Worth reading
It's been a busy weekend with little time for blogging, so I'll limit myself to a few things I think you should read. Yes, including you over there in the corner, hiding behind the comic book! Pay attention to the world around you!
At Pajamas Media, Bruce Bawer looks at the increase in violence against gays in Europe and sees the creeping influence of sharia law and aggressive Islam. First they came for the gays:
It’s very clear what’s going on here – and where it’s all headed. Europe is on its way down the road of Islamization, and it’s reached a point along that road at which gay people’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is being directly challenged, both by knife-wielding bullies on the street and by taxpayer-funded thugs whose organizations already enjoy quasi-governmental authority. Sharia law may still be an alien concept to some Westerners, but it’s staring gay Europeans right in the face – and pointing toward a chilling future for all free people. Pim Fortuyn saw all this coming years ago; most of today’s European leaders still refuse to see it even though it’s right before their eyes.
Also at PJM, one of my blogging heroes, Australia's Arthur Chrenkoff, returns from his exile in Australian politics to note how the mainstream media's reporting on Iraq has changed since 2005:
What does it all tells us? There has clearly been a very significant decline in reporting from Iraq. For some it will be an indication of the news exhaustion: after five years, people are simply tired of Iraq and the decrease in reporting merely reflects that fact that everyone has moved on to other issues. For others, it will be further evidence of the media bias: once the situation in Iraq has shown signs of unequivocal improvement, the media has stopped reporting, because the news simply stopped fitting into their favourite anti-war narrative. As for the changing ration of bad to good news, has the situation improved so drastically, or has the good news finally become too conspicuous to ignore? I will leave that to others to decide.
I hope this means Arthur will be reopening his blog. It's been sorely missed.
Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez's nemesis, Fausta, reports on evidence of European connections to the coke-head's drug dealing, as well as ties to Colombia's major rebel group.
Finally, Lance Thompson asks potential McCain voters, "Are you sure," and points out some things they might like to think about.
UPDATE: Forgot one. Via Blue Crab Boulevard, read all about the Navy's test of a shipborne rail-gun. I want one. We have all the best toys.
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