Monthly Archives: November 2007

Girl Stoned To Death

Ran across a video of a girl in an Islamic country being stoned to death. Cannot verify its authenticity, and the resolution is poor. You decide for yourself. Those aren’t Christians speaking that language. Warning: the site as well as the video is not safe for work. Also, despite the low resolution, graphic.

WTW: What’s Happening With That Jefferson Critter?

Morning, y’all, Jebediah Murphy here on another fine White Trash Wednesday. But, hey, I done run across an interesting story at that thar Defeatocratic Underground, which has apparently been missed by most of the MSM and those of us here in the ‘sphere. The Washington Post was nice enough to have a small blurb on […]

Gulf Times: More Bad Math For Iraq

Amazing, simply amazing. Well, maybe stupidifying One child dies every five minutes because of the war, and many more are left with severe injuries. Of the estimated 4mn Iraqis who have been displaced in Iraq or left the country, 1.5mn are children. For the most part, they don’t have access to basic health care, education, […]

Gray Lady: Baghdad Security Improves. I’m Concerned About Pinch

I really am shocked. Over the past month or so, I am seeing more and more news stories in the New York Times that state that things are getting much better and even *gulp* that we are winning in Iraq. The editorials are avoiding discussion of the state of Iraq’s security as of late, as […]

Aside: The Jawa Report Helps Bust Bilal Hussein

A story you have to check out. Rusty of The Jawa Report helped nab Bilal Hussein. You remember him. He is the AP stringer accused of helping Al Qaeda in Iraq. Kudo’s, Rusty!

TLF: Newsweek Tells Americans How Mean We Are

As we come in to Thanksgiving, Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek is nice enough to illuminate us on what ***holes Americans are As an immigrant, I’ve always loved Thanksgiving for all the corniest reasons. It’s a distinctly American holiday, secular and inclusive, focused on food, family and gratitude. But the one Thanksgiving tradition I try strenuously […]

Newsweek: Dems Should Run Against Bush

And you will never guess whose advice this comes from. Hint: almost every single candidate he has backed has lost.

Former Imam Sentenced In France

I hope France is ready for burned McDonalds’ A French appeals court sentenced a former imam Monday to five years in prison for involvement in a plot to stage attacks in France to support fighters in Chechnya. The Paris Court of Appeals stiffened Chelalli Benchellali’s original 18-month suspended sentence, imposing instead a five-year prison term, […]

San Fran Starts Its Plastic Bag Ban

At least this article doesn’t go down the climate change road Attention San Francisco shoppers: Plastic grocery store bags are going, going, gone. Starting Tuesday, large grocery stores in the city can no longer use the traditional plastic bags that are a staple of the supermarket checkout line, as a city ordinance passed earlier this […]

Duncan Hunter Delivers “Pardon The Border Agents” Letter To Bush

But, will Bush listen? (Washington Times) In a letter that was delivered today to the White House, 31 major conservative petitioners joined a campaign led by Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and presidential candidate, asking President Bush to pardon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean before Thanksgiving. The letter comes on the heels of the […]

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