By Debbie Schlussel
Hmmm . . . Hezbollah’s and Syria’s fave Republican Congressman must be short of campaign funds, despite the fact that he’s a multi-millionaire Republican Congressman. He’s citing me (though not by name) in his race-baiting, Arab race-card, anti-Israel fund-raising letter which he sent out to 80,000 Muslim and Arab recipients, according to the Capitol Hill newspaper “The Hill.”

Darrell Issa, Prez of the Bashar Assad Fan Club, American Auxiliary
Republican Congressman Darrell Issa a/k/a “Jihad Darrell” of San Diego is still sore at me, because I’ve repeatedly written about his praise of and partying with terrorist group Hezbollah, PLO terrorist-in-chief Yasser Arafat, and the Assads of Syria. He’s also bummed that my work caused Karl Rove to demand he leave the California Gubernatorial race after he funded the entire thing with his millions. He’s also upset that a New York Post column I wrote earlier this year ended his quest to become Republican Policy Committee Chairman for the House of Representatives.
So, now, Issa cites me in a false allegation (one he’s repeatedly made over the last six years though won’t say publicly because he knows it’s false and I’d sue him) in a whining, anti-Semitic, Arab/Muslim “race card” fundraising letter he’s sending to 80,000 Muslims and Arabs. The letter is true to Issa’s typical crybaby, anti-Semitic behavior throughout the course of his public life. It’s why he’ll never ever proceed beyond a Congressional seat, though he desperately seeks a U.S. Senate or Gubernatorial slot in his Walter Mitty plan to become President.
But Issa is too cowardly to name me by name. Plus he knows that I will sue him if he has the guts to publicly make the allegation he’s been spreading, and I will because he’s repeated the lie over and over again that my work inspired someone to try to kill him. He did that all on his own. I just reported on Issa’s “career.”
Frankly, I think he should say in his letter what he’s been repeatedly saying and then denying he said: That he thinks Hezbollah is a great political group of farmers who help people. And that Arafat was a nice man with a great sense of humor and such small hands, who’d let you eat the food off his plate. He said both of these things, and he should know, since he supped with Arafat at the height of homicide bombings the man orchestrated in Israel.
Here are the details from “The Hill.” The “malicious writings of one person” part is the reference to me. Am I malicious? Well, let’s see, I hate Hezbollah and Yasser Arafat (when he was alive, and yes, even after his death). And I feel the same about those who love and promote either of them. That includes Issa. But the ALLEGED plot against him was NOT “inspired” by my writing, and there has never been any evidence to the contrary. And the sole person involved is now dead, so we can’t question him–he was suspiciously, quickly murdered in prison. Here’s most of the article about Issa’s Anti-Semitic letter (Thanks to reader DH and Red County San Diego for the tip):

In an unusual plea for campaign funds, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently evoked images of racism against Arab-Americans, criticized a congressional colleague by name, and reminded potential donors of a 2001 bomb threat to his office.
“I am one of only five Arab-Americans in Congress,” begins a letter written by Issa to potential donors. “I have been personally the target of anti-Arab racism and hate speech on the Internet and in other media.”
The letter, which was sent to roughly 80,000 members of the Muslim and Arab community on Oct. 24, cited an incident in December 2001 when Issa’s California office was the target of a bomb plot. [DS: Alleged bomb plot. Nothing was ever proven. But Issa likes to wear it as a chip on his shoulder.]
“Inspired by the malicious writings of one person, members of the radical Jewish Defense League targeted my California office – a U.S. Congressman’s office – in a terrorist bomb plot that was thwarted by the FBI just days before it was to be carried out.” [DS: That’s complete bull-dung. The plot was allegedly talked about once at a meeting of two people. There was nothing beyond that.]
The two members of the Jewish Defense League were later charged with plotting to blow up a California mosque as well. Issa believed he was targeted as a result of a local columnist who targeted him based on his ethnicity. [DS: Um, actually the columnist is me. I wasn’t local. And I wrote about his support for Hezbollah and Arafat, NOT his ethnicity, though that has everything to do with his support for Hezbollah and Arafat.]
“Those are the things that occurred and the only reason was because I [am] an Arab,” he said in an interview Wednesday. [DS: Um, no, the reason they “occurred”–actually, NOTHING occurred–is because Issa supports Hezbollah and Arafat and terrorism. Plain and simple.]
Issa’s letter did not sit well with Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who is singled out in the congressman’s plea for contributions.
Issa explained in his missive that Congress wanted to draft a resolution in 2006 after the short-lived war between Hezbollah and Israel broke out. He wrote that Arab-American members of Congress wanted to call on both sides to limit the number of civilian casualties.
“Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said language urging restraint to protect civilian life would have been interpreted as a slap to Israel,” the Issa letter states. [DS: Hmmm . . . Why is Issa citing a Jewish Congressman? I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that he’s anti-Semitic and writing to 80,000 Muslims and Arabs asking for mucho bucks.]
“As time would reveal,” the letter adds, “Israel showered Lebanon in the last few days of its military campaign with hundreds of thousands of cluster bombs that to this very day are killing innocent Lebanese civilians.” [DS: Yes, thousands of innocent Hezbollah terrorists. So sad, too bad.]
Engel expressed shock that a fundraising letter would use another member’s name.
“This is unusual and I think it is unfortunate, frankly,” he said. “I understand as colleagues we are going to have differences but it is inappropriate to use anyone else in a fundraising letter.” [DS: Stop beating around the bush. He used your name because he hates Jews and is baiting Muslims and Arabs to give him money. Come clean and say it out loud.]
He added, “We are colleagues, we are friends. I thought we were friends . . . I don’t personalize [an issue] to try to raise funds.
“I think his point could have been emphasized another way.” [DS: PUH-LEEZE. Issa is his friend like a python is friends with a mouse.] . . .
The language that Issa used in his letter has also attracted criticism from outside groups.
In his letter, Issa criticized members of the “pro-Israel lobby” [DS: THE JOOOOOOOOS] for blocking the civilian casualty language in the 2006 measure.
Dan Mariaschin, executive vice president for B’nai B’rith International, said the phrase “pro-Israel lobby” is a “discredited term” and claimed Issa’s comments about the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel were delivered without context. [DS: It’s a term used by anti-Semites to fundraise from anti-Semitic Muslims and Arabs. Come out and say it, dude.]
“Whether it is a speech on the floor or a mailing I really would hope that [members have] a commitment to accuracy, a commitment to context and a commitment to avoiding the use of phrases that are insensitive,” he said.
Issa, who is of Lebanese decent, said the examples of discrimination and violence referenced in the mailing were intended to communicate that he understood and experienced firsthand many of the injustices and prejudices that many Arab-Americans and Muslim- Americans had experienced in their day-to-day lives. [DS: PUH-LEEZE. He understands Jihad. Period. And he was all set to introduce flying imam legislation, which he announced right after the 9/11 attacks. This guy is a fricking liar and anti-Semitic race-baiter who loves Arafat, Assad, and Hezbollah.]
“We thought about writing to a community that is disenfranchised,” Issa said, stressing that it was important for that community to know that it had an advocate in Washington.

Glad this scumbag-in-office is finally admitting that he’s the Muslims’ and Arabs’ member of Congress.
It’s something I’ve known and written about for over SIX YEARS, now.

Jihad Darrell’s Crying Game:
Pro-Hezbollah Rep. Darrell Issa Sends Ethno-Baiting Letter

By Debbie Schlussel
This story reminds me of those who repeatedly sue gun manufacturers when someone murders one of their relatives with a gun. Almost always–no, always–the gunmaker had nothing to do with it, but because it has “deep pockets” must settle with the plaintiffs and those who buy guns to protect their families pay the price in higher gun prices.
In this case, though, it’s not the gun industry, but the dying-on-the-vine American auto industry. More than 10 years ago, a Detroit Red Wing hockey player, Vladimir Konstantinov, and team masseur, Sergei Mnatsakanov, were in a limo when it crashed into a tree. The chauffeur’s license was suspended because of a previous drunk driving conviction. They were seriously injured. And I feel bad for them.
But they have been repeatedly suing Ford Motor Company and Ford dealerships–who’ve already paid them many thousands–for the accident. Um, sorry, but Ford and its dealerships have nothing to do with a drunk limo driver. Ford had no idea when it sold a limo to a limo company that it would someday be an unlicensed, negligent driver and that he would hit and injure two people. To hold them responsible is absurd.
But both Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov are still suing Ford and Findlay Ford Lincoln Mercury of Findlay, Ohio, where the vehicle was purchased. Ford already paid Konstantinov $163,000 and Mnatsakanov $64,614 in a settlement, according to a report.
And you wonder why car prices keep rising and Ford is on life support. Baseless lawsuits like this don’t help.

By Debbie Schlussel
**** UPDATE: Well, I think she’s finally done for. And that’s hopefully–depending upon who replaces her–a good thing for immigration enforcement. Rumors coming from the ICE Palace: Julie Myers has been asked to resign. Buh-Bye. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out. See ya. ****
More details are getting out about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Halloween costume party hosted by ICE chief, Julie L. Myers a/k/a The ICE Princess.
It’s really beyond incredible that The White House won’t denounce Myers and that Michael “Serpenthead” Chertoff is praising her. Apparently, they need to be reminded that she hosted a silly party, then awarded a racist “Blackface” costume, and then suspended the employee Myers and two of her top personnel praised. As I noted, Myers lied and claimed she didn’t realize the employee was in Blackface. And, hey, I didn’t realize the judges of the contest were in Blackface, too. I mean it doesn’t look like they’re wearing make-up to me. . .

ICE “Leaders” Julie Myers, Theresa Bertucci, and Nicholas J. Smith
Praised, Awarded Blackface Costume
(ICE Blackface Images by David Lunde/Lundesigns)
In case you didn’t recognize them, here’s what these people look like when they’re in complete makeup:

Julie Myers Diet Coke by David Lunde/Lundesigns
It’s they–not just this guy–who should be suspended. Frankly, they are more to blame. So, whom do I mean when I say “they”?
Well, in addition to Myers, the other two judges who awarded the Blackface costume were Myers’ Chief of Staff, Nicholas J. Smith, who ironically was ICE PR/press chief until recently. Gee, he’s demonstrated he knows a lot about that topic. And the other is ICE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management Theresa Bertucci, the third-in-command over the agency. Ironically, among her duties Ms. Bertucci oversees ICE’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, where I’m sure she’s “doin’ a heckuva job.” Sources say she was given her position in ICE by Michael Chertoff, where she was put in place to keep an eye for him on The ICE Princess. And clearly, she’s “doin’ a heckuva job” at that, too.
All three of these incompetents must be shown the door.
So, what happened to the picture for which Myers posed with the Blackface dude? How did that “accidentally” and quickly get deleted? Shouldn’t we get to see for ourselves whether we believe Myers’ absurd lie that she couldn’t tell he was wearing make-up? What happens to criminals ICE is investigating when they are caught “accidentally” destroying evidence?
She should face the same consequences as they do.
Either way, unless Senator McCaskill lifts her hold on Julie Myers, the woman will be out of a job in T Minus less than 2 months.
Buh-Bye, Blackface Originality Princess. BTW, Nice Costume (but not really original) . . .

Julie Myers Halloween Costume by David Lunde/Lundesigns

By Debbie Schlussel
**** UPDATE: At the bottom of this entry, I’ve posted the USA Today graphic documenting all the farm subsidy cash taken by Members of the House and Senate. ****
Have you ever heard of Blanche Lambert? Me, neither. But that’s the maiden name of Arkansas’ U.S. Senator, Democrat Blanche Lincoln. It’s also the name under which she’s been receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal farm subsidies, courtesy of you, the American taxpayer.
Apparently, 11 Members of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have received millions of dollars in federal farm subsidies ($6.2 million!), while voting–surprise! surprise!–to continue those payments. One House member, Democrat Marion Berry of Arkansas (no, not that Marion Barry), got almost $2.5 million. But the one who seems to be most embarrassed about it–since she won’t use her real name–is Senator Lincoln.
More from USA Today:

Blanche Lambert a/k/a Sen. Blanche Lincoln Soaks Taxpayers for Farm Aid

When the bill that would extend farm subsidies for five years goes to the Senate floor this week, eight senators will have special reason to pay close attention: They or their relatives collected about $3 million in federal payments from 1995 to 2005, according to government records compiled by a non-partisan environmental group.
They join four House members in a small group of lawmakers connected to farming operations that received a total of $6.2 million in subsidies over that period. Many say their experience with the programs has given them valuable insight into the issue.
“Without these programs, there are some years that we would have been in very, very dire straights,” said Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat elected last year who farms 1,800 acres. Along with his wife, he received about $232,000 from 1995-2005, according to Department of Agriculture records gathered by the Environmental Working Group.
Congressional ethics rules allow members who get farm subsidies to vote on the bills that authorize them, on the grounds that the bills affect a general class of people. Some see a problem with that. . . .
Members of Congress must report sources of income totaling more than $200, but most get payments through partnerships or other entities, so it can be difficult to learn which ones receive the subsidies. Recipients are searchable by name on www.ewg.org, but, for example, payments to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., are listed under her maiden name, Lambert, at a Virginia address near Washington.
Records show Lincoln and her family members collected $715,000 from 1995-2005, the most recent year complete data are available. She said she personally received less than $10,000 a year, and the subsidies ended in 2005 when her land was sold.
The proposed $283 billion, five-year Senate farm bill would preserve a system that pays 84% of subsidies to the biggest 20% of the farms, according to the working group, which supports caps on farm payments. Some agribusiness companies receive millions from taxpayers each year, even with crop prices at record levels.
One farmer-senator, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, plans to offer an amendment that would cap payments at $250,000 annually.
Grassley collected about $225,000 for his corn and soybean farm from 1995-2005. His son took in about $654,000, records show. Neither ever got $250,000 in a year.
President Bush wants to end subsidies for anyone making more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income — a formula that easily could capture members of Congress, who earn $165,000 per year in salary. Grassley says a payment cap is easier to get done.
Tester expressed support for the Grassley amendment, as did Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., whose father and brother are listed as some of his state’s biggest subsidy recipients. Lincoln has opposed similar payment caps, as have the four House members whose families have received subsidies. “It puts my guys out of business,” Lincoln said Monday.
Grassley, Brownback and Tester said they support a system of subsidies for small and medium-sized farmers to provide a safety net and protect the nation’s food supply.
Only one subsidy recipient in Congress wants to dramatically pare direct payments to farmers: Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, whose family farm received $126,555 from 1995-2005.
Lugar backs a plan to cap federal farm payments at $30,000 a year.
Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., says the system works well. He and his family’s farming interests received almost $2.4 million in federal payments from 1995-2005, records show. His net worth in 2005 was $1.7 million to $6.6 million, according to his financial disclosure statement. “He has firsthand experience of how this really benefits farmers,” said his spokeswoman, Angela Guyadeen.

He certainly does. Time to end the federal subsidies for these big corporate-owned and rich-guy farms. This isn’t about saving the family farm. The poorest 80% of farms don’t get most of the money. Why should we subsidize the corporations? End this form of corporate welfare.
**** UPDATE: Check out this detailed graphic on farm subsidy cash sucked up by Congress:

By Debbie Schlussel
**** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE ****
Uh-oh. Those darn stores and business with their lights so we can find them are polluting the skies at night . . . with light. and we can’t have that. The skies must be dark . . . just like in the dawn of time. I mean, if cavemen had dark skies, then we must have them, too. Right?
That’s the point of view of the Dark Skies movement, a group of uber-environmentalists who like their skies dark . . . and their ability to see the road and find the store late at night hampered.
The movement took hold in Flagstaff, Arizona, where since 1973, a city ordinance restricts businesses to low-intensity lights. And that’s not all.

Lights must be shielded and directed toward the ground. Any light shining above horizontal “just lights up the bellies of bats,” [environmental activist John] Grahame [co-founder of the Dark-Sky Coalition]. Commercial signs must have opaque backgrounds with little white light. A business’ total amount of outdoor light is restricted.

But businesses are not wimps when it comes to trying to entice customers. Many Flagstaff stores are getting around the ordinance:

The stores hung big round globes inside their front doors that shine bright white light outside on the sidewalk and beyond.

This angers the Dark Sky Draculas.
Yup, let’s go back to the Dark Ages . . . you know, the good ole’ days. We can live like Bin Laden in caves. That’s the ticket.
Beware of the Dark Sky Movement. And hope it stays in Flagstaff. But don’t bet on it. A growing number of cities are looking into it, USA Today reports.
I can understand the need to be in the complete dark when you are stargazing, camping, or “communing with nature”:

“The vast majority of people grow up in a city and don’t know what a dark sky looks like,” says David Crawford, co-founder of the International Dark-Sky Association in Tucson. “I’ve never seen anybody who wasn’t deeply impressed, their souls struck almost, by being out in a really dark place.”

But when we live in the 21st Century, and we want to get on with our lives after dark (which occurs early in the winter), we need light. And criminals don’t go where the bright lights shine.
If you want a completely dark sky, go camping. And stop inconveniencing the rest of us with your anti-technology, Unabomber-esque ways.
**** UPDATE: Reader Sean writes:

The dark skies advocates kill me. You know who best meets the criteria set forth by Flagstaff? North Korea! Maybe Flagstaff should give an award to Kim Jong-Il.

By Debbie Schlussel
In my ongoing examination of our society’s largely successful attempt to feminize America’s men (and masculinize the women), I’ve been watching the growing trend of knitting for boys and men. Just when less and less women in America are knitting, we compensate for it by . . . having young boys knit?! And men, too?! Yup, it’s been the craze for a couple of years or so.
The latest point on this downward decline of masculinity is the book, “Knitting With Balls: A Hands-On Guide to Knitting for the Modern Man.”

The book came out last year, but for some reason–ie., the growing push by stupid mommies to make their boys knit–it’s getting a lot of press now. Gushing press. One of my hometown newspapers raved about it over the weekend. I’m guessing the woman who wrote the review also likes her son to figure skate and is sending him to flight attendant school next.
Here’s a note for those who mistakenly think knitting is for men: It ain’t. Despite the title of this book, cojones do not equal balls of yarn and two wooden sticks. And the same holds true vice versa.
If you’re a scientist in a remote Antarctic camp of all men studying the extreme cold and you need a new scarf or hat, then knitting is okay. But, other than that, if you’re a guy, don’t scratch that itch. Knitting ain’t very manly.
Just an observation. If you must knit, the jockstrap does not fit.
For the record, I do knit. Or did. Takes waaaaay too long to make anything decent. It’s strictly for the very bored, IMO.

By Debbie Schlussel
Well, count on some boneheaded Republicans–in addition to Michael “Serpenthead” Chertoff–to defend the indefensible, and most important, immature and irresponsible behavior, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement chieftess Julie L. Myers. Who cares that The ICE Princess gave out an award to an obviously racist costume? Julie, Yer Doin’ a Heckuva Job.
Left-wing site Think Progress has the transcript of an interesting press conference response by U.S. Senator Jon Kyl. He must be smoking some good MaryJane. TP also notes that the Bushies won’t condemn her either:

The White House has simply stated it is up to Chertoff to “make any personnel decisions.”

Today, Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Kyl (R-AZ) also resisted admonishing Myers. When asked whether he and his colleagues “support her at this point,” McConnell ducked the question by saying he was “not up on” the issue. Kyl went so far as to praise her performance at the agency:

MCCONNELL: You know what I always dread at a press conference?
Somebody asking me a question I’m not up on. [DS: Not up on it? Does he not watch the news or read a paper? Hello . . . ?}
(LAUGHTER)
And I really can’t respond to it because I haven’t checked on that nomination lately. . . . Anybody else got anything?
KYL: Just one thing: In terms of job performance, I don’t know of anybody, now, that believes that she has not done a credible job.

Um, Senator, you clearly haven’t talked to the several thousand employees. Not only don’t they believe she’s done a credible job. They know.
Get a clue.

By Debbie Schlussel
This woman gets it . . . again. In spades. Yes, yet again, Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is the only Senator in the U.S. Senate who doesn’t think the naked ICE Princess wears clothing.
As I wrote back in September, McCaskill was the only Senator on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to vote NO on the Julie Myers Immigraton and Customs Enforcement nomination. At the time, she said she voted against Myers because Myers refused to answer her questions about how many employers were prosecuted following raids of employers of illegal aliens. And while she voted against Myers, the nomination moved forward.
But, now, McCaskill has put a hold on the Julie Myers nomination due to the Blackface Halloween Party award that Myers gave, last week. Well, it’s about time. More from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (thanks to reader G for the tip):

So Sad, Too Bad: Myers Nomination Stopped Dead in its Tracks

Sen. Claire McCaskill moved Tuesday to block a confirmation vote on Julie Myers, the nominee of the administration of President George W. Bush for the top immigration enforcer.
McCaskill, D-Mo., said she was acting because of questions raised about Myers’ role in a Halloween contest in which an agency employee wore a racially offensive costume.
Myers heads the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency as a recess appointee of Bush and is awaiting Senate confirmation.
She was a judge at last week’s contest in which the employee was recognized for having the “most original” costume: a prisoner with a black-and-white striped outfit, dreadlocks, and bronze makeup on his face, according to Kelly Nantel, an agency spokeswoman.
McCaskill said she was putting a “hold” on the nomination until she gets answers to several questions, including why a photograph of Myers with the costumed employee was destroyed.
“The minute she saw the costume, she should have asked him to leave, not posed for a picture with him,” said McCaskill, who sent a letter to Myers Tuesday asking for a full explanation of the incident. . . .
McCaskill was a sharp critic of Myers well before the Halloween incident. She says the administration is not aggressive enough in prosecuting employers who hire illegal workers, a charge Myers disputes.
McCaskill said the Halloween incident confirmed her belief that Myers should not run the immigration agency.
“This is about judgment and how you handle your responsibility as the leader of a very large organization,” she said.
In the letter, McCaskill said the agency must show “zero tolerance for racial insensitivity” and said “this sorry episode does exactly the opposite.”
Myers won committee approval in September with McCaskill the lone no vote.

Right on!!!!!!! Brava, Brava, Brava. This Senator gets it.
Exit Question: Why don’t the other 99 get it?

Liberal Dem Claire McCaskill:
Only Senator Who “Gets It” on The ICE Princess Nomination
(Julie Myers Diet Coke by David Lunde)

By Debbie Schlussel
Hmmm . . . let’s see. On the eve of the latest attempt by the U.S. to shove a new terrorist state down Israel’s throat and its incompetent Prime Minister Olmert’s attempt to conspire in it, the press needs to find some Israeli terrorists (and so does Olmert). They need to create some non-existent extremist fervor among Israeli Jews in order to morally equivocate them with the latest of a host of non-stop Palestinian terrorist plots (a plan to kill Jews in Tel Aviv is the latest, etc.) and rocket shellings.
So, here’s the best that self-hating Jewish Associated Press “reporter” Matti Friedman can come up with–courtesy of Olmert:
AP, Israeli PM Olmert Claim This Poster Means Israelis Are Extremist Killers . . .

Israeli Poster:

“Releaser of Terrorists” (Top Line); “Shimon Peres” (Middle Line); “President of the Arabs” (Bottom Line) . . .

The JOOOOOS booed the mention of late Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin’s name at a soccer game. It was an attempt by the public announcer to honor the man who sold his country out for a Clinton/Albright handshake. More than a decade of bloodshed and terrorist attacks on Israelis ensued after Rabin’s Oslo Accord “Peace” Treaty was signed. Can you blame the fans in attendance for booing? Frankly, it’s more than 12 years well past time. This is a good sign that they’re finally getting it.
This is extremism? Booing? Heaven help us if Matti Friedman and the cadre of other AP reporters visit a Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers or Michigan-Notre Dame game. I mean, by his logic, we should be worried that hundreds of thousands of fans who boo people are about to assassinate them. Remember all the people who booed Hillary Rodham Cankles and hubby Slick Willie at the concert to raise money for firemen and police just after 9/11? Uh-oh, a bunch of assassins in our midst.
Oh, and oh no, some Israelis actually had the gall to put up posters of Israeli President Shimon Peres in a kefiyeh–the Arabic headdress, over the words, “Peres, President of the Arabs.” Well, he sure acts like he is. He was the architect of Oslo and of the Gaza pull-out, and the Palestinian State, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam.
This, too, according to AP’s Matti Friedman, means an extremist wave has taken over Israel. Really? Has he ever watched Palestinian Authority TV?
What Friedman doesn’t tell you is that the posters are in response to Peres releasing terrorist murderers of Innocent Israelis. Frankly, a poster of Peres in a kefiyeh is a VERY tame response by a group of Israelis:

The movement’s chairman, Baruch Marzel, told Ynet that the posters were hung on the streets of Jerusalem “in response to wholesale release of terrorists by the president.”
He added that “over the past few weeks Shimon Peres has turned into a rubber stamp for the release of terrorists, and we won’t forget how he commuted the sentence of the murderers of Danny Katz.
“This is only the beginning of the campaign, and we will be sure to remind the residents of the State of Israel that we have a president who operates in favor of the Arabs.”

Friedman calls the soccer match booing of Rabin and the pics of Peres, the “hate-mongering of more than a decade ago” when Rabin was assassinated. The boos, to him, are “a public show of disrespect that would have been unthinkable not long ago.”
Oh, no, booing at a sporting event. Yeah, that also makes me think Israelis will assassinate their President and Prime Minister.
And, of course, the Islamo-Pandering Detroit Newsistan ran with this article. They grab any chance they get to please their Islamofascist Dearbornistan (and beyond) audience.
Exit Question: Does Christiane Amanpour’s alter ego dwell in the body of Matti Friedman?
If she doesn’t, then Jayson Blair might. Or Jessica Seinfeld. The Friedman AP article is basically a very plagiarized repeat of an article in Israeli left-wing newspaper Yediot Achronot.

By Debbie Schlussel
Remember D. B. Cooper? 36 years ago (in 1971), the man surrounded by legend and myth (and even movies) hijacked a plane in the Northwest United States, demanded and got ransom money and parachutes, and jumped off the back of the airliner with two parachutes, somewhere over Washington State. He was never found.
Many experts believe he’s dead, that he died while parachuting into a river near the mountains. Some of ransom money washed up from the river. Others have romanticized what happened to him, that he lived the good life. After years of investigating and not finding out much, the FBI has now released classified documents and evidence in the case hoping for the public’s help in leads regarding what happened to Cooper. One man believes Cooper was his brother and is the subject of a New York Magazine article:

D. B. Cooper From FBI Sketch/Photo Release

That night changed aviation history. It started in Portland, Oregon, when a man walked up to the flight counter of Northwest Orient Airlines. He was wearing a dark raincoat, dark suit with skinny black tie, and carrying an attach?© case. He had perky ears, thin lips, a wide forehead, receding hair. He gave his name, Dan Cooper, and asked for a one-way ticket to Seattle, Flight 305. The ride was a 30-minute puddle jump. He sat in the last row of the plane, 18-C, lit a cigarette, and ordered a bourbon and soda. The plane took off and he passed the stewardess a note. . . .
Florence Schaffner was 23, cute, perky, the sexy stewardess. Working on planes, she‚Äôd been approached by so many men that she’d taken to wearing a wig onboard to disguise herself. She dropped the man’s note in a purse, thinking, Just another guy hitting on me. But the man was insistent. “Miss. You’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” She looked at the man’s eyes. She saw that he was serious.
She read the note. It was printed in felt pen, all capital letters, elegantly formed. “I have a bomb in my briefcase. I want you to sit beside me,” it read. She did as he requested, then asked to see the bomb. She saw a tangle of wires, a battery, and six red sticks. Then he dictated some instructions: “I want $200,000 by 5:00 p.m. In cash. Put in a knapsack. I want two back parachutes and two front parachutes. When we land, I want a fuel truck ready to refuel. No funny stuff or I’ll do the job.” He let her get up to take them to the captain. When she got back, the man was wearing dark sunglasses.

With the release of the new evidence and the New York Mag article, there’s a new wave of D.B. Cooper mythology, nostalgia, and hysteria sweeping America’s Mainstream Media. So, what do you think happened to D.B. Cooper? I go with the experts. He’s probably long dead.
Watch the video from Seattle’s KING5.