SPIEGEL ONLINE Mosque Madness German Group Hopes for EU Referendum on Minarets Just weeks after Swiss voters banned minarets in the country, a German right-wing group is hoping to use a new European Union law to hold a minaret referendum across the 27 member bloc. Last month, the Swiss voted to ban minarets. Now, it […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091216/ap_on_sc/climate/print Danish police tear gas climate protesters By CHARLES J. HANLEY, Associated Press Writer Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press Writer COPENHAGEN – Police are using tear gas and batons to disperse crowds of protesters trying to disrupt the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. Police spokesman Per Larsen says 230 protesters have been detained in the […]
– Melanie Phillips’s Articles – http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new – Sleepwalking off the cultural cliff The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, comes in for a lot of stick — not least from columnists like me. But in the past few days, he has said something important. He has criticised Government ministers for thinking that Christian beliefs are […]
White flag politics? http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/5637066/white-flag-politics.thtml Two disturbing reports reach me on the grapevine. I am told that, in the upper echelons of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet, the sanguine conclusion has been reached that they can ‘live with a nuclear Iran’. I am also told that, in the Downing Street bunker, the Prime Minister is considering bestowing […]
L.L. Zamenhof: Who He Was, Why He’s on Google Ker Than December 15, 2009 No, Google hasn’t been taken over by a foreign country. The green-and-white flag over the Google logo today is the banner of the artificial language Esperanto, flying in recognition of the 150th birthday of its inventor, L.L. Zamenhof. Born on December […]
US Congress approves Iranian sanctions Dec. 16, 2009 Associated Press , THE JERUSALEM POST The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions against Iran, as the US as lawmakers expressed doubt about the Islamic Republic’s willingness to respond to diplomatic efforts to curtail its purported nuclear arms program. A senior Iranian oil […]
Meanwhile, Over at the North Korean Airborne Weapons Bazaar Posted By Claudia Rosett Yes, Virginia, despite United Nations sanctions forbidding any such activity, North Korea’s government is still supplying weapons hither and yon. The latest sanctions busting shipment turned up aboard a cargo plane that stopped Friday for refueling in Bangkok — you can peruse […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6823791/Iran-test-fires-missile-capable-of-hitting-Israel.html Iran test fires missile capable of hitting Israel Iran said it has successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel Sajjil-2 missile.  16 Dec 2009 A missile prior to a test firing by Iranian armed forces Photo: AP State television broke the news in a one-sentence report that gave no details […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/saudis-to-give-75-year-old-woman-40-lashes-for-breaking-sex-segregation-rules.html Saudis to give 75-year-old woman 40 lashes for breaking sex segregation rules What fun they will have in Europe. Sharia Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: “Saudi Arabia to flog 75-year-old for breaching sex segregation rules,” from the Telegraph, December 15 (thanks to Pamela): Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/surprise-surprise-lockerbie-bomber-disappears.html Surprise, surprise: Lockerbie bomber disappears When the craven dhimmi Brits freed him for oil, they should have seen this coming a mile off. “Mystery as Lockerbie bomber goes missing from home and hospital,” by Martin Fletcher, Tim Reid and Angus Macleod in The Times, December 16 (thanks to Morgaan): The Lockerbie bomber appeared to […]
