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Are You Ready To Do Something About Oil Prices?

April 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Oil is nearing $120 a barrel. Saudi Arabia is wanting to slow down production.
Are you paying enough for gasoline yet? Are you angry yet? Are you willing to demanding some action from the government yet?

Why aren’t we building any new nuclear power plants?
Why aren’t we building any new oil refineries?
Why aren’t we [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Government · Money · Saudi Arabia · The US

Why We Fight Them Over There

March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which, by the way, should be a daily read for most of you:

Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Dr. Walid Al-Rashudi, head of the Department of Islamic Studies at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on February 29, 2008.
Walid Al-Rashudi: “One [...]

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Tags: Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Saudi Arabia · Terrorism

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #598572

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Hat tip to the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler:
From Arab News:

Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah [Saudi Arabia] were left reeling yesterday, with some falling unconscious, after a well-built Syrian man clinched a knife and decapitated his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in the store’s fruit and vegetable section.
In a brutal murder that has [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Muslim/Islam · Saudi Arabia · Terrorism

Saudis Punish Gang Rape Victim

November 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

From Breitbart:

A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The 19-year-old woman — whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms — was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for “being in [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Saudi Arabia

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week

October 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off

From the website:

During the week of October 22-26, 2007, the nation will be rocked by the biggest conservative campus protest ever – Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, a wake-up call for Americans on 200 university and college campuses.
The purpose of this protest is as simple as it is crucial: to confront the two Big Lies of the [...]

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Tags: Al Qaeda · Dhimmitude · Egypt · Hamas · Hezbollah · Iran · Iraq · Islamofascism · Israel · Muslim/Islam · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Terrorism · The Left · The Right · The US · War

Remembering 9/11

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off

0759 EDT - American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767, departs Logan Airport with 81 passengers and 11 crew.
0814 EDT - United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767, departs Logan Airport with 56 passengers and 9 crew.
0820 EDT - American Airlines Flight 77 departs Dulles Airport.
0842 EDT - United [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Al Qaeda · Hamas · Hezbollah · Iran · Iraq · Islamofascism · Israel · Lebanon · Muslim/Islam · New York · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Terrorism · The US

Pus And Blood And The Religion Of Peace™

May 16th, 2007 · Comments Off

If pus or blood comes out of your husband’s nose and you lick is up, you still will not have observed all his rights.