May 25, 2007

Gathering of Eagles at West Point

Sorry this is last minute. I just got burned out and couldn't stand to look at the blog for a week. But I'm back now.

You are cordially invited
To join our Band of Veterans and Citizen Patriots on
Saturday, May 26, 2007
At 8:00 am
in the Town of Highland Falls, NY

With the intent of rallying to support our troops and their mission In the face of organized Moonbat protesters Intent on demeaning their service and disrupting their graduation from West Point.

-- Gathering of Eagles

I have also been told via email that....

There is Wi-Fi at the McD's and our plan to to have as many bloggers reporting our counter to these insurgents.

The Left has been planning this for awhile now. They are taking trains, bus, cars whatever so they can so they can disrupt the Graduation ceremony. Cheney will be there which really makes them crazy.

Judith | 05/25/07 at 07:07 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 13, 2007

"Should I call someone or is that being racist?"

The hazards of political correctness:

. . . When the teen and another employee went into a back room and began the conversion of the tape, they saw a group of bearded men wearing "fundamentalist attire" and shooting "big, f-ing guns," the teen later told co-workers. Throughout the 90-minute-long tape, above the booming gunfire at a Pennsylvania target range, the jihadists could be heard screaming "God is great!"

The two employees "freaked out," their co-worker recalled.

At first, the teenage clerk didn't know what to do, his pal said. "Dude, I just saw some really weird s-," he frantically told his co-worker. "I don't know what to do. Should I call someone or is that being racist?"

What if his friend had said, "Whoa, dude, that's way racist."

Continue reading ""Should I call someone or is that being racist?""

Judith | 05/13/07 at 05:42 PM | 15 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 12, 2007

Good Neighbors on Siniora

Good Neighbors is a group effort by some Arab, Israeli, and other Middle Eastern bloggers, formed in the wake of the Lebanon War last summer. It is an attempt to continue the fragile online dialogue begun by Middle Eastern bloggers last spring,which continued during the war, although altered in tone. (The iconic example was one blogger sitting on his roof in Beirut, describing bombs falling in his neighborhood in a comment on an Israeli's blog.)

One of the Lebanese bloggers at Good Neighbors offers a gloss on a NYTimes op-ed by Lebanese PM Siniora; he begins:

Unfortunately, our Prime Minister comes off looking extremely stupid. Siniora’s Op-Ed is ludicrous when read from an international or Israel perspective, but makes sense when read in the Lebanese/Saudi context.

and proceeds to explain the subtext beneath each paragraph. Check it out.

Judith | 05/12/07 at 09:21 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 20, 2007

Still You Fight for Me

Via Hot Air. Not very shabbasdik but way inspiring. Remember "Democracy Whiskey Sexy"? It's been a long time between heart-felt indie pro-Iraq War rock'n'roll songs. Bruce Springsteen - gritty champion of the working man - should have written this one, but he jumped on the Hollywood liberal bandwagon without stopping to think.

Allahpundit references the Aussie country approach to this topic, from Digger poster girl Beccy Cole, so let's rerun that one:

Continue reading "Still You Fight for Me"

Judith | 04/20/07 at 08:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 04, 2007

Rally to Free the Navy 15

UPDATE: The hostages are being freed today. (Coincidence??? I think not!!!)**

PS Why is that woman still wearing the scarf? Is she suffering from Stockholm Syndrome or is she afraid if she takes it off they won't let her leave?

Via Harry's Place - If you're in London today. . . .

Rally to Free the Navy 15

6.45pm, Wednesday 4th April

Location: opposite the Iranian Embassy, 16, Prince's Gate, South Kensington, SW7 1PT
Nearest Tube Stations: Knightsbridge or South Kensington

All welcome, please invite as many friends, workmates and family along as possible. We'll be informing the media, too.

They've already held one protest - pix here.

** kidding

Judith | 04/04/07 at 10:04 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 02, 2007

Warrior humor

At Winds of Change, More about Sparta than you ever thought you would want to know, including links to historical novelist Steven Pressfield, who I had not heard of before, but who seems to be very popular with people who actually fight wars.

Pressfield was recently made an honorary citizen of Sparta - here is an excerpt from his acceptance speech:

Continue reading "Warrior humor"

Judith | 04/02/07 at 07:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 31, 2007

Rally Against Islamofascism

Today The United American Committee convened Rallies Against Islamofascism in several US cities, the main one at Ground Zero. Urban Infidel has a slideshow on Flickr.

The LA rally was held in front of CAIR's Southern California Office, and included hanging an effigy of bin Laden.

More to come.

UPDATE: Some photos below courtesy of Kesher Talk roving reporter Pamela Hall (who was also our infiltrator to the "End Israel Apartheid" events last month). Pamela helped organize this event and we hope to get a report from her soon.

UPDATE: Informal report from a Jihad Watch comment thread below.

Continue reading "Rally Against Islamofascism"

Judith | 03/31/07 at 11:49 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 29, 2007

The same old conspiracy theories about Iraq the Model

When the brothers who write Iraq the Model came to the US in December 2004, as guests of Spirit of America, I tracked their tour via all the many blogposts written about them.

It is gratifying to see President Bush quote them in his recent speech, but it's not surprising, since he met them when they were here (provoking another controversy) and has probably been checking in at their blog ever since. (Given how efforts to reconstruct Iraq have moved backwards and forwards for the past two and a half years, their conversation with the President has some poignancy.)

But many who fancy themselves human rights advocates pick their causes based on which ones the Bush administration supports: whoever Bush encourages, they disparage. Bush is the center of their universe, not human rights, and like the pre-Kepler astronomers, they must invent ever more elaborate and fanciful orbits to keep their solar system coherent.

So when the brothers came to the US, conspiracy theories proliferated, led by Juan Cole. I kept track of it all here. (A compendium of Juan Cole's conspiracy theorizing and factual impairment here.) These theories even reached the NYTimes resulting in an irresponsible article by an inexperienced and careless reporter. Even the brother who left the blog (over concerns about the meeting with the President) was offended by the bad journalism and the patronizing attempts by Cole & Co. to use the controversy for their own political agenda. (The recently-deceased journalist Cathy Siepp met the brothers in LA, and knew a few of the conspiracy-mongers personally, whom she fisked with relish.)

Now the same people revert to the same assumptions: If Bush advocates it, it must be tainted or false. If a person of a leftist-approved "oppressed group" (dark-skinned, poor, in a part of the world ruled at some point by Western powers) is optimistic or approves the efforts of our government (however flawed they may be), they must work for the CIA. Or be deluded, needing instruction from smug white Americans.

The brothers respond.

Of ocurse their point of view is not the only one, probably not even the majority one. But there are 25 million people in Iraq. They are not stamped out with a cookie cutter, they are individuals. Just as in the West, there are many points of view in Iraq, among these the desire for a classical liberal Western-style democracy. But to the conspiracy-mongers, that is the one point of view which cannot be sincere and must not be encouraged.

Judith | 03/29/07 at 03:00 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 28, 2007

I am John Doe

Best Hot Air Vent ever. I hope it's published on some video share site so I can post it here. For now, go to Hot Air and watch it.

More here and here.

Judith | 03/28/07 at 08:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 18, 2007

Egyptian dissidents detained

We publicized the arrests of Abdel Karim Suleiman and Alaa seif el-Islam. Alaa was subsequently released, but now the Egyptian government is cracking down on activists, arresting some of them at a demonstration.

The charge against the 21 arrested [and detained] was for engaging in a public demonstration against the newly proposed Egyptian constitutional reforms. These “reforms” were proposed and approved by the ruling party-the NDP- and opposed by every other opposition group and party in Egypt.

The most controversial of these amendments to the Egyptian constitution is the one concerning the new terrorism law. This is basically the much despised and criticized emergency law that Egypt has been living under for the past 27 years updated with a different name.

More on the rally and arrests, documented in real-time by bloggers.

Judith | 03/18/07 at 04:43 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Gathering of Eagles

[ UPDATE: More coverage from Hot Air, including interviews with vets and other ralliers. Estimates are that the Eagles outnumbered the antiwar folks 3-to-1. ]

Michelle Malkin has massive coverage of the Gathering of Eagles rally yesterday in Washington DC. Keep checking back there for more.

Gates of Vienna reports that one of the antiwar groups announced it would vandalize the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. So a large group of veterans and friends surrounded it and didn't let any antiwar demonstrators through.

[ UPDATE: A report from across the pond at Harry's Place. ]

Email report from a friend:

Continue reading "Gathering of Eagles"

Judith | 03/18/07 at 01:49 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 02, 2007

Afflicting the comfortable

Damian Penny drew my attention to these two articles about Ayaan Hirsi Ali - I think they are right on target. First Anne Applebaum:

Clearly, there is something about Ayaan Hirsi Ali that annoys, rankles, irritates. I am speaking as one who does not know Hirsi Ali - the outspoken Dutch-Somali critic of Islam - but as one who, while living in Europe, cannot seem to avoid meeting her detractors. Most recently I met a Dutch diplomat who positively glowered when her name was mentioned. As a member of the Dutch parliament, Hirsi Ali had, he complained, switched parties, talked out of turn and refused to toe whatever was the proper political line. Above all, it irritated him that she did not share his Dutch faith in political consensus.

Continue reading "Afflicting the comfortable"

Judith | 03/02/07 at 11:15 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

February 26, 2007

Free Abdul Kareem: It's not over yet

Egyptian blogger Abdul Kareem (whom we wrote about here) has been sentenced to four years in prison for writing blogposts critical of Islam and the Egyptian government.

Nick Cohen is quick to proclaim the impotence of the blogosphere in securing Kareem's release, and Richard Landes begs to differ. Not only is it too early to say how this new empowerment of the individual will affect entrenched dictatorships in general, it is even too early to tell whether the blogosphere can effect the release of Kareem. He has just entered prison. The outcry has not subsided. It's not over till it's over.

For an analysis of how the blogosphere can influence mainstream media to effect change, view Richard Fernandez' talk at the Media as Theater of War conference. For a stirring sweeping view of how the blogosphere empowers individuals, watch Benjamin Kerstein at the same conference.

Judith | 02/26/07 at 07:08 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

February 19, 2007

Free Abdul Kareem

Abdul Kareem is an Egyptian journalist and blogger who has been imprisoned by his government for criticizing Islam and advocating for liberalizing Egyptian society. Unlike most Egyptian bloggers, he uses his real name.

He is the first person to be prosecuted in Egypt for online writings; observers fear this may mark a new clampdown on freedom of speech. Amer, 22, a former student at al-Azhar University, wrote blog entries criticising Egypt’s al-Azhar religious authorities, President Mubarak and Islam. Charges against him include ’spreading information disruptive of public order and damaging to the country’s reputation’, ‘incitement to hate Islam’ and ‘defaming the President’.

Last year another Egyptian blogger, Alaa, was detained, but then released after the blogosphere generated mainstrem media publicity about his case.

Free Kareem website.

The latest in this story is that his family has disowned him and his father says he should be killed. I would think this family is under immense pressure to do this, but it seems to be voluntary; their cowardice and lack of loyalty are despicable.

Continue reading "Free Abdul Kareem"

Judith | 02/19/07 at 01:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

February 16, 2007

Free speech

Two different ways to handle speakers whose ideas you disagree with:

You can have men with scarves over their faces and kaffiyehs around their necks hustle the speaker off the stage before he has a chance to deliver his address.

Or you can silently ridicule the speakers in a clever and humorous way, while they deliver their address.

Guess which of these are perpetrated by which political "wing."

Judith | 02/16/07 at 12:19 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

February 12, 2007

Nonie Darwish returns to Brown

Last November Nonie Darwish, Arab defender of Israel, was scheduled to speak at Brown University, sponsored in part by the Brown Hillel chapter, which withdrew the invitation. The university extended another invitation and Darwish spoke at Brown on Wednesday. More: . . . more »

Judith | 02/12/07 at 07:25 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

January 27, 2007

Render unto Christian Zionists

I participated in the recent conference call via One Jerusalem, with Pastor John Hagee, the driving force behind the Christian Zionist movement. You can read a richly linked intro to Pastor Hagee’s work and listen to the podcast at the . . . more »

Judith | 01/27/07 at 11:14 PM | 17 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

November 23, 2006

Be thankful for courageous journalists

Last week in London, Lisa Ramaci-Vincent accepted her husband's posthumous award from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in London. The award is in honor of and is named for Kurt Schork, who - like Steven Vincent - began . . . more »

Judith | 11/23/06 at 01:18 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

October 26, 2006

Press Release from Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Here's the press release about the posthumous award to Steven Vincent which I wrote about here. Fifth Annual Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism go to Steven Vincent and Massoud Ansari Awards Honour US Freelancer Murdered in Iraq for Uncovering . . . more »

Judith | 10/26/06 at 11:33 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

October 11, 2006

Ceremony at Police Memorial in Battery Park City

I received the following message from a 9/11 Neocons member and I thought I'd pass it on to some New Yorkers.... There will be a ceremony at the police memorial in Battery Park City on October 13. The names of . . . more »

Cinnamon | 10/11/06 at 01:34 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

October 09, 2006

Rape and Repression as a Tactic in the Sectarian War in Iraq

A very disturbing look at the situation of women in Iraq who live around sectarian militia activity in the UK Guardian (a fact which may - or may not - effect the objectivity of the reporting.) Strong anecdotal evidence gathered . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/09/06 at 12:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

September 28, 2006

Kudos to 7-11

The 7-Eleven chain of gas-stations and convenience stores is thumbing its nose at Hugo Chavez, so please patronize 7-11 whenever you can: 7-Eleven Inc. dropped Venezuela-owned Citgo as its gasoline supplier after more than 20 years as part of a . . . more »

Judith | 09/28/06 at 11:23 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

September 15, 2006

Another tribute to La Fallaci

Phyllis Chesler, in email: As we now all know, La Fallaci has passed on. I hope, for her sake, that she has not found herself in any heaven with any God because that would shock and disgust her so much . . . more »

Judith | 09/15/06 at 12:53 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

August 02, 2006

Steven Vincent: Honoring a Life

Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part I Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part II Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part III What are we doing here? What is it, exactly, that gets us from one day to the next, that . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 08/02/06 at 06:33 PM | 1 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Steven Vincent: Lisa's charge

Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part I Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part II Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part IV Lisa sends a pizza: To honor and remember my beloved husband Steven Vincent, the freelance journalist kidnapped and murdered . . . more »

Judith | 08/02/06 at 04:05 PM | 1 Comments | 11 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Steven Vincent: Bloggers remember one of their own, cont.

Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part I Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part III Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part IV Vincent's inspiration was his friend, the artist Steve Mumford, who had gone to Iraq ahead of Vincent and showed . . . more »

Judith | 08/02/06 at 03:43 PM | 3 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Steven Vincent: Bloggers remember one of their own

Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part II Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part III Steven Vincent Blogger Commemoration - Part IV Steven Vincent was murdered in Basra, Iraq, one year ago on August 2, 2005, because he went where other . . . more »

Judith | 08/02/06 at 03:23 PM | 3 Comments | 16 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

August 01, 2006

Publicizing the aggressive behavior of protestors you disagree with

Last week an Israeli with a video camera went to a pro-Hezballah rally in Boston and got threatened and harassed a bit. And filmed the whole thing. This week a woman attended a pro-Hezballah rally and got threatened and harassed . . . more »

Judith | 08/01/06 at 08:17 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 30, 2006

Updated Israel rallies

[ UPDATE: Zombie also covered the San Francisco event, including some counterprotestors. (The Darwish video below is a Zombie production, probably the others are too.) ] [Previous rally coverage here, here, and here (scroll down for rally reports).] Upcoming rallies . . . more »

Judith | 07/30/06 at 10:26 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 24, 2006

Supporting Israel in different ways

[Other reports and lists of upcoming rallies here, here, and here.] UPDATE: Seva's video was featured on Hot Air this morning. Solomonia's friend Seva, just back from six months in Israel, wandered over to the "Justice for Palestine and Lebanon . . . more »

Judith | 07/24/06 at 10:44 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Israeli solidarity rally in London

[Other reports from rallies and lists of upcoming rallies here and here.] UPDATE: Video from the rally - Live video link up with mayor of Northern Israel moshav Peki'in (sitting in bomb shelter with many other Israelis): Chief Rabbi Sir . . . more »

Judith | 07/24/06 at 10:42 AM | 7 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

Snapshots from Israel - bloggers

Previous post: Snapshots from Israel - media. UPDATE: Haveil Havalim - The War Edition Vivid Jerusalem graffiti. Esther decides to stay. Two views of the anti-war rally in Tel Aviv: Imshin and Bish and Lisa Goldman. Allison Kaplan-Sommer responds with . . . more »

Judith | 07/24/06 at 12:57 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 22, 2006

Latest upcoming Israel rallies

Singing "Hatikvah" at the Columbus OH rally for Israel: J-Blogosphere has umpteen listings of pro-Israel rallies all over the world, in alphabetical order by city, including reports and multimedia from previous rallies. Ours below are in chronological order, with upcoming . . . more »

Judith | 07/22/06 at 03:14 PM | 1 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 21, 2006

Updated Israel rally reports

Huge list of Stand With Israel rallies here and here. Large rallies for Israel in Rome, Milan, and Amsterdam. But in the land of Zapatero, a lone Spaniard rallies for Israel, and gets threatened by a crowd. (Video) [ UPDATE: . . . more »

Judith | 07/21/06 at 10:55 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 20, 2006

Updated rally information

[ UPDATE: The J-Blogosphere is also posting rally information. ] I've updated the rally/demo information in this post. Scroll down for particular days of the week to see what's coming up. If you were at any of these rallies and . . . more »

Judith | 07/20/06 at 11:44 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 19, 2006

This week's pro- and anti-Israel rallies

I got most of the following info from this and this LGF thread. Also huge list of rallies sponsored by Stand With Us. I'm going to list the upcoming rallies first, in chronological order, then link to pix from previous . . . more »

Judith | 07/19/06 at 06:08 PM | 10 Comments | 8 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 18, 2006

Blogs are now an accepted news source

Gulf War One was the first war reported from cable TV. The Iraq War was the first war in which the internet was a communication tool taken for granted. From March 2003: Hours before the United States attacked Baghdad yesterday, . . . more »

Judith | 07/18/06 at 12:27 AM | 8 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 17, 2006

10,000 Rally for Israel in NYC

[ From Judith: Pamela has a huge report with several videos and lots of pix. ] An estimated 10,000 people gathered at 42nd Street and First Avenue in New York today to show their solidarity with Israel and hear speakers . . . more »

Van | 07/17/06 at 03:20 PM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 13, 2006

Cedarsphere Roundup

[ From Judith: My cross-post on Winds of Change on this topic is generating lots of discussion (which I wish would happen here, but WoC gets much more traffic). ] Lebanese Blogger Forum: Peace now! Enough! Enough wars, death and . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 07/13/06 at 07:59 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

July 12, 2006

Time for Lebanon to Take Sides

Whither Lebanon? Israel is fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon again, and once again the Lebanese government is caught in the middle. Israel's action; Lebanon's reaction? The Belmont Club expressed concern that 'If Israel strikes at the Lebanese government it will be . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 07/12/06 at 09:42 PM | Categories: - Power to the People

July 10, 2006

Two protests this Monday in NYC

Rally to demand the release of Gilad Shalit. When - Monday, July 10th at 12 noon, rain or shine. Where - 820 Second Avenue (between 43rd and 44th Streets). (In front of the Syrian Mission) If you have a lot . . . more »

Judith | 07/10/06 at 10:56 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

June 25, 2006

Googlebombing as a political tool

Pursuant to the release of Egyptian democracy activist Alaa, Judy wonders if anything has really changed in Egypt, or whether the googlebomb made a difference. Israeli journalist Lisa Goldman responds in the comments: . . . more »

Judith | 06/25/06 at 11:28 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

June 22, 2006

Good news in the Middle East

Two pieces of good news this week: Egyptian blogger and dissident Alaa is being freed, finally. A worldwide blogger campaign probably had something to do with it. The Presbyterian campaign to divest from Israel has been defeated. If you haven't . . . more »

Judith | 06/22/06 at 12:36 AM | 1 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

June 13, 2006

Motoon threats get results

The purpose of the Muslim fury over a few Danish political cartoons - a carefully orchestrated global campaign - was to create a climate of fear in which everyone censors themselves, not knowing when the wrong remark, or writing, or . . . more »

Judith | 06/13/06 at 05:45 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 31, 2006

Egyptian dissidents make news

Another blogosphere triumph: The Egyptian dissident story made the Washington Post today. Alaa is still in prison, but the combined effort of numerous bloggers and demonstrations all over the world have brought his plight and that of other Egyptian dissidents . . . more »

Judith | 05/31/06 at 12:43 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 25, 2006

Speaking Out for Democracy and Dissent in Egypt

The International Campaign in Solidarity with Egyptian Judges (ICSEJ) held protests around the world today to support its cause. The New York event, at the Egyptian consulate on Second Avenue, drew about 20 boisterous protesters. The rousing chants included "Mubarak's . . . more »

Van | 05/25/06 at 01:45 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 24, 2006

rally tomorrow in support of Egyptian dissidents

Sandmonkey alerts us to a campaign of worldwide protests in support of jailed Egyptian dissidents, taking place today and tomorrow. This map shows dates, times and locations for protests in a number of cities around the world. If you are . . . more »

Judith | 05/24/06 at 06:16 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 16, 2006

Ayaan Ali Hirsi's Dutch Citizenship Revoked

Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk’s ruled that Hirsi Ali was never a legal citizen of the Netherlands in the first place and revoked her citizenship. Outspoken Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali has reacted with shock to the news she was . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/16/06 at 02:10 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 15, 2006

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me

[ UPDATE: Pieter Dorsman of Peaktalk will be talking about Hirsi Ali on this radio show 7 PM tonight, Calgary time. Here's a timeline of events since AHA returned from the US last week. Her own party is quite gratuitously . . . more »

Judith | 05/15/06 at 02:03 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 11, 2006

Hirsi Ali at Harvard II

Previous Hirsi Ali lecture at Harvard here. Hirsi Ali interviewed on Danish TV here and here (both in English). Hirsi Ali's speech to American Jewish Committee here. Report on Ayaan Hirsi Ali panel at Harvard on 5/9/06, from LGF reader . . . more »

Judith | 05/11/06 at 12:33 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 09, 2006

Ayaan Hirsi Ali at Harvard

Two reports from Hirsi Ali's talk at the Harvard JFK School of Government this afternoon: Ms Kelly and Michael S. The format and content of her presentation are similar to what she did at the PEN Festival. Apparently most . . . more »

Judith | 05/09/06 at 09:08 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 08, 2006

Hirsi Ali in Boston on Tuesday

Video of an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, on Norweigan TV (in English). If you didn't get to hear her speak anywhere else, this is an excellent introduction to her ideas and her style. It's about 20 min. long. . . . more »

Judith | 05/08/06 at 05:32 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 07, 2006

United 93: the fault line widens

All entries on United 93 here. I wrote that this movie will further expose a fault line in the citizenry: People who believe we need to counter this threat aggressively, with war if necessary, are using the film to . . . more »

Judith | 05/07/06 at 06:14 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 05, 2006

Muslim women rescue the Enlightenment

I still haven't found my notes from Ayaan Hirsi Ali's talk at the PEN Festival, but Mary has posted her recollections and this is right-on: Speaking for myself, we weren't just clapping because we agreed with her or because we . . . more »

Judith | 05/05/06 at 08:03 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 04, 2006

Did Italian Communists Help Iran Coordinate the Murder of Italian Troops in Iraq?

Stefania, at Publius Pundit, is reporting that the Italian Intelligence overheard telephone calls coordinating an attack on Italian soldiers between Italian communists and Islamists. Italian communist groups helped kill 3 Italian soldiers in Nassirya I reported about here. An article . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/04/06 at 11:33 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 02, 2006

John McCain thinks the 1st Amendment is expendable

If you think John McCain is the perfect RINO to counteract all those genuinely rightwing Republicans trying to take over the party, watch this video. "If I have to choose between the 1st Amendment and clean government, I would pick . . . more »

Judith | 05/02/06 at 08:22 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

May 01, 2006

Darfur: A feel-good exercise

I may be the only shul-attending Jew on the East Coast who didn't go to the Rally for Darfur yesterday. I first posted about Darfur almost two years ago. I wrote about Charles Jacobs and Simon Deng at the Columbia . . . more »

Judith | 05/01/06 at 02:47 AM | 7 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 30, 2006

United 93: Two kinds of numb

All entries on United 93 here. There's a roundup of blogger reviews at Hot Air, both of the movie and critiques of the MSM critics. It was interesting that many spoke of being numbed by the movie (as in . . . more »

Judith | 04/30/06 at 12:22 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 29, 2006

United 93: Mars and Venus

All entries on United 93 here. Last week I posted some examples of the wildly varying reactions to United 93. I had predicted that the fault line would be one's understanding of the terrorist threat: People who believe we . . . more »

Judith | 04/29/06 at 04:21 AM | 1 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 27, 2006

"The Limits of Tolerance?" at NY Public Library

Sorry for the short notice on this. If the program tomorrow night doesn't sound that interesting, follow the links on Michnik and Bruckner. PEN WORLD VOICES: The New York Festival of International Literature. is a series of talks and panels . . . more »

Judith | 04/27/06 at 10:48 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

United 93: good cop, bad cop

All entries on United 93 here. The premier of United 93 has come and gone, and the movie opens tomorrow. The victims' families all agreed to the making of the film, and many are positive about the results. My posts . . . more »

Judith | 04/27/06 at 03:58 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 20, 2006

United 93: Ready or not?

All entries on United 93 here. I said a few weeks ago that "United 93" would become a litmus test for attitudes on fighting terrorism, that hawks would derive comfort and resolve from it and (the more extremist) doves would . . . more »

Judith | 04/20/06 at 06:40 PM | 1 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 09, 2006

More reactions to "United 93"

All entries on United 93 here. Jim Geraghty and Bizzyblog are tracking reactions to the trailer. David Boxenhorn transcribed the director's statement from the movie site. (It was part of a graphic that was unlinkable.) Shrinkwrapped places reactions to the . . . more »

Judith | 04/09/06 at 10:34 AM | 2 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 04, 2006

An army of Davids: Flight 93

All entries on Flight 93 here. [ RELATED: Rick Moran says the Flight 93 passengers deserve the Medal of Honor, and he makes a good case. ] [ Alcibiades adds: See the Trailer for yourself. Thanks to Neo in the . . . more »

Judith | 04/04/06 at 02:35 PM | 35 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

April 03, 2006

Flight 93: the movie

All entries on United 93 here. The movie about Flight 93 will premier at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25th. It will open nationwide April 28th. Joining the filmmakers and Festival founders at the premiere will be family members . . . more »

Judith | 04/03/06 at 12:58 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 25, 2006

Report on the London Anti-Toonophobia Rally

[ UPDATE: Kesher Talk has a new category for announcements and reports of rallies and protests: Power to the People, where you can find previous entries about rallies for Denmark, Sudan, Protest Warrior actions, etc. ] Official report from . . . more »

Judith | 03/25/06 at 09:07 PM | 2 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March 24, 2006

The London March for Freedom of Expression

David T. at Harry's Place has the idea of an appropriate slogan at the London Freedom of expression March, that Judith links to just below. "What do we want: FREEDOM OF SPEECH. When do we want it: NOT NOW BUT . . . more »

Alcibiades | 03/24/06 at 12:40 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

March for Free Expression in London

[ UPDATE: The March for Free Expression is only for free expression if it doesn't offend Muslims. Well, censoring speech that offends Muslims was kind of the point of the world-wide attempt to intimidate the West, which attempt this . . . more »

Judith | 03/24/06 at 12:30 PM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People