MANAMA, Bahrain – Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in a pre-dawn assault Thursday that uprooted their protest camp demanding political change. Medical officials said four people were killed. (more…)
10. The Watts Riots: August 11-15, 1965
The term Watts Riots of 1965 refers to a large-scale riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in August 1965. By the time the riot subsided, 34 people had been killed, 2,032 injured, and 3,952 arrested. (more…)
I know this is not the normal open thread picture. But it just,… well,….. needed to be shared. The more you look at it, the more it just speaks volumes. It is easily my favorite pic of the year so far. It’s frilliant.
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It’s looking like Glenn Beck was right when he shared his view on what was driving Iran’s ideology, the 12th Imam…… (AFP)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that a new Middle East is being created which would be free of the United States and Israel, as he backed the Arab uprisings but warned Egyptians to be watchful of America’s “friendly face.” (more…)
We were out ahead of this consideration a couple of weeks ago, but here is another well crafted thought on the subject….(Matts Meditations) On February 4, the New York Times fired the first salvo in the Left’s quest to delegitimize Justices of the Supreme Court in the runup to what is to be expected to be one of the premier cases of the early century; that of the health care bill. In an editorial they slanted the story on Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas so blatantly and dishonestly that they stepped over the line into base propaganda. (more…)
h/t Patriot Dreamer….. (Blaze) As Wisconsin unions rally to protest Gov. Scott Walker‘s emergency budget proposal that would get rid of most of the state workers’ collective bargaining privileges, video posted on YouTube appears to show teachers pulling high school students into the conflict. (more…)
Egypt WILL become an Islamist state, and WILL seek to eliminate the peace treaty with Israel. Those happy Sharia loving rapists from Tahir square are gonna see to that, you betcha…… consider these three recent stories. (Jerusalem Post) — A coordinator of Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement told USA Today on Wednesday that if the group’s demands “are not met, we’ll be on the street again.” Among the group’s demands — one that breaks with the stated policy of the military government — was the halting of natural gas shipments to Israel, citing what it called Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians, according to the report. (more…)
(NY Post) — “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan was repeatedly sexually assaulted by thugs yelling, “Jew! Jew!” as she covered the chaotic fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s main square Friday, CBS and sources said yesterday. The TV crew with Logan, who is also the network’s chief foreign correspondent, had its cameras rolling moments before she was dragged off — and caught her on tape looking tense and trying to head away from a crowd of men behind her in Tahrir Square. (more…)
This is not a joke. This is how ridiculous the lefties are. Seriously….. (Washington Post) Progressives loathe Walmart because it resists unionization, and is therefore in a position to offer goods at prices people can afford, as well as provide jobs to some who might otherwise be on welfare. Characteristically, they can’t admit their true motives for opposing Walmart, so they have to come up with increasingly preposterous pretexts — like the threat of shoplifting: (more…)