LGF Archives: November 2006
Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War?
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 7:14:16 pm PST
Hizballah will show their strength in Beirut tomorrow, and there’s a potential for serious violence. Power struggles in the Middle East have a history of turning incredibly ugly with very little warning. Hezbollah calls protests in Lebanon. UPDATE at 11/30/06 7:38:26 pm: Vital Perspective has the full text of Nasrallah’s call to ...
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British Journalist Terrorized by Blog Comments
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 6:38:50 pm PST
Some British guy over here is having a serious attack of the vapors over comments he’s read at US blogs. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) When are you lizards gonna learn? Every time you post “nuke Mecca,” somewhere a British journalist weeps.
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Air Marshals Decry "Political Correctness Probe"
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 6:16:14 pm PST
Federal air marshals and pilots are sounding a warning about the true agenda of those imams ejected from a plane for suspicious behavior: Marshals decry imams’ charges. Air marshals, pilots and security officials yesterday expressed concern that airline passengers and crews will be reluctant to report suspicious behavior aboard for fear ...
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NYT 'Blog' Features AP's Bogus Cop
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 5:56:58 pm PST
The New York Times has picked up on the story of the Associated Press’ bogus Iraqi police captain: So Just Who Is Capt. Jamil Hussein?
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AP Responds: "We're Satisfied with Our Reporting"
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 2:33:08 pm PST
Flopping Aces has a response from AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, in the case of their nonexistent news sources filing imaginary stories. It’s really not much of a response; they’re standing by their reporting, to no one’s surprise. At no point does Carroll deal with the major issue—the only issue, ...
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Hizballah Calls for Street Protests on Friday
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 9:01:16 am PST
The driving forces of international terrorism, Iran and Syria, seem to be preparing a major move in Lebanon to wipe out the gains from the Cedar Revolution: Lebanon’s pro-Syrian opposition calls for protests. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies called for a peaceful protest and open-ended sit-in in central ...
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Iraq Study Group Will Call for Pullout
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 8:39:34 am PST
The Iraq Study Group, according to the New York Times, is going to recommend retreat with honor. Or withdrawal with dignity. Something Vietnam-flavored, for the new, not-at-war America. 15 Brigades Would Gradually Stand Down Under Plan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on ...
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Iraqi MOI: Associated Press Source is Bogus
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 8:02:47 am PST
As we reported yesterday, Abdul-Kareem, the Ministry of Interior Spokesman, went on the record stating that “Capt. Jamil Hussein,” used by the Associated Press as a source for numerous downbeat stories from Iraq, is not a police officer. Michelle Malkin has a transcript of the news conference. UPDATE at 11/30/06 8:54:47 ...
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Muslims Gaining Political Ground
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 7:58:54 am PST
They oppose the Patriot Act, are worried about “civil liberties” (and the Zionist world conspiracy, although the WaPo doesn’t get into that), and favor an open borders policy. Some are connected to Muslim Brotherhood front groups like the Muslim American Society: More Muslims Gaining Political Ground.
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Wednesday Night Glass
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 7:00:32 pm PST
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Iraq Study Group to Pressure Israel?
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 6:34:46 pm PST
Here’s a troubling report at the New York Sun on what we can expect from the Baker-Hamilton study group: Baker Panel Aide Expects Israel Will Be Pressed. WASHINGTON — An expert adviser to the Baker-Hamilton commission expects the 10-person panel to recommend that the Bush administration pressure Israel to make concessions ...
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Video: CAIR Director vs. Bill O'Reilly
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 2:43:35 pm PST
Here’s Bill O’Reilly putting CAIR’s Nihad Awad (lgf: search) through the wringer, albeit in semi-clueless fashion. I love the part where O’Reilly says “you didn’t criticize the Pope” and Awad jumps in to say “oh yes, we did.” [Video]
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Ahmadinejad's Second Warning
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 1:40:01 pm PST
Kenneth Timmerman on the real message of Ahmadinejad’s latest missive to America: Iran’s Ahmadinejad: America’s New Pen Pal. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) Media commentators in the U.S. are likely to pick up on the “public relations” side of the letter. Ahmadinejad calls on the U.S. to bring the troops home from Iraq, ...
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Santa Claus Tossed in Dust Bin of History
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 1:14:56 pm PST
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Except in Vienna. (Hat tip: zombie.)
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Tennessee Dhimmitude Watch
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 11:03:46 am PST
Lipscomb University theologian Lee Camp told an interfaith gathering yesterday that in order to live peacefully with Muslims, Christians are going to have to give up the idea that there’s anything special about Jesus: Christians must ‘let go’ some beliefs for sake of peace, theologian says. (Hat tip: Kurt.) To live ...
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Ahmadinejad Writes to the Left
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 10:32:02 am PST
We have another letter from Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, this time directed to the “American people”—or more accurately, aimed squarely at the moonbats, leftists, and mainstream media: Iranian president: ‘U.S. governs by coercion’. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a letter to the American people on Wednesday, accused ...
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AP Editor: Military's Claims "Ludicrous"
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 8:48:35 am PST
The Associated (with terrorists) Press is standing by its insurgent sources, and AP International Editor John Daniszewski calls the US military “ludicrous:” AP, U.S. military spar over atrocities report. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) “The attempt to question the existence of the known police officer who spoke to the AP is frankly ...
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British Shari'a Watch
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 6:56:02 pm PST
Britain’s grand social experiment with multiculturalism: The end of one law for all? Aydarus Yusuf has lived in the UK for the past 15 years, but he feels more bound by the traditional law of his country of birth - Somalia - than he does by the law of England and ...
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Daily Kos Diarist Calls BS on America
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 6:16:36 pm PST
A virtual history of self-hating leftist thought, brought to you by the Kos Kidz, of kourse. Daily Kos: Calling Bullshit on America. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) We’ve all been lied to, to the point of absurdity. These days, there is almost nothing true in what we are told. It ...
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Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 5:39:45 pm PST
MEMRI’s latest report from Lebanon is a disturbing glimpse into a country on the brink of civil war, as decades-old political alliances are suddenly fluid. In recent days, the Lebanese media has been reporting on impending large-scale street demonstrations planned by Hizbullah. According to several reports, last night Hizbullah and its ...
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Two Houston Muslims Charged with Aiding Taliban
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 5:34:44 pm PST
Two Houston Muslims are accused of training to fight with the Taliban against US and coalition forces: Two Houston men charged with aiding Taliban. (Hat tip: Laurence Simon.) Federal officials have accused two Houston men of training to fight with the Taliban and supporting a terrorist group. The pair facing federal charges ...
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Jimmy Carter: Israel Bad, Palestinians Good
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 9:07:36 am PST
He’s a gift of idiotarianism that keeps on giving, the man who invited Michael Moore into the presidential box seats at the Democrat Convention: Video: Carter blames Israel for failure of roadmap, denies he’s anti-Israel. “I think if the United States won’t take that role on, then maybe the entire group ...
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French Police Cannot Protect Themselves
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 8:43:23 am PST
Things must be really awful in France, if even al-Reuters is calling it a “guerilla war:” French police the target in urban guerrilla war. (Hat tip: Bill Amos.) PARIS (Reuters) - Stoned, beaten and insulted, their vehicles torched by crowds of hostile youths, French police say they face an urban guerrilla ...
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Pope Preaches Brotherhood in Turkey
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 8:27:50 am PST
The Pope preaches brotherhood in Turkey, and RoP leaders respond by preaching victimhood and anger. ANKARA, Turkey - Pope Benedict XVI began his first visit to a Muslim country Tuesday with a message of dialogue and “brotherhood” between faiths, and Turkey’s chief Islamic cleric said at a joint appearance that growing ...
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Death Cult Press Conference
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 8:23:37 am PST
More death cult propaganda from Arab stringers for the Associated (with terrorists) Press: Masked Palestinian militants of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ brigades display weapons to the media in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006. The millitants displayed in a news conference what they claim to be a new ...
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How the Imams Terrorized an Airliner
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 7:48:52 am PST
It’s becoming quite clear that those six imams removed from a plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport were not simply “praying,” but were deliberately staging an incident for political purposes: How the imams terrorized an airliner. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Muslim religious leaders removed from a Minneapolis flight last week exhibited behavior ...
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RoP: The Pope is a Snake
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 7:16:34 pm PST
Take a close look at the poster these Islamist women are holding. Turkish women attend an anti-Pope rally organised by the Islam-based Welfare Party in Istanbul November 26, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI is expected to arrive in Turkey on Tuesday. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (TURKEY) UPDATE at 11/28/06 8:10:53 am:
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Inside the Tornado
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 6:19:22 pm PST
Zeyad at Healing Iraq could use some help getting his brother out of Baghdad, where from all accounts, the jihadis on both sides of the Sunni-Shi’ite divide are trying to outdo each other with horrific violence. Click through and read his story.
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Getting The News From The Enemy 2
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:54:14 am PST
Curt at Flopping Aces has received confirmation from CENTCOM that “Iraqi police Capt. Jamil Hussein,” cited as a source (often the only source) in a long string of media articles about murders and atrocities in Iraq (including the recent report of 6 people burned alive), is not a police officer, ...
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Raided Muslim Charity Challenges Patriot Act
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:15:17 am PST
The Islamic charity Life for Relief and Development, raided in September by the FBI, has filed a suit challenging the Patriot Act’s provision for banks to share data about suspected terrorist activity: Raided Muslim Charity Sues Bank. (Hat tip: Dan Riehl.) DETROIT (AP) — A Muslim charity raided by federal agents ...
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Bawer: Cat Stevens' Grim Message
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 9:55:02 am PST
Bruce Bawer has an article in the New York Sun on ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf “Death to Salman Rushdie” Islam: Sending a Grim Message. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Perhaps the barring of Yusuf from America and his expulsion from ...
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Why We Rarely Hear from Moderate Muslims
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 8:32:09 am PST
Jamal Miftah, a Muslim who lives in Tulsa, wrote a column for the newspaper Tulsa World condemning Al Qaeda and calling on fellow Muslims to reject terrorism. In return, he was kicked out of the local mosque by leaders until he apologizes for his article—and threatened with violence by other members ...
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Olmert Offers Appeasement, Palestinians Attack
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 8:02:34 am PST
Maybe there’s a master plan at work behind the scenes. That’s possible. But on the surface, this looks like a total collapse of will: Olmert says ready to free Palestinian prisoners. SDE BOKER, Israel (Reuters) - Israel is prepared to release many jailed Palestinians, including long-serving prisoners, in return for a ...
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Sunday Night Cloud
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:36:34 pm PST
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LGF Technical Update
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 5:02:54 pm PST
The comment posting code has been greatly improved, with a new URL autolinking routine that works much more reliably than the dated, buggy one we’ve been using for at least three years. It also produces prettier links than the previous autolinker; the title for the link is set to the ...
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Rangel Slurs the Military
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 3:10:02 pm PST
In the ongoing saga of Charlie Rangel’s tortured rationale for a draft, he came out today with one of those offhanded slurs that show how the left really feels about military service: Video: Rangel says men join the army only if they can’t have “a decent career”. I want to make ...
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Turkish Islamists Demonstrate Against Pope Benedict
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 2:51:48 pm PST
Tens of thousands of Islamic supremacists turned out in Istanbul to tell the Pope he’s not welcome in Turkey.
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What the Islamists Have Learned
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 2:31:48 pm PST
A good one from Michael Novak: What the Islamists Have Learned. What we have discovered in Iraq is the weakest link in the ability of the United States to sustain military operations overseas. That link is the U.S. media. They are Islamists’ best friends. Experience shows that the mainstream press of the ...
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Jihad Video at Google
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 2:11:09 pm PST
Jihadists are using Google Video to spread their propaganda.
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Lebanon in the Balance
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 9:35:36 am PST
Hizballah members of Lebanon’s Parliament are issuing threats, as Prime Minister Siniora moves forward with the investigation of the murder of Rafiq Hariri. BEIRUT (AFP) - Powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah has warned that Lebanon risked plunging into a “dark tunnel” after the pro-Western cabinet pressed ahead with a controversial emergency session ...
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Just Youths, Throwing Stones
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 9:05:47 am PST
Pebbles, in fact. A Palestinian youth throws stones at Israeli army troops, not seen, in clashes during an arrest operation in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) (Hat tip: Meryl Yourish.)
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Getting The News From The Enemy
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 8:13:02 am PST
Remember the story that hit the media on Friday, about a group of Sunni Muslims burned alive by Shi’ite insurgents in Iraq? Curt at Flopping Aces investigated the report (it’s probably bogus) and discovered yet another case of the media Getting The News From The Enemy. In the same defeatist media ...
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Palestinian Ceasefire Watch
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 7:49:39 am PST
Is anyone surprised by this? Despite truce, Palestinian attacks go on. JERUSALEM - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip as an unexpected truce took hold Sunday, but two major Palestinian militant groups, saying they had no intention of stopping their attacks, fired volleys of homemade rockets into Israel. The rocket attacks ...
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Aussie Radicals Getting Even More So
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 7:48:40 pm PST
Australian radical Sheikh Mohammed Omran is making a move, appealing to the ones who think Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hialy is too moderate: Muslim leaders warn radical splinters. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MAINSTREAM Muslim leaders are warning that splinter groups of dissatisfied members of the national fundamentalist Wahhabi leadership, who ...
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Saturday Night Blue Flag
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 7:09:11 pm PST
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Palestinian Ceasefire Watch
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 5:34:01 pm PST
The news is full of a “ceasefire” between Palestinians and Israel, but we’ll see how long Hamas and Islamic Jihad are able to abide by the first requirement: Israel accepts Palestinian groups’ offer of ceasefire. Israel has accepted a Palestinian offer of a cease-fire to go into effect Sunday morning, and ...
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Somalia Jihadis Mass Near Government Town
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 5:02:50 pm PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations called the takeover of Somalia by Islamic militants “a positive change.” But Ethiopia has a different opinion, as the jihadis prepare to push into the Somali government’s last stronghold: Somalia braces for war as residents flee. MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of Ethiopian troops arrived to ...
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MSM Terror Propaganda Roundup
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 9:17:04 am PST
The Associated Press should really be ashamed of themselves for letting their news service be hijacked by propagandists for terror gangs, but I know they aren’t. Today’s most ridiculous example comes from the word processor of Sarah El Deeb: Israel rejects Palestinian peace offer. I’d be willing to bet that not one ...
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Got a Big Fish in the Philippines
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 8:52:12 am PST
The Abu Sayyaf terrorist responsible for decapitating American hostage Guillermo Sobero in June 2001 has been captured in Mindanao. Military intelligence agents have arrested the Abu Sayyaf leader who allegedly decapitated American hostage Guillermo Sobero in June 2001, the military said Saturday. Major Eugene Batara, spokesperson of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), ...
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Religion of Peace Killing Teachers in Thailand
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 8:42:37 am PST
Despite the appointment (by military coup) of a Muslim prime minister, and his obsequious apology to Muslims for the previous government’s policies, the killing in Thailand is getting worse: Teacher slayings shut Thai schools. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Hundreds of schools in Thailand’s restive south will shut ...
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MAS Plans "Pray-In" at Reagan Airport
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 8:31:31 am PST
Another Muslim Brotherhood front group jumps into the airport imam controversy, as the Muslim American Society (lgf: search) plans a sideshow at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, this Monday: Imam Barred From US Airways Flight Joins Interfaith Clerics and NAACP Leader for Press Conference, Prayer, and Flight on US ...
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Hamas Threatens Violence Unless They Get a State
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 8:11:26 am PST
Hamas says that unless they get their own state soon, they’re going to have to kill people: Hamas predicts new uprising if no peace progress. CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - The militant Islamist group Hamas warned Israel on Saturday of a third uprising if it failed with the United States and Europe to ...
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Ellison Dances to CAIR's Tune
Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 7:57:25 am PST
As we noted Tuesday, one of the people who attended the Islamic victimhood conference with the six airport imams was none other than Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison. Now Ellison is getting right to work—doing the bidding of radical Islamic front group CAIR and capitalizing on their latest staged controversy: Ellison ...
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Friday Night Surf
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 9:40:53 pm PST
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LGF Technical Update
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 6:34:35 pm PST
Progress continues on the LGF back-end renovation project. The HTML code sanitization routines are working really well, producing pages that get much closer to the holy grail of user comment validation. I’ve also made improvements in an important part of the LGF comment posting script: the code that automatically replaces raw ...
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Aussie Publisher Cancels Book, Fearing Religion of Peace
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 5:49:09 pm PST
The Australian branch of a multinational publisher of children’s books has canceled their publication of an adventure thriller by an award-winning novelist—because the bad guys are Islamic terrorists: Islamic fears kill off children’s thriller. (Hat tip: Andrew Bolt.) But get a load of what they are willing to publish. A LEADING children’s ...
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Iran's Suicide Brigades
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 4:58:11 pm PST
At the Middle East Forum, a horrifying report on the determined spread of death cult ideology by Iran: Iran’s Suicide Brigades: Terrorism Resurgent. More than five years after President George W. Bush’s declaration of a global war against terrorism, the Iranian regime continues to embrace suicide terrorism as an important component ...
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Muslim Students Association Takes Over "Interfaith" Room
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 4:15:44 pm PST
At Ryerson University in Toronto, the Wahhabi front group calling itself the Muslim Students’ Association is playing for power. And winning. As the largest student group on campus, the Muslim Students’ Association has made its presence known in student politics. Former MSA vice-president Muhammad Ali Jabbar is heading up the RSU, ...
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Pakistan Senate Passes Women's Rights Bill
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 2:57:42 pm PST
Pakistan took a step out of the Dark Ages yesterday, but you can be sure Islamists are already plotting violence in response: Senate passes women’s bill; MMA amendments rejected. (Hat tip: Shr_Nfr.) ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Foes became friends for a while once again on Thursday as the Senate passed a key ...
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Russian Spy Died of Radioactive Poisoning, Converted to Islam?
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 2:26:57 pm PST
The Russian thugocracy may still be fond of poisoning their enemies, or there may be even more sinister forces at work; but whoever killed Alexander Litvinenko used a very rare radioactive element to do it: Radioactive Link To Dead Spy. A large quantity of radiation, probably from a substance called Polonium ...
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Hamas Cameraman Killed in Gaza
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:08:27 am PST
Here’s an interesting report from Gaza: Hamas cameraman killed by Israeli troops. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant Friday who was filming the group’s operations in Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said. The governing Hamas movement often films its battles and operations against the Israeli Army, later broadcasting the ...
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CAIR's Five-Year Propaganda Push Continues
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 10:40:38 am PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently received at least $50 million from wealthy Saudis like Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, according to ArabNews, and they’re planning to spend $10 million a year for the next five years in the United States to promote their intolerant, anti-Western ideology—with efforts ...
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UN Human Rights Commissioner: Israel Worse Than Hizballah
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 9:23:11 am PST
French Canadian Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that even though Hizballah and Hamas deliberately target civilians with indiscriminate terror attacks, Israel is much worse. Israel could be considered deserving of more blame for its actions in the Lebanon war than Hizbullah, UN High Commissioner for ...
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French Policeman Kills Soccer Fan to Stop Antisemitic Mob
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 8:41:35 am PST
Europeans often look down their noses at the “violence and racism” of the United States, but if there’s an equivalent for this appallingly antisemitic, racist French behavior in the US, I haven’t seen it: Policeman kills PSG fan in post-match racist violence. (Hat tip: Ron.) PARIS, Nov 24, 2006 (AFP) - ...
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Russia Delivers Air Defense System to Iran
Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 8:03:23 am PST
Russia continues to provide Iran with advanced weapons systems that will be used to protect their nuclear facilities from preemptive attack: Russia delivers air defense missile system to Iran. Russia has begun delivery of Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran, a Defense Ministry official said Friday, confirming that Moscow would ...
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Dershowitz on Carter
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 6:21:56 pm PST
Alan Dershowitz’s piece about Jimmy Carter’s new book is posted in a few places, but I recommend reading it at Huffington Post to experience the full animosity and venom of Carter’s supporters (in the comments): Alan Dershowitz: The World According to Jimmy Carter. I like Jimmy Carter. I have known him ...
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IBD on Airport Imam Case
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 4:59:30 pm PST
Here’s an Investor’s Business Daily editorial about those six airport imams currently serving as CAIR’s poster-clerics for prejudice, with some more interesting facts about their spokesman Omar Shahin: A Profiling In Courage. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Then there’s the case of Muhammed al-Qudhaieen and Hamdan al-Shalawi, two Arizona college students removed ...
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Religion of Tolerance in Turkey
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 2:52:32 pm PST
Two Christian converts went on trial today in Turkey, for grievously insulting an abstract concept. ISTANBUL, Turkey - Two men who converted to Christianity went on trial Thursday for allegedly insulting “Turkishness” and inciting religious hatred against Islam, the Anatolia news agency reported. The trial opened just days before a visit to ...
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Beauty Queen Dreams of Genocide
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 1:59:50 pm PST
Miss Brussels wants to wipe Israel off the map. Last September Halima Chehaïma, the 18-year old daughter of a Moroccan father and a Flemish mother, was elected Miss Brussels. Until next week Ms Chehaïma was also the absolute favorite of the bookmakers for the election of Miss Belgium next month. She ...
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Death Cult Granny Blows Up
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 1:29:39 pm PST
Let’s give them a state! Grandmother in first Hamas suicide attack in two years. JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AFP) - A Palestinian grandmother blew herself up in the Gaza Strip, lightly wounding three Israeli soldiers, in the first suicide attack claimed by Hamas in almost two years. The mother of nine and grandmother ...
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Anti-Syria Demonstration in Lebanon
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 9:00:16 am PST
Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel’s funeral. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies. Raucous crowds carrying Lebanese flags and those of Christian factions, ...
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Clueless MSM Moment of the Week
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 8:39:48 am PST
A cornucopia of idiocy on MSNBC, as Contessa Brewer compares the six airport imams to (who else?) Rosa Parks. Hands down, the most ridiculous commentary I’ve seen on television all week. [Video]
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Airport Imams Seething All the Way Home
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 8:18:22 am PST
Raging, seething, and complaining, the six airport imams returned home to Phoenix, to cries of “Allahu Akbar!” from supporters: Angry Muslim scholars return home. PHOENIX — Furious and travel weary, five Muslim scholars returned home from Minneapolis on Tuesday, 22 hours after a US Airways flight crew refused to welcome them ...
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Happy Thanksgiving
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 8:03:42 am PST
Happy Thanksgiving to all LGF readers, and to the mainstream media.
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France Spoiling for a Fight
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 7:28:53 pm PST
France authorizes troops to fire at IAF jets over Lebanon. French soldiers in Lebanon who feel threatened by aggressive Israeli overflights are permitted to shoot at IAF fighter jets, a high-ranking French military officer told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday, several days after meeting with an IDF general in Paris to discuss ...
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Cheney to Meet Abdullah
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 6:27:24 pm PST
As Vice President Dick Cheney prepares to travel to the world’s center of militant Islam, I happen to be rereading [Amazon Link] by Dore Gold. And I’m not getting that warm, secure feeling for which I yearn. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will travel to Saudi Arabia on ...
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Jihad Barber Flees to Somalia, MSM Yawns
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 5:52:04 pm PST
Wow. Talk about flying under the media radar. Here’s a story that’s only bubbling up to the surface now because the would-be jihadi in question fled to Somalia—after being released on “personal recognizance”—and called the FBI to brag: Rainier Valley barber shop owner flees US. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Ruben Shumpert, ...
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Carlson vs. CAIR and the Airport Imams
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 4:41:19 pm PST
Who would have thought that one of the most consistently excellent mainstream media questioners of radical Islam would be ... MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson? Here he is giving another dissembling victimhood-advocating CAIR representative the third degree: [Video]
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:12:56 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving...
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Useful Idiots Join Palestinian Human Shields
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 9:20:43 am PST
Father Peter Dougherty, 65, left, and Sister Mary Ellen Gundeck, 55, right, both Michigan-based peace activists, sit on the roof top of the house of Mohammed weil Baroud, leader of the Popular Resistance Committees that Israel targeted for destruction, in Beit Layiha, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006. They ...
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Human Rights Watch Condemns Palestinian Human Shield Tactic
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 8:57:37 am PST
An interesting phenomenon is occurring, as Palestinians use women and children as human shields to guard the homes and ammo dumps of terrorists; the tactic is too disgusting even for the George Soros-funded Human Rights Watch to support: HRW urges Palestinian militants not to use ‘human shields’. JERUSALEM (AFP) - A ...
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Jewel Thieves in Burqas
Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 8:24:17 am PST
Robbers in Toronto are figuring out that they can walk the streets in broad daylight in full disguise, simply by pretending to be Muslim women wearing the misogynistic symbol of radical Islam: Jewel heists target Asians. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Abdul Rasheed Khalid was alone in his Brampton jewellery store filling ...
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LGF Technical Update
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 6:00:03 pm PST
Most readers probably don’t realize that Little Green Footballs is semi-unique in the blogosphere, because the whole site runs on a custom-designed PHP platform, instead of one of the various open source or commercial blog packages. It’s a flat-file based system, which makes it very fast, and it has many ...
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Fauxtography on CSI
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 4:54:45 pm PST
Judith at Kesher Talk has a write-up on a recent episode of the TV series CSI which seems to have been inspired by the Lebanon fauxtography scandal, featuring a photographer who fakes pictures from the Iraq War: Art imitates life.
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BBC Ties Self in Knots to Avoid Noticing Hizballah Crimes
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 4:35:07 pm PST
Here’s a priceless quote from the BBC, whose editors did not realize that two adjacent sentences in this article contradict each other: Israel to probe cluster bomb use. As well as highlighting the issue of cluster bombs, Amnesty found that Hezbollah hid Katyusha rockets among civilians and often fired them into ...
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Outrage of the Day
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 9:01:47 am PST
The State Department is finally taking action in the case of official Alberto Fernandez, who called the United States “arrogant” and “stupid” in an interview with Al Jazeera TV, and also said the US was “trying intentionally to encourage hell in the Arab world.” They’re giving Fernandez an award. (Hat tip: ...
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Minneapolis Airport Incident Update
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 8:34:12 am PST
The incident we reported last night, in which 6 Muslim men were removed from a plane at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, seems to have been a false alarm—and the Council on American Islamic Relations is right there, seething and complaining of prejudice: 6 Muslim Imams Removed From Plane, Group Was ...
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Christian Lebanese Leader Assassinated
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 8:05:39 am PST
Hizballah may be starting to make their move; it’s an infamous tactic of militant Islam to clear the way on the ground for a major push by assassinating powerful opponents: Pierre Gemayel’s assasination. Prominent Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday his death will heighten ...
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Spencer Confronts MPAC Shill
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 7:51:58 am PST
With Laura Ingraham sitting in for Bill O’Reilly, Robert Spencer confronts a spokeswoman for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Edina Lekovic—who lies about the Koran and says Spencer wants to “drive all Muslims into the sea:” Video: Robert Spencer talks Islam with Laura Ingraham on O’Reilly. Here’s the Koranic verse MPAC’s ...
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Breaking: Incident at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 6:59:58 pm PST
Federal investigators questioning six Middle Eastern men removed from flight at MSP. (Hat tip: Red.) 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that federal investigators and airport police are questioning six Middle Eastern men who had to be escorted off of a plane Monday afternoon at Minneapolis/St. Paul International. U.S. Airway officials tell ...
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Detroit Metro Terror Arrest Update
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 5:43:57 pm PST
Ethiopian-born Sisayehiticha Dinssa, arrested at Detroit Metro Airport, is going to stay locked up: Suspicious airline passenger to stay locked up. (Hat tip: Joseph.) This article has new details about what Dinssa had in his possession, including $80,000 in cash, data about US nuclear power plants, suitcase bomb instructions, a commemorative ...
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The Scourge of the Bot Herders
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 3:49:46 pm PST
If you’ve been experiencing a sudden surge of soul-numbing email spam in your Inbox, here’s the reason. A scary little article at eWeek looks at the huge number of compromised (i.e. virus/worm infected) servers, and what the spammers are making them do: ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders. ...
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Fox Broadcasting Cancels OJ Book/Interview
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 12:29:54 pm PST
This just in on Fox News: due to public outrage, Fox Broadcasting has canceled their interview with OJ Simpson, and Regan Books will not publish the killer’s book.
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Flying Zionist Robot Hornets
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:17:25 am PST
Israel is working on tools for waging asymmetrical warfare more effectively: Israel developing anti-militant ‘bionic hornet’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Also: super gloves and suicide bomb sensors. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph ...
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Democrats Raise $620K for Radical Islam
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:37:29 am PST
Democrats, including Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, helped raise more than $620,000 on Saturday for an Islamic supremacist front group: First Muslim Congressman Addresses CAIR Banquet. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ — More than 1,000 people turned out on Saturday at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Arlington, ...
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MSM: Working Tirelessly to Inform the Enemy
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 9:14:06 am PST
Where would we be without a mainstream media that eagerly leaks every national security secret and war plan? Secret Pentagon study narrows down Iraq. WASHINGTON - A Pentagon review of Iraq has come up with three options — injecting more troops into Iraq, shrinking the force but staying longer or pulling ...
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Germany Investigating Plot to Blow Up El Al Plane
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 8:30:48 am PST
Germany is investigating a plot by a number of people of indeterminate ideology and unknown origin, to blow up an Israeli airplane at Frankfurt Airport: German police investigate foiled plot to bomb plane. BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities are investigating a number of people in connection with what they suspect was ...
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TIME Cover Story by Muslim Brotherhood Front Man
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 8:00:20 am PST
I continue to be amazed at the depths to which mainstream media will sink in their attempts to shove multiculturalism down America’s throat. The cover story for Time Magazine’s article about the Pope is written by a man who is (rightfully) barred from entering the United States because of numerous ...
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Terrorists Say We'll Have to Deal
Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 7:33:39 am PST
Genocidal terrorist Khaled Meshaal says the West has no choice but to deal with Hamas, if Hamas and Fatah reach an agreement on a bogus “unity government”—the latest ploy to trick the West into turning the money taps back on: West must recognize new Palestinian govt: Meshaal. DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The ...
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Sunday Night Horizon
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 9:45:55 pm PST
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Lebanon in the Balance
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 7:15:24 pm PST
We may be about to witness the takeover of Lebanon by Iran’s proxy, Hizballah: Hezbollah urges mass protests in Lebanon. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah’s leader urged his followers to prepare for mass demonstrations to topple the government if it ignores the militant group’s demand to form a national unity coalition. In a ...
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Hilarious Moonbat Site of the Night
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 6:15:18 pm PST
Somebody please help. I’ve started laughing and I can’t stop. “V” Makes A Mark In DC. It’s working. We are making good use of the powerful concept of en masse activist resistance used in the movie, “V for Vendetta.” “V” is helping us as we build support for the ...
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UK 7/7 Bombing Suspect's Anonymity Protected
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 5:55:19 pm PST
It’s political correctness run amok with a chainsaw: Terror farce over refusal to unmask 7/7 suspect. The war on terror has descended into farce after the Government refused to identify a July 7 suspect on the run from the security services. The Home Office insists the British Muslim, who describes himself as ...
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Another LGF First
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 3:39:47 pm PST
Among the many things Little Green Footballs has contributed to civilization, we now discover that Wikipedia is giving us credit for the first documented use of the word “Asshat.” (Hat tip: sb.)
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How to Lose the Support of the Nutroots
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 2:38:28 pm PST
When they voted Democrat, I don’t think the Nutroots gang was counting on this: Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft. Rangel says he’s “serious.” Serious about shameless, cynical grandstanding, maybe. WASHINGTON - Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming ...
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SNL on Backlash
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 9:20:19 am PST
Racist, bigoted Islamophobia on Saturday Night Live. Is CAIR seething about this yet?
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Palestinian Human Shield Watch (Israel Backs Down)
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 8:48:44 am PST
Today Palestinian human shields—mostly women and children—rushed to protect buildings containing terrorists and ammunition—and Israel backed off. Associated Press Palestinian writer Ibrahim Barzak, in an egregious distortion of the English language, calls it a “protest:” Protests force Israel to halt airstrikes. This is completely crazy. BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Israel called ...
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Religion of Peace in Jakarta
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 8:26:05 am PST
A Muslim youth holds a toy bomb during a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush’s planned visit to Indonesia in Jakarta November 19, 2006. REUTERS/Lirio Da FOnseca (INDONESIA) An Indonesian man displays a poster of Osama bin Laden during a protest against a visit of U.S. George W. Bush ...
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Keep John Bolton at the UN
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 8:09:49 am PST
If the Dems won’t support John Bolton for UN ambassador (and they won’t), President Bush can still grant him another recess appointment—but he’d have to work without pay. Claudia Rosett proposes that we support John Bolton with more than words, at The Rosett Report. If Congress is absolutely determined to reject ...
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The Enemy Within
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 7:58:56 am PST
The Observer has chilling new details about the airplane bombing plot: Al-Qaeda’s airport bomb plot. Isn’t it curious how many of these stories revealing details about terrorist plots are being suddenly released—after the US elections? A convicted al-Qaeda bomb-maker serving a jail sentence in Northern Ireland carried out dummy runs for a ...
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Britain's Rather Awful Problem
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 8:02:21 pm PST
British Muslims who volunteer to fight infidels in Iraq and Afghanistan are being told to go back to the UK and establish sleeper cells: Al-Qaeda’s best assets prime UK timebomb. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) British Muslims volunteering to fight against coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being sent back to Britain ...
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The Hatred Connection
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 7:29:06 pm PST
A founder of Britain’s Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC UK) is exposed as a financial supporter of Holocaust denier David Irving tonight by the Observer: Muslim leader sent funds to Irving. One of Britain’s most prominent speakers on Muslim issues is today exposed as a supporter of David Irving, the controversial ...
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Palestinian Human Shield Watch
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 6:35:43 pm PST
Palestinians form human shield to protect home from Israeli air strike. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of a militant in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday to prevent an Israeli air strike on the building, residents said. People flocked to the ...
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We Got Mail!
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 5:41:25 pm PST
Since the elections I’ve received more than the usual number of emails through our contact form from moonbats who really, really wanted to gloat, but our registration was closed. The usual tone of one of these disappointed love notes is something like: So typical of you %#^&ed up wingnuts to keep ...
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Ethiopians Protest Conviction of Mutilator
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 2:56:48 pm PST
Under the heading of, “What the hell is wrong with these people?” (Hat tip: Killgore.) This picture, released by protest organizers, show hundreds of Ethiopians taking to the streets of the capital to protest the landmark conviction by a US court of an Ethiopian man for sexually mutilating his two-year-old daughter ...
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Dutch Muslims Blast Burqa Ban
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 2:28:20 pm PST
In the Netherlands we have seething, following the announcement that the government may ban a misogynistic symbol of political Islam: Dutch Muslims hit out at proposed burqa ban. Dutch Muslims have hit out at a proposed government ban of face veils, saying it was over the top, ill-conceived and infringed religious ...
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LGF Flood Control Update 2
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 11:06:08 am PST
LGF reader Earth2moonbat pointed out that if you search Google for ‘LGF’ you will now see this as the first listing: Interesting! So at least one of the bots caught by our flood control system, hitting the site more frequently than it should, was from Google. UPDATE at 11/18/06 12:27:31 pm: I’ve added ...
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Jawdropper of the Day
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 10:47:00 am PST
Colorado’s Attorney General took a trip this week to Saudi Arabia, to explain to the leaders of the religious apartheid state why Colorado sentenced a Saudi man to 28 years in prison for enslaving and sexually assaulting his Indonesian housekeeper: Suthers reassures Saudis. (Hat tip: Doss.) Because in Saudi Arabia, this ...
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Islamic States Sense Weakness
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 9:17:56 am PST
All politics may be local, but the 2006 US elections are having worldwide repercussions—and emboldening genocidal terrorists and their supporters: Islamic states see sympathy turning against Israel. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - International opinion has started to turn against Israel after its army killed Palestinian civilians this month, Arab and Muslim ...
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Muslims Seething After Leaders Arrested for Visa Fraud
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 8:30:19 am PST
Two Islamic leaders have been arrested for immigration fraud, and Boston Muslims are seething: Jailing of clerics angers Muslims. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SHARON — Muslim leaders in the Boston area expressed outrage yesterday over the arrest and jailing of two senior clerics in an alleged scheme that provided religious-worker visas ...
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Daily Kos: Mercenaries - Screw 'Em
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 8:18:45 am PST
A Daily Kos diary by “pacified” demonstrates once again that patriotism and compassion for which the Kidz are justly famous: Daily Kos: Mercenaries: Screw ’em. (Hat tip: cr.) Just the latest tragedy in Iraq: BAGHDAD, Iraq - British soldiers backed by U.S. military helicopters battled insurgents near the Kuwaiti border Friday, ...
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Jakarta Mosque Glorifies Bin Laden
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 8:03:02 am PST
In the showcase “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia, a Jakarta mosque ended Friday prayers yesterday with a little dramatic skit, featuring Osama bin Laden humiliating George W. Bush: Jawa Pos dotcom. (Hat tip: jun.) Translated: Bush-Usamah: the oration denied [prob. denounced] the arrival of the US president ended the Friday prayer ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 7:36:42 am PST
Despite the new prime minister’s apology to Muslims: Five shot dead in Thailand’s Muslim south. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) FIVE people were shot dead and one policeman was wounded in a string of drive-by shootings by suspected Islamic militants in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south, police said. A 60-year-old Buddhist cattle raiser was ...
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Friday Night View
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 9:23:27 pm PST
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Video: The Extremist Agenda
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 3:37:56 pm PST
Euphoric Reality has a recording of Glenn Beck’s (highly recommended) special on Islamic supremacism, in Windows Media format: Exposed: The Extremist Agenda. UPDATE at 11/17/06 4:13:18 pm: Here it is from YouTube (but maybe not for long): [Video]
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Vancouver Shari'a Watch
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 12:59:29 pm PST
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Muslim cab drivers are refusing service to infidels who violate Islamic laws—for example, blind people with guide dogs. (Hat tip: Pierre.) A case potentially pitting rights of the disabled against religious beliefs will be heard by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after a blind man from the ...
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France Spoiling for a Fight
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 12:05:18 pm PST
The French are gunning for Israel again. TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - French UN anti-aircraft batteries have taken “preparatory steps” to respond to Israeli jets violating Lebanese airspace, despite global criticism of such incursions. “The anti-aircraft unit of the (French) battalion took initial preparatory steps to respond to these actions,” Milos Strugar, spokesman ...
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Sami Al-Arian Held in Contempt of Court
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 11:39:47 am PST
Convicted Islamic Jihad operative Sami Al-Arian has been found in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon, Virginia. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) TAMPA, Fla. - A former college professor who pleaded guilty to aiding a Palestinian terrorist group has been found ...
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Time to Dump Pelosi?
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 11:20:43 am PST
The far-left Democrats’ “anti-war mandate” is melting down faster than a snowman in a heat wave: Should House Democrats dump their new speaker? But wait! There’s more: Speaker Pelosi Tempts Disaster.
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Who's Minding the Civilization?
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 10:45:01 am PST
I can’t say this comes as a surprise, but it doesn’t give me a warm feeling of security to have it confirmed that our national leaders are clueless about Islamic supremacism. The last member to walk into our virtual interrogation center was John Boehner, a candidate for minority leader. Boehner is ...
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How You Can Help Conservative Blogs
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 9:25:02 am PST
Allahpundit has a good post on the need for center-right (or whatever we want to call them) blog readers to become aware of increasingly popular “link farm” sites like Digg—because right now they’re heavily dominated by the Angry Left: Digg it: How you can help conservative blogs. There’s a handy link ...
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Four Americans Kidnapped in Iraq
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 9:06:06 am PST
Four American civilians have been taken hostage in Iraq, and an Austrian murdered; Rusty Shackleford is following the story closely: Four Americans Kidnapped in Iraq, Austrian Civilian Killed.
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Yusuf Islam is Allowed Entry to US
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 8:55:56 am PST
The New York Post says that Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam, aka Yusuf) is going to be allowed into the United States to promote his new record, despite his long, well-documented history of radicalism and connections to extremists. We really have stopped fighting, haven’t we? Mission Of Peace YUSUF Islam, formerly Cat ...
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Dutch Cabinet Backs Burqa Ban
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 8:42:34 am PST
The Netherlands may be the first European country to ban the wearing of radical Islam’s political symbol of domination: Netherlands to propose burqa ban. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Dutch cabinet has backed a proposal by the country’s immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places. The ...
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Reuters Photographer/Thief
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 8:24:12 am PST
Maybe if Reuters paid their Palestinian propagandists a little more, they wouldn’t have to do things like this: Reuters photographer admits selling stolen goods. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Several days ago special police and IDF forces raided Ahmed Shanti’s store in Qalqiliya, confiscating over 150 electronic devices which Shanti admitted were ...
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Thursday Night Beach
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 9:12:16 pm PST
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LGF Flood Control Update
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 5:31:59 pm PST
The floodgates are performing very well, and our plague of robots has subsided. It’s kind of cool; I can scan through the logs and actually spot the points at which the bots get shut down. There’s a burst of sudden activity from a proxy IP, hitting a certain page several ...
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Reuters Interviews Torturer
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 5:13:05 pm PST
At Reuters AlertNet, an unnamed Reuters reporter interviews an Iraqi “warlord” who says he’s fighting for all Iraqis. To free them from the occupation. And he’s doing this by torturing Iraqis. With power tools. BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - They call him the “Shi’ite Zarqawi”, a torturer with a passion for power ...
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RIP, Milton Friedman
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 4:51:31 pm PST
Nobel Laureate economist and tireless advocate for human freedom Milton Friedman died last night at the age of 94. Michelle Malkin has some good links to remember him by.
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 3:31:21 pm PST
There seem to be an awful lot of these creepy diary posts by Daily Kos Kidz following the elections: Daily Kos: For Whom the UN Tolls... (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) Nothing better illustrates the way Zionist’s have over taken the UN, witness the contrasting responses of the United Nations Security Council ...
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UN Hits Bottom, Finds Jimmy Carter Waiting
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 2:32:53 pm PST
In its latest witch hunt against Israel, the United Nations may pick an Israel-hater to lead the “investigation:” President Carter Could Lead U.N. Investigation of Israel. Yesterday in Geneva, the U.N. Human Rights Council, which in its five months of existence has failed to pass one resolution on any country other ...
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Honest Reporting: Time Gets Caught Lying
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 2:11:40 pm PST
Honest Reporting has a look at the revelation by photojournalist Bruno Stevens that his pictures from Lebanon were published with misleading captions by Time Magazine: Time Magazine Gets Caught Lying. I’m not holding my breath waiting for Time to account for their outrageous distortions. Mainstream media are curiously uninterested in stories ...
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Murtha Shunned
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 9:17:21 am PST
The Nutroots gang is not going to be happy about this: House Democrats Name Hoyer to No. 2 Post. House Democrats on Thursday chose Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer to be House majority leader over Rep. John Murtha, the choice of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become speaker. Hoyer was elected ...
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German High Court: 9/11 Conspirator's Sentence Too Light
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 9:06:17 am PST
I was just about to write a post about the appallingly light sentence handed down in Germany for convicted 9/11 conspirator Mounir al-Motassadeq, when LGF reader American Viking emailed the link to this story: German Court: Sept. 11th conspirator let off too lightly. Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - Germany’s High Court scolded ...
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Ethiopian-Born Man Arrested with Nuclear Info at Detroit Metro
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 8:07:52 am PST
An Ethiopian-born man was arrested Tuesday at Detroit Metro Airport with information about cyanide and nuclear materials: Man, 34, arrested at airport. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A 34-year-old Dallas man was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport on Tuesday, carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing mysterious files about cyanide ...
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Ellison Backs Away from CAIR
Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 7:52:57 am PST
Muslim Congressman and former Nation of Islam spokesperson Keith Ellison must have been advised to distance himself from the Council on American Islamic Relations: First Muslim Congressman Won’t Address Muslim Group After All. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) (CNSNews.com) - Congressman-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. House of ...
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Nature's Gradients
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 8:02:11 pm PST
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LGF Flood Control
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 5:25:16 pm PST
These freakin’ robots that keep hitting LGF are driving me nuts (it’s a short drive, or so I’m told). So I’ve implemented a rule-based flood control script to try to shut down these instruments of evil, and retain what’s left of my sanity. What this means in sort-of-English is that if ...
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Glenn Beck Open Thread
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 4:35:18 pm PST
The Glenn Beck special The Extremist Agenda, featuring footage from MEMRI and other sources, is now being shown on CNN Headline News. It will be on again at 9 ET. Here’s an open topic, because I know the lizardoid army will want to discuss this one.
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Kucinich Calls to Cut Off War Funding
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 1:55:41 pm PST
On Sunday I predicted no more than a week until Democrats started talking openly about cutting funding for Iraq. Kucinich Calls for Cutting Off Iraq War Funds. “That’s the only way we’re going to end this war.” Nov 15, 2006 Congressman Kucinich called Wednesday for cutting off funding of the Iraq war, as the ...
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The Definition of Chutzpah
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 1:50:09 pm PST
Oh brother. Iran complains to UN over repeated Israeli threats. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran, whose president has vowed to wipe Israel off the map, complained to the United Nations on Wednesday that the Jewish state was repeatedly threatening to bomb it. The threats were “matters of extreme gravity” and ...
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Islamic Nations Arming Somalia Jihadis
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 12:48:26 pm PST
The forces of global jihad seem to be concentrating on Somalia—and a leaked report from the UN says Iran is shipping arms to Somalia in return for access to uranium mines: Nations violate arms embargo in Somalia. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NAIROBI, Kenya - Ten nations and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been ...
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May I Have Some More Trent Lott, Sir?
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 10:13:18 am PST
Oh great. Trent Lott is the new Senate Minority Whip. I won’t try to top Dean Barnett’s comment: If there’s one message that the electorate sent the Republican Party last week, it’s that we hadn’t given them enough of Trent Lott. I cannot adequately express my delight that Senate Republicans have moved ...
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Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Opens Office in DC
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 9:40:41 am PST
Islamic Voice has a story on the opening of an office of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. In Washington DC. And they openly state that the aim of the office is “infiltration” of the US government to influence its attitude toward “political Islam.” Muslim Brotherhood Office in US Washington DC The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB), in ...
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Emir of Qatar: West is Prejudiced Against Terrorists
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 9:03:32 am PST
The emir of Qatar says there’s really nothing wrong with a genocidal terrorist gang dedicated to wiping out a neighboring state, and he can’t understand why the West is so negative about it: Qatar’s emir criticises Western attitudes to Hamas. STRASBOURG (AFP) - Qatar’s emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has ...
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Congressman Conyers and Islam
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 8:46:43 am PST
Soccer Dad has an eye-opening look at the likely new head of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers (D-MI), who last year held a freakish, openly anti-Jewish mock impeachment hearing (so bad it was even condemned by mainstream media): Congressman Conyers and Islam. Conyers is sponsoring the Orwellian House Resolution 288, ...
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"The Nation of Muslims Must Prepare for the Great War"
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 8:35:12 am PST
MEMRI has translations today of editorials published in Iranian newspapers recently, predicting the imminent destruction of Israel and calling on Muslims to “prepare for the great war:” “The 33-day war ended without any of the goals that had been declared by the Zionist government and the commanders of its military being ...
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Glenn Beck: The Extremist Agenda
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 8:05:32 am PST
Glenn Beck has a show on CNN Headline News tonight that looks very worthwhile, focusing on Middle Eastern media: Exposed: The Extremist Agenda. With this show and Fox’s recent broadcast of Obsession, US mainstream media actually seems to be starting to report facts about the global jihad that you could have ...
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Hizballah's Offensive in Lebanon
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 10:00:13 pm PST
Walid Phares says Hizballah is gearing up for an attempt to seize control of Lebanon: Hezbollah’s offensive in Lebanon has begun. 1. As predicted since July 12, (and posted on the Counterterrorism Blog), the aim of Hezbollah’s summer war with Israel, was to provoke a “strike-back” at the Lebanese Government and ...
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"Well Should Be Finished Soon, Goat and Chicken Are Already"
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 8:10:27 pm PST
At an oil well blowout in Indonesia, they’re trying to appease Allah by throwing animals into the scalding water. According to LGF reader RA, who forwarded this scan of a local newspaper, they’ve tossed at least a dozen animals into the 200 degree Fahrenheit mud flow. UPDATE at 11/14/06 8:49:43 pm: Some ...
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JihadTV Comes to the United States
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 6:25:01 pm PST
If my cable TV company allows Al Jazeera to spread its propaganda over their network, I hereby announce that I will cancel my account and urge everyone I know to do the same. And I know a lot of people. Near-Silent Start in U.S. for Al-Jazeera. (Hat tip: zombie.) NEW YORK (AP) ...
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Washington Post Denounces Murtha
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 6:08:53 pm PST
Even the Washington Post is backing away from Nancy Pelosi’s choice of John Murtha as House Majority Leader: A Choice for Democrats. They know that Murtha’s moonbat insanity and ABSCAM links are going to cause a major implosion and they’re running scared, with a very carefully-worded editorial. Imagine, if you will, the ...
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Britain's Brobdingnagian Problem
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 5:51:19 pm PST
A leading member of the militant Islamic supremacist group Hizb-ut Tahrir is a senior official in Britain’s Home Office—in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A leading member of an extremist Islamic group is working as a senior official at the Home Office, it emerged. Abid Javaid is a ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 5:16:10 pm PST
A Daily Kos diarist explains: Why The Arab World Hates Us. Take a wild guess. Then see if you can count the distortions and propaganda points in this lovely little screed. In 1947 the modern State of Israel was formed over the objection of all of the Arab nations. The U.N mandated ...
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Operation Christmas Child
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 3:28:39 pm PST
I want to mention again, so that our readers are clear, that the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse, which runs Operation Christmas Child, is not removing material with Christian themes from their donation boxes. Apparently the British branch of the charity made a unilateral decision (reported here) to remove these items ...
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The Moonbat Squad Moves In
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 3:16:59 pm PST
In December 2002, Senator Patty Murray said to an audience of high school students: “We’ve got to ask, why is this man (Osama bin Laden) so popular around the world?,” said Murray, who faces re-election in 2004. “Why are people so supportive of him in many countries ... that are riddled ...
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Poll: Americans Voted for Nothing in Particular
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 2:55:14 pm PST
I’m beginning to get the mother of all headaches: Poll: Most doubt Dems have plan for Iraq. WASHINGTON - More Americans rank Iraq as the top priority of the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but nearly three out of five say the party does not have a plan to deal with the war. ...
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Hizballah: Tireless Advocates for Change
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 2:42:13 pm PST
A bland headline that reads just like a report on American politics, from Associated Press writer Hussein Dakroub: Hezbollah to continue efforts for change. The “change” Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has in mind is the overthrow of Lebanon’s government and the installation of a Khomeini-style radical Islamic state, ruled by shari’a law. ...
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Breaking: IAEA Finds Plutonium at Iranian Facility
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 9:20:56 am PST
Plutonium found in Iran waste facility. VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy experts have found unexplained plutonium and enriched uranium traces in a nuclear waste facility in Iran and have asked Tehran for an explanation, an IAEA report said Tuesday. The report prepared for next week’s meeting of the 35-nation IAEA also ...
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UN Human Rights Council: An Anti-Israel Circus
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 9:02:17 am PST
Apparently, the only abuser of human rights in the entire world is Israel: U.N. council to hold 3rd Israel session. GENEVA - The new U.N. Human Rights Council said it will hold a third special session Wednesday on Israel, focusing on alleged rights abuses in Gaza.
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Israel Security Chief Warns of Large Confrontation in Gaza
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 8:32:06 am PST
Hamas has been smuggling huge quantities of weapons and explosives into Gaza, preparing for all-out war against Israel: Shin Bet chief warns of large-scale confrontation in Gaza. Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said Tuesday morning that “Israel must prepare for a wide military confrontation in the Strip, if moderate sources in ...
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The Media Are the Enemy
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 7:58:37 am PST
You’re not going to believe this one. All our suspicions about mainstream media slanting and distorting the news from the Middle East are confirmed in a bombshell of a post by Bruno Stevens, at the Lightstalkers pro photographers’ forum: The Lebanon ‘garbage dump’ story: complete explanation. (Hat tip: Snapped Shot.) His photograph, ...
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Another Islamist Laughs at the West
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 8:32:14 pm PST
Misogynistic jihad-promoting Australian Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hialy has withdrawn all of his pseudo-apologies, and now says he won’t resign. EMBATTLED Muslim cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hialy has vowed he will not resign, complaining he is a victim of media propaganda and exaggeration. The cleric has been under pressure to step down since ...
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Tony Blair Calls for "Partnership" with Iran
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 7:01:24 pm PST
A tsunami of appeasement chic is washing across the leaders of the world this week: Video: Blair calls for “partnership” with Iran. Any student of history will tell you that this path can only lead to disaster. Looks like we’re going to have to learn that lesson again.
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Video: Frenzy in Downtown Cairo
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 6:36:16 pm PST
Uncovered meat in downtown Cairo: Actually, in this case, the meat is covered. But it doesn’t seem to make much difference.
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Rushdie: Secular Values, Human Rights and Islamism
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 3:26:20 pm PST
Here’s a fascinating audio recording of a talk by British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie at the New York Society for Ethical Culture: Salman Rushdie - Secular Values, Human Rights and Islamism.
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Steyn: US Staying Power?
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 2:46:25 pm PST
Mark Steyn: U.S. must prove it’s a staying power. Whether or not Rumsfeld should have been tossed overboard long ago, he certainly shouldn’t have been tossed on Wednesday morning. For one thing, it’s a startlingly brazen confirmation of the politicization of the war, and a particularly unworthy one: It’s difficult to ...
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UK: Al Qaeda Seeking Nuclear Weapons
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:24:05 pm PST
Of course, now that Democrats control the House and Senate, Chimpy McHaliburton is hamstrung, and we’re going to have a shiny happy Department of Peace soon, there’s really no need to be concerned about stories like this. Right? Al Qaeda seeking nuclear kit for attacks: UK official. LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda ...
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MSM, Atlantic Records Promote Islamopop
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:06:18 pm PST
Here comes the public relations push for Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam, aka Yusuf): Cat Stevens releases first album since embracing Islam in 1970s. “Embracing Islam?” Here’s an audio recording of Omar Bakri Mohammad, one of Britain’s most radical Islamists before he was forced to flee the UK ahead of a ...
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Kos Kidz Lavish Praise on Iran
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:27:15 am PST
A Daily Kos poster named LondonYank shows us where the sympathies of the Democrat base lie: Iran: Why and How Iranians Must Be Attacked - NOT! (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The only enemy in which these people believe is their own government.
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UN Human Wrongs Watch
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:04:39 am PST
The despicable Arab-dominated United Nations Human Rights Council is going to hold another morally bankrupt “special session” that will undoubtedly issue another condemnation of Israel, while ignoring the countless war crimes and atrocities committed by Palestinians: U.N. rights body to hold special session on Gaza. GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations’ ...
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Another Cable Outage
Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 10:23:06 am PST
The LGF cable internet connection has been down all morning, and it just came back. Here’s an open thread while I get things up to speed.
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Sunday Night Sailing
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 9:27:40 pm PST
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We Got Mail!
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 8:05:19 pm PST
Someone in Chicago sent this well-reasoned message last night. I’m going to take a wild guess and suggest that it may have come from a member of the Religion of Peace. Little Green F-ckballs, America has woken up. They have pulled back the curtain and turned a spotlight on the wretched ...
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"The Simpsons" Insults the Troops
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:36:55 pm PST
Oh, great. Now Matt Groening’s crazy too. Video: The Simpsons salute the lazy and uneducated.
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Pelosi Backs Murtha for Majority Leader
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:16:13 pm PST
Two of the worst leftist lunatics on the US political scene are about to take control of the House of Representatives: Pelosi backs Murtha as majority leader. WASHINGTON - Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become speaker of the House, stepped into a postelection power struggle among fellow Democrats on Sunday ...
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Ed Koch: "Rational People Will Say No"
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 6:59:21 pm PST
An excellent piece by former New York mayor Ed Koch, on the incident in which Palestinian women came to the aid of terrorist gunmen holed up in a mosque, and were fired upon by IDF soldiers: Israel Must Defend Itself. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) This is what’s at stake, in a battle ...
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Iran's Unmanned Drone Also Travels in Time?
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 6:40:13 pm PST
Iran says they have video shot by an unmanned drone showing a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Iran’s Arabic language television station broadcast footage it claimed showed a US aircraft carrier cruising in Gulf waters it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone. The brief ...
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The Genius of Cindy Sheehan
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 4:51:46 pm PST
Say what you like about Mama Moonbat, she does have a talent for words. A report from her newly charged up anti-war demonstration at the Independence Mall: Cindy Sheehan: I will Live to 1000. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) Cindy said [she] not only wants to see George Bush impeached but she ...
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The Nutroots-Al Qaeda Convergence
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 2:56:33 pm PST
Here’s video of Greg Gutfeld, on the synchronization of opinions between the lefty blogosphere and Al Qaeda: Video: Greg Gutfeld talks liberal blogs on Fox. UPDATE at 11/12/06 3:36:33 pm: Ayman al-Zawahiri vs. Democratic talking points.
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Cut and Run Party Will Push to Cut and Run
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 1:39:09 pm PST
Well, that didn’t take very long, did it? Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, who won control of the U.S. Congress, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months, ...
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Robots Everywhere
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 8:32:42 am PST
You may have noticed that our visit counter in the left sidebar is showing over 400,000 page views yesterday. Uh, no, not really. It’s that high because the site has been crawling with web robots for the past couple of days. The oddest one has been using a series of ...
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Palestinians Seething, Threatening After UN Veto
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:57:28 am PST
Palestinian terrorists are angry at the United States—in particular, John Bolton—for refusing to allow the United Nations to be used as a tool for demonizing Israel: Palestinian government slams US veto of Israel resolution. Agence France Presse, as always, runs the Palestinian propaganda with no balancing viewpoint. GAZA CITY (AFP) - The ...
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Hizballah Threatens Lebanese Government
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:46:39 am PST
The leader of the Hizballah terror gang, Hassan Nasrallah, has threatened to overthrow the government of Lebanon. (Hat tip: BabbaZee.) Nasrallah’s appearance on Al-Manar TV (owned by Hezbollah), aimed primarily at Lebanon ‘s internal arena, clearly showed that the organization was serious about its political struggle against Siniora’s government. Nasrallah warned ...
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New York Times Calls for Revenge, Subpoenas
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:29:31 am PST
An absolutely ridiculous statement today from the editors of the New York Times, where they seem to have missed every single hearing and investigation that’s happened in the last 6 years: Democrats and Iraq. Under Republican control, Congress has exercised virtually no oversight of the administration’s misconduct of the war, and ...
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British War Memorial Desecrated
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 7:21:07 am PST
Nazi graffiti daubed on memorial. Vandals have daubed Nazi swastikas on a war memorial in West Sussex. Police officers also found anti-Semitic graffiti painted on one home and a shop close to the memorial in Chapel Road, Worthing, on Saturday morning. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “This is offensive and racist graffiti. ...
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Bolton Stands Up Against the UN (Again)
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 7:24:51 pm PST
The United Nations was thwarted today in another attempt to demonize a country trying to protect itself from organized, genocidal terrorist gangs. By John Bolton, acting for the United States: U.S. vetoes condemnation of Gaza strikes. We’re all going to be in big trouble if the Dems succeed in their coming push ...
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UK Christian Charity Bans Christian Themes
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 7:08:26 pm PST
Out of fear of the Religion of Peace™: Christian charity bans Christmas themed children’s gifts. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Operation Christmas Child, run by the charity Samaritan’s Purse, sends festive packages to deprived youngsters in countries ravaged by war and famine. Donors are asked to pack shoeboxes with a cuddly toy, a ...
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Audio: Cat Stevens Linked to Radical Islamists, Convicted Terrorists
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 6:20:56 pm PST
LGF reader Glen Jenvey emailed an amazing audio recording to me today, featuring Omar Bakri Mohammed (who fled Britain when authorities shut down several of his operations) in an online chat session. In the recording, Bakri tells supporters that Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam (now calling himself simply Yusuf) was once a ...
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Cycle of Violence: Attack of the Fascist Headwind
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 5:18:21 pm PST
Today’s ride: 41.88 miles, through some highly active air caused by a storm system moving through southern central California. It was a cyclist’s nightmare ride; brutal hobnailed headwinds in all directions. Kind of like last November 7, come to think of it. No real climbing today, just striving against the ...
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Gaza Beach Photographer Wins Award
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 4:35:06 pm PST
The Rory Peck Award is given to freelance cameramen who work in war zones, and this year the “hard news” award has gone to Palestinian Zakaria Abu Harbid, who shot the infamous scenes of a mysterious bombing on a beach in Gaza—scenes that many believe were staged: Palestinian wins Rory ...
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LGF on Tammy Bruce Show
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 4:17:17 pm PST
I’m scheduled to be on the Tammy Bruce radio show in a few minutes. You can listen over the web here: Talk Radio Network: Listen Live! UPDATE at 11/11/06 5:35:54 pm: Allahpundit recorded the last half of it: Audio: Charles Johnson and Tammy Bruce on the midterms.
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NYT Whitewashes CAIR's Candidate, Slams Blogosphere
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 2:49:17 pm PST
Again the New York Times comes to the defense of radical Islamic candidate Keith Ellison, in a slobbery puff piece that does not even mention his links to CAIR, and blithely brushes past his history with the Nation of Islam as if it didn’t matter. For all those friendly Nutroots bloggers ...
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Operation Gratitude
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 8:30:33 am PST
On this Veteran’s Day, if you’d like to say “thank you” to the men and women who defend the US, here’s a great way to do it: Operation Gratitude.
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The Neo-Nazi Radical Islamic Convergence
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 8:23:51 am PST
Hatred is drawn to hatred: German neo-Nazis wearing Palestinian scarves. Swedish neo-Nazis wearing Palestinian scarves. UPDATE at 11/11/06 8:39:43 am: Howard Dean wearing a Palestinian scarf.
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Indonesian Muslims: Bush Not Welcome
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 8:05:10 am PST
In the “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia, a council of clerics is issuing thinly veiled threats about the upcoming visit of George W. Bush: Bush not welcome in Indonesia: clerics. US President George W. Bush is not welcome to visit Jakarta later this month because his policies have hurt Muslims, a ...
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Al Qaeda Planning European Attacks
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 7:54:01 am PST
The warnings from Europe are getting more dire: Al Qaeda may plan Europe transit attacks. And the US election results will have encouraged these fanatics to believe that mass murder is a very effective technique for convincing the West to do what they want. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda may be planning ...
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Religion of Eternal War
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 7:45:20 am PST
At the cheery little radical Islamic site ummah.com, one of the brothers asks a simple question: Should we recognise Israel? And they treat him like the Nutroots treated Joe Lieberman. He should probably be glad no one was within beheading distance. From “Makki,” who uses a picture of Osama bin Laden: recognising israel ...
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Friday Night Supertankers
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 8:26:29 pm PST
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Will the Saudis Succeed?
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 7:58:24 pm PST
Will the Saudis Succeed in Exporting Shari’a to the US? The jury, unfortunately, is still out. The Saudis are certainly spending enormous amounts of money to make this happen. May the best culture win.
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Britain's Not-So-Bad Problem
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 6:58:43 pm PST
Only 30 terrorism plots, possibly involving chemical and nuclear devices. That’s not so bad, is it? LONDON (Reuters) - Muslim extremists are plotting at least 30 major terrorist attacks in Britain and the threats may involve chemical and nuclear devices, the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency said. Eliza Manningham-Buller, head of ...
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A Victory for Iran
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 6:55:09 pm PST
More approval for the rise of the Appeasement Party, from the friendly mullahs of Tehran: Khamenei calls elections a victory for Iran. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush’s defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran. Bush has accused Iran of ...
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Florida Congresswoman Condemns CAIR Pressure Tactics
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 5:34:18 pm PST
Big LGF kudos to Florida Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite, who responded to a CAIR pressure campaign with all the respect it deserved: Brown-Waite on “Muslim bashing”. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite on Thursday angrily refused calls by a Muslim advocacy group to condemn a prominent Hernando County Republican who called ...
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LGF Technical Update
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 4:31:08 pm PST
I did some work on the back-end code for LGF today, stuff I’ve been meaning to do for a while. The front page now passes HTML validation for the first time in about, well, forever. I’ve tweaked a lot of different files, so if anything looks off, try emptying your browser ...
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RoP Strikes Again in Thailand
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 1:37:34 pm PST
The new Prime Minister of Thailand apologized to Muslims for his predecessor’s harsh policies and promised to institute shari’a law in the south, but it doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect: 8 Bomb Blasts in Thailand Injure 9. BANGKOK, Thailand — Eight bombs exploded almost simultaneously at car and ...
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IBD: Conyers "In the Pocket of Islamists"
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 1:22:22 pm PST
An Investor’s Business Daily editorial sounds the alarm about the possible new chairman of the House Judiciary Committtee, John Conyers: John Conyers And The Muslim Caucus. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Congress: The likely new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he’s just fighting bigotry in leading a Democrat jihad to ...
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War Crimes Charges Against Rumsfeld Sought in Germany
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 11:32:17 am PST
Former prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay are filing criminal charges in Germany against Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, George Tenet, and other officials: Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Just days after his resignation, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions ...
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Happy Birthday, USMC
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 11:01:26 am PST
Happy 231st Birthday to the US Marine Corps, and thank you to all who have served under the Corps’ proud banner.
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Egyptian Police "Find" Explosives in Sinai
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 9:39:51 am PST
Huge quantities of explosives and weaponry are smuggled into Gaza from Egypt on a daily basis, and every once in a while the Egyptian government stages a bust to make it look like they’re trying to stop it: Egypt seizes explosives in Gaza frontier town. CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian security forces ...
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New Al Qaeda Tape: "We Won't Rest Until We Blow Up the White House"
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 9:15:44 am PST
What does the enemy think about the outcome of our elections? [Video]
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The News Wire Services Are a Disgrace
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 8:51:27 am PST
The Arab journalists and photographers who file the vast majority of reports from the Middle East for Western wire services are almost universally biased against Israel (and America), and regularly employ deceptive language and staged and/or faked photographs to advance their propaganda. The wire services (AP, Reuters, and Agence France ...
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Students at California College Ban the Pledge
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 8:33:44 am PST
Here’s the dead end of the “progressive” ideology—young people with no sense of history, no pride in their own heritage, and no moral center: Students at Calif. College ban Pledge of Allegiance. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 8:29:13 am PST
The antisemitic Kos Kidz are at it again, trying to expose the hidden hand of the International Zionist Conspiracy: Daily Kos: what’s with the Israel lobby? Now that they believe they’re in power, they want to get started on the important things. Like hunting down those sneaky Jews who are corrupting ...
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CAIR Congressman's Supporters Scream "Allahu Akbar!"
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 8:35:52 pm PST
Supporters of Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison scream “Allahu Akbar!” at his victory celebration. (Hat tip: Scott.) [Video] Ellison will be a featured speaker at the Council on American Islamic Relations’ annual banquet. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIRST MUSLIM IN CONGRESS TO SPEAK AT CAIR EVENT IN VA Keith Ellison will join other elected officials at annual ...
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Murtha: "The President Has No Power"
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 6:18:08 pm PST
A triumphant Rep. John Murtha describes what will happen if he’s elected Majority Leader, to a sympathetic interviewer at NPR: Murtha to Run for Majority Leader in New Congress. (Hat tip: John.) Regarding Iraq: Winning is not a strategy, victory is not a strategy. What the Dems will do: We’re gonna say, here’s ...
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France Spoiling for a Fight
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 6:03:50 pm PST
French “peacekeepers” in Lebanon won’t stop Hizballah from smuggling weapons or militarizing residential areas, or take any responsibility for disarming the Islamic terrorist group. But when Israel acts out of sheer self-preservation, and does the job that France and the UN refuse to do, France threatens to shoot down IAF ...
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RIP, Ed Bradley
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 5:30:22 pm PST
I met him backstage once at an Al Jarreau concert for the Congressional Black Caucus, and he seemed like a really decent, really smart guy. Rest in peace, Ed Bradley.
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1600 British Muslims Under Surveillance
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 4:54:18 pm PST
The infiltration of British society by radical Islamic groups (some of which are banned in the Middle East but not in the tolerant-to-a-fault UK) has led to this very dangerous situation: 1600 young British Muslims under MI5 surveillance for plotting terror. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) At least 1600 young British Muslims ...
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Spencer on the Apostasy Death Penalty
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 4:16:42 pm PST
Robert Spencer has another in his series of exchanges with Dean Esmay and his Islamic guest bloggers. I know Mr. Esmay believes I’m an Islamophobic <insert insult here> and my opinion is therefore worthless, but Spencer’s replies to the constant attacks emanating from Esmay’s site are simply devastating: ‘An almost ...
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Beheaded Girls Were Ramadan Trophies
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 2:04:39 pm PST
New details have emerged about the horrific murders of three Indonesian Christian schoolgirls in October last year: Beheaded girls were Ramadan ‘trophies’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) THREE Christian high school girls were beheaded as a Ramadan “trophy” by Indonesian militants who conceived the idea after a visit to Philippines jihadists, a ...
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France Rejoices While Cars Burn
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 12:33:02 pm PST
Democrats win, France rejoices. From Le Monde: Spirit of War Subsides. (Hat tip: egp.) Last evening in America promised to be an agreeable one. From the outset, one knew that the Democrats were going to have a breakthrough. But real bliss began at dawn, when the spirit of war subsided, with ...
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Project Valour IT
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 8:58:53 am PST
Here’s a really good cause, a charity that aids wounded soldiers by providing them with voice-controlled laptop computers: Project Valour IT - A Soldiers’ Angels Program.
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Impeachment Watch
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 8:16:29 am PST
The party of anger and appeasement gets to work; they’ve got a Nutroots base that needs to be repaid for its support: The impeachment drumbeat begins.
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Cindy Sheehan Gets the News
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 7:59:19 am PST
Age of Hooper was shooting an interview with Mama Moonbat outside the White House when she got the news that Rumsfeld had resigned. But the avatar of the peace movement won’t be truly happy until the entire Bush administration is frog-marched to prison.
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Parties Across the Middle East
Thu, Nov 9, 2006 at 7:49:48 am PST
When I commented that the Democratic Party’s wins in our elections would prompt celebrations in the Middle East, several Nutroots bloggers immediately accused me of bigotry. And racism. And failing to wash behind my ears. Racism is the standard Nutroots multi-purpose accusation, of course, as we saw in the elections when ...
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Lizard Lounge Open 24 Hours
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 6:32:59 pm PST
The Lizard Lounge has been such a hit that I’ll be leaving it open, but with a limit on the number of users so it doesn’t get too ... intense ... at any one point. This is a very exclusive lounge. Only users with registered LGF accounts are allowed in. If ...
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Rall: GOP Losers More Dangerous Than Ever
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 5:35:03 pm PST
You folks realize that “columnist” Ted Rall is only trying to yank our chains, right? No one could possibly write the stuff he does and intend to be taken seriously, except maybe by the lunatic fringe. He’s a clown, probably with deep psychological issues around male parental figures. (See: George ...
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CAIR's Congressman
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 12:29:49 pm PST
Judicial Watch’s Corruption Chronicles blog has a look at Minnesota’s new Democrat Congressman, former Nation of Islam spokesperson Keith Ellison. The first Muslim elected to the United States Congress is a Democrat from Minneapolis with ties to an Islamic group that supports terrorism and a radical cult whose leader says ...
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LGF on Arabic BBC
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 11:46:33 am PST
LGF is mentioned at the BBC Arabic web site today, as an “extreme right-wing” site (apparently meaning we’re opposed to Hizballah and Hamas, and radical Islam): BBCArabic.com. (Hat tip: Ilan.) A Google translation: “In the first sharp criticism on the extreme right-wing L.G.F. website, the blogger featured Ellison’s position on the war, ...
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Bali Bombing Cleric Tells Muslims to Go on Jihad
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 10:52:29 am PST
After serving only two years for his part in the Islamic mass murder attacks in Bali, cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is back urging Indonesian Muslims to commit violence in the name of Islam—just not at home: Bashir warns against Indonesia jihad. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) HARDLINE cleric Abu Bakar Bashir today ...
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Rumsfeld Resigns
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 10:08:05 am PST
President Bush just announced that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, and ex-CIA chief Robert Gates will succeed him.
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Wire Services Condemn Israel
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 10:04:37 am PST
The Palestinian public voted overwhelmingly to elect a terrorist gang, Hamas, openly dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Said terrorist gang is continuing to launch rockets into Israel from Gaza, using residential areas for cover—with the full knowledge and obvious approval of the residents. So what happens when the inevitable misfire ...
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UNIFIL Goes to Bed Early in Lebanon
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 9:42:00 am PST
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is taking evenings off. Can’t blame them, really. Hey, it’s dangerous out there. Hizbullah terrorists are free to roam at night without fear of being identified by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to a report by the German paper Der Spiegel. Spanish ...
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UN Celebrates Democrat Win
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 8:40:25 am PST
The United Nations is ecstatic over the election results: U.N. Celebrates Republican Loss? (Hat tip: Black George Bush.)
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Checking JihadTV
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 8:26:54 am PST
At the public relations wing of the global jihad, Al Jazeera, there doesn’t seem to be a word yet about the US elections: Aljazeera.Net English - Home Page. LGF reader ratherdashing posted a comment earlier that their Arabic web site was running a photo of Nancy Pelosi, but as I write ...
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Whittle: Seeing the Unseen
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 8:12:34 am PST
Bill Whittle has posted part one of an excellent new essay: Seeing the Unseen.
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Hamas Calls for Attacks on US
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 7:58:21 am PST
The genocidal Islamic terrorist gang Hamas is calling for attacks on US targets. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Gaza City, Gaza Strip — Hamas’ military wing called Wednesday on Muslims around the world to attack American targets following reports that an Israeli tank strike killed 18 people in the Gaza Strip town ...
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Dems Making a List
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 7:48:18 am PST
Duck! Here come the subpoenas! Democrats ‘have a little list’ of investigations. (Hat tip: karmic_inquisitor.) The Democrats’ takeover of the House of Representatives will give the party more power on Capitol Hill than it has enjoyed since 1994, including control of powerful committees, responsibilities for the federal budget and the opportunity ...
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A Hizballah Judge in Dearborn
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 7:41:12 am PST
In Dearborn, Michigan, an open supporter of terrorism has been elected a Michigan District Court judge: Hezbollah Judge Elected in Michigan.
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The Morning After
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 at 7:32:05 am PST
Good morning, lizards! Our job of saving the world just got a little harder, with the appeasement and anger party in control of the House (and possibly the Senate too). Over at the New York Times “political blog,” they’ve picked a few comments from our open thread #4 to illustrate what ...
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Election Open Thread #4
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 9:22:40 pm PST
Here we have our last open thread for the 2006 election. With the House in Democrat control, we can expect to see flying subpoenas and impeachment hearings, and big parties across the Middle East.
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CAIR's Candidate Wins in Minnesota
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 7:25:01 pm PST
The first paragraph of Reuters’ report on the win of former Nation of Islam spokesman Keith Ellison in Minnesota says it all: Minnesota sends first Muslim to Congress. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which ...
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Kos Kiss of Death Fells Lamont
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 7:00:40 pm PST
The Daily Kos Kiss of Death (when Markos and his Kidz declare support for a political candidate) has claimed another victim: Ned Lamont. In a remarkable comeback, Sen. Joe Lieberman won a new term in Connecticut — dispatching Ned Lamont and winning when it counted most against the man who prevailed ...
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Hotel Yanks CNN for "Aiding Terrorists"
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 6:38:50 pm PST
Hotel yanks CNN; says network is pro-terrorist. (Hat tip: sngnsgt.) ROTHSCHILD — Guests at one local hotel who switch on the TV in search of the latest news no longer have CNN as an option. The Stoney Creek Inn, 1100 Imperial Ave., in Rothschild has dropped the 24-hour news channels CNN and ...
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Election Open Thread #3
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 5:28:46 pm PST
Here’s another open thread for election posts, as results start to come in. The new Java-based Lizard Lounge is a big hit with the LGF Army. UPDATE at 11/7/06 6:10:25 pm: Howard Dean is gloating hard on Fox News, and he’s completely dropped the pretense that he supports anything about Iraq, saying “we ...
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CNN Projected Races
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 5:17:58 pm PST
Here’s CNN’s page of projected winners.
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"Another Memorable Black Day for the Enemies of Islam"
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 5:09:11 pm PST
Meanwhile, details were revealed today of another Islamic mass murder plot: Buried inside a Bruce Willis video, the evidence of a plot to kill thousands. He scripted his meticulously researched ideas for mass murder and then presented them to the al-Qaida leadership in Pakistan for approval. Yesterday, Dhiren Barot’s proposals were revealed ...
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Those Wacky Nutroots
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 3:19:49 pm PST
I think it’s kind of cute the way the Nutroots gang keeps trying to find their own Fauxtography scandal; flattering, in a way. The problem is, their irrational Bush-hatred sends them on one wild goose chase after another. Allahpundit has the latest ridiculous claim, along with the inevitable debunking: Did ...
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Lizard Lounge Now Open
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 1:41:44 pm PST
The Lizard Lounge is now open, with a new Java-based chat client. Log in with your LGF username and password; the maximum capacity is 40 lizards, and it’s first come, first served. Log in here: Lizard Lounge.
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Election Open Thread #2
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 11:04:39 am PST
Since the first Election Day open thread filled up so fast with comments, here’s another one. Still on track to open the revamped Lizard Lounge about 1 pm this afternoon with a full-featured Java chat system. As before, you’ll log in with your LGF username and password to participate.
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Election Open Thread #1
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 8:46:13 am PST
Here’s our first open thread for today’s elections; I’ll be setting up the Lizard Lounge again this afternoon (about 1 pm PST), at which time we should have the usual deceptive exit polls to discuss. For today’s Lounge, I’ll be testing a different (more traditional, Java-based) chat client.
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Video: Inconvenient Election Time Antisemitism at Daily Kos
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 8:09:22 am PST
Here’s a most excellent video on the reaction of the denizens of Daily Kos to the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest. (Hat tip: Adam.) [Video]
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LA Times Shills for Female Death Cult
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 7:42:07 am PST
The Los Angeles Times is absolutely despicable this morning, in a piece shilling for the female Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who killed herself yesterday trying to murder Israelis. It’s no coincidence that pieces like this, adopting the language of terrorists to describe their heinous acts, always seem to be written ...
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When Will the Media Stop Enabling Dan Rather's Lies?
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 at 7:30:55 am PST
If you can believe this, Dan Rather is still insisting that his (and Mary Mapes’) National Guard memos—proven beyond all doubt to be fakes—are genuine documents created on a magical super-typewriter in the 1970s that inexplicably was able to precisely duplicate the output from Microsoft Word in 2004: ‘Absolutely True:’ ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:52:40 pm PST
Islamists in southern Thailand don’t seem to be accepting the new Prime Minister’s apology: Karaoke bar bombs wound five in Thailand. BANGKOK: Militants detonated three small bombs at karaoke bars and at a roadside in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim south, wounding five people including two policemen. The latest attack in a nearly three-year-old ...
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Hizballah Leader: "Like They Left Vietnam"
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:45:38 pm PST
When I cast my vote tomorrow, it will be dedicated to this terrorist animal: Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: When We Were Young, I cannot Forget the Sight of American Forces leaving Vietnam, and the Americans Abandoning their Vietnamese Allies, I Anticipate the Same for our Region. [Video] Hassan Nasrallah: We consider the ...
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This is DNN
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:24:38 pm PST
Imagine the result if a predecessor of Michael Moore had been making documentaries during World War II: This is DNN. [Video]
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Idaho Senator's Sons Arrested for Desecrating War Memorial
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 6:35:23 pm PST
Behold, the Democrats’ base: Idaho state senator’s sons arrested, cited in flag damage incident. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The adult sons of an Idaho state senator are in hot water with authorities in Idaho’s capital city after two American flags dedicated to soldiers killed in Iraq were ...
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CAIR Representative at Jihad Watch
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 5:46:31 pm PST
Look who’s posting vitriolic comments at Robert Spencer’s web site: CAIR’s Ahmed Bedier stops by Jihad Watch to tell me no one is reading Jihad Watch. Here is his comment: Spence: Maybe you should consider taking your hate-fest workshops on the road and train bigots how to restrain their hatred so not ...
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Lizard Lounge Beta Test
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 4:23:37 pm PST
The Lizard Lounge is ready for its first test. You will need to be a registered member of the LGF Lizardoid Front, and you’ll log in with the username and password you use for posting comments. For this test, I’m using YShout, a nice lightweight Ajax-based chat system, with login code ...
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UPenn President Apologizes
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 11:33:37 am PST
Here’s a positive update to our post about the Arab student who dressed as a suicide bomber for a Halloween party at University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann’s home; President Gutmann has issued a strong apology with a denunciation of terrorism: A letter to the University Community from President Gutmann. ...
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The Press At War (With America)
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 8:59:28 am PST
James Q. Wilson asks, “What ever happened to patriotic reporters?” The Press at War. Suppose the current media posture about American military and security activities had been in effect during World War II. It is easy to imagine that happening. In the 1930s, after all, the well-connected America First Committee had ...
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Dems Getting Nervous
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 8:32:06 am PST
With the news that the GOP has gained momentum, Democrats can’t stop thinkin’ about tomorrow. From the New Republic: That awful Pew poll. John Judis and I have been e-mailing about the alarming Pew poll that came out today. It reflects the same trends captured by that earlier Washington Post/ABC poll, ...
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AP Shills for Syria
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:56:23 am PST
Syria threatens to attack Israel, and Associated Press writer Albert Aji calls it “armed resistance.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.) QUNEITRA, Syria - Syria could resort to armed resistance if peace negotiations do not lead to Israel’s return of the Golan Heights, the country’s Information Minister said Sunday.
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Women's Rights, Palestinian Style
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:53:49 am PST
This is a mark of desperation; the combination of the security fence and Israel’s crackdown on Palestinian terror gangs is obviously working, or this death cult female would have chosen to strike inside Israel, at softer targets like children on a schoolbus: Palestinian woman in suicide attack. GAZA CITY (AFP) - ...
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Cairo Muslim Mob Attacks Women, MSM Yawns
Mon, Nov 6, 2006 at 7:49:15 am PST
Apparently sometimes even the “covered meat” is fair game for abuse: Girls sexually assaulted by mob in Cairo, witnesses claim; Interior Ministry says ‘not so’. CAIRO — Six stitches on her right hand and the mark of the wound is still discernable more than a week after Dina says she ...
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Sunday Night Shore
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 10:07:10 pm PST
And always, looming on the horizon, the endless parade of the supertankers...
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Cox & Forkum: Election 2006
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 8:12:56 pm PST
From Cox & Forkum, of course.
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New Zealand Muslims React to Al-Hilali's Misogyny
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 7:28:24 pm PST
At the New Zealand Herald, a report on NZ Muslims’ reaction to the rape-supporting Australian Sheikh, Taj Aldin al-Hilaly (another radical Islamic celebrity who uses multiple spellings of his name): Radical mufti finds backing here. (Hat tip: Eric.) Some of them make excuses, or plead ignorance. Others come right out and ...
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Lamont Supporters: "Stop US Aid to Israel"
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 3:09:56 pm PST
A reader forwarded this photograph of a rally last night for Democratic candidate for US Senate Ned Lamont, in New London, Connecticut:
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Foreign Policy for Dummies
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 2:52:30 pm PST
The nation’s dumbest Democrat, Barbara Boxer, has a plan to lose in Iraq. (Hat tip: Daniel.) Because US troops there are “fueling terror.” And if we could just “get” Osama bin Laden, this whole terrorism thing would vanish overnight. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Democrats want to redirect Bush’s policies so the ...
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Moonbats Erupting in Anger
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 8:34:43 am PST
A sampling of the comments at Huffington Post about Saddam’s death sentence. (Hat tip: Right Brain.) Behold, the Democrats’ base. Saddam is a far better man than George W. Bush ever thought about being. By: shrike on November 05, 2006 at 07:58am [...] wow are bush, cheney, rumsfield and rice next?seems to me the killed ...
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Anglican Bishop Points Out Islamic Double Standards
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 8:22:50 am PST
The Anglican Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, is just begging for a fatwa: Bishop attacks ‘Muslim hypocrisy’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A senior Anglican bishop has accused many Muslims of being guilty of double standards in their view of the world. The Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Times some ...
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Saddam Will Hang, Ramsey Clark Despondent
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 at 7:50:52 am PST
I admit I was half-convinced Saddam was going to walk: Iraqi tribunal sentences Saddam to hang. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, ...
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Saddam Verdict Coming Soon
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 9:30:13 pm PST
A verdict in the trial of Saddam Hussein is expected within hours: Saddam to hear fate, Iraq in tense lockdown. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With Saddam Hussein hours from learning whether he will hang, Iraq’s government imposed curfews on Sunday and has canceled army leave, fearing the historic trial verdict might trigger ...
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Saturday Night Surf
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 8:05:09 pm PST
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Angry Left Tantrum of the Night
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 7:57:29 pm PST
Daily Kos moron Michael Stark is keeping his promise to continue disrupting rallies for candidate George Allen: Liberal Blogger Kicked Out Of Allen Rally. At George Allen’s rally in Weyers Cave, supporters had one eye on the Senator, and the other UVa Law student Mike Stark, who ended up being cuffed ...
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Card: The Only Issue This Election Day
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 6:57:05 pm PST
Orson Scott Card has an essay aimed at those who might still be Democrats, if not for the party’s numerous angry surrender monkeys: The Only Issue This Election Day.
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An LGF Conference Room?
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 5:49:45 pm PST
I’m thinking of setting up a conference room for registered users only (you’d have to log in with your LGF username and password), that would be open for limited periods whenever I have time to moderate and play hall monitor. I have a pretty cool Ajax-based script I’ve been playing ...
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Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 5:21:16 pm PST
The documentary Obsession is on Fox News right now; don’t miss it: Documentary Portrays Islamic Extremists’ Call to Arms Against the Free World.
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Cycle of Violence: Downhill Mambo
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 5:12:35 pm PST
Today’s ride: 44.63 miles, mostly at a medium pace but with one really hard climb, a 2-mile beast with very steep sections. The weather started out miserable but got warm and sunny around 11:00, just in time to get good and sweaty on the aforementioned steep climb. Average speed: 16.5 ...
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Shame on Him
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 9:16:26 am PST
An OpinionJournal op-ed from Ronald R. Griffin has the last word on John F. Kerry’s insult to the military: Shame on Him. I missed the joke. You must forgive me, for there just is not a lot of room in my life for even good jokes—and there is absolutely no room ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes in Thailand Despite PM's Apology
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 8:54:44 am PST
Note to Thailand’s Prime Minister Chulanont Surayud: how’s that apology to Muslims working out for you? Thailand ‘rebels’ attack schools. Suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have burnt down three schools and shot and wounded a teacher. The attacks took place overnight on Saturday in the Muslim-dominated province of Yala. They came after Prime ...
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The NYT/IAEA Conspiracy
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 8:39:23 am PST
An Arabic-speaking blogger who has been translating Iraqi documents from the DOD web site has some very interesting remarks about the New York Times/IAEA election hit; he has been trying to get the IAEA to answer questions about his findings on Saddam’s nuclear plans since early October: On October 5th 2006 ...
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The Hatred of the Anti-War Left
Sat, Nov 4, 2006 at 8:28:37 am PST
Here’s a story at the Sacramento Union about a delegation of families of fallen US soldiers, on a trip to Iraq to counter the anti-war propaganda of mainstream media: Local Gold Star Families Take Secret Trip to Iraq. (Hat tip: Cindy.) In a stunning and historic trip under the utmost secrecy, ...
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Friday Night Inlet
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 7:15:38 pm PST
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Middle East Rushes Toward Armageddon
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 6:02:02 pm PST
Charles Krauthammer’s warning of a race toward hyper-proliferation in the Middle East may be coming true, sooner rather than later: Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear. THE SPECTRE of a nuclear race in the Middle East was raised yesterday when six Arab states announced that they were embarking on ...
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"Obsession" on Fox News This Weekend
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 2:03:00 pm PST
Set your TiVos; this weekend Fox will broadcast the disturbing, compelling short film Obsession: Documentary Portrays Islamic Extremists’ Call to Arms Against the Free World. Here’s the movie’s official web site: Obsession. UPDATE at 11/3/06 2:14:01 pm: Another must-see documentary is written up today at FrontPage: Islam - What the West Needs to ...
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Hamas in the New York Times
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 1:11:15 pm PST
With all the attention currently focused on the New York Times’ article about Iraqi nuclear documents, a smaller controversy is flying under the radar—another terrorist’s op-ed in a major American newspaper, by Hamas shill Ahmed Yousef, again without crucial context to help people understand the deceptive Islamist agenda being promoted. ...
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And Now For Something Completely Different...
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 12:22:13 pm PST
Wolfowitz getting his groove on. For malaria. (Hat tip: Rachelle.) [Video] Here’s the rest of the story.
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Hoekstra Responds to NYT Nuke Article
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 11:13:00 am PST
Here’s Rep. Pete Hoekstra’s reply to the New York Times, via Michelle Malkin. “Yesterday’s article by the New York Times highlights a number of important issues with respect to Iraq’s WMD programs, as well as the importance of the documents that have been recovered in Iraq,” said U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra ...
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Thank You, President Bush
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 10:41:49 am PST
I’d just like to say “thank you” to President Bush and to the men and women of the US military, who—by the New York Times’ own admission—took out a terror-sponsoring regime in Iraq that could have constructed a nuclear weapon within months, as soon as sanctions were lifted enough for ...
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Saddam's Nuclear Plans
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 9:50:28 am PST
Ray Robison, who’s been studying the Iraqi documents intensely for quite some time, has interesting information about the NYT article on nuclear sensitive releases at DOD website. (Hat tip: Confederate Yankee.) What to keep in mind when you read the NYT article. Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 9:34:27 am PST
The original title of this Daily Kos diary post was: “Iran holocaust cartoons: now’s the time to stand up for freedom of speech.” But this one, a disgusting anti-Israel post that applauds the Iran Holocaust cartoons, is even too bigoted for the Kos Kidz: Daily Kos: Please consider unrecommending. Or I should ...
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London Terror Plot Targeted US Cities
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 9:29:23 am PST
The Islamic terrorists arrested in London in August apparently were planning to detonate their bombs aboard airplanes above American cities. A group of alleged terrorists arrested in London in August planned to blow up airliners over U.S. cities to maximize casualties, rather than over the Atlantic Ocean as many intelligence officials ...
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NYT Admits They Lied About Kerry's Speech
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 8:35:35 am PST
The New York Times has issued a correction for their article about John Kerry’s slam against the military, in which they did not even print his actual words: Corrections: For the Record - New York Times. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A Political Memo article yesterday about the fallout for Senator John Kerry ...
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Palestinian Human Shield Watch
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 8:15:22 am PST
Media reports on this incident in Gaza are overwhelmingly slanted against Israel, but the facts show that this is another example of war crimes and cowardice by Palestinian terrorists, using veiled women as human shields: Israeli troops kill women in mosque siege. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ISRAELI troops shot and killed ...
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Nutroots: Bush Gave Nukes to Iran!
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 at 7:57:07 am PST
The Nutroots blogs are spinning the New York Times story as fast and hard as they can this morning, with many of them actually claiming that “Bush gave Iran nuclear secrets, dude!” Apparently in Nutrootsland, Iran has just been waiting for the Bush administration to slip up like this and ...
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Saddam Was Close to a Nuclear Bomb
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:29:50 pm PST
Here’s the New York Times’ November surprise: U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Guide. Apparently, in 1991 Saddam Hussein was about a year away from a nuclear bomb, and possessed detailed plans to build one. The Times wouldn’t be publishing this if they thought it would help the ...
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9/11 Attack Victims' Remains Identified
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 6:44:00 pm PST
Never forget: Remains identified of September 11 flight victims. The New York medical examiner’s office said in a statement that it had identified remains of Karen Ann Martin, the 40-year-old head flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, which slammed into the trade center’s north tower. Remains of Douglas Joel Stone, 54, ...
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Not Buying It
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 6:19:21 pm PST
I’m not going to get into a knockdown mud rassle with Allahpundit about it (or with Mr. Genial, for that matter), but I’m with Ace on this one. I just don’t buy John F. Kerry’s excuses, and I’m skeptical of—no, I scoff at, in fact, I mock—the claims that he ...
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Iran Holocaust Cartoon Contest Winners
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 5:43:18 pm PST
The winners of Iran’s bizarre, ugly Holocaust “cartoon contest” have been announced: Frenchman winner of Holocaust cartoon contest. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The overall winner is a Moroccan by the name of Abdollah Derkaoui. The unnamed Frenchman shares second place with a name familiar to long-time LGF readers: repulsive Brazilian antisemite ...
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Wacademic Antisemitism Watch
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 5:10:55 pm PST
In campus antisemitism news tonight, we have two lovely items: Swastikas at UCLA, and a Palestinian “suicide bomber” at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Paranoid Ranting at MPACUK
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 5:03:33 pm PST
The UK’s Muslim Public Affairs Committee declares war against the secret enemy: MPACUK vs The Muslim Establishment. (Hat tip: Little Bulldogs.) MPAC’s world view is simple. We are at War. MPAC believes every Muslim man woman and child is a target in that War. And we believe that it is FARD ...
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Top 100 Hubble Images
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 4:02:50 pm PST
A gallery of wonders: The Top 100 Images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Andrew Bolt: "Backing a Bigot"
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 3:02:59 pm PST
Andrew Bolt is appalled that the Australian Muslim community is apparently backing a bigot. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Excuses over. The disgraced mufti of Australia set Muslims a test last month and they failed. That test couldn’t have been easier: make Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilaly pay for preaching that unveiled women invited ...
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Paris Airport Bars 72 Muslim Employees
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 2:51:53 pm PST
Don’t the French realize that by banning extremist airport employees, they’re only creating more extremist airport employees and fueling airport extremism worldwide? Paris airport bars 72 employees. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Some 72 airport staff, most of them Muslims, have been stripped of their security clearance at France’s main airport, Charles ...
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Nine Of Ten Jihadis Agree: Vote Democrat
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 2:36:34 pm PST
Palestinian mass murderers and terrorist leaders agree: Vote Democrat. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) “Of course Americans should vote Democrat,” Jihad Jaara, a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group and the infamous leader of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, told WND. “This is why American ...
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Thai PM Apologizes to Muslims, Urges Shari'a
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 10:57:26 am PST
The new Muslim prime minister of Thailand, installed by military coup, has apologized to Muslims in the south. And he’s urging the “limited use” of shari’a law. PATTANI, Thailand - Thailand’s interim prime minister publicly apologized Thursday for the former government’s hard-line policies against an Islamic insurgency, promising an investigation into allegations ...
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Kerry's "Prepared Remarks"
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 9:37:17 am PST
A reader forwarded a graphic demonstration of how far John F. Kerry’s “prepared remarks” (as shilled by the NYT) are from what he really said: The actual statement: You know, education, if you make the most of it, and you study hard, and you do your homework and you make an effort ...
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Khatami Agrees with Anti-War Dems
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:54:32 am PST
Iranian mullah Mohammad Khatami and Nancy Pelosi agree: Iran’s Khatami urges US pullout from Iraq. LONDON (AFP) - A US troop pullout from Iraq would be a “major step” towards restoring stability there, Iran’s former president has said, lamenting that US policies in the Middle East have fueled radicalism worldwide. Mohammad Khatami ...
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Protestant Minister Self-Immolates to Protest Islam
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:41:01 am PST
The spread of Islam in Europe has been getting much more attention recently, after numerous terror attacks and thwarted plots; it’s a discussion that’s long overdue. But I think we can all agree that this may not be the best way to express one’s concern: Retired minister dies after setting ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:32:00 am PST
The brutal misogyny of shari’a law finds its fullest expression in the world’s center of Islamic apartheid, Saudi Arabia: Saudi court sentences rape victim to 90 lashes. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a ...
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Kerry in 72: Volunteer Army Would Perpetuate "War Crimes"
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:13:10 am PST
Here’s a reminder that John F. Kerry’s anti-military remarks do not exist in a vacuum: Kerry’s ’72 Army Comments Mirror Latest. (Hat tip: Natan.) WASHINGTON (AP) - During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the ...
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Anaheim Extremist Candidate Joins Democrats
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 8:09:04 am PST
Anaheim city council candidate Belal “Bill” Dalati, who helped organize a demonstration with CAIR and International ANSWER titled “Rally Against U.S.-Israeli Terror in Palestine & Lebanon” and donated money to antisemitic moonbat Cynthia McKinney, has decided he no longer feels welcome in the GOP: Anaheim council candidate leaves GOP as ...
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France: 14 Attacks On Police Every Day
Thu, Nov 2, 2006 at 7:50:19 am PST
Mainstream media, both here and in France, are doing their best to look away from what’s happening, but the French Intifada is getting increasingly violent: Youths challenge the French state. Symbols of the French state, including policemen, firemen and postmen, are under intensified attack from disaffected youths as the country faces ...
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Kerry Excuse Number 4
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 6:10:48 pm PST
If you can believe this, we have yet another version of John Kerry’s excuse. By my count, this is the fourth version of what he really meant to say: Just for the sake of sweet sweet context, here’s what he actually did say to an audience of young Democrats at a ...
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A New Collection from Cox and Forkum
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 5:45:00 pm PST
Here’s something LGF readers will be interested in—the talented anti-idiotarian cartoonists Cox and Forkum are releasing a new book of their best cartoons, and they have a limited number of signed editions available until November 6: NEW BOOK: Black & White World III. Including this one, a favorite of mine: See this ...
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Kerry's Full Statement
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 4:38:23 pm PST
Here’s the complete statement at Kerry’s web site, including the weasel words about “the Republican Party” most media are not quoting: JohnKerry.com - Press Releases. Statement of Senator John Kerry As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated ...
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CAIR Goes After Mark Steyn
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 3:35:56 pm PST
The Canadian branch of radical Islamic front group CAIR has issued a fatwa on Mark Steyn for this article: The future belongs to Islam. Here’s the CAIR “Action Alert” calling down vengeance on Steyn, with nice clear talking points outlined for the faithful: CAIR-CAN Action Alert. (Ottawa, Canada – Oct 31, 2006) ...
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Yusuf, Without the Islam
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 3:00:26 pm PST
Former pop star Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, who donated money to Hamas, supported the Islamic death sentence against Salman Rushdie, and was barred from entering the United States because of his connections to extremists, will be performing at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize concert. Islam’s new album, on ...
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Inevitable Lame Pseudo-Apology Sighted
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 2:06:16 pm PST
Here it is, from Senator John F. Kerry: I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended. I wonder if that’s supposed to include the “right wing nut ...
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A Message to John Kerry from Iraq
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 9:45:45 am PST
(Hat tip: equable.) UPDATE at 11/1/06 9:59:05 am: Here’s the full sized version.
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Theo Van Gogh's Killer Inspired by Sermon
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 8:55:10 am PST
The fact is that many acts of jihad violence are a direct result of the khutba (Friday sermons) preached in mosques throughout the world, by Imams of the Religion of Peace™: Did imam’s sermon incite Van Gogh murder? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Mohammed Bouyeri, the man who murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo ...
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Flipper Starts Back-Pedaling
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 8:35:11 am PST
Flipper’s edging toward that inevitable lame pseudo-apology (this isn’t it yet): Kerry apologizes for ‘botched’ Iraq joke. A day after rejecting calls to apologize for his remarks, Kerry, appearing on the “Imus in the Morning” radio show on MSNBC, declared: “I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I’m sorry ...
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Democrat Blog Applauds Kerry's Military Insult
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 8:00:30 am PST
Kerry’s base knew exactly what he was saying. They know very well that it was not a joke about President Bush, as Kerry is now (laughably) trying to claim. Here’s a post applauding Kerry’s slam at the military, at The Democratic Daily: All Star Rally Gives Phil Angelides A Boost. Cortney ...
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Loony Left Blogs Worship Angry Flipper
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 at 7:29:49 am PST
Following his offhanded insult against America’s military, John Kerry is getting lots of support for his angry, defensive press conference—from (who else?) the Angry Left blogosphere: JohnKerry.com - Blog: Hit’ em Back Harder, Harder. Including an endorsement from premier deranged blogger, Markos Moulitsas. Kerry seems to have completely forgotten that he ...
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Frank says:
