From the (never watched) Keith Olberman show, via YouTube:

Nostradamus Larry Johnson strikes (out) again.

From those lovers at terror at the Associated Press:

Flaming SUV rams U.K. airport; 2 arrests

By IAN STEWART, Associated Press Writer

GLASGOW, Scotland – Two men rammed a flaming Jeep Cherokee into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance in what appeared to be the third attempted terror attack on Britain in two days, witnesses said.

Hours later, Britain raised its security alert to “critical” — the highest level possible and an indication that terrorist attacks are imminent. U.S. airports increased safety precautions.

Both suspects were arrested at the Glasgow airport, Scotland’s largest. One, his body engulfed in flames as police pulled him from the vehicle, was hospitalized.

There were no reports of injuries but the airport was evacuated and all flights suspended, a day after British police thwarted a plot to bomb central London, discovering two cars abandoned with loads of gasoline, gas canisters and nails. Hundreds fled screaming from the terminal as one of the men poured gasoline over the Jeep and tried to force it further inside the terminal, one witness said…

A British government security official said the incident was being treated as “possibly terrorist related at this stage.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

Security officials had no direct intelligence linking the incident to the thwarted plot to bomb London but “are keeping an open mind,” the official said…

In Glasgow, the green SUV barreled toward the building shortly after 3 p.m., hitting security barriers before crashing into the glass doors, witnesses said. Two men were in the burning vehicle, one of them engulfed in flames, they said.

“The car came speeding past at about 30 mph. It was approaching the building quickly,” said Scott Leeson, who was nearby. “Then the driver swerved the car around so he could ram straight in to the door. He must have been trying to smash straight through.”

Lynsey McBean, who was at the terminal, said one of the men took out a plastic gasoline canister and poured its contents under the car. “He then set light to it,” said McBean, 26, from Erskine, Scotland. She said the Jeep struck the front door but got jammed.

“They were obviously trying to get it further inside the airport as the wheels were spinning and smoke was coming from them,” she said.

Two men were arrested, and one of whom was taken to the hospital, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O’Neil said in Glasgow. Police said the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in neighboring Paisley, was evacuated after the suspect arrived.

The car hit the building at an angle and poked into the terminal, directly in front of check-in desks, where dozens of passengers were lined up to check in for flights, police said…

Leeson said bollards — security posts outside the entrance — stopped the driver from barreling into the bustling terminal at Glasgow’s airport.

“He’s trying to get through the main door frame but the bollards have stopped him from going through. If he’d got through, he’d have killed hundreds, obviously,” he said.

Two men — one of them engulfed in flames — were in the SUV, witnesses said.

Helen Boaden, a BBC News executive who was at the airport at time, said police “wrestled him to the ground — the fire was burning through his clothes — and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher.” …

I hate these bumper sticker wars.

From a still smarting Associated Press:

Mexicans chide U.S. over immigration

By LISA J. ADAMS, Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY – Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said Friday that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans hurts Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts.

President Bush’s plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants from around the world while fortifying the border failed in the Senate on Thursday.

“This is very bad news for Mexican migrants in the U.S.,” said Jorge Bustamante, special rapporteur to the U.N. human rights commission for migrants. “It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants’ vulnerable conditions.”

The Rev. Luis Kendziersky, director of a shelter for migrants in the border city of Tijuana, said U.S. senators appeared to be “focused more on the political game than on the real needs of the people.”

“According to polls, the majority of the people (in the U.S.) want legality with concessions for undocumented migrants, but the radicals make a lot of noise,” he said…

From Mexico’s Univision affiliate KMEX-TV:

Border Sanctuary

KMEX-TV (Univision): 8/4/03 and 8/5/03

Catholic order provides for immigrants spiritually and physically at US-Mexico border.

At the Casa del Migrantes in Tijuana, Mexico, migrants can find a bed and three meals a day in their journey toward or away from the United States. Father Luis Kendzierski, shelter director and member of a Catholic order of priests called the Scalabrini Missionaries, says the shelter welcomes all migrant men. Casa del Migrantes is for Mexicans and Latin Americans leaving the U.S. or trying to make their way – legally or illegally – into the U.S. In 2002, Casa del Migrantes housed 4,700 men, about half of whom were deported from the U.S.

The Scalabrini Order is the only order devoted exclusively to immigrants and migrants in the Catholic Church. It has a presence worldwide, with about 600 priests in over 20 countries…

Father Kendzierski says the priests don’t ask whether people are trying to enter the U.S. illegally, adding it is a pleasure to help those in need and people arriving with only the clothes on their backs need help surviving. It is one of five such shelters in Mexico and Guatemala. Casa del Migrantes is one of five such shelters in Mexico and Guatemala. [sic] Shelter staff help the men find temporary work, feed them, provide medical attention, legal assistance if necessary, spiritual guidance and clothes…

CONTACTS

Father Luis Kendzierski
Casa del Migrantes
Calle Gallileo 239
Colonia Postal, Mexico
Phone: 011-52-66-46-825-180

Who is the “radical” here?

From the allies of terrorists at Reuters:

[AP caption:] An Afghan child, who allegedly was injured by a U.S .-led coalition’s air strikes, lies in a bed at a hospital in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, June 30, 2007. The airstrikes in southern Afghanistan left at least 30 people, including women and children, killed or wounded, a local official said Saturday.

Over 30 Afghan civilians killed in air strike

Sat Jun 30

KABUL (Reuters) – More than 30 civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an air strike by foreign forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a regional official said.

“It happened in the early morning,” provincial official Mohammed Daoud told Reuters. “Between 30-37 civilians have been killed and tens (dozens) of others have been injured.”

A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan confirmed the incident, but said he had heard reports that only “a small number” of civilians were involved.

U.S. Air Force Major John Thomas said that after a long skirmish and under constant fire from the Taliban, ISAF troops called for close air support during an operation in Helmand, where the Taliban has been resurgent this year.

“All enemy positions were destroyed, but after friendly forces surveyed the area, there were reports of some possible civilian deaths,” he said.

“The remains of some people who appeared to be civilians were found among enemy fighters in a trenchline,” he added.

The rising toll the conflict is taking on Afghan civilians is a sore point for Western-backed President Hamid Karzai, who is also grappling to stamp out corruption and boost the economy.

Nearly 300 civilians have been killed in operations led by foreign forces this year alone, according to government officials, residents and aid groups.

Scores more have been killed by Taliban suicide and roadside bomb attacks.

Afghanistan is going through its bloodiest period since the Taliban’s fall and this year is regarded as a crunch time for all sides involved in the conflict.

Note that while the local official said 30-37 civilians killed, the NATO official, who presumably would be in a better position to know, said that only a small number of civilians were involved (not even killed).

But notice which number the AP ran with.

Meanwhile, their own photo caption above says:

The airstrikes in southern Afghanistan left at least 30 people, including women and children, killed or wounded, a local official said Saturday.

Well, which is it? Did the local official say “30-37 were killed,” or did he say that at least 30 were “killed or wounded”? Or does the AP think there is no difference between these two claims?

Even so, if the terrorists co-mingle with civilians, what are the NATO forces supposed to do?

Once again Reuters fails to explain how to tell a terrorist apart from a civilian. (Instead they continue to pretend that women and children could never be terrorists.)

Of course this is the (no so) new front in our media’s war against the West’s efforts in Afghanistan.

They have been promoting these horror stories for months now.

And the war in Afghanistan is supposed to be the war that the left condones. (Or at least that was their new lie once the war in Iraq started.)

From those defenders of terror at the Associated Press:

Bush defends military buildup in Iraq

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, called Saturday for patience as U.S. forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.

“We’re still at the beginning of this offensive, but we’re seeing some hopeful signs,” Bush said in his weekly radio address, in which he likened U.S. troops deployed around the globe to the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

“We’re engaging the enemy, and killing or capturing hundreds,” said Bush, who is losing GOP support for his decision in January to send 30,000 extra troops to Iraq to secure Baghdad and Anbar…

The White House thought it had until September, when military commanders are to give an assessment of Iraq. But most senators now believe troops should start coming home within the next few months, and House Republicans are calling to revive the independent Iraq Study Group to give the nation new options…

The press never stops pressing for their agenda. They never take a day off.

Where is there any evidence that “most senators now believe troops should start coming home within the next few months”?

And never mind that the old women of the ”Iraq Study Group” themselves called for this surge:

We could, however, support a short-term redeployment or surge of American combat forces to stabilize Baghdad, or to speed up the training and equipping mission, if the U.S. commander in Iraq determines that such steps would be effective.

Also, please note the photo that the AP chose to run with their hit piece. You see, Bush is vacationing while our soldiers are dying.

They are not very subtle.

But hey, it’s worked before. 

From the website of the Multi-National Force – Iraq:

Extremists using false media reporting to incite sectarian violence

Saturday, 30 June 2007

MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
PRESS DESK
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.343.8790

June 30, 2007
Release A070630c

Extremists using false media reporting to incite sectarian violence

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Friday, news media reported a mass killing in a village near Salman Pak where 20 men were allegedly found beheaded.  It now appears that the story was completely false and fabricated by unknown sources. 

Upon learning of the press reports, coalition and Iraqi officials began investigating to determine if the reports were true.  Ultimately it was concluded the reports were false.

Anti-Iraqi Forces are known for purposely providing false information to the media to incite violence and revenge killings, and they may well have been the source of this misinformation. 

“Extremists promote falsehoods of mass killings, collateral damage and other violence specifically to turn Iraqis against other Iraqis,” said Rear Admiral Mark Fox, spokesperson for MNF-I. “Unfortunately, lies are much easier to state, the truth often takes time to prove,” said Fox. 

Not all media reports can be immediately substantiated by Government of Iraq or Coalition Forces.  They must go through a process to verify such claims, to include checking with various Iraqi Ministry’s, local police and security forces.  Meanwhile, extremists have achieved their goal of spreading false information aimed at intimidating civilians and destabilizing Iraqi security.

Ultimately, media reporting based on verifiable sources will reduce the possibility of misinformation unnecessarily alarming citizens.

Just as we had suspected.

From an approving Associated Press:

Hamas Mickey Mouse dies in his last episode

Hamas TV on Friday broadcast what it said was the last episode of a weekly children’s show featuring “Farfour,” a Mickey Mouse look-alike who had made worldwide headlines for preaching Islamic domination and armed struggle to youngsters.

In the final skit, Farfour was beaten to death by an actor posing as an Israeli official trying to buy Farfour’s land. At one point, Farfour called the Israeli a “terrorist.”

“Farfour was martyred while defending his land,” said Sara, the teen presenter. He was killed “by the killers of children,” she added.

But these people aren’t crazy or anything.

From The Blotter:

Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have ‘Crystal Clear’ Picture of Suspect

June 29, 2007 2:56 PM

Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:

British police have a “crystal clear” picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears “a close resemblance” to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence.

Officials say the suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the case of al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot (pictured above), who was convicted of orchestrating a vehicle bomb plot involving targets in London, New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C.

Officials say a surveillance camera caught the suspect “staggering from the Mercedes” shortly after parking it outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub.

U.S. and British law enforcement officials tell ABC News it is increasingly clear Friday’s bomb plot in London involves multliple vehicles, and is described by a senior official as a “terror plot involving lslamic extremists.”

The silver Mercedes sedan discovered early Friday morning outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Piccadilly Circus appears to have been stolen in early June and was spotted in the last two days, first in Scotland and then in Birmingham, England, according to law enforcement officials.

The car contained five or six propane and butane gas cylinders as well as 33 gallons of gasoline, all rigged to detonate with calls to two cell phones.  Officials say the cell phones failed to initiate the explosions, even after each phone had been called twice.

No wonder CNN and the rest of our watchdog media and their leftwing masters hate London’s close circuit television cameras.

From the Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC-TV:

Immigration Bill Supporters: Senate Failed America

June 29, 2007 (KABC-TV) – Southland supporters of an immigration bill that died on the U.S. Senate floor will announce their next move Friday.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of L.A. says the Senate has failed the American people by not passing the bill. In the wake of the defeat, efforts are now underway to try and salvage parts of the bill.

The immigration package provided a path to citizenship for 12-million illegal immigrants, but also tightened border security. The bill’s collapse is a bitter defeat for President Bush.

Check out what the Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights Of LA demands:

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But it’s the rightwing nativist radicals who killed the amnesty billed.

Still, CHIRLA isn’t the only ones who can make demands.

From a delighted BBC NEWS:

US court admits Guantanamo cases

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Guantanamo Bay detainees that they be allowed to challenge their confinement in federal courts.

The move reverses the court’s decision in April, when it refused to rule on whether the men had a right to take their cases to federal courts.

This latest move is a blow to the US government, which wants the cases to be dealt with by military tribunals alone…

The government last year pushed a law through Congress that prohibited Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their confinement in federal courts.

In February this year, an appeals court hearing in the District of Columbia upheld this law.

In April, the US Supreme Court rejected the detainees’ request to hear an appeal on the February ruling.

The detainees’ lawyers said dismissing the cases would be a “profound deprivation” of the prisoners’ rights and urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision – a request that has now been granted.

The court is expected to hear the detainees’ cases when it begins a new term in October.

Here we go again.

The terrorists and their enablers will never stop until they have the full rights of US citizens — and more.

The government last year pushed a law through Congress that prohibited Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their confinement in federal courts.

Who needs laws when we have judges?

From our moral superiors at the Washington Post:

[Washington Post caption:] Billy Ray Smith and his wife, Uraina, of Gainesville, Ga., said they moved out of their subdivision after it was “taken over” by Mexicans.

Small-Town Resistance Helped to Seal Defeat

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Stephanie Usrey strode up to her local Wal-Mart store the other morning with the steely look of a boxer about to step into the ring.

A stay-at-home mother of two, Usrey has dreaded shopping at this particular branch ever since a Friday afternoon about five years ago, when she said she suddenly noticed she was the only non-Latino customer.

“That was the first time I looked around and said, ‘Man, I didn’t realize how many Mexicans there were here,’ ” Usrey, 39, recalled. “And they don’t seem to feel any discomfort when they’re, like, six inches from your face and talking to each other in their language, either. I just felt very encroached upon. . . . It was like an instant feeling of ‘I’m in the minority, and if we don’t get control over this, pretty soon all of America will be outnumbered.’ ”

That sense of alarm, echoed in communities across the nation, helped seal defeat for the Senate immigration bill Thursday. Fueled by talk-radio hosts and Web sites, Usrey and tens of thousands of other first-time activists bombarded their senators with phone calls and e-mails decrying the bill as an unacceptable amnesty for the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

Nowhere were the bill’s opponents more influential than here in Georgia, whose two Republican senators, Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss, originally helped craft the legislation. Two days after its unveiling in May, Chambliss was booed at his state’s Republican convention. Isakson’s office received more than 21,000 calls from opponents of the bill, compared with 6,000 from supporters.

Thursday, both Georgia senators voted to kill the bill they once supported…

Gainesville, an area of about 102,000 set along a lake in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is solid Bush territory. Even now, many locals speak of the president’s support of the Senate bill the way one would of a beloved son who has momentarily strayed but is sure to come to his senses.

This is still a place where men take their sons deer hunting and moms call out to one another in the supermarket in cheerful Southern drawls. And although the highways leading out of the city have been colonized by the usual sprawl of Home Depot, PetSmart and OfficeMax big-box stores, downtown Gainesville retains a tranquil, small-town feel. Colonnaded white mansions line one of the major avenues. Clothing boutiques and cafes ring a landscaped central square with a monument dedicated to "Our Confederate Soldiers."

A few feet away, in almost as prominent a spot, stands a statue of a rooster — a testament to local pride in the chicken processing plants that have given the region its identity as "poultry capital of the world" since the 1950s…

Too bad we can’t all be unbigoted and urbanely sophisticated like our betters at the Washington Post.

From those lovers of science at the New York Times:

Study Traces Cat’s Ancestry to Middle East

By NICHOLAS WADE

Some 10,000 years ago, somewhere in the Near East, an audacious wildcat crept into one of the crude villages of early human settlers, the first to domesticate wheat and barley. There she felt safe from her many predators in the region, such as hyenas and larger cats.

The rodents that infested the settlers’ homes and granaries were sufficient prey. Seeing that she was earning her keep, the settlers tolerated her, and their children greeted her kittens with delight.

At least five females of the wildcat subspecies known as Felis silvestris lybica accomplished this delicate transition from forest to village. And from these five matriarchs all the world’s 600 million house cats are descended.

A scientific basis for this scenario has been established by Carlos A. Driscoll of the National Cancer Institute and his colleagues. He spent more than six years collecting species of wildcat in places as far apart as Scotland, Israel, Namibia and Mongolia. He then analyzed the DNA of the wildcats and of many house cats and fancy cats…

Possibly there is some abstruse but vital genetic information that can only be gleaned by traveling around the world collecting cats.

If so, the article fails to mention it.

So a layman might be forgiven for asking why the taxpayer funded National Cancer Institute has people on its payroll spending six years doing research on the genetic history of cats.

Has cancer been cured and nobody told us?