Month: February 2006

Why do tyrannical regimes continue to remain on the UN Human Rights Commission?And, why do people bother to listen when the commission comes out with rumor-filled Anti-American reports?

A hip Saudi Arabian newspaper, Shams (Sun), has been shut down by the Conservative Kingdom for posting the Danish Muhammad cartoons:A newspaper in Saudi Arabia has stopped publishing after printing some of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

California Conservative says Supervisor Sandoval, the leader of the Republic of San Francisco, is experiencing backlash for his absurd comments from last week.

Kokonutpundits explains how to get around a banned site in the UAE.

Wow!

As further proof that the mainstream news has lost touch with the average American, silly Dana Milbank sported a construction vest this week as he mocked Vice President Cheney’s hunting accident.

…Against American Veterans.

“60 Minutes” anchor Bob Simon explains the Danish cartoon controversy,VIDEO HEREImam Abu Laban was interviewed on “60 Minutes” tonight about the cartoon controversy, the riots, and the deaths.The Political Pit Bull has the unbelievable exchange.

France has finally shut down those nasty, racist soup kitchens.As a result of the closures, hundreds of homeless people will go hungry.

CNN ran pictures of Abu Ghraib yesterday.

Wilsonizer has news on China’s thought police.Stop by and wish him well as he goes out on a training deployment with his unit for the next couple of weeks.

After threats from the mullahs earlier in the week for printing an offensive “soccer cartoon”, the anti-American publication Spiegel, settles back into what it does best…Bash America!”America’s Disgrace: Torture in the Name of Freedom”And, guess where that image is from?Davids Medienkritik has the story.

The Jaws star sounds like he’s not getting enough oxygen.Mark in Mexico has the Story-o.

After scaffolding collapses, bridge workers dangle from bridge over the Mississippi River,INCREDIBLE VIDEO HERE (KMOV)(There is no sound with this video.)One worker who was trying to rescue his three friends is missing after falling into Mississippi!A man hangs from his safety harness for nearly an hour after his scaffolding collapsed while working on the Jefferson Barracks Bridge.(KSDK)The missing man is a painter who was trying to rescue the three menwho were dangling from the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in south St.

Is this the solution for Cindy Sheehan and Harry Belafonte?They were, after all, supportive of the Marxist Chavez.Joshua at Korea Liberator may have the answer!And, possibly a few anti-capitalists at the New York Times would like to join them.

Harry Whittington speaks to reporters after his discharge from the hospital,VIDEO HEREGreat news for everyone, especially Harry Whittington!…Unless you are in a deranged conspiracy state of mind!Harry Whittington looked and sounded great for a 78 year old man who was recently confused for a quail.Harold Whittington walked out the hospital today in a suit and tie to give a statement to reporters:The lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a hunting trip was being discharged from a hospital on Friday and told reporters he was sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced over the past week.

This is just a guess…

This comes as no surprise.

“We were doing our job as journalists.

The whistle blowers have a friend in the ACLU.

Updated from Monday:Remember this week when you hear of this UN Gitmo Report that the club of monarchs, despots, and dictators of all stripes sitting on the UN Human Rights Commission contributed to it, with regime representatives from such paragons of human rights as Cuba, Nepal, Egypt, Pakistan, Swaziland, Bhutan, and China, among others, helping craft the shoddy US hatchet job.This week the elite body of moralists at the UN Human Rights Commission, including members Sudan (see genocide) and Zimbabwe, (see “drive out the trash” ) release a scathing report that calls for the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and prosecution of US officials responsible for the weight gain of the prisoners who are forced to live with indoor plumbing and electricity:A United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees.The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to be published this week, concludes that Washington should put the 520 detainees on trial or release them.It calls for the United States to halt all “practices amounting to torture”, including the force-feeding of inmates who go on hunger strike.The report wants the Bush administration to ensure that all allegations of torture are investigated by US criminal courts, and that “all perpetrators up to the highest level of military and political command are brought to justice”.It does not specify who it means by “political command” but logically this would include President George W Bush.

An Italian TV Station, Studio Aperto, bravely aired the Muhammad Cartoons continuously for a whole segment,VIDEO HEREIn ItalianViva Italia!Stefania translates the opening line: “Here are the twelve cartoons that led Muslims to declare war on the ‘blasphemous West’.

As Bare Knuckle Politics notes, it may be hard to hold peace talks with a people who want to drink your blood.

All Things Conservative carried this great story from Iraq.

Alphabet City has the story on Radical Imam Abu Laban attending a Jihadist Conference in Italy prior to 9-11.

Lastango at Daily Pundit has a brilliant and thorough analysis of the Danish cartoon controversy and why Denmark matters.

** The Cartoonist Has Already Received Three Death Threats!

Look Out Kim Jong Il!The Korea Liberator is the result of the merger of four existing blogs–The Asianist, DPRK Studies (which will continue), Guns and Butter, and OneFreeKorea.

Maybe they should have stuck with a triple toe loop?

Vital Perspective charts the reaction to the Hamas win.

Cheney sprays 78 year old friend with birdshot!Vice President Dick Cheney, center, accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association President Kayne Robinson, right, and NRA Vice President Wayne R.