Geert Wilders: In Defense of ‘Hurtful’ Speech – WSJ.com. By GEERT WILDERS Yesterday was a beautiful day for freedom of speech in the Netherlands. An Amsterdam court acquitted me of all charges of hate speech after a legal ordeal that lasted almost two years. The Dutch people learned that political debate has not been stifled in their country.... Read more
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Geert Wilders: In Defense of ‘Hurtful’ Speech
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The Left
PM David Cameron says ‘runaway dads’ should be ‘shamed’
June 19 | Posted by mrossol | Politically correct, SocialismBBC News – PM David Cameron says ‘runaway dads’ should be ‘shamed’. Absent fathers should be “stigmatised” by society in the same way as drink-drivers, the prime minister has said. A father himself, David Cameron said “runaway dads” should feel the “full force of shame” for their actions. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph to mark Father’s Day, he said it was not... Read more
Iran Nuclear Progress Report
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftReview & Outlook: Iran Nuclear Progress Report – WSJ.com. Yawn. More of the same…. ———– For six months, global attention has fixed on the historic upheavals roiling the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain. But the biggest Middle Eastern story continues to be the steady progress Tehran has made toward acquiring the components of a deliverable nuclear weapon. The most... Read more
Leyla Zana – Quite a Woman
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Politically correct, Radical IslamBBC News – Turkey election: Leyla Zana eyes Kurdish comeback. What is the cost of freedom?
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David Mamet’s Coming Out Party
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftBari Weiss: David Mamet’s Coming Out Party – WSJ.com. By BARI WEISS In March 2008, David Mamet was outed in the Village Voice. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright had a comedy about an American president running on Broadway, and—perhaps to help with ticket sales—decided to write an article about the election season. The headline was subtle: “Why I Am... Read more
The Strauss-Kahn Standard
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The LeftReview & Outlook: The Strauss-Kahn Standard – WSJ.com. The liberal press is again, AWOL… So now we know what a real scandal atop a leading international organization looks like. Whatever becomes of the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DNA evidence and all, it is now clear that the former head of the International Monetary Fund treated the organization as his... Read more
