LGF Archives: August 2005
Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 7
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 9:40:18 pm PDT
Links from LGF readers: Craigslist resources for Katrina 2005, including the New Orleans Lost and Found. Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon to Appeal for Hurricane Relief Association to Make Separate $1 Million Donation. Americans Aiding Americans. And so we’re all aware that there are agents of chaos out there: Katrina Phishing Scams Begin.
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AP: Deadly Events Tied to Islamic Ceremonies
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 9:02:40 pm PDT
How did this slip past AP’s PC filters? Deadly Events Tied to Islamic Ceremonies. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) * Aug. 31, 2005: At least 648 Shiite worshippers taking part in annual commemoration of a saint’s death are killed in a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad, with many trampled or tumbling ...
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A Lizard-Powered Relief Mission
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 6:24:17 pm PDT
LGF readers are pitching in, in a big way: punditeria: A Lizard-Powered Relief Mission.
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You Can't Tell the Terrorists from the Human Rights Advocates
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 5:49:42 pm PDT
Gateway Pundit notes a report that two former Guantanamo Bay jihadis who were extradited home to Russia have been arrested—on suspicion of plotting a series of terrorist attacks. And that’s not all. One of them was a human rights advocate, preparing for a trip to London for a gala event featuring former ...
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Mother Sheehan: "Reich-Wingers"
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 4:00:01 pm PDT
Hugh Hewitt highlights Cindy Sheehan’s latest hate-filled rant, which was splashed all over the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post today. (Just kidding about that last part.) Well, George and I are leaving Crawford today. George is finished playing golf and telling his fables in San Diego ...
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Prize-Winning Lunacy
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 3:54:08 pm PDT
Earlier this week we linked to this outrageous tale of an 11-year old girl who won the “youth division” of an art contest in San Francisco—a contest for the best illustration blaming the 9/11 attacks on the Bush administration. TigerHawk looks at the grand prize winner in detail, and discovers a ...
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Mama Moonbat Admits It Was All a Ruse
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 1:02:00 pm PDT
Sheehan Glad Bush Didn’t Meet With Her. A woman who led an anti-war protest for nearly a month near President Bush’s ranch said Tuesday that she’s glad Bush never showed up to discuss her son’s death in Iraq, saying the president’s absence “galvanized the peace movement.” Cindy Sheehan’s comments came as war ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 10:07:13 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Wednesday morning ...
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Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 6
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 9:14:41 am PDT
Instapundit has a great list of links to aid and disaster relief organizations, reproduced here to give it wider coverage: *** FLOOD AID UPDATE: Here are some places you can donate to hurricane Katrina relief: American Red Cross Catholic Charities is involved, and probably has lots of resources to draw on in ...
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PJ Profiles: Eric Umansky
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 8:57:07 am PDT
Today’s featured profile at the Pajamas Media Information Site is Eric Umansky, formerly of Mother Jones, now writing the “Today’s Papers” column for Slate.
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NYT Knows What's Important
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 8:46:05 am PDT
The New York Times editors tell us that this is the wrong time to bash Bush. Then they bash Bush, in the same sentence: New Orleans in Peril. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) But this seems like the wrong moment to dwell on fault-finding, or even to point out that it took what ...
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Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 5
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 8:25:08 am PDT
The effects of Hurricane Katrina are going to be felt for a long time; here’s another open thread for discussions of aid and relief organizations, and communications between LGF readers in the area... UPDATE at 8/31/05 8:52:15 am: Some LGF readers are organizing their own grass-roots efforts to help; please post links ...
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Daily Kos: Katrina "Worse Than 9/11"
Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 7:37:37 am PDT
Democratic consultant and idiotblogger Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga seems to have trouble distinguishing between deliberate acts of war and natural disasters. This is emblematic of the modern insane left—as they do everything possible to forget about the 9/11 atrocities. And as with almost everything that happens anywhere in the world, ...
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Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 4
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 10:40:46 pm PDT
Another open thread for information about the Hurricane Katrina disaster... I’m watching the looters rampaging through New Orleans, appalled that no one in authority has the guts to stop them. UPDATE at 8/30/05 10:51:57 pm: SobekPundit has photos of New Orleans in a happier time: SobekPundit: Elegy.
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Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 3
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 8:36:34 pm PDT
Another open thread for Hurricane Katrina... Bareknucklepolitics.com has links to numerous videos and news reports. UPDATE at 8/30/05 8:59:50 pm: Glenn has a list of links where you can donate to help hurricane victims.
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Hurricane Katrina: Open Thread 2
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 5:29:55 pm PDT
The pictures coming out of Biloxi, Mississippi are just horrific. The devastation is beyond belief. Here’s another open thread for links to aid and relief efforts, and communications between LGF readers with friends and family in the area. I’ve been told that we should not attempt to contribute physical goods, like ...
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Hurricane Katrina: US Worst Disaster
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 3:39:05 pm PDT
Here’s a thread devoted to the major disaster in Louisiana and Mississippi; please post links to aid and relief efforts, and news for any LGF lizards caught in this calamity. Many blogs hosted at Hosting Matters are being affected by network outages related to the storm, including Instapundit and Power Line... And ...
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Pope Benedict Met with Oriana Fallaci
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 1:38:04 pm PDT
Pope Benedict met with courageous Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, and Agence France Presse can barely suppress their horror: Pope meets controversial critic of Islam. (Hat tip: Stefania.) VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, a strident ...
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Palestinian Assets Frozen
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 8:40:48 am PDT
Palestinian Authority’s US assets are frozen. (Hat tip: mks.) WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island lawyer trying to collect a $116 million terrorism judgment against the Palestinian Authority has obtained a court-ordered freeze on all its US-based assets, severely limiting most Palestinian economic and diplomatic activities in the United States at a ...
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Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 8:37:01 am PDT
An open thread, because threads don’t like to be closed...
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PJ Profiles: Baldilocks
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 8:23:30 am PDT
Our featured interview today at the Pajamas Media Information Site: Juliette Ochieng, aka Baldilocks.
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Good News from Iraq, Part 34
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 8:09:00 am PDT
Arthur Chrenkoff reports the astoundingly numerous stories mainstream media is burying in their relentless drive to delegitimize the Iraq War: Good News from Iraq, Part 34.
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Hate Like an Egyptian
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 7:59:32 am PDT
Emboldened by the Gaza pullout, and decades removed from their crushing military defeats at the hands of Israel, Egypt is edging back toward open advocacy of Israel’s destruction: Egypt vows to work for full Palestinian ‘liberation’. GAZA CITY (AFP) - A senior Egyptian envoy told the Palestinian parliament that Cairo would ...
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Gaza and Victory
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 7:52:27 am PDT
At Victor Davis Hanson’s site, Joey Tartakovsky has an unflinching essay on the Gaza disengagement and the dysfunctional Arab world, and the prospects for the future as Palestinians celebrate the intifada, boast of their success, and prepare for more murder: Gaza and Victory. The Israeli sin is occupation and the Palestinian ...
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Hurricane Katrina Update
Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 7:38:39 am PDT
I suppose Katrina could have been worse (if the 175 mph winds and 28-foot storm surge had materialized), but that will be scant consolation for those who’ve lost homes, friends, and family members: Katrina May Have Killed 80 in Miss. County. GULFPORT, Miss. - Rescuers in boats and helicopters searched for ...
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Monday Night Blue
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:26:03 pm PDT
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Bush to Palestinians: Show Some Courage
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 9:03:27 pm PDT
Great words from the Bush administration tonight, after a long period of seeming equivocation: Bush urges Abbas to show ‘political courage’. EL MIRAGE, Arizona (Reuters) - President Bush stepped up pressure on the Palestinians one day after a suicide bomb attack, urging President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to show the “political ...
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The Stress of Our Regard
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 8:57:15 pm PDT
The people most stressed out by the July 7 mass murder attacks in Britain? Muslim Londoners. The stress caused by the terrorist bombings in London on 7 July 2005 was far more keenly felt by Muslim residents compared with other inhabitants, a psychological study reveals. Sixty-one per cent of Muslim commuters surveyed ...
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Canadian Cop Threatened
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 8:43:54 pm PDT
Representatives of the RoP are threatening a Canadian police officer who shot a machete-wielding Iranian youth: Police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Iranian getting death threats. (Hat tip: Ethel.) NEW WESTMINISTER, B.C. (CP) - A Port Moody police officer who shot and killed a machete-wielding Iranian teen won’t be publicly ...
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 8
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 8:06:33 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 7 Dr. Evil reacts to Kos’s plan to destroy the DLC with appropriate skepticism... (Hat tip: Allah.)
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Outrage of the Day
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 6:34:19 pm PDT
The San Francisco chapter of an organization called “9/11 Truth Alliance” recently held a contest for artwork accusing the Bush administration of being responsible for the 9/11 atrocities. With a special category. For kids. Local girl takes second place in 9/11 art contest. SAN MATEO — Hannah Stutz, 11, turned her love of art ...
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National Guard: Enough GIs for Storm Duty
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 6:23:01 pm PDT
Remember the leftists who screamed that we don’t have enough National Guard personnel to handle Hurricane Katrina, and it’s Bush’s fault? Oops. Wrong again. National Guard: Enough GIs for Storm Duty. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON (AP) — Though thousands of National Guard personnel from Louisiana and Mississippi are serving in Iraq, officials say ...
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Hysterical Leftist Post of the Day
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 5:53:25 pm PDT
And it’s not a joke: Is Christopher Hitchens becoming a fascist? Currently featured as a “Buzz” item at the Daou Report.
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Web Monkey Needed
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 4:27:41 pm PDT
We’ve received several good contacts, but Pajamas Media is still interested in seeing more resumés for any HTML+CSS designers who’d like to work on an immediate project, for the next 3-5 weeks. Applicants should have excellent skills at visual design, and a good grasp of useability standards and issues. Please ...
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Sharpton Bails at High Rate of Speed
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 4:14:00 pm PDT
Following his staged photo session with Mother Sheehan, the Reverend Al Sharpton couldn’t get away fast enough. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WAXAHACHIE, Texas - A car carrying the Rev. Al Sharpton led sheriff’s deputies on a nine-mile chase at speeds up to 110 mph before state troopers stopped the vehicle and ...
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Beslan Children Recall Their Horror in Court
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 10:29:09 am PDT
Gateway Pundit has a report on the trial of the sole surviving Islamic terrorist in the Beslan atrocity, as children take the stand and recount tales of sheer horror.
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Death Cult Child Abuse
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 10:23:54 am PDT
Palestinians have been caught again, trying to send a 14-year old boy through a checkpoint carrying bombs packed with shrapnel. A 14-year-old Palestinian was arrested after he was caught carrying three pipe bombs through the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus Monday afternoon. The teenager set off the alarm of the metal detector ...
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Viva Capitalism!
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 10:12:51 am PDT
Excuse me for a minute. Something seems to have happened to my LGF Irony Meter; the little needle is pegged up against the end pin and it’s not budging. Oh! Never mind; I’ve discovered the reason: Che Guevara’s family to fight use of famed photo. (Hat tip: Eagle.) HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — With his ...
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 9:21:14 am PDT
Here we have an open thread for the dreaded Monday morning...
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Mother Sheehan Meets Phony President
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 8:27:12 am PDT
The latest celebrity clown to hop aboard Mama Moonbat’s Traveling Minstrel Show: Martin Sheen. CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan hasn’t achieved a meeting with the president during her three-week war protest, but she met a man who plays one on TV. Martin Sheen, who portrays the president on NBC’s “The West ...
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Katrina Hits New Orleans
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 7:31:22 am PDT
The latest on Hurricane Katrina, which has weakened somewhat but is still very powerful: Hurricane Katrina Rips La., Miss. Coasts. NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina plowed into this below-sea-level city Monday with howling, 145-mph winds and blinding rain that ripped away pieces of the roof of the Superdome, knocked out power ...
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Pajama Profiles: Sisu
Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 7:23:54 am PDT
Today’s featured blogger at the Pajamas Media Information Site is Harvard graduate Sissy Willis.
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Saudi Clerics Declare Football Un-Islamic
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 9:04:53 pm PDT
It’s official: football is un-Islamic. And don’t you forget it. LAHORE: Ulema in Saudia Arabia have issued a fatwa (religious decree) declaring football an un-Islamic sport, and have urged the youth to quit it immediately, BBC radio reported on Saturday. According to the report, the clerics urged the youth to indulge in jihad ...
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 7
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:41:49 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 8
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Katrina, Topic 3
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:23:05 pm PDT
Another open thread for Hurricane Katrina...
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Genius Musician Needs Help
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 7:36:51 pm PDT
One of the most incredible, virtuosic musicians of the modern age, Michael Brecker, is fighting for his life. NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Brecker felt a sharp pain in his back while performing at last August’s Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan, but initially thought it was just another of those ...
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Katrina, Topic 2
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 6:47:36 pm PDT
Another open thread for discussions about the monstrous hurricane about to hit New Orleans. I don’t pray a lot, but I’m praying for New Orleans tonight.
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Hurricane of the Century
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 6:24:34 pm PDT
The latest on Hurricane Katrina, expected to hit New Orleans tomorrow at around sunrise with winds up to 175 mph and a 28-foot storm surge: New Orleans Braces for Powerful Katrina. Leftists are already blaming Katrina on Bush: Swing State Project: Katrina Proves Bush Failed New Orleans. Daily Kos: Where Are the ...
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How Phony Can They Get?
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 5:10:24 pm PDT
Here’s a touching scene, featuring Cindy Sheehan and the Reverend Al Sharpton, in front of crosses, looking solemn and sad. Now let’s zoom out and see the media swarm around this manufactured event: (Hat tip: Bill P.) UPDATE at 8/28/05 5:36:04 pm: More pictures of this moving tableau at Getty Images. Co-starring “Army Mom.” UPDATE at ...
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Where Are All the Protesters?
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 3:06:47 pm PDT
A great post from Rick Moran, asking a very pertinent question: if Cindy Sheehan really is the catalyst for a newly energized “anti-war” movement that’s sweeping the nation, then where are all the protesters? It took a little digging, but I was able to discover that there are less than 200 ...
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Nazis Love Mother Sheehan
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:50:48 am PDT
The Nazis at National Vanguard have adopted Cindy Sheehan as their shining symbol of Jew-hatred: James and Cindy; Progress and Hope. (Hat tip: Richard F. Miller.) One of the most important steps that Whites are taking these days (and, we all must admit, that millions of non-Whites have already taken) is ...
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Sunday Morning Open Thread
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:32:00 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Sunday...
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MSM Ignores Tale of Heroism
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:21:17 am PDT
A search of Google News shows more than 20,000 results for “Cindy Sheehan”—and less than a hundred (mostly press releases and military sources) for this story of a gutsy hero: Colonel awarded Distinguished Service Cross for rallying Iraqi troops during Mosul fighting. (Hat tip: Politics and Religion.) A colonel was presented ...
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Major Disaster Imminent in New Orleans
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 8:10:07 am PDT
Hurricane Katrina has become a raging monster, with winds approaching 175 miles an hour, and it’s bearing down on New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans, a city of 485,000 people, as Hurricane Katrina bore down with wind revved up ...
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Islamic Supremacist Manifesto
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 7:56:10 am PDT
Al Qaeda in Iraq issues virulent manifesto. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) (CNN) — Laying out its ideology in a broad manifesto, the group al Qaeda in Iraq — which has been behind many of the worst attacks, beheadings and kidnappings in Iraq — says the insurgency is in better shape than ...
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Palestinians Prepare for a Peaceful State
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 7:31:09 am PDT
Suicide Bomber Strikes Israeli Bus Station. JERUSALEM, Aug. 28 — A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself outside a public bus in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba during rush hour Sunday, wounding at least 10 people in the first such attack since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said the ...
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Palestinian "Prime Minister" Threatens Violence
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 9:45:43 pm PDT
More thinly veiled threats from Palestinian Authority spokesliar Ahmed Qureia: Qurie says settlement building could renew violence. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie said on Saturday Israel’s expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank could bar the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and renew ...
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RoP Strikes in Philippines
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 9:37:18 pm PDT
At least 30 wounded in Philippine ferry blast. (Hat tip: Photios.) ZAMBOANGA : At least 30 people including children were wounded in a suspected bomb attack on a ferry in an area of the southern Philippines plagued by Muslim insurgents, officials said Sunday. The explosion went off while passengers were boarding the ...
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LaRouche Lunatics Act Up
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 9:10:53 pm PDT
Deluded followers of political bottom-feeder Lyndon LaRouche are getting out their vile message in Los Angeles:
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Saturday Night Beach Thread
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 8:45:40 pm PDT
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European Union Hits Bottom, Digs
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 8:32:43 pm PDT
The European Union’s envoy to the Middle East, Mark Otte, says Withdrawal is the Model for Jerusalem. (Hat tip: Yank in the EU.) “Our position regarding the West Bank and east Jerusalem is identical - they are occupied territories, and the future of Jerusalem will also be discussed in negotiations between ...
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Photos from Crawford
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 7:11:47 pm PDT
LGF reader [Engineer] has posted his photographs of the pro-American contingent’s arrival at Cindy Sheehan’s Media Circus in Crawford: Gallery :: Crawford.
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 6
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 6:59:54 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 9 We’re into single digits now. This better be good, Markos.
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Hitchens: A War to Be Proud Of
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 6:46:36 pm PDT
As mainstream media and radical leftists put on a full court press to delegitimize the Iraq War, here’s an essential essay from Christopher Hitchens to remind us of the reasons we’re in this conflict—and what we stand to lose if we flinch: A War to Be Proud Of. LET ME BEGIN ...
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Patriots Pouring into Crawford
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 6:39:14 pm PDT
People who support America are pouring into Crawford by the thousands. (Hat tip: Rick.) CRAWFORD - President Bush’s supporters poured into Crawford Saturday by the thousands, for the first time outnumbering war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan, who began a vigil here three weeks ago, demanding a personal meeting with the ...
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Birders Who Hate Bush
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 6:31:35 pm PDT
Yes, it’s come to this. Bird watchers with Bush Derangement Syndrome: Birders United. (Hat tip: efuseakay.)
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Cycle of Violence: The Dialectics of Speed
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 5:01:19 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 54.2 miles, in a Los Angeles heat wave. I was sweating before I got to the end of my driveway. South down the coast, at a gradually increasing pace until I was holding 25+ mph for at least two miles on one of the bike path’s open sections. ...
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The Racism of the Anti War Movement
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 4:38:24 pm PDT
An excellent commentary piece by Jim Forsyth, at San Antonio’s WOAI site: The Racism of the Anti War Movement. (Hat tip: nat.) Like most Texas reporters, I have made the pilgrimage to interview Cindy Sheehan and her anti war comrades parked in front of Crawford. One of the made-for-television signs held ...
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Mama Moonbat Losing Compassion
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 2:40:40 pm PDT
The lunatic peace mom rants: Cindy Sheehan: Camp Casey, Day 20. I finally figured out George Bush’s NEW reason for staying in Iraq. This reason has also been co-opted by the Move America Forward and the poor mothers who would be honored if their sons were killed in George Bush’s war ...
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Saturday Open
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 8:27:24 am PDT
The sky is blue, the sun is shining, the Pajamas Media Information Site is live, and here’s the open thread...
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RoP in Bangladesh
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 8:21:21 am PDT
Bangladesh police have made more than a hundred arrests and are looking for more than 500 other members of the tiny minority of radical Islamists who perpetrated hundreds of bombings in a single day. DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police arrested 10 more suspected activists of the Islamist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, blamed for ...
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Palestinians Want Airplanes
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 8:04:59 am PDT
Here’s yet another sob story about the Palestinians’ need for an airport: Gaza’s ghost airport awaits better days. Construction began on the airport after the 1993 Oslo accords were signed in a bid to restore Middle East peace. The airport functioned primarily as a hub for Arafat when he took ...
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Palestinian Groundhog Day
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 7:50:01 am PDT
It’s like the movie Groundhog Day; you wake up every morning and it’s the same day, you say and do the same things over and over, and nothing ever changes: Bush puts pressure on Palestinians after pullout. CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush put pressure on the Palestinians on ...
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Mama Moonbat's PR Machine
Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 7:34:29 am PDT
It’s no surprise at all to discover that Mother Sheehan’s Media Circus is being clandestinely funded by all the usual radical left groups—and the Democratic Party: PR Machine Behind Cindy Sheehan? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Sheehan’s message hasn’t changed since she got here, but the support staff interested in getting that ...
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Mama Moonbat's Traveling Minstrel Show
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:59:52 pm PDT
Mother Sheehan has announced she’ll be stalking members of Congress next: Iraq war protester says to shift focus to Congress. CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil near President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch has become a symbol for the anti-war movement, said on Friday she plans ...
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Hamas: Bolder Than Ever
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:32:38 pm PDT
Take a look at what’s happening in Gaza, now that the disengagement is complete: Yahoo! News Photos: Hamas. The death cult runs amok.
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 5
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 9:30:29 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 10 (Photoshop courtesy of Allah.) Frau Atrios and Dr. Kos share a laugh over the latest report of dead American contractors in Iraq. UPDATE at 8/26/05 9:42:13 pm: Big oops, Kos! So what does ...
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Pajamas Online
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 8:01:14 pm PDT
I know it seems like almost forever since Roger and I announced the formation of Pajamas Media (it does to me, anyway), but tonight I’m very pleased to announce that our first web site is open to the public: Pajamas Media in Transition - Information Site. We’re “in transition” because this ...
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Military Kin Know the Truth
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 6:00:08 pm PDT
A beautiful/horrible example of the damage being done by our relentlessly defeatist media and their partners in the “anti-war” movement: AP Poll: Military Kin Likelier to Back War. People with friends or relatives serving in Iraq are more likely than others to have a positive view of a generally unpopular war, ...
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Palestinians Preparing for a Peaceful State
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 4:58:49 pm PDT
Hamas Bombmaker Vows to Continue Attacks. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A shadowy Hamas bombmaker who tops Israel’s most-wanted list on Saturday issued his first videotaped statement since going into hiding more than a decade ago. Mohammed Deif praised Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as a victory for armed resistance, rejected ...
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Illinois Student Paper Falls for Anti-War Lie
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 3:54:32 pm PDT
An Illinois student newspaper was taken in for almost two years by a pack of anti-war liars, who invented a tear-jerking story about a young girl whose father was eventually “killed” in Iraq: Hoax Leaves Ill. Student Paper Embarrassed. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) CARBONDALE, Ill. - Kodee Kennings’ story was ...
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US Appeals 22-Year Sentence for Millennium Bomber
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 12:34:52 pm PDT
The sentence for Ahmed Ressam, who planned to blow up Los Angeles Airport, murdering hundreds of people and sabotaging the US transportation system, was appallingly light—and the US is now appealing. (Hat tip: NC.) SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday appealed the 22-year prison term for “millennium bomber” Ahmed ...
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Victims Forever and Always
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:37:17 am PDT
The thugs who run the Palestinian Authority really like the aid money and status they get from being perpetual victims, and they’re not giving it up without a fight: Palestinians fight move to declare Gaza occupation over. GAZA CITY (AFP) - The Palestinians intend to oppose any move by Israel to ...
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Outrage of the Day
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:24:00 am PDT
We all know that National Public Radio is incredibly biased toward the Palestinian side of the Arab-Israeli conflict, but this is a real jaw-dropper; their affiliate WILL has now hired Mariam Sobh, a member of the radical Islamic front group known as the Muslim Student Association who, while working at ...
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Friday Open
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 8:51:25 am PDT
It’s Friday morning, the sun is out, the birds are singing, the moonbats are barking, and here’s the open thread...
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VDH: The Paranoid Style
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 8:42:49 am PDT
Victor Davis Hanson on the worldwide moronic convergence (which seems to be accelerating): The Paranoid Style. It is becoming nearly impossible to sort the extreme rhetoric of the antiwar Left from that of the fringe paleo-Right. Both see the Iraqi war through the same lenses: the American effort is bound to ...
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Mother Moonbat Channels Son
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 8:36:43 am PDT
In her latest interview, Cindy Sheehan says her dead son is up in heaven, calling George Bush an idiot. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) So this is the boy who they say I’m dishonoring by what I do and I know when I get up with Casey, like he went there first ...
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George Galloway and Jane Fonda
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 8:19:19 am PDT
In an almost unbelievable convergence of old and new idiocies, panderer to radical Islam George Galloway will be introduced in Madison, Wisconsin (a city with one of the largest Arab populations in the US) by none other than ... wait for it ... Hanoi Jane. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.) In an ...
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Condoleezza Rice and The New York Times
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 7:50:53 am PDT
Many LGF readers were very upset at Condoleezza Rice’s statement, reported by the New York Times after the Gaza pullout, that “It cannot be Gaza only.” Well, it’s time to take another look at this issue—because, as Rick Richman details, after reading the actual transcript of the interview given by Dr. ...
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A Public Service Lizardoid Announcement
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 7:46:56 am PDT
LGF readers are very welcome to email tips to interesting stories; I’ve found some of our best stuff that way. However, it would be a great idea, before sending me a story, if you would please search LGF to make sure it hasn’t already been covered here. For some reason ...
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The Mismatch of the Century
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 10:50:46 pm PDT
Huffington and Hanson to Debate U.S. Foreign Policy. (Hat tip: VDH in ‘08.) NEW YORK — Tribune Media Services columnists Victor Davis Hanson and Arianna Huffington will square off in a debate about whether the U.S. is “internationalist or imperial.” The debate is scheduled for Sept. 14 at the Gerald R. Ford ...
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Reverend Al and Mother Sheehan
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 9:17:38 pm PDT
It’s the perfect storm. Neo-Nazis, CODEPINK, MoveOn.org, and Al Sharpton. The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to join peace activist Cindy Sheehan, known as the Peace Mom, on Sunday near President Bush’s Texas ranch. Sharpton’s office said Thursday he would participate in a prayer vigil Sunday with Sheehan in Crawford, Texas. When ...
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Google News Hits Bottom, Digs
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 7:21:02 pm PDT
This is what happens when you have an automated news headline generator that draws on a database of news sources hand-selected by left wing lunatics; a headline currently featured at Google News: The Google News system is broken. In a very big way. The Wahhabi schemers who run sites like ArabNews ...
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Gates of Fire
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 7:10:39 pm PDT
Don’t miss this outstanding post from Michael Yon: Gates of Fire. (Hat tip: many LGF readers.)
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 4
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 6:36:37 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 11 (Photoshop courtesy of LGF reader Seven_stripes, with additional modifications by LGF.)
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Michael Graham Has a Brand New Bag
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 6:14:50 pm PDT
Radio host Michael Graham, fired from WMAL for his refusal to kowtow to the Council on American Islamic Relations, has a new job at Rightalk.com (one of our advertisers).
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The Media Are the Enemy
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 6:05:48 pm PDT
One of the most extreme cases of outrageous, slanted, defeatist reporting I’ve ever seen—and that’s saying a lot: U.S., insurgents locked in stalemate. (Hat tip: Right Equals Might.) The premise, as you can probably tell from the headline, is that we’re losing in Iraq. The first sentence: FALLUJAH, Iraq — Insurgents in ...
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Neo-Nazis Dig Mother Sheehan
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 5:37:56 pm PDT
From one of the internet’s darkest holes, neo-Nazis are coming to Crawford, Texas, to show their appreciation and support for Cindy Sheehan: Stormfronters Rally In Crawford, TX On Sat. & Sun. Aug. 27-28. (Hat tip: Morgan.) I’m driving out to Crawford, Texas tomorrow, Friday August 26th to help put up a ...
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High Re-Enlistment Rates in Combat Units
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 1:21:56 pm PDT
Army chief says re-enlistment strong, force not broken. (Hat tip: Ethel.) WASHINGTON (AFP) - High re-enlistment rates in combat units that have served in Iraq shows the army is far from being a broken force despite a likely shortfall in recruiting, the army’s chief of staff said. “I think we’re a heck ...
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Mother Moonbat's Traveling Minstrel Show
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 1:15:23 pm PDT
The life of a peace mom is always—intense: Cindy Sheehan Planning Anti-War Bus Tour. CRAWFORD, Texas - A fallen soldier’s mother said Thursday that the an [sic] anti-war vigil she started nearly three weeks ago near President Bush’s ranch won’t end when she and other protesters pack up the camp next ...
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Netherlands: Hizballah "Military" and "Political" Wings Are the Same
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 1:10:58 pm PDT
The Counterterrorism Blog points to the newly released English version of the Netherlands’ 2004 annual report on intelligence, and its conclusion about the Hizballah terror gang—a conclusion that’s been dead obvious for many years: No distinction between Hezbollah political and terror branches. (Hat tip: Baldy.) “Investigations have shown that Hezbollah’s ...
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Palestinians: We Hate You, Now Give Us Jobs and Hospitals
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 8:53:29 am PDT
We need a new word for this kind of shameless gall: Palestinians fear Gaza health crisis after Israeli pullout. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Palestinian medical experts fear a looming health crisis after Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip unless patients are guaranteed access to life-saving treatment beyond the territory. While Israel regards ...
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Syrian Terrorist Had Inside Knowledge of 9/11
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 8:45:21 am PDT
Syrian Had Inside Knowledge of 9/11 and London Bombings. (Hat tip: Yank in the EU.) The Turkish interrogators in Istanbul’s high-security prison wanted to be polite; they wanted to show respect for Islam. They offered their prisoner, an Islamist named Luai Sakra, 31, a chance to pray during a pause in ...
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Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 8:23:39 am PDT
An open thread for a sunny Thursday...
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Italian Red Cross Saves Terrorists' Lives
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 8:08:31 am PDT
The Italian Red Cross made a secret deal to give medical treatment to terrorists: Iraq rebels treated in hostage deal-Italy Red Cross. (Hat tip: Daniel.) Notice how al-Reuters refers to the kidnapping, ransom-demanding terrorists in this story as “rebels.” ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Red Cross treated “four presumed Iraqi terrorists” at ...
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Anti-War Creeps at Walter Reed Hospital
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 7:57:50 am PDT
Need something to get your blood pressure up? Here’s the latest example of the “anti-war” crowd’s complete lack of decency: Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the current home of hundreds of wounded veterans ...
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Canadian Arabs: We're the Victims, Not Jews
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 7:50:37 am PDT
The Toronto Star’s resident Islamist, Haroon Siddiqi, has a disgusting article in which Arab Canadians complain that only they can be victims—and that only Palestinians deserve sympathy: Who will weep for Palestinians? (Hat tip: Randall.) Raja G. Khouri, Toronto. A Christian born in Lebanon to parents who lost their homes in ...
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Announcing: The George Galloway US Tour!
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 8:14:18 pm PDT
The George Galloway US Tour September 13-24: Boston, New York, Toronto, Madison, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. Los Angeles: Thursday, September 22 at 7pm Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd. Tickets are $12 at the door Contact: danielleheck@earthlink.net or 310-404-1739 Media Sponsor: KPFK 90.7 George Galloway is Respect party MP for ...
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How Low Can They Go?
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 6:31:07 pm PDT
From Drudge: Anti-war protestors besieged wounded and disabled soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C, a new web report will claim! CNSNews.com is planning to run an expose featuring interviews with both protestors and veterans, as well as shots of protest signs with slogans like “Maimed for a Lie.” The conservative outlet ...
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Portrait of a Grieving Peace Mom
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 6:24:09 pm PDT
Click picture to expand. Does that guy with the USMC T-shirt look embarrassed or what? “Come on, Cindy. They’re taking your picture. How many of those little bottles of Smirnoff did you have on the plane, anyway?”
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A Must-See: Blues by the Beach
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 4:59:19 pm PDT
Now playing at the Laemmle Theater in downtown LA, a movie that deserves the support of LGF readers, about the suicide bombing of the nightclub Mike’s Place in Tel Aviv by two British Muslim terrorists (who were aided and abetted by the International Solidarity Movement): Blues By The Beach. (Hat ...
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Witness: Islamic Jihad Planned Attack in US
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 4:07:20 pm PDT
An FBI witness in the trial of accused terror kingpin Sami Al-Arian told the court today that Islamic Jihad planned an attack in the US. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) And Al-Arian’s supporters laughed. TAMPA - The Palestinian Islamic Jihad planned an attack inside the United States, but it might have been thwarted ...
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown, Day 3
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 3:49:39 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 12 “I shall call him ... ‘Mini-Me.’” (Photoshop courtesy of Allah.) UPDATE at 8/24/05 6:18:39 pm: Iowahawk’s army of zombified Big Daddy Ed Roth clones has discovered the second draft of Markos’ declaration of war, ...
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Daily Kos Bandwidth Thieves, Part Deux
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 3:02:00 pm PDT
A Klueless Kos Kid posted a comment containing Allah’s photoshop image of Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga today, calling it “The vilification of Kos:” Daily Kos :: Comments Midday Open Thread. I don’t expect these idiots to understand the difference, but this is known as “mockery,” not “vilification.” The best part, though, ...
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Pakistan Admits AQ Khan-North Korea Connection
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 2:51:58 pm PDT
Khan ‘gave N Korea centrifuges’. (Hat tip: axxiom.) Disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan supplied North Korea with centrifuges and their designs, President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed. Centrifuges enrich uranium which can be used for making nuclear bombs. It is the first time Pakistan has given details about the type of technology Dr Khan ...
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The Other Jihad
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 1:12:11 pm PDT
Ralph Peters has a must-read column on the deliberate spread of Wahhabism throughout East Africa: The other jihad. The mosque stood empty beside the road in a Christian town in Kenya. Funded by Saudis, it wasn’t meant for worshippers. It was meant to stake a claim. The mosque annoyed the locals. Windows ...
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PJ Media: Help Wanted
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 12:17:51 pm PDT
As our plans for world domination proceed, Pajamas Media is seeking to augment our team with a highly skilled HTML+CSS designer, with a good sense of visual design and usability issues, preferably in the Los Angeles area. The job will involve approximately three to five weeks of work (and possibly ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 9:26:52 am PDT
Here’s the mid-week open thread...
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EU Springs into Action
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 9:21:45 am PDT
With characteristic resolve, the European Union responds to Iran’s nuclear cheat-and-retreat game by calling off a meeting with the mullahs’ goons. PARIS, Aug 23 (AFP) - France, Britain and Germany have called off a planned meeting with Iran on August 31 because of Tehran’s decision to resume sensitive nuclear activities, the ...
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UK Publishes List of "Unacceptable Behaviors"
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 9:06:19 am PDT
The UK has published a list of the types of “hate speech” that will result in deportation of foreign nationals: Acts of hate: full list of ‘deportation’ acts. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) No word on what they’ll do about British natives (for example, the UK-born Muslims who carried out the July ...
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Australia Wants to Know What's Going On in Mosques
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 8:18:42 am PDT
Things are beginning to get interesting in Australia: Australia’s Howard Says Govt May Infiltrate Mosques, Schools. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the government may infiltrate mosques, prayer halls and schools to detect any teaching of the “virtues of terrorism.” “We have a right ...
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No Shari'a in Australia
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:59:33 pm PDT
Shari’a is utterly incompatible with modern Western civilization, and leave it to the Australians to say so in no uncertain terms: Muslims who want Islamic law told to leave Australia. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SYDNEY (AFP) - Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law should get out of Australia, ...
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The Michael Moore Fat Farm Diaries
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 9:38:48 pm PDT
Tim Blair noticed a New York Post article about Michael Moore checking into a “fat farm for the rich” in Aventura, Florida; Iowahawk noticed Tim’s post and immediately mobilized his crack team of dumpster-diving Big Daddy Ed Roth clones, who unearthed the fragrant first draft of The Michael Moore Fat ...
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Lance Drives the French Crazy (A Short Drive)
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 9:03:46 pm PDT
The jealous, vindictive, Tour de France-losing French are going after Lance Armstrong again: Lance Armstrong Denies Doping Allegations. PARIS - Faced with yet another report that he cheated his way to a Tour de France victory, Lance Armstrong responded Tuesday the same way he has since the doping whispers began during ...
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We Got Mail!
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 8:38:35 pm PDT
Received tonight through our contact form (which clearly states, “Messages may be published in our weblog, unless you request otherwise”) from the email address: wnm@business1.com (which may be fake, of course) ...a person who is apparently in Tucson, Arizona (and found us through a link at The Laughing Wolf, where he probably ...
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A Monumental Mistake
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 6:14:27 pm PDT
From Cox & Forkum, where you can find lots of links about the insulting, outrageous “International Freedom Center.”
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MSM Piles on Robertson
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 5:47:55 pm PDT
Mainstream media evidently believe that Pat Robertson’s dumb comment about assassinating Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez is gigantic news, and Chavez is exploiting it for all it’s worth. Try to count the headlines: Venezuela Full Coverage on Yahoo! News. UPDATE at 8/23/05 7:12:48 pm: If you’d like to make your own judgment, The ...
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Some Things Don't Change
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 5:19:03 pm PDT
Via Brutally Honest, Bob Hope’s timeless wisdom. [Video]
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Bush: Palestinians Must Take Next Step
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 3:42:52 pm PDT
This is more like it: Bush: Palestinians must take next step. The Palestinians have the onus of moving forward on the road map, US President George Bush said on Tuesday. In a conversation with reporters in Idaho, where Bush is vacationing, the President made it clear that the Palestinians must take ...
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 3:24:08 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 13 “DLC, you just aren’t evil enough, you’re semi-evil, you’re quasi-evil, you’re the margarine of evil, you’re the diet soda of evil, just one calorie, but not quite evil enough.”
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Schroeder Nominated for the Yasser Arafat Prize
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 3:02:15 pm PDT
Appeasement weasel Gerhard Schroeder has been nominated for a Nobel peace prize. (Hat tip: Ron.) If the Nobel Peace Prize still meant anything, this would be an outrage. But the Prize was rendered worthless when the fools in Oslo gave it to arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat. And then there’s Jimmy Carter. If ...
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Jaw-Dropping Headline of the Day
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 8:38:51 am PDT
From al-Reuters, naturally: Israel shows moving settlements is not so hard. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In a few long days, Israeli forces have buried any idea that giving up settlements on land Palestinians want for a state would be impossibly traumatic.
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A Very Open Tuesday
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 8:33:28 am PDT
Here’s the open thread for Tuesday morning...
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Hard Left Advocacy Group Sets MSM Agenda
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 8:06:16 am PDT
Yesterday the Soros-funded far left group Media Matters made a big issue of Pat Robertson’s idiotic statement that the US should assassinate Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Today Robertson’s comment is all over mainstream media. Are we supposed to think it’s news that Robertson has a few screws loose?
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How the Muslim Brotherhood is Challenging the Pope
Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 7:44:12 am PDT
When the Pope visited Cologne recently, he gave a speech to Islamic community leaders, but declined to visit a mosque. Here’s why: How the Muslim Brotherhood is Challenging the Pope. (Hat tip: Hans ze Beeman.) ROMA, August 18, 2005 – The penultimate event of Benedict XVI’s visit to Cologne, before the ...
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Inside 9/11, Topic Three
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 6:52:56 pm PDT
Again I urge all LGF readers to see the National Geographic special Inside 9/11 :: Al Qaeda, World Trade Center, September 11. Part 2 is airing tonight. It will tear your heart out. UPDATE at 8/22/05 7:01:44 pm: Mainstream media has hidden so much about that day from us. UPDATE at 8/22/05 7:37:58 pm: Are ...
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Daily Kos Master Plan Countdown
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 6:37:41 pm PDT
Number of days until Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga unveils his top secret plan to destroy the Democratic Leadership Council: 14 Amount of ransom money Kos wants from the DLC to call off his attack: one millllllllllion dollars. (Hat tip: Allah.)
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Steven Vincent's Wife Responds to Juan Cole
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 4:42:59 pm PDT
The execrable creature who goes by the name “Juan Cole” picked the wrong person to libel when he went after Steven Vincent, the journalist murdered in Iraq—because even though Mr. Vincent can no longer defend himself against Cole’s vicious smears, his wife can, and did: ‘It’s called courage’. (Hat tip: ...
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Another Bombing in Christian Beirut
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 4:25:22 pm PDT
Powerful Blast Hits Beirut Shopping Center. BEIRUT, Lebanon - A powerful explosion late Monday rocked a shopping center and hotel in the Zalka neighborhood in north Beirut, injuring at least three people and causing extensive damage, security officials said. Heavily armed Lebanese soldiers cordoned off the area, punching and hitting journalists to ...
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Michael Graham: Well, They Got Me
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 1:58:02 pm PDT
Former WMAL radio host Michael Graham was fired by ABC management at the demand of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and here’s his most recent statement: Well, they got me... (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MICHAEL, ARE YOU *SURE* YOU’VE BEEN FIRED? I’ve had several people tell me that ...
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Hatred on Display
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 12:03:50 pm PDT
Sick, sick, sick. Arab TVs fend off Israeli propaganda claims in Gaza coverage. DUBAI (AFP) - Arab satellite news channels Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya have been forced to fend off accusations they served up Israeli propaganda with their coverage of the historic evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements. “We understand when the international media ...
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Abu Mazen Says...
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 10:04:37 am PDT
(Hat tip: JohnAnnArbor.) UPDATE at 8/22/05 12:56:29 pm: A “culture of peace,” eh? Maybe Abu Mazen should let his own Ministry of Culture know about his plans? From the Palestinian Media Watch mailing list: The PA’s Ministry of Culture released its “Book of the Month” today, a poetry collection honoring suicide terrorist Hanadi Jaradat, ...
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Open Monday
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 9:52:41 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for the dreaded Monday morning...
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LA Times: Iran Needs Nukes
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 9:07:13 am PDT
Today’s LA Times gives column space to Fariborz Mokhtari, a professor at the Near East South Asia Center of the National Defense University in Washington, to tell America why Iran needs nuclear weapons. (Hat tip: Eg.) Lost in the rhetoric is the truth that Iran needs a way to deter its ...
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Iraq Accuses Jordan of Allowing Financing of Insurgency
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 8:40:54 am PDT
A spokesman for the Iraqi government says that Jordan is allowing family members of Saddam Hussein to raise money to finance the terrorists: Iraq Accuses Jordan of Allowing Financing of Insurgency. (Hat tip: Yank in the EU.) BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 21 - The Iraqi government accused Jordan on Sunday of allowing ...
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Daily Kos Top Secret Plan
Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 8:13:40 am PDT
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga has a top secret plan, and it’s coming to fruition in two weeks: Daily Kos: The calm before the storm. (Hat tip: JustAHousewife.) He starts with a quote from the Democratic Leadership Council, who are way too rational for Markos, then informs us that he could ...
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The Red-Green-Pink Alliance
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 10:19:08 pm PDT
Radical leftist group CODEPINK is joining forces with radical Islamic front group The Muslim Public Affairs Committee and academic America-hater Mark LeVine, to sponsor an event on September 12 in Los Angeles: On Monday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m., Middle East historian Mark LeVine presents his new book Why They Don’t Hate ...
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JihadTV Echoes the BBC
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 9:00:10 pm PDT
JihadTV is using the same disgusting image on their home page tonight that the BBC was featuring earlier, as an illustration for their hateful coverage of the Gaza pullout. (Hat tip: unclebubba.)
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Inside 9/11, Topic Two
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:31:07 pm PDT
Here’s another topic to discuss National Geographic’s extraordinary documentary, Inside 9/11 :: Al Qaeda, World Trade Center, September 11. If you’re on the west coast, the show airs again at 9 pm. Don’t miss it. It took our complacent, mostly blind media four years to do it, but they’ve finally ...
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UK Muslim Group Whines, Seethes
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 6:52:54 pm PDT
The radical Islamic front group known as the Muslim Council of Britain is whining and seething about ... wait for it ... the BBC’s pro-Israel agenda: Muslim Group Slams BBC Portrayal of Islam. LONDON - Britain’s most powerful Islamic body criticized a television documentary broadcast Sunday that accused the country’s Muslim ...
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Radical Islamist Front Group Wins, Graham Fired
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 6:42:17 pm PDT
I’ve just received the following email: *** CAIR WINS, FREE SPEECH LOSES, GRAHAM FIRED The First Amendment and I have been evicted from ABC Radio in Washington, DC. On July 25th, the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded that I be “punished” for my on-air statements regarding Islam and its tragic connections to terrorism. Three ...
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Inside 9/11
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 6:35:43 pm PDT
On now: Inside 9/11 :: Al Qaeda, World Trade Center, September 11 :: National Geographic Channel. So far, it’s free of multicultural insanity.
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Palestinians Hope to End Weapons Smuggling
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 5:23:08 pm PDT
Palestinians Have Hopes for Gaza Airport. I’m sure they do. After all, an airport of their own would eliminate the need to smuggle weapons. UPDATE at 8/21/05 5:58:05 pm: And let us not even notice the bitter irony that the people who invented airplane hijacking are now yearning for their own airport. What ...
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Radical Lawyers and Radical Muslims Join Forces
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 3:31:32 pm PDT
The ACLU, who are relentlessly campaigning to expunge all traces of religion from public places, are joining forces with radical Islamic group CAIR to promote the use of Korans in the courtroom. (Hat tip: Steven Den Beste.) N.C. — Traditionally, witnesses taking the stand in court are sworn in by placing their hand ...
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Tell Foggy Bottom: No Shari'a in Iraq
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 2:25:04 pm PDT
Contact the US State Department and let them know that you’re opposed to their plans to allow shari’a (Islamic law, which brutally suppresses women, and mandates death for homosexuals and apostates and barbaric punishments such as amputation and stoning) to be the basis of Iraq’s new constitution. UPDATE at 8/21/05 2:56:15 ...
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Dog Bites Man, Lefties Lie
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 2:22:18 pm PDT
The Soros-funded hard left group Media Matters has been caught red-handed, falsely accusing AIM’s Cliff Kincaid of fabricating a letter from an Afghan ambassador: Media Matters Lies, Busted in Kincaid, AIM smear.
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MSM's Anti-War Heroine
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 2:14:24 pm PDT
Mainstream media continues to relentlessly hype loony Cindy “This country isn’t worth dying for” Sheehan; the latest gushing profile: A life turned public through protest. CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - Cindy Sheehan did not expect at the age of 48 to become an icon of opposition to the Iraq war in ...
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Outrage of the Decade
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 1:37:13 pm PDT
Another outrage at the so-called “International Freedom Center” at Ground Zero in Manhattan, as a network of “human rights museums” is pushing the IFC to downplay America. (Hat tip: Alone in NY.) A global network of human rights museums is urging the International Freedom Center to downplay America in its exhibits ...
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RoP Strikes in Algeria
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 9:45:13 am PDT
Islamic Militants Kill 6 Hikers in Algeria. Islamic militants killed six hikers in a forest in eastern Algeria, local security forces said Saturday. Victims had their throats slit in the Friday attack in the forests of Ravin Bleu in the Batna region, about 330 miles east of Algiers, the security forces said. The ...
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Red Cross: The Dictator's Helper
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 9:28:39 am PDT
The International Committee of the Red Cross is helping Saddam Hussein distribute incitement and propaganda. In Jordan, two newspapers published a letter from Saddam Hussein in which he vowed to sacrifice himself for the cause of Palestine and Iraq, urged Arabs to follow his path and implied he would become a ...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam - a Best-Seller
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 9:04:37 am PDT
Robert Spencer’s new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, is now number 17 on the New York Times Best-Seller List. At American Thinker, Andrew Bostom reviews the book: Islam Without Camouflage.
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BBC Photo Editorial
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:50:16 am PDT
Currently featured on the home page of the BBC, to illustrate their stories about the Gaza disengagement: (Hat tip: Luigi.)
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:41:17 am PDT
This thread is open for business...
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An Islamic Call for Genocide
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:35:20 am PDT
At a very active Muslim forum, a “Senior Member” explains why all Jews must either submit to Islam or die, with extensive quotes from the Koran: A Muslim Call to the Israelis. Would it have been possible that the best Ummah sent to mankind had not destroyed Israel long ago if ...
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You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:18:27 am PDT
Move America Forward is planning a demonstration to counter the moronic convergence in Crawford: Coming to Crawford, Texas... “You Don’t Speak for Me, Cindy” Tour.
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Jew-Hater Gets Top UK "Anti-Extremist" Job
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 8:14:33 am PDT
Wow. The British government still doesn’t get it: Top job fighting extremism for Muslim who praised bomber. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) He may hate Jews, and Western civilization, but judging from the picture in this article he does own some nice suits. A Muslim accused of anti-Semitism is to be appointed to ...
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Hard Left Superiority Complex
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 7:54:40 am PDT
The Political Teen has an amusing video of one of Cindy Sheehan’s supporters, who, with that endearing mix of “anti-war” smugness and idiocy, says: “I’m not talking to anybody from FOX.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.) He claims to work for “a news agency.” He might not be lying.
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Abu Mazen Must Deliver
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 7:35:08 am PDT
Where do you even start with pie-in-the-sky, blind-to-reality articles like this? Mahmoud Abbas must now deliver peace. And while he’s at it, he must also deliver a piping hot pepperoni pizza to my door. In 20 minutes.
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No Debate Possible
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 9:16:21 pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan’s backers don’t want to debate. They just want to hate. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Bill Johnson, a local gift shop owner who created “Fort Qualls,” said he wanted to offer a larger, more convenient place for Bush supporters to gather. He and others at “Fort Qualls” have asked for a debate with ...
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Saturday Night Heavy Weather
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 9:02:34 pm PDT
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Bush Rides With Lance, Reuters Hypes Sheehan
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 7:20:59 pm PDT
President Bush did a bike ride with Lance Armstrong today, and I’m jealous. But get a load of Reuters, as they turn this event into another opportunity to hype Cindy Sheehan. (Hat tip: Thomas.) The president was described by his doctors in his annual physical as being in “superior” condition for a ...
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LGF: Forbes Best of the Web
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 6:59:03 pm PDT
A big LGF thank you to Forbes Magazine for listing us in their Best of the Web section. But in their review of LGF they note: WORST: The “now playing” feature doesn’t stream music, it just says what Johnson is listening to. Hey guys! You’re Forbes. You oughtta know that streaming music ...
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Moonbats Pounding on the Door
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 6:32:16 pm PDT
When I opened registration this afternoon, a veritable herd of trolls began trying to register multiple usernames, with free “throw away” email services and anonymous proxies to hide their identities. I’ve blocked at least seven of these bogus accounts (registered with names that reek of antisemitism). Leftist tactics at their ugliest; ...
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Monsters on Parade
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 6:20:41 pm PDT
Here’s what Al Jazeera (aka JihadTV) is broadcasting to the Arab world about the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, courtesy of MEMRI TV. [Video]
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ArabNews' Take on Jordanian Rocket Attacks
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 6:03:51 pm PDT
They’re getting a little better at shedding crocodile tears, but in an editorial on the rocket attacks against US warships in Jordan, the editors of ArabNews can barely suppress their gloating: Editorial: New Front. (Hat tip: Laurence Simon.) For the American military, this latest outrage demonstrates the complexity and ever-changing nature ...
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Hamas Claims Victory for Suicide Bombers
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 5:47:16 pm PDT
The next intifada is about to begin: Hamas claims evacuation is victory for the suicide bombers. (Hat tip: Scaramouche.) During the Gaza withdrawal, there were no reports of serious clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. Yet despite the relative calm of recent weeks, Israeli security officials fear that once the dust has ...
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Arab Bank Fined $24M for Terror Funding
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 5:20:18 pm PDT
The Arab world’s largest bank has been fined $24 million for funding Palestinian terrorism. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The New York branch of the Arab Bank has been ordered to pay $24 million to the US Treasury Department for failing to monitor transactions aimed at funding terror and money laundering, the ...
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Pope Urges Muslims to Fight Terror
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 2:54:49 pm PDT
At a meeting with Islamic leaders in Cologne, Germany, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to do something to fight terror. The meeting with Muslim officials in Germany was part of Benedict’s outreach to non-Catholics during his visit to achieve common positions on social issues and world peace. Germany has some 3.5 ...
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SF Moonbats Shun USS Iowa
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 2:42:57 pm PDT
As you read this, please remember that we are not allowed to question these people’s loyalty to the US, and that they really do support the troops (even though their every action demonstrates the opposite): San Francisco Shuns Retired USS Iowa. (Hat tip: Beagle.) SAN FRANCISCO - The USS Iowa joined ...
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Hamas Will Keep On Killin'
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:54:01 am PDT
No surprises here: Hamas threatens more attacks after Gaza pullout. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Saturday it would fight to drive Israel out of the West Bank and Jerusalem after the Jewish state completes its withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip this year. “Gaza is not Palestine,” ...
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Shari'a Comes to Iraq
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:41:30 am PDT
It’s Reuters, so they’re undoubtedly spinning this as negatively as possible, but if it’s even remotely accurate this is bad. Very bad. U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law. (Hat tip: NC.) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. diplomats have conceded ground to Islamists on the role of religion in Iraq, negotiators ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:37:31 am PDT
Open, the thread is...
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Al Qaeda's Media Jihad
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:29:20 am PDT
Al-Qaeda group to terrorise US. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) Dubai - An al-Qaeda linked-group has launched what it calls a media jihad, or holy war, to “terrorise” United States-led forces in Iraq and their families by bombarding them with e-mails and by posting gruesome photos online. The group, calling itself the “Brigade ...
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Al Qaeda Fully Funded
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:11:47 am PDT
At the Counterterrorism Blog: Signs that al Qaeda is Flush With Cash.
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The Reason for the LGF Prayer
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 8:08:37 am PDT
Here’s a Slashdot troll, boasting about deliberately trying to provoke “racist responses” at LGF: Journal of cyranoVR (518628).
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Al Qaeda Loves Our Unpatriotic Media
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 9:12:04 pm PDT
Cliff Kincaid makes an undeniable point about Western media and their sick obsession with ripping apart their own countries: Al Qaeda Loves Our Unpatriotic Media. The Washington Post has pulled out of a Pentagon-sponsored Freedom Walk to commemorate 9/11 and support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan because it was deemed ...
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Friday Night Net
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 8:46:31 pm PDT
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Who's Your Chaplain?
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 6:41:34 pm PDT
Shakeel Syed is a bigwig in the Los Angeles Muslim community. He’s one of the official go-to guys for the FBI. He’s also a contract chaplain for the California Penal System. In that capacity, he took part in a CAIR press conference today, dealing with the recent exposure in Torrance of ...
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Iran the Model
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 6:11:16 pm PDT
In his latest column, Michael Ledeen has put together an invaluable “who’s who” list of the thugs and fanatics in the cabinet of Iran’s new president. If you read nothing else on the web today, read this—because these people are at war with us even if we refuse to notice: ...
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Breitbart.com
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 5:52:29 pm PDT
Andrew Breitbart, the silent (heh) partner of Drudge Report, has launched his new wire service portal. Bare bones news for the new media era: BREITBART.COM - Just The News.
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Gaza Terror Blimp
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 5:39:38 pm PDT
From the August 13, 2005 edition of the Palestinian paper Al-Quds, a photo of a bomb-shaped blimp in Gaza, sporting pictures of Arafish and his descendant. What the hell is wrong with these people? (Hat tip: Michael V.)
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Abbas Credits "Martyrs" for Gaza Pullout
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 2:18:06 pm PDT
I’ve been reading news story after news story about Palestinian “president” Abu Mazen/Mahmoud Abbas’s statements about the Gaza pullout, and noticing a curious fact. Almost none of the news agencies are quoting Abu Mazen’s full statements; instead, they’re summarizing and quoting short phrases. Here’s an example: Abbas Pledges Better Future ...
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Millions of Muslims Not Marching
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 1:51:56 pm PDT
In Lodi, California, where an Islamist terror cell was recently uncovered, local Muslims vowed to hold a “Million Muslim March” to show that they reject terrorism. Well, now that media attention has moved on, the ‘Million Muslim march’ idea falls by the wayside. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) The idea of a “million Muslim ...
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Chuck Hagel's Global Test
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:06:49 am PDT
With Republicans like Chuck Hagel, who needs Democrats? Republican senator calls for talks with Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In an interview with Israeli television last week, Bush said “all options are on the table” if the Iranians refuse to comply with international demands to halt their nuclear program, and noted ...
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Breaking: Explosion in San Francisco
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:37:13 am PDT
Mystery Explosion Strikes Downtown San Francisco. (Hat tip: Dianna.) (CBS5) SAN FRANCISCO — An explosion struck in downtown San Francisco mid-morning Friday at the intersection of Post and Kearny shortly before 10 a.m. The source of the explosion is not known at this time but a structure is on fire and one ...
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How Low Can Markos Go?
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:11:36 am PDT
You’re not going to believe this one. Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga is accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder: Daily Kos: FL-Sen: Scarborough asked to challenge Harris. (Hat tip: Soxblog.) And the comments are amazing too.
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Krauthammer on the Disengagement
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 9:56:06 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer supports the Gaza disengagement for pragmatic reasons—but warns that this must be the end of Israel’s unilateral concessions: Israeli withdrawal is correct and necessary. The second problem is world reaction to the Gaza withdrawal. Far from Israel getting any credit for this deeply wrenching action, the demand now is ...
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Miranda Warnings for Terrorists
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 9:39:29 am PDT
The ACLU continues their effort to sabotage the war against radical Islam, by advising Guantanamo Bay detainees that they have a “right” not to answer interrogators’ questions: ACLU Lawyers at Gitmo.
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Friday Open
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 9:27:15 am PDT
And here we see the Friday morning open thread, foraging through the underbrush for roots and berries...
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Rockets Fired at US Warships in Jordan
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 8:42:48 am PDT
Rockets narrowly miss U.S. ships in Jordan. AMMAN (Reuters) - Rockets were fired at two U.S. warships in Jordan’s Red Sea Aqaba port on Friday, but missed their targets and killed a Jordanian soldier on land. The three Katyusha missiles instead landed on a warehouse, a hospital and the neighboring Israeli port ...
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9/11 Conspirator Gets Slap on Wrist
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 8:02:22 am PDT
Moroccan jailed in 9/11 retrial. A Moroccan man who was friends with three of the 9/11 suicide hijackers has been found guilty in Germany of belonging to a terrorist organisation. Mounir al-Motassadek, 31, was sentenced to seven years in prison following a year-long retrial. However, the court in Hamburg ruled there was ...
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VDH: The Biteback Effect
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 7:51:57 am PDT
Another brilliant analysis of our very strange war, from Victor Davis Hanson: The Biteback Effect. Sometimes even the English language is without the right word to describe a commonplace occurrence. We don’t, for example, have a term quite like the German schadenfreude: “Taking malicious delight in someone else’s misfortune.” The Arab ...
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Tech Note Update
Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 7:43:07 am PDT
Please see the update to this post; it turns out that (for once) there was nothing malicious about the odd web activity I noticed yesterday: An Interesting Tech Note.
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The Anti-War Associated Press
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 9:50:06 pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan may have abandoned her Crawford vigil, but the Associated Press forges on in her name: ‘Peace Mom’: Spearhead of Peace Movement? WASHINGTON - What began as one mother’s vigil on a country road in Texas two weeks ago has grown into a nationwide protest, putting a grieving human face ...
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Cindy Sealed the Deal
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 8:08:25 pm PDT
All of a sudden, Scott Randolph gets it. I actually felt myself become a republican today. It was around 10am, when I read the latest update of the Cindy Sheehan saga in CNN.com. I then shot over to read some blogs about it, and perused the comments in some of them, ...
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An Interesting Tech Note
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 7:05:19 pm PDT
I don’t know why, or whether it was malicious or sympathetic, but someone put up a framed page today with the domain name zionistmedia.com, and tried to include LGF as the content of the frame. (Now redirected to a more appropriate site.) I discovered this with a quick analysis of ...
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A Stab in the Heart
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 5:18:06 pm PDT
Even though the Gaza disengagement is a fait accompli, here is a very disturbing short film that still needs to be seen: A Stab in the Heart. (Hat tip: David.) With footage from Palestinian TV and interviews with high-ranking Israeli ex-military officials and politicians, the film analyzes the probable after-effects of ...
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UK Police Lied About Bomb Suspect Shooting
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 4:54:44 pm PDT
If these reports about the killing of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes by British police are true, heads need to roll: Shot Brazilian ‘did not jump barrier and run’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Brazilian electrician shot dead by police on the London Underground last month was being restrained when he ...
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Sheehan Leaving Crawford
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 3:46:27 pm PDT
Radical mom bails out. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The grieving woman who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush’s ranch nearly two weeks ago said Thursday she was leaving because her mother had a stroke. Cindy Sheehan told reporters she had just received the phone call and was leaving immediately to be ...
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Settlers Attack Police with Acid
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 1:38:14 pm PDT
Awful news from Kfar Darom: Gaza protestors lash out with acid in synagogue raids. KFAR DAROM SETTLEMENT, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Jewish protestors blockaded in a Gaza Strip synagogue threw acid at police in the most violent confrontations since Israel began its historic pullout from the territory. The incident in the isolated ...
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The Pro-Palestinian News Wires
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 1:32:04 pm PDT
The wire services are spewing out a steady stream of pro-Palestinian propaganda as the Gaza disengagement continues, all from Palestinian Arab stringers. Here’s AP propagandist Ibrahim Barzak: Palestinians Relieved, Bitter on Pullout. And here’s the latest from Reuters propagandist Atef Saad: Killings deepen West Bank gloom over Gaza plan.
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Enemy Propaganda on UK Radio
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 9:04:51 am PDT
The amazing thing is that radio stations like this weren’t shut down long ago: Calls to close ‘dissident’ radio. (Hat tip: Daniel.) The Government is facing demands to close down a London-based radio station broadcasting calls for attacks on British troops in Iraq. Al-Tajdeed Radio, which is run by a prominent Saudi ...
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"She Does Not Speak for Me"
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 8:52:58 am PDT
A powerful, moving article by Ronald R. Griffin, whose son Kyle was killed in Iraq: She Does Not Speak for Me. Mrs. Sheehan has become the poster child for all the negativity surrounding the war in Iraq. In a way it heartens me to have all this attention paid to her, ...
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Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 8:35:29 am PDT
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A Grieving Mother's Words
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 8:25:07 am PDT
Mainstream media is doing an absolutely disgraceful PR makeover on loony Cindy Sheehan, ignoring her many insane statements and history of radicalism to promote her as an archetype of the “anti-war” movement. But how much publicity will Kathy Dyer receive? Marine’s mother: Support the fight. WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — The mother of ...
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Got Another in Saudi Arabia (?)
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 8:11:16 am PDT
The apartheid Wahhabi monarchy claims to have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. (Hat tip: Ethel.) RIYADH (Reuters) - Security forces killed the leader of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia in a gun battle in the holy city of Medina just hours before a visit by newly crowned ...
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Palestinians Rehearsing for Their State
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 7:56:29 am PDT
Lovely people doing lovely things. Let’s give them a state! But seriously. How in the world can any thinking, feeling human being look at displays like this and still sympathize with these monsters?
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"Mother Sheehan" Fans in Berkeley
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 7:23:20 am PDT
LGF operative zombie observes the odd ritualistic behavior of the Sheehan cult: Cindy Sheehan Vigil, north Berkeley, August 17, 2005.
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Wednesday Night Rays
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 9:06:15 pm PDT
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The Caterpillar Worm
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 8:03:04 pm PDT
Please note that Caterpillar Inc. was a target of the latest computer worm, in addition to Capitol Hill and several media organizations: Worm strikes down Windows 2000 systems. WASHINGTON (CNN) — A fast-moving computer worm Tuesday attacked computer systems using Microsoft operating systems, shutting down computers in the United States, Germany ...
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Moronic Convergence in Crawford
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 7:00:50 pm PDT
Moveon.org and fellow travelers are trying with all their might to make this “Mother Sheehan” thing happen: Crawford War Protesters Lead Peace Vigil. CRAWFORD, Texas - Hundreds of candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq got underway Wednesday in a national effort spurred by one mother’s anti-war ...
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A Bomb Grows in Brooklyn
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 6:25:57 pm PDT
I think we’re supposed to be disturbed and appalled by this would-be artist’s latest project: A Bomb Grows in Brooklyn. (Hat tip: NC.) Chris Hackett wanted to have the bomb completed on Monday. But at 4 o’clock that day, he was still out shopping for parts. He said the strength of the ...
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Got One in Belgrade
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 2:57:55 pm PDT
Madrid bombing suspect is arrested in Belgrade. BELGRADE — A Moroccan suspected of involvement in the Madrid train bombings has been arrested in Belgrade. The interior ministry named the suspect as Abdelmajid Bouchar, 22, and has asked for him to be extradited to Spain. He was picked up by Serbian police when he ...
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Iran Warns EU
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 2:40:06 pm PDT
Iran warns the appeasing European Union that they’d better not grow a spine. (Hat tip: Ron.) TEHRAN - Tehran warned the European Union trio of Britain, France and Germany over radical actions against Iran in the ongoing dispute over the Islamic state’s controversial nuclear programme, local media reported Wednesday. Iran’s Atomic Energy ...
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The Bin Laden File
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:40:16 am PDT
The New York Times has more evidence of warnings ignored: State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 - State Department analysts warned the Clinton administration in July 1996 that Osama bin Laden’s move to Afghanistan would give him an even more ...
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Wednesday Open
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 8:53:13 am PDT
The dogs bark, but the open thread moves on...
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RoP Bombing Spree in Bangladesh
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 7:55:41 am PDT
111 simultaneous bombs explode in Bangladesh. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) DHAKA, Bangladesh - More than 100 small bombs exploded almost simultaneously in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, the main port city Chittagong and other towns on Wednesday, wounding at least 40 people and triggering widespread panic. A total of 111 explosions occurred ...
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Good News from Iraq, Part 33
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 7:42:07 am PDT
Chrenkoff has announced his retirement from blogging, but yesterday he posted another must-read edition of Good News from Iraq, the series that brings you the news that mainstream media is hiding from you.
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Outrage of the Day
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 7:34:30 am PDT
The United Nations truly has hit bottom now—directly funding anti-Israel propaganda, and then brushing it off as insignificant when they’re caught: United Nations Bankrolled Latest Anti-israel Propaganda. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The United Nations bankrolled the production of thousands of banners, bumper stickers, mugs, and T-shirts bearing the slogan “Today Gaza ...
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Kos Komplains: Writin' Ain't Easy!
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 10:10:40 pm PDT
Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga complains that writing books is hard. How true. Especially if you don’t read them.
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What Media Bias?
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 9:29:47 pm PDT
Mainstream media continues their full-court press to destroy America’s support for the Iraq War, and it could hardly be more blatant than in this AP article: Parents of Fallen Marine Make Plea to Bush. The Ohio couple have long opposed the war and tried to dissuade their son from joining the ...
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FGM in Iraq
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:33:27 pm PDT
More than 60% of Kurdish women interviewed in Iraq have been subjected to the horror of female circumcision. (Thanks, Alouette.) KIRKUK, IRAQ - Set on an arid plain southeast of Kirkuk, Hasira looks like a place forsaken by time. Sheep amble past mud-brick houses and the odd sickly palm tree shades ...
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None Dare Call It Sedition
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:14:34 pm PDT
Pittsburgh “anti-war” groups are planning to shut down military recruitment this weekend. Where we’ve been and where we’re going: Over the last six months POG has worked exhaustively on a broad based counter-recruitment campaign, which has included extensive flyering at local high schools and universities, large amounts of tabling around the city, ...
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In Praise of Hirsi Ali
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 7:05:11 pm PDT
Roger L. Simon has an excellent post on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s article for OpinionJournal: In Praise of Hirsi Ali. Underneath it all ... it’s about women. Let’s talk about root causes, shall we?
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Able Danger Isn't Over
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 6:42:43 pm PDT
Apparently the “Able Danger” story still has legs: Officer Says Military Blocked Sharing of Files on Terrorists. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 - A military intelligence team repeatedly contacted the F.B.I. in 2000 to warn about the existence of an American-based terrorist cell that included the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, according ...
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Recommended Book of the Day
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 6:26:32 pm PDT
Robert Spencer’s latest book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) is the perfect counter-argument to the deluge of whitewash from mainstream media, Islamic advocacy groups, and Islamic apologists in academia. In order for an Islamic Reformation to take place—assuming you believe such a thing is possible, and ...
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Who Needs Oil?
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 5:57:40 pm PDT
Austin Bay says Three Bucks A Gallon May Save Iraq.
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Live-Blogging the Disengagement
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 5:09:50 pm PDT
Balagan in Jerusalem has interesting reports live from Gaza, as the disengagement plan continues.
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Terror Arrest in LA
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 3:29:33 pm PDT
In an update to a story we noted last month (Islamic Converts Had ‘Jihadist’ Materials), another man has been arrested in connection with a Southern California terror investigation: Arrest Made in Possible Terror Plot. (Hat tip: Boring Family Man.) A Pakistani national has been arrested by authorities in connection with a ...
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Hamas Leader: "The Beginning of the End for Israel"
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 1:43:42 pm PDT
Hamas terrorist leader Khaled Mashaal, operating openly in Syria far from the reach of IDF missiles, says the Gaza withdrawal is the “beginning of the end for Israel.” Speaking to al-Hayat newspaper, Mashaal was quoted as saying on Tuesday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as “the beginning of ...
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UK Muslim Groups: Nothing Extreme About a Caliphate
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:46:51 am PDT
According to “mainstream” British Muslim groups, there’s nothing “extreme” about wanting to impose shari’a law, or working for the establishment of a worldwide caliphate: Full text: joint statement from Muslim groups. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) 1. The term “extremism”, frequently used in the public discourse about religion and terrorism, has no ...
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Tuesday Open Thread
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:42:20 am PDT
Now open: thread #17,073...
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Hamas Killers Celebrate Victory
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:28:51 am PDT
Hamas terrorists and supporters turned out by the thousands to celebrate a “victory” in Gaza, as Israel’s agonizing disengagement plan goes ahead: Massive Hamas demo celebrates Israel pullout. KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Thousands of supporters of Islamist fundamentalist movement Hamas gathered en masse in Khan Yunis to celebrate the ...
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Unfree Under Islam
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:14:47 am PDT
Here’s a passionate argument by Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali against the barbarity of shari’a law, amid signs that the new Iraqi Constitution may be hopelessly compromised: Unfree Under Islam. Hamam Hamoudi, the head of Iraq’s constitution committee, refuses to discuss the article that worries the Muslim women. He also refused ...
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Washington Post Caves to Radical Left
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 8:05:16 am PDT
Unbelievable. The Washington Post has withdrawn its support for the Pentagon’s upcoming 9/11 memorial service—apparently to avoid hurting their “credibility” with the anti-war movement: Post Drops Plan to Promote Pentagon Event. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The newspaper notified the Department of Defense that it would no longer donate public service advertising ...
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Monday Night Fence
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 9:01:19 pm PDT
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New and Improved: LGF News
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 8:32:26 pm PDT
The LGF News page has been available here for over a year, but I’ve done some work to bring it up to date—and as usual, digging into the code inspires improvements in other areas as well. The latest version caches the feeds (at 15-minute intervals) to improve performance on the ...
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Cindy Sheehan's Sinister Piffle
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 6:30:07 pm PDT
Hitchens identifies the wrong notes in Cindy Sheehan’s anti-war opera: Cindy Sheehan’s Sinister Piffle - What’s wrong with her Crawford protest. Here is an unambivalent statement: “The moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute.” And, now, here’s another: Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. ...
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Steyn: United in Greed, Divided It Falls
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 6:07:42 pm PDT
One of the best summations yet of the astonishingly corrupt United Nations Oil-For-Food boondoggle, from Mark Steyn: United in greed, divided it falls. (Hat tip: Beagle.) How many Annans does it take to change a light bulb? Well, if the replacement light bulb’s being shipped to Uday Hussein’s Iraqi Olympic Committee ...
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Two Canadians Wounded in Sinai
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:34:25 am PDT
Two Canadian women have been wounded in a terrorist bombing in Egypt. AL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) - Two Canadian women peacekeepers were wounded in a bomb blast in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula that officials described as a terrorist attack. “Terrorists planted two gas canisters on the road and linked them to an electrical wire. ...
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Do Not Pass the President, Please
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:28:03 am PDT
Those who maintain a good level of fitness know that it improves everything they do, especially their capacity to think logically, make connections, and deal with stress. President Bush has come in for a fair amount of criticism and mockery from the left for his mountain bike riding, but once ...
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Ted Turner Springs Into Action
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:04:33 am PDT
Forced labor camps and millions starving in a nuclear-armed Communist dictatorship, and what does Ted Turner want to do about it? (Hat tip: Haakon.) “Robert Edward Turner, chairman of the Turner Foundation INC. of the United States, and his party ... arrived here,” said the Korean Central News Agency, monitored here. South ...
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Show of Grief
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 9:36:36 am PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 9:32:49 am PDT
Here’s the open thread for Monday morning...
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CNN: A Mysterious Rain of Mortar Shells
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 8:45:01 am PDT
The Gaza disengagement plan is underway. CNN’s headline: Gaza pullout proceeds despite some violence. Hmm. “Some violence.” Awfully vague language. Who could possibly be responsible for this violence? Well, don’t read too fast or you’ll miss it: A few hours later, mortar shells fell in Neveh Dekalim and in nearby Gadid, causing ...
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Iran Defense Minister Tied to Beirut Bombing
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 8:15:22 am PDT
The new defense minister of Iran, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, was the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon at the time of the bombing that killed 241 US Marines. (Hat tip: Americain.) London, Aug. 14 - The nomination of a veteran commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as the new defence ...
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Kos Kidz Working the Sheehan Angles
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 9:14:07 pm PDT
The Kos Klan is working hard at “framing” the Cindy Sheehan circus (they’re very big on this “framing” thing) and now they want to shift the debate on Iraq away from icky, bothersome concepts like “terrorism,” to simpler questions that have a chance of reaching the simple-minded “heartland.” Questions about ...
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Radical Left Bigots Backing the Sheehan Circus
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 9:07:47 pm PDT
Solomonia has a great post about Cindy Sheehan’s fellow travelers, the antisemites of Crawford Peace House.
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Sailing Through the Haze
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 5:16:46 pm PDT
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Let's Give Them a State
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 4:35:20 pm PDT
At a little celebration to demonstrate their readiness for a sovereign state, Palestinian Fatah “youths” burn a model of a Gaza settlement. (Hat tip: zulubaby.)
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David Duke Digs Mother Sheehan
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 3:34:57 pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan’s Israel-hating comments have earned her an endorsement from the anti-war left’s new best friend: David Duke: Why Cindy Sheehan is Right! (Hat tip: Protein Wisdom.)
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The Glory of Shari'a
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 3:08:08 pm PDT
Pakistani writer Younis Sheikh has been sentenced to life in prison for blasphemy. (Hat tip: bubbaman.) KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for writing an allegedly blasphemous book about the Quran and the Islamic justice system, a lawyer said on Friday. Police arrested 40-year-old writer Younis Sheikh early ...
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Able Danger: Much Ado About Nothing?
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 1:55:59 pm PDT
There are many reasons to be unhappy about the political slant of the 9/11 Commission, but as John Podhoretz writes at The Corner, “Able Danger” probably isn’t one of them—and Rep. Curt Weldon has some questions to answer.
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Kos Kidz Unhinged by Photos of Casey Sheehan
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 9:04:57 am PDT
Watch in amazement as the Daily Kos Kidz come unglued over counter-protesters in Crawford with photographs of Casey Sheehan: Daily Kos: The Ugliest Thing at Camp Casey. (Hat tip: NC.) But remember, they support the troops.
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Sunday Open
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 8:59:26 am PDT
It’s a cloudy Sunday morning open thread...
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Cindy Sheehan's Anti-Israel Statements
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 8:47:47 am PDT
Drudge Report is highlighting Cindy Sheehan’s anti-Israel statements today; of course, if you were reading LGF, you knew about this last Wednesday when we quoted an article about Sheehan at radical leftist site Counterpunch: lgf: Unhinged Mom Changes Story. “And the other thing I want him to tell me is ‘just ...
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Radical Islamist Was Nuclear Safety Engineer
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 8:42:06 am PDT
Here’s a story that will make you feel warm and safe; one of Canada’s most insane Islamist fanatics, a man who was not allowed to meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin, spent his earlier life designing safety measures to protect nuclear facilities in Canada and the US. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) TORONTO ...
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Don't Call It Treason
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 8:26:50 am PDT
At the Telegraph, Nigel Farndale has an essay on the last man to be executed in Britain for treason (the infamous Nazi propagandist who became known as “Lord Haw Haw”) and argues for a new term to describe the Islamofascist fifth column: Whatever their crime, don’t call it treason. Sixty years ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeds Ahead
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 8:11:55 am PDT
Iran Says It Won’t Stop Uranium Conversion, but the Islamic totalitarian regime is happy to continue “negotiating.” TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will never again suspend conversion of uranium ore, but it is willing to pursue talks with the European Union about its uranium enrichment program, Tehran officials said Sunday. The comments came ...
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Saturday Crescent Moon
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:55:47 pm PDT
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Special Ops Hunting Terrorists
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:03:31 pm PDT
Rowan Scarborough has an interesting report on a new war plan: Special operations forces eye terrorists. U.S. Special Operations Command has drafted a war plan that sets up procedures for how its commandos will work with other regional commands across the globe to hunt for senior Islamic terrorists. The complex plan from ...
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Muslim Council of Britain: BBC is "Pro-Israel"
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 6:35:47 pm PDT
How driven by Jew-hatred do you have to be to claim that the BBC is pro-Israel? This driven: Muslim leaders in feud with the BBC. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Britain’s most powerful Islamic organisation was accused last night of failing mainstream Muslim Britain after it complained of a ‘pro-Israel agenda’ at the ...
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Cycle of Violence: Endurance Building
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 5:37:09 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 56.03 miles, south through the beach cities and up into Palos Verdes, around the golf course, down the rapid descent of PV Drive North, then north on a different route, taking surface streets instead of the bike path all the way up to the north end, for ...
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When Lefty Blogs Attack
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 5:22:42 pm PDT
Our learned colleagues at Pandagon slur a whole group of right-of-center blogs today, but they reserve special bile for LGF. We’re all Nazis, you see. (Hat tip: NC.) In the future, everyone will be Hitler for 15 minutes.
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Schroeder: No Force Against Iran
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 3:34:27 pm PDT
Morally empty appeasement weasel Gerhard Schroeder says that in the faceoff with Iran over their accelerating nuclear program, the West must take the military option off the table. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has warned the US to back away from the possibility of military action against Iran over its nuclear programme. His ...
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Daily Kos Parasites
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:50:52 am PDT
Just when you think the Koz Kidz can’t get any more disgusting: Framing Cindy Sheehan - we are making errors. (Hat tip: KrustyKoot.) This is really going to turn your stomach. We are making errors with references to Cindy Sheehan. What are we trying to accomplish with promoting her? Emphasizing her sacrifice. Emphasizing ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:39:41 am PDT
Must be the season of the open thread...
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The ACLU's Comrades in Arms
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:28:57 am PDT
British human rights lawyers are coming to the rescue of rabid Islamofascist Omar Bakri Mohammed: Lawyers say ‘rule of law’ is under threat after Bakri is barred. (Hat tip: Ron.) Lawyers and civil liberties campaigners have warned that the Government is threatening the “rule of law” and very basis of democracy ...
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Hamas Will Keep On Killin'
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 8:05:52 am PDT
The thuggish leaders of the fledgling Palestinian terror state held a press conference this morning, to show their scorn for Mahmoud Abbas and announce that their murderous policies will continue: Hamas Vows to Continue Fight After Pullout. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - For the first time in a decade, the founders ...
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Justice, Indonesian Style
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 7:54:59 am PDT
Abu Bakar Bashir, the Indonesian Islamic cleric who masterminded the Bali nightclub bombings, is on the fast track to be released from prison: ‘Early release’ for Bali plotter. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Bali bomb plotter Abu Bakar Ba’asyir could have his jail term cut under a general amnesty due to be ...
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A 15-Year Old Monster
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 9:47:01 pm PDT
The vile indoctrinaton of Palestinian children into a life of hatred and violence creates monsters like this: Boy ready for martyrdom. (Hat tip: zombie.) Fifteen-year-old Abdel Kareem Mohammed Abu Habel sits in an Israeli prison after he tried and failed to martyr himself last year. Would he do it again? Without ...
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Friday Night Flight
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FBI Issues Truck Bomb Warning
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 8:11:02 pm PDT
As I drove south down La Brea Avenue today I noticed quite a few fire trucks parked at the curb, at regular intervals. This may be why: FBI warns of al-Qaeda truck bombs. Intelligence officials in the US have warned police agencies that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks using fuel tankers ...
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New Gaza Watch Photos
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 7:29:49 pm PDT
New photos at Gaza Watch, courtesy of reader Billie Hull.
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Sri Lanka Minister Killed
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 5:38:32 pm PDT
The foreign minister of Sri Lanka has been assassinated by snipers: Senior Sri Lanka minister killed. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar has been assassinated in a gun attack in the capital, Colombo. The murder was being blamed by a senior police officer on the separatist Tamil Tigers, who have been observing ...
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Al Qaeda Aussie: "My Mate"
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 5:28:54 pm PDT
The Islamozoid seen ranting in the video that aired on Al Arabiya TV has been tentatively identified as former Aussie soldier Mathew Stewart: Al-Qaeda Aussie ‘my mate’. A SOLDIER who shared a foxhole for six months with missing Australian Mathew Stewart has said he is “85per cent” sure the threatening extremist ...
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Got 10 in Britain
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 2:58:01 pm PDT
The long-overdue British crackdown on radical Islamic clerics has begun: 10 Extremists Arrested in British Crackdown. LONDON — Britain launched a crackdown on foreign-born Muslim ideologues Thursday, arresting 10 of them and announcing they would be deported for posing a threat to national security. Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced the detentions five ...
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Omar Bakri Mohammed: Persona Non Grata
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:55:09 am PDT
Former Al Muhajiroun leader Omar Bakri Mohammed will not be allowed to return to Britain: Radical cleric banned from Britain. Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has been banned from setting foot on British soil again, the Home Office has said. Charles Clarke, home secretary, used existing powers to exclude Bakri ...
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Search Seizure
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:39:13 am PDT
From Cox & Forkum, who point out this Dorothy Rabinowitz article at OpinionJournal: The Other War - The ACLU thinks cops are a bigger threat than terrorists. “Blood must flow. There must be widows, there must be orphans.”—jihadist Fayiz Azzam addressing a gathering in Atlanta, 1990 “We conquer the land of the ...
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Friday Open Thread
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 9:41:03 am PDT
Now open for comments: thread #17,025...
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Iranian Negotiator: "Today We Are in a Position of Power"
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 8:37:11 am PDT
In an interview that aired on Iranian Channel 2 on August 4, 2005, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Hosein Musavian explains why they entered negotiations: to buy time to finish building the Esfahan nuclear processing facility. (From MEMRI TV.) [Video] There was a time when we said we would not work with Europe, ...
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Cindy Sheehan's Puppet Masters
Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 7:50:41 am PDT
Cindy Sheehan’s puppet masters include the Crawford Peace House, a virulently antisemitic group that features a photo on their home page of a map of the mythical country of “Palestine” being replaced by the state of Israel. (Hat tip: Protein Wisdom.)
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Thursday Blue Horizon
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 8:58:21 pm PDT
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Oddly Enough!
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 7:36:58 pm PDT
A US Air Force colonel with an advanced case of Bush Derangement Syndrome has been charged in a series of vandalism incidents at Denver International Airport: US Air Force officer charged for anti-Bush graffiti. Reuters files this one in their Oddly Enough! section. DENVER (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force colonel has ...
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The Left Loses It For Good
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 7:26:04 pm PDT
Over at the Huffington Post, they’re doing a full-court press on the Cindy Sheehan story, battening like ticks on an unaware host. It has to be seen to be believed. The latest post compares Sheehan to the guy who stared down the tanks in Tiananmen Square: The Huffington Post. (Hat tip: NC.) UPDATE ...
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New Feature: Gaza Watch
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 1:01:58 pm PDT
I’ve put together a special photoblog to focus on the Gaza disengagement, featuring raw, unedited pictures from LGF readers in the region, some with explanations and context, some without: Gaza Watch. Also on this page is the Jerusalem Post’s RSS headline feed for the Gaza disengagement, and a special RSS search ...
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Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 8:53:26 am PDT
An open thread for Thursday morning...
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Hamas Prepares a Celebration
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 8:52:43 am PDT
Hamas militants make flags to fly over settlements. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian workers on Thursday sewed thousands of Hamas flags that the Islamic militant faction plans to hoist over vacant Israeli settlements in occupied Gaza after their evacuation later this month. The flourish of flags would fete the demise of settlements despised ...
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Outrage of the Day
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 8:14:39 am PDT
The 9/11 Commission was told about the Able Danger report identifying Mohammed Atta, on at least two occasions: 9/11 Commission’s Staff Rejected Report on Early Identification of Chief Hijacker. Not only did they fail to follow up on this report, Commission members apparently denied knowing anything about it: Mr. Weldon has accused ...
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Huge Prayer Vigil in Jerusalem
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 7:54:50 am PDT
A reader forwarded this webcam photo of yesterday’s massive prayer vigil at the Western Wall in Jerusalem: Thousands attend Western Wall prayer vigil. Seeking last-minute divine intervention, about 100,000 Israelis flocked to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Wednesday evening for a massive prayer vigil against next week’s planned Gaza pullout. The predominantly religious crowd ...
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Palestinians Abandon Foolish Quest
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 9:11:50 pm PDT
To rule out any possibility of rotting, Palestinian chefs were forced to abandon their quest for the world’s longest sandwich today. (Hat tip: redlion.) Palestinians abandoned a quest to build the world’s longest sandwich on Wednesday after health officials told them their 750-metre construction risked rotting in the West Bank summer ...
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Wednesday Night Teeth
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 8:16:10 pm PDT
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9/11 Memorial Prompts Moonbat Anger
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 6:45:36 pm PDT
The Pentagon is going to sponsor a large demonstration to mark the fourth year after September 11 (it doesn’t feel right to call it an “anniversary”), and the moonbats are already beginning to seethe: Pentagon to host 9/11 march, show. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will hold a ...
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Mr. Subliminal Returns
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 5:41:18 pm PDT
The Radio Equalizer has the latest episode in the Air America funding scandal, featuring Al Franken in what appears to be an inadvertent admission.
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Religion of Peace Strikes in Southern Philippines
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 5:32:19 pm PDT
Bombs wound 26 in southern Philippines. MANILA (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga on Wednesday, wounding 26 people, in attacks which security forces blamed on Muslim militants. The first bomb, which exploded in a parked jeep, damaged shops and wounded 14 people. The second, in ...
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European Antisemitism Watch
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 4:43:32 pm PDT
The decadence of the Euroleft seems bottomless: Jewish Group Urges Removal of Film Clip. (Hat tip: NC.) PARIS - An Internet film clip that depicts the Auschwitz death camp as a rave party drew sharp criticism from a leading Jewish rights group Wednesday, which urged authorities to order the film to ...
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Aussie Al Qaeda Terrorist Rant
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 9:19:03 am PDT
MEMRI TV has a longer excerpt from the terrorist video we featured yesterday; Al Arabiya, who have refused to say where or when they got this tape, identified him as Irish ... but that’s an Australian accent. [Video] Terrorist: Oh people of the West, don’t be fooled by the lies of Blair ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 8:48:40 am PDT
You unlock this open thread with the key of imagination...
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Unhinged Mom Changes Story
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 8:19:06 am PDT
The oh-so-principled “anti-war” movement is cynically using Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq. But Sheehan, now camped out in Crawford demanding to see the President so she can call him a murderer while cameras roll, has changed her tune: That story, by staff writer David Henson, was an ...
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Able Danger: Clinton's Folly
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 7:55:59 am PDT
A classified Pentagon operation called “Able Danger” identified Mohammed Atta as a threat long before September 11, 2001, but was apparently so hobbled by the Clinton administration’s restrictions on intelligence sharing that their information was never forwarded to the FBI: Commission Urges Investigation Into 9/11 Claim. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) According ...
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IAEA Springs Into Action, Postpones "Rebuke"
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 7:33:01 am PDT
The International Atomic Energy Agency is considering holding a meeting to discuss a possible negotiation to tentatively issue a stern warning to the mullahs of Iran: Iran May Draw Rebuke Over Nuke Activities. Just not today. VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. nuclear watchdog postponed a meeting Wednesday so diplomats could seek consensus ...
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Moonbats Over Livermore
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:42:45 pm PDT
The nuclear disarmament numbskulls were parading around In Livermore, Too...
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Tuesday Night Knife
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 7:00:11 pm PDT
This multi-talented tool and I have been through a lot together:
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See You In September
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 6:17:51 pm PDT
Dr. Edwina G. Curran-Marino gives parents some helpful back-to-school tips, in the era of our new Xenorxian overlords: Dear Parent or Guardian: On behalf of the faculty, staff, administration, and grief counselors of Rockwood District 603, please let me extend a warm welcome to you and your student for the upcoming 2005-6 ...
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Whip Me, Beat Me, Read Harry Potter to Me
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 6:07:16 pm PDT
Wait a minute. I thought the diabolical Harry Potter was a torture device. Harry Potter bewitches Guantanamo Bay prisoners. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Harry Potter has bewitched detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, where tales of the young wizard and mysteries by Agatha Christie top the list of most popular books, ...
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Saudis Release Ex-Gitmo Detainees
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 6:03:50 pm PDT
It’s business as usual in the Saudi entity: Saudis Release Five Held at Guantanamo. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Five Saudis who were held at the U.S military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before they were handed over to Saudi security officials, have been released, the Saudi Interior ...
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Suicide Bomber Blows Up Bus in China
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 4:52:13 pm PDT
The Chinese government is apparently trying to suppress the news, but Chinese bloggers are reporting that a suicide bomber blew up a bus in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, at around 2:30 pm on August 8. The Jawa Report has more details, including photos from “unofficial” Chinese sources.
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Egyptian Prof: Muslims Had Nothing to Do with 9/11
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 2:43:56 pm PDT
Egyptian professor Abd Al-Sabour Shahin is head of the Shari’a faculty at Al-Ahzar University, the most prestigious academy in Sunni Islam, and is a lecturer at Cairo University. To make the point plain, this is not a spokesman for the “tiny minority of religious extremists.” This is a man at ...
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IAEA Springs Into Action
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 1:58:46 pm PDT
Even some European leaders are beginning to openly express fear about Iran’s nuclear aspirations. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said today, “I am worried about Iran’s current policy.” In a sign of the increasing seriousness of the global community, the International Atomic Energy Agency is considering issuing a new warning. VIENNA, Austria - ...
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Moonbats Over Los Alamos
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 1:32:00 pm PDT
The remnants of the nuclear disarmament movement limped into Los Alamos last weekend, with the usual hackneyed, illogical signs and slogans: Protesters rally for nuclear Disarmament. (Hat tip: David.) I’d call them “die-hards,” but they’re really “die-easies.” Sunflowers, the international symbol for nuclear disarmament, were arranged around the pond and protesters gathered ...
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Moronic Convergence in Caracas
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:35:25 am PDT
At a “youth festival” attended by student delegations from around the world—including the US—Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez told the cheering crowd that the United States is the “most savage, cruel and murderous empire that has existed in the history of the world.” Chavez: U.S. will ‘bite the dust’ if it ...
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Tuesday Open Thread
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:29:45 am PDT
It is the moment of the open thread...
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DaimlerChrysler Involved in Oil-For-Food?
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:17:53 am PDT
U.S. probing alleged DaimlerChrysler bribes. (Hat tip: William.) FRANKFURT, Germany - DaimlerChrysler AG said Friday it is cooperating with the U.S. Justice Department, which is investigating claims that the company’s Mercedes Car Group may have paid bribes to foreign officials and that senior executives were aware of it. DaimlerChrysler spokesman Toni Melfi ...
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Discovery Lands in California
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:11:50 am PDT
The space shuttle Discovery landed safely in California this morning, but it’s likely to be a while before another launch.
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Pipes: Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:08:34 am PDT
Daniel Pipes says the Gaza disengagement is going to make things worse: ‘Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem’. If Israel’s critics are right, the Gaza withdrawal will improve Palestinian attitudes toward Israel, leading to an end of incitement and a steep drop in attempted violence, followed by a renewal of negotiations and a ...
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Belafonte Blathers
Tue, Aug 9, 2005 at 8:01:12 am PDT
Harry Belafonte is demented, and is periodically exploited by one group or another when they need a silly Hitler analogy. His latest moonbat outburst took place in Atlanta: Harry Belafonte Calls Black Republicans ‘Tyrants’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) At Saturday’s civil rights march, Belafonte said the Bush administration has been “rather ...
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New York Times "Heroes"
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 8:36:14 pm PDT
Following up on their astoundingly hypocritical article titled “Where Are the War Heroes,” the New York Times lavishes praise on an ugly, defeatist film from the Vietnam era: Film Echoes the Present in Atrocities of the Past. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 - Like a live hand grenade ...
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Islamism Spreading in Africa
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 7:46:18 pm PDT
The African country of Mauritania has fallen to an Islamist coup: Mauritania junta frees jailed Islamists, names PM. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania’s new army rulers ordered the release on Sunday of around 20 Islamist activists who had been jailed by ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya for ...
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Former Al Muhajiroun Leader Bails
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 2:49:35 pm PDT
Omar Bakri Mohammad, one of the worst of a bad bunch of radical Islamic clerics in Britain, has decided to scram to Lebanon: Treason threat cleric ‘flees UK’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A controversial Islamic cleric has left the UK for the Middle East, his spokesman has said, amid speculation he ...
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Afghan Terrorism with a British Accent
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 2:30:10 pm PDT
On August 5, 2005, Al-Arabiya TV aired a slice-of-death report on Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan, with British, French, and Irish “holy warriors” promising to slit the throats of Americans and Jews. MEMRI TV has the video, which includes (non-gruesome) footage of the savages attacking an American base, then breaking ...
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An Apology to Joan Collins
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 1:47:11 pm PDT
Greg Gutfeld exposes the secret undercover operation to prevent terrorist attacks against Western civilization’s greatest asset—our celebrities. (Hat tip: Andrew.)
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Investor's Business Daily: Profile CAIR
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 12:18:07 pm PDT
Wow. Investor’s Business Daily is going after the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)—with both barrels: Profile CAIR. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) CAIR should know better than anyone who does fit the terrorist profile. Three of its own officials were recently convicted of terror-related crimes. One even worked for Hooper. He’s now in ...
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Oil-For-Food Chief Accused of Kickbacks
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 10:22:22 am PDT
Former chief of the Oil-For-Food program Benon Sevan will be the first UN fall guy: Oil-For-Food Chief Accused of Kickbacks. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) NEW YORK - Investigators probing claims of wrongdoing in the Iraq oil-for-food program accused its former chief, Benon Sevan, of corruption for taking illegal kickbacks and recommended his ...
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 9:17:14 am PDT
This ain’t no party This ain’t no disco This is an open thread...
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How Long Can Air America Fly?
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 8:55:02 am PDT
The Radio Equalizer has new details in the burgeoning Air America scandal: Staffers Worried About AAR’s Future.
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Former CU Pres Smears LGF
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 8:39:43 am PDT
Former University of Colorado president Elizabeth Hoffman gave a whiny speech recently, in which she blamed LGF for spreading “rumors” about Ward Churchill, thereby creating a “perfect storm” that led to her resignation. She’s a victim, you see. My response to Hoffman is in David Harsanyi’s column for today’s Denver Post: ...
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Daily Kos Bandwidth Thieves
Mon, Aug 8, 2005 at 7:58:57 am PDT
Joe Sherlock discovered that a Daily Kos “diary” singing the praises of Keith Olbermann was using an image from his car blog The View from My Windshield—and committing the ultimate internet faux pas of “hotlinking” to the picture, stealing bandwidth from Joe’s site. Of course, when someone commits this sin, the ...
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RIP, Peter Jennings
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 9:01:58 pm PDT
A mainstream media icon has passed away: ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings Dies at 67.
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An Entry in the Hamas Contest
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 8:06:01 pm PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, referring to this story: Terrorist Poster Contest.
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Al Qaeda Magazine Published Openly in Turkey
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 7:32:32 pm PDT
Al Qaeda sympathizers are openly publishing a magazine in Turkey. The weekly political magazine Tempo and some major Turkish daily newspapers such as Milliyet, Aksam and Cumhuriyet have reported that the Islamist Turkish terrorist organization “Great East Islamic Raiders Front” ( IBDA-C) began publishing a new weekly magazine named ‘Kaide,’ which ...
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The Goodbye Look
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 7:28:52 pm PDT
A prophetic song from Donald Fagen: *** The surf was easy on the day I came to stay On this quiet island in the bay I remember a line of women all in white The laughter and the steel bands at night Now the Americans are gone except for two The embassy’s been hard to reach There’s been ...
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"Every One of Them Knows How to Use an AK-47"
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 3:35:58 pm PDT
Britain has a problem—a huge problem that has been growing for decades, while British authorities worshipped at the altars of unrestricted immigration and willfully blind multiculturalism: Intelligence chiefs warn Blair of home-grown ‘insurgency’. Intelligence chiefs are warning Tony Blair that Britain faces a full-blown Islamist insurgency, sustained by thousands of young ...
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"Non-Violent" Islamic Group Threatens Violence
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 3:18:12 pm PDT
The radical Islamic fifth column in Britain is shedding its mask of “non-violence” and threatening riots, if Tony Blair goes ahead with his plan to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islamic radicals warn of city riots. (Hat tip: Jeremy.) A radical Islamic group declared yesterday it would resist all attempts by Tony Blair ...
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 8:27:44 am PDT
An open thread for a foggy August Sunday...
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The Amazingly Hypocritical New York Times
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 8:22:36 am PDT
The New York Times ignores the largest beam in the universe, sticking in their own eye, with a story that asks, Where Are the War Heroes? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ONE soldier fought off scores of elite Iraqi troops in a fierce defense of his outnumbered Army unit, saving dozens of ...
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RoP Threatens Shopkeepers in Thailand
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 8:09:11 am PDT
In southern Thailand, Muslims have told people that if they work on Fridays, their ears will be cut off. (Hat tip: dan.) Pretty hard to blame this one on “occupation.” Threats of violence against people who work on Fridays brought businesses in Yala and Pattani to a standstill yesterday. ... Downtown Yala looked ...
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Netanyahu Resigns
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 7:36:42 am PDT
Binyamin Netanyahu is resigning from the Sharon government. (Hat tip: Amir.) Eight days before the pullout’s official start date, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during Sunday’s government session that he has decided to quit the government. “Here is my (resignation) letter,” the finance minister told Prime Minister Sharon and placed a ...
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Terrorist Poster Contest
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 at 7:30:00 am PDT
It’s fun time in Gaza, where terrorists are holding a contest for the best design of a poster showing the Israeli pullout as a victory—for Hamas. (Hat tip: Laurence Simon.) Hamas launched a competition Saturday for the best design of a Gaza pullout poster, according to a statement posted on the ...
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London Bombers Tied to Saudi Arabia
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 9:19:38 pm PDT
All roads lead to the Saudi entity: UK terrorists got cash from Saudi Arabia before 7/7. (Hat tip: NY Nana.) Two senior al-Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia made money transfers and used coded text messages to communicate with suspected terrorists in Britain before last month’s attacks in London, according to officials ...
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Presbyterian Church Does Evil
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 8:21:31 pm PDT
Utter moral bankruptcy in the Presbyterian Church, whose upper echelons have been taken over by antisemites: U.S. Presbyterians target companies linked with Israel. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A Presbyterian committee accused five companies Friday of contributing to “ongoing violence that plagues Israel and Palestine” and pledged to use the church’s multimillion-dollar ...
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CAIR's Jihad Against Criticism of Islam Continues
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 8:06:46 pm PDT
The Islamic extremist group known as the Council on American Islamic Relations continues to pursue their jihad against radio station WMAL; after getting host Michael Graham suspended, now they’re going after replacement host Geoff Metcalf: “DC Radio Host Claims Quran Teaches Muslims to Lie...” It just won’t do for the infidels ...
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The BBC's Definition of "Moderate"
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 7:41:38 pm PDT
What does it take for the BBC to call an Islamofascist by name? Apparently, supporting suicide bombings (as long as they only kill Jews) doesn’t qualify: Muslim response to London bombings. “The discussion which followed featured Dr Tamimi and two very different shades of Muslim opinion - Asghar Bukhari of the Muslim ...
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California Saturday
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 7:28:09 pm PDT
Today’s August scene at the Manhattan Beach Pier:
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Inside the Sect That Loves Terror
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 6:27:58 pm PDT
Yes. This is what journalists are supposed to do. An undercover investigation by a Sunday Times reporter goes inside the sect that loves terror. (Hat tip: wisdom in words.) AN undercover investigation has caught leaders of a radical Islamic group inciting young British Muslims to become terrorists and praising the Tube bombers ...
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PJ Media IT Position
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 5:35:31 pm PDT
I’d like to thank everyone who sent a resumé for the IT position at Pajamas Media; we’re reviewing them (we have extremely talented people reading LGF! who knew?) and will be in touch soon.
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Cycle of Violence: Insane Clown Speedway
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 4:57:36 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 42 miles, through moist, foggy, warm, thick air, down the South Bay coast past oil tankers and airliners and Zen Buddhists and pelicans and beached sailboats, dodging packs of insane clowns who race through crowds, cursing idiots who try to talk on cell phones while steering with one ...
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60 Years Later
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 3:52:23 pm PDT
Victor Davis Hanson’s piece on the atomic bombing of Japan, and the historical second guessing that continues to this day: 60 Years Later. In August 1945 most Americans had a much different take on Hiroshima, a decision that cannot be fathomed without appreciation of the recently concluded Okinawa campaign (April 1-July ...
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What Media Bias?
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 2:30:08 pm PDT
An unexceptional USA Today piece on the anniversary of the Hiroshima A-bomb concludes with an amazingly blatant, in-your-face example of media bias: Was Hiroshima hell or high-water mark? (Hat tip: Right Equals Might.) The A-bomb indeed was hell for Japanese who lived in or near Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But it also ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 8:21:55 am PDT
Here’s the open thread for a sunny Saturday morn...
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Hysterical Leftist Post of the Day
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 8:10:54 am PDT
Need someone to blame for religious “hate crimes” in London? Look no further than Michelle Malkin and Charles Krauthammer. (Hat tip: NC.)
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Bombers on the Dole
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 8:03:03 am PDT
The four July 21 bombing suspects apparently bilked the British government out of more than half a million pounds. (Hat tip: filtrat.) POLICE are investigating allegations that the four suspected July 21 bombers collected more than £500,000 in benefits payments in Britain. The claim was made as the Bank of England moved ...
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Muslim Leader Compares Blair to Hitler
Sat, Aug 6, 2005 at 7:42:57 am PDT
Dr. Mohammed Naseem, chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, last seen embarrassing British police with an insane outburst at a press conference, has now cast Tony Blair as Hitler—with British Muslims as the Jews: Mosque chairman sparks fresh row. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Following the anti-terrorism proposals unveiled on Friday Dr Naseem ...
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Friday Blue Horizon
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 9:02:45 pm PDT
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Netanyahu: Pullout Will Endanger West
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:16:22 pm PDT
Caroline Glick interviews Binyamin Netanyahu: Netanyahu: Pullout will endanger West. Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu believes that in the aftermath of Israel’s upcoming departure, “Gaza will be transformed into a base for Islamic terrorism adjacent to the coast of the State of Israel.” In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Netanyahu ...
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Hate Like an Egyptian
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 6:49:01 pm PDT
MEMRI TV brings you the hottest Egyptian hits, featuring sexy pop idol Sha’ban Abd Al-Rahim: [Video] Catchy stuff. Please note the stars.
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Novak: Barnyard Epithets and CNN Suspension
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 5:58:43 pm PDT
Gotta love it: Novak’s outburst, exit stoke CNN’s ire. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Embattled Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak, who has shown he can keep his lip buttoned when he wants to, apparently couldn’t help himself on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” earning an indefinite suspension from the cable network. Novak ...
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Indonesian Islamic Groups Against Liberalization
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 10:12:49 am PDT
About a week ago, Indonesia’s highest Muslim council issued a fatwa forbidding liberalization of Islam. Today thousands of people representing 31 Muslim groups including Hizb ut-Tahrir turned out to support the ruling. (Hat tip: Baldy.) JAKARTA (Antara): Thousands of people grouped in the Islam Followers Forum, representing 31 Muslim organizations, gathered at ...
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The Stark Contrasts
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:59:30 am PDT
Omri Ceren hits the nail squarely on the head in his post about The Stark Contrasts: When a Jewish terrorist kills Arabs - and let’s be clear, this one’s a terrorist - Jews condemn him for it. When an Arab terrorist kills Jews, Arabs celebrate. When an Arab mob savagely lynches a ...
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Friday Open
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:52:36 am PDT
Will someone please open a thread? Oh. I just did.
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The Women of Iraq Need Us
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:45:08 am PDT
The women of Iraq need our help now more than ever, as the Iraq Constitution is being drafted. It’s no secret that the state of women’s rights in the Arab/Muslim world is abysmal, but there is an historic opportunity now to begin setting things right by making sure the Iraq ...
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Blair Announces Crackdown on Radical Islam
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:30:41 am PDT
Tony Blair has announced plans to deport Islamist fanatics from Britain, and the moonbats are shrieking: Blair vows hard line on fanatics. (Hat tip: noshariaincanada.) Tony Blair has outlined a raft of plans to extend powers to deport or exclude foreigners who encourage terrorism. The UK can already exclude or deport ...
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BBC Viewers Disgusted at Stacked Audience
Fri, Aug 5, 2005 at 8:14:59 am PDT
For a news special on terrorism, the BBC deliberately stacked the audience with Muslims—who proceeded to complain they were being victimized by the police. BBC viewers were outraged: Anger at news special audience. (Hat tip: Daniel.) The BBC has explained why there was a deliberately disproportionate number of Muslims in a ...
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Thursday Night Channel
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 8:51:24 pm PDT
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Iranian Spokesman to Reporters: "What Do You Care?"
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 8:05:44 pm PDT
You are not going to believe this press conference with Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi, broadcast on Iranian Channels 1 and 2 on July 31, 2005, in which reporters ask questions about Iran’s plan to restart their UCF (Uranium Conversion Facility) at Esfehan: [Video] Reporter: What will the scope of the ...
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High Explosives Shipped in from Iran
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 7:49:09 pm PDT
The roadside bombs that impress Reuters so much are coming from Iran, where they apparently aren’t content to wait until they have nuclear weapons: Shipment of high explosives intercepted in Iraq. PENTAGON - It’s the number one killer of American troops in Iraq: roadside bombs. The massive roadside bomb that killed ...
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CAIR Canada Goes After Financial Analyst, Wins
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 7:32:52 pm PDT
In a case of PC run amok, a Canadian financial analyst has been ordered to undergo mindcrime reconditioning for “insensitive” remarks that offended the Canadian branch of CAIR: ‘Sheik’ quip lands banker in sensitivity training. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) Jeff Rubin, the famously voluble chief economist of CIBC World Markets, has been ...
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Int'l Police Group OKs Shooting Suicide Bomb Suspects
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 7:29:42 pm PDT
The ACLU is probably having midnight strategy meetings to figure out how to respond to this: Police group OKs shooting suicide bombers in head. (Hat tip: Ron.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international organization representing police chiefs has broadened its policy for the use of deadly force by telling officers to shoot ...
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Got One in New Jersey
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 4:25:26 pm PDT
Man Arrested in N.J. on Terror Charge. (Hat tip: Mike.) BALTIMORE - Federal authorities have arrested a Maryland man in New Jersey for allegedly providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York announced Thursday. Mahmud Faruq Brent of Gwynn Oak is accused in a criminal ...
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Israeli Murderer Lynched After Bus Attack
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 3:02:42 pm PDT
A 19-year old Israeli who was reportedly a member of the Kach party opened fire on a bus today, killing four people, and was then beaten to death by an Israeli Arab mob. An Israeli soldier who shot dead four people on a bus in an Israeli Arab town has been ...
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UK's Howarth: Disloyal Muslims Should Leave Britain
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 2:10:51 pm PDT
The UK’s Shadow defense minister Gerald Howarth has infuriated the multicultural crew with his statement that Muslims who loathe the British way of life and feel no loyalty to Britain should leave. Muslims opposed to the British way of life should leave the country, even if they are UK citizens, a ...
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Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 8:58:16 am PDT
Time for Thursday’s open thread...
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Galloway Spews Incitement in Syria
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 8:48:12 am PDT
On Syrian TV, British MP George Galloway panders to Arab hatred of the West; it’s pure incitement and in an earlier, less PC era it would have been considered treason. The indispensable MEMRI TV has captured and subtitled his appearance: [Video] ... It’s not the Muslims who are the terrorists. The biggest ...
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Aussie Islamic Leader: "Jihad is Part of My Religion"
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 8:12:28 am PDT
Australian Islamic leader defends jihad. (Hat tip: Rocket Rod.) The leader of a fundamentalist Islamic group in Melbourne denies he poses a threat to Australia but says it is okay for Australian Muslims to travel to Iraq to fight. ASIO has confiscated the passport of Abdul Nacer Ben Brika, known as Abu ...
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The ACLU is the Enemy
Thu, Aug 4, 2005 at 7:57:55 am PDT
Even after two attacks on the London tube system, the New York City branch of the ACLU is suing to stop the NYPD from protecting the subways: NYCLU sues city over subway searches. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The New York Civil Liberties Union will file suit against the city Thursday to ...
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London Mayor: Surrender and We'll Be Safe
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 8:25:34 pm PDT
In the Guardian (where else?) London Mayor Red Ken Livingstone outlines “three ways to make us all safer:” “support the police,” treat Muslims with respect, and surrender in Iraq. (Hat tip: Van Impe.)
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Google News Ghouls
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 8:10:53 pm PDT
Is anyone surprised that Google News is featuring the AP photograph of Steven Vincent’s corpse prominently on their front page, with a pronounced anti-American slant?
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A Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 6:56:41 pm PDT
LGF reader Reaganite forwarded this video that shows a roadside bomb exploding in Mosul. At a little more than halfway through the clip, watch the car on the right shoulder: [Video] This is the kind of attack that impressed Reuters today.
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Muslims Celebrate US Deaths
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 6:47:25 pm PDT
Followers of the Religion of Peace™ celebrate the cowardly attack that claimed the lives of 14 Marines today, at ummah.com: Iraq bomb attack kills 14 marines !!!!! And another Muslim forum, hosted by Everyone’s Internet (the terrorist’s favorite web host), exults over the deaths of Americans: Muslim Globe Forum ...
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14 Marines Killed by Roadside Bomb, Reuters is Impressed
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 5:20:53 pm PDT
Bad news from western Iraq, where 14 Marines were killed by a roadside bomb: Bomb kills 14 U.S. Marines in Iraq. Reuters takes this opportunity to compliment the enemy. The blast, which highlighted the effectiveness of makeshift bombs against the most powerful military in the world, was the second major attack against ...
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In a Ruined Country
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 4:59:57 pm PDT
Here’s a long but exceptional article by David Samuels from the Atlantic Monthly, on the disastrous legacy of Yasser Arafat’s rule of corruption: In a Ruined Country. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Al-Arian Trial Update
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 9:25:32 am PDT
Al-Arian Wiretap Captured Poem Of Hate For America. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) TAMPA - When the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad challenged the loyalty of Ramadan Shallah, who was living in the United States, Shallah responded by sending a poem. I am against America until this life ends and the scale is ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 9:12:30 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Wednesday morning...
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Steven Vincent Update
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 9:03:57 am PDT
The latest report on the murder of blogger/journalist Steven Vincent hints at the possibility that he was killed by agents of Muqtada al-Sadr: American Journalist Found Dead in Iraq. BASRA, Iraq - An American freelance journalist was found dead in the southern city of Basra with multiple gunshot wounds after being ...
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Google News Will List ISM?
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 8:49:36 am PDT
Lee Kaplan says a source at Google has told him that Google News will soon add the web site of the terrorist enabling International Solidarity Movement to their index of “reputable news sources.” It shouldn’t come as a surprise, since Google News also considers Islamic terrorist propaganda outlets such as Electronic ...
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Terrorists Make a Promise
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 8:27:09 am PDT
The murderous cretins of Islamic Jihad, after inadvertently killing a 5-year old Palestinian boy with rockets intended to kill Jews, have issued another worthless promise to stop attacking Israel: Militants Halt Rocket Attacks to Israel. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A major Palestinian militant group declared on Wednesday that it would ...
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Kos Has a Perfect Record
Wed, Aug 3, 2005 at 8:17:13 am PDT
Environmental Republican reports that the Daily Kos Kiss of Death (which takes effect when Markos Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga endorses a political candidate) has claimed another Democrat—Paul Hackett, who called President Bush a “son of a bitch” (classy! no wonder he was a Kos fave) and lost to challenger ...
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Steven Vincent Killed in Iraq
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 10:58:50 pm PDT
I’ve just received the terrible news that blogger/journalist Steven Vincent has been shot dead in Basra, Iraq. Here’s Steven’s piece in today’s NRO: On Again, Off Again.
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Tuesday Night Foggy Bay
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 10:49:06 pm PDT
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Liberals Call for Hit Squads
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 7:53:52 pm PDT
The word “liberal” clearly has a very different meaning in Australia: Young Libs’ terror hit squad. VICTORIA’s Young Liberals have called on the Howard Government to train hit squads to track down those behind the Bali bombing. The “war on terror” motion was adopted with a two-thirds majority at a Young Liberal ...
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MPACUK Uses Image from Nazi Web Site
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 4:31:50 pm PDT
The Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK) presents itself as a legitimate community representative of young British Muslims; according to their site they are “a non-profit making organisation working with the community, helping Muslims to help themselves.” Their spokesmen have appeared on the BBC, and the media seem to be ...
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UK Police Told to Be Polite While Raiding Terror Suspects
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 1:57:51 pm PDT
British police have been ordered to refrain from using dogs and to remove their shoes when raiding Muslim homes. (Hat tip: Darwin Akbar.) And no raids during prayer times. Ian Johnston, the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, is taken to task by the human rights lobby when he says his ...
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Tuesday Open Thread
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 11:21:39 am PDT
An open thread for what’s left of Tuesday morning...
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Juan Cole's Latest Foolish Statement
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 8:40:33 am PDT
Idiotarian professor Juan Cole, president of the Middle East Studies Association, says we are not really at war. Michael J. Totten replies. UPDATE at 8/2/05 11:50:15 am: Here’s another good reply to Cole’s dangerous folly, by Bill Roggio.
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Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 8:29:56 am PDT
It should be noted, as the Gaza pullout proceeds, that a few days ago Palestinian “prime minister” Ahmed Qureia explicitly said that violence against Israel will not stop until the Palestinians conquer Jerusalem: ‘Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem’ - Qureia. (Hat tip: alamo.) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia Wednesday said Israel’s ...
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SF Chron Reader: Hamas = Boy Scouts
Tue, Aug 2, 2005 at 8:03:43 am PDT
When the San Francisco Chronicle published a relatively accurate article about the death cult summer camps run by Hamas in Gaza, some of their readers apparently suffered ideological trauma. Case in point, this letter to the editor from Judith Ross, a moonbat so disturbed by the article that she began casting ...
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Muhammad's Example
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 6:31:30 pm PDT
Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali lives under constant threat of death from Islamists, and she demonstrates why with this fearless article about the key figure behind the struggle between Western values and Islamic supremacism: Muhammad’s Example. (Hat tip: Booker Rising.) The terrorists, and the Shari’a-based societies to which they aspire, have ...
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The United States of Islam
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 5:54:03 pm PDT
At least a dozen LGF readers emailed about the picture that accompanies this CBS News story on the Fiqh Council’s bogus fatwa against terrorism: Muslim Scholars Condemn Terror. The credit under the picture reads “(AP / CBS)” and it’s hard to tell whether this is a genuine photograph or if it’s ...
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Iranian President: "Islam Will Conquer All the Mountain Tops"
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 4:50:53 pm PDT
MEMRI TV captured and translated this speech by Iranian President-Elect Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, broadcast on Iranian Channel 1 on July 25, 2005. [Video] Ahmadi-Nejad: We want art that is on the offensive. Art on the offensive exalts and defends the noble principles, and attacks principles that are corrupt, vulgar, ungodly, and inhuman. Art reaches ...
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Cat Says: More Islam is the Answer
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 4:30:57 pm PDT
Former “Peace Train” singer Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) has a piece for The Independent, picked up by ArabNews, in which he argues that the only real solution to the problem of Islamic terrorism is a lot more Islamic education. You know, for the kids. Especially in the prejudiced West. ...
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The Word Search of Incitement
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 3:21:53 pm PDT
Joe Grossberg noticed this word puzzle in The Muslim Link, an English-language bi-weekly paper serving the Baltimore and Washington, DC metro areas: Word Search of Incitement. * Iraqi City where scores of Muslims die everyday [sic] from civil strife that started as a result of the US invasion (7) — Baghdad * ...
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Islamic Police Smash Humiliating Giant Teapot
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 12:46:58 pm PDT
Yesterday the Malaysian branch of the Religion of Peace and Tolerance sent in the bulldozers and smashed the giant teapot of humiliation: ‘Sky’ comes tumbling down. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) JERTEH: The giant teapot and other key structures at the Sky Kingdom commune came tumbling down yesterday after the Besut District ...
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IAEA Springs Into Action
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 10:19:27 am PDT
International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei says to Iran, “If you’re going to restart your uranium enrichment facilities anyway, at least let us watch.” ISFAHAN, Iran - Iran agreed late Monday to a two-day delay in reopening its nuclear processing plant here after receiving a request from the head of ...
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Bombing Suspect Tried to Have Imam Fired
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 9:44:23 am PDT
As more information comes out about the London bombing suspects, one thing is obvious: they were not hiding their intentions. Bomber tried to have imam sacked for opposing terrorism. (Hat tip: Amy.) THE man suspected of being responsible for the failed Oval bombing was a hardline Muslim who harangued fellow worshippers ...
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Dean's PJ Post
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 9:43:21 am PDT
Dean Esmay likes the Pajamas Media concept.
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Monday Morning Miscellany
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 9:01:45 am PDT
Now open: thread #16,899...
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Bush Appoints Bolton
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 8:19:29 am PDT
Bush Appoints Bolton to U.N. Job. WASHINGTON — President Bush bypassed Congress Monday and appointed John Bolton to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about U.N. reform. So today I’ve used my constitutional ...
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Aussie Islamic School: "Jews Are Poisoning Your Bananas"
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 8:11:30 am PDT
The Age reports on the appalling hatred being taught at some Islamic schools in Australia—schools subsidized by government grants: Muslims sound alarm over schools. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The teacher could not believe what he overheard. The “visiting” imam was launching into a tirade against the Jews and Americans that bordered ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeds Ahead
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 7:45:23 am PDT
The feckless European Union continues to “negotiate” with Iran; Iran continues playing cheat-and-retreat: Iran to defy EU by resuming nuclear activity. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would resume sensitive nuclear activities at once without waiting for EU compromise proposals, a move that the EU said was “unnecessary and ...
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Saudi King Fahd Dies
Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 7:11:37 am PDT
Saudi King Fahd, a Key U.S. Ally, Dies. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in name only during tumultuous times for the world’s biggest ...
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