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LGF Archives: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The Secret Hillary?

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 8:16:33 pm PDT

For several days, we’ve been hearing hints about a dark scandal involving an unidentified presidential candidate. Tonight it may be breaking open: A Dark Unseen Scandal Star? UPDATE at 10/31/07 9:33:20 pm: Patterico believes Matt Welch.

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Tags: Hillary Clinton, Election 2008

Olbermann and Arianna: The Smear Crew

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 7:56:00 pm PDT

Arianna Huffington (who still has not addressed the libelous post about LGF on her web site, despite three emails) joins the Olby-thing in a ridiculously over the top, blatantly dishonest smear job on Rudy Giuliani: Olby, Arianna smear Rudy over “Osama” line that he, um, never delivered.

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Tags: Huffington Post, Hate Speech, Olbermann

Halloween Ghost Thread

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 7:43:50 pm PDT

Booga booga! Ghosts.

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Tags: Halloween, Ghosts

Columbia University Hate Crime of the Day

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 7:14:49 pm PDT

The “hate crimes” just keep on comin’ at Columbia University: Hate Crime of the Day at Columbia. Police say a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College found a swastika painted on her office door, and the Police Department’s hate crime unit is investigating. Police were called to Teachers College on ...

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Tags: Columbia University, Hate Crime, Noose

Fred Phelps Freaks Lose Big

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 4:59:31 pm PDT

The Fred Phelps hate cult is $10.9 million poorer today: Father of slain Marine wins case against funeral protesters. The brokenhearted father of a Marine killed in Iraq won a long-shot legal fight today after a federal jury in Baltimore awarded him nearly $11 million in a verdict against members ...

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Tags: Military, Hate Speech, Fred Phelps

Vlaams Belang and the US White Supremacist Cesspool

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 1:45:59 pm PDT

One of the most troubling and disturbing things about the Vlaams Belang controversy (that erupted when I raised questions about the Belgian far-right party’s participation in the counter-jihad movement) is the incredible amount of support for the Vlaams Belang among US white power and neo-Nazi groups. Researching this issue, I’ve discovered ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Google Video Removes Robert Spencer Speech

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:28:00 pm PDT

The left-wing, jihad-friendly bias of Google becomes more clear nearly every day; they have now removed the video of Robert Spencer’s talk at Dartmouth, with the following excuse: As set forth in the Terms & Conditions, Google Video is not required to host or display uploaded content. Google Video may ...

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Tags: Islam, Censorship, Google, Progressives, Leftists, Thought Crime

Hamas' Beardy Boy Band Busts Out the Beats

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:35:55 am PDT

Terrorist gang Hamas has a new weapon: a creepy bearded boy band.

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Tags: Hamas, Propaganda

Wednesday Morning Open

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:28:41 am PDT

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. — Theodore Roosevelt

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Tags: Open Thread

Ideological Reeducation Camps at University of Delaware

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 9:48:39 am PDT

At the University of Delaware, race politics has reached a dead end of absurdity and political correctness reminiscent of Stalinist Russia: University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Reeducation. NEWARK, Del., October 30, 2007—The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological ...

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Tags: Politics, Racism, University Of Delaware

Malaysian Spiritual Leader: Women's Sexy Clothing is 'Emotional Abuse'

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 9:20:31 am PDT

Nik Abdul Aziz, the spiritual leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, who appeared at LGF in 2003 when he issued a statement that Malaysian women shouldn’t wear lipstick or perfume (even under a hijab) because it might drive men into a frenzy of molestation and rape, now says women’s sexy ...

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Tags: Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Malaysia

Perrin Responds to 'Death Threat' Challenge: 'Uh, I Forgot'

Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 8:42:36 am PDT

Dennis Perrin, who posted an irresponsible, libelous accusation at Huffington Post that an LGF reader threatened to “track down his IP address and kill him,” has posted a typically insult-laden response to my challenge to prove his allegation: Dennis Perrin: Life Is A Beautiful, Precious Flower. Long story short: he can’t ...

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Tags: Huffington Post, Hate Speech

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Tuesday Night Link Depot

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:07:53 pm PDT

Links that didn’t get posted today, for whatever reason... Melanie Phillips: The Choice Iraqi Troops Donate $1000 to California Wildfire Aid, Media Mum Inside the Surge Sued For Terror Watching MSU YAF Brings the Crazy Adam Holland: Neo-Nazi Leader Organizing Ron Paul Youtube ‘gaming’ The Jawa Report: Al Qaeda Declares Internet Jihad Mark Steyn: War, and life, is ...

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Tags: Link Dump

Internet Polls Are Now Officially Stupid

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 9:01:14 pm PDT

I’m not putting up a silly internet poll after tonight’s Democratic debate, because the losers are now doing their best to flood any and all silly internet polls. The craziness has reached epidemic proportions, and all the candidates are slugging it out in this imaginary arena. This may be the ...

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Tags: Democrats, Polls, Debate, Election 2008

The Ron Paul Revolution!

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 8:44:22 pm PDT

It is the night before Halloween, and the Ron Paul lunatics made their presence felt as Chris Matthews and Joe Trippi did their best to ignore the crazy elephant’s followers, screaming and throwing tantrums right behind them. Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, who cares!

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Tags: Moonbats, Ron Paul, Spam

Dem Debate Four: The UFO Debate

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 8:28:18 pm PDT

This will go down in history as the UFO debate, the most unserious presidential debate ever, with “lightning rounds” inspired directly by network game shows. Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas are spinning in their graves like Iranian nuclear centrifuges.

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Tags: Democrats, Debate, Election 2008

The Torture Never Stops: Dem Debate 3

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 7:56:34 pm PDT

Yes, we’re opening another thread for the Democrats’ debate. Why? Because the “lightning round” is so utterly enthralling! Almost as spell-binding as John Edwards’ hair, or Dennis Kucinich’s ears. I miss Mike Gravel. UPDATE at 10/30/07 7:58:17 pm: Dennis Kucinich saw a UFO!

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Tags: Democrats, Debate, Election 2008

Yet Another Dem Debate

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 7:11:57 pm PDT

Yes, it’s another thread for the Democratic debate, as the mullahs turn cartwheels over the US Democrats’ pathetic, universal unwillingness to commit to anything real that will stop Iran’s march toward the Suicide Bomb.

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Tags: Democrats, Debate, Election 2008

Another Dem Debate

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 5:58:52 pm PDT

Hey, there’s another Democratic presidential candidates’ debate tonight, starting at 6 pm Pacific on MSNBC! Are you as excited as I am? OK, so I’m being a little sarcastic. Could you tell? In any case, Dennis Kucinich is always good for a few ludicrous laughs, and Mike Gravel is completely insane, so ...

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Tags: Democrats, Debate, Election 2008

And Now for Some Blues Brothers

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 4:50:27 pm PDT

I don’t know why, but this clip just seems appropriate somehow. [Video]

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Tags: Video, Illinois Nazis, Blues Brothers

Video: Saudi Hate Literature in British Mosques

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 2:13:30 pm PDT

As the British government welcomes Saudi King Abdullah, Saudi-financed mosques in Britain are distributing Islamist hate literature and jihad ideology. This video features our old “friend” Inayat Bunglawala, spinning and twisting and evading the truth, like the Islamist puppet he is. [Video] More on this story at the Telegraph: ’Hate literature easily ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Islamic Supremacism, Hate Speech, Wahhabism, Theocracy

'That Afternoon, We Prayed with a Little More Intensity'

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 1:07:40 pm PDT

Here’s a heartwarming story of the human spirit, among the devastation of the fires in the San Bernardino Mountains: Camp offers shelter, peace amid fire chaos. The pairing of the rabbi and the firefighters was a natural one. He had beds. They had been sleeping on asphalt. He had food ...

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Tags: California, Wildfires, Emergency

And Now: Ron Paul Spam

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:40:21 pm PDT

Ron Paul camp followers have found a new tactic to spread the word about their object of devotion: Spam Email. Anti-spam researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) noted a disturbing new trend following Sunday’s Republican Candidates Presidential debate. One of the candidates has a new spam campaign ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Ron Paul, Spam

Tuesday Open Thread

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:42:34 am PDT

All great truths begin as blasphemies. — George Bernard Shaw

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Tags: Open Thread

Blatant Antisemitism at Reddit.com

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:58:31 am PDT

You won’t believe the comments to this post at Conde Nast web site Reddit.com; classic antisemitism in full, noxious flower: Having 50 Cent, Aerosmith and Don Henley play your daughter’s Bat Mitzvah: $10,000,000. Paying for it through war profiteering: priceless.

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Tags: Antisemitism, Reddit

UK Ministers: 'They May Be Terror-linked but We Won't Comment'

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:02:19 am PDT

At Britain’s ConservativeHome, Paul Goodman MP writes about another amazing example of UK official blindness and inaction, as the “Shadow Ministers” are asked a question about the Islamic supremacist group Hizb ut-Tahrir: They may be terror-linked but we won’t comment.

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

Another Phony News Story from Iraq

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 9:40:00 am PDT

Remember that story about dozens of decapitated bodies found in Baghdad—the one that turned out to be completely false? It’s happened again: DeCapiGate: Take 2... Another Bogus ‘20 Headless Bodies’ Report.

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Tags: Propaganda, Media Bias, Iraq, Fake News

Vlaams Belang Leader Interviewed

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 8:23:56 am PDT

An interview with Vlaams Belang party leader Filip DeWinter, at Shire Network News: Podcast Implodes. Tom Paine sets it up, probably for the last time: I’m afraid we have some bad news. For reasons which are detailed in the podcast, this is probably the final Shire Network News, certainly at least ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

HuffPo: Evil LGF Commenters Threatened to Kill Me

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:22:25 am PDT

Dennis Perrin resorts to a flat-out lie in this idiotic post for Huffington: Dennis Perrin: The Liberal Surrender. At Little Green Footballs, several commenters bluntly advised me to leave the site, or they would track me down via my IP address and kill me. Probably hot air, but there are ...

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Tags: Huffington Post, Hate Speech

Overnight Open Thread

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:11:28 am PDT

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. — Sir Winston Churchill

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Tags: Open Thread

Monday, October 29, 2007

The History of the Sweden Democrats

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 7:00:31 pm PDT

Swedish LGF operative “Truumax” has done yeoman’s work translating volumes of information about far-right party Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats), whose participation in the Brussels anti-Islamization conference I identified in this post as problematic for the counter-jihad movement, prompting a series of extremely vindictive and often highly personal attacks from other conference ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Glick: Laura Bush's Embrace of Tyranny

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 6:03:29 pm PDT

Caroline Glick couldn’t be more on-target with this column about Laura Bush’s donning the abaya, the symbol of Islam’s oppression of women, on a visit to Saudi Arabia: Laura Bush’s embrace of tyranny. Perhaps it is because it is so offensive to the Western eye to see women covered like ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Laura Bush

Monday Afternoon Open

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 4:18:13 pm PDT

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Tags: Open Thread

LA Times Gets Everything Wrong

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 3:14:24 pm PDT

The Los Angeles Times’ Tim Rutten managed to get nearly everything wrong in his article on the New Republic/Scott Beauchamp scandal, and Bob Owens nails every falsehood and distortion: I’m Sorry... Was That Supposed to be Journalism?

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

Merkel Bans Forced Marriages in Germany

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 2:18:44 pm PDT

Like Nicolas Sarkozy of France, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is no extremist. In fact, she could even be considered “center-left” if looked at through an American prism. But maybe she’s showing one way to combat the relentless spread of Islamism in Europe without resorting to alliances with questionable extremist-right parties: ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Women's Rights, Germany

New Cleveland Imam Quits Before He Starts

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:18:50 pm PDT

Last month, we had a post about the new Imam of the Islamic Center of Cleveland, who replaced deported jihadist Fawaz Damra: Meet the New Imam of the Islamic Center of Cleveland. Today comes word that Imam Ahmed Alzaree has quit before he ever started—and guess who he’s blaming? Bloggers. Imam ...

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Tags: Islam, Egypt, Hate Speech, Muslim Brotherhood, Cleveland, Grievance Theater

The 2007 Valour-IT Project

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 11:06:39 am PDT

Project Valour-IT, the group that supplies voice-activated laptop computers to injured and disabled veterans, has begun their annual fundraising competition. This is a terrific cause, and LGF is happy to throw our support behind it. More information at Blackfive: It’s Time to Give Back to Our Wounded - Valour-IT Kick Off ...

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Tags: Military, Veterans, Valour-IT

Horowitz Denounces BNP at Michigan State

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:52:09 am PDT

Inside Higher Ed has a report on the disgusting appearance of white supremacist BNP leader Nick Griffin at Michigan State University, with a statement from David Horowitz: Furor Over Anti-Islam Speaker. Via e-mail, Horowitz said Sunday that his events served important goals and were nothing like what was organized at ...

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Tags: Michigan State University, Nick Griffin, BNP, British National Party

Britain Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Misogynist Apartheid Kingdom

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 9:57:09 am PDT

BritainAndAmerica has a very sad post about Britain’s royal reception for the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s reigning tyrant, King Abdullah: In past years the British state rolled out the red carpet for Ceausescu and Mobutu; it’s King Abdullah’s turn today. Here’s the flag of Saudi Arabia, complete with Islamic ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Britain, Wahhabism, Theocracy

Monday Morning Open

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 9:12:59 am PDT

I’ve got several buckets full of email to read through, including some I’ve already glanced at from “White Power” people telling me what a moron I am after my post about BNP leader Nick Griffin. Some contain veiled threats. One bucket is full of email from Vlaams Belang supporters; many ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Socky Sockpuppet Lies Again

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 9:02:17 am PDT

The left’s most dishonest attack-dog blogger, Glenn Greenwald (aka Rick Ellensburg, aka Socky Sockpuppet) has now pulled another astonishingly mendacious move, in his column for Salon about an email he purportedly received from Colonel Steve Boylan, PAO to General Petraeus. Details on Greenwald’s sleazy maneuver are at The Dread Pundit Bluto: ...

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Tags: Liar, Sock Puppet, Glenn Greenwald, Fraud, Sockpuppet

Emerson: HLF Trial Exposed Evil

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 8:54:40 am PDT

At the New York Post, Steven Emerson takes a look back at the Holy Land Foundation trial/mistrial, and the implications for groups like CAIR and ISNA: Evil Exposed. October 29, 2007 — THE trial of four key figures with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development ended last week ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Aussie Islamic Leader: The Violence Will Continue Until Relations Improve

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 9:39:46 pm PDT

The leader of one of Syndey’s largest Islamic youth centers is warning Australia that Muslims are going to attack if relations do not improve. AUSTRALIA faces a “London-type bombing” if relations between Muslims and the intelligence and police authorities do not improve, an influential Islamic youth leader has warned. Fadi ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Islam, Australia

Moronic Convergence in Los Angeles

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 8:17:29 pm PDT

LGF operative Ringo the Gringo emailed a stunning collection of photographs from the Los Angeles Moronic Convergence, which I’ve turned into a thoroughly appalling slideshow. Again, we see the confluence of Ron Paul and 9/11 Troofers. It’s become a pathetic cliché.

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Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Demonstration, Progressives

Moronic Convergence in Boston

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 6:37:13 pm PDT

They were acting out and throwing tantrums again yesterday in Boston. Who? Howard Zinn, Desmond Tutu, Troofers, Ron Paulians, kaffiyeh-wearing pro-Palestinians, “Raging Grannies,” Code Pinkers, and more. The photos are at Daniel’s Public Gallery: Boston Anti-War Rally 10.27.2007.

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Tags: Anti-war, Boston, Moronic Convergence

Sunday Afternoon Open

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 3:37:14 pm PDT

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. — Donald H. Rumsfeld

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Tags: Open Thread

IAEA Chief Springs Into Action, Condemns Israel

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 1:05:11 pm PDT

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, who has never succeeded in stopping a single country from developing nuclear weapons, is condemning Israel for the airstrike on Syria’s nuclear facility: IAEA chief lashes out over Israeli raid in Syria. Because the UN is the “eyes and ears of the international community.” ...

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Tags: United Nations, IAEA, Syria

Laura Bush Defends Saudi Misogyny

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:17:31 am PDT

“They do not see covering as some sort of subjugation of women:” Laura Bush defends the hijab. Note: wearing the abaya in Saudi Arabia is not a “choice.” It’s mandatory for all women when they are in public. If they show even a little bit of ankle, they’re subject to being ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Wahhabism, Progressives, Theocracy, Laura Bush

Sunday Vlaams Belang Open Thread

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 9:47:02 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for a sunny Sunday morning, as I try to catch up with dozens of emails on the Vlaams Belang videos I posted yesterday. I’m getting a lot of support from European readers, and also a lot of people trying to rationalize away the White Power symbol ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Dreaded Italian Toilet Seats of Blasphemy Seized by Authorities

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 9:19:18 am PDT

This one comes from the Muslim Brotherhood propaganda site IslamOnline, where they applaud Italian authorities for doing the bidding of seething Islamists threatening violence over another incident of “blasphemy:” Italy Seizes Quran-printed Toilet Seats. (Please note: the IslamOnline site has been previously identified as trying to install worms/viruses on visitors’ computers. ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Islam, Dhimmitude, Italy, Blasphemy

An Open Letter to Rep. Ron Paul

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 8:31:17 am PDT

Michael Medved writes An Open Letter to Rep. Ron Paul: Dear Congressman Paul: Your Presidential campaign has drawn the enthusiastic support of an imposing collection of Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, Holocaust Deniers, 9/11 “Truthers” and other paranoid and discredited conspiracists. Do you welcome- or repudiate – the support of such factions? More specifically, your ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Neo-Nazis, Ron Paul, White Supremacists

Saturday, October 27, 2007

A Night Owl Thread

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 11:19:55 pm PDT

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank

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Tags: Open Thread

Saturday Night Weapon of Choice

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 6:31:20 pm PDT

Perhaps the greatest music video ever made. [Video]

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Tags: Open Thread, Music, Fatboy Slim, Christopher Walken

BNP Leader Invited to MSU by 'Conservative' Students

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 4:15:20 pm PDT

In the boneheaded move of the year, conservative student group Young Americans for Freedom invited British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin, a flat-out racist and Holocaust denier, to speak about the dangers of Islam at Michigan State University: Protesters shout down anti-Islam speaker at MSU. It’s not clear from the ...

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Tags: Michigan State University, Nick Griffin, BNP, British National Party

Videos: Vlaams Belang and Vlaams Blok

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 1:19:51 pm PDT

Well, I’m certainly not going to make any new friends with this post, but here are some more videos on the Flemish Vlaams Belang party and Filip DeWinter, to further support my case that the European anti-Islamization movement is making a mistake by allowing this group to participate. Exhibit 1: a ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Saturday Afternoon Open

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 12:41:31 pm PDT

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, ...

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

Open Antisemitism at Boston's Old South Church

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 11:20:25 am PDT

Here’s an account by Joel Pollak of a truly disgusting event at Boston’s Old South Church, featuring speakers from the Arab hate group Sabeel, Desmond Tutu, and Muslim Brotherhood front man Mahdi Bray (the one who claimed his cheers for Hamas and Hizballah at a rally in Washington were just ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Boston, Sabeel

UV Students Overturn Anti-Military Ban

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 10:31:09 am PDT

Here’s some good news for a change from the world of wacademia: University of Victoria students have overturned a ban on military recruiters.

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Tags: Academia, Wacademia, Military, Canada

Saturday Morning Email Malfunctioning Thread

Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 8:39:31 am PDT

My LGF email isn’t working for some reason, so here’s an open thread while I try to figure it out... UPDATE at 10/27/07 9:30:03 am: Oof. I discovered that one of my rules in Apple Mail had somehow been corrupted, and was deleting all incoming email. I deleted that rule, ran a ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Friday, October 26, 2007

And Now For Some Foo Fighters

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 8:49:12 pm PDT

[Video]

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Tags: Video, Foo Fighters

Islam in Europe: 'This Isn't Going to Be Pretty'

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 5:29:09 pm PDT

Here’s a very good post by Esther at Islam in Europe, on a subject that’s been ballpeen-hammered to death at LGF in the past week: Nazis!!! This isn’t going to be pretty, so if you want to focus only on the news, feel free to skip this. I don’t usually follow ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

CAIR Supporter Ejected at GWU, Uses Racist Slurs Against Cop

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 3:22:51 pm PDT

During David Horowitz’s speech at George Washington University, a CAIR supporter is ejected from the building for causing a disturbance—and on the way out, makes racist comments to a campus policeman. UPDATE at 10/26/07 4:25:14 pm: The creep in the video linked above is Umar Lee — and shhh! He’s on to ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islamofascism, GWU

Rhodes: 'Itsh All Sho Creepy!'

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 1:58:39 pm PDT

Air America host Randi Rhodes has figured out who’s responsible for the California wildfires: Blackwater. Her evidence for this claim apparently comes from reading the tea leaves in the bottom of a Bloody Mary glass. I started just doing Google searches to try and figure out. You know, arson, arson, it ...

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Tags: Radio, Air America, Randi Rhodes

ThinkProgress: A Double Misnomer

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 1:04:22 pm PDT

Criticize Nancy Pelosi for wearing a headscarf while pandering to the Syrian regime, and the “progressives” will mock you and doubt that you’d criticize Laura Bush in the same circumstances. Criticize Laura Bush for wearing an abaya and a scarf while in the religious apartheid, undeniably misogynist kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Wahhabism, Progressives, Theocracy, Laura Bush

Video: Leni Riefenstahl for Dummies

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 12:33:19 pm PDT

From MEMRI TV, one of the silliest parades you’ll ever see, as the Iranian military performs a half-time show from hell, featuring an Islamic sword ripping through a Star of David and US flag decorated with a swastika. [Video]

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Tags: Antisemitism, Iran, Anti-Americanism, Khamenei

Friday Morning Open

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:27:05 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for what’s left of a Friday morning...

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Tags: Open Thread

Alleged Syrian Reactor Vanishes

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 10:39:51 am PDT

Syria has made their nuclear installation vanish.

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Tags: Israel, Nuclear Weapons, UN, IAEA, North Korea, Syria

TNR Breaks Silence, Says Nothing, Blames Army

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 10:03:47 am PDT

At New Republic “blog” The Plank, the editors have issued another non-statement about the ridiculously false stories of Scott Beauchamp: A Scott Beauchamp Update. There’s nothing new here; it’s the same line they’ve been using for months, ignoring all the evidence against the Beauchamp fables, and insisting that the Army is ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

'Oppress Yourself Day' for Toronto Women

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 9:48:22 am PDT

It’s “Oppress Yourself Day” at the University of Toronto, and ultra-left newspaper the Toronto Star is giddy with excitement: An appeal to heart - and head. For Kavelle Thorne, the most challenging part of wearing a hijab for the first time was figuring a way to get the earphones for ...

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Tags: MSA, Radical Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Islamic Supremacism, Canada

ACLU Fights for Tariq Ramadan

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 9:18:43 am PDT

The ACLU has never met an enemy of Western civilization that they didn’t like, and yesterday they went to court to try to force the government to admit Muslim Brotherhood stalking horse Tariq Ramadan: AFP: Civil liberties group challenges US visa ban for Muslim intellectual. The Brotherhood is being absolutely relentless ...

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Tags: ACLU, Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan

Prager at UCSB: 'Tase Him, Bro!'

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 8:48:13 am PDT

Political Vindication has a good post on Dennis Prager’s speech at UC Santa Barbara for IslamoFascism Awareness Week: Dennis Prager Stuns Them at UCSB. The question and answer period was an hour long and it sure felt like it. Dennis Prager sailed through it, shifting from pointed argument to playful ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islamofascism

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Thursday Evening Link Depot

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 9:11:47 pm PDT

I’ve spent so much time checking my gut feelings on neo-Nazis and their European sympathizers today that I’ve missed posting some important and interesting links. So here’s the link depot for the evening. Free Speech on the Internet Muslim Student Association freaks rant and rave at the University of Washington The University of ...

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Tags: Link Dump

Sweden Democrats Document Dump

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 6:47:16 pm PDT

Following my post about the Vlaams Belang party in Belgium, and the Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats) party in Sweden, I received an email from Ted Ekeroth, an active politician in the Sweden Democrats, asking me to reconsider my opinion about his party. If you haven’t noticed yet, I have serious misgivings about ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Ron Paul and Stormfront

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 5:32:39 pm PDT

At Lone Star Times: Exclusive: Specific contribution by leading neo-Nazi to Ron Paul campaign identified.

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Neo-Nazis, Ron Paul

Thursday Evening Open

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 5:21:28 pm PDT

Had to take care of some business and just returned from the usual insane LA traffic, with the added “benefit” of the worst air quality I think I’ve ever experienced (from all the fires). My eyes are actually burning, and my throat feels raw, even with as little exposure to ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Fumento: Hollywood's War on Reality

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 1:59:43 pm PDT

Here’s an excellent article by Michael Fumento on Hollywood’s ongoing self-loathing leftist campaign to whitewash Islamic terrorism: Hollywood’s War on the War on Terror. Read the whole thing, but here’s my favorite line: They’re giving us the equivalent of 1943 movies equating FDR with Hitler.

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Tags: Hollywood, Islamofascism, Political Correctness, Left Wing

Thursday Afternoon Open

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:47:42 am PDT

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. — Thomas Szasz

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Tags: Open Thread

Michael Yon on The Baghdad Diarist

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:16:32 am PDT

Michael Yon has a good post today on the Scott Beauchamp scandal: Beauchamp and the Rule of Second Chances. Beauchamp is young; under pressure he made a dumb mistake. In fact, he has not always been an ideal soldier. But to his credit, the young soldier decided to stay, and ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

Bad Craziness in Saudi Arabia

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:01:23 am PDT

An LGF search for “ArabNews,” the official English-language mouthpiece of the Saudi royal family, turns up 291 matches revealing a long history of virulent hatred; hatred of Jews, hatred of the West, hatred of George W. Bush, hatred of America, hatred of women. The “hatred” list goes on and on. And today, ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Laura Bush

The Media Are the Enemy

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 9:30:53 am PDT

Guardian “reporter” Clancy Chassay (for whom the term “weenie” was invented) goes along on a field trip with the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades as they fire rockets into Israel, attempting to commit mass murder. Disgusting beyond belief: Video: Inside Gaza - ‘Resistance is our strategy’. Also note that the degenerate murderers ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Fatah, Guardian, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Gaza, Rockets

Ted Rall: Only Idiots Die in Iraq, US IQ Soars

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 9:12:35 am PDT

Here’s a look into the squirmy, ugly mind of Ted Rall, whose latest cartoon about US troops in Iraq says: “Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

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Tags: Iraq, Military, Ted Rall

McClatchy Reporter Calvan Created His Own Reality

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 8:47:16 am PDT

Let’s revisit Bobby Caina Calvin’s blog for a few minutes, because even though he’s now pulled the entire thing offline, what it revealed about mainstream media reporting from Iraq is actually quite important. LGF reader “Last Mohican” commented on a post by Calvan, on a story he filed about a US ...

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Tags: Media Bias, Iraq, Military, Mainstream Media

Leftists-Islamists Shut Down Horowitz Speech at Emory University

Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 8:23:10 am PDT

They booed and shouted and threw tantrums until David Horowitz’s speech had to be canceled: Leftists Force Horowitz From Stage. Photos of the useful idiots protesting Daniel Pipes at Tufts University, from LGF reader Daniel.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islamofascism

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Media Arrogance Squared

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 9:54:23 pm PDT

An almost unbelievable example of media arrogance, as a reporter for the Sacramento Bee complains about an ID check at the Green Zone, belittles the soldier for not knowing who “Knight Ridder” is, then brags about his bravery at his blog: Simply Simpatico | The GALLIVANT. Since the little weasel has ...

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Tags: Media Bias, Iraq, Military, Mainstream Media

Video: 'Don't Panic, I'm Islamic'

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 9:32:56 pm PDT

On June 12, 2005, before the 7/7 London bombings, but after the September 11 attacks, the BBC aired this documentary titled “Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic” — a stunning whitewash of radical Islam in Britain. This amazing documentary features the five Muslim “paintballers” currently on trial for setting up terror training camps. ...

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

Scott Beauchamp Was 'Mirandized' (Read His Rights)

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 7:46:49 pm PDT

Bummerdietz emailed an interesting note about the Scott Beauchamp investigation documents: In the third document, at section 5.a.(vi), there’s a reference to “form DA 3881.” This is the acknowledgment that he has been read his rights, and that he has the right to remain silent and to have an attorney. Here’s a blank ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

CAIR Attacks Rudy Giuliani and Daniel Pipes

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 6:00:32 pm PDT

The Council on American Islamic Relations, unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial, have launched another scurrilous, distorted attack on Rudy Giuliani and Daniel Pipes. As usual, they’re using PRNewsWire, a paid press release service, to do it. I wonder if PRNewsWire has any provisions in their ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation, Daniel Pipes, Rudy Giuliani

Wednesday Night Open Thread

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 5:28:55 pm PDT

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. — G. K. Chesterton

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Scott Beauchamp Document Dump

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 3:25:36 pm PDT

Here are the internal documents from the investigation of The New Republic’s “Baghdad Diarist,” Scott Thomas Beauchamp, linked at Drudge Report this morning and subsequently removed. I have it on very good authority that these are completely genuine, no forgery involved. I wonder what they’ll call the sequel to Shattered Glass? How ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

About Vlaams Belang and Sweden Democrats

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:59:48 am PDT

Here are just a few of the reasons I have deep misgivings about the Belgian Vlaams Belang party, successor to the banned Vlaams Blok, and their participation in the European anti-Islamization movement; thanks to LGF readers for pointing out these links. Exhibit 1: in 2005, Vlaams Belang MPs shunned a resolution ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Neo-Nazis, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, Sverigedemokraterna, Sweden Democrats

Not a Terrorist, Nuh-Uh, No Way

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:11:33 am PDT

Man. What does a self-respecting Islamist fanatic have to do to get the authorities to call him a “terrorist?” Jihad Watch: Miami Muslim chants ‘Death to America’ and attacks military policemen at Air Reserve Base; not terrorism, authorities say. Wielding two butcher knives bought at Wal-Mart and vodka bottles to ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Political Correctness, Sudden Jihad Syndrome

New Republic's False Stories Now on Drudge Report

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 10:33:19 am PDT

The New Republic stonewalled for months about the ugly, dishonest anti-military fables by Scott Beauchamp. To this date they still have not recanted. The editors apparently believe that if they just ignore the scandal, it will eventually go away. Well, it’s going to be a little difficult for them to ignore ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

LGF on Tammy Bruce Show

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 9:45:06 am PDT

I’ll be on the Tammy Bruce radio show at 10 am Pacific; you can listen over the web here: Talk Radio Network: Listen Live! UPDATE at 10/24/07 10:43:22 am: If you missed it, Tammy’s producer tells me the show will be rebroadcast on Saturday.

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Tags: Radio, Tammy Bruce

Amnesty International: Terrorists Fail to Respect Human Rights

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 9:32:00 am PDT

No flying pig for this one, but Amnesty International can apparently no longer ignore what’s going on in the areas controlled by the twin terrorist governments of Fatah and Hamas: Amnesty criticises Hamas, Fatah over rights abuses. In a 57-page report, Amnesty International noted that the June civil war in ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Human Rights, Gaza, Amnesty International

Dutch Intifada, Week 2

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 9:13:26 am PDT

The mainstream media are completely ignoring it, but the car torchings are continuing in Amsterdam. Klein Verzet has the news that the Dutch government is apparently trying to suppress. Did it seem that the ‘Dutch Intifada’ had died down on Monday morning, with no cars set alight in the night ...

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Tags: Islam, Netherlands, Amsterdam

Mahmoud Abbas 'Military Wing' Attempts Murder, US Gives Them $410M

Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 8:32:41 am PDT

Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank, home of Israel’s “partner in peace” Mahmoud Abbas, tried to commit another act of random murder today: Israeli soldier wounded in West Bank attack. JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli soldier was wounded in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday as he waited at a bus ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Appeasement, Fatah, Gaza, Peace Conference

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Zombie: Haters Attack Nonie Darwish at Berkeley

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 9:31:11 pm PDT

Zombie’s latest photo/video essay is a collaborative effort with several lizardoid operatives, resulting in a whole that’s much greater than the sum of its parts: Nonie Darwish at Berkeley.

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Tags: Radical Islam, UC Berkeley, Islamofascism

Bad Craziness in the United Arab Emirates

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 6:29:54 pm PDT

Arg. Arg squared. Photos of Laura Bush in the UAE. I believe in women’s rights. In fact, I’m passionate about it, despite the attempts to paint me as a “right wing hater.” Why doesn’t the Bush administration stand up and say this is not right? Why are we coddling and appeasing and smiling ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Laura Bush

YouTube Helps Whitewash Cat Stevens' History

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 6:07:53 pm PDT

The former pop star known as Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, aka Yusuf (no Islam, for gullible Westerners), has had YouTube remove the video in which he Wishes for Salman Rushdie’s Death by Fire. This is what he said: When asked if he’d go to a demonstration to burn an effigy ...

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Tags: Islamism, Youtube, Cat Stevens, Salman Rushdie

Conservatives for Terror?

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 5:47:27 pm PDT

At National Review Online, Niles Gardiner has a piece on Britain’s Conservative Muslim Forum and their appallingly extremist “security” recommendations (noted last week at LGF): Conservatives for Terror? As Britain fights a global war alongside the United States and other key allies against Islamic terrorism and its state sponsors, it ...

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

Britain's Huge Problem

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 5:36:20 pm PDT

If the BBC is reporting this, it’s got to be even worse than it appears: Jail ‘hardening’ terror convicts. Al-Qaeda prisoners in UK jails are being hardened instead of reformed, top Whitehall sources have told the BBC. A major programme of radicalisation is underway in prisons, targeting vulnerable young men and ...

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

Wildfire Open Thread

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 2:57:18 pm PDT

Here’s another open thread, as wildfires continue to burn out of control all over Southern California. If you have any information that would be helpful to those in danger, please post here... UPDATE at 10/23/07 4:04:05 pm: From the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, here’s a map showing the active ...

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Tags: California, Wildfires, Emergency

Leftists-Islamists Try to Disrupt Speeches at UC Berkeley

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 2:43:14 pm PDT

At UC Berkeley, one of the homes of the free speech movement, the leftist-Islamist axis is doing everything possible to prevent free speech about Islamofascism. Incorrect University has video and photographs of the goons trying to disrupt a speech by Nonie Darwish: Berkeley Video: Extensive Coverage Plus Photos.

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Tags: Wacademia, Islamofascism Awareness Week

Dutch Intifada Traffic

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 1:14:04 pm PDT

We’re getting a large amount of traffic from Dutch blog Geenstijl.nl, about our posts on the car-burning spree in the Moroccan neighborhood of Amsterdam, that followed the shooting of a Moroccan Muslim who stabbed two police officers: De auto’s branden weer in Amsterdam-West. Can any LGF reader translate what it says? ...

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Tags: Islam, Netherlands, Amsterdam

MAS Official Mahdi Bray: Support for Hamas Was Just a Joke

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:10:45 am PDT

Muslim American Society official Mahdi Bray has spoken to the Northern Virginia Daily about the video in which he’s seen cheering, as imprisoned Islamist leader Abdurrahman Alamoudi announces his support for Hamas and Hizballah: Gilbert, Athey criticize Kaine: Delegates - Ties too close. It was all a joke. They were all ...

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Tags: CAIR, Immigration, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Virginia, Muslim American Society, Mahdi Bray, Esam Omeish

Pete Stark Apologizes, Nutroots Freak Out

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:36:32 am PDT

Despite all the poll stacking and leftist ranting, California Democrat Pete Stark has apologized for his despicable remarks about President Bush. And the apology has driven the Kos Kooks into spasms of apoplexy: Daily Kos: Pete Stark apologized - DAMMIT. UPDATE at 10/23/07 10:52:28 am: Note that Stark was almost certainly forced into ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Democrats, BDS, Hate Speech, Pete Stark

We Got Mail!

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:22:03 am PDT

I’m not sure why it took them so long after the GOP debate on Sunday to start emailing, but last night and this morning I’ve received quite a bundle of love notes from Ron Paul camp followers. They came mostly from links at PrisonPlanet.com and CrooksAndLiars.com, and all of them ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Giuliani, Ron Paul

Fred Thompson's Immigration Plan

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 9:52:10 am PDT

Fred Thompson has released his Plan to Fight Illegal Immigration. Highlights of the proposal include: * No Amnesty: Amnesty undermines U.S. law and policy, rewards bad behavior, and is unfair to the millions of immigrants who follow the law and are awaiting legal entry into the United States. * Enforce ...

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Tags: Politics, Immigration, Fred Thompson, Election 2008

IFAW Blog Reports

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 9:01:53 am PDT

BackyardConservative has an interesting report from DePaul University on last night’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week forum, featuring Robert Spencer and former Iranian student leader Amir Abbas Fakhravar. Uncle Jimbo was at the event in Michigan with David Horowitz and has video of 9/11 Troofer Kevin Barrett being driven from the room (Jimbo ...

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Tags: Wacademia, Islamofascism Awareness Week

California Wildfires

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 8:37:22 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for LGF readers to share information on the wildfires that are devastating California. The sunlight has a weird yellowish tinge today in Los Angeles, from all of the smoke and ash and particles in the atmosphere...

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Tags: California, Wildfires, Emergency

When Friends Attack

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 8:27:28 am PDT

For asking the same kinds of questions about Vlaams Belang and Sweden Democrats and other European political groups with checkered pasts that Bruce Bawer raises in his book “While Europe Slept,” I’ve now become an enemy to some people: Atlas Shrugs: LGF and CAIR. It’s an absurd overreaction to some perfectly ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok

Monday, October 22, 2007

From the H-Bomb to the Human Bomb

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:52:39 pm PDT

At City Journal, Andre Glucksmann, a top advisor to French president Nicolas Sarkozy and one of the few outright defenders of the US in France, argues that the West needs to show vigilance against the existential threat of the human bomb and modern terrorism: From the H-Bomb to the Human ...

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Tags: France, Terrorism, Glucksmann, Philosophy

AFP: Reeking of Pro-Hamas Prejudice

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:22:56 pm PDT

Agence France Presse continues to demonstrate that they’re the most biased mainstream media wire service doing business with Yahoo News, in an amazingly unprofessional report on the Holy Land Foundation trial: Mistrial in US Muslim charity terror funding case. Defense attorneys said their clients ran a legitimate charity and had ...

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Tags: Media Bias, HLF, Agence France Press

Video: Emerson on the HLF Mistrial, w/ Useful Idiot Alan Colmes

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 8:12:53 pm PDT

Steve Emerson confronts a determinedly clueless Alan Colmes, about the Holy Land Foundation mistrial. [Video]

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week Begins

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 6:27:37 pm PDT

An open invitation to any college students who haven’t been brainwashed: email your photographs of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, and they may be published and/or linked at LGF. And if you’re a college student who has been brainwashed, I’d also like to see your photographs. UPDATE at 10/22/07 6:31:14 pm: The Kos Kooks rant ...

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Tags: Wacademia, Islamofascism Awareness Week

Monday Night Open Thread

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 5:51:11 pm PDT

Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry. — John Lennon

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When Liars Lie

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 4:09:41 pm PDT

What a surprise! The crackheads at Crooks and Liars are lying again, saying I had my “zombies” freep their poll. And that makes us indistinguishable from the Kremlin: Little taste of Russia: Little Green Footballs removes Ron Paul from their GOP Poll for “gaming” reasons then “games” C&L’s Poll. Of course, ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Leftists

CAIR Gloating Over Mistrial

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 3:37:00 pm PDT

You knew this was coming. Muslim Brotherhood front group CAIR, listed as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, are crowing and gloating today even though the government is going to retry the case. Here’s their latest paid press release masquerading as a news report: CAIR: HLF Mistrial a ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Honoring a Hero

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 3:33:17 pm PDT

Allahpundit has a video clip of President Bush awarding Lt. Michael Murphy of Patchogue, New York, with a posthumous Medal of Honor.

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Tags: Military, Medal Of Honor

Hitchens: Defending the Term 'Islamofascism'

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 3:31:08 pm PDT

Christopher Hitchens defends the term “Islamofascism.” The term Islamofascism was first used in 1990 in Britain’s Independent newspaper by Scottish writer Malise Ruthven, who was writing about the way in which traditional Arab dictatorships used religious appeals in order to stay in power. I didn’t know about this when I ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islamofascism, Hitchens

IFAW at UC Berkeley

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 3:05:04 pm PDT

The California Patriot blog at UC Berkeley (yes! there are sane people in Berkeley!) has a look at the leftist-Islamist axis’ preparations for tonight’s speeches: IFAW attracts opposition; prepares for the fireworks.

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Tags: Radical Islam, UC Berkeley, Islamofascism

A Pro-Islamofascism Petition

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 3:00:00 pm PDT

The leftist-Islamist axis at one of the most out-of-control campuses in America, UC Irvine, has put up a poll at PetitionsOnline denouncing Islamofascism Awareness Week, with the run-on title: Islamo Fascism Awareness is Week is a Cover for Politicized Attacks on the Foundations of Academic Freedom at UCI and Across ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Propaganda, Islamofascism

Video: Islamic Children Learn to Hate and Kill

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 1:12:21 pm PDT

I long ago ran out of words to express my extreme disgust at this kind of vile, degenerate indoctrination of children. This video was posted at YouTube by a creature going by the name AbuMarwan23, who has posted 81 of these terrorist videos since June of this year. Notice that ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Islam, Propaganda, Mujahideen, Child Abuse, Youtube

Iran's New Nuclear Negotiator Tied to Messianic Cult

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 11:32:04 am PDT

As we noted over the weekend, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has resigned. And his successor, Saeed Jalili, is very bad news indeed, with disturbing ties to the apocalyptic 12th Imam cult: Pajamas Media: Iran’s New Nuclear Negotiator Has Messianic Ties.

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Tags: Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ahmadinejad

Media, Students Mobilizing in Favor of Islamofascism

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:49:14 am PDT

As Islamofascism Awareness Week begins at campuses across the US, the mainstream media and the leftist-Islamist axis are going on the attack. At Columbia: Not in Our Voice. Indiana: Islamo-Fascist follies. Minnesota: Islamo-Fascism very racist concept. Penn State: Muslim Student Association’s Response to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. Washington state: Local Muslims upset by UW campus event. Wisconsin: ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Propaganda, Islamofascism

Turkey Sends Troops to Iraqi Border

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:06:37 am PDT

The Turkish military is moving to the Iraqi border after an ambush yesterday by Kurdish guerrillas. SIRNAK, Turkey - Dozens of Turkish military vehicles loaded with soldiers and heavy weapons rumbled toward the Iraq border on Monday after an ambush by guerrilla Kurds that left eight soldiers missing and killed ...

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Tags: Turkey, Islamism, PKK, Kurdistan

Hizballah Seethes, Threatens

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 9:49:44 am PDT

The Hizballah terror gang is warning the US not to set up military bases in Lebanon. BEIRUT (AFP) - The militant group Hezbollah warned on Monday against the alleged creation of US military bases in Lebanon, saying the foreign troops would be treated as “occupation forces.” “It is impossible to ...

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Tags: Hizballah, Lebanon

Breaking: Mistrial Declared in HLF Hamas Trial - Update: Official Verdict Document Added

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 9:42:19 am PDT

Holy Land trial ends in mistrial. 11:35 a.m. The Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial ended in a mistrial Monday after the jurors deadlocked on most of the counts. But a government prosecutor said the Justice Department would retry the case. Only one official – Mohammad El-Mezain, the Holy Land’s original chairman ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Los Angeles Wildfires

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 9:21:37 am PDT

I’ve gotten several emails and comments from readers asking if I’m in danger from the wildfires in the Los Angeles area; no, I’m not anywhere near the fire areas. But here’s an open thread for any LA readers to discuss what’s going on, and post any information that might be helpful. ...

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Tags: Los Angeles, Wildfires, Emergency

CAIR Goes After Robert Spencer (Again)

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 9:15:40 am PDT

The Council on American Islamic Relations has launched another yet another dishonest attack on Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, due to his participation in the anti-Islamization conference in Belgium. Here’s Robert’s reply to the usual CAIR smear tactics: CAIR hits a new low of defamation. Now CAIR has reached a ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Robert Spencer

'Mixed Verdicts' in HLF Trial

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 8:34:19 am PDT

News from the Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas, where it appears that the “soft jihad” may have won a partial victory: Holy Land Foundation defendants face mixed verdicts. The jury in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial was unable to reach unanimous decisions on three of the six defendants, ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

How To Stack a Silly Internet Poll

Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 8:16:05 am PDT

I’ve received several emails from readers who aren’t clear about how the Ron Paulians can stack internet polls. Here’s the explanation—it’s actually quite simple. (I’ll leave out some obscure technical details, and just give you the bare bones explanation.) Most online polls, like the ones at CNN and MSNBC, don’t use ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Ron Paul, Internet Polls

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Sunday Into Monday Overnight Open Thread

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 10:50:19 pm PDT

Because all the other threads are getting full...

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Oh No! Here Come the Paulians!

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 8:48:28 pm PDT

From our Most Recent Referrers page: http://ncarts.facebook.com... http://harvard.facebook.com... http://ncst.facebook.com... http://belhaven.facebook.com... http://uno.facebook.com... http://stevens.facebook.com... http://wsu.facebook.com... http://umassd.facebook.com... http://www.facebook.com... ...And that’s only part of it. The Paulians are freaking out! UPDATE at 10/21/07 8:57:51 pm: http://vt.facebook.com... http://ohio.facebook.com... http://stjohns.facebook.com... http://wittenberg.facebook.com... http://wmich.facebook.com http://carleton.facebook.com... http://sfasu.facebook.com... http://utpb.facebook.com... http://uwaterloo.facebook.com... I’ll have some juicy hate mail tonight, guaranteed. All of Facebook has been mobilized! We are doomed! Bwa haahahaha! UPDATE at 10/21/07 9:15:12 pm: Oddly enough, for all of these Facebook links, our ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Ron Paul

The Ummah Hearts Ron Paul

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 8:28:34 pm PDT

Why should American Muslims vote for Ron Paul? How will he help the Ummah? How YOU can HELP Palestine and END American Sponsored Oppression Assalaamu Alaikum Brothers and Sisters, You can help by sharing and sending this note to all the Muslims you know as well as by registering as a Republican ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Moonbats, Ron Paul

Crooks and Liars Poll Refuses to Obey

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 7:50:31 pm PDT

The latest results of that Crooks and Liars Poll:

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Tags: Moonbats, Democrats, BDS, Hate Speech, Pete Stark

Who Won the 10/21 GOP Debate?

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 6:40:52 pm PDT

Here’s the LGF poll for tonight’s debate. [Poll] Sorry, Ron Paul fans. But you’re not allowed to game our polls any more. Try MSNBC or Fox News; they still aren’t hip to what you’re doing. UPDATE at 10/21/07 9:04:44 pm: This poll is now closed; for the reason, see this post: Oh No! Here ...

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Tags: Poll, GOP, Debate

GOP Debate Thread 3

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 6:15:46 pm PDT

Yet another thread to discuss yet another debate...

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GOP Debate Thread 2

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 5:47:51 pm PDT

Here’s our second thread to discuss the GOP debate in Orlando... Meanwhile, according to that poll at Crooks and Liars, 55% think Pete Stark should apologize.

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Tags: GOP, Debate

GOP Debate Thread 1

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 5:01:24 pm PDT

Well, here we go again. The eight remaining candidates are about to begin “debating” in Orlando, Florida, on Fox News. Here’s our first thread to discuss the 26,548th GOP debate...

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Tags: GOP, Debate

'Crooks and Liars' Deleting Comments As Fast As They're Posted

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 4:18:29 pm PDT

By the way, the crack web team at moonbat blog Crooks and Liars has been working overtime trying to delete every single comment that criticizes them or departs in any way from the groupthink. Finally they just gave up and shut down commenting entirely. It’s pretty hilarious: Right Wing goes ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Democrats, BDS, Hate Speech, Pete Stark

Video: Don't Let This Be You

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 3:43:14 pm PDT

(Hat tip: Le_Patriot. Language warning.)

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Tags: Comments, First

The Torture Never Stops: GOP Debate Imminent

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 2:14:49 pm PDT

You can beg and plead for mercy, offer bribes, run around the room screaming, or get on your knees and pray—but still there’ll be more. Another GOP debate is coming up at 5 pm Pacific on Fox News: Candidates to Sell Conservative Credentials at Republican Debate. We’ll be live-blogging, through the ...

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Tags: GOP, Debate

Sunday Afternoon Open

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 1:42:32 pm PDT

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Zombie: The Stuff of Nightmares

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 1:35:58 pm PDT

Someone had to do it, and that someone turns out to be Zombie: The Really Truly Hillary Gallery.

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Tags: Zombie, Hillary Clinton

The Dutch Intifada, Night 6

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 11:46:58 am PDT

For the sixth night in a row, Muslims in Amsterdam are torching cars, following the death of a Muslim who burst into a police station and stabbed two officers: Violence flares again in Amsterdam. Disturbances broke out for a sixth successive night in an immigrant quarter of Amsterdam when four ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Netherlands, Theo Van Gogh, Amsterdam

MAS Leader Propagandizes in Washington Post

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 9:31:48 am PDT

The Washington Post gives Muslim American Society front man Esam Omeish carte blanche today to whitewash his past and lie about the opposition to his appointment to a Virginia immigration commission: Why I Resigned. I won’t bother quoting anything from this one; you know what it says already: pointing out his ...

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Tags: CAIR, Immigration, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Virginia, Muslim American Society, Esam Omeish

Antisemitic Ravings of the Day, Courtesy of Saudi Arabia

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 8:51:44 am PDT

Ray Hanania used to call himself a “comedian,” but now he’s dropped that ruse and given himself over to hate speech and undisguised antisemitic conspiracy theories. Here’s his latest spew, at the Saudi royal family’s English mouthpiece, ArabNews, in which he claims that the move to shut down the teaching ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Jihad, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Hanania

Canadian Muslim Tells Truth on Palestinian Statehood, Vandals Deface Wikipedia Entry

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 8:39:18 am PDT

In the Toronto Sun, Salim Mansur is fed up with the denial and blindness that characterizes the Palestinian statehood issue: Time to end the charade. The truth of the matter is that there is nothing to broker when one party, the Palestinians and their Arab-Muslim financiers and supporters, remains ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Wikipedia, Peace Conference

Palestinian 'Security' Forces Plotted to Kill Olmert

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 7:54:58 am PDT

In August, Ehud Olmert’s partners in peace plotted to murder him. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel would “not look the other way” on a plot by a terrorist cell from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction to attack his convoy earlier this year in the West Bank ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Peace Conference

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Saturday Overnight Thread

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 10:50:54 pm PDT

Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised. — Marilyn Manson

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Tags: Open Thread

Bush Says: Saudis Are Fighting Terror

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 8:38:28 pm PDT

Somebody pinch me. I must be having a bad dream. Bush certifies Saudi Arabia as anti-terrorism ally. WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush certified Saudi Arabia as an anti-terrorism ally on Friday, weeks after a top US Treasury official sharply criticized the kingdom’s record. Bush’s move came in a ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Jihad, Wahhabism, Theocracy

Iran's Manhattan Project Sideshow

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 8:02:49 pm PDT

Iran’s “nuclear negotiator” has “resigned:” Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator Resigns. And the scare quotes are deliberate. This maneuver is another attempt to buy time, while Iran’s Manhattan Project gains some more ground. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian government announced Saturday that its top nuclear negotiator had resigned, a move seen ...

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Tags: Islam, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ahmadinejad

Islam vs. Islamists, Open Thread

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 6:00:53 pm PDT

The film PBS wouldn’t show, “Islam vs. Islamists,” is about to start on Fox News, and here’s a thread for the lizard army to discuss. Yes, we’re really going to live-blog a TV show. Unflinching, politically incorrect documentaries about radical Islam are tragically rare.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, PBS, Islamists

Crooks and Liars: Lying About Stark

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 5:37:19 pm PDT

Q: If you’re a true believer in the left-wing lunacy groupthink, what’s the best way to defend another true believer against the evil right wing hate machine and their “quote your own words” smear tactics? A: You lie, of course, and just leave out the worst part of Pete Stark’s ugly ...

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Tags: Democrats, BDS, Hate Speech, Pete Stark

Video: Giuliani at the FRC Values Voters Summit

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 4:04:03 pm PDT

Here’s the speech Rudy Giuliani gave at the Family Research Council Values Voters Summit, because it’s always best to go to the source material instead of relying on MSM reports. And also because it really is a great speech.

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008

'Islam vs. Islamists' Tonight on Fox News

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 1:46:59 pm PDT

The Frank Gaffney-Martyn Burke film “Islam vs. Islamists,” canceled by PBS after being reviewed by a panel that included at least one radical Islamist, will be aired tonight on Fox News at 9 pm ET: FOX To Air Controversial Documentary on Islam.

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Tags: Militant Islam, Bias, PBS, Political Correctness

Giuliani In the Lion's Den

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 12:42:45 pm PDT

Can Rudy win over the social cons by promising to be honest about his views? Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, walking into a political lion’s den, told the year’s largest gathering of social conservatives that he is “not always the best example of faith” but that their similarities are ...

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008

JunkScience.com Demands Refund from Goracle

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 12:34:39 pm PDT

A British High Court judge ruled that Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” contains so many scientific errors that it shouldn’t be shown to schoolchildren. But if all those errors were removed from the film, would there be any science left?

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Tags: Al Gore, Global Warming, Climate Change, Goracle

Saturday Morning Open Thread

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 10:21:21 am PDT

Communism is like one big phone company. — Lenny Bruce

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MSM Twists, Distorts, and Lies About the Limbaugh Letter

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 9:27:35 am PDT

The mainstream media have been almost universally dishonest about Rush Limbaugh’s fundraising for MC-LEF. We pointed out the lies from Reuters and the New York Times yesterday, and Bob Owens has a post about the deceptions being pushed by ABC News: ABC News Credits Dems for Limbaugh Fundraiser; Reporter Botches ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Ahmadinejad: 'I Wanted to Visit Ground Zero to Prevent 9/11 from Becoming Another 'False Idol' Like the Holocaust'

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 9:13:32 am PDT

Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad explains his reasons for wanting to visit Ground Zero, confirming (as if we needed confirmation) that it was the right decision not to allow this creature anywhere near the site. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Interviewer: You were supposed to visit the site of the Twin Towers, ...

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Tags: 9/11, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Video, Ground Zero

YouTube: Antisemite-Friendly Video Sharing

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 8:24:49 am PDT

The owners of YouTube should be utterly ashamed of allowing garbage like this to pollute their web site; they crack down ruthlessly on copyrighted material, but allow vile, disgusting antisemitic videos—even neo-Nazi videos—to remain on the site for months and years. Here’s just one of the sick freaks, using the ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Youtube

Friday, October 19, 2007

Friday Night Link Depot

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:11:55 pm PDT

Report: Israel had mole inside Syrian facility prior to strike Folk artist Yusuf Islam to sing about deportation Snapped Shot: Meme of the Day IBDeditorials.com: Rehabbing The D.C. Snipers Video: 9/11 Truthers Infiltrate Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ Crossword Bebop: Flying Imams - Federal Law Preempts Everything In Airline Security Counterterrorism Blog: Qaradawi and the Muslim Brotherhood ...

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Tags: Jihad, Qaradawi, Tony Blair, Syria, Cat Stevens, Bill Maher, Link Dump, DC Snipers

Prog Host vs. Prog Host

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 9:58:19 pm PDT

When progressives eat their own.

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Tags: Radio, Air America, Randi Rhodes

Reuters Notices the Rush Limbaugh Story - Update: New York Times Blatantly Lies

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 7:02:30 pm PDT

Reuters finally gets around to covering the Rush Limbaugh-Harry Reid-$2.1M story, and are you surprised at the spin? I’m not: Reid-Limbaugh spat raises $2.1 million for children. No mention of the fact that Limbaugh’s matching the amount dollar for dollar, of course. Their headline is dishonest; it should read, “Reid-Limbaugh spat ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Creepy Ron Paul Promo of the Week

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 5:27:11 pm PDT

Allahpundit posted this incredibly creepy grassroots promo video for crazy uncle Ron Paul, favorite of the Diggbats and the crypto-libertarians, using imagery from the anarchist fantasy V. It’s very telling that Paul will not renounce or distance himself from Truthers, antisemites, and these kinds of weirdos: [Video]

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Tags: Moonbats, Ron Paul

Zombie: Presidential Campaign Sunday

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 5:08:46 pm PDT

I’ll let zombie tell you about Presidential Campaign Sunday: It’s not often that three different presidential campaigns all hold events within a few miles of each other, all on the same day. But that’s exactly what happened on September 30, 2007 when Hillary Clinton appeared at a rally in Oakland, ...

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Tags: Zombie, San Francisco

UC Irvine Will Allow Recording of MSU Hatred

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 3:39:41 pm PDT

The administration at the University of California Irvine has decided they will not allow Muslim groups to prevent the recording of their insane hate speech. This is a small victory, at a school where the Muslim Student Union is completely out of control, sponsoring events at which Muslim speakers openly ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Jihad, Hate Speech, MSU, Muslim Student Union, UC Irvine

Venezuelan Monument to Che Guevara Destroyed

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 1:43:16 pm PDT

Apparently, there are some people in Venezuela who don’t agree with the idolization of a brutal Communist mass murderer: Glass Monument to Che in Venezuela Shot. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A glass monument to revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara was shot up and destroyed less than two weeks after it ...

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Tags: Venezuela, Communism, Che Guevara

Vatican Responds to Muslims' Letter

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 1:04:11 pm PDT

A top Vatican official has replied to that Muslim letter that many see as a veiled threat, by making some pointed comments about the one-sided “peace” they’re offering: Cardinal signals firm Vatican stance with Muslims. PARIS (Reuters) - The top Vatican official for Islam has praised a novel Muslim call ...

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Tags: Islam, Vatican, Pope Benedict

Organizing to Resist the Islamization of Europe

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:39:30 pm PDT

A coalition of Europeans and Americans is organizing to resist Islamization. UPDATE at 10/19/07 2:06:09 pm: It’s important to note that not all the people who are hitching a ride on the anti-Islamization movement are doing it for honorable reasons. There are serious issues around the participation of Filip Dewinter (of the ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe

Friday Morning Open

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 11:25:08 am PDT

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress. — Mark Twain

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Harry Reid Hearts Rush Limbaugh

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:04:28 am PDT

As the bidding draws to a close on his ugly smear letter, Harry Reid is now taking credit for raising money for children of fallen soldiers. Rush Limbaugh should know that this letter that they’re auctioning is going to be something that raises money for a worthwhile cause. I don’t ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

School That Banned Christmas Holds Islamist Concert

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 9:42:51 am PDT

To make sure everyone stays fast asleep, an elementary school in Oak Lawn, Illinois (where the school board tried to ban Christmas and Halloween until parents responded with outrage) featured a Muslim convert in a concert of “peace” for the kids: Musician spreads message of peace through his songs. Musician ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Islamic Supremacism, Halloween, Christmas, Illinois, Bridgeview Mosque

Pelosi Slams Fundamentalist Islam (Not)

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 9:03:45 am PDT

Scrappleface has breaking news on a statement from Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi Slams Muslim Ideology Behind Bhutto Blast. (2007-10-19) — As the death toll climbed past 130, with nearly 400 injured, in a suicide-bomb assassination attempt on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the attack ...

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Tags: Scrappleface, Pelosi, Satire, Bhutto

Britain Is In Big Trouble

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 8:14:02 am PDT

Britain’s Conservative Muslim Forum has issued a report on UK “security,” and if you hadn’t been following the news from the UK, you might not believe what it says: Muslim Tories: ‘Iran has right to nuclear arms’. A body set up by David Cameron to advise the Conservatives on Muslim ...

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

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Philippines

Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 7:50:39 am PDT

Eight people dead in a shopping mall in Manila: Explosion at Philippines mall kills 8. MANILA, Philippines - A powerful explosion ripped through three floors of a shopping mall in the heart of Manila’s financial district Friday, killing eight people, injuring scores and sending police and troops on the highest ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Philippines, Abu Sayyaf, Bombing

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Reid's Anti-Rush Letter Bidding Now Over $2M

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 9:49:51 pm PDT

Come on now. This is getting silly. (In a good way.) Original Harry Reid/Rush Limbaugh Smear Letter. US $2,000,200.00

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Religion of Mass Murder Strikes in Pakistan

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 9:21:35 pm PDT

The death toll in today’s Islamic terror attack in Pakistan: 123. KARACHI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 123 people on Friday in an attack on former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto as she was driven through Karachi to greet supporters on her return from ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Pakistan, RoP, Musharraf, Bhutto

Thursday Night Mission Statement

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 6:42:37 pm PDT

Rush Limbaugh was on the Hannity and Colmes show tonight, and made a great point: the best way to handle dishonest left-wing smear campaigns is to refuse to engage on their terms, and instead mercilessly mock them. That’s what we’ve been doing at LGF for years, with lots of help from ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Terrorist Shuts Down Islamic Charities for Funding Terrorism

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 6:05:23 pm PDT

This is an open admission that Islamic charities are in the business of funding terrorism, but don’t expect the mainstream media to notice: PA to shut down Islamic charities. Who would know better where Hamas gets its money than Mahmoud Abbas? In a move aimed at undermining Hamas, the Palestinian Authority ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Islamic Charities, Zakat, HLF

Reid's Anti-Rush Letter Bidding Approaching $1M

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 5:01:04 pm PDT

Wow. The bidding for the Harry Reid/Rush Limbaugh smear letter is now over $850,000: Original Harry Reid/Rush Limbaugh Smear Letter. I wonder if Limbaugh is starting to reconsider his pledge to match the amount dollar for dollar? This could end up costing him more than a million bucks... UPDATE at 10/18/07 5:22:53 ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Confirmed: Air America Loon Fell Down in Front of Irish Pub

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 4:37:14 pm PDT

Randi Rhodes made a statement today about her self-inflicted head wound; faith and begorrah, she was in an Irish pub. Audio at BoreAmerica: Randi Rhodes statement on ‘mugging’/falling down incident. On her radio show today, Air America Radio’s Randi Rhodes spoke about her supposed mugging. She said she was watching football ...

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Tags: Radio, Air America, Randi Rhodes

Kos Kooks React to Bhutto Assassination Attempt

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 2:05:25 pm PDT

At Daily Kos, they’re already blaming President Bush for the assassination attempt on Benazir Bhutto: Daily Kos: BREAKING: Assassination attempt on Pakistani former PM, many dead. Some comments: Look at Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Pakistan.... Bush has destabalized the entire Middle East! ... Bush has destabilized the world with the help of his cronies The Republican party ...

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Tags: Daily Kos, Pakistan, Bush, BDS, Bhutto

HLF Jury Reaches Verdict - TBA Monday

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 1:42:05 pm PDT

The jury in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial has reached a verdict—but we’re not going to find out what it is until Monday. After 19 days of deliberations, the jury in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial returned a verdict Thursday afternoon. But it will be three ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

RoP Strikes at Benazir Bhutto

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 12:53:40 pm PDT

Benazir Bhutto has returned to Pakistan, and the Religion of Peace™ wasted no time trying to murder her: 2 blasts hit near Bhutto in Pakistan. KARACHI, Pakistan - Two explosions went off Thursday night near the truck carrying former premier Benazir Bhutto during her procession through Karachi, wounding several people, ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Pakistan, RoP, Musharraf, Bhutto

Thursday Afternoon Open

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 12:31:11 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for a Thursday afternoon. (Our web host just had a short system-wide outage, affecting us, Instapundit, Powerline, and a Sheehanload of other sites. Everything’s rolling again now.)

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California Democrat Stark: 'Heads Blown Off for the President's Amusement'

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 11:31:23 am PDT

They continually scream about the “right wing hate machine,” but Democrat rhetoric has reached a point that can only be described as loathsome. Here’s Pete Stark with the latest example. [Video] You don’t have money to fund the war or children. But you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent ...

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Tags: Democrats, Debate, Election 2008, SCHIP

SF Gallery Shuns Dreaded Z Word

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:49:04 am PDT

In San Francisco, “Zionism” is apparently a double plus ungood mindcrime, especially among artists who are expected to toe the anti-Israel line: Painter Presses His Cause on Canvas. PALO ALTO, Calif. — An Israeli-American artist contends that a San Francisco gallery that displayed his paintings dropped plans to publish a ...

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Tags: Art, San Francisco, Zionism

Warm, Secure News of the Day

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:04:35 am PDT

At Los Angeles International Airport, TSA screeners have missed 75% of the fake bombs planted to test security. WASHINGTON — Security screeners at two of the nation’s busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according ...

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Tags: TSA, Security, Political Correctness, Airports

Reid's Anti-Rush Letter Bidding Over $100K

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 9:09:08 am PDT

It’s the perfect way to turn around a left-wing smear campaign; Rush Limbaugh put Harry Reid’s original anti-Rush letter up for sale on eBay, and the bidding has now gone over $100,000 ...money that Limbaugh will give to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, an organization that helps the children ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Brownback's Bailing

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 8:54:22 am PDT

And then there were eight. (If you count crazy uncle Paul.) WASHINGTON - Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday. Trouble raising money was a main reason for his decision, said one person close to Brownback, ...

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Tags: Politics, Election 2008, Brownback

Feds Recommend Closing Saudi School in Virginia

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 8:32:53 am PDT

The Saudis have been quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) infiltrating America for decades, spending billions of oil dollars to build mosques and hardline religious schools in nearly every state of the union. But now there appears to be at least one government agency that is awake to the danger. McLEAN, ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Jihad, Wahhabism, Virginia, Theocracy

An Artist and His Dog

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 8:18:55 am PDT

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, whose drawings of Mohammed as a “roundabout dog” have provoked the most recent round of Islamic seething and threatening, has acquired a dog for protection. And named it Mohammed. This makes Lars Vilks, single-handedly, more courageous than the entire Western mainstream media. UPDATE at 10/18/07 9:32:09 am: A reader emails ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Sweden, Roundabout Dogs

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

How Low Can the New York Times Go?

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 9:49:41 pm PDT

The New York Times airs a commercial for Iraqi terrorists. Yes, really. You have to see it to believe it: Op-Ed: Know Thine Enemy. (Hat tip: Judith.)

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Tags: Media Bias, New York Times, Iraq, Al Qaeda, Arrogance, Irresponsibility

Another Use for the Multi-Purpose Burqa

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 9:12:25 pm PDT

That amazingly versatile Islamic garment, the burqa, is not only handy for oppressing women—it’s also the perfect multi-culturally immune disguise for robbing banks: Burka Bandit Hits Hiddenite Bank. HIDDENITE, N.C. — Police are investigating an unusual robbery in Hiddenite. Someone dressed in a burgundy burka walked into the People’s Bank ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Burqa

Pipes: Rudy's No W

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 8:04:30 pm PDT

Here’s Daniel Pipes on the difference between Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush. ’Would You Buy a Used Hawk From This Man?“ runs the title of a Oct. 15 Newsweek smear of presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, suggesting that the mayor’s advisors, ”some of the Bush era’s most assertive neoconservatives,“ represent ...

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008

Albany Muslims Seething

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 7:08:18 pm PDT

Muslims in Albany are upset and seething because a local prosecutor may become a judge. Why are they upset, angry, and appalled? Because he prosecuted Muslims. Members of Albany’s Muslim Solidarity Committee say they will do everything in their power to ensure Glenn Suddaby doesn’t receive the nomination. The activists formed ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, New York, Albany

Wednesday Evening Pig and Tiger

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 6:52:14 pm PDT

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Kos Kidz on Iran: It's the F*%^$#@ Reichstag Fire, Dude! (Update: Now with Dramatic Reading)

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 4:54:39 pm PDT

When President Bush said earlier today that Iran needs to be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons to “avoid World War III,” I wrote: I guess it’s shocking if you really, really want to convince yourself that a nuclear Iran would be no threat to the world. To those who aren’t ...

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Tags: Iran, Daily Kos, Bush, BDS

UN Redacted Syrian Nuclear Admission?

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 3:57:03 pm PDT

Did the United Nations deliberately try to hide a Syrian admission that Israel hit a nuclear reactor?

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Tags: Israel, Nuclear Weapons, UN, IAEA, North Korea, Syria

A Die-Hard Fan

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 3:41:37 pm PDT

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Tags: Open Thread, Hizballah, Elvis

AFP: An Obituary for a Murderous Swine

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 2:53:25 pm PDT

Agence France Presse writer Jihad Siqlawi gives us the terrorist viewpoint, in a respectful eulogy to a murderous Hizballah “fighter.” EL-TIRI, Lebanon (AFP) - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters massed on Wednesday for the funeral of a Lebanese guerrilla whose body was handed over in a rare swap between Israel and ...

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Tags: Propaganda, Media Bias, Hizballah, Lebanon

Ward Churchill at UC Davis

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 2:21:05 pm PDT

Coming to the University of California, Davis, on November 1, sponsored by the Leftist-Islamist Axis of Students for Peace and Justice and Totalitarianism, Students for Justice in a Nonexistent Country Called Palestine, and the ubiquitous Radical Muslim Student Association: fraudulent, plagiarizing, disgraced former professor Ward Churchill. The theme of the ...

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Tags: UC Davis, Ward Churchill

Bush: Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Mean 'World War III'

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 12:51:18 pm PDT

I’m not sure why this is supposed to be noteworthy, but Drudge put a red headline on it: Video: Bush warns of World War III if Iran gets the bomb. I guess it’s shocking if you really, really want to convince yourself that a nuclear Iran would be no threat to ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons

Terrorists' Lawyer Stewart at Hofstra U: 'I Would Do It Again'

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 12:38:17 pm PDT

As we reported last month, convicted and disbarred terrorist enabler Lynne Stewart was invited to Hofstra University to take part in a conference on legal ethics. University administrators appeared on talk shows defending this ludicrous choice, by saying she’d serve as an example of a lawyer who crossed the line ...

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Tags: World Trade Center, Lynne Stewart, Hofstra University, Legal Ethics

Hirsi Ali: 'My Home is in the US'

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 12:26:25 pm PDT

Ayyan Hirsi Ali has thanked Denmark for their offer of refuge, but says her home is in the United States. Persecuted author Ayaan Hirsi Ali said she was ‘touched and honoured’ by Denmark’s offer of protected residence but is choosing to stay in the United States. On Sunday, the culture minister, ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Denmark

Wednesday Morning Open

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 9:44:52 am PDT

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. — Homer Simpson

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Revolving Door for Terrorists in Yemen

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 9:25:51 am PDT

Al-Qaeda terrorist Jamal al-Badawi, who particpated in the attack on the USS Cole and has a bounty on his head from the United States, surrendered to authorities in Yemen—and was promptly released after making a promise not to do any more nasty terror stuff: Revolving Door Justice For Al Qaeda ...

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Tags: Yemen, Al Qaeda, USS Cole

PA Envisions a World Without Israel

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 9:08:46 am PDT

While Mahmoud Abbas continues making demands, and Condi Rice continues pressuring Israel to accept them, the mask came off again on Palestinian Authority television. A clip broadcast by Fatah-controlled Palestinian television this week shows a map in which Israel is painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag, symbolizing Israel ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Peace Conference

Putin Pledges to Complete Iran's Nuclear Reactor

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 8:58:55 am PDT

The bad old days of the Russian bear are back with a vengeance, as Vladimir Putin pledges to complete Iran’s nuclear reactor, and makes agreements with Caspian Sea nations to obstruct any action to stop it. President Putin forged an alliance with Iran yesterday against any military action by the ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Putin

Leftist 2-Minute Hate of the Day

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 8:35:37 am PDT

Neil Clark, the British journalist/evil scumbag who called Iraqi translators working for UK forces “traitors,” and said they should be slaughtered by the “true heroes” of Iraq (read: Al Qaeda), now suggests that Iran, Russia, Syria and Venezuela should join together to declare war on the US. Today’s developments are ...

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Tags: Iran, Venezuela, Syria, British Journalist

West Bank Goes on Gun-Buying Spree

Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 8:25:58 am PDT

In the West Bank, ruled by the US State Department’s “partner in peace” Mahmoud Abbas and supposedly ready for statehood, they’re buying so many guns the price is soaring. HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Two years ago, an M16 automatic rifle could fetch $5,400 or more in the Palestinian West ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Peace Conference

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Islamic Riots in Amsterdam

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 9:35:22 pm PDT

Following the death of a Muslim who burst into a police station and stabbed two officers, Moroccan “youths” are rioting and setting cars on fire in Amsterdam. Moroccan-Dutch youths rioted in Amsterdam overnight Tuesday. A group of dozens of youths in the Slotervaart neighbourhood in western Amsterdam set cars on fire, ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Netherlands, Theo Van Gogh, Amsterdam

Farrakhan in Atlanta: Blacks Must Separate from Mainstream Society

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 8:51:05 pm PDT

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is still alive, and still preaching separatist hatred in Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA - In a rare public appearance, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black Americans on Tuesday night to separate from mainstream culture to establish and support their own community. Nearly eight months ...

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Tags: Nation Of Islam, NOI, Farrakhan, Race

It's Sad When Antisemites Forget to Pay Their Bills

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 8:34:37 pm PDT

Solomonia has been tracking a bizarre conference of antisemites, leftists, and Islamists scheduled to take place in Orange County at the Irvine Marriott—who apparently forgot to (or couldn’t) pay their conference fees and got tossed out: CAIR Defends Hard-Core Jew Haters’ Conference (Update: CAIR says they only provided legal referral). With ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Daily Kos, CAIR, Eileen Fleming

Dubai, NASDAQ, Zakat, Jihad, and Israel

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 7:26:20 pm PDT

Dubai, the Arab country that tried to buy a controlling interest in American seaports, and is now trying to buy a 20% interest in the NASDAQ stock exchange, has banned Israel from participating in the World Congress of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations: Dubai bans Israel from Int’l ...

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Tags: Israel, Dubai, Qatar, Stock Exchange, NASDAQ. Zakat

LGF Registration Open Again

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 6:10:41 pm PDT

Yes, registration is open again. I may have gone insane, or there may be a method to my madness. Ponder this, oh ye hatchlings, before ye jump. UPDATE at 10/16/07 6:27:45 pm: Now closed with more than 50 hatchlings in ~15 minutes.

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Tags: Open Thread, Registration

Bush to Blame for Another Failing Business in Iraq

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 5:49:55 pm PDT

The situation in Iraq is getting worse and worse. For the undertakers: As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch. NAJAF, Iraq — At what’s believed to be the world’s largest cemetery, where Shiite Muslims aspire to be buried and millions already have been, business isn’t good. A drop ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, Surge

Gibson: 'It Was the Brownshirts!'

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 4:32:46 pm PDT

Hilarious! Johnny Dollar has a recording of John Gibson mocking the left wing blogosphere’s moronic knee-jerk reactions to the Randi Rhodes story: ’It Was the Brownshirts!’ UPDATE at 10/16/07 4:43:18 pm: The Daily Kos Kooks, of course, couldn’t care less about the truth; it’s a mere speed bump on the road to ...

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Tags: Radio, Air America, Randi Rhodes

The Netherlands Pays for Jihad Television

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:09:11 pm PDT

In the Netherlands, two Islamic public broadcasting channels have now been merged into one—and that channel is in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. THE HAGUE, 13/10/07 - Radical Muslims have taken control of the Dutch Muslim Broadcaster (NMO). At least three of the public broadcaster’s eight directors are extremely ...

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Tags: Islam, Television, Dhimmitude, Netherlands, Muslim Brotherhood

Swedish Hackers Counterattack Turkish Web Sites

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:35:10 am PDT

In the Internet Roundabout Dog Wars, Swedish geeks are counterattacking Turkish geeks: Swedish hackers target Turkish forum. Swedish hackers have retaliated against their Turkish counterparts following an attack earlier this month on some 5,000 Swedish websites. On Saturday, a group of disgruntled hackers posted a comment to the Flashback web forum ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Sweden, Roundabout Dogs

Tuesday Morning Open

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:06:09 am PDT

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. — Will Rogers

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Tags: Open Thread

ICE Chief Pandering to Hizballah

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 9:48:22 am PDT

Here’s Debbie Schlussel in the New York Post, with still more evidence that way too many people in our government are either profoundly unserious about the threat from Islamic terrorism, or profoundly clueless: Border Cop Bungles. October 16, 2007 — JULIE Myers, the head of the U.S. Immigration and Cus ...

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Tags: Hizballah, Dearborn, ICE

TNR Still Stonewalling on Beauchamp Fables

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 9:11:28 am PDT

Here’s Scott Johnson on The New Republic’s ethics scandal, the scandal that’s being completely ignored by mainstream media as TNR editors hunker down and hope it all goes away: Power Line: It’s the coverup that kills you, part 2. TNR editor Franklin Foer and executive editor Peter Scoblic seem to ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

Condi Reassures Egypt

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 8:45:05 am PDT

Condoleezza Rice has reassured Egypt, and that should make anyone who cares about Israel deeply uneasy. CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday restored its confidence in the Bush administration’s commitment to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Tags: Israel, Palestinians, Egypt, Statehood

Air America Host Mugged, 'Right Wing Hate Machine' Instantly Blamed (Update: No Mugging, Just Leftist Hate Speech)

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 7:57:42 am PDT

Loony leftist Air America radio host Randi Rhodes was allegedly mugged Sunday night in New York outside her apartment, and the cast and crew of Air America already know who to blame. Jon Elliott was extremely agitated when he reported on the incident. He opened his show by saying “it ...

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Tags: Radio, Air America

Craven CNN Moment of the Day

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 7:48:07 am PDT

In their report on Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist whose drawing of Mohammed as a dog has drawn death threats from the Religion of Peace™, CNN says Vilks should have known better. Vilks, who has been a controversial artist for more than three decades in Sweden, says his drawing was ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Mohammed, Cartoon Jihad, Sweden, Roundabout Dogs

Monday, October 15, 2007

The Wages of Appeasement

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:06:43 pm PDT

When the Germans and the South Koreans make deals with the Taliban to release hostages, and pay large sums of money in ransom, the Islamic supremacists turn right around and use that money to murder and kidnap more Westerners: Taliban use hostage cash to fund UK blitz. No one should be ...

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Tags: Appeasement, Taliban, Hostages

LGF Registration Open Again (Update: Closed Again)

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 7:40:46 pm PDT

Yes, the window of opportunity is open again. And again, it’s for a very short time. You’ve got to want it, hatchlings. UPDATE at 10/15/07 7:52:25 pm: Now closed, with 32 more hatchlings in 10 minutes.

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Tags: Open Thread, Registration

Crosby and Nash Singing a New Tune

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 6:49:19 pm PDT

In the golden age of Woodstock, David Crosby and Graham Nash sang, “do do do do do, doot doot do-do-do-do.” Crosby nearly died from his prodigious cocaine abuse, but spent part of his fortune to jump ahead of the plebeians and get a transplant to stay alive. Who knows how ...

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Tags: David Crosby, Graham Nash, Chris Matthews

YouTube: Fundraising for Jihad

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 6:21:04 pm PDT

YouTube is cracking down on copyright violations, but they’ve done absolutely nothing to stop the Islamist propaganda that’s everywhere on their web site. And now the Filipino Islamic terror gang Abu Sayyaf has apparently had success using YouTube to raise money, according to police in the Philippines. Manila - An al-Qaeda-linked ...

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Tags: Islam, Propaganda, Youtube

Iowahawk: Membership Has Its Privileges

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 5:35:05 pm PDT

All it takes is winning a thoroughly undeserved Nobel Peace Prize, and a whole world of opportunities opens up: Membership Has Its Privileges. Dear ALBERT GORE JR. : Congratulations! On behalf of the selection committee, I am pleased to announce that you have been named a 2007 recipient of the ...

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Tags: Parody, Iowahawk, Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize, Satire

LGF Registration Open (Update - Shut)

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 4:47:53 pm PDT

A very limited window of opportunity... UPDATE at 10/15/07 5:03:39 pm: Now closed, with 51 hatchlings in 14 minutes, all of whom are on the watch list until we’re sure none of them are changelings or sockpuppets.

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Tags: Open Thread, Registration

IAEA Springs Into Action, Contacts Syria

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 2:58:19 pm PDT

The United Nations and their blind, toothless nuclear watchdog the IAEA were totally clueless about Syria’s nuclear plant. But don’t worry, they’ll get to the bottom of this. Why, they’ve already been in contact with Syria to ask them what’s up. VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog did not know ...

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Tags: United Nations, IAEA, Syria

Afghan Koran Burning Story: Another Fable

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 2:03:22 pm PDT

On that story from Afghanistan about the seething and threats over an alleged Koran desecration, the military says it never happened. Imagine, if you will, my surprise. KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Monday it had looked into allegations that soldiers had desecrated the Quran during a raid on ...

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Tags: Appeasement, Taliban, Afghanistan, RoP, Koran

Al Qaeda Supporters Defend Hamas Event in Ohio

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 1:40:13 pm PDT

Patrick Poole responds to a bizarre open letter from the “Peace and Justice Foundation,” in which they express support for Hamas, Islamic Jihad, numerous deported and imprisoned terrorists, and even Al Qaeda: Group supporting Al-Qaeda defends Ohio Statehouse October-terror-fest. The “Open letter” below in support of the upcoming October-terror-fest to ...

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Tags: Hamas, Useful Idiots, Ohio

Monday Afternoon Open

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:32:39 pm PDT

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had. — Michael Crichton

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Tags: Open Thread

Video: Hamas TV Death Cult Child Abuse

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:54:10 am PDT

The degenerates of Hamas continue indoctrinating children into a life of hatred and murder, with an animated film glorifying “martyrdom” and portraying Israelis as evil child-killers. This monstrous show aired October 12 on Al Aqsa TV, the Hamas TV channel. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]

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Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Hamas, Propaganda, Death Cult, Child Abuse

2007 Weblog Awards Nominations Closing Today

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:06:07 am PDT

It’s the last day to nominate your favorite blogs in The 2007 Weblog Awards...

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Tags: Blogosphere, Awards

Britain's Orwellian Problem

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:00:17 am PDT

A British priest who made some innocuous comments on the case of Shabina Begum (a Muslim girl who was denied her request to wear a face mask to school) received a visit from the UK police’s mindcrimes division. A priest has been interviewed by police on suspicion of inciting racial ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Hate Crimes, Thought Crimes

Al Qaeda Active in New Jersey

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:48:14 am PDT

This comes as absolutely no surprise. I’ve long noticed that some of the most rabid Islamist trolls who open (short-lived) accounts at LGF, or send me insane hate email, originate in New Jersey—especially around the Paterson area: FBI Monitoring al-Qaida Activity in North Jersey. NEWARK, N.J. (NorthJersey.com) — Members of the ...

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Tags: Al Qaeda, New Jersey

GMU Muslim Student Association Defends Taking Over 'Meditation Room'

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:36:14 am PDT

The former president of the Muslim Student Association at George Mason University has issued a statement about the “meditation room” that has been commandeered by Muslim students and turned into a mosque, complete with segregation of men and women and expulsion of non-Muslims. Snapped Shot has the statement and commentary: ...

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Tags: MSA, Islamic Supremacism, George Mason University

Monday Technical Update

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:26:28 am PDT

Ill-behaved robots are becoming a nuisance at LGF. I’ve discovered that web crawlers have been going through our comments pages, opening every user profile, even though there are tags that should specifically prohibit them from doing this. The crawlers are coming mostly from our pals in China, which doesn’t give ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, China, Technical Info, Internet Archive, Ajax, Web Robots

Rice: Now's the Time for a Terror State

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 9:21:21 am PDT

Condoleezza Rice says it’s time for Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas to have that Palestinian state they so richly deserve: Rice: Now is time for Palestinian state. RAMALLAH, West Bank - The time has come for establishing a Palestinian state and it’s in the interest of the ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Temple Mount, Peace Conference

End-of-Ramadan Bombing in India

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 8:37:58 am PDT

Six dead and at least 32 injured in a bombing of a cinema in northern India: India cinema blast was ‘terrorist’ attack, police say. Indian police said on Monday that an explosion that killed six people and injured 32 in a packed cinema hall in northern India was a “terrorist” ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Bombings, India

NYT Blows Another Investigation

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 8:34:00 am PDT

The New York Times has blown another ongoing investigation into Al Qaeda sympathizers in the United States, with a bizarre semi-adulatory article about Samir ibn Zafar Khan (aka Inshallashaheed ), an internet jihadi Dr. Rusty has been following for some time: The Jawa Report: Inshallashshaheed Outted: North Carolina Jihadi in ...

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Tags: Media Bias, New York Times, Al Qaeda, Arrogance, Irresponsibility

Denmark Offers to Shelter Hirsi Ali

Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 8:10:22 am PDT

LGF kudos this morning to Denmark, who have embarrassed the Netherlands and risked the rage of the tiny minority entire Islamic world by stepping up and offering to give refuge to Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Brian Mikkelsen, the Danish culture minister, has indicated the government would be willing to allow outspoken ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Denmark

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Sunday Overnight Open

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 9:20:01 pm PDT

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Mark Twain

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Tags: Open Thread

Zombie: Code Pink vs. The Marines

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 7:04:53 pm PDT

Zombie emailed to say this was a “lesser effort,” but anything the notorious undead investigator posts is worth looking at, as he/she/it documents another bizarre sideshow in Berkeley: Code Pink vs. The Marines.

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Tags: CodePink, Zombie, San Francisco, Code Pink

Dubai, NASDAQ, Zakat, and Jihad

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 6:54:56 pm PDT

Revisiting Dubai’s intention to purchase 20% of the NASDAQ stock exchange, Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen bring up some disturbing issues, centering around the Islamic practice of Zakat and its connection to the global jihad: Tithing for Terrorists. Bourse Dubai began operating as the world’s first fully sharia-compliant stock ...

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Tags: Dubai, Qatar, Stock Exchange, NASDAQ. Zakat

CAIR Director Caught in a Blatant Lie

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 5:22:32 pm PDT

On September 10, 2003, in written testimony given to the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, CAIR executive director Nihad Awad denied ever receiving money from the Hamas-linked Holy Land Foundation, and accused terrorism expert Steven Emerson of lying: “This is an outright lie,” Awad said. “Our organization ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Media Matters Commenter: 'End the Life of Every Conservative'

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 1:37:13 pm PDT

The hit squad at Think Progress took one nasty comment from a reader at RedState, and stated outright that it represented the entire blog: White House Embraces Right-Wing Blog That Called For ‘Destroying’ Graeme Frost. So I guess it’s OK to point out that Media Matters has let a comment stand ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Speech, Left Wing, Media Matters

Murdock: It's Wrong for the Right to Be Rudyphobic

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:39:17 am PDT

Here’s a good piece by Deroy Murdock on the religious right’s self-defeating campaign to excommunicate Rudy Giuliani: It’s Wrong for the Right to be Rudyphobic. What do Giuliani’s Religious Right detractors really fear he will do about abortion? If he can overcome their suspicions, secure the GOP nomination, and win ...

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008

Sunday Morning Open

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:14:21 am PDT

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. — Bernard Bailey

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Tags: Open Thread

Military Will Investigate and Punish Koran Abusers

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 10:45:02 am PDT

Oh brother. Here comes another round of politically correct investigations of US soldiers, in a futile attempt to appease a Dark Ages mentality—because of allegations that a book was mistreated: US military to investigate claims Koran burnt in Afghanistan. ASADABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — The US military said it would investigate ...

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Tags: Appeasement, Taliban, Afghanistan, RoP, Koran

Air Force Commissions Study by Anti-Military Hack William Arkin

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 9:35:05 am PDT

This has to be some kind of joke. The Air Force commissions a study on the Israeli-Hizballah war, and who do they pick to do it? Hard-left anti-military writer William Arkin, who wrote in the Washington Post that US troops are a bunch of mercenary rapists and murderers who are lucky ...

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Tags: Israel, Hizballah, Lebanon, Air Force, William Arkin

Palestinians Demand Full Control of Temple Mount

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 8:59:24 am PDT

The “moderate” terrorist government of Mahmoud Abbas, darlings of the US State Department, are demanding that Muslims have total control of the Temple Mount as part of any “peace settlement.” It’s what Saudi Arabia wants, they say. The Israeli public doesn’t understand. It’s a deal-breaker. Despite attempts by Israel to avoid ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Temple Mount, Peace Conference

Fisk: The CIA Bombed Flight 103

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 8:28:29 am PDT

Robert Fisk, last seen at LGF when he joined the Troofers, descends further into outright lunacy, with an embarrassing article arguing that the CIA was responsible for the Lockerbie bombing: Do you know the truth about Lockerbie?

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Tags: Moonbats, Britain, Robert Fisk, Lockerbie

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Saturday Evening Open

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 8:28:40 pm PDT

Here’s yet another open thread while I work on another new feature, since the other open threads today have filled up faster than our Ann Coulter threads...

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Tags: Open Thread

Palestinians Kill Children, Mainstream Media Yawns

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 7:02:37 pm PDT

Imagine the hue and cry from every mainstream media wire service if Israel were responsible for this: PA forces shoot dead two Palestinians, including 5-year-old boy. Palestinian Authority security forces shot dead two Palestinians on Saturday, including a five-year-old boy, in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah. According to local resident, ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, RoP, Civil War, West Bak

Saturday Afternoon Open

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 3:42:33 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for a wacky Saturday afternoon... with a question for our registered users in the comments.

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Tags: Open Thread

CNN: Just Trying to Help (Jihadis)

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 2:22:52 pm PDT

CNN, ever mindful of the need for jihadis to be able to locate the artists and writers who “defame Islam,” has revealed the “safe house” of Swedish artist Lars Vilks. However, as Allahpundit notes, CNN isn’t entirely to blame—since they filmed with the permission of Vilks himself. AP also has screenshots ...

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Tags: Islam, Media Bias, Cartoons, Sweden, CNN, Lars Vilks

Syria's Nuclear Project

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 1:03:47 pm PDT

It’s now pretty much confirmed that the Israeli airstrike in Syria last month targeted a nuclear facility. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 — Israel’s air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one ...

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Tags: Israel, Nuclear Weapons, UN, IAEA, North Korea, Syria

Phillips: Britain Thrilled by Offer to Submit or Die

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 11:51:04 am PDT

Melanie Phillips has read that heavily promoted letter from Muslim scholars, and she had the same impression I did—that far from being a “message of peace,” it’s an offer to submit or die. First and foremost, it purports to be a plea to Muslims and Christians to make peace with ...

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Tags: Islam, Pope Benedict, Taqqiya

Ramadan in Memphis

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 11:28:37 am PDT

Muslims in Memphis celebrated the end of Ramadan with prayer and blessings, and by dancing around with large knives. About 5,000 Memphis-area Muslims joined in a community prayer Friday morning at DeSoto Civic Center and received a message of hope and praise for following the commandments of Allah and making ...

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Tags: Islam, Ramadan, Memphis

Saturday Morning Open Thread

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 10:33:21 am PDT

Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong

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Tags: Open Thread

Virginia Delegates Demand Information on Omeish Appointment

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 10:02:32 am PDT

Three Republican delegates from Viriginia are demanding information on how Governor Timothy Kaine could have missed all the radical Islamic roots and connections of the Muslim American Society, and hired their leader for an immigration commission: Details sought on immigration panel selections. Three Republican delegates have filed a request with ...

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Tags: CAIR, Immigration, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Virginia, Muslim American Society, Esam Omeish

New York Welcomes New Overlords

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 9:09:31 am PDT

I don’t know how many people complained about it, but it must have been a significant number. The managers of the Empire State Building were determined to make their appeasement gesture anyway: Empire State Building goes green for Eid. For the first time in its history, the Empire State Building in ...

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Tags: Islam, New York, Ramadan, Eid, Empire State Building

Historic London Cemetery to Be Disinterred?

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 8:57:48 am PDT

The craziness keeps getting worse: Anger over plan to dig up 350,000 bodies in historic London cemetery for Muslim burial site. It is a peaceful resting place for 350,000 souls - an historic graveyard which now serves as a nature reserve. But plans are afoot to dig up the ancient graves ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Friday, October 12, 2007

Zombie: Impeach on the Beach, Starring Cindy and Cynthia

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 8:22:42 pm PDT

CodePink, Cynthia McKinney, and Cindy “Dentally Challenged” Sheehan, joining together for another monumentally delusional Beach Impeach IV, thanks to zombie’s willingness to risk grave psychic damage.

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Tags: Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, Zombie, San Francisco

And Now for Something Completely Different

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 7:55:35 pm PDT

Andy McKee: The Art of Motion. [Video]

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Tags: Open Thread, Music, Andy McKee

Muslim Scholars to Pope Benedict: Make Peace with Us, or the Survival of the World is at Stake

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 5:52:45 pm PDT

Maybe I’m cynical (maybe?) but my initial impression of the Muslim scholars’ letter to Pope Benedict is that it’s a veiled threat. Al-Reuters, of course, says it’s a call for peace. LONDON (Reuters) - More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding ...

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Tags: Islam, Pope Benedict, Taqqiya, Christianity

Shocka! BBC Shows Mohammed Cartoons

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 5:22:09 pm PDT

I hope you’re sitting down, because ... forget about Ann Coulter ... here’s something really shocking. The BBC actually showed some of the Danish Mohammed cartoons. Forecast: seething and whining, with a 60% chance of death threats by Saturday afternoon. UPDATE at 10/12/07 5:32:42 pm: Since the BBC has now crossed that red line, ...

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Tags: Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, Qaradawi, BBC

Coulter Shocka Video

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 4:25:27 pm PDT

Several readers emailed the link to this Liveleak video of Ann Coulter’s appearance on the Donny Deutsch show. I know some of you are slapping your foreheads and screaming, “Why? Dear Lord, why? Don’t hurt us, Charles!” But since there were so many strong opinions about this one (mostly from people who ...

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Tags: Ann Coulter

The Traditional End-of-Ramadan Osama Bin Laden Video

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 3:06:39 pm PDT

Laura Mansfield has the latest Osama bin Laden video, released to celebrate the end of Ramadan by the tiny minority of misunderstanders of Islam. The video is eight years old, and further evidence that Osama’s been dead for quite a while.

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Tags: Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Video, Ramadan, Eid

Mainstreaming Holocaust Denial at Oxford

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 3:01:58 pm PDT

The Oxford University debating society has invited Holocaust denier David Irving to present his “controversial opinions” to students this November—and they’re justifying it by citing Columbia University’s Ahmadinejad travesty: Outrage after Holocaust denier David Irving invited to Oxford Union. Oxford University’s world famous Oxford Union debating society has sparked outrage ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial, Hate Speech, David Irving, Oxford

Islamists and Leftists Converge in Tehran - Islamists Win

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 2:10:59 pm PDT

During the Iranian hostage crisis while Jimmy Carter dithered endlessly, several trips to Tehran were organized by leftist clergy such as William Sloane Coffin, featuring propaganda displays like Christmas dinners and speeches praising the hostage takers and condemning the United States. The mullahs are now seeking to duplicate those glorious days ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, Radical Left, Che Guevara

Saluting Lieutenant Murphy

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 1:33:51 pm PDT

We humbly honor the courage of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, one of America’s best, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery under fire in Afghanistan: Slain Patchogue SEAL receives highest honor. Murphy is credited with putting his life in danger in an effort to save the lives ...

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Tags: Afghanistan, Military, Medal Of Honor

Newsweek Exposes Neocon Sorcerers

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:10:13 pm PDT

Newsweek exposes the evil neocon sorcerers who make up Rudy Giuliani’s foreign policy team. Thank goodness we have Newsweek and their army of highly-skilled fact-checkers, keeping America safe from neocon schemes.

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Tags: Newsweek, Neocons, Fact Checking

UA Student Paper Issues 'Apology' for Jew-Hating Cartoon

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:44:23 am PDT

Another disgusting story of blatant antisemitism at a college campus: Editor of ‘Daily Wildcat’ issues apology over cartoon. A cartoon in the Arizona Daily Wildcat is causing controversy; so much so that the Editor in Chief issued an apology Wednesday. The cartoon, created by Joseph Topmiller, shows a cafe receipt that ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Wacademia, Arizona

Video: Undercover Mosque Update

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:13:33 am PDT

British police decided not to pursue charges against any of the Islamic hate preachers exposed by the Channel 4 documentary “Dispatches: Undercover Mosque,” and instead reported Channel 4 to the UK’s media regulatory agency. Here’s a video update on this saga of appalling dhimmitude. [Video]

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Channel 4, Undercover Mosque

CNBC to Ron Paulians: We're On To You

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 9:53:52 am PDT

We’ve been writing about it for almost six months, but today CNBC’s John Harwood notices that Ron Paul has some very weird supporters, with lots of time on their hands: An Open Letter to the Ron Paul Faithful. The Ron Paul poll stacking is backfiring on those idiots, if even CNBC ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Ron Paul, CNBC

Friday Morning Open, Malware Update

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 9:32:08 am PDT

Several readers have complained of hearing weird music when they load LGF, or of seeing p0rnographic advertisements. I contacted PJ Media’s ad guru and here’s the scoop: I did a lot of troubleshooting and finally I learned that these ads are showing up for visitors whose computers have been infected ...

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Tags: Open Thread

Iraq Bomb Targets Children

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 9:04:08 am PDT

Tonight they’re lighting the Empire State Building green to celebrate the end of Ramadan. In Iraq they’re celebrating in a different fashion: Iraq bomb in toy cart hits children in playground. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in a cart of toys killed two children and wounded 17 others in ...

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Tags: War Crimes, Iraq, Children

Israel's Partner in Peace Wants It All, Update

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 8:57:00 am PDT

Israel must give up everything, while the Palestinians give nothing and continue trying to murder Israelis. Such a deal! How can Olmert refuse? Palestinians Want Western Wall as Part of Any Settlement. UNITED NATIONS — As an American-hosted Middle East summit approaches, Palestinian Arabs are hardening their positions: An aide ...

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Tags: Israel, Olmert, Land For Peace, Western Wall

Hillary: The New Flipper

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 8:49:51 am PDT

Twisting in the wind like a pinata, blown here and there by prevailing opinion, not an honest principle in sight: Clinton Says She’d Negotiate With Iran. CANTERBURY, N.H. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton called Barack Obama naive when he said he’d meet with the leaders of Iran without precondition. Now ...

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Tags: Politics, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Hypocrisy

Goracle Shares Prize with UN

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 8:23:28 am PDT

To no one’s surprise, the Nobel Committee has awarded their meaningless, politically driven Peace Prize to the Goracle, and the United Nations: Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize for Climate Work. The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, addressed reporters after the awards were announced and ...

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Tags: Nobel Peace Prize

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Columbia President Denounces Bathroom Graffiti

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 8:30:36 pm PDT

Columbia University president Lee Bollinger invited a genocidal madman who leads an Islamic supremacist rogue state dedicated to the destruction of Israel to speak at his school. But he draws the line at bathroom graffiti. NEW YORK — An anti-semitic message that included a swastika was found etched into the wall ...

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Tags: Columbia University, Ahmadinejad, Graffiti, Bollinger

Jimmy Carter: One Helicopter Away From Greatness

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 5:12:02 pm PDT

Jimmy Carter, America’s most powerless, indecisive President, who allowed a mob of uneducated Iranian students to hold Americans hostage for more than a year, says he wouldn’t have done anything differently. Speaking with XM Radio’s Bob Edwards on Tuesday, former President Jimmy Carter (you know, the guy who gave the ...

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Tags: Jimmy Carter, Iran

UN: Now With More Genocide-Fighting Power

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 4:31:46 pm PDT

Sure, the United Nations has been utterly worthless at stopping the numerous genocidal massacres that have occurred on their watch. But don’t worry—they’re better now: U.N. more able to prevent genocide, conference told. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than a decade after the United Nations was criticized for failing to ...

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Tags: United Nations, Genocide

Breaking: Columbia Will Turn Over Video in Noose Incident

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 2:49:56 pm PDT

In that case of a noose that was hung on a Columbia University professor’s door, Columbia was at first refusing to turn over the security camera tapes to police: Police: Columbia won’t turn over video. NEW YORK - Columbia University has refused to turn over security videotape that could help ...

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Tags: Columbia University, Racism, Hate Crime

Debate: We Should Not Be Reluctant to Assert the Superiority of Western Values

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 1:15:48 pm PDT

If you missed the live broadcast of the UK debate on the subject, “We should not be reluctant to assert the superiority of Western values,” the Spectator has made a podcast available in MP3 format.

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Tags: Islam, Britain, Tariq Ramadan, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Ibn Warraq

Media Matters Scandal of the Week

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 12:27:25 pm PDT

Well, judging from my email, a lot of people want to discuss the latest manufactured Media Matters controversy, Ann Coulter’s statement that “Jews Need to Be Perfected by Becoming Christians.” I recommend reading the transcript at the above link to get a sense of the dynamic between Coulter and CNBC host ...

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Thursday Afternoon Open

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:52:58 am PDT

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud. — Confucius

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Tags: Open Thread

Video: The Abu Abdullah Terror Trial

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:33:00 am PDT

The mysterious jasper has YouTubed another video clip from UK television, on the trial of hate preacher Abu Abdullah, who set up jihad training camps in Britain and has pleaded guilty to soliciting murder. [Video]

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Tags: Radical Islam, Jihad, Britain, Abu Abdullah

UTSC Muslim Students Get Halal Food - Still Seething

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:14:10 am PDT

A campus restaurant at the University of Toronto at Scarborough has begun offering halal meals for Muslim students. And the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Students Association is seething and complaining, because the restaurant is also still accommodating the infidels: Halal food hard to swallow at UTSC. ...

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Tags: MSA, Radical Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Canada, UTSC

Totten: On Patrol in Ramadi

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 10:00:58 am PDT

Michael J. Totten and Army Captain Phil Messer take a walking tour of Ramadi, Iraq, in a 20 minute video shot during a dismounted foot patrol in early August, 2007: On Patrol in Ramadi.

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Tags: Iraq, Totten, Anbar Province, Ramadi

Judith Miller on the Legal Jihad

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 9:41:26 am PDT

We’ve seen one example after another of Islamist front groups using the US legal system to try to suppress criticism of their activities—a sort of legal jihad—and Judith Miller looks at the efforts to fight back against the intimidation: A SLAPP Against Freedom. Nothing gets a journalist’s attention like a ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, KinderUSA, SLAPP

Bali Bombers Party at Indonesia Anti-Terror Chief's House

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 9:16:27 am PDT

In the “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia, the monsters who perpetrated the Bali nightclub bombings were treated to a Ramadan cookout at the home of the head of Indonesia’s “anti-terror” unit: Bali bombers feast at cop barbie. CONVICTED Bali nightclub bombers have feasted on kebabs with Indonesia’s anti-terrorism chief at ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Indonesia, Bali Bombings

Neo-Nazis Heart Ron Paul

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 8:39:46 am PDT

We know that Ron Paul is popular with 9/11 Troofers and Daily Kos, but here’s another hotbed of Paulmania—at Stormfront, home of neo-Nazis and white supremacists, where they’re urging the skinheads to ’VOTE RON PAUL IN THE ONLINE POLLS!’ - Stormfront White Nationalist Community. (Warning: the link leads to a truly ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Neo-Nazis, Ron Paul, White Supremacists

Video: Daniel Pipes Faces Haters at Wayne State

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 8:22:42 am PDT

Here’s a video from Anti-Racist Blog, showing the kind of harassment and hatred that’s almost always directed at Daniel Pipes when he speaks at colleges, as a student rants (with weird, hip hop-influenced hand gestures) about the need for Israel to be destroyed—then continually interrupts Pipes as he tries to ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Free Speech, Wacademia, Daniel Pipes

Google Bans Anti-MoveOn.org Ads

Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 8:07:28 am PDT

Just one more example of the leftist bias of Google: Google bans anti-MoveOn.org ads. WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Internet giant Google has banned advertisements critical of MoveOn.org, the far-left advocacy group that caused a national uproar last month when it received preferential treatment from The New York Times for its ...

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Tags: Google, Progressives, Leftists

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Ron Paul: The Only Guy Who Can Save Our Country

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 9:45:57 pm PDT

The hate mail from Ron Paul supporters angry at our decision not to include him in our post-debate poll continues to pour in. And they all seem to have free email accounts at Gmail or Hotmail. From a reader in Tennessee who found us by searching Google for 10/9/07 republican debate ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Ron Paul

Empire State Ramadan Travesty

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 8:41:42 pm PDT

Yes, they really are planning to turn the Empire State Building green for Ramadan. In the city that suffered the worst Islamic terrorist attack in history. And Debbie Schlussel’s cousin is to blame. Maybe next year, if the building’s still standing, Christo can wrap it in a gigantic Hamas headband to show ...

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Tags: Islam, New York, Ramadan, Eid, Empire State Building

Thugs Harass Reporter at Islamist Speech in Berkeley

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 8:15:41 pm PDT

Remember Hatem Bazian? The UC Berkeley lecturer who called for ’An Intifada in This Country’? When the Daily Californian’s Ethan Strauss attended a speech by Bazian on October 6, he was assaulted by thugs who grabbed his camera and demanded to know why he was there: The Daily Clog: No Pictures ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Berkeley, Intifada, Fifth Column, Hatem Bazian

Iowahawk: That Darn Sandy

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 6:46:46 pm PDT

From the Iowahawk alternate universe TV archives, another instant timeless classic: ‘That Darn Sandy’. After the cancellation of the western series ‘Johnny Nuance’ after the 1959 season, CBS turned to the newspaper comic pages to fill its 8 pm Friday night slot. Debuting October 4, 1960, ‘That Darn Sandy’ featured ...

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Tags: Parody, Iowahawk, Sandy Berger, Satire, Weirdness

Open Murphy Thread

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 6:33:39 pm PDT

Weird day. Server going up and down like a yoyo. “Journal commit I/O error.” Be still, my heart. Here’s an open thread, daring Murphy to strike again.

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Carter Plays the Chickenhawk Card

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 5:21:23 pm PDT

America’s most powerless and indecisive president, Jimmy Carter, calls Dick Cheney a chickenhawk. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a “disaster” for the country and a “militant” who has had an excessive influence in setting foreign policy. Cheney has been on the ...

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YAF Calls on GWU to Expel Leftist-Islamist Hate Group

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 5:08:56 pm PDT

When hundreds of anti-Muslim fliers were distributed at George Washington University, and the school administrators still believed they had been posted by conservative students, Student Association Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger told the GW Hatchet that he “would support expulsion. These acts are completely heinous.” Now that the perpetrators of this ...

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Tags: George Washington University, Islamofascism Awareness Week

Jawdropper of the Day

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 1:22:59 pm PDT

Islamic terrorists destroyed two of the tallest buildings in New York on September 11, 2001. Six years later, one of the remaining super-skyscrapers in New York, the Empire State Building, is going to go green for the Muslim holiday of Eid. New York’s iconic Empire State Building is to be lit ...

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Tags: Islam, New York, Ramadan, Eid, Empire State Building

Wednesday Morning Open

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:06:27 am PDT

We’re running a bit slowly this morning, but so far the hamsters are keeping up. It’s because of a link from Neal Boortz that’s sending us a huge amount of traffic. So here’s your morning open thread...

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Israel's Partner in Peace Wants It All

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 9:39:32 am PDT

Abbas wants return to pre-1967 borders. Of course he does. Those borders would put every inch of Israel within reach of Palestinian rockets. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday laid out his most specific demands for the borders of a future independent state, calling for a ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah

Palestinians: Allah, Kill Americans

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 9:14:01 am PDT

From the Palestinian Authority daily newspaper, the official media outlet of our “partner in peace,” Mahmoud Abbas, a cartoon praying for the deaths of Americans. (Via PMW.)

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Tags: Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah

Troofers and Holocaust Deniers

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 9:04:32 am PDT

The 9/11 Troofer “movement” is now converging with Holocaust denial, which shouldn’t be a surprise. The mental illnesses involved are very similar.

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Tags: 9/11, September 11, Moonbats, Truthers, Holocaust Denial, Conspiracies

Thompson and Abraham: Still Together

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 8:53:00 am PDT

In response to criticism over his choice of Spence Abraham, the Fred Thompson campaign announced that he had hired a new campaign manager. But it looks like the former lobbyist who worked closely with Islamist front groups is still there: DEARBORN — Few fumbles, few stumbles. He even knew the ...

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Tags: Politics, Fred Thompson, Election 2008

Former Congresswoman Tries to Censor Islamo-Fascism Week in Ohio

Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 8:45:58 am PDT

Arab and Islamic advocacy groups are doing their best to shut down Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, with an array of underhanded tactics that should concern all Americans. Patrick Poole has an article today looking at a former Congresswoman turned shill for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, who is thuggishly pressuring Columbus State ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Propaganda, Islamofascism, ADC

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

The Best Police Force in Iraq

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 10:25:24 pm PDT

Another must-read report from Michael J. Totten: The Best Police Force in Iraq. “We see Iraqis smile now,” Sergeant Kitts said to me on our way out. “And seeing Iraqis smile ... that’s a big deal. These people haven’t had anything to smile about for a very long time. This ...

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Tags: Iraq, Totten, Anbar Province, Ramadi

Bone-Chilling Robotic Insects Spying on Daily Kos

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 8:58:00 pm PDT

Evil neocon robotic insects are spying on the Kos Kidz! Daily Kos: WaPo: Robotic Insects Spy on Protestors? The next time you are at an anti-war protest and you see a dragon-fly in the corner of your eye, perhaps you should look more carefully. The Washington Post has a bone-chiling article ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Robots, Useful Idiots, Progressives

Islamophobia Running Rampant, According to AFP

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 8:30:43 pm PDT

I think Agence France Presse should just rename themselves, “Al Jazeera Lite,” judging from this unbelievable piece of unvarnished, unedited Islamist propaganda: Islamophobia began with end of Cold War, OSCE meeting hears. CORDOBA, Spain (AFP) - Islamophobia gathered pace in the West with the end of the Cold War, long ...

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Tags: Islam, Propaganda, Eurabia, Islamophobia

GWU Responds to Phony Poster by Cracking Down on YAF

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 7:35:09 pm PDT

The Young America’s Foundation has posted some information on the phony “anti-Muslim” posters distributed at George Washington University, and you’re not going to believe the university administration’s response to this outrage: Radicals at The George Washington University Fake Young America’s Foundation Event to Suggest Incident of Hate. Leftist administrators at ...

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Tags: George Washington University, Islamofascism Awareness Week

Tuesday Night Technical Open

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 6:43:57 pm PDT

Our tech-oriented readers may like to know about a discovery I made today: the Internet Archive crawler is now trying to follow links within external Javascript files. So if you have an Ajax-based script that calls a PHP program on the server, their web robot will try to open that ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Internet Archive, Ajax

Silly Internet Poll Mass Hysteria Spreading

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 5:55:27 pm PDT

Looks like Ron Paul’s supporters aren’t the only ones spending precious minutes of their lives stacking silly internet polls: FREEP THIS POLL at LGF (Sorry, no Paulenistas!) And from here too: DraftFredThompson.com.

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Tags: Politics, Poll, GOP, Debate, Ron Paul, Fred Thompson

Rudy Smacks Crazy Uncle Paul

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 5:48:00 pm PDT

Allahpundit has a vidclip of the great moment when Rudy Giuliani spanked Ron Paul again: Rudy smacks Paul over 9/11; Update: Full exchange added.

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Giuliani, Ron Paul

Oh No, Here Come the Paulians

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 4:41:52 pm PDT

Whenever I leave Ron Paul off one of our polls, the hate mail begins to flow. Coming from a link at The Daily Paul (yes, really!), a reader in Tampa writes: All you NeoCons Disgust me. I hope you all BURN IN HELL for your support of all these UNConstitutional WARS. ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Hate Mail, Ron Paul

LGF Poll: Who Won the GOP Debate?

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 3:02:57 pm PDT

[Poll] As I wrote in the previous thread, Ron Paul is not included because his weird camp followers have demonstrated over and over that they’ll do anything to stack the results of internet polls. UPDATE at 10/9/07 3:40:41 pm: For example, the CNBC poll: UPDATE at 10/9/07 3:48:03 pm: Oh no. Here come the Paulians. ...

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Tags: Poll, GOP, Debate

GOP Debate Thread 3

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 2:44:04 pm PDT

Here’s yet another thread for yet another debate, as Chris Matthews demonstrates why he’s known as one of the biggest partisan hacks on TV. When it finishes we’ll have a poll, and Ron Paul won’t be on it—because his weird camp followers have demonstrated over and over that they’ll do anything ...

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GOP Debate Thread 2

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 1:45:37 pm PDT

Here’s a second thread to discuss the GOP debate on the economy. You can watch the debate over the web at CNBC: GOP Presidential Debate.

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IslamOnline Picks Up Fake Poster Story - Doesn't Mention That The Posters Are Fakes

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 1:02:38 pm PDT

The Wahhabi propaganda site IslamOnline has now picked up on the story of the fraudulent anti-Muslim posters at George Washington University—and conveniently leaves out the fact that the posters were fakes: Islamo-Fascism on US Campus. CAIRO — University campuses across the United States are becoming the stage for an anti-Islam ...

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Tags: George Washington University, Islamofascism Awareness Week

GOP Debate Thread 1

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 12:49:31 pm PDT

The Republican debate on economic issues, hosted by partisan hack Chris Matthews, will be starting in about 10 minutes, at 1 pm Pacific, and it will be broadcast on CNBC: Debate Preview. Fred Thompson will take part in this one for the first time. MSNBC.com says the debate will be streamed ...

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Tags: GOP, Debate

Tuesday Morning Open

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 11:30:16 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for Tuesday morning. The GOP debate starts at 1 pm Pacific time, and we’ll be live-blogging it... Until then, the UK debate on the “superiority of Western civilization” is quite interesting; here’s a direct link to the live audio stream. Tariq Ramadan just finished speaking a little ...

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Phony 'Satirical' Anti-Muslim Posters Circulated at GWU

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 10:09:39 am PDT

At George Washington University, another outrageous action by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association, as they circulate flyers purporting to be from a conservative campus group with disgusting anti-Muslim messages: Anti-Muslim Fliers Cause Uproar. Posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday ...

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Tags: George Washington University, Islamofascism Awareness Week

Seven Suicide Bombing Attempts in 6 Weeks

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 9:28:47 am PDT

Coming from Nablus, in the West Bank, home of “moderate” terrorist leader Mahmoud Abbas, our “partner in peace:” 7 suicide bombings foiled during holidays. The security forces thwarted seven suicide bombings in Israel in the last month-and-a-half, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin told the cabinet Sunday. Diskin said that the ...

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Tags: Israel, Suicide Bombings, Olmert, Land For Peace

Pelosi in Pakistan Papers

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 9:25:30 am PDT

Pakistan’s Daily Times doesn’t carry a lot of Western news, but here’s an article they couldn’t resist: US appears guilty of torture: Pelosi. WASHINGTON: The United States appears to be illegally torturing terror suspects contrary to denials by President George W Bush, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on ...

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Tags: Democrats, Torture, Pelosi

UK Debate: 'We Should Not Be Reluctant to Assert the Superiority of Western Values'

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 9:02:09 am PDT

At 10:45 am Pacific time, Britain’s The Spectator will be live-streaming audio of an interesting debate: Tomorrow night [The debate is today; this quote is from yesterday. --ed.] from 6:45 pm, we’ll be broadcasting via this site a debate on the motion, “We should not be reluctant to assert the ...

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Tags: Islam, Britain, Tariq Ramadan, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Ibn Warraq

Zombie in LA Times

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 8:46:43 am PDT

LGF operative zombie is quoted in this LA Times article, and with that patented, many-layered system of fact-checking for which the mainstream media is famous, writer Jim Puzzanghera blindly assumes that zombie is a “he:” Google logo tweak sends critics into orbit. In May, the website www.zombietime.com started a Memorial ...

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Tags: Google, Zombie, LA Times

The Leak That Wasn't

Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 8:35:23 am PDT

The SITE Institute tells the Washington Post that someone in the Bush administration leaked that new 9/11 Bin Laden video to ABC News and ruined an intelligence source. A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release ...

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Tags: 9/11, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Video

Monday, October 08, 2007

And Now for Some Louis

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 10:05:34 pm PDT

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Tags: Open Thread, Music, Louis Armstrong

The Dobson Open Thread

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 6:32:18 pm PDT

I know many fighters in the lizard army watched James Dobson tonight on the Hannity and Colmes show. Here’s an open thread to discuss what he had to say—and for the record, I could not possibly disagree more with his position on Rudy Giuliani. Have at it... UPDATE at 10/8/07 8:18:15 pm: Allahpundit ...

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, James Dobson, Christian Right

The Top 101 Media Frauds

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 5:35:25 pm PDT

Randall Hoven’s list of the top 101 media frauds is a real eye opener: Media Dishonesty Matters. We are being fed false and misleading information, in matters big and small. It has come from trusted sources such as established newspapers, experienced journalists, Pulitzer Prize winners and Nobel Peace Prize ...

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Tags: Media Bias, Fauxtography

Dan Rather Threatened to Leak Fake Memos to NYT

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 3:38:19 pm PDT

Oh, by the way, Dan Rather is a liar. Surprised? He claimed that he wasn’t the one who gave final approval to air the infamous faked National Guard memos—but Drudge has an excerpt from Howard Kurtz’s book (which I’ll bet doesn’t mention LGF) that shows how much Rather had invested in ...

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Tags: CBS, Dan Rather, Rathergate, Killian Memos

Christian Activist Murdered in Gaza

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 3:20:06 pm PDT

In the Islamic paradise created by Hamas in Gaza, they’ve begun torturing and murdering Christians: Christian activist killed in Gaza. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A prominent Palestinian Christian activist was found dead on a Gaza City street Sunday, sending a shudder of fear through a tiny Christian community feeling ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Hamas, Death Cult, Christianity

Sandy Berger Advising Hillary

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 2:07:11 pm PDT

I see the mainstream media are catching up to LGF again; John Gibson is now discussing 9/11 document thief Sandy Berger’s position with the Hillary Clinton campaign, a story we had nearly a month ago: Hillary’s ‘Low Profile’ National Security Adviser: Sandy Berger.

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Tags: 9/11, Sandy Berger, Hillary Clinton

Hitchens: America Must Stand Behind Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 1:20:30 pm PDT

Chrisopher Hitchens is disgusted with the Dutch government, and calls on Americans to stand behind Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The lizard army already has her back, of course. For a while, her security in America was provided by members of the elite Dutch squad that is responsible for the protection of the ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Christopher Hitchens, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Monday Afternoon Open

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 12:19:01 pm PDT

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. — Mark Twain

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Video: George Galloway Panders to Extremists (Again)

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 10:59:51 am PDT

Here’s Britain’s most disgusting communist-Islamist Member of Parliament, George Galloway, ranting on and on at the Al Quds Rally 2007 in London, next to a big photograph of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Neturei Karta phony rabbis. Notice the Hizballah flags. [Video] UPDATE at 10/8/07 11:17:21 am: Via Gateway Pundit, here’s a disturbing ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, George Galloway, Multiculturalism, Londonistan

Ask Mr. Peanut

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 10:55:09 am PDT

America’s worst former President will be on two CNN shows this week, and CNN is soliciting video questions: CNN.com - Send an I-Report. What would you ask Jimmy Carter? The former president sits down with “Larry King Live” Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET and with “The Situation Room” Wednesday at ...

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Tags: Jimmy Carter, CNN

Hamas in the Ohio State Capitol

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 10:14:20 am PDT

Coming to the Ohio State Capitol later this month: a who’s who of Hamas enablers and sympathizers, sponsored by the blind and clueless Interfaith Association of Central Ohio. Patrick Poole continues doing a stellar job of exposing the useful idiots and the terrorists they embrace: HAMAS in the House. The ...

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Tags: Hamas, Useful Idiots, Ohio

The Olmert Madness Gets Worse

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 9:31:14 am PDT

I don’t even know what to say about this madness any more; the Olmert government seems determined to commit national suicide in the name of an absolutely delusional fantasy of “peace” with people who are irrevocably dedicated to Israel’s destruction: Israel May OK Division of Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (AP) - Senior ...

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Tags: Israel, Olmert, Jerusalem, Land For Peace

Carter in Sudan: US Talk of Genocide is 'Unhelpful'

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 9:07:56 am PDT

Jimmy Carter has never met a genocidal murderous dictator he didn’t like: ’Elders’ criticize West’s response to situation in Darfur. As the Darfur peace mission of the retired statesmen known as the Elders came to an end, two of their number - former UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and former US ...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the Craven Dutch Government

Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 8:41:51 am PDT

At the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum has a good opinion piece on the Dutch government’s disgraceful treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali (another manifestation of Europe’s appeasement of Islamism): A Dutch Retreat on Speech? Others simply want Hirsi Ali and her ilk to go away forever, thereby keeping Holland out of ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Sunday Turns to Monday Thread

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 10:00:53 pm PDT

Here’s an open overnight thread, since the last few have quickly filled up with verbiage...

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Was Haditha an Al Qaeda Propaganda Scheme?

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 5:10:24 pm PDT

Defend Our Marines points out a Marine Corps intelligence summary on the Haditha murder inquiry, alleging that the incident was a deliberate scheme by Al Qaeda terrorists to demonize the Marines: Al Qaeda In Haditha: The Battle the Media Ignored. October 6, 2007 – Buried in the mountain of exhibits ...

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Tags: Iraq, Haditha, Marines, Murtha

Al Jazeera Deepens Relationship With YouTube

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 3:12:01 pm PDT

The English-language version of the Muslim Brotherhood’s primary propaganda outlet, Al Jazeera, has been rightfully shunned by almost all US cable providers. So they’re sneaking in through the YouTube back door: YouTube Deepens Commercial Relationship With Al Jazeera.

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Tags: Islam, Al Jazeera, Propaganda, Youtube

Dissent from the Daily Kos Line and You're Instantly Banned

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 3:02:12 pm PDT

Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive posts a diary challenging the anti-military garbage that’s all over the Daily Kos web site—and gets banned in less than two hours: Daily Kos: Phony soldiers & hating on the troops. Here’s Daily Kos front page moron ‘Hunter’ explaining his reason for banning Uncle Jimbo: I’ve ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Useful Idiots, Anti-Military, Progressives

Sunday Afternoon Open

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 2:36:49 pm PDT

You may have noticed that our ‘Daily Archives’ button in the left sidebar, which pops up a calendar to let you choose a day’s worth of LGF posts, has gone missing. This is because I discovered that the popup calendar module was responsible for that odd Internet Explorer page loading ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Ajax, Refactoring, JQuery

TNR Makes Another Beauchamp Statement

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 1:10:41 pm PDT

The New Republic has yet another empty statement on the Scott Beauchamp fraud scandal. There’s nothing new here; they still refuse to address any of the real issues with Beauchamp’s ridiculous fantasies, and they’re blaming the Army for not cooperating with their “investigation.” The article is for subscribers only, but ...

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Tags: Anti-Military, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp, TNR

WaPo/CNN Journalists: Good News From Iraq Should Not Be Reported

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 12:26:48 pm PDT

On Howard Kurtz’s CNN show today, journalists from the Washington Post and CNN explained Why Good News from Iraq Shouldn’t Get Reported. Yes, really. UPDATE at 10/7/07 12:40:55 pm: Allahpundit’s got video: Increasing casualties = news, decreasing casualties = not news.

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Tags: Media Bias, Iraq, Military, Mainstream Media

Palestinian Murder Tools Improving

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 11:50:28 am PDT

While the delusional “peace conference” moves forward to its inevitable failure, Palestinians continue to try to commit random acts of murder. And they’re improving their weapons. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants fired a Katyusha rocket deep into southern Israel on Sunday, the army and police said, showing an ability to ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, Gaza, Rockets

Muslim Med Students Refuse to Learn About Infidel Illnesses

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 10:50:19 am PDT

Muslim “medical students” in the UK are now openly refusing to learn how to treat some illnesses: Muslim medical students get picky. Inch by inch, they’re insinuating shari’a law into every part of British society. Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Medical Students

Blackfive: Kos Kids Openly Hating Soldiers

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 10:44:00 am PDT

Uncle Jimbo responds to the hate-drenched Kos diary we featured yesterday: BLACKFIVE: Daily Kos just hating openly on soldiers now. UPDATE at 10/7/07 11:10:04 am: And as usual, when the hatred at Daily Kos gets a little too blatant, and blogs like LGF and Blackfive and Hot Air notice it, the Kos ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Useful Idiots, Anti-Military, Progressives

Sunday Morning Open

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 9:21:43 am PDT

I’m still trying to track down that weird bug that’s causing problems for some Internet Explorer users; if you’re getting errors when loading LGF in Internet Explorer, please let me know in this thread.

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Tags: Open Thread

Everyone's Friends, the Saudis

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 at 8:55:13 am PDT

A little paid vacation for terrorists, courtesy of the ruling class: Report: Saudi Gitmo Detainees Get Gift. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Saudi Arabian government will temporarily release 55 prisoners recently transferred from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and will give each of them about $2,600 ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Jihad, Wahhabism, Theocracy

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Night Owl Open

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 9:42:47 pm PDT

Here’s an evening thread for the lizards of the night. I’m leaving the advertisements turned off tonight; if you experience a page loading error in Internet Explorer with the ads disabled, please let me know so that I can cross that possible cause off the list.

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Tags: Open Thread

Video: What It's Like to Run LGF

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 8:19:17 pm PDT

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Tags: Open, Cat Herding

Saturday Evening Technical Open

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 5:24:09 pm PDT

Here’s another thread for LGF lizards to let me know if you’re still experiencing page load errors in Internet Explorer. I’ve been completely unable to duplicate the problem for more than two days now, although I was able to make it happen fairly predictably earlier this week. To test, I’ve turned ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Ajax, Refactoring, JQuery

MSM Bias Totally Out of Control

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 2:59:09 pm PDT

Did I miss something? Has it been proven that Blackwater contractors are trigger happy goons who go on shooting sprees, slaughtering innocent civilians? No? It’s still being investigated, you say? Then how the hell is Agence France Presse allowed to throw all the rules of responsible journalism out the window? Rice’s low-key ...

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Tags: Media Bias, AFP, Media Incompetence, Media Ethics

Muslim Inmate Assaulted by Concealed Pork

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 2:51:14 pm PDT

Oh brother. Muslim inmate sues Missouri jail, claims he was fed pork product. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Muslim inmate is suing a southwest Missouri jail, claiming the facility’s administrators violated his religious rights by feeding him sandwiches with a pork product concealed in them. Odell M. Edwards, who as a ...

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Tags: Islam, Prison, Grievance Theater

Saturday Afternoon Supertankers

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 2:41:27 pm PDT

LGF reader ‘The Capt.’ forwarded a cool photograph from Newfoundland.

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread, Ocean, Supertanker

Kos Kid Accuses Bronze Star Winner of Being 'Phony Soldier'

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 12:39:13 pm PDT

In one of the ugliest Kos Kid diaries I’ve seen yet, “dlawbailey” accuses a Bronze Star winner of being a “phony soldier:” Daily Kos: Phonied-Up Republican Soldier and Breasts. We already know they’re a sick bunch of creeps, but this one sets a new standard for loathsomeness. UPDATE at 10/6/07 2:08:03 pm: Meanwhile, ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Useful Idiots, Anti-Military, Progressives

Is the Pentagon Nickel-and-Diming the National Guard?

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 11:50:06 am PDT

I reached the point a while back where I automatically distrust articles like this one, and suspect there’s something we’re not being told. But if this report is accurate, it’s a total disgrace, and needs to be fixed, fast: National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War. ...

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Tags: Military, National Guard, Pentagon

Musharraf 'Sweeps' Pakistan Election

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 11:02:22 am PDT

Pakistani strongman Pervez Musharraf has swept the presidential election, but it’s a weak victory and could be overturned. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan’s Gen. Pervez Musharraf swept Saturday’s presidential election, according to unofficial results, but the Supreme Court could still disqualify the military leader in the vote boycotted by nearly all ...

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Tags: Pakistan, Musharraf

Palestinians Demanding Again

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 10:15:35 am PDT

The Palestinians have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity, and it looks like they’re gearing up to miss another one: PA official: We won’t come to conference without declaration. Ahmed Qureia, head of the Palestinian team to negotiate a peace agreement with Israel said on Saturday that there ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Peace Conference

Bush on Al Arabiya

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 9:26:04 am PDT

The terror-enabling Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya is openly hostile to George W. Bush in this interview, and in return he just keeps insisting that Islam is a Religion of Peace™, and denying he is an ‘enemy of Islam’. There’s so much denial on both sides here that it ends up ...

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Tags: Islam, President Bush, Ramadan, Al Arabiya

Saturday Morning Technical Open

Sat, Oct 6, 2007 at 8:37:19 am PDT

We’re starting off with an open thread this morning, while I try to find out what’s causing a weird, frustrating bug in Internet Explorer. I thought I had fixed it, but apparently not; I received several emails this morning complaining about it again. The bug happens when the page is loading; ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Ajax, Refactoring, JQuery

Friday, October 05, 2007

And Now for Some More John Hiatt

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 7:42:54 pm PDT

“It breaks my heart to see those stars, smashing a perfectly good guitar.” Never better said. [Video]

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Tags: Open Thread, Video, Music, John Hiatt

Progressives Praying for Bush

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 6:21:46 pm PDT

At Media Matters tool ThinkProgress.org, the progressives are praying for George Bush and Dick Cheney. They’re praying for them to die. Do you pray for Bush? A quick selection of the comments at the top of this nauseating thread: I pray for Bush every single night. I pray for him to choke on ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Think Progress, Progressives

LA Times Shills for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 5:08:38 pm PDT

It’s not the first time the Los Angeles Times has published pure, unvarnished propaganda from enemies of the US, and it won’t be the last. This time the article is by “special correspondent” Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran, and staff writer Borzou Daragahi in Beirut; oh yeah, I trust them to ...

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Tags: Los Angeles Times, Iran Ahmadinejad

Breaking: Dutch PM Tells Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Scram

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 2:58:56 pm PDT

Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende has told Ayaan Hirsi Ali to get out of the Netherlands, and stay out: Klein Verzet: Prime Minister: Hirsi Ali should leave the country! Today Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende has Dutch citizen Ayaan Hirsi Ali advised to leave the country and go ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

And Now for Some John Hiatt

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 1:58:15 pm PDT

Here’s a John Hiatt classic, “Have a Little Faith in Me,” with an excellent gospel choir providing backup vocals. [Video]

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Tags: Open Thread, Video, Music, John Hiatt

Clerics Who Started Cartoon Jihad Never Saw The Drawings

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 12:11:27 pm PDT

A new Danish documentary on the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy reveals that the clerics most responsible for inciting the Islamic world into a frenzy of violence, including Muslim Brotherhood Sheik Yussuf Al-Qaradawi, never even saw the cartoons. Danish director Karsten Kjaer travelled throughout the Middle East to investigate who and ...

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Tags: Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, Qaradawi

Friday Morning Open

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 10:52:00 am PDT

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. — Robert Frost

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Tags: Open Thread

Ummah.com: Who is Fighting the Pure Jihad?

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 10:28:30 am PDT

At British Islamic discussion forum Ummah.com, we discover some more Muslims (in Canada and in Texas) who completely misunderstand the meaning of the word jihad. Guys, come on. Read the memos. It’s a peaceful inner struggle. Who is fighting the pure Jihad? Abbas786 Soldier of Islam Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Who is fighting ...

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Tags: Islam, Jihad, Holy War

Religion of Children with Weapons

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 9:36:45 am PDT

A child with weapons, at an “Al Quds Day” demonstration in Pakistan, and the Associated Press caption couldn’t possibly be more ridiculous. Pakistanis stage a demonstration for ‘Al-Quds Day’ (Jerusalem Day), in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. Al-Quds Day is a way of expressing support to the Palestinians ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Pakistan, RoP

Ahmadinejad and a Murder in Vienna

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 9:18:31 am PDT

World Politics Review has the first interview in English with “Witness D,” who claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a member of a hit team that murdered three Iranian Kurds in Vienna in 1989: Ahmadinejad and a Murder in Vienna: An Interview with ‘Witness D’. Profil: Just a couple of more ...

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Tags: Iran, Terrorism, Ahmadinejad, Vienna

Ramadan in Iran: Jew-Hatred and 'Death to America!'

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 8:50:37 am PDT

Speaking on “Al Quds Day,” the last Friday of Ramadan, the disgusting little creature who serves as Iran’s thug-in-chief said the Jews should move to Europe or Alaska. Millions of Iranians attended nationwide rallies Friday in support of the Palestinians, while the country’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel’s continued ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Iran, Propaganda, Islamic Supremacism

Guess Who Came to Iftar for Dinner?

Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 8:24:29 am PDT

One of the most disheartening and disappointing things about the Bush presidency has been his insistence on remaining blind to the agenda of radical Islamists. Diana West is exactly right in this column: Guess Who Came to Iftar for Dinner? I wasn’t going to write about Ramadan in official Washington ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, President Bush, Mosques, Iftaar

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Hirsi Ali: Dutch Canceled Her Security Despite 'Credible Threats' in US

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 9:05:44 pm PDT

This is shaking out exactly as I thought it would; it was the Dutch government who canceled Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s security in the United States—after she received death threats in the United States. PARIS, Oct. 3 — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an outspoken Dutch critic of Islam who moved to the ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Hamas Video: A Two-Year Old Jihadi

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 6:59:37 pm PDT

Sheer evil, from a debased death cult society that condemns its own children to a life of violence and murder. [Video] UPDATE at 10/4/07 7:07:32 pm: It’s a Hamas TV production for schoolchildren called “The Gifted.” The media arm of HAMAS, Al-Aqsa TV, once again is using the airwaves to indoctrinate Palestinian youth ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, Radical Islam, Hamas, Death Cult, Child Abuse

Bush Hosts Ramadan Dinner

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 6:48:10 pm PDT

This is now a tradition for the President of the United States: Bush Hosts Traditional Ramadan Dinner at White House. President Bush welcomed Muslim leaders to the White House Thursday evening for an Iftaar dinner breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns ...

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Tags: Islam, President Bush, Ramadan

Daily Kos Traffic: Inflated?

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 5:12:42 pm PDT

Patrick Ruffini is investigating whether Daily Kos really gets the traffic they claim (500,000+ visits per day), and has turned up some pretty compelling evidence that their statistics are greatly inflated by an anomaly in Sitemeter’s traffic counting algorithm: Proof of the Sitemeter Anomaly. Here’s Patrick’s first post about this: Kos ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Useful Idiots, Traffic, Progressives, Sitemeter

Our Friends the Saudis

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 4:38:19 pm PDT

In the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, engaging in the kinds of acts we see in zombie’s latest photo essay will get you beaten nearly to death in public. TWO men in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 7000 lashes each after being convicted of sodomy and have received ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Shari'a, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Homosexuality

Al Gore's Hypocrisy Revealed

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 2:01:25 pm PDT

In the dark days before he emerged as The Goracle, he was a raving right-wing nutjob. Here’s a 1992 Al Gore speech rescued from the memory hole, in which he blasts George H. W. Bush for ignoring Saddam Hussein’s connections to terrorism and his quest for weapons of mass destruction. Undeniable proof ...

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Tags: Politics, Al Gore

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Restive Thailand

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 1:03:27 pm PDT

Five more dead in the South Thailand jihad: Islamic separatists kill five. FIVE people, including an army ranger, were shot dead by suspected Islamic separatists today in a spate of attacks in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, police said. The killings highlighted the almost daily violence in the troubled region where a ...

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Tags: Jihad, Islamic Supremacism, Thailand, South Thailand

Barack Obama Won't Wear a Flag Pin

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 1:00:24 pm PDT

I’m now beginning to put some credence in the idea that Barack Obama is nothing but a stalking horse for the Hillary Clinton campaign, because nobody could really be this stupid: Obama Stops Wearing Flag Pin. His excuse is straight out of Nutroots 101: “Dissent is patriotic! Not that old flag ...

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Tags: Patriotism, Barack Obama, Naivete

Zombie: Folsom Street Fair Orgy

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 12:15:39 pm PDT

Zombie’s new photo essay is now online, for better or worse, with a highly appropriate content warning. Don’t click through to the essay if you aren’t prepared for this one, because it confirms everything you might have heard about the Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco, September 30, 2007 Part 1. ...

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Tags: Zombie, San Francisco, Folsom Street Fair

Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Netherlands, Update

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 11:45:47 am PDT

At last we have a factual article about Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s return to the Netherlands: ’We Are Making Fools of Ourselves in the Eyes of the World’. And as I suspected, the claim published by Expatica that the United States had “refused” to pay for her security was not correct; as ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Officer Recommends Dropping Murder Charges Against Last Haditha Marine

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 11:17:55 am PDT

The presiding officer in the Haditha case has now recommended that all murder charges be dropped against the last Marine on trial—but says he should be charged with negligent homicide instead. CAMP PENDLETON — A Marine Corps official has recommended that murder charges be dismissed against a Camp Pendleton squad ...

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Tags: War Crimes, Iraq, Haditha, Marines

Got a Major Bag Man in Iraq

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 11:11:18 am PDT

An Al Qaeda bag man who smuggled huge amounts of money into Iraq has been captured. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An al Qaeda bag man smuggled $100 million into Iraq during the past few months to finance terrorist operations, according to the U.S. military. The unidentified man, arrested Tuesday near Baghdad, ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, War On Terror, Iraq, Islamic Fascism, Surge

Another Phony Sighted

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 10:37:53 am PDT

Well, what do you know? We have another politician who apparently falsified his military record. Will Media Matters come after me if I call him a phony? And for some odd reason, the media aren’t mentioning that he’s a Democrat.

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Tags: Military, Phony Soldier

Thursday Morning Technical Open

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 10:19:06 am PDT

After a bunch of reports of trouble with my old friend Internet Explorer, I’ve made some changes that seem to have fixed the problem. If you’re using IE6 or IE7 and have experienced problems loading LGF in the past couple of days, please let me know if everything’s groovy now, ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Ajax, Refactoring, JQuery

HLF Juror Refusing to Vote

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 9:30:21 am PDT

This is not good: Juror refusing to vote in terrorist-financing trial. Refusing to vote is pretty unusual; all we can do is speculate, but three possibilities occur to me: 1) Fear of retaliation by the terrorist groups whose financiers are on trial. 2) Religious sympathy with the accused. 3) Moonbat moral equivalence. DALLAS — ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, CAIR, Council On American Islamic Relations, Holy Land Foundation

Google Hearts USSR

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 8:34:04 am PDT

Google ignored Memorial Day and Veterans Day, but today they have a special logo up to commemorate an event that must be near to their hearts—the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik satellite.

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Tags: Google, Soviet Union, Sputnik

Ahmadinejad Lashes Out at US

Thu, Oct 4, 2007 at 8:16:10 am PDT

Speaking at a mosque in Tehran yesterday, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the United States, and at the eternal Islamic bogeyman, the dreaded Zionists. Looks like that dialog and free speech at Columbia University really helped him understand us better. Kumbaya. “The Zionists, who always wanted a country from ...

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Tags: Iran, Columbia University, Ahmadinejad

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Dubai's Plans in the US

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 7:52:07 pm PDT

A Dubai-based sister company of DP World, who tried to buy a controlling interest in America’s seaports, has now purchased 1,300 acres of land in South Carolina, to be developed into a logistics center and business park. ORANGEBURG, SC (AP) - A Dubai-based company looking to build a logistics center ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, UAE, Dubai, Qatar

Wednesday Evening Technical Open

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 6:35:31 pm PDT

One by one, we’re stomping the bugs around here. The big one we stomped last week has solved the problem of those server crashes that were happening almost daily; we haven’t had a server lockup in almost two weeks. Yay. The hamsters are positively beaming. And today another bug, less catastrophic ...

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Tags: Javascript, Open Thread, Technical Info, Ajax, Refactoring, JQuery

Wesley Clark Wants to Regulate Free Speech

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 5:13:42 pm PDT

Weasely Clark kicks the incredibly stupid controversy of the week up another notch, by proposing a totalitarian “ratings” system for political speech: Crazed by Rush, Wes Clark calls for political discourse to be rated. You’re not going to believe the blatant hypocrisy and lies in this one. Just disgusting.

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Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Progressives, Wesley Clark

Our Friends the Egyptians

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 5:05:55 pm PDT

University of South Florida student Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, arrested with pipe bombs near a South Carolina Navy base, is going to have his defense paid for by Egypt. TAMPA, Fla. - Egypt’s government is paying for the legal representation of a college student who authorities say was found with ...

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Tags: Jihad, South Carolina, Pipe Bombs, Megahed

Syria Preparing for Guerrilla War with Israel?

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 4:11:25 pm PDT

Dr. Rusty has a source who’s telling him that Syria has formed a new terrorist group called the “Committees for the Liberation of the Golan,” in preparation to launch attacks inside Israel: Syria Preparing for Guerrilla War on Israeli Soil.

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Tags: Israel, Hizballah, Syria, Golan Heights

Emerson: When Islamists Get Caught

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 1:11:07 pm PDT

Steven Emerson looks at what happens When Islamists Get Caught: they immediately cry “Islamophobia!” and “Free speech!” and “Out of context!” And the mainstream media covers for them. The Esam Omeish affair is the latest example of a “moderate,” “peaceful” American Muslim leader done in by his own words, caught on ...

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Tags: CAIR, Immigration, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Virginia, Muslim American Society, Esam Omeish

Wikipedia: Neutral on Terrorism

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 12:11:47 pm PDT

At Wikipedia, “terrorist” is on their list of Words to avoid. Extremism and terrorism are pejorative terms. They are words with intrinsically negative connotations that are generally applied to one’s enemies and opponents, or to those with whom one disagrees and whose opinions and actions one would prefer to ignore. ...

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Tags: Wikipedia

Toronto Mosque Says to Avoid Infidel Holidays

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 10:51:47 am PDT

A Somali mosque in Toronto is completely open about their agenda of Islamic supremacism, contemptuously posting an article telling Muslims to stay completely away from the infidels’ holidays. Also forbidden: watching sports or soap operas, walking dogs, family photos, wedding bands, Western hats, and mingling and shaking hands with the opposite ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Mosques, Holidays

Muslim Footbaths Coming to NYU

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 10:12:38 am PDT

The New York Post reports that Islamic footbaths are coming to New York University: Islam Gains a ‘Foothold’ at NYU. October 3, 2007 — New York University wants to make its sinks foot-free. As more than a dozen universities and colleges across the country have done, the school is looking to ...

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Tags: Islam, Footbaths, Wudu

Wednesday Morning Open

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 9:43:27 am PDT

Heres an open thread for Wednesday morning, while I help zombie set up a new report on the Folsom Street Fair...

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Tags: Open Thread

Medved vs. Olbermann

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 8:49:38 am PDT

Michael Medved lets Keith Olbermann have it: Is Keith Olbermann Man Enough to Accept Michael Medved’s Challenge?

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Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Progressives, Olbermann, Medved

Carter 'Faces Down' Sudan Officials By Caving In

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 8:31:35 am PDT

The Associated Press headline says: Jimmy Carter faces down Darfur officials. KABKABIYA, Sudan - Former President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security services who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to meet with refugees from the ongoing conflict. ... “You can’t go. ...

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Tags: Jimmy Carter, Sudan

Christmas and Halloween Un-Canceled

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 8:22:41 am PDT

At an emergency meeting last night, administrators and parents of Illinois’ Oak Lawn school board decided to allow Christmas and Halloween to exist. But they were only able to justify it by adding Ramadan to the school holidays. Which was probably the point of the whole exercise. Resident Bryan Schapiro argued ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Islamic Supremacism, Halloween, Christmas, Illinois

Prospect: Mission Accomplished

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 8:04:46 am PDT

A rather amazing admission from British center-left magazine Prospect: Mission accomplished. The question of what to do in Iraq today must be separated from the decision to topple Saddam Hussein four and a half years ago. That decision is a matter for historians. By any normal ethical standard, the coalition’s ...

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Tags: Militant Islam, War On Terror, Iraq, Islamic Fascism, Surge

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 9:36:59 pm PDT

And for a change, they may not have been trying to murder Israelis: Three Palestinians killed in Gaza car blast. GAZA (Reuters) - Three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday when their car exploded outside a Hamas security office in Gaza and the Islamist militant group which runs the territory accused ...

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Tags: Palestinians, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Work Accident

It's Sad When Jihadis Hotlink

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 7:12:37 pm PDT

Internet jihadis. Aren’t they cute when they’re little? Snapped Shot: Always Pwning Jihadis.

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Tags: Jihad, Internet, Hotlink

The Beam in The New Republic's Eye

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 6:13:46 pm PDT

In one of the most tone-deaf hypocritical statements yet from The New Republic, Eve Fairbanks crows about the great “karmic satisfaction” she gets from the stupid controversy over Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” remark—ignoring the gigantic beam labeled “Scott Beauchamp” in The New Republic’s eye: The Plank. I can’t help but ...

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Tags: Iraq, Military, Rush Limbaugh, New Republic, Scott Beauchamp

MPACUK's Reckless Endangerment, with Fauxtography

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 5:38:51 pm PDT

The Muslim Public Affairs Committee, a UK radical Islamic front group that doesn’t even try to hide their vile antisemitism (they’ve previously linked to and used images from neo-Nazi web sites), has published the name, address, and phone number of a shop that’s selling... gasp!... blood dates! Alert! Blood Dates: ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Israel, Antisemitism, Boycott, MPACUK, Fauxtography

The Web of American Jihadi Bloggers

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 2:18:14 pm PDT

Dr. Rusty is shining light on a web of American jihad supporters, including Sarfaraz Jamal of ClearGuidance infamy, now running the Islamic Network discussion forum: The Web of American Bloggers and The Terrorists They Facilitate.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Islam, Terrorists, Internet, United States

Obama Will Wipe Out Nukes

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 1:18:24 pm PDT

After he invades Pakistan, and opens diplomatic relations with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama will eliminate nuclear weapons. CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for ridding the world of nuclear weapons, arguing that U.S. policy is still focused on the defunct Soviet Union instead of combatting the ...

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Tags: Barack Obama, Naivete, Nuclear Disarmament

Tuesday Afternoon Open

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 12:21:54 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for a Tuesday afternoon...

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Tags: Open Thread

Thai Jihadis' Home Movies Found

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 10:43:07 am PDT

Like depraved serial killers, the jihadis in South Thailand keep trophies and videos of their monstrous acts: Mobile phones seized in restive southern Thailand depict gruesome videos. PATTANI, Thailand: Police in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand said Tuesday that mobile phones seized from an attack site contain video clips showing suspected insurgents ...

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Tags: Jihad, Islamic Supremacism, Thailand, South Thailand

Left Wing Lies Becoming a Pandemic

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 10:34:37 am PDT

The left wing blogosphere, Media Matters, and the mainstream media have all joined forces to promote one of the most astonishingly dishonest smear jobs in recent memory, and Brian Maloney’s all over the story at The Radio Equalizer: Anti-Rush Limbaugh Smear Campaign, VoteVets.org. UPDATE at 10/2/07 10:47:53 am: Here’s video of Hillary ...

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Tags: MSM, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh

Illinois Schools Cancel Christmas and Halloween

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 10:00:20 am PDT

We had this story of US cultural suicide last Friday, and it’s finally starting to be noticed by the mainstream media today: Oak Lawn Schools Cancel Holiday Traditions. (CBS) OAK LAWN, Ill. A southwest suburban school district has taken action, responding to the concerns of a Muslim parent. But now, as ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Islamic Supremacism, Halloween, Christmas, Illinois

House Voting to Commend Muslims During Ramadan

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 9:57:16 am PDT

Our elected officials in the House of Representatives are voting on an important resolution today. H. RES. 635 Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States and throughout the world for their faith. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Ramadan, House Of Representatives

Indy Airport Officials Say Muslim Foot-Washing Sinks Have Nothing to Do With Religion

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 9:38:03 am PDT

Officials at Indianapolis International Airport may be stridently denying that their plan to install foot-washing sinks has anything to do with religion, but a Muslim spokesman certainly seems to think it does: Foot-Washing Sink Proposal Causes Stir. INDIANAPOLIS — A proposal to install a foot-washing sink at Indianapolis International Airport ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Wudu, Indianapolis International Airport, Foot-Washing

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Restive Thailand

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 9:10:14 am PDT

Islamic terrorists used coordinated bombing attacks in Thailand to murder at least one person and wound 12: Bomb blasts in Thailand’s restive south kills 1, wounds 12. BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Nine bombs exploded near bustling markets in Thailand’s restive south early Monday, killing a soldier and wounding 12 people ...

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Tags: Jihad, Islamic Supremacism, Thailand, South Thailand

GMU Student Paper Promotes MSA

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 9:04:15 am PDT

George Mason University student newspaper The Broadside is encouraging students to participate in Ramadan fasting, sponsored by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association: Students Fasting For Change. George Mason University’s Muslim Student Association will once again host a Fast-a-thon, an event where they extend ...

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Tags: MSA, Islamic Supremacism, Ramadan, George Mason University

Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Netherlands

Tue, Oct 2, 2007 at 8:44:25 am PDT

Here’s an update on the situation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has returned to the Netherlands amid confused reports about the status of her security: ’Government should protect Hirsi Ali’. HILVERSUM – Former VVD minister Rita Verdonk thinks the government should provide security for Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who returned to ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Monday, October 01, 2007

The Stupid Leading the Blind

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 8:31:18 pm PDT

Daily Kos front-page idiot “Hunter,” who posted a deliberately dishonest, laughably stupid defense of CBS’s fraudulent documents, is now a foreign policy expert: Daily Kos: Bombing Iran? Please, Don’t Be Ridiculous. Eight months later, how’s that Super Technological Makeover of Daily Kos going, “Hunter?”

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Tags: Moonbats, Iran, Daily Kos, Ahmadinejad, Useful Idiots, Progressives

BBC Promotes Shari'a Law in Britain

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 7:06:08 pm PDT

Shari’a comes to the United Kingdom, with the blessings of the British Broadcasting Corporation. To watch the video...

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Tags: Islam, Shari'a, Britain, Sharia, Islamic Law

CAIR on the Watch: Racist Bathroom Graffiti at Columbia University

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 6:26:24 pm PDT

Unindicted Hamas co-conspirators CAIR are now keeping careful watch over graffiti in the bathrooms of Columbia University: CAIR-NY Joins Rally Against Anti-Muslim, Racist Graffiti. NEW YORK, NY, 10/1/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today participated in a rally against racism and intolerance ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Columbia University, CAIR, Propaganda, Council On American Islamic Relations, Grievance Theater

Socky Sockpuppet Flails Again

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 5:58:15 pm PDT

Glenn “Sockpuppet” Greenwald is hyperventilating again, at Salon. I know, boring. The left’s most dishonest would-be pit bull disgorges another wordy hit piece. He’s a Media Matters camp follower with logorrhea. The interesting thing about this one is that Socky Sockpuppet thinks he’s found a new way to get around my ...

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Tags: Liar, Sock Puppet, Glenn Greenwald, Fraud, Media Matters, Sockpuppet

CAIR Demands John McCain Appoint Muslim Campaign Advisors

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 5:25:04 pm PDT

In another paid press release intended to look like a news article, unindicted Hamas co-conspirators CAIR now want John McCain to appoint Muslim advisors to his campaign. Bold enough? WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to appoint a ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, CAIR, Propaganda, Council On American Islamic Relations, John McCain, Grievance Theater, Media Blindness

The Perfect Leftist Poll

Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 4:54:28 pm PDT

From the Oakland Tribune section of InsideBayArea.com, an opinion poll asks, “Should Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been invited to speak at Columbia University?” Of course, there’s only one possible answer to that question. (Hat tip: ulno.)

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