Missing Egyptian Students
These students were supposed to report to Montana State University. Most of the students have now been found, however five are still at large.
These students were supposed to report to Montana State University. Most of the students have now been found, however five are still at large.
From: Best of the Web
“It’s a little hard to see exactly what’s going on at this size, but as luck would have it the Washington Post used the photo on its July 31 front page, and a sharp-eyed reader scanned it for us.
Here’s an enlargement of the portion in question:
It’s a bit reminiscent of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: “I’m getting better.”)
Plainly this scene was staged for the benefit of the cameras, though it is important to note we know of no evidence that the photographer was complicit in the staging. It is, however, a clear example of how terrorist groups use journalists to spread their propaganda”
From the JAWA Report:
“August 06, 2006
Another Fake Reuters Photo from Lebanon
UPDATE: Reuters admits photo docotored, pulls all Hajj photos.
Another photo by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj has been shown to be doctored. The photo, which proports to be of an Israeli F-16 firing missiles on Lebanon has been doctored to make the photo seem more sensational.”
More on the same story from WSJ Best of the Web
Quote from: State of Fear by Michael Crichton
“He felt as if he had been physically moved—as if someone had picked him up and shifted him ten feet to one side. He was no longer standing in the same place. But he had also been changed internally. He felt a kind of solid impassivity he had not known before. There were unpleasant realties in the world, and previously he had averted his eyes from them, or changed the subject, or made excuses for what had occurred. He imagined that this was an acceptable strategy in life—in fact, that it was a more humane strategy. He no longer believed that.
If someone tried to kill you, you did not have the option of averting your eyes or changing the subject. You were forced to deal with that person’s behavior. The experience was, in the end, a loss of certain illusions.
The world was not how you wanted it to be.
The world was how it was.
There were bad people in the world. They had to be stopped.â€
From:The Australian News
ISRAEL last night threatened to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh if Hamas militants did not release a captured Israeli soldier unharmed.
The unprecedented warning was delivered to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a letter as Israel debated a deal offered by Hamas to free Corporal Gilad Shalit.
It came as Israeli military officials readied a second invasion force for a huge offensive into Gaza. Hamas’s Gaza-based political leaders, including Mr Haniyeh, had already gone into hiding.
From StopUNGunBan.Org
“This 4th of July, while you and your family celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the founding of our great nation, there’s one party you won’t be invited to…
…And that’s the party that Kofi Annan is throwing at United Nations headquarters in New York — using your tax dollars — for nearly fifty dictatorships, six terrorist states, governments that endorse execution based on religious faith, and a multitude of other nations from around the globe.
You see, this party isn’t to honor your freedoms — but to conspire to take them away. That’s right. Over our 4th of July holiday, while taps is played at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Americans who have sacrificed their lives for freedom…
…These dictatorships, terrorist states and so-called “free†nations of the world plan to meet on our home soil to finalize a U.N. treaty that would strip all citizens of all nations of their right to self-protection, and strip you of your rights under the Second Amendment.”
From the BBC
“At 0848 GMT, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was the first notable personality to be interviewed on the death of Zarqawi.
Speaking live on al-Arabiya TV, he said “the killing of this terrorist, who topped the list of wanted people, not only in Iraq but on the international level, is a happy day for Iraq, the Iraqi people, and all free people.”
U.S. Special Operations Forces directed an air strike against a safe house 40 miles north of Baghdad last night. Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was confirmed as one of the dead. Woo Hoo! Too bad he wasn’t beheaded on Al Jezera. The Iraqi press corps erupted in applause when told Zarqawi had been killed.
From: NetscapeÂ
“Michael Moore sued by Iraq war veteran
By Jason Szep
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. war veteran who lost both arms in Iraq has sued Oscar-winning director Michael Moore for $85 million, saying television clips were used without his permission in the anti-war documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and gave a false impression that he opposed the war.”
From: JAMES TARANTO WSJ Best of the Web
“Baby-boomer liberalism, with its smug sense of moral superiority and its impatience with America’s imperfections, is today the prevailing worldview among many of our elite institutions, not least the so-called mainstream media. This explains why Dotty Lynch is puzzled that Iraq hasn’t become another Vietnam.
The answer to her question is that Iraq isn’t Vietnam because “Vietnam” was the product of a peculiar set of conditions at an unusual moment in history–a moment that has long since passed.”
“The Respect MP George Galloway has said it would be morally justified for a suicide bomber to murder Tony Blair.” – The Independent
If that statement isn’t worthy of treason, I don’t know what is. Well, maybe sedition.
From Wired:
“A file detailing aspects of AT&T’s alleged participation in the National Security Agency’s warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San Francisco courthouse. But the public cannot see it because, at AT&T’s insistence, it remains under seal in court records.”
From Annual Report of the United States Commission on Religious Freedom by way of Gandalf23.
“the repressive Saudi government continues to engage in an array of severe violations of human rights as part of its repression of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. Abuses include: torture and cruel and degrading treatment or punishment imposed by judicial and administrative authorities; prolonged detention without charges and often incommunicado; and blatant denials of the right to liberty and security of the person, including coercive measures aimed at women and the broad jurisdiction of the mutawaa (religious police), whose powers are vaguely defined and exercised in ways that violate the religious freedom of others. ”
Here is a great story about the coolest sherrif in the country. He works in Maricopa County, Arizona. Alien Roundup
“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, ‘What should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ … If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!” –Samuel Adams
A small group of terrorists were demonstrating in NYC on the 20th. Check out the video.
All I can say is, I hope to god some government agency was watching them as well as the people who took this video.
In February, when there were psychos in France demonstrating against the Danish cartoons, two Frenchmen with the biggest balls I’ve seen went into a crowd with Danish flags on their shirts. Video
Well, as it turns out, the genius executives at Comedy Central censored Muhammad after having aired it before on the same show. That’s right! On July 4th, 2001, a South Park episode entitled “Super Best Friends” included Muhammad as part of a superhero-like group of representatives from every major religion not only was he aired, but Muhammad had a decently large role.
So, just to recap:
-2001: “Super Best Friends” airs, nothing happens. Later that year, the greatest single attack on the United States is committed, and the country begins its War on Terrorism. (the two are not linked)
-2005: A Danish newspaper prints cartoons featuring images of Muhammad. This leads to riots and violent retalliation.
-2006: Comedy Central refuses to air an image of Muhammad on their network in the name of “public safety.”
In case anyone is unclear, this is exactly what terrorism is supposed to do, use the fear of violent retaliation to cause a population to bow to the wishes of a few radicals.
Terrorists: 1
American civilians with power: 0
After blogging about Comedy Central’s decision to censor South Park, I wrote a letter to the network to voice my concerns. The following is my letter followed by Comedy Central’s response.
“I find it deeply disturbing that the one network that I was convinced was above censorship, the network that allows Carlos Mencia to rant and rag on anyone regardless of race or creed, the network that runs movies and shows COMPLETELY uncensored after hours, has been the first to cowardly bow to the wishes of radical Islam.
What if radical gun owners were to threaten violence because you made fun of Charlton Heston? Would you be willing to fight for the First Amendment? What if radical Christians threatened violence for disgraceful images of Jesus, or God? Would you be willing to fight for the First Amendment? The answer is yes, you would fight for your’s, and everyone else’s for that matter, right to say what you want when you want it. You have not succeeded in preventing violence due to retaliation.
You have only succeeded in destroying Comedy Central’s reputation as the network that IS willing to push buttons. I can only hope that you right your error and re-air the recetnly censored episode of South Park free of any censorship of the images of Muhommad. This and only this will show the people of the world that the Freedom of Speech is more important than a certain group’s radical agenda. Thank You.”
On Wednesday, April 12th, Comedy Central ran the second part of a two part South Park that was centered around American media censoring itself out of fear of Muslim retaliation. The authors of the show, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, made the purpose of the show quite clear and repeatedly had characters comment on the state of things in modern american media. The whole two episodes led up to one moment at which an episode of the T.V. show Family Guy was supposed to show an image of Muhammad.
This image was simply that, an image. If memory serves, Muhammad was supposed to hand Peter a salmon hat, whatever that is. Comedy Central, however, refused to air the image. Instead, a message informing the viewers that the image had been censored was aired.
The real kicker, though, is that at the last moment of the show, Comedy Central deemed it okay to air Jesus, the President of the United States of America, a gay man, a pregnant woman and just about anyone else you can think to make fun of crapping on each other, themselves and the american flag. What kind of a sick twisted world are we creating?
In the wise words of Kyle Broflovski, “You can’t do what [they] want just because [they’re] the one threatening you with violence… if you don’t show Muhammad, then you’ve made a distinction between what is okay to poke fun at and what isn’t. Either it’s all okay or none of it is.”
The decision that Comedy Central has made is one that I’m afraid the rest of the media will follow. We need to decide right now, do we just believe in freedom of speech or are we willing to defend it?
If you would like to comment to Comedy Central about their “decision”, click here.
You are not going to belive this so click on the link below to see for yourself.
The Communist Party USA is providing “Immigrant Rights Action Packets” in English and Spanish! And they are blaming the poor living and working conditions in Mexico on us!
From their website:
“What are the reasons for immigration?
Increased immigration is the result of the declining living standards and job displacement caused by NAFTA and other pro-big-business policies pushed by our government.”