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I asked this morning, and I’ll repeat the question: How much did the Saudis pay Al Gore to trash America this weekend at the Jeddah Economic Forum? Arab News has details on the sponsors of the event: Today, the JEF, which was conceived in 2000, and the Jeddah International Exhibition & Convention Center are units [...]

Robert Spencer blows the whistle on a vile art exhibit in Milan that “has illustrated once again the deep affinity between the Left and the forces of the global jihad.” In these days of Muslims the world over calling for the deaths of those who have “insulted Islam,” anyone who wants to see Oriana Fallaci [...]

My kindergarten-age daughter had the day off from school today because of snow. Hamas gave its students the day off today…to denounce the West and protest the Mohammed cartoons in the West Bank city of Hebron. (Hat tip: Secular Blasphemy) John Noonan at The Officers’ Club asks: Shouldn’t they be in school? *** Meanwhile, a [...]

Famed graphic novelist/illustrator Frank Miller is joining the Cartoon Wars. He announced his plans at the WonderCon comic book conference yesterday. Yes! During his WonderCon panel, Frank Miller discussed his next graphic novel. Once again, Miller returns to the world of the Batman, this time with Holy Terror, Batman!. Though the title plays with Robin’s [...]

***scroll for updates*** White House press secretary Scott McClellan is getting mauled over the delay in the public disclosure of Vice President Dick Cheney’s hunting accident. NBC’s David Gregory is fuming (I know, what else is new). Other reporters are shouting and interjecting. More to come… *** Ok, here’s a taste of the MSM hunt: [...]

Source: AFP Speaking from a country that sent us the majority of the 9/11 hijackers and from a conference that banned Denmark for daring to speak up against Islamist bullies, Al Gore this weekend blasted the United States for its “abuses” against Arabs: Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday [...]

Jim Hoft notes that Iran threw itself a party celebrating 27 years of Mullah-cracy–and millions boycotted. Publius Pundit has more on the sit-out. Clark Mountain Musings has a FlashPoint greeting card for the mullahs, with special guest appearances by Jimmy Carter and Jacques Chirac. Regime Change Iran has the Monday daily briefing on Iran. Winds [...]

There are a few brave men left in France. Hooray! Two of them–dressed in pro-Denmark shirts and gear–went to the Islamists’ demonstration over the Mohammed cartoons at the Place de la Nation in Paris, France this weekend. Take a look at what happened to Arthur Wneir and Erik Svane: Watch the movie here. No Pasaran [...]

Fox News is reporting that VP Dick Cheney was involved in a hunting accident yesterday. Breitbart/AP: Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday. Harry Whittington, 78, was “alert and doing fine” after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday [...]

This is absolutely disgusting. Via the NYDaily News and hat tip to Steve Janke: A budding filmmaker that FEMA found in the yellow pages used his taxpayer-funded video of the smoldering World Trade Center ruins in a documentary featuring topless women chatting about their breasts, a Daily News investigation has found. Provided with unique access [...]

There is much buzz this weekend about comments that conservative author/columnist Ann Coulter made at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a speech which I missed due to a book signing at the same event. Ann used the term “raghead” when describing what our homeland security policies should be: “I think our motto should [...]

Medpundit reports on a new front in the Cartoon Jihad–smack dab in Middle America. One of my favorite editorial cartoonists, the Akron Beacon Journal’s Chip Bok, has now raised the ire of the Council on American Islamic Relations for taking a jab at CNN’s ridiculous cartoon pixelation policy: Via Creators Syndicate Despite the fact that [...]

Sharia here we come. Via AP: Saudi Arabia’s top cleric called on the world’s Muslims to reject apologies for the “slanderous” caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed and demanded the authors and publishers of the cartoons be tried and punished, Saudi newspapers reported Saturday… Speaking to hundreds of faithful at his Friday sermon, Sheik Abdul Rahman [...]

The Cartoon Wars heat up on cable television. Glenn Reynolds tells off CNN. Here’s the video. Wowee. Via The Media Blog, Bill Bennett took a stand against his employer earlier this week. And so did Lou Dobbs. Maybe this trend will catch on.

Can the radical Islamists get any stupider? Having grown tired of burning buildings, tearing flags, hanging effigies, and threatening suicide bombings over 12 little cartoons, they have now superimposed the Queen of Denmark’s head onto the body of a woman wearing a red bikini. Danish reader Michael L. sends the story in Politiken.dk and writes: [...]

This is insane: Via: AP/Yahoo! Caption – An activist of the radical Kashmiri Islamic group, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, or daughters of the community, burns a Valentine card outside a card store in central Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women burned Valentine’s Day cards and posters showing couples together in the main [...]

Source: Ekstra Bladet Jim Lindgren at The Volokh Conspiracy has an interesting post examining the caption in the above anti-Muslim cartoon. It was one of three pieces of art disseminated by two-tongued, terror-sympathizing Danish imams, who tried to blame the anonymous Muslim-bashing cartoons and photos on Danes in the wake of the Jyllands-Posten’s publication of [...]

The always vigilant Diana West has a warning for us all.

…doesn’t like me. Wonder why? Maybe it was the China Google Protest Logo Album.

I’m hearing from many readers in Sweden who are very upset about this: A far-right Swedish party’s website showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has been shut down by the Internet hosting company after pressure from police and the foreign ministry, fearing it would fuel Muslim anger. The anti-immigrant Swedish Democrats had invited readers to [...]

The Cartoon Jihadists are winning… Malaysia: The Malaysian government shut down on Thursday a local newspaper after it published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the official Bernama news agency said. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also the internal security minister, ordered the indefinite shutdown of The Sarawak Tribune with immediate effect, Bernama said. [...]

There’s an interesting debate brewing in Denmark over food served in the country’s public schools. Since 2001, the government has approved only halal meat (food acceptable to Muslims) for children’s hot lunches. Looks like that’s going to change now. Neander News and Judith Apter Klinghoffer have details. The Jyllands-Posten news article is here. Dennis at [...]

Now (via Breitbart/AP): Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator’s staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist’s team about legislation affecting other clients. The activities _ detailed in billing records and correspondence obtained by The Associated Press _ are far [...]

In Poland, Machina magazine published cover art of pop celebrity Madonna’s face superimposed on the Virgin Mary this week. The face of one of her children is superimposed on the figure of the baby Jesus: Roman Catholics are mad: Poland’s Roman Catholics expressed outrage on Thursday after a magazine published a picture of the much-revered [...]

Via SFgate: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who has criticized President Bush and other elected officials for their war support since her son was killed in Iraq, said today that she won’t run for office against U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “I felt that putting pressure on her from the outside would be more effective than working [...]

Perry de Havilland at Samizdata notes that the “Buy Danish” campaign “seems to be helping.” He provides translation of an article in Børsen, which reports that “Buy Danish campaigns in large markets like the USA and Germany might give Danish companies enough increased turnover to cover the losses from the Arabian boycotts.” Keep fighting Islamism: [...]

You must watch the movie at Junkyard Blog. It says it all. Spread the word. “Taqiyya” means deception.

Meg Kreikemeier at TCS Daily examines the media’s silence about the strong economy.

The Islamists’ Bogus Anti-Muslim Art (Large images here, here, and here) — Danish TV station, DR 1, aired a valuable news segment yesterday on the manufacturing of the Cartoon Jihad yesterday. The station took the BBC to task for erroneously attributing the now-infamous French pig-squealing contest photo–exploited by a delegation of Danish imams to foment [...]

President Bush is giving a live speech right now before the National Guard Association on the global war on terror. He is revealing details about a terror plot to fly a plane into the Library Tower (now the US Bank tower) in Los Angeles, which was planned in the weeks after Sept. 11. He says [...]