LGF Archives: October 2005
Hilarious Progressive Rant of the Day
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:58:39 pm PST
Daily Kos poster “Hunter” easily wins in this category, with the amusingly titled: Big-Time Postal Alert. Cover Ears Now. (Hat tip: sngnsgt.) Hunter is the same Kos Kid who posted this masterpiece of disastrously transparent spin: Daily Kos: TANG Typewriter Follies; Wingnuts Wrong.
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French Shari'a Watch
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:36:53 pm PST
Muslim youths rioted in the northeastern Paris suburb of Clichy-Sous-Bois for the fifth straight night.
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Sarkozy: Violence in French Suburbs is a Daily Fact of Life
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:12:53 pm PST
The International Herald Tribune reports an astounding statistic, attributed to French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy: Sarkozy says that violence in French suburbs is a daily fact of life. Since the start of the year, 9,000 police cars have been stoned and, each night, 20 to 40 cars are torched, Sarkozy said in ...
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A Tale of True Citizenship
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 6:10:01 pm PST
Blackfive asks, Do you Deserve Your Citizenship? Sgt. Walter Gaya does. But the Powers That Be need a little nudge on this one, because he’s caught in the gears, and it isn’t right. Sergeant Walter Gaya from Deuce Four (recon scout/sniper) is from Argentina and not an American citizen. Just days ...
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Mapes Invokes McCarthy
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 5:42:28 pm PST
Mary Mapes, the CBS producer fired for her role in foisting obviously fake documents on the American public, designed to tilt a presidential election, invokes the tired ghost of Edward R. Murrow—and compares the CBS-sponsored investigation to Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist hearings: Fired Producer Links CBS Probe to McCarthy. (Hat tip: ...
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Gulf Cooperation Council Condemns Israel
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 4:31:53 pm PST
What a world. The Gulf Council of Arab despots and dictators is silent when Palestinians blow up buses and markets and commit mass murder; but let Israel strike back against the leaders of terror gangs, and GCC calls for halt to Israeli ‘aggression’. RIYADH - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Michael Ledeen
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 1:12:16 pm PST
Today at Pajamas Media we’re especially pleased to feature another distinguished member of our Editorial Board, the originator of the phrase “Faster, please” and one of America’s foremost experts on Iran, Michael Ledeen.
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Bush Throws Down the Gauntlet
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:44:33 am PST
Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court, and the Kos Kidz have steam shooting out of their ears.
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Fourth Night of Muslim Riots in Paris
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:32:44 am PST
Muslim youths in a Paris suburb are still on the rampage: Fourth night of riots in Paris. (Hat tip: rantwraith.) BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) — Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of rioting in a Paris suburb ...
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AFP: Palestinians Encouraged to "Rat" on Terrorists
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:28:22 am PST
Here’s an Agence France Presse release that has to be the most outrageous example of mainstream media anti-Israel bias I have seen for, oh, the last few days: Concerned citizen hacks Israeli army’s ‘rocket hotline’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) JERUSALEM (AFP) - A concerned Israeli has thwarted the army’s latest anti-militant ...
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:21:16 am PST
Monday rolls around, and with it the open thread...
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Indonesia Coddling Mass Murderers
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:14:48 am PST
Support for the jihadis goes to the highest level of the Indonesian government, as this story makes appallingly clear: Indonesia says jail terms of militants may be cut. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin said militants convicted under anti-terrorism laws, including cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, are eligible for a ...
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Malaysia Makes Hijab Mandatory for Students
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:10:41 am PST
Non-Muslims ‘must wear scarves’. (Hat tip: Protein Wisdom.) Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s government has endorsed a university’s ruling that requires non-Muslim women to wear headscarves on its campuses, a report said on Wednesday. The minister in charge of national unity, Maximus Ongkili, said the decision by the International Islamic University earlier this ...
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Selective Muslim Silence
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 8:05:31 am PST
Judith Apter Klinghoffer, senior associate scholar at the Political Science department at Rutgers University, writes about the highly disturbing issue of Selective Muslim Silence. Where is the sane moderate peace loving Muslim world? Why is its voice so rarely raised in condemnation of Islamist atrocities? It is a question which has ...
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Palestinian Child Abuse
Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 7:27:06 am PST
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The Legal Front of the War on Islamic Radicalism Wins One
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 6:35:52 pm PST
Soldier, widow win judgment over Afghan battle. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) SALT LAKE CITY - A soldier wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan and the widow of his slain comrade won a default judgment against the estate of a suspected al-Qaida financier. The lawsuit alleged the late Ahmed Said Khadr failed to control ...
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Ahmadinejad: "2 or 3 Hangings" Could End Market Problems
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 2:34:41 pm PST
Today Iran’s president laid out his solution for the Iranian stock exchange crisis: hang two or three financial speculators. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Tehran, Oct. 30 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the latest cabinet meeting in the Iranian capital that “if we were permitted to hang two or three ...
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Wiping Israel Off the Map at Harvard
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 2:01:34 pm PST
Iranian “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s call for Israel to be “wiped off the map” has struck a chord at Harvard. LGF reader JS emailed this photo of a sticker posted all over the place by a leftist group: (Note: “Gone Baby Gone” is a band, who apparently have nothing to do with ...
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9/11 Revisionism Goes Mainstream
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 1:05:30 pm PST
Airing next week on the Cartoon Channel. (Hat tip: NC.) FANS fearing that “The Boondocks,” the wildly scathing, racially charged comic strip, will lose its bite when it appears on television next week need not worry. Within the first 10 seconds of the new show of the same name, viewers will ...
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 8:21:08 am PST
As most of the continental US turns back the clock by one hour, here is the Sunday open thread...
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Surface to Air Missiles Smuggled into Europe
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 8:02:15 am PST
Terror cell ‘smuggled missiles into Europe’. An Islamic terror cell has smuggled two surface-to-air missiles into Europe in a plot to shoot down planes at one of France’s main airports, it was claimed yesterday. French and Algerian extremists with links to al-Qa’eda bought the Russian SA-18 Grouse missiles from Chechens in 2002 ...
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Gitmo Drives Jihadis Crazy
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 7:47:33 am PST
Here is an astounding example of the propaganda being fed to the Arab world, at Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News: I am losing my mind behind these horrible prison walls. Mr Al Dossary describes being brutally beaten by up to eight guards and being forced to walk on broken glass, then having ...
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Aussie Police Told to Show Tolerance for Wife-Beating
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 9:20:27 pm PDT
Australian police are being told to respect traditions—Islamic traditions like wife beating. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) POLICE are being advised to treat Muslim domestic violence cases differently out of respect for Islamic traditions and habits. Officers are also being urged to work with Muslim leaders, who will try to keep the families ...
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Saturday Night Fence
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 8:48:22 pm PDT
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Muslims Riot in Paris, MSM Yawns
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 7:53:06 pm PDT
Muslim youths have been rioting in a Paris suburb for three days—but good luck if you want details from mainstream media, who seem to be working overtime to obscure the facts in this disturbing story: Third night of trouble in Paris suburb following teenage deaths. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In the ...
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Cycle of Violence: Fascist Headwind Retreat
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 5:40:24 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 53 miles, on a luminous Southern California day, sunny but not hot; i.e. perfect weather for cycling. The plan was to lay down a good half-century’s worth of base miles, keeping the pace in the low-medium zone but steady. To that end, we kept it at 17-18 mph ...
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PJ Profile: Steve Janke
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 4:49:38 pm PDT
Featured today at Pajamas Media: Steve Janke, proprietor of the great Canadian blog Angry in the Great White North.
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Prince Charles to Plead Islam's Cause
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 4:39:11 pm PDT
Prince Charles, future head of the Church of England, plans to tell President Bush that he needs to be more tolerant of Islam: Prince Charles to plead Islam’s cause to Bush. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits ...
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Mass Murder in New Delhi
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 2:14:14 pm PDT
Bombs kill more than 50 in New Delhi markets. NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Three powerful bombs tore through New Delhi markets packed with families and shoppers on Saturday ahead of the biggest Hindu and Muslim festivals of the year, killing more than 50 people and wounding scores. Charred bodies, blood, glass and ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 8:43:45 am PDT
Here we see the curious creature called the “open thread...”
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Our Pals the Saudis
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 8:34:57 am PDT
Miss Mabrouk reports that our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are going to execute a 14-year old boy.
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RoP Beheads Three School Girls
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 8:16:46 am PDT
Three Indonesian girls beheaded. Three girls have been beheaded and another badly injured as they walked to a Christian school in Indonesia. They were walking through a cocoa plantation near the city of Poso in central Sulawesi province when they were attacked. This is an area that has a long history of ...
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GI Saved Journalists at Palestine Hotel
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 8:12:53 am PDT
Given the many accusations by people like Eason Jordan that the US military deliberately targets journalists in Iraq, you’d think mainstream media would be quicker to recognize stories like this one: GI Kills Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Hotel. (Hat tip: beernut.) BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier shot and killed one ...
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Muslim Students Shut Down Exhibit at Harper College
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 8:57:24 pm PDT
When Muslim students at a community college in Illinois complained about an art exhibit that criticized the repressive symbol of radical Islam known as the hijab, the school promptly removed the offending artwork. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) An art exhibit that included photographs of nude Muslim women wearing only a head ...
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Friday Night Fence
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 8:38:41 pm PDT
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Outrage of the Day
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 7:20:14 pm PDT
Via Michelle Malkin, the uncle of a soldier profiled in a New York Times despair-fest writes a heartfelt email about the Gray Lady’s almost unbelievable moral bankruptcy. The Times article quoted this section of Cpl Starr’s letter: ’’I kind of predicted this,’’ Corporal Starr wrote of his own death. ‘’A third ...
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Euro Anti-Americanism Watch
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 5:18:39 pm PDT
In a series titled Propaganda, Eolo Perfido, a French-born photographer based in Rome, displays an ... uh ... intriguing view of America that will probably appeal to Daily Kos readers: Photo Negative.
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We Interrupt This Broadcast
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 12:44:56 pm PDT
At MSNBC, an AP wire story notes a simple fact, buried amidst heaps of hyperbole. (Hat tip: ciaospirit.) In the end, Fitzgerald accused Libby of lying about his conversations with reporters, not outing a spy. They spent two years and many dollars to come up with this. All three networks interrupted their ...
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VDH: Crossing the Rubicon
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 12:32:21 pm PDT
Victor Davis Hanson’s new piece strikes a chord with me, when he writes that the American people are ready for the great debate—but growing impatient with the circuses: Crossing the Rubicon.
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PJ Profile: Amy Lopez
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 11:39:26 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re featuring a profile of graphic designer Amy Lopez, whose delightful work can be seen at her site Pea Pies.
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Libby Indicted, Resigns
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 11:36:47 am PDT
The criminalization of politics continues apace: Cheney Adviser Resigns After Indictment. The vice president’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr., was indicted Friday on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation, a politically charged case that will throw a spotlight on ...
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Friday Open Thread
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 9:29:04 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for a sunny Friday morning...
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A Tale of Two Faces
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 9:11:37 am PDT
At an Arabic news site, gulfnews.com: Ahmadinejad defends Israel remark. Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday stood firm on his call for Israel to be “wiped off the map” as thousands of Iranians backed his statement in mass protests. “They are free to talk but their words do not have any ...
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Quote of the Day
Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 8:47:20 am PDT
Make sure your irony meter is properly calibrated before reading the following headline from the Boston Globe: Democratic leaders offer a national security plan. (Hat tip: The RCP Blog.) Separately, Clinton administration secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright delivered a report to top Democratic congressional leaders calling for a 50 percent ...
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Directions
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 10:34:56 pm PDT
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Arab Governments Strangely Silent
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 7:34:33 pm PDT
The Islamic Arab governments of the Middle East seem to be tongue-tied over Iran’s call to wipe out Israel: CAIRO, Egypt - Arab governments remained silent Thursday as international condemnation grew over a call by Iran’s new president for Israel to be destroyed.
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Europe Shocked ... Shocked!
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 5:58:58 pm PDT
Al-Reuters would like us to know that all of Europe condemns Iran’s call to wipe out Israel. European Union leaders and Russia joined the United States and Canada in condemning the comments, and Iranian envoys across Europe, including Russia, were summoned to explain the remarks. “I was profoundly shocked by the statements ...
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RoP Launches Coordinated Attacks in Thailand
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 5:50:15 pm PDT
Muslim insurgents launch 34 attacks in south Thailand. (Hat tip: Ringo.) BANGKOK, Thailand: Suspected Muslim insurgents seized dozens of weapons in 34 coordinated nighttime attacks across southern Thailand, leaving six people dead, the military said Thursday. The attacks took place over several hours along the Malaysian border in Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani ...
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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 4:49:57 pm PDT
Somewhere under there is the bombed-out, bloodstained wreck of a car that was carrying a top Islamic Jihad terrorist. Click picture to expand. More photos here, many with curiously out-of-sync-with-reality captions such as “Palestinians check a damaged car...”
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Al-Arian's Defense Rests Without Presenting Witnesses
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 10:45:43 am PDT
Here’s a strange move from alleged Islamic Jihad kingpin Sami Al-Arian’s defense attorney: Fired professor presents no defense in terrorism-support trial. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) After hearing from government witnesses for nearly five months, an attorney for a fired college professor charged with aiding Palestinian terrorists rested his case Thursday without calling ...
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Thursday, the Open
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 9:19:14 am PDT
Now open for business: thread #18,021...
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Miers Bails Out
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 9:11:07 am PDT
Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination. Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications. President Bush said he reluctantly accepted her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Marc Cooper
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 9:08:43 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re pleased to announce another Editorial Board member, a man with whom I disagree on many things (but who I would never call “un-American”): Marc Cooper.
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Why Are These People Smiling?
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 8:03:27 am PDT
More huffing and puffing and hypocritical outrage at Daou Report, where Peter Daou is just appalled by our description of the events planned by leftist groups to celebrate the 2000th death of a US soldier in Iraq as “parties.” He calls out Michelle Malkin and LGF in particular as “un-American.” ...
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Britain's Unseen Race Riots
Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 7:52:47 am PDT
Melanie Phillips writes about the rioting in Birmingham last weekend, in which Muslim and black youths battled in the streets and at least two were killed—as mainstream media ignored the story: Britain’s unseen race riots. If this had been white on black violence, there would have been a media feeding frenzy ...
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Leftist Death Party in SF
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:36:49 pm PDT
LGF operative zombie shows us Scenes from the 2000 Deaths Party in San Francisco, October 26, 2005.
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In Search of A Survival Plan
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 9:23:29 pm PDT
Baldilocks asks the question, “What happens if the anti-war left wins the debate?” What then? In Search of A Survival Plan.
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Wednesday Night Beach
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 8:32:28 pm PDT
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You've Lost That Progressive Feeling
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 6:58:25 pm PDT
Think of the public outcry and indignation if the political roles were reversed, as you read this post at an apparently well-known “progressive” blog: Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house.
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Demonizing Condoleezza
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 2:29:45 pm PDT
Today is the day of the doctored photo; Michelle Malkin notes a USA Today article with a photo of Condoleezza Rice that was altered, apparently to make her look demonic. UPDATE at 10/26/05 2:31:45 pm: Originally discovered by FromThePen.com. UPDATE at 10/26/05 2:34:26 pm: The doctored photo has been removed from USATODAY.com, and a ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 11
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 2:23:04 pm PDT
At the Oakland Tribune. (Hat tip: RaiderDan.)
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Seattle College Doctors Ward Churchill Photo
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 2:11:35 pm PDT
Ward “Little Eichmanns” Churchill has been invited to speak at Shoreline Community College in Washington on November 8th, and they have a photo of the America-hating professor here: Artist and Lecture Series at Shoreline Community College. (Hat tip: Michael.) This photo may look familiar to you—because it’s based on an original ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 10, Featuring Mama Moonbat
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 1:34:22 pm PDT
At the Huffington Post: Cindy Sheehan: Grim Milestone.
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 9
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:46:18 pm PDT
At the blog of al-Guardian: Grim milestones. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In the words of Donald Rumsfeld and Pentagon officials, the US military doesn’t “do body counts” of enemy fighters and civilians; the one they do, that of the US service men and women killed in Iraq, reached 2,000 yesterday with ...
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CBS News President Ousted
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:38:08 pm PDT
Andrew Heyward Out as CBS News President. NEW YORK — CBS announced Wednesday it is replacing embattled CBS News President Andrew Heyward with Sean McManus, chief of CBS Sports, who will keep both jobs. Heyward served more than 10 years as head of the legendary news division, and it was a surprise to many ...
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Senior Al Qaeda Terrorists Free in Iran
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:24:43 am PDT
A German magazine has a report that Iran is letting senior al Qaeda suspects roam free. BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran is permitting around 25 high-ranking al Qaeda members to roam free in the country’s capital, including three sons of Osama bin Laden, a German monthly magazine reported on Wednesday. Citing information from ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Austin Bay
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 9:20:48 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we are very pleased to announce another member of our stellar Editorial Board: author and blogger Austin Bay.
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 9:08:50 am PDT
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, And so is an open thread.
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RoP Leader Calls for Genocide
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 8:31:44 am PDT
Iran Leader Calls for Israel’s Destruction. And Iran will soon have nuclear weapons. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s hard-line president called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” and said a new wave of Palestinian attacks will destroy the Jewish state, state-run media reported Wednesday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also denounced attempts to recognize ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 8
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 8:29:03 am PDT
A really foul example at the BBC, with a gloating, sneering tone: Death toll an awkward yardstick on Iraq. (Hat tip: Mike.) Another death, another grim milestone for US forces in Iraq. First it was 100, then 1,000, now 2,000 killed in action for a goal still elusive two-and-a-half years after the ...
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And Again
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 8:19:37 am PDT
The filthy savages of Islamic Jihad have committed another act of mass murder: Five Killed in Bombing at Israeli Market. HADERA, Israel - A Palestinian suicide bomber on Wednesday struck a food stand in the central Israeli town of Hadera, killing five people, wounding at least 30 and leaving a path ...
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Calling Galloway's Bluff
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 9:40:44 pm PDT
Christopher Hitchens, on the “smoking gun” evidence against malevolent British MP George Galloway: Calling Galloway’s Bluff. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The critical person in Galloway’s fetid relationship with Saddam’s regime was a Jordanian “businessman” named Fawaz Zureikat, who was involved in a vast range of middleman activities in Baghdad and is ...
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Tuesday Night Tanker
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 8:35:59 pm PDT
And always, on the horizon, distant but growing nearer, the specter of the oil tanker.
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 7
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 6:11:06 pm PDT
Another grim milestone fails to stir U.S. public. (Hat tip: Julian.) WASHINGTON — The lengthening column of American war dead is set to cross a psychological Rubicon this week when the 2,000th young man or woman in uniform will get killed for President George W. Bush’s decision to topple Saddam Hussein. Anti-war ...
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Antisemitic Poem in UK School Book
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 3:47:20 pm PDT
Just appalling: Anti-Semitic poem in children’s school book. A poem which praises the murder of Jews by the Nazis has been included in a book of children’s poetry to be distributed amongst schools in the UK. The publication, entitled Great Minds, features the work of school children aged 11 to 18 who ...
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Grim Countdown
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 3:42:26 pm PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 6
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 2:03:49 pm PDT
Currently the cover story at MSNBC.com:
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 5
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 1:04:48 pm PDT
U.S. Military Deaths Reach 2,000 in Iraq. A U.S. Army sergeant died of wounds suffered in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The death _ along with two others announced Tuesday _ brought to 2,000 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the start of the Iraq conflict in ...
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Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 9:05:46 am PDT
Here’s an open Tuesday thread...
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Rule America?
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 9:04:51 am PDT
Here’s a great piece by Jonathan Last at the Daily Standard on the downfall of the British Empire, and its disturbing parallels with the current US situation: Rule America? (Hat tip: Ed Driscoll.) WHAT DOES MODERN HISTORY have to teach us about the age of American empire? The final chapters of ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Jose Guardia
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 8:53:04 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re very pleased to profile another member of our editorial board: Jose Guardia, who runs the excellent Spanish/English blog Barcepundit.
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AP Grudgingly Notes Iraq Constitution Approval
Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 8:08:55 am PDT
The Iraqi constitution has been adopted, and naturally the Associated Press fills three quarters of their openly negative article with reports of bombings and violent deaths. (Hat tip: Steven Den Beste.) Iraq’s constitution was adopted by a majority in a fair vote during the country’s Oct. 15 referendum, as Sunni Arab ...
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A Jihad Campfire Tale
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:00:48 pm PDT
At ummah.com, the Religion of Peace™ celebrates war and death with a touching campfire story about a British-born Muslim who learns to love jihad: Shaheed Abu Abdullah Al Britaani - Allahu Akbar! I would like to share some news with all my Muslim brothers and sisters. The news is of the ...
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RIP: Rosa Parks
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 7:14:19 pm PDT
A courageous woman, who changed the history of the United States with a simple act of righteous defiance, has passed away: Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead At 92. (Hat tip: Damian Penny.)
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Congress: Galloway Lied in His Testimony
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 6:47:38 pm PDT
Malevolent British political panderer George Galloway may be facing legal trouble over his appearance before a Congressional committee: Galloway lied about Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report. (Hat tip: Robert.) George Galloway, the British MP, was last night accused of lying by a US Congressional committee when he testified earlier this ...
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Islamist School Wins DOE Excellence Award
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 5:21:08 pm PDT
School for Shar’ia : Islamist School Wins Dept of Education Blue Ribbon for Excellence Award. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) October 20, 20005 - Philadelphia, PA - PipeLineNews.org - Jihad through Da’wa [conversion of non-Muslims] in the form of domestic Islamic education has gotten a boost from an unlikely source, the U.S. ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 4
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 5:02:35 pm PDT
Bush can’t change direction despite this grim milestone. (Hat tip: Environmental Republican.) WHEN the US reaches the grim milestone of 2,000 military deaths in Iraq, will the outcry force the Bush Administration to change course? And the Ipso Facto Cartoon Blog has a great take on the media’s relentless hammering of ...
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PJ Profile: Iraq the Model
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 12:18:04 pm PDT
Today at Pajamas Media: a profile of Mohammed and Omar, the two brothers who run the fine Iraqi blog known as Iraq the Model.
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Zombie: Iranian Anti-Semitism at Frankfurt Book Fair
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:48:41 am PDT
LGF operative zombie has another new report, on the appalling display of Iranian antisemitic literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair, including The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion and Henry Ford’s The International Jew. This material is illegal in Germany, yet the Book Fair’s organizers took no action against ...
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Piggy Banks Banned in Britain
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:39:31 am PDT
Banks in the UK have banned the use of piggy banks, because of fears that the time-honored British symbol of saving may offend Muslims. British banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims. Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from ...
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Monday Morning Open Thread
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 9:13:57 am PDT
Don’t you just love it when Microsoft Entourage decides it’s time to corrupt your email database, and blow away all your email? I know I do. No better way to start the day. So here’s an open thread while I set up and switch to Apple Mail.
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"Grim Milestone" Watch 3
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 8:27:20 am PDT
Bushies feeling the boss’ wrath. (Hat tip: Ryan.) WASHINGTON - Facing the darkest days of his presidency, President Bush is frustrated, sometimes angry and even bitter, his associates say. With a seemingly uncontrollable insurgency in Iraq, the White House is bracing for the political fallout from a grim milestone that could come ...
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Mama Moonbat Joins the Party
Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 8:02:37 am PDT
It isn’t surprising to see Cindy Sheehan jump on the “2000 deaths” leftist party wagon—after all, she’s been exploiting her own son’s death for months: Iraq war foes ready for 2,000th US military death. WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son’s death in Iraq ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:30:29 pm PDT
Iraq Insurgency Shows No Signs of Abating. BAGHDAD, Iraq - With the grim milestone of the 2,000th U.S. military death looming in Iraq, many wonder about the direction of the insurgency that killed most of them. 2,000 Too Many: Peace Action Calls For Congressional Action as 2,000 American Deaths in Iraq ...
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Ghouls Plan to Desecrate Veterans Day
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:12:09 pm PDT
We’re supposed to believe that the left “supports the troops,” but events like this one, planned for Veterans Day in Los Angeles, tear away the mask of phony “caring” and reveal the true ugliness of their ghoulish agenda. Veterans for Peace Sponsor ‘100 Coffin March’ at Arlington West Memorial Seeking 400 pallbearers ...
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Oh the Humiliation!
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 9:40:13 pm PDT
Palestinian puppet prime minister Ahmed Qureia (who seems to have as many different spellings of his name as Muammar Gadafi) bemoans Israeli checkpoints, after being stopped at one: Qorei stopped at Israeli checkpoint. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei warned Israel that its new restrictions on West ...
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Breaking Through
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 9:12:54 pm PDT
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Al-Aqsa International Competition for the Holy Koran
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 8:53:54 pm PDT
I can hardly stand the suspense as Clerics in Gaza City test contestants knowledge of Koran. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) GAZA CITY - With senior Islamic militant leaders looking on, Palestinian officials on Sunday opened an international competition testing participants’ knowledge of the Koran. Some 700 people, including diplomats and top leaders ...
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Asia's Sad Obsession with Nazi-ism
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 8:23:01 pm PDT
At Simon World: Asia’s sad obsession with Nazi-ism. It’s not just sad, it’s highly disturbing.
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The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 8:14:00 pm PDT
Courtesy of LGF reader David: UPDATE at 10/23/05 8:26:16 pm: (Psst ... it’s a Photoshop ...)
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We Got Mail!
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 6:54:54 pm PDT
My post about the American Friends Service Committee’s plans to sponsor “events” celebrating and cynically capitalizing on the 2000th US soldier’s death in Iraq has really gotten under the thin skin of the left. A reader in Toledo, Ohio, who found us through this post at Crooks and Liars, emailed the ...
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Zombie: Red-Color News Soldier
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 6:15:10 pm PDT
LGF operative zombie’s latest report is a slice of life in Berkeley, where Mao’s Cultural Revolution is still celebrated: Red-Color News Soldier.
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PJ Profile: Rob Port
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 1:23:44 pm PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re featuring a profile of Rob Port, of the fine North Dakota blog Say Anything.
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Here Come 10,000 Saudi Students
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 1:13:28 pm PDT
How quickly we forget: Over 10,000 Saudi Students US- Bound. (Hat tip: efuseakay.) Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- More than 10,000 Saudi students will travel to the US to attend university as part of a government-sponsored program following the adoption of new measures by the Ministry of Higher Education aimed at facilitating travel ...
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Sunday Morning Open Thread
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 9:43:18 am PDT
Here we have an open thread for a Sunday morning...
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Moonbats Frothing Over Quaker "Death Parties"
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 9:02:45 am PDT
You know you’re over the target when you start receiving flak. My post from yesterday about the American Friends Service Committee and their disgusting plan to capitalize on the deaths of soldiers in Iraq has stirred up a hornet’s nest of outraged moonbats. Here are just a few that are currently ...
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Contractor Burned Alive in Iraq
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 8:46:07 am PDT
As the left hypocritically hyperventilates about the burning of rotting Taliban corpses in Afghanistan, we learn that four US contractors were murdered by a mob of Sunni Muslims in an Iraqi town last month—and one was burned alive: Four U.S. Contractors Killed in Iraq. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BAGHDAD, Iraq - ...
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Palestinian Teacher: "Behave or I'll Blow Up Your Bus"
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 8:29:39 am PDT
A Palestinian teacher in Britain told his pupils, “Behave or I’ll put a bomb on your bus.” (Hat tip: Spiritualized.) A TEACHER faces a police quiz after allegedly telling pupils: “Behave or I’ll put a bomb on your bus.” Palestinian-born Mazin Albarq was said to have made the sick joke to a ...
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The Hegemony of Wind
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 9:03:06 pm PDT
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Diana West: Twisting History
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 6:30:55 pm PDT
Diana West asks the hard politically incorrect questions in this op-ed for the Washington Times: Twisting history. Big week for Uncle Sam. First, there was the referendum on the new Iraqi constitution, which, by the way, contains all provisions necessary for a sharia-ruled state. Then, at the president’s by-now-annual Ramadan dinner, ...
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Preparing for the Unthinkable
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 3:01:19 pm PDT
FDNY Prepares For Nuclear Attack. (Hat tip: NC.) It’s no secret the city’s Police and Fire Departments are preparing for possible terrorist attacks, but now there’s word that one of the main threats the FDNY is planning for is a nuclear attack. The FDNY says it’s been training to combat threats like ...
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PJ Profile: Baron Bodissey and Dymphna
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 9:04:36 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re featuring a profile of the scintillating couple who run the excellent blog Gates of Vienna.
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Saturday Morning Open
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 8:33:50 am PDT
An open thread for a foggy Saturday morning...
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Flight 93 "Crescent of Embrace" Remains Unchanged
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 8:15:57 am PDT
Sher Zieve notices that even though the Flight 93 memorial project organizers announced they would reconsider their design, the Flight 93 “Crescent of Embrace” Remains Unchanged. Despite the outrage of the American public over the planned memorial to those who lost their lives fighting terrorists who hijacked their plane on 9/11/2001, ...
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"Grim Milestone" Watch
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 8:08:40 am PDT
Here’s Ralph Peters, on the approaching media barrage of “grim milestone” reports: Exploiting the Dead. (Hat tip: Blackacre.) WE’LL soon reach a total of 2,000 dead American troops in Iraq. You won’t miss the day it happens. The media will pound it into you. But no one will tell you what ...
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Abu Mazen Says...
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 7:50:51 am PDT
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The Palestinian Peace Process
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 7:41:43 am PDT
Bomb hidden under toddler. (Hat tip: Amir.) Five wanted terror suspects have been arrested in overnight searches conducted by the IDF in a village north of Nablus in the early hours of Saturday. In a house where the suspects were hiding 10 Kg (about 22 pounds) of explosives were found. An extensive ...
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Ghouls Plan "2000 Deaths" Parties
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 7:23:28 am PDT
The American Friends Service Committee is planning to hold a series of parties all across the country when the 2000th US soldier is killed in Iraq: Not One More Death. Not One More Dollar. (Hat tip: Politics and Religion.) Here’s the current list of locations. UPDATE at 10/22/05 7:36:15 am: This group of ...
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Strange Doings at OU
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 9:44:39 pm PDT
What the hell is going on at the University of Oklahoma? OU takes extra security precautions. Two Arrested Under OU Campus. NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Norman police say they arrested two men for breaking into a tunnel under the University of Oklahoma campus to get into a building on the South Oval. ...
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Sky Blue Palm
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 8:48:59 pm PDT
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Shades of Mary Mapes
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 8:09:59 pm PDT
Someone at the United Nations apparently doctored the report on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri—and was stupid enough to release a version of the MS Word document with the “Track Changes” feature enabled: UN office doctored report on murder of Hariri. (Hat tip: Michael.) Shades of Mary ...
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 6:04:48 pm PDT
In Alexandria, Egypt, a Muslim mob attacked a Christian church and rioted to protest the release of a DVD that portrayed Muslims attacking Christian churches: One dead in violent Muslim protest in Egypt. CAIRO (AFP) - One Muslim protestor was killed and dozens more wounded in violent clashes with police in ...
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World Gone Nuts
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 4:44:50 pm PDT
This has got to be the most ridiculous trumped-up scandal yet, but for a change TIME Magazine seems to be trying to bring some sanity to the story: Stench Prompted U.S. Troops to Burn Corpses. There simply wasn’t enough room on the rocky hilltop above Gonbaz village in southern Afghanistan for ...
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VDH: With a Whimper
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 11:31:53 am PDT
Victor Davis Hanson, on how the violence in Iraq will end: With a Whimper. The Western media was relatively quiet about the quite amazing news from the recent trifecta in Iraq: very little violence on election day, Sunni participation, and approval of the constitution. Those who forecasted that either the Sunnis ...
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PJ Profile: Daniel Drezner
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 9:28:37 am PDT
The latest blogger profile at Pajamas Media: professor Daniel Drezner of danieldrezner.com.
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Friday Morning Open Thread
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 9:22:25 am PDT
It is the open thread of the Friday...
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Matthews Obsesses
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 9:05:08 am PDT
Is Chris Matthews obsessed with Karl Rove and Scooter Libby? Sure looks like it.
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Moonbats Over Havana
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 8:50:14 am PDT
The muddle-headed faux socialists of CODEPINK are planning a field trip: Friendship Delegation to Cuba. (Hat tip: PollyPrissypants.) Join CODEPINK for New Year’s in CubaDecember 27-January 2, 2006 Cuba is one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries on Earth—and George Bush says you can’t go there. Well, we’re going anyway, ...
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Egyptian Misogyny
Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 8:39:06 am PDT
Muslim Brotherhood candidate for Egyptian parliament Makarem al-Deiri knows her place—in the Dark Ages: Woman candidate for Egypt parliament holds men superior. (Hat tip: monica.) CAIRO (AFP) - Makarem al-Deiri is standing for election to the Egyptian parliament next month after a long academic career but she makes no bones about ...
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Sky Fountain 2
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:46:13 pm PDT
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Guardian Journalist Quickly Released
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 5:29:30 pm PDT
Guardian journalist Rory Carroll was freed by the “holy warriors” today, into the hands of Ahmad Chalabi: Freed Guardian journalist wants to work on in Iraq. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guardian journalist Rory Carroll, freed on Thursday after 36 hours in the hands of Baghdad kidnappers, said he wanted to go on ...
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Secret Prayer Rooms at EuroDisney
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 5:16:32 pm PDT
Islamist influence a growing threat to French business. (Hat tip: Rochi.) PARIS — The influence of radical Islamist groups is a growing threat to French business, a leading intelligence expert warned on Tuesday, citing the discovery of secret prayer-rooms at the Disneyland theme-park outside Paris. In a report commissioned by several retail and ...
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Syria Involved in Hariri Assassination
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 5:00:15 pm PDT
The UN has concluded that Syrian and Lebanese security officials stalked former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri for weeks before murdering him in February: UN: Syria, Lebanon Involved in Slaying. UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. investigation concluded that high-ranking Syrian and Lebanese security officials were involved in the assassination of former ...
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Hamas Wants to Keep on Killin'
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 4:41:01 pm PDT
The Hamas terror gang really hates it when President Bush hints that he might ask them to stop murdering Jews: Hamas accuses Bush of sowing Palestinian discord. GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas accused U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday of trying to bring war ...
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PJ Profile: Stephen Green
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 2:19:25 pm PDT
Today’s featured blogger at Pajamas Media: the witty, urbane Stephen Green of Vodkapundit.
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Iowahawk: How to Blog Good, Part 2
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:22:30 am PDT
If your blogging suffers from squeamish milquetoast equivocation, the latest episode of Iowahawk’s tutorial series will put you on the path to Blogging Good.
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Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 8:12:06 am PDT
Thread #17,935 is now open...
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Jihad Against Danish Newspaper
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 8:06:51 am PDT
The Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting Mohammed is in big trouble with the Religion of Peace™: Holy war against newspaper. (Hat tip: filtrat.) Internet collages threatening Denmark and daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten with death and retribution have begun circulating on the internet after the newspaper published caricatures of Muslim prophet Mohammed. Bombs ...
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No Al Qaeda Here!
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 7:59:21 am PDT
Al-Reuters reports, sans scare quotes: Palestinians rule out al-Qaeda presence in Gaza. GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority rejected on Thursday a report from Israeli intelligence that foreign Islamists suspected of links to al-Qaeda had slipped into the Gaza Strip after Israel withdrew last month. Israel’s military intelligence chief said ...
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"We Should, All of Us, Glorify the Terrorism"
Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 7:44:05 am PDT
Followers of Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, exiled from Britain, declare war against Western civilization in a British internet chat room: British Muslim group declares new jihad. Mizaan, who told listeners “that is my real name,” said: “There is the camp of Islam and the camp of Kuffar (non-Muslim). Today we still ...
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The Edge of Forever
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 8:59:56 pm PDT
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Al-Reuters Knows Who to Blame
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 6:36:32 pm PDT
Oh, the injustice. Oh, the humanity. Abbas may get little but demands from Bush summit. “Demands” that Abbas put an end to the slaughter. “Demands” that seem beyond reason to Reuters. RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hopes President George W. Bush will also step up pressure on Israel when he ...
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The Palestinian Process
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 4:46:13 pm PDT
Palestinian Gunmen Abduct 2, Make Threats. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A shadowy Palestinian militant group on Tuesday said it has abducted two alleged collaborators with Israel and threatened to carry out additional kidnappings. The announcement by the group calling itself the “Knights of the Storm” was latest sign of chaos and ...
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Guardian Journalist Kidnapped
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 3:34:47 pm PDT
Guardian journalist Rory Carroll, who filed a story on September 12 accusing US troops of being out of control and killing journalists with impunity, has been kidnapped by the “holy warriors” in Iraq. LONDON (AFP) - An Irish journalist working for the British newspaper The Guardian has been kidnapped by armed ...
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Requesting Spot-Changes of a Leopard
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 3:09:42 pm PDT
US Wants Abbas to Urge Non-Violence. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is asking Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to require candidates in next January’s election to renounce violence as a means of easing tensions with Israel, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. Good luck with that.
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Turkish Support for Honor Killing
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 9:41:36 am PDT
In a new survey by a Turkish university, almost 40% said a woman who commits adultery deserves to be murdered. More than 20% apparently thought the death penalty was too harsh, but cutting off noses or ears would be appropriate. A survey by a university in Turkey has shown almost 40% support ...
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Spain Goes After US Soldiers
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 9:09:41 am PDT
You have got to be kidding me. Spanish Judge Issues Warrants for Three U.S. Soldiers. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MADRID, Spain — A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and one other, a ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 9:00:31 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Wednesday morning...
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Saddam's Trial Opens
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 8:38:20 am PDT
No surprises in the first day of the trial of a former dictator: Defiant Saddam pleads not guilty. Saddam Hussein’s trial has begun in Baghdad with the ousted Iraqi leader defiantly questioning the validity of the court before pleading not guilty. He refused to confirm his identity telling the presiding judge: “Who ...
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Blue Hills
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 8:45:10 pm PDT
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"Nothing More Than a Smoke and Mirror Illusion"
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 5:34:24 pm PDT
Bizarre Arab propaganda in fractured English, at the aljazeera.com site (which appears to be unaffiliated with the satellite TV network Al Jazeera): Does Al Qaeda exist? Going back to the U.S. President’s questionable motivations that were used to convince the Americans and the world that attacking Iraq was a necessity, you’ll ...
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Country Joe and Mama Moonbat
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 5:12:13 pm PDT
The Veteran’s Day ceremony has been canceled in Berkeley, because veterans’ groups objected to plans to have a founder of Cindy Sheehan’s Moonbat Circus as keynote speaker: Veterans Day event canceled in Berkeley; political concerns cited. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - (KRT) - Berkeley’s Veterans Day ceremony, scheduled ...
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ABC News and "Loose Nukes"
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 5:02:06 pm PDT
NEI Nuclear Notes has been staying on the story of the ABC News series “Loose Nukes,” and it’s starting to look less like an investigative report and more like advocacy journalism.
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Baltimore Terror Threat Update
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 1:00:39 pm PDT
Tunnel Threat: May Be Linked To Baltimore Market. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) (WJZ) Eyewitness News has learned that there may be a link between a Middle Eastern market in Southeast Baltimore and the alleged threat to Baltimore’s tunnels. Sources say two men affiliated with the Koko market on Eastern and Dundalk avenues ...
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Tuesday Open Thread
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 9:50:12 am PDT
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Chomsky for World Overlord
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 9:46:27 am PDT
The world’s top intellectual, according to a British magazine poll, is America-hating crypto-socialist MIT professor Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky, the American linguistics expert and US foreign policy critic, was named the world’s top public intellectual, according to a new British magazine poll released. Best known for his loud and consistent criticism of ...
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Breaking: Baltimore Tunnel Threat
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 9:23:27 am PDT
Terror Threat Shuts Down Baltimore Tunnel. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BALTIMORE (AP) — One of two tunnels carrying traffic under Baltimore’s harbor is closed and another was partially shut down in response to what an official said was a security threat. The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel was closed while the Fort McHenry Tunnel ...
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Al Qaeda Web Monkey Nabbed
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 9:16:25 am PDT
MSNBC’s story about the capture of an Al Qaeda web site operator is very careful not to make value judgments about terrorists and their snuff films. A top propaganda agent for al-Qaida in Iraq, known as Abu Dijana, was captured shortly before the vote, according to the U.S. military. Abu Dijana ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Tim Blair
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 9:04:39 am PDT
It’s a pleasure to announce our latest Editorial Board member at Pajamas Media: that piquant Aussie raconteur we call Tim Blair.
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Pajama-Related Art
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 8:43:36 am PDT
Roger L. Simon’s son Jesse has a one-man show opening in Santa Monica this weekend: Attention Southern California Art Enthusiasts.
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Islam's Worst Enemies
Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 8:19:38 am PDT
Here’s an excellent piece by Salim Mansur in the Toronto Sun, pointing out that the enemies of the Islamofascists are ... everyone who isn’t them: Islam’s worst enemies. (Hat tip: warbicycle.) In Bali the infidels are Hindus; in Iraq the infidels are Shiites and misguided Kurds; for Palestinians, the infidels are ...
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Application of Divine Judgment on a Contractor Working for the Crusaders
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 8:00:56 pm PDT
Another ghoulish Islamic snuff film from the “holy warriors:” Iraq Al-Qaeda shows execution despite ‘Zawahiri letter’. DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq released a video purporting to show the execution of an Iraqi who worked for US forces, days after Washington said the group had been told such killings cost the ...
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Monday Night Palm Tree
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 7:46:56 pm PDT
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Gang Rape Was "Almost Inevitable"
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 5:10:10 pm PDT
Multiculturalism taken to its most absurd extreme, as an excuse for gang rape: Gang rapist’s attacks unavoidable, says lawyer. (Hat tip: NC.) A violent gang rapist should have been given a lesser sentence partly because he was a “cultural time bomb” whose attacks were inevitable, as he had emigrated from a ...
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Islamofascist Fun-Haters
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 4:14:35 pm PDT
The Religion of Peace celebrates Ramadan in Somalia by destroying a movie studio. (Hat tip: Ethel.) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Dozens of gunmen loyal to Islamic courts stormed a video studio in Somalia’s capital on Monday, destroying equipment and confiscating hundreds of tapes that were being translated into the Somali language. The ...
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The Gray Lady and Miss Run Amok
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:42:24 am PDT
Howard Kurtz’s piece for today’s Washington Post on Judith Miller and Pflamegate is a must-read, as the left’s latest bogus scandal expires with a whimper: Reporter, Times Are Criticized for Missteps. (Hat tip: zombie.) Media analysts assailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller and her editors yesterday for what they called ...
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PJ Profile: The Manolo
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 9:17:58 am PDT
Life isn’t just about politics, and today at Pajamas Media we feature another important aspect of the human experience: shoes. For it is the day of the profile of The Manolo! UPDATE at 10/17/05 9:58:21 am: Roger, he had the close encounter with the Manolo.
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 8:44:54 am PDT
Here’s a Monday morning open thread...
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UN Delegates Cheer Mugabe Tirade
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 8:25:09 am PDT
The United Nations invited Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe to a conference in Rome, where, to an audience of applauding UN delegates, he gave a speech comparing Bush and Blair to Hitler and Mussolini. “Must we allow these men, the two unholy men of our millennium, who in the same way as ...
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West Bank Clampdown
Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 8:20:35 am PDT
Israel responds to yesterday’s Palestinian act of mass murder: Israel freezes contacts, launches W. Bank clampdown. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel suspended all security contacts with the Palestinians and sealed off biblical Bethlehem in a West Bank clampdown on Monday after gunmen killed three settlers in the deadliest attack on Israelis in ...
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PJ Profile: Martin Solomon
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 9:25:16 pm PDT
Today’s featured profile at Pajamas Media: Martin Solomon of the excellent blog Solomonia.
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Sunday Night Mast
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 8:28:55 pm PDT
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A Jinn Paralyses Me At Night
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 8:03:14 pm PDT
Courtesy of the Cyber Counselor at Islam Online, an answer to the question, “What do I do when A Jinn Paralyses Me At Night?” Name of Questioner: Fatah - Somalia Title: A Jinn Paralyses Me At Night Name of Counsellor: Abdullah Abdur Rahman Topic: Fatwa referral Question: As-salamu `alaykum. During the night, when I am sleeping, I ...
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Why Muslims Reject British Values
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 3:10:53 pm PDT
In Britain’s left-wing rag the Guardian, a “leading black intellectual and anti-racist campaigner” explains: Why Muslims reject British values. (Hat tip: NC.) According to A Sivanandan, the London bombings were caused either by oppression and poverty, or by the Iraq War, and Muslims are justified in rejecting Britain’s institutionally racist society. And ...
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Zarqawi Sets Up UK Network
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 2:53:49 pm PDT
In the Sunday Times, a report that Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has built a recruitment network in Britain. THE head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has established a new terror network in Britain which is recruiting young Muslim fanatics to fight coalition troops. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has recently set up the ...
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No Celebration at the AP
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 1:30:59 pm PDT
AP’s story about the very likely approval of the Iraqi constitution is a textbook example of how to write a piece about a positive historic event and make it sound like a disaster in the works: Iraq Charter Seems Assured of Approval. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s constitution seemed assured of passage ...
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The Palestinian Peace Process
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 9:07:17 am PDT
Three Israelis killed in Gush Etzion shooting attack. Three Israelis were killed Sunday afternoon and three were wounded, one seriously, when Palestinians opened fire on a hitchhiking station at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, the Zaka rescue service said. Shortly after the initial attack, Palestinians opened ...
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 8:55:22 am PDT
Thread #17,894 is now open...
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Steyn: Media Won't Call the Enemy Out
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 8:35:07 am PDT
Mark Steyn, right on target again: Media utters nonsense, won’t call enemy out. From Thursday’s New York Times: ”Nalchik, Russia — Insurgents launched a series of raids today in this southern Russian city, striking the area’s main airport and several police and security buildings in large-scale, daytime attacks that left at ...
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Danish Muslims Seethe, Protest, Threaten
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 8:12:07 am PDT
Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Copenhagen on Friday, protesting the cartoons of Mohammed published by the newspaper Jyllands-Posten, and threatening violence: Islam is Peace - or Else... Several thousand Muslims demonstrated in Copenhagen Friday against the treatment of Muslims in general and the images of Muhammad published by ...
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Death Cult Child Abuse
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 10:16:23 pm PDT
The Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Mahmoud Abbas’ death squad, tried to bully a 14-year old boy into committing mass murder: Would-Be Bomber, 14, Caught by Israelis. In another raid, the army arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who told his interrogators that militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades — which has ties ...
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Holland Fears RoP
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 9:50:18 pm PDT
In Holland they are afraid that if they ban the burqa, violence will result: Holland fears killings over ban on burqa. (Hat tip: Ethel.) HOLLAND’S Muslims have responded with outrage to government proposals to ban the burqa, and there are fears that Rita Verdonk, the minister behind the move, will be ...
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RoP Strikes in Thailand
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 9:46:55 pm PDT
The Religion of Peace celebrates Ramadan in Thailand: Monk, teenagers killed in Thai Muslim south. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim militants killed a Buddhist monk and two teenage boys and set fire to a temple in Thailand’s restive south, police said on Sunday, in separatist violence that has claimed more than ...
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Sky Fountain
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 8:07:42 pm PDT
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Cycle of Violence: Scenic Journey
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 7:11:44 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 56.14 miles, south through the beach cities along the flat parts of the bike path, then up through Torrance (ow) to Malaga Cove, up out of Malaga Cove into Palos Verdes (ow!), down through a very scenic undisclosed route (photos coming soon), and back up to PV Drive, ...
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"This Vote Was a Great Blow to the Terrorists"
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 5:13:33 pm PDT
Iraqi reader Haider Ajina emailed the following note about the Iraqi referendum on their new constitution: Greetings All, It seems that a larger percentage of Iraqis voted the constitutional ballot than in the election of January. 65-70%+ are the early numbers. I spoke to my father last night about 8am his time ...
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PJ Profile: Kim Bloomer and Shadrach
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 5:10:10 pm PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re featuring a profile of Kim Bloomer, our first pet care and animal welfare expert, who blogs at Aspenbloom Well Pet.
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Pakistan Welcomes Israeli Aid (Sort Of)
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 3:14:06 pm PDT
Pakistan is open to receiving earthquake relief from Israel, but only if it’s contributed indirectly. Pakistan on Saturday welcomed an offer of earthquake assistance from Israel but said it would have to be channeled through the United Nations, the Red Cross or donated to a relief fund. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 8:37:25 am PDT
We have an open thread sighting at 8:38...
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Still There'll Be More
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 8:22:03 am PDT
The Farrakhan-sponsored Millions More March is on C-SPAN this morning: C-SPAN: Watch LIVE. Cornel West, the hip-hop prof, the “profound brother intellectual,” is supposed to speak soon.
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Iraqis Vote on Constitution
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 7:57:53 am PDT
Iraq Elections newswire has lots of links to news about the historic Iraqi vote on their new constitution, and Iraq the Model has photos.
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Vapor Levels
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:02:18 pm PDT
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Soldier Responds to "Staged Event" Smears
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 5:07:00 pm PDT
The Associated Press comes right out and says it: Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged. Sgt. Ron Long was one of the soldiers in the “staged” conference, and he’s blogging about the mainstream media’s ridiculously negative spin: Speaking with President Bush. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Yesterday, I was chosen to be among a ...
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Send in the Clowns
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 3:16:43 pm PDT
The European Union ponders the weighty issues of the day: MEPs call for common EU circus policy. (Hat tip: EU Rota.) EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European parliament is set to vote on a report calling for standardised rules for circuses performing across the continent. MEPs suggest circuses should be referred to ...
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Friday Open Thread
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:12:24 am PDT
The eagle flies on Friday, and so does the open thread...
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PJ Profile: Atlas Shrugs
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:09:48 am PDT
Today’s featured blogger at Pajamas Media is Pamela, the vivacious overseer of Atlas Shrugs.
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LGF in the WSJ
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 9:03:44 am PDT
LGF is mentioned in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, in connection with the suicide bombing at the University of Oklahoma: Student’s Suicide Sets Off Explosion Of Theories by Blogs. From the start, the case was prime territory for bloggers. The conservative blog Little Green Footballs titled one post “Jihad at the University ...
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About "Staged" Video Stunts
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 8:28:50 am PDT
Shortly before airing a segment designed to embarrass the President over yesterday’s “staged” teleconference, the Today Show was caught staging a video stunt of its own. In the Bush/Iraq segment, Today screened footage indicating that prior to engaging in a video conversation with President Bush, soldiers on the ground in Iraq ...
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VDH: An American 'Debacle'?
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 8:21:54 am PDT
It’s Friday, and that means a new column from Victor Davis Hanson; in this one he responds to an especially inept analysis by Carter-era national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski: An American ‘Debacle’? In a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed entitled “American Debacle” Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national-security adviser to President Carter, begins ...
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Terror Arrests in Netherlands
Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 8:04:57 am PDT
Following new Islamic threats against Dutch MPs Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders, Dutch police have arrested seven people in connection with terrorism. Police in The Netherlands have made seven anti-terror arrests in three cities, as security forces ringed government offices in The Hague. Six men and a woman were detained in ...
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The Wraparound Effect
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 8:41:14 pm PDT
Democratic Underground meets Lew Rockwell, in a surpassingly strange confluence of idiotic hate ideologies: Democratic Underground - In Defense of Referencing Hitler. (Disclaimer: LGF is not responsible for mind-cramps induced by attempted reading of the above-linked web site.)
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Zarky's Weekend Retreat
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 6:32:05 pm PDT
Iowahawk scalps the mainstream media again, with a special guest commentary from the Big Guy in Iraq, Abu Musab for short, who reports on a mandatory weekend Al Qaeda corporate retreat: I Hate My Boss. After lunch, the next round of stupidity: another one of those retarded “team building” activities. These ...
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Robot Swarm Update 2
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 6:13:46 pm PDT
Here are the latest .htaccess incantations to prevent this week’s infestation of crazy referrer spam bots. And yes, that sentence sounds as strange to me as it does to you. [Code Block] Thanks to LGF reader kifaya for regular expression refinements. The first line blocks all the bad bots currently abusing accounts at ...
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Bush Holds Teleconference for Iraq Troops
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 5:13:17 pm PDT
President Bush held a video conference with troops in Iraq today, and the MSM spin, closely matched by lefty blogs, is that it was a staged event: Bush holds video rally for troops in Iraq. It’s another non-issue, of course; if any “staging” took place, it happened right in front of ...
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Al Qaeda: It's a Frameup
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 3:22:16 pm PDT
Al Qaeda says the letter from Zawahri to Zarqawi is just another scheme perpetrated by the man to keep a holy warrior down: Al Qaeda in Iraq says Zawahri letter is fake. DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda’s wing in Iraq on Thursday rejected as a fabrication a letter by a top ...
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Research Reactors Dangerously Insecure?
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 9:41:47 am PDT
ABC Investigation Finds Gaping Lapses in Security at Nuclear Reactors. Oct. 12, 2005 — A four-month ABC News investigation found gaping security holes at many of the little-known nuclear research reactors operating on 25 college campuses across the country. Among the findings: unmanned guard booths, a guard who appeared to be ...
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Schroeder Goes Out Kicking and Screaming
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 8:16:54 am PDT
Outgoing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder takes a final feeble slap at the US, and Davids Medienkritik replies.
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Thursday, the Open
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 8:11:45 am PDT
Thread #17,864 is now boarding...
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Another Nobel Insult
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 8:04:07 am PDT
Deranged “anti-war” British playwright Harold Pinter has been given the Nobel Prize for Literature. Previous LGF entries about Pinter’s rabid anti-Americanism: Pinter Goes Mental Moonbat Playwright Rant
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PJ Profile: Jeff Goldstein
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 7:55:45 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we offer for your enjoyment a profile of Jeff Goldstein, master of ceremonies at the über-snarky Protein Wisdom.
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Palestinians Just Can't Figure It Out
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 7:40:46 am PDT
Palestinian spokesliar and puppet prime minister Ahmed Qureia has announced that the death of Yasser Arafish is still a deep dark mystery: Palestinians: Arafat’s Death Still Mystery. RAMALLAH, West Bank - The official investigation into the death of Yasser Arafat failed to determine what killed the longtime Palestinian leader, Palestinian Prime ...
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RoP Strikes in Philippines
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 7:35:39 am PDT
The Religion of Peace celebrates Ramadan in the Philippines: Three slain in ambush by Al-Qaeda-linked group in Philippines. ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, (AFP) - Muslim extremists with alleged links to the Al-Qaeda network killed two soldiers and a civilian in an ambush in the southern Philippines, military officials said. Members of the Abu Sayyaf ...
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RoP Strikes in Russia
Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 7:35:01 am PDT
The Religion of Peace celebrates Ramadan in Russia: Rebels Launch Attacks in Southern Russia. NALCHIK, Russia - Scores of Islamic militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in this city in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region Thursday, sparking battles that killed at least 63 people. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the ...
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Savages Play at Armageddon
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:49:51 pm PDT
Jihadis passing around information on making atomic bombs, documented at Internet Haganah.
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RoP Threatens Danish Newspaper
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:18:31 pm PDT
The Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting Mohammed has been forced to hire security guards after receiving numerous threats. Death threats have forced daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten to hire security guards to protect its employees, after printing twelve cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The newspaper has been accused of deliberately provoking and insulting ...
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Dutch May Ban the Burqa
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:02:46 pm PDT
The Netherlands may become the first Western country to enact a partial ban on the most visible symbol of radical Islam’s subjugation of women: Dutch unveil the toughest face in Europe with a ban on the burka. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) THE Netherlands is likely to become the first country in ...
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Progressives Manipulating Google
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 7:09:00 pm PDT
People keep emailing me to say that if you type “failure” into Google’s search form and hit the “I’m feeling lucky” button, you get this page at the White House web site. This is true, and it’s been the case for more than a year. Snopes.com explains why; the progressive fringe ...
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Daily Kos: Blind Spot As Big As Texas
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 6:42:10 pm PDT
Has anyone seen the letter from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri to holy head-chopper Abu Musab al-Zarqawi covered at Daily Kos: State of the Nation? No? Me neither. UPDATE at 10/12/05 8:04:09 pm: A Daily Kos “diary” comes through with that well-known progressive attitude. The Bush Administration yelled, “Soo-ee! Pig, pig, pig!” and the MSM ...
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Robot Swarm Update
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 5:07:52 pm PDT
To smash the robot uprising I noted last night, I used sheer brute force. An unrestrained, gratuitous exercise of barbaric power. I used an .htaccess file. Here are the magic directives that I invoked, in case any of our readers with web sites are experiencing similar infestations, and need to get out ...
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What Extremists Are Saying
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 12:27:04 pm PDT
The full translated text of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri’s letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been posted at the CentCom.mil web site, along with images of the original in Arabic and notes on the strategic meaning of the letter: What Extremists Are Saying.
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:01:02 am PDT
Here we have the open thread for Wednesday...
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Al-Zawahri: "The Aftermath of Vietnam ... is Noteworthy"
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 9:59:58 am PDT
Ayman al-Zawahri understands one of the lessons of the Vietnam War: Al-Qaida No. 2: Get Set to Fill Iraq Void. WASHINGTON - In a letter to his top deputy in Iraq, al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader says the U.S. “ran and left” in Vietnam and the jihadists must have a plan ready ...
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Syrian Interior Minister "Commits Suicide"
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 8:24:36 am PDT
The Interior Minister of Syria has supposedly “committed suicide,” after being questioned by the UN about the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri: Syrian interior minister commits suicide. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday, the state ...
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Robots All Over the Place
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 8:53:13 pm PDT
Behind the scenes, there is a pretty amazing swarm of robots hitting our Most Recent Referrers page tonight, using zombie servers (servers infected with a previous virus that leaves a back door open) with a range of proxy IP addresses, many in China, to try to plant URLs among our ...
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BDS At Salon
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 8:24:06 pm PDT
In a letter to the editor at Salon.com, award-winning author Jane Smiley says that “in a just world,” the entire Bush administration would be summarily executed: Salon.com Books | Letters. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Gary Kamiya writes, “In a just world, Bush, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, Feith and their underlings would ...
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: Richard Fernandez
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 3:27:59 pm PDT
Today we unveil another Editorial Board member at Pajamas Media: Richard Fernandez, aka Wretchard of The Belmont Club.
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Iraqi Leaders Reach a Deal
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 3:01:48 pm PDT
The political process moves forward in Iraq: Iraqis Reach Deal on the Constitution. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leaders reached a breakthrough deal on last minute changes in the constitution Tuesday, and at least one Sunni Arab party said it would reverse its rejection of the document and urge its supporters to ...
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Fake, But Accurate, But Doubtful
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:33:29 am PDT
Oh brother. Book States Dan Rather Admits He Doubted 60 Minutes Source All Along. (Hat tip: Daniel.) Among Blum’s new revelations: The night before last fall’s controversial National Guard piece aired, Rather called 60 Minutes Wednesday executive producer Josh Howard from the anchor desk to find out why he wasn’t running ...
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Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 9:03:01 am PDT
The Tuesday open thread...
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Egypt Denies Claim About Al Qaeda Base in Sinai
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 8:47:35 am PDT
I’ve been cautious about lending credibility to reports of Al Qaeda establishing a presence in and around the Palestinian territories, but now we have good evidence that the story is accurate: Egypt is denying it. CAIRO - An Egyptian security official denied on Monday claims by Israel’s military intelligence chief that ...
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French UN Representative Held
Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 8:15:19 am PDT
France’s former representative to the United Nations Security Council has been taken into custody, in the Oil-For-Food investigation. PARIS (AFP) - Jean-Bernard Merimee, France’s former representative at the UN Security Council, was taken into custody by a judge investigating corruption linked to the Iraqi “oil-for-food” programme. Merimee, 68, was being questioned over ...
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Explosive Device Detonated Near UCLA
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 9:08:58 pm PDT
Meanwhile, in Westwood near UCLA last Friday: Explosive found at Midvale. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale ...
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Monday Night Fence
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 7:41:39 pm PDT
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"Separatists" Trying to Help
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 7:02:55 pm PDT
Kashmiri Separatists Dispense Quake Aid, and the Associated Press is right there to help them out with public relations support. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) JULLA, India - Shaukat Khan hiked across a valley to collect food and supplies he thought were being handed out by authorities. Instead, he found what thousands ...
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Belgians Horrified at Unicef Smurficide
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 4:09:04 pm PDT
Belgium is reeling in shock as Unicef bombs the Smurfs. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The people of Belgium have been left reeling by the first adult-only episode of the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters’ village is annihilated by warplanes. The short but chilling film is the work of Unicef, the ...
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"The Muslims' War is with the Jews"
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:29:47 pm PDT
MEMRI TV has clips from an interview on Hizballah’s Al Manar TV with Ahmad Rami, the head of “Radio Islam” in Sweden, who openly states that he hates Jews, not “Zionists.” [Video] Ahmad Rami: Today, the Westerners harbor great respect for Hizbullah in their souls. Host: In public opinion? Ahmad Rami: Yes, in public ...
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A 'Terrorist Act' at Georgia Tech
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:42:33 am PDT
Explosives Found Near Tech Dorms. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Three explosive devices found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning were part of a “terrorist act,” an Atlanta police official said. One of the devices exploded, injuring the custodian who found them inside a plastic ...
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Terror Web Discovered in Belgium
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:36:47 am PDT
At the New York Times, a report on the rapidly expanding Islamic terrorist networks in Europe: Belgium Is Trying to Unravel the Threads of a Terror Web. BRUSSELS - On a damp, gray day in March 2004, the Dutch traffic police stopped a Belgian driver for a broken headlight and accidentally ...
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Arab League Attacked in Iraq
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:09:31 am PDT
A delegation from the Arab League (lgf: search) was attacked by other Arabs today in Iraq, in a possible case of Sunni-Shi’ite internecine warfare. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen opened fire Monday on a convoy of cars carrying members of an Arab League delegation that is visiting Iraq, but no one was ...
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Monday Morning Open Thread
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 9:11:02 am PDT
It’s a Monday open thread!
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PJ Editorial Board Profile: John Podhoretz
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 8:50:36 am PDT
We’re very pleased today to announce another Editorial Board member at the Pajamas Media site: author and columnist John Podhoretz, who blogs at The Corner on National Review Online.
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Louis Freeh Interview
Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 8:31:23 am PDT
The Political Teen has video of Louis Freeh’s interview on 60 Minutes, in which Freeh accuses President Bill Clinton of disastrous misconduct after the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. Atlas Shrugs has more about the interview.
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Sunday Blue Horizon
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 8:25:31 pm PDT
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Cycle of Violence: Attention Span
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 7:29:53 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 50.60 miles, on a beautful, mostly windless Sunday in the world’s greatest place to cycle. That’s my front drive train at upper right; if it weren’t so small you’d be able to see the dirt. Another upper-medium paced ride, down the coast and into Palos Verdes, and up ...
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Turkey's Past
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 7:17:57 pm PDT
Some historical perspective on Turkey, as the European Union prepares to admit this Islamic nation into their borderless commonwealth: Turkey: From Failed Reforms to a Modern Jihad Genocide.
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Breaking: Merkel to Replace Schroeder
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 5:42:26 pm PDT
Merkel set to take over as German leader. (Hat tip: Ron.) Christian Democrat leader Angela Merkel is set to replace Gerhard Schröder as Germany’s next chancellor, in a political deal that will see the departure of Mr Schröder from the national political stage, senior members of the ruling Social Democrats have ...
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Sunday Night Pigs
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 5:36:39 pm PDT
And now, it’s time for ... pigs! Swimming!
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Muslims in US Miss Ramadan Atmosphere of Back Home
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 4:05:17 pm PDT
ArabNews reports that Muslims in the US miss that Ramadan atmosphere of back home. LOS ANGELES, 9 October 2005 — Muslims who are temporarily residing in the United States, and who are fasting this Ramadan, say they miss the communal feeling of fasting that they have in their home countries, but ...
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Slighting This Greatest Generation
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 3:19:08 pm PDT
Former assistant secretary of defense Bing West has a piece at the Washington Post on the incredible disservice being done by mainstream media, as they focus on the bad apples and ignore countless stories of valor and heroism: Slighting This Greatest Generation. Not to take anything away from The Greatest Generation, ...
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PJ Profile: Sgt. Mom
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 9:10:00 am PDT
Today at the Pajamas Media info site, we’re featuring a profile of milblogger Sgt. Mom of The Daily Brief.
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 8:22:55 am PDT
Now sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of an open thread...
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Jihad Death Count
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 8:18:29 am PDT
The List of Islamic Terror Attacks Since September 11th, 2001.
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Another Checkpoint Knife Attack Averted
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 8:02:11 am PDT
Knife Attack Prevented in Gush Etzion. (IsraelNN.com) Alert soldiers manning the Minharot Checkpoint near el-Hader in Gush Etzion spotted a suspicious looking Arab male on Sunday morning. When they approached him, he threw the large knife he was concealing. He later admitted that he had been planning to stab one of ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeds Ahead
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 at 7:50:46 am PDT
Following on the heels of the Nobel Peace Prize for Mohamed ElBaradei and the IAEA, Iran announces that they’re going to proceed with uranium enrichment: Next step uranium enrichment: Iranian FM. (Hat tip: Ron.) TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Friday that the next step by Iran in its ...
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Hamas Media Swarm
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 9:44:13 pm PDT
An obscene media swarm around an obscene gang of murderers, today in Gaza: (Click picture to expand.) Here’s a larger version of this terrorist media event, at Getty Images. UPDATE at 10/8/05 10:04:58 pm: Reminiscent of this touching moment:
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Saturday Night Fence
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 9:14:45 pm PDT
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We Got Mail!
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 8:42:09 pm PDT
One of the real joys of running a “popular” weblog is the colorful hate mail you receive at regular intervals; sometimes deranged, sometimes incoherent ... and sometimes you hit the trifecta, as with this deranged, incoherent and threatening example: Charles, I’m impress.Where is the news of earthquake in Pakistan??? For a f*cking ...
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Not In Our Demonstration
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 7:07:54 pm PDT
LGF operative Rayra emailed some drive-by pictures of the multitudes at today’s “Not In Our Name” protest at the Federal Building in Westwood, Los Angeles.
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Cycle of Violence: Training to Climb
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 5:29:27 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 45.02 miles, on a day that started out cloudy and chilly, almost threatening rain, then turned beautiful and sunny and warm. South through the beach cities at a medium-high pace, with an average speed of 18.5 mph when we reached Manhattan Beach. That average dropped rapidly in inverse ...
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Breaking: Imam Demands Apology
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 4:40:14 pm PDT
In a followup to a post from last month (Danish Artists Scared of Islam), an imam in Denmark is demanding an apology from a Danish newspaper for publishing cartoons depicting Mohammed. (Hat tip: Filtrat.) Daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten is facing accusations that it deliberately provoked and insulted Muslims by publishing twelve cartoons ...
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PJ Profile: Jeremy Lyon
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 2:21:40 pm PDT
And the profiles just keep on comin’! Today’s featured blogger at Pajamas Media is Jeremy Lyon of Futurismic.
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Quake Kills More Than 3,000 in South Asia
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 2:14:46 pm PDT
Here’s the latest information on the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck South Asia today. A huge earthquake triggered landslides, toppled an apartment building and flattened villages of mud-brick homes Saturday, killing thousands across a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. The worst damage was in Pakistan, where the dead included 250 ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 8:16:30 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for an overcast Saturday...
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Mapes Book Promulgates Outrageous Lies
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 8:03:50 am PDT
Mary Mapes Hits Bloggers and MSM in Upcoming Book. This latest quote from Mapes’ book is stupid and dishonest in so many ways it boggles the mind: “Faxing changes a document in so many ways, large and small, that analyzing a memo that had been faxed — -in some cases not ...
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The Race to Armageddon
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 7:51:50 am PDT
Yesterday the International Atomic Energy Agency and their hapless leader Mohamed ElBaradei received a Nobel Peace Prize, for their supposed work in nuclear non-proliferation. Today we learn that British intelligence has identified more than 360 organizations engaged in a clandestine nuclear arms race, to bring the bomb to Islamic countries: MI5 ...
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BDS Reigns at Democratic Party Blog
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 at 7:46:14 am PDT
From a link on our referrers page, a glimpse into the twisted, hate-filled, denial-saturated world of today’s Democratic Party.
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David Frost Joins JihadTV, Feels "Excitement"
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 6:01:33 pm PDT
JihadTV (lgf: search) has recruited a new British star: David Frost joins al-Jazeera TV. (Hat tip: many LGF readers.) Sir David is to appear on al-Jazeera International, the pan-Arab news network’s new English-language channel, due to be launched next spring. The Qatar-based channel said Sir David, who broadcast his final Breakfast with ...
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Watching the Peninsula
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 5:43:49 pm PDT
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Norwegian Dhimmitude Watch
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 5:23:52 pm PDT
A teacher in Kristiansand, Norway was told to take off his Star of David necklace—even though he isn’t Jewish—to avoid offending (the fake reason) and provoking (the real reason) Muslim students: Teacher told to drop Star of David. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A municipally employed teacher in Kristiansand has been prevented from ...
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Bomb Threats Everywhere
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 1:55:18 pm PDT
Prague’s airport closed due to bomb threat. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) Authorities closed Prague’s Ruzyne international airport for an hour Friday, after receiving an anonymous e-mail claiming a bomb had been placed there, officials said. No bomb was found, and the airport reopened after an hour, police spokeswoman Klara Krejci said. D.C. Police ...
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PJ Profile: Aussie Dave
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 1:36:14 pm PDT
Our featured blogger at Pajamas Media this Friday is Aussie Dave, proprietor of the really cool Israellycool blog.
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Singapore Jails Bloggers for Anti-Islam Comments
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 11:43:30 am PDT
Two Chinese bloggers in Singapore will serve prison time for “racist” speech and for disparaging Islam. (Hat tip: Vortec.) Animal shelter worker Benjamin Koh Song Huat, 27, was jailed for one month while Nicholas Lim Yew, an unemployed 25-year-old, was sentenced to a nominal prison term of one day and fined ...
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GoreBlog
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 10:13:30 am PDT
The time has come for The ‘Official’ President Al Gore Blog.
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Daily Kos: We Rock, You Suck
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 9:14:02 am PDT
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas Zuniga says conservative bloggers suck. Progressive blogs like his and the foul-mouthed Atrios’ (Duncan Black), on the other hand, are really cool. UPDATE at 10/7/05 9:36:42 am: Meanwhile, in today’s Washington Post we learn of a new report by two former Clinton aides, warning that Markos and his ...
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The Internet's Global Test
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 8:58:11 am PDT
I suspect very few Americans are aware that the “international community” is preparing a power grab of monumental significance—taking control of the internet’s root servers: Breaking America’s grip on the net. Britain’s al-Guardian rag thinks this is just groovy, of course. Participating in the attempted coup: Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran, and ...
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Friday Morning Open Thread
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 8:41:48 am PDT
An open thread for an ElBaradei kind of Friday...
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Palestinian Spokesliars and the BBC
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 8:28:59 am PDT
The BBC really is off the rails this time; a new documentary will claim that George W. Bush said God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, and to give the Palestinians a state. The BBC’s sources? Professional Palestinian liar Nabil Shaath (lgf: search) and Holocaust-denying Palestinian “president” Abu Mazen: White House ...
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ElBaradei Joins Arafat
Fri, Oct 7, 2005 at 7:56:18 am PDT
In an Orwellian move, the idiots in Oslo have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the fools at the United Nations, and to one toothless nuclear watchdog (lgf: search) in particular: IAEA, ElBaradei win peace prize. This completes the transformation of the Nobel Peace Prize into a politically-motivated sideshow, with no connection ...
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Thursday Night Arch
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 10:38:02 pm PDT
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Islamic Terrorism in Oklahoma?
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 10:21:25 pm PDT
The Jawa Report sums up today’s news reports on the Oklahoma suicide bombing: Islamic Terrorism in Oklahoma Likely.
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Death Cult Professor Kidnapped
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 10:07:57 pm PDT
Gunmen Kidnap Palestinian Professor. JERUSALEM - A Palestinian university professor known as a Hamas leader was kidnapped from his West Bank home late Thursday by four Arabic-speaking gunmen, his wife said. She said the gunmen, firing in the air, pounded on the door of their home in the town of Tulkarem, and ...
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Visions of a Hamas Future
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 9:44:08 pm PDT
If Hamas has its way in Gaza, there will be no dancing, and no gays. (Hat tip: Stephen.) A VISION of an Islamic society that bans mixed dancing and sternly disapproves of homosexuality has been given by Mahmoud Zahar, the most senior leader of Hamas in Gaza. After controversies when a Hamas-led ...
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Breaking: Progressive Community Laughs at Terror Threat
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:41:44 pm PDT
Crooks and Liars says: I hope this pans out to be nothing and you know I’m not into conspiracy theories, but isn’t it interesting after the news breaks on Rove that we have another terror alert. Tom Ridge admitted that he had been pressured by the CIA to raise the threat level without ...
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Another Robotic Rant from Al
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:32:25 pm PDT
I started to read Al Gore’s latest weird rant about digital brownshirts who have too much free speech, an attempt to reassure the media elites that he’ll save them from the unregulated, unwashed blogosphere with his new TV venture, but my eyes glazed over and my head began to drop ...
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"Significant Threat" Against NY Subways
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 3:07:21 pm PDT
NYC Increases Subway Security After Threat. NEW YORK - Authorities were increasing mass transit security after word of a credible threat of a bombing on the city’s subway system, a congressman said in Washington. “Obviously, this is a significant threat,” said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. In ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 11:54:26 am PDT
Internal Palestinian Violence on the Rise. RAMALLAH, West Bank - The number of Palestinians slain in vigilante killings and other internal violence has nearly quadrupled in four years, from 43 in 2002 to 151 so far in 2005, according to statistics presented Thursday. A top security official said more Palestinians were killed ...
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The Politics of Fighting Radical Islam
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 11:04:22 am PDT
The transcript of President Bush’s speech is available at the White House site: President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy. There was still quite a bit of political eggshell-walking, but this marks the first time that Bush has identified and described the real goals of radical Islam—to re-establish ...
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Gaza Pullout Dividends
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 10:09:33 am PDT
Hamas is now Egypt’s problem, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer totalitarian government: Egypt Warns Hamas Over Weapons. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Egyptian mediators have warned Hamas that parliamentary elections set for Jan. 25 could be postponed if the Islamic militants don’t abide by a truce, including a promise ...
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PJ Profile: La Shawn Barber
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 8:14:11 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media: a profile of the lovely and talented La Shawn Barber.
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Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:53:28 am PDT
An open thread for a sunny Thursday morning...
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A Spy in the White House
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:52:46 am PDT
Belmont Club has a look at the highly troubling case of the former US Marine who acted as a Spy in the White House. Baldilocks has more.
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Ramadan Begins, Attack Fears Increase
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:52:31 am PDT
For some reason, followers of the Religion of Peace are expecting mass murder attacks as Ramadan begins. ISLAMABAD, (AFP) - Hundreds of millions of Muslims across Asia mark the first day of Ramadan this week, a month of fasting and spiritual purity but also of heightened security and fears of terror ...
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Britain Charges Iran
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:44:08 am PDT
Britain is directly accusing Iran of supplying the “insurgents” in Iraq with high-tech armor-piercing explosives, to use against British troops. Britain has accused Iran of direct complicity in the killing of British soldiers in Iraq through the supply of explosives to insurgents. The accusation is certain to have major international repercussions at ...
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Hezbollah: First Contact
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 at 7:30:37 am PDT
Michael J. Totten picks up the phone and dials 1-800-HEZBOLLA.
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Vantage Point
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 10:16:01 pm PDT
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Out of Gitmo, Into Spanish Prison
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 10:06:19 pm PDT
Released from Guantanamo Bay, jailed in Spain—and in six years he’ll be released to try again: Ex-Guantanamo Spaniard jailed for al Qaeda role. MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s High Court sentenced a Spaniard sent home from detention in Guantanamo Bay to 6 years in jail on Wednesday for belonging to al Qaeda. In ...
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Juan Cole's Paranoia
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 9:48:00 pm PDT
The reality-based community’s favorite apologist for radical Islam, Juan Cole, thinks he’s the victim of a nefarious scheme perpetrated by the Mossad in league with West Bank settlers: Israeli plot against Juan Cole! See, for example, the first segment of a homespun interview Cole gave to a Daily Kos blogger named Markinsanfran, a.k.a. ...
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Honor Killing in Britain
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 9:19:11 pm PDT
Boyfriend was stabbed 46 times in ‘honour killing’, court told. A UNIVERSITY student was murdered to “vindicate a family’s honour” after he fell in love with their daughter and made her pregnant, a court was told yesterday. Chomir Ali, a Bangladeshi Muslim living in Oxford, ordered his son, Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, to ...
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Moonbat Party in LA
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 6:43:15 pm PDT
Remember “Not In Our Name” (lgf: search)? I was rather surprised to find out they’re still around, but a reader forwarded this barely literate announcement of an upcoming NION event this weekend at the Federal Building in Westwood, Los Angeles. Please put down your drink before reading. Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 ...
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Zombie: Oklahoma Suicide Bombing Reports
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 5:53:26 pm PDT
LGF operative zombie has put together an overview of what’s known so far about the Suicide Bombing in Norman, Oklahoma, a case that is getting curiouser and curiouser—with news that the person who died in the blast, Joel Henry Hinrichs III, had a roommate who was a member of the ...
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Another Islamic Snuff Film
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 5:38:10 pm PDT
The head-chopping “holy warriors” have released another beheading video, showing the murders of two helpless victims—but it’s still not enough to get al-Reuters to use the T word: Insurgents’ video shows beheading of two Iraqis. The video showed both men being questioned by insurgents off camera about the way in which ...
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French Rappers Use 9/11 to Sell Records
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 5:15:44 pm PDT
Can you imagine a more mind-bogglingly awful form of music than French rap? How about French rap that uses 9/11 to peddle records?
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Euro Appeasement Reaches New Depths
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 11:48:19 am PDT
The European Union is preparing to give Hamas and Fatah another quarter of a billion dollars: EU announces strategy to help build Palestinian state. BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission announced ambitious plans to help build a politically and economically viable Palestinian state, including injecting hundreds of millions of euros in ...
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PJ Profile: Dean Esmay
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 10:26:49 am PDT
Today’s featured blogger profile at Pajamas Media is Dean Esmay of Dean’s World.
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Senate to Probe Saudi Hate Literature in Mosques
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 8:40:47 am PDT
Four years after the September 11 attacks, and nearly nine months after Freedom House released its report on the frightening, unchecked spread of Saudi Arabian hate literature in American mosques, the US Senate springs into action: Senate Will Probe Saudi Distribution Of Hate Materials. WASHINGTON - The American government is demanding ...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 8:15:21 am PDT
By popular demand, the open thread starts early this Wednesday...
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Perils Before Swine
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 at 8:14:22 am PDT
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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I'm Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Hussein
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 9:52:20 pm PDT
The news wire services who supply the US with photographs are continuing to collaborate with the head-chopping “holy warriors,” as documented by Sir Humphrey’s: AP and Reuters photographer Bilal Hussein colludes with insurgents.
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Tuesday Blue Horizon
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 9:40:29 pm PDT
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Jihad at the University of Oklahoma?
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 9:13:01 pm PDT
The story of the suicide bomber at the University of Oklahoma football stadium, determinedly ignored by mainstream media, is beginning to get interesting: Gateway Pundit: Sooner Bomber Wanted to Buy Ammonium Nitrate! More links: ChannelOklahoma.com - News - Hinrichs Tried To Buy Ammonium Nitrate Gates of Vienna: Jihad at the University of Oklahoma? The ...
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Hamas: A Bunch of OK Guys
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 5:59:51 pm PDT
Don’t you just love happy endings? Hamas, Fatah vow peaceful end to Palestinian problems. DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Leaders of Palestinian factions including rivals Fatah and Hamas pledged on Tuesday to refrain from violence in settling Palestinian problems after a firefight between Hamas activists and Palestinian police left three dead. Farouk Kaddoumi, a ...
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Islam in Italian Prisons
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 3:44:02 pm PDT
An interesting piece from the LA Times on Italy’s efforts to prevent the spread of radical Islam in their prison system: In a Prison’s Halls, the Call to Islam. (Hat tip: Ron.) The delicate balance for wardens like Lucia Castellano at Bollate is allowing inmates to practice their faith without letting ...
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Muslims Offended by English Flag
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 9:14:21 am PDT
A poll at CNN asks, “Is it time for England to change its national flag?” Why in the world would such a thing even be considered? To avoid offending ... you know who: Race fears spark St. George ban. Chris Doyle, director of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding, said Tuesday the ...
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 9:08:23 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for Tuesday...
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Steyn: In a Pig's Ear
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 8:58:10 am PDT
Mark Steyn on the banning of Piglet in Britain: Making a pig’s ear of defending democracy. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A year and a half ago, I mentioned in this space the Florentine Boar, a famous piece of porcine statuary in Derby that the council had decided not to have repaired ...
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Bashir: "This Fight is Compulsory"
Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 8:06:31 am PDT
The First Post has an interview with the “spiritual leader” of Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir, conducted 6 weeks ago before the latest Bali bombings, in which Bashir says, “If the West wants peace, they’ll have to accept to be governed by Islam:” A chilling message for the infidels. UPDATE at ...
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Conspiracy Imam's Peers Sympathize
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 10:21:34 pm PDT
Imam Intikab Habib, hired as Muslim chaplain for the Fire Department of New York, then forced to resign after his conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks were publicized, has lots of sympathizers in the Muslim community. Though Imam Intikab Habib expressed anguish and regret for comments he made about 9/11 that ...
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Saudi Antisemitism Watch
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 3:24:38 pm PDT
Today’s grotesquely antisemitic cartoon at the government-controlled English-language web site of our friends the Saudis, ArabNews. (Hat tip: Michael.)
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Iran's Nuclear Top 40
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 10:43:53 am PDT
Nuclear tunes blast on to Iran’s airwaves. (Hat tip: Kragar.) In recent days, Iran’s airwaves have been buzzing with two new tunes apparently designed to rally public support for the clerical regime’s increasingly tense stand-off with the West over its nuclear ambitions. The first song is entitled “Oriental Sun, Nuclear Science”, and ...
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PJ Profile: Michael J. Totten
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 10:20:38 am PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re very pleased to present a profile of Michael J. Totten, who will be filing reports for us from Beirut and other points in the Middle East at his newly renamed blog, Michael J. Totten’s Middle East Journal.
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Steyn: Islamist Way or No Way
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 10:08:13 am PDT
In the Australian, Mark Steyn writes about the terror attacks in Bali: Islamist way or no way. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) IT’S not just the environmentalists who think globally and act locally. The jihadi who murdered Newcastle woman Jennifer Williamson, Perth teenager Brendan Fitzgerald and a couple of dozen more Australians, ...
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Monday Open Thread
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 10:05:34 am PDT
It’s blue Monday, and this is the blue Monday open thread...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 8:07:56 am PDT
Palestinian Police Break Into Parliament. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - More than three dozen Palestinian police officers broke into the parliament building in Gaza City on Monday, firing in the air to protest a lack of bullets and equipment in what they said was a humiliating confrontation with Hamas. The protest came ...
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CAIR Day in Tampa
Mon, Oct 3, 2005 at 8:04:12 am PDT
The mayor of Tampa, Florida, declared Saturday the “Council on American Islamic Relations Day,” to honor an extremist front group, several of whose officials have been indicted for and/or convicted of ties to terrorism: Muslims Seek Better Ties With Americans. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Notice how the Tampa Tribune bashes their readers ...
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Into the Fog
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 8:59:45 pm PDT
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A New World Moonbat Order
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 6:27:45 pm PDT
BBC readers pick their “dream government” to control the world: Mandela wins BBC’s ‘global election’. (Hat tip: The World Wide Rant.) 1 - Nelson Mandela 2 - Bill Clinton 3 - Dalai Lama 4 - Noam Chomsky (pictured) 5 - Alan Greenspan 6 - Bill Gates 7 - Steve Jobs 8 ...
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The Mass Marketing of Suicide Bombing
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 6:08:01 pm PDT
Now playing in German cinemas: Paradise Now, about a Palestinian suicide bomber who blows himself up to murder a bus full of Jews. The “World Cinema Fund,” who sponsored (paid for) the film, has named it their film of the month because it invites the viewer to “think about the assassin’s ...
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Women's Lib, Hamas Style
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 4:53:07 pm PDT
Who says women have no opportunities in the Islamic world? Hamas women’s wing takes up weapons ‘for the love of jihad’. They wear the long skirts and head coverings of modest Muslim women, but their draped robes are camouflage khaki and their scarves the distinctive lime green colour of the Palestinian ...
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PJ Profile: Nathan Hamm
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 4:46:11 pm PDT
Today at Pajamas Media we’re featuring a profile of Nathan Hamm, who runs the fine blog Registan.net, focusing on news from Central Asia.
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"I Think We Were Better Off Before the Israelis Left"
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 3:33:52 pm PDT
This one goes in the “Be Careful What You Wish For” category, as the Washington Post gives op-ed space to a Palestinian writer: Unoccupied. The money quote: “I think we were better off before the Israelis left,” said Mohammed, my neighbor. “At least we were termed ‘occupied,’ but now we are not; ...
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 9:13:01 am PDT
Thread #17,741 is now open...
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An Islamic Common Market?
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 8:59:11 am PDT
At a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (lgf: search) in Kuala Lumpur, Pakistan’s prime minister proposed an Islamic free trade zone to offset the extremely poor economic performance of Islamic countries: Islamic nations should form common market, Pakistan’s Aziz says. (Hat tip: Baldy.) KUALA LUMPUR (Bloomberg): Pakistan wants ...
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Bali Terror Attack Update
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 8:53:56 am PDT
No surprise here: Bali Bombing Suspects Linked to al-Qaida. BALI, Indonesia - Indonesia said Sunday it suspected two fugitives linked to al-Qaida had masterminded the suicide bombings of crowded restaurants in tourist resorts on the Indonesian island of Bali which killed at least 26 people and injured more than 100. Maj. Gen. ...
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What Media Bias?
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 8:26:52 am PDT
The headline implies that it was a brutal act of senseless violence committed by those evil Israelis: Palestinian teenager shot at Israeli checkpoint. But the details tell a different story: NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - A Palestinian teenager who approached an army checkpoint in the northern West Bank while wielding a knife ...
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Suicide Bombing in Oklahoma
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 8:08:44 am PDT
You’ll have to hunt for the news—mainstream media seems almost totally uninterested—but there was a suicide bombing outside a football stadium at the University of Oklahoma last night: U. of Oklahoma Blast Is Apparent Suicide. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NORMAN, Okla. - One person was killed in an explosion near a ...
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Suicide Bombers in Bali
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 9:12:53 pm PDT
The terror attacks in Bali today were perpetrated by Islamic suicide bombers. BALI, Indonesia - Suicide bombers targeted the Indonesian tropical resort of Bali with coordinated attacks that devastated three crowded restaurants, killing at least 25 people, an Indonesian anti-terrorism official said Sunday. Maj. Gen. Ansyaad Mbai said that the three attackers ...
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Cycle of Violence: Spinning Through Fog
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 8:53:40 pm PDT
Today’s ride: 42 miles, along the fog-bound South Bay bike path, maintaining an upper aerobic pace most of the way as my glasses clouded over and fascist condensation dripped off my helmet. Ended up with an average speed of 16.8 mph. Could anything be more fun? I mean, except being ...
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Water Under the Bridge
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 8:21:10 pm PDT
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Dry Bones Has a Blog
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 6:00:28 pm PDT
Here’s a new blog to watch, by the excellent cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose work has been featured at the Jerusalem Post since 1973: The Dry Bones Blog.
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Tamerlane's Living Legacy
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 4:47:52 pm PDT
At the American Thinker, Andrew Bostom delves into the historical roots of jihad, with a piece on the conquests of the Sufi warrior Tamerlane: Killing from Qur’anic Piety: Tamerlane’s Living Legacy. Osama bin Laden was far from the first jihadist to kill infidels as an expression of religious piety. This years ...
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PJ Profile: Vik Rubenfeld
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 3:42:05 pm PDT
Today at the Pajamas Media site we’re featuring a profile of Vik Rubenfeld, proprietor of The Big Picture.
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Bali Terror Attack Details
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 8:12:44 am PDT
More details on today’s terror attacks in Bali: Bombs Explode on Bali, President Calls Urgent Security Meeting. Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) — Bombs exploded on the Indonesia island of Bali in areas popular with tourists, killing at least eight people, according to the president’s spokesman and local radio reports. At least four foreigners were ...
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No Honor Among Terrorists
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 8:04:18 am PDT
Hamas Claims Election Results Distorted. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group accused the Palestinian Election Committee on Saturday of distorting the results of a round of municipal voting to make it appear that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party — which came out ahead — had swept the ...
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Condoleezza Rice at Princeton
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 7:56:59 am PDT
Here are two excellent blogosphere accounts of Condoleezza Rice’s speech at Princeton, doing a vastly better job than the increasingly dysfunctional mainstream media: TigerHawk: Condoleezza Rice speaks at Princeton The Bad Hair Blog: Condoleezza Rice’s Princeton speech, and Associated Press Deficit Disorder
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British Dhimmitude Watch
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 7:40:57 am PDT
Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are banned in Britain: Muslims win toy pigs ban. (Hat tip: Spiritualized.) NOVELTY pig calendars and toys have been banned from a council office — in case they offend Muslim staff. Workers in the benefits department at Dudley Council, West Midlands, were told to remove or cover ...
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Daily Kos: "We Need ... Rivers of Blood"
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 7:26:40 am PDT
Despondent over the “progressive” movement’s lack of progress, and angry that the rest of America doesn’t agree with him, a Kos Kid advocates terrorism and murder: Daily Kos: Goodbye Cruel World. (Hat tip: Bareknucklepolitics.com.) It’s become more and more apparent to me over the past five years that all the activism ...
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RoP Strikes in Bali
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 at 7:10:55 am PDT
The Religion of Peace™ is gearing up for Ramadan with mass murder attacks on tourist areas in Bali: 30 Reported Dead, Hurt in Bali Explosions. BALI, Indonesia - Several bombs exploded almost simultaneously Saturday in tourist areas of Bali island, causing dozens of casualties, authorities and Indonesian media said. A police ...
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