Daily Archives: February 3rd, 2006 «

 

Bond’s GOP/swastika comparison still gets no MSM coverage

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2006 at 9:26 pm » 24 Comments

11 references in Google News, and still only one semi-mainstream source mentions the swastika reference: World Net Daily. Absolutely amazing. James Taranto nails it: Isn’t it newsworthy when the leader of a venerable organization like the NAACP engages in such over-the-top, crackpot rhetoric? (Or, if you’re an over-the-top crackpot and think Bond was right, isn’t [...]

 

US sides with Muslims in cartoon controversy

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2006 at 8:27 pm » 27 Comments

Via Reuters: The United States backed Muslims on Friday against European newspapers that printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a move that could help America’s battered image in the Islamic world. Inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States sided with [...]

 

Happy Friday :)

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2006 at 10:37 am » 10 Comments

Mornin’ ya’ll – FYI, I’m at home today to put together a couple of pieces of furniture (entertainment center for downstairs and bookshelf upstairs) in addition to hanging some pictures so blogging will be light as I tackle these projects. I’ll release any messages that are in moderation as I can. Gonna be a nice [...]

 

More European papers reprinting “offensive” Islamic cartoons

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2006 at 8:20 am » 17 Comments

Via the Financial Times: Angry protestors besieged a building housing the Danish embassy in Indonesia on Friday as more European newspapers reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that have caused outrage across the Islamic world. The international dispute escalated into a consumer boycott and risked the gravest cultural clash with the Muslim world since the [...]