HERE LIES THE WEST BECAUSE LET’S FACE IT: FISH AND CHIPS DON’T HOLD A CANDLE TO HAREMS, SILK ROBES, AND THOSE TOTALLY BITCHIN’ SCIMITARS*

Hmm.  Guess bin Laden already had plans.  From MEMRI Blog and LGF, “Egyptian Daily: Democrats Invite Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader and Muslim Brotherhood MPs to Congress”: The Egyptian opposition daily Al-Masryoon reported that high-level diplomatic sources said that Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, several members of his office, and Muslim Brotherhood MPs had been invited by U.S. Democrat congressmen to visit the U.S. next month and to speak

These stories are fairly typical—in my high school days, kids were punched for being “fags,” though most of them weren’t gay (Hi, Ms Coulter!)– but what struck me about this particular story was the reaction of the Pueblo School District, which I think underscores the extent to which PC culture has permeated our institutions and is leading us, unwittingly, in the infamous Orwellian direction where some pigs are more equal

Just as an angry moon can sometimes cover the sun, so too can the man of ambition bring home many fine pelts.* (h/t Dario)

Brilliant writer.  Great stylist, funny as hell, and, earlier in his career, a very interesting sci-fi writer… But of late, well—let’s just say he’s been politically nostalgic.  His death is a tremendous loss to the world of literature.  As for his politics, they died sometime in the mid-seventies—though their ghosts seem to have found a gig haunting Nancy Pelosi and Jack Murtha of late. (h/t JWebb)

Earlier today I linked to a piece about PBS’ (potentially politically motivated) shelving of Islam vs Islamists.  Now, thanks to Charles and one of his readers at LGF, we get a glimpse into who PBS charged with judging the final product: LGF reader Paul Green emailed some interesting information about one member of the five-member panel that reviewed the documentary, DePaul University Professor Aminah McCloud. McCloud apparently showed some footage

I guess because Pelosi’s last trip was so well-received and all: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, just back from a trip to Syria that sparked sharp criticism from Republicans and the Bush administration, suggested Tuesday that they may be interested in taking another diplomatic trip – to open a dialogue with Iran. The Democratic speaker from San Francisco and Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign

How the West was lost, redux. Time to start penning those epitaphs, I guess. HERE LIES THE WEST WHO, BEFORE IT WENT BELLY UP, AT LEAST LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A DECENT PIZZA AND SOME ENJOYABLE PORN

“Two Marines say Target store booted them for recruiting”: Two Marines in their dress uniforms – the ones with white hats, khaki shirts and blue trousers with red stripe – say they were accused of recruiting at a Target department store here and told to leave. “We weren’t recruiting,” according to Cpl. Carlos Rodriguez, 22, who said he returned in October from his second combat tour in Iraq. “I just

Tu quoque?  Uncomfortable truth?  I cut and paste, you decide.  From an editorial in today’s Rocky Mountain News: The flap also spotlights one other issue. As John McWhorter, a black scholar with the Manhattan Institute, wrote this week, “Where, after all, did Imus pick up the very terminology he used? Rap music and the language young black people use themselves on the street to refer to one another.” The Revs.