Snapped Shot

Reuters is always concerned about how its captions play in the world of the perpetually aggrieved:



It's good to see that Reuters still has their priorities in order.

God forbid we offend the sensibilities of people like this by suggesting that they're holding a fake funeral—for a man that almost singlehandedly pioneered the modern "art" of hijacking, despite Reuters' attempts at whitewashing his crimes.

Perish the thought, indeed.

Who would've guessed that the perpetually aggrieved would stoop to such depths?

(autotranslated)Palestinian merchants who crossed in the last few days to the Egyptian territories for the purchase and needs to clinch deals to supply humanitarian needs of the sector, dealers Egyptians "The Hamas movement illegally provided a number of traders and citizens with counterfeit currencies to be used in Egyptian territory to the needs of wills and goods ".

He added traders and citizens that "elements of the militia movement Hamas provided currencies amounting to" hundreds of thousands of dollars that were "forged for inclusion in the Egyptian market and access to the goods and return trade deals have these militias share in these deals."

They pointed out that they have already managed to introduce these funds to the Egyptian market and the purchase of goods and basic needs and delivery of assistance to the Gaza Strip militia movement Hamas.

One wonders if pictures such as this are evidence of the crime—because it definitely seems to belie the notion of the "poor" Palestinians on the surface, if nothing else:



I'll be rounding up more Egyptian currency-trading goodness beyond the fold as I find it.

Déjà vu, by the way. Continue reading »

One of the core tenets of the modern pan-Islamist movement is that no "Muslim" leader is to be reproached by a kuffar (unbeliever)—even if the "Muslim" leader in question was no more pious than the worst stereotypes of a Western leader.

Case in point—An "anti-Israel" protest in Casablanca, Morocco, where we once again get a glimpse at the utter depravity of the Islamists at the gates, as exhibited by their reverence to a horrific killer:



I'm shocked, shocked, I tell ya.

Ahh, diversity:—If democracy is truly the call of the "unbeliever," why is this protester living in a democratic nation—the nation that practically invented modern democracy, no less? Wouldn't he feel more comfortable living under an autocratic Islamic regime somewhere else?

AFP photographer Sayyed al-Kateib was injured in the great Palestinian/Egyptian conflict today. From the looks of it, he got hit in the back of a head by a rock—and while Reuters doesn't seem to think that merits a mention, there is one group in particular that happens to have a proclivity for throwing those (be sure to scroll down).



By the way, incidents like this aren't too surprising, when one considers which side the press tends to hang out with.

Here's another, more detailed angle of Mr. al-Katieb's injury, thanks to eagle-eyed reader Ulrike and Spiegel Online. Ulrike asks,

The blood on the hand seems to be red paint. Compare it to the postetd pc: the blood from the head-wound ist noticably darker than the red colored hand.

Can anybody shed some light on this?

Zooming in on the photo, the colour on his hand seems to be a reasonable match for the colour of the blood that's streaming down the side of his head, so I don't see any obvious reason to declare this fauxtography. See the detail below:



It's not 100% proof, but the inverted regions of the photograph are in almost the same exact hue, which seems to indicate to me that whatever's on his hand came from the wound on his head. The inversion also highlights his wound pretty dramatically, some of which you can see in the inverted area there.

If anyone has more convincing evidence either way, I'm open to suggestions. I'm not claiming that this is a scientific conclusion or anything.

He definitely seems to be genuinely injured, and I don't think the substance on his hand is paint. The only question then is how he got injured—and I think my original supposition that it was an easily-identified flying object is still on the mark.

Thanks to Dollard for this little glimpse into the sheer intellectual depth of the 2008 elections.




Is it too late for us to reboot and start over with a new slate of candidates?

We probably should've known that we could expect more anti-Israeli sentiment on Friday, and sure enough, here it is. See if you can notice the general thread that weaves its way through all of the captions listed here—highlighted in bold wherever it appears, in order to make it as obvious as humanly possible.



Very interesting—We've seen in the past how Iranian citizens "volunteer" as shahid to "liberate" Jerusalem from Israel.

Surprisingly enough, Gateway's found some photos of the same thing happening at today's festivities.

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It would appear that there's been yet another Syrian incursion into Lebanon today, this time killing one of the top Lebanese officials investigating all of the bombings to date. How long will "the world" allow this injustice to continue before it finally lifts a finger to condemn Syria, anyway?

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Found on a random website today:

Here's a good round-up of information related to the recent, totally faked power outage in the Gaza Strip:

Genuinely fake. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday.

In the first case, journalists who were invited to cover the Hamas government meeting were surprised to see Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his ministers sitting around a table with burning candles.

In the second case on Tuesday, journalists noticed that Hamas legislators who were meeting in Gaza City also sat in front of burning candles.

But some of the journalists noticed that there was actually no need for the candles because both meetings were being held in daylight.

"They had closed the curtains in the rooms to create the impression that Hamas leaders were also suffering as a result of the power stoppage," one journalist told The Jerusalem Post. "It was obvious that the whole thing was staged."

One would think that, if the press were aware ahead of time of a Hamas plan to stage a power outage, they would've included that little tidbit of information with their reports. And combine that with the months of Hamas planning that went into knocking down the border to Egypt, we're definitely starting to notice a pattern of "selective" media reportage.

'Course, considering the media's complicity in the crimes committed by Hamas, I reckon it's not so surprising after all.

More: The Elder, Pat Dollard, Israellycool, Boker tov, Boulder, Atlas Shrugs, Lawhawk, Hot Air, Power Line Blog, Solomonia.

Are you upset at high prices? Think the cost of living has become too much to bear?

One way to deal with it would be to have a rational discussion with the economic leaders of your country, coming up with reasonable ways of reducing inflation and increasing the value of your currency. After such discussions, action can be taken by the lawfully-elected legislature to help alleviate the problem.

Or, you could just burn stuff.

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... but apparently, Madonna She Who Shall Not Be Named doesn't seem to like "American" life. Spoken, of course, from the comfort of England.

Video's here, if you want to see it. I can't decide whether she's worth the full attention of an Embedded Player or not.

Here's the life that she'd apparently prefer that we all live:



Yeah, America's so much more evil for the world than this. Right.

One other thing: Madonna She Who Shall Not Be Named might want to go out and get fitted for her burqa, sooner rather than later. She's going to need it in Merry Olde Londonistan real soon.

Oh wait, that's right—She can afford to move to whatever country she wants. Good for her. I'm thinking Zimbabwe's nice 'round this time of year.

Haven't had one of these in a while. Guess that means I need to come up with a new title for this somewhat irregular feature.



Reader-submitted captions are welcome, as always!

Waaaaait a minute—Something seems oddly familiar about this photo—I can't quite put my finger on it...

Classy.

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