A wonderful speech, well received
With the exception of the “Palestinians are cockroaches” crowd among the Israeli far right, President Obama’s speech was received in the Middle East mostly like this: “I think his performance was...
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… if you think Michelle “Internment Camps” Malkin and her crowd really care one iota about the people of Iran. After all, we’re talking about Michelle Malkin — probably the only brown person ever...
View ArticleBurning questions: was Michael Jackson a Muslim?
His brother Jermaine, who converted to Islam some time ago, said to his brother, “may Allah be with you always” at the close of his press conference following Michael’s death, and news reports last...
View ArticleArab, Muslim groups condemn Fort Hood attack
… and brace themselves for the backlash. Funny how there is no backlash against the entire faith when a Christian commits a horrendous crime…
View ArticleWill Chickenhawk Joe use Fort Hood to go after Muslim troops?
Joe Lieberman spent the weekend mired in idle speculation (when he wasn’t threatening to kill healthcare reform by not allowing his Senate colleagues to vote). Another "Joe" -- Joseph McCarthy,...
View ArticleDays later, Hasan still acted alone
Nidal Hasan: religious radical? Signs point to yes. Part of a larger plot? So far, no evidence of that. The right wing deeply wants, even needs, for Nidal Hasan to be a part of some vast, international...
View ArticleThe general vs. the bigot: Petraeus warns Quran burning could endanger U.S....
At left: Gainesville, Florida "Pastor" Terry Jones. At right: Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. troop commander in Afghanistan. Gen. David Petraeus weighed in on a Gainesville Florida self-described...
View ArticleFlashback: President Barack Obama’s 2009 Cairo Speech (video and transcript)...
The following speech was delivered at Cairo University on June 4, 2009: Full text after the jump, plus: when America talks about “freedom…” The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks...
View Article(Video) Keith Ellison’s moving testimony (and the hearings Peter King should...
The hearings being held in Washington today by longtime IRA supporter Peter King, who has insisted on conducting a show trial of every Muslim in America, are a shameful chapter in our history. But...
View ArticleCote d’Ivoire: C is for ‘chocolate,’‘colonialism’ and also ‘C Street’
Ivorian President Alassane Outtara The war you barely heard about, in the African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, turns out to have been about more than just the presidency of the world’s biggest cocoa...
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