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French author Jean-Christophe Mounicq woke up and saw the light in an editorial in the Washington Times. [Thanks: dhimmi watch.]

The reaction of the European media and political class to the elimination of Sheikh Yassin — the master of hate and terrorism, and one who had called for the murder of Jews — pushed me over the edge. I can no longer tolerate descriptions of the monster responsible for hundreds of deaths and thousands of wounded as a “spiritual leader,” a poor “paralytic in a wheelchair.” I can no longer tolerate murderous, barbaric Islamist hatred.

Mr. Mounicq, welcome to the club.

From AP/Yahoo:

DETROIT (AP) — Football great Paul Hornung said in a radio interview that his alma mater, Notre Dame, needs to lower its academic standards to “get the black athlete.”

“As far as Notre Dame is concerned, we’re going to have to ease it up a little bit,” Hornung told Detroit’s WXYT-AM in an interview before the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame banquet Tuesday.

WXYT’s sister station, WWJ-AM in Detroit, played a portion of the interview for The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Hornung, who is white, won the 1956 Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame. He went on to star for the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “We can’t stay as strict as we are as far as the academic structure is concerned because we’ve got to get the black athlete,” Hornung said in the interview. “We must get the black athlete if we’re going to compete.”

Hornung and Notre Dame associate athletic director John Heisler did not immediately return phone messages left by the AP on Wednesday.

Hornung has previously criticized the school, saying its academic requirements have hurt the athletic department.

“We open up with Michigan, then go to Michigan State and Purdue — those are the first three games, you know, and you can’t play a schedule like this unless you have the black athlete today,” he said. “You just can’t do it.”

Notre Dame’s football team went 5-7 last season, its second under Tyrone Willingham, the first black head coach in any sport in school history.

Wow. (I mean that in a disgusted way.)

junkyard blog on a possible similarity between Saddam Hussein and Dem party chairman Terry McAuliffe. This blog has it right:

Unbelievable, outrageous, inappropriate and despicable. Terry MacAuliffe may be the worst, most unethical, least patriotic, most disgusting political figure in recent American history.

What else should we expect from someone in the Clintons’ pockets?

At least CNN’s Judy Woodruff came down from her Howard Dean-worship high long enough to walk around the mat.

A disturbing story from Michael, evolution’s counter-terrorism expert: Warnings from Islam’s ‘messianic whirlpool’ — Jihadists in global frenzy over coming of prophesied ‘Mahdi’ (WorldNetDaily).

If there is anyone in America still left who does not believe that these jihadists are murderous madmen, perhaps it is they who are truly mad.

I realize I haven’t posted in a while. I was out sick on Friday and now I’m back. I really have nothing to say today so we’ll just have some links and reader contributions.

• Michael, an old friend and analyst for the State of Kansas terrorism response program, sends us a link to a collection of news items related to terrorism from the US Dept. of Homeland Security, updated daily.
• Reader Judy injects some humor into the marriage debate with a story from the Leavenworth (KS) Times about a transgender couple charged with falsifying information on a marriage license application.
• The State Senate of Kansas has passed a house bill for a concealed-carry law. Kansas is one of four states which does not have such a law. Note especially the Lawrence Journal-World’s bias in this quote (emphasis is mine): “Supporters of the bill contend that the measure would allow law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. Opponents predict it would lead to more gun-related violence.”

Got it? Supporters of this bill “contend”, as if to advance some crazy notion; while opponents of concealed-carry “predict”, as if some sage wisdom were driving their “principled” opposition.

Also, I will be updating the look and feel of this site. I still don’t have a proper host for this site (right now it’s hosted on Blogspot), so my ability to display neat things like graphics is limited.

More from my favorite domestic extremist group: PETA Ups Anti-KFC Campaign With ‘Blood’ (AP)

The KFC spokeswoman quoted in the piece has it right:

KFC spokeswoman Bonnie Warschauer initially said, “We don’t comment on the corporate terrorist activities of PETA. They are corporate terrorists and just like the United States government, we will not negotiate with corporate terrorists.”

Warschauer added that “PETA has totally crossed the line of free speech and acceptable behavior” and “all they want is a vegetarian world.”

From the “holy crap” files of the Purdue Exponent (that most odious piece of leftist trash): A new storefront three blocks from my apartment. The picture is worth it by itself.

A while back I pointed you to a piece of satire written by Lt. Smash about marriage.

Read it again, and then read this MSNBC story. I assure you, the second one is not satire.

[THANKS: Smash.]

I almost fell out of my chair! From the Kansas City Star op/ed: ISRAEL’S SELF-DEFENSE

Hamas has slaughtered hundreds in its relentless campaign to derail Mideast peace efforts and destroy Israel. Exercising the right to self-defense that all nations claim, Israel this week struck back at the founder of Hamas.

The killing of this terrorist chieftain, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, has produced a predictable outcry against Israel, which stands accused by much of the world of harming the prospects for peace. It’s as if Yassin had been some sort of Palestinian Gandhi rather than a ruthless mass murderer who hid behind a smokescreen of religious piety.

Israel’s tactics against terrorist leaders like Yassin — missile strikes that risk the lives of bystanders — are certainly open to criticism. But many of Israel’s critics oppose not just the use of missiles but the Jewish state’s right to strike back at its enemies.

This is the latest chapter in a long history of lectures to Israel for defending itself.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for example, lamented the death of Yassin because — he is one of the political symbols in Gaza. As Mubarak knows, however, Yassin has not been a political symbol for all Palestinians. He has been a symbol for extremists who celebrate the shedding of innocent blood and the intimidation of Arab moderates.

In his own country, Mubarak has shown little mercy in suppressing extremist groups that he considers a threat. But the Egyptian leader cynically suggests that Israel should passively absorb the blows of Hamas.

Hamas is warning Israel that it will face retribution for Yassin’s death. This is empty rhetoric, however, since the organization was already dedicated to Israel’s destruction.

Palestinian terrorists have hardly limited themselves to Israeli victims. Over the last decade Palestinians — including Hamas members — have murdered at least 52 American citizens, including children, according to research by the Republican Study Committee on Capitol Hill. The committee’s research provides a good snapshot of the despicable methods employed by Yassin’s organization: drive-by shootings, bus bombings, kidnapping and murder.

Looking at this bloody record, it is hard to see how some observers can argue that Yassin’s demise represents a terrible blow to peace.

Note: I’ve reprinted the piece in its entirety because the Star asks you to register at their site, and some may not be willing to do that.

Hamas responded to the “untimely death” (as in, should have taken place twenty years ago) of its leader by threatening the U.S., as you no doubt heard in any of a hundred newscasts.

Now it appears they realized the implications of what they said and backed off. Indeed, as you will read in this AP piece, these craven terrorists talk a big game, and then send 15-year-olds to do their dirty work.

UPDATE: Interesting thoughts on the Hamas statements from the Belmont Club.