The trial of an Australian renegade named Joseph Thomas, who is accused of working with Al Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan, may have revealed that Osama bin Laden is trying to recruit Caucasians.

From UPI:

Western intelligence services are increasingly nervous about al-Qaida attempts to recruit white men and women, as they can more easily pass in Western society.

Australia's Herald Sun reported that an ongoing court case in Melbourne uncovered an al-Qaida attempt to recruit Caucasian "sleeper agents."

Australian defendant Joseph Thomas told his police interrogators that Khalid bin Attash, an associate of Osama bin Laden, said that bin Laden was interested in having "an Aussie ... a white boy," according to testimony in Melbourne's Supreme Court.

Prosecutor Nick Robinson alleged that Thomas's conversations with bin Attash occurred in Pakistan, where Thomas was staying at an al-Qaida safe house after training at the group's al-Farooq camp in Afghanistan during 2001.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

Posted by: Bluto at 11:09 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
Post contains 196 words, total size 1 kb.

1 I'm white. I'm asleep. Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Rusty at February 21, 2006 12:06 PM (CIynh)

2 I think you have to fill out an application at the ACLU.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at February 21, 2006 12:42 PM (RHG+K)

3 Hmmmmmm ... how much money would they have to pay me to get me to commit a suicide bombing? ...

Posted by: ProCynic at February 21, 2006 01:19 PM (bfkgE)

4 Of course, it's not just mercs that we have to watch out for. Actually, white hardcore leftist ideologues who have already made common cause with Islamists against the U.S. might be even more likely aQ candidates, especially once it dawns on them that they have zero chance of actually getting their way via the political process.

Posted by: Joshua at February 21, 2006 01:33 PM (2c7xL)

5 Sounds like a good opportunity to get the CIA inside to me. That would solve that pesky problem with your best agent not having the same color skin. I'm sure we have Muslims on the inside but we hear about too many cases of them being exposed to the dark side of their own religion and turning on us. I'm sure a vast majority of the Muslim CIA agents are doing good work but one bad one is too many.

Posted by: slug at February 21, 2006 01:44 PM (wcNc2)

6 Jayna Davis explores recruitment of 'lily white' candidates in her book "The Third Terrorist". Immortalizing the Oklahoma City bombing as an act committed by two lily white home grown anti-government discontents has shown how successful this tactic is. Certainly the FBI, congress, federal and state justice departments saw no cause to explore 22 well corroborated eye witness accounts to counter preconceived ( or should that be PC)notions. Just ask Hussain Hashem Al Hussaini (the third terrorist) or any of his cohorts . . . like Majid Ajaj, Dr. Anwar Abdul, Ali Kamel, Adnon Khan, Rizwan Sidiqqi, etc. etc.

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at February 21, 2006 03:39 PM (XU9K/)

7 All they need do is post at www.stormfront.org, and they'll find all the Jew-hating nazi's they could want, or just go to Kos, where they all cross-post.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 21, 2006 04:20 PM (0yYS2)

8 Sounds like a good opportunity to get the CIA inside to me. Sorry slug, I didn't realize you were one of those people who think the CIA still do something other than watch '24' reruns and leak secrets.

Posted by: dave at February 21, 2006 06:31 PM (CcXvt)

9 It seems to me that about 99% of whites are sleeping here in the US. I wonder what the hell it will take to wake them up.

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 21, 2006 06:37 PM (rUyw4)

10 'Lilly whites' as described in Jayna Davis' book about the Oklahoma City Bombing... I fear more is coming...

Posted by: tele64 at February 21, 2006 07:17 PM (pSM02)

11 Other than some Kosovars and Albanians they are not having much luck.

Posted by: hondo at February 21, 2006 07:24 PM (fyKFC)

12 Uh... the Bosnian Muslim SS divisions during WWII... It's nothing new...

Posted by: Ariya at February 21, 2006 09:44 PM (uxW3N)

13 You can't be 11685 serious?!?

Posted by: Mary Box at July 06, 2006 02:09 PM (WAwrX)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

No. And by no, I mean yes.

Posted by: Rusty at 09:35 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 15 words, total size 1 kb.

وَمَنْ هُوَ الْكَذَّابُ؟ إِنَّهُ الَّذِي يُنْكِرُ أَنَّ
يَسُوعَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ حَقّاً. إِنَّهُ ضِدٌّ لِلْمَسِيحِ يُنْكِرُ الآبَ وَالابْنَ مَعا

Zaman:

A delegation of bishops and religious men from the Danish Lutheran Church made contacts in Egypt following the worldwide uproar against the offending cartoons of Prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper....

Steen Skovsgaard, a bishop in the delegation, told Zaman that the cartoons are entirely for provocation. Skovsgard, stressing Muslims and Christians live together in peace, said Danes separated after the events and the majority disapproved the cartoons. He said the freedom of speech did not include humiliation and insult and Muslims can seek remedy through the courts as Denmark is a state of law. Skovsgard, underlining that the crisis is the beginning of a new dialogue rather than a partition, said their tickets were bought by the Danish Foreign Ministry though it was not an official visit.

UPDATE: Sweden too? I mean, you'd expect this from the Saudis, but not the Swedes. more...

Posted by: Rusty at 09:12 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 225 words, total size 3 kb.

More robots in the war-zone. Hasta la vista, terrorists.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:37 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
Post contains 19 words, total size 1 kb.

Muslims love to tell you how tolerant they are. What they don't love to tell you is the story of how the entire Muslim world has become nearly Jew free. In 1948 there were approximately 1,000,000 Jews living in the Arab countries. By 2001 there were less than 19,000. Contrast that the 'little Satan', Israel, which is nearly 20% Arab.

The sad thing about this story of the last Jewish Synagogue in Tajikistan is that there are probably so few Jews left that it really isn't needed. Registan:

The last remaining synagogue in Tajikistan is being torn down. The Jewish center and surrounding neighborhood have been threatened with demolition for years, but interventions by the US and Israeli embassies and Jewish religious authorities in Tashkent brought previous assurances that the synagogue would either be saved or fairly compensated. The demolition is scheduled as part of a huge presidential palace complex being built in the center of town. Without written warning or any legal notification, the water and phones were cut on 7 February, and the bulldozers came in this week. The building is still standing but half of the property, including the mikveh (ritual bath), classroom space, and the kosher butchery, are demolished. The road to the synagogue is gone and people must now walk over mud and demolition waste to get to the entrance, the courtyard has been turned into storage space for the demolition work, all by order (or with the blessing of) city authorities.

Rabbi Abdurakhmonov, the communityÂ’s leader, says he has been threatened by government officials for raising his voice.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:26 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
Post contains 286 words, total size 2 kb.

1 All for a presidential palace complex, huh? Sounds like the ultimate in eminent domain abuse. Were they late on their dhimmi-dues or something?

Posted by: Oyster at February 21, 2006 12:43 PM (7YTVr)

2 Oh nice. I just looked up how much land they're offering to the Jews outside of town. 0.15 hectares. Which is equal to about one third acre. Plus! They want to rent them a building to use with the money they don't have while they build a new synagogue on the 1/3 acre with the other money they don't have. Nice people.

Posted by: Oyster at February 21, 2006 12:53 PM (7YTVr)

3 When I first heard about this a few years ago, the Tajik government made clear that they were tearing down a mosque too. What wasn't clear was whether or not they were going to give them money to build a new one. The author who sent me the short report I published said that he's shopping around a longer version that will hopefully appear in the next few days. Sadly, it looks like Uzbekistan's Jewish community, and the US and Israeli embassies will not be able to save Dushanbe's synagogue this time around.

Posted by: Nathan at February 21, 2006 01:10 PM (gq44d)

4 Nathan, let us know what you find.

Posted by: Oyster at February 21, 2006 02:03 PM (7YTVr)

5 I have to play Devil's Advocate here for a second; if Jews can establish an ethnic homeland, then they can't really claim absolute right to reside anywhere else. I believe in one set of rules for everyone, not one set for Jews, and another for everyone else.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 21, 2006 04:27 PM (0yYS2)

6 Very funny, IM.

Posted by: Don Miguel at February 21, 2006 05:51 PM (+KixN)

7 IM, what? Jews have lived all over the world for ever. Because they have a homeland now they all have to go there and leave the homes they've likely been in for their whole lives? Homes that may have been in their families for centuries? Not to mention that in their "ethnic homeland" other ethnic people of other religions live peacefully. Or are you just pullin' my leg?

Posted by: Oyster at February 21, 2006 06:22 PM (YudAC)

8 So, the fact that Israel is a Jewish nation doesn't mean anything? What if every other nation followed their policies? They'd be called racist, that's what. They don't even allow non-Jews to join their military, with the exception of those with Israeli citizenship, which is damned difficult for non-Jews to get. Cut the BS people, just because they're Jews doesn't mean they deserve to be treated any differently than anyone else.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 21, 2006 06:37 PM (0yYS2)

9 IM, few people had any problem with Islamic nations until information got out to all us peons in the world that harsh punsihments are regularly meted out to all who openly practice any religion but Islam, to women who are unfortunate enough to be raped, to anyone who expresses even slight displeasure with the Islamic rulers, Imams and Mullahs. Nobody minded and STILL wouldn't mind if only basic human rights were recognized. Israel isn't perfect, no, but they are leaps and bounds beyond the barbaric practices of Islamic nations. It should be hard to get Israeli citizenship. Look at their location. Try getting Iranian citizenship without professing to be Muslim. Ain't gonna happen. You simply can't compare the two.

Posted by: Oyster at February 22, 2006 06:44 AM (YudAC)

10 You miss the point that the main reason the jews arent in Muslim lands is they emigrate to israel - to steal land from Muslim (and Christian )Palestinians

Posted by: You wont post this at February 22, 2006 05:27 PM (ZbQhT)

11 excuse me folks. as far as know it was israeli goevrnments eager to increase jewishness of israel that has transported most of the jews out of their bloved "motherlands"... do you remember the operation in ethopia... do you know about the covert operations in iraq to force the jews to migrate to safety of israel... P.S. Go IM go...

Posted by: bloody_turk at February 23, 2006 09:27 AM (SnJGw)

12 Don't think for one second that I'm siding with muslims, I did say modern countries after all, not recidivistic, primitive states. I'm just making the point that any group which wants to have an ethnically pure state shouldn't bitch when they get kicked out of someplace else. And on that note, we should kick all muslims out of the civilized countries.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 23, 2006 04:21 PM (0yYS2)

13 IM: Anglicans have a homeland in the UK. Muslims have Saudi Arabia. Germans have Germany. Chinese have China. Have they no rights elsewhere? OF COURSE THEY DO. Jews have a homeland in Israel. But we have rights elsewhere. You are NOT asking that we be treated equally; you are singling us out for expulsion or abuse. Re your assertions about Israel & non-Jews. Israel's population is 20% non-Jewish. Israel is not perfect, but it does a MUCH better job than many countries. Out of 120 members of parliament, 11 are Arabs (Muslim, Druze, Christian). Some have served as deputy cabinet ministers. There is currently a Christian Arab on the Israeli supreme court. Israeli Druze soldiers have risen to high rank (colonel and above) in the IDF, serving with distinction and commanding Jews and non-Jews alike. Israeli Arabs play on the national soccer team, have become Miss Israel and hold professorships at Israeli universities. Israel's non-Jewish citizens have full voting rights. Israeli Muslim women go to school, drive and open businesses, become lawyers, doctors -- and imams. I have enjoyed my visits to Germany, but how many Turks are in the Reichstag? In the cabinet? How many Turks are citizens? What does it take for a Turk to become a German citizen? He can't do it, can he? And yet Germany is a progressive, modern country. I love Turkey, but is the parliament even 10% Kurdish? Turkey, too, is a modern nation-state. It has a 20% Kurdish population. How "well" does Turkey do? I won't even consider Saudi, where not a single church or synagogue is allowed, and every other religion but Islam has been forcibly stamped out. Why is Israel so "bad"? It's doing better by its minorities than a vast array of other countries that are only too glad to point accusing fingers at Israel. bloody_turk Imagine that Turks are being victimized in countries surrounding Turkey, and the rest of the world does nothing. Do you just sit by and watch this happen, or do you try to at least bring your fellow Turks to safety? Israel has also given shelter to tens of thousands of Baha'i refugees from Iran. Baha'is are definitely NOT Jews; they are a offshoot of Islam (many Muslims call them heretics). Israel took them in. IM again: Let's also not slam all Muslim states or all Muslims. Be specific. Saudi Arabia and Iran have become really nasty, backward places in many regards. But not only are there more prosperous & modern examples to draw from, but there are many Muslims who are more forward thinking and "western" in their outlook. Even in Saudi and Iran, there are dissidents and others who are trying to reform their societies for the better. I hope this post (though long) made for interesting reading. Thanks for listening.

Posted by: howard at February 24, 2006 03:39 AM (6Nd3u)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

No, I'm not a conservative and neither is Glenn Reynolds. I'm a neo-libertarian. It's kind of like being a conservative, only we dig the notion of legal pimps and hoes. And it's kind of like being a libertarian, only we really dig our military. Is that clear?

UPDATE: Neither is Stephen Green. And a response for the poli sci geeks who secretly dwell among us.

UPDATE II: More political science geekiness, but true. more...

Posted by: Rusty at 08:14 AM | Comments (14) | Add Comment
Post contains 187 words, total size 2 kb.

Forget the Arab companies trying to take over American ports. Give them to the Danes! Heh.

And while we're thinking about Arab companies running U.S. ports, why not take this poll which asks what other government functions should be taken over by Muslims. Preview: Turn over U.S. nuclear plant security to a council of filthy Iranian mullahs.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:04 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 69 words, total size 1 kb.

I'm not quite convinced--no, more than that, I'm highly skeptical--but that is one of the allegations made over the weekend at the Intelligence Summit. It looks like ABC News misled the nation when they claimed that the 12 hours of tape aired at the Intelligence Summit revealed no Saddam-WMD connection. However, as we have noted before, the Summit was not organized by the most reputable people in the world.

Renew America via Rocketsbraintrust:

The chief mischief-maker on the Russian side apparently was General Yevgeny Primakov, who headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service in 1990, served as Russia's minister of foreign affairs in 1996, and as prime minister in 1998. You may remember him as the post-Cold War general who was given to outrageous and threatening outbursts.

Despite Iraq's 8 billion dollar debt to Russia, Primakov convinced the Russian government to invest anew in rebuilding Iraqi military forces after Saddam's humiliating defeat in the Gulf War. "Secret agreements, signed between Iraqi intelligence and the Russian GRU, provided for clean-up operations to be conducted by Russian and Iraqi military personnel — to remove WMDs, materials for production, technical documentation, etc., from Iraq, so that the regime could announce that Iraq was 'WMD free.'"

Part of the plan — specifically dealing with chemical weapons — was described by a Romanian intelligence official now living in protective custody after briefing U.S. intelligence for three years. The Russians specified that all chemical/bio weapons were to be burned or buried at sea in the event of potential capture. Just before war against Iraq by the allied coalition, two Russian ships set sail for the Indian Ocean. Shaw says it's not known whether they then headed for Syria or were destroyed. The point is they were out of Iraq and out of the reach of any invasion force.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:01 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
Post contains 312 words, total size 2 kb.

(Hanoi, Vietnam) Over 10,000 karaoke bars in the country, some catering to drug usage and prostitution, are being blamed for 'social evils' by the Vietnamese government. As a result, the communist hierarchy has decreed that alcohol is prohibited at the bars and they must close at midnight.

The logic eludes me. Banning alcohol doesn't necessarily mean there will be less drug usage and less prostitution. In fact, banning alcohol would more likely lead to increased drug usage, especially if someone, without a couple of bracers, anticipated being handed a microphone and asked to belt out a believable rendition of "Buttons and Bows."

From Interested-Participant.

Posted by: Mike Pechar at 07:37 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 110 words, total size 1 kb.

I'm up at 0500 every morning. My routine is simple and involves checking e-mail not too long after waking up. I especially enjoy e-mails that have originated from readers of Conservative Thinking.

However, sometimes I have to shake my head and laugh. One e-mail I received this morning was simple and to the point from an obviously unhinged liberal:

From: EdPeff@aol.com
Sent: Mon 02/20/2006 9:38 PM
Subject: Communique from Conservative Thinking

URGENT
DICK CHENEY IS A TRATIOR

My reply:

What's a TRATIOR?

I love being a Conservative.

Originally Posted at

Posted by: Chris Short at 06:40 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
Post contains 94 words, total size 1 kb.

He thinks the Omaha World Herald is right leaning?

Does he read the bylines?

New York Times

Washington Post

AP

Does he read the editorial page?

Don't think so!

Oh wait, he's a leftist. All those listed above are objective news sources.

Well, so is this blog. We have no biases whatsoever. We link to MSM sources all the time in the interest of "balance."

THIS is hilarious:

With such twisted and dishonest reporting on display, it then comes as little surprise when Andersen stoops to that most familiar of refrains used by Republicans to excuse their representatives' most heinous and indecent crimes - making reference to the sad and unfortunate, almost 40-years-old Chappaquiddick incident and thinking themselves clever for doing so. It's a pathetic fallback position that reveals just how low their sort is willing to drag a debate before ever taking the slightest bit of responsibility for their own failings.

Hahahaha...an accident is now a heinous and indecent crime whereas Chappaquiddick was just an incident

Mr. Whittington is available for comment.

Mary Jo Kopechne isn't.

I really should let this fade into the mists of obscurity, but I just wanted to show that we have this in red states too.

Posted by: Vinnie at 03:15 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 204 words, total size 1 kb.

This evening I participated in a conference call about the Able Danger hearings with Mark Zaid, attorney for Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and other Able Danger figures, with several other bloggers. The call was organized by Mike Kasper of the Able Danger Blog.

The bloggers were:

Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters
AJ Strata of The Strata-Sphere
Mark Coffey of Decision '08
QT Monster's Place
Pierre of The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill
Rory O'Connor
Moi, representing The Dread Pundit Bluto , The Jawa Report, and Vince Aut Morire. more...

Posted by: Bluto at 08:31 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 399 words, total size 3 kb.

Islam means submission, not peace. To the Islamist, to kill someone for breaking Islamic law is not murder, it is carrying out the death penalty. So, it's always great to see that Christians and atheists seem to know Islam better than Muslims who have been practicing the tradition of imposing the death penalty on blasphemers and apostates since Muhammed's time.

Khaleej Times:

Denmark and Norway on Monday condemned as incitement to murder a Pakistani clericÂ’s offer of a reward to anyone who kills any of the 12 Danish cartoonists who lampooned the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

“It’s murder and murder is also forbidden by the Koran,” Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller told a news conference with his colleague Jonas Gahr Stoere from Norway, which has been dragged into the row after a paper published the cartoons.

“Islam is also a religion of peace, mercy and forgiveness. That is why it is my opinion, but also the opinion of many Muslims, this is un-Islamic,” said the Danish minister.

Yes, they kill you for apostasy. From the hadiths: more...

Posted by: Rusty at 05:03 PM | Comments (14) | Add Comment
Post contains 635 words, total size 4 kb.

American media also should take note. UPI:

Defense Secretary John Reid urged the public Monday not to condemn British troops in Iraq, after video footage emerged showing soldiers beating Iraqi protesters.

While insisting he was not excusing abusive actions, Reid called for greater understanding of the severe pressures faced by troops serving in the country. In a speech at King's College, London, he attacked "armchair critics" who passed judgment based on the actions of a few while ignoring the good work of the many.

"We expect our people to uphold the highest standards of behavior and when they fail we will act, quite rightly," he said.

"But they also have the right to expect everyone else, whose safety is dependent upon them, to consider the environment in which they are operating before we pass judgment from the safety of a television studio, from the green benches of parliament or from the comfort of an armchair," he said.

Posted by: Rusty at 04:25 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
Post contains 173 words, total size 1 kb.

It's like Instapundit, but all in one post! Heh.

It's the Religion of Peace update:

more...

Posted by: Rusty at 03:11 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
Post contains 360 words, total size 5 kb.

Below: Humvee in Iraq with experimental Zeus laser cannon. more...

Posted by: Rusty at 12:05 PM | Comments (11) | Add Comment
Post contains 42 words, total size 1 kb.

Gribbit put this up at Conservative Thinking and I just figured it'd be a good idea to share it here as well:

This time it's Russia...

Shown are Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and Moses watching a crowd of clashing people while saying, "We never taught them to do that..."

Visit Pubilus Pundit for the full story why a Russian Mayor ordered the newspaper shut down.

H/T: Michelle Malkin

Posted by: Chris Short at 11:20 AM | Comments (19) | Add Comment
Post contains 73 words, total size 1 kb.

The University of IllinoisÂ’ editor in chief and one other editor have been suspended over publication of the controversial Muhammed cartoons after the rest of the staff goes soft on them. The Daily Illini has taken down the web posting of the original editorial, but thanks to the wonders of the Google cache, we can see the original.

Updated : 02/20/06 : Peoriapundit has published the University of ILL Daily Illini paper's new blog policy.

Hat Tip : Instapundit. more...

Posted by: Howie at 11:11 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 1154 words, total size 8 kb.

1 Makes perfect sense. U Ill has a large muslim minority student population, and there are significant numbers of muslims through-out the area and state. They would be upset and get angry. It would be relatively easy for some to simply aquire firearms, go on campus, and execute (selectively or indiscriminately) fellow students and teaching staff. Also, security at campuses is relatively weak - a dedicated (an offended) muslim student (or otherwise) could easily assemble explosive materials and deliver a bomb to say the Admin building, or Library or Student Cafeteria etc. killing dozens if not hundreds of young (and potentially important) people. Makes perfect sense to me. ALLAH AKBAR!

Posted by: hondo at February 17, 2006 01:19 PM (fyKFC)

2 I love the "Stop...Stop...We ran out of virgins" cartoon Doesn't this make sense to everyone? Afterall it's fine to dump the bible in a jar of piss and call it art. But let's kill everyone who draws Mohamed the pedaphile!!!

Posted by: joey at February 17, 2006 01:51 PM (DkQ4u)

3 All the cartoons are rather tame compared to the filth that MUSLIM PUBLICATIONS in the Middle East routinely run on Jews and Christians. This entire controversy has nothing to do with respect for Islam, but everything to do with the power of Islam to silence its critics. Wake up, America, before it is too late. The more you give in to these people, the more you reward their threats of violence. Rewarding threats of violence breeds violence.

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 17, 2006 03:26 PM (rUyw4)

4 JJ Look closely at who are the ones giving in. Notice anything?

Posted by: hondo at February 17, 2006 03:41 PM (fyKFC)

5 Muslims and liberals need to be killed off.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 17, 2006 04:50 PM (0yYS2)

6 Liberals at their usial dirty work making is so only liberals can be heard

Posted by: sandpiper at February 19, 2006 10:26 PM (stdEd)

7 Yeah sandpiper, but it ain't gonna work no more, because of this newfangled intarweb thang. Heh.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 20, 2006 04:06 PM (0yYS2)

8 I thought the rules were pretty harsh, so just to get em up here where we can see what policies may be in the future. Not good. They may have been suggested before but I saw this link had em spelled out.

Posted by: Howie at February 20, 2006 07:45 PM (D3+20)

9 One would think that the self-appointed champions of a free press would not run and hide so easily. What militant Islam wants, militant Islam gets.

Posted by: Mark at February 26, 2006 02:44 AM (9by0x)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

Would that my powers of parody were such that I could create from my mind the discussion that follows. Alas! It is all true! Praise be to the Goddess Gaea that such sensitive young folk are poised to carry on for us.

From PETA2.com: more...

Posted by: Bluto at 10:46 AM | Comments (18) | Add Comment
Post contains 711 words, total size 5 kb.

The University of Toronto's student newspaper, the Strand, has published a cartoon of a gay Jesus kissing Muhammed. The cartoon was published as part of a debate over whether to show images of Muhammed from Danish papers. The image shows the face of Jesus, but does not show the face of Muhammed. Jesus is also seen disrobing Muhammed.

The same newspaper has refused to publish the Muhammed cartoons which have sparked worldwide riots, murders, and calls to impose the death penalty on all who blaspheme by misunderstanderers of the Religion of Peace.

Here is how they hypocritically defend not showing the Muhammed cartoons, but showing big gay Jesus:

But was it really freedom of the press, or a case of media martyrdom? Publishing these cartoons seems to do little more than fan the flames of already-existing controversy. Is it the press's responsibility to decide what people should absorb, or is providing an option more important? Articles are somewhat different; you can decide whether or not to read something based on the headline - which, admittedly, is questionable on the subject of giving audiences agency. A graphic or photograph, however, is much more intense: you don't really have the choice to view it or not.

More at Exposed Agenda with hat tip to Greg at Rhymes with Right.

Related from Publius Pundit via Michelle Malkin. Incidentally, I lived in Russia for a time and the newspapers often contain nude women. So, it's okay to have a centerfold in your newspaper but it's not okay to offend Muslims?

Posted by: Rusty at 10:32 AM | Comments (33) | Add Comment
Post contains 270 words, total size 2 kb.