Alleged cabbie-slasher Michael Enright, besides having a problem holding his liquor, also had a problem holding his bile:

Enright, a senior at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, returned from Afghanistan in May after 35 days of filming a documentary about front-line troops.

When he was arrested Tuesday in midtown, Enright had a personal diary filled with pages of “pretty strong anti-Muslim comments,” a police source said.

The source said Enright’s journal equated Muslims with “killers, ungrateful for the help they were being offered, filthy murderers without a conscience.”

Quite honestly, there might be a (non-absolving) case of PTSD at work — we send kids to war all the time, but usually we train them first.

On the other hand, invading countries and calling their citizens ingrates for all the liberating death and destruction we wreak upon them seems to be a habit of our glorious nation.

Muslim cab driver Ahmed Sharif, victim in bloody attack, saw ‘so much hate’ in face of assailant [NY Daily News, via TPM]

So, you’re the demagogic leader of a national campaign protesting a local zoning decision, and somebody slashes a cabbie for worshiping the wrong deity. Do you…

(a) Keep yer piehole shut.

(b) Issue a brief statement proclaiming your peaceful intentions and condemning all violence.

(c) Accuse your opponents of staging the hit.

If you answered (c), welcome to Stinque, Pam Geller! Thanks for dropping by!

And if you’re unfamiliar with Ms. Geller, you should be: She’s the Orly Taitz of anti-muslim bigotry. Her website Atlas Shrugs is Ground Zero of the Not-Mosque protest. But unlike Orly, nobody is laughing Pam out of the room. Yet:

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Our afternoon guest columnist is holstering their weapon, following news reports that suggested otherwise.

Right Wing Extreme has pulled support for the International Burning of the Koran day and will not attend the event. After much thought and prayer the organization’s leadership determined this event does not glorify GOD in way that leads the lost to Jesus Christ. “We also believe the liberal media is intentionally using stories such as the burning of the Koran to distract, divide, and enrage the public says the organization’s leadership.

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” James 1:19

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Some time back, we thought we’d be clever and create a “target” map of Sarah Palin endorsements, and then we realized we’re not paid for this gig, so we let somebody else take care of it. WaPo, we think.

Part of the problem is Palin’s strategery, filing some late sure-thing endorsements to up her stats. But this one, on home turf, was by no means certain, and she gets full credit:

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“The New York Police Department has confirmed to TPM that a cab driver in Manhattan was allegedly stabbed by a passenger who asked if the cabbie was Muslim, and says the incident is being treated as a hate crime. The suspect has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes.” [TPM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhnuHx2NNc

Yesterday, in an important policy speech, House Minority Leader John Boehn—

Oh, fuck it. Really: Fuck. It. It doesn’t matter. We can no longer care. Not when we’re haunted by visions of Sheryll at every turn, imploring us with her searching brown eyes to throw away our worldly concerns and just dance, dance, dammit! Dance like there’s still a future where you, and I, and fucking little dogs who don’t understand that we’re working can flourish in a world without creepy orange-faced undertakers insisting that we take them seriously when they can’t even do basic math.

A world filled with hope, and dreams, and… Blue shag carpets. But without the spikes. Because they rip our clothes off. And then Sheryll punishes us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxMYIH2z2BA

Our afternoon guest dance instructor is Spike.

I really need Justin Bieber to watch this. I know if he sees it he will help me get discovered so I can make a difference. If you do this entire dance YOU WILL IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS! Thanks to all my fans out there and sorry that Sheryll wouldn’t cooperate with me. She has a mind of her own.

-Love, Spike

[Eyeball-searing tip via karen marie]