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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>&#8220;The Mania of Nice, in which Betters must apologise for being Betters, that has taken hold of our entire culture and tries so desperately to say that all things are equal. All things are not equal. Neither are all men. Just as all religions and philosophies are not true, all music and all art are also not equal.&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">~ <a href="http://anglocath.blogspot.com/2008/09/kingdom-of-noise.html" target="_blank">Orwell&#8217;s Picnic</a> ~</p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/weathernerd/" target="_blank"><strong>BRENDAN LOY</strong></a> @ WeatherNerd, for all your weather news, including hurricanes and such  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(pajamasmedia)</span></em></p>
<h2>Mark Steyn</h2>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">~ <span><a href="http://www.steynstore.com/product50.html" target="_blank"><strong>FREE SPEECH IN AN AGE OF JIHAD</strong></a>: &#8220;Mark&#8217;s keynote address to the recent conference in New York on free speech is now in print, along with valuable contributions from Roger Kimball, Andy McCarthy, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ezra Levant and others. It&#8217;s available as part of our <a href="http://www.steynstore.com/product50.html" target="_blank">America Alone Free Speech Special</a>: the bestselling book and the legal battle that ensued &#8211; together in one great package!&#8221; Exclusively from the <a href="http://www.steynstore.com/" target="_blank">Steyn Store</a>, only $20.95 &#8230;. </span><em><span>(steynstore)</span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">~ <span><a href="http://www.steynonline.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,33/" target="_blank"><strong>STEYN: L&#8217;ÉDITION EN FRANÇAIS: EST ARRIVÉE</strong></a>! For our readers in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Mauritius, but probably not (until the appeal is heard) Québec. Disponible de <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/America-Alone-monde-nous-connaissons/dp/2350122247" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://livre.fnac.com/a2186073/M-Steyn-America-alone-la-fin-du-monde-tel-que-nous-le-connaissons?OrderInSession=1&amp;Mn=-1&amp;SID=cd101e9e-31b6-06dd-b6e2-adbcfd337cbb&amp;Origin=FnacAff&amp;Ra=-1&amp;To=0&amp;Nu=1&amp;UID=0116495E9-E954-1FD9-C2A6-30EE70D8450E&amp;Fr=0" target="_blank">FNAC</a>, et <a href="http://www.decitre.fr/livres/America-Alone.aspx/9782350122243" target="_blank">Decitre</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Steyn En FRANÇAIS!)</span></em></p>
<h2>Ezra</h2>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://ezralevant.com/2008/09/the-execrable-reason-we-have-h.html" target="_blank"><strong>SEZ THE EZ</strong></a>: &#8220;The execrable reason we have hate speech laws today&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(ezralevant.com)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/?p=5085" target="_blank"><strong>EZRA LEVANT</strong></a> Immortalized. Riots at 23:00 &#8230;. </span><em><span>(MaD)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://ezralevant.com/2008/08/doublethink-at-bnai-brith.html" target="_blank"><strong>EZRA LEVANT</strong></a>&#8212; Doublethink at B&#8217;nai Brith &#8230;. </span><em><span>(ezralevant)</span></em></p>
<h2>Boissoin</h2>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723804" target="_blank"><strong>FREE PASS</strong></a>! CRTC Finds No &#8216;Abusive Comments&#8217; in CBC&#8217;s Little Mosque on the Prairie at broadcastermagazine.com. <a target="_blank">Link</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>&#8220;The &#8220;message&#8221; of Labour Day is to continue working: for the good, and against evil. There is no alternative. Our task is to hang in, like faithful soldiers, through all the squalour of this world, till death.&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">~ <a href="http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?id=912" target="_blank"><strong>David Warren</strong></a> ~</p>
<h2>FreeSpeechers</h2>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/sister-shaidle-slaps-catholic-insight/" target="_blank"><strong>SISTER SHAIDLE</strong></a> slaps Catholic Insight  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(jaycurrie)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.socon.ca/or_bust/?p=1285" target="_blank"><strong>SOCON.CA</strong></a>&#8212; Me &amp; Rob Part 3  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(socon.ca)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2008/08/frank-dimant-is-asking-for-feedback-on.html" target="_blank"><strong>B&#8217;NAI B&#8217;OY</strong></a> Frank Dimant is asking for feedback on B&#8217;nai Briths &#8220;reform&#8221; submission to the Canadian Human Rights Commission &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blazingcatfur.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/?p=3782" target="_blank"><strong>PROBLEMS</strong></a> at human rights comissions are not new  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(MaD)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://sleepyoldbear.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/jackboots-on-medical-throats/" target="_blank"><strong>JACKBOOTS</strong></a> on medical throats: &#8220;Ontario Human Rights Commission Flexes Muscles&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(sleepyoldbear)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723804" target="_blank"><strong>SCARAMOUCHE</strong></a>&#8212; No mercy: If you’re a Christian pastor or a stand-up Guy who says something that hurts the feelings of gays and lesbians such that a complaint is lodged with one or more of Canada&#8217;s Virtue Enforcement bodies, it&#8217;s a safe bet that you’re going to get chewed out and forced to publicly &#8220;repent&#8221; for your anti-social utterances &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://poetency.blogspot.com/2008/08/safe-sex-for-diversity.html" target="_blank"><strong>SAFE SEX FOR DIVERSITY</strong></a>.. &#8220;Below is an email I had sent directly to Warren Kinsella almost a year ago&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(poetency.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-speech-speechery.html" target="_blank"><strong>FREE SPEECH SPEECHERY</strong></a>&#8230; 4 good posts on the folley of Canada&#8217;s anti-democratic Human Rights Commissions  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blazingcatfur.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/comment-to-bnai-brith-canada/" target="_blank"><strong>COMMENT</strong></a> to B’nai Brith Canada; <a href="http://pieface-ruminations.blogspot.com/2008/08/will-defendant-please-stand.html" target="_blank">Will The Defendant Please Stand</a>?  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(xanthippaschamberpot, pieface-ruminations.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://deborahgyapong.blogspot.com/2008/08/tokenism-it-aint-its-character-and.html" target="_blank"><strong>DEBORAH GYAPONG</strong></a>: &#8220;Tokenism it ain&#8217;t&#8211; it&#8217;s character and narrative&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(deborahgyapong.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/08/another-obama-seal-appears.html" target="_blank"><strong>SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED</strong></a>&#8212; &#8220;In a noteworthy attempt to suppress free speech, the Obama campaign issued an &#8220;action wire&#8221; earlier this week. It asked recipients to bombard WGN with complaints for airing an interview with Dr. Stanley Kurtz. Kurtz discussed his research into the candidate&#8217;s work with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers when the pair served together on the board of Chicago&#8217;s Annenberg Challenge&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(directorblue.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2008/08/tolerant-left.html" target="_blank"><strong>THE TOLERANT</strong></a> Left&#8230; about at tolerant as terriers ripping apart a rat; <a href="http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2008/08/fighter-pilot-versus-chicago-politics.html" target="_blank">Fighter Pilot Versus</a> Chicago Politics; <a href="http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/09/01/sew-the-scarlet-a-for-sarah-palin/" target="_blank">Sew the Scarlet A</a> for Sarah Palin!; Palin: <a href="http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/08/31/palin-bad-mother-bad-woman/" target="_blank">Bad Mother, Bad Woman</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Various)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://pumpkin-watch.blogspot.com/2008/08/politics-of-blood.html" target="_blank"><strong>THE POLITICALLY CORRECT GO TRIBAL</strong></a>: The Politics of Blood  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(pumpkin-watch.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://downwitheverybody.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/92-year-old-uk-protester-closing-post-office-outlet-violates-human-rights/" target="_blank"><strong>92-YEAR-OLD</strong></a> UK Protester: Closing Post Office Outlet Violates Human Rights  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(downwitheverybody)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/TheWorldTonight/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10006382" target="_blank"><strong>VEEPEE MANIA</strong></a>!  Sarah Palin for VP / Raining on the Democrats&#8217; Unity Parade; &#8220;<a href="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/b26c41b8-074f-442c-8b46-ddadcbcdff45" target="_blank">Palin By Comparison&#8221;; Palin </a><a href="http://girlontheright.com/2008/08/31/my-palin-love-in-continues/" target="_blank">love-in continues</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(am770chqr)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/changeyoucanbelievein.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723786" target="_blank"><strong>BEWARE</strong></a> the insidious swoon: Phyllis Chessler has some thoughts on the rapture of Denver.  And &#8220;Some Future: Obama Advisor Preaches Tariffs, Wage Controls, <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/09/01/forward-17th-century-obama-advisor-preaches-mercantilism" target="_blank">Suppression of Secret Ballot</a>&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche, newsbusters)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/08/trutherism_is_b.html" target="_blank"><strong>TRUTHERISM</strong></a> is becoming a contagious disease; the left has settled on <a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009430.html" target="_blank">the uterine comings-and-goings</a> of not just Sarah Palin  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(CV, SDA)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://dustmybroom.com/content/view/5315/1/" target="_blank"><strong>SCRATCH A PROGRESSIVE</strong></a>&#8230;? The Ravages of <a href="http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/the-ravages-of-bush-derrangement-syndrome/" target="_blank">Bush Derangement Syndrome  &#8230;. </a></span><a href="http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/the-ravages-of-bush-derrangement-syndrome/" target="_blank"><em><span>(dustmybroom, jaycurrie)</span></em></a></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/the-ravages-of-bush-derrangement-syndrome/" target="_blank"> ~ </a><span><a href="http://downwitheverybody.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/iranian-nukes-no-sweat-geneva-science-experiment-against-human-rights/" target="_blank"><strong>IRANIAN NUKES</strong></a>? No Sweat. Geneva Science Experiment? Against Human Rights &#8230;. </span><em><span>(downwitheverybody)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=13191" target="_blank"><strong>BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRISY! [NOW UPDATED WITH EVEN MORE DASTARDLY HYPOCRISYNESS!]</strong></a>&#8212; &#8220;Time to keep a running list of Sarah Palin’s sins — lovingly gathered, mostly in crazed speculative form, by members of the Church of Diversity and Otherness Coddling, and reprinted here, with my gloss, for your delectation&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(proteinwisdom)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Killing-talk-radio-3884" target="_blank"><strong>KILLING TALK RADIO</strong></a>by Brian C. Anderson, Adam D. Thierer. On the lurking threat to the freedom of US airwaves  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(newcriterion)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2008/08/note-to-friends-on-upcoming-elections.html" target="_blank"><strong>FRIENDS WERE</strong></a> wondering how to understand liberal thugs. They thought liberals couldn&#8217;t be thugs, but recent events in Canada have shown that that is not correct &#8230;. </span><em><span>(ost-darwinist.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723788" target="_blank"><strong>HOPE &#8216;N CHANGE</strong></a>, “interfaith”-style: Gullible dhimmis take heed. The real aim of “interfaith” outreach is revealed in this Islam Online article  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/sunday-morning-visions-of-obama/" target="_blank"><strong>Sunday Morning Visions Of Obama</strong></a><br />
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe class="youtube-player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H3JR_Fvpy9o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009427.html" target="_blank"><strong>O COME LET US ADORE HIM</strong></a>! How to be a Disciple of The One; Is There <a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009423.html" target="_blank">Nothing That Obama Can&#8217;t Do</a>? &#8230;. </span><em><span>(smalldeadanimals)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-08-31-0002/" target="_blank"><strong>SAUCY JEW ALERT</strong></a>: &#8220;Just glad I could help, Howard!&#8221; His trial is over, and as he awaits the verdict, Howard Rotberg has some thoughts on blogging, media monopolies and the future of publishing  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(fivefeetoffury)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2008/08/canadian-election-nears-chance-to-vote.html" target="_blank"><strong>CANADIAN</strong></a> election nears &#8230; a chance to vote for freedom?  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(post-darwinist.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://pieface-ruminations.blogspot.com/2008/08/manipulating-democratic-freedoms.html" target="_blank"><strong>ABUSING OUR FREEDOMS</strong></a>: &#8220;One supposes it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that Islamic and Arab groups purporting to represent the majority opinion and needs of Muslims living in liberal democracies like Canada have recognized that the tools to corrupt the guaranteed freedom of expression are available to them through the subversion of the original designs of Canada’s Human Rights Commissions&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(pieface-ruminations.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/09/01/obamas-letter-promoting-elimination-of-democracy/" target="_blank"><strong>OBAMA&#8217;S LETTER</strong></a> Promoting Elimination of Democracy  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(stoptheaclu)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/08/failure-of-western-feminism.html" target="_blank"><strong>HOW WE GOT HERE</strong></a>: Fjordman on &#8220;The Failure of Western Feminism&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(gatesofvienna.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-08-31-0004/" target="_blank"><strong>YET ANOTHER</strong></a> &#8220;Decontamination&#8221; alert: I thought we weren&#8217;t supposed to say this stuff &#8230;. </span><em><span>(fivefeetoffury)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/334db678930afc66a3e5fb972ef0755ab994decfa715c8b8e5b330c991d320f4f738cbfe.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723796" target="_blank"><strong>SCARAMOUCHE</strong></a>: &#8220;I can foresee canoe-canoodling as one of many possible plotlines if and when Canada’s very own porn channel—Northern Peaks—ever comes to fruition&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://forlifeandfamily.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-oath-for-doctors-customer-is-always.html" target="_blank"><strong>FIRST ONTARIO</strong></a>, and then the Rest of Canuckistan&#8211; &#8220;If the Humanist Big Brother says that the unborn is a &#8220;blob of tissue&#8221; and that a mother and her unborn child are &#8220;one body&#8221; &#8211; you must believe it, no matter what; use all your doublethink skills &#8211; or else!&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(forlifeandfamily.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009428.html" target="_blank"><strong>MILITARY CHIEFS</strong></a> &#8221; are to meet with an animal rights group on Tuesday to discuss alternatives to the traditional bearskin hats famously worn by the guards at Buckingham Palace&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(smalldeadanimals)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-08-31-0006/" target="_blank"><strong>CLASSINESS</strong></a>! Alan Colmes: Surgeon General in an Obama cabinet?; Anchoress <a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/citizens/anchoress_award.php#008325" target="_blank">Awarded Finest Fisking</a> of the Left&#8217;s &#8220;Palin Talking Points&#8221;; Another day, another liberal man: &#8220;<a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-08-31-0000/" target="_blank">Scratch Alan Colmes</a>&#8230;&#8221;; It Cannot Be Overemphasized That Andrew Sullivan <a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/bad_americans/it_cannot_be_ov.php" target="_blank">Don&#8217;t Know Nothing About Birthing Babies</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Various)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://downwitheverybody.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/inclusion-and-equality-ban-heterosexuals-from-competition/" target="_blank"><strong>INCLUSION</strong></a> And Equality = Ban Heterosexuals From Competition  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(downwitheverybody)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/wright-returns.html" target="_blank"><strong>ACTUAL HATE SPEECH</strong></a>&#8212; &#8220;He&#8217;s Ba-aack&#8230; Jeremiah Wright Spouts Off More Racist Hate Speech&#8221;; Hurricane Gustav Exposes <a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4765" target="_blank">Evil, Insanity of Hateful Liberals</a> &#8230;. </span><em><span>(gatewaypundit.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/canadian-human-rights-vs-kenny-hotz/" target="_blank"><strong>CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VS KENNY HOTZ</strong></a> (the &#8220;Jesus Sucks&#8221; sign guy) [warning: offensive images] &#8230;. </span><em><span>(STB)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-08-31-0003/" target="_blank"><strong>SHAIDLE</strong></a>&#8212; &#8220;Progressives&#8221;. When just plain &#8220;idiots&#8221; won&#8217;t do &#8230;. </span><em><span>(fivefeetoffury)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/?p=5083" target="_blank"><strong>DEATH-TOTALITARIANISM</strong></a>: &#8220;Self-righteous pro deather Mindy Jacobs lies and says 6000 children waiting to be adopted in Alberta it’s 200; and &#8220;SHHHH! You may note abortion isn’t covered under myths just they don’t want to talk about it much. Shhhhh <a href="http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/?p=5080" target="_blank">talking about that could save lives</a>!&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(MaD)</span></em></p>
<h2>Georgia</h2>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/david_hughes/blog/2008/09/01/germany_will_not_confront_russia" target="_blank"><strong>GERMANY WILL NOT</strong></a> confront Russia &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blogs.telegraph)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/russia-the-iron-curtain-is-dead-long-live-spheres-of-influence/" target="_blank"><strong>RUSSIA</strong></a>: The Iron Curtain Is Dead. Long Live ‘Spheres Of Influence’  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(sigmundcarlandalfred)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin/blog/2008/09/01/dont_underestimate_russias_concern_over_eu_sanctions" target="_blank"><strong>TELEGRAPH BLOG</strong></a>: &#8220;Don&#8217;t underestimate Russia&#8217;s concern over EU sanctions&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blogs.telegraph)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?id=911" target="_blank"><strong>DAVID WARREN</strong></a>: &#8220;Vladimir Putin’s Russia has now effectively annexed the districts of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which formerly belonged to the sovereign state of Georgia. The Russian Duma technically recognized them as independent states this week (no other U.N. member has done so) &#8212; but no one can seriously believe the Russians intend to withdraw from them, or even from the “buffer zones” they are now occupying on other Georgian territory&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(DW)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/bruno_waterfield/blog/2008/09/01/what_is_the_point_of_the_eu_summit_and_a_georgian_fudge" target="_blank"><strong>WHAT IS THE POINT</strong></a> of the EU summit and a Georgian fudge?  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blogs.telegraph)</span></em></p>
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<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="//www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/09/01/hey-no-eating-in-front-of-muslims-during-rahmadan/" target="_blank"><strong>HEY! NO EATING</strong></a> In Front Of Muslims During Ramadan! Hey! No eating of meat or dairy in front of Orthodox Christians during Lent!  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(stoptheaclu)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/09/uk-mosques-kill.html" target="_blank"><strong>UK MOSQUES</strong></a>: &#8220;Kill him, kill him. You have to kill him, you understand. This is Islam.&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(atlasshrugs2000)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/09/bat-yeor-on-islamic-jihad.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bat Ye’or On Islamic Jihad</strong></a><br />
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<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/08/uk-women-preachers-at-moderate-mosque-calls-for-killing-gays-and-vie" target="_blank"><strong>MISUNDERSTOOD</strong></a> Women Preachers at &#8220;Moderate&#8221; Mosque Calls for Killing Gays and Views Non-Muslims as &#8220;Vile&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Wz)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723791" target="_blank"><strong>JUST IN TIME</strong></a> for Ramadan: A woman reporter from the Telegraph goes undercover to get the scoop on what the faithful are being exposed to at London’s most famous mosque  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022495.php" target="_blank"><strong>Undercover Mosque: How much has changed?</strong></a><br />
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<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/08/separating-sexes-in-oslo.html" target="_blank"><strong>BUT OF COURSE</strong></a>! &#8220;Out of consideration to Muslim students sensitivity, boys and girls at Møllergata Elementary school in Oslo are separated during physical exercise and swimming classes. Even the teachers have to be of the ‘correct’ gender&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(gatesofvienna.blog)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31109_Biden_to_Israel-_Get_Used_to_Iranian_Nukes" target="_blank"><strong>VP-CANDIDATE BIDEN</strong></a> to Israel: Get Used to Iranian Nukes, No, not Bin Ladin, Bidin  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(lgf)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://dustmybroom.com/content/view/5311/1/" target="_blank"><strong>FRIENDLY</strong></a> Leftist Environmentalists Seek Common Aim With Hezbollah? &#8230;. </span><em><span>(dustmybroom)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022494.php" target="_blank"><strong>ANGOLA</strong></a>: Militant Christians decapitate Muslim girl &#8212; no, wait  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(jihadwatch)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=756762The culture wars continue" target="_blank"><strong>FR. RAYMOND</strong></a> J. De Souza, National Post  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(nationalpost)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/08/pakistan-peshawar-on-verge-of-taliban-takeover-girls-schools-being-destroyed-with-greater-frequency.html" target="_blank"><strong>RELIGION OF</strong></a>.. &#8220;Peshawar on Verge of Taliban Takeover, Girls&#8217; Schools Being Destroyed With Greater Frequency&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Wz)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022489.php" target="_blank"><strong>OPPRESSED</strong></a> 11-year-old in Gaza: &#8220;I am learning how to fight the Jews and kill Jewish children&#8221; &#8230;. </span><em><span>(jihadwatch)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://downwitheverybody.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/pakistani-senator-dont-politicize-murder/" target="_blank"><strong>PAKISTANI</strong></a> Senator: Don’t Politicize Murder  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(downwitheverybody)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.islam-watch.org/Imran/Religious-Tolerance-Islam-and-Other-Religions.htm" target="_blank"><strong>RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE</strong></a>: Islam vs. Other Religions &#8211; Imran Haider  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(islam-watch.org)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723783" target="_blank"><strong>SCARAMOUCHE ON</strong></a> Moon watchers: Despite the technological advancements of the 21st Centry, espying the orb that signals the start of the Muslim holy month in still an inexact, er, science &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022485.php" target="_blank"><strong>FOLLOW THE SLIME-TRAIL</strong></a>: The Americans who have been arrested in Yemen attend the same Germantown Masjid which was at the center of the controversy surrounding the killing of Police Officer Stephen Liczbinski &#8230;. </span><em><span>(jihadwatch)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/08/northern-italian-town-identified-as-hotbed-of-al-qaeda-activity.html" target="_blank"><strong>NORTHERN ITALIAN</strong></a> Town Identified as Hotbed of al-Qaeda Activity  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Wz)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.pointdebasculecanada.ca/spip.php?article577" target="_blank"><strong>EN FRANCAIS</strong></a>&#8212; Enquête sur les prêches haineux dans une prestigieuse mosquée de Londres, &#8220;Dans le cadre d’un reportage d’enquête, une journaliste a filmé des prêches fondés sur la version saoudienne extrémiste de l’islam. On enseigne qu’il faut tuer les homosexuels, les adultères et les apostats, se tenir à l’écart des mécréants et les haïr, que les femmes doivent se couvrir complètement et vivre sous tutelle, que les Juifs et les chrétiens sont vils et malveillants, etc.&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(pointdebasculecanada)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/08/sioe-racism-is-the-lowest-form-of-stupidity-islamophobia-is-the-height-of-common-sense.html" target="_blank"><strong>SAYS SIOE</strong></a>: “Racism is the Lowest Form of Stupidity! Islamophobia is the Height of Common Sense!”  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(Wz)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://blogfreeworld.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/pakistan-honor-killing-three-teenage-girls-buried-alive-for-choosing-their-own-husbands/" target="_blank"><strong>DIRT NAPS FOR YOU</strong></a>! Pakistan “Honor” Killing: Three Teenage Girls Buried Alive for Choosing Their own Husbands &#8230;. </span><em><span>(blogfreeworld)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022493.php" target="_blank"><strong>CHURCH HUSTMYRE</strong></a>: The Islamophobia of Random House  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(jihadwatch)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723782" target="_blank"><strong>&#8220;COMPENSATION&#8221;</strong></a> or jizya?: Italy is forking over molto lira to Libya because once, some years ago, it occupied it in a colonial manner  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://dustmybroom.com/content/view/5313/1/" target="_blank"><strong>GREAT SATAN JEW-BURGERS</strong></a>! Capitalism interfering with Arab boycott of Israel  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(dustmybroom)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.scaramouche.motime.com/post/723790" target="_blank"><strong>CLUELESS IN TORONTO</strong></a>: &#8220;The Toronto Star has a simple explanation for the appallingly high rate of infant mortality in Afghanistan—it’s a function of “poverty”. (Hey, isn’t it always?) Others— for example, Reuters—have a different explanation&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(scaramouche)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://dustmybroom.com/content/view/5308/1/" target="_blank"><strong>RIGHT THERE</strong></a>? &#8220;That&#8217;s A Tradition You Might Want To Rethink&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(dustmybroom)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.ghostofaflea.com/archives/011007.html" target="_blank"><strong>EARLY RETIREMENT</strong></a>&#8212; &#8220;Task Force Black has &#8220;nearly broken the back&#8221; of the jihadi network, reducing bombings in Baghdad from about 150 a month to just two&#8221;  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(ghostofaflea)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/comcast-opens-first-ever-arabic-english-customer-service-center-in-us/" target="_blank"><strong>COMCAST</strong></a> opens first ever Arabic-English customer service center in US &#8230;. </span><em><span>(creepingsharia)</span></em></p>
<p align="justify">~ <span><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=73969" target="_blank"><strong>TERRORISTS THANKFUL</strong></a>: More room to prep to kill Jews  &#8230;. </span><em><span>(worldnetdaily)</span></em></p>
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