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"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Did Terrorists Defeat Navy SEALs?

That’s what an article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests: A commando unit from the US Navy’s Seal Team Six launched an amphibious raid on a Somali town, but failed to confirm a capture or kill of their Al Shabab target, suspected to be linked to Nairobi’s Westgate mall terror attack. The operation could have […]

‘Retreating Into Masada Would Not Save The GOP Zealots From The Legion,’ Spake Senator Harry ‘Biggus Dickus’ Reid

by Smitty Congresswoman Michele Bachmann remains inspirational: According to Bachmann, the general agreement among Republicans is that the resistance to President Obama’s agenda surrounding the shutdown has now expanded beyond Obamacare, thanks to Obama’s intransigence. “This is a lot bigger than Obamacare,” Bachmann said. “This is about whether this country is going to succumb to […]

Canadian Muslim Arrested in Somalia After Reportedly Beheading His 4 Sons

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugged had this story, citing the Blazing Cat Fur blog and, to be honest, my reaction was, “You’re kidding me.” Surely, this had to be some kind of right-wing Islamophobic urban legend spread by irresponsible Internet gossip-mongers. Because I constantly watch the news — my TV is tuned to MSNBC at […]

The Death of a Freak: Euthanasia for Belgium’s Botched Sex-Change ‘Monster’

What depths of self-hatred could lead someone to this? Nathan, born Nancy, Verhelst, 44, was given legal euthanasia, most likely by lethal injection, on the grounds of “unbearable psychological suffering” on Monday afternoon. . . . “I was the girl that nobody wanted,” Mr Verhelst told Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper in the hours before her […]

Excellent, @RosieGray! Questions Surround Pro-Assad ‘News’ Site

Rosie Gray of BuzzFeed has a fascinating story today about the Minnesota-based site that published a story in late August claiming Syrian rebels had used chemical weapons supplied by the Saudis. You may not remember that weird Aug. 29 item from Minnesota-based MintPressNews.com — I saw the headline, but dismissed it as obvious propaganda — […]

‘Hvilken Stilling Skyder Du På’?

That’s Danish for, “What position are you shooting at?” That question appears as a subtitle caption in video footage from Syria, so we can assume that it was a Danish video crew covering this scene with rebel gunmen in a firefight against Assad forces. In reply to the question, one of the gunmen answers, “We […]

Horror in Nairobi: Muslim Terrorists Tortured, Raped, Mutilated Victims

The British Independent quotes an account from a Kenyan newspaper about the gruesome atrocities perpetrated against victims of the Westgate Mall attack. The Independent is careful to note that these details have not been officially confirmed. Then again, we don’t even have a confirmed number of dead and injured from the attack yet, and so […]

More Terrorism in Kenya; Interpol Alert for ‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite

Britain’s terrorist ‘White Widow,’ Samantha Lewthwaite. There were two new terrorist attacks in Kenya yesterday and today, and now there is an international search for a suspected leader: An INTERPOL Red Notice, or internationally wanted persons alert, has been issued for UK national Samantha Lewthwaite at the request of authorities in Kenya. Lewthwaite, aged 29, […]

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