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Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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As SayUncle points out, they tend to come in groups. Related posts:Jobs are a ProblemMass Shooting CoverageMass Shooters and Armed Citizens Related posts: Jobs are a Problem Mass Shooting Coverage Mass Shooters and Armed Citizens
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American Power (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
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I just finished an essay critical of President Obama's response to the Fort Hood attacks, " Obama Dishonors Commander-in-Chief Role ." I feel even more strongly about this after clicking on the London's Telegraph , " Fort Hood Shooting: Texas Army Killer Linked to September 11 Terrorists " (via Memeorandum ): Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said...
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Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Will the Islamophobia never end? "Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists," by Philip Sherwell and Alex Spillius for the Telegraph, November 7 (thanks to all who sent this in): Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Bad news for the cabbie who kicked the embracing gay couple to the curb on Monday night — Mayor Bloomberg has gotten involved! The NY Post reports that he declared everyone has the right to ride in a cab (duh), and added, " I thought the taxi driver's behavior -- if it is as reported -- was a disgrace . Somebody's orientation has absolutely nothing to do with whether they can ride a taxi....
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The Lede (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Updates on the shooting rampage on Thursday by an Army psychiatrist facing deployment to one of America's war zones, who killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood, the huge Army base in central Texas.
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Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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CAIR's Ibrahim "Honest Ibe" Hooper must be fuming at Abdul-Rashid Abdullah. As I explained here, he needs hate crimes. But the greasy Islamophobes aren't obliging. "Muslim Veterans Group Says No Reports of Harassment of Islamic Soldiers," by Joshua Rhett Miller for FoxNews, November 6 (thanks to Axel): A Muslim veteran...
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Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Evidently he was not a convert to Islam, but was a lifelong -- and observant -- Muslim. "At least 12 killed in shooting at Fort Hood, Tex.," by William Branigin and Carrie Johnson for the Washington Post, November 5 (thanks to Peter Collier): [...] Hasan was a psychiatrist, according to...
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random thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Publishers Weekly has issued its list of the ten best adult books for 2009 (they get ARCs, Advanced Readers Copies, so they have seen the "important" books of the year as judged by the important people of publishing). And o my stars and garters, have they raised themselves up a fuss. You see, if you look at that list, the authors are all men. WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts) is...
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The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Her name is Kimberly Munley: Army officials say the suspect, "the lone shooter" for this tragic incident, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is currently on a ventilator at a nearby civilian hospital and the police officer who gunned him down, Kimberly Munley, a civilian Fort Hood police officer, is in stable condition. She's a civilian officer: Munley, who had been trained in active-response tactics,...
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Let's just say that a little leaked email proves LGBTs are seen as the easy gAyTM to the DNC that can be manipulated, ignored, and pickpocketed as mob rule strips us of civil rights without a finger being lifted to help at the eleventh hour. It's worse -- stripping resources at the time of need. I won't chronicle what John and Adam have detailed quite well, but if you had any reservations about the...
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Red State (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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The murder of thirteen US soldiers and the wounding of thirty others at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday is an unprecedented even in the history of the US military. It marks the first time in the history of the republic that a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces has turned his weapon on American troops. Probably the closest thing the US Army has experienced prior to this in its history occurred in...
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Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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So here's an odd combination of Twitter posts: Thanks to erstwhile Mercury freelancer Kiala Kazebee for the link. The author appears to be an insider at Fort Hood in Texas, where twelve are dead and 31 wounded in a shooting spree so far this afternoon. Nice reasoned reaction from Business Insider : There are unconfirmed reports that Major Hasan was a convert to Islam and originally from Virginia....
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ShrinkWrapped (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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There is a conventional wisdom promulgated by the MSM and our leadership that is reliably trotted out whenever an atrocity (NOT a tragedy) like Fort Hood occurs. The New York Times does its usual minimalist job of obfuscation in its...
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American Power (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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I noticed the incongruity of the occasion last night , although I was withholding more critical commentary until I had more information. While speaking at a Tribal Nations Conference yesterday, President Obama gave a "shout out" to members in the audience, speaking for a least three minutes before he found the decency of a more somber tone for the enormity of the events at Fort Hood. As Robert...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Major Hasan the morning of his jihad attack on America. Here he is in traditional Muslim garbVery cool calm, even seen smiling ....before he went jihad. Ata press conference this morning, it appears Nidal Malik Hasan was a lone jihadii. Here's more from Monster and Critics: Washington - A top US Army official confirmed Friday that the suspect in the killing of at least 13 people at a Texas army base...