Given how grotesquely liberal and crappy the BBC News was when I lived overseas, I wasn’t feeling too keen on giving France24 the time of day. Let’s face it; thanks to toads like Jacques Chirac, a lot of my fellow Americans, expatriates included, considered the French to be, as that lovely sorbiquet goes… ‘Cheese-eating surrender monkeys‘. With the exception of Parisians, who are hopelessly rude, I wish to not only NOT bag on our Gallic friends, but give them kudos for some decent reporting. France24 hosted a round-table of sorts on video shot in North Africa of jihadis training, frolicking like Bambi and Thumper in the woods, et cetera. On the panel was Walid Phares, one of the sanest voices in terms of analyzing terrorism. The last time Europe had news TV worth watching was when Tim Sebastian was hosting HARDTalk. This channel may turn out to be worth watching.
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010Article Roundup for June 11, 2010
Friday, June 11th, 2010Much to catch up on!
Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs.
The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists who find normal people like Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman to be out-of-step kooks.
Brown: Goebbels crack ‘jogging talk’ – Maggie Haberman of The Politico writes on Jerry “California Über Alles” Brown’s nasty crack against Meg Whitman. No one talks to that lunatic because he is a gaffe machine that would make Vice-President Biden look as eloquent as William F. Buckley.
For Your Weekend Reading – If John Derbyshire is recommending books for your perusal, you may want to take him up on it. As a fine author on the subject of mathematics, he has impeccable taste in reading material. He will post his list at the Wall Street Journal, and I will place the link here when it’s up.
IPN announces Ninth Annual Bastiat Prize Competition – From the website: “For the ninth year, International Policy Network (IPN) is accepting submissions for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The Prize is open to writers anywhere in the world whose published articles eloquently and wittily explain, promote and defend the principles and institutions of the free society. Submissions must be received on or before 30 June 2010.”
Politically Correct Warfare – Arnold Ahlert of Jewish World Review wonders why the West has lost its spine when it comes to warfare.
Lee Harvey Oswald and the Liberal Crack-Up – An interesting essay by James Pierson of Commentary Magazine on where liberalism became unhinged.
New Silicon Graffiti Video: 1969—The Death of Modernism – Ed Driscoll offers more in regards to the liberal crackup.
Liberal Fascism: The Font – Another by Ed Driscoll. I love typography, and am probably among a handful of conservatives who enjoy avant-garde art movements. There’s something to the Helvetica font being utterly fascistic, though.
Conservatives for Kagan – Is Stuart Taylor at The Atlantic Magazine serious?! I didn’t know June 11 was a second April Fool’s Day.
A Special Relationship in Jeopardy – Eric Edelman comments on the sad state of affairs the Anglo-American relationship is in.
A shocking story of Israeli survival
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times nails it today, calling the phony anti-Semitic governments in Europe out for their “shock.” They are, at the very least, so naive as to not be worthy of their government posts, or at worst (such as in Turkey’s case) complicit in helping Hamas try to smuggle weapons into Gaza, a place that has absolutely no shortage of food, technology or anything else thanks in part to Israeli generosity on one side and smuggling tunnels on the other. This was a provocation, pure and simple.
NKorea Warns of War on Sinking Row
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Newsmax reports that a skirmish in where a South Korean ship was sunk has placed the Korean peninsula on the brink of war. North Korea, not surprisingly, continues using the sort of rhetoric that one would expect from a dying Communist puppet state in threatening war if sanctions are placed against it, but sinking a ship would be a valid excuse for South Korea to do all that it could to break the grip of the Kim clan on Pyongyang.
Cowardice, Power Worship, and Israel’s Future
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Jonah Goldberg celebrates Israel’s anniversary, but worries about the indecision amongst Israeli politicians on the dangers they face.
The Kremlin and the Root Causes of Terror
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Alex Alexiev of The Hudson Institute writes on the sheer hypocrisy in Russia’s reaction to the Chechen suicide bombers who have turned Moscow upside down while tacitly continuing to support Hamas and Iran in their endeavors against Israel and America. Vladimir Putin and his puppet Medvyedev will have to make a choice on who’s side they will be on. If they continue to support Iran, then Chechnya will deservedly win their state, and probably run with open arms into Al Qaeda, which will turn the Caucasus into yet another dangerous front in the war on terror.
Video Killer Thriller In Dubai
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The ever-readble Claudia Rosett comments on Dubai’s expose on alleged Israeli assassins taking out a Hamas member there buying arms for the terrorist organization. I have no sympathy for the subject who was knocked off. Rosett asks a poignant question, however, in wondering where the rest of the video is that Emirati Intelligence has been so liberal in sharing (bit by bit, of course).
Iran’s Apocalyse, Supposedly
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Today in Tehran is the 31st anniversary of Islamic Revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, the same revolution which has led to the utter misery and isolation of a country with one of the world’s most fabulous histories. Mahmoud Ahmaninejad as threatened a surprise for today. The world waits to see what the monster has in store.
Reuel Marc Gerecht, Michael Ledeen and Jeff Jacoby provide excellent analysis as to what’s happening in Tehran.
UPDATE: It looks like we know what the big warning was from Ahmadinejad: Death To Israel. How original.
