and it’s a beauty. As always.

‘And now Gillard will give nearly $500 million for Indonesia’s Islamic schools which are largely moderate in outlook but there have been pockets of radicalism that have produced terrorists in Indonesia, most notably the cleric Abu Bakar Bashir’s school in Ngruki, central Java, where some of the Bali bombers studied ‘ Andrew Bolt

via email: (thanks Southern!)
‘The Patriot Act is scheduled to sunset in a matter of weeks but the statists in D.C. plan to reauthorize it as soon as tomorrow without any debate.

You see, they’re taking advantage of a parliamentary trick known as the Suspension Calendar which allows votes with no hearings and no debate but is only supposed to be used for “non-controversial” legislation.

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The story of John Key’s rise to prominence, when related by sycophantic supporters and the media, dwells on his rise from a “state house kid” to Prime Minister of NZ, emphasising how he’s a self-made man. From relative poverty to wealth– and all by his own efforts.
And of course that’s true. But the amassing of money can equally be the result of a dimwitted tenacity born of greed, and often is. The journey from poverty to wealth is not necessarily an indicator of morals or principles, no matter how much Key’s supporters would like to promote it as such.
New Zealanders, conditioned to soft socialism were beginning to get turned off by a snaggle-toothed growling Marxist PM, who in her arrogance had finally overstepped the boundaries of what even the incompetent media and easygoing Kiwis were prepared to tolerate.
Enter John Key.
Wealthy. Perhaps a little bored. No particular ideology or convictions. But…there’s this nice little Pacific country, where most people speak English, relatively comfortable and very safe in global terms. And ready for a change of figurehead. All that’s necessary to grasp the prize is a ready smile–the smirk could be easily re-jigged to serve–and more importantly, a careful avoidance in the lead up to the elections of anything which might suggest rocking the welfare boat.
And the welfare vote didn’t mean just some unemployable dope freaks living out in the backblocks, nossir. The welfare vote was–and still is–huge. It includes middle-income families who receive WFF (“working for families”) payments and a vast number of people on the government or quasi-government tit.
And lo! it was done. It worked. Key slithered into power on the back of resentment –and fear of real change. The odious predecessor was helped into a U.N. sinecure out of gratitude or fear and he settled in, to smirk his way around the countryside saying little of substance and changing even less. Because he’s a statist, and welfare-dependant people are much, much easier to manage than free men.
He still has his cheerleaders among the National Party voters, people more adept at making excuses for him than critically examining his achievements. The vast majority of those who place him high in opinion polls don’t give a shit about his achievements or otherwise–just so long as New Zealand’s slide into poverty and irrelevance is comfortably smooth and they can make enough to get to lifeboat Australia in time.
Where to now for those who voted National in the hope that things would change, that the welfare state would be rolled back significantly and Kiwis might once again regain that wonderful “can do” confident individualism they were once known for?
I suggest Brisbane or Perth or Darwin, because there’s sure as hell no realistic alternative on the political front.

Geert Wilders–speech at the opening of his (new) trial:

“The lights are going out all over Europe. All over the continent where our culture flourished and where man created freedom, prosperity and civilization. The foundation of the West is under attack everywhere.
All over Europe the elites are acting as the protectors of an ideology that has been bent on destroying us for fourteen centuries. An ideology that has sprung from the desert and that can produce only deserts because it does not give people freedom. The Islamic Mozart, the Islamic Gerard Reve [a Dutch author], the Islamic Bill Gates; they do not exist because without freedom there is no creativity. The ideology of Islam is especially noted for killing and oppression and can only produce societies that are backward and impoverished. Surprisingly, the elites do not want to hear any criticism of this ideology.

My trial is not an isolated incident. Only fools believe it is. All over Europe multicultural elites are waging total war against their populations. Their goal is to continue the strategy of mass immigration, which will ultimately result in an Islamic Europe — a Europe without freedom: Eurabia….”
The rest is at Gates of Vienna

‘The girl was 12 when the gangsters told her the rule: They would sell her for sex to men outside the gang, but members of the Somali Outlaws or the Somali Mafia would use her for free.
….”They were trying to find identity,” said Hassan Mohamud, the imam at Islamic Da’wah Center, a youth-oriented mosque and cultural center in St. Paul. “They do not belong to Somalis. They do not belong to Islam. They do not belong to America. So they found their own system. … They had good intention.” ‘       source

Well, he’s right about one thing–“they do not belong to America”

‘Islamist-allied operatives appointed by Obama are undermining U.S. security policy – explains counter-Intelligence expert, Prof. Clare Lopez. Aimed at co-opting Americas foreign policy in the Middle East, a network including well-known American diplomats, congressional representatives, figures from academia and the think tank world – with ties to the clerical regime in Tehran – is directing the Obama Administration’s policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East.’  source (thanks to Redbaiter for the heads up.)

Wolf Howling has posted a fine tribute to him.

Neutral men are the devil’s allies.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

David Cameron’s speech about the radicalisation of young muslims in Britain caused howls of outrage from the expected quarters–but could those howls be carefully orchestrated in order to give the impression that he really intends to tackle the cause of the problem?   Because he argued that only by giving young, alienated British Muslims a British identity that they’d  sign up to would the rest of Britain be safe. This is what he said:
“We have failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong.”

To Wabbit’s big ears this sound a lot like tailoring society to suit muslims, not the other way round. To state the obvious… a British identity and a British society already exists, and this is what they reject. Cameron proposes changing that society. In other words, continuing the work his socialist predecessors undertook.
And odd, isn’t it, how there never needed to be any talk about providing a “vision of society” to which Jews, Hindus. Sikhs, Buddhists felt they wanted to belong? Make no mistake, Cameron’s words are a coded declaration of surrender, not war.
UPDATE:
Cameron also said this: “…it is mainstream Britain which needs to integrate more with the British Asian way of life, not the other way around.”  source