prager steamrolling huffington on CNN right now

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this is not a fake.

I got too many 1sts today. I will hold off tomorrow.

I've never been first.

While the MSM deceptions are a vital part of the war on terror, I think all the emphasis on Reuters the last couple days has reduced the coverage in the blogosphere on the worst day of the war for Israel yet. The rocket hit on the reserves at Kfar Giladi was horrific.

Just wanted to say again -- congrats, Charles. You rock, and your service to humanity will not be forgotten.

holy cow. LGF getting pounded. Go Charles! The truth will out man!

Did Adnan Hajj stage photos using himself?

Check out the links on that post.

Interesting.

Hey ctp, 3 mill tomorrow. We split the difference.

Congratulations Charles, again.

What's that old saying about having fame thrust upon them?

Best of luck dealing with the roller coaster ride that your professional life has become.

We LGFers enjoy watching and appreciate what you do.

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Vani and swara, is a practice found not exclusively in Pakistan whereby girls given away in marriage, often at ridiculously young ages, to act as compensation for the crimes or transgressions of a male relative. It would not be unusual for child under 10 to be wed to an adult male. Just as it is illegal in Pakistan to commit an honor killing there are laws against this disgusting Islamic tradition also. Pakistan passed the anti-vani law in January of this year. However the law is enforced so rarely as to not even exist. The same is true for prosecution of honor killings.

In Saudi Arabia, a woman's testimony in court is worth half that of a man's testimony if her husband divorces any kids are now solely under his caring. The mother has whatever rights the husband gives her.

In Pakistan, Zina (fornication) law says extramarital sex is punishable by public whipping or even stoning to death. If a woman is raped, she runs a high risk of being charged with zina, particularly if she becomes pregnant. In order to prove an absence of consent however, a woman is required to provide four witnesses to the rape, a near impossible task. The punishments are often not stayed.

And this on females living under Islam from one of Islams biggest heroes Khomeini who said: "A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However, he should not penetrate. If he penetrates and the child is harmed then he should be responsible for her subsistence all her life. This girl however would not count as one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to marry the girl's sister."-(What a wise sage)

Is it any wonder that men in such places are inculcated with a uber Misogyny? The wonderful enlightened free woman of America scares them. It threatens their little domestic dictatorships. Hatred and oppression of woman is the only outlet of freedom they poses. In the home they are the kings. When you live in a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia this domestic overlord-ship provides some sense of control over your life. Maybe that’s why Islam sees democracy as such a threat? Democracy encourages woman to a life beyond the slavery of he husbands house.

Certainly not all women in strict Islamic homes guided by sharia are oppressed underlings whose function is to sever her husbands or fathers or brothers needs. But so many do that it is high on the radar screens of all western human rights organizations.

Again I call for Islam to have a reformation. Grow up! This is the 21st century, and baby we’ve come along way.

A Mench no less!

Coiach! ( strength ).

#4 ronnie

Understood. But the primary front by which the Hezbos and terrorists in general fight is the media. Charles' takedown of Reuters was necessary -- it's opened a lot of eyes.

It used to be a picutre was worth a thousand words. Now it's worth 300,000 visitors.

Page Views: 300,596
Visits: 245,592

It's Charles' world. We just live in it.

jwf

Heh -- okay, but it would've been today or yesterday if the pipe hadn't clogged!

Another poor victim of out of control Israeli bombings.

Another dead civilian

/Adnan Hajj
al-Reuters

Hey Jammy

Did you see the comment I left you about Mark Levin's show is repeated at WLS at llPM EDT. Charles was on in the first half hour,

[Link: www.wlsam.com...]

#13 chris prof

It's all those Reuters hits that are slowing down the site.

They're running scared.

I'll tell you what I have: a rapidly growing sense of alarm that democracy is in peril to an extent of which I was relatively ignorant. I have two options. I can go back to sleep, immersing myself solely in my career and raising my son.

Or, I can come fully awake and figure out whatever little thing I can. Part of that is doing a good job helping citizens going through the legal system. I also can raise my son to be a God-fearing, America-loving, rational and educated man.

There is no hitting the SNOOZE button for me...or for anyone else who doesn't want to wear a burqaa and buy a compass to figure out which way to kneel before Satan fives times a day.

Tick. Tock.

We still want our checks though.

I've got the WW III roundup started.

IDF forces also conducted commando raids against missile sites, and it appears they are inflicting heavy casualties. I think it was an article at CT blog that pointed out that in asymetrical or urban-guerilla warfare, it’s the guerilla who is supposed to inflict ten times their casualties, not vice versa. From this battle it looks like Israel is winning heavily and reversing that equation at 18 guerilla dead : 1 IDF. You can see why Hezbollah is begging for a cease-fire

12 Jammie

We live in Little Green Football land?

Charles, you've been busy with the cable news appearances, haven't you?

FOR THE LURKERS -- particulary those from al-Reuters:

On the left-hand side of the page, you will see a box titled "Never Forget." Read "LGF: Tilly's Story." It's an eye-opener.

Charles, great work in a great cause. Thank you.

OT?
People, people who need mirrors
are the ugliest people in the world
Barbra's having a very bad hair day!
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#9 massachusetts republican
I'd like to ask you a little favor. Please go read the FAQ, and scroll about halfway down to the Etiquette section. Read it. Then send me an email (click on my name up there) explaining why you think I asked you to read it. Thank you.

3 muslims speak out against the culture of death

for those who don't know this will open your eyes

Hey Charles! Great job on Mark Levin! Keep up the good work and congratulations!

#16 Dublin

Yes, I know... I just didn't think I needed to point out that I know! ;)

PIMF:

or what have you...

I'll tell you what I have:...

(The little dragons [more than/less than signs that are the Upper Case commas and periods] don't show up on LGF.)

We know where most of the media stand. (Why should be the subject for a book.)
But--what effect is their coverage creating? In the USA? UK? And why is there no effective Israeli counteroffensive on the PR front? (Foxman's weekly letter to the NYT won't cut it.)

Al reuters...143 hits and rising... new record?

ps: Heard you on Mark Levin's show. U da man.

#24 Thanks, Monster.

More photoshopping trickery?
Same lady. Two places far far apart?

Pic one

pic two

Charles, your outing of Reuters has reconfirmed my belief in the power of the hive and inspired a return to blogging.

Death to the antique media. Long live the new media.

One couldn't have a better blogfather.

Here's my humble post on LGF's victory, and the Trophy I posted in Rusty's honor at the Jawa Report (regarding his F-16 debunking).

LGF is my blogfather, after all. I'd be remiss if I didn't exalt this important LGF victory to the hills!

Way to go, Charles!

Mandy, that was a beautiful post. Trust me, there's a lot of love out there for you, and I'm in the choir.

Keep on believing sister, you're on the rail right now, and keeping the track.

Well, he is about at minute 13 of his 15.

New from the people that brought you My name is Jane Fonda and I am a communist and Bush Broke my fan belt on my 1980 Jeep CJ7. It's "My name is Cindy and Bush killed my son."

#2 ibmkeyboard
May as well be real!

#11 christheprofessor

Charles' takedown of Reuters

oooh I just gotta visual :)

How I learned to stop worrying about covering the war and just Photoshop it.

/Adnan Hajj

Did I miss something? FNC is reporting the IDF shooting down a Hezbollah drone headed for Tel Aviv...

Mandy,

Well said. Your young son in is good hands.

The bridge is not too weird

If you look carefully, you can see that the overturned car photos have two vastly different focal length lenses. The top photo is taken with a long telephoto lens (probably 300mm equivalent) while the lower one seems like about a 35mm equivalent. Also, the top photo is taken from slightly to the left, but almost identical elevation.

Here's how I can tell: Notice the rear wheels on the car relative to the white post and steel tower. In the top photo they line up. In the bottom photo, they are slightly off. This also gives you a sense of the relative difference between focal lengths (note the perspective difference will make the wheels appear lined up a bit different, but you can sort of verify the car hasn't really moved).

Notice the squarish brick under the car in both photos, jutting out from the shadow just under the rear wheels.

DeliLama

Evenin'. I tried earlier to post a smart ass comment about Charles needing another gigawatt to his flux capacitor ... but I couldn't get in.

What a day in blogdom! KrazyKosKids are goin' nuts, aren't they.

Sorry - posted the same link twice. Here's my humble LGF celebratory post.

Charles,

Congratulations - I think that the following statement from one of the U. S. Navy's most famous commanders sums up your latest battle with the MSM,

"We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop".

I salute you, "Admiral" Johnson, and wish you continued success in your future encounters with the enemy!

/ Bo'sun, man the side - Admiral going Ashore!

#38 m

Heh. You are an NC girl, after all... ;)

I don't believe democracy is in peril but I do believe we will continue to sit on our collective duffs as U.S. citizens until the situation becomes desperate enough for us to to act. And rest assured, it will get ugly.

History repeating itself. I'm confident America will arise like we have so many times before. But it makes me wonder if we'll ever learn to be proactive in our stance because we seem to like to do it the hard way.

The bridge is not too weird

If you look carefully, you can see that the overturned car photos have two vastly different focal length lenses. The top photo is taken with a long telephoto lens (probably 300mm equivalent) while the lower one seems like about a 35mm equivalent. Also, the top photo is taken from slightly to the left, but almost identical elevation.

Here's how I can tell: Notice the rear wheels on the car relative to the white post and steel tower. In the top photo they line up. In the bottom photo, they are slightly off. This also gives you a sense of the relative difference between focal lengths (note the perspective difference will make the wheels appear lined up a bit different, but you can sort of verify the car hasn't really moved).

Notice the squarish brick under the car in both photos, jutting out from the shadow just under the rear wheels.

Zombie, ChrisProf, MkUltra... Friends:
Just posted 2 short, snarky-sarcastic cuts on Doctor Reuters...

Karridine

#9 massachusetts republican

Gee, 45 comments in the last week and every one of them is blatant blog pimping.

Have you no shame?

/people have taken the banning stick for less egregious behavior

Everybody knows that Karl Rove is behind the g%$#@*&d Jew-lovers getting that wonderful Reuters photographer fired. They'll do anything to get Bushchimphitler's buddy McLieberBurton re-elected.

/channeling People's Republic of Koslamistan

BTW, 1st hour of Levin's show will be repeated at 9PM PDT on KABC in LA.

#29 observer

We know where most of the media stand. (Why should be the subject for a book.)
But--what effect is their coverage creating? In the USA? UK? And why is there no effective Israeli counteroffensive on the PR front? (Foxman's weekly letter to the NYT won't cut it.)

I have spent the day hunting up hoax pictures. I now have quite a stash built up. Spent some time writing out Green Helmet's latest caper - complete with photos. Sent it to Charles, if he doesn't use it in a day or two I'll find somewhere else for that one. Lots more photos of wailing woman by several photographers.

Meanwhile I also managed to go and watch the Pallywood video at YouTube. And it has dawned on me that the media has been doing this a long, long time.

I really wonder how much of the Middle East problem is "real" - and how much of it has been manufactured out of whole cloth by MSM and stage managed by the likes of Greeen Helmet. I'm not sure I want to know the answer.

As for why there is no effective counter, I think that is explained by two things. The media have long since made up their minds who the good guys are - and it sure ain't Israel. And then too, the Israelis don't lie, don't put on a media show or script & direct conflicts. They're trying to fight fiction with fact.

I first heard about LGF from listening to Tammy Bruce on Sirius. Sadly, Tammy is no longer on Sirius. But she and Charles are kindred spirits who have done much to educate us in ways that have made us smarter and better citizens.

Tammy/Charles in 2008

coulterclone

Readers: Keep Ann Coulter
[Link: www.newsmax.com...]

NME Editor takes vote, and then undeniably proves that they are sore losers. They're probably demanding a recount right now.

Why is lebanon just *now* offering to place 15,000 troops in south-lebanon only *after* Israel withdraws?

Does anyone smell bullsh*t here?

Any picture is worth a thousand words….even these ones. But the thousand words here aren’t the ones Reuters intended, because one man’s journalist is another man’s enemy propagandist.

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

Here’s an open thread for posts related to the Reuters Photoshop Scandal—blogs that are covering it, more suspect photos, analyses, speculations, or what have you...

I'm working on a grand summation of the scandal thus far. I think a lot of the different aspects of it have fallen through the cracks, and most people can't keep up with all the various exposés. My "round-up" aspires to be more than that: it'll be a compendium of the types of fraud and what it all means.

Anyway, wait until you see it! I won't promise tonight, knowing how I work-- look for it tomorrow!

I'm happy the site is back up running smoothly now. It was a madhouse middle of the work day. Hopefully some of the people who were new to LGF and maybe not so patient earlier will make a point of coming back later in the evening.

Love Ed Driscoll's roundup. That should be in the permalinks somewhere, it so neatly and pithily sums up Al Reuters for all those folks who have been asleep or watching CNN or John Stewart the last few years.

One thing in about Reutersgate, unlike Rathergate, is that there is no "top guy" to take the fall for the organization. They'll get rid of Hajj, but who cares, ultimately, since the cancer is throughout the organism over there. The stock price is down like 1.8% today, but that's a blip and may have little to do with the scandal. Nobody at Reuters is going to really care until their stock price starts looking like the Times Company. Luckily by then it'll be too late.

WHITEWASHING TERRORISM. The Reuters photoshop case pales in comparision to the US Federal Government FAILING to call TERRORISM by its name. On this Seattle FBI PRESS page, not a word about the JEWISH FEDERATION MURDER.

Remember?...A gunman who claimed to be a Muslim angry at Israel killed one woman and wounded five others Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and police arrested the man they believe was the shooter.

Move along folks. Move along.

#43 Old Maid

Evenin'. I tried earlier to post a smart ass comment about Charles needing another gigawatt to his flux capacitor ... but I couldn't get in.

Dang, is that what replaced the dilithium crystals?

Charles before I sign off tonight, I just want to say Thank You, for your tireless effort to uncover and speak the truth!

Clear evidence, for those who might need it, of the Power of Good in this Universe!

It is a pleasure and honor to be part of the blog "army" of, and for Good on the net!

We are very Blessed to have Charles Johnson in our very lives.

Fellow Lizards, keep supporting LGF!

Goodnight all!

Bless Israel

Bless America

Looks like Israel put the rope around Hezbollah and will begin tightening the noose...Last bridge on Litiani River destroyed, South Lebanon now cut off from rest of country..Doctors without Borders[spit*] whining they had to carry 4 tons of aid over river by tree trunk !...Curfew in effect...Leb PM bawling to Arab terror-meisters:

As the old saying goes: "War is Hell!

Go IDF!

OMG, I just watched a piece on FoxNews where they showed a bunch of flack-jacketed photogs taking pics of a big hole in the reinforced concrete roof of a lovely residence in Beirut [that had obviously been targeted by a bomb or missle from the Israelis] where there was this gaping hole (OH, the horror!), and these beautiful photos magically preserved on a delicate armoire with beautiful frames of beautiful photographs of oh-such-lovely people in a family, unaffected by a bomb or missle penetration of their residence, no dust, no chaos.

Yeah, the media is spot on. I'm amazed at their powers of observation. They were taking something like a hundred photos a minute at the time, no doubt mesmerized by the miracle of the survival of life against such a cruel and brutally uncaring attack.

GHAG. It's becoming so blatantly obvious how important the media takes this propaganda campaign. They are now in overdrive for damage control.

I estimate something on the order of 600 thousand man hours in strategy, redeployment, and retrenchment discusssion in just this week alone, among just the more visible of media propaganda sources.

Can they hear the bells tolling? I certainly can.

Charles, another battle won. You are a good general in our fight against the near enemy. Thanks again for all your effort and work.

#42 DeliLama

The bridge is not too weird

If you look carefully, you can see that the overturned car photos have two vastly different focal length lenses.

Forkum (of Cox & Forkum) made that same argument on the thread below. After looking at the Powerline photos over and over with that perspective in mind, I think I would have to agree, there's no Photoshop used on those photos, same scene photographed with drastically diferent focal lengths.

/but, then again, I'm no photography expert, Hajj could have put the whole thing together off his hard drive

#49 Carradine

Heh. Not bad at all...

Hey, whatever happened to the "Home Improvement" changes? (just curious)...

#55 Liz Ard

Why is lebanon just *now* offering to place 15,000 troops in south-lebanon only *after* Israel withdraws?

Does anyone smell bullsh*t here?

Noticed that myself. I suspect that those are their Hizballah. Hide them in plain site in government uniforms. I also noticed that the PM did just exactly as his handler in Syria specified a couple of days ago and rejected the proposed UNSC resolution.

Probably OK though because the French have withdrawn the thing because some want to add stuff that isn't going to get past John Bolton.

#57 Sounds great, Zombie. Can't wait to see it.

6 HBob
Hey Charles! Great job on Mark Levin! Keep up the good work and congratulations!

More on Mark & Charles at [Link: www.marklevinfan.com...]

Thanks again for all your hard work Charles!

Good article at American Thinker - Institutional Failure at Reuters

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

I screen captured these obviously staged photos before two of them were pulled. Hell, the building may really be their home, it may even be their actual clothes and not just a random pile for staging but Hajj is very obviously having people pose in the same spot, which undermines the entire validity of the shots. Not to mention the man in red is shown carrying less clothes in the top photo. It seems odd to abandon the clothes you salvaged from your bombed out 'home' right?

Hey fellow up there...Hepcat...great band. Go check 'Westbound Train'

Staged, but not fake.

Accurate, but fake.

What does this minutia matter?

The stated mission of the wire services is to "level the playing field", not relay facts.

Attempting to explain his values-neutral approach, Jukes added: "We're trying to treat everyone on a level playing field, however tragic it's been and however awful and cataclysmic for the American people and people around the world."

There is no evil. Those who want to destroy Western Civilization have a point that we need to understand. There must be something that we need to know.

Blah, Blah, Blah.

It's that simple. And those who feed us our information make it more complicated than it is. Wire Services feed every MSM organization. They shape the World's reality.

I am so tired of it.

Fameiosity has its drawbacks.

No tunes tonight I'll wager...

Congrats to Charles - his hardwork is being recognized by many in the 'real' media world. LGF and others are doing more to get the truth out than the all of the al-reuters/AP/cnn types combined.

Damn zombie, sounds incredible...now you made it like xmas eve...i wont be able to sleep tonite waiting to see it!

Thank You Charles for speaking truth.I heard more truth today from Rush and Sean...Larry Elder all talking about LGF and Charles Johnson.You are a leader. Thank You again.

Good and evil uses of Photoshop - at least my humble view anyhow...

#33 Robt S. 8/7/2006 06:56PM PDT

Charles, your outing of Reuters has reconfirmed my belief in the power of the hive and inspired a return to blogging.

Death to the antique media. Long live the new media.

One couldn't have a better blogfather.

If you're refering to the media of the messengers (context--paper v. electronic), I couldn't disagree more. I like a medium which provides a record which I can touch, which I can clip and save in a bundle in a filing cabinet.

The Internet medium can be hacked, it can be altered.

But, I *think* I prefer the merging of both media's content. The old media can learn a lot from the new media.

I'm not talking about the mere transmission and submission of stories and photographs. That started long ago with the telegraph. And, it has proved to be unreliable to the point of fraud and betrayal.

I'm talking about the ferreting out of the truth. Hiring locals to get the truth is a waste of money, mentallity and morality.

Someone recently asked here on another thread about the need for graduate-level courses in journalism. Here it is, LGF'er. Here it is.

Heads up:

Green Helmet Guy just showed up on a BBC video reported to be from todays attack on a HizbAllah stronghold in Tyre, which was shown at 10:15pm EST in the DC area.

Same orange vest, same face, same glasses, same walkie-talkie, same bluish shirt...

His green helmet is now crudely covered in white surgical type tape, (the green still shows through), with an even cruder electrical tape red cross on the front.

He was shown with the same white "civil defence (sic) ambulance, (same white paint overspray on the right rear tire). Noticable because the "ambulance" driver made a point of pointing out damage to the right rear fender of the ambulance, that he claimed came from an Israeli near miss.

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MICROSCOPE
MY
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zombie:

I'm really looking forward to that.

My most recent contribution to this whole situation is here, and it was picked up by a Spanish language website in South America - possibly because some of the big guns (Charles) websites were overloaded...

And while some in the media use photos and editing tools, some use words. Thomas Ricks for example. Currently, he's a respected reported at WaPo. However, he reveals quite a different side on CNN's Reliable Sources. Let's just say that there are more than a few problems with his theories about the conflict in Lebanon. And that's being charitable.

Meanwhile, the fighting in Lebanon continues, and Hizbullah is getting pounded hard.

Bush Pulls Out of Democrat Senate Primary

(2006-08-07) — President George Bush today announced that if he is chosen in tomorrow’s Connecticut primary as the Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate, he will not run.

The pullout sent shock waves through the campaign of senatorial candidate Ned Lamont, who has mounted vigorous opposition to Mr. Bush.

“We’re not really sure what Ned should say in his stump speech now,” said one unnamed adviser. “Without George Bush to kick around, our momentum is gone.”

Democrat strategists said the withdrawal of Mr. Bush could leave an opening for incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman to mount an 11th-hour campaign.

“Natures hates a vacuum,” said one anonymous source. “With Bush out, the Connecticut senate seat is back in play.”

[Link: www.scrappleface.com...]

Hezbollah agents operating in Israel

Terrorist says spies passing information
on rocket targets, military installations

[Link: worldnetdaily.com...]

#66- Chris: uh... I posted them within 6 hours of your good suggestion, Sir.

Nevertheless, thanks for the encouragement and THANK YOU for Comments on-site.

I'm wary of 'egregious blog-pimping', but we all want to bring our skills to bear on the idiotarians involved in this, and Charles HAS opened this thread as a clearing-house for weapons, tools, observations, and the like...

Anyhoo, "Home Improvements" is up, as is "Doctor Reuters Squirms!"

Rather was just a "warm up"

Damn fine shot Mr. J!

I do believe you've severely wounded that rare Reuters buzzard ... bastard ...er ... buztard ... bas... You know what I mean!

;^)

Anyone know what the Las Vegas odds are that Hajj gets hired by Michael Moore within the year?

#57 zombie

Anyway, wait until you see it! I won't promise tonight, knowing how I work-- look for it tomorrow!

Tease. Just a cheap tease.

;->

#25 So?
Excellent interview. Shoebat is one of the stars of Obsession, which depresses me all to hell. I bookmarked that one, and will use it on people whose Derangement Syndrome hasn't metastasized to the point where it's inoperable.

#39 Killian Bundy

How I learned to stop worrying about covering the war and just Photoshop it.

/Adnan Hajj

ROFLMAO! The many appearances of the GHG reminds me of Peter Sellers! But, perhaps a deeper analysis of Hajj's noms des guerres (I don't spell/speak Fwench so pardon my amateurish offering) will reveal a more accurate character.

It's true: Israel doesn't have the right to exist. Rather, it has the obligation.

#84- HepCat: Is it just my imaginationings, or is LGF speeding up in the posts?

OT

I think the Jew-hating WaPo reporter Tom Ricks needs a thorough de-reutering.

#77 MandyManners

No worries, with electronic records, you can make multiple copies in multiple locations (as I did with my dissertation while working on it -- it was gonna take a catasrophe far greater than Katrina, though it was years before then, to kill it)... I had electronic copies in four different states...

Plus, you can still print out any suspicious articles/pics. And scan those...

Google News.

Your search - source:reuters photo fraud - did not match any documents

re my #91

Though screen captures are better than scanning...

Pallywood.

awesome. just awesome

#92 zenbone

Actually if you just search "photo fraud" you get some returns but not "reuters photo fraud".

Simply amazing what Charles has accomplished here. I've been on line all day with the TV on and watching the MSM go gagga over the LGF expose. When CNN gives Charles a decent interview, you know he's hit a real nerve.

It has been covered by local (SF Bay Area) media and every national MSM outlet I've viewed today. Reuters has some 'splaning to do, big time.

Go LGF! Go Israel! Go USA!

I salute you Charles Johnson, Bravo!

I just want to remind everone that we are the people in the position of power right now. Everyone in the media is cowering in fear, afraid that if they don't coddle us, they could be next for severe scrutiny.

I realize that at heart we aren't bad people, but we do have an obligation here. We own the venue, we own the discussion. We own the momentum.

That means exactly one thing: It's time to seize the momentum and never give it up.

Not one shot has been fired over what has happened here, but they will be, soon enough. So unless you are terminally stupid, fight for what you believe in. We have the enemy on the run, and that is the precise moment that you run them into the sea.

Are you with the fight? Do you care about your family, your children, your wife, your parents, your landmarks, your place of berth, the spewing geysers of Yellowstone or the mountainous magnificence of Denali?

Do you wish to fight for who we are? Because it's coming, and you have to decide what you want to do.

Are you with us? Are you against us? The clock is ticking.

What are the other options?

wooohooo
LGF just passed kkkos!

#23 cbinflux:

Please warn me, I just had dinner.

Maybe somebody should photoshop her?

#90 sss111
reporter Tom Ricks needs a thorough de-reutering.

a thorough de-Reutering...

I think we got a new word here.

Charles, thank you.

#35 really grumpy big dog johnson

Mandy, that was a beautiful post. Trust me, there's a lot of love out there for you, and I'm in the choir.

Keep on believing sister, you're on the rail right now, and keeping the track.

Oh, I'm about to tear up here, grumpy. (Can I call you that?) Thank you for your vote of confidence. I've spent many (nowhere near 40) years in the Wilderness.

All I know is that I will never bow down to Satan, no matter the form Satan takes. I would rather see my son's guts roasted on a spit than bow.

Reuters new corporate flag.

#92 zenbone

You entered the wrong key words, silly

this is better

OT - It looks like out little Iranian pals are primed.

Notice anything a little bit odd about this flag that is part of the article: Iran-Malaysia Cooperation Set to Boost?

kol hakavod to you charles...you are an example to us all

Thank You, Hezbollah
By Dr. Joseph Hitti

Thank you, Hezbollah, for showing us that we, the Lebanese people, don’t need an army or a government or an infrastructure. As long as we have “sacred unity”, steadfastness and brotherhood and all the other slogans, we do not need organized society, and History will judge us well on our actions. We don’t need incomes, a GDP, a budget or any of those Western economic concepts, since our love for each other under the rubble and the wreckage of our country is sufficient to sustain us. What’s the big deal if our Hariri-inflicted $40 billion deficit grows to $50 billion, and if the nascent economy we had is back to ground zero, for it does not weaken our resolve to liberate Palestine for the Palestinians and show the world what clay we are made of. In our megalomaniacal tendencies as the not so humble people that we are, we want to prove to the world that the Islamic faith is a great motivator for high-quality warmongering and that our irresponsibility as a country can lead us to success, all our failures of the past 40 years notwithstanding. With friends like Iran and Syria who provide us, respectively, with hundreds of millions of dollars a year and plenty of rockets and missiles, we don’t need the world. ...

[Link: frontpagemag.com...]

Hmmm...think our little Iranian pals just might be primed?

Notice anything a little bit odd about this flag that is part of the article: Iran-Malaysia Cooperation Set to Boost?

#88 Gagdad Bob,

That was a very nice article. Summarized my feelings to a "T" but you're far more articulate than I am.

I'll go one step farther in why America must continue its support of Jews - both here and abroad. I believe America itself has been blessed by the accommodation of Jews - the one safe haven; or at least it used to be.

When and if America ever turns its back on the Jews, I can guarantee that we will be writing our own death warrant. I have many reasons to support the Jews: admiration, blessings, friendship, common bonds. I have some very selfish reasons as well.

#41 Dublin(CA)Dude 8/7/2006 07:01PM PDT

Mandy,

Well said. Your young son in is good hands.

Thank you, sir. I do worry a bit much.

Rumination is best left to bovine intestinal processes, eh?

#86 The Monstor

#25 So?
Excellent interview. Shoebat is one of the stars of Obsession, which depresses me all to hell. I bookmarked that one, and will use it on people whose Derangement Syndrome hasn't metastasized to the point where it's inoperable.

download it before it disappears again!

Wow! Look at that Zionist-Reuters-Hit-Counter-of-Internet-Oppression fly!

One thing that is of possible interest is Sunday's statement to the effect of (paraphrasing here) "Reuters does not believe Hajj's other photos are suspect". Only to be retracted the next day with (paraphrasing again) "All his work has been pulled after a second image has been found to have been manipulated after investigation". Who's investigating? Judging from the ZRHCIO, they've been checking back here throughout and saw the F-16 smackdown and drew the appropriate conclusion. Reuters haven't been investigating at all. LGF and Jawa Report, et al. have. I've seen nothing approaching an appropriate investigation from Reuters - just damage control.

BTW Congratulations Charles, you're a star! :)

Sorry for the double post.

Everyone congrats again, but here is the reminder to all about how terrible these exagerations can be. IRNA doesn't have even Reuters standards -- notice today they carry Green Helmet Guy's pic from last week next to an article on Israeli bombing today. The terrorist supporters don't care if they are photoshopped, as long as they serve the cause.

But if I have my choice of photo slideshows carried by the press, my vote goes to Pravda. (Link not work-safe)

When you're ready to have your mind blown, consider that this is a picture that was entirely computer-generated. We got lucky this weekend that the fake was so obvious. If someone wants to make a good-looking fake, it'll be really tough to spot.

#35 really grumpy big dog johnson

Mandy, that was a beautiful post. Trust me, there's a lot of love out there for you, and I'm in the choir.

Keep on believing sister, you're on the rail right now, and keeping the track.

I'm trying here. But, I've been accused of being dumb based on my questions. (I won't comment on the "dumb blonde" caveat. Aghck.)

I'm reading the ancillary information. I'm using my brain. But, I just don't have the time to read everything.

How should I respond to LGFer's who've been here longer than me and want to shut down the new members?

This same impulse to exclude new-comers is what is wrong with the MSM.

#116 MandyManners

How should I respond to LGFer's who've been here longer than me and want to shut down the new members?

Just tell 'em to FOAD! Only Charles owns this blog.

Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.

/Josey Wales

I was removing some dust from this graphic of the Hezbollah flag and look what I found.

Fake but accurate.

It wasn't that long ago that the USA Today got nabbed for photoshopping Condoleeza Rice's eyes, making her look like some kind of demon-lady. link. The blogosphere caught that one too.

So its not unprecedented for a MSM photo to be doctored. And really, even without photoshopping, a picture can be framed to advocate a cause or distort the truth.

But why just go after the photographers for "coloring" their coverage? Writers do it by their choice in words. Editors do it by clipping unhelpful facts and writing sensationalized headlines. The MSM is rife with advocating journalists on a mission. Huge surprise.

#116 MandyManners

I wouldn't worry about it. That was just one commenter, and he was blowing smoke (I saw the comment, and you're response, as well as others to his.)... No worries -- carry on, Young Lady.

Yesterday...SeeBS
Today...Ali Rooters.
Tommorrow...dare we dream?...BBC?

All your propaganda organs are belong to us!

#120 CTP,

I wouldn't worry about it. That was just one commenter, and he was blowing smoke.

Chris, there is no doubt there is a pack of wolves that senses weakness in some posters, whether they be newbies or disagree with a commonly held opinion, and attacks as a pack.

It's been going on for a while. And I'm not talking about the trolls demanding a global rebuke.

One more time, for the record,

It was not a clone tool on the smoke photo.

It was, exactly as claimed by the photographer, messed-up dust removal.

All those who have written, tested, and shipped dust removal software can debate me on this. The soi-disant experts can go read the patents it's why we pay taxes:

USPTO

Dr. Edgar is the genius (truly) who holds most of them. He wrote equations which I (and other programmers) made into code, tested the living hell out of, and shipped as MacOS 9 CFM and Windows DLL. A different programmer (Pez) did scanner firmware and some Windows and Mac stuff too. He's really good.

In the meantime and in no particular order, the company was bought by Kodak, I got sucked back into and out of the game business (so I am an expert on Total Annihilation too!), some of the product was named "Digital ICE," Unix V'Gered MacOS, and even x86 chips have respectable DSP features. I doubt any of my code is left except on some dusty CDs.

I will field intelligent questions when the bandwidth crunch subsides.

Best analogy I've come up with:

Just like turning an amplifier up high imparts extra sine waves (so the sum approaches a square wave as clipping increases), turning image correction up too high imparts (co)sine waves.

There is no doubt it was turned up too high. When used properly, this kind of image reconstruction is amazing:

If you think this is impressive you should have seen testing with sandpaper bread dough and staples!

See y'all in a few days.

(Weeks?)

/Mmmm, bread dough.

A Lebanise cat. No doubt, Hezbollah.

Where's PETA? This is an outrage!

#122 G_N

My comment got eaten!

Regardless...

I saw MM's comment, and I saw the response... It wasn't one of the folks you might think it was -- in fact, one of them (I saw the battle the other night, and I was disheartened by it) came swiftly to her defence (though she commented in her own defense, and didn't need additional help, in my opinion)...

What a bad day for the MSM, but a great day for blogs.

Also an bad day for libs.

This is also a VERY bad day for the libs.

In the olden days, scratch removal was done with a little light mineral oil and two panes of glass. The messembly goes into the enlarger like a big slide in a big microscope.

We did this at ASF as a performance baseline and demo of difficulty.

Such oil-based scratch-removal was done all the time and published everywhere, like National Geographic.

The oil method works well, too. It's hard to automate, though.

I have not been on LGF in a while (months, it seems) and looking through this thread it seems like pretty much every name is one I am not familiar with. What happened to Zombie, Dar Ul Harb, all those guys? Well, anyway, I can't properly express how happy I am to see so many new names on LGF. You guys rock. Much love.

Josef Stalin was much better at this than Reuters is, and he didn't have Photoshop.

#122 goodbye_natalie

It's been going on for a while. And I'm not talking about the trolls demanding a global rebuke.

Yep, there are definitely different ad hoc ideological factions with different idealogical opinions.

/labeled original Cabal and proud of it, never made Heather though

The reply I received from Reuters to my email expressing my outrage at the photo fraud.

Response (Stephanie Plante) - 08/07/2006 08:54 AM
Dear Reader,

Thank you for contacting Reuters with your comments regarding the Reuters photo of burning buildings in Beirut. The photo has been corrected and you can read our Editor's comments on the matter at the following webpage: [Link: today.reuters.com...]
Please note that due to the huge volume of e-mails sent to the Editor daily, we may be unable to provide a response. However, all comments are read and taken into consideration.

We appreciate your feedback and we hope that you continue to use and enjoy the Reuters website.

Kind Regards,
Stephanie
Reuters Corporate Webmaster

Is anyone else thinking we're going to be treated to a tasty raft of Reuters jokes tonight on Leno and Letterman?

#130, Sergio

What happened to Zombie, Dar Ul Harb, all those guys?

Yeah, whatever happened to Dar ul Harb anyway?

And who the hell are you, Sergio? ;)

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Great job, Charles!

Does anyone have a hi-res version of the original undoctored photo or can a link be supplied for it?

I think the CNN interviewer asked a good question -- why would the photographer mess around with clone tool on this particular photo? The only answer I can think of is that the area between the house, the smoke, and the cloned house was a sensitive site for Hizballah.

I'm guessing that he tried to mask the sensitive site by using the clone tool, then realized that he messed up neighboring parts of the image, and then attempted to clone over that to mask the defects in the first cloning pass. After a while he just gave up and submitted it.

That's the only reason I can think of why this guy messed with the image. It certainly wasn't because the original was "dusty", especially since no dust can settle on a digital capture in memory, or if the shot was grainy, it would have been more natural to use the despeckle filter, perhaps the blur tool.

Dar!

Phew, I was worried for a second there.

You're the man. I just pop in for a visit once in a long while. But I am really, really glad you guys are here.

And I'm still amazed that this thing just keeps growing and growing and growing.

It's, it's, it's like a freaking. . . IGUANA! A giant all-powerful iguana, that keeps eating and getting bigger.

Ahhh!

Here you go. I wonder if these guys are managing these rocket pictures because Hezbollah is guiding them around.

[Link: fredfryinternational.blogspot.com...]

CTP,

I saw the battle the other night, and I was disheartened by it.

If you're referring to my little tiff with "the crowd" and it bothered you, sorry. Hopefully, I didn't offend some of the worthy posters on the board; yourself included. Believe me, I like to go on my own but my brain works faster than my fingers type. 90% of the people here I generally like even when I don't agree with them so I hope you realize, that wasn't the norm. And not all of those I was bickering with do I dislike - even after that charade. In fact, before all the really nasty crap started, the one I was originally debating with, I have most always agreed with and have found her friendly enough. It's a shame that the nags entered the fray or it would have never come to that.

But I have lurked on numerous occasions and watched much of that same group hammer what I feel are very legitimate posters that are either younger, more timid, less confrontational, etc...when they started that with me, I let loose. The other night they were making fun of the poster's occupation. What the heck does it matter what one does for a living? I always said that if I could make white-collar money in a blue-collar world, I would much prefer salt of the earth folks because I find them higher quality.

The other night was awful of which I was 50% responsible - I'll admit. Not something I was proud of, mind you.

#139 FredFryInternational

Phenomenal Job, Fred! These are good ones! Great page.

CHARLES! WE GOT MORE FAKES.

If this has been posted, sorry! Reutergate Is News Everywhere But in the (formerly) Mainstream Media

Please check out Swashblogger, [Link: swashblogger.blogspot.com...] for some interesting questions and answers about the Qana "massacre" (2006, not 1996).

Did the allegedly "unfinished" building that collapsed already have point-to-point communications and short wave antennae on the roof, as images show?

If the collapse really occurred at 1:00 a.m. (as Qanans claim), why was the Red Cross in Tyre not notified until 8:00 a.m., about when Israel says the building collapsed?

Why were there no young men in the vicinity to act as rescuers after the building collapse?

Thanks, Charles! Where would we be without you?

#123:

Just like turning an amplifier up high imparts extra sine waves (so the sum approaches a square wave as clipping increases), turning image correction up too high imparts (co)sine waves.

Sure, but the "extra since waves" so introduced ("aliasing") are higher-frequency harmonics, not lower ones. The repeating patterns in the Reuters fabrication are (relatively) very low frequency. Granted, you said it was just an analogy, but it's a bad one.

I've not seen dustbusting done automatically yet, in my film experience; so far it's always been done by hand -- using the clone tool (or its more advanced cousin, the "healing" brush).

While my qualifications might not be as illustrious on paper as your claims, it doesn't mean my BS detector isn't fully functional... and pre-emptive, snooty insults like this sentence:

I will field intelligent questions when the bandwidth crunch subsides.

..and this one...

"All those who have written, tested, and shipped dust removal software can debate me on this. The soi-disant experts can go read the patents it's why we pay taxes:"

... set it off something fierce.

Joseph M. Newcomer, you ain't.

May I suggest some new rotating titles based on recent events?

"Accept no substitutions"
"Alterations done while you wait"
"Dust-free jacket"
"Mr. 920"
"Where there's smoke"
"Photography with flare"

and the now-even-more-popular:

"Cannot find server"

Here is an AFP photoshop fraud in a European paper from April:

The site is in Dutch (I think). No matter, click on the photo of the paper and see how the crowd was cloned.

[Link: pdw.blogspot.com...]

CNN has "Reutersgate" on their front page, but the original picture looks worse than the altered one! Why is this not surprising. What say you?

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

Charles, you were awesome (and adorable... I know guys hate to be called adorable, but facts are facts!) I wish FOX would have scooped you up instead. There would have been more indepth questions, I'm sure. No matter, you were so well spoken and got the point across perfectly. You do Israel proud always!

Day late here... But I saw the bit on CNN-HN about this story, and it was funny hearing them talk about this being the "Second Skull" that Charles has taken, the first being Mapes of course. What amazed me was they reported on Charles' debunking of the TANG memos without a single weasel word - they accepted it as definitive.