Snapped Shot

Whoever said that girls are discriminated against in Islam? They seem perfectly free to me. Case in point:



What a bunch of humanitarians these guys are, eh? Continue reading »

This is starting to become a weekly occurrence. You've gotta love that compassionate bunch of thugs in Hamas, don'tcha?



Of course, it's not like Fatah's being all that reasonable, either:



"Rally?" That's rather quaint, Mahmud, because it looks more like a riot to me.

In all seriousness, why does anyone expect the Palestinians will for a moment act in peace towards Israel? They can't even act peacefully towards each other. Continue reading »

We're starting to see protests in Pakistan over Sweden's recent entry into the world of controversial cartooning. It could only be a matter of time before we see our old friend again.



For the record, the cartoons were only published in an online newspaper. It's nice to see the Associated Press ratcheting up the ol' Angst a touch with their creative editing. As always, more yummy effigy goodness follows the break.

See-Also:

LGF, Michelle Malkin, Pirate's Cove

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Further Updates: 25 September 2007

If you're getting here from Google, you can find our reaction to the Administration's e-mail to the student body over here.

Tuesday was my first night of class for the Fall semester, and one of the first things on my agenda back at Mason was to go and check on last spring's contested "meditation" space. Last I had heard from the Student Government, there was zero chance of expansion of the prayer room, and the MSA was instructed to ensure that students who use the space stow all of their partitions and prayer mats when the area is not in use.

Imagine my surprise to see that, upon returning to campus, that a large educational space—which is "coincidentally" located directly next door to the contested "meditation" space—has been relocated due to construction. What was originally a computer lab, a media room (computer graphics and multimedia production), and a space for math tutorship, has been moved out of their previous location, which had been there for as long as I've been going to Mason. The area which was formerly used for educational purposes is now under construction, though oddly enough, there is no sign of what it is intended to be, except for a building permit which identifies the work as being done for "renovation."

I've put in a request with a couple of my contacts on campus to see if anyone knows what's going on. There is at present no mention of this construction in the school's student newspaper, the Broadside, and even though the official school newsletter mentions a number of construction projects, there's not a word regarding the former Media Lab space.
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I would imagine that Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Leslie M. Alden is more interested in supplying cheap, illegal labour to the flowerbeds of the County than she is in upholding the law and protecting the citizens of Herndon. Of course, the rest of us have to live with the consequences of our "undocumented" population:



It's a darn shame that, other than a handful of politicians (more here), our Commonwealth's government is wholly unwilling to stand up for its law abiding citizens. As a result, our property values, quality of life, and public safety will sadly just have to continue their dramatic decline.

Our ancestors would definitely be ashamed of us.

According to our fount of knowledge, the controversy brewing in Iran over the latest cartoons from Sweden is very easily explained:



I expect there might be just a slight touch of ye olde rioting coming up soon.

I'm not sure whether this is a step forward, or a step back:

Massachusetts is considering a plan which would, in essence, count illegal immigrants as 3/5ths of a person. For the good of the children, of course.

The issue at stake, to the nattering control-freaks in the Bay State, is that with their native population in something of a decline—you can thank decades of communism, folks—they need body count in order to maintain their representation in the Federal Congress.

That's funny: A very similar problem was approached by the delegates sent to the original Constitutional Convention, way back in 1787: The Southern states, in an effort to increase their power in the General government, sought to count their slave population as full citizens for the purpose of enumerating the number of representatives sent to the House. The Northern states, seeking to gain their own strength in the House, wished to count no slaves. We ended up with the resulting compromise.

What comes around, goes around.

Massachusetts should just get straight to the point and start moving to re-legalize slavery. After all, that's what the puffed-up Brahmin gentry are supporting with their sanctuary policies and their large population of lawn caretakers, isn't it?

On another note, it seems that California is looking to implement a policy that would completely eliminate the State's power in the Federal government, at least as far as the Presidential election is concerned.

The Electoral College has served us well over the past 250-some-odd years, by keeping a rough balance between the more populated states of our nation (i.e., California), and the less-populated areas. Heck, it is statistically proven to be more fair than a flat-out democratic election. By enacting laws that remove that check from the general election of California, the State of California is basically removing what semblance of independence it has left, and submitting to the "tyranny of majority" so feared by our forefathers.

(We'll see what they think of their brilliant new policy when Fred Thompson sweeps the next election, right?)

Seriously, if California wants to give up its federal character so badly, why doesn't it just do us all a favour and secede?