Iran supporting three Shi’ite jihad groups in Iraq

Attempting to attack U.S. bases — showing yet again the smashing success of Obama’s policy of conciliation toward Iran. Read more about that in The Post-American Presidency. “Iran supports three insurgent groups in Iraq: US general,” from AFP, July 22 (thanks to Mackie): WASHINGTON — Iran is supporting three Shiite…

The other trouble with newspapers

“The world still has too many reporters” (*)

Newspapers are in the paper redistribution business, not the information business. And that, says Seth Godin, is their problem:
Defenders of the status quo at newspapers, book publishers and the magazine industry are in a panic. Some are even misguidedly asking for government regulation or a bailout.

All three [...]

Netherlands: Paintings featuring pigs removed from hospitals to avoid offending Muslims

Pre-emptive dhimmitude! “Paintings with Pigs Removed from Hospitals,” from NISNews, July 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): LEERDAM, 23/07/10 – Three paintings depicting pigs have been pre-emptively removed from a hospital in Leerdam because they might offend Muslims. One patient, not actually himself a Muslim, made a…

Iran is Attacking U.S. Bases in Iraq Because We Let Them

I may be reading too much into these statements, but I’m getting a sense that General Ray Odierno, commander of the Multinational Forces in Iraq, is getting frustrated. Like General Petraeus before him, Odierno is becoming more and more vocal about the role Iran plays in attacking Coalition and Iraqi forces and mingling in Iraq [...]

Turkish columnist says that “liberal Muslim” Mustafa Akyol is actually an Islamic supremacist working for restoration of caliphate

Recently I had an interesting exchange with the self-described “liberal Muslim” Mustafa Akyol, after he declared his support for the jihad flotilla that Turkey sent against Israel. And so I read this peace by the Turkish columnist Burak Bekdil with great interest: he characterizes the “liberal” Akyol as a pro-Sharia,…

Brazening it out: Spanish “activists” sue Israel for crimes against humanity over jihad flotilla

The jihad flotilla group has been exposed as having clear, long-standing ties to terrorism and jihad, but that doesn’t stop these predatory “activists” from claiming victim status and trying to demonize Israel yet again. “Spanish activists sue Israel over Gaza flotilla raid,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, July 23 (thanks to…

Crucify Her! Crucify Her! Journalists Targeted Sarah Palin in Non-Official Campaign

We knew the mainstream media was in collusion in an all out attack against Sarah Palin, but we just couldn’t prove it – now we can.
Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong has exposed Journolist’s gang-up against Palin as the only way to usher in their pick for the White House. Imagine that. All the biggies in the [...]

Mosque bomb injures 20 in Afghanistan

The Taliban don’t even hesitate to set off a bomb inside a mosque. As far as they are concerned, those within it are heretics, apostates, for dealing with the elections, and so they’re fair game. “Mosque bomb injures 20 in Afghanistan: general,” from AFP, July 23 (thanks to Twostellas): KHOST,…

Janeane Garofalo and the Journolist Gang

Janeane Garofalo started the race baiting in 2009 against the Tea Party. Maybe she was on the email list of the Journolist gang.

Ibn Warraq: “It’s no good pretending that somehow the real Islam is tolerant, the real Islam is feminist, and so on”

Here, from a lengthy and fascinating discussion featuring Paul Berman, Judith Miller, Fred Siegel, Lee Smith, Ibn Warraq, is my friend Ibn Warraq’s take on a question that has been much discussed here and elsewhere, and is often obscured and confused: the distinction between Islam and “Islamism,” and that between…