From MEMRI: In response to criticism about funds he contributed to Hizbullah, Sheikh Taj al-Hilali, the controversial mufti of Australia and New Zealand, said [in the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, April 24] that the amount he had carried with him to Lebanon did not exceed $50,000. This sum, he said, would not buy “a quarter of a missile owned by Hizbullah.” Quips Charles at LGF (who, like many of us, is

From the BBC: Six men have been arrested on suspicion of incitement offences by anti-terror officers from the Metropolitan Police. They include Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who made headlines when he heckled Home Secretary John Reid at an event last year. Five arrests took place in London and the sixth in Luton, Bedfordshire. Scotland Yard said the arrests related to allegations of inciting others to commit acts

From the New York Post: Fresh from his declaration that “this war [in Iraq] is lost,” Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is moving quickly to hasten America’s unilateral surrender. And to cast the Middle East into murderous chaos. Reid yesterday promised that the Democratic-controlled Congress will within days pass legislation requiring U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq over the six months starting Oct. 1. Never mind that such legislation: *

—Which, what a perfect companion piece to your network “news” division’s spiked poll results!  Remember:  service the narrative!  From Newsbusters: World News Sunday continued ABC’s gun control crusade, devoting its “A Closer Look” segment to how after the 1996 school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain virtually banned handguns, suggesting [a gun ban is] worth emulating. […] [ABC reporter David] Wright featured two Britons exasperated by the refusal of the

Well, it ain’t exactly Bruno Samartino vs Superstar Billy Graham, but it’ll do.  And on the upside, no enormous men in tiny “trunks” spitting off flop sweat. Though rumor has it loofahs might make an appearance.

At lunch today, a friend of mine told me she is “frightfully concerned” that a nuclear-armed Iran will eventually be the turning point that “leads to the ultimate downfall of the West.” Which, sure—that’s all well and good.  But would it have killed her to tell me how nice my hair looks?