Comments on: I Went to the Nidaa Alah Mosque and All I Got Was This Lousy Hair-Shirt

By: Sadly, No! » Whoops! Goes The Malkin

Sadly, No! » Whoops! Goes The Malkin — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:35:12 +0000

[...] only it were so. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of [...]

By: buzz

buzz — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:45:02 +0000

That bulding was destroyed!
uh, there is a hole in the roof, the building wasnt destroyed.
SEE! They ADMIT there is a hole in the roof. Stupid wingnut!

Don’t you ever worry about back problems, moving those goalposts all the time?

By: Hype-Jersey

Hype-Jersey — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:24:58 +0000

God this blog is such a SCREAM! I laugh out loud while reading it and I look forward to checking it each day. Great work!

By: The American Street » Blog Archive » Down The Rabbit Hole

The American Street » Blog Archive » Down The Rabbit Hole — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:37:24 +0000

[...] Usually I don’t go there, but after Kevin mentioned it here earlier – and I’d found his earlier analysis of the situation through various nefarious means of infosearching through the tubes of the internets – I thought I’d show you another side of the equation (courtesy of Sadly, No!: [...]

By: entlord

entlord — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:14:40 +0000

The corollary for this argument that “You had to be there” extends also to the “bad hair” observation and sometimes in war, people get slapped around.
Until someone has had the boots put to him literally, he should not cheer on mobs who are beating the crap out of someone. As a matter of fact, a few broken bones, cracked ribs, concussion, and abrasions and bruises can afford the casual author all sorts of insights otherwise not readily available. There is nothing like lying in a pool of your own blood, unable to move, barely able to breathe due to the sharp ends of your ribs poking your lungs and blood bubbling from your mouth and nose and maybe seeping from your ears.
Yes, indeed, if Brian will choose the time and place I am sure there will be no lack of volunteers to either participate in this exercise in journalistic integrity or to cheer on the participants in the “slap around”.

By: Longhairedweirdo

Longhairedweirdo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:49:13 +0000

Boggle.

They’re claiming a debunking without checking primary sources?

They’re claiming a debunking without checking primary sources?

They’re claiming a debunking without checking primary sources?

They’re claiming a debunking without checking primary sources?

They visited one mosque, and read the official reports?

Dear lord and lady, what is wrong with these bozos? Don’t they know that the official sources are coming from the military, which can be ordered to lie, to protect “military secrets”?

Are they that stupid? That blinded by hate?

By: church of the revolving shoe

church of the revolving shoe — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:27:58 +0000

Many thanks to Michelle and Brian for adding the finishing touches to the school painting projects while they were over there, true patriots indeed.

By: Julie O.

Julie O. — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:14:21 +0000

ifthethunderdontgetya: Any time.

Kelly Nickell: Darn, why can’t my photoshopping be as delusional as Bryan Preston? There’s only so much suspension of disbelief my liberal mind can take.

By: Sadly, No! » Hussein In The Membrane

Sadly, No! » Hussein In The Membrane — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:32:13 +0000

[...] After due consideration, Mr. Yankee, we think you should go to Iraq and shoot him yourself. And while you’re there, you can do some of that research that, you know, Michelle Malkin and Bryan “Presto” Preston forgot to do. [...]

By: Martial

Martial — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:11:37 +0000

Guy goes to a foreign country, sees a few sites, takes a few pictures, barely interacts with the locals, comes back talking like an expert – I call that a tourist. Tourism isn’t particularly admirable.

There are civilians who go to war zones to actually do something. Reporting is admirable. Humanitarianism is admirable. Tourism in that context – not so much.

By: trrll

trrll — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:04:04 +0000

The most amusing part of the rebuttal is where he apparently expects to be congratulated for not using a deceptive picture that conceals the damage to the mosque.

Uh, Bryan, we’d be a bit more impressed with your honesty if we thought that you were sufficiently in touch with reality to actually realize the extent to which your own photos of the shattered dome demolished your claims.

By: Kelly Nickell

Kelly Nickell — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:17:12 +0000

Julie O: I thinks the jetski should be replaced with a row boat as I suspect Bri would think he could gain enough speed with oars to achieve the required lift and heft to make shark crossing possible. As for Milky, she’s on her own. Nice touch with the “That’s some bad hat, Harry.” spectators.

I only regret that Milky must breath my smoke filled air for yet another day.

What a waste.

Just a drive-by, snarky comment from someone who (whom?) cares very little.

Now back to my morning coffee, after I push up the plastic covering the hole in the roof, filled with rain, dripping in my cup.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:33:34 +0000

Maybe SN could turn its attention to this WaPo version of the “lonely Kerry” thang .

Shorter – the troops won’t talk to him, if by troops you mean “troops other than the military advisory team leaders who buttonhole him at the LZ to brief him on how shit Iraq is.”

By: Qetesh the Abyssinian

Qetesh the Abyssinian — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:09 +0000

Hey, I’m just cleaning between my toes here. Why do you disturb my ablutions, puny humans?

By: Catherine the Abbysinian

Catherine the Abbysinian — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:21:41 +0000

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By: Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:43:46 +0000

How much did the Lincoln Group graft get reimbursed by our tax dollars through USAID channels for their “junket” ????

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:56:46 +0000

Lets not feign surprise. Malkin has too much good company in going to Iraq, seeing a bit of the truth, and returning to lie about it with a straight face. Think Paul Bremer in his unreformed phase, Donald Rumsfeld, who will never reform, and other Con-artists too numerous to name. Like Malkin, they have a career obligation to keep lying. How else are they supposed to make a living? After retirement, some of them will change their tune, in an attempt to salvage their credibility for the benefit of a nonexistent audience that really and truly gives a shit what they say at that point.

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:23:41 +0000

Following G’s lead:

Wait, you want them to do independent research that makes an original contribution to the story? Post-ninelevenist citizen journalism is so beyond that.

By: ifthethunderdontgetyaÂ³Â²

ifthethunderdontgetyaÂ³Â² — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:35:27 +0000

Thanks, Julie O!

By: Max the Cat

Max the Cat — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:10:03 +0000

I will lick your pasta. Again and again. I cannot be dissuaded.