LGF Archives: December 2006
New Year Open Thread 2
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 9:41:23 pm PST
Another open thread to commemorate another trip around the sun...
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New Year Open Thread 1
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 6:51:37 pm PST
Here’s an open thread as the Earth completes another revolution around the sun and the arbitrary interval we’ve agreed to call “2007” approaches the east coast of North America...
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Fiskie/Fallaci Awards Update
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 5:35:54 pm PST
In the final hours, with more than 40,000 votes cast in the two categories, John Bolton has a lock on the Anti-Idiotarian Award for 2006 but the race for the Idiotarian Award is much closer. At this point Kofi Annan has a comfortable lead, but a sudden surge could still ...
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Spanish Cathedral Shuns Muslim Request
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 4:52:04 pm PST
A request by Spain’s Islamic Board to allow Muslims to pray in Cordoba’s cathedral (a former mosque, before Cordoba was liberated from Muslim rule in the 13th century) has been denied by the Roman Catholic bishop. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Roman Catholic bishop of Cordoba in southern Spain has rejected ...
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Grim Milestone Watch
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 12:41:34 pm PST
The deaths of US soldiers reach another “grim milestone” in the ghoulish numerology of the Associated Press: U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000. BAGHDAD, Iraq - The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, raised the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000 ...
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Hatred in a Holy City
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 12:22:02 pm PST
They’re going to be doing this until Tuesday, in the world’s center of Islam; the violent ritual that often results in stampedes killing thousands: Muslim haj pilgrims perform devil-stoning ritual. MENA, Saudi Arabia, Dec 31 (Reuters) - More than 2.5 million Muslim haj pilgrims performed devil-stoning rites on Sunday, amid tight ...
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Palestinian Toy Gun Watch
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:46:45 am PST
A young boy holds a toy gun as a Palestinian man, right, speaks behind a portrait of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein at a memorial in the Dahaysha Refugee Camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem,Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians flocked to the streets of the West ...
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Minneapolis Muslims Support Somalia Islamists
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 9:34:05 am PST
Over a thousand Somali Muslims demonstrated in Minneapolis yesterday in favor of the Dark Ages Islamist regime in Somalia; the Star Tribune report has a typically ridiculous headline: Area Somalis want peace for homeland. Sure, they want “peace”—as long as that peace involves Islamist rule. And if the US won’t support ...
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UK Preparing for a 'Dirty Bomb' Attack
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 9:19:04 am PST
In addition to those 12,000 chem/bio/nuke protective suits, the UK Home Office has quietly ordered 8,000 ‘dirty bomb’ body bags. (Hat tip: Paul.)
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Associated Press Spins in Two Directions at Once
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 8:46:53 am PST
It’s the same poll, but the AP’s two stories couldn’t be more different. On December 30: AP poll: Americans optimistic for 2007. And on December 31, after the editors apparently decided their first take was too positive: Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007. (Hat tip: IRIS.)
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Hundreds of Muslims Injure Selves in Turkish Animal Sacrifices
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 8:30:52 am PST
In an orgy of ritualistic animal killing, hundreds of Turkish Muslims have been injured by their own weapons: Hundreds of Turks injured in Muslim animal sacrifice. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) Hundreds of Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday in emergency wards today after stabbing ...
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Palestinians Mourn Dead Tyrant
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 8:22:26 am PST
The wires services’ Arab propagandists are working overtime to let us know that the Palestinian death cult society is distraught about the execution of the monster Saddam Hussein. Palestinians pray inside a mosque in front of a mock coffin during a rally to protest former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s execution in ...
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Six Bombs in Bangkok
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 8:04:50 am PST
A multiple attack in Bangkok: Six bombs hit Thailand’s capital. BANGKOK (AFP) - At least 20 people have been injured in Bangkok night after six bombs exploded in the Thai capital, police said, as revellers were preparing to bring in the New Year. The six explosions happened within 90 minutes of each ...
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Saturday Night Playlist
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 6:18:26 pm PST
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An Execution Caught on Cellphone
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 4:55:56 pm PST
If you want to see it, the execution of Saddam has been posted at Google Video, apparently from a cellphone camera facing the gallows: Video of Saddam Hussein being executed. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Nothing gruesome, but it does show him take the fall.
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Milblogger Down
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 1:00:03 pm PST
SPC J.R. Salzman, who posted at LGF with the name “Logboy,” was recently injured by an IED in Iraq, and lost an arm. Please join us in expressing our gratitude for his service and in sending best wishes for his recovery. (Thanks to Geepers for letting me know.) Here’s J.R.’s blog: ...
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So Long and Thanks for All the Arafish
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 12:37:45 pm PST
Here’s a less than fond farewell to the thugs of yesteryear: Palestinians on Saddam: We lost a leader. Many in the Palestinian Authority on Saturday lamented the execution of Saddam Hussein, who received a special status among the Palestinians. “Saddam was known for his ability to stick to his opinion and say ‘no’ ...
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Gaddafi's Paranoid Ravings
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:33:00 am PST
Deep thoughts from Muammar Gaddafi: TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday defended a court’s decision to sentence five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for infecting more than 400 children with HIV, but said mystery surrounded the case. “It is unimportant that the medics are sentenced to ...
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Fiskie/Fallaci Voting Update
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:13:09 am PST
John Bolton is running away with the very first Oriana Fallaci Award, but there’s a pretty close race going on between Kofi Annan and the “Mainstream Media” for this year’s Fiskie.
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ETA Attacks Madrid Airport
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 10:20:49 am PST
Basque terrorists strike in Madrid: ETA car bomb in Madrid breaks ceasefire. MADRID (Reuters) - A car bomb wrecked a car park at Madrid’s international airport on Saturday, injuring at least 19 people in an attack the government said smashed a nine-month-old ceasefire by ETA Basque guerrillas. One person was still missing ...
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Veiled Christmas Address Delivered by Extremist Convert
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 9:56:28 am PST
Khadija, the masked Muslim woman who gave UK Channel 4’s “alternate” Christmas address accompanied by vaguely Christmas-y music and pictures of snowflakes, is a member of a radical Pakistani Islamic cult whose goal is to convert the whole world to Islam: Unmasked: the veiled white Muslim convert whose great grandmother ...
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Muslims Refuse to Wash Hands at UK Hospitals
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 9:43:28 am PST
Because the anti-bacterial gel contains alcohol: Muslims ‘refuse anti-MRSA gel’. (Hat tip: Tom.) Some Muslims are undermining the battle to rid Britain’s hospitals of killer infections by refusing to wash their hands when visiting sick relatives. Dispensers containing anti-bacterial gel have been placed outside wards at hospitals all over Britain in a ...
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Arlen Specter and the Chinless Dictator
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 9:05:53 am PST
Sen. Arlen Specter makes no bones about it; he visited Syria to engage in freelance diplomacy, because he’s decided the US government’s policies aren’t working: Specter, colleagues travel abroad, but bid for dialogue yields little. On Christmas Day, Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) arrived in Damascus for meetings with Syrian President ...
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Associated Press: Saddam Executed by "Vengeful Countrymen"
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 8:41:34 am PST
The Associated Press caption for their photo of the ex-dictator says he was executed by “vengeful countrymen.” (Hat tip: Trent.) This video image released by the Biladi TV stations, which are affiliated with the Dawa party of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, appears to show the body of former Iraqi leader Saddam ...
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Kos Kidz Mourn Mass-Murdering Tyrant
Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 8:07:59 am PST
Sometimes it seems as if the Kos Kidz belong to some other species: Daily Kos: An overwhelming sense of sadness. I have just read that Saddam Hussein is dead. Hung by the neck until dead – isn’t that the phrase they always use on television? And I feel an overwhelming sense ...
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Friday Night Beach
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 9:19:36 pm PST
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Breaking: Saddam an Ex-Dictator
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 7:16:20 pm PST
Arab news sources are reporting that Saddam has taken the fall...
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Britain's Minuscule Problem
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 6:53:57 pm PST
Just a few (well, thousands of) chem/bio/nuke protective suits. Nothing to worry about, really. British police to get dirty bomb protection. THOUSANDS more British police will be issued with protective suits to wear in the event of a chemical, biological or radiological attack. The 12,000 new suits would be worn at the ...
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Israel Weighs Appeasement
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 6:40:33 pm PST
Huge political struggles are going on behind the scenes in Israel, judging by the rapid reversals on the issue of releasing Palestinian terrorists and their supporters from Israeli prisons: Israel won’t free Palestinian prisoners. JERUSALEM - Israel rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ request for a quick release of prisoners to bolster ...
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Totten: Hizballah's Christian Allies
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 6:31:45 pm PST
Michael J. Totten gives us some much-needed perspective on Hezbollah’s Christian Allies. BEIRUT – While Hezbollah staged a mass protest and sit-in downtown Beirut with the hopes of ousting the elected anti-Syrian “March 14” government, I watched from the patio of a café across the street. Sitting at the next table ...
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Barbara Boxer Rescinds Award to CAIR
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 5:21:26 pm PST
I’m about to write something quite unusual. I hope you’re sitting down. This may be the only time I ever give major LGF kudos to ... Senator Barbara Boxer. No. Really. She apparently took a closer look at the radical front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations, and rescinded ...
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Saddam Hangs at Dawn
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 2:48:04 pm PST
It’s official: Saddam to be executed tonight. An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST. The time was agreed upon during a meeting Friday between U.S. and Iraqi officials, said the adviser, who declined to be named because ...
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Clinton Aide Steals Classified Documents, MSM Yawns
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 2:13:08 pm PST
One of the more egregious miscarriages of justice during the last few years was the ridiculously light slap on the wrist given to Clinton national security advisor Sandy Berger, who basically got away scot free after stealing classified documents from the National Archives to cover up Clinton’s mishandling of terror ...
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Saddam Shuffling Off Mortal Coil
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 9:50:25 am PST
The word is that Saddam Hussein will be executed very soon—and Jules Crittenden says it may have already happened. UPDATE at 12/29/06 1:32:38 pm: A reader emailed to say a “reliable source” has informed him that Saddam is scheduled to hang at sunrise Baghdad time, which occurs at 10 pm ET tonight. ...
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RoP Lawyering Up
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 9:35:24 am PST
The radical Wahhabist group calling itself the Muslim World League, an arm of our friends the Saudis, is planning to sue (presumably through Western courts, showing once again that peculiar clueless illogic of the jihadi) anyone who criticizes Islam or mocks Mohammed: MWL Wants Lawsuits for Abuse of Islam and ...
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Savages Routed in Somalia
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 9:08:09 am PST
Ethiopia shows the world how to handle misogynistic barbarians from the Dark Ages: Somali PM enters Mogadishu, crowds line route. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia’s prime minister swept into Mogadishu in an armored convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamist rivals from the city they had ruled by ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 8:29:05 am PST
Two Buddhist teachers shot dead, burned in Thai south. YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - Suspected separatists shot dead two Buddhist teachers on Friday and burned their bodies in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim south, police said, the latest attack in a three-year insurgency that has killed more than 1,800. The teachers were ambushed in their ...
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Thursday Night Supertankers
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 7:47:10 pm PST
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Blog Wars on Sundance
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 6:30:57 pm PST
Airing tonight on the Sundance Channel: Blog Wars, featuring yours truly and many other bloggers I’m sure you’ll recognize, some with fondness, some with ... uh ... less than fondness. It’s a fascinating look into the Kos-driven angry left blog network that failed to smash Joe Lieberman’s campaign, and touches ...
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Saddam Counting the Minutes
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 4:45:52 pm PST
He’s taking the fall this weekend. (Hat tip: Ringo.) Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, NBC News reported Thursday. According to a U.S. military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, Saddam ...
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LGF Technical Update - Polls
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 1:50:19 pm PST
The newest addition to the LGF Blog Engine is visible in the two preceding entries; there’s now a simple interface by which I can embed polls directly into LGF blog posts. A word on the scientific validity of this or any other internet poll: there is none. These are supposed to ...
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Anti-Idiotarian of the Year 2006, Voting Open
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 12:25:05 pm PST
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Idiotarian of the Year 2006, Voting Open
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 12:04:47 pm PST
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Thursday Open Thread
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 10:54:54 am PST
Here’s an open thread for the remains of Thursday morning...
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State Dept Document Admits Arafat Ordered Killings of US Diplomats
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 9:20:23 am PST
The State Department has declassified a document that finally admits Yasser Arafat personally ordered the killings of Cleo Noel, the American ambassador to the Sudan, his deputy George Moore, and Belgian diplomat Guy Eid during a 1973 terrorist takeover of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum. (Hat tip: Daniel Freedman.) Our ...
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Hizballah Paying for Palestinian Terror
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 8:59:43 am PST
Iran’s puppet terrorist gang Hizballah is paying the Palestinians to launch Qassam rockets into Israel, on a sliding scale that increases as more Jews are murdered: Hizbullah paying for Kassam attacks. Hizbullah is paying Palestinian splinter groups “thousands of dollars” for each Kassam rocket fired at the western Negev, The Jerusalem ...
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AP's Handy Dandy Pocket Casualty Calculator
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 8:53:00 am PST
Painfully on-target: The New Pocket Casualty Counter From The Associated Press! Are you freakishly obsessed with the daily casualty count in Iraq? Do you find yourself disappointed when a day or two goes by and no American soldiers die? Have you ever been at a cocktail party and said, “How can ...
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Answering Human Rights Watch
Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 7:56:21 am PST
Zombie has finished an exhaustive response to the recent Human Rights Watch report on the Lebanese Red Cross ambulance incident: UPDATE to The Red Cross Ambulance Incident: The Human Rights Watch Report. And zombie isn’t the only one tearing the HRW report apart; here’s another rebuttal at Al Hamatzav, in two ...
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Blair: Koran is Remarkably Progressive
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 6:06:14 pm PST
I’ve given up keeping track of Tony Blair’s whiplash changes of opinion and conflicting pronouncements, but his gushing praise for the Koran really stands out: Blair on Islam: Standard-Bearer of Tolerance. To me, the most remarkable thing about the Koran is how progressive it is. I write with great humility as ...
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Roadmap Lies
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 2:59:29 pm PST
The Associated Press and the New York Times have both been misstating the terms of the so-called “roadmap to peace,” in order to accuse Israel and the Palestinians of equally failing to live up to their agreements. Daniel Freedman has two good posts on this topic, showing exactly how dishonest ...
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Joe and the Blogosphere
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 12:26:39 pm PST
Hugh Hewitt interviews Wall Street Journal assistant editor Joseph Rago, who thinks blogs are written by fools and read by imbeciles; and although he writes like a grumpy old man, he’s straight outta Dartmouth: Young Joseph Rago versus the blogosphere. UPDATE at 12/27/06 12:32:05 pm: And speaking of grumpy old moonbats: James ...
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AP Bogus Truce Watch
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 11:51:26 am PST
In the Bizarro world of the Associated Press, Palestinians can fire rockets into Israel every single day, yet the “truce” is only “derailed” when Israel decides to defend against the attacks: Israel threatens to renew attacks. JERUSALEM - After weeks of restraint, Israel said Wednesday that it will renew attacks on ...
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"Fiskie" and "Oriana" Nominations
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:20:21 am PST
Here are the current nominees for the 2006 LGF Idiotarian and Anti-Idiotarian Awards: IDIOTARIAN (The “Fiskie”) John F. Kerry Keith Olbermann Reuters/AP Kofi Annan Cynthia McKinney ANTI-IDIOTARIAN (The “Oriana”) John Bolton Ayaan Hirsi Ali Robert Spencer Christopher Hitchens Mark Steyn Oriana Fallaci Australian PM John Howard Pope Benedict Wafa Sultan I tried to narrow down both lists to the most popular nominations based on our previous ...
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Death of Religious Tolerance in Malaysia
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 9:26:19 am PST
Funded by Arab oil money and planned by our friends the Saudis, the Wahhabi creed is spreading throughout Southeast Asia, replacing the traditionally tolerant version of Islam practiced in the region with a violent, medieval supremacism: Death of religious tolerance in Malaysia. LAWYER Malik Imtiaz Sawar seems a most unlikely person ...
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Islamic Supremacism in Iraq
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 8:56:29 am PST
In nearly every country where Islam coexists with Christianity (in fact, with any other religion), this story is repeated: ‘Leave, crusaders, or have your heads cut off’. (Hat tip: Amy.) The snow has already settled on the mountains further north, but the Christians of the Iraqi city of Mosul are scared ...
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Lazy Slackers Shun Misunderstood Jokester
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 8:33:04 am PST
Scott Hennen posts this poignant picture from John F. Kerry’s trip to Iraq, showing the ex-candidate sans magic hat—and breakfast companions. (Hat tip: Power Line.) The soldier who took the photo included this note: This is a true story.....Check out this photo from our mess hall at the US Embassy yesterday morning. ...
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RIP, President Ford
Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 8:06:19 am PST
Former President Gerald Ford Dies at 93. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former President Gerald R. Ford, who declared “Our long national nightmare is over” as he replaced Richard Nixon but may have doomed his own chances of election by pardoning his disgraced predecessor, has died. He was 93. The nation’s 38th ...
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Cut From Different Cloth
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 6:53:08 pm PST
Last month one of the local PBS affiliates broadcast a powerfully understated documentary on the horrible situation of women in Afghanistan, by Olga Shalygin and Kris Orloff, titled: Cut From Different Cloth: Burqas & Beliefs. It follows a 27-year old American woman named Serena living with an Afghan family, as she ...
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France As a "Muslim Power"
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 2:41:37 pm PST
Here’s a review by Daniel Johnson of a new book by David Pryce-Jones: Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) As I write, it is exactly a year since the desolate banlieues of France erupted in an orgy of violence, on a scale which had not been ...
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Suicide Santa
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 1:33:08 pm PST
Here’s a completely deranged little film featuring a raging, rock-throwing, not-jolly-at-all Saint Nick, broadcast on Syrian television. The special effects are amazing, and that isn’t flattery. Is this what Keith Ellison means when he says the Muslim world can teach America about justice and tolerance? Mohammed al-Dura makes a very special ...
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Ethiopian Military Halfway to Mogadishu
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 1:18:17 pm PST
Ethiopia says they’re kicking Islamist butt in Somalia: Ethiopia predicts victory against Somali Islamists. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Tuesday it was halfway to victory against Somali Islamists and could seize their Mogadishu stronghold within days following a week of war in the Horn of Africa. Islamists countered that they were ...
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AP Puts Bias Down the Memory Hole
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 9:43:10 am PST
The AP has silently rewritten their ghoulish piece equating the number of 9/11 victims with the number of soldiers killed in Iraq, and made the original vanish down the memory hole: U.S. deaths in Iraq exceed 9/11 count. (Hat tip: Rand Simberg.) This is how the article originally started: BAGHDAD, Iraq - ...
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Iraqi Court Upholds Saddam Death Sentence
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 9:01:38 am PST
Saddam Hussein will hang within a month, and possibly much sooner. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein’s death sentence for crimes against humanity and said he should hang within 30 days. “The appeal court has approved the death sentence. They (the government) has the right to ...
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Ellison Speaks to Radical Groups in Dearborn
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 8:36:37 am PST
Speaking in Dearborn, Michigan (a center of radical Islam and support for Hizballah, as documented many times at LGF), in front of a crowd chanting “Allahu Akbar,” Rep. Keith Ellison said that Muslim activism is part of Allah’s plan to teach justice and tolerance to the United States: 1st Muslim ...
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Grim Milestone Watch
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 8:10:04 am PST
Mainstream media is full of stories this morning trumpeting the “grim milestone:” U.S. Troop Deaths In Iraq Exceed 9/11 Toll, 6 More GI Deaths Put Military Past Grim Milestone As 36 Iraqis Die In Other Attacks. I thought I was finished being surprised by the depth of our media’s corruption. The Sept. ...
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Associated Press Ghouls Mark Another Milestone
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 9:37:21 pm PST
The Associated Press’s obsession with “significant” numbers and “grim milestones” produces one of their most vile articles ever: U.S. deaths in Iraq exceed 9-11 count. They’ve obviously been watching and waiting for this magic number, to file a report like this—an empty-headed, amoral attempt to equate things that are not equivalent, ...
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UK Television Wishes You a Medieval Misogynistic Christmas
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 9:12:00 pm PST
After denying that she was going to do it, a Muslim woman wearing a black face mask delivered UK Channel 4’s “alternate” Christmas message after all. (Perhaps she was persuaded to change her mind?) And it’s exactly what you probably expected; a rambling toxic mix of victimhood, self-delusion, and Islamic ...
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A Daily Kos Koranic Christmas
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:53:28 pm PST
The Kos Kidz ring in Christmas with a quotation. From the Koran: A Christmas Story. (Hat tip: Ron.)
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Has the US Blocked Arms to Israel?
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:45:00 pm PST
In a report of unknown credibility, Middle East Newsline says the US has stopped arms and technology transfers to Israel. I was unable to confirm this with other sources, and I’m hoping it isn’t true. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) TEL AVIV [MENL] — The Bush administration has blocked arms and technology ...
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Olmert's Cave-In is Nearly Complete
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:35:12 pm PST
Ehud Olmert is selling Israel down the river for a pocketful of empty promises and foolish wishes: Israeli PM orders checkpoints dismantled. The countdown to the first suicide bombing begins now. JERUSALEM - Israel’s prime minister on Monday ordered the military to dismantle more than two dozen of the West Bank checkpoints ...
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Christmas Day Open Thread
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 9:17:42 am PST
Here’s an open thread for Christmas Day 2006. Again I thank all the LGF readers who’ve emailed to say “Merry Christmas!” Here’s to life.
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RIP, James Brown
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:49:20 am PST
The influence he had on contemporary music is incalculable. He leaves behind a legacy of funk that will live forever: Legendary singer James Brown dies at 73. ATLANTA - James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured “Godfather of Soul,” whose revolutionary rhythms, rough voice and flashing footwork influenced generations of musicians from rock ...
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Yet Another Bethlehem Story
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:28:05 am PST
Here’s yet another AP story from an Arab writer focusing on how bad life is in Bethlehem, attributing the misery to Israel’s “controversial” security fence and international sanctions against Hamas, and completely ignoring the effects of rampant Islamic supremacism and generations of death cult indoctrination: Few foreign pilgrims travel to ...
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An Anti-Israel, Pro-Terror Christmas Message from the Archbishop
Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 8:01:47 am PST
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams shows off the muddled, morally blind thinking for which he is justly famous: World must not forget Middle East, says Anglican leader. As if anyone in the world is about to “forget” the Middle East. Here he tells us that nobody is any better or worse than ...
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Christmas Beach
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 3:24:40 pm PST
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Merry Christmas, from LGF
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 10:16:00 am PST
Thank you for all the Christmas messages and support, folks, and best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas season. Here’s something appropriate, sent in by a fellow cycloid: Specialized Holiday Greetings.
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English Channel Terror Plot
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 10:00:24 am PST
Channel tunnel is terror target. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Channel tunnel has been targeted by a group of Islamic militant terrorists aiming to cause maximum carnage during the holiday season, according to French and American secret services. The plan, which the French DGSE foreign intelligence service became aware of earlier this ...
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Ethiopian Airstrikes in Somalia
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 8:36:29 am PST
Meanwhile, it’s open war between Ethiopia and the jihadis in Somalia: Ethiopia attacks Somalia Islamic council. MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia launched an attack Sunday on Somalia’s powerful Islamic movement, sending fighter jets across the border and bombarding several towns in a major escalation of the violence that threatens to engulf the ...
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Olmert Caves in to Terror
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 8:11:15 am PST
Utter insanity from Ehud Olmert: Olmert suggests early Palestinian prisoner release. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suggested on Sunday he could release some Palestinian prisoners this week even though Gaza militants have yet to free a captured Israeli soldier. Israel has been under U.S. and European pressure to take ...
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Iran Will Install 3000 Centrifuges Immediately
Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 8:08:43 am PST
Iran demonstrates how much they fear United Nations sanctions: Iran to install 3,000 centrifuges from today after sanctions. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) TEHERAN - Iran will on Sunday start putting in place 3,000 uranium enriching centrifuges at a key nuclear plant in an immediate response to a UN sanctions resolution, top nuclear ...
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Saturday Night Open Thread
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 9:36:58 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for a Saturday evening...
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Daniel Pipes vs. Ken Livingstone, January 20
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 6:51:46 pm PST
Mark this one on your calendars, as Daniel Pipes debates “Red Ken” Livingstone in London: Mayor of London - Equality and Diversity - Conference: Clash of Civilisations.
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The Definition of Insanity
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 6:34:37 pm PST
Is it Groundhog Day? Because I could swear we’ve been here before: Israel agrees to free Palestinian funds. JERUSALEM - Israel agreed Saturday to release $100 million in frozen funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and ease West Bank travel restrictions — goodwill gestures that revived hopes for a resumption of ...
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A Little Christmas Antisemitism from The Independent
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 6:25:54 pm PST
Britain’s Independent Online feeds the antisemites a straight line: Independent Appeal: ‘What would happen if the Virgin Mary came to Bethlehem today?’ The answer Johann Hari is trying to elicit, in this sickeningly blatant appeal to the lowest common denominator hater, is obvious: if the Virgin Mary came to Bethlehem today, ...
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The Mainstreaming of "Islamophobia"
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 3:21:07 pm PST
With everything that’s known about the extremist roots of CAIR and ISNA and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muslim American Society, why is the US government still participating in sideshows like this? US Govt and American Muslims Engage to Define Islamophobia. There’s a reason why this article gets such a lot of play ...
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CAIR's Victimization Game
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 10:18:58 am PST
Daniel Pipes is on target about the agenda of the Council on American Islamic Relations: Islamic Group Has Mastered Victimization Game, Critic Says. (CNSNews.com) - The Republican lawmaker who sparked a storm with comments about Muslims and the need to tighten immigration laws is the latest target of an Islamic advocacy ...
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UN Springs Into Action
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 9:53:10 am PST
After years of strong statements and harshly worded letters, the United Nations has taken the fateful next step—meaningless, watered down sanctions: Security Council approves Iran sanctions. UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Saturday to impose sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, culminating two months of ...
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UK Police Hunting "English Brothers"
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 9:20:01 am PST
And this is only one jihad team out of potentially many: Police hunt for ‘English brothers’ who spent year in al-Qaeda camp. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Police are trying to trace a gang of British Muslims who are thought to have returned to plot terror attacks in Britain after being trained ...
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Editor & Publisher's Mitchell at The Smirking Chimp
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 8:38:31 am PST
Greg Mitchell, the editor of trade journal Editor & Publisher who regularly attacks and smears bloggers, is also a writer for one of the ugliest, most rabid left-wing hate sites on the internet, The Smirking Chimp—a blog dedicated to obsessively trashing President Bush: Bush and Rove Blew the Election on ...
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Got a Big Fish in Afghanistan
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 8:23:13 am PST
No virgins for Osmani: U.S. strike kills Afghan Taliban leader. KABUL, Afghanistan - A top Taliban military commander described as a close associate of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar was killed in an airstrike this week close to the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Saturday. A ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury: It's All Our Fault
Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 8:11:48 am PST
The Archbishop of Canterbury says Britain’s participation in the Iraq War is responsible for endangering Christians in the Middle East: Christians suffer for Iraq, says archbishop. Not a word of blame for the ones who are actually killing and persecuting Christians, however. Or a word of recognition that the persecution has ...
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Friday Night Playlist
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 6:15:06 pm PST
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Indian Man Narrowly Escapes Beheading by Our Friends the Saudis
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 4:12:53 pm PST
An Indian from the Kerala region narrowly escaped being beheaded in the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the capital crime of entering a Muslims-only area in the “holy” city of Medina: Death penalty: Saudi court spares Keralite. (Hat tip: a.) A Keralite, who was reportedly facing death sentence in ...
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TSA Halts Anti-Terror Screening
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 3:12:55 pm PST
Just in time for the holiday season, the government has halted the Secure Flight anti-terrorism screening program, thanks to the efforts of privacy advocate groups: Report Says TSA Violated Privacy Law. (Hat tip: AJ Strata.) Secure Flight, the U.S. government’s stalled program to screen domestic air passengers against terrorism watch lists, ...
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Al Qaeda to Democrats: We Won When You Won
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 2:53:18 pm PST
Everybody wants the credit for the Democrats’ success in the mid-term elections: Al Qaeda Sends a Message to Democrats. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Al Qaeda has sent a message to leaders of the Democratic party that credit for the defeat of congressional Republicans belongs to the terrorists. In a portion of the ...
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Max Boot: Hitler's Mideast Helpers
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 2:42:56 pm PST
It’s a subject that’s been covered at LGF many times, so it’s good to finally see an article like Max Boot’s in the mainstream media: Hitler’s Mideast helpers. In Ahmadinejad’s view, shared by countless others across the Middle East, whatever the Nazis did is no business of theirs, so why inflict ...
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Iran Financed Khobar Towers Attack
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 1:18:46 pm PST
What will it take for the United States to acknowledge that Iran is openly at war with us, and has been for decades? Here’s a ruling that gives some legal weight to that position: Judge: Iran owes $254M in terror attack. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON - The Iranian government financed ...
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Hizballah Spreading to Turkey
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 11:14:51 am PST
Syria and Iran’s terrorist army Hizballah is extending its reach into southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border: The Southeast and the Hezbollah. (Hat tip: mc.) I have written a couple of times in my column in the Hürriyet daily that as we engage with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) canker in ...
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CAIR Goes After Rep. Virgil Goode
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 10:48:35 am PST
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) is the latest target of the radical Islamist front group known as the Council on American Islamic Relations, after he wrote a letter to constituents criticizing Keith Ellison for using a Koran at his swearing-in ceremony: Goode won’t retract letter critical of Ellison. (Hat tip: Gates ...
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Iowahawk: Blogs Make Me Puke
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 9:03:43 am PST
Iowahawk has been first-draft dumpster-diving again; this time he’s surfaced with an early version of Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph Rago’s attack on the blogosphere. The blogs are not as significant as their self-endeared, preening, narcissist curators would like to think. Real journalism requires journalists, who are at least fitfully confronting ...
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Leftist Profs for Carter
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 8:48:17 am PST
Despite Jimmy Carter’s imperious (some might say cowardly) refusal to debate Alan Dershowitz, leftist professors at Brandeis University want Carter to shill his new anti-Israel book without being challenged: Brandeis group pursues Carter visit. President Jimmy Carter may yet come to Brandeis University to speak about his controversial new book about ...
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Hamas Reenacts Shalit Kidnapping
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 8:20:34 am PST
At a Hamas rally in the West Bank, Jimmy Carter’s friends reenact the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. This celebration of kidnapping and murder was broadcast on Hamas television, December 17, 2006. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Indonesia
Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 7:36:36 am PST
The Islamic cleric who inspired and masterminded the horrific Bali nightclub bombings, Abu Bakar Bashir, has been cleared of all charges by the supposedly “moderate” state of Indonesia: Indonesia overturns terror conviction. JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia overturned a terror conviction Thursday against the militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who served ...
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Palestinian Child Abuse
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 5:31:05 pm PST
A Palestinian child fires a shot from a rifle held by a militant of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group affiliated with the Fatah movement, during a rally in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) At least they’re not claiming this one ...
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Truce Ends Violence, Despite Heavy Gunbattles
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 5:22:24 pm PST
The reports being filed by Palestinian stringers for the wire services are an ongoing case study in delusional doublethink, as they continue to insist there’s a truce that has ended the violence—in the same sentence with an account of heavy gunbattles: Gunbattles rage between Hamas and Fatah. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip ...
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Surveillance Video Shows Damascus Attack
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 4:08:07 pm PST
ABC News has released a surveillance video showing the terrorist attack against the US embassy in Damascus on September 12 of this year.
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Cat Stevens in NYT, Sans Radicalism
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 3:42:12 pm PST
In this New York Times write-up of Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, aka Yusuf, you’ll find no mention of his donations to Hamas, his association with the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman, or his support for the Islamic death sentence for author Salman Rushdie: The Return of a Man Once Called ...
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AP Stonewalls, "Jamil Hussein" Still Missing
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 2:08:24 pm PST
Another search through different avenues has failed to turn up AP’s source for more than 60 reports of atrocities and murders: The AP (non-)responds and another search comes up empty.
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Straight Talk from Canada
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 9:46:53 am PST
Big LGF kudos to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, who does not mince words when it comes to terror gangs: Canada’s PM won’t deal with ‘genocidal’ Hamas, Hezbollah: report. OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada will not hold talks with “genocidal” groups Hamas and Hezbollah to try to secure Mideast peace, Prime Minister ...
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ABC News Analyst Equates Palestinians to Jews in Holocaust
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 9:07:38 am PST
ABC News analyst Fawaz Gerges accidentally let his mask of tolerance drop in an interview with NPR recently: ABC News Analyst Fawaz Gerges Says Jews of the Holocaust, Palestinians Suffered ‘Similar Historical Injustices’ . Gerges is a consultant and analyst for ABC News and holds the Christian A. Johnson Chair in ...
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London Braces for Attack
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 8:53:38 am PST
British authorities are warning that a Christmas attack on London by the Religion of Peace™ is imminent. British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, “It will be a miracle if there isn’t a terror attack over the holidays in London,” a senior ...
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Associated Press Discovers a Terrorist
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 8:22:19 am PST
The Associated Press won’t use the word “terrorist” to describe people who blow themselves up on schoolbuses in Israel. They won’t use it to describe people who videotape beheadings in Iraq. They won’t even use it to describe the people who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the ...
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French, Russians Argue Over Nothing
Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 8:10:56 am PST
The French and the Russians are bickering over a set of utterly useless proposed sanctions against Iran: Paris warns against ‘altering’ Iran sanctions. (Hat tip: Ron.) PARIS, Dec 20, 2006 (AFP) - The French government Wednesday warned against any attempt to “alter the scope” of proposed UN sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear ...
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Jimmy Carter and the Arab Lobby
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 6:21:23 pm PST
Here’s a fascinating look back at Jimmy Carter’s long association with the Arab Lobby, including his disgraceful appearances at the United Arab Emirates think tank/lunatic asylum known as the Zayed Centre for Coordination and Followup: Jimmy Carter and the Arab Lobby. Other luminaries who visited this fine establishment (for substantial speaker’s ...
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The Dictator and the Democrats
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 3:06:33 pm PST
Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, meets U.S. Senators John Kerry, right, and Christopher Dodd, second left, in Damascus, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. (SANA) The chinless ophthalmologist gets around; the day before he was in Moscow: Bashar and Vlad. (Hat tip: H.D.)
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Searching for Captain Hussein
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 2:31:56 pm PST
Michelle has a summary of what’s been discovered to date about “Iraqi police Capt. Jamil Hussein,” the source for more than 60 AP reports who is amazingly hard to locate: Tracing ‘Jamil Hussein’s’ footsteps and ignoring anti-blog hatred. After receiving initial reports from a Civilian Police Advisory Training Team (CPATT) source ...
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The Incredibly Strange Graduation of the Iraqi Anti-Rabbit Police Commando Geeks
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 1:28:01 pm PST
We’ve turned Najaf over to the Iraqis, but this little vignette (reported by the Associated Press) makes it a bit difficult to feel enthusiastic about these forces being a civilizing influence. “Transferring responsibility is an indication of the increased capacity of the Iraqi police and the Iraqi army,” Maj. Gen. Kurt ...
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Danish Artists At It Again
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 12:24:53 pm PST
Danish art group pokes fun at Iranian president. (Hat tip: Sugiero.) COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish art group that pokes fun at world leaders targeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday by placing an advertisement in a Tehran newspaper with an insulting hidden message. Beneath a picture of the president, a series ...
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Jihad in Ireland
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:15:34 am PST
Tom Carew has a fact-filled post about the recent uncovering of jihadi cells in Ireland.
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Murder Suspect Takes Advantage of UK Dhimmitude
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 10:10:46 am PST
What else did British authorities expect to happen, when they decided to allow people wearing full body masks to go through airport security unchecked? Police killer suspect fled Britain in a veil. A man who was being hunted for the murder of a policewoman is understood to have escaped from Britain ...
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Got a Big Fish in Iraq
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 9:35:54 am PST
Reuters reports on the capture of a top Al Qaeda leader with maximum skepticism: U.S. forces say seize a top al Qaeda leader in Iraq. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have captured a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader accused of killing hundreds of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, the ...
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Zawahri's Christmas Greeting
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 9:26:14 am PST
A very special Christmas greeting from Ayman to all of you, via Scrappleface. [Video]
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Another Video from Zawahiri on JihadTV
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 8:32:23 am PST
Another video release from the Egyptian physician (broadcast by JihadTV, of course), playing to the American left more than to the jihadis: Zawahiri vows attacks on US, slams Hamas. DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri has vowed in a videotape that his group will pursue attacks on the ...
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New Construction at Ground Zero
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 6:37:01 pm PST
The first columns for the indecision-plagued Freedom Tower were raised today: WTC tower steel rises at ground zero. I still wish they were building this, but I’m glad to see the project finally starting for real. NEW YORK - Two 25-ton steel columns — one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped ...
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Palm
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 5:54:54 pm PST
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Dutch Muslim Faces US Terror Trial
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 5:33:42 pm PST
A Dutch citizen who was involved in making jihad videos and preparing explosives for attacks on US troops in Iraq is going to be extradited to the US to stand trial. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch attempt to block the extradition of a Dutch citizen ...
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Muslim Council of Britain Head Compares UK to Nazi Germany
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 2:04:34 pm PST
The head of the Islamic radical front group calling itself the Muslim Council of Britain, Muhammed Abdul Bari, says that Britain is well on the way to becoming just like Nazi Germany: Ministers compared to Nazis over Islam stigma. A senior Muslim invoked Hitler’s 1930s Nazi regime while attacking the Government ...
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Abu Mazen Says...
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 1:41:55 pm PST
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Zucker vs. ISG
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:52:07 pm PST
David Zucker’s new short takes a fair and balanced look at the Iraq Study Group: [Video]
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Bonaduce vs. Idiot, Round Two
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 9:12:45 am PST
Allahpundit thinks it’s all a publicity stunt, but if so, it’s a highly entertaining publicity stunt: Round two — Truther moron vs. Danny Bonaduce.
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Jihad at Internet Archive
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 8:47:26 am PST
The Internet Archive has quite a collection of jihad videos.
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Patrick Henry Writes Again
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 8:35:05 am PST
Two great new songs by Patrick Henry have been posted at the mystery composer’s web site: “It’s All Because of Israel,” and “(You Owe Us An) Apology.”
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Breaking: Thin-Skinned Kos Kid Goes Ballistic, Flexes Talons
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 8:26:26 am PST
Your moonbat rant of the day: Daily Kos: LGF Cowards attack Rosemarie.
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Libya Convicts Foreign Doctors in HIV Case
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 8:21:46 am PST
A Libyan kangaroo court has found five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor guilty of deliberately infecting children with AIDS. TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan court on Tuesday found five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor guilty of infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS and sentenced ...
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Kofi Annan's Low Income Apartment
Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 8:12:55 am PST
Claudia Rosett has an article in the New York Sun about the latest example of Kofi Annan’s stunning corruption and hypocrisy: Mystery Surfaces Over Apartment of Kofi Annan. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) As Secretary-General Annan prepares to leave his post at the United Nations, a mystery is surfacing surrounding his apartment ...
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Tracks
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 8:45:24 pm PST
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Stuck Mojo: Open Season
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 6:28:43 pm PST
Now we’re talking. A rap-metal band willing to look the enemy in the face. (Harsh language warning.) [Video] UPDATE at 12/18/06 6:38:00 pm: Here’s the band’s web site: Stuck Mojo Media. And here are the lyrics to “Open Season.”
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LGF Technical Update - Link Extractor
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 5:16:40 pm PST
We have yet another improvement to the LGF Blog Engine. At the bottom of every comments page, right above the posting form, there’s now a special link that says “Show all links.” Click this little rascal and you’ll see an extracted list of all the links in the comments—a quick ...
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TIME Changes Ahmadinejad Caption
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 9:49:53 am PST
Andrew Levy at The Daily Gut noted this outrageous description of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at TIME Magazine’s web site: Well, look at it now: (Hat tip: BizzyBlog.)
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Meet Grandma Moonbat
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 9:41:43 am PST
Now that Cindy Sheehan has been discredited everywhere but in the farthest reaches of the lefty fever swamps, the Associated Press is anointing a new “peace mom”—but this one’s a “peace grandma:” Vt. Woman Is an Unlikely Peace Activist. Meet the anti-war movement’s newest folk hero: 69-year-old Rosemarie Jackowski, whose arrest ...
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World's Shortest Ceasefire Ends, AP Shills
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 8:48:55 am PST
I was going to post something about the “ceasefire” that broke out between the Hamas terrorist gang and the Fatah terrorist gang, but I see it’s already over: Despite fighting, Abbas pushes elections. Notice how Associated Press writer Karen Laub ties her article into rhetorical knots to make it seem as ...
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One-Way Multiculturalism in Britain
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 8:29:44 am PST
Some British state schools have been serving halal meat to all students “for some time,” without their knowledge or permission: Parents angered as every pupil is given halal school meals. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Halal meat is being served to pupils in state schools without their knowledge, even if they believe ...
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The Islamophobia Circus Comes to Town
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 7:50:15 am PST
The European Union has identified the worst problem facing the continent—“Islamophobia:” Europe’s Muslims face rising ‘Islamophobia,’ new EU report warns. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) VIENNA, Austria: A German Muslim says his neighbors suspect he is making weapons inside his mosque. An Austrian believer complains that some dog owners set their pets on ...
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What the Hell is Wrong with TIME?
Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 7:33:54 am PST
In a photo essay on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, TIME Magazine describes the genocidal, Holocaust-denying Islamic supremacist as a “champion of the dispossessed” and a “global Everyman.”
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Tsunami Aid Money Used for Shari'a?
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 9:18:23 pm PST
According to the Times Online, money sent to the Indonesian province of Aceh to help tsunami survivors is now being used to enforce shari’a law. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WHEN people around the world sent millions of pounds to help the stricken Indonesian province of Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami ...
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60 Minutes Holocaust Documents
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 7:10:53 pm PST
This is another topic for discussion of tonight’s powerful CBS 60 Minutes show about the recently-opened Red Cross Holocaust archives.
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The Peace Process at Work
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 6:09:02 pm PST
This is what comes of the persistent delusion that giving up land in response to terrorist violence will bring peace: Gaza weapons smuggling flourishes. One surprise about this article is that it’s written by AP Palestinian propagandist Sarah El Deeb, who normally pushes the PLO line relentlessly. It makes me wonder ...
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Oslo Rape Statistics Shock
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 5:58:58 pm PST
A Norwegian police study reveals that 65% of the rapes in Oslo are committed by “non-western” types (aka “youths”), even though they comprise only 14.3% of the general population: Oslo rape statistics shock. (Hat tip: gigantor.) Two out of three charged with rape in Norway’s capital are immigrants with a non-western ...
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Sunday Night Beach
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 5:46:13 pm PST
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Police Fear Religious Sensibility in Berlin
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 5:11:59 pm PST
Police in Berlin are on high alert for tomorrow’s debut of Mozart’s Idomeneo, fearing an outbreak of violence from the Religion of Peace™: ‘Headless opera’ puts police on alert. The Associated Press attributes this threat of violence to “religious sensibility.” BERLIN - Audience members at Monday’s Deutsche Oper production of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” ...
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Breaking: France Surrenders
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 4:55:59 pm PST
They’re pulling out all 200 troops: France to pull troops from Afghanistan. PARIS - France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday. The decision to pull the elite troops, based in the southeastern city of ...
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Christmas Disappears from Bethlehem
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 4:52:46 pm PST
Here’s a disturbing article at the Daily Mail, on the takeover of Bethlehem by followers of the RoP: O, Muslim town of Bethlehem... The town’s Christian population has dwindled from more than 85 per cent in 1948 to 12 per cent of its 60,000 inhabitants in 2006. There are reports of ...
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Bonaduce vs. Idiot
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 2:20:16 pm PST
Danny Bonaduce stars in the video of the day, as a moronic 9/11 “Truther” interrupts his lunch and receives a serious beatdown. (Hat tip: many LGF readers.) [Video]
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60 Minutes To Air Newly Released Holocaust Documents
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 10:24:06 am PST
Something very much worth watching on CBS 60 Minutes tonight: Revisiting The Horrors Of The Holocaust, Millions Of Nazi Documents Are Being Made Available To The Public. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) (CBS) One man holds his fate in his hands: a list of inmates — his name among them, but crossed off ...
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AP's Source Located?
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 10:04:06 am PST
Armed Liberal says he may have confirmed the existence of a Capt. Jamail Hussein at the Yarmouk police station in Iraq, lending credence to the Associated Press’ claims about their source for numerous stories. Note the different spelling; “Jamail” instead of “Jamil.” One problem, though, as SeeDubya points out: My problem with ...
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Flipper's Freelance Diplomatic Tour
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 9:22:19 am PST
Another lazy slacker ends up in Iraq: In typical Flipper fashion, he spreads defeatism but calls it “success:” Kerry: Iraq visit helped focus his views. Kerry, a critic of Bush administration policies in Iraq, said the most important challenge now was to achieve “whatever success is possible.” Next stop for Kerry is ...
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A Righteous Arab in Nazareth
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 8:51:10 am PST
Israeli Arab Khaled Mahameed is a brave man: Arab Holocaust centre reaches out. Khaled Mahameed admits his museum, in Nazareth in northern Israel, is small. But he believes it is unique. According to Mr Mahameed, it is the first and only Arab run centre for promoting the study of the Holocaust. The ...
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Saturday Night Playlist
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 8:15:12 pm PST
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Vodkapundit Down But Not Out
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 7:29:20 pm PST
Now we know why Stephen Green hasn’t been posting much lately—an overactive thyroid has been causing him serious trouble: Vodkapundit - He’s Not Dead You Know. Take care and get well soon, Steve.
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Everyone is Everything
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 5:57:10 pm PST
TIME Magazine has given their “Person of the Year” award to ... wait for it ... everybody! But if everybody wins, doesn’t that mean nobody wins? **EXCLUSIVE** 7:38 PM ET... IT’S YOU! YOU were named TIME magazine ‘Person of the Year’ Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content ...
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LGF on Tammy Bruce Show
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 5:28:17 pm PST
I’ll be on the Tammy Bruce radio show in a few minutes, and you can listen over the web here: Talk Radio Network: Listen Live! UPDATE at 12/16/06 6:52:59 pm: Audio at Hot Air: Tammy Bruce and Charles Johnson on blogs, Carter, and the flying imams.
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2006 Idiotarian Award Final Nominations
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 4:50:56 pm PST
This topic is for nominations for this year’s Idiotarian Award, nicknamed “The Fiskie” after the venerably moonbatty British journalist Robert Fisk. UPDATE at 12/16/06 6:39:59 pm: By the way, this year I’m going to narrow down the list to the top five nominees in each category (instead of having dozens of candidates ...
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2006 Anti-Idiotarian Award Final Nominations
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 4:48:44 pm PST
This topic is for nominations for this year’s Anti-Idiotarian Award, to honor the person who best exemplified the constant uphill fight against moonbattitude. The overwhelming opinion of LGF readers is that we give this award the nickname, “The Fallaci.” And so it will be.
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Massive Beirut Crowd: "Death to America"
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 4:35:19 pm PST
MEMRI TV has this clip from the massive pro-Hizballah rallies in Beirut, broadcast throughout the Arab world by Hizballah’s propaganda channel, Al-Manar. [Video]
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No Veiled Christmas on Channel 4
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 4:03:05 pm PST
The veiled woman who was scheduled to deliver the British Channel 4’s “alternative” to the Queen’s Christmas speech has backed out. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A muslim woman who was due to deliver Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message wearing a full veil backed out yesterday after criticism from inside and outside ...
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Muslim Brotherhood at Al-Azhar University
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 1:38:09 pm PST
Earlier this week, shortly before Tony Blair arrived for his photo op with Sheikh Tantawi, Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University held a demonstration wearing masks and showing off their martial arts skills: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s karate army. More at The Big Pharaoh: MB Militia? UPDATE at 12/16/06 2:50:14 pm: More about ...
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Tony Blair's Tapestry
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 12:13:46 pm PST
Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) is presented with a tapestry from the Grand Imam of Al-Azar Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi (C) at his headquarters in Cairo. Blair urged foreign powers to back Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s call for early elections to break the political stalemate and factional violence in the ...
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Humiliation: Front Page News in Grand Rapids
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:04:51 am PST
The front page of the Grand Rapids Press today: Veiled Islamic woman kicked off bus still upset. (Hat tip: Spenser.) Note: even though Grand Rapids has rescinded their rule against riding the bus while wearing a full face mask, and issued a public apology to her, her humiliation continues unabated. “I cannot express ...
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Wishful Thinking Watch
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:06:49 am PST
Two reports from the “wishful thinking” school of modern diplomacy: Blair calls on world to rally behind Palestinian president. CAIRO (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the international community to throw all its weight behind Mahmud Abbas after the Palestinian president called for early elections. “Mahmud Abbas’s decision to call ...
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West: Stand Back and Watch the Fireworks
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 9:47:19 am PST
Diana West says that the only solution to the Sunni-Shi’ite feud is to Let the Muslims fight it out. As a culture, however, the West is paralyzed by the specter of civilian casualties, massive or not, that accompanies modern (not high-tech) warfare, and fights accordingly. It may well have been massive ...
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Hirsi Ali: Why They Deny the Holocaust
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 8:40:32 am PST
Ayaan Hirsi Ali has a piece in the LA Times about the vile hatred of Jews taught to Muslim children throughout the world, and explains Why they deny the Holocaust. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In order for me to be admitted to the university I wanted to attend, I needed to ...
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Servicemen Respond to Democrat Slurs
Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 8:07:31 am PST
James Taranto has been publishing letters from American military members responding to Charles Rangel and John Kerry’s disparaging comments, at Best of the Web.
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Friday Night Playlist
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 6:20:10 pm PST
[Playlist] Open the playlist in a new window... UPDATE at 12/15/06 6:32:11 pm: Beck’s video for “Hell Yes” is nice. [Video]
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Rumsfeld: "I Worry We Are in a Gathering Storm"
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 3:42:06 pm PST
Cal Thomas interviews Donald Rumsfeld: “I worry we are in a gathering storm.” CT: Will it take another 9-11 to make people wake up? DR: There are people who have written that this administration is a victim of its success, due to the fact that there hasn’t been another attack inside the ...
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Carter Afraid to Debate Dershowitz
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 12:53:06 pm PST
Jimmy Carter has chickened out of a debate with Alan Dershowitz at Brandeis University. Brandeis president Jehuda Reinharz said he agreed with a trustee’s suggestion to invite Carter last month, if Carter were willing to debate one of his most outspoken critics, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz. Carter, president from 1977-1981, rejected ...
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Islamic Cleric Still Offering $1M to Kill Danish Cartoonist
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 12:49:07 pm PST
A leading Pakistani RoP cleric (who is denied entry to the US) says the fatwa calling for the murder of “the cartoonist” (actually, there are several cartoonists) responsible for the Danish Mohammed caricatures will not be withdrawn. PESHAWAR: Mohabbat Khan Mosque Khateeb Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Qureshi said on Wednesday that a ...
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Vote the Lizardoid Ticket
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:16:37 am PST
It’s the last day to vote for LGF in The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Blog competition. Remember, this is an internet poll, and like all such polls it’s very susceptible to fraud (despite the best efforts of the sponsors to prevent it). If you know how to do some simple programming, ...
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RoP Leaders in Somalia Call for Jihad
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:30:36 am PST
Leaders of the Religion of Peace™ in Somalia are calling for jihad against the Somali government and against Ethiopia: Somali leader: Door to peace talks shut. And they don’t mean that “peaceful inner struggle” sort of jihad. Tension has been mounting in recent weeks between Somalia’s government, which has Western and U.N. ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch: "Martyrs, Not Ministers"
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 9:34:09 am PST
Hamas, Fatah clash in deepening violence. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gunmen allied with Hamas and Fatah clashed at a West Bank mosque and in Gaza Strip streets on Friday, as violence spread to areas of the Palestinian territories normally untouched by factional strife. Hamas accused a Fatah leader of orchestrating the ...
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When Spambots Attack
Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 8:17:43 am PST
I got those old spambot blues this morning. We seem to be under a major attack by referrer spammers, and that’s why the “Visitors Online” counter went so high. I’m shutting them down; please stand by. UPDATE at 12/15/06 8:44:22 am: The attack seems to be directed at quite a few blogs, ...
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Kerry Slams US Policy in Egypt
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 8:11:19 pm PST
John F. Kerry is criticizing the US in Egypt. CAIRO, Egypt - Senator John Kerry, visiting Egypt Thursday during a tour of the Middle East, accused the Bush administration of neglecting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and said they discussed Iraq as well as the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. “I have ...
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Bolton Wants UN to Prosecute Ahmadinejad
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 8:01:02 pm PST
We’re going to regret losing John Bolton: Bolton wants Iranian leader charged. NEW YORK - Outgoing U.S. U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and former diplomats from Israel and Canada called on the United Nations on Thursday to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with inciting genocide. The U.N. International Court of Criminal Justice should ...
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Best UK Blog Competition
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 7:37:13 pm PST
In the category of Best UK Blog, we enthusiastically endorse EU Referendum, who contributed enormously to the debunking of mainstream media’s coverage of the Qana bombing. Go vote for them, please.
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New UN Chief - Not a Progressive?
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 7:03:15 pm PST
Don’t look now, but the incoming Secretary General of the United Nations may not be a complete idiot: New UN chief denounces Iran for denying Holocaust, threatening Israel. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) UNITED NATIONS - Incoming United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran on Thursday it was unacceptable to deny that ...
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Democratic Underground Frantically Deleting Pro-Duke Posts
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 5:22:13 pm PST
David Duke has been all over the media for his appearance at the Iranian Holocaust Hatefest, and at that online sewer of “progressive” thought, Democratic Underground, they’re deleting post after post agreeing with the white supremacist Jew-hater.
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Through a Mist
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 3:52:42 pm PST
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Reuters CEO on Adnan Hajj Scandal
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 3:34:07 pm PST
As I’ve written before, I give Reuters credit for reacting quickly when the Adnan Hajj scandal broke. Reuters CEO Tom Glocer has posted a speech he gave recently about the incident, and it isn’t bad for the most part, although I obviously don’t agree with him that there’s no systemic ...
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There Is Still Hope
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 1:46:06 pm PST
Amid all the bad news, here’s a simple story that will touch your heart: From Tennessee Children to our Soldiers in Iraq: There is still hope in the world!
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Be the Worst Victim on Your Block!
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 1:34:06 pm PST
You too can be a star of the Grievance Theater, with Dr. Sanity’s Practical Guide to Victimhood! Victimhood has, as is usual these days, been in the news recently. From the pathetic heroic attempts of John (“it was only a joke”) Kerry to paint himself a “victim” of the “Republican attack ...
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Winning the Progressive Way
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 1:05:27 pm PST
The Kos Kidz aren’t the only lefty bloggers who’ve decided the way to win the 2006 Weblog Award is to cheat; Matthew Sheffield at Newsbusters reports that Raw Story readers are doing it too: Vote NB.
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Kos Wishes for Malkin's Death
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:51:11 pm PST
Also today at the left’s premier site, Markos wishes for Michelle Malkin to be killed in Iraq, so he can say, “I told you so:” Daily Kos: Midday open thread. Greg Sargent has a problem with Eason Jordan going to Iraq with Michelle Malkin. I think it’s a splendid idea. So ...
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Kos Kidz Cheat on Awards Poll
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 9:56:23 am PST
The Kos Kidz share tips on how to cheat on the 2006 Weblog Awards: Daily Kos :: Comments LGF Beats Daily Kos? Are you kidding? (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)
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News Audience Prepared to Look Deeper
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 9:27:18 am PST
At ABC News, Michael Malone has an article about Yahoo’s top search results of 2006; LGF was ninth in the “blog search” category: Silicon Insider: Britney, Paris... and Saddam? But most remarkable is the list of Top 10 blog searches. The first surprise is that seven of the 10 are sleazy Hollywood ...
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How My Grandad Invented the Holocaust
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 9:04:30 am PST
At Eugene’s Blog: How my grandad invented the Holocaust.
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The Return of the Global Test
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 8:40:34 am PST
Popping up like a malignant jack-in-the-box, John Kerry is pushing his suicidal “global test” agenda again, urging America to “have dialog” with genocidal, terror-promoting Islamic supremacists and corrupt dictators: Senator Kerry urges dialogue with Iran, Syria. CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2004, ...
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Arab States Give $35 Million to Terrorists
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 8:30:57 am PST
Israel briefly closed the border between Rafah and Egypt today, to stop Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from entering the territories with $35 million in cash from terror-supporting Arab states—many of whom are putatively US “allies:” Israel: Haniyeh can enter Gaza, but without millions in cash. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Israel ...
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The Real Purpose Behind the Imams' Circus Act
Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 8:14:48 am PST
Katherine Kersten at the Star Tribune has an idea about The real purpose behind the imam publicity blitz. One piece of legislation in the works is the End Racial Profiling Act. It is an important priority of Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, whose district includes one of the largest Muslim populations ...
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The Return of Eason Jordan
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 7:51:40 pm PST
You have got to be kidding me. Former CNN News Chief To Launch ‘IraqSlogger’ Site. NEW YORK — For the past four years there has been no shortage of news and views on Iraq and the long-running war there. What’s been missing: a one-stop-shopping clearinghouse for nonpartisan information, including material coming out ...
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The Protocols of the Daily Kos
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 7:22:51 pm PST
Some of the Kos Kidz note an unsettling resemblance between the words of David Duke and the words of ... the Kos Kidz: Daily Kos: In His Own Words - David Duke on CNN. (Hat tip: Quella.) Others think Duke is kinda cool.
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Arab Nations Don't Care About the Palestinians
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 6:14:14 pm PST
A very Big Truth is published in TIME magazine (amidst their ongoing blizzard of lies): The Big Lie About the Middle East. Yes, it was a great disturbance in the Arab world in the 1940s when a Jewish state was born through a U.N. vote and a war that made refugees ...
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New York Times Stands Up for Terror-Supporting Charities
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 5:38:11 pm PST
The New York Times is at it again, with a piece that indulges in some flagrant whitewashing of the history of terror-linked Islamic charities; Aaron has the scoop at Internet Haganah.
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David Duke Calls Wolf Blitzer a Zionist Agent
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 5:36:08 pm PST
Video moments you’ll cherish forever, if you’re Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: David Duke calls Wolf Blitzer a Jewish extremist. With his plastic surgery and bizarre behavior, David Duke is the Michael Jackson of white supremacists.
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Turkish Airlines Staff Sacrifices Camel
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 4:44:03 pm PST
The BBC gives this story the “Oddly Enough!” treatment, but it fits better into the “Creepy Enough?” category: Turkish Airlines gets the hump. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A job well done is worth celebrating, but Turkish Airlines say staff went too far when they sacrificed a camel. To mark the last delivery ...
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LGF Headlines, Release v1.1
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 1:15:33 pm PST
Quite a few bloggers indicated interest in my idea for a bit of code they can paste into a blog template, that will show the last 10 or so LGF headlines as links to those pages at our site. So without further ado, here’s the first release of LGF Headlines. To ...
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Durbin to Oversee Detainee Treatment
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 10:12:01 am PST
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Patrick Leahy is promising “real oversight” of the FBI, to make them even more politically correct and useless than ever. And to head a new subcommittee on human rights, Leahy has appointed the man who compared the American military to Nazis, the Soviet KGB, and Pol ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 9:22:32 am PST
Terrorists killing terrorists: Prominent Hamas member gunned down in Gaza as unrest grows. KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip (AFP) - A prominent member of the Palestinian ruling movement Hamas has been gunned down in the Gaza Strip, stoking internecine tensions ahead of an eagerly awaited address by president Mahmud Abbas on how ...
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Democrat Bill Nelson Meets with Syrian Dictator
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 8:45:33 am PST
Hamas has been claiming that they’ve held meetings with top US Democrat leaders; I’ve been skeptical. But this outrage makes their claims easier to believe. (Hat tip: Snapped Shot.) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) meets U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) in Damascus December 13,2006. REUTERS/SANA (SYRIA) UPDATE at 12/13/06 9:39:35 am: It isn’t ...
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CAIR Sets Up Grievance Theater Hotline
Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 7:58:26 am PST
Muslims who travel to the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take part in the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca are being urged to complain about discrimination by the Council on American Islamic Relations. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) CAIR is so concerned about an imminent plague of “Islamophobia” that they’ve set ...
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Sprockets in the Sky
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 8:19:20 pm PST
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Iowahawk: Kofi Talk
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 7:20:24 pm PST
Iowahawk is the best dumpster-diver in the biz, and tonight he’s been digging at 48th and FDR Drive: iowahawk: Kofi Talk. Nearly 50 years ago, when I arrived in Minnesota as a student fresh from Africa, I had much to learn. For example, the concept of “connecting flights,” because I was ...
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Got Eleven in Spain
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 6:56:09 pm PST
Another 3/11 attack may have been thwarted in Spain: Spain arrests 11 suspected militants. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MADRID, Spain - Acting on more than a year of surveillance, police commandos in the Spanish African enclave of Ceuta arrested at least 11 suspected Islamic militants Tuesday, saying the men had moved ...
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LGF Technical Update - Auto Playlist V0.2
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 6:47:19 pm PST
The LGF playlist generator is now integrated with the LGF Blog Engine, and if everything works correctly, you should see an MP3 player below with album covers fetched (and cached locally) from Amazon, and a list of all the tracks with links to the Amazon pages where you can purchase ...
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2006 Weblog Awards, Shameless Shilling Category
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 6:18:10 pm PST
If we want to beat Daily Kos, we’ve gotta vote: The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Blog.
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Ahmadinejad's Hatefest in Tehran
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 4:54:46 pm PST
It’s springtime for Hitler’s descendants in Tehran: Iran president says Israel’s days are numbered. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday told delegates at an international conference questioning the Holocaust that Israel’s days were numbered. Ahmadinejad, who has sparked international outcry by referring to the killing of six million Jews ...
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Video: Debra Burlingame on the Non-Flying Imams
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 2:35:16 pm PST
Here’s Debra Burlingame talking about the six imams ejected from a US Airways flight, and their shakedown campaign against the airlines, on Fox and Friends this morning. [Video]
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Progressives Circle the Wagons Around AP
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 1:34:33 pm PST
While defending the Associated Press’s right to lie to its customers and spread enemy propaganda, John Cook at Radar Online takes a pathetic slap at me for something I didn’t write, about an event that happened today: Hawkish Blog Mum on AP Photog Murder. I do thank Mr. Cook for linking ...
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World's Wackiest Despots
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 9:34:07 am PST
Featuring the man of many spellings, Muammar Gadafi and his all-girl virgin bodyguard squad: Lifestyles of the Rich and Fascist.
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Trucking Student Arrested in Boston
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 9:04:38 am PST
Suspicious behavior led to the arrest in Boston of a truck-driving student. (Hat tip: instant.) A truck-driving student is in custody in Boston after raising suspicions when he wasn’t interested in learning how to back up his rig. WLVI-TV (Ch. 56) reported last night that the would-be trucker is a 28-year-old Muslim ...
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Why We Rarely Hear from Moderate Muslims
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 8:48:31 am PST
A Muslim woman who won the NSW Young Australian of the Year award is now the target of a hate campaign by followers of the Religion of Tolerance™: Vilified over sip of bubbly. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) THE state’s most promising young Muslim leader has become the victim of a hate ...
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The Clueless Guardians of America
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 8:18:33 am PST
The people who are supposed to guard the United States from Islamic terrorism are appallingly, utterly clueless about the enemy: Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the ...
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Deep Thoughts from Kofi Annan
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 7:43:11 am PST
Jules Crittenden translates Kofi Annan’s farewell speech from its original language.
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Windblown Ocean
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 9:39:12 pm PST
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AP Writer Admits Truth
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 6:49:09 pm PST
Associated Press science writer Alicia Chang, in a scare piece on the possible climatic effects of a limited nuclear exchange in the Middle East, unwittingly admits what we all know to be true: Small nuclear war could lead to cooldown. (Hat tip: BusinessGuy.) Expect this article to be edited soon. In October, ...
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Imams' Terror Links Pile Up
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 3:05:48 pm PST
The six imams who’ve retained CAIR as legal counsel in a possible suit against US Airways are the subject of Katherine Kersten’s piece for the normally idiotarian Minneapolis Star Tribune: Suspicion about imams grows as terror links pile up. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Nothing here that hasn’t previously shown up at ...
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Olmert Admits Israeli Nukes
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:32:55 am PST
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has broken a decades-long policy, and admitted that Israel has nuclear weapons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) In an unprecedented move on Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted that Israel possessed nuclear weapons. In an interview with the German television network SAT 1, Olmert was asked about the ...
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Still More Award Voting
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:42:54 am PST
To the list of awards competitions going on, you can add Jihad Watch’s Dhimmi and Anti-Dhimmi awards. Voting is now open; there are four categories: Anti-Dhimmi Internationale American Anti-Dhimmi Dhimmi Internationale American Dhimmi
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Reuters: David Duke a "US Academic"
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 9:54:56 am PST
Iran is holding a Holocaust denial event, featuring luminaries from the field of genocidal hatred, and this stunningly twisted report from al-Reuters writer Parisa Hafezi is a real jaw-dropper: Iran opens conference questioning the Holocaust. (Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.) TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran opened a conference on Monday to examine the Holocaust ...
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Palestinian Civil War Watch
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 9:16:56 am PST
A message from Hamas to Abu Mazen: 3 Palestinian kids dead in Gaza drive-by. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen killed three young sons of a senior Palestinian intelligence officer Monday, pumping dozens of bullets into their car as it passed through a street crowded with schoolchildren in an apparent ...
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Dishonest Reporter of the Year
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 9:07:40 am PST
Speaking of awards, LGF is involved in another major award, the 2006 Dishonest Reporter of the Year Award—although I don’t think former Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj will be too eager to display this trophy on his mantel.
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LGF Wins Two Categories in Warblogger Awards
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 8:56:24 am PST
A big thank you to all our fellow bloggers who voted for LGF in John Hawkins’ Fifth Annual Warblogger Awards, giving us first place in two categories—“Best Designed Blog” and “Best Blog Overall.”
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Kofi Annan, Graceless to the End
Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 8:20:36 am PST
Kofi Annan is leaving the hopelessly corrupt United Nations, and in his farewell speech the dictators’ best friend took a final slap at the US: Annan Criticizes U.S. in Farewell Speech. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in his farewell address, criticized the Bush administration, warning that America must not sacrifice its Democratic ...
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Sunday Night Path
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 8:26:31 pm PST
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Idiotarian Award Nominations, Round One
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 6:50:16 pm PST
We’re coming to the end of another year, and it’s time to open the nominations for the Idiotarian of the Year awards (‘Fiskie’ for short). This year we’re starting a new tradition (don’t you love it when that happens?) and holding a separate vote for the year’s most notable anti-idiotarian—the person, ...
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LGF Addition: Testing the Water
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 6:37:29 pm PST
I’m considering a new feature, and if you’re a blogger I’m curious to know if you’d use it. The idea is to create a simple bit of code you can copy and paste into your blog template, that will display the last 5 or 10 LGF headlines, as links to ...
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LGF Extreme Code Makeover - Auto Playlist Generator
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 4:06:54 pm PST
The process of posting those occasional MP3 playlists has been way too much work; that’s one reason why they’re only “occasional.” So the newest addition to our Lizardoid Extreme Code Makeover project is a sweet, well-behaved little application that automatically generates an XML playlist. Since creating the XML list was one ...
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Oil-Rich Arabs Want Nukes
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 3:35:16 pm PST
Nothing much to worry about here, right? I mean, what could go wrong, with a corrupt religious tyranny leading the charge for nuclear weapons in the Arab world? Arab states study shared nuclear program. Oops, my mistake. Upon closer reading, I see this is all about peace. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The ...
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Steyn: Inane Strategy Guesswork
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 9:11:18 am PST
Another good one from Mark Steyn: ISG must stand for, uh, Inane Strategy Guesswork. So there you have it: an Iraq “Support Group” that brings together the Arab League, the European Union, Iran, Russia, China and the U.N. And with support like that who needs lack of support? It worked in ...
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CAIR Will Represent Non-Flying Imams
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 8:19:12 am PST
The radical Islamic front group calling itself the Council on American Islamic Relations has been retained as legal counsel for the imams removed from a US Airways flight: Islamic group to represent imams in US Airways flight incident. Several of the Muslim clerics removed from a recent US Airways flight to ...
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Got a Big Fish in Turkey
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 7:56:41 am PST
Al Qaeda suspects arrested in Turkey. Turkey’s state news agency says police have arrested 10 suspected Islamic militants believed to have links to Al Qaeda. The Anatolian News Agency reports they include a lawyer who has admitted he is the leader of Al Qaeda in Turkey. The 10 suspects were detained in simultaneous ...
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Saturday Night Surf
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 7:01:37 pm PST
Big waves in the South Bay today:
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Michigan Dhimmi Watch
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 9:14:28 am PST
It is now legal to board a bus in Grand Rapids wearing a full face mask: Michigan Public Transit Officials Apologize to Muslim Woman Over Veil Rejection. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) Apologies have been offered to those who wish to ride the transit system in disguise. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Public ...
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Chicago Jihadi in Nation of Islam
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 8:54:36 am PST
Derrick Shareef, who called himself Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef in his “martyrdom video” and plotted to set off hand grenades in Chicago shopping malls, was a member of the Nation Of Islam (as was pretty obvious from the quotes in the FBI affidavit).
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Al Jazeera Editor Whines: "We Always Lose to Israel"
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 8:23:00 am PST
Here’s an interview with Al-Jazeera Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Sheikh, demonstrating why this mouthpiece for the global jihad should never be allowed to spread its propaganda in the United States. It’s a perfect encapsulation of the irrational, obsessive hatred of Jews that drives the Arab-Muslim victimhood mentality. Who is responsible for the situation? The ...
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Associated Press Cheat Sheet
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 8:10:59 am PST
Somehow, Doug Ross got his hands on the Associated Press cheat sheet, created to provide their professional on-the-spot journalists with guidance on how to describe problematic people and situations—the AP way.
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What the Hell is Wrong With the Washington Post?
Sat, Dec 9, 2006 at 7:52:46 am PST
It’s an absolute disgrace that the Washington Post is publishing hateful garbage like this, by Palestinian “journalist” Daoud Kuttab: Israel is a Liability for US. Disgusting. The Washington Post should be ashamed. But I know they are not.
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Shocka: AP Notices Reality
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 7:03:23 pm PST
The Associated Press’s latest report on the terror arrest in Illinois has a very uncharacteristic level of detail in its lead paragraph: Feds: Man planned to blow up Ill. mall. Almost a flying pig moment. The big wigs may be stonewalling on Jamilgate, but some of the cogs seem to be ...
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The Smell of Retreat
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 6:29:15 pm PST
(Reprinted with permission.)
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Activist Founds Sudanese-Israeli Friendship Association
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 1:58:31 pm PST
Powerful words from Sudanese-Canadian human rights activist Taraji Mustafa, courtesy of MEMRI TV. [Video]
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Friday Rollers
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 1:22:55 pm PST
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CNN Lets It All Hang Out
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 1:11:52 pm PST
The theme of this year has to be “Our Disgraceful Media.” Newsbusters has the latest sorry example: CNN Reporter Slimes Bush: ‘Kool-Aid’ Drinking President Won’t Admit ‘Failure’. Perhaps in an attempt to surpass David Gregory, CNN reporter Suzanne Malveaux derided President Bush as a “Kool-Aid” drinker who won’t admit failure in Iraq. ...
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Mysterious Man Arrested for Ideological Motivations
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 10:20:03 am PST
An indeterminate man of unknown origin with possible “ideological motivations” has been arrested for plotting a terror attack in Illinois. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) WASHINGTON - A man was arrested in the Chicago area on Friday for allegedly plotting to attack Rockford, Ill., over the holidays, officials told NBC News. The plan ...
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Rest in Peace, Ms Kirkpatrick
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 9:44:23 am PST
Jeane Kirkpatrick, a strong American voice of sanity at the United Nations during the Reagan era, has died at the age of 80. Iris.org points out a blunt and prophetic statement by Ms Kirkpatrick from 2002, when she told a Capitol Hill seminar that creating a Palestinian state would be catastrophic: “It ...
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Terror Threat Shuts Down Asian Summit
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 9:33:24 am PST
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting on the Philippines resort island of Cebu has been canceled. Out of fear of the Religion of Peace™. CEBU, Philippines (AFP) - The Philippines has abruptly called off a high-profile summit of Asian leaders, blaming a looming tropical storm even as foreign ministry ...
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Muslims and Useful Idiots Angry at Emerson Speech
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 9:04:34 am PST
Terrorism expert Steven Emerson is giving a lecture on radical Islamic infiltration of America at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, and the usual suspects (Islamists and Western useful idiots) are seething mad and planning to protest: Ex-CNN reporter’s lecture here will bring protest as some call him anti-Muslim. (Hat tip: ...
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Hamas Wants to Keep on Killin'
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 8:49:39 am PST
Idiots throughout the world continue to “encourage” Hamas to recognize the existence of their hated mortal enemy, Israel, and Hamas keeps saying, “No, thank you. We’d prefer to just kill them all.” Haniyeh: Hamas will not recognize Israel. TEHRAN, Iran - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told thousands of Iranians on Friday ...
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Jimmy Carter, Plagiarist?
Fri, Dec 8, 2006 at 8:23:41 am PST
Dennis Ross says that in former president Jimmy Carter’s new anti-Israel book, Carter plagiarized maps that Ross created. UPDATE at 12/8/06 8:30:07 am: Try not to laugh as Carter claims, in the LA Times, that he’s not anti-Israel: Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine.
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We're All Progressives on This Bus
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 9:37:28 pm PST
It’s a match made in Munich, as Howard Dean gets cozy with far-left European Socialists to plot a new course for America: European Socialists eager to work with U.S. Democrats. OPORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe’s strategic alliance with the United States now ...
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Experts Say We're Doomed
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 9:21:59 pm PST
What would we do without experts warning us about a nuclear holocaust we’re powerless to prevent? U.S. port security unlikely to stop nukes: experts.
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Thursday Night Cogs
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 8:10:04 pm PST
One of the joys of a cyclist’s life is riding with a brand new drivetrain. It will never look this way again:
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Then and Now
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 7:21:59 pm PST
(From Cox & Forkum.)
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Hizballah Vows to Bring Down Cedar Revolution
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 7:10:20 pm PST
Things are bad and getting worse in Lebanon. Hizballah and their sponsors, Iran and Syria, are bolder than ever. Hezbollah vows end to Lebanon government. This could erupt in violence at any moment. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah promised thousands of supporters Thursday that they would eventually bring down ...
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Steyn on the Iraq Study Group and the AP
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 6:50:39 pm PST
Must-see TV: Video: Steyn slams the AP and Iraq Study Group on O’Reilly.
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The Gym Jihad
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 6:40:57 pm PST
Media reports about a Muslim woman who complained of religious discrimination at her gym were universally vague about the particulars of the case. Most of the articles summed it up like this: ...her afternoon prayer was interrupted by a fellow patron... But Janet Levy’s piece in FrontPage has some interesting additional ...
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LGF Nominated for 2006 Weblog Awards
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 5:53:34 pm PST
LGF is up for awards in two categories in this year’s Weblog Awards sponsored by Wizbang and the Blogworld Expo: Best Conservative Blog (a misnomer, but whatever) and Best Blog Ever You can vote every day. Hint, hint.
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LGF Technical Update - Email An Article
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 3:32:58 pm PST
The LGF feature that lets you email a copy of one of our posts to a friend has been the latest target of the extreme lizard makeover project. It will now send a nicely formatted HTML email, with a plain text version included for non-HTML email clients or people who ...
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Forecast for LA Times: Seething Letters, Demands for Apologies
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 9:19:02 am PST
How did this get past the editors at the Los Angeles Times? Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered. When Muslims conquer non-Muslim territories — such as Constantinople, not to mention all of North Africa, Spain and southwest Asia — those whom they have conquered as well as their descendants are not ...
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Anniversary of Another War
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 8:24:17 am PST
It’s the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and here’s a reminder of how the United States responded then, in a poster from the National Archives.
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Arabs See American Weakness, Defeat
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 7:42:37 am PST
No surprises here; the Arab world sees the Iraq Study Group report as more evidence that America is exactly how Osama bin Laden described us: a paper tiger. Arabs say report shows Bush’s failure. CAIRO, Egypt - Many Arabs on Thursday interpreted an American advisory panel’s bleak assessment of President Bush’s ...
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Iran's Supreme Leader Near Death?
Thu, Dec 7, 2006 at 7:28:20 am PST
Michael Ledeen reveals that Iran’s Islamic dictator, Ayatollah ali Khamenei, has been hospitalized: Iran Supreme Leader Hospitalized. There’s a good possibility that if Khamenei dies, Ahmadinejad and his psycho cronies will be even more powerful.
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No Compulsion in Islam
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 8:24:58 pm PST
Somalia official issues beheading threat. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MOGADISHU, Somalia - Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said Wednesday, adding the edict will be implemented in three days. Public places such as shops and tea houses ...
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AP Renders Their Verdict
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 7:07:13 pm PST
They dropped the mask long ago, but the Associated Press headline and first paragraph for their latest release on the Iraq Study Group report breaks new ground in blatant bias: Panel: Bush’s Iraq policies have failed. WASHINGTON - President Bush’s war policies have failed in almost every regard, the bipartisan Iraq ...
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UN Wants Half a Billion for Hamas
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 6:48:27 pm PST
Palestinians voted overwhelmingly for Hamas, knowing what they stand for. And now the sanctions and funding cutoffs that resulted from their choice are really beginning to hurt. So naturally the United Nations proposes the biggest Palestinian bailout in history: U.N. to ask for $450M in Palestinian aid.
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The Veil Controversy
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 6:27:22 pm PST
Olivier Guitta has a really good piece at the Weekly Standard on the most visible manifestation of Islam’s deep-rooted problem with women: The Veil Controversy. For Islamists, the imperative to veil women justifies almost any means. Sometimes they try to buy off resistance. Some French Muslim families, for instance, are paid ...
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Carter Center Aide Resigns
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 3:54:31 pm PST
The founder of the Middle East program at Jimmy Carter’s Carter Center has resigned in disgust at the former president’s anti-Israel, pro-Hamas book. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A longtime aide to Jimmy Carter has resigned from the Carter Center think tank, calling the former president’s new book on Israel and the ...
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Democrats Talking to Hamas?
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 12:05:42 pm PST
Are officials of the Democratic Party holding secret talks with the Hamas terrorist organization? Sources for the Jerusalem Post say so: Hamas smuggled $66 million in 8 months. Hamas officials have managed to smuggle more than $66 million in cash through the Rafah border crossing in the past eight months, a ...
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Iraq Study Group: Selling Israel Down the River
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 10:43:29 am PST
The Truth Laid Bear has the Iraq Study Group document in linkable form. The sections dealing with Israel are especially troubling, but not surprising given Baker’s history. All these recommendations stem from a basis of complete fantasy, in which Israel’s Arab neighbors are genuinely interested in peace and all we ...
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Investigations Dismiss Imams' "Islamophobia" Claims
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 9:57:31 am PST
Investigations have found that US Airways acted properly in the case of the six non-flying imams. Three parallel investigations into the removal of six imams from a US Airways flight last month have so far concluded that the airline acted properly, that the imams’ claims they were merely praying and their ...
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Iraq Report Released
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 9:04:17 am PST
The Iraq Study Group’s report is out: Iraq Study Group: United States Institute of Peace. As expected, it’s all about defeat and retreat. It advocates “dialog” with our worst enemies, including the madman who, with exquisite timing, just told the West to convert or die.
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Ahmadinejad: Convert or Die
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 8:57:19 am PST
Iran’s madman president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells the West to convert to Islam or die. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Western leaders to follow the path of God or “vanish from the face of the earth”. “These oppressive countries are angry with us ... a nation that on the other side of ...
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Radical Islam's Grievance Theater
Wed, Dec 6, 2006 at 8:35:42 am PST
Here’s a terrific piece by Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles was the pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, about the grievance theater of those six imams in Minneapolis: On a Wing and a Prayer. Here’s what the flying public needs to know about airplanes and civil rights: Once ...
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Tuesday Night Open Thread
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 10:00:35 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for a December evening...
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LGF Technical Update - Comment Formatting
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 5:58:34 pm PST
Again with the technical updates. This time I’ve been reworking the logic of the Javascript code that manages inserting HTML formatting into comments. And speaking of that, here’s a quick tutorial on how to use those links above the comment box that say “Strike | Bold | Italic | Quote ...
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Gates: We're Not Winning
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 3:46:15 pm PST
Hot Air ripped video of the likely new Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, saying at his confirmation hearing that the US isn’t winning in Iraq. That’s all the Dems were waiting to hear, and the committee voted unanimously to send Gates’ nomination to the floor for confirmation.
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Another Johnny Walker Lindh?
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 2:38:57 pm PST
As Rusty Shackleford points out, this story is getting almost no notice in mainstream media, but in the recent terror sweep in Egypt an American Islamic student (at the world’s highest center of Sunni ideology, Al-Azhar University) was arrested: American Among Terror Plotters in Egypt.
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Interview with a Zombie
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 2:22:13 pm PST
The zombie speaks, to Professor David Perlmutter: Zombietime, Blogs, and the Anti-War Movement. Previously at LGF: Perlmutter: Photojournalism in Crisis
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Israel Documents Hizballah War Crimes, World Yawns
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 2:00:59 pm PST
Nothing surprising here, and many of the pictures and videos were the subject of previous LGF posts during the Lebanon War, but at least the New York Times is finally confronting the truth on some level: Offering Video, Israel Answers Critics on War. JERUSALEM, Dec. 4 — Israel’s military, which has ...
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Christian Mobs Riot After Bible Desecration (not)
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 1:36:27 pm PST
Following Tuesday morning mass, enraged Christians poured into the streets of many major cities, smashing shop windows and setting cars on fire, screaming “Crucify them!” and “Death to the Moors!” The riots were set off by news that Muslim students in Melbourne had urinated on a Bible. Not. TWO Muslim students have been ...
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Evil Zionist Death Queen Sci Fi
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 11:35:08 am PST
Here’s your moment of Islamic science fiction, from Iranian Channel 1. It’s a little like Star Trek, only with Jew-hatred. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Media, Enemy - What's the Difference?
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 10:12:01 am PST
Ray Robison has been examining the seeming ties between the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, and here’s another case in which the AP deliberately seeks to interview US enemies—not just “critics of our policies,” but enemies who are engaged in killing US troops as well as fellow Muslims—with the probable ...
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Searching for Little Green Footballs
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 9:24:47 am PST
“Little Green Footballs” is number 9 in Yahoo’s Top 10 Blog/Blogger Searches of 2006. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Every Gymnasium a Mosque
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 8:49:59 am PST
This is getting ridiculous. Muslim woman cites gym after interrupted prayer. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) DEARBORN — Fitness USA, a gym chain, is investigating an alleged civil rights violation involving a local Muslim woman who says her afternoon prayer was interrupted by a fellow patron, and that her complaint to management ...
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Hizballah Supporters: Death to Siniora
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 8:39:53 am PST
The standoff in Lebanon continues, as Hizballah thugs promise to bring down the government and chant “Death to Siniora!”
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The Rules of Flight Club
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 8:25:46 am PST
From Sout al Kuffar at The Jawa Report: [Video]
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Our New Congress at Work
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 8:06:25 am PST
Dennis Kucinich (Moonbat-OH) has a plan, and an almost childlike faith in the power and goodness of the United Nations: There is Only One Way to End The War in Iraq, Part III. As we make plans to cut off funds for continuing to prosecute a war in Iraq, America must ...
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IBD: Tale of the Fibbing Imams
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 8:00:57 am PST
One of the few mainstream papers with the courage to tell the truth about the agenda of radical Islam is Investor’s Business Daily: Tale Of Fibbing Imams. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) When the story first broke, the imams denied they chanted “Allah.” Yet, several witnesses in the police report say they ...
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SF State Students Pass Resolution Against Desecrating Terrorist Symbols
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 7:49:33 am PST
At San Francisco State University, the Associated Students group has passed a resolution against desecrating flags. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) Not American flags, silly. Terrorist flags. Preceding an ongoing investigation into SF State College Republican behavior, the Associated Students board unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the student group for purposely stomping on flags ...
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Jawdropper of the Day
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 7:38:30 am PST
Wow. This year the “alternate” Christmas speech on British Channel 4 will be delivered by ... a Muslim woman wearing a full face mask. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A veiled Muslim woman will deliver this year’s alternative Christmas speech on Channel 4, the broadcaster has said. Khadija, a Zimbabwean-born British citizen who has ...
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Monday Night Bivalves
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 9:12:14 pm PST
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LGF Technical Update
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 7:10:19 pm PST
Yes, another one. I’ve been on a programming binge, taking a lot of my pre-existing procedural PHP and slowly, carefully transmuting it to nice shiny object oriented code. The latest section of the LGF Blog codebase to come under the microscope is the RSS feed reader, especially on the LGF ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 6:29:17 pm PST
The religious police of the Saudi apartheid kingdom are receiving sensitivity training, in preparation for the coming tourism boom: Tourists get ‘Ya Hala!’ from Saudi religious police. RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s bearded religious police, who have been known to force men to cut their hair, are being re-trained to handle ...
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CAIR Goes After Dennis Prager
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 11:59:03 am PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations is really stepping up the volume of their attacks on critics of Islam—in particular, critics of their new Congressbrother Keith Ellison. Now they’re trying to get talk show host Dennis Prager fired from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council: Islamic group wants Ellison critic ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 10:17:11 am PST
Five more dead as some schools reopen in Thai south. YALA, Thailand (AFP) - Five people have been killed by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand’s deep south, as some schools reopened for the first time in a week after a wave of arson and bombings. A 32-year-old Muslim man and his three-year-old ...
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NYT Notices AP Corruption
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 9:10:52 am PST
This piece by Tom Zeller at the New York Times about the nonexistent Iraqi police captain and his imaginary war crimes is a little more fair than I expected. He actually seems to realize there may be a problem at the Associated Press, although he does get in the obligatory ...
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Israelis Are Talking About Releasing Barghouti
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 8:46:41 am PST
This is shaping up to be the Monday of really bad ideas: Israeli minister ready to release jailed intifada leader. JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli minister has said he would agree to releasing Marwan Barghuti, the charismatic Palestinian militant leader serving five life sentences in jail for planning suicide attacks. “I will ...
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Dead Russian Spy Converted to Islam - Confirmed
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 8:13:21 am PST
On November 24, LGF noted a report that poisoned Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko had converted to Islam. Most LGF readers dismissed it as either an unfounded rumor or an attempt to grab publicity by Chechen Islamists. But it turns out to be true. Dead Russian spy to be buried as ...
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Bolton Resigns
Mon, Dec 4, 2006 at 7:46:52 am PST
The Democrats have succeeding in neutering the United States at the hopelessly corrupt United Nations: Bush accepts Bolton’s U.N. resignation. WASHINGTON - Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday. Bolton’s nomination has languished in the ...
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Huffington Post Celebrates Chavez Win
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 8:17:04 pm PST
Hugo Chavez, running on an ugly anti-American platform, has won re-election in Venezuela—and readers of the Huffington Post are celebrating: Chavez Wins With 61% Of Vote... (Hat tip: The Political Pit Bull.)
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Muslim Student Groups Organizing Against Brigitte Gabriel
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 6:22:09 pm PST
Brigitte Gabriel is speaking at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Detroit) tomorrow evening, and here are some of the people planning to disrupt her appearance: Zionists Out of the Peace Movement: Islam-Basher Brigitte Gabriel to Visit Ann Arbor on 12/4. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The tone of unabashed hatred ...
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Parallel (And Other) Lines
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 6:04:24 pm PST
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 5:11:14 pm PST
Insurgents in southern Thailand burn teacher alive. Bangkok - Insurgents shot a school director Friday afternoon in southern Thailand then set his vehicle on fire killing him in the flames, the English-language Bangkok Post newspaper website reported. Police said the director of a school in Pattani province, 750 kilometres south of Bangkok, ...
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Lebanon Civil War Watch
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 3:00:09 pm PST
In the standoff between Hizballah and the Saniora government, violence has broken out in the streets of Beirut: Sectarian clashes in West Beirut kill 1. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.) BEIRUT, Lebanon - Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot ...
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LGF Technical Update
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 2:53:46 pm PST
The latest improvement to the LGF Blog system is a better way to use Google’s search mechanism. (Yes, it’s Google, and I know they do some things we don’t like—such as including jihad sites as legitimate news sources at Google News—but the bottom line, after much research and investigation of ...
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Jimmy Carter on C-SPAN
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 10:53:14 am PST
Jimmy Carter’s obsessive hatred of Israel is being aired on C-SPAN right now, and you can call in to ask him a question: C-SPAN: Watch LIVE.
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Daily Kos: Nazi Time Again
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 9:43:33 am PST
Look out, folks. You’re all Nazis again, according to this British Kos Kid, and I’m a sort of mastermind Machiavelli-Hitler type, who rules through clever snarking: Daily Kos: LittleGreenNazis - new lows for our friendly neighbourhood supremacists. Moo ha ha ha. He seems to think each and every one of you has ...
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How the Press Fails America
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 9:07:22 am PST
An assistant professor of communication at Virginia Tech has a new book studying the massive corruption in Western mainstream media: Communication professor examines media bias in president’s speeches. (Hat tip: Shiplord Kirel.) BLACKSBURG, VA., November 30, 2006 — Jim A. Kuypers, assistant professor of communication in the College of Liberal Arts ...
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Islamic Jihad Threatens Murder
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 8:54:49 am PST
Islamic Jihad threatens to attack Israel ‘in the coming hours’. Islamic Jihad threatened to attack Israel “in the coming hours” on Sunday in retaliation for what it said was Israel’s repeated violation of a week-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “Calm is on the edge of collapse due to the continued Zionist ...
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Palestinians Suspected of Egyptian Murder Plot
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 8:43:31 am PST
Egyptian security forces have issued a warning that four Palestinians are in the country planning the mass murder of Israeli tourists. EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egypt put sites in the southern Sinai peninsula under a high security alert after receiving a tip that four Palestinians were plotting attacks against Israeli tourists in ...
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Crittenden: The AP Has Lost Its Rudder
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 at 8:26:44 am PST
Jules Crittenden has a piece in the Boston Herald about the latest outrageous Associated Press scandal: Say no to AP’s shoddy work. When a company defrauds its customers, or delivers shoddy goods, the customers sooner or later are going to take their business elsewhere. But if that company has a virtual ...
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New Poll: Shi'ites More Radical
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 8:04:24 pm PST
Interesting results from a new Zogby poll for the University of Maryland, asking Lebanese Arabs tough questions: A wide gap exists between Lebanon’s Shiite and other communities in their opinion on a number of issues including the outcome of the recent war with Israel and the situation in Iraq and Iran, ...
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Saturday Night Shore
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 6:53:42 pm PST
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Crackdown on Uncovered Meat in Gaza
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 6:12:32 pm PST
Islamic supremacists are on the rise in Palestinian areas, and job one is getting those irksome females under control: Gaza women warned of immodesty. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Just Swords of Islam issued a warning to Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip over the ...
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Islamic Supremacist Group Protests US Airways
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 3:37:05 pm PST
Mahdi Bray and the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society are squeezing every last drop of sweet sweet PR out of the flying imams incident: Muslims, others protest. And the imams are going to sue US Airways, of course. A group of about 100 Muslims gathered at Tempe ...
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Terrorist Tent City in Beirut
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 8:30:13 am PST
Hizballah thugs continue their show of force in Lebanon, blocking roads to Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s office and setting up a terrorists’ tent city: Anti-government protest swamps Beirut. A SEA of protesters swamped Beirut overnight in a mass outpouring led by the Shiite group Hezbollah which then set up camp around ...
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Saudi Head-Chopper Discusses His Craft
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 8:04:34 am PST
From an interview on Lebanon’s LBC TV (via MEMRI TV), Saudi executioner Abdallah Al-Bishi discusses his calling and shares his favorite decapitation techniques. [Video]
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Profiting from 9/11
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 7:29:57 am PST
In one of the more outrageous advertising campaigns I’ve seen, a Taiwanese company is using images from 9/11 to sell a music player: musiQ. (Hat tip: Michael.)
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Muslims Want Islamic Prayer Room at Airport
Sat, Dec 2, 2006 at 7:18:56 am PST
Officials at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are moving to institute Islamic prayer rooms: Muslims Seek Prayer Room at Airport. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Looks like the flying imams achieved one of their goals. Airport officials said Friday they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation at the request ...
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Friday Night Oil
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 8:48:37 pm PST
Because oil should always travel first class.
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Gaddafi's Female Bodyguards Spring Into Action
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 7:06:09 pm PST
Hey, mainstream media! We want more stories about Colonel Muammar “Dr. Goldfoot” Gaddafi’s all-grrrl bodyguard squad! Gaddafi in Nigeria airport drama. Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been involved in a diplomatic incident as he arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for a summit. Nigerian officials say Col Gaddafi was accompanied by ...
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LGF Technical Update
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 12:57:09 pm PST
Behind the scenes, a lot is changing. I’ve converted all our code that emails people for any reason (registrations, emailing articles to friends, contact form, etc.) to use an authenticated SMTP account with a very nice PHP mailer class, instead of the ‘sendmail’ based system we used to have. What ...
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Terror Masters Enjoying Asian Games
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 9:30:09 am PST
The superstars of genocidal militant Islam are attending the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar: Ahmadinejad, Assad and Haniya attend Asian Games opening in Doha. They’ll be having a grand old time, mingling with our so-called Arab allies. One big, happy, almost-nuclear family. DOHA (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud ...
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Non-Flying Imam: 9/11 Hijackers Were Not Muslims
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 9:02:20 am PST
As reported by LGF November 21 (with hat tip to Internet Haganah), Imam Omar Shahin, the Islamic preacher ejected from a flight with five associates for suspicious behavior, was a representative for the Hamas-linked charity Kind Hearts for Charitable Human Development, shut down by the Treasury Department earlier this year. This ...
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McCarthy: Losing the War of Will
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 8:41:21 am PST
Andrew McCarthy is on target with this one, as the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group prepares to recommend “dialog” with our mortal enemies: Can We Talk? When I grew up in The Bronx, there were street gangs. You mostly stayed away from them, and, if you really had to, you fought with ...
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Columbia Journalism Students Cheat on Ethics Test
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 8:30:26 am PST
There’s something wrong with my Acme Irony Meter; the needle is wrapped around the pin and sort of quivering: Caught cheatin’ ... on ethics test. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Columbia University officials are lowering the boom on some graduate journalism students suspected of cheating on, of all things, an ethics exam. The ...
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Supporters of Evil Turn Out En Masse
Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 8:02:06 am PST
Hundreds of thousands of Hizballah and Syria supporters turned out in Beirut today: Huge crowd demands Lebanon government quit. As always, Michael J. Totten has excellent commentary on this display of force.
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