Posted on 11/02/2005 4:00:57 AM PST by backhoe
If an American consumer read today's newspapers, he would assume that the riots in France have ended. None of the major newspapers that had covered the uprising have any specific updates today on the story, despite the continued overnight violence and an increase in the oddball metric of burnt cars in Paris. Comments (19) | TrackBack (5)
This is why readers of the "new media" are quickly becoming the elite, while followers of the "old media" are becoming more and more clueless about their world.
France Burning
Via The Bad Hair Blog, here’s a map from The Economist showing the true extent of the French intifada:
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Perhaps it's time to re-read "The Camp of the Saints"?
Parable or Reality - Thirty Years after ''The Camp of the Saints''
In 1973 Jean Raspail published The Camp of the Saints, according to the author a “prophetic” book, about a peaceful invasion of France by a million immigrants from the Ganges.
Muslim Extremists in Fierce Battle with Philippine Military
There’s hardly a word about it in US media, but Islamic terror gang Abu Sayyaf has been battling a Philippine task force for three days. From Yahoo News Australia: Twenty slain as soldiers, Muslim extremists battle in Philippines.
French Intifada, Day 17
The Muslim intifada in France shows no signs of ending: French Police Clash With Youths in Lyon.
--And it isn’t just France. link: 469 comments
French Intifada, Day 18
France insists that things are returning to normal.
As dozens of cars and two schools are set ablaze by Muslim youths: Two Schools Ablaze As French Unrest Persists. (Hat tip: Beagle.) link: 92 comments
According the this article in the French newspaper le Nouvel Observateur, the name of the burned school is "l'école Didier-Daurat."
Here is the Web site of the school itself in which they lay out a three-year plan for the future (now ruined, obviously). Anyway, the point is... the Muslims are burning down their own schools.
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D. Edgren (the Merciless Infidel) 11/13/2005 10:13PM PST |
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I posted a long (nine part) Fisking of an AP article on this topic over on the Sunday Morning Open Thread. It appears, as I put up the last segments, that the thread has pretty much died. If you're up for some extended bedtime reading (just after 9:00 p.m. in Alaska) you can view it at Part 1 at #548. |
Five Questions Non-Muslims Would Like Answered
I’m not sure what’s gotten into the Los Angeles Times (maybe it’s related to their plummeting circulation?), but today they published an amazing op-ed by Dennis Prager that asks Five questions non-Muslims would like answered. link: 116 comments
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/
Dozens of Evil Jihad Videos
This may blow your mind: a collection of sickening jihad videos at Ummah.com: Chechnya Archive.
This is our enemy, folks.
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