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LGF Archives: December 2004

Friday, December 31, 2004

Yet Another Open New Year's Eve Topic

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 6:59:49 pm PST

I propose a toast to the blogosphere.

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Fiskie Nominations 2004, Topic Two

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 5:09:55 pm PST

Here’s my current list of nominations (35 of them, in no particular order) for the 2004 LGF Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (“Fiskie” for short). If your favorite candidate isn’t on here, speak now or forever hold your peace. Judging from our previous topic for nominations, it looks ...

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Kofi Annan: "It Wasn't Inaction"

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 4:27:27 pm PST

The Washington Post called George W. Bush Insensitive, Freaky, and Stingy a couple of days ago, for not rushing back from vacation and jumping in front of the cameras. So what names will they call UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who kept on skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for three days? ...

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Open New Year's Eve Topic 2

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 3:31:01 pm PST

Since the first New Year’s thread is filling up with verbiage already, here’s another one for open discussions.

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LGF Profile Enhancement

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 1:55:11 pm PST

Another new LGF feature is available by clicking the tiny green football that appears next to each user’s name when they post a comment, bringing up their user profile page. In this page is a new option to display a list of all the comments posted by that person within ...

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British Muslim Success Story

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:01:09 pm PST

Islam Online gloats about the triumph of British Muslim victimhood groups over “the Zionist lobby:” British Muslims a Success Story in 2004. LONDON, December 28 (IslamOnline.net) — If a Muslim community in Europe was to be awarded first prize in integration and remarkable achievements, the British would be definitely singled out, ...

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Diplomad Exclusive

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:13:33 am PST

The Diplomad has a news flash: Clare Short is an Idiot!

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Gender Apartheid and Islam

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:51:12 am PST

At FrontPage, a marathon symposium on Gender Apartheid and Islam features San Diego Muslim activist Mohamed El-Mallah, convert to Islam Julia Roach, author Robert Spencer, and founder of Faith Freedom Ali Sina.

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Laser Beam Mystery

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:29:09 am PST

FBI Probes Lasers Beamed at Plane Cockpits. WASHINGTON - The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of seven airplanes in flight since Christmas. Laser beams can temporarily blind or disorient pilots and possibly cause a plane to crash. The FBI ...

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Religion of Charity

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:05:42 am PST

At Islam Online’s “Live Fatwa” page, Dr. Sano Koutoub Moustapha, professor of Jurisprudence at the International Islamic University in Malaysia, answers questions about whether it is permissible for Muslims to aid non-Muslim victims of the tsunami: Live Fatwa! (Hat tip: pounce_uk.) Name: Mary Question: It is permissible for us, as Muslims, to make ...

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Case Study of a Failed European Policy

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 9:44:13 am PST

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has a look at a Dutch interior ministry report on Radical Islam in The Netherlands: A Case Study of a Failed European Policy. Here’s the summary of the article: * On December 23, 2004, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior published a 60-page report entitled ...

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Open New Year's Eve Topic

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 8:46:59 am PST

Open New Year’s Eve thread, part the first.

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CWN Corrects Mistranslated Vatican Article

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 8:43:52 am PST

Catholic World News has issued a correction for their mistranslation of a Vatican newspaper article, making it clear that the Vatican was criticizing Sri Lanka for not accepting Israel’s help: Vatican, Dec. 30 (CWNews.com) - The following is a corrected version of a story that appeared on CWNews.com earlier this week, ...

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Birds of a Feather

Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 7:54:14 am PST

This photograph tells you everything you need to know about the upcoming Palestinian sham election, as the Holocaust-denying front runner Abu Mazen poses openly with Zakaria Zubeidi—the leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a mass murderer on Israel’s most wanted list: Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the front-runner in the ...

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Thursday, December 30, 2004

The Effects of the Wave

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 5:44:41 pm PST

Satellite images of the devastation left in the wake of the killer tsunami. USAID: Earthquake and Tsunami Relief. UPDATE at 12/30/04 6:11:49 pm: LGF reader William points out a link to the high-resolution images: QuickBird Images of Tsunami Sites.

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LGF Search Enhancement

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 4:39:01 pm PST

No, this isn’t like those offers you receive in your email for enhancements of various bodily appendages. There’s a new feature in the LGF advanced search page: you can now choose to search “Comments only,” which will return a list of direct links to comments that match your search string. (Note that ...

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UN Adviser Goes Nuts

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:49:39 pm PST

Kofi Annan’s top adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, is getting a little too honest about his hatred for Israel: A Top Kofi Annan Aide Insults Israeli Leader. UNITED NATIONS - Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, yesterday urged that Secretary-General Annan fire his top adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, for his anti-Israel tirades. Mr. ...

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Muslims Claim Unfair Treatment

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:10:15 pm PST

Muslims claim unfair treatment at border. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An Islamic civil rights group Wednesday accused U.S. border agents of religious profiling after dozens of American Muslims were searched, fingerprinted and photographed on return from a religious conference in Toronto. Some of those stopped said they were held at the ...

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Anti-American Tsunami Riders

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:11:36 am PST

Another appalling outburst of acrimony towards the United States, in what will probably be the next counter-assault from the United Nations, courtesy of former UK cabinet minister Clare Short: Bush ‘Undermining UN with Aid Coalition’. (Hat tip: maddyg.) United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the ...

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Evolve Or Die

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:50:47 am PST

Another great column from Victor Davis Hanson, who offers some helpful advice to the Left: Into the Tar Pits. * Quit idolizing Europe. It was a far larger arms merchant to Saddam than was the United States; it supplied most of Dr. Khan’s nuclear laboratory; it financed much of the Oil-for-Food ...

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AFP Quotes Hamas "Official"

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 9:48:48 am PST

In a story about three terrorists eliminated by the IDF, Agence France Presse refers to a Hamas thug as “an official.” GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three militants from the armed branch of the Palestinian group Hamas were killed overnight by Israeli army fire during an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip, ...

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Nick Coleman: The First Draft

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 9:25:51 am PST

Iowahawk says he’s trying to quit but he’s been dumpster-diving again, out behind the Mall of America, and he came up with the first draft of Nick Coleman’s attack on Power Line. OOOH, TIME MAGAZINE BLOG OF THE YEAR! I AM SO FREAKING IMPRESSED... NOT By Nick Coleman Star-Tribune The end of the year ...

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Radical Islam Apologist at Northeastern U

Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 8:35:20 am PST

Shahid Alam, professor of economics at Northeastern University, says that Mohammed Atta and the other September 11 mass murderers were just like the American colonists fighting against the British in the Revolutionary War: America and Islam - Seeking Parallels. (Hat tip: mhayes.) On April 19, 1775, 700 British troops reached Concord, ...

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Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Maybe More Money Will Help

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 7:34:44 pm PST

A Sri Lankan rescue worker shows his sympathies. (Hat tip: Jen.)

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Robot Camel Racing in Qatar

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 5:50:48 pm PST

The monarchy of Qatar has decided to stop using indentured child servants in camel races. DOHA (AFP) - Qatar said it was banning the use of children as jockeys in camel races, a favorite sport in the oil-rich Gulf region that has been widely criticised over the use of children brought ...

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Cynthia McKinney (D-Conspiracy)

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 2:02:56 pm PST

Like an Energizer Moonbat, she just keeps going ... and going ... Cynthia McKinney (D-Conspiracy). A few links more, and you wind up at McKinney’s speech “Democracy Is Under Attack—Let’s take it Back.” The speech is a sort of lodestone for McKinniacs. It is a rambling series of remarks delivered at ...

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Israeli Aid, Unreported

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 1:45:36 pm PST

Here’s an important story that’s gone almost completely unreported (or worse, misreported): Israeli Tsunami Aid. When disaster strikes anywhere in the world, Israelis can be counted on to help. So it’s no surprise that within hours of the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the following humanitarian missions all departed from ...

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Orange County Muslim Leader to Leave US

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 1:34:25 pm PST

Muslim leader agrees to leave United States. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) An Orange County mosque leader from Egypt who authorities said had given speeches that could be considered supportive of terrorist organizations agreed Tuesday to leave the United States voluntarily, giving up his fight to remain in the country. Wagdy Ghoneim is ...

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Nick Coleman Goes Nuts

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 12:08:11 pm PST

Someone should tell Nick Coleman, who has launched a truly wacko attack on Power Line, that public unhingement is very unattractive: ‘Blog of the Year’ goes to extremes. One of the looniest, most overboard mainstream media outbursts of the year, reminiscent of the kind of borderline psychotic ranting you find ...

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Ramsey Clarke to Defend Saddam

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 11:56:28 am PST

Former US attorney general Ramsey Clarke, best friend of dictators and mass murderers and co-founder of the moonbat “anti-war” group International ANSWER, has joined Saddam Hussein’s legal team. (Hat tip: Daniel.) Former US attorney-general Ramsey Clark is to join Saddam Hussein’s defence team, a spokesman for the ousted Iraqi president’s lawyers ...

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WaPo on Bush: Insensitive, Freaky, Stingy

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:58:29 am PST

Here’s the latest Bush-bashing media meme, already spreading like wildfire through the usual channels: that President Bush is “insensitive” to the suffering caused by the Indonesian tsunami. The Washington Post’s opening paragraph: The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian ...

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Huge Explosion in Saudi Arabia

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:20:07 am PST

Large Explosion Rocks Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A large explosion went off in central Riyadh on Wednesday evening, witnesses said, and ambulances and police cars rushed to the scene. Three helicopters were seen hovering over the area, as sirens were heard soon after the 8:35 p.m. blast. Al-Jazeera reported ...

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Warren: The Demons

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 8:51:30 am PST

Following President Bush’s visit to Ottawa earlier this month, David Warren wrote this perceptive column on what drives the deranged Bush-hating left: The Demons. What we see on the streets of Ottawa, instead, is an almost pure fanaticism — that radical spirit of alienation that ultimately motivates the Jihadis, too. This ...

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Christmas Purge Backfires

Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 8:27:09 am PST

Mark Steyn’s back at the Sun-Times, and he says that efforts to purge ‘Christmas’ have backfired. The seasonally litigious rest their fanatical devotion to the de-Christification of Christmas on the separation of church and state. America’s founders were certainly opposed to the “establishment” of religion, whose meaning is clear enough to ...

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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

A Hand in Time of Need

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 6:00:31 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons. USAID has a page listing agencies that are accepting donations for assistance to those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis: Earthquake and Tsunami Relief - NGOs.

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Navy SEALs Sue Associated Press

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 3:02:33 pm PST

Six Navy SEALs are suing the Associated Press for publishing personal photographs (presumably without releases) that revealed the SEALs’ identities, as part of another trumped-up “prisoner abuse” story. (Hat tip: leftcoaster.) NEW YORK — Six Navy SEALs and two of their wives filed a lawsuit against The Associated Press and one ...

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Ten Errors about Memogate in One Paragraph

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 1:56:15 pm PST

This is priceless: WaPo: 10 Errors about Memogate in One Paragraph.

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The Election's Over; Bush Won

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 1:41:57 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! President Bush wins second term! Ohio Recount Ends, Shows Vote Closer. (Hat tip: buzhopper.) TOLEDO, Ohio - Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving about 300 votes off President Bush’s six-figure margin of victory in the state that ...

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Tsunami Video

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 1:20:08 pm PST

Jordan Golson has three absolutely chilling amateur videos of the tsunami in the Bay of Bengal.

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Arab League Seethes, Whines, Threatens

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 1:04:13 pm PST

In some alternate universe where the Arab League stands for progress and the liberalization of Arab societies, Secretary General Amr Moussa says there is absolutely no hope of a Palestinian state as long as the Palestinian religious establishment continues portraying the killing of Jews as a religious and historical necessity. But ...

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UN Official Backs Down

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 12:21:17 pm PST

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland has had a sudden change of heart: UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not ‘Stingy’. (Hat tip: Jon_force.) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, playing down ...

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Plague of Moonbats at the Pentagon

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:30:29 am PST

Captain Ed has a letter from a reader about anti-American protesters plaguing the Pentagon, with a request for help in a counter-demonstration. Do we have any Potomac-area lizardoids who would be interested in showing support for the people who work there? I’m a lieutenant colonel currently assigned to the Pentagon. The ...

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The Rising Sea

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:12:47 am PST

Belmont Club, as always, has some very good posts about the gigantic earthquake and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people, including a link to this animation of the killer waves propagating across the Bay of Bengal.

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RIP Susan Sontag

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 10:36:48 am PST

One of the leading lights of the left has died: Author and Activist Susan Sontag Dies. While the ruins of the World Trade Center were still smoldering, Susan Sontag wrote this for the New Yorker: Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” ...

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Tom Shales: "No Forging Has Yet Been Proved"

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 9:43:00 am PST

Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales can’t possibly believe the fraudulent CBS memos might be genuine, can he? (Hat tip: froggy.) Tireless press critics during war or peacetime, the conservatives were handed a valuable new weapon when CBS News fumbled a report detailing the president’s shoddy record as a member of ...

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A New Divide

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 9:08:49 am PST

John Podhoretz points out that the soldiers serving in the US military are more committed and motivated than ever, as Democrat leaders and mainstream media work ceaselessly to undercut support for the war at home: A New Divide. December 28, 2004 — IT will surely be difficult for many people of ...

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Corrupt Scandal-Plagued UN Bashes US Generosity

Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 8:45:43 am PST

Need another reason to despise the United Nations? U.N. official slams U.S. as ‘stingy’ over aid. The Bush administration yesterday pledged $15 million to Asian nations hit by a tsunami that has killed more than 22,500 people, although the United Nations’ humanitarian-aid chief called the donation “stingy.” “The United States, at the ...

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Monday, December 27, 2004

MPAC: Counterterrorism is Counterproductive

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 7:13:18 pm PST

At a recent conference that was broadcast on C-SPAN2, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) distributed a handmade booklet (not available on their web site for some reason) consisting mainly of an obsessive attack on the work of Steven Emerson. There’s not a single fact-based refutation of Steve Emerson’s work in ...

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Gasoline Prices Declining

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 6:45:55 pm PST

Remember how, before the election, the price of gasoline seemed to be on a scary, precipitous climb to the heavens, with no summit in sight? Today comes a report that the retail price of gasoline has fallen for the eighth straight week. (Hat tip: Steven Den Beste.) WASHINGTON —U.S. retail gasoline prices ...

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PHP Security Mistakes

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 6:25:41 pm PST

With the recent discovery of a new variant of the Santy worm, here’s a good refresher course in common PHP Security Mistakes. UPDATE at 12/27/04 7:22:10 pm: If you’re paying a PHP developer to keep your site secure, it behooves you to make sure they are aware of these issues.

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The Fate of a Moderate

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 5:19:48 pm PST

In Kashmir, preaching peace in the wrong mosque will get you killed: Imam’s throat slit for saying peace prayers. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) Danwakote (rajouri), December 27: Piqued over the peace prayers at the local Jamia Masjid in non-descript hamlet of Danwakote in Rajouri district, militants last night abducted and slit ...

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A Karmic Coincidence

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 2:33:49 pm PST

Drug Firms Issue Memos on Michael Moore. LOS ANGELES - Some pharmaceutical companies are telling their employees to look out for the scruffy guy in the baseball cap. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that at least six drug companies have released internal communications telling employees to be wary of filmmaker Michael ...

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VDH: Our Challenges in the Year Ahead

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 1:51:20 pm PST

From Victor Davis Hanson: Our Challenges in the Year Ahead. Iran and Syria may sound defiant in the Islamic media; yet, the world around them in Israel, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq is either democratic or moving in that direction. Their support of terror and desire to acquire dangerous strategic weapons, in ...

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Osama Bin Draggin'

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 1:02:33 pm PST

Crazy Sammy Bin Laden is sounding more and more impotent these days; he’s gone from ranting about killing millions to begging the Iraqis not to vote: ‘Bin Laden’ Tape Asks Iraqis to Shun ‘Infidel’ Polls. DUBAI (Reuters) - An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, aired Monday ...

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Fortune Magazine on Blog Power

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:03:51 pm PST

Fortune Magazine has a very interesting piece by David Kirkpatrick and Daniel Roth on the growing clout of the blogosphere: Why There’s No Escaping the Blog. LGF is mentioned... (Hey mom! I’m in Fortune! Doesn’t that mean I’m supposed to be rich or something?)

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It Will Never Be Enough

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:43:14 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Israel releases some prisoners, Holocaust denier wants ’em all! Israel Frees 159 Palestinians, Abbas Wants More Out. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a ...

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"Blog" by Hewitt

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:30:55 am PST

I got my advance copy of Hugh Hewitt’s new book Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World last week, and it’s a must-read for blogosphere followers. Little Green Footballs is mentioned in more than one place, for which I thank Hugh.

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Bacon's Information to Track Blogs

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:17:03 am PST

Bacon’s To Track Blogs. (Hat tip: bob.) Bacon’s Information, the provider of media research, distribution, monitoring, and evaluation services for public relations and corporate communications professionals, has endeavored to light the depths of the Blogosphere. In January, Bacon’s MediaSource will begin sharing with its clients the names of what it considers ...

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The Year Of Blogging Dangerously

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 9:30:15 am PST

Ed Driscoll picks the top ten events that defined the blogosphere in 2004: The Year Of Blogging Dangerously. 1. RatherGate: This is the big one Elizabeth! The Bush Air National Guard story was rehashed seemingly endlessly back in February. When it was announced that the low rated mid-week 60 Minutes II ...

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The Dutch Rethink Multiculturalism

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 8:41:34 am PST

At the Weekly Standard, Christopher Caldwell has a piece on Holland’s reexamination of their treasured multicultural ideals, now threatened by long-festering Islamic radicalism: Holland Daze. The murder of one Dutch filmmaker 911 days after the assassination of Fortuyn is described by people in Holland as having had the same effect on ...

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For Whom the .htaccess Tolls

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 8:27:00 am PST

Warning: obscure geekitude follows. Here’s an update to this post on a surge of hacking attempts by scripts trying to exploit a PHP vulnerability. I want to shut this worm out of LGF, so I added the following line to my Apache .htaccess file: SetEnvIfNoCase request_uri "visualcoders" badbot Since one of the worm scripts ...

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Rumsfeld's Record

Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 7:59:29 am PST

In an editorial supporting the Secretary of Defense, the Washington Times reminds us of a not-so-small thing called Donald Rumsfeld’s record. A brief review of Mr. Rumsfeld’s record is in order to remind his critics why. He has rebuilt the U.S. military, which has freed 50 million people from tyranny, decimated ...

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Sunday, December 26, 2004

The Restless Earth

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 6:57:31 pm PST

The gigantic, record-setting earthquake in the Indian Ocean has claimed more than 11,000 lives: Asia Quake’s Tsunamis Kill Nearly 11,800. UPDATE at 12/27/04 8:04:10 am: The latest toll is over 20,000.

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"A Terrorist in My House"

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 6:30:17 pm PST

Some background information on Orange County-born Adam Gadahn, whose ranting was featured in a recent Al Qaeda video: An American Married to Al Qaeda. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Dec. 22, 2004 - A California woman reveals to ABC News that she unknowingly married a Muslim extremist who helped set up what authorities ...

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Christmas with the Oil Ticks

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 5:45:08 pm PST

If the problems within Islam all stem from a tiny minority of extremists, why is the Saudi royal family concerned, according to a rare moment of honesty from the Associated Press, with having their “Islamic credentials” questioned? Where Is Christmas in Saudi Arabia? (Hat tip: nonesuch.) The government, fearful of having ...

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The Spirit of Christmas Past

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 5:34:39 pm PST

The spirit of Christmas past. (Hat tip: zombie.) Paris — Santa Claus is facing tough times in Europe. So, for that matter, are the Virgin Mary, Joseph and even baby Jesus. From Paris to Palermo, Christmas — make that the holiday season — has fallen afoul of political correctness and growing secularity ...

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Nuclear Secrets Emerge in Khan Inquiry

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 4:34:14 pm PST

The New York Times has a report on the frightening depth and pervasiveness of the nuclear black market led by the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan: As Nuclear Secrets Emerge in Khan Inquiry, More Are Suspected. If the opening paragraphs don’t send a little chill down your spine, ...

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Dhimmitude at the Chicago Tribune

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 3:01:13 pm PST

In one of the blindest, most backwardly ignorant articles I have ever read, the Chicago Tribune tells us that black is white, cold is hot, Islam is a religion of peace, and if Muslims are ever violent (doubtful), it’s America’s fault: Of two minds. (Hat tip: Ethel.) This is one of ...

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A Vote of No Confidence

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 2:28:11 pm PST

The ordinary citizens of Saudi Arabia don’t seem to have much faith in their repressive apartheid government’s sham elections: Fewer Men Than Expected in Saudi Elections. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) The headline reads “fewer men than expected” because, in the misogynous monarchy of the oil ticks, women are persona non grata. RIYADH, Saudi ...

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Podhoretz on World War IV

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 9:18:56 am PST

I first linked to this tremendously important essay by Norman Podhoretz last August, and I highly recommend another reading: World War IV: How It Started, What It Means, and Why We Have to Win.

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Religion of Peace Releases New Video

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 8:38:20 am PST

Iraq Militant Group Posts Video of Mosul Attack. DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna Sunday issued a video tape about the bombing of a U.S. army camp which killed 22 people, identifying the suicide bomber as Abu Omar al-Museli. The videotape posted on the group’s Web site showed ...

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"I Did Concede the Election, Before I Un-Conceded"

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 8:30:19 am PST

Is John F. Kerry getting ready to perform the Mother of All Flip-Flops?

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British Shari'a Watch

Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:11:08 am PST

Muslim second wives may get a tax break. (Hat tip: Paul.) THE Inland Revenue is considering recognising polygamy for some religious groups for tax purposes. Officials have agreed to examine “family friendly” representations from Muslims who take up to four wives under sharia, the laws derived from the Koran. Existing rules allow ...

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Saturday, December 25, 2004

You Keep A-Knockin' But You Can't Come In

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:07:57 pm PST

Our server logs are showing quite a surge of attempted exploits today. Most of them are dumb hacks I’ve seen many times before, but there’s also a new one (at least to me); a script was requesting pages with URLs like this (I’ve added spaces to allow the string to ...

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Dan Rather Wins an Award

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 9:14:51 pm PST

Thomas Sowell announces the first winner of his Joseph Goebbels award. (Hat tip: Allah.) Having been on the receiving end of too many such slurs from the idiot left, I’m not usually fond of Nazi analogies. But in this case, the comparison fits like a proportional font. This year’s Joseph Goebbels award ...

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Morlocks Roasting on an Open Fire

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:33:46 am PST

Here’s another open topic to celebrate Christmas.

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Ice-Cold Naked Germans

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:43:35 am PST

Naked Germans Jump in Ice-Cold Lake for Good Health. I won’t inflict pictures on you, but if you think you can take it, here they are. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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The Secretary and the Soldier

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:19:28 am PST

A Must Read Email From an American Soldier.

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Progressive Students Against Security Training

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 9:23:16 am PST

Here’s the latest outbreak of academic insanity, at Manhattan Community College: Protest Over ‘Homeland Security U’. (Hat tip: struan al kufr.) Furious students and faculty members at the Borough of Manhattan Community College are demanding that the school abandon plans for a certificate program on security management. They view it as ...

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Here We Go Again

Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 8:40:42 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Holocaust denier launches sham election campaign on Christmas day, calls for negotiations, vows no compromise! Extry! Abbas Echoes Arafat in Campaign Kickoff. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat’s legacy, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged Saturday in his first official campaign speech to ...

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Friday, December 24, 2004

The Afghan Phoenix

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 5:50:50 pm PST

Amazing strides forward, in a country that was very much in the Dark Ages before September 11: Karzai appoints three women to Afghan cabinet. (Hat tip: NY Nana.) Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has announced a new cabinet that excludes leading warlords and drug traffickers and includes three women for the first ...

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Deck the Halls with Festive Lizards

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 4:21:07 pm PST

Here’s an open thread for Christmas talk, and for me to wish all LGF readers and your families the very best Christmas ever. Thank you for all your support, donations, and tips about articles over the past year! (After Christmas I’ll start putting together the polling for this year’s Fiskie Award...) ...

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Rumsfeld Fighting Styles

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 3:45:24 pm PST

How curious that this story about Donald Rumsfeld’s trip to Iraq is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media: Rumsfeld needles media as troops bemoan bad press. Notice: this Reuters release is hidden away in the India section of Yahoo’s news, doesn’t show up in a search, and doesn’t even quote ...

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AP: Just Trying to Help the Mujahideen

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:25:45 pm PST

At Poynter Online, a PR person for the Associated Press explains that they’re only trying to help the insurgents “tell their stories.” (Hat tip: Ozyman.) From JACK STOKES, director of media relations, Associated Press: [This is a solicited letter regarding Salon’s “The Associated Press ‘insurgency.’”] Several brave Iraqi photographers work for ...

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Incident on Haifa Street

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:18:47 am PST

At Belmont Club, Wretchard is asking hard questions of the Associated Press, about this appalling photograph (one of a series): A gunman, left, shoots and kills a man lying in Baghdad’s Haifa Street after being pulled from a car Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004. The man at right on his knees was ...

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Indymedia Hits Bottom, Digs

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 9:04:22 am PST

Here’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen at Indymedia. And that’s saying plenty. Warning: don’t follow that link if you have a blood pressure problem.

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UN Peacekeepers Raped Young Girls

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 8:31:50 am PST

Seven months after we first reported it (lgf: UN Troops Exploit Rape Victims), mainstream media finally awakens to the repulsive actions of United Nations “peacekeepers” in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Sex scandal in Congo threatens to engulf UN’s peacekeepers. HOME-MADE pornographic videos shot by a United Nations logistics expert in ...

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The Media Are the Enemy

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 8:25:50 am PST

One of al-Reuters’ Arab stringers, Fadil al-Badrani, has a report from Fallujah about the damage to the city, denouncing coalition forces for the destruction and giving a complete pass to the murderous mujahideen who turned the city into a nightmarish hell: Falluja Returnees Angry, ‘City Unfit for Animals’. FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) ...

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Genocidal Terrorists Get Out the Vote

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 8:04:43 am PST

In preliminary Palestinian sham elections, leading up to the main sham election next year, a terrorist gang dedicated to destroying the state of Israel made a strong showing. According to preliminary results obtained by The Associated Press, Fatah movement won a majority of council seats in 14 towns, while Hamas took ...

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The Guardian Hates America

Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 7:44:23 am PST

The Guardian’s hate cartoonist Steve Bell is at it again, with another vile illustration of what’s going on in his sick mind (and the sick minds of the Guardian’s editors): Christmas in Iraq.

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Thursday, December 23, 2004

MPAC on CSPAN2

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 7:08:58 pm PST

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is holding forth on C-SPAN2.

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Rumsfeld Visits the Troops in Mosul

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 6:37:11 pm PST

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is visiting the troops in Mosul, at the base where 22 people died in a suicide bombing attack by a jihadi wearing an Iraqi military uniform. I hope he’s also going to ask some hard questions of base security personnel, who clearly missed something important about ...

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No Chatter: Good or Bad?

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 6:21:03 pm PST

Hard to tell if this is good or bad: Little ‘Chatter’ About Any New Terror Plot. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) I recall a distinct lack of warning signs on September 10, 2001. Predicted loony left analysis: it’s because the election’s over and there’s no more need to scare the gullible masses. WASHINGTON - The ...

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Abu Mazen's Bloggin'

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 6:04:12 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Holocaust denier launches web site! (Hat tip: Israpundit, via Nannette.)

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About Tariq Ramadan

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 5:38:31 pm PST

Here’s Tariq Ramadan’s op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, painting himself as a noble crusader (oops! sorry!) for free speech, brutally suppressed by a bigoted US government who revoked his visa to teach Islamism at Notre Dame, for no reason whatsoever: My Fight Against American Phantoms. OK. Read that, notice how he ...

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The Islamic War on Christianity

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 2:20:14 pm PST

Christians in Indonesia Move Underground. JAKARTA, Indonesia - Fearing bombings and shootings by Islamic militants, some Christians in Indonesia are abandoning traditional churches in favor of more unorthodox but secure confines, such as hotel ballrooms and office blocks. With foreign governments warning of holiday terror attacks, tens of thousands of police officers ...

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Leave Rumsfeld Be

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 2:15:29 pm PST

Victor Davis Hanson speaks out strongly in favor of Donald Rumsfeld: Leave Rumsfeld Be. Have we forgotten what Mr. Rumsfeld did right? Not just plenty, but plenty of things that almost anyone else would not have done. Does anyone think the now-defunct Crusader artillery platform would have saved lives in Iraq ...

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Our Allies the Saudis

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 8:56:26 am PST

Saudi Government Daily Accuses U.S. Army of Harvesting Organs of Iraqis. In the Saudi government daily Al-Watan, an article from Brussels written by Fakhriya Ahmad charges that, based on alleged secret European military reports, the U.S. military in Iraq is harvesting and selling human organs. The following day, the story was ...

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Who Needs Tokyo Rose When We Have AP?

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 8:17:48 am PST

2Slick says there’s something really rotten at the Associated Press: Never before, in all my years of reading the news, have I seen such obvious terrorist propaganda passed off as legitimate “news.” This article was the first one on Yahoo’s list of “Top News Stories.” I opened it this morning, and ...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rejects Reform

Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 7:42:09 am PST

Palestinian “prime minister” Ahmed Qurie let his mask of tolerance slip today, with a slam at Tony Blair for daring to suggest that Palestinians need “reform:” Palestinian PM slams Blair plan. (Hat tip: Elle.) Qurie said he rejected Blair’s suggestion that Palestinians needed reform before there could be progress on the ...

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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Iran TV: Israel Steals Palestinian Children's Eyes

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 9:24:37 pm PST

A truly disgusting, almost unbelievably sick antisemitic blood libel from Iranian television, broadcast throughout the Arab world: Iranian TV Drama Series about Israeli Government Stealing Palestinian Children’s Eyes. Iran’s Sahar 1 TV station is currently airing a weekly series titled “For You, Palestine,” or “Zahra’s Blue Eyes.” The series premiered on ...

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Death Cult Video Hit Parade

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 5:47:51 pm PST

Like sentient parasites battening on an unaware host, the death cult has learned how to use Western computer technology and commonly available digital video editing tools, and post the perverted product on the internet: Web video teaches terrorists to make bomb vest. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Posted in a militant Islamic chat ...

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LGF on Medved

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 1:34:10 pm PST

I’m scheduled to call in to the Michael Medved radio show at 2 pm Pacific (in a half hour). You can listen live with Windows Media Player here: News Talk 870 KRLA.

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Appeasement Saves Lives

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 1:06:27 pm PST

The two French journalists apparently released after apparently being kidnapped by holy warriors in Iraq returned home to a hero’s welcome. They say they convinced their captors to release them by playing the “French journalists” card. “We played the ‘French journalists’ card,” said Malbrunot. They stressed to their captors that they ...

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Mocking Michael Moore

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:35:57 pm PST

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you may get a sudden craving for a double cheeseburger, when you enter the world of Fark.com’s latest Photoshop contest: Theme: Michael Moore working on his latest project. (The page will take a while to load.)

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You'd Better Watch Out

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:29:41 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Death Knell of the West

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:18:23 pm PST

Robert Spencer writes about the recent disturbing thoughtcrime persecution of two Christian pastors in Australia: Death Knell of the West. Two Christian pastors in Australia have been found guilty of religious vilification of Muslims. The decision threatens us all. One of the pastors, Daniel Scot, is Pakistani. He fled his native land ...

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Mosul Attack: A Suicide Bomber

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 11:40:53 am PST

Report: Mosul Attack Was a Suicide Bombing. Dec. 22, 2004 — New evidence shows the bombing of a U.S. military mess tent in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday — which killed 22 people and wounded 69 others — was a suicide attack, ABC News has learned. Investigators at the ...

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Officials Decline CAIR Invitation

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:23:54 am PST

An interesting story at the LA Times on a recent event sponsored by CAIR: Muslims Hold Forum, With Absences. Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were invited, but did not attend. Hmm. Muslim American groups from Southern California held a town hall meeting Monday to discuss ...

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Interview with Steven Vincent

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:19:41 am PST

At the Shape of Days, Jeff Harrell has an interview with the author of In the Red Zone: Interview with Steven Vincent.

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Arafat's Investments: Bar Mitzvahs, Kosher Catering

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 9:24:09 am PST

Irony, thy name was Arafish. As the world’s longest-lived terrorist’s assets start coming to light, we find that the old murderer invested in a promoter of bar mitzvahs: Arafat, wealthy investor: bar mitzvahs and kosher catering. At a time when the authority was starved for funds, Arafat’s money managers placed bets from ...

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Another Terror Cell in Spain

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 9:12:58 am PST

How’s that appeasement strategy working out for you, Prime Minister Zapatero? Spanish police break up Islamic cell. (Hat tip: GeoPoliticalReview.) MADRID (AP) — Police on Wednesday arrested three Moroccans they believe were part of a radical Islamic cell looking to buy explosives in a central European country for a terrorist attack ...

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AP's Priorities

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 9:02:20 am PST

Here’s a glimpse into the thinking of mainstream media, as editors and news directors for the Associated Press pick the most important stories of the year: U.S. Election Voted Top News Story of ‘04. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) To these people, the death of Yasser Arafat was more important than the death ...

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Saddam's Anti-American American Lawyer

Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 8:24:26 am PST

The Village Voice (who else?) has a profile of one of Saddam’s lawyers, an anti-American, anti-capitalist moonbat with a terminal case of Bush Derangement Syndrome: Saddam Hussein’s Lawyer Aims for Bush. (Hat tip: Allah.) Over lunch on December 17 in an expensive Georgetown restaurant, Doebbler talked about his participation in Hussein’s ...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Saddam's Dream Team

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 9:52:30 pm PST

Arthur Chrenkoff has done some research on Saddam Hussein’s legal team, a rogues’ gallery of dictator-infatuated progressives and objective pro-fascists: Devil’s advocates. And here’s a previous LGF entry from July about one of these high-minded practitioners of international jurisprudence, Curtis Doebbler: Saddam Hires Moonbat US Lawyer.

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French Journalists Freed in Iraq

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 9:07:17 pm PST

The two French journalists apparently kidnapped in Iraq have apparently been released, in return for France’s weak-kneed appeasement policies (and possibly a ransom payment): French journalists freed in Iraq. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin earlier announced the news to parliament, talking of his “profound joy” at the release. Thierry Chesnot, brother of Christian, ...

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Khomeini's Tribute is a Disgrace

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 7:31:26 pm PST

The Dallas Morning News finally weighs in on the appalling display of support from Muslim groups for an enemy of the United States, with an excellent, non-nuanced editorial: Unworthy of Honor: Khomeini’s tribute is a disgrace. Most Americans remember the Ayatollah Khomeini. He was one of the great villains of the ...

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CBS Obfuscation Watch

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 6:34:04 pm PST

Jim Geraghty’s anonymous source tells him that CBS plans to announce Dan Rather’s replacement the same day they release the investigative report on the fake memos. Can you say, “decoy?” I guess the aim is to distract from the bad news by creating two headlines instead of just the bad one. ...

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Terror Close to Home

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 5:38:39 pm PST

Tragedy struck very close to LGF friend Yoni Tidi’s family today, when Arab terrorists murdered their next door neighbor on the steps of her house in Israel: Ariela, we will miss you.

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Training for Eternity

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 5:22:08 pm PST

At Training for Eternity, Chaplain Lewis has a first-hand account of the aftermath of today’s attack in Mosul. (Hat tip: Hugh Hewitt.)

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Thanks, Steven

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 4:38:51 pm PST

Steven doesn’t want pity and he’ll get none from me. But I hope he’ll forgive me for saying: Merry Christmas, and thank you for your work. You made a real difference in many people’s lives at a time when we needed it. Thank You, Steven Den Beste.

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Holy Warriors Launch Attack; Kos Blames Bush

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 1:25:38 pm PST

The holy warriors managed a sneak attack on a military base near Mosul today, killing 24 people. BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion ripped through a mess tent at a military base near Mosul where hundreds of U.S. troops had just sat down to lunch Tuesday, and officials said more than 20 ...

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Jailed Muslim Cleric Demands Money

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 9:15:16 am PST

Never let it be said that hook-handed Islamofascist Abu Hamza doesn’t know how to game the British welfare system: Radical cleric Abu Hamza sues for more British benefits. LONDON (AFP) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is in a British jail on incitement to murder charges, is to sue ...

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One Law for All

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 8:53:36 am PST

It’s a little surprising to see the Montreal Gazette, in the heart of Canadian liberalism, come out so strongly against the attempts to sneak shari’a law into the Canadian legal system: One law for all. The idea that Sharia law should be allowed a foothold in Quebec is floating around this ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 8:21:46 am PST

Unnamed “Western diplomats” stand dumbly on the train tracks, watching the Iranian nuclear locomotive rushing toward them, and say, “You’re violating the spirit of our agreement!” VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran’s decision to keep preparing raw uranium for enrichment, a step on the way to making nuclear weapons, breaks the spirit though ...

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Palestinians Don't Deserve Additional Aid

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 7:58:40 am PST

It should be incredibly obvious to anyone with an IQ above room temperature that, as Daniel Pipes writes, Palestinians Don’t Deserve Additional Aid. But in a dysfunctional political situation characterized by stubborn denial and pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, the US and Europe are preparing to give them the chance to steal ...

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Predicters of Doom Predicting Doom

Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 7:36:22 am PST

Here’s a good op-ed by Amir Taheri on the utterly predictable whining from the left that the Iraqi elections are doomed to fail. December 21, 2004 — HERE we go again. With the start of the Iraqi campaign season, doomsters are back with predictions of disaster for the newly liberated nation. Some ...

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Monday, December 20, 2004

The Thorn in the Islamo-Left's Side

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 7:57:38 pm PST

At Harvard Magazine, here’s a fairly balanced and sympathetic profile of Daniel Pipes: Militant about ‘Islamism’. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.)

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Blogging From Iraq

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 6:53:31 pm PST

Lance Frizzell is a Medical Platoon Leader for an armored cavalry regiment deployed to Iraq, and thanks to Bill Hobbs, he’s blogging his experiences: Lance In Iraq. The Knoxville News Sentinel has more.

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New York Election Shocka!

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 5:23:26 pm PST

In an amazing twist, according to the official certificate for New York’s electoral college voters, New York did not vote for John F. Kerry: US Electoral College 2004 Certificate. (Hat tip: Joel.)

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Finnish Moonbat Sighted

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 5:09:14 pm PST

The Appeasement-Breasted Finnish Moonbat is a curious, cold-blooded creature, with an affinity for George Orwell’s 1984 and an aversion to America that borders on pathological: The Ministry of Truth on the loose in Iraq. (Hat tip: sfrey.) And we complain about American media. Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future was brought sharply ...

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Insane Comparison of the Day

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 3:27:00 pm PST

Nobel laureate compares Israeli nuclear arms to gas chambers. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire on Sunday compared Israel’s alleged nuclear arsenal to Hitler’s gas chambers and called on Israel to lift travel restrictions on nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. Maguire, awarded the 1976 prize for her Northern Ireland peace campaign, was ...

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"No Muslim Can Be a Terrorist"

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 2:47:31 pm PST

Muslim denies plane crash plot. (Hat tip: prbconservative.) ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Treason suspect Metin Kaplan has denied allegations at the opening of his trial that he masterminded a failed plot to crash an airplane into the mausoleum of the founder of secular Turkey. Kaplan, dubbed the “Caliph of Cologne” by his supporters, ...

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Wonkette Services the Debate

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 2:06:01 pm PST

Courtesy of Newsweek, mainstream media’s pet blogger Wonkette takes a cute little slap at the bloggers who broke the Dan Rather fraud story: Fast Chat: The Wonkette. What did you think of the bloggers’ role in the Dan Rather affair? I think they did a disservice to the debate because they made ...

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Canadian Shari'a Watch

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 1:56:45 pm PST

Canada takes another step toward dhimmitude: Use of Sharia law by Muslims okay, report says. Ontario Muslims should have the same rights as other religious groups in the province to seek arbitration based on religious laws for family disputes and inheritance cases, concludes a report by former attorney general Marion Boyd. Some ...

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The Blogosphere's Smaller Stars

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 10:24:07 am PST

La Shawn Barber has a piece in the National Review, drawing well-deserved attention to the contributions lesser-known bloggers made in the unfolding of the Rathergate story: The Blogosphere’s Smaller Stars.

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Going After the Terror Financiers

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 9:05:14 am PST

A large group of Americans whose relatives were murdered in Palestinian terror attacks is bringing suit against the Jordan-based Arab Bank, for directly aiding the terror gangs: 117 U.S. relatives of Israel terror victims sue Arab Bank. A group of 117 Americans whose relatives have been killed or injured in terror ...

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Closing In On The Culprits

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 8:41:31 am PST

Did Rachel Corrie’s parents poison Yasser Arafat? Arafat cabinet chief says he knows when leader was poisoned. “Something strange happened to Arafat around a year ago. It was on September 25, 2003...,” Ahmed Abdelrahman told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper. “The president shook hands with around 30 people before leaving to vomit. ...

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Iranian Insanity

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 8:18:13 am PST

Iran is trying to appeal to the basest emotions of Iraqis, with a ridiculous conspiracy accusation that will no doubt be accepted by some as truth: Iran: Israel, U.S. Rigging Iraq Election. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) TEHRAN (Reuters) - Israeli and U.S. agents were behind bombings in Iraq’s Shi’ite holy cities of ...

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Good News From Iraq

Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 7:49:23 am PST

Arthur Chrenkoff has another installment of Good news from Iraq; this is Part 17 of his essential series covering the many news stories that mainstream media is bypassing in favor of “quagmire” pieces.

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

Palestinians Reject Violence Again

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 6:56:53 pm PST

It’s not worth a headline to the major media, but buried in this AFP article about Abu Mazen “briefing” the dictator of Oman is the important revelation that Abu Mazen’s call to “stop the violence” has been rejected not only by Hamas (as expected), but by the suicide bomber wing ...

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IAEA: Neutral, Independent, Malleable

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 6:35:58 pm PST

In an interview with Al Arabiya television, toothless nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei told the Arab world he was “neutral and independent.” Why doesn’t that give me a warm, safe feeling? DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday any U.S. monitoring of his telephone calls ...

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Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 6:08:51 pm PST

Dhimmitude.org has made available the preface (in PDF form) of Bat Ye’or’s new book, Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis. Broad historical movements that profoundly transform human societies are difficult to discern in the short term. They extend over decades, often centuries, and affect the social fabric in multiple ways that are scarcely ...

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Swedish Children for Sale in "Palestine"

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 5:39:55 pm PST

Five Swedish children were kidnapped from their Swedish mother by their Palestinian father and taken to Gaza, because, according to the father, he wanted them brought up according to a strict Islamic code. Then he said he would release the children if the mother paid ransom. It’s not clear how he ...

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British Courts Order Release of 9/11 Suspect

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 4:17:26 pm PST

British courts have ordered the release of a key September 11 suspect detained shortly after the attacks, even though the man, while in captivity, apparently took a female staff member hostage and tried to set off an explosion: First suspect set to win freedom. A SUSPECTED terrorist whose imprisonment without trial ...

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Banning Hizballah TV in America

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 2:54:49 pm PST

Here’s a good backgrounder on Al-Manar, the official propaganda mouthpiece of Hizballah, recently added to the US government’s Terrorism Exclusion List: Banning Hizballah TV in America. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) The listing of Al-Manar on the TEL is a step that should have been taken long ago; as this article points out, ...

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The Abu Mazen Disconnect

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 2:10:53 pm PST

As Western media swallows Mahmoud Abbas/Abu Mazen’s line about “ending the violence,” the Jerusalem Post’s David Horovitz takes us inside the Ibdaa cultural center, in a Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem, to illustrate The Abu Mazen disconnect. As we were walking along the second floor corridor, where each of the 10 ...

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Bush's Dad: Michael Moore an "Atrocious Slimeball"

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 7:55:34 am PST

TIME Magazine has named George W. Bush as their Person of the Year, and the issue also features this great quote from Bush’s father: Michael Moore’s got to be the worst for me. I mean, he’s such a slimeball and so atrocious. But I love the fact now that the Democrats ...

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Palestinian Poll: 70% Want Terror Gangs

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 7:39:32 am PST

A new poll shows that nearly 70% of the Palestinian population wants the terror to continue. (Hat tip: scaramouche.) A new poll conducted in the Palestinian Authority has revealed that a large majority of Palestinians fear the continued state of lawlessness on the streets, but at the same time nearly 70% ...

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The Circus is Coming to Town

Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 7:27:00 am PST

The lawyers for Saddam Hussein are preparing to turn his trial into the Circus of the Century: Saddam bids to challenge case in the US. LONDON (AFP) - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is preparing a legal challenge in the United States to his trial for war crimes, a newspaper reports, ...

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Saturday, December 18, 2004

Muslims Have Most to Fear from Islamists

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 8:48:42 pm PST

Charles Moore, on Britain’s proposed thoughtcrime law that would protect Muslims from criticism: It is Muslims who have most to fear from Islamists. On Wednesday, I wrote a letter to David Blunkett. As he resigned 15 minutes after my fax arrived (I cannot claim the two events were related), I do ...

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Understanding Terror Networks

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 8:04:43 pm PST

Here’s a very thought-provoking report from the Foreign Policy Research Institute, deconstructing the received wisdom that Islamic terrorists are impoverished and desperate: Understanding Terror Networks. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) The 400 terrorists on whom I’ve collected data were the ones who actually targeted the “far enemy,” the U.S., as opposed to their ...

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What Media Bias?

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 7:09:37 pm PST

Another astoundingly biased headline from an anonymous Arab stringer at Al-Reuters: Israel Leaves Gaza Camp After Killing 11 Palestinians. GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops pulled out of a south Gaza refugee camp after killing 11 Palestinians, including militants, ending a two-day raid launched in response to a series of mortar attacks ...

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Breaking: Blasts Heard in Indonesia

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 6:28:06 pm PST

Several Blasts Heard in Jakarta, Two Other Towns-TV. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Several loud blasts were heard in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and two other towns nearby early on Sunday, local Metro TV reported. It reported residents heard the blasts around 7.30 a.m. (0030 GMT). Police were not immediately available to comment. Western ...

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Hamas Gives Peace a Chance

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 6:18:55 pm PST

Today, as the New York Times was trying to tell us that Hamas may “give peace a chance,” Hamas was doing this in the West Bank town of Nablus: Thousands of people wave flags of the Islamic group Hamas as they surround a burning model of an Israeli army tank, during ...

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Thoughtcrime Laws Claim First Victims

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 6:08:02 pm PST

Australian readers: please do something to stop Victoria’s incredibly insidious anti-democratic thoughtcrime laws, which have now claimed their first victims—two Christian ministers who criticized Islam and were prosecuted by the Islamic Council of Victoria: Christian pair guilty of racial hatred. AN evangelical Christian group incited hatred and severe ridicule of Muslims ...

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Cycle of Violence: Avian Sabotage

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 5:15:56 pm PST

Today’s ride: 50 miles, on a beautiful warm sunny day that felt nothing at all like winter, south on the bike path through the beach cities and into Palos Verdes, down to the Point Vicente Lighthouse. The surf was up, with waves about 10 feet high at the point. On ...

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A Pure Expression of Nihilism

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 8:44:35 am PST

There’s no better demonstration of the primitive nihilism of the Al Qaeda ideology than Osama bin Laden’s recent call to attack the oil fields of Iraq. These resources are crucial to Iraq’s hope of building a real future for their people; attacking and destroying them is just like hacking off ...

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The Definition of Insanity

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 8:15:17 am PST

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting a different result. Better send the guys with the white coats and butterfly nets over to the New York Times, where Scott Atran (of the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris) seems to be ...

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Our Nasty, Negative Media

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 7:57:22 am PST

The relentless negativity of mainstream media is no longer surprising, but here’s a particularly egregious example, as Reuters predicts (with an almost gloating tone) a brutal Afghan Iraqi winter: Iraqis Face Winter Shivering by Candlelight. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - As if the daily struggle to dodge bullets and bombings is not enough, ...

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Throwing Good Money After Bad

Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 7:29:40 am PST

Here comes another gigantic handout for the people who deserve it least: Donors Consider Large Increase in Aid to Palestinians. (Hat tip: davesax.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - The United States, Europe and Arab countries are considering greatly increasing - maybe even doubling - aid to the Palestinians on condition that they ...

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Friday, December 17, 2004

Iraq Through Iraqis' Eyes

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 7:22:07 pm PST

Jeff Jacoby puts it in perspective: Iraq through Iraqis’ eyes. “Voices of Iraq” is by turns heartbreaking, exhilarating, and inspiring. The war and its destruction is never far from the surface. One of the opening scenes is of a car bombing in Sadr City, and when a little girl is asked ...

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Surprising Survey Results

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 6:03:53 pm PST

Here’s a story that’s not going to make the moonbats among us feel very good. In fact, I think I already hear a distant whine coming from somewhere to my left. In U.S., 44 Percent Say Restrict Muslims. (Thanks to all who emailed.) ITHACA, N.Y. - Nearly half of all Americans believe ...

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The Right Stuff

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 5:08:18 pm PST

There’s at least one Hollywood celebrity who hasn’t forgotten what it means to “support the troops:” Robin Williams in the House. (Hat tip: Steven Den Beste.) Got a good look at Robin Williams. He came over here for a USO tour. He ate in the dining hall and was surrounded by ...

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They Want Their JihadTV

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 4:58:19 pm PST

One of the propaganda channels of the global jihad has been shut down in the United States, and it’s about time: U.S. Designates Al-Manar TV as ‘Terrorist’. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday designated al-Manar television — the mouthpiece of Lebanon’s Hizbollah anti-Israel guerrillas — a terrorist organization, prompting ...

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Comments Temporarily Disabled

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 1:25:20 pm PST

We appear to be having some sort of problem with the commenting system, so I’ve temporarily turned off comments while I get it figured out. Please stand by. UPDATE at 12/17/04 1:56:17 pm: OK, we’re back on. Apparently some kind of PHP limit was reached, so I’m turning off new registrations unless/until ...

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Dishonest Reporting 'Awards' 2004

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 1:15:45 pm PST

The Dishonest Reporting ‘Awards’ 2004. What more need be said? (Except that the winner of the “Camera Sees All” award was also featured at LGF in February: lgf: Lights, Camera, Action!)

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European Anti-Americanism and Antisemitism

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:20:53 am PST

Here’s a fascinating interview with Jeffrey Gedmin, director of the Aspen Institute in Berlin: Experiencing European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Israelism. (Hat tip: Davids Medienkritik.) In this section, Gedmin describes a typical “elegant dinner party” in Eurabia: “Why has it become so acceptable that - at elegant dinner parties - very distinguished people openly ...

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Did Saudis Deceptively Finance Ad Campaign?

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 9:51:58 am PST

A few days ago I posted a story about an FBI raid on the offices of Qorvis Communications, a PR firm that shills for the Saudi regime. Newsweek reports that the raid was part of an investigation into an ad campaign for the “Saudi peace plan”—the same plan that was ...

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Dem Senators Casually Reveal Military Secrets

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 8:51:45 am PST

Here’s a disturbing article by Jed Babbin, on highly damaging—and highly illegal—intelligence leaks by Democratic Senators Jay Rockefeller, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden: Don’t Play “Misty” for Me. It’s been about two years since Sen. Richard Shelby blew one of our most important secrets — that we were bugging Osama bin ...

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Boo Freakin' Hoo

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 8:34:41 am PST

A tunnel collapsed on some terrorists today: Gaza Smuggling Tunnel Collapses, Trapping 5. GAZA (Reuters) - A smuggling tunnel being dug by Palestinians on the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed on Friday and at least five people were trapped inside, witnesses in the Gaza frontier town of Rafah said. Palestinian ambulances and rescue crews ...

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VDH: Cracked Icons

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 8:29:10 am PST

Another terrific piece today from Victor Davis Hanson: Cracked Icons. There is much talk of post-election reorganization and rethinking among demoralized liberals, especially in matters of foreign policy. They could start by accepting that the demise of many of their cherished beliefs and institutions was not the fault of others. More ...

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Terrorists Crash UN Party

Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 8:06:23 am PST

So there you are at a nice UN party for the Palestinians, the kids have all been set up with their little flowers for the photographers, everyone’s having a lovely time, when suddenly ... oh no! Here come the militants! Palestinian Gunmen Upstage Jenin Ceremony. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West ...

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Thursday, December 16, 2004

Hearts and Minds

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 8:06:58 pm PST

Go read this post at BlackFive from a Marine Gunnery Sergeant in Iraq, and know that we have friends: The Heart of America. As you know, I asked for toys for the Iraqi children over here and several people (Americans that support us) sent them over by the box. On each ...

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The Beauty in Ugliness

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 7:08:13 pm PST

Just one point of many good ones on the subject of Arab reforms, at Solomon’s House: Nothing for the Palestinians! I suggest that to combat the creation of an “ugly American” image, use strange weapons: (6) truth and humility. Point out that the West doesn’t know everything, and quote Churchill: “Democracy ...

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The 55th Presidential Inauguration

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 6:37:57 pm PST

Here’s the official web site for The 55th Presidential Inauguration.

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Montreal Firebombing Suspect Pleads Guilty

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 6:23:30 pm PST

Here’s an update to a post from April, about the firebombing of a Montreal Jewish school’s library: Teen pleads guilty to Jewish school firebombing. (Thanks to all who emailed about this one.) One of the main suspects in the firebombing of a Jewish school in Montreal has pleaded guilty to arson. ...

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No Love For Infidels

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 6:10:35 pm PST

A site for Muslim children called “Play & Learn” has a very disturbing message in a topic titled “Moral Values Of The Qur’an:” No Love Towards The Unbelievers. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch, where Robert Spencer notes: “this little valentine was written by none other than Harun Yahya, a foremost ‘moderate ...

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Stand Up Against the Seditionists

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 4:37:47 pm PST

On Saturday afternoon in San Diego, a seditious group that “counsels” military personnel to “resist the war” is holding a rally to support Navy deserter Pablo Paredes. Citizen Smash says the San Diego Protest Warriors are going to be there too; see his post for the details. (Hat tip: Darleen.) ...

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A Glimpse Behind the Curtain

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 2:51:04 pm PST

There’s a fascinating discussion going on at the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board blog (registration required), prompted by Rod Dreher’s posts about the tribute to the Ayatollah Khomeini sponsored by a Muslim group in North Texas. Rod seems to have come in for some criticism from other editors and columnists, ...

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Heroism and Cowardice

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 1:22:15 pm PST

Mainstream media are just not interested in stories like this, and we are a poorer nation because of it: Hero in Fallujah. (Hat tip: Young Pundit.) On the morning of November 15, 2004, the men of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines awoke before sunrise and continued what they had been doing for ...

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Arafat and the Myth of Legitimacy

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 8:21:46 am PST

As Jimmy Carter gets ready to barge into Israel and certify another bogus Palestinian election, LGF reader Barak Moore reminds me of this must-read essay by Daniel Polisar, showing what happened the last time Carter gave his stamp of approval: Yasser Arafat and the Myth of Legitimacy. Read this and you’ll ...

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No Honor Among Murderers

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 8:03:25 am PST

Here’s something we can all look forward to: Hamas and Islamic Jihad killing each other. A growing rift between Hamas and Islamic Jihad has led to a break in cooperation between the two groups, and is threatening to lead to an all-out clash between them, according to a leading Hamas preacher ...

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Bin Laden Calls for Attacks on Oil

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 7:54:46 am PST

A new tape apparently from Osama bin Laden calls on Muslims to attack the oil fields of Iraq and the Persian Gulf: DUBAI, Dec 16 (AFP) - Osama bin Laden called on his fighters to focus their attacks on oil sites in the Gulf and Iraq while urging Saudi leaders to ...

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Holy Warriors Murder Italian Hostage

Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 7:31:09 am PST

The mujahideen have slaughtered another helpless victim in the name of Allah: Jazeera Says Iraq Militants Killed Italian Hostage. DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Thursday an Iraqi group had killed an Italian hostage who appeared in video footage aired by the Arabic channel. “A group called the Islamic Movement ...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Dhimmi Carter Will Sign Off

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 6:28:19 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Fiskie winner to certify Holocaust denier’s sham election! Ex-U.S. President Carter to Monitor Palestinian Vote. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who won a Nobel peace prize partly for his Middle East peace efforts, said on Wednesday he would head an observer ...

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Islamophobia's Big Day at the UN

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 12:47:46 pm PST

Last week I had a post about the recent United Nations conference on Islamophobia; it turns out once again that mainstream media gave us only a tiny part of the story. Alexander H. Joffe shows us what a surreal event this really was: Islamophobia’s Big Day at the UN. For example, ...

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Tribute to an Enemy of the US

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 11:34:12 am PST

Following up on yesterday’s post about the highly disturbing tribute to the Ayatollah Khomeini that took place last weekend in North Texas, here’s a recent article by Robert Spencer that illustrates why we should be very concerned when we see open support for the Khomeini ideology: Khomeini in Dearborn. As Khomeini ...

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Funny, They Sure Look Iraqi...

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:42:45 am PST

Here’s a good post from Cathy Seipp on last Sunday’s get-together with Omar and Mohammed from Iraq The Model, with some background info on the dim bulb blogger who started the smear that they’re nefarious agents of the CIA: Funny, they sure look Iraqi...

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UN Lashes Out

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:26:56 am PST

Reeling from accusations of fraud, nepotism, and corruption in their Oil-For-Food program and stonewalling all investigations, the United Nations lashes out at the US: US ‘failed to control’ Iraq oil. (Hat tip: ploome.) A United Nations panel has found that the US-led occupation authority failed to exercise proper controls over Iraq’s ...

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Chemical Ali to Face Justice

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:16:54 am PST

The first of Saddam’s henchmen to go on trial will be “Chemical Ali.” BAGHDAD, Iraq - The ex-Iraqi general known as “Chemical Ali,” who is accused of using chemical weapons attacks to kill thousands of Kurds, will be the first detained former Saddam Hussein regime figure to stand trial next week, ...

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All Intifada, All the Time

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 9:01:39 am PST

Ariel Cohen has a good piece about the flagship propaganda channels of the global jihad, Al Jazeera and Al Manar: All Intifada, All the Time. Since 9/11, the U.S. Government has expressed its concerns about al Jazeera’s biased coverage to the Emir of Qatar. A State Department official told CNN that ...

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Undeserved Medal for Tenet

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 8:31:09 am PST

Tenet, Bremer, Franks get Presidential Medal, and this is a rare case where I agree with the Democrat view: WASHINGTON — President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday to three figures who were central to his Iraq policy, former CIA Director George Tenet, former Iraq administrator L. Paul ...

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Moonbats Go Shopping

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 8:19:40 am PST

An industrious moonbat has gone to the trouble of setting up a web site identifying retailers by their Republican/Democrat donations: Choose The Blue. (Hat tip: Guzziguy.) This is a very interesting resource! Thanks to Choose The Blue, I now know that “Progressive” Auto Insurance is not just a name.

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Ohio Dems Bubbling, Disenfranchised

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 7:45:56 am PST

The bias of mainstream media is right out in the open, in this MSNBC/WaPo piece on the Ohio balloting that repeats the Olbermann-esque anecdotal conspiracy claims (with no real evidence), smears Republican election officials, and comes to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what the reality is, we feel disenfranchised, ...

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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Moonbats in Mourning

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 9:14:50 pm PST

Try not to weep as you watch this poignant moonbat’s lament: We Had a Dream - A Tribute. (Hat tip: bob.)

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The Glory of Shari'a

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:39:59 pm PST

A mentally disabled teenage girl faces the death penalty in Iran, after being sold into prostitution by her own mother: Mentally-ill girl who was sold for sex faces death penalty in Iran. A teenage girl with a mental age of eight is facing the death penalty for prostitution in Iran. The ...

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Hamas is Afraid

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:27:24 pm PST

The fearless holy warriors of Hamas have canceled a major rally, out of fear for their holy rear ends: Hamas cancels annual Gaza rally for fear of Israeli reprisal. Fearing an Israeli reprisal attack, Hamas has decided to cancel a major rally marking the 17th anniversary of its founding. The rally was ...

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Oakland Moonbat Convergence

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:10:32 pm PST

A new photo essay by LGF operative zombie depicts the rather small flock of moonbats that showed up to protest an AIPAC dinner in Oakland, December 13, 2004.

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LGF Colors

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 7:18:20 pm PST

How cool is this? LGF colors, designed by PDM and Iron Fist, incorporating the two inscrutable themes that define the LGF community.

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LGF Gets Snappy

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 6:33:09 pm PST

Thanks to a tip from LGF operative evariste, you may notice a significant speed improvement due to the deployment of secret, highly technical output buffering code that involved adding one PHP function call to our main template:ob_start("ob_gzhandler");Oops. I guess I’m no good with secrets.

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BNP Leader Arrested for Bashing Islam

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 5:03:21 pm PST

The leader of the British National Party, the bigoted anti-everybody group, has been arrested in a race hate probe. Several British readers forwarded this item, and almost all noted that the BNP has been allowed to get away with openly racist and antisemitic statements for years, much worse than the anti-Islam ...

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US Denies Contacts with Hamas

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 4:57:38 pm PST

Earlier today, terrorist Khaled Meshaal said that his gang Hamas had been contacted by the US. Foggy Bottom says, “Uh ... no.” WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States denied it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed. “We don’t conduct business with designated terrorist organisations. ...

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Rep. Weldon Warns of Iranian Attack Plot

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 1:38:03 pm PST

Representative Curt Weldon has information about an Iranian plot to attack the US. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) WASHINGTON - A senior Republican congressman has been warning America’s intelligence community for more than a year of an alleged Iranian plot to crash commercial airliners into a New Hampshire nuclear reactor. Since February 2003, Rep. ...

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Tariq Ramadan Gives Up

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:54:23 am PST

Here’s some good news; at least one Islamist agent will not get into the US: Islamic Scholar, Visa Withheld, Gives Up U.S. Post. GENEVA (Reuters) - A prominent Swiss-based Islamic scholar on Tuesday gave up plans to teach at a leading U.S. university after waiting in vain for a visa and ...

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The Enemy Within

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:31:10 am PST

Rod Dreher forwarded the link to this absolutely astounding page at the web site of the Metroplex Organization of Muslims in North Texas, describing a gala event they held last weekend that went completely unnoticed: a tribute to “the great Islamic visionary,” the Ayatollah Khomeini. I expect the page to go ...

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Of Money and Mouths

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 8:20:03 am PST

As its conclusion approaches, there’s still not a single representative from the left side of the blogosphere in the Spirit of America Blogger Challenge. How sad. How typical. Sarah at trying to grok makes an excellent point: My old roommate writes poetry to speak out against the war. Atrios’ readers use their ...

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Liar vs. Liar

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 7:52:58 am PST

Good luck trying to figure out the truth in this story, as lying Hamas terrorists have a battle of words with lying EUrocrats: Hamas: We’re Still in Contact With EU. Obviously, they can’t both be telling the truth. In this case, I think I believe the terrorist. LONDON - The leader of ...

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Cheap Talk from a Holocaust Denier

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 7:47:41 am PST

Are you buying this? Abbas Calls for End of Armed Uprising. JERUSALEM - The armed uprising against Israel is a mistake and must end, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published Tuesday, signaling his determination to change direction after Yasser Arafat’s death. Because I’m not.

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The Feeling is Mutual

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 7:45:50 am PST

They hate us! They really hate us! Polls: Europe Negative on Bush Re-Election. WASHINGTON - International resentment of the Bush administration has spilled over to include bad feelings for the American people, too — at least in three European countries that opposed U.S. policies in Iraq. People in France, Germany and Spain ...

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The MSA is a Pro-Terror Organization

Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 7:31:39 am PST

An article by Ben Johnson recounts the evidence against the Muslim Students Association, a Saudi-founded Islamist front group that has unfortunately done a great job of infiltrating American universities: The MSA is a Pro-Terror Organization.

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Monday, December 13, 2004

Message From The Iraq Resistance

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 6:53:33 pm PST

You’re not going to believe this: Video: A Message From The Iraq Resistance. Tokyo Rose is spinning in her grave.

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Raging BDS at Pasadena Weekly

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 4:51:47 pm PST

Courtesy of the Pasadena Weekly’s Dean Opperman, who is suffering from an especially virulent case of Bush Derangement Syndrome, here’s a comprehensive grocery list of barking moonbat talking points: A liberal’s final wish. (Hat tip: bibliocat.) This one is a real hoot. Nazi cowboys! Diebold! Nike! Enron! Vietnam! QUAGMIRE! Corporations raping ...

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Turkey's Radical (Not So Fringe) Fringe

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 4:00:39 pm PST

Here’s a disturbing piece on the rise of radical Islam in Turkey, with an unusual degree of candor for an Associated Press story: Turkey’s Radical Fringe Returns to View. ISTANBUL, Turkey - It’s the sort of scene that rattles Turkey’s Western-looking establishment: angry demonstrators raising fists for Islam and waving posters ...

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Al-Manar: Too Antisemitic for France

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 2:41:33 pm PST

Hizballah TV (Al-Manar) has been banned from broadcasting in France: Hezbollah TV slams French decision to ban EU broadcasts. The Hizballah lunatics responded, naturally, with thinly veiled threats. BEIRUT (AFP) - Al-Manar television, the mouthpiece of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, blasted a decision by a French court to ban its ...

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Good News From Afghanistan

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 2:31:58 pm PST

Chrenkoff recounts the good news from Afghanistan, about which mainstream media couldn’t care less.

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A Rash of Wacky Fatwas

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 1:48:18 pm PST

Egyptian neighborhood sheikhs are handing out goofy fatwas right and left: A flood of fatwas inundates Egypt. Today, however, sheikhs and scholars are issuing strange fatwas almost daily in mosques, in newspapers, on radio and on television. One recent fatwa forbade the practice of yoga on the grounds that it is ...

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Pardongate Billionaire a "Major Player"

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 1:23:04 pm PST

Fugitive billionaire Marc Rich has now been described as a “central figure” in the gigantic United Nations Oil-for-Food rip-off. WASHINGTON — Billionaire Marc Rich has emerged as a central figure in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal and is under investigation for brokering deals in which scores of international politicians and businessmen cashed ...

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LGF Advertising Special

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 1:19:16 pm PST

It’s a red tag sale blowout! For the Christmas season, I’ve lowered the rates for advertising at LGF by almost a third. You can reserve your spot on our virtual billboard here: Advertise at LGF.

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Power Line Edges LGF in Scandal-Plagued Poll

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:54:19 pm PST

Power Line wins! But with a slim lead of 1.4%, they can’t claim to have any sort of mandate. And my team of highly paid attorneys is currently scowling determinedly at Wizbang’s statistics, as dark rumors of ballot box stuffing continue to swirl around the poll. (Just kidding, of course. Congrats ...

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No More Tyrants, Please

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:33:54 pm PST

An excellent piece by former Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky: Palestinians Do Not Need Another Tyrant. Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian “fear society” would always pose a grave threat to Israel ...

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Iraq the Model in LA

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:40:45 am PST

Here’s an excellent weblog I hadn’t seen before, Across the Bay, with a post about sleazy accusations made by idiotarian professor Juan Cole against the Iraqi brothers who run Iraq the Model: Kommissar Cole. Last night I had the great pleasure of meeting Omar and Mohammed Fadhil, two of the three ...

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AP Debases the English Language

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:16:33 am PST

The Associated Press has adopted AFP’s morally repugnant convention of referring to Hamas members, who belong to a group on the State Department list of terrorist organizations, as “activists:” Hamas Activist Survives Damascus Blast. DAMASCUS, Syria - A Hamas activist survived a bombing Monday that destroyed his vehicle on a Damascus ...

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Moore Encourages Mental Illness

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:35:29 am PST

Michael Moore hits bottom, crashes through the floorboards, and bores through the Earth’s mantle, headed for the core like a bloated black hole of massive, gravity-warping schtoopidity. His latest freakish screed approvingly quotes one of his admirers, comparing conservatives/Republicans to domestic abusers. (Hat tip: Coco.) Watch Dan Rather apologize for not getting ...

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:29:28 am PST

No virgins for Majed. GAZA CITY (AFP) - A member of the radical Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad was killed in a mystery explosion in his house in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said. Medics at the hospital in Khan Yunis named the victim as ...

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German Daily: Attack Bigger Than 9/11 Planned

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:21:55 am PST

A German newspaper is reporting a new threat from Abu Mussab al- Zarkawi, of “a really big event.” (Hat tip: Rantwraith.) The daily Tagesspiegel in Berlin quotes a follower of al-Zarkawi as saying the Jordanian radical, who is believed to be behind many of the kidnappings and attacks in Iraq, had ...

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Undiplomatic Imbalance

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 8:40:36 am PST

Anne Bayefsky points out that the United Nations has become a sinecure for the world’s worst nations, and that their sick obsession with the Palestinians is a problem for more than just Israel: Undiplomatic Imbalance. To appreciate fully the extent to which the U.N. has been taken over, observe November 29th, ...

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Mass Murderer Has Poor Judgment

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 7:57:00 am PST

Agence France Presse never fails to amuse: Barghuti backs down after heavy pressure, judgement called into question. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Marwan Barghuti’s decision to bow out of the Palestinian presidential contest followed massive pressure on the jailed intifada leader and has raised serious doubts about his political judgement. Barghouti ...

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Death Cult Media Stars

Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 7:44:25 am PST

An absolutely sickening display, as world media flocks to report the bragging of terrorist murderers. Palestinian militants from Ezz el-Dein Al-Qassam brigades, left, the Hamas military wing, and from Fatah Hawks, right, a militia linked to Fatah movement, talk during a joint news conference in Gaza city, Sunday Dec. 12, 2004. ...

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Sunday, December 12, 2004

French Seething Over Chicken Joke

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 5:14:17 pm PST

Did you know ze French, zey are a separate race? That’s right, French bashing is now deemed racism, and Carl’s Junior is under the legal gun for their racist chicken sandwich commercial: Carl’s Junior Class Action - Submit your complaint. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) As a result of a recent series of racist ...

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Palestinian Election Charades

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 4:56:33 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Convicted mass murderer pulls out of Palestinian election! Holocaust denier now a shoo-in! Abbas Set to Win Palestinian Vote.

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British Muslims Seething Over Moore Op-Ed

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 4:51:55 pm PST

No surprise here, as British Muslims are enraged by Charles Moore’s op-ed against the Home Office’s proposed “religious thoughtcrime” law: Moore’s paedophile ‘slur’ angers Muslims. Charles Moore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph, provoked a storm of criticism from British Muslims yesterday for an article in which he championed the right ...

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UK Bank Accused of Terror Funding

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:43:44 pm PST

Another investigation into terrorist financing has uncovered evidence of collusion between at least one British bank and Saudi “martyrdom” charities that funneled money to Palestinian terror gangs: UK bank accused over cash for terror. HSBC, one of Britain’s biggest banks, has been accused of channelling tens of millions of pounds to ...

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FBI Searches Saudi PR Firm

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:18:09 pm PST

LGF reader ploome points out a story I missed last week at the Washington Post; the offices of Qorvis Communications (PR shills for the Saudi regime) were raided by the FBI on Tuesday: FBI Searches Saudi Arabia’s PR Firm. The FBI searched offices of a prominent public relations firm Tuesday, looking ...

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Abu Mazen Says...

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 10:48:43 am PST

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Virtual Ululation at Islamic Forum

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 10:34:53 am PST

At the always revealing Islamic Forum, Muslims celebrate American deaths: Islamic Forum — 1000! dawud_uk Dec 7 2004, 07:43 PM Assalaamu alaykum, Allahu Akbar! that’s right, 1000 US dead, insha’Allah may this put fear into the hearts of the kafirs and determination in the hearts of the mujahadeen. Several of the moderators then attempt to ...

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Last Day to Vote Lizard

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 9:27:54 am PST

LGF is suddenly back in the running for Best Overall Blog, after another case of script-based ballot stuffing was discovered. This means that there’s still time to vote the lizardoid ticket.

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Palestinian Election Campaigning

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 8:57:32 am PST

The Palestinian political process, as practiced by Hamas and Fatah: Ten Israelis wounded in southern Gaza explosion. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Ten Israelis were wounded after a large explosion in a tunnel dug by Palestinian militants near the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, military sources said. Several ambulances ...

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Probably Those Buddhist Extremists Again

Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 8:43:33 am PST

Blast at Market in Southern Philippines Kills 13. Officials are issuing the standard denials of a link to Islamic terrorism. MANILA (Reuters) - A huge explosion rocked the southern Philippine city of General Santos on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring at least 60 at a public market, police and witnesses ...

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Saturday, December 11, 2004

Not Just Mr. Bean

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 9:11:32 pm PST

British Muslims are going to hate this column by Charles Moore. No, I mean they’re really going to hate it: Is it only Mr Bean who resists this new religious intolerance? Iqbal Sacranie, of the mainstream Muslim Council of Britain, wants the new law because any “defamation of the character of ...

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Christian Science Monitor Hits Another Low

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 8:00:42 pm PST

For a long time, I kept hoping the Christian Science Monitor would pull out of their idiotarian nose dive. Finally I gave up. And this is why, as CSM runs a story and poll asking, “Should US-based churches boycott certain companies doing business with Israel?” As of this writing, 63.4% of their readers ...

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"Diverse Range of Opinions" Includes Terrorists

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 6:12:19 pm PST

Here’s a disturbing story of open sympathy for terrorist mass murderers in Australia, disguised as art. And notice how theage.com does their best to delegitimize the outrage, with a headline that implies only Jews could be “offended” by this sick display: Jewish group blasts ‘offensive’ artwork. (Hat tip: David.) Public art ...

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Wizbang Awards Home Stretch

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 5:17:16 pm PST

LGF has slipped to third place (we were in first place before the Incredibly Schtoopid Daily Kos Ballot Stuffing Incident and subsequent vote adjustments), but there may still be time to pull off a last minute surprise, if everyone reading this goes over to Wizbang and votes the lizard ticket: ...

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LA Times Gives Op-Ed Space to Fifth Columnist

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 3:24:12 pm PST

Here’s an incredibly whiny op-ed at the LA Times by Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, who was detained for a short time at LA International Airport and (gasp!) asked some questions: Guilty of ‘Flying While Muslim’? He found it incredibly humiliating and degrading that US officials ...

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Yushchenko Was Poisoned by Dioxin

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 2:41:30 pm PST

It’s confirmed; Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin. VIENNA (Reuters) - The man who hopes to become Ukraine’s next president was the victim of poisoning by dioxin — a toxic chemical that can easily be administered in soup containing cream, Austrian doctors said on Saturday. Viktor Yushchenko, who faces ...

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On "Gotcha" Journalism

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 2:37:51 pm PST

Here’s a good piece by Douglas MacKinnon, former press secretary for Bob Dole, who says that US media is dancing dangerously close to outright betrayal of our military: Press pile-on. While there is no doubt our soldiers need more armor and protection, the question remains: Is it right or ethical for ...

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Colin Gets the Cold Shoulder

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 8:01:44 am PST

At a pointless conference in Morocco, Colin Powell told Arab leaders that they must reform their despotic governments to combat terrorism: Reform Needed in Arab World to Defeat Terror-US. Arabs and Europeans, however, prefer to continue blaming everything on Israel and the US. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, dismissing any ideas ...

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PLO Head: Israel and US Killed Arafat

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 7:46:22 am PST

The PLO’s “foreign minister” continues spewing insane conspiracy theories: Kadoumi claims US and Israel behind Arafat’s death. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) PLO Foreign Minister says two countries conspired to kill him, accuses Israel of poisoning him and US of refusing to provide antidote. Farouk Kadoumi, the veteran hard line Fatah leader, who ...

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CAIR Goes After Wiesenthal Center

Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 7:36:45 am PST

Radical Islamist front group CAIR is now attempting to bully the Simon Wiesenthal Center: Muslims Call on Wiesenthal Center to Repudiate Islamophobia. ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Southern California office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles to repudiate Islamophobic ...

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Friday, December 10, 2004

Until Then

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 6:38:44 pm PST

If you need something to lift your spirit after the past couple of posts (hell, after the past few years worth of posts), watch this tribute to our military families: Until Then. (Hat tip: Jewels.)

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Rampant Child Abuse in Pakistan Islamic Schools

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 5:54:14 pm PST

I suspect that if the true extent of these atrocities is ever revealed, it will be the crime story of the century: Madrassas hit by sex abuse claims. A Pakistani minister has revealed hundreds of cases of alleged child sex abuse at Islamic schools, or madrassas. There were 500 complaints this year ...

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UT Journalism Prof: We Lost, and It's Good

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 5:41:15 pm PST

We shouldn’t be surprised that mainstream media is relentlessly anti-American, when college journalism students are being taught by the likes of University of Texas professor Robert Jensen: A defeat for an empire. The United States has lost the war in Iraq, and that’s a good thing. I don’t mean that the loss ...

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"We've Stopped Another Madrid"

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 5:31:31 pm PST

Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens announced yesterday, without any details, that Britain had stopped a terror attack on the scale of the Madrid bombings. TERROR attacks on London on the scale of the Madrid bombings have been thwarted by Britain’s security forces, Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens has claimed. “Terror ...

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RoP Planned Attack on Red Light District

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 4:40:26 pm PST

Expatica.com reports that Dutch authorities recently thwarted an Islamic terror attack on Amsterdam’s red light district. (Hat tip: (Hat tip: Peaktalk.) AMSTERDAM — Justice authorities arrested a Moroccan man last month after receiving a tip-off that Islamic extremists were allegedly planning an attack on the Red Light District in Amsterdam, it ...

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Tick ... Tick ... Is This Thing On?

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 3:17:13 pm PST

Jim Geraghty says his mysterious sources are telling him CBS may delay the investigative report for another month: Just heard from a person familiar with the network’s inner workings that the report by ex-U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi, former head of The Associated Press, may not be coming ...

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PEST Claims First Victim

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 2:54:51 pm PST

We have our first fatality attributed to the scourge of PEST (Post Election Selection Trauma): Chicago Sun-Times - Obituaries. (Hat tip: Ted.) Herbert M. Hazelkorn, DDS, PhD Herbert M. Hazelkorn, of Glencoe, Illinois, left us on December 7, 2004, of a broken heart at the recent passing of his wife of ...

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Tick ... Tick ... Tick ...

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 1:47:07 pm PST

Anyone seen that CBS News investigative report on Memogate yet? Anyone think they’re planning to wait until the last minute to release it, so all the execs have gone home for the weekend and can’t be reached for comment? Tick ... tick ... tick ... heading toward 5 pm at Black Rock ...

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VDH: The Ents of Europe

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:41:06 pm PST

Victor Davis Hanson on an American’s view of Europe, with a Tolkien twist: The Ents of Europe. One of the many wondrous peoples that poured forth from the rich imagination of the late J. R. R. Tolkien were the Ents. These tree-like creatures, agonizingly slow and covered with mossy bark, nursed ...

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Dem Chairman Arrested for Vote Fraud

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:25:44 pm PST

The Democratic Party chairman of Madison County Indiana has been arrested on vote fraud charges. (Hat tip: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus.) ANDERSON, Ind. — The Madison County Democratic Party chairman was one of two men arrested on vote fraud charges Tuesday. Thomas Ashley, 70, the county Democratic chairman, and Kyle Barber, 47, are ...

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Political Correctness Runs Amok in Italy

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 11:48:42 am PST

A public school in the northern Italian city of Treviso cancelled their Christmas play and replaced it with “Little Red Riding Hood”—to avoid offending Muslim children. Last week, a public elementary school in the northern city of Treviso decided that Little Red Riding Hood would be this year’s Christmas play instead ...

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All the King's Men

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 10:58:16 am PST

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Paper "Regrets" Rumsfeld Deception

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 8:46:26 am PST

The executive editor of the Chattanooga Times Free Press now says he “regrets” readers were not informed that their reporter, Edward Lee Pitts, planted a question for Donald Rumsfeld: Paper Regrets Handling of Rumsfeld Story. “In hindsight, information on how the question was framed should have been included in Thursday’s story ...

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Britain's Thoughtcrime Law

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 8:31:16 am PST

At the Telegraph, Michael Burleigh says the British Home Office’s “religious hatred” bill is a cynical ploy to buy Muslim votes. In reality, evidence for “Islamophobia” - as distinct from a justified fear of radical Islamist terrorism or a desire to protect our freedoms, institutions and values from those who hold ...

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Krauthammer: The Afghan Miracle

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 8:08:49 am PST

Charles Krauthammer wonders why mainstream media seems so unimpressed with The Afghan Miracle. “Miracle begets yawn” has been the American reaction to the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan. Before our astonishing success in Afghanistan goes completely down the memory hole, let’s recall some very recent history. For almost a ...

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CBS Considers Covering it Up

Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 7:45:17 am PST

RatherBiased.com says there’s a war going on at CBS, where some higher-ups want to withhold part of the investigation into Memogate: War at CBS Over Memogate Report. The New York Post has more gossip on Mary Mapes, who has been trying to convince her bosses that the memos are ... yes ...

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Thursday, December 09, 2004

Iraqi Bloggers Meet the President

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 8:32:59 pm PST

How cool is this? Mohammed and Omar, the Iraqis who run the wonderful Iraq The Model blog, got a private meeting in the Oval Office with President Bush today, according to americanfaith.us.

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Radical Left-Wing Hubris

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 7:57:51 pm PST

Moveon.org says to the Democratic Party: “We Own You.” WASHINGTON - Liberal powerhouse MoveOn has a message for the “professional election losers” who run the Democratic Party: “We bought it, we own it, we’re going to take it back.” A scathing e-mail from the head of MoveOn’s political action committee to the ...

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Return of the Throbbing Memo

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 7:12:15 pm PST

It’s true. The animated graphic, showing my Microsoft Word document superimposed on CBS’s fraudulent Killian memo, is back. CBS’s “independent” investigation releases its report tomorrow, and since they didn’t deem it necessary to contact any of the people who actually exposed CBS’s perfidy, I thought it might be a good time ...

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Experts Tell CBS: Time to Clean Up the Blog Industry

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 5:18:22 pm PST

He said he was trying to quit, but Iowahawk’s been dumpster diving again, in the alley behind Black Rock in Manhattan this time, and he’s come up with the first draft of today’s CBS News hit piece on blogs: Experts Tell CBS: Time to Clean Up the Blog Industry. (CBS) By ...

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Holland: The End of the Multicultural Dream

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 4:50:30 pm PST

Here’s an LGF special feature: a 24 minute documentary by Danish public TV about Holland after the murder of Theo Van Gogh, broadcast on December 6, 2004. This is a must-see, with English subtitles provided by Hans Nagel, who created the Windows Media video. Holland: The End of the Multicultural Dream. ...

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Secretary Rumsfeld Q&A Transcript

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 4:24:48 pm PST

Here’s the complete transcript of Secretary Rumsfeld’s Town Hall Meeting in Kuwait; I highly recommend reading it to get a much better impression of what the meeting was like. One wonders why mainstream media completely ignored the following exchange (hat tip: manny), showing the high morale and commitment of our troops. Q: ...

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Rumsfeld's Visit: Spin vs. Reality

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 3:12:47 pm PST

2Slick has comments about the Q&A session with Donald Rumsfeld yesterday; read his account to understand how dishonest the media spin really is. As you know, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld came here for a visit yesterday. The news agencies (all of them- even Fox) have already spun the visit way ...

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"Kidnapped" Marine Charged With Desertion

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 2:54:04 pm PST

Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who was reported kidnapped in Iraq, then turned up in Jordan, has been charged with desertion. CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.—A Marine who was reported abducted in Iraq and later turned up in his native Jordan was charged Thursday with desertion. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun was charged following a ...

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People's Choice Awards Nominates "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 2:39:29 pm PST

Michael Moore is trying to motivate his minions to vote for his mockumentary Fahrenheit 9/11 in the People’s Choice Awards: People’s Choice Awards Nominates “Fahrenheit 9/11”. Here’s a link to the voting page: The 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards. The Incredibles is a good choice.

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The Media Are the Enemy

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 12:47:13 pm PST

Astounding. Mainstream media does it again. The soldier who asked Donald Rumsfeld the question about armored vehicles yesterday was set up by a journalist—who then bragged about it in an email. Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Edward Lee Pitts is embedded with the 278th Regimental Combat Team, now in Kuwait preparing ...

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CBS: The Last Minute Hit Network

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 8:15:35 am PST

In another amazing coincidence of timing, right before the Memogate report, CBS News releases a last minute hit piece on bloggers suggesting that they are paid political operatives, and hinting darkly at possible new laws to deal with the upstarts: Blogs: New Medium, Old Politics. Contrast this with yesterday’s report that ...

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The Hailey Report is Back, Just in Time

Thu, Dec 9, 2004 at 7:24:40 am PST

Rumor has it that the results of the investigation into CBS Memogate are going to be released tomorrow. And in a rather ... uh ... curious coincidence, Dr. David Hailey, the Utah State professor who is desperately, quixotically trying to prove the CBS memos are real, has released what he claims ...

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Sharpton Got Paid

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 8:24:02 pm PST

Professional race baiter Al Sharpton was paid to support John Kerry: Sharpton Got $86,715 to Aid Kerry Campaign. (Hat tip: Ethel.) WASHINGTON - All of John Kerry’s one-time rivals in the Democratic presidential primary eventually lined up to support him as the nominee, but only one got paid for it — ...

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Media Spin vs. Reality

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 8:17:24 pm PST

Here’s the mainstream media spin on Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to Kuwait: Troops put tough questions to Rumsfeld. CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - After delivering a pep talk designed to energize troops preparing to head for Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld got a little “talking to” himself from disgruntled soldiers. But a Pentagon ...

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Internap Very Interested in LGF

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 6:48:35 pm PST

A search spider from Internap Network Services has been crawling around our site like crazy for the past few days. Thought you might like to know.

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An Iraqi's View of the Great Blog Divide

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 6:38:04 pm PST

With an outsider’s perspective, Omar at Iraq the Model sees the left/right division in the US blogosphere more clearly than mainstream media. Speacking of the sides of the blogosphere, I wanted to say that I only knew about the left side of the blogosphere months after we started. I thought that ...

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French Winemakers Whine

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 5:20:38 pm PST

French wine exports are dropping precipitously, and winemakers want a bailout from the government: French Wine Growers Protest Weak Market. (Hat tip: Bala Ambati.) Pinched by overproduction, shrinking exports, advertising restrictions, an aggressive campaign against alcohol abuse and changing drinking habits, at least 6,000 growers and winemakers staged spirited demonstrations nationwide ...

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Blatant Self-Promotion Watch

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 5:07:33 pm PST

Looks like LGF needs some help over there at the 2004 Weblog Awards for Best Overall Blog, where we are currently in third place; remember, you can vote once every 24 hours.

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Alan Rickman Directs Tribute to ISM Icon

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 3:07:18 pm PST

Actor Alan Rickman, who played the villain in Die Hard, has written and will direct a new play based on the diaries of 2003 Fiskie winner Rachel Corrie, the International Solidarity Movement useful idiot who was killed in an encounter with an IDF bulldozer: My Name is Rachel Corrie. (Thanks ...

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CBS Recruiting Anti-War Bloggers

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 2:16:39 pm PST

RatherBiased.com has discovered that CBS News is recruiting anti-war bloggers to hype a 60 Minutes II show on American military deserters. The owner of Nonviolence.org, Martin Kelley, said he got an interesting phone call yesterday from a CBS News publicist for—you guessed it—Dan Rather’s 60 Minutes Wednesday, the same program that ...

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UN Decries "Islamophobia"

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 1:24:57 pm PST

At a UN conference on “Islamophobia,” Kofi Annan actually said something that wasn’t completely foolish: Annan Opens Islamophobia Summit. Annan urged people to condemn terrorist and violent acts carried out in the name of Islam but which “no cause can justify.” “Muslims themselves, especially, should speak out, as so many did following ...

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Islamic Charities Ordered to Pay $156M

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 1:03:58 pm PST

Islamic charities who funneled money to Hamas have been ordered to pay $156 million to the parents of an American teenager murdered in a Jerusalem terror attack: Judge Awards $156M to Dead Teen’s Parents. CHICAGO - Three Islamic charities and an alleged fund-raiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas were ordered ...

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Daily Kos Dropped from Google News

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 12:46:19 pm PST

Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga’s site Daily Kos has been dropped from the Google News index, according to underscorebleach.net.

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They Really Like Him

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 12:45:01 pm PST

The dictators, cronies, and bagmen of the UN General Assembly gave Kofi Annan a standing ovation today. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan received an unusual standing ovation in the 191-nation General Assembly on Wednesday following calls for his resignation from conservative U.S. lawmakers. Annan has been accused by some ...

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Deserters and Liars

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 11:39:39 am PST

At a Canadian refugee hearing for an American deserter, a former Marine is telling outrageous lies reminiscent of John Kerry’s “Winter Soldier” testimony: U.S. killed unarmed Iraqis, war-dodger hearing told. TORONTO (CP) - A former United States marine told a refugee hearing for an American war dodger Tuesday that trigger-happy U.S. ...

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Rewarding Terrorism

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 9:44:36 am PST

On September 11, Palestinians did this. Last month, Palestinians were doing this: Today the Bush administration announced that the US is giving them $20 million. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Wednesday announced it was giving $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority to help it through a financial crisis. A ...

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Abu Mazen: "No Candidacy Bothers Us"

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 9:13:21 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Holocaust denier sticks up for convicted mass murderer! Abbas opposes pressure on Barghuti to pull out of Palestinian election.

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Meet the New Bosses

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 9:03:47 am PST

Steven Stalinsky of MEMRI shows why I refer to the upcoming Palestinian elections as a “charade;” the various pundits waxing optimistic about the possibility of peace are really fooling themselves: The False Dawn of Peace. With Arafat’s death, there has been an unprecedented amount of optimism in the West regarding the ...

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A New Referrer Spammer in Town

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 8:54:57 am PST

There’s a new spammer script out there somewhere, that’s been hitting our referrers page relentlessly for the past couple of weeks. It fakes a referring page, usually with a name like www.best-deals-4u.info (with endless variations on these themes, but always with a .info domain), and if you click the link ...

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Wither The Mainstream Media?

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 8:28:04 am PST

In a great column for RealClearPolitics, William Bennett gives a hat tip to LGF: Wither The Mainstream Media? New Websites with different news and opinion sources emerged over the past few years, sites with names like Powerline, Littlegreenfootballs, HughHewitt.com, and The Corner. They are run by attorneys, professors, former attorneys, former ...

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Insane Cartoons at the Guardian

Wed, Dec 8, 2004 at 7:59:22 am PST

The venomous hatred masquerading as editorial cartoons at the Guardian has to be seen to be believed. Steve Bell’s cartoon mocking the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is bad enough. But today’s winner for nausea-inducing vitriol is this illustration by Martin Rowson. It’s hard for me to imagine the depths of ...

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Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Fallujah Chemical Laboratory Slideshow

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 7:04:53 pm PST

The holy warriors in Fallujah were working on some very nasty surprises: Holy Warrior Chemical Laboratory in Fallujah. How many similar labs exist around the world?

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Depressing Story of the Day

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 6:53:43 pm PST

Very depressing news, on many levels: Poll: Over 50% of Germans equate IDF with Nazi army. Six decades after the mass extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany, more than 50 percent of Germans believe that Israel’s present-day treatment of the Palestinians is similar to what the ...

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Terror Gangs Talk Peace

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 4:41:00 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Holocaust denier patches up alliances with terror gangs and rogue state! Palestinian leaders mend ties with Syria, woo opposition. DAMASCUS (AFP) - PLO chief Mahmud Abbas held a second day of talks with Syrian officials on a mission to patch up strained ties with the ...

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A Day of Infamy

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 2:47:08 pm PST

On December 7, 1941, the United States suffered a sneak attack at Pearl Harbor that crippled our battleship force in the Pacific and killed more than 2400 Americans—but awakened a fierce fighting spirit that would deal the Japanese fleet a crushing blow in the Battle of Midway, only six months ...

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Mr. Bean Speaks Truth

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 2:04:49 pm PST

British Home Secretary David Blunkett has proposed “thought crime” legislation specifically intended to protect the delicate feelings of Muslims; comedian Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) has spoken out about this utterly wrongheaded idea: Religious jokes ‘won’t be crime’. Mr Atkinson told a meeting at the House of Commons on Monday night there ...

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Impending Doom at CBS

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 8:45:07 am PST

‘Impending doom’ is the mood at CBS. Never in his 24 years at CBS News, says 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, has there been so little information at a time of such high anxiety and drama. “It’s a company full of reporters, of nosy busybodies, but this is one case in ...

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When Rules Go Out the Window

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 8:24:32 am PST

Here’s a good piece by Ted Lapkin, arguing that the crimes of the detained Al Qaeda holy warriors have placed them outside the privileges and protections of the Geneva Conventions: When rules go out the window and near-torture is self-defence. The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War goes well beyond the ...

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Van Gogh Murder Suspects Cleared

Tue, Dec 7, 2004 at 8:13:10 am PST

Those 6 Muslim men arrested in the Netherlands on the day of Theo Van Gogh’s murder have been cleared of the killing, but are still charged with belonging to a terrorist group. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Six men arrested following the slaying of filmmaker Theo van Gogh are no ...

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Monday, December 06, 2004

Breaking: Bush Wins Ohio

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 8:26:41 pm PST

Did I mention that the election is over, and Bush won? Ohio Certifies Bush Win by 119,000 Votes. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) COLUMBUS, Ohio - This battleground state on Monday certified President Bush’s 119,000-vote victory over John Kerry, even as the Kerry campaign and third-party candidates prepared to demand a statewide recount. The ...

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Leaving the Hall of Mirrors

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 8:06:54 pm PST

Caroline B. Glick’s latest column is well-reasoned and thought-provoking, as always: Leaving the hall of mirrors. Freelance journalist Kevin Sites was just another guy trying to make his way in the business until the battle of Fallujah. While accompanying US Marines into a mosque, Sites filmed a Marine shooting a prostrate ...

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Breaking: Chicago High-Rise Fire

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 5:58:11 pm PST

There’s a large fire in Chicago, in the LaSalle Bank Building: Firefighters Rush To Blaze At Downtown High-Rise.

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Chicago Terror Trial Update

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 5:40:13 pm PST

Chicago couple Joyce and Stanley Boim, whose son David was murdered in a 1996 Jerusalem terror attack, are suing an Islamic charity for complicity in his death because they funneled money to Hamas. The usual Muslim groups are claiming injustice, and the defendant, the Quranic Literacy Institute, is refusing to ...

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JihadTV, Hizballah Style

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 4:38:39 pm PST

At the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a look at the Islamic hate speech of Hizballah’s propaganda organ: Beacon of Hatred: Inside Hizballah’s al-Manar Television. Al-Manar programming skillfully combines news, talk shows, documentary series, propaganda music videos, and other elements. Much of this programming boasts a professional appearance, impressive-looking sets, ...

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Third Annual Warblogger Awards

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 1:19:24 pm PST

John Hawkins has posted the results of his Third Annual Warblogger Awards For 2004, in which bloggers voted for their favorites. I’m pleased to say LGF came in second for Best Overall (tied with Powerline, behind Instapundit), second for Best Linker (again behind the evil puppy blender), and tied with ...

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Jihad vs. Origami: Jihad Wins

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 11:10:03 am PST

In the battle between jihad and origami, bet on jihad: Origami peace gesture met with violence in Thailand. (Hat tip: Baikal.) A creative peace offering has been met with renewed violence in the troubled south of Thailand. Hours after 50 Thai army planes dropped some 100 million Japanese-style origami cranes over the ...

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Freak Parade at Atrios

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 10:57:18 am PST

Last night, LGF reader Iron Fist ventured into the comments at Duncan Black’s weblog, Atrios, daring Black and his readers to participate in the Spirit of America Blogger Challenge, and do something to help the Iraqi people. The resulting deluge of noxious hatred and bile, from people who like to set ...

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Unrest at Tehran U

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 10:28:53 am PST

In one of the world’s centers of Islamist lunacy, more heartening signs that people are getting sick of the repression: Iranian Students Vent Frustration at Khatami. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Students, once the backbone of Iran’s reformist movement, heckled and harangued President Mohammad Khatami Monday, accusing him of lacking the courage to ...

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A Lost CBS Document

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 9:59:09 am PST

The rumor is that CBS will release the results of their Rathergate investigation this week. As we breathlessly wait to find out how bad the whitewash will be, Kevin Craver takes a look at the cBS ethics manual—a dusty, long-unused document.

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Palestinian Election Charades

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 8:49:20 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Holocaust denier running neck and neck with convicted mass murderer in Palestinian polls! Abbas, Barghouthi Running Even in Palestinian Poll.

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Brit UN Ambassador: Annan Being "Lynched"

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 8:45:31 am PST

Former British Ambassador to the UN Lord David Hannay defends the indefensible, with a trite anti-American smear: Critics circle UN Secretary General. (Hat tip: Mark.) The former diplomat, Lord David Hannay, said of those who have called for Mr Annan’s resignation: “The United States has many traditions, some good and some ...

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The Frustrated Archbishop

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 8:29:59 am PST

Arthur Chrenkoff recounts two weeks worth of good news from Iraq—stories that our relentlessly negative, defeatist mainstream media doesn’t want you to hear: The Frustrated Archbishop. It takes a lot to get a man of God annoyed, and Louis Sako, the Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk, is a very frustrated man these ...

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Saudi Activists Stage Demonstration

Mon, Dec 6, 2004 at 7:45:59 am PST

Islamic activists tried to air their grievances by murdering Americans in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today, but were thwarted when their oppressors hid in a fortified room. The activists were then disenfranchised by Saudi security forces: Saudis Kill 3 Gunmen to Quell Attack on U.S. Mission. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Muslim ...

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Sunday, December 05, 2004

The Spirit of America

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 8:00:48 pm PST

LGF readers, you have truly made me proud. Little Green Footballs is the first blog to sponsor $10,000 in the Spirit of America Blogger Challenge. (Hat tip: Iron Fist.) Why are there no lefty blogs represented in this non-partisan funding drive? No Kos, no Atrios, no Josh, no Wonkette. Where are ...

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Cheaters Not Welcome at Fiskie Awards

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 1:44:30 pm PST

That little cheating script posted by a Daily Kos Kid (and never disavowed or deleted by Kos himself) has stirred up a storm in the blogosphere; check out the trackbacks for this entry by Captain Ed to see how many blogs have posted about it: Daily Kos Endorses Massive Cheating. To ...

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Toothless Watchdog Does Tricks for Iran

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 10:53:57 am PST

The Telegraph reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency bowed to pressure from the mad mullahs of Iran, and removed a small detail from their final report on Iranian nuclear compliance. That small detail is the Iranian purchase of “huge amounts” of a metal used in the construction of nuclear weapons: ...

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Death Cult Wants More

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 9:35:07 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Terror gangs to continue murderous rampage! Islamic Jihad rules out truce. Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Al-Hindi, said Saturday that his group would not agree to a temporary ceasefire (hudna) “of any length” with Israel, “as long as the Zionist enemy occupies Palestinian ...

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An Egyptian Overture?

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 9:28:11 am PST

An Israeli Arab imprisoned by Egypt for eight years has been freed: Azzam Azzam freed in prisoner swap with Egypt. Azzam Azzam, an Israeli Druse Arab jailed since 1996 for allegedly spying on Egyptian, crossed the Egyptian border into Israel Sunday morning. Six Egyptian nationals, held by Israel for conspiring to ...

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Annan's Son Used UN To Lobby for Business

Sun, Dec 5, 2004 at 8:41:00 am PST

The depth of the corruption at the United Nations is absolutely amazing: Annan’s son used UN link to lobby for business. The son of Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General, lobbied for business contacts at gatherings of UN officials on behalf of a company in the same year as it won ...

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Saturday, December 04, 2004

Fiskie Nominations 2004, Topic One

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 7:56:24 pm PST

Time to open the nominations for the 2004 Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (Fiskie for short). In 2002, Jimmy Carter was the runaway winner. In 2003, Rachel Corrie took the coveted prize. In both competitions, Michael Moore came in a close second; some say his ridiculous agitprop ...

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Gitmo Absurd

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 7:04:55 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, who have an excellent new book just in time for Christmas.

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These People Are Nuts

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 6:19:56 pm PST

Well, it didn’t take the lefty blogs long to start cheating like crazy (and bragging about it) in Wizbang’s 2004 Weblog Awards for Best Overall Blog.

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Ohio Papers Getting Nowhere Fast

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 6:09:14 pm PST

They tried their best to dig up something, anything, to cast doubt on President Bush’s victory in Ohio. But Ohio papers are getting nowhere on vote fraud allegations. (Hat tip: Ted.) NEW YORK Those who believe that something’s rotten in the state of Ohio, that it mishandled the Nov. 2 election, ...

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"Submission" Removed from IFILM

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 1:49:20 pm PST

IFILM has removed the Theo Van Gogh/Ayaan Hirsi Ali film Submission from their site with no explanation: Regrettably, IFILM has had to take down this film. It’s possible there was a licensing/copyright issue. It’s also possible they were pressured, judging by the angry email responses from Muslims. I’ve contacted them to ask ...

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AFP Debases the English Language

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 8:04:04 am PST

Agence France Presse seems to have decided that “activist” is a perfectly fine word to apply to mass murderers and terrorists: Israel arrests 12 Palestinian activists, including local Hamas leader. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Twelve wanted Palestinian activists, including a local leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas, were arrested by the ...

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Ansar al-Islam in Germany

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 8:01:51 am PST

German police have discovered a plan by Islamic terrorists to attack Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during a visit to Berlin: German Police Arrest Fourth Iraq Attack Suspect. BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities have arrested a fourth man in connection with a suspected plan to attack Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi ...

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Hatefest at London University

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 7:52:43 am PST

London school to host conference on ‘Resisting Israeli Apartheid’. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) A decision by The London University School of Oriental and African Studies to host a conference on Sunday at which academics will launch a campaign to break links with Israeli universities has raised a stir. The school’s Palestinian Society which ...

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Why Europe is Losing Faith in Islam

Sat, Dec 4, 2004 at 7:49:32 am PST

The Times of London says Europe is starting to awaken from its multiculturalist fever dream, and becoming aware of the danger that’s grown in their midst: Stoned to death... why Europe is starting to lose its faith in Islam. DAYS before she was due to be married, Ghofrane Haddaoui, 23, refused ...

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Friday, December 03, 2004

The Enemy's Shopping Cart

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 8:20:12 pm PST

The videotaped last will and testament of one of the 9/11 hijackers is on sale here, at a site registered in Birmingham, England: Maktabah - Product Detail.

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Terror Gang Anxiety

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 6:36:29 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Hamas May Accept Statehood in West Bank! RAMALLAH, West Bank - The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently softening Hamas’ hardline stance and boosting hopes ...

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Rumsfeld: Iran Making A Lot of Mistakes

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 5:50:12 pm PST

Amid news that Iran is working on long-range missiles capable of striking Europe, Donald Rumsfeld (who will stay in Bush’s Cabinet as Secretary of Defense) warns that Iran is “making a lot of mistakes.” But at the International Herald Tribune, Borut Grgic thinks any sort of direct action would be worse ...

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The Battle Over Ukraine

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 5:11:22 pm PST

A hard-headed appraisal of the Ukraine situation by Charles Krauthammer: The battle over Ukraine. You almost have to feel sorry for the Russians. (I stress almost.) In the course of one generation, they have lost one of the greatest empires in history: first their Third World dependencies, stretching at one point ...

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The Terrible Scourge of PEST

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 12:27:59 pm PST

The scourge of PEST (Post Election Selection Trauma) continues to exact a horrible toll from its victims in Florida: Voters shout epithets at President Bush during first PEST counseling session. (Hat tip: The Pulchritudinous Patriot.) “The media outlets, especially Rush Limbaugh and his ilk on talk radio, scare our patients to ...

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RoP Leader: Iraqi "Resistance" Legitimate

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 12:06:38 pm PST

A few days ago, the most prestigious university in Sunni Islam, Egypt’s Al Azhar, announced that they were putting centuries-old manuscripts online, to illustrate Islam’s peaceful, tolerant nature: Al Azhar manuscripts to go online. In an effort to promote moderate Islamic views and religious interpretations, the prestigious Islamic university Al-Azhar plans ...

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The Islamization of Europe

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 11:17:01 am PST

Commentary Magazine has an essential piece by David Pryce-Jones on The Islamization of Europe. It is true that most Muslim immigrants to Europe come simply with hopes for a better life, and that these hopes are more important to them than any apprehensions they might entertain about living in a society ...

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Does the US Need Tariq Ramadan at Notre Dame?

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 11:06:02 am PST

Referring to European Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, US News and World Report asks, Should this man come to the U.S.? (Hat tip: Ethel.) That’s an easy one. No.

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Vote Daily, Vote Lizard

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 10:21:20 am PST

Psst! Don’t forget to vote once a day for LGF in Wizbang’s 2004 Weblog Awards: Best Overall Blog. The poll sets a 24-hour cookie on your computer, so if you voted yesterday at 5 pm, you can vote again at 5 pm today. Kevin at Wizbang has vowed to lay ...

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AFP: Terrorist = Activist

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 9:51:42 am PST

Agence France Presse labels an Islamic Jihad terrorist an “activist:” Islamic Jihad activist killed in West Bank. And no AFP report is complete without the usual raft of lies from Palestinian “security sources.” Interesting how these “activists” never seem to be armed when the IDF comes for them. The soldiers, who arrived ...

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VDH: How Far We've Come

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 9:23:17 am PST

Victor Davis Hanson: How Far We’ve Come. The disappointments with the looting, the museum desecration, the shoot-out with the Hussein progeny, the flight of the U.N., the insolence of Saddam in the docket, the Halliburton pipeline, and more was hyped — and forgotten as the 24-hour news cycle sought out new ...

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The Violin and the Guitar

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 8:28:27 am PST

Last week we were barraged with propaganda from the world’s terror sympathizers and their media enablers, focused on an incident in which a Palestinian at a checkpoint was asked to remove a violin from its case and play, presumably to make sure it was not rigged with explosives. This piece by ...

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Muslims Sue to Block Sequel to "Submission"

Fri, Dec 3, 2004 at 7:57:48 am PST

Having failed to intimidate Ayaan Hirsi Ali by murdering the director of her film Submission, Dutch Muslims are now using the legal system to try to prevent her from criticizing Islam: Muslims seek to block sequel to Dutch film. Attorney Robert Moszkowicz said in a statement his clients filed a suit ...

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Thursday, December 02, 2004

White Muslim

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 7:44:35 pm PST

At LA Weekly, a profile of a Southern California convert to Islam, now driving a cab in Manhattan: White Muslim. (Hat tip: Elderberry.) But perhaps there is no need to say anything. When I asked Vincent what he thought about al-Yaqoubi’s statement, he answered, with a touch of defiance, that he ...

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Ohio Final Results: Bush Wins

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 7:09:47 pm PST

In the final count of Ohio election results, Kerry did win the provisionals by a small margin, but Bush led overall by ~6 percent: OHIO Election Night 2004 : Race Detail. The eggs are in the refrigerator. The kitchen lights are off. Can we think about something else now?

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Explosives? What Explosives?

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 6:37:28 pm PST

Remember those explosives that were missing from the Al Qaqaa ammo dump, where they were supposedly stored behind IAEA seals? The explosives that were the subject of mainstream media/Mohamed ElBaradei/John Kerry’s final desperate effort to manufacture an October Surprise? The “missing explosives” that mainstream media plastered all over the front pages ...

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French Perfidy Watch

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 6:18:35 pm PST

Belmont Club highlights an especially vile case of French perfidy, during the blockade against Iraq in the 1990s. Read the whole thing for the details, but Wretchard’s closing comments say it all. The United States was being played like a fiddle, its huge fleet and aerial assets led in circles in ...

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Sydney: "Where's Our Christmas?"

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 5:50:43 pm PST

The mayor of Sydney has caused an uproar, trying to avoid offending Muslims (the wire story doesn’t quite say this, but that’s what “immigrant non-Christian community” means) by “toning down” Christmas decorations: Australia’s biggest city up in arms over ‘politically correct’ Christmas. SYDNEY (AFP) - The Lord Mayor of Sydney has ...

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Dances with Moonbats - Moonbat Xtreme

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 5:19:37 pm PST

INDC Journal is conducting invaluable research into the migration and mating patterns of the many species of North American moonbat. Their latest field study: Dances with Moonbats - Moonbat Xtreme. Humans inevitably react with fear or aversion upon meeting a fellow like this, but he’s actually a quite harmless and friendly ...

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Vote Daily, Vote Lizard

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 3:42:46 pm PST

It’s time for Wizbang’s 2004 Weblog Awards! I highly recommend voting once per day for LGF, in the “Best Overall” category.

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Palestinian Presidential Candidate Indicted in US

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 3:03:18 pm PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Palestinian presidential candidate arrested twice in US for terrorism! Abdelhalim al-Ashkar, 43: a resident of the United States with a degree in business administration. Al-Ashkar has been arrested twice by U.S. authorities on suspicion of funding radical Islamic groups. His wife and three children are ...

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Islamic Television USA

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 2:10:24 pm PST

Robert Spencer looks at Bridges TV, the first nationwide American Muslim TV network; unfortunately you don’t have to dig very hard to find connections to extremism: Islamic Television USA. Bridges TV declares that its intention is to “fuse American culture with the values of Islam in a healthy, family-oriented way.” According ...

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Marc Rich: Middleman for Saddam's Oil Deals

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 2:00:36 pm PST

A familiar name turns up in connection to the Oil-for-Food scandal: Americans’ Role Eyed in U.N. Oil Scandal. (Hat tip: Legalbgl.) Dec. 1, 2004 —Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq’s suspect oil deals in February 2001, just one month after his pardon from President Clinton, ...

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The Proud Father

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 1:21:04 pm PST

Another death cult family moment, brought to you by the Religion of Peace: An Iranian man prepares his daughter, who is a member of a suicide commandos unit, by covering her face in the same style of Palestinian and Lebanese militants, during a ceremony where the first suicide commandos unit was ...

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Nearly Half of Britons Unaware of Auschwitz

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 9:00:34 am PST

This may be one reason why the “Bush=Hitler” inanities fall so easily from the mouths of the Euroleft: Nearly Half of Britons Unaware of Auschwitz -Poll. LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Britons in a poll said they had never heard of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in southern Poland that ...

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What If It Isn't About Israel?

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 8:22:43 am PST

Here’s a must-read op-ed by Amir Taheri, who asks, What if it’s not Israel they loathe? In his recent foray into Ramallah, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw identified the Palestine-Israel conflict as the most important issue between the West and the Muslim world. Straw was echoing the conventional wisdom according to ...

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A Blind, Toothless Watchdog

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 8:16:26 am PST

Here’s a reassuring little tidbit of information; United Nations nuclear inspectors are only allowed to visit Iranian facilities that have been declared by Iran as nuclear sites: Diplomats: U.N. Lacks Right to Inspect Sites in Iran. VIENNA (Reuters) - Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog would like to visit a military ...

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Hypocrite of the Day

Thu, Dec 2, 2004 at 8:03:18 am PST

Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, former official EU toady to Yasser Arafat and author of this bilious rant against the United States, now says he wants to “help” Israel: Spanish FM eyes chance for improved Israeli relations with Arab world. TEL AVIV (AFP) - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos ...

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Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Kofi Annan Must Go

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 6:14:01 pm PST

Senator Norm Coleman says, “Kofi Annan Must Go.” LGF adds, he shoulda been gone a long time ago. It’s time for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign. Over the past seven months, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which I chair, has conducted an exhaustive, bipartisan investigation into the scandal surrounding the U.N. ...

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Must-See MEMRI TV

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 5:36:34 pm PST

MEMRI TV has an excellent high resolution video, with English subtitles, of Egyptian pediatrician Ayman al-Zawahri’s recently-released rant. They also have a revealing archive of clips featuring Sheik Al-Qaradhawi, who has been described as a “moderate” Islamic leader by mainstream media on many occasions. In fact, MEMRI TV is one of the ...

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Palestinian Bombmaker Gets 67 Life Terms

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 5:16:55 pm PST

A monster responsible for some of the worst Palestinian atrocities was sentenced to 67 consecutive life terms today: Palestinian Master Bombmaker Sentenced. JERUSALEM - An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Kuwaiti-born bombmaker to 67 consecutive life terms in jail for killing dozens of Israelis and at least five Americans. Abdullah ...

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It's Hard Not to Hate the French...

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 5:00:42 pm PST

...when they let Al-Manar, the television channel run by Hizballah, broadcast a show in France accusing Israel of spreading AIDS and other dangerous diseases in the Arab world. Less than ten days after Hezbollah’s “al-Manar” television station was permitted to broadcast in France, one of its commentators has stirred uproar after ...

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Convicted Murderer Flip-Flops, Will Run

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 11:29:43 am PST

Extry! Extry! Convicted murderer to run for Palestinian president from prison cell! Read all about it! Barghouti Seeking Palestinian Presidency. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti reversed an earlier decision and filed official papers Wednesday to run for the presidency to succeed the late Yasser Arafat, throwing Palestinian ...

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Terrorists Won't Vote

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 9:29:09 am PST

Extry! Read all about it! Extry! Terror gang boycotts Palestinian election! Hamas Says to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamic militant faction Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on Wednesday. “We in the Islamic resistance ...

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Molly Moore's Narrow Turnstile

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 9:23:46 am PST

Honest Reporting catches Molly Moore of the Washington Post promoting an anti-Israel fasehood: Molly Moore’s Narrow Turnstile. The Israeli military, like its American counterpart, has recently faced public scrutiny for alleged ethical violations. When reporting such allegations, the media can play a constructive role by conveying information in a balanced manner. But ...

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Rather's Ruin

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 8:53:18 am PST

At the American Enterprise, Chris Weinkopf dubs Power Line and LGF the “Woodward and Bernstein” of Rathergate: Rather’s Ruin. Seldom in the course of a Presidential campaign does a media drama upstage the election itself, but for a short while in September, Americans tuned out politics and tuned in to “The ...

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"Your Time is Coming"

Wed, Dec 1, 2004 at 8:17:41 am PST

IDF Dave has more photographs of the deranged moonbats who proudly displayed their mental illness in Ottawa yesterday. As he points out, almost none of the signs at the anti-Bush rally had peaceful messages; most were like this one:

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