Category Archives: Terrorism

Friday briefs

Hamas the Holocaust deniers: The AFP noted that Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the leaders of Hamas, during a recent speech both denied the Holocaust and claimed that Israel was perpetuating one on Palestinians. That’s known as “Business as usual” in … Continue reading

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Your morning briefs

Gaza/Hamastan ERA watch: The women in Gaza are not allowed to dance with men, but they’re allowed to blow themselves up in mixed company. Now that’s progress! Yes, and that’s the purpose of a blockade: Wikileaks released cables of Israel … Continue reading

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Tuesday NorVA briefs

Those wascally Iswaelies! Say, you know the suicide bombing that murdered 22 Christians Copts and wounded dozens more? Guess who a group of Egyptian lawyers blames for the bombing? That’s right: The Mossad. Sure. Because the world has seen hundreds … Continue reading

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A new year, a new boilerplate

After the latest attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians, the AP has decided that the old boilerplate no longer holds. Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population of 80 million. They complain frequently of discrimination, though they generally … Continue reading

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The completion of a revolution around the sun briefs

The Palestinians, encouraged by Obama’s ridiculous emphasis on settlement freezes for the past two years, are now saying they’re tailoring the UN Security Council Resolution specifically to U.S. demands on Israel. “We drafted it using the same words that Secretary … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

But it’s not Israel, so no one cares: The human rights group, EveryOne, has documented the kidnapping, ransom, and torture by Hamas of Eritrean refugees fleeing to Israel. This will be yet another human rights atrocity overlooked by the UNHRC, … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

We need to ban Christmas trees: A woman used the family Christmas tree to beat—well, her family. You know, I think I see the next lefty cause on the horizon. Then again, if we make Christmas trees illegal, only criminals … Continue reading

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Muslims targeting Christians

This year, apparently, Muslims decided to go on a murder spree on Christians on Christmas, perhaps as a twisted Jihadi gift to the world. They killed theim in Nigeria. They forced Iraqi Christians to cancel or tone down Christmas celebrations. … Continue reading

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Sunday news roundup

Suckiest. Flash mob. Ever. Seriously, cover up the subtitles and see if you can even understand the lyrics they’re singing. Yeah, interfering with shoppers is the best idea the BDS movement has ever had. Piss off people while they’re shopping … Continue reading

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Hamas’ anniversary party: Burying the lede

The AP buried the lede of the Hamas 23rd anniversary celebration in Gaza. Paragraphs 16 and 17 in an 18-graph story: In a message distributed to media Tuesday morning, Hamas said it remains committed to destroying Israel, bringing back Palestinian … Continue reading

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The biggest-ever bomb cache in U.S. history isn’t news?

How is it that this isn’t all over the blogs, the media, and broadcast? A Serbian native living in the U.S. in a rented house amassed the largest and most dangerous cache of home-made explosives, ever—so much so that authorities … Continue reading

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How can I whitewash? Let me count the ways

Just when you think the AP can’t get any better at whitewashing, you’re wrong. Over 200 mortars and rockets—including Grad rockets—have been fired from Gaza into Israel this year. So how does the AP manipulate language to make it seem … Continue reading

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Around the news, briefly

So, how’s that Syrian outreach going for us? Not good at all. Nope. So, let’s see—the Obama administration outreach to Russia? Zilch. Syria? Zilch. Iran? Zilch. North Korea? Zilch. How’s about the Obama attitude towards Israel? Smart power not looking … Continue reading

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There is referendum and then there is referendum

There is a good referendum: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says group will back formation of Palestinian state with 1967 borders, Jerusalem as capital and resolution of refugee issue if approved by referendum, despite group’s differing ideology. And then there is … Continue reading

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Lori Berenson: a nice Jewish girl from a nice Jewish family? You bet…

The CNN article Peruvian court grants parole to imprisoned U.S. citizen caused me to do some surfing. I didn’t know anything about Lori Berenson. The mere fact that a US citizen was imprisoned for 20 years in Peru – not … Continue reading

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