Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:50:57 am
On his first visit to Japan, one of America’s most valued allies, President Obama greets Emperor Akihito with a traditional bow and the right wing blogosphere completely loses it. Some of this stuff is blatantly racist too. A commenter at Hot Air gives his perspective: Someone needs to give this half white ...

Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:42:17 am
You mean the Saudis lied when they said they would stop participating in the Arab League boycott of Israel? Shocka! Leading Democratic and Republican congressmen expressed outrage following a report in Monday’s Jerusalem Post that Saudi Arabia has been violating its promise to Washington to stop enforcing the Arab League ...

Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:04:36 am
Remember that Human Rights Watch report accusing Hamas of war crimes? I hope you didn’t think that meant they were changing their ways, because they’re right back at their main occupation again: Human Rights Watch Earns Their Saudi Pay, Publishes Another Thinly-Sourced Report Demonizing Israel.

Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:23:27 pm
The MEMRI Blog notes that several Arab media sources are reporting a failed military coup attempt in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar. Various Arab websites are reporting on the sudden firing of senior Qatari military officials after they staged a failed coup attempt. According to the report on the liberal ...

Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:10:39 am
While we’re messing around with this silly Supreme Court nomination hearing in the US, over in Saudi Arabia they’re curing cancer with camel urine. Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid is responsible for one of the Kingdom’s greatest national achievements in the field of science for her work which began with the ...

Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:26:05 pm
In one of the world’s richest theocratic countries, an outbreak of pesky spirits leads to legal action. A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a “genie” to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of threatening them, throwing stones and stealing mobile phones, Al Watan ...

Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:17:12 am
Imagine my surprise; Barack Obama’s bold new initiative for Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel is getting nowhere. The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday. The source said U.S. ...

Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:00:33 am
The Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions due to their race: Ricci Decision Provides Rallying Point for Opposition. Conservatives are jumping all over today’s Supreme Court decision that ...

Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:29:57 am
The New York Times has an article on the extensive ties between top members of the Saudi ruling family and terrorist groups, as new evidence is revealed by the families of 9/11 victims — evidence that is being ignored and suppressed by the US government: Documents Back Saudi Link to ...

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:24:21 am
Former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times on the meaning of the Iranian election and the protests that followed: The Koran and the Ballot Box. In the current demonstrations we are witnessing not just the end of the first stage of the ...

Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:05:56 am
Is Frank Gaffney actually going for the “sekrit Mozlem prezdent” gambit? Unfortunately, the answer seems to be “yes,” with a Hitler comparison thrown in for good measure: America’s first Muslim president? This is not to say, necessarily, that Mr. Obama actually is a Muslim any more than Mr. Clinton actually is ...

Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:51:59 am
Yet another “Osama bin Laden” audiotape appears, ranting about Barack Obama. Why doesn’t anyone ever ask: if this is really bin Laden, why doesn’t he ever appear on video like every other Al Qaeda freakazoid? A new audio tape from Osama bin Laden criticizes President Barack Obama for planting seeds of ...

Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:31:30 am
A horrific crime leads to horrific punishment, in the religious apartheid kingdom: Saudi beheads and crucifies murder convict. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced. According to the statement issued by the ...

Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:15:09 am
As the Holocaust-denying puppet Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority meets with Barack Obama, our laughable headline of the day is from the Associated Press: Abbas pushing pan-Arab peace with Israel. Is there any diplomat anywhere who really believes there’s going to be a “pan-Arab peace with Israel,” if Israel agrees ...

Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:00:33 am
Since Barack Obama has announced that he plans to address the Muslim world from Egypt in early June, perhaps he could raise the subject of television shows like this one, broadcast on Egyptian/Saudi channel Al-Hafez TV on April 27, 2009, featuring a smiling, jovial host indoctrinating Arab children to hate ...

Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:21:22 am
Saudi Arabia’s latest plan to “reform” jihadis is getting positive reviews from Agence France Presse: Saudis use soft touch to ‘save’ former militants. The care centre is Saudi Arabia’s front line for ensuring that Al-Qaeda does not rear its head again, after a series of lethal domestic attacks between 2003 ...

Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:11:42 pm
Instead of posting any of the dozens of hate mails I’ve received in the past three days, here’s a look at the calm, reasoned discourse in which my critics engage; these quotes come from emails regarding my posts about creationism, Glenn Beck, and G. W. Bush bowing to accept a ...

Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:29:15 pm
Some nice words from Amit Ghate: Attacks on LGF are Revealing. Though I don’t have time to follow it as closely as I’d like to, I think Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs is one of the best (non-objectivist) blogs out there. He’s for free speech and strongly against Islamic totalitarianism ...

Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:33:22 pm
Expect this news to launch a round of screaming that Barack Obama is lying: White House: No bow to Saudi. “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. As I ...

Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:55:21 pm
Here’s a video posted by Newt Gingrich on his own YouTube channel today. Skip ahead to 4:06 to hear Gingrich say: “if we bow to the Saudi king, which the president [Obama] did, which I thought was frankly not very good when President Bush did it.” [Video] Maybe I should forward all ...

Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:01:57 pm
Uh oh. HispanicBusiness.com - Conservative Blogger: Bush Also Bowed Before the Saudi King. Look out. Sanity is out of style.

Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:02:46 am
Turkish authorities claim to have foiled a plot to assassinate Barack Obama, by a man carrying a press card for JihadTV. Turkish security services have arrested a man of Syrian descent who was planning to assassinate US President Barack Obama during his current trip to Turkey, the Saudi daily Al ...

Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:26:25 am
Here’s an open thread for Monday morning, for everyone who wants to yell at me some more for pointing out that by bowing to King Abdullah, Barack Obama was simply following the well-documented, well-known tradition of US Presidents to pander to the Saudis. To sum up, presidential pandering to the Saudis ...

Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:36:23 pm
More than a few people on the right are screaming that Barack Obama should be impeached for bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Those of you who are buying into this hyperventilating nonsense need to see this video. (Click the image to watch.) This deference to a very bad country has ...

Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:44:24 am
Associated Press “military writer” Anne Gearan wants us to know that Obama’s no-nukes pledge is not so farfetched. She gives this penetrating analysis of the arguments in favor of magically making all the nuclear weapons in the world vanish: * Nuclear weapons have become more trouble than they are worth, an ...