Saturday, 14 May 2011
David Horowitz, 'Intellectual Terrorism: The Left's War on Free Speech', Lecture at UCLA, May 11, 2011
From Mark Tapson, at FrontPage Magazine, "Horowitz and Intellectual Terrorism at UCLA":
Last Wednesday, evening the Freedom Center’s David Horowitz gave a much anticipated and ferociously opposed presentation before a crowd of more than 300 people at Moore Hall at the University of California at Los Angeles. The event was hosted by the Bruin Republicans, self-described as “the only officially right-of-center organization on the UCLA campus” – which is a good, albeit disheartening, indicator of the very issue Horowitz has been addressing on hundreds of campuses across this country, and which was the evening’s topic: the fact that our institutions of supposedly higher learning are utterly dominated by intolerant progressive academics who are ill-serving and mentally straight-jacketing their students.RTWT at the link.
Horowitz’s speech was as blunt as the title of his presentation – “Intellectual Terrorism: The Left’s War on Free Speech.” Pacing back and forth at the front of the hall, he was revved up right out of the gate and became even more impassioned as he went on. He began the wide-ranging, forty-minute speech with a condemnation of academics who indoctrinate rather than teach (“The students who suffer most are those of you who are on the left, because your assumptions are never challenged.”) Among other topics, he went on to decry campus anti-Semitism and to identify Islam as the greatest oppressor of women and gays in the world today. He delivered a myth-busting history of “Palestine” and a concise explanation of his opposition to slavery reparations a hundred years after the fact. And he attacked the Muslim Student Association, ubiquitous on major college campuses, as a creation of the Muslim Brotherhood, a supporter of the terrorist organization Hamas and the sponsor of Israel Apartheid weeks across the country.
He was flanked throughout the speech by very visible security – a tragic necessity for Horowitz, who is a lightning rod for some of the most bilious hatred that has ever been directed at a conservative public figure. He regularly receives threats prior to speaking engagements and has in fact been physically attacked. This is the inevitable result of his having once been a radical leftist himself, for the Left is only marginally more forgiving of its apostates than fundamentalist Muslims are of theirs.
I mentioned Horowitz's security earlier: "Tense Atmosphere at David Horowitz Lecture at UCLA."
Plus, from Thursday morning: "VIDEO: David Horowitz at UCLA, "The Left's War on Free Speech," May 11, 2011."
Blogger Goes After Ann Althouse? — UPDATE: Althouse Restored!
You know, with yesterday's Blogger outage I was thinking about how long I would put up with the lack of service. I wasn't all that put out, frankly. I'm blogging all the time as it is. The outage gave me a chance to sleep and if it continued longer I would have finished my grading and read the news. Perhaps a little more variety at the telly as well? I know some folks are thinking about a switch over to Wordpress, but I'm told it's not that much better, and unless you're on your own hosting, some say ads aren't allowed. I don't know for sure, but I'm thinking about it again after seeing what's happening to Ann Althouse. Her blog's been taken down, and there's suspicion that this was no simple "spam blog" removal. She's a powerful blogger, and Google's a left-wing corporation, with ties to the Obama White House. Ann notes, at her backup blog:
You know, I'm beginning to suspect that there's some behind-the-scenes campaign to report my blog as abusive. People who hate/fear the Althouse blog could make a loud noise to Google.I have a roundup here: "Althouse Taken Down??!!"
UPDATED: Ann's blog is up and running.
Friday, 13 May 2011
Israeli Model Bar Refaeli, Leftist Draft-Dodger, in the News
I know.
The draft-dodge thing is lame, but at least she's breaking up with Leonardo DiCaprio. And besides, she's also in the news for a topless photo-shoot at GQ Italy. A report: "Bar Refaeli Breaks Up with Leonardo DiCaprio."
HOT video at the link.
Reuters: Pornography Found in Bin Laden Hideout
See: "Osama Bin Laden's Pornography Stash!!"
Plus, Jonah Goldberg's skeptical, although he suggests the big find would be if Osama starred in any porno tapes:
The titles write themselves: “I Jihad To Have Her,” “72 Virgins Gone Wild,” “OBL’s Hot Qtub Party,” “Abbottobad Girls,” “Sheep Are For Practice,” etc.At the link.
Editors Note....
Apologies for the lack of posting today. Blogger had a problem. Will be posting loads tomorrow.
Thursday, 12 May 2011
S679=SIC SEMPER....from Rico
.....TYRANUS!
S679 Presidential Appointment Efficiency & Streamlining Bill is a smarmy bit of Leftist BIG Government legislation intended to "do" for our Republic what the CFL bill did for energy efficiency and Edison's incandescent light bulb...
leave us in the dark and create a toxic problem.
While you are all high-fiving the distraction of OBL's death (whether his first or ninth by some counts), the Central Government Marxists are preparing to rule by DIKTAT. Instead of Republican government, government by pResidential fiat is intended.
All hail ObaMao Caeser!!!
The Marxists dictator's fist is preparing to smash our Constitution.
SIC SEMPER TYRANUS
Conflicted: On Syria, Obama A Little Bit Pregnant................from Dan Friedman
US closer to calling for Assad to go
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is edging closer to calling for an end to the long rule of the Assad family in Syria. Administration officials said Tuesday that the first step would be to say for the first time that President Bashar Assad has forfeited his legitimacy to rule, a major policy shift that would amount to a call for regime change that has questionable support in the world community.
[One wonders what’s been taking him so long. And one concludes if Assad goes, so goes the last brick in the crumbling “peace process.” And when that goes, so goes Obama’s chance to shrink and weaken Israel. df]
Dan Friedman
NYC
Late News..........
Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, May 12th
The long journey home – USS YORKTOWN (CV 5)
Good news: Some California city lifeguards making more than $200,000 a year « Hot Air
CDR Salamander: Snoop Dog was a Bin Laden's brother?
Yom HaShoah address at Young Israel of Hillcrest
An open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron
Iran's First Nuke Plant to Be Fully Operational Within Weeks
Why Don't We Hear About Soros' Ties to Over 30 Major News Organizations?
MAJOR GINGRICH ENDORSEMENT!
Best quote on killing OBL
"Thanking Obama for killing Bin Laden is like going into McDonalds and thanking Ronald McDonald for the hamburger. It's the guy cooking the burger that should get the credit, not the clown."
H/T Shelly
Pandering shnook!!!..........from Rico
Apparently the only thing that gets him OFF of the golf course is an opportunity for some deceitful pandering.
Yes, I'm talking about the TOTUS's recent effort to push for the documentation of "illegal immigants" as Pre-Democrats and new supporters.
I only expect TWO things anymore when Hussein Hopenchange reads from his teleprompter:
1. He uses many words and says absolutely nothing.
2. He's lying.
I wonder is his ass ever gets jealous of what comes out of his mouth?
Will Obama Upstage Netanyahu?...........by Dan Friedman
Obama may preempt PM's speech to US Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to Congress at the invitation of (Republican) Speaker Bohner. He will make his address on May 24. Netanyahu was expected to present new Israeli proposals to get the “peace process” back on track, but that was before the terrorist organization Hamas remarried the “moderate” group Fatah. Now the pressure is off and Israeli political sources say Netanyahu sees no need “to outline any far-reaching peace proposals.”
Where does that leave Obama? The White House signaled that Obama would deliver a major address on Middle East policy "fairly soon." According to a senior administration official, Obama will meet the Israeli Prime Minister at (the front door of?...) the White House on May 22 and is considering giving his speech before he leaves on a trip to Europe early in the week of May 22.
You do the scheduling. Is Obama so obsessed with backing Israel into a corner that he’ll buck both protocol and political prudence to publicly contradict a head of state, an ally and a guest of Congress just two days before Netanyahu’s remarks? This should be interesting, and we’ll soon find out.
Dan Friedman
NYC
News.........
Getting Gaia's Groove On
Tears for a clown
“Lula” and Barack’s Common Marxist Ties
Presbyterian Church Goes Homo
NATO Pilots Defeated In Libya?
Lawfare v. Warfare: Bin Laden family uses a little “Alinsky” on US and Obama
U.S. Soldier MIA from Korean War Identified
Teach Your Children Well
Children Taught to Hate the U.S., A Rare Look Inside a Madrassa in Kabul (Video)
Bin Laden's One Mistake
White House Website on Republicans Opposed to Amnesty: “They’re Racist!”…
Fight for the right to serve 'heart attack' burgers
Syrian tanks shell Homs as violence escalates
Denmark announces decision to reintroduce border controls ahead of Schengen meeting
Libyan rebel leader to visit London
Osama bin Laden's journal found at compound: US official
Why The US Is Heading For Hyperinflation ***Video
Video: Flight Operations - Afghanistan
Courtesy: 3rd Marine Aircraft. Video by Lance Cpl. Patrick Fussell
Honored Beyond Repair
Meet Doctrine Man, an Army officer’s cartoon creation, a caped crusader whose escapades battling military bureaucracy have attracted an Internet cult following, small but devoted and expanding among troops around the globe.
Thanks very, sir from the fubar femmes at GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD!
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
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