Weird People
The Arab MKs [Members of the Knesset] are up in arms over the intention of (National Union- NRP) MK Arye Eldad to screen in Jerusalem excerpts from the controversial filmFitna, which presents the Koran as advocating killing and terrorism, on 3 September.
British Muslims Offended by Christians Praying during Ramadan
A quote from Cranmer on his blog, 2 September 2008
A Christian group in Oxford has apologised to the city’s Muslims for having the audacity to organise a day of prayer during Ramadan. Oxfords Muslims found it ‘ill-conceived and insensitive’, not to mention ‘grossly insulting and inflammatory’.
Obama Will Lose
A quote from Spengler in The Asia Times, 3 September 2008
Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech last week seemed vastly different from the stands of [Denver]’s Invesco Stadium than it did to the 40 million who saw it on television. Melancholy hung like think smog over the reserved seats where I sat with Democratic Party staffers. The crowd, of course, cheered mechanically at the tag lines, flourished placards, and even rose for the obligatory wave around the stadium. But its mood was sour. The air carried the acrid smell of defeat, and the crowd took shallow breaths. [...]
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