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Bruxelles, Eurabia

Third Night of "Ramadan Rioting" in Bruxelles. According to The Brussels Journal, young muslims "threw stones at passing people and cars, windows of parked cars were smashed, bus shelters were demolished, cars were set ablaze, a youth club was arsoned and a shop was looted. Two molotov cocktails were thrown into St. Peter’s hospital". But there's nothing to worry about, Italian newspapers say: it's just a mini-revolt. UPDATE. Dave at Snapped Shots has a link to a video of the "mini-revolt" (when the the "big" one is here, call me: I'll flee to Utah).

Round-Up: The Brussels Journal, Snapped Shot, Atlas Shrugs, NewsBusters.org, Tammy Bruce, Security Watchtower, Hot Air, EU Referendum. UPDATE. Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, As I Was Saying, Freedom Folks, Dust My Broom.

Sunday with the Family (Open)

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The Right Pope

"Can Islam be self-critical? Can its leaders condemn and marginalize its extremists, or are Muslims condemned to be held hostage to the passions of those who consider the murder of innocents to be pleasing to God? Can the West recover its commitment to reason and thus help support Islamic reformers? These are the large questions that Pope Benedict XVI has put on the world's agenda. Men and women of reason and goodwill should be very glad that he has done so". George Weigel, on the Los Angeles Times. On the same subject (more or less), also Jonah Goldberg on Townhall is a must-read.

Round-Up: Freedom's Zone, Hyscience, Blue Crab Boulevard, The LLama Butchers, Inactivist, Mere Rhetoric, The Cafeteria is Closed, Small Wars Journal, The Catholic Knight, South Dakota Politics, Bloguitica, Open Book.

Presidents and criminals

"Freedom, by its nature, cannot be imposed -- it must be chosen. From Beirut to Baghdad, people are making the choice for freedom. And the nations gathered in this chamber must make a choice, as well: Will we support the moderates and reformers who are working for change across the Middle East -- or will we yield the future to the terrorists and extremists? America has made its choice".

According to the Time, Bush's speech at the United Nations "was genius". "He was Presidential", writes James Carney, "expect another bump up in the polls". At the White House website you can read the full speech. In the meantime, Wizbang and Sister Toldjah, notice a lot of analogies between Ahmadinejad's words and Democrats' talking points. Chilling.

Round-Up: Hugh Hewitt, Townhall, The Corner (NRO), Gateway Pundit, Hyscience, The Political Pit Bull, Flopping Aces, Blue Crab Boulevard, Macsmind, Slate, A Blog For All, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Captain's Quarters, Right Wing Nut House.

Fertility Gap

Republicans are procreating, Democrats prefer masturbation.

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Rebound

Highest job approval of 2006 for George W. Bush (44%) according to the last Gallup poll for USA Today. And "likely voters" are evenly divided between Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress, 48%-48% (among "registered voters", Democrats had a 51%-42% advantage). "This has been the best two weeks Republicans have had since Bush was re-elected", the Republican strategist Scott Reed said. UPDATE. BrothersJudd writes that every time gasoline price drops 10 cents, Republicans gains 1% in polls. And gasoline price is tumbling down.

Round-Up: Townhall, Pollster, NewsBusters.org, Say Anything, Outside The Beltway, JasonPye, Crawfordslist, The Bullwinkle Blog, BrothersJudd Blog, The Moderate Voice, Common Sense, The Political Pit Bull, Blue Crab Boulevard, Ace of Spades HQ, TKS (NRO), The Caucus (NYT). Update: QandO, Oliver Willis, Don Surber, JustOneMinute, Thought Theater, Blogs for Bush, Political Arithmetik, Hit and Run, Rightlinx, Liberty and Justice, The Real Ugly American.

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North Right Wind

"Sweden's four-party opposition ousted Prime Minister Goeran Persson's Social Democrats after 12 years in power as voters backed their plans to cut taxes to make it easier for companies to hire and sell off state assets, exit polls indicated. The opposition, led by the Moderate Party's Fredrik Reinfeldt, 41, took 49.7 percent of the vote, compared with 45.6 percent for the Social Democrats and their allies, the Greens and the Left Party, an exit poll for state broadcaster SVT showed. A poll from commercial broadcaster TV4 showed the opposition ahead by 48.6 percent to 46.7 percent. (...) The largest opposition party, the Moderates, took 26.6 percent, according to the SVT exit poll, while the Liberals got 7.3 percent, the Center Party 8.2 percent and the Christian Democrats 7.6 percent. The exit poll gave the Social Democrats 34.3 percent of the vote, the Left 5.8 percent and the Greens 5.5 percent". (Bloomberg)

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► [War on Terror]
► Stumped by Morality?
► William F. Buckley, Real Clear Politics
► You Can Handle the Truth About Gizmo
► James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
► Red Hot Torture
► Billy O'Reilly, Townhall
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► [Right]
► Campaigner in Chief
► Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
► Is There a New Republican Momentum?
► Jed Babbin, Real Clear Politics
► Let the Dems bury themselves
► Kathryn Jean Lopez, Townhall
► The American 11
► Newt Gingrich, National Review
► Defying Pundits
► Patrick O'Connor, The Hill

► [Left]
► Inside Report: Democrats Against Chafee
► Robert Novak, Real Clear Politics
► To Beat a Man, You Need a Plan
► Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
► A Mighty Democrat Has Struck Out
► Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator

► [Media]
► The Path to 9/11--A Postmortem
► Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics
► Why Does the Left Hate "The Path to 9/11"?
► Hugh Hewitt, Townhall
► Reading a novelist, &c
► Jay Nordlinger, National Review

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Never Forget

Winds of Change: 9/11 Comprehensive Roundup 2006
Mark Steyn - 9/11 enemies are still hiding in plain sight
Stop the ACLU - Remembering 911
Paul Thompson - Day of 9/11 Timeline
September 11 News - US Newspapers

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Weekend (Open) Must-Read List [09.09.06]

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► I Just Called to Say I Love You
► Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
► One Friend Britain Must Stand By
► Gerard Baker, The Times
► The Term 'Islamic Fascist' Is Accurate
► Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
► How to Win or Lose in Iraq
► Charles Krauthammer, Real Clear Politics
► Naming Our Enemies
► Arnold Kling, Tech Central Station
► Is the Western Way of War Dead?
► Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
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► [Right]
► Note to Conservatives: Take Another Look at Goldwater
► Pierre Atlas, Real Clear Politics
► Bush and Lincoln
► Newt Gingrich, Wall Street Journal
► Bush Plays Key Role in Govs' Races
► Erik Kelderman, Stateline
► GOP Should Embrace Change or Lose
► David Hill, The Hill

► [Left]
► If They Win
► Richard E. Cohen, National Journal
► Sen. Clinton's Secret Weapon
► Dick Morris, New York Post
► Democrats' Dilemma: Casey Strikes Out
► Robert Novak, Real Clear Politics
► Dem’s Middle-Class Problem
► Rich Lowry, National Review

► [Media]
► Blacklisting ABC
► John J. Miller, National Review
► Time For Answers from the Times
► Andrew Cline, The American Spectator
► Embarrassing Coverage
► Jonah Goldberg, National Review

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Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► New Enemies Demand New Thinking
► Donald H. Rumsfeld, Los Angeles Times
► Selling the War
► Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
► CAIR’s Twisted Stand on Academic Freedom
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► The Real Conspiracy Behind 9/11
► Lawrence Wright, The Times

► [Right]
► The Plamegate Hall of Shame
► Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
► Compassionate Conservativism Still Kicking
► Marvin Olasky, World Magazine
► GWB's Wish List
► Robert D. Novak, Townhall
► Rudy Hits the Campaign Trail
► John Dickerson, Slate

► [Left]
► Lieberman's Right About Another War: Vouchers
► Laurence Cohen, Hartford Courant
► The Party of Defeat
► Rich Lowry, National Review
► Antiwar Primaries
► John Nichols, The Nation
► Ned Lamont Is No Clare Boothe Luce
► Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator

► [Media]
► All the News that Fits
► Burt Prelutsky, Townhall
► Fool’s Goldwater
► Jonah Goldberg, National Review
► Coke Killer
► Jonathon Burns, Townhall

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Apology of Torture

This story by Yahoo News (via GOP Vixen) is, very likely, a fake. If it was true, though, it would be the best news of the year.

"Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is being made to watch his appearance in cult cartoon South Park while he is behind bars. The deposed leader on trial in Iraq was featured in the movie spin-off as the lover of the devil. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut featured Hussein and Satan attempting to take over the world together. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said US Marines guarding the former dictator during his trial for genocide were making him watch the movie 'repeatedly'. 'I have it on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed him the movie last year. That's really adding insult to injury. I bet that made him really happy,' Stone said".

As we said, Parker and Stone were probably joking (and the journalists didn't understand the joke). But we'd love to think that it's a true story: it would be the best and effective form of torture ever used in history.

Round-Up: GOP Vixen, Ace of Spades HQ, Althouse, Cold Fury.

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Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► Our Covert Enemies
► Michael Barone, Townhall
► Hezbollah Didn't Win
► Amir Taheri, Wall Street Journal
► The Iraq Solution
► Bill O'Reilly, Townhall
► Mr. Bush’s Communication Problem
► Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
► Why the world hates America
► Michael Medved, Townhall

► [Right]

► A Down-Under Lesson for the GOP?
► E.J. Dionne, Real Clear Politics
► Romney on a Roll
► Hugh Hewitt, World Magazine
► Canada's Conservatives
► Adam Daifallah, New York Sun

► [Left]

► Snootycrats. Anti-Wal-Mart populism
► Rich Lowry, National Review
► The Lieberman Conundrum
► Terence Samuel, The American Prospect
► Liberal Losses
► James J. Cramer, New York Magazine
► The Cult of Soros
► David Horowitz - Richard Poe, Frontpage Magazine
► Wal-Mart Drives Democrats Batty
► Jonah Goldberg, National Review

► [Media]

► Giving the People Their Voice Back
► John Samples, National Review
► The Miracle of Cuban Healthcare?
► Marian L. Tupy, Tech Central Station
► The Tip of the Iceberg
► Tom Hoopes, National Review

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Still Missing - Blogburst

"Fox News Channel reporter Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig are still missing. It has now been more than a week since their kidnapping at gunpoint in Gaza by unknown terrorists". Michelle Malkin tries to break the silence of mainstream media with a blogburst that we heartily join.

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GOP Surges in Polls

According to the last Gallup/USA Today poll, "support for an unnamed Democratic congressional candidate over a Republican one narrowed to 2 percentage points, 47%-45%, among registered voters". Among "regular voters", the two parties are tied at 48%. In late June, Democrats led by 16 points. This is the worst result for Democrats in the whole 2006. At the same time, President Bush's job approval rose from 37% to 42%: the highest approval rating in six months. USA Today explains the Republican growth as a consequence of "the arrest of terror suspects in London", but other polling firms - like Rasmussen Reports - explains that Democrats started loosing ground "since Ned Lamont defeated Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Senate primary". In any case, Democrats' hopes for gaining the control of at least one branch of the Congress, in november mid-term elections, seem much smaller than just a few weeks ago.

p.s. To better understand the methodology behind "generic congressional ballots" polls, you can read this old post at Mystery Pollster.

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