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Tuesday
Dec162008

Iraq and Shoes: Now for the Video Game

Well, it didn't take long for serious news to become mass entertainment. Welcome to Bush's Boot Camp:

Tuesday
Dec162008

Comment of the Day: Degenerate Secular Liberal Jihadist Terrorism in Alaska

Gerald Warner in The Daily Telegraph:

If - and it is still a big if - arson was committed by militant homosexuals or liberals simply driven by hatred of Palin, then that is a phenomenon that should greatly concern the American public. Anti-Christian jihadism fuelled by secularism is as unacceptable as that driven by militant Islam. If Wasilla Church was burned by arsonists making an ideological point, that is terrorism....


If what is suspected turns out to be true, the burning of Wasilla Bible Church is a metaphor for the onslaught against Christianity that aggressive secularism has mounted in Europe and which, under the influence of the morally degenerate Democrat Party, is now invading the United States. This may be a significant warning to complacent Christians.

Tuesday
Dec162008

Iraq: The "I'm a fan of the great hero who hit Bush with his shoes in Baghdad!" Facebook Group

It's not only The Enduring America Fan Club that's making a splash over on Facebook. More than 12,000 people have joined a group in honour of Muntazar al-Zaidi.
Tuesday
Dec162008

Iraq: Your Daily Shoe Update

I think it's safe to say that the star of the Bush Farewell Tour is Muntazar al-Zaidi --- sitting in a prison cell somewhere in Iraq --- rather than the President.

Both The New York Times and The Washington Post have Page 1 stories: "In Iraqi’s Shoe-Hurling Protest, Arabs Find a Hero" and "Flying Shoes Create a Hero In Arab World".

In Saudi Arabia, a newspaper reported that a man had offered $10 million to buy just one of what has almost certainly become the world’s most famous pair of black dress shoes.


A daughter of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, reportedly awarded the shoe thrower, Muntader al-Zaidi, a 29-year-old journalist, a medal of courage.


In the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, people calling for an immediate American withdrawal removed their footwear and placed the shoes and sandals at the end of long poles, waving them high in the air. And in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, people threw their shoes at a passing American convoy.




When he threw the first shoe, Mr Al-Zaidi cried, "This is a goodbye kiss, you dog." It's when the other shoe was thrown, however, that Mr Al-Zaidi delivered his political punchline, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!” McClatchy News Service reported that al-Zaidi was shaken by the destruction he found when covering the military operations in April as Iraqi Government troops, supported by US forces and bombardments, took control of Sadr City in Baghdad.

 It's doubtful that Mr al-Zaidi is aware of his status, as he remains in detention. Associated Press is reporting that he has been handed over to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's security guards. He faces up to seven years in prison for "insulting the nation's leader".

Thousands of Iraqis marched on Monday to demand al-Zaidi's release, a call joined by tribal chiefs around the country and by journalist organisations inside and outside Iraq.

(hat tip to Informed Comment)
Monday
Dec152008

The Obama YouTube Address to the Nation

It's gonna be a new Presidency, America. Not only has Barack Obama mastered the Internet to get into the White House, he's going to stay there courtesy of kittens, fat guys on mopeds, and body-poppin' kids....

(forgive us for the screenshot that comes with this --- the video is a lot less raunchier and a lot funnier)