LGF Archives: November 2007
And Now for a Reel
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 6:49:15 pm PST
St. Anne’s Reel, to be precise. [Video]
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Video: UC Irvine MSU Mass Walkout
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 5:36:35 pm PST
From OCBlog (where they still need to fix their unclosed link tags—hint hint), here’s the reception Daniel Pipes got this time around at UC Irvine, where the Muslim Student Union is becoming a bit smarter; no more screaming disruptions followed by speeches advocating genocide, just a mass exit at a ...
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Key to Somewhere
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 3:40:22 pm PST
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Savage vs. CAIR
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 3:26:05 pm PST
Now it’s getting interesting, as radio host Michael Savage files a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Council on American Islamic Relations: Savage_CAIR_suit. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Clinton Campaign Office Held Hostage
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 3:11:58 pm PST
Here’s a thread for the hostage situation at a Clinton campaign office in new Hampshire: Man takes hostages at Clinton office. ROCHESTER, N.H. - A deranged man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday, took several hostages ...
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Friday Afternoon Open
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 1:39:29 pm PST
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long. — Ogden Nash
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PDN on AP Photog Bilal Hussein
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:46:47 pm PST
Photo District News has an article on Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, and it mentions LGF: The Man From Fallujah. Blogs like that of columnist Michelle Malkin, The Jawa Report and Little Green Footballs have been following Hussein almost obsessively since his career began in 2004. I’ll just point out ...
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'Pelosi Is Going to Be Furious'
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:59:50 am PST
Pelosi yanks Murtha’s chain: Top House Dem aide on Murtha: “Pelosi is going to be furious” that the surge is working; Update: Murtha backtracks, “clarifies”.
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Teddy Bear Teacher Moved to Secret Location
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:34:10 am PST
The Daily Mail has more on the appalling demonstrations from Religion of Peace™ members in Sudan, who poured out of mosques after Friday prayers screaming for the death of teddy bear teacher Gillian Gibbons and brandishing swords and knives: Teddy bear teacher moved to secret location as thousands of Islamic ...
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New Grievance Theater Opens in Canada
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:00:58 am PST
Another episode of the never-ending grievance theater, this time in a lawsuit against Air Canada: Muslim artist files complaint against airline. A Muslim political cartoonist has filed a complaint against Air Canada, claiming he was barred from a flight because of his race, his religion and his criticism of the ...
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SF Chronicle Admits Sneaky Comment Deletion Trick
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 9:44:25 am PST
The San Francisco Chronicle has admitted to their sneaky comment deletion trick: Investigate the Media: S.F. Chronicle admits to deceptive comment-deletion policy, offers bizarre excuse, then lies again. Previously at LGF: SF Chronicle’s Sneaky Comment Deletion Trick - Update: ThinkProgress is Doing It Too Sneaky Comment Trick Proof of Concept Sneaky Comment Trick Now ...
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Threatening Dr. Sanity
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 8:34:52 am PST
It’s a complete meltdown. Gates of Vienna are threatening Dr. Sanity, and also claiming that Vlaams Belang leader Filip DeWinter should sue me for defamation—“or worse:” Dr. Sanity: MY RESPONSE TO BLACKMAIL THREATS. Please note that contrary to their claims, “Dymphna” and “Baron Bodissey” were never banned from LGF. In her ...
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Religion of Tolerance Screams for Teddy Bear Execution
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 8:22:59 am PST
It’s Friday, the Islamic day of prayer, and that means that thousands of Muslims in Sudan are screaming for the death of Gillian Gibbons and her heinous teddy bear of blasphemy: Thousands in Sudan Call for British Teddy Bear Teacher’s Execution. KHARTOUM, Sudan — Thousands of Sudanese, many armed ...
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A CAIR Plant at the YouTube Debate
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 7:34:55 pm PST
Imagine my Surprise: Muslim YouTube questioner was former CAIR Intern.
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Crazy Stinky's Hatchling Frenzy
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 5:47:38 pm PST
Yes, I’m afraid the inevitable has finally happened and Stinky Beaumont has snapped under the pressure. He’s locked himself himself in the control vault, cackling wildly, and keeps opening and closing registration at demented intervals. I’m sure it’s only temporary and he’ll back to normal soon. As normal as he ever ...
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Murtha Shock! 'I Think the Surge is Working'
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 4:31:49 pm PST
Bill Amos has details and Allahpundit has some crow for Murtha to eat.
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Dutch Lawmaker Plans Anti-Koran Film
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 3:17:32 pm PST
Geert Wilders, the anti-Islamist Dutch politician with hair that puts John Edwards to shame, has announced he’ll be making a short film criticizing the Quran. One fatwa, coming up. THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A Dutch conservative lawmaker said Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as “fascist” passages ...
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Neo-Nazis Trying to Be More Cuddly
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 1:43:41 pm PST
Hmm. Neo-Nazis toning down the rhetoric and getting rid of hate symbols, to appear more palatable to the masses. Why does that sound so familiar? Anti-Semitic church drops Nazi symbols. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An anti-Semitic church formed by white supremacists has abandoned its neo-Nazi imagery, such as swastikas, to make its ...
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Sudan: Teddy Bear Hate Criminal Convicted
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 11:49:18 am PST
Gillian Gibbons, who perpetrated the heinous teddy bear of blasphemy on an unsuspecting Sudan, has been convicted of blasphemy, but will not face the lash for her crime. KHARTOUM, Sudan - British teacher Gillian Gibbons has been convicted of inciting religious hatred for letting her pupils name a teddy bear ...
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Yon: Men of Valor
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:43:34 am PST
Michael Yon embedded with British troops in Basra: Men of Valor: Part III.
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Thursday Morning Open Door
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:30:22 am PST
Clay is molded to form a cup, but it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, but it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn ...
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Update: Slovakian Gang Tried to Sell Enriched Uranium
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 9:38:15 am PST
As noted yesterday, Slovakian police arrested three people trying to sell an undisclosed type of radioactive material for $1 million. The Times of London has more news, and it isn’t good; they weren’t just selling discarded Timex watch faces, it was almost 500 grams of highly enriched uranium in powdered ...
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Update: Blasphemous Teddy Bear Teacher in Sharia Court
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 9:29:03 am PST
In Sudan, when they say they’ll give you a “swift and fair” trial, they’re at least halfway right. Gillian Gibbons, who allegedly committed the heinous crime of allowing her students to name a teddy bear “Muhammad,” faced a sharia court in Khartoum today: Sudan tries UK teacher on Islam insult. ...
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Hamas: 'No Room for Jews'
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 8:51:00 am PST
On the 60th anniversary of the UN vote that led to the creation of the state of Israel, Hamas demands that the UN “correct its mistake.” Hamas on Thursday called on the UN to rescind the 1947 decision to partition Palestine into two states, one for Jews and one for ...
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IBD Interview: Rep. Sue Myrick
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 8:43:24 am PST
Too often it seems that US government officials are either ignorant or dismissive of the many-leveled threat from radical Islam; but Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., has her eyes wide open. Investor’s Business Daily interviews the founder of the House Anti-Terrorism/Jihad Caucus: Congressional Paul Revere Warns Nation About Islamofascist Threat. IBD: ...
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CNN's World of Plants
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 8:16:22 am PST
The GOP “YouTube” debate last night was lousy with plants. Even Ron Paul got into the act.
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Gay General Gate
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 9:42:42 pm PST
Yes, there was another Clinton “plant” among tonight’s debate questioners.
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YouTube Debate Thread 4
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 7:29:20 pm PST
Here’s a thread to wind down after tonight’s YouTube circus...
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YouTube Debate Thread 3
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 6:16:00 pm PST
Rudy Giuliani answers Politico.com’s allegations, from tonight’s debate: [Video]
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YouTube Debate Thread 2
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 5:40:56 pm PST
As Ron Paul says, “Washington didn’t change me,” here’s a second thread to discuss the edgy YouTube GOP debate...
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YouTube Debate Thread 1
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 4:53:52 pm PST
Here’s our first thread to discuss tonight’s edgy YouTube-sponsored GOP debate. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if one of these candidates challenged their host, YouTube, to defend the appalling prevalence at YouTube of videos supporting (and even raising money for) Islamic terrorists? In the past three days we’ve welcomed 732 hatchlings into ...
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Giuliani Security Expenses Scandal?
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 3:18:00 pm PST
Politico.com is trying to promote a Giuliani “scandal” today in advance of the debate, but when you dig into the details there doesn’t really appear to be much there; Allahpundit has a good roundup: Politico: Rudy hid security expenses for visits to Judi in obscure city agency budgets? Update: “The ...
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An Unstoppable Juggernaut: The Kucinich-Paul Ticket
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 2:09:31 pm PST
The extreme left-right wraparound effect—often called the moronic convergence—has never been more graphically demonstrated: Kucinich suggests a Republican running mate. Acworth, N.H. — Call it the liberal-libertarian ticket, where left meets right and Democrat Dennis Kucinich picks Republican Ron Paul to be his vice president. Kucinich, the Cleveland congressman running in ...
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Three Arrested in Radioactive Sale Attempt
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 1:40:59 pm PST
No details yet on exactly what kind of material was found: $1M Worth of Radioactive Material Seized. The Slovakian police today arrested three people for trying to sell more than 2 pounds of radioactive material, a police spokesman told ABC News. The radioactive material was seized near the border of Ukraine, ...
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Phillips on Annapolis
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 1:20:18 pm PST
Melanie Phillips asks, “Mr. President, what has happened to you?”
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Roll Away the Stone - Update: The Stone Rolls Back
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:33:04 am PST
Here’s yet another seemingly random window of registration opportunity, for those wishing to make the jump from human to lizard. As always, please read the registration instructions carefully, and also read the rules at the top of each comment thread before posting. UPDATE at 11/28/07 12:03:20 pm: Thirty minutes and 145 hatchlings. Now ...
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Wednesday Morning Ocean
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:54:47 am PST
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Palestinian Authority TV Erases Israel from Map
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:20:33 am PST
The day after Annapolis, Palestinian Authority Television shows viewers a world without Israel. Video here. (Windows Media format.)
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Tonight's Debate Promises Edginess
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:09:44 am PST
A debate is supposed to be a lively interactive process with the potential for surprises, but tonight’s “YouTube” GOP debate will be a bunch of canned video questions preselected by biased moderators: GOP candidates to field YouTube queries with edgy race undecided. Edgy! And you know CNN just won’t be able to ...
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More Bogus Iraqi News on the Wire
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 9:37:33 am PST
An Iraqi journalist running a web site from Amman, Jordan, is the latest perpetrator of a media hoax eagerly picked by major news services: Gateway Pundit: Another Bogus Iraqi Slaughter Story.
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Update: The Heinous Teddy Bear of Blasphemy - Teacher Charged
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 8:56:15 am PST
The British teacher in Sudan who let her students name a teddy bear “Mohammed” has been charged with “insulting religion,” as degenerate “militants” call for demonstrations after Friday prayers. A British teacher who faces 40 lashes after naming a teddy bear Mohammed has been charged with insulting religion, showing contempt ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in South Thailand
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 8:47:16 am PST
Three more murdered in the south Thailand jihad, one of them crucified. NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - A Muslim military informant was shot and crucified, while two Buddhist men were beheaded Wednesday by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand’s restive south, police said. The Muslim man, a 58-year-old who belonged to a government-backed ...
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Wishing Evil on Dick Cheney at Digg.com
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 8:39:19 am PST
The evil children at Digg.com are wishing agony and death on Vice President Dick Cheney again: Cheney found to have irregular heartbeat. The administrators at Huffington Post have learned that when they put up a story on Cheney, they need to close comments to prevent this from happening, but at Digg.com ...
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Tuesday Overnight Open
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 9:29:13 pm PST
Listen to them, the lizards of the night. What music they make!
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The Door Opens
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 6:41:34 pm PST
After receiving complaints from readers around the world who really want to become lizards, I’m trying to open registration during widely differing intervals, within reason. “Reason” being defined as “the time while I’m awake and in a reasonably good mood.” Hence, tonight’s registration window. Get in while the gettin’s good. But ...
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French Intifada Flare-Up, Night Three
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 6:08:11 pm PST
Another night in the banlieue, as the “youths” establish dominance over French police: Youths riot for 3rd night outside Paris. VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - Youths rampaged for a third night in the tough suburbs north of Paris and violence spread to a southern city late Tuesday as police struggled to contain ...
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Iowahawk: BoxBux Sux As Stix Hix Nix Xmas Flix
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 4:59:28 pm PST
The first reports from Iowahawk’s alternate universe box office mag are in, and things don’t look good for the Xmas-haters who rule Tinseltown: BoxBux Sux as Stix Hix Nix Xmas Flix. Los Angeles - Despite critical acclaim and massive promotional budgets, a wave of anti-Santa holiday pictures floundered at the ...
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Video: Palestinians React to Annapolis in Gaza and West Bank
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 1:34:37 pm PST
Palestinians demonstrating their readiness for statehood, from British TV courtesy of the enigmatic kasper. [Video]
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:54:45 pm PST
Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. — Henrik Tikkanen
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Statement from Annapolis
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 11:23:52 am PST
Here’s the Israeli-Palestinian statement read at the Annapolis “peace in our time” conference, a gauzy, insubstantial promise to reach an “agreement” by the end of 2008 by setting up a whole lot of bureaucratic negotiating committees and overseers. Concluding with the road map that refused to die. Yes, four years later ...
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YouTube Closes Egyptian Anti-Torture Activist's Account
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:55:12 am PST
YouTube has selectively enforced their terms of service again, closing the account of an Egyptian anti-torture activist because his videos contained some graphic content. CAIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The video-sharing Web site YouTube has suspended the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist who posted videos of what he ...
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Gadafi Wants to Build a Tent on Sarkozy's Lawn
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:28:26 am PST
Muammar Gadafi wants to put up a Bedouin tent on the grounds of his state hotel when he visits Paris next month. I wish I could have seen Nicolas Sarkozy’s face when he received this request. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya has flummoxed presidential protocol service with a request that a ...
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US Border Inspections of Muslims OK
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 9:54:02 am PST
Another defeat today for the NYCLU and CAIR, as an appeals court ruled that the government acted correctly when interrogating a group of Muslims returning to the US from a radical Islamic conference in Toronto: Court says US border inspections of Muslims were allowed. NEW YORK: U.S. immigration authorities acted ...
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The Annapolis Peace Sham Begins
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 9:13:13 am PST
As the Annapolis peace sham begins, President Bush says it’s time to give the debased terror society of the Palestinians their very own shiny new state. And this Haaretz article says he’s apparently also endorsing the “right of return” — or at least, their right to return to the delusional Palestinian ...
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Ron Paul's Latest Celebrity Endorsement
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 8:48:30 am PST
To Ron Paul’s motley crew of 9/11 Troofers, antisemites, neo-Nazis, ultra-paleo-libertarians, isolationists, tin foil hat wearers, gullible college kids, and crypto-left-wingers, we can now add pimps and brothel owners. RENO, Nevada — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, an underdog Texas congressman with a libertarian streak, has picked up an ...
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French Intifada Flare-Up, Night Two
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 8:30:01 pm PST
Another night of violence in the suburbs of Paris: Police hurt in 2nd night of Paris suburb unrest. VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France (Reuters) - At least 40 French police were hurt late on Monday in running battles with scores of rioters in a suburb north of Paris where two youths died after ...
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Random Registration Moment - Update: the Door Swings Shut Again
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 6:19:04 pm PST
Nine hours after our last open registration, here’s another short window of opportunity for would-be lizards in different time zones... Note to hatchlings: please read and absorb the registration directions carefully, and also read the rules at the top of each comment thread before posting anything. UPDATE at 11/26/07 6:47:37 pm: Another 30 ...
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Kos Kidz Clinging to 'Fake But Accurate'
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 5:39:22 pm PST
I’m feeling the love from the Daily Kos Kommunity tonight, as they try again to resolve their cognitive dissonance about Dan Rather’s phony National Guard memos: Daily Kos: Rathergate: much more than meets the EYE. Note that most of this wordy Kos diary is lifted wholesale from today’s hagiographic New York ...
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Monday Midday Open
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 3:55:50 pm PST
I don’t know about “intelligent design” ... I believe in “schtoopid design.” — Stinky Beaumont
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Imagine the Honeymoon
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 1:26:36 pm PST
Official: Bride, groom stopped in Iraq actually terror suspects. BAGHDAD (CNN) — Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday. The Army set up the checkpoint last week in the ...
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Dead Man Won't Stop Talking
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:44:46 pm PST
Yeah, right. Whatever. DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the people of Europe in a message to be posted on the Internet “soon,” an Islamist Web site said on Monday. “Soon, God willing, (we will post) a new message to the European people from the ...
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LGF Technical Update: Ajax News Feeds
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:00:06 pm PST
I’m not sure how many people actually use the Ajax News feeds feature (in the right sidebar) that lets you quickly browse through news from many different sources without reloading the page, but if it suddenly stops working for you it’s because I’ve tweaked some of the code. If this happens, ...
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Turning Soccer Hooligans into Nazis
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 10:52:50 am PST
Spiegel Online has an interesting look at how neo-Nazi groups such as the German NPD spread their poison among “disaffected” European young people: Jersey Number ‘88’: Regional Football Battles against Neo-Nazi Influence. The problem is one that has long plagued soccer in Germany. Though not as visible in German stadiums ...
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'Redacted' - Biggest Bomb Ever?
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 10:11:56 am PST
Redacted: the world’s first self-detonating movie. November 25, 2007 — IT’S hard for Hollywood pacifists like Brian De Palma to capture the hearts and minds of America if Americans won’t see their movies. While the public is staying away in droves from “Rendition,“ “Lions for Lambs” and “In the Valley of ...
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Free Beer! - Update: Beer's Gone
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 9:33:34 am PST
Just kidding about the free beer. But registration is now open for a limited time... New registrants: please read the registration directions carefully, and also read the rules posted at the top of each comment thread before posting anything. UPDATE at 11/26/07 10:00:34 am: The door is now closed, with over 200 hatchlings. ...
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Monday Morning Fence
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 9:21:48 am PST
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The Heinous Teddy Bear of Blasphemy
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 8:47:49 am PST
Another entry for the lengthy list of things that offend the delicate sensibilities of the Religion of Peace and Tolerance™: teddy bears. A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Colleagues of Gillian Gibbons, 54, ...
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Democrats Give Away Veterans' Benefits
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 8:21:25 am PST
Democrats on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee are trying to give full veterans’ status to World War II era Filipino soldiers and their survivors; not Americans of Filipino descent, but citizens of the Philippines. And they’re planning to pay for it by taking away benefits from US veterans. The Filipino ...
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Our Friends the Saudis Release Terrorists from Jail
Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 8:09:40 am PST
Our allies in the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia have released at least 1,500 Islamic terrorists from prison—because they promised not to attack Saudi Arabia. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, waging a crackdown on Islamist militants that has lasted for more than four years, has released some 1,500 jailed suspects after ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:54:00 pm PST
Here we see the traditional overnight open thread...
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The Door Opens Again - Update: And Shuts Again
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 6:42:15 pm PST
Another short-lived registration window of opportunity. UPDATE at 11/25/07 7:26:25 pm: The window closeth.
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Rather: 'I Believe They Are Authentic'
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 5:54:02 pm PST
Oh, Danny boy. Still claiming the Killian memos were “authentic.” Man, that must be a heavy burden, to relentlessly cling to an obvious fiction in front of the whole world. Dialogue: Dan Rather. The Hollywood Reporter: If this goes to court, in order for CBS to win they would be ...
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And Now for Some Ralph Towner
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 5:35:01 pm PST
A beautiful performance by finger-style master Ralph Towner, full of melody and swing. [Video]
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French Intifada Flare-Up
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 5:13:34 pm PST
The “youths” are rioting in the banlieue again: Clashes, buildings torched in Paris suburb. PARIS - Dozens of youths clashed with police and set fire to buildings in a Paris suburb on Sunday after two teenagers were killed in a crash with a police car. The pair were riding on ...
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Our Friends the Saudis: 136 Beheadings
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 4:26:14 pm PST
It’s a banner year for the head-choppers in the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as they mark a joyous occasion: their 136th beheading of 2007. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities on Sunday beheaded a citizen convicted of shooting a man in the head with an assault rifle, ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 3:00:35 pm PST
I’m not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it’ll be much harder to detect. — George Carlin
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Bahrain Violates Promise to Bush Administration
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 1:46:04 pm PST
One of the conditions of the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement was that Bahrain would eliminate its boycott of Israel. Imagine my surprise to discover they were lying: Bahraini parliament calls to boycott Israel and parley. At a stormy session held last Tuesday, Bahrain’s parliament called upon the Gulf Arab emirate’s ...
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Swings Shut
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 11:20:07 am PST
Dedicated to our email admirer from the previous post, registration is now open for a limited time. As always, it will be supervised by highly indoctrinated monitor lizards, to watch for trolls, sockpuppets, or secular hedonists. Just kidding about the secular hedonists. They’re always welcome, as are opponents who fall under ...
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We Got Mail!
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:07:11 am PST
On the subject of the sneaky tricks being pulled on commenters by ThinkProgress, an admirer in Oregon who followed a link from the “progressive” hate site emailed this brilliant insight, with the subject line, “Your censoring posters:” Ha, what a laugh. You post about how SFGate and TP censor ...
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NPR Loves the Anti-Troop Agit-Prop of 'Redacted'
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:01:13 am PST
National Public Radio film critic David Edelstein says Brian DePalma’s anti-US movie Redacted is terrible—but he loves it anyway: NPR Loves Bad Cinema — If It’s ‘Laudable Agitprop’ Against the Troops. UPDATE at 11/25/07 1:22:55 pm: Another anti-war box office bomb.
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Peace in Our Time Watch
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 9:39:37 am PST
The ridiculous Annapolis “peace in our time” conference continues careening toward disaster, as Syria announces they’ll attend—because they see Israel as weak enough to make concessions on the Golan Heights for the first time in many years: Syria to join U.S.-led Middle East conference. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria said on ...
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Sneaky Comment Trick Now Disabled
Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 9:20:46 am PST
To start off this Sunday, I’ve now disabled the Sneaky Comment Trick Proof of Concept, so that any deleted comments will now appear as “deleted” to everyone, including those who posted them. It’s a fun trick to play with, and I’ve saved the code that does it, but it’s thoroughly evil. ...
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Saturday Night Link Depot
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 9:41:34 pm PST
Researchers find memory can be manipulated by photos Saudis: Rape Victim Committed Adultery Paulians Still Stuffing Online Polls Disabled veterans jeered at swimming pool Arabs Freak Out Over Handshake With Israeli Female Minister Iraqi school guard, wife beheaded as children watch BNP to speak to Oxford students The Blotter: The Mysterious Case of the AP Photographer Dore Gold: ...
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Sneaky Comment Trick Proof of Concept
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 6:06:29 pm PST
As we noted earlier today, the San Francisco Chronicle is using a sneaky trick in their commenting software; if you post a comment at the SFGate.com web site, and the administrators delete it, you will not know it’s been deleted—because it still shows up when you look at the page, ...
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IBA: Vlaams Belang, David Duke, and a 'White Europe'
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 3:53:21 pm PST
An excellent post on the Vlaams Belang schism among anti-jihad bloggers, by Epaminondas at Infidel Bloggers Alliance: David Duke’s defenders and Vlaams Belang’s defenders ... just one tiny difference. I assert that it is the GOOD FIGHT to oppose those who believe these things. I assert that to be for ...
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Video: The Struggle for Control in Nablus
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 2:42:40 pm PST
The mysterious Kasper has posted another video clip from British television, on the struggle for control in the West Bank city of Nablus, a major hub of Palestinian terrorist activity. [Video]
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 11:19:19 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a Santa Ana wind Saturday, as wildfires spring up again in Malibu...
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Howard Loses, NYT Gloats
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 11:02:46 am PST
The New York Times can barely contain their joy at the electoral defeat of John Howard in Australia: Bush Ally Defeated in Australia. SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 24 — Australia’s prime minister, John Howard, one of President Bush’s staunchest allies in Asia, suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of the ...
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Our Friends the Saudis: The Wellspring of Jihad
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 10:52:24 am PST
Evan Kohlmann at the Counterterrorist Blog: Surprise, Surprise: Yet More Evidence that the Majority of Foreign Fighters in Iraq Come from Saudi Arabia. It seems that the evidence of the involvement of Saudi Al-Qaida recruits in the Iraqi insurgency has become so plainly obvious that even the New York Times ...
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SF Chronicle's Sneaky Comment Deletion Trick - Update: ThinkProgress is Doing It Too
Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 9:57:36 am PST
It’s been confirmed; the San Francisco Chronicle and their web site SFGate.com are deceiving their readers through comment-deletion trickery. If you make a comment on an article posted at SFGate, and if the site moderators then subsequently delete your comment for whatever reason, it will only appear as deleted to ...
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Friday Night Open
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 8:27:28 pm PST
I hate Illinois Nazis. — John Belushi
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Praising the Taliban at UC Irvine
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 6:53:55 pm PST
The OC Blog needs to fix their unclosed <A> tags so that people can follow their links, but their post on the pro-Taliban events at UC Irvine still deserves to be read: OC Blog: A Warm and Fuzzy Taliban? (Note to the OC Blog webmaster: the <a> tag must be explicitly ...
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Australian Election Watch
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 5:49:18 pm PST
Australians are voting. Here’s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s coverage: 2007 Federal Election. Andrew Bolt says, “Whoever wins, the left loses.”
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Promoting the White Nationalists
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 4:32:43 pm PST
The Center for Vigilant Freedom continues promoting their allies, the Belgian white nationalist party Vlaams Belang, with a post on a report by VB leader Filip DeWinter: Dewinter: Islamisation Country Report - Belgium. A reminder, in case you’ve missed the controversy and are tempted to believe DeWinter is a real friend ...
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Friday Afternoon Open
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 2:46:31 pm PST
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured. — Indian Proverb
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Glick: Annapolis Conference an 'American Folly'
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 2:41:51 pm PST
Caroline Glick on the Annapolis “peace conference:” Column One: American folly. As the leaked draft document shows, the Americans have sided with the Palestinians against Israel. Specifically, the Americans have taken for themselves the sole right to judge whether or not the Palestinians and the Israelis are abiding by their ...
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IAEA Springs Into Action, Admits Cluelessness
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 1:08:23 pm PST
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei admitted yesterday that as a “watchdog,” he’s completely worthless. VIENNA (AFP) — The UN atomic watchdog said Thursday it was in the dark about Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, as its 35-member board seemed divided on how to get Tehran to shed more light on ...
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Breaking: State of Emergency in Lebanon
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:53:23 am PST
Lahoud asks army to take over Lebanon security. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s outgoing President Emile Lahoud asked the army to take control of the country’s security on Friday, after rival leaders failed to agree on his successor, creating a vacuum in the presidency from midnight. Lahoud said in a statement read ...
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Black Friday Open Thread
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 9:36:40 am PST
Black Friday is upon us, and if you’re looking for DVDs, Amazon has some pretty amazing deals going: DVD Black Friday Sale.
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Fight the Pressure
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 9:05:17 am PST
Here’s a site where they make it easy for you to call US officials and ask them not to pressure Israel into concessions at the Annapolis “peace in our time” conference; their system uses the internet to automatically connect your calls for free, and they have suggested messages for you ...
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Our Friends the Saudis: Don't Ask Us to Touch Any Jews
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 8:50:33 am PST
The religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced they will attend the Annapolis “peace in our time” conference, but don’t ask them to shake hands with any Israelis. CAIRO, Egypt - Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations decided Friday to attend next week’s U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference. But ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in India
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 8:37:44 am PST
At least ten people dead in India after simultaneous explosions in several cities targeted courthouses. A series of near-simultaneous explosions ripped through courthouse complexes Friday in three north Indian cities, with blasts going off in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, killing at least ten lawyers and injuring dozens more, officials said. Federal ...
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Australian Elections Loom
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 8:41:29 pm PST
John Howard deserves to win tomorrow in Australia’s elections, but the polls say he isn’t going to. We can only hope the polls are wrong.
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The Turkey Will Not Be Denied
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 8:35:35 pm PST
I hope you will forgive me, oh gentle readers, for posting another open thread on this day of the revenge of the turkey...
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Another 9/11 Troof Diary At Daily Kos
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 8:06:48 pm PST
9/11 Troofers keep popping up at Daily Kos, despite the official Kos disapproval: Screw Loose Change: Daily Kos Allows Crackpot Diary.
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Let's Give Them a State!
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 6:12:43 pm PST
From Israel’s “partners in peace” in Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority, a cartoon that appeared in Falastin on November 18, 2007, showing a “Jew” (notice the exaggerated nose and Star of David) digging to undermine the Al Aqsa Mosque (aka Temple Mount) in the shape of a swastika.
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Thanksgiving Open Thread
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 2:39:15 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for Thanksgiving Day afternoon...
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LGF on Amazon's Kindle Device
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:52:50 am PST
If you have one of Amazon’s new [Amazon Link], you can use it to read [Amazon Link].
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Israel's High-Tech Attack on Syria
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:33:38 am PST
Aviation Week has an interesting article about Israel’s attack on that suspected nuclear site in Syria: U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria. The U.S. provided Israel with information about Syrian air defenses before Israel attacked a suspected nuclear site in Syria, Aviation Week & Space Technology is reporting ...
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Let's Give Them a State!
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 10:18:31 am PST
Another huge cache of explosives discovered on its way to the Palestinians: Ton of explosives found on Gaza border. Egyptian police discovered a ton of explosives hidden in an underground cache on the border with the Gaza Strip during a search for smuggling tunnels, a security official said Thursday. The cache ...
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LGF Thanksgiving
Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 9:16:06 am PST
Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers. I have a huge amount to be thankful for today, but in keeping with the theme of the last few weeks, I’m especially grateful that I didn’t blindly sign on with an attempt by European white nationalists to take advantage of everything I’ve built ...
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Thanksgiving Eve Overnight Thread
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 9:53:20 pm PST
As the Ron Paulians try to spam our comment threads, and waste their stealth LGF accounts, here’s an overnight open thread for the lizards of the night...
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Wednesday Evening Open
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 5:27:09 pm PST
I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here. — Stinky Beaumont
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Ron Paul Courts the Troofers Again
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 4:20:23 pm PST
Crazy uncle Ron Paul has gotten an almost complete pass from the mainstream media for his associations with 9/11 Troofers and other crackpots of almost every stripe, so why shouldn’t he continue going on the radio show of raving lunatic Alex Jones? Ron Paul Courts 9-11 Troofers on Alex Jones ...
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Islamist Professor Sentenced to 11 Years
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 2:07:07 pm PST
Former Howard University professor Abdelhaleem Ashqar was sentenced today to more than 11 years in prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury in a Hamas funding case. CHICAGO: A former professor accused of providing money to Hamas terrorists was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in prison ...
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Philippines Appeasement Watch
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 1:21:48 pm PST
Appeasement has never worked to stop the advance of militant Islam, so that must be why the Philippines are giving it another try: A Blog For All: Philippines Goes With Appeasement.
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in South Thailand
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 1:18:37 pm PST
Four more dead in the South Thailand jihad: Gunmen kill 4 in southern Thailand. BANGKOK, Thailand - Unidentified gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed four local government employees Wednesday in the same district where a prominent political party leader was campaigning, police said. The victims were riding in a car in ...
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MoveOn.org's Bogus Military Photo
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:27:37 pm PST
Michelle questions their cognitive ability: MoveOn’s idiotic Thanksgiving ad: They still can’t figure out what American troops look like.
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Emerson on the Nada Prouty Case
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:03:47 pm PST
Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project has an article about the ex-CIA counterterror chief who’s sticking up for FBI/CIA infiltrator Nada Prouty: Cannistraro, Apologist: Then and Now. UPDATE at 11/21/07 1:16:02 pm: Also see Debbie Schlussel’s column in the New York Post: Jihad Jane’s Poison Family.
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The Non-Flying Imams Case Will Proceed
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:31:09 am PST
It’s standard procedure to file a motion for dismissal in cases like this, and equally standard for the motion to be denied, but the judge’s comments about the Non-Flying Imams case are a bit disturbing: Flying imams score points in suit vs. US Airways. MINNEAPOLIS - Six Muslim imams arrested ...
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Wednesday Morning Open
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:28:39 am PST
An open thread for the remains of the morning...
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RoP Riots in Calcutta
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 9:51:25 am PST
Representatives of the Religion of Peace™ are rioting and burning cars in Calcutta, demanding the death of female writer Taslima Nasreen for suggesting that women might need more rights: Army deployed after Calcutta riot. Notice that the BBC says the crowds are calling for Nasreen to “leave the country,” even though ...
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CAIR Pulls Conyers' String
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 8:52:05 am PST
The Saudi-funded, Hamas-linked radical Islamic front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations failed to get the judge in the Holy Land Foundation trial to remove them from the list of unindicted co-conspirators. So now they’re going over the judge’s head, pulling strings with friendly congressmen like John ...
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Our Friends the Saudis Explain 200 Lashes for a Rape Victim
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 8:26:24 am PST
As we noted last Thursday, our “allies” in the disgusting religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia have sentenced a gang rape victim to six months in prison and 200 lashes. Yes, the victim. To their credit, CNN is staying on this story instead of just letting it drop as usual; maybe ...
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A One-Year Old Bomb in Pakistan
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 6:37:53 pm PST
In an effort to get close enough to murder Benazir Bhutto, one of the Islamist attackers reportedly strapped his explosives to a one-year old infant. Meanwhile, horrifying new details emerged last night of the attempt by suicide bombers to kill Ms Bhutto on her return home from exile last month. Investigators ...
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Photoshop: Haniyeh Reverts to Subgenius
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 5:11:26 pm PST
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The Unknown Hostages
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 2:16:57 pm PST
Thanos at Noblesse Oblige has the shockingly little-known story of the private security contractors being held hostage in Iraq and/or Iran: Hostage A Year and Three Days.
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Jacobsen: Terror on the Tarmac
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 1:39:55 pm PST
Annie Jacobsen has another harrowing story from the world of air travel, in which a passenger is mistakenly labeled a terror suspect: Terror on the Tarmac.
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Mac: Leopard Software Incompatibilities
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 1:37:17 pm PST
For those of you thinking of making the transition to the latest Mac OS (Leopard, aka 10.5), here’s a good list of Software Incompatibilities to watch out for, at Macintouch.com.
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Science: Stem Cells Without Embryos
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 12:37:49 pm PST
Scientists have done an end run around the ethical problems of stem cell research: Stem cells without embryos: skin cells transformed. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two separate teams of researchers announced on Tuesday they had transformed ordinary skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells ...
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Video: Former Gitmo Muslim Chaplain on Koran Desecration
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:45:39 am PST
Former Guantanamo Bay Muslim chaplain James Yee went on Syrian television October 19, and described the horrors of Koran desecration and female nudity that he witnessed ... oh wait, he didn’t actually witness anything. But that doesn’t stop him from uncorking some amazingly lurid descriptions for Syrian TV anyway. (Courtesy ...
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Tuesday Midday Open
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:30:19 am PST
I was reading the dictionary; I thought it was a poem about everything. — Steven Wright
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YouTube: The Jihad-Friendly Video Sharing Network (Update: Convicted Terrorist Opens YouTube Account)
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 9:47:19 am PST
Sheik Faisel Mohammed was convicted of incitement to murder and stirring up racial hatred in Britain, and deported back to his native Jamaica. And today we’ve discovered that Yousef al-Khattab (aka Joseph Cohen) is back again on YouTube after losing several accounts, with a video trying to raise money for Sheikh ...
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Help Wanted: New Republic Fact Checker
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 9:16:59 am PST
At Confederate Yankee: Sacrificial Lamb? Head Fact-checker Gone at TNR.
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AP Photographer: 'A Terrorist Operative'
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 8:35:34 am PST
The US military says Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Bilal Hussein was a terrorist media operative who infiltrated the Associated Press. The Associated Press is continuing to stick up for Hussein, but it’s not like the AP has any safeguards to prevent such a thing. It’s been clear for a long time that ...
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Gaffney: Condi the Zealot
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 8:23:56 am PST
Frank Gaffney is right on the mark with this piece on Condoleezza Rice’s bizarre push to give a stillborn state to the people who least deserve it in the entire world: Staticidal Zealotry. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is behaving like a zealot. In her ever-more-rash pursuit of a Palestinian ...
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Routers Casts Doubt on Hirohito Recording
Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 8:13:04 am PST
Rand Simberg has unearthed a World War II report from the Routers wire service, that shows how close we came to losing the war: Network Experts Cast Doubt on Alleged Hirohito Recording. Senate Leaders Warn: Administration May Try to Spin Victory Claim Aug. 16th, 1945. WASHINGTON, DC (Routers) Network experts today cast ...
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Monday Night Open Thread
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 8:38:22 pm PST
The large print giveth and the small print taketh away. — Tom Waits
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LGF Technical Update: 'Now Playing' Enhanced
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 5:47:06 pm PST
Tonight’s technical update is to our “Now Playing” feature, which shows the tune I’m currently listening to in iTunes. Previously, this feature was driven by Sputnik, a “widget” written for a Mac utility called Konfabulator, that later became Yahoo Widgets. Sputnik watched iTunes, and whenever a new tune started playing, it ...
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AP Photographer to Be Charged in Iraq
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 2:58:37 pm PST
The military has announced plans to bring charges against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein (search): US plans case against AP photographer. This AP release on the announcement doesn’t try to hide their outrage that anyone would suggest one of their photographers was in league with ... uh ... activists. NEW YORK ...
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Monday Afternoon Open, with Pat Metheny
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 2:10:28 pm PST
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Video: 'Undercover Mosque' Vindicated
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 12:51:13 pm PST
Here’s a report from Britain’s Channel 4 on the Undercover Mosque documentary and the attempt by West Midlands Police to suppress it, instead of investigating the hate speech it revealed. [Video]
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Moronic Convergence in Olympia
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:33:39 am PST
My Own Side has an excellent collection of photos of the moonbats who call themselves the “Olympia Port Militarization Resistance,” as Evergreen State Marxist professors join with pseudo-socialist slackers in hoodies.
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Hot Air: The Politics of Planting
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:27:02 am PST
A look at the Politics of Planting.
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PJ Media Interviews Fred Thompson
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 9:42:27 am PST
Bob Owens and Roger L. Simon have a video interview with Fred Thompson: Pajamas Media: War on Terror Conversations.
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The Truth About Anti-Islamic 'Hate Crimes'
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 9:28:49 am PST
Robert Spencer links to an FBI report on US “hate-motivated crimes” during 2006, showing the truth behind the constant claims of victimhood from Islamic advocacy groups: FBI hate crimes report for 2006: Jews suffer over 5 times more attacks than Muslims. Anti-Black 3,136 Anti-Jewish 1,027 Anti-White 1,008 Anti-Male Homosexual 881 Anti-Hispanic 770 Anti-Female Homosexual 192 Anti-Islamic ...
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British Police Dhimmitude Revealed
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 9:13:09 am PST
Rather than investigate the Islamic preachers revealed by the Channel 4 documentary Undercover Mosque, British police reported the filmmakers to the UK’s media watchdog organization, Ofcom. Now Ofcom has completely vindicated Channel 4, with strong words for the police who are more concerned with shutting down criticism of Islam than ...
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Yellow Pages Shills for Islam, Claims Zappa Was a Muslim
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 8:33:09 am PST
An amazingly distorted presentation sponsored by the Yellow Pages repeats every discrimination claim ever issued by Islamic advocacy groups—i.e. Americans are hopelessly bigoted against Muslims, for no reason at all—and then goes on to claim that Frank Zappa was a Muslim. Oh brother. Also see: YELLOWPAGES.travel & SearchBoth.com Officially Launch Their ...
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Sunday Overnight Open
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 9:47:01 pm PST
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
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Terror Gang Controls Beirut Rebuilding Project
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 7:04:45 pm PST
The international funds that were supposed to help the Lebanese government rebuild after Hizballah’s war with Israel are going straight into the hands of ... Hizballah. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah has launched a massive project to rebuild south Beirut, devastated in last year’s war with ...
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Book of the Night
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 6:05:43 pm PST
Tonight’s recommended book is Robert Spencer’s detailed, relentlessly factual comparison of Islam and Christianity, examining the history and the ideologies behind the question: [Amazon Link].
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OPEC Gets Restive
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 5:22:00 pm PST
High-stakes maneuvering in Riyadh: OPEC Interested in Non-Dollar Currency. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that OPEC’s members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves into a currency other than the depreciating U.S. dollar, which he called a “worthless piece of paper.” His comments ...
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Sunday Night Video
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 4:04:23 pm PST
I just discovered this rather rare music video for the harmonic crunch classic, Dogman by King’s X. [Video]
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Report: Terror Threat to Arizona Army Base
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 1:46:29 pm PST
The National Terror Alert Response Center emailed about a troubling report from Arizona, where Tucson TV station KOLD has obtained an “urgent” FBI report about a terror threat directed at the Fort Huachuca Army base near the Arizona-Mexico border: Southern Arizona Security Alert. “Urgent” may be a bit of a misrepresentation; ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:05:01 pm PST
There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts. — Richard Feynman
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Jacobsen: 'Suspicious Incident' on Flight to Milwaukee
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 11:13:05 am PST
Annie Jacobsen has gotten hold of a “TSA Suspicious Incident” report, about the behavior of a group of passengers on a flight to Milwaukee from Washington DC: Pilot, Crew, TSA: Four Passengers Targeted Bathroom, Tampered with Mirror. Perhaps even more troubling than a possible “dry run”—this suspicious incident report is #177. ...
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Fjordman's Obsession
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:06:18 am PST
The anonymous writer with the pseudonym “Fjordman” continues posting his melodramatic “Farewell to Little Green Footballs” at every web site that will let him. This seems like the fifth or sixth site it’s appeared at, and it’s even been translated into German. It’s bizarre and obsessive behavior, bordering on character assassination, ...
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Let's Give Them a State!
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 9:42:38 am PST
A Palestinian grandmother demonstrates her readiness for statehood: A Palestinian woman holds up a pistol as she stands in front of a banner showing the late leader Yasser Arafat and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, top left, during a rally to mark the 19th anniversary of the Palestinians’ declaration of independence, ...
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Charen: The Kooky Doctor
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 9:06:45 am PST
Mona Charen weighs in on The Only Man Who Can Save America: What Paul Is Running For. Paul has appeared on the Alex Jones radio program not once, not twice, but three times. Jones is the sort who believes that black helicopters are coming to impose a police state on ...
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US Pressuring Israel
Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 8:37:04 am PST
Here comes another big push for Israel to make one-sided “gestures” to the Palestinian terrorist government of Mahmoud Abbas, so that the Annapolis “peace conference” has a chance of providing the desired boost to George W. Bush’s legacy: U.S. said unhappy with Israel positions. JERUSALEM - The U.S. is pressuring ...
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New York Times Reveals Pakistani Nuke Secrets
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 8:22:29 pm PST
If an enemy of America had set up a media organization in this country, it’s hard to imagine how they could possibly do any more damage to our security than the New York Times continues to do with articles like this: U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms.
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Steyn: The World Should Give Thanks for America
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 7:31:18 pm PST
Mark Steyn says: The world should give thanks for America. Speaking as a misfit unassimilated foreigner, I think of Thanksgiving as the most American of holidays. And America should give thanks for people like Mark Steyn.
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A Time for Gratitude
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 6:49:29 pm PST
Say “Thank You” to the troops at Thanksgiving.
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Palestinian Enablers Hopping Mad at Kos
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 5:44:17 pm PST
Pro-Palestinian activists are hopping mad at Booman Tribune - A Progressive Community, where the logo is a pathetic frog in handcuffs, too oppressed to hop. And the target of their rage is Daily Kos, if you can believe that. Apparently, Kommandante Markos is a right-wing Zionazi after all. Who knew? The kind ...
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Saturday Night Bollywood
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 5:11:04 pm PST
Completely whacked out, but oddly appealing in a twisted multicultural kinda way. [Video] (Hat tip: Snapped Shot.)
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YouTube Jihadi Arrested, Account Still Active
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 3:32:36 pm PST
That YouTube jihadi who threatened British councillor Alan Craig has been arrested. But his account at YouTube is still active. A man who placed an “obituary” on YouTube of one of the leading opponents of plans to build Europe’s biggest mosque near the London Olympics site has been arrested by police. The ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 1:50:39 pm PST
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. — Hunter S. Thompson
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YouTube Boots 'Jew Watch' Freak
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 12:24:13 pm PST
The hate-filled freak who runs “Jew Watch” has finally been booted off YouTube, after being allowed to upload literally hundreds of evil, bigoted rants, despite many complaints and many posts on many blogs.
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Video: Galloway's Respect Party Falls Apart
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 10:18:57 am PST
British MP George Galloway’s Respect Party (a coalition of Muslims and socialists) has fallen apart, and a former Respect councillor says he has been physically assaulted and threatened. This video includes a clip of Galloway’s renowned “cat dancing” appearance on Big Brother. [Video]
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Basking in Bumper Sticker Wisdom
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 9:32:53 am PST
The top ten most egregious and/or ridiculous bumper stickers seen in Madison, Wisconsin, at Atomic Trousers: Bask in Bumper Sticker Wisdom.
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Brussels Journal Reposts Antisemitic Article
Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 8:59:33 am PST
Looks like I’ll have to withdraw my kudos to Paul Belien of Brussels Journal for deleting that article from an antisemitic web site. He’s reposted it: What Policies Are Good for Israel? Mr. Belien explains his decision in a comment: Reposted Submitted by Paul Belien on Sat, 2007-11-17 12:28. I deleted this page ...
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Vlaams Belang and the National Front at a Funeral
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 5:39:21 pm PST
This photograph was taken in May of this year, at the funeral of Vlaams Blok founder Karel Dillen, and shows Vlaams Blok/Belang leaders Filip DeWinter and Frank Vanhecke, and French National Front leaders Jean-Marie Le Pen and Bruno Gollnisch. In the backgrounds of Gollnisch, Le Pen, and Karel Dillen, a ...
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Cambridge Cracks Down on Pro-War Boy Scouts
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 4:50:29 pm PST
The election commission in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ordered the removal of Boy Scout donation boxes collecting amenities for troops serving overseas, and the Boston Herald editors note that anti-war flyers were allowed to remain: Clueless in Cambridge. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Cambridge lefties have at last begun to show their true ...
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Update: Brussels Journal Deletes Jewish Conspiracy Post
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 2:25:32 pm PST
Although he didn’t say anything about it publicly, kudos to Paul Belien of Brussels Journal for deleting the article posted at his blog that linked to an antisemitic web site, as we noted yesterday. Here’s where it used to be: Access denied | The Brussels Journal. There were also quite a few ...
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MPACUK: 9/11 and 7/7 Were 'False Flag Incidents'
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 1:58:48 pm PST
MPACUK: this Holocaust-denying, Jew-hating bunch are so extreme and so open about it you almost have to wonder if MPACUK itself is some kind of false flag operation. A new post at their web site is an extended paranoid seethefest about Britain becoming a fascist state: MPACUK - A New ...
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The Banner Ad Hijack Caper
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:59:06 am PST
Watch out for this attempt to get you to download bad software (“malware”) to your computer; it hijacks banner ads from mostly reputable companies and redirects your browser to a new page: Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC. I’ve seen this at the web site of ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:57:45 am PST
Sigmund Freud is the curse of the Western world. His mamma should have strangled him in his cradle. — Katherine Anne Porter
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Yon: Come Home
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:27:27 am PST
Michael Yon was there taking pictures as a Catholic bishop returned to St John’s Church in Baghdad and celebrated mass: Come Home. Today, Muslims mostly filled the front pews of St John’s. Muslims who want their Christian friends and neighbors to come home. The Christians who might see these photos ...
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None Dare Call It Sedition
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 9:49:10 am PST
But that’s what it is, as anti-war moonbats in Olympia, Washington block streets to prevent military shipments through the Port of Olympia. (Click the photo to watch the video.) (Hat tip: LawHawk.) UPDATE at 11/16/07 9:56:25 am: To make it even more disgusting, they’re using children as human shields.
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Novelist Vince Flynn on the War
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 9:31:23 am PST
I have to admit, I had not heard of novelist Vince Flynn or his character Mitch Rapp before reading this interview, but he sounds like an LGF kind of lizard. Q: How can we win the war on terrorism when many cannot acknowledge who the enemy is? A: That’s a tough ...
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Taliban Murder Teenage Boy for Teaching English
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 9:19:20 am PST
Dark Ages savagery directed against children in Afghanistan: Boy killed for teaching English. Kabul - Taliban militants have shot dead a teenage boy for teaching English in eastern Afghanistan, while several Taliban were killed and seven detained in a clash with coalition forces, officials said on Thursday. Armed militants entered a ...
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Obama Evades, Approval Plummets
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 9:02:11 am PST
Barack Obama’s approval rating took a dive into the deep end last night, when he weaseled out of answering a direct question about driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants: Video: Hey, how’d that super keen illegal-licenses answer work out for Obama last night?
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Explosions at Iranian Missile Site?
Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 8:23:37 am PST
An anti-mullah site is reporting a series of massive explosions at a Revolutionary Guard missile complex in southern Tehran. NCRI - Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, November 13) a series of explosions rocked Parchin Military Site (where missiles, including Cruise missiles, are manufactured) in southern Tehran. As a result, several military personnel ...
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Thursday Overnight Open
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 9:18:02 pm PST
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. — Marcus Valerius Martialis
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Dem Debate Thread 4
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 7:00:34 pm PST
Yet another thread to discuss the sad state of the Democratic party...
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Dem Debate Thread 3
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 6:18:31 pm PST
Another thread for the Democratic debate in Las Vegas, refereed by Wolf Blitzer and CNN...
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Dem Debate Thread 2, Swift Kids Edition
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 5:42:51 pm PST
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Dem Debate Thread 1
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 5:02:56 pm PST
Democrats are being introduced for their CNN debate by the Blitzer. The sense of anticipation and eager expectation is almost palpable.
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Video: Palestinian Terrorists Take Classes from the Red Cross
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 4:33:01 pm PST
Wow. Talk about a mind-bending video. This slice of propaganda comes from the sanitized, slicked-up English version of Al Jazeera, as masked Palestinian terrorists attend International Humanitarian Law and First Aid training classes run by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Al Jazeera tries to show us the ...
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The Torture Never Stops: Another Dem Debate
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 4:11:26 pm PST
My, how the time flies! It seems like only yesterday the Democrats were debating on MSNBC, and now here they are again, so soon! There’s another Dem debate coming up at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, on CNN this time, and it promises to be a real barn-burner! Or not. I’m always disappointed ...
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Thursday Evening Link Dump
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 3:52:22 pm PST
The Jawa Report: The Next Abu Ghraib Abuse Scandal: Laughing Heroes in the War on Terror Patrick Poole: A Grim Milestone Ignored Melanie Phillips: The al Durah blood libel Lebanese paper: Al-Qaida tried to kill Nasrallah Nick Cohen on Ken Livingstone: A Mayoral Snow Job Examiner Editorial: U.S. must speak up for Muslim women
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CBS Mystified by Dan Rather's 'Bizarre Allegations'
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 1:54:20 pm PST
Dan Rather’s “fake but accurate” lawsuit against CBS has left CBS executives “mystified.” Today, in New York Supreme Court, in response to Dan Rather’s civil lawsuit, CBS filed a lengthy 30-page motion to dismiss the case. CBS executives also released a statement today, noting that they are “mystified” by Rather’s “bizarre ...
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Thursday Midday Open
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:45:22 pm PST
There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. — Steven Wright
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LAPD Caves In
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:31:39 am PST
Islamic advocacy groups have forced the LAPD’s counterterrorism branch to back down. LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police plan to map out Muslim communities, a proposal that civil rights groups sharply criticized as racial and religious profiling, has been shelved, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday. The LAPD planned to have its ...
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US 'Engaging' Muslim Brotherhood
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 10:57:18 am PST
It’s no longer a surprise, since we’ve been posting about the US government’s outreach to the global jihad group Muslim Brotherhood (the Ikhwan), but this new report is even more disturbing since it’s clear that high-level decisions have been made that directly contravene previous policy: U.S. engages Muslim Brotherhood despite ...
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Sultan Knish Speaks
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 9:56:57 am PST
Sultan Knish comments: Well I’m Done Defending Brussels Journal. No one is perfect and I am certainly not. I think my former posts on the topic were fairly realistic about what to expect from some European conservatives. And then Brussels Journal put up one post promoting Ron Paul as the ...
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Yon: On Patrol with the Iraqi National Police
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 9:15:41 am PST
Michael Yon emailed this photograph from Baghdad, with the following caption: Soldiers from 2-2 SCR patrol through what months ago were some of the most dangerous streets of all Iraq: South Baghdad. Months ago this likely would have resulted in a serious firefight. Tonight, 14 November 2007, we ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 8:15:36 am PST
In the land of religiously sanctioned misogyny: Saudi punishes gang rape victim with 200 lashes. A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The 19-year-old woman — whose six ...
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Spencer on the Vlaams Belang Controversy
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 7:49:48 am PST
Robert Spencer comments on the Vlaams Belang controversy: Vlaams Belang, Charles Johnson, and all that. Am I, as an American, being too demanding in this, and manifesting a misunderstanding of European politics? Maybe. But that is beside the point, because there are many Europeans also — not the elites, but ...
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Video: Butter Head
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 6:23:37 pm PST
When cultures collide: [Video]
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Wednesday Night Open
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 5:41:54 pm PST
This is the “I still haven’t worked up the nerve to install Leopard on my G5 desktop system” open thread...
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Former Lebanese MP on Hizballah TV: 'Use My Money to Fix Condi's Teeth'
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 4:54:43 pm PST
On Hizballah’s propaganda channel Al Manar, former Lebanese MP Wiam Wahhab says the US can take his assets frozen by the Treasury Department, and use the money to fix Condoleezza Rice’s teeth and pay for George W. Bush to be committed to a “mental asylum.” (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Al-Dura Video Missing Nine Minutes
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 3:03:14 pm PST
Media Backspin has a report on the screening of the Mohamed Al-Dura film in France, where the court discovered that about 9 minutes of the video had mysteriously gone missing. HonestReporting together with Take-A-Pen covered this afternoon’s hearing in France where raw footage of the Mohammed Dura was publicly screened ...
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Uncle Ron's Shady Boosters
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 2:26:13 pm PST
Andrew Walden has a close up and detailed look at The Ron Paul Campaign and its Neo-Nazi Supporters.
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Video: A Word to Islamofascists
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 1:20:40 pm PST
Pat Condell uncorks one hell of a rant in this video released today; the mega-cranky British atheist takes a hefty slap at Catholicism, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. But it’s worth a listen anyway. Especially his words for the white supremacists who suddenly want to be his newfound friends. (Hat ...
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Islamist Cricket Star Arrested in Lahore
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 1:01:41 pm PST
Pakistani Islamist cricket champion Imran Khan has been arrested on terror charges—and interestingly, the Jamaat-i-Islami party helped to capture him. The Musharraf military government has deep connections with Islamist groups. The cricketing legend Imran Khan faces charges under Pakistani anti-terrorist laws after emerging from hiding today to join a student ...
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Wednesday Midday Open
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:58:22 am PST
Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats. — Howard Aiken
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Hamas' Islamic Paradise
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:18:50 am PST
Imagine that! A radical Islamist “government” instituting police state measures to keep control. Who could ever have predicted it? Hamas puts tough restrictions on media. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gaza’s Hamas rulers announced tough restrictions on journalists and briefly detained a cameraman Wednesday, widening a crackdown after a rally ...
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The Daily Kos-Newsweek Convergence
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 9:41:19 am PST
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas is going to be covering the 2008 campaign for Newsweek, which strikes me as perfectly appropriate: Newsweek Welcomes Kos as Political Contributor. At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.
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Fjordman's Dramatic Exit(s)
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 8:38:19 am PST
The person using the pseudonym “Fjordman,” who made a dramatic exit from LGF after being challenged on his ideas about the ethnic cleansing of Europe, then came back, then made another dramatic exit after being challenged again, has now made another dramatic exit: My Farewell to Little Green Footballs. In all ...
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LGF Technical Update: Search Tips
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 5:55:51 pm PST
Here are some answers to some frequently asked questions about our advanced search feature. To search for comments by a particular user, make sure the button labeled “Comments” is selected, then use something like this: "user:zombie" You need the quotes — and you’ll need to be logged in to search comments. That ...
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Tuesday Night Video
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 4:59:29 pm PST
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Iran Turns Over Nuclear Warhead Blueprints
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 3:27:42 pm PST
IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei has been telling the world that there is no evidence Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, yet he’s known Iran was in possession of nuclear warhead blueprints since 2005. VIENNA, Austria - Iran has met a key demand of the U.N. nuclear agency, handing over long-sought blueprints ...
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A Hizballah Mole in the FBI?
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 2:56:49 pm PST
Jihad Watch has plenty of information on this breaking story: Illegal immigrant, Muslim from Lebanon, worked for FBI, CIA, stole info, passed it to Hizballah. Here’s the CBS News report: Ex-FBI Agent Accused Of Security Breach, Woman Pleads Guilty To Charges Involving Improper Access Of Information. And Debbie Schlussel has been on ...
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LGF Technical Update: The Return of the Son of the Dreaded Daily Archives
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:47:04 pm PST
The “daily archives” button is back in our left sidebar again. But this time the code checks which browser you’re using, and if it’s Internet Explorer you won’t see the button. The reason: the popup calendar module I’m using, even its latest version, still seems to sporadically trigger an Internet ...
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Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:36:06 am PST
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a “learning experience.” Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a “learning experience.” It makes me feel less stupid. — P. J. O’Rourke
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Update: RoP Attack in Philippines
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 9:29:21 am PST
The bombing earlier today in the Philippines that killed two people at the Philippine Congress was apparently a hit job against a Muslim Congressman who has been a foe of Abu Sayyaf. MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine congressman who had been targeted by Muslim militants was among two people killed ...
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SFSU Students Allowed to Stomp Terrorist Groups' Flags
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 9:05:55 am PST
Students at San Francisco State University showed their disgust with terrorist Hamas and Hizballah flags by stepping on them, and were then threatened with disciplinary action because the flags had the Arabic word “Allah” on them. The school said they were “creating a hostile environment.” I wonder how many US flags ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Philippines?
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 8:02:26 am PST
One person was killed in a bombing directed at the Philippine Congress; no one is talking about it, but it’s highly likely this was an Abu Sayyaf attack. MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rocked the Philippine Congress on Tuesday night killing one person and injuring several others, including three ...
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Iranian MP at Peace Conference: Gays Should Be Tortured and Executed
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 7:50:34 am PST
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said there were no gay people in Iran, his Columbia University audience laughed. But there’s nothing funny about Iran’s real attitude toward gays: Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister. Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 6:10:50 pm PST
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose $10 million contribution was turned down by Rudy Giuliani in the days after the 9/11 attacks, is purchasing a flying palace. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million, super-sized luxury airplane, ...
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Peace In Our Time
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 5:30:56 pm PST
Israel determined not to let peace meet fail: Peres. ANKARA (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres pledged Monday that his country would work for a tangible result at an upcoming US-sponsored Middle East peace conference, saying that the Jewish state is ready to make peace with the Palestinians. “Israel has ...
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Pakistan Emergency Continues, Bhutto Under House Arrest
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 4:32:36 pm PST
As the “emergency” situation in Pakistan continues, Benazir Bhutto has been placed under house arrest again, and hundreds of her supporters have been rounded up. LAHORE, Pakistan - Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her staging a march ...
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Monday Afternoon Open, with Tom Petty
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 1:51:56 pm PST
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E-Jihad: The Weak Horse
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 1:35:34 pm PST
The so-called cyber-jihad application that was going to launch a big coordinated attack on web sites like LGF turns out to be a paper tiger.
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Emerson: Jersey's Counterterror Farce
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 12:50:11 pm PST
At the New York Post, Steven Emerson has another piece on yet another government outreach program that reaches out to the wrong people: Jersey’s Counterterror Farce. November 12, 2007 — THE New Jersey Department of Homeland Security’s counterterrorism conference last month turned out to be a textbook case of exactly ...
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Interviewed by Tom Paine
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 9:12:43 am PST
I agreed to appear on Shire Network News in a one-on-one debate with Paul Belien of Brussels Journal, but he refused. So here’s my solo interview with “Tom Paine” on the Vlaams Belang-Sweden Democrats controversy: Podcast opens the floor to Little Green Footballs’s Charles Johnson. [Audio] UPDATE at 11/12/07 11:35:58 am: And shame ...
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Al Jazeera Still Pushing at the US Door
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 8:50:50 am PST
The media wing of the Muslim Brotherhood and the global jihad, Al Jazeera, has been unable to get many US cable providers to carry their sanitized (but still on message) English version. As we’ve noted several times, the lack of interest and the outrage and protests when providers do try ...
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Anti-Nuke Activist: Iran Has a 'Right' to Nukes
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 8:19:10 am PST
Nobel Peace laureate Tad Daley, a writing fellow with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, has a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that Iran has a right to seek nuclear weapons. It’s a glimpse into the bizarre mental contortions necessary for a “peace activist” to openly support a ...
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Poor Misunderstood Islamic Rage Boy
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 8:00:40 am PST
Islamic Rage Boy gets an extension on his fifteen minutes of fame, with a slobbery puff piece by a hand-wringing British journalist in the Daily Mail: The surprising truth about Rage Boy, America’s hated poster-boy of Islamic radicalism. We nasty brutish Americans just don’t understand him, you see, him and his ...
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Violence Breaks Out at Terrorist Memorial
Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 7:31:48 am PST
A fitting memorial for one of history’s most vile terrorists: Arafat memorial erupts into gunfire in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of Fatah supporters fled in panic today after gunfire erupted at a memorial event for former Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat. The anniversary had given the defeated faction in Hamas-controlled ...
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Sunday Overnight Open
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 9:58:07 pm PST
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. — Yogi Berra
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A Saudi Propaganda Showcase
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 7:30:39 pm PST
The apartheid religious kingdom of Saudi Arabia knows the value of propaganda—especially well-funded propaganda: Saudi ‘showcase’ opens OPEC to the world. CALGARY — With oil prices bent on hitting US$100 a barrel as soon as next week, and energy consumers around the world increasingly fretting about where the next oil ...
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Sunday Night Open
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 5:52:13 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for a Sunday evening, with another LGF thank you to America’s veterans. Since it’s an open thread, here’s my conundrum tonight: I’ve been trying to get up the nerve to install the new Mac OS 10.5 on my main desktop machine. It’s already installed on my laptop ...
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Nasrallah Rattles the Scimitar
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 5:28:33 pm PST
The leader of the Hizballah terror gang is amping up the rhetoric again: No power can disarm Hezbollah: Nasrallah. BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday no power could disarm his pro-Syrian Shiite militant group and that it was ready for a new conflict with Israel after ...
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Video: Spanish King Tells Hugo Chavez to Zip It
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 2:58:00 pm PST
His exact words were: “Por qué no te callas?” [Video]
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Gathering of Eagles vs. Fred Phelps Pod People
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 12:44:13 pm PST
A Gathering of Eagles versus the Westboro Baptist Fred Phelps cult: Veterans Day 2007. Vets responded to the Phelps crew with a salute.
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Sunday Morning Open Thread
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:14:15 am PST
With suspended yellow bucket.
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CAIR Meets Radical Palestinian Cleric
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 9:47:26 am PST
Unindicted co-conspirators CAIR are boasting about a meeting in their Washington DC headquarters with Palestinian Islamist cleric Tayseer al-Tamimi—who is well-known for raving about Jerusalem being an “Islamic city,” claiming that Zionist plots are afoot to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque, and attacking Pope Benedict for his statements on Islam. ...
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Announcing the Islamic Car
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 9:26:28 am PST
Women won’t be allowed to drive it, but Malaysian automaker Proton has announced plans for an Islamic car. The Malaysian carmaker Proton has announced plans to develop an “Islamic car”, designed for Muslim motorists. Proton is planning on teaming up with manufacturers in Iran and Turkey to create the unique vehicle. ...
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Spencer: Islamic Law and Violence
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 9:08:00 am PST
Robert Spencer has an interesting reply to a post by Dutch blogger Michael Van Der Galiën, on a subject that keeps coming up—Islamic law and violence. UPDATE at 11/11/07 1:46:01 pm: Van Der Galiën ripostes: “Pure Islam,” Me and Robert Spencer.
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Remembering Our Veterans
Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 8:22:02 am PST
This is the day on which we honor the sacrifices made by the men and women who have served in the United States military, and in the militaries of our allies throughout history. To all veterans, and especially all LGF-reading veterans, we extend our humble gratitude for your service. You’re ...
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Saturday Night Toilet House
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 7:25:45 pm PST
Sanitation activist Sim Jae-duck has realized his dream, in Suwon, South Korea.
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American Airlines Flight 590 Police Report
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 5:05:36 pm PST
Annie Jacobsen reports that American Airlines has no intention of settling the “racial profiling” lawsuit brought against them by six Arab Iraqis, and she posts the police report on the incident to show why: Police Report: American Airlines Flight 590. This 12-page police report explains why American Airlines should never ...
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Video: Al Jazeera Cursing Match
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 4:11:35 pm PST
Here’s a classic Arab shouting match that degenerates into a pretty humorous cursing session, with a dentally-challenged old cleric confronting a liberal Syrian author on Al Jazeera’s unsanitized Arabic version. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Double 'Grim Milestone' Watch
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 4:00:22 pm PST
It’s a record of some kind as the Associated Press gets two grim milestones into one headline: Deaths mark grim Afghan, Iraq milestones. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Anarchists Battle Neo-Nazis in Prague
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 3:51:37 pm PST
Neo-Nazis battled anarchists with clubs and molotov cocktails in the streets of Prague today, as protesters outnumbered skinheads two to one. PRAGUE (AFP) - Brandishing yellow stars and red flags, more than 1,000 people rallied in Prague’s old Jewish quarter Saturday to block a far-right march on the anniversary of ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 2:53:52 pm PST
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain
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Video: MPACUK Leader Whines, Seethes
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 1:52:02 pm PST
Asghar Bukhari of Britain’s whacked-out MPACUK Muslim advocacy and Holocaust denial group explains that British Muslims are living in a virtual police state, and Britain had better wake up and start treating them better or else. (I’m paraphrasing.) [Video]
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Al-Dura and the 'Public Secret' of Middle East Journalism
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 1:20:30 pm PST
A good piece on the media’s complicity with terrorist propaganda, by Richard Landes: Al-Dura and the ‘Public Secret’ of Middle East Journalism. In the summer of 2006, Reuters News Agency, humiliated when bloggers caught them duped by obvious photographic manipulation, fired both the photographer and the chief of their photographic ...
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Kos Kook Flick Tanks
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:37:54 pm PST
The Daily Kos-endorsed Robert Redford film Lions for Lambs is utterly tanking at the box office: Daily Box Office for Friday, November 9, 2007.
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Our Friends the Saudis
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:13:13 pm PST
From the official English language mouthpiece of the Saudi royal family, ArabNews, as the Annapolis “peace summit” approaches:
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Video: A French Documentary on Vlaams Belang
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:08:52 am PST
An LGF reader in Spain has translated and subtitled a French documentary on the Belgian Vlaams Blok/Belang party, with even more information on their disturbing history—revealing once again why I believe it’s a serious mistake for US anti-jihad bloggers to make affiliations with the VB and other European far-right groups: [Video] Previous ...
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Weird Science Update: Columbia Prof Was Misquoted
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 9:25:24 am PST
Columbia professor George Saliba was quoted by Pakistan’s Daily Times saying that all modern scientific discoveries were made by Muslims, but an LGF reader forwarded an email from the professor that says the Daily Times made it all up. (Which isn’t hard to believe.) This should teach you not to ...
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Should Muslims Integrate into the West?
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 8:45:45 am PST
As Mohamed Abdul Bari tells Britain that Muslim integration should go both ways, here’s an excellent article at the Middle East Quarterly with insight into the Islamic reasoning behind such statements: Should Muslims Integrate into the West? If Muslim jurists insist Muslim immigrants avoid assimilation and reserve loyalty to the ...
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MCB Leader: UK Should Be More Islamic, Less Like Nazi Germany
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 8:17:40 am PST
The leader of the radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Council of Britain, Muhammad Abdul Bari, has issued another series of veiled threats, Nazi comparisons, and whining complaints: ‘UK will become Nazi Germany’ if it’s not careful when tackling terrorism, says Muslim leader. As for “integration,” he thinks it ...
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Happy Birthday, Marines
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 7:28:02 am PST
Happy 232nd birthday to the United States Marine Corps! UPDATE at 11/10/07 7:44:02 am: And on this occasion, don’t forget the Project Valour-IT Veterans Day Fundraiser, to provide voice-activated laptop computers to injured and disabled veterans.
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Mullah Krekar: Not Welcome in Norway
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 9:00:50 pm PST
Norwegian court upholds expulsion of Mullah Krekar. OSLO, Norway: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a government order to expel the founder of Ansar al-Islam, a suspected Islamic terror group in Iraq, as a threat to Norwegian national security. Two lower courts had also upheld a government order to deport Kurdish ...
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The Islamist Barry Manilow
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 7:31:00 pm PST
I differ with Debbie Schlussel on one small point; Marcel Khalife is not the Islamist Richard Wagner, he’s the Islamist Barry Manilow. Remember Richard Wagner? The European composer was not only a well-known anti-Semite, but the Nazis played his music while they murdered hundreds of thousands of the 6 million ...
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Camel Beauty Contests Declared Evil
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 5:49:07 pm PST
Camel beauty contests: Definitely evil. RIYADH - A leading authority of Saudi Arabia’s hardline school of Islam has condemned camel beauty contests as evil, saying those involved should seek repentance in God. Camel pageants have become major events in the desert kingdom in recent years as tribes hold ever larger competitions, ...
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Ron Paul's Old Newsletter Revealed
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 4:29:08 pm PST
LGF reader Shiplord Kirel alerts us to some very interesting excerpts at Free Republic from the old Ron Paul newsletter, being posted by a Freeper over the objections of the site’s Paulians. The excerpts are from the mid 80s to the late 90s: Ron Paul supported the PLO terrorists (1985) Ron ...
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Update: Threatening Video Removed from YouTube, But Not Threatener
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 3:30:26 pm PST
That threatening video against British councillor Alan Craig has been removed from YouTube, but the user who posted it, abdullah1425, still has his account, and has posted this: TO ALL VIEWERS I HAVE BEEN MAKING VIDEOS AGAINST ALAN CRAIG’S ARGUMENTS FOR A LONG TIME. HE IS NOW USING THE NATIONAL MEDIA ...
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LA Police Plan to 'Map' Muslim Communities
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 3:00:12 pm PST
The counter-terrorism bureau of the Los Angeles Police Department announced a plan to compile a map of Muslim communities, and the usual Islamic advocacy groups and unindicted co-conspirators and the ACLU are pitching the expected fit: Anger at LA police plan to ‘map’ Muslims. LOS ANGELES (AFP) — A plan ...
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Neo-Xeno Coalition in Danger
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 2:05:56 pm PST
The Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (ITS) coalition of far-right European parties may be collapsing, as Romanian members break out the dreaded F word to describe hot neo-xeno Italian babe MEP Alessandra Mussolini after she insulted their honor: Cat Fight on the Far Right: Mussolini’s Romania Comments Split Extremist MEP Group. The ...
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Hamas: If Israel Withdraws from West Bank, It's Ours
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 12:15:01 pm PST
Here’s an alternative opinion from Hamas on the upcoming Annapolis “peace conference” between Israel and the Fatah party, at which Israeli PM Olmert seems determined to make serious concessions on the issue of withdrawing settlements in the West Bank: Hamas says it will seize West Bank if Israel withdraws. Well, of ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 11:20:10 am PST
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. — Sir Winston Churchill
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Anti-War Movies Tank, AFP Spins
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 10:35:51 am PST
The world’s most openly biased wire service, Agence France Presse, has a piece on the recent crop of awful Hollywood movies about terrorism and Iraq, completely ignoring the films’ unanimous left-wing political slant to argue that they’re failing because the war is unpopular: Hollywood is casualty of war as movie-goers ...
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UN Springs Into Action, Becomes Disturbed
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 9:36:29 am PST
The video was flagged as “objectionable” by YouTube, but it got the attention of the United Nations: UN ‘disturbed’ by UNRWA school incident. The United Nations is very disturbed about an incident last month in which Gaza terrorists fired mortar shells from a UN school and will open an investigation, ...
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Weblog Award Winners Announced
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 8:59:38 am PST
Congratulations to Fark.com for winning the Best Online Community category of the 2007 Weblog Awards. LGF came in second in this year’s competition—beating Daily Kos by a significant margin. Congrats to all the other winners, and especially to JammieWearingFool for Best New Blog, zombietime for Best Photo Blog, LawHawk for Best ...
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NYT Jihadi Threatens MyPetJawa
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 8:37:20 am PST
Rusty Shackleford gets a death fatwa from that jihadi profiled by the New York Times: The Jawa Report: Reader Love Mail: From Inshallahshaheed With Love Edition.
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Lieberman Slams Netroots and Pandering Dems
Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 8:22:52 am PST
Senator Joe Lieberman, practically the sole remaining sane Democrat, has some words for the Daily Kos Kooks and the Code Pink loons: Lieberman Lashes Out at Democrats. Mr. Lieberman was particularly critical of his 22 Democratic colleagues in the Senate who voted against the senator’s resolution to label Iran’s revolutionary ...
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Thursday Night Link Depot
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 7:30:33 pm PST
Dhimmi Watch: Fitzgerald: A tribute to Jorg Haider Three to Watch: Populists of the Hard Right - New York Times: From the outside, Dewinter’s English-style-cottage home looks like the others that fill the suburbs around Antwerp — if you overlook the 15-foot sign featuring a clenched fist and the exhortation “Beat ...
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The Significance of Runes
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 5:51:03 pm PST
LGF operative BabbaZee (with assistance from many other American and European lizards) has another interesting rummage through the transnational symbology of the White Nationalist movement: Nazis Rune Everything.
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The Hollywood Front
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 4:03:53 pm PST
Libertas has some links to trailers for Brian DePalma’s upcoming anti-war film, “Redacted,” a leftist anti-military fantasy come to life: Coming Soon! From Hollywood.
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Thursday Midday Open Thread
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 2:11:18 pm PST
The weirder you are going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. — P. J. O’Rourke
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Video: The Lyrical Terrorist
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 12:45:11 pm PST
Here’s a video clip from UK television on a Muslim woman convicted under Britain’s new terror laws, who called herself “the lyrical terrorist.” [Video] The full story is at The Daily Mail: British Muslim woman convicted of penning poems about beheadings.
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CAIR Whines, Seethes Over Robertson Endorsement
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 11:06:54 am PST
In yet another paid press release that looks like a news report, the Council on American Islamic Relations urges Rudy Giuliani to reject Pat Robertson’s endorsement. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today urged GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani to reconsider his ...
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John Doe Lawsuit #2
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 10:25:00 am PST
The Washington Times’ Audrey Hudson and Sara Carter have new information on the case of the Iraqi Pentagon contractors suing American Airlines for discrimination. A group of Iraqi Pentagon contractors is suing American Airlines claiming racial discrimination for delaying its flight, but a police report shows that some of the ...
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Israel Thinks ElBaradei Should Go
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 9:41:11 am PST
Israeli “strategic negotiator” Shaul Mofaz is calling for the IAEA’s Mohamed ElBaradei to be fired. Israel’s top strategic negotiator called for the removal of the U.N.’s chief nuclear inspector. “Replacing him would be the right choice,” Shaul Mofaz said of Mohammed ElBaradei, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency. “The ...
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Miniter Misrepresents LGF Vlaams Belang Posts (aka Vlaams Belang Nazi Links)
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 8:32:58 am PST
Now Richard Miniter has decided to jump into the Vlaams Belang controversy: Actually, Hitler liked Islam. I’m not sure how the fact that Adolf Hitler formed alliances with Islamists (a fact covered many times at LGF) is supposed to prove anything about the Vlaams Belang today. Maybe Miniter can clarify that ...
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Wednesday Overnight Open
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 9:23:54 pm PST
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. — Duke Ellington
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Guilt By Association?
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 5:52:43 pm PST
At Infidel Bloggers Alliance: An Email From An Infidel Gone Bad! ... tell me: why is it that the KKK or the Nazis are bad? Why does Charles Johnson think they are bad? Have you actually considered the moral question at all or are you just screaming along with the ...
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Michael Yon's Photo of the Year
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 5:13:27 pm PST
An inspiring photograph of a momentous event, from Michael Yon: Thanks and Praise. Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it ...
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WSJ: Those U.N. Super-Sleuths
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 2:07:18 pm PST
A Wall Street Journal on the United Nations’ blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei: Those U.N. Super-Sleuths. So Mohamed ElBaradei finds it “distressing” that neither Israel nor the U.S. shared information with him about an apparent Syrian nuclear program before Israeli jets destroyed it on September 6. Imagine that: Not ...
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Ron Paul Army Scores Big Win
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 1:01:27 pm PST
Ron Paul wins! No, not the nomination, and not an LGF poll. The Backlash Comparison: Who’s Nuttier, Apple Fanatics or Ron Paul Enthusiasts?
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 11:53:45 am PST
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. — Saki
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Video: Bali Bombing Cleric: Bombings in America Are Cool, Bombings in Islamic World Just OK
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 11:00:50 am PST
Abu Bakr Al-Ba’shir, who served only two years in prison for his part in the Islamic mass murder attacks in Bali, says he doesn’t support bombings in the Islamic world, but mass murdering Americans is just dandy. Oh, but if the Muslim mujahideen should happen to bomb somewhere in the Muslim ...
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FBI's Latest Outreach Outrage
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 10:11:07 am PST
Again the US government reaches out to the wrong people: FBI’s Latest Outreach Outrage. As reported in the Detroit Free Press (see: Detroit’s FBI chief: Violence extremism cuts across religions), two top FBI officials from that office “spoke to about 50 Muslims inside the Islamic Organization of North America, or ...
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Weird Science Watch
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 9:01:04 am PST
According to Columbia University Arabic and Islamic Studies professor George Saliba, if it weren’t for Muslim scientists we’d all be living in caves and eating rocks: ‘All modern discoveries are by Muslim scientists’. LAHORE: Muslim scientists have made all discoveries of the current age, said University of Columbia’s Arabic and ...
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Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 7:55:27 am PST
Here’s an endorsement I didn’t expect Rudy Giuliani to get: Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani for President. UPDATE at 11/7/07 8:22:04 am: Hot Air has the vidclip: Pat Robertson to endorse Giuliani; Update: Video added. UPDATE at 11/7/07 8:26:29 am: Tammy Bruce detects a certain scent about this: What’s that Smell?
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YouTube Asked to Curb Jihad Videos
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 7:50:26 am PST
Some European politicians are asking YouTube to crack down on the Islamic terrorist videos that are all over the site. The YouTube website is facing calls to crack down on extremist videos promoting violence after it emerged it was being used to post footage of Islamic fighters with guns and ...
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Tuesday Overnight Open
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 9:17:18 pm PST
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. — Eric Hoffer
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Video: Al Jazeera's English Spin Factory
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 7:54:13 pm PST
Via Al Jazeera’s English mouthpiece, YouTube, a classic bit of redirection on the disturbing issue of Saudi hate literature in British mosques, featuring the always effervescent Inayat Bunglawala, typecast as usual in the role of “Islamist puppet:” [Video]
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Paulian Interweb Decoys
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 4:12:37 pm PST
Ron Paulians with yet another new way to trick people into thinking the Only Man Who Can Save America is riding a massive wave of support all the way into the White House: Decoy Election Websites Pretend to Root for Your Candidate. It took less than a month for Jason ...
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Pope Benedict Meets Saudi King Abdullah
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 12:55:26 pm PST
Here’s something you don’t see every day. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah held a historic meeting on Tuesday and discussed the situation of minority Christians in the Islamic country where the Vatican wants them to have more freedom. At the first meeting between a Pope ...
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A White Power Rat in the Vlaams Belang Youth Magazine
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 11:14:10 am PST
In the controversy over the association of counter-jihad bloggers and far-right European parties such as the Vlaams Belang, the latest claim being floated out there is that I’ve been “taken in” by Belgian agents provocateurs, who have infiltrated the Vlaams Belang party for the purpose of discrediting it. The theory ...
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European Anti-Terror Sweep
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 9:42:56 am PST
Italian police headed up a large sweep of terror suspects in several European countries today, arresting 20 Islamic extremists who were in the process of setting up terrorist recruitment and training cells. Two men have been arrested in Britain as part of a European anti-terror operation led by Italian police. A ...
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Tuesday Morning Open
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 9:15:38 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a Tuesday morning; our “Daily Archives” feature is temporarily missing again, because alas—the dreaded “Operation Aborted” error message in Internet Explorer has not been fixed in the latest version of the jQuery UI Datepicker. It just learned to hide a little better.
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Islamic Threat Posted at YouTube, YouTube Takes No Action
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 8:44:27 am PST
British councillor Alan Craig, a vocal opponent of the “mega mosque” planned to be built near the site of the 2012 Olympics, has received a nasty threat via the terrorists’ favorite video-sharing network, YouTube: Opponent of ‘mega-mosque’ receives chilling death threat on YouTube. Despite the appearance of this article in the ...
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Another Fake 'Hate Crime' at GWU
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 8:14:30 am PST
The case of those mysterious swastikas that have been appearing at George Washington University has been revealed as another phony “hate crime:” George Washington University Student Who Complained of Swastikas Admits Drawing Them. WASHINGTON — Officials at George Washington University say a student who complained of swastikas being ...
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'Grim Milestone' Watch
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 at 8:09:06 am PST
The Associated Press has figured out how to put an anti-war spin on the declining casualty rate in Iraq, as they celebrate yet another “grim milestone:” 2007 is deadliest year for US in Iraq. BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Tuesday announced the deaths of five more soldiers, making 2007 ...
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UFO Candidate to Call for Impeachment
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 9:51:28 pm PST
If he isn’t abducted by aliens first, Dennis Kucinich is going to try to impeach Dick Cheney. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich is planning to make a procedural move on the House floor Tuesday that would call up a vote on the Democratic presidential candidate’s resolution to impeach Vice President Dick ...
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Britain's Huge Problem, Getting Worse
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 8:10:36 pm PST
At City Journal, Melanie Phillips has a scary piece on Britain’s Anti-Semitic Turn. Anti-Semitism is rife within Britain’s Muslim community. Islamic bookshops sell copies of Hitler’s Mein Kampf and the notorious czarist forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion; as an undercover TV documentary revealed in January, imams routinely ...
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Pro Cycling's Huge Problem
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 7:06:45 pm PST
An inside look at the ugly prevalence of high-stakes pharmaceutical cheating in professional cycling, at Der Spiegel Online: Pro-Cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz Revisits Doping Scandal: ‘Your Main Concern Is Not to Get Caught’. SPIEGEL: Mr. Sinkewitz, how did you find out about the positive results of your doping test? Sinkewitz: It was ...
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Iowahawk: Then and Now
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 6:17:48 pm PST
1942 was certainly a very different time than 1936. Or 2007. My Book to Help America.
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Monday Afternoon Open
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 4:01:17 pm PST
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. — Steven Wright
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Video: A Holocaust-Denying 'Rabbi' on Iranian TV
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 1:02:16 pm PST
Austrian rabbi and chief of the Orthodox Anti-Zionist society of Austria, Moshe Aryeh Friedman, on Iranian television September 30, 2007. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Moshe Aryeh Friedman: The existence of the Zionist regime is based upon the belief that they have to destroy the belief in God throughout the world. ...
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Heroes of the Writers Strike
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 12:37:49 pm PST
LGF reader Gregg Rossen sent a link to a funny short he and his writing partner Brian Sawyer made, about the Hollywood writer’s strike, titled “Heroes of the Writers Strike:” [Video] The LA Times had a piece about it last week: Screenwriters mull flipping burgers.
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Lebanese Terror Gang Training Exercises
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 12:00:22 pm PST
The terror gang Hizballah is continuing preparations for the next war with Israel, and the Associated Press continues to give them an avenue for their propaganda: Report: Hezbollah stages maneuvers. Armed Hezbollah guerillas gather in a bush with an anti-aircraft missile during training in the southern village of Jebaa, in ...
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 10:11:54 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a Monday autumn morning, and a place for any Internet Explorer users to let me know if you’re seeing that dreaded “Operation Aborted” error message when loading LGF. I’m trying a new version of the Javascript module that caused the problem, and in my own ...
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Kos Kook: The Honestly Real and Genuine Story Behind the Falling Casualty Rate
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 9:47:04 am PST
The military experts at Daily Kos have figured out why there’s been such a dramatic drop in violence in Iraq, and of course it has nothing to do with the surge or with a change in US tactics: Daily Kos: The Real Story Behind the Falling Casualty Rate in Iraq. Long ...
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Sources for Pim Fortuyn 'Fascist' Quote
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 8:44:41 am PST
If you’ve been following the misleading claims put out by Vlaams Belang supporters such as Brussels Journal, you probably noticed that they’re now saying that assassinated Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was a supporter of Vlaams Belang, and never called Filip DeWinter a ‘fascist,’ as cited by Wikipedia. Two European readers have ...
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Arab States Colluded To Persecute Jews
Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 8:21:36 am PST
Finally, some of the truth about Arab conspiracies is coming into the light: Arab ‘collusion’ against Jews. And the United Nations was right in the middle of it, covering it all up. UNITED NATIONS - New research shows there was Arab inter-state “collusion” to persecute Jews in Arab countries after Israel’s ...
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Sunday Night Beach
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 9:20:55 pm PST
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Snow Slams Media in Free Speech Speech
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 5:52:35 pm PST
The Kos Kooks hate him, of course, but Tony Snow rocks.
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LGF Technical Update: The Return of the Dreaded Daily Archives
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 5:25:54 pm PST
We’re trying a new version of the popup calendar Javascript code for our ‘Daily Archives’ feature (in the left sidebar, right underneath the LGF Headlines), an excellent plug-in for jQuery with the highly sexy name jQuery UI Datepicker. Last time this code was seen at LGF, many of you Internet Explorer ...
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The Joy of Sharia, Coming to a Bank Near You
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 3:11:37 pm PST
The Boston Globe has a glowing article on the wondrous new world of sharia-compliant finance. Now the industry is broadening its reach, from oil-rich Middle Eastern royalty to the middle class, raising the prospect that the impact of Islamic finance could be felt well outside the Muslim faith. More than ...
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So What's on My Bookshelf?
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 1:19:13 pm PST
UPDATE at 11/4/07 2:05:42 pm: This is what I’m reading in the bathroom, but please note: the picture was not taken in my bathroom. I do not keep a laptop computer in my bathroom.
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Shocka! Associated Press Fact-Checks Palestinian Claim
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 12:30:20 pm PST
A Palestinian “university student” supposedly trapped in Gaza tried to slip past Israeli authorities and into Texas with a forged document—but was thwarted by the Associated Press. Kudos to the AP for this one. A Palestinian included by a human rights group as one of hundreds of university students trapped in ...
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WN Weapons of Mass Deception
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 11:31:28 am PST
Learn more than you ever thought existed about the White Nationalist subculture, their international connections, David Duke, Nick Griffin, and “entryism” at The Outraged Spleen of Zion: Weapons of Mass Deception. Yes, Filip DeWinter’s in here too. Here’s DeWinter with French neo-fascist/Holocaust “minimizer” Jean-Marie Le Pen: This photograph of DeWinter and Le ...
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Saudi Arabia: The Hub of World Terror
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 10:17:59 am PST
I hope you’re sitting down; this may come as quite a shock. Saudi Arabia is a hub of world terror. With oil prices surging, Saudi Arabia is growing in prosperity and embracing some modern trappings. Bibles and crucifixes are still banned, but internet access is spreading and there are plans for ...
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NYT on Hugo Chavez
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 9:32:13 am PST
The New York Times continues a long tradition of useful idiocy, with a piece on Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez: Chavez is a Genius of a Politician: Charming, Folksy, Flirtatious. UPDATE at 11/4/07 10:28:19 am: It should be noted that the full article, although overly sympathetic to Chavez, is an interesting look at ...
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Schlussel: A Muslim-Endorsed Candidate's Antisemitic Flags
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 9:27:29 am PST
Debbie Schlussel has an interesting post with the background story on an antisemitic, pro-Palestinian flag and banner that’s been flying from a house in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Nov 4, 2007 at 8:27:26 am PST
People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds up a mirror for you? — Isaac Asimov
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Saturday Night Pier
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 10:14:14 pm PDT
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The Egyptian Physician vs. the Libyan Wacko
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 9:51:29 pm PDT
Wacky Gadafi has gotten himself on the wrong side of Al Qaeda; Ayman al-Zawahiri called him “an enemy of Islam” today. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s No. 2 figure harshly criticized Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening ...
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A Nuanced Look at Brussels Journal's Latest Claim
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 3:10:41 pm PDT
At The Brussels Journal, Paul Belien tries to obfuscate the issue of Pim Fortuyn’s rejection of Filip DeWinter and the Vlaams Belang, with a little selective quoting from an article at Fortuyn’s web site: Pim Fortuyn on Filip Dewinter. Here’s the article at the Fortuyn web site, in Dutch. It’s about ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 11:11:42 am PDT
It’s a sad day when you find out that it’s not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you. — Lillian Hellman
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LGF Up for 'Best Online Community' Award
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 10:31:53 am PDT
LGF has been nominated in the Best Online Community of the 2007 Weblog Awards. You can vote once every 24 hours. UPDATE at 11/3/07 10:42:33 am: Zombie has helpfully put together a list of other nominees we’re happy to support, long-time lizardoid operatives: Vote for JammieWearingFool in Best New Blog Vote for zombietime in ...
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Hell Breaks Loose in Pakistan
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 9:58:15 am PDT
General Pervez Musharraf has suspended Pakistan’s constitution, halted all television broadcasts and suspended telephone service in Islamabad, and declared a state of emergency. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ...
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Bawer: Norway's Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 9:46:24 am PDT
Bruce Bawer has an interesting article at PJ Media on Norway’s Very Own Ayaan Hirsi Ali. As Europe’s Islamization proceeds apace, the gap widens between ordinary folks’ growing recognition of the outrages that are going on all around them and the movers and shakers’ cynical insistence on pretending that everything’s ...
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Video: Leftist Student Insanity in the UK
Sat, Nov 3, 2007 at 9:28:43 am PDT
Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service, is harassed and screamed at by moonbat British students, on his “Bilderberger” connections and numerous wacko conspiracy theories, including 9/11 Troof. This kind of sickening garbage isn’t only happening in the United States. [Video] (Hat tip: rumpole.)
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Friday Overnight Thread
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 9:45:40 pm PDT
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! — William Blake
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Robert Spencer's Speech at Dartmouth
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 8:30:33 pm PDT
From Joe’s Dartblog: Watch Robert Spencer at Dartmouth.
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Friday Night Albino Whitetail Deer
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 7:31:44 pm PDT
I think it may be time for an incredibly cute, one in a million albino Whitetail Deer, from Rhinelander, Wisconsin: (Hat tip: chris the professor.)
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Zombie: Moronic Convergence in San Francisco
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 3:15:32 pm PDT
Last weekend in San Francisco, the moonbats, antisemites, and terror supporters turned out for another extended temper tantrum, and the indefatigable Zombie was there with a camera: San Francisco Anti-War Rally, October 27, 2007. They were supporting the troops in their own special way again. Here we see a couple of foreign ...
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The Mask Comes Off at Brussels Journal
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 2:10:32 pm PDT
The mask is really coming off at Brussels Journal, in a disgusting attack on Bruce Bawer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and myself: Is This What It Is All About? (Before clicking through, be aware that Belien has posted a deliberately offensive photograph of bondage gear-wearing homosexual men kissing, to illustrate his post.) In ...
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Ron Paul on Iranian Nukes: No Big Deal
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 1:33:07 pm PDT
Allahpundit links to an interview at CNN with The Only Man Who Can Save America (aka The Crazy Uncle)—but don’t count on him to save America from Iranian nuclear weapons: Ron Paul on Iranian nukes: “I wouldn’t do that much about it”. It’s a good thing this moonbat has less than ...
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Pipe Bomb at Palo Verde Nuclear Plant?
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 12:07:09 pm PDT
A scary story out of Arizona: Arizona Nuclear Plant on Lockdown. PHOENIX (AP) - Security officials at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small explosive device in the back of his pickup truck Friday, authorities said. The worker was stopped and detained at the entrance ...
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Now is DeWinter of Our Discontent
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 11:42:29 am PDT
Long time LGF reader BabbaZee is hereby promoted to operative for her post today about Filip DeWinter and the Vlaams Belang. Note that she was very skeptical about my misgivings when she started researching the Vlaams Belang. But after looking into this murky cesspool of White Nationalism, she’s been thoroughly ...
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Daily Kos Quoted in 'Lions for Lambs' Ad
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 11:03:46 am PDT
The Robert Redford anti-war film Lions for Lambs is not getting good reviews in advance of its release, and if it tanks as many expect it will, it could jeopardize MGM’s financing. Meanwhile, the filmmakers obviously know which audience they’re playing to—the Kos Kooks.
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Update: Ideological Reeducation Camps at University of Delaware Discontinued
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 10:29:47 am PDT
FIRE reports that the University of Delaware has discontinued their absurd, Stalinistic ideological reeducation program: Victory at University of Delaware. Late Thursday, University of Delaware President Patrick Harker released on the school’s website a Message to the University of Delaware Community terminating the university’s ideological reeducation program, which FIRE condemned ...
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Agence France Presse Spins in Two Directions at Once
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 10:01:13 am PDT
Newsbusters catches the world’s most unreliable major wire service, Agence France Press, publishing two completely opposite opinions on the Iraqi surge—by the same writer.
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Palestinian Terrorists Firing Mortars from Elementary School
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 9:38:04 am PDT
Islamists at YouTube have succeeded in getting this video flagged as objectionable, showing Palestinian terrorists firing mortars from an elementary school building in Gaza. Meanwhile, a huge number of antisemitic and jihad videos continue to be available on YouTube without any restriction, despite being flagged over and over. [Video] Just a ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 9:08:49 am PDT
My internet provider picked this morning to have an outage, and the connection just came back up. The email’s still coming in, so here’s an open thread to start the day while I catch up...
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Saudi Arrogance on Steroids
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 9:12:23 pm PDT
Tonight’s almost unbelievable story of Saudi arrogance comes from George W. Bush’s former pal Prince Bandar, who says the religious apartheid kingdom could have helped the US avoid the 9/11 attacks if only we would have listened to them. Remember, this is coming from the country that has spent billions of ...
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Muslim Woman Demands Right to Be Oppressed While Banking
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 7:54:01 pm PDT
Get ready for CAIR’s next whinefest: California Bank Refuses to Open Account for Muslim Woman Wearing Headscarf.
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Hutton Gibson for Ron Paul
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 7:06:22 pm PDT
Mel Gibson’s Holocaust-denying father Hutton Gibson enthusiastically endorses The Only Man Who Can Save America. [Video] (Hat tip: Adam Holland.)
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Hamas Says 'Jump,' Reuters and AP Say, 'How High?'
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 4:59:40 pm PDT
Whenever Hamas needs to get out some propaganda, all they have to do is pick up a phone and call Reuters and the Associated Press: Terrorists Ask, Press Answers.
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A Look at Europe's 'Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty' Group
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 12:50:46 pm PDT
Here’s a look at the European Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty group, a who’s who of the White Nationalist movement in Europe. “Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty” (ITS) is a group in the European Parliament formed on January 15, 2007 by members who share xenophobic, racist and anti-Semitic views. The grouping ...
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Video: Saudi Cleric Explains Proper Islamic Wife Beating to Teens
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 11:06:00 am PDT
In a Ramadan television show for young Muslims, Saudi cleric Muhammad Al-’Arifi explains the proper way to beat one’s wife. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Muhammad Al-’Arifi: Men beat women more often than women beat men. I said that some women beat their husbands because this happens, but it is rare, ...
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Britain to Pay 70M Pounds to Muslim Groups
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 10:05:02 am PDT
The Arabic word jizya refers to the tax paid by non-Muslims in an Islamic society, in order to buy protection from attacks. The new British government apparently understands this concept quite well: Muslim groups get £70m to tackle extremism. Muslim groups will receive £70 million in Government funds to help ...
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Peace Group to Mark Kristallnacht with Holocaust Denial Conference
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 9:09:11 am PDT
A University of Oregon “peace group” called the Pacifica Forum is planning to remember the Nazi atrocity of Kristallnacht this year with two days of speeches and conferences led by a neo-Nazi Holocaust denier. Yes, really. Here’s another story concerning what appears to be a trend: purported “peace activists” promoting ...
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Michael Yon: 'Al Qaeda in Iraq is Defeated'
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 8:51:43 am PDT
Hot Air has an audio clip from the John Gibson radio show, of Michael Yon talking about the defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Here’s the post at Yon’s site: Iraqi Islamic Party says, “Al Qaeda is Defeated.”
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Religion of Peace Strikes in Pakistan
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 8:29:48 am PDT
Eight more dead at the hands of a suicide bomber, but the Pakistani military took out 70 “militants:” Pakistan in turmoil as 78 die in fresh violence. SARGODHA, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber on Thursday killed eight Pakistan air force personnel while 70 militants died in clashes, amid mounting ...
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'Repugnant?' Yes, That's What I Wrote
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 8:26:33 am PDT
A comment I made in our overnight thread led to this post at Brussels Journal: Repugnant. Why would I say that about Brussels Journal? Here are two of the comments posted over there in response: Convergence of neocon morons at LGF Submitted by darrinh on Thu, 2007-11-01 14:44. LGF has always been Zionist ...
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Wednesday Night Link Depot
Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:02:10 pm PDT
I’m going to make this a regular end-of-the-day feature, because I always have a bunch of links at the end of the day that I couldn’t find time to write about. U.S. Anti-Immigrant Groups Meet with Belgian Racists Vlaams Belang in the USA Guess who Europe’s subsidizing? Jewish community furious at De Wever — ...
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