Monthly Archives: August 2010

Down Day

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Stephen

Muslim women are chattel, and every Muslim girl must be a virgin at marriage. …. Under Shari’a, a Muslim woman is effectively the property of her father, brothers, uncles, grandfathers.  These men are her guardians, responsible for her behavior, in … Continue reading →

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Arrived

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Stephen

Roughly 130 million women around the world have had their genitals cut. The operation is inflicted on an estimated six thousand little girls every day. If 98 percent of Somali women are cut, 95 percent of women from Mali, and … Continue reading →

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En Route

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Stephen

[T]he tightly inward-looking focus of traditional societies impedes their members from progressing in the modern world, for it prevents them from making bonds outside their clan. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash … Continue reading →

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Justice Denied, Justice Delayed, Justice Achieved

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Stephen

The West urgently needs to compete with the jihadis, the proponents of a holy war, for the hearts and minds of its own Muslim immigrant populations. It needs to provide education directed at breaking the spell of the infallible Prophet, … Continue reading →

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Off to Alabama

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Stephen

Lauren at Home 40 As mentioned previously, I fly this morning to Mobile, Alabama, so expect posts to be sporadic and/or abbreviated for the next week or so. ————————– Majority Support Gay Marriage? Department Read this article and then extend … Continue reading →

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I Want …

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Stephen

Mayla’s Torso 19 … a hot fudge sundae.  A California burger and french fries.  Risotto cooked with Gorgonzola cheese.  Southern fried chicken.  Fettuccine Alfredo.  Sole meuniere.  Eggs Benedict.  Cinnamon french toast slathered with butter and maple syrup. Fat.  Sugar.  Carbs.  … Continue reading →

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Why Not …

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Stephen

Catie & the Bed 15 … post larger photos? … provide an open link to the “restricted site”? I have many reasons for doing neither.  One foremost in my mind at the moment, after a bit of Internet trolling, is … Continue reading →

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The Sum of All Fears

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Stephen

Donna at Home 17 “We’ve never had a really destructive terrorist act over here.  This one will change things.  People won’t feel safe.  They’ll install checkpoints and security stuff everywhere.  It’ll really piss people off, make people think.  Maybe they’ll … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Stephen

Andrea Duh! Department News out that the Anti-Defamation League has decided that the swastika is no longer solely antisemitic. “The swastika is shorthand for every racist and bigot on the planet. … It is amazing that 60 or 70 years … Continue reading →

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Demimonde

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Stephen

Brooke Touches Demimonde: a. A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors; b. Women prostitutes considered as a group. A group whose respectability is dubious or whose success is marginal One sees it occasionally, but not all that … Continue reading →

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