December 10, 2007

Open Letter to the Dixie Chicks: What About the Terror in Mexico?

Dear Dixie Chicks:

You caused quite a stir when you said you were ashamed to be from the same state as the President. The backlash against your comments caused dark mutterings about suppression of free speech and artistic rights in the U.S. More recently, you spoke out about a murder case in Arkansas -- you are compassionate, and I credit that emotion.

Given your sensitivity to threats to artists and others, I would like to see you speak out against real repression of artists just south of our home state of Texas.

You see, singers there have more to worry about than whether people are questioning their patriotism and forcing them to play in smaller venues.

In Mexico, performers are being murdered. Puts your torments into perspective, doesn't it? According to this Associated Press story,

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Van | 12/10/07 at 10:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 25, 2007

Borders: Viva Che, Down with Bush!

I've written about my exasperation with the Borders book chain before. Now I can extend that griping based on what I saw at the Borders in Fairfield, Connecticut today.

First, the store carries a line of figurines in the "Little Thinkers" series. I realize this is a set and not really a Borders' confection, but still, do the Little Thinkers need to include Einstein, Freud, Jane Austen, W.E.B. DuBois, Marx, Jesus and Shakespeare with . . . Che Guevera? What's his big idea in the world of intellectual discourse? I could see Borders throwing Che in with the others, but it added to the Chesyteria with a Che watch and a bio of him. Why not Milton Friedman or Thomas Jefferson?

So Borders covered the Che crowd downstairs, and then upstairs it had a display to warm the innards of the Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) contingent. It showed an "Out of Office Countdown" calendar for Bush, along with "Countdown to Victory" calendars for Clinton and Obama. Couldn't Borders at least find a "Countdown to Crackdown" calendar for Rudy Giuliani, or an "Impeach Hillary '09" calendar? The display also showed Bushism and similar products -- so predictable, so conventional.

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November 01, 2007

Che 'n Chambers: NYT Can't Help Luvin' Dose Men

Bad, bad boys got heaps of TLC at the NY Times lately. Continuing its wall to wall coverage of all things Che Guevara, the TImes on Oct. 25 ran a thoroughly useless story titled, "Lone Bidder Buys Strands of Che’s Hair at U.S. Auction," with the helpful description of Guevara as "the famed revolutionary and cultural icon" and "Mr. Castro’s most famous and charismatic associate." If I recall, the story made the front page.

Even more ludicrous is the coverage of the arrest of preppy killer Robert Chambers on drug selling charges. On October 26, reporter Anemona Hartocollis just about wet her britches at the very sight of the middle-aged waste case, gushing,

Though he was unshaven, Mr. Chambers’s blue eyes were alert and, at 6-foot-4, he seemed commanding as he entered the courtroom.

Unspoken thought: "Bobby, I want to have your love child!!"

Jennifer Levin could not be reached for comment.

Van | 11/01/07 at 06:48 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

October 18, 2007

Meeting Resistance

UPDATE: Steven Vincent vs Molly Bingham: compare and contrast.

I saw a "video Op-Ed" at the NYT site, which was a prime example of trying so hard to be non-judgmental about nasty people that you squeeze yourself through your own asshole and out the other side. It is a 7-minute excerpt/spin-off from Meeting Resistance, a pro-insurgent piece of propaganda now playing in theaters around the world.

The short at the NYT site as of 6 PM EST is not loading - must be all the LGF and Hot Air readers checking it out. But you can also see it at Crooks and Liars. And here's the official trailer.

(There will be Q&A with the filmmakers after screenings of "Meeting Resistence" THIS WEEKEND in New York and Washington DC. More info at the end of this post. If you can make it, show up and, you know, ask questions.)

In addition to inserting tendentious quotes from unidentified 2007 polls into footage from 2004, these PR flacks for terrorists take the opportunity to fit in this week's wide misquoting of General Sanchez, demonstrating that - like the NYTimes - they didn't bother to read what Sanchez actually said. However, the Times plays this straight, presenting the video thus:

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Judith | 10/18/07 at 07:05 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

September 23, 2007

NYT's Handy Talking Points for Ahmadinejad

Friday's NY Times review of Ken Burns' "The War" qualifies as the most unhinged art review I've ever read. It starts not as a review but a cry from a panicked soul angered that the artist did not hew to the reviewer's (and the reviewer's employer's) world view. Get a load of Alessandra Stanley's painful meltdown :

The war was necessary, but is this approach?

The tone and look of Mr. Burns’s series, which begins Sunday on PBS, is as elegiac and compelling as any of his previous works, but particularly now, as the conflict in Iraq unravels, this degree of insularity — at such length and detail — is disconcerting. Many a “Frontline” documentary has made a convincing case that the Bush administration’s mistakes were compounded by the blinkered thinking of leaders who rushed to war without sufficient support around the world or understanding of the religious and sectarian strains on the ground. Examining a global war from the perspective of only one belligerent is rarely a good idea.

Campaign debates, standardized tests and game-show questions all suggest that as the global economy expands, Americans are growing more hidebound and parochial. And now comes a beautifully made telecourse on wartime America under the definitive title “The War.”

Somebody really likes this line of thinking. According to this Little Green Footballs posting, it sounds like Iran's Lider Maximo is picking up some great talking points for Stanley and her pals:

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Van | 09/23/07 at 11:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

September 20, 2007

Buh bye, fascist troll

I just wanted to let everyone know that my long-time regular commenter, Scottish Leftist Rob, finally went too far, and I banned him. Some will say I should have banned him before, but I don't mind giving fools a lot of rope, Rob and I like a lot of the same music, and usually he was nice. I thought he was someone you could have a friendly political debate with. (Although he hated Cinnamon and Benjamin, for some reason, maybe because they could run rhetorical rings around him without breaking a sweat.)

If you want to know what pushed me over the edge, it was when he smugly advocated genocide. A real George Galloway clone, that one.

(I know the word "fascist" is way overused, but he defends Ahmedinijad and Assad and advocates eradicating half the word's Jews, more than Hitler murdered. So I think in this case the designation is apropos.)

Judith | 09/20/07 at 08:55 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Double standards for military commanders

RELATED: Who owns the Democratic Party.

Via Michelle Malkin's comments:

Interesting commentary on this the from the left, courtesy of Jane Hamsher;

The MoveOn ad said what Democrats could not and survive politically — Petraeus is acting as a politician, doing a politician’s job of spinning and his actions are not above criticism just because he’s got a bunch of ribbons on his chest that George Bush would like to hide behind. And it traveled. To join with the right and start firing arrows into their backs is both destructive from a movement perspective and displays tremendous naiveté about what it’s going to take to end this war.

So if you are John Kerry, with ribbons on his chest, you are a patriot! A HERO! and how DARE YOU - you disgusting excuse for an American if you question him and his patriotisms.

But Petraeus? He’s a politician. He’s scum. He “betrayed us.” - MoveOn said, and the democrats wanted to say, but they couldn’t ….

And another one:

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Judith | 09/20/07 at 01:02 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

September 15, 2007

On the Mall with A.N.S.W.E.R. and Friends

Scenes from the protests today, courtesy of the WaPo, which is estimating about 7000 attendees by 3 PM.

As a man walked by carrying a sign saying "9-11 Truth Now" a man on the corner asked, "I'm just wondering, what is the truth about 9-11?"

"We haven't been told the truth," the sign-man said. "That's the point."

The onlooker wasn't satisfied. "But what is the truth we haven't been told?" he asked again.

"That's it," came the reply. "We don't know because they won't tell us."

At 15th St. and New York Ave. a band of plaid-wearing demonstrators, most of them with bandanas over their faces, held an impromptu meeting to plan their confrontation with D.C. police.

"Is it OK with you guys if I go over to the cops and tell them we're going to cross the street?" one demonstrator asked his collegues.

Winning their assent, the young man approached a D.C. officer and said, "Are you guys going to slam and beat us if we cross the street?"

"Why don't you just cross with the light, then we don't have to bring in officers to block traffic," said Officer S. Weinfeld.

The demonstrator, foiled in his hope for a confrontation, said "Umm...ok," returned to his friends and walked them uneventfully across 15th St.

Non-sequitor of the day:

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Judith | 09/15/07 at 09:29 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

August 26, 2007

Apocalypse 'R' Us

Gary Alexander, the Recovering Apocoholic, wrote a chronology of the successive apocalypsi which shaped his consciousness, beginning with his birth just 62 years ago:

I was born in July 1945, the day the first atomic bomb exploded in Alamogordo, New Mexico. That mushroom crowd has haunted our lives ever since. As a teenager, I became convinced the world would end before I was 30. Too soon old…too late smart, I was very, very wrong:

My email list had fun with this topic. IC, who forwarded the link, added:

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Judith | 08/26/07 at 11:51 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

August 20, 2007

NYT on Chinese in Africa: Massage Parlors, Ho-Hum

A Saturday NY Times article, "Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa," contained a throwaway reference that deserves some scrutiny in what it says, and the so-what lack of interest of the paper in its implications. The passage (emphasis added):

Today, in many of the countries where the new Chinese emigrants have settled, like Chad, Chinese-owned pharmacies, massage parlors and restaurants serving a variety of regional Chinese cuisines can be found; the Western presence, once dominant, has steadily dwindled, and essentially consists nowadays of relief experts working international agencies or oil workers, living behind high walls in heavily guarded enclaves.

I'm all in favor of entrepreneurs, but let's stop a minute to consider the nature of these "massage parlors." It could very well be these are staffed by therapuetic experts in Swedish, deep-tissue and other types of massage, certified and highly trained in this honorable activity.

On other other hand . . .

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Van | 08/20/07 at 06:03 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

August 17, 2007

Insert joke about Shrub here

Walking around Hoboken with Mary and her hubby, after a few drinks at a local pub, on a balmy July evening. This pickup truck was parked on a leafy residential street.

The letters on the back windshield are those rub-on white vinyl kind, thats why they show up so well in the photo.

I don't think this guy has actually beaten up any Republicans. Because he probably doesn't know any. Or the friends he would never suspect are deep in the closet. And because he's a peaceful live-and-let live kinda liberal guy.

Judith | 08/17/07 at 10:28 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

August 08, 2007

"Are you still in the Reserves, John?"

John Soltz vs Col. Buzz Patterson:

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August 06, 2007

Mearsheimer groupie

UPDATE: Video of Mearshimer at Kos, below. I guess Little Miss Democracy Arsenal likes father figures....

I was surfing some links propogating from the Sgt. Aguina kerfluffle, and came to this:

The father of Realism...at Kos
check out the one comment.... and here's the next post:

The Middle East Panel was actually kind of...fun

The coolest part about this panel really to me was John Mearsheimer. Juan Cole (of whom I am now a giant fan) did a fantastic job of really making the Middle East accessible, but still bringing in major fire power. I really don’t think people at Kos realized just how influential Mearsheimer is on the entire field of foreign policy, which made it all that more interesting. I have to say, that as someone who’s read everything he’s ever written, I was SHOCKED when people interrupted him, or questioned his judgment on the idea that oil companies did not, in fact, orchestrate the war in Iraq. He is, after all, John friggin Mearsheimer. I’m sure when he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, people don’t interrupt him. I don’t think the Presidents he’s counseled interrupt him. Mearsheimer was totally into it which was fantastic....

Gag me. I guess Mearsheimer didn't sleep alone that night. . . .

PS. The wonderfulness of Juan Cole.

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Judith | 08/06/07 at 12:59 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 31, 2007

The return of Abe Greenhouse

UPDATES at the end - several surprising twists to this story . . .

A friend sent this along . . . .

I realized why the name Abraham Greenhouse, who punched, beat, and threw steel cylinders at a couple following the Morristown anti-illegal immigration rally, was so familiar...

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Judith | 07/31/07 at 06:12 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 30, 2007

Cindy Sheehan vs Gathering of Eagles in Central Park

Kesher Talk roving correspondent Pamela Hall videoed the face-off between Cindy Sheehan's motley crew and the the Gathering of Eagles in Central Park on Sunday. (Our previous Cindy episode took place in midtown Manhattan.)

GofE were told to stay away from Cindy (I guess she had a permit and they didn't ) but that didn't slow them down - they chanted from the sidewalk:

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Judith | 07/30/07 at 11:23 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 30, 2007

Liberal Derangement Syndrome

Email to Jonah Goldberg at the Corner: Since your column the other day, I've been quoting you in my .signature, which as you know is a four-line tag that gets appended to everything I post in Usenet discussion newsgroups (and . . . more »

Judith | 07/30/07 at 10:50 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 27, 2007

Cindy Sheehan in NYC

[ UPDATE: Gathering of Eagles is going to confront the Cindy Brigade in Central Park on Sunday. Info here. and here. ] Kesher Talk Roving Correspondent Pamela Hall was there when the St Cindy Circus came to town. Lots of . . . more »

Judith | 07/27/07 at 12:18 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 21, 2007

No, we really do support the troops . . .

When confronted with examples of denigrating the military profession in general and our troops in particular, many liberals deny they are culpable. It's the insane lefties who do that, not us. (The most recent examples I've seen of this denial . . . more »

Judith | 07/21/07 at 07:16 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 19, 2007

The Protocols of the Elders of Branson

Richard Branson's formation of a council of "elders" to tackle world problems makes for great marketing, if not effective problem solving. Think of The Elders as a political version of the latest reunion of Cream. The composition of the group . . . more »

Van | 07/19/07 at 06:52 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

July 17, 2007

Acronym Jihad

From the Corner: Dhimmitude on Wall Street First there was Rushdie Rage, then Cartoon Rage, then Pope Rage -- now we have Acronym Rage. Dhimmi Watch (the little brother of Jihad Watch) alerts us to this gem: The newly combined . . . more »

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April 12, 2007

May 1, 2007: Don Imus Declares, 'I am the Fifth Dixie Chick'

May 1, 2007: Battling to come back from his swift fall from overpaid radio mouth to social pariah, Don Imus has declared himself "the Fifth Dixie Chick," joining fellow humiliated celebrity Michael Richards as a male member of the singing . . . more »

Van | 04/12/07 at 09:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Muslim Leftists Love America, Western Leftists Hate America

As I've stressed repeatedly, one of the reasons for my post-9/11 political shift from left to right, and that of many others in the same camp, has been the Western left's attachment to anti-Americanism, even when it lands them on . . . more »

Cinnamon | 04/12/07 at 01:07 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

April 06, 2007

Tom Lantos supports Nancy Pelosi

Lee Smith wonders what is up with Tom Lantos. In the past the only Holocaust survivor serving in congress has used his time with Bashar al-Asad to send strong messages to a regime that is killing Americans in Iraq, US . . . more »

Judith | 04/06/07 at 07:06 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

"Arnie, It's Alger Hiss on Line 2"

Powerline's item Thursday about the stepson of Alger Hiss defending his dad brought back one of my favorite memories of a career in journalism. It stands as an example of journalism's great appeal to people with an interest in history. . . . more »

Van | 04/06/07 at 07:41 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

April 05, 2007

Brit Tzedek V'Shalom doesn't impress LA shul

Allyson Rowen Taylor of Stand With Us attended a speech by one of the leaders of Brit Tzedek V'Shalom at Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, one of the largest in the LA area and pulpit of author Rabbi Harold Shulweis. BTvS . . . more »

Judith | 04/05/07 at 06:12 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

April 04, 2007

Politically safe hypothetical terror scenarios

[ UPDATE: Michelle Malkin, in her article about Burlington Township High School, refers to a previous hostage training scenario involving fictitious Christian terrorists. Yes, this wasn't the first one. Maybe BTHS got the idea from the Muskegon County MI school . . . more »

Judith | 04/04/07 at 07:42 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

The Special Forces Fetish

My email list (which should probably be renamed the Ex-Liberal Hawks) is having a discussion spurred by this article. Asher: A few weeks ago, I saw an article - I think it was in National Review but I'm not positive . . . more »

Judith | 04/04/07 at 06:19 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

March 19, 2007

Zombie Captures San Francisco "Antiwar" Protesters in all their Glory

As expected, the streets of San Francisco were home to the usual bizarre assortment of "antiwar" protesters this past weekend. What that actually translated into were communists, pro-terrorists, Jew-haters, 9/11 conspiracists, acid-casualties from the 60s, brainwashed college students, a sea . . . more »

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March 16, 2007

The Left eats its own again

(Via Solomonia) The word "schadenfreude" was invented for this situation. Tony Greenstein is an anti-Zionist who believes that Zionism is like Nazism, that Zionists helped the Nazis carry out the Holocaust, that Israel, uniquely, is an essentially and unchangeably racist . . . more »

Judith | 03/16/07 at 06:02 PM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

March 12, 2007

Waskow vs Chesler on the Secular Islam Summit

Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Phyllis Chesler - once ideological companions and mutual admirers in the 1960s American Jewish Left - are facing off in a public dispute about the Secular Islam Summit where Chesler chaired the opening panel. Chesler - . . . more »

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March 08, 2007

Idiotarianism Made Easy

Via Pommygranate: . . . more »

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March 07, 2007

Darfurism on Purim

Last Thursday was - close your eyes, John Derbyshire - Ta'anit Ester, and in the evening I went to a concert at a local synagogue. The performers were two of my favorite bands - Pharoah's Daughter and Divahn. The lead . . . more »

Judith | 03/07/07 at 11:03 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

March 06, 2007

Shameless celebrity spooks on parade

Just in case you thought the Wilson-Plame bubble had finally burst . . . On Saturday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th St. in New York City, Valerie Plame will make the first public . . . more »

Judith | 03/06/07 at 07:22 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

March 05, 2007

Stephen Jay Wilson: The Fremont Victim No One Talks About

In my last post, I addressed the recent disclosure that the murder of Fremont Aghan-American woman Alia Ansari late last year turns out not to be a hate crime. This after much hype to the contrary by local Muslim groups . . . more »

Cinnamon | 03/05/07 at 01:36 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 28, 2007

A New Mommy for Dannielynn: What Would King Solomon Do?

What will become of Dannielynn, the daughter of deceased Anna Nicole Smith? Men squabble about who is the father; Anna Nicole's mom strides across the stage; other bit players stand in the wings, ready to burst into the floodlights. King . . . more »

Van | 02/28/07 at 07:31 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 19, 2007

Nashville Cab Jihad

Here we go again: Muslim cabbie tries to kill 2 students with stolen cab Since the whole incident revolved around his religion, the article really couldn't avoid mentioning it. But that's Fox News. Wonder how the rest of the media . . . more »

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February 18, 2007

Yet more "End Israel Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues her infiltration of "End Israel Apartheid Week"in NYC. Part one. Part two. (includes downloadable flyers from Stand With Us and the David Project) Part three. Part five. Thursday evening we were back in Judson . . . more »

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February 15, 2007

"Digital Night" at "End Israeli Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues to infiltrate "End Israel Apartheid Week in NYC, along with representatives from Stand With Us and the David Project. Part one. Part two. (includes downloadable flyers from Stand With Us and the David Project) . . . more »

Judith | 02/15/07 at 09:24 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 14, 2007

"End Israel Apartheid Week" at Concordia

"End Israel Apartheid Week" is taking place simultaneously at other locations besides here in New York. Concordia University in Montreal has a history of anti-Israel actions, some of which have become violent; here's the latest: What was touted as an . . . more »

Judith | 02/14/07 at 11:23 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

More "End Israel Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues to report from the depths of Israel-hatred: Part one. Part three. Part four. Part five. I attended the last two events, (part 3 & 4) Monday and Tuesday evenings as part of the Israel . . . more »

Judith | 02/14/07 at 08:57 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Utah Shooter a Bosnian Muslim

The question I posed yesterday (updated by Judith) about the Utah mall shooter has been answered and sure enough, he's a Bosnian Muslim. About halfway down in a report from KLS.com is this little factoid (hat tip Sweetness & Light . . . more »

Cinnamon | 02/14/07 at 06:18 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 13, 2007

Utah Shooter: Religion of Peace?

Killer identified as 18-year-old Sulejmen Talovic "Police have no motive in the killing." Does that mean he's Muslim? UPDATE from Judith: Via LGF, FWIW: . . . more »

Cinnamon | 02/13/07 at 06:57 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 10, 2007

Another Jewish Radical Goes Completely Insane

I knew Michael Lerner was a Chomskyite idiot. I did not know that he was completely insane. The book in which Lerner’s essay appears is billed as having been “inspired by” David Ray Griffin’s “The New Pearl Harbor,” a seminal . . . more »

Benjamin | 02/10/07 at 01:47 PM | 11 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 07, 2007

Grilling Russert to a Fine Turn

For those of you who are not Plamiacs - all Plame, all the time! now that the Libby trial is going on - there was a delicious moment in the court today. Tim Russert walked into court today, a commanding . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/07/07 at 07:27 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

February 03, 2007

Who Is George Soros?

Perhaps you've heard George Soros' recent comment at Davos. Though, until the last day or two, the comments have received little notice. But if you have not, here they are: "The United States is now recognizing the errors it had . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/03/07 at 05:50 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

January 29, 2007

What's Wrong with this Picture?

New evidence of Iran's role in Iraq will be made in Baghdad by the chief spokesman for the multinational forces in Iraq, Major General William Caldwell. The Directorate of National Intelligence worked over the weekend to clear new intelligence . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/29/07 at 02:08 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

January 24, 2007

Jimmeh at Brandeis

[ UPDATE: Among those barred from Carter's event was the father of Brandeis student Alisa Flatow, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza in 1995. ] After much angst on all sides, Carter finally spoke at Brandeis. . . . . . more »

Judith | 01/24/07 at 11:14 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

January 22, 2007

Nick Cohen on the Anti War Left

Nick Cohen, raised a principled liberal, where even the decision of what fruits and vegetables to buy was a moral decision, from his own account, did not knowingly come into contact with a Conservative until he was 13. I still . . . more »

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January 13, 2007

Further Thoughts On Psychology Today's "9/11 Effect" Article

Last week, I posted an item about a Psychology Today article titled "The Ideological Animal" (now fully available at the website). The article purports to explain what motivates those of us who made the post-9/11 shift from left to right . . . more »

Cinnamon | 01/13/07 at 01:28 PM | 6 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

January 12, 2007

Faux Klingons are Running the War!

Congressional Eloquence at its peak: . . . more »

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December 28, 2006

Iraq War Veteran To San Francisco: We Must Win This Fight!

Last year, I wrote a column for SFGate titled, "San Francisco Declares Itself A Military Free-Zone." It was about the city's propensity for anti-military activity and how taken to its logical conclusion, San Francisco might well become a military free-zone . . . more »

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December 27, 2006

Apropos of the MTW conference

Robert Avrech recently had a conversation with an Israeli businessman on a flight back to the US from Israel, and they got into a conversation about the situation. Said businessman opined that the ultra-hassidim in Mea Sharim are as bad . . . more »

Judith | 12/27/06 at 01:45 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 26, 2006

Checking in with Bombin' Bill Ayers

I was going through a sealed bag I keep of historic newspapers yesterday and I found the arts section of the New York Times, Sept. 11, 2001. It had an article about 60s radical Bill Ayers. Geared to the publication . . . more »

Van | 12/26/06 at 08:19 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 22, 2006

Spit and Baby Killers: Echoes of Vietnam

We often hear false comparisons between the war in Iraq and the Vietnam war, but one link that holds true is the anti-military attitude exhibited by the left. U.S. soldiers today are treated as either victims or butchers--whichever one happens . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/22/06 at 02:24 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 21, 2006

Carter, Baker and The Wahabbi Lobby

It's funny how all those Jimmy Carter fans obsessing about the "Jewish/Israel Lobby" seem to have little to no interest in the Saudi Lobby. Otherwise known as the Wahabbi Lobby, this is the group that truly has its tentacles wrapped . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/21/06 at 02:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Looking A Tad Less Fearsome These Days, Ain't You

President Ahmadinejad spent part of Thursday mocking President Bush at a speech delivered in Western Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday mocked President Bush and said Iran's nuclear program was a source of inspiration for other nations. His typically outspoken . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/21/06 at 11:51 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 17, 2006

Carter Refuses to Debate Dershowitz

After going on and on about the alleged lack of debate in the United States regarding the Mideast conflict, former President Jimmy Carter is now refusing put his own ideas to the test. According to the Associated Press: Former President . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/17/06 at 04:05 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism, And Carter's Fans Prove the Point

The barrage of hatemail in response to my Jimmy Carter column, not to mention some of the comments in a blog post on the subject, have proven that anti-Semitism, spurred on by the rise of so-called anti-Zionism, is alive and . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/17/06 at 03:52 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 11, 2006

"Helping someone with their olives is not the only way to save someone"

The Rabbis for Human Rights sponsored conference began in NYC today. Since some participants have come in from Israel/the PA teritories/etc for this conference, they have been touring synagogues, churches, and campuses with their message while they are in the . . . more »

Judith | 12/11/06 at 12:50 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 07, 2006

Talking back to Rabbis for Human Rights

I got an email about this presentation by a member of Rabbis for Human Rights, whose position paper on torture I critiqued here. Even-handed Dialogue: Human Rights in Israel and Palestine Sponsored by: St. Bartholomew's Church, Palestinian Human Rights Group, . . . more »

Judith | 12/07/06 at 11:28 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 06, 2006

More Examples of Mob Rule on College Campuses

No sooner had my last SFGate column, "Mob Rule on College Campuses" come out, when bullying behavior reared its ugly head on America's college campuses yet again. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, one of the strongest anti-illegal immigration voices in politics, . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/06/06 at 02:44 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

December 04, 2006

Lafayette "War Memorial" Dishonors the Dead

Looks like Bay Area Moonbats are up to their old tricks again, erecting false "war memorials" in an attempt to use U.S. casualties in Iraq to undermine the war. As always, they do so under the guise of paying respect . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/04/06 at 10:37 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 28, 2006

Mideast "Peace Process" Makes for Surreal Headlines

In the surreal world of Mideast "peace processes," in which the media plays along with the charade that there are actually two sides involved, surreal headlines tend to come with the territory. Here's a recent few that come to mind: . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/28/06 at 03:02 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 16, 2006

San Francisco's Anti-Military Values

San Francisco is a town where, as the saying goes, the personal is political. So avoiding politics in any discussion of the city by the bay is no easy task. City officials certainly have a habit of politicizing every aspect . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/16/06 at 05:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Talking back to Rachel Corrie's parents

I wrote three weeks ago about the one-woman show "My name is Rachel Corrie", which is playing in NYC through the end of the year, and the ad hoc group which has been leafleting every performance. After Jewish friends stimulated . . . more »

Judith | 11/16/06 at 07:46 AM | 42 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 13, 2006

Alia Ansari Murder Leads to "Wear a Hijab/Turban Day"

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the city of Fremont (dubbed by some "Little Kabul") is known for its thriving Afghan-American community. Unfortunately, the community has been marred by violence in recent months. In August, Fremont resident Omeed Aziz . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/13/06 at 02:13 PM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 09, 2006

Pelosi defines "bipartisanship"

Nancy Pelosi: "I told him (Bush) what I said last night -- that I looked forward to working in a bipartisan way with him, that the success of the president is always good for the country and I hoped that . . . more »

Judith | 11/09/06 at 08:05 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

So It Begins....Impeachment, That Is

Despite protestations to the contrary from soon-to-be Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, talk of impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney has already begun. Never to be quelled by the "right-wing" Democratic Party leadership, Bay Area . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/09/06 at 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 04, 2006

Fox News to Air "Obession" Special Throughout the Weekend

A one-hour special involving segments of the documentary "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" will air several times this weekend on Fox News. Go to the film's website for the details. The lefty spin at Huffington Post and beyond . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/04/06 at 07:38 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Vanity Fair's Sickening Puff Piece on Haniyeh

In recent years, I've read more romanticized profiles of terrorist leaders in the mainstream media than I'd care to admit. But Vanity Fair's sickening puff piece on Palestinian prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh takes the cake. Authored by . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/04/06 at 02:32 PM | 4 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

November 02, 2006

Whe Gets the Last Laugh?

[ Judith says: This is a much better suicide bomber costume. ] They really know how to party at the University of Pennsylvania. President Amy Guttman had a delightful time at a Halloween party posing with a student dressed like . . . more »

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