Voices of Iraq quotes a leading figure in the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Jalal el-Din al-Saghier,  as saying that dissolving the Mahdi Army is Moqtada al-Sadr’s responsibility, asserting that top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has nothing to do with this militia as al-Sadr did not consult the SIIC when he established it: “Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr established this army and it is only him who has to dissolve it,” he explained. “Al-Sistani asked

It was bad enough when Richard Falk was appointed to be the UN (Unitey Nations) Human Rights Commission’s “special reporter on the Palestinian Territories,” given that he’s accused Israel of pursuing genocide there.  Now it turns out that he’s a Twoofer: A new U.N. Human Rights Council official assigned to monitor Israel is calling for an official commission to study the role neoconservatives may have played in the September 11,

Crushed Testicle Thread. (a Serr8d joint)

Stat.  And make them typical! UPDATE: Sounds like a job for Grassroots Campaigns! UPDATE x2: No Pie Left for You

Kangaroo court.  What? Snow kangaroos. ******* Robert Stacy McCain is honored and grateful once again to have avoided being awarded a Pulitzer, extending his remarkable streak to 22 years.  Congratulations! ******* Time to make meditation an Olympic sport. ******* Dickhead already in their arsenal.  (see comments)

Unfortunately, those years were before Barack Obama hit puberty.  Larry Rohter reports for the New York Times: To counter opponents’ accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that résumé: a trip to Pakistan while a college

ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports that Barack Obama doesn’t seem to want to talk about the Olympics or Hillary Clinton’s call for a boycott of the opening ceremonies on August 8, 2008.  On Monday, Obama said there “should be consequences” if the Chinese government does not take immediate steps to respect the human rights of the Tibetan people.  But on Wednesday, when asked about US policy regarding China’s human rights abuses in Tibet and

Kathy Shaidle: Richard “The Boy Named Sue” Warman has finally filed his statement of claim. Canada’s busiest litigant, serial “human rights” complainant and — the guy Mark Steyn has called “Canada’s most sensitive man” — Richard Warman is now suing his most vocal critics — including me. The suit names: • Ezra Levant (famous for his stirring YouTube video of his confrontation with the Canadian Human Rights tribunal after he

Advance publicity for Something Wicker This Way Comes Shocking truth about Gleen(s) exposed! Slartibartfast says: “My one-sentence book review: one of the greatest strawman massacres of all time.” Bill M: “[T]he most vigorous attack on straw since the Big Bad Wolf. ” Not a photoshop: straw man crucified by Gleen(s) and his Gluppet Army

Well, go on. Stop being such a lesbian about it: Amazingly, Protein Wisdom’s Karl gives a fair account of Obama’s evolution as a Christian, and presents the mixed motives that Obama obviously felt when converting. I guess Andrew’s mind might be completely blown by how liberal many of our attitudes are toward civil unions and “gay marriage.”  Oh, and the Negro Question. ;-P