News You Need to Know 08Feb10
- From the Interviews of David Horowitz: February 8, 2010
– Glenn Beck on February 4, 2009
If you have a favorite Horowitz quote you want to highlight for others then click here to submit. Please include: “Horowitz Quote of the Day” in subject line. A link to where the quote is from. (No need to include this if it’s from a book.) [...] - Jamie Glazov: “Thank You, Glenn Beck, for Exposing Communism’s Evil”
At FrontPage Magazine, managing editor and Cold War specialist Dr. Jamie Glazov wrote a fascinating article about his family’s history, the Soviet Union, Western leftists and their alliance with dictators and terrorists, and, finally, Fox News host Glenn Beck. Please take the time to read it.
Jamie was born in the Soviet Union. His grandfathers, both dissidents, [...] - Report: Somalia’s al-Shabaab declares jihad on Kenya
That was bound to happen sooner or later, just as soon as al-Shabaab got strong enough to expand its horizons. The newly minted alliance with al-Qaeda is also significant, as al-Shabaab has access to al-Qaeda’s assets in the region to make good on its threats. “Somalia: Al-Shabaab declares jihad on…
- A Non-Violent Jihadi is Still a Jihadi
How Hizb ut-Tahrir spreads extremism around the world.
- The New Attack on Palin? Associate Her with John Edwards
The obsessive attacks on Palin take yet another morbid turn.
- Thank You, Glenn Beck, for Exposing Communism’s Evils
Beck’s efforts help ensure that the millions extinguished by the communist killing machine will not be forgotten.
- The Buffalo Interfaith Bluff
How the Jews taking part in Buffalo “interfaith efforts” were so easily bamboozled.
- Religious “Truth” Commission to Examine U.S. War “Atrocities”
Far-left Christian activists host committee to slander the military.
- The New Israel Fund and the Next War
The Israeli government has an opportunity to clear the way for any future war to end not only in military victory, but in political victory for Israel as well.
- Rep. Paul Ryan clashes with Obama over budget – washingtonpost.com
Rep. Paul D. Ryan says he is determined to make sure the Republican Party is viewed as “the alternative party, not the opposition party.”
That is a goal President Obama embraced when he visited House Republicans at their policy retreat in Baltimore last week, and he singled out Ryan as someone he would like to work [...]
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News You Need to Know 07Feb10
- France: burqa-clad robbers hold up post office
You just never know who might be in there Ain’t multiculturalism grand? And doesn’t this open up an intriguing sidelight on the stories about France considering banning the burqa? “Burqa-clad robbers hold up post office,” from AFP, February 7 (thanks to Jockaira): Two burqa-wearing robbers have held up a…
- Norway: 1000 taxi drivers Muslim cab drivers stop work to protest Muhammad cartoons
The Norwegian paper Dagbladet reprinted one of the Motoons, and that’s when the fun began. “We wanted to show our opposition to it that makes a mockery of our values,” said cab driver Munir Rashad. Great. And so will Norway stand by passively and allow its own values to…
- European Court of Human Rights says Turkey’s religion ID promotes discrimination, violates human rights
“[Religion on the ID] can cost people their jobs. It has been known to affect whether they get a job or not, how people look at them, whether they are accepted for a post or an application of some sort. Therefore I think [the ruling] is a good and appropriate…
- From the Writings of David Horowitz: Feburary 7, 2010
I looked forward to seeing Elissa. Although we had not been married for thirty years, we had not lost each other entirely either. A durable bond had been forged out of the love we shared for our children, and now for their children, and out of memories of a past long gone.
Although the streets of [...] - “Wilders trial the most determined statement of dhimmitude we’ve yet seen in Europe”
A stupendous video from Pat Condell on the Wilders trial — Dutch authorities have put Wilders is on trial “for the crime of embarrassing them with the truth.” “When the truth is against the law, there is something seriously wrong with the law.”…
- “Egypt is going in new directions that are starting to affect the harmony between religions. This attitude is evident not only among ordinary Muslims but among top government and Islamic officials.”
The very first line — “Father Metyas Mankarios ministers to garbage men” — flies right by but actually it is telling. Islamic law for dhimmis forbids them to hold authority over Muslims, so they generally occupied the most menial positions in society. Thus this is not just evidence of “discrimination,”…
- The Jezebel Guide to Questioning Women’s Femininity
Last week, noted feminist Keith Olbermann implied that the women of Fox News are only hired because they’re attractive. In response, The Daily Caller’s Jim Treacher posted a photo gallery of women who work for MSNBC. When he got to Rachel Maddow, Treacher wrote, “Whoops, how did that one get in there? Sorry, man. I [...]
- Olbermann: There Are Republicans Under My Bed!
Not really, but Keith Olbermann’s latest conspiracy theory rivals having Republicans under his bed.
During last night’s Countdown, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann attacked those “crazy” conservatives for what he perceives as a right-wing conspiracy to convince Americans his show’s ratings are plummeting and his popularity is fading. Of course, the origin of his latest fanaticsm is none [...] - Thug-In-Chief: “The Iranian nation is now standing against the US more firmly, more powerfully, more revolutionarily and more vigilantly than 31 years ago and they will stand so (in future)”
But…but…wasn’t Obama supposed to usher in a new era of mutual respect between the U.S. and Iran? Instead, Islam as a “political force … from Morocco to Malaysia” is more belligerent than ever. “Ahmadinejad Lauds Iran’s Mightiness in Post-Revolution Era,” from the Fars News Agency, February 6 (thanks to Mo):…
- Fitzgerald: Sabrina Tavernise, the Times, and What Would Be Fit for the Printer
Sabrina Tavernise reports in today’s New York Times — a story that begins on the front-page, and continues at great length inside — about the rape and beating to death of a 12-year-old Pakistani girl by her employer, a rich and prominent member of the Lahore bar. The story is…
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News You Need to Know 06Feb10
- From the Writings of David Horowitz: February 6, 2010
The doctrine that only whites can be racist is, in fact, itself an instigation to hate crimes. It is a doctrine that has already spread to the secondary schools. The week after the Shepard killing, a Seattle father called a national radio talk show on which I was a guest, and told the audience [...]
- Gerard Alexander: Why are liberals so condescending? – Washington Post
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but [...]
- President Obama Doesn’t Care About Iran
Intensely focused on his socialist legislative rampage at home, President Obama doesn’t seem too interested in foreign policy at all.
Perhaps that’s why he’s asleep at the wheel regarding Iran. He hasn’t offered much encouragement to those pro-Western elements in Iran who would like to overthrow the evil, murdering theocratic regime. He hasn’t done anything about Iran’s [...] - Pigman’s Vow
In a world where men fly planes into towers and are celebrated as heroes by the vile culture that breeds them, we need a new kind of hero that symbolizes our battle against such evil. An icon against jihad who does the right thing no matter how bad it looks, and who brings an unprecedented [...]
- Indonesia: Constitutional Court considers amendments to blasphemy law
Indonesia’s blasphemy law is a case study in why such laws against insulting or defaming religions, as championed by the likes of the OIC, should be flatly rejected in the West. On the surface, they may sound well-intended and even-handed: indeed, wouldn’t the world be a swell place if everybody…
- Leg Thrills and Spine Chills With Chris Matthews Part 6: Andrew Young, Edwards Confidante, is a “Rat-fink”
A typical pet-peeve of parents: kids that tattle. Not me, I love a tattle-tale. Every family needs at least one good informant. We were lucky enough to have a good ratio, three out of nine.
Granted there are kids that will tattle just for spite, but then there are those kids that just have an acute [...] - Wednesday Morning Club
February 26, 2010
David Horowitz
Los Angeles,CA - Space Travel: In Which We Admit to Agreeing With James Cameron and Barack Obama
The Falcon 9, a privately built rocket which will supply the International Space Station
We spend the majority of our time in opposition to the policies put forth by President Obama’s administration. Only one of us (Tim) has seen “Avatar,” but he can vouch that it’s a grab bag of leftist tropes wrapped in stunning visuals. [...] - Glenn Beck Live Blog and Live Chat at 5 PM ET
I’ll be live blogging Glenn Beck’s show today at 5 PM ET again. If you’re watching the show live as well – or even if you aren’t because, say, you’re at work – be sure to visit NewsReal Blog frequently throughout the show. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on it with you and other readers [...]
- U.S. Combat Officers Under Fire For American Troop Deaths Caused By Obama-McChrystal Hearts And Minds Policies
There is a saying in police work and in military service that certain very noxious, offensive substances always roll downhill. That is to say, foul-ups instigated by bad policy will always be blamed on the lowest possible links in the chain of command. Such is the case now in Afghanistan.
Diana West writes extensively about [...]
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News You Need to Know 05Feb10
- Bin Laden Goes Green
What does the world’s most notorious terrorist have in common with Al Gore?
- How the Veil Conquered Cairo University
Radical Islam’s takeover of the lives of Egypt’s educated women.
- Clueless About CAIR and ISNA
Why do some government officials insist on involving themselves with groups connected to terror?
- Smear Book
Why was a yarmulke photoshopped onto David Horowitz’s head for the cover of a new book
attacking anti-Jihad activists? - “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” or Promoting Islamic Dominance?
Canada’s “largest Muslim convention” is silent on jihad and on violent and oppressive cultural traditions within the Muslim world.
- How a “Nice American Girl” Became a Jihadist
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui learned to hate America, hate Jews, and hate Israel right here in liberal America.
- Obama: Bank Bailout “Necessary,” Iraq War “Dumb”
Are we sure the bank baillout was a success?
- Global Warming: The Other Side
Ignore the hype and consider the evidence.
- Why was a Yarmulke Photoshopped onto David Horowitz’s Head For the Cover of this Smear Book?
At JihadWatch Robert Spencer has a great post taking apart a new self-published book attacking him, David Horowitz, and other anti-Jihad activists.
Why was the jacket photograph of Horowitz from A Cracking of the Heart distorted and a yarmulke inserted? Horowitz is not religious and does not wear yarmulkes. I think I know why. - Most Troubling Tweet Today: Does Wall Street Drop Seem Amusing?
Sometimes the leftist bloggers have a “unique” brand of humor. The kind of “unique humor” that makes most everyone else cringe. Earlier today the liberal blogger Atrios, aka Duncan Bowen Black of Media Matters fame and formerly of the wildly unsuccessful Air America tweeted:
cnbc is only fun to watch when the market is tanking
Nice to [...]
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News You Need to Know 04Feb10
- Wednesday Morning Club
March 16, 2010
Brian Wesbury
Los Angeles, CA - Santa Barbara Retreat
April 23 – 25, 2010
http://sbretreat.org
Santa Barbara, CA
- Defending the Indefensible
Treating the Christmas bomber like a common criminal was a national security blunder.
- Islamic Nazis
No one told the Islamic Nazis that they lost World War II.
- Make Mine Freedom: A Prophetic View of Today
While watching the news tonight I experienced a flash of dissonance whereby my preferred perception of reality was dintinctly incongruent with the moment. I found my usual optimistic outlook on events in direct conflict with the reality of America’s descent into the radical blend of Marxism, Socialism and Communism currently progressed by the Obama administration. [...]
- Failure Writ Small
Obama’s speech in New Hampshire this week sums everything that’s wrong with the administration.
- Michelle’s Anti-Obesity Campaign
Who really benefits from the ostensible push for improved nutrition in the schools?
- In Defense of the American Task Force on Palestine
When they say they want peace they really mean it.
- The Lure of Radical Islam
Why some Western men find the lifestyle of the jihadist so captivating.
- Pigman: The Jihad’s Up
- BOSCH FAWSTIN
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News You Need to Know 03Feb10
- Hirsi Ali calls on Americans to fight for the human rights of Muslim women
Freedom fighter Freedom fighter Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last night, and Rashid Dar, the head of the campus chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Muslim Students Association, in this article affects a posture of wounded victimhood, claiming that Hirsi Ali — who was raised a Muslim…
- From the Writings of David Horowitz: February 3, 2010
A specter is haunting America – the specter of a people rising. From one coast to the other and across the great plains, Americans are waking up to the threat from a leftist elite that is determined to fundamentally change the American system, push through a socialist agenda, and make every citizen dependent on the [...]
- Slate Magazine Reintegrates Womenfolk
Last May, the ladies of Slate magazine banished themselves to the virtual menstrual lodge known as Double X. Their goal with the left-leaning feminist spin-off was to “set the agenda for what women are thinking and talking about,” presumably without gumming up Slate with too many girl cooties.
As it turns out, launching a national conversation [...] - Indonesia: Muslim mob burns two churches, pastor’s home
“When worship continued unabated, a mob took matters into its own hands.” Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Muslim Mob Burns Pastor’s Home, 2 Churches,” from International Christian Concern via AINA, February 3: Washington — International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim mob set fire to a…
- AFL-CIO Prez Trumka on the Employee Free Choice Act aka “May I Fill the Card Out for You?”
Hey, don’t trouble yourself. Let me just sign that union card for you.
Richard Trumka, current president of the AFL-CIO, cares about you, the American Worker. He cares so much that he is going to stop those dirty employers from forcing you to have a secret ballot. Until I heard him speak, I never realized a [...] - Wilders launches websites on his trial
An announcement from the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV): Dutch politician Geert Wilders launches websites on political trial Wednesday February 3rd 2010 Dutch politician Geert Wilders launches two websites on the political trial against him and the freedom of speech. From now on both the Dutch (www.wildersproces.nl) and the…
- Obama’s Budget Blame Game
The president blames his predecessor for his own fiscal profligacy.
- Unholy Alliance: Zinn, Chomsky, Bin Laden
The ties that bind two leftist ideologues and an arch terrorist.
- Curious Defenses of the Goldstone Report
Goldstone invokes his Jewishness, Zionism, his daughter’s residence in Israel and his connection to Hebrew University.
- Sharia’s Dominion
Two books argue that repression, cruelty, and fear are central to Islam.
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Never Too Late…….
How many times have you heard this expression, it’s never too late too (do something, anything). It’s a positive encouraging colloquialism that is true in many ways. Another is “Don’t put off till tomorow what you can do today”! Added together it almost becomes a commanding edict from the source, doesn’t!
In My case I see it as a call to action against the sins of the greedy and power obsessed of the world, who feed off the suffering of others, i.e. the Mega-Glomerate Corporations and International Bankers! While I am NOT altruistically naive to believe that all the worlds problems can be solved by one voice or by many. I believe that while the silence of the One is disappointing and unfortunate, the silence of the many is deadly!
The common person in today’s MGMSM influenced world is besieged daily with subtle messages of inferiority, doubt, depression, uncertainty, fear and aggression all packed in a rosy presentation with a cheerful smile, and if One is really paying attention, it’s minute by minute. Minute by minute, second by second a constant assault of messages, messages, messages: You’re ugly, You’re fat, You’re driving the wrong car, You’re wearing the wrong clothes and accessories (oh god, let’s not forget the all holy accessories), You’re not thinking correctly, You’re not consuming enough, YOU’RE JUST…..INADEQUATE, PERIOD! The overall message: If YOU wanna be SOMEBODY, then GET more money fool and SPEND, SPEND, SPEND! No wonder so many folks are running around high on synthetic speed(Benzedrine, methamphetamine, etc), synthetic cocaine(Xanax, Prozac, Adderall, all antidepressants, etc), and synthetic heroin(hydrocodone and it’s pain killer cousins) along with the real stuff too!
It’s a wonder folks are not just striking out against each other just out of sheer frustration what with the noise coming from the MGMSM these days. If You want to save Yourself from this torture then it’s very simple. If You are reading this, You are already in front of the worlds greatest source of information and content in the history of mankind, so why not just turn off that brainwashing box called a TeeVee! From this point on get Your news, information, and entertainment from the source You are using right this moment!
It’s never too late to redeem Yourself. It’s never too late to become the voice among many in the stream of dissent against the maddening MGMSM and it’s power greedy obsessed corporate masters! Tune out the MGMSM, print and broadcast, and tune in the new salvation of mankind’s sanity, the World Wide Web:-)
For the love of all that’s holy to You, speak out, speak up, turn off and tune in to Word of the World Wide Web. Let the new silence be that of the slow agonizing demise of the MGMSM!
Peace be unto you and yours!
News You Need to Know 02Feb10
- President of Islamic Council of Jamaica endorses death penalty for homosexuality under Sharia law
Chances are, we’ll later be told that this was “taken out of context.” No controversial statement by a Muslim figure has ever been taken in its “proper” context, you know. “Muslim leader blasts gay lifestyle,” by Karyl Walker for the Jamaica Observer, February 1: President of the Islamic Council of…
- Somalia’s al-Shabaab: Yeah, we’re with al-Qaeda
Just making it official. After all, the two groups have a common goal — the fundamental goal of all jihad, the imposition of Islamic law. “Somali Islamists al-Shabab ‘join al-Qaeda fight’,” from BBC News, February 1: Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters…
- Howard Zinn’s History of Hate
For the late Marxist historian, America was always the enemy.
- Fighting the Goldstone Report
Israel’s military investigation can establish the truth about Gaza and Hamas terrorism.
- Kicking the Palestinian Habit
The Middle East “peace process” is on hold – and that’s a good thing.
- The Death of Global Warming?
The political hysteria persists, but prominent dissenters are emerging.
- Politicians in Wonderland
What’s the real story on how many jobs the president has created?
- Remembering the Dream of America
What I said to the Republican Members of Congress.
- French Catholic bishop on burqa ban: “If we want Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries to enjoy all their rights, we should in our country respect the rights of all believers to practice their faith”
The main problem with Bishop Santier’s comments is a false sense of equivalence between the burqa issue and the plight of Christians in Muslim countries. In the former case, a very small number of Muslim women may be restricted from concealing their faces in the interest of gender equality and…
- Barrels filled with explosives wash up on Israeli beaches
There is, perhaps, a certain Wile E. Coyote-ish element to this particular jihadist operation. No word on whether, as the assailants paddled away, they shouted “Allahu Acme!” “Explosives wash up on Israeli beaches,” from CNN, February 1: Jerusalem (CNN) — Two barrels filled with explosives washed up on beaches in…
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News You Need to Know 01Feb10
- The Progressives “GREEN” Master Plan: “AGENDA 21″
Imagine that you’re Christopher Columbus, setting foot on the new world for the first time. The image above is about what you’d expect to see. If the hard core progressives get their way, this is what over 95% of America will look like again one day. No roads, no privately owned farms or homes, no [...]
- Tea Party Nation Announces Surprise Live Webcast and Broadcast of Event for Their Grassroots
The Tea Party Nation announced tonight that it will host a live broadcast of the opening of the National Tea Party Convention, keynote speeches and Sarah Palin’s address.
In order to enable millions of Tea Party activists who could not be in attendance, the National Tea Party Convention is working with PJTV, FOX News, CNN [...] - Mexico’s Drug War
How the bloody battle against Mexico’s drug lords could threaten America.
- Collaborators in the War Against the Jews: Jennifer Loewenstein
For this professional Israel-basher, Hamas is really just a peace movement.
- The State of the Union: a Hollow Speech
The era of big speeches is over.
- Joseph Massad at UCLA: Gay-Bashing 101
A Columbia professor claims that homosexuality is an imperialist plot against the Arab and Muslim worlds.
- Delegitimizing “Exclusivist” Israel
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann turns on Israel.
- We Need Diversity
How come diversity-driven administrators allow sports, the most visible part of a college, to be the least diverse and least inclusive?
- Is the Internet Destroying Our Lives or Enriching Them?
My friend Douglas Rushkoff, author of the must-read book Life Inc., has a new documentary on PBS on February 2 at 9:00 PM EST. It’s called Digital Nation and is about the effects of the internet on our culture and lives.
Salon has a story worth reading which interviews Rushkoff about this new project.
Let’s see, so [...] - A Wicked Man? No, a Fool with Wicked Ideas
I’ve been uncomfortable with one characterization in my blog on Howard Zinn, and have decided I want to correct and will ask our editor David Swindle to do so in the original text. This brief blog is by way of explanation. I’m uncomfortable with calling Zinn a “wicked man” and thereby putting him in the [...]
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News You Need to Know 31Jan10
- U.S. pledges $11 million toward jihadist rehab in Yemen
What could possibly go wrong? Oh, yeah. Jihadists go through the motions and resume the jihad. That’s all. “Indonesia tries rehabilitation to wipe out extremism,” by Anuj Chopra for The National, January 30: JAKARTA // Imagine, for a moment, a possible headline in the future: “Osama bin Laden denounces terrorism…
- France: Prime minister asks for study of possible laws against burqa
But… “Fillon’s letter stressed the need for a consensus and that it was important not to hurt the feelings of Muslims.” Somewhat mixed signals, in an update on this story. What if standing up for Western values like equality and an open society hurts feelings? “French PM asks government body…
- Russia: $1.8 billion in arms to Libya
Against whom will Libya use these weapons? And to what end? Russia continues its short-sighted aid for states that are now enabling or abetting jihad activity, or that are likely to do so if events keep moving in the direction they’re moving in now. “Libya strikes arm deal with Russia,”…
- Jihad/martyrdom bomber kills 14 in Pakistan
“Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain…” — Qur’an 9:111 “Bomb blast in NW Pakistan kills 14,” from Reuters, January 30: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected…
- Democrat Grayson Leaps From Reality on MSNBC, Says Obama Suffering From Stockholm Syndrome
Appearing on the Ed Schultz Show last night, Rep. Alan Grayson (D) displayed the turmoil and progressive dysfunction associated with failure to pass the leftist agenda. Erupting in cognitive confusion Grayson lept over the edge of reality as he reacted to President Obama’s appearance before the House Republican Conference, declaring Obama and Democrats ”have been held hostage” by Republicans this past year!
“The [...] - Ann Coulter on Geraldo at 10 PM EST Tonight
Conservatism’s Queen, Ann Coulter, will be on Geraldo tonight at 10:00 PM EST.
- Unable to Bear the Company of Women
The New York Times has an extensive profile of the American jihadist Omar Hammami, a.k.a. Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, detailing his odyssey from being a middle-class American boy in Alabama to a hateful jihadist in Somalia. We are told that Omar dropped out of college because, as he had himself explained, he “could no longer bear [...]
- Spitting on Howard Zinn’s Grave?
Here’s what I really said about the lifelong Stalinist and propagandist.
- Spitting on Howard Zinn’s Grave?
The other day a reporter from NPR called me and asked me for my comments on the death of the lifelong Stalinist and propagandist Howard Zinn. I was a little reluctant because I knew that whatever I said, legions of unscrupulous myrmidons on the left would jump on it and say I had [...]
- Open Thread: They Say Islam, We Say…..
For my further thoughts on this, my essay Calling Islam “Islam”
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