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  • Archive for January, 2006

    The First Casualty of the Danish Boycott

    Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

    The BBC is reporting that a Danish company has already had to lay off 100 workers because their sales in the Middle East dropped to zero after Arab leaders called for a boycott of Danish goods following a Danish newspaper’s depictions of Mohammed. More:
    Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, is being hardest [...]

    The Search for Peaceful Muslims

    Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

    The title of this post is, of course, a silly one. The majority of Muslims are very peaceful. A very general and universal truth I’ve discovered by living from country to country and traveling from place to place is that most people, regardless of race, religion, political affiliation, or demographic, aspire to the same things [...]

    Muslims Throwing Temper Tantrums: Part 2

    Monday, January 30th, 2006

    The Brussels Journal has an update on the controversy that erupted when the Danish newspaper published depictions of Mohammed (for the facts, scroll down and read my previous post). In Vikings Warned to Leave Palestine, the Brussels Journal says:

    This morning armed Palestinians stormed the European Union office in Gaza City, threatening Danes and Norwegians [...]

    Muslims Throwing Temper Tantrums

    Sunday, January 29th, 2006

    This story just won’t go away. It’s been reported on and discussed heavily in many of the European blogs. The facts are this: In October of 2005, Denmark daily Jyllands-Posten published cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Depicting the prophet’s face is forbidden in Islam, whether by drawing or otherwise. Any pictures or drawings of [...]

    Abortion in the UK

    Sunday, January 29th, 2006

    A UK daily, the Observer, has revealed that the majority of British women want to restrict the abortion laws:
    A majority of women in Britain want the abortion laws to be tightened to make it harder, or impossible, for them to terminate a pregnancy.
    Evidence of a widespread public demand for the government to further restrict [...]

    Palestine Part 2: Democracy and Her Flaws

    Saturday, January 28th, 2006

    A much broader theme is also illustrated by the recent Palestinian elections. The reminder that democracy is not perfect, and that the decisions of the majority are not always the correct ones, is evident, once again. “Elections” in Iran, Saddam’s Iraq, or other similar areas don’t count, because opposition candidates are banned or muzzled. In [...]

    Palestine Part 1: Palestinian Losers Storm Parliament

    Saturday, January 28th, 2006

    Although I think the Middle East peace process is best served by remaining as neutral and objective as possible (as regards to between the parties themselves), recent developments can’t help but force me to do otherwise.
    The fact that Hamas took a majority of the Parliamentary seats in last week’s election is shocking enough. Palestinians like [...]

    Kanye West

    Saturday, January 28th, 2006

    Joel McHale on “The Soup”:
    “He can turn water into Hennessy. But not the good kind.”

    Nice.

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    Chirac gets Punked

    Saturday, January 28th, 2006

    A few days ago Michelle Malkin posted about Fidel Castro getting punked by some smart ass Americans at the mission in Havana. Today, Jacque Chirac got punked. A radio station in Quebec knew that Chirac and new Canadian Prime Minister Harper had yet to speak, so they called up Mr. Chirac and pretended to be [...]

    Murtha says "Cut and Run". I say read a history book

    Friday, January 27th, 2006

    Rep. Murtha, one time military ally, has called for the US troops to cut and run from Iraq (again):
    “We’re not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We’re fighting a civil war in Iraq. We’ve got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War. Let them fight their civil war.”
    You couldn’t more explicitly call [...]

    Hillary Clinton Goes On A Rampage… and Blows It!

    Friday, January 27th, 2006

    Well, it’s been quite the week for Hillary Clinton! Her huge and perfectly coifed head has been in the papers more often than usual, as of late. Although she’s always been giving the necessary speeches, stumping for money, and meeting with special interest groups, she had managed to stay off the front pages. She had [...]

    Kerry Wants to Filibuster Alito

    Thursday, January 26th, 2006

    I’m amazed at the sheer stupidity of this move, but apparently it’s true. John Kerry, with the support of Ted Kennedy, wants to filibuster Judge Samuel Alito. Talk about setting yourself up for one of the all-time backfires… Just TWO days ago the Washington Post posted poll results showing only 30% of Americans were opposed [...]

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