In which a 13-yr old girl can be sold in marriage, slumlords are slimy, Obama is the best "Jewish" prez and other stuff

The islamization of the West. ...What does a 13 year old American girl go for in Pakistan? Three thousand dollars. You might want to remember that number the next time another episode of Mosque on the Prairie airs or an expert says that we shouldn't fear the rise of political Islam in Libya or Tunisia or London. The next time you see a cheerful news report on a local Muslim community celebrating Eid, remember the number.....


The free and mighty Charlie Hebdo ... hip, hip, hurray: ....First, it is pleasing to observe how, once again, French political factions from the left and right are standing with Charlie Hebdo in the face of this attack on the right to freedom of expression. A report by the center-right Le Figaro provides a useful overview of reactions to the firebombing. For example, the center-right Union for a Popular Movement's secretary general -- Jean-François Copé -- rightly pointed out that "there can be no impunity [for this]. It's an act which must give rise to legal proceedings." The Communist party was unequivocal in describing the vandalism as an "appalling act," adding that "political and media debate cannot be controlled at the hands of Molotov cocktails."

In fact, the firm support for free speech across the French political spectrum was also apparent in 2007, when the Grand Mosque, World Islamic League, and Union of French Islamic Organizations sued the magazine for incitement to racism for reprinting the Danish cartoons. The case resulted in an acquittal by a court in Paris as leading figures of the left and right came to testify on Charlie Hebdo's behalf. So too calls to support Charlie Hebdo unreservedly in the wake of the firebombing have come from the major French media outlets like Le Monde and Le Figaro.....

Sarkozy's "he's a liar" explained: ...In fairness to Sarkozy, he used the word “liar” advisedly. What does it mean to be a “liar?” Tell the Emperor he has no clothes, and he will scream, “Liar!” Tell the Heaven’s Gate cult that space aliens are not coming to meet them up on the comet, and they will shout, “Liar!” Tell a schizophrenic that the CIA did not implant a radio transmitter in his brain, and he will shout, “Liar!” Tell a trusting wife that her husband is cheating on her, and she will shout, “Liar!” (Tell Hillary Clinton that Bill is not cheating on her, and she also will shout “Liar!”). And tell a European politician that the world has changed such that the European political class no longer has a reason to exist, and he will scream “Liar! Liar!” until his lungs collapse.

Egypt is about to turn into Somalia-on-the-Nile, with unlimited leakage of weapons to Hamas in Gaza. That makes an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians about as probable as the return of the Pharaohs.....

Glenn Beck: Did you know that Obama has done more for the Jews and Israel than any other Prez? Did you know that he is considered to be the 51st most influential "Jew" in America? HAHAHAHHAAHHA ... There are some truly deranged people in the lefty media and Beck knows how to ferret them out.


Andrew Klavan: ....And yes, it’s unfair. But there’s a reason it’s unfair—a reason it should be unfair. There’s a reason we right wingers vet our candidates while the left adulates theirs, a reason we condemn our miscreants while the left elevates theirs, a reason our news outlets cover stories that the left covers up.

The reason is: we’re the good guys. We have to do what’s right. The left doesn’t. Sorry, but that’s the way it works. It’s the price you pay for defending what’s true and good, the price of holding yourself to a high moral standard. Our politicians have to be better than their politicians. Our journalists have to be more honest. Even our protesters have to behave with decorum and decency—and still suffer being slandered—while theirs can act like animals and commit acts of violence and lawlessness and spew anti-semitic filth and still find themselves excused and glorified.....

Beware of Islamist slumlords. As Islamists increasingly look to real estate as a means of planting their flag and forwarding their agenda, it is worth noting the revelations that depict some of America's most prominent Islamist-leaning developers and property managers as agents of urban squalor. An October 23 article in the New York Post reports that the head of the controversial mosque project near Ground Zero "can't take care of a rat-ridden apartment building with just 14 units":

Sharif El-Gamal, the main developer behind the mosque, has nearly 400 open violations that he has refused to fix despite a court order. His company owes the city $61,633 in fines, fees, and taxes for the property at 1835 Amsterdam Ave. Complaints lodged against the company include vermin infestations, lack of heat, and obstructed stairs and fire escapes. It has been engaged in legal battles with both tenants and the city.

A similar pattern of neglect sullies Feisal Rauf, the Shari'a-promoting imam who once was the face of El-Gamal's planned Islamic center. In 2010, the Record exposed Rauf as "a New Jersey landlord who got more than $2 million in public financing to renovate low-income apartments and has been beset for years by tenant complaints," which range "from failure to pick up garbage, to rat and bedbug infestations and no heat and hot water" — not to mention the occasional hallway that reeks of urine. After Union City filed suit against Rauf last year, with the mayor calling him one of its worst "slumlords," a judge placed his buildings into receivership.....

Marriage fraud, Canadian style: Canada’s border agency has opened more than three dozen criminal investigations related to marriage fraud in the last few years, newly released documents show. The Canada Border Services Agency has also begun a probe of possible organized criminal involvement in arranging marriages of convenience to attain status in Canada....