LGF Archives: December 2007
Party in Baghdad
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 6:02:49 pm PST
Well, what’s gotten into Reuters this New Year’s Eve? In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year’s Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom and ...
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Happy 2008!
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 3:42:14 pm PST
As we bid a semi-fond farewell to 2007, and gaze with mixed excitement and dread upon the approaching juggernaut that is 2008, here’s another open thread. Happy New Year to the lizard army! We’ll be opening the first round of voting for the Fiskie and Fallaci awards this Wednesday, January ...
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:57:43 am PST
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. — Terry Pratchett
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Will Ron Beat Rudy in NH?
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:17:10 am PST
Andrew Cline at OpinionJournal thinks The Only Man Who Can Save America just might ace Rudy Giuliani and come in third in New Hampshire: Ron Beats Rudy? If that happens, will I suddenly find new respect for Ron Paul? In a word, no. But hey, maybe it is time for the ...
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IPT: Apologists or Extremists: Muzammil Siddiqi
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:01:34 am PST
The Investigative Project has an informative profile of one of the most durable of the Muslim Brotherhood’s US front men, Muzammil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic Society of Orange County—where Al Qaeda traitor Adam Gadahn learned about Islam. Siddiqi has been at the propaganda game for years; he was first sighted ...
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Death Cult TV: 'We Liberated Gaza by Force, Not by Oslo or by Taba'
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 9:16:33 am PST
Saraa, the empty-eyed host of the Hamas TV show Pioneers of Tomorrow, sings a ghoulish, degenerate song about the glories of murder and suicide. Broadcast on Al Aqsa TV, December 20, 2007. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
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Happy Jihad New Year
Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 8:29:28 am PST
A bomb in a Thailand tourist area has wounded 27 people, as the jihadis ring in the new year in traditional fashion. SYDNEY, Australia - A bomb attack wounded 27 people Monday in a Thai tourist town where people had gathered to celebrate the New Year, officials said. Muslim insurgents were ...
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Sunday Overnight Open
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 10:30:01 pm PST
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. — Dan Quayle
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Strommen: The Meaning of 'White'
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 5:09:36 pm PST
Notorious “hardcore Marxist infiltrator” Øyvind Strømmen is at it again, wielding those dreaded conspiratorial weapons known as “facts.” In this episode of his ongoing destruction of the nonsense posted on the web by apologists for modern-day Eurofascism (specifically: Gates of Vienna, Brussels Journal, and the Center for Vigilant Freedom), Strømmen ...
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Spinoff Links Updated
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 4:05:57 pm PST
The current version of our new Spinoff Links feature has some improvements. The display is hopefully easier to read (with alternating shades of gray for each link), the web site domain name of the link is shown for your convenience, and if you have uploaded a personal icon it will ...
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New Video: The Bhutto Shooting
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 2:28:10 pm PST
The latest video of the assassination, from another angle, provides evidence that Benazir Bhutto was killed by an assassin’s bullet. [Video]
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 1:09:55 pm PST
An open thread for a Sunday afternoon...
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Pictures of Bhutto Attackers Released
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 9:56:23 am PST
An image of one of the assassins of Benazir Bhutto has been shown on Pakistani television.
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A State Built on High Explosives
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 9:43:30 am PST
Proving again that murdering Jews is more important than feeding their own people, and showing how much they really want to build a functioning state of their very own, a Palestinian truck at a West Bank checkpoint was discovered to be carrying 6.5 tons of potassium nitrate (an ingredient used ...
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Ron Paul Followers Plot Revenge on Fox News (for Nothing)
Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 8:55:03 am PST
By the way, The Only Man Who Can Save America has not been excluded from a Fox News debate. But that hasn’t prevented the Paulians from feverishly plotting to get even, as Daily Paul calls for them to take off the tin foil hats and “Put On Our Thinking Caps.” ...
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Saturday Overnight Open
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 10:15:01 pm PST
An overnight open thread for lizards with insomnia...
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Are You Ready for Taqwacore?
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 6:08:13 pm PST
On one level, this looks like a really good sign: that young Muslims are using rebellious music to challenge paradigms. But on another level, it’s disturbing when said rebellion includes Hizballah and suicide bombing: Kourosh started a band and named it after one of the bands in the book: Vote ...
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Near and Far
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 5:13:21 pm PST
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Vatican Exorcist Squads vs. His Nibs
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 3:05:33 pm PST
I’m all for waging war against Satan, you know, metaphorically. But according to the Daily Mail, the Vatican is taking the concept ... uh ... literally: Pope’s exorcist squads will wage war on Satan. It might be cool if James Woods was the leader. The Daily Mail illustrates their article with ...
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LGF Spinoff Links
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 1:34:04 pm PST
LGF launches a new feature today: a way for registered lizards to submit related links for an LGF post, using Ajax techniques to make the process quick and easy. I’m calling this feature “spinoff links” to signify that the links you submit don’t have to be strictly related to the ...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 10:08:21 am PST
Here’s an open thread for a Saturday morning, as I continue coding away on that mysterious new Ajax-based feature...
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Fox Bails on Kook?
Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 8:59:53 am PST
There was a report yesterday that Fox News has excluded the Crazy Uncle from the next GOP debate, and the Paulians are ranting like lunatics and plotting to blitz Fox News with protests: ***URGENT*** Ron Paul excluded from Fox debate.
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Friday Night Technical Open
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 6:27:13 pm PST
Here’s our Friday night, working on a new feature open thread...
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Pentagon Reaching Out to the Wrong People
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:01:15 am PST
Bill Gertz has an item today on the Pentagon’s disturbing “outreach” programs that include “reaching out” to Muslim Brotherhood front groups like the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Gertz says that a Muslim aide to Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England is pressuring Pentagon advisers to “take a softer line.” ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 10:16:12 am PST
Here’s a Friday morning open thread...
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McCarthy: If You Want Democracy, Kill the Jihadists First
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 9:44:58 am PST
Some excellent points on the push to “democratize” places like Pakistan, from Andrew McCarthy: Killed by the real Pakistan. Whether we get round to admitting it or not, in Pakistan, our quarrel is with the people. Their struggle, literally, is jihad. For them, freedom would mean institutionalizing the tyranny of ...
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Pakistan Headed for Civil War?
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 9:22:14 am PST
Violence continues in several Pakistan cities, and at least two dozen people are now reported dead: Pakistan mourns Bhutto, unrest kills 23. Furious supporters rampaged through several cities, in violence that left at least 23 dead less than two weeks before crucial elections. Some wept, others chanted “Benazir is alive,” as ...
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Bhutto Not Shot - She Died of a Skull Fracture
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 9:00:49 am PST
Curious news from Pakistan, where some of the doctors at the hospital where Benazir Bhutto was taken say that she was not killed by bulllets or bomb shrapnel, but by a head injury. She was standing in her car with her upper body out of the sun roof; Bob Owens ...
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Ott Gets Serious
Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 8:40:09 am PST
Here’s a change of pace from Scott Ott of Scrappleface, a non-satirical piece on the awful meaning of the Benazir Bhutto assassination: Bhutto Killing Puts EuroLeaders On Notice: Time to Choose.
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VDH: The War in a Nutshell
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:25:29 pm PST
Victor Davis Hanson takes a year-end look at the Iraq War: A Long War In a Nutshell.
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Are You Grossed Out By Politics?
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 5:51:34 pm PST
I suspect I’m not the only one who’s massively turned off by the political triangulating going on around the murder of Benazir Bhutto. I’ve seen at least three TV pundits acknowledge that it was unseemly to be calculating political advantages for US presidential candidates while the blood was still on ...
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Thursday Afternoon Open
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 4:20:14 pm PST
When it comes down to it, we’re all at the mercy of the hamsters. — Stinky Beaumont
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Ron Paul Blames US Policy for Bhutto Killing
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 2:02:26 pm PST
Ron Paul blames the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on the “interventionist” policy of the United States, and says Al Qaeda is justified in being “annoyed” at us. (Click the picture for the video.)
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The Year's Best Science
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 1:40:14 pm PST
Wired Magazine has their Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007. My favorite: 2. Chimpanzees Make Spears for Hunting Two anthropologists watched in mixed amazement and horror as several female chimpanzees crafted spears and used them to somewhat brutally hunt smaller mammals. Following a troop of the primates in a Senegalese savanna, ...
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Never Too Much Rage
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 1:08:33 pm PST
Brian Ledbetter has tracked down another professional rage beast, a Palestinian demonstrator who somehow manages to get his contorted, snarling features into a lot of MSM photographs: Professional Protester, Palestinian-Style. UPDATE at 12/27/07 4:54:05 pm: For more, see: truefactor: Hand gesture man.
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Video: Bhutto Assassination Report
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 12:56:33 pm PST
Here’s a video clip from UK Channel 4 on the Bhutto assassination, and the immediate aftermath in Pakistan. [Video] UPDATE at 12/27/07 12:58:48 pm: Breaking news from Pakistan: all flights have been canceled, shops and banks closed, and paramilitary forces are being deployed as riots begin to break out...
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Haaretz Editor: Israel Should Be 'Raped'
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:33:14 am PST
We have our official Weird, Offensive Utterance of the Week, from the editor-in-chief of Israel’s Haaretz, David Landau, who told Condoleezza Rice that Israel needs to be “raped into resolving the problems.” More on the story at CAMERA: Ha’aretz Editor Urges U.S. to ‘Rape’ Israel. Also see: Augean Stables: David Landau, Oslo Logician, ...
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Bhutto Assassination Updates
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 9:59:05 am PST
Good coverage in English of the Bhutto assassination at NDTV.com. Reactions at National Review, from Jonathan Foreman, Victor Davis Hanson, Mansoor Ijaz, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Stanley Kurtz, Bill Roggio, and Henry Sokolski: After Bhutto. UPDATE at 12/27/07 12:13:55 pm: Here’s another source with streaming video from India, in English.
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Kos Goes After Ron Paul
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 9:20:04 am PST
Looks like Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas has noticed that GOP candidate Ron Paul has some rather unsavory views: Daily Kos: The overt racist in the GOP field. Kos is citing the Ron Paul Political Report, a newsletter that Ron Paul produced himself in the late 80s and early 90s, and there ...
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LGF: Now with Our Own Troofers
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 7:45:01 am PST
Here’s the tactic that the Vlaams Belang apologists have settled on. After failing to divert attention with lies and personal attacks, they’ve devolved all the way to conspiracy theories, and they’re spreading them as far and wide as possible: Little Green Footballs Victim of Subterfuge......? Uh, no. There’s no “subterfuge,” and ...
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Bhutto Assassinated
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 6:49:43 am PST
Bad news from Pakistan. The Islamists kept trying until they finally succeeded in murdering Benazir Bhutto. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at the end of a campaign rally, aides said. The death of the ...
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Thursday Early Morning Open
Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 5:03:01 am PST
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then—we elected them. — Lily Tomlin
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Wednesday Night Link Depot
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:21:19 pm PST
Ron Paul: the Polypundit Populist YouTube - The Ron Paul Revolution Blimp - Goes to New Jersey. Blimpin’ Ain’t Easy CBC News: Where Saudis will send their most dangerous Hebrew University Paper Finds: IDF Has Political Motives for Not Raping Islam in Europe: Netherlands: Hizb ut-Tahrir youth in campaign against Geert Wilders
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Tech Review: Blu-ray Madness
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 9:14:16 pm PST
Instapundit points out this interesting look at the battle between two high-definition video formats: Blue-ray Disc, HD DVD Continue to Fight it Out in Marketplace. Holy Beta vs. VHS, Batman. I confess, one of my Christmas gifts to myself this year was a [Amazon Link], not only for the games (I’ve never ...
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Yon: A Thank You Letter
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 8:21:42 pm PST
Here’s a wonderful letter to Michael Yon, from LTC Jim Crider, commander of the 1-4 CAV soldiers based at FOB Falcon: A Thank You Letter.
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Wednesday Evening Open
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 7:41:03 pm PST
Talk low, talk slow, and don’t talk too much. — John Wayne (advice on acting)
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2007 LGF Awards Nominations Open
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 2:18:44 pm PST
The nominations for the Idiotarian (Fiskie) and Anti-Idiotarian (Fallaci) Awards for 2007 are now open! Registered LGF lizards may use the form below to submit their nominations in the two categories. Remember, the Fiskie Award is for the most moonbattish, obtuse, deranged, or duplicitous person or group of the year. Past ...
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Video: Hamas Killer Bee Child Abuse
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 10:03:31 am PST
The degenerates of Hamas continue indoctrinating children into a life of violence and murder, with another episode of the thoroughly evil kids’ show “Pioneers of Tomorrow,” featuring Nahoul the terror bee. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Saraa, child host: Nahoul, don’t you want to convey your holiday greetings on the Feast ...
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A Child of the RoP
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 9:32:48 am PST
Another attempt by Islamists to murder Benazir Bhutto, this time using a 15-year old boy. POLICE in Pakistan have stopped a 15-year-old boy they say was carrying a bomb made of dynamite and nails from getting into a rally by opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The boy got past the first of ...
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Nutroots Antisemitism Rampant
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 9:01:39 am PST
Remember Maryscott O’Connor, the raging, obscene nutroots blogger who was profiled by the Washington Post last year, then had a nasty falling out with Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas? She has completely snapped. Posted on Christmas Eve at her site: My Left Wing:: Goodbye, Cruel Jews. UPDATE at 12/26/07 9:15:00 am: This one was ...
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LGF Infiltrated by Super-Secret Sinister Conspiracy?
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 8:55:45 am PST
By now, it’s become sadly predictable that rather than refute facts or argue from reality, the apologists for European fascists will retreat into bizarre conspiracy theories and personal attacks. Every time. The latest twisted attempt to discredit LGF’s objections to the Vlaams Belang, unsurprisingly, comes from the commenter who’s been posting weird ...
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Blue Horizon
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 10:31:27 pm PST
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Christmas: The Registration Door Opens (Update: Closed)
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 7:14:42 pm PST
Here’s a last-minute Christmas gift for those waiting patiently to become lizards. Read the fine print, please. UPDATE at 12/25/07 7:55:26 pm: Now closed, with 81 hatchlings in 40 minutes.
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Christmas Afternoon Open
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 4:02:59 pm PST
Fretting about overpopulation is a perfect guilt-free—indeed, sanctimonious—way for “progressives” to be racists. — P. J. O’Rourke
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Season's Greetings from Google Saudi Arabia
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 11:33:50 am PST
I wonder how our friends the Saudis feel about Google’s logo today, posted at the Saudi Arabian branch? Sure, there are no obvious Christian symbols (unless you count the Holy Candy Canes of Antioch), but still...
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UK Muslim Leader: Christianity is Regressive, Blair Should Be a Muslim
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 11:06:25 am PST
You’ve probably heard that former British prime minister Tony Blair has become a Roman Catholic. Well, here’s a column at the Grauniad by Ajmal Masroor (who appeared on Channel 4’s bizarre “Make Me a Muslim” show) arguing that Blair should have converted to Islam instead, because Christianity is “regressive:” Blair, ...
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Merry Christmas
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 9:48:41 am PST
Merry Christmas, everyone. Lizard Headquarters is very festively decorated today, and some of the hamsters have already gotten into the egg nog...
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Bowden: In Defense of Waterboarding
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 10:07:49 pm PST
Mark Bowden: In defense of waterboarding.
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The Many Facets of the Lizard Army
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 6:28:09 pm PST
To the New York Times, I’m “rigidly empiricist” (I’ve been called much worse recently): The Ron Paul Vid-Lash - New York Times Blog. But to Jew-hating weirdo Justin Raimondo, I’m an “anti-Arab fanatic with no compunctions about teaming up with neo-Nazi goofballs:” Ron Paul vs. the Dirty Tricksters. Meanwhile, at the Ron ...
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Starring (In Memory of Oscar Peterson)
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 2:08:38 pm PST
In memory of Oscar Peterson. [Video] A blisteringly fast version of “Cubano Chant,” with Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums; looks like it’s from the 1950s, when Oscar was at his peak. (Hat tip: zombie.) [Video]
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Omar Bakri Rants Again, Calls for Terror Attack
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 10:16:31 am PST
He’s banned from Britain, but former al-Muhajiroun freakazoid Omar Bakri continues ranting away in Lebanon, making the Grinch look like a piker: Hate cleric Omar Bakri calls for ‘ban’ on Christmas. Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas. Using the internet ...
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Muslim Call to Prayer in Oxford
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 9:35:43 am PST
Residents of central Oxford are unhappy with plans to allow the muezzin to blare out the adhan three times a day: Anger over plan to broadcast Muslim call to prayer on loudspeaker in Oxford. Muslim plans to broadcast a loudspeaker call to prayer from a city centre mosque have been ...
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 9:20:10 am PST
Here’s a pre-Christmas open thread to start the day. Posting may be a bit light today, due to various holiday-related activities...
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Ron Paul on Israel: 'We Don't Like Iran, You Go Fight Our Battles'
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:55:54 pm PST
Haaretz US correspondent Shmuel Rosner seems to be detecting a certain odor wafting from the pronouncements of a certain Crazy Uncle: Ron Paul insists: ‘Israel encourages Americans to go into Iran’. So here is what Paul had to say about Israel and Iran: What if Iran would “invade” Israel? (This is ...
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The Playstation Police
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 8:52:29 pm PST
Mitt Romney’s not the only politician working hard to protect America from the pernicious effects of unregulated free-range video games: Clinton Would Crack Down on Computer-Generated Cartoon Sex. Hillary Clinton is still outraged that Rockstar Games left a sexually-themed mini game nestled in its best-selling Grand Theft Auto: ...
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Sunday Night Open
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 7:46:12 pm PST
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy — but that could change. — Dan Quayle
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Video: Oh No, Here Come the Uzbeks
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 4:04:40 pm PST
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about before, now it’s the Uzbeks. Here’s the pudgy leader of a fierce and powerful army of Uzbek mujahideen, sitting in a room somewhere with a web cam, a rifle, and some maps tacked up on a wall, calling on Muslims to ...
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Troofers Infest Reddit
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 3:57:32 pm PST
What is it about “social networking” sites, that they all seem to eventually degenerate into pits of unbridled lunacy? Much like Digg.com, the Conde Nast-owned web site Reddit.com started out promisingly, but is now pretty much overrun with leftists, far leftists, loony leftists, and Troofers, in any post that touches ...
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Daily Kos Supporting the Troops for Christmas
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 11:43:35 am PST
As I write, this is currently the number one recommended diary at Daily Kos: a long exercise in crackpot moral equivalence that compares US troops holding Bibles with a Palestinian female suicide bomber holding a Koran. The woman in the photo is Reem al-Rayashi, a Hamas suicide bomber who abandoned her ...
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Fiskie/Fallaci Awards
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:50:36 am PST
Lots of people have emailed asking when I’m going to open the nominations for the Fiskie and Fallaci Awards (for most idiotic and most courageous figure of the year, respectively). The plan is to open nominations December 26 through 28. To make things easier for all of us, this time ...
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Israel's Partners in Peace Want Everything
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:07:09 am PST
For the 43rd anniversary of “moderate” terrorist Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party (currently trying to decide how to spend the billions of dollars donated by a hopelessly delusional “international community”), Israel’s partners in peace have commissioned a poster showing Israel completely replaced by “Palestine.” Openly advocating ethnic cleansing, right in the face ...
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Thank the Troops for Christmas
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 9:17:56 am PST
At America Supports You, they’ve thoughtfully provided a web form to send a Christmas message of thanks to servicemembers.
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Overnight Open Thread
Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 3:14:01 am PST
How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? — Dr. Seuss
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And Now for Some Andy McKee
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:47:17 pm PST
Andy McKee plays [Amazon Link]. [Video]
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Doin' the Belgian Terror Plot Shuffle
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:13:21 pm PST
Oh kay. Yesterday Belgian authorities arrested 14 Muslim men in a prison breakout plot for an Al Qaeda terrorist; tonight they’re all free to go. BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — A judge on Saturday released 14 men who had been accused of plotting to break a suspected supporter of Al Qaeda ...
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Revenge for Bukkit
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 9:29:55 pm PST
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The Game is Afoot - Update: The Foot is a Game
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 8:18:49 pm PST
Registration is now open for a very limited time. Read the instructions, circumlocutions, and dire warnings carefully, please. And if you manage to get past the Many-Headed Cat That Guards The Gates, please read the fine print at the top of each comment thread before posting anything you might regret. UPDATE ...
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Arafat Founded Black September
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 8:10:25 pm PST
It’s sad that we should need any more evidence, but Yasser Arafat is definitively linked to the Black September terrorist organization in a series of articles by longtime Arafat aide Marwan Kanafani, for Egypt’s Al Ahram. The Elder of Ziyon has more: Former aide admits Arafat founded Black September.
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Strommen: Stormfronters and Symbols
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 3:27:21 pm PST
The next installment of Øyvind Strømmen’s deconstruction of the distorted, misleading, and false claims about the Belgian Vlaams Belang party floated by Brussels Journal, Gates of Vienna, and the Center for Vigilant Freedom: The “refutations” - one by one: 4. Stormfronters and symbols. Strømmen is able to get much deeper into ...
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Daily Kos: 9/11 Truth as the Path to Political Reforms
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 11:02:22 am PST
Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas has explicitly banned Troofer diaries from Daily Kos, but they keep bubbling up from the Nutroots like noxious sewer gas: Daily Kos: 9/11 Truth as the Path to Political Reforms. For evidence that America’s political system is a criminal conspiracy, open your mind to piles of ...
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AFP: Jews Beat Santa Claus
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:30:30 am PST
Are you concerned about getting your ludicrous antisemitic propaganda out to the world in time for Christmas? Not to worry! Agence France Presse is always there to help: ‘Father Christmas’ beaten in West Bank demo: organisers.
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Blogs, Privacy, and Sitemeter
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:18:08 am PST
Some good questions for bloggers who use Sitemeter to record statistics, at Concurring Opinions. The privacy issue is one reason I no longer use Sitemeter at LGF.
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LOL Cats Cn Has Ron Paul!
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 9:08:09 am PST
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Romney to 'Go After' Video Games
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 8:54:33 am PST
Mitt Romney is proposing to “go after” retailers who sell violent video games? Is he trying to outdo Mike Huckabee in the social-con sweepstakes?
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Christmas Greetings from Ahmed and the Chipmunks
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 8:40:27 am PST
Ahmed And The Chipmunks Sing “Sharia Don’t Be Late”.
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Iowahawk: I Bring the Gift of Me
Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 8:38:22 am PST
A Holiday Message from the Burge-Goldstein Presidential Campaign.
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Friday Night Link Depot
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 9:33:59 pm PST
YouTube - REVOLTING: Ron Paul ‘Cleans Up Well’ in Philly, Nov 10 2007 A Second Hand Conjecture » Pining Away For Jihad Johnny UC Irvine Muslim Student Union Admits Some Speakers Oppose Jews - RC Campus Watch Make Me a Muslim! | Jewcy.com IslamOnline - ‘Die Zionist Jew Pigs!’ Insanely Biased AFP Dispatch of the ...
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LGF Presidential Campaign Poll
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 6:22:53 pm PST
Here’s a poll to see where LGF readers stand on the GOP candidates running for President in the 2008 election: [Poll]
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We Got Mail!
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 5:29:01 pm PST
The hate mail is pouring in from enraged Paulians. Most of it is pretty unimaginative stuff; you know the drill, “f*ck you,” “Jew lover,” “moron,” etc. But here are three of the most interesting and/or crazy ones. Please note that these were sent with our contact form, and there is a ...
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More Transmissions from the Pauliverse
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 1:49:48 pm PST
I think we have a winner in our “Who Can Be the Craziest Ron Paulian?” sweepstakes: Ron Paul and the Nazis. Don’t follow that link unless you’re somewhere near a shower stall, because you’re definitely going to feel dirty after you read that sick antisemitic garbage. The runners-up in our creepy competition: URGENT: ...
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Video: Make Me a Muslim, Part 4
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 1:06:26 pm PST
Here, once again, is the clip from UK Channel 4’s bizarre “makeover” show, “Make Me a Muslim” (deleted from Motionbox), with thanks to the mysterious Kasper. This is the episode in which some of the Brits are getting well and truly fed up with their Islamic “mentors.”
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Ron Paul Poll Punking Techniques Exposed
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 12:14:33 pm PST
Ron Paul supporters just can’t help revealing how crazed they are. Here a Paulbat helpfully explains why they don’t post working links to internet polls at their site, and instead rely on their camp followers to copy and paste: Why Links Are Broken!!!! Read!! - Ron Paul Forums. GoRon2008 Senior Member Join ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Pakistan
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 11:32:02 am PST
At least 50 people murdered in a suicide bombing in a mosque at the “residential compound” of a top Pakistani official. The bombing, which came during the Islamic holy day of Eid al-Adha, left a scene of carnage at the mosque at the politician’s residential compound in Sherpao, a village ...
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Video: Christmas Greetings from Achmed the Dead Terrorist
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 11:16:03 am PST
Jeff Dunham and his friend Achmed perform a very special rendition (get it?) of the time-honored Christmas classic, “Jingle Bombs.” [Video] (Hat tip: Sugiero.)
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Tariq Ramadan Still Barred from US
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:57:11 am PST
Here’s some very good news; a US District Judge has upheld the government’s refusal to allow Muslim Brotherhood stalking horse Tariq Ramadan to enter the US: Judge upholds Muslim scholar’s U.S. entry ban. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Thursday upheld a government decision to refuse a ...
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David Frum on Anti-Giuliani Paleocons
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:46:09 am PST
David Frum comments on that ugly cover story at Pat Buchanan’s American Conservative magazine: I, Rudy? Have we really reached the point where a magazine that masquerades under the label of “conservative” thinks that the very worst possible allegation to throw against a president is that he has advisers who ...
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Stormfront at Ron Paul Forum
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:19:33 am PST
Don Black of the neo-Nazi hate site Stormfront has an account at the Ron Paul Forums; here’s one of his posts, from a topic started by a Paulian who is desperately begging their candidate to: Please Give IT BACK I beg of you. (Hat tip: Canadian Guy.) UPDATE at 12/21/07 10:40:26 am: The ...
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Christmas Thanks to the Troops
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:15:09 am PST
Several bloggers have recorded video of their Christmas thanks to the troops, and Blackfive has the compilation. I don’t have a video camera or I’d join them, but on behalf of LGF and all our readers: Merry Christmas to all our men and women in the armed forces. Stay safe, and ...
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Transmissions from the Pauliverse
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:00:57 am PST
Here are some of the calm, reasoned answers to our Ron Paul posts, from a closed thread at the Ron Paul Forum: Today, 12:00 AM ronpaul1 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 41 Fred Thompson. littlegreenfootbals is: * owned by charles johnson, a friend of don black. * littlegreenfootbals has won ...
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Traffic Surge Open Thread
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 9:30:13 am PST
Links are coming in from all over the universe to our Ron Paul post, some positive, some negative, some deranged, and the server hamsters are having a hard time keeping up for the first time in months. Hang in there; we’ll be back to normal when the deluge subsides. In ...
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Paulians: Neo-Nazi Supporters Are Actually Zio-Nazis
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 9:14:29 pm PST
At the Ron Paul Forum, they’ve seen through the trickery of the Zio-Nazi Conspiracy: Busted! So-called White Supremicist Group Exposed As Israeli Propaganda Operation! - Ron Paul Forums. Whoa. These people are out there. I saved a copy of the page, in case they hide it like they’ve been doing with their ...
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It's Eid Time Again, and the Animals Are Dying
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 8:29:33 pm PST
At Sweetness and Light, a collection of photos from the uplifting Eid Festival Around The World. WARNING: graphic, disturbing photos of wholesale animal torture and slaughter. Any press releases from PETA about this?
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Ron Paul's Photo-Op with Stormfront
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 3:53:50 pm PST
An LGF reader emailed this photograph, showing Ron Paul at the Values Voters Presidential Debate in Fort Lauderdale on September 17, 2007. Immediately to Paul’s left: Don Black, the owner of neo-Nazi hate site Stormfront. If anyone knows who the creepy guy in the hat is, please post a comment. Update: ...
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'Long Live the Islamic State'
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 2:44:33 pm PST
Another gruesome and disgusting find in Iraq, as the depths of Al Qaeda’s depravity are revealed once again: Torture chamber found in Iraq. BAGHDAD - Blood-splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling and swords on the killing floor — the artifacts left a disturbing tale of brutalities inside a ...
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When Paulbats Attack
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 1:37:00 pm PST
Kevin McCullough has posted at Townhall.com about the Ron Paul neo-Nazi story, and he is being viciously attacked in the comments for his post: Ron Paul: Likes to Lunch with Nazis? (SOURCE: WHITE SUPREMACISTS) UPDATE at 12/20/07 1:45:02 pm: The attackers are coming from here: WTF!! Article below on further involvment with ...
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The Many Mohammeds of Britain
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 1:26:53 pm PST
Several readers have emailed about this article in Britain’s Daily Mail: Mohammed now second most popular boys’ name in Britain. But as disturbing as this might seem, the article is a rerun from 7 months ago; we had this story last June, when it appeared in the Times of London. So at ...
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Ron Paul Forum Conceals White Nationalist Comments
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 12:45:40 pm PST
As we noted last night, the Ron Paul Forum went into serious damage control mode after our post about the Crazy Uncle’s possible neo-Nazi connections. They put up a post with the title, “Neo-Nazis Say: Ron Paul is One of Us [PROBLEM!?]”—and then almost immediately hid this post behind their ...
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Thursday Morning Open
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:17:31 am PST
Here there be an open thread for a Thursday morning...
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Germany's Tiny Minority
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:04:27 am PST
A new study by Germany’s Interior Ministry says there are currently 180,000 Muslims in Germany who support violence in the name of Islam: Germany: The Tiny Minority In Figures.
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Paleocons, Moonbats, and Fascists, Oh My!
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 9:33:33 am PST
This is the cover of the new issue of Pat Buchanan’s American Conservative magazine, featuring an article by the far left’s most dishonest blogger, Glenn Greenwald. It’s a monumental convergence of idiocies. Lovely. (Hat tip: Joel.) UPDATE at 12/20/07 10:27:01 am: Here we see Pat Buchanan meeting with Filip DeWinter and Frank Vanhecke of ...
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Yon: The General Barry R. McCaffrey Report
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 9:21:59 am PST
Michael Yon has posted a copy of a strategic assessment of security operations in Iraq, and the news is very good indeed: General Barry R. McCaffrey Report.
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Global Warming Consensus: An Illusion?
Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 8:56:49 am PST
There’s an eye-opening report today at the web site of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007. Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects ...
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Wednesday Overnight Thread
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:20:01 pm PST
Judging from our referrers page, late on a Wednesday evening, our post about Ron Paul’s possible neo-Nazi connections has turned over more than a few rocks, and the creatures living underneath are not happy. Here’s an overnight open thread, since the previous one is approaching 1,000 comments already. UPDATE at 12/19/07 ...
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Tancredo Bails
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 7:16:02 pm PST
Tom Tancredo knows he has no chance of winning the GOP nomination, and he’s bailing out. DENVER - Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence, plans to announce he is abandoning his long-shot bid for the presidency, a person close to Tancredo ...
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Neo-Nazis Say: Ron Paul is One of Us
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 5:49:26 pm PST
Take this one with a grain of salt, please. But at one of the ugliest neo-Nazi sites on the web, Vanguard News Network, the leader of the American National Socialist Workers Party says Ron Paul Lies About Lack Of Involvement With White Nationalists. (The link goes to a Google redirect page, ...
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 3:21:02 pm PST
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. — Oscar Levant
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Sued by French TV
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 2:53:13 pm PST
At PJ Media, Roger L. Simon interviews Philippe Karsenty about his involvement in the France 2 Mohammed al-Dura case: Sued by French TV: A Conversation with Philippe Karsenty.
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Ron Paul: No Problem with Donations from Neo-Nazis
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 2:47:59 pm PST
The Ron Paul campaign not only refuses to disavow the support of racist scum like Don Black of Stormfront, they’re glad to take his money and have no plans to return it: Paul keeps white supremacist donation. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has received a ...
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The Beam in the Washington Post's Eye Gets Bigger
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 2:19:34 pm PST
Remember when the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz labeled LGF commenters as “vile,” suggesting that blog comments need better policing? “Hypocrisy” doesn’t even begin to describe Kurtz’s article. In today’s Washington Post story on the fire in a White House office building, there are hundreds of completely deranged, rabidly hateful comments, culminating ...
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Stillwell on CAIR
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 1:43:42 pm PST
Cinnamon Stillwell has a column in the San Francisco Chronicle on the radical Islamic front group CAIR, their connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, and their ongoing efforts to shut down and/or demonize all critics of Islam in the United States: Savage vs. CAIR: The battle over free speech. I’m ...
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Help Pat Dollard Finish His Film
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 1:13:10 pm PST
Pat Dollard is asking for donations from readers to help finish his documentary on the Iraq War: Listen Up Dollard Readers! “Young Americans” Documentary Needs You.
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Insane British Bureaucracy Story of the Day
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:56:19 pm PST
Not just crazy, but jaw-dropping crazy: Couple forced to take in criminal lodger after he tells court their house is HIS home address. A convicted criminal has moved in with a married couple against their wishes after giving their address in court as his home. Shane Sims, 19, has spent the ...
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The Crybabies of Hamas
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45:04 pm PST
The degenerates of Hamas, like a lot of raging, seething, murdering Islamists, can’t seem to make up their minds whether they’re fearsome jihad warriors, or whiny crybabies: Hamas Calls for Truce With Israel. GAZA CITY, Gaza City (AP) - On Islam’s most important holiday, the leader of Gaza’s Hamas government ...
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MSNBC Slowly Waking Up?
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:24:57 pm PST
MSNBC is about 9 months behind LGF, with a report on the Palestinian death cult child abuse video we posted back in March: Sing-a-long DVD for suicide bombers.
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Iowahawk: Three Cheers for the Iowa Caucuses!
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:29:34 am PST
Iowahawk takes a break from his busy schedule of chopping and channeling vintage roadsters, for a passionate paean to the political prowess of the Land O’ Corn: iowahawk: Three Cheers for the Iowa Caucuses! Every four years, America kicks off its time-honored democratic ritual of selecting the next president of ...
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Another YouTube Jihadi
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:07:37 am PST
Yet another terrorist posting videos to YouTube, right out in the open, not hiding anything at all: KalashinkoveIRAQ.
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Top Muslim Cleric: Kill Women Who Won't Wear the Hijab
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:00:09 am PST
A leader of the Religion of Peace and Tolerance in Iran says women without veils deserve to die. And their fathers, and their husbands. Tehran, 19 Dec. (AKI) - A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the ...
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NRO: Free Steyn
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:30:39 am PST
As we noted earlier this month, the radical Islamic front group calling itself the “Canadian Islamic Congress” has filed mindcrime complaints against author Mark Steyn with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, in an effort to stifle criticism of Islam and intimidate other writers. It’s the legal jihad in action. Today, the ...
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Fire in Cheney's Office Causes Leftists to Rant Uncontrollably
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 9:29:06 am PST
There was a fire in Dick Cheney’s office this morning, and as usual the leftist blogosphere is brimming over with lunatic ranting. At Think Progress, the Morlocks who inhabit their comments are sure this is a ploy to cover up the destroying of documents. Or it’s the Reichstag fire. Or something ...
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Sarkozy Loses Patience with Assad
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 9:08:45 am PST
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he’s had it up to here with the chinless ophthalmologist. “I have reached the end of the road with [Syrian President Bashar] Assad. Words alone won’t suffice, I want actions,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted as telling reporters Wednesday at the Champs-Élysées in Paris. France ...
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The Huckabee Hustle
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 8:58:00 am PST
At American Thinker, Selwyn Duke has a look at the candidacy of Mike Huckabee—a leftist in evangelist’s clothing: The Huckabee Hustle.
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Tuesday Night Link Depot
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 9:17:35 pm PST
YouTube - They tried to make me go to Jihad, I said No, No, No. The 2007 Splodie Awards Case Lays Bare the Media’s Reliance on Iraqi Journalists - New York Times Terrorism and the Times: What’s Not Fit To Print :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism Victor Davis Hanson - In War: Resolution Fundamentally ...
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Ron Paul on Glenn Beck
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 6:21:06 pm PST
The Only Man Who Can Save America is being interviewed by Glenn Beck on CNN Headline News, and here’s a thread to discuss his isolationist Bircher agenda in real time. As I write this, Uncle Paul just said, “We have become an immoral nation.” Beck didn’t blink an eye. UPDATE at 12/18/07 ...
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At the Hajj: 'Death to America, Death to Israel'
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 5:45:26 pm PST
The Hajj pilgrimage is Islam’s most sacred ritual, a chance for the pious and devout to demonstrate their commitment to peace and tolerance and love. Oh, and by the way, “Death to America.”
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Cartoon Jihadis Attempted Mass Murder
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 3:50:04 pm PST
The two Lebanese Muslims who planted bombs on German trains last year (that thankfully failed to explode) planned to commit random mass murder to get revenge for the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy. Two Lebanese men who tried but failed to detonate bombs on two trains in Germany in 2006 have ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 3:25:00 pm PST
Here’s an afternoon open thread...
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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 13 Terrorists in Gaza
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 1:26:52 pm PST
Israel struck back today against the degenerate savages who continue to attempt random murder: Israel kills 13 Palestinian militants in Gaza. GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed 13 Palestinian militants in air strikes in the Gaza Strip, its most deadly military response in months to frequent rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled ...
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Answering the Vlaams Belang Apologists
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:37:07 am PST
Øyvind Strømmen continues demolishing the deceptive pro-Vlaams Belang arguments of Gates of Vienna and the Center for Vigilant Freedom: The “refutations” - one by one: 3. The solidarists. One of the points Strømmen makes in this post is that my identification of this photograph as being from a Vlaams Belang rally ...
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An Islamist in the Army?
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:45:34 am PST
At FrontPage, Joe Kaufman has uncovered a rabid Islamist who has apparently infiltrated the US Army.
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Video: Make Me a Muslim, Part 4
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:03:09 am PST
In Part 4 of the UK Channel 4 show, “Make Me a Muslim,” some of the Brits participating in this little experiment in dhimmitude are really beginning to get fed up. [Video unavailable.] UPDATE at 12/18/07 10:05:59 am: The video appears to have gone missing from Motionbox.
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Islamic Dictatorships for Ron Paul
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 9:04:02 am PST
Iran’s Press TV knows a friend when they see one: Paul: Bush betrayed people’s trust. Presidential hopeful Ron Paul clobbers the Bush administration for using misleading intelligence to wage wars on harmless nations. In a rare campaign appearance in Iowa, Congressman Ron Paul said going to war with Iraq was ...
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Death Cult Child Abuse in Britain
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 8:36:37 am PST
A children’s sing-along DVD sold at a mosque in Bradford contains a clip glorifying suicide bombers, and instructing children to follow in their footsteps: British children targeted with sing-along DVD for would-be suicide bombers. A children’s sing-along DVD for would-be suicide bombers is being investigated by police after being found ...
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Monday Night Link Depot
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 8:41:56 pm PST
New Miss Belgium gets Flemish tongues wagging Case Lays Bare the Media’s Reliance on Iraqi Journalists - New York Times The Daily Princetonian - Nava ‘09 admits to fabricating assault, threatening e-mails Fatwa against the dollar? : Telegraph Blogs Long Island Couple Found Guilty in ‘Slavery’ Case - The New York Sun A Journey for ...
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Crazy Uncle Rolling in Dough
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 6:14:50 pm PST
He’s not just a kook any more—now he’s a kook with a whole lot of money: Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort. COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman’s campaign for the White House. Called a “Money ...
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Video: Make Me a Muslim, Part 3
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 5:16:22 pm PST
Yesterday we featured the first two parts of a UK Channel 4 glossy advertisement for Islam titled “Make Me a Muslim.” Here’s the third part, from the mysterious Kasper, and a fourth part is on the way. This is the kind of hogwash that’s being fed to the British public ...
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Feel the Love
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 2:31:33 pm PST
The ever-tolerant peace-lovers who frequent loony left sites such as Huffington Post and Democratic Underground react to the news of a small chemical explosion at Fox News headquarters. * Who among us would have wept if Fox News HQ had been blown up? I can honestly say I wouldn’t’ve. * We ...
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Dark Ages Moment of the Day
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 1:43:40 pm PST
Modern reconstructive surgery meets the Dark Ages: Why one Muslim girl became a born-again virgin for her wedding night. When Aisha Salim marries her fiance in Pakistan next March, it will be the wedding of her dreams. Wearing a veil and gown, she will be every inch the fairytale virgin bride ...
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We Got Mail!
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:42:18 am PST
Here’s one of those emails that’s so insane I suspected it was a hoax; but the IP address traces to the Arabian peninsula state of Oman, so it’s probably the real deal. Our admirer found us by searching Google for “lgf,” then used our contact form with a Yahoo return ...
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Massive Terrorist Windfall
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:22:59 am PST
I’m reduced to a simple, “Aaarrrggghhh.” Global donors pledge 7.4 bln dlrs for Palestinians. PARIS (AFP) - International donors pledged 7.4 billion dollars to the Palestinians Monday at a conference described by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the “last hope” to save their government from bankruptcy. Palestinian prime minister Salam ...
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Law Enforcement, Pakistan Style
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:58:57 am PST
Oh brother. Rashid Rauf, one of the main suspects in the plot to blow up airplanes flying from Britain to the US, escaped after a court appearance in Pakistan when his police guards took off his handcuffs and let him go into a mosque to pray—while they waited in the ...
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Panel Discussion: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:34:08 am PST
Here’s video of an excellent panel discussion on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, featuring Mona Charen, John Podhoretz, and Dennis Prager, moderated by Michael Medved. (Thanks to John Podhoretz for the big plug for LGF.)
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Ex-CAIR Member Forms New Group to Suppress Criticism
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:25:50 am PST
A former CAIR spokesperson is leading the charge to shut down criticism of Islam in the US, forming an organization with the Orwellian name, “Hate Hurts America Interfaith and Community Coalition:” Ex-CAIR Member Takes on Free Speech. But Sabiha Khan’s outrage against “hate speech” only goes in one direction. The Hate ...
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Saudi King Pardons Gang Rape Victim
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 8:50:18 am PST
The king of the religious misogynist nation of Saudi Arabia has issued a pardon for the woman sentenced to 200 lashes for being gang raped; not because the sentence was wrong in his eyes, but because of international criticism: Report: Saudi King Pardons Rape Victim. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi ...
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Muslim Students Take Over 'Meditation Room' in Minnesota
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 8:26:07 am PST
We’ve covered several cases like this one at LGF, enough to say that it appears to be a trend; Muslim students take over public meditation rooms at universities and turn them into de facto mosques. Katherine Kersten has the latest example: Normandale’s ‘meditation room’ is home to a single faith. ...
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Sunday Overnight Open
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:30:01 pm PST
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides
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Weird Science Watch
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 6:27:21 pm PST
Tonight’s weird science breakthrough: cats that glow in the dark. Ever struggled in vain to find your cat in the dark? Now you need worry no longer — Korean scientists have developed a cat that glows in the dark. These two Turkish Angola cats were photographed under ultraviolet light. The ...
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Video: Make Me a Muslim
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 5:59:09 pm PST
Your jaw may need to be retrieved from the floor after watching this extended advertisement for Islam from Britain’s Channel 4: “Make Me a Muslim.” To watch the videos...
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'LGF' Grabs Top Google Slot
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 5:29:31 pm PST
Our pagerank is rockin’. Little Green Footballs has now knocked Lionsgate Films out of the top spot in a Google search for LGF.
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Sunday Night Seawall
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 4:31:02 pm PST
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Let's Give Them a State - And Billions of Dollars
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 3:15:01 pm PST
While the rich and powerful gathered in Paris to throw more billions at a monumental sham, Israel’s partners in peace nearly succeeded in murdering a two-year old boy: Palestinian rocket wounds 2-year-old. JERUSALEM - A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza wounded a 2-year-old boy in a community on ...
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Freed Terrorists Carried Out Algerian Bombings
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 1:11:01 pm PST
Two of the Islamic terrorists who attacked UN buildings in Algiers last week, killing at least 37 people, were actually freed from prison in an Algerian amnesty program. ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Two convicted terrorists who had been freed in an amnesty carried out the suicide bombings at U.N. and ...
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The Crossover Candidate
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:40:00 pm PST
Wacko leftist web site Counterpunch has finally found a Republican worthy of their support: Welcome to the Revolution. (Hat tip: Ron.)
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UK Channel 4: Sharia Reality TV
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:28:00 pm PST
This should be very helpful as the British prepare to accept their new Islamic overlords: Reality television lifts veil on life as a temporary Muslim. WHAT do a gay hairdresser, an atheist taxi driver, a skincare centre manager, a glamour model and a mixed race couple have in common? They all ...
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CAIR Infiltrating Ohio Civil Rights Commission?
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:45:39 am PST
Patrick Poole at Central Ohioans Against Terrorism has a rather disturbing rumor that CAIR’s Ahmad Al-Akhras will head the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Yes—the very same Ahmad Al-Akhras who physically assaulted LGF reader Ciaospirit at a CAIR anti-Israel rally.
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The Ancient Wisdom of Corleone
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:31:38 am PST
Mike Huckabee was trying to get all philosophical-like and quote Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, but he ended up quoting Mario Puzo instead: Ancient wisdom, via Michael Corleone. Heh.
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Sunday Morning Open
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:19:19 am PST
Here we see the traditional Sunday morning open thread...
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Video: Basra Handed over to Iraqis
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 9:11:58 am PST
Britain is handing Basra back to the Iraqis. Returning the province to Iraqi control Maj Gen Binns said the city had been pulled from the grip of its enemies. “I now formally hand it back to its friends,” he said. “We will continue to help train Basra security forces. But ...
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The Ron Paul Plot
Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 8:46:48 am PST
A dastardly plot is afoot to silence The Only Man Who Can Save America: They Want To Kill Ron Paul. Best-selling author and Bilderberg sleuth Daniel Estulin says he has received information from sources inside the U.S. intelligence community which suggests that people from the highest levels of the U.S. ...
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Saturday Overnight Open
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 9:32:35 pm PST
Here’s an overnight thread for nocturnal reptilians...
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Swings Shut
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 6:13:23 pm PST
Registration is now open for a limited time. Read all of the fine print on that registration page, please. Monitor lizards are watching. UPDATE at 12/15/07 6:43:36 pm: With 58 hatchlings in 30 minutes, the door swings shut.
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More Evidence of an Al-Dura Hoax
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 5:20:13 pm PST
As part of the propaganda show around the Mohammed al-Dura incident, the father of the boy was paraded in front of cameras with “wounds” supposedly caused by Israeli bullets. Now Nidra Poller has a PJ Media report from France on newly discovered medical records that prove those wounds date back ...
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Strommen: The Denialists
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 4:44:37 pm PST
Øyvind Strømmen has the second in a series of pieces dismantling the so-called “refutations” from Gates of Vienna and the Center for Vigilant Freedom: The “refutations” - one by one: 2. The denialists. It’s pretty crushing stuff. For reference, here’s a search page for our entries referring to “Vlaams Belang.”
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 12:47:49 pm PST
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. — P.J. O’Rourke
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BBC Exposes Muslim Undercover Researchers
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:46:44 am PST
Here’s more background information on that story from earlier, about MPACUK’s hunt for “Zio-Con frauds.” Appallingly, the subjects of MPACUK’s search were actually exposed by the BBC, in a strange and pathetic attempt to cover their butts after covering up a story about the prevalence of radical Islamic hate literature in ...
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Colonel Gadafi's Mystery Tour
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:13:20 am PST
I give up trying to keep track of all the different creative spellings of weird Libyan thug Muammar Gadafi’s name. This AFP story has one I haven’t seen before, as the Colonel makes European government officials nervous by taking mystery side trips: Mystery over Kadhafi’s private weekend in Spain. MADRID ...
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WaPo: 'The Traditional Pleasures of Everyday Life By the Sea'
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 9:59:25 am PST
Mainstream media continue a steady stream of distorted articles from Gaza. Today the Washington Post tells us that the evil Israelis are taking hearing aid batteries away from deaf children: Gaza reduced to beggary. GAZA CITY - The batteries are the size of a button on a man’s shirt, small ...
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MPACUK: Hunting for 'Zio-Con Frauds'
Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 9:08:55 am PST
The dangerously insane British radical Islamic group MPACUK is currently carrying on a bizarre witch hunt for fellow Muslims they accuse of being “Zio-Con frauds.”
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The Huckabee Policy
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 8:15:52 pm PST
Mike Huckabee’s foreign policy plan.
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Diana West with Pat Buchanan
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 8:08:26 pm PST
Diana West will be interviewing Pat Buchanan on BookTV this weekend: Patrick Buchanan author of ‘Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart ‘ interviewed by Diana West.
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Friday Night Technical Open
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 5:21:39 pm PST
The new “avatar” feature is really getting a workout; nearly 1,400 LGF lizards have uploaded their own personal graphics. Today I fixed several bugs in the uploading system, some small, some large. I discovered that PHP’s image manipulation functions don’t like the files produced by Canon digital cameras, and possibly other ...
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Jihad Watch Annual Awards Polling
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 2:43:46 pm PST
Voting is now open in the Jihad Watch Dhimmi and Anti-Dhimmi of the Year Awards.
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Friday Afternoon Monkey-Mania
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 2:04:58 pm PST
Gangs of marauding monkeys, running amok. The perfect subject for a Friday afternoon thread. (Click picture for video.)
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Is There Anyone Newsweek Won't Publish?
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 1:48:22 pm PST
Today in Newsweek, an op-ed by noted international commentator and genocidal Jew-hater, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, titled with his usual light-hearted irreverence: Costly Arrogance.
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'We Are Only Servants of Allah'
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 1:21:38 pm PST
Two of the four Muslims who plotted to attack southern California military bases and Jewish centers are pleading guilty. One of four men accused of plotting attacks on Southern California military sites and Jewish targets pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism conspiracy charges. Levar Haley Washington, 28, admitted committing seditious conspiracy ...
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The Blimp, The Blimp!
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:16:23 pm PST
Prepare your fragile mind for the awe and majesty of the Ron Paul Blimp Inaugural Launch.
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PoliGazette: 'They Don't Seem to Realize Who They're Dealing With'
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:08:21 pm PST
At the new European group blog PoliGazette, Michael van der Galien has a good post about the Vlaams Belang controversy: More on Neo Nazis and Vlaams Belang. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago: American conservatives should be very careful whom they associate with. There are some European conservatives ...
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Finnish Tween Terrorist Chic
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:59:10 am PST
The “peace scarf,” aka the PLO Tuch, aka the Arafat Scarf, is a hit with tweenies in Finland: HEL LOOKS | Reko (11) and Jere (12). Reko (11) and Jere (12) Reko: “I bought this scarf last year. I like it because it’s stylish. My jeans are Acne but Levi’s and ...
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Feel the Rage
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:53:32 am PST
There’s a new Rage Boy in town: Rage Boy: Palestine.
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:15:17 am PST
Here’s an end o’ the week morning open thread...
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Video: Hamas MP Says 'Jews Are Creating Artificial Earthquakes'
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 9:56:46 am PST
Here’s another disturbingly insane clip from Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV, in which Hamas goon Member of Parliament Ahmad Abu Halabiya explains that the Jews are using artificial earthquakes to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque. It’s not impossible, right? (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Interviewer: Some geologists and environmental scientists say that ...
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The Egyptian Physician Rants Again
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 9:27:59 am PST
Bumps Zawahiri is back with a new show on JihadTV, doing the dozens on the Annapolis peace sham: Al-Qaida No. 2 blasts peace conference. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s deputy leader denounced last month’s Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., as a “betrayal” of Palestinians in a new audio message posted ...
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Another USF Muslim Student Arrested
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 8:42:34 am PST
Another non-Buddhist University of South Florida student has been arrested in connection with the Goose Creek terrorism case: USF Explosives Case Leads To 3rd Student’s Arrest. TAMPA - Two days before he was to graduate, a University of South Florida student was arrested Thursday on a weapons charge in connection ...
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Answering the Axis of Deception
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 8:37:54 pm PST
Two more devastatingly factual responses to the pro-Vlaams Belang Axis: Noblesse Oblige: The Sound and the Fury II eurofascism.info: The refutations - one by one: 1. The Sweden Democrats
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And Now for Some Virtuoso Newgrass
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 6:07:15 pm PST
Here’s part 2 of a completely amazing 21 minute medley with Chris Thile on mandolin and Bryan Sutton on guitar. The video breaks up but the sound track is good throughout the recording. They get to the telepathic level in this one. The other parts: Part One. (Better video, but the audio ...
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Another War on Terror Mistrial
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 1:59:57 pm PST
Ouch. Jurors deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears plot. MIAMI - One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared for the six others after the federal jury deadlocked. Federal prosecutor Richard ...
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Video: Hamas Child Abuse
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:13:29 pm PST
It’s simply horrifying what the degenerates of Hamas are doing to their own children. This one is from Hamas Al-Aqsa TV on December 3, 2007, featuring an 8 or 9-year old boy ranting about domination and murder like a mini-Hitler, and a young girl dreaming of genocide. (Courtesy of MEMRI ...
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Thursday Open
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:48:26 am PST
I have a switch in my apartment that doesn’t do anything. Every once in a while I turn it on and off. On and off. On and off. One day I got a call from a woman in France who said “Cut it out!” — Steven Wright
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North Korea Helping Hizballah?
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:46:01 am PST
A Congressional report says that Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers have been receiving assistance from North Korea. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea may have given arms to Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, according to a report compiled for Congress that could complicate U.S. plans to drop Pyongyang from ...
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Oliver Stone's Next Project
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 9:48:37 am PST
Apparently Oliver Stone thinks America is interested in the life story of Iran’s thug-in-chief: US director gets green light on Ahmadinejad documentary.
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'The Dan Rather of the Blogosphere'
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 9:23:14 am PST
On Tuesday I was “more dangerous than Osama bin Laden,” but today I’m just like Dan Rather. Every day a new ad hominem, each more ludicrous than the last! To the pseudonymous proprietors of Gates of Vienna: give up. Just stop with the diversions and evasions, and admit you’ve lost. What ...
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The World’s Most Famous Photoshop Fakes
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 8:51:56 am PST
Our visitor count is pretty high this morning, because of this interesting link: The World’s Most Famous Photoshop Fakes. LGF has been deliberately blocked from appearing on Digg’s front page (no matter how many diggs an LGF story gets, it is never “made popular”), but the Photoshop article appeared there—so we’re ...
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Wednesday Night Link Depot
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 8:11:47 pm PST
Foer’s Foggy New Republic Retraction Doesn’t Please Everyone Pajamas Media: Paul Haggis, Sean Penn and the Kucinich Factor Golden Compass: the ‘God Wars’ as child’s play Civil rights investigation clears UCI of anti-Semitism charges U.S. Bureacracy Looks the Other Way at UC Irvine Anti-Semitism Jihad noted in wiretaps Saudis give big to promote Islamic studies in ...
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Movable Type Goes Open Source
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 6:15:45 pm PST
In a development that will affect the blogosphere in mysterious and untold ways, the Movable Type blogging application has gone open source.
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Wednesday Evening Open
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 5:16:18 pm PST
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it. — Groucho Marx
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Video: Saudi Terrorist Rehab
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 2:52:41 pm PST
Our friends the Saudis claim to be rehabilitating Islamic terrorists released from Guantanamo Bay, and here’s a clip from UK TV promoting that claim. (Do I sound skeptical?) [Video]
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GOP Debate Poll
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:52:49 pm PST
I think we already know who the big loser of the GOP debate was: the moderator, Nurse Ratchet. But here’s a silly internet poll to see which politician won the debate according to readers of LGF. (Let’s see how quickly the Paulians notice this one...) [Poll] UPDATE at 12/12/07 4:14:27 pm: It’s amazing; ...
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Weird Science Watch
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:08:17 pm PST
Scientists in Japan have succeeded in creating mutant mice with no fear of cats. According to Tokyo University professor Ko Kobayakawa, “By applying this theory to other mammals, we will probably be able to make other animals that are not afraid of their natural enemies. Cindy Sheehan has already offered to ...
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GOP Debate Thread 1
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 11:26:45 am PST
I think I’m suffering from Over-Debated Traumatic Stress Malaise, because I completely missed the fact that there’s another GOP debate happening today. Here’s a thread to discuss it...
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Hazy Bay Thread
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:15:14 am PST
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Talking Peace While Plotting Murder
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 9:15:17 am PST
Palestinians continue to attempt to commit random murder with barrages of rockets, even as they pretend to talk “peace:” Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resume. JERUSALEM - The highly anticipated renewal of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians got off to a rocky start Wednesday, with the Palestinians criticizing Israel for ...
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Our Friends the Saudis
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 9:09:25 am PST
Our wonderful allies in the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia have invited Iran’s thug-in-chief to take part in the Hajj pilgrimage. TEHRAN (Reuters) - The king of U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia has invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend this year’s haj in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Iranian ...
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An Assassination in Lebanon
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 8:32:44 am PST
Another high-profile assassination in Lebanon, as a car bomb kills a top Lebanese general. BEIRUT, Lebanon - A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon’s top generals and at least two other people Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even more pressure on the country’s delicate political situation. The ...
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And Now for the Baby Tax
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 6:32:36 pm PST
Coming soon to a transnational progressive agenda near you: Baby tax needed to save planet, claims expert. A WEST Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus “baby levy” at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child. Writing in today’s Medical Journal of Australia, Associate ...
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Video: Fareed Zakaria Interviews Ayaan Hirsi
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 6:09:45 pm PST
In two parts, Fareed Zakaria interviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali: [Video] [Video] (Hat tip: Hip Hop Republican.)
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Terrorist Chic at Amazon Germany
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 5:54:31 pm PST
For sale at the German branch of Amazon, many varieties of that well-known symbol of Palestinian terrorism, the kaffiyeh—and in case you had any doubt about the symbolism, they’re helpfully labeled: “PLO Pali Tuch (PLO Palestinian Garb).”
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 4:17:27 pm PST
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate. — Sun-tzu
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Ventura County Star Caught Using MSM Comment Deletion Trick
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:59:58 pm PST
It’s a thoroughly evil trick: you post a comment at a mainstream media site that criticizes them, or goes against their prevailing biases, and the administrator deletes your comment. But they delete it in a sneaky way; when you visit the page and are logged in to your account, you ...
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Another YouTube Jihadi
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:09:47 pm PST
Jawa Report has the back story on another antisemitic freakazoid at YouTube: Ironic Perfection on YouTube: Radical Antisemitic Islamist Accuses Jawa of Racism.
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The Dreaded Offensive Soccer Jerseys of Italy
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:45:28 am PST
A Turkish lawyer has filed a complaint to cancel an Italian soccer team’s victory, because the Italian players wore shirts that offended the delicate sensibilities of the RoP. Also see: The Dreaded House Mix of Blasphemy The Heinous Teddy Bear of Blasphemy Dreaded Italian Toilet Seats of Blasphemy Seized by Authorities Yet Another Cartoon of ...
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Tuesday Morning Open - Update: The Door Closes
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:32:23 am PST
Open registration, that is, for a limited time. Read the fine print, please! And disable any spam filters that might prevent you from receiving the activation email. UPDATE at 12/11/07 11:02:05 am: Now closed, with 76 hatchlings in 30 minutes. Total number of registered accounts: 24,012.
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CAIR Instructs the Media
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:21:02 am PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations, unindicted co-conspirators in the Hamas funding trial of the Holy Land Foundation, have released a “media guide” (for “professionals” only) on the correct way to whitewash Islam. Robert Spencer takes a look: CAIR Instructs the Media. In its continuing effort to impede freedom of ...
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Update: Strangled to Death for Not Wearing a Hijab
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 8:59:04 am PST
The 16-year old girl who was attacked and strangled by her own father in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga for refusing to wear the Muslim head scarf has died. UPDATE at 12/11/07 9:39:13 am: It’s almost unbelievable, but the ultra-left Toronto Star is actually trying to whitewash this story: Hijab can divide ...
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'More Dangerous Than Osama Bin Laden'
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 8:47:06 am PST
Here’s yet another vicious personal attack from a Vlaams Belang supporter, a Belgian blogger named Björn Roose (a VB member and spokesman for the Voorpost), who believes I’m more dangerous than Osama bin Laden. In this one you can see the virulent anti-Americanism that’s part of the world view of ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes in Algeria
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 8:30:36 am PST
A car bomb attack on United Nations buildings in Algiers has killed at least 45 people. ALGIERS, Algeria - Car bombs exploded minutes apart Tuesday in central Algiers, heavily damaging U.N. buildings and ripping the facade off the wing of a government office. Officials said 45 people were killed, and ...
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Monday Night Supertankers
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 9:36:25 pm PST
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'Islamophobia' Myth Promoted at Daily Kos
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 9:12:35 pm PST
In an amazing coincidence, at the same time as Islamic advocacy groups meet in Istanbul, the push to criminalize “Islamophobia” is also on at Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Islamophobia Part-1: It Exists.
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Choked Nearly to Death for Refusing to Wear the Veil
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 7:54:01 pm PST
A Pakistani Muslim cab driver in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga has been arrested for trying to kill his own daughter, reportedly because she refused to wear the hijab. A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being choked by a man believed to be her father, apparently after a ...
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NRO on Huckabee: 'Deeply Naive'
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 7:33:46 pm PST
The editors of the National Review on the foreign policy statements of Mike Huckabee: The Holiday Inn Express Candidate. On Iran, Huckabee is at his most troubling. He accuses the administration of “proceeding down only one track with Iran: armed confrontation.” This is false, and the kind of rhetoric you’d ...
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Criminalizing Islamophobia
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 6:41:16 pm PST
A huge victimfest is taking place in Istanbul, with all the superstars of Islamic grievance theater, and their objective is to criminalize “Islamophobia.”
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Swings Shut
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 5:56:26 pm PST
The line forms to the right, as registration opens for a short time on a brisk Monday evening. Please read the registration instructions—there’s important information in that fine print—and also read the rules at the top of each thread before posting a comment. And remember: do not trust the shover ...
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Victor Davis Hanson on War and History
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 5:30:34 pm PST
NRO is conducting a video interview with Victor Davis Hanson on War and History: Chapter 1 of 5.
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IPT Investigation Uncovers HLF Jury Room Bullying
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:56:54 pm PST
The Investigative Project has a very interesting report on jury deliberations in the Holy Land Foundation trial: Exclusive IPT Investigation Uncovers HLF Jury Room Bullying.
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YouTube Restores Anti-Torture Activist's Account
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:40:13 am PST
Here’s some good news about Egyptian anti-torture activist Wael Abbas, who was the subject of this LGF post when YouTube canceled his video sharing account: YouTube restores account of Egypt anti-torture blogger. (Hat tip: Catttt.)
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Colorado Church Gunman Identified
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:19:11 am PST
At USA Today: Reports: Gunman identified in Colo. church shootings. Local news organizations are reporting that the gunman has been identified as Matthew Murray. None of the reports cite a verifiable source for this information. CNN says he worked on a mission with the first group that was targeted during yesterday’s ...
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:43:41 am PST
Here’s an open thread for what’s left of Monday morning, as most of the cable news channels run non-stop Oprah-Obama coverage...
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Totten: After the Battle of Al-Fajr
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 9:43:46 am PST
Michael J. Totten has another excellent piece from Fallujah, one of the hottest of the Iraqi hot spots, now returned to something more like civilization: After the Battle of Al-Fajr.
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Fatah, Hamas - What's the Difference?
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 9:27:12 am PST
Fatah thug Mahmoud Dahlan gave an interview to a Kuwaiti newspaper, and said aloud what most people already know (but many are denying): there’s not much difference between Fatah and Hamas. (IsraelNN.com) Senior Fatah terrorist Mahmoud Dahlan spoke to a Kuwaiti newspaper this week, saying that Hamas must turn control ...
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Video: Protesting Sean Penn at SFSU
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 8:50:10 am PST
When Sean Penn gave a speech at San Francisco State University, the president of the College Republicans staged a protest—without all the crazed left-wing screaming and nudity. [Video] (Hat tip: pj48.)
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British Spy Chiefs: Iran Punked the CIA
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 8:16:10 am PST
British intelligence chiefs believe that the CIA was hoodwinked by Iran. British spy chiefs have grave doubts that Iran has mothballed its nuclear weapons programme, as a US intelligence report claimed last week, and believe the CIA has been hoodwinked by Teheran. The timing of the CIA report has also provoked ...
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Sunday Evening Link Depot
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 5:33:27 pm PST
Israelis Embark on Journey to Mecca On Reuters’ five “facts” about Chavez Las Armas de Coronel: VENEZUELAN DEMOCRACY 3, REUTERS 0. Islam in Europe: Arhus: Bus personnel attacked by immigrants Muslim apostates threatened over Christianity On Olmert’s Visit and A Challenge for the MSU A Blog For All: Democrats Caving On War Funding... Again ’I was terrified ...
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Colorado Shootings Thread 3
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 4:58:35 pm PST
Here’s another thread to keep up with news on the shootings at a missionary center and a church in two Colorado cities...
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Breaking: Church Attack in Colorado Springs
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 1:50:24 pm PST
Following the earlier report of a shooting at a Colorado missionary training center, Fox News is now reporting another shooting attack at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs...
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Nancy Pelosi Approved of Waterboarding
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 12:09:54 pm PST
In 2002, Nancy Pelosi was a member of a bipartisan group that was made aware of harsh interrogation techniques being used with Islamic terrorists in US custody—and the group not only approved of the tactics (including waterboarding), they asked the CIA to push harder. In September 2002, four members of ...
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Video: An Interview with Lord Ahmed
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 11:13:40 am PST
The mysterious kasper has uploaded another clip from UK television, an interview with Lord Ahmed, Britain’s first Muslim peer, on the Sudan teddy bear, Salman Rushdie, 9/11, Saudi Arabia, and more.
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Fjordman: Still Obsessing, Still Obfuscating
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 10:13:02 am PST
Fjordman is at it again, whining about how trivial and unimportant my posts about the Vlaams Belang are, then writing another thousand words without dealing with a single factual issue. In this one, he completely ignores the fascist symbols in that infamous image of a black rat—in other words, he ...
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Bilal Hussein on Trial
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 9:38:00 am PST
Today the US military will submit evidence in the Iraqi trial of AP photographer Bilal Hussein, and to mark the occasion Michelle Malkin has a look back at the disgraceful history of the Associated Press’ war coverage.
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Shooting at Christian Missionary Center
Sun, Dec 9, 2007 at 9:15:53 am PST
Two people have been killed in a shooting at a Colorado Christian missionary center. ARVADA, Colo. - A gunman walked into a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday and opened fire, killing two of the center’s staff members and wounding two others. No arrests had been made ...
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Saturday Evening Town Hall Meeting, with Avatars
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 5:47:02 pm PST
Here’s an open thread for whatever needs discussin’. More tweaks to the new “avatar” feature: * GIFs with transparent backgrounds will still be converted to JPG format, but now the background canvas for the image is preset to white instead of PHP’s default black, which produces a better image most of the ...
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Bigotry Blast Backfires
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 2:55:59 pm PST
Mark Steyn responds to a pretty spectacular screwup by Jim Henley. The comments for Henley’s post are a hoot. (Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.)
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 12:06:07 pm PST
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Iowahawk: In My Objective Opinion
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 11:04:17 am PST
“Hugh Hewitt” guest-posts at Iowahawk: In My Objective Opinion. (Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.)
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Bloomberg: Diversity the Best Response to Terrorism
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 9:55:20 am PST
In one of the most outrageous appeasement gestures in a year full of them, the Empire State Building was illuminated in green to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid. Quite a few LGF readers emailed and called the building managers about this, and also contacted New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ...
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The Dreaded House Mix of Blasphemy
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 9:28:00 am PST
A South African dance music company is the next target of the Religion of the Perpetually Offended: Bomb threat after prayer ends up on CD. Producer Cry Lehlaka only realised the serious error of judgment which DJs Tea and Kay had made on their latest hit house mix when he ...
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Yet Another Bogus Iraqi Massacre Report
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 9:06:01 am PST
Gateway Pundit has the scoop on another phony report of a massacre in Iraq—still more propaganda eagerly snapped up and promoted by the major news services: MNF-I Responds - Another Bogus Report... No Evidence of Dwelah Massacre!
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Kucinich: The King of Spin
Sat, Dec 8, 2007 at 8:35:50 am PST
In the Cleveland Scene, Denise Grollmus has an eye-opening article on how Dennis Kucinich remade himself from a race-baiting bomb-thrower into a hero of the Kos Kidz: The King of Spin.
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Friday Night Ocean
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 9:42:57 pm PST
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Tech Review: Amazon MP3 Downloads Store
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 6:10:37 pm PST
I’ve been buying quite a bit of music through iTunes because it’s so easy, and relatively inexpensive, but I just became aware of Amazon.com MP3 Downloads—and in some ways it’s a better deal than iTunes. First, Amazon’s even cheaper than iTunes Store, about a dollar less for an entire album. Second, Amazon’s ...
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Kucinich Picks Up a Key Endorsement
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 5:29:24 pm PST
The only candidate far out enough for Spicoli: Penn Endorses Kucinich For President In SF. Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn endorsed Dennis Kucinich for president in San Francisco Friday. Penn made what had been billed as a “major political statement” at San Francisco State University. Andy Juniewicz, National Press Secretary ...
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And Now for Some Finger Picking
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 4:48:36 pm PST
“Inspirations” by [Amazon Link]. [Video]
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Ron Paul Spam Traced to Commercial Spammer
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 2:43:09 pm PST
On October 30 we noted reports of a flurry of Ron Paul spam email; now we learn that researchers have tracked it to a commercial spammer using facilities in the US to control a “botnet”—a network of virus-infected “zombie” machines: Researchers track Ron Paul spam back to Reactor botnet. The ...
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Gadafi: UN is a Dictatorship
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 2:06:13 pm PST
The world’s most whacked out Islamic strongman, “Colonel” Muammar Gaddafi, is visiting Portugal with his all-grrrl bodyguard squad, and announced today at Lisbon University that the United Nations Security Council is a dictatorship. Escorted by muscular female bodyguards dressed in desert-colored khaki and caps, Gaddafi criticized the current United Nations ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 11:14:10 am PST
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. — Groucho Marx
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No Compulsion in Islam?
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 10:19:48 am PST
The daughter of a prominent imam in Lancashire is in hiding after her decision to convert to Christianity prompted death threats from her own family. Hannah was born in Lancashire to Pakistani parents who raised her and her siblings as strict Sunni Muslims. She prayed and read the Koran, wore ...
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Another Vlaams Belang Whitewash
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 9:54:33 am PST
Baron Bodissey of Gates of Vienna would still like you to believe that black is white: Gates of Vienna: That Fascist Black Rat. They continue to cling to the absurd stance that all of the white nationalist symbols in Vlaams Belang youth magazines, web sites, videos, etc. are ... meaningless. This ...
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Another Hijab Lawsuit
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 9:15:02 am PST
Here’s a particularly egregious example of ACLU-radical Islamic collaboration, as a 29-year old Muslim woman files a civil rights lawsuit against San Bernardino police because she was forced to remove her head scarf—when she was arrested and booked for possession of an invalid Metrolink train pass. A 29-year-old Muslim woman ...
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Survivors of Pearl Harbor Remember Dark Days
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 8:33:40 am PST
Fox has an interesting article on the pervasive fear that gripped the islands of Hawaii in the days after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time when war touched the personal lives of all Americans: Survivors Recall Living in Fear After Pearl Harbor Attack. HONOLULU — ...
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali in New York Times
Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 8:24:22 am PST
In light of the most recent appalling stories of barbarism and misogyny from the Islamic world, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has a piece for the New York Times this morning on Islam’s Silent Moderates. It is often said that Islam has been “hijacked” by a small extremist group of radical fundamentalists. ...
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Thursday Overnight Open
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 9:31:47 pm PST
Nearly 3,000 comments on the new “avatar” feature, and it appears to be a solid hit. I’ve fixed a number of bugs since releasing the first version, so if you had problems, please give it another try. Here’s an overnight open thread to facilitate experimentation. For more information: New Feature: Avatars New Feature: ...
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Exposing the 'Flying Imams'
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 7:06:56 pm PST
At the Middle East Quarterly, M. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy exposes the ‘Flying Imams’. I have known three of the plaintiffs in the U.S. Airways suit for almost a decade. Soon after settling in Arizona in 1999, I became involved in the local Muslim community. ...
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New Feature: Avatars (Update)
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 4:43:53 pm PST
As usual, when code is released into the wild the bugs begin to frolic. I’m tidying up loose ends in the avatar system, and I’ve also added a feature that will come in handy if you’d rather not wait for all those little pictures to load on the longer threads—you ...
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Video: Max Boot on Saudi Arabia, NIE
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 4:01:45 pm PST
Here’s an interview with Max Boot, on his recent trip to Saudi Arabia and the National Intelligence Estimate. (Hat tip: Contentions.) [Video]
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New Feature: Avatars
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 2:11:11 pm PST
Our latest little enhancement is a feature that lets you upload a “personal icon” (often called an “avatar” in geekspeak) that will be displayed when you post a comment, next to your username. If you don’t upload an avatar, the default tiny green football will be displayed, as it always ...
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Thursday Morning Robotic Violins
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 11:04:47 am PST
Horrible Japanese robotic violins. No sax, though. (Click picture for video.)
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Israel's Partners in Peace: Concessions = High Treason
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 10:56:39 am PST
Demonstrating once again their readiness to live in peace with Israel: PLC passes law to make any concessions on J’lem illegal. The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council Thursday passed a law that makes any concessions on Jerusalem illegal. The law, which was approved by first reading, also defines such concessions as ...
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Bolton: The Flaws in the NIE
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 9:08:02 am PST
Former UN ambassador John Bolton exposes The Flaws In the Iran Report. Consider these flaws in the NIE’s “key judgments,” which were made public even though approximately 140 pages of analysis, and reams of underlying intelligence, remain classified. First, the headline finding — that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in ...
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Mitt Romney on 'Faith in America'
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 at 8:38:20 am PST
Here’s Mitt Romney’s “Faith in America” speech at Ustream: Ustream.tv - ‘Faith in America’. And here’s an open thread for the lizard army to discuss the speech (it struck me as less than earth-shattering).
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Wednesday Overnight Open
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 11:29:38 pm PST
An overnight thread for nocturnal lizards...
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Iowahawk: Misty Watercolor Memories, of the Fog of War
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 6:50:36 pm PST
Iowahawk says he found the first draft of Franklin Foer’s latest article for the New Repubic on the Scott Beauchamp scandal, in a dumpster behind Marty Peretz’ townhouse. I don’t believe him, though. Judging from the length, this would have filled more than one dumpster: Misty Watercolor Memories, of the Fog ...
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Wednesday Evening Open
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 5:10:20 pm PST
I’ve been working on some code this afternoon, a way to let registered commenters upload an image that will appear when they post a comment, in place of the default tiny green football. Nothing earthshaking, just a fun little personalization feature. (Earthshaking stuff takes a little longer.) In any case, here’s ...
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Mall Shooting in Omaha
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 1:17:11 pm PST
At least one person has been killed in a shooting incident at a mall in Omaha. OMAHA, Neb. - At least one person was shot Wednesday at a busy Omaha mall, and police locked down the shopping center while they searched for a gunman. It was not immediately clear whether ...
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European Arabs Launch Campaign Against JihadTV
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 10:30:46 am PST
An Arab group (probably Iraqi expatriates living in Europe) has launched a campaign to stop Al Jazeera TV broadcasts in Europe. Since Its Inception, Al-Jazeera Has Chosen the Path of Fostering Violence and Hatred “Why should Al-Jazeera be blocked in liberal Europe? “More than 10 years after the emergence of the extremist ...
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BBC Knew of Terrorist Activity, Didn't Tell Cops
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 9:45:13 am PST
Yes, the BBC can still cause our jaws to drop; the Times reports that the Beeb paid for a paintballing excursion as part of a program to make Muslims look cuddly and friendly called “Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic.” Small problem. Three of the friendly Muslims who went on this trip turned ...
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Iran Declares Victory, IAEA Agrees
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 9:26:52 am PST
Malevolent toad-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can’t resist gloating over the National Intelligence Estimate, of course. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s president declared victory over the United States on Wednesday and the head of a U.N. watchdog said Iran had been “somewhat vindicated” by a U.S. report that it had halted its nuclear ...
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Spiegel: The Odyssey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 9:14:16 am PST
Spiegel Online profiles Ayaan Hirsi Ali with a hint of derision; apparently Hirsi Ali is a little too “Jacobean” for their taste. Still worth a read, though: Challenging Islam: The Odyssey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali is worshipped by foreign intellectuals, but not always welcome ...
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Israel Not Buying the NIE
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 8:54:17 am PST
The Israelis are not buying the National Intelligence Estimate that says Iran has shelved their nuclear program. Allahpundit has video of Israeli ambassador Dan Gillerman’s reaction: Israeli ambassador Dan Gillerman on the NIE.
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Palestinians Begging for Billions, Adoring Adolf
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 8:22:08 am PST
The terrorist PLO government of Mahmoud Abbas is asking the international community for almost $6 billion in handouts, after blowing untold billions over the past decades on terrorism and corruption. But they’ve changed. This time will be different. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the international community ...
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Yon: Al Qaeda Is Still Out There
Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 8:08:59 am PST
Al Qaeda may be on the ropes in Iraq, but Michael Yon points out that they’re still dangerous, and still intent on sabotaging any progress: Infrastructure to MRAPs.
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Tuesday Overnight Open
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 9:28:21 pm PST
Everybody hates me because I’m so universally liked. — Peter de Vries
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Ahmadinejad Proposes World Islamic Court
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 6:12:28 pm PST
Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to create a world Islamic court for war crimes. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who accuses the West of monopolising power in world bodies, proposed on Tuesday setting up an international Islamic court to try war criminals and other human rights violators. The president gave few details ...
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The Golden Compass, Thread the First
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 5:43:42 pm PST
In the holiday season’s next big controversy, the Catholic League is calling for a boycott of the film The Golden Compass. Yahoo! Movies has posted the first five minutes of the film (an appealing variation on the “trailer” concept).
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Philippine Catholics Afraid of Muslim Homeland Deal
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 5:28:20 pm PST
As noted last month, the government of the Philippines has decided to go the appeasement route, and grant Islamic “separatists” a “homeland.” Today, Reuters Alertnet reports that Catholics in the south Philippines are panicking. DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Philippines, Dec 5 (Reuters) - When Christians in the southern Philippines heard that ...
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CAIR's Candidate: John Edwards
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 4:38:54 pm PST
CAIR’s Chicago director, Ahmed Rehab, was dispatched to the Heartland Presidential Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, as part of the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group’s ongoing effort to influence the 2008 election: CAIRing for John Edwards. Previously at LGF: Minnesota University’s Radical Islamic Keynote Address The Headscarf Jihad
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Zombie: Moonbats in the Trees Again
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 2:03:31 pm PST
Zombie’s new photo essay features the arboreal antics of a gaggle of tree-sitting moonbats at the University of California Berkeley: Oak Grove Tree-Sit Anniversary Protest.
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Video: Muslim Scholars Debate Changing Religion
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 1:51:48 pm PST
From Kuwait’s Al-Risala TV, November 5, 2007, here’s a sort of town hall meeting in which Muslim scholars and audience members discuss the fine points and religious justifications for killing people who decide to convert away from Islam. The audience is scarier than the “scholars” in this one. (Courtesy of ...
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WaPo: TNR Disavows Beauchamp Fantasies
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 1:37:46 pm PST
Howard Kurtz has an article for the Washington Post on the Scott Beauchamp New Republic scandal: New Republic Disavows Iraq Diarist’s Reports. After nearly five months of mounting criticism, the New Republic yesterday disavowed reports about petty wartime cruelty in Iraq, saying the magazine had lost faith in the Army ...
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Tuesday Giant Papaya
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 11:38:59 am PST
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The Very Worst of The Daily Kos
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 11:32:03 am PST
John Hawkins has compiled The 2nd Annual Worst Quotes From The Daily Kos (2007 Edition), many of which were featured and held up for well-deserved ridicule at LGF.
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Blog Moby Arrested in Milwaukee
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 10:52:55 am PST
One type of troll we see all the time at LGF is known as a “moby,” after the pop star Moby—who publicly advocated posting “false flag” comments at right wing web sites, posing as extremist nut jobs, in order to discredit those sites. But this deceptive practice can actually be dangerous ...
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Religion of Peace Strikes Again in South Thailand
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 10:02:45 am PST
Four people murdered and 25 wounded in a bomb attack in south Thailand—and notice that Reuters includes the bombers in their count: Bomb kills 6, wounds 25 in Thai Muslim south. PATTANI, Thailand, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A motorcycle bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim south ...
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IBD Editorial: CAIR Hyping Hate Crime Against Muslims
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 9:47:58 am PST
Another excellent editorial from Investor’s Business Daily on the radical Islamic front group CAIR and their inflated claims of “hate crimes” against Muslims: Hyping Hate Crime Vs. Muslims. It’s plain that CAIR, which claims to be the “Muslim NAACP,” has been hyping tensions. Every year the pressure group releases a report ...
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Symbolic Denials Continue
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 9:16:18 am PST
As Gates of Vienna launches another diversionary defense of the far-right Vlaams Belang, this time denying that there’s any significance at all to the numerous white power symbols (especially the Odin’s Cross) we’ve discovered in VB youth magazines, on their web sites, and even on Filip DeWinter’s bookshelf—have a look ...
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Monday Overnight Thread
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 9:40:08 pm PST
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer
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The Graduation of the Incredibly Strange EU-Trained Palestinian Female Police Cadets
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 6:04:33 pm PST
EU-trained women join Palestinian police. JERICHO, West Bank - The first class of Palestinian policewomen to complete a new European Union-sponsored training program graduated Sunday, part of a broader EU makeover of the demoralized and ill-equipped Palestinian law enforcement agencies. The 45 rookies will join a small group of women ...
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Into the Great Wide Open
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 2:32:50 pm PST
Seemingly at random (because it is), another short window of opportunity to enlist in the lizard army. Read the rules, please, before posting anything. It saves Stinky Beaumont a lot of aggravation if you do. [Video] UPDATE at 12/3/07 3:02:35 pm: Registration is now locked down tight, with exactly 100 hatchlings in 30 ...
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The Texas Dawah Convention
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 1:50:26 pm PST
Dr. Rusty has info on an upcoming event of interest: The Jawa Report: FBI/Police to Share Stage with 9/11 Skeptics & Terror Supporters at Radical Islamic Conference.
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The Web Is Lousy with Paulians
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 1:38:40 pm PST
At every web site that allows readers to vote on the presidential election, we find the digital footprints of the mighty Ron Paul Revolution: Who Would The World Elect.
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Israeli-Palestinian Good Will?
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 1:13:42 pm PST
In another “goodwill gesture,” Israel has released 429 Palestinian prisoners. But there may be a quid pro quo agreement this time: Palestinian Authority dismantles dozens of Hamas charities in West Bank. The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority has dismantled dozens of charities run by the rival Hamas group and frozen their accounts, ...
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Teddy Bear Teacher Escapes Sharia Justice
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 12:07:45 pm PST
Gillian Gibbons has made the proper obeisances and received a pardon for her heinous teddy bear blasphemy, and is on her way home to Britain: British Teacher Jailed for ‘Muhammad’ Teddy Bear Leaves Sudan. KHARTOUM, Sudan — A British teacher jailed for insulting Islam after she allowed her students ...
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Midday Open Thread
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 11:22:41 am PST
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. — George Orwell
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NIE Report: Iran Has Shelved Nuke Program
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 10:40:33 am PST
A new National Intelligence Estimate has been declassified, with a surprising finding: NIE Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program Years Ago. I’m probably not the only one at this point with less than total confidence in American intelligence services; but note that although the report says Iran has “shelved” their program, ...
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Australia's Prison System Infiltrated
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 10:21:04 am PST
Inmates studying al-Qaeda manual. ISLAMIC extremists are using an al-Qaeda training manual to give them instructions for taking over the state’s toughest jails, prison authorities have alleged. Up to 40 inmates had established an internal organisational structure to maintain morale, resist interrogation and recruit members to Islam. The prisoners had set ...
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Random Historical Moment
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 10:13:53 am PST
The Siege of Constantinople (718). (Hat tip: bbcrackmonkey.)
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Video: Al-Azhar President Justifies Suicide Bombings
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 9:39:13 am PST
Ahmad Al-Tayyib is no radical on the fringes of Islam; he’s president of Sunni Islam’s highest center of learning, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and the former mufti of Egypt. And he supports suicide bombings. Under the right conditions, of course. For example, when killing Jews. Notice the religious basis for condoning this ...
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Muslim Council of Britain Ends Holocaust Memorial Boycott
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 8:47:47 am PST
Britain’s largest radical Islamic front group, the Muslim Council of Britain, has decided that boycotting Holocaust Memorial Day, as they have been doing since 2001, might be making them look bad. Duh. So to avoid looking bad, they’ve voted to end the boycott. Britain’s largest Muslim organisation is to end its ...
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Teddy Bear Teacher Wants to Stay in Sudan
Mon, Dec 3, 2007 at 8:16:31 am PST
Gillian Gibbons, imprisoned and threatened by angry mobs for allowing her students to name a teddy bear “Muhammad,” says she wants to stay in Sudan. KHARTOUM: The British teacher jailed for naming a teddy bear Muhammad has said she wished she could stay in Sudan. Gillian Gibbons, who faces deportation when ...
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Anthropologists Defend FGM
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 9:22:52 pm PST
Yes, there really are some academics so blinkered by multiculturalism that they’ll defend the barbaric practice of female circumcision. Dr. Ahmadu, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, was raised in America and then went back to Sierra Leone as an adult to undergo the procedure along with fellow ...
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Troofer Virus Still Spreading
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 8:43:42 pm PST
At the web site of so-called “mainstream” British Islamic advocacy group MPACUK, a 7/7 Troofer video: 7/7 Ripple Effect - What really happend [sic] in London?
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Ambient Open Registration
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 5:18:55 pm PST
Might as well admit it: registration is open for a short time. A very short time. A minuscule moment in the vast eternity of temporality. If you catch this diminutive window of opportunity, make sure to read the registration instructions carefully, and also read the rules at the top of the ...
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Steyn on John Howard
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 4:47:38 pm PST
Mark Steyn pays tribute to departing Australian prime minister John Howard: A loss for civilisation. ACCORDING to my Oz-watching pals in Britain and the US, John Howard is not a failure but a victim of his own success. He made Australia safe for the Labor Party: or, at any rate, ...
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Venezuela Going Marxist?
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 4:38:38 pm PST
Gateway Pundit has been closely following the referendum in Venezuela, and the latest news is that Chavez is heading for victory. UPDATE at 12/2/07 9:42:11 pm: He may have been headed for victory earlier, but the final votes are in and Chavez has lost: NO — 50.7% SI — 49.3%
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Saddam's Secret Terror Documents
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 3:56:15 pm PST
Ray Robison has released his book on the mountains of seized Iraqi documents that reveal Saddam Hussein’s secret support for Islamic terrorism, and set up a web site to promote it: Both In One Trench: Saddam’s Secret Terror Documents.
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Mohammed the Mole Goes Down the Memory Hole
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 2:36:13 pm PST
Wary of offending the Religion of Peace, British author Kes Gray has renamed a character in one of his children’s books. LONDON: First there was Mohammed the Mole and Dipak the Dalmatian. Now there is Morgan the Mole and Dipak the Dalmatian. A British children’s author who named his fictitious ...
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Sunday Open
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 11:37:45 am PST
Here’s an open thread for what remains of a sunny Sunday morning...
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Belgium Coalition Collapses
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 10:10:17 am PST
In Belgium, center of the European Union, the crisis continues to worsen. The country has spent nearly six months without a new national government, any hope of a coalition between Dutch-speaking Flemish and French-speaking Walloon factions now appears to have evaporated, and the man who was supposed to be the ...
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Shoddy Reporting - It's Not Just for the Left
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 9:42:19 am PST
We have another case of false reporting from the Middle East, but this time it’s from an NRO milblogger.
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Instapundit vs. Sockpuppet
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 9:04:40 am PST
Go ye and help Glenn Reynolds beat the left’s most dishonest blogger, Glenn Greenwald (aka Socky McSockpuppet), in the ABA Blawg 100 contest.
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Tammy Bruce on the Failure of Feminism
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 7:59:03 pm PST
Tammy Bruce calls out the feminist establishment: Teddy Bear Case Exposes Failure of American Feminist Leaders. Calling attention to abuse, violence and oppression is something the left claims it does, but these days they’re more than willing to throw those who need our voices under the bus. Their obsession is ...
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The Lizard Is In
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 5:32:38 pm PST
I’ll be hanging around in the Lizard Lounge from time to time tonight, so if you have a pressing issue or question, check in and you might catch me. (If everyone texts at once, all bets are off.)
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Saturday Afternoon Dock
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 2:10:41 pm PST
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CAIR's Pro-Active Journalistic Outreach
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 1:36:07 pm PST
The Council on American Islamic Relations, unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial, is holding a panel discussion on “Islamophobia and the Political Cartoon,” at the National Press Club’s First Amendment Room.
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The New Republic Folds
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 12:44:42 pm PST
Bob Owens has the punchline: When I last spoke with Beauchamp in early November, he continued to stand by his stories. Unfortunately, the standards of this magazine require more than that. And, in light of the evidence available to us, after months of intensive re-reporting, we cannot be confident ...
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The Muslim Student Association's 'Backdoor Censorship' Tactic
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 10:28:59 am PST
The radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has come up with a new way to shut down critics like ex-PLO member Walid Shoebat: they whine that letting him speak on campus is a “safety concern” for them, so the school will ...
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IBD Editorial: A Religion's Reputation At Stake
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 10:19:37 am PST
The editors of Investor’s Business Daily have some very pointed questions for the Council on American Islamic Relations, after this week’s absurd display of bloodthirsty intolerance in Sudan: A Religion’s Reputation At Stake. Is violence integral to Islam? It’s a valid question. When the pope raised it, Muslims proved him ...
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Change is the Only Constant
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 10:13:56 am PST
Announcement time: I am no longer affiliated with Pajamas Media in a management position. There’s nothing gossip-worthy here, though; I enjoyed helping to found and start PJ Media, and this is a completely amicable departure. We mutually decided that my energy and resources are best focused right here on Little ...
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Canadian Islamic Congress Sues to Silence Mark Steyn
Sat, Dec 1, 2007 at 9:04:32 am PST
The Canadian Islamic Congress has filed “human rights” complaints against Maclean’s magazine for publishing an excerpt from Mark Steyn’s book “America Alone,” which the CIC labels not just “Islamophobic,” but flagrantly Islamophobic: Canadian Islamic Congress launches human rights complaints against Maclean’s. Complaints were submitted to Human Rights Commissions in B.C. ...
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