Bill's Bites -- 2006.09.14 Contributed by Bill Faith
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23:59 (Backdated)
Destitute Dog Please and help if you can.
22:28
Michelle Malkin
The issue of children--as young as 2--being kidnapped, sexually abused, and has been brewing for . Even after a ban was heralded by human rights groups last year, the sheiks looked the other way at the practice Now, families of kidnapped children have filed a lawsuit to stop the slavery. And Dubai's "progressive" ruling family is as a top conspirator:
Dubai's ruling family has been served with a class-action lawsuit in the United States accusing them of masterminding an international child slave trade to provide jockeys and attendants for the popular desert sport of camel-racing.
Yes, I know. The House voted to approve a at the southern border. :
Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 6061, Secure Fence Act of 2006. The bill passed 283-138-1 with 131 Democrats voting against the measure. ...
That's all true. But forgive me if I don't break out the pom-poms over this.
22:19
The House has become the latest showcase for the building momentum for openness and accountability in federal appropriations. for the House that require the listing of all earmark sponsors in the Congressional Record passed by a much wider margin than first thought, . The rule takes effect immediately and will apply to a wide range of legislation and conference reports, forcing earmarkers to own their pork instead of dodging responsibility for the pork. ...
The big push has continued this week for the campaign, and it has added a rather significant name in support -- . Patrick Hynes, who works for McCain as well as blogs at Ankle Biting Pundits, reports that the presidential contender wants to use Rightroots to help maintain Republican control of both chambers of Congress. He also includes an entertaining video clip in which McCain uses humor to separate rally attendees from the GOP money that still resides in their wallets. ...
21:39
Allahpundit
No violence yet, but give it time. It was months after the Mohammed cartoons were published before the first embassy went up in smoke.
For now, the is purely metaphorical, although the head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood — which gave young Ayman al-Zawahiri his start in fundamentalism — did hint yesterday that insulting the prophet could That comes straight from the MB’s English-language website, by the way. You’ll find it tucked in between a fawning interview with and a preemptive reminder that ...
Allahpundit
This comes to me via my one and only lefty tipster, who told me that watching it made her want to switch parties. With good reason, as you’ll presently see.
19:28
Busy Dog
Jean Fraud Kerry's showing his ass again, the Dogs have been howling back and forth at each other all day deciding what to do about it -- We're going to a war footing obviously, just working out the details -- and suddenly my to-do list is hours long again. Got some posts to do that don't really fit the Bill's Bites format, emails to send and answer, and a side project I don't want to say much about till it's too far along to sabotage. I'll try not to let Bill's Bites slide too much but right now it's not my top priority.
18:18
To paraphrase one of their intellectual icons: they may not be interested in war, but war is .
Note his appeal to non-Muslims fighting “under [their] own banner.” Anti-Americanism: the tie that binds.
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16:44
The House Armed Services Committee ratified Bush’s proposal for tribunals yesterday, 52-8, putting the ball squarely in the court of its Senate counterpart. Would Warner, McCain, and Lindsey Graham cave? Or would they hold the line, thereby striking a blow for America’s soul?
The issue was decided this afternoon when our nation’s moral leader finally :
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell joined top Republican senators to oppose President Bush’s request to reinterpret a Geneva Convention rule in order to allow tougher interrogations of terror suspects…
16:38
15:58 (H/T: Kerry Leight)
15:38
Somehow I suspect something was lost in translation :
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that his country's nuclear standoff with the West can be solved through dialogue, while calling for unspecified "new conditions" in negotiations.
The poor Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club is still waiting for Air America to pay it back.
Details are of the New York Sun's story following up on liberal blog Think Progress's claim that Air America will soon file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy: ...
If you haven't paid attention to the New York Times' attempt to smear analysts at conservative think tanks who have written in defense of Wal-Mart, all you need to know is on the today (hat tip- Brian Anderson of ):
If you don't know the story behind this photo, you should. Lee Kaplan explains the moonbat-terrorist connection at :
There are of a recovering Fidel Castro in his silk pajamas. He's preparing for a of fellow tyrants and dictators, which Kofi Annan is scheduled to address tomorrow.
Val at reports:
15:08
has it, although even he doesn’t appreciate the magnitude of the problem. In response to a poll that found 22% of Canadians believe the U.S. government was involved in 9/11, he writes this:
My liberal friend still doesn’t believe this is anything but a fringe movement.
22% of an entire Western country is not fringe
He was at 41 on Monday; three days later he’s at 47, for no apparent reason. The only explanation is a little residual goodwill from memories of 9/11. It’ll blow over.
Rarely does a blog post succeed because of how much scrolling you have to do to read it, but sure does. Go forth and behold The Difference.
notes Heather Wilson’s presence on the list of Republicans, a fact which should not escape the attention of . Also on the list: ...
HBO funnyman and severe BDS sufferer Bill Maher couldn’t help but gush out vitriolic hate on last night’s edition of Hardball. I put together a little montage of Maher’s quack positions, watch it and weep: ...
14:52
What do you know. Kerry did win the election!
Click the image to watch. ...
And also that it might not be Israel that has the most to fear from a nuclear Iran. And that “lonelygirl15″ might just be a cynical ploy for attention by aspiring filmmakers. Click the image to watch.
Not sure what is all about, but Fox thought it was important enough to simulcast 15 minute of video from Sky News a little while ago.
12:37
Once again, the issue of has arisen during a tough recruiting period and questions about the reserve strength of the armed forces. The New York Times reports that gay-rights groups have seen this situation as a potentially propitious moment to breathe new life into the debate, five years into the war on terror: ...
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match...
Given the tensions in the world today, one would think that newspapers covering Condoleezza Rice's visit to our northern neighbor might focus on our foreign policy, especially war policy in Afghanistan, where Canadians continue to fight with distinction. Her meeting with Foreign Minister Peter MacKay should have prompted diplomatic inquiries about the softwood lumber dispute or continuing negotiations regarding passport requirements and border security. Instead, as reporters spent their time wondering how to get these two wonderful kids together, according to the Times of London: ...
Yesterday, the prosecutor in the trial of Saddam Hussein demanded that the chief judge step down for refusing to stop Saddam from ranting in out-of-order outbursts. The judge demurred, stating that he had no bias towards Saddam and that he merely wanted to ensure that the record showed the defendant received a fair hearing. Today, however, the judge managed to make the prosecutor in an exchange that had everything but flowers: ...
Israeli Arabs have come under in the last few weeks, undermining their political position in the nation. While majorities still see native Arabs as Israelis, growing percentages of Israelis want them to emigrate out of Israel, with even Knesset members expressing hostility towards them. The potential for increasing racism have some politicians worried, especially Israeli Arab MKs. However, as the Jerusalem Post reports, they have done the most damage to their image themselves: ...
At the imposition of the UN Security Council cease-fire resolution, the West almost unanimously considered the war in Lebanon a disaster for Israel. Most analysts insisted that Israel's failure to destroy Hezbollah amounted to a humiliation and worried about the energizing effect Hassan Nasrallah's victory would have on radical Islam's popularity in the region. These analysts would be surprised to learn that Arabs increasingly view Hezbollah's war as a disaster as well -- but : ...
11:56
Michelle Malkin
Barbara Walters and her gang ain't the only ones who speak for women. Thanks to the miracle of Internet technology (and the wizardry of Bryan Preston), my right-wing gal pal Mary Katharine Ham of and I talk back to Rosie O'Donnell over her equation of "radical Islam" with the threat of "radical Christianity in America."
11:18
PhotocoughBucket --- Grrcoughrrr.
Sorry for that spell when it said "We're doing maintenance" where nearly every image on my blog should have been. Over all PhotoBucket's worked out well and I guess I'll have to forgive them for it. They have my only copy of a lot of things on this blog and my old one.
Fall fell and this old dog ended up with a major head cold. Between that and a couple of side projects my posting may be light for a while.
03:02 -- Bedtime Roundup
Allahpundit
It’s not just for conservatives anymore:
Such a classification means city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws, which is already the case in National City.
Allahpundit
Nothing brings out the killer in jihadis like accusing them of being killers.
Pope Benedict has hit out at Islam and its concept of holy war during a visit to his Bavarian homeland.
Thank you:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called "mad anti-Americanism" among European politicians.
The other shoe has dropped in the Armitage-Plame scandal, and I don't mean Valerie Plame's addition of Richard Armitage to her lawsuit. Robert Novak, now free to discuss the sourcing for his infamous column that unmasked Plame as a CIA "operative", says that Armitage has in his mea culpas over the past two weeks. In facr, far from the inadvertent disclosure between friends that Armitage paints it, Novak explains that the disclosure was quite deliberate: ...
02:51
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Putting aside the fact the Arianna Huffington dubiously implied on tonight's Factor that Bill Buckley and Chris Shays agree with John Murtha about a strategy for Iraq, what was frankly unbelievable was her ignorance and abject indifference towards the plight of the Kurds under Saddam Hussein. Huffington argued that the Kurds were free before we invaded Iraq, that their situation has not changed "one iota" since the invasion, and even replied "so what" to O'Reilly's assertion that Saddam persecuted the Kurds. ...
01:18
Hang on, baby. Friday's comin'.
Contributed by Bill Faith on September 14, 2006 at 10:28 PM in , |