http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/4408/ Steyn on Britain and Europe Tuesday, 30 August 2011 HAPPY WARRIOR from National Review I had a new book out the other day. Usual doom and gloom, as the more alert reader may just about be able to discern from the subtle title: After America: Get Ready for Armageddon. One always hopes, in a competitive […]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9PE82U01&show_article=1 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Sixty-six U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan so far this month, making August the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly decade-long war. Nearly half of the troops killed died on Aug. 6 when the Taliban shot down a Chinook helicopter in eastern Afghanistan. That was the single deadliest […]
http://bigpeace.com/elcid/2011/08/29/marines-ban-audible-farting-in-afghanistan-to-avoid-offending-the-locals/ Marine Corps Times is a family newspaper and we only rarely have offensive language in our stories. But this week the word “fart” appears in a story I wrote about the importance of trust between Marines and the Afghan national army soldiers they work with. I didn’t want to write this little blog entry […]
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235687 Egypt’s Brotherhood declares war on the bikini “Freedom and Justice” party leader: “We must place regulations on tourists wishing to visit Egypt.” Sunbathing in Alexandria may soon be a thing of the past, at least if some Egyptian Islamist politicians have their way. Egypt’s tourism industry has suffered a severe blow since the outburst […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011/08/aussie-greens-turn-purple-as-pro-israel.html Aussie Greens Turn Purple As Pro-Israel Councillor Uses The N Word “Immediately afterwards Councillor Black wrote: ‘Today in the pouring rain hundreds of mums and dads gathered at Max Brenner, Southbank, to stand up for a business who has come under attack because of its connection to the Jewish state. We stood strong, united […]
http://zioncon.blogspot.com/ The following are the basic principles and axioms upon which all public debate must be conducted if you wish to be a true progressive and leftist person who cares: 1. Leftists should be free to call everyone else nasty names, because they are so moral, but no one should be permitted to call leftists […]
http://www.vote.com/mmp_printerfriendly.php?id=2958 LAST NIGHT ON HANNITY DICK MORRIS INSISTED ON ADDING THIS TO HIS COMMENTARY…GOOD FOR HIM…RSK NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR GROUND ZERO MOSQUE By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published on DickMorris.com on August 29, 2011 The ground zero mosque, called Park 51, has applied for a $5 million grant of federal funds from the […]
http://www.countercontempt.com/archives/1982 Rick Perry and the “Pro-Sharia Curriculum:” Pamela Geller is Wrong By David Stein (My absolute final word on the subject — even if Pam Geller calls me “asshat” again – HERE) In an article from last week, I thoroughly addressed, and (in my humble opinion) fatally wounded the claim promoted by Pamela Geller that Rick […]
http://www.countercontempt.com/archives/2050 Epitaph for Salon and Pam Geller’s Discredited Rick Perry Meme By No-Name Asshat (aka David Stein) Okay, I promised I wouldn’t devote any more time to Pam Geller’s completely false claim that Rick Perry forced Texas public schools to use a “pro-Sharia” curriculum. But there’s something about being called a “no-name asshat” that makes […]
http://www.prudenpolitics.com/index.php/pruden/full_column/goodnight_irene_what_a_floozie In New York, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg got only Bronx cheers with his demand that 375,000 New Yorkers in low-lying areas leave town, Gotham businessmen counted the cost of the four-day shutdown and came up with a tab in the billions. The mayor had even shut down the subways, so at least he could […]
