BRUCE THORNTON: LIBERATING LIBYA FOR JIHADISTS

Liberating Libya for Jihadists Posted By Bruce Thornton URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/30/liberating-libya-for-jihadists/ The fall of Muammar Gaddafi is making some in the West giddy with the usual “Arab Spring” wishful visions of democracy and freedom flourishing throughout the Muslim Middle East, even as the last binge of democratic intoxication, the fall of Egyptian strongman Hosni […]

EL BLOOMBITO: THE MAYOR’S SPANISH

@ElBloombito — the fake Twitter account parodying Mayor Bloomberg’s attempts at Spanish during Hurricane Irene — has gone viral.

THE ANTI-SCIENCE SMEAR OF RICK PERRY: RICH LOWRY

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/275818 The last time Republicans were roundly condemned as anti-science, it was for their resistance to destroying human embryos for stem cells. Their crude religiosity supposedly blocked imminent leaps ahead in medical progress. Then-vice-presidential candidate John Edwards went so far as to predict in 2004 that because of “the work we will do when John […]

DAVID REABOI: LOOKING FOR ISLAMOPHOBIA IN ALL THE USUAL PLACES

Looking for ‘Islamophobia’ in All the Usual Places Posted By David Reaboi URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/looking-for-islamophobia-in-all-the-usual-places/   Last week the Center for American Progress released the latest in an increasingly desperate series of reports by far-left and Islamist groups attacking my colleagues and me at the Center for Security Policy [1] and others for our […]

J CHRISTIAN ADAMS: EVERY SINGLE ONE…ERIC HOLDER’S POLITICIZED HIRING

URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/every-single-one-the-politicized-hiring-of-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-housing-section/ All 11 new hires to the Justice Department’s Housing Section have far-left resumes — which were only released following a PJMedia lawsuit. (This is the eighth of a series of articles about the Justice Department’s hiring practices since President Obama took office. Read parts one, two, three, four, five, six, and […]

MARK STEYN: OLD BLIGHTED

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 […]

AUGUST: “SURGE” IN VIOLENCE…DEADLIEST MONTH FOR US IN AFGHANISTAN: AMIR SHAH

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 […]

THIS IS NOT A PARODY: A MARINE BAN ON FLATULENCE TO AVOID OFFENDING LOCALS!!!???

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 […]

EGYPT’S “BOYZ IN THE TERRORHOOD” DECLARE WAR ON THE BIKINI…DAVID MILLER

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 […]

AUSTRALIANS STAND TALL IN SUPPORTING ISRAEL

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 […]