Hear my prayer. (h/t Black Mamba)
The Mainstream Left Still Doesn’t Get It
Is there not something mighty peculiar at the beginning of this new column by William Saletan on Slate:
Dear Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and Jews,
You’re living in the age of the Internet. Your religion will be mocked, and the mockery will find its way to you. Get over it.
Amy Alkon sure thinks so.
About Those Polls
Via @Ari Fleischer
Reader Tips
At the Battle of Bunker Hill all the men were tired, until a drum & fife gave them new life, and Rhythm Saved The World.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Les Libranos
The FBI agent who famously infiltrated the New York mob under the fake name “Donnie Brasco” is set to testify as a witness at Quebec’s inquiry into construction industry corruption,
h/t Maple Stump
It’s 3 O’Clock In The Afternoon
QOTW
“Elderly Soviet propagandists must be wondering why they wasted their time jamming radio transmitters and smashing printing presses when they could just have sent everyone to Columbia Journalism School.” – Mark Steyn
Innocence Of Muslims
Paul Krugman Has A Nobel Prize In Economics
One would think, given the divergent outcomes, that a serious economist would advocate for countries to follow the successful example of northern Europe rather than the failed strategies of the south. Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman doesn’t seem to see it that way. Throughout the crisis, Krugman has attempted to explain away or even mock the Baltic countries’ success even as they have continued to inconveniently disprove his arguments.
On the other hand, if an empty chair can win the Peace Prize…
(h/t Sean)
Those Moderate Muslims!
Google map of Muslim riots around the globe. (h/t Manotick)
Related – An interview with Egyptian blogger “Sandmonkey”.
I was able to catch up with Mahmoud this evening via Skype to his cell phone in a Cairo suburb for this audio interview. Not surprisingly, the Sandmonkey does not sound optimistic, but, as you will hear, he has not lost his sense of humor, even while calling for heads to roll among “Arabists” at certain Washington think tanks.
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.
h/t Rob H.
Reader Tips
Hey everybody, Scrappy Lambert is about to sing you a Happy Little Tune.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
How North America’s reputation was saved by a moose.
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Carol Platt Liebau, March 2009;
[T]he managing editor of the Review, my predecessor, a great guy called Tom Pirelli [….was the] one who did most of the day to day work. Barack Obama was nowhere to be seen. Occasionally he would drop in he would talk to people, and then he’d leave again as though his very arrival had been a benediction in and of itself, but not very much got done.
American Crossroads, Sept. 2012;
More from Mark Steyn.
It’s Probably Nothing
Via Caroline Glick – US-commanded MFO in Sinai under attack”
Many more details here.
The Diplomad; – We Are Not at War . . . Just Under Attack
We are now paying for the stupidity of removing the nasty, desert drag queen who had long ago ceased being a threat to America and, in fact, was an ally (I have personal knowledge of this) in tracking down Al Qaeda terrorists. It was likewise an even bigger mistake, one on the scale of Carter and the Shah, to help push President Mubarak out of power, welcome the Muslim Brotherhood, and pressure the Egyptian military into accepting the MB. We can see the results on our TV sets, in the idiotic behavior of our diplomats in Cairo (and I know a lot of them, including the Ambassador)–and in the media’s never-ending quest to protect Obama and his foolishness, and give him a pass.
The reason we see deranged or at least nasty and unpleasant dictators in the Arab world is that Arab societies are deranged, nasty and unpleasant–thanks largely to the brand of Islam practiced in those societies which is particularly deranged, nasty, and unpleasant. In the Arab world you can have a brutal authoritarian who tries to restrain the even more brutal religious fanatics, or you can have religious fanatics who lash out at anyone who does not see the world as they do.
PMSH – One on One with Lilley
Battle Honours
Battle Honour, “DETROIT”:
56th Field Artillery Regiment (RCA), Brantford, Ont.;
The Essex and Kent Scottish, Windsor, Ont.;
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, St. Catharines, Ont.;
The Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC), Toronto, Ont.;
The Royal Canadian Regiment, Petawawa, Ont.;
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), Hamilton, Ont.;
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
And Today in Quebec: Update DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812-1815 – DÉFENSE DU CANADA
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment;
The Queen’s York Rangers;
The Royal Canadian Regiment;
The Canadian Grenadier Guards;
The Royal 22nd Regiment.
Thank you to all our vets and enjoy the Mess today.
Opinon for Americans, from Canadian media
Realizing that US citizens aren’t getting the information they need to make an informed decision in November, I offer you two opinions from Canukistan.
Paul Wells on Wednesday.
There is nothing in any of the three main parties’ statements to match the subordinate clause that begins this sentence from U.S. President Barack Obama’s statement today: “While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.”
Brian Lilley today:
A few of my American friends have been asking lately if they can trade Barack Obama for Stephen Harper. Given polling on Obama’s popularity in Canada, most Canucks would likely take the deal but we’d be fools for doing so.
I should note, that when Paul Wells calls you a sap…well…you’re a sap.