presidential library in Missouri ...
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And Now: The Dreaded Cute Puppy Dog of Blasphemy
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:45:54 am PDT
Now causing seething in British Islamic communities: Trainee police puppy Rebel. The British police should have known better than to take such an obviously blasphemous photograph, sure to offend and enrage members of the Religion of Peace™. What were they thinking? A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman’s ...
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Blogs Are Being Watched
Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:07:35 am PDT
Business Week has an interesting article on the technology the Associated Press and other media outlets are using to find and identify their copyrighted content on the Internet: Bloggers: Big Media Is Watching. The AP, a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by thousands of subscriber newspapers, has been using a system ...
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