Lunch Break

I received this list of puns from Chana, one of NewsReal’s regulars who frequently sends me items. (And I welcome other people to PLEASE email me things for Lunch Break, Open Thread, and general news tips.)
As is usually the case with puns some are fiendishly clever and others are painfully bad. The ones in bold [...]

Malignant Turks refuse to play Israeli national anthem for Israeli chess tournament winner, who stands defiant

Defiant and victorious Marcel Efroimski, a 13-year-old Israeli chess prodigy, yesterday became the Girls’ Under-14 World Chess Champion when she won the Gold Medal for her age group at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Turkey. This in itself is not of any interest to Jihad Watch –…

Media Matters: ‘Keep your distortions off our abortions!’

But are they really distortions?
In another analysis-free, cut and paste post, today Media Matters slams a favorite Fox News target:
[Bill] O’Reilly claims health bill would “force all Americans… to fund, through their taxpayer dollars, abortions”

Because they don’t bother actually spelling it out themselves (as usual), I’m not sure what Media Matters‘ objection is. Is [...]

Chris Gone Wild: Matthews Berates Catholic Bishop as Having “Transgressed,” Says He Has No Authority to Advocate Against Abortion in Health Care Bill

Chris Matthews is known for loudly demanding answers of guests, then talking over them and supplying the answer he wants from them, himself.  But last night on Hardball, he outdid himself, berating Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence for withholding communion from Patrick Kennedy over Kennedy’s insistence on including abortion in government health care.
This hit Matthews’s [...]

Restoration Weekend: A Call For Action!

First of all, I would like to join my fellow blogger Chris Yogerst in thanking David Horowitz, Michael Finch, and everyone else at the Freedom Center for providing us one of the most stimulating conferences that I have ever attended in my life.
What I got out of the Restoration Weekend – in addition to meeting fascinating [...]

Obama Stiffs Republicans, Brings Hollywood to First State Dinner

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DreamWorks partners David Geffen,
Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg
all got invites to President Obama’s first
State Dinner. Most key Reublicans in
Congress didn’t make the list.
(Time Magazine cover, March 27, 1995)
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Hat tip to The Washington Times for appreciating the significance of this particular party list.
The Times reports today about who did and didn’t make [...]

Feds charge 20 “young Americans” with joining Al-Qaeda-linked Somali jihad group

“Young Americans” who doubtless despise America and pray for its downfall. “Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 in U.S.,” by Andrea Elliott for the New York Times, November 24 (thanks to all who sent this in): Federal officials on Monday unsealed terrorism-related charges against men they say were…

Canada: Muslim husband threatens to kill his hair stylist wife for “dishonoring” his family by touching other men’s hair

“If you are here, I could not leave you alive.” “Don’t dismiss honour killing claim: judge,” by Kenyon Wallace for the National Post, November 24 (thanks to Kim): A Federal Court judge has ordered the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration to consider the credibility of a woman’s claim that she…

Best Buy wishes you a Happy Eid al-Adha

What? Happy Eid al-Adha? Not “Happy Holidays”? Suddenly Best Buy has found a holiday it can actually mention by name without fear of censure from the Politically Correct Police? (Thanks to Joe.)…

Hamas offers cash for captured Israeli troops

But they sincerely, deep down, want peace! “Mideast: Hamas Offers Award For Captured Israeli Troops,” from ANSAmed, November 24 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – GAZA, NOVEMBER 24 – While the exchange of prisoners with Israel and the release from Gaza of Corporal Ghilad Shalit seem to be on the way…