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Is Jonathan Demme taking Jimmy Carter's side?
2007-08-22 10:16:00 It would seem as though film director Jonathan Demme is one of the few people who's willing to side with Jimmy Carter , and has just made a documentary about him called "Man From Plains". John Podhoretz got a news clip about it.Demme and a camera crew led by Declan Quinn filmed an intimate portrait of Carter as he dealt with the slings and arrows generated by his provocative public appearances across the country.I wouldn't be surprised if it were favorable towards this awful man. "Intimate"? I think that could signal that this is gonna be bad.There's an earlier report here that Brandeis University had denied Demme permission to film one of Carter's speeches that says: Demme said he had hoped Tuesday's speech and the planned question-and-answer session afterward would be part of a powerful ending to his documentary, "He Comes in Peace."When they speak about a powerful end, that too could tell that something is wrong. And the title given there, which must've been the initial titl... More About: Side , Taking
EU stops funding for Gaza electricity, but will it last?
2007-08-20 22:15:00 Here's a welcome step that the otherwise corrupt Europe an Union just took, but for how long?GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents were forced to make do without electricity Monday as the coastal strip's power supply became the latest victim of feuding between Gaza's Hamas rulers and their Fatah rivals.European donors stopped paying key electricity aid over the weekend, concerned that Hamas is siphoning off revenues. As Fatah and Hamas traded charges of corruption, at least half of Gaza's 1.4 million people were plunged into darkness....On Sunday, the European Union stopped funding fuel for the power plant that produces electricity for at least 700,000 Gazans. On Monday, it said the payments would not resume because it had information that Hamas was "diverting" electricity revenues."We are ready to resume our support to the Gaza power plant within hours once we receive the appropriate assurances that all the funds will be exclusively used for the ... More About: Electricity , Funding , Stops
More proof of Hamas alliance with al Qaeda
2007-08-20 22:12:00 The JCPA (via The Dread Pundit Bluto) has some news providing more confirmation that Hamas is helping and working with al Qaeda:The declared policy of Hamas to provide sanctuary to any jihadi fighter invites additional terrorist groups associated with al-Qaeda to plant themselves in the Gaza Strip.According to Dr. Zakaria Zain al-Din, chairman of Hamas' largest charity organization, the extremist views of al-Qaeda are spreading among the senior leadership of Hamas. Expressions of this were evident in the adoption of the radical world view of al-Qaeda that accuses other Muslims of being "infidels" and permits their being killed. Radical religious rulings permitted the killing of Fatah operatives.Abu Ashur, the right-hand man of Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) leader Mumtaz Durmush, confessed that their organization received funds and instructions from al-Qaeda outside of the Gaza Strip. Jaish al-Islam was responsible for the kidnapping of BBC journalist Alan Johnston in March 2007.... More About: Al Qaeda , Proof , Alliance , Al-Qaeda
Norway's law enforcement may be worse than Britain's
2007-08-20 21:19:00 Don Surber (via Power Line) finds that in Norway, they've got quite a way of dealing with criminals: arrest, try, and then release them and let the criminals decide if they want to go to jail or not. According to Aftenposten, one out of five criminals don't turn up to serve their sentence:It almost sounds like something out of a film, but for the Norwegian Correctional Services (Kriminalomsorgen), the problem is real. 20 percent of convicted criminals simply fail to show up to serve their prison term, according to figures for 2007.Criminals sentenced to long prison terms are particularly prone to bunking off. Almost every fourth person sentenced to six months or more in prison failed to meet in 2006. The situation is only becoming graver, with a total a 1799 people failing to show up during the whole of last year, compared to as many as 1068 people so far this year."It?s difficult to make plans for the prison terms when we have no idea who will show up and who won't," said Ellino... More About: Europe , Law Enforcement , Enforcement
Britain's a breeding ground for even Hamas terrorists
2007-08-20 17:40:00 It's not just al Qaeda that's been allowed to roam free there. Even Hamas is given free access to the blighty as well:(IsraelNN.com) A special report by the government's Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center shows that Great Britain continues to serve as a center for publications of Hamas incitement. The report notes that despite the terrorism the British themselves have experienced of late, they are not preventing the use of their country as a center for the dissemination of publications that include incitement and hatred towards Israel and the west, and the encouragement of suicide terrorists.The report's introduction states that the Hamas terrorist movement attributes great importance to the media, both written and electronic, as a major tool in its struggle against the West....Although the headquarters of the Hamas media empire is found in Gaza, with guidance and help from Damascus and other Arab countries, it has a large branch in Great Britain, "which continues... More About: Ground , Terrorists , Breeding , Breed
Egypt's Islamic tyrants arrested Christian Human Rights activists
2007-08-20 17:28:00 I wish I'd posted this earlier, but was so swamped in the past week, I wasn't able to. But now, here's some news via Sliwa about one of Egypt's Muslim dictatorship's latest acts of totalitarianism:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEChristian Solidarity International (CSI)August 10, 2007For Interviews Contact: Maria Sliwa, M. Sliwa Public Relations, 973-272-2861 / 212-202-4453, msliwa@msliwa.comEgypt Arrests Christian Human Rights ActivistsWASHINGTON: On August 8, members of the Egypt's State Security Investigations (SSI) arrested Christian activists Adel Fawzy Faltas and Peter Ezzat Mounir in Cairo. The arrests are part of Egypt's alarming and growing trend of state-sponsored persecution of Christians.Although no formal charges have been announced, SSI officials claim the two men insulted Islam, preached Christianity, incited Christian-Muslim confrontation, and maintained an unlawful association with a foreign organization.Egyptian government officials routinely torture prisoners within ... More About: Islamic , Arrested
Houston defendants in Oil-for-food scandal should be charged with treason
2007-08-19 20:43:00 Two oil tycoons in Texas who collaborated with the UN in the oil-for-food scandal have plead guilty (via Michelle Malkin):Houston oilman David Chalmers, accused of funneling illegal payments to Saddam Hussein?s regime at at time when Iraq was the target of strict economic sanctions, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy charge.Chalmers? business associate at Houston-based BayOil, Ludmil Dionissiev, pleaded guilty to one count of facilitating a shipment of merchandise into the United States, knowing that shipment to not be authorized by law.That leaves Houston oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt as the lone defendant still slated to go to trial in September on charges he made millions of dollars in illicit payments to Saddam?s government for the privilege of buying Iraqi crude.Wyatt attorney Carl Parker said today that his client is not guilty and intends to proceed to trial. Parker said he does not believe today?s guilty pleas will affect Wyatt?s prospects.?I don?t think it will mean anything to ... More About: Food , Scandal , Treason , Char
Olmert refuses to help all refugees from Sudan
2007-08-19 13:03:00 Ehud Olmert has said that he'll absorb 500 refugees from Darfur, but expel the rest. But look at what he called them:In a decisive move to address the African refugee crisis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Sunday that Israel has agreed to absorb 500 refugees from Darfur among the 2,800 Africans that have illegally entered into Israel."Those who have entered Israel illegally from Egypt will be returned to Egypt," government spokesman David Baker said, according to the Jerusalem Post. "These people are illegal economic migrants and will be returned."Is that implying that they're literally illegal immigrants looking to take advantage of state welfare and jobs like those infiltrating the US? These are people who've fled from the Islamic massacres against the black natives of Sudan , and are really here to find safety. They certainly haven't found it in Egypt, where police once massacred many refugees. They all deserve to find some safety from the barbarism they've been forc... More About: Refugees , Gees , Mert
Jose Padilla is GUILTY
2007-08-17 15:08:00 His trial has come, and he's now getting the conviction he deserves: the verdict for him is deservedly GUILTY.And while we're on the subject, the NYPD's got a new report in PDF format (via Michelle Malkin) that's important for reading.Others on the subject include Sister Toldjah, Stop the ACLU (plus, another one), Four Pointer, Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Rhymes With Right, Blue Star Chronicles, A Blog for All, The American Mind, Webloggin, Pirates' Cove, Right Truth, The Hill Chronicles, Neocon News. More About: Jose Padilla , Guilty , Jose , Dill
Two years after eviction from Gaza, evictees still trying to pick up the pi
2007-08-17 14:27:00 Here's an article from the JTA that tells how people who were evicted from Gaza and Gush Katif are still trying to rebuild their lives. More About: Israel , Years , Pick , Eviction
Spam MUST be stopped!
2007-08-16 23:16:00 About a week ago, The New Yorker ran an article about the increase of e-mail spam on the internet and the history of how it all began.As someone who gets more than enough spam in his own mailboxes, I can say for sure that I too am furious about it. More About: Spam
Libel tourist backs off of Wash. Institute
2007-08-15 22:23:00 A victory for free speech in America (Hat tip: Hot Air):(WASHINGTON) ? Yesterday, KinderUSA and Dr. Laila Al-Marayati dismissed with prejudice their libel suit, recently filed in California, against The Wash ington Institute for Near East Policy, its senior fellow Dr. Matthew Levitt, and Yale University Press. The suit involved passages contained in Dr. Levitt?s critically acclaimed and carefully researched book Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad, published by Yale University Press.In addition to dismissing its lawsuit, the plaintiffs released all their claims based on Dr. Levitt?s book. Dr. Levitt, The Washington Institute, and Yale University Press are not obligated to make any changes to Hamas, they are not limited in what they can write in the future, and they have not offered or given any compensation ? monetary or otherwise, now or in the future ? to plaintiffs for their dismissal of the suit.?We view this early, voluntary, and full dismissal as a c... More About: Tourist
Wiki-watching
2007-08-15 22:13:00 A new, useful tool to monitor who's vandalizing Wiki pedia is now available. So, if the New York Times or Al Jazeera are up to no good, you'll be able to find out. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.)Here's some more from Little Green Footballs and also Hot Air.Others on the subject include Ace of Spades HQ, Bits Blog, The Stout Republican. More About: Watching
An Old City security guard's heroism in stopping a terrorist
2007-08-13 23:50:00 There was a terrorist attack in the Old City of Jerusalem last Friday. Fortunately, the filth was stopped, and, there's a video here of what happened:For more, here's an INN article about the case. More About: Security , Israel , Terrorist , Heroism
A terrorist's wife loses citizenship in Tunisia
2007-08-13 23:36:00 And who might that be? Suha Arafat:Yasser Arafat's widow Suha lost her Tunis ia n citizenship, the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Monday.Reportedly, the instruction to withdraw Arafat's naturalized status comes from Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.The Tunisian government did not state a reason for revoking the citizenship, but sources in the justice system said Arafat lost her "moral and material rights."Arafat, who has been living with her daughter in Tunisia since the death of her husband in 2004, was naturalized in 2006. Al-Hayat, another London-based Arabic daily, reported that Suha Arafat left Tunisia last month. A reason for her leaving the country was not given.It probably doesn't matter either. All that matters is that she's being punished for being as evil as her horrible husband, now thankfully deceased. More About: Wife , Unis , Citizen
Tony Blair's a bad choice for an envoy
2007-08-13 22:13:00 I went onto The Jewish Week and looked at the poll they had up today, asking, "Do you think former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a wise choice as the new Mideast envoy?" Here are the results:229 people said No194 people said YesAnd here's my explanation as to why he's a bad choice: because, simply put, he goes by the approach of appeasement, all too common in Britain nowadays. Boo for Tony phony! More About: Choice , Choi , Lair
Two South Korean women freed from clutches of Taliban
2007-08-13 20:09:00 It is most fortunate that two of the South Kore an Christians who were taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan have now been freed (via Michelle Malkin). However, there are still more who haven't been. And the really worrisome thing is: will Korea perform appeasement to get them freed as well?Others on the subject include Macsmind, Shyspeak, Korean Military and Society. More About: Women
John Reynolds shouldn't be head of the Memorial Project
2007-08-13 05:49:00 Alec Rawls at Error Theory reports that John Reynolds , the head of the Flight 93 Memorial project, has gone public about the argument that the proposed design still looks like an Islamic crescent. Unfortunately, Reynolds refuses to accept this, and even seem to think that Islamic prayer is determined by shadow angle, when it's really determined by direction towards Mecca.I think that John Reynolds should be taken off the project if he's going to respond so dishonestly, and not accept that the design that looks like a crescent is just plain wrong. More About: Project , Head
Exposing Saudi millionaire's terror ties
2007-08-13 05:43:00 Mark Steyn (via Fiery Spirited Zionist) has boldly discussed the case involving the Saudi millionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz, who's been using the British courts to prevent his ties to terror funding from being exposed and which Rachel Ehrenfeld's had to maintain a legal battle against. More About: Terror , Posi
How America entrenched al Qaeda in Gaza
2007-08-12 20:25:00 This week, we've got some op-ed gold from Dore Gold on Opinion Journal:The U.S. and other Western powers are pushing for a new Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough, to help contain Iran and undercut the appeal of al Qaeda and radical Islam. A grand-scale Middle East peace conference is planned for this fall.The underlying assumption is that radical Islam has something do to with Israel-related political grievances. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has made this argument repeatedly. If he and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice roll up their sleeves and work toward a permanent settlement of the Palestinian issue, so the logic goes, they will be providing a powerful diplomatic antidote to the jihadism threatening the security of the entire Western alliance.But is this really the case? In August 2005, the international community embraced Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza , largely for these very reasons. The "occupation," which they tirelessly argued was polarizing the M... More About: America , Al Qaeda , Al-Qaeda
Muslim woman convert murders her bigamist husband, but for money?
2007-08-11 20:25:00 One might think at first that this story is about an ordinary woman in America who goes overboard in seeking revenge upon her philandering husband. But lo and behold, this case (via Smooth Stone), which took place not far from my native home city region, is a case of a Muslim woman and convert who may have murdered her Muslim husband (also a convert) for the money.NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Aug. 10) -- A woman killed her longtime husband hours before he was to leave on a trip to Morocco to try to impregnate his new second wife, prosecutors said in filing murder charges Thursday.Myra Morton, 47, turned herself in Thursday to face murder charges in the death of Jereleigh Morton, also 47, who was shot in his bed early Sunday morning in his million-dollar home outside Philadelphia.The killing happened just hours before Jereleigh Morton was to travel to Africa to try to conceive a baby with his second wife, whom he met on the Internet last year and married in March, prosecutors said.Myra Morton ha... More About: Money , Woman , Convert , Husband
"Intifada NYC" principal resigns
2007-08-11 19:58:00 The principal of the controversial Khalil Gibran Arabic school who condoned some "intifada NYC" t-shirts has resigned (Hat tip: One Jerusalem):NEW YORK ? A New York City principal who came under fire for controversial comments about an "intifada" T-shirt that seemed to condone terrorism has resigned.On Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg accepted the resignation of Debbie Almontaser, principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an English-Arabic school set to open next month in Brooklyn, N.Y."I became convinced yesterday that this week's headlines were endangering the viability of Khalil Gibran International Academy, even though I apologized," Almontaser said in an e-mail to FOX News.The principal had come under fire for comments she made to The New York Post about an "Intifada NYC" T-shirt that is sold by an activist group which shares an office with the Yemeni-American association that Almontaser represents.The day before she condemned the T-shirt message's connection to Pa... More About: Principal
LA Times are traitors: they want an American Taliban member released
2007-08-10 17:00:00 Those still subscribing to the newspaper would be well advised to cancel their subscriptions, because the Los Angeles Times is clearly determined to undermine justice in the war on terrorism, as they show with this latest hogwash (Hat tip: Rhymes With Right). They say:John Walker Lindh broke the law. But 'the American Taliban ' wasn't a terrorist, and he deserves clemency.What?!? Excuse me? Seperating between just about anything he actually did and the descriptions that fit the crimes is unforgivably obscene. He should be sent to chair, pure and simple. This is propaganda and denial of the worst kind. More About: Released , American Taliban
News on Ehud Olmert's involvement in Bank Leumi scandal
2007-08-10 12:37:00 State prosecutor is supposed to issue a decision on an indictment following this investigation:(Israel NN.com) Testimony by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert before the National Fraud Investigation Unit in the next few days is expected to clinch a decision by State Prosecutor Eran Shendar as to whether to issue an indictment in the Bank Leumi privatization affair.Investigators will grill the prime minister about his involvement in the sale of the government shares in the bank during his reign as acting Finance Minister. The tender was issued by Olmert in November 2005, during the term of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.Olmert is suspected of using his position to help two business associates compete in the bidding for the bank shares. One of the two, Australian business tycoon Frank Lowy, was set to become a controlling shareholder in Bank Leumi after it was privatized....State Prosecutor Eran Shendar is right now deciding whether or not to proceed with the investigation of the Prime M... More About: News , Scandal
South Korean hostage crisis
2007-08-09 20:35:00 I wish I hadn't been so busy in the past two weeks, otherwise, I would've had more time to blog about this horrifying case of at least 21 Korean relief workers who were taken prisoner in Afganistan by Taliban terrorists. To make matters worse, two of them may have already been murdered by the terrorist filth.The Korean government must not bow to these monsters who've taken these heroes hostage, and should do whatever they can to rescue the hostages. More About: South , Crisis , Isis , Hostage
Secret but unsurprising talks between Fatah/Hamas
2007-08-09 09:44:00 This proves once again that anyone who thinks that Fatah is any better than Hamas is wrong:Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plans to bolster Fatah may experience a grave setback in light of Hamas and Fatah's renewal of secret talks aimed at repairing relations. Olmert has been attempting to bolster Fatah's position and isolate Hamas, a militant group whose primary goal is to destroy Israel."The talks are being held at a low-level," a Fatah official told the Jerusalem Post. "It's premature to talk about a breakthrough, but at least we are talking again."Olmert said on Tuesday that he does not have information about the talks, according to sources in the prime minister's office. However during his meeting with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Olmert said that the renewal of Fatah-Hamas talks could have harsh "diplomatic ramifications," underscoring his opposition to a united Palestinian government. Abbas vowed not to renew contact with the militant group.A Hamas-Fatah reuinificat... More About: Secret , Ween
Qatar princesses kicked off British Airways flight
2007-07-30 21:11:00 Hello to all visitors! I'm currently tied up with some important work and won't be able to resume blogging fully until next week, but, here's an interesting story about a trio of princesses from Qatar who were ejected from a British Airway s line after they refused to sit next to some male passengers. The other passengers seem quite pleased, and with good reason: all that hubbub held up the flight for almost three hours. More About: Flight , Kick
May be busy for several days
2007-07-25 06:23:00 I'm going to be doing extra work within the next two weeks that may keep me away from the keyboard, so I have no idea if I'll be able to update as often as I'd like to. Stay tuned until then, and I hope I'll be able to make time to do some more write-ups within that time! More About: Days , Busy
Bulgarian nurses freed from Libya
2007-07-24 23:13:00 At last, the nightmare of the Bulgari an nurses is over, thanks in part to Cecilia Sarkozy, who helped to free them.Now, I think the time has come to isolate Libya and to demand an apology and that they admit to fabricating those lies against the innocent nurses. More About: Nurses
British police have no credibility
More articles from this author:2007-07-23 23:20:00 They wouldn't help a victim of an "honor murder" (I never use just the word killing for things like this), and their refusal to offer any help led to the girl's being murdered (via Dhimmi Watch):Miss Banaz had asked police for help four times but was not taken seriously. She even gave officers a list of five people she suspected would harm her and Mr Sulemani.In the US, she would have gotten help of some sort from the law. But in the UK, she was otherwise abandoned by it. More About: Police , British , Poli 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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