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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 1, 2007
Yes, Chris, Cox & Forkum WILL be sadly missed.
Flap is hoping for a REPRISE in a few months. Maybe the first of the year?
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Cox & Forkum: Final Bow
With mixed emotions I announce: John and I will no longer be producing editorial cartoons. John will continue posting his work at his blog, John Cox Art, and he and I will continue working together on various projects, but there will be no more regularly scheduled editorial cartoons. The Web site will remain running indefinitely, as a means to market our books and as an archive of our work.
Flap is sad as he has enjoyed their work.
Perhaps in the future they will resume their collaboration on political editorial cartooning.
Thanks guys!
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Iran Watch: A Crush on Ahmadninejad? Part Two
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad – We Don’t Have Homosexuals
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Iran Watch: A Crush on Ahmadninejad? Part Two
LGF: Daily Kos: Ahmadinejad ‘Sounds Entirely Too Reasonable’
No wonder those that are beating the war drums against Iran didn’t want Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak any place American might hear him. Thanks to Columbia University and CPAN he was heard by many. He sounds entirely to reasonable. Hearing his own word doesn’t help the cause of demonizing him as a madman and the most recent Hitler. This is someone we definitely should be talking to. so in the interest of promoting peace and knowledge, I present these short excerpts from his talk at Columbia University today.
LGF: Daily Kos: Why I Have A Little Crush on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Video: Columbia Students Applaud Ahmadinejad’s Reply to Bollinger
Video: Columbia Students Applaud and Cheer Ahmadinejad
Daily Kos: 45% Want Ahmadinejad As US President Now at 31%……..All Flap can say is WOW! These folks are WHACKED……….
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Sarkozy – Nuclear Iran Could Lead to WAR
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad – We Don’t Have Homosexuals
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy on Ahmadinejad at Columbia University
Iran Watch: A Crush on Ahmadninejad?
Iran Watch:The Ahmadinejad Show
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad to Provide Correct and Clear Information About the World
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad World Trade Center Flap Part 2
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad Denied World Trade Center Wreath Request
Iran Nuclear Watch: France Preparing for Iran War?
Iran Nuclear Watch: U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan
Iran Nuclear Watch: Khamenei – Iran Will Outsmart “Drunken and Arrogant†West
Iran Nuclear Watch: Sarkozy – Iranian Bomb or Bomb Iran
Iran Watch: Gas Rationing Spurs Violence in Iran
Michael Ramirez on Iran and the Spread of Islamic Extremism
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Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad – We Don’t Have Homosexuals
Iran’s president: ‘We don’t have homosexuals’
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger excoriated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, going through a long list of documented actions and remarks by the firebrand Iranian leader and his government.
“Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator,” Bollinger said to applause from many of the 600 people in the room for a speech from the Iranian leader. …
Asked about widely documented government abuse of women and homosexuals in his country, Ahmadinejad said, “We don’t have homosexuals” in Iran. “I don’t know who told you we had it,” he said.
Sharia Law says NO homosexuality and Mahmoud is the grand enforcer of Sharia Law in Iran – hence the denial.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_3RUwAJ_MI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog%2Ecom%2F[/youtube]
From Gay Republic News: Interview with Iranian Gay Couple.
Q: What is the problem of an Iranian homosexual?Kaveh: The first is that we cannot discuss any of our problems. We have a problem with the government due to our sexual orientation; the Islamic government does not accept us and we are condemned to hanging and stoning. In comparison the rest of the problems are minor.
Mere Rhetoric has graphic photos of how the Islamic regime treats homosexuals.
Now, does anyone understand why this Islamic terrorist dictator should NOT have been invited to spread his BS at Columbia University?
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy on Ahmadinejad at Columbia University
Iran Watch: A Crush on Ahmadninejad?
Iran Watch:The Ahmadinejad Show
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad to Provide Correct and Clear Information About the World
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad World Trade Center Flap Part 2
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad Denied World Trade Center Wreath Request
Iran Nuclear Watch: France Preparing for Iran War?
Iran Nuclear Watch: U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan
Iran Nuclear Watch: Khamenei – Iran Will Outsmart “Drunken and Arrogant†West
Iran Nuclear Watch: Sarkozy – Iranian Bomb or Bomb Iran
Iran Watch: Gas Rationing Spurs Violence in Iran
Michael Ramirez on Iran and the Spread of Islamic Extremism
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Iran Watch:The Ahmadinejad Show
The above image was originally posted last October. It’s an optical illusion called an “inversion.” If you look at the upside-down version just below, you will see a caricature of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. For more about the image and why came to be, see the original post. I’m reposting it because, with Ahmadinejad speaking at Columbia University, comparisons of Ahmadinejad to Hitler are making the news.
Ahmadinejad Arrives for New York Visit
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, facing protests and tabloid headlines calling him “evil” and a “madman,” stirred debate Monday about free speech ahead of his appearance at Columbia University.
Columbia President Lee Bollinger has promised to grill Ahmadinejad on subjects such as human rights, the Holocaust and Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The Iranian leader previously has called the Holocaust “a myth” and called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.”
Bollinger said Monday it was a question of free speech and academic freedom.
“It’s extremely important to know who the leaders are of countries that are your adversaries. To watch them to see how they think, to see how they reason or do not reason. To see whether they’re fanatical, or to see whether they are sly,” he told ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Ahmadinejad is to speak and answer questions at a Columbia forum Monday, followed by a scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
Flap will love the questions from the students and academics. But, will Ahmadinejad allow them?
Ahmadinejad loves to play the Western Media cycle from afar but will he be able to withstand scrutiny of an open forum?
Stay tuned as his appearance at Columbia University begins at 1:30 PM EDT.
Charles Johnson has a list of the various protests here.
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Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad to Provide Correct and Clear Information About the World
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad World Trade Center Flap Part 2
Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad Denied World Trade Center Wreath Request
Iran Nuclear Watch: France Preparing for Iran War?
Iran Nuclear Watch: U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan
Iran Nuclear Watch: Khamenei – Iran Will Outsmart “Drunken and Arrogant†West
Iran Nuclear Watch: Sarkozy – Iranian Bomb or Bomb Iran
Iran Watch: Gas Rationing Spurs Violence in Iran
Michael Ramirez on Iran and the Spread of Islamic Extremism
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Cox & Forkum: Opus Akbar
New item: Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won’t Run ‘Opus’ Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam.
A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.
The Washington Post and several other newspapers around the country did not run Sunday’s installment of Berkeley Breathed’s “Opus,” in which the spiritual fad-seeking character Lola Granola appears in a headscarf and explains to her boyfriend, Steve, why she wants to become a radical Islamist.
The installment did not appear in the Post’s print version, but it ran on WashingtonPost.com and Salon.com. The same will hold true for the upcoming Sept. 2 strip, which is a continuation of the plotline.
The Jerry Falwell comic strip is here.
The Wahington Post and other American newspapers have NO problems with political satire on the comic pages if it involves the Christian RIGHT but are afraid when it involves Islam.
Remember the FLAP over the Muhammed Caricatures from Denmark last year?
The August 26th Opus strip about fundamental Islam is here.
The Washington Post Writers Group syndicates “Opus,” and the Post is the cartoon’s home newspaper. The syndicate sent out an alert about the two strips in question, according to Writers Group comics editor Amy Lago.
There was also considerable alarm over the strip at the highest echelons of The Washington Post Co., according to the sources.
Lago said she flagged some of the syndicate’s newspaper clients for two reasons: because of the possibility that the jokes about Islam would be misconstrued and because of the sexual innuendo in the punchline.
“The strip came in and I knew we would have to send out an alert to all the newspapers,” Lago said. “I do that fairly regularly with materials that might pose issues for local areas. … We knew that because it was a sex joke, it could raise issues. And there is another client that has issues with any Muslim depiction whatsoever.”
Sounds like a DOUBLE STANDARD to Flap.
Is the Washington Post afraid of offending the Muslims? Or afraid of a backhanded sex joke?
Oh PLEASE………
The Wapo will publish America’s national security secrets without hesitation and have done so on numerous occasions.
Maybe Wapo editors are afraid the Islamic fundamentalists might burn their building down? Or kidnap and behead their reporters?
Is there any WONDER why the American newspaper industry is dying a “SLOW DEATH?”
Freedom of speech – NOT found at the Washington Post.
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A Romney Online Advantage?
Cox & Forkum: Expose
Is THIS the Romney online advantage discussed by Patrick Ruffini?
Somehow Flap thinks the MESSAGE and MESSENGER are more important than the DELIVERY.
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Smart Iran Bomb?
FOX News: Iran Vows to Use ‘Smart’ Bomb Against Enemies
Iran vowed Sunday to use a new 2,000-pound “smart” bomb against its enemies and unveiled mass production of the new weapon, state television reported.
The government first announced development of the long-range guided bomb Thursday, saying it could be deployed by the country’s aging U.S.-made F-4 and F-5 fighter jets.
“We will use these (bombs) against our enemies when the time comes,” Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on state television Sunday.
Iran often announces new weapons for its arsenal, but the United States maintains that while the Islamic Republic has made some strides, many of these statements are exaggerations.
The broadcast included a brief clip of a fighter jet apparently dropping one of the bombs, which destroyed a target on the ground.
The defense minister continued his threats as state television showed him unveiling a mass production line for the weapon in Tehran. …
Emanuel Winston, a Middle East analyst at the Houston-based Freeman Center for Strategic Studies, said Thursday that Iran’s smart bomb claim sounded “plausible” but said that it would be less dangerous than a missile development program given the limited range of the country’s aircraft.
So SMART Ahmadinejad may have ALERTED France to Iran’s threat to Europe and their neighbors, including Israel.
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UK Terror Watch: What’s in A Name?
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UK Terror Watch: What’s in A Name?
Cox & Forkum: What’s in a Name
From the Daily Express: Brown: Don’t say terrorists are Muslims
Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim†in connection with the terrorism crisis.The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on terror†is to be dropped.
The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims, adopting a more “consensual” tone than existed under Tony Blair. …
Mr Brown’s spokesman acknowledged yesterday that ministers had been given specific guidelines to avoid inflammatory language. “There is clearly a need to strike a consensual tone in relation to all communities across the UK,” the spokesman said. “It is important that the country remains united.”
Right…..cover up the fact that the perps were not Islamic extremists. And, of course blame Tony Blair and President Bush.
How stupid and politically correct can these MORONS be?
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UK Terror Watch: 45 Muslim Doctors Planned USA Terror
UK Terror Watch: Well, That Didn’t Work Out So Great
UK Terror Watch: London Car Bombs Failed Because of Medical Syringe
Terror in London Watch: Police Have Crystal Clear Image of Car Bomber
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UK Terror Watch: Al Qaeda – “Those Who Cure You Will Kill You”; Update: British Terror Level Lowered to Severe from Critical
‘Those who cure you will kill you’
An al-Qaeda leader in Iraq boasted before last week’s failed bombings in London and Glasgow that his group was planning to attack British targets and that “those who cure you will kill youâ€, The Times has learnt.
The warning was delivered to Canon Andrew White, a senior British cleric working in Baghdad, and could be highly significant as the eight Muslims arrested in the wake of the failed plot are all members of the medical profession.
Canon Andrew White
Canon White told The Times that he had passed the general warning, but not the specific words, to a senior official at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in mid-April. A Foreign Office spokesman said last night that it was forwarding the actual words to the Metropolitan Police.
The Times also learnt yesterday that one of the suspects, the Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdulla, had links to radical Islamic groups, and that several of the eight suspects have now been linked to known extremist radicals listed on MI5’s data base. Canon White, who runs Baghdad’s only Anglican parish, said that he met the al-Qaeda leader on the fringes of a meeting about religious reconciliation held in Amman, the Jordanian capital.
“He talked to me about how they were going to destroy British and Americans. He told me that the plans were already made and they would soon be destroying the British. He said the people who cure you would kill you.
Dr. Kahlid Ahmed has been identified as the driver of the Glasgow Car Bomb
Dr. Bilal Abdulla arrested at the Glasgow Airport bombing
Dr. Bilal Talal Abdul Samad Abdulla, an Iraqi from Baghdad who arrived in the UK in April 2006.Dr. Bilal Abdulla has been transferred to Paddington Green high-security prison in London as the investigation continues
Yet, the good Anglican cleric will NOT reveal with which Al Qaeda leader he was talking?
And, why not?Â
NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by ‘bombers’
Detectives investigating the NHS car bomb plot are today examining an international network of emails and phone records.
Police have seized computers from hospitals in Glasgow, Stoke-on-Trent and Liverpool. They are examining a theory that suspects planned the attacks in cyberspace while working at NHS hospitals.
The development was revealed as Scotland Yard sent a senior counter-terrorism investigator to Australia where one of the suspects is being held.
Today Australia invoked emergency anti-terrorism powers for the first time to extend the detention of Dr Mohammed Haneef, a 27-year-old Indian national who was arrested in Brisbane but who until last year worked in Liverpool.
Sources said there was evidence that Dr Haneef was in telephone contact with at least one of the would-be bombers. There was also evidence that a “guiding handî may still be at large outside Britain.
Dr Mohammed Haneef was arrested at Brisbane Airport as he tried to board a plane to Pakistan or was it Inida?
Dr Haneef was arrested shortly before he was due to board a flight to India with a one-way ticket. The manager of his apartment block in Brisbane, Steve Bosher, said he had left in such a hurry that his washing was still drying on the balcony – raising the possibility that he was tipped off about the failure of the car bomb plot by accomplices in Britain.
Ministers were today facing a security row after it emerged that at least four of the eight suspects being questioned had their details logged on MI5’s databases before the attacks took place, and one was on a Home Office warning index.
Whitehall officials denied any “cock-up” and said that the suspects had merely “crossed the radarî of the security service and were among thousands of peripheral contacts of extremists.
Well, Britain and the United States had better learn from their mistakes and naivety and understand that the Islamofascists will use any means at their disposal to destroy the West. How about as a first step to restrict travel from countries that are state sponsors of terrorism? Or requiring super-visas for limited amounts of time?
However, another problem for Britain is their failed NHS that relies on foreign doctors to provide universal, socialized and crappy medical care for their overtaxed citizens.
But, what about the United States? What precautions are the American Immigration and Customs Service using to ensure we are not granting access to foreign terrorists?
Update 1:55 PM
The UK has lowered its terror level to severe from critical.
Terror Threat Level Is Reduced
Britain’s terror threat level has been reduced from ‘critical’ to ‘severe’.
That means a terror attack is no longer imminent – but is still likely at any time.
“It still means the authorities believe it is highly likely that there will be an attack at any moment,” Sky’s crime correspondent Martin Brunt said.The threat level was raised by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on Saturday evening following the failed terror attacks on London and Glasgow.
The decision to lower the threat level was made by the Joint Terrorism and Analysis Centre (JTAC), according to a statement by the Home Secretary.
She said: “There is no intelligence to suggest that an attack is expected imminently. However, the reduction of the threat level to severe does not mean the overall threat has gone away.
Stay tuned for breaking news.
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