MORE THAN JUST GOOD FOR ISRAEL, A BREAKUP OF THE EU WOULD BENEFIT EUROPE TOO

Manfred Gerstenfeld wrote about whether the EU's breaking up would be good for Israel:

A more integrated EU would not bode well for Israel. There is by now ample evidence to support the prediction that the more power Brussels has, the more it will abuse it against Israel. This may be seen, for example, from the discriminatory labeling of settlement products and the financial support for extremist so-called humanitarian Israeli NGOs – in reality humanitarian racist bodies – which remain silent about the genocidal intentions of Hamas, the largest Palestinian party. The EU also interferes in the in the Israel-controlled Area C in opposition to Israel’s declared wishes, including financing housing for Palestinians there.

Double standards are at the core of anti-Semitism through the centuries. The EU has frequently applied these against Israel. The requirement to label goods from Israeli settlements – something not demanded for areas elsewhere which are similarly in dispute – made the EU bias against Israel so explicit that the Simon Wiesenthal Center gave the EU pride of place in its annual 2015 list of major anti-Semitic slurs.

This is why a dissolution of the EU would honestly be better for Israel, but not just here: even for the rest of Europe, it would be better, because the EU's proven abusive to the rest of the continent too, and they're one of the reasons jihadists have been able to penetrate so badly into European countries. The subject does come up in the article too. So, that's why I don't think all Europeans would consider it a loss were the EU to dissolve, any more than Israelis would.

Besides, the EU's proven itself as corrupt and bad an example as the UN. That's why it's better if the EU goes.

ARAB-CHRISTIAN OWNER OF OHIO RESTAURANT REOPENS

The owner of the restaurant that was attacked by an Islamofascist says he won't be cowed by jihadists, and the guy, who's pro-Israel, had the following to say:

In an interview with the Tower magazine, a publication that reports on Israel and the Middle East, Baransi said he would not cower in the face of Islamic terrorism.

When asked whether he would consider removing the Israeli flag seen from his restaurant’s entryway as a precaution, Baransi did not hesitate to give an unequivocal answer.

“Actually I have another flag, and I am going to get a bigger flag, and I am going to get a Star of David necklace and put it on my chest, and I am going to get a tattoo,” said Baransi, a devout Catholic. “Honest to God, I am not kidding. They don’t scare me. We are Israelis. We are Israelis. We are resilient, we fight back.

“We are used to these bastards,” he added. “We are used to these kinds of attacks, that they hate us just for what we are. They don’t know us, they don’t know anything about us, and they do that. You know, I don’t care if I was an Arab or not, because I am an Israeli, and if you don’t like Israelis you don’t like me.”

He's got the right response, and I wish him well and safety continuing his business in running the restaurant.

CAR BOMBING IN ANKARA, TURKEY

Jihadism has struck in the middle of a regime that's been backing it:

Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday when a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.

The Turkish military condemned what it described as a terrorist attack on the buses as they waited at traffic lights in the administrative heart of the NATO member's capital.

The attack, the latest in a series of bombings in the past year mostly blamed on Islamic State, comes as Turkey gets dragged ever deeper into the war in neighboring Syria and tries to contain some of the fiercest violence in decades in its predominantly Kurdish southeast.

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's determination to fight those behind such acts would only get stronger and that it would not hesitate to exercise its right to self defense.

What Erdogan fails to understand is that the religion he follows is what brought this right back onto their own doorstep. And unless they abandon it, it'll obviously continue.

JESSE HUGHES SAYS ALL FRENCH SHOULD HAVE GUNS

The rocker Jesse Hughes, who survived the bloodbath in Paris, had a message for French lawmakers:

“Did your French gun control stop a single [expletive] person from dying at the Bataclan?” Hughes said. “And if anyone can answer yes, I’d like to hear it, because I don’t think so. I think the only thing that stopped it was some of the bravest men that I’ve ever seen in my life charging head-first into the face of death with their firearms.”

Hughes, who has vigorously advocated for unfettered gun ownership — even waving a gun at a friend in a documentary that was pulled from film festivals after the Nov. 13 attacks — told iTélé that, if anything, his experience had only strengthened his views.

“I know people will disagree with me, but it just seems like God made men and women, and that night guns made them equal,” he said. “I think the only way that my mind has been changed is that maybe that until nobody has guns everybody has to have them.”

He's spot on here. There's only so much France and other parts of Europe have to do to repair their legal systems, not just to allow self-defense properly, but also to ensure that proof burdens fall upon plaintiffs in a court case, and not the defendant. It's time his views were taken very seriously.

ARAB MK CONDEMNS THOSE WHO SUPPORTED FAMILIES OF TERRORISTS

An Arab MK who's part of the Labor party has shown some common sense:

Zionist Union MK Zoher Behalul leveled harsh criticism at fellow Israeli Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Basel Ghattas and Jamal Zahalka over their meeting two weeks ago with the families of Palestinian terrorists, calling their actions an "unnecessary provocation."

The three, members of the Balad faction (one of three factions making up the Joint Arab List), were suspended from the Knesset for meeting with the families and observing a moment of silence in honor of the terrorists during that meeting after 450 public complaints and dozens of grievances were filed by MKs from across the political spectrum.

And they fully deserve the suspension they got. They should be disqualified altogether for what they did, and the time has come that this be ensured. Terrorist sympathizers are not people we need in the Knesset.

OLMERT ENTERS PRISON, WHINING ON THE WAY

The former prime minister, one of the most disastrous ever in this country, has become the first premier to spend time in jail:

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert walked into Ma'asiyahu jail in Ramle on Monday to begin serving an 18-month sentence for graft-related offenses.

Olmert becomes the first former prime minister to be sent to prison for criminal offenses.

Just hours before his arrival to the prison, Olmert released a videotaped statement to the press on Monday professing his innocence of graft and bribery charges.

Yep, keeping telling us that. Also keep telling us you had no guilt to shoulder in the damage done to Gaza, or that you weren't associating with the PLO and setting such a bad example. Olmert is one of those kind of criminals who vehemently refuses to admit their guilt, all the way to the bitter end. There's more here about the conditions of his incarceration. He really doesn't deserve what he's gotten, and after he's out, he should probably leave the country for good.

MUSLIMS VANDALIZE SYNAGOGUE BUILT IN MEMORY OF 3 VICTIMS OF JIHAD

An arson attack on a synagogue built in memory of 3 yeshiva students took place:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to condemn Friday night’s Palestinian arson attack on a synagogue in the West Bank outpost of Givat Sorek.

“I expect from everyone in the country and around the world who rightly condemn every desecration of a mosque or writing of graffiti on mosques, including the burning of mosques, I expect them to come out with the same cry against, and condemnation of, this abhorrent act,” Netanyahu said on Sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting.

The outpost, which is solely made up of a modular synagogue, is built outside the Karmei Tzur settlement in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank.

It was built in memory of the three teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-Ad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, who were kidnapped and killed by Hamas terrorists in the summer of 2014. It is located near the spot where the bodies of the three teens were found.

Police suspect that late Friday night Palestinians from the nearby village of Halhoul entered the synagogue. They gathered the prayer books into a pile and lit them.

The blaze was discovered and extinguished by the settlement’s security team.

So the Islamists who committed arson are adding insult to injury, and proving they have no remorse. Truly disgusting.

TERROR ATTACK ON ARAB CHRISTIAN-OWNED RESTAURANT IN OHIO

Jihad occurred in Ohio, and it's possible that the assailant was attacking the restaurant because the owner came from Israel:

A man wielding a machete on Thursday stormed a restaurant owned by an Israeli in Columbus, Ohio, CNN reported.

The man attacked several people before he was killed by police, authorities said.

The suspect was the only one killed. Nobody inside the Nazareth restaurant and deli said they knew him, according to police.

The owner of the restaurant was identified as Hany Baransi, an Arab Christian originally from Haifa.

Sources told NBC News on Friday that investigators are looking into whether the attacker carried out his attack the eatery in the mistaken belief that the owner was Jewish.

Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner told CNN after the attack that the suspect "immediately began swinging a machete at customers and employees inside. There was no rhyme or reason as to who he was going after as soon as he walked in, according to some of the witnesses."

The attacker, identified to NBC News by law enforcement sources as Mohamed Barry, had asked a worker at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli where the owner was from, investigators said.

Four people were in the attack injured and transported to the hospital, according to CNN. One victim who was in critical condition underwent surgery and is now "stable," Weiner said

While it's likely the jihadist targeted the owner and patrons because he thought they were Jewish, it's also possible he'd done it because he viewed them as pro-Israel. The FBI is investigating this incident as a lone wolf terrorist attack (Hat tip: Pajamas Media):

CBS News has identified the suspect as Mohamed Barry, however neither 10TV nor Columbus Police have confirmed the suspect’s name. CBS News also reports Barry has a Somali background and may have traveled to Dubai in 2012.

Law enforcement tells them the incident appears to be the type of “lone wolf terrorist attacks they’re trying to stop.”

The FBI is assisting in the investigation.

The scumbag was probably a Salafist too.

Update: here's more on Breitbart.

IN EGYPT, ANIME CONVENTIONS ARE RUN BY ISLAMIST MINDSETS

The Haaretz paper has a sugarcoated article on how participants in anime/manga conventions in Egypt go about:

EgyCon was the brainchild of Islam Risha, 27, the self-proclaimed “godfather of Egyptian anime events.” He is a big bear of a man with a charming baritone and zebibah (the marking on the forehead of devout Muslims).

Risha discovered anime 10 years ago, when he walked into a cyber café and became intrigued by a bunch of hirsute men watching cartoons. After peeking over their shoulders for a bit, he was hooked. He began connecting Egyptian anime-lovers through Facebook and organizing small get-togethers – the second of which took place one day after the Arab spring protests broke out at Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011.

“The country was having a revolution, but we were sitting somewhere else talking about anime,” Risha recalls. “We didn’t care.”

First, I wouldn't take that part about "not caring" about the "Arab spring" at face value. That could be taqqiya, and what if some of the local otakus took part in all those riots?

Now, here's an example of how Islam is not left at the door of anime fandom there:

Doha, 27, is dressed as Ahri, a voluptuous fox-lady with nine white tails and flowing blue hair from the video game “League of Legends.” But instead of showing cleavage and wearing a miniskirt, she is modestly wrapped in a long-sleeved dress over thick white leggings.

Gee, in that case, why be a fan at all? Surely the character's styling and what the creators stand for goes against her thinking?

It was only when Egyptians gained access to the natural habitat of the otaku – the Internet – that they learned about the broad subculture that surrounds manga. But in Egypt, access to the Internet is not widespread, so to be a manga fan usually requires being financially well-off.

“It’s a matter of social classes,” explains Noor, 18, who wears a hijab and a hoodie from “Avenger.” (Many of those interviewed for this article asked that only their first names be used for reasons of privacy.) “The majority of Egypt is poor,” she says, “and doesn’t have access to culture or the Internet.” So the otaku are middle class? “Upper-middle,” she laughs.

The reason internet access isn't so easy to get in Egypt is because of the religious/socialist structure - coupled with anti-western hostility - that's rendered the country poor. And it wouldn't surprise if there's mutawa (religious authorities) still prevalent around Egypt who'd persecute the attendants for taking up hobbies that represent democratic countries, or anything they consider anathema to Islam. Speaking of which:

Cosplay can be a costly hobby, especially without local specialty stores. Most costumes at EgyCon are handmade, with a few purchased from Amazon (reluctantly, admits one participant, because it represents the West). The attendees all enjoy a level of social comfort; one of them, Ziad, 17, says he travelled to Japan recently on a family vacation.

Content broadcast on state television is subject to censorship; parts of shows that might offend the country’s more pious Muslims are scrapped. “In Egypt, the government has to watch a show before airing it,” Noor explains. “When we watched ‘Detective Conan,’ there would often be missing scenes, and some episodes weren’t broadcast at all.” But the Internet has given Egyptians access to newer, edgier and, more importantly, uncensored shows.

When some early anime products were subject to editing in the USA, it was never anything as severe as this. I have no doubt, however, that what enraged the Islamic censors had to do with sexuality, whereas in the USA, it would be more along the lines of jarring violence, and even in the early phases, there were plenty of anime series full of that. Don't be surprised if a lot of those situations remain intact over in Egypt.

At EgyCon, there is no contradiction between faith and fantasy: the overwhelming majority of otaku are practicing Muslims. Men excuse themselves to pray during the salat (the five obligatory daily prayers) and women have skillfully incorporated the basic dress codes of Islam (covering their hair; not showing skin above the wrists or ankles) into their cosplays. Even women in full-body niqabs make it work, dressing up as masked characters, robed sages or ambiguous ninjas.

However, the competing forces of the precepts of Islam and the cultural trends of Japanese otaku – which can be sexually suggestive – do create some tensions.

Abdul, 17, who is dressed as the ninja Kakashi from “Naruto,” is clearly upset about how some women don’t wear a hijab for their cosplay because they want to look more like the Japanese.

“It’s just not right,” he says. “You can’t be a Muslim only on the days you feel like it ... I love anime and come here to show my love for it, but we also have our own culture. We should also celebrate and be proud of it.”

And there we have further proof how there's Islamists in Egypt who won't put their differences aside and recognize the legitimacy of sexuality. Who think the "culture" they go by is something to be proud of. And, who think beauty is bad. I'm sorry, but anybody that opposed to creativity and freedom is not a real otaku.

MUSLIM GIRLS WITH KNIVES IN RAMLE WANTED TO BECOME SHAHIDS

Two Muslim girls arrested for trying to attack with knives let it be known they were indoctrinated very badly:

The wannabe teen terrorists were brought to a juvenile court Thursday in Ramle.

The two 14-year-olds were charged in connection with a terror attack at the city’s central bus station on Feb. 4.

Both girls, residents of Ramle, were charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of a knife.

The indictment submitted by the prosecutor indicates the two teens had talked about the current terror wave about a month before the attack, and together conspired to become shahidas, (martyrs), in a holy war against “the Jews” by being killed while stabbing as many Jews as possible to death, according to police.

And all this is the result of Islamist brainwashing:

Known throughout the Middle East by his nom de guerre, “Abu Mazen,” Abbas has quietly headed an effort to deliberately brainwash an entire generation to grow up as future jihadists and anti-Israel terrorists.

PA leaders continue to glorify Arab killers with Jewish and Israeli blood on their hands. They honor them by marking events, public streets and other venues in their names.

Social media campaigns, sermons in the mosques, school textbooks and government-approved children’s television programs all continue to wipe away the existence of the State of Israel. In its place, such media encourage their young impressionable consumers to launch daring, bloodthirsty attacks against Jews and Israelis.

So it's no wonder these two Muslim girls could've been so far gone at an early age either.

SAUDI WOMEN AND MEN SENTENCED TO FLOGGING UNDER GENDER SEGREGATION LAWS

The case of gender segregation in Saudi Arabia is still prevalent, as seen with this latest distasteful news:

A Saudi court sentenced six women and five men to imprisonment and flogging on charges of “obscenity” after they were caught together in a villa in the city of Jedda.

The Jedda Police’s vice squad raided the seaside house following complaints from neighbors. Alcohol and indecent photos were found in the possession of the revelers, some of whom were reportedly drunk and resisted arrest.

The court initially sentenced them to between eight days’ and a year’s imprisonment and 150 lashes, but after an appeal was upheld they were sentenced to between two months and a year’s imprisonment and 300 lashes.

By law, Saudi women are banned from mingling with men to whom they’re not related.

This is the latest setback for women in the country.

The same article notes that the Starbucks coffee chain has been panned for adhering to the country's offensive gender segregation laws. I think this is grounds for boycotting Starbucks for doing business in such a hellhole.

EUROPE'S ISLAMOFASCIST INVASION VIRUS

Herbert London wrote about the toll all the Muslim interlopers in Europe are taking on the continent, and how Germany's politicians have screwed up royally:

Roberta Flack, years earlier, sang what has become the Europeans theme song, “Killing Me Softly.” Despite the reported wilding spree of at least a thousand North African refugees who groped women at the New Year celebration in Cologne, Germany, despite allegations of two rapes, despite condemnation by Prime Minister Merkel, the mayor of the city has requested that women monitor their “code of conduct.” Apparently German authorities will contest to their last breath that tolerance dedication will not yield. This is the tolerance that kills, softly at first and violently in time.

What Germany represents is a continental death knell in which tolerance trumps personal safety and even survival. Compassion is the sentiment of the day. Yet it is hard to imagine inviting one million citizens into the country who are not assimilable with many on the public dole. This is one of those rare moments in history when people are paid for bad behavior.

Much of the chaos Germany now endures was predictable. After all, many Muslim men treat woman as inferior, mere objects for their sexual delectation. The Koran endorses the proposition that a woman has half the rights of a man in any legal proceeding. Nonetheless, the compassion crusade goes on.

If they intend to pay welfare (or jizya) to these invaders, then that too will confirm socialism hasn't worn off in one of the countries that made the worst use out of it.

HAMAS EXECUTES A COMMANDER FOR NO CLEAR REASON

But those who know what the Hamas operates on can probably guess their excuse. The Wash. Post says:

Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, said Sunday that it has killed one of its own commanders over unnamed “moral and behavioral violations.”

Hamas said in a short Twitter statement that Mahmoud Eshtewi, a local member of the group’s military wing, was killed after he confessed. It said the decision to kill Eshtewi, who was detained in January 2015, was taken by its “military and religious judiciary,” a previously unheard-of department.

Hamas seized the Gaza Strip from forces loyal to the Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007. During periods of fighting against Israel, Hamas has killed dozens of Palestinians it accused of spying.

The group is not known to have killed its own members during peacetime, and the vague language used in the statement indicated Eshtewi was killed for reasons other than spying.

“We are shocked,” his sister, Buthaina, screamed over the phone. “He can’t be executed based on the reasons they provide.”

Unfortunately, he could be, for it makes little difference to them, given that their ideology is Islam. Presumably, he was executed because he didn't follow Islam as they demanded. It still isn't clear, but that could've been it. It's just no surprise that Hamas could kill even their own over the most petty of reasons.

ARABIC MKS MET WITH FAMILIES OF TERRORISTS

The Arab/Muslim Knesset members continue to abuse their status:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to explore the legal steps that could be taken against three Arab MKs who held a meeting with the relatives of terrorists killed carrying out attacks on Israelis.

Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Thursday that they were jointly lodging an unprecedented complaint to the Knesset’s Ethics Committee against the three, saying the meeting constituted incitement and “encouragement to murder.”

In a statement Thursday, Netanyahu said the MKs were “not worthy to serve” in the Knesset.

“Members of Knesset who go to comfort the families of terrorists who murdered Israelis do not deserve to be in the Israeli Knesset,” he said.

There must be found a way to exile such disgusting people from politics. For too long, they've been abusing their positions, and now look what's happened. It's an act that's been condemned across the political spectrum, and no decent person should have anything to do with those monsters.

LIBERALS ENCOURAGING NON-ASSIMILATION OF "MIGRANTS" ONLY GUARANTEE DANGER

The Federalist wrote about how liberals today are creating environments that help lead to hostility from within (Hat tip: Hot Air):

What’s more is that today’s liberals—who control most of education, including the public schools and colleges these immigrant children eventually attend—relentlessly teach immigrants and minority groups that they’re perpetual victims of a racist American society, and that they should hate the governing system that granted their ancestors protection.

Indeed, many on the Left have completely abandoned assimilation, which they regard only as a synonym for “racism,” “xenophobia,” and “white supremacy,” while worshipping their religions of multiculturalism, diversity, and tolerance. It’s likely because of the global Left’s obsessive, coercive commitment to these principles that German police attempted to cover up the sexual assault epidemic—something authorities in other European nations have also been doing—to protect refugees from any perceived “discrimination.”

While there may be no apparent threat in admitting fleeing Muslim families to the United States, liberals are creating an environment for potentially deadly anti-American sentiment to fester when they encourage migrants to simultaneously preserve their native culture and abhor their new American one.

This begs the questions: do liberals actually want the USA to be racist? Or, would they prefer it remain so and never be changed for the better? If that's what they actually want, it'd be the ultimate definition of insanity.

TWO OF ABU KHDEIR'S THREE MURDERERS GET PRISON SENTENCES

The two minors involved in the murder of the Arabic boy in east Jerusalem got sentenced, while the third is still pending:

Two of the three convicted murderers in the Muhammad Abu Khdeir case were sentenced Thursday in the Jerusalem District Court.

The first, a 17-year-old, received a life sentence plus three years, and the second, age 16, received 21 years. Their names are still under a gag order.

The third murderer, Yosef Haim Ben-David, was not sentenced and is still attempting an insanity plea.

While the life sentence for one minor was issued in a unanimous 3-0 decision, the judges split 2-1 on the 21-year sentence for the second minor, with Judges Jacob Zaban and Rivka Friedman-Feldman voting for 21 years and Judge Raphael Carmel voting for a life sentence.

Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old from Shuafat in northeastern Jerusalem, was abducted, burned and brutally murdered on July 2, 2014, while waiting to enter a mosque.

The murder was carried out as a nationalist revenge killing following the well-publicized kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teenagers in June 2014.

All they did was desecrate Judaism while setting back all valid concerns by eons. Now one of them threw away his future by reacting so horribly and inappropriately to the tragedy. The one who's trying to hide behind insanity pleas will probably get the same sentence too. And they'll have to ponder how they went wrong behind bars for a long time.

GERMAN POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS IN POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK

The police in Germany have been taking action against likely terrorists:

German forces arrested two men on Thursday suspected of links to Islamic State militants preparing an attack in the German capital, police and prosecutors said, amid fears of another deadly attack on European soil.

Police and special forces raided four flats and two offices in Berlin and properties in the northern regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

“Specifically [the raids] concern possible plans for an attack in Germany, even more specifically in Berlin,” Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors, said.

Berlin police spokesman Stefan Redlich said the authorities were investigating four Algerian men. Police detained two men and a woman.

“Our understanding is that the four men accused could have planned to carry out such an attack together,” Mr Steltner said.

German media reported that central Berlin landmarks and tourist attractions Checkpoint Charlie and Alexanderplatz were targets.

I don't suppose they're also willing to start making arrests of potential rapists as well, after the horror that took place in Cologne?

BUSIEK ATTACKS REPUBLICANS FOR "ISLAMOPHOBIA"

Wouldn't you know it, for the week of the Iowa primaries, boilerplate leftist Kurt Busiek has chosen to mouth off with the cheapest attacks on the GOP:

Islam is the largest non-Christian religion in Iowa. Iowa Muslims usually tend to lean conservative. I’m guessing not so much this year.

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) February 2, 2016

As a matter of fact, many Islamists in the USA haven't for about a decade now. All because the public woke up and began to research and understand what's wrong with Islam. This article from the Intl. Business Times, though not entirely honest about "minorities", does note that the shift to Democrats among Islamists began around 9-11. And that's bound to include plenty of Muslims in Iowa too. So why's Busiek acting like this is something new? It isn't.

…accept any Syrian refugees after it was arranged that 600 would come to Iowa.

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) February 2, 2016

Challenging question: if one of those aforementioned refugees came into Iowa or anywhere else in the USA, and later started gathering equipment with which to commit violent acts of terrorism like the terrible incidents in Fort Hood and San Bernardino, or even rape, much like what happened several weeks ago in Cologne, Germany when many women were mass raped at the city's train station, would Busiek want that to happen? Would he even express any regret if, God forbid, it happened? For now, the sad answer is probably "no". This was of course the same man who acted oblivious to the violence committed by one of Dark Horse's editors against several staffers in the months after the case made headlines, basically pretending it had never happened, as much of the comics press now appears intent on doing, proving they're not truly interested in bettering the workplace. Like I said, that's why Busiek cannot be considered somebody for sensible women and men to consult on serious issues. Say, how come, if he's so bothered about GOP members condemning Islam, he can't say the same about any of the wider public whose opinions are negative? Panning politicians is just a cheap way of voicing grievances meant for the public, dismaying as that would be if he did so.

It's certainly telling when the only topic somebody like Busiek can think of commenting on is something like Islam, acting as an apologist and vehemently refusing to look under a magnifying glass. I'm sure tomorrow, he'll be acting as apologist for Satmar socialists too, and many of them have also supported the Democrats and Obama. A real shame a once decent writer is making himself look incompetent today by wasting his time on politics in the worst ways possible.

IT'S UNHELPFUL OF OBAMA TO VISIT A MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTING MOSQUE

Robert Spencer's written about Obama's visit to a mosque in Baltimore with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood:

After seven years of pandering to and appeasing the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran, Barack Obama will mark the crowning moment of his presidency: today he will -- for the first time as president -- visit a mosque in the United States.

A White House official says he intends to “celebrate the contributions Muslim Americans make to our nation.” The Washington Post added that he was making the trip “to promote religious tolerance at a time when rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism is growing.”

In other words, Obama is going to the mosque because of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and other Republican candidates whom the media has roasted for linking Islam with terrorism.

Of course, the mosque he has chosen to visit is ... the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Society of Baltimore. Obama is more concerned with Republican rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism than with the increase in such rhetoric emanating from Muslims themselves, drawn directly from Islamic canon.

The latest Islamic State video is titled “Kill Them Wherever You Find Them”. This is a quotation from the Qur’an (2:191, 4:89, 9:5).

Naturally, what the Republican candidates say is just that much more important than any serious problems the MB and the mosque are causing. Once again, he's taken some of the most embarrassing and harmful directions possible, all for the sake of PC.

PROOF THAT THE EU IS WORTHLESS

They don't want to admit Muslim "migrants" are causing the rape crisis in Europe (via Jihad Watch):

There is ‘no link’ between the migrant crisis and the wave of sex attacks in Cologne during New Year celebrations, EU officials believe. Above, fireworks were thrown into the New Year’s crowd outside Cologne’s main station, prompting members of the public to flee

They document the first vice president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, stating that the two events are ‘not related’, according to Matthew Holehouse for The Telegraph.

Minutes state: ‘As far as the crimes in Cologne were concerned, he [Timmermans] said that these were a matter of public order and were not related to the refugee crisis.’

They also suggest officials want ‘the unconditional rejection of false associations between certain criminal acts, such as the attacks on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, and the mass influx of refugees’.

This should be perfect proof why no sane person would want their country being part of the EU itself, if this is how they're going to conduct their policies, and even another reason why the Euro currency should be rejected. The EU is a textbook example of a dhimmified operation seeking to destroy their own continent.

JAPANESE MANGAKA ATTACKED FOR BEING CRITICAL OF FAUX-REFUGEES IN EUROPE

The reaction by a certain segment of the public in Japan to what this cartoonist drew is galling:

A Tokyo publisher and bookstore have responded to public protests by cancelling a just-announced signing event involving a cartoonist whose works have been criticized of stoking hatred of Syrian refugees and other minorities.

Seirindo Co published in December a collection of illustrations by Toshiko Hasumi, titled “Soda nammin shiyo! - Hasumi Toshiko no sekai” (That’s right, I should become a refugee! - the world of Toshiko Hasumi). The title came from a highly provocative post Hasumi made on Facebook in September.

Hasumi posted on the social networking site an illustration of a rebellious-looking young Syrian refugee girl with a comment listing the things she would like to do, like “I want to live safely. I want a clean life. I want to eat something delicious” and “I want to dress up. I want luxury.”

The comment was concluded with words, “With other people’s money. That’s right, I should become a refugee!” The post angered many people, but the book cover uses the same illustration of the girl, which was based on a photograph of a Syrian refugee.

According to Shosen Grande, a bookstore in Tokyo’s bookselling enclave of Jimbocho, the signing event and a question and answer session with Hasumi was scheduled to take place at the bookstore on Feb 11.

After making the announcement of the event on its website on Tuesday, the bookstore received dozens of phone calls from people criticizing it for “becoming an accomplice of discrimination” among other things.

The protests prompted the bookstore to consult Seirindo the following day, before deciding that the event should be called off.

A spokesperson representing the publisher said the cancellation is “out of consideration that the event might cause trouble” to customers of the bookstore, which “was inundated with” protests.

Well this is sad. So there's a certain amount of people in Japan who buy into the notion all "migrants" now stuffing Europe are all well-meaning, even after the horrific incident in Cologne's train station in Germany? Or worse, do they see socialism as legitimate? That's pretty bad. Yet this is a country that, unlike most of Europe, isn't hell-bent on flinging their doors wide open to just anybody. They shouldn't have demanded that the store call off a book signing; just boycotted it, yet all they can think of is demanding a potential curtail on free speech. That's not a good sign.

FEAR OF ANOTHER HOLOCAUST

A new poll's shown that a quarter of Israelis are rightly worried it could happen:

Over half -- 59% -- of Israelis are afraid to travel outside the country, with 25% saying they are usually afraid to do so, and 34% saying they have become more afraid this past year, a poll commissioned by the World Zionist Organization shows. [...]

Another worrying number also emerged from the poll: 25% of Israelis believe there is reason to fear that another Holocaust will be perpetrated against the Jewish people, and 24% believe there is a chance that the State of Israel will cease to exist.

Unfortunately, it's a very legitimate fear, and Europe's governments are already proving it with their failure to admit Islamofascism is a danger to civilized society. But if, God forbid, such a thing should happen, I'd like to know if any Israelis will be willing to join the army to do battle against the Islamic tyrants worldwide? Those who don't cannot expect to win the battle.