It’s another long weekend of travel for me (yeah, I’m flying. Ugh). I have no idea if I’ll be able to get online when I do have free moments. (Which will be few and far between.) So, until I’m back, it’s an open thread for your readers tips. And be sure to check out the other blogs on the sidebar!
Chinese organ harvesting practices – a reply to the Chinese government by David Kilgour and David Matas.
Hezbollah stronghold – Dearborn, Michigan? (registration may be required)
Powerline;
I don’t get this. First, CAIR endlessly tells us that Muslims are peaceful and not terrorists. But then, in the next breath, it sticks up for the terrorists and objects to their being called fascists. Second, CAIR seems to object to any pejorative reference to Islamic terrorists. If we can’t call them fascists, or militant jihadists, or Islamic radicals, or totalitarians or imperialists, what on earth are we supposed to call them?
Personally, I generally just call them terrorists. They clearly have some qualities in common with the fascists of the 30s and 40s, but, frankly, calling the terrorists “fascists” does a disservice to the fascists. In my opinion, today’s Islamic terrorists are worse even than the Communists, who previously held the record. Worse qualitatively, that is; the difference is that the terrorists don’t yet wield the kind of power that the Communists once did.
The US Army is is reaching recruiting goals again.
Strong Conservative thinks Bush is “Looking Less Than Presidential”.
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Some people were looking for photos of Coderre and Duceppe etc. This links to a 26 minute video of the march. Don’t have to dissect right now so go at it.
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5355799187804516283&q=montreal&hl=en
“video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5355799187804516283&q=montreal&hl=en”
Video of march in Montreal, 26 minutes, don’t have the time right now to look for our MP’s, if someone else does go at it.
One of the better bloggers in Europe, Paul Belien of Belgium, is being harassed by the police because of an anonymous complaint about racism on his blog. I think this is a big story that needs more attention.
www dot brusselsjournal.com/node/1251
“Reagan gave the go – ahead, but Secretary Winberger stopped it.”
Where exactly does the buck stop?
“One of the better bloggers in Europe, Paul Belien of Belgium, is being harassed by the police because of an anonymous complaint about racism on his blog. I think this is a big story that needs more attention.”
He wrote a brilliant essay “The Welfare State: The Root of Europe’s Problems” which applies to Canada:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1234/print
TG- yes, there have been quite a few commentors on this and other blogs, and in the MSM, referring to Iran’s imperial ambitions, and how the Arab world (eg Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt) most certainly don’t want this to take place.
But, as to your speculation about a pre-emptive strike – I think it remains your speculation and not fact.
My view is that Iran does want the West involved in a war with it, but at the moment, indirectly. Indirect means use proxies and propaganda. That’s the type of war Iran wants at the moment. Not a direct strike against Iran – and the pre-emptive strike is not relevant. A war with Iran lurking in the background to pick up the pieces seems more functional for Iran.
And propaganda, which in the West, is carried out by the left, who transform terrorists such as Hezbollah and Hamas, into victims of Western Aggression! That’s quite something. We hear news reporters informing us how Israel is ‘firing at civilians’…But, Hezbollah ARE civilians!! They aren’t a military; they are terrorists, not a legitimate representation of the military agenda of any nation! And Hezbollah not only are civilians but they deliberately work from civilian residences, apartments, etc – and prevent the real civilians from leaving. The MSM news doesn’t tell us these facts. They prefer the fictional tales of ‘Israel killing civilians’.
Andn – they ignore that Hezbollah, who are civilians, targets its missiles against and only against – civilians.
The current Israeli-Hezbollah war is initiated and promoted by Iran. Iran is the force behind Hezbollah and Hamas, two terrorist groups. They wanted Israel to attack – so that Iran, by proxy, could weaken Lebanon – and so enable Syria to move back into Lebanon. Syria is a sidekick of Iran.
But, the West and the Arab States shouldn’t allow Israel to fight Iran, as it is doing now, by itself! The Arab States in particular should reject Iran’s ambitions.
The Arab States have to ‘stand up and be counted’. Do they want Iran’s imperial agendas?
And the Muslim people all over the world also have to ‘stand up and be counted’. Are they willing to be defined, as a people, by the fascists among them? They have to stand up and confront the Islamic fascists and reject them completely as members of their ‘people’. They have to excommunicate them; they have to publicly say that they reject them. Do Muslims do this? No- only a few – and the Muslim people then threaten these few with death.
So- the West has to stop its political correctness, and reject Islamic fascism. And call it what it is – Islamic fascism.
Or if you’re old enough to have sat through countless episodes of Let’s Make A Deal, like I did, your brain is indelibly stamped with the fact that many of the items showcased by Carol Merril were from the Spiegel catalogue, the mailing address of which was Chicago, 60601.
I was going to post this exact suggestion. However the zip code was 60609. </pedant>
Forgot to mention this little dig at Canada on Malkins’ website: “Your Cindy Sheehan snort of the day
By Michelle Malkin · August 11, 2006 11:54 AM”
The truth hurts.
Cheri,
In addition to flight 327, Annie Jacobsen revealed that actor James Woods was on the 9/11 “trial run” flight about a month before the real event, that Woods informed the pilot of his concern of a possible hijacking, and that Mohammed Atta was onboard.
I recall hearing something to that effect Matt. I think Americans and Brits may have learned their lesson the hard way and are perhaps more observant. I shudder to think of what it will take to wake sleeping lambs elsewhere.
New info on Drudge; including good to go date was to be August 16. The ‘Daily Mail’ link reports in part “United Airline tickets dated next Wednesday were found by police at the home of one of the raided addresses.”
Wonder if they were one way or return?
ET,
The only relevancy of the Reagan comment is that the failure to “send a message” to Hezbollah post barracks bombing just fueled islamo fascist courage to take on the US. OBL referred to the US as a Paper Tiger specifically about this event.
Weinberger countermanded a direct order from Reagan….
The debate is really about preemptive vs preventative. If there was evidence that Iran had nukes and was about to launch a strike then a pre emptive strike would be called for…..BUT….suspicion that they have something and Aug 22nd might be the day they would do something if they had it and striking based on those assumptions makes it a preventitive strike….ie the apple looks clean but I’ll wash it anyway just in case.
If the evidence of ability and intent were in place I would support preemption….preventative…there is no strategy behind it….no support IMHO.
GWB isn’t “presidential” but who really was anyways? Bill “The Cuban Dipper” Clinton? We live in an ethereal environment of information where everything down to the dirt on a public figure’s shoes are recorded and analyzed for constant public consumption. Also our media has become almost totally tabloid over the last decade where the more superficial, sensational and controversial the “alleged” dirt, the better. Influential public figures on the wrong side of a news agency’s private sentiments are not only fair game but are deliberately targeted for tar & feather caricaturizations. In today’s world, at the end of the day no hero can be left standing for posterity.
Can we even criticize GWB’s current administration without looking what it’s been trying to do over the last two years? They’ve worked constantly to engage EU and Asian nations in taking a more active role in critical world problems…that in itself is one heck of a challenge given the unmotivated leadership that run those countries save Britian, Australia…and now Canada. No matter what the U.S. tries to do to bring together a coalition of nations (discounting the added complication of a terribly corrupt UN administration) it won’t be easy and won’t make anyone look pretty. It’s hard and frustrating…and that’s what the MSM loves to show. Going down that path won’t gratify anyone with immediate positive results, which is what we’ve been conditioned to expect. However, would the thwarting of the latest “alleged” terror attacks against American citizens have happened without international co-operation that didn’t exist pre-9/11 and was built under GWB’s administration?
“Staying the course” as we’ve heard time and again will lead us to a definable destination…and it has a large upfront cost. If we don’t pay that cost, we as a society, nation and world will instead move towards a different destination…one where the costs are deferred for a time but a much larger payment will be demanded. We must overcome MSM tabloid conditioning and look for substance and circumstance before passing judgment on the only real leadership the world has had through these dark days.
I find it surprising that those who have nothing or no one to lose, are so willing to send someone else’s sons, daughters, fathers and mothers to die for them. I find the Bush regime and the callous disregard they have for human life appalling. For those of you who want to go to war, put your money where your mouth is and enlist. This war has not made us more secure, Iraq is in civil war, Osma bin Laden (remember him) is still thumbing his nose at us, Iran has a bigger footprint in the middle east, Afganistan (thanks to Iran) is now more dangerous than ever, thanks to the Bush regime, China and Russia (traditional enemies)have joined forces. What stops terroists is not war, but intelligence, police investigations, informants and stopping their money gravy train. That’s how all the other terriosts were captured. Oh and by the way, my parents grew up in Europe before the second world war, and they say many of the tactics the Bush regime use are the same as the Nazis used to take over Germany. Talk to older Europeans and you’ll see there is a reason that they voted the U.S. as the most dangerous country. History does repeat itself and the U.S. is our new Nazis.
Note: being decisive does not mean your are right, or even smart.
I am unable to post on Powerline… I guess it is a good thing, as that board apparently is a racist board. To characterise all Muslims as racist is an idiotic and racist statement, I would seek powerline to expand on what their intent was if it was not to incite hatred, and racist ignorance towards 1 billion+ human beings on this planet.
I have worked as a peacekeeper along side many Muslims, and faith of Islam. The characterisation, and slandering of these people in this way is wrong.
Islam is a race? Riiiiight.
Mississauga Matt, you have something to add, other then blind ignorance? I am ussing the term racism in it’s broad umbrella, and it fits, as most people who associate Islam with terrorism picture muslims in a specific way so as to characterise these peple as a race.
I was dumbing it down for idiots like you I guess.
Kathie Shaidle has the details of the anti-Hizb’Allah rally scheduled for Saturday Aug 12 outside the Israeli consulate in Toronto.
I’m going to be out of town, otherwise I’d be there.
So Jeffy, what you’re saying is that you’re making up new definitions for words and you demand that the rest of us to follow along.
Riiiiiight.
Oh, by the way, it’s “than,” not “then.” Even an idiot like me knows that (just trying to “add something other than blind ignorance”).
Betty, I can assure you, that the insurgents that we are currently hunting and killing in Afghanistan are not good people. Secondly, there is no other way to deal with them in Afghanistan.
The government services in Afghanistan are currently on a rebuilding, and training cycle. They are not being given the chance to step back and do this the way a western force would be able to. The Taliban and a’Q do not want a stabilised and prosperous Afghanistan, because then they lose all power, the end result of which is the loss of recruits and revenue, and hence all the power they so greedily desire.
And for the record Betty. I do wear the uniform, and I will be put in harm’s way. The cause is just, and the fight is very necessary.
Matt… You add nothing. People like you, whether you are a bigot or not, enable racism, intolerance, and bigotry. To me, you are the enemy within. One of the root causes for real terrorists to gain power and sway over our youth here in Canada, and else where.
ET,
Your point, and it seems correct, is that Iran wants an indirect wear-down proxy conflict with the West.
My question is why would we go along with that? Once Hezbollah is 80% defanged and re-supply is cut off, we should smack Iran Hard and promptly!
Stephen,
Wineberger did contermand a direct order from then President Reagan and in our military that is a court martial offense.
That inaction provided Hezbollah with the incentive to destroy and injure thousands of
ordinary citizens.
You said …
** If the evidence of ability and intent were in place I would support preemtion**
Intent is clearly in place. *Madmud* himself declared it*.
Ability? The machinery for nuclear concentration is in place and I understood the targets are no secret.
We have to hit Iran eventually, why not on our timetable? = TG
“Weinberger countermanded a direct order from Reagan….”
Once again, where does the buck stop? If Reagan was so gung ho about his order, he would have fired Cap’s ass and gotten it done. To put loyalty ahead of national security is appalling, and Reagan doesn’t get the blame he deserves for the whole episode.
betty – Sorry, but I disagree with every one of your points.
We all have a great deal to lose – our freedoms, and I’m unsure what you mean by sending one’s fathers and mothers’ etc to ‘die for them’.
Bush doesn’t have a ‘callous disregard for human life’. The Islamic fascists have a ‘callous disregard for human life’. Doesn’t the behaviour of these fascists bother you?
No, Afghanistan is not more dangerous; Bin Laden is probably dead and Al Qaeda is weakened. What’s wrong with China and Russia moving out of hating each other and working together? China is also moving more into the global world and working with it rather than against it. If terrorists are firing rockets at you, what do you think should be done? Intelligence?? How does that stop the rockets?
Because your parents compare Bush to the Nazis doesn’t make this a factual reality; it’s their opinion. Not truth.
jeff – who is defining Muslims as racist? But, I hope you acknowledge reality and acknowledge that their Koran insists that all people must be conquered and made to follow Islam, or be enslaved or killed. And, I hope you acknowledge the preachings in many of the mosques, which are virulently anti-Western and hostile to people of other religions and ethnicities. And the fact that when moderate Muslims openly reject these preachings – they are themselves threatened by fellow Muslims with death and harm. I’m sure you acknowledge that behaviour.
Betty, I have every confidence we can beat the Islamic Fascists just like we did the fascists that dominated your ungrateful European friends (not all Europeans are ungrateful)in the last century. We’re not in it for gratitude because a people self-loathing enough to have allowed Hitler, Mussolini and Franco run their countries are not likely to thank us any more than (some of ) the Lebanese will thank Israel for getting rid of the Hez.
My question for you is, are you so removed from reality that you believe, like the Lamont supporters in their Connecticut Land Rovers, that we are so superior that we just can’t lose? In other words let’s fight with one hand tied behind our back and make this a fight of equals?
Or are you so scared that you’re in denial that there even is a problem; are you aware that Islamic Fascists want to kill us? They’ve been trying to do that for quite awhile – 14 centuries.
The Wall St Journal says today “ Ted Kennedy chimed in that “it is clear that our misguided policies are making America more hated in the world and making the war on terrorism harder to win.” Mr. Kennedy somehow overlooked that the foiled plan was nearly identical to the “Bojinka” plot led by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to blow up airliners over the Pacific Ocean in 1995. Did the Clinton Administration’s “misguided policies” invite that plot? And if the Iraq war is a diversion and provocation, just what policies would Senators Reid and Kennedy have us “focus” on?”
Yes Betty history does repeat itself – we can agree on that. I would not look to utopion Europeons to lead the fight against fascism; I’ve learned that history lesson.
I find yours and your parents’ attitude appalling Betty. Just what part of Europe are you from and how did your parents survive WW II?
Just because you survived is no indication that you were brave or righteous.
Not everyone can enlist Betty. That doesn’t mean they can’t stand behind those who do.
“Iraq is in civil war.”
So, they have issues to work out, at least they are not controlled by Hussein any longer.
“Osma bin Laden (remember him) is still thumbing his nose at us, Iran has a bigger footprint in the middle east, Afganistan (thanks to Iran) is now more dangerous than ever, thanks to the Bush regime, China and Russia (traditional enemies)have joined forces.”
This was going on long before 9-11.
“Talk to older Europeans and you’ll see there is a reason that they voted the U.S. as the most dangerous country.”
They may be a force to be reckoned with but I’ll take their idea of freedom before your idea of passivism, any day. I would prefer to keep terrorists on their turf rather than in my neighborhood, blowing up our schools and office buildings.
How has diplomacy and intelligence worked in the middle east so far? What do your parents and “older Europeans” think about Isreal’s right to exist and live in peace?
Interesting article at LFG concerning the coverage of the current crisis in the mideast by Associated Press and Associated Press Television News. An historical linear developmental perspective is given as to AP’S bia’s toward Israel.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22055_LGF_Exclusive-_How_Much_Does_It_Cost_to_Buy_Global_TV_News&only
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?
….. A Separate Service for Arab States
However, there is another significant part of their business model that affects the rest of the business. While most of the world takes news pictures with minimal interpretation beyond editing, the Arab Gulf States have asked for and receive a different and far more expensive service. These states pay for a complete news report service including full editing and voice overs from known journalists. The news organizations in the Arab countries don’t do anything (beyond verify that they are appropriate for local tastes) before broadcast.
What this means is that while there are around 50 people producing news pictures for the whole world working in Camden at any time, there are a further 50 Arabic speaking staff producing finished stories exclusively for the Arab states of the gulf. This has a tremendous effect on the whole feel of the building as these two teams feed pictures and people back and forth and sit in adjacent work areas. The slant of the stories required by the Gulf States has a definite effect on which footage is used and discarded. This affects both the Gulf newsroom and the main global newsroom.
This full service feed is much more expensive for the customers than the usual service, but it is also much higher margin for APTN. This is partly because there is great commonality in what they can send to most of the Gulf States taking this service: stories are made once and used in a number of countries.
Disproportionately Negative Coverage of Israel
Anything involving Israel is a favorite with Gulf Arab states for showing to their viewers. Could this be the reason why Israel receives such a disproportionate amount of particularly negative coverage especially and increasingly ever since the early 1970’s?
“HonestReporting(http://honestreporting.com/)”is usually unable to decide which is most biased: AP or BBC. As the BBC is often using APTN footage, the difference is minor. A significant twist to what is seen, concerns what is not seen. Footage such as the Palestinian mob joyfully lynching two Israeli reservists in Ramallah in October 2000 is held by APTN’s library: any attempt to license this film for reshow is carefully vetted. Requests for the use of “sensitive clips” are referred directly to the Library director. This is not the case with clips that paint Israel in a bad light. Likewise, the re-showing of Palestinian celebrations on 9/11 is considered “sensitive”.……
Hey, Jeff, as a daily Powerline reader, I invite you to link to the exact racist statements that are on that site. It’s a cheap shot to make without a link to the offending quote(s) in their full context.
I do wear the uniform, and I will be put in harm’s way.
Do you mind describing your uniform? Just curious.
Dearborn maybe the States Hizbullah stronghold but Windsor is Canada’s Hizbullah’s cell.
Windsor’s proximity to Dearborn and the largest Palestinian populus in Canada with constant reports of MidEast people always trying to smuggle across to Detroit CSIS has it’s eyes on Windsor.
Several pro-Hizbullah rallies have been held in Windsor but the media has failed to report said rallies.
The Windsor Star (a true rag and waste of paper & ink)ignores the truth as the political correctness might depecit our MidEast citizens in a bad light.
Oh praise we have a Lebanese mayor whose personal assistant is the Windsor Star’s editor’s wife.
No conflict here but just protecting wifey’s job and slandering any challenger to the mayor’s seat.
Good reasoned comments (as usual) ET.
Betty, are you curious what some “naturalized” muslim Americans are doing buying up a thousand untraceable cell phones at Wal Mart stores?
Nobody’s going to have to enlist soon to experience the threat of a roadside bomb…it’s coming within range of a cell phone tower near you.
It’s not simply Bush vs. bin Laden. It’s between the West…everyone that lives here and believes in our basic way of life…and murderous islamic facists that either want you to submit to their authority and beliefs or die by their sword. It is war and we didn’t start it. Now, our home grown multi-culturally protected terrorists are revving up to bring the war to your doorstep and you still won’t support the fight against it? If the burka fits…
Interesting find at the Smoking Gun, h/t Colby Cosh:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0726061canada1.html
Note how the Islamic “hate literature” is admissable, but the white racialist CDs are not. Telling, eh?
The United Nations OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL is one of the best GLARING EXAMPLES of what is wrong in our world today. Tongsun Park of North Korea was recently convicted of aiding and abetting the butcher, SADAAM HUSSEIN. Their are many Canadian connections to Tongsun Park but our MSM will not report on it. But the blogs sure do, thankfully. The UN is so corrupt it is willing to destroy our way of life. What else can you call “ideas” such as One World Governance and The Earth Charter ??
This was found on Al Jazeera Television.
Not sure how long the link will stay active.
Hint.
Open Windows Media Player.Click file. Click open URL. Copy and paste this link.
I found this well worth the listen. (reading the subtitles actually).
http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null
“Talk to older Europeans and you’ll see there is a reason that they voted the U.S. as the most dangerous country.”
Betty, your parents weren’t Nazi sympathizers were they? I mean most older Europeans were liberated by the Americans, then, the Marshall Plan and all of the sustained economic prosperity derived from that. I would think that most older Europeans a)understand the evil of fascism up close and very personally, b)know it when they see it again(and it sure ain’t, Bush, babe), and c)are very grateful to the Brits, Canadians and Americans for restoring democracy to the lives of their children.
I talk to older Europeans all of the time in my work, strange, I’m not hearing what you hear from them.
What stops terroists is not war, but intelligence, police investigations, informants and stopping their money gravy train. That’s how all the other terriosts were captured
Betty!!! After the investigation is completed, you still need a gun to make the arrest. Right? They aren’t all going to be captured by bank tellers using staplers.
AP captures Hezbollah setting up Photo Shoot for Reuters [Staging the Fauxtos]
Yahoo! News Photos/ Reuters: Sharif Karim/Mohamed Azakir / AP
via: free republic
Previous Posts:
Passion Of The Toys: Editor’s Reject Pile.
(Original) Passion of the Toys.
[quote]I don’t get this. First, CAIR endlessly tells us that Muslims are peaceful and not terrorists. But then, in the next breath, it sticks up for the terrorists and objects to their being called fascists. Second, CAIR seems to object to any pejorative reference to Islamic terrorists. If we can’t call them fascists, or militant jihadists, or Islamic radicals, or totalitarians or imperialists, what on earth are we supposed to call them?
Personally, I generally just call them terrorists. They clearly have some qualities in common with the fascists of the 30s and 40s, but, frankly, calling the terrorists “fascists” does a disservice to the fascists. In my opinion, today’s Islamic terrorists are worse even than the Communists, who previously held the record. Worse qualitatively, that is; the difference is that the terrorists don’t yet wield the kind of power that the Communists once did.[/quote]
“First, CAIR endlessly tells us that Muslims are peaceful and not terrorists.” This statement alone is harmless. Taken within the context of the follow-on sentances, it degenerates. It is right and good to call terrorists, terrorists. There is no other name for them, and they come in all shapes, sizes, colours, and religious creeds. The whole article does not bother to differentiate the fact that not all muslims are terrorists, and instead, makes a rather clumsy argument as to what to call a terrorist, while generalising. The article, either by accident or design paints all muslims as terrorists.
Be specific. For instance, Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation. a’Qaeda is a terorist organisation. What is with the fasination with “islamic terrorist”? I do not recall hearing the IRA being called a christian terrorist (tho some protestants would refer to them as Catholic terrorists). Attaching the claimed religion to the terrorists only compounds the fracturing, and confuses the general public. The simple term trerrorist suffices for me to know whom it is I have to kill.
I wear a CADPAT uniform of the CF, and I serve in the infantry. No I will not tell you the unit I serve with, nor do you need to know.
August 5, 2006
Waiting for answers
A judicial inquiry report into Maher Arar’s deportation and torture in Syria is expected next month
But it’s unlikely to answer one question plaguing Arar: Why didn’t his fellow Muslims do more to help?
“…Canadians coast to coast spoke about my case,” Arar said one evening last fall in the modest living room of his Ottawa home. “Even high school children sent me emails.” But within the Muslim community, “not a single word….”
tinyurl.com/fmtt4
Says: “Muslim gathering places”. This is PC for Muslim mosques.
Political correctness is killing people. …-
40 Mid-Air Terror Plot Suspects Reported Arrested in Italy
Foxnews.com
LONDON — Police arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said Friday, as Pakistani intelligence agents claimed there was an connection with ties to to the group of suspected terrorists arrested Thursday.
The arrests in Italy were made Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and other cities on Thursday and Friday “as part of an extraordinary operation that followed the British anti-terro.
free republic
Report: Explosives were found on Monday’s London-Boston flightposted at 3:16 pm on August 11, 2006 by Allahpundit
Remember this? The flight that ended up returning to Heathrow because someone at Logan Airport recognized that one of the passengers was on the U.S. no-fly list? Yesterday I scoffed at the possibility that it had anything to do with the UK terror plot. I’m still scoffing, but not as loudly. A report at DNA India is claiming that when British marshals searched the plane afterwards, they hit paydirt:
MUMBAI/NEW YORK CITY: An eerie prologue to the events of Thursday played out to anxious authorities on Sunday. Masked explosives capable of destroying an airplane midair were recovered in a tense operation from a family travelling from London to Boston.
A source at Heathrow airport recounted the drama. The five-member family — two adults and three children — boarded American Airlines Flight 109 for Boston. They checked in at the last moment, inviting only a perfunctory check of the children’s hand-baggage….
hotair.com
Jeff, unfortunately when we hear that 25% of British muslims support terror attacks inside their own country it’s pretty hard not to grab a broader brush.
The support given to those murderers comes from a “broad strata” within muslim communities. Using islamic terrorist defines that “broad strata” support.
If moderate muslims don’t want to be painted as terror supporters, all they need to do is find their voice and speak out against their extremist brethren to separate themselves. There is a such thing as guilt by association.
Do you mind describing your uniform? Just curious.
Classy.
Rosebud: The last word of Citizen Kane means APTN.
Who can decode APTN? (Hate acronyms.) …-
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?
An LGF reader who worked for Associated Press TV News sent me the following article explaining how APTN works, and suggesting a reason why their coverage of the Middle East is so overwhelmingly biased against Israel:
How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?
The vast majority of the TV news pictures you see are produced by two TV news companies. Presented here is a case for how a large amount of money has been used to inject a clear bias into the heart of the global TV news gathering system. That this happens is not at question, whether it is by accident or design is harder to tell.
You may not realize it, but if you watch any TV news broadcast on any station anywhere in the world, there is a better than even chance you will view pictures from APTN. BBC, Fox, Sky, CNN and every major broadcaster subscribes to and uses APTN pictures. While the method by which they operate is interesting, it is the extra service this US owned and UK based company offers to Arab states that is really interesting.
About the Associated Press …-
LGF
The US/France have agreed to a proposal for the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon. UNIFIL troops (up to 15,000)are to supplement 15,000 Lebanese troops in South Lebanon, under Chap. 6, not Chap.7. There is no call for the disarming of H’Bollah. Again, the world is going to leave H’Bollah with 10,000+ missiles intact. Hypocrites from top to bottom. I would have thought that the UK, US were better than that, they are not. I hope that Israel rejects this COWARDS deal and embraces Yoni’s advice….””when it is time to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.“”
Perhaps I’m being paranoid, a “reasonable” reaction to world-wide Islamofascistic attacks, but I’m seriously wondering whether Calgary’s downtown rush hour traffic hasn’t been the target of an Islamofascist’s rage earlier this week.
Calgary police charged some young male, last name “Omar”, with “careless” driving, after this fellow ran onto a crowded sidewalk and put half a dozen people into hospital with non-trivial injuries.
The incident reminds me of the rampage a few months ago of a young male Muslim student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in which he mowed down several students on the university’s quadrangle with his car. Like the Egyptian air pilot who crashed his plane (years ago) muttering Allah is great, and Seattle’s Muslim shooter, however, this news story didn’t exactly seize the public’s attention, other than as a fleeting aberration.
Any thoughts??
Posted by: maz2
Who can decode APTN? (Hate acronyms.) …-
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?…..
I posted an article about this a while ago but it was caught in the filter because there is nobody around to man the filter censor controls at the moment. So, I’ll be sure not to post the URRL this time.
From the LGF article-
A Separate Service for Arab States
However, there is another significant part of their business model that affects the rest of the business. While most of the world takes news pictures with minimal interpretation beyond editing, the Arab Gulf States have asked for and receive a different and far more expensive service. These states pay for a complete news report service including full editing and voice overs from known journalists. The news organizations in the Arab countries don’t do anything (beyond verify that they are appropriate for local tastes) before broadcast.
What this means is that while there are around 50 people producing news pictures for the whole world working in Camden at any time, there are a further 50 Arabic speaking staff producing finished stories exclusively for the Arab states of the gulf. This has a tremendous effect on the whole feel of the building as these two teams feed pictures and people back and forth and sit in adjacent work areas. The slant of the stories required by the Gulf States has a definite effect on which footage is used and discarded. This affects both the Gulf newsroom and the main global newsroom.
This full service feed is much more expensive for the customers than the usual service, but it is also much higher margin for APTN. This is partly because there is great commonality in what they can send to most of the Gulf States taking this service: stories are made once and used in a number of countries.
Disproportionately Negative Coverage of Israel
Anything involving Israel is a favorite with Gulf Arab states for showing to their viewers. Could this be the reason why Israel receives such a disproportionate amount of particularly negative coverage especially and increasingly ever since the early 1970’s? HonestReporting is usually unable to decide which is most biased: AP or BBC. As the BBC is often using APTN footage, the difference is minor. A significant twist to what is seen, concerns what is not seen. Footage such as the Palestinian mob joyfully lynching two Israeli reservists in Ramallah in October 2000 is held by APTN’s library: any attempt to license this film for reshow is carefully vetted. Requests for the use of “sensitive clips” are referred directly to the Library director. This is not the case with clips that paint Israel in a bad light. Likewise, the re-showing of Palestinian celebrations on 9/11 is considered “sensitive”.
Matt… You add nothing. People like you, whether you are a bigot or not, enable racism, intolerance, and bigotry. To me, you are the enemy within. One of the root causes for real terrorists to gain power and sway over our youth here in Canada, and else where.
Jeffy, since the definition of words is wide open to re-interpretation, I’ll take that to mean that you’re saying I’m a devilishly handsome dude (in a “broad umbrella” kind of way).
Thanks for the compliment, soldier.
Jeff, agreed, not all Muslims are terrorists. But 99% of terrorists are Muslim.
The IRA was not a worldwide movement with a list of targets from Bali to London to New York, all in the name of Christianity. It was a political problem in the UK. That’s why we didn’t bother referring to them as being a significant part of the world’s 2 billion Christians.
Just in case others wonder what the heck “CADPAT” means (Jeff’s uniform, above), here’s what Wikipedia says:
“CADPAT, or CAnadian Disruptive PATtern, is the digital camouflage pattern currently used by the Canadian Forces.
“In development for the better part of a decade, the pattern comes in three varieties: temperate woodland (TW), arid region (AR), and Winter/Arctic. The temperate woodland pattern became the standard issue combat clothing for the Canadian army in 2002, with the air force following suit in 2004.
“Uniforms in CADPAT material replaced the olive green combat dress uniforms in use since the early 1960s. The CADPAT format is sometimes referred to as ‘relish’ camouflage.”
Which is yours Jeff: TW, AR, or WA?
Hezbollah’s UN Human Wrongs commish condemns Israel.
So, what’s new?
This: At last, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government gets it right. Go, Peter MacKay. …-
while Canada said Hizbollah — which it labelled a “terrorist group” — should have been condemned for its violations of the rights of Israelis and Lebanese.
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Matt, as Red Green once said, “If the women can’t find you handsome at least they can find you handy.”
Jeff, you, sir are clearly wrong in your re-definition of words. This is common amongst the left who see anyone who disagrees with them as racist, bigotted, homophobe, facist, etc… you get the idea. This moves the discussion away from the topic and makes it a personal attack.
Oh yeah, how long have you worn that uniform (of unknown description)?
Remember, All Muslims are not terrorists but all the terrorists (9/11, London, Madrid) have been Muslims.