From Stacy McCain, Washington Times, via email (video here): “Welcome to the address that the Council on American Islamic Relations does not want you to hear,” Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch said Thursday, opening a speech to the Young America’s Foundation that caused CAIR to send a letter yesterday demanding “that YAF cancel the subject session. The Washington Times obtained a text of Mr. Spencer’s speech, excerpts of which follow:

Here. Then they head off on vacation. A preemptive “can’t be reached for comment,” if you will. In the comments to this morning’s post, SEK and timmy are (predicably) satisfied with TNR’s post hoc “fact checking.” In fact, in timmy’s case, that satisfaction extends to trying out a series of end zone dances meant to taunt the NEOCON skeptics. You know, those of us who will believe anything. Like, say,

On matters Beauchamp: [Dean Barnett’s post] consists of basically an excuse to link to this intrepid report by Matt “Yes I appeared in Gay porn but that does not mean I am gay and even if I am for some reason the Right-wing gives me a pass anyway” Sanchez (obligatory Onion link), in which his investigation has turned up no one who has seen the disfigured woman (PROOF BEAUCHAMP IS

Were I a terrorist thinking about targeting the good people of India, I’d keep in mind that these seemingly placid subcontinental folk are responsible for giving the world yoga — which, were it not for the fact that your abs and glutes come away looking absolutely fabulous! would no doubt wind up on Andrew Sullivan’s short list of “torture” methods. Instead, no pain, no gain! — and besides, it can’t