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Glenn Beck on the Flying Imams

Beck gives a little background on the Flying Imams.

April Fools Weekend Trackback

Yes, this Sunday is April fool's, so be on your toes!

• But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. -- 1 Cor 1:27
• However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. -- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
• [Politicians] never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. -- Thomas Reed
• He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. -- François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
• The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer
• Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. -- Elizabeth Gaskell
• Looking foolish does the spirit good. -- John Updike
• Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. -- Mark Twain
• A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. -- William Blake
• A fool must now and then be right by chance. -- Cowper
• It is better to be a fool than to be dead. -- Stevenson
• The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. -- Mark Twain

The Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of all time. Read all about the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, The Taco Liberty Bell, and left-handed Whoppers.

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Evan Sayet at the Heritage Foundation

h/t LGF It's a long video, about 47 minutes, but well worth your time. You can read more about Evan Sayet at his website and his blog.

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Iran Parades Hostages

Ahmadinejad parades his prize.

Kidnapped British servicewoman Faye Turney was forced to cover her head with an Islamic hijab in the first video released by Iran since she and 14 comrades were seized last week.

(...) Pictures showing some of the 15 sailors and Marines - apparently well and eating a meal - provided brief reassurance for their worried families.

But the video footage on state TV of Tehran parading its captives inflamed the worsening crisis - and led to demands for decisive action from the Foreign Office.

Despite world-wide pressure to act, however, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett went no further than to say she was 'very concerned' about any indication that the captives had suffered pressure or coercion.

Mrs Turney, 25-year-old mother of a girl aged three, was singled out by the cameras in the first glimpse of the hostages since they were seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards six days ago. Tehran had earlier claimed it was ready to release the sea survival expert 'very soon', but she showed clear signs of strain.

Words she was forced to write and speak for Tehran TV, apparently confessing that the Britons had 'trespassed' into Iranian waters, spoke of being well treated by her 'compassionate' captors.

But the harrowing footage of Mrs Turney, whose husband Adam and daughter Molly wait anxiously at their family home in Plymouth, told a different story.

Gone was the fresh-faced, enthusiastic young sailor filmed by the BBC on HMS Cornwall only hours before the British forces were captured at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway.

She was evidently traumatised - at one point seen nervously sucking on a cigarette - in footage which the Foreign Office described as 'completely unacceptable' and British diplomats said was a clear breach of the Geneva Convention.

In the broadcast Mrs Turney, filmed in front of brightly-coloured curtains, is heard saying: 'My name is Leading Seaman Faye Turney. I come from England. I serve on Foxtrot Nine Nine. I have been in the Navy nine years. I live in England.

'I was arrested on Friday March 23. Obviously we trespassed into their waters.

'They were very friendly and very hospitable, very thoughtful, good people.

'They explained to us why we had been arrested. There was no aggression, no hurt, no harm. They were very, very compassionate.' Obviously scripted.

Iran is now insisting that the UK admit fault over the incident in order for the hostages to be released.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's announcement came on a day of escalating tensions, highlighted by an Iranian video of the detained Britons that showed the only woman captive saying her group had "trespassed" in Iranian waters. Britain angrily denounced the video as unacceptable and froze most dealings with the mideast nation.

"First they have to admit that they have made a mistake. Admitting the mistake will facilitate a solution to the problem," Mottaki told The Associated Press in an interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia "But unfortunately the British have not admitted their mistake."

Mottaki also backed off a prediction that the female sailor, Faye Turney, could be freed Wednesday or Thursday, but said Tehran agreed to allow British officials to meet with service personnel.

One can only hope that Iran's latest publicity stunt will backfire against them here in the West, but in Iran, it's a clear psyops victory for Ahmadinejad.

Previous posts; Blair Warns Iran, Iran Captures Brit Sailors.

 

Muslims Attack Paris Train Station

Did I muslims? I meant to say "youths". Because after all, Islam is a "Religion of Peace", and would never lower itself to car burnings or violence of any kind.

Riot police firing tear gas and brandishing batons clashed Tuesday with bands of youths who shattered windows and looted shops at a major Paris train station, officials said. Nine people were arrested.

Officials said about 100 people were involved in the melee at Gare du Nord, one of Paris' most important transport hubs. Officers and police dogs fired tear gas and charged at groups of marauding youths, some of them wearing hoods and swinging metal bars.

The youths responded by throwing trash cans and other objects at the officers. A group of youths smashed the windows of a sporting goods store and looted boxes of shoes. Others attacked automatic drink dispensers and set fire to an information booth.

The French Muslims haven't had much press in the US lately, but the Jihad against their own countrymen hasn't let up much according to this article.

Zidou (one of the commuters) said the violence had echoes of the riots in 2005. "They never finished," he said. "It slowed down a bit, but it was never over."

Another commuter, Guy Elkoun, said: "There's always a feeling of insecurity in this train station ... I knew this could happen someday."

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Blair Warns Iran

Tony Blair is starting to talk tough. Now given the proper amount of time to  examine the facts, Blair claims his government can prove the sailors were in Iraqi, not Iranian waters. But even before the facts were in, it's easy to see that the UK would have nothing to gain by entering Iranian waters. 

Conversely, Iran's claim that this is an espionage case is laughable.  Spy's don't travel in rubber boats in groups of fifteen while in uniform. Then there's history, Iran has made a habit of gathering hostages, just ask Jimmy Carter how the last year of his term went. Ahmadinejad himself was one of the hostage takers, and his effect on American politics must have left quite an impression on him. This isn't a terrorist act in the mind of Ahmadinejad, it's just politics.

Iran has a lot to gain by abducting the sailors, and nothing to lose. If the hostages are held for an extended period, Ahmadinejad is the great hero, standing tall against the Western Crusaders. If Ahmadinejad turns over the hostages quickly, they can take the posture of the forgiving, mature nation overlooking the transgressions of a reckless UK. You get the picture.

The only way Blair can snatch victory from Iran at this point is to make an Entebbe-type raid, rescuing the hostages.

But Ahmadinejah knows this full well and won't be giving up the location of the hostages anytime soon, and Blair knows what happened to Carter when he tried to rescue hostages.

In the meantime, it's sanctions, sanctions, sanctions, while the West continues it's fruitless attempt to implement law upon the lawless.  

600,000 Foriegn Fugitives on the Loose

Ladies and gentlemen, witness the results of Homeland Security without border security.

Teams assigned to make sure foreigners ordered out of the United States actually leave are grappling with a backlog of more than 600,000 cases and can't accurately account for the fugitives' whereabouts, the government reported Monday.

"The report by the Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the effectiveness of teams assigned to find the fugitives was hampered by "insufficient detention capacity, limitations of an immigration database and inadequate working space. Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the effectiveness of teams assigned to find the fugitives was hampered by "insufficient detention capacity, limitations of an immigration database and inadequate working space."

Even though more than $204 million was allocated for 52 fugitive operations teams since 2003, a backlog of 623,292 cases existed as of August of 2006, the report said.

The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has been estimated at between 11.5 million and 12 million. About 5.4 percent of them are believed to be "fugitive aliens," those who have failed to leave the country after being ordered out.

According to the article, after 9/11 special teams were assigned the task of rounding up alien fugitives without the added burden of other duties. It seems that we've added bureaucracy without increasing results.

After the attacks, an Absconder Apprehension Initiative was created within the Justice Department to find, apprehend and deport such immigrants. When the Homeland Security Department was created in March 2003, it assumed responsibility.

Be fore you console yourself by saying "we haven't suffered a major attack since 9/11", consider this, al-Qaeda took eight years between WTC attacks. Leaving me to wonder this, over the next few years, will we still be chasing alien fugitive numbers this large?

Also blogging on this issue:  Right Truth

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Anti-Jihad Blogger has ID exposed by Media

Say a prayer for him folks, it could've been any of us.

Dhimmi Watch: Sheik Yer'mami, operator of the Winds of Jihad site, who has often commented on Robert Spencer's  Jihad Watch, has had his identity and location revealed -- opening him to risk of being killed by jihadists -- by reporter Gavin King, who is no doubt convinced that Sheik has nothing to worry about anyway, since it's a religion of peace.

Sheik Yer'mami explains the controversy here.

Go to Winds of JIhad and show your support.

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Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy

The autopsy revealed that the news media has overdosed on this frivilous, un-news worthy non-story after several weeks of abuse. It was dead on arrival.

Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and other drugs after she was found unresponsive at a hotel, authorities said Monday.

Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and other drugs after she was found unresponsive at a hotel, authorities said Monday.

The drama!

Protesters Burn Effigy of US Soldier

In Portland, OR 3/18, the anti-war crowd shows their true face. Chanting, "bye, bye GI, in Iraq you're gonna die!"

I'd question their patriotism...if they had any. Also check out, World According to Carl.

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