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Kos Kid Goes Nuts in Charlottesville

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 5:38:18 pm PST

Oh yes. The sickly sweet stench of insanity fills the political air: Video: Allen’s staffers toss Kos Kid to the floor.

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Daily Kos, Netroots, Markos, Nutroots

The Bush Derangement Syndrome story of the evening: Maine lawyer arrested after dressing as bin Laden. (Hat tip: Bill Amos.) BOSTON (Reuters) - A Maine attorney who released information in 2000 about President George W. Bush’s drunken driving conviction was arrested on Tuesday after he dressed up as al Qaeda leader ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, BDS, Progressives, 2006 Elections

The Aussie Family That Blows Up Infidels Together

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 5:31:41 pm PST

Here’s more information about two of the Australians arrested in Yemen for an Al Qaeda plot to smuggle arms to Somalia: The mother, her sons and their terrorist dad. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.) TWO of the Australian men arrested in Yemen on terrorism charges are the sons of Abdul Rahim Ayub, the ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Yemen, Australia, Jemaah Islamiah

Psychedelic Al Qaeda Torture Trip

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 3:01:06 pm PST

Alleged Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla is claiming torture, with a twist. His lawyer says US interrogators took him on a journey to the center of his mind. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, man. Far out. MIAMI (Reuters) - Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla have asked a ...

Tags: War On Terror, Al Qaeda, Torture, Jose Padilla

Hizballah Leader: Islamic World is Another Vietnam for US

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 2:03:40 pm PST

The Democrats and mainstream media aren’t the only ones who constantly invoke Vietnam: Hezbollah says U.S. plan will fail. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in TV interview aired Tuesday that the U.S. has failed in Iraq and animosity in the Arab world against Washington should not be ...

Tags: Propaganda, Vietnam, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Public Relations

Jawdropper of the Day

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 1:32:38 pm PST

London mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone sees nothing wrong with the fact that the son of extremist cleric Abu Hamza has access to restricted areas in the London Underground rail system—even though he was convicted in Yemen of terrorism: Livingstone backs terrorist’s Tube job. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Ken Livingstone today defended ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, London, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Livingstone

Halloween Open Thread

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 1:20:35 pm PST

LGF reader Stormy emailed a photo of a special Halloween pumpkin he made this year:

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Halloween

Kerry's Press Conference

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:37:31 am PST

Flipper’s spinning like crazy on Seattle TV right now... video soon... UPDATE at 10/31/06 11:43:27 am: Did I just hear a different excuse? Now he says he was talking about “those who didn’t study before the invasion of Iraq?” Oh brother. UPDATE at 10/31/06 12:03:35 pm: Kerry thinks he’s doing the right thing by ...

Tags: Democrats, Iraq, Military, John F. Kerry

Kerry Goes Ballistic

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:48:40 am PST

Flipper counterattacks instead of doing the right thing and apologizing: JohnKerry.com - Press Releases. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) This is the new Democrat style—nasty, insulting, and in your face. Washington – Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, and right ...

Tags: Democrats, Iraq, Military, John F. Kerry

US Abandons Sadr City Checkpoints on Maliki's Order

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:16:20 am PST

There’s a lot of second-guessing about Iraq these days, and a lot of people attempting to analyze where mistakes were made. In my book, one of the worst mistakes was our failure to kill Muqtada al-Sadr, a man who deserves to meet the business end of a Hellfire missile if ...

Tags: Militant Islam, War On Terror, Iraq, Jihad

Kerry: Soldiers in Iraq Are Uneducated Slackers

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 9:40:44 am PST

Lots of readers emailed this morning about John F. Kerry’s latest politically tone-deaf, horribly insulting comment about the military. [Video] UPDATE at 10/31/06 10:05:39 am: Michelle Malkin is the central clearing house for links on Kerry’s latest foot-mouth convergence.

Tags: Democrats, Iraq, Military, John F. Kerry

Now Can We Question Their Patriotism?

Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 9:31:19 am PST

The moonbat swarms are getting smaller in San Francisco, but their virulence seems to be increasing: ANSWER March and Rally : Indybay. (Hat tip: Indy Media Watch.)

Tags: Moonbats, Demonstration, San Francisco

Monday, October 30, 2006

Monday Night Bay

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 6:26:20 pm PST

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Ocean, Water, Bay, Supertankers, Tankers

Manchester Imam Says "Kill Gays," Media Yawns

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 6:08:46 pm PST

Bruce Bawer looks at British media’s coverage of the Manchester imam who’s telling his followers it’s OK to kill gays. (Or should I say, non-coverage?)

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Manchester

Veiled Teacher Was Obeying a Fatwa

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 5:54:40 pm PST

In a post on October 21 about the UK Muslim schoolteacher suspended for refusing to remove her niqab in class, I wrote: “This wouldn’t be the first time that radical Islamic front groups have surreptitiously tried to force Western legal and educational systems to accept Dark Ages misogyny, as a ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Yemen Arrests 8 Foreign Al Qaeda-Linked Muslim Converts

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 5:39:56 pm PST

Here’s a very weird story from Yemen, where they claim to have arrested eight foreigners who just happen to be recent converts to Islam, and just happen to be linked to Al Qaeda, and also just happen to be smuggling weapons to Somalia: Yemen says arrests 8 Qaeda-linked arms smugglers. SANAA ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Yemen, Al Qaeda, Somalia

Hirsi Ali: Muslim Women Are the Key to Change

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 5:01:37 pm PST

Here’s a spot-on piece by Ayaan Hirsi Ali for the Sunday Times, on the raging, debilitating misogyny of Islamic societies: Muslim women are the key to change. Ideas can be dangerous. I have learnt that the hard way. But I know that when it comes to freedom and human rights these ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Pakistan Wipes Out Al Qaeda Madrassa

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 12:24:05 pm PST

Pakistan’s military launched an attack today on a madrassa near the Afghanistan border, wiping out the Islamic school and killing 80 people. KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani helicopter gunships have destroyed an Islamic school allegedly used as an Al-Qaeda-linked training camp near the Afghan border, killing up to 80 suspected militants. Local ...

Tags: Islam, Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, RoP, Musharraf, Madrassa

Carlson vs. Hooper

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:51:27 am PST

Tucker Carlson asks CAIR shill Ibrahim Hooper a few tough questions, and as usual gets no straight answers. Notice Hooper’s reaction when asked if he believes the US government is targeting the religion of Islam, and his flat denial that Muslims are more likely than members of other faiths to ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, Free Speech, CAIR, Youtube, Ahmed Bedier

Palestinians Kidnap Spanish Aid Worker

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:53:27 am PST

Another Western aid worker has been kidnapped by Palestinian “gunmen:” Spanish aid worker kidnapped in Gaza. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Gunmen in the Gaza Strip kidnapped a Spanish aid worker, the latest in a string of foreigner abductions in the increasingly lawless Palestinian territory. Roberto Villa was snatched by four armed men ...

Tags: Palestinians, War Crimes, Death Cult, Kidnapping

14-Year Old Boy Decapitated by Islamic Terrorists

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:41:32 am PST

A horrifying story from Iraq: 14 Year Old Assyrian Boy Decapitated By Muslim Group. (AINA) — According to the Assyrian website ankawa.com, a 14 year old Christian Assyrian boy, Ayad Tariq, from Baqouba, Iraq was decapitated at his work place on October 21. Ayad Tariq was working his 12 hour shift, maintaining ...

Tags: Iraq, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Beheading

Iran Expanding Influence in Syria

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 9:16:17 am PST

According to this report at Middle East Newsline, Iran is expanding its influence in Syria by providing financial rewards for converting to Khomeini-style Shi’ite Islam. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) WASHINGTON [MENL] — Iran was said to have significantly expanded its influence in Syria and encouraging Alawis and Sunnis to convert to Shi’ite ...

Tags: Islam, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Syria

Wolf Blitzer in Blackface

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 8:40:39 am PST

Yep, the Nutroots are at it again. The latest target of their smug meta-racism (“we can’t possibly be racists, so we’re allowed to be as racist as we want!”) is CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, for no particular reason, done up in minstrel show blackface by moonbat hateblogger Billmon. (Hat tip: Blue ...

Tags: Moonbats, Netroots, Nutroots, Progressives

Major Terror Attack Stopped in Israel

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 8:01:23 am PST

A group of humiliated, oppressed Palestinians was caught Sunday evening, on their way to commit another mass murder in Israel: 5 terror suspects caught in Wadi Ara. (Hat tip: Joel.) A major terror plot was thwarted after security forces spent hours conducting car-to-car searches for a bomber over scores of kilometers ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Terrorism, Fatah

Bush-Hating Kids in "Progressive" California Ad

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 7:39:32 am PST

A “progressive” group called the Courage Campaign, with links to MoveOn.org and a host of other far-left moonbats, is running one of the more despicable campaign ads I’ve seen in California—sheer Bush Derangement lunacy, parroted by children. [Video] UPDATE at 10/30/06 8:20:39 am: As several readers have pointed out, this advertisement has absolutely ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Progressives, 2006 Elections

Another Aussie Islamofascist

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 7:28:30 am PST

Another Australian Islamic cleric is in the news, whining and seething that Muslims are being persecuted: Muslim controversy spreads to Melbourne. THE focus on controversial Australian Muslim leaders has shifted from Sydney to Melbourne. Just as Sydney’s Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly takes leave after his comments about women, the spotlight fell on ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia, Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Omran

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Ambulance Rushes to Rape Sheikh's Mosque

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 7:16:51 pm PST

Odd developments at the Lakemba Mosque tonight: Ambulance rushes to Lakemba Mosque. (Hat tip: Paul.) An ambulance has been called to the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s south-west. The ambulance service says someone has collapsed inside the mosque. The incident happened at the same time a meeting between controversial Sydney Muslim cleric Sheikh Taj ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia, Muslim Brotherhood

Cycle of Violence: Cytomax and a Clean Bike

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 6:39:15 pm PST

Today’s ride: 41.02 miles, on another stupidly beautiful SoCal October day. Not too hot, not too cold, no arm warmers needed, just a full bottle of Orange Cytomax and a clean bike. That’s all I need. Not a lot of climbing today, but enough to keep the ol’ cardiovascular system ...

Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Britain's Gigantic Problem

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 5:57:07 pm PST

If this AP report is accurate, as Tony Blair prepares to give his final bows, the British Cabinet is now in the business of recommending methods to postpone being eaten by crocodiles: UK wants to improve image with Muslims. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LONDON - The British government would like to ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Defining Torture Down

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 5:44:38 pm PST

John Rosenthal has a very interesting report on Austrian law professor and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, and his campaign to delegitimize the United States by dumbing down the definition of “torture:” The Road to Condemning Guantanamo. Nowak’s greatest contribution to the campaign against Guantanamo is undoubtedly the U.N. ...

Tags: Guantanamo Bay, United Nations, Torture, International Law

Arizona 9/11 Memorial Protest

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 5:05:10 pm PST

Here’s an account of the demonstration in Phoenix, Arizona, to protest the Noam Chomsky-influenced slogans on that outrageous and insulting 9/11 memorial in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza: Protesters rally against memorial. LGF reader Macker recorded the proceedings: [Audio] UPDATE at 10/29/06 7:05:50 pm: Here are LGF operative Macker’s photos from the rally: Arizona 9/11 ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Demonstration, Arizona

French Jawdropper of the Day

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 3:46:22 pm PST

You think you’ve seen French appeasement at its worst. Then they go and do something like this. Last year’s French riots were triggered by the deaths of two “youths,” who fled a police ID check, broke into an electrical substation to hide, and were electrocuted when they touched something they shouldn’t ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

France Relatively Calm - 200 Cars Torched Saturday Night

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 1:35:16 pm PST

Apart from that horrific Molotov cocktail attack on a bus that sent a woman to the hospital with burns over 60% of her body, the French Interior Ministry says last night was relatively calm. “Relatively calm,” in this case, means that only 200 cars were burned by disenchanted youths. Aside from the ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Palestinian Child Abuse

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 8:45:11 am PST

A masked Palestinian boy holds a toy gun during a rally in support of the Palestinian Hamas government in the West bank city of Hebron, October 27, 2006. (Stringer/Reuters) The Associated Press version of this appalling photo has an even more ridiculously deceptive caption. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) A boy wears ...

Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Death Cult, Child Abuse

Howler of the Day

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 7:49:47 am PST

It’s always a special moment when the BBC tries to claim they’re not overwhelmingly slanted toward multicultural doublethink: BBC ‘not crammed full of soft liberals’ says deputy chief. Oh, how we laughed. Then we remembered it really isn’t very funny to see the instruments of public information hijacked by self-loathing morons. One ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Moonbats, Media Bias, BBC

Rape Sheikh Praised Jihad

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 7:26:26 am PST

In an interview on Arabic radio two weeks ago, rape-supporting Australian mufti Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali made his connections to the Muslim Brotherhood very clear, praising Sayyid Qutb (lgf: search) and calling for jihad against Australian troops overseas: Sheik Hilali praises Iraq jihadists. TAJ Din al-Hilali has praised militant jihadists in ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia, Muslim Brotherhood

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Saturday Night Bay

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 8:50:50 pm PDT

The brownish haze in the air is from the wildfires burning near Palm Springs:

Tags: Open Thread, Ocean, Bay

American Couple Has Close Encounter with Shari'a in Malaysia

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 7:17:19 pm PDT

The forces of radical Islam are getting very bold in Malaysia; an American couple was subjected to a humiliating, terrifying 2 am khalwat inspection by “religious enforcement officers:” Couple in khalwat raid may drop second home plan. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LANGKAWI: Retired American policeman Randal Barnhart, who was subjected to ...

Tags: Islam, Shari'a, Malaysia, Khalwat

Cycle of Violence: Wind Gods Appeased for Now

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 7:01:27 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 47.45 miles, on a somewhat meandering but fairly high-paced undisclosed route that involved 1,922 feet of climbing, an average speed of 16.0 mph, a maximum speed of 38.7 mph, an average temperature of 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit, and a wind speed of 8.6 mph from the south-southwest. The wind ...

Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

We Got Mail From the Muslim Brotherhood

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 6:18:26 pm PDT

The person who sent this via our contact form used an ISP in Egypt, and the email address ikhwanweb2005@gmail.com, so it’s the real thing. Apparently, LGF is now on at least one Muslim Brotherhood watch list; he came to the site through our RSS feed. It’s the standard denial. This comes ...

Tags: Islam, Hamas, Terrorism, Muslim Brotherhood, Airport, Taxis

Zombie: Progressives Brainstorm in Berkeley

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 5:58:41 pm PDT

Zombie’s new report, with MP3 recordings, covers The “What Are Americans Voting For?” panel discussion at UC Berkeley, with Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas, Joan Blades (co-founder of MoveOn.org), and the ridiculous “progressive” philosopher George Lakoff and his GOP-Daddy theories. Few things in life evoke the gag reflex with such rapidity as ...

Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Zombie, Progressives, Lakoff, Blades

French Intifada II: Woman Severely Burned in Bus Attack

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 4:39:24 pm PDT

French “youths” expressing their disenchantment have seriously injured a woman in a Molotov cocktail attack on a bus in the city of Marseille: Woman hurt as vandals set fire to French bus. (Hat tip: No Pasaran!) PARIS (Reuters) - A woman in the southern city of Marseille suffered severe burns when ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Hizballah's Home Improvement Program

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 3:56:26 pm PDT

Here’s some information about Hizballah’s organized effort to militarize civilian Lebanese houses that has gone almost completely unnoticed by mainstream media, except for this piece by James G. Zumwalt in the Washington Times: Deadly Hezbollah chess match. (Hat tip: Carl in Jerusalem.) When the recent Israeli-Hezbollah war ended, the United Nations’ ...

Tags: Israel, Propaganda, Media Bias, MSM, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Public Relations

Mullahs and Democrats Agree

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 9:48:55 am PDT

From the Islamofascist news service Fars News: US Republicans in Crisis. (Hat tip: winston.) TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Seyed Ahmad Khatami stressed that the savage and devilish performance of the US President George W Bush has placed Republicans in a very critical condition. Addressing a large fervent ...

Tags: Politics, Iran, 2006 Elections

Webb: Dems Have the Miracle Cure

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 9:21:08 am PDT

Go ahead. Pull the other leg. Webb: Democrats will provide Iraq remedy. It’s to laugh. Read the whole article to find out what this magical “remedy” is, and you’ll discover ... nothing. This is as specific as Webb gets: “It pains me as an American that our casualties are again escalating while ...

Tags: Politics, Netroots, Nutroots, 2006 Elections

Al Qaeda Threatens Canada

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 8:55:59 am PDT

New threats against Canada are reported today, from the tiny minority of misunderstanders of Islam: Al-Qaeda warns Canada. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) OTTAWA - An al-Qaeda strategist has warned Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or face terrorist attacks similar to 9/11, Madrid and the London transit bombings. The threat, attributed ...

Tags: Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Canada, Threat

Rape Sheikh: A Known Threat for 20 Years

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 8:45:36 am PDT

Imagine my surprise: Muslim cleric linked with terror groups. (Hat tip: cbinflux.) ASIO warned authorities 20 years ago that Sheik Taj al-Din Al-hilaly could inflame communal violence in Australia. Court judgments show ASIO initially believed the controversial mufti posed a risk to the community because of his alleged propensity to cause or ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia, Muslim Brotherhood

Rape-Supporting Sheikh: No One Can Sack Me

Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 7:55:04 am PDT

The Muslim community of Sydney has rallied around Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly and his vile misogynistic statements, and the highest Islamic leader in Australia is refusing to back down. Yesterday he issued a grudging forced apology, but today he demonstrated that the apology was another lie, saying he won’t quit ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia

Friday, October 27, 2006

Friday Night Playlist

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 6:53:10 pm PDT

The playlist for this warm October evening: [Audio removed...] 1) Jack Bruce, from his criminally under-recognized [Amazon Link], a strange ballad that opens the album, Can You Follow? 2) Andy Timmons with a bit of absolutely stupid (in a good way) shredding from [Amazon Link], a marathon electric guitar exercise demonstrating Timmons’ awesome ...

Tags: Open Thread, Music, Playlist

Iowahawk: Ask The Aussie Imam

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 6:04:35 pm PDT

I don’t think Iowahawk will mind if I repost this one here, since it complements our coverage of the rape-centric ranting of Australian Mufti Sheikh Taj Din Al Hilaly so well, in that inimitable Iowahawk fashion: Ask The Aussie Imam. Ask The Aussie Imam Islamic Advice from Imam Yahu al-Zirius Spiritual Leader, Fostaz ...

Tags: Islam, Parody, Australia, Iowahawk, Mufti, Al Hilali

"Youths" Marauding Through Paris Suburbs

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 3:21:49 pm PDT

Two public buses torched in Paris suburb. CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France - Police deployed 4,000 reinforcements as marauding youths torched at least two public buses Friday, the anniversary of the deaths of two teenagers that ignited weeks of riots in largely immigrant housing projects across France. After the buses were burned, Paris’ transport authority ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Leading UK Imam: It's OK To Kill Gays

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 12:19:20 pm PDT

The leading Imam of Manchester’s Central Mosque says Islam dictates the killing of homosexuals. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) The leading imam in Manchester confirms that he thinks the execution of sexually active gay men is justified, the rights group Outrage reported. Arshad Misbahi of the Manchester Central Mosque confirmed his views in ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Gay Rights

Webb Responds to Smutgate

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:37:35 am PDT

Here’s the latest on the Jim Webb brouhaha: Audio: Webb responds to Smutgate charges on WaPo radio. Just wake me up when the campaign is over. The underhanded and sleazy tactics coming from both parties, augmented by the blatant agenda journalism of the mainstream media, make this one of the most ...

Tags: Politics, Netroots, Nutroots, 2006 Elections

Spencer: The Truth About Muhammad

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:24:33 am PDT

Here are two reviews of Robert Spencer’s excellent new book, [Amazon Link]. By Andrew Bostom: Scrutinizing Muhammad’s example and teachings. By Bruce Thornton, at Victor Davis Hanson’s web site: The Wolf Pack, What it means to live by Muhammad’s words and deeds. I’ve just finished the book and although I’ve read extensively on ...

Tags: Islam, Mohammed, Media Bias, Robert Spencer, Muhammad, Book Review

AP Defines Torture Down

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 9:16:13 am PDT

In another release from their all-out campaign to damage the Bush administration, the Associated Press has unilaterally decided that water boarding is “torture.” White House denies Cheney OK’d torture. WASHINGTON - The White House said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about a torture technique known as “water ...

Tags: Propaganda, Media Bias, Associated Press, Torture

The Definition of a Useful Idiot

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 9:05:54 am PDT

Javier Solana says: ‘Hamas doesn’t want to destroy Israel’. Hamas wants to “liberate the Palestinians,” not to destroy Israel, Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. In an interview following his talks in Tel Aviv with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Solana insisted that it was ...

Tags: Moonbats, Hamas, Terrorism, Useful Idiots, Solana

Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Forward

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 8:58:01 am PDT

Iran has now doubled its capacity to produce highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium: Report: Iran has expanded nuke program. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has doubled its capacity to enrich uranium by successfully executing the process with a second network of centrifuges, a semiofficial news agency reported Friday, sending a defiant new message ...

Tags: Israel, Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

Olmert: The World Does Nothing

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 8:29:50 am PDT

Ehud Olmert states the obvious: Israeli PM accuses world of doing ‘nothing’ over Iran. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accused the international community of “doing nothing” over Iran, likening the situation to the appeasement of the 1930s when faced with the rise of Nazism. “Like the 1930s in ...

Tags: Israel, Iran, United Nations, OIC, Human Rights Council

Thursday, October 26, 2006

BBC Supports Rape-Excusing Aussie Imam

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 8:19:38 pm PDT

The BBC’s doublespeak coverage of the rape-supporting Australian Mufti, from Nick Bryant in Sydney, has to be seen to be believed: Australia’s Muslims fear backlash. A few weeks ago, I happened to interview Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali outside the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney where he delivered his controversial sermon. A softly-spoken man, ...

Tags: Media Bias, MSM, BBC, Australia

Thursday Night Ocean

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 7:31:56 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water, Rocks

UC Irvine: "One Person’s Hate Speech is Another Person’s Education"

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 6:06:00 pm PDT

The University of California Irvine has been the subject of many posts at LGF, because the school plays host to one of the most unabashedly radical Muslim Student Union groups in the US. And now the anti-Jewish incitement has reached such a fever pitch that on the weekend of October ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Antisemitism, Muslim Brotherhood, MSU, UC Irvine

Danish Court Rejects Mohammed Cartoon Lawsuit

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 4:47:55 pm PDT

A Danish court has rejected the lawsuit against newspaper Jyllands-Posten, perhaps realizing that Western civilization doesn’t prosecute people for blasphemy any more: Danish court rejects lawsuit against paper that first published Prophet cartoons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish court rejected a lawsuit Thursday against the newspaper that ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Muslim Brotherhood

Terrorism Rehearsal on Oslo Flight

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 3:04:00 pm PDT

News is just coming out that there was a rehearsal for a hijacking aboard a flight from Oslo to Prague last year: Terrorism rehearsal on Oslo flight. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Czech security police (BIS) have reported an attempt to storm the cockpit of a flight from Oslo to Prague. The BIS ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Security, Hijacking

CAIR Official Rants About Anti-Jihad Blogs

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 9:26:55 am PDT

Ahmed Bedier, the CAIR-Florida official who’s been flooding YouTube with CAIR propaganda and shutting down comments when people criticize it, is having an internet slapfight with the blogger he calls “Mr. Pimp.” Details are at: What Would Charles Martel Do? And another post at Infidel Bloggers Alliance: My Trouble With Ahmed. ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR, Youtube, Blasphemy, Hate Crime, Ahmed Bedier

AP: "Disenchantment" Causes French "Youths" to Torch Four Buses

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 9:01:47 am PDT

Youths Torch Buses Around Paris. Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France’s rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods. No injuries were reported, but worried bus drivers refused to enter some suburbs after ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Religion of Misogyny

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 8:48:18 am PDT

Here is a translation of the astoundingly evil, misogynistic speech by the highest Australian Islamic leader, Sheikh Taj Din Al Hilaly. “Those atheists, people of the book (Christians and Jews), where will they end up? In Surfers Paradise? On the Gold Coast? Where will they end up? In hell and not ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia

Muslim Brotherhood Behind Airport Taxi Controversy

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 8:16:25 am PDT

Kudos to Katherine Kersten at the Star Tribune, for this piece on the Muslim cab drivers who refuse to carry infidels. Why “kudos?” Because in a very rare case of mainstream media doing its job (which is supposedly to keep the public informed), Kersten has written an article that delves into ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Shari'a, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Fifth Column, Airport, Minnesota

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Your Flying Pig Moment of the Day

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 6:13:36 pm PDT

We have a sighting of an extremely rare animal—a French diplomat who actually changes his opinion when confronted with facts: French FM changes his opinion on Israeli separation barrier. (Hat tip: Mark.) Definitely a flying pig moment. PARIS (EJP)—- French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy declared last week he has changed his opinion ...

Tags: Israel, Palestinians, France, Terrorism, Separation Fence, Barrier

Argentina Charges Iran and Hizballah in Terrorist Atrocity

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 5:56:53 pm PDT

Great news from Argentina, where government prosecutors have finally charged Iran and Hizballah with the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center: Argentina charges Iran, Hezbollah in 1994 Jewish center bombing. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentine prosecutors charged Iran and the Shiite militia Hezbollah with the ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Antisemitism, Iran, Terrorism, Hizballah, Argentina

Hilarious Lefty Racism Charge of the Day

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 4:29:05 pm PDT

In a campaign filled with manufactured controversies, overhyped scandals, and mean-spirited personal attacks, this is without doubt today’s most idiotic lefty brouhaha: TN-SEN: Corker Radio Ad Has Tom-Tom Drums During Mentions Of Ford. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) Listen to the MP3 included on that page (an ad by GOP candidate Bob Corker), and ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Netroots, Nutroots, Racism

Islamic Supremacists at Trinity College

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 3:52:52 pm PDT

Last week LGF had a post about an event at Dublin’s Trinity College, in which representatives of terror-supporting banned Islamist groups were scheduled to “debate” whether Muslims are allowed to kill infidels: Irish College Hosts Banned Islamic Groups. Here’s an update on the festivities, where Islamic supremacist Anjem Choudary spelled out ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Ireland, Trinity College

CNN: Giving the Terrorists a Fair Shake

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 2:57:33 pm PDT

Here are some very interesting observations from The Prowler about CNN’s airing of a mujahideen snuff film; according to an insider, this video was shown as a direct result of CNN’s Terrorist Outreach. Much has been written about CNN’s decision last week to run portions of a video provided to the ...

Tags: Islam, Propaganda, Media Bias, CNN

Australian Muslim Leader: Women Are Satan's Weapons

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 2:16:08 pm PDT

Medieval misogyny from the highest Islamic authority in Australia: Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) THE nation’s most senior Muslim cleric has blamed immodestly dressed women who don’t wear Islamic headdress for being preyed on by men and likened them to abandoned “meat” that attracts voracious ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, RoP, Australia

French Youth: Elect Sarkozy and People Will Die

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 2:03:50 pm PDT

The “youths” are marching in Paris again: Immigrant youths march through Paris. “In 12 months, it’s obvious that you can’t change everything,” said Claude Dilain, mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois. “I’m worried because not only has the French society’s attitude not changed but I think it has even worsened,” he said in an interview ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

The Forced Conversion That the Media Forgot

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 9:27:20 am PDT

I’ve noticed something very odd about news reports on the release of kidnapped AP photographer Emilio Morenatti. Many of them compare it to the kidnapping of Fox News reporters Centanni and Wiig and describe that event—but not one of the mainstream news articles I’ve seen has mentioned that Centanni and ...

Tags: Palestinians, Islam, Terrorism, Propaganda, Media Bias, Kidnapping

ISNA Survey: Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, Support for Violence

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 9:04:26 am PDT

At the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (a radical Islamic front group that has been the subject of numerous LGF posts), a survey was taken of 307 attendees on their attitudes toward America—with very disturbing results: Survey Conducted At 2006 ISNA Convention. (Hat tip: saywhat?) 1. Are ...

Tags: Radical Islam, 9/11, Islam, Conspiracy Theories, Survey, ISNA

MSNBC Shills for Islam in Europe

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 8:50:14 am PDT

MSNBC is running a special section on how wonderful it is that Europe is being overrun by Islam; here’s a video report about Spain that is so whitewashed and sanitized you’d think the Spaniards never had a problem with the Moors: Reviving Granada’s Muslim traditions. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) GRANADA, Spain ...

Tags: Islam, Media Bias, MSNBC

Georgetown University Joins the Ummah

Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 8:30:14 am PDT

Georgetown University has taken blood money from Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal to promote Islam and shun Christianity—and to spread Islamic hatred of Israel: Georgetown gets $20 million from prince promoting Islam. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University has been renamed after Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Moonbats, Wacademia, Georgetown

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Islamofascists Fear the Football

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 8:43:31 pm PDT

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched by terror supporters? Little Green Footballs... Rabid, dangerous, and apparently very, very zionist. (Hat tip: kraj.) A popular site by the name of Little Green Footballs is disgustingly full of one-liner spoutings of true idiocy by people who at best are simply ignorant of ...

Tags: Palestinians, Islam, Terrorism, Blogosphere

Who's Minding Our Nukes?

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 7:07:23 pm PDT

A very disturbing report from Los Alamos: Drug raid yields Los Alamos documents. (Hat tip: Bahkah.) WASHINGTON - A drug raid on a Los Alamos scientist’s home in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the nuclear weapons lab, the FBI said Tuesday. Police discovered the documents ...

Tags: Nuclear Weapons, FBI, Los Alamos

MyDD's Google Bombing Campaign

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 6:46:31 pm PDT

It’s almost cute how the Nutroots crowd is openly trying to use nerdy Google-scamming techniques to tilt the mid-term election: MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Almost. Some people fake National Guard records. Others promote Google bombs. Same mindset, different day. Meanwhile, mainstream media is fighting a losing ...

Tags: Politics, Netroots, Nutroots, 2006 Elections

Spanish Blogger Charged with "Supporting Israel?"

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 5:59:59 pm PDT

After criticizing a leftist pro-Palestinian politician, a Spanish blogger has reportedly been served with a summons for the crime of supporting Israel: Galician blogger charged for supporting Israel. This seems so extreme I suspect something’s been lost in translation; but on the other hand I can’t simply dismiss it out of ...

Tags: Blogosphere, Spain

AP Photographer Disguised with Veil

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 4:47:53 pm PDT

Kidnapped AP photographer Emilio Morenatti, another photojournalist who seems to have an unusually close relationship with genocidal terrorist gangs, has been released—and while in captivity he learned a new use for the Islamic veil: Kidnapped AP photographer freed in Gaza. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Associated Press photographer was freed ...

Tags: Palestinians, Propaganda, Media Bias, Associated Press

State Dept. Official on Al Jazeera: US Trying to Encourage Hell in Arab World

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 3:40:32 pm PDT

State Department official Alberto Fernandez apologized Sunday for saying on Al Jazeera TV that the US had been “stupid” and “arrogant.” But at The Corner, James Robbins found another Al Jazeera interview with Fernandez from September 6 that may be even worse: I think that there are factors providing negative American ...

Tags: Al Jazeera, State Department, Diplomacy

Google Registers Political Action Committee

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 2:49:09 pm PDT

Google has registered a political action committee (PAC) with the US Federal Election Commission; apparently we’re now going to see the bizarre leftist philosophy so evident at Google News extended into the political meat world: Google becomes a political player. (Hat tip: mama winger.) Google has an impressive list of players ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Google, Al Gore, PAC, FEC

United Press of Islam

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 2:36:30 pm PDT

UPI is now publishing Islamic press releases directly from the terrorist state of Iran (their branch in Belgium, to be precise), including the acronym “PBUH” (Propellor Beanie Upon Him) after every reference to Mohammed: Prayer leader in Belgium condemns western attacks on Prophet (PBUH). Brussels, Oct 23, IRNA Belgium - Eid ...

Tags: Islam, Iran, Terrorism, Propaganda, Media Bias, UPI

Emerson: LA Times Violates Journalistic Ethics in Anaheim Election Coverage

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 9:14:40 am PDT

Steven Emerson blasts the Los Angeles Times for their whitewashed, context-free coverage of the controversy around Anaheim City Council candidate Belal “Bill” Dalati’s radical Islamic connections: L.A. Times violates journalistic ethics in Anaheim City Council election coverage. Normally, a race for a seat on Anaheim’s City Council garners little attention beyond ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Anaheim, Bill Dalati

Minnesota University's Radical Islamic Keynote Address

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 8:45:04 am PDT

The Council on American Islamic Relations is focusing particular attention on the US educational system. This fall, the radical Islamic front group will provide the keynote speaker for Minnesota State University Moorhead, executive director of CAIR-Chicago Ahmed Rehab: Hamas for Hipsters. His speech will include “a discussion about 9/11.” Ahmed Rehab has ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Moonbats, Wacademia

Ohio State Prof: 'What Terrorist Threat?'

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 8:33:09 am PDT

Here’s an excellent post by Patrick Poole about Ohio State University wacademic John Mueller, whose new essay in Foreign Affairs argues the Michael Moore Hypothesis—that there is no terrorist threat: Ohio State Prof: ‘What Terrorist Threat?’

Tags: Moonbats, Terrorism, Wacademia, Foreign Affairs

Egyptian Slavery in Southern California

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 8:10:45 am PDT

But really, who are we to judge their culture? Egyptians who enslaved girl, 10, get U.S. prison. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Egyptian nationals who pleaded guilty to enslaving a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at their Southern California home, making her work long hours serving their family of ...

Tags: Islam, Egypt, Slavery

Palestinians Kidnap Friendly AP Photographer

Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 8:07:31 am PDT

Lie down with terrorists and you should expect to be kidnapped: Photographer Worked With - and Kidnapped by - Arab Terrorists. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Emilio Morenatti, a Spanish photographer working for the Associated Press, was kidnapped Tuesday morning in Gaza. His photos show he was trusted by Palestinian terrorists. No terror ...

Tags: Palestinians, Propaganda, Media Bias, AP, Fauxtography

Monday, October 23, 2006

An Eid Gift from Al Qaeda

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 6:50:18 pm PDT

As Ramadan comes to its conclusion, the mujahideen send a holiday message to the Muslim world: Islamist Holiday Video Calls for Jihad and Slaughter of “Crusaders.” This ten-minute video ( Link ), titled “Rise Up,” was posted on Islamist websites on October 22, 2006, and was described as “a gift for ...

Tags: Islam, Al Qaeda, Jihad, Ramadan

UK Campus Jihad

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 5:39:25 pm PDT

The Wall Street Journal has a disturbing article on the efforts of Islamic infiltration groups in British universities: Campus Jihad. The ringleaders of the July 7 bombers, Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shahzad Tanweer, both former students at Leeds Metropolitan University, showed up on MI5’s radar on as many as nine occasions ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Wacademia, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, University

"Does CNN Want America to Win This Thing?"

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 5:19:50 pm PDT

Strong words from Rep. Duncan Hunter, in an exchange with Wolf Blitzer about CNN’s airing of a mujahideen snuff film: Hunter asks Blitzer, “Does CNN want America to win this thing?” (In case anyone’s wondering, I agree with every word Rep. Hunter says. CNN crossed a big red line with that ...

Tags: Terrorism, Propaganda, Media Bias, Iraq, CNN

Indonesia Will Free Two Bali Bombers for Ramadan

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 3:50:44 pm PDT

To mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan in true RoP style, the “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia will release two of the mass murderers who perpetrated the Bali nightclub bombings: Indonesia to Free Bali Bombers as Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Indonesian officials say they will release at least ...

Tags: Islam, RoP, Indonesia, Jakarta, Abu Bakr Bashir, Bali Bombings

Chicago Teen Sentenced to "Sensitivity Training" from CAIR

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 1:16:26 pm PDT

Eighteen year-old David Huffman says he “tapped” a Muslim woman on the head, nearly dislodging her headscarf, as a “prank.” He was charged with battery, and pleaded guilty. But instead of fining him or sentencing him to jail, the judge ordered Huffman to undergo “sensitivity training” from the foremost radical Islamic ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR, Blasphemy, Hate Crime

Anniversary of Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 12:31:13 pm PDT

On this day in 1983, 241 American servicemen were murdered in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport, by a suicide truck bomber sent by Iran, Hizballah, and the PLO: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. The failure of the United States to strike back for this terrorist attack—and for a long line ...

Tags: Terrorism, Lebanon, Beirut, Barracks, 1983

Muslim Non-Victims

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:41:36 am PDT

This is going to come as a shock to anyone who’s been taken in by CAIR’s deceptive, incessant victimhood routine, but crimes against Jews still outnumber crimes against Muslims by a ratio of seven to one: American Jews top hate-crime targets. (Hat tip: Ethel.) WASHINGTON – Who hates whom in America? If ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR, Blasphemy, Hate Crime

European Muslims Seethe, Whine, Gloat

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:17:47 am PDT

As the people of Europe begin to vocally criticize the misogyny and violence in many Islamic communities, European Muslim leaders are predictably beginning to seethe about “intolerance:” European Muslims worry about frank new Islam debate. PARIS (Reuters) - Britain’s heated debate about Islamic veils reflects a growing frustration with Muslims in ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Europe, Eurabia, Veil

Arizona 9/11 Memorial Rally

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:55:06 am PDT

On October 28 at 12 noon, there will be a rally at the Arizona 9/11 memorial to call for its outrageous leftist slogans to be changed. Details at Flopping Aces: Arizona 9/11 Memorial Rally. UPDATE at 10/23/06 2:31:11 pm: LGF reader Kirly was at the meeting of the AZ Governmental Mall ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Arizona

Terror Supporters March in London

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:23:51 am PDT

Here are photographs from yesterday’s Al-Quds Day march through London, with Hizballah supporters and leftists, including Yvonne Ridley, George Galloway, and Azzam Tamimi, calling for the destruction of Israel and America outside the US embassy: My day with the Islamists. (Link removed.] (Hat tip: gregusmeus.) [Photo removed.] UPDATE at 10/23/06 10:50:51 am: On ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Islam, Terrorism, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Intraweb Malfunctions

Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 9:50:49 am PDT

If you’ve been wondering why there have been no posts yet today, it’s because the secret undisclosed LGF ISP that supplies intraweb net services to our underground lair decided to malfunction. In other words, we had no internet connection. It just came back. Did anything happen while I was offline?

Tags: Technical Info, Outage

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Lame Excuse of the Month

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 9:46:42 pm PDT

Tonight State Department official Alberto Fernandez apologized for his outrageous statements to Al Jazeera television—but the damage is done: Envoy Sorry for Iraq ‘Stupidity’ Comment. (Hat tip: Ethel.) WASHINGTON Oct 22, 2006 (AP)— A senior U.S. diplomat apologized Sunday night for saying U.S. policy in Iraq displayed “arrogance” and “stupidity.” A day after his remarks ...

Tags: Al Jazeera, State Department, Diplomacy

Chavez Claims Pathetic Victory

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 7:44:19 pm PDT

The United Nations is holding a low profile secret election for seats on the Security Council, and Thuggo Chavez is pushing hard to get in. Yet, he is frustrated. Yet, he claims a victory of sorts. Because, you see, he has “taught the empire a lesson.” CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez ...

Tags: Venezuela, UN, Security Council, Hugo Chavez

Another AFP Palestinian Pity Party

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 7:15:43 pm PDT

Everybody, all together: “awww!” Empty pockets promise grim Eid feast for Gazans. GAZA CITY (AFP) - In Gaza City’s Firas market the stalls are laden with gift items and toys, fireworks and new clothes, cooking utensils and fish, as people crowd around, looking, touching and walking on. As the Muslim fasting month ...

Tags: Palestinians, Propaganda, Media Bias, AFP

NYT's Empty Suit Comes Clean, Three Months Late

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 6:40:57 pm PDT

New York Times ombudsman Barney Calame, often referred to as “The Empty Suit,” finally gets around to admitting that the Times was wrong to reveal the SWIFT program that monitored terrorist banking. He also admits that no person’s private data was misused, and that the program was not illegal. He does not ...

Tags: Media Bias, War On Terror, New York Times, Iraq, SWIFT

Solomonia: "A Profession in Crisis and Denial"

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 6:21:07 pm PDT

Solomonia has a report on the Lightstalkers forum for professional photographers, where the comment thread about Tyler Hicks’ “Pieta” photo reveals a “profession in crisis and denial.” Here’s a previous LGF post about Lightstalkers during the Reuters Fauxtography scandal, when one of the photographers revealed that he had personally witnessed the ...

Tags: Propaganda, Reuters, Mainstream Media, Fauxtography, Lightstalkers

CNN: Broken Government

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 5:44:10 pm PDT

CNN, fresh from their success with a mujahideen snuff film showing US soldiers being killed, is now airing a week-long special called “Broken Government.” I just listened to host Jack Cafferty uncork an astounding moonbat rant about “torture” and “violation of civil rights” that would not have been out of ...

Tags: Terrorism, Propaganda, Media Bias, Iraq, CNN

Radical Muslim Group Collecting Airport Complaints

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 5:27:28 pm PDT

Yet another Islamic front group is soliciting complaints from Muslims who claim they’ve been wrongfully detained at airports: NJ Muslim group tracking airport run-ins. NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey Muslim group is launching a nationwide effort to record complaints about Muslims being wrongfully detained or questioned at airports to determine ...

Tags: Islam, Airport, Sharia, Minnesota, AMU, American Muslim Union

French Intifada: Passenger Bus Attacked

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 5:08:44 pm PDT

Those irrepressible “youths” in the suburbs of Paris are at it again, staging an organized attack on a passenger bus, then stoning firefighters when they arrived on the scene: Youths set passenger bus alight in Paris. A band of up to 30 youths forced passengers out of a bus in a ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

UK "Racial Equality" Head: Criticism of Veil Will Cause Violence

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 3:37:25 pm PDT

The chairman of Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality (one of the organizations responsible for the multicultural mess the UK is in) warns that if Brits don’t start being more respectful of the RoP, there’s going to be violence: British watchdog warns on veil debate. LONDON - The heated debate over veils ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Bridges TV: Islamic Supremacism on US Television

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 9:52:01 am PDT

While the Washington Post sanctions the propaganda of radical Islamists, our friends the Saudis are continuing their infiltration of American society, openly telling anyone who cares to listen that their goal is domination of the US, via the Islamic television channel Bridges TV: An Islamic TV Channel Expands Its US ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Shari'a, RoP, Bridges TV

Oriana Fallaci Archives Donated to Pope

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 9:22:42 am PDT

Courageous Italian writer Oriana Fallaci, a lifelong atheist who died last month, donated most of her books and papers to Pope Benedict XVI: Orianna Fallaci Donates Archives to Papa Ratzi. An Italian journalist and self-described atheist who died last month has left most of her books and notes to a pontifical ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Oriana Fallaci, Pope Benedict XVI

Washington Post Publishes Radical Islamic Propaganda

Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 8:37:49 am PDT

For a special article on “Islam and Women,” the Washington Post today gives column space to an utterly deranged, hard-core Islamofascist sympathizer, Yvonne Ridley—without identifying her as anything but the “political editor of Islam TV.” And it’s titled: How I Came to Love the Veil. Ridley’s premise is that Islam respects ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Washington Post, Media Bias, Yvonne Ridley, Veil

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Saturday Night Beach

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 8:21:59 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Judge Tosses Case When Muslim Refuses to Unmask in Court

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 7:45:43 pm PDT

The promoters of Islamic misogyny are not only active in Europe; they’re continually testing the strength of American society too: Muslim woman refuses to remove her veil in court, so judge tosses case. (Hat tip: LSD.) And again, we see mainstream media (the Detroit Free Press) running interference for the Council ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Hijab, Women's Rights, Veil

State Dept. Official on Al Jazeera: US is Arrogant and Stupid

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 6:53:16 pm PDT

In which universe is this considered acceptable diplomatic language? Envoy: U.S. showed ‘arrogance’ in Iraq. And on JihadTV, to boot. BAGHDAD, Iraq - A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown “arrogance” and “stupidity” in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to ...

Tags: Al Jazeera, State Department, Diplomacy

We Got Mail!

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 6:07:47 pm PDT

This afternoon at about 1:30 pm, someone searched Google for “how can we dispose of a taweez.” A taweez is an Islamic talisman containing verses from the Koran, worn to protect oneself from evil spells or to achieve a desired goal. This guy (somehow I’m sure it’s a guy) apparently ...

Tags: Hate Mail, Mailbag

BBC Stars Admit Insanely Obvious Bias

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 5:17:06 pm PDT

As if we didn’t already know. As if it weren’t as obvious as a smack in the eye. We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It was the day that a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics have been telling them for ...

Tags: Media Bias, MSM, BBC

MSNBC Footage of Palestinian 9/11 Celebrations

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 3:42:44 pm PDT

Here’s some MSNBC footage shot on September 11 which was only aired on that day (and on the 5-year anniversary, when a moonbat posted it at YouTube), showing Palestinians celebrating the attacks on America. Some of the shots are familiar, but others will be new to most people. This was ...

Tags: Radical Islam, 9/11, September 11, Palestinians, Video

Rep. Hunter: CNN Should Lose Access to Troops

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 1:06:44 pm PDT

Rep. Duncan Hunter is calling for the Pentagon to kick out any CNN reporters embedded in Iraq: Lawmaker Outraged by Sniper Footage on CNN. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It’s not going to happen, though. SAN DIEGO — CNN has become “the publicist for an enemy propaganda film” by broadcasting a video showing ...

Tags: Islam, Propaganda, Media Bias, CNN

Radical Islamic French Baggage Handlers

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 8:47:17 am PDT

Remind me never to fly into Charles de Gaulle airport: Paris airport bars staff on terror fears. PARIS, France (AP) — Authorities have rescinded the security clearance of 43 baggage handlers at France’s main international airport due to suspicions they were connected with radical organizations, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday. Responding ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Jawdropper of the Hour

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 8:44:02 am PDT

Fear disguised as “sensitivity:” Police to avoid Ramadan arrests. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Police in Manchester have been told not to arrest Muslims wanted on warrants at prayer times during Ramadan. Greater Manchester Police confirmed it had asked detectives not to make planned arrests during those periods for reasons of religious sensitivity. The ...

Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Ramadan

UK Muslim Teacher in Veil Row Linked to 7/7 Bomber Mosque

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 8:22:16 am PDT

The British Muslim teacher who sued to be allowed to wear a face mask in class was probably put up to it by the radical Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat: Muslim teacher in veil row’s link to 7/7 bomber. The Muslim teacher suspended for refusing to work without her veil is connected ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Terrorist Minister Advocates Genocide

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 7:54:57 am PDT

The thuggish Palestinian “foreign minister,” Mahmoud Zahar, spews genocidal rhetoric and promises more kidnapping of Israelis: Palestinian FM: Israel is an abomination that will disappear. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar said Friday that Israel is an abomination in the Middle East that will some day disappear. “We will never ...

Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Death Cult, Child Abuse

French Intifada: 112 Cars Burned Every Day

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 7:46:43 am PDT

Last year when the Islamic riots were raging in France, a seemingly endless parade of apologists told us over and over that the violence was due to economic oppression and alienation, and had nothing to do with radical Islam. Those who labeled it a “French Intifada” were mocked and derided ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Friday, October 20, 2006

Friday Night Beach

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 7:01:25 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

A Tunnel in a Greenhouse

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 6:40:17 pm PDT

Remember those high-tech greenhouses Israeli settlers built in Gaza, that provided employment for Palestinians and produced an amazing assortment of fruits and vegetables in the midst of barren desert? The ones that rich Westerners (like Bill Gates) bought and presented to the Palestinian Authority when Israel withdrew from Gaza? After the ...

Tags: Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Egypt, Death Cult, Child Abuse, Tunnels

Rush Limbaugh, Honorary Lizardoid

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 6:10:50 pm PDT

Larry Elder’s not the only talk show host giving a shout out to the lizardoid army; Rush Limbaugh gave us a very nice plug yesterday: I’m Not at War with Conservative Bloggers.

Tags: Blogosphere, Rush Limbaugh

Larry Elder, Honorary Lizardoid

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 6:08:03 pm PDT

John Hawkins has an interesting interview with talk show host Larry Elder, and I’m not just sayin’ that because Larry reads LGF: An Interview With Larry Elder.

Tags: Blogosphere, Larry Elder

The Human Cost of Shari'a

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 6:02:21 pm PDT

At Dhimmi Watch, an extraordinary, heartwrenching letter from the son of a woman who was stoned to death.

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Stoning

Muslim Brotherhood Leader Barred from US

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 5:52:26 pm PDT

Newsweek has an article on another “influential” Islamic scholar—read: a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood—who has been barred from entering the United States. Oct. 18, 2006 - A leading member of Britain’s Muslim community, headed to New York for an academic conference, was forced to leave his transatlantic flight without explanation ...

Tags: Islam, Hamas, Terrorism, Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan, Kamal Helbawy

CAIR Promotes Keith Ellison for Congress

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 3:38:53 pm PDT

Scott Johnson has a good post on CAIR’s support for Minnesota Congressional candidate Keith Ellison, as the Star Tribune publishes a dissembling op-ed by CAIR officials Nihad Awad and Parvez Ahmed: Keith Ellison’s terror-loving friends.

Tags: Radical Islam, Politics, CAIR, Keith Ellison

France Threatens Israel

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 2:16:43 pm PDT

French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has reiterated France’s outrageous threat to shoot down Israeli aircraft keeping watch over Hizballah arms smuggling: Israeli air violations in Lebanon ‘extremely dangerous’: France. UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie warned that Israeli air violations in Lebanon were “extremely dangerous” and must end ...

Tags: Israel, France, UN, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, UNIFIL, Ceasefire, Cease-fire, Cease Fire

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:23:23 am PDT

Unfortunately, they missed. GAZA (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on security vehicles escorting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s convoy through Gaza on Friday, but the Hamas leader was unhurt, officials from the Islamist movement said. Officials in Haniyeh’s office said the attack did not appear to be an assassination attempt, but ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

YouTube Adds "Hate Speech" Flag

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:19:13 am PDT

YouTube has added a new option to their “Inappropriate Content” feature: YouTube Adds “Hate Speech” Flag To Its Videos. (Hat tip: Baldy.) I wonder if Ahmed Bedier of CAIR had something to do with this? And in a related story, Snapped Shot is keeping a list of pro-terrorist videos currently hosted at ...

Tags: Censorship, Google, Youtube

Possible NIE Leaker Suspended, Dems Furious

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 9:20:34 am PDT

A House Intelligence Committee staff member has been suspended, and is being investigated as the possible source of the leaked NIE document published by the New York Times: House Intel Chair suspends staff member. Democrats are seething, and demanding that the staffer’s access to classified material be immediately restored. WASHINGTON - Democrats ...

Tags: Politics, Leaks, NIE

French "Youths" Practice for Jihad

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 9:03:23 am PDT

In the town of Grigny, near Paris, “youths” practice for the French intifada with a crude rocket launcher. (Hat tip: Poitiers-Lepanto, via France-Echos.com.) [Video] UPDATE at 10/20/06 9:12:49 am: Context: Grigny was the scene of massive rioting last year.

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Ahmadinejad Threatens Europe

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 8:38:37 am PDT

Iran says Europe may get hurt for backing Israel. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Europe was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and warned it “may get hurt” if anger in the region boiled over. “You should believe that this regime (Israel) cannot ...

Tags: Israel, Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

Support for Kos Kandidate Dwindling

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 8:23:26 am PDT

The Daily Kos Kiss of Death (aka, an endorsement from the loony left site) is apparently claiming another victim: Poll: Lieberman’s Lead Growing in Connecticut. HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman has built a 17-point lead over Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, according to the first Quinnipiac University poll since the ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Daily Kos, Netroots, Markos, Nutroots

UK: Fear of Terrorism Halts Terrorism Project

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 8:17:47 am PDT

A British government-funded research project to study the growth of militant Islamic groups around the world has been canceled—out of fear of militant Islamic groups: Research councils halt Islamist project. (Hat tip: USS Neverdock.) Research councils today confirmed they have put on hold their involvement in a government-backed project that aimed ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Islam, Terrorism, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Spain Becoming Al-Andalus

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 8:11:27 am PDT

The ghosts of the Spanish warriors who fought to reclaim Spain from Muslim invaders are screaming in outrage: Spanish schools to use Islam book. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Spanish government, Catholic Church and Muslim leaders have joined forces to publish a school textbook on Islam. The book Discovering Islam - for ...

Tags: Islam, Mohammed, Dhimmitude, Spain, Reconquista

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Human Rights Watch Notices Hizballah Cluster Munitions

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 9:39:21 pm PDT

The George Soros-funded Human Rights Watch is shocked to find out that their beloved Hizballah terrorists actually used the same types of weapons as the diabolical Israelis: Hezbollah used cluster munitions in war with Israel: HRW. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Hezbollah fired cluster munitions into northern Israel during this summer’s 34-day war ...

Tags: Anti-Israel, Human Rights Watch

CAIR Goes After John Gibson

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 9:22:01 pm PDT

The Council on American Islamic Relations has issued one of their infamous “Action Alerts” about Fox News anchor John Gibson, blasting him for speaking out against radical Islamic repression of women: Incitement: ‘No veils. If you’re here, be American’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) INCITEMENT WATCH: MUSLIM VEIL SHOULDN’T BE WORN IN ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Hijab, Women's Rights, Veil

Thursday Night Drivetrain

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 9:05:27 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Bicycle

CNN Asks for Comments on Jihadi Death Porn Video

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 7:10:13 pm PDT

CNN has apparently received so many complaints about their airing of a terrorist propaganda video showing the murder of US troops that they have opened a page for comments: Why we aired the sniper video.

Tags: Islam, Propaganda, Media Bias, CNN

SF Moviehouse Moonbats

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 6:46:02 pm PDT

LGF reader TenRing forwarded this photo from the People’s Republic of San Francisco: UPDATE at 10/19/06 8:55:07 pm: Correction: it’s in Oakland. UPDATE at 10/19/06 9:17:42 pm: Ahem. The image above is probably a fake, albeit a very plausible one: Movie Marquee Generator. (Hat tip: BH.) UPDATE at 10/20/06 7:57:20 am: Nope. It isn’t a fake. ...

Tags: Moonbats, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Anti-war, BDS, San Francisco

Tunisia Realpolitik

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 6:22:03 pm PDT

Here’s an excellent post by Hugh Fitzgerald about the realpolitik of Tunisia and other “moderate” Islamic states, who must constantly fight a dirty, brutal battle against the intolerant forces of fundamentalism. And the battleground in this case is a seemingly minor article of clothing: Tunisian headscarves. Tunisia is a police-state, but ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Hijab, Women's Rights, Tunisia

More 9/11 Victims Discovered

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 6:10:13 pm PDT

More than five years after the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by Islamic terrorists, more human remains from the massacre have been discovered. (Hat tip: Michael.) Rest in peace, whoever you are. We’re not forgetting you; at least, not here. NEW YORK - Human remains that appeared to be from World ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Islamic Terrorism

Koran in a Toilet: Now an Official Hate Crime

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 5:34:22 pm PDT

File this one under the “Utterly Outrageous” heading, as New York’s Pace University and the NYPD are apparently going to try to arrest someone for putting a Koran in a toilet. The headline says it all: Muslim Student Groups Praise Authorities For Handling Of Koran Incidents. You bet they do. (Hat ...

Tags: MSA, Radical Islam, Islam, Free Speech, Koran, Quran, Pace University, Qu'ran

UK Daily Star Cancels Islamic Spoof Out of Fear

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 3:49:03 pm PDT

Unbelievable. In a panic over the possibility of violence, a journalists’ union has forced a UK tabloid to cancel an Islamic-themed spoof version of the paper: Newsroom revolt forces ‘Star’ to drop its ‘Daily Fatwa’ spoof. Notice: it’s not the paper’s management that preemptively surrendered to Islamic intimidation. It’s the journalists. A ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Daily Star

Ahmadinejad: Israel "Cannot Survive," Iran's Enemies Are "Paralyzed"

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 3:39:28 pm PDT

Iran’s madman president continues to make his intentions very clear: Iran president says Israel illegitimate, won’t last. “Our nation has previously announced that this regime is illegitimate from its foundation. It is fabricated. It has been imposed on the nations of the region and it cannot survive,” he said in televised ...

Tags: Israel, Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

UK Muslim Teacher Gets Paid for Seething

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 3:08:37 pm PDT

The British Muslim teacher who refused to remove her face mask during class has been awarded cash for ‘injured feelings’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Muslim teaching assistant who sparked a political storm after she refused to remove her veil during lessons, has won her employment tribunal case for victimisation against ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

CNN Airs Islamic Death Porn

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 8:40:12 am PDT

Every time you believe mainstream media simply can’t debase themselves any further, they pull something like this. CNN is airing a terrorist propaganda video showing the killing of US troops: Video shows snipers’ chilling work in Iraq. (CNN) — Chilling scenes from a videotape made by insurgents show the work of snipers ...

Tags: Terrorism, Propaganda, Media Bias, Iraq, CNN

Brit Convicted for Anti-Extremist Banner

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 8:28:06 am PDT

British police refuse to arrest and charge Muslim demonstrators who call for violence and murder, but a British man who hung a sign on his fence calling for the death of Muslim extremists has been convicted of “causing distress.” And his neighbors filed the complaint because they were afraid of the ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Hamas: Why Do They Hate Us?

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 8:15:01 am PDT

Hamas is shocked—shocked!—that they aren’t universally loved for their aspirations to commit genocide: Hamas ‘shocked’ by global opposition to its power. (Hat tip: Tom.) GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Palestinian government, said on Thursday it could never have imagined the vast international pressure it would come ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Terrorism, Fatah

France Surrenders to Palestinian Fraud

Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 7:58:16 am PDT

The French justice system is now complicit, with the despicable France 2 television channel, in the Mohammed al-Dura fraud: French TV station wins Palestinian boy libel case. (Hat tip: Ethel.) PARIS (Reuters) - Broadcaster France 2 won a libel case on Thursday over accusations it faked a report into the killing ...

Tags: France, Mohammed Al-Dura, Al-Durah, Media Fraud

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Wednesday Night Fence

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 9:06:33 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Fence

Protesting the Glorification of a Terror Supporter

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 7:12:22 pm PDT

Kudos to Kesher Talk, for their part in helping to counter the pro-terrorist propaganda play (disguised as touchy-feely activism) “My Name is Rachel Corrie:” Handing out flyers outside the theater. And lest we collectively forget, here’s the real face of Rachel Corrie and her fellow travelers, the International Solidarity Movement, screaming ...

Tags: Rachel Corrie, Palestinians, Terrorism, ISM, Useful Idiots

Britain: Al Qaeda's Top Target

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 5:57:26 pm PDT

The Guardian is reporting that Britain is now the top target for Al-Qaeda. And if it’s true, The Guardian can be proud of their part in making it happen. LONDON (AFP) - Britain is the top target of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, which now presents a bigger threat than ever before, a ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Palestinian Weapons Smuggling Tunnels Discovered

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 5:50:34 pm PDT

As the IDF prepares for another massive incursion into the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian terrorists from firing rockets into Israel, and to stem Hamas’ massive arms buildup, five weapons smuggling tunnels have been discovered today in southern Gaza near Egypt. IDF units operating in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday ...

Tags: Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Egypt, Death Cult, Child Abuse, Tunnels

Irish College Hosts Banned Islamic Groups

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 4:33:28 pm PDT

Trinity College in Dublin will host a “debate” with “two valid sides” (according to the organizer) this week: Muslim radicals to justify violence at student debate. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Islamists will seek to justify the use of violence at a debate this week organised by students at Trinity College Dublin. ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Ireland, Trinity College

Iowahawk: It's the Homos, Stupid

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 3:26:05 pm PDT

Iowahawk has intercepted the first draft of a proposed mass email from the DNC, to the countless knuckle-dragging Bible-thumpers of America: It’s the Homos, Stupid. An Open Letter to the Conservative-American Community by Dr. Howard Dean Chairman, Democratic National Committee Dear Valued Potential Customer: As the leader of one of America’s premier political parties, I ...

Tags: Parody, Iowahawk, DNC, Outing, Dean

CAIR Condemns Tunisia for Banning Hijab

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 3:14:28 pm PDT

Wherever the agenda of radical Islam needs promoting, wherever women need to be repressed and infidels intimidated, there you’ll find the Council on American Islamic Relations—even in Tunisia: CAIR Condemns Tunisian Ban on Islamic Headscarves. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Telling us it’s all about “freedom,” of course. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, CAIR, Propaganda, Tunisia

Web Site Claims NFL Stadiums to Be Bombed

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 2:05:36 pm PDT

Another probably bogus threat has been intercepted on an Islamist web site: Government doubts threat on NFL stadiums. WASHINGTON - A Web site is claiming that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend, but the government on Wednesday expressed doubts about the threat. The warning, posted ...

Tags: Homeland Security, Terrorism, Adnan El Shukrijuma, Al-Shukri Juma

TV Spot Counters Jihad Propaganda

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 11:01:23 am PDT

I’m not sure this will have any effect on people who commit suicide bombing atrocities, but any attempt to counter the flood of jihad propaganda in the Arab world should be applauded, and this one is emotionally powerful (video included below): TV spot dissects suicide bombing. A television commercial aimed at ...

Tags: Suicide Bomb, Anti-Terrorism, TV, PSA

Jihadists Killing To Influence Our Election

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:40:59 am PDT

Ed Lasky notes a column from Thomas Friedman (requires TimesSelect subscription) on the jihadists’ plans to kill for the media’s cameras—and for the political benefit of the cut-and-run Democrats. The jihadists follow our politics much more closely than people realize. A friend at the Pentagon just sent me a post by ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Media Bias, War On Terror, Iraq, Jihad, MSM

Rangel: "So-Called Terrorists"

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 9:13:21 am PDT

Charlie Rangel, the man who could be the next chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, refers to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, as a “so-called terrorist.” He tries to backpedal when O’Reilly calls him on it, of course, but there it is on video. UPDATE at ...

Tags: Terrorism, Democratic Party, Charles Rangel

Democrats: The Outing Party

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 8:57:36 am PDT

Patterico has a good roundup of links on the latest Democratic “outing” of a supposedly gay Republican: Lefty Blogger Outs Senator As Gay. This Michael Rogers guy is one of the most repellent figures on the political scene today, and we can only hope that his ugly work results in ...

Tags: Gay Rights, Democratic Party, Outing

Kidnappers Demand Swap for Apostate

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 8:40:30 am PDT

The Afghan “holy warriors” who kidnapped an Italian journalist last Thursday are demanding a swap—the Italian for Christian convert Abdul Rahman. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) So they can murder Rahman, as Islam mandates. KABUL (Reuters) - The kidnappers of an Italian photojournalist have demanded Italy hand over an Afghan who converted to ...

Tags: Islam, Afghanistan, Apostasy, Abdul Rahman, Kidnapping

UK Muslims: 2% of Population, 25% of Anti-Gay Crimes

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 8:17:26 am PDT

Britain’s Gay Police Association has been reprimanded for an advertisement implying that Christians are responsible for a huge increase in anti-homosexual violence: Gay police group’s ‘anti-Christian’ ad rapped. (Hat tip: authorizeduser.) LONDON (Reuters) - The Gay Police Association (GPA) has been reprimanded for an ad which implied Christians were responsible for ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Hate Crimes

Guardian Spreads Blood Libel

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 8:04:39 am PDT

The sickest, most repulsive antisemitic tactic of the Israel-haters is the blood libel, and in this Guardian excrescence Rory McCarthy repeats the absurd noxious claims of a new horrific Israeli secret super-weapon that causes (gasp) “dusting” on the internal organs: Gaza doctors say patients suffering mystery injuries after Israeli attacks. ...

Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Palestinians, Propaganda, Blood Libel

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Tuesday Night Beach

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 9:25:00 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

This Just In: Second Koran Found in Toilet at NY University!

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 8:00:31 pm PDT

Stop the presses! A second Quran has been found in a toilet at Pace University, according to the Council on American Islamic Relations. NEW YORK (AP) _ Another copy of the Islamic holy book has been found in a toilet at a university library, a civil liberties group said Tuesday. The ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, CAIR, Propaganda, Hate Crimes

Feds Want to Question Shoe Bomber

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 7:08:22 pm PDT

Does the loser who tried to light his shoe bombs with a match have important information about ongoing plots to attack the US? Prosecutors want to question shoe bomber. BOSTON - Federal investigators told a judge Tuesday that they want to question would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid because it was likely ...

Tags: Terrorism, Security, Airline Safety, Richard Reid, Shoe Bomber

Pro-Israel Muslim Editor Beaten, Charged with Sedition in Bangladesh

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 6:20:28 pm PDT

Advocating a reasonable policy toward Israel in Bangladesh will get you a visit in your office by leading officials of the ruling party—who will beat you senseless, rob the company safe, and charge you with sedition: Pro-Israeli Bangladeshi editor beaten by crowd including state officials. (Hat tip: Howard.) A Muslim journalist ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Israel, Islam, RoP, Intolerance, Bangladesh

Islamists Spying on Anchorage Airport?

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 5:15:36 pm PDT

The Middle East Media Research Institute has discovered disturbing images at an Islamist web site, with links to webcams showing different views of Anchorage International Airport, titled: “You Can Spy on the Enemies’ Airports Directly by Controlling the Cameras’ Direction.” MEMRI, by the way, is an absolutely indispensable resource, doing a ...

Tags: Radical Islam, MEMRI, Anchorage International Airport, Webcam

Islamic Dictator Clotheshorse Chameleon Surfaces

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 4:40:12 pm PDT

Every time you see him, he’s got a different spelling for his name—and a different stylish outfit. Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak (R) and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (L), seen here together in 2005, held talks on how to resolve the Darfur crisis in Sudan without intervention from outside Africa. [Oh yeah! ...

Tags: Libya, Gaddafi, Gadhafi, Kadhafi, Kadafi

Prodi: Muslim Women Shouldn't Be Hidden

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 4:24:33 pm PDT

I did a double-take when I read this story. Left-wing Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said what? Muslims should not ‘hide’ behind veil. ROME, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Tuesday that Muslim immigrant women should not be completely “hidden” behind full veils if they want to ...

Tags: Islam, Italy, Burqa, Romano Prodi, Veil

Clueless in Washington

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 3:04:30 pm PDT

Here’s an article that, despite being in the New York Times, is unfortunately—and appallingly—accurate: Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite? (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) FOR the past several months, I’ve been wrapping up lengthy interviews with Washington counterterrorism officials with a fundamental question: “Do you know the difference between a ...

Tags: Islam, New York Times, Sunni, Shiite

When In Doubt, Call In the Technocrats

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 2:47:11 pm PDT

What the hell is Abu Mazen talking about?

Tags: Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen

How French TV Fudged the Death of Mohammed Al Durah

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 1:56:21 pm PDT

At the New Republic, Richard Landes reports on France 2 television’s increasingly desperate attempts to keep the truth from getting out about one of the biggest media frauds of recent years: How French TV fudged the death of Mohammed Al Durah. I have become involved for two reasons. First of all, ...

Tags: Palestinian, Propaganda, Media Bias, Media Fraud, Al Dura

Reuters Cameraman Caught Staging Photos of Rock Throwers

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 1:23:44 pm PDT

A Palestinian Arab cameraman for the Reuters news service has been ordered to stay in prison until trial for encouraging and directing rioters to throw rocks at Israeli vehicles. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) On Tuesday, a Reuters cameraman was remanded to prison until trial for his part in rock-throwing attacks on ...

Tags: Palestinians, Propaganda, Reuters, Mainstream Media, Fauxtography

EU To Admit Obvious

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 8:53:56 am PDT

EU to admit Iran nuclear talks have failed. LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union will acknowledge Tuesday that nuclear talks with Iran have failed and support a return to the UN Security Council to prepare sanctions, according to a draft document seen by AFP. Draft conclusions from Tuesday’s meeting of European foreign ...

Tags: Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, UN, EU

Hamas Official: Are We a Death Cult?

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 8:39:24 am PDT

A question that answers itself: Hamas official: Is violence Palestinian ‘disease?’ GAZA (Reuters) - A senior figure in Hamas, the Islamist group that heads the Palestinian government, published an article on Tuesday condemning internal violence and questioning whether it had become a “Palestinian disease.” Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas who also ...

Tags: Terrorism, Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Death Cult, Child Abuse

Gitmo Bay Hypocrisy

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 8:20:25 am PDT

The same countries that are screaming the loudest for the release of the Guantanamo Bay terrorists are refusing to accept custody of them. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain and other U.S. allies have demanded closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but have also blocked efforts to let some ...

Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Torture, CIA, Gitmo

Wesley Clark: US Support for Israel Against Hizballah "Serious Mistake"

Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 8:04:50 am PDT

Vital Perspective notes a speech made by Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark on Friday at the University of Alabama, in which the former Democratic Presidential candidate calls US support for Israel in the war on Hezbollah a ‘serious mistake’. It would have been an even more serious mistake if this ...

Tags: Israel, Hizballah, Wesley Clark

Monday, October 16, 2006

Monday Night Beach

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 7:50:08 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Jawa Report: Boycott Indonesia

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 6:21:47 pm PDT

Dr. Shackleford is promoting a boycott of Indonesia, where a rising tide of anti-Christian violence by Muslim assassins claimed the life of another priest today—and where Christians may be on the brink of fighting back: Boycott Indonesia—Stop Murdering Christians Now!

Tags: Islam, RoP, Indonesia, Boycott, Jakarta, Abu Bakr Bashir, Bali Bombings

French May Fire On Israeli Overflights

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 5:33:56 pm PDT

After injecting themselves into the Lebanon crisis and making all kinds of promises they didn’t intend to keep, France and the United Nations have made it explicitly clear that they will not use force to disarm Hizballah, or to prevent weapons from being smuggled in from Syria. But Israeli Air Force ...

Tags: Israel, France, UN, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, UNIFIL, Ceasefire, Cease-fire, Cease Fire

UN Human Rights Council: Even Worse Than Before

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 4:01:47 pm PDT

How bad does the new United Nations Human Rights Council have to be, to get the Washington Post to condemn it? This bad: Reform Run Amok. For all its faults, the previous U.N. commission occasionally discussed and condemned the regimes most responsible for human rights crimes, such as those in Belarus and ...

Tags: Israel, United Nations, OIC, Human Rights Council

Religion of Piece

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 2:32:40 pm PDT

Last Friday at prayers in Tehran, Iran’s “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ranted against the United States. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, leads Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. Khamenei on Friday accused the United States of promoting terrorism and religious ...

Tags: Iran, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Khamenei

Terrorist's Lawyer Gets Wrist Slap

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:21:47 pm PDT

For her part in aiding the global jihad by disseminating messages from imprisoned World Trade Center bomber Omar Abdel-Rahman, radical leftist lawyer Lynne Stewart has received an outrageously light sentence: Civil Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 28 Months. NEW YORK — Civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart was sentenced this afternoon to 28 ...

Tags: Terrorism, Lynne Stewart, Omar Abdel-Rahman

French "Youths" Attack Police Again

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:47:49 am PDT

As the French Intifada continues: Police ‘ambushed’ and stoned by gang in Paris suburb. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) Police had to use their firearms to escape from a gang of youths who allegedly ambushed and stoned a police car in a suburb north of Paris at the weekend - the fourth ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

North Korean Nuke Test Confirmed

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:33:12 am PDT

The North Korean nuclear test has been confirmed. (Hat tip: Dirk.) WASHINGTON - Air samples gathered last week contain radioactive materials that confirm that North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosion, National Intelligence Director John Negroponte’s office said Monday. In a short statement posted on its Web site, Negroponte’s office also confirmed ...

Keith Ellison’s Mysterious CAIR Meeting

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:25:36 am PDT

Why is Minnesota congressional candidate Keith Ellison traveling to Florida to hold secretive meetings with top CAIR officials? UPDATE at 10/16/06 12:03:25 pm: Islamic organization to host Florida fundraiser for Ellison. 5th district race heats up with war of words. (Hat tip: Catttt.) More campaign turmoil in the race to represent Minnesota’s 5th district. ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, CAIR, Propaganda, Hate Crimes

Anti-War Site Destroys Lancet Report

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:10:30 am PDT

Although I disagree with their ideology, I must applaud the owners of the anti-war web site Iraq Body Count for their intellectual honesty (at least in this case), in a detailed and devastating refutation of the ludicrous Lancet article on Iraqi civilian deaths: Reality checks: some responses to the latest ...

Tags: Iraq, The Lancet, Civilian Casualties, Body Count

DOI Blocking Investigated

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:45:11 am PDT

Baron Bodissey investigated the report that the Department of the Interior blocks “conservative” blogs; there’s no definitive conclusion and the DOI isn’t exactly being helpful, but the Baron’s report is interesting reading about the details of corporate/government site blocking: Interior Dialogue: An Investigative Report. UPDATE at 10/16/06 11:39:40 am: An LGF reader ...

Tags: Blogosphere, DOI

Reuters Goes Virtual (Not Virtuous)

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:05:31 am PDT

Layers upon layers of sweet sweet irony: Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life. (Hat tip: Allahpundit, who says the photoshop jokes are irresistible. Indeed.)

Tags: Media Bias, Ethics, Reuters, Virtual Reality

Moratinos Praises Syria While Syria Arms Hizballah

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 9:25:38 am PDT

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos, known at LGF as Arafish’s best friend, is praising Syria for telling him what he wants to hear: Spain hails ‘positive’ Syrian attitude to Lebanon truce. DAMASCUS (AFP) - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has hailed what he described as a “very positive” Syrian attitude ...

Tags: Peace Process, Taqqiya, Hizballah, Syria, Moratinos

UK Gov't: Islamic Terrorists Are Using Universities

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 8:58:09 am PDT

The Guardian (via the Jerusalem Post) is reporting that British university personnel have been asked to watch out for suspicious activity among Muslim students—and that the British government is convinced an Islamic terror network is being established within UK universities. (Hat tip: AW.) The usual suspects are seething and whining. Senior university ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Wacademia, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, University

BBC Suing to Suppress Critical Report on ME Coverage

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 8:43:23 am PDT

The BBC is using British taxpayer money to try to keep a report on their disgustingly biased Mideast coverage secret: BBC mounts court fight to keep ‘critical’ report secret. (Hat tip: Michael.) The BBC has spent thousands of pounds of licence payers’ money trying to block the release of a report ...

Tags: Israel, Propaganda, Media Bias, Middle East, BBC

18.7 Million Indonesians Want You Dead

Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 8:27:34 am PDT

As our relentless politically correct media continues piling on the whitewash, and telling us that militant Islamists are a tiny minority who’ve somehow misunderstood the essentially peaceful concept of jihad, in the showcase “moderate” Muslim state of Indonesia, one in 10 Indonesia Muslims back violent jihad. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Around one ...

Tags: Islam, RoP, Indonesia, Jakarta, Abu Bakr Bashir, Bali Bombings

Sunday, October 15, 2006

UN: The Responsibility of Political Cartoonists

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 7:01:12 pm PDT

The United Nations is hosting a series of seminars titled “Unlearning Intolerance,” and the next one focuses on the [Popup]. (Hat tip: Dan.) Are they going to discuss the violently intolerant reaction of the Islamic world to the relatively mild Danish cartoons? Of course not, silly! This seminar will emphasize “The Responsibility ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Danish Cartoons, United Nations

Cycle of Violence: Animalistics

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 6:10:32 pm PDT

Yesterday’s ride: 47.35 miles, with an elevation gain of 2,726 feet on several undisclosed routes in the South Bay region. Almost didn’t ride because rain was threatening in the morning, but it turned out to be a beautiful day. (Last night’s photo thread should give you an idea.) Encountered several ...

Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Mark Steyn Interviewed

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 5:51:01 pm PDT

Linda Frum interviews the always thought-provoking Mark Steyn: The man who likes to poke the world in the eye.

Tags: Mark Steyn, Interview, Linda Frum

Religion of Genocide

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 4:55:12 pm PDT

Palestinian students hold up the Quran, Islam’s holy book, during a rally to support the Palestinian government led by Hamas in Al-Najah University (lgf: search) in the northern West Bank town of Nablus Sunday Oct. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Major Earthquake Hits Hawaii

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 2:43:17 pm PDT

Quake knocks out power across Hawaii. HONOLULU - A strong earthquake shook Hawaii early Sunday, causing a landslide that blocked a major highway on Hawaii Island and knocking out power across the state, authorities said. Gov. Linda Lingle issued a disaster declaration for the entire state. The state Civil Defense had unconfirmed ...

Tags: Earthquake, Hawaii

Muslims Seething About Olympics

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 8:41:20 am PDT

The next huge Muslim seethe-fest will be over the 2012 London Olympics: Muslims’ anger as London Olympics clash with Ramadan. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) And it will be no surprise at all if the International Olympic Committee caves in to pressure (and the inevitable threats) and reschedules the games. The 2012 London ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Olympics

Pakistan ISI Coup Plot Foiled

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 8:23:33 am PDT

Pakistan foils coup plot. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) KARACHI - A plot to stage a coup against Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf soon after his recent return from the US has been uncovered, resulting in the arrest of more than 40 people. Most of those arrested are middle-ranking Pakistani Air Force ...

Tags: Islam, Pakistan, RoP, Coup, Musharraf

Britain's Huge Problem

Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 8:17:48 am PDT

It’s particularly repellent when Muslim women respond to criticism of the misogyny of radical Islam by denying there’s any repression—and by spouting the same lunatic victimhood as their mujahideen brothers: Muslims are the new Jews. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) Especially since July 7 [when British Muslims carried out an appalling act ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Saturday Night Bay

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 7:49:33 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Ocean, Water, Bay, Supertankers, Tankers

Anaheim Candidate's Radical Connections Ignored by AP

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 6:55:47 pm PDT

Here’s another wire story, from the Associated Press, that leaves out critical information about the radicalism of its subject, Anaheim city council candidate Belal Dalati: Mideast politics enter Calif. local race. ANAHEIM, Calif. - Mideast politics have usurped traffic congestion and job creation as the hot topic in an upcoming municipal ...

What Media Bias?

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 6:13:24 pm PDT

Another horribly written piece of terrorist propaganda from the holy warriors’ best friend, Agence France Presse: Two dead as Israel renews Gaza pounding. Byline: Sakher Abu el-Oun. GAZA CITY (AFP) - An Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip killed two Palestinian militants as the Jewish state showed no let-up in its ...

Tags: Palestinians, Media Bias, Fatah, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

South Park Mocks 9/11 Conspiracy Morons, Morons React

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 6:07:44 pm PDT

Truther morons respond to South Park mockery. The undeniable, indisputable and ugly political reality of our times is that the US intelligence apparatus simply cannot be completely separated from the networks of its supposed enemies. That is the story, and by itself it is cause for impeachment and treason trials for ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, South Park, Conspiracy Theories

A Snowstorm of Whitewash

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 5:34:00 pm PDT

Recently we’ve been witnessing a blizzard of news stories about Islamic terror-related issues that omit critical information about the backgrounds and connections of the people involved. Is this simple cluelessness on the part of our exalted journalistic class, or are they deliberately cutting out this important context at some step ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Propaganda, Media Bias, Public Relations

Rushdie on the Religion of Peace

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 3:47:46 pm PDT

Here’s a great interview with Salman Rushdie, full of insight into the evil of radical Islam and the willful blindness of Western liberal elites: Salman Rushdie: His life, his work and his religion. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It’s in The Independent, so the interviewer exhibits some of that willful blindness. “If tomorrow ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Islamic Fascism, Fundamentalism, Salman Rushdie

Newsweek Mocks President Bush, Laughs at "Caliphate"

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 8:57:17 am PDT

An absolutely clueless Newsweek article mocks President Bush for being aware of the goal of the Islamic fascists: Caliwho ? Bush’s Favorite New Word: ‘Caliphate’. Oct. 12, 2006 - When President George W. Bush starts using fifty-cent words in press conferences, one has to wonder why [Yes, after all, he’s just ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, President Bush, Newsweek

AZ Memorial Designers Inspired by Chomsky

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 8:20:59 am PDT

Where did the inspiration for that appalling leftist Arizona 9/11 memorial come from? Noam Chomsky. Yep, the way-left loon’s slim volume 9/11 was one of six books listed in the bibliography of research notes from which the memorial’s designers cribbed statements to etch into the Funyun. Mere mention of the Massachusetts Institute ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Arizona, Chomsky

Hamas "Radicals" Want to Attack America

Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 8:16:43 am PDT

TIME magazine says that “radical elements” within Hamas (as opposed to the “moderate” elements who only want to commit genocide against Jews) are advocating attacks on the United States. Commanders of the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement elected to power in the Palestinian territories earlier this year, are locked ...

Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, CAIR, Fifth Column, Islamic Charities

Friday, October 13, 2006

Dalai Lama Decries Mischievous Muslims

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 8:08:49 pm PDT

According to the all-knowing Dalai Lama, it’s just a tiny minority of mischievous Muslims that give the whole faith a bad name. After all, even Buddhists can be mischievous. ROME (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said after meeting Pope Benedict on Friday that “a few mischievous Muslims” should not be allowed to ...

Tags: RoP, Religion Of Peace, Dalai Lama, Buddhism

Test Result Consistent with NK Nuke

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 5:49:16 pm PDT

Preliminary confirmation that North Korea did indeed light off a nuke. WASHINGTON - One of many tests conducted since North Korea’s claimed nuclear test found a radioactive gas consistent with an atomic explosion, but the U.S. government has made no definitive conclusions about the blast, a senior Bush administration official said ...

Protesting CAIR's Candidates

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 5:46:57 pm PDT

Tomorrow in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Americans Against Hate is sponsoring a demonstration to protest the candidacies of Minnesota’s Keith Ellison and Florida’s Jim Davis, who both have troubling links to CAIR: Standing Against Hate. Coral Springs, FL — On Saturday, October 14, 2006, Americans Against Hate (AAH) will be leading a protest ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Holy Land Foundation, Ellison, Davis

Terrorists With a PR Firm

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 5:25:41 pm PDT

Lebanese workers hang an advertising poster showing Hezbollah fighters launching Katyusha rockets, with the French words reading: ‘Divine Victory,’ at the highway of Beirut international airport, Lebanon, in this picture taken on Aug. 18, 2006. Even Hezbollah has joined the advertising blitz. The guerrilla group paid a public relations firm ...

Tags: Israel, Propaganda, Media Bias, MSM, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Public Relations

Britain's Big Problem

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 5:06:11 pm PDT

It seems as if British media is suddenly full of these sorts of stories: Christian BA employee suspended for wearing cross necklace. Non-Muslim students at Islamic school forced to wear headscarves. Muslim teacher ‘axed’ for keeping veil on. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Holy Land/CAIR Founder Sentenced

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 3:23:04 pm PDT

This Dallas Morning News article doesn’t mention it, but in addition to his ties to the Holy Land Foundation, Ghassan Elashi was also the founder of the Texas chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations: Holy Land group’s co-founder sentenced. (Hat tip: LC LaWedgie.) Ghassan Elashi, co-founder and former chairman ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Holy Land Foundation

Kos Kidz Plan to "Out" The Whole World

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 2:41:58 pm PDT

Can you imagine a world with these freaks in power? Daily Kos: ‘Out’ all Republican Gays in Congress. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)

Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Netroots, Markos, Nutroots, Gay Rights

Banned By The DOI

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 2:35:05 pm PDT

Thanks to Sean Gleeson for the extra added snark; he supplied the “Banned By The DOI” badge you see at left.

Tags: Blogosphere, DOI, Department Of The Interior

Baby Moonbat's Bush Threat

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 1:13:57 pm PDT

A baby moonbat in Sacramento thought it would be cool to post “Kill Bush” along with a picture of a knife stabbing the President at her MySpace site. Oops. U.S. agents question teen. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Now the elder moonbats are seething. Not at the cute little Bush-hater, of course—at ...

Tags: Moonbats, President Bush, Threat

Airplane Bomb Plotters Used Ebay

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:53:51 am PDT

At The Blotter, disturbing new details about the London airplane bomb plotters, who used eBay to raise funds and concealed explosives in AA batteries. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) The British terror cell that allegedly plotted to blow up flights from London to the U.S. helped finance the operation by buying and ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Airplane, Ebay

Georgia Muslim Pleads Guilty to Supporting Hamas

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 9:48:31 am PDT

An Arab man living in Georgia has pleaded guilty to supporting Hamas, through donations to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development—a “charity” organization with many links to the Council on American Islamic Relations. ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen has pleaded guilty in a federal court to providing material ...

Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, CAIR, Fifth Column, Islamic Charities

Religion of Peaceful Beheading

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 9:06:48 am PDT

Representatives of the Religion of Peace™, humiliated by the Pope’s recent comments suggesting a link between Islam and violence, kidnapped and decapitated an Orthodox priest in Mosul: Relatives of beheaded Iraqi priest say kidnappers demanded apology for pope Muslim comments. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MOSUL, Iraq - Relatives of an Orthodox ...

Tags: Islam, Iraq, Beheading, Pope

Air America is Broke

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 8:48:45 am PDT

I hope this doesn’t come as too much of a shock to the Nutroots®: Air America Radio files for Chapter 11. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NEW YORK - Air America Radio, a liberal talk and news radio network that features the comedian Al Franken, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, ...

Tags: Moonbats, Air America, Progressives, Bankruptcy

Third Anniversary of Palestinian Murder of Three Americans

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 8:29:38 am PDT

As Condoleezza Rice tells advocacy groups that Palestinians deserve a life free of “humiliation,” let’s remember that this Sunday marks the third anniversary of the murder of three Americans by Palestinian terrorists. To underline the irony for Condi, they were part of a diplomatic convoy. Nothing has been done about this ...

Tags: Terrorism, Palestinian, Propaganda, War Crimes, Death Cult, Child Abuse, State Department

Rightroots Has Raised More Than $200K

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 8:13:54 am PDT

The Rightroots bloggers have until about October 15 to bring in donations for conservative candidates in this election cycle, and here’s the page where you can check out the candidates and donate for any you think are worthy: Rightroots by ABCPac.com.

Tags: Election, Rightroots

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Thursday Night River

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 9:08:20 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water, Rocks

Jawdropper of the Day

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 8:00:03 pm PDT

This one could also be filed under “Britain’s Gigantic Problem:” Schoolgirl arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils. (Hat tip: cbinflux.) A teenage schoolgirl was arrested by police for racism after refusing to sit with a group of Asian students because some of them did not speak English. Codie Stott’s family ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

The Truthers Meet Their Match

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 7:07:55 pm PDT

No telling how long it will be available, but you can watch the entire 9/11 Truther episode of South Park at the PPB: VIDEO: South Park Slams 9/11 Truthers.

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Truthers, Conspiracy Theories

Musharraf: KSM Killed Daniel Pearl

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 6:41:44 pm PDT

Pervez Musharraf’s book says that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed personally cut Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s head off—and TIME magazine says it’s been confirmed by “US officials:” Fingering Danny Pearl’s Killer. (Hat tip: Andrew.) A new book by Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, In the Line of Fire, speculates that Khalid Sheikh ...

Thursday Afternoon Open Thread

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 4:44:10 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for a late Thursday afternoon. Posts have been a bit light today, because I’ve been working on Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch site to restore it from an accidental nuking. If you were wondering—no, the site wasn’t hacked. But great googly moogly, was it ever a mess. ...

Tags: Open Thread, Cindy Sheehan

Two Ex-Terrorists and a Former Nazi

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 2:18:09 pm PDT

An excellent, detailed account of last night’s presentation by Walid Shoebat, Zakaria Anani, and Hilmar von Campe at Columbia University: Atlas Shrugs: 2 Ex-Terrorists and a Former Nazi at Columbia University. Audio and video included.

Tags: Moonbats, Free Speech, Columbia University, Wacademia, Minutemen, Walid Shoebat

Somali Sheikhs Call for Expatriates to Return for Holy War

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 8:41:10 am PDT

The Islamic warlords of Somalia have issued a call for Somalis abroad to return home for Jihad against Ethiopia. (Hat tip: Elric66.) (SomaliNet) The Islamic Courts who are controlling most of southern Somalia have urged on Wednesday Somali communities in abroad to join their efforts to the holy war already declared ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Al Qaeda, Somalia

Condi Panders to Palestinian Victimhood

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 8:14:26 am PDT

A question for Condoleezza Rice: on what basis do Palestinians “deserve” a better life, and why is it our responsibility to give it to them? They voted en masse for a radical Islamic terrorist group with an open policy of genocide. They have turned their back on every offer of ...

Tags: Palestinians, State Department, Condoleezza Rice

Religion of Terror and Chaos

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 7:56:17 am PDT

A Muslim convert arrested two years ago has admitted to plotting to blow up the New York Stock Exchange. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LONDON (Reuters) - A Briton arrested amid a massive U.S. security alert two years ago admitted in a London court on Thursday to plotting to blow up the ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Britain, RoP, Religion Of Peace

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Wednesday Night Birds

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 8:30:41 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water, Birds

CU Shuts Doors at Last Minute

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 6:07:01 pm PDT

After the disgraceful events of last week, Columbia University is so afraid of embarrassment that they simply closed the doors to a talk by Walid Shoebat and other strong anti-terrorism speakers, and turned away invited guests: Avoiding Political Embarrassment the Columbia University Way.

Tags: Moonbats, Free Speech, Columbia University, Wacademia, Minutemen, Walid Shoebat

Iowahawk: Announcement of Glorious Nuclear Achievement

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 4:54:14 pm PDT

The thing we’ve most feared has finally—horribly—come to pass. Everything changes after today, because Iowahawk has gone nuclear. He has become death, the destroyer of blogs.

Tags: Parody, Iowahawk, North Korea

Palestinian Child Abuse

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 3:59:56 pm PDT

This time al-Reuters can’t try to pretend it’s a “toy gun”—so they just ignore it in the caption. People carry the body of Abdallah Mansur, 29, during his funeral in Al-Ein refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus October 11, 2006. Palestinian hospital workers said Mansur had been shot ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Palestinians, Terrorism, Propaganda, Child Abuse

Gadahn Charged with Treason

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 3:03:26 pm PDT

Al Qaeda scumbag Adam Gadahn (who converted to Islam at the Islamic Society of Orange County) has been indicted for treason, the first person to be so charged since the 1950s. LOS ANGELES - The charge of treason was used for the first time in the United States’ war on terrorism ...

Tags: Moonbats, Al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, Leftists, Treason

UK Education Minister Backs Ban on Veils

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 2:41:47 pm PDT

Forecast for the UK tomorrow: increased seething with scattered threats, as British Education Minister Bill Rammell follows Jack Straw into the Islamic minefield of full face masks for women: UK minister backs university ban on Muslim veils. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LONDON (Reuters) - A British education minister said on Wednesday ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Saudi Jinn Cloth Exorcism

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 1:11:21 pm PDT

On Lebanon’s LBC TV, Saudi Sheikh Munir explains how he exorcised a jinn from a young girl, by yanking large amounts of cloth out of her body. And he displays the cloth. In fact, he has a shopping bag full. Yecchh. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Interviewer: When a jinn talks from within a ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Faith Healing

Aircraft Crashes into NY Building

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 12:10:07 pm PDT

Now on Fox News: No indications of terrorism... UPDATE at 10/11/06 1:59:04 pm: The plane was piloted by Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, who apparently died in the crash.

Tags: New York, Airplane Accident, Helicopter

Lancet Editor: Certified Moonbat

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:57:22 am PDT

The Lancet report claiming an absurdly inflated number of casualties in Iraq is all over the news today. Here’s some context that media isn’t giving you, in a video clip from the recent “Time To Go” demonstration of the UK Stop The War Coalition, at which Lancet editor Richard Horton was ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Lancet

Dept of Interior Blocking Conservative Blogs?

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:19:13 am PDT

Baron Bodissey forwarded this email today; is the US Department of the Interior following the lead of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and blocking American anti-jihad sites? I’m a long-time reader, without ever actually commenting on anything. Yesterday the U.S. Department of the Interior (I work for the Mineral Management Service) installed ...

Tags: Blogosphere, Dhimmitude, DOI

RoP Strikes Again in Philippines

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 9:56:17 am PDT

12 killed and 25 wounded in separate blasts in Philippines. MANILA - At least 12 people were killed and 20 more were wounded when a bomb exploded during a town festival Tuesday in the southern Philippines, where security officials were put on alert for possible attacks by militants linked to Al ...

Tags: RoP, Religion Of Peace, Philippines

Lancet's October Surprise

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 9:38:34 am PDT

British medical journal The Lancet, thoroughly discredited (at least in the sane world) after its absurd 2004 report, is at it again with a new “survey” making an even more ridiculous claim: Study: 655,000 Iraqis Died Due to War. Notice that this new report is released in October, immediately before a ...

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Lancet

European Public Awakening to Danger

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 9:18:47 am PDT

Moderate Europeans losing faith in Islam. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BRUSSELS Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line regarding its Muslim minorities: More people in the political mainstream are arguing that Islam cannot be reconciled with European values. “You saw what happened with the pope,” said Patrick Goeman, 43, the owner ...

Tags: Europe, Eurabia, Immigration, Multiculturalism

Palestinians Kidnap Useful Idiot?

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 8:57:29 am PDT

The poor oppressed Palestinians are at it again: Palestinian group says it has kidnapped US student in West Bank. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - A previously unknown Palestinian militant group has claimed to have kidnapped an American student in the occupied West Bank. The group, Ansar Al-Suna, faxed a copy of the ...

Tags: Moonbats, Palestinians, War Crimes, Death Cult, Useful Idiots, Kidnapping

Petition to Support Shutting Down Free Speech

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 8:44:02 am PDT

The fascists who stormed the stage and shut down a speech by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist at Columbia University have set up a petition to support their thuggish actions, describing the near-riot as a “courageous stand:” Statement of support for the Columbia University students who protested Jim Gilchrist Petition. (Hat ...

Tags: Moonbats, Free Speech, Columbia University, Wacademia, Minutemen

Mainstreaming 9/11 Conspiracy

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 8:24:12 am PDT

University of Wisconsin-Madison instructor Kevin Barrett is a Muslim convert, teaching Islam along with a heaping helping of evil conspiracy theories—and students will be required to buy his disgusting book of lies: UW Instructor Compares Bush to Hitler. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MILWAUKEE (AP) — A university instructor who came under ...

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Conspiracy Theories, UW Madison, Barrett

Airport Drops Plan to Institute Shari'a

Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 8:17:10 am PDT

Twin Cities International Airport is dropping its plan to abide by shari’a law for Muslim taxi drivers: Airport Drops Muslim Cabbie Compromise. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Airport officials gave up Tuesday on a proposal to meant to ensure that travelers carrying liquor don’t get stranded at the curb ...

Tags: Islam, Airport, Sharia, Minnesota

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

YouTube Yin/Yang

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 7:54:36 pm PDT

At YouTube, the video of David Zucker’s hilarious (and completely inoffensive, except to the ideologically obsessed) advertisement has been marked as “inappropriate content.” But the fictional assassination of George W. Bush? No problem: YouTube - Death of a President.

Tags: Moonbats, Politics, Youtube, Zucker

Stating the Obvious

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 6:52:56 pm PDT

Olmert: Syria peace overtures are a ploy. D’uh. Ya think?

Tags: Peace Process, Taqqiya, Syria

Why Don't We Do It In The Mosque

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 6:21:39 pm PDT

Doing the horizontal bop in a mosque in Kenya will get you 18 months in jail: Couple jailed for sex in mosque. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The wonders of shari’a. Al-Reuters files this one under “Oddly Enough!” Kimani and Wairimu both pleaded for clemency at Monday’s hearing, saying they were too drunk ...

Tags: Islam, Free Speech, Shari'a, Mosque, Sharia, Sex

Tuesday Night Books

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 6:18:33 pm PDT

Reading material for the next week:

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Books

Breaking: Second NK Test Reported (Update: Not Today)

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 4:54:29 pm PDT

Fox News now reporting that Japan is monitoring what they believe to be a second nuclear test by North Korea... UPDATE at 10/10/06 5:18:56 pm: An AP release: North Korea suspected of 2nd nuke test. UPDATE at 10/10/06 5:32:27 pm: Seismic activity at USGS: ASL DCC INCN TELEMETRY DATA. (Hat tip: troy.) UPDATE at 10/10/06 ...

AZ 9/11 Memorial Designers Wanted to Commemorate the Murderers

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 4:29:55 pm PDT

The truth about Arizona’s 9/11 “memorial” is even more appalling than we could have imagined: Arizona 9/11 memorial designers wanted to commemorate hijackers.

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Arizona

Danish Embassy Attacked in Iran

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 2:45:38 pm PDT

Protesters hurl petrol bombs at Danish mission in Iran. (Hat tip: Little Bulldogs.) TEHRAN (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters pelted the Danish embassy in Tehran with stones and petrol bombs on Tuesday after Danish television broadcast footage deemed insulting to the Muslim Prophet Mohammad, witnesses said. Denmark’s state TV aired footage on ...

Tags: Islam, Danish Cartoons, Iran, Free Speech, Ahmadinejad, RoP

And Now, the Apple Jihad

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 2:30:05 pm PDT

Why is Apple Computers so insensitive to the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims? Apple’s “Mecca Project” Provokes Muslim Reaction. On October 10, 2006, an Islamic website posted a message alerting Muslims to what it claims is a new insult to Islam. According to the message, the cube-shaped building which is being constructed ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Media Bias, Cartoon Jihad, Reuters, Muslim Brotherhood, Apple

Your Moment of Pro-Hizballah Propaganda

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 1:57:28 pm PDT

Brought to you by the terrorists’ best friend, Agence France Presse: Lebanese children go back to school with tales of horror. The Hizballah war may be over for now, but the mainstream media is continuing to promote this kind of outrageously obvious, terribly written death cult propaganda. JUWAYA, Lebanon (AFP) - “What ...

Tags: Israel, Propaganda, Media Bias, Middle East, AFP

David Zucker's New GOP Ad

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 1:36:20 pm PDT

Drudge says the GOP isn’t going to use this new advertisement produced by David Zucker; too “scary,” apparently. But it’s brilliant: [Video] UPDATE at 10/10/06 4:41:22 pm: This video has now been flagged as “inappropriate” at YouTube, and even though it was showing 9 “honors” earlier today, now the honor count is back at ...

Tags: Kim Jong-Il, Advertisement, GOP, Campaign, Albright

Ahmadinejad: The Cartoon Holocaust

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 8:47:28 am PDT

Iran’s madman president has compared the Danish cartoons of Mohammed to ... you guessed it ... the Holocaust: Iran summons Danish envoy over prophet video. And he threatens violence, naturally. TEHERAN - Iran on Monday summoned the Danish ambassador to strongly condemn a video lampooning the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) produced by a ...

Tags: Islam, Danish Cartoons, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

How the Dems Support the Troops

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 8:21:29 am PDT

Remember that photo at the top of The Democratic Party’s page, of a crowd of people cheering and pumping their fists? The theme is that only the Democrats really support the troops, and this is the page where they previously featured an altered stock image of a Canadian soldier. Well, the ...

Honor Killing in Australia

Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 8:04:53 am PDT

A teenage girl in Australia made the mistake of telling her parents she didn’t want to be a Muslim: Religion blamed for stabbing. (Hat tip: NJDhockeyfan.) A RELIGIOUS feud between a Muslim father and his teenage daughter may have sparked a bloody domestic dispute on the Gold Coast which left the ...

Tags: Islam, Australia, Immigration, Honor Killing

Monday, October 09, 2006

Danish Cartoon Jihad: A Leftist Sting

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 7:55:31 pm PDT

The latest Danish cartoon jihad was apparently deliberately started by a left wing “artists’ group” that infiltrated the Danish People’s Party—and now that the damage has been done, they’ve tried to erase their videos from the internet: Web sites remove videos mocking Muhammad. COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Videos showing anti-immigrant party members ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Media Bias, Cartoon Jihad, Reuters, Muslim Brotherhood

Monday Night Beach

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 7:41:45 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Driscoll Interviews Steyn

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 7:15:47 pm PDT

Ed Driscoll’s podcast interview with Mark Steyn is very much worth your time, especially Steyn’s account of his visit to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Mark Steyn, Interview

Video: Muslim Cab Drivers at Twin Cities Airport

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 5:55:46 pm PDT

Muslim cab drivers at the Twin Cities International Airport are not only refusing to carry blind people with seeing eye dogs and people with alcohol—they also won’t serve transsexuals, according to Fox 9 News: Cab Controversy. (Hat tip: dubluv.) Here’s a vidclip from Fox 9 of their reporter confronting a group ...

Tags: Islam, Airport, Sharia, Minnesota

A More Sensitive Way of War

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 2:28:14 pm PDT

I doubt that World War II pilots sent to bomb the historic capitals of Europe and Japan received sensitivity training from archaeologists: Archaeologist Aids Army on Sensitivity. FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) - Col. Rick Mitchell did three tours of duty in Iraq, flying dozens of patrols and bombing missions over the ...

Tags: Military, Multiculturalism, Political Correctness

CAIR Watch Launches

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 12:27:02 pm PDT

Here’s a web site whose time has come: CAIR Watch, whose motto is “Keeping an eye on hate.” There’s a lot to watch, as the Council on American Islamic Relations gets more and more active in the US, and mainstream media refuses to deal with their many well-documented ties to extremists ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Anaheim

Muslim Brotherhood Wolf At the Door

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 11:26:15 am PDT

The State Department comes in for much criticism around here, but so far they’ve done at least one thing right (although I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually cave in to the relentless pressure from “progressives” and Islamists): The State Department Was Right to deny Tariq Ramadan a visa. ON SEPTEMBER ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan

State Dept: Nuclear Energy for the Whole World

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 10:33:19 am PDT

Did you know that the State Department has an official program to encourage the use and development of civilian nuclear power around the world? Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). This explains recent reports that Yemen and Egypt are expanding their nuclear programs.

Tags: Radical Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Yemen, Egypt, State Department

Bush-Deranged Lefty Watch

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 9:38:55 am PDT

To the Kos Kidz, of course, just as with any negative incident that happens anywhere in the universe, North Korea’s nuclear test is Another Bush Failure On National Security. But the real punchline is that they think Bill Clinton’s policy was a success. UPDATE at 10/9/06 10:01:26 am: And for the record, my ...

Tags: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Daily Kos, North Korea

Al Qaeda in Gaza Attacks Internet Cafe

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 9:21:37 am PDT

Al Qaeda has set up shop in the Gaza Strip; here’s a look at the sort of Islamic utopia they’re working to bring into the world: Al-Qaeda affiliate burns coffee shop in Gaza Strip. After the Palestinian branch of al-Qaeda took responsibility for killing a senior Palestinian intelligence officer and four ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Al Qaeda, Fatah, Civil War, Gaza

Swedish Riot Update

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 8:58:54 am PDT

Riots in the Swedish city of Gothenburg were apparently less serious than first reports (“total chaos”) indicated: Gothenburg power cut sparks vandalism. (Hat tip: Staffan.) A gang of youths threw stones at police and vandalised buildings during a power cut in Gothenburg on Sunday night. Nobody has been arrested but police ...

Tags: Islam, Sweden, Immigration, Ramadan

North Korea Preparing Second Nuke Test?

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 8:50:20 am PDT

North Korea may be preparing second test: intelligence. SEOUL - Unusual activities were detected in a rugged area in North Korea on Monday, causing South Korean authorities to suspect that the communist state might be preparing a second nuclear test, a news report said. Kim Seung-Gyu, head of South Korea’s spy agency, ...

Video: Bush on NK Nuke Test

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 8:33:03 am PDT

Hot Air has video of President Bush’s statement on the North Korea nuclear test.

Islamic Terrorist Cross Dressers

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 8:26:59 am PDT

In addition to keeping women in their place, the burqa has another handy purpose: Suspect in terror hunt used veil to evade arrest. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A MALE suspect in a major anti-terrorist investigation in Britain escaped capture by allegedly disguising himself as a Muslim woman dressed in a burka, The ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

The Jack Straw Jihad Intensifies

Mon, Oct 9, 2006 at 8:15:56 am PDT

As Muslim rage continues to grow over House of Commons leader Jack Straw’s mild criticism of the radical Islamic full face mask for women, more appeasement-minded British politicians are rushing in to assure women that they have the right to choose to be oppressed: Muslim Fury Grows Against Straw; Veil ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Sunday Night Blimp

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 9:37:22 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Blimp, Zeppelin

NK Nuke Test Open Thread

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 8:33:48 pm PDT

There’s still no confirmation on the reported North Korean nuclear test, but according to Fox News, the US Geological Survey says they have not detected any unusual seismic activity. UPDATE at 10/8/06 8:36:35 pm: Correction: Fox News just reported that the USGS has detected seismic activity after all. UPDATE at 10/8/06 8:41:51 pm: South ...

Paul Johnson's Nuclear Nightmare

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 8:26:45 pm PDT

British historian Paul Johnson imagines the unthinkable, in a December 2002 piece for The Spectator: There arose out of the pit the smoke of a great furnace. (Hat tip: Doss.) The sound of the explosion was so loud, so prolonged and so unusual that I knew at once I was listening ...

Tags: Nuclear Attack

Breaking: N. Korea Conducts Nuke Test

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 7:51:09 pm PDT

Get ready for the new nuclear dawn: Report: North Korea conducts nuke test.

Report: UK Metro Police Chief Issues Ominous Warning

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 6:06:08 pm PDT

Iain Dale is justifiably concerned about a remark he’s reporting, by UK Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair in a supposedly private meeting (the Brits have leakers too), suggesting that “a truly appalling act of terror” might lead the British government to consider “internment:” EXCLUSIVE: Sir Ian Blair Says New Terror ...

Tags: Terrorism, Britain, Ian Blair

Fauxtoshopping the Military

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 5:46:02 pm PDT

An interesting look back at the Fauxtoshopping of military images, at Blog P.I.: Photoshop: Still Harder Than You Think. (And to the moonbats in the audience: yes, the Bush-Cheney crowd multiplication image is included.)

US to Help Yemen Go Nuclear?

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 4:06:28 pm PDT

If this report is true, it’s got to be one of the stupidest ideas of the last hundred years: US to help Yemen go nuclear: Saleh. Yemen will go nuclear to make up for the shortcomings in the electricity supply in the country, said President Ali Abdullah Saleh Monday evening, at ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Yemen

World Leaders Agree, Danish Kids Blasphemous

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 3:58:51 pm PDT

The Prime Minister of Denmark and the madman President of Iran agree: Danish kids must not mock Mohammed. That’s The Prophet Mohammed, by the way, as al-Reuters is scrupulously careful to point out each time they use the name. COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen denounced members of the ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Media Bias, Cartoon Jihad, Reuters, Muslim Brotherhood

Breaking: Ramadan Riots in Sweden

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 3:07:33 pm PDT

LGF reader Enlil from Gothenburg, Sweden, sent the following disturbing note: Tonight there were power shortages all over Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg. “Youth gangs” took the opportunity, spreading the European tradition of “Ramadan Riots.” Within an hour most schools and commercial centers in the north eastern suburbs were vandalized. - It’s ...

Tags: Islam, Sweden, Immigration, Ramadan

UK University Honors Khatami

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 8:33:05 am PDT

I thought the sycophantic behavior of US Muslim groups like CAIR and ISNA was bad enough when Iranian mullah Ayatollah Khatami visited the United States—but Britain’s St. Andrews University is taking it a step further and giving the mass murderer an honorary degree: Fury as St Andrews honours Hezbollah backer. STUDENT ...

Tags: Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, CAIR, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Khatami, National Cathedral

Who's Minding the Democratic Party?

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 8:09:18 am PDT

Amazingly, the Photoshopped picture of a Canadian soldier is still posted at The Democratic Party web site this morning. They’re probably all busy Googling for more dirt on Mark Foley.

Honor Killing in Louisville?

Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 7:59:11 am PDT

Father charged in stabbing deaths of children. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — A man charged with killing his four young children and assaulting his wife was ordered held without bail Saturday after a judge entered a not guilty plea for him. Said Biyad, 42, faces four counts of capital ...

Tags: Islam, Immigration, Honor Killing, US. Kentucky

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Saturday Night Surf

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 10:14:44 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Breaking: Mullahs Cracking Down on Rival Ayatollah

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 7:35:50 pm PDT

AntiMullah.com is reporting that a serious clash is taking place in Iran as the ruling elites crack down on a former confidant of the Shah: Breaking news - Ayatollah revolts in Iran.

Tags: Iran, Reform, Mullah, Ayatollah

Cycle of Violence: Undocumented Riders

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 7:19:42 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 50.20 miles, into Palos Verdes for a total of 2425 feet of climbing on several undocumented routes, in the perfect 70 degree SoCal climate. The bike paths were remarkably uncrowded, probably because there were several big football games today. Maximum speed: 40.3 miles per hour.

Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Democratic Party Fauxtoshops Veteran

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 6:50:09 pm PDT

I guess The Democratic Party couldn’t find a photograph of a US veteran that had the right attitude for their web site’s page slamming the Bush administration for not supporting the troops enough. So they found a picture of a Canadian soldier, digitally removed the badge from his beret, and used ...

Aussie Muslim Cabbies Refusing Service to the Blind

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 4:45:58 pm PDT

The problem of Muslim cab drivers refusing service to infidels who violate Islamic laws (such as blind people with guide dogs) is not just happening in Minnesota and Britain: Australian Muslim cabbies refusing the blind and drinkers. MUSLIM taxi drivers are refusing to carry blind passengers with their guide dogs or ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Australia, Multiculturalism, Taxi

Muslim Brotherhood Inciting the Faithful

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 3:38:28 pm PDT

The Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood sees another chance to flex their muscles in the latest Danish cartoon brouhaha, demanding apologies and calling for boycotts and days of rage: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood denounces what it calls ‘new Danish insults’ to Islam. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) This sort of madness is becoming more ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Media Bias, Cartoon Jihad, Reuters, Muslim Brotherhood

Palestinian Child Abuse

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 8:34:52 am PDT

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun during a Hamas rally at a soccer stadium in Gaza City Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. Tens of thousands gathered on Friday in a massive show of support for the ruling Hamas group and its beleaguered government. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) Who does the Associated ...

Tags: Palestinian, Propaganda, Media Bias, War Crimes, Death Cult, AP, Child Abuse

Those Danes and Their Cartoons

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 8:30:10 am PDT

Sugiero located amateur video at YouTube of the latest Danish cartoon apocalypse, as young ‘Danish People’s Party’ members draw Muhammed. Reuters is doing their part to stir up the mujahideen over this issue: Danish TV shows cartoons mocking Prophet Mohammad. Notice how the Reuters headline uses the word “prophet” as a fact, ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Media Bias, Cartoon Jihad, Reuters

British Metro Policeman's Radical Connections

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 8:07:24 am PDT

The Muslim police officer who refused to guard Britain’s Israeli embassy was married by radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) A Muslim police officer who asked to be excused from guarding the Israeli embassy was married by the radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Pc Alexander ...

Tags: Israel, Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Britain's Huge Problem

Sat, Oct 7, 2006 at 7:55:44 am PDT

In Minnesota, Muslim cab drivers are refusing service to passengers carrying alcohol—and the airport commission is allowing it to happen, instituting special rules to accommodate the intolerant drivers. Now Britain has its own taxi scandal, as a Muslim driver refused to carry a blind passenger—and the cab company told the blind ...

Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Taxi

Friday, October 06, 2006

Friday Night Beach

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 9:31:22 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

London Gallery Pulls Well-Known Artist, Fear of RoP Cited

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 7:10:52 pm PDT

Fearing Muslim rage, a London gallery has pulled the works of well-known surrealist Hans Bellmer out of an exhibition the day before it was supposed to open. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) PARIS (Reuters) - A London gallery has decided not to show some works of art because it fears they would ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Art, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Islamists Hate Sweden's New Integration Minister

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 6:09:29 pm PDT

Sweden’s new integration minister seems to be a Scandinavian version of Ayaan Hirsi Ali—and she already has the attendant seething Islamic groups: Youth and diversity sets new government apart. (Hat tip: Western Resistance.) The appointment of Liberal Nyamko Sabuni as integration minister is proving to be one of Fredrik Reinfeldt’s most ...

Tags: Islam, Eurabia, Sweden, Immigration, Nyamko Sabuni

UK Muslim: "He Shouldn't Be Allowed to Comment"

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 12:26:59 pm PDT

Here’s a BBC video clip with representatives of UK Muslim advocacy groups raging at Jack Straw, concluding with a woman from MPACUK who says, “He shouldn’t be allowed to comment on these kind of issues, this is a Muslim issue.” (Hat tip: Sugiero.) [Video]

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Abu Mazen Says...

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 10:23:29 am PDT

While Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was telling Condoleezza Rice what she wanted to hear (“Sure, Condi! Hamas will recognize Israel! You bet!”) in English, here’s what he said in Arabic on PA TV.

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War, Gaza, Condi Rice

AFP Sobs About Palestinians

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 9:32:48 am PDT

This is what passes for reporting at Agence France Presse, in a story about the poor, oppressed, discouraged Palestinians and their loss of faith in the United States: US pledges fall on deaf Palestinian ears. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - A pledge from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to redouble ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War, Gaza, Condi Rice

The Torture Never Stops, Foley Department

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 8:53:53 am PDT

The Mark Foley scandal is emblematic of everything that reeks about modern US politics. This story has it all: scummy politicians abusing positions of power, cover-ups, overheated accusations, political grandstanding by outrageous hypocrites, and wall to wall salacious coverage from the drooling mainstream media. Judging by this post, Allahpundit is ...

Tags: Scandal, Mark Foley

Brits Clash with Muslims in Windsor

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 8:44:58 am PDT

Three nights of rioting in Britain, and hardly a word about it in the news: Race clashes hit Windsor. (Hat tip: Ringo.) Extra police are being drafted into the Windsor area today after three nights of violent clashes between white and Asian youths. Gangs have fought battles in the streets using baseball ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Riots, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Muslim Rage at Jack Straw Grows

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 8:28:22 am PDT

Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw’s remark that he feels uncomfortable talking to women wearing masks has provoked a growing storm of seething from British Muslim advocacy groups: Straw walks into race row over Muslim women’s veil. One of the radical front groups leading the seething is the “Islamic Human Rights ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Thursday Night Peninsula

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 8:05:15 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Clouds, Sky

Massive Crowd Calls for Bush Impeachment in Columbus

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 7:15:51 pm PDT

LGF operative Ciaospirit shows us the World Can’t Wait Day of Mass Resistance in Columbus, Ohio, with about [Popup].

Tags: Moonbats, Demonstration

Suicide Bomb Victims Can Sue French Bank

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 6:16:02 pm PDT

A lawsuit by families of suicide bomb victims against French bank Credit Lyonnais, alleging that the bank knowingly provided financial services to genocidal terrorists, will proceed. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit by families of suicide bomb victims in Israel seeking damages from French bank Credit Lyonnais claiming it knowingly provided ...

Tags: France, Hamas, Suicide Bomb, Law

Moronic Convergence: Last Gasp of the Socialist Geezers

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 5:31:27 pm PDT

It’s a Michael Moore remake of Todd Browning’s Freaks, in the World Can’t Wait Day of Mass Resistance. El Marco was there and has a photo gallery at Flickr: Last Gasp NYC Oct. 5, 2006. “Mass Resistance,” in this case, being defined as: about a thousand people. El Marco’s full photo album ...

Tags: Moonbats, Demonstration

Wafa Sultan on Changing Islam

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 3:53:35 pm PDT

Here’s an outstanding video clip: Wafa Sultan on Danish television, discussing Islam and the cartoon jihad with uncommon clarity. (Hat tip: mepost.) [Video]

Tags: Radical Islam, Wafa Sultan, Islam, Reform

Secretary Rice Meets Palestinian Terrorists

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 3:14:49 pm PDT

So much for the US holding the line against “negotiations” with terrorists. Yesterday Condoleezza Rice met with leaders of the Fatah terror wing, Tanzim (a group that includes the suicide-bombing Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades), on the same day she met with murderous thugs Mohammed Dahlan and Yasser Abed Rabbo: Rice ...

Tags: Palestinians, Secretary Of State, Tanzim

This Just In: British Muslims Seething at Jack Straw

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 2:02:46 pm PDT

The very mildest of perfectly reasonable criticisms from British politician Jack Straw (who is normally to the left of Neville Chamberlain on appeasement issues) has got the “Islamic Human Rights Commission” (not a joke) seething and whining: Muslims outraged by Jack Straw’s veil veto. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Former Foreign Secretary ...

Tags: Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Veil

Foley IMs Were a Prank

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 12:37:13 pm PDT

The stupidest scandal of the year just got even stupider: Drudge Report: According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the ...

Tags: Blogosphere, Scandal, Foley

Islamic "Diversity Training" at MSU

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 8:51:41 am PDT

Radical Islamic front groups CAIR and MSA will settle for voluntary (for now) “diversity training” at Michigan State University, after their attempts to have tenured professor Indrek Wichman fired were unsuccessful: E-mail to MSA spurs diversity training. MSU officials plan on providing diversity training on Islam-related subjects to interested members of ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Muslim Students Association, Michigan State University

French Police: Muslims Are Waging Civil War Against Us

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 8:28:00 am PDT

When the Paris riots took place last year, mainstream media rushed to assure us that the violence had no connection to radical Islam, and deliberately whitewashed reports to remove all hints of a link. In the US, the leftist blogosphere mocked anti-jihad blogs that tried to shine a light on ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, France, Appeasement, Youths, Intifada

Leftists Attack Minuteman Founder

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 7:54:57 am PDT

Fascist thugs stormed the stage and attacked Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist at Columbia University: At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder. Students stormed the stage at Columbia University’s Roone auditorium yesterday, knocking over chairs and tables and attacking Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, a group that patrols the border between ...

Tags: Moonbats, Free Speech, Columbia University, Wacademia, Minutemen

Hizballah Gloats Over Media Manipulation

Thu, Oct 5, 2006 at 7:50:13 am PDT

Here’s a Google translation of a page at the Hizballah web site, in which the terrorists gloat over their success at manipulating Western public opinion through our media: Hezbollah through Western eyes. (Hat tip: CAMERA Snapshots.) And the public relations arm of the terror organization may now be reaching out to ...

Tags: Israel, Propaganda, Media Bias, MSM, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Preparing for the Moronic Convergence

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:47:52 pm PDT

Tomorrow, of course, is the Moonbats’ Dreaded Day of Mass Resistance! (Hat tip: sngnsgt.) I hope they break out the giant papier maché puppets. I never get tired of those.

Tags: Moonbats, Demonstration

A Reef in the Sky

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:38:19 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Clouds, Sky

UK Muslim Cop Excused From Protecting Israeli Embassy

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 8:03:09 pm PDT

You’ve got to be kidding. Muslim PC wins right not to protect Israeli Embassy. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A Muslim police officer has been excused from guarding London’s Israeli Embassy after he objected to the duty on ‘moral grounds’. PC Alexander Omar Basha - a member of the Metropolitan Police’s Diplomatic Protection Group ...

Tags: Israel, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Foley Scandal: Cybersex Between Two Adults?

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 5:31:31 pm PDT

If what Passionate America claims to have discovered is accurate, the page to whom Mark Foley sent explicit instant messages was 18 years old at the time: Meet Jordan Edmund One Mark Foley Instant Messenger. UPDATE at 10/4/06 5:33:11 pm: This is now the headline at Drudge Report. UPDATE at 10/4/06 6:02:39 pm: Allahpundit ...

Tags: Blogosphere, Scandal, Foley

Genocide on the Installment Plan

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 3:43:38 pm PDT

Fatah and Hamas may struggle for dominance, but they’re really after the same thing: the destruction of the state of Israel. Fatah (now routinely labeled “moderate” by mainstream media) is just prepared to wait a bit longer: Fatah member: Abbas recognition of Israel political. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Palestinian Authority President ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

Jawa Report Video Censored by YouTube

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 2:57:28 pm PDT

The Jawa Report has also been targeted for censorship by YouTube; their video “Rocket Ride” was rejected and they were threatened with having their account canceled: YouTube Suspending Anti-Jihad Accounts. Here’s the video YouTube rejected, about faked and/or staged photos from Lebanon of “rocket attacks” on vehicles: [Video]

Tags: Censorship, Youtube

Supreme Court OKs 7th-Grade Islam Immersion Course

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 12:17:31 pm PDT

Here’s a case of multiculturalism gone berserk, in a Supreme Court ruling that must have greatly pleased CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood: Appeal on school’s lesson in Muslim culture is rejected. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by evangelical Christian students and their parents who ...

Tags: Islam, Education, Supreme Court

Selective Censorship at YouTube

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:54:22 am PDT

Riding Sun points out that while YouTube is censoring and limiting access to conservative and anti-jihad videos (even canceling one user’s account), you can still find deranged antisemitic and pro-terrorist propaganda all over the place with no restrictions: Selective censorship on YouTube. GaijinBiker posts several links to such videos, but here’s ...

Tags: Moonbats, Terrorism, Blogosphere, Youtube

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 10:53:04 am PDT

Hamas member killed near West Bank town. NABLUS, West Bank - Masked men killed a local Hamas political activist Wednesday as he set out for morning prayers before dawn in the northern West Bank, witnesses said. The Israeli army denied it was involved in the shooting in the town of Hable, which ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

Independent Applauds Islamic Intimidation

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 10:44:22 am PDT

The Independent, Britain’s loony left rag, asks the question: Has the West been silenced by Islam? Their answer: well, yes, but we should be silenced. Others are less narrow-minded. The decision in Spain to scrap the burning of effigies of Mohamed reveals that a new sensitivity is developing in many quarters. It ...

Tags: Free Speech, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Independent

Malkin Photoshop Confirmed

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 10:11:12 am PDT

Lefty photo fraud confirmed: Original photo for Michelle Malkin bikini photoshop located. Nick Denton and his “blogs” Gawker and Wonkette need to apologize for their part in promoting this nasty fraud, or just accept that their credibility (if they ever had any) is now completely in the trash. UPDATE at 10/4/06 11:13:28 ...

Tags: Wonkette, Fauxtography, Malkin, Gawker

CAIR's Jihad Against Rep. Peter King

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:38:59 am PDT

Steven Emerson has a piece at the New York Post on CNN’s latest whitewash of radical Islam—a show about the Islamic Center of Long Island that completely ignores its long history of extremism and uncritically promotes the radical Islamist front group CAIR: The Jihad on Peter King. (Hat tip: Dan ...

Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Media Bias, CNN, Islamic Center Of Long Island

Cartoon Jihad, Round Two?

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:20:54 am PDT

Get ready for another round of cartoon jihad, after Norwegian television showed some of the [Popup] of blasphemy: Cartoon rage starting to build up. The rage over the Mohammad cartoons has started to build up again after several Arabic media channels have discovered that Norwegian TV station, TV2, showed the offending ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Norway

"Islamophobia" in the Czech Republic

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 8:54:31 am PDT

The Muslim Brotherhood better get on the case and open a branch of CAIR in the Czech Republic: Most Czechs afraid of Islam. (Hat tip: Ron.) Prague, Oct 3 (CTK) - Some three-quarters of Czechs have a negative attitude to Islam, while 60 percent are afraid of it, according to a ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Media, Czech Republic

Fever Swamp Blogs Hid Foley Evidence?

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 8:34:26 am PDT

There’s now evidence that the fever swamp blogosphere (led by the vicious John Aravosis, who runs one of the ugliest of the lefty hate sites, Americablog), deliberately concealed information about Mark Foley for months without any concern for potential victims of Foley’s advances, so they could spring it on the ...

Tags: Blogosphere, Foley

Digg: CAIR's Great, LGF is Evil

Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 8:11:35 am PDT

The ignorant lefties who frequent Digg (“I don’t know anything about CAIR but LGF is a racist hate site just like Stormfront!”) are having a major hate-fest about us, in an article linked to our story about CAIR’s efforts to shut down a Minnesota radio station’s humorous skit: digg - ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR, Blasphemy, Hate Crime, Digg

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Tuesday Night Birds

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 9:04:18 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water, Birds

Saudi Interior Minister: "We Will Cut Off the Tongues"

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 7:23:32 pm PDT

Last week the Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nayef bin Abd Al-’Aziz, went on Al-Majd TV to give a bizarre speech that almost seems like a condemnation of terrorism until you notice that he’s saying Islamic extremists are tools of Western powers. Ending with an explicit threat of bloody ...

Tags: Saudi Arabia, MEMRI TV, RoP

Outrage of the Day: Terrorists' Mail Not Monitored

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 6:31:42 pm PDT

It’s wall to wall Foley on the evening news, but for those who care about protecting ourselves and our friends from terrorist threats, this is a much bigger scandal: Terrorists’ mail still not monitored. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) WASHINGTON - Convicted terrorists locked up in U.S. prisons can still use mail and ...

Tags: Islam, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Prisons

Video: "Youths" Attack, French Cops Retreat

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 6:15:23 pm PDT

In this video sent to me by several readers, “youths” in a Paris suburb riot and attack police cars—and police simply flee the scene, doing nothing to stop the violence. [Video] UPDATE at 10/4/06 3:31:06 pm: This video has apparently been removed by its owner.

Tags: Islam, Riots, Youths, Immigration, Video, Paris

The Torture Never Stops

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 4:34:06 pm PDT

Those demons have employed the dreaded Harry Potter readings, the diabolical high volume Red Hot Chili Peppers, the abominable shirt grab and the monstrous belly slap, and much much more. But now the inhuman Bushitler minions at Guantanamo Torture Facility have devised the most fiendish abuse ever perpetrated by The Man: ...

Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Torture, CIA, Gitmo, Fat

Koran Found in Toilet, CAIR Springs Into Action

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 2:53:11 pm PDT

Here we go again: Manhattan college investigates after Quran found in toilet. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NEW YORK (AP) - A lower Manhattan college is investigating how a paperback copy of the Quran from the campus library ended up in a public toilet, school officials said Tuesday. The discovery at Pace ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR, Blasphemy, Hate Crime

German Muslims Seethe Over Merkel Aide

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 1:58:55 pm PDT

The Central Council of Muslims is Germany’s equivalent of CAIR (every Western country has its Muslim Brotherhood front group), and they’re seething today over an accurate statement made by an aide of Chancellor Angela Merkel: Merkel aide criticized for comments on Islam. (Hat tip: Ron.) BERLIN - The secretary general of ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Terrorism, RoP, Germany

Turks Hijack Plane to "Send Message" to Pope

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 1:40:10 pm PDT

Two Turkish men decided to show their disapproval of the Pope’s criticisms of Islamic violence by hijacking a plane. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) I’ve completely run out of “irony” quips. Hijackers seeking to send a message to Pope Benedict seized control of a Turkish passenger plane flying from the Albanian capital Tirana ...

Tags: Islam, Turkey, Pope

Whistling Past the RPG

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 8:56:27 am PDT

On one hand, we have reality. On the other, diplomacy: Rice appeals to Hamas at start of Mideast tour. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for the Hamas-led Palestinian government to recognize Israel, saying at the start of a regional tour that innocent Palestinians ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

CAIR Shuts Down More Free Speech

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 8:34:25 am PDT

In the glorious Caliphate, ruled by shari’a law and administered by the Council on American Islamic Relations, infidel humor will be double plus ungood: Radio station apologizes for skit. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Top 40 radio station KDWB-FM in the Twin Cities has apologized for an on-air comedy skit called “Muslim ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Free Speech, CAIR

John Howard Blasts Left-Wing Elites

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 8:24:34 am PDT

Straight talk from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, about the left-wing fifth column: Howard attacks left intelligentsia. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.) PRIME Minister John Howard has launched a scathing attack on Australia’s left-wing intelligentsia, questioning its loyalty to the nation over the past decades. In a speech delivered last night for the 50th ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, Australia, John Howard

American Hizballah Terrorist Buried

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 8:19:22 am PDT

Good riddance to this terrorist scumbag: American Hizbollah fighter buried in Lebanon. YAROUN, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hizbollah held a funeral on Tuesday for one of its Lebanese fighters who was also an American citizen, witnesses said. Radwan Saleh, 35, was killed in July during a war between Israel and Hizbollah, sparked after ...

Tags: Terrorism, US, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah

Invisible Youths Riot in Paris

Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 8:07:25 am PDT

What? You didn’t hear about the hundreds of “youths” rioting in a Paris suburb yesterday? The new mainstream media approach to these incidents seems to be to ignore them entirely: Seven police hurt in riots by youths near Paris. VERSAILLES, France, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Seven French police officers were hurt ...

Tags: Islam, Britain, Riots, Youths, Immigration, Paris

Monday, October 02, 2006

Monday Night Beach

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 10:09:02 pm PDT

Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Ocean

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 8:55:28 pm PDT

I’m rooting for both sides to achieve their objectives: Palestinian group threatens to kill Hamas leaders. (Hat tip: PDM.) GAZA (Reuters) - The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, threatened for the first time on Tuesday to kill Hamas leaders, including exiled political chief ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

When Sane People Attack

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 8:05:46 pm PDT

Cindy Sheehan bushwhacked by fed-up citizens at a book signing in Long Island: [Video] UPDATE at 10/2/06 8:18:22 pm: I’m a huge Twilight Zone fan, and I think Sheehan’s account of an episode in which “a lady” goes back in time to “kill Hitler when he was a baby” is a fantasy. The ...

Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Cindy Sheehan, Leftist, Mama Moonbat

Spencer: Abrogation for Idiots

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 7:22:27 pm PDT

In a way we should be grateful to Dean Esmay for his periodic attacks on Robert Spencer, because they prompt Spencer to do some of his best writing; in this case, a lucid, highly readable piece explaining the Quranic principle of Abrogation. (Suitable for idiots, but entertaining for all.)

Tags: Islam, Koran, Quran, Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch, Abrogation

Al-Sadr Mahdi Mania

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 6:23:02 pm PDT

The entire al-Sadr clan seems to be out of its collective mind: Waiting for the imam’s return to Earth. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam. Hojatoleslam al-Sadr ...

Tags: Islam, Iraq, Shi'ite, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Mahdi, 12th Imam, Apocalypse

A Lebanese Civil War?

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 3:24:17 pm PDT

Is a civil war imminent between the radical Islamists of Hizballah and the remnants of Lebanon’s secular government? This Ynet writer thinks it may be: Will a Hizbullah state arise in Lebanon? A month and a half after the war in Lebanon and the intense atmosphere amongst our northern neighbors isn’t ...

Tags: Israel, Civil War, Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Hisbollah

Report: Pakistani Terror Group Issues Death Fatwa on Pope

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 3:20:59 pm PDT

The jihad against Pope Benedict XVI is not over; if there’s one thing Islamic extremists are good at, it’s carrying a major grudge for a really long time (centuries in some cases): LET Issues Fatwa to Kill Pope. (Hat tip: Samantha.) Acting on behalf of the International Islamic Front (IIF) for ...

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Pakistan, Fatwa, Pope, Lashkar-e-Toiba

9/11 Mass Murderer's Last Will

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 10:42:20 am PDT

Jawa Report has posted the newly released Al Qaeda videos showing 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta, Osama bin Laden, and other top terrorists in Afghanistan, January 2000: (Original Vids) Atta and al Qaeda Videos Released. This is the “martyrdom video” of Mohammed Atta. (Note: there’s no audio track on these videos.) [Video]

Tags: Radical Islam, 9/11, September 11, Video

Exploding Mohammeds Canceled in Spain

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 10:00:15 am PDT

A painfully sad symbol of Spain’s surrender, as festivals commemorating the liberation of Spain from seven centuries of Muslim domination (the Reconquista) are being altered—out of fear of the new Muslim invaders: Spaniards tone down exploding Mohammed at fiestas. (Hat tip: mkstach.) MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish villages are toning down traditional ...

Tags: Islam, Mohammed, Dhimmitude, Spain, Reconquista

Honor Killing in Oslo?

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 9:17:13 am PDT

Three sisters shot and killed. A 30-year-old man was in police custody and under observation at Ulleval University Hospital Monday after he’s believed to have shot and killed all three of his sisters at the family’s home in Oslo Sunday night. The three sisters, aged 13, 24 and 27, lived in the ...

Tags: Islam, Norway, Honor Killing, Multiculturalism

Mark Foley Emails Altered?

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 8:40:19 am PDT

Now the Mark Foley story is getting weird. (Yes, I know it’s already weird, but this is weirder.) There doesn’t seem to be any doubt that Foley’s guilty of making advances to teenage boys—after all, he resigned—but there’s something very odd about the email messages being circulated by media and ...

Tags: Scandal, Mark Foley

Muslim Threatens Injured UK Soldier in Hospital

Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at 8:24:53 am PDT

A disturbing story from Britain about the shameful treatment of injured soldiers: Muslim Threatens Injured Soldier In His Hospital Bed. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A report from today’s Telegraph reports that a paratrooper who had received injuries while serving his country in Afghanistan has been threatened by a Muslim fanatic. The ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Sunday Night Supertankers

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 9:03:46 pm PDT

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread, Supertankers

Memorials Past and Present

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 6:54:47 pm PDT

Don’t miss LGF operative Kirly’s voluminous photo album of the memorials in Arizona’s Wesley Bolin Plaza, featuring the complete library of quotes in the heavily leftist-influenced 9/11 memorial: KirlysPhotos. The difference between the 9/11 memorial and most of the others—from earlier, less politically correct days—could not be more obvious.

Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Arizona

Radio Free Iran

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 6:36:21 pm PDT

This is the kind of thing America used to do really well in the Cold War, but has forgotten how to do today: Gooood morning Tehran! This is Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (AFP) - While arch-foes Israel and Iran step up tough rhetoric against one another, short-waves and a wood-paneled radio studio in ...

Tags: Iran, Radio, Democracy, Freedom, Truth

Norwegian TV Will Show Dreaded Cartoons of Blasphemy

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 6:25:13 pm PDT

The [Popup] that sparked seething, rioting, and murder across the Islamic world will be broadcast on Norwegian television Monday night for the first time, in a documentary titled Threatened to Silence: Norwegian TV 2 will show Mohammad cartoons. (VG Nett) This coming Monday the controversial Mohammad cartoons will be shown on ...

Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Norway

Goose-Stepping Islamic Fascists

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 5:14:50 pm PDT

Hizbollah militant members march on a highway in Ghaziyeh, south Lebanon October 1, 2006. The members were training in preparation for the Jerusalem Day parade which will fall on the last week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON) (Hat tip: Robert O.)

Tags: Hizballah, Lebanon, Hesbollah, Nazis, Fascists

Video: Terrorist Supporters Rally in Brooklyn

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 3:56:02 pm PDT

LGF operative Peter Verkooijen took journalism into his own hands, along with his video camera, and went to a rally yesterday in Brooklyn sponsored by the radical Islamic pro-Palestinian group Al Awda—wearing a T-shirt with a Danish Mohammed cartoon and carrying a US flag. Provocative? Maybe. It didn’t take long ...

Tags: Terrorism, Demonstration, Video, Hizballah, Al Awda, Brooklyn

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 2:52:17 pm PDT

Fighting between Hamas and Fatah kills 7. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Heavily armed Hamas militiamen’s efforts to break up anti-government protests on Sunday sparked gunbattles across the Gaza Strip that killed seven people in the worst internal Palestinian violence since Hamas took power. Militants from the opposition Fatah group retaliated by ...

Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Civil War

CAIR at YouTube

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 2:38:23 pm PDT

Yesterday I featured a video from YouTube of a CNN report echoing CAIR talking points. I didn’t notice at the time that the video was uploaded to YouTube by a CAIR official, Ahmed Bedier. After the LGF entry about the video, comments were posted at YouTube pointing out the Saudi influence ...

Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, CAIR, Propaganda, Youtube

Kofi Annan: Is There Blood On His Hands?

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 9:01:39 am PDT

Here’s a must-read at the Sunday Times on the absolutely hideous record of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan: Is there blood on his hands? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The bodies were still warm when Lieutenant Ron Rutten found them: nine corpses in civilian clothes lying crumpled by a stream, each ...

Tags: United Nations, Kofi Annan

The UN Can't Stop Us, Boasts Chinless Ophthalmologist

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 8:53:12 am PDT

An amazingly brazen statement from one of Hizballah’s main suppliers of illegal weaponry: Military force won’t stop illegal weapons entering Lebanon: Assad. MADRID (AFP) - International efforts, including peacekeeping forces will be unable to stop illegal weapons from reaching the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has argued. “If a ...

Tags: Israel, Hizballah, Lebanon, Syria, Hesbollah

British Insanity Watch

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 8:44:50 am PDT

Meet the new British government school inspector for Birmingham. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A hardline Muslim teacher who caused a furore by denouncing pupils for celebrating Christmas has been made a Government schools inspector. Israr Khan’s Ofsted appointment was described by a former colleague as ‘absolutely astonishing’. Mr Khan, now headmaster of an ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Tariq Ramadan in the Washington Post

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 8:26:18 am PDT

Enemies of civilization who have been granted op-ed space by the Washington Post include: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. And now we can add Muslim Brotherhood front man Tariq Ramadan to that list, with an op-ed in which every word, including “and” and “the,” is a lie: ...

Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan

Mohammed Atta Video Released

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 8:13:35 am PDT

The Al Qaeda videotape of Osama bin Laden and 9/11 hijackers Ziad Jarrah and Mohammed Atta has been posted online at the Sunday Times: Osama Bin Laden’s HQ. The article about the tape: Chilling message of the 9/11 pilots.