Category Archives: World

Weekend briefs

Two! Two! Two haters in one! It’s what the world has been waiting for: A Nazi openly proclaiming he’s a Jihadi, or vice-versa. He’s totally batshit crazy, and he bit two FBI agents (check for rabies; he drew blood). Oh, … Continue reading

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The WTF? news briefs

Someone is really missing Halloween: The AP must not have any real news today. Romania is taxing the self-employed, so Romanian witches are casting spells on the politicians who made the law. Yes, really. And yes, the AP really goes … Continue reading

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Human rights for me, but not for thee

In a pretty sickening post in Comment is Free, Stephen Kinzer, a former journalist, is decrying human rights organizations for being—get this—imperialists. (Via Hot Air.) Why? Because we insist there is a universal definition of human rights. And because this … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Say, kids, what time is it? That’s right, it’s Israeli Double Standard Time. The world is slamming Israel for refusing to freeze settlements, but there’s not a word about the Palestinians not talking to Israel during the ten months that … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Zionists are more awesome than anyone knew: Iranians are in another tizzy over another Star of David, this one on the roof of Iran Air, seen on Google Maps. It’s supposedly 30 years old, and may be a prank by … Continue reading

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Fire in Israel

The largest forest fire in Israel’s history has already taken dozens of lives. Turkey is actually offering to help. The AP still can’t resist inserting its boilerplate about the flotilla (of course, never adding that the “bloody attack” was due … Continue reading

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Monday briefly briefs

Don’t call him Shirley: A moment of silence for the incomparable Leslie Nielsen. Oh, we can stop the investigation now: Islamist Prime Minister Erdogan says that Hezbollah had nothing to do with Rafik Hariri’s death. Everybody go home, nothing to … Continue reading

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Black Friday briefs

Compare and contrast: Hundreds of Egyptian Christians have been arrested and charged with serious crimes, dutifully reported by the AP as a riot (as opposed to “protest”—their standard word for Palestinian riots in Israel). When Muslims rioted against Christians and … Continue reading

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North Korea, ploughshares, swords, common sense…

The headline Why North Korea attack is not a crisis is a masterpiece. It can’t fail to draw your attention from any other these days. I mean, after hearing (and seeing) how NK artillery opened up on a South Korean … Continue reading

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Tuesday international briefs

Holy crap! War in Korea again: First North Korea announces a brand-new nuclear plant, now it’s bombarding South Korea. Gee, you think there will be a UN resolution condemning this? Stuxnet did NOT hurt us (ow!): Iran says the Stuxnet … Continue reading

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Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for defaming the Prophet Mohammed

The police were under pressure from this Muslim mob, including clerics, asking for Asia to be killed because she had spoken ill of the Prophet Mohammed. Weigh carefully what this quote says and means. There is no mention of religious … Continue reading

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Angela Merkel, multikulti and “progressives” mental paralysis

So, the sky has thundered. The leader of one of most politically correct, sensitive and holier-than-thou countries in Europe finally delivered a coup de grâce to already dying unnatural creature called  multiculturalism. It’s quite the time, and let’s be frank: … Continue reading

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Oh, NOW Europe doesn’t care who is a Jew

For century after century, in country after country, Europe was obsessed with dispossessing the Jews among its citizens. European nations created the Pale of the Settlement, the ghetto, the Nuremberg Laws. European nations committed pogroms, forced conversion of Jews, and … Continue reading

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Your Tuesday Israel snark briefs

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye: Israel deported the viciously anti-Israel “Nobel laureate” (as the AP continually reminds us) Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Of course, the IRA is still blowing stuff up, but hey, she won … Continue reading

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Monday briefly

I’m not an analyst, nor do I play one on TV, BUT: It seems to me that if the Taliban hits NATO convoys four times after Pakistan shut down a key border crossing, the Taliban is doing this with the … Continue reading

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