LGF Archives: November 2004
French Helicopters Fire on Ivory Coast Civilians
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 7:50:32 pm PST
Swiss TV has video of French Army helicopters firing without warning on an Ivory Coast demonstration, on November 6, 2004. The LGF reader who emailed this link included these remarks: It’s a REALMEDIA video (23 seconds only). It’s from a Swiss TV (TSR.CH) news show from 30.11.2004. You learn that the 6 ...
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The Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 7:26:45 pm PST
These are the fellow human beings we need to support, as they battle the forces of darkness within their own communities: Sign Petition to Punish Religious Leaders who Preach Violence and Justify Terrorism: Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
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Number One Word of the Year: "Blog"
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 5:34:46 pm PST
Dictionary publisher Merriam Webster says the word “blog” is their #1 word of the year, based on web searches: Publisher: ‘Blog’ No. 1 word of the year. (Hat tip: zombie.) It was mainly on blogs that readers first encountered speculation that U.S. President George W. Bush wore a listening device during ...
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Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 3:49:05 pm PST
Today comes news that a Dutch hospital has not only proposed guidelines for euthanizing babies—they’ve started doing it. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A hospital in the Netherlands — the first nation to permit euthanasia — recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It ...
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Telling the Fallujah Story to the World
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 3:43:27 pm PST
To help this information get the widest exposure possible, I exported all the Powerpoint slides from the recent IMEF & MNC-I EFFECTS Exploitation Team presentation on Fallujah, and created a web-based slideshow with my custom PHP code: Telling the Fallujah Story to the World.
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Dan Rather Talks to Spirits
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 1:45:29 pm PST
Well. I knew Dan Rather was ... strange. I just didn’t know how strange. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.) Describing his love of CBS and CBS News, Rather observed in the interview last year: “In my mind and the minds of the people I work with, this is a ...
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Religion of Tolerance in Bangladesh
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 1:28:04 pm PST
Islamic protest forces cancellation of Bangladeshi women’s swimming contest. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) DHAKA (AFP) - A national women’s swimming competition due to be held in Muslim-majority Bangladesh has been cancelled after protests from an Islamic group, officials said. Sahabuddin Ahmed, general secretary of the Bangladesh Swimming Federation, said officials agreed to cancel ...
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Ivorian Police Chief: French Troops Fired Without Warning
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 1:09:26 pm PST
In Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, police chief Colonel Georges Guiai Bi Poin says French troops fired indiscriminately into a crowd of demonstrators, with no warning. (Hat tip: Transatlantic Intelligencer.) Meanwhile in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, Ivorian police chief Colonel Georges Guiai Bi Poin gave a damning account of clashes ...
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Australian Cleric Had "Jihad Notebook"
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 12:50:01 pm PST
On returning to Australia, leading Islamic cleric Sheikh Mansour Leghaei was discovered to be carrying a “jihad notebook.” ASIO translated Mansour Leghaei’s notebook, which focuses on “infiltration, deception tactics, martyrdom and the euphoria of fighting a jihad outside one’s borders”. Details of the notebook are contained in documents lodged in a Federal ...
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Moonbat Convergence in Ottawa
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:10:35 am PST
Paul Denton is posting photographs from Ottawa of the moonbats converging to protest the visit of President Bush. UPDATE at 11/30/04 10:23:58 am: On C-SPAN right now, a CBC show about Americans who are so horribly embarrassed by their country that they want to move North. UPDATE at 11/30/04 11:27:07 am: Moonbat swarm on ...
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Total Appeasement, Norwegian Style
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:00:27 am PST
In Oslo, former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland (say that ten times fast) advocates a groundbreaking policy of Total Appeasement™ to win the love of the Arab world: Ex-Norwegian PM wants east Jerusalem as Palestinian capital. OSLO (AFP) - Former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland called for the creation of an ...
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What's Not in the Memogate Report
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 9:33:23 am PST
A very interesting post by Bummerdietz looks at the upcoming report on Rathergate, from the standpoint of a media legal department: Sneak Peek at What’s Not in the Memogate Report.
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ICRC: "Tantamount to Torture"
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 9:07:12 am PST
The International Committee of the Red Cross is screaming “torture!” again: Red Cross Finds Detainee Abuse in Guantanamo. Well, actually, they’re screaming “tantamount to torture!” in a so-called “confidential report” they leaked to the New York Times. And it turns out, as you read the NYT’s account, they’re actually saying “tantamount ...
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Make "Submission, Part 2"
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 8:24:13 am PST
Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali is planning a sequel to Submission, the film she made with murdered director Theo Van Gogh: Ayaan Hirsi Ali plans ‘Submission: part 2’. (Hat tip: Norwegian kafir.) Rotterdam - VVD Second Chamber member of parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali is working on a sequel to Submission, the ...
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Screamin' Dean to Victory!
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 8:15:04 am PST
An absolutely hilarious op-ed from Joe Trippi, who has the magic formula to put the Democrats back on top: move farther left. According to Trippi, Howard “Yeeaaarrrghh!” Dean has paved the way to future glorious victory: The Grassroots Can Save Democrats.
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What If They Gave a Protest and Nobody Came?
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 7:57:13 am PST
Early anti-Bush demos fizzle in Canada. (Hat tip: Ted.) A loose coalition of groups opposed to just about everything Bush supports had promised two demonstrations hours before Bush was due to jet into Ottawa Tuesday aboard Air Force One. The first demonstration — of Palestinians and sympathisers of the Palestinian cause opposed ...
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Iran is Laughing at the West
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 7:54:48 am PST
Iran taunts the US, gloats over the Europeans’ silly “agreement,” and mocks the toothless IAEA: Iran hails UN nuclear ‘victory’. A top Iranian official has claimed a “great victory” over the US after the UN said it would not punish Iran’s nuclear activities with sanctions. Hassan Rohani said Iran would never give ...
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France Admits Firing on Ivory Coast Protest
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 6:17:53 pm PST
French troops fired on Ivorian crowds, Paris says. (Hat tip: Ethel C.) PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - French soldiers opened fire on crowds of angry youths during days of mob violence and looting in Ivory Coast earlier this month, French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said. French forces had previously said they fired ...
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Alarmist Link of the Day
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 5:20:26 pm PST
Yossef Bodansky told the Jerusalem Post yesterday that a massive WMD attack is ‘inevitable.’ (Hat tip: PDM.) Bodansky was in Israel for the second annual Jerusalem Summit, an international gathering of conservative thinkers, the Post said. Al-Qaida has not carried out a second major attack, Bodansky explained, because the first one sufficiently ...
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UNRWA's Shady Donors
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 3:44:52 pm PST
Hang onto your blue helmets, as the United Nations scandals and outrages just keep on comin’! Today the Jerusalem Post reports that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which administers UN services in the Palestinian territories, has accepted millions of dollars in funding from groups that openly support international terrorism. UNRWA ...
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British Muslims Not Fond of Blair
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 3:37:37 pm PST
Agence France Presse reports that British Muslims don’t dig Tony Blair: With war on terror, Blair losing battle for hearts of British Muslims: poll. And they also want shari’a (Islamic law) courts in Britain, the hijab on women in schools, and accommodation of Muslim prayer times into the workplace. Eighty percent of ...
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Politics, Hamas Style
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 3:12:27 pm PST
Hamas says they’re putting terror attacks on hold during the Palestinian election campaign. Uh ... except this one ... Two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli fire in Gaza ... and, well, this one ... Home-made rockets strike Israel but cause no casualties ... Apart from those, and any other attacks they might ...
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Egyptian Pediatrician Rants
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 3:01:56 pm PST
The Egyptian Pediatrician of Terror, Ayman al-Zawahri, has popped up again in yet another video distributed by JihadTV: Al Qaeda’s Zawahri Plans to Keep Fighting US. “We are a nation of patience and we will continue fighting you (United States) until the last hour,” Zawahri said in the excerpts of the ...
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Holiday Reading Suggestions
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 1:25:14 pm PST
Two great new books are out, in time for the holiday season: Bill Whittle’s collection of superior essays on what it means to be an American: Silent America, andCox & Forkum’s second book of terrific political cartoons, Black & White World II, including commentary by yours truly to accompany C&F’s custom ...
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Congress Eyes UN Fund Cut
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:36:14 pm PST
The times, they are a-changing: Congress Eyes UN Fund Cut. ovember 29, 2004 — WASHINGTON — Congress is likely to move to reduce U.S. funding of the United Nations if leaders at Turtle Bay don’t come clean and institute major reforms in the wake of the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, The Post ...
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Watch "Eurabia" at FoxNews.com
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:22:41 am PST
Steve Harrigan’s investigative series Eurabia may not have been as extensive as Fox News’ pre-release hype made it seem, but it still broke new ground for mainstream media, examining the disturbing spread of radical Islam in Europe: Muslim Extremists Preach Violence in Europe. At this page you can watch all ...
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They Have Jihad, We Have ScanEagle
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 9:40:22 am PST
Here’s some of the amazing technology that helped us achieve a stunningly rapid, overwhelming victory in the hostile urban environment of Fallujah: Marines Aided by Robotic Airplane in Iraq. ST. LOUIS - A robotic airplane called ScanEagle has done more than 1,000 hours of intelligence and reconnaissance work for the Marines ...
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Ukraine Prez Proposes New Election
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 9:04:34 am PST
Ukraine’s outgoing president supports a new Presidential vote. KIEV (Reuters) - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma proposed Monday holding a new presidential election, his press service quoted him as saying. “If we really want to preserve peace and consensus and build this just democratic society, of which we speak so much but ...
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Anniversary of the UN Vote on Resolution 181
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 8:42:04 am PST
Israpundit is coordinating a “blogburst” to commemorate the anniversary of the UN vote that led to the creation of Israel. Today is the anniversary of the UN vote on resolution 181, which approved the partition of the western part Palestine into a predominately Jewish state and a predominately Arab state. (It ...
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O'Reilly: Rather was "Slimed"
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 8:31:24 am PST
Bill O’Reilly sticks up for Dan Rather, and says he was smeared. As a CBS News correspondent in the early ‘80s, I worked with Rather and have known him for more than 20 years. Listen to me: There is no way on this Earth that he would have knowingly used fake ...
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Media Math: Success = Quagmire
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 7:53:03 am PST
At the Washington Post, Brian Gifford from UC Berkeley uses “media math” to explain why, even though US casualties in Iraq are amazingly light compared to any other war the US has ever fought, we’re still trapped in a horrible quagmire and we’re doomed: The Costs of Staying the Course. More ...
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Moonbats Indulge in Pointless Protest
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 8:59:15 pm PST
Another outbreak of Bush Derangement Syndrome, pointless and schtoopid but thankfully not violent: Turn Your Back On Bush. The election is over. The fight is not. Elections are only one part of democracy. We need to think strategically about direct action, learn from a rich history of nonviolent activism, and develop new ...
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An Anti-Israel Holocaust Survivor in Berkeley
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 7:19:10 pm PST
LGF operative zombie has a fascinating report, with video clips, on Holocaust survivor/International Solidarity Movement member Hedy Epstein and her well-received anti-Israel speech at UC Berkeley last month: Hedy Epstein at U.C. Berkeley. Hedy Epstein is an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor who tours the country giving speeches at universities and to nonprofit ...
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Elections at the University of Death
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 4:44:44 pm PST
In Nablus it’s student election time again at the University of Death, An-Najah (where they create sickening exhibits glorifying suicide bombings), and the students are having their annual competition to see which faction can be the most bloodthirsty: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or Fatah. Here we see the Hamas gang with an ...
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Another Endorsement for Abu Mazen
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 11:04:15 am PST
Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Suicide bombers endorse Holocaust denier for Palestinian president! Al-Aqsa Brigades endorses Abbas for Palestinian president. GAZA CITY (AFP) - The radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades movement, an armed offshoot of the dominant Fatah faction, gave its endorsement to PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas in the contest for ...
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The Election's Over; Bush Won
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 9:31:21 am PST
The Miami Herald counted ballots in three Florida counties, and discovered (surprise!) that Bush really did win by a large margin in traditionally Democratic areas: No flaw is found in Bush’s state win. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) LAKE BUTLER - Since George W. Bush captured Florida and the White House again, critics ...
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9/11 Linked to Madrid Bombings
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 8:57:01 am PST
Report: FBI Finds Link Between 9/11, Madrid Bombs. The FBI has told Spanish investigators that one of three men believed to have planned the Sept. 11 attacks from Spain in the summer of 2001 also gave the order to carry out the Madrid blasts, the newspaper ABC reported. ... Investigators have long ...
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Iranian Death Cult Signing Up Members
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 8:28:06 am PST
The Islamic death cult in Iran is running a registration drive, signing up thousands of would-be murderers to carry out attacks against the US, Israel, and ... Salman Rushdie: Iran group canvasses for suicide attacks on Israel. The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group ...
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Does Saudi Arabia Have Nukes?
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 7:57:40 am PST
Middle East Newsline has a disturbing report that Iran considers Saudi Arabia to have nuclear weapons. (Hat tip: Abu-hoo-hoo.) NICOSIA [MENL] — Iran has quietly deemed Saudi Arabia a nuclear state. Iranian sources said the Islamic leadership in Teheran assessed that the Saudi kingdom has acquired access to nuclear weapons and technology. ...
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Razanne, the Muslim Doll
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 7:30:32 pm PST
The Online Islamic Store (with a contact address in Maryland) has an alternative to the infidel’s subversive Barbie doll, with every inch of skin properly covered: Razanne : The Muslim Doll. (Hat tip: forgetfoo.)
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We Got Mail!
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 6:29:05 pm PST
From an AOL address, one of the stranger hate mails I’ve received lately. Clearly, the admirer who labored over this missive is not a native English speaker, although it seems to have acquired a rudimentary understanding of how to manipulate the emotions of the multiculturally inclined: I see no notice about ...
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Peace Activists Threaten Violence
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 2:53:45 pm PST
Canadian “peace activists” are issuing veiled threats of violence during the visit of President Bush: Protesters won’t rule out possible acts of violence. OTTAWA — A coalition of anti-war protesters, left-wing lawyers and anti-capitalists refused repeatedly yesterday to condemn those who might resort to violence during the “loud” demonstrations planned for ...
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Watch for Falling Zerbisii
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 1:57:04 pm PST
Toronto Star moonbat columnist Antonia Zerbisias emitted a new piece of writing a few days ago; several readers forwarded the link to me. But I have a confession to make; I’ve been pouting because Antonia doesn’t mention me in this one. I thought we had something special going on. But I ...
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A Hamas Family Moment
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 1:11:38 pm PST
A Palestinian mother shows her son how to hold his gun for the cameras, at a terrorist rally. Mom is the one dressed in the black sack. A masked Palestinian woman helps a boy to hold a toy gun near other children during a rally in support of Hamas movement in ...
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Pat Tillman for Sportsman of the Year
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 12:51:05 pm PST
Sports Illustrated is running its annual fan poll for Sportsman of the Year, and Pat Tillman, who was killed fighting in Afghanistan after walking away from a multi-million dollar contract to join the Army after September 11, is in the running. I say this as a huge cycling fan, in ...
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The Screaming Centrist
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 12:17:40 pm PST
Eleanor Clift calls Howard Dean a “centrist” (yes! really!) and says he’s a perfect choice to lead the Democratic Party: Can Howard Dean Save the Democrats?
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Letter from Fallujah
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 9:55:44 am PST
At 2Slick’s Forum, an extraordinary letter from an Army officer who took part in the Battle of Fallujah: Letter from Fallujah. (Hat tip: M. Simon.) In Fallujah, the enemy had a military-type planning system going on. Some of the fighters were wearing body armor and kevlars, just like we do. Soldiers ...
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Stupid Lying Headline of the Day
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 9:21:27 am PST
The SLHotD comes to us from Agence France Presse, who say: Iran and Europe trying to save Iranian nuclear fuel suspension deal. VIENNA (AFP) - Iran and Europe continued efforts to see whether Tehran could unconditionally respect a commitment to freeze any nuclear fuel cycle work that could be diverted to ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 9:01:23 am PST
German news magazine Der Spiegel has obtained Iranian documents showing the construction of a secret tunnel for uranium enrichment, built right under the noses of the feckless Europeans and the toothless IAEA: Iran dug tunnel for military nuclear work-magazine. (Hat tip: Scaramouche.) BERLIN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Iran is working on ...
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Palestinian Politics
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 7:49:58 am PST
Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Convicted mass murderer backs Holocaust denier for Palestinian president! Barghouti Backs Abbas in Palestinian Race. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti dropped out of the race to replace Yasser Arafat on Friday, agreeing to support the candidacy of interim leader Mahmoud ...
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The Faint Whining of the Slashdot Nerd
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 7:32:59 am PST
At Slashdot, nerds whine about “getting ruled by the iron fist” of the evil moronic chimp Hitler (it seems that it’s “really sucky”), and pine for armed revolution: I’m Not Paranoid, I’m Just Paying Attention. Hidden among the “below threshold” replies is a slam at LGF; one of the trigger-happy nerds ...
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Ottawa Moonbats Getting Psyched
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 8:17:44 pm PST
The nut sandwiches will be coming out of the kitchen in Ottawa next week, as President Bush visits Canada: Police meet with protesters, businesses. As plans are finalized for U.S. President George W. Bush’s visit to Ottawa next week, police met with protesters and community members last night to address ...
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It's a Dan-derful Life
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 8:01:30 pm PST
Selected excerpts from the new CBS News Holiday Classic, It’s a Dan-derful Life, courtesy of Iowahawk... The neighborhood of Black Rock Falls, somewhere in midtown New York. The streets are deserted, and snow is falling. It is Christmas Eve. Over the above scenes we hear voices praying: JOHN ROBERT’S VOICE: I ...
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Turkish MP: US in Iraq Worse Than Hitler
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 6:50:43 pm PST
The head of Turkey’s “human rights group” says the United States is worse than Hitler. (Hat tip: lazytart.) Wow. That’s pretty bad. ANKARA (Reuters) - The head of Turkey’s parliamentary human rights group has accused Washington of genocide in Iraq and behaving worse than Adolf Hitler, in remarks underscoring the depth of ...
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UN Says UN a Failure
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 5:07:17 pm PST
The UN criticizes itself: U.N. Said Not Protecting Sudan Refugees. GENEVA - The United Nations is failing to protect millions of people displaced by conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region and violence in other hotspots around the world, a U.N. report said Friday. The world body’s approach to the problem of people who ...
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Human Rights Watch Hits Bottom, Digs
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 4:53:11 pm PST
Human Rights Watch has made common cause with the terror enablers of the International Solidarity Movement and other far-left Israel-hating groups, calling for Caterpillar to stop selling to Israel. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch have called on U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar to stop selling heavy bulldozers to ...
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Anchor Aweigh
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 3:36:47 pm PST
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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Kofi Annan's Son Got Checks for Years
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 2:55:38 pm PST
The tissue of lies surrounding Kofi Annan’s involvement in the monumental Oil-for-Food scam is beginning to tear apart: Firm’s Checks to Annan’s Son Went on for Years-UN. (Thanks to all who emailed about this story.) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan got monthly payments more than ...
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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 2:36:32 pm PST
...when they issue a death certificate for mass murderer Yasser Arafat showing his place of birth as Jerusalem—a falsehood perpetrated for its propaganda value, with the willing complicity of French doctors: Israeli ambassador criticises France over Arafat death certificate. MONTPELLIER, France (AFP) - The Israeli ambassador has criticised the French government ...
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Journalists' Safety is Top Priority
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 2:08:35 pm PST
Look out! They’re actually shooting at journalists! In war zones, of all places! And Chris Cramer of CNN says most of them were deliberately targeted—for “seeking out the truth:” Journalists’ safety is top priority. (Hat tip: Steven Den Beste.) Chris Cramer of the US network CNN is honorary president of the ...
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Mothers of Martyrs: We Want to Sacrifice More Children
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 8:50:25 am PST
From Hizballah’s Al-Manar television, on the occasion of “Martyr’s Day:” Mothers of Hizbullah Martyrs: We are Very Happy and Want to Sacrifice More Children. Umm Said: ‘This is a Blessed Day, the Day My Son Gave Me Reason to Hold my Head High’ Interviewer: “In addition to your being the mother of ...
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Islamic Misogyny in Eurabia
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 8:31:43 am PST
Here’s an especially disgusting sign of the multicultural catastrophe overwhelming Europe: Genital Mutilation ‘On the Increase in Europe’. (Hat tip: song_and_dance_man.) Young girls born in Europe to immigrant families from Africa are being subjected to ritual genital mutilation, and authorities are doing little to discourage it, a leading women’s rights activist ...
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Majority of Arabs Back Terror, Genocide
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:24:07 pm PST
Hamas is openly dedicated to murdering every Jew in Israel. This means that according to a new survey, an overwhelming majority of Arabs are in favor of genocide and terrorism: Arab world: 73.72% want Hamas to replace Arafat. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) A survey of the Arab world organized by the Al-Arabia ...
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The Horror
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 9:59:24 pm PST
War crime! Atrocity! Unforgivable abuse of human rights! Palestinian Forced to Fiddle at Roadblock. JERUSALEM - Israeli troops forced a Palestinian man to play his violin in order to pass through a roadblock near the West Bank city of Nablus, human rights activists said Thursday. An officer made the Palestinian man take ...
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Fallen Marines
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 1:32:42 pm PST
This Thanksgiving, we should remember that everything we have in this beautiful country, we have because of Americans like these: Fallen Marines.
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The Elusive Moderate Muslim
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 9:02:47 am PST
Robert Spencer on The Elusive Moderate Muslim: Imam Siraj Wahaj is in great demand. Last week he was a featured speaker at the Mosque for the Praising of Allah in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A few days before that, he addressed four hundred people at a Muslim Students Association gathering at Western Michigan ...
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Religion of Peace in the Netherlands
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 8:29:38 am PST
Perhaps because it’s Islam Awareness Week, a Muslim preacher in the Netherlands stated openly on television that he wanted Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders to die. Notice how this imam is now playing the victim card himself, “going into hiding” after public outcry over his wish for Wilders’ death. AMSTERDAM —A Muslim ...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 7:48:55 am PST
Happy Thanksgiving to all LGF readers and your families! I’m giving thanks this year that John F. Kerry is not co-president (with Jacques Chirac and Kofi Annan) of the United States. If you’re itching to try something different for your Thanksgiving meal, allow me to suggest this delicious recipe from our ...
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Zarqawi Lashes Out
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 7:13:12 pm PST
With the destruction of his facilities in Fallujah, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is getting desperate and lashing out at his usual allies: Zarqawi Tape Criticizes Muslim Scholars. BAGHDAD, Iraq—Notorious Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi appears to be increasingly desperate, accusing Muslim clerics of betrayal in an audio recording released Wednesday. In the tape, ...
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Enough Weapons to Rule Iraq
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 5:39:10 pm PST
According to Marine spokespeople, the virulent outbreak of Islamist madness in Fallujah had amassed enough weaponry (with help from Syria and Iran, no doubt) to take over the entire country of Iraq: Falluja Rebels Had Enough Arms to Rule Iraq. NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Arab militants and insurgents who ruled ...
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Spreading Islam in American Public Schools
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 1:07:58 pm PST
In a new article, Daniel Pipes comments, “This is a total perversion of the American public space, a blatant effort to suborn it to serve Islamic missionary purposes:” Spreading Islam in American Public Schools. Not only do Islamists want to censure the handling of Islamic topics at U.S. universities, as I ...
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Iran 'Atomic Bomb' Militia Stage Show of Strength
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:23:02 am PST
Psst ... Europe. Sorry to wake you. I know you think you’ve made a diplomatic breakthrough with the mad mullahs, but did you see what went on in Tehran today? Iran ‘Atomic Bomb’ Militia Stage Show of Strength. TEHRAN (Reuters) - To shouts of “No compromise” tens of thousands of Iran’s ...
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Did Fox Yank "Eurabia"?
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:09:40 am PST
Did Fox News cancel Part One of the much-promoted Steve Harrigan series Eurabia at the last minute? An LGF reader says they did. A confidential source in the FOX newsroom informed me that part 1 of the Eurabia series was yanked last night at the last minute. They still refuse to ...
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Look Who Isn't Talking
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 10:49:06 am PST
Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh is slaughtered on an Amsterdam street in broad daylight by an Islamic terrorist, for a short film criticizing Islam’s treatment of women—and Hollywood can’t be bothered to even issue a pro forma denunciation. Screenwriter Bridget Johnson breaks the silence with this great piece at OpinionJournal: ...
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Iran Behaves As Expected
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 9:27:55 am PST
If you didn’t see this one coming you were either not paying attention, or you work for the International Atomic Energy Agency: Iran Wants to Change Conditions of Freeze. VIENNA, Austria - Iran is seeking a last-minute exception to its commitment to stop all uranium enrichment activities by demanding the right ...
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Palestinians Fantasize
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 9:22:00 am PST
Most Palestinians sure Arafat was poisoned. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Ghalab Abu Khamis has no doubts. “Abu Ammar was poisoned by Israeli agents, it cannot be otherwise.” Two weeks after his passing, conspiracy theories about Yasser Arafat’s still unexplained death abound among Palestinians. ... “Israel didn’t want Abu Ammar (Arafat’s nom-de-guerre) around ...
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A Rather Ugly Exit
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 8:47:16 am PST
The New York Post has an on-point editorial about Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, and their coldly calculated election-year hit piece on George W. Bush: A Rather Ugly Exit. Retired Associated Press exec Louis D. Boccardi and former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh are supposedly examining the “60 Minutes II” episode — ...
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War Crimes in Fallujah, World Yawns
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 8:29:24 am PST
These are the war crimes in which mainstream media shows absolutely no interest: the appalling atrocities and barbaric acts committed by the “holy warriors.” Click the picture to go to a photo album detailing the foulness that has been driven out of Fallujah. (Hat tip: TheDonovan.com.) Out of 100 mosques in ...
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Identifying Moderate Muslims
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 8:09:02 pm PST
A good piece by Daniel Pipes on Identifying Moderate Muslims: With time, individual Muslims are finding their voice to condemn Islamist connections to terrorism. Perhaps most outstanding is an article by Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, a Saudi journalist in London: “It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists,” he ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 7:51:54 pm PST
And again, Iran enters the cheat phase of their cheat-and-retreat cycle, getting the mullahs a little closer to the goal with each revolution: Iran Rules Out Complete Nuclear Dismantling. BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will never be prepared to dismantle its nuclear program entirely but remains committed to the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), ...
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How Not to Promote Democracy
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 7:02:48 pm PST
If ye haven’t already, go ye and read this piece by Meyrav Wurmser at National Review, explaining why Palestinian elections should not take place before a free society has been built: How Not to Promote Democracy. Since the death of Yasser Arafat, many in European capitals and within various circles of ...
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Abu Mazen Says...
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 6:27:06 pm PST
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BBC: UN Knew About Oil-For-Food Thefts
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 6:07:41 pm PST
After the election, the BBC suddenly gets interested in the United Nations Oil-for-Food story—the biggest rip-off in history: UN knew of Saddam’s oil-for-food thefts. (Hat tip: GeoPoliticalReview.) TheUnited Nations knew that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was stealing from the oil-for-food program - and, by extension, starving his own people - but ...
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JihadTV To Launch New English Channel
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 3:11:04 pm PST
JihadTV is planning to spend $30 million to launch a new English-language mouthpiece for their thinly concealed Islamist agenda. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) ARAB satellite television network Al Jazeera plans to spend up to US$30 million (US$1 = RM3.80) to launch an English-language news channel by the end of 2005, a spokesman ...
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Iraqi Minister: Al Jazeera is a "Terror Channel"
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 2:55:08 pm PST
A pretty gutsy statement from Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan: “Al-Jazeera is a channel of terrorism. That is clear and we say openly and without hesitation: Al-Jazeera is a channel of terrorism,” Shaalan was quoted by the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat as saying. The Qatar-based station, which has been banned from ...
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Congress Wipes Out Bunker Buster Research
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 2:51:32 pm PST
Congress jettisons nuclear bomb funds. (Hat tip: Defense Tech.) Congress, in a surprising blow to the Bush administration’s nuclear weapons ambitions, has eliminated funding for two major bomb research programs, including a so-called bunker buster that the president had said was essential to the country’s security. Relatively small amounts of money are ...
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CAIR Goes After Frum and National Post
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 2:42:13 pm PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations, commonly identified by mainstream media as “an Islamic civil rights group,” has served David Frum and the National Post with a “notice of libel:” The Question of CAIR. Two weeks ago, the National Post and I were served with a notice of libel by the ...
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Robert Spencer on Medved
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 1:36:16 pm PST
Robert Spencer is on the Michael Medved radio show this afternoon, and you can listen online here: News Talk 870 KRLA. (The show repeats for 24 hours if you miss Spencer’s segment.)
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The Rathergate Investigation
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 12:59:21 pm PST
According to the New York Times, the investigative panel looking into the fraudulent CBS National Guard documents will submit its report to CBS early next month. The inquiry’s two panelists, Louis D. Boccardi, a former top executive of The Associated Press, and Dick Thornburgh, a former United States attorney general, have ...
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Moonbats Apologize, World Accepts
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:02:09 am PST
So let me get this straight; we’re supposed to care what these people think of the United States? Apologies Accepted - the world’s answer to sorryeverybody.com. (Hat tip: Oki.)
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Breaking: Dan Rather Stepping Down
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 9:20:04 am PST
Now at ABC News: Dan Rather to Leave ‘CBS Evening News’.
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Nuclear Tools
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 7:56:39 am PST
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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United Nations Sex Scandal in Congo
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 7:44:14 am PST
UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. The accusations include pedophilia, ...
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Self-Defense On and Off the Battlefield
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 7:32:18 am PST
Diana West has an eloquent defense of the young Marine who’s being persecuted by mainstream media for shooting a terrorist in Fallujah: Self-defense on and off the battlefield. (Hat tip: Composmentis.)
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Islam Awareness Week
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 8:17:30 pm PST
It’s Islam Awareness Week in Britain. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Islam Awareness Week. Celebrations to mark the success of the venture will be launched on 22nd November at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. The week hopes to further unite Britain’s diverse communities, with the aim of developing respect and ...
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What Happened in Ivory Coast?
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 8:01:37 pm PST
These broadcasts from Swiss TV on November 14th may help shed some more light on what happened in Ivory Coast when French troops fired on unarmed protesters: Video 1 Video 2 The reader who emailed these links from France included these comments: It’s an interview in French, made on Swiss TV the 14th November. ...
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The Savagery of Urban War
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 6:31:52 pm PST
Kudos to the New York Times (for a change); this report by Dexter Filkins from the battle in Fallujah is a must-read: In Falluja, Young Marines Saw the Savagery of an Urban War. For a correspondent who has covered a half dozen armed conflicts, including the war in Iraq since its ...
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Friends of Iraq Blogger Challenge
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 5:52:27 pm PST
Spirit of America has a terrific campaign going on, and LGF is proud to participate. It’s your chance to make a real difference in the lives of Iraqis, and here’s what it’s all about: Support freedom, democracy and peace in Iraq Leading bloggers are competing to raise funds to benefit the people ...
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ITV: Britain Foiled 9/11-Style Attack
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 4:02:57 pm PST
Britain’s ITV News is reporting that a September 11-like attack plot has been thwarted: Britain has prevented Sept 11-style terrorist attack: report. LONDON (AFP) - British security services have foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to fly planes into targets in London in a September 11-style attack, Britain’s independent ITV News network reported. “This ...
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Eurabia
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 3:44:28 pm PST
Tomorrow night at 7 pm, Fox News shows the first part of a four-part investigative series by Steve Harrigan, titled Eurabia. This is going to be a must-see for LGF readers, touching on many of the topics we cover frequently at our humble abode. You can watch a preview of ...
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Body Count in Ivory Coast
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 3:03:44 pm PST
Aaron at Free Will examines the news reports about the apparent shooting of unarmed Ivory Coast civilians by French troops, and discovers that the French have told several different stories about the incident.
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Fallujah: City of Horrors
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 2:12:48 pm PST
In Fallujah the depravity of the mujahideen is revealed, with the discovery of nearly 20 torture chambers and slaughterhouses: Blood, knives, cage hint at atrocities. Acting on information from a man who claimed to have escaped from militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s network, the U.S. military over the weekend inspected a house ...
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Saudis Gave Millions to Clinton Library
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:27:21 pm PST
Saudis, Arabs Funneled Millions to President Clinton’s Library. LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - President Clinton’s new $165 million library here was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royal family and three Saudi businessmen. The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister ...
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Holy Warrior War Crimes
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 11:46:11 am PST
A News Release from US Central Command: November 22, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-77 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INSURGENTS FAKING DEAD FIRES ON MARINES FALLUJAH, Iraq — Marines from the 1st Marine Division shot and killed an insurgent, who while faking dead, opened fire on the Marines that were conducting a security and clearing patrol through the ...
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Fatah Supergenius: Arafish Wuz Poisoned
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 11:19:13 am PST
Lunacy reigns supreme, as the new head of Fatah (Arabic for “Conquest”) says he is sure Arafat was poisoned. BEIRUT (AFP) - Faruq Qaddumi, who succeeded Yasser Arafat as head of the mainstream Palestinian Fatah movement, reaffirmed his belief that the Palestinian leader had been poisoned. “He died due to poison. All ...
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WaPo Smears Bloggers
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 8:31:59 am PST
Here’s another mainstream media hit piece on blogs by Richard Morin, once again tarring the entire blogosphere with the irresponsible actions of lefty blogs Daily Kos and Wonkette: Surveying the Damage. The 2004 election may have finally stripped exit polling of its reputation as the crown jewel of political surveys, somehow ...
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Arafat Dead, Media Still Pandering
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 7:52:18 am PST
Oh, for Pete’s sake. The disgraceful spectacle of mainstream media pandering to the hateful delusions of the Arab world has passed the point of absurd, and is entering the land of the surreal. No known poison found on Arafat but diagnosis unclear: nephew. Watch as the media avoids the term AIDS ...
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Canadian Media Perceives a Threat
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 7:03:50 pm PST
Fox News is coming to Canada—and the disappointment and worried apprehension from Canadian media couldn’t be more clear. OTTAWA (CP) - An all-news network that has taken no end of glee in dismissing Canadians as craven wussies while offering a platform to right-wing ideologues and red-meat Republicans is coming to a ...
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Report: Powell Resigned Over Israel
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 6:58:48 pm PST
The Jerusalem Post has a report that may help explain Secretary of State Colin Powell’s rather sudden resignation: Powell resigned over US-Israel ties. (Hat tip: Maine’s Michael.) Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell was asked to step down after telling President George W. Bush he wanted more power to confront ...
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Hiding from Radical Islam
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 5:53:41 pm PST
Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders has been forced into hiding, after detailed plans to murder him and other Dutch politicians were discovered: Death threats force controversial Dutch MP underground. GEERT WILDERS, the Dutch MP and controversial critic of Islam, has two policemen by his side even when in his high-security ...
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Kevin Sites Replies
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 4:20:19 pm PST
At his blog, freelance journalist Kevin Sites has posted a lengthy justification for the video he shot in Fallujah, framed as a letter to the Marines with whom he was embedded: Open Letter to Devil Dogs of the 3.1. Sites writes that he doesn’t care about the opinions of “armchair analysts,” ...
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Toronto BDS Outbreak
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 2:46:35 pm PST
A Canadian reader emailed the link to this hotbed of Bush Derangement Syndrome: Toronto Coalition To Stop The War. They’re in the grip of a strange delusion that George W. Bush is about to be arrested and charged with war crimes, and they’re calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin to ...
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Support the Marines in Fallujah
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 1:43:52 pm PST
A petition to support the US Marine in that Kevin Sites video is here: U.S. Marine kills wounded insurgent Petition. Currently, there are almost 120,000 signatures.
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Holy Warrior War Crimes
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:42:00 am PST
Mainstream media is too busy airing misleading reports from the likes of Kevin Sites to bother paying any attention to incidents like this: Insurgents Fire on US Troops in Fallujah After Waving White Flag. (Hat tip: Spetiam.) In Fallujah, where U.S. Marines and soldiers are still battling pockets of resistance, insurgents ...
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Hate 101 at Columbia University
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 10:45:24 am PST
The New York Daily News has a special report on the sick climate of support for terrorism and hatred of Israel and America that has poisoned New York’s Columbia University: Special report: Hate 101. It’s a capital of “thuggery” - a “ghastly state of racism and apartheid” - and it “must ...
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Palestinian Election Charade
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 9:46:07 am PST
If it weren’t so distasteful, it might actually be funny to watch mainstream media trying to paint the Palestinian “election” as a legitimate political process, instead of what it really is—a power struggle among murderous thugs in expensive suits: Palestinians urge Israeli pullback as race to succeed Arafat begins. RAMALLAH, West ...
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The Narcissism of the Left
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 9:11:02 am PST
Moonbat anti-war protesters think it’s all about them: Protesters Don’t Feel the Love in D.C. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) WASHINGTON—Anti-war protesters planning to come to town for President Bush’s inauguration in January say they remain undeterred despite reports that Washington, D.C., is going to be a virtual fortress, with unprecedented levels of ...
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What's Next For Fallujah?
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 8:47:55 am PST
Here’s a must-read post at 2Slick, illuminating the many Iraqi success stories that our mainstream media refuses to show the American public: What’s Next For Fallujah? (Hat tip: SecHumanist.)
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Europe's Civil War?
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 8:22:17 am PST
In the last 10 years while Europe dreamed happy multicultural dreams, their Muslim population doubled to 20 million—and the footprints of radical Islam are everywhere: Europe’s Civil War? Last summer, a last will and testament was found when an 18-year-old man of Moroccan-born parents was arrested for plotting terrorist attacks in ...
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French Troops Shoot Unarmed Civilians
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 8:27:04 pm PST
In this MPEG video, you can see French troops firing indiscriminately on unarmed Ivory Coast civilians. (Thanks to all who emailed.) UPDATE at 11/21/04 8:01:08 am: The video linked above is the second half of a longer video; here is the first half. WARNING: graphic scenes of violence.
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The President We Need
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 6:53:37 pm PST
This is why I voted for George W. Bush: Bush Pulls Top Security Agent From Fracas. SANTIAGO, Chile - President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 ...
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A Warning from the President
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 6:31:35 pm PST
Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports. SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - President Bush on Saturday warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. “This is a very serious matter. The world knows ...
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Saddam's Ba'ath Party Resurrected in France
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 6:17:14 pm PST
MEMRI has an appalling report on the totalitarian Marxist/Islamist Ba’ath Party, which has found a new life thanks to our purported ally France: Anti-American Ba’th Activities in Paris. With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba’th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the ...
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Palestinians "Mending Fences" with Syria
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 5:56:15 pm PST
Here’s a lovely development, as the new head of Fatah (Arabic for “Conquest”) travels to Syria to discuss ... hmm, I wonder what they talked about? New Fatah chief on fence-mending visit to Syria. DAMASCUS (AFP) - The new head of the Palestinians’ mainstream Fatah faction, Faruq Kaddumi, was in Damascus ...
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I'm The Man Who Murdered Love
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 5:49:37 pm PST
Tonight’s featured song is an acerbic love ditty from a great record, XTC’s Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2). I’m The Man Who Murdered Love Chorus: I’m the man who murdered love Yeah! what do you think to that? I’m the man who murdered love Yeah! what do you think to that? He was begging on his ...
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Memo to Media: The Election is Over. You Lost.
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 5:14:58 pm PST
The Washington Times says it all, in their roundup of Nobles and Knaves. Knaves: The U.S. media, for taking every opportunity to cast our troops in the worst possible light. Watching the nightly news, you might not have known that U.S. forces achieved a historic victory in Fallujah this week. You might ...
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H-Hour Has Arrived
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 3:36:51 pm PST
The so-called “agreement” between Iran and several European countries is a pathetic sham, and as Caroline B. Glick points out, all the involved parties know it: H-hour has arrived. The European position in these negotiations is amazingly similar to the one proposed by John Kerry in his campaign’s foreign policy platform. ...
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Insulting French Photo Caption of the Day
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 1:59:17 pm PST
Get a load of the unbelievable caption on this Agence France Presse photograph: A British hooligan in the streets of Belgium. The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem (AFP/EPA/File)
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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 8:48:39 am PST
... when they allow the Hizballah terrorist gang to broadcast their evil propaganda openly in France: Al-Manar allowed to air in France. In a move that angered French Jews [...actually, it angered me too, and I’m not a French Jew... —ed.], the French broadcasting authority (CSA) announced on its site Friday ...
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Qureia Will Hector Powell One Last Time
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 8:36:09 am PST
Palestinian supergenius Ahmed Qureia is going to push Colin Powell to agree to a Palestinian state within 13 months, whether or not they fulfill any part of the silly “roadmap:” Qureia Urges U.S. on Palestinian Deadline. JERUSALEM - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia wants assurances from Secretary of State Colin Powell ...
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Hatefest in White Plains, NY
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 7:58:44 am PST
One thing you can count on, in the sick political world of the left wing: if a group proclaims they’re for “Peace and Justice,” it means they support violence and terrorism. Case in point: WESPAC, a “Peace and Justice Action Network” in White Plains, New York, is trying to raise money ...
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Chilean Moonbats: We're Sorry, Death to America
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 7:32:13 pm PST
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Geert Wilders: Shut Down Radical Mosques
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 7:03:00 pm PST
One of the most liberal European countries begins to understand the enemy: Popular Dutch lawmaker urges halt to non-Western immigrants, shutting down radical mosques. One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday the country’s democracy is under threat and called for a five-year halt to non-Western immigration in ...
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Warren on Arafat: A Rant
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 5:15:33 pm PST
One more rant about dead terrorist (I like the sound of that) Yasser Arafat, from David Warren. It should be said that the person who spits at the mention of George W. Bush, but weeps for Arafat, is beyond twitting. Such a person is sick in the head. He represents a ...
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Kerry Blames Osama
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 4:30:10 pm PST
John Kerry’s figured it out. It wasn’t the Swift Boat Veterans. It wasn’t his kooky scheme to send nuclear fuel to Iran. It wasn’t his 20-year record of doing nothing much. It wasn’t Teresa. It was that nuisance Osama bin Laden. NEW YORK—John Kerry believes he lost to President Bush because of ...
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Left-Wing Racism
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 3:16:24 pm PST
A Wisconsin radio host refuses to apologize for calling Condoleezza Rice an “Aunt Jemima.” An unrepentant Sly explained why he called the nominee to be secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, an “Aunt Jemima” and outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell an “Uncle Tom” on the radio Wednesday. Sly, the on-air name for ...
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Turning an Ugly Columnist on Her Head
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 3:00:20 pm PST
Our favorite moonbat columnist for the Toronto Star, Antonia Zerbisias, starts her latest with a quote from Howard Zinn and goes downhill from there. On the way to the bottom, she reveals that she has a big crush on yours truly (in a totally platonic way, of course): Turning Ugly ...
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Maloney on Medved
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 12:57:13 pm PST
Evan Coyne Maloney will be on the Michael Medved show in a few minutes, talking about his new film project Brainwashing 101. You can listen live on the web here: News Talk 870 KRLA.
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Palestinians Reject "Peace Test"
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 9:47:14 am PST
The Palestinians still haven’t had their fill of violence and hatred: Palestinians Reject Sharon’s Peace ‘Test’. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority on Friday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new and seemingly softer terms for restarting peace talks, saying he should drop all conditions for dialogue. Sharon, proposing what ...
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CAIR Goes After Don Imus
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 9:03:52 am PST
Here’s a press release for the latest operation in radical Islamist group CAIR’s propaganda jihad: Palestinians Called ‘Filthy Animals’ on MSNBC’s ‘Imus’... WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ — A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called for an apology from the MSNBC cable television network over comments on ...
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Belgian Politicians Threatened
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 8:46:50 am PST
Belgian politicians are receiving death threats; this article steps gingerly around the issue of whether the threats are Islamic in nature, which means we can assume they are: Justice minister under guard after death threats. BRUSSELS — Belgium’s Justice Minister, Laurette Onkelinkx, has been given increased police protection after receiving death ...
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Annan Faces Vote of No Confidence
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 8:28:33 am PST
Kofi Annan is in hot water over the Oil for Food scandal, but that’s not the reason for this unusual development: UN workers to condemn chief. (Thanks to all who emailed.) NEW YORK - United Nations employees were reportedly preparing last night to issue a historic vote of no confidence in ...
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VDH: The Real Humanists
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 8:02:44 am PST
Victor Davis Hanson’s Friday column is up, and of course it’s great: The Real Humanists. In the struggle in Fallujah hinges not just the fate of the Sunni Triangle, or even Iraq, but rather of the entire Middle East — and it will be decided on the bravery and skill of ...
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Jew-Hating Canadian Islamic Leader Gets Away With It
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 7:47:40 am PST
Canadian university professor and head of the Canadian Islamic Congress Mohamed Elmasry openly expressed support for murdering Israelis on Canadian television. The dean has accepted Elmasry’s “apology” and he will not be disciplined in any way. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) Mohamed Elmasry was a panelist on Ontario current affairs television program Michael ...
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Sears/Kmart Acquires France
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 8:18:28 pm PST
Breaking news from the world of international Red State finance: Sears/Kmart Acquires France. The retail industry received another shake-up today as Sears Holding Corp. (NYSE: S), the parent company behind the recent merger of Sears and Kmart, announced the acquisition of embattled European cheesemaker France (NASDAQ: FROG). The buyout deal, estimated ...
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Fisk Shows Us Why
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 6:26:08 pm PST
Robert Fisk demonstrates why LGF’s annual award for extraordinary schtoopidity on the international stage is nicknamed ... fanfare, please ... The Fiskie: Innocence lost. (Hat tip: Tim Blair.) Yes, Fisk really is trying to blame the murder of CARE worker Margaret Hassan on Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. If anyone doubted the ...
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Rare Sighting: Anti-Idiotarian Professor
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 5:49:59 pm PST
A professor at Occidental College is doing his small part to combat the epidemic of Bush Derangement Syndrome (the precursor to full-fledged PEST)—even though the prof is a former Clinton official: Professor Offers Class a Personal View of President. (Hat tip: X.) Occidental College professor and Clinton administration official Derek Shearer ...
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WaPo Drops Rall
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 3:14:34 pm PST
The Washington Post has given rotten Ted Rall the boot. (Hat tip: Daniel.) NEW YORK—WashingtonPost.com is no longer running the cartoons of hard-hitting liberal Ted Rall. Rall said he thinks the site dropped his work because of a Nov. 4 cartoon he did showing a drooling, mentally handicapped student taking over a ...
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Arab News Seething Again
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 2:41:04 pm PST
The shrieking over the Fallujah shooting reaches a crescendo of absurd hysteria at ArabNews: Brutal Murder Evokes Outrage. BAGHDAD, 18 November 2004 — Arabs voiced outrage yesterday at the shooting of an unarmed Iraqi by a US Marine in Fallujah, calling for an immediate investigation of this war crime. US and other ...
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Al-Reuters Blames US for Journalist Deaths
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 2:05:40 pm PST
The global managing editor of the British Arabist news service al-Reuters blames the United States for the deaths of Reuters employees in Iraq: US ‘to blame’ for journalist deaths. (Hat tip: el Barto.) THE global managing editor of British news agency Reuters said today the US military was entirely to blame ...
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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 10:05:21 am PST
...when Jacques Chirac keeps saying things like this: Chirac Says War in Iraq Spreads Terrorism. PARIS, Nov. 17 - On the eve of a visit to Britain, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday that the world was more dangerous because of the American-led invasion of Iraq. “To a certain extent Saddam Hussein’s departure ...
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The Battle for Fallujah
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 9:52:47 am PST
The senior US Marine commander in Iraq says we have “broken the back” of the mujahideen infestation in Fallujah. “We feel right now that we have, as I mentioned, broken the back of the insurgency. We’ve taken away this safe haven,” Lt. Gen. John Sattler told reporters at the Pentagon in ...
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French Holy Warriors
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 9:32:13 am PST
Some of our enemies in Iraq are French. (Thanks to all who emailed this one.) Three Frenchmen have died fighting with insurgents against US-led troops in Iraq, reports say. The men, all of Arab origin, were killed in the country over recent months as the insurgency has flared. Two of the men were ...
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Orthodox Jew Shot in Belgium
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 8:42:29 am PST
The jihadis are getting bold in Europe, inflamed by the murder of Theo Van Gogh. An Orthodox Jewish custodian in Antwerp Belgium was shot in the head yesterday, and it will probably turn out to be the work of another Islamist fanatic. Moshe Yitzhak Na’eh, who was shot in the head ...
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In Their Own Words
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 8:32:03 am PST
At VDH’s Private Papers, Joseph D’Hippolito compares the rhetoric of jihadism with Nazism: In Their Own Words. Jihadism is this century’s equivalent of Nazism in more than just barbarity. The Osama bin Ladens and Abu Musab al-Zarqawis are the violent face of a coherent, ruthless ideology that imitates the Nazi method ...
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UN Discovers Cause of Antisemitism: Jews
Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 8:08:03 am PST
Anne Bayefsky looks at the latest outrageous example of United Nations foulness; a conference on racism and antisemitism, featuring experts in promoting racism and antisemitism—including the slick Islamist talking head Tariq Ramadan: Your Tax Dollars at Work. Yesterday the House International Relations Committee revealed that money from the United Nations Oil ...
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LGF Statistics Watch
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 6:18:01 pm PST
The latest pertinent numbers describing the volume of LGF verbosity: Total open entries: 13,456 Total comments: 1,168,891 Total registered users: 9,715 The total of registered users includes all unconfirmed and blocked accounts (a small percentage of the total).
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Why Theo Van Gogh Was Murdered
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 5:53:15 pm PST
At City Journal, Theodore Dalrymple makes a compelling point about the rage that drove a young Moroccan jihadi to murder Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh: Why Theo Van Gogh Was Murdered. In fact, Islam is as vulnerable in Europe to the forces of secularization as Christianity has proved to be. The ...
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Anti-Israel Venom Officially Sanctioned in Spain
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 3:50:54 pm PST
Spain: Anti-Sharon municipality sign. Along with the local time and temperature, venomous slogans against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israel appear on the municipal information board in the northern Spanish town of Oleiros. “Let’s stop the animal, Sharon the assassin, stop the neo-Nazis,” reads the bright-red illuminated sign in the town of ...
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Linda Ronstadt: "A New Bunch of Hitlers"
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 2:00:51 pm PST
Hey! Where did all these Hitlers come from? Linda Ronstadt, hummin’ an outraged tune. “People don’t realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves,” she says. Of Iraq in particular, she adds, “I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don’t know anything about ...
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Child Sacrifice in Iran
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 1:16:15 pm PST
14 year old boy sentenced to 85 lashes for breaking his Ramadan fast. A 14 year old boy died on Thursday, November 11th, after having received 85 lashes; according to the ruling of the Mullah judge of the public circuit court in the town of Sanandadj he was guilty of breaking ...
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Sarin Nerve Gas in Fallujah
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:42:27 am PST
I received at least a dozen emails about this photo, tossed casually into a USA Today slideshow, of a little unimportant discovery made by some Marines searching a house in Fallujah: 40 vials of suspected sarin nerve gas, with English, Russian, and German labels. If those vials really do contain sarin, ...
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Outrageously Biased Headline of the Day
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:30:35 am PST
Wow. This is the headline of a news story about the Fallujah shooting in The Australian: The Australian: Marine captured in cold-blooded murder. (Hat tip: Rancher.)
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NBC: Investigation of Mosque Killing "Expanded"
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:07:53 am PST
NBC News now reports that Kevin Sites is accusing the Marines of up to four unjustified killings: U.S. investigation of mosque killing is expanded. (Hat tip: Jheka.) Sites, in the first report on the incident on Monday, said the man who was killed didn’t appear to be armed or threatening in ...
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Unedited Kevin Sites Video
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:51:47 am PST
Here is a direct link to the unedited Kevin Sites video at Reuters TV, since it has scrolled off their front page. I don’t know how long this link will work, so see it while you can: Fallujah Shooting Caught on Tape. Notice that after the shooting, another wounded Iraqi starts ...
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Bank Bombings in Argentina
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:06:43 am PST
Bombings at Two Buenos Aires Banks Kill 1. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Homemade bombs exploded in two Buenos Aires banks Wednesday, killing a security guard and shattering windows, police said. The explosions occurred near ATM machines in branches belonging to Citibank and Banco Galicia, damaging the building’s facades, officials said. The explosions ...
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JihadTV's Propaganda Windfall
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:04:19 am PST
This is how Al Jazeera is reporting the Kevin Sites video: Marine shoots a wounded man in Fallujah mosque. Several TV stations aired a video showing a U.S. marine shooting an unarmed wounded Iraqi man in the head inside a Fallujah mosque as he was laying down next to the wall. The ...
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They're Called Security Rounds
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 9:37:09 am PST
Matthew Heidt at Froggy Ruminations cuts through the nonsense about the Fallujah shooting; I don’t usually reproduce an entire post from another blog, but this should be read by as many people as possible. It’s a safety issue pure and simple. After assaulting through a target, put a security round in ...
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Iran Got Warhead Design and Uranium from AQ Khan
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 9:20:12 am PST
Iran Got Warhead Design, Bomb-Grade Uranium-Exiles. VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and a design for a nuclear bomb from a Pakistani scientist who has admitted to selling nuclear secrets abroad, an exiled Iranian opposition group said on Wednesday. The group, which has given accurate information before, also said Iran is ...
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Arafat Death Charade
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 9:00:10 am PST
French Government Says Arafat Was Not Poisoned. Arab world doesn’t want to hear it. PARIS (Reuters) - The French government insisted on Wednesday that Yasser Arafat was not poisoned and Le Monde newspaper quoted doctors as saying he suffered from an unusual blood disease and a liver problem. Uncertainty surrounds the cause of ...
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Kevin Sites: "Question the Dominant Powers"
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 8:17:06 am PST
From Kevin Sites Blog, an amazingly pompous, open declaration of non-sympathy for American soldiers: So in some ways, embedded in this unit, I begin to feel I’ve betrayed the people that depend on me to be skeptical; to question the dominant powers and institutions of my nation and the actions it ...
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Watch Your Six
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 7:59:41 am PST
From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.
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Anti-War War Reporter
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 7:41:55 am PST
Kevin Sites, the freelance journalist who filmed a Marine shooting a holy warrior playing possum in a Fallujah mosque, has displayed some of his photographs here: images against war: Kevin Sites. (Hat tip: Jean.) Meanwhile, Arab propaganda outlets like Al Jazeera recognize a goldmine of anti-American incitement when they see one, ...
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Jack Straw: Attack on Iran Would Be Like 9/11
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 7:32:58 am PST
Britain’s UN Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said that an Israeli or US attack on Iran to preempt Iran’s nuclear weapons program would be comparable to September 11. To the dismay of Bush administration officials, British U.N. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw all but ruled out a military response to Iran’s nuclear ...
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Death Cults Plan More Murder
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 7:18:03 pm PST
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as always, plan to keep on killin’: Hamas Rejects Palestinian Leader’s Pleas. “This subject is not under discussion in Hamas,” said Ismail Haniyeh, a leader if the Islamic group. Another leader, Mahmoud Zahar, said first Israel must stop its attacks, and then Hamas would consider how to ...
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Zombies and Phishing
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 6:09:43 pm PST
Here’s a good introductory article on the various email/web hacking schemes that all Internet users should be aware of: Term of the Week: Zombies and Phishing.
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What Ashcroft Did For You, N.Y.
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 5:56:12 pm PST
An excellent piece by Deroy Murdock looks at just one of the reasons New Yorkers should be grateful to departing Attorney General John Ashcroft: What Ashcroft Did For You, N.Y. November 16, 2004 — AS Attorney General John Ashcroft concludes his duties, Americans should applaud him for using the Patriot Act ...
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Video of Fallujah Shooting
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 5:07:46 pm PST
The full unedited video of the shooting incident in a mosque in Fallujah is here, at Reuters Television.
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Toronto Star: Should Canada Indict Bush?
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 3:24:13 pm PST
Thomas Walkom of the Toronto Star suggests that when President George W. Bush visits Canada, he should be arrested and prosecuted under Canada’s Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act: Should Canada indict Bush? When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Ottawa — probably later this year — should he ...
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The Biggest Scam of All Time
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 3:17:01 pm PST
The United Nations’ massively corrupt oil-for-food program is finally being exposed, and the estimated amount of stolen money has doubled—to more than $20 billion, which makes it possibly the biggest scam of all time. And for those who continue to squawk, like robotic parrots, that Saddam Hussein had no connections to ...
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Palestinian Billionaire to Run
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 1:51:31 pm PST
A “billionaire industrialist” who was a friend of mass murderer Yasser Arafat is considering entering the occasionally lethal Palestinian political process: Power Struggle Broadens Palestinian Race. Monib al-Masri, 66, a billionaire industrialist and longtime friend of Arafat, is considering running. He believes a successful businessman could be just what the Palestinians_ who ...
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Holy Warriors Murder Female Hostage
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 1:40:05 pm PST
Margaret Hassan believed killed. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - British-Iraqi hostage Margaret Hassan has probably been killed by her captors, her family and diplomats have said after a video tape surfaced apparently showing a hooded gunman shooting her in the head. If confirmed, the murder of Dublin-born Hassan would be the first killing of ...
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German Imam Filmed Spewing Hate Speech
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 8:35:58 am PST
A wave of alarmed awareness seems to be sweeping over European media, after the brutal terrorist murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh. A German TV station went undercover in a Berlin mosque and filmed the imam ranting against Germany, Europe, and democracy: Religious violence in Netherlands alarms Germany. (Hat ...
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Nothing Worse Than an Angry Psychologist
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 8:05:37 am PST
The story of Kerry voters suffering from Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST) is a comedy gift that keeps on giving, as “mental health professionals” in Boca Raton, Florida whine about being mocked by Rush Limbaugh: Psychologists blast Rush Limbaugh for mocking traumatized Kerry voters. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) Mental health officials in ...
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That Special Love of the Left
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 7:42:07 am PST
Someone wants to kill me over here. UPDATE at 11/16/04 7:47:21 am: And it’s probably the same person raving over here.
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RoP Planned Attack on Euro 2004
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 7:32:51 am PST
Three members of the Dutch Islamic terror group that plotted the murder of Theo Van Gogh were deported from Portugal in June, for planning an attack on the Euro 2004 football championship: Dutch radical Islamic group planned Euro 2004 attack in Portugal. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) LISBON (AFP) - Three members of ...
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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 6:49:00 pm PST
...when their President says things like this: LONDON (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac said in a newspaper interview on Tuesday that Britain has gained nothing from its support for the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Chirac said he had urged Britain before the invasion to press President Bush to revive the ...
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NBC: Marine Kills Wounded Iraqi
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 5:47:59 pm PST
Here comes the next Abu Ghraib scandal, brought to you with great relish by NBC: Report: U.S. Marine Kills Wounded Iraqi. NEW YORK - A U.S. Marine shot and killed a wounded prisoner in a Fallujah mosque, according to a television pool report broadcast Monday. A Marine spokesman said the shooting ...
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Baker Calls for Release of Terrorist
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 5:28:06 pm PST
Here’s a glimpse of what John Kerry’s foreign policy might have meant for Israel, as former Secretary of State James A. Baker, who was considered by John Kerry as a possible Middle East envoy, calls on Israel to release convicted mass murderer Marwan Barghouti. (Hat tip: Carl in Jerusalem.) Baker served ...
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New Secretary of State: Condi Rice
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 3:15:14 pm PST
Condoleezza Rice to Be Named Secretary of State. Nov. 15, 2004— National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will be nominated to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, ABC News has learned. Senior administration sources confirmed that Rice would be Bush’s choice. The news comes just hours after the White House announced Powell ...
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Fallujah: City of Horrors
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 2:59:18 pm PST
The mujahideen turned Fallujah into an apocalyptic vision of hell. (Hat tip: Fighting to Win.) Mutilated bodies dumped on Fallujah’s bombed out streets today painted a harrowing picture of eight months of rebel rule. As US and Iraqi troops mopped up the last vestiges of resistance in the city after a week ...
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The Legacy of a Monster
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 2:18:32 pm PST
Charles Krauthammer gets the last word on Arafat’s Legacy. It is a legacy in two parts: means and ends. The means? Violence. Arafat invented modern terrorism: airplane hijackings, kidnappings and the spectacular mass murder, like the Olympic massacre of 1972. Others had tried it. Arafat perfected it. He turned terrorism into ...
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Huge Holy Warrior Stockpile Destroyed
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:20:26 am PST
When US forces dropped two 2,000 pound bombs on a mujahideen training complex in Fallujah, they set off secondary explosions underground that continued for 45 minutes: US bombs gut insurgent bunker complex. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) FALLUJAH, Iraq — US forces dropped a pair of 2,000-pound bombs early yesterday morning on a ...
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PEST Sufferer Has New Lease on Life
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:02:27 am PST
It’s impossible to write comedy like this: First post-therapy Kerry supporter speaks out publicly. (Hat tip: Cracker Barrel Philosopher.) A post-therapy John Kerry supporter spoke out about her trauma treatment for the first time this weekend, saying Florida psychologist Douglas Schooler took her from the depths of despair over President Bush’s ...
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Attacks Foiled in Britain
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 9:56:13 am PST
A British police commissioner has revealed that a large Islamic terror attack was planned for London, but was thwarted. Earlier Sunday, Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens said London’s police have “thwarted a number of attacks.” “There’s a large number of people going through the courts,” he told BBC TV. “We can’t talk ...
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Iran's Cheat and Retreat Game
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 9:48:35 am PST
One of the most ridiculous headlines of the day: UN Partly Clears Iran on Nuke Issue, Doubts Remain. VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog partly cleared Iran on Monday of charges it tried to make a nuclear bomb, a day after Tehran promised Europe it would freeze what critics said ...
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EU Presidency: Just Plain Nuts
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 8:38:25 am PST
The European Union is apparently run by delusional psychotics, with a fondness for violent thugs: EU presidency ‘very satisfied’ with Arafat succession process. THE HAGUE (AFP) - The Dutch presidency of the European Union said it is “very satisfied” with steps being taken by the Palestinian Authority for a smooth succession ...
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Powell Resigns
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 8:06:17 am PST
Colin Powell resigns. WASHINGTON (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has submitted his resignation to President Bush, the White House said on Monday. Powell is the most prominent of four Cabinet officials whose resignations will be announced Monday, sources told CNN. The others will be Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Education Secretary ...
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Bad Election for Old Media
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 7:50:17 am PST
Michael Barone is one of America’s most knowledgeable political pundits, and it’s a delight to see him recognize Little Green Footballs (along with PowerLine and “FrontPage” — I think he meant Free Republic) as one of the prime movers in the debunking of CBS News: A bad election for old ...
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"This is For the Americans of Blackwater"
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 9:10:30 pm PST
Justice is served in Fallujah. (Hat tip: gargamel.)
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What We Owe Iraq
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 7:13:40 pm PST
At the New York Times, Robert Kagan reviews a new book by Noah Feldman, the NYU professor of constitutional law who helped draft Iraq’s Transitional Administrative Law : What We Owe Iraq: We Broke It, We Bought It. For a very different take on Professor Feldman’s work, see Martin Kramer’s Sandstorm. ...
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Big Blind Spot at ArabNews
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 6:07:56 pm PST
ArabNews pushes the moronic “Arafat wuz poisoned” conspiracy theory to the Arab world: Poisoning Rumors Fail to Die Down. They’re doing this because it’s more palatable to the masses than discussing the very real possibility that the old terrorist died of AIDS. Not very Islamic, that. And today’s laff-out-loud ArabNews cartoon is a ...
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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 5:32:17 pm PST
...when they do things like this: French consider naming streets after Arafat. Several French municipalities governed by communist and left-wing majorities are considering naming a street or a square after Yasser Arafat. The French police intelligence service, Renseignements Generaux, reportedly warned the Ministry of Interior that such initiatives might trigger heated polemics ...
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Fallujah: City of Horrors
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 5:14:58 pm PST
There was apparently all kinds of evil happening in Fallujah: Bomb Labs, Hostages Found in Fallujah. FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. Marines have found beheading chambers, bomb-making factories and even one Iraqi hostage as they swept through Fallujah — turning up hard evidence of the city’s role in the insurgent campaign to ...
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Palestinian Debating Society Convenes; 2 Killed
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 2:02:46 pm PST
The Palestinian political process at work. Fatah gunmen stormed a mourning tent in Gaza City on Sunday evening and opened fire to protest against the presence of the PLO’s Mahmoud Abbas and former security minister Muhammed Dahlan. Two Palestinian policemen were killed in the ensuing gun battle, which lasted for more ...
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French Minister Plays Coy, Media Play Along
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 7:47:48 am PST
The French Health Minister says there is no reason to suspect poisoning in the death of Yasser Arafat. PARIS (AFP) - French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said that there was no reason to suspect poisoning in the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a Paris hospital last week, in response ...
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Nuke Warning for Mexican Border
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 7:32:21 am PST
Two very troubling pieces of information from a new report in TIME Magazine: Bordering On Nukes? First, more indications that Al Qaeda is planning something nuclear: A key al-Qaeda operative seized in Pakistan recently offered an alarming account of the group’s potential plans to target the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, ...
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Help Reunite a Family
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 7:25:40 am PST
Please take a look at this post by Bill Faith at Small Town Veteran, and see if you can help reunite the family of Army Sergeant Jack Gell, who was killed in 1965 in the battle for the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. (We featured the story of Gell’s daughter ...
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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 8:21:18 pm PST
A sobering look at Iran’s Manhattan Project, by Thomas Omestad at US News & World Report: What will it take to thwart Tehran’s nuclear ambitions? This is the next front in the War on Terror, and it’s rushing at us faster than anyone wants to admit. The Europeans are lost in ...
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Toronto Subway Monitored After Spain Attack
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 8:11:10 pm PST
Following the Madrid train bombings, Canadian security agents became aware of suspicious activity by Muslims in the Toronto subway system. We’re only hearing about it now because the Canadian government is being sued by one of the people who were investigated: CSIS monitored Toronto subway after Spain attack. TORONTO — Just ...
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Glick: Plus Ca Change
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 6:08:22 pm PST
Caroline B. Glick has a good analysis of what it will take for things to change for the better in the Palestinian Authority: Plus ca change? If something doesn’t give, we can expect that nothing will change now that Arafat’s dead and buried. Our enlightened “peace” supporters on the Left have ...
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NYT: War Crime Time!
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 4:24:15 pm PST
Human rights experts are muttering “war crimes,” and the New York Times is all over it: Rights Lawyers See Possibility of a War Crime. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 - Human rights experts said Friday that American soldiers might have committed a war crime on Thursday when they sent fleeing Iraqi civilians back ...
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Religion of Market Bombs
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 4:06:50 pm PST
Pretty hard to blame this one on Israel: Another bomb explodes in southern Thailand. BANGKOK, Thailand: A bomb exploded at a market in one of Thailand’s predominantly Muslim southern provinces early Saturday, killing one Buddhist man and wounding another seven people in the latest of a series of attacks blamed on ...
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Anti-Israel, Anti-US March in Dearborn
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 3:36:35 pm PST
To mark the end of Ramadan, Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan held an anti-Israel, anti-America demonstration: The al-Reuters photo caption is astoundingly biased; the “al-Aqsa Mosque” is identified without question as “Islam’s third holiest site” (a complete propaganda fairy tale), while it’s merely “known by Jews” as “Temple Mount.” Arab-Americans carry signs and ...
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Dutch Raid PKK Training Camp
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:00:19 am PST
In the southern Netherlands, Dutch authorities have raided a “paramilitary training camp” run by Kurdish separatists: Dutch raid ‘Kurd training ground’. (Hat tip: zombie.) Police said Friday’s operation was unconnected to the November 2 killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Islamic radical. But they said it may have ...
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Chomsky Got a Brand New Blog
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 9:15:43 am PST
I was curious what that crusty old America-hating icon of the far left, Noam Chomsky, had to say about the election, so I browsed over to his blog Turning the Tide, only to find it hadn’t been updated for months. Imagine my disappointment. But something seemed amiss. Surely the wordy crypto-socialist, described ...
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Convicted Murderer to Run for Pali President
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 7:38:08 am PST
Convicted terrorist murderer Marwan Barghouti plans to run for the Palestinian “presidency” from his prison cell: Barghouti Will Seek Palestinian Presidency. Barghouti is a cold-blooded Jew-hating killer, committed to the destruction of Israel. Which means he stands a very good chance of winning.
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Blaming it on the Jews (As Usual)
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 7:33:26 am PST
Agence France Press reports the deranged conspiracy delusions of Palestinian UN representative Nasser al-Qidwa without a hint of skepticism: Senior Palestinian renews poisoning suspicion in Arafat death. ANKARA (AFP) - A senior Palestinian official has renewed suspicions that Yasser Arafat might have died as a result of poisoning, according to an ...
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CBS: Business As Usual
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 9:04:10 pm PST
A CBS News producer who cut into prime time programming to announce the death of Yasser Arafat has been fired. But Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, and the others involved in CBS’s attempt to influence a presidential election with fraudulent documents continue to distribute “news” to the American public.
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CAIR "Very Effective at Silencing the Media"
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 7:11:16 pm PST
Here’s an article you need to read at Accuracy in Media, by Sherrie Gossett, on the media’s disturbing complicity in promoting the cause of radical Islam in the US: Fanatical Muslims Get Media Pass. The American Muslim Taskforce is an umbrella organization representing groups such as CAIR, the Islamic Circle of ...
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Underground Execution Chamber Found
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 5:30:34 pm PST
Another horrifying discovery in Fallujah: US marines find underground prison, bodies in Fallujah. (Hat tip: Patrick.) FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - US marines uncovered an underground prison in Fallujah containing at least two bodies and two emaciated brothers who were still alive, an intelligence officer, who refused to be identified, told AFP. The ...
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Norwegian Jews Not Welcome at Kristallnacht Anniversary
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 5:15:43 pm PST
This has been discussed quite a bit in our comment threads for the past couple of days, but it deserves its own thread: Paris, Oslo, Helsinki. (Hat tips to all who emailed this one.) The Norwegian diplomat Terje Roed-Larsen, who serves as the United Nation’s Middle East envoy, heaped praise on ...
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VDH: The Ironies Ahead
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 5:03:53 pm PST
A typically eloquent and thought-provoking essay for this Friday, from Victor Davis Hanson: The Ironies Ahead. Why does France get a pass in its postcolonial interventions? Simply because there are no French to criticize them. For all the European hysteria over the reelection of George Bush, I would wager that privately, ...
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Before the Final Flush
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 4:44:52 pm PST
Before we consign Yasser Arafat to the sewers of history, there are two more articles worth reading about the defunct terrorfish: Arafat Gets the Di Treatment, by Tom Gross; and The Father of Modern Terrorism, by Andrew C. McCarthy. UPDATE at 11/12/04 5:06:23 pm: Make that three more articles: Bin Laden’s inspiration, by Alan ...
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Coastal Parents Battle Invasion of Dollywood
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 1:15:01 pm PST
Iowahawk has an exclusive report on a phenomenon sweeping the Blue States, as the new generation finds new ways to rebel: Blue State Blues as Coastal Parents Battle Invasion of Dollywood Values. Throughout coastal America, school adminstrators and parents are reporting an alarming surge in ‘Cracker’ cliques on campus. Also known ...
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Religion of Peace Authorizes Nuclear War
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 12:08:59 pm PST
At Drudge Report the former head of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden unit, going public for the first time, says that bin Laden has obtained a fatwa from a Saudi sheikh authorizing him to use nuclear weapons against America. (Hat tip: Ethel C.) Even if bin Laden had a nuclear weapon, ...
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Dutch Crackdown on Radical Islam
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:51:06 am PST
The Dutch government is going hardcore against radical Islam, proposing legislation that would require mosques to employ only imams trained in the Netherlands: Dutch Parliament Wants Imam Limits. (Hat tip: Adam.) Notice that even Liberal MPs are suddenly sounding like Pim Fortuyn: The proposal, supported by the government and the opposition, came ...
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Map of the Global Jihad
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 9:21:13 am PST
Robert Spencer has created a map showing the countries of the world in which jihadist activity has been reliably reported: Tiny minority of extremists world map.
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European Dhimmitude at Its Finest
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 8:52:54 am PST
When German foreign affairs minister Joschka Fischer travelled to Cairo to attend the dead terrorist’s funeral, he was made to wait in line while guests from Islamic countries cut ahead of him; in the end, not a single European guest participated. But Fischer is fine with that, because after all, it’s ...
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New York Times Slobbers Over Arafat
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 8:01:33 am PST
The New York Times has really gone off the deep end in today’s parade of stories idolizing Yasser Arafat. If your blood pressure can stand it, start with Jimmy Carter’s op-ed, drooling over the legacy of a monster: Casting a Vote for Peace. I don’t even want to quote this loathsome ...
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NYT Smears Blogs, With Kos as an Example
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 7:54:46 am PST
Mainstream media has decided how they’re going to report on blogs—as “propagators of faulty analyses:” Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried. The New York Times, like other mainstream media, makes no distinction between the left and right of the blogosphere, and fails to note that all of this ...
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Arafat Coffin Swarm
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 7:26:54 am PST
Palestinians police protect the flag-draped coffin of President Yasser Arafat inside Arafat’s compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 12, 2004. Yasser Arafat was buried on Friday in chaotic scenes of grief and gunfire at the compound where he spent his final years encircled by the Israeli army ...
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Terrorist's Funeral in Cairo
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 7:13:07 pm PST
Presidents, Dignitaries at Arafat Funeral in Cairo. In a funny way, you have to admire the effort that the mainstream media is putting into the death of Arafat. “Presidents?” “Dignitaries?” From the Arab world? CAIRO (Reuters) - Presidents and dignitaries from more than 50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to ...
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Cleo A. Noel, Jr., United States Ambassador
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 6:51:13 pm PST
Here’s a page at the Arlington National Cemetery web site dedicated to Cleo A. Noel, the US ambassador murdered in one of Arafat’s Black September terror operations. Why this murder was not treated as a casus belli, I leave to your imagination.
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Howard: "History Will Judge Arafat Harshly"
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 6:42:42 pm PST
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says what needs to be said about the world’s longest-lived terrorist: History will judge Arafat harshly: Howard. Mr Howard says many people regard Yasser Arafat as a terrorist and it is hard to believe that he could not have done more to restrain militant Palestinian groups. “I ...
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Max Boot on Arafat
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 6:29:01 pm PST
Here’s a rare appearance of good sense and clear thinking at the Los Angeles Times, as Max Boot points out one of the main reasons I voted for George W. Bush in this election—his unprecedented, unyielding refusal to deal with Yasser Arafat: How Arafat Got Away With It. (Hat tip: ...
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Elvis Has Left the Building
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 5:39:18 pm PST
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Palestinians in US Idolize Mass Murderer
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 5:31:53 pm PST
Palestinians in US recall Arafat as a unifier, symbol of nationhood. Please note: Arafat was a terrorist, by any definition of the word. Each person quoted in this article is objectively expressing their support and approval of terrorism. Palestinian-American Ray Hanania recalled how he and his family gathered in front of their ...
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The Battle for Fallujah
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 4:11:30 pm PST
The battle for Fallujah is going very well: Rumsfeld Says Hundreds of Iraqi Insurgents Killed. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) - “Hundreds” of insurgents have been killed in Falluja as U.S. and Iraqi troops sweep through the besieged Iraq city, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday. Rumsfeld, arriving in the capital ...
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Still There'll Be Moore
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 1:33:56 pm PST
Don’t get too close to Michael Moore. There’s no escape if you get sucked into the event horizon generated by his colossal ego: Moore to shoot sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11. (Hat tip: Kim.) LOS ANGELES - Michael Moore plans a follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11,” his hit documentary that assails President Bush ...
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The Horrible Red Binder ... Opened!
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 1:20:49 pm PST
Chris at American Liberty Journal has obtained a picture of Arafat’s horrible red binder, revealing at last its awful contents ...
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Arafat the Monster
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:48:41 pm PST
Jeff Jacoby gets it exactly right: Arafat the monster. YASSER ARAFAT died at age 75, lying in bed surrounded by familiar faces. He left this world peacefully, unlike the thousands of victims he sent to early graves. In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, ...
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Veteran's Day, 2004
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 8:13:22 am PST
On this Veteran’s Day, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all of America’s veterans for their service and their sacrifices.
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No Eulogy for Arafat at LGF
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 8:07:44 am PST
As the world leaders shed crocodile tears... UN Secretary General Kofi Annan praised Arafat’s struggle to win international recognition for the Palestinian cause, as he ordered flags to fly at half-mast at the United Nations, even though the Palestinians only have observer status at the world body. By signing the 1993 Oslo ...
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Jimmy Carter Eulogizes Mass Murderer
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 7:09:37 am PST
The eulogies to terrorist mass murderer Yasser Arafat are starting: Former US President Jimmy Carter calls Arafat a ‘powerful human symbol’. MIAMI (AFP) - Former US President Jimmy Carter called Yasser Arafat “a powerful human symbol and forceful advocate” who united Palestinians in their pursuit of a homeland. “Yasser Arafat’s death marks ...
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Ding Dong the Fish is Dead
Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 6:58:06 am PST
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BBC Knowingly Spreads Arab Propaganda
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 6:37:08 pm PST
The BBC is openly lying about the Fallujah offensive, and Last Night’s BBC News blows the whistle. (Hat tip: Luigi.) On Monday, Newsnight interviewed Fadil al-Badrani who, we were told, lives in central Fallujah. We were not told Mr al-Badrani’s occupation. Nor were we told how the BBC managed to find ...
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Arafish Death Watch
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 6:34:16 pm PST
How long must we wait? Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is expected to die within hours and, if he does, his funeral will be held on Friday in Cairo, his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah said Wednesday. Speaking on his return from Paris, Abu Rudeinah told reporters at Cairo airport that it would ...
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An Unrepentant Bunch
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 6:03:58 pm PST
I just realized I hadn’t put up a front page post (FPP) about the in-your-face answer to Sorry Everybody ... We’re Not Sorry, with lots of new photographs.
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The Cat Stevens Initiative
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 5:36:44 pm PST
The full court press is on to rehabilitate the image of Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, as a group of Nobel peace prize laureates led by Mikhail Gorbachev gave Stevens their 2004 “Man for Peace” award. Cat wants to thank the many Americans who wrote him to apologize for the actions ...
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Danish Journalist Threatened for Criticizing Islam
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 5:02:04 pm PST
It’s not just Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Britain, and the Netherlands; Scandinavia has also been seeing a marked increase in threats and aggression from radical Islam. Here’s an article from last month’s Copenhagen Post about death threats against a journalist who criticized Mohammed in an editorial: Reactions escalate in Islam ...
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Onion Uncovers Kos Suicide Pact
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:50:56 am PST
Political Blogger Mass Suicide To Be Discovered In Several Weeks. BOSTON—By examining web-traffic data for left-leaning DailyKos.com, researchers have predicted that the mass suicide of 14 political bloggers will likely be discovered sometime in mid-December. “After months of doing nothing but sit alone in our rooms at our computers, trying to ...
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Who's Sorry Now?
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:34:47 am PST
Treacher captions the apologizers to within an inch of their lives.
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Islamic Charities Liable for Murder
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:30:02 am PST
Good news from Chicago, where a federal judge has found two Islamic charities and a Hamas fundraiser liable for the murder of an American teenager: Islamic Charities Liable in Death. CHICAGO - A federal judge Wednesday found two U.S.-based Islamic charities and an alleged fund-raiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas ...
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Two Views of Arafat's Successor
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:25:13 am PST
Associated Press: Arafat’s Immediate Successor a Moderate. Agence France Presse: Arafat’s immediate successor seen as too marginal to be long-term success.
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"Submission" at IFILM
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 9:52:01 am PST
IFILM is now showing the entire Theo Van Gogh film Submission.
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The Legacy of a Mass Murderer
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 9:37:25 am PST
As the Arab world prepares to honor the filthy murderer Arafat, here’s a short film at Honest Reporting showing the truth about Yasser Arafat’s Dark Legacy. And here’s a good piece by Daniel Pipes on the circus of hypocrisy and corruption playing out in France: Arafat’s Bedroom Farce.
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British Muslims Seethe Over "Genocide"
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 9:00:54 am PST
Radical Muslim groups in Britain are shrieking about “genocide” in Fallujah. Muslim organizations in Britain have denounced the U.S.-led deadly offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, describing it as a “ghastly” counterproductive move to pro-democracy efforts. “It is highly improbable that the U.S. army is going to help usher in an ...
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Arafish Death Watch
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 8:45:22 am PST
The usual suspects are dividing up power in the Palestinian authority: Arafat’s powers to be shared by Qureia, Abbas and PLC chair. The Palestinian leadership, meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, has decided to divide Yasser Arafat’s powers among Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, Secretary-General of the ...
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The Holy City of Slaughterhouses
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 8:18:11 am PST
Hostage ‘Slaughterhouses’ Found in Fallujah. NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq—Iraqi troops have found “hostage slaughterhouses” in Fallujah where foreign captives were held and killed, the commander of Iraqi forces in the city said Wednesday. Troops found CDs and records of people taken captive in houses in the northern part of Fallujah, Maj. Gen. Abdul ...
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Iran Admits Arming Hizballah
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 8:06:31 am PST
Iran has openly admitted supplying the Hizballah terror gang with unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) A senior Iranian official has admitted that Tehran supplied Hezbollah with the drone that spent several minutes in Israeli skies in the north of the country on Sunday, an Arab-language newspaper reported Wednesday. Haaretz ...
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Massive Anti-Terror Action in The Hague
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 7:41:26 am PST
From Zacht Ei, here’s an update on events in the Netherlands, where a large police operation is underway against apparent radical Islamic cells in The Hague: Massive anti-terror action in The Hague. If I can believe RTL Nieuws, there’s about forty different arrest teams currently active in the Laakkwartier precinct of ...
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US Marines: 229 Years of Service
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 7:16:01 am PST
Happy Birthday, US Marine Corps! And to all LGF readers in the Corps, thank you for your service to our country. Semper Fi!
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MPAC Convention in Long Beach
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 8:06:18 pm PST
The Muslim Public Affairs Council, a front group with a long history of support for radical Islamic causes (now billing itself as “the progressive voice for American Muslims”), is planning a convention in Long Beach, California: The Faces That Are Always Talking About Terrorism. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.)
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Bush's Secularist Triumph
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 7:10:48 pm PST
A good one from Christopher Hitchens: Bush’s Secularist Triumph. Only one faction in American politics has found itself able to make excuses for the kind of religious fanaticism that immediately menaces us in the here and now. And that faction, I am sorry and furious to say, is the left. From ...
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Belgian Court Kills Vlaams Blok
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 5:16:24 pm PST
Belgium’s supreme court has branded the very popular Vlaams Blok political party as racist—essentially killing it, because this will stop public funding to the party. Belgium’s far-right Vlaams Blok was branded racist in a supreme court ruling that will force one of Europe’s most successful anti-immigrant parties to relaunch itself. The ...
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Arafish Death Watch
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 5:01:34 pm PST
They’re really making us wait for it, but Ha’aretz says Palestinian spokesliars will make the announcement Wednesday morning that the world’s oldest terrorist is now an ex-terrorist: PA plans Muqata burial for Arafat. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha’ath put an end Tuesday to nearly two weeks of speculation by declaring Palestinian ...
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Submission, Part 1
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 3:27:47 pm PST
Several readers forwarded the link to this site, where you can watch the film that enraged the Dutch Muslim community and cost Theo Van Gogh his life: Submission, Part 1.
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Arafish's Brain is Bleeding
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 2:04:04 pm PST
The buffoonish circus taking place around Yasser Arafat may be nearing an end: Palestinian Sources Say Arafat Dead, Others Deny. PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat suffered a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday and aides said he had died at a hospital in Paris, but confusion over his fate grew as ...
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Kos vs. Kos Kidz
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 1:58:25 pm PST
Stand back! A fight has broken out over at Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga’s place! In this thread, Zuniga dubs the Fallujah fighters “thugs”—to the dismay of many of his readers: The warriors. Savor the moment as Kos reacts to the criticism with a big fat “F—- You.” (Hat tip: WaS.) ...
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An Unrepentant Baby
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 11:52:05 am PST
I AM NOT SORRY that my Mommy and Daddy are teaching me right from wrong. Also, now I can rest assured that I will continue to be protected without the permission of France! (Photo and caption from LGF reader Chris B.)
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CBS: Sweating Bush II
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 11:44:22 am PST
With President Bush’s reelection, Broadcasting & Cable predicts that the fallout from CBS News’ use of fraudulent documents may be severe—all the way up the CBS food chain: Sweating Bush II at CBS. (Hat tip: Joel.) Players involved in the notorious 60 Minutes II story, reported by Dan Rather,which employed dubious ...
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"I Got My Kills"
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 9:26:49 am PST
Here’s a good account of the fighting in Fallujah, at the Telegraph: “I got my kills ... I just love my job.” (Hat tip: Gregory.) A Phantom Abrams tank moved up the road running along the high ground. Its barrel, stencilled with the words “Ali Baba under 3 Thieves” swivelled towards ...
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I Don't Even Like Oil
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 8:51:27 am PST
The apologizers at Sorry Everybody now have over 1,000 photos online, showing the cream of American society begging forgiveness from the world. Some of these have got to be hoaxes. But if the whole site is a put-on, someone has spent way too much time at it. One of my favorites:
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Devastated Moonbats See Shrinks
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 8:27:36 am PST
Traumatized Kerry supporters in Florida seek therapy: report. The Boca Raton News said Palm Beach, Florida trauma specialist Douglas Schooler alone has already treated 15 clients and friends with intense hypnotherapy since the Democratic candidate conceded on November 3. “I had one friend tell me he’s never been so depressed and angry ...
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He's Dead, He's Not Dead
Tue, Nov 9, 2004 at 7:35:21 am PST
It’s somehow fitting that the death of Yasser Arafat should be a carnival of lies and obfuscation, attended by a gallery of thieves and villains squabbling over his ill-gotten fortune: Arafat Fate Mired in Confusion. PARIS (Reuters) - The fate of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was mired in confusion on Tuesday ...
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Guardian Offers Belly
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 7:56:40 pm PST
The Guardian expresses the proper amount of respect for the big dogs of the internet: Will UK politics ever wake up to the web? Film-maker Michael Moore made his anti-Bush hate-umentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, available for download the day before the election to try to convince floating voters to come out against ...
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We Got Mail!
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 7:09:28 pm PST
Yesterday a person using an account in Brisbane, Australia, discovered LGF by searching Google for germans at alamo. Why he/she/it searched for this term must forever remain a mystery. But Google’s search results led him/her/it to this page: Germans Blame US for 9/11. And then he/she/it sent me the following ...
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The Dangers of Extended Breath-Holding
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 6:23:38 pm PST
If, like me, you’re a life-long Democrat who voted for Bush, and you’re sorta hoping that the Democratic Party might learn its lesson, find its spine, listen to Zell Miller, and pull back from the lunatic brink at this critical point in world history when the stakes couldn’t be higher... Don’t ...
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Jihad at SFSU
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 5:57:39 pm PST
Here’s an update on the very tense situation at San Francisco State University, where radical Islamists, anarchists, and leftists have provoked another near-riot in a confrontation with the College Republican Club: Jihad at San Francisco State. (Includes photos.)
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JFK Scholar: Freedom Squelches Terrorist Violence
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 5:34:06 pm PST
John F. Kennedy School of Government researcher Alberto Abadie has published a study refuting the widely held belief that terrorism is produced by poverty, finding instead that terrorism is directly related to political freedom: Harvard Gazette: Freedom squelches terrorist violence. The news that poverty does not “breed” terrorism won’t come as ...
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NYT Responds to "Act of God" Article Outrage
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 4:18:51 pm PST
Our post earlier today about the New York Times article by Dean E. Murphy—NYT Wishes for ‘Act of God’ to Remove Bush—has drawn a reply from the author; several readers forwarded the same form letter reply to me. Thank you for your e-mail about this Sunday’s article in the Week in ...
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Palestinian Child Abuse
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 3:06:15 pm PST
Islamic Jihad militants participate in a rally at Hebron University. Accusations by ailing President Yasser Arafat’s wife Suha that three of his top lieutenants want to “bury him alive” reflect the deep divisions at the heart of the Palestinian Authority leadership, the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements spokespeople said ...
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The Media Are the Enemy
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 2:28:53 pm PST
Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein stands about 10 feet away and takes pictures as the mujahideen try to kill American troops: 1 2 3 4
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NYT Wishes for "Act of God" to Remove Bush
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 10:17:13 am PST
What the hell is going on at the New York Times? I expect the bias. I expect Paul Krugman’s distorted op-eds, and Maureen Dowd’s incoherent babbling. I expect the pro-Palestinian, anti-American articles that flow from the Old Grey Lady in a constant stream. What I don’t expect to find is a thinly ...
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Muslim Groups Try to Suppress Free Speech
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 9:23:27 am PST
Muslim advocacy groups are attempting to suppress the publication of the book Prophet of Doom by Craig Winn, claiming it is “blasphemous:” Stop Hatred & Misinformation about the Best of Creation (peace be upon him) Petition. To: All Bookstores We the undersigned declare that we are utterly shocked and dismayed at the ...
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Europe Hates Bush, Loves Arafat
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 9:08:05 am PST
Richard Chesnoff writes about the primitive, irrational hatred of America and President Bush that dominates the political discourse of Europe: Boy, do they hate Bush here. (Hat tip: Power Line.) The 43rd President of the United States may have won a powerful vote of confidence from his countrymen, but an awful ...
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ElBaradei: "We Have to Cross Our Fingers"
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 8:36:54 am PST
International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei, the man who tried to influence the US election by “leaking” a false report on missing Iraqi explosives in the final days of the race, now advocates strong action to deal with nuclear proliferation. He says we should cross our fingers and hope nothing ...
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Potter's Ground for Arafat
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 8:17:36 am PST
The perfect resting place for a blood-soaked terrorist: Arafat family plot in Gaza an unkempt dump. KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Unkempt, ankle deep in rubbish and the air thick with flies from the stinking market next door, the Arafat family plot could not be a more inauspicious burial place ...
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Muslim School Bombed in Netherlands
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 at 8:04:57 am PST
Following the Islamic assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, a violent backlash against Muslims in the Netherlands: Muslim school bombed in Netherlands. Eindhoven, Netherlands, Nov. 8 (UPI) — A powerful bomb gutted a Muslim school in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven Monday, another in a recent series of anti-Muslim ...
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Like a Leech
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:21:53 pm PST
Arafat’s wife has been living large on the wages of mass murder: Image is all for chairman’s luxury-loving wife. She is often seen in the front rows of Paris fashion shows, or shopping with the wife of the Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and the sister of the King of Morocco. “She ...
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Sea Change in Beverly Hills
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:01:24 pm PST
Roger L. Simon passes along a rather amazing statistic; in the heartland of liberal US Jewish voters, Beverly Hills, support for George W. Bush soared in this election by almost 22% over the 2000 numbers: 2004 UNOFFICIAL BUSH 42.38% KERRY 56.98% OTHER .64% 2000 OFFICIAL BUSH 20.47% GORE 76.51% OTHER 3.02% I’m sure this is ...
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Suha Arafat Loses It
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 6:56:48 pm PST
Arafat’s Wife Lashes Out at Palestinian Leaders. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat’s wife said in an emotional television interview on Monday that a planned visit by Palestinian leaders to her husband in a Paris hospital was aimed at “burying (him) alive.” “I appeal to you to be aware of the ...
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The Vast Pro-Kerry Conspiracy
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 6:41:35 pm PST
Upon rereading the Newsweek piece on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and their crusade against John Kerry, the following passage leaped out at me; it explains everything about why Kerry refused to respond to the Swifties’ accusations: But as early as Aug. 5, when the Swifties were just getting traction, ...
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The Unvarnished Truth
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 6:05:32 pm PST
Here’s an excellent round-up of the many US military personnel who are blogging their experiences live from Iraq, at Beautiful Atrocities.
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The Battle for Fallujah
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 5:27:15 pm PST
It’s on in Fallujah. And the Associated Press wastes no time finding a negative angle. NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates river in what appeared to be the first stage ...
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Dutch Muslim: "Murder is Normal"
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 3:58:43 pm PST
From Zacht Ei, an interview with a Muslim from Amsterdam, following a sermon in which the imam of a local mosque denounced the Islamic assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh: “Murder is normal.” Third man: This man (the imam) has given his personal response. He’s not expressing everyone’s point of ...
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Jihad in the Netherlands
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 1:53:52 pm PST
The Times of London completely misdiagnoses the problem in the Netherlands: Jihad wrecks Dutch race harmony. This is the almost universal, wrongheaded slant on the story in mainstream media: that the horrific murder of Theo Van Gogh had something to do with race, when in fact it was driven by ...
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Steyn: The Great Thinkers of Europe
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 10:31:12 am PST
Mark Steyn mocks the elitists: Believe it or not, it wasn’t just rednecks who voted for Bush. The big question after Tuesday was: will it just be more of the same in George W Bush’s second term, or will there be a change of tone? And apparently it’s the latter. The ...
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Bush Gained Voters Among Highly Educated
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 9:23:41 am PST
Gallup’s analysis of their final pre-election poll contains a very interesting piece of data, something to throw at the ravers who insist only morons could have voted for Bush. In the section comparing Bush’s performance in 2000 and 2004, we discover that he made the largest gains with people who ...
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Hizballah Has Drones
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:57:13 am PST
The terror gang Hizballah has apparently managed to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle over northern Israel: Hizbullah says it sent aerial drone over northern Israel. Eli Paz, a resident of Shlomi near the Lebanese border, told Israel Radio that he saw the UAV. “It looked like a small remote controlled plane ...
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The All-India Anti-Terrorist Front
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:44:14 am PST
The chairman of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AATF), and former Youth Congress chief Maninderjeet Singh Bitta holds a banner during a staged rally with school students supporting U.S. President Bush’s re-election in New Delhi on November 6, 2004. Recently Bitta said India should emulate Israel in evolving anti-terrorist strategies. REUTERS/Desmond ...
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A Gangster With Politics
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:38:07 am PST
A very good piece by Bret Stephens looks back at the vile career of the world’s best-loved terrorist, and says that the death of Arafat may begin the final dissolution of the Palestinian “cause:” A Gangster With Politics. Who was Yasser Arafat? For starters, he was not a native Palestinian, although ...
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Triumph of Hope
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 8:27:23 am PST
Spain’s former prime minister, forced to watch as his own country chose an appeasing socialist government following the Madrid bombings, applauds the reelection of George W. Bush: Triumph of Hope. Hope has triumphed. I know that some may be surprised to read this, but I am convinced of the fact. Hope has ...
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France Takes Revenge
Sun, Nov 7, 2004 at 7:57:05 am PST
A BBC report on France’s unilateral intervention in Ivory Coast says that the principled, nuanced French have apparently killed dozens of unarmed civilians—for revenge: French ‘killed Ivorian civilians’. (Hat tip: McKinnon of that Ilk.) Ivory Coast has accused French troops of killing unarmed civilians to avenge the death of nine French ...
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MSM Starts Coming Clean
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 8:02:30 pm PST
Reading Newsweek’s second major exposé of the Kerry campaign’s venality and corruption is a real eye-opener, as mainstream media begins to reveal how much negative publicity about Kerry they concealed during the election: The Vets Attack.
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Man Kills Self at Ground Zero
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 7:08:32 pm PST
The first self-inflicted casualty of the 2004 election: Man Kills Self at Ground Zero.
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Arafish Not in Coma
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 5:54:47 pm PST
Arafish is not in a coma. He’s only sleeping. PARIS (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat is in stable condition in a French military hospital and not in a coma, a senior aide to the ailing Palestinian leader said early on Sunday. “No, he’s not in a coma,” Nabil Abu Rdainah said in response ...
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LGF "Revolutionizes the Media"
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 5:31:21 pm PST
I missed it, but quite a few people have emailed to tell me that Fred Barnes gave a very nice mention to Little Green Footballs today on the Fox News show Beltway Boys; he said that LGF had “revolutionized the media” by fact-checking and debunking the fraudulent CBS Killian memos. ...
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Der Spiegel: Jesusland
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 4:57:28 pm PST
Here’s how our election was viewed by Germany’s Der Spiegel. (Hat tip: Athos.)
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Peaceful Religion Watch
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 4:51:32 pm PST
Dozens of Saudi “Islamic scholars” have issued an open letter supporting the mujahideen who are trying to drag Iraq back into the dark ages: Saudi Religious Scholars Support Holy War. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces ...
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The Mayor of Simpleton
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 2:42:35 pm PST
The Mayor of Simpleton (from XTC’s Oranges & Lemons) Never been near a university, Never took a paper or a learned degree, And some of your friends think that’s stupid of me, But it’s nothing that I care about. Well I don’t know how to tell the weight of the sun, And ...
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Does Arafat Have AIDS?
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 1:21:00 pm PST
It’s hard to avoid noticing that Yasser Arafat’s sudden illness bears many of the signs of advanced HIV/AIDS: Suspicions grow that Arafat is dying of AIDS.
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Britain Dismisses Annan's Warning
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 12:52:48 pm PST
At what point does it become clear to all that the UN and Kofi Annan are objectively working on the side of the mujahideen in Iraq? Britain backs assault on Fallujah, dismisses UN warnings. Home Secretary David Blunkett told the BBC on Saturday that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was “entirely ...
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Intifada Against College Republicans
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 8:21:24 am PST
Lee Kaplan reports on a recent outbreak of Islamist hatred at San Francisco State University: Intifada Against College Republicans. San Francisco, November 1, 2004- A mob of Arab students at San Francisco State University attacked a group of College Republicans on the San Francisco State University campus at noon today during ...
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NC GOP Headquarters Attacked
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 7:19:13 am PST
A mob of masked thugs attacked and vandalized North Carolina Republican Party headquarters last night. (Hat tip: Wuptdo.) A police officer reported earlier in the night that about 100 people wearing masks and gloves were walking down a street near the headquarters, Raleigh Police Capt. D.S. Overman said. The vandalism happened ...
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China Backs Iran
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 at 6:51:25 am PST
China is backing Iran’s relentless drive toward nuclear weapons: Iran wins key backing from China in nuclear stand-off. “There is no reason to send the issue to the Security Council,” Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said in a press conference with his Iranian counterpart, Kamal Kharazi. “It would only make the issue ...
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Thank You, Guardian!
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 8:06:21 pm PST
Michael Ledeen thanks the Guardian for helping elect George W. Bush to a second term: Guardian Angels. You may recall that the Guardian, the leftist British newspaper, convinced its readers to participate in a letter-writing campaign to the residents of Clark County, asking them to vote for Kerry to save the ...
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MEMRI Translates Full OBL Speech
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 7:37:01 pm PST
Here is MEMRI’s translation of the full Osama bin Laden videotaped speech that the world’s media chose to conceal from us (for obvious reasons) before the election: The Full Version of Osama bin Laden’s Speech.
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UN: The Concept of the Carrot
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 6:44:10 pm PST
The United Nations is becoming extremely vexed about the situation in Sudan: U.N. Envoy: Darfur Sliding Toward Anarchy. UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. draft resolution on Friday urged warring parties in southern Sudan and western Darfur to reach peace agreements while promising international support and possible debt forgiveness if they do. But ...
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250 Tons and What Do You Get
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 6:32:56 pm PST
Remember that story about a few hundred tons of explosives missing from the Al-Qaqaa ammo dump in Iraq? Have you ever heard so many serious people trying so hard not to laugh at a name? But more to the point, have you heard anything about Al-Qaqaa since the election? The story ...
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Bush 286, Kerry 252
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 5:51:22 pm PST
Final electoral vote count: Bush 286, Kerry 252. WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush won re-election with 286 electoral votes while Democratic challenger John Kerry amassed 252 electoral votes, according to a final tally compiled after the midwestern state of Iowa fell into the Bush column. Results from a tight presidential ...
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The Funny Side of the Blogosphere
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 5:15:45 pm PST
One of the nicest compliments LGF has ever received, from Nelson Ascher at EuroPundits: It just dawned on me, I mean, the reason why the blogosphere has become so successful and influential and etc. Of course there’s the interactive side of it, there’s the immediate criticism of all the crap in ...
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Sad, Sorry Moonbats
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 5:12:56 pm PST
I’ve never seen a sorrier bunch of moonbats: Sorry Everybody — How Can We Make It Up To You? My favorite sad moonbat is the one with the Sandinista flag on his wall.
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Dhimmitude at the New York Times
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 5:06:24 pm PST
At Dhimmi Watch, Hugh Fitzgerald takes the New York Times to the woodshed for their refusal to take the threat of radical Islam in the Netherlands seriously: Hugh Fitzgerald on dhimmitude at the New York Times.
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Of Courage and Cowardice
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 3:54:56 pm PST
An excellent piece by Caroline Glick, on standing up to Islamist terrorism and intimidation: Of courage and cowardice. (Hat tip: scaramouche.) Theo van Gogh was a hero in the battle for freedom in this world war, and he was gunned down Tuesday for fighting this terrible fight. His assassin, who found ...
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Kerry: "I Can't Believe I'm Losing to This Idiot"
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 3:45:29 pm PST
Don’t miss Newsweek’s behind the scenes look at the Kerry campaign. After reading it, I’m more happy and relieved than ever that this whining, imperious boor didn’t make it to the Oval Office: Trench Warfare. The morning after the Feb. 3 primaries, which vaulted Kerry into a virtual-ly insurmountable lead, the ...
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A Victory for Ignorance
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 3:15:48 pm PST
Someone really ought to let Jane Smiley know that public unhingement is very unattractive: Why Americans Hate Democrats - A Dialogue - The unteachable ignorance of the red states. Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states. There used to be a kind ...
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Rx for Democrats: Go All the Way Out
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 2:27:28 pm PST
Barking moonbat anti-war “journalist” Justin Raimondo, still ranting about his pet “Israeli spy ring” conspiracy theory, now thinks he’s identified the problem with the Kerry campaign—it wasn’t loony enough. Remember the Democratic convention — where antiwar signage and sentiment was verboten? — that cravenly sought to mimic Republican militarism? Boston ...
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Bush Hatred Flops Big
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 12:21:49 pm PST
Two great new Mark Steyn columns: Bush hatred flops big. A COUPLE of weeks ago, Michael Moore was touring the US offering unregistered voters incentives such as free “clean underwear” in return for a promise that they would show up at the polls. I’m not sure whose underwear he was giving away ...
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"Thou Shalt Not Kill" = Racism
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 8:31:35 am PST
Reacting to the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by an Islamic terrorist, artist Chris Ripke painted a mural saying, “Thou shalt not kill.” And when the head of a nearby mosque complained that the mural was “offensive and racist,” local authorities came and sandblasted it: ‘Thou Shalt Not ...
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Plutonium Found in Egypt
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 7:53:36 am PST
Disturbing news from one of the world centers of Islamist hatred: UN: Traces of Plutonium Found in Egypt. VIENNA, Austria - U.N. experts have found traces of plutonium near an Egyptian nuclear facility and are investigating whether it could be weapons-related or simply a byproduct of the country’s peaceful atomic activities, ...
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VDH: American Exceptionalism
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 7:40:21 am PST
Victor Davis Hanson on the mandate granted to President Bush by the American people: American Exceptionalism. The Democrats now lament that America would prefer to be “wrong” with George Bush than “right” with them. They will no doubt adduce a number of other paradoxes, excuses, and sorrows. But the fact is ...
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Allawi Ruffles EUroweenies' Feathers
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 7:35:58 am PST
Allawi Meets EU After Anger at ‘Spectator’ Jibe. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi met EU leaders on Friday and sought to calm anger over his description of states that opposed the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein as “spectators.” Several of them said his comment, made on a ...
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Arafat in "Unknown Type" of Coma
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 7:29:35 am PST
Palestinian spokesliars are doing what they do best, as we wait for the news that Arafish has gone belly up: Arafat Spokeswoman Says He Is in Coma. PARIS - Yasser Arafat is in a coma and is “between life and death,” though he is not brain dead, his spokeswoman said Friday. ...
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Palestinian Depravity Watch
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 6:29:58 pm PST
You won’t believe what the Hamas terror gang is showing to Palestinian children on their web site: Headless hostess, Hamas-style. (Warning: graphic, disturbing image.) UPDATE at 11/4/04 6:53:33 pm: More on this sickening display of murderous hatred, intended to warp the minds of children, at Internet Haganah.
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The Van Gogh Murder Note
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 5:52:18 pm PST
Good coverage of the murder of Theo Van Gogh at Dutch blog Zacht Ei, including a link to the full text (in Dutch) of the note that was pinned to Van Gogh’s body with a knife. There’s something for everyone: hatred of non-Muslims, hatred of fellow Muslims who are not Muslim ...
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Moroccan Teens Spit on Van Gogh Portrait
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 4:48:30 pm PST
Moroccan teens ‘spit’ on Van Gogh portrait. (Hat tip: GeoPoliticalReview.) AMSTERDAM — Moroccan teenagers have allegedly spat on a large portrait of murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam, it was reported Thursday. Shortly after Van Gogh’s murder on Tuesday, spray can and graffiti artist Donovan Spaanstra, 33, painted a portrait ...
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Moonbat Fast Track
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 4:30:38 pm PST
If you’re a progressive individual dismayed and disheartened by the prospect of living in a country under the evil domination of the All-Powerful Moronic Cowboy Chimp, you may be able to get on the fast track to Canadian immigration by visiting: MarryAnAmerican. Just trying to help!
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The Battle for Fallujah
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 4:20:57 pm PST
Three British soldiers have been killed in an attack south of Baghdad, as a major offensive into the mujahideen stronghold of Fallujah appears imminent: BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three newly-redeployed British soldiers were killed in an attack south of Baghdad, as the Iraqi rebel city of Fallujah braced for an all-out assault ...
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Exit Polls: Direct Reports from Dem Operatives
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 4:04:57 pm PST
Here’s an interesting report at the American Spectator on those bogus exit polls posted by left-wing blogs: Tuesday’s Dirty Numbers. A little after one o’clock, early polling numbers, purportedly from the pool exit polling consortium, began to pop up on the Internet and in e-mails in Washington and around the country. The ...
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NYT: What Happened?
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 3:44:40 pm PST
The sense of disappointment at the New York Times is palpable: Electoral Affirmation of Shared Values Provides Bush a Majority. It was not a landslide, or a re-alignment, or even a seismic shock. But it was decisive, and it is impossible to read President Bush’s re-election with larger Republican majorities in ...
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Bush-Haters Take to the Streets in SF
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 2:05:08 pm PST
Depressed and enraged moonbats in San Francisco! LGF operative zombie got some great photos of the Black Bloq dim bulbs in action.
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LGF Not Embarrassed
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 1:16:51 pm PST
Maybe I’m just sensitive, but it seems to me like mainstream media is trying to give bloggers a little payback with headlines like these: ‘Blogs’ embarrassed by misleading poll data in US vote. “The thing about blogs, of course, is that a hot story tends to spread exponentially, so by early ...
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Arafat's Condition "Complex"
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 1:10:13 pm PST
We’re still waiting for confirmation that Yasser Arafat is really most sincerely dead. Sources at the French military hospital where Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has been receiving treatment on Thursday denied reports that the 75-year-old Arafat has died, but described his medical state as “complex.” “Mr. Arafat is not dead,” Christian ...
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Noonan: "The Yeomen of the Blogosphere"
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 12:38:53 pm PST
Peggy Noonan identifies the biggest loser of Election 2004: So Much to Savor. Who was the biggest loser of the 2004 election? It is easy to say Mr. Kerry: he was a poor candidate with a poor campaign. But I do think the biggest loser was the mainstream media, the famous ...
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Brit Rag Pouts
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 8:09:14 am PST
Duh-hey! Is them Daily Mirrrror folks a-callin’ us stoopid?
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Zell Tried to Tell 'Em
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 7:50:00 am PST
Zell Miller retires, with some parting words for the Democratic Party: I tried to tell you. (Hat tip: Crumbling Ivory.) And so while I retire with little hope for the near-term viability of the party I’ve spent my life building, I retire with a quiet satisfaction that after witnessing the struggle ...
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Kos Kandidates Krushed
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 7:07:45 am PST
“Rising Democratic star” Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga sponsored 15 Democratic candidates for Congress, raising a total of more than half a million dollars for their campaigns from his gullible followers. And every single one of those candidates lost. Good call, Kos! (Thanks to the many who emailed about this.)
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Arafish in Coma, on Life Support
Thu, Nov 4, 2004 at 6:41:49 am PST
Arafat in coma and in ‘extremely bad state’: French medical source. PARIS (AFP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in a coma and in an “extremely bad state”, French medical sources told AFP. Arafat was on life support at the Percy military hospital in Clamart, southwest of Paris. “He is still in a ...
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Sign of the Times
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 9:13:25 pm PST
(Hat tip: William.)
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The Insane American Night of the Bloggers
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 8:15:47 pm PST
From France’s Le Monde: The insane American night of the bloggers. (Hat tip: eric.) Little Green Footballs , a preserving blog, is delighted in advance by the head that Chirac and Kerry will make when they will learn the victory from Bush and that they will realize that “their post-modern ...
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The Mood Was Gloomy in Ain el-Helweh
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 5:36:29 pm PST
Palestinian gunmen watch a television news report on the US presidential elections at the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon.(AFP/Mahmoud Zayat)
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Plot to Bomb Real Madrid Soccer Stadium
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 5:03:29 pm PST
Spain’s appeasing socialist Zapatero government hasn’t bought them safety from the mujahideen: Plot to Bomb Real Madrid Soccer Stadium. (Hat tip: arizona9.) A terrorist plot to bomb Real Madrid’s soccer ground, where David Beckham and Michael Owen play, has been smashed. Islamic extremists were planning the outrage at the Santiago Bernabeu ...
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LGF Gloat Watch
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 4:32:27 pm PST
Gosh, it’s awfully difficult not to gloat at all. Can’t I just gloat a little bit? Top House Democrat ‘stunned’ by Kerry loss. One day after balloting that saw Kerry narrowly lose to Republican President George W. Bush, Representative Nancy Pelosi said she was having trouble accepting the outcome. “I’m still stunned ...
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Motley Fool Gives Props to LGF
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 2:49:16 pm PST
The Motley Fool notes the role that LGF and other blogs played in the election, and particularly in the debunking of CBS News’ fraudulent National Guard memos: Once Again, Blogs Loom Large. For the second time in three months, Web logs, or “blogs,” trumped the mainstream media in coverage of the ...
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Arafish in ICU
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 2:34:01 pm PST
The health of the father of modern terrorism is seriously deteriorating, and the French have put him into intensive care. The health of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat seriously deteriorated Wednesday night. He was placed in an intensive-care unit at the French military hospital where he is being treated. Arafat was flown to ...
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Let the Healing Begin
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 2:19:46 pm PST
To further the noble cause of healing the divisions in our country, Iowahawk offers a few tips for disillusioned moonbats: Let the Healing Begin. First, keep in mind that this was a very narrow defeat, and could have gone either way with the right breaks. John Kerry would be planning his ...
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The Murder of Theo Van Gogh
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 12:50:15 pm PST
Eight radical Islamists have been arrested in the investigation into the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Dutch police have arrested eight suspected Islamic radicals as part of the investigation into the brutal slaying of outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspects were detained in ...
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Take a Number and Get in Line
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 12:28:19 pm PST
Attention, moonbats! Before packing your bags and heading to Canada to escape the evil Cowboy Chimp’s imperialistic regime, you may want to read this: Unhappy Democrats Must Wait to Get Into Canada. Canadian officials made clear on Wednesday that any U.S. citizens so fed up with Bush that they want to ...
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Bush Victory Speech
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 11:46:34 am PST
President Bush’s victory speech is coming up soon; you can watch over the web at C-SPAN.
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Kerry's Finest Moment
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 11:26:32 am PST
And so it ends for John Kerry. Kerry’s concession speech was quite gracious for the most part, and I thought it was one of his better moments. I’m grateful that he made the right choice, to avoid a lengthy legal battle he had no hope of winning.
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Kerry Concession on C-SPAN
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 10:04:03 am PST
John Kerry’s concession speech will be broadcast over the web on C-SPAN; it was supposed to happen at 1 pm Eastern, but they’re running late.
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Daschle: First Party Leader Voted Out in 50 Years
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 9:32:41 am PST
The other big loser in this election: Senate Minority Leader Daschle Loses Seat. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. Tom Daschle added a dubious distinction to his long political career — he became the first Senate party leader in more than 50 years to be voted out of office. And the White ...
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Choice Moonbat Quotes
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 8:56:52 am PST
LGF reader Smug Monkey made a good suggestion; here’s a topic for readers to post amusing quotes from the fever swamps of the left wing internet, where the denizens are awash in a toxic mixture of rage and depression.
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Left-Wing Blogs Take Big Credibility Hit
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 8:39:00 am PST
Another casualty of the election: the credibility of left-wing bloggers, who were tricked by someone into releasing deceptively skewed exit polls early yesterday—a report that was picked up by wire services and actually affected the stock market briefly. I’m speaking specifically about Wonkette and Daily Kos and Atrios, who acted ...
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It's Over, Johnny!
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 8:10:17 am PST
Here it is: AP: Kerry Calls Bush to Concede Presidency. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry calls President Bush to concede White House race, the Associated Press has learned.
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Whine of the Day
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 8:04:02 am PST
The Guardian has Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga’s latest slab of turgid prose, and a vintage whine it is: Divide and rule ... for now. George Bush has dismayed half the US public and, I’m sure, much of the world by apparently winning the election.
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Will Kerry Do the Right Thing?
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 7:53:54 am PST
Now the question is: will John Kerry admit defeat gracefully, or will he drag the nation into another rancorous, protracted legal battle?
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His Victory, Our Luck
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 at 7:18:22 am PST
John Podhoretz, on President Bush’s reelection: His Victory, Our Luck. November 3, 2004 — HE said he would do things — and he did them. He said he would protect the American people by fighting a War on Terror — and he has. He said he would hold al Qaeda and its ...
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A Time for Rejoicing
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:32:16 pm PST
Congratulations, lizardoids. We did it. Tomorrow, the seething starts. The reaction from Europe is going to be something to savor for a very long time, as Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder realize how thoroughly their nuanced, post-modern, morally bankrupt ideologies have been rejected by the American public. The New York Times and ...
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Bush Takes Ohio!
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 9:44:48 pm PST
Fox News just called Ohio for President Bush! It’s all over but the shouting, folks, and unless something extraordinary happens, George W. Bush is going to be President for ... FOUR MORE YEARS!
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Bush Still Leads in Ohio
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 8:54:34 pm PST
With 63% of the vote counted in Ohio, President Bush’s lead is holding at 52% vs. Kerry’s 47%.
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Bush Wins Florida
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 8:46:04 pm PST
With 97% of the votes counted, President Bush has taken Florida with 52% versus Kerry’s 47%: CNN.com Election 2004.
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Comfortable Lead for Bush in Florida
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 7:45:35 pm PST
With 88% of precincts reporting, CNN.com shows President Bush ahead by five points in Florida.
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Bush Leads in Electoral College
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 6:42:57 pm PST
Electoral votes, from C-SPAN: Bush: 170, Kerry: 112.
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C-SPAN Election Results
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 6:23:18 pm PST
Here’s another very good page to check for election results, at C-SPAN: 2004 General Election Results. (Hat tip: Natan B.)
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New York Split Evenly So Far
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 5:49:19 pm PST
Yahoo’s Elections page has New York at 50/50 for Bush/Kerry. (Note: the Yahoo election results page seems to have problems in its state-by-state reporting system. The back-end web services applications for individual states aren’t communicating very well, and results are not real-time.)
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Ohio and Pennsylvania
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 5:40:37 pm PST
Here’s the page that will supposedly list vote tallies in Ohio (at this writing it shows up as a blank page): U.S. President / Vice President: November 2, 2004. And here is the page for Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of PA - Election Night Returns. (Hat tip: MagnaniomousCoward.) UPDATE at 11/2/04 6:05:47 pm: A better ...
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Florida is Breaking for Bush
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 4:55:52 pm PST
With 9.3% of votes tallied, President Bush is leading John Kerry by a large margin in Florida: 57.1% to 42.0%! UPDATE at 11/2/04 5:28:48 pm: With 21.2% counted, Bush’s lead has diminished but he still holds a +10% advantage: Bush: 54.5%, Kerry 44.7%.
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Watch the Votes Come In
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 4:39:42 pm PST
Here’s a good place to check the current vote tallies: Yahoo News Election 2004.
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Looking Good!
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 4:35:19 pm PST
AP’s Latest U.S. Presidential Returns have President Bush ahead by 57% to Kerry’s 42%. And I just heard that West Virginia has been called for Bush.
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Find Your Polling Place
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 4:31:52 pm PST
If you still haven’t voted, perhaps it’s because you don’t know where your polling place is, or how to find it. Well, now you don’t have that excuse: Get out and Vote! (Hat tip: Bill R.)
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LGF the Vote!
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 2:47:47 pm PST
It’s vitally important that every LGF reader get out there to your polling place and vote! If you’ve already voted, call your friends and make sure they’ve voted too. Every ballot is going to count in the popular vote this year, if the electoral vote is close (within 1%). We’ll need ...
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About Those Exit Polls...
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 2:01:27 pm PST
Good points about the skewed exit poll results showing up on the left bank of the blogosphere, in an email from “a GOP insider” posted at The Corner: There are media reports that we are behind in early exit polls. Here’s my sense of things. The early exit poll numbers are ...
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Internet Tsunami Watch
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 1:46:09 pm PST
Traffic is insanely high across the whole Hosting Matters network; they’re doing their best (as always) to keep the servers pumping out packets, but things may be a bit glitchy today as a result.
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Imaginary Numbers
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 1:29:42 pm PST
By the way, people, as far as I know at this point, there are no valid exit polls in existence. The numbers appearing at Daily Kos and Wonkette are sheer fantasy.
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Bush is Leading
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 12:54:48 pm PST
The latest poll numbers from RealClearPolitics: The Harris Poll (Telephone Poll): Bush 49, Kerry 48, Nader 2 Harris (Online Internet Survey): Kerry 50, Bush 47, Nader 1 CBS:Bush 49, Kerry 47, Nader 1 Battleground: Bush 50, Kerry 46, Nader <1 Rasmussen:Bush 50.2, Kerry 48.5 Marist: Kerry 50, Bush 49, Nader 1 TIPP: Bush 50.1, Kerry 48.0, Nader ...
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The Lone Star Topic
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 12:14:08 pm PST
I’m being bombarded with requests for a topic on the polling in Texas—so here it be.
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Abu Ghraib at Manhattan Polling Place
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 11:40:24 am PST
You’re not gonna believe this. LGF reader adin (via zombie) took these photographs at the Broome Street polling place in lower Manhattan—not far from the World Trade Center:
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Vote As If Your Life Depends On It
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 11:26:05 am PST
One of the workers checking names at my polling place was a young Muslim woman, dressed in full hijab, probably from the Saudi-funded King Fahd mosque nearby.
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Ohio Exit Polls: Bush Ahead by Eight
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:47:45 am PST
According to K-Lo at The Corner, exit polls in Ohio have Bush ahead 49-41. UPDATE at 11/2/04 10:56:40 am: Now Kerry’s up by 4. It’s too early for any of this to mean anything.
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Region 4: NV, OR, WA, NM, Colorado and Hawaii
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:26:23 am PST
This topic is for reports from swing state region 4: Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado and Hawaii.
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Region 3: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:25:10 am PST
This topic is for reports from swing state region 3: Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
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Region 2: NJ, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine and W. Virginia
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:24:31 am PST
This topic is for reports from swing state region 2: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine and West Virginia.
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Region 1: Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 10:23:07 am PST
At the suggestion of LGF reader Jheka, I’m opening four topics for reports from the swing state regions. This topic is for Region 1: Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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HazMat Incident at NJ Polling Place
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 8:44:11 am PST
Hazmat Incident Forces Evacuations At N.J. Elementary School. (Hat tip: song_and_dance_man.) An apparent hazardous material incident at a South Jersey elementary school has closed voting polls there and forced an evacuation of students. The incident happened at 9 a.m. at Fleetwood Elementary School at 231 Fleetwood Ave in Mt Laurel, N.J., police ...
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Kerry: "The World is Watching"
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 8:17:04 am PST
John Kerry says this election is the first part of the Global Test. Kerry wound up his two-year quest for the presidency with an 18-hour marathon that took him from Florida in the south to Wisconsin in the upper Midwest. “This is you chance to hold George Bush accountable,” he told ...
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Florida and Ohio
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 8:00:11 am PST
Florida and Ohio are the critical states. Here’s a topic for LGF readers in those states to update us on any news. When you go to the polls, bring a camera with you to record any questionable activity; the MoveOn.org/Michael Moore gang is turning out in force, and reports are already ...
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Go and Vote!
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 7:27:38 am PST
Here’s an open topic for election reports and discussion. I’m going to down one more cup of coffee and then go cast my vote. For George W. Bush. Meanwhile, the first results are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush won an early election day victory in ...
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So Long! We'll Miss You! (Not)
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 7:20:01 am PST
When George W. Bush is reelected, some of our moonbats are planning to emigrate. (Hat tip: rumpole.) LOS ANGELES - Some left-leaning Californians say they would rather leave the United States — and go to Canada or elsewhere — than stay with George W. Bush as president. “I certainly don’t love the ...
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Dutch Filmmaker Murdered for Criticizing Islam
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 7:01:34 am PST
Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered. Filmmaker Theo van Gogh had been threatened after the August airing of the movie “Submission,” which he made with a right-wing Dutch politician who had renounced the Islamic faith of her birth. Van Gogh had received police protection after its release. Dutch national broadcaster NOS and ...
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How to Steal an Election
Tue, Nov 2, 2004 at 6:45:42 am PST
Statement From RNC Communications Director Jim Dyke On Anticipated Kerry-Edwards and Democrat Election Day Litigation Strategy.
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Election Eve Open Topic, Part Two
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 7:05:01 pm PST
We have more than 500 comments in LGF’s first open topic dedicated to Election Eve 2004, so here’s another topic to channel the flood...
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LGF Endorses Bush
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 6:36:40 pm PST
By the way ... I’m voting for George Walker Bush for President tomorrow. Early in the morning. On September 12, 2001, shocked and disheartened, I was disappointed in Dubya. To put it mildly. But by September 13, after some European readers told me that we deserved the horror I had witnessed the ...
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Michael Moore's Biggest Fan
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 5:51:16 pm PST
In a long screed full of his trademark mean-spirited bottom-feeding (masquerading as highly-nuanced, French-approved post-modern snark), the execrable Michael Moore is flattered at the special attention he got from Osama bin Laden—the mass murderer who jump-started Moore’s failing career: To George W.: I know it’s gotta be rough for you right now. ...
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Election Eve Open Topic
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 4:30:18 pm PST
So I hear there’s some kind of election tomorrow? Anyone know anything about that? This is an open topic for discussions, predictions, axe-grindings, lamentations, etc., related to this most contentious of all elections.
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Kerry's Discharge Is Questioned by an Ex-JAG Officer
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 2:05:14 pm PST
Thomas Lipscomb is practically the only journalist doing any serious digging into the mystery of John Kerry’s missing service records, and here is his latest report citing a former JAG officer: Kerry’s Discharge Is Questioned by an Ex-JAG Officer. A former officer in the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps Reserve has ...
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A Battle Over the Future of Liberty
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 1:38:25 pm PST
Here’s another good piece by Brendan Miniter on the decision facing America in tomorrow’s election: What’s at Stake. In a tight electoral race it’s possible to imagine that there really isn’t much of a difference between the two candidates. One may be liberal and the other conservative, but it’s easy to ...
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Full Bin Laden Transcript
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 12:58:59 pm PST
JihadTV has posted a full transcript of bin Ladin’s speech, and it’s quite an eye-opener to read the whole thing. When it’s all read in context, you can see that although Bin Laden does acknowledge Al Qaeda has been damaged, he’s not nearly as conciliatory as the edited five-minute version made ...
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Palestinians Revere Bin Laden
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 9:56:45 am PST
A cartoon from the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida shows Osama bin Laden standing triumphantly on a conquered ballot box, as George Bush and John Kerry cower below him:
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Outrage of the Day
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 8:43:33 am PST
LGF reader moshe28 forwarded a scanned image of a poster from the Muslim Students Association at Northeastern Illinois University, advertising an event at the college this week paying tribute to the so-called “spiritual leader” of the genocidal Hamas terror gang, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin—a man personally responsible for the murders of ...
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Telegraph Endorses Bush
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 7:39:50 am PST
Britain’s Telegraph endorses George W. Bush for President: Kerry isn’t the answer. Britain has 9,000 troops in Iraq, hundreds of whom are being drawn into the less stable regions of the country at American request. For the foreseeable future, our troops will play a central role in the bringing of order ...
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Thank You, ACLU
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 7:19:01 am PST
Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Claims Hotel Blast. (Hat tip: Horsesoldier.) ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Abdullah Mehsud, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers, has claimed responsibility for a blast last week at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, a journalist said on Monday. Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai said Abdullah, the target of ...
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Iraqi Blog: "The Challenge is Mortal"
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 7:01:16 am PST
At the Iraqi blog The Mesopotamian, Alaa writes about what’s at stake in the US election: I don’t know much about domestic issues in the States so naturally, as might be expected, the position of any Iraqi would be mainly influenced by the issue that most concerns him. Thus, regardless of ...
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Religion of Peace in China
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 6:53:23 am PST
Rioting in China Town Kills Seven People. LANGCHENGGANG, China - Violent clashes in a village in central China killed seven people and injured 42, the government said Monday, as police imposed martial law on the area after the fighting between hundreds of rioters that pitted Muslim Chinese against non-Muslims. The unrest began ...
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And Again
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 at 6:35:23 am PST
Another Palestinian Arab mass murderer has struck, in a market in Tel Aviv: Suicide Bomber Strikes Market in Tel Aviv. TEL AVIV, Israel - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded outdoor market in central Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding 32, medics ...
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