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September 30, 2006
Exiled in France
Here is a cry for help from French philosophy teacher Robert Redeker, now in hiding from Islamofascist death threats. In a letter written to his friend philosopher André Glucksmann, Redeker writes: Dear André, I am now in a catastrophic personal... More
September 30, 2006
Welcome to dhimmitude, Kufrs!
We infidels are learning our place, bit by bit. The Jawa Report tells about a book we won't be reading. According to psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy Kobrin and noted feminist Phyllis Chesler, who wrote the introduction, Kobrin's new book, "The Sheikh's... More
September 30, 2006
Sgt. Smith and the Medal of Honor he earned
MSNBC has put together a terrific video essay, narrated on Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith, winner of a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor. Don't let the narrator put you off. If you haven't seen it, you must follow this link to YouTube.... More
September 30, 2006
Something to note
Tigerhawk has eyes like a hawk. He spotted an item about an explosion cutting the pipeline that takes Iranian gas to Turkey. An explosion on a natural gas pipeline outside an Iranian border city has halted the flow of gas... More
September 29, 2006
A Response To Richard Baehr
In "Al Gore's Crusade," American Thinker's Richard Baehr provides a very thorough review of Al Gore's global warming stump speech. However, there are a few points in Mr. Baehr's analysis that call for a response. First, near the outset of... More
September 29, 2006
Chinese laser tag
As reported this past Tuesday by the Daily Telegraph and reprinted more recently by the New York Sun, China has been playing laser tag with American spy satellites: China has secretly fired powerful laser weapons designed to disable American spy... More
September 29, 2006
The grossest domestic product
David Frum of NRO points us to the Financial Times coverage of the Greek Government's statistical policy changes understaken to lift Greece's GDP, by counting money laundering and prostitution as national wealth. This says a lot about honesty in the EU and... More
September 29, 2006
WaPo: stop us before we damage the Democrats more
After countless front page Washington Post stories overplaying Sen. Allen's "Macaca" remark, and extensive coverage of charges against Allen, obviously orchestrated by Professor Sabato (who seems to have retreated from claims suggesting he had personal knowledge of Allen's racism), a story... More
September 29, 2006
Airbus reeling from bad news
As I noted last week, Airbus is considering moving some manufacturing operations out of Europe, to countries where the dollar (not the euro) is is the currency, or linked to the currency. The Wall Street Journal reports that today's meeting... More
September 29, 2006
Rangel's Plan: starve the troops
I confess that I am bewildered by the recent words of Charles Rangel, the veteran Democrat (in both senses: seniority and decorated service in the Army) set to become powerful chairman of the Ways and Means Committee if Nancy Pelosi... More
September 29, 2006
NYT view of Tokyo Rose: "Exemplary"
Praise for a traitor. What's next from Pinch Sulzberger's paper? While one might argue that there should be qualms in considering her a "traitor" given the circumstances of being trapped in Japan at an inopportune time (and having to make... More
September 29, 2006
Indicting the NYT
Henry Mark Holzer, writing in Front Page Magazine, makes the very strong case that the New York Times will be indicted for violating the Espionage Act for publication of details helpful to the enemy in the story of wiretapping of... More
September 29, 2006
Borat and Kazakhstan's president
Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, is meeting with President Bush today, and as the Los Angeles Times editorially notes, it's no joke. The huge oil—rich country (other strategic minerals abound, too — uranium, copper, tungsten, manganese, lead, iron, gold, and... More
September 29, 2006
Israel helps build mosque in Nigeria
It's one way to cement ties. While Hamas turns synagogues in Gaza into party headquarters and arms depots, and Iraqi Sunnis blow up the Golden Dome mosque, killing hundreds, Israel helps Nigerian Muslims build a Mosque. From JTA: Yediot Achronot on... More
September 29, 2006
Slicing Enlightenment (a poem)
Softly it whispers, parting air, The edge so sharp, so glistening; And as it strikes beneath your hair, Is anyone still listening? The sword of Islam makes the slice, And your severed head just rolls; You've made the final sacrifice,... More
September 28, 2006
A home made genocide
In honor of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan here is some right news and some wrong news about the current and past Muslim genocides. Muslims have been and are being killed, in fact, in large numbers. But if you... More
September 28, 2006
Pentagon report cites Quran on suicide bombing
According to an item in World Net Daily, at least one Pentagon report endoreses the notion that suicide bombing has Quranic support. The terrorists distort the idea of jihad into a call for violence and murder," the White House maintains... More
September 28, 2006
Jokes can kill fascists
The biggest reformist daily newspaper in Iran has just been closed for publishing a joke. This one isn't even a cartoon of Mohammed, just two chess pieces —— a white knight facing a black donkey. What's the joke? The donkey... More
September 28, 2006
Keith Ellison's good press from Jewish Democrats
The potential first Muslim (of Louis Farrakhan derivation) member of Congress gets support from Jewish Democrats who know where their own loyalties really lie. From The Jewish Week: ...the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) has come to the aid of... More
September 28, 2006
Good fences keep out bad neighbors
While the anti Israel, anti Jewish, anti American liberals decamp to Israel to protest the barrier that country is building to try to keep out murderous terrorists, while they deride talk of building a fence along America's southern border to... More
September 28, 2006
Different war, same old New York Times
In the book The First Heroes, Craig Nelson crafts a wonderful book about the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo shortly after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The book is a very spirited account regarding the bravery and the sacrifices made... More
September 28, 2006
There may not always be an England
A British correspondent brought to my attention to two distressing reports from the U.K.'s Melanie Phillips. Quoting this vapid remark from the "anorexic speech " by Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, "No doubt there will be yet again those whose goal is to... More
September 28, 2006
Venezuela's bad investment mistake
While third world types and lefties cheered Hugo Chavez's devilishly wild, book waving speech at the UN, many first world Americans calmly decided we don't need his oil. These included the executives of 7—Eleven which decided to drop Venezuela—backed Citgo as... More
September 27, 2006
A Pillar of the anti-Bush establishment
Michelle Malkin takes a characteristically thorough look at Paul Pillar, the CIA's national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia until just a year ago. There is much speculation that he is the source of the recent NIE leak.... More
September 27, 2006
The NIE misrepresentations
Jules Crittenden, city editor of the Boston Herald, points out the sheer mendacity of the press acounts of the NIE, based, as they are, on cherry—picked leaks. First he properly notes In time of war, the nation's classified intelligence analysis... More
September 27, 2006
The Chutzpah Prize
Perhaps the Pulitizer, already demeaned by the fact it has been given to so many unworthies, ought to be replaced by a new award, the Chutzpah Prize for the press organ which demonstrates the most outlandish gall. Today's New York Times... More
September 27, 2006
Bubba's Got Brass!
Another example of the strange bedfellows of politics will be on display in all it's glory today in London. Former US president Bill Clinton, will speak at the Labour Party conference in hopes of pulling off an act of political... More
September 27, 2006
Zionist conspiracy update
MEMRI provides the latest update on the International Zionist Conspiracy, as seen by Iranian National News. And guess what? It's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a production of the "Jewish Walt Disney Company." Why Jewish? Old Walt was... More
September 27, 2006
George Allen and allegations of the N-word
It seems that the Democrats are now claiming, via the vehicle of an article in Salon Magazine, that Sen. George Allen used the N—word in his college football playing days. In all "fairness," Salon contacted 19 of George Allen's former... More
September 27, 2006
Byzantium, Pope Benedict XVI and YouTube
The Pope knew exactly what he was doing in his address at Regensburg. I am becoming more and more convinced that the pontiff is three or four steps ahead of the rest of us in his thinking about the way... More
September 27, 2006
"I have a dream" in Arabic
Sheik Safwat Higazi is one of the most well known people to appear on TV, according to the moderator who introduced him on an Arabic television channel. MEMRI translated his version of "I have a dream" — a dream that... More
September 27, 2006
Remember the anthrax attack following 9/11?
Ray Robison does. "There are two prevailing theories. One theory is that a US scientist did it. The other is that the Saddam regime of Iraq or another rogue government with anthrax capability gave anthrax to al—Qaeda. Other theories abound... More
September 27, 2006
Public Citizen for E-Coli and Salmonella
We've known for a long time that one simple measure will wipe out dangers from e.coli and salmonella which as we are seeing with the contaminated spinach incidents are such a danger. That measure is irradiating food. Simple, safe, and... More
September 26, 2006
Olbermann's rants
Rick Moran of RightWing Nuthouse rises from his sickbed to take on Keith Olbermann, the sanctimonious unhinged commentator on MSNBC who has been drawing viewers to MSNBC and a lot of flak lately for the extremely abusive tone of his... More
September 26, 2006
Tony Blankley on The West's Last Chance
I just spent a memorable hour (well, almost a full hour) on the telephone with Tony Blankley, in a blogger conference call organized by One Jerusalem. The entire call will be posted on the One Jerusalem website later today, and I... More
September 26, 2006
No politicized science here (cough!)
The latest shot in the climate wars was fired by the National Academy of Sciences in the form of a report authored primarily by James Hanson, NASA's chief crusader for truth, science and global warming. As reported on Monday by the... More
September 26, 2006
The Obama family gets rich
Democrats love to demonize the rich, but a surprising number of Democrat pols find money cascading into their coffers as they rise in politics. Take Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Illinois, a man who excites intense public interest far... More
September 26, 2006
California hypocrites
The San Francisco Chronicle today points a finger at the hypocrisy of various state government opfficials and legislators who support the ridiculous "greenhouse gas" legislation that is sure to drive business out of California, but who personally use gas guzzlers.... More
September 26, 2006
El Presidente Calderon doesn't like the border fence
The new president of Mexico Felipe Calderon does not approve of the United States building a fence along portions of the our mutual border. For him, apparently, we have no right to control who enters our country. Perhaps he feels... More
September 26, 2006
Tariq Ramadan visa denied
The United States government has denied a visa to Tariq Ramadan, grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the fount of modern Islamic terrorist groups, and a well—known scholar who has taught in Europe, most recently at Oxford University.... More
September 25, 2006
Replaying the NIE leak game
As in the Plame case, selective leaks of the NIE appear long after the distribution of the document —— in this case almost 6 months afterward —— with a clear intent of helping the Democrats in the upcoming election. As... More
September 25, 2006
Bill Clinton, meet Captain Queeg
Watching Bill Clinton on Fox News Sunday reminded me of the scene from The Caine Mutiny when Humphrey Bogart, playing Captain Queeg, was on the witness stand. The captain, after being relieved of command by his First Mate because he... More
September 25, 2006
Pinch Sulzberger, meet Jonathan Swift
In Book III of Gulliver's Travels, there is a group of Projectors on the island of Laputa who are trying to decipher the secret thoughts and plans of diplomats from the color and composition of their turds. If The New... More
September 25, 2006
Apology
The good people at LexisNexis contacted us to note that their service is properly named LexisNexis, not Nexis—Lexis, as we originally had it in Noel Sheppard's article this morning. As editor I must take full responsibility for this mistake, and... More
September 25, 2006
Clinton, the pathological narcissist
That's the phraseology of Dr. Bob Godwin, clinical psychologist and blogger extraordinaire at One Cosmos. Clinton's pathetic performance with Chris Wallace this weekend was a wonderfully revealing moment. While the purpose of his humiliated fury was to try to destroy the... More
September 25, 2006
Ireland and Israel
Irish academics have called for a boycott of Israel. Haviv Rettig of the Jerusalem Post notes, "They don't demand a boycott of Sudan, or of China, which has tremendous academic ties to Europe. And they don't want to boycott the United... More
September 25, 2006
Dem leaders waking up? Maybe not.
The Prowler at The American Spectator reports that some senior Democrats have grown increasingly alarmed about the growing anti—Semitic and racist tone of their party's base, say House and Senate Democrat leadership staff. The incidents cited are recent, but as... More
September 25, 2006
Swiss vote to tighten immigration
Barron Bodissey of The Gates of Vienna cites a report from AFP that Switzerland has voted heavily in favour of making it harder for asylum—seekers to gain entry to the rich Alpine state. Despite warnings of damage to Switzerland's humanitarian... More
September 25, 2006
Already making excuses
Democrat partisans are coming down from the summer—long sugar high they enjoyed with polling data supposedly revealing an excellent chance to take control of the House and maybe the Senate, too. Such hopes are falling faster than gasoline prices. The... More
September 24, 2006
Never underestimate American ingenuity
What to do when onerous regulation threatens property rights? Get out the chainsaws. (This isn't Europe.) From the New York Times: Over the past six months, landowners here have been clear—cutting thousands of trees to keep them from becoming homes... More
September 24, 2006
Most Indians favor improved ties to the US
The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a unique, comprehensive, internationally comparable series of worldwide public opinion surveys. It aims to gauge attitudes in every region toward various issues of importance. Pew Global Attitudes Project Spring 2006 Survey comprised the following... More
September 24, 2006
Leatherneck Lifesavers
It was a different kind of mission for some of the men from Weapons Company, 2/8th Marines, "America's Battalion," based at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. But when the call came they were ready. The mission: transfer a little Iraqi girl who... More
September 24, 2006
The challenge to Kerry
We occasionally receive email from Donnie Dobro, a faithful reader with a down—home sense of humor. Donnie thought he heard a challenge from John F. Kerry and issued a response of his own, accepting it. We reprint below the two... More
September 24, 2006
Reject the threat to the Electoral College
An insidious movement to change the Electoral College provisions of the Constitution through a back door needs to be styopped in its tracks — terminated, as it were. And the man to do it is none other than the Terminator... More
September 24, 2006
Bill Clinton: "I tried"
I recently viewed an excerpt from President Clinton's tirade in response to Chris Wallace's question on whether he had done enough to get bin Laden. His main emphasis was "I tried". Now that seems to be the hallmark of the... More
September 23, 2006
Are there no limits to the power of Rove?
Jack Risko of Dinocrat has a secret source telling him about Karl Rove's super secret plan for destroying the Democratic Party. He's not too sure its real. But the powers attributed to Rove go beyond any ordinary mortal. I await Hugo... More
September 23, 2006
Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad
He accepted the invitation, but the talk isn't going through, for what appears to be some combination of security concerns and concerns over bad publicity for Columbia. Who in a position of authority at Columbia would be daft enough to... More
September 23, 2006
Something to remember when you fill the tank
The wonderfully creative Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light has come up with a terrific comparison. In a couple of months we'll be able to post graphics here at AT. But for now, you need to click this link.... More
September 23, 2006
Haditha: now they tell us
When the drums were beating along the Potomac for the heads of the Kilo company (ginned up by TIME's McGirk, Murtha and Human Rights Watch), it would have been nice to have this information: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — U.S. Marines... More
September 22, 2006
The Taxpayer Superdome
USA Today reported yesterday that it cost $185 million to repair the Superdome in New Orleans. A paltry $15 million of this amount was provided by the NFL. Apparently, neither the owners of the Saints football team nor the trustees... More
September 22, 2006
Ahmadinejad behind closed doors
During his visit to New York, Iran's President Ahmadinejad met behind closed doors with members of the Council on Foreign Relations. One of those present, Maurice Greenberg, offered an account of the session to National Interest editor Ximena Ortiz. There... More
September 22, 2006
Fakes
There is something very incongruent about the Democrats' condemnations of Hugo Chavez. Coming from the leftists they are, they make too much sense to be taken at face value. Their reaction is driven by the same motives that undergirded their... More
September 22, 2006
More NYTCo bad news
As I predicted over a week ago, the latest earnings news from the New York Times Company contains bad news. Via Reuters: The publisher of The New York Times newspaper and the Boston Globe forecast earnings of 8 cents to 10... More
September 22, 2006
The Embodiment of Evil in Our Time
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, has declared that George W. Bush, president of the United States, is Satan. This is not particularly original, the U.S., and the president by extension, has been considered the Great Satan for some time now.... More
September 22, 2006
Correction
The article "The Democratic Party and the Jews" erroneously reported that The Church Council of Greater Seattle failed to offer sympathy for the victims of the attack on the Jewish Federation building in that city. In fact, that group sponsored... More
September 22, 2006
When will Hugo buy his ego-nukes?
It's the latest thing in fashion accessories for Third—World thugs with shriveling, um, self—esteem. With all his oil money —— which he is now dedicating to monuments to his nagging inferiority complex, like Venezuela's 24 new jet fighters from Russia... More
September 22, 2006
Deception upon deception?
Does the New York Times' book review of Frank Rich's book about Bush "deceptions" contain its own deception? Here's an excerpt from the over—the—top laudatory review of Rich's Bush—bashing book: When he sets his jeweler's eye upon the so—called... More
September 21, 2006
Chavez and the Democrats
Investors Business Daily notes that however much Democrats like Charles Rangel may try to distance themselves from Hugo Chavez, many have had a history of playing footsie with him. Democrats who've been cozying up to the Venezuelan dictator in the... More
September 21, 2006
Wal-Mart gives Dems a tough choice
Wal—Mart announced today that it will start selling some prescription drugs for $4 in a test program in Florida. This is a strong reply to the Democratic critics who are campaigning for office against Wal—Mart. The New York Times has stated... More
September 21, 2006
The man on the spot in Arizona
Maricopa, Arizona County Attorney Andrew Thomas is the 'The Man.' The men accused of being the Southeast Valley's serial shooters are in jail. Upcoming is a decision on whether to ask for the death penalty if a guilty verdict is... More
September 21, 2006
Venezuela's petro-culture
David Paulin of the Big Carnival examines Hugo Chavez's performance yesterday at the United Nations in terms of Venezuela's contemporary culture, which he likens to that of many Middle Eastern nations, as opposed to its Latin American neighbors. To understand... More
September 21, 2006
Hugo Chavez recommends Chomsky
A reader who prefers to be known as Blue Paul draws our attention to a Chomsky prose generator posted on the web. Try it. Update: More on Chomskybots.... More
September 21, 2006
New York Times non-story
If there is a rally of 500 transvestites in New York, it gets coverage in the paper of record. Not a word, however, abut 35,000 people demonstrating against Ahmadinejad yesterday. See the story on Powerline. There has been a... More
September 21, 2006
Letter to editor
I've been following the debate on AT between J.R. Dunn and that moonbat 'professor.' One of the moonbat's central points is that no wreckage readily identifiable as having come from a passenger jet was found on the site of the... More
September 21, 2006
MSM darling (and Commie spy) dies in Vietnam
The New York Sun's blog It Shines for All takes note of the death of Pham Xuan An. Ed Lasky wrote about Pham last year for American Thinker. Pham the spy worker for both Time Magazine and Reuters itself. Reuters notes his... More
September 21, 2006
Everybody must get stoned
Nat Hentoff is arguably the most honest and consistantly fair liberal in America. In this week's Village Voice he writes an article about Iran's practice of stoning of women for adultery ("allowing" oneself to get raped qualifies for stoning) under President... More
September 21, 2006
British surrender over criminal courts
Believe it or not, but Britain is about to surrender a critical piece of its sovereignty to the EU, without all the fuss and bother of a vote in Parliament. According to The Times, BRITAIN is ready to surrender its... More
September 21, 2006
More Pulitzer disgrace
The Pulitzer Prizes have become a joke. Of course, there is a long history of disgrace, such as the Pulitzer awarded to Walter Durranty of the New York Times, who assisted Stalin in supressing news of the slaughter—by—intentional—famine of millions... More
September 20, 2006
Bilal or BS?
Dan Riehl does some of the best investigative reporting to be found. Today he focuses on the AP photographer Bilal Hussein. Read it and the answer to the question is simple:BS. Clarice Feldman 9 20 06... More
September 20, 2006
Challenge to Islam continues
Yesterday the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, gave a speech at a Newbold College, a 7th Day Adventist college and seminary. The talk was entitled The Cross and the Crescent: The Clash of Faiths in an Age of Secularism. ... More
September 20, 2006
Hugo Chavez: A clown with an inferiority complex
So today Hugo Chavez has grabbed the headlines away from Ahmadinejad by calling George W. Bush "El Diablo," the Devil. It's the same meme as Ahmadinejad's Great Satan. Chavez is a clown with an inferiority complex. By himself he is... More
September 20, 2006
The friends of Jim McDermott
Democrat Congressman and prominent Bush critic Jim McDermott had a travel junket paid for with money from a terror linked domestic group just raided by the Feds. The raid is described as troubling to Muslims according to an article in... More
September 20, 2006
Ted Turner's fine with a nuclear Iran
Discover the Network points to a statement CNN—founder Ted Turner said Tuesday. Turner called it a "joke" that Bush demanded that Iran abandon any ambitions for nuclear weapons while at the same time hoping to ban all such bombs. "They're... More
September 20, 2006
Sudanese man forced to "marry" goat
This appears to be a genuine item from the BBC. Which means that there is fair chance that it might be true. A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex... More
September 20, 2006
Farrakhan's guy in Congress?
Andrew Walden, writing in Front Page Magazine, examines the deeply troubling candidacy of Keith Eillison, the Democrats' nominee for Congress in the Democrat—dominated district that includes the city of Minneapolis. Two blogs, Minnesota Democrats Exposed and Powerline did the job... More
September 20, 2006
Vocabulary check
It appears that a native Syrian living in Canada, Maher Arar, traveled to the U.S. where he was apprehended by the FBI and deported to his home country based on information provided to the FBI by the Canadian authorities. During... More
September 20, 2006
Teachers gone wild
We are accustomed to reading of outrageous behavior on the part of teachers in the government schools in this country. Often protected by tenure and assured of a healthy retirement income, they have a captive audience. But this news from Texas... More
September 19, 2006
The Pope knows what he is doing
I think Rick Moran was too categorical in his remarks today when he said that "what is surprising about Benedict's challenge is that he had given no inkling up to now that he was interested in rocking the boat when... More
September 19, 2006
Saddam ,Terrorism and the Dems' Latest Fairytale
One of my favorite writers has a response today in the New York Sun dealing with the twisted intel report the Senate Dems are trying to pawn off pre—election. Recently the Senate Intelligence Committee published the second phase of its... More
September 19, 2006
Newspaper industry death throes (continued)
The French media company Lagardere is one of the world's giants. In addition to extensive media holdings, it owns a significant share of Airbus' parent EADS, along with other holdings. Forbes reports that ...chief executive Arnaud Lagardere said in an interview... More
September 19, 2006
Truth in adverising and the NYT
Readers of the metro edition of the print Gray Lady found tucked into their papers this morning an additional 24—page section, in broadsheet size, printed in full color, and devoted to promoting the proposition to readers that, 'These Times Demand... More
September 19, 2006
Reaction to Pope's speech by Iraq the Model
Mohammed at Iraq the Model has a thoughtful commentary on violent reactions to the Pope's words titled "When Will We Be Able To Accept Criticism?" Here is an excerpt. Read the rest here. Now after reading texts that are mentioned in our... More
September 19, 2006
Historic Bush speech to United Nations
Other than his moving speeches after 9/11, George W. Bush has never spoken better than he just did to the UN General Assembly. Read it. It will be seen as one of the historic documents of this age, the equivalent... More
September 19, 2006
How to produce propaganda
Carol Gould describes a documentary shown on the BBC—owned, but commercial—supported UK Channel Four, the same wonderful people who brought us the pseudo—documentary Death of a President, digitally superimposing President Bush's face on an actor portraying a President Bush who is... More
September 19, 2006
The Qana air strike and Hezb'allah
This short clip by BBC's Peter Marshall about the 'Qana airstrike' in July, 2006 draws the conclusion that 'Hezbollah weren't around' on that Sunday. That is simply wrongwrong. gettyimages has an image (ID 71468986) shot by HASSAN AMMAR/Stringer on 18... More
September 19, 2006
Legal Jeopardy
Strategy Page notes what I've been hearing: that tension between the JAG officers at the Pentagon and those tasked with the fighting is at the boiling point. September 19, 2006: Big brawl going on in the Pentagon between the JAGs... More
September 19, 2006
Political correctness for cash
It is beginning to look like PC objections to sports teams being named after Indians tribes can be something of a shakedown. That, at least, is the implication of an article published in the Deseret News of Salt Lake City.... More
September 19, 2006
The man the Pope quoted
Who was Emperor Manuel II Paleologos, the man whose quotation sparked so much rage all over the Muslim world? Blogger Vicki of the site Not Ready for My Burqua has done some research. With her kind permission, we reprint extensive... More
September 18, 2006
Democrats Intimidating Opposing Points of View
Here is a little more irony from our friends at the Washington Post. Over the weekend I was at my local coffee shop and I picked a copy of the Washington Post metro section while waiting on my order. On... More
September 18, 2006
Letter on 911 conspiracy theories
Dear Mr. Dunn, Thank you very much for the systematic dismantling of 'Professor' Metzer's lunatic conspiracy theory. It continually amazes me how this stuff persists...yet it does. Your rebuttal omits mention of eyewitness accounts of the aircraft flying into the... More
September 18, 2006
The Constitution has indeed become a suicide pact
The old wisdom has been turned on its head. Would you volunteer terror information to the US Government if you knew it could be exposed in legal proceedings? Right. Providing secret intelligence to terrorists' lawyers seems suicidal. The reason is... More
September 18, 2006
What did Schumer know and when did he know it?
No question that Armitage deserves excoriation Jed Babbin delivers this morning, for maintaining his silence and allowing what can only be fairly described as an anti—Administration witch hunt to continue. But an important question remains: What did Chuck Schumer know... More
September 18, 2006
More on the Mission to Africa
Macsmind hints that the Jefferson case is proceeding and that not only may it bring down the Nigerian government, but as wwll, may drag into the net a number of prominent Democrats: Yesterday's NY Times, had an article by Christopher... More
September 18, 2006
A liberal turns on his fellow unrealistic liberals
The Los Angeles Times publishes an absolutely remarkable column written by died—in—the—wool liberal Sam Harris. His message is pinted and telling: his fellows liberals have become delusional and worse. ... liberalism has grown dangerously out of touch with the realities... More
September 18, 2006
Rep Delahunt's daughter registered lobbyist for Saudis
The Boston Globe reports that the daughter of Rep. William Delahunt, Democrat incumbent whose race against Jack Bauer—like national security veteran Jeff Beatty is discussed today by Richard Baehr, is a registered lobbyist for a Saudi company. Kara Delahunt, the... More
September 18, 2006
Racism and anti-Semitism in Cardin staff
The Maryland Senate race this year will be one of the most interesting in a long time. Black Republican Lr. Gov Michael Steele faces white Democrat Congressman Benjamin Cardin, winner of a contentious primary fight in which he deafeated black... More
September 18, 2006
Proud to be an American
How appropriate it is that America bashers should hold their rendezvous in the great country of Cuba. Nothing indeed could have revealed their true character better than their choice of venue. The best way to gauge a country is to... More
September 18, 2006
Democrat Senate candidate films ad in church
Donald Sensing, writing in One Hand Clapping, notes that prominent Democrat Congressman Harold Ford, now running for the Senate seat being vacated by Bill Frist, has filmed a television in a church. Now the first thing that might come to... More
September 18, 2006
23 Questions
What matters now is not press reports about pieces of a German lecture by Benedict or the Musllim reaction. If we must answer "yes" to all, or any, of the following 23 questions about Islam, are we entitled, nay bound,... More
September 17, 2006
Samizdata: I am not making this up
It is no secret that in Europe the anti—American, anti—Israel propaganda machine is operating full tilt. How bad is it? Samizdata writes this report, concluding "I am not making this up." As I type these words, Britain's Channel 4 is... More
September 17, 2006
It has happened!
I am earnestly scanning the heavens for airborne swine. Hillary Clinton and Thomas Lifson agree! So what took her so long? Thomas Lifson 9 17 06... More
September 17, 2006
Is the Pope Catholic?
Apparently there may be some about this point in Iran. AFP summarizes Iranian press commentary: ...hardline daily Kayhan, whose editor—in—chief is appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said there were signs of Israeli inteference aimed at creating conflict between... More
September 17, 2006
The real difference between red and blue states?
Sweetness & Light notices a fascinating congruence between the electoral maps we have become so familiar with and public opinion polling done by ESPN and the reggie Bush affair (The Heisman Trophy winner was discovered to have been paid during... More
September 17, 2006
Will Pinch dump the Boston Globe?
The Wall Street Journal offers a fascinating scenario ($link) for Pinch Sulzberger to pull the New York Times Company out of its tailspin: sell The Boston Globe (and presumably other New England media properties it bought when it acquired the Globe's... More
September 17, 2006
More on the AP
Michelle Malkin provides extensive coverage of new questions surrounding another Associated Press employee in the Middle East. Over the past five months, I have pestered the Associated Press for answers about one of its photographers, Iraq—based Bilal Hussein. As noted... More
September 17, 2006
Italian public opinion moving rightward
Our friend and occasional contributor Stefania Lapenna, who blogs at Free Thoughts, reports from Italy that the latest polling shows that Italians are regarding the recently defeated Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a better light. Conservative Berlusconi was an outspoken ally of... More
September 17, 2006
Put the UN on the spot
Dore Gold, President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (www.jcpa.org) and former Israeli Ambassador to the UN thinks theres a good chance that Iran can be expelled from the UN. While there's very little hope for such a campaign... More
September 16, 2006
Australia stands up and does what's right
Bravo! to the government of Australia, led by Prime Minister John Howard. The Australian Herald Sun newspaper's Sunday edition reports on the response to the latest round of riots by the world's Muslims, in high dudgeon over the insensitivity of... More
September 16, 2006
The 14 characteristics of fascists
Robert Godwin of One Cosmos does a takedown of the fevered left's latest talking point: that "research" into fascism has developed 14 characteristics that define it, characteristics which Bush naturally matches. With a combination of wit and logic, he takes... More
September 16, 2006
Steven Warshawsky responds to critics
Response To My Critics: Last week, I argued that President Bush has made a serious strategic and political miscalculation by committing the United States to establishing a stable, democratic, pro—western government in Iraq. This article elaborated on my earlier argument ... More
September 16, 2006
Pope flap: The importance of being honest
What stirred Muslim to riot this week was not just Pope Benedict's scholarly discussion of the historic argument between Christian Emperor Paleologus and his Muslim opponent. Rather, it is the exact fit between that dialogue and today's clash of cultures.... More
September 16, 2006
When did the Geneva Conventions protect US soldiers?
This is a great post, and of course Ed Morrisey is absolutely correect in that no one but us abides by the Geneva Convention. The Germans were pikers compared to our Asian enemies throughout history. Clearly, the fanatical application of the warrior code... More
September 16, 2006
The Pope's words and Islam's reaction
As Muslim groups denounce the words of Pope Benedict XVI, two non—Catholic churches were attacked in the West Bank. I am no religious scholar, but from what I read, it appears that in Islam any skepticism or criticism by a... More
September 16, 2006
The inexplicable NYT attack on the Pope (updated)
The Pope made a perfectly reasonable argument against forced conversions and for dialogue and debate between those whose faiths differ, and the New York Times criticizes him: There is more than enough religious anger in the world. So it is... More
September 16, 2006
What the world needs now (not love sweet love)
Vital Perspective notices that former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir (who once paid for the services of Paul Krugman) is calling ofr Islamic nations to have nuclear weapons. Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, who once said that Jews ruled the world... More
September 16, 2006
The religion of thin skins
The Pope expresses dismay that his remarks have been taken as offensive. I guess that the language of Muslim political, intellectual and religious leaders calling for death to America, death to the Jews, stoning the Christians, imposing Sharia Law, and wiping... More
September 16, 2006
More dissent on Warshawsky article
Steven Warshawsky's piece on public opposition to the Iraq War is silly if not windy. Bush's drop in public opinion [is] due to the public's disaffection with the President's much more grandiose vision of using American troops to spread freedom and democracy in... More
September 15, 2006
Go ahead, pull the trigger!
Consider the following: President Bush warned defiant Republican senators yesterday that he will close down a CIA interrogation program that he credited with thwarting terrorist attacks if they pass a proposal regulating detention of enemy combatants, escalating a politically charged... More
September 15, 2006
A satirical masterpiece
Commenter Bumperstickerist at Just One Minute has penned a hilarious response to the fevered ravings of soime of our friends on the left. Tom Maguire has kindly moved it onto the body of the site, where I urge you to read... More
September 15, 2006
Dems: More "New Directions" than Map Quest
Dana Milbank is in rare form today: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the woman who will become speaker of the House if Democrats get lucky in November, began her weekly news conference yesterday holding up a red—white—and—blue brochure. "I hope... More
September 15, 2006
The Breck Girl's mystery donor
John Edwards, widely derided as "the Breck Girl" for his well—coifed hair, has a secret admirer. Well, secret from the voting public, anyway. And quite a generous secret admirer, too. The New York Sun reports: A mysterious $250,000 donation used... More
September 15, 2006
New York Times Company buys another website
In the wake the announcement of the sale of its television station group, the New York Times Company announces the acquisition of another website to accompany its earlier purchase of About.com. From Crain's New York Business: The New York Times... More
September 15, 2006
Rebuttal To Steven M. Warshawsky's Article
Re: "Why Americans Oppose the Iraq War" I am no political analyst nor do I have any unusual insights into the current situations in Iraq. I am simply an ordinary Joe citizen observer. However, I would like to strongly disagree with... More
September 15, 2006
Forget about songs under Sharia
Marc Sheppard adapts a beloved song from The Sound of Music to discuss Sharia Law. But he missed one particularly apt element of that code of behavior. Sweetness & Light calls our attention to the prohibition of music itself, at... More
September 15, 2006
Time for Dems to MoveAway from MoveOn
The Washington Times notes the persistent posting on the MoveOn site of viciously anti—Semitic posts, discounts the defense offered by its political action director, Eric Pariser, and notes that MoveOn cannot avoid responsibility for the often anti—Semitic tone of the... More
September 14, 2006
Hillary on Bolton: you can't make up this stuff
A poster at Free Republic posted this letter he received from Senator Hillary Clinton respecting her views on the Bolton confirmation: Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding the President's nomination of John Bolton as United States Ambassador to the United... More
September 14, 2006
Enough is En... make that too much
Daniel Ellsberg, in the new issue of Harper's coming out next week, calls on government officials to leak US war plans for the Middle East to the press. I will assume someone who thinks this is a decent idea would... More
September 14, 2006
Sen. Santorum conference call
0ne Jerusalem convened a conference call today with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and a group of bloggers, primarily to discuss steps that can be taken against Iran, and on the need to win the war against Islamic fascism, (a wholly appropriate... More
September 14, 2006
Bush Lied Part II
The Kerry "Bush Lied" crowd is back onstage with their sequel: Bush Lied Part II. An attentive critic would fault them for lack of originality, for the plot line and characters are virtually unchanged. Most people do not realize it... More
September 14, 2006
An implied mea culpa from Pinch: what's next?
Pinch Sulzberger, under whose management the New York Times Company has declined both editorially and financially, is offering a virtual mea culpa today, in the form of a regulatory disclosure and letter to employees revealing that he (and his cousin,... More
September 14, 2006
Union uprising at the WaPo
Yes, the wheels are coming off at the New York Times, but things aren't much better at the venerable Washington Post. One thing that is often overlooked in the decline of newspapers is fact that it is a heavily unionized industry... More
September 14, 2006
More NYT business coverage hypocrisy
The day after I pointed out how the New York Times condemns layoffs and plant closings of blue collar workers, but then lays off and downsizes its own blue collarss, and how the editorial page praises scion Bill Ford for... More
September 14, 2006
Liberals who recognize Islamic fascism
Finally, a loud and clear statement from liberals that Harry Truman would have approved — and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Hubert Humphrey, and yes, Robert Kennedy. The Euston Manifesto is a public statement by British liberals in support of the War... More
September 14, 2006
The NYT's sleazy innuendo challenged
John McWhorter is one of the most brilliant of the generation of conservative thinkers set for intellectual leadership in the years ahead. Being eloquent, insightful, and posessed of that curious immunity granted only to black writers, allowing them to write... More
September 14, 2006
Further Airbus A 380 delays?
Signs are accumulating that the Airbus A 380 superjumbo jet may face even further delays, a possibility that would have profound financial and market consequences for the airplane and for its manufacturer. AT has been covering the competition between Boeing... More
September 14, 2006
Tony Blair on "anti-Americans madness"
Apparently his impending departure from the Prime Ministership is a liberating experience for Tony Blair. About European politicians, he just wrote, "The strain of, frankly, anti—American feeling in parts of European politics is madness when set against the long—term interests... More
September 14, 2006
Letter to editor
J.R. Dunn wrote a very insightful article. However it leaves out one aspect of the war on terror. From a military perspective, the Jihadis have taken the innocent and used them as shields. It is a very difficult matter and no... More
September 13, 2006
Borat to be the subject of White House talks
Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of wildly funny comic characters like British rapper Ali G, Kazakhstan TV's American correspondent Borat, and Bruno, host of Funkyzeit carried on Austrian television's gay channel, is a troublemaker. By design. As Ali G he... More
September 13, 2006
"Progressive"? Toward what end?
Robert Godwin, a.k.a. Gagdad Bob, is proprietor of a thought—provoking (and I confess occasionally perplexing to me) website called One Cosmos. He is unfailingly literate and provocative, and offers perspectives informed by an extraordinary set of intellectual tools. Today, he... More
September 13, 2006
Novak turns against Armitage
A.J. Strata draws our attention to Robert Novak fighting back against the deceptions of Richard Armitage. (Via Drudge) Novak, attempting to set the record straight writes: 'First, Armitage did not, as he now indicates, merely pass on something he had... More
September 13, 2006
NYT doesn't take its own advice
When other companies face turmoil under a family scion, the New York Times doesn't hesitate to stick in its nose and offer advice. Consider this item published less than a week ago, coming from the paper's editorial board: Have you... More
September 13, 2006
Seats of higher refusal-to-learn
The great Harvey Mansfield, professor of politics at Harvard, sees universities, his own especially, as having learned nothing from 9/11. Writing an op—ed in the Boston Globe, he avers, FIVE YEARS have now passed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,... More
September 13, 2006
Welcome to New York, Pres. Ahmadinejad
When he comes to New York City for the United Nations meeting, President Ahmadinejad is in for an example of American—style free speech. The New York Sun reports: President Ahmadinejad will also be met with a large rally on September... More
September 13, 2006
Ambassador Munchausen to sue Armitage
After apparently mulling over the absurdity of not including Richard Armitage, apparently the first non—family member to disclose Plame's name to reporters, in their preposterous civil suit against Rove and Cheney and Libby, Ambassador Munchausen and his wife have announced... More
September 13, 2006
Pope: "No more 'holy' wars"
"How many divisions has the Pope?" sneered Stalin. A few decades later John Paul II answered him, and the Soviet empire crumbled. Even the Russians didn't believe their own propaganda any more. Three men led that fight: the Pope, Ronald... More
September 13, 2006
NYT journos reportedly taught to cover their tracks
The old saying "Be careful what you ask for" is proving once again sage advice. The New York Observer reports that the New York Times, subject of at least one federal leak investigation, is training its reporters to practice their... More
September 12, 2006
Arabic art exhibit in Australia: the "Olmert Kabob"
Surely, given the ancient history of beautiful Arab art, this signifies how far Arab culture has descended. A provocative Arabic art exhibition organised in response to the conflict in Lebanon last month, includes a painting of Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert,... More
September 12, 2006
Every spy should tap the newsies
American Thinker has joined the debate about a possible Saddam spy in the Associated Press. There are pros and cons in the debate, based on the evidence we know. But let's back off a second. If you were running Chinese, Iranian,... More
September 12, 2006
NYT columnist Kristof downplays Iranian anti-Semitism
Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times supported Sami—Al Arian, the Florida professor who was found to have played a key role in funding the Palestinian Islamic Jihad — responsible for the murder and maiming of many Israelis and Americans,... More
September 12, 2006
No need for Olbermann to apologize
Noel Sheppard is one of the best writers at The American Thinker, and that is saying a lot. Just as are his columns and comments that have appeared on AT since its inception, Mr. Sheppard's letter to MSNBC general manager Dan... More
September 12, 2006
The Middle East and 9/11
MEMRI www.memri.org , the Middle East Media Research Institute, has since 1998 essentially been a one—stop shopping center for obtaining translated media content originating in the Middle East, whether it's from the Arab states, Iran or Turkey. As their tag... More
September 12, 2006
A film begins to find its audience
Sweetness & Light notices that Al Jazeera publicizes the politically pornographic film Death of a President with the headline "Death Becomes Bush." Not precisely incitement, but perhaps close enough for partial credit. S&L dryly asks, "Have you noticed the howls... More
September 12, 2006
Olbermann's disgraceful 9/11 tirade
Frequent AT contributor Noel Sheppard has penned a letter to MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams regarding Keith Olbermann's tirade last night accusing President Bush of assorted villany. MSNBC's parent company General Electric has well—publicized policy of being the number one... More
September 12, 2006
9/11 conspiracy cranks and reality
James Meigs, editor of Popular Mechanics, pens a delicious slap in the face of the conspiracy theorists who insist that 9/11 was an "inside job." It is a measure of the degeneracy of the leftist media that a notable fraction... More
September 12, 2006
Another counterproductive educrat "innovation" debunked
What have the graduate schools of education ever contirbuted to the learning of America's children? Do we really need "innovative" or "cutting edge" techniques to teach that which has been successfully passed from generation to generation for millenia? Why has... More
September 12, 2006
The Christian in the family tree must be significant
The New York Times, always eager to obscure the Muslim heritage of many terrorists, does not have a problem "outing" the father of the director of the mini—series Path to 9/11 for his Christianity. Mr. Cunningham too has drawn attention for his... More
September 12, 2006
The Ayatollahs' New Toy
Regular readers of this site will be aware of one particular contributor [ahem] who insists that the Iranians, with their neverending weapons tests, military exercises, and Ahmadinejad as frontman, are running a colossal bluff aimed at holding off international action until... More
September 12, 2006
Persistent vegetative state Is not irreversible
In the hot debates that surrounded the Schiavo case, many ferociously attacked the religious defenders of her right to life, arguing that everyone knew there was no possibility of recovery. But the Guardian now reports miraculous results in patients in... More
September 11, 2006
Federally-funded attack
Boomkworm reports on a 9/11 ceremony conducted by a federally—funded organization which seems to have taken an anti—America or anti—Bush cast. It may be borderline, but it is highly inappropriate, if the second—hand report is true.... More
September 11, 2006
Good news for the GOP from an unlikely source
John Zogby has released a new set of his Internet polls on the Senate races. Zogby once had a pretty decent reputation, but lost it* with many miscalls in the most recent national elections, and extreme partisanship: he is clearly... More
September 11, 2006
Good news from Malaysia
Mahathir Mohamad, who ran Malaysia for over two decades, and who was once regarded as something like a paragon of Moderate Islamic rule (if you ignored the anti—Semitic stuff), became more and more intemperate when out of office. He has... More
September 11, 2006
Welcome to the real world
One can almost hear the captive jihadists at Abu Ghraib crying very, very hard for the Americans to come back. A little hazing now must seem like an innocent fraternity picnic, enduring as they are an excrement diet (literally) and... More
September 11, 2006
New tool in the GWOT: insurance
The Washington Post reports today: CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government—reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to... More
September 11, 2006
Chicago Mayor Daley is one sane Democrat
Just when it seemed the Democrats have lost their collective mind, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley steps up and does something sensible. From the Chicago Sun—Times: Infuriating organized labor and delighting business leaders, Mayor Daley today vetoed an ordinance that would... More
September 11, 2006
If you dare (a poem)
On September eleventh, two thousand and one I stood on a pier in the late morning sun. Across the Potomac I expected to see The United States Capital cease to be. With the smoke from the Pentagon dark at... More
September 11, 2006
So wrong, in so many ways
Gateway Pundit highlights a landmark in the decline of television news: a Democrat candidate for the Senate, Claire McCaskill, has purchased coverage from a St. Louis television station. The local STLMedia website this week reported that Democratic Senatorial Candidate Claire McCaskill... More
September 11, 2006
Iran learns from Reuters?
Military intelligence has determined that Iran faked video of sub—to—surface missile, according to the website Vital Perspective. Military Intelligence Determines Iran Faked Video of Sub—to—Surface Missile U.S. military intelligence has determined that a video released on August 27 by the... More
September 11, 2006
Be careful what you wish for
The villainous Americans, so brutal and racist, have given over control of Abu Ghraib Prison to the Iraqis, who are able to provide appropriate and culturally sensitive care to the charges who inhabit its cells. The UK Telegraph reports: An... More
September 11, 2006
Awkward questions remain for Armitage
Martin Peretz, publisher of the New Republic and mentor to Al Gore at Harvard (and beyond), takes a hard look at faux victims Joe and Val Wilson, and Richard Armitage's behavior in the case. His Democrat background and ties do... More
September 11, 2006
Normalizing Jew-hatred
Disturbing evidence accumulates that overt expressions of Jew—hatred are beoming normal and accepted in not only the Muslim world, but in Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere. The latest example comes from Scotland, where the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has featured "comedians"... More
September 11, 2006
Fun facts for 9/11
Lee Hamilton, vice—chair of the 9/11 Commission, and longtime former Democrat Member of Congress, sits on the advisory board of Sandy Burglar's (i.e., Berger) company, Stonebridge International. Oddly, the company's logo shows a bridge apparently constructed of reinforced concrete. Hat... More
September 10, 2006
Will the Brits turn tail?
Tony Blair is now on the ropes at Number 10 Downing Street, and nobody knows whether a Prime Minister from the apoplectic Left wing of Labour will take over the British government. If the hard Left takes over, look for the... More
September 10, 2006
Russia in, British out at Airbus parent
Business Week cites reports that Russia's Vneshtorgbank (VTB) has laid out $1 billion for nearly 5% of the European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADS), which owns Airbus. Neither VTB nor EADS would comment. This news comes directly on the... More
September 10, 2006
How to fake a photo
This link takes you a four minute video demonstrating the ease of faking photos. It also includes a bonus clip of an AP representative averring that there was only one faked photo out of the Lebanon war, and it was... More
September 10, 2006
Offshoring lawyers
Business Week writes about the emerging practice of offshoring some legal services to low wage countries: On the seventh floor of an old office building on the outskirts of Manila, 30 Filipino attorneys, including three who have passed U.S. bar... More
September 10, 2006
Curiously similar names of terror suspect and Arab activist
A terror suspect was arrested with a knife "artfully concealed" in a book was stopped at Detroit Metropolitcan Airport trying to get on a one—way flight to Yemen. The man's name? Mohammed Ghanem. "Someone had carved out the inside of... More
September 10, 2006
Two new planks in the Democrats' platform
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