"War Slut," as the NYP's Andrea Peyser called her. Though she only seems to be a whore for some of "God's Warrior's."

Via Hot Air.

Update: A transcript here if you can't watch the video.

This is cute:

AMANPOUR: Geneive Abdo is the author of Mecca and Main Street. She says that since 9/11, the majority of American Muslims feel they're singled out for suspicion and surveillance by the government and by ordinary people. Imam Fawaz Jneid, leader of a mosque in the Hague, believes Muslims are under attack, victims of religious discrimination.

ABRAMS [commenting]: What does that have to do with the warriors? She portrays Muslims as victims, while accusing evangelical Christians of playing the victim.

AMANPOUR: The religious right would have you believe that there's no mention of God anywhere in our public sphere. It's on the currency.

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN Legal Analyst: It's on the currency, and they say because it's on the currency, there's nothing wrong with it being in the schools, or in the courthouses, or in the Capitol.

AMANPOUR: But they also play the victim somewhat.

Ha, ha, ha. That is rich. Rich, I tells ya.

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This will be the first in a 5 part series examining why international law sucks.

Exhibit A.

Class Dismissed.

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Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations. – Elihu Root, Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State

Just a few years ago I snickered at the concept of international law. I thought to myself, “Law is nothing without guns to back it up; we all know that there’s no real way to enforce international law short of international conflict.” It was just ridiculous to expect that the rule of law would be obeyed by the Mugabes of the world. So what’s the point? more...

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On Friday Berke Breathed announced that several newspapers, including the Washington Post, would not be running the next two installments of Opus. You can see the strip that was supposed to run yesterday here (Salon.com link but you donÂ’t have to jump through hoops to see it).

Some papers have cited the ‘sexual’ humor at the end of the strip as the reason for not running it but many speculated the real reason was that Breathed took on that which must not be mocked, joked about or questioned in any way…Islam. Apparently that speculation was well founded.

Sources told FOXNews.com that the strips were shown to Muslim staffers at The Washington Post to gauge their reaction, and they responded "emotionally" to the depiction of a woman dressed in traditional Muslim garb and espousing conservative Islamic views.

There was also considerable alarm over the strip at the highest echelons of The Washington Post Co., according to the sources.

According to Amy Lago, editor of the comics groups at The Washington Post Writers Group which syndicates "Opus”, "I don't necessarily think it's poking fun [at Islam]," Lago said. "But the question with Muslims is, are they taking it seriously?"

Now you might think, well maybe the papers have a problem running any comic that might offend a religious group. Nah, not so muchÂ….
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17 year old Francisco Santos found out he has contracted tuberculosis, but refused treatment and threatened to return to Mexico (which he says is his home).

Ok, he's a kid. I get it. And since yesterday's story he has since accepted treatment. Because they jailed him in isolation until he agreed to cooperate.

That's pretty aggressive. And I think in the public interest (they certainly think so). Frankly I'm surprised the Gwinnett county officials reacted that strongly.

Any of you legal scholar historian type know the law as it pertains to quarantine and protecting the public from contagion?

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This story is simply ridiculous. WeÂ’ve been intensely engaged with the Muslim world for the past six years. In that time, the military hasnÂ’t figured out that Muslims are touchy about the shahada (their declaration of faith)?

WeÂ’ve got an uphill battle with the Muslim world--literally in some cases. ItÂ’s not too much to ask that a little care is taken not to unnecessarily irritate them (seeing as how we might want to store up a little good will for those issues where weÂ’ve got good reason to irritate them).

Update: No, really. What makes more sense: (1) acknowledging that Muslims get upset over things that we wouldn't bat an eye over and simply conducting ourselves in a manner which minimizes their freak outs; or (2) expecting them to get over their cultural hangups overnight because we're simply "tired of their whining"?

Which one do you think will be better for our foreign policy goals?

Update 2: This post got off track when commenters imputed to me the position that it is somehow "okay" for Muslims to throw hissy fits every time the mood strikes. That is something that I never said.

In fact, I wrote nothing about that until the update, when I wrote that "Muslims get upset over things that we wouldn't bat an eye over." Perhaps I could have been more explicit in saying that I don't necessarily approve of their sensitivity.

There is a difference between acknowledging Muslim sensitivities and approving of them. As for as our mission in the Middle East, Muslims are something that we must deal with. Even if we think they behave like children. We still must deal with them. That's a fact.

Furthermore, it's reasonable to ask if it is better to accept their tendency to throw tantrums and act accordingly on those occasions when it costs us nothing to do so or to ignore their sensibilities completely.

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HereÂ’s some news for all you Friends of Dorothy: Oz may be coming back to the big screen. Todd McFarlane (Spawn) and Josh Olsen (A History of Violence) have been tapped by Warner Bros. to produce and write the story.

McFarlane has had an edgy S&M Dorothy line of toys out for the last few years. His version of Dorothy will be “much closer to the Ripley from ‘Alien’ than a helpless singing girl." That’s a nice goal, but probably unattainable, since Ripley is the most awesome film heroine of all time. I applaud McFarlane’s effort, though.

Olsen is a little less enthusiastic about equipping Dorothy with a ball gag. He says, “I want this to be ‘Harry Potter’ dark, not ‘Seven’ dark."

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Sen. Larry Craig.

Since that link seems to be down, I'm going to suck it up and link Wonkette.

At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area,” the report states.

“Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that ‘I could … see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.’”

But wait, there’s a very simple explanation for all of this!

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

Fun, fun, fun. I'm told he's big in the NRA, which doesn't seem particularly relevant, but I'm sure The Deciders in the MSM will correct that misimpression.

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Sen. Larry Craig.

Since that link seems to be down, I'm going to suck it up and link Wonkette.

At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area,” the report states.

“Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that ‘I could … see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.’”

But wait, thereÂ’s a very simple explanation for all of this!

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

Fun, fun, fun. I'm told he's big in the NRA, which doesn't seem particularly relevant, but I'm sure The Deciders in the MSM will correct that misimpression.

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Apparently so according to The Corner. Of course, since he's a Republican, the MSM will have no problem reporting his party affiliation.

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a menÂ’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.

Real Clear Politics has more from the Roll Call story:

Craig's arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court that began on Aug. 8.

A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a "he said/he said misunderstanding," and said the office would release a fuller statement later Monday afternoon.

After he was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the Airport Police Operations Center to be interviewed about the lewd conduct incident, according to the police report. At one point during the interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said, "What do you think about that?" the report states.

Update:
Roll Call's site which has the original story is down presumably from the crush of traffic.

Craig was the target of an attempted outing by a gay activist last year.

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